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London, England, 1854-03-30 00:00:00

WAR WITH RUSSIA.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

(From the Second Supplement to the London Gazette of

Tuesday, the 28th of March.)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th
day of March, 1854,
Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council :

Her Majesty having determined to afford active
assistance to her ally, his Highness the Sultan of
the Ottoman Empire, for the protection of his do-
minions against the encroachments and unprovoked
aggression of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
All the Russias, her Majesty, therefore, is pleased,
by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to
order, and it is hereby ordered, that general re-
prisals be granted against the ships, vessels, and
goods of the Emperor of All the Russias, and of
his subjects or others inhabiting within any of his
countries, territories, or dominions, so that her
Majesty's fleets and ships shall and may lawfully
seize all ships, vessels, and goods belonging ti) the
Emperor of All the Russias, or his subjects, or
others inhabiting within any of his countries, ter-
ritories, or dominions, and bring the same to Judg-
ment in such Courts of Admiral'cy within her Ma-
jesty's dominions, possessions, or colonies, as shall
be duly commissioned t 9. take cognisance thereof.
And to that end her Majesty's Advocate General,
with the advocate of her Majesty in her office of
Admiralty, are forthwith to prepare the draft of a
commissiand present the same to her Majesty
at this board, authorising the Commissioners for
executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will
and require the High Court of Admiralty of Eng-
land, and the lieutenant and judge of the said
court, his surrogate or surrogates, as also
the several Courts of Admiralty within her Ma-
jesty's dominions, which shall be duly commission-
ated to take cognisance of, and judicially proceed
upon, all and all manner of captures, seizures,
prizes, and reprisals of all ships, vessels, and goods,
that are or shall be taken, and to hear and deter-
mine the same ; and, according to the course of
Admiralty and the law of nations, to adjudge and
condemn all such ships, vessels, and goods, as
shall belong to the. Emperor of All the Russias or
his subjects, or to any others inhabiting within
any of his r4ountries, territories, or dominions :
and they are likewise to prepare and lay before her
Majeaiy, at this board, a draft of such instruc-
ticrus as may be proper to be sent to the said seve-
ral Courts of Admiralty in her Majesty's domi-
nions, possessions, and colonies, for their guidance
herein.

From the Court at Buckingham Palace, this
29th day of March, 1854.
CRANWORTH, C. GRANVILLE, P.
ARGYLL, C. P. S. NEWCASTLE.
BREADALBANE• LANSDOWNE.
ABERCORN. ABERDEEN.
CLARENDON. DRUMLANRIG.
MULGRAVE. J. RUSSELL.
ERNEST BRUCE. SYDNEY HERBERT.
J. R. G. GRAHAM. S. LUSHINGTON.
W. E. GLADSTONE. WM. MOLESWORTH.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th
day of March, 1854,
Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council, _ _

It is this day ordered by her Majesty, by and
with the advice of her Privy Council, that no
ships or vessels belonging to any of her Majesty's
subjects be permitted to enter and clear out for
any of the ports of Russia until further order ;
and her Majesty is further pleased to order that a
general embargo or stop be made of all Russian
ships and vessels whatsoever, now within or which
shall hereafter come into any of the ports, har-
bours, or roads, within any of her Majesty's do-
minions, together with all persons and effects on
board the said ships or vessels ; provided always,
that nothing herein contained shall extend to any
ships or vessels specified or comprised in a certain
order of her Majesty in Council, dated this 29th
day of March, for exempting from capture or de-
tention Russian vessels under certain circumstances;
and her Majesty is pleased further to order, and it
is hereby ordered, that the utmost care be taken
for the preservation of all and every part of the
cargoes on board any of the said ships or vessels,
so that no damage or embezzlement whatever be
sustained ; and the Right Hon. the Lords Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the ne-
cessary directions herein as to them may respec-
tively appertain.

C. C. GREVILLE.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th
day of March, 18M,
Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council,
Her Majesty being compelled to declare war
against his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All
the Russias, and being desirous to lessen as much
as possible the evils thereof, is pleased, by and with
the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is
hereby ordered that Russian merchant vessels in
any ports or places within her Majesty's dominions
shall be allowed until the 10th of May next, six
weeks from the date hereof, for loading their car-
goes and depz,rtiug from such ports or places ; and
that such Russian merchant vessels, if met at sea
by any of her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to
continue their voyage, if on examination of their
papers it shall appear that their cargoes were taken
on board before the expiration of the above term.
Provided, that nothing herein contained shall ex-
tend, or to be taken to extend, to Russian vessels
having on board any officer in the naval or military
service of the enemy, or any article prohibited or
contraband of war, or any dispatch of or to the
Russian Government.

And it is hereby further ordered by her Majesty,
by and with the advice of her Privy Council as
aforesaid, that any Russian merchant vessel which,
prior to the date of this order, shall have sailed
from any foreign port bound for any port or place
in her Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to
enter such port or place, and to discharge her
cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without
molestation, and that any such vessel, if met at sea
by any of her Majesty's shipsushall be permitted
to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded.
And the Right Honourable the Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden
of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary
directions herein as to them may respectively
appertain.

C. C. GREVILLE.

BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA R.

Whereas, by our order in Council, bearing date
the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four, We have ordered that ge-
neral reprisals be granted against the ships, goods,
and subjects of the Emperor of All the Russias, his
subjects, or others inhabiting within any of his coun-
tries, 'territories, or dominions (save and except any
vessels to which our licence has been or may be
granted, or which have been directed to be released
from the embargo, and have hot since arrived at
any foreign port), so that our fleets and ships shall
and may lawfully seize all ships, vessels, and goods,
belonging to the Emperor of All the Russias or his
subjects, or others inhabiting within any of his
countries, territories, or dominions, and bring the
same to judgment in any of the Courts of Admi-
ralty within our dominions, duly authorised and
required to take cognisance thereof, we do hereby
order and direct that the net produce of all such
prizes taken by any of our ships or vessels of war
(save and except when they shall be acting on any
conjunct expedition with our army, in which case
we reserve to ourselves the division and distribution
of all prize and booty taken, and also, save and ex-
cept as hereinafter mentioned), shall be for the en-
tire benefit and encouragement of our flag officers,
captains, commanders, and other commissioned
officers in our pay : and of all subordinate warrant,
petty, and non-commissioned officers, and of the
seamen, marines, and soldiers on board our said
ships and vessels at the time of the capture, after
the same shall have been to us finally adjudged
lawful prize.

Whenever any prize shall be taken by any of our
fleets, squadrons, ships, or vessels of war, whilst
acting in conjunction with any fleet, squadron,
ships, or vessels of war belonging to any other power
or powers in alliance with us, our High Court of
Admiralty, or the Vice-Admiralty Court within
our dominions adjudicating thereon, shall appor-
tion to such ally or allies a share or shares of the
proceeds of such prize or prizes, proportionate to
the number of officers and men, &c., present and
employed on the part of such ally or allies, as com-
pared with the number of officers and men, &:c.,
present and employed on our behalf in such cap-
ture or captures, without reference to their respec-
tive ranks ; and the share or shares so set apart for
such ally or allies shall be transmitted to such per-
sons as may be duly authorised on behalf of such
ally or allies to receive the same.
Ships or vessels being in sight of the prize, as
also of the captor, under circumstances to cause in-
timidation to the enemy and encouragement to
the captor, shall be alone entitled to share in joint
captors.
After having deducted the portion set apart, as
aforesaid, for our allies, a distribution, so far as re-
gard her Majesty's forces, shall be as follows :
The flag officer or officers shall have one-twen-
tieth part of the whole 414 Maeocis arieliug from