The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

CONTRABAND OF WAR.

The following official correspondence will be
read with interest :

" Treasury-chambers, April 17.

" Gentlemen,—l am commanded by the Lords Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury to transmit here=
with, for your information and guidance, copy of a
letter from the Clerk of the Council in Waiting, and of
an order in Council, with reference to the granting of
permission for the exportation of articles prohibited by
the order of the 18th of February last.
" I am also to state that their lordships are pleased to
authorise you to permit the articles adverted to in the
order in Council to be carried coastwise to ports in the
United Kingdom, and also to be exported to places
abroad situated within the geographical limits described
in the order in Council, in all cases in which you shall
not see reason to suspect the existence of a clandestin e
intention to transmit the articles to places other than
those indicated by the applicants.
"You will observe that a bond is in all cases to be
taken from the persons exporting the articles that they ,
shall be landed and entered at the port of destination,
and my Lords desire that the exporters may be informed
that they will be expected to obtain and transmit to the
Commissioners of Customs, within the period named in
the bond (which will be fixed by you), certificates of
landing and entry, as follows—namely :
"In the case of the United Kingdom.—From the Col-
lector or other principal officer of Customs.
" In the case of a British possession abroad.—From
the Collector of Customs, Governor, or other constituted
authority. ,
"In the case of foreign ports.—From the British
Consul or Consular agent, or, if there should be no
, such functionary, under the hand of the chief magis-
trate, or other principal national public functionary
there.

" My Lords desire that you will take the requisite
steps to secure the due fulfilment of the conditions of
the bond, in conformity with the regulations above de-
scribed ; and that you will consider these instructions
as superseding all former directions which have been
given on the subject.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient
servant,

" C. E. TREVILYAN.
"The Commissioners of Customs."

"Council-office, 'Whitehall, April 13.
U Sir,—l am directed by the Lord President of the
Council to transmit to you, for the information of the
Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, an
authenticated copy of an order of the Lords of her Ma-
jesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, with reference to the
granting of permission for the exportation of articles
prohibited by her Majesty's order in Council of the 18th
of February last.
" The Lords of the Council are of opinion that, within
the geographical limits assigned by this order, permis-
sion should still be granted by the Lords Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury for the exportation of such
articles upon taking a bond from the persons exporting
such prohibited articles that they shall he landed and
entered at the port of destination ; but in all other cases
application for permission to export such articles must
be made to the Lords of the Council, who will consider
each case on political grounds, and will transmit to the
Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury an order
of the Privy Council, authorising the officers of her Ma-
jesty's Customs to permit such export upon taking a
similar bond from the shippers, which bond will be com-
hleted in the same manner now in use.—l have the
onour to be, Ize., "C, C. GREVILLE.
if The Secretary to the Treasury."