The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-01 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

A EILL" for the -further REGULATION of TRADE to
and from Placi2s within the Limits of the CHARTER of
the EAST INDIA' COMPANY (except the Dominions of
the Emperor 'of China) and Ports or Places beyond the
Limits of the said Charter, belonging to any State or Coun-
try in aunt/ with his 'Majesty.
Whereas an Act was pissed in the fifty-third year of the
reign of his '.late Majesty, intituled, " An Act for continuing
in the East India Company, for a further term, the possession
of the British Territories. in India, together with certain exclu-
sive privileges for establishing further regulations for the govern-
ment of the said territories, and the better administration of jus-
fice within the same, and for regulating the 'trade to and
from the places within the limits of the said Company's
Charter:" And whereas by the said Act it was enacted,
that it should be lawful for any of his Majesty's subjects, in
common with the said United Company, to carry on trade
directly, under, certain limitations and provisions prescribed in
the said Act, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and all ports and places within the limits of the said
Charter, save and except the dominions of the Emperor of China:
And whereas it was also enacted by the said Act, that nothing
therein contained should extend or be construed to extend to
prevent the making, during the further term thereby. granted
to the said. Company, such further provisions by authority of
Parliament as 'might from time to time be deemed necessary for
enabling his 'Majesty's subjects to carry on trade and traffic di-
rectly or circuitously, as well between all ports and places si-
tuate without the limits 6f the said Company's Charter, and all
ports and places (except the dominions of the Emperor of China,)
situate within those limits; as between the said United Kidgdom,
and all the last-mentioned ports anti places, except as aforesaid;
And whereas by an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of his
said late Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act for the further
Regulation of the Trade to and from the places within the limits
of the. Charter of the East India Company," provision was
made for enabling the said Company, and all other his Ma-
jesty's subjects carrying on trade between the United Kingdom
and the ports and places within the limits of the said Company's
Charter, to make circuitous voyages, and to touch and trade at
certain ports and places in America and Africa, in the said
Act mentioned, and also for enabling his Majesty's subjects to
cafy on trade directly and circuitously to, from, and between al
the ports and places within the limits of the said Charter :
And whereas by an Act matt! in the fifty-seventh year of his
said late Majesty's reign, mtituled, " An Act to regulate the
Trade to and from' the places Within the limits of the Charter
of the East India Company, and certain possessions of his Ma-
jesty in the Mediterranean," p-4oVision was made for enabling
the said Company, and all other his Majesty's subjects, to carry
.on trade between all ports and places within the limits of the
Charter of 'the said Company (the dominions of the Emperor
of China alwaYs excepted) and the island of Malta and port of
Gibraltar : And whereas it is expedient to give further facili-
ties for carrying on trade between the several ports and places
within the said limits (except as aforesaid) and the several ports
and places situate without the ,;aid limits, belonging to Princes,
States, and Countries in amity with his Majesty;
'Be it therefore enacted, by the King's most Excellent Ma-
jesty, by and with the advice And consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as-
sembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after
the it shall be lawful for the United Company of
Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, and also for
any other of his Majesty's subjects, to trade (in ships navigated
according to law, and proceeding under the authority of the said
Acts, or any of them, upon any voyage between the United
Kingdom and any ports or places within the limits of the Char-
ter of the said Compa,iy) to and at any intermediate ports or
places situate between the said United Kingdom and the limits
of the said Charter, and belonging to any Prince, State, or
Country in amity with his Majesty, and in the prosecution of
any such circuitous voyage outward or homeward- respectively,
to discharge the whole or any Tart of the cargo of any such ship
or vessel at any such intermediate ports or places, and to take
On board any other goods, wares, or merchandize.
And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the said United Company, and also for any other of his Ma-
jesty's subjects, to carry on (in ships navigatedaccording to law)
trade and traffic in any goods,,wares, or merchandize whatsoever,
directly and circuitously, between all ports or places within the
limits of the said Company's Charter, and any such port orplaces
as aforesaid, belonging to Princes, States or Countries in amity
with his Majesty • any thing in the Charter of the said Com-
pany, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary
notwithstanding : Provided always, That nothing herein con-
tained, shall authorize any of his Majesty's subjects, other than
the said Company, or persons properly licensed by them, to
carry on trade or traffic with the dominions of the Emperor of
China, or to export or import from or to any such ports ()replaces
within or without such limits, or to import into the United
Kingdom, any tea, -or in any manner to trade or traffic in tea,
between any such ports or places as aforesaid.
Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act contained, shall extend or be construed to extend, to repeal
or alter, or in any manner to affect the restrictions, regulations
and provisions in the saidsfirst recited Acts contained, as to the
size of vessels allowed to- clear out from, or enter in at any port
of the United Kingdom, or as to any licences, certificates or lists
required by the same Act, in the cases therein specified, or any of
the restrictions or provisions in the same Act, oe in any other Act
contained, as to the resort to and residence of any persons in
the East Indies : Provided also, That all trade with all ports
and places upon the Continent of Asia, from the River Indus
to the Town of Malacca inclusive, or any Island under the
government of the said Company, lying' to the north of the
Equator, or the said Company's Factory at Bencoolen, and
its dependencies, shall remain and continue subject to all such
regulations, provisions and restrictions, as shall from time to
time be in, force in relation to trade, at any such ports and
places under the authority of any of the governments of the
said Company, at their several Presidencies in India.
Provided also, and be it farther enacted, That his Majesty's
Settlethent- at the Cape of Good Hope shall as to all trade al-
lowed by this Act to be carried on between ports and places
within the limits of the Charter of the said Company, be deem-
ed construed and taken to be within such limits : Provided
also, That nothing herein contained as to the said Settlement
being deemed, as to such trade as aforesaid, to be within such
limits, shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent or in
any manner to limit or affect any other trade which now may
or which may hereafter be allowed to be carried on between the
said-Settlement, and any other countries, ports or places what-
ever.
And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contain-
ed, shall authorize any- of his Majesty's subjects to carry on
trade or traffic with any country or port, or in any article, con-
trary to any prohibition which his Majesty may think :fit to
impose by Order in Council.