The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-31 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETtE.

At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of Oeto.
ber, 1827.

Present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in

Council.

Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament, passed
in the 6th year of the reign of his present Majesty.
intituled " An Act to regulate the trade of the Bri-

tish possessions abroad," after reciting, that "by
the law of Navigation foreign ships are permitted
Ito import into any of the British possessions abroad,
from the countries to which they belong, goods, the
pictutee.of those countries, and to export goods from
such possessions to be carried to any foreign coun-
try whatever, and that it is expedient that such per-
mission should be subject to certain conditions," it
is enacted, " that the privileges thereby granted to
foreign ships shall by limited to the ships of those
countries which, having colonial possessions, shall

grant the like privileges of trading with those pos.
sessions to British vessels, or which, not having co-
lonial possessions, shall place the commerce and
navigation of this country, and of its possessions
abroad, upon the footing of the most favoured na-
tion, unless his Majesty, by his Order in Council,
shall in any case deem it expedient to grant the
whole or any of such privileges to the ships of any
foreign country, although the conditions aforesaid
shall not in all respects be fulfilled by such foreign
country."
And whereas by an Act, passed in the seventh
and eighth years of his present Majesty's reign, in-
tituled " An Act to amend the laws relating to the
Customs," after reciting or taking notice of the said
Act so passed as aforesaid in the sixth year of his
Majesty's reign, and after reciting that unless some
period were limited for the fulfilment, by foreign
countries, of the conditions mentioned and referred
to in the said recited Act, the trade and navigation of
the United Kingdom, and of the British possessions
abroad, could not be regulated by fixed and certain
rules, but would continue subject to changes de-
pendent upon the laws from time to time, made in
such foreign countries; it is therefore enacted, that
no foreign country shall hereafter be deemed to have
fulfilled the conditions so prescribed as aforesaid in
and by the said Act, as to be entitled to the privi-
leges therein mentioned, unless such foreign coun-
try had, in all respects, fulfilled those conditions
within twelve months next after the passing of the
said Acts—that is to say, on or before the fifth day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six;
and for the better ascertaining what particular fo-
reign countries are permitted by law to exer-
cise and enjoy the said privileges, it is further enact-
ed, that no foreign country shall hereafter be deemed
to have fulfilled the before-mentioned conditions, or
to be entitled to the privileges aforesaid, unless, and
until his Majesty shall, by some Order or Order, to
be by him made, by the advice of his Privy Council,
have declared that such foreign country hath so ful-
filled the said conditions, and is entitled to the same
privileges; provided always, and it is thereby
declared and enacted, that nothing therein contained
extends, or shall be construed to extend, to make
void or annul any Order or Orders in Council there-
tofore issued, under the authority or in the pursuance
of the said recited Act, and to take away or abridge
the powers vested in his Majesty in and by the said
Act, or any of those powers, any thing therein con-
tained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding :
And whereas the conditions mentioned and re-
ferred to in the said Acts of Parliament have not in
all respects been fulfilled by the Government of the
United States If America, and therefore the pri-
vileges so granted as aforesaid by the Law of Navi-
gation to foreign ships cannot lawfully be exercised
or enjoyed by the ships of the United States afore-
said, unless his Majesty by his Order in Council,
shall grant the whole or any of such privileges to
the ships of the United States aforesaid :
And• whereas his Majesty doth deem it expedient
to permit the exportation of salt and fruit, in certain
vessels of the said United States of America, from
certain of the Bahama Islands; his Majesty cloth,
therefore, in pursance and exercise of the powers
vested in him in and by the said Acts of Parlia-
ment, by and with the advice of his Privy Council,
declare and grant, that it shall be lawful for ships of
the United States of America, arriving in ballast at