Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-08-21
Repeal of the Orders in
Council.

day, June %, 1912.
At the Court at Carlton House, the 22d
day of June, present His Royal Highness
the Prince Regent in Council:
WHEREAS His Royal Highness the
Prince Regent was pleased to declare in the
name and on the behalf OF his Majesty on
the 2ist of April, 1912, " that If at any
time hereafter the Berlin and Milan De.
eress shall by some authentic act of the
French Governme mt, publicly promuigat.
ed, be absolutely and Internationally re-
pealed, then and from thence, the Order in
Council Of January, 1907, and the Order
in Council of the 26th of April, 1909, shall
without any further order, be, and the
same are hereby declared from thenceforth
to be wholly and absolutely revoked"
And whereas the Charge DIES Affaires Of
the United States of America, resident at
this court, did on the 2ist day of May, last.
transmit Lord Viscount Castleresgh, one
of his Msjesty's principal secretaries of
state, a copy OF certain instrument, then.
for the first time, communicated to this
court, purporting to be Decree passed by
the Government of France, on the 2sth day
of April, 1911, by which the DEGREES of
Berlin and Milan are declared to be def.
nitely no longer in force in regard to Anne.
rican vessels.
And whereas his royal highness the
prince regent, although he cannot consider
the tenor Of the said instrument AZ satisfy.
ing the Conditions set forth IN the said Or.
der of the 2ist April last, upon which the
said Orders were TO cease and determine,
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such measures as may tend to re.establish
the intercourse between neutral and belli.
gerent nations, upon it's accustomed princi-
pies his royal highness the prince regent,
in the name and on the behalf of his majes.
~, is therefore pleased, by and with the
advice of his majesty's Privy Council to or.
der and declare, and it is hereby ordered
and declared, that the Order in Council
bearing date the 7sh day of January, 1907,
and the Order in Council bearing date the
Goth of April, 1909, he revoked, so far as
may regard American vessels and their
cargoes /; being American property, from
the first day of August next.
But whereas by certain acts of the 90.
vernment OF the United States of America.
all British armed vessels are excluded from
the harbours of the said United States, the
armed vessels of France being permitted to
enter therein, and the commercial inter.
course between France and the said United
States having been restored; his royal high.
ness the prince regent is pleased hereby TO
declare, IN the name and on the behalf of
MS majesty, that it the Government of the
SAID United States shall not, as soon as NAV
be, after the order shall have been duly no
tined by his majesty's minister in America
to said government, revoke or cause to be
revoked the said acts, this present Order
shall, IN that case, after clear notice signed
by his Msjesty's minister in America, to
the said Government, be thencetorth null
and of no effect
1t IS further ordered and declared, sha,
all American Vessels and their Carpoe,.
being American property, that shall have
been captured subsequently, to the as,h of
May last, for breach of the aforesaid
Order IN Council alone, and which shall
not have been actually condemned before
the Date OF this Order, and that all Ship.
and Cargoes as aforesaid, that shall hence.
forth be captured under the said Orders.
prior to the 1st day of August next, shall
not be proceeded against to Condemnation,
until further orders, but shall in the event
OF this order not becoming Null and of no
Effect, IN the Case aforesaid. be forthwith
liberated and restored, subject to such rea
sonsble Expenses on the Part of the CAP.
tors, as shall be Incurred
Provided that nothing in the Order con.
tained respecting the Revocation of the Or.
ders herein mentioned, shall be taken to re.
vive Wholly, or in Part, the Orders in
Council of the 18th of November, 1907,
or any other Order OF herein mentioned.
or to deprive Parties of any legal Remedy
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