is not placed by such country upon as advantageous a footing as the trade and navigation of the most favoured nation, then and in any such case it shall be lawful for her majesty (if she think fit,) by order in council, to impose such duty or duties of tonnage upon the ships of such nation entering into or departing from the ports of the United Kingdom, or of any British possession in any part of the world, or such duty or duties on all goods, or on any specified classes of goods, imported or exported in the ships of such nation, as may appear to her majesty justly to countervail the disadvantages to which British trade or navigation is so subjected as aforesaid. Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That in every such order her majesty may, if she so think fit, specify what ships are to be considered as ships of the country or countries to which such order applies, and all ships answering the description contained in such order shall be considered to be ships of such country or countries for the purposes of such order. Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for her majesty from time to time to revoke any order or orders in council made under the authority of this act. Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That every such order in council as aforesaid shall, within fourteen days after the issuing thereof, be twice published in the London Gazette, and that a copy thereof shall be laid before both houses of parliament, within six weeks after the issuing the same, if parliament be then sitting, and if not then within six weeks after the commencement of the then next session of parliament. Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That if any goods be imported, exported or carried coastwise contrary to this act, all such goods shall be forfeited, and the master of the ship in which the same are so imported, exported, or carried coastwise shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, except where any other penalty is hereby specially imposed. Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred under this act shall be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or shall be mitigated or restored, in like manner and by the same authority as any penalty or forfeiture can be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or may be mitigated or restored, under an act passed in the said session of parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years of her present majesty, entitled An act for the prevention of smuggling; and that the cost of all proceedings under this act shall be defrayed out of the consolidated duties of customs. Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That all natural-born subjects of her majesty, and all persons made denizens by letters of denization, and all persons naturalized by or under any act of parliament, or by or under any act or ordinance of the legis lature or proper legislative authority of any of the British possessions in Asia, Africa, or America, and all persons authorized by or under any such act or ordinance to hold shares in British shipping, shall, on taking the oath of allegiance to her majesty, her heirs and successors, be deemed to be duly qualified to be owners or part owners of British registered vessels, any thing in the said recited act for the registering of British shipping to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. Sec. 18 [prescribes the form of certificate of registry, and Sec. 19 the form of declaration to be made by the owner or owners of any vessel previously to the registry thereof.] Sect. 20 [declares every ship or vessel not duly registered, to be forfeited, except boats under fifteen tons, navigated by British subjects, in the rivers and on the coasts, and boats of thirty tons fishing on the banks of Newfound land or parts adjacent.] Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That this act shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. insurrection and riot at Montreal, Florida, rivers of, 450. climate of, 416. adventures, (poetry,) 216. revenue laws, 295. Canada, progress of, 375. Cherokees, (J. H. Payne,) 211. Chronicle, Quarterly, 221, 514. Climate of Europe in olden time, 113. Coinage at the Mint, (1848,) 101. debates in, 311–314. Folsom, Capt.-letter to Gen. Jessup, 599. France, history of, 23, 350. Constitution of, 29. Presidency of-candidates, 31. . Frankfort, central power, 45, 355. Franklin, Lady,-letter to President, 589. French Republic, constitution of, 593. Friendless, the, 208. Genoa, city of-capitulated, 359. Germany, history of, 39, 355. Great Britain, history of, 37, 346. Hayti, account of, 345. Historical Register, 1848 and 1849, 6,310. | Pacific ocean, routes to, 159. inland communication with, 167. memorial, 296. Inland communication with Pacific, 167. Paris, clubs of, 26. Insect Slavery, 202. Parties in the United States, 7. Internal Improvements, (doc.,) 551, 587. Peace congress, address of, 588. Ireland, distress in, 514. Penitentiaries of the U. S., 402. Potato crop in, and produce, 102, 103. Pope Pius IX. manifesto of, 278. Italian Republic, 240. Italy, history of, 51, 361. Mahogany trade, 104. discussion of in Congress, 338. description of, 340. Navigation laws of England, 602. Obituary, 243, 495. Oregon, mail to by Panama, &c., 16. Pacific and Atlantic, junction of, 158. protest of, 279. Pope-agitation at Rome, 53. escape and flight of, 54. Population of the U. S., 89. Postmaster general, his report, 272. Presidential candidates, 6. elections, 125. Territories, admission of, discussion in War, secretary of, his report, 267. Congress, 317. Weather, statistics of, 420. slavery in, 330. Whale fishery, 390. Whig convention at Philadelphia, 10. Tonnage of the United States, 84. Wild beast fight, 203. Texts of discourses, 453. END OF VOL. II. |