par les autorités Prussiennes suffiront et auront leur plein effet dans les ports Portugais, pourvu qu'il y soit officiellement ajouté que dans le dit port il ne se trouve point de Consulat Portugais, ou que le Consul ou Agent Consulaire Portugais est absent.

Il est convenu de part et d'autre que les déclarations précédentes seront regardées comme faisant partie du Traité, et auront la même force et valeur.

Après quoi les Ratifications du Traité ayant été trouvées en bonne et due forme, ont été échangées.

Fait et signé en double expédition à Berlin le 6 Mai, 1844. (L.S.) RENDUFFE.

(L.S.) BULOW,

CONVENTION entre la Russie et la Perse, pour l'interprétation

de l'Article XIV du Traité de Tourkmantchai.*- Conclue à Téhéran, le 3 Juillet, 1844.

DANS le but de faire cesser les désordres et les abus que les habitants des provinces limitrophes de la Russie et de la Perse font souvent de la transmigration, les fondés de pouvoirs des 2 Parties Contractantes, avec la permission et l'autorisation de leurs Gouverne. ments respectifs, ont signé l'arrangement suivant:

ART. I. Les sujets des 2 Puissances ne pourront désormais passer d'un pays dans l'autre sans passeport et sans permis en règle de leur Gouvernement.

II. Tout individu sujet de l'un des 2 Gouvernements qui se rendrait sur le territoire de l'autre, sans s'être pourvu d'un passeport, sera arrêté et livré aux autorités frontières les plus proches, ou bien au Ministre, Chargé d'Affaires, ou Consul de sa nation, avec tous les objets d'habillements, d'armements, &c. dont il sera porteur.

III. Toute demande que les sujets des 2 Etats adresseront à leur Gouvernement pour obtenir l'autorisation d'émigrer, devra se faire sans intervention étrangère.

IV. Si les préposés des 2 Gouvernements, en considération de l'amitié qui les unit, demandent l'un à l'autre des passeports, on ne les refusera pas pour quelques familles, à moins qu'il n'y ait des empêchements légaux.

Signé à Téhéran le 3 Juillet, 1844, (28 Djoumadi-el-sani 1260. (L.S.) HADJI-MIRZA-AGASSY.

(L.S.) A. MEDEM.

*February 22, 1828. Vol. XV, p. 669.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, declaring that Treaties are subsisting between Great Britain and Austria, and certain other Powers, under which Treaties the Vessels and Cargoes of those Powers are entitled to certain Privileges in British Ports.-August 8, 1845.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of August, 1845.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the 59th year of the reign of His late Majesty King George III [cap. 54], intituled "An Act to carry into effect a Convention of Commerce concluded between His Majesty and the United States of America, and a Treaty with the Prince Regent of Portugal," whereby, after reciting certain provisions contained in certain Treaties or Conventions, made between His said late Majesty and the United States of America, and between His said late Majesty and the Prince Regent of Portugal, divers provisions were made respecting the duties payable, and the bounties and allowances to be granted, upon the importation and exportation of goods, wares, and merchandize into or from the United Kingdom, in vessels of The United States and in Portuguese vessels, and respecting the repayment to certain corporations, bodies politic and corporate, and sundry other persons, of the amount of the sums of money of which they would be deprived by means of the said Act:

And whereas by an Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 8th and 9th years of the reign of Her present Majesty [cap. 90], intituled "An Act for granting Duties of Customs," it is, amongst other things, enacted and declared, that, from and after the ratification of any Treaty heretofore made by Her Majesty and any of Her royal predecessors, subsequently to the said first hereinbefore recited Act, or of any Treaty which may hereafter be made by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, with any foreign Power, in which Treaty have been or shall be contained provisions similar to those recited in the said first herein before recited Act, all and every the provisions, clauses, matters, and things in the said first hereinbefore recited Act contained, shall apply and extend to the trade and shipping of such foreign Powers, respectively, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as to the trade and shipping of the said United States and of the said Kingdom of Portugal, and also shall apply and extend to differential duties or charges on goods imported or exported in the ships of such foreign Powers, as well as to differential duties on the ships of such foreign Powers:

And whereas by the said last recited Act it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors,

by any Order or Orders to be by Her or them made, with the advice of Her or their Privy Council, and published in the "London Gazette," from time to time, to declare what are the foreign Powers with which any such Treaty or Treaties as aforesaid is or are subsisting, and that the said recited Acts shall apply and shall be deemed, from the time of the ratification of any such Treaties, to have been applicable to the 'trade and shipping of such foreign countries as shall be so mentioned in any such Order or Orders in Council as aforesaid, so long as any such Order or Orders shall continue unrevoked, and no longer :

And whereas divers Orders have, from time to time, been made and published in pursuance and by the authority of a certain Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 1st and 2nd years of the reign of Her present Majesty [cap. 113], intituled "An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs," for the purpose of declaring what are the foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid have been, from time to time, subsisting:

And whereas it is expedient, that all Orders so made and published as aforesaid should be revoked, and that a new Order should now be made and published, under the authority of the said recited. Act of the 8th and 9th years of Her Majesty's reign, declaring what are the foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid are now subsisting:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that all Orders in Council which have been issued under the authority and in pursuance of the said Act of the 1st and 2nd years of Her Majesty's reign, for the purpose of declaring what are the foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid are subsisting, shall be revoked.

And, in lieu thereof, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in Her by the said Act of the 8th and 9th years of Her Majesty's reign, doth hereby declare, that the foreign Powers, with which any such Treaties as aforesaid are subsisting, are the several Powers hereinafter mentioned (that is to say):-His Majesty the King of the French, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, His Majesty the King of Denmark, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh, His Majesty the King of Hanover, His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the Free City of Frankfort, Her Majesty the Queen of

Portugal, His Majesty the King of Sardinia, His Majesty the King of the 2 Sicilies, His Majesty the King of Greece, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the United States of America, the United States of Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, the Republic of Bolivia, the Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of New Granada, the Republic of the Equator, and the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata :

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, exempting certain Articles from the Duty of Customs in British Possessions.-November 20, 1845.

At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of November, 1845,

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the 8th and 9th years of Her present Majesty, [cap. 93], intituled "An Act for the regulation of the Trade of the British Possessions abroad," it is enacted, that there should be raised, levied, and collected,. and paid to Her Majesty, the several duties of Customs, as the same are respectively set forth in figures in the table of duties thereinafter contained, upon goods, wares, and merchandize, not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in America, or of the Mauritius, or of any of the British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter, or the produce of any of the British fisheries imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America, or the Mauritius, by sea or inland carriage or navigation:

And whereas divers articles are enumerated in the said table of duties, and certain duties therein mentioned are therein made payable upon such articles respectively, and the duty of 4 per centum ad valorem is made payable on articles not enumerated, except such as are comprised or referred to in the table of exemptions subjoined to the said table of duties:

And whereas it is also enacted by the said Act now in recital, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, by any Order and Orders in Council to be issued from time to time, to direct that any article described in such Order, being an article chargeable under the said Act as an enumerated article with

a duty of 4 per centum ad valorem, shall be added to the list of exemptions thereinbefore set forth, and shall be free from such duty; and that, from and after the time mentioned in such Order for the commencement of such exemption, not being less than 6 months from the date thereof, such exemption shall take effect, and such article shall thenceforth, while such Order shall continue in force, be free from such duty accordingly; and that any such Order may at any time be suspended or revoked by Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council, by any other Order in Council:

And whereas pot and pearl ashes, and specimens illustrative of natural history, are not enumerated in the said table of duties, neither are they comprized or referred to in the said table of exemptions:

And whereas Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council, hath deemed it expedient that pot and pearl ashes, and specimens illustrative of natural history, should be exempted from the duties imposed by the said recited Act:

Now, therefore, under and by virtue of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the powers thereby in Her Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered accordingly, that pot and pearl ashes, and specimens illustrative of natural history, shall be, and the same are hereby, added to the list of exemptions in the said recited Act set forth; and that, from and after the 1st day of June, 1846, pot and pearl ashes, and specimens illustrative of natural history, shall be free from such duty, as fully and effectually as if such articles had been inserted and enumerated in the said table at the time of passing the said Act:

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Lord Stanley, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

ACT of the British Parliament "for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade."

[6 & 7 Vict. cap. 98.] [August 24, 1843.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the 5th year of the reign of King George IV [cap. 113], intituled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade," whereby it is enacted (among other things) that it shall not be lawful (except in such special cases as are hereinafter mentioned) for any persous to deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or to contract for