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on the one side, and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, His Majesty the King of Prussia, and the Germanic Confederation, or any of these Powers, on the other side, no prize captured or taken by any armed ship of any of the belligerent Powers, or by any officers or persons in the service of any of the said Powers, shall be permitted to be brought into any of the ports, harbours, roadstead, or waters belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. 2. All ships of war of any of the said belligerents are strictly prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaud, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or possessions abroad, as a station or place of resort for any warlike purpose, or for any purpose of warlike equipment; and no ship of war of any of the said belligerents shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of, or to leave any port, roadstead, or waters subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel of the Power or Powers with whom such belligerent is at war (whether the same shall be a ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least 24 hours from the departure of such last mentioned vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty. 3. These orders are to be in force, and to be strictly observed in every case until Her Majesty shall be pleased to make any further or other order to the contrary. 4. The word " privateer" is not used in these instructions, because by the Declaration respecting Maritime Law, signed at Paris on the 16th April, 1850, Austria and Prussia agreed that " privateering is and remains abolished," and Denmark adhered to the same Declaration, on the 25th of June, 185 G. I have, &c, Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., &c. Edwabd Cabdwell. No. 53. Sib, — Downing Street, sth May, 1864. At the instance of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, I forward herewith copies of the Quarterly Supplement to the Mercantile Navy List for 1864, for the use of Registrars of Shipping and Officers of Customs in the Colony under your Government. I have, &c, Edwaed Cabdweli. Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., &c, &c, &c. No. 54 Ste, — Downing Street, 2nd June, 1864. I think it well to communicate to you the decisions at which Her Majesty's Government have arrived on certain questions which have arisen respecting the treatment of prizes captured by Federal or Confederate cruisers, if brought into British waters. 1. If any prize, captured by a ship of war of either of the belligerent Powers, shall be brought by the captors within Her Majesty's jurisdiction, notice shall be given by the Governor to the captors immediately to depart and remove such prize. 2. A vessel which shall have been actually and lonafide converted into and used as a public vessel of war, shall not be deemed to be a prize, within the meaning of these rules. 3. If any prize shall be brought within Her Majesty's jurisdiction through mere stress of weather, or other extreme and unavoidable necessity, the Governor may allow for her removal such time as he may consider to be necessary. 4. If any prize shall not be removed at the time prescribed to the captors by the Governor, the Governor may detain such prize until Her Majesty's pleasure shall be made known. 5. If any prize shall have been captured by any violation of the territory or territorial waters of Her Majesty, the Governor may detain such prize until Her Majesty's pleasure shall be made known. Her Majesty's Government have not thought it necessary to make any addition to the instructions already given with respect to cargoes—viz., that Her Majesty's orders apply as much to prize cargoes of every kind, which may be brought by any armed ships or privateers of either belligerent into British waters, as to the captured vessels themselves. They do not, however, apply to any article which may have formed part of any such cargoes if brought within British jurisdiction not by armed ships or privateers of either belligerent, but by other persons who may have acquired or may claim property in them by reason of any dealings with the captors. These rules are for the guidance of the Executive Authority, and are not intended to interfere in any way with the process of any Court of Justice. I have, &c, Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., &c, &c, &c. Edwaed Cabdwell. No. 55. Sic, — Downing Street, 20th June, 1864. I transmit to you herewith a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Royal National LifeBoat Institution, with coj>ies of new Instructions which have been issued by that Institution, for the restoration of persons apparently drowned. I have been informed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the Medical DirectorGeneral of the Navy has given it as his opinion that the Instructions in question are valuable, and that they have been circulated in the Eoyal Navy; I have therefore no hesitation in giving to thes<? Instructions the Circulation desired by the Committee of the Institution. I have, &c, Edwabd Cabdwell. Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Ac, &c, Ac.

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DESPATCHES FIIOM RIGHT HON. E. CARDWELL, M.P.