clamations, and Orders in Council with refer-
ence to the commencement of hostilities against
the Emperor of all the Russias.

I have,&c.,
Governor
Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

HER MAJESTY'S
DECLARATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS,
AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL

WITH REFERENCE TO THE
COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES AGAINST THE
EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS.

I.
BY THE QUEEN.
A PROCLAMATION.
Proclamation prohibiting the Exportation of Arms,
Stores, &c.
18th Feb. 1854.

VICTORIA R.

WHEREAS by the Customs Consolidation Act,
1853, Section 150, certain Goods may, by Procla-
mation or Order, of Her Majesty in Council, be
prohibited either to be exported or carried Coast-
wise: And whereas We, by and with the Advice of
Our Privy Council, deem it expedient and ne-
cessary to prohibit the Goods hereinafter men-
tioned either to be exported or carried Coastwise:
We, by and with the Advice aforesaid, do hereby
Order and Direct, that from and after the Date
hereof, all Arms, Ammunition and Gunpowder,
Military and Naval Stores, and the following
Articles, being Articles which We have judged
capable of being converted into, or made useful in
increasing the Quantity of, Military or Naval
Stores, that is to say, Marine Engines, Screw Pro-
pellers, Paddle Wheels, Cylinders, Cranks, Shafts,
Boilers, Tubes for Boilers, Boiler Plates, Fire
Bars, and every Article, or any other component
part of an Engine or Boiler, or any Article what-
soever, which is, can or may become applicable
for the Manufacture of Marine Machinery, shall
be and the same are hereby prohibited either to
be exported from the United Kingdom or carried
Coastwise.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham
Palace, this Eighteenth Day of
February, in the Year of Our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four, and in the Seventeenth
Year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

II.
BY THE QUEEN.
A PROCLAMATION.
Proclamation against the fitting out or equipping
Vessels for Warlike Purposes.
9th March 1854.

VICTORIA R.
WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament passed in the
Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty

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King George the Third, entitled "An Act to pre-
vent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's
Subjects to serve in Foreign Service, and the fit-
ting out or equipping in His Majesty's Dominions
Vessels for Warlike Purposes, without His Ma-
NEWCASTLE. jesty's Licence," it is amongst other things
enacted, "that if any person within any part of
the United Kingdom, or in any part of His Ma-
jesty's Dominions beyond the Seas, shall, without
the Leave or Licence of His Majesty, His Heirs
or Successors, for that Purpose first had and ob-
tained under the Sign Manual of His Majesty, His
Heirs or Successors, or signified by Order in
Council, or by Proclamation of His Majesty, His
Heirs or Successors, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm,
or attempt or endeavour to equip, furnish, fit out,
or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished,
fitted out or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist,
or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fit-
ting out, or arming, of any Ship or Vessel, with
intent or in order that such Ship or Vessel shall
be employed in the Service of any Foreign Prince,
State, or Potentate, or of any Foreign Colony,
Province, or part of any Province or People, or
of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming
to exercise any powers of Government in or over
any Foreign State, Colony, Province, or part of
any Province or People, as a Transport or Store
Ship, or with intent to cruise or commit Hostili-
ties against any Prince, State, or Potentate, or
against the Subjects or Citizens of any Prince,
State, or Potentate, or against the Persons exercis-
ing or assuming to exercise the Powers of Go-
vernment in any Colony, Province, or part of any
Province or Country, or against the Inhabitants
of any Foreign Colony, Province, or part of any
Province or Country, with whom His Majesty
shall not then be at War, or shall, within the
United Kingdom or any of His Majesty's Domin-
ions, or in any Settlement, Colony, Territory, Is-
land, or Place belonging or subject to His Ma-
jesty, issue or deliver any Commission for any
Ship or Vessel, to the intent that such Ship or
Vessel shall be employed as aforesaid, every such
person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a
Misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof
upon any information or indictment, be punished
by Fine and Imprisonment, or either of them, at
the Discretion of the Court in which such Of-
fender shall be convicted, and every such Ship or
Vessel, with the Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture,
together with all the Materials, Arms, Ammuni-
tion, and Stores which may belong to or be on
board of any such Ship or Vessel, shall be forfeited."
And whereas it has been represented to Us that
Ships and Vessels are being built in several places
within the United Kingdom, and are being
equipped, furnished, and fitted out especially with
Steam Machinery, with intent that they shall be
employed as aforesaid, without Our Royal Leave
or Licence for that Purpose first had or obtained
or signified as aforesaid; We have therefore
thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy
Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation,
warning all Our Subjects against taking part in
such Proceedings, which We are determined to
prevent and repress, and which cannot fail to bring
upon the Parties engaged in them the Punish-
ments which attend the Violation of the Laws.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham
Palace, this Ninth Day of March,
in the Year of Our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-four,
and in the Seventeenth Year of Our
Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!