them into or from any of the ports of the United Kingdom, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding:

"And whereas His said late Majesty King George the Fourth in Council did, by six several Orders, respectively bearing date the twenty-first July one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the eighteenth November one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the tenth March one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, the tenth March one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, the twenty-fifth May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and the nineteenth October one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, issued in pursuance of the said recited Act, grant the exemption, by the said Act authorized to be granted as herein before is mentioned, to vessels of less burthen than sixty tons, belonging to the folowing countries and places (that is to say), The Netherlands,

Hanover,
Denmark,
Hamburgh,
Lubeck, and
Bremen:

And whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the reign of His said late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for "the amendment of the law respecting pilots and "pilotage, and also for the better preservation of "floating lights, buoys, and beacons," it is enacted, that the several Acts therein recited, and all and every the clauses, provisions, powers, penalties, forfeitures, matters, and things relating as well to pilots appointed by the Corporation of the Trinityhouse of Deptford Strond, as to pilots of the Fellowship of Dover, Deal, or the isle of Thanet, and to the pilotage by, and regulation of, all such

pilots as aforesaid, and also as to the conduct of all persons in matters of pilotage within the jurisdiction of the said Corporation of the Trinity-house of Deptford Strond, and the liberty of the Cinque Ports, which are contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament theretofore made, shall be and the same are thereby repealed :

And by the said Act now in recital it is enacted, that the master of any ship or vessel, not exceeding the burthen of sixty tons, and having a British register, may lawfully pilot his own ship, so long as he shall pilot the same without the aid of any unlicenced pilot, or other persons than the ordinary crew of the ship :

And by the said Act now in recital it is also enacted, that, after the passing thereof, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order in Council, to permit and authorize ships and vessels, not exceeding the burthen of sixty tons, and not having a British register, to be piloted and conducted without having a duly licenced pilot on board, upon the same terms and conditions as are, by the said Act, imposed on British ships and vessels not exceeding the like burthen :

And by the said Act now in recital it is likewise enacted, that nothing therein contained shall extend to the taking away, abridging, defeating, or interrupting of any grants, liberties, franchises, or privileges heretofore granted by any charters or Acts of Parliament to the pilots of the Trinityhouse of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, or the Trinity-house of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or to alter or repeal any provisions contained in any Act of Parliament relating to the pilots of any ports or districts in relation to which particular provision shall have been made in any Act of Parliament as to the pilots or pilotage, or to the pilotage within the limits prescribed by any Act of Par

liament relating to pilotage for such ports, or to the burthen of vessels navigating to or from such ports:

And whereas Her Majesty is desirous of confirming the exemption so granted as aforesaid to the vessels of the countries and places heretofore mentioned, and of placing such vessels as are hereinafter described, being under sixty tons burthen, upon the same footing, with regard to exemption from pilotage, as vessels of like burthen having a British register, and for that purpose to exercise the powers so vested in Her as hereinbefore is mentioned, in manner hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her by the said recited Acts respectively, and of every other power authorizing Her Majesty in that behalf, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date of this Order, as respects the ports and places following, namely,

The port of Kingston-upon-Hull,

The port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the ports or places being members thereof, respectively, and all other ports and places in respect of which the power vested in Her Majesty by virtue of the said recited Act, of the fourth year of the reign of His said late Majesty King George the Fourth, is still subsisting, all such vessels as are described in the schedule to this Order annexed, being of less burthen than sixty tons, which shall enter into or clear out from any of the said ports or places, shall be, and they are hereby, exempted from taking on board a pilot to conduct them into or from any such port or place, in all cases where British vessels, being of less burthen than sixty

tons, are not required by law to take pilots, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding:

And it is hereby further ordered, that from and after the date of this Order, as respects all other ports and places in the United Kingdom, all such vessels as are described in the schedule to this Order annexed, being of less burthen than sixty tons, which shall enter and clear out of any of such ports and places, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and permitted to be piloted and conducted without having a duly licenced pilot on board, upon the same terms and conditions as by the said recited Act, of the sixth year of the reign of His said late Majesty King George the Fourth, are required upon British ships and vessels not exceeding the like burthen :

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

Wm. L. Bathurst.

viz.

SCHEDULE.

1. Vessels belonging to the following countries,

France,
Sardinia,
Portugal,

Texas,

coming from or departing for the ports of the countries to which they respectively belong, or, if in ballast, coming from or departing for any other place.

2. Vessels belonging to the following countries

and places, viz.

Sweden and Norway,

Russia,

Denmark,

Hanover,

Prussia,

The Free Hanseatic Cities of Bremen, Lu

beck, Hamburgh, and Frankfort,

The Netherlands,

Greece,

The United States,

Mexico,

Columbia,

Venezuela,

Brazil,

Bolivia,

Peru,

The United Provinces of Rio de la Plata,

Uruguay.

Windsor-Castle, December 12, 1843.

An Address has been presented to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the occasion of His Royal Highness's visit in the Midland Counties, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the town of Nottingham, and was very graciously received.

Downing-Street, December 15, 1843.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Paul Ivy Sterling, Esq. to be Her Majesty's Attorney General for the island of Hong Kong.