[Neutrality in Foreign Wars. Enlistments, &c.] the discretion of the Court in which such Offender shall be convicted, and every such Ship or Vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may belong to, or be on board of, any such Ship or Vessel, shall be forfeited; and it shall be lawful for any Officer of His Majesty's Customs or Excise, or any Officer of His Majesty's Navy, who is, by law, empowered to make seizures for any forfeiture, incurred under any of the Laws of Customs or Excise, or the Laws of trade and navigation, to seize such Ships and Vessels aforesaid, and in such Places, and in such manner in which the Officers of His Majesty's Customs or Excise, and the Officers of His Majesty's Navy, are empowered respectively to make seizures under the Laws of Customs and Excise, or under the Laws of trade and navigation; and that every such Ship and Vessel, with the tackle, apparel and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may belong to, or be on board of, such Ship or Vessel, may be prosecuted and condemned, in the like manner, and in such Courts as Ships or Vessels may be prosecuted and condemned for any breach of the Laws made for the protection of the revenues of Customs and Excise, or of the Laws of trade and navigation:" And it is further enacted, "that if any Person, in any Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any Part of His Majesty's Dominions beyond the seas, without the leave and licence of His Majesty for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the number of the guns of such Vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war, increase or augment, or procure to be increased or augmented, or shall be knowingly concerned in increasing or augmenting the warlike force of any Ship or Vessel of War, or Cruizer, or other armed Vessel, which at the time of her arrival in any Part of the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's Dominions, was a Ship of War, Cruizer, or armed Vessel, in the Service of any Foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, or of any Person or Persons exercising, or assuming to exercise, any powers of Government, in or over any Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, belonging to the Subjects of any such Prince, State, or Potentate, or to the Inhabitants of any Colony, Province, or part of any Province or Country, under the control of any Person or Persons, so exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Government, every such Person so offend [Neutrality in Foreign Wars. Enlistments, &c.] ing shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall, upon being convicted thereof, upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the Court before which such Offender shall be convicted:" His Majesty, therefore, being resolved to cause the Provisions of the said Statute to be effectually put in execution, and being desirous that none of His Majesty's Subjects should unwarily subject themselves to the penalties thereby inflicted, hath thought fit, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to issue this His Royal Proclamation, and doth hereby strictly command, that no Person or Persons whatsoever do presume to commit or attempt any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the Provisions of the said Statute, and the true intent and meaning thereof, and that the said Provisions of the said Statute be punctually observed and kept, upon pain of the several penalties by the said Statute inflicted upon Offenders against the same, and of His Majesty's high displeasure. Given at Our Court at Carlton House, this 6th day of June, 1823, and in the Fourth year of our Reign. God save the King. [Jever.] No. 116.-PATENT of the Duke of Oldenburg, on taking possession of the Lordship of Jever. Oldenburg, 6th August, 1823. (Translation.) WE, Peter Frederick Lewis, Duke of Oldenburg, &c., &c., &c. send our Princely greeting to all and each of the inhabitants and subjects of the hereditary Lordship of Jever. Whereas His Majesty Alexander I., Emperor of all Russia, by Deed of Cession dated 18th April, 1818 (No. 78), ceded and made over, with all the rights of Sovereignty and Possession appertaining to him, the Lordship of Jever, formerly under our Administration, to us in such wise that as previously intended it should be reunited under one Government with our Duchy of Oldenburg so long as there are heirs of the line; and as we now, since the death of our cousin the Duke Peter Frederick William of Holstein-Oldenburg, have undertaken and entered upon the Government of the Duchy of Oldenburg for ourselves, it is our intention to take formal possession of the aforesaid Lordship of Jever, and we have appointed Commissioners for the purpose. Hereby therefore, and by virtue of this Patent, for ourselves, for the Princes our Son and Grandson, and all their Princely heirs and successors, we take formal possession of the hereditary Lordship of Jever and its Government, and hereby command that His Imperial Majesty's Patent of 18th April, 1818, releasing the inhabitants of the Lordship from their sworn fealty to him, be published, and that the oath of homage in our hereditary Lordship of Jever be taken before our aforesaid Commissioners. In the Palace at Oldenburg, 6th August, 1823. VON BERG. LANTZ. PETER. [See also Convention of 8th January, 1825, respecting Kniphausen.] [Navigation of the Weser.] No. 117.-SEPARATE CONVENTION between Hanover and Bremen, relative to the Navigation of the Weser.' Sigmed at Minden, 9th September, 1823. 1. Stations and Proportion of the Subjects of each State to be employed. 2. Arrangement to apply to all Conveyances of Goods, whether by Companies or otherwise. 3. Bremen to see to Fulfilment of Arrangement on regular Voyages; Hanover with regard to other Conveyances. 4. Convention to come into force at the same time as the Weser Navigation Convention.* ON account of what has occurred in the transactions of the Weser Navigation Commission in regard to relays of towinghorses on the part of the River between Bremen and Stolzenau, the Commissioners for Hanover and Bremen have met by direction of their Governments and agreed upon the following points: ARTS. I to IV. (See Table.) Minden, 9th September, 1823. J. F. W. HEILIGER, as Commissioner for Hanover. * 10th September, 1823. [Navigation of the Weser, &c.] No. 118.-CONVENTION between Prussia, Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, Oldenburgh, Lippe, and Bremen, concerning the Free Navigation of the Weser. Signed at Minden, 10th September, 1823. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. I. General Provisions. 1. Free Navigation of the Weser. Coasting Trade between Riverain States reserved. 2, 3. Abolition of all exclusive Rights and Privileges. 4. Navigation Free to all who are authorised by their Governments. 5. Merchant Vessels to have an inscription of the place to which they belong, number, and burthen. 6. Ships and their Burthen. Periodical Voyages. 7. Carriage of Gunpowder. 8. Freight-Prices. 9. No New Restrictions to be placed on Ships direct from the Sea. 10. Merchants allowed to contract with Captains for a certain Period. 11. Conditions of such Contracts. 12. Weights and Measures. 13. Standard of Money. II. The Dues. 14. Abolition of former Dues. 15. New Dues, and Proportion to be received by each State. 16. Places of Collection. 17. Abatement of Dues. 18. Tolls for Live Animals. 19. Empty Ships. 20. Weight of Goods to be Vouched for. 21. Dues to be collected only when the Vessel goes beyond the Place of Collection. 22. No other Dues shall be levied. 23. Duties not included in the foregoing Articles. 24. Punishment of Officials for misappropriating Money or Goods. 25. Weight of Goods. III. Supervision. 26. Each State has the right of Examination. 27. Causes for Suspicion. 28. Tolls for Vessels going from one Place in the River to another. 29. Facilities for Collection. 30. Grounds of Suspicion must be proved. |