BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, suspending in the Island of Jamaica, the prohibition against the Importation of Foreign Reprints of British Books.-London, June 25, 1857.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of June, 1857. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 5th and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty [cap. 45],† entitled "An Act to amend the Law of Copyright," it is among other things enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any person, not being the proprietor of the copyright, or some person authorized by him, to import into any port in the United Kingdom, or into any other part of the British dominions, for sale or hire, any printed book, first composed, or written, or printed and published in any part of the United Kingdom, wherein there shall be copyright, and reprinted in any country or place whatsoever out of the British dominions.

And whereas by the "Customs' Consolidation Act, 1853," an Act of the 8th and 9th Victoria, chapter 93, entitled "An Act to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions abroad," was repealed, and by the Act now in recital, books wherein the copyright is subsisting, first composed, or written, or printed, in the United Kingdom, and printed, or reprinted, in any other country, are absolutely prohibited to be imported into the British possessions abroad; but it is hereby provided that nothing therein contained shall be taken to prevent Her Majesty from exercising the power to suspend, in certain cases, such prohibition vested in her by the 10th and 11th Victoria, chapter 95,‡ entitled "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Protection in the Colonies of Works entitled to Copyright in the United Kingdom."

And whereas by the last recited Act, it is enacted that in case the Legislature, or proper legislative authorities in any British possession, shall be disposed to make due provision for securing or protecting the rights of British authors in such possessions, and shall pass an Act, or make an Ordinance for that purpose, and shall transmit the same in the proper manner to the Secretary of State, in order that it may be submitted to Her Majesty, and in case Her Majesty shall be of opinion that such Act or Ordinance is sufficient

* "London Gazette" of July 3, 1857.

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for the purpose of securing to British authors reasonable protection within such possession, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, if she think fit so to do, to express her royal approval of such Act or Ordinance, and thereupon to issue an Order in Council, declaring that so long as the provisions of such Act or Ordinance continue in force within such colony, the prohibitions contained in the aforesaid Acts of the 5th and 6th Victoria, and 8th and 9th Victoria, or in any other Acts against the importing, selling, letting out to hire, exposing for sale or hire, or possessing Foreign reprints of books first composed, written, printed, or published in the United Kingdom, and entitled to copyright therein, shall be suspended, so far as regards such colony, and thereupon such Act or Ordinance shall come into operation, except so far as may be otherwise provided therein, or may be otherwise directed by such Order in Council.

And whereas an Act has been passed by the Governor, Council and Assembly of the Island of Jamaica (No. 4170), "to repeal the 15th Victoria, chapter 5, and to re-enact the same with amendments," whereby provision is made for protecting the rights of British authors in the said colony.

And whereas Her Majesty hath expressed her royal approval of the said Act:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of her Privy Council, and by the authority of the same, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that, so long as the said Act shall remain and continue in force within the said island, all prohibitions in any of the said hereinbefore recited Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or in any other Acts thereof contained against the importing into the said island, or against the selling, letting out to hire, exposing for sale or hire, or possessing therein foreign reprints of books first composed, written, printed, or published in the United Kingdom, and entitled to copyright therein, shall be suspended, so far as regards the said island.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. WM. L. BATHURST.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, providing for the more efficient exercise of Power and Jurisdiction over British Subjects within the Dominions of Turkey, by the Judge of the Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople.*-London, August 27, 1857.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of August, 1857. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by a certain Act of Parliament made and passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign [cap. 94],† intituled "An Act to remove doubts as to the exercise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual," it is amongst other things enacted, that it is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty to hold, exercise, and enjoy any power and jurisdiction which Her Majesty now hath or may at any time hereafter have, within any country or place out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the same and as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had acquired such power or jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory:

And whereas Her Majesty hath power and jurisdiction in the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, on the 2nd day of October, 1843,‡ by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make, by Order in Council, provision for the due exercise of the jurisdiction possessed by Her Majesty as aforesaid, in the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased on the 19th day of June, 1844,§ by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make, by Order in Council, further provision for the exercise of the jurisdiction aforesaid:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased on the 24th of April, 1847, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to make, by Order in Council, other and further provisions for the due exercise of the power and jurisdiction aforesaid.

And whereas it is expedient at the present time to still further provide for the more efficient exercise of the power and jurisdiction customarily and as of right exercised on behalf of Her Majesty by Her Majesty's Ambassadors and other officers within the said dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the above-recited Act of Parliament, and in execution of the powers thereby in Her Majesty in Council vested, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the abovecited Orders of Her Majesty in Council of the 2nd of October, 1843, as far as the same is not repealed by any subsequent Order, and of the 19th of June, 1844, and of the 24th of April, 1847, respectively, shall continue to have full force and effect, except in so far as the same may be in any way altered by the present Order.

And for the better maintenance of order among British subjects and persons enjoying British protection, residing in or resorting to the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, and for the more effectual administration of justice among all classes of Her Majesty's subjects within the said dominions, it is hereby further ordered:

I. That the power and jurisdiction hitherto exercised by Her Majesty's Consul-General at Constantinople, so far as the same relates to the repression and punishment of crimes and offences committed within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, and to the judicial settlement and determination of all manner of differences, contentions, suits, and variances that might or should happen to arise between British subjects, or between British subjects and the subjects of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, or between British subjects and the subjects of any foreign Power, shall be vested in an officer who shall represent the Consul-General, and be called “the Judge of the Supreme Consular Court of Constantinople," and such officer shall hold by special commission from Her Majesty the appointment of Vice-Consul, but notwithstanding such commission, or any regulations concerning the precedence and comparative rank of Consuls, shall in all respects be of equal rank with Her Majesty's Consuls-General; and the said Judge shall, in his capacity of representative of the Consul-General, have the same power and jurisdiction to hold the said Consular Court of Constantinople, and therein try, determine, adjudicate, and act upon all matters properly brought before the said Court, whether the same be of a civil or criminal nature, as Her Majesty's Consul-General has customarily, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Order in Council, exercised on behalf of Her Majesty within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

II. And it is further ordered, that the Judge of the said Consular Court shall have attached to him, for the purpose of better enabling him to carry out the provisions of this Order, a ViceConsul Cancellier, who shall act as Registrar of the said Court; as also a law clerk or secretary, and such other subordinate officers as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying on the business of the said Consular Court.

III. And it is further ordered, that the term "Judge" shall be construed to mean the chief judicial officer for the time being of the Supreme Consular Court of Constantinople, or the person duly authorized to act as such, and engaged in carrying out the provi sions of this Order; and the term "Consul" shall be construed to include all and every officer in Her Majesty's service, whether Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, or any other person duly authorized to act in any of the aforesaid capacities within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte; and the term "British subject" shall be held to mean all subjects of Her Majesty wheresoever born or resident, whether natives of Great Britain and Ireland or of any of the colonies, or of the dominions of Her Majesty in India or of Malta, and likewise all citizens of the Ionian Islands, and persons under British protection in Turkey; and that wherever in this Order, with reference to any person, matter, or thing, any word or words is or are used importing the singular number, or the masculine gender only, such word or words shall be understood to include several persons as well as one person, females as well as males, and several matters or things as well as one matter or thing, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

IV. And be it further ordered, that the Judge of the said Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople, acting in the representative capacity aforesaid, shall have full power and authority to cause to be apprehended and brought before him any British subject charged with having committed any crime or offence within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, or within any British ship being within one hundred miles of the coast of Turkey, or within any ship or vessel on the high seas within the same limits, not being lawfully entitled to claim the protection of any flag of any State or nation, and having inquired of, tried, and determined according to the practice of English Criminal Courts, except where such practice is modified or altered by the provisions of this or any future Order, any charge which may be brought before him, save and except such as may be of a capital nature, to sentence the party convicted to transportation for life, or for any less term, or in lieu thereof to penal servitude according to the provisions of an Act passed in the 16th and 17th years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 99, or to deportation, or to imprisonment with or without hard 1bour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to the payment of a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds sterling: Provided always, that no act shall be deemed or taken to be a crime or offence rendering the person committing the same liable to punishment under this Order, unless it be such that if done or committed in England, the party so doing or committing it would be liable to punishment in England according to English law, or unless it be an act made liable to