By &ca.
The King having been pleased, by His Order in Council of the 5th of this Month, to Order, Require, Prohibit, and Command, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, (except the Master General, Lieutenant General, or Principal Officers of the Ordnance, for His Majesty's Service) do, at any Time during the Space of Six Months, to commence from the 19th of this Month, presume to Transport into any Parts out of this Kingdom, or carry Coastwise, any Gunpowder, or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition, or Ship or lade any Gunpowder, or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition, on Board any Ship or Vessel, in order to transporting the same into any Parts beyond the Seas, or carrying the same Coastwise, without Leave or Permission in that behalf first obtained from His Majesty or His Privy Council, upon Pain of incurring and suffering the respective Forfeitures and Penalties inflicted by an Act passed in the Twenty ninth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to impower His Majesty to prohibit the Exportation of Salt Petre; and to inforce the Law for impowering His Majesty to prohibit the Exportation of Gunpowder, or any Sort of Arms and Ammunition; and also to impower His Majesty to restrain the carrying Coastwise of Salt-petre, Gunpowder, or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition." We send you herewith Forty Copies of the said Order in Council, and do hereby most strictly require & direct you to Order the several Captains & Commanders of His Majts Ships & Vessels under your Command, to use their best Endeavors to intercept, Seize, & bring into Port all Ships & Vessels whatsoever having on Board Gunpowder, or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition, Shipped or laden on Board them in any of the Ports of this Kingdom, & intended to be carried Coastwise, or to be transported into any Parts beyond the Seas; excepting however such Ships or Vessels as are employed by the Master General, Lieutenant General, or Principal Officers of the Ordnance for His Majts Service, and alrn such whose Masters shall have obtained Leave or Permission from His Majesty or His Privy Council as before-ment[ion]ed. Given &c 15th Apl 1775.
By &c P.S.
Sandwich
J Buller
C. Spencer.
(p the Cerberus)
Duplicate sent 2d June 1775 By the Raven ー Signed ー Sandwich ー Palmerston ー H. Palliser
