ST ATR ESR A BER S: 
having the moft advantageous fecu- 
rity, will tend to infure the future 
fubfiftence of families, without the 
rifk to which money might be ex- 
pofed when at the arbitrary difpofal 
of inexperienced and diffipated 
youth—I have therefore refolved 
to open the above loan for the term 
of one year, reckoning from the lft 
of January, 1797, with the liberty 
of continuing the fame as I may 
find it convenient, 
(Signed) 
-, Lorne.-Kinec. 
Abftrad of a Proclamation iffued by the 
Court of Spain, relative to the Prohi- 
bition of Englifh Merchandize, 
THE firft article prohibits the 
importation into Spain of all Bri- 
tifh goods and manufactures, and 
likewife of all articles that have 
been conveyed to any port of 
Great Britain, and fubjeét to a 
duty, under any pretence what- 
“ever. 
The fourth. article enjoins all 
perfons who have Englifh goods in 
their poffeflion, to deliver an ac- 
count of the fame within fifteen 
days after the date of the proclama- 
tion, and grants fix months for the 
fale of the goods fpecified in the in- 
ventory. Thofe that neglect to 
make a declaration within the pe- 
riod abovementioned, are informed 
by the fifth article that the goods 
will be confifcated. 
The fixth article ftates, that fuch 
prohibited goods as fhall not be dif- 
pofed of in the fpace of fix months 
allowed for that purpofe, fhall be 
fold by public auction in lots. The 
price of each article cannot exceed 
the price of the fame kind of goods 
359 
before the war: the value fhall, 
therefore, be afcertained before the 
fale. , 
The merchants who may not 
have had an opportunity to difpofe 
of all the Britifh merchandife in 
their pofleffions, and who may not 
aout to have the refidue fold in 
the manner ftated in the preceding 
article, will be permitted to fend 
them to Cadiz, whence they may 
export them to the Weft Indies. | 
The Englith merchandife that 
may be imported fubfequent to the 
proclamation, fhall be confifcated, 
together with the fhips or other ve- . 
hicles by which they were convey- 
ed. The carriers of thefe goods, if 
it fhould be proved in evidence that 
they acted with intent to evade this 
proclamation, fhall be imprifoned 
for the term of eight years, 
The fourteenth article provides, 
that, three months after the publi- 
cation of the royal fchedule, no 
merchandife fhall be received in the 
ports of Spain from foreign parts 
without the magiftrate’s or inipec- 
_tor’s certificate refident at the place 
whence they have been exported. 
The certificates muft fpecify the 
quality and quantity of the goods, 
the materials of which they were 
fabricated, and likewife that they 
have not been manufaétured in, or 
paid any duties to England. 
The twentieth article mentions, 
that, as many articles of Englifh 
manufacture are imitated with the 
greateft exaétnefs in France, the 
utmoft care is to be obferved by 
the collectors of the duties, that 
goods of French manufacture may 
not experience any diminution in 
the demand in Spain. 
The twenty-fecond article relates 
to the regulations with refpect to 
Z 4 Britifh 
