And  we  do  hereby  declare  that  all  our  sub
jects   and   persons  entitled   to  our  protection
who  may  misconduct  themselves  in  the  prem
ises  will  do  so  at  their  peril  and  of  their  own
wrong,  and  that  they  will  in  nowise  obtain  any
protection  from  us  against  any  liability  or  penal
consequences,  but  will,  on  the  contrary,  incur
our  high  displeasure  by  such  misconduct.
Given  at  our  Court  at  the  White  Lodge,  Rich
mond  Park,  this  13th  day  of  May,  in  the
year  of  our  Lord   1861,  and  in  the  24th
year  of  our  reign.
GOD  save  the  QUEEN.
— London  Gazette,  May  14.
DISCUSSION   IX   THE   HOUSE    OF   LORDS.
In  the  House  of  Lords,  on  the  16th  ult.,  the
Earl  of  Ellenborough  said  he  wished  to  put  a
question  to  his  noble  friend  the  Lord  President,
on  the  subject  of  Her  Majesty's  recent  procla
mation.  It  seemed  to  Mm  to  be  of  essential
importance  that  the  proclamation  which  in
structed  Her  Majesty's  subjects  how  they  were  to
conduct  themselves  with  regard  to  the  unfortu
nate  war  which  now  existed  in  America,  should
be  so  clear  and  unambiguous,  that  it  should
not  be  necessary  for  a  man  to  consult  his  lawyer
how  it  should  be  interpreted,  or  if  he  did  con
sult  his  lawyer,  that  the  lawyer  should  have  the
means  of  giving  a  clear  answer,  which  as  things
now  stood,  he  did  not  think  he  had.  As  to  the
law  of  England,  the  proclamation  was  clear
enough,  but  it  was  different  with  regard  to
that  part  which  treated  of  the  law  of  nations.
