Excerpt from Accounts and Papers, Vol. 25 of 25: State Papers and Index to Sessional Papers, Session 4 February 9 August, 1845The packets employed'by the two Offices fbr the ordinary conveyance of the correspondence between Dover and Ostend, shall be steam-beats of sufficient power and size for the service in which the are to be engaged. They shall e vessels be longing to Government, or freighted by order of Government..These vessels shall be considered and treated, in the two ports above mentioned, and in all other ports of the two countries at which they may accidentally touch, as vessels of war, and be there entitled to all the honours and' privileges which the interest and importance of their servicedemand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.