Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  443 / 1042 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 443 / 1042 Next Page
Page Background

E

1\1

B

ch:mJ¡(r,

by p'lblic nUlho,ily; 01

a

prohib;lion of

n.le

, co.nnlol1ly on furelgn Ihlps, in limc of

IV.Ir

, 10

prcven! lhcle gOlng OUl 01 pOrt, fnmelimcs 10 plevent

tbm com:nn iu , aod (omctimes bOlh, foe alimiteJ lime.

The king n1.1y lay embargoes on fhirs, or cmploy

titof: of his CJbje{ts, in time of

d~nger,

for Cmlte

~nd

d&ncc of the nalion; but lhey mutl not he for

tbe rrime advantage 0f

a

particular t,.der. 01 como

pany ; and therefore

a

IVamot

10

lIay a

fin~le

fh ip is

no legal embargo. No iofereoce can be m,lde from

cOlbar&oes which are only in war time ;

~nd

are npro·

hllmion by advice of eonneil, and not at profeeution

of parties. If goods be laden on board, and after an

embargo or rellr'tOt from the prince or lIate comes

fonh, and then the maller of the fhip breaks ground,

or endeavoors to fa¡J, il any uamage acerues, he mull

be

refpo~Gble

for the Came ; the re,(on is. becaufe h;s

f" e:¡¡ht is due, and mull be paid, nay though the gooes

be Imed as contrabando

Enlbargo difTm flom quaraotine, infomnch as this lal!

is al\Vays for the

t~rm

of furly days, in whieh perfons

feom foreign

p~rts,

infe{tld IVith the plague, are not

permitted tO come 00 fhore. See

Q!:.\RA~' I~ ~ .

EMBASSAOOR. or AM3ASsADOR, 3 publtc minifier

fent feom ooe fOl'ereign prince, as a repre(entative of

hi! perCon, tO another .

Embaffadors are either ordinary or extraordinary.

Embaff.ldol in ordinar)', is he who eonllaotly reGdes

jn·the coun of another prince, to maintain agood UD–

derllanding, and look tO the ioteren of his maller.

Till about tIVO hundred year! ago, embaffadors in or–

dinary \Vere not hmd of

i

all. till then, IVere emoaC–

faJ0rs extraordlOary, that is, fuch as are Ceot on fJme

particular oCCdGcn, and \Vho retire as

(000

as tbe af·

fair is di(patehed.

Hy the laIV of

nation~,

none under the quality of

a Covm ign prinee cao fend or J'eceive ao eOlbatr,lclor.

At Atl,eus, embaff.dors mounted the pulpit of lhe pu–

blk orator!, and there opened their commillion, ac·

qu.tintiog the people Wilh their maod. At Rome,

toey IV:re introJuced to the f,n,ne, aod dcliverej their

eommillioos tO them.

Embaff.doJ's (hould never atteod aoy public folemoi–

ties, a, marriagcs, fun!rals,

&e.

unlt(~

their mallees

have (ome intcrell thmin: nor mul! they go ioto

Olourning on aoy occ.Gons of thcir

o\Vn,

bwu(e they

repreCeot the perCons of their pllnce. By the elril

laIV, lh. movelble goods of ao

cmb.fl

'ador, whlrh

are

~eCOUoteJ

an aceellioo tO bis per(un, eJnnot be [cized

on,

n~ithcr

as a pledge, nor fur

paym~ot

of a debt,.

n?r by order or

ex~cution

01' judu·nent, nor by lhe

klng's or nale', I¡a"e wllere he rcr.des, as Come eoo·

eeive; for all aaions

ot1~ht

tO be f" from an ambaC.

(Ador, as well that whidl

to~chelh

his neecff.llltl. as

hls perlon:

iC,

therefCJre, he hath c0l11ra8ed ar,y debt,

he is to be eAllcd upon kiodly, Ine! il he refub, lhen

kttees of reqoell Jre tOgCJ tohis "l.lllel. Nor e.n any

of the emb.lffador's clllmdlic (<<vao"

th.lt

are regi.

nm'd

in Ihe Cwmr:es uf Ilm's o(!iee be anelled in

p'. ,Coo or gooJs: ir lhey are, lhe proecís O·all b.

vUld, aoel the

p"\I~S

(umg Ol:t anJ

(x~,ullng

it (hall

r

1\1

13

(ufT. r and be 1i Ible

10

(uch penahies and e0'roral PII'

nifh mer.t as the lurd ehancellor or eilher of lh! cluef

jullices r.1AII think fit to inllié!.

Yet

emll.lfi~dors

c.noot be defended when they commit any thioJ a·

~'101l

thIt lIate, or theperCon of the prinee, Wilh wholll

they refide; aod if they are gllilty of treaCon, felooy,

6e.

or any other "ime

a~3101l

the law of oations,

they lole the peivilcge of an embaffador, and may be

[ubjc{t tO punilhment as I'ril'ate aliens.

EM1HSSY, the olli:e or fun8ion of an embaffador.

S~e

the preeedlOg anide.

EMBDEH, a port-lown and óy of Germany,

e~ rit,1

of

a

COll~ty

01'

th~ (~m~

name, 1I')W in pofl'ellion of the

king of

Prulli~

j

il is r.tuated at

,h~

m0uth

oC

the rim

Ems :

E.

long.

41', and

N.

la!.

50'.

EMBER·WEEKS, or OHS, inthe epiCeopal chereh,

are certain (ealilOs of

Ih~

year, Cet apan for the im.

ploriag God's blelling, by prayer

a~d f.!I¡'~,

upon

the or.linaU0ns rerformcd in lhe rhurch at.fuch times.

Thde orJ,nauolI·falls are ob(erved four times io the

year,

VI Z.

'he Wedne(day, Friday, anJ

Saturd.IY

af.

W

the fi,lI Sune!q in lent, aft r \VhitCunday, af¡e,

the fvurteenth of SépHmber and the thincclll h of

December ; it beiOg ,njolned, by a caaon uf the

ehurch, that de1eons ao<l mmlnm be oedame.!, or

made, only upon the Sundays illlmediatcly follo\Vin¡;

lheCe embedalls.

aIBERIZA, in

or.i,h~log)',

a

ge"us of birds, belong–

iog to the order uf p.O'eres. The btll is conie ..l, and

the mandibles r"ede frum eaeh otlter towards the

baCe; the ioferior mandiblt has

th~

fides nmo\Ved in–

..ards, but theuppcr one is IIdl nmowel. There are

twenty.four Ipeeies,

VIZ.

The ni,.llis, or greal pycd

mount.un·

finch of Ray, and the Cnow·bird of Ed·

wards, has white-IVlngs; but the outer edge of the

I'rimc-fea'hers are blaek; the t,il is black, with three

..hile fe.Hhers 011 eaeh Gde. They inhabit Lapl,od

anel Hudlon's bay, aocl ia hard IVinters tltey come ioto

!liVeJen, wheo dley are tot"lIy IVhile.

2

The hyem,–

lis, or (nolV C,>arrJW of

Catelbl',

is bldek

abov~,

nnd

:he belly is wilite.

lt

is a nauve of Nonh .'\mclica.

3. Tloe

mdl~ris,

or greyemheriz', is 01' a greyir.l co·

lour, fpoucd \Viln black in the belly. and the orbits

are redifh .

h

is lhe buoting or Engllfh aUlhors, nnd

a bird of Europe.

4

Th~·hortulana,

or

OrtOI.IO

, hJS

Uaek

wio~s ;

the firfl tltree fcathers on the tai! . re

"hite on tite ed&cs, only tLe

t\Vo

laterll are bl.lck

outlrale!ly. Tht orblls of lheeyes are nake" "n" yrl–

low

i

the

h~ad

i3greeoiOl, and ydlow to'vards lhe in.

ferior mand'ble.

lt

fceds pnnclpally uponthe p.mick–

zrals ; groIYs very f, t, .nnd is reekonerl " dl·lieate

morrel by cemin epicures.

lt

is n bird 01' Europ,

The ellrioell.l,

or

yellulV hammc:, h:s a

bI.1C~iO·

tall. only the tW" o:lttvard fide·fr.uhefs are mark"

00 the Inn,'r rdCe IVUIt a Olalp wloite [pOt.

lt

i, •

bird of Europe, nnd comes .1l1'lIt hOl::es in IVlllIcr :

it builds ils nell on the ground in OleadolYs.

6.

Th:

oliv.,,", 01' olive

~Dlberiz"

is of

'11

olive COIOIlI a–

hov~,

I'Ihill'r bclJw; ,he o;'pe of the

Ilcck

is or. nge.

eoloured , ,oel It

h.IS

" b:,ek helt at'OCl Ihc hrtall.

ft

js

i\

n.lt

:IC

l.;'

De.:·!!!i::.

¡.

The cm, or

~r.llt1i

.,:

~.