The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Crux ; 3d, Marshal Duc de Reggio; 441 t, CoUnt D'Esears ; sth, Mareclial Cotute Gouvion Saint Cyr ; oth, Comte Etienne de Dur fort ; 7 h, ,Mareelial Comte Jourdan • Sth, Comte Maison ; - 9th, Comte de Puysegur ; 10th , Comte D"Autieliamp ; tl th, Duc de Grammont; 'Nth. Comte de Bethisy; 13th, Comte de Viomenil ; 14th, Dnc de Feltre ; 1;) th, Mareelial Due de Trevise ; 16th, Mare etal Dub de Bellune ; 16th, Comte Chides de Dames ' • 19th, Comte Roger de Dames ; 20th , Marqu es s de Lagrange ; 21st, Marechal 113 ac de 'Parente ; 22d, Comte Dupont ; 23d, General Willot. AMERICA. NEW-YORK, DEC. 261* 1815. COMMKRCIAL TREATY. [Front the National Intelligeneer of Saturdayq STATES OF AMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED • AMERICA, • To all and singular to whom-these Presents shall come, greet ing : Whereas a Convention between the United States of America ond•his Britannic Majesty, to regulate the Commerce between the Territories of the United States and of his Britannic Majesty, was signed at London on the 34 day of July, in the year 181. i, by Ple nipotentiaries respectively appointed for that purpose, which Con *Nation is in the words following, to wit : A CONVENTION TO REGULATE THE COMMERCE BETWEEN THE TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY. The United States of America and his Britannic Majesty being desirous by a Convention to regulate the Commerce and Naviga tion between their respective countries, territories, and people, in such a manner as to render the same reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory, have respectively named Plenipotentiaries, and given then' full powers to treat of and conclude such Convention; that to say, the President of the United States, by and with the ad vice and -consent of the Senate thereof, bath appoiuted for their Plenipotentiaries John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin, citizens of the United States ; and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name awl °lithe behalf of his Ma jesty, has named for his Plenipotentiaries the Right Hon. Frederick John Robinson, Vice Presideut of the Committee of Privy Coun cil for Trade and Plantations, Joint Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces, and a Member of the Imperial Parliament, Henry Gonl burn, Esq. a Member of the Imperial Parliament and Uuder Sucre- 1 tory of State, and William Adams, Esq. Doctor of Civil Laws; and the said Pleuipoteutlarica having mutually produced awl sliewn their stud full powers, and exchanged copies pf the same, have !agreed on, and concluded the following . a r ti c l es , v i4 c li ee t Article . There shall be between the Territories of the United Sates of America, and all the Territories of his Britannic. Majesty in Europe, a reciprocal liberty of Commerce. The inhabitants of dip two countries respectively shall have liberty freely and SC cfirely to come with their ships and cargoes to all such places, ppm, and rivers in the Territories aforesaid, to which other fu lelpers .are perthitted tneome, to eater into the same and to m ilitant and reside in any parts of the said Territories 'respectively, also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purpuses of their commerce ; and generally the IlleTellitlitS and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the Laws and Statutes of the two countries respectively. . Art. 2. No higher or other dutie s s h a ll b e i mpose d on the im portaticei intro the United States of any articles the growth, pro duce, or manufacture of his Britannic rdajesty's tiolitories in Eu rope, and no higher or other duti es s h a ll be imposed on the im portation into the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the .United *ves than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the seirwth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. jo sr, r shall any higher or-other duties or charges be imposed in either o r Ow two cotoitries, on the exportation of any articles to the Unitee% States,, or to iris Britannic M a j es t y ' s T err i tories In rorope reetteleti‘'el i than such as are payabl e on th e exportation of any artiee s t o t,:t United States, -or to hi s Britannic Nlajesty's Terri eories in Euro cerspectively, than suc h as arc payable on the ex !iodation of the lie - ' e articles to any oth e r f ore i gn country, nor shall ,wined on the expo r ta t io n or impo.rtation of tav prohibition be I' articles time growth, produce, or manufacture tO the United ter, or of his - Ori,taank *.)r's 0460.ainri 4t Europe. 4.0 or * Wool aides ) init.t . ffigaft 110 ettkelly *tend to all • ilattotti. JAN. si. No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the ports of the United States on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States ; nor iu the ports of any of his Britannic Majesty's Territories in Europe, "?' the ves sels of the United States, than shall be payable in the some ports on British vessels. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such importaCon shall be in vessels of the United States or in British vessels, and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of any of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe of any article the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States, whether such importation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States. The same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed, on the exportation of any articles, the growth, produce or manufac ture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States, or in British vessels ; and the same duties shall be paid and the same bounties allowed, on the exportation of any articles, the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States to his Bri tannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such exportattio4 shall be in British vessels, or in vessels of the United States. It is further agreed, that in all cases where drawbacks are or may be allowed, upon the re-exportation of any goods, the growth, produce or manufacture of either country, respectively, the amount of the said drawbacks shall be the same, whether the said goods shall have been originally imported in a British or American ves sel ; but When such re-exportation shall take place from the United . States in a British vessel, or from the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe in an American vessel, to any other foreign na tion, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves, respec tively, the right of regulating or diminishing, in such case, the amount of the said drawback. - The intercourse between the United States and his Britannic Majesty's possessions in the West Indies, and on the continent of North America, shall not be affected by any of the provisions of this article, but each party shall remain in the complete possession of its rights, with respect to such an intercourse. Art. 3. His Britannic Majesty agrees that the vessels of the United States of America shall be admitted, and hospitably re ceived at the principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, videlicet, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales' Island, and that the citizens of t he said United States may freely carry on trade between the said principal settlements and the said United States, in all articles ofwhich the importation and expor , tation, respectis ely, to and from the said territories, shall not be entirely prohibited ; provided only, that it shall not be lawful for I them in any time of war, between the British governmtmt and any state or power whatever, to export from the said territories, with out the special permission of the British government, any military stores or naval stores, or rice. The Citizens of the United States shall pay for their vessels, when admitted, no higher or other du ty or charge than shall be payable on the vessels of the most favour ed European nations, and they shall pay no higher or other duties or charges en the importation or exportation of the cargoes of the said vessels than shall be payable on the same articles when import ed or exported in the vessels of the most favourttd European nations. But it is expressly agreed, that the vessels of the United States shall not carry any articles from the said principal settlements to any port or place, except to some port or place in the United States of America, where the same shall be unladen. It is also understood, that the permission granted by this Article), is not to extend to allow the vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories; but the vessels of the United States having, in the first iuStance, pro ceeded to one of the said principal settlements . of the British dominions in the East Indies, and then going with their original . eurgoes, or part thereof, from one of the said principal settlements to another, shall not be considered as carrying on the coasting trade. The vessels of the United States may also touch for refresh ments, but not for commerce, in the course of their voyage to or from the British territories in India, or to and from the dominions of the Emperor of China, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Island of at. Helena, or other placcP as may be in the possession of Great Britain, in the African or ludiati seas, it being well understood ' that in all that regards this Article, the citizens of the United States Shall be subject, in all respects, to the laws and regulations f lbe 'latish Government, from time to .time established. • dirt 4. It 041 free fur ouch d the two contrigeting petiole (bi • 'ii Wyatt ''' , rk. , s.• • t,.. tv.F.qqk . .f.t4 4 s Ado .P j ~ ..) vim , -, ,t, .._...i.•