The National Register.
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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, Marquess 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. articles, vi4clieet
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 duties shall be imposed 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 duties shall 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.
josr, r shall any higher or-other duties or charges be imposed in either
or Ow two cotoitries, on the exportation of any articles to the
Unitee% States,, or to iris Britannic Majesty's Territories In rorope
reetteleti‘'el i than such as are payable on the exportation of any
artiee
s to t,:t United States, -or to his Britannic Nlajesty's Terri-
eories in Euro
cerspectively, than such as arc payable on the ex
!iodation of the lie - '
e articles to any other foreign country, nor shall
,wined on the exportation 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 the 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. •
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before any Consul shall act as such, he shall, iu
approved and Omitted by the Government to whi
it is hereby declared, that in case of illegal or
towards the law or government of the country to
such Consul may either be punished-according to ...
wiL reach the case, or be sent hack, the offended
assigning to the other the reasons for the same.
It is hereby declared that either of the contracting parties .
except froni the residence of Consuls, such partientav, places as
such party shall jiidge tit to be so expected.
Art. 5. The Convention, when the same shall have been duly
ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the
advice and consent of their Senate, and by his Britannic Majesty-,
and the respective ratifications mutually exchanged, shun be bind-
ing and obligatory on the said United States and his Majesty for
four years from the date of its signature, and the ratification, shall
be exchanged six Months from this time, or sooner if possible.
Done at London, this third day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
(L. S.) JOHN Q. ADAMS,
( L. S.) H. CLAY,
(L. S.) ALERT GALLATIN,
(L. S.) FIiED. J. ROBINSON,
(L. S.) HENRY GOULBORN,.
(L. S.) WILLIAM ADAMS.
Now, therefore, be it known, that 1, James Madison, President
of the United States of America, Inving seen add considered the
foregoing Convention, have, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, accepted, ratified and confirmed the same, and every
clause and article thereof, subject to the exception contained in a
Declaration made by the authority of his Britannic Majesty on the
21th day of November last, a copy of which Declaration is here-
unto annexed.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United
States to be hereunto affixed, and have signed the same with
tte.-.8.] my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-
second day of December, A. 1). one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen, and of the Independence of the United
States the fortieth.

JAMES MADISON.

By the President,
JAMES MONROE,
Secretary of State.

DECLARATION.

'The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaira in the
United States of America, is commanded by his Royal Highcness
the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf-of his
Majesty, to explain and declare, upon the exehange of the Ratifi-
cations of the Convention concluded at London on the 3d of July
of the present year, for regulating the commerce and navigation
between the two countries, that in consequence of events which
have happened in Europe subsequent to the signature of the Con-
vention aforesaid, it has been deemed expedient and determined,
inentjunetion with the Allied Sovereigns, that St. Helena shall be
the place allotted for the future residence of General Napoleon
Buonaparte, tinder such regulations may be necessary for the per-
fect security of his person ; and it has been resolved, fur that pur-
pose, that all ships and vessels whatever, as well British ships and
vessels as others, excepting only ships belonging to the East India
Company, shall be excluded from all comnumication with, or ap-
proach to, that Island.
It has therefore become impossible to comply with so much of
the third Article of the Treaty as relates to the liberty of touching
for refreshment. at the Island of St. Helena, and the Ratifications
of the said Traaty will be exchanged under the explicit declara-
tion and undoestanding, that the vessels of the United States can-
not be allowed to touch at, or hold any communication whatever
with, the said Island, so long as the said Island shall continue to be
the place of residence of the said Napoleon Buonaparte.
(Signed) ANTHONY ST. JNO. BAKER.
Washington, November 24, 1815.

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several supplies which un be required.
The commerce of the United States, increasing with the resources
and population of the country, will require a commensurate prs:.
tection, which a navy alone can afford ; and the experience de-.
rived from the active and vigorous employment of a limited Naps,'
during the period of the late war, has d&ithistrated its efficient
•
I clo, theicfore, with confidence, recommend an annual increase
of our navy, of one ship of the rate of 71 guns ; two frigates of the
,first class, rated at 41 guns ; and two sloops' of war, which can be
built with the surplusage of smaller timber, and with a great saving
in that material.
The act to increase the Navy, passed Jan. 9,1813, authorised the
building of " four ships to rate not less than,74 guns; and six fr's
gates, to rate 44 guns each." This act has been partly carried into
effect by building three ships of the rate of 74 guns, and three frt.
gates of 44 guns, in the Atlantic ports; the residue of the appro-
priation under that act was applied to the building of large ships
and frigates on Lake Ontario.
The concentration of our navy in one or two of the principal
ports of the United States, where the depth of water is, sufficient
for the convenient ingress and egress of the larger vessels, will no.
ccssarily lead to the enlargeuient of the navy-yards at such places,.
with docks for repairs, and the collection of all important mate'
rials for the armament and equipment of the different classes 4
vessels, in order to bring them into active service, upon any
emergency, with the advantage of combined force.
A general system for the gradual and permanent Increase of the
Navy, combining all the various objects connected* with an en.
large(' naval establishment: such as building docks, and extending
the accommodation of navy-yards and arsenals of general deposit.
will form the subject of a more extensive Report, to be laid beton
Congress during the present Session.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 9 f
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!ction of trade, to ships of war are aii.at cotsuntisith Alteisls hate befio tokto
other party ; but taiu the best growth aid quantities of timber for naval constrllt*
the usual form, be tiou, preparatory to contracts and purchase: The want of a moahl-
he is sent; and loft, for the naval constructor, to lay out the moulds by whiCts the
improper conduct timber is to be cut atid shaped previonsly to transportation, has,
D which he is sent, delayed the complefloq of arrangements fbr 'an adequate Supply.
to law,, it' the laws A building has been erected at theicavy-yard ib this city for that
tided Government purpose, and will soon be finished, when the" business will progress.
Cannon foundries, manufactories of sheet copper, cordage,
tering parties may canvas. and the ineehanictal.branches, are in a state to furnish the