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A BILL TO REGULATE THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN

THE UNITED STATES 'AND THE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United• States of, America, in Congress assembled, that from
and after the 30th day of Sept. next, the ports of the United
States shall be, and remain, closed against any and every vessel
coming or arriving from any port or place in the British Colonies
or Possessions hereinafter mentioned, to wit : —the British Pos-
sessions in the West Indies' and on the Continent of. South
America, the Bahama Islands, the islands called Buicos, the
Bermuda or Summer Islands, the British possession's on the Coast
of Africa, the,Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and the islands,
settlements, aml territories, belonging thereto, and dependent
thereupon; and the islands of Mauritius and Ceylon, and the
several islands and territories belonging thereto, aid dependent on
each respectively—the British St .nets in.,,pew Holland, and
the several islands and territories tlonging thereto, and dependent
thereuponthe Island of Van -Dieman's Land, and. the. several
islands belonging thereto, and dependent, thereon—Lower Canada,
the provinces 'or New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Islands of
Newfoundland, St. John's, Cape Breton, and the dependencies of
them, or any other colony or possession under like dominion of
Great Britain, in the West Indies, or on the Continent of America
—and any vessel which shall have cleared from any port or place
in the Colonies above described, and afterwards taking in a colic,
at any port or place in the Colonies or possessions aforesaid, with
a cargo shall afterwards, in the same voyage, have touched at, or
again cleared from any port or
.place, shall, nevertheless, be deemed
to have 'come from a port or place in the Colonies or possessions
aforesaid, within the meaning of this Act ; and every vessel so
excluded, as aforesaid; from the ports' of the United States, that
shall enter, or attempt to enter, the same, in violation of this Act,
shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with her
cargo on hoard, be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it. further enacted, that, from and after the
30th day of September next, the owner, consignee, or agent, of
every vessel' owned wholly, or.in.part, by a subject or subjects of
his Britannic Majesty, which shall have been duly entered in any
porrof the 'United States, and on board of which shall have been
there laden, for exportation, any article or articles of the growth,
produce, or manufacture of, the United States, other than provi-
sions and sea stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before such
vessel be cleared outward at the Custom-house, give bond in a
sum double the vallie of such articles, with one or More sureties,
to the satisfaction of . the Collector that the, article or articles so
laden _ on'. board such vessel, fdl• exportation, shall be landed in
some port or place, other than any port or place in the above-
mentioned Colonies or possessions; and any such vessel that shall
sail, orattempt to sail, from any port of the United States, without
having given bond us aforesaid, shall, with-her tackle, apparel, and
furniture, together with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on
board the same, as aforesaid, be forfeited to tile Uhited States ; pro-
vided always that.nothing in this Act contained, shall beso con-
strued as to violate any provision of the Conventions, to regulate
the' commerce, : between the , territories .of -the -United States,
and 'of • his' Britannic Majesty', %Welt were concluded respec-
tively, on the, 3d of July, 1515, and on the 20th day of Oct. ISIS.
Sec. 3. And be it further'enected,. that the form of the bond
aforesaid• shill be prescribed by -the Secretary of the Department
of the Treasury, and V.e same shall and may he discharged and
not other Wise, by producing, within one year after the date
thereof, a like certificate to that required by, and tinder, the re-
gulations contained in the eighty-first section of the Act, to regit-
late the collection of duties on imports, passed the 2d day of
March, 1'799-Lthat the articles of the growth, produce, and
manufacture of the United States,, laden, as aforesaid, were un-
laden and landed, conformably to the provisions of this Act : or,
in case of loss by sea;-by Capture, or other unavoidable accident,
by the production of such other proofs as, the nature of the case ,
will admit, according to the provisi&sa otihe eighty-first section
of the Act aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that all penalties and for-
feitures incurred by force of this Act, shall be sued for, recovered,
distributed, and accounted for, and may be mitigated or remitted
in the manner and according to the provisions of the Revenue
Laws of the United States.
Sec. 5. Provided nevertheless, and he it further enacted, that
this Act shall not take effect, nor go into operation, if, before the
said 13th day of September next, the President of the United
States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the said Colonies and
possessions aforesaid, are Open to the admissions of vessels of the
United States coming from the said United States; that neither
such vessels nor their cargoes aretubjected to any other or higher
duties or charges than British vessels, and their cargoes arriving
from the United States in-the said Colonies and possessions, are
subjected to ; that the vessels of the United States may import
into said Colonies and possessions from the United State" any
article or articles which a British vessel could by law import
from the United States into the said Colonies or possessions ;
and that the yessels, of the United States may export.. to any
country whatever, other than to the dominions or. posseisions of
Great Britain, any. article or articles from the said Colonies or
possessions, which vessels of Great Britain may export there-
from ; and if the President of- the United States shall receive
such satisfactory' evidence as aforesaid, on or before the said
13th day of September next, he is hereby authorised to issue his
proclamation, declaring that the said Colonies, or possession'
are opened to the admission of the vesseli of the United States,
on the conditions afoiesaid, and thereupon, from the date of the
said Proclamation, the ports of the United States shall he: opened
to vessels of the United States, and British vessels coming from
the said Colonies and Provinces, and also to the vessels of other
nations, coming therefrom, which, by Treaty, .or according to
the Navigation Act of the United States may be entitled to bring
merchandize 'from said Colonies and Possessions into the United
States ; and British vessels arriving in the United States there-
from, shall he subject, neither on their tonnage, nor on their
cargoes, to any other or higher duties or charges of any kind
than vessels "of the United States. From the date of the said
Proclamation of the President, the Act passed on the Ist day of
March, 1823, entitled, " An Act to regulate the Commercial
Intereourse between the United States ancertain. British ports ;"
the Act passed on the 15th day of May, 1820, entitled, " An
Act supplementary. to an Act, entitled, An Act concerning Navi-
gation," passed on the 18th of April, 1818, shall be, and are here-
by declared, severally to be repealed ; and provided further, that if,
on or before the said 13th day of Sept. next, the President of the
United States shall receive satisfactory evidence, that the Colonies
and possessions aforesaid, are opened to the admission of vessels
sciodlsmal
colonies
or
of the United States, coming from the said United States, that
neither such vessels nor their cargoes are subjected to any other or
higher duties or charges than are levied or exacted on British ve7
rarnivdintgshaftro
possessions,ear es a
of the
law
tinhetiF
States, any article or articles which a Britisdli aen_eg,
i or posses-
import from the United States into the spai
may import into the said colonies and possessions
~frloUicilijuttlii,ll).T%n, United
President of the United
sions,-.---it shall and may be lawful for the vessels of
States in
dthestsaateisi
ls of the United States, and to British
United States are open to vessels
vessels coming directly from the said colonies and possessions, and
also to vessels of other nations corning therefrom, which by treaty,
States to issue his proclamation, declaring that the ports of. the
or according to the Navigation Act of the United States may be
entitled to bring merchandize from the said colonies and possessions
into the United States froth the colonies or possessions aforesaid,
shall not, after the date of the proclamation last mentioned, be
subjected, either on their tonnage or their cargoes, to any other or
higher duties or charges of any kind than are levied on vessels of
the United Stites arid their cargoes of similar merchandize imported
from the same colonies and possessions; and from and after the
'date of such proclamation, the first and second sections of this Act
shall be suspended.
This Bill was twice read, and committed to the Committee of
i the whole on the State of the Union.
td • seieSississeas•iassisies............

A few nights ago the stables of Mr. Hicks, at Stan-
stead, in Surrey; were broken into, and a valuable bay mare
stolen. - The same night the stables belonging; to Mr.. R. Knight
were also forcibly entered, and a valuable white pony stolen.—
The crime of horse-stealing in the County of Surrey seems to be
increasing, as scarcely a day passes that informations of that de-
scription of offence are not given at Union-ban pollee office.

IMPERIAL I)44I.IAUENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS-4W). 26.
; and others from the Commons, brought up tiro
Private Bills.
Mr. Spicer, from Chelsea Hospital, presented. Accounts of.t.lu-
claimed Army Prize Money.
Mr. Tierney, from the Treasury, presented a Statement of the
Salaries of the Receivers-General ot!Taxes of En&lsnd and Wales,
for 1816. •
Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented Copies of the Acts
and Warrants for griustiog Annuities to Members of taheltnyal
Family, pursuant to the Orders of the House.

Mund

7TCA TROMP.
The Archbishop7of 'CANTERBURY presented
a petition against granting any further cOncessiolui to the Catho-
lics, from the Clergy of the Diocese of Canterbury.
Similar petitions were presented by Lord Aidle, from the town
of Exeter ; by the Lord Chancellor, from the parishes,of Pem-
bury, Nalderv,': Wrotham, Polkestoue, and Aylesford,. Kept; by
the Bishop of Cashel], from the Archbishop and Clergy oI .the
Diocese of Armagh ; by the Bishop of Chester, froth the. Clergy
of the county of Denbigh; by the Earl of Malmeshury, froth the
inhabitants of the Vale of Avon.
•
The Earl of WESTMORLAND, in presenting a
similar petition from the Inhabitants of the Town of Waterford,
said, this was a petition which he thought particularly deserVing of
their Lordships' notice. It came from a class of personS who had
never before appeared in the character of petitioners beforo their
Lordships, and who had, formerly been of opinion that all the
concessions asked by. the Catholics might be granted withoitt dan-
ger to the Protestant establishments, either in Ireland or in Eng-
land ; but who had of late, owing to what thpy had themwlves
seen, altered their opinion. Their motives for addressing their
Lordships would be best explained; by the petition itself; and the
grounds on which they had altered their opinion were such, as
might Itav consicleraldc,infit4ce on everyman in the "eountry,—
The Noble flirl moveartha tire petition be read at length.
The Marquis ofBUTE, after the petition had been
read, asked .by whom it was signed ?
The Earl ofWESTNIORLAND.—Certain inha-
bitants of Waterford: -
The NOIILE MARQUIS then complained of the
petition, as imputing conduct to a relative of his, the new Member
for the of Waterford, of which he was convinced he could
not have been guilty. That Gentleman had received the-support
of all the Catholics of the County, because lie.had avowed, that
he Would, in his place in -Parliament, support their petitions to
receive extended privileges: But he knew that Gentleman's cha- -
racter, knew he was,friendly to the Established Church, though,
in common with many friends of his, he Was. favourable .to the
claims of the Catholics. Ire hoped the justice of the Noble Earl
would not allow him• to attach any weight to thentsseoions pf the
petitioners, unless they were supported by facts.. The ,1V,0)31F Mar-
quis concluded by apologizing, to their' LordshipS •Iflie had been
too warm in repelling what he thought an imputation against a
young man just come into Parliament.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL knew that the
circumstances stated in the petition were facts, and that there were
grounds to.prove eyery case mentioned in the petition.
Lord REDESDALE saidow notice had been
taken of the imputation east on the Protestants in numerous pe-
titions presented to their Lordships, but directly a Word was said
against the Catholids, they
,found plenti.of6fenders;
The Marquis ofBUTE ekplamed, that he had only
done what be thought was right, in defending his relative; who
was obviously aimed at in the petition. That gentleman would
no more overturn the Established Church than .he would ; and in
voting, as he and many .of his friends did, for Catholic Etiiaticipa-
riot), they all thought they were snpporting,a nmearufe itthiCh was
calculated to give security and permanency to the Piotestait Esta-
blishment.

The Dike of WELLINGTON said.fie had listened
to the petition, and did not think it contained a single word re-
flecting on the Member for Waterford.' -
Lord WHARNCLIFTE expressed .(we under.
stood) a similar opinion.'' " '," ."
The Marquis of BUTE apologised to their Lord-
ships if he had been mistaken but he, had seen by the votes of
the other House of Parliament, that there a similar petition had
been scouted, oven by the persons who generally support ibeirayu
of such petitions.
The Earl of WESTMORLAND contended,
that the petition did not contain one woril reflecting, op:the indi-
vidual alluded to. The petitioners, .he understood, were very re-
spectable Gentlemen of Waterford, and the petition was respectfdlly
worded.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented similar
pefitirrftbiti the 'Rural Dean and Clergy of Stood:Lunn, the
Rural Dean and Clergy of Darnley, and the Rural Dean and
Clergy of all in the Diocese of Gloucester.
The Marquess.of DOWNSHIRE presented a pe-
tition 'in favour of the Roman Catholics, from the Roman Catholic
Inhabitants of a parish in Downshire; and he could assure their
Lordships, that he would not present any such_ petition if be
thought that'granting the prayer of it would be in the liasr degree
injurious to the Established Church, or to any of our psatestatt
Institutions in either-kingdom. - . 5 -
CORN LAWS.

Lord ROLLE said, their Lordships could hardly
be aware of the apprehension and alarm, which the agitation of the
question of.the. Corn Laws had caused from one rd of the country
. _.
to the other. The uncertainty which now prevailed =Vile point
affected both landlords and tenants, and., I:0 loWeied "tfieiitilue of
property fully one-third. He hoped, before 'their tordalipS came
to any decision, they would con4der this important question dis-
passionately and impartially. His LOrdship presented,' twelve
petitions againesetupep of Biddeford,aniyalterationoftl Barnstaple,CornLa Ws,a-bfrdornotbtleierlrzeid,
owners
in thesm
iCiolaunrti;otfitmn
Devosn l‘a,nedre seiCornwall.
lted
by
th e
Bishop
of
.
CHESTER, from, the Occupiers of Land in the neighbourhood cf
Chester, frequenting the Corn-market of thattown.; by the Earl
of Lauderdale, from a parishin the, East Riding, of:Yorkshire,
from Dartford,. Kent, and front several places itt,lsto,tiolk,. Corn-
wall, Lincolnshire, and the county ' of,erwick; .arlionnt,iiii in all
to thirteen ; by Lord Redesdale, from several dift•erent.,parishes in
sGulorruecye,s.teaninhdirteh,e.WHaruwnlitr'keashoirfe,Danisds,th.
ing to twelve ; by Lord Teynham, from IkahfOrd;..rerif,."Croydon.
Malmesbnry, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land nearißridg-
north, and .the persons connected with AgilCultUre; il4Ther'uslY
and- respectably signed, from Re . , the co inv.. Of South-
, WISP). in col ..,..
' ' the Landowners
1 ampton,, from a Hundred in Suffolk, and from t . , from
Norfolk, amount
and Farmers in' the Vale of Avon ; by' Lord Fiversham,a.
Pickering, and 'several other places in the North and, Esit Itt mg
of the county of. York.--,
' that a . nsiderable
Earl BATHURST observed, hint a co.. .
..
Tivr need. ht the Custom
difficulty, he understood, •
haul
been
'e-I-ercalef their'Lcaships. It
House in making some Return to. an (17
s, ip wi;jelihid, imported
was diificult to ascertain what cargo'so
brit here' wzis ridifferent form
corn had carried away
withlkeirt,:ht all the information their Lord-
for the order, y
b- whirl
obbertaiin°ed. At the suggestion-of the Noble
ships order, might
;from the Earl of Malmesbury, the former
Far], after a few wot 9 . by Ihe ,Esrl of
f PAR LINGTON presented a petition
The Earl G.
some parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire, praying foe
protectingm duties if the Corn Laws were altered.
Similar petitions were presented by the Earl of Aberdeen,
his own
from the Commissioners of Supply, Justices of Peace, and Land,,
iGn I astizsegr;slai ;lir
de ;
by
yy
the Earl
EE6arrll
6ei.A.Silotau. ft
wea.cha
suhr),;,,
owners of 11 IrCejouanctcy"odfulAgile'rdeen ; by Lord Yarborough, from
several Parishes and Hundreds in Lincolnshire ; by the Marquis
of Lausdown, front the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Marl-
ie-rie;lnorftoyl'kof
borough and its neighbourhood ; by the , Marquis of Bute, from
The Earl of .DARLINGTON presented • •
a petition
praying for a revision of the Corn Laws, from rite Inhabitants ..
sffriii.°ovame'rffsslOmmpleeacppealraiscihen in I rel an d .
Darlington. The Noble Lord explained
opinions on
le Inhabetante of
this subject, but in so low a tone that he was 'inaudible below the
Bar. Similar petitions were presented b '
the Earl of Aberdeen,
from the Manufacturers and Inhabitants .of
and from the Dean of Guild and Council' f the town of Aberdeen,
Gower front the Chamber of Commerce of Aberdeen ; by Lord,
Pot-
teries ; and by the Earl of 'lllerce of the,Stitffordshire ,
. Shaftesbury, from tl Incorporation cf
Bakers in. the town of,Glaszuw. ie
The E.arl of MALMEsBURY moved for an ac-
count °fall the Foreign Coin
the Ist September, 1826, an •
.the
into this country between
fortwee
n
an-account of all the • le Ist Jannaryhome
consumption, Also
cornAmported from our Colonies, for
consumption, between May 1, ' 1825, and Feb. 1,•1827. Also
for an account of all
the exports of all British produce, ;0 the
empire of Russia between Jan. 1, 1814, and Jan. 1, 1827, toge-
ther with an account of nil the imports from Russia into this
country, distinguishing the quantities imported and exported oeach.
year. Also, a similar account of the exports and imports for the
Kingdom of Prussia.—Ordered. .
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a pett-