Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-23
TRADE TO THE BRAZILS.
LETTER
IRON the Portuguese aas5assadoi' TO TIE govern
or oftAe island Of ST. Catherine.

ASleaDiy TO the lettef WHICH had the no
nor OF addressing you, under date ofthe At
Jan. OF the present year, and IN which | ex-
planned at large to your cxcellency the motive:
which induced ne TO sanction the sending O.
British merchantmen to the island OF St. Ca.
tharine, provided that their cargoes consist o.
articles hitherto received into the custom
houses Of Portugal have now to request that
you will be pleased to order that the ship
should be admitted into the custom
house of that island, tie captain or master oil
which (who is the bearer Of this letter. Won
! will permit to unload and sell his CARGO, and
give directions that 10 more duties shall be
! required OF her, than were paid in Portugal
! for the same articles !; and also that those du-
! ties should rot bs demanded until he has sold
and dispatched his cargo, in every particular
! conforming TO the practice CT the custom
houses at Lisbon.
/. and as it may possibly happen that your
! exceicncy may not yet find yourself autho-
rised 10 consent to the sale ofsuct cargoes, I
earnestly request YOU, that at all events You
| will be pleased to allow that they should be
landed and properly Warel.ouged, aid that you
vii! order that the ships should moor in that
!. port, waiting there with their crews, without
! moiestation, unti! your exceIlency shall receive
! the instructions and orders OF his royal high
ness the prince regent on this head.
Your cXceliency viii observe, that the bearer
OF this letter ought also to present you with
the manifest Of the cargo, confirmed by me,
and the Iioence 0, the British priyy counc; to
iu!tI the conditions OF which, your excellencv
viii be pleased to prder the officers Of the
customs to deliver to the bearer a certificate
OF the regular discharge OF the articles sDeci-
fed IN such manifests.
Coalitions agreed by the INGREDIENTS
for the admission professionally until his row.
al highness'S resolutions are known) into the
port Of the island OF st. CatIfrine, OF ali such
goods as were heretofore imported into por.
tugal.
j. That all merchants wishing 70 make ad.
ventures to the Braz;ls without waiting for
tie regulations Of his royal highnff1a &c PRIV
o.,,, oD.i Which will point out the port that
vii be agreed on by his e,scel.ency Nh. Can
niDr ana ne, and to which alone they must
give bond to so.
2. That every master and every shipper
viii give the usual bonds at this custom house
FOR the due delivery at the custom house OF
the said port.
g. Besides every master and shipper will
bind themselves to pay at the custom house OF
the said port the same dusies that were paid
in Portugal upon every such article, or III
lieu thereof, such as may have been already
established by his royal highness the Prince
Recent
4. According to your offer, and to asccr-
tain that no contraband goods are exported
tbither, the manifest OF the said cargo sworn,
and authenticated as usual at this custom
house, Will be signed by the agent aid con-
sui general, Mr.. John Charles Lucena, and
by ne.
S. On these conditions which certain all
that fair trade can wish for at present, will
most willingly provide every captain with
letter of mine to the government of said port,
informing him of what | have done, and re-
u,lesting him earnestly to require immediate
instructions from the Rio de Janeiro, in case
that his royal highness is already arrived
and should his royal highness be not yet arri-
| yed, requesting him besides not to enforce the
! existing laws, but to suspend them until he
receives the instructions required, which can
not be long in coming and in the mean while
not to moes. but permit the said ships to wal
peaceably for the new orders, unless he should
be authorised by his former instructions to ad
nit the entry of such goods, on paying the
same duties as in Portugal, and to allow the
captains to invest their proceeds in the pro-
duce of the country, in which case will ar
IDENTIFY request the governor to facilitate thu
trade.
P S. need not say, that upon your appli
cation with the license Of the privy council
&c. the manifest will be signed by me, an
my letter to the governors will be deiyere
Immediately, without the least expence to an
of the concerned.
To his exccllency D. Lucis Mauricio ola Si
veira, or to whcmsoever is at present sc
e rottn Prs