portation shall be in British vessels, or in the 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 manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels, or vessels of the United States, and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed on the exportation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States to his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels, or in vessels of the United States. It is further agreed, that in all places 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 vessel, but when such re-exportation shall take place from the United States in a British vessel, or from territories of his Britannic Majesty in, Europe in an American vessel, to any other foreign nation; the two Contracting Parties reserve to themselves respectively 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 VOL. LVIII. this article, but each party shall remain in the complete possession of its rights, with respect to such an intercourse. 3. His Britannic Majesty agrees that the vessels of the United States of America shall be admitted, and hospitably received, at the principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies; videlicet, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and the Prince of Wales's 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 of which the importation and exportation respectively to and from the said territories shall not be entirely prohibited, provided only, that it shall not be lawful for them, in any time of war between the British Government and any State or Power whatever, to export from the said territories, without 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 duty or charge, than shall be payable on the vessels of the most favoured European nations, and they shall pay no higher or other duties or charges on the importation or exportation of the cargoes of the said vessels, than shall be payable on the same articles when imported or exported in the vessels of the most favoured 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 2 C place 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 instance, proceeded to one of the said principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, and then going with their original cargoes, or any 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 refreshments, but not for commerce, in the course of their voyage to or from the British territories in India, or to or from the dominions of the Emperor of China, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Island of St. Helena, or such other places as may be in the possession of Great Britain, in the African or Indian Seas, it being well understood, that in all that regards these articles, the citizens of the United States shall be subject, in all respects, to the laws and regulations of the British Government from time to time established. 4. It shall be free for each of the two Contracting Parties respectively, to appoint Consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other party; but before any Consul shall act as such, he shall in the usual form be approved and admitted by the Government to which he is sent; and it is hereby declared, that in case of illegal or improper conduct towards the laws or Government of the country to which he is sent, such Consul may either be punished according to law, if the laws will reach the case, or be sent back, the offended Government assigning to the other the reasons for the same. It is hereby declared, that either of the Contracting Parties may except from the residence of Consuls such particular places as such party shall judge fit to be so excepted. 5. This 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, shall be binding and obligatory on the said United States and his Majesty for four years from the date of its signature, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from this time, or sooner, if possible. Done at London, this 3d day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fif every clause and article thereof, subject to the exception contained in a declaration made by the authority of his Britannic Majesty, on the 24th day of November last, a copy of which Declaration is hereunto annexed. it has been resolved, for that purpose, 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 communication with, or approach to that island. It has therefore become impossible to comply with so much of the 3d article of the Treaty as relates to the liberty of touching for refreshments at the island of Str Helena. And the ratifications of the said Treaty will be exchanged under the explicit declaration and understanding, that the vessels of JAMES MADISON, the United States cannot be al In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and have signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this 22d day of December, A.D. 1815, and of the independence of the United States the 40th. (L. S.) By the President, JAMES MONROE, DECLARATION. The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in the United States of America, is commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to explain and declare, upon the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention concluded in London on the 3d of July, in 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 Convention aforesaid, it has been deemed expedient and determined, in conjunction with the Allied Sovereigns, that St. Helena shall be the place allotted for the future residence of General Napoleon Bonaparte, under such regulations as may be necessary for the perfect security of his person; and lowed 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 Bonaparte. (Signed) ANTHONY ST. JOHN BAKER. Washington, Nov. 24, 1815. The Prince Regent's Speech on Opening the Session of Parliament, delivered by Commission, Feb. 1st, 1816. My Lords, and Gentlemen, We are commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to express to you his deep regret at the continuance of his Majesty's lamented indisposition. The Prince Regent directs us to acquaint you, that he has had the greatest satisfaction in calling you together, under circumstances which enable him to announce to you the restoration of peace throughout Europe. The splendid and decisive suc. cesses obtained by his Majesty's 2 C2 arms, arms, and those of the Allies, had led, at an early period of the campaign, to the re-establishment of the authority of his most Christian Majesty in the capital of his dominions; and it has been since that time his Royal Highness's most earnest endeavour to promote such arrangements as appeared to him best calculated to provide for the last ing repose and security of Eu rope. In the adjustment of these arrangements it was natural to expect that many difficulties would occur; but the Prince Regent trusts it will be found that, by moderation and firmness, they have been effectually surmounted. To the intimate union which has happily subsisted between the Allied Powers, the nations of the Continent have twice owed their deliverance. His Royal Highness has no doubt that you will be sensible of the great importance of maintaining in its full force that alliance, from which so many advantages have already been derived, and which affords the best prospect of the continuance of peace. The Prince Regent has directed copies of the several Treaties and Conventions which have been concluded to be laid before you. The extraordinary situation in which the powers of Europe have been placed, from the circumstances which have attended the French Revolution, and more especially in consequence of the events of last year, has induced the Allies to adopt precautionary measures, which they consider as indispensably necessary for the general security. As his Royal Highness has concurred in these measures, from a full conviction of their justice and sound policy, he relies confidently on your co-operation in such proceedings as may be necessary for carrying them into effect. Gentlemen of the House of Commons ;-The Prince Regent has directed the estimates for the present year to be laid before you. His Royal Highness is happy to inform you, that the manufactures, commerce, and revenue of the United Kingdom are in a flourishing condition. The great exertions which you enabled him to make in the course of the last year, afforded the means of bringing the contest in which we were engaged to so glorious and speedy a termination. The Prince Regent laments the heavy pressure upon the country which such exertions could not fail to produce; and his Royal Highness has commanded us to assure you, that you may rely on every disposition on his part to concur in such measures of economy, as may be found consistent with the security of the country, and with that station which we occupy in Europe. My Lords, and Gentlemen ;The negotiations which the Prince Regent announced to you at the end of the last session of Parliament, as being in progress, with a view to a commercial arrangement between this country and the United States of America, have been brought to a satisfactory issue. His Royal Highness has given orders, that a copy of the Treaty which has been concluded shall be laid before you; and he confidently trusts, that the the stipulations of it will prove advantageous to the interests of both countries, and cement the good understanding which so happily subsists between them. The Prince Regent has commanded us to inform you, that the hostilities in which we have been involved in the island of Ceylon, and on the Continent of India, have been attended with decisive success. Those in Ceylon have terminated in an arrangement highly honourable to the British character, and which cannot fail to augment the security and internal prosperity of that valuable possession. The operations in India have led to an armistice, which gives reason to hope that a peace may have been concluded on terms advantageous to our interests in that part of the world. At the close of a contest so extensive and momentous as that in which we have been so long engaged in Europe, and which has exalted the character and military renown of the British nation heyond all former example, the Prince Regent cannot but feel, that, under Providence, he is indebted for the success which has attended his exertions, to the wisdom and firmness of Parliament, and to the perseverance and public spirit of his Majesty's people. It will be the Prince Regent's constant endeavour to maintain, by the justice and moderation of his conduct, the high character which this country has acquired amongst the nations of the world; and his Royal Highness has directed us to express his sincere and earnest hope, that the sam union amongst ourselves, which has enabled us to surmount so many dangers, and has brought this eventful struggle to so auspicious an issue, may now animate us in peace, and induce us cordially to co-operate in all those measures which may best manifest our gratitude for the Divine protection, and most effectually promote the prosperity and happiness of our country. Treaty of Marriage between her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c.—Signed at London, March 13, 1816 In the name of Almighty God, Be it known unto all men, by these presents, that whereas his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his most sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grice of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has judged it proper that an alliance should be contracted between the family of his Majesty and that of his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. and has therefore, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, consented, with the full agreement of the parties interested, that a mariage shall be celebrated between the most high and illustrious Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of his Royal Highness |