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HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

Embargo on Dutch vessels taken off.

At the court of St. James's, the 20th day of May, 1833, present the king's most excellent majesty in council-It is this day ordered by his majesty in council, that his majesty's order in council of the 6th of November last, directing that no ships or vessels belonging to any of his majesty's subjects be permitted to clear out for any of the ports within the dominions of the king of the Netherlands until further orders; and that an embargo be laid upon all ships and vessels belonging to the subjects of the king of the Netherlands which then were, or which should thereafter come into any of the ports, harbours or roads within any part of his majesty's dominions; and that the commanders of his majesty's ships of war should detain and bring into port all merchant ships and vessels bearing the flag of the Netherlands, be revoked, and the same is hereby revoked accordingly; and it is hereby further or dered, that the said embargo be taken off, and that all such ships and vessels be permitted to depart with their cargoes to their respective ports of destination; and the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the lord warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions therein, as to them may respectively appertain.

W. L. BATHurst.

Convention between his majesty and the king of the French on the one part, and the king of the Netherlands on the other part; together

with an explanatory article thereunto annexed. Signed at Lon don, May 21, 1833.

[TRANSLATION.]

Their majesties the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the king of the French, and the king of the Netherlands, grand duke of Luxemburg, being desirous of re-establishing the rela tions between them as they existed before the month of November, 1832, have for that purpose resolv. ed to conclude a convention, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, viz.—

[Here are recited the names and titles of the plenipotentiaries-who having exchanged their full powers, &c.]

Art. 1. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention, their majesties the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the king of the French, will take off the embargo which they have pla ced upon the ships, vessels and goods belonging to the subjects of his majesty the king of the Netherlands; and all the vessels detained, together with their cargoes, shall be imme. diately released, and restored to their respective owners.

In like manner, his majesty the king of the Netherlands will revoke the measures taken in his states with respect to the English and French flags.

Art. 2. At the same period the Netherland troops, both of the royal navy and army, at present detained in France, shall return to the states of his majesty the king of the Netherlands with their arms, baggage,

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carriages, horses and other effects belonging either to the corps or to individuals.

Art. 3. So long as the relations between Holland and Belgium shall not be settled by a definite treaty, his Netherland majesty engages not to recommence hostilities against Belgium, and to leave the navigation of the Scheldt entirely free.

Art. 4. Immediately after the exchange of ratifications of the present convention, the navigation of the Meuse shall be open to com. merce; and until the definite arrangement shall be made in this respect, it shall be subject to the provisions of the convention signed at Mentz the 31st of March, 1831, for the navigation of the Rhine, so far as those provisions may be applicable to the said river.

The communications between the fortress of Mæstricht and the frontier of North Brabant, and between the said fortress and Germany, shall be free and without impediment.

Art. 5. The high contracting parties engage to occupy themselves, without delay, about the definitive treaty which is to fix the relations between the states of his majesty the king of the Netherlands, grand duke of Luxemburg, and Belgium. They will invite the courts of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, to become parties thereto.

Art. 6. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in ten days, or sooner if possible.

In witness thereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed their

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Explanatory Article.

It is agreed between the high contracting parties, that the stipulation relative to the complete cessation of hostilities, contained in article 3 of the convention of this day, comprehends the grand duchy of Luxemburg, and that part of Limburg which is provisionally occupied by the Belgium troops. It is moreover understood that until the conclusion of the definitive treaty, of which mention is made in the said article 3 of the convention of this day, the navigation of the Scheldt shall take place on the same footing as before the first of November, 1832.

The present explanatory article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the convention of this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratification exchanged at the same time as those of the said convention.

In witness thereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at London, the 21st day of May, in the year of our Lord

1833.

(L. S.) PALMERSTON, (L. S.) TALLEYRAND, (L. S. DEDEL.

SPAIN.

Reply of Don Carlos to the King's invitation to swear allegiance to his daughter at the approaching Cortes.

My well-beloved brother, &c.

This morning, at ten o'clock, Plazaola came to me to say that your minister at this court, Cordova, had requested to know when it would be convenient for me to receive a communication of a royal order. He was answered that twelve would be a fitting time for such a purpose. He returned a few minutes before one, and I immediately saw him. He presented me with an official paper, which I read, and having done so, I said that my dig. nity and my character would not permit me to delay in stating that you were my king and my lord, and besides my brother, and always my much loved brother, further endeared by having shared in all your misfortunes.

You wish to know whether I in tend, yes or no, to swear to your daughter, as princess of Asturias. Now, as far as wishes go, you will believe me, because you know me, when I say, that with all my heart would I take that oath, and that nothing would give me greater pleasure than to be the first to recognise your daughter, and to spare you any offence or possible inconvenience which my declining to do so might occasion. But my conscience and my honour do not permit it; I possess rights so legitimate, that I could not divest myself of them—

rights which God gave me when it was his pleasure that I entered upon existence, and which God alone can take away, by transferring them to a male child of yours, which I desire so much, it may be even more than yourself do. Moreover, in this I am defending the justice of the rights of all those who are called after me, and therefore I feel myself called upon to transmit to you the subjoined declaration, which I have made with the greatest formality, and addressed to all the sovereigns, to whom I hope you will communicate it.

Adieu, my well-beloved brother, and be assured that your welfare will always be the first object of the prayers of your affectionate bro. ther, CARLOS.

"Declaration.

"I, Carlos Marias Isidoro de Borbon y Borbon, Infante of Spain, convinced of the legitimate rights which I possess to the crown of Spain, and assured that your ma. jesty has no heir male to the same, do say, that neither my conscience nor my honour permit me to swear to, or recognise, any other than those rights, and this I solemnly declare. To the senor our king, his affectionate brother and faithful vassal,

"THE INFANTE DON CARLOS DE BORBON Y BORBON.

"In the palace of Ramaha,

the 20th of April, 1933."

ACTS

Passed at the Second Session of the Twenty-second Congress of the United States.

N. B. Andrew Jackson, President. John C. Calhoun, Vice President and President of the Senate. Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CHAP. 1. An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and for certain expenditures of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty

two.

CHAP. 2. An Act making appropria

tions for the Revolutionary and other Pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

CHAP. 3. An Act making appropria

tions for carrying on the Fortifica-
tions of the United States, during the
year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-three.

CHAP. 10. An Act for the relief of
William B. Keen and John L. Martin,
and for other purposes.

CHAP. 11. An Act for the relief of
Peter M'Cormick.

CHAP. 12. An Act to establish a land office in the territory of Michigan.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the territory of Michigan, which is comprehended within the following boundaries, shall, from and after the pasage of this act, constitute one land district for the sale and entry of the public lands, viz: lying between the third and fourth ranges of townships south of the base line, and east of the principal meridian, except so much thereof, as lies north of the river Huron of Lake Erie; and also, the first, second, third, fourth, CHAP. 5. An Act for the relief of fifth, and sixth ranges of townships, south Eugene Borell.

CHAP. 4. An Act for the relief of the children of Charles Comb and Marguerite Laviolet, his wife.

CHAP. 6. An Act to change the names

of William B. Finch and Elizabeth
B. Finch, to that of William Comp-
ton Bolton, and Elizabeth Bolton.

CHAP. 7. An Act for the relief of Jo-
seph Easton, an assistant Surgeon in
the Army of the United States.

CHAP. 8. An Act for the relief of

Matthews Flournoy, and R. J. Ward,
of the state of Mississippi.

of said base line, and west of said principal meridian. And there is hereby established a land office within the same, to be located at such place as the President, in his discretion, shall think proper to desig

nate.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, under the existing laws, a register and receiver in and for said district, whose compensation shall be the same as provided for other registers and receivers.

CHAP. 9. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 13. An Act for the relief of the Archibald Gamble.

heirs of Jean Baptiste Saucier.

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CHAP. 14. An Act for the relief of

William A. Tennille, of Georgia.

CHAP. 15. An Act for the relief of

George Mayfield.

CHAP. 16. An Act for making Calais and Pembroke, in the state of Maine, ports of delivery.

money in the treasury not otherwise ap propriated, to such importer the amount of such excess so collected.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases in which the importers of coffee, tea, or cocoa, which remained in the custom house stores on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, under the control of the proper officer of the customs, shall have been compelled to pay on the same a greater amount of duty than is imposed by said act, on coffee, tea, or cocoa, imported after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the secretary of the treasury is directed to refund, out any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to such importers, . CHAP. 17. An Act for the relief of the amount of such excess so collected.Sylvester Havens. Approved, February 9, 1833.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the towns of Calais and of Pembroke, in the state of Maine, shall be ports of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Passamaquoddy.

CHAP. 18. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 24. An Act for the relief of the Daniel Johnson.

CHAP. 19. An Act for the relief of
Andrew Moore.

CHAP. 20. An Act amendatory to an

act, entitled "An act for the relief of Robert C. Jennings, and of the executors of James Roddy, deceased."

CHAP. 21. An Act authorizing the commissioner of the general land office to issue patents to persons therein named.

CHAP. 22. An Act for the relief of Joel
Thomas.

CHAP. 23. An Act to explain an act,

entitled "An act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa," passed the twentieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases in which the importers of coffee or cocoa, which remained in the custom house stores under the bond of the importer, on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, shall have paid on the same a greater amount of duty than is imposed by the act passed on the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, on coffee or cocoa, imported after the thirtyfirst day of December, one thousand eight ndred and thirty, the secretary of the

ury is directed to refund, out of any

heirs of Nicholas Hart, deceased, and the heirs of John Grayson, deceased, and Jacob Bosworth.

CHAP. 25. An Act for the relief of the
administrator of the late Colonel John
Thornton, deceased.

CHAP. 26. An Act for the relief of
James Brownlee.

CHAP. 27. An Act for the relief of
Russell Hotchkiss and others, owners
of the brig Stranger.

CHAP. 28. An Act for the relief of
Gabriel Godfroy and Jean Baptiste
Beaugraud.

CHAP. 29. An Act for the relief Josiah
Barker.

CHAP. 30. An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act to alter and amend an act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive;" approved nineteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

CHAP. 30. An Act to amend an act,

entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revo lution."

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled

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