which my Government now complains, and I persuade myself will not hesitate in ordering that the Proclamation of Embargo, issued by General Morillo, be declared null, and that all the American property which may have been taken under it, be immediately restored to its Owners. In this confidence, I annex hereto a List of the Vessels already known to have been captured. Renewing, &c. H. E. Don Pedro Cevallos. GEORGE W. ERVING. (Enclosure.)-List of Vessels. Adeline; Friend's Hope; and Count; of Baltimore, at Carthagena. Edward Graham, at Santa Margarita. Ghent, of Norfolk, at Porto Cabello. N. B. It is believed that the Cargoes of several of these Vessels have been confiscated, without even the form of a Trial. SIR, (7.)-Don Pedro Cevallos to Mr. Erving.-(Translation.) Madrid, 17th October, 1816. HAVING Communicated to the King your Note of the 26th ultimo, on the subject of the seizure of several American Vessels in the Port of Carthagena, (S. A.) in consequence of the Blockade established on those Coasts by General Morillo, and your demand of their restitution, His Majesty has been pleased to determine, that information shall be requested (se pida informe) of the Court of Admiralty on this business. I renew to you the assurances, &c. Mr. Erving. SIR, PEDRO CEVALLOS. (7*.)-Mr. Erving to Don Pedro Cevallos. Madrid, 25th October, 1816. By Your Excellency's Note of the 17th instant, in reply to mine of 26th September, respecting the Proclamation Blockade of General Morillo, and the ravages on the American commerce, which are committing under it, I am told that His Majesty has ordered that information shall be taken (se pida informe) of the Tribunal of Admiralty. That General Morillo has issued such a Proclamation as I have described in my Note of 26th September, is a fact of universal notoriety; Your Excellency has had before you long since, the Correspondence between the American Secretary of State and Mr. Onis on the subject, and I have transmitted to you a Copy of the Letter of Don Francisco Montalvo, Vice Roy of Santa Fé, to the American Commissioner, Mr. Hughes, in which the existence of the Blockade is admitted, and in which the American Government is referred for redress to His Ca tholic Majesty. It was, therefore, that, by the orders of my Government, I wrote to you on the subject. With the fact which I have This Note was communicated to Congress, amongst the Correspondence with Spain, 1816, 1817, respecting the Case of Mr. Meade,-29th January, 1818. above stated before you, I am wholly at a loss to imagine what kind of information the Tribunal of Admiralty can afford, which may regulate the decision of His Majesty on the subject. The Tribunal cannot deny the existence of the Proclamation; it cannot show that the Proclamation is legal; it cannot deny that American Vessels have been taken under the Proclamation; it cannot contest the right of the American Government to demand the restitution of such Vessels. In fine, Sir, it is my duty to assure you, that any demur or delay in affording the satisfaction demanded, in a case of this principal importance, cannot but be very sensibly felt by the Government of The United States. I renew to you, &c. H. E. Don Pedro Cevallos. GEORGE W. ERVING. (8.)—Mr. Erving to the Secretary of State. Madrid, 15th December, 1816. (Extracts.) I HAD the honor, by my Letter of 27th October, to communicate to you the continuation of my Correspondence with Mr. Cevallos on various subjects, and by that of 31st October, to inform you that he had been dismissed from his Employments, and succeeded in them by Don José Pizarro. I herewith submit to you Copies of my Correspondence with this new Minister. He has not replied to my Note of 25th October, respecting Morillo's Blockade Proclamation. The Hon. James Monroe. GEORGE W. ERVING. (9.)—Don Luis de Onis to the Secretary of State.—(Translation.) SIR, Philadelphia, 26th October, 1817. His Excellency the Vice Roy of the Kingdom of New Granada communicates to me, under date of the 2nd of September last, that, tranquillity being restored throughout the whole Kingdom of Santa Fé, and all its Provinces having submitted to His Majesty's Government, the Commander-in-Chief, Don Pablo Morillo, has thought fit to raise the Blockade which he had established on those Coasts, the causes having ceased which obliged him to impose it; and that in consequence of this determination, the before-mentioned Vice Roy has been pleased to open the Provinces of that Kingdom, and particularly the Port of Carthagena, to the commerce of the Powers in amity with His Majesty, under the Regulations specified in the Printed Papers. I hope, Sir, that you will be pleased to bring this to the knowledge of the President, that he may see the disposition of His Majesty to favor the Commerce of this Republic, in every thing that may be compatible with the security of his Dominions, and that comports with his interests. I renew my respects, &c. The Hon. Jumes Monroe. LUIS DE ONIS. (10.)-Mr. Erving to the Secretary of State. (Extract.) Madrid, 10th March, 1817. On this affair (the Proclamation of Morillo,) I wrote on the 26th September, 1816, and was answered, 17th October, that an "informe should be taken of the Admiraltazgo. I wrote again on the 25th October, and remain without any Answer. The Hon. James Monroe. GEORGE W. ERVING. ACT of the British Parliament, "to extend the Powers of 2 Acts,--for allowing British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, and other Articles imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to America in Foreign Vessels; and to permit Articles, the produce of America, to be imported into the said Island in Foreign Ships,-to certain other Articles." [57. Geo. 3. Cap. 28.] [23rd May, 1817.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the 52nd year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to allow British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to the Territories of the United States of America in Foreign Ships or Vessels; and to permit articles, the production of the said United States, to be imported into the said Islands in Foreign Ships or Vessels":* And whereas Act of the British Parliament, "to allow British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to the Territories of the United States of America in Foreign Ships or Vessels; and to permit Articles, the production of the said United States, to be imported into the said Island in Foreign Ships or Vessels." [52 Geo. 3. Cap. 79.] [1st July, 1812.] WHEREAS it is expedient to allow Sugar and Coffee, the produce of any British Colony or Plantation in the West Indies, imported into the Island of Bermuda in British Ships or Vessels, to be exported from the Port of Saint George, in the said Island, to the Territories of the United States of America in Foreign Ships or Vessels and to allow certain Articles of the growth or production of the Territories of the said United States to be imported into the said Island in Foreign Ships or Vessels, and to be re-exported from thence in British-built Ships or Vessels to British Islands, in the West Indies; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that it shall be lawful for Sugar and Coffee, the produce of any British Colony or Plantation in the West Indies, imported into the Island of Bermuda in any British Ship or Vessel, to be exported from the Port of Saint George, in the said Island of Bermuda, to any part of the Territories of the United States of America, in any Foreign Ship or Vessel belonging to any Country in amity with His Majesty, above the burthen of 60 tons, any Law now in force to the contrary notwithstanding. an Act was passed in the 53rd year of His present Majesty's Reign intituled "an Act for further allowing the importation and exportation of certain Articles at the Island of Bermuda :"* And whereas it is ex pedient that the said Acts should be extended, so far as regards the Articles to be allowed to be imported and exported; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and II. And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to import Tobacco, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Hemp, Flax, Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Boards and Plank, Timber, Shingles, and Lumber of any sort, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and Live Stock of any sort, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Pease, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain of any sort, such Commodities being of the growth or production of the Territories belonging to the United States of America, from the said Territories to the Port of Saint George, in the Island of Bermuda, in any Foreign Ship or Vessel belonging to any Country in amity with His Majesty, any thing in an Act passed in the 28th year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America, and between His Majesty's said Subjects, and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies," or in any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding. 64 II And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and for any of His Majesty's Subjects to export any of the Articles before enumerated, which shall have been imported in any Foreign Ship or Vessel from the Territories of The United States into the Island of Bermuda, from the said Port of Saint George, to any of His Majesty's Islands or Dominions in the West Indies, in British-built Ships and Ves. sels, owned and navigated according to Law. * Act of the British Parliament “for further allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles at the Island of Bermuda," [53 Geo. 3. Cap. 50.] [21st May 1813.] WHEREAS it appears expedient, that the Trade which is permitted to be carried on at the Port of Saint George, in the Island of Bermuda, by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "an Act to allow British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to the Territories of the United States of America in Foreign Ships or Vessels, and to permit Articles, the production of the said United States, to be imported into the said Island in Foreign Ships or Vessels," should be permitted at the Port of Hamilton in the said Island; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all such Articles as may be imported into the Port of Saint George in the Island of Bermuda, and all such Articles as may be exported from the said Port by virtue of the said Act, shall and may be respectively imported into and exported from the Port of Hamilton, in the said Island, in like manner, and in none other, as is permitted by the said Act; any thing in the Act passed in the 28th year of His present Majesty, intituled 66 Act for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America, and between His Majesty's said Subjects and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies," or in any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding. an consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commous, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that in addition to the Articles enumerated in the said Acts, it shall be lawful to import from The United States into the Ports mentioned in the Acts above recited, in Vessels of the description therein stated, and under the like Authority, Restrictions, Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures, provided in the said recited Acts, the articles of Fruit and Vegetables, being the produce of the said States; and in addition to the Articles permitted to be exported by the said above recited Acts, to export from the said Island of Bermuda to The said United States, In such Vessels, and under such Regulations as aforesaid, Rum and Melasses, the produce of any British Colony or Plantation in the West Indies, which shall have been legally imported into the Island of Bermuda in any British Ship or Vessel. PROCLAMATION of The Prince Regent of Great Britain, prohibiting British Subjects from taking part in the Contest between Spain and the Spanish-American Provinces.Brighton, 27th November, 1817. By His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty. A PROCLAMATION, Prohibiting His Majesty's Natural-born Subjects from serving or en listing, or entering themselves to serve, in the Military Forces or Ships of War, raised or set forth by the Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in certain Provinces, and Parts · of Provinces, in Spanish America, or in the Military Forces of His Catholic Majesty employed in Spanish America, or in His said Majesty's Ships of War. GEORGE, P. R. WHEREAS there unhappily subsists a state of Warfare between Fis Catholic Majesty and divers Provinces or Parts of Provinces in Spanish America: and whereas it has been represented to Us, that many of Our Subjects have, without Our leave or licence, enlisted or entered themselves to serve in the Military Forces or Ships of War raised or set forth, or intended to be raised or set forth, by the Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in such Provinces or Parts of Provinces, and that divers others of Our Subjects are about, in like manner, to enter and eulist themselves: and whereas such practices are highly prejudicial to, and tend to endanger |