OBSERTATIONS. merchandis this tarifa from 1st. All of rods, wares, and enumerated in oceeding directly America, under a Spanish, will pay three per cent. on their value, as estimated in the tariff of free trade, of the 12th of October, 1778, and 7 per cent., under a foreign flag. 2d. Goods, wares, and merchandise, of Spanish America, will pay no other royal duties than those already specified, according to their classes, upon their impor. tation into the ports of Spain, ex'cepting that of Consulado, and others of a merely local character, mentioned in the royal order of the 12th January, 1827, as also that of Balanza. 8d. The duty of Reemplazo will be, henceforward, 1 per cent. upon goods, wares, and merchandise, proceeding from Spanish America, but will be considered as included in the above-mentioned general duty. 4th. All goods, wares, or merchandise, of the growth or manufacture of this kingdom, exported under Spanish or foreign flag, will pay, for the present, the duties designated by the export tariff of the 14th of April, 1802, as modified by laws of subsequent date. 5th. All foreign merchandise, conveyed in national or foreign vessels from the depots or stores of the custom houses in the habili tated ports of Spain, with the corresponding register, will pay no other outward duty than that of deposits, agreeably to the regulations. established for the ports of deposite. 6th. Foreign vessels arriving with the produce of Spanish Ame rica, direct from the foreign parts of America, to the habilitated ports of Spain, will pay a duty of 2 per cent. besides those stated in this tariff. Regulations for the understanding and execution of the preceding Tariff. Art. 1. The ports habilitated for the trade to Spanish America, are those of which are such at present, in virtue of a royal order. Art. 2. The ports of Bilboa and St. Sebastians are also provisionally habilitated for the same pur. pose, and the administrative and controlling functions will be exercised by the judge of contraband, agreeably to the rules to be drawn up immediately, and presented by the director general of the revenue for his majesty's approbation. Art. 3. The produce, goods, and effects of the Spanish American possessions, may be transported in Spanish or foreign vessels, upon payment of the royal and other duties fixed in this tariff, with the difference that an extra duty of two per cent. will be charged in cases when foreign vessels, laden with Spanish colonial produce, shall arrive at the habilitated ports in America. Art. 4. All vessels, Spanish or foreign, proceeding from the Ha. vana, Puerto Rico, or other places, at peace with Spain, are to accompany the produce, goods, or effects, which they may have shipped there, with a register from the custom houses of those places, ac cording to the present existing practice. Art. 5. When the same vessels, proceeding from other foreign ports in America, shall touch at the above-mentioned ports of the Ha. vana and Puerto Rico, with cargoes of Spanish colonial produce, on their way to the habilitated ports of Spain, they shall be required to make a declaration of their cargoes, and to renew their registers before continuing their voyage. Art. 6. Spanish vessels, or those of neutral powers, which, having received their cargoes in the foreign ports of America, shall ar rive direct at the habilitated ports of Spain, are to present their manifests with the formalities prescribed by the general instruction of the 16th of April, 1816. Art. 7. Extensive and capacious stores of deposit will be established in Puerto Rico and the Havana, for the reception and safe keeping of the merchandise and produce of Spain, which merchants may wish to send to foreign neutral ports; as also to receive the American colo nial produce which may be destined for the Peninsula. Art. 8. In making such deposits, the same rules will be observed there, as in the other ports of deposit in Spain; the object proposed, being no other than the preservation of the property; in order to which, an account will be kept of the reception and delivery of all goods, and of their change of own. ers. Half per cent. will be charged on the reception of such property, and half per cent. more on their delivery, to defray the expenses of rent, salaries, and other unavoida ble charges. Art. 9. All national or foreign produce, goods, or effects, shipped in the ports of the Peninsula, for those of America at peace with Spain, and furnished with proper registers, will pay, in the latter, the duties established by the tariff observed there. Art. 10. Silver, and other arti. cles, arriving from friendly ports. duly registered, and declared to be on transit for foreign ports, will be allowed to proceed to their place of destination in the same vessel. The transfer of cargoes to Spanish vessels, and their conveyance in the same, will also be allowed; but a duty of one per cent. will be charged whenever the vessel, to which the cargo may be transferred, shall be a foreign one. If the landing and reception of the goods be solicited, the ordinary rules observed in such cases, will be put in force, as if no transit had been declared. Art. 11. Article 91, chapter 7, of the royal instruction of the 16th of April, 1816, relating to the deduction to be made in the duties on cocoa, when this article shall be declared to be intended for a foreign market, is hereby annulled. 14. Finally, articles 117, 118, 120, 129, 130, 134, 145, and 137, of chapter 7, of said instruction, are also cancelled for the present, in all things relating to the expor tation to America. Instruction to the Custom House, for the clearance of American produce, goods and effects. Article 1. The provisions of the tariff, and the regulations approved by his majesty, are to be kept in view. Art. 2. he formalities to be observed, for the exact collection of the duties upon the admission of goods from America, and in other cases relating to the inward and outward trade, are to be the same as those established in chapter 7, of the instruction of the 16th April, 1816, excepting where any modifi. cations shall have been made in the regulations of the same, or may be made in the present instruction. Art. 3. In the custom house of habilitated ports, silver, when not in very large quantities, may be included for all the purposes of land. ing, deposit, and payment of duties, in the permit granted by the collector for the landing of other goods; but in cases when silver is to be imported in considerable quantities, whether belonging to the King or to private persons, the provisions established by the instructions of 1816 are to be carried into effect. Art. 4. The register of every vessel, arriving from friendly ports, with her invoices and custom house certificates, are to form together a collection of documents, closed, numbered, and inscribed with the name of the ship, and that of the master, the port of departure, the day of her arrival, and date of clear ance. Art 5. As no interference of the authorities are necessary to the habilitation of vessels trading to America, registers will be granted to all such as are to be employed in navigating to the friendly ports of that continent; but when the intention shall be to trade to the foreign neutral ports of America, custom house certificates will be given, with the usual formalities observed for the exportation of goods to the foreign ports of Europe. Art. 6. The collectors and accountants of the customs will be particularly careful to furnish merchants, trading to America, with the certificates defined by art. 90, chapter 7, of the instruction of 1816, at the time of admitting the produce and effects of that country; and to require their presentation before granting permits for the circulation of the same; as also to cancel said certificates when their time shall have expired, and to keep an ac、 count of the increase or diminution that may take place in such goods, by reason of new importations, acquisitions, sales, or shipments, or other operations, in order to prevent the fraudulent entry and circulation through the country of the colonial produce of America. Art. 7. No change is made in the established mode of admitting such of the goods, proceeding from America, as are classed as bulky, but Cocoa and Indigo; and other articles of this description are to be carried regularly to the custom house, in order to their being inspected, weighed, and charged, notwithstanding the practice existing in some custom houses of despatch. ing such goods on the landing places. Art. 8. Should the interests of merchants require the adoption of any new measures, or any alteration of the provisions established by this tariff, regulation, and instruction, the same will be announced in due time to them, for their information. I communicate the above to Y. E. by order of his majesty, for your information, and other necessary purposes; and also in order that you may direct it to be published in the Gazette, without delay. God preserve your excellency the last time, to the seditious, the language of mercy, being still inclined to listen to the petitions which they may address to me from their homes, if they are obedient to my voice; and that, as King, I am come to re-establish order, to give tranquillity to the province, and to afford protection to the persons and properties of my peaceable subjects, who have been maltreated in an atrocious manner, and to chastise, with all the severity of the law, those who shall disturb the public quiet. Shut your ears to the perfidious insinuations of those who, hired by the enemies of your prosperity, and making a parade of zeal for the religion which they profane, and for the throne which they insult, pro pose to themselves nothing else but the ruin of this industrious province. You already behold the vain and absurd pretexts by which they have attempted, till now, to co. lour their rebellion, belied by my arrival. I am not oppressed: the persons who deserve my confidence do not conspire against our holy religion: the country is not in dan ger: the honour of my crown is not compromised, and my sovereign authority is not coerced by any party. Why, then, are arms taken up by those who style themselves faithful subjects, pure royalists, and zealous Catholics? Against whom is it their intention to em. ploy them? Against their King and Lord. Yes, Catalonians, to take up arms on such pretences, to fight against my troops, to drive the magistrates from their homes, is to revolt openly against my person, to contemn my authority, and to des. pise the ordinances of religion, which enjoins obedience to the le gitimate authorities; it is an imi. tation of the conduct, and even of the language of the revolutionists of 1820; it is, in fine, an attempt 'to destroy the very foundation of monarchical institutions; for if the absurd privileges which the revolt. ers demand could be admitted, no throne in the universe could be considered secure. - I cannot but believe that my royal presence will dissipate all prejudices and mistrusts; and I will not cease to hope, that, at my voice, the machinations of those who would seduce you into conspiracy and rebellion will be defeated. But if, contrary to my hopes, the last warnings are not listened to, if the bands of the revolted do not give up their arms, to the nearest military authority, within twenty. four hours after they shall have been made acquainted with my sovereign will, leaving the chiefs of all classes at my disposal, that they may undergo the fate which I may please to inflict upon them, and do not return to their respective homes, with the obligation to present them. selves in the bailiages, to be again immatriculated,-and lastly, if the changes made in the administration and government of my people are not annulled in the same space of time, the dispositions of my roy. al decree of the 10th of this month, shall be immediately carried into execution, and the remembrance of the exemplary punishment which awaits those who shall persist, will be long perpetuated. Given at the Archiepiscopal Palace of Tarragona, the 28th of Sept. 1827. I, THE KING. The Secretary of State of Grace and Justice, FRANCESCO TADEO DE CALO MARDE. Note from Mr. Alex. H. Everett, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. S. to Spain, to the Duke del Infantado, principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the independence of the ancient colonies of Spain. SIR: The government of the United States of America have looked with deep interest at the war now existing between Spain and her ancient colonies, ever since its commencement. Situated in the immediate neighbourhood of the regions where it has been carried on, they could not feel the same indif. ference upon the subject which has been shown by some other nations inhabiting a distant quarter of the globe. Their position, and the relations naturally resulting from it, were circumstances over which they had no control; and it was not in their power, had they wished it, to shrink from the responsibility that devolved upon them. It only remained to meet the delicacy of the situation by a corresponding circumspection in their conduct; to proceed upon acknowledged principles, and in conformity with the best information they could procure. Such has been, in fact, the course of their policy. They have spared no pains in endeavouring to obtain the most accurate accounts of the state of the war at its several periods; and they have adopted no important measure without great consideration, and a careful inquiry into the laws and usages of civilized countries. In pursuance of this system, they have considered it their duty to observe a fair and just neutrality between the two parties, and to entertain pacific and friendly relations with both alike; and they have, with good faith, and to |