the nation, is the most glorious recompense for his constant solicitude for the prosperity and glory of the republic. Haytiens! Show yourselves worthy of the honorable place which you occupy amongst the nations of the earth. More happy than your fathers, who left you only the legacy of an awful fate, you shall bequeath internal harmony, and external peace, a flourishing and respected country. Live forever, liberty, liberty! Live forever independence! Given at the national palace, Portau-Prince, 11th July, 1825, and twenty-second year of independence. BOYER, President. to your posterity the most glorious B. Inginac, Secretary General. heritage which they can desire NOTICE from the Office of the SECRETARY GENERAL of HAYTI. The government of the republic, in offering an asylum to the African descendants who exist in the United States deprived of all civil rights, did it not so much for its own, as for that of this oppressed people. Its munificence, indeed, has extended not only to the encouragement of emigration to Hayti, but the entire expense of it has also been defrayed. It was not, therefore, to have been expected, that a base speculation would have been made of the transportation of emigrants to Hayti from the United States, and that among captains of vessels, as well as among the emigrants themselves, there would have been found persons so demoralized as to violate their good faith. Yet it cannot be denied, that captains, not satisfied with having persuaded emigrants who had settled in the republic, to return to the United States, have even shared with them the profits of the speculation. How many persons have been known to have demanded the means of returning before they had scarcely debarked, and before the expiration of the four months for which rations had been granted by the state? Wishing, therefore, to suppress this fraudulent practice, which draws considerably from the public treasury without accomplishing the object proposed, all captains of United States vessels, and others, who shall convey emigrants to Hayti, are hereby notified, that the government of the republic will not defray any expense for the passages of said emigrants after the 15th June, 1825. The emigration societies that have been formed in the United States, are also notified, that after the above date, no allowance will be made to them by the government for any aid rendered to emigrants; and that, hereafter, they will only be entitled to four months' provisions, and a lot of ground for cultivation, the property of which they may acquire, after having paid its value. By authority. B. INGINAC, Secretary General. Port-au-Prince, April 12, 1825. EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN. SPEECH of the KING to the PARLIAMENT. My lords and gentlemen-We are commanded by his majesty to express to you the gratification which his majesty derives from the continuance and progressive increase of that public prosperity upon which his majesty congratulated you at the opening of the last session of parliament. There never was a period in the history of this country, when all the great interests of the nation were, at the same time, in so thriving a condition, or when a feeling of content and satisfaction was more widely diffused throughout all classes of the British people. It is no small addition to the gratification of his majesty, that Ireland is participating in the general prosperity. The outrages, for the suppression of which extraordinary powers were confided to his majesty, have so far ceased, as to warrant the suspension of the exercise of those powers in most of the districts heretofore disturbed. Industry and commercial enter prise are extending themselves in that part of the united kingdom. It is, therefore, more to be regreted, that associations should exist in Ireland, which have adopt ed proceedings irreconcileable with the spirit of the constitution, and calculated, by exciting alarm and by exasperating animosities, to endanger the peace of society, and retard the course of national improvement. His majesty relies upon your wisdom to consider, without delay, the means of applying a remedy to this evil. His majesty further recommends to you, the renewal of the inquiries, instituted last session, into the state of Ireland. His majesty has seen, with regret, the interruption of tranquillity in India, by the unprovoked ag gression and extravagant preten sions of the Burmese government, which rendered hostile operations, against that state, unavoidable. It is, however, satisfactory to find, that none of the other native powers have manifested any unfriendly disposition, and that the bravery and conduct displayed by the forces already employed against the enemy, afford the most favora ble prospect of a successful termi nation of the contest. Gentlemen of the house of commons-His majesty has directed us to inform you, that the estimates of the year will be, forthwith, laid before you. The state of his majesty's Indian possessions, and circumstances connected with other parts of his majesty's foreign dominions, will render some augmentation, in his military establishment, indispensable. His majesty, however, has the sincere gratification of believing, that, notwithstanding the increase of expense, arising out of this augmentation, such is the flourishing condition, and progressive improvement of the revenue, that it will still be in your power, without affecting public credit, to give additional facilities to the national industry, and to make a further reduction in the burthens of his people. My lords and gentlemen-His majesty commands us to inform you, that his majesty continues to receive from his allies, and generally, from all princes and states, assurances of their unabated desire to maintain and cultivate the relations of peace with his majesty, and with each other, and that it is his majesty's constant endeavor to preserve the general tranquillity. The negotiations which have been so long carried on, through his majesty's ambassador at Constantinople, between the emperor of Russia and the Ottoman Porte, have been brought to an amicable issue. His majesty has directed to be laid before you, copies of arrangements which have been entered into with the kingdoms of Denmark and Hanover, for improving the commercial intercourse between those states and the united kingdom. A treaty, having for its object the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, has been concluded between his majesty and the king of Sweden; a copy of which treaty, as soon as the ratification shall have been exchanged, his majesty will direct to be laid before you. Some difficulties have arisen with respect to the ratification of the treaty for the same object, which was negotiated last year between his majesty and the United States of America. These difficulties, however, his majesty trusts, will not finally impede the conclusion of so beneficial an arrange ment. In conformity to the declarations which have been repeatedly made in his majesty's name, his majesty has taken measures for confirming, by treaties, the commercial rela tions already subsisting between this kingdom and those countries of America which appear to have established their separation from Spain. So soon as those treaties shall be completed, his majesty will direct copies of them to be laid before you. His majesty commands us not to conclude without congratulating you upon the continued improvement in the state of the agricultural interest, the solid foundation of our national prosperity: nor without informing you that evident advantage has been derived from the relief which you have recently given to commerce by the removal of inconvenient restrictions. His majesty recommends to you to persevere, (as circumstances may allow,) in the removal of similar restrictions-and his majesty directs us to assure you that you may rely upon his majesty's cordial co-operation in fostering and ex tending that commerce, which, whilst it is, under the blessing of Providence, a main source of strength and power to this coun try, contributes, in no less degree, to the happiness and civilization of mankind. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The parliament was prorogued, by commission, on the 6th Julywhen the lord chancellor read the following speech : My lords and gentlemen-The business of the session is now brought to a conclusion, we are commanded by his majesty to express the great satisfaction which he feels in releasing you from your laborious attendance in parliament. His majesty returns you his warmest acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have prosecuted the inquiries into the state of Ireland, which he recommended to you at the opening of the session. It is a particular gratification to his majesty, that the tranquillity and improved condition of that part of the united kingdom, have rendered the extraordinary powers with which you had invested his majesty, no longer necessary for the public safety. His majesty is happy to be able to announce to you, that he receives from all foreign powers the strongest assurance of their friendly disposition towards this country; and of their desire to maintain a general peace. While his majesty regrets the continuance of the war in the East Indies with the Burmese government, he trusts that the gallant exertions of the British and native forces, employed in operations in the enemy's territory, may lead to a speedy and satisfactory termination of the contest. Gentlemen of the house of commons-We have it in command from his majesty to thank you for the supplies which you have granted to him for the service of the present year; and, at the same time, to express the satisfaction which he derives from the reduc. tion you have found it practicable to make in the burdens of his people. My lords and gentlemen-His majesty has commanded us to assure you, that he is highly sensible of the advantages which must result from the measures you have adopted, in the course of this session, for extending the commerce of his subjects, by the removal of unnecessary and inconvenient restrictions, and from the beneficial relaxations which you have deemed it expedient to introduce into the colonial system of this coun try. These measures, his majesty is persuaded, will evince to his subjects in those distant possessions the solicitude with which parliament watches over their welfare. They tend to cement and consolidate the interests of the colonies with those of the mother country; and his majesty confidently trusts, that they will contribute to promote that general and increasing prosperity, on which his majesty had the happiness of congratulating you on the opening of the present ses sion, and which, by the blessing of Providence, continues to pervade every part of this kingdom. TREATY of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between H. B. Majesty and the UNITED PROVINCES of Rio de la Plata. Art. 1st. There shall be perpetual amity between the dominions and subjects of his majesty, the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, and their inhabitants. Art. 2d. There shall be, between all the territories of his Britannic majesty in Europe, and the territories of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, a reciprocal freedom of commerce: the inhabitants of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty, freely and securely, to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all such places, ports and rivers, in the territories, aforesaid, to which other foreigners are or may be permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to remain and reside in any part of the said territories respectively; also, to hire and occupy houses and warehouses, for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce; subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively. Art. 3d. His majesty, the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, engages further, that, in all his dominions situated out of Europe, the inhabitants of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, shall have the like liberty of commerce and navigation stipulated for in the preceding article, to the full extent, in which the same is permitted at present, or shall be permitted hereafter, to any other nation. Art. 4th. No higher or other du ties shall be imposed on the importation, into the territories of his Britannic majesty, of any article of the growth, produce or manufacture of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the said United Provinces, of any articles of the growth, produce or manufacture of his Britannic majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed, in the territories or dominions of either of the contracting parties, on the exportation of any articles to the territories or dominions of the other, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation or importation of any articles, the growth, produce or manufacture of his Britannic majesty's dominions, or of the said United Provinces, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Art. 5th. No higher or other dues or charges on account of tonnage, light or harbor dues, pilotage, salvage, in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed, in any of the ports of the said United Provinces, on British vessels, of the burthen of 120 tons, than those payable in the same ports, by vessels of the said United Provinces, of the same burthen; nor in the ports of any of his Britannic majesty's territories, of the vessels of the United Provinces, of above 120 tons, than |