as concerns the situation of the new Republicks; for which reason we have suspended their Ratification, which is reserved for your Sovereign Power.

Lima, 4th June, 1827.

ANDRES SANTACRUZ.

DECREE of the General Constituent Congress of Peru, revoking the Constitution of 1826, and reviving that of 1823. 11th June, 1827. (Translation.)

THE General Constituent Congress of Peru, considering:

1st. That the Constitution sworn to on the 9th December of the past Year, was sanctioned illegally, and in a manner inconsistent with the National Sovereignty, which can alone enter into the social compact through the medium of its Representatives, legitimately deputed for the purpose;

2dly. That, until the Constitution of the Republick be sanctioned, it is necessary that some Institutions should be formed, in order to designate the limits of the powers of the Nation, and to fix their rights and duties;

3dly, That the Constitution, sanctioned by the first Congress in the Year 1823, cannot be adopted in all its parts, from the want of certain Bodies which have an essential influence in the system of its organization; and that, as it is not expedient to instal those Bodies provisionally, and solely until the Constitution shall be promulgated, the subsistence of the articles which particularize their attributes would paralyze the existing authorities:

Has resolved to decree, and decrees,

1st, That the Constitution sanctioned by the Electoral Colleges of the Republick, and sworn to in this Capital, on the 9th December of the past Year, is declared null, and of no force and effect.

2dly, That the Peruvian Constitution, sanctioned in the Year 1823, by the first Congress, shall be observed provisionally, and shall be in force throughout the Republick, until the promulgation of that which may be expedient; with the suppression, however, of all the Articles of the Fourth Chapter, second Section, on the formation and promulgation of the Laws; of those of the Fifth of the same Section, on the Executive Power, which shall be superseded by a corresponding Regulation, to be established by the Congress; of those of the Seventh Chapter of the same Section, on the Conservative Senate; and of those of the Ninth of the same Section, from Article 132 of the Departmental Juntas to 137 of the same.

3dly, That the Third Chapter of the second Section, which speaks of the Legislative Power, shall be adopted only in so far as it may be compatible with the existence of the Constituent Congress.

4thly, That all Laws and Decrees are rescinded, which may be at variance with what is adopted in that Constitution.

You will take cognizance of this, and direct what is necessary for its fulfilment, commanding it to be printed, published, and circulated. Given in the Hall of Congress in Lima, the 11th June, 1827.

JAVIER DE LUNA PIZARRO, President.
NICOLAS DE PIEROLA, Deputy Secretar
MANUEL TELLERIA, Deputy Secretary.

LETTER from the Secretary of the Treasury of The United
States, transmitting the information required by a Resolu-
tion of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo,
being a Statement of the Annual Receipts from the Customs,
from 30th December, 1815, to 30th September, 1826; and
the Annual Amount of Drawbacks, from the same period.

SIR,
Treasury Department, February 20, 1827.
IN obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of
the 12th ultimo, directing "the Secretary of the Treasury to lay before
the House a Statement of the Annual Receipts from the Customs, from
the Fiscal Year ending on the 30th of December, 1815, to the 30th of
September last, noting the amount received under each separate head
of Revenue from this source, specific or ad valorem, and the Annual
amount of drawbacks for the same period, and under the same heads;"
I have the honour to transmit a Statement which contains the informa-
tion required by the Resolution, so far as it is afforded by the Returns
made to the Department, together with a Letter from the Register of
the Treasury, explanatory of the same.

I have the honour, &c.

RICHARD RUSH.

The Hon. the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SIR,

Treasury Department, Register's Office,

20th February, 1827.

I HAVE the honour to transmit a Statement, exhibiting the value of Merchandize imported, paying duty ad valorem, and the quantities of articles paying a specific duty, during the Years 1815 to 1825, inclusive, prepared in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Repre sentatives of the 12th January, 1827, and beg leave to state that, s the Records of the Department do not, at this time, permit a compliance with the Resolution, as respects the specific sources of Revenue from imports during the Year 1826, the aggregate receipts into the Treasury, from customs, in that Year, is exhibited, (23,325,475 dollars.) I have the honour to be, &c.

JOSEPH NOURSE.

The Hon. Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury.

Drawback on Merchan-7

Ditto on Merchandize?

Treasury Department, Register's Office, February 20, 1827, JOSEPH NOURSE Register.

STATEMENT of the Amount actually paid into the Treasury, arising from Imports and Tonnage, during the Years 1815 to 1826

inclusive, viz.

PROCLAMATION of The President of The United States, abolishing the Foreign Discriminating Duties of Tonnage and Impost, in favour of Roman Vessels. 7th June, 1827.

By the President of The United States.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress of The United States, of the 7th of January, 1824, entitled "an Act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," it is provided, that, upon satisfactory evidence being given to the President of The United States, by the Government of any Foreign Nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost are imposed or levied within the Ports of the said Nation, upon Vessels wholly belonging to Citizens of The United States, or upon merchandize, the produce or manufacture thereof, imported in the same, the President is thereby authorized to issue his Proclamation, declaring that the Foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within The United States, are, and shall be, suspended aud discontinued so far as respects the Vessels of the said Nation, and the merchandize of its produce or manufacture, imported into The United States in the same: the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of The United States, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of Vessels belonging to Citizens of The United States, and merchandize, as aforesaid, thereon laden, shall be continued, and no longer :

And whereas satisfactory evidence was given to the President of The United States, on the 30th day of May last, by Count Lucchesi, Consul General of His Holiness the Pope, that all Foreign and discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, within the Dominions of His Holiness, so far as respected the Vessels of The United States, and the merchandize of their produce or manufacture, imported in the same, were suspended and discontinued:

Now, therefore, I, John Quincy Adams, President of The United States, conformably to the 4th Section of the Act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare, that the Foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, within The United States, are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued, so far as respects the Vessels of the subjects of His Holiness the Pope, and the merchandize of the produce or manufacture of his Dominions, imported into The United States in the same: the said suspension to take effect from the 30th of May aforesaid, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemp tion of Vessels, belonging to Citizens of The United States, and merchandize, as aforesaid, therein laden, shall be continued, and no longer:

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 7th day of June, in the Year of our Lord 1827, and of the Independence of The United States the 51st.

By the President:

H. CLAY, Secretary of State.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

LETTERS of the Secretary of the Treasury of The United States, explanatory of the Proclamation of the President, prohibiting intercourse with certain British Colonial Ports. March and April, 1827.

SIR,

(1.)-Circular to the Collectors of Customs.

Treasury Department, March 17th, 1827. I SEND, herewith, a Copy of the President's Proclamation, dated this day, by the effect of which you will perceive that the trade between The United States and certain Colonial Ports of Great Britain as opened by the Act of Congress of the 1st of March, 1823, entitled, "An Act to regulate the Commercial Intercourse between The United States and certain British Colonial Ports," is closed; and that the provisions of the Act of April the 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act concerning Navigation," and those of the Act of May the 15th, 1820, entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act entitled An Act concerning Navigation," are in force. These several Acts have heretofore been transmitted to you, at periods when their provisions were in operation: but Copies of them are again enclosed for your information and govern

ment.*

As British Vessels from some of the Ports specified in the 1st Section of the Act of the 1st of March, 1823, may now be within The United States, and consequently must have arrived anterior to the date of the Proclamation, the President directs that all such British Vessels be allowed to depart from our Ports, with their cargoes. As others may arrive between the date of the Proclamation and the time of its reaching you, he also directs that, as to these, the forfeitures and penalties of the aforesaid Acts of April the 18th, 1818, and May the 15th, 1820, be not enforced; but that they too be permitted to depart. And if, after you shall have received the Proclamation, British Vessels should arrive within the Ports of The United States from some one or more of the said British Colonial Ports, in ignorance of the existing prohibition which the Laws impose to their entry, the President further directs, that, in the case of all British Vessels so arriving, prior to the first day of July next, you cause notice to be given to them, as soon as possible, of the prohibition, accompanied by orders *See Commercial Treaties, Vol. 3.