(1.)-STATEMENT, showing the quantity of Manufactured Iron, in Bars and Bolts, imported into The United States, in American and Foreign Vessels, from the 1st of July, 1816, to the 30th of June, 1817.

Previous to the 1st of July, 1816, Iron in Bars and Bolts being subject to an ad valorem Duty, the quantity imported can only be ascertained subsequent to that period.

(2.)-STATEMENT of Rolled and Hammered Iron, of Foreign Manufacture, exported from The United States, during the Year ending on the 30th of September, 1817.

During the year 1816, there was only 199 cwt. of Bar Iron exported, and that to the Spanish West Indies.

Treasury Department, Register's Office, 21st February, 1818. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

ACT of the Congress of The United States, to increase the Duties on Iron in bars and bolts, Iron in pigs, castings, and nails, and Alum, imported into The United States.-20th April, 1818.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, from and after the 30th day of June, 1818, the Duties now by law levied, collected and paid on Iron in pigs, Iron castings, nails, on Iron in bars and bolts, excepting Iron manufactured by rolling, and on Alum, imported into The United States, shall cease and determine; and there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in lieu thereof, the several and specific Duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: on Iron in pigs, 50 cents per hundred-weight; on Iron castings, 75 cents per hundred-weight; on nails, 4 cents per pound; on spikes, 3 cents per pound; on Iron in bars and bolts, manufactured without rolling, 75 cents per hundredweight; on anchors, 2 cents per pound; and on Alum, 2 dollars per hundred-weight.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that an addition of 10 per centum shall be made to the several rates of Duties above specified and imposed, upon the several goods, wares, and merchandise aforesaid, which, after the said 30th day of June, 1818, shall be imported in Ships or Vessels not of The United States: provided, that this additional Duty shall not apply to such goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in Ships or Vessels not of The United States, entitled by Treaty, or by any Act or Acts of Congress, to be entered in the Ports of The United States, on the payment of the same Duties as are paid on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in Ships or Vessels of The United States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that there shall be allowed a drawback of the Duties by this Act imposed on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into The United States, upon the exportation thereof within the time, and in the manner, prescribed in the 4th Section of the Act, entitled, "An Act to regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage," passed on the 27th day of April, 1816.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the existing Laws shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the Duties imposed by this Act on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter,

and thing, in the existing Laws contained, had been inserted in, and

re-enacted by, this Act.

H. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

20th April, 1818.-Approved,

JAMES MONROE.

PROCLAMATION of the President of The United States, repealing the Discriminating Duties upon Bremen Vessels and their Cargoes, in American Ports.-24th July, 1818.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Congress of The United States, of the 3rd of March, 1815, so much of the several Acts imposing Duties on the Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a Discriminating Duty of Tonnage between Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Foreign Ves sels and Vessels of The United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the Nation to which such Foreign Ship or Vessel might belong; such repeal to take effect in favour of any Foreign Nation, whenever the President of The United States should be satisfied that the Discriminating or Countervailing Duties of such Foreign Nation, so far as they operate to the disadvan tage of The United States, have been abolished:

And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, from the Burgomasters and Senators of the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen, that, from and after the 12th day of May, 1815, all Discriminating or Countervailing Duties of the said City, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of The United States, have been and are abolished:

Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of The United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several Acts imposing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a Discriminating Duty of Tonnage between Vessels of the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Vessels of Bremen and Vessels of The United States, are repealed, so far as the

same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 24th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1818, and the 43d year of the Independence of The United States.

By the President:

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State.

JAMES MONROE.

PROCLAMATION of the President of The United States, repealing the Discriminating Duties upon Hamburgh Vessels, and their Cargoes, in American Ports.-1st August, 1818.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Congress of The United States, of the 3rd of March, 1815, so much of the several Acts imposing Duties on the Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a Discriminating Duty of Tonnage between Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the Nation to which such Foreign Ship or Vessel might belong; such repeal to take effect, in favour of any Foreign Nation, whenever the President of The United States should be satisfied that the Discriminating or Countervailing Duties of such Foreign Nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of The United States, have been abolished:

And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, from the Burgomasters and Senators of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburgh, that, from and after the 18th day of November, 1815, all Discriminating or Countervailing Duties of the said City, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of The United States, have been, and are, abolished:

Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of The United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several Acts imposing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a Discriminating Duty of Tonnage between Vessels of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburgh and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Vessels of Hamburgh and Vessels of The United States, are repealed, so far as

the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh.

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 1st day of August, in the year of our Lord 1818, and the 43rd year of the Independence of The United States.

By the President:

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State.

JAMES MONROE.

DISCOURS du Roi de France, prononcé à l'Ouverture de la Session des Chambres.-Le 10 Décembre, 1818.

MESSIEURS,

Au commencement de la Session dernière, tout en déplorant les maux qui pesaient sur notre Patrie, j'eus la satisfaction d'en faire envisager le terme comme prochain: un effort généreux et dont, j'ai le noble orgueil de le dire, aucune autre Nation n'a offert un plus bel exemple, m'a mis en état de réaliser ces espérances. Elles le sont. Mes Troupes seules occupent toutes nos Places; un de mes Fils, accouru pour s'unir aux premiers transports de joie de nos Provinces affranchies, a, de ses propres mains et aux acclamations de mon Peuple, arboré le Drapeau Français sur les remparts de Thionville: ce Drapeau flotte aujourd'hui sur tout le sol de la France.

Le jour où ceux de mes Enfans qui ont supporté avec tant de courage le poids d'une Occupation de plus de 3 années en ont été délivrés, sera un des plus beaux jours de ma vie, et mon cœur Français n'a pas moins joui de la fin de leurs maux, que de la libération de la Patrie. Les Provinces qui ont si douloureusement occupé ma pensée jusqu'à ce jour, méritent de fixer celle de la Nation, qui a admiré, comme moi, leur héroique résignation.

La noble unanimité de cœur et de sentimens que vous avez manifestée lorsque je vous ai demandé les moyens de satisfaire à nos engagemens, était une preuve éclatante de l'attachement des Français à leur Patrie, de la confiance de la Nation pour son Roi; et l'Europe a accueilli avec empressement la France replacée au rang qui lui appartient.

La Déclaration, qui annonce au Monde les principes sur lesquels se fonde l'union des 5 Puissances, fait assez connaître l'amitié qui règne entre les Souverains. Cette union salutaire, dictée par la justice, et consolidée par la morale et la religion, a pour but de prévenir le fléau de la guerre, par le maintien des Traités, par la garantie des droits existans, et nous permet de fixer nos regards sur les longs jours de paix qu'une telle Alliance promet à l'Europe.

J'ai attendu en silence cette heureuse époque, pour m'occuper de la solennité nationale, où la religion consacre l'union intime du Peuple