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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Apr. 



Naples. — Our journals contain 

 a triple convention between our 

 Government, his Majesty the 

 King of France, his Majesty the 

 King of Spain, and his Royal 

 Highness the Prince Regent of 

 England, from which it appears 

 that the privileges and exemp- 

 tions which the subjects of these 

 two Powers enjoyed, in the com- 

 merce of the kingdom of the 

 Two Sicilies, are abolished. His 

 Majesty promises that the sub- 

 jects of these two nations shall 

 be treated on the same footing 

 as the most favoured nations, and 

 that the exemptions and privi- 

 leges thus abolished may not be 

 renewed in favour of any state ; 

 that they shall enjoy an abate- 

 ment of 10 per cent on the 

 amount of the duties payable to 

 the tariff in force since the 1st of 

 January, 1816, on the totality of 

 the merchandise or productions 

 of the three States which shall be 

 imported into his Majesty's do- 

 minions, besides other advan- 

 tages mentioned in the said con- 

 vention. 



An American Act concerning 

 Navigation. — Be it enacted by the 

 Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of Ame- 

 ricain Congress assembled. — That 

 from and after the 30th of Septem- 

 ber next, the ports of the United 

 States shall be and remain closed 

 against every vessel owned wholly 

 or in part by a subject or sub- 

 jects of his Britannic Majesty, 

 coming or arriving from any 

 port or place in a colony or 

 territory of his Britannic Majesty, 

 that is or shall be, by the ordinary 

 laws of navigation and trade, 

 closed against vessels owned by 

 citizens of the United States ; 



and such vessel, that, in the 

 course of the voyage, shall have 

 touched at, or cleared out from, 

 any port or place in a colony or 

 territory of Great Britain, which 

 shall or may be, by the ordinary 

 laws of navigation and trade 

 aforesaid, open to vessels owned 

 by citizens of the United States, 

 shall, nevertheless, be deemed to 

 have come from the port or place 

 in the colony or territory of 

 Great Britain, closed as afore- 

 said, against vessels owned by 

 citizens of the United States, 

 from which such vessel cleared 

 out and sailed before touching at 

 and clearing out from an inter- 

 mediate and open port or place 

 as aforesaid ; and every such 

 vessel, so excluded from the 

 ports of the United States, that 

 shall enter or attempt to enter 

 the same, in violation of this act, 

 shall, with her tackle, apparel, 

 and furniture, together with the 

 cargo on board such vessel, be 

 forfeited to the United States. 



Sec. 2. And be it further 

 enacted, Tliat from and after the 

 aforesaid 30th of September next, 

 the owner, consignee, or agent, 

 of every vessel, owned wholly or 

 in part, by a subject or subjects 

 of his Britannic Majesty, which 

 shall have been duly entered in 

 any port of the United States, 

 and on board of which shall have 

 been there laden for exportation 

 any article or articles of the 

 growth, produce, or manufacture 

 of the United States, other than 

 provisions and sea stores neces- 

 sary for the voyage, shall, before 

 such vessel shall have been clear- 

 ed outward at the Custom-house, 

 give bond in a sum double the 

 value of such articles, with one or 



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