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Prince Regent of Portugal and of 

 the two Algarves, &c. I make 

 known to all who shall see these 

 presents, that having constantly 

 in my royal mind the most lively 

 wish to cause the prosperity of 

 the states which Divine Provi- 

 dence has intrusted to my sove- 

 reign administration : giving, at 

 the same time, due importance to 

 the vast extent and locality of my 

 dominions in America ; to the 

 abundance and variety of the pre- 

 cious elements of riches which 

 they contain within themselves ; 

 and besides, perceiving how- 

 advantageous to my faithful 

 subjects in general must be a per- 

 fect imion and identity of inte- 

 rests between my kingdoms of 

 Portugal and the two Algarves, 

 and my dominions of Brazil, by 

 raising the latter to that political 

 rank and scale to which, for the 

 above-mentioned reasons, they 

 are entitled ; and in which my 

 said dominions have already been 

 considered by the Plenipotenti- 

 aries of the Powers who formed 

 the Congress at Vienna, both in 

 the treaty of alliance concluded 

 on the 8th of April this year, and 

 in the final treaty of the said Con- 

 gress : I have therefore determin- 

 ed, and it is my pleasure to ordain 

 as follows : — 



1. That from and after the pub- 

 lication of these presents, the state 

 of Brazil shall be raised to the 

 dignity, pre-eminence, and deno- 

 mination of the Kingdom of Bra- 

 zil. 



2. That my kingdoms of Por- 

 tugal, the two Algarves, and Bra- 

 zil, shall in future, form one sole 

 kingdom, under the title of the 

 United Kingdom of Portugal, and 

 of Brazil, and the two Algarve8. 



3. That for the titles inherent 

 in the crown of Portugal, and 

 which it has hitherto used, shall 

 be substituted in all public acts, 

 the new title of Prince Regent of 

 the United Kingdom of Portugal, 

 Biazil, and the two Algarves, &c. 



Given at the palace of Rio de 

 Janeiro, this ICth Dec. 1815. 



(Signed) The Prince. 



(Countersigned) 



The Marquis De Aguiar. 



A Convention to regulate the Com- 

 merce between the territories of 

 the United Slates and those of 

 his Britannic Majesty. 

 The United States of America 

 and his Britannic Majesty, being- 

 desirous by a Convention to le- 

 gulate the commerce and naviga- 

 tion between their respective coun- 

 tries, territories, and people, in 

 such a manner as to render the 

 same reciprocally beneficial and 

 satisfactory, have respectively 

 named Plenipotentiaries, and giv- 

 en them full powers to treat of 

 and conclude such Convention ; 

 that is to say, the President of the 

 United States, by and with the 

 consent of the Senate thereof, 

 hath appointed for their Plenipo- 

 tentiaries John Quincy Adams, 

 Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin, 

 citizens of the United States ; and 

 his Royal Highness the Prince 

 Regent, acting in the name and 

 on behalf of his Majesty, has 

 naiTied for his Plenipotentiaries, 

 the Right Hon. Frederick John 

 Robinson, Vice Presid'.-nt of the 

 Committee of Privy Council for 

 Trade and Plantations, Joint 

 Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces, 

 and a Member of the Imperial 

 Parliament i Henry Goulburn, Esq. 



