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every clause and article thereof, 

 subject to the exception contain- 

 ed in a declaration made by the 

 authority of his Britannic Majes,) 

 ty, on the 24th day of November 

 last, a copy of wliich Declaration 

 is hereunto annexed. 



In testimony whereof, I have 

 caused the seal of the United 

 States to be hereunto affixed, and 

 have signed the same with my 

 hand. 



Done at the city of Washing- 

 ton, this 22d day of December, 

 A.D. 1815, and of the indepen- 

 dence of the United States the 

 40th. 



(L. S.) James Madison, 



By the President, 



James Monroe, 

 Secretary of State. 



DECLARATION. 



The undersigned, his Britan- 

 nic Majesty's Charge d'affaires 

 in the United States of America, 

 is commanded by his Ro}al High- 

 ness the Prince Regent,actingin the 

 name and on the behalf of his JMa- 

 jesty, to explain and declare, upon 

 the exchange of the ratifications 

 of the Con\ention concluded in 

 London on the 3d of July, in the 

 present year, for regulating the 

 commerce and navigation between 

 the two countries, tliat in conse- 

 quence of events which have hap- 

 pened in Europe subsequent to 

 the signatuj'e of the Convention 

 aforesaid, it has been deemed ex- 

 pedient and determined, in con- 

 junction with the Allied Sove- 

 reigns, that St. Helena shall be 

 the place allotted for the future 

 residence of General Napoleon 

 Bonaparte, under such regulations 

 as may be necessary for the per- 

 fect security of his person ; and 



it has been resolved, for that pur- 

 pose, that all ships and vessels 

 whatever, as well British ships 

 and vessels as' others, excepting 

 only ships belonging to the East 

 India Company, shall be exclud- 

 ed from all communication with, 

 or approach to that island. It 

 has therefore become impossible 

 to comply with so much of the 

 3d article of the Treaty as relates 

 to the liberty of touching for re- 

 freshments at the island of St, 

 Helena. And the ratifications of 

 the said Treaty will be exchanged 

 under the evplicit declaration and 

 understanding, that the vessels of 

 the United States cannot be al- 

 lowed to touch at or hold any 

 communication whatever with the 

 said island, so long as the said 

 island shall continue to be the 

 place of residence of the said Na- 

 poleon Bonaparte. 

 (Signed) 

 Anthony St. John Baker. 

 Washington, Nov. '£4, 181,5. 



The Prince Regent's Speech on 

 Opening the Session of Parlia- 

 ment, delivered by Commission, 

 Feb. \st, 1816. 

 My Lords, and Gentlemen, 



We are commanded by his Royal 

 Highness the Prince Regent to 

 express to you his deep regret at 

 the continuance of his Majesty's 

 lamented indisposition. 



The Prince Regent directs us 

 to acquaint you, that he has had 

 the greatest satisfaction in calling 

 you together, xuider circum- 

 stances which enable him to an- 

 nounce to you the restoration of 

 j)eace throughout Europe. 



The splendid and decisive suc- 

 cesses obtained by his Majesty's 

 2 C 2 " arms. 



