156 CORBESPONDENCE, ETC., 



of Congress of the 29th of Mny, 1830, and doing all that was neces- 

 sary on the part of The United States to effect the proposed arrange- 

 ment, he has adopted, without reserve, the construction put upon the 

 Act of Congress, both by the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Undersigned. 



In communicating these Documents to the Earl of Aberdeen, the 

 Undersigned is instructed to inform him, that the President has de- 

 rived great satisfaction from the candour manifested by His Minis- 

 ters in the course of the Negotiation; and that, having thus given 

 effect to the arrangement on the part of The United States, he does 

 not doubt that Great Britain, acting in the spirit and terms of the 

 Proposition, submitted by the Undersigned, and accepted in the Let- 

 ter of Lord Aberdeen, of the 17th August last, will as promptly com- 

 ply with those terms on her part, and remove the existing obstruc- 

 tions to the renewal of the intercourse between the Ports of The 

 United States, and the British Colonial Possessions. 



In conclusion, the Undersigned takes leave to state, that, from the 

 date of the Proclamation of the President, the Vessels of Great 

 Britain have been, and are actually, in the enjoyment of all the ad- 

 vantages of the proposed arrangement, while the Vessels of the 

 United States are, and must remain, excluded from the same, until 

 the requisite Measures shall be adopted by this Government. The 

 Undersigned has the honour to ask, therefore, that the Earl of Aber- 

 deen will enable him to communicate the adoption of those measures 

 to his Government, by the opportunity which will offer for that pur- 

 pose, on the 6th instant. 



The Undersigned avails himself, &c. 



Louis McLANE. 



The Et. Hon. the EARL OF ABERDEEN, K. T. 



The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. McLane. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, 5th November, 1830. 



The Undersigned, &c., has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 

 the Note of Mr. MacLane, &c. of the 3d instant, in which he encloses 

 a Proclamation issued by the President of The United States, on the 

 5th ultimo, and also a Letter of Instructions from the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, in conformity thereto, to the several Collectors of The 

 Treasury, in conformity thereto, to the several Collectors of The 

 United States, removing the restrictions on the trade in British Ves- 

 sels with the Ports of The United States and the Colonial Possessions 

 of Great Britain. 



Mr. MacLane observes, that, by virtue of the Proclamation in ques- 

 tion, and the operation of the Act of Congress, of the 29th of May, 

 1830, the restrictive Acts of The United States are absolutely re- 

 pealed; that the Ports of The United States are opened to the admis- 

 sion and entry of British vessels, coming from any of the British 

 Ports mentioned in both Sections of the said Act, with the same kind 

 of British Colonial Produce as may be imported in American Vessels, 

 and upon the same terms; that the Alien Duties, in the Ports of The 

 United States, on British Vessels, and their Cargoes, and also the 

 restrictions in the Act of Congress of The United States of 1823, to 



