kept up until the 1st of January, 1811, when it shall be removed, and the communication of Holland with the empire become free.-10. The colonial produce, actually in Holland, shall remain in the hands of the owners, upon paying a duty of 50 per cent. ad valorem. A declaration of the amount shall be made before the 1st of September, at furthest. The said merchandize, upon payment of the duties, may be imported into France, and circulated through the whole extent of the empire. Title IV.-11. There shall be at Amsterdam a special administration, presided over by one of our counsellors of state, which shall have the superintendence of, and the necessary funds to provide for, the repairs of the dikes, polders, and other public works. Title V-12. In the course of the present month there shall be nominated by the legislative body of Holland a commission of 15 members, to proceed to Paris, in order to constitute a council, whose business shall be to regulate definitively all that relates to the public and local debts, and to conciliate the principles of the union with the localities and interests of the country.-13. Our ministers are charged with the execution of the present decree. (Signed) By the emperor, NAPOLEON. (Signed) The minister secretary of state, H. B. duke of BASSANO. Rhode Island, and Connecticut, do hereby certify, that William Stevenson, esq. is a magistrate for the county of Suffolk, in the state of Massachusetts, and that Robert Jeffery made oath before him in my presence. Given under my hand and seal of office, at Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1810. (Signed) (L.S.) W.S. SKINNER, Pro consul. Boston, Sufolk. United States of America, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "On this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1810, before me, William Stevenson, esq. a justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk, by legal authority, appointed and sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Jeffery, and made oath, that the affidavit hereunto annexed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, the day and year above written. (L. S.) WM. STEVENSON, Just. peace. At Wenham, county of Essex, state of Massachusetts, in the United States of America, the 17th of June, 1810, personally appeared Robert Jeffery, blacksmith, who, being interrogated and examined, declares as follows:-viz. That he is twenty-one years of age; was born at Polparo, in the county of Cornwall, Great Britain. That in the summer of 1807 he shipped himself at Polparo aforesaid, on board the privateer schooner Lord Nelson, of Plymouth. "That the schooner, about eight days afterwards, put into Falmouth, where he was impressed by an offi (M) cer cer belonging to and carried on board of his Britannic majesty's brig Recruit, of 18 guns, commanded by Lake, and appointed armourer's mate, and soon afterwards sailed in the Recruit for the West Indies, where she cruised about three months. The brig's water running short, the crew were allowanced; and this declarant being very thirsty, and unable to obtain a sufficiency to quench his thirst, one Saturday evening went to the beer-cask, and drew off about two quarts of beer into a bucket, drank about three-fourths of it, and left the remainder in the bucket: one of the crew was present when this took place, and informed capt. Lake of it, who next day asked the declarant if it was he who tapped the beer; to which he replied in the affirmative, and capt. Lake ordered the serjean of marines to put him on the black list. "That he continued to do his duty as usual, and nothing else particular occurred until the Sunday following, captain Lake called him aft, and said to him, (Sombrero Island being then in sight) Jeffery, do you see that island? do you know that I am going to land you on it? To which he replied in the negative. Shortly afterwards, capt. Lake ordered the boat to be lowered down; the second lieutenant, a midshipman, and four men, to land him on Sombrero Island. "That this declarant wished to take his clothes with him; but capt. Lake denied him them, or any thing else, except what he then had upon him; and when the boat landed him, the rocks cut his feet; upon which the lieutenant begged one of the men in the boat to spare him a pair of shoes; which he did, and gave him a knife; the lieutenant and midshipman each gave him a handkerchief, and left him on the Island of Sombrero aforesaid, the lieutenant having previously recommended him to keep a look-out for vessels passing. "That Sombrero is a desolate island, without any inhabitant thereon, or sustenance of any kind to support life, and he remained on it nine days without food, save about a dozen limpets that he picked, off the rocks; his drink was sometimes salt water, at other times rain water, which he found in crevices of the rocks after a fall of rain. "That he saw several vessels pass, and attempted to hail them," but without effect, for they were too distant to hear or see him, until the schooner Adams, of Marblehead, John Dennis, master, came to his assistance, took him off, and landed him at Marblehead, in the county of Essex." so far as relates to the dominions, colonies, and dependencies, and to the articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the dominions, colonies, and dependencies of the nation thus refusing or neglecting to revoke or modify her edicts in the manner aforesaid. And the restrictions imposed by this act shall, from the date of such proclamation, cease and be discontinued in relation to the nation revoking or modifying her decrees in the manner aforesaid.-And where as it has been officially made known to this government, that the edicts of France, violating the neutral commerce of the United States, have been so revoked, as to cease to have effect on the 1st of the present month-Now, therefore, I, James Madison, president of the United States, do hereby proclaim, that the said edicts of France have been so revoked, as that they ceased on the said 1st day of the present month to violate the neutral commerce of the United States; and that, from the date of these presents, all the restrictions imposed by the aforesaid act shall cease and be discontinued in relation to France and her dependencies. In testimony whereof, &c. &c. JAMES MADISON. November 2, 1810. Treasury Department, Nov. 13, 1810. "Your letter of the 10th instant has been received. All goods imported from the dominions of Great Britain, and arrived in the United States, subsequent to the 2d of Fe. bruary, will, in my opinion, become forfeited according to the provision of the law of May 1, 1810. If Great Britain shall not, on that day, have revoked her edicts to the manner contemplated by that act, it follows, that if no knowledge of such revocation shall have been obtained on that day, goods imported as aforesaid must be seized by the custom-house officers; although it be also true, that if the revocations have actually taken place before that day, no forfeiture will have occurred, and the goods must in that case be restored whenever the fact of such revocation is known. The inconvenience of the detention of the goods in that case is understood, but cannot, under the exist ing law, be avoided, except through the intervention of the courts, who may direct an immediate restora tion of the property, on satisfactory bonds for its value being given to abide the final decision of such courts. I have the honour to be respectfully, &c. &c. (Signed) "ALBERT GALLATIN." |