Value of Articles of every description of Imports from, and the Value of Tonnage of American and Foreign Vessels, arriving from and departing Power employed in the Commerce of The United States, during the Year

Treasury Department, Register's Office, February 22, 1827.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

Treasury Department, Register's Office, February 22, 1827.

JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

UNITED STATES.

(10.)—Statement exhibiting the quantity of American and Foreign Tonnage, entered into and departing from the principal Ports of The United States, and the Ports on Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Champlain, from the 1st day of October, 1825, to the 30th day of September, 1826.

Treasury Department, Register's Office, February, 22d 1827.

JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

Year.

A Comparative view of the Registered, Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage of The United States, from 1815 to 1825, inclusive.

Treasury Department, Register's Office, February 24th, 1827.

JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

DECREE of the Council of Government, relative to the publication of the Constitution, and the election of Simon Bolivar as President, of Peru.-30th November, 1826.

(Translation.)

THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PERUVIAN REPUBLICK.

CONSIDERING the Petition addressed to the Government, on the 21st of the month of April of the present Year, by 52 Deputies to the National Congress;

Considering the Communication of His Excellency the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, made to the Council of Government on the 27th of the same month and Year, with reference to the above-mentioned Petition which was transmitted to him;

Considering the Decree issued, under date of the 1st of May last, by the Council of Government, in consequence of the wishes expressed in the said Petition, and of the opinion delivered by the Liberator;

Considering the Circular Note addressed, pursuant to the Order of the Council of Government, by the Ministry of the Interior to the Prefects of Departments, submitting to popular examination and sanction, by means of the Electoral Colleges of the Republick, the Project of the Political Constitution presented by the Liberator of the Bolivian Republick, and certain modifications thereof adapted to the character and interests of the Peruvian Nation;

Considering the 59 Original Acts, which contain the decisions pronounced by the Electoral Colleges, approving and sanctioning the said Project of a Constitution for Peru; and proclaiming the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, as the only Person who could and ought to hold the high functions of President for life of the Republick, as regulated by the said Constitution;

Considering the Note sent by the Ministry of the Interior to the Illustrious Municipality of this Capital, by order of the Government, and the Reply of the said Publick Body, by which it appears that the said Municipality had examined the original Acts of the Electoral Colleges, and found them conformable with those printed in furtherance of the Constitution; that all of them have sanctioned the Project of Constitution submitted to their judgment, to the end that it might become a Fundamental Law of the Republick, and have prescribed, as an indispensable condition, that the Liberator, and no other Person, should be President of the Republick ;

And considering,-1st. That the said decisions of the Electoral Colleges have also been supported, by the unanimous and spontaneous Acclamations of the People, and by the free and energetic voice of an infinite number of Municipalities, and also of Civil, Ecclesiastick, and

Military Bodies, all impelled by a lively desire to see the wishes of the Electoral Colleges accomplished, as the only means of insuring the repose and prosperity of the Country;

2d. That to the Council of Government appertains the sacred duty, of proclaiming the National Will, and of seeing that it be entirely fulfilled, inasmuch as it is the first Authority of the Nation, and is bound to provide for its security no less than for its felicity and glory;

3d. That the Will of a Nation has never been manifested with so much legitimacy, order, decorum, and liberty, as on the present occasion, upon which Citizens, spread over an immense Territory, and without the possibility of Foreign power or influence being employed, have concurred in expressing a wish, which proves the urgent necessity which exists for a reform in our Institutions, and the admirable wisdom and prudence of this generous Nation, worthy of the independence and liberty which it has conquered;

By reason of these powerful motives, it has resolved to decree, and decrees:

ART. I. That, in conformity with the National Will, urgently expressed, the Project of the Constitution, submitted to popular sanction on the 1st of July last, is the Fundamental Law of the State, and that His Excellency the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, is the President for life of the Republick, under the beatified title of Father and Saviour of Peru, which the gratitude of Congress has conferred upon him.

II. That after this Fundamental Law shall have been proclaimed with every possible solemnity in all the Towns of the Republick, on the 9th day of December next, the anniversary of the glorious day of Ayacucho, which established the Independence of Peru, the Oath, to guard, fulfil, and observe the new Constitution of the State, shall be taken by all the Publick Functionaries of the Capital.

III. That the manner, time, and form, of taking that Oath, by the Authorities and Citizens, as well in the Capital as in the Departments, shall be fixed by a special Decree.

IV. That this grand Event shall be announced to the Liberator by means of a formal Message, and to the Governments with which Peru has entered into relations, by means of Official Communications.

V. That when the Constitution shall have been proclaimed and sworn to, the necessary measures shall be taken for preparing Lists of the Citizens, who, in conformity therewith, shall compose the Electoral Colleges, to the end that, on the 20th day of September of the ensuing Year, the Legislative Body may be assembled.

VI. That the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior be specially charged with the execution of this Decree, and do circulate it amongst those who should receive the same, and give it every possible publicity.