tors. Receive, Mr. President, the new assurances of my most distinguished consideration. (Signed) THE DUKE OF MASSA. Copy of a letter from the minister of finance to the count of Sussy, counsellor of state, director general of the customs, dated December 25, 1810. On the 5th of last August, the minister of foreign relations wrote to Mr. Armstrong, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, that the Berlin and Milan decrees were revoked, and that after the first of November they would cease to have effect; it being well understood, that in consequence of this declaration, the English would revoke their orders in council and renounce the new principles of blockade which they wished to establish; or that the United States, in conformity to the act communicated, should cause their rights to be respected by the English. On the communication of this note, the president of the United States issued, on the second of November, a proclamation, which announces the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees, after the first of November; and which declares, that in consequence thereof, all the restrictions imposed by the act of the first of May, 1809, should cease with respect to France and her dependencies. The same day, the treasury department addressed to the collectors of the customs a circular, which directs them to admit into the ports and waters of the United States, armed French vessels, and enjoins it on them to apply, after the second of February next, the law of the first of May, 1809, prohibiting all commercial relation to English vessels of every description, as well as to productions of the soil, industry or commerce of England, and her dependencies. His majesty having seen, in these two pieces, the enunciation of the measures which the Americans purpose taking on the second of February next, to cause their rights to be respected, has ordered me to inform you, that the Berlin and Milan decrees must not be applied to any American vessels that have entered our ports since the first of November, or may enter in future; and that those which have been sequestered, as being in contravention of these decrees, must be the object of a special report. On the second of February, I shall acquaint you with the intentions of the emperor with regard to the definitive measures to be taken for distinguishing and favouring the American navigation. I have the honour to salute you: the minister of finance, (Signed) THE DUKE OF GAETE. SIR, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 6th, 1811. I HAVE the honour to transmit a statement of goods, wares, and merchandise exported from the United States, during the year, ending on the 30th day of September, 1810. The goods, wares, and merchandise, of domestic growth or manufacture included in this statement, are estimated at And those of foreign growth or manufacture, Amounting together to $ 42,366,675 24,391,295 66,757,970 The apparent destination of those exports is exhibited in the statement, and may be recapitulated as followeth, viz.: 1. To Europe and the Mediterranean, viz.: Northern powers and Germany, 22,010,000 France and Holland, 120,000 The articles of domestic growth or manufacture may be arranged under the following heads, viz. Produce of the sea, 1,481,000 4,978,000 33,502,000 2,174,000 231,000 42,366,000 |