marriage of that child was not announced to her, I would be as famous as the sayings of the ancient that she heard of her death by accident! Mr. B. sages, and "I do not remember," never be proalluded to the attorney-general's opening speech, nounced without a presentation of the image of and said that he did not make that speech without that witness to the imagination. He said that Mainstruction; it was transcribed for him-that the tes-jocci was a witness of importance--he was the first timony had failed to support what he had advanced, person called, and the last examined-his evidence and he noticed many things which he considered went nearly the whole length of the case--he deas important to prove this assertion in some essen-posed to almost every or any thing, said to have ta tial respects, as derived from the testimony of the ken place up to the period of his dismissal, or retirewitnesses themselves: [these are too numerous to ment from the service of the queen. That his tesdetail at this time, but are of a very decisive cha- timony and that of Dumont resembled each other-racter]-he explained away what had been stated that they were, in fact, the witnesses for the bill, about the masquerade at Naples, the dance of Ma- willing witnesses for favors received or compensahomet, and other matters of which so much had tion expected. He then shewed the defects and been said, though the very best witnesses that could contradictions of his testimony, in many particulars. be expected were adduced, the queen's female at- In some cases he could remember every thing-in tendant and her supposed paramour's body servant, others he did not recollect any thing; and shewed He ridiculed the stories which shewed as if they that he had perjured himself, as much as if a perstopped at every inn to indulge in a criminal inter-son "were to swear to-day that he saw a person at course, with domestics waiting at the door until a particular time and place, and to swear to-morrow they had accomplished it! that he had never seen such person at all.". Mr. B. Mr. B. would not say that a conspiracy had been then adduced some specimens in proof of what lie formed against her majesty-but if there had been, asserted, and most severely pointed out the accuracy resort would have been had to servants to support of the witnesses' recollection as to the most preit-and those produced were the very dregs of soci-cise things against the queen, and the want of it ety, persons suited for such a conspiracy-enlisted whenever his answers might serve for her departly by compulsion and partly by bounty. He fence--as was notoriously the case. Majocci said then spoke of the drillings which they had receiv-he had never known a person of the name of ed for the space of one year-for, during that time, Hughes, had never heard of him "but when he "did the Milan board sit at the receipt of perjury;" saw that I had a letter, he said "Oh, I do remember that every Italian witness examined had passed a young man, whom from familiarity I called my through the Milan drill; and some of them had been brother banker; I was intimate with his family." drilled again since their arrival in England! He [This may serve as a specimen of the way in which noted the manner in which they had been brought Mr. B. exposed the testimony of Majocci, which to the country and kept in it-all consolidated in he did in numerous and important cases, reducing one mass, to drill each other, according to the dif- his accusations to nothing-but we have not room ferent parts of the story which each was to sustain. for the details] He declared "that his depoMr. B. then spoke of Italian witnesses, by giving sition was of itself, as perfect an instance of false the history of Catharine of Arragon, in the time of swearing, and one that bore, the strongest indiHenry VIII. when she was divorced, (which, in se- cations of falsehood and perjury, as could be veral respects, was pretty similar to what is now quoted." He then adverted to the story of the going on)-and adduced other cases to shew how queen's riding upon an ass at Genoa-nothing easily oaths may be purchased in Italy. He next more happened than that Bergami supported her took up the affair of Mahomet's dance, which was to keep her from falling, and Mr. B. said "My reported to be so disgusting -he said that the wit-lords, if the tales of this fellow were not fine invennesses had not proved it to be so, and declared that tions, if it were not a part of that false report inhe would shew that dance to have been nothing tended to forward a vile conspiracy, could this witunusual, and by no means indecent-that it had ness forget a part of his story as remarkable, as been seen by many of their lordships' wives when clear, as obvious, as the parts he recollected?" in Italy. He next alluded to the moneys paid to the Majocci had accused the queen of passing through witnesses, and especially referred to Sacchi, late a his room while he was in bed, from Bergami's chammean servant of the queen, who had now a servant ber, and stopping to look at him-yet there was, of his own to wait upon him, &c. The small number according to his testimony, a private passage conof witnesses produced was adverted to, and they trived for carrying on the correspondence-was it had substantiated nothing--and Mr. B. after saying possible then, that she would pass through Majocthat the attorney general's charge that the queen ci's bed room? "It was a monstrous and incredible was abandoned by the English ladies, on account tale.-But it was providentially and happily or of her conduct, was not true, asked why those la-dained, for the detection of guilt and the defence dies had not been summoned to give testimony of innocence, that such inventions were often careagainst her?-that the opposite counsel had only lessly put together." Mr. B. then adduced sundry brought forward "half a case." These were re- cases of positive perjury in Majocci-he said that spectable witnesses, did not belong to "Cotten he had left the service of the queen on his own Garden"-why were they not called? He then se- accord, on account of the bad people which were verely commented on this fact, and said, "my lords, about her; he was asked if he did not apply to be if you would preserve the face of impartiality, if re-instated in her employ; after several non mi you would maintain the symbol of justice, if you do ricordo's, he confessed that he had applied both to not mean eternally to condemn yourselves, I call upon Schavani and Hieronymus, &c. &c. &c. Mr. B you to dismiss the case for the reasons I have al-next spoke of the mate of the polacre-he was ready assigned, and not require me to say one word paid for his testimony at the rate of 2000l. a year. more on the subject." [Here Mr. B. being in a A man of 400l. a year in Italy was a rich man --15007. state of exhaustation, requested permission to retire per year is possessed by none save the highest of for a few minutes, which was granted.] He re- the noblesse. The captain of the polacre received sumed with commenting upon Majocci's testimony, for his services against the queen at the rate of Laying that his favorite expression [non mi ricordo]| 24001. Independent of these great rewards, Mr. B. showed that these persons may have been influ enced by revenge, because Bergami had refused the payment of certain sums which the captain had claimed Mr. Brougham called these the "well paid swearers." He then shewed that these witnesses contradicted one another-that at a certain time, when both saw her, one deposed she was sitting on a gun, the other on a mast; one that Bergami was kissing her, the other that she was only sitting on his knee-after mentioning other cases, Mr. B. said "that the palpable differences in the story of each shews that the story cannot be true." til called upon by the Milan commission! This fact was powerfully commented on,and learnedly expos. ed. The kissings, and huggings, and bathings, &c. were kept quiet, not mentioned to any one, till the witnesses "passed over to Milan and obtained the reward of perjury." The witness from Trieste was indignantly spoken of by Mr. B. He said that he could contradict him, that he would contradict him and others, and bring him to punishment, for his falsehoods. After a rapid glance at the testimony against the queen and her former persecutions, Mr. B. state 1 Mr. Brougham next spoke of Demont and Sac- several cases in which he was prepared to prove chi-"he trusted he would be excused for coupling that the witnesses had deposed falsely, others in them, united as they seemed to be in the closest which they had contradicted themselves; and pro. ties"-both had been dismissed from the service of ceeded to intimate that he might have rested the the queen, and both had solicited a restoration to queen's case on the very testimony brought against her favor--and they had since lived in great intima-her: but that witnesses in her behalf would be called, cy in Switzerland and England. Demont was "the among them a sister of Demont, who was yet in the most finished model of a waiting maid that the queen's service. He proudly asked why two witworld had ever seen." She did not like marriage, nesses had not been brought forward to prove any hated mankind in the abstract, but made an excep- certain thing which must have been known to many tion in favor of Sacchi! Mr. B. spoke of the persons, if it had happened? because they would coningenuity she manifested on her cross-examinations; tradict each other in their eross examinations. "Why but he said that if it had been known that her let- was not a second witness brought to speak of the ters were in his possession, she would not have been state of the beds-the state of the linen? [at Naples] produced as a witness, but sent home, "like so What had become of Ann Tryson! Mr. B. could much fresh meat or live lumber." Yet she was an tell their lordships-she was here. Why was she accomplished and ingenious liar;" her own letters not called? He would answer that too; she was not and the explanation she gave of them, proved this. an Italian! For the marks, she was the princess' He then dwelt upon the affection of this woman own waiting woman; for the bed, she made it; for for her sisters, in desiring her beloved sisters to be the linen, she had the care of it; she could prove placed in the queen's palace, which, according to the case, if it was capable of proof; she was the her own account, deserved only the name of a bro- only person that could prove it, and yet they had thel-one of these being 17 and the other only 18 not called her. She must have proved what Duyears of age!-but she had given her evidence, igmont had sworn, if what she swore was true!" norant that her letters would confront her. Mr. B. Mr. Brougham said, "if they believed the witthen spoke of Sacchi-he, too, dealt in double en-nesses, the case of adultery was as clearly made out tendres; he went by several names, and had told many stories about the cause of his visiting England. His testimony was closely examined, which exhibited, Mr. B. said, a "perfect picture of shuf fling." He said that he had changed his name in 1819, to prevent himself from any inconvenience on his arrival in England, because he had heard that the witnesses against the queen had been severely treated; but none of the witnesses arrived in Eng- "My lords, I implore and intreat of you to pause land until nearly a year after his change of name! before you pronounce your best judgment on the Parts of his story were so odious, that no one could evidence that has been produced. If you do not, it believe them--the most miserable prostitute dis- will be the only judgment that will fail of produccharged from Bridewell," would not be guilty of ing the intended effect, and return upon yourselves. certain things which he had imputed to the queen-Rescue your country from the impending danger. they could not be credited. as any one that procured a verdict in Westminster Hall. But if they did give a verdict on the testimony of such witnesses, they would be worse than the jacobins of Paris for murdering Maria Antoniette!" He spoke of Bergami-he was a reduced Italian gentleman, and had been promoted in the queen's service gradually; and concluded his speech in the following terms Rescue the throne from the jeopardy in which it is at present placed. Rescue the church from the ruin that threatens it. Rescue the aristocracy of England from the execrations of the people, separated from whom you can no more escape than the blossom torn from the stem. The king and the church have been pleased to exclude the queen from the prayers of the nation; but the prayers of her people have been doubled and redoubled, and never shall cease to implore of the Throne of Mercy, to shower down the treasure of its mercy on that generous people which the conduct of their rulers does not deserve. And I pray, my lords, that your hearts may turn towards justice and not go therefrom." The maid of the inn at Carlsruhe, was then adverted to-Barbara Krantz, who gave a digusting testimony. Mr. Brougham traced the course of this woman, much to her discredit. He referred to the agents in Germany, &c. employed to collect testimony, among whom were baron Grimm and the famous baron Ompteda. They had done all that they could, yet only produced this witness. The queen had lodged at baron Grimm's house-he had invited her there to become a spy over her conduct; -after she left him, he was seen running through the rooms she had occupied, pimping into every thing-why did he not come forward as a witness? Barbara had sworn that she was compelled to attend as a witness-that she had made no terms for compensation; but it appeared that she had receiv-in ed much money for her services in this matter; yet she could not recollect what. But she was a mere "make weight," to the general testimony. Mr. B. then referred to the witnesses generally-they had never said any thing about what they had seen un. The speech of Mr. Brougham is thus noticed two of the New-York papers: The Commercial Advertiser says "That it is an able production, we think no one will deny. We observed a few days since, when speaking of the queen, that if the bill passed, "a considerable por tion of the community will deny the justice of the sentence; and many will pause before they ratify a verdict obtained upon the evidence produced; particularly when they recollect the extravagant compensation allowed by the prosecuting party." In alluding to the compensation given to the master and mate of the polacre, Mr. Brougham observes The captain has been paid 12,400 a year; he has been fed, lodged, maintained, and every expense has been paid him. The mate has received at the rate of 12,000 a year." SPAIN. There is nothing interesting from Spain; the cortes had many important laws under consideration-among them one for establishing a regular tariff. Some attempts to disturb the public peace appear to have been made, but they all proved abortive. Accounts from Spain state that Russia has ap. pointed an ambassador to that country. PORTUGAL. An English squadron was to sail immediately for the protection of British subjects at Lisbon. Many houses were destroyed by fire at Lisbon on the night of the 10th of Sept. The Daily Advertiser observes "Some of the facts stated by Mr. B. are very extraordinary, and we should think could not fail of making a deep. impression upon the minds of those who were present. Such are the assertions that neither the event It appears that the revolution in Portugal, though of the princess Charlotte's marriage, nor that of her seemingly complete in the northern parts of the death, were ever officially communicated by go kingdom, was not so cordially taken up in the south. vernment to the princess of Wales, her mother. This Our accounts from Lisbon are of the 12th Sept. at was carrying resentment and a vindictive spirit to which time that city remained attached to the roy great lengths, indeed. Many a private feud, many al cause, but the people were daily expected to a family quarrel, many bitter animosities, have been join the patriots. We have the proclamation of the buried in the grave of some common and heloved regency for assembling the corics, and several profriend, and the spirits of those who had long indulg-clamations from Oporto, the seat of revolutioned in enmity and hatred, have been soothed by the but events have not yet assumed their full character. death of a parent, a wife, or a child, into softness, Advices a few days later will probably give us the and rekindled into kindness, friendship and affec-results. The Portuguese minister at Hamburg has tion. Royal feelings, like those described by Mr. B. are not to be envied. made a public protest against the factious persons" at Oporto, &c. and declares that he is resolved to stand by his "legitimate sovereign and mas ter." ITALY. "Mr. Brougham points out many contradictions in the testimony; particularly in that of Majocci and De Mont: and pledges himself to disprove several material statements of others-enough of both, if Private advices from Paris speak of revolutiona. fairly substantiated, to overthrow their credit." ry symptoms in Piedmont and Genoa. The authoAnd the editor of the Baltimore Morning Chroni-rities at Venice threaten those who join the Car cle says "One point made by the queen's counsel bonari with death; and such as conceal a know. is very important. Her majesty is described as hav-ledge of their proceedings with perpetual impriing displayed such profligacy of manners, that she sonment. was deserted by the Italian nobility! It is asked, We have distressing accounts of the condition of why none of those illustrious characters were sum-Sicily. The British merchants there have applied moned to testify to such facts? It is asked, why this to the government at Malta for some British ships important fact should rest upon the testimony of to receive them and their property, expecting that discarded servants, spies, and the refuse of the hu- it will be necessary for them to leave the island. man race? Sundry other points are urged by this A letter from Naples, of Sept. 12th, states that eloquent counsel, with great propriety and force. accounts had been received from Sicily, of a sanFrance, with all her power, while Europe was pros-guinary battle between the royalists and Palermi. trated at her feet, was unable to overthrow the English monarchy. This reminds us of a passage in the play of Pizarro Pizarro, (addressing Elvira, scornfully says), thou art a woman. Elvira—A woman! knowest thou that, and tremblest not; thou, whom neither the terrors of the element, nor the fury of the foe, wert able to alarm -thou art lost!—a woman has decreed thy fall!" FRANCE. The duchess of Berri has been delivered of a son, -a master of Frenchmen; and the auspicious event was announced by the thunder of artillery! The child is named Henri Charles Ferdinand, Dieudonne, (God's Gift).. A frigate was preparing to bring M. Hyde de Neuville to the United States, to negociate on the differences with France; which, it was supposed, would be amicably settled. tans, in which the latter were defeated, with the loss of the greater part of their force; and that col. Costa had entered Palermo on the 9th, at the head of his army. The battle is said to have taken place about sixteen miles from Palermo, and the news to have been received by telegraph. The Austrian army from Italy, consists of 42 regiments of infantry, and 18 of cavalry, with a heavy train of artillery, under the command of count de Frimont. The emperor of Austria has addressed a note to the German courts respecting the affairs of Naples, which shall be published in our next. GERMANY. Vienna, Sept. 16-17. The prince de Cimitele, who was dispatched to St. Petersburg and London, by the present government of Naples, has returned to Naples after remaining here a fortnight. It was signified to him, that the great powers of Europe had agreed not to recognize the present state of things in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies; a state brought about by a military force; and that they could not receive an envoy from a power establish The following is an extract of a letter from Paris, dated Sept. 29: "Some important arrests have taken place within the last twenty-four hours; public rumor cites several of the most celebrated revolutionary characters in France. I am only able posi-ed by this military force. tively to announce the names of colonel Fabvier, It is confirmed that our court has made very im. M. Corcelles, son of the deputy of Lyons, and M.portant communications to the courts of Bavaria Combes Sieyes, a prefect during the hundred and Wurtemburg, and that a note has been address. days, and nephew of the constitution-making abbe ed by Russia to the king of Saxony, on the affairs Sieyes." of Spain. Munich, Sept. 15. Our minister to the Two Si- | 2 majors, 18 captains, 2 aids, 4 lieutenants, 330 pricilies has been recalled, and all our diplomatic re-vates-5 cannons, and a number of muskets and lations with the Neapolitan government have ceas-lances and 2000 horses. "Ten deputies of the coned. No new minister will be sent to Naples. PRUSSIA. A government order has been issued in Berlin for shutting up the lodges of free masons. It is thought that this measure will be adopted throughout all the states of Germany; it has excited much surprise in Prussia, where the free masons have hitherto been protected by the government. An article from Frankfort, dated September 10, says, "we are informed that a courier from Berlin has brought orders to Dusseldorf for the immediate assemblage of the Prussian troops." SWEDEN. Sweden, which, in common years, used to import 500,000 tons of corn, and in bad years, one million, does not import any foreign grain, and exports a considerable quantity. Such is the progress that agriculture has made in that country in ten years. POLAND. 'The diet was opened on the 13th Sept. by the emperor Alexander. He spoke of the recent changes in Spain, Naples and Portugal in an unfriendly manner. PERSIA. gress" were also captured. Carrera had escaped but Alvear was said to be taken and ordered to be shot. The forces of Santa Fe are called the "Buenos Ayrean army," and their loss stated at 5 killed and 42 wounded. Don Balcarce is gov. pro tem. of Buenos Ayres. We do not understand the nature or views of the parties which now exist in provinces of the Rio de la Plata. It is reported that the patriots of Venezuela have taken Carthagena, and St. Martha, &c. and that the river Magdalena is now entirely free to them. CHRONICLE. Mr. Campbell, late minister of the U. S. in Russia, has arrived at New York. U. S. Bank. It is understood that the branch bank at Cincinnati has been discontinued. That at Chillicothe remains in operation. The lakes, Ontario and Erie, have lately been much "vexed with storms," by which several veșsels were wrecked-but the steam boats appear to have withstood the war of elements uninjured. Mail robbery. Two persons of Elizabeth Town, N. J. and the late post master at Norristown, Pa. have been found guilty of stealing and embezzling certain letters from the mail. A London paper of the 3d Oct. mentions, that despatches have been received from Persia, which "announce to ministers the intrigues of the Russian agents in that country, and indicate the designs of Vermont. Richard Skinner, esq. has been elected the court of Petersburg. The regular army of governor of this state--having received 13,152 Russia now in Georgia, and on the line of the Cau-votes out of 14,080, the whole number given. casus, is upwards of 100,000 men, and the Russians have taken possession of a place on the Caspian sea, near Asterahad.". TURKEY. New Jersey. The legislature of this state met on Tuesday last. Mr. Williamson was re-elected gov. Missouri. Messrs. Barton and Benton have been appointed to represent this new state in the senate The troops of the Grand Seignor are said to have of the United States, on a ratification of the constientered Janina-Ali Pacha having retired to a for tution lately adopted. Electors of president and tress with only 500 followers. News of his death vice-president were also to be appointed, and their or capture was daily expected. His second son votes will be counted, if the new state is received and his brother are understood to have given them-into the union anterior to the day designated for selves up to the Turks. The Grand Seignor has counting such votes. f declared that the territories which Ali usurped, shall Savannah. The fever continues to rage in this be restored to their former possessors, and the Par-city with unabated fury. It is conjectured that only guenote emigrants at Corfu had sent a deputation 2000 or 2500 persons remain in it. The amount to Constantinople in consequence. of those who have left it on account of the sickness, is estimated at 6000. BARBARY POWERS, It is stated that Morocco is restored to tranquility, and that the emperor has subdued the refractory Arabs, as well as reduced a part of his own soldiery, who had revolted, to subordination. Cal. Daniel Boone. The decease of this celebrated man was erroneously announced some years ago-but the latest St. Louis papers state that he died at Charette village, on the Missouri, on the 26th of Sept. in the ninetieth year of his age.hur-When his death was made known to the general assembly of the new state, it was resolved that the members should wear crape on the left arm for the space of 20 days, and to adjourn for that day, in respect to his memory. It appears from the Paris Journals that the consuls of England and Sardinia had departed in a ry from Algiers-the cause was not known. BRAZIL. London, Oct. 2. Accounts from Rio Janeiro to August 1st, lead to a belief that the Brazils are by no means in a settled state, and it is not improbable the revolution in Portugal will extend itself across the Atlantic. The letters in Bahia, &c. are written under an apprehension of the occurrence of some important event, and it is even suspected that the projected revolution in Portugal was known in the Brazils as early as June last. SOUTH AMERICA. We have late account from Buenos Ayres.Every thing was unsettled. It was reported that Artigas, at the head of 4000 men, was advancing against the city. There had been a severe fight between Dorrego, the governor of Santa Fe,and the Chilians, in which the latter were completely defeated, with the loss of nearly all their officers and men; viz, 1 colonel in chief, 5 lieutenant colonels, We have already, in the 4th vol. of the WEEKLY REGISTER, page 33, given a long account of col. Boone, and shall no doubt be furnished with some additional particulars to complete his biography.He was the first settler of Kentucty, a great state now containing from 6 to 700,000 inhabitants-ke penetrated its wildernesses in 1775; and in 1799 removed to and settled upon the Missouri. He soon after discovered the country now known by the name of "Boon's Lick," which is perhaps the most prosperous part of the new state. Until the last two years of his life he enjoyed much health; when more than eighty years old, he was a keen huntsman, and made many extensive excursions in pursuit of game, in places far distant from the usual tread of white men, Report on Commerce. In senate of the United States, December 20, 1819. Mr. Sanford, from the committee of commerce and manufactures, made the following report: The committee of commerce and manufactures, have considered the official statements which have been hitherto made, of the commerce of the United States with foreign countries, and the provisions which are requisite for obtaining complete and accurate statistical accounts of the foreign commerce of the United States: and they submit to the senate the following report: The exports and imports of the United States have been stated to amount, in value, to the follow. ing sums, in the following years: Total value From the 1st of October, 1790, to the 19,012,041 20,753,098 From the 1st of October, 1792, to the 30th of September, 1793, 26,109,57% From the 1st of October, 1793, to the 30th of September, 1794, From the 1st of October, 1794, to the 30th of September, 1795, From the 1st of October, 1795, to the 30th of September, 1796, From the 1st of October, 1796, to the 30th of September, 1797, From the 1st of October, 1797, to the 30th of September, 1798, From the 1st of October, 1798, to the 30th of September, 1799, From the 1st of October, 1799, to the 30th of September, 1800, From the 1st of October, 1800, to the 30th of September, 1801, From the 1st of October, 1801, to the 30th of September, 1802, From the 1st of October, 1802, to the 30th of September, 1803, From the 1st of October, 1803, to the 30th of September, 1804, From the 1st of October 1804, to the 30th of September, 1805, From the 1st of October, 1805, to the 30th of September, 1806, From the 1st of October, 1806, to the 30th of September, 1807, From the 1st of October, 1807, to the. Total value official exposition of the state of our commerce with foreign countries. Every part of the statements, bears the same stamp of authority; all parts of them are equally official; and all are given as equally authentic. Are these statements accurate in the points which they represent as facts? And do they exhibit all the facts which should appear in statistical accounts of the foreign commerce of the United States? All the matters set forth in the statements of ex ports and imports, are furnished to the treasury by the collectors of the customs. The materials received from the collectors, are at the treasury, comcompiled into the statements which are annually laid before congress, and published. The statements of exports, and those of imports, are rendered distinctly from each other. EXPORTS. The master of every vessel, bound to a foreign place, is required to deliver to the collector of the port from which the vessel is about to depart, a manifest of all the cargo on board of the vessel; to state the value of the cargo and the destination of the vessel; and to verify the manifest and statement by his own oath. The collector thus obtains an ac33,026,233 count of the cargo, the kinds, quantities, and va47,989,472 69,756,258 lues of the articles of which it consists, and the des67,064,097 8:,436,164 tination of the vessel. The kinds and quantities of the exports, are stated by the collectors, in most 66,850,206 75,379,406 cases, as they are received from the masters of ves61,527,097 68,551,700 sels, and by the treasury in all cases as they are received from the collectors. The values of the 78,665,522 79,069,148 exports, are stated by the treasury, as they are re70,971,780 91,252,768 ceived from the collectors. Those values are, in some cases, the sums furnished by the masters of 94,115,925 111,363,511 vessels; but, in most cases, they are valuations made by the collectors themselves. The quantities of the exports are furnished by the master of the vessel, and they are sometimes given with considerable inaccuracy, either because the quantities are not accurately known by the master, or from want of care. But, as there is, in general, no motive to misrepresent these facts, such errors may be on the side either of excess or deficiency; and they may not much vary the total quanti. ties stated. When the articles are foreign products, which are exported with drawback of duties, the exporter himself enters them for exportation. But this entry does not state the quantities of articles which pay ad valorem duties, as imports. Where the articles pay specific duties as imports, their quantities are ascertained with entire accuracy, by... the entry of the exporter, and by reference to the importation. In all cases, except those articles of foreign origin, which are exported with drawback of duties, the quantities of the exports, as they are stated by the treasury, are derived solely from the masters of vessels. When the exports are products of the United States, the species and quantities of the several articles are given in the statements. When the exports are products of other countries, which paid specific duties upon importation, their kinds and qantities are stated, The exports and imports of the United States, Where the exports consist of merchandise of fofor each year since the commencement of the pre-reign production, which paid ad valorem duties upsent government in 1789, have been stated by the on the importation, no specification of the kinds, treasury. The official statements are annually com- quantities, or values of particular articles, is given municated to congress, and are laid before the pub- in the returns of the collectors, or in the statements lic These statements set forth various matters, of the treasury. These articles are arranged under concerning the exports and imports, as facts. They different heads, according to the rates of duty have been, accordingly, regarded as the authentic which they respectively paid, as imports. All ar source from which accurate information, concerning ticles which pay the same rate of duty, are placed our exports and imports, may be derived; and as an in one class; and the total value of all the articles |