NAVIGATION OF IRELAND-continued.

VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE FOREIGN TRADE.

AN ACCOUNT of the Number of VESSELS, with the Amount of their TONNAGE, and the Number of MEN and Bors employed in Navigating the same (including their repeated Voyages), that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at the several Ports of IRELAND, from and to all Parts of the World, during each of the Three Years ending 5th January, 1846-Also, showing the Number and Tonnage of Shipping entered Inwards and cleared Outwards during the same Period, exclusive of the Intercourse with GREAT BRITAIN.

POSTAL CONVENTION between Great Britain and
Venezuela.-Signed at London, February 28, 1844.

[Signed in the English and Spanish Languages.]

THE relations of commerce and friendship which have existed for some time between the Republic of Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have rendered necessary a Convention to regulate the correspondence between the 2 countries; and both Governments having recognized this necessity, the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury have named the Right Honourable William Baron Lowther, a Peer of the realm, a Privy Councillor, and Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, for the purpose of negotiating the Treaty; and the President of the Republic of Venezuela has named Señor Alejo Fortique, Minister of the Superior Court of Justice at Caracas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Venezuela to the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great and Ireland; and the above-named William Baron Lowther and Señor Fortique having communicated their respective Powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :

ART. I. The British rate of postage upon letters passing between the United Kingdom and Venezuela; that is to say, letters posted in the United Kingdom and addresed to Venezuela, and vice versâ, shall be 1s. per ounce by packet-boat, and 8d. per ounce by private ship, and so on in proportion, according to the scale now in operation in the United Kingdom; and the British rate for transit postage to be taken on letters posted in or addressed to Venezuela, passing 'through the United Kingdom to and from its colonies and foreign countries, shall be that which is now and shall be hereafter taken upon letters between the United Kingdom and such colonies and foreign countries respectively, in addition to the rate chargeable on letters between the United Kingdom and its West Indian colonies, the postage which is to be charged between the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

The colonial or foreign rate, however, is to be calculated from or to the port of departure or arrival of the packet.

II. No rate of postage shall be levied in Venezuela on letters posted in Venezuela and addressed to the United Kingdom, and vice versâ the same exemption from all rates of postage is granted by Venezuela to all letters passing through Great Britain to and from its colonies and possessions.

The Government of Venezuela further engages to levy no transit rate of postage on letters addressed to or received from the United Kingdom, its colonies and possessions, whenever such letters shall pass through the territory of Venezuela.

III. The despatches of the Venezuelan Government to and from

its Diplomatic Agents in England, when forwarded in the regular mail-bags, shall be delivered free of all charge for postage.

This privilege, however, is confined to the despatches received from or addressed to the Government of Venezuela by the Minister himself, and by the Consuls of Venezuela in London, Liverpool, and Falmouth.

The despatches to or from any one of the above-named parties are not to exceed the weight of 80 ounces to each party, by any one packet-boat or private ship. Should they accidentally exceed that weight, the excess only is to be charged with postage.

The despatches sent from England shall bear the official seal of the Minister and Consuls respectively, and shall be addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Caracas. The despatches sent from Venezuela shall also bear the official seal of the Minister.

IV. The British rate of postage on letters between Venezuela and the British colonies, not passing through the United Kingdom, shall be 4d. the ounce, and so on in proportion, according to the system in operation in the United Kingdom, whether by packet-boat or private ship: no rates shall be levied on the above-mentioned class of letters to and from such colonies by the Government of Venezuela, when posted or received in that country, or passing through that country.

V. No charge shall be made by Venezuela upon newspapers published in the United Kingdom, either when addressed to places in Venezuela or when sent in transit through that country; and, conversely, no charge shall be made in the United Kingdom on newspapers duly published in Venezuela, and in the language of that country, when conveyed by packet-boat between Venezuela and the United Kingdom.

When newspapers are conveyed by private ship between Venezuela and the United Kingdom, the sum of 1d. shall be taken by the British Post Office on each newspaper, on its dispatch, and the same sum on its delivery.

VI. Should it be deemed expedient at any future time to open an account with Venezuela, for letters and newspapers addressed to the colonies or foreign countries, in transit through the United Kingdom, the Post Office in Venezuela shall account for the amount of postage which the Post Office of the United Kingdom will have to pay to the Post Offices of such colonies or foreign countries.

The account shall be made out every month, and after it shall have been examined, shall be paid to the British Post Office, at the expiration of every quarter, by the Post Office of Venezuela.

VII. The present Treaty is concluded for an indefinite period, and if at any future time circumstances should render any change or modification desirable in any of its Articles, the Contracting Parties

will concert upon the subject. It is understood, however, that either Party shall be at liberty to annul the whole or any part of this Treaty by giving the other Party 2 years' notice of such intention; and during that term of 2 years the Treaty shall be fully and entirely carried into effect.

In witness whereof the respective parties have signed the present Convention.

Done in duplicate at the General Post Office, London, the 28th day of February, 1844.

(L.S.) LOWTHER.

Witnesses:

(L.S.) A. FORTIQUE.

W. L. MABERLY, Secretary to the Post Office.
JAS. CAMPBELL, Chief Clerk.

MESSAGE from the President of The United States, transmitting Correspondence with Great Britain (1841 to 1843), relative to the Duties levied in Great Britain on Rough Rice imported from The United States.-June 15, 1844.

Washington, June 15, 1844. I HEREWITH transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 4th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence therein referred to.

To the House of Representatives of The United States.

JOHN TYLER.

Department of State, Washington, June 14, 1844.

THE Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, requesting the President, if not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to that body "all the correspondence between this Government and the Government of Great Britain, alluded to in his annual message to Congress, with respect to the duties exacted by the Government of Great Britain on rough rice exported from this country to Great Britain, contrary to the Treaty of 1815," has the honour to report to the President the accompanying copies and extracts from documents on file in this department, which embrace all the correspondence referred to in the above-cited resolution, with the exception of that portion which has been previously transmitted to Congress.

Respectfully submitted.

The President of The United States.

J. C. CALHOUN,

(Extract.)

No. 1.-Mr. Everett to Mr. Webster.

Legation of The United States,
London, December 28, 1841.

You will have perceived, from the correspondence of my predecessor, that, shortly after the accession of the present Ministry to power, a Treasury Order was issued, admitting rough rice from The United States on the same low duty as from Western Africa. The order is prospective, and, as far as regards the future, satisfactory. The importers who have been made to pay the high duty, and those who, though admitted to pay the low duty, were obliged to deposit Exchequer bills to the amount of the high duty, as security in the event that Parliament should decide against them, now complain. The former class demand a restitution of the sums paid; and the latter think their Exchequer bills ought to be restored, both parties giving the usual bond to abide by the decision of Parliament. There is no question but their claim is just; and, in compliance with the spirit of your instructions of the 27th September, I have thought it my duty to address a communication to Lord Aberdeen on the subject of which I inclose a copy. Daniel Webster, Esq..

EDWARD EVERETT.

(Inclosure.)-Mr. Everett to the Earl of Aberdeen.

Legation of The United States, December 30, 1841. THE Undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, begs leave to call the attention of the Earl of Aberdeen, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to a subject which has heretofore been a frequent topic of correspondence between the American Minister and Her Majesty's Government, viz., the duty levied on rough rice imported from The United States. In a note from Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Stevenson, of the 20th of October last, the satisfactory intelligence was communicated, that Her Majesty's Government had thought proper to direct the Commissioners of the Customs to admit rough rice imported from The United States, on which duty had not already been charged, at the same low rate of duty as that brought from the Western Coast of Africa, subject to the future confirmation of Parlialiament; and the parties importing being required to enter into the usual obligation to abide by the decision of Parliament.

Under the Order of the Treasury, issued to the foregoing effect on the 15th of October last, and on the condition above named, the rough rice detained in the public warehouses has, as the Undersigned is advised, been delivered to those interested. The confidence felt by them that Parliament will not fail to confirm the Order of Her Majesty's Government renders this disposition of the subject, as far as it extends, satisfactory to the parties.