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1826 Nov. 15, treaty of federation betw. Bolivia and Peru, concluded at Chuqusaca. 1827 March 13; Proclamation of the President of the United States, prohibiting trade with certain British colonial ports.

1827 July 4, treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded at Stockholm, between the United States, and Sweden and Norway.

1827 Aug. 6, the commercial convention between the United States and Great Britain, of October 20, 1818, which was limited to ten years, continued indefinitely.

1827 Sep. 29, Convention concluded at London between the United States and Great Britain, agreeing to refer the differences arising under the 5th article of the treaty of Ghent, (for the settlement of boundaries,) to the decision of a friendly power.

1827 Oct. 16, treaty of Constantinople, betw Spain and Turkey, respecting the Black Sea. 1827 Dec. 20, treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded at Washington, between the United States and the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubec, Bremen, and Hamburg. Additional article agreed to June 4, 1828.

1828 Feb. 10-26, Convention of friendship and commerce between Sweden and Russia. 1828 Feb. 22 peace of Turkmanchay between Russia and Persia. Erivan and Nakhitch wan ceded to Russia.

1828 April 26, Russia declares war against Turkey.

1828 May 1, treaty of Comm. and Nav. concluded at Wash'ton, betw' the U. S. and Prussia. 1828 June 26, convention betw' G. Britain and Spain for satisfying claims of British merchants. 1828 July 14, Treaty between Austria and Switzerland, for the mutual surrender of criminals, 1828 Aug. 6, convention between the Viceroy of Egypt and Sir E. Codrington for the evacuation of the Morea.

1828 Aug. 29, treaty of peace between Brazil and Buenos Ayres, at Rio Janeiro.

1828 Oct. 28, peace between Naples and Tripoli.

1828 Dec. 12, treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded at Rio de Janeiro, between the United States and Brazil, ratified at Washington.

1829 Jan. 1, The general congress of Mexico opened by a speech from president Victoria 1829 Jan. 6, Vincente Guerrero chosen president, and Anastasio Bustamente vice-president of Mexico, by the general congress.

1829 Jan. 18, Dispersion of the guilleras and destruction of the Patian faction in the Southern part of Colombia by General Cordova.

1829 Jan. 22, Four hundred and fifty indians belonging to the army of the provinces under the command of Molina, surprised and cut to pieces by general Lavalle, provisional Governor of Buenos Ayres.

1829 Jan. 26, Proclamation of Bolivar to the insurgents under Obando and to the inhabitants of Cauca, Popayan, & Patia, offering pardon to all who should surrender within 20 days 1829 Feb. 7, General Harrison, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Colombia, rec'd & recog'd at Bogota, by the min'r of State, in the absence of the president Bolivar. 1829 Feb. 10, Death of Leo XII, pope of Rome.

1829 Feb. 21; Field marshal count Wittgenstein resigns the command of the Russian army for the invasion of Turkey, and general Diebitsch appointed to succeed him. 1829 Feb. 24, The king of Spain issues a decree constituting the city of Cadiz a free port. 1829 Feb. 27, Battle between the Colombian and Peruvian armies at Tarqui, in the southern

part of Colombia; the former consisting 5000 and the latter of 8000 men. The Peruvians were defeated with considerable loss. Convention signed for the cessation of hostilities on the field of battle, aud mutual differences referred to the arbitration of the United States' government.

1829 March 4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated as president of the United States at Washington. 1829 March 22, Protocol agreed on between the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, and Russia; fixing the government, boundaries, &c., of Greece.

1829 March 28, General Rauch of the Lavalle or Buenos Ayres party, defeated by the Monteneros or party of the provinces

1829 April 1, General Guerrero inaugurated as president of the Mexican republic at Mexico. 1829 April 3, Proclamation of Bolivar to the Colombians, complaining of the non-fulfilment by Peru of the convention concluded after the battle of Tarqui.

1829 April 12, Capitulation of the City of Guatemala, after a long siege and some hard fighting, to the army of St Salvador under general Morazan.

1829 April 16, General Lamar embarks at Patia for Guayaquil with 1200 troops and 200 horses for the purpose or recommencing hostilities with the Peruvians.

1829 May 6, The French consul general at Buenos Ayres demanded his passports and left

that place, in consequence of alleged insults to his flag and nation. The French admiral took possession of the Buenos Ayrean fleet of four brigs and several gunboats after a hard action. One of the brigs burnt.

1829 May 17, Death of John Jay at Bedford, New-York.

He was one of the presidents of

the old continental congress, minister to Spain and Great Britain, governor of NewYork, and chief Justice of the United States.

1829 May 17, A French minister, M. Bresson, arrives, and is presented to the Colombian government at Bogota.

1829 May 24, Coronation of the emperor Nicholas of Russia, as king of Poland, at Warsaw. 1829 May 27, treaty of commerce and customs, between Bavaria on the one part, and Prussia, Hesse, Darnstadt and Wirtemburg on the other part, ratified at Berlin.

1829 June 6, Revolution effected at Lima by the party favorable to Bolivar; general Gamarra made president, and La Fuentes vice-president.

1829 June 16, The emperor of Russia arrives at Warsaw.

1829 June 19, Mr Gordon & Guilleminot, the British & French amb's, arrive atConstantinpole. 1829 June 24, Peace concluded between generals Lavalle and Rosas, the chiefs of the two contending parties in the Argentine republic [Buenos Ayres.]

1829 July 6, treaty of London between Russia, France and Great Britam, for the settlement of the affairs of Grecce.

1829 July 17, 18, and 19, Passage of the Balkane effected by the Russians, with comparatively little difficulty. The Turks lost 10 cannon, 400 prisoners, and a considerable number of killed.

1829 July 25, Greek national assembly opened at Argos, on which occasion the count Capo d'Istria made a long speech.

1829 Aug. 1, Capture of Jambouli, and destruction of Turkish camp, by a brigade of Hulans and Cossacks under general Sher m tief, after having defeated on the road a body of 15,000 Turks, commanded by Halil Pacha.

1829 Aug. 2, Marriage of the emperor don Pedro, of Brazil, to the princess de Leuchtenberg at Munich; Prince Charles of Bavaria acting as proxy for the emperor.

1829 Aug. 12, Mr M'Lane, Envoy to Great Britain, and Mr Rives, to France, embark on board the United States frigate Constellation at New York.

1829 Aug. 29, Capture of Adrianople by a Russian force consisting of 28,000 men, commanded in person by general Diebitsch.

1829 Aug. 24, General Vismout appointed governor of Buenos Ayres.

1829 Aug. 27, treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded at Washington between the United States and Austria.

1829 Sep. 12, Surrender of the Spanish army under general Barradas at Tampico, Mexico, to the Mexican army under general Santa Anna.

1829 Sep. 14, treaty of peace between Russia and Turkey, signed at Adrianople; ratified on the 20th, by the Porte.

1829 Sep. 22, peace between Colombia and Peru.

1829 Sep. 26, Venezuela separated from the Republic of Colombia.

1829 Oct. 7, Proclamation of the king of the Sandwich islands, respecting the treatment of foreigners within his territories.

1829 Nov. 16, Conception declared independent of Chili.

1829 Dec. 21, Convention of commerce and navigation, between Great Britain and Austria, concluded at London.

1830 March 28, treaty of Indemnification, between the U. States and Denmark, concluded at Copenhagen. Denmark agrees to pay $650,000 on account of citizens of the U. S. 1830 April 4, Yucatan declares itself independent.

1830 April 13, the navigation of the Black Sea opened to American vessels.

1830 May 7, treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and the Ottoman Porte, concluded at Constantinople.

1830 May 15, Gen. Flores issues a proclamation at Quito, declaring the south part of Colombia an independent government.

1830 June 18, a treaty of peace ratified at Monte Video by the Gov. Gen. Lavalleja and Gen. Rivera, by which the latter acknowledged the existing government.

1830 July 5, Algiers taken by the French.

1850 July 15, The funeral ceremonies of George IV. of England.

1530 July 27, Revolution in France; Charles X. dethroned, and Louis Philippe Duke of Orleans declared King, August 9.

1830 Aug. 9, a treaty of peace concluded between France and Tunis, by which the commerce of the latter is opened to all nations. A similar treaty was concl. with Tripoli, Aug. 11. 1830 Aug. 25, Revolution in Belgium commenced at Brussels; independence delared Oct. 4. 1830 Sep. 30, Independence of the South American Republics acknowledged by France. 1830 Oct. 4, President's Proclamation declaring the ports of the United States open to British vessels from the West Indies.

1830 Oct. 8, Insurrection in Brunswick; grand Duke abdicates.

1830 Oct. 16, Change in the British ministry, the Wellington cabinet resigns.

1830 Nov. 29, Revolution in Poland commences at Warsaw.

1830 Dec. 24, the emperor Nicholas issues a proclamation, in which he declares his intention of maintaining entire the rights of his throne, and pronounces those who have assumed the government of Poland to be traitors.

1850 Dec. 27, Independence of Belgium acknowledged.

1831 Jan. 10, the King of the Netherlands selected as the umpire between the United States and Great Britain, under the Convention of Sept. 29, 1827, makes his award. 1851 Jan 24, The Polish diet declare the absolute independence of Poland.

1931 March 18, first Congress of Venezuela meets at Valentia, of 15 senators & 23 repre's. 1831 April 5, a commercial treaty between the United States and Mexico ratified by the Mexican Government.

1931 April 6, Revolution in Brazil, the Emperor Don Pedro abdicates in favour of his son. 1831 June 4, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg elected King by the Belgian Congress.

1831 July 4, convention between the United States and France, concluded at Paris, for the settlement of claims of American citizens on the French Government.

1831 Sept. 8, Coronation of William IV. of England.

1831 Sept. 13, treaty between the United States and Turkey, signed at Constantinople. 1831 Nov. 17, New Grenada erected into an independent state by the Bogota convention. 1832 Jan. 27, Convention of indemnities negotiated with France, ratified by senate of U. States. 1832 March 9, Gen. Santander elected president of New Grenada.

1852 March, Emperor of Russia issues a decree by which Poland is united to Russia. 1832 July 12, treaty of commerce between Peru and the state of Equator.

1832 July 21, the Sultan of Turkey signs a protocol by which he gives his assent to the extension of the Greek frontier, as required by the London conference.

1832 July 26, Died, at Schoenbrunn, near Vienna, Austria, Duke de Reichstadt, son of Napol❜n 1832 Oct. 14, treaty between the United States and the king of the Two Sicilies. 2,115,000 Neapolitan ducats, to be paid the U. States for commercial depredations. Ratifications exchanged at Naples, June 8, 1833.

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Ministers of the United States Abroad.

[*.*Copied from the United States' Official Biennial Register, for 1834. The abbreviation, after the name of the Officer, stands for the State "where born."]

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Barbary Powers. Algiers.

George F. Brown, Vir. comm. agent, Algiers
Tunis.

Samuel D. Heap, Penn. Consul, Tunis
Tripoli.

D. S. McCauley, Penn. Consul, Tripoli
Morocco.

James R. Leib, Penn. Consul, Tangier.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and its Dependencies
Thomas Aspinwall, Mass. consul and agent,
&c. at London

Francis B. Ogden, N. J. consul, Liverpool
Patrick Macaulay, consul, Bristol
Robert W. Fox, Eng. consul, Falmouth
Thomas Were Fox, Eng. Consul, Plymouth
Albert Davy, Pa. consul, Kingston upon Hull
Robert R. Hunter, N. Y. consul, Cowes
Alexander Thomson, consul, Glasgow

Thomas Wilson, consul, Dublin
Reuben Harvey, consul, Cork
Thomas W. Gilpin, Del. consul, Belfast
Horatio Sprague, consul, Gibraltar
Paul Froberville, consul, Isle of France
Thomas Wynns, N. C. consul, Turks' Isl'd
Wm. T. Tucker, comm. agent, Bermuda
George Huyler, comm. agent Nassau, N. P.
R. Higinbotham, of Maryland, commercial
agent, at Antigua and St. Christopher
R. M. Harrison, Vir. consul, Kingston Jam.
C. L. Bartlett, commercial agent, Trinidad
John Haly, commercial agent, Barbadoes
Paul Eynaud, consul, Malta

Wm. Carroll, commercial agent, St Helena
Moses Benjamin, consul, British Guyana
Thomas M. Perrse, consul, Galway
John Morrow, consul, Halifax, N. S.
Robert Grieve, consul, Leith, Scotland
W. M. Haxton, consul, Bathurst Island

France, and its Dependencies. Daniel Brent, Vir. consul and agent, Paris George Strobel, S. C. consul, Bordeaux Daniel C. Croxall, N. J. consul, Marseilles F. C. Fenwick, consul, Nantes

R. G. Beasley, Virginia, Havre de Grace Samuel Allison, N. J. consul, Lyons Theodore Privat, consul, Cette

Jas. Jos Debesse, consul, La Rochelle

P. Suau, consul, comm. agent, Gaudaloupe Switzerland.

J. G. Boker, consul general, Switzerland

Russia.

A. P. Gibson, N. Y. consul, St. Petersburg
John Ralli, consul, Odessa

Henry Schielen, consul, Taganrog
Edmund Brandt, consul, Archangel

Spain, and its Dependencies.
Alexander Burton, Penn. consul, Cadiz
William Sterling, consul, Barcelona
George G. Barrel, Mass. consul, Malaga
George B. Adams, Penn. consul, Alicante
Maximode Aguirre, consul, Bilboa
A. H. P. Edwards, consul, Manilla
Payton Gay, consul, Teneriffe
George T. Ladico, consul, Balearic Islands
Nicholas P. Trist, Vir. consul, Havana
Rob.R.Stewart, Penn. consul, Trinidad,Cuba
J. Leonard, commercial agent, St. Jago, do
Fra's Thomassin, comm. agent, Baracoa, do
L. Shoemaker, Penn. consul, Matanzas, do
John Owen, consul, Puerto del Principe
Hopeful Toler, consul, Ponce, P. Rico
W. H. Tracy, Conn. comm. agent, Guayama
S. C. Russel, comm. agent, Mayaguez, do
Sydney Mason, N. Y. consul, St. Johns, do

Portugal, and its Dependencies.

I. P. Hutchinson, Penn. consul, Lisbon
John H. March, N. Hamp. consul, Madeira
Charles W. Dabney, Mass. consul, Fayal
Wm. G. Merrill, N. Y. consul, Cape Verd
J. Balestier, con. RhioIsland, Bintaug,Mal.Sea
The Netherlands, and its Dependencies
J. W. Parker, Vir. consul, Amsterdam
John Wambersie, Geo. consul, Rotterdam
W. D. Patterson, N.York, consul, Antwerp
Thomas Trask, consul, Surinam
L. Paimboef, consul, Isle of Curacoa
John Schillaber, Mass. consul, Batavia
Louis Mark, N. Y. consul, Ostend

J. Hollingsworth, Penn. consul, St. Eustacia

Austria.

Charles Barnet, N. J. consul, Venice
George Moore, G. Britain, consul, Trieste
J. G. Schwarz, consul, Vienna
Germany.

Fred'k Kahl, consul, Darmstadt
Frederic List, consul, Duchy of Baden
Robt. de Ruedorffer, consul, Munich

Sweden, and its Dependencies. David Erskine, G. B. consul, Stockholm C. A. Murray, do. consul, Gottenburg Helmich Janson, do. Bergen, Norway

Denmark, and its Dependencies

C. J. Hambro, consul, Copenhagen
Nathan Levy, Md. consul, St. Thomas
Jos. Ridgeway, do. St. Croix

Thomas H. Barker, N.Y. consul, Elsineur

Prussia.

W. T. Simons, Prussia, consul, Elbervelt
Frederick Schillow, consul, Stettin
Saxony.

C. F. Goehring, consul, Leipzig
Hanseatic Towns.
John Cuthbert, consul, Hamburg
Joshua Dodge, consul, Bremen
Ernest Schwendler, consul, Frankfort
Italian States.

Thomas Appleton, Mass. consul, Leghorn
James Ombrosi, Florence, consul, Florence
Robert Campbell, G. Britain, consul, Genoa
Victor A. Sasserno, Nice, consul, Nice

Roman States.

Felix Cicognani, Italy, consul, Rome
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Alexander Hammet, Md. consul, Naples
Benjamin Gardner, Mass, consul, Palermo
John L. Payson, do. consul, Messina
Turkey.

David Offley, Penn. consul, Smyrna
United Mexican States.
J. S. Wilcocks, Penn. consul, Mexico
G. R. Robertson, N Y consul, Tampico
Thomas Reily, Penn. consul, Aguatulco
Harvey Gregg, Indiana, consul, Acapulco
James James, consul, Vera Cruz & Alverado
Daniel W. Smith, Conn.consul, Matamoros
J. S. Langham, consul, Chihuahua
James Davis, consul, Santa Fe

J. W. McGoffin, Ken'y, consul, Saltillo
Henry Perrine, N. J. consul, Campeche
J. L. Kennedy, Seot'd, consul, Guaymas &e.

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