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BY WM. J. IfOBBY.
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TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
by the ('resident of the U. Stales of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Convention between the
( iniled States of America and his Britan
nic Magesly was concluded and signed at
St I’elcrsburg, under the medial ion of
tho Emperor of ail tho Russians, on the
twelfth day of July last, hy the respec
tive I’lcnipotentiaries of the three pow
ers : And whereas the said Convention
Ims been by (hem duly ratified, and the
, respective ratifications of the same were
exchanged at Washington, on the tenth
day of tho present month, by John Quin
• y Adanls, Secretary of State ol (he U.
Stiles, the Right Ilonottrable Stratford
Canning, Envoy Exlraordin.it y and Alin
istor Plenipotentiary of his Britanic Ma
jesty, anil Mr. George Ellison, Charge
d’A (fairs of llis imperial Majesty the Em
peror of all the Russia?, on the part of
Their several Governments; Which Con
vention is in the words following, to wit;
In Die name of the most holy and indi
visible Trinity:
Tho Pres. ’ ;ut of the United Stales ol
Interim, and llis Majesty the King ot
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, having agreed, in pursuance ol
the fifth article of the Convention con
hided at London on (he ‘iOiit day ol
October, 1818, lo refer the difference
wlti< ft had arisen between the two go
vernments, upon the true construction
an t meaning o( the first article of the
Treaty of I'eaco anil Amitv, concluded
at Ghent on the 24th day ol December,
til 14, to the friendly arbitration of His
.Majesty the Emperor of all the Russia?,
mutually engaging to consider his decis
ion as final and conclusive. And his said
Imperial Majesty having, alter due cott-
XidernUon given his decision upon these
differences in the following terms, to wit :
“ That the United States of America
are entitled to claim from Grant Britain
a j ust indemnification for all private pro
perly, which the British forces may have
carried away ; and as tho question re
lates to slaves more especially, for all the
slaves that the British forces may have
carried away from places ami territories
of wdlicit the Treaty stipulates the resti
tution, in quilling these same places and
territories.
“That the United States are entitled
to consider as having been so carried a
way, all such slaves as may have been
transferred from (he atiove mentioned
territories to British vessels within the
waters of the said territories and who for
this reason may not have been restored.
“ But that if there should ho any .Ante
rican slaves who were carried away from
territories of which the first article of tho
Treaty of Ghent hat not stipulated (he
restitution to the United States, the Uni
ted Slates are not entitled to claim an in
demnification for the said slaves.”
Now for the purpose of carrying into
elf " t tjns award of llis Imperial Majesty,
as arbitrator, his good offices have been
tartner invoked to assist in framing such
Convention nr Articles of Agreement be
tween the United States of America and
llis Britannic Majesty, as shall provide
the mode of ascertaining and determining
the value of slaves and of ether private
property, which may haw- been carri-d
nway in contravention of into Treaty of
Ghent, and for which iiutemnificHtinr is
to be made to the citizens of the United
States, a* virtue of His Imperial Majes
ty’s said award, and shall secure com
pensation to the sufferers for their losses,
so ascertained and detei mined. And Ilf
Imperial Majesty has consented to lend
his mediation for theabove purpose, and
has constituted and appointed Charles
Robert Count Nesselrode, llis Imperial
Majesty’s Triry Counsellor, Member of
the Council ol State, Secretary of Stale
directing the Imperial Department of Fo
reign Affairs. Chamberlain, Knight of the
order of S tint Alexander Nevsky, Grand
Cross of the order of Saint Vladimir of
tlu. first class, Knight of that ofthe While
Eagle of Poland, Grand Cepsa of (he or
der ol St. Steuben of Hungary, of the
BUcU Tuid of Ute Red Engle of Prussia,
nl (he Legion of Honour of France, of
Charles 111. of Spain, of St. Ferdinand
a,>d of Merit of Naples, ofthe Anntmcia
itum ol Sardinia, ofthe Polar Star ofSwe
d- u, of the I lephant of Denmark, of the
Gal'on Eagle of Wide mbit-- rs Fidelity
ot Baden, of St. Constantine of Parma
and -f Guelph of Hanover; ami Joint
Co ... h«‘ria-. His Imperial Majes
ty’s Pi ivy Counsellor, and Secretary of
State, K light ol tiie order of St, .Alexan
der Nevsky, Grand Cross ofthe order of
M. VI idimir of the first cla-s, Knight of
that of tho Wnite Eagle of Poland, Grand
Cross of the order of St. Stephen of Him.
gy v, 0 f (t, c Black and of the Red Eagle
el Prussia, ot the Legion of Honour of
*■ ranee, of Charles HI. of Spain, of St.
1 uiummul and of Merit of Naples, of St.
Maurice and of St. L .zarns ot Sardinia,
•T the Elephant of Denmark, of Fidelity
and ofthe Lion of Rihringon of Baden
Burgher of lb- ( ’, ,t 0., of Valid, and also)
oft’n. Catibvi and of 'he Republic of Ge
nr i, :> bis -’if! ipot« nliaries to treat, ad- j
} *T »td.-cr Indr <m-h irtHes of Agree
| m ' l * niay tend to the attainment oT
,’ K * %
■ the above mentioned end, with the Pleni
potentiaries of the United States and of
His Britannic Majesty ; that is to say:
on the part of the President ofthe United
States, with the advice and consent ofthe
Senate, thereof, Henry Middleton, a citi
zen of the said United States, and their
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary lo his Majesty the Emperor of
all the Russias ; ami on the part of llis
Majesty the King of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right
- Honorable Sir Charles Bagot, one of His
Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Coun
_ cil, Knight Grand Cross of the most hon
ourable order of the Bath, and His Majes
n ty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen
rs ipotentiary to llis Majesty the Kmpergy
,l_ of all the Russias : And the said Plenipo
it- tentiaries, altera reciprocal communica
tion of their respective full powers, found
!f* in good and due form, have agtjeed upon
the following articles ; V
article i.
:« For the purpose of ascertaining and
1B; determining the amount of inderanifica*
q. lion which may be due to citizens of the
>t United Stales under the decision of his
' ,l Impenal Majesty, two Commissioners
nr and two Arbitrators, shall be appointed
in the manner tallowing; that is lo say:
ono commissioner and one arbitrator shall
PS be nominated and appointed by the Pre
•* indent of the United States of America,
by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate thereof: and one commissioner
and one arbitrator shall he appointed by
[ t his Britannic Majesty. And the two com
missioners and two arbitrators, thus ap
pointed, shall meei and hold their sittings
as a Hoard in the city of Washington.
c 'They shall have power to appoint a Se
* crelary, and before proceeding to the
1 other business of the commission, they
f shall, respectively, lake the following
B oath \or affirmation) in the presence of
■ each other. Which oath or affirmation,
• being so taken, and duly attested, shall
* be entered on the record of their proceed
i ings ; that is to say : “I, A B, one of the
s commissioners (or arbitrators, as the case
1 may l»e,) appointed in pursuance of the
■ convention St. Petersburg
. 60th Juno,
1 on (he—day of-—-one thousand eight
. 12th July,
, hundred and twenty-two, between his
, Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,
, the United States of America, and his
f Britannic Majesty, do solemnly swear
, (or affirm) that I will diligently, impar
. Rally, and carefully, examine, and to
the best of my judgment, according to
justice and equity, decide all matters
,1 j submitted to mo as commissioner (or ar
,l bitrator, as the case may be,) under the
,1 said convention.”
,j- All vacancies occurring hy death or
otherwise shall be filled up in the manner
l( ofthe original appointment, and the new
~ commissioners or arbitrators shall'take
. the Mine oath or affirmation, and per
, term the same duties.
p ARTICLE 11,
I If, at (ho first meeting of this board,
(lie governments ofthe United ti la tea and
’ ot Great Btilain shall not have agreed
upm ii average value, to be allowed
' a- conq ensatton for each slave for whom
) indomnifi' ation maybe due ; then, and in
. that case, the commissioners and arbitrn
, tors shall conjointly proceed to examine
. the testimony which shall he produced
[ under the authority of (he President ol
, the United Stales, together'with such
. other competent testimony as they may
, see cause lo require or allow, going to
. prove the true value of slaves at the
, period of the exchange ofthe ratifications
, of the treaty of Ghent; and upon '.he evi
, deuce so obtained, they shall agree upon
and fix the average value. But in Case
I that a majority ofthe hoard of commis
sioners and arbitrators should not be able
I to agree respecting such average value,
then and in that case, recourse shall be
, had to the arbitration of the minister or
I other agent of the mediating power, ac
, credited to tho government of the United
States. A statement ofthe evidence pro
duced, and of the proceedings ofthe board
thereupon, shall be communicated lo the
said minister or agent, and his decision,
founded upon such evidence and proceed
ings, shall bo final and conclusive. And
the said average value, when fixed and
determined bv either ofthe three before
mentioned methods, shall in all case
serve as a rnlo tor the < ompensation to be
awarded for* each and every slave, for
whom it may afterwards be found that,
indemnification is due.
article tit.
V\ hen the average value of slaves shall
have been ascertained and fixed, (lie two
. commissioners shall cot-.Mi lute a board
; tor the examination of the claims which
1 tu ’e to be submitted lo them, and they
r shall notiiyto the Secretary of State ol
, the United States, that they are ready to
I ret rive a definitive list of the slaves and
. other private property, for which the ci
. tizciis of the United States claim indent
ntfical ion ; R being understood and here
li y agreed that the commission shall not
1 lake cognizance of, nor receive, and that
I bis Britannic majesty shall not be requi
s rf d to make, compensation for any claims
I lor private property under the first arti
p do ot the treaty of Ghent, not contained
. in the said list. And his Britannic majes
. ly hereby engages to tatise to be prodne
. ed betore the coinntision, as material to-
I wards ascertaining facts, all the cv idence
j ol which his majesty’s government may
i bo in possession, by returns from his ma
jesty’sofficers or otherwise, of the num
ber of slaves carried away. But the evi
dence so produced, or its detectivities-,
• shall not go iu bar of any claim or claims I
which shall be otherwise satisfactorily I
authenticated. i
article IV. |
The two Commissioners are hereby ,
empowered and required to go into an i
examination of all the claims submitted,
through the above mentioned list, by the ,
owners of slaves or other property, or by I
their lawful attorneys or representatives, j
and to determine the same, respectively, J
1 according to the merits of the several I
1 cases, uhder tue rule of the Imperial de
t ctsion herein above recited, and having .
. relereace, it need there bo to the expla- I
■ tiutory documents hereunto annexed. 1
I marked A and B.—And in considering t
such claims, the Commissioners are em
powered and required t 0 examine, on i
, oath or affirmation, all such persons as
shall come before them, touching the !
, real tut tutor of the slaves, or value of I
. olaer property, tor which indemnifies- '
( tiouTS claimed : and, also, to receive in '
j evidence, according as they may think i
j ‘■‘onsflcnt with equity and justice, writ- *
r - ten Jape, itious or papers being duly an- [
SHr : jf
•
thenticated, either according to existing
' legal forms, or in such other manner as
the said Commissioners shall see cause to
require or allow.
ARTICLE V.
la the event of the two commissioners
■ not agreeing in any particular case under
■ examination, or of their disagreement up
s on any question which may result from
i the stipulations of this convention, thee
i and in that case they shall draw by lot
: the name of one of the two arbitrators,
i who, after having given due consideratior
, to tlic matter contested, shall consul
, with the commissioners ; and a final deer
. siou shall be given, conformably to th«
opinion of the majority of the two conn
• mission ers, and ol the arbitrator so drawr
• by lot. And the arbitrator, when so act
. ing with the two commissioners, shall bt
1 bound in all respects by the rules of pro
i ceeding enjoined by the fourth article o
this convention upon the commissioners
and shall be vested witli the same pow
I ers, and be deemed, for that case, a com
. missioncr.
, ARTICLE VI.
' The decision of the two commissioners
s or of the majority ol tire board, as consti
j luted by the preceding article, shall it
. all cases be final and conclusive, whethei
I as to number, the value or the owncrshij
ol the slaves, o other properly, for vybicl
indemnification is to be made. And hi:
j- Britannic Majesty engages to cause tin
. sum awarded to each and every ownei
, in lieu of his slave or slaves, or olhet
property to be paid in specie, without
deduction, at such time or times, and ai
, such place or places, as shall be awardee
by the said commissioners, and on condi
tion of such releases or assignments to be
given, as they shall direct: provided that
no such payment shall be fixed to take
, place sooner than twelve months from the
day of the exchange of the ratifications ol
this convention.
ARTICLE VII.
It is farther agreed, that the commis
sioners and arbitrators shall be respect
ively paid in such manner as shall be
settled between the governments of the
United Stales and Great Britain, at tic
lime of the exchange of the ratification.-
of this convention. And all other expen
ses attending the execution of the com
mission, shall be defrayed jointly by the
United States and His Britannic Majesty,
the same being previously ascertained and
allowed by the majority of the board.
ARTICLE VIII.
A certified copy of this convenlion,
when duly ratified by His Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russia?, by the Pre
sident of the United States, by and with
the advice and consent ol their Senate,
and by His Britannic Majesty, shall be
delivered by each of the contracting par
lies, respectively, to the minister or other
agent of the mediating power, accredited
to the government of the United Slates,
as soon as may be after the ratifeatieus
shall have been exchanged, which last
shall be cfFortc,d at Washington, in six
months from the date hereof, or sooner il
possible.
In faith whereof, the respective TM -ni
potentiates have signed this Convention,
drawn up in two languages, and have
hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in triplicate, at St. Petersburg,
thirtieth June,
this -day of one thousand
twelfth July,
eight hundred and twenty (wo.
[l. sl NESSELRODE.
l. s. CAPODISTRIAS.
[l. s. HENRY MIDDLETON.
[l, s ] CHARLES BAGOT.
[translation.']
Count Nesselrode to Nr. Middleton.
The undersigned Secretary of Stole, directing
the Imperial administration of J- oreign Adairs, has
the honor 10 communicate to Mr. Middleton, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America, the opinion which the
Emperor, bis master, lias thought il Ids duly to ex
press upon the object of the differences which have
arisen between ti - United States and Great Bri
tain, relative to the interpretation of the first article
of the Treaty of (ihent.
Mr. Middleton is requested to consider this opin
ion us tlie award required of the Emperor by the
two powers.
He will doubtless recollect, that he, ns well as the
PlenipoUsilinry of His Britannic Majesty, in all Ids
memorials, lias principally insisted on the gram
matical sense of the first article of the Treaty of
Ghent, and (hat, even in ids note of the 4th [itJili]
November, 1821, he has formally declared, that it
was on the signification of the words in the text of
the article as it note is, that the decision of Ills Im
perial Ma jesty should lie founded.
The same declaration being made in the note of
the British Plenipotentiary, dated Bth [2oth] Octo
ber. 1821, the Emperor had only to conform to the
wishes expressed by the two parties, by devoting
all his attention to the examination of the gram
matical question.
The above mentioned opinion will show the man
ner in which His Imperial Majesty judges of this
question; audio order that tlie cabinet of Wash
ington may also know the motives upon which the
Emperor’s judgment is founded, the undersigned
has hereto subjoined an extract of some observa
tions upon the literal sense of tlie first article of the
Treaty of Ghent.
In tliis respect,the Emperor Ims confined himself
to following the rules of the language employed in
drawing up the act, bv which the two powers have
required Ins arbitration, and defined the object of
tbrir difference.
His Imperial Majesty has thought it his duly, ex
clusively, to obey tlie authority of these ; ulcs, and
Ids opinion could not but he the ngorious and ne
cessary consequence thereof.
The undersigned eagerly embraces this occasion
to renew to Mr. Middleton the assurances of bis
most distinguished consideration.
„ „ NESSELRODE.
St. Petersburg, 22d April, 1822.
[translation.]
His Imperial Mqfrsley's Award.
Invited by tiie United Slates of America and by
firent Britain to give an opinion, as arbitrator in
the dlffeidices which have arisen between these
two powers on the subject of the interpretation of
the fust article of tlie Treaty which they concluded
at Cibeut. on the 24th December, l Z l 4, the Emperor
has taken rogniiance of all the acts, memorials, and
notes, in which the respective plenipotentiaries
have set forth to his administration of forcen af
fairs the arguments upon which cadi of Ihejiiigant
parties depends in support of the interpretation
k r iveu by it to the saul article.
After’having maturely weighed the observations
exhibited on both sides;
Considering that the American plenipotentiary
and tlie plenipotentiary of Britain have desired that
the discussion should be closed;
s Considering that the former, in his note of the
4th (tfitlij November, 1821, and the latter, in his
note of the Bth (20th) October, of the same year,
have declared that it is upon the construction of the
text of the article at it stands, that the arbitrator’s
decision should be founded, and that both have ap
pealed, only as subsidiary means, to the general
principles of the law of nations and of maritime
law;
The Emperor is of opinion “that the question
can only be decided according to the literal and
grammatical sense of the first article of the treaty
of Ghent.”
As to the literal and grammatical sense of the
first article of the treaty of Ghent:
t on-idering that the period upon the significa
tion ot which doubts have arisen, is expressed as
follows -. r
“ All territory, places, and possessions, what so
ever, taken by either party from the other during
the war. or which may lie taken after the signing
of lilts treaty, excepting only the islands hereinab
ter mentioned, shall lie restored without delav,and
wuhivut causing any destruction or carrying away
nq»- of I tie artillery or other public property origi
i is in the said forts or places, and udeirh
shah rxi'nim theixin upon the exchange afthc eatifi.
ration., ul i hit treaty, or any slaves, or oilier private
property; and all archives, rcc.irds.deeds,and j<aj>crf. 1
: BISSt?SVS3 £ SSK»S!
and delivered to the proper authorities and persons
to whom they respectively belong,”
* Considering tliat, in thi« period, the words ort
•S rinallu captured, and which shall remain therein up- |
r ft. thatxehange of the ratifications, form an inclden
r tal phrase, which can have respect, grammatically,
I- on lv to the substantives or subjects w hich precede; .
n That tlie first article of the treaty of Ghent thus
prohibits the contracting parties from t arrying a
n way from the places of which it stipulates the res
it titution, only the public property, which might have
a ht en originally captured there, and which should re
' main therein upon the eocchange of the ratification,
,n but that it prohibits the carrying away from these
It same places, any private property wliatever:
: That on tlie other hand, these two prohibitions
are solely applicable to tlie places of which tlie ar
ie tide stipulates the restitution:
1- The emperor is of opinion:
“ That the United States of America are entitled
“ to a just indemnification, from Great Britain, for all
t- private property carried away by theßritish forces;
ie and «s the question regards slaves more especially,
for all such slaves as were carried away by the
British forces, from tlig places and territories of
0* which the restitution was stipulated by the treaty,
g in quitting tin-said places and territories.
’ “ That the United Slates,are entitled to consider
as having- been so carried away, all such slaves as
1- may liave been transported from the above men
tioned territories on hoatd of tlie British vessels
within the waters of the said territories, and who,
for thisreason, have not been restored,
a, “ Hut that, if there should he any American
: slaves who were carried away from territories, of
w hich the first article of tlie treatyof Ghent has
in not stipulated tlie restitution to the United Slates,
•r the United States are not to claim an indemnifica
. linn for the said slave.”
{ The Emperor declares, besides, that he is ready
n to exercise the office of mediator, which has been
is conferred on him beforehand by the two states, in
the negotiations which must ensue between them
ie in consequence ofthe award which they have de-
T manded.
> r Done at St. Petersburg, !2d April, 1822.
It
B.
d [translation.]
i- Count Nesselrode lo Mr. Middleton.
C The undersigned Secretary of State, directing
. the Imperial administration of foreign affairs, has,
without delay, laid before tlie Emperor, his master,
e the, explanations into which tlie Ambassador of
C llis Britannic Majesty has entered with the Impe
rial Ministry, in consequence of the preceding con
fidential communications which was made to Mr.
Middleton, as well ns to Sir Charles Bagot, of the
opinion expressed hy the Emperor upon the true
sense of the first Article ofthe Treaty of Ghent.
'* Sir Charles Bagot understands, that, in virtue of
- the derision of his Imperial Majesty, “ His Britnn
e nie Majesty is not bound to indemnify the United
States for any slaves, who, coming from places
e which have never been occupied by his troops, vo
< Uintnrily jo'ned the British forces, either in conse
, quence of the encouragement which His Majesty’s
officers had offered them,or to fr< e themselves from
■ the power of their master—these slaves ant having
. been carried away from places or territories cap
tured by his Britannic Majesty during the war, and,
e consequently, not having been carried away from
’» places of w hich the articles stipulates the restitu
[j tion.”
in answer to this observation, the undersigned is
charged by His Imperial M jesty to communicate
what follows to tlie Minister of the United States
of America.
' Ihe Emperor having, by the mutual consent of
( ’ the two Plenipotentiaries, given an opinion, founded
solely upon flic sense which results fam the text of
Il tAf article in dispute, does not t hink himself called
upon to decide he-e any question relative to what
i the laws of war permit or forbid to the belligerents;
I but, always faithful to the grammatical interpreta
tion of the Ist Article of the Treaty of Ghent, His
Imperial Majesty declares, a second time, that it ap
-1 pear" lo him according to the interpretation;
j “ That, in quitting the places and territories of
which tlie Treaty of Ghent stipulates the restitution
> lo the United Stales, his Britannic Majesty’s forces
s had no right to carry away from these same places
, and territories, absolutely, any slave, Ivy whatever
means lie had fallen or come into their power,
t “But that if, during the war, American slaves
I had been carried away hy the English forces, from
other places than those of which tlie Treaty of
Ghent stipulates tlie restitution, upon the territory,
or on board British vessels, Great Britain should
not lie bound to indemnify the United States for
’ the loss of these slaves, Ivy wliatever means they
might have fallen or come into the power of her of
ficers.”
. Although convinced, by the previous explana
> tions alio -e mentioned, that such is also the sense
which Sir Charles Bagot attaches to his observa
nt tion, tlie undersigned has nevertheless received
from His Imperial Majesty orders lo address the
present note lo the respective Plenipotentiaries,
which will prove to them, that, in order the belter
to justify the confidence ofthe two Governments,
the Emperor lias been unwilling that the slightest
doubt should arise regarding the consequences of
bis opinion.
The undersigned eagerly embraces Ibis occasion
of repealing to Mr. Middleton the assurance of his
most distinguished consideration.
NESSELRODE.
St, Petersburg,22d April, 1822.
0- ■ '■■■ "■ 1 ■
* Now, therefore, he it known, That 1 JAMES
' MONROE, President of the United States, have
caused the said Convention to be made public, to
the end tliat the same, and every clause and article
• thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good
faith by the United Mates and the citizens thereof.
'■ In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed. Done ai th- City of Washing-
IL.S.J ton, this eleventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
' United Slates the forfv-sevemh.
s JAMES MONROE.
* By the President:
1 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary of State.
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TOR THE CHRONICLE & ADVERTISER.
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e THE MOON.
’ Oft have I watched its silvery light,
Gentlystealingo’er the scene;
■ When softly gushed the breeze of night,
Trembling in the foliage green
c ■ -
il It onward came like the sweet lute,
' Breathing o’er the azure sea;
As zephyrs kiss Hesperian fruit,
f And waft their odours silently.
i
I gazed upon the heavenly orb,
And scarce a leaf was beard to fail;
Nought could its blissful thoughts disturb,
Which hail’d thee loveliest of them all.
i Oh 1 if beyond the starry sky,
s Min’string saraph forms are there,
May hosts celestial hover nigh,
And from thy bosom banishcare—
And lull thee in Elysian dreams,
Breathing softest minstrelsy,
Wafted over iialcyon streams,
f And wake thee to reality.
Yes, Portia, may’st thou wake to bliss,
I Though joys from me affrighted fly;
I ' lor ah! what now is happitiess!
, A tempting draught tliat’s falsly nigh !
\ MINNA.
i FROM THE CONNECTICUT MIRROR.
It was proposed in the House on
1 Friday, that certain restrictions
; should be laid on the Alewive fishery
! 10 Connecticut river, and its branch
; during particular seasons, on the
: supposition, that these fish were
j young Shad, and that a Commttee
( s hould be appointed to investigate
i the subject. It is well known that
Mice are young Rats, and the reply
ot the Irishman, when charged with
. stealing a Gun, « that he had owned
it ever since it was a Pistol,’’ was ac
• knowledged to be conclusive. This
; suggestion is placed beyond doubt,
I b y tbe discovery of gentlemen who
eat Ale wives at,hoihe, and Shad in i
Hartford, that the anatomical struc- i
tore is the same, and that both have
“ Me sovif number of ribs.” ;
Latest from France.
NEW-YORK, JUNE 2.
The ship Othello, Gapt. Lambert,
has Just got up. We have received
Bordeaux papers to the 251 h April
inclusive.—The lateness of the hour
prevents our procuring translations
for this evening.
The Honorable Mr. Forsyth came
passenger in the Othello, who states
that the French Army had entered
Lagrono, on their march to Pampe
luna. The Duke of Angouleme had
crossed the Ebro, on his way to
Madrid. The inhabitants abandon*
ed their homes on the approach of
the invaders, and no attempts had
been made to check their progress.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Angouleme had entered Bordeaux.
She was received by the loyal sub
jects of King Louis with the greatest
enthusiasm.
Brandy had advanced at Bordeaux,
where it was quoted on the 24th at
about 225 f for Armagnac, and 280 to
290 for Cognac.
M* de Franck, Charge d’Affairs
from the Court of Austria, arrived at
Toulouse on the 20th of April from
Madrid, on his way to Paris. He
left that city on the Bth, at which
time all was tranquil, but on his jour
ney he found the Spaniards making
preparations to receive the French
army.
A young man, a Spaniard by birth,
has been condemned at Toulouse to
nine years imprisonment, forexciting
the French soldiers to desert.
TOULOUSE, APRIL 23.
About 450 Spariards arrived yes
terday, under the charge of a detach
ment of the 45th and some Gendar
mes ; they are a part of 700 taken in
the action near Santos Dadron.—
Eleven officers and 200 men made
their escape. The prisoners have
been put in barracks of St. Charles,
where they will remain till transferred
to Avignon. 200 more taken at
Geretaria, are expected here.
BAYONNE, APRIL 20.
It is generally supposed that His
Royal Highness will await at Burgos
the result of the operations of the ar
my of Catalonia, and the arrival of
the cavalry which remains behind.
The French Consul who had left
Bilboa, is about to return.
It is said that the greatest force of
the Spanish Constitutionalists is in
Catalonia and Arragon.
A Courier has just arrived from
Madrid.—The entry of the French
was not known when he left. Great
exertions were making by those con
cerned in the revolution to organize
a system of defence; the organization
of new militia, conscriptions and
other projects, more easily formed
than executed, were in agitation.
The opening of the session of the
Cortes will take place at Seville on
the 23d—The king and queen of
Spain are in pretty good health.—
The Madrid journals state that the
Royalist General Morales had been
taken in an action at Carneja.
Gen. Quesada has made a demand
at Bilboa for 400 complete uniforms
—Bessieres, Merino and Isidore oc
cupy jthe defiles ofSerno Sierra; the
troops forming the garrison of Mad
rid have gone out to meet them.
PUTARDO, APRIL 18.
This city enjoys the greatest tran
quility—The order and discipline of
the French troops inspires confi
dence, and none of the inhabitants
have any idea of abandoning their
homes; those that had fled are has
tening back again. All the Royalist
authorities have been re-established.
The villages of Gulls and Levia are
occupied by the French—Boo sol
diers of the Army of the Faith are
expected at Salagouse. Troops ar
rive daily, and will no doubt proceed
immediately—lt is said that thedivi
sion which will pass into the interior
ol Catalonia will be composed of
from 8 to 9000 men.
PARIS, APRIL 21.
It is rumoured that the Sessions of
the Chambers will not be closed, but
merely prorogued, as circumstances
may arise to render their speedy con
vocation expedient. It is also said
that the prorogation will take place
to-day or to-morrow.
A Council of Ministers was held
yesterday at the-house of the Minis
ter of War. ,
The Gazette of Madrid of the sth
inst. contains an official dispatch,
dated Valencia, April 2, from Gen.
Abascal, which announces that a
troop of 1000 Constitutionalists bad
defeated a body of 5000 Rayalists,
between Murviedro and Almenara,
when 800 of the latter were killed,
and 200 made prisoners.
An Order of the Day, signed by
Marshal Oudinot, and dated Head
quarters at Villa France, April 11th,
1823, has been issued, to express to
the troops of the Ist corps the Duke
of Angouleme’s satisfaction with the
regiment which engaged with the
Spaniards that salliedjfrom St. Sebas
tian, and to announce that his Royal
Highness would grant recompenses
to those who most distinguished
themselves, and that their names
would appear in the bulletin of the
armv.
\
An expiatory r»onument #-*
|.veofthee,erla.tip g 6ri efof '>^
! JS t( » be erected on the snnt l e >
Louis XVI. was bdheaded Where
U The Journal de Toulo us
1 12th inst. announces that Lieut f r*
, neral Barbot haviig receiver!
i Duke of Angoulenie’s command
occupy the Valley of Aran, dispafe?
, ed for that purpose the Marerl. fi i
1 C r a r. Re r Ud "ill 1 f ° Ur co »pan£
I ofthe 45th of foot, Ji. '
I I( * h * An officered 20 militia'
, who were th ere tjrew down their
, arms, and fled at th\ approach ofth
P advanced guard, i
| . The Archbishop pf Toulouse haH
just issued a mandamus for pravers
, f° be offered up in at the churches of
his diocese during the war with
Spain. I
; TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH,
rri nr - YONN /b April 19th.
The Major General to the Minister
| of I far.
I . “ T,, e Port and Citadel of Gucta
na have been carried by our troops—
, 200 men, among) whom are two
, colonels and ten officers, have been
I tak . en w *th five pieces of cannon and
, their subsistences.
, “ The Duke of Angouleme is well
It is said that the eriemy has evacuai
f ted the fort of Pancdrbo, after having
; spiked the cannon; that they aban
doned Burgos on the 14th; and that
the French army is expected there by
I the authorities, who have provided
the subsistences.
’ “We meet every where with tire
most flattering reception.”
NEW-YORK, MAY 29.
From Ireland.— The ship Robert
, Burns, Captain Coffin, arrived yes
. terday from Londonderry, whence
3 she sailed on the 29th ult. but did
3 pot bring any papers later than the
, 27th. The Belfast Chronicle of that
i date gives the following article on
t the subject of some fresh disturbances
in the county of Dublin:—
We regret to find, by a proclaim
-5 tion issued by the Lord Lieutenant
* and Privy Council, dated the 22d
’ inst. that such part of the county
of Dublin as lies south of the turn
pike road leading from Dublin to
t Cork, and outside the Dublin police
district, being part of the baronies of
f Upper Cross and Newcastle, is in a
j state of disturbance, and requires an
extraordinary establishment of Po
, lice.—Thus has the nefarious and
! unprincipled system of spoliation
t anti mischief, pursuing by the infa
tuated peasantry of the country,
„ reached almost to the very verge of
' the metropolis.
j The London dates are only to the
j 22d, the same as furnished by the
Leeds from Liverpool.
; Carricatures.— The following car*
j ricatures are published in London.
f 1. Old Bumblehead the 18th, try
ing on the Napoleon boots, or pre
, paring for the Spanish campaign.
I 2. Bumblehead in ago cart, at
tempting to restore petticoat govern-
I raent, embroidery, bigotry, and the
, holy inquisition in all their original
glory.
, 3 A Spanish Mule and a French
’ jackass, or portraits of Ferdinand
the 7th and the duke d’A ngouleme.
4. A French hilt on a Spanish
rapier, or Prince hilt where he
j. ought to be.— Advertiser.
i FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Beacon Office, Norfolk , June 9.
By the schr. Princess Anne, capt
; Bank, arrived here this morning, in 9
, days from Havana, a file of the Ha
; vana Diario del Gabierno, from sth
• to 28th May inclusive, and of El In
i dicador Constitutional, from sth to
24th May, have been received at the
Beacon Office News Room.
• have also been favoured with several
1 letters from officers of Com. Porter '
* squadron and from our regular and
attentive Correspondent at Havana,
from which we substract some inter
esting extracts.
Capt. Banks understood that the
officers and crews of the squadron
were in good health.
The U. S. schr. Wild Cat, Skim (
ner, and Ferret, Newell, sailed tor
Key West to refit, the day previous
to the departure of the Princess-Anne-
The U. S. schooner Pilot, Lieut.
Com’dt. Stribling, sailed for Vera
Cruz, 4 or 5 days before the Princess-
Anne came out.
From our Correspondent.
HAVANNA, MAY 24, 1823.
ü ßy the British ship Romulus,
which has just arrived here from La
Vera Cruz, we learn that the Empe
ror Iturbide, with his family, was jus
embarking for Leghorn in the Eng
lish ship Rawlins, to sail in company
with the English frigate Tamai,an
that the Republic of Mexico l> a
agreed to allow him $25,000 per an
num, during life. Who is to succ*
him in the government, or what
new arrangements are, I have n •
been able to ascertain.”
,
U.S. Schr. Wild Cat, I
HAVANA, MAY 23d, IB2S*) .
“ Nothing new has transpired,
remain as when I wrote you
with the exception of having