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FOHEhW INTELLIGENCE.
.From London Paper? received by the pri
vateer David Porter.
* NORWAY.
cowextion,
■Bctrjccri bis Royal High nets tbc. Prince
Royal of Soueden in tbc name of the
King of Swedws of tbc one par t, and
tbc • Norwegian, Government of tbe
other part, concluded at blast, Au
gust 14— |
Article id. HRoyal Highness Prince
Cbriftian I hall, as soon as possible, con
aroke the States General of the Kingdom
of Norway, according to the inode pre
ferred by the cxifting Conflitution—The
Diet (hall be opened on the lad dy of
September; or if'this be inif rafticable,
within the firtt days of U&ober.
ad. His Majeflv the King of Sweden
(hall communicate directly with the
by one or more commiflioner3 whom he
(hall appoint.
3d. His Majedy the King of Sweden
promiles to accept the Conditution fram
ed hy the Deputies of the Diet of Kws- ,
wold.—Hi? Majedy will prpmife such
changes only as are ftecicffary to the union
of the two Kingdoms, and enHfees to
make none other but in concert with the
Diet;
4th. The promises of his Swedish Ma
iefty, and of the Prince Royal to the
Norwegian people, shall be ftrkttly fulfill
ed and confirmed by his Majedy to the
Norwegian Diet.
sth. Tlie Diet shall dffemble at Chris
tiana. . .
6th. His Majedy the’ King of Sweden
declares, that no prrfon shall be mob fled,
diietlly or indirr filly, for any opinions
heretofore exprefftd idverfe to the liondr
of the two Kingdoms—The Norwegians
civil and military funfilionaries, or ihofe
who are foreigners, ‘hall lie treated with all
regard aifd courtesy. Noue of them shall
be harrafled for his opinion. Those who
decline continuing thidr (ervices shall be
prnfioned according to the laws of the
Country •’
7th. His Majeftv the King of Sweden
shall employ his good offices with his Ma
jedy the King of Denmark, to procure the
revocation of the ordinances or edi&s pro!.
Biulgated lince Jan. 14th, 1814, againd
tlie public forrfitionaries, amPtlie kingdom
$f Norway in general. 1
Done at Moss, Aug, 14th, 1 9 14. ’
Ratified, CimisTtAw Fbedesics.
. CONVENTION.
Article id. Hodilities shall cease by
Iba arid land between the Swedish troops
and fleets on the one fide, and the Norwe
gian troops and fleets ou the otlier, from
the day of signing (he prefetu convention
till 15 days after the opening of the Diet,
■With 8 da\s notification, beyond that time,
id. The blockade of the Norwegian
’ ports fhalTbe raised from the da v of Agoing
these prefctiU. Importation and exporta
tion shall be free, regard being had to the
Norwegian cuflon* duties.
3d. If the form Is of Frederickflein has
not already capitulated, it shall be imme
diately lurrendertd, with tlie works there
unto belonging, to the troops of his Swe
difti Majeftv. The garrison shall march
put of the fortrefc with arms, baggage and
xll military honors. The officers shall be
permitted to go wherever they pro
per ; ‘ tbe foidiers shall return to their
homes. Both flmll ‘promife not again to
Hi ae againd tlie troops of his Swedish Ma- ;
jedy. J
4th and )thi Tlie articles trace the line
of demarkation ; dipulates tliat the Nor
wegian national troops sh 11 be dilbanded,
and return fa their ,rtfpc£tive provinces;
that only four regiments and a brigade of
artillery fhi'lbe maintained.
6th. Only two Swedilh divisions with a
‘proportion Os cavalry and artillery, shall
remain in Norway..Tlmteftofethe Swe
diflrimy Hiatt return to Sweden. * . <
7th. The part cf tfie Norwegian army
remaining under anus, shall rear* within
the line of dcinarkation in two days—
Tiie Swedish army returning home shall
commence its movements as soon as possi
ble. 1 * I
Btb. and 9th. Provide for the recipro
cil refforation of harmony between the
two armies; fpr the dffcontinuatice of con
tributions and rtquifitions, and for the lib
j, -Orition of prifouers. * ,
\ \ ‘ ioth. Sipulates with a view to tbe tree- j
1 jftom of deliberation of the Diet, that nei- *
thcr the Swedish Bor the Norwegian troops
Audi approach within three mites of th*
place of fitting. . / .
\ ■ 0
PItOCLAMATION Os PrIBCB ChBISTIAN.
Norwegians. —Wien uJ>on the diflo
■ lotion of your union with Denmark, we
, < took upon ourselves the of tlie
> affnrs of Norway it was your
h loved coßutrv from beiattora to pi. evs
\by civil war and frflforts. Your wishes
f* called us to the throne of Norway ; we *
Obeyed your call. Your confidence aud
your good cause demanded ■ our participa- <
! tioiv. We relolved to every person- i
■i fi al lacrifice, in order <so ficiire to you thole
p. benefits. J
It is true we weVa aware of the dangers
E which threatened'your hopes and oun> in
3 such an unequal cant est; but we oould not.
f poffildy conceive that the moll powerful
Bates of Kuropq would continue to oppress
V JKible and injfocent people, whofereafona
f W • wish was liberty, and whole only tk
f fire was indeptrdence. 4,
Meanwfille Sweden’s powerful allies
r informed us by their Envoys, tliat tlie tin- ,
L jpn of Norway with Sweden was irrevo- i
| dtttemiinad 00. Itswcs known to }
you that we were willing to Sacrifice cur t
-perlini.il hapjjy situation iftlwg r ca: alicm- j
bly of the tnuon fhoold find it conducive *
to tin: hipjgntli of the jmtion ; tliat you
likewifeknow, conditions upbii
which an armiflice was •’ that time offer- ,
tu were fitch that we could, not at that
accede eo them till the fonune of
war Iva 2 been tried, because they were
cOiitrarv to tfie fundamental laws.
We saw With regret, that our sincere
endeavors to avoid 3 war in the'north
were fruititTs* v
y ‘l’he cMtnfive frontiers and seacoasts of
Norway made'U neCeffary to divide the
: troops* Sweden made great exertions to
difflrent points,and in the uncertain
ty on what part of the kingdom the attack
might be expected, from whtsh we could *
cover the interior proviurer, of the king
dom, and at the fame time haff-n to tlie as
sifl.mce of such point* as were threatened
or attacked. In all th< fe iefjjed\s, Glom
men feemtd to present tbe mull advanta
ges.
Ou being informed of the enemy’s inva
sion by Ide Stettin and Swinefland, we
battened to colled 9 corps at Rackettadc
in order, by an attack from that - fids, to
(lop tlie further progief* of tbe enemy—-
but the unexpefted furrehderof Frederit k
flatlt obliged us to take a position on tlie
Glommri), the enemy having obtained a
secure paflage lb that tbc road to Crittiana
might be forced.
f Tho-enemy being superior at sea, had it
in his power by frequent landings to turn
our right .flank.
A lung blockade hy the English irid
Swedilli naval force had hindered us from I
furnifliing our in .gaaines in a fuffirient f
manner; rhev were nearly exhautted. and ‘
Want of the firtt ueceffiries threatened to I
break that courage which the fnperigr force
of tlie enemy could dfot bend. Tlie de
puties from the Diet were not received by *
tiy. F-nglifh Minillry, and therefore, re- i
turned without any hope of assistance or a i
relaxation cf the mimical measures of that ‘
kingdom.
Under these circumflances Sweden pro- !
poses an arqsifliie; of tiie two fortoffes,
the occupation of wjiicli by Swed'dli troops
had been refuftd in the negociations'tiut ‘
were broken ofl*, on<; was already in their, i
hands, and the other cutoff from all idief j
and bombarded. Tfie fortune of war had |
declared againlt us, arid tiie cotidnuanon
of the contefl would, in such circumflrn- [
ces fiave led only to the total ruin of our |
country. To prevent this, and give the J
‘ nation an;opportunity of learning the con- j
’ dition of the kingdom bv a meeting of tlie"!
Diet, we repeat our offer of retiring from ;
that happy situation to which your confi
dence had called us.
The irmiflict and convention oftfe 14th
inst. were ligned,and in conlequence there
of, we have by our refcriptthis day direct- 1
ed to all the chief Magittrates cauied an !
extraordinary Diet to be furamoned, to :
meet at tihrittmna, on Friday, 7th Oil. ,
this year. Bt lowd people of Norway!
only imperious necessity, this you cannot
, doubt, could hat e induced us to take a step,
which your attachments to us renders doub
ly painful. Our di fire was todf ferveyour
love; our comfort is the conviction of
your sentiments, and the confeiausnefs that
your'welfare was theobjeA of our afliprts.
Mofs, Aog. 16, 1814, under
our hand and the seal of die kingdom.
(L. S.) CHRIST. FREDERICK.
Vo Holten.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14
j EXPEDITION AGAINST AMERICA. ‘
! Some of the daily li:tiers in Nevw-Yorfc,
seem disposed to diferedit the inform ition
that the armament which fa'drd frorh Ply
mouth was dritined for America, and fup
poCe. it quite as likelv tliey were bound to
thp continent. An Englitti gentleman,
to 6, informs one of the tdi'-oA, that the
\ Norfolk Transportt, means the Norfolk
Transport, a large vessel of 600 tons—
likely ftoiy indeed ! H
| We have not the leafl doubt on the fub
jeft. Tlw expedition is dettiot and far Ame
rica, and is now at BdrmuSa, or near or
coattj and i* no doubt, from the number ot
ft; ve iffy-fours and frigates employed,
ry formidable one.
J As ttated in our paper of yeflerdav,
vm next attack made upon us, will be
with all the ftrtngth Great-Britain can em
ploy/ and this to at one point. If 30,009
men are not font againtt us, the force will ;
. riot. be Ms than 20,000. Imperious ne- !
b+effitv, Bur liberties, and nil we hold dear, |
4 call'upon us, to be prepared for the mo- ;
ment. ‘‘Security is man’s direfl enemy.” ■
There is wliich eiwhies nun to I
stem calimity niore thn preparing for tlie
wortt. -
V\'e hope tfie councils of our nation will
not deep or watte time at an hour like this.
The refponfibiiity now on rheir flKnil
ders—.Tfie Prelident in this inttance, cam
not be made :lief>crifke—if the nation be
a second time, difgraced*—the flrame will
red withthem. A great anddecifive blow
is men .eed againtt us— Hill not
• coming to America with a paltry force—
to tamifh and fritter away: the laurels he
1 gained in Spain. If r.umbe.w can gamvic-t
i tory—he will hqve tliem, audit will call
j for all our energies, and fi.ength, and pat
j riotism, to meet him with honor to oiir
lelvea—Let him defeat, and the war
is at an end—butKe vare of vidlorv perch
ing on his banners—-even in the firtt onset.
With our extended territory, it is difficult
to fay at which point he will make iiis at
tack.— Maryland, Pennfy ivauia, & New-
York, should with particu
lar interest on thf present crisis—and can
grefs, if they bave the good of thei& coun
, try at heart, will employ the present im
i portaut hour with unprecedented energy.
I Wo are sorry to observe, that the citizens
of 1111110107* are discharged from military
duty... Fur<,.:ghs tor weeks or forunghts,
we should have ccnfidered tn-iter—but that
tliey ilill should have becn conftdered un
der military duty. We trull this will be
remedied—awake—T-the toe fin wiKri soon
ring the alarm.
‘ . •
NORFOLK, Nov. 25.
- Arrived, Wednesday 23d mft. fchr.
Eliza and Susan, Tyler, from the Eallcm
shore. Gapt. T. iu forms that he took ad
vantage of the gale front tlie N. W. on
Friday night to pass the enemy’s (hipping
in Lynrihaven, but befog unfortunately
driven to Leeward of Hampton Roads, he
was compelled to run opt to sea. On
Saturday morning, being 12 miles to tjie
Southward of the Capes, hr deferied a
boat foine dillance off, with a number of
persons on board, one of whom made sig
nals with a handkerchief. He immediate
ly bore away for them, and on nearer ap.
proach, discovering them to be enemies, ’
lie put about again. Tliey then called to ;
him, and entreated tliat he would take j
them up as tliey were in great distress, upon ‘
which he Complied, and took them on
board his vessel. They proved to be t
Captain Barber, commander of tlie Daunt-;
less, Britifli frigate, and 9 teamen, and
when taken on beard the fehooner, were
nearly exhaujlcd with cold and fatigue,)
Capt.; Barber, ttated that*his (hip was at j
anchor in Lynnhaven, with tlie Hebrus
frigate, Pqlmei, on Friday even
ing, when tfie gale came on, and that (he
parted hci cable and drove out to sea.
■ Captain B. dining that day with Captain
i, Palriier, was on board the Hebrus, when
i tfie accident happened; he immediauly
I manned tiie Hebrus' 1 cutter, and followed
tlie Dauntless, in hopes of overtaking her.
111 this liowevor, be failed, and after r<e
; maining at lea all nigrit, butfetted about
1 by tiie temprlluous waves, was taken up.,
iby Capt. Tyler. How atl open boat, at
• sea, and during an unufuany heavy gale,
1 could fin vive so long, 13 matter of afton
! iflimcnt. Capt. Tyler took them back to
the Hebrus, where he received tjvery ac
knowledgement due tq so maniktt an a£l
of difi iterefled humanity, and waspermit
j ted to depart with his vessel, without any
! rdlridiion whatever. The Hebus is a
| new ihip, but lately offthe ttocksj and her
officers all uncommonly yoimg men—
| They talk largely about taking our towns
| next year, whicii they fay the/ are re.
j solved to do or perifli ,in the Attempt— *
| Lord Hitt, was not expected to come
|;oqt before tlie spring, but Cockrubh
j was looked for in die Chesapeake eve
-17, <j>y . J 1
‘l be ihip which came in fjrom sea on !
Tutsday night, is no doubt the Dauntless/’
returned to her anchorage a fchoorier,
1 tender, wliich went out with her has pro
j h.ibly upset, as it was die general belief
onboard the Hebrus,*that she could not
furvive tlie florin, being short of- ballaff.
She had 6 men on board .r—Heraltp
RICHMOND, Nov. 29.
Extra Si cf a letter from a gentle
man at Washington, datid Novem
ber 23. ;
“ At a Ijte hour yetterday the OoN
schiptiox Bitt, pafftd the Senate by a
majority cf liven votes. The fmtiment
is furpriaingfy uniform here tliat upon this
bill depends the fate of the union. On
Saturday, Mr. King witn a perspicuity,
energy and eloquence peculiar, to Jfunfelf
pointed out thp deformed and uncopttitu
tioijal features of the biff; pledging bim
feif at a future day to prove the unconlYnu
tiouality of mealure. Tiie succeeding
. day tie was R-ized with a violent and dis
treffmg catarrh which confined him on
Tuesday to his bed. On that day the
Senate being determined to pals finally on
the bill, Mr. Goldfbofough of your ttate
attacked it with vigor in an eloquent and
moll pathetic ipeech, in which In.- potr
trayed rliedifli-M* tbat-woulflbe"brought
upon the countrv. Mr. Gnre followed
Tiini in a ttyle rarely witneffi din the Sen- j
ate. He pronounced'the meafm e uncoil- |
ilitutional and fraught with evfcry species !
of miltliief and calamity. He fifid if it j
became a law, i: would and ought to be |
refitted, or the people did not deserve to be
flee. He concluded his dignified and e
leclrical speech by moving in the name of
his venerable sick friend an amendment,
which wcriHd have expunged the uncqnlli*
j tutional feature from the bit], without
1 weakening tlie defence it was’calcyiiated
j to provide for the country. Even General
j Varnum opposed the bill but it was hurn-
I ed through. *
| “ The fame night two of Mr. Madi
son’s confidential Virginian friends called
on him, and told him the party was fall
ing to pieces, and tliey would soon be left
in a minority, as they wete daily lofipg
friends* in die house, and in short the
country was gone unless something was
foondsitirto relieve'the nation aud turn i
tlie current of events. Mr. Madison re-’ j
plied peevishly , that -h'* party was never !
phifically, or nuniericallv ttroeger than at
this day.’ As Bob Backttav faysi 1n his ,
admirable allegory, publiliied in Wednes- )
day’s Federal Republican, “ tlie admiral •
keeps in tbe cabin, and will not come j
j upon deck to fee how the (hip is managed,
or what is the ttate of tlie weather,'&c.”
... .•imaiaMii
LATEST FROM CANADA.
We have received this morning (fays
the Pott of latt from our corres
pondent at Burlington. Quebec and Mon
treal papers to the 13th of this months—
( bey announce the arrival at the port ol
Orehec, from the 26th of October to the
16th eff November, 5 j fail moflW square
rigged v, if Is from Europe* IVn of this
number ace merchant vdjjels with general
cargoes, and the rtmainderonenvermaent
account, with n.val.'ttoiei, provisions, nx
litary clothing, and.1 249 officers and men
for the army, befidrir. carpenters and lea
* men for the lakes!
Tbe Quebec Mercury is filled with ex
travagant speculations on the liibjeA ot the
Ghent negotiation. The foilo>ving is a j
fpecimertof the news and feelings ot one j
of the Writers.
“ Tbe Ghent Negotiations*—-la our
latt we had only tiint to fay a few words
on tfie fubjecY of the negociations atGbrmt,
which ve know not how to pals over with
out giving them fome turther considera
tion. In this we shall confine oilrielves to
what regards the Canadas.
“ Wliifft <he United States think that
Gii*at-Britain lias been üßreafonabhin her
pnipofds it appears that there are those in
this country who are of opinion that flie ‘
has not asked euough, particularly jn tiiiie
of war, of the navigation of the river St.
Lawrence betweeix Montreal and Lake
Ohtario. That, as indispensably neces- ;
fary to its security, as well as to the pre
servation of the Canadas to G “eat-13ritain,
the Americans should bt complied to a
bandon toriie•BritiUi crown, the trail of I
, Territory lying between Lakes Ontario
and Champlain ; infi ling that an increase
of American population, in that trail, will
in time, become fata! to the hold of Great
| Britain on these colonies.”
At a General Court-Martial, held iit
the City of VV alhington, whereof Brig* j
Smith of tbe nylitia of the Diftrii] otCo- }
lumbia was Prelident, the Court, on Ihe
1 zth infi. decided, that Captain Samuel
T. Dyson, of tlie United Stai*; corpr of
Artillery, being commanding officer of the
U. S. Fort Wafiiington, did, cn or about
the 27th day of August, 1814, when an
elit:my was Approaching said Fort, njiflje
have himfelf before the em-my and fliame
. fully abandon th* Fort and Pott wliich he
then and there commanded, and wliich it.
was his duty to defend.
Also, that he did, at the fame time and I
place, call away and deftrov his arms and ‘
ammunition, dismantle anddeftroy the fort;
and, without any necessity therefor from
the pressure of an enemy,did ma.cli offthe
garriibn from the fame, in violation of his
duty, and contrary to his orders.
And the court fen ter; ced the laid Samu
el T. Dyfon to be dismissed the lervice of
the United States.
Which sentence has. been approved by ;
’ Major-General Scott, commander of ths
loth military diflrict.
“ For viherein thou judgeflanother thou
i condemnest thyself; for tbcu that
’ judgest does the same things. |
Brigadier Gen. Hull, in the bosom of a
vafl cut off from, fuppiics, fiir
routided with favagts,his officers munitions,
mod of his soldiers raw, and many ofthttn .
proven to be cowards; under these circutn
ttances Gen. Hull yielded up the pitiful
little toiVn of Detroit, and along with it
his army 0/ about two or .three thousand.
Gen. Hgll, having been in a manner judg- j
ed -uid condemned by the American oabi- i
net beforehand, was sentenced by a court j
. martial to be ttiot: and President Madison
■ confintu and the ferttence but spared his life ;
at the fame time ordering his name, with
all marks of Ignominy and scorn, to be .
(b uck out of the roll of American officers.
Near two years after Gen. Hull’s sur
render, at a period of the war when there
had been full time for ample preparations,
the felf-fame prtfident, Madison, being
Generalissimo of all the forces of the Uni
ted States, and being perlonally on the
fpot,’ and along with him tlie secretary of
, war, and other puissant mtnibers of the
cabinet; tlie proud feat of government, fit- j
uated in tlie heart of a populous country, j
and containing public property to the a- ;
mount ot several millions, was tamely i
‘yielded up, almoii without re Pittance, to
■ an army not more than about five thou
sand ilrong, commanded by a y oung officer
who had been fcarcelv known to tame.
Connecticut Gourani.
} - ‘
j From tbe Philadelphia Advertiser.
*• To The Editors. .
ccurt Marti jl omol bache;
It would be fatisfaftory to many pf ’
your readers, if vou would explain (he |
causes of the apparent inconsistency in the i
fciuence of the late Court Martial on Col. 1
Sadie, of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, |
in which are involved’principles novel in ,
mifitary jurtfprudence, and calculated,
without perhaps, a “ view. df the whole I
ground,” to expose tliis very refpedlable j
* t; • iunal to imputations, which, from -my ;
knowledge of the military talents and ex
perience of many ot the mejibe/s, it can-,
not deserve. , * >
, The Court find Col. Bache guilty of
mutiny, on the second fpecification, vjz.
That he With otlier officers did conspire
in a mutinous manner, arid by his conuudl !
* and exairiple adually producing mutiny.” 1
; In puffing sentence the Cijurt express 1
| “ their sense of tfie enormity of tbe of- !
| fence, of its tendency to tbe subversion
of millitary discipline , and of the neceffi
j ty to prevent, by every means in. their
power, the tffetts 01. so pernicious an ex
. ample.” And yet, ttrange as it seems to
j app*ar, they also declare that “ they are ’
equally imprefftd with the purity tof the j
motives which uiluated the prisoner, rest-
ing, as he did, on an honefl mifcouception
o( his duties.” A. B. j
(Having attended the Court Martial, ■
occaficnaliy, we will endeavour to gratify •
our cot refponden: by attempting to explain
the apparent inconfiflency in tiie sentence
alluded to, to-morrow.]
Among the arrivals by the latt Eatt In
dia fleet in England, is fir George Barlow,
late governor of Madras* Sir Cgorge we j
underttand, went ta Ipffia in 1779,- isTi
ftvin that time to tlie present pened has
never reviiited his native country—having,
•during a period of 35 years, filled ovey gra
dation ot r ■S in the service of the lion.
Eatt India company ,’ from that of writer
to the rank of Gov. General. .
[Lohdon paper.
GAZETTE OF ELBA.
A letter from luly received in Eng
land, ttates that Bonaparte was forming a
printing eftablillmient nd tha)
orders had been lent to tlie adjacent conti
nent for tlie types, preffts, &c* In addi
tion to tiie memoirs of his own life, it is
said he intends to iffiie a regular Court Ga
zette. It is expedited tlie circulation of ‘
this paper will be exceedingly extensive.”
VVe are glad that Iris imperial and coy -
al majetty lias found fame bufiuess to do.
, He has now become the editor of a public •
paper. We hope he will fend fone ot
his numbers containing his profpc&us to
Wailiingtort, and we doubt not lie would
be fui nilhed with a very decent lift of lub
’ feribers. What a magnificent fight it .
would be if bis imperial and royaLmajetty,
(khould not only turn editor, but be com
pelled by the force of circumflances, t*
work with his own balls arid lairb black*
[Baltimore Telegraph.
Erie, (Pa.) Nov., 4.
Extract of a letter , dated Detroit, sV
| ‘ v'ember 9. •
“I will give you a Angular account ofa
Pig. Latt foil a pig fell in with die mount
ed men fromKemucky,came on tothe Rap
ids with them, and returned with them .to
Frankfort. Another half-grown pig, ft®
in with the troops that have lately arrived
here, at Kentucky river, and has aAually
come to this place with them. I have feeu
it niyfelf; it marches when they march,
and halts when they do. I have no.dpgbt
but it wiil return with them, unit is ij
meet* with an accident.
! Tlie following amount of property wa
taken from on Board the enemy’s fleet r&
cently captured by Com. Macdonough, oq
Lake Champlain .
11,800 wt. of powder exclusive of fix.
ed ammunition for the tlups; between 80
and 90,000 wt. of bails, &C. 6000 maj
kets ; 600 suits of tailors winter clothing p
and the winter clothing for the wftule of
, the land army,— Rutland Uciald.
Sovereignty of the Seas,
In a late memoir of the French Inftfo
tute, is a bitter philippic againtt this fine
reignty, ‘and a notice adapted to the
| writer’s purpose of two great works ; tht>
one by Seidon and the other by
On this fubjett. Tlie following is the his
torical anecdote which it has been found
ufefol to revive :
w In difpute arose between tlie-
EngHfh and tbe Durh concerning tlie
herring filhery upon the Britifli coast. Th.
French and Dutch had always per fevered
i in declaring that tne leas were perfe&ly
i ree ; and grounded their reasons on a
j work of HugoGrotiu*. So early as 1609,
! the great Grotius had publilhed histreatifi>
of Mair Liberum, in favor of the freedoxj
of the Teas. And it is a curious fact that :
in 1618, Seidon* had composed another
treatise fil defence of the king’s dominion
over the seas ; but which, from accidents
which are known, was not publilhed till,
his dispute revived the contrdverfy. *• SeU
don in 1636 gave the world bis Mare
Claufum in answer to the treatise of Gran
tius. Both these .great men felt a mutual
refpedt for each other. They only knew
the rivalry of genius.- Asa matter of’
; curious difeuffion and legal invettigation*
1 the philosopher mutt the argu
; ments of Seidon, who has proved by re*
! cord* the firtt occupancy of the Englifli
1 and the English dominion over the four
seas, to the utter exclufign of the French
and Dutch from fifliing, without our licence.
He proves that our kings have always levied <
great sums, witlioiit even the concurrence
of their parliaments, for tfie express purk 1
pofir of defending this sovereignty at feae
A copy of Seldon’s work was placed in the
council chest ol the exchequer, ,nd in the
court of admiralty, as one of our moll pro*
I cious records* *
j ‘‘ The hillorical anecdote is finally cloS.
j ed, by the Dutch themselves, who never
agreed to acknowledge tlie Englillv lbve
! reignty in the seas, and pay a tribute-of
, thirty thousand pounds to the king of Eng
land for liberty to fifli in the,-Teas, andcon
! (ented to annual tributes. That the Dutch
| yielded toSeldori’s arguments is a triumph
fe cannot venture to boatt. ‘lbe ultima
ratio 1 regum prevailed ; and wlien we had
dtflrcyed their whole fifhjng fleet, the
affair appeared much cleAer than in the
volumes offGrdtius and Seidon.
Another Dutch, gentleman presented *
the llates-general with a ponderous reply t
i Seldon’s Mare Claufum, but the wife Som
| melsdyke advifidtlie dates to ftipprefs tlie
. iifle dilcuffion ; observing that this affair
- nluft be decided by the (word, and not by
the pen.” London paper.
FOR THE MUSEUM.
To Miss
; Why H*****tt does my pensive heart,
i Whene'er I nfieet your eye, 6 ,
I So .throb, so flutter, pant and start ?
[ —VW’iat means this stitffod sigh ?
j Tho’ young, can H*•*** in my glance
pNo tender meaning find l
—Does not itiy timid look proclaim
Tlie ferment of my mind ?
But H*****tt blind to (his,appears,
No interest I-inspire;
—ls thU from want of genial yeans
To ligbc the tender fire ?
; n °l—the Channert bosom tells ‘
I ronceal^.
fo^tolETF.’