Star. — London, England, 1816-01-05 00:00:00

•.• • ' STATE• PAPER. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND DUTCH GOVRRNMEN I'S. In the nave of - the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and • his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britaig and Ireland, being both highly desir ous of promoting and confirming fie harmony and good understanding which so happily subsists be.' tween their States, by bringing into actual operation that part of the stipulations of the fi r st of the addi i;olll at ticles of the Convention of August 13,1814, which imparts, " that the subjects of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, being landed proprietors in the colonies of Demerary, Essequibo, and Ber bice, shall have freedom to trade between the fore named establishments, and the territory of his said MA jetty in Europe, under certain conditions," Have named as their Plenipotentiaries, viz. his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Henry Baron Fogel, Ambassador Extraordinary at the British Court, and his Majesty the King of . the United , Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Henry, Earl Bathurst, one of his principal Secretaries of State, who Naving communicated their respective full powers and found them in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: , Article I. The_ foresaid tr.tde shall, for the period of five yraq, krgil.ning with the Ist pf January, 1816, be carried on with ships being the property of subjects of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, wherever built, and without any stipulation or re striction as •to the seamen that navigate them : but en the expiration of the said five years, or sooner, if Ms Majesty the King of the Netherlands think fit, the said trade shall be confined exclusively to ships Dutch built, and three-fourths of the crew of which are subjects of the King of the Netherlands. 11. The King of the Netherlands retains to him self the right of imposing such duties on the import of the produce of the said colonies into his European States, and vice versa on the export, as his Majesty shall think fit to appoint; but the duties which are levied in the colonies, shall apply equally to Dutch 'as to English trade. 111. Subjects of his Majesty' the King of the Ne therlands, being proprietors of land in the said colo- V.:es. shall enjoy fell liberty to proceed 'to and return from the said colonies, without being subjected to any delay or difficulty in this respect; they-may also appoint persons in their name to carry on their busi. mess in this trade, or to hold the oversight of their property there; the said persons, however, eluting 'their residence in the foresaid colonies, being always subject to the laws and ordinances there in force. They shall also enjoy tug liberty to dispose of their property in such wfty as they shall judge proper; with this understanding, that, in tegard to the Ne• grow Lucy are subject to the same regulations as Bri•kh subjects. IV. In order to protect the' owners of plantatioEs in the af)ri said culiuiies irons the destructive 'misc. quenceiwl - .:ch might I liow an iminediate execution of the mc,rtgages. for %Alien they may be indebtej to sl:tjeets of 0., Majesty the King of the Nether. lands, the High Contracting Parties. further agree, that in every case where the owner of a plantation shall present to a holder or a mortgage on that plantation, earlier than the ht of January, 1814, (such mortgage-holder being a subject of the King of the Netherlands,) the hereafter men tioneJ security, that m.:rtgage.holder shall• not be at liberty to ? T.:cod to the imniudiate tzucution Of the said inc , rtgage; it being, however, well utricretcod, that cases where.suclt security shail not be ot fereO by the owner, tee Mortgage-holder shall enjoy ell the rights to proceed to execution, to which he is entitled. - Tilt. required security must stipulate that the mon rano- haler • shall receive, at the expense of the owner b of Ute plantation, a new mortgage for the whole amount of the debt then due to the former, therein including both that part of the original debt which is not discharged, and the interest due on the same, to the 31st December, 1814. That this security shall reserve to the mortgage holder the right of prefer. am before other mortgage-holders and creditors, to which he was entitled under his original mortgage: that it shall be subject to an yearly interest, begin ning with the Ist of January, 1815, of the same amount; and payable in the same way, as prescribed in the original mortgage; and that the whole amount of the new debt shall be payable-at eight yearly pe riods, the first of which shall take place on the first of January, 1820. This new security shall guarantee to the mortgage holder all such means of legal redress, in case of non. payMent of interest, or being behind-hand in the dis charge of the principal, whenever it shall. be due; and all such other preferable rights mod advanragea as he Ws-entitled to, uuder his already existing ranlgage ; and shall place him, in relation to the debt, for which the new security has been given, in the very same situation in which lie was with respect to his original claim on the plantation, with the exception alone of what relates 'to the time when the payment may be enforced—in such way, however, that no later cre ditor shall derive from this arrangement any the smallest competency, to _the Injury of the rights of the original creditor I and that no farther postpone ment of the payment beyond what is here fixed, shall take place without the special consent of the creditor. It is further ippointed that, in order that the mort gage-holder may be entitled to the security described sn this aiticle, be shall be bound, as soon as the said deed shall have been registered in the colony, and placed in the hands of the mortgage-holder, or his agent in the colony, (the expenses of which registra tion must be borne by,the owner of the plantation), to give up, in order to be cancelled, the deed of rnJrtgage first placed in his bands, or to give legal proof that this deed of mortgage or security for debt, has been doly cancelled, and is of no farther validity or effect.' It being farther expressly determined, - that with the exception of the provisions specified in this article, rights of mortgage-holders or creditors shall re main in their full force. V. All Dutch proprietors who are recognized as such by this Convention, !ball be competent to sup rib ism the Netherlands, their jlaticatiogs with the usual zanies, and, in Man. may esPare" Netherlands the produce of theaforeseid:Plantudates but all other import of goods from the Netball's& into the Colonies. or export of Produce from the Co. lonies to the Netherlands, are strictly prohibited;' and it is firther determined, that an export of any article that is prohibited to be exported thither from the British States, shall be sent thither from the Ne• therlands. . ' ' VI. By Dutch Proprietors mast be understOod -Ist, All subjects of his Majesty , the Bing of the Netherlands, residing in his European States, and now being landed Proprietors in the aforesaid Co lonies. 2d, All subjecti of his said Majesty who, ht course of time, may come into possession of Plantations in them, now belonging to Dutch Proprietors. 3d, All such landed Proprietors as, 'now residing in the said Colonies, were born in the Netherlands, and who, in conformity to Art. Vin t of thif Con vention, may declare, that they wish to -be consi dered as Dutch Proprietors in future ; and 4th, All subjects of his said Majesty who may be holders of mortgages on Plantations in the said Colo nies before the date of the ratification of this Conven tion ; and who, in consequence of their deed of mort gage, possess the right of exporting the produce of the said Plantations to the Netherlands, tinder the re striction stated in'Art. IX. VII. In all cases where the right of supplying the wants of mortgaged Plantations and the right ot es porting the Produce ot the same to the Netherlands is not actually secured to the mortgage-holder, the latter shall be permitted to export from the Colonies only such quantity of Produce as, estimated by the price current of the Colony, shall be sufficient to pay the amount of interest or capital yearly due to him, and on the other hand to introduce into the Colony articles of necessity in the same proportion. VIII. All Proprietors, being subjects of his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, now resident in these Colonies, shall be bound, in order to be en titled to the benefits of this Convention, within three months after its publication in the said Colonies, to declare whether they are satisfied to be considered as such in future. IX. In all cases where both Dutch and British subjects shall have a mortgage on the sense Planta tion, in the said Colonies, the amount of the produce to be consigned to the different mortgage•holders, shall be in proportion to the amount of die debt due to each respectively. X. In order that the dispositions of the present Convention may be the more readily brought into and kept in operation, it is determined that, every year, by order of the King of the Netherlands, cor rect and specific lists shall be made our, containing the names and places of residence of Proprietors tesi. dent in the Netherlands, together with the names and rieheriptions of the Plantations to them respectively belonging, with the addition of whether the last men tioned be sugar or other kind of Plantations, and whether the hrst mentioned are owners in whole or only in part ot the Plantations, similar lists shall also be made out of the mortgages vested on the Planta tion, in so far as these mortgages are in the posse:, .ion of Dutch whjects, specifying the amount of ILL debt or mortgage, as they at present exist, or ai they are to be paid in virtue of Art. IV. These lists shall be given to the British Govern- I merit, and sent to the aforesaid Coloine;, in order that, witlr the addition of the list of Dutch Proprie tors resident in the said Colonies, they may serve to ascertain the whole amount of the Dutch pcpnlation and property or interest in the aforesaid Colonies. XI. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands and his Britannic Majesty having considered, that the Dutch merchants 'And shareitoldcrs, known under the r.ame of the Leirteit yea de lieriiee, have a just claim to certain plantations formerly cleared by them, in the colony of Berbice, and ot which they were dispossessed by the Revolutionary Government of Holland, and which, on the last occupation of the said colony by the Brit:sir arms, were considered as Government property,—his Britannic Majesty there. fore binds himself to restore to the said Company of Berbice, within the period of six months after the exchanging of the ratifications of the present Convect (ion, the plantations Dageraad, Dankbaatheid, Jo-' hanna, and Sandroort, with their negroes and other appurtenances at present actually employed upon them, and this in full satisfaction of all claims which the said Company may have, or claim to have, chargeable on his Brititnuir Majesty or his subjects, on the account of property which formerly be longed to the said Company in the colony of Berbice. XII. All questions that may arise between private persons in relation to rights of property as deter mined by the present Convention, shall be decided by the competent tribunal according to the laws in force in the said colonies. XIII. His Britannic Majesty engages, in all cases where the rights and interests of Dutch proprietors . are concerned, to proceed with the greatest equity, and impartiality. XIV. The two Contracting Parties reserve ..to themselves the power to make, •in future, such modi fications of the present Convention as experience may suggest to be required by the interests of both Powers. XV. Finally, it is agreed, that the stipulations of this Convention shall be of force from the day of the exchanging of the ratifications of it, XVI. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at London, within three weeks after the signing of the same, or earlier, if possible. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipoten: tiaries have signed the ;lime, and thereto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at London, the 12th of August, in the year of your LORD, 1815. (L.s.), H. FAG ILL. The present Convention was ratified on the 23d of August. 1815, ►y the King of the Netherlailds, and on the 28th of Sept. 1814, by his Britannic Majesty. In the new rpton l ime now performing at Drury. Lane Theatre, a begpr solicits alms of Harlequin, who, with a stroke of his wand, tarns her rags into apparent gold. With what facility may less than WY* Bank Notes (made out or rags), by the assistance of Dame Fortune, be t in a moment, converted into 95,000 reAl CAilciep'4aineas, oP the lsth Day ! when the Saute Lottery of 20,000 Tickets, with less than two Blanks to st Pt*, will begin drawins ? / a THE LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, IS 1 &- PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A'l' 1 WELVE O'CLOCK. Reduces! 40#—Coos. too. shut—for opg. 411 62 4 per Cent. 74f 75-5 per Gat. shut—Ronde 4s. ss. pr. Outa. 15 pr.—Do. pay. 1511 pr.—Ezeb. Bills O. Ss. pr. We received New York Papers to the 12th and Roston, to the 10th ult. this morning. The Paper of; the 11th contains a long Report of the Secretary of the Navy to the Senate. It details his propositions for the improvement of the Revenue, for the support of public credit, besides the statements, of the late - expenses, and the estimate of those for the ensuing year. As to Revenue, Mr. DALLAS proposes that the double duties on imports be continued until the 30th day of June, 1816 ; that the present duties on Sugars refined within the United States, on Stamps, on Sales at Auction, and Postage, be continued ; that the direct tax be reduced from six to three millions of dollars; that the duties of distilled spirits be discon tinued after 30th day of June, 1816, and in lieu that the duty on licenses to distillers be doubled after that day; the duty on licenses to retailers to be reduced to the rates of the year 1813 ; that the duties on articles manufactured in the United States, and those on household furniture and watches, be repealed. The 3d Article refers to the circulating medium, and concluding with the following proposition : That a National Bank be established at Philadelphia, having powers to erect branches elsewhere, and that its capital do consist of three quarters of the public stock and one quarter of gold and silver. The re strictive system which commenced in the year 1807, is said to have greatly diminished the produce of the revenue, but still not until the actual commencement of hostilities that it became burthensome. The esti• mates of the year 1812, required 9,400,000 dollars; those of 1814, 45,250,000 dollars. The embarrass. meats of the Treasury after the adjournment of Con. gress in 1814. became. extreme. It appears that the disembursernents during the first half year hid amounted to 19,693,781 dollars 27 cents. The actual receipts of tl:e Treasury amounted to 22,09,032 dollars, 2G cents. The aggregate amount of the receipts into the Treasury fir the three years of the war was 98,042,309 dollars, 9G cents. In 1811., the receipts of the Treasury amounted to 34,875,432 dollars, 25 cents. The uctual ditbtirse merits of the Treasury, in 1812, were 22,t:79,121 Lars, 15 cents. In 1813, they amounted to 29,190,520 s, 3ti cents. In 1814, they amounted to 58,!;17,915 dollars, 62 cents, making a total disburse. me nt nl" the Treasury amounting to, in 1812, 1815, and 1814, 100,017,557 dollars, and 13 cents. In the Senate, December 7, the above Report was received, and a part of it read, and ordered to be re .Fr;nled. On Thursday, the Bth, a Bill was brought in, au. thitizing the - PLIESIDENT to have a new building on Capitol Hill for the accommodAtion of Congress, which was passed, and the House adjourned until the Iltb. HOWE Or REPRESENTATIVES. DECEMBER s. The following new Members appeared, viz. from Pennsylvania, Mr. Serjeant ; from New Jersey, Mr. Condict ; from North Carolina, Mr. Loie. • On motion of Mr. LATTIMOISE • the memorial here tofore presented from the Mississippi territory, pray ing that measures may be authorised for the admission of said territory as a State into the Union, was or dered to be referred to a Select Committee. TM/ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. On motion of Mr. TevLoa, (of New York) the House having resolved itself into a Committee of the whole on the State of the Union, Mr. CONDICT in the Chair, the Message of the President was read.— Whereupon, on motion of Mr. TayLon, (of New York) the following Resolutions were adopted : 3. litastmens. That so much of the Message of the President of the United bcates as relates to Foreign Affairs, be referred to a Select Cosnamittee. S. That so much es relates to the Itrditary Peace Establish ment, to the organisation at a Corps et Welds, to Pordfiestiorsa, to the ptoteedos at our Inland treader, and to the Military Academy, be referred to a Select Committee. S. That so much as relates to our Naval Affairs, be referred to a Select Committee. 4. Tb.t so much as relates to an Uniform National Currency, be referred to a Select Committee. 5. That so much as relates to Roads and Canals, be referred to a Select Committee. 6. That so much as relates to the National Seminary of Leant log within the Disuiet of Columbia, be referred to a Select Com mittee. 7. That 40 much as relates to the - classification and organiza tion of Militia, be referred to a select Committee. 11.- That so much as relates to the alleviation of the bertber.a imposed by the necessities of the War, and the general at.l.jeet of tee ammo, be refined to a select Committee. f. That se much as relates to Manufacture', be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. • 10. That the said Committees have lead to report by 818 or otherwise. These Resolutions haying been reported by the Committee to the House, were all concurred in. Mr. CUOMO)! suggested a doubt whether these Resolutions embraced a'subject of , very great impor. tance, which was recommended by the President to their attention. He referred tq the authority which, in the view of tie President, ought to be given to the Executive of theUnit4dBustm *dandy to computed ....r the eereices dale Militia is the eases eon* by the Constitution. Mr. TATUM referred to the Message to d oll by necesury connection, this topic was Ind* the general terms of the resolution (as above), relates to the organization of the Militia. i t , therefore, in his opinion, already committed, any future day an express instruction on that la the Committee should be found to be ne tt% could then be given. Mr. Wiuour said, there was another 'eery cant subject adverted to by the President whi c h not embraced, he believed, in the resolutions adopted ; though he was nit certain it was no; cause he could not distinctly understand them sually bearing them read and decided on without vious notice. He referred to the recommend provide for the payment of the Militia called into vice during the late war, without the authority e f United States. This was a subject he had ter heart, not only as respected the State he repr etat but other parts of the Union, whose M i li t i a promptly turned out to meet the enemy bdi re authority of the United States could be put in to. guide their seal. It was due to the lltilitu fought for the country, that , they shruid be p a id was due to the magnanimity of the nation should make the payment Clem the National 'l' —ln the part of the State which he repre gists d il the military duties during the war had been med at the instance of the militia officers, the Ewing so cut off by the Bay from the seats of the State and General Governments, as t o pi " prompt communication with them. The retoo l dation on this subject, contained in the Messaseo one which, be said, did great credit to the bead, heart of the Executive, and he hoped the Hou le or not overlook or slight it, ac. It II Mr. TAYL9R of New York, observed, dot thought it would be better to defer the ' • cf this subject until brought i before the some shape by the parties concerned. If thew rate exertions of patriotism required corn • they would be brought before Congress in the ut memorials, from the states or individuals wi made them. 'thus brought before Congress, the jest might be referred to a Committee and g and fully examined. Mr. WILLOW', after some further remarks, ted the following motion 6 " That so much nf the Prevident's Message as relates s arrang. meet of the militia expenses, incurred by the several Gyverements, vtlthout the previous sancrinn or aathoity el Government of the United Scam% be referred to a Seta mittec." Tl:is motion was agreed to, sm. cox. Mr."l". BAztenue, of Virginia, said, there was tler subject of importance reeforred v to in tit sage, which he wished to bring to the view of ' House, that, if not included in the references made, it might be referred to a Committee. means the payment of the expenses of the called out regularly under the authority of the ted States, who had not yet been paid, in conseq of the deficiency is the amount of appropriations that object. He had actual knowledge of tbe rutl many Militia, thus situated, remaining unpaid,a seriously suffering for the want of what was* due to them. From the correspondence benne Pay Department and the Militia Officers, wbichl had seen published, the delay of payment was p duced by the exhaustion of the appropriations da last Session. l'his defect, if existing, should be' mediately supplied. To bring this question Wit the House, he moved,. " That the Conamktee of Ways and Means be insossia enquire whether the appropriation of money made lino Session of Congress, for defraying the expenses of tioMI called into the service of the United &aces, under do WI of the several States, be sufficient; and, not, Wit hi amount of the deficiency." lie t r Mr. LOWNDXS suggested that the COMMON Ways and Means, when appointed, would not it in their power to act en the subject proposed referred to them, until the Report of the of the Treasury should be received. That which would probably afford all the informadee Gentleman desired, might be expected in a few and, upon that Report, it would of course WNW duty of the Committee of Ways and Mesas without a particular referecce. Mr. BARBOUR then observing that he had bat sired to bring this subject directly to the view d House, waved his motion for the present. A message was received from the Senate, the usual appointment of two Chaplains of • religious denominations, to interchange wet tween the two Houses. This proposition was concurred in, with somei' senting voices ; and to-morrow assigned for IM Lion of a Chaplain on tfie part of this Huns& And then the House adjourned. The following observapons on the President's sap appear in the Official Paper, the Naiad lizesocer " WASHINGTON, DgCt 46 Tits Massmax.—ln expressing the sincere . faction we derive from the cnntints of the M e t !' of the President to Congress, we do not seek to' ettee the opinions of others, but to record our owlio' It lays before the people, with the prexisios aS tinctuess of a Map, tt.• ..ctual condition of 114 - fairs, and frankly suggests the points wherein it, bit advantageously amended. 1 . 44 The style of the gessagy is as well 111: • _