The National Register. — London, England, 1815-04-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ±3G . The following State Paper hils been unavoidably omitted' in consfrquence of the great pressure of important news for the last three weeks. The subsequent prt will be given in ear next if nothing of a more-important nature arrives. SIat ) PLENTENT TO THE GAZETTE, TuEsimv, MARcn 14 FollEics OFFICE, MARCH 14, 181.. A TREATY of PEACE anil AMI FY between Ilia Britannic Mie je•t Y and the United States of America; signed at Ghent, De cember 44, la 1 4, Ani teat! I. Ti crc 311 II be a firm and universal Peace between his Britannic Majesty and the United States, and between their re soective cointr:es, tini italics, cities, towns, and people of every arg •c a it h ont excel, im of places or persons. All hostilities both by ,ea had shall cc ase as soon as this Treaty shall have been ratified by both p;irlic.s as hereinafter-mentioned. All territory, places, and passessiens whatsoever, taken by either party from the other dm lag th e wit, or which may be taken after the signing of this Ti. al, excepting only the islands hereafter-mentioned, be tetored ithout del , y, and without can - sing any destruction, or . coriyieg away any of the artillery, - or other public pretperty, origi- Rally captur. - d in the said forts. or places, and which-shall reMain th 4 rent upon the exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty, or as!) , slaves or other private property. And all archieves, records, deeds, and papers, either of a public nature, or belonging to private . persons, which in the course of the war may have fallen into the bands of the officers of either party. shall be, as far as may he prac ticable, forthwith restored, and delivered to the proper authorities and persona to Whom Ihey respectively belong. Such . of the islands in the Bay nt Passamaquoddy as are claimed ley both parties shall rental!' in the possession of the party in whose occupation thoy may be at the time of the exchange of the ratifita- - tion of ill a Treaty, nutil the decision respecting the title to the said isrindr shall have been made, in conformity with the fourth article sf this Treaty. No disposition made by this Treaty. as to such possession of the islands and territories claimed by both parties, shall in any manner whatever be construed to affect the right of either. ART. 11. Immediately after the ratifications of this Treaty by both parties as herein after mentiented, orders shall be sent to the :'sties, squadrons, officers, subjects, and citizens of the two powers, to cease limn all hostilities. And to prevent all causes of complaint which might arise on account of the prizes which may be taken at servo ri fl es- the said ratifications of this Treaty, it is reciprocally agreed, that all vessels and effects which may be taken after the space of twelve days from the said ratifications, upon all parts of Use coast of ilitorth America, from the latitude of '23 degrees north, to the lati• male of ,o degrees north, and as far eastward in the Atlantic Ocean as the degree of west longitude from the meridian of Green wich, shall be restored on each side, that the time shall be thirty days in all other parts of the Atlantic Ocean north of the equinoc tial line or equator, and the same time for the British and Irish Channels, for the Gulf of Mexico, and all parts of the West Indies; forty days for the North Seas, for the Baltic, and for all parts of the Mediterranean • sixty days for the Atlantic Ocean, south of the equator, as far as tile latitude of the Cape of Good Hope ; ninety days for every other pat t of die world south of the equator, and one hundred and twenty days for all other parts of the world without exception • AnT. HI. All prisoners of war taken on either side, as well by land' as by sea, shall be restored as soon as practicable after the ra tblication ot' this Treaty as herein after mentioned, on their paying 11# debts which they may have - contracted during their captivity. The two contracting parties respectively engage to discharge in *Tie the advances which may have been made by the other for the sustenance and maintenance of such prisoners. • AWL IV. Whereas it was stipulated by the 2d Article in the Treaty of Peace of i 783, betwi en his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, that the boundary of the United States should comprehend " all islands within twenty leagues of any part OF the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be ',Prawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries, between. Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the setter, shall respectively toilet' the Ray of Fundy and the Atlantic Ok7can, excepting; such islands as now are, or heretofore have been *it'd , ' the limits of Nova Scotia ;" and whereas the several islanits in the Bay: of Passamaquoddy, Which is pat t th e Bay of Fundy, tfie illatid of Grand Men in, in the said Bay of Fundy, ar Manned by the United States, as being comprehended within their atoresaid boundaries, which said islandS are claimed as balongiug to kis Britannic Maje s ty, as having been at the truly of, and previous APRIL 9 to the aforesaid Treaty of 178 S, within the limits of the province of Nova Smile ;—in order, therefore, finally, to decide upon these claims, it is agreed that they shall be referred to two Commissioners, ' to be appointed in the following manner. viz. :—One Commissioner shall be appointed by hisßritannie•Majesty, and one by the Presi dent of the United State., by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and the said two Commissioners, so appointed, shall be sworn impartially •to examine and decide upon the said Claims, according to stir+ evidence as shall he laid before them on the part of. his Britannic Majesty and of the United States re spectively. The said Commissioners shall meet at st. Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit. The said Com missioners sh.tll by a declaration or report tinder their heeds and seals, decide to which of the two contracti:.g parties the several islands aforesaid do respectfully belong, in conformity with the true intent of the' said Treaty of Peace of 1785: and it' the said Com missioners shall agree in their decision, both parties shall consider such decisioleax final and conclusive. •- It is further agreed, that in the event of the two Commissioners . differing upon all or any of the matters so referred to them, or in the event of both or either of the said Commiseimsers refusing or dechu log; or wilfully omitting to act as such, they shall make jointly or separately, report or reports,. as well as the Government Of hie 'Britannic Majesty, as to that of the United States, stating in detail Ifte points on which they differ, and the grouuds upon which their respective opinions have been formed, or the grounds upon which they, or either et* tine*, leave so retinal, declined. or omitted to act. And his Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States hereby agree to refer the report or reports of tin said Com missioners to some friendly sovercien or state, to he thee named for that purpose, and who shall he requested to decide on the differ ences which may be stated in the said report or reports, or upon the report-of one Commissioner,. together with the grounds upon which the other Commissioner shall have refused, declined, or omit ted to act, as the case may be. And if the Commissioner, so rein- . sing, decli ning, or omitting to act. shall also wilfully omit to state the grounds upon V , hick he has so done, in such manner that the said stateineut may be referred , to such friendly .Sovereign or State, together with the report of such Commissioner, that such Sovereign -or State shall decide, ex parte, upon the said report alone ; and his Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Uuited States engage to consider the decision °flinch friendly Sovereign or State to be final and conclusive on all the matters so referred. ART. V. Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, designated in the former Treaty of peace between the two powers as the N. 'W. angle of Nova Scotia,nor the N. W. head of Connecticut river, have yet been ascertained ; and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two powers, which extends hem the source of the river Ss. Croix, directly north to. the above mentioned north west angle of Novia Scotia, thence along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into' the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the 'with-western ' most head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river to the 45th degree of north latitude. thence by a line due west on said latitude until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataragny, has not yet been surveyed, it is agreed that for these several purpo ses two Commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and Authorised, to act exactly in the manlier directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, finless otherwise specified in the present article. The said Commissioners shall meet at St. And, ews, in the province of New Brunswick, anti shall have powei to adjourn to such other places as they shall think fit. The said Commissioners shall have Towel. to ascertain ano determine the points above nu ntioned, in conformity with the provisions of the said Ti eaiy of Peace of 1183 ; and shall cause the boundary aforesaid, from the source of the river St. Croix, so the iiver Iroquois or Cate , rage) , to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions ; the said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be a title map of the said boundary, and partieularieing the latitude and I , ingitude Of the north-rest angle of Noe a Scotia, of the north westernmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper : and Willi parties agree to consider such map and decimation as finally ard conclu sively the said boundary. And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, it cline suing, or omitting to act, such repurta, declarations er ;tateinents shall be made by them, or either of them, and such rettrenee to a frieedly Sovereign . or State shall be made in all respects, as in the latter part of the fourth article is coutained, j and iu as full a 'manner as it tLc saws: was herein repeated. libirr"r (.7._ elly• rig WINS .•••••• L