The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

. _ 138 Amity, and transmitting the Treaty of the 3lst of December, with the President's objections to it. And in this note they Cc quire distinctly compensation for losses sustained by American citizen—,and also, that a formal and explicit sarnatement should he made relative to the practice of impressment of the mariners of American vessels, or British seamen ; they stated that the, had been induced to sign the Treaty.-45 on an informal under standing. as in its practical effect it would remove theses:llion camplained of,"--but the President had instructed them to sa), that a formal and explicit arrangement on this subject should be made. They also pointed out thr declaration made by Lord Ilolland and Lord Auckland, relative to the Frew h Decree, which gave a new and unexpected character to the Treats. The. Treaty, with Mr. Jefferson's observations upon it, All, twenty folio pages, but we have already given its substance. Mr. Secretary Canning applied by letter to Lord Ilolland am! Lord Auckland, to know if they had given any. and what acquiescence, to any formal understanding, " of a forbearance by British ernizers, in regard to the practice of impressment of British seamen on board American vessels;"—in st hicli these Noble Lords replied distinctly, that they did not pledge their Government to abstain in future from impressing Briti:h seamen front American merchaut vessels; but they eertainlv did mean to pledge the British Government to make its cruiser, ob•eiv• the utmost caution, moderation, and forbearance. in the exercise of that practice ; but they never either expressed nr implied, that they were to desist from taking British seamen front A mcricah merchant ships, Mr. Canning then transmits to Messrs. Monroe and Pinckney, hi.' official answer to their proposal of renewing the negocial ion. 'Phis answer is dated the 22d of October, 1801. He commences by saying that his Majesty is not satisfied that the American' Government has taken any smith effectual steps Is ith respect to the Decree of France. is to do away the ground of the rcserva tina contained in the note of Lord Holland or Lord Auckland :- and that he therefore reserves to himself the right oftaking such measures of retaliation as he may think right. But at the same time if the Treaty had been ratified on the part of America, it should have received from him the fullest effect, in all its stipu !Minns. With respect to the question of impressment, it was certainly. matter referred for discussion, separately, at some future pe rind. mere favourable to its successful termination. But he dis tinctly protests against the alterations made in the Treaty by the President, as a practice altogether unusual in the political transactions of States, as it would lead to the most inconvenient and dangerous consequences, and he therefore eoncludee ith saying. that " he is commaudril to apprize the .Imerit an Com missioners, that the proposal to negociate anew, upon the bask " of a Treaty already solemnly concluded and signed, is a pro " posat wholly inadmissible ; and his Majesty has therefore no " option, under the present circumstances of this transaction. " but to acquiesce in the refusal of the President to ratify the " Treaty signed on the flat of December, I SOB," I Itlit,AN D. DunLIN. Fen. 15.—. This day his Grace the Lord Lieutenant attended by a great procession, proceeded to New Sacks ille street, to lay the first stone of the monument to be erected to the Immortal Admiral Lord Nelson, The procession WilS numeroits and splendid. and the event was announced by a display of sk rockets. a discharge of artillery from the Park, the Piget house. and all vessels carrying guns in the lay, and a feu de front the infantry. military and yeomanry, It is said to he a simple column 188 feet high, resembling Pompey's Pillar in Egypt, which has long been the admiration of the world. FEE. 16.—The Prince of Wales packet which was stranded near Seapoint, on the 19th of November last, by the very dis astrous iitorni that then took place, was almost beaten to pieces by the dreadful storm of Thursday last, by which upwards of thirty dead bodies, that remained in a state of incarceration since the first mentioned day, were driven an shore in the vicinity of Sespoint ; and. on Saturday last, inquests were holden on their miserable remains by William Burke, Esq. senior coroner of the county of Dublin.—The bodies driven in were in such a state that it was impossible to recognize them by their features. ,k most indecent outrage was committed lately at St. Mary's Chapel, Limerick. While the Rev. Mr. Herbert, was en gaged in Divine Service, an infuriated ruffian rushed through the congregation, and advanced towards the rails that surround the altar. with an iron hold-fast, made an attempt on the life of the officiating clergyman ; the stroke was luckily averted by the Interposition of Mr. Edy Lacy. The wretch was, after some difficulty. sectored and commit THE NATIPNAL . BANKRUPTS. FEB. 2S. PROVINCIALS. _......- Extract of h description of the Mineral Boson in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Carmarthen, and Perri. broke, b Mr. Edward Niartin:—" In this ba•on ;:re '2l seam. of coal, from 18 inches to 9 feet in thickness, besides several of inferior dimensions, The total thickness of ine coal in the a bow? 23 seams is `25 frets the average extent of each is aboa 1000 square miles, from which, in the usual way of work in_, may be obtained 6 100,000 tons per Mile. intcri“"e'l several of these strata are beds of nodular iron ore, vsith is itch the numerous iron forges in this district are supplied. The ex• ternal boundaries of this basun are banks of linwstone." The new line of iiiv. Grand Canal near Stoney Stratford, was on Friday last greatly injured by two of the arches under the high embankment givinq wa). The old line of can:it, however, has received no injury, lion SIT aM, F 1:c: I.—From the late mnutality and extreme onhenithittes9 among the .lohlicry in our harriirk-, it has been judged expedient to diminish the number by t he r: :naval of the bucks or King's Own t one diviion of which nia:Thed oft this morning. for East Bourne. another to-morrow, and the rest, with , nth of the sick as can be sorely removed, wi:l fal.live in eon. enient succession. inflawatory fever and 1 1 p t I:Ilia have load ed the wards of the 11ovit.:1, and mad: drea•lCni hav or anPing ihe vomor recruits, On Month' v last, 2i) of the long-expected airiliaii regintem, lately returned from the neighboodiond of fix, raeuse, marched in here from Pets% orth on their Iv a, to Kent they are for the roost part young men below the middling stature: dark eomplex ions, and appeared extremely dirty in their lighits and mariners. .1 great number of 1% omen accom panied them, whose long hlael: hair and strange cuitteme afford. ed much amusement to our inhabitants. Sparlin. , '' . ,forerlutc =•. -I,ast week a fox broke cover Wore the hounds of Mr, Wilson, of Ilan kes-head. and near that place, when. after a sesere run of many miles, in the course of ss hieh thew ily effort. of Rena rd to escape were presented by the su perior sa_aeity aml eseellenee ;if the hounds, the fox had nearly attained hi, old retreat. Ile was, however, so hard presed, that he loved into an old coal pit, where he was bona after , wards followed by two .of the foremost hounds: a rope being procured, an intrepid collier consented to go down anal' learn the fate uf poor Iteynard and the hounds; On his re:idling' tha baton', he f o und the fo x and one of the hounds IN jug peareablv together, hut the other killed by the fall, )3s . the as•iitaocc of the hunters the collier was hauled to the surface, with the fox in one gripe anti the live dog in the other. On the Stlt instant a cow, Lekingit g to Thomas Holmes, of Litherlaml, near Liverpool, died, tieing within a month ot . cal vinz. (in being opened, five hull cuises were found, in per fect form, and haired. The largest was found Nicati, am! ;n a petrified state, and was suppposed to have been the cause of the cur's death, Last week the skin of a man or woman's face was found en the sea-shore, at the back of the Isle of Sheppy, near Choreften, hole, or Insbrook, by some copperas-ore pickers, who con, vexed it to the hone of a poor man near the coast, and buried it in his garden. It appeared to have been recentiv taken or, is quite fresh, the eye-brows, eye-lashes, and hair perfect, and having notch down growing on the upper lip, seemed neser to have been shaved ; but had only one ear :At:Jelled, This very uncommon mutilation tisrs but too much calFe to cusped, that some person has unfairly been deprived of life, but by whom no traces may ever be discovered, • • The following curious inscription is written over a door in a village in Ftomersetshire.—" Petticoats tneoded, children taught reading, writing, and dancing, grownup Penile taught to spilt ; roses distilled, and made into a proper resistance with water; also old shoes bought and sold." TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. John Webb. of Manchester, calico-manufacturer, to sur render March 14, 15, and April 5, at two, at the Bridgewater Arms loti, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. R. Ellis, Cursitor street, London ; or Mr. Morgan, Manchester. Edward Cley, of Monk Wearmouth, Durham, coal-fitter, March 9, 10, and April 5, at eleven, at the Bridge itm, ilishop Wearmouth. Attornies, Mr. 11, Davidson, Wear mouth ; or Messrs. Wharton and D)ke, Lan34:s buildinos. "rumple. 1 • 0; ~'