The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-20 00:00:00

' i ~.<. TIONA of • merchant vessels, aid the claim of allegiance a' his Britannic Majesty upon all the na• - sire born 'objects f' Great Britain. •- - - Y. The Indian Allies of Great B.itain to be included in the paci fication, end a boundsry to he settled. between. the dominions of the ]radians and those of the United States... Potbpartsof this point are coit'Sidered by the British Government as a sine qua non to the con- tit.sion of a treaty. • - - 3. The 'revkion Of a boundary line' between the territories o f the Uoited . Statei and those . of Great Britain, adjOiningTheui in North Anterica. 4. The Fhheries—Respe;:.tine 'which the British Governtnent will ttot allow the people of the United States the pieilege of landing and elry int: fish, within the territorial jurisdiction of Great Britain, without an eqa.vaitimr. 'the !awing was adj•arrned to Tuesday, the 9th August, on which d a y t he Comniksi‘meis met again. The American C.iinnfiioners presented as further points (subjects) considered by the Government of the United States us suitable fur discussion, 1. A di of blockade, and, as far as may be agreed, of other teetotal and belligerent righos, 2. Certain claims of inidemnity to individuals for captures and seizures preceding and subsequent to the war. fn a litter from Messrs. ADAM, BAVA RD, CLAY, Ross Er., and Gs LLA TIN, dated from Ghent, on the 19(li August, 1814, the British C. in utssioners, in a conference on that day, explain the views of the Government as follows :-- Ist. Experience bad proved that the joint possession of the Lake's, and a right common to both nations to keep op a naval force on them, necessarily produoed collisions, and rendered peitee inse cure. As. Great .Britain could not be supposed to expect to make conquestS in that master, and as that province was essetitiely weaker titan the United Sates, and exposed to invasion, it was ne cessary, t'or its security, that Great Britain should require that the scareq should hereafter keels mio .annemi naval force On the Western Lakes, from Lake Ontario to Lake.,Superior, both inclu sive ; that they should not erect any fortified or military post or establishment on the shores of those Lakes; and that they should nett maintain those, which were already existing.. This must, they said, he roosideted as a moderate demand, since Great Britain, if she had not disclaimed , the intention of any increase of territory, right tsith propriety have asked a cession of the adjacent American' shorts. The commercial navigation and intercourse wonld be left on the same footing as heretofore. It was e xpres s ly stated (in answer to a question we asked), that Great Brltam was to retain the right of having an armed naval force on. those Lakes, and of holding military posts and establishments mm their shores. " 2. The boundary line west of Lake Superior, and thente to the Missisaipi, to be revised ; and the Treaty right of Great Britain to the navigation of the 3lississippi to be coutimmed. When asked, whether they (lid not mean the line from the lake of the Woods to the Mississippi, the British Coinmissioners repeated that they meant the line'from Lake Superior to that river. " 3. A direct'communieation from Haliflocand the province of New Brunswick to Quebec, to be secured to Great Britain In miss ter to our question, in what manner this:was to he effeeted, we were told that it must he done by a cession to Great - .Britain of that portion of the district entitle tin the state of Massachnssetts) Which intervenes betiteen piety Brunswick and Quebec, and pre. Vents that direct communication, • " We asked whether time statement made, respecting time pro posed revision of the boundary line between the United States and Vie dominions of Great Britain, embraced all the objects she meant to bring tat:ward for discussion, anti what were particularly her views with respect to Moose Islands, and such other Islands in the Bay of , assanotquodl, as had been in our possession till the pre sent war,- but had been lately capthred ? We were answered, that those islands, beinsging of right to Great Britain, (as much so, one ufthe COnithissioners said, as Northamptotishire,) they would cer tainly be kept by her; and were not even supposed to be au 'object of discussion. "• We need hardly to say that the demands of Great Britain will receive .from.us• an unaninttitts and decided negative. We do not deem it necessary to delainthe John Adams tot: •the purpose of transmitting to yon the official mites Which may pass on the subject and.close the negotiation. And We have felt it our 'duty immedi ately to apprise you, by .tlib'm hasty but toliect sketch of our last conference, there is not, at present. any hope.Of peace. - • JOHNiQUINCY ADAMS, • 'JONA ROSELL, J. A.I3AtNikRD • • ALBERT GALLATIN." IL CIA?: • I THE NA _ 1. The forcible seizure of mariners on boas4.of • merchat . • •, • ,•• I- Tip ' • W. All the Banks in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, hat, generally suspended - 06r l►aymnents in speck., and those favtliersoatls are expected to do the same : wkidh Measure had produced at New York. an advance of 10 per'ectit. on silver, and 13 per cent. on gold. The Banks in the Eastern States contained to pay species. The Hermes English sloop of war hadirtade au unpuecessful attack on a furl in the Mobille, and had lost OS men. The non arrival . of the Fingal, still leaves min the dark as to ,the affairs of the government of the United Stites. though that of General Stuart from Canada, has brought ac counts of au interesting nature from thence. It is unfair to prejudge an officer, and hence, we think, Sir G. Prevost ought to be beard before he is condemned. We still repeat our opinion, that immediately on the subject of his advance After the loss of his fleet, be his correct. Had he proceeded and even reached Crown Point, be would have lost his army, and by desertion. 'The country. is now united against us. and to prove it, we need only quote. the words of Governor Chittarden in his proclamation to the people of Vermont, in which he declares that the war has•now changed its aspect, and calls all classes of people to assist•in repelling the inva sion. ThiiMr. Chittarden is the head of the Federal party in that state, and 'was, after having retained the chair for several years, driven out of it bYMr. Jefferson's partizans, in order that they might put into it, a low , bred shoemaker of. the name of Galusha. They have returned to their senses, and put Mr, C. into his. former situation. The words of his proclamation induces us to•re-call•the attention of our rea dens to the opinion expressed in the NATIONAL REGISTER lof the 30th . ult. 4 ! We think it• more than probable, Sec. page 688, to indissoluble Nature" in the next column. But by the dispatches from Sir G. it amre,irs he has gone up to Kingston, and that Sir James Yeo, with a superior . . force, is in pursuit of.Commedore Chauncey, who 'lrak Ge neral Izard's arm) on board, for the purpose of attacking General Drummond. On the result of these measures every thing depends; and if Sir.James's large ship is capable of navigating the Lake with the convenience and rapidity of smaller vessels, of which some persons may perhaps enter tain doubts, and he has good fortune, our affairs may be resto'ed in an instant. The situation.of Chauncey would be very critical: if an adverse wind should' prevent his return ing to Sackers Harbour, there is every hope of a decisive. result. In short, the event may turn nn ait apparently 'very insignificant circumstance, and it is to this alone that we are 'to ascribe Chauncey and Izard's boldness in adVancing au fond du Lac after the month of October; and except the troops of the latter are in such force as to ensure success. against General Drummond, it has been bold indeed. But we must recollect, that the latter officer has been compelled to abandon .the siege of. Fort Erie, and that the whole of Lake Erie is in quiet possession of the Americans. FRANCE. Tu the Gazette de Bourton, alias the Times, we find , that nits Swiss Guards La% e within the last week received an order to go to Paris. They are to take no orders but from the King in person. This it seems has arisen from "deep, murmurs and menacing movements. But we. Wee our readers, to a pri vate letter from Paris containing the substance of the intel. ligence. General Dufour, and. forty other French. Officers, have. been arrested apt Paris, accused of some conspiracy against the . State. The particulars have not transpired. The Police 94