The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-01-23 00:00:00

t I It ike. No. tx.—nurri.,;( Nur. -_.... FROM THE nurristt TO Tllll AMIRIC t 4 MINISTERS. '2l. 18'4. Tl‘o undersigned have hail the honour of rectiving tho note of the Ante:teal. I'leni;,,totiti tries, of the 1:1111 inst, communic.oing 11,, acceptaitro of their ar. nhich the undersigned heed propowd oil the sutlect of the pacification and rig'its of the Indian uations. The undersigned are happy in being thus 1. lieved from the liet.e,sity of recurring to several topics, wltirh, though they arose in the coarhe of. their tlis. c.issions, have only an iskcidental connection with the diltereiters remaining to be adjusted between the tan coutit:ies. 11'ith a view to this adjusttnent, the undersigned /In ferriog, in the present state of the negotiation, a statement In tile fmtnal arrangement of ar ticles, are e.i!ling so far to comply with the request cf . the Amelieito l'lettillotentithics, contained in their last note, as to nave the advantage to which they think they were fairly entitled, of requiting from th m t he first prig . ..l of a Treaty. The nticle”igned havivg stated, at the first coat , - rence,the points upon which his lajesty'sGovernment coo Atlered the discussions between the two countries 114 !:kt.iy to turn, cannot better satisfy the request of Awetiettti Plenipotentiaries than by referring to tint confer...lice for a st.atement of the points, v t hich, ill the of his :%laksty's C;:nernmettt, yet I'4'lllllll to b.. atij.:Af it. With t . t.spert .the forcible sk inure of mariners hoe; on heal it tovichant v•s:els tin the high seas, and an tight of the King of ,Great Critaitt to the alle giance of all his ratite subjects; and with respect to the maritime rights of the empire, the un- dersigned conceive, that after the pretensions asserted by the Government of the United States, a more sa tisfactory proof of the conciliatory spirit of his Ma jesty's Government cnnuot be given, than by not re quiring any stipulation on those subjects, which, though most important in themselves, no longer, in unesequence of the maritime pacification of Europe, produce the same practical results. On the sul jest of the Fisheries, the undersigned *spressed with so much frankness, at the conference atieady referred to, the views of their Government, that they consider any further observations on that topic as unnecessary nt the p r esent ti m e. Ott the question of the boundary between the do minions of his Majesty and those of the United States, the undersigned are led to expect iron the discussion bieli this subject has all eady undergone, that the forth Western boundary, from the Lake of the IV oo ri s t o th• Mississippi (the intended arrangement of Ifi0:3) will be admitted without objection. In regard to other boundaries, the American Pleni potentiaries, in their note of August '2l, appeared in some measure to object to the propositions then made by the undersigned, as not being on the basis of nil possidells. The undersigned are willing to treat on that basis, subject to such modification as Mutual convenience may he found to require ; and they trust that the American Plenipotentiaries will show, by their ready acceptance of this basis, that they duly appreciate the moderation of his Majesty's G•ivernnteet in so far consulting the honour and fair preterisions of the l.snited States, as in the relative the t couutiief., to authorise such a pro pos; ion. The undersigned avail themselves of this opportu nity In reoeiv to the American Plenipotentiaries the of their high consideration. • - (s A rre GA All 1 .12, Jit;Nlty Goul.rantw, IV (LULA M ADAM. Ght n.. 0(1.21, 1 4 11. ( I I tit C. HUGHES. jun. Vcretaij to I.,•gntioll U. Stales. r'•.. X —AMA: icAN NOTE. Form TILE AMU:ICAN TO THE BOITIsII MIMISTERS. IA4. 'DP undersigticrl hr ye the liowtor to nektt‘m ledge the receipt of the Note of the British Plettipo teotitities of the 21st iric:arit. Amongst the general ob:ot vatit:ns which the under ei nett, their Note of the :nth of August, made on the p r upw.itions then brought forward ou the Pitt of the British Guveromeot, they rem' ked that those propositions were founded neither on the basis of taipossitit his, nor on that of status ante bet. flit so far were they from suggestitig the tdi possitLii.s ag the basis on which they were disposed to treat, that in the same Note they expressly stated that they had been i , e•trurted to conclude a peace on the principle of both trties mooring whatever tor ritory they might hr.re tahen. The undersigned also declared, in that Note, that they had no trutholity to cede any pia of the territory of the Crated States, and that to no stipulation to that effect would they subscribe ; turd in the Note of the 9th of-Sep tember, after ha‘it:g shown that the basis of nil pos. sidetis, such as it was known to exist at the com mencement of the negotiation, gate no claim to his Britannic Majesty to cessions of territory founded upon the right of conquest ; they added, that even if the chances of war should give to the British arms a momentary possession of other parts of the ter ritory of the United States, such events would not attar their views with regard to the terms of peace to Nkhirh t: ey would give their consent. 'mite undersigned can now only repeat those de el !rations, and decline treating upon the basis of 7/ 14 08 .cidea;, or upon any other principle inrohiog a cession of ally part of the territory of the United States. As they have uoiforinly slated, they can .treat only upon the principles of mutual restoration of whatever territory may hate been taken by either party. From this principle they calinot retede; and Cie undersigned, after the repeated declarations of the British Plenipotentiaries, that Great Britain had I/0 tiieev to acquisition of torrltoiy in this negoci nti.tit, deem it necessary to add, that the utility of it:entitinuance depends on their adherence to this pi:41111e. The undersigned having declared in their note of the 21st of August, that, although instructed and pre rived to enter into an amicable discussion of all the points, on which differences or uncertainty had existed, and which might hereafter tend to inter rupt the harmony of the two countries, they would not make the conclusion of the peace at all depend upon a successful result of the discussion, and having • : UCP agreed to the preliminary article proposed by the British Government, had believed that the negocia tloa, already so lung protracted ; could not be brought Vdtti, , loft THE STATESMA.N. to an early copclesion otherwise than by the com munication of a project, embraCingall . the other spe cific positions which Great Britain intended to offer. They repeat their request in that respect, and will have no objection to a simultaneous exchange of the projects of both parties. 'finis course will bring fairly into-discussion the other topics embraced in the last Note of the British Plenipotentiark.s, to which the undersigned hare thought it uunrcessary to advert at the present time. The undersigned renew to the Briti-it Plenipoten tiaries the assurance of their high consideration. (Signed) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, JAMES A. BAYARD, HENRY CLAY, JONATHAN RUSSELL, A. OALLATIN. To the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty, &c. &c. &c. Ghent. C. HUGHES„jun. (True Copy.) Sec. of American. Mission Extraordinary. No. XI. COPY OF A LETTER FROM OUlt COMMISSIONERS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, DATED o:,ent, 31st 00,1811. Sist,—The detention of the Chauncey at Ostend, enables us to send the inclosed Note from the British Plenipotentiaries, which we have just received. We have the honour to be, with perfect respect, ' , your obedient servants, JOIIN QUINCY ADAMS, J. A. ISA . YAItD, 11. CLAN. JONA. RUSSELL, A. GALLATIN. To the Hun. James Monroe, Secretary of State. No. XII.—IMITIsII NOTE. PROM TUE 11RITIS11 TU TUE AmEtoc.tN monsTERS. 00.31. The undersigned have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note addressed to them by the American Plenipotentiaries on the '2 lth instant, in which they object to the basis of traporsidctis pro posed by the undersigned, as that on which they are willing to treat in regard to part of the boundaries between the (ionlinions of his Majesty and those of the United States. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 11415. Eight days' French Papers came to hand this fore noon, viz. from the llth to the 19th inclusive. We make as copious extracts as time will allow. The intelligence from Vicuna comes down to the Srh, and some of the accounts g,iven of political matters are exceedingly important. That which will excite at tention most is the statement from Berlin, regarding Cie discovery of a secret correspondence between the King of SAXONY and some foreign Powers, in which it is said many distinguished Personages are impli cated. In consequence of this discovery the Rus sian Minister, resident with the King of SAXONY, has been recalled ; and other changes of negociators brave, it is said, taken place. Indeed it would ap pear, that instead of every thing being settled to sa tisfaction, all is confusion at Vienna; and the same uncertainty is felt in every other place affected by the changes and re-changes which are happening, and the indemnities and re-indemnities that are talked of.— The Congress had not broken up at the date of these accounts, but nothing satisfactory was expected from it. The most extravagant projects are stated as made by some of the negociating Powers, whilst the most obstinate determination. to consent The American Plenipotentiaries in their note of 'to no change whatever is manifested by others. the 13th inst. requested the undersigned to communi-1 —Great curiosity is naturally entertained at cate to them the projet of a treaty, embracing all the Vienna to know whether Great Britain means to points insisted on by (;'real Britain, engaging on continue to pay during another year the sub their part to deliver immediately after a contra pro jet as to all the articles to which they might not : sidies stipulated by the Treaty of Chaumont, as, if agree, and as to all the subjects deemed material by ; this is not the case, the Allies will be under the ne. the United States, and omitted in the projet of the • ces:ily of immediately disbanding the prodigious undersigned. ,f'orces they hare um.: on foot at the expence of Eng- The undersigned were accordingly instructed to land. We can assure the people of Vienna,"that we wave the question of etiquette, and the advantage . hare, as lively a ruriositi on this subject as they which might result from receiving the first communi cation, and confiding in the engagement of the Ante- have ; and silent:l beglad to know whether our Ali rican Plenipotentiaries, commutiklted in their notes sisters have really pledged; or mean to pledge, the of the 21st instant, all the points upon which they country to such an interminable Vl2r to of its means. are instructed to insist. Has the continuance of the Property Tax become The American Plenipotentiaries have objected to necessary for this and such equally gigenticafly one essential part of the projet thus communicated, but before the undersigned can enter into the discus- wise precautions as the building of the projected sion of this objection, they must require from the fortress at Offenburgh, to overawe all the Germans, American Plenipotentiaries that, pursuant to their , and be . garrisoned by the troops of all nations ? We eneagentent, they will deliver a coot) a•projet con- have heard of Babel, and the conf9sion it occasioned. wining all their of jections to the points submitted by ; the undersigned, togtolier with a statement of such VIENNA, JAN. s.—Much activity prevails in all further points as the Government of the United the departments of the different Legations here.— States consider to be material. I They are occupied in preparing lists of the popnli. The undersigned are authorised to state distinctly, ' tion of the ancient possessions of the Ponces of the that the article as to the pacification and rights of the Confederation of the Rhine 5 with statistical tables of Indian nations 'wing been accepted, they have , the countries which the Princes of that Confedera ', brought forward in cleir note of the 21st inst. all the P np.-•sitions they have to offer. • They have no far, lien received as indemnities from Bonaparte. It is ' understood that all these indemnities must be given thEr demands to make, no other stipulations on i;ehicll - 1 they ate instructed to insist, and they are empowered : up, and that others wilrbe received in their place, • to sign a ')'testy of Peace forthwith in conforellity I guaranteed by the Sovereigns assembled here.— %it it those stated in trhsir former Note. - From this it is inferred that a new division is pro: The undersigned trust, therefore, that the Ameri jected by the Allies of the whole of that territory can Plenipotentiaries will no longer hesitate to bring forward, in the form of articles or otherwise as they which was allotted by Bonaparte as "indemnities." may prefer, those specific propositions open which It is confirmed that Austria wishes to regain all they are empowered to sign a Treaty of Peace be. the Brisgau, and to change the Ortenau for that die twcen the two countries. I trict called the Upper Margraviate of linden. The The undersigned avail themselves of the present Kincha is to form the future frontier between the opportunist to renew to the Plenipotentiaries of the Austrian territory and that of Baden. United States the assurance of their high considera tion. It is said that there will be established at Offen- ( d) (Tiuc Copy.) tortMlll ER. H. U LIIU RN, WM. AI) AM. C. 111.1GII CS. jun. Secr•tlry to !IL! Aintric..o The reading of the above documents, which occu pied the remainder of this day'; Session, was heard with the deepest attention, and the latter papers, as I well ns the first, were read over a second, and some a third time. After the leading was finished, some conversation took place as to the number of these documents which it would be proper to print, whether the usual 'number or 5000. In the course of some remarks in favour of the hitter number, Mr. Pickering took occasion to say that the letters of our Ministers displayed an ability which was highly honourable to them. In the end 5000 copies were ordered to be printed, and the House adjourned. • .burgh an immense fortress, which will belong gene rally to all Germany, and will be garrisoned by the troops of the German nations. The King of Wirtentberg, before he left Vienna, sent to Count Winzingerolle; his Minister at the Congress, blank powers signed by himself, with au thority from him to fill them up, consenting to all the changes, cessions, &c. which the Emperor of Austria might think proper to Make in Upper Suabia. ExmAcr room A PRIVATE LETTER. The Project of Inelernuity for the King of Den mark, inserted some time ago in the Unirersal Ga zette, has Weigher . been seen, nor approved of, by the Congres.. It is well known, that the King of England has given his word of honour never to cede a single one of his German subjects ; and that the brave inhabitants of the Duchy of Laoenbtirgh have deserved too well from the (rouse of Ilanover aver to alienated. Ilia also known, that the Dukes of OldenbUrgh, l'inT of Eden, 011 sissalsKportsent to a change of territory. At ilamburgh Stud Lubeck, miler sentiments preiail ; and it is hoped that the Great Powers will by too just to sacrifice the small 'ones for the aggrandizement of those already over grown. That they will he too magnanimous not to for: get the efforts which these cities have made, and the miseries any have undergone in the common cause of Germany : and that they will never subject them to foreign Power, or oppress them with unjust and in sufferable exactions. VIENNA, JAN. 7.—The conclusion . of peace be tween Greet Britain and the United States, has pro duced a material alteration in the tone of. the'official notes of Lord Castlereagh, which,. since the 16th of December, have been conceived in a language much less dictatorial than formerly. A courier arrived from London this day - to Lord Cestlereagland, he appears to base brought fresh instructions to that Minister, who has pressed most strongly theconcla. sion of the negociations. Curiosity is awake to know, whether Great Britain still continues bound to pay, during the year 1815, the Subsidies stipulated by the Treaty of Chaumont ? It is probable that she will refuse to do so, in which case the Allies will be obliged to immediately disband the prodigious forces they have no:.; on foot at the crpcnce rfEngland. The Course of Exchange at Viznita gets worse, it is to-day at 271. IS . .IItSAW, DEC. 15.—The most contradictory re. ports are circulated here, as to our future fate.-- Every courier from Vienna is ekpncted with an anxiety unexampled. The Archduke Constantine it organizing with the utmost activity the Russian and Polish Army.—Every thing has a warlike appear. auce. Bittov, Dec. recal of the Russian Prince Gallitzin, who was the Iteideat Minister with the King of Saxony, has caused'a great sensa. tion. That Prince, touched with the misfortunes of the had made (it is said) very strong r e . monstrAnces in his favour. They mention, to.dao, that a secret correspondence has, been discovered be. j tween the King of ti,:xony and some foreign Powers, and they add, that this itr.covery has implicated ' mngj diAtinge,*khed p&sOnap.i. Scarce tops the re. cal of Prince Gallitzin known, titan the Prussian Chamberlain, the-Count de Modem (whose wife pas. senses large estates in Saxony), threw himself into the river at Charlottenburgh, and was drowned. his j body was found. Rorer:, JAN. I.—King Charles IV. of Spain has just received an express froM Vienna, the news he brings is of importance. Great Britain has (it is said) made a proposition at the Congress, tl,at the Island of Sardinia should be ceded to-the King Louis of Etruria (grandson of King Charles), in indemnity for his estates in Italy, which are seized by other Powers. It is understood that this arrangement will be agreed to, in Uhich case the King;lA Sardinia must be indemnified somewhere else; what confusion alt this makes, what changes and re.changes, indemni. ties and re-indemnifies. Nothing however it cerlaiii. _ . his 110»ess is los no means satisfied. GrxoA, JAN. 3.-:—The f& to of Genoa is definitively liked. It is united to Piedmont, ander the denomi nation of il►e I)ucl►j of Genoa (Dueato di Genova). Her troops are incorporated with those of the King of Sardinia, who will form a company, in his body. guards, of the most distinguished young Genoese. There will be a National Representation, solely as to finance", Nothing else will take place to dc.prive the King of the most absolute Sovereignty. The Per! of Genoa is to be free. The succession of the' House of Savoy is also fixed—it is given los titer to the branch called the Dukes of SAvoY-Cattieti AN. Fatscit Fuxos, 75f. 80c. A Dutch Mail arrived yeiterday with Haarlem, Frankfort, and Brussels Papers, containing intelli gence from Vienna to the ith inst.. According to these accounts a remarkable *pp, of Negocietors hos actually taken place. It is said that the Em peror ALEXANDER, finding the firm opposition of Prince METTERNICH, the Austrian Minister, a great obstacle to his views upon Poland, demanded his dis. missal, upon the ground of his throwing difficulties in the way of a final adjustment of the points in dis pute. The Emperor of AUSTRIA, it is stated, had agreed to this request, but upon the condition that the Russian Minister should also be dismissed ; and, it is added, that the Prussian Minister was also in cluded in the condition. This condition being agreed to, it is said, that in consequence of the arrange ment thus determined upon, Prince METTER:mu had been superseded by Count STADION; the Rus sian Minister, Count Nesset.aone, by Count C.teo D'lsTitt.t ; and the Pru.sian Minister, Baron DE HussuoLor, by the State Councillor -I _ORDAN. The Copy of an excellent set of Et ,, solotions, adopted at a Meeting of the Common Hall of the City of Worcester, regarding the Property Tax, is given in another page of this Paper ; as are also the particulirs of a Meeting on the same subject at Iris• tel. A numerous Meeting has likewise been held at York, and Resolutions unanimously adopted for pe titioning against this Tax. We could mention similar proceedings at other places, but we have not room. A more ample and satisfactory account than we hare yet given of the proceedings at Liverpool, shall be• laid before our Readers to-morrow. It k rumoured that bn Friday dispatches were sent by a fast-sailing vessel to Mr C. N NINO, for the per. pose of inviting him to take office. ft is added, that Lord CASTLEREAGH UM be moved to the Lords. Tiiere - areeven reports which state, that the SPTAILtri is likely to take office. _ . On the lath instant a Mail arrivod at Dover for. Paris, and W;iii Mot on boa rdlvisNes pepket the Lady Frances, Capt. Jon sl Burma, who might hay , sailed tiler following morning, the wind being pet fectly fair for Boulogne; and on the 19th instant another' Mail arrived for Paris, and was put vu hdard the Ltidy Frances, who never attempted In procVed to sea until the 40th instant, although Cie Industry it-mu-vessel sailed from Dover to Bou logOe, and landed her passengers there and ic• turned to Dover the same evening, and found I.; , Majesty's packet the Lac& Prances still I} is there, collecting passengers and baggage.—Ciiii it - he of so trilling a consequence to the mrr criants in London, and to the public iii genervl. to have their letters detained for the mere volleciipi; f a few passeng ers. As a. proof that the M a il o f t, t' havelBth might been landed at Boulogne on the l and the Muil of the 19th on its passage, it tom mentioned, that the Industry made her' vo)ng. , Boulogne and back, ou the 19th inst. in übbut lj hours. DRURY-LANE TIMATRE. A new female debutante personated Juliet ou Satur day night at this Theatre. This lady is Miss LYDIA use believe, sister to the favourite actress of the same name. From the reports previously in cir culation of this lady's beauty and talents, the most gratifying expectations were entertained—and the Public were not disappointed. Miss LYDIA KELLY is an interesting figure, about 18 years of age, has a very pleasing yoke, and though it is said not entirely new to the stage, seems to possess much simplicity of character. A first appearance before a Metropo litan audience had naturally a disadvantageous effect upon her sensibility, but the liberal feelings of the Public were expressed in the 'most encouraging plaudits. Miss O'NEIL established her reputation in the character of Juliet, and Miss Lott KELLY bids fair to be a very formidable rival. K lAN, as Romeo, received, as usual, his meed of enthusiastic applause. The Ilouse was crowded to excess. The Play was given out for another representa tion for to-morrow night, amidst bursts of appiohit tiou. NEXT FRIDAY WILL BE THE SECOND DAY OF DRAWING. WHEN THE FIRST TICKET DRAWN A PRIZE AROVR £95. WILL RECEI.VE 62.1,000.- ONLY ONE DAY MORE TO DRAW. VRICE•OF STOCKS THIS flank ; per rent. Red. (Viii I per t:ent. pr Cents. KM 5 per Cent. Nnvy DAY *l' ONE O'CLOCK Imne. Arm. 1G 7-If India Hon& 18 19 9 Exchequer Hill. r G p thonium d Consols for Arc. 65H1 t. rt • tt t. i. d 1, O IS to s• at !• Ir n. re It rt e it 7, 0 l‘ • it •,