The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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It orders, That an Embargo be, and is hereby, laid on all ship+ I
*nil vessel+ in ports and places viithin the limits or jurisdiction of
the United St§tes, and the titritmies thereof cleared or not c:ear-
ed ; aud that.'no clearance be furnished to any shiuy vessel, exi
cept vessels in lerWritt.;.iittift. thr•
Immediate direction ot the President of the U.ited . States ; and
that the President be authorised to give the necessary. insti netions
to the oflicera of 'the revenue, and of .the navy, &c.
Nu foreign yessel is to take on board a citizen of the United I
States, unlessptoperly fiirnislied with a passport. •
No public armed vessels, or those possessoL.:public.commission.
from any foreign !lower, are to lie considered as liable to the all•
bingo.
Time 9tl provides against any person heirig engaged di-
rectly or indireetl.7 in evlding the Acct by endeavouring to favour
the exportation ot goods, inerchantlizy, &c. from the hi Birks of
Antecica. Every pert•on convieteiLot this olience is to einisiereil
gnilty of a high unsilcnienoor, aed tined by the Court in wl.iell the 1
conviction takes place, in a sum egnrii to toff times. the value of
spet•ie, merchandise, inilitary sun PS, &c.
Svetion 3. It Oates to %rusk is laden, or partly so, when the Act
is promotil.zmitest. vcssels aro either to dicharge their cargoes, I
or Live bond flat to ii;•part ra their dc;fination, until propttlyan.
thorised for that purpose. In .failine ut
.con;plinnee tvith the one I
or the other ot these regtmlation;, withl mto days, time vessel and
cargo In he torleited.
Section 4. Ailows the collectors of. the enstoms to .grant a.paritial
Wide to comi•limm.4.ve,scl;r, certhmo and. el:lllations.
Surtio.m °I.). 01;e last) is as follows-:"--g•Thut • tkis act shall be 111
Circe ft em and after The pissinz t Iteieof until the Ist of y
18;5: unless a sess,tion of itbstiiit ies bf tweCti the United Stitts
und Great Britain and Itehmod, and their dependencies, shalt take
phe.e before that day ; G 1 ‘k!liCh event, or in any other event that
shall, iu Inc opinion of the Piesoleo:, ttifeicr the ttrinination of the
t'l”!tat go hereby inipoFed conipwible wilt.: the public interest. The
csiticut of the trolled States is herrhy authorised to declare by
proelanou Out. a;s act is to cease and lave no eticet.".
Af.er sonic anti tiftt rations, the bill 'tossed. .
• •
-Yeas 85—.. days
The emb:mrgo act was precefirml/ by a long Message from the
Preside:;t, a,signing the iea-tins tor time measure.. The, principal
of timely WWI, that the Commercial and Navigation Laws then in
force were of a tendency to favour the British, an thereby prolong,
the war. S;:pplies of the most essential kind, the Message mates,
rtllllll their Huy not only to British ports rind British armies, at a
di•rance, hot the 4rmii:s in titi,4:hbourhood ; and even in many
iostances qte fleets and troops infeSting time 'Alia-ilea:l e,:ast were
accoinniodatc4l and encouragyd.by soppper. (hi the ether baud,
Priti-h goods found their way into Al:merit:an ports. It was, there-
fore, to iemedy evil's irke those, that he recommended the adoption
4.lii the £nmbamgo 4‘Ct.

SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER.

TEB. 6.

• • FUR ON THE THAMES.
- The floAting.massesof -ice with winch the Thames is to:w eore.red,
having been stopped by London Bridge, have assumad the shape 4.f a
solid Putle.ce over that part of the river which ex:elitis from Mat klutats.
Bridge to some distance below Three Ctme stairs, at the bottom of
Queemostreet, Chrapaide. The %Tata:men, taking advantage. of this cir-
cumstance, on Wedne-sday, placed 'motleys at the cud of all the streets
lending Co the City-side of the river, announcing a sale four-way over
the river, which, es might he expected, attracted immense cop.& to
witness a scene so novel. Artily were induced to venture on the ice,
and the example this strardcd soon led cumbers'. to perambulate the
togged plain, where a variety flf nmusvinetits were prepared tom their
• oteitainmeut ; among the most curious 441 which was the ccrensony of
.oatting a small Abel), which was toasted, ur rather bawd, over a
charcoal fire, placed in a large iron pan. For a view o' this extra:lr-
dinar!' spectacle, sixpeace was demanded, and v61.'41110 paid. Of
booths there were a great »umber, which were orii..metitcd with
s'eeainers, ilaas, and slum's, and in wh ch there was a plentiful store of
those favorite luximules, gin. licer,• owl gingrrtreld. Opp,,site
Crane St.tirs, there was a Colnplrle art 114.41.mer.ted thorouvidame
Ilaraside, which was tteiveti k ith n‘ltes, anti apparently ailordt d
y safe, although a yet% r.tigh path. Near to Watlifriars lisidge,
the pstssage did not s.ein to lie ..qually sate, tcr out yOung man, a
plumber, named -Divi+t, iut.pcudricly velititred ter cross With
,nine lead in his hands, lie sunk between two ina•st.s of 'to.,
'cure. Two yintint unman neatly slitir. d a sit...ilar late, hut were hap-
pily rescued turn their sitilAteo, by the prompt ellOits of two
watt rmen.—lt is a singular tact, Coo iu eiaistquersce of the impedi-
ments at London Bridge to t:.e current of the nivel., the tide has nut
--bhed for some days hack, more than one half the t-ti:ti mark. It is not
hkely, even with the most rapid thaw, that the na%igation can be five
in less than a week.
The Thames Nesterday presented a most interesting appearance.
In artchti• n to the arrangements which are repined In the waterni•
&c. a. complete duncing-room has ,seen eoaliii.lit.rt in a barge, which is
firmly 4(461 at a coloaderable distance from the altar., A printi,,g.
press-has been also !bet at vvoili, the proprietors of whit:» have a very
ready sale for watch I apers, bearing inscripti,.ns commemorative of
" The great frost of 1814."

The longest and severe"• frosts .sperienced in England within sure•
thin,z more than a century pi,st, are l` ns rceen del :
In 1684, began Deceinber SO, and lasted 'button weeks.
In 3739, began December 21, ►rid Listed nine weeks.
In 176'2, began I)eceinber tl, and lasted ten weeks, with eighteen
dasscnntintied sonw. •
In 1785, began December '22, and las 04 sixteen weeks.
In 1789, began December 'l7, and lased thi,tren v.( el-s.
The Dilblitt paper informs us• that a thousand of the tuiiitary in gni.-
risoo there had been employed in clt win:: the ,treats of the moan and
ice. Large suliseripiions had beets entered into at Dutilin to telici:e
tk-' distresses of tin• poor.
To avoid the (hilts in several pints m► the road to Slicevisbury, the
m-►il bus been conveyed circuitously over relus iu a chaise wit) six
licrses; walls and other obstacles to its progress have Lceo, iss sort rill
instances, taken down.
A man named Pennell, well kn wn in the county of Surrey, was
found on Epstnat Dis,gnm, last week, treacle frozen to death. Evt.ry as,
sistance via rendered him ; but he died tea two hours atter being taken
out of the snow•.
A Gentleman, who was upnit the spnt, ioforms us, that on Monday,
thc'24th ult. he witnesseil, un tire• Solway Filth, a sitivilar phenomenon.
The Channel, Irons the side to Scotland, was a ca+misdate body
\rd ice, without any opening, evil) for a boat to pass, rese•ntbling in al,•
pearance a vast plain covered with rugged frozen snow. It extended “s
tar to the westward as bcow Wolkington, and pi-cm:sat d a int.st singular

aspect.
lie princip.4 farmers in the I,le of Ely nue adjacent Fens, are bu-
sily ruiployed in renioving thtir corn ana hay stncl to the 111)1111)(1s,
under an apprehension of a great good, unless the thaw could be el.
leered without much Lain.
Sunday se'sinit;lit, as 1w •o men were driving H Humber of pigs o'er
the Untie, at Ilowendike, the ice proved took weak, and orol,e, and 39
pigs were drowned.
On Wednesthiy morning. a bcinse at Asterton, near Norhury,
Shropshire, was thrown down by tb,! violence of the vtind, and the
weight of snow twilit the rout. The occupier., William Poppet, with his
wile and three children, were in bed, a bean) I.l:ling on tt:o
ratan, his wife, and one child, crdshed thorn to Lhi‘tli. Tsio chilthva
'taped,