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London, England, 1814-10-20 00:00:00

HALIFAX PAPERS.

[from the Acadian Recorder
,of Sept. 24.]
Sir John Sherbrooke and Rear-Adnural,,Grif-
fel :irrived in town on iVethiesday morning last ;
tllcy were landed at Maine Island, and front thence
proceeded in the Picton to Windsor. •

HALIFAX, SEPT. 24, 1914.

I'ROCLAIIATION .13Y SIR I. C. SHERBROQK.E AND AD-

MIRA& GRIFFITH.

Whereas we haw taken formal posiessioni for_
Mojesty, of all'the eastern side of the Penob-
srut River, and of all the Country lying between
Alle saute river and the boundary line of the Pro-
vittfe of New Brunswi6k, including Long Island,
and all the other Islands near and 'contiguous to
the shores thereof:—

And whereasjt.is expedient and necessary, that
a Provisional Government he established in that
Conlon/ until his Majesty's pleasure shall be
1.-town :—We do therefore order and command,
fcr the present, and until further orders to the
contrary, all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and
other Officers duly commissioned and appointed
to keep the Pace, and administer justice, and
y. fat were acting under the authority of the ,for-
:net- -Government within that country, still to
continue in authority until his Maiesty,'s pleasure
be further known, and to administer justice,
and to preserve peace and good order within the
sane country, and every part thereof agree-
"ultiai to the laws, usages, and customs in force
at the time we took possessioo of that coot)-
* ; subject, hosiever, to. such future ot tiers and
t;ttrations. as may be expedient. And we have
appointed Gerard Gosselin, iklaor-General
in Lis l'ittesty's service, or whoever may succeed
to the Military Connnand in case of his death, or
departure, to cottnnand and govern that country,
until his Majesty's pleasure shall he furtherluown,
car until the Commander-in-Chief-of his Majesty's
I:orcesin North America shall make other- orders
to the contrary. And we strictly enjoin and con-
plan l all persons of every description, ' dwelling
and residing within the limits of the befort-clea
scribed country, to pay obedience to this Frock-
illation, and to the said Gerard Gosselin„ or to the
senior Officer cornnianding that country for the
tone being, and to conduct themselves peaceably
and quietly.. And if any person or persons, re-
siuingor inhabiting within the country before de-
st:ribed, shall hereafter be found in arms against his
Majesty, 0-raiding or assisting his Majesty's enemies
in any other shape, either by conveyingitttelli
genet, or otherwise, such person or petotts shall
be immediately brought before a Court-wartial,
aln shall be punished agreeably to
military law. And all Collectors and Receivers' of
the public revenue of that country, are enjoined
and commanded immediately to render, to the
proper Officer of h s Majesty's Customs, appoint-
ed for that purpose at Castillo, a true and exact
aj,aatiott of all and every stun-or stuns Of public
money in their hands at the time possession was
taken of that country for his Majesty, and to
pay over the same to the said! Officer of the Cus-
toms ; and all such Collectorsaod Receivers are
to account for, and pay over in the said 'Manner,
ail monies by them collected or received since
possession of that country was taken by us as
aforesaid. And all persons inhabitants within
the said country and islands are required to
aepear, before the. proper officers' appointed'.
fur that purpose, as speedily as, poSSiLle.,
aster the publication hereof, and-to take an oath
In behave peaceably and quietly, and,
.while in-
habiting and residing within tharcduntry, not to'
carry arms, or in any respect act hostily towards
his Majesty, or any of his subjects : and such in-
hahitaLts, after taking such oath, shall be pro.
tected in their persons, and propCrties, until hit
Majesty's pleasure shall be known. Nothing,
however, herein contained, is to extend to any
property seized, and taken as prizeprevious to
the publication hereof, or to the security of the
persons or property of those who refuse to take
the oath before mentioned. , And all and every
p:rson or persons not being an inhabitant or in-
habitants of that country, at the time it was taken
possession of by his Majesty's forces, whether snob
person be a British subject- or otherwise, Who shall
be found sojourning in that country,withinthe same
bmits, or passing or repassing within the same,
without a proper pass and license, granted either by
the Governor in Chief o(British North America, or
by tlmAdmiral Commanding in Chief his NrajeSty's
slips on the coast ofNorth America, or by the-Lieut.
Governors. or Commanders-in- Chief.for the time
being, of the provinces of Nova Scotia, or New.
Irunstvick, or by the Admiral commanding for the
time, being at Halifax, or from the said Gerald
Gosselin, or whoever may succeed him as Senior
Othcer commanding within the said country, shall
bcimmediately apprehended and brought to trial
before a court-martial, and punished as for a
breach of orders, according to military law ; and
full power and authority is hereby granted to the
said Gerard Gosselin, or whoever may hereafter
be commander in that country, until his Majesty's
pleasure be known, to compel any person or per-
sons, who may hereafter, be guilty of any hostile,
ihsoiderly, or disobedient conduct, or who refuse
to take the oath before directed, to be removed
troth that country,. and .to punish such person or
persons, who may return to the same, after such
rcmoval, according to military law, as for a breach
..ot orders. ,

And all persons inhabitants, or residing within
that country, being owner or owners of any ship
or ships, vessel or vessels, and who sit:Alit-have taken
the oath of allegiance to his Majesty, shall be en-
titled to receive from the Officer of the Customs,
.olipointed at Castiue, a certificate and coasting
,ieense, countersigned by the Military 02icer
oittinanding in that country for the time being,
which shall protect such ships or vessels. respec-
tively, in li6bidg or coasting front one harbour or
river to the other, uithin the limits of the country
aforesaid ; and it shall be lawftil for such vessels,
witch furnished with coasting clearances and per-
-snits from the proper Officer of the Customs at
,Castine aforesaid, to carry without molestation,
from One harbour to another, within said dis-
Anci, the produce of.that country, or any goods,
waxes, or merchandise lawfully imported into
Castine. Provided always, that if- any ship or
ivescl so liccused iwr fishing or coasting, shall
.be

found at the distance of ten leagues from the silo.
of said country, or to the southward, or west-
ward, of the eastern side of Monhegan Island, or
shall he found to the northward or eastward of the
line of the province of New Britnswick, the li-
cense of •such vessel or vessels shall he, null and
void, and it shall be, lawful to seize and make
• ,
prize of such vessel or vessels, the ,same as if
owned by the enemy.
And it shall and maybe lawful, until his Majesty's pleasure
shall tie known, f,:r any British subject, orpersans inhabiting
" within the said country, who'shall he adniitted to the privi-
lege of a British Subject, to impott, mid bring from the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any of the
enfonics or plantations thereto belonging:, into .the Poet of
Castine, and no other port or place within the said district,
in British ships, °word and navigated according to law all
goods, wares. and merehandize which can he lawfully exported
from Great Britain, or Ireland, to the. British colonies; and all
tiods,wares,aud merchandize, which can be lawfully imported
from one British colony to another, and to export in like man,
per, in British ships only, from the said port ofCastioe, anygonds
wares, or niercliendize, the produce of the said country, or
goads condemned-as prize, ,and to carry the - samg toltreat
.Britain or Ireland,- or any of the British .colonies. Provided
Owayc, that way British ship entering, or attemptiwr to en-
ter, any other port, harbour, or -place, within the fintits of
the anti country, save the said port of Castine, shall be liable
to be seized as prize, and condemned as a British ship trailing
v:i..h.the enemy ; and provided also, that nothing herein Con-
taried shall anthiirise Britishisubjects, -or persons trading to
that country under the authority of this Proclamation, to take
up aresideiice iii said country, unless specially licensed for
that purpose,as aforesaid.
And all goods imported, and- exported, into, or frnm, the
said,port of Castine' or carried coastwise within the limits of
the said country, and all vessels tie ling to or from the same.,
whethrr coastwise or otherwise, saikil ..be subject to all the
duties, rules, orders and i•egulatians, which the Laws of
Trade and Navigation, and the British Acts of Parliament
regniating the trade and fisheries of the British colonies ap-
point: and whitit - duties shall be collected, and Laws of
Tiade, ralcS a,1,1 regulaoons, executed, after the same man-
ii r at the Custom-House in Halifax, in the Province of
Nova SeUtia. . _ _

Alid We do :Isure and 'promise the Initabitants of the Coun-
try taken I,osse.-4ion of by us as aforesaid, that so low.' .as
to this Proarcation, and behave diem-
sekes caccably on,, o;i•tly,- and shall take and 'subscribe
of allegiance to this Majesty, or the oath by
this Proclamation a:T.,iwted, they shall be protected both in
pers“ii and property. until his Majesty's pleasure shall be
known; and as far as possible shall have the laws which
.wc,,e in force at the time we took possession of that country,
carried into execution by the Judges, Magistrates, and Peace
Officers, who 55 ere in authority at the time we took; possession
of said conntry : subject, however, to such alteration and or-
dinancesas the.lotficerte ninan,4il;g!'ortlie time being may deem
necessary and expedient,to enable him to support and maintain
the power and authority of his Majesty in and over that coun-
try, and. subject to the aWhority of that summary and military
course of proceeding which the defence of the country may
render necessary, a:.l which the Laws of War amongst Civi-
lized Nations authorize. And we hope that the peaceable de-
meanour and behaviour of the inhabitants, under present cir-
cmustances, will be such as will enable the Officer commanding
for the time being to carry.into effect every measure necessary
to promote their present secnrity and happiness; but nothing
contained in this Proclamationsis to extend, or be construed
ti extend, to the establiihuient of any form of Govern-.
merit that shall exist longer than until his Majesty's
pleasure. shall be known, and subject to all such order.
-and regulations as the Prince Regent of the United.
Kingdom, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, may think expedient to appoint and establish, for the
permanent government of that country; until which period
We promise to carry' into effect thus- proclamation in every
tray that will best condtice to the safety and prosperity of the
inhabitants of the country. Provided they contribute by their
•
peaceable demeanour to the measures necessary and expe-
dient to be taken to held possession of the country against'his
Majesty's enemies, to which object the Officer commanding •
iu that country, for the time being, is to- employ his whole
force ; and any opposition from the inhabitants of that country
to the measures necessary to accomplish that object will ren-
der this Proclamation null and void.
Given under our Hands and Seals at Arms at Halifax, this
41st day of September; in the 54th year of his Majesty's
reign, Anuonue Domini 1814.
JOHN 'COAPE SHERBOOKE,
Lieut.-f;enerat Commanding:
EDWARD GRIT FITH; Rear-Aslutiral.

Tarp CATASTROPHE AT MR. MEUX'S.

-CORONER'S INQUEST

ON THE UNFORTUNATE PERSONS WHO PERISHED

IN ST. GILES'S.

esterday afternoon, at two o'clock, an In-
quest was held in the Board-room of St.,Giles's
'Workhouse, before GEORGE HODGSON, Esq. C.
roner for the County of Middlesex, on view of
the following; unfortunate persous,who fell victims
to the burstinK of the vat in Messrs. 1-IItY.
MEux and Co.'s Brewhouse, in St, Giles's :

. Elenor Cooper, 14 yeaKs of age, servant to Mr. Rar ichd
H ' awes the Tavistojk Arms, Great Russell-street.
2. Mary Mulvey, a married_vrcooan, aged .90 years.
-S. Thomas Murry, aged 3 years, son to Mary Mulvey by a
former husband.

4. Hannah Bonfield, aged 4 years and 4 months
5. Sarah Bates, aged 3 years and 5 months.
6. Ann Saville, aged 60 years.
7. Elizabeth Smith, a married woman, aged 27 years.
S. Catherine Butler, a widow, aged 65 years.

- After,the Jury. were impanneled and sworn in,
they proceeded to the dead-bouse to take a view
of five of the bodies that were deposited- there ;
they then went to fake a view of the place where
the accident happened, and of the other three
bodies that were taken home by their friends ; on
returning to their jury-room the first Witness exa-
mined was 7--

George .Criek, who being sworn, said .he is
Storehouse Clerk to Messrs. Henry Meux and
Co. of the Horseshoe Brewhouse, in St. Giles'
be has served them about seventeen years, near
six years of which were in the present brew-
house. On Monday afternoon,. one of the large
iron hoops of the vat which burst fell off•;
witness was not alarmed on that account, as
he has frequently seen such occur without
being attended by any serious consequence.—
He wrote to Mr. Young, one of the part-
ners in the .firm, of what had happened ; he
was also their vat-builder. Witness had the
letter in his hand, in order• to send it to Mr.
Voting, about half-past five o'clock in ,the even-
ing, which was about an hour after the hoop fell
off. Witness was standing on the platform, within
three yards of the vat, when, without the smallest
previous notice, it burst ; when he heard the crash
of the vat going off, he ran to the store-house,
where the vat was ;'he was above his knees in
beer ; he was shocked at the sight that presented
itself to his view ; • one side of the house, upwards
of 25 feet in height, with a considerable part of
the roof, lay. in ruins.
,The first object that took
his attention was ibis own brother, who is super-
intendent under him ; he saw one of the men
pulling him from
.under one of the butts that lay
on one side ; he and one of the labourers are now
in the Middlesex Hospital, in a dangerous
way. The height of the vat was twenty-two
feet ; it was filled within about four inches of
the top, and then contained'3sss barrels of en-
tire, heing•beer that was ten mouths brewed ;
the four \ inches that were empty of the vat
would hold between 30 and 40
,barrels more
the hoop which burst was about 7 cwt. which ;vas

the least weight of any 'of 2 hoops on the vat,
and seven large hoops, each of which weighed
near a tZn. When the vat burst, the force and
pressure was so great, that it stove several hogs-
heads of porter, and also knocked out the cock.
of nearly as large a vat as that which was in the
'Cellar, or regions below. 'This vat contained
2400 barrels, all of which but about-800 barrels
also ran, about ; they lost in all between 8 and
9000 barrels. The cock that fell, or was knocked
out of tlre vat, ran about a barrel a minute.—
The vat that burst was built between eight. and
nine years, and was kept always nearly full ; the
vat. bad an opening on the top, about a yard
square ; it was about eight inches frdin the wall ;
witness supposes that it Was the rivets of the
hoops that slipped, none of. the. hoops being
broke, and the foundation where the vat stood
not giving way : the wall which tell was in_height
about 25 feet, and two bricks and a half thick.—
Witness and the men employed under him had
too much business of their own to attend to, and
never concerned themselves about what happened
outside. Thecellar, and two deep wells which
were in it, were lull of beer', and all were eta-
ploycd save whAt beer they could ; witness did
not kndw at the lime but some of,theirown inert
might have been killed. About an hour and a half
atter, witness found the body of .Ann Saville
-
flo:atinoir among-the butts, and also part of a private
still, both of which floated from some of
,the
neighbouring horses, as he -is certain neither
were there before. She was quite dead, and her
body was carried'to the horse-shoe public-house.
_ _

Richard Hawes being sworn, said, he lives at
No. 22, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, the
Tavistock Aims Public-house. .About half past
five o'clock, on Monday evening, witness was in
his tap-room, when he heard the crash ; the hack
part of his house was beaten in, and every thing
in his destroyed ; the cellar and 'tap-room
filled with beer, so that it was pouring across the
street into the areas on the opposite side ; the
deceased Elenor Cooper, his servant, was in the
yard washing pots at the time the accident hap-
pened ; she was buried under the ruins, from
whence she was dug out about 20 minutes past
8 o'clock ; she was found standing by the water
butt ; Surgeon Ogle attended to render medical
assistance, but she was quite dead.
John Cummins being sworn, said he is by trade
a bricklayer, and lives at No. 14, Pratt's-plaeo,
Camden Town,, being the owner of some houses'
in New-street, where the principal part of the
persons who were lost resided ; he attended on
the spot, to render all the assistance in his power
to the sufferers. Etiz. Smith, a bricklayer's wife,
was the first body they found, about 12 o'clock,
in the ruins of a first floor; Sarah Bates, a child,
was discovered in about an hour after, in the
ruins of No. 3, New-street ; Catherine Butler, a
widow'; Mary Mulvey and her son, Thos. Murry,
a boy three years of age, were found about
four o'clock on Monday evening; Hannah Ban-
field, a girl about four years and a half old, with
her mother and another child, were at tea in the
first floor, the two former Were washed by the
flood into the ruins ; the body of Hannah Ban-
field was found dead in the ruins, about half-past
six. The mother was carried to the'Middlesex
Hospital, where she lies in a dangerous state, and
the last-mentioned child was found nearly stiffo-
cated on a bed in the room.

_
The evidence being gone through, the Jury,
without hesitation, returned a Verdict of Died by
Casualty, ..lecidentally, and by MiSfortUne.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.