The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-21 00:00:00

ARTICLE XIII.

If either party shall hereafter grant to any other na-
tion any particular favour in navigation or commerce, it
shall immediately become common to the other party,
freely, to where it is freely granted to such other nation.
or on yielding the same compensation, or any equivalent,
pant proxime, when the grant is conditional.
ARTICLE XIV.

Her Most Faithful Majesty and the United States of
America, desiring to make.as durable as circumstances
will permit, the relations which are to be established
between the two parties by virtue of this treaty or gene-
ral convention of reciprocal liberty of commerce and
navigation, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the
following points :
First— rile present treaty shall be in force for six
year; from the date hereof, and further until the end of
one year after either of the contracting parties shall have
given notice to the other of its intention to terminate
the same; each of the contracting parties reserve to itself
the right of giving such notice to the other, at any time
after the expiration of the said term of six years ; and
it is hereby agreed between them,' that on the expiration
of o to year after such notice shall have been received
by either, from the other party, this treaty shall altoge-
ther cease and terminate. _ .

Second—lf any one or more of the subjects or citizens
of either party shall infringe any of the articles of this
treaty, such subject or citizen shall be held personally
responsible for the same ; and the harmony and good
correspondence between the two nations shall not be in-
terrupted thereby, each party engaging in no way to pro-
tect the offender, or sanction suet). violution.
_

Third—lf (which, indeed, cannot be expected) unfor-
tunately any of the articles contained in the present
treaty shall be violated or infringed, in any way what-
ever, it is expressly stipulated that neither of the con-
tracting parties will order or authorise any acts of repri-
sal, nor declare war against the other, on complaints of
injuries or damages, until the said party considering
itself offended shall first have presented to the other a
statement of such injuries or damages, verified by com-
petent proof, and demanded justice and satisfaction, and
the same shall have been either refused or unreasonably
delayed.
Fourth—The present treaty shall be approved and rati-
fied by her Most Faithful Majesty, with the previous con-
sent of the general Cortes of the nation, and by the
President of the United States of America, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States ;
and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the city of
Washington within eight months from the date hereof, or
sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have
signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of
their arms.
Done in triplicate, in the city of Lisbon, August 26,
in the year of our Lord 1840.
(L. S.) EDWARD KAVANAGH.

OLD PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR—Seeing in your paper a few days since some ac-
count of ancient newspapers, and not including one of
considerable antiquity in this neighbourhood, I beg to
inform you I have a copy of the Sherborne Mercury, of
the date of August 16, 1737, printed at Sherborne by
W. Bettinson and Company, from London (price 2d.,
stamp ld.), which appears to be the only advertising
medium in this locality. It contains some rather amusing
information compared with the rapid mode of travelling
in the present day. There are two advertisements for
the quick conveyance of goods and passengers from
Frome, Somerset, to London, on " Bird's Flying Frome
Waggon," sets out from the George Inn, Frome, for the
Bull and Mouth Inn, near Aldersgate, London, every
Monday by five o'clock, and returns to Frome by twelve
at gnoon, Saturday. " Performed, if God permit, by
Roger Bird."
" The Hathersele, who about a year ago sailed hence
for Barbadoes, is now daily expected from thence in the
River full freighted with sugar."
" On Tuesday the Assizes ended at Derby, where was
a most splendid appearance of gentlemen and ladies to
attend the High Sheriff ; and at night a ball, where a
lady proposed a collection for a soldier who had drank
the Pretender's health, and accordingly a great number
of half-crowns were gathered for him."
" On Thursday last the wife of the noted Turpin was
brought to bed of a son and heir at her house, near
Chinkford Green, Essex."
" This day eighteen persons were convicted before the
Commissioners of Excise for retailing spirituous liquors
contrary to the Act, and fined 1001. each."
" Oa Thursday was exported for Cadiz 850 quarters
of 'Wheat."
•' Early yesterday morning three men in liquor fell
into Tower-ditch, one of whom was killed outright, a
second had an arm broke, and the third dislocated his
collar-bone. They have cross'd the saying, drunken men
catch no harm."