The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE.

Duat.AN,• Fes. 26.—This morning, about half-
past one o'clock, a most alarming fire was disco-
vered to have broken out in the little Theatre,
Capel-street, The Paving Corporation's water
machines were in attendance a quarter of en 1)0111'
before any of the fire engines arrived : when the en-
gines reached the-spot, they were oily supplied• with
the Paving Carts for an hour, until the street
could be opened in order to obtain water from
the pipes. We have no hesitation in saying that
if r the Engines had not been promptly and abun-
dantly supplied by the Water machines, th'e whole
of the surrounding building would have been

destroyed.. Considering the had management of
the Pipe-water Corporation, it has frequently
occurred matt, that it wonl,l be very advantageous
to the public if a powertul Fire Engine was at-
tached to the Paving Board Machines, Which for
more than fOur years, have frequently been the
only means of furnishing writer for extinguishing
fire in this City.! IVe noticed with pleasure
the activity of Mr. Sheriff White, whose endea-
vours to animate the spectators' to subdue the de•
youring element, had a powerful effect in saving
the adjoining houses. The Theatre itself being
constructed of wood, which was all on fire, pre-
sented a most awful scene.

On Saturday night, between seven and eight
o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the house
Mt.. Chambers, 'coal.tnerchant, ‘VellingtOn-
street, Blackfriars,road, which destroyed the
upper part of the house, and damaged the adjoin-
ing houses. On the arrival of engines, and having
a good supply of water, the Harney were prevented
doing further mischief. We did not hear how it
originated. • •

Lientenant.General HALL, late Governor of the
Isle of Fiance, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday,
in the Alexander, Captain'SUßFLON.
General 111'GREGoa arrived at Nassau on the
7th of January, in the Hero, FluDsoN, from Lon-
don.

,His Exceileti6' the Marvis D'Osmoxn, after
having paid a tare‘Nel! visit to the PatNcE 14:-
GENT, at Brightin reti,rued to town, early in
the preceding week ; anti, on Slturdav, lie took
his final departure from London, for Dover, in-
tending to embark for CaWs this day, on his
way to Paris. Tie amiable Marchioness aceorn.
panied

The Liffey,. 46, Hon. Captain 'H. DuNcAN,
'with his Grace the D,,ke of Iticct.ttucm, and
Marshal Lord BERESFORD 00 bolrd, sailed oft
Friday for List;o6 ; alq`u tit,! Dauntless, 26, Hon,
Captain GARDNER, Ivith Major-General Sir ED.
WARD BARNUS, K C. B. on !maid, tot the East

Indies ; and the Serapis, convalescent ship, Lieu-
tenant JACKSON, Willi detmchmeots of the 58th
and 61st regiments on board, for Jamaica ; and
the Cameleon, 10, Captain MINGAY, on a ernize.

The Journal d:t Commerce has Veen suspended
in consequence. as we are told in the Journal Ge-
neral and the illoQilear, of j.‘ a supplementary rote
respecting the late sitting of t;)e Chamber of
Peers, containing incorrect details, and some
expressions which appeared injurious to a Nub];
Peer."

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All tRICAN l'A PERS.

[Continued from Saturday's Sus.)

CONVENTION WITH THE UNITED STATES.

The thrice(' States of America, alit! l,rs Majesty
the K::.g of the (Jolted Kingdom of Great Miran)
and Ireland, desirous to cement the ,f,ml wider-
standieg which happily subsists betweett
Lave, for that purpose, named their respective
Plenipotentiaries, that is to say the.Priiident
of the (lotted States, on his part, has appointed
Alherrllatin, their Eevoy fistraordinary and
:Moister Plenipotenti try in the Court of-France;
and Richard Rush, their Envoy Extraordinary
and Alhoseer Prnipoteoti.try to the Court of his
Th.itannie Majesty and his Majesty has appoitit-
ed the Right Botiourable Frederick Joho Robin-
son, Treasurer of his Maje•ty's Navy, and Presi-
dtatt or Ihe Committee of Privy Council for Trade
and Plantalioos.; .anti Henry Goulburn, Estptire,
one of his Majesty's Under Secretaries of Sta e :
who, after.liaving exchanged their respective full
pow( rs, tnOod to be in rine and proper fortm,
have agreed to nod concluded the following
aitiel s:
A ae. 1. ‘Vhereas differences have arisen re.-
spectittg the liberty claimed by the. United States
for the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, and cure
fish, on certain coasts, hays, harbours, and creeks,
of his Britannic Majesty's dominions. in -America,
it is aereed between the 110) contracting parties,
that the inhabitants tit the said United States
shall have, for ever, in common with the subjects
of his Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish
of every kind, on that part of the southern coast
of Newfoundland, which extends from Cape Ray
to the Besmear) islands, on the western and
northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said
Cape Ray to the Quirpou Islands, on the shores
of the Mas,daletr Islands, and also on the coasts,
bays, harbours and creeks, from Mount Jolly, on
the southern coast of Labrador, to and through
the Streights of Bellisle, and thence northwardly
indefinitely along the coast, without pre-
judice, however, to atty of the exclusive
rights of the I-Indson Bay Company :—And that
the American fishermen shall also have liberty,
for ever, to dry and cure fish in any of the
unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks, of the
southern part of the coast of Newfoundland, here
ahose described, and of the coast of Labrador.;
but so. soon as the same,
.or any portion thereof,
shall he settled, it shall not be lawful for the said
fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so
settled, without erevious agreement for. such pur-
pose, with the inhabitants, oropritoors, or pos-
sessors of the ground. Anti the United States
her-by renounce for ever, any liberty heretofore
e4;yed or claimed .by the inhabitants thereof, to
take, lirv, or cure fish, on or within three marine
mil s of any of the coasts, bays, creeks or har-
bours of his Bt ir ample Majesty's dorninious in Ame-
rica. not included in the above-mentioned limits :
ProsiHed, however, that the American fishermen
sha;l ire admitted to enter such bays or harbours,
for the purpose of shelter and repairing damages
therein), of purchasing wood, and of obtaining
water, and fur no other purpose whatever. But
th.-y shall be ;order such restrictions as may be
necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or cur-.
iri fish 'therein, or in any other manner whatever
ahosing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
11. It is agreed that a line drawn front the most
north-wester rr point of the ,Lake of the \Voods,
along the 491 h parallel of North Latitude, or it
the said point shall not be in the 49th parallel of
forth Latitude; then that a line drawn from the
said pstint due north or south, as the case may
be, until the said line shall intersect the said -pa-
rallel of North Latitude, and from the point of
swot intersection, due west along and with the
said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation be
ttvt en the territories of the United States and
those of his Britannic Majesty, and that the said
line shall form the northern boundary of .the said
territories of the (Jolted States, and rice southern
boundary of the territories of his "lit itannie Ma

jest y, from the Lake of the Woods to the Stony
INlosoit ins.

!IL 1i is agreed, that any country that may
he • claimed by either party on the nottb-west
coast of America, westward of the Stony Moon•
fain:, shall, together with its harbours, bays and
creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within
the same, be tree and open, for the term of ten
years from. the date of the signature of the pre7
sent Coo vention, to the vessels, citizens, and
subjects of the two Powers ; it being well under•
stood, that this agreen►eut is not to be construed
to the prejudice of any claim which either of the
two high contracting parties may have to any part
of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect
the ddllll3 of. any other power or state, to any
part of the laid country; the only. object of
the high contracting parties, in that respect, be-
ing to prevent disputes and differences amongst
themselves.

IV. All the provisions of the Convention " to
regulate the commerce between the territories of

the United Ste and of his Britannic Majesty,"
concluded at London, on the third day of July,
in the year of our Lord 1815, with the exception
of the clause which _limited its duration to tour
years, anti excepting, also, so far as the same

Was hffecied by the declaration of his Majesty re-
specting the Island of St. Helena, are hereby ex-
traded and continued in force for the term of ten

- ycars lion) the date of the signature of the pre-
sent Convention, in the same manner as if all the,

provisions of the said Convention were herein
specially recited.
V. Whereas it was agreed by the first article of
the Treaty of Ghent, that " All territory, places,
and possessions, whatsoever, taken by either
party from the other, during the war, or which,
may be taken after the signing of this Treaty, ex-
cepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned,
shall he restored without delay, and without
causing any destruction, or carrying away any of
the artillery or other public property originally
captured in the said forts or places, which shall
remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifica-
tions of this Treaty, or any slaves, or other pri-
vate property ;" and whereas, under the afore-
said article, the United States claim for their citi-

zens, and as their private property, the restitu-
tion (A, o full compensation for, all slaves who,

at the date of the exchange of the ratificdtions of
the said Treaty, .were i any territory 4 plart;s*Pr
possessions, whatsoever,, directed by the said
Treaty to he restored to the United States, but
thewstill occupied by the British forces, whether
such slaves were, ,at the (Jaye aforesaid, on shore,
or on hoard any British vessel lying in waters
;vithin the territory or jurisdiction of the United
States ; and whereas differences have arisen,
whether, by the true intent and meaning of the
aforesaid aricle of the Treaty of Ghent, the
United States are entitled to the restoration of,
or full compensation for, all or any slaves, as
above described, the high contracting parties
hereby agree to refer the said differences to some
friendly Sovereign or'State, to be named for that
purpose : and the high contracting parties further
engage to consider the. decision of-loch friendi
Sovereign or Stat,e. to be final and conclusive on
all the matters referred.

. ,
VI. This Convention, when the same shall
have been duly ratified by the President of the
United States, .11y awl with the advice and con-
sent of their Senate, and by his, Britannic Ala
jesty, and the . respective ratifications' mutually
exchanged, shall be binding and obligatory on
the said United Stater, and on his Majesty; and
the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months
trom this date, or sooner, -it possible
In Witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiariei have
signed the same, and have thertunto„atijxed the seal
of their arms.
Done at London, this twentieth day of October, in the
year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen.
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[L.S. ALBERT GALLATIN.
LS. WHAM) BUSII. . •.
L.S FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON.
L.S.J HENRY GOULBURN.