The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

ARTICLE II

It is moreover agreed, that, from the place where the joint
commissioners terminated their labours, under the sixth ar-
ticle of the treaty of Ghent, to wit : at a point in the Nee-
brik Channel, near Muddy Lake, the line shall run into and
along the Ship Channel, between St. Joseph and St. Tam-
many Islands, to the division of the channel at or near the
head of St. Joseph's Island ; thence turning eastwardly and
northwardly around the lower end of St. George's or Sugar
Island, and following the middle of the channel which divides
St. George's from St. Joseph's Island's ; thence up the east
Neebrik Channel, nearest to St. George's Island, to the mid-
dle of Lake George; thence west of Jona's Island, into St.
Mary's River, to a point in the middle of that river, about
one mile above St. George's or Sugar Island, so as to appro-
priate and assign the said island to the United States ; thence
adopting the line traced on the maps by the commissioners
through the River St. Mary and Lake Superior, to a point
north of Isle Royal, in said lake, one hundred yards to the
north and east of Isle Chapeau, which last-mentioned island
lies near the north-eastern point of Isle Royal, where the
line marked by the commissioners terminates ; and from the
last-mentioned point, south-westerly, through the middle of
the sound between Isle Royal and the north-western main-
land to the mouth of Pigeon River, and at the said river to
and through the north and south Fowl Lakes, to the Lakes
of the height of Land, between Lake Superior and the Lake
of the Woods ; .thence along the water communication to
Saisaquinaga and through that Lake ' • thence to and through
Cypress Lake, Lac du Bois Blanc, Lac la Croix, Little Ver-
million Lake, and Lake Namican, and through the several
smaller lakes, or streams, connecting the lakes here mentio-
ned, to that point in Lac la Pluie or rainy lake, at the Claud-
iere Falls, from which the commissioners traced the line to
the most north-western point of the woods ; thence along
the said line to the said most north-western point, being in
latitude 49 deg. 23 min, 55 sec, north, and in longitude 93
deg. 14 min. 38 sec. west from the observatory, at Greenwich ;
thence, according to existing treaties, due south to its inter-
section with the 49th parallel of north latitude, and along
that parallel to the Rocky Mountains. It being understood
that all water communications, and all the usual portages
along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods ;
and also Grand Portage, from the Shore of Lake Superior to
the Pigeon River, as now actually used, shall be free and open
to the use of the citizens and subjects of both countries.
The 3d article grants to the citizens of Maine and New
Brunswick the mutual right of navigation of the St. Johns.
Article 4th confirms the titles to all lands, and the validity
of all claims arising within six years of the date of the treaty
within the limits of the territory, which by this treaty fall
within the jurisdiction of either party. The sth article pro-
vides, that the "Disputed Territory Fund" shall be handed
to the Government of the United States, to be paid by that
Government to Maine and Massachusetts in the proper pro-
portions. The commissioners are also to transmit reports
and maps to the two governments. The 7th article makes
the St. Lawrence, its channels, and the Lake St. Clair equally
free to both parties.
Article Bth stipulates, that each party shall maintain on the
coast of Africa a squadron, to carry in all not less than eighty
guns, to enforce separately and respectively, the laws, rights,
and obligations of each of the two countries for the suppres-
sion of the slave trade. These squadrons are to be, and act
independent of each other, but the two to act in concert on
such matters as shall be hereafter agreed. This article, it is
afterwards provided in article 11th, is to be in force for five
years, from the date of ratification, and afterwards till one or
other party shall signify a wish to terminate it. Article 9th
pledges the two governments to use their influence in per-
suading all nations to close their ports against the introduc-
tion of slaves. The 10th article provides for the mutual de-
livery, upon requisition and evidence, of all criminal offenders
who may seek an asylum in either country, the cost to be paid
by the party who makes the requisition and receives the fugi-
tive. The last article provides for the mutual ratification of
the Treaty.
The correspondence connected with the Treaty had only
reached the public in an epitomised form. The Creole case
had been presented in strong terms by Mr. Webster. Lord
Ashburton's reply was, that as the news of the affair had
E reached ngland but shortly before his departure, he was
who sets his foot upon British soil, as much as do the&:vs
of Massachusetts recognise as free every foreign slave when
he lands in Boston; and that they cannot be altered. But
be promises that directions shall be given to the government
and other officers of the English West India Islands, to do
nothing in this respect (when it can be properly avoided)
that may tend to the disturbance of " good neighbourhood"
between them and the United States.

His lordship also states that he has no authority to treat
on the subject of the right of search. On the subject of the
Caroline affair his lordship reasons at much length, pointing
out that the British authorities were compelled to destroy
her, and he expresses regret at the circumstance. Mr.
Webster, " as directed by the President," gives the British
government a full discharge from all further blame on ac-
count of the Caroline.

The Boundary, as fixed by the Treaty, had produced dif-
ferent impressions in different quarters. The opinion re-
specting it among the British may be found in the following
paragraph from the Quebec Gazette :
"We hope the terms stated are erroneous. There is,
however, no doubt that one-half of the Madawaska settlers
under the faith of the British government are given up. We
think there must be sonic mistake in the assertion, that the
line runs from the second lake on the St. Francis branch of
the St. John, to the source of the Connecticut, giving up
the head waters of the Chaudrere, Lake Megantic, and 1600
square miles of acknowledged British territory, surveyed
and partly settled."

A Boston paper has the following, which shows that the
people of the United States have more reason to be satisfied :
" The ridiculous story about our giving away 2,000,000 of
acres of land, is exactly opposite to the facts. We get
4,000,000 acres of the finest agricultural country, and several
acknowledged English settlements. Among the latter, we
have nearly the whole of the great Madawaska settlement."

THE LATE STORM--LOSS OF LIVES OFF THE

COAST

(From the Herald of Monday.)

From the various accounts received on Saturday from dif-
ferent parts of the kingdom, we regret to state that the storm
which visited the metropolis on Wednesday night, and the
hurricane of the following day, have been felt throughout the
kingdom particularly along the coast, and have been attended
with the loss of a vast deal of property, besides human life.
During the whole of Wednesday and Thursday the wind blew
from the west-south-west to south-west, which did consider-
able damage amongst the shipping on the eastern coast,
several having their whole suit of sails, rigging, anchors, and
cables carried away, and were obliged to put back into the
Yarmouth Roads, Margate, and Harwich, being unable, from
the damage sustained, to proceed on their destination. Off
Mellford, on Thursday, Captain Rees, of the Fair hope, of
Aberavon, passed a smack ashore in Ramsay Sound, and a
schooner on the rocks, off Skomer Island, both deserted,
and also the mast and part of the bulk of a smack, N.E. of
the North Bishop, which is supposed to have foundered, and
the crew perished.

So violent was the gale that the Phoenix coasting vessel
belonging to Cotton's Wharf, while off Folkestone, lost one
of her men of the name of John Button. The poor fellow
was reefing the mainsail, when he was blown over and lost;
the mate scarcely escaped the same fate, he being washed
overboard and saved with considerable difficulty. Between
the night of the Bth and the morning of the 9th, the Halcyon,
loaded with salt, from Gloucester, was wrecked on the west
end of the Gore Sands, and the whole of the crew, supposed
to be nine in number, met with a watery grave. In the
course of the day, two of the bodies were picked up on
Blenheim Strand.

On the Welsh coast the loss of life has been considerable.
The Milford packet lost a man of the name of Williams, a.
native of St. David's, Pembrokeshire, when the vessel was
about four miles west of the Smalls; in consequence of the
terrific violence of the gale, the poor fellow was blown
from the crosstrees, and although several spars and ropes
were thrown out, these exertions were ineffectual. From
the state of the sea, arising from the fury of the gale,
it was found impossible to lower the boat ; within a'
few minutes after the accident the poor fellow disappeared.
Off Cardiff, the De Esterning, bound from Amsterdam, had
a seaman washed overboard ; and at Madoc, the followino,
melancholy event occurred :—ln the morning of the Bth, a
boat left the port containing three lads, amongst them was
the son of Mr. Rees Jones, for the purpose of mackerel
fishing, in which the party were very successful having, in
the course of two hours, loaded their boat. On returning
to the port a sudden squall arose whichcaught the boat and
turned her over. Assistance immediately put off, but only
two of the youths were saved, the son of Mr. Jones met a
watery grave ; the other two were completely exhausted when
rescued from their perilous situation. Along the Scotch
coast, the same calamitous results took place, a number of
vessels were damaged, and at Bude, a large vessel laden with
grain was wrecked near Sharp's Nose, and with one. ex-
ception, the whole of the crew were lost ; the poor fellow
who was washed ashore was in so exhausted a condition as to
be unable at the time to give any information as to the name
of the ill-fated vessel or number of the crew.

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MANsr.Aucarr RAT ARMLEY, NEAR. LEEDS.—At an
early hour on Sundayu morning last an event occurred at
Armley which
great excitement in that village and the
neighbourhood. Ased
was killed on the hi
gime cloth manufacturer of the same place,
Myers"ul"g man of the name of John Myers,
son of Joseph
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have since been commaiYtt
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small the evidence produced
at the inquest held on the body of the deceased, it appeared
that the prisoners and the deceased had
quarrelled
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a on coming
home from a public-house, soon after which deceased was
found dead on the road. The jury returned verdict of
" Manslaughter" against the three prisoners, and' expressed
an opinion that the crime was of a very aggravated enaraeter.
—Leeds Intelligences.