Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-21

vinces of Handy, in the, island oil Cey,
lon. Mr.. Wilson, all officer in the CIVIL
department, had been killed BY the Kan
dyans.
From the Boston Palladium, April IA.
fRoM HALIFAX.
by the brig Commerce, from HALIFAX
we have received papers to the 4th INST.
The Governor of Nova Scotia had gone
on visit to Bermuda.
The executive authority will de'olve
On the hon Michael Wallace, during the
absence of the earl of DaIhousie.
1t was reported Sir Charles cOlVille
was to be appointed Governor.
A new Legislature is to be chosen IN
Nova Scotia the ensuing summer.
Haitian March 90.
TRADE OF HALIFAN.
During the last three or four days. TWO
petit ms, one for and the other against
the extension of the trade between tins
| province aud the American states, have
been handed about the town for signature
which have been signed, of course, as
interest or opinion dictated We know,
that there are many well Informed per-
Ions, who think that trade in general
shou d be laid under as few restraints as
| psssible and who woaid ra her sign a
| memorial or petition 20 government, Tor
granting t, Halifax all the advantages OF
free port. The Auurishins cities OF Que
bee and Montreal boast already OF the
g,eat advantages OF their inland trade
with America and although this pro.
vince is not quite SO eIigibly situated in
that respect, yet if it we're once so that
the o~erplus of our importat.nns IRON the
West Indies or elsewhere might be hip
ped TO advantage, and form counIer-ba
lance 10 the heavy demand for -four and
| Othsr articles from the American states,
we slrould soon feel the great benefit OF
| such a .ourse of trade. And even our
tarlaers and graziers would soon perceive
vast advantages resulting from the increa-
sed>population and afilue1ce Of this capt.
tai. The commercial treaty or conver-
ton b-tween Great Britain and America
will expire in little more than year IRON
this time. In the interim. the American
Government .ill endeavOur, by every
means in their power, to lay restrictions
on the trade of these provinces; and
those parsons who think thst any thing
can be done to promote the interest OF
the colony, have no time to osc.
Halifar, .lprls.
THE FISHERIES.
| On the 9th ult. The hon. the President
of his Maiesty's cauncil presented TO
his Excelency theeGovernor the fol-
lowing Address -
THE ADDRESS
OF his Majesty's Council and House o.
Assembly.
May it please your E.resl'eneS
That his majpsty's subjects. the PeoP'" !
| of this proyince. aDxicusl = hope that his
mai ,s,y's government will take efectnal
stems to prevent foreign fishing vessels |
from resorting. under any pretencc, to
the Larbors. rivers, creeks and bays, on
the sea coast Of NOva.Scotia. and such
narts Of the shores OF the Bay of Fundy,
a. are within his msjesty's dominiORs,
and Of the Gulf OF 81. Lawrence, Prince |
Edward Island. Cape Breton aud the
MagdaIep Islands, the labrador Shore,
and the Straits OF BeleIsie; aud also, to
urobilit them taking fish of any kind
within tie said harbors, bays, rivers,
and creeks, or upon the banks aud shores
contiguous tae'etu.
Whatever right creigners may have to
ta.e fish, in the open waters OF thu Cult
Of 81. Lawrence, the people of this pro-
vince conceive they cannot have a right |
70 enter the said Gulf, through the mar
row Strait or Passage which separates
Nova Scotia from Cape Breton, it being |
uBquestionably part of the territory OF
the CROW n. INFO which foreigners can have |
no right to enter, as it j. an arm ot the |
sea, extending in length between both |
shores about twenty-one miles, and IN |
width not more than one mile in the |
widest part, aRd about half mile in the !
narr,west pat; and foreigners, if ex-
cIuded from this inlet, can have no right |
II complain, as they lave free access in
to the said Gulf through the open sea,
that lies between Cape I'reton and New.
toundlsnd; and the people OF this pro-
vince consider tn Strait OF Belleisle, IN
like manner. the exclusive property Of
the crown.
That his majesty's subjects, the people
Of this province. are Of opinion that To-