Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-06

A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas Convention between the u
nited States of America AMI his Majesty the
King OF the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, was made and concluded
atLondon, on the twentieth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, by Albert Gallatin,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the United States TO the court
of France, and Richard Rush, their Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentary
10 the court Of his Britannia Majesty; and
the Right Honorable Frederick John Ro-
binson, Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy,
and president Of the Privy Council for
Trade aud Plantations, and Henry Goui-
burn. ESQ. one of bis Majesty's under Sc
cretaries of State: fully authorised ard en-
powered by their respective governments:
And whereas the said Convention was duly
ratified by his Royal Hghness the Prince
Regent in the name and on the behalf OF
hls Britannia Majesty, on the Cd day OF NO
yember, in the year OF our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighteen; and by
the President Of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate
thereof, on the twenty eighth day of Janua-
~ following And whereas the ratihcatlons
Of the two governments were exchanged,
in the city of Washington, on the 50th day
of the present month Of January, by John
Quincy Adams, Secretary OF State OF The
United States. or the part OF the United
States, and the Right Honorable Charles
BagOt, hisBritannic Msjesty's Envoy ES-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
near the United States, on the part - his
Britannia Majesty the Articles OF which
Convention are, word for word, as follows:
The United States Of America, and Ills
Majesty the King Of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, desHous to
cement the good understanding which hap
piy subsists between them, have, tor that
purpose, named their respective Plempo-
ten,iaries, that is to say; The President oil
the United States, on his part, has appoint
ed Albert Ga!latin. their Envoy Eytraordl.
nary and Minister Plenpotentiary to the
court OF France, and r. Rush, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the
cour, of his Britannia Majesty: AMI His
Majestyhas appointed the Right Honorable
Frederick John Robinson, Treasurer OF Ills
Majes,y's Navy, and President OF the com
,ni,tee of Privy Council for Trade and
Plantations and Henry Geu!burn, Esq.
one Of His Majesty's Under Secretaries OF
State who, after having exchanged their
respective full powers, found to be IN due
and proper form, have agreed to and con-
ci,rled the following articles:
ART. I. Where's differences have arr
sen respecting the Liberty claimed BY the
Uuited States, for the inhabitants thereof
10 take, dry and cure fish, on certain coasts,
BAYS, harhors, and creeks, OF HIS Britannia
Maissty's doroinions in America, il IS "a
creed between the high contracting parties,
that the inhabitants of the said l. States,
shah have forever in common with the sub.
ec,s Of Ills Britannia Majesty, the liberty
TO ta&e fish of every kind, on that part OF
the southern coast of New foundland, which
extends Grorn Cape Ray to the Rameo J.
Stands ON the western and nothern coast ~
Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to
the Quirpon Islands, on the shores OF the
Magdalen Islands, anc also on the coasts,
BAYS, harhors and creeks, from Mount Jolly
ON the southern coast Of Labrador, 10 and
through the Sireights Of Bel!is'c, and thence
northwarily indefinitely along the coast,
without prejudice, however, to any OF the
exclusive rights OF the Hudson Bay Compa-
nv And that the American fishermen
shall also have liberty, forever. to dry, and
cure FISH in any Of the unsettled bays, har-
bors aud creeks, of the southern part'ot the
coast of Newfoundland, here above descri-
bed. and of the coast Of Labrador; but so
soon as the same, or any portion thereof
shall be settled, il shall not be Lawful Tor the
said 6shernen to dry, or cure fish at such
norton so settled, without previous agree
ment for such purpose, with the inhabitants
proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
And the United States hereby renounce ior-
ever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or
claimed by the inhabitants thereof, TO take
dry or cure fish, on CT within three marine