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Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, or either of them, on the other part, shall have given notice of their in. tention to terminate the same; each of the said contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of the said term of twelve years : and it is hereby agreed between them, that, at the expiration of twelve months after such shall have been received by either of the par. ties from the other, this Convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall, altogether, cease and determine, as far as regards the States giving and receiving such notice; it being always understood and agreed, that, if one or more of the Hanseatic Republics aforesaid, shall, at the expiration of twelve years from the date hereof, give or receive notice of the proposed termination of this Convention, it shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and operation, as far as regards the remaining Hanseatic Republics, or Republic, which may not have given or received such notice.

ARTICLE XI.

The present Convention being approved and ratified by the Presi. dent of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the Senates of the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within nine months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible.

In faith whereof, we, the pleni. potentiaries of the contracting par. ties, have signed the present Convention, and have thereto affixed our seals.

Done, in quadruplicate, at the city of Washington, on the twentieth day of December, in the year

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of Ame. rica. [L. S.] H. CLAY.

[L. S.] V. RUMpff.

The said Convention, and the respective ratifications of the same, were exchanged at Washington on the second day of June, one thou. sand eight hundred and twenty. eight, by Henry Clay, Secretary of State of the United States, and Vincent Rumpff, Minister Plenipo. tentiary of the free Hanseatic Re. publics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, near the said United States, on the part of their respective governments.

An additional Article to the Convention of the 20th December, 1827, between the United States of America, and the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, concluded and signed, at Washington, on the 4th day of June, 1828.

The United States of America, and the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, wish. ing to favour their mutual commerce by affording, in their ports, every necessary assistance to their respective vessels, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have further agreed upon the following additional article to the Convention of friendship, commerce, and naviga. tion, concluded at Washington on the twentieth day of December, 1827, between the contracting parties.

The Consuls and Vice-Consuls may cause to be arrested the sailors, being part of the crews of the vessels of their respective countries, who shall have deserted from the

said vessels, in order to send them back and transport them out of the country. For which purpose, the said Consuls and Vice-Consuls shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters, in writing, proving, by an exhibition of the registers of the said vessels, or ship's roll, or other official document, that those men were part of said crews; and on this demand being so proved, (saving, however, where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused; and there shall be given all aid and assistance to the said Consuls and Vice-Consuls, for the search, seizure, and arrest of the said de. serters, who shall even be detained and kept in the prisons of the country at their request and expense, until they shall have found opportunity of sending them back. But, if they be not sent back within two months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more ar. rested for the same cause.

It is understood, however, that if the deserter should be found to have committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the case shall be depending shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effect.

The present additional article

shall have the same force and value as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Convention signed at Washington on the twentieth day of December, 1827, and being approved and ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Senates of the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, the ratifica. tions shall be exchanged at Wash. ington within nine months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible.

In faith whereof, we, the undersigned, by virtue of our respective full powers, have signed the present additional article, and have thereto affixed our seals

Done, in quadruplicate, at the City of Washington, on the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight.

[L. S.] H. CLAY.
[L. S.] V. Rumpff.

The said additional article, and the respective ratifications of the same, have, this day, been exchanged at Washington, by Henry Clay, Secretary of State of the United States, and Anthony Charles Cazenove, Consul of the Hanseatic Republic of Bremen, and Vice-Consul of the Free Hanseatic Republic of Hamburg, on the part of their respective governments.

II.-FOREIGN.

CANADA.

LEGISLATURE OF NEW-BRUNSWICK.

Frederickton, N. B., Council Chamber,

December 9, 1828.

This being the day appointed for the meeting of the legislature, his excellency the Lieutenant Gover. nor came in state to the Council Chamber, at 2 o'clock, and opened the session with the following speech:

Mr. President, and Gentlemen of
his Majesty's Council;
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the
House of Assembly :

I have called you together at a season which is not, I fear, the most convenient, in consequence of having received an intimation from his majesty's government, which gave me every reason to ap. prehend that at a later period I should be deprived of the pleasure of meeting you in session, to bring forward some important business which I wish to recommend, in person, to your consideration.

In furtherance of those objects, and in your deliberations for the public good, I have no doubt that I shall continue to receive that as. sistance from your zeal, wisdom, and loyalty, which I have hitherto had the high satisfaction to expe.

rience, in my administration of the government of this province.

Although the revenue of the present year, may not be quite equal to that of the past, yet, I am happy to have it in my power to say, that in this contingent fluctuation, which may be easily accounted for, there is nothing to apprehend for the future, and that the finan cial resources of the country are substantially sound and unimpaired. Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the

House of Assembly;

The treasurer's accounts shall be laid before you as soon as they can be prepared: and I rely on your making provision for the ordinary services of the province.

I shall likewise cause to be laid before you statements drawn up by the person whom I have appointed to examine and report upon the expenditures of the public mo

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riod at which it appeared material to commence; and to carry for. ward by distinct years, a statement showing the amount of appropriations in each, so as to exhibit an accurate and comprehensive view of the state of the expenditure at the present time. Referring to those statements, and in due consideration of the advances and heavy expenses which have been incurred on account of a yet recent calamity, I recommend the expediency of making less liberal appropriations than usual, for some of the extraordinary and other services of the country: and a rigid observance of economy, until those floating advances are redeemed.

Mr. President, and Gentlemen of

his Majesty's Council; Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly;

I am happy to acquaint you that various important operations of internal improvement have made considerable advancement during the present year. Had those retrenchments in the expenditure of the country, which I now recommend, been suddenly introduced, when the late severe depression occurred, many of the public works then under execution must have been suspended, and the country subjected to great additional dis. tress, from the more general stag. nations so thrown upon her internal operations. Being enabled, by a particular arrangement, to keep those works in full activity, I deemed it highly expedient rather to cause them to proceed with increased spirit, than to relax in exertions which I perceived would be highly productive, as well as in other respects beneficial. The effect is apparent and in reviewing the past period of depression in the

commercial affairs of the country, it is highly consolatory to perceive that the liberal grants which you have made, realized and promptly applied as they have been to the more important public works, have effected more than was contem. plated, or could, in other times, have been accomplished with equal

means.

[After recommending the agriculture and the fisheries of the province, as well as the institutions of education and learning, to the continued protection of the legislature; advising the erection of light houses on the coast, &c., his excellency proceeds :]

I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that, in compliance with my representations, a measure has been adopted by his majesty's government, for completing the armament of all the militia forces of this province, without any charge upon its local funds. I shall have occasion to communicate with you by special message, on some arrangements, relating to this important subject. Confident, now, in the full efficiency of an excellent militia system, to the formation of which my attention has long been devoted, and which you have enabled me to establish, by law.Provided with every requisite by which to render that system practically efficient, when necessary; and convinced of the sentiments and spirit which would animate and inspire it for the defence and security of the country, I congratulate you on the perfection of a measure upon which so much reliance may justly be placed in the day of need, and which, by a judicious exercise of the powers vested in me, will be lightly felt by the people, when no need is. I re

commend this system to your continued support, in all its essential provisions.

I took an early opportunity of bringing under the consideration of a former assembly, the expe diency of ascertaining the practi. cability, and probable cost, of opening a water communication across the narrow isthmus which separates the gulf of St. Lawrence from the bay of Fundy. The practicability of such an undertaking has been satisfactorily ascertained: but it would not have been prudent for New-Brunswick, to take the execution upon herself; and the circumstances of those times were not altogether propi. tious for bringing it forward on general grounds. But in the present state of the inter-colonial trade, the accomplishment of this great project becomes an object of so much national importance, that I have recommended it in the strongest manner to the paternal consideration of his majesty's government, and to the governments of the adjoining provinces. Copies of my communications on this subject, shall be laid before you. Though not to be undertaken solely on New-Brunswick's account, this is a measure in which she is most nearly concerned, and which could not proceed without your concur. rence. In the documents which have been prepared for your infor. mation, you will find reason sufficient to induce you to give to the measure, the fullest consideration; and, without giving any precise pledge, these will incline you to af. ford whatever conditional contribution may appear to correspond with the particular position and circumstances of this province, viewed relatively with the general

object of the measure; and with the extent to which New-Brunswick may participate, with the other North American provinces, and the West India colonies, generally, in a national work which it may fairly be considered will be beneficial to all.

In a position one of the least remote from the parent state; and remarkably favoured, in produc tions as well as in localities, for constant and mutually advantageous intercourse with her, and with other of her colonies-Protected by her power, and free to partici pate in the benefits of her extended commerce, which she adapts with special regard to the interests of these possessions-With a rich and fertile soil, over which cultivation and its attendant benefits are gradually extending their comforts and their blessings; or, where still in a virgin state, abounding with valuable productions which will long enable this province to contribute to the commercial and maritime greatness of the empire, and at the same, if properly managed, to improve her own condition and enrich herself-Intersected with rivers, and other water communications, extending from near the centre where this capital is fast rising in consideration and impor. tance, to every part of the sea. board, where, at the estuaries of noble rivers, a flourishing and po. pulous city, thriving towns, and dense communities, about to be. come such, have already arisenSurrounded by seas, teeming with sources of future wealth and pow. er; and not deficient, in the more unexplored recesses of her soil, of other inherent resources, which at a suitable season, it will become prudent and productive to develope

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