It is hereby decreed, that M. de la Harpe, Commandant of the Bay of St. Bernard, shall embark in the Packet the Subtile, commanded by Beranger, with a detachment of 20 Soldiers, under M. de la Belile, and shall proceed forthwith to the Bay of St. Bernard, belonging to this Province, and take possession in the name of the King; and the West Company shall plant the Arms of the King in the ground and build a Fort upon whatever spot appears most advantageous for the defence of the Place. If the Spaniards, or any other Nation, have taken possession, M. de la Harpe will signify to them, that they have no right to the Country; it being well known that possession was taken in 1685 by M. de la Salle, in the name of the King of France, &c. M. de la Harpe. J. P. DE BIENVILLE. (Enclosure 4.)-Extracts, translated from the "Diccionario Geographico Historico de las Indias Occidentales ó America," by Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, Captain of the Royal Spanish Guards. Printed at Madrid in 1786—1789, by permission of the Govern ment, and dedicated to the Prince of Asturias, afterwards Charles the IVth. "LOUISIANA," a Province and Government of North America, one of the 2, which form New France, bounded on the South by the Gulf of Mexico; on the North by the River Illinois and the Indian Tribes of the Pamasus, Paoducas, Osages, Tronontes, Tecagas, Chavanons and others; on the East by West Florida, Georgia and Carolina; and on the West by New Mexico and New Spain. Its extent from North to South, is about 15 degrees; that is to say, from the 25th to the 40th degree of North Latitude, and from East to West 10 or 11 degrees between 86 and 96 West Longitude; its Limits however not being precisely fixed, M. De Lisle gives it a much greater extent, particularly towards the North, where it borders on Canada; and according to him, it is afterwards bounded by New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, &c. and to the West by the Rivers Bravo and Salado." Missouri," an Indian Tribe of the Province and Government of Louisiana, inhabiting the banks of the River of the same name, on which a Fort was built by the French for the defence of that Establishment." " “ Natchitoches, or Natihetoches," as pronounced by some, a Tribe of Indians of the Province and Government of Louisiana in North America, living 50 leagues up the Red River, by which name they are sometimes called. This Tribe has always been friendly to the French, and hostile to the Spaniards; is very numerous, and has upwards of 200 Cabins. The French Soldiers who had completed their time of service, settled in an Island in the Red River, where they built a Fort, and called it Natchitoches; but having planted tobacco, and discovered that the sand blown on it by the wind gave it a bad quality, they removed their Settlement to the main land, where they succeeded in cultivating that plant, so as to give it a particular estimation: it is 60 leagues from New Orleans." Rouge," Red River, a large and rapid River of the Province and Government of Louisiana, in North America; takes its rise about the Tribe of the Cannesis, runs South East, and after receiving other streams, changes its course to the South, as far as the Tribe and Fort of Natchitoches, where it again turns to the South East, forms several Lakes and Islands, and thence running Eastward, joins the Mississippi much increased, near where the River empties into the sea." (Enclosure 5.)-Extract from a Paper communicated by Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Statement of the facts relative to American Vessels taken by French Privateers, and condemned in Spanish Ports, obtained from the most authentic sources: Of the French spoliations, there have been 50 appeals from the Consular Judgments in Spain to the Council of Prizes at Paris, of which 30 have been released, 9 condemned, and 12 are yet depending. Not one sous has been paid in any Case, nor is there a single Case of such spoliations on the list of liquidations now at the French Treasury, which are to participate of the 20,000,000 of livres, to be paid by The United States to their Citizens, under the Treaty of 1803, on account of French spoliations. The American Minister never did demand payment of French spoliations made in Spain, knowing them as such, nor did the American Agent ever demand it by his order or knowledge. The first intelligence which the American Government had, of Appeals being per mitted from the French Consular Tribunals in Spain, to the Council of Prizes in France, was received from Spain herself. As soon as it was received, the Secretary of State wrote to the American Minister in Paris, to know what the fact was, and instructed him, at the same time, to prohibit the Agent from acting in such Cases, it having been, at all times, the opinion of the Government that Spain alone was answerable, of whom only has the recompense been demanded. ACT of the British Parliament, "to prevent Aliens until the 25th day of March, 1819, from becoming naturalized, or being made or becoming Denizens, except in certain cases.* [59 Geo. III. Cap. 97.] [10th June, 1818.] WHEREAS it is expedient that, for a time to be limited, Aliens should not be or becoine naturalized, or be made or become Denizens, except as herein-after is provided; be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, until the 25th day of March 1819, no Alien shall become a naturalized Subject, or be made or become Denizen, or become entitled to the privileges of a naturalized Subject or Denizen, in any other manner or by any other authority than by any Act which may hereafter be passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or by Letters of Denization hereafter to be granted by His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, any Law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to affect in any manner such right to naturalization or to denization as any Person, in case this Act had not been passed, might acquire or would have acquired by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament made for encouraging Seamen to enter into His Majesty's Service, or for naturalizing such Foreign Protestants as shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America, or for naturalizing such Foreign Protestants as shall have served or shall serve in His Majesty's Forces, or for the encouragement of the Fisheries. See Vol. 1823, 1824. Page 265. An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources constituting the Pub SURPLUS Fees of Regulated Public Offices UNCLAIMED Dividends, &c. paid into the Exchequer, by the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England 2,089,124 7 83" 2,568,654 0 3 215,729 50 VOLUNTARY Contributions 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 On ACCOUNT of the Commissioners, appointed by Acts 35 Geo. III. cap. 127, and 37 Geo. III. cap 27, for issuing Exchequer Bills for Grenada, and for Commercial Exchequer Bills, by Act 51 Geo. III. cap. 15 FROM Several County Treasurers in Ire land, on account of Advances made by the Treasury for improving Post Roads, on account of Advances for building Gaols, and under the Police Act of 54 Geo. III. (Ireland) 2,414 1 0 MONIES paid on account of Balance due by Ireland, on joint Expenditure of the United FROM the Receiver General of Navy Payments in Ireland, in repayment of Money ad- FROM the Paymaster General of Great Britain, on account of Advances made by Ireland for Half Pay to Reduced Othcers, Pensions to Officers' Widows, &c. on the British Establishment |