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H/to'latlnH* by thi French (iwernmrnt, frfaiktngt on May 20, 1U2C.?In coin! pliance With a resolution of the senate, of <ho 6th of March, I0J4, requesting co pies of the several instructions to (he min ister# of (Ito United Slates to (he govern nifent of France, awl of t^o. correspond ence hetw.een (ho said ministers and gov ernment, having refercnoe to (he spoilia tiotitf committed by that power, on (he commerce of the United States, anterior to (h4 3Uih of September, IQOO, or go OturJi thereof. ns eon be communicated without prejudice to the puWic interest*; also how ?nr, if at all. the claim of idem ntly from the government of France,, for (Ho ,fpoiliutions aforc?uid, w.u affected by the convention entered into between the United States and Franco, on the Mid 30th if Septetnlter, 1000,. t transmit herewith 4 report from (he Secretary of State, wi(h the documeuta desired by (ho resolution. JOHN Q, ADA VS. To tho efcuate of the United State*. Department of State. > Washington, WlU May, lOtffl. $ The Secretary of 8tnte, in compliance with n resolution of (lie senato, of the 6th March, 1834, which was referred to this department requesting the Prcsideut, " to cause to be laid Wore tho acnate, co pies of (lie several instructions to the Uiipistere ol' (he United States, to the gov ernment of France, uiu). of tlio corres pondence between (ho *aid ministers and put ??/nwoc., oad of (h* cor lenco between the said minister* >rnutont, having rcfcrcjicfc to the w committed by that power, on i commerce of tho United State*, ante rior to (he SOth September 1U0O, or so much thereof as can be communicated without prejudice to tbe public interests; also how far, if at all, the claim of indem nity from the government of Franco, for the spoliations aforesaid, was affected by i he convention entered into between (he United States and Franco, on the said 30th .September 1800;*' has the honor to re port to the I'rdsidont, copies of so much of the instructions nml correspondence iu question n* supposed to be embraced in the call of tbe Semite;'to which are added copies of (other potters and document*, to a great extent which nre believed to he within4ho intention, if not comprehended in (be terms of the resolution of the sen ate. By a reference to former messages to congroae, and to (he public documents, the publication of which had bceu author ized, from time to time by government, it will lie perceived tli.it tnuny of the pa pera how reported; have been already communicated to congress, or spread be fore the public, through tho medium of the pre**; but it has been (bought, ?.over* tholes*, expedient, to submit to them in their pieseut collected form(lm( a full nud Connected view might be presented at the ?artratimc. 'J here may be even yet re maining in (he urchives of (he department other*, having e bearing on the subject, which hoe escaped our diligence and re* scutches. My predecessor waapnahle (o command, from (he o(hor impotmt duties which he htil !? perform, sufficient time (o have litis collodion completed, during his 4en linuNiu'e in office, after the passage of the resolution of the senate. The same cause, not less sensibly felt by his surce*s?<r. has delayed this report until the present peri od?-and he feel* himself required to state, that, without material injury to the public service, he was, himself, unaldo to exa mine the many volumes containing the ve iv eateusive correspondence, from which the copies and. extracts notV submitted have been taken, or eveo ettentively to peru?e the whole of (hos^ copies and ex tracts, which l?tve been just finished.? The desire to present (hem to th* senate, in conformity to tho anxious wish of (he cbamftnt*, before the closo of its ptesent session, ronders these explanations neces sary, mm! it ie hoped thut they may prove /atudaftory. Tho closing (Nimgraph of (ho resolution of (ho stoats), enjoins another dnty. which, /Voro the ambiguous manner io which it it Ox pretend, the Secretary feels some dlffi. culty in clearly roinpt tthetahiig: The ^mde resolved ??that tho I're.idrnt of Wl* United 8t i(f?s In* requested to cause to I* laid before the' senate copies,*' Ice. aod cocicM? by rtguoilini to enow also to be bid before thn senate "how for, if at nfl, the claim of indemnity from the government of France for tbo ft pollution* aforesaid, wm affected by the convention entered into betweon tbo United Stated and Franco on the fuiti 30th September 1800." The secretary wn hardly suppose it (o have been the intention of the resolution, to rfiquipe the o*^rc?i?ioii of mii argument M^ye opinion its to the degree of re*p?m*i? bility to tbo- American iuff?ier< from French spoliwtiona, which tbo convention of 1800 estinguistied, on the part of France, or devolved on the United State*, the Semite iteelf being moat competent to decide that question?under this impres ?aon, he hope* that he tvill bate Mficleat* ly conformed to tbo purpose* of the sen ute, by a brief statement, prepared in a hnrried moment, of what he nnderttnnd* to be t{ie <|ue*tion. / The second article of the convention of 1(100, wa* io the following word*: "The Minister* Plenipotentiary of the two par* tie* nnt being able to agree nt present re? i specting the treaty of alliance of 6th Feb. 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the snme date, and the convention of 14th Nov. 1778. nor upon the indemnities mu tually due or claimed ; the parties will ne gotiate, farther on these subjects at a con* veniqnt time; and, uotil they mny have I agreed upon these points, the said treaties {and convention shall have no oporation. I and the relation* of the two countries shall be regulated as follows." W hen that convention wo* |nid before the Semite, it gave iis consent artil advice that it should he ratified, provided that the ?croud article be expunged, find that the following article be added or inserted : ?* It is agreed that the present convention shall be in force for the term of eight years from the time of the exchange of the ratifica tions"?and it wax ac< oidingly to ratified by the President of the United State*, on the 18th day of Feb. 1CQI. On the 31st of July, it* the tame year, it wm ratified by Don*parte; tirst I onsul of the French Republic, who incorporated in the instru* nvei.i the ibllowiux clause n# a part nt it: "1 lie got* ?.?<?? me United State* having added to i's ratifica tion, tbnt the convention should be in force for ihe space of eight years, and having omitted the second article, the govfcrnment ofthe French Republic consents to accept, ratify, and confirm the above convention, with the addition, imputing that the conven ! tion shall be in force tor the space of eight year#, and with the retrenchment of the second article : Provided thdf, hy thit re trenchment, the txrn ti'nie* renounce th* respective prttn^ion* tvMch art the ob ject of ihe tuid ?rf.c<>" The French ratification being thus con* ditiorial, was nevertheless. exchu'iged a gainst that of the United States at Paris, on the same 31st ??f July. Tho President of the United States, considering it necessary again to aubmlt the convention, in this state, to the Senate; on the lUthdn) of Decem ber, 1801, it was resolved by the Semite, th.it they considered the sntd convention nn ftiliy mm ? it to mo I*re* sident t*?r the usual promulgation. It Was accordingly pi\>mul^ated,an<l thereafter re gnrdrd a>* i valid and Ismlu^' compart.? he two contracting pnrties U.u-i agreed, by the retrenchment of Ihe second mi tide, mutually lo renounce the respective pre tention* which %% ere the object of that ar ticle Thi* pretensions of the U. States, to which allusion is thus made. arose out of the spoliations under color ofFrench-ai) thority, in contravention to ls?v ind exist ing treaties. Those of France sprung from tb? treaty of alliance of tho Gth F ?b 177ft, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, mid the convention of tho 14th of Nor. I7C3. Whatever obligations or iodemnitifes. from these sources, either party bail a right to demand, were respec tively waived ami abandoned ; and the con sideration which Induced one party to re nounce his pretentious. w.?stthat ofrenun ciitioo by the othei purty of his preten tion*. Whiit was the value of the nbhga nous and indemnities so reciprocally re nounced, can only be matter of specula tion. I be amount of the indemnities due to citizens of the I'nited St^? was very targe ; and, on tho other hand, th* obliga tion was great (t.? specify no other French pretention*^ under which ttie U. States were pl.ieed initio eleventh article of the IreMv of alliance of Hth Feb. I *5 78. by which they were bound, fbr ever, to gua ranty, from that time, Ihe theu possession* ofthe Crown of France i? America, as well as llioso which it Might acquire by lite fu |urn treaty of ponce with Great Britain all these possessions having been, it is be lieved, nenoitered ?? or notion* after the ^mImm# of the .-atiAcalio** ofthe conven tion of Sept. 1800, by Ule arms pt Great Dnipin ^ Tbe iAh snide of the taoodHMs^to tbs?e*stiUtioo, pmkles, uNor shall prl> vuto properlty be ttdcen for p'MIc u?? witbr oat jut* conuwMiUoB." If Um iwfcMwi ties to which citWtsli of the United SUUi were entitled ft# Krefach sffcotiatfsnt, prior to the 30th SejMmbef, IbOO, hfre been n|>^ro?ri?fted to ebsolre the t/ptyed States fcom the fulfilment of en obU:Men which their had contracted, or from tie payment of the indemnities which they wrre bound to make to France, the Senate^* nlest com potent to determine how f?r<ech in appro* priation is a public u?e of private property | within the spirit of the CfiwttalUon, and wbethpr(q?HUble<ooNdfratWM 0e not re outre MHne compensation to' he1 mado to the claimants. The Betwte fevelso best table to estimate the proMlili pch ex* Med of the ultimate rocprery (Vote Frsoce of the amooot due for these indemnities, if they hud not been reoouoced in mnk-l ?n? which estimate, it nrdo ibt, tive just weight to the painful con* deration,! that repented and urgent appeals I RVp beenl in rain made to the jottfe* eC-Jri mce, lor isatis&cU<.n of flagrant wroep. Mmiittedi upon property of other citizens Mike Unit* led State*, subsequent to Umi period of 30th September, IbOO. i I . AU which it respectfully submitted. H. CLAY. [Thodocument^accompita;ing'this He port, nre 640 in number. J ? . In the following passage from Tristram Shandy, Iho needless verbosity ot legal proceedings ore well satirized without ca ricature. In the succeeding extract, we present to our reader* part of an net of par liament paMed 18(4, to secure the privi-1 lege of c py-right to sculptors ?n?l mcxltl ler*; as u co-.npioion to Sterna'* picture : The tu tide in my mother'* marri<>qe settlement, which 1 told the render I was at the paint to anarch for, and which, now that I Imco found it, I thiuk proper to lay; before him. in ?o much more fully express-1 ed in the deed itself thau ever I can pre tend to do it. that it would bo barbarity to take it out of the lawyer's hund't It is m follows ij. Jt-.d'Ui* Indenturr fmrtfur> A Ifcli ?IIO WUI " * "~J I in consideration of the Mid intended mar riage to be hud, end, by God'* blessing, to be well and tnilv solemnized and consum mated between the said W niter Shandy ami Elizabeth Molhueux aforesaid, ami divers other gowl and valuable cae<<e? and consi deration! him thereunto specially moving, doth grant, covenant, condescend, consent conclude, bargain, and fully agree to ami with John Dixon, ami James Tarner, Etq'r*. the above named Trustees, fee. Ate. to wit*? That in case it should hereafter so fall out, chance, happen, or otherwise come to pas*,?Th;?t the said Walter Shan* fly, merchant, snail have left off business before the time nr times that the raid Eli zabeth Mollineux, shall, according to the course of nature, or otherwise, have left off bearing nnd bringing forth children :? and that, in consequence of the sakl \Vni ter Shandy having so lett off business, he shall in despight, and against the free-will, Z2ZZ.-U ~ Zitf l&isj Ji Eliza beth .Mollineux,?-make a departure from thu city of London, in order to retire to ami dwell upon hit iMute ut Sh*t*ly*Hall, in j t *e c cifity of ?, or ut any other couo | tiy-se.it. c??:le. hdl, munsion louse, mes I su.?ge, or gr^e-house, now pircbesed, or "hereafter to be purchascu, or upon any part or par< el thereof That then, nodes, ofton as the said Elisabeth Molioeux shell happen to be enreirit with cbildor children s^ter dly and lawfully begot, ot to be be gotten upon the body of the sad Etisebeth Mollineux, during her said coverture,-?he the said Walter Shandy, shall, et bit own proper costs and charges, urW out of hie own proper monies, upon good and reason able notice, which is hereby igreed to be within six weeks of her th? *wu Elisabeth Mollineux's lull reckoning, or in* of sup posed and computed dehver;r-*pey? or cause to be paid, the sum of cne hundred ami twenty pounds of good ant lawful mo ney to John Dixon and Janes Turner, Esq'rs or assigns,?-upon tru* and confi dence, and for and unto the U?? end uses, intent, end, and purpose following s?That is to say j?.That the said sum of enu hun dred and twenty pounds shall bo ptod into the hands of the sakl Elizabeth Mollineux, or to be otherwise applied by them the said trustees, for the well and truly Mriug of one coach, with able ami sufficient horses, to carry and convey the body of the said Eli zabeth Mollineux, and the child or children which she shall be then ami them euceint and pregnant with,?unto the city of Lou ?lon ; end for the further paying and de fraying of ell other incidental eoats, char ges, end expenses whatsoever,?ift and about, and for, and relating to, her said in tended delivery am) lying-in, intbt seid ci ty or suburbs thereof; and that the Said Elizabeth Mollineux shall ami MM, from time totlme, end at ri* such time snd tlosee aa on btn covenanted Mod ifTMi) upon, peaceably and quietly hire the nk) coach and boiMit and have flre? ingrees, tfrni, mmI regress throughout bar journey, in and from the tttkl coach, according to the tenon r, trne intent, awl weaning of these presents, without any let, rait, trouble, disturbance, molestation, discharge, hin dernnce, forfeiture, eviction, vexauoo, in* terrnption, or incumbrance whatsoever i? and that it shall moreover be latffiil In and for the said Elizabeth Mollineut, from time to tiara, and aa oft or often assheshaU Well and truly be advanced In her taid pregnan cy, to the time heretofore stipulated and Eied upon,?to live and reside In such :o or places, and io auch family or funi , anil with rach relations, friend*, and <*ther persona within' the taid city of Lon don, ns ahe at her owo will and pleasure, notwithstanding her present coverture, and aa if ahe waa %/tmwe to/a and unmarried, shall think fit. Jitd thi$ Indentnra .fat - thfr wittesuth, That for the more efiec lually carrying of the said covenant iuto ex ecution, the said Walter Shandy, merchant, do?h hereby grant, bargain, sell, release, and confirm unto the said John Dixon and James Turner, Esq'rs. their heir*, execu tors, and assigns, in their actual possession now being, by virtue of an indenture of bargain and sale lor a year to them the suid John l)ixon and James Turner, Ewj'rs. by him the said Walter Shandy, merchant, thereof made 4 which said bargaiu and sale tor u year, bears date the day next before the date of these presents, and by force and virtue of the statute fur transferring of uses into oosiession,?all that the manor and lordshiuof Shandy, in the county of ?? -,I with all the rights, members, and uppurte-j ! nances thereof; uitd all and every the met- ( su.iges, houses, buddiugs, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, backsides, tofts, crofts, girths, cottages, lands, meadows, feeding*, past u res, inarshos, commons, w oods, unde r woods, drains, Asheritts, waters anil water courses; together with all rents, rever sions, services, annuities, fee farms, knights feen, views of frank pledge, escheat*, re< lief*, mines, qUarrius, goods and chattels of felons and fugitives, febn*. of t.hemselves, aud put in exigent. deodatuls, fue-warteus, :md all oilier roysdlies, seignioriy^r^hJU merits whatsoever. wiu'7 .<l*n tho advow son, donation, presentation, and fiee dispo sition of the rector v or parsonage of Shan dy aforesaid, and all and every the leuths, tythes, glebe-lands." In ihreo wort Is,?my mother was to lye in (if she chose it) in London. The obscurity and |>er|?lei?t<y oI English laws arise principally from a perverse de viation Jrorn the ordinary langungu of civij life, an overwhelming verbosity and end lens repetition of " he,she, they,'* ??him, her, and them," th^4* aforesaid," ai&l ?? so ??r na," the ''so^Jorth* " kc. which ren der the whole so involved and perplexed, that one would suppose the legislature in *tead of endeavoring to render the laws as clear its possible, had purposely involved them io the greatest possible obscurity ? As en exmnple ofthis "damnable iteration," we shall make an extract from a recent sta tute, 61 Geo. III. c. 66, for the encourage ment ot ??i^tu^ries ami bust-makers. It rune to in the following bewm??ii j??'n'>n *' D if enacted, . that from mid after the passing ofthis act, every person or per eons whoshall make or cause to be mule any new itnd original sculpture, or model, or co* py, or cast of the human figure or human figures, or of any bust, or bu?ts, or of any part or parts of the human fignre clothed in drapery or otherwise, or of imy animal or animals, or of any part or parts of any animal combined wih the human figure or otherwise, or ot any subject being matter of invention in sculpture, as of any alto or baeso relievo, representing any of Ihe mat ters or things hereinbefore mentioned, or any cast from nature of the human figure, or of any part or parts of the human figure, or of any cast from nature of any animul, or of any part or parts of any animal, or of any such subject containing or represent ing any of the matter* on?J things hereinbe fore mentioned, whether separate or com bined, shall have the sole right, and pro perty of all and in every such new original eculpture, model, copy, and enstnfthe hu man figure or human figures, and of all and in every such bnst or busts, end of all awl in every such part or parts of the human 6 ture, clothed in drapery ^r irtherwise, and of all ami in every such new and original sculpture, model, copy. and cast of the liu-j man figure or human figures, ami of all and in every such ba?t or busts, ami if all and in every soch part or perte of the human ttf?re, clothed in drapery or otherwiee, mm) of all ami in every such new aad origi nal sculpture, model, copy, and Mt, repre senting any animal or animate, a*l of all aid l? every soch work representing any pert OT parte of any anlosel combined wMh the MMMft figure or otherwise, end of Ml M to ev^ry such new end original ecelptttre, mod'1, copy, no4 cart of aoy ?abject tefeg JMtfor of foveaUo* ^ MMlin ???? mmIm? ture, model, copy, aod cast itsattnc relievo, repreaeirtkw M)f ofllM *+ thioga herembefrre mm tloeed,a?d off?ti nr aech c* t /Vow eature, fortbetem #C fourteen yenr*. from lint putting forth o$ publishing llte?ame?? Now if but doe* the reedfr liMftie* IhU vui bingo it intended to expre<s { W aod property tfeefrte Ibr Ihe ffdHWi* teen year* ?? ? ' ? NotrntbshuKKng the kborioai aod tifjp wm preciaioh or acts of parfyameot, they ? frequently oodtaio the AMI egregiomJWuo- ?; ?ten. I&ere U p singular inataoce of o^jl in the 52d<of the preeeot King. meatioaM by Lord Stanhope, in the tpoeCh to *hkh ?' we buve already referred. By the tiNg * section, one half ol the penalty was Jo go er half to to the KiLg, n6d the other half to the Mr formor; but the penalty hnppeneri, in thit case, not to be a fine, but a fourteen year** transportation were to be equally divided GRKAT BHI'i AIM The accounts from the menu factoring Jittrlctt continue to ba iuo?l gloomy. The coutumpuo?i of eoiton in aaaalimturet, etlimated lett J?t *t twelve ihootead btti per ??A, Miri|*i for tbo first three month* of thityeer oaiy eight lhoai?od. In ell tbemanaieeteriec towns of York hire ai Lancashire, tbo pi ice of provisions aaforteeeje* ly, ouutinnet to advance, aod to eddtotbtoagi 4rem* dUtrt-s*. the boon jf work M been ft*' erully tilininiahed in thote UixricU, uii the no* ulerturei* hi Mebcbester ud tbo neieh>>oihood hud come to tbo deUrmi Mtlou of wither re* ducing the wagae 10 per cent. The Presbleat's messa*o to tbe Hnaae of re* pre.eaUtiv?-?, on tbe Mty* t of tbo Panama ?it< m<?, appears In tbo London paper* gf tbo 17th of ApriL It wm reportnj in London, on tbe aathorky of private lem.i* from Chine, tbet Are bad bwwft out in the Mtmrba of Cauten, io foor diflbb-ent place* at the enme time. It it supposed to bo lh? wcwkof IncMfdinriM. Ao iiitrrMtiujC coo venation upon tbe sutyeet of N*gro Hlavery in the Weet Indira, took p(a< e Ut the house of Lords on tbo 17tb of Apr.I. Tkg , gmud debate, huwevrr, will net com* OB t*util 1 Itu of Mey, when Mr. Boujhem's motlou Is to lie taken op. A Iui4 ?u?d Miniated dehato took place lu tbo house *4 ?#mmon? ou tbe !6th of April, ou tbo r+rH 0< tM. feat. The r*tolajloo for tbe hou#? ?* "?? Imtm OTKaaeiiteo to ?ashlar Jh* prletT ol a rrvid?n of lite coin laws, WM twu? live Ly 10# major, ty. la the boii?? of commons on tbo luh, Mr. Hume, ior*prr?eiilieg? petition frouie maa id> pntoocd for ? contempt of Coon, mode a ?-tt violent attack upon the lord vliincrllorj a cos* court he denounced a? a citrse, and his lordtbiu himself, a curse to the c?utotry. The rotoH Wat a pretty warm debate. It ?am* (bat tbe priaea?r had been served with a chancery process, lu Wbteh a oouple of celebrated litigious r?'Vint-. > named John Doe and fUobard Roe. were named ?and at Ibe poor iellow had never beard of 'here geallemea la bit lilt, and moreover, a* be waj charged in process with diver* act which tv* knew he lied ntv?r eoinmhted, ha eoaefceied it ' was all a Jokf, and uaid no attentioa to the sub ject. The uptbot of tlia matter wat, thai ha was ultimately immured in prison for a contempt. On Tuesday lest, in the irt of oyer and tar* miner, io the eity of Philadelphia, * poor eoea. tryman was tried for highway robbery. 'Ha elear. ly proved ae milbL, and produeod Utoasooy of ea unblemished character. He was acquitted) end at he waa about leaving the bos, oaeof the by* sUaders, touched by tbe hardoett of Ibe ceee, 'lipped a piece of money Into hi* band. Thees. emple ares followed; *od, finally, the iury called him to them, and each contributed bit adte |d obliterate tbo remembrance of the WfOogt he bad tuttaiucd. Tht dtsrerrfy ? A person 1 ratting the partem! oharmt of a very n'afn woman before foot*, the bitter whlapevad him, "Aad why doat yen lay claim to ftuch an acebmplithed beejsty?" "Wh?t right have I to berT* Mid tbe other. "Every right by tbe law of notions, at fbr/rtf iitt?trttr Labour Lew?We are odea emesed at the ae count* in the oewtpapeit of ingewoat 'bsUUtolesa pUcs of mvchaaitm, tbe anprefitebla Wren ?eaeetof iadustry. Samtimti we hear of -fleae being taught to draw ? chariot atode of-? UUt that] -of a mouM turning a wheel *f boat* hrn enough for the glentt of tmunaea, aad fteae too small for tbe ?moiled foot ever owfeed WaOW oere beauty, and ot varioae other foatattia die play* of ait. The fol lowing, however* hi Wet absardity, etoet* eQ that wakaow Of ? A Jevrt-barphb* reeently litta pimtMea t?a society HI We^aeater, ametarfnf i foet la leejlh. and 19 inchee la hieegtb, and weighlaglS pounds. No mouth baa yet haMl -fowmllargo enough to teet Ita quality." . Jn ingrofeut Rfut ? Perhapt for ittrfeeuky. the followingtrisk. played by a Rostlaa, la Mm. cow, would a<>t be twrpasatd in London or la Per* W. A genteel loohiag va^a feN teaMfoM thtb* ?treat from a ll, wwtb a petsoa fa the Own# ?terted forward, enelifmiag -0h1 my maetvi, my poor master'" He now very UOeUy trwilhi red the oooteots of the uufortnoate gaotlsmaa'a uoekeft Into bU own, not foqjMthf fcf then, wltb ell tbe ooaeara immaglaable, e .? M.^lak Mm Ma. bot it waa tea lata for he hOMtWml to ?M t Cmrrtnlt <4 <4e Owm. A marked mi ne heed ** M