necessity of providing a more adequate accommodation for an increasing number of visitors, applications were made from the residents of each of those places to the Tuscan authorities for permission to build churches for Protestant worship, which were severally granted, much in the same terms; namely, that the buildings should not have the exterior appearance of a church, and be of the nature of private chapels for the celebration of Protestant worship among the English; and it may be observed from what has been already stated that the Swiss Reformed Church has recently been brought under similar restrictions as regards its own congregation.

At Leghorn the case is different. There still exists the liberal charter of religious toleration, granted by the Grand Duke Ferdinand I, on the 10th June, 1593, under which all religions of every nation might be freely exercised and places of worship erected. The object of this unwonted and exceptionary liberality was that of encouraging men of industry, wealth, and commercial enterprise to come and settle at this seaport, then an insignificant place, with a population of a few hundreds; and one especial object was to attract the persecuted Jews of Spain, who at that period were flying in numbers from that country, where neither life nor property were safe from the fangs of their bigoted oppressors. So wise a measure had the effect anticipated by the sovereign, for Leghorn soon become a thriving entrepôt for the commerce of the Mediterranean, at the same time that its mixed population, Jews, Levantines, and even Turks, exercised their religions without any restrictions, and were wholly exempt from those persecutions to which they would have been subjected in other parts of Italy, or even Tuscany; while the British, as occasion required, have been permitted to build their churches, unfettered by the humiliating limitations which had been imposed on them in other parts of Tuscany.

But it must not be for a moment supposed that even in Leghorn there is any opening for the spread of Protestant doctrine, for in the above law of Ferdinand I, cap. XX, the severest punishments are denounced against those, of whatever persuasion, who in shall attempt to tamper with the faith of the native inhabitants.

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With respect to the Laws which are now in force throughout Tuscany, touching the exercise of the Protestant religion both by natives and foreigners, the details already given are sufficient to show what is the position of our Protestant countrymen and of the Swiss in the Grand Duchy; namely, that in Leghorn the exercise of the Protestant, alike with all other religions, is guaranteed by law, and that in other parts of Tuscany the permission to have churches, or rather private chapels, was, in the first instance, a matter not of law but of grace, sufferance, and expediency, though, having once been conceded, time has given that concession in each instance some sort of perscriptive right, which will not be

lightly withdrawn so long as our church establishments abstain from all interference with the religion of the State.

The chaplains of Pisa and the Bagni di Lucca and of Leghorn, and the minister of the Free Church of Scotland in the latter town, have experienced no interference in the discharge of their sacred duties, and on their own part have confined themselves strictly to the fulfilment of their functions towards their own congregations; but at Florence, though we believe our chaplains to have ever been equally circumspect in an abstinence from all intermeddling with Tuscan Roman Catholics, such abstinence has proved insufficient to protect our church from a series of charges, not only of catechising and of introducing prayers in the Italian language in our church services, but of encouraging the resort of Tuscan Roman Catholics to the church, imbuing them with principles contrary to the dominant religion, and participating, with others, in combined measures of propagandism, which are calculated, we are told, infallibly to weaken the Roman Catholic religion in Tuscany; to which it was added, that the Tuscan Government being well informed of all this, has determined to take every necessary measure to prevent its Tuscan subjects from resorting to the English chapel, unless such abuse should at once be put a stop to.

Happily, it was in the power of the select vestry of our church, in December, 1850, to meet all these grave charges, and to demonstrate how totally unfounded were each of them, although that complete refutation has not had the anticipated effect of altogether relieving us from the unsightly appearance of police agents at the church doors on Sabbath days.

The Hon. P. Campbell Scarlett.

C. W. SMITH.

UNITED STATES.

DECISION of the British and American Commissioners, under the 5th Article of the Treaty of 1794,* relative to the River St. Croix. Providence, October 25, 1798.

By Thomas Barclay, David Howell, and Egbert Benson, Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the 5th Article of the Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, finally to decide the question, "What river was truly intended, under the name of the river St. Croix, mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His Majesty and the United States of America, and forming a part of the boundary therein described."

* See State Papers, Vol. 1, Page 787.

Declaration. October 25, 1798.

We, the said Commissioners, having been sworn "impartially to examine and decide the said question according to such evidence as should respectively be laid before us on the part of the British Government and of the United States," and having heard the evidence which hath been laid before us by the Agent of His Majesty and the Agent of the United States respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of the respective Governments, have decided, and hereby do decide:-The river hereinafter particularly described and mentioned to be the river truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix in the said Treaty of Peace, and forming a part of the boundary therein described, that is to say, the mouth of the said river is in Passamaquaddy Bay, at a point of land called Ive's Point, about 1 mile northward from the northern part of St. Andrew's Island, and in the latitude of 45° 5′ and 5" north, and in the longitude of 67° 12′ and 30" west, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in Great Britain, and 3° 50′ and 15" east from Howard College in the University of Cambridge, in the state of Massachusetts. And the course of the said river up from its source is northerly to a point of land called The Devil's Head, thence turning the said point, is westerly to where it divides into 2 streams, the one coming from the westward and the other from the northward, having the Indian name Chiputnatecook, or Chipnitcook, as the same may be variously spelt, then up the said stream, so coming from the northward to its source, which is at a stake near a yellow birch-tree, hooped with iron, marked "S. T. and J. H., 1797," by Samuel Titcomb and John Harris, the surveyors employed to survey the above-mentioned stream coming from the northward. And the said river is designated on the map hereunto annexed and hereby referred to as further descriptive of it by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, and L, the letter A being at its said mouth, and the letter L being at its said source. And the course and distance of the said source from the island at the confluence of the abovementioned 2 streams is as laid down on the said map, north 5° and about 15' west by the magnet: about 48 miles.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, the 25th day of October, in the year 1798.

(L.S.) THOS. BARCLAY.

(L.S.) DAVID HOWELL.

(L.S.) EGBERT BENSON.

Witness, ED. WINSLOW, Secretary to the Commissioners.

PROCLAMATION of the President of The United States, publishing the Arrangement concluded with Great Britain, in April,

1817, relative to the Naval Force to be maintained by the Two Powers upon the American Lakes. Washington, April 28, 1818.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
A Proclamation.

WHEREAS an Arrangement was entered into at the City of Washington, in the month of April, in the year of our Lord, 1817, between Richard Rush, Esquire, at that time acting as Secretary for the Department of State of the United States, for and in behalf of the Government of the United States, and the right honourable Charles Bagot, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, for and in behalf of His Britannic Majesty; which Arrangement is in the words following, to wit:

"The Naval Force to be maintained upon the American Lakes, by His Majesty and the Government of the United States, shall henceforth be confined to the following vessels on each side; that is :

"On Lake Ontario, to 1 vessel not exceeding 100 tons burden, and armed with 1 18-pound cannon.

"On the waters of Lake Champlain, to 1 vessel not exceeding like burden, and armed with like force.

"On the upper Lakes, to 2 Vessels, not excceding like burden each, and armed with like force.

"All other armed vessels on these Lakes shall be forthwith dismantled, and no other vessels of war shall be there built or armed.

"If either party should hereafter be desirous of annulling this stipulation, and should give notice to that effect to the other party, it shall cease to be binding after the expiration of 6 months from the date of such notice.

"The naval force so to be limited shall be restricted to such services as will, in no other respect, interfere with the proper duties of the armed vessels of the other party."

And whereas, the Senate of the United States have approved of the said Arrangement, and recommended that it should be carried into effect; the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Britannic Majesty.

Now, therefore, I James Monroe, President of the United States, do, by this my Proclamation, make known and declare that the Arrangement aforesaid, and every stipulation thereof, has been duly entered into, concluded, and confirmed, and is of full force and effect.

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 28th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1818, and of the Independence of the United States the 42nd.

By the President, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State.

JAMES MONROE.

AWARD of Arbitrators, for the Settlement of the Boundary between
Canada and New Brunswick, with reference to the Treaty of
August, 1842, between Great Britain and The United States.
April 17, 1851.

Award.

THAT New Brunswick shall be bounded on the West by the boundary of the United States, as traced by the Commissioners of Boundary under the Treaty of Washington, dated August, 1842,* from the source of the St. Croix to a point near the outlet of Lake Pech-la-wee-kaa-co-nies, or Lake Beau, marked A in the accompanying copy of a part of Plan 17 of the survey of the boundary under the above Treaty; thence by a straight line connecting that point with another point to be determined at the distance of i mile due south from the southernmost point of Long Lake; thence by a straight line drawn to the southernmost point of the Fiefs Madawaska and Temiscouata, and along the south-eastern boundary of those Fiefs to the south-east angle of the same; thence by a meridional line northwards till it meets a line running east and west, and tangent to the height of land dividing the waters flowing into the River Rimouski from those tributary to the St. John; thence along this tangent line eastward until it meets another meridional line tangent to the height of land, dividing waters flowing into the River Rimouski from those flowing into the Restigouche River, thence along this meridional line to the 48th parallel of latitude, thence along that parallel to the Mistouche River, and thence down the centre of the stream of that river to the Restigouche, thence down the centre of the stream of the Restigouche to its mouth in the Bay of Chaleurs, and thence through the middle of that Bay to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, the Islands in the said Rivers Mistouche and Restigouche, to the mouth of the latter river at Dalhousie being given to New Brunswick.

We have, &c. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON.

TRAVERS Twiss.

ACT of the British Parliament, "for the Settlement of the Boundaries between the Provinces of Canada and New Brunswick," with reference to the Treaty between Great Britain and The United States, of August, 1842.*

[14 & 15 Vict., Cap. 63.]

[August 7, 1851.]

WHEREAS certain disputes have existed respecting the Boundary Line between the Provinces of Canada and New Brunswick in North America: and pending such disputes certain funds have arisen from the disputed territory, and have been received by the Governments of such provinces respectively: and whereas, with a view to the settlement of such disputes, the Governor-General of Canada and the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, by *See Vol. 6, Page 853.