352 
and its honour, will never lay 
them down, until its enemy shall 
be forced to make ample submis- 
sion and atonement for his out- 
rageous conduct, to indemnify it 
for the expense of the war, and 
to afford full security for the 
maintenance of those relations, 
which he has so shamefully vio- 
lated. 
If the misguided councils of the 
state of Nipaul shall lead it ob- 
stinately to persist in rejecting 
those just demands, it will itself be 
responsible for the consequences. 
The British government has stu- 
diously endeavoured, by every ef- 
fort of conciliation, to avert the 
extremity of a war, but it can 
have no apprehension of the re- 
sult ; and it relies with confidence 
on the justice of its cause, and on 
the skill, discipline, and valour of 
its armies, for a speedy, honoura- 
ble, and decisive termination of 
the contestin which it is engaged. 
By command of his Excellency 
the Governor-general. 
(Signed ) J. ADAM, 
Sec. to Govt. 
Lucknow, Nov. 1, 1814. 
Published by command of his 
Excellency the Vice President in 
council. 
J. Monckton. 
Act®. Sect. to Gov'. 
A Treaty of Peace and Amity be- 
tween his Britannic Majesty and 
the United States of America ; 
signed at Ghent, December 24, 
1814. 
His Britannic Majesty and the 
United Statesof America desirous 
of terminating the war which has 
unhappily subsisted between the 
two countries, and of restoring, 
upon principles of perfect reci- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
procity, peace, friendship, and 
good understanding between them, 
have for that purpose appointed 
their respective plenipotentiaries ; 
that is to say, his Britannic Ma- 
jesty, on his part, has appointed 
the Right Honourable James Lord 
Gambier, late Admiral of the 
White, now Admiral of the Red 
Squadron of his Majesty’s Fleet ; 
Henry Goulburn, Esq. a member 
of the Imperial Parliament, and 
Under Secretary of State ; and 
William Adams, Esq. Doctor of 
Civil Laws—and the President of 
the United States, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Se- 
nate thereof, has appointed John 
Quinsey Adams, James A. Bay- 
ard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Rus- 
sell, and Albert Gallatin, Citizens 
of the United States; who, after 
a reciprocal communication of 
their respective full powers, have 
agreed upon the following Ar- 
ticles :— 
Art. 1. There shall be a firm 
and Universal Peace between his 
Britannic Majesty and the United 
States, and between their respec- 
tive countries, territories, cities. 
towns, and people, of every de- 
gree without exception of places 
or persons. Allhostilities, both by 
sea and Jand, shall cease as soon as 
this Treaty shall have been rati- 
fied by both parties as herein-after 
mentioned. All territory, places, 
and possessions whatsoever, taken 
by either party from the other du- 
ring the war, or which may be 
taken after the signing of this 
Treaty, excepting only the islands 
hereafter-mentioned, shall be re- 
stored without delay, and without 
causing any destruction, or carry- 
ing away any of the artillery, or 
other public property, originally 
captured inthe said forts or places, 
