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.~ Tom... x'l':l'l 1: I'.ll'Eft. coNynNTIN BF:TIN - VI:IV TiTt!TtH ANT) DUTCII cac ERN yIItNT• 111 the ?nttic of the Most tioly.witl,Votlivitiett 'ft Hity. . ".r~ ; t If is M Ijesty the icing of 010 NetherA,ml4,' and bk 11fajesty the King .the United Kiirgrloni of -6reat l'EliaLt anti Irelaid, being both highly desir. °mot' promutingand confirming tht harmony and gondontlostamling whiel. 30 happily solisist 4 he: • tweeri their State:, by bringing into actual op - 0 7 ration that part .fit o,e at ipfthitio . ..s of the first of the itttlitimiat article; of the Converption of Aug. 13, 1814, which hoporto, :4' that the . sohjetts of " his 41,14esty the King f.f the NethAlNnls, be " * Mg landed proprietor§ io the Golonle t l. of D c ... " inerary, Essequibo, and Bethke., ,hall haVe " freedom' to trade bet,veen the forenamed tsta-, " blishinents, and the territory of his said Ala. " jesty in I; , irope, under Certain-conditions }Live named as their Plenipotentiaries, eit, iVijesty the King of the Netherlands, Henry . :Baron Ambassador Extraordinary at the c.Ollll, tittil his Ni3jesty tlic.King of the Trinited fangtlunt of. Great Britalu and 1 vela rid , }lvory hur l liathnrst, one of his principal t...;ecre taries'of olio' having cOni . uninicated their retpective full powers, and found ,them in good Anti due form, have agreti - ti upon the following Articles AtiTICUt 1. The foresidil trade ror the period of lire years, beginning with the Ist Ja; matey, 1816, be carried on with thips-'being the . property of subjects of his Majesty the Kim; of the Netherlands, wherever Mid without any tipuittion or' re!ittii.tioit its to theAreilom that navigate them ; but on the expirrition,of the said Ave years, or sooner, it his Maje:ty the King of. NetherboidS think fit, the Arid trade shall be (7 . ollfinett excl6ively to ships Dutch built, and three-fourths of the et ew of which are subjects or the'King: of the Netherlands. 11. 'The Kirig of the Netherlaiiils' • retains to • Maisel! the right of 'imposing Such duties on' the iiiilitirt cif tlie prodoce of the said voloniert into l is I...iit'opean Suites,' And vice verse' on the export, tis him Majesty shi ll think fit - to appoint but thel duties 'l,vtlich are levied iii the cu10nie4, 4 4 4 111 apply to Dutch as to Englidt trade._ ~,(' ." .111. SUbj,!crs of Li. Nlajesty the Kings Of the lketherlaiuts:, being prop ictota of land iii,the,said Colooi6i1; £l O lll evjoy hill liberty prodecti t it :Mil return from the slid Colonies, Avitilunt.,being skihj , eird any delay or difficulty in ihis respeet. i . they may also appoint perstios in thcir : name to cnri y On their busiiic3s ilt thii trade, ,or to bold the o%lersight of their pioperty there; the said persons„ however, dining their residence iii the. ftiresaid tolonies,'being always subject to The, 144 es and 'ordinances there . itk.for,ce.. They shall. Oro enjoy liberty to dispose of 'their,proper ty iii such way lit they shall judge proper; with fhl4ntoterstan,ting, th:st, in regard to the Ne groes, they nre i tiottieo co the same regulations as :British vohletti, lit Order to protect the owners of planta-, tions in th e afoiesaid colonic's from the de' sit ne tive consequences whielr might follow. execiition of the moitgages, for which they: rilay lje indebted to Subjects of his Majesty the tiling of, the Netherlands, the. High contraCting Parties further egret, that in every case where the owner of a plantation shall present to a holder of it mortgage sin that plantation, ear;ier than the l i st of January, '14411, (inch mortgage boitti:r be ifig f.ltiliettt o f the *Kingrif the Netherlauds), the hereafter mentioned seeitrity,_ that. wort gage- Vilkler shall not be at liberty to prOcecd to' the iintitedlate execution of the 'said inoroi,:ige,.it he -I,4wever, well tin d ers tood, that in all c a s e s , where such security shall not he offered by the owner, the niortgag - e-holder shall eujcyy oil tt e eiglits - to. , ,proceett to exceutloh, to which he is &witted. ; The required security must stipulate that the, Mortgage holder lutist receive, at the expense of the ()Wrier of the plantation, a new mortgage for the ,Ciliate amount of the debt then dtirito.the ftirmer,. therein including- b o th thatliart ? "o:;the original debt, which hi , not discharged, antribein , - tcrest- due oti the saute, to the 31st' Deceiiitier, 1814; That this security shall reServe l io the thortgAge-holtitr, the eight of preference before other mortgagc-holders and' creditors, to which be Was entitled node,. his original titortgage.,.' that irshall he subject to an ye ar ly int er est, .begin. 11ing , with the Irst of January, 1815, of the same minium, and payable in the Sortie way, as prescribed in the original mortgage ; arid, that the whole unionar of the new - debt tiling be pay , rble at eight yearly periOde,' the first of which shall take place on the Ist of Jantiary, uctv:security shall 'guarantee to liie 011 , 1•1- . gage.holner all such means of legal redress, in. case of oon-payment of interest, or tieing behinds" Irma in the discharge of the principal, whenever k shall be due-, and all such other preferable rights and advantAges aS lee is entitled to under his al ready existing mortgage; and shall place him, : in rel'ri ion to-the debt, fur whieh,the new Nevin 07. Leen gl - ven; th e very saine . situation in which. he was witit respect to his original claim otl i the plantation, wikli the exception alone Of lates to the time when the paytnent may ietty,,,eit lorced,--in. such way, litiwever, that no later ere ditor shall (helve frcini this airungeinent miy . the mintiest competency, to the injury of the rights o(the driginitl creditor; and that no farther post ronainent a - the paynicot beyondivhat is here fixed, shall talse glace: without the Special. consent of the creditirr. , It is furtit'er appoint e d tna it, n order that the mortgage,-bidder may bw entitled to• the security described - in this article, he shall be bound, as soon us the said deed shall have been registerstl in tt.e colony, uwl pinced - in the hands of thp,iltsift, t; ;gr. holder, ur his agent in the colony (tity,„ot! rences of which reAlstration mast be tla - te by thd (miter of the plantation), to give op,- in (Inter to lie caucelled, the deed, of mortgiv: first plAceit iA his habd - si oi• to give legal prom Ow this deed Of mortgage or security for debt, has beelily cant celled, and is of no (sillier validity or efieit: It being farther expressly detertained,llf/tt the exception of the provisions specified in . 1.11 . 13 article, the rights of mortgage-holders . or ct•eili= tots 0)4.111 remain in their full force. V. All Dutch proprietors who are recognised a§ such by this Convention, be.. competent to supply, from the Netherlands, their plantations with the usual necessarir., an•l, in return ' may export to the Netherlands the produce o the aforesaid plantation? ;- but all other import of goods from the Netherlands into the colonies, or export of produce front the colonies to the Nether lands, are strictly prohibited ; and it is farther determined, that no export of any article that i 4 prohibited.to be exported thither from the British States, Shall be sent thither from the Netherlands. VI. 'By Dutch proprietots roust be undeestoodi Ist, all subjects of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, residing in his European States, and now being .landed proprietors. in. the aforesaid ccdtmtes. 2d. All subjects of 1113 said Nl4jesty who, in• 01 iniq eorme.into pos,ession . olplan.' tations in them, now belonging—to Dutch pro 7. ictoi _ _ 3d. All such landed proprietors as, now residing in the said colonies, were horn in the Netherlatrils, and wlto, in conformity. to Art, VIII. of this Con - vrittion, twig declpre, that they wish to be elm -5410114 Dotelv proprietors in tot ore ; and 4th. MI subjects of his said Alajesty,,who may be holders of ntortgages on plantations itt.the said coloni e s before the date of the rati'fleation ut tkis Convention ; And Who, roinietpience of tkeir deed of mortgage, posseii4 the right of ; exporting the prodnce of the said plantat ioos to the Nether lands, under the restriction stated in Arr. IX, VII. In all cases where the right of supplying the wants of p lant►►tines, and the right of exporting the produce of the sante to the iSle therlands, is not' actually secured to , the mort gage-holder, the hitter shall he permitted to ex port from the colonies only such quantity of pro duce as, estimated by the price , current of the. colony, shall be sufficient to pay the. amount of interest mrca . pit:ll yearly due to hint, an.d.un the other hand, to 'introduce into the colony Artie:4es of necessity in the saute proportion. • VI ll.• All proprktors, being subjeuts of hii Ma. je 3 Cy the King of die Netherlands, now resident, in these colonies, shall be bound, in order to be' entitled to the benefits of this Convention, within three inonths after its publieation •in the said CO. lollies, to declare whether they are satisfied tube Considered as snob in future. • . IX-In all cases where both Dutch.and British sollects shall have a niurtgng.e on the.same plan. ,tatioa, in the said Colonies, the- smomit of the produce to be consigned to the different mortgage.. holders, shall he in proportion to ,the amount of, the debt tine to each respectively. X. In order that the disposit loos of the present Convention rutty be the more readily inunght,into mid kept in operation, it is deteemined,th a t, ever y year, hy.order of the King or , the isletherlands,. correct and specific listi.shall be made out,. con. twining. the names and. places of resilience of Pro. ,prietors resident in .the Netherlends, together, with'the names and descriptions of tine flora to them respectively belonging with thee& dition of whethtr the last mentioned he sugar or. °the, kind of plantations, . whether ,the first mentioded art , owners in whole or only in part of the ,plantationsysimilar lists shall also be made Out of. the mortgageS vested on the plantation, in so.'%far . as these mortgages are in the possessi o n of D utc h subjecti, specifying the mount of the debt. or mortgage, as they at present exist, (4 they are to he paid in virtue of. Act. IV, These lists shall be givers to the British Govern ment, and sent to the aformid,colonies,.in order that, atith the edditirin of the list of, Dutch pu rloins resident in the . said colonies, they may: serve to ascertain the whole athount. of the Deitch popular iUn and preperty ur intereA tire lacitc said colonies. XI, his Majesty the 'King of the Netherlands and his Britannic Alaiesty having considered,•tlint the Dutch merchants and shareholders, known. miller the name of the Sneietat van tie Bernice, have u lust claim to certain plantations formerly . :cleared by them, in the Colony of Berbice, and, of which they were dispossessed by thellevoin. tionary Government of Holland, and wjfici l the last occupation of the Said Colony by.the tith arms, were considered as' Government pro-. perty,- s -his Britannic Majesty therefore •binds ; himself 'to restore to the said Company of .Ber« bier,. within the period of six. months after the, exchanging of the ratifiCations of. t he present Con, ventions, the plantations Dageraud, Dankbaar« h e ld, jobann a , and Sandvoort, with their ne.. groes and other appentenauees at preterit actually employed upon .them, and this in lull - satisfaction of all claims which the s'ai'l Company May have, or claim to .have, chargeable on his Britannie.Ma. jesty or hii subjects,, on the account of .any pro- party - which -formerly belonged to the said Com.. pithy in the Colony, of Berbice. • Xll. M 1 questions that .may arise between pri« Nate persons in relatien to rights of property as determined by the present Convention, shall be decided by the competent tribunal according. to the laws ih force in the said colonies., Ills Britannic ,Majesty engages, in, all MO where the rights and interests of Dutch pro«. prictors are concerned, to proceed with the great est equity pWI impartiality. • XIV. The two contracting parties reserve to themselves the power to make, in future, such retnlifications of the' present COoventiok:as ex« pericnee may suggest to be :required-by the in terests of. both Vowers,,, . - • , \V. Finally, it , is ai i ree4l, that the st.ipulations' of this Convention shall be ot-force front the day' of the exchanging of the ratifications si it. XVI. The present Convention shall ,be ratified', and the ratifications exchanged At London, with. in three weeks after th e signing of the s3lllej or earlier, if possible. In testimony wheredf the rFsinCtive Yleulp Y. 1/%11 tiarie3 ]btite itglied the smite, an' there to affixed the • sot . Ur,f their's-111114. 1)one at Liemfon the 12t1t August, the year of our Lurd.lBls. (L. SO H. FAGEL.. )I I • The present Convention *at itliilte4l on the 23alv of August, 1815, by the King of the Mitherlands, • and on the 28th of September, 1515, 14 lois Bri t enfold Majes t y (41msterdam Courant.) NBA POLVrAN CObMMMMELICIAL Dtuktg. 4qil3 DIRECToR-GENERAL OF TUE INDIRECT TAXES To Its EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY or FI NANCE. "jilt Majesty having ordained, that with re _ Ord to English, Spanish, and French ships as far as regards the visit, should be allowed the same exemptions of every kind as they enjoyed before the military occupation depending upon-the sys-. tem then in force with the limitation, that from such a privilege xould be excluded Maltese and Island ships, and all other vessels covered With the' litagof the three said Powers ;,and that the maritime laws he exactly observed in.the quality of the - crew: . 1, 'in order to .carry into execution the . Rq'ai Orders, have thought . it my duty to draw up the fol:OWing Regulations,which l. • I pray your Excellency to present for the sanction Article I. The English, Speto, and French ships must carry their efeataOces from porti belonging to their respective SoVereigns: . This Spanish and French vessels inust hare the Captain and tWo-thirds of their crew subjects of - their re— spective titions, and the English vessels must be able to-pre . sent their regkfur. - At t. II. The ships above specified arc freed' from any visit of the Customhouse ()dicers, both upon their arrival aLit at tiwir departure, b u t they must be cautiously watched front the Custom-house barks, that they neither discharge or take on board any, goods with the purpose of defraVaing the rii 7 venue. The other Articles, to the number of ten, refer to the visits of the officers of quarantine, the 'winner in which the pAy r. - meta of duties is secured after the laudifig . of goods, the con duct of owners and consignees, warehousing, re-shipping, , coasting Tilt tali article says, "enttsidering that the situation of England and its depeplencies bi yond the Mediterranean, pieientspartieulaysiretimstsusess which exclude: any i.ira of fraud, and that mitiun'ought nut to tseated, With regard 'to the vessels that cause from places beyond the Mediterranean, and (rota the Continent•of Europe, with the saute rules as those on which the present general itistra'etions are founded for the said nat;ou, and the others which enjoy the benefit of a privileged flag. It has been determined that the Captain of every English eruct shall catty along with bins the manifest of his whole cargo, signed by the proper authority of the post from which his vessel sails, and by the litl i 7olitan Conisil, if there be one resident at said port, ,and that im mediately upon his arrival he shall present it to the Otriuers, 'of the Customs. Afterwards, the ruvichant to whom the . goads are consigned shall give, within three days from the arrival of the vessel„ a detail ufthe contents he manifest. C° l "idulltt llit.rieVer, the psrticular eirciimitaners of Eng land, ilrtaellski- fruni the Continent,, it shall be allerwed 'tnediately to exetatte the declaration of &inn (spun the as-' sunnier thst - ttie itueutnenta have nut been rcreii.ed); lu yen• fortuity with u nisnifest signed by the Captain; null upon such a dttlarni inn. hying • mule, all the art it;le4 Justified for the kingdom of Naples :nay he titilintileitat the Cwitutti-house tor examination and liquidation, in the presetii.te of the owners or consignees of the same: IN DI k. The following ere extracts from the 'Madras Papers received by the Elita : • M - AbliAS, AUG. 25.--On Silnt[oy morning 111 e. CoMpany's ships William Pitt, Marquis of %Vet '. lintort, anti Princess Charlotte of Wale3,;siiled for Bengal. The Bridgewater sailed for Penang and China yesterday. The Atlas anti, Lowther Castle are expected to follow for. the- same clesti ration this day.' On 'lVednesday, htl 'Majesty's shipi Owen , Glendower and Termagant, arrived in the roads Lhom Trincomalee. On the following day, at noon, lhe.flag of his Excellency the Admiral was Hoisted' on hoard the .former ship under an appro ' prime salute. 'On Sunday, • his Majesty's ship Acorn anchored in the roads from Calcutta. Auo. 29.—Sailed his Majesty's ship TerMagant; for Mauritius ;. the Heti-per, on a cruke ; the Company's ships Metcalf, Northumberland, Mid dart.: and Lord Uldon, for Bengal ; also the Owen Glendower, awl Theis for Penang and China. His Majesty's (Will regiment embarked front Calcutta for the Upper Provinces on the 9th inst. The fleet proceeded.immediately the errtharktitioll of the troops was Completed. The 53d . was'eX-: Two' to reach,the.Presidedsy on the '2oth SEPT. Majesty's ship Wellesley, Capt. flatpw, which has bcOn equipping with great pedit ion, is nearly completed for sea, and Will s - ki' iris said: forTrincomalee'on Stmday next. Tile 'whole'!of 'dl naval establishment, hitherto silt, tionaq at Madre's, Will be remared to Ceylon early iii next month', Aiajor-General Taylor has left this Presidency to take the commalut of the centre division of the finny. We learn from .Calcutta, that the Governor. 'General was to reach that Presidency early in October. Prince PULLIN HYDUR, the eldest son of the late TIPPOO SULTAN, died the 30th J.itly, a t Russapught, No less than ten American vessels bad arrived itt ballast at Calcutta, in 'the course of July, for the purpose of obtaining cargoes At that port, PINANCIt...—.IW6tIr . statement yesterday, there were some errors of the Press. it ought to bare ht.eu—" Arrears to die' amount of 21,000,0001. were included in the Loan. The whole of the permanent 'Civil Charge* of Great Britain, in. elthling the 'interest of the National Debt, Ike. sra%. .37,488,000/. ; and the Income of Great Britain, excluPire (f the Property Tut, was on the sth of April .lust., 51,928,000 t on the sth July, it lisid Increased about a million and a half. MAILS. klainbrirgli, I Ihtb n'aterford. Due--I Hut- Innti, I rStFrance,7 4 Utiltenblirehy `l44:itl.C. Plitt*: a THIS DAY /LT T 1 6 1 Mt' rrk Stlick. 31i p tt4Vcpt. Reit. COlt 3 *Tent. Cutts. stn it _4 per Cents. 74/1 76 ~ 'I S per Cent. Navy Ann: ;hut Bank L. Ann. 'IO(7E , ti I'OUKS india Bonds, ds. Ss pt. Fzcln t .. Rills, Rs. ss. pr.! Oinnitim, 15 for Payment, Mg " Cutts. fur Opening, 62 64 DIGIT WATER. AT LONDON mum*: TO-mormow :llurpiva, 53 . miact ces iiftet i rEava„V aftrr II; ft: 'l‘.ll late hour we received Paris Papers to t The only news they' conitiitc•is giVeu.in the. following extracts._ The &mg - the Royal Guard on New Year's Day, unii . 6 , us both by the • soldiery• and'peoide greeted %Yid' the usual. loyal acclamations: -his gajesty's AnSwer to the Address. of the Deputics'is 'very linporfanf It rangeShir4l on the side of the Adinistet, and' jority of the Chambers on the Atnnesti " PAttrs, JAN. :I.—Yesterday the Dertturi °6 : of the Chamber of Peers,- and of the Chainber of , , _• Deputies,. were adniitted, to 'present ,t 1 it hod 'Wage to the King the New Yefii. The• fold. ~. lowing is the Address of the Chancellor Start,--Tire Peers of France are the elder of , t ( ltegreat temlly'rif which yotir INlAjesty is th e ~(ithec,.. %Viten .your children press around the: 41trone to testify their profound respect, we glory iry being the first to fulfil this pious duty. "e Ji4ve, to conclude the year, too long by a hundred days, as we commenced it ;--but we have pleasing hope, that the Year which is now before us will be more happy: France, saved by the wis7, dont and virtues of its King, has Only to th Lim to enjoy its blessing. The Cliamber - of Peers will -constantly give him I lie exitTple of boundless gratitude of. love and confidence with' ut theassre, and thus Will merit an unclouded happiness." . His Alajesty replied— • . " I receive with great pleasure and seps;bildsf, tie assurance of the Sentimenis of ;he of Peers, of which I doily receive new proot'." The President of the' Climber of Deputies cg" presiett Lirnselt a foUtms • •` I;titaiil s►►bjects nt the Chilin" her of Deputies, wi3ll and prepare For sion n intad year." The King answered— " I receive alw:tyi with pleaxilre the 11,35111 . 311ee' pt the Chaittliu'r You speak of prepuiiitg, -foi me a bnppier that ieh is abolltto "tvi OR' most ituportatti cliiewion. 1 hare nutdv. knowit to yl3O my. infentiol!s through ttly Miniiters., Z tclt entire eoufidestee . upot. the: devotion aiid. eat . of the ‘Chamber of Deputies to support my 11e11Yesc (vtsfri, thut of securing the rePuse of France. Journal of to-dily that the Kiug. has j ust 'tleprivol the Dthse 0 r Otranto of his power's, anti thift he isprliicidett to, return to the khigdoin. "The sane Journal says,Thnt Co'One' Fautioas, brother to the Ductless tie Ilovi has' been la• rested and conilim'tetl to l'A.bba ye.. " A Commissioner has been sent te Bru3seis front to receive the pictures of the Frencil which had been deposited hi the,Museunl of tl►at city. " `fire Prussians have taken possession of Sarre' Louis. " Itossia.antl.Prasiis have, it is saitd, tletermin" ed not to serail Commissioners to St;, Tieleita; so, that there, will. he wily those of Great Britain', Austria, and France. " The Spaniatds condemned by the King were , sent from Illathid In irons, on the lath I)ec. 1111th - true St. Lett, hus not purchased a house, at Constance. She has appealed ti the Allied Po'wers. Five tholisiind SICKWIS of the Allied Arrny.stie to occupy Craone. i'l)g Iletientot Venus is (lead at PdViS. the, French Savans are dissecting her." ThrSpeech of the American President, of hick we published the substance its, our later intro" sion% of yesterday, will this day be fOund at length. in our last page. It is eery dissimilar from all the Documents of the same description Which " 14 have ercr before perused. Its tone is-_ moderate; it is neither boastful nor insulting ; it brcethei the spirit of union, and is congenial . with tae relations of Peace which have recently been col" The tpp i ies upon uhich•it touches may be (livid' ed intx:rxternill and intermit. The former branch ornbrades the Contest nod treaty with the BarborY SOLES! QUIZ DiCkRI TAtAinti P.UDEAT • LONDON. FR11111; .I.4Ntr.-1 I? Y 5, lsiG. - - • , -