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not terminate before, bytalliog into wet on the
maritime resources of Holland, II fleet of 40 sail
of the line, and a great number of troops, shall be
aogembleti in the Scheldt and Tesel, to dispute
with the British Government the sovereignty of the
.sea, owl repel its unjust clanns.

So that it is not the interest of France alone
that calls for this union ; it is that of continental
Europe, who applies to France to repair the losses
of her marine, and combat, ou her own clement.
the enemy of the prosperity of Europe; whose iii-
da-t,y a has not been able to stifle, but whose
voinusunitationa it obstructs by its insolent claims,
and the vast number of its ships of war. Finally,
the union of Holland augments the Empire, in
senderiug more close the frontier• she defends, and
in adding to the security of its arsenals and docks.
It enriches it by an industrious, thrifty, and lobo-
/ions people, who will add to the sock of public
wealth, in increasing their private fortunes. There
are no people more estimable, or better adapted to
derive benefit from the advantages whiCh the liberal
policy of your government affords to industry.
France could act have made a snore valuable ac-
4ufsition.

" The annexation of Holland to France is the
necessary consequence of the unioa of Belgium. It
completes your Majesty's empire, as well as the
execotion of your system of war, polities, and trade.
It is the fir.. , hot a necessary step towards the re-
storation of your navy ; in fact, it is the heaviest
blow whkii your Majesty could iallict upon Eng-
land.

" AA to th. young Prince, nun is so dear to your
Majesty, lie has already felt the effects of your good
will. You have bestowed on him the grand Duchy
of Berg. He has, therefore, uo occasion for soy
Lew establishment.

" I have the honour to propose to your Majesty
the pooja of the following Decree,

" I rm. dec.
" CHA MPAGRY, Doke of CA DOR E."
MAK? TROY FMK stotsrsas or TBZ orrice or

"111111LCIZTAIIT or STATE.

Filarc At Rambovillet, Jely 9, 1810.

We, Napoleon, Enspemr of ilie French, Kiug .4 Italy,
Protector of the Confederation oftl.e Rhine, Mediator of the
Swiss Confederation, Sic. Ice. have deur. J, and hereby de-
cree, as follow :

TITLE I.

Ant. 1. liallaad is united to Frame.
9. The City of Amsterdam shall be the third City of the
Empire.

3. Holland shall hate six &nion, six Depoties to the
Council of State. tummy-five Densities to the Legislative
Ersdy, and two 'odic.' to the Court of Csmatiun.
4. The officers by sea and land, of whatever reek, shall be
confirmed in their employinests. Commissions shall be de-
livered to them Melted soh oar band. The Royal Gourd
Asti be united to nor Imperial Guard.

Inv' it ....OF TO[ AOI4INISTRATIOR FOR ISM.

5 The Doke of Placentia, Areb.Treamtrer of the Eiwp:re,
shall repair to Amsterlam I. the capacity of our Lieutenant-
Galeria He shad preside in the Council of Ilinsaters, and
attend to the chapattis of Maoism. His 'auctions @ball
feast, the it of January, tat 1, the period when the French
stlosinistratiun shall commence.

6. All the pahhe funetionartea, of whatever rank, are tun.
Sneed on their employment/.
Tufty —n I I -I.• —IP TNT FIN/LIMES.

The present contributions shell continue to be levied
until the ist of January, Ist t, at which period the country
shall *eased of that burden, and the imposts put ou the
same footivx as fur the rest of the Empire.
w. The heard of receipts and dishurseumnts shall be sobs
antted to our approbation before the Ist of Attune next.
Only one-third of t►e prevent amount of interest spun the
public debt shall be carried to the account of expenditure
fur iPIO

The interest of the debt for lane and 10'09, nut yet paid,
shall be reduced to nite.thirJ, and charged ou the budget ut
tete.

q. The Cestam•hnuses on the frontier, other than thine
et France, shall be orenotzed under the r upenis trndaece of
oor Direi toe•general of the Costom.lsoeses. The Dutch

tustom houses shall he incorporated therewith.
The lime of ewehows.howore, now on the French frontier,
oltaU lite ►ept op wool the tot January, tali, when it shall be
reesiwki, and t►e comiseriestiou of Hulloed with the empire
►ecome free.

The colonial produce, actually in Ifollami, shall remain
in the hands or the uouers, upon paying a duty of :it per
cent. ad valorem. A declaration of the amount 6118111 x made
before the Ist September. at farthest.

The mid mercbuodise, upon rtyment of the ilutiro,
be imported into France, mid circuloied through the eili,ge
talent of the empire.

TITLI Iv.

‘t There shall be, at Amsterlaat,•epee,4l 4,lminiatrstion,
pre.irtaill wet by ose of oar Cessettlers of Slate, artstch
%see the supennteadenee of, sad the steeresm t fonds to I" 0.
role for the repairs of the d)hes, puW.re, awl ut'..er ;mobile
resist

TITLC V.

It to the course of the present month, Ihrro shall he
numio•te', ►y the Legislative ►ody of Holland, a Commis,
own of Ir. !itemisers, to proceed to Pans, in order to rowan-
tote a Coo. red, whose ►usiossa s►all kw to etiolate definitely
all that relates to the public and local debts, awl to conciliNte
the principles lithe soma with the localities and nderestsuf
the ctraiitrv.
it. One Maoists,' are charged with the enectill.nn of the
present decree Mewed) NAPOLEON.
By the F.osperor,
!tied, H. •. Dube of RA.A:4.4 NO,
The Minister !teem tary of Slate.