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tortipose it, 'atict he shall have the factiliy .Of naming and de_
jegatina- one or mere Officers to-assist at ,ithe search of the
sad Siaps; whiCh shall be. clonein his presence on board each
Ncrchant Ship Conjointly with one or more Officers seleCtect
by the Captainnf the Ship of 'the Belligerent l'arty, • •
5. 1' it happen that the Captain of the Ship or Ships of
ittot trio Power at war, having examined the papers found
6t: boivetiand-livirtginterrOgated the Master and Crew ofithe
Ship, ;nail 'see- just and isufficierit reason to detain the 'Mer_
Ch eat Ship in order to proceed to an 'ulterior search, he shall
uotify that indention to-the Caotainof the Conidy, who shall
the.poxvet .orttelt an 'Officer 'to remain on board the
Ship digs cl;4iiilecif, and-116 'assist at,,the.examination of the
cause of heidetention..-IX)te iVierchant,Sbip shall be carried
iupecliat'4&to the nedie§t:_and west convenient port belong-
ing to the4.ietligei'ent Illiklet; and 'the ulterior Search Shall
be carried on.with:altficasible diligence. •
V..- It'.is also agreed,`anyMerchant that if
thiiS convoyed should be. detained without just and-'
sufficient
_cause,. the Corninander of the Ship or Ships:
of
.War of the.. Belligerent Power shall not only be
bound to make to, the Owners of the. Ship and of.the
'Cargo .a full and petted' compensation for ,all ahe.
losses? expeoCes, dam:ig.es, and costs, occasioned
,by
such a detention, but .shall. further be liable to an
ulterior punishment for:every ad of violence- or
other fault which he may have committed, accord_
ing-aa the natrate of die case may. require. Mn the
other. hand, no" Ship of War with 4.,Convoy shall 'be
permitted, under any pretext- whatsoever, to 'resist
by force the detention of a' Merchant,,Ship or Sh;.ps
by, the Ship or Ships
_of War of the Belligerent
Power; an obligation Which the Comtnander of a
Ship of War with Convoy is not bound to obs'erte
towards. Privateers" arid. their fitters out.
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VI. The high Contracting Powers shall give pre-
cise and—efficacious orders thit the Sentences upon.
Prizes made at Sea shall be :conformable with the
rules Of the most exact Justice and Equity e. that
they "shall be given by judges above Suspicion, and:
.whol/4 shalt not be interested in the matter. The
Governinent.of the respective States shall take care
that the said sentences shall be promptly and duly
,executed,- according to the. forms prescribed. .In
case of the:unfounded detention, or other contra-
vention of the regulations stipulated by the present.
Treaty, the Owners of such a Shipand'eargo shall be
allowed-damages proportioned- to the loss Occasioned
by such detention.. The rules' to observe for these
damages, and for the case.oftinfounded detention, as
also the principles to follow for 'the purpose of awe,'
lerating the process,., shall J.a.l the .niatt4r of addi:-
uoual Articles;4l-iich the COntrading Partiesitgree
to settle between them, 'anti Which shall have the
same force and validity as if they 'were inserted in
the present Aft. For this effe6, Their Imperial and
Britannic Majesties mutually engage-to put their
hand to. the salutary work, -Which may serve for the
completion of -,these-stipulations; and to commu-
nieate ao 'each- other without delay the .views which
may be suggested to them by their eqUal solicitude
to
.prevent the least grounds for dispute in, future.
VII. To obviate all the inconveniencies which
'may arise from the bad faith of those who avail
theinselVes of the Flag of a Nation without belong-
ing to it, it is agreed to establish for an inviolable
rule, that any vessel whatever to be considered 'as
'the property Of the Country the Flag of which it
carries, must have on board the Captain of the ship,
and one.half of the crew of the people of that Coun-
try, and the Papers and Passports in due and perted
form ; but every vessel which shall, not'observe this
and which shall infringe the ordinances pub-
lished on that head, shall loae all rights to the pro.,
teftion ofthe contrading Powers.
VIII. The principles ;and measures adopted by
the present -Al6 shall be alike applicable to an the.
Maritime Wars in which One of the twO Powers
May be engaged Whilst the other .remains neutral.
These stipulations shall in:consequeneelie regarded
as permanent; and shall serve fora constant rtile to
the COntrading‘POwers in matters of Coinmerceancl
Navigation.
IX. His Majesty the KING, Of DENMARK-, and
His -Majesty the KING of SW,E D EN, shall be imtne...
diately invited by His bin, a R 14v,i;IVIAyEsty, in the
name of 'thy two Contrading ?axles, to accede ,to,
the present 'Convention, mad at' )the same time to
renew and confirm their. respective Treaties of
Cormilce with His BRITANNIC MAJ'ESTy i and
His saic Majesty engages, by 'ads which shall have
established, that agreernent,.to render and restore to
each of these Powers, all the Prizes that hitve been
taken froth -them, as well _as the Territories and
Countries under, their domination, which haVe been
conqUered by the Arms of 'His BRITANNIC MA_
lESTr since the rupture, in the state in which those
possessions Were found, at the period at which the
Troops of His BRITANNIC 'MAJESTY entered them.
;Hie orders of his said Majesty for the restitution
of those prizes and conquests shall be immediately,
expedited after the excharige. of. the ratification of
the acts by which Sweden and Denmark shall accede
Ep the present Treaty. • •
X. The present ConVention shall, be ratified by.
the two Contrafting Parties, and 'the, ratifications
,exchanged at St; Petersburgh iri the space of two
months7at furthest, 'from-the day of the signature..
In,faith of 'which the respedive Plenipotentiaries
have, caused' to be
,made two copies perfedly similar,
signed with their hands,. and have sealed with their
arms.

bone at Sr. Petersburgh the s ( r 7 June),, t Sot
(L. S.) N. COUNT DE PANEN
(L. S.) ST. HELENS.

Formula of the' Passports and Sea Letters which
ought to bedeliveredin the respe'ai,ve Admiralties
of the Suites of,the two High C'oatralling Parties
to the Ship i of War, and Merchant . Vessels.,"which.
shall sail from them, con formable tq ilrticle 4 of
the present, Treaty :
Be it known that' we have given leave and per.:
mission to N---; of the city: or place of master
Or condu6lor of the Ship belongineto N—, of
the port of of 7—tons or thereabouts, now lay.
ii in the port or'harbourof N-----, to sail from
thence to laden. With N-------, on account
of N---,- after the said ship shall have been visited
before its departure in the usual manner by-the Off-
cers appointed for that purpose; and thesaid
Or such other as. shall be vested with powers to re-
place him, shall be obliged-to produce -every pb;rt
or harbour which he shall enter with the said Vessel
to- the Officers of the place the present, licence, and- -
to carry the flag of N. during his voyage.
t •' ' In' faith of which, &c„

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tl"e er-'7
.7 coy 'oje 117 - nica of
rwith the Couit' oaf L s;gNed the 5.1; 7
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'The pure and 'magnanimous intentions 6f Ilia
Majesty. the Emirßo•a of ail the Ru ;s I A', having
already induced him Niiretore [he yessels'an,d goods
of British Subjeeti,- which ha'dlieen segnestered in
Russia,.His said Majesty cO4irms :that 'dispO4irioo
in its whole ex-tent ; and. Ifis: .13R 'TAN N t-c
JESTi.' engages .alsq to
.kite- innn;diate'ordeTs far
taking..o'ff all 'Lid upon the Russian,
• Danifh,. and Swedishyrcipertics, derilined in Eng.-
lish-Ports, and •to.prove still more .his • sincere
sire' terminate amicably the • d Life r2...nees
hme arisen between Great Britain and-'rho Northern,
Courts ; and order-that no-- nc'w
throw obstacles-in the:',way of this s;:;utar, work,
fits Bit risztc. kI.;_rE3TY -binds to give.
orders to the Command&s. 'of iris' Forces by land'
and sea, that the Ard2istice now subsisting with
Courts of Denmark stud Sweden shall be pro-
lonigcd i'c,r a' term ,of ,three months from' the. date of -
this day ; and Majesty the' F,mptßoß of -A L
the Ru.siLks, guided ,by 'the same motives, -under-
irr the name:of, his Allies, to have this Armi.
stice maintained daring the said term. - . •

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. •• • • ,A Dr Zwparate'Artitle,, aC.
faith of which- &I. •
Copythe ..2d Separate rt:ele of ihe....rorirvevtipsit
awrth the Cou rt.
qf Lortiloit, Peters.
hiirgh, tiesl/) 71.5) •
The digerFnees -and Anisundeistandings which
subsisted. between His Majesty the -EMPEROR 6E;
AJ. E.: the , RussiAs, and `fifig Majesty the Kt NG of
the the United Kingdom Qf:G.reat. 'Britain, and ,Ireland.
being thus terminated, arid the precautions, taken.by
the present Convetition not giVing.forther room
fear'that.,they may-be able, to -distort) in !future th,!
harmony and .good...u.nelerstanding which ,the two
High-Colitrading Parties have at heart consoli.
date, their said. Majesties confirm anew, by thtf
present Convention, • the Treaty of, Coiumeree"..of
the ;loth Feb.‘, zt„ 1797)i the stipula;-
tiohs,'are here 'repeatecto.be maintai'ned
whole cAtente • . : • - •

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This• Se,-arateArticle, &c.
ufwhjcih &c...

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MANstoiv-f-lottsF„—Yesterday two' men were,
charged before the Lord-Mayor,- on suspicion :a:
having dishonestly in their-possession a quantity_ of
gloves. to the value 611'1.31; Jt appeared that they.
AA-Feted these gloves to..M.r. Roberts,
,a_glover, in
Fenchurch-street, muchuuder the real value, and:.
Mr. Roberts. stispeetingfrorn this, :.that they were.,
!'stolen, had thew apprehe.nded. :In their.defence,
one of thein 'said, he. had the goods of the other 1.
on. the. -other hand, to account foy-the,riLtnner
'in which he became possessed of them, said,-he had
them- of a person fOra debt due ,to hi§brother,
reside's at..Saddleworth, in Yorkshire. :It carne-.out'.
evidence, that this Jatter person .was, concerned
with Oxley and Broughton, the Mai,l-robbers, and:
turned-King's evidence, After a long -examinaiiori,
they Were'rcmanded to the Poultry compter, and
Ordered to be kept in separate apartments..
Mealtrian from Brentford was summoned before:
the Lord Mayor •upon the oath of a Baker, with
not having delivered a biil piitCeiS with a,qunii--
tity of flour sold to,him,,anetdelic'ered4the i7.ih of '
August. The IViealm'an said,' thht it had long been
the .custorTof the trade not to glive in-the price .
flour till the next.Week-afterT;thn-cl-.!iivety; :This, his
Lordship raid; was what had c,gusi:d so•ina_ny
t:aes, the Bakers thus being unable td,niake,
proper returns 'of prices:every week. It ;,vas bcf,
sides' contrary to the Ad of Nriiament,
cxpiesses thar every Mealman shall. at the ti:n2,of
sale, and before delivery, give in a true bill of the
'preent priees.----The Meabnan was convided .40.
shillings, which.he.paid directly.
Robert Ilignett, of Ashton, in' the County
Chester,' Offers two guineas for the apprehension of
his ‘Sife•Elizabetli, a beautiful young Woman, aged
twenty-five, who has' lately' doped With; Larry
M‘nride, an Iri§hman, si'xty years of age, five feat
high,, jaw-lecked, deeply pitted with the small-
pox, dressed in a sailor's. jacket, and -a -pair• tim
black breeches.

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An accident happened On Thursday night, whiCh
was nearly attended by serious conseqtrences. The
Brighton night-coach froth London was overturned
going down,Retgate-hill; owing 'to h truss of hay;
lying- in the road, .supposed to have fillen Out of a
cart 'coming to London. Neither the outside nor iri
side passengers were materially hurt ; but the coach,
man was much bruised, and cut in the forehead.
We present the following to our Readers, not only
as a caution, but as a great literary curiosity, printed,,
verbatim et literatim from' the original.lVß,
ge.ntleman of Bath; requiring the .chara6ter, of a ser..
v ant who had ppplicd for hisplace,.,'
.was referred by'
him to his, last, master. In a few days the Gentle_.
man reeeiy•ed the following 'answer by post :
To 'the•. Hon. ----..--•"**1"",'
BirminghaM, august 3. .? •
Thomas Handson Why, disnj,ist on the. aCount of
Wageas' and sarvedi, me tow years and -tow.motiths
as a &tier and •vailat With Soberarity- and hoti::sty
and attcntay and allso a Clean,sarvent.
forfear of anny deseption hels.a than a five feet
, fore Finches High spear mead Black eys and Greay
Heair staffordshiet man and Cauld Shave and Dress
Hair Well anof to please me dO-not take. "my Word.
but I would Have you. make 'troyl.. of him and-1"
dortte Bout but what he will sutT;you
Please to excuse me for not Wrighti;igto you ly9Fore:
hut I Was out on . a vise( to u:Ple:aw to exenseriy
had wrighting for rny pens hare bad and I ham in
halt

- - . your humble Sailieant
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*Wiltiarn'ebataingtOn Es jr
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Upon the fe.ll6w being'-iiirerrogared as to the
authenticity .of tiieletter, he for a long time cl::-
Glared it was hig old mastet's
~very oli;n hand, but
upon examining son •other papers aboUt him, the
-similitude was too strong to doubt this Charaaer
being the, writing and e6nipositiOn of the man him.:
self, *ma he aftei-wArch cw-ifissed; savit-T, as that
he had tong been out Of place, he had tAcia those
means of 'obtaining One:• . .