The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-20 00:00:00

STATE PAPER.

TEEATI:OTAMITY; CONIKERCE; AND NAVIGATION;
CONCLUDED RETWAEN SWEDEN AND RUSSIA;
ST. PETERSBUR.GH; ON THE FIRST (13TH)
OF MARCH, AND RATIFIED AT LANDSCRON4 ON

,THE I ITH OF APRIL, AND Air ST. PETERSBURGH
ON THE 30TH OP MAY (I ITH JUNE) OF THE PRE-

•SENT YEAR.

'ART I. There shall be a durable Peace and. true
Friendship- between the two Realms, and their Sub_
jells shall, mutually assist each other,, particularly
in transaftions of Comnierce and Navigation.
11. 111. The. Swedes shall enjoy. full .liberty of
Commerce in Russia, and the RuSsians in. Sweden,
'and similar proteftion with the Subjths of the two
'Countries ; but they shall not deal in goods the
importation and exportation of which are prohibited.
IV. In order to obviate any inconvenienties
that might arise from an undefined extension of this
liberty of'Commerce, both Parties have agreed to
limit it to• all the Ports of the two States, without
distindion ; and, as to the Comme'rce. in the Coun-
try, to certain places on the frontiers of the Russian
and Swedish parts of Finland, in these frontier
places the Subje&s of the two Powers, without go-
ing farther into,the Country, May carry on a whole-
sale, but not a retail trade, and traffic with .such
Merchants-as arrive there from rernote,distrias.-:-
Tra veiling Meichants and HasNlcers of.both Nations
'slia,ll not be suffered, but cOusillered as, Smuggler.
Y. VII.' The Subjetls of both Poweis shall ply
the \same importation and exportatioin, duties on
goods, and in the same coin, as the• nat"Mes of the
Cojintry to which they trade. They shall likewise
enjoy 411_legal proteftion, the free exercise of their
Religion, and the rigla.of leaving the country with
thekr Property.

-VIII. The- McrchantT of both•Narionsniay keep
focist..books in what language they please-, and never
shall be -forced:to prOduce -them, excepting in laW_
. suits, and-then only such extracts as'are absolutely
necessary for clearing- up -the point contested:
IX. X.-In case of bankruptCY or differencesi, the
Subjetis of eiifier‘Pcitver shall betreated agreeably
to the Laws of- the Country in which they then re-
side. 'lf the.Subjetl'of one Power dies :in the.Coun-
- try ,of the other, without heirs, his'property shall,
Within the space of five. years, belong •to -the Ga.,
-vehniiienti of the Countiy in which he died, if, after
t,Pioclamation inserted in' the NewSpapers three
times, no heirs should apply.
XI. XIII. The respetliVe Consuls-General and
Consuls shall be under the particular protettiOn of
the Laws, and enjoy the same Righrs and
_Liberties
as those of the most favoured • Nati-6ns. - Sailors
who have deSerted shall tie delivered- up by both
Patties, even in Foreign Ports. Merchant Vessels
shall, on no,accou,nt, take Passengers without Pass-
Torts, .or goods without proper Certificates.- With
respett. to contraband, and the
,punislunent of per-
Sons importing it, the Laws of , the •OVP Countries
'shall decide.. _

XIV. S:'-:dish alum, salt herrings, and salt, inn.
ported from Sweden into kussia (*etersburgh ex.
cepted); shall pay only one-half of the duties men.
tioned in the regulations of -the Cuktoms ; and
smo:tked herrings "imported from Swedeo, only 'one-
.
third.

KV. All the produce of Sw-edhh Finland, 'eyen
wood, any be imported, into Russian Finland
(which bath hitherto not been the easel, free from
d 1 duties i and the wood from Swedish Finland may
be exported from Wiburgh and Ft idricksharn.

XVII. Hemp, linen, and tallow, imported into
Sweden from Ras&ia, ghall only pay one-half, and,
linseed two-thi-rds-of the duties 'hitherto paid.—
,Thc Rus,ians shall remain in possession of their
Sroye-houses at Stockholm, the limits of which are
tol4- enlarged.

. -
XIX. Contain regulations fOr.prevent-
ittiltnsians and Swedes froni navigating Foreign
...I.2r.r_Poods their own.
XI.
,1•4 ot more than four *Ships of War of
= ;sower shall.enter the fortified Portstof the other
at one time, if, 'special permission hits--not been
granted' for a greater number. Ships of War, as
well as. Merchant Vessels, that. have suffered by
storms and other accidents, may be repaired in the
Ports of the'other Power.
XXII. XXIII: If Ships of War of the two
Powers, the Commanders of which'are of- the same
rank, meet at sea, 'no saluting shall take place ;-
:the commander of inferior rank, however, shall'
salute the Commander of higher rank, who shall
.return the salute, shot for shot. Ships that have
4ttanded, shall receive all possible assistance.
XXIV—If one Of the Contiaaing Parties hap_
'Tens .to be at War with other States, the. Subjeds
of the other Party shall not, on that accotnlt, be
prevented from continuing their Commerce and. Na.
vigation with those States, on condition that they
do nor supply these States with conm.hand. Con_
winced of the principles laid down in the Conven-
tion concluded ,at St, Petersburgh, on the -16ih of
December, last year, for the. general good of
Trading Nations; the two Crowns, declare, that
they make it the indeviable rule of their condua.
They further declare, that they acknowledge the
following principles: Ist. That Neutral Ships may
freely sail for the Ports and Coasts of the Bellige-
rent Powers., zd. That, with the' exception of
Warlike Contraband, the goods of St bjeas of the
,Belligergnt Powers in Neutral Bottoms are: free,
3d That such Ports only are to be onsidered as
blockaded, where, from the proximity of Ships of
War, there shall aaually iae dangef in' entering.
4th. That Neutral Vessels can be detained only on
(Yrounds and evident fdeis. h: That no
)
,o,nvoy. 41,01 be seaFehed, witon the Cpmipander of
the Ship of War convoying theta declares, that there
Is p 0 contraband on board,
•
XXV. XXVII. In time' of War, one P.owp.7
ir,ay 1-,llpt its ports against the Privateers and Prizes
6f the other that is engaged in war. The follow-
ing 4rticies oply-'are deelared to be Contraband,
ciqps4 moriars, firelpcks, gic-
r"iiSst !4415? f"%itis4,eP 4int? Ft4c4es?l'Pwsl,4? it.

petre, sulphur, cutlasses, pikes, swords, sword_
belts, cartridge-boxes, saddles, and bridles. -All
other goods in Neutral Bottoms arelo be consider-
ed as Neutral Property.
That Power' engaged in War shall
grant leave for fitting/out Privateers to such of its
Subjefts only,•as reside in the Country, and' are
able to find security for the damage they may do to
Neutral Vessels.

XXIX. If either of the'two Powers should he at
War with another State, its-Ships of .1/Vac and Pri_
vateers shall be allowed to search such Merchant
Ships of the other. Power as are not under convoy ;
bur only two or three men shall be sent on board
to investigate the legality and neutrality of the
Cargo.
XXX, If any such Ship should liave Contraband
on board, that only, and nothing else, shalt be taken
• and confiscated.
• XXXII. XXXIII. If one of the Powers .is car-
rying on
.War, the, Subjects of the other shall enjoy,
in the Country of such Power, all liberty and se-
Curity as before ; and its Men and Ships, shall. not
be employed in Military Services. In .cases of
Bankruptcy of the Subjeai of either Couritry,
• • Trustees of the Estate shall be appointed;

XXXIV. jf a War should break out 'between
the two Powers, the space of a _Twelvemonth, from
the date of the Declaration of War shall be,dlowed
to their respective Trading. Subjeds, „for with.
drawing their PrOperty from the Country„ of the
other. : "

XXXV. XXXVL. The present Trea6r, is .con,
chided for twelve y'eats, and signed,hy

COUNT STEDIKK•
PRINCE KURAKTN.
• •
COUNT VON ,DER PMILEN4
•
PRINCE GAGAILIN.'
Here follows Ratification of GUSTAVUS
ADOLPHUS, and AI,EXANDER I. "

THE SUN.

. 30L'ZIA I,44BUNI•AUTIL4T ?

LONDON,. -.:.A*IIG:UST zo,

Loßn NELsd,:, in the Medusa. Frigate, made a
,signal on Tuesday evening in the Downs, fo'e the
hired Cutters to weigh, w:tich they
did, and proceeded to sea. His Lordship, with the
whole of his Squadron would, it was expeaed,
lotiv yesterday evening.

WE this morning :received Paris Papers to: the
rBth inst. Their contents -are wholly -unintereSt-
ing. The-ATozwicia in particular, contains 66 one
article of Foreign Intelligence„ that is of.the least
moment. No mention whatever is made of Eey,frt,
except in
.the following article in the Journal des
Defenseurs de la Patrie.
CONsT4NTtNoP.Lz, JUL i to.----The Allies have
for some 'days past been sorrowful and ill-humoured.
All this presages no good news to the Anglo.-Turkish
Ariny. The VrzIER, it is whispered, is de-
feaielf The Campaign is considered as at an end,
owing to the heat and the inundation. We hope
that an exchange of French Prisoners will take place,
thanks to the measures taken by the Russian Mi-
.nister : he has °brained the removal to • Constailti-
nople of all those who had been sent to the Castles
of the Black. Sea,,-Stt.

The French Funds. have risen upwards of z per
cent. The Tiers COtnolideiS at 43 4.

The HambiirJh Mail due yesterday, is not yet
arrived.

The Inhabitants 0f Deal.-have. entered into a
Subscription for the unfortunate men who Offered
at Boulrgne, and their families, and for the finniiies
of the • " •

A De.putationof the principal Distillers of the
•Metropolis, and its vicinity, have recently waited
,upon Mr. AD DINGTo knoW, if in consegnence
of the great abundance Of the present crops, i 4 was
..his intention to permit them to 're-open the
ry. The Ci-tANcELLott' of the:EXCiEQIJEA.in-•
Torined them, 'that .he :saw: no reason to expeet. that
he would be able to remOve the piohibiti.on during-
the present year. , • - • • ,
There were but few sales of at the Corn
Kirket,
.Mark lane, yesterday,--the buyers being
very shy. Prices from- Jos. to :15s. per quatter
lower than on Monday.; Oats brisk sate at
MOnday's prices. .Pther..-artieles as then 'giten;
Flour was very uncertain, some -Woulcl willingly
have sold 'at Bos. while
,otherS asked gos. per-sack.
little sold. •.

Orders were received at Plymouth on Monday
for the Royal Lancashire Reginient, Colonel Lord
STANLEY, to be in readiness' to march. to Wood-
bury Camp at It moment's 'warning. The Royal
Radnor Regiment of Milita have, by direCtion of
GeneralSlmcPE) been marched to the Park.of Royal
Artillery at Plymouth Dock.

yesterday the Third Battglion ofßoyal East Ip-
dia Volunteers assembled' at their Head-quarters in
New-street, at eight o'clock, with twelve sounds
of ball-cartridge, 4fiti proceeded from thence to ire
at targets at Higligate,-.-
The train of Artillerywhich is to be attached to
the three Regiments of,Royal, East-India Volun-
teers, consisting of six field-pieces mounted on cur_
rick carriages, is„ -we understand, in great forward-
ness, and expeacd to be exhibited at the head of
the ist Regiment the ilext general field-day.
JtzliN IYl4xTt,ocic, Esq. was elected for ;fie sixth
tithe

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onSawnlair last.

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.Nott 1111 imperium priagt, sa-vumque t7l4ntem,
Sed mihi sale datum..

DEAL, Auc. 19.

A Signal was last night made from the .Afedura\
Frigate, for the hired Cutters to weigh, and they
accordingly proceeded to sea, supposed for the
Bay of Boulogne. It is expeeted that Lord Nut-Sax,
with the whole of his Squadron, in which are three-
. Fire-brigs; will follow them some time this cvening.
His Lordship has visited the woUnded'in the.
Royal Naval Hospital at this place : he was; oh_
served to pay particular attention to every indivi-
dual, inquiring their cases, and consoling them':
with a promise that he would. send thein good news
shortly.,—Of a Seaman whom he rceolleeted, his
Lordships asked him how he was.; the' gallant 'far,
replied, he had lost 'his arm:;. to which the
Admiral said, f' Never , mind that, I have-dost
an arm, and perhaps shall
,shortly lose .a
they cannot be lost in a. better cause titan
fighting for our Country."—This had such an el-•
feet on the Sailors, that several of them exclaimed,
,they only regretted the'ir wounds, as it preventea
them from accompanying "'him in another Attack oti
their Enemies, the French..
The Netley. Schooner has> sailed to the West.
ward ; and the Fiaoire' Fire-brig came' down this
morning- from the River, and remains- with His
Majvsty's Ships avesyssel, Medusa, Leyden,
snaar,- Savage, and Dart ; 'Otter, and Nancy Fire-
brigs, Hecht, Sulphur, and Exihsion. BOMbs, Co-a-
stiint and Hasty Gun-brigs..