The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

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TEEATY olr PEACE BETWEEN birEiiist AND RUSSIA:'
• [Concluded from -Ye.tterdLy3
VIII. Within four weeks after the exchange of
the RatifiCations of the present Treaty; the• troops
Of his. Majesty the Empeior of Russia shall evit
cuate West -Bothnia, and repass' the river Tor:--

• During the said four weeks, there shall be made
no requisition of any kind whatever on the inhabi,
tants; and the Russian army shall draw its supplies
and subsistence from its own magazines established
in tilt; town of West Bothnia. .
If during the negociations the Imperial troops
have penetrated in any other diretlion into the
Kingdom of Sweden, they shall evacuate the coun-
tries they have occupied in virtue of the before sti-
pulated conditions.
IX. All the prisoners of war Made on either side,
.by sea or land, and all the hostages delivered during
.the war, shall be restored in.mass, and without r..n--
som, as speedily as possible ; but at the latest within
three months, reckoning from the exchange of the
• ratifications ; but if ' any prisoners may be, pre-
A'efiterl by sickneSs or other cau7e from returning
into their country within the period specified, they
shall not thereby be considered as having forteiti
-the right stipulated above. They shall be obliged
to discharge or to give security, for
.the debts 'they
May have 'contracted diming their captivity with the
inhabitants of the country, in which they may -have
been detained. .
The expences which may have been incurred by
the, high contracting Parties for all subsistence and
inaintcomice of 'the prisoners shall be reciprocally
renounced, and provision shall respettively be inane
for their subsistance, and the expence of their jour, '
ney to the frontiers of both .places, where Commis-
sioners from 'their Sovereigns shall be.direCted to. re-
ceive them. . . •
The Finland soldiers and seamen are, on the'part
of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, exceed
from this restitution,_ with reference to the capirula-
tions which have taken'place, if they grant them a
different right:--7The military and other officers .na-
tives of Finland, who may wish to remain shall en-
joy that privilege, and the full exercise of all their
rights over their property, debts, and effects which,,
they have now, or may hereafter have in the king-'
duo] of Sweden, on tue footing of the loth article of
the present Treaty.
X. The Fins • now in Sweden, as well as the
Swedes now in Finland, shall be at full liberty to re-
turn into their respective countries, and to dispose of
their properly, mrivLible and unmovable, , without
pay ing any duly of removal, or any other impost due
'on the 'like occasions. y• .
The subjects of the . two high Powers-established
ineither country, Sweden or Finland, shall have full
'`liberty to establish themselves in' the other during
''the space of three years, from the date of the ex-
change of the:ratification of the present treaty; but
shall be held to-se-II nr alienate, during the said-period
to any subjea of the Power whose cioininions they
desire to quit. •
The property of those who, at the expiration of
the above term, have not complied with this regula-
tion, shall be sold at a public sale by authority of the
'Magistrate, and the produce thereof delivered to the
owners.
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During the three years above fixed,. it.shall. be
allowable to all to make such use as they ,may
please, of their property, the peaceable enjoyment
of which is formally secured' and guaranteed to
them.
They may, themselves or their agents, pass freely
atrorn one State to the other in order to manage their
aairs, without experiencing any obstacle whatever
in consequence of their quality of subje6ls of the
16ther power.
XI. There shall, henceforth be a perpetual obli-
vion of the pot, and a general amnesty for the re-
spe€tive subjects, whose opinions, in favour of one
or the other of the high contratting P,arties during
the present war, may have.rendered them suspected
orliable to punishment. No trial shall hereafter be
:instituted against them on such grounds. If any
proce*l have been. commenced; it shall be annulled
and superseded, and no new proceeding shall be
commenced. All sequestrations of property or re-
venues shall in consequence be immediately removed,
and the. property shall be reserved to the owners; it
being well understood that such a become subje&s
_of-either of the two Powers, in virtue of the prece-
ding artiCie,,shall have.no right to claim Iron) tbe So-
Amrteign of .whom they have ceased to be a subject the
annuities or pensions which may have been obtained
•in virtue of acts of grace, concessions, or appoint-
ments for preceding services.
XII. The titles, domains, archives, and other do-
cuments, public and private, ,the plans and charts
of fortresses, towns, and territories, devolved by thei
present treaty to his Majesty the )I,inperor of all
the.Russias, including the charts and papers which
may be deposited in the Surveyor's Office, shall be
faithfully delivered up .within the space of six
months; or if that period should be found too short,
at the latest
.within one year. •
Immediately. after the exchange of the ra-
tifications, the high contraOing parties shall remove
all sequestrations •which may have been placed_on
the property or revenues of the respedlive inhabi-
tants of the. two countries and the public establish-
,ments therein situated... '• • •
o XIV. The debts, both public and private, con-
-9trl4/4ed by the Fins in Sweden„, and, vice versa, 'by
.I.,6e„Swedesin Finland, shall be discharged on the
epound cenditions stipulated. • _
V. The subjects of eit4er of the high contrati,
ong' parties, to whom inheritances may fall in the
states of one or the other, may; without obstacle
take possession of the same, and enjoy it under the
protection of the laws. The exercise of this right,
however, in, Finland, is subject:to the stipulations of
.artieltr X.. in -.virtue of. which 'the PrOprietorstialk
either fix his residence in the country, or sell the
inheritance within three 'years. • •
XVI.. The duration of the Treaty of CoMmerce
between the high contracting Parties being limited
to. the 17th (2eth) October, 1131 t, his Majesty' the'
Emperor of Russia consents not to 'reckon its inter-
ruplion during the vat ; and that the said Treaty
continue in force until the st t3tll) of Fe-
-1 813, with respect to every tbing not con-
''tref to the disPositioni of the Cotnthercial Manifes-
,ltriiluod at St. NterOurgh„ January Ist, 1 tiny.
•s. •