The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-10 00:00:00

TREATY, Oil? COMMERCE BE-
TWEEN THE N,ETHERLANDS AND TEXAS.

"Art. 1. There shall be a firm and'sincere friendship
between his Majesty the King of•the Netherlands, his
heirs and successors, and the republic of Texas, and be-
tween the subjects and citizens of the two States, with-
out exception of persons and places.
" Art. 2. There shall be reciprocal liberty of commerce
and navigation between and amongst the 'subjects of his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands and the citizens of
the republic of Texas, and the said subject 4 and citizens
respectively shall not pay in tha ports, harbours, roads,
cities, towns, or places whatsoever in either of the two
countries, any other or'higher duties, taxes, or imposts,
under whatsoever name designated or included, than
those which are there paid by the subjects of the most
favoured nation, and the subjects and the citizens of both
'contracting parties shall enjoy the same rights, privi-
leges, liberties, favours, immunities, and exceptions in
.matters of commerce and navigation, that are granted'or
may hereafter be granted in the States of either of thd
two contracting parties to the subjects of the most fa-
voured nation.

"3. The inhabitants of both countries respectiiely
shall enjoy liberty and security to proceed with their
ships and cargoes, to all places, ports, and rivers, where
~they foreigners are at the present or shall be in future
admitted, and to remain and reside in any part of the
,-aid possessions and States, arid also to hire and occupy
houses and warehouses for the purposes of their trade.
" In like manner, the ships of war of both countries
respectively shall have the same liberty freely and se-
curely to touch at all ports, rivers, and places, where the
ships of war of any other nation are permitted, or shall
in future be permitted to enter, subject, however, to the
laws and statutes of the respective countries.
" In the right mentioned in this article to enter all
places, ports, and rivers, is not included that of trading
from port to port, nor the coasting trade, which is allowed
only to national vessels.
"4. Vessels of his Majesty the King of the Nether-
lands arriving at, or sailing out of the ports of Texas, arid
vessels of the republic of Texas on their entry into the
ports of the Netherlands, shall not be subject to other
or higher duties of tonnage, of light money, port charges,
or pilotages, quarantine, or any other affecting the body
of the vessel, than those which are paid or shall be paid
by the vessel of the country itself.
"5. Goods and merchandise, whatever their origin
may be, imported into, or exported from, the ports of
the Netherlands in Europe, from or into the ports of the
republic of Texas, in vessels of the Netherlands, shall
pay no higher or other duties than shall be levied on the
like goods and merchandise so imported or exported in
national vessels.

And, reciprocally, goods and merchandise, whatever
their origin may be, imported into, or exported from, the
ports of the republic of Texas, from or into the ports of
the Netherlands in Europe, in vessels of the said republic,
shall pay no higher or other duties than shall be levied
on the like goods and merchandise so imported or ex-
ported in national vessels. The bounties, drawbacks, or
other favours of this nature, which may be granted in
the states of either of the contracting parties, on goods
imported or exported in national vessels, shall also, and
in like manner, be granted on goods directly imported
or exported in vessels of the other country to and from
the ports of the two countries, it being understood that
in the latter, as in the preceding case, the goods shall
have been loaded in the ports from which, such vessels
have been cleared.

" 6. No duty of customs or other impost shall be'
charged upon any goods the produce of one country upon
importation higher than the duty or impost charged upon
goods of the same kind, the produce of, or imported
from, any other country, and his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands and the republic of Texas do hereby
bind and engage themselves not to grant any favour,
privilege, or immunity, in matters of commerce and na-
vigation to the subjects of any other state which shal:
not be also, and at the same time, extended to the sub-
jects and citizens of the other contracting party, gratui-
tously, if the concession in favour of that other state
shall have been gratuitous, and on giving as nearly as
possible the same compensation or equivalent, in case
the concessson shall have been conditional. In such a
case the matter will be made the object of a particular
convention between the contracting parties. The Dutch
spirituous liquors shall not be subjected to higher duties
than those of the most favoured nation. _

" 7. The contracting parties agree to consider and
treat respectively as vessels of the King of the Nether-
lands, and as vessels of the republic of Texas, all such as,
being furnished by the competent authority with a pass-
port or sea letter, shall under the then existing laws and
regitlations be recognized as national vessels by the
country to which they belong.
" 8. The subjects of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands, in the Netherlands colonies, and the pro-
ducts of those colonies, shall enjoy in Texas all the ad-
vantages which are or shall be granted to the most
favoured nations.

" Reciprocally the . citizens and products of Texas
shall enjoy in the colonies of his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands all the advantages which are or shall
be granted to the most favoured nations of Europe and
A/ erica. _

" 9. All traders, shipmasters, and other subjects
of his said Majesty shall have full liberty in the.
reputylic of Texas to conduct their own business
themselves, or to intrust the management thereof to
whomsoever they m9.y.2hoose, either ship-agent brokers,
agent or interpreter, and they shall not be obliged
to employ other persons • for that purpose, or to
pay them higher salaries or remuneration, than in the
similar cases are employed or paid by natives. In like
manner buyer and seller shall be at full liberty in all
cases to regulate and pay at their option the price of im-
por,ted and exported goods and merchandise of whatever
kind, conforming themselves to the established laws and
customs of the country. The same privilege shall be
enjoyed, under the like conditions, by the citizens of
Texas in the possessions of his Majesty the Ring of the
}Teth erlar, ds.

" 10. In all that relates to the police of the ports, to
the loading and unloading of ships, and the security of
goods, merchandises, and wares, the subjects and citi-
zens of the contracting parties reciprocally shall be sub-
ject to the laws and local regulations of the country
where they reside ; they shall be free of all forced mi-
litary service, by land or by sea ; no forced loans shall
exclusively be imposed upon them, and their property
shall be subject to no other charges, demands, or taxes,
than are paid by- the natives of the country itself.
" 11. The subjects and citizens of the contracting par-
ties shall.reciproca.lly enjoy the most complete and con-
, stant protection, with respect to their persons, houses,
and property.
- " They shall have a free and ready access to the courts
of justice for the prosecution and defence of their rights.
" They shall be at liberty to employ the advocates,
attorneys,,or agents, of Whatever denomination they may
choose ; and in general, in the administration of justice,
and alsd with regard to all .that concerns the inheritance
of personal property, by will or otherwise, and the
faculty of disposing either by dale, gift, exchange, will,
sr aly other- manner, of personal property, thy shall
enjoy. the same. privileges and freedoms as the natives of
the country where they reside, and in neither of those
cases 'or circumstances shall heavier taxes or charges be
imposed on them than are imposed on natives.
"'l2. The subjects of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands residing in the Texas shall not be in any
way a iolested on account of their 'religion, it being un-
derstcod that they on their part. shall respect that of the
, count].7together with its institutions, laws, and cus-
• .
toms. They shall also have the privilege of interment
in the places set apart for that purpose for the subjects
of his Majesty dying in the Texas,, and the funerals and
burying grounds shall in no wise be molested under any
pretext. .. . n.
"The citizens of Texas in all the possessions of his
Majesty shall have the free exercise.of their religion, i
whether in public' or in private, n their own dwellings,
or in edifices destined for public worship, all and every-
' thing, according to the principle of universal toleration
established by the fundamental, law 'of the kingdom. -
" 13. With a view of greater security, and the inter-
' course between the subjects and-citizens of the two con-
tracting parties, it is moreover agreed, that should at any
1 time the friendly relations that now exist between them be
disturbed, the merchants who reside on the coasts shall
be allowed six months, and those who reside inland a
full year, to arrange their affairs and dispose of their
property, and they shall also receive safe conduct to em-
j bark from whatever port they may choose.
"A /1 the other subjects and citizens residing in the
respective territories, for the exercise of any traffic or
speciali, business, shall have the privilege to remain and
to continue such traffic with Out being in any manner
disturbs A in the complete enjoyment of their liberty
and of: their property ; so long as they shall conduct
themselves peaceably, and not commit any offence
against the laws of the country, their property and
effects, of whatever nature, shall not be subject to
seizure or sequestration, nor to any charge or imposition
the' a such as occur with respect to natives.
" 14. It is further agreed between the two contracting
pa: (ties that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of his Majesty
thi !.-King of the Netherlands in the ports of Texas, and
re 3iprocally- those of the republic of Texas within the
<k 'minions of his Majesty' the King of the Netherlands
i.n Europe, shall enjoy all those rights, privileges, and
immunities, which are accorded to such functionaries by
the law of nations' and that in the ports of each country,
respectively- the authorities shall give all due legal assist-
ance and protection for the apprehension, safe-keeping,
and delivery of all deserters from private or public ves-
sels of either country; as the case may be ; and all the
powers and privileges given by the contractinr, parties to
otlker nations shall belong to both reciprocally, as it
regards the apprehension; ' safe-keeping, and delivery of
such deserters.

1.). In case of: salvage or of shipwreck the like pro
tection and assistance shall reciprocally be afforded to
the vessels of the two contracting parties, as are enjoyed
by the vessels of the country in which the accident occurs,
" 16. Should one of ' the contracting. parties he'at war,
it shall be allowed td the subject:; or citaeus of the other
to .prosecute their commerce and navigation, with the
exception only- of contraband goods, and of such places
as are actually under siege, or are blockaded by bellige-
rent Powers with a force adequate to prevent the neutral
.from entering.
" 17. By contraband shall be understood guns, mortars,
-fire-arms, pistols, bomb-shells, grenades, shot-muskets,
-flints, matches, powder, shields, pikes, swords, accoutre-
ments, pouches, saddles, &c., except such quantities of
these articles as are necessary for the defence of the ves-
sel and the crew.
" 18. In cases where a merchant ship of one of the con-
tracting parties may be searched by a ship of war of the
gthet,--it is agreed that the search shall only.be made by
it boat manned with,atiriest, six men ;. that the master
of the merchant-vessel shall --not,be. obliged to quit his
ship, and that the paper's shall not betaken from on board.
. ‘• If the merchant-vessel is under convoy of a ship of
war, no search shall take.place, and the assurance of the
commandant of the. convoy, on his word of honour, that;;
the meraliaht-vessel has no contraband on board, shall
-be held sufficiqnt...