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112 TRACT F 2014 TWA naqtrrea or lilt at socextoas
OF THE 121NISTElt OF ?teases TO NIS MAJISTT Tlll
moo Of HOLLAND, 'EFT. 2, 1807.
In the fir ft place, a Decree of his Majefty the King,
given at Paris, Augufl 28, 1807, was read, the fob-
ftance of which is asiollows
Confidering that, confident with the true We'
reps of our Kingdom, it is our intention to contribute,
by all means in our power, to the much-wifbed for
Me of the great meafures adopted by his Majefty
the Emperor and King againd the common enemy,
for the attainment of a general peace, and the inde-
pendence of the Peas;. confidering that Rome fubaltern
agents have rendered therafelves culpable, by weak •
nets and neglea in the execution, of the meafures
prefctibed by our Decree of the tsth.of December,
1806 ; confidering the dexterity and pet fidy.Made tsfe
of in feveral neutral ports, with refpe& the papers
of neutral velrels, and this In far as to enaanger
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health of Europe ; and that, with this view, letters of
quarantine have been forged , confider-in, finally,
that it is necefrary that all thefediforders timid find
a !period, at a moment fn critical to the enemies of'
the Continent, and efpecially for trading nations; and
that the honour and the deareß interefts of our fob-
jefts wculd he compromifed, in cafe we Ihould rased!
from the firid executi )n of the laws and decrees that
we have adapted, we have decreed, and de decree as
follows :
o ART. I. The Agents arrefted in confequence of the orders
of our Minifter of Mice and Police lhall be brought before the
competent authorities, to be dealt with according to the laws.
" 11. Refpeeting the Vcffels detained in our ports, the lift 'of
which is fubjoined, the competent Tribunals are ordered to pro-
ceed anal fl them with the utrunft rigour
" Ili. Reckoning from the day of the publication of the pretent
Decree, every vetted arriving its our ports is bound to enter into a
double fecurity, which than remain in force till the legisioracy of
their papers is acknowledged, and fulficient proof is given that
there veffels have not touched at an enemy's port.
" iV. In cafe it mould be proved that the Papers are falfc, or
that, in oppofition to the declaration of the Captain, the smite! has
touched at an enemy's port, the amuunt of the &obit, fecuri•y
thdl he immediately demander!, and therms' paid into the public
Treafirry.
" V. As (non as the feurity than he regulated, the liberation
of the (hip (hail take place, in pretence of the portals appointed for
that purpore by the Minitter of Finance, who !hall take care that
owners shall not unlhip any thing that may be prefumed to come
under the defcription of Englith goods.
" VI. In cafe it mould be proved that the goods are actually of
Enghth fabrication, to have been brought from an enemy's port,
they !hall not only he confitcated f u. the benefit of the public Trea •
fury, but the double fecurity (tail be forthwith demanded, and the
(hip compelled to put to fee Immediately ; and, in cafe of bad we'.
titer, no indulgence (ball be allowed, but under the molt vi,;ilant
infreetion, filch as a guard, fee.
" VII. All correfpondence, printed journals, &c. brought by
neutral., (hall be (deed and burnt.
" VIII. AR paffengers or travellers, not able to prove that they
do not come frnm the Britifh 'Rands, (hall bAiounediately (cut out
of the Kingdom. •
44 IX. All the former prohibitory limitations relative to the
Poeta trade are to remain in full force, to far as they are not
feded by the pretnt decree.
" X. All perfons trantgreffing againft thee determinations,
than be confidered as oppoling the laws of the kingdom, and punt-
Ned accordingly.
" XI. Otir Minitter of Finance is al,•ne and perfonally rerpon•
little for the ftridt execution of theft. determinations Our Mini-
flees of War and Marine Cull put under his difpnlal detachments
of huffars, gene d'armes or infantry, together with fuel) !loops and
armed valets as he may equire.
" XII. Our Minifters of Marine, War, and Finance, are char
ged, each fo far as they arc concerned, with the execution of the
prefent Decree."
The lecond document is a Decree of his Majelly the
King, dated this day, No. I. in which it is required,
that all perfons demanding paffports to go into ferreign
countries, [hall be required to Rate, whether they
mean to go by fea or by land : the fame to be men-
tioned in their pairports. If the perfons demanding
paffports mean to travel by land, the words ty lane!
(hall alone be infected in the paffport ; and when their
objet may be to go by lea, this mutt be fignitied
by a fpecific (latement of the name of the ih;p, the
captain, the port from whence they intend to fail, and
an exalt reference to the place of deflination.
41 t. It is determined to adopt the 111 At tide of the
above-mentioned Decree, for public notification.
" 2. According to the zd At ticle of the fame De-
cree, and in order that the fufpeOed fallehood of the
fhip's papers and their lading which may be in the
hands of the Miniftry, (fuch !hips being under em-
bargo or in cunody) may be brought to the cleated
proof; and that the Paid (hips and their lading fhould
be proceeded againft, according to the rigour of the
laws, the projed here inferted is to be fent to the King;
and in o: der a'fo that an tea& inventor y of the papers
may be made out, they (hall Ite tranfmitted to the
Minifter of Foreign Affairs.
,‘ 3 His Excellency the Minitler of Marine is to
be requelled by letter, to adopt the moll efficacious
meafures to prevent the introdudion of the goods and
manufadures of the enemy, to put (tome veffels of
war in a Rate of forwardnefs, which velfels are to
receive an Officer of Convoys and the Cultoms on
board ; and for this purpofe alfu, they are to cruize
in the dreams and waters of this kingdom. as under :
" a. Two veffels to cruize in the Zuydcr Se', as far as Pamius,
and along the Wadden, sitar as the Craft of Groningen.
" 6. Two veffsis to cruise in the ftreants of Zealand, between
the ;Masse and the Weft Schelde.
" c. One wird to cruise from the coaft of Groningen to the
river Jande, fu far Ls this can be effeeted with (Atty.
4. By letter alto, to tugged to the fame Milliner
of Marine, whether the watching of the ttrands and
coatis may not be confiderably facilitated by the Of-
ficers of the Convoys and Cuftoms, in common with
the military force, and better effeded by the means
of telegraphs along the coatis ; and the proper places
to be pointed out.
,"lo requeft his Excellency the Minider of War,
to Ration troops, and cavalry kr, particular, upon the
coatis, and upon tome iflands where fufficient vigi-
lance has not been ufed, viz.
In Friezeland and Gretiingerland, between Har-
lingen and Delfzyl, a fquadron of cavalry ; and to
put them at the difpofal of the Commanding Officer,
according to the advice of the Subflitute Fifcal of
Convoys and Cuftoms, M. C. L. Van Berne, at
Hat lingen.
46 In Ealt Friezeland, as far as the Jande, a (qua-
dron of cavalry, to he difpofed of according to the
difcretion of M. Van Ricotta), k, Comptroller General
of the Finances in EaR Friezeland, as perforating the
funetions of Commilfary General fur Convoys and
Cuftoms in that province.
66 In each of the Ulan& of Anreland, Schiermon-
nikoog and Terffchelling, a detachment of twenty
infantry, and five or fix cavalry.
46 In the country of Voorne, a detachment of ca-
valry. confiding of about 3o men, to be datibned at
Ooftvoorne and Itokkanye.

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" In the Ifland of Ovetflalticee, a detachment
about 12 infantry, and tz of cavalry, in the Gocda
Rehede, Middelhatnis, and SommeWyk. •
Upon the Ill And of Schouen, 3o cavalry, more
or lefs, between Browwerlhaven and Zurickzee.
" Upon the ifland of Noordbeveland, a fubahern,
and eight cavali y, more or lefs, to be ftationed at

Gortgeene.
" Provided alfo, that all fuch military corps full
refpeafully extend their Cervices, to the alliflance of
the Officers of Convoys and Cullom., polled at the
neighbouring places alv-Are mentioned ; and betides
making a common caufe with them, they molt be
careful to keep filch a (harp look out, as nun be
found requifire for the fee vice upon which they are
employed, and neceffiry for the execution of the or-
ders of his Majetly the King, for the purport of put-
Sing a flop to all communication with the enemy and
the prevention of the inundation of every kind of
manufaCturesand mcicteandize, which is !Wetly
forbidden.
"All Officers and fervants belonging to the Con.
voys and Cannes are hereby charged, in cold., mit y
to the exprefa defire of his Majelly the King, being
afflited by the military force, which is already, or
(ball hereafter be added to them, to make common.
caufe wi:h them; to a& in concert with each other,
with the view of preventing all navigation, trade, or
communication by or with the kingd im of Breit
Britain ; and for that purpife to' be equally a&ive, by
day or by night, in order that nothing may efcape
t'ieir vigilance, or any attempt be made, with impu-
nity, to evade the penalties of the laws infliCted upon
the enemy.
" The Commiffaries General, SulAitute Fifcal and
Commilraries General of the Convoys and Cultoms,
are earneltly admonilhad to fee to the rigid executidu
of thefe laws, and to co operate with them by all pot.
fible means ; and upon difcovering the. leali fulpiciou
—whether of inactivity, collufion, or improper bolu-
vioue among the itiferi,,r racers, ut that their ahem
tion or vigilance has been ever reached, or eluded by
any perfon or pertains, immediate information of the
fame is to be given to the Miniller, in order that Inch
Officers may be difpnfed of, according to the impor-
tance of the cafe; and the aforefaid Offirels, Cuperier
and interior, (hall be perfonally tefponfible for their
aflions, and for the Chi& perfolmance of the talk im-
• poled upon them.
" In order to pieferve the neceffary vigilance in the
iflands of Schouen and Ovetflakkee, both the riding
rfficers now upon the Eland of South Beveland than
be placed upon the former ifl and ; one near Haam-
fiede, and the other near Dip koland.
" The Commilfaries General are hereby relpec-
tively enjoined to tranfmit to the !dinner, without
delay, the Lumber of Blipping, at prefent detained
under embargo in their telpettkive departments, by
virtue of the Minider's aforefaid ietolutiNis; together
with an account of their lading, or whatever may be
found on board of them, whether &policed on Poore,
in the aced:mules, or otherwife difpofed of. If any
papers belonging to the fhlp, of referring to i:sleding9
remain in tlioir hands, thefe mull he tranfmitted at
the fame time ; and the Cr mmilfaries ate further
charged, to make a weekly report of whatever may
occur to the laid (hips, and alfo of the meanies put
into execution concet ning them.
" The Corunarary General at Rotterdam is
charged, upon his perform' refpanfihility, to order,
that all (hips under embargo, in his jurifdiftion, or
thole that may hereafter be in that fituation, he
brought up to the Zee Kantor'r of that city, in order
thAt he may more conveniently infpekor caufe them
to be infpeCted ; and further to place them in fuch a
(late of fecority, that their arra cannot by any means
be violated.
" His Excellency the Minifler of Trade and the
Coismies is to be requefled to give the neceffary or-
ders, that an or der (hall be given by the Criminal:t-
ries General at Rotterdam and Amfterdam, to his
Officers belonging to the Rot ehoutes, to inquire whe-
ther charge of the fever al (hips lading, whit are
under embargo, can be taken ; and in cafe of the
fame being accepted, thole vat's now under ember.
go, in the depot tment of Amfteidam, or that may
be there hereafter, than be laid up in the Eaft-India
Dock of that city.
" RefpeCting Article VII. of the ab-rvementioned
decree, information is to be given, by letter, to th;
DireEtor General of the l'oft Office, a"d the Corn-
miffary General of his Nay the King, in Ealt
iezeland, in order that the necefrary meafures may
be taker, for the floppage of all cora efpondence, jour.
nals, &c. coming from prohibited places; and that
upon the leaft fulpicion 111 the fame coming front
the enemy's country, fuch difpatches, &c. are to be
feized and tranfmitted to the Minitter.
a His Excellency the Minilter of Marine is to be
requefled, by letter, to order the King's Blips,
Ila-
tioned at the molt diltant polls and guards, to take
the nece(Tary meafures for carrying Article VIII. of
the aforefaid Decree into execution, by the examina-
tion of all paffenger, end travellers, to ditcover whe-
ther they hay: fufficienr proof, that they der not come
from the Bti,ifh Nand, ; and fuch proof is to be
immediately tranfn:i.ted to the idiniary. And with
refpell to paffengers by lea, in cafe their pafrports do
not anfwer the conditions of N.). I. of his Islajetly's
Decree, a report of the fame is to be made forthwith ;
in the mean while, the (hips and palrengers are to be
detained under the guns ; and in future, all veffels
coming in from lea, though they haveno pafrengers on
board,are to be detained, or other* ire to be fear to the
nearelt place of Carey, un ter a trusty guard, which
fhall remain with them, till the preferiptions of the
law, on the part of the Adminiftration of Convays
and Cultoms, (hall have been executed. Any', Lay,
" The Commidiries General of Convoys and Car:
toms (hall be refpatively written to, in order that
not themfelves alone, but every perfon in their jurif-
dietion, (hall be acquainted with the necefrary and
tigotous meafures, impofed upon the Officers and
fervants of the Convoys and Cultoms ; and alfo that
pa_engers
ftuhechcop4earfsr
tsothobaltlaihne
pltraotpioenr eedvidaelonncge,
thatthe (bore and
or travellers there arriving do not come from the
Britilh !Bands, and to tratifinit the fame to the Mi-
nifter ; in failure thereof, loch Officer' are to he
reported ; but in all cafes, Ili-angers arriving are to
be put under proper fecuriv. The fame condo& is
to be obferved, relative to perfons who with to y
lea, without having pairports anfwering the condi-
tions of his Majefly's aforefaid Decree,
ro whichalall
es:
preffes, that paflports for pfons
contain the rams of the (hip and Captain,
the portin lea
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Wont sr/hence the vettel is to fail, and the clear ind
oprefs name of its place of deilination.
" Betides the neceffary copies of the aforefaid De.
tree, an extra& from the prefent regiller fall be fent
to the Advocate Filial General of the King for fea
and land, to the CommiGries General, Subnitute
fifcals, and' all other Officers and fervants of Con-
voys and Cullom,.
" A Copy of this Refolution, and the abovemen
tinned Decree, fhall alto be tranfmitted to the Coun
cil of Judicature for Tea and land, with the letter
herein contained. (Signed)
" CANN RMAN, Sec. Gen."