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London, England, 1810-07-17 00:00:00

TITLE I.

Art. 1. Holland ir• united to FraTlCi..
2. The City of Amsterdam shall be the third City of the Em-
pire.
!I. Holland shall have six Sonavors, six Dt putics to the Council
of State, 'l5 Deputies to the Legislative: Ludy, and two Judges in
the Court of Ca4s:l:ion.

4. The offic. rs by sea and land, of whatever rank,shall he enm
firmed in their employments. Commissions shall be delivered to
them signed with our hand. The Royal Guard shall be united to
our Imperial Guard.
TITLE the Administration far Imo.

5. The Date of Placentia, Arch freastuer of the Empire,
shall r4air to Amsterdam iii the capacity of our Lleutelsant-Ge-
neral. He shall preside in the Council of Mini airs, and attend
to the dispatch of business. His functions shall cease the Ist of
January, isll, the period when the French administration shall
cominctice. _ _

6. All the public functionaries, of whatever rack, are confirmed
in their cinployment3.

'l.l rr. r the Firances.

7. The present contributions shall continue to he levied until
the First of January, lui t, at which period the country shall be
eased of that burden, wed tl.e imposts put on the same footing as
for the rest of the Elipire.
8. '1 he budget of receipts and disbursements shall be submitted
to our approbation before the Ist of August next.
Only one-third of the present am,unt of interest upon the
public debt shall be carried to the account of expenditure fur
1810.

The interest of the debt for 1808 and 1809, pot yet paid, shall
be reduced to one-third, and charged on the budge( of 1810.
9. The Co‘tom-mouses on the frontier, other than those of
France, shall be organist d under the superintendance of our Di-
rector-General ot the Custom-houses. The Dutch custom-houses
shall be incurpGrated therewith.
or custom-houses, now on the French frontier, shall
be kept up until the let of Janitary, 1811, when it shell be re-
moved, and the communication of Holland with the Empire be-
come free.

16. The colonial produce, actually in Holland, shall remain_ in
the hands of the owners, upon paying a duty of SO per rent. ad
valorem. A declaration of the amount shall be made Wham the
lit September as farthest.
The said merchandize, upon payment of the duties, may be im-
ported into Irance, aud drcuLtted through the whole extent of
the Empire.

TiTI.II TV.

11. There shalt be at Amsterdam a special Administratior,pre-
sided over by one of our Cuttr.sellors of State, which shall have
the Superintendence of, and the necessary funds to provide lot the
repairs of the dikes, polders, and other public works.
.I'ITLE V.

12. In the coune of the pre:ie.-A month, there shall be nomina-
ted, by tl:e Legib!save 12m:ly of Holland, a Commission of 15
Menthe; s, to lir tiered to Paris, in older to consthute a Council,'
whose business shall he to regulate definitively all that relates to
the public ! local tleh:s, and to concilia.e the principles of the
Union with the localit•es and interest,. of the country.
13. Our Minibters are charged with the execution of the pre-
sent Desresc. (Signed) NA I'OI.FON. •
By the Emperor,
(Signed) The Minister See. of state, H. B. Duke of BA s!ANOs.

SI'AIN AND PORTUGAL.
17,-(3m the _'tlsirt.ur.

The advico from Spain and the army of Tortuga'
are very unimportant.

The army of Catalonia is marching towards Tarra-
gona, to besiege that fortress. A division of the
army of Arragon is directing iu march upon Torjet.
The ordnance and stores for the siege are embarked
on the Ebro.

In the South, the first corps, commanded by the
Duke of lielluno, is in front of Cadiz. The sth jorps,
ci.nimanded by the Duke of Trev4o, is on the fron-
tier 11f
Portugal, to the right ; and the 4th corps,
commanded by General sebagtianif is feels-4rd: Ma-