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London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

TREATY.

His Majesty the Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Pro•
victor of the League of the Rhine, and Mediator of the Swiss
Confederacy, and hie Majesty the King of Holland, being (lest •
rout of terminating thedifferences that have arisen between them,
nail of making the independence of Holland harmonize with the
new eircitmstances wherein the English Orders in Owned of
1/107 have placed all the Maritime Powers, have agreed to come
to a mutual understarding Therese, and to that end have nomi-
nated as their Plenipotentiaries, viz. his Majesty the Emperor of
France, Etc: the Sieor John Baptiste Nompere. Count de Cham-
pagny Duke of Cadore, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour,
&c. his Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs; and his Majesty
the King of Holland, Charles Henry Verheuil, Admiral of Hol-
land, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Hot oer, Grand Cross of the
Dutch Order of Union, his MAjesty's Ambassador to the Empe-
ror and King: who, after exchanging their full powers, have
agreed upon the following Articles :
AIT. I. Until the Euglisb Government shall have solemnly
alirogated the restrictions contained in its Orders in Council of
1807, all commerce whatsoever is prohibited between the ports of
England and the ports of Holland. Should there be reasons for
granting licences. those only shall be valid which are delivered
the name of the Emperor. •
2. A corps of 18,000 men, *of which 3000 shall be cavalry, and
consisting of 6000 French and 12,000 Dutch, shall be placed at
all the mouths of the Pivers, together with Officers of the'Fteach
Customs, to see ilia. the contents of the foregoing Article are car-
ried hat° complete effect.
s. These troops shall be paid, fed, and clothed by the Dutch
Government.

4. All vessels violating the first Article, that may be taken on
the Ditch coasts by French men of war, or privateers, shall be
declared good prizes; and in case of any doubt arising, such
difficulty can alone be decided upon by his Majesty the Emperor.
..S.The rest rictions contained in the above ankles shall be revoked
a* soon as England *hall Lave solemnly revs a 1 her Orders in Coun-
cil of 1807 ; and from that instant the wrench troops shall eva-
cuate Holland, and restore to her the full enjoyment of her.inde-
pendet.ce.
6. inasmuch as it has been adopted as a Constitutional principle
in Fr.nce, that the course (thak•cg) of the Rhine forms the boun-
dary of the French Empire; and as the dock-yards of Antwerp are,
be the present state of the bourc'aries between the two coun-
tries, unprotected and exposed, his Majesty the King of Holland
cedes to his Nlajery the Emperor of the French, King of Italy,
Sec. Dutch. Brabant, the whole of Zealand, including therein the
isle of Schouwen, that part of Gueltierland which is situate on
the left bank of the Waal; so that henceforth the boundary be-
tween France and Holland shall be the teektefg of the Waal,
from the fen of Scheekens, leaving on the left bank Nimeguen,
Bomntel, aed Wondrichern' then the principal stream of the
Merwe which-runs into the Biesboch, through which and also
through the Hollandsch Diep, and the Wolkcrak, the line of de-
marcation shall be continued, until it reach the sea at Bieningen
or Gavelengen, leaving on the left the isle of Schouwen.
7. Fa.:h of tl.e ceded provinces shall be released from all debts
not incurred for its own interests, sanctioned by its particular
_ Government, and furded upon its territory.
8. i Majesty the King of Holland, in order to co-operatel
with the force of the French Empire, shall have afloat a squa-
dron of nine sail of the line and six frigates. armed and provided
with six months stores, and ready to put to sea by the let day of
June next ensuing ; and al.° a flotilla of 100 gun-boats or otheri
armed vessels. This force shall, during the whole period of the
war, be maintained and kept in constant readiness.
o The revenues of the ceded provinces shall belong to Hol-
bed :•ntil the day of tl e exchange of the ratifications of the pee-
s act Treat;. Uatil the same day the King of Holland shall de-
fray all the charges of their administration.
to. AU tl e merchandise imported by American vessels that
have arrived in the ports of Holland since the Ist of February,
1809, shall be put under sequestration and made over to France,_
in order to her disposing thereof according to the Circumltances,
and the state of her political relations with the United States.
11. All merchandise of English manufacture are prohibited in
Holland.
12. Measures of police shall be adopted, for the Purpose of
strictly watching, awl taking into custody all insurerstf prohibi-
ted traffic, all smugglers, their abettors, Ste. in a word, the
Dutch Government pledges itself to extirpateet he contraband trade.
13. No depot of goods prohibited in France, and eh At may give
a colour to contraband traffic, ran be established within a dis-
tance of four 'vogues from the line of the French ettstom-houses ;
and in case of trt spats, all such depots shall be subjece'to peizure,
though upon the Dutch territory.
14 With the reserve of these restrictions, and so long as they
eban be in Opti.xion, his Majesty the Emperor shall suspend the
prohibitory decree svhiab shuts the frontier barriers between Hol-
hind
and France.

15. Fully confiding in the manner in %which the engagements
resulting from the present 3 reaty shill be executed, his Maj. sty
the Emperor and Kirg guarantees the integrity of the Dutch kos-
eetsioais, such as they shall be pursuant to this treaty.
16. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications
exchange 4 at Paris within the period of fifteen diys, or sooner
if poesible.---Done at Paris, the 10th of March. 1810.
(Signed) en•UPAGNY, Duke of Cadoire.
Admiral Vtanzata.

DECREE.
Louts NA sotaox, by the Grace of Goa and the Constitution of
the Kingdom, King of Holland Ind Con,teble of France:
Taking into consideration that the departments of Zealand and
Brabant, the territory between the Meuse and Waal, including
Nimeguen, togetly:r with the Bommelerwaard, and the territory
of Altora, have been ceded by us to France, by -I Treaty signed
on the 16th, and whereof the ratifications have this day been ex-
changed, we have decreed and hereby decree:
Art. 1. The inhabitants of Zealand, Brabant, the territory be-
tween the Alense and Waal, including Nimeguen, to-ether with
the Bommelerward and the territory of Alfons, whither Public
ii Officers or others, a; c hereby declared to be, from the date here-
of, released from their oath of allegiance taken to us.
2. Our Minister !or Foreign Affairs is charged with the pee-
eution of the present Decree, which shall also be pulthshed and
inserted in the Bulletin of Laws.
Given at Paris, tile 31st day of March, of the year I RI 0, and
of our reign the sth. (Signed) Louis. •
RUFFIA.
Substance of the Ukase, issued February 2, 1510,
by his Imperial Nlajesty, on the subject of Finances,
after having received the advice of his Council of State.
" All the Bank Assignats (the paper money of the country) now
in circulation, are once more declared to form part of the Na-
tional Debt, and guaranteed by all the wealth of the Empire. From
the present moment,the Bank Assignats shall receive no ii.crease.
In order to pay the National Debt, a Loan shall be opened in the
interior of the country, at fixed prices. in order to provide for all
expenses, and to reduce the taxes to their former state, It is or-
dered, provisionally, for the present year, and until the pio,lica • I
tion of general regulations for the finances and tines, that the ltd. I
lowing additional imposts shall take place :
"An increase of 2 rubles a-head on the crown peasantry.
" An Impost of 3,2 a, and 2 rubles, according to the various
governments, on the peasantry occupied in cultivating 'the lands
of the State.—Citizens employed in the arts and other branches
of public industry, shall pay 5 rubles.
" Countrymen trading in both capitals shall pay for every shop
100, 50, and 25 rubles, according to localities, and besides, those
of 2tl guilde, per cent. of the capital they have declared I
themselves possessed of, and those of the 3d sonde, '25 rubles.
" Foreign tradesmen of both capitals shall pay 'lOO rubles, their ;°. partners 10, andtheir workmen 20 rubles.—ln both capitals a duty I
of a ruble shall be raised on houses In virtue of existing impost.
" The tax on traders shall receive an Itteroatteof half copeck on ; the produce of industry and the capital.
" Salt, Lintel-1y at 10 copecks per pool, to be raised to 1 ruble.
" The impost on copper shall be augmented 3 rubles per pood: " The Cores om House duties on imported goods, shall be
rased from 2io to 4CO rubles, and in proportion.
" Stamps have also experienced an advance in price.
" The Nobility shall assist in relieving the wants of the State,
S., pa)iug My copecks for every peasant in their possession.

Substance of the
; by his Imperial M
after having receive
" All the Bank Assif
in circulation, are MCI
tional Debt, and guarat
the present mornent,th
In order to pay the Na
interior of the country,
ezpences, and to reduc
dered, provisionally, fi
tion of general rrgulati
lowing additional impo
t' " An increase of 2
" An impost of 3,
governments, on the p
of the State.—Citizens
i of public industry, ilia
" Countrymen tradi
100, 50, and 25 rubles,
of the 2cl guilds, pe
theniselves possessed of
" Foreign tradesmen
• partners 40, andtheir
of a ruble shall be rail
" The tax on trader:
the produce of industry
• " Salt, Limisly at 4
" The impost on co,
• " The Cus om Ho
eased fronytiO to 4COI
" Stamps have aho e
" The Nobility shall
pa)iiig fifty copecks