The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

DUTGII P4PEILS.

ROTTERDAM COUAPRILRAN EXTRAORDINARY,
9.

The.following article is copied from the Royal
Courant a, this date :--
"'On the 31st ult. were ,exchanged, at Paris,
the ratifications of Ilse following 'Treaty, there
conctudeJ WI the 16th, between the rebiaective
Pleiiiimitstiiikries of the- and his illustrious
brothel the Emperor of the kreacts,ilug of Italy,
lsc. itc.

s.
TREATY.
has Majesty the Emperor of, the Frencb, King
of Italy, Protector of the League df the Rhine)
and Mediator of She Swiss Confederacy, and his
Majesty the King..uf quiland, being desirous of
terminating the differences that have arisen be.
tweak them, and of making 'the independence of
Holland harmonize with the new eireunilitutees
wherein the English Orders in Council. of !1847.
have placed all the maritime powers, hive agreed
to come to a mutual understanding thereon, and
to ,that cud hoe poutioeted as their Plenitu4gblia-
ries, via. WS Majesty the Emperor of France, &c.
the Silent. Jutiii Baptiste Mature* Count •de
Champagey, Duke of Cadure, Grand Eagle of
the Legion of Honour, &c. his Majesty's Minis.
ter for Foreign Affairs, &c. And his Majesty
the of .Holland, Charles Henry Verheuil,
Admiral of 'lnnate!, Grand Eagle of the Legion
Hof lionottr, Grand Cross of the Dutch Order of
Vition, his Majesty's Ambassador to the Empe.
ror and King: who, after exchanging • their full
povvers, have agreed iiieiri the following articles :
Awr. 1. Until' the English Government Clan
-bare solemnly abrogated the restrictions contained
in its Orders in Council of 1807, all cuminerce
whatsoever is prohibited between the ports of
England and the ports of llollentl. Should there
be reasons fur granting licences, those only shall
be valid which. are delivered in the name of the
Emperor.
2. A corps of 18,00(1 men, of which 3000
shall be cavalry, and consisting of 6000 French,
and 12,000 Dutch, shall he placed at all the
mouths of the rivers, together with Officers of the
French Customs, to, see that the contents of the
foregoing Article arc carried into complete egret.
3. These troops shall be paid, fed, and clothed
by the Dutch Ctaertintent. •
4. All vessels violatitm the first article, that
may be taken on the Detell coasts by trench
men of war; or privateerv, shall be declared good
praes ; and in case of any doubt arising, .such
difficulty can alone be decided yun by his M.ijesty
the Emperor.
The.restrictions contained in the above arti-
cles shall be reveltet4 is soon at England shall have
solemnly revoked ber Orders in Council of 1807 ;
andfrnin that instant the French troops shall eva.
cuate Holland; and restore to her the full enjoy.
meat of her independence. •
6.'lliasniiich as it has teen adopted as a Consti.
tio.tial principle in Franoc, that
_the thalweg of the
Rhine forms the boundary of the French empire ;
and as the dock-yards of Antwerp are,.by the pre.
:mit state 'of the boundariesbetween the two coun-
tries, unprotected and eiposed, his Majesty the
Sang of Holland cedes to' his Majesty the Etriperer
4 the French, King of Italy, &c. Dutch Brabani,l
the whole of Zealand, including therein the Isle of
Schou welt, that part of Guelderland which is situ.
-ate un the left bank of the Waal; so that hence.'
'faith the boundary between France and Holland
shall be the thalweg of the Vaal, (rem the fort of
Schenkens, leaving on the left bank Nymeguen,
' Hommel, and Wundrichein, then the principal'
stream of the Merwe which runs into the Biesboch, '
through which, and also through the Hollandsch
Diep, and the Wulkerak, the ling of detearcation
shall be continued) until it reach the sea at Bien.
iagen or Grateliugen, leaving on the left the Isle of
Schouwen.
7. Each of the ceded provinces shall be released
from all debts not incurred for its own interests,
sanctioned by its particular Government, and
funded sport its territory.' ;,41 • •
8. ills Majesty the King of Ifelland, in order.
4ono.olierate with the force of the Freuch•Eur
lire, shall have afloat a squadeoin,of nine sail of
- armed and terullidett with