Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-21
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AMI true t!iend'hip between the two realms
and their fnbjeastha mutually AFT eaSh
other, particularly in ,ranfae;ions Of com
merce ard navigasion.---tI. III. Tie
Swedes hall epjov full liberty Of CON-
mercc in Ruilia, and the RuiliaDs in Swe-
den, and fmilar protection with the fub-
jetts OF the two countries but they fl'all
not deal in goods the Importation and ex-
porrat;on OF which ale prohibited.-lV.
In order to obviste any Inconvenience
that might ari!e from an un'ieiigned exten-
fon CT this berty ofcommcrce, both par
ties have agreed to limit it to all the ports
OF the two ttates, without di2intt!on; and,
as to the commerce in the country, to Ger
tain places On the frontiers Of the Ru!ilan
and Swedifh parts of Finland. In thele
frontier places, the fubjetts Of the two
powers, without going farther into the
country, may carry on wholefa!e, but
not retail, trade, and traffic with fuch r1er-
chants as arrive there from remote diitrias.
Travelling merchants and hawkers of both
nations lhall not be futfered, bat confidered
as imngglers.--V. VII. The fubjetts OF
Doth lowers ihall ray the fame impcrrati-
on and expectation duties or goods, and in
the fame coin, as the natives of the coun-
try to which they trade. They hall
likewiie enjoy all legal protection, the
free exerciie of their religion, and the light
ofleaving the country with their property.
VIII. The merchants of Doth nations
may beep their books in what language
hey pleafe, and never fhall he forced to
produce them, excepting in law fui's, ard
then only iuch extracts as are absolutely
necedary for clearing up the point eonteR-
ed. Tx. x. In cafe of bankruptcy or
differences, the fubjetts of either power
fhall be treated agreeab!y to the laws of
the country in which they then rehde. If
the flbjett ofone power dies in the coun-
try of the other, without heirs, his pro-
perry fhall, within the fpace of five years
belong to the Government Of the coun-
try in which he died, if, after a pre-
clamation inherited in the newspapers three
times, no heir fhould apply.---XI. XIII.
The reflective Confuls General and
Confuls fha!l be under the particular
protection of the laws, and en- ov the
fame rights and liberties as -tho!e of
the mott favoured nations. Sailors who
have deEcrted fhall be delivered up by both
parties, even in foreign ports. Merchsn!
veGels fhall, OF no account, take paacngers
W thout paiipor,s, or goods without proper
certificates. With relpett to contr2band,
and the pun;fhment ofper(ons importing it,
the laws of the two countries ihall decide
XIV. Swedifh alum, ialt behring's,
and Ealt, imported from Sweden into Ruff
fla Petersburg excepted,) ihall pay only
one half of the duties mentioned in the re-
euIations of the cufoms, and inoaked
behring's only one third.---XV. All the
produce of Swed!ih Finland, even wood,
may be imported into Rut1ia Finland
(which hath hitherto not been the caie)
free from all duties: and the wood from
Swedih Finland may be exported from
Wiburg and Fridrickiham. XVII.
Heap, linen, and sallow, imported into
Sweden from Ruiiia, lhall only pay one
halt, and linCeed two thirds of the duties
hitherto paid. The Rullians fhall remain
in poneiion'of their fore houies at Stock
holm; the limits Of which are to be en-
larged.- --XVIII. XIX. Contain regula-
sions for preventing Rufians and Swedes
from navigating foreign ihips and goods as
their own---XX. XXI. Not more than
four ihips of war ofone power fhall enter
the fortified ports of the other at one time,
if lpecial permiflion has not been granted
for greater number. Ships sof war, as
we'll as merchant veneIs, that have iufered
By forms and o,her accidents, may bere-
paired in the ports of the other power.---
XXI. XIII. If ihips of war Of the
two powers, the commanders of which are
o the fame rank, meet at Tea, no fatuting
lhall take place; the commander of the in
terror rank, however, (hall falute the
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