Treaty Between Great Brit...
The Times, 1824-05-28T00:00:00

f'From a Brussels na!er.) - The trcaty of London concluded on the 17th of Mlarcb, which wse lately pzeseutei to the Second Chamber of the States-General, is accompanied by an explanatory memorial showing the grounds and expediency of it, the entire stbstance of whicYi we have already pub.- lished. The following note was delivered by the English Plenipotentin- ries to those of the Netherlands, on the day4n wvhich the treaty was signed!- '"On proceeding to the signature of the treaty which has beea agreed upon, the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty feel a lively satisfaction in. expressing the justice which they do to the spiritofood ll and liberality manifested by theirlExcellencies the Plenipotentiariesof the Netherlands, and their conviction that both parties are equally disposed to execute sincerelv and in good faith the sdpulations of the treaty in the sense in ?ihich they have been negotiated. " The differenceg which gave rise to the present discussion, are ot the nature of those which it is difficult to arrange byformal stipula- tions. Consisting in agreatdegree of jealousies andsuspicions, and oc.- casioned by the acts of subaltem agents, they can be terminated only by a frank declaration of the intentiou of the Governments tbem- selves, and bv a mutual explanation of the prindiples which guide them. The disavowal of the measures which bad retarded the exe- cution of the convention of the 13th of August, 1814, will have proved to their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Nether- sands the scrupulous exactnesss with which England always fulfils its engagements. he Britisli Plenipotentiaries rerollect vith real pleasure the so- lemn disavowal on the part of the Government of the Netherlands, of every project to aspire at either political supremeay or exclusive trade in the Indian Archipelago. " We readily acknowledge the promptness ofthe Plenipotentiaries of the Netherlands to enter into arrangements calculated to encou- rage the most coampleteliberty of commerce between the subjects of the two Crowns and their resctive dependencies in that part of the world. " The undersigned are authorized to express the entire adherence of his Britannic Maiesty to the enlightened views of his iliajesty the King of the Nietherlands. " Appreciating the difficulty of suddenly adapting to a long.-esta. bUshed exclusive system the principles of commercial policy which have just been established the undersigned have been authorized to agree that the Alolucca islands shall be excepted from the general stipulation of a free trade, as the treaty describes it. They hope, however, that since the necessity of this exception is caused only by the difficulty of abolishing at thepresent moment the monopoly of the spice trade, the ef'cts will be strictlv confined to that necessity. "The British Plenipotentiaries consider the term Moluccas as ap- plicable to the whole of that Archipelago which is bounded on the west by Celebes, the east by New Guinea, and on the south by Ti or; but that those three islinds are not includea in the excep. tion, which would have been extended to Ceram, did not the situation of that island with respect to the two principal ones for the cultivation of spices, Amboyna and Randa, require a prohibition of traflic during the whole time thatit shaU be necessary to msaintain the monopolY f' The exchanges'of territory which have been judged necessary, in order to avoid all collision of interests, impose on the Plenipo. tentiaries of his Britannic'Maiesty, the duty of giving and requiing some infonnation respecting the subjects and allies of Engeand in the island from wl;ich it ia going to withdraw. I "A treaty concluded by British agents in 1819 with the King of Acheen is incompatible with art. 3 of the present treaty. The Britisb Plenipotentiarias, therefore, promise tbat the treaty with Acheen shall be reduced as speedily as possible to the terms of a simple arrangement for the hospitable reception of British ships and subjects in the port of Acheen. But as some of the conditions of this treaty (which has been communicated to the Plenipotentiaries of the ^Nctherlands) will be advantageous to the general interests of Europeans settled in the eastern seas, they confidently hope that the Gfovernment of the Netherlands wvill take measures to place those advantages above all violation, and theylikewiseexpress their conviction that no hostile measure towards theKing of Acheen will be adopted by thenewpossessors of Fort DIarlborough. " It is no less the duty of the British Plenipotentiaries to recomin. mend to the kind and paternal protection of the Government of the Netherlands, the native=, and colonists subject to the ancient Eng- lish factory of Bencoolen, "This appeal is the more necessary, asat a perird so late as 1818, conventions were madewiththe nativechies, in consequence of which the situation of the natives has experienced essential ameliorations. The compulsory system for the cultivation and supply of pepper has been abolished: encouragement has been given to the cultivation of rice: the relations between the agricultural class and the chiefs of the districts have been regulated; the proverty- of the soil has been adjudged to the latter; and an end bas been put to aU interference in the details of the internal administration, by removing from the advanced stations the European residents, and putting in their place native oflicers-the object of all wlrchn measures was to favour the interests of theinhabitants. " In recommending these intereststo thecareof the Govemmentof the Netherlands, the undersigned requestthe Plenipotentiaries of his Mlajesty the Kling of the Netherlands to assure their Government that the British Authorities wilion theirsidesho v particular atten- tion to the inhabitants of Malacc-a and the other possessions of the Netherlands ceded to Great Britain, " In conclusion, the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesly congratulate their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Nether- landson the happvissue of their conferences. They are convinced that by means of the arrangement which has just been concluded the commerce of the two nations will prosper, and that the allies will be able to preserve no less entire in Asia than in Europe, the friendship which has ro long subsisted between them. " Now that an end has been putto the disputes which for two cen- turies have occasionally produced irritation, there can no longer be any rivalry in the East between tAe ?s&ish andthe Belgian nations, but for the more solid establishment of those principles of li- beral policy which theyhave this day solemnly recognizedin the face of the universe. " The undersigned being," &c. (We shaU give in another number the note of the Plenipoten. tiaries ofthe Netherlands in answer to theabove.) | TREdr jVRg ORXAV (T fViX4 AX i TARA?!'NBrJ7RYRAXDS'. BRUSSJ LiS, -AAY 23.