State Papers.
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-s au uajestv tue znigotr the United Kingdom- of Great Britgn and Ireland and hbL 31ajesty the King of Prussia being equally desrous of extendig and increasing the commercial intercourse be. tweer their respective states, and o'affording every facility and en- couragement to their subjects engaged in such intercourse; and be. ing of opinion that notlhing will more contribute td the attainment oi their mutual wvishes in tbhi respect than a reciprocal abrogation ol *all discriminating and countervailing duties which are now demand- ed andlevied upon the ships or productions of either nation in the ports of the other, have appointed their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose, that is to say*- His M?ajesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George Canning, a member of his said Majestv's Most Honourable Pxivy- Council, a illember of Parliament, and itis said Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affsirs; and the Right Honourable William Huskisson, a Meember of his said Majesty's 3i ost EIonourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, President of the Committee of Pivy Coun- cil for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations, and Treasurer oi his said Ma1iijesty's Navy:- At4d his MIajesty the'King of Prtssia, tlhe Baron de Wer:her, his said lMajesty's Chamberlain, and his Envoy Extraordinary and llinister Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Britannic Majesty; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full power, Found to he in due and proper forn, have agreed upon and conclu tted the following articles:- Art. I._Fromn and aRter the Ist day of Mlay next, Prussiat ves- rientering or'depa-tingfromu the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland, and British vessels entering or departing from the ports of his Prussian M?ajestv's dominions, shall not be subject to any other or higher duftes or charges whatever, than are por shal be levied on national vessels entering or departing froni such portS respectively. Art. 2.-All articlesof the growth,produce,ormanufacture of any of the dominions of either of the high contracting parties, which are or shall be permitted to be importel into, or exported from, the ports of the United Kingdom and of Prussia, respectively, in vessels of tneone country, shall, in like manner, be Permitted to be imp 3rted into and exported from those ports in vessels of the other. Art. 3.-All articles not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of hLs Britannic Majesty, which can legally be imported from the United Kingdom of rcat IBritain and Ireland into the ports of Prussia, in BriEish ships, shall be subject only to tle same duties as are payable upon the like articles, if imapora in Prussian ships; and the same reciprocity shall be observed in the ports of the United Kingdom, in respect to aU articles not the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of his Prussiam Majesty, which can legally be imported into the ports of the United Kingdorn in Prussian ships. Art. 4.-All goods, wares, and merchandise which can legally be impotted into the ports of either country, shall be admitted at the samrLe rate of duty, whether imported in vessels of the other COUtrTV, or in national vessels; and al goods, wares, or rnerchandise which can be legally exported from the ports of either country, shall be enc titled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances, whether ex- ponted in vessels of the other country, or in national vessels. Art. 5.-No priority or preference shall be given, directly or in. directly, by the Government of either country, or bv any company, corporation, or agent, acting on itb behalf, or under its authority, in the purchase of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of either cottntry, imported into the other, on account of, or in reference to, the character of the vessel in vhich such article was imported ; it being the true intent and meaninz of the high contracting parties, thaLt no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this re- spect. Art. 6.-The present convention shall be in force for the term of ten year s from the date hereof; and fuirther, until the end of twelve months after either of the highi contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the etd of the ioda term of ten years * and it is hereby agreed between them, that at the expiration of twelve rnonths after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, this convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine. Art. 7.-The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifi- Ccations shall be exchanged at London, withnin one month from the date hereof, or sooner it'possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed thu e sare, and have afiXed there'o the seals of their arms. Done at London, the second day of April, in the vear of our Lord one thou:sand eight hundred and twenty-fouri. (L.S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L.S.) IV. nUSKISSON. DECLARATIONS OF SWEDEN, FOR ThE A5OLITIOW OF CERTAIN DUES AFFECTING nat- TISH COMMERCE, 1N, THIE PORTS OF SWEDEN. No. 1. The undersigned, 'Minister of State and of Foreign Affauirs of his Mlajesty the King of Swetlen and Norway, having received the declaration of Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Envoy Extraordinary and 3Ztinister Plenipotentiary of hih Majesty the King of the United K;ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of this date, containing the as,urance of a perfect reciprocity, declares by these presents, in vir- tue of the authority to that effect with which he is invested, in the name and on the behalf of the King his Mtost Gracious Sovereign- That English merchant ships arriving in the ports or waters of the kingdoru of Sweden, shall in future be placed upon the same footing as national vessels. with respect to pilot, lighthouse, and tonnage dues, and, in general, with respect to all those. duties which are included in the deRomination of port-dues payable' to the Crown (Skepps-rumgilder), of whatever description they mav be. That English merchant ships shall be equally assimnilated to na- tional vessels, with respect to salvage dues, without any restriction or difference.. And that, as Swedish commerce is already in the enjoyment of reciprocal advantages in the ports of Great Britain, the above-men- tioned arrangements in favour of English commerce shall be nut ia force in aU the ports of the kingdom of Sweden, without delay, and with as much expedition as possible. In xwitness whereof, the undersigned has signed the present de- claration, and has affixed thereto the seat of his arms. Done at Stockholm, the 24th day of April, in the vear of our LJord 1824. (L.S.) LAURENT COUNT D'ENGESTRO3. No. tI. The undersigned Alinister of State and of Foreign AflFairs of his! 31ajesty the King of Sweden and Norway, having received the declaration of Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Envoy Extraordinary atid Minister Plenipotentiary of his Mlajesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of this date, containing the assurance of a perfectreciprocitv, declares bv these presents, in vir- tue of the authority to that effect with which he is invested, in the name and on the behalf of the King his most gracious Sovereign- That all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the king- dom of Great Britain and of its colonies,which,according to the exist- ng regulations, may be imported into Sweden on board of Swedish vessels, may be imported into Sweden in English ships direct from the ports of Great Britain, without beng subject, on their entry, to other or higher dutiestothe Crown than if imported on board a Swedish vessel. - That all articles, thc exportatiot, whereof is not prohibited, mav be exported from the ports of the kingdom of Sweden on board of English vessels, to any place whatever, without being subject, on their export, to other or higher duties to the Crown than if exported on hoard a Swedish vesseL But that, as Swedisb merchant vessels do not enjoy the liberty of visiting thieporta of the colonies and foreign possessions of Eneland, it is understooa -nat the privileges above stecified are not applicable to goods imported into the ports of Swedei, in vessels belonging to the said .olonies and foreien possessions, or in vessels strictly Eng- l-sb, coming direct from the Englisi coionies. .4nd finally, that the above-mentioned stipulations, founded upon the promise of an exact reciprocity in the ports of Great Britain, in favour of Swedish commerce, shall be put in force in the ports of the kcingdom of Swelen, from the Ist of June of the present year (1824.) In witness whereof, the undersigned has signed the present decla- tion, and has affixed thereto the seal of his arms. Done at Stockholm, the 24th dav of A iri, in the year of our Lord 1824. (L.S.) LAUTRENT COUWT D1'ENGESTROMll. STATE PAPERS. CONVENTION OF COMAlERCE BETWVEEN HIS BRI- TA9NN[C MIAJESTY AND THE KING OF PRYTSSIA.