Flanders Mail.
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

-ti o tet thes nipatendency of thi Matesty are thppKing Of thea 'etherlands in rePl witehatlrofthe oef his clajesty '~~~~~ ~~~ to eszssiultoshc at of'theins eneasfientmtie of his Britannic a jfar, ty, cn cerig the tr&4ty of Londob con. cdetds on the 17t b of Marc h:- "The undersin, ed PlseniPotentiaries of his nMajest theing- te Nttherlands %ave forund in the note which has just been pre- sented to them by their Excellencies the Iritish P1enitpoteetiaTiso a faithftl recapitulatioe of the conmunications which -had taei place at the time whern circuistances, independent of the wile hf the negotiators, led to a suspension or t their conferences.d "iBneingpeesunsitoresugmndthe - laboleof thisAertipel'g, which hasalwaysbeendesired bby paoc ties with teqosmpeitio,the oufjct neil hispBritaniy eognie in tbeirfielawr otators,tht bspiritofui tydand cony eliation which fAcilitates thpe adjstsent of tte inost con. plicated questions, and to. do justice to wlhch they can find a fitter occasion than the momnent which is going to sanction, by the signa.. eareoata a formal treaty, the iarrangements adopted after mature exa- mination, as emninenly calculated to maintain agod undoerstanding qvln between the infmerior aoGeats of the contractfing parties. This essential, object, tip s principal tendency of the treaty, aro palpable for all persons who read with attention the several articles. e The n express stipulations which it; contains appear suficient to reomove, by common consent, any uncertainty hwlich may occur in the sesqel. However, as the Britisn Plenipotentiaries have thou ht it pronder. to enter into some farther details, the undersigned, h on their side feel the importance oftleaving nothin to chance in so interesting an affair, make no diaicrltl f followinig them in ttiese details and of completing, by a succinct development of their way of th rnadng, the answer whiiah they owe to the note of their Excelo lencies. sa Thse 7th article contains an exceptioe to the general principle of the liberty of commerce. The necessity of this exception, which was already admitted by England in the conferences ia 1820, is foundead on the existenueof the system relative t the exclusive trade in spices :-It the deliberations of the Government of the Nether- lands lead to the abandonment of this syitem, the freedom of com- merce resutes its rights, and the whole of this Archipelago, wvhich is ver jstly described as compreneendi between Ciebes, Timor,' and hea Guinea, is open to all lawful speculations, on the footing to be esfablishcd by local ordinances and with reapec, tothe subjects of bis Britannic 1ajesty in particular, conformably to thi bases laid down by the treaty for al the Asiatic possessions of the two con. traciang Powers. On the other hand, so long as the exception in question remains in force, the vessels which traverse the illolucras are to abstain froi putting into any other ports than those thelist of which was officiauly ommunicated to the Maritime Powers SoMe years ago, excepting cases of distress, inwhich it is superfluous to add that they ttywillfid eata nplac where the standard ofptheNetherlangs is displayed,jhe services and assistance due to suffering humanitv. If the Government of Great Britair, in disengaging itself, accordiug to the principles established bv the present treaty, from the connexions whichi its agents formad four or five years ago in the kingdom of Acieen, think any real advantage will accrue to it from securing by some newa tipultion the hospitable reception of the vesselsand subjects ofGreatbtitain in theports of that kingdom, the unaersigned do not tesitate to believe theat on their side they see no inconvenience in it And they believe that they can, at the sarne time, give tho assurance, that their Government wiu proceed without delay, to rergtlate its relations with Acheen, in such a manner, that that state, without loaing any thingof its inde. pendence, Wtay ofer to the navigator and to the merchant that con.. stantsecuri t whichit seams annotb hestabished there buta b the moderate exercise of the influence of some European Power.' In additian to the information contained in the lastnote of the British Plenipotentiaries onthesubjectofBencoolen, teIr Excellencieshave communicated to the undersigned the two conventions, sigred a-e spectively, the 23d of Maiy iInd the 4th of July, 1818, oni the one part by the Governor of that settlement, aod on the other by the chiefs of some neighbouring tribes; they have. dae had communication of a despatch of th- Governor.. General in Council, dated from Fort aVWinan, the 9th of niday, 1823 by which the British Administration has abolished tat Fort Maliborou the mtonopoly of pepper, encouraged the caltivatiun of ince, aonplaced y no stable and usiform foundation the relations of the difrent classes of the natives, as wel twith each othter as wvit itleirchiefs. Now unless the undersigned are deceivedin sup- posing that the object to arrangement was to ensure the proia-e rity ot ag-riculture, and t prevent the misunderstandings which often result from the immrediote contact of the native population with the subalter auithorities of a foreign Government eel great satis- faction in saying. that, far from having to fe-ar any retroactive mea.. sures, the individuals interested in the presentorder of things, mayn on the contrary, entertain the hope that the new Government woln have regard to their acquired rights, and to their welfare, which the undersigned especially take pleasure i warrantingge it will cause the articles of the conventions already mentioned to be strictly observed; on the faith of which, the inhabitants of Pasummirab, Ula, Alanna, and other tribes, have recognixed the authority, or ac- cepted the protection of the British East India Company; re- serving, however, the faculty to substitute for them, with the full consent, of the parties interested, other analogous conditions if cir- cumstances should render an alteration necessary. "W Nith respect to the equitable and benevolent dlispositions of the Btritish Govemnment towards the inhabitants of Alolucca, and the other Dutch settlements ceded by this treaty, the Plenipotentiaries of his MVajesty the King of the Netherlands accept the assurance of them with unlimited confidence;, andl the same sentiment induc~s them not to insist that the instructions and the orders which sliall be sent to the English authtorities in India, relative to the delivering u!p of Fort MfarlborotmgT and its dependencies, shall be conrceived InI terms so clear, precise, and positive, that no ground for uncertainty no pretext for delay may he found in them; for they are persuades that the British FleiM!ptentiaries, aftler having shown so much mo- deration and fair dealing in the fulfilment of their task, will ta'ke care that the result of' their joint labours shall net he endangered by a regard to0 subordinate interests and secondary considerationis. Thi.rsut is painted,- by the Britishi Plenipotentiaries themn- selves in their last note, and. it remains for the under- signed only to congratulate themselves on having concurred in it, and to unite their wrishes with those of their E:xcellencies, tha th agntsof heresectve artesin the Asiatic possessions may lwas sow hemslve deplyimpressed by a sense of the dutis whch to fiendy naion, anmate bytruly liberal 'views, hav tofulil,as el toard eah oherastowards the natives whomthecouse o evntsor teates ave. placed under their "The undersigned gladly embrame this opportunity to renew to their Excellencies the British Plentipatentiaries the assurance of their most distiniguished consideration. (Signed) "F. TAGEL, "lIondon, Mlarch 17, 1824." A. &. TALCK." FLgADRRS MAIL. lL- P1- --_-_B , -RUS9ELS, MAY 26.