EXTENSIVE Commercial Intercourse having been established for a series of years between the Dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and the Territories of The United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, it seems good for the security as well as encouragement of such Commercial Intercourse and for the maintenance of good understanding between His said Britannic Majesty and the said United Provinces, that the Relations now subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confirmed by the signature of a Treaty of Amity Commerce, and Navigation.