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Condemnation till further orders,

but shall, in the event of this order Treaty of Peace between Great Bri

not becoming null and of no effect, in the case aforesaid, be forthwith liberated and restored, subject to such reasonable expenses on the part of the captors, as shall have been justly incurred.

Provided, that nothing in this Order contained, respecting the Revocation of the Orders hereinmentioned, shall be taken to revive wholly or in part the Orders in Council of the 11th of November, 1807, or any other Order not herein mentioned, or to deprive parties of any legal remedy to which they may be entitled under the Order in Council of the 21st of April, 1812.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is hereby pleased further to declare, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that nothing in this present Order contained, shall be understood to preclude his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, if circumstances shall so require, from restoring, after reasonable notice, the Orders of the 7th of January, 1807, and 26th of April, 1809, or any part thereof, to their full effect, or from taking such other measures of retaliation against the enemy, as may appear to his Royal Highness to be just and necessary.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain.

JAMES BULler.

tain and Russia.

In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity!

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being equally animated with the desire of re-establishing the ancient relations of amity and good understanding between the two Kingdoms respectively, have nominated to this effect, as their Ministers Plenipotentiary; namely, his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Peter Suchtelen, Chief of the Department of Engineers, General and Member of the Council of State, &c. and the Sieur Paul Baron de Nicolay, Gentieman of the Bedchamber, &c. and his Royal Highness the Prince. Regent, in the name of his Majesty, King of the United Kingdom of England and Ireland, the Sieur Edward Thornton, Esq. Pier nipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty to the King of Sweden.

The said Plenipotentiaries after exchanging their respective full powers, in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

I. There shall be between his

Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, their heirs and successors, and between their kingdoms and subjects respectively, a firm, true, and inviolable peace, and a sincere and perfect union and amity; so that, from this moment, all subjects of disagreement that may have subsisted between them shall cease.

II. The

II. The relations of amity and commerce between the two countries shall be re-established on each side, on the footing of the most favoured nations.

III. If, in resentment of the present re-establishment of peace and good understanding between the two countries, any power whatsoever shall make war upon his Imperial Majesty or his Britannic Majesty, the two contracting Sovereigns agree to act in support of each other for the maintenance and security of their respective kingdoms.

IV. The two high contracting parties reserve to themselves to establish a proper understanding and adjustment, as soon as possible, with respect to all matters which may concern their eventual interests, political as well as commercial.

V. The present treaty shall be ratified by the two contracting parties, and the ratification shall be exchanged in six weeks, or sooner, if possible:

And for the due performance of the same, we sign, in virtue of our full powers, and have signed the present treaty of peace, and have thereto affixed our seals.

Done at Orebro, the 6th (18) July, 1812.

SUCHTELEN (L. S.)

PAUL BARON DE NICOLAY.

EDWARD THORNTON (L. S.)

After sufficiently examining the articles of the present treaty of peace, we have approved of the same, which we now confirm, and by these presents most solemnly ratify, in all its tenour; promising on our Imperial part, for us and for

our successors, to observe and execute, inviolably, every thing that has been mentioned and repeated in the said treaty of peace. In witness whereof we have signed with our hand this Imperial ratification, and have thereto affixed the seal of our empire.

Done at Kamenroi Ostrow, the 1st of August, 1812, and the twelfth year of our reign.

(Signed) ALEXANDER.
(Countersigned)

COUNT ROMANZÓW.

Treaty of Peace between his Majesty

the King of Sweden, and his Majesty the King of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland.

In the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity!

His Majesty the King of Sweden, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, being equally animated with the desire of reestablishing the ancient relations of friendship and good intercourse between the two Crowns, and their respective States, have appointed to that effect, namely, his Majesty the King of Sweden, the Sieur Laurent, Baron D'Engerstrom, &c. and the Sieur Gustavos, Baron de Wetterstedt, &c. and the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Thornton, Esq. which Plenipotentiaries, after exchanging their full powers, drawn up in full and due form, have agreed upon the following ar ticles:

Art.

Art. I. There shall be between their Majesties the King of Sweden, and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, their heirs and successors, and between their subjects, kingdoms, and states respectively, a firm, true, and inviolable Peace, and a sincere and perfect union and friendship; so that from this moment, every subject of misunderstanding that may have subsisted between them shall be regarded as entirely ceased and destroyed.

II. The relations of friendship

and commerce between the two countries shall be re-established on the footing whereon they stood on the first day of January, 1791; and all treaties and conventions subsisting between the two States at that epoch shall be regarded as vrenewed and confirmed, and are, accordingly, by the present treaty, renewed and confirmed.

1II. If, in resentment of the present pacification, and the reestablishment of the good intercourse between the two countries, any power whatsoever make war upon Sweden, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages to take measures, in concert with his Majesty the King of Sweden, for the security and independence of his states.

IV. The present treaty shall be ratified by the two contracting parties, and the ratifications exchanged within six weeks, or sooner, if possible.

In faith whereof, we, the undersigned, in virtue of our full powers, have signed the present treaty, aud thereto affixed our seals.

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"My Lords and Gentlemen,-In terminating the present session of parliament, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has commanded us to express to you the deep concern and sorrow which he feels at the continuance of his Majesty's lamented indisposition.

"His Royal Highness regrets the interruptions which have occurred in the progress of public business, during this long and laborious ses sion, in consequence of an event which his Royal Highness must ever deplore. The zeal and unwearied assiduity with which you have persevered in the discharge of the arduous duties imposed upon you by the situation of the country, and the state of public affairs, demands his Royal Highness's warmest acknowledgments.

"The assistance which you have enabled his Royal Highness to continue to the brave and loyal nations of the Peninsula is calculated, to produce the most beneficial effects.

"His Royal Highness most warmly participates in those senti

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ments of approbation, which you have bestowed on the consummate skill and intrepidity displayed in the operations which led to the capture of the important fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, during the present campaign; and his Royal Highness confidently trusts, that the tried valour of the allied forces, under the distinguished command of General the Earl of Wellington, combined with the unabated spirit and steady perseverance of the Spanish and Portuguese nations, will finally bring the contest in that quarter to an issue, by which the independence of the Peninsula will be effectually secured.

The renewal of the war in the north of Europe furnishes an additional proof of the little security which can be derived from any submission to the usurpations and tyranny of the French government. His Royal Highness is persuaded, that you will be sensible of the great importance of the struggle in which the Emperor of Russia has been compelled to engage, and that you will approve of his Royal Highness affording to those powers who may be united in this contest, every degree of co-operation and assistance, consistent with his other engagements, and with the interests of his Majesty's dominions.

tween the two countries inay yet be restored: but if bis expectations in this respect should be disappoint ed, by the conduct of the govern ment of the United States, or by their perseverance in any unware rantable pretensions, he will most fully rely on the support of every class of bis Majesty's subjects, in a contest in which the honour of his Majesty's crown, and the best ind terests of his dominions, must be involved.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,We have it in confmand from his Royal Highness, To thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the services of the present year. His Royal Highness deeply regrets the burthens which you have found it necessary to impose upon his Mjesty's people; but he applauds the wisdom which has induced you so largely to provide for the exigencies of the public service, as affording the best prospect of bringing the contest in which the country is en gaged to a successful and honourable conclusion.

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"My Lords and Gentlemen,His Royal Highness has observed, with the utmost concern, the spirit of insubordination and outrage which has appeared in some parts. "His Royal Highness has com- of the country, and which has been manded us to assure you, that he manifested by acts, not only de views with most sincere regret, the structive of the property and per hostile measures which have been sonal safety of many of his Ma recently adopted by the govern- jesty's loyal subjects in those disment of the United States of Ame- tricts, but disgraceful to the Br rica towards this country. His tish character. His Royal HighRoyal Highness is nevertheless will-ness feels it incumbent upon him, ing to hope, that the accustomed to acknowledge your diligence i relations of peace and amity be the investigation of the causes which

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have led to these outrages; and he has commanded us to thank you for the wise and salutary measures which you have adopted on this occasion. It will be a principal object of his Royal Highness's attention, to make an effectual and prudent use of the powers vested in him for the protection of his Majesty's people, and he confidently trusts, that on your return into your respective counties, he may rely on your exertions for the preservation of the public peace, and for bringing the disturbers of it to justice. His Royal Highness most carnestly recommends to you, the importance of inculcating, by every means in your power, a spirit of obedience to those laws, and of attachment to that Constitution, which provide equally for the happiness and welfare of all classes of his Majesty's subjects, and on which have hitherto depended the glory and prosperity of this kingdom."

Then a commission for proroguing the parliament was read.

After which, the Lord Chancellor said,

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My Lords and Gentlemen, By virtue of the commission under the great seal, to us and other lords directed, and now read, we do, in obedience to the commands of bis Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, prorogue this parliament to Friday the 2d day of October next, to be then here holden; and this parliament is accordingly prorogued to Friday, the 2d day of October next."

"Report of the Secret Committee of the
House of Lords on the Disturbed
State of certain Counties.
VOL. LIV.

Your committee, in pursuing the inquiry referred to their consideration, have endeavoured to ascertain the origin of the disturbances which have arisen in the different parts of the country, with respect to which they have obtained information, the manner in which those disturbances have been carried on, the objects to which they have been apparently directed, the means used to suppress them, the effects of those means, and the state of those parts of the country within which the disturbances have prevailed.

The disposition to combined and disciplined riot and disturbance, which has attracted the attention of parliament, and excited apprehension of the most dangerous consequences, seems to have been first manifested in the neighbourhood of the town of Notungham, in November last, by the destruc tion of a great number of newly invented stocking-frames, by small parties of men, principally stocking weavers, who assembled in various places round Nottingham.

By degrees the rioters became more numerous and more formidable, many were armed and divid ed into different parties, disturbed the whole country between Nottingham and Mansfield, destroying frames almost without resistance. This spirit of discontent (amongst other causes to which it has been attributed) was supposed to have been excited or called into action by the use of a new machine, which enabled the manufacturers to employ women, in work in which men had been before em

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