threads, and also shawls, known by the name of English shawls. 18. All sorts of spun wool and hair, and also perriwig-maker's and hair-dresser's work; all sorts of carpeting, whether already made up, or in pieces or rolls to be afterwards joined together. 19. All sorts of prepared leather or buff-skins, fit for making gloves, breeches, waistcoats, or what is called gilets, either painted, printed, or plain, and all those articles manufactured or cut for the said purposes. 20. All sorts of English glass or crystal-work, except such as is used for making of optical instruments and timekeepers. 21. All English taffeties, hanging-paper and furniture. 22. All sorts of refined sugars, either in loaves or powder, or loose sugar. 23. All sorts of china, earthen or potter's ware. 24. All sorts of paper, either white, brown, or dyed, painted or coloured.

25. Whale oil, not imported directly from Denmark, Sweden, or North America; and, 26. Pit coals.

Art. X. That, it shall continue to be lawful to import all manufactured goods of the nature and kinds described in the foregoing article, and not otherwise prohibited in the common laws of this country, under this proviso, that the same shall be accompanied at importation by a certificate, delivered, as far as it is practicable, at the place of origin, or otherwise at the place from which they are sent, precisely and accurately specifying the contents of each bale, pack, cask, chest, or other package, the numbers and marks, the place of origin of such manufactured goods, and, moreover, all and whatever shall be required for further elucidation and security by the secretary of state

for the finances, as charged with the administration and direction of the customs, whether with regard to the importation from other countries, in general, or any one country in particular; agreeably to the regulations which will be made known, either immediately after the promulgation of this law, or at any future period, on this subject.-Art. XI. That, in order that the searching and examination be made with better security, a regulation will be made, which will be notified by the secretary of state for the finances, through which custom-houses or offices of customs the goods mentioned in Art. IX. of neutral origin, and coming from neutral countries, will be permitted to be imported; so that all such goods, either British or neutral, of whatever origin the same be, either provided with or without certificates, attempted to be imported by or through other roads, ports or offices, or already imported and having passed such unqualified offices, being overtaken, shall be considered as British, and consequently fall in the terms of the third paragraph of the eighth article.Art. XII. That all navigation and trade, direct from or out of this commonwealth to any port or ports of Great Britain, shall be and remain prohibited.-Art. XIII. That for the due execution of the foregoing article, no exportation of ammunition or naval stores shall be permitted, such as cannon, mortars, ordnance-carriages, bombs, gre. nades, balls, firelocks, muskets, ca rabines, pistols, sabres, swords, caissons, horse-harnesses, saddles, tents, and other instruments of war of whatever denomination, gunpowder, saltpetre, anchors, sails, and cordage, without having previously

obtained

obtained a special licence from or on the part of government. That it shall also be unlawful to export wheat, salted or pickled meat, and also cheese, to any port or ports situated on this side the Wezer, without a special licence, as aforesaid, to be obtained for each parcel separately.-Art. XIV. That consequently no passport shall be deliver. ed for the said articles, nor the exportation of the same be suffered, neither of rye, oats, beans, pease, peeled barley, gronts, pork, and butter, to neutral ports, til after due proof be delivered at the custom-houses, that a sufficient security is given, to the satisfaction of the commissary, to whose district the place of the intended exportation belongs, for the triple value, to be forfeited, in case the contents of the bond of security be not accomplished within the time limited in the same.-Art. XV. That the vouchers on which the bond of security will be cancelled, shall contain plain and pertinent evidence, delivered from the offices of customs or duties or admiralties at the place of delivery, or by the public or local authorities, legalised by the consul or commissary of the, Batavian republic, if any there be at such place, that the vessel and goods mentioned in the bond of security be actually arrived there, and entered according to the customs of the country: and that in no case any declarations made by private persons or merchants before any board of magistracy, or judicature, judge, public officer, or notary, or before whomsoever such instruments are usually passed, will be admitted, if the said instruments do not at the same time contain the affirpation of the said qualified board or

person, in default of other proofs. -Art. XVI. That no vessels whatever, either in ballast, or wholly or partly laden, shall be at liberty to depart from their harbours or openings to the sea of this republic, without a permit of the commissary of the customs, to whose district the place of the departure or expedition belongs; which permit is to be exhibited, and countersigned at the outermost office of the customs, together with the documents in the 84th and 85th articles of the general placart on levying the customs enacted by their high mightinesses the 31st July, 1725, but not delivered up.-Art. XVII. That no master or passenger, or any of the crew, shall be permitted to take charge of, or carry along with them, any letter or letters, parcels, or any thing else, destined for any place or port situated in Great Britain, either to deliver such, themselves, at such place or port, or to deliver the same to fishing vessels or other vessels, on pain of one year's imprisonment in one or other house of correction in this republic, over and above a penalty of one thousand guilders, to be forfeited by the master, when such is committed by him, or takes place with his knowledge; for which the vessel shall be answerable and actionable; the masters and mates being also obliged to make declaration on this point, with the declaration prescribed by the 97th article of the general placart of 31st July, 1725.-Art. XVIII. That particularly with al-' teration and amplification of the 64th article of the general placart of the 31st July, 1725, it shall not only be unlawful for any person to ship or to land any goods on any of the strands or other points of land,

where

where no officers of the customs are stationed, but, moreover, no ship or vessel coming from sea shall be suffered to arrive there, except in real distress (which must be proved afterwards), neither to take her departure from thence, without a permit of the commissary of the customs. That by offices of the customs shall be here understood offices of payment and no others: and lastly, that for the better attaining our manifested will and intention, it is hereby reserved to withdraw and remove such offices to other places, and to determine through which of such offices it shall be exclusively lawful to export the articles mentioned in the 13th article, both by water and by land, such as will be judged needful and expedient, in the same manner as this is enacted respecting the importation in Art. XI. and under the penalties therein mentioned.-Art. XIX. Also, that a boundary shall be drawn and determined along the whole extent of this republic on the landside, beyond which no magazines, depots or store-houses, of any wares, merchandizes, manufactures, or whatever it may be, shall be suffered to be kept, continued, or established, under whatever name or pretext it should be; but, on the contrary, those that are

there at present are to be emptied

and removed within the time of three months, on pain of all such magazines, depots, or store-houses of any sorts of wares, merchandizes and manufactures, which, to the contrary hereof, shall be found to exist beyond the said limits, on the territory of this republic, being emptied by the officers of this country, assisted, if need be, by military force, and the goods, of being

transported to the national warehouses, and confiscated, and such, every time, repeatedly, as often as any such are or may be discovered: provided, however, that such boundary shall not be further, on any point, than one hour's walk from the frontiers, and that no walled cities will be considered lying beyond such limits, and also that care be taken, that this regulation do not extend to the corn or productions of any person's own cultivation, nor to small articles necessary for the use or maintenance of the inhabitants dwelling beyond such limits.

And all this without prejudice to the regulations and directions contained in the general placart on levying the customs, enacted by their high mightinesses on the 31st July, 1725, and subsequent publications, in as far as the same are not deroga. ted by these presents. And we do accordingly order and direct, that these presents be published and affixed wherever this ought to be, enjoining all whom it doth concern, to see that the contents thereof be

strictly performed.

Letter of his Majesty the King of

Prussia, acknowledging Napoleon us Emperor of the French. Dated Berlin, May 27th, 1804.

Sir and Brother,―The desire to maintain and to cultivate those relations of amity, and that perfect good understanding, in which I have hitherto had the pleasure of being with the French government, and at the same time to testify to you my

high personal regard, has induced me to transmit, without delay, these presents to my minister of state, the marquis de Lucchesini, to accredit him to your person in the quality of my ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. I accordingly request you to believe whatever he may have the honour to say or to propose to you on my part, He will, in particular, fulfil my in. tentions by giving your imperial majesty to understand the sentiments which I have ever cherished towards you; the sincere interest which I have never ceased to take in all that is calculated to increase and strengthen the prosperity and the welfare of the nation over which you rule; and my ardent wishes that this prosperity may be still farther augmented by the happy restoration of peace and tranquillity in Europe. You will invariably find, in my mode of thinking and acting, the same candour and the same confidence in you, which I have hitherto been so anxious to shew you. While I give you this assurance, I likewise renew, with pleasure, that of the sentiments of friendship, and the highest consideration with which I am, your imperial majesty's good brother and friend,

Frederick William.

Declaration delivered at Vienna, by the Russian Ambassador, Count Rasomowsky, on the 31st of August, 1805.

It would be superfluous to revert here to the motives which have induced his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, to recal the plenipotentiary whom he had sent, in concert with his Britannic majesty, to nego

tiate with the head of the French government, on the subject of peace.

These grounds are too just and obvious not to merit the attention of all Europe. They are contained in the note which was transmitted to the ministers of his Prussian majesty, by M. Novosiltzoff, on the 28th June (July 10), and the conclusion to which they have given rise, is a consequence of those very sentiments and principles which have led his imperial majesty to exert himself with incessant anxiety for the restoration of the general tranquillity.Since the rupture between England and France, his majesty has bebeld, with astonishment and commiseration, the greater part of the states of the continent compelled, in succession, to bear the burden of a war, which, in its origin, is plainly of a maritime nature, and foreign to their direct interests. He could not, however, cherish the hope, that this melancholy state of things might be put an end to, by means of a frank and friendly negotiation, when he perceived that, without the slightest regard to these solemn proceedings, which tended to the restoration of peace, and even at the very moment when Russia offered to negotiate for its attainment, the number of states which lost their independence, continued to increase.-When his imperial majesty resolved to recal his plenipotentiary, he was actuated merely by the consideration that this mission could not produce any pacific result, and not from his hav ing, in any respect, renounced his ardent desire of restoring peace to Europe. Of this disposition, the emperor gave the most convincing demonstration, in his acceding to the application made by his imperial Roman and apostolic majesty, to

England,