Art. VI. The city of Dantzic, with a territory of two leagues round the same, is re stored to her former independence, under the protection of his majesty the king of Prussia, and his majesty the king of Saxony; to be governed according to the laws by which she was governed at the time when she ceased to be her own in stress.

Art. VII. For a communication betwixt the kingdom of Saxony and the duchy of Warsaw, his majesty the king of Saxony is to have the free use of a military road through the states of his majesty the king of Prussia. This road, the number of troops which are allowed to pass at once, and the resting places, shali be fixed by a particular agreement between the two sovereigns, under the mediation of France.

Art. VIII. Neither his majesty the king of Prussia, his majesty the king of Saxony, nor the city of Dantzic, shall oppose any obstacles whatever to the free navigation of the Vistula, under the names of tolls, rights, or duties.

Art. IX. In order, as far as possible, to establish a natural boundary between Russia and the duchy of Warsaw, the territory between the present confines of Russia, from the Bug to the mouth of the Lassona, shall extend in a line from the mouth of the Lassona, along the towing path of the said river, and that of the Bobra, up to its mouth; that of the Narew, from the mouth of that river as far as Suradiz; from Lissa to its source near the village of Mien; from this village to Nutzeck, and from Nutzeck to the mouth of that river beyond Nurr; and, finally, along the towing path of the Bug upwards to extend as far as the present frontiers of Russia. This territory is for ever united to the empire of Russia.

Art. X. No person of any rank or quality whatever, whose residence or property may be within the limits stated in the above-mentioned article, nor any inhabitant in those provinces of the ancient kingdom of Poland, which may be given up to his majesty the king of Prussia, or any person possessing estates, revenues, pensions, or any other kind of income, shall be molested in his person, or in any way whatever, on account of his rank, quality, estates, revenues, pensions, income, or otherwise, or in consequence of any part, political or military, which he may have taken in the events of the present war.

Art. XI. All contracts and engagements between his majesty the king of Prussia, and the ancient possessors, relative to the general inposts, the ecclesiastical, the military or civil benefices, the creditors or pensioners of the old Prussian government, are to be settled between the emperor of all the Russias and his majesty the king of Saxony; and to be regulated by their said majesties, in proportion to their acquisitions according to articles 5 and 9.

Art. XII. Their royal highnesses the dukes of Saxe Cobourg, Oldenburg, and Mecklenburg Schwerin, shall each of them be restored to the complete and quiet possession of their estates; but the ports in the duchies of Oldenburg and Mecklenburg shall remain in possession of French garrisons till the definitive treaty shall be signed between France and England.

Art. XIII. His majesty the emperor Napoleon accepts the mediation of the emperor of all the Russias, in order to negociate and conclude a definitive treaty of peace between France and England; however, only upon condition that this mediation shall be accepted, by England, in one month after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty.

Art. XIV. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias being desirous, on his part, to manifest how ardently he desires to establish the most intimate and lasting relations between the two emperors, acknowledges his majesty Joseph Napoleon, king of Naples, and his majesty Louis Napoleon, king of Holland.

Art. XV. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias acknowledges the confedera tion of the Rhine, the present state of the possessions of the princes belonging to it, and the titles of those which were conferred upon them by the act of confederation, or by the subsequent treaties of accession. His said majesty also promises, information being communicated to him, on the part of the emperor Napoleon, to acknow ledge those sovereigns who may hereafter become members of the confederation, according to their rank specified in the act of confederation.

Art. XVI. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias cedes all his property, in the right of sovereignty, to the lordship of Jever, in East Friesland, to his majesty the king of Holland.

Art. XVII. The present treaty of peace shall be mutually binding, and in force for his majesty the king of Naples, Joseph Napoleon, his majesty Louis Napoleon, king of Holland, and the sovereigns of the confederation of the Rhine, in alliance with the emperor Napoleon.

Art. XVIII. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias also acknowledges his imperial highness, prince Jerome Napoleon, as king of Westphalia.

Art. XIX. The kingdom of Westphalia shall consist of the provinces ceded by the king of Prussia on the left bank of the Elbe, and other states at present in the possession of his majesty the emperor Napoleon.

Art. XX. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias engages to recognize the limits which shall be determined by his majesty the emperor Napoleon, in pursuance of the foregoing 19th article, and the cessions of his majesty the king of Prussia, (which shall be notified to his majesty the emperor of all the Russias) together with the state or possessions resulting therefrom to the sovereigns for whose behoof they shall have been established.

Art. XXI. All hostilities shall immediately cease between the troops of his ma jesty the emperor of all the Russias, and those of the grand seignior, at all points, wherever official intelligence shall arrive of the signing of the present treaty. The high contracting parties shall, without delay, dispatch couriers extraordinary, to convey the intelligence, with the utmost possible expedition, to the respective generals and commanders.

Art. XXII. The Russian troops shall be withdrawn from the provinces of Moldavia; but the said provinces may not be occupied by the troops of the grand seignior till after the exchange of the ratifications of the future definitive treaty of peace between Russia and the Ottoman Porte.

Art. XXIII. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias accepts the mediation of his majesty the emperor of France and king of Italy, for the purpose of negociating a peace, advantageous and honourable to the two powers, and of concluding the same. The respective plenipotentiaries shall repair to that place which will be agreed upon by the two powers concerned, there to open the negociations, and to proceed therewith.

Art. XXIV. The periods within which the high contracting parties shall withdraw their troops from the places which they are to evacuate, pursuant to the above stipula tions, as also the manner in which the different stipulations, contained in the present treaty, shall be executed, will be settled by a special agreement.

Art. XXV. His majest the emperor of the French and king of Italy, and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias mutually ensure to each other the integrity of their possessions, and of those of the powers included in this present treaty, in the state in which they are now settled, or further to be settled, pursuant to the above stipulations.

Art. XXVI. The prisoners made by the contracting parties, or those included in the present treaty, shall be restored in a mass, and without any cartel of exchange on both

sides.

Art. XXVII. The commercial relations between the French empire, the kingdom of Italy, the kingdoms of Naples and Holland, and the confederated states of the Rhine, on the one side, and the empire of Russia on the other, shall be replaced on the same footing as before the war.

Art. XXVIII. The ceremonial between the two courts of the Thuilleries and Petersburgh, with respect to each other, and also of their respective ambassadors, ministers, and envoys, mutually accredited to each other, shall be placed on the footing of complete equality and reciprocity.

Art. XXIX. The present treaty shall be ratified by his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy, and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias; the ratifica us shall be exchanged in this city within the space of four days.

Done at Tilsit, 7th July, (25th June) 1807,
(Signed)

A true copy.
(Signed)

C. M. TALLEYRAND, prince of Benevento.
Prince ALEXANDER KOURAKIN.

Prince DIM. LABANOFF VAN ROSTOFF.
C. M. TALLEYRAND, prince of Benevento.

NOTE OF MR. CANNING, ENGLISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO PRINCE STAHREMBERG, THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR AT LONDON.

London, 25th April, 1807.-The undersigned, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has laid before the king the note delivered to him by prince Stahremberg, ambassador extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary of his majesty the emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in which his imperial majesty offers himself as the mediator of a general peace.

The undersigned has received it in command from the king, his sovereign, to communicate to prince Stahremberg the enclosed official answer to the note of his imperial majesty. The king does complete justice to the motives that have induced his imperial majesty to propose a mode of negociation, which, by embracing the interests of all parties, can alone lead to the restoration of a lasting peace, and the permanent tranquillity of Europe; and his majesty, therefore, accepts the offer of his imperial majesty's mediation, so far as he is concerned; but with this provision, that it shall also be accepted by all the other powers involved in the present war.

NOTE---His majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has received, with due regard, the communication of his majesty the emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and also justly appreciates the motives which have, upon this occasion, determined his majesty to become the mediator of a general peace.

The king, who has never ceased to look to a secure and lasting peace as the only object of the war in which he is engaged, and who has never refused to listen to any proposal which offered the least probability of attaining this proposed object, cannot, for a moment, hesitate to give his full assent to the declared opinion of his majesty the emperor and king, and that such a peace is only to be obtained by a general negociation on the part of all the powers engaged in the present war.

The king will have no difficulty in entering upon such a negociation, as soon as the consent of the other powers interested therein shall have been received. His majesty will, without delay, make the necessary communications in this respect, to those powers with which he is more especially united by the ties of friendship and confidence, in order to ascertain their views, and in the event of their being favourable to the proposition of his imperial majesty, to consult with them as to the mode in which the negociations shall commence, and, agreeably to his imperial majesty's proposition, to come to an understanding as to the principles which should equally form the ground and basis of discussion, and of a general arrangement.

As to what concerns the choice of a place to become the seat of negociation, any place will be equally acceptable to his majesty, provided, (exclusive of the indispensable condition which is also expressed in the note of his imperial majesty, that it. shall be free from all immediate influence of the events of the war) that it affords to his Britannic majesty, in the same degree as to the other powers, the means of a speedy and uninterrupted communication with the plenipotentiaries whom his majesty should send to this congress.

RUSSIAN ANSWER TO THE NOTE OF COUNT MERVELD, THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR.

The emperor Alexander has fully appreciated the motives which have induced his majesty the emperor and king to offer his mediation and his good offices to the principal beligerent powers, for which, on his part, he is happy in the opportunity of expressing his gratitude to his imperial and royal majesty..

The frequent and unequivocal proofs which the emperor of all the Russias has afforded, of his earnest desire to see the termination of the calamities which have so long desolated Europe, might have convinced his imperial and royal majesty of the earnestness with which the court of St. Petersburgh would receive every proposal tending to promote so important an object. His imperial majesty of all the Russias will always be animated by the same disposition; and he will be ready to accept the proffered mediation, whenever it shall be in the power of his majesty the emperor and king, to communicate to him the grounds upon which the French government may be inclined to enter into negociation; and that it shall appear these grounds are of such a nature, as may afford a prospect of the attainment of that end, which is the object of all the endeavours of his imperial majesty of all the Russias, as is already sufficiently known to the court of Vienna. Bartenstein, April 16, 1807. (Signed)

ANDRE DE Budberg.

CONSTITUTION OF THE DUCHY OF WARSAW.

Section I. The Roman catholic religion is the religion of the state; but all other religions are free. The duchy is divided into six bishoprics, over which one archbishop and five bishops preside.-Slavery is abolished, and all citizens are equal with respect to the law.

II. Of the government. The archducal crown is hereditary in the kings of Saxony, who are to appoint a viceroy or president of the ministerial council. The property of the ducal crown consists, 1st. In an annual revenue of seven millions of Polish guelders, one half arising from the royal lands and demesnes, the other half from the treasury; 2nd, In the royal palace of Warsaw, and the Saxon palace.

III. Of the Ministers of the council of state. The ministry consists of six members, viz. the ministers of justice, of foreign affairs, of religion, of war, of finances, and of police. There is also a secretary of state. The council of state is formed out of the ministry, for the purpose of preparing plans of laws, &c. all of which the king has the power of rejecting.

IV. Of the general diet.-This body is divided into two chambers, viz. the senate and the representatives. The diet is to assemble every second year, for fourteen days, when a royal act of convocation calls the members together.

V. Of the senate.---This chamber has eighteen members, consisting of six bishops, six palatines, and six castellans, all appointed by the king, who has also the power of increasing the number of senators to thirty, if he shall think fit.

VI. Of the chamber of representatives.---These consist of sixty deputies, chosen by the district diets of the nobles, and forty elected by the towns. The members retain their seats for nine years, but at the end of every three years, one-third of the body is renewed.

VII. This section contains regulations for the meetings of the districts, diets, &c. VIII. Of the division of the territory.---The duchy is divided into six departments, to each of which there is a prefect, under prefect, mayors, and a departmental council of from sixteen to twenty-four members.

IX. Of the laws.---" The Napoleon code shall be the civil law of the duchy of Warsaw." Each department has a civil and a criminal court. The council of state is the last court of appeal. The judges are appointed by the king. X. Of the armed force.---The standing army consists of 30,000 men. The king can call a part of this force into Saxony, but must replace them by an equal number of Saxons.

XI. General regulations.--- All who have not places for life may be dismissed at the pleasure of the king, the deputies only excepted. None but citizens of the dukedom can be appointed to public situations. All the acts of the government must be drawn up in the Polish language. All the civil and military orders formerly subsisting in Poland, are to remain unchanged, but the king is their head.

XII. The present imposts remain until the 1st of January, 1809. No change can be made in the organization of the troops, until regulations be made on that subject by the diet..

We, Napoleon, by the grace of God and the constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy, and protector of the Rhenish confederacy, have approved, and hereby do approve, of the above constitutional act, which has been submitted to us for carrying into effect the 5th article of the treaty of Tilsit, and which we consider as calculated to fulfil our engagements to the people of Warsaw and Great Poland, by reconciling their freedom and privileges with the tranquillity of the neighbouring states.

"Given in the royal palace of Dresden, this 22d day of July, 1807,

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REMARKS UPON THE KING'S MESSAGE ΤΟ BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, ON

THEIR PROROGATION.

On the 14th instant, the lord Chancellor, in his majesty's name, addressed the lords and commons in the following speech, the most striking features of which I have marked in italics :

"My Lords and Gentlemen,-We have it in command from his majesty, to express the satisfaction with which he finds himself enabled to give you that recess which, after the great and diligent exertions which you have made in the dispatch of public business, must, at this advanced season of the year, be so peculiarly desirable. "His majesty has been graciously pleased to direct us to return you his thanks for the steady loyalty and attachment to his person and government, and the zealous devotion to the public service, which have characterised all your deliberations, and most especially to thank you for the seasonable exertions which you have enabled him to make for the augmentation of the military force of his kingdom.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,-His majesty has commanded us to return you his warmest thanks for the supplies which you have granted with so much cheerfulness for the current year; and when he considers the provision which you have made for those contingent and unforeseen services, which the events of the war may render necessary, his majesty has the great satisfaction of recognizing the wisdom wherewith, in a time of extraordinary difficulties, you have anticipated the possible demands which those difficulties may occasion.

My Lords and Gentlemen,-His majesty commands us to assure you, that he deeply deplores the unfortunate issue of the war upon the continent.

"The immense extension of the power and influence of France, and the undisguised determination of the enemy to employ the means and resources of those countries which he possesses or controuls, for the purpose of effecting the ruin of his majesty's kingdom, undoubtedly present a formidable view of the dangers and difficulties which the country has to encounter.

"But his majesty trusts, that the loyal and brave people over whom he reigns are not to be daunted or disheartened.

"From the recollection of those difficulties under which his people have successfully struggled, and of those dangers which they have happily surmounted, his majesty derives the consolation of believing, that the same spirit and perseverance which have hitherto remained unbroken will continue to be exerted with unabated vigour and success. "And while majesty commands us to repeat the assurances of his constant readiness to entertain any proposals which may lead to a secure and honourable peace, he commands us, at the same time, to express his confidence, that his parliament and his people will feel, with him, the necessity of persevering in those vigorous efforts which ALONE can give the character of honour to any negociation, or the prospect of security or permanency to any peace. His majesty, therefore, trusts, that his parlia ment and his people will always be ready to support him in every measure which may be necessary to defeat the designs of his enemies against the independence of his majesty's dominions, and to maintain against any due pretensions, and against any hostile confederacy, those just rights which his majesty is always desirous to exercise with temper and moderation, but which, as essential to the honour of his crown, and true interests of his people, HE IS DETERMINED NEVER TO SURRENDER."

Then a commission for proroguing the parliament was read; after which the lord Chancellor said:

My Lords and Gentlemen,-By virtue of his majesty's commission under the great seal, to us and other lords directed, and now read, we do, in his majesty's name, and in obedience to his commands, prorogue this parliament to Thursday, the 24th of September next, to be then here holden; and this parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday, the 24th of September next."

I congratulate the country upon the prorogation of parliament, for no other reason than that, during the interval previous to its next meeting, it is probable, that the

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