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Slate of PiLhlic Affairs in September 1806. [Oft, 1, 



ani his majefty the emperor Niipoleon en- 

 g.iijcs not to moleft them, nor to nuke any 

 enquiries rclaiivc to tlic part thfy h:ivc taken 

 in the hoftilc attacks tlint have been made in 

 the territory ot Ragufa, anj the fleij^hbour- 

 ing territories. 



V. The imicpendence of the republic of 

 the Seven Iflanitr, is acknowkdgei] by both 

 powers. The Ruflian troops now in tiie Me- 

 diterranean (hall remove to the Ionian idands. 

 His Ruffian Impeiial Majclly, to i^lve a proof 

 of his fincere dil'pofition to peace, ftall not 

 leave more than 4,000 of his troops there, 

 which he (hall remove as foon as his Impe- 

 rial Majelly ihall judge necefl'ary. 



VI. The independence or the Ottoman 

 Porte fliall be acknowledged o\\ botli fides, and 

 both the high contrafting parties engage to 

 protett it and the intuj^vity of its pofTelfions. 



VII. As foon as in confequence of the con- 

 cluding of the prefcnt convention, orders /hall 

 have heen given for the troops to leave the 

 Bocca di Cattaro, all occafion of hoftilities 

 being removed, the French troops ftall retire 

 from Germany, his majcfty the emperor Na- 

 poleon declares, that within three months 

 after tlic figning of the treaty, all his troops 

 ftall have returned to France. 



VUI. Both the high contraSing powers 

 Ihall employ their good offices to terminate, 

 as fpccdily as poflible, the war between 

 Prulija and Sweden, 



IX. .As the two high contracling powers 

 wiih, as much as depends u;«on them, tohallcn 

 the peace by fea, his Frencii Imperial Majefty 

 will willingly accept the good ofi'ers of his 

 Ruffian Imperial Majelly for the attainment 

 of that objedl. 



X. The commercial relations betv.ccnthe 

 fubjeils of the two Empires fhall be relVored 

 to the fame footing on which they were befoxe 

 the breaiting out of hollilities, by which they 

 vere difturbed and fcparatcd. 



XI. All prifoners of both nations fhall he 

 delivered up to the agents of tlie refpcttive 

 governments, without exception, as the rati- 

 fications fliall be exchanged. 



XII. The regulations of the miffions and 

 ceremonials between tlie two high contrac- 

 ing powers ihall be jjlaccd on the fame foot- 

 ing as before the war. 



XIII. The ratifications of this convention 

 fhall be exchanged at St. Kcterlburgh within 

 twenty-five days, by plenipotentiaries op- 

 pointed on each lide. 



Done and figned at Paris the 8th (20th) of 

 July, 1806. 



(Signed) Feter D'Oubril. 



Clark e. 



His Imperial Majcily has been pieafed to 

 lay this adt of pacfication betore a council 

 fummoned fpecially for that purpofe, that it 

 might be compared both with the inftraftions 

 given to M. D"Oubril here, and with the 

 urders fent tj him at Vienna, befcne his de- 

 parture fr9m that citj j and it has appeared 



that the councillor of ftate, D'Oubril, when 

 he fignsd the convention, had not only de- 

 parteil from the in^Truftinns he had received, 

 but had atfed directly contrary to the fenfe 

 and intention of tlie commillion given him. 



The Imperial Council, with a common 

 feeling for tlie honour of the country, and 

 abiding by the known ininciples of his Im- 

 perial Majefty, which are founded in the 

 flrirtcft juftice, have declared as their com- 

 mon op nion, that this aft, which is n-it con- 

 formable to the vie\v§ of his Imperial Mijelly, 

 cannot receive his majefl-y's ratification; anj 

 his Imperial Majefty has ordered this to bet 

 noti'ied to the French government. His 

 majefty at the fame time, has fignified his 

 wiUingnefs to renew the ncgoci.it'ons for 

 peace, but only on fuch principles as are fuits^j 

 ble to the dii;nity of his majelly. 



The miniftry for foreign affairs has made 

 an official communication on lliis fubjeft to 

 all the foreign minilters accredited to this 

 court. 



lliAXCK. 



Annonsj the other ubfiirditics of that 

 grand (lute quack Buonajiartc, may lie 

 noticed a pretended ailemblas^e of depu- 

 ties of the .fcwilh icligioii, which hv hiuJ 

 lately convened at Paris. Tlie poor Jcj-v^ 

 if they really art- pcrfons of that religion, 

 have been Jidihcircd in the following 

 fpccch l)y his head commiffioncr: 



"Gentlemen — His Majefty the Em- 

 peror and K-ing having appointed us Com- 

 millioni-rs to treat with you, refpefting your 

 own affairs, has fent us here this day for the 

 purpofe of communicating his intentions.— 

 Called from the fartheft part| of this vaft 

 empire, no..c of you can bo ignorant of the 

 purpofe for which vou arc affemblcd here. Yoa 

 are aware that the conduft of many of thofe 

 who profefs your religion has given rife to 

 complaints which have reached the foot of the 

 Throne. Thtfe complaints were not without ■ 

 foundation. The Emperor, notwithttanding, 

 contented himfelf with arrefting the progrcfs 

 of the evil, and wifhed to have your opinion 

 on tlic means of radically cuting it. You will, 

 no doubt, prove yourlelves defcrving of this 

 paternal conuderation, and you will feel the 

 value of the important miffion which is con- 

 fided to you. Far from regarding the Go- 

 vernment under which you live as a power of 

 which you fhould be fufpicious, your itudy 

 will be to enlighten it, to co-operate with it 

 in the good which it is preparing j and by thus 

 manifefting that you have profited by the ex- 

 perience of all the French, you will prove, 

 that you have no wifh to feparatc yourfelves 

 from other dalles of fociety. 



" The laws which have been impofed upon 

 perfons of your religion have been dilTerert all 

 ovei the world ; they have been too often dic- 

 tated by the exigency of thi; moment. But, 

 as there is no example in ibc Chriflian annals 



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