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acted, to extend the same prohi- 
bition of Holland. 
The executive directory ought 
to enable you to observe at the 
same time, that the uncertainty 
respecting the resolution you wiil 
deem proper to take on that sub- 
je, stops the progress of the hap- 
py effects, which had been produced 
by the sole proposition of seconding 
the measures taken by the Dutch, 
by reducing a pound sterling to 21 
livres, 10 sous, which had been 
raised at that epoch to 24 livres, 
5 sous, by the exchange. 
They ought finally to remark, 
that if the prohibition they request 
is not decreed soon, if the delays 
on that point, or the modifications 
which destroy the main etd of the 
ptincipal object, shovld occasion 
the revocation of the measures 
taken by the Dutch, England will 
soon see vanish the embarrassment 
she feels to procure the supplies 
she stands in need of, if she wishes 
to prosecute the war, and that the 
British commerce would even then 
feel a mighty interest to see it pro- 
longed. 
_The determination which you 
ate about to take, citizens repre- 
sentatives, will thus have a most 
striking influence on the success of 
the negotiations which occupy 
that government at ‘kis moment 
for thesestoration of peace. 
(Signed) Revenriere Lipraux, 
president. 
LaGarbe, sec, general, 
7 the ad of November, the Courcil of 
Five Hundred passed tke following 
Reseluttons. 
Art. I. All articles manufac. 
sured in Engiand, or in Engtish 
establishments, shall continue te be 
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prohibited throughout the whole 
of the republic, From the date 
of the publication of this law, all” 
persons are forbidden to expose- 
such articles to sale, or to give no- 
tice that they are to be sold. 
II. Noarticle, containing articles 
of English manufacture, shall, un- 
der any pretext, enter the ports of 
the republic. 
ILI. Whe necessity of putting inte 
a port shall not furnish a plea for 
any deviation from the preceding 
article, where the vessel exceeds 
ten tens in burden. 
IV, With respect to vessels above: 
ten tons, proved to have been 
forced into port, the captain, on 
the moment of his arrival, shall 
produce to the commissioners of 
the customs an exat statement of 
the quantity, quality, and value 
of English merchandize according 
to the inventory; it shall be de- 
posited in a magazine with three 
keys; one to be kept by the cap- 
tain, the other by the commis. 
sioners, and the third by*the mu. 
nicipal agent of the commune ;. 
and the ship shall not depart till 
the captain has proved that they 
have been all re-embarked exaétly 
as they were delivered. 
V. Articles of English manufac. 
ture in vessels taken from the ene- 
my, or shipwrecked, or those 
which arise from confiscation, shall 
be deposited in magazines till they 
are again exported. 
VI. Every person who shall have 
occasion to visit a magazine where 
English manufaétures are deposited, 
shall, within three days after the 
publication of the law, give in te 
the municipal administration af the 
canton a detailed account of their 
quantity, quality, and value. 
VII, Within the extent of three 
leagues 
