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power as shall have refused to do 

 justice; and they shall endeavour, 

 by every possible means, to give 

 effect to such reprisals. 



Art. IX. Should it happen that 

 one or the other of the two powers, 

 or both, on account of, or from dis- 

 like to, the present convention, or 

 any circumstance connected with it, 

 should be disquieted, molested, or 

 attacked; in such case it is agreed, 

 that the two powers shall make it 

 a common cause mutually to defend 

 each other; and they shall recipro- 

 cally employ every exertion to ob- 

 tain full and complete satisfaction, 

 as well for the insult done to their 

 flag, as for the injury sustained by 

 their subjects. 



Art. X. The principles and re- 

 gulations stipulated and settled by 

 this present act shall apply to every 

 maritime war by which Europe may 

 unhappily be disquieted. These 

 stipulations shall also be considered 

 as perpetual, and upon all occa- 

 sions shall be appealed to by the 

 contracting powers for the regula- 

 tion of their commerce and navi- 

 gation, and for the maintenance of 

 the rights of neutral nations. 



Art. XI. As the object and main 

 consideration of this convention is 

 to assure the general freedom of 

 commerce and navigation, his ma- 

 jesty the King of Sweden, and his 

 imperial majesty of all the Russias, 

 hereby agree, and bind themselves 

 to each other, to give their consent 

 that other neutral powers may be- 

 come parties to it, adopt its princi- 

 ples, conform to its obligations, and 

 partake of its advantages. 



Art. XII. In order that the bel- 

 ligerent powers may not have to 

 plead ignorance of the arrange- 

 ments concluded between their said 

 majesties, information shall be given 



to such belligerent powers of the 

 regulations they have determined 

 upon, which are so little of a hos- 

 tile nature, that they can be detri- 

 mental to no other country what- 

 ever, but on the contrary, are only 

 calculated to secure the commerce 

 and navigation of their respective 

 subjects. 



Art. XIII. The present conven- 

 tion shall be ratified by the two 

 contracting parties, and the ratifi- 

 cation shall be exchanged, in due 

 and good form, within six weeks, or 

 sooner, if possible from the day of 

 signing it. 



In testimony of the same, we, the 

 undersigned, furnished with full 

 powers, have hereunto signed our 

 names and affixed our seals. 



Given at St. Petersburgh, the 4th 

 (15th) of December, 1800. 



(Signed) Curt von Stedingk. 

 Rostopschin. 



Regulation alluded to in the above 

 Convention, as published by the 

 King of Sweden. 



The preamble states the necessity 

 of rendering the rights of com- 

 merce clear and explicit. For this 

 effect, in order to secure the pro- 

 tection of the government, the com- 

 merce of Sweden must observe the 

 following requisites : 



1 St. In order that a ship be en- 

 titled to be considered as a Swede, 

 she must be built in Sweden, or the 

 provinces under her dominion : or 

 shipwrecked on the Swedish coast, 

 and there sold or bought in aforeign 

 country by a legal and authentic con- 

 tract. If such purchase is made 

 in a country threatened with war, 

 it shall be considered as lawful, 

 as soon as three months have 

 elapsed before its actually breakisg 



