STATE PAPERS. 



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light on the kingdom of Norway 

 to the king of Sweden. 



In case his Danish majesty shall 

 refuse this offer, and shall have de- 

 cided to remain in alliance with 

 France, the two contracting par- 

 ties engage to consider Denmark 

 as their enemy. 



As it has been expressly stipu- 

 lated that the engagement of his 

 Swedish majesty to operate with 

 his troops in Germany in favour of 

 the common cause, shall not take 

 effect until after Norway shall have 

 been acquired by Sweden, either 

 by the cession of the king of Den- 

 mark, or in consequence of mili- 

 tary operations, his majesty the 

 king of Sweden engages to trans- 

 port his army into Germany, ac- 

 cording to a plan of campaign to 

 be agreed upon, as soon as the 

 above object shall have been at- 

 tained. 



His Britannic majesty to be in- 

 vited by both powers to accede to, 

 and to guarantee the stipulations 

 contained in the said treaty. 



By a subsequent convention, 

 signed at Abo, the 30th of Au- 

 gust, 1812, the Russian auxiliary 

 force to be carried to thirty-five 

 thousand men. 



Prussian Edict, concerniug the Abo- 

 lition of the so-called Continental 

 System, and the Duties hereafter 

 to be collected on Goods hereafter 

 to be imported by Sea. 



We, Frederick William, by the 

 grace of God, king of Prussia, &c. 

 having found cause to withdraw 

 ourselves from the alliance with 

 France, likewise deem it necessary 

 herewith to declare, that all re- 

 straints under which commerce 



has hitherto suffered in our states, 

 in consequence of the so-denomi- 

 nated Continental System, are abo- 

 lished, and that theships and goods 

 of all friendly and neutral nations 

 shall be freely permitted to enter 

 in our harbours and territories, 

 without any exception or differ- 

 ence. All French goods, either 

 produce or manufactures, are, on 

 the contrary, herewith totally pro- 

 hibited, not only for use, but like- 

 wise to pass through our territories, 

 or those occupied by our armies. 



The so-denominated continental 

 impost is taken off, and exclusive 

 of the consumption-excise to be 

 especially paid on all foreign goods 

 entered inwards by sea for home- 

 consumption, there shall be levied 

 the heretofore-established mode- 

 rate impost and transit duty, as it 

 was previous to the establishment 

 of the continental impost in the 

 year 1810; which duty shall be 

 collected on the gross weight ; but 

 only continue so long as the in- 

 creased expenses arising from the 

 war, carrying on for the libe- 

 ration of Germany, shall render it 

 necessary. 



We give to our privy-coun- 

 cillor of State, and chief of the 

 inward customs department, M. 

 von Heydebreck, full and uncon- 

 trolled power to make what further 

 alterations he may see fit in the 

 whole of the fore-mentioned tem- 

 porary import duties, &c. and to 

 put them in a fitter proportion ; as 

 likewise to reduce, or entirely take 

 off, at his own judgment, the con- 

 sumption-excise, on such articles 

 where the collecting the full con- 

 sumption-excise, together with the 

 import-duty, would fall too heavy 

 on the home consumption. 



All our public ofiicers whom 



