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authorized to announce to him at 
the same time, that he is ready to 
proceed immediately on these bases, 
to the conclusion of the formal ac- 
cession of the court of Vienna to 
the concert of the 30th March, 
(11th April.) 
These presents shall be ratified 
by the respective courts, in the 
shortest possible term. 
In witness whereof the under. 
signed, by virtne of the full powers 
of his Britannic majesty, has signed 
the present preliminary declaration, 
and has affixed thereto the seal of 
his arms. 
Done at St. Petersburgh the 28th 
July (9th August) 1805. 
(L.S.) Granville Leveson Gower. 
No. WI.—Preliminary and Secret 
Convention between his Majesty 
and the King ‘of Sweden, signed 
at Stockholm, 3d.of Dec. 1804. 
His majesty the king of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, and his majesty the 
king of Sweden, being animated 
with a mutual desire to strengthen 
and draw closer the ties of friend- 
ship and harmony which so happily 
exist between the two courts, hay- 
ing thought proper, with this view, 
to regulate by a preliminary and 
secret convention, certain points of 
their mutual interests, relative: to 
the present situation of affairs ; 
their said majesties have named for 
that purpose, his majesty the king 
of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, the sieur Henry 
Pierrepont, his envoy extraordinary 
and minister plenipotentiary ; and 
his majesty the king of Sweden, the 
sieur Frederic d’Ehrenheim, pre- 
sident of his chancery, and com- 
mander of his order of the polar 
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star, who, after having reciprocally 
communicated their full powers, © 
have agreed upon the following ar- — 
ticles :-— , 
Art, I. His Britannic majesty, — 
in order to enable his Swedish ma- 
jesty more effectually to provide for 
the defence of Stralsund, against 
any attack whatever on the part of 
the French, engages to pay, once 
for all, the sum of 60,0001. sterling, 
which is to be appropriated: solely 
to that purpose: thissum shall bere. 
mitted in three payments, at the in- 
terval of a month between each, — 
the first of which is to become due — 
upon the ratifications of this convens — 
tion being exchanged. ‘t 
II. His majesty the king of Swe. 
den engages, so long as the war be- 
tween Sweden and France con. — 
tinues, or during the space of — 
eighteen months, for the least, to — 
permit the establishment of a depédt — 
in Swedish Pomerania, either at — 
Stralsund, or in the island of Ra- — 
gen, or in both those places, for the _ 
corps of I{anoverians which his Bri- - 
tannic majesty shall be desirous of 
raising there, , 
lil. The officers appointed to — 
raise the said levies, shall be allowed — 
to clothe, arm, and victual them ; 
to form them into battalions, and 
to remove them out of Swedish Po- 
merania, into such places, and in 
such proportions, as his Britannic 
majesty shall judge preper. a 
1V. The stipulations of the two — 
preceding articles, being founded — 
on the principle that Sweden is ae- 
tually declared a belligerent party, 
it is understood the said Articles i, 
and III, are to be suspended im 
their operation, until his Swedish 
majesty shall find himself, by the 
return of the open season, in a Si- 
tuation to send additiona) reinforce- 
ments 
