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Art. I. There shall be between 

 their Majesties the King of Swe- 

 den, and the King of the United 

 Kin^om of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, their heirs and successors, 

 and between their subjects, king- 

 doms, and states respectively, a 

 firm, true, and inviolable Peace, 

 and a sincere and perfect union 

 and friendship ; so that from this 

 moment, every subject of misun- 

 derstanding that may have sub- 

 sisted between them shall be re- 

 garded as entirely ceased and de- 

 stroyed. 



II. The relations of friendship 

 and commerce between the two 

 countries shall be re-established on 

 the footing whereon they stood on 

 the first day of January , 1791 ; and 

 all treaties and conventions sub- 

 sisting between the two States at 

 that epoch shall be regarded as re- 

 newed and confirmed, and are, ac- 

 cordingly, by the present treaty, 

 renewed and confirmed. 



HI. If, in resentment of the 

 present pacification, and the re- 

 establishment of the good inter- 

 course between the two countries, 

 any power whatsoever make war 

 upon Sweden, his Majesty the 

 King of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland engages 

 to take measures, in concert with 

 his Majesty the King of Sweden, 

 for the security and independence 

 of his states. 



IV. The present treaty shall be 

 ratified by the two contracting par- 

 ties, and the ratifications exchanged 

 within six weeks, or sooner, if 

 possible. 



In faith whereof, we, the under- 

 signed, in virtue of our full powers, 

 have ^igned the present treaty, 

 and thereto affixed our seals. 



Done at Orebro, on the 18th of 

 July, 1812. 



(Signed) 

 Baron D'Engerstrom. 

 Baron dk Wetterstedt, 

 Edward Thornton. 



[Here follow the ratifications, 

 signed by the Prince Regent on the 

 4th of August, and by his Swedish 

 Majesty on the 17th of August.] 



Prince Regent's Speech on Pro- 

 roguing Parliament, delivered 

 by Commission. 



" My Lords and Gentlemen. — In 

 terminating the present session of 

 parliament, his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent has commanded us 

 to ex|)ress to you the deep concern 

 and sorrow which he feels at the 

 continuance of his Majesty's la- 

 mented indisposition. ' 



'• His Royal Highness regrets the 

 interruptions which have occurred 

 in the progress of public business, 

 during this long and laborious ses- 

 sion, in consequence of an event 

 which his Royal Highness must 

 ever deplore. The zeal and un-« 

 wearied assiduity with which you 

 have persevered in the discharge 

 of thearduousdutiesimposed upon 

 you by the situation of the coun- 

 try, and the state of public affairs, 

 demands his Royal Highness's 

 warmest acknowledgments. 



" The assistance which you have 

 enabled his Royal Highness to con- 

 tinue to the brave and loyal nations 

 of the Peninsula is calculated to 

 produce the most beneficial effects. 



" His Koyal Highness most 

 warmly participates iu those senti- 

 ments 



