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ANNUAL REGISTER, ISlf. 



shall be free: your Government 

 assures you of it. You shall be 

 free! 



(Signed) 

 Joaquin Mosqueba y Figueroa, 

 President. 

 Cadiz, Jan. 23, 1812. 



Treaty of Alliance concluded the 

 24th February, between his Ma- 

 jesty the Kingo/ Prussia and his 

 Majesty the Emperor of the 

 French, King of Italy, ^c. and 

 ratified at Berlin the bth of 

 March, 1812. 



His Majesty the King of Prus- 

 sia, and his Majesty the Emperor 

 of the French, King of Italy, Pro- 

 tector of the Confederation of the 

 Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Con- 

 federation, &c. wishing to bind 

 more closely the ties which unite 

 them, have named for their pleni- 

 potentiaries, namely, his Majesty 

 the King of Prussia, M. Frederick 

 William Louis Baron de Kruse- 

 mark, Major-Gen. his Envoy Extra- 

 ordinary and Minister Plenipoten- 

 tiary to his Majesty the Emperor 

 of the French, King of Italy, 

 Chevalier of the Great Order of 

 the Eagle and that of Merit; his 

 Majesty the Emperor of the 

 French, King of Italy, &c. M. 

 Hugues Bernard Count Maret, the 

 Duke of Bassaiio, Grand Eagle of 

 Legion of Honour, Commander of 

 the Order of the Iron Crown, 

 Grand Cross of the Order of St. 

 Etienne, of Hungary, St. Hubert 

 of Bavaria, and of the Crown of 

 Saxony, Chevalier of the Order of 

 the Persian Sun of the 1st Order, 

 Grand Cross of the Order of Fi- 

 delity of Baden, one of the Forty 

 of the 2d Class of the Imperial 



French Institute, his Minister for 

 Foreign affairs, who, after having 

 communicated their respective full 

 powers, agreed upon the following 

 articles : 



Art. 1. There shall be a defen- 

 sive alliance between his Majesty 

 the King of Prussia, and his Ma- 

 jesty the Emperor of the French, 

 King of Italy, their heirs and suc- 

 cessors, against all the powers of 

 Europe, with which either of the 

 contracting parties has or shall en- 

 ter into war. 



Art. 2. The two high contract- 

 ing powers reciprocally guarantee 

 to each other the integrity of their 

 present territory. 



Art. 3. In case of the present 

 alliance being brought to effect, 

 and every time when such case 

 shall happen, the contracting pow- 

 ers will fix upon the measures 

 needful to be taken, by a particu- 

 lar convention. 



Art. 4. Every time that Eng- 

 land shall make any attempts upon 

 the rights of commerce, either by 

 declaring in a state of blockade the 

 coasts of one or other of the con- 

 tracting parties, or any other dispo- 

 sition contrary to themaritime rights 

 consecrated by the treaty of Utrecht, 

 all the ports and coasts of the said 

 powers shall be equally interdicted 

 to the ships of neutral nations, who 

 suffer the independence of their 

 flag to be violated. 



Art. 5. The present treaty shall 

 be ratified, and the ratifications 

 exchanged at Berlin, within the 

 space of ten days, or sooner if 

 possible. 



Done and signed at Paris, the 

 24th of February, 1812. 

 (Signed) 

 The Duke of Bassano. 

 The Baron Kbusemark. 

 Treaty 



