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from thence pass to that of the 

 Peers, where it shall only be either 

 assented to or rejected without the 

 least alteration. It is further de- 

 termined that all proposals respect- 

 ing articles of legislation, or any 

 other subject whatsoever, may be 

 moved in either House indifferent- 

 ly, leaving to the other the power 

 of rejection. — Placet Regis Majes- 

 tati. 



Art. 15. As to the other princi- 

 ples and arrangements of the afore- 

 said British Constitution, the Par- 

 liament will hereafter declare those 

 that are to be admitted, those 

 to be rejected, and those to be 

 modified, according" to the dif- 

 ference of the circumstances of the 

 two nations. It therefore declares, 

 that it will wilUngly receive any 

 projects which its members may 

 make for the convenient applica- 

 tion of the British constitution to 

 the kingdom of Sicily, in order to 

 select what may be judged most 

 suitable to the glory of his Ma- 

 jesty, and to the happiness of the 

 Sicilian people. (His Majesty, 

 whenever such articles shall be 

 presented, will determine on those 

 whicli may merit his Royal sanction.) 



Treaty between Russia and 

 Turkey. — The following are 

 the principal of the Sixteen Ar- 

 ticles of the Treaty of Peace, 

 concluded between Russia and 



• the Suhlime Porte. 



Art. 1. There shall be peace and 

 friendship between the two powers, 

 and both the contracting parties 

 shall use every effort to avoid every 

 thing that may occasion hostilities 

 between their subjects. 



Art. 2. Full and perfect amnesty 



shall be granted to the subjects of 

 both parties who have taken part 

 in the operations of the war against 

 the interest of their mutual sove- 

 reigns. 



Art. 3. All former treaties shall 

 remain in force, with the excep- 

 tion of such articles which, by this 

 present treaty, have undergone 

 some alteration. 



Art. 4. According to the first 

 article of the preliminaries, it is 

 agreed that the river Pruth, from 

 its entrance into Moldavia until its 

 junction with the Danube, and the 

 left bank of the Danube from such 

 junction to the mouth of theKili, 

 and from thence to the sea, shall 

 form the boundaries of the two 

 empires; the mouth of the said 

 river being for the common use of 

 both. The small islands which, 

 previous to the war, were unin- 

 habited, lying near to the left 

 bank of the Danube, shall remain 

 uninhabited ; nor shall any forti- 

 fications be erected on the said 

 isbnds. 



On the other hand, the Ottoman 

 Porte relinquishes to Russia all 

 provinces, fortresses, towns, &c. 

 lying on the left bank of the 

 Pruth, and the mid-channel of the 

 sail! river shall be the boundary 

 between the two empires. The 

 merchant vessels of both nations 

 may navigate the whole course of 

 the Danube ; but the Russian ships 

 of war must come no further than 

 the entrance of the Pruth. 



Art. 5. His Imperial Russian 

 Majesty, on the other hand, re- 

 stores to the Ottoman Porte the 

 territory of Moldavia, on the right 

 bank of the Pruth, as likewise the 

 Greater and Lesser Wallachia. 

 The inhahitHnts of these provinces 

 shall he freed from all contribu- 



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