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a little from the efFect of the heavy 

 burthens they havesustained in fur- 

 nishing carriages and supplies, both 

 before and during the evacuation 

 of the country. This short inter- 

 val I shall employ in a journey to 

 St. Petersburgh, in consequence of 

 the repeated friendly and urgent 

 invitations, both verbally and by 

 letter, of his majesty the emperor 

 of Russia. I shall expedite my 

 journey, and hope, within a few 

 weeks, to revisit my provinces on 

 the other side of the Vistula, to 

 which I owe so many proofs of ex- 

 emplary fidelity ; and I shall in par- 

 ticular hasten my return to Berlin, 

 to testify to my subjects of that 

 city my gratitude for their firmness 

 and good conduct, and to assure 

 them of my attachment and satis- 

 faction. I inform you hereof, and 

 command you to notify the same 

 to my loving and faithful citizens of 

 that city; and lam your loving so- 

 vereign. 



Frederick William. 



Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and 

 Alliance between his Britannic 

 Majesty, and his Catholic Majes- 

 ty, Ferdinand VII. Signed at 

 London, Jan. 11, 1809. 



In the name of the Most Holy 

 andUndividedTrinity: — The events 

 which have taken place in Spain 

 having terminated the state of hos- 

 tility which unfortunately subsisted 

 between the crowns of Great Bri- 

 tain and Spain, and united the arms 

 of both against the common enemy, 

 it seems good that the new rela- 

 tions which have been produced be- 

 tween two nations now connected 

 py common interest, should be re- 



gularly established and confirmed 

 by a formal treaty of peace, friend- 

 ship, and alliance : wherefore his 

 majesty the king of the united king- 

 dom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 and the supreme and central Junta 

 of Spain and the Indies, acting in 

 the name and on the behalf of his 

 catholic majesty, Ferdinand VII. 

 have constituted and appointed; 

 that is to say, his majesty the king 

 of the united kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland the right hon. 

 GeorgeCanning, one of his majesty's 

 most hononourable privy council, 

 and his principal secretary of state 

 for foreign affairs ; and the supreme 

 and central Junta of government 

 of Spain and the Indies, acting in 

 the name and on behalf of his ca- 

 tholic majesty Ferdinand VII. don 

 Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, commander 

 of Vallaga and Algarga in the mili- 

 tary order of Calatrava, rear-admi- 

 ral of the royal navy, named by 

 the supreme and central Junta of 

 government of Spain and the In- 

 dies, as envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary of his ca- 

 tholic majesty Ferdinand VII. to 

 his Britannic majesty ; their pleni- 

 potentiaries, to conclude and sign 

 a treaty of peace, friendship, and 

 alliance; who, having communicat- 

 ed their respective full powers, 

 have agreed to and concluded the 

 following articles : 



Art. 1. There shall be betweeq 

 his majesty the king of the united 

 kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, and his catholic majesty Fer- 

 dinand VII, king of Spain and of 

 the Indies thereunto appertaining, 

 and between all their kingdoms, 

 states, dominions, and subjects, a 

 christian, stable, and inviolable 

 peace, and a perpetual and sincere 



amity 



