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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



to co-operate by all means in his 

 power. 



The present separate artiele shall 

 have the same force and validity, as 

 if it were inserted word for word, 

 in the treaty of peace, friendship, 

 and alliance signed this day, and 

 shall be ratified at the same time. 

 In witness whereof, we, the under- 

 signed plenipotentiaries, have 

 signed, &c. 



fL. S.^ George Canning. 

 L. S.) Juan Ruiz de Apodaca. 



Article 2. Separate.— A treaty 

 shall forthwith be negociated, sti- 

 pulating the amount and descrip- 

 tion of succours to be aftbided by 

 his Britannic majesty, agreeably to 

 the third article of the present 

 treaty. 



Tlie present separate article shall 

 liave tlie same force and validity, as 

 if it were inserted word for word, 

 in the treaty of peace, friendship, 

 and alliance signed this day, and 

 shall be ratified at the same time. 

 In witness wuereof, we, the under- 

 signed plenipotentiaries, have 

 signed, &c. 

 (L. S.) George Canning. 

 (L. S.) Juan Ruizde Apodaca. 



Additional article The present 



circumstances not admitting of the 

 regular negociation of a treaty of 

 commerce between the two coun- 

 tries, with all the care and consi- 

 deration due to so important a sub- 

 ject, the high contracting parties 

 mutually engage to proceed to such 

 negociation as soon as it shall be 

 practicable so to do, affording in 

 the mean time, mutual facilities to 

 the commerce of the subjects of 

 each other, by temporary regular 



tions founded on principles of reci- 

 procal utility. 



The present additional article 

 shall have the same force and vali- 

 dity, &c. 



(L. S.) George Canning. 

 (L.S.J Juan Ruiz DE Apodaca. 



King's Speech in the House of 

 Lords. Jan. 19. 



This day the House of Lords met 

 pursuant to prorogation, when the 

 lord chancellor, the archbishop of 

 Canterbury, lord Camden, and the 

 duke of Montrose took their seats 

 in their robes upon the woolsack as 

 his majesty's commissioners; and 

 the speaker and members of the 

 Houseof Commons being in attend- 

 ance, the chancellor delivered the 

 following speech from his majesty:— 



*'My Lords and Gentlemen; 



** We have it in command from 

 his majesty to state to you that his 

 majesty has called you together, in 

 perfect confidence that j ou are pre- 

 pared cordially to support his ma- 

 jesty in the prosecution of a war, 

 which there is no hope of terminat- 

 ing safely and honourably, except 

 through vigorous and persevering 

 exertion. 



** We are to acquaint you, that 

 his majesty has directed to be laid 

 before you, copies of the proposals 

 for opening a negociation, which 

 were transmitted to his majesty, 

 from Erfurth ; and of the corres- 

 pondence which thereupon took 

 place with the government of Rus- 

 sia and of France ; together with 

 the declaration issued by his ma- 

 jesty's command on the termination 

 of that correspondence. 



"His 



