STATE PAPERS. 



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Embden, Harlingen, Veere, Zierik- 

 zee, Delfzil and Brouwershaven. 



5. In order to the admission of 

 any vessels into the harbours of this 

 kingdom, they must enter in ballast 

 or laden with the products of the 

 north, specified in the third article, 

 with the exception alone of such 

 vessels as are laden with salt, or 

 those which in the years 1806, or 

 1S07, obtained our licence to pro- 

 ceed to China for a cargo of tea, 

 upon showing our said authority. 



6. No other goods than those 

 mentioned in the 4th article shall 

 be suffered to be imported under 

 any pretence whatever ; all prohi- 

 bited goods of whatever description 

 and in whatsoever quantity import- 

 ed, and also the vessels on board 

 which they may be found, being 

 hereby declared liable to confisca- 

 tion. 



7. In case of suspicions arising 

 respecting the origin of the cargo 

 from informations received by the 

 officers of the marine director, the 

 same shall be provisionally seques- 

 trated until proof be given that it 

 has not come from England or her 

 colonies. 



8. Our consuls, in giving certifi- 

 cates of origin for goods shipped at 

 their ports of residence for Dutch 

 ports, shall not confine themselves 

 to certifying that the goods neither 

 come from England nor her colo- 

 nies, nor belong to English com- 

 merce, but they shall further speci- 

 fy the place from whence the goods 

 originally came, thedocumentspro- 

 duced to them in proof of the re- 

 spective declarations, and the names 

 of the vessels in which they were 

 conveyed from the place of origin 

 to the port where the consuls re- 

 side. They are required to trans- 



mit a copy of the said declarations 

 to our marine director. 



[The remaining eight articles re- 

 late merely to the details of the 

 manner in which the above articles 

 are to be carried into execution, by 

 the marine director and the three 

 naval commanders of the coast 

 districts. The decree is dated at 

 Utrecht, on the 31st March.] 



Proclamation of the Archduke 

 Charles, dated Vienna, April 6, 

 1809. 



The protection of our country 

 calls us to new exploits. As long 

 as it was possible to preserve peace 

 by means of sacrifices, and as long 

 as these sacrifices were consistent 

 with the honour of the throne, with 

 the security of the state, and with 

 the welfare of the people, the heart 

 of our bountiful sovereign suppress- 

 ed every painful feeling in silence ; 

 but when all endeavours to preserve 

 happy independence from the insa- 

 tiable ambition of a foreign con- 

 queror prove fruitless, when nations 

 are falling around us, and when 

 lawful sovereigns are torn from the 

 hearts of their subjects, when in fine 

 the danger of universal subjugation 

 threatens even the happy states of 

 Austria, and their peaceable fortu- 

 nate inhabitants ; then does our 

 country demanditsdeliverancefrom 

 us, and we stand forth in its de- 

 fence. 



On you, my dear brother soldiers, 

 are fixed the eyes of the universe, 

 and of all those who still feel for na- 

 tional honours and national prospe- 

 rity. You shall not share the dis- 

 grace of becoming the tools of op- 

 pression. You shall not carry on 



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