240 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



the different events which may 

 take place, it is agreed that a 

 merchant-vessel belonging to one 

 of the contracting parties, and 

 destined for a port which may be 

 supposed to be blockaded at the 

 moment of her sailing, shall not 

 be captm-ed or condemned for 

 having in one instance attempted 

 to enter the said port, unless it 

 can be proved that the said 

 vessel must have learned on her 

 passage that the blockade of the 

 place in question continued. But 

 vessels which, having been once 

 wai'ned off, shall attempt during 

 the same voj'age to enter a second 

 time into an enemy's port during 

 the continuance of the blockade, 

 shall then be subject to detention 

 and condemnation. 



Art. I't. The present treaty 

 shall continue in force for eight 

 years from the date of the ex- 

 change of the ratifications, which 

 shall take place within eight 

 months after the signature, and 

 sooner if possible. 

 (Signed) 



Count Engestrom, 

 Jonathan Russell, 

 Count A. G. Morner. 

 Stockholm, Sept. 4, 1816. 

 We, Charles John, by the 

 Grace of God, King of Sweden, 

 Norway, of the Goths and Van- 

 dals, make known that our dearly 

 beloved father, the late King, of 

 glorious memory, and the United 

 States, having agreed to conclude 

 a treaty of commerce, did res- 

 pectively appoint. — [Here the 

 appointment of the Plenipoten- 

 tiaries and the articles agreed on 

 are recited.] In consequence 

 the United States of America 

 having declared by their Minister 

 Plenipotentiary, accredited at 



§ 



our Court, that for grave reasons 

 they are prevented from ratifying 

 articles 3, 4-, and 6, of the said 

 above recited treaty, and as we 

 have found the tenor of these 

 articles of such a nature that they 

 may be excluded from the treaty, 

 without prejudice to the interest 

 of our faithful subjects, we have 

 for these causes thought fit to 

 ratify, approve, and accept the 

 above inserted treaty of com- 

 merce, with the exception of the 

 articles 3, 4, and 6 ; and we do 

 hereby accept, approve, and 

 ratify the same, &c. 



(Signed) Charles John. 



Stockholm, July 24, 1818. 



Report of the Secret Committee of 

 the House of Lords, appointed 

 to examine into the matter of the 

 several Papers, sealed up, pre- 

 sented to the House by command 

 of the Prince Regent. 



By the Lords Committees ap- 

 pointed a Secret Committee 

 to examine into the matter 

 of the Papers presented tb 

 this House, in a Sealed Bag, 

 by the command of his 

 Royal Highness the Prince 

 Regent, and to report to the 

 House as they shall see 

 cause ; and to whom were 

 referred additional papers 

 (sealed up,) also presented 

 to the House by the com- 

 mand of his Royal Highness 

 the Prince Regent. 

 Ordered to Report : — That the 

 committee have proceeded to 

 examine the papers so referred to 

 them. 



In execution of this duty they 

 have proceeded, in the first place, 

 to consider such of the said 

 papers as contained information 



as 



