1810.) 
King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation 
of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confe- 
deration, &c. have decreed, and do hereby de- 
cree, as follow: 
Title I. Art. J. Holland is united to 
France.—-2. The city of Amsterdam shall be 
the third city of the empire.—3, Holland 
Shall have six senators, six deputies to the 
council of state, 25 deputies to the legis- 
lative body, and two Judges in the court. of 
Cessation.—4. The officers by sea and land, 
of whatever rank, shall be confirmed in their 
employments. Commissions shall be deli- 
vered to them, signed with our hand. The 
royal guard shall be united to our imperial 
guard. 
Title 11.-—-Of the Administration for 1810. 
—09. The Duke of Placentia, arch-treasurer 
of the empire; shall repair to Amsterdam in 
the capacity of our Jicutenant-general. He 
shall preside in the council of ministers, and 
aitend tothe dispatch of business His func- 
trons shall cease the 1st or January, 1811, 
the period when the French administration 
Soali commence.—6. All the public fuaction- 
aries, of whatever rank, are confirmed in 
their employments. — 
Title til.—Of the Finances.—7. The pre- 
sent contributions shall continue to be levied 
until the 1st of January, 1811, at which pe- 
riod the country shall be eased of that burden, 
aad the imposis put on the same footing as for 
the rest of the empire.—8. The budget of 
receipts and disbursements shall be submitted 
fo our approbation before the ist of August 
next. Only one-third of the-present amount 
Of interest upon the public debt shall be car- 
ried to the account of expenditure for 1810. 
The interest of the debt for 1808 and 1809, 
not yet paid, shall be reduced to one-third, 
and charged on the budget of 1810.—9. The 
custom-houses on the frontier, other than 
those of France, shall be organized under the 
superintendance of our director-general of the 
custom-houses, The Dutch custom- houses 
shall he incorporated therewith. The line of 
castom-houses, now on the French frontier, 
shail be kept up until the 4st of January, 
1811, when it shall be removed, and the com- 
munication of Holland with the empire be 
free.—-10. The colonial produce, actually in_ 
Holland, shall remain in the hands of the 
Owners, upon paying a duty of 50 per cent.. 
ad valorem. A declaration of the amount 
shall be made before the ist of September, 
at farthest. The eaid merchandize, upon pay- 
ment of the duties, may be imported into 
France, and circulated through tlie whole ex- 
tent of the empire. 
Title] V. 11. There shall be at Amsterdam 
‘a special administration, presided over by one 
of our counsellors of state, which shall have 
the superintendance of, and the necessary 
funds to provide for, the repairs of the dikes, 
polders, and other public works, 
Title V. 12. In the course of the present 
month, there shall be nominated, by the Me 
r 
State of Public Affuirs in July. 
gislative body of Holland, a commission of 
45 
15 members, to proceed to Paris, in order to 
constitute a council, whose business shall be 
to regulate definitively all that relates to the 
public and local debts, and to conciliate the 
principles of the union with the localities and 
inte:ests of the country.—-13. Our ministers 
are charged with the execution of the present. 
decree. (Signed) 
By the Emperor NAPOLEON. 
(Signed) The Minister Secretary of State, 
H. B. Duke of Bassano. 
Holland, in consequence of the above, has 
since annexed to France! ° 
NOLLAND. 
The King of Holland has abdicated 
his Throne, and on the occasion he pub- 
lished the following declaration: 
«¢ Louis Napoleon, by the grace of God, and 
the constitution of the kingdom, King of 
Holland, constable of France. To a!l those 
who may see or hear, or read these presents, 
Health. 
** Hollanders.—Being convinced that no- 
thing more tor your interest or your welfare 
can be effected by me, but, on the contrary, 
considering myself as an obstacle which may 
prevent the good-will and intentions of my 
brother towards this country. I have resigned 
my rank and royal dignity in favour of my 
eldest son, Napoleon Louis, and of his brother, 
Prince Charles Louis Napoleon. 
“« Her Majesty, the Queen, being of right, 
and according to the constitution, regent of 
the kingdom, the regency shall, till her arri- 
val, be vested in the council of ministers. 
*© Holianders.—-Never shail 1 forget so 
good and virtuous a people as you are: my 
last thought, as well as my last sigh, shail 
be for your happiness. On leaving you, £ 
cannot sufficiently recommend to you to re- 
ceive well the military and civil officers of 
France. This isthe only means to gratify 
his Majesty the Emperor, on whom your tate, 
that of your children, and that of your whole 
country, depends. And now, as ill-will and 
calumny can no lenger reach me, at least so 
far as relates to you, Ihave a well-founded 
hope that you will at length find the reward © 
for all your sacrifices, and for all your mage 
nanimous firmness. = 
“¢ Fours NarpoLeon, 
$¢ Done at Haarlem, July 1, 1810.” 
ITALY. 
Strong symptoms of dissatisfactien have 
been manifested throughout the Papal States, 
and which the dignified clergy are suspected 
of promoting, has rendered it necessary for 
the governor to coliect in the vicinity of 
Rome an armed farce of 26,000 men. Many of 
the French troops were, until lately, quartered 
upon the inhabitants, but in consequence of © 
the numerous assassinations which thie dise 
persion occasioned, it was abandoned, and the . 
cathedrals, and other public byiidings, have 
been converted into barracks for their use. 
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