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‘rived on the 22d, in St. Olalla, and that the 
dispersed enemy retreated partly to Seville, 
and partly to the Sierra, 
HOLEAND. 
On the Sist of March were exchanged, 
at Paris, the ratifications of the follow- 
ing treaty, there concluded, on the 16th, 
between the respective plenipotentiaries 
of the king, and his illustrious brother, 
the emperor of the French, king of 
Italy, &c. 
His majesty the emperor of the French, 
king of Italy, protector of the league of the 
Rhine, and mediator of the Swiss confederacy, 
and his majesty the king of Holland, being 
desirous of terminating the ‘differences that 
have arisen between them, and of making the 
independence of Holland pears hith.the 
mew Circumstances wherein the English orders 
in council, of 1807, have placed all the mari- 
time powers, have agreed to come to a mutual 
understanding thereon, and to that end, have 
nominated as their plenipotentiaries, viz. his 
majesty the emperor of France, . &c. the 
sieur Jolin Baptiste Nompere, count de Cham- 
pagny, duke of Cadore, grand eagle of the 
legion of honor, &c. his majesty’s minister for 
foreign affairs, &c. And his majesty the 
king of Holland, Charles Henry Verheuil, 
admiral of Holland, grand eagle of the legion 
of honor, grand cross of the Dutch order of 
union, bis majesty’s ambassador to the empe- 
sor and king: who, af er exchangingtheir tull 
powers, have aureed upon the following ar- 
ticles: 
ART.1. Until the English government 
shall have solemoly abrogated the restrictions 
contained in its orders in council of 1807, 
all commerce whatsoever is prohibited be- 
tween the port of England and the ports of 
Holland) Should there be reasons fur grant- 
ing licences, those only shail be valid which 
are delivered in the name of the emperor, 
2. & corps of 18,000 men, of which 3,000 
shal! be cavalry, and consisting of 6,000 
French and 12,000 Dutch, shall be placed at 
all the mouths of the rivers, together with 
officers of the French customs, to see that the 
contents of the foregoing article are carried 
mg compiete effect. 
. The troops shall be paid, fed, and cloth- 
ed, ‘ag the Dutch government. 
‘4, All vessels violating the first article, 
that may be takén on the Dutch coasts, by 
French men of war or privateers shall be de- 
clored good prizes, and in case of any doubt 
arising, such di ficulty can alone be desided 
upon by his mejesty, the emperor. 
_ 5, Vhe restrictions contained in the above 
articles shall be revoked as soon as England 
shall have solemnly revoked her orders in 
ccuncil of 1807 5 and from that instant the 
French trcops shali evacuate Hollana, and se- 
storggte her ‘the full enjoyment of her indes 
pendence. 
6. Inasmuch as it bas been adopted as a 
State of Public Affairs in April. 
[May ?, 
constitutional principle in France, that the 
Thelweg of the Rhine forms the houndary of 
the French empire ; and as the dock yards of 
Antwerp are, by the present state of the 
boundaries between the two countries, unpro-- 
tected and exposed, his majesty the king of 
Holland cedes to his majesty the emperor of 
the French, king of Italy, &c. Dutch Bras 
bant, the whole of Zealand, including there- 
in the Iste of Schouwen, that part of Guel- 
derland which is situate ou the left side of 
the Waal; so that henceforth the boundary 
between France and Holland shall be the 
Thalweg of the Waal, from the fort of Schen- 
kens, leaving on he lefe bank Nymeguen, 
Bommel, and Wandrichem, then the princi- 
pal stream of the Merwe which runs into the 
Blesboch, through which, and also through 
the Hollandsch Diep, and the Walkerak, the 
line of demarcation shall’ be continued, until 
it reach the sea at Bieningen or Gravelingen; 
leaving on the left the Isle of Schouwen. 
7 Fach of the ceded provinces shall be 
released from all debts not incurred for its own 
interests, sanctioned by its particular govern- 
ment, and funded upon its territory. 
8. His majesty the king of Holland, in 
order to co-operate with the force of the 
French empire, shall have’ a-float a squadron 
of nine sail of the line, and six frigates, arm- 
ed, and provided with six month’s stores, and 
ready to put to sea by'the ist day of June, 
next ensuing ; and also a flotilla of 100 gun- 
boats, or other armed vessels. This force 
shall, during the whole period of the war, be 
maintained and kept in constant readiness. 
9. The revenues of the ceded provinces 
shall belong to Holland until the day of the 
exchange of the ratification of the present 
treaty. Until the same day the king of Hol- 
land shall defray all charges of their adminis- 
tration, a: 
10. All the merchandize’ imported by 
American vessels that have arrived in the 
ports of Holland since the ist of February, 
1809, shall be put under sequestration, and 
made over to France, in order to her disposing 
thereof according to the circumstances, and 
the state of her political relations with the 
United States. 
11. All merchandise of English manufac 
ture are prohibited i in Holland. 
12.- Measures of police shall-be adopted for 
the purpose of strictly watching and taking 
into custody all insurers of prohibited. traffic, 
all smugglers, their abettors, &c. Ina wordy 
the Dutch government pledges itself to extir- © 
pate the contraband trade. 
15. No depot of goods prohibited in France, 
and that may give colour to contraband traf- 
fic, can be established within a distance of 
four leagues from the line of the French cus- 
tom-houses 5 and in case of trespass, all such 
depots shall be subject to me ‘though 
upon the Dutch tersitory. 
14. Witi the reserve of these Htre Shen; 
and so lopg as they shail bei in operation, his 
majesty 
