The inhabitants of thefe countries fhall not be molested on account of any fervices rendered by them to the Imperial army, nor for any political opinion, or for having taken an active part in the war.

Art. 15. In confequence of the above-mentioned arrangementsthere fhall be between the GalloBatavian army in Germany and that of the Rhine, and the armies of his imperial majesty and of his allies in the Germanic empire, an armiftice and fufpenfion of arms, which fhall not be of a lefs duration than for thirty days. At the expiration of this delay, hoftilities fhall not be refined until after a notice of fif teen days, to date from the hour in which the notification of the rupture fhall be made known; and the armistice hall be indefinitely prolonged until the notice of rupture.

Art. 16. No corps or detachment, either of the army of the Rhine or of that of his imperial majesty in Germany, fhall be fent to the refpective armies in Italy, as long as there fhall be no armiflice between the French and the imperial armies in that country. The violation of this article thall be confidered as an immediate rupture of the armiftice. Art. 17. The general-in-chief of the army of the Rhine fhall tranfmit, with the utmoft difpatch, the prefent convention to the generalsin-chief of the armies, Gallo-Batavian, in the Grifons, and of Italy, with the mo preffing invitation, particularly to the commander-inchief of the army of Italy, to conelude, on his part, a fufpenfion of hoftilities.

There hall be afforded, at the fame time, every kind of facility for the paffage of officers and couriors whom his highnefs the arch

duke Charles may think it neceffar to fend, either to the places which are to be evacuated, or to the T rol, and in general to the country comprehended within the line demarcation during the armistice.

Done at Steyer, the 25th December, in the ninth ye (A true copy) Defiolles The general of divifio and chief of the gen ral staff.

Treaty concluded between the Fram and Batavian Republics.

THE Batavian and French

difputed points between them cably and reciprocally advantage to the two contracting powers, appointed to come to an agree on thefe feveral subjects; that fay, the executive directory of Batavian republic, citizen Schin pennick, its ambaffador extre nary and minifter plenipotenti the French republic, and the conful of the French republic zen Talleyrand, minifter for f affairs, who, after exchanging full powers, have agreed to t lowing articles:

Art. 1. The French re abandons, cedes, and trans the Batavian republic all its fions and all its rights, of w nature they may be at pre might be hereafter, of every mination, to the bons of evi poffeffed within the exten Batavian republic, or upor habitants, by the Frencli e and thofe of the countries France. The French cle thofe of the nine united ments, forming ci-devant

the elector Palatine, as proprietor of Ravenftein, Megen, and other places; the house of Zalíback, comprifing the feigniory of Bonmer; the houfe of Salm, comprising the feigniory of Anholt, in the canton of Zutphen; and in general on all the property (biens) of all the other princes and barons of the empire, who, having poffeffions in Holland before the prefent war, have lost there, in confequence of the war, all pretenfion to the exercife of their rights, and to the enjoyment of their properties.

The little city of Huffer, fituate in the ifle of Betau, on the left bank of the Rhine, and its territory, comprifing Melbergen and Hulhuyfen, as alfo fome villages in the country of Kuyck, contained within the territory of the Batavian republic, conftitute part of the prefent

ceffion.

The renunciation of ecclefiaftical properties (biens) agreed to in favour of the Batavian republic, fhall extend equally in proportion as the reform fhall be effected on thole which depend upon the four new departments acquired on the left bank of the Rhine, and which are fituated on the Batavian foil, and allo upon all the rights which might appertain to the French republic on the faid territory in confequence of the definitive union of thefe, fame four departments, in fuch a manner that it shall not afford any pretence for any repetition whatever.

The prefent conceflion involves in it, to the advantage of the Batavian republic, the abandonment of the rents and revenues in arrear, and now due out of the properties of which this tranfaction affures it the right and possession.

Art. 2. The French republic, in

transferring from the French to the Batavian republic the occupation and poffeffion of all the properties (biens) and rights which belonged to the elector Palatine, and all the other princes and barons of the empire with whom it has been at war, and which are fituated within the extent of the Batavian republic, promifes and engages farther, on a general peace with the empire, to procure for it the abandonment of the abfolute and irrevocable property by the parties interested, to interpofe for this purpofe its good offices, and to employ for this effect all the means which it shall ufe to fecure for itfelf the free and peaceable poffeffion of fuch countries as it fall think fit to retain.

Art. 3. The ceffion of the feigniory of Ravenftein, ftipulated in the firft article, comprifes only the part of it within the Batavian territory.

Art. 4. The present ceffion carries with it the whole of the rights belonging to the French republic within the extent of the Batavian poffeffions, with the exception of the houfe of France at the Hague, which formerly belonged to the French legation.

Art. 5. In confideration of the conceffions ftipulated by the preceding articles, the Batavian republic fhall pay to the French republic, after the exchange of the respective ratifications of the prefent treaty, and in the terms agfeed upon between the two governments, a fum of 6,000,000 francs.

Art. 6. The prefent tranfaction fhall not take effect until after having been ratified by the contracting parties, and the ratification fhall be exchanged at Paris with the leaft poflible delay, reckoning from the

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Additional Article. The countries, fuch as Ravenftein, the villages and communes, the fovereignty of which is transferred by the prefent treaty to the Batavian republic, are ceded, and receded under the title of account upon the territorial indemnity promifed to the Batavian republic by the 16th article of the treaty of the Hague; the two republics propofing to come to an agreement upon the means of arriving at a complete extenfion of the 16th article of the treaty of the Hague.

Ch. M. Talleyrand.
R. J. Schimmelpennick.

Convention letween Ruffia and the Porte, respecting the Ex-Venetian Iflands.

preme arbiter of victory, and ap proved by the unanimous withes and efforts of the inhabitants, his majefty the emperor of all the Ruffias, and his majefty the Ottoman emperor, being refolved to obferve thofe principles of juftice, moderation, and difinterestedness, the practice of which they folemnly promised in their treaty of alliance, and as the dignity of the two courts requires that a promife publicly made fhould be executed by both parties, they have agreed to eftablifh in the faid countries fuch a form of government as may leave no grounds of apprehenfion for the repofe and fafety of the fiates of the fublime Porte, notwithstanding its vicinity, and which may at the fame time accord with the habits, ufages, religion, and wishes of the inhabitants. To accomplish this falutary work, his majefty the emperor of Ruffia has named as his plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to the Ottoman Porte, the high and noble Vaffily Tamara, knight of the order of St. Ann, of the firft clafs, commander of the fovereign order of St. John of Jerufalem; and his majefty the Ottoman emperor, the illuftrious and'eftimable Ifmet Bey and Ahmed Alif Reis-Effendi: who after exchanging their full powers, have agreed on the following arti

cles :

fhall be governed by the notables of the country, and which, like Ragufa, fhall be as a vaffal under the protection of the Porte, and tha!! acknowledge its fuperiority. Rufa guarantees the integrity of this re public.

Art. 2. These ifles, which are Corfu, Cephalonia, Cerigo, Maure, #1 Ithace,

faithful people, whom he had called together to confult with them in confidence and harmony on the affairs of the kingdom, and this at a time when a fanatical fury convulfed almoft every country, which af terwards laid waste and deftroved fome of them in the moft licentious and inhuman manner, and diflolved even the most facred ties and connections.

He also faid, that few in a fimilar station would expofe themfelves to the ferments which are often occafioned by large aflemblies- But I,' thefe were his own words, did not dread them, relying on your attachment, and on the franknefs with which I fhall lay before you the affairs on which we muft deliberate; and if your confidence incets mine, the general good can only refult from it, the kingdom will become ftrong, and gain the effeem and veneration of foreign nations." He then expreffed his fincere love for his people, and his hopes that, at the conclufion of the diet, he might be able, with fimilar pleasure, to communicate his fatisfaction on the harmony which guided your deliberations. He then did not think his death to be fo near, which he had fo often braved on the field of battle against the enemies of his country, but which he had no reason to expect from fome of his own treacherous fubjects.

It is a melancholy and painful duty to me, that, on addreffing my faithful fubjects for the first time from the throne, I mult renew the recollection of a crime which ought to have remained unknown, and confidered impoffible in this country.

This recollection, however, woul'excite abil more horrid fenfarions within me, had I not the con

folation of being furrounded by faithful fubjects, who, as much as myself, abhor fuch a crime, and who fill bewail the lofs of a just and gracious king and father. The happinels, honour, and independence of the kingdom were the objects of his endeavours; and we mut hope that the purity of his intentions is no longer misconceived; the time in which we live, and the events which we have witnelled, must convince us more and more of the wifdom of his meafures, and the fincerity of his endeavours. As I have inherited the throne of my father, together with his love for his people, I wish to experience from you the fame fidelity and attachment for me, which you have flown for him; and that that harmony might reign among you, during the diet, to the maintenance of which he has fo often admonithed you, as without it an independent country cannot exist.

Thus reminding you, my faithful fubjects, of the fulfilment of your duties and connections, with refpect to myfelf and you, I ought not to forget the vaft extent of the difficulties concerning me. On afcending the throne from which to many great kings have governed Sweden, I had reason to fear that I might not be able to fulfil my facred duties as I wifhed it; but when I confidered, on the other hand, my fincere endeavours to do justice to thofe duties, fince I have prayed for the afliftance and the grace of the Almighty, and hope more and more to be convinced that I reign over fubjects who, as well as myfel, without any private views, make the welfare of the country the fole object of their endeavours; who voluntarily meet me in fupport