ARTICLE 8 The principles and measures adopted by the present act shall be alike applicable to all the maritime wars in which one of the two Powers may be engaged, whilst the other remains neutral. These stipulations shall in consequence be regarded as permanent, and shall serve for a constant rule to the contracting Powers in matters of commerce and navigation. ARTICLE 9 His Majesty the King of Denmark, and His Majesty the King of Sweden, shall be immediately invited by His Imperial Majesty, in the name of the two contracting Parties, to accede to the present convention, and at the same time to renew and confirm their respective treaties of commerce with His Britannic Majesty; and His said Majesty engages, by acts which shall have established that agreement, to render and restore to each of these Powers, all the Prizes that have been taken from them, as well as the territories and countries under their Dominion, which have been conquered by the arms of His Britannic Majesty since the rupture, in the state in which those possessions were found at the period at which the troops of His Britannic Majesty entered them. The orders of His said Majesty for the restitution of those prizes and conquests shall be immediately expedited after the exchange of the ratifications of the acts by which Sweden and Denmark, shall accede to the present treaty.. ARTICLE 10 The present convention shall be ratified by the two contracting Parties, and the ratifications exchanged at St. Petersburg in the space of two months at furthest from the day of the signature. In faith of which, the respective plenipotentiaries have caused to be made two copies thereof, perfectly similar, signed with their hands, and have caused the seal of their arms to be affixed thereto. Done at St. Petersburg, the 5/17 June, 1801. (L. S.) ST. HELENS (L. S.) N. CTE. DE PANIN Formula of the passports and sea letters which are to be delivered. in the respective admiralties of the States of the two high contracting Parties, to the ships and vessels which shall sail from them conformable to Article 4 of the present treaty tons or Be it known that we have given leave and permission to N-—, of the city or place of N-, master and conductor of the ship N-, belonging to N, of the port of N-, of thereabouts, now lying in the port or harbor of N- to sail from thence to N- -, laden with N, on account of N-, after the said ship shall have been visited before its departure in the usual manner by the officers appointed for that purpose; and the said N-, or such other as shall be vested with Powers to replace him, shall be obliged to produce in every port or harbor which he shall enter with the said vessel to the officers of the place, the present licence. and to carry the flag of N-, during his voyage. In faith of which, etc. Additional Articles, signed at Moscow, the 20th October, 1801 Whereas by the 7th article of the convention concluded the 5/17th June, 1801, between His Britannic Majesty and His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, it was stipulated that the two high contracting Parties should mutually agree on some additional articles, which should fix the regulations and principles to be observed, as well for accelerating the judicial proceedings upon captures made at sea, as for the damages which should be allowed to the owners of neutral ships and cargoes, in cases of unfounded detention, Their said Majesties have named and authorized for this purpose, namely: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Alleyne Lord Baron St. Helens, a Peer of the said United Kingdom, one of His said Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, and his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Alexander, Prince de Kourakin, his Vice Chancellor, Actual Privy Counselor, Minister of the Council of State, Actual Chamberlain, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and Knight of the Russian Orders of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander Newsky, and of St. Anne of the First Class; of those of Prussia, of the Black and Red Eagles; of those of Denmark, of the Dannebrog, and of the Perfect Union; and Grand Cross of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem; and the Sieur Victor Count de Kotschoubey, his Actual Privy Counselor Minister for the Department for Foreign Affairs, Senator, Actual Chamberlain, and Knight of the Orders of St. Alexander Newsky, of St. Vladimir of the Second Class; and Commander of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem: who, in virtue of their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE 1 In case of unfounded detention or other contravention of the established regulations, the owners of the vessel and cargo so detained shall be allowed compensation for each day's demurrage, proportionate to the loss they shall have sustained, according to the freight of the said ship, and the nature of its cargo. ARTICLE 2 If the Ministers of one of the high contracting Parties, or any other persons accredited by the same to the belligerent Power, should remonstrate against the sentence which shall have been passed by the respective courts of admiralty upon the said captures, appeal shall be made in Russia, to the directing Senate, and in Great Britain, to His Majesty's Privy Council. ARTICLE 3 Care shall be taken, on both sides, scrupulously to examine whether the regulations and precautions agreed upon in the present convention. have been observed, which shall be done with all possible dispatch The two high contracting Parties moreover mutually engage to adopt the most efficacious measures, in order to prevent the sentences of their several tribunals, respecting captures made at sea, being subject. to any unnecessary delay. ARTICLE 4 The goods in litigation can not be sold or unloaded before final judgment without an urgent and real necessity, which shall have been proved before the court of admiralty, and by virtue of a commission. to this effect; and the captors shall by no means be permitted to remove or take away, on their own authority, either openly or clandestinely, any thing from a vessel so detained. These additional articles, making part of the convention signed the 5/17 June, 1801, in the names of Their Britannic and Imperial Majesties, shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word in the said convention. In witness whereof, we the undersigned, furnished with the full powers of Their said Majesties, have signed in their names the present additional articles, and have affixed the seal of our arms thereto. Done at Moscow the 8/20 October, 1801. (L. S.) ST. HELENS (L. S.) LE PRINCE DE KOURAKIN Act of Accession of His Majesty the King of Denmark and Norway to the Convention between Great Britain and Russia, October 23, 18011 In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, having, in pursuance of their mutual desire to terminate, in the most equitable manner, the differences which had arisen between them, as well as between Great Britain and the other maritime Powers of the north, respecting the navigation of their respective subjects, concluded a convention, signed by their plenipotentiaries at St. Petersburg, the 5/17 June, of the present year; and their common solicitude extending itself not only to prevent similar altercations in future, and the troubles which might result therefrom, by establishing and applying the principles and rights of neutrality in their respective monarchies, but also to render this system common and equally advantageous to the maritime Powers of the north; it was stipulated by Article 9 of the said convention, that His Danish Majesty should be invited by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, in the name of the high contracting Parties, to accede to the said convention; and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Norway, animated with the same senti1Translation. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 402. ments of conciliation and peace, and desirous of removing everything which has interrupted, or might hereafter interrupt, the good understanding between Their Britannic and Danish Majesties, and to reestablish fully, on its former footing, the ancient harmony and state of things, such as they existed by His Danish Majesty's treaties and conventions with Great Britain, His said Majesty has not hesitated to listen to the invitation made to him to accede to the said convention signed at St. Petersburg, the 5/17 June last. To effect this salutary purpose, and to give to this act of accession, and to the acceptance of His Britannic Majesty, every possible authenticity, and every accustomed solemnity, Their said Majesties have named for their plenipotentiaries, viz.: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Alleyne Lord Baron St. Helens, a Peer of the said United Kingdom, one of His said Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, and his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Norway, the Sieur Francis Xavier Joseph Count de Danneskiold Löwendal, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Major General in the service of His Danish Majesty, Commander of his Marine Forces, and his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; Who, after having reciprocally exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have concluded and agreed, that all the Articles of the Convention concluded between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the 5/17th June of the present year, as well as the separate articles annexed thereto,1 and the additional ones concluded the 8/20th October, 1801, by the plenipotentiaries of Their said Majesties, in all the clauses, conditions, and obligations, are to be considered as having been agreed upon, done and concluded, word for word, by Their Britannic and Danish Majesties themselves, in quality of principal contracting Parties, save and except the differences which result from the nature of the treaties and engagements antecedently subsisting between England and Denmark, of which the continuance and renewal are secured by the aforesaid 1Relating to sequestrations, armistice, etc. |