No. XX. First separate Article of the convention with the court of London, signed the 5th (17th) June, 1801. THE pure and magnanimous intentions of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, having already induced him to restore the vessels and goods of British subjects, which had been sequestered in Russia, his said majesty confirms that disposition in its whole extent; and his Britannic majesty engages also to give immediate orders for taking off all sequestration laid upon the Russian, Danish, and Swedish properties, detained in English ports, and to prove still more his sincere desire to terminate amicably the differences which have arisen between Great-Britain and the Northern courts; and in order that no new incident may throw obstacles in the way of this salutary work, his Britannic majesty binds himself to give orders to the commanders of his forces by land and sea, that the armistice now subsisting with the courts of Denmark and Sweden, shall be prolonged for a term of three months from the date of this day; and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, guided by the same motives, undertakes, in the name of his allies, to have this armistice maintained during the said term. Second separate Article. THE differences and misunderstandings which subsisted between his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, and his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, being thus termi nated, and the precautions taken by the present convention not giving farther room to fear that they may be able to disturb in future the harmony and good understanding which the two high contracting parties have at heart to consolidate, their said majesties confirm anew, by the present convention, the treaty of commerce of the 10th (21st) February, 1797, of which all the stipulations are here repeated, to be maintained in their whole extent. Additional Articles to the same convention. IT having been resolved, by the 5th article of the convention, concluded on the 17th June, 1801, between his imperial majesty of Russia and his British majesty, that both the high contracting powers should mutually agree upon certain separate articles for the establishing of those rules and principles, which are to be followed with a view to promote a speedy decision in respect to prizes made in the open sea, as well as with respect to the indemnifica→ tion which is due to the proprietors of neutral ships and cargoes, in case of a groundless detention :their majesties have for that purpose named and vested with full power, his imperial majesty of Russia, Alexander Prince Kurakin, his vice-chancellor, &c. and Victor count Kotschoubey, his actual privy counsellor, &c.; and his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, Alleyne, lord baron St. Helens, peer of the said united kingdom, &c.; who, by virtue of their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following arti cles: ART. I. In case of a groundless detention, or other transgression of rules mutually established, there shall be paid to the owners of the ships so detained, and of their cargo, for each day's delay, a recompense in proportion to the loss sustained, reckoning according to the freight of the ship, and the quality of the cargo. II. In case the ministers of the contracting parties, or other persons accredited by them, with the belligerent powers, shall happen to complain of the sentence given on such prizes by the respective courts of admiralty, the business shall be immediately referred by appeal, in Russia, to the directing senate, and in Great-Britain, to the king's council. III. Both sides shall carefully examine whether the regulations and provisions in the present convention have been observed, which must be done in the speediest manner. Both contracting parties engage farther to adopt the most effectual means to prevent every unnecessary delay in respect to the sentences to be pronounced in the respective tribunals, on prizes made in the open sea. IV. The effects detained shall neither be sold nor unloaded before a final sentence, unless in the case of a really pressing necessity, shewn to the court of admiralty, by a commission appointed for that purpose; and it shall by no means be permitted to the captors to unload of their own authority, or to carry away any thing from ships detained. These separate articles, which form a part of the convention, signed on the 17th June, in the names of their imperial Russian, and Britannic majesties, shall have the same force and effect as if they were word for word inserted in the said convention. Signed at Moscow, October 20, 1801. COUNT KOTSCHOUBEY, Declaration explanatory of the second Section of the third Article of the same convention, signed at Moscow, the 8th (20th) October, 1801. IN order to prevent any doubt or misunderstanding with regard to the contents of the second section of the third article of the convention, concluded the 5th (17th) June, 1801, between his Britannic majesty and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the said high contracting parties have agreed and declare, that the freedom of commerce and navigation, granted by the said article to the subjects of a neutral power, does not authorise them to carry, in time of war, the produce or merchandise of the colonies of the belligerent power, direct to the continental possessions, nor vice versa, from the mother-country to the enemy's colonies; but that the said subjects are however to enjoy the same advantages and facilities in this commerce as are enjoyed by the most favored nations, and especially by the United States of America. Moscow, the 8th (20th) of October, 1801. (L. S.) ST. HELENS, (L. S.) LE PRINCE DE KURAKIN, (L. S.) LE COMTE DE KOTSCHOTBEY. (An. Reg.for 1801, p. 216, &c.) No. XXI. At the court of St. James's, the 19th of February, 1800, present, the king's most excellent majesty in council. WHEREAS, by an act passed in the thirty-ninth year of his majesty's reign, intituled, "an act to allow the importation of Spanish wool in ships belonging to countries in amity with his majesty," reciting, that, by an act passed in the thirty-third year of his majesty's reign, to prevent traiterous correspondence with his majesty's enemies, and by several subsequent acts, trade and intercourse was prohibited between Great-Britain and the countries in hostility with his majesty, unless such trade and intercourse should be specially permitted by his majesty's licence and authority; and also reciting, that, for the encouragement of the manufactures of this country, it was expedient to permit the importation of Spanish wool from any place whatever in ships or vessels belonging to any kingdom or state in amity with his majesty, it was enacted, that it should be lawful to and for any person or persons to import into this kingdom Spanish wool from any port or place whatever, in foreign parts, in any ship or vessel belonging to any kingdom or state in amity with his majesty, any thing in the said act passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of his present majesty, or any other act or acts of parliament to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding, And whereas, doubts have arisen, whether, according to the true construction of the said act of the thirty-ninth year of his majesty's reign, his ma |