SWEDEN. Vol. I. Ch. If. ing, viz.: [here let the goods be specified, with their quantity and quality, for example, about so many loads or packs, about so many hogsheads, &c. according as the quantity or condition of the merchandize shall be], and did affirm upon the aforesaid oath, so much N. of the said goods and merchandize to belong to the subjects of the King of Great Britain, or of the King of Sweden, or so much Ñ. unto N. N. N. [let it be expressed of what country the owners be], and that N.N.N. upon the oath aforesaid alleged, that the said goods above specified, and no others, were put or to be put on board the said ship for that voyage, and that no part thereof belongeth to any other than the persons aforesaid; and that therein there are no other goods hidden under any false or counterfeit name whatsoever, but that the aforesaid merchandize were truly and really for the use of the said owners and proprietors, and no others; and that the said master of the ship named N. is a citizen of N. Wherefore, since upon strict enquiry it is manifest to us [the Governor, Chief Magistrate, or Commissioners of the Customs of the city aforesaid that the said ship or vessel and goods are free, and do really and truly belong to the subjects of His Majesty of Great Britain, (or His Majesty of Sweden,) or the aforesaid inhabitants of other countries: We do, with all respect, humbly desire all Powers, by land or sea, Kings, Princes, Commonwealths, free cities, as also all generals, admirals, general officers, governors of ports, and all others to whom the guard of any port or sea is committed, who shall happen to meet this ship under sail, or into whose fleet she shall fall, or in whose ports she shall happen to stay, that in regard of the friendship and alliance which is between every of them, or their superiors, and His Majesty of Great Britain, our Most Gracious Sovereign, (or His Majesty of Sweden, our Most Gracious Sovereign,) that they would not only suffer and permit the said master with the ship N. the persons, goods, and merchandize belonging thereunto, without any let or hindrance, freely to make his voyage, but also, (if he think convenient to go any where else from the said port) that they would do him all civil offices, as a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, (or of the King of Sweden,) expecting the like returns from His Majesty the King of Great Britain, (or His Majesty the King of Sweden,) His officers and subjects, in the like or other case. In witness whereof, we have subscribed these presents and sealed the same with the common seal of our city. Dated, &c. Whenever, therefore, any the merchandize, goods, vessels, or men belonging to either, their people and subjects, shall be met with, either in open sea, or in any channel, haven, road, land, or any other place by the ships of war, public or private, or by any the people, subjects, and inhabitants of the other, or shall happen to be in one place with them, they producing their letters of safe conduct and certificates aforesaid, shall have nothing farther exacted of them, no search made, either of goods, vessels, or men, much less shall they receive any damage, injury, or molestation, but shall be suffered to pass on with freedom to pursue their occasions. But if this stated and appointed form of certificate be not produced, and there be just cause of suspicion, then the ship ought to be visited, which (it is to be understood) shall be allowed only in such and no other case. if any the people and subjects of either side shall do or commit any thing contrary to the proper sense of this present Article, either Confederate shall take care that severe punishment be inflicted on the offender, and cause full and speedy satisfaction to be made to the parties wronged for all costs and damages. And 13. Neither of the said Confederates shall suffer the ships, vessels, goods, or merchandize of the other, His people or subjects, taken at sea or elsewhere by His enemies or rebels, to be carried into his ports or Dominions, but shall publicly forbid the same to be done; but if any ships, vessels, SWEDEN. goods, or merchandize of either, His people or subjects, taken at sea or Vol. I. Ch. II. elsewhere, shall be brought by any the enemy or rebel of the Confederates, or either of them, into the ports and Territories of the other, He shall not suffer the same, or any part thereof, to be sold in that port, or other His Dominions; but shall take care that the master of the ship or vessel so taken, as also the seamen and other passengers, shall, immediately upon their arrival, be set free, together with all the prisoners who are subjects of the other kingdom, and shall not suffer the said ship or vessel to remain in that port, but forthwith dismiss the same with all its goods, merchandize, and burthen; provided always, that by this Article no prejudice be done to the Agreements heretofore made with other nations by either of the Confederates; but in all other cases, the said Article shall obtain full force and vigour. 14. In case it shall hereafter happen that during this amity and confederation, any of the people or subjects of either shall act or attempt any thing against the same, or any part thereof, either by land, sea, or other waters, this amity, confederation, and alliance, shall not be thereupon interrupted or broken off, but shall remain and continue still in full force and virtue; only in such case the particular persons which have offended shall be punished, and no others; and justice shall be done and satisfaction made to all persons injured within twelve months after demand thereof. And in case the persons so offending shall not appear and submit themselves to justice, and make satisfaction within the said term, the said persons shall be declared enemies to both States, and their estates and goods whatsoever shall be confiscated and employed to a due and full satisfaction for the wrong by them done; and their persons shall be liable to further punishment, when they shall come within the power of either State, as the quality of their offence shall deserve. 15. This present Treaty and Confederation shall in nothing derogate from any pre-eminence, right or dominion of either Confederate within any His own seas, channels, or waters, but that they have and retain the same in as full and ample manner as they have hitherto had, or as of right belongs to them. 16. It being the primary intent of this League and Amity, that each Confederate, their people and subjects, might enjoy such freedom of Navigation and Commerce, as is described in the foregoing Articles, within the Baltic, Sound, Northern, Western, and British Seas, Mediterranean, and Channel, and other the seas in Europe; therefore all sincere endeavour shall be used on both sides, by common advice, aid, and assistance, that the aforesaid mutual liberty of Navigation and Commerce be established, promoted, and (as occasion is) defended against all the disturbers thereof, who shall go about to interrupt, prohibit, hinder, or restrain and limit the same to their own will and pleasure, in prejudice of the said Confederates: and either Part shall, with all willingness and readiness, promote the good and prcvent the hurt of each other, saving the Treaties which either Nation hath made with other Kingdoms, commonwealths, and nations; but neither Confederate shall hereafter make any league or agreement in prejudice of this present, with any other people or nation, without the privity and consent of the other; or if any such agreement be hereafter made, the same shall be reputed null and void, and give place to this present Treaty. 17. Whatever is agreed on in the foregoing Articles shall be in force and virtue from this present time, and be truly observed on both sides by all such as are within each other's allegiance. And for the further confirmation thereof, shall be subscribed, signed, and ratified, as well by His Majesty of Vol. F. Ch. II. Great Britain, as by His Majesty of Sweden, under their hand-writing and seals, within six months next ensuing the date of these presents. SWEDEN. Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden. Signed at Stockholm, Feb. 5, 1766. (1) Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden. Signed at Orebro, the 18th of July 1812. Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden. Signed at Stockholm, 3d March 1813. Done at Whitehall, the 21st day of October 1661. 1. The two high Allies engage for themselves, their heirs and successors, and their subjects respectively, that they will, as good and faithful friends and Allies, mutually procure for each other all the good, advantage, and consideration possible, and contribute on both sides to every thing which can serve to strengthen more firmly the ties of a sincere and permanent friendship. 2. The subjects of the two Powers shall enjoy, in the Kingdoms, ports, roads, rivers, &c. of each other reciprocally, all the rights, advantages, and immunities, which the most favoured Nations now do or may hereafter enjoy, except in the case contained in the 3d Article of the Preliminary Treaty of Commerce concluded between the Crowns of Sweden and France, the 25th April 1741, concerning the dues to be paid in the port of Wismar. Done at Stockholm, the 5th of February 1766. Signed J. GooDRICKE, (L.S.) CARL. GUSTAF LOWENHIELM, (L.S.) A. LAGERBIELCKE, (L.S.) J. VON DIEBEN, (L.S.) C. LAGERFLYCHT, (L.S.) 2. The relations of friendship and commerce between the two Kingdoms shall be re-established upon the footing on which they stood on the 1st day of January 1791; and all the Treaties and Conventions subsisting between the two countries at that epoch, shall be regarded as renewed and confirmed, and they are, by the present Treaty, renewed and confirmed accordingly. Done at Orebro, the 18th of July 1812. Signed EDWARD THORNTON, (L.S.) BARON D'ENGESTROM, (L.S.) 5. The two high Contracting Parties being desirous of giving a solid and lasting guarantee to their relations, as well political as commercial, His Britannic Majesty, animated with a desire to give to His Ally evident proofs of His sincere friendship, consents to cede to His Majesty the King of Sweden, and to His successors to the Crown of Sweden, in the order of succession established by His said Majesty, and the States-General of His Kingdom, under date the 26th of September 1810, the possession of Guadaloupe in the West Indies, and to transfer to His Swedish Majesty all the rights of His Britannic Majesty over that island, in so far as His said Majesty actually possesses the same. This colony shall be given up to the Commissioners of his Majesty the King of Sweden in the course of the month of August of the present year, or three months after the landing of the Swedish troops on the continent; the whole to take place according to the conditions agreed upon between the two high Contracting Parties, in the separate Article annexed to the present Treaty. 6. As a reciprocal consequence of what has been stipulated in the preceding Article, His Majesty the King of Sweden engages to grant, for the space of twenty years, to take date from the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, to the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the right of entrepôt (1) Renewed by Article 2 of the Treaty of Orebro, 1812. } SWEDEN. in the ports of Gottenberg, Carlsham and Stralsund, (whenever this hist- Vol. I. Ch. II. mentioned Place shall return under the Swedish Dominion) for all com modities, productions, or merchandize, whether of Great Britain or of her colonies, laden on board British or Swedish vessels. The said commodities or merchandize, whether they be of such kind as may be introduced and subject to duty in Sweden, or whether their introduction be prohibited, shall pay without distinction, as duty of entrepôt, one per cent. ad valorem, upon entry, and the same upon discharge. As to every other particular relating to this object, the general regulations existing in Sweden shall be conformed to; treating always the subjects of His Britannic Majesty upon the footing of the most favoured nations. Done at Stockholm, the third of March 1813. Signed ALEXANDER HOPE, (L.S.) LE COMTE D'ENGESTROM, (L.S.) EDWARD THORNTON, (L.S.) G. BARON DE WETTERSTEDT, (L.S.) As a consequence of the cession made by His Britannic Majesty, in the Separate Article. fifth Article of the Treaty signed this day, of the Island of Guadaloupe, His Majesty the King of Sweden engages; 1. Faithfully to fulfil and observe the stipulations of the Capitulation of the said island, under date the 5th of February 1810, so that all the privivileges, rights, benefices, and prerogatives, confirmed by that Act to the inhabitants of the colony, shall be preserved and maintained. 2. To take for this purpose, previous to the cession before mentioned, every engagement which may be judged necessary with His Britannic Majesty, and to execute all acts conformable thereto. 3. To grant to the inhabitants of Guadaloupe the same protection, and the same advantages which the other subjects of His Majesty the King of Sweden enjoy, conformably always to the laws and stipulations actually existing in Sweden. 4. To forbid and prohibit, at the period of the cession, the introduction of slaves from Africa into the said island, and the other possessions in the West Indies of His Swedish Majesty, and not to permit Swedish subjects to engage in the slave trade; an engagement which His Swedish Majesty is the more willing to contract, as this traffic has never been authorized by Him. 5. To exclude, during the continuance of the present war, all armed vessels and privateers belonging to states at war with Great Britain, from the ports and harbours of Guadaloupe; and not to permit in any future wars in which Great Britain may be engaged and Sweden remain neutral, the entrance into the ports of the said colony of the privateers belonging to any of the belligerent states. 6. Not to alienate the said island without the consent of His Britannic Majesty; and 7. To grant every protection and security to British subjects and to their property, whether they may choose to quit the colony, or to remain there. This separate Article shall have the same force and effect, as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time. In faith of which we the undersigned, in virtue of our full Powers, have signed the present separate Article, and have affixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at Stockholm, the third of March 1813. Signed ALEXANDER HOPE, (L.S.) LE COMTE D'ENGESTROM, (L.S.) Vol. I. Ch. II. Convention between Great Britain and Sweden. Signed at London the 13th day of August 1814. In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Swedish Majesty, by Article 9 of the Treaty concluded at Paris the 30th of May last, having consented, in virtue of arrangements stipulated with the Allies, that the Island of Guadaloupe should be restored to His Most Christian Majesty, and it being understood and agreed that in consideration of the incorporation of the Belgic Provinces with Holland, as provided for in the Treaty of Paris, Holland should be liable to furnish, out of the Colonies now in possession of His Britannic Majesty, the compensation to which His Swedish Majesty is entitled for His rights ceded as aforesaid; and whereas it has been deemed more expedient by His Swedish Majesty and by the Prince Sovereign of the Netherlands, that in the event of such incorporation taking place as aforesaid, the compensation to be furnished by Holland should be made in money; and His Swedish Majesty having agreed to accept the sum of 24 millions of livres in full satisfaction of His said rights; and His Britannic Majesty, as the friend and ally of both Powers, being willing to become answerable to His Swedish Majesty for the due and punctual discharge of the said compensation, Their said Majesties have resolved to enter into engagements accordingly, and have for this purpose nominated as Their Plenipotentiaries, namely, His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and His Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. and His Majesty the King of Sweden, the Sieur Gotthard Maurice de Rehausen, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty, &c. &c. &c. who, after having exchanged their full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following Articles: 1. His Britannic Majesty agrees to pay, and His Swedish Majesty to accept, the sum of 24 millions of livres, in full discharge and satisfaction of His claims under Article 9 of the Treaty of Paris. The said sum to be payable in London to His Swedish Majesty's Minister, according to the rate of exchange between London and Paris at each time of payment, in twelve equal monthly instalments: the first monthly instalment to become due and payable by His Britannic Majesty one month after the ratification of the Treaty, by which the said Belgic Provinces shall be incorporated with Holland as aforesaid. 2. It is agreed and understood, that the above arrangement, being contingent upon the due execution of the engagements contained in the Treaty of Paris, His Swedish Majesty's rights to compensation from His Britannic Majesty and His Allies shall not be prejudiced by any failure or nonfulfilment of the engagements in question, but shall continue in full force and effect, unless otherwise satisfied, as if this Convention had not been made. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London within one month from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, in virtue of our respective full Powers, have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto the seal of our arms. Done at London, this 13th of August 1814. G. M. DE REHAUSEN, (L.S.) |