As the Swedish paper-money has never been current in Swedish Pomerania, so his Majesty the King of Denmark engages to make no alteration in this respect, without the knowledge and consent of the States of the Province.

IX. As his Majesty the King of Sweden, by the 6th Article of the Treaty of alliance, entered into at Stockholm, the 3rd of March, 1813, with his Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, bound himself to open, for the period of 20 years, reckoning from the date of the exchange of the ratification of the treaty, the port of Stralsund, as an entrepot for all colonial produce, merchandise, and manufactures, brought from England and her colonies, in English or Swedish vessels, upon payment of one per cent. ad valorem on the goods thus introduced, and an equal duty on their removal from thence; so his Majesty the King of Denmark engages to fulfil this existing agreement, and to renew the same in his Treaty with Great Britain.

X. The public debt which is contracted by the Royal Pomeranian Chamber, remains chargeable on the King of Denmark, as Sovereign of the Dukedom of Pomerania, who takes upon himself the stipulations agreed upon for the reduction of the said debt.

XI. The King of Denmark recognises the donations which the King of Sweden has given on the domains and revenues in Swedish Pomerania and the ilse of Rugen, and which amount to the yearly sum of 48,000 Pomeranian rix dollars; his Majesty also binds himself to maintain the donatories in the full and undisturbed possession of their rights and revenues,

so that they may receive, sell, or make over the same, and that all may be paid them without any hinderance, and without duties and expenses under whatsoever name.

XII. Their Majesties the King of Sweden and the King of Den mark mutually engage never to divert from their original destination monies appropriated to objects of beneficence or public utility, in the countries thus reciprocally obtained by the present treaty, namely, the Kingdom of Norway and the Dukedom of Swedish Pomerania, with their respective dependencies.

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The King of Sweden, in pursuance of this mutual agreement, engages to support the Universities of Norway, and the King of Den mark that of Grieswald.

The payment of all public offices both in Norway and Pomerania, is to remain a charge upon the acquiring power, reckoning from the day of taking possession.

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Pensioners are to receive the pensions assigned to them by the preceding Government without interruption or change.

XIII. As the King of Sweden,. so far as is practicable, and as depends upon him, wishes that the King of Denmark may receive compensation for the renunciation of the Kingdom of Norway, of which his Majesty has given satisfactory proof in the cession of Swedish Pomerania and the Isle of Rugen, so his Majesty will use all his endeavours with the Allied Powers to secure, in addition, at a general peace, a full equivalent to Denmark for the cession of Norway.

XIV. Immediately upon

signing of the present treaty, au account of the same shall be sent, with all possible speed, to the Generals and armies, in order that hostilities may wholly cease on both sides, both by sea and land. XV. The high contracting parties engage, that immediately after the signing of the present treaty, all contributions and requisitions of whatever kind and denomination, shall immediately cease, so as that even those which shall have been already ordered shall not be enforced. It is likewise agreed, that all property which has been sequestrated by the Army of North Germany, shall be restored to the owners. Herefrom are excepted such ships and ship-ladings as belonged to subjects of the King of Sweden and his Allies, and have been brought into the harbours of the Duchies of Sleswyk and Holstein; these shall remain with their present owners, who shall dispose of them as they think fit.

[This article then arranges the mode in which the places in Holstein and Sleswyk, possessed by the allied troops, are to be evacuated by them.]

Immediately on the signing of the present treaty the Swedish troops shall enter into Norway, and take possession of all the strong places there. His Majesty the King of Denmark binds himself to give the necessary orders to that effect.

The Swedish troops shall deliver up Swedish Pomerania, and the Isle of Rugen, to the troops of the King of Denmark, as soon as the fortresses of Frederickshall, Konigswinger, Frederickstadt, and Aggerhuus have been taken possession of by the Swedish troops.

DANISH DECLARATION.

By the care of the Danish government, the war, which already for fifteen years had devastated Europe, had not disturbed the repose of the Danish nation; when the King, for a moment, saw himself under the necessity of using defensive means, partly for the protection of his subjects' commerce, and partly for the security of his provinces bordering on Germany. The attack made by the English on his Majesty's capital, and carrying off the Danish fleet in the year 1807, put an end to the happy tranquillity which his Majesty had until then been enabled to preserve for his subjects. The Danish states at that time had the same common enemy with France, and the consequence was, that an alliance was sought, and concluded, with that power. The Emperor, openly and directly, promised men and money; and a numerous army immediately moved into the provinces belonging to his Majesty the King. It was agreed that the expense of its support should be defrayed by the French government, and this amounted to a sum of several millions of rix-dollars. Without undertaking any thing, however, this army remained a burthen longer than the Danish government thought requisite. The expense of its support remained unpaid, and the requests of Denmark on this point were equally fruitless, as those concerning the announced requisitions in money. The situation of the State, whose resources were already diminished by the naval war, and by these novel disbursements, became totally exhausted; and again suffered a

most prejudicial influence from the shutting of the continental ports, which was represented as one of the means for obtaining a general peace. The annexation of the Hanse Towns and contiguous provinces to the French empire, became afterwards a most heavy burthen, with regard to the commercial intercourse with Germany. Its effects extended even to lite rary connections. Earnest professions, which were frequently renewed, had given hopes that these obstacles, which were so directly contrary to the good understanding which his Majesty did all in his power to remain in with the French goverment, would have been removed, but these hopes always remained unfulfilled. Whilst the French army was retreating in the winter between 1812 and 1813, the imperial troops, which, according to a particular agreement, were to have remained for the protection of the frontiers of Holstein, were drawn away. As the French government had at the same time declared its intention of entering into negocia tions for peace with all its enemies, the King deemed it import ant for him to make overtures of peace to Great Britain. The alliance with France was now be come of no utility. The King would willingly have prevented the cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck from again falling into the hands of the French, in order to keep the war from his own frontiers, and save from destruction those cities whose interests stood in such direct connection with those of his subjects; but his Majesty was obliged to desist from the prosecution of this plan: his interests,

therefore, required that he should accept the offer made him, of re newing the alliance with France, and to give it a larger extension, in order to assure him of a powerful assistance against those sovereigns who had not hesitated to declare that they would support the demands of Sweden, which were so inimical to the integrity of his States.

The King, on his part, conscientiously performed the stipula tions of the treaty. Whilst his auxiliary troops were fighting by the side of the French, they recieved only a part of the pay, which, according to the agree ment, was their due; and his Majesty's subjects suffered a considerable loss, as well by the embargo laid on their property, which was deposited in the cities of Lubeck and Hamburgh, of which the French government took to itself the privilege of disposal, as by taking away the funds of the Bank in the last-mentioned city. The promises of restoration given, in consequence of the complaints thereon made, remained, equally with the reclamations made on the subject, without effect.

It was assured by the treaty, that 20,000 men should be in readiness, to protect the Duchies and Jutland; but Marshal d'Eckmuhl quitted the position which covered those provinces, and retreated with all the troops under his command to Hamburgh, leaving the King's troops to their fate, and who were not able to withstand the superior force which was moving forward to effect an entrance into the coun try. The enemy's irruption into the Duchies, together with the loss of the fortresses, was followed