along the channel of the Bug, up the stream, to the present boundaries of Russia, shall for ever be incorporated with the Russian empire. 19. The city of Dantzic, with the territory of two miles in circumference, shall be restored to its former independence, under the protection of the king of Prussia and the king of Saxony, and to be governed by the rules by which it was governed when it used to be its own mistress. 20. Neither the king of Prussia nor the king of Saxony shall obstruct the navigation of the Vistula, by any prohibition, nor by any custom duty of imports what soever. 21. The city, port and territory of Dantzic shall be shut up, during the present maritime war, against the trade and navigation of Great Britain. 22. No individual of any rank or description whatsoever, whose property and abode are situated in such provinces as formerly belonged to the kingdom of Poland, or which the king of Prussia is henceforth to possess, and no individual of the duchy of Warsaw, or residing within the territory incorporated with Russia, shall be prosecuted for any part which he may have taken in the events of the present war. 23. In the same manner no individual residing, or possessing landed property in the countries which belonged to the king of Prussia, prior to the 1st of January 1772, and which are restored to him by virtue of the preceding second article; and in particular no individual of the Berlin civic guard, or of the gens d'armes, who have taken up arms in order to preserve public tranquillity, shall be prosecuted on account of any part which he may have taken in the events of the present war. 24. The engagements, debts, or obligations, of any nature whatsoever, which the king of Prussia may have contracted or concluded, prior to the present war, as possessor of the countries, dominions, domains, estates, and revenues, which his majesty cedes or renounces in the present treaty, shall be performed and ratified by the new possessors. 25. The funds and capitals which belong to private persons or public religion, civil and military associations, in countries belonging to the king of Prussia, or which he renounces by the private treaty, shall neither be confiscated nor attached. 26. The archives, which contain the titles of property, documents, and in general all the papers which relate to the countries, &c. seated in the above-mentioned countries, are to be delivered up by commissioners of his said majesty, within the time of three months next ensuing the exchange of the ratification of this treaty, to commissioners of his majesty the emperor Napoleon, with regard to the countries seated on the left banks of the Rhine; and to commissioners of his majesty the emperor of Russia, of his majesty the king of Saxony, and of the city of Dantzic, with regard to all countries which their said majesties, and the city of Dantzic, are in future to possess, by virtue of the present compact. 21. Until the day of the ratification of the future definitive treaty between France and England, all the countries under the dominion of the king of Prussia, without any exception whatsoever, shall be (S 2) shut shut against the trade and navigation of the English. No shipment to be made from any Prussian port for the British isles or British coloniés, nor shall any ship which sailed from England or her colonies be admitted in any Prussian port. 28. The necessary arrangements shall immediately be made to settle every point which relates to the manner and period of the surrender of the places which are to be restored to the king of Prussia. 29. The prisoners at war taken on both sides are to be returned without any exchange, and in mass, as soon as circumstances shall admit. 30. The present treaty is to be ratified by his majesty the emperor of the French, and by lis majesty the king of Prussia; and the rati By the peace of Tilsit the Prussian monarchy has been diminished nearly onehalf. Instead of ten millions of inhabitants, no more than five now remain under the Prussian sceptre, and the revenue, which formerly amounted to forty millions of dollars, has been decreased in a still greater proportion; since the ceded proviness are exactly those which are the richest and the most fertile, and on whose improve ment many millions have heretofore been expended. Almost all that Prussia gained by the partition of Poland is again wrested from her. Saxony, the late confederate of Prussia, by compulsion, has received these provinces: and Russia, the most powerful ally of the latter, has been rounded by territory, containing a population of 200,000 souls. The following is a statement of the losses of Prussia, by the peace of Tilsit: Westphalian Possessions. County of Mark. with Essen, Werden, and Lippstadt, German Principality of Minden, County of Ravensberg, Lingen and Tecklenberg, Cleve, on the German side of the Rhine, Principality of East Friesland, Munster, Paderborn. It is scarcely necessary to observe, that some of the Westphalian possessions were ceded at an earlier period, and that no compensation will be now made for them. Possessions in Lower Saxony. Gerinan sq. miles. Inhabitants Magdeburg, with that part of the duchy on the left bank of the Elbe, Halle, &c. County of Mansfeld, Principality of Halberstadt, County of Hohenstein, 27.000 Territory of Quedlinburg, Principality of Hildesheim and Goslar, sentiments, and with the events of last year. My arms succumbed under the pressure of misfortunes; the exertions of the last remains of my army proved fruitless. Forced back to the uttermost borders of the empire, and even my powerful ally having judged it necessary to conclude an armistice and peace, nothing remained for me but the wish to restore tranquillity to my country, after the calamites of war. Peace was to be concluded, as circumstances dictated; the most painful sacrifices were required of myself and my house. What ages and worthy ancestors, conventions, love, and confidence had united, was to be severed. My efforts, the exertions of all who belonged to me, were used in vain. Fate ordains; a father parts with his children. I release you from all allegiance to my person and my house. My most ardent wishes for your prosperity attend you to your new sovereign: be to him what 1st, Because the reasons which have been urged in debate do not appear to be sufficiently strong to compel me to agree to passing this bill, which can be justified only on the plea of necessity, and which being contrary to the principles of a free constitution, ought (if unfortunately necessary) to be in force for the shortest time possible; and yet, in the present case, it has been pertinaciously refused to limit its duration to one year, and on the contrary it has been declared in debate, that it would have been To this we have still to add the great loss of territory in Poland, with Warsaw, Dantzic, Thorn, Posen, &c. Since 1772, Prussia had acquired in her Polish territories upwards of three millions of inhabitants. Of these she now loses more than 2000 square miles, and two and a half millions of inhabitants. The king of Saxony has more territory, and more subjects, as duke of Warsaw, than as king. While the sun of Saxony is thus rising with new splendour, two of the most antient German princely houses, those of the Catti and Guelphs, have fallen, and pensions are assigned to their princes. The application of Alexander alone has saved the two duchies, whose sovereigns are allied to him by marriage: Mecklenburg Schwerin, and Saxe Coburg. (S3) better better if this bill had been for a longer period o! years. 2dly, Because, if it be true that this bill is imperiously called for by the distracted state of Ireland, it should not have been delayed till so late a period of the session, when the attendance is necessarily so thin, and it could not receive the discussion which it ought; but should have been brought forward sooner, together with other measures of a conciliatory kind to meliorate the unfortunate state of that country, if it be really such as it is represented. 3dly, Because it appears to me that the best way to conciliate the people of Ireland to an union with this country is by convincing them that in all our acts towards them, we are as tender of their liberties as we are of our own, and that we will on no account suffer that to be done to them, which we will not as readily, and on the same grounds, submit to ourselves. (Signed) PONSONBY, PONSONBY. therefore with the deepest regret we have seen it hastily rejected, at the instigation of noble lords deeply interested in reversionary grants, and in the absence of those whose official situations rendered their attendance in this house more peculi arly a public duty. 2d, Because, with the knowledge that this bill not only commanded the general approbation of the commons house of parliament, but that it appears from the votes of that house to have been the only measure introduced by the committee of fi nance, of whose exertions his majesty, in his speech at the conclu sion of the last, as well as at the commencement of this parliament, so strongly expressed his approba tion; we cannot, without the deepest feeling of alarm, reflect on the serious discontent which the public must feel at this unprecedented manner of rejecting a measure, so deservedly popular, sanctioned by the direct approbation of one branch of the legislature, and indirectly recommended to the favour of this house by the other. 3d, Because at a time when the unfortunate situation of Europe renders that exertion which proceeds from an union of sentiment so desirable; and when the people of this country are suffering under the pressure of an unprecedented accumulation of taxes, we cannot but feel the deepest concern that this house should reject a measure so intimately connected with that sy stem of economy in the expenditure of public money, which the people have a right to expect: we dread that it will extinguish all hopes of deriving any benefit from that committee of finance, to whose exertions the people of this country have been taught to look with favour, and that it will give rise to secret We, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, most humbly entreat your royal and serene highness to accept our sincere congratulations on your safe arrival in this imperial country. The return to her native land of an illustrious princess, so nearly and dearly allied to our beloved sovereign, and to the royal and amiable consort of the heir apparent to the throne of this united kingdom, cannot but renew the most lively sentiments of affection in the hearts of his majesty's loyal subjects, and a warm participation of those feelings which a meeting so interesting to the royal family must have occasioned. Deeply impressed, madam, as we are, by the extraordinary events which have occasioned your return, we trust that your royal and serene highness will permit us to express the sin cere joy we feel at your restoration to the shores of a free and loyal people, not more attached to a good and venerable king, by duty to his supreme and august station, than by affection to his sacred person and family. (Signed by order of court,) HENRY WOODTHORPE. To which her royal highness returned the following answer : My lord, I return your lordship and the aldermen and commons of the city of London my grateful thanks for an address which has given me the most heartfelt satisfaction. It affords me an additional instance of the loyal attachment of the city of London to the king, and of their affectionate regard for his majesty's royal family. The corporation were graciously received by her royal highness; and to those who recollected her youthful bloom, she appeared venerably pleasing. August 14. The parliament was this day prorogued to the 24th of September by the following speech from the lord chancellor : My lords, and gentlemen, We have it in command from his majesty to express the satisfaction with which he finds himself enabled to give you that recess, which, after the great and diligent exertions you have made in the dispatch of public business, must, at this advanced season of the year, be so peculiarly desirable. His majesty has been graciously pleased to direct us to return you his thanks for the steady loyalty and attachment to his person and government, and the zealous devotion, to the public service, which have characterized all your deliberations; and (S 4) most |