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E103025
TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK
(Translation)
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 King of Denmark, being desirous to put an end to the calamities of the War which has so long divided their States, and to re-establish the ancient relations of amity and good understanding, have judged expedient to name for this purpose their respective Plenipotentiaries, viz.:
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Thornton, Esq., his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Sweden; and His Majesty the King of Denmark, his Chamberlain, the Sieur Edmund Bourke, Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle; which Plenipotentiaries, after the exchange of their Full Powers, found in full and due form, have agreed on the following Articles:
ARTICLE I
Form the moment of the signature of the present Treaty, there shall be peace and friendship between Their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of Denmark, and between their respective Kingdoms, States, and Subjects in all parts of the World. All hostilities between them shall cease, and all prizes taken from the Subjects of the respective Nations shall be considered as null from the day of the signature of the present Treaty, and shall be restored on both sides to their respective Owners.
ARTICLE II
The respective Prisoners of War shall, immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty, be restored, en masse, on payment, on both sides, of the private Debts which they shall have contracted.
ARTICLE III
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland consents to restore to His Danish Majesty all the Possessions and Colonies which have been conquered by the British Arms in this present War, except the Island of Heligoland, which His Britannic Majesty reserves to himself with full and unlimited Sovereignty.
ARTICLE IV
The restoring of the Colonies shall be performed according to the same rules and principles which were laid down when His Britannic Majesty gave up to His Danish Majesty theses same Colonies in the year 1801. With regard to the Island of Anholt, it is agreed that it shall be given back 1 month after the Ratification of the present Treaty; unless the season and the difficulty of navigation should present insurmountable obstacles.
ARTICLE V
His Britannic Majesty having stipulated with his Allies, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sweden, and the King of Prussia, not to conclude either Armistice or Peace with their common Enemies, but by mutual consent, it is understood that the Peace, re-established by the present Treaty, and by the Treaty signed this day between the King of Denmark and the King of Sweden, shall in consequence be extended to the above-mentioned Allies, by the means of Negotiations, the which shall be entered upon as soon as possible, His Britannic Majesty engaging himself to employ his good offices with his Allies in order that their respective relations with His Danish Majesty may be renewed upon the same footing as they were before the War.
His Danish Majesty, relying with full confidence on the good offices of Their Britannic and Swedish Majesties, for the purpose, as soon as possible, of restoring the peaceable and friendly connexions between His Majesty and Their Majesties the Emperor of All the Russias and the King of Prussia, as they were before the War, consents to make all hostilities towards the Allies of Great Britain and Sweden immediately cease. All Prizes which have been made since the signature of the present Treaty shall be restored; His Danish Majesty relying on a complete reciprocity in this respect.
ARTICLE VI
His Danish Majesty consents to take an active part with the Allied Powers in the present War against France, and to furnish 10,000 men, which Corps is to be attached to the Army of the North of Germany, and under the immediate command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, to be placed on the same footing, and to be treated in every respect in the same manner as the Swedish Troops, which constitute a part of the said Army, His Britannic Majesty engaging himself to pay to His Danish Majesty, for the maintenance of the said Troops, a certain sum, to be provided for every month in this present year in the proportion of £400,000 a-year, from the day on which they are placed under the command of the Swedish Crown Prince. This Corps shall be always kept up to its full complement, which may be ascertained by a Commissary named for that purpose on the part of His Britannic Majesty.
It is however understood by the High Contracting Parties, that these payments are to cease from the time His Britannic Majesty shall declare such Troops not to be required for the good of the common Cause, or by the conclusion of a General Peace. A proper time shall be allowed, concerning which an amicable arrangement shall be made, for the Troops to return to His Danish Majesty's Dominions.
ARTICLE VII
The commercial relations between the Subjects of the 2 High Contracting Parties shall again return to the usual order, as existing before the present War began. They moreover reciprocally agree to adopt measures, as soon as possible, for giving greater force and extent to those relations.
ARTICLE VIII
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Nation being extremely desirous of totally abolishing for ever the Slave Trade, His Majesty the King of Denmark engages to co-operate with His said Majesty for the completion of so beneficent a work, and to prohibit all his Subjects, in the most effectual manner, and by the most solemn Laws, from taking any share in the Slave Trade.
ARTICLE IX
The 2 High Contracting Parties oblige themselves reciprocally, not to conclude any Peace or Truce with France, but by mutual consent.
ARTICLE X
Whereas His Danish Majesty, in virtue of the Treaty of Peace this day concluded with His Majesty the King of Sweden, has ceded the Kingdom of Norway to His said Majesty for a certain indemnity provided by Sweden, His Britannic Majesty, who has thus seen his engagements contracted with Sweden in this respect fulfilled, promises, in concert with the King of Sweden, to employ his good office with the Allied Powers, at the General Peace, to obtain for Denmark a proper indemnity for the Cession of Norway.
ARTICLE XI
The sequestrations which have been laid, by either of the Contracting Parties, on property not already confiscated or condemned, shall be raised immediately after the Ratification of this Treaty.
ARTICLE XII
His Majesty the King of Sweden having engaged, by the VI Article of the Treaty of Alliance with His Britannic Majesty, concluded at Stockholm the 3rd of March, 1813, to grant for a period of 20 years, to be computed from the exchange of the Ratifications of the said Treaty, to the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty of the privileges of depot in the Port of Stralsund, of all articles being the growth or manufacture of Great Britain, or of her Colonies, imported in British or Swedish Vessels, on paying a Duty of 1 per cent ad valorem on such articles and merchandise on import and export; His Majesty the King of Denmark promising to fulfill, in his new character of Sovereign of Swedish Pomerania, the said Stipulation, by substituting the Vessels of Denmark for those of Sweden.
ARTICLE XIII
All the ancient Treaties of Peace and Commerce concluded between the Predecessors of Their Britannic and Danish Majesties, are hereby renewed in their full extent, and in all their Clauses, so far as they are not contradictory to the Stipulations contained in the Articles of the present Treaty.
ARTICLE XIV
This Treaty of Peace shall be ratified by the 2 High Contracting Parties; and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Kiel within 1 month, or sooner if practicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the Undersigned, by virtue of our Full Powers, have signed the present Treaty of Peace, and thereto affixed the Seal of our Arms.
DONE at Kiel, the 14th January, in the year of our Lord, 1814.
Edward Thornton
Edmund Bourke
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE I
The Evacuations, Cessions, and Restitutions, stipulated by the above-mentioned Treaty, shall be executed, in Europe within a month, in the Seas of America within 3 months, and in the Continent and Seas of Asia within 6 months, after the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty.
ARTICLE II
In all cases of restitution agreed upon by the present Treaty, the Fortifications shall be delivered up in the state in which they were at the moment of the signature of the Definitive Treaty, and all Works which shall have been constructed since the occupation shall remain untouched.
It is further agreed, that in all the cases of cession stipulated, there shall be allowed to the Inhabitants, of whatever condition or Nation they may be, a term of 3 years, reckoning from the Ratification of the present Treaty, to dispose of their property, acquired and possessed whether before or in the course of the War, during which term of 3 years they shall be at liberty freely to exercise their religion, and to enjoy their property. The same facility is granted within the Countries restored, to all Persons, Inhabitants or others, who shall have formed any establishments during the time which those Countries were possessed by Great Britain.
In respect to the Inhabitants of the Countries restored or ceded, it is agreed that no one shall be persecuted, disturbed, or troubled, either personally or in his property, under any pretext, on account of his political opinions or conduct, or of his attachment to either of the High Contracting Parties, or for any other cause, unless it be for debts contracted with Individuals, or for acts subsequent to the present Treaty.
ARTICLE III
The decision of every claim between Individuals of the respective nations for any debts, property, effects, or rights whatever, which conformably to common usage and the laws of Nations ought to be brought forward, shall be referred to the competent Tribunals, and in such cases there shall be prompt and complete justice rendered in the Countries where the claims are respectively put forth.
These Additional Articles shall make a part of the Treaty signed the 14th January, 1814, and shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word in the said Treaty.
They shall be ratified by the 2 High Contracting Parties, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged within 4 weeks, or sooner if possible.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the Undersigned, in virtue of our respective Full Powers, have signed the present Additional Articles, and have affixed thereto the Seal of our Arms.
DONE at Liege, the 7th April, 1814.
Edward Thornton
Edmund Bourke
SEPARATE ADDITIONAL ARTICLE
It is agreed between the 2 High Contracting Parties, that the same security of person and property which has been stipulated by the Additional Articles signed this day, for the Inhabitants of the restored or ceded Countries, shall be afforded to all the Subjects of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whether British or Hanoverians, and of His Majesty the King of Denmark, who shall have taken an active part in the present War, which has disturbed so many countries, and that no one shall be persecuted, disturbed, or troubled on account of his political conduct or opinions during the course of the War.
This Additional Article shall make part of the Treaty signed the 14th of January, 1814, and shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the said Treaty.
It shall be ratified by the 2 High Contracting Parties, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged within 4 weeks, or sooner if possible.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the Undersigned, in virtue of our respective Full Powers, have signed the present Additional Article, and affixed thereto the Seal of our Arms.
DONE at Liege, the 7th April, 1814.
Edward Thornton
Edmund Bourke
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