us, we, the undersigned, have agreed and stipulated the following Arti cles: Art. 1. The royal Swedish army is, immediately after the ratification of this convention, to take up a position along the frontier of the district of Uleaborg from Kemi to Peckawara. Kemi consequently re maits in the hands of the Russians. II. The Swedish army is to eva❤ cuate the town of Uleaborg within ten days next ensuing the date of this; the Russian troops are to take possession of the said town on the 30th of Nov. The other parts of The country, which are to be given up to the Russians, shall be evacuated according to the agreement yet to be concluded between the contracting parties. III. The rear of the Swedish army shall return by the route agreed upon, aud whatever cannot be removed by the Swedish troops in their retreat, shall be considered as good and lawful prize. IV. The Swedish army binds itself neither to destroy, distribute among the inhabitants, nor sell the magazines which they shall be necessitated to surrender. V. The Swedish troops are not to take with them from Uleaborg or other places to be surrendered, any civil officers, nor any articles or goods belonging to the provinces VI. The Swedish army is to send back all clergymen, civil officers, and inhabitants of the places evacuated by their troops, provided it be done by the desire, or with the consent of the said persons. VII. This convention shall be ralified by the respective generals in chief of both Armies, and the ralification exchanged to-morrow night. Letter of the Supreme Junta to the Marquis de la Romana. Dated, Tudela, Dec. 4, 1808. Most Excellent Sir,-The king and lord, Ferdinand VII, and in his royal name the Supreme Junta of government of the kingdom, omitting no means which can any ways promote the safety and prosperity of the nation, has thought proper to resolve, that your excellency is not only to command the army, of which you are general in chief, but also the armies of Old Castile, Leon, Asturias, and Galicia, superintending, with regard to all the said armies, the troops of the mass, and putting in requisition the horses, mules and other measures, which are required to augment our army, and put it on that respectable footing which the present extraordinary circumstances require. His Majesty has been informed, and sees with the deepest concern, that, to the want of subordination, cowardice is added by many, whence arises that scandalous desertion which excites astonishment in our allies, and damps their general ardour. This conduct, so contrary to the sentiments of true Spaniards, and which cannot be counteracted by mild measures, demands that your excellency should check it with all the rigour of military law, extending the punishment to all those who assist or protect deserters. For this purpose his Majesty invests your excellency with the most ample power which may be required, to cause yourself to be promptly and implicitly obeyed, and cause the enthusiasm which begins to slacken in the Provinces and especially in Old Castile, to be revived. To attain that end, extraordinary and vigorous measures are required, calculated to secure the safety safety of the nation, which caunot be done without the prompt and exemplary punishment of the vile and degenerate wretches who deceive their country and their King, by usurping the title of their defenders, while they are selling them to the enemy. From that severe punishment, such justices and places are not to be exempted as show any slowness in checking disorder and confusion, or do not execute your excellency's orders with the necessary punctuality and zeal. His Majesty invests you with such great authority, in order that you may be convinced of the implicit confidence which he places in your energy and zeal. The necessary orders have been dispatched for that purpose to the respective juntas of government, that they may possess full knowledge the cof, and obey your excelJency, to whom I communicate the above royal order for your information, and compliance with the same. God preserve your excellency many MARTIN DE GARAY. years. Ordinance of the Marquis in consequence of the above letter. Dated, Leon, Déc. 1808. In pursuance thereof, I ordain that all the inhabitants of the kingdom of Castile, Leon, and Asturias and Galicia, of from 16 to 45 years of age, are immediately to arm themselves with such musquets, carbines, pistols, sabres, aird every other description of arms as they have in their possessión. That all young men unmarried without children, are to repair, without the least delay, to the places which shall be pointed out by the juntas of goverument in the respective pro vinces and districts, to be inmediately incorporated with the armies. All other persons shall also arm to defend their respective provinces; all horses and mules belonging to any persons whomsoever, are put in a state of requisition, and are immediately to be delivered up for the use of the armies. All armourers and smiths are, in preference to any other business, to devote their exertions to the fabrication of arms and pikes; the latter being destined for those inhabitants who cannot be supplied with any other sort of arms. All persons refusing to enlist or deliver up horses, mules, and other necessaries, shall be committed as traitors to their country, and be punished in an exemplary manner. All vile deserters shail be shot as soon as apprehended, without any exception or mercy. Cowards who in an engagement with the enemy are the first to run away and cause disorder and confusion, may be killed on the spot for their own punishment, and as au example to others. All those gallant defenders of their country, worthy of the heroic Spanish names, who distinguish themselves by deeds of superior valour, shall be rewarded in such a manner that their names shall be handed down to posterity, with those marks of public approbation which shall be best calculated to immortalize their glory. MARQUIS DE LA ROMANA. Considering that the Council of Castile has shewn, in the exercise of all its functions, equal falsehood and feebleness: That after having published throughout the kingdom, the renunciation of king Charles the 4th, and of the Princes Don Fernando, Don Carlos, Don Francisco, and Don Autonio, of the crown of Spain, and after having recognised and December 4. proclaimed our legitimate rights to In our Imperial camp of Madrid, to the throne, they had the meanness to declare, in the eyes of Europe and posterity, that they only subscribed these different acts, with interior and perfidious restrictions: We have decreed and do decree as follows: Art. 1. The members of the council of Castile are removed as cowards, and unworthy of being the magistrates of a brave and gene rous nation. 2. The presidents and procurators of the king shall be arrested as hostages. The other members of the council shall be required to re main at Madrid in their houses, under pain of being prosecuted and punished as traitors; are neverthe &c. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, We have decreed and do decree as follows: Art. 1. The tribunal of the Inquisition is abolished, as contrary to the civil sovereignty and authority. 2. The property belonging to the Inquisition shall be put under sequestration, and be united to the domain of Spain, to serve as a guarantee for the Vales, and for all other parts of the public debt. (Signed) NAPOLEON. December 4 less excepted from the present dis- In our Imperial camp of Madrid, position, all the members of the said council who shall not have signed -the declaration of the 11th August, 1808, as dishonourable to the dignity of the magistrate as to the character of the man. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, &c. We have decreed and do decree as follows: Art. 1. The same individual cannot possess more than one conimandery. 2. From the 1st of January next, every individual possessing several commanderies, shall designate the In our Imperial camp of Madrid, one he prefers preserving the &c. December 4. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, others shall revert to the disposal of the king. (Signed) NAPOLEON. In our Imperial camp of Madrid, &c. December 4. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, Considering that the religious of the different monastic orders in Spain are too multiplied: That if a certain number be useful to assist the ministers of the altar in the administration of the sacraments, the existence of too considerable a number is injurious to the prosperity of the state: We decrce as follows; Art 1. The number of convents at present existing in Spain, shall be reduced to a third. This reduction shall be produced by uniting the religious of several convents in one single house. 2. Dating from the publication of the present decree, no admission to the boviciate, no religious profession shall be permitted, until the number of the religious of each sex shall have been reduced to the third of the number of the said religious now existing. In consequence, and in the space of a fortnight, all the novices shall quit the convents into which they have been admitted. 3. All the regular ecclesiastics who wish to renounce their usual living, and to live as secular ecclesiastics, shall be free to quit their houses. 4. The religious who shall so renounce, conformably to the preceding article, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of a pension whose a mount shall be regulated by their age, but which shall not be less than 3000 reals, nor exceed the maximum of 4000. 5. Upon the amount of the property of the convents which shall be suppressed in execution of the first article of the present decree, shall be raised the sum necessary to increase the portion of the cures, so that the minimum of the salary of the curates shall be raised to 2400 reals. 6. The property of the suppressed convents which shall be disposeable after the raising of the sum ordered by the foregoing article, shall be united to the domain of Spain, and be employed as follows: 1. The half of the said property to guarantee the Vales and other parts of the public debt. 2. The other half to reimburse the provinces and cities the expences occasioned by the supplying of the French armies, and the insurrectional armies, and to indemnify the cities and country for the damages, losses of houses, and other losses occasioned by the war. (Signed) NAPOLEON. In our Imperial camp of Madrid, &c. December 4. The present decree shall be published and registered in all the councils, courts and tribunals, in or Napoleon, Emperor of the French, der to its being carried into execu→→ Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of theConfederation of the Rhine, &c. Taking into our consideration, that one of the greatest abuses which have been introduced into the finances of Spain, arises from the alienation of the different branches of the imposts, and that nevertheless imposts are from their nature inalienable, We have decreed, and do decree as follows: From the publication of the present decrce, every individual who shall be in possession, either by grant from the king, or by sale, or by any other means, of any portion whatever of the civil or ecclesiastical imposts, shall cease to receive them, and those from whom they may be leviable, shall be answerable for the payment of their respective naposts to the agents of the king or of the treasury. tion as a law of the State. (Signed) NAPOLEON. H.B. MARET. |