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</hich certificates shall be made dot by the officer#
of the place whence the ship set fail in the acciifto
rri?4 fortes; and if an'y erne shall think it fit or advife
^ble to express in the said certificates the person to
Whom the fcoods oil board belong, he may freely
do so.
ARtic! R XXIX'. If the flip's of the said fubje&s,
people or inhabitants of either of the parties shall be
met with either failing along the coasts, or on the
high seas, by any ships of war the Sthefor by
any privateers, the said (hips of war, or p ivateers,
for the avoiding ot any disorder, shall remain out of
cannon Ihot, and may ford their boats on board the
merchant ship which they mail so meet with, and
may enter her to the number of two or three men
only, to whomthe matter or commander of such
flnp or vessel Shall exhibit his peffport concerning
the property of the ship, made out according to the
form inferred in this present treaty; and the ship,
when the shall have shewed such passport, shall be
free and at liberty to pursue her voyage, so as it
shall not be lawful to molest or search her in any
manner or give her chace or force her tu quit her
intended course.
Form of the Passports and Letters which are to be
given to the ships and Barques according to the
27th Article.of this Treaty.
To ALL who shall fee these Prefects GREETINGS
IT is hereby made known, that leave and permissi
on has been given to matter and commander
of the ship called of the town of, burthen
tons or thereabout lying at present in the port and
haven of and bound for and laden with
after that his ship has been visited and before
filling he shall make oa f h before the officers who
have the urifdidibn of maritime affairs, that the
said ship belongs to one or moreof the fubje&s of
the act whereof shall be put at the end of
these presents, as likewise that he will keep, and
cause to be kept by his crew on board the marine
ordinancesfend regulations, and enter into the proper
office a lift signed and witnessed containing the
names and fir names the places of birth and abode
of the crew of his ship and of all who shall embark
on board her, whom he shall not take on board
without the knowledge and permission of tbeofficers
of thesauri ne; and iri^very port or haven where he
shall enter with his ship, he shall shew this present
leave to the officers and judges of the marine, and
shall give a faithful account to them of what passed
and was done during his voyage; and he shall car
ry the colours, arms and ensigns of the King, or
United States during his voyage. In witness
whereof, we have signed these presents, and put the
fed of our arms thereunto, and caused the fame to
be countersigned by at the
day of Anna Domini
NOW THEREFORE, to the end that the said
treaty may be well and faithfully performed and
kept on the part and behalf of these United States,
RESOLVED, That all Captains Commanders,
and other Officers and Seamen, belonging to any of
the vessels of war of these United States, do govern
themselves BriAly in all things according to the a
bove recited articles, and that they do afford the fame
did and protection to the persons commerce and
property of the fubje&s of his Most Christian Majesty
as is due to the persons, commerce and property of
the inhabitants of these United States. AND
FURTHER, IT IS RECOMMENDED to all the
inhabitants of these States, to confider the fubje&s
of his Mott Christian Majesty as their brethren and
allies, and that they behave towards them With the
friendfllip and attention due to the fubjeds of a
GREAT PRINCE who, with the bigheft magna
nimity and wisdom, hath treated with these United
States on terms of perfect equality and mutual ad
vantage thereby rendering himfelf THE PROTEC
TOR OF THE RIGHTS OF MANKIND.
Extract from the Minutes
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
YORK-TOWN May 4.
On Saturday laG SIMEON DEANE Esq; arrived
at Congress, express from the American Plenipo
tentiaries at the Court of France, and delivered
his Difpatces to the President. The important
Contents are, by a Correspondent, thus com
' municated.
THE news of the defeat and captivity of General
turgovne were received in Franco the beginning cf
December with as much joy as if a victory by their
own troops had been announced, Our Plenipoten
tiaries took this opportunity again to attraA the at
tention of the Court of France to the object es their
negotiation. On the 16th Monsieur Girard Roy
al Svndic of Stlafburgh, and Secretary of his Ma
jesty's Council of State waited upon our Plenipo,
tentiaries and informed them by order or THS
King, " That after long and full consideration of
our affairs and porporfitions in Council, it was deci
ded, and his Majesty w«i d„rn@§d to acknowledge
our indeperidaft, <nd rate » Treaty with lit of
Amity and Commerce. That in this treaty, no
advantage would be taken of our present filtration to
obtain terras from us, Which otheWife Would hot
be convenient for us to agree to, hie Maj,fly defiling
that the treaty, once made, should be durable, and
ouramity subsist for ever, which could not be ex
pefled, if each ration did not find its intareft in the
continuance as well as in the commencement of it.
It Was therefore hi intention, th^t the! terms of
the treaty Should be such, as we might be willing to
agree to if our state had been long established and
in the fulnefs of strength and power, and such as we
should approve of wh^h that time should come. That
his Majesty was fixed in his determination, not
only to acknowledge, bat to support our Indepen
dence by every means hi his power. That in doing;
this, he might probably be soon engaged in & war
with all the expences, refque and damage ufhally at
tending it ; yet he should hot expert any eompm
fition from ns on that account, nor pretend that he
afled wholly for our fakes, since besides h;s real
goodwill .to us and out cauTe, it was manifestly tho
ineereft of France, that the powel of England fnould
be diminished by our reparations from it. He should
moreover, not so much as irifift, that, if he eee,red
in the war with England on our account we riei Id
not make a separate peace for burfelve^ whenever
good and advantageous terms were ottered to hs.
The only condition he should require and refy on
would be this, that we A no track t6.be
made with England, should give up our In
dependence, SND RETURN TO THE OBEDIENCE OF
THAT GOVERNMENT."
That upon the? principles, by Virthe of full poTO
•r, by the King ofFrance to Monfeur Girard Roy
al Syndic of the City of Strafborgh, and Secretary
of his Majesty's Council of State, dated the 30th of
January, 1778 this Minister, with four Plenipo
tentiaries signed at Paris, on the 6th of February a
Treaty ot .Alliance ^nd Commerce between the
Crow* of France and tfe United States #f America;
almost in the very term in which the African.
Plenipotentiaries had been inftru&ed by Congress.
In the Treaty of Alliance, the following articles are
conspicuous.
" Article I. If rar should break net between
France and Great Britain, during the continuance of
the present war between the United States and Eng
land, his Ma efty and United States fh^j make it 1
common cause, and aid each other mutually with
their good offices, .their councils, and their forces
according to the exigence of conjunctures, as be
comes good and faithful allies."
“Article 11. The eflential and DIRECT IND
ofth^ present defensive alliance is, to maintain ef
fe&ually the Liberty, SevRRBTCNTY and In
d ependence. ABSOLUTE AND UNLIMITED, of the
said United States, as well in matters of govermrcrt
as of commerce."
" Article VI. The Most Christian King re
nounces for ever the po&ffiDn of the ligand of Ber
muda. AS WELL A 3 OF ANY PART OFTHE CONTI
NENT of North- Arer ica, which before the treaty
of Paris in <763, or in virtue of that treaty were
acknowledged to belong to the Crown of Great Bri
ton, or to the United States, heretofore called Bri
tish Colonies mr which arr at this time or
have lately been. under the power of the King
and Crown ofGreat Britain."
The Treaty of Commerce hands under the broad
basts of equality, and. considering the established
great power of France; and the infancy of the Uni
ted States, is an a& without paralled. In a word,
the sentiments dilivered on the 16th of December by
Mons. Girard by order of the King of France, are
sentiments rarely entertained by Princes and which,
together with equal treaties, must rank him not
only among the grea<eft Monarchs of France, but in
history.
The Independence of America is a favourite ob
je& with all those powers of Europe who entertain
commercial views'- With refpe& to the acknowledg
ment ofour Independence, they have waited the
example of France, and will now be determined in
our favour by her conduft, The Emperor, Spain
and Pruffiaare determined to support us. On the
16th of Nov. lift the Prussian Minister wrote in the
following terms to dine of cur Plenipotentiaries.
« As to the reinforcements of troops which Great
Britain may receive from other powers of Europe
for next campaign I Can assure you, Sir, that yair
nation has nothing to fear from Russia or Denma%;
and that even Germany will not furnish but force
hundred men which the Duke of Bfunfwick, the
Landgrave of Heffc and the Margrave of Anfpach,
in conformity to their treaties, cannot but fend an
nually to recruit the troops which those Pri^
hold in America in the nay of England. It is
sincere fatisfadion that I give ,ou this agreed '
formation."---The King of Pruira would '. <#
the troops of Heffc and Hagau, iq Brit^ , to
pass thf^ttph b*s dominions,---hewhas promised to be
tneiecomd Po/zef in Europe to acknowledge the In
dependence of America.
I he American prisoners in England were treated
^ith such ^hHmanity as induced our Plenipoten
tiaries to write to Lord North on the fubje& ; arid
to employ a gentleman of rank in London to relieve
their diffreffes. Ihe British government thereupon
relaxed their severities. The friends of America
i, London ralleda meeting on the 24th of Decem
'™-x„ls to colled fubferiptions for the relief of
American prisoners and on the sth of January they
celleded ^.2677 Bs. 6d, sterling for that purpose.
Among the fubfcrffo hand the names of Marquisof
Rockirrham^ Marquis of Granby Earl Shelburne,
Ear! Abingdorri, Lord Cholmondely, Vifeount
Mdfeton, Vifetynteis Middleton Sir George S.a-
Ville Hon. Thomas Townshend, Hon. Thomas
Towuhiend jwu'r Hop. Thomas Walpole bekdei
many Aldermen and Centlemeh of thffirft diftin&i
on. Oar P enifaeritianes alTbfe'us that Britain,
failing in this campaign cannot pofiibly hiake ano
ther in America, -so low are her tinane'es reduced so
ruined is her credit abroad, and so difficult is it for
her to procure men at bore. That the greatest
preparations tor war iy making th allparts of France.
That near 50 000 French troops were a&ually
matched inio Normandy arid Brittany ; and that
the rtavy of France and Spain now cortfifted of ate
fail ready for sea,
PORTSMOV T H, May 11.
Paragraph of a letter, dated %d of March free*
Spain which may be relied on.
We afe now on the ~d of April, and another
mail from France having just now came in letters
from Paris, dot only confirm the arrival there on the
2 3 c 'of March ofthe French arabaffador from London,
but also the arrival of hn expr&fs from London on the
14th, in 36 heprs with advice that WAR w®cl»
B6DSCLARED TffE SAMH DAY IN LONDON AGAINST
France."
HARTFORD, May 1%
^^ 1 huffday being the annua! General EfeAidh
of the Governor ? and Company, of the State of Con
neAicut, the foliowine Gentlemen were dulY
chosen viz. Bi^ K^ELLINCY
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Elq; Governor.
Tas Honof-abl#
MATTHEW CRIS'WOID Big; Dep Gove/nor<
A S SI STAN T S.
ffaz Hamlin, Esq; &tWa ^hrltx7», Efim
EpRHALEf Dy*R, Efq.;JaebzHutitinOtOn,Efq;
William P/tkin Efo ; Roger Sherman, Efa;
Abra'it. Davix,oßT Esq ; O^fverWolcot, Esq
Samuel HuoT#NGTOvtyEfq; Richard Law, Efty
WILLIAM V# illta^s. Eiq, Titus Hosmer, Eln;
far Lawr^ncr E!s Treasurer.
GKCkGE "Wyllys Esq; Secretary.
Bay,am:n PJuNTfN<rtoN, Esq ; Speaker, ariif
Benjamin Payne Esq; Clerk, of the House of
Representatives.
*, Roll of Reprefer,tativer cannot be inferred this
week for want of room.
^y order of the Corro77TroTofVA^C
HEREAS in the opinion of this board it is
VV of importance that the ftii&ts be recalled
to New Haven, experience ffiew ng it to be imprac
ticable and detrimental to continue them in a dis
persed state of claifes in ' different towns. And
whereas Mr. Jeremiah Atwater of New flavein.
Steward,<has engaged to make the most vigorous
efforts to provide commons to assist him in effecting:
it as loon as possible it is recommended to the pa
rents of the students and others, who have the good
of College at heart, to furmfh him with such 0! the
necessaries for the support cf life as they can spare,
or inform him with what they can supply him be
fore the 25th inGant. In the mean time,, it is re
commended to the students to pursue their ftudjes
in the best manner they are able, and as soon as pro.
vision is made for their accommodation, public no
tice will be given in the 'papers.
Elfzur Goodrich, Scribe.
Nm Haven, May 5 G7B
WILL COVER this fafon at tfe stable of
fbe fobfcribtr in Hartford, the famous horse
calledrthe WILD DEAR, known by^he name of
Church's Horse. This Herfe is judged to be fa
pefior to any in New England, arid is the fame that
was in my keeping last fe son.
' _ ^WILLIAM HOOKER.
6Ris M" A' N, '
'ipple p/ey HORSE will cover this season
juftin Morgan's stable in Weft Ppringfield,
? ilars the season and four the jungle leap ; his
fences for beauty, strength, fiddle, harneffy
a fine colts are so well known that there needs n@
further difeription.
N. B. It is the fame horse that covered at Col
chester left season by the wrong name of Young
Ranger,