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France (hall at the end the fame term of fix
months, restore the towns and territories which
her arms may have taken from the English or
their allies in the East-Indies.
In con 'qaence whereof, the necessary orders
sh ill be sent by each of the high contrasting
parties, with reciprocal passports for the ships
which (hall carry them, immediately after the
ratification of the definitive Treaty.
Art. 21, The prisoners made refpe&ively by
the arms of his Britannic Majesty. and his Most
Christian Majesty, by land and by sea, shall be
restored reciprocally, and bona fide immediate
ly after the ratification of the definitive Treaty,
without ransom, and on paying the debts they
may have contracted during their captivity ; and
eacn Crown (hall refpe&ively reimburse the sums
which shall have been ' advanced for the subsis
tence and maintenance of their prisoners,
by the Sovereign of the country where they
shall have been detained, according to the re
ceipts and attested accounts, and other authentic
titles which shall be produced on each fide.
Art. 22. In order to prevent all causes of
complaint and dispute which may arise on ac^
count of prizes which may be made at feaafter
the signing of these preliminary articles, it is re
ciprbcally agreed, that the vessels an@ effects
which may be taken in the Channel and the North-
Seas, after the space of twelve days, to be com,
puted from the ratification of the present preli
minary articles, shall be restored on each fide.
That the tern shall be one month from the Chan
nel and North-Seas, as far as the Canary Islands,
inclusively, whether in the Ocean or in the Me
diterranean. Two months from the. said Cana
ry Islands, as far as the Equinoctial line or
Equator ; and lastly, five months in all, other
parts of the World, withou any exception or
any other more particular difcription of time
and place.
Art. 23. The ratification of the present pre
liminary articles, shall be expedited in good and
.due form, and exchanged in the space of one
Majesties agree not to give them any assistance,
directly or indirectly, against the British or
French possessions; or againlt the ancient posses
sions of their refpedive Allies ; and their said
Majesties shall offer them their good offices to
wards a mutual accommodation.
Art. 17. The King of Great-Britain, defirova
of giving his Most Chriftian. Majefty a sincere
proof of reconciliation and friendihip, and of con
tributing to the solidity of the peace which is on
the point of being re-eftab iihed, will consent to
the abrogation and fupprelhon of all the articles
relative to Dunkirk, from the treaty of peace
concluded at Utrecht in 1713, inclusively to this
time.
Art. 18. By the definitive treaty, all those
which have exited till nowbetween the two High
Contracting Parties, and uhich shall not have
been derogated from either by the said Treaty
or,by the present Preliminary Treaty, shall be
renewed and confirmed; and the two Courts
shall name Commissioners co enquire into the
ftate' of commerce between the two nations, in
order to agree upon new arrangements of trade,
on the footing of reciprocity and mutual conve
nience The said two Courts '(hall together a
micably fix a competent term for the duration of
.that business,
Art. 19, All the countries and territories which
may have been, or which may be, conquered in
any part of the world whatsoever, by the arms of
his Britannic Majesty, or by those of his Most
Christian Majesty, and which are not included
in the present articles, shall be restored without
difficulty, and without requiring compensation.
Art. 20. As it is necessary to assign a fixed
epoch for the restitutions and the evacuations to
be made by each of the high contracting parties
it is agreed; that the King of Great-Britain shall
cause to be evacuated the Inlands of St Pierre
and Miquelon, three months after the ratificati
on of the definitive treaty, or fooher if it can be
done ; St. Lucia in the Weft-Indies, and Goree
in Africa, three months after the ratifications of
the definitive treaty, or fopnerif it can be done,
enter again into pofibilion of the Iffands of Gre
nada, the Grenadines, St Vincent, Dominica,
St. Christopher's, Nevis, and Mo.ntferrat.
France shall b@ put into possession of the towns
and comptoirs, which are reftqred to her in the
East-Indies, and of the territories which are pro
cured for her, to serve as dependencies round
Pondicherry, and round Karical, fix Months af
ter the ratification of the definitive Treaty, or
sooner if it can be done.
PARI S, January 21.
I T Is with equal pleasure and zeal that we has
% ten to communicate to you the happy event
of peace, which is now rendered certain by an
extraordinary proclamation.
On Sunday the 19th, in the evening, a grand
Council was held, at the conclusion of which
His Majesty declared that a Courier extraordi
nary was expe&ea from London, who was to
bring with him the treaty of peace,figned George
the Third. On the 20th, at three in the morn
ing, this Courier arrived at the ho^fe of Mons.
de Vergennes, at Versailles. At seven o'clock
he waited upon the King, when an extraordina
ry Council was held, at which his Majesty was
present, and which concluded with the signature
of Louis the Sixteenth, being placed by the fide
of that ofthe King of Great-Rritain. Immedi
ately after, Mr. Le Noir, Lieutenant of the Po
lice, lent the proclamation to all the chief orders
ofthe state, and this pleasing intelligence was in
a few minutes spread throughout Paris.
LON DON, February 4.
There could not (fays a correspondent) haveb^en
so ruinous a peace to England as the present.—
After the loss of one hundred millions of money,
and more than one hundred thousand men, we
have loft by it all America, Mahon, Tobago and
Senegal ; given back the superior state of the
EaftJndjes in Chandernagore and Pondicherry;
the fame in Africa, in Senegal and Goree ; and
a decided fuperiprify over us in the Well-Indies,
by restoring St. Lucia,
No mifehief to Great-Britain (fays the fame
writer) was ever equal to that done in the admi
nistration of Lord Rockingham, and compjeated
in Lord Shelburne's who, with all his boasted
talents, had not shown the wisdom of a child;
who has had recourfc to (hops and wine cellars,
to find negociators ^ruin this country,
ExtraEl of a letter from Fortfmouth, February 2.
" The Duke of Athol, Col. Murray and Lord
George Lenox, Commander in Chief in Scot
land, have been downhere ; but the Athol High
landers are still determined not to go to the East-
Indies. They have put up their arms and am
munition into one of the magazines, and placed
a very strong guard over them, whilst the rest of
the regiment sleep and refrefh themselves. They
come regularly and quietly to the grand parade,
twiceaday. Their adjutant and other officers
parade with them,_ One day it was proposed to
turn the great guns on the ramparts against the
Highlanders ; but that scheme was soon over
ruled, Another time it was suggested to fend
for some marching regiments near this place ;
upon which the Highlanders drew up the draw
bridges, and placed centinels at them.
" The 81ft,another Highland regimentaboard'
the India,men, have also infixed on being disem
barked, and we hear they are to he disembarked
on Tuesday, The Athol Highlanders are then
to march to Guilford on their way home.
V An English regimept embarked for the
Weft-Indies, infilled likewise on being re-land
ed, and cut the cables of their transports, and
are npw in the barracks here. The Athol High,
landers are quartered among the town's people:
They do not all appear to be Highlanders. There
are indeed some of Struan Robertson's men
amongst them, and a few of the Goln Ammon
people, and Stuarts of Appin, and Camerons, of
Lochiel, ; but they chiefly confill of young lads
from Perth, Glasgow, Dundee and Montrofe,
amounting in the whole to near rooo men. The
most of them attended the worship of God to
day, it being Sabbath, and have placed sentinels
all round for fear of being furprized.
" The inns are full of company from London,
and the country people from Sussex and twenty
miles round fleck iri to fee the Highlanders."
BALTI MOR E, April tB.
The account published in the Philadelphia pa
pers, of the xieath of the honorable John Han
son, Esq; late President of Congress, we
have the pleasure of assuring the public is
month, or sooner if it can be done, to be com
puted from the day of the signature of the pre
sent articles.
In witness whereof, we the underwritten Mi
nisters plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty,
and of nis Most Christian Majesty, by virtue of
our refpeaive full powers, have signed the pre
sent preliminary articles, arid.have caused the
seal of our arms to, be put thereto.,
Done at Versailles, the 20th day of Jan. 1783.
(L. S.) ALLEYNE FITZ-HERBERT.
(L. S.) GRAVIER DE VERGENNES.
premature; that worthy patriot being now in
perfect health.
Extras of a letterfrom a getrileman in Frederick
. Tdwn, ^pril 13, 1783.
A "A horrid aQ was committed here on Satur
day morning, Capt. Rim, of the Hereditary
Prince of Hesse's. regiment, cut his throat with a
razor and penknife, of which he died in an hour
or two afterwards., A surgeon attempted to
close the wound by a future, but the unhappy
man forced him away, and pointing to the in,
flruments of death, motioned as if he wished
him to enlarge the wound' .We know not the
cause oftbis defoerate acL It is said he attempt
ed to kill himfclf some time past, but was pre
vented by .hi@ friends. He has been low-fpi.
rited a long time."
PHILADELPHIA, April 2%
By a gentleman immediately from Fort Pitt
weare informed, 'that the lavages continue to
make war on the frontiers of that country.---
Within three weeks past they have taken and
killed several families : A family of the name of
Davis, on Rufhy^un, in Weftmoreland county,
and a family of the name of Lyon, on Turtle-
Creek, in the fame county. On the frontiers of
Washington, on Racoon, Cross-Creek, Buffalo,
Ten Mile, and Wheeling Creeks, mifehief has
been done. About 30 persons have been killed
or taken prisoners. A woman of the name of
Walker was taken op Buffalo, and made her es
cape before the party had crofted the Ohio. Some
of the party spoke English, but asked her no
questions of the state of the country, &c. From
this it would seem, that the obje& in taking prif*
oners was not to gain intelligence as has been
supposed. The stroke has been so general on
all quarters, and continued at different intervals
so long a time, that it cannot be supposed to be
the act of parties breaking up their hunting and
trading expeditions, and coming an the frontiers
to take a scalp or a prisoner before they return
bcm^; nor fan it be the act of some raft) war*
riprs pr foolifh young men, on whom the chiefs
are wontto lay the blame of what they do not
with to avow. The circuinftances which ac
company their late murders, in the opinion of
traders, and others who understand the customs
of the savages, bespeak a deliberate intention of
war. What reason was there to expe& it to be
otherwise ? The King of Great-Britain doubts
lets has directed them to defft, nor will they ,be
any longer furnifhed from Niagara and Detroit
with ammunition for the purpose of carrying on
war, but will they not receive it fortheir furs ?
British partizans have ceased to go put to war
with them, bytis not Mr. Ree, the Girtys, El
liot andotber refugees still residing with them,
who will instigate them to mifehief? What
have these nations fuffered that they should be
weary ofthe war ? We have given them but lit
tle trouble in their town, they have enjoyed plen
ty and security. What would they gait }by a
peace with us ? We have no goods at Fort Pitt
to bribe them. By war they obtain plunder frpnx
our settlements, is not war, the amufemerits and
the honors ofit, the ambition of the savages ?
The fame spirit which leads the sportsman to- a
fox chafe, impels them to war. What but fuf
fering will repress this love of pastime? Abftratt
reflections on what may come upon them will
not be fufficierit : Did not these carry on war in
1773 and 1774, without the countenance of any
white nation, and may they not still make war
in the fame cxrcumftances f The people of the
frontiers, who know the disposition of the.fava
ges, are astonished that it should be supposed
that any orders from Sir Guy Carleton should
put an end to their incursions. Nothing but a
heavy campaign penetrating their country, and
eftabli/hing polls can effe& this. This, it is to
be hoped, will now be the measure. It is hard
that all the rest of the world should enjoy peace,
while the families qf the western country are
murdered daily. *
Extra& of a letter from Charleftown, dated
March 19, 1783.
" As I was about to give you the fouthem
news I mtift not forget to mention one impor
tant event which took place in the aflembly of
this State, a few days ago, One hundred and
ninety British merchants', who remained here
after Leslie's departure, petitioned to be permit
ted to remain till 1784; and 'their petition was
acceded to. Sixty odd of those were - fubfeas
and traitors of other states. They now petition
to be admitted to citizenship, in direct contra,
vention to a resolution of Congress; and such is
the disgust of men here against the French trade.