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PRELIMINARY ARTICLES OF PEACE

BETWEEN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND HIS BRI
TANNIC MAJESTY, SIGNED AT LONDON, OC
TOBER I, 1801.

The FIRST CONSUL of the French Republic, in
the name of the French People, and His MAJESTY
the KING of the UNITED KINGDOM Of GREAT
tR.ITAIN AND IRELAND, animated with an equal
desire to end the calamities of a destruEuive War,
and to re-establish union and good understanding
between the two Nations, have named for this pur-
pose, viz, the FIRST CONSUL of the French Repub-
lic, in the name' of the French People, Citizen Lou is
WILLIAM OTTO, Commissary appointed for the
exchange of French Prisoners in England, and His
BRITANNIC MAJESTY, ROBERT BANKS JENKIN-

sox, Lord HAWKESBURY, one of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; who after
having duly exchanged, in form, their full Powers,
have agreed upon the following Preliminary Articles:
ART. I. As soon as the Preliminaries shall be

signed and ratified, sincere friendship shall be re_
established between the French Republic and His
• BRITANNIC MAJESTY, by Land and by Sea, in
all parts of the World. In consequence, and that
all hostility may immediately cease between the
two Powers, and between them and their respec-
tive Allies, orders shall be sent, with the greatest
dispatch, to their Forces by land and by sea, each
of the Contra Cling Parties engaging to give the
necessary Passports and facilities to accelerate the
atrival 'of the said orders, and to insure their
C .
xectt
tl
on.
It is besides agreed, that every con.
quest which may be made by either of the Con..
trading Parties, or by their respective Allies, after
the Ratification of the present Preliminaries, shall
be regarded as nugatory, and faithfully comprised
in the Restitutions which shall take place after the
Ratification of the Definitive Treaty.
11. His BRITANNIC MAJESTY shall restore to
the French Republic and its Allies, viz. to His
CATHOLIC MAJESTY, and to the Batavian Repub_
lie, all the Possessions and Colonies occupied or
Conquered by the English Forcer; in the course of
the present War, with the exception of thf Is'. of
7'rinit.Y, and the Dutch Possessions in the Island
Of 'Ce.Ylm, which Islands and Possessions His BRI.,
TANNIC MAJESTY shall keep in full and complete
,vereignty.
41. The Port of the Cape of Good Hope shall
be °I-1n to the Commerce and Navigation of the
tw° Cuitrading Parties, who shall there enjoy
equal adtantages. •
IV, The Island of Malta, with its Dependen.
ties, shalt be evacuated by the English Troops, and
it shall be icstored to the Order of St. John of jern_
salem• To insure the absolute independence of that
Island on one or other of the two Contra Ling
lja"ies, it shall be placed under the guaranty and
13r'teaion of a third Power, who shall be named by
the Definitive Treaty.
v' Egypt
• Egypt shall be restored to the Sublime Porte,
wh
" territories and possessions shall be maintained
in their
Integrity, as they existed before the present
War.
Vi.
The territories and possessions of Her MOST
I.4IIIII.IIL.MAjESTY shall likewise be preserved in
I.nr integrity.
VII' The French Troops shall evacuate the
ICingdorn of Naples and the Roman State. The
English Forces shall likewise evacuate Porto Kr-.
''ajo, and generally all the Ports or Islands which
li.ey.o-ccupy in the Mediterranean or the Adriatic.
VIII. The Republic of the Seven Islands shall
be acknowledged by the French Repub;:c.
IX. The Evacuations, Cessions, and Re&titu-
.
stipulated by the present Preliminary Articles,
-;hall be executed, for Europe, within the month ;
Or the Continent and the seas of America and of
Within the three months ; for the Continent
4,n't the Seas of Asia, within the six months, which
shall succeed the Ratification lof the Definitive
l'reaty.
X. The respective Prisoners shall, immediately
12ilun the exchange of the Ratifications of the
Definitive Treaty, be given up in mass and without
la
pr4.selt, on paying, on one part and the other, the
ate debts which they may have contracted.
151 s. cesSions having arisen touching the payment ,
40t
4 es:lll'e maintenance of the Prisoners. of War, the
"Wed b
traaing Powers reserve this question to be de.:
the Definitive Treaty, conformable to the
Usage of NatioriS,, avid the Principles consecrated
YkJ Sage

XI. In order to prevent all subjects of .complaint
and contest which may arise, respecting the Prizes
which may be taken at Sea after the Signing of the
Preliminary Articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that
the Ships and Goods which maybe taken in the
Channel, and in the Northern Seas after the space
of twelve days, to be computed from the exchange
of the Ratification of the present Preliminary Arti-
cles, shall be restored on both sides. That a month
shall be the period alloWed for all such as shall be
taken between the Channel and the North Sea, as
far as the Canaries inclusively, both on the Ocean
and in the Mediterranean. Two months between
the Canaries and the Equator ; and five months in
all other parts of the world without either excel)_.
tion, or any other more particular distinction of
time and place.

XII. All Sequestrations imposed on either side,
on the Funds, Revenues and Credits of any kind
belonging to one of the Contraaing. Parties, or to
its Citizens or Subjeas, shall be taken off imme-
diately after the signing of the Definitive Treaty.
The decision of all claims between persons of the
two Nations for Debts, Property, or any rights what-
ever, which, in conformity with established usage and
the Rights of Nations, may be brought forward at a
Peace, are to be referred to the competent Tribu-
nals ; and in those cases speedy and complete justice
shall be done in the countries in which the claims
shall respeEtively be made. It is agreed that the
present Article shall immediately, after the ratifica-
tion of the Definitive Treaty, be applied by the
Contra Ling Powers to the respeftive Allies, and to
the individuals of their Nation, under the terms of
a just reciprocity.

XIII. With resped to the Fisheries on the Coast
of Newfoundland, the adjacent Islands, and the
Guiph of St. Lawrence, the two Powers have agreed
to place them on the same footing as they were be-
fore the present War, reserving to themselves the
power of making, in their Definitive Treaty, such
arrangements as may appear just and reciprocally
advantageous for placing the Fishery of the two
Nations in that state which is best adapted for the
maintenance of Peace.

XIV. In all cases of restitution agreed upon by
the present Treaty, the Fortifications shall be re-
stored in the state in which they are at the moment
of the signing of the present Treaty, and all the
Works which shall have been ere&ed since the
taking possession of them, shall remain uninjured.
It is besides agreed, that in all cases of cession
stipulated by the present Treaty, a term of three
years, to be computed from ttie notice of the De-
finitive Treaty of Peace, shall be allowed to the

Inhalit—‘nts of every rank and nation, to dispose of
all property acct..--1 nr possessed by them, either
before or during the present War, aurz.B which
term of three years they may freely exercise their
Religion, and enjoy their Property.
The same facility is granted in the Countries re-
stored to all those who may have made ally esta-
blishments whatever therein during the time those
Countries shall have been possessed by Great Bri-
tain.

With respeft to the other Inhabitants of the
Countries restored or ceded, it is agreed that none'
of them shall be prosecuted, molested or disturbed
in person or property, on any pretence, on account
of their condua, their political opinions, or their
attachment to either of the two Powers, or for any
other reason, except for debts contracted with in-
dividuals, or for ads subsequent to a Definitive
Treaty.

XV. The present Preliminary Articles shall be
ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged at London
in the course of a fortnight at the utmost ; and imi
mediately after their Ratification, Plenipotentiaries
shall be appointed on both sides, to repair to Amiens,
in order to proceed to the drawing up a Definitive
Treaty, in concert with the Allies of the Contraft-
ing Powers.

In faith of which we, the undersigned Plenipo.
tentiaries of the FIRST CONSUL of the French Re-
public and of HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY, by vir-
tue of our respeetive full Powers, have signed the
present Preliminary Articles, and have set our
Seals.

Don?. at London, the ninth Vendeniiaire,
in the tenth year of the French Republic,
the Ist Oflober, 180 r.
(Signed) OTTO.
IiAWKESBURY.

On the evening of the 3d, at seven o'clock, the
cannon resounded at the same moment on the Quay
of the Thuilleries, upon the Esplanade, and at the
National Hotel of Invalids, and suddenly gave the
signal for public rejoicing. Citizens stopped as
they walked along, and mutually asked each other
in the streets and public places, what was the news
which the Government thus celebrated. Crowds
ran immediately to the Theatres to learn the news,
which they knew would there be officially corim,.

faA, at every theatre a Note oflici_
ally communicated froin the Minister of the Inte-
rior, announcing the Signature of the Preliminaries
of Peace with England; was read and repeated,
amidst the most rapturous applauses. The enthu-
siasm of the Public was at its highest pitch, at the
Comedic Francaise, at the Theatre de Picard; and
at that of Vaudeville. At the latter Theatre in
particular, some impromptu couplets were greatly
applauded.—On quitting the Theatres, the Citizens
found all the public edifices, and a great number of
the houses of private Citizens, splendidly illuminat-
ed, as upon our National Fetes. The crowds which
were assembled near the Theatres and the Palace of
Government, made those places resemble the public
walks. It was at this moment that a numerous
body, composed of the Commissioners of the Police
of Paris, escorted by Detachments of Light Infan-
try and Dragoons, preceded by Drums and Trum-
pets, and surrounded by an innumerable crowd of
Citizens, paraded the public places and squares,
and proclaimed by torc:i-light the signing of the
Preliminaries. The windows were crowded with
spectators, every passage was obstru&ed, and every
street crammed with Citizens impatient to hear the
Magistrate make the Proclamation, and to answer
him with their applauses. Wherever they halted,
thousands of voices exclaimed, " Five la Repub.
lique, Five Bonaparte !" The news arrived at four
o'clock at Mali-liaison, and orders were instantly
given to announce it at Paris by discharges of ar-
tillery, and to communicate it to every part of the
Republic by means of Telegraphs.
The Members of the Conservatory Senate went
til'the Palace"- of Government to congratulate the
Consul upoit the signing the Preliminaries of Peace
between -the French Republic and Great Britain.
Citizen KELLERMAN, President, having stated the
sentiments of the Senate, the Chief Consul replied,
" That the news of an event which had such an influ-
ence upon the happiness of the French People, very
properly excited the joy of the Conservative Se-
nate, which had always shewn itself the protthor
of liberal and organizing principleS."

The Members of the Tribunate, who were at
Paris, having assembled, Citizen ARNOULT, Pre-
sident, thus addressed the Chief Consul :

CITIZEN CONSUL,

" The Members of the Tribunate join in the
public joy, and offer you their congratulations
oigning the Preliminaries ur -,;th
England. They only precede the acclamations and
benediaions of the Public for this inappreciable
blessing which is due to the illustrious, Warrior,
and to the first Magistrates, the Pacificators of
Europe."
The First Consul replied, " That the Frenclaeo-
i-le, who enjoyed internal tranquillity, did not less
want external Peace. He added, that he recog-
nized with pleasure, in the choice which the ma-
jority of the Tribunate had made of a President,
the good disposition which animated the whole
body."

Several Members of the Legislative Body having
assembled, Citizen GASSENDI, the Piesident, ad-
dressed the Chief Consul as follows

CITIZEN FIRST CONSUL,

" The Members of the Legislative Body who
have been able to assemble on the moment, hasten
to join their expressions of joy and gratitude to
those of the Senate and the Tribunate, and to those
transports of public satisfanion which have made
the whole of this immense City, and which will
make the whole of France resound with applauses
on ithe conclusion of a general Peace.
‘‘ Thus then this terrible contest is gloriously
terminated, a contest in which a single nation has
been able to triumph over the efforts of all the
Power 3 coalesced against Liberty, and the events
of which will embellish the pages of history. Yes,
Citizen Consul, so many glorious anions, so much
talent, so much heroism, will excite the astonish-
ment of future ages, as they excite the admiration
of the present. They will give an air of truth to
the fabulous accounts of the heroic ages.

4g What eulogiums ; what ads of remuneration
can acquit us of odr debts to our brave Armies, who
have acquired Peace by so many prodigies ; but,
above all, to that Genius who has so often con-
cluded them to victory ? The title of Triumpher
over Nations is, undoubtedly, great and glorious ;
but how much more pure is that glory which is
attached, to that of Pacificator !—The first always
brings recolledions which make humanity shudder ;
the other only excites ideas of prosperity and hap-
piness. In preparing by Victories, and in securing by
Treaties, General Pacification, you have done
enough for Fame ; but we t 4 e the liberty of say_
ing,, that you have not done enough for the real
glory and happiness of Fame. The exploits of our
Warriors have rendered it the first, the most pow-
erful Nation of. Europe ; but it will become the
most flourishing and the most bappy,''.

in the answer of tki e Chief Consul, 'the
expression was remarkable " Stability and 843ciat
organization principally contributed to the present
Peace."

The following Address frorli the Tribunal of .'spy
peal was delivered by Citizen MuRAIR E, the Pre.:

sident ;

" FIRST CONSULi

" Wiien your voice reanimated every hope; when by "a just~
firm, and generous Government every hope was realized ;
when Peace, the objet of all' our wHies and the fruit of
Your wisdom—when a Maritime Peace, I say, joins its
blessings to a Cpntinental. Peace; fertile to France, the re.
turn of ;ter prosperity and splendour, nothing can be more
natural than the homage which the heart of Orel), true
French Man is anxious to pay you.
" Under circumstances so glorious for 'you; so fortunate
for us, the Tribunal of Appeal wants language to express
the sentiments with which it is Penetrated—Entire devotion
for the public prosperity, zeal .for the execution of the Laws
and for the maintenance of Order, inviolable fidelity to the'
Constitution and sincere attachment to your Person, and the
most ardent wishes for your preservation and for the pre-
servation 'of the Peace, such are the sentiments felt by mY
Colleagues and myself, and which I anyordered to communi-
cate to you."

The PIRST CONSUL thanked him for the senti-
ments which he had expressed in the name of the
Tribunal of Appeal:. He added, that he had hasten.
ed to acquaint the President, of the Signature of the
Preliminaries the very hour he had received them,
both because he felt pleasure in communicating the .
Intelligence, and because he wished to skew his
particular esteem for the President:

Citizen BERL I EE, Counsellor of State and Pre..
sident of the Council of Prizes, addressed the CHIEF
CONSUL in the following terms:

CITIZEN CONSUL,

" In the midst of the public joy the Council of Prizes
wish to mix the accents of their joy with that of the other
public Bodies. They Wish, through me, to render homake to
that Peace which has been obtained by the long efforts of the
French People and by the wisdom of its Government. This
brilliant epoch will soon raise the RepubliC to the pinnacle
of glory. Thanks be to you, the love of a great Nation shall
be the reward of your paternal solicitude. Maritime Peace !
that blessing which penetrates
.our souls with the most de-
lightful sensations, and assures us that the end of our labours
is not far distant. Members of an Institution created for a
state of War, We shall soon see, Citizen CONS tit, those
powers cease with which you thought proper to invest us,
but which now happily will become useless. Every one of
the Members of Council will think himself happy if, on
his retreat, he con think that his labours have deserved your
approbation." •

Citizen Presiannt, de la Cllambre
de Yezcations, pronounced the following discourse :

" Vie'tory brought back to the standard of the Republic,
Peace made upon the Continent, this reconciliation with our
fierce and eternal rivals, the Administration of the Interior
regenerated, Laws onaeted and matured by meditations a Cri..
minal Code formed amidst calm and profound discussiOn,
order in our Finances, exatiness in our PayMents, Public
Confidence restored : this is what you have done in less thin
•
two years.

" What presages for the Republic ! What prosperity is
not reserved for it, when the cares and 'embarrassments of
Foreign War will no longer absorb a part of your cares.--
Permit me, Citizen Fißsy CONSUL, while I thus express
the sentiments of my Colleagues, to add, that I only express
those feelings, which for a long time have animated my heart,
and which I openly stated at a period still dear to my me-
mory, when I was a Member of an Embassy of which you
were the Chief."

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