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Art. X. As soon as the Vesses emploled to carry
the army to France shall hate diwemb.:rked,tt in
the Harbours specified; or in any other of the poi t.
of France to which stress of weather may fdrce them,
every facility shall be given them to return to Eng-
land without delay, and securityagainst capture un-
til their arrival in a friendly port. •
Art. XI. The French army shall be concentrated
in Lisbon, and within a distance of about two leagues
from it. The English Artily,will approach within
three leagues of the Capital, and will be so placed
as to 'pave .about one league between the two ar-
mies.

Art. XII. The Forts of St. Julien, the Bugio, and
Cascais shall be occupied by, the British troops on the
ratification of the Convention. Lisbon and its cita-
del, together with the forts and batteries as far as
the Lazaretto or Trafuria on one side, and Fort St.
Joseph on the other, inclusively, shall be given up
on the embarkation of the Second Division, as shall
also the harbour, and all armed vessels in it of every
description, • with their rigging, sails, stores, and
ammunition. The Fortresses of ElVas, Almaida,
Peniche and Palmela shall be given up as soon as the
British troops can arrive to occupy them. In
, the mean time the General in Chief, of- the
British Army will give notice of the present
Convention to the garrisons of those places, as also
to the troops before them, in order to put a stop to
all further hostilities.
Art. XIII. Commissaries shall be named on both
sides, to regulate and:accelerate the execution of the
arrangements agreed upon.
,' Art. XIV. Should there arise doubts as to the
meaning of any article, it will be explained favoura-
bly to the French army.
Art. XV. From the date of the ratification of
the present Convention, all arrears of contribUtionS,
requisitions, or claims whatever; of the French Go-
vernment, against subje&s of Portugal, or any other
individuals residing in this country, founded on the
occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the
month of December, 1807, which may not have
been paid up, are cancelled, and all sequestrations
laid upon their property, moveable or immoveable,
are removed, and the tree disposal of the same re-
stored to their proper owners. • •
Art. XVI. All subje&s of France, or of Powers
in friendship or alliance with France, domiciliated in
Portugal, or.-accidentally in this country, shall be
protected. Their_property.of every kind, moveable
and immoveable, shill be reApeEted, and they shall
be at liberty either
,to accompany the French lir-
' my or to remain in Portugal. In hither case their
property is tuarante,.d to them, wit the liberty of
retaining or dispo;ing of it, and passing the produce
of the sale thereof into France; or 2.0 y other coati-
try where they may fix their residence, the space
of one year beingallowed them for that purpose.
It is 'fully understood that shipping is excepted
from this arrangement, only, however, in so far, as
regards leaving the Port, and that Wine of the sti •u-
-lations above-mentioned can be made the pretext of
any cotnmet cial speculation. •
Art. XVII. No native of .Portugal shall be.ren-
dered accountable for his political conduti during the
period of the -occupation of. this country by the
French army; and all those who have continued in
the exercise of their emplovments,' sir who have ac.•
cepted situations under the French Government, are
placed under the protection of the British Com-
manders; they shall sustain no injury in t heir. persons
or property, it not having been at their option to be
obedient, or not, to the French Government; they
are also at liberty. to avail themselves of the stipula.-
lions of the 16:11, article.

Art. XVIII. The Spanish troops detained on
board ship in the Port of Lisbon, shall be given up
to the Commander in Chief of the British Army,
who engages to obtain of the Spaniards to restore
such French subjects, either military or civil, as may
have been detained in Spain without being taken in
battle, or in consequence of thi;itory operations, but
on occasion of the occurreners of the i,,oth of last
May, and the doys immediately following.
Art.. XIX. 1'l,: re s!ial! bt: an imnrediate ex-
change established for all ranks of yiris• uers made
in Portugal, since the comtnencern ol; the pie-
sent hostilities.. •

Alt. XX. Hostages of the rank of Fi'eld.-Officers
shall be mutually furnished on tlie, part Bri-
tish Army and Navy, and on that of the French
Army, for the rcciptocal guarantee of the present
Convention. The Officer ,r 1 the British Army shall
be restored on the completion of the Articles which
concern the Army and the Officer of the Navy oh
the disembiirkation of . the . French troops in thci
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own country. The like is to take place on the pAt
of the French Army.
Art. XXI. It si,all tie allowed to the General in
Chief of the French Army, to, send an Officet ,to
Frailee with intelligence of the present C .nvention.
A vessel will be furnished by the British Admiral to
convey him to Bourdeaux or Rochefort.
Art. XXII, The British Admiral will be invited
to accommodate his Excellency the Command:A- in
Chief, and the other principal Officers of the French
Army, on boar 4 of.Sii.tps of War.
Done and concluded. at Lisbon, this 4oth day of
August, 1808.
(Signed GEORGE MURRAY, Quartet-7-
Master-General:
• KELLER:. lANN, le GLeral de.

Nous Dile IYAbrant6s, Gen6ral en Chef de I'Ar-
tn6e Vraitcai,e, a‘ous ratifie', et ratitions la presente
Convention Wtinitive dans tous ses Art;cles, Four
etre executC•o kelon sa forme et teneur.

LE TALIC

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Au Quartior

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ADDI T I It-FR:LES to th Convention of the
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Art. I. The individualit 'in the civil erngloyment
of the :it-niy twde pri,nners, either by the _British
tioops, or by the Purn.gnese, in any :part of Portu-
gal, wiU 4,; rt:stored, as is, customary, witirout ex-
change.

H. The French Army shall be 3ublisted from
its own ntngazi,nei Up to the day of embar',l:ion.
The Garriso3s up to the day of the .-.1-acuOon of he
. ,
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The reniainder of the magazines shall be deli: Br-
ed over in the uival form to the. Briti4h Govern-
ment, which charges itself •with the sui)sisten'ce of
the men and horses of the army, fronk the abOye--
rnentioned.periods, till their arrival in France, under
the.'condition of their being rchnhar:led by the