The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-06 00:00:00

T RA ATY

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TUE UNITED STATES ,DP AMERICA: AND THE
FRENCH RIPUIII,I.C.. . , '

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Tire 'PRVAIDENT of the United States of Ame,
rica, anti the.Ft fist C9NAUt; of the Fr,...rich Repub.
lie, in the natni.of the French People, desiring .to
reinovC all §outc(i oe ini.,understanding 'relaiive to
the objeets of stisctiision incntiona in the second
and filth articles'Of the Convention of the Bth .Ven.
dvmiaire, an t). (foth September, :Boo) relative to
the rights claimed by the
.United States,, virtue
of ~,she Treaty coneloded at Madrid the
.27th of
Of.faher, 1795, between his CisT,Hoi.tc MAJII3TY
and the .said STiViES• and willing to
strengthen' the Union and friendAip Which, at the
time of the said Convention, war happily
,re-esta.
Wished between the two► lq,stions, have respedistely.
named their PleitiPotentiorjo, viz. the PtotsiDENT
of,jhe United. States, by and with the advice and,
consent. of the S;rnate of ?he said States, ROBEILT.
It. 7.,t v t NGSTONi 11..,astiit'e't Plenipotentiary of the
Untied States, anti jAraes iVlONitoe, Minisiter Ple-
nipotentiary and Envoy Extraoidinary of Aesaid
Stareb, neark the Government of the French Repub.
lie 1.• and- the First Consul, in the name of the
French People,':Citizen FRANCIi M.A.uno-ls, Mi.
niiter of 'the Public Treasury, "who, atter having
respetlively exchanged their full porwerb have
agreed to the followirm Articles:* •

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Ait.rtei.x r. Whereas, by the third .artiele elite Treaty
concluded at St.• Idelfonso, the 9th Vettilciniaire, an o, (in
Ocloberolloo), between the:NIRO- Cutfso I.•of the rrenclt
ltepublieland t iis C.► cl ot.tc I‘lA,rs.sr Y, it wit. agreed us
dallow4
• " 11,4 (I:441101.T KAI EST Y promises and ethttrOtt. on his
44. part, to cede to the's.French Republic, six mantis after. the
'c cull and entire execution or thu conuitions and stipulations
44 herein, relative to Ills Royal Highticss the Mike of PAR.
" MA, the Colony or l' rdvince of Louisiana, with the. Curie
".extent. that it now has in the hands of Spain,:rarld Oat it
" had when France posses4ed it; and such as tt should be
" after .the Treaties subsequently,entered into between Spain
14 .and -other States."

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Anti whereas, in ptirsuance of the Treaty:, anti particularly
of the third .A ureic, the Fieuch Republic has an incesitesti-
hie title to the, Domain and to the Possession of the eitid Ter-
ritory. The FfasT Co N Lof Ow French it4P!,jlAle desk-
to give to Vie United States a strong proof of his friend-
ship, Cloth hereby cede to the said United Stites, in the name
of the French Repuhlic,.for ever,..ano in full sovereignty, the
said Territory, wit,11.411 rights and appurtenances, as fully
and in the same ',..inanues azi they have been acquired byy the
French Reptiblitt,cin virtue of, the ahlnove.entiOned Treaty
coin:hided with tji's MAIII§,TY,_.

Art. a. In the Ceiiiion matle by the preceding Article, are
included the adjacent jslands helongrug to Louisiana, all
public lots- and .spares, vacant lands, and all punk build_
rags, fortifications, barracks, and other etlitices,, which. are
nor private property. The are iiives,.paperskand documents,
relative to the domain and soverc,igaty or Ijouisiana and its de-
pendencies, will be left in the possession of the Cony:his.
sarics of the Uniti:d States, and copies will be afterwards
given induct form to the Nlagistrates and Municipal 91licers,
of such of the said papers. and doeuntents. as Mgbe 1-4e‘:e
nary to them.

Art. 3. The Inhabitants of the ceded Tertitory shalt
coreotated in the tillion or the tinned Bratty, and af4nitteil as
soon as possible, aourning to the /principles of the Fetterat
oN ity, and.' religion
Constitution, to th,.! enjoyittent ofoll the rights, adyantakes,
suet innnuintiai of Citizens of the tti !eft States ; Anal iii_tne
inean tiny:, they tnaititajn,(ll and vrateaeit in riteiNe enjoyment of thcir pr
which 011:2f Vlun;,:l4.

LAgr night we received Paris jourriah of the
z4th and 25th ult.

By these it arpears that the FIRST CONSUL had
returned to Paris,• as he was present on the 24th at
the representation of, Agamemven," at the Cemedis
Frallcoite. 'rile intervening Journals between the
17th and 24th not having arrived, we are left with.
out information as to the day of his arrival.-
General D'llAuTpout.tia appointed Crimmander
in Chief of Cavalry in the. Camp at• St, Ozners.

A Letter from Rot/oh-of the 19111 ult. states, tliat
out of the' number of Flat-bottomed Brats to be
furnished by Rouen, 3o or had alremly. been
14unched, and 30 more were then on the stocks.
Fourteen had gone. to Havre.
.1110 Docks Plasng, from whence six Stiipa
•at H' lashing,
of War were lately launched, are, it is stated', al..
ready occupied with six more.
s.
Considerable movements were, it is... stated f.in.
Letters from Brussels of the a Ist, going on amontst,
the Troops under the Command of General Mow-
NET, in the Island of Walcheren. F{olll the Havit
of the 19111, it is stated that the Transports des.
tined for the grand Expedition were in motion on
every side.

'The First Consul is expeeled very shortlY to"
renew his visit to the Coasts of Flanders and Hol-
land, and a country-house has been prepared fur
him in the neighbourhood of Dunkirk, witere'he
expected to take up his abode for some time.
The French Funds are 51. 6;.

THE American Paper's which we received yester...
clay 'contain the Speech of the President of tho United
States; on the opening of the Congress on the i7th -
Oa. and which will be found in a preceding Colutnn.
The President, after acquainting the.dongress 'with
the iMportant acquisitions of Territory Fa tety-rtatle
by the United States, particularly by the cession-of
Louificiiia. by _France, adverts with expressions of
deepoloncern, ,to.- the renewal of the War:between
Great' Britain aod France. He expresses a wi=sh
that the Americans should- cultivate the friendship
of the Belligerent Powers- by every. aft of justice
and innocent kindness, hut at . the same- time that
they should as a nation and as individuals, observe'
the most rigid neutrality.

By the ConventiOn bet iv ecn America and FranCe„.
respelling the cession of taid'ilimia, it appears that.
the Sum to he paid by America for this
tory, amounts to 600406,000 of Livre-. For_ this
Soin America- to pay interest for fitiren years,
at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum' t the expi- 1
ration of that period the capital is toat.” paid t,if by
annual I))..tneilts c (hive ruiiiions or:.
about 16 toillioosc;