Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-26


Great Britain ha, recedcnce to France IN
the preamble and Gsnaturc.
Prellmlnarles Of Peace.
Pre|imina,ies St Pe0ce brtqven The Fyeneb
Republic, and Dir Brfauaie Majr9y,
Eg1edni Loaion, otb EraAemanr, ! 9th
yea, fthe French Republic, Cfq Oa.
1901
FROM THR MoNITEUR.
The hrit coniul of the French republic,
in the name of the French people, and his
'najetty the king of the United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and 1reland,, being ami.
mated with An equal deGre of putting a
top to the calamities of a deRruttivc war,
and to -eitablilh harmony and good under
Handing between the two nations, have APP
pointed tor that purpo{e, viz. the fri con-
iul OF the French Republic, in the name of
the French people, citizen Louis William
Otto, commilary for the exchange of
French priioners. in England and his
Britannia majety, Robert Banks Tenkin-
ION, eiq. commonly called lord HawkeE-
bury one ofthe members of his Britannia
maJetty's priyy council, and principal e.
cresary ofitate for foreign afairs-who af-
ter duly exchanging their full powers in
proper form, have agreed upon the follow
ing preliminary articles
Article l. AS foon as the preliminaries
ihall have been igncd ard ratified, iincere
triendihip lhall be rc-eilabiihed between
the French republic and his Britannia ma
Jetty by Tea. and land in every part of the
world, and thar all hoitili.ies may immedi
ateiy ceaie between the two powers, and
between them and their allies RESPECTIVELY,
orders thall be tranimitted accordingly to
the lea and land forces with the utno9 dit.
patch /; each Of the contracting parties en-
gag'ng to give the nece1ary FaHports and
facilities to accelerate the arrival of the faid
orders, and 70 enfure their execution. It
Is further agreed upon, thar all conouets
which may be made on the part of one or
the other of the contracting parties, from
either OF them or their allies, after the fa.
tlhcation of the prelene preliminaries, hall
be regarded as void, and lhall be faithfully
included in the reaitutions which are TO
take place after the ratification of the def
mtlve treaty.
IL. His Britannia majefy fnall reftore
to the French republic and TO her allies,
namely, 10 his Catholic majehy, and the
Batavian republic, all the poileAions and
colonies occupied or conquered by the
Engliih forces in the courie of the preient
war, avifbtbe exception of the illand of Tri.
nidad, and the Dutch pofeaions in the
Hand of Ceylon, Of which inands and
poiieiiions his Britannia majefy reieryes
TO him!clf the complete and entire foye-
rcignty.
LII. The port of the Cape of Good
Hope ihall be open to the commerce and
navigation Of the two contracting parties,
who ihall therein enjoy the fame advan-
tages.
~. The iland Of Malta, with IT'S de-
Tendencies, fhall be evacuated by the Eng
l1ih troops, and refored to the order ofSt.
John of Jeruialem. To fecure the abfo-
lutte Independence Of that ifland upon the
oneor the other of the contracting parties,
1t ihall be placed under the guarantee and
protection OF third power, to be deter
mined by the defnitive treaty.
V. Egypt ihall be refored TO the Sub
lime Porte, the territory and poAeGons of
which ihall be maintained entirely as they
were before the preienr war.
vi. The territories and poneilions of
her Faithful Majelty ihailbe alto main
tained entire.
VII. The French troops fhall evacuate
the kingdom Of Naples and the Roman
itate. The Engliih forces fhall likcwife
eyacuate Porto Ferrajo, and generally all
the ports and Hands which they occupy
IN the Mediterranean or Adriatic feas.