Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-05-24

occupied one hail ar iea by the inhabitants of Malta,
GCzo aud Comino
gate The iaand and its dependencies in three months
after the exchange of The Publications, looner, If
Poihole when u Ihail be reilored the Order in the
tate IN which it is found, provided that the Grand
Matter, or Commi1Ariss fully authorized according to
the itatutes OF the Order be in the aid InAnd
poefhon thereof and the troops which are TO be fur
nhed by his SieiAn Msjsny, hereafter liPulatcd,
be arrived
Sth Hall of the garilon, Iealt fhall be competed
Of native Nal Gle. The rema .nder the Order fhaIl
have the power OF raIing among the natives OF thole
na'lons who con inUe 20 Poflets The language he
Ms,efe troops lhall haze Malteie officers he CON-
mand IA chid oi the gArrilun, well as the nomna-
ton OF officers ihai belong the Grand Mater, and
ne cannot dipenle with IT, temporarily, but in
favor OF knight, according to the advice OF nc Coun.
Gil of the Order
OH. The independence Of the Hands of Malta, of
Gozo, and OF Comno, weh az the prelent clabhth-
ment, placed under the protection and guarantee of
France, O. Britain. Aullrs, Spain, Rufa, and PIula.
7th. he Order and lfland Of Malta with It's depen-
d7noies, declared neutral.
9th. The ports Of Malta fhall be open TO the COM
merce and navigation Of al nations who will paw there
equal and regular duties thele duties lal be applied
to the Maintenance ofhe Msitele language, fPeci
fed in The 3D. feCt.-anG Of the civil and military
establishments of the la4nd. and alto Of general LAzs
reEto, open 70 all nations.
9th. The Barbary Powers excepted from the rive
preceding POPULATIONS, until the contracting parties
thAll prOcu e1ation Of the honbties which lubGi
between the fad Barbary Racs, the Order Of John
and thole Powers that Poftls the Language,
component part of il.
10th. The Order 1aIl be governed, well n its
Up ritual as temporal capacity, by the fame lava which
were in force when the knights quilted The Ifzud,
far they arc not deprived Of them by tAr D. efent
tteaty.
nth 1he regulations conaired in fections Cd, 9Th,
9th. ard lCth fha become laws AID perpetual natues
OF The Order in the uluA forn, and The Grand Mater
or, u hs lhould BE- 10 the llind, when It NAL be
reftoFcd to the o der, his rePrecn well bis
iucceiors iha make oath pnnetua'ly to obierve them
I1th. His ScIlian M4jsRy fhaI be requefted 70 fur
Min 400 men, natives Of las domin.os, tcrve a
CARR ion 10 the different forrets Cl the l3d Hands.
Ihh force ihall remain there year, tron the rcttug
tSn to the Knights; aud If the expiration thereo
the Order hail have levied lufhcient force the
judgment OF enc guarantee powers, erve carlton
70 the Hand and dePendentie fpec fed IN feet
5Ih> the NeapOan troops (hat remain there una re-
placed by another luiiicent force.
18th. The different powers de(gnsted 10 feet 9th, to
wit, France q. Britain, AultriA, Spain, Ruiha, and
Prrdla, are invited to accede 10 ths prsienS lipua
tioRs.
AR. XI. The French troops 1laT evaeuate the
Kingdom Of Naples and the Roman State the Eneih
forces 1la Hkewiie evacuate Porto Ferrsgo and gen.
eral AL the ports and InAnds which they occRpied in
the Mediterranean or IN the Adriauc Sea
XII. he excavations, cefIons and 'tions Zip.
uated BY rho precHt treaty, lh4 60 operation
they regard Europe IN the coure Ut month the lcds
OF America and Africa three months the continent
and eas Of AHA IN Fix months following the ratilca
OF the pteleLt Dehnve rrea.y, eIcepi thOGs cafes
efpecia Y provided to the contrary.
XIII IN all cafes OF relttutlon, granted by the pre-
fent y the fortihcAons lhall be TeJT cd in the
condition 10 which they found at the moment of
bgnDg the prelmnares aud all Ihe works contributed
hucs theIr deing occupied (ha remain untouched
IL is moreover agreed that in every cafe OF cefion
hIPuafed, The tha Ee allowed the inhabitants Of
whatever condition nation, term Of three years.
from the iGcstIon Of the prelent Treaty 10 dpole
Of their property acquired and pofeed, whether be-
fore CT du ing the preicnt war; during which period
OF three years thy may enjoy freely their religion and
Their properly. The tame granted in the rics
reaored to all thofe, whether inhabitants not, who
lhaIl have uadt any elt4blhnents during the period
when thele coun:r pofed by G. Britain.
As 20 the inhabitants OF places ccded or retorcd,
is agreed, that ih4 be perfecuted, diturbed
IN his Perion or property, under any Prstext, on &C
count OF h poit Cal conduct opinion or ct his at
tachment to either Of the contraeug parties, for
any other cAufe except debts contracted with ndivdu-
ais, or for acts Polerlor TO the preient treaty.
xiv. All Expectations, on the Que part or
the other, laid upou funds revenues, of what
ever kind they may be, belonging 10 one OF the
centTactHg powers, or us to ft,IZens or iu6Jects
ihal b. taken OF Immediately after the iignaiuTe
of this Dehnitive Treaty.
The deciGon of all claims between the individ-
uals OF the respective nations, for debts, propeG-
~, effects, or whatever right, which, conform
ably 10 the efa5,iihed uiages and 10 the rights of
nations, ihoud be exhibited At the moment OF
Peace, ihaIl be laid before the comP-tent Tribu-
mails, and prompt and full juitce thall be rendered
10 theie cafes in the dOminions where the claims
lhall be made
XIV. The 6heries upon the COATS of New
foundiaDd and the adjacent lies, and in the Gulf
OF ST. Laurance, are placed upon the iams foot
ing before the war.
The French 6lhermen of Newfoundland, and
the inhabitants Of the Hands OF ST. Peter and Mi
quelon, lhall be allowed to cut the wood necefa-
~ to them in the bay of Fortune, and OF DefpAr,
during the 6ia years from the ratification OF the
preient treaty.
XVI. To prevent all fubjc4s Of complaint and
CO.. tel which nlzy arilc from captures which may
be made al fea after the Ggning Of the preImina-
~ articles, il is mutually agreed, that the vefels
and effects which fhail have been taken in the
Chapnel, and IN The North Seas, after n days
from the exchange of the ratihcations Of the pre-
nnnzries, ihall be refored on both fdes and the
term fhAll % month from the Chsnnel and the
North Seas, TO the Canary lies, iBclufyely, whe
thsr il the OCEAN or in the Mediterranean tive