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



sf9s In'rd KAgs0~ 81 Great Britain and Irssad tbe
T1HF Fra Confui Of the French Republic in the name
4 If the French nation, and his msjefy the King
az the Uniied Kingdom &c. equally animated by a.
1~sfe 70 pnt Cop the cazmities Of war have laid
h< lOuEd4ton OF the peace, by the preliminary articles
6sned Al London. the nj Of OG SoI and as, by the
th arce of the faid prelimDares, it has been agreed
. That there fhall be nominated the part aud
,he other, plenipotenaarss, who iha teiort Amens
81 draw 10 de6niti treaty, in concert with the
Lip, al the contracting parties - the Frt Conlul OF
ne French Repub c in the of the French nation
has appointed citizen JOePh Bonaparse, Councillor of
State and has M4js6y the King the United Kingdom
Great Britaa and Ireland, rho Marquis Cornwallis,
Kn;oht OF the mef luxurious Order Of rhe Carer &c
his Naiey thx King OF Spain, and the government Of
he estavian Republic have appointed for their Pie
nipoenaries Don Joieph Nicholas d'Azarah, &c. and
Roger Iohn SchmmelPenninck, &c. who, after having
exchanged in Que, form, thsir powers which here
after asted have agreed TO the following articles
ARr. I. There fha be peace, amity and good I'M
deraaudiuy 5etveen the French Republic, The King
Of SPAIN his heirs anc luccelors, and the BaAvian
Reoubic 90 the one part; and his Msjeliy the King
81 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
his heirs and fucesEors the other part.
The contracting parties lhal endeavor 10 maintain
aperFea harmony between them and their ates, with
out lurring, either hde, any iorr OF koithty by
land or Tea, under any pretencs whatever; they iha
carefully AVOID every ttttS HI iutuIS QiA
turb the union 70 happily e0abhfhcd, and haIi afford
aeiher aid nor projection, directly indirectly, to
.hole who would prejudice either Of them.
H. All the ordoners made either hde, by land
er by lca, and the hofage' taken given during the
war md the prefent time, 1a be reored, without
ranlom, ia tx weeks, az Iarlhea, to reckon from the
day Of the exchange Of The rstheaons If the prent
treaty after paying the debts contracted during thet
aspuyiy Each contraSfIng party fhall (Iqudate)
pay respectively, the advances made by either Of the
contracting parties for the iuhtance aud maintenance
Of pIlonsrs the country where they lha havC been
detained. There lha be Appointed fpecial eommil-
bon to eftahifh and regulate the compensation due e..
der party. The sad ace of MEETING Of The
montrs charged with the execution Of this article,
6ai be fixed IN concert they ihaI RaIe account,
only Of the cxpences for the prloner5 but 4lO for
the orcgn troops, which, before being taken we're
Ehe pay of any of the parties.
III His Brannic Naeity Tellares to the french
Republic AMI IFS allies, tie Kog Of Spain and the Ba-
avian Republic all the podtiions and colonies which
belouged 20 them rtfpectIveiy, ana which have bsen
occupied or conquered by the Bctilh forces in the
cooHe Of the pteent war, with the eEtepton 0f the
he Of Trinidad, and the Ouch Pofeions in the Ile
Ut CeyIon.
~ His Catholic Majely cedes and guarantees in
ful poGefion and overeignty his Britannia Maie1y
the Hand of Trinidad
v. The Bstavian Republic cedcs and guarantees in
full poRciion and fovereigny his Brit M4jefy,
All the poutiJHs and etaD Ithnents it the Atland OF
CeYlon, which belonged before the war, the Re.
public of the United Provinces, to its EAT India
company
W. The PORT Of Cape Of Good Hope is veftored in
iull foyerignty, before the war, to the Rsavian
Republic.
The yeiTss, Of every defcrip'ion, belonging to the
Other contracting parties, iha have the privilege OF
Ishung and purchsGng the necefary provif1ns to-
merry without paying any other duties than toe Dutch
arc lnbjea 10.
VII The territories and poGe(ions of her mott
kHhiu MsielY are 10 remain entire, as hey be
lore the War but the limits of French and Port uSucie
SHyanna fixed AZ the river Arawary, which emp
ties into the ocean above the North Cape" near
New he" AMI the Ile Of Pentence, in about de-
gree and third of north latitude. Thefe limits ihau
40 low the courfe Of the river Arawary from its mouth
the iaTtheli from the Cape Us iOurce-thence
frat line drawn from this fource 10 9 Rio Branco"
toward the wet. Therefore, the northern bank of the
river Arswary from its mouth to the iource, and the
territory north Of the above limits fhal belong in full
poheiIon 20 the French Republic The outhern bank
OF ihe isid river from the mouth ana all The territory
oOth Of the faid limits, lha belong her moa faith
III Msjsay.-The navigation of the river ArAwary IA
KS Whole courle ihstl be common 70 the tive nations
be arrangements which have takeniplace between
The Courts of Madrid and of Lbon, for the eltabh-
mtnt Of their frontiers in Europe, lhsl be made &C.
sOrding to the nP1a ions ofthe treaty of Badajos.
WI. The territories poftlions and rights Of the
S'1HS FpItC lndh DC nalnAlDCu ChtHCt d WcIC
before the war.
TX. The Republic of the Seven lies is aeknowl-
edged
<. The Hands Of Malta, Coco, and Comino, fhal
o reoTed 70 the Order Of ST. john Of Jerulalem,
pe held by under the fame conditions before the
var and under the follow.n. regulations;
III. The knight Of the order. whole {" laagssI')
asTgg s0Hss ezf after the exchange Of the ratihca
ions Of the preent Leaty invited 10 toMss,
loon as the exchange takes place They will there
iofm general chapter and proceed 20 elect Grand
Mailer, detected from among the na;ives Of hole
IONS who preferve dS iahFsesJ BE languages, uneis they
MAJ have already made choice nce the ratification Of
nc PIeiulinsfiss. il IS undertood that election
MADE Gnce that epoch 1lall alone be eonhdered valid,
2 the e1cuon Of every other which Eiay have taken
Place prior to that epoch.
"a. The government Of the French Repub'ic, and
Sfeat britain, willing place the Order and IAnd OF
Malta - Gaze Of entire independence in relpetl
.sm, agree that henecocward neither the French
Enghih language fhall be fudsred there aud that
INDIVIDUAL of either Of thefe powers be admitted
toto The Order
3D. Ihefe hall he efabiihed Maefe 9szuege,
winch tha be maintained by The territorial revenues,
-aa The eomipercia duties of the Hand. This Ian
uS uali he eutued 70 the dgpnies proper 70 il. to
pelelts G. fra'smsasl and College {" nabergs.
''''A OF aobhiy AAil not ts requirea fVr the adnf