allies of the contracting parties, and to the individuals of the repective nations. upon the condition of a just reciprocity. XIII. With respect to the fisheries on the island of Newfoundland, and of the islands adjacent, and in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, the two parties have agreed to restore them on the same footing on which they were before the present war, reserving to themselves the power of making, in their definitive treaty, such arrangements as may appear just and reciprocally useful, in order to place the fishing of the two na tions on the most proper footing for the maintenance of peace. XIV. In all cases of restitution agreed upon by the present treaty, the fortifications shall be delivered up in the state in which they may be at the time of the signature of the present treaty; and all the works which shall have been constructed since the occupation shall remain untouched. It is farther agreed, that in all cases of cession, stipulated in the present treaty, there shall be allowed to the inhabitants, of whatever condition or nation they may be, a term of three years, to be computed from the notification of the definitive treaty of peace, for the purpose of disposing of their properties,, acquired and possessed either before or during the present war; in the which term of three years they may have the free exercise of their religion and enjoyment of their property. The same privileges shall be granted in the countries restored, to all those who shall have made therein any establishments whatsoever during the time when those countries were in the possession of Great Britain. With respect to the other inhabitants of the countries restored or ceded, it is agreed that none of them shall be prosecuted, disturbed, or molested, in their persons or properties, under any pretext, on account of their conduct or political opinions, or of their attachment to either of the two powers, nor on any other account, except that of debts contracted to individuals, or on account of acts posterior to the definitive treaty. of XV. The present preliminary articles shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged in London, in the space of fifteen days, allowing for all delay; and immediately after their ratification, plenipotentiaries shall be named on each side, who shall repair to Amiens for the purpose concluding upon a definitive treaty, in concert with the allies of the contracting powers. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries of his Britannic majesty, and of the first consul of the French republic, by virtue of our respective full powers, have signed the present preliminary articles, and have caused our seals to be put thereto. Done at London, Oct. 1, 1801, Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Portugal. The first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, and the prince regent of the kingdom of Portugal, equally desirous of restoring the connexions of amity and commerce which subsisted between the two states before the war, have resolved to conclude a peace by the mediation of his catholic majesty, and have appointed as their plenipotentia ries; that is to say, on the part of the French republic, citizen Lucien Bonaparte; and on the part of Portugal, his excellency M. Cypriano Bibiero Freire, commander of the order of Christ, one of the privy council of his royal highness, and his minister plenipotentiary to the king of Spain. The plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full powers, agreed to the following articles: Art. I. There shall always be peace, amity, and good understand ing, between the French republic and the kingdom of Portugal. All hostilities shall cease by land and sea, on the ratification of the present treaty, viz. in fifteen days, on the seas near its coasts, and those of Africa; in forty days from the ratification, hostilities shall cease by land and sea, in America and Africa, beyond the Equator; and in three months after for the countries and seas to the west of Cape Horn, and to the east of the Cape of Good Hope, All the prizes, made after any of these periods, shall be restored. The prisoners of war taken on either side shall be restored and the political connexions between the two countries shall be put upon the same footing as they was before the war. II. All the ports and roads of Portugal, in Europe, shall be shut against all English vessels of war and of commerce, and shall remain so till the conclusion of peace between England and France; but the ports, &c. shall be open to the vessels of the French republic and her allies. As to the ports, &c. of Portugal, in the other parts of the world, the present article is to be obligatory in the terms fixed for the cessation of hostilities. III. Portugal engages not to furnish, during the course of the pre sent war, to the enemies of the French republic and her allies, any assistance in arms, vessels, troops, ammunition, provisions, or money, under any denomination or pretence whatsoever. All prior acts, en gagements, or conventions, which are contrary to the present article, are to be regarded as null, and of no effect. IV. The limits between the two Guianas (French and Portuguese) shall, in future be determined by the river Cartapanatuba, which falls into the river of the Amazons, at about a third of a degree from the Equator. These limits are to follow the course of the river up to its source; from thence they shall turn towards the great chain of mountains which divide the rivers; they shall then follow the bendings of that chain of mountains to the point where they come the nearest to Rio-Branco, about two degrees and one-third north of the Equator. The Indians of the two Guianas who have been carried from their habitations, shall be mutually retored. The citizens and subjects of the two powers, who are com prised in the new demarcation of limits, may retire into the territories of their respective states. They are also to be allowed to dispose of their property, real or personal, within two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. V. A treaty of commerce shall be negotiated between the two powers, to establish, in a definitive manner, the commercial re lations between France and Por tugal: in the mean time, it is agreed upon, First, That the communications shall be re-established immediately after the exchange of the ratifica tions; and that the agents and factors of of commerce shall, on each side, be restored to the possession of the rights, immunities, and prerogatives, which they enjoyed before the war. Secondly, that the citizens and subjects of the two powers shall equally and reciprocally enjoy in the states of both all the rights which those of the most favoured nations enjoy. Thirdly, that the commodities and merchandise produced from the soil or manufactures of each of the two powers, shall be admitted reciprocally without restriction, and without being liable to any duty which would not equally affect the commodities and merchandise of a similar nature imported by other nations. Fourthly, that the French cloths may be immediately imported into Portugal, on the footing of the most favoured merchandise. Fifthly, that in other points all the stipulations inserted in the preceding articles, and not contrary to the present treaty, shall be provisionally executed until the conclusion of a treaty of definitive com people, and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, animated with the desire of re-establishing the relation of good understanding which subsisted between the two governments before the present war, and to put an end to the evils with which Europe is afflicted, have appointed for that purpose, for their plenipotentiaries, viz. the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, citizen Charles Maurice Talleyrand, minister of foreign affairs; and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Arcadi, count de Marcoff, his privy counsellor, and knight of the order of St. Alexander Neuski, and grand cross of that of St. Waldemir of the first class; who, after the verification and exchange of their full powers, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. I. There shall be in future peace, friendship, and good understanding, between the French republic and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias. II. In consequence, there shall not be committed any hostility between the two states, reckoning from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, and neither of the contracting parties shall furnish to the enemies of the other, internal as well as external, any succour or contingent, in men or money, under any denomination whatever. III. The two contracting parties, wishing as much as is in their power to contribute to the tranquillity of the respective governments, pro• mise mutually not to suffer any of their subjects to keep up any correspondence, direct or indirect, with the internal enemies of the present government of the two states, to propagate in them principles contrary to their respective consti tutions, tutions, or to foment troubles in them; and, as a consequence of this concert, every subject of one of the two powers who, during his residence in the states of the other, shall make any attack upon its security, shall be immediately removed out of the said country, and carried beyond the frontier, without being able, in any case, to claim the protection of his government. IV. It is agreed to adhere, with respect to the re-establishment of the respective legations and the ceremonies to be performed by the two governments, to that which was in use before the present war. V. The two contracting parties agree, till a new treaty of commerce be made, to re-establish the commercial relations between the two countries on the footing in which they were before the war, as far as possible, and with the exception of the modifications which time and circumstances may have produced, and which have given rise to new regulations. VI. The present treaty is declared to be common to the Batavian republic. VII. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged, in the space of fifty days, or sooner, if possible. In faith of which we, the undersigned, in virtue of our full powers, have signed and sealed the said treaty. Done at Paris, the 16th Vendé- Preliminary Articles of Peace between the French Republic and the Ottoman Porte. The first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, and the Sublime Ottomarf Porte, wishing to put an end to the war which divides the two states, and to restore the ancient connexions which united them, have nominated for that purpose the mininisters plenipotentiary, as follow: The first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, has appointed citizen Charles Maurice Talleyrand, minister of foreign affairs; and the Sublime Porte, its former ambassador, Basch-Muhassaee, and the ambassador Esseyd-Aly-Effendi ; who, after exchanging their full powers, agree to the following articles: Art. I. There shall be peace and friendship between the French republic and the sublime and Ottoman Porte in consequence of which hostilities shall cease be tween the two powers from the date of the ratifications of the present preliminary articles; immedi ately after which exchange, the whole province of Egypt shall be evacuated by the French army, and restored to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, whose territories and posses sions in them shall be maintained in their integrity, in the same manner that they stood before the present war. It is understood that, after the evacuation, the concessions which may be made in Egypt to other powers shall be common to the French. II. The French republic recog nizes the constitution of the repub lic of the Seven Islands, and the Ex-Venetian territory, situated on the continent. It guarantees the maintenance of their constitution. The Sublime Ottoman Porte, in that respect, is to guaranty the French republic, as well as that of Russia. III. Definitive arrangements shall be made between the French re public ceding congress of Rastadt, has resolved, after the example of what has been done in similar circumstances, to stipulate in the name of the Germanic body: In consequence of which, the parties contracting have named for their plenipotentiaries, to wit, his royal and imperial majesty, the sieur Louis de Cobentzel, count of the Roman empire, knight of the golden fleece, grand cross of the royal order of St. Stienna, and of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, chamberlain, present privy counsellor of his said imperial and royal majesty, his minister of conferences, and vicechancellor of his court and state: And the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, citizen Joseph Bonaparte, counsellor of state: Who, after having exchanged their full powers, have agreed tó the following articles: 1. There shall be for the future Treaty of Peace between France and and ever, peace, friendship, and Austria. His majesty the emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, having it equally at heart to put an end to the calamities of war, have resolved to proceed to the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace and amity. His said imperial and royal majesty, not desiring less anxiously that the German empire should participate in the blessings of peace, and the present conjunctures not allowing the necessary time that the empire should be consulted, and for its intervention by its deputies in the negotiation; his said majesty besides, looking to what has been consented to by the deputation of the empire at the pre 1801. good understanding between his majesty the emperor, king of Hungary, and Bohemia, stipulating as well in his own name as in that of the Germanic empire, and the French Republic, his said majesty binding himself to give for the said empire his ratification to the present treaty, in good and due form. The greatest attention shall be paid on the one side and on the other to the maintenance of perfect harmony, and to the prevention of all sorts of hostilities by land or by sea, for any cause or any pretext whatsoever; always endeavouring with care to preserve the union happily re-established. No succour or protection shall be given, directly or indirectly, to those who would injure one or the other of the parties contracting. II. The cession of the ci-devant (L) Belgic |