fairs to settle there, shall have liberty to sell their lands and their estates, to settle their affairs, to recover their debts, and to bring away their effects, as well as their persons, on board vessels which they shall be permitted to send to the said island restored as above, and which shall serve for that use only, without being restrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or of criminal prosecutions; and for this purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his Britannic majesty's subjects, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty: but, as the liberty granted to his Britannic majesty's subjects to bring away their persons and their effects in vessels of their nation, may be liable to abuses, if precautions were not taken to prevent them, it has been expressly agreed between his Britannic majesty and his Catholic majesty, that the number of English vessels which shall have leave to go to the said island restored to Spain, shall be limited, as well as the number of tons of each one,-that they shall go in ballast,-shall set sail at a fixed time, and shall make one voyage only; all the effects belonging to the English being to be embarked at the same time. It has been further agreed, that his Catholic majesty shall cause the necessary passports to be given to the said vessels; that, for the greater security, it shall be allowed to place two Spanish clerks, or guards in each of the said vessels which shall be visited in the landing-places and ports of the said island restored to Spain; and that the merchandize which shall be found therein, shall be confiscated.

XX. In consequence of the resti tution stipulated in the preceding article, his Catholic majesty cedes and guarantees, in full right to his Britannic majesty, Florida, with Fort St. Augustin, and the Bay of Pensacola, as well as all that Spain possesses on the continent of North America, to the east, or to the south-east of the river Missisippi; and, in general, every thing that depends on the said countries and lands, with the sovereignty, pro. perty, possession, and all rights acquired by treaties or otherwise, which the Catholic king and the crown of Spain have had till now over the said countries, lands, places, and other inhabitants; so that the Catholic king cedes and makes over the whole to the said king, and to the crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form. His Britannic majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants of the countries above ceded, the liberty of the Catholic religion; he will consequently give the most express and the most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic sul jects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish church, as faṛ as the laws of Great Britain permit: his Britannic majesty further agrees that the Spanish inhabitants, or others, who have been subjects of the Catholic king in the said countries, may retire, with all safety and freedom, wherever they think proper; and may sell their estates, provided it be to his Britannic majesty's subjects; and bring away their effects, as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigrations, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or criminal prosecutions: the term li

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mited for this emigration, being fixed to the space of eighteen. months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty. It is moreover stipulated that his Catholic majesty shall have power to cause all the effects that may belong to him, to be brought away, whether it be artillery or other things.

XXI. The French and Spanish. troops shall evacuate all the territories, lands, towns, places, and castles of his most Faithful majesty, in Europe, without any reserve, which shall have been conquered by the armies of France and Spain, and shall restore them in the same condition they were in when conquered, with the same artillery and ammunition which were found there: and with regard to the Portugueze colonies in America, Africa, or in the East Indies, if any change shall have happened there, all things shall be restored on the same footing they were in, and conformably to the preceding treaties which subsisted between the courts of France, Spain, and Portugal before the present

war.

XXII. All the papers, letters, documents, and archives, which were found in the countries, territories, towns, and places, that are restored, and those belonging to the countries ceded, shall be respectively and bona fide delivered, or furnished at the same time, if possible, that possession is taken, or at latest, four months after the ex. change of the ratifications of the present treaty, in whatever places the said papers or documents may be found.

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the world, by the arms of their Britannic and most Faithful majesties, as well as by those of their most Christian and Catholic majesties, which are not included in the present treaty, either under the title of cessions, or under the title of restitutions, shall be restored without difficulty, and without requiring any compensation.

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XXIV. As it is necessary to assign fixed epoch for the restitutions and the evacuations to be made by each of the high contracting parties, it is agreed, that the British and French troops shall complete, before the 15th of March next, all that shall remain to be executed of the XIIth and XIIIth articles of the preliminaries, signed the 3d day of November last, with regard to the evacuation to be made in the empire or elsewhere. The island of Belleisle shall be evacuated six weeks after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. Guada loupe, Desirade, Maria Galante, Martinico, and St. Lucia, three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. Great Britain shall likewise, at the end of three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done, enter into possession of the river and port of the Mobile, and of all that is to form the limits of the territory of Great Britain, on the side of the river Missisippi, as they are specified in the VIIth article. The island of Goree shall be euacuated by Great Britain three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty: and the island of Minorca by France, at the same epoch, or sooner if it can be done: [R]

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and according to the VIth article, France shall likewise enter into possession of the islands of St. Peter and of Miquelon, at the end of three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. The factories in the East Indies shall be restored six months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. The fortress of the Havanna, with all that has been conquered in the island of Cuba, shall be restored three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done and, at the same time, Great Britain shall enter into possession of the country ceded by Spain, according to the XXth article. All the places and countries of his most Faithful majesty, in Europe, shall be restored immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty; and the Portugueze colonies which may have been conquered, shall be restored in the space of three months in the West Indies, and of six months in the East Indies, after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. All the fortresses, the restitution whereof is stipulated above, shall be restored with the artillery and ammunition which were found there at the time of the conquest. In consequence whereof, the necessary orders shall be sent by each of the high contracting parties, with reciprocal passports for the ships that shall carry them, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.

XXV. His Britannic majesty, as elector of Brunswick Lunenbourg, as well for himself as for his heirs and successors, and all the domi

nions and possessions of his said majesty in Germany, are included and guarantied by the present treaty of peace.

XXVI. Their sacred Britannic, most Christian, Catholic, and most Faithful majesties, promise to ob serve, sincerely, and bona fide, all the articles contained and settled in the present treaty; and they will not suffer the same to be infringed, directly or indirectly, by their respective subjects; and the said high contracting parties, generally and reciprocally, guaranty to each other all the stipulations of the present treaty.

XXVII. The solemn ratifications of the present treaty expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged in this city of Paris between the high contracting parties, in the space of a month, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty.

In witness whereof, we the underwritten, their ambassadors extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, have signed with our hands in their name, and in virtue of our full powers, the present definitive treaty, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto.

Done at Paris, the 10th of February, 1763.

(L. S.) BEDFORD, C. P. S... (L. S.) CHOISEUL, Duc de Praslin. (L. S.) El Marq. de GRIMALDI.

ledged, it has been agreed that no prejudice shall ever result therefrom to any of the said contracting parties; and that the titles taken or omitted on either side, on occasion of the said negotiation, and of the present treaty, shall not be cited or quoted as a precedent.

II. It has been agreed and determined that the French language, made use of in all the copies of the present treaty, shall not become an example which may be alleged or made a precedent of; or prejudice in any manner any of the contracting powers; and that they shall conform themselves for the future to what has been observed, and ought to be observed, with regard to, and on the part of powers who are used and have a right to give and to receive copies of like treaties in another language than French; the present treaty having still the same force and effect as if the aforesaid custom had been therein observed.

III. Though the king of Portugal has not signed the present definitive treaty, their Britannic, most Christian, and Catholic majesties, acknowledge nevertheless, that his most Faithful majesty is formally included therein as a contracting party, and as if he had expressly signed the said treaty; consequently their Britannic, most Christian, and Catholic majesties respectively and conjointly promise to his most Faithful majesty, in the most express and most binding manner, the execution of all and every the clauses contained in the said treaty on his act of accession.

The present separate articles shall have the same force as if they were inserted in the treaty.

In witness whereof, we the underwritten ambassadors extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of their Britannic, most Christian, and Catholic majesties, have signed the present separate articles, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto.

Done at Paris the 10th of February, 1763.

(L. S.) BEDFORD, C. P. S. (L. S.) CHOISEUL, Duc de Praslin.. (L. S.) El Marq. de GRIMALDI.

Declaration of his most Christian Majesty's Plenipotentiary, with regard to the Debts due to the Canadians.

THE king of Great Britain having desired that the payment of the letters of exchange and bills which had been delivered to the Canadians for the necessaries furnished to the French troops, should be secured, his most Christian majesty, entirely disposed to render to every one that justice which is legally due to them, has declared and does declare, That the said bills and letters of exchange, shall be punc tually paid, agreeably to a liquidation made in a convenient time, according to the distance of the place, and to what shall be possible; taking care, however, that the bills and letters of exchange which the French subjects may have at the time of this declaration, be not confounded with the bills and letters of exchange which are in the possession of the new subjects of the king of Great Britain.

In witness whereof, we the underwritten minister of his most Christian majesty, duly authorized for this purpose, have signed the [R] 2

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present declaration, and caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto. Done at Paris the 10th of Febru

ary, 1763.

L. S.) CHOISEUL, Duc de Praslin.

Declaration of his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with regard to the Limits of Bengal in the East Indies.

WE the underwritten ambas sador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the king of Great Britain, in order to prevent all subject of dispute on account of the limits of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal, as well as of the coast of Coromandel and Orixa, declare, in the name and by order of the said Britannic majesty, that the said dominions of the Subah of Bengal shall be reputed not to extend far ther than Yanaon exclusively, and that Yanaon shall be considered as included in the north part of the coast of Coromondel or Orixa.

In witness whereof, &c. we the underwritten minister plenipotentiary of his majesty the king of Great Britain, have signed the present declaration, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put

thereto.

Done at Paris the 10th of Frebru

arv, 1763.

(L. S.) BEDFORD, C. P. S.

Accession of his most Faithful Majesty.

In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So be it.

Be it known to all those to whom it shall or may belong: The ambassadors and plenipotentiaries of his Britannic majesty, of his most

Christian majesty, and of his Catholic majesty, having concluded and signed at Paris, the 10th of February of this year, a definitive treaty of peace, and separate articles, the tenor of which is as follows:

(Fiat insertio.)

And the said ambassadors and plenipotentiaries having in a friendly manner invited the ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of his most Faithful majesty to accede thereto in the name of his said majesty, the underwritten ministers plenipotentiary, viz. on the part of the most serene and most potent prince, George the Third, by the grace God, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, duke of Brunswick and Lunenbourg, arch-treasurer and elector of the holy Roman empire, the most illustrious and most excellent lord John duke and earl of Bedford, marquis of Tavistock, &c. minister of state of the king of his forces, keeper of his privy seal, Great Britain, lieutenant general of knight of the most noble order of the garter, and his ambassador ex traordinary and plenipotentiary to his most Christian majesty; and on the part of the most serene and most by the grace of God, king of Porpotent prince Don Joseph the First, tugal and of the Algarves, the most illustrious and most excellent lord Martin de Mello and Castro, knight professed of the order of Christ, of his most faithful majesty's council, and his ambassador and minister plenipotentiary to his most Christian majesty; in virtue of their full pow ers, which they have communicated to each other, and of which copies shall be added to the end of the present act, have agreed upon what follows; viz. his most Faithful ma

jesty