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Monthly Chronicle.
Britain , Knight of the Most Hon . Order of the Bath , Privy Councillor to his Britannic Majesty , and the Executive Directory of the French Republic , who after having exchanged their respective full powers have agreed upon the following articles : i . As soon as this treaty shall be signed and ratified , there shall be an universal and perpetual peace as well by sea as by land , and a sincere and constant friendship between the two contracting parties and their dominions , and territories , and people , without exception of either places or persons ; so that the high
contracting parties shall give the greatest attention to the maintaining between themselves and their said dominions , territories , and people , this reciprocal friendship and intercourse , without permitting hereafter , on either part , any kind of hostilities to be committed either by sea or by land , for any cause , or under any pretence whatsoever . There shall be a general oblivion and amnesty of every thing which may have been done or committed by either party towards the other before or since the commencement of the war ; and they shall carefully avoid for the future every thing which miht prejudice the union happily
re-estag blished . Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty , orders shall be sent to the armies and squadron ; of both parties to stop all hostilities ; and for the execution of this article , sea passes shall be given on each side to the ships dispatched to carry the news of peace to the possessions of the two parties . 2 . The treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 167 S and 1679 , of Kyswick of 16 97 , and of Utrecht of 1713 ; that of Baden of 1714 ; ihat of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717 ; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1718 ; the treaty of peace
of Vienna of 1736 ; the definitive treaty of Aix la Chapelle of 174 S ; the definitive treaty of Paris of 1763 ; and that of Versailles of 17 S 3 , serve as a basis and foundation to the peace , and to the present treaty . And for this purpose they are all renewed and confirmed in the best form , so that they are to be exactly observed for the future in their full tenour , and religiously executed by both parties in all the points which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty
ot peace . 3 . All the prisoners taken on either side , as well by land as by sea , and the hostages carried away or given during the war , shall be restored , without ransom , in six weeks at latest , to be computed from the day ofthe exchange ofthe ratifications of the present treaty . Each party respectively discharging the advances which shall have been made for the subsistence and maintenance of their prisoners in the country where they shall have been detained , according to the receipts , attested accounts , and other authentic vouchers , which shall be furnished on each
side ; and security shall be recipiocally given for the payment of . the debts which the prisoners may have contracted in the countries where they may have been detained , until their entire release . 4 . With respect to the rights of fishery on the coasts of the Island of Newfoundland , and of the other islands adjacent , and in the Gulph of St . Lawrence , the two parties shall return to the same situation in which they stood respectively , according to the treaties and engagements subsisting at the period of the commencement of the war . And with this viewhis Majesty consents to restore to
, France , in full right , the islands of St . Pierre and Miquelon . 5 . The same principle of the state of possession before the war is adopted by mutual consent , with respect to all other possessions and rights on both sides , in every partof the world ; save only the exceptions which are stipulated by the sub ! sequent articles of this treaty , And , to this intent , all possessions of territories which have or may have been conquered by one of the parties from the other ( and not specially excepted in this treaty ) shall be restored to the party to whom they belonged at the commencement of the present war .
6 . From this principle of mutual restitution , the two parties have agreed to except which shall remain to his Britannic Majesty in full sovereignty . 7 . In all the cases of restitution provided by the present Treaty , the fortresses shall be restored in the saute condition in which they now are , and no injury shall be done to any works that have been constructed since the conquest of them . 8 . It is also agreed , that in every case of restitution or . cession provided by any of the articles of thi-s treaty , the term of . three vearss from ihe date of the nptiftu-
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Monthly Chronicle.
Britain , Knight of the Most Hon . Order of the Bath , Privy Councillor to his Britannic Majesty , and the Executive Directory of the French Republic , who after having exchanged their respective full powers have agreed upon the following articles : i . As soon as this treaty shall be signed and ratified , there shall be an universal and perpetual peace as well by sea as by land , and a sincere and constant friendship between the two contracting parties and their dominions , and territories , and people , without exception of either places or persons ; so that the high
contracting parties shall give the greatest attention to the maintaining between themselves and their said dominions , territories , and people , this reciprocal friendship and intercourse , without permitting hereafter , on either part , any kind of hostilities to be committed either by sea or by land , for any cause , or under any pretence whatsoever . There shall be a general oblivion and amnesty of every thing which may have been done or committed by either party towards the other before or since the commencement of the war ; and they shall carefully avoid for the future every thing which miht prejudice the union happily
re-estag blished . Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty , orders shall be sent to the armies and squadron ; of both parties to stop all hostilities ; and for the execution of this article , sea passes shall be given on each side to the ships dispatched to carry the news of peace to the possessions of the two parties . 2 . The treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 167 S and 1679 , of Kyswick of 16 97 , and of Utrecht of 1713 ; that of Baden of 1714 ; ihat of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717 ; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1718 ; the treaty of peace
of Vienna of 1736 ; the definitive treaty of Aix la Chapelle of 174 S ; the definitive treaty of Paris of 1763 ; and that of Versailles of 17 S 3 , serve as a basis and foundation to the peace , and to the present treaty . And for this purpose they are all renewed and confirmed in the best form , so that they are to be exactly observed for the future in their full tenour , and religiously executed by both parties in all the points which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty
ot peace . 3 . All the prisoners taken on either side , as well by land as by sea , and the hostages carried away or given during the war , shall be restored , without ransom , in six weeks at latest , to be computed from the day ofthe exchange ofthe ratifications of the present treaty . Each party respectively discharging the advances which shall have been made for the subsistence and maintenance of their prisoners in the country where they shall have been detained , according to the receipts , attested accounts , and other authentic vouchers , which shall be furnished on each
side ; and security shall be recipiocally given for the payment of . the debts which the prisoners may have contracted in the countries where they may have been detained , until their entire release . 4 . With respect to the rights of fishery on the coasts of the Island of Newfoundland , and of the other islands adjacent , and in the Gulph of St . Lawrence , the two parties shall return to the same situation in which they stood respectively , according to the treaties and engagements subsisting at the period of the commencement of the war . And with this viewhis Majesty consents to restore to
, France , in full right , the islands of St . Pierre and Miquelon . 5 . The same principle of the state of possession before the war is adopted by mutual consent , with respect to all other possessions and rights on both sides , in every partof the world ; save only the exceptions which are stipulated by the sub ! sequent articles of this treaty , And , to this intent , all possessions of territories which have or may have been conquered by one of the parties from the other ( and not specially excepted in this treaty ) shall be restored to the party to whom they belonged at the commencement of the present war .
6 . From this principle of mutual restitution , the two parties have agreed to except which shall remain to his Britannic Majesty in full sovereignty . 7 . In all the cases of restitution provided by the present Treaty , the fortresses shall be restored in the saute condition in which they now are , and no injury shall be done to any works that have been constructed since the conquest of them . 8 . It is also agreed , that in every case of restitution or . cession provided by any of the articles of thi-s treaty , the term of . three vearss from ihe date of the nptiftu-