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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETEE,
GENERAL ADVERTISER
Fol. XXVIL.]
NEW-YORK, Apil %
La Sunday merning arrived here the Prince
William Henry Packet in ferty days erz Fal
mouth :By her we have the fellowirg ad
~Fll€d,
Translation of the
PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of PEACE
between His BRITANNIC MAJESTY,
and the Most CHRI>TIAN KING,
Signed at Verfai;’lez, the 20th of january, 1783.
In the Name of ithe Mofi Holy Trinity.
: l “H E King of Great-Britain, and the
Most Christian King, equaliy anima
ted with a desire of putiing an ¢rd to theca
lamities of a deftruétive war, and of re-eita
blithing union and good underflanding be
tween them, 2s neceflary for the good of
mankind ingeneral, as for that of their res
pective Kingdoms, flares and {ubjeéts, have
named for this purpose, viz. on the part of
bis Britannic Mujelly, Mr. Alieyne Fite-
Herbert Minister Plenipotentiary ot his (aid
Maijefty, the King ot Great Britain ; also on
the part of his Molt Chridian Majesty, Charles
Gravier, Compte de Vergennes, Councillor
in all his Cou: cils, Commander of his Orders,
Councillor of Staie, Minister and Secretary of
State, and of the Commands and Finances
of his said Majeity for the Dipa'rtment of
Foreign Affairs ; who,aiter having duly com
municated to ecach other their full powersin
good-form, have agreed on the toliowing
Preliminary Articles,
ArRTicLE I. As fecon as the Preliminaries
thall be signed and ratified fircere friendfhip
fthall be re-eftabiithed between His Britannic
Majesty and His Most Christian Majefly, their
kingdoms, states and subjects, by lea and by
land, in all parts of'the world : QOrders thall
be sent to the armies and {quadrons, as well
as to the fubje&ts of the two powers, to flop
all boftilities, and to live in the most perfect
union, forgetting what is past, of which their
Sovergigns give them the order and example :
And for the executicn of this ariicle, {ea pas
ses shall be given on cach fide, for the fthips
which.thall be difpatciied to carry the news
of it to the poflefiions ot the {aid powere,
11. His Majefiy, the King of Great- Bri
tain,:fhall preserve in tull right, the island
of Newtoundland, and the adjacent ifiands,
in the fame manner as the whole was ceded
to him by the thirteenth article of the treaty
of Utrecht, save the exceptions which shall
be flipulated by the fiith article of the pre
sent treaty. |
- 111. His Most Christian Majefly, in order
to prevent quarrels, which bave hitherto ari
{en between the two nations of England and
France; renounces the right of fithing, which
b:longs to him byviriue of the said article of
the treaty of Utretcht, from Cape Bonavefia
to Cape St. Jobn, situated on the Eastern
Coast of Newfoundi.nd, in about <o degrees
of North latitude ; whereby the F rcnch%(h-\
ery shall commence 2t the {2id Cape St. John,
shall go round by'the North, and going down
the V%eficm coast of the island of Newfound
2and, shall have for boundary the place eal-
Jed Cape Raye, fitiaicd ih 47 degrees 50 M
nutes latltude. .ot ‘
"IV. The French fithermen thall enjoy the
&thery assigned them by the ff"regoing_ arti
ele, a 8 they have 2 right to enjoy it by vir
sue of the treaty of Lirecht. | '
v. His Britannic Majesty will cede, in tull
SATURDAY, ArriL 26, 1783,
right, to his Most Chriftisn Majefly, the
islands of St. Pierre and Miguelon,
VI. With regard to the right of fithing in
the gulph of St. Lawrence, the French fha!l
cortinue ‘to e. 5-, ‘it conformibly to the
fifth article of the treaty of Paris,
VII. The King of Great- Britain fhsll re.
flore to France, the iflaind of Bt. Lucia, and
shall cede and guaraniee to her thatof To
bags,
VIII. The Most Chrifiian King fhal! se
flore va Great- Britain, the islands of Grena
da, and the Grenadines, St, Vincent’s, Do
minica, 3t, Christopher’s, Nevis, and Mont
serrat : and the fortreflfes of those islands
conquered by the arms of Great- Britain, and
by those of France, shall be reflored in the
fame condition in which they were when the
conquest of them wds made; provided that
the term of eighteen months, to be comput
ed from the time ofthe ratification of the
definitive treaty, shall be granted to the res
pective fubjeéts of the crowns of Great Bri
tzin and France, who may have fettled in
the said islands, and in other places which
fbali be restored by the definitive treaty, to
fell their ¢fiates, recover their debts and to
traniport their effcéts, and retire without be
ing restrained on account of their religion,
or any other cause whatever, except in cases
of debt, or of criminal prosecutions,
IX. The King of Great Eritain thall cede
and guarantee, in fall right . to hiz Most
Christian Majetly, the river ¢f Senegal, and
itt dependencies, with the forts of St. Louis,
Podor, Galam, Arguin, and Porterdie : His
Britannic Majesty shall reflore likewise the
Island of Goree, which f{hali be given up in
the condition in which it was when. the Bri
tith arme took possession of it,
X. The Most Chritian King shall, on his
fide, guaraniee to His Majesty the King of
Great Britain, the poss ilion of Fort Jamss,
and of the river Gambia.
XI. In order to prevent ali. diffention in
that part of the world, the two Courts thall
agree, either by the definitive treaty, or by a
separate aét, upon the boundaries to be fixed
to their refpeflive poffeflions. The gum
trade shall be carried on in future, as the
Englifth and French naticns carried it on be=
fore the year 17535.
XII. In regard to the rest of the coafis of
Africa, the fubjeéls of both powers shall con
tinue to frequent them, according to the
custom which has prevailed hitherto,
AIH. The King of Great. Britain shall re
flore to His Most Christian Majesty, all the
efiablithments which belonged to him at the
commencement of the present war, on the
coast of Orixa, and in Bengal, with liberty
to surround Chandernagor with a ditch for
draining the waters ; and His Britannic Ma
jefly engages to take such measures as may
be in his power, for securing to the subjects
of France, in that part of India, as also on
the coasts of Orixa, Corromandel, and Ma
labar, 2 {afe, tree, and independent trade,
such 3s was carried on by the lste French
Kaft-India Cempany, whether it be carried
on by individuals, or as 2 Company.
XIV. Pondicherry, as well as Karical, shall
likewise be restored and guaranteed to
France ; and His Britannic Majefly shall
brocure, to serve as a dependency round
{;ondi;:hetr.y, the two diftri€ta of Valanour
and Bahour ; and as a dependency round
Karical, the four contiguous Magans, |
AV, France thail again enter into poffe(=
fion of Mabe, and of the Comptoir at Surat;
and the French shall carry on commesce in
this part of India, conformably to ihe prin
ciples laid down in the thirteenth article of
this treaty,
XVI. In case France has allies in India,
they thall be invited, as well as those of
Great Britain, to accede to the present paci
fication ; and for that purpole, 2 term of
four months, to be computed from the day
on which the propoial thali be made to them
shall be aliowed them to make their decifioQ;
and in case of refufal on their part, their
Britannic and Mofi Chrifian Majeflies agree
not to give them any affiftance,direéily or in
direltly against theßritithorFrench possessions.
or againit the ancient pofleffions of their ref=
pective zllies ; and their 13id Majefiies shall
offer them their good offices towards a 2 mue
tuai accommodatiion,
XVH. The King of Great Britain, desirous
of giving His Most Christian Majesty a sin
cere preof of his reconciliation and friend
fhip, and of contriburing to the solidity of
the peace which is on the point of beingre
eftablifhed, will consent to the abrogation
and fuppreflion of all the articles, relative
to Dunkirk, from the treaty of peace con
ciuded at Utrecht in 1513, inclusively, to
thic time,
XVIIH. By the definitive treaty, all those
which have exifled till now between the
two high contraéting parties, and which shall
not have been derogated from, either by the
{aid treaty, or by the present preliminary
treaty, shall be renewed and confirmed ; and
the twe Courts shall name commissioners to
enquire into the true state and commerce be
tween the two nations,in order to agree upon
new arrangements Of trade,on the focting of
reciprocity and muiual convenience. The
said two Courts shall togetber amicably fix
a competant term for the duration of thag
business, |
XIX. All the countries & territories whick
may have been or which may be conquered,
in any part of the world whdtfoever, by the
arms ot his Britannic Majesty, or by those of
His Most Christian M:jeity, and which are
not included in the present articles shall be
reflored without difficulty, and without re=
quiring compenf{ation.
XX. Asit is neceflary to assign a fixed
epoch for the reflirution and the evacuation
to be made by each of the hiéh contraéting
parties, it is agreed that the King of Great=
Britain shall cause to be evacuated the islands
of Bt.Pierre andMiquelongthree months after
the ratification of the definitive treaty, ox
sooner, if it can be done ; St. Lucia, in the
Weft-Indies,&Goree in Africa,three months
-after the ratification of the definitive treaty,
or sooner, if it can be done. The King of
Great-Biitain shall, in like manner, at the
end of three months after the ratification of
the definitive treaty, or sooner, if it can be
-done,enter again into poflfeffion ot the islands
.of GGrenada, Grenadine:,St. Vincent, Domi
nica, St. Christopher’s, Nevis,and Montferat,
France shall be put into possession of the
town and compteirs, which are restored to
ber in the East Indies, and of the territories
which- are procured for. her, to serve as de-
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