The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 11, 1763, Page 2

Preliminary Articles of PrAcry betwesn bis Britannic. Majefty, rbe maft Chriftian King, and rhe Catholic King, figned at Fontainebleu, the 3d Day of November, 1762. . In the Name of the Moft Holy Trinity, THE King of Great Britainand the mofl Chrif~ Jlian King, animated with the reciprocal defire 1o re-cflablifb union and good wnderflanding between them, as will for the good g Manku'z(l in general, as for that of their refpective kingdoms, [flates and fubjelts, having refletted, Joom after the rupture betweeu Great-Britain and Spain, on {be‘ fate of tlgg negotiation of laft year (which unhappily had not the defived effelt) as well 2san the point in difpute be- tween the crowns of Great-Britain m{d Spain ; their Britannic and mojt Chriftian Majefly’s began a cor- refpondence to endeavour to find means to .ac{}/yi the differences fubfiftitg b_zthezz_t/{ezr fi{ldfl’ld_}t_’[-tt’s. At the fame time, the myf! Chriftian King having com- municated totheKing of Spainthefe happy difpafitions, his Catholic Majefty was .ummated with the _.fa‘mc zeal for the good of mankindyand that of his fubjecls, and refolved to extend and multiply the fruits of peace. by bis concurrence in futh laudable intentions. Their Britannick, moft Chriftian and Catholic Ma- jeflies, having, in confequence maturcly confidered all the above points as well as the different events which have happened-during the courfe of the prefent nego- ciation, hawe by mutual confent agreed on the follow- ing articles. R T JTC T Bl S foon as the preliminaries fhall be Sfigned and ratified, fincere friendfbip fball be re-eftab- Lifhed between bis Britannic ;ijf/?}f and /7{5 Moft Chriftian Majefly, and between his Jaid Bri- tannic Majefly and his Catholic Majefly, their kingdoms, flates, and fubjecls, by fea and by land, in all parts of the world. Orders fhall be Jent 1o the armies and fquadrons, as well as to the fubjeils, . of the three powers, to flop all hoftilittes, and ts live in the moft perfel? union, forgetting what has paffed, o of which their Sovereigns give them t/?e a/'r{cr m}d " example : And, for the execution of this article, [ea paffes fhall be given, on each fide, for the fhips which fball be difpatehed 1o carry the news of it( o the refpective po ,;)fliam of the three powers. I1. His moft Chriftian Majefly renounces all pre- tenfions, which he has heretafore formed, or might have formed, to Nova-Scotia, or Aeadiay in ({ll its parts. and guaranties the whole of itywith all its de-- pendencies, to the King of Great-Britain : moreover, his moft Chriftian. Majefly cedes, and guarantics, to his fard Britannik Majefly, in full right, Canada, with all its dependenciesyas well as thelfland of Gapé- Bretonyand all the other Hflands in theGulph & River of St.Lanrence, without reffriction, and without any iherty to depart from this ceffion ard gu_nr{{nty,undcr any pretence, or to trouble Great Brztaz.n in t{)e /- Jeffion. above-mentioned. His Britannic Majefly,on his fide, agrees to grant tothe Inbabitants of Canada the liberty of the Catholick religion : he willy in confe - quence, give the moft exact and the moft effectual orders, that his new Roman Cathslic Subjetts may profefs the svarfhip of their religion, according to the rites of the Roman Church, as far as the laws of Great-Britain permit. His Britannic Majelly Sfurther agreesythat the French Inhabitants, or others who would have been fubjelis of the moft Chriffian King in Canada, may retire in fafety and freedom, wherever they pleafe 5 and may [ell their eftates, provided.it be to his Britannic Mayefly’s fubjects, and tranfport their effects, as well as their perfons, with- out being rg?mimd in their emigration, under any pretence w at7[oe~ver, cxcept debts or criminal pro- Jecutions s The term limited for this emigration, being fixed to the [pace " of cighteen monthsy to be computed from the day of the ratification of the de- finitive treaty, . ART. Hft’ The fubjeéts of France fbail bave Ii- berty of fifbing and drying, on a part of the coafls of the ifland of Newfoundland, fuch as is [pecified in the XI1I1th article of the treaty of Utrecht 5 which article fhall be (‘071]1{‘7fl€d and venewed by the ap- proaching definitive treaty (except what regards the 1/land of Cape Breton, as well as the other iflands in the mouth and in the gulph of St.Laurence) And his Britannic Majefly confents to leaveto the moftChrif- tian King’s fubjects the liberty to//b in the gulph of 8t. Laurence on condition, that the [ubjelts of rance do not exercife the faid fifery but at the dij- tance of three leagues from all the coafls belonging to Great Britain, as well tbze of the continent as thofe of the iflands fituated in the gulph of St. Laurence. And as to what relates to tf gulph, bis moft Chriftian Majefty's fubjeéis fpall not exercife the fifbery but at the diftance of fifteen leagues e fifbery out of the faid _ from the coafts of t'b,;g'lamz of Cdpe Breton. : 5 . Arr. IV. The of Great Britain cedes thé iflands:of St. Peter’s ard of Miguilm, in full right to his migft Chriftian Majefly, ta firve as a fhelter r'the French fifberment, gnd bis jai?i Majefly obliges J)ixy‘jf on his-royal tosrd, not ‘to fortify thé fuid - iflands 5 “to ereét no buildings there hut” merely for the_conveniency of the fifbery 5 and to keep there only a guard of fifty men for the police. ART.V. The town and port of Dunkirk fball be put inta the flate fixed by the laff treaty “of Aix la Chapelley and by former treaties 5 the Cunette fball remain as it now- is, provided that the Englifb en- gincersy, named by bis Byitannic Majefly, and recei- ved at Dunkirk by order of bis mof! Chriffian Ma- JéfYy, verify, that this Cunette is only of ufe for the Whelefornnefs of the air,and health of the inbabitants. ART. VL' In order to re-eflablifh peace on the mofd folid and lafting foundations,and to remove for- ever every fubjelt of difputewith regard to the limits of the Britifbh and French Territories on the conti- nent of America ; it is agreed that, for the future, the confines between: the dominions of his Britannic Majejly, and thofe of his moft Chriftian Majefly, in that part of theworld, fball be irrevocably fixed by a line drawn along the Miffifippis from its fource, as Jfar as the river Iherville, and from thence by a line drawn along the middle of thes rivery and of the lakes Maurepas. and Pontchartain, to the fea 'y and 10 this purpafey the moft Chriftian King cedes in full right, and guarantecs to his Britannic Majefly, the river and port of Mobile, and every thing that he poffeffesy ar ought to have poffiffed 5 on the left fide of the river Miffifippis.exccpt the town of New Or- leans,and the iftand »1 which it is fituated which fhall remain ta France 5 provided that the navigation of the river Miffifippi fball be equally free, as well for the [ubjects of Great Britain, as to thofe of France, in its whole breadth, and length, from: its fource to the [ea, aud that part exprefly, which is between the’ Jaid ifland of NewOrleans; and the* right bank o that Fivery as well as the paffage both in and out its mouth : It is further flipulated, that the veffels belanging to the fubjects of either nation, fhall not be Slopped, wifited, or fubjecited to the paymeut of any duty whatfaever, . The flipulations in favour of the inhabitants of Canada, inferted in “the 1Id article, Jhdll alfs take place with regard to the inbabitants of the countrics ceded by this article. ArT. V1L, The King of Great Britain fball re- Sare to France the iflands of Guadaloipe, of Mari- galant, of Difiada, of Martinico,” and of Belleifte and the fortreffés of thefe iflands fball be reflored in . the fame condition they were iny when they were con- quered by the Britifh arms.; - provided that the term of eighteen montbhs, computed from the day of the ra- tification of the dcfinitive treaty, fhall be granted to his Britannic Mujefly's fubjects, who may bave fet- tled in the faid iflands, and other places reflored to France by -the definitive treaty, to [ell their effates, recover their debts, and tranfport their effelts aswell as their perfons, without being reftrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatfo- every except that of debts, or criminal profecutions. ArT. VIII. The moff Chriffian King cedes and guranties to bis Britannic Majefly, in full right, the tfland of Grenada and the Grenadies, with the [ame Sipulations in favour of the inhabitunts of this colo- nyy as inferted in the IId article of thofe of Canada. And the partitim of the ijlands called neutral, is a- greed and fixed, [o that thofe of St. Vincent, Domini- o, and Taobago, fhall remain in full right to England ; and ihat of St. Lucia [ball be delivered to France, to enjoy the fame in like manner in full right 5 the two crowns reciprocally guarantying to each other the participation fo fipslated. Art. IX. His Britannic Majefty foall reflore to France the ifland of Goree, in the condition it was in when eonquered 5 and bis mof? Chriftian Majefly cedes in full righty aud guaranties to the King of Ghreat-Britain, Sencgal. ArT.X. In.the Eaft Indics, Great-Britain Jhall reflore to France the frveral Comptoirs, which that crown had on the coaft of Coromandel, as well as on that of Malabar, ard alfo in. Bengal, at the commencement of hoftilities betroeen: the two compa- nies in the year 3748, in the condition in which they . now.arey on condition that his moft chriftian Majefty renounces the acquifitions he bas made on 'the coaft of Coromandels fince: the faid commencement of hoftilities between the two companies in the year 1748. His moft Chriftian Majefty on. bis fide fball refiore all that he fball bave.conquered from Great-Britain, in the Laft Indies, during the prefent war 5 and be alfs engages not to erect /brt{ficatiam, or to kecp any troops in Bengal. Art. XL Theifland of Minorea foall be reftored 10 his Britannick Majefiy, as well as Fort 8t. Philip, in the fame condition they were i w}:fn. they were conguered by the arms of the maofi Chriftian King 3 and with the artillery that was theve at- the taking of the Jaid iflend, and of the fuid firt. Arr. X1, France fpall reftore all the ciunt: fes belonging to the Electorate of Hanover, tothe L:d- grave of Helfi, tathe Dike of Brunfivick, and s the Coyat of La Lippe Buckelurg, which are,or fial! Le oceupied. by the arms “7 his moft Chriftian Maief'y ; the fortreffes of thefe different countries lall be reftor- ed tnthe jame condition they were in when they wwere conquered by the French arms ; and the picces chartil- lery which fhall have been carried clfewhere, jhall be replaced by the fame number, of the fame Lore, weight andmetal : as to what regards hoftages exacied or given, they fball be fent back withaut ranfim. ¢ Art. XIIL. After the ratification of'the prelimi- naries, France fball cvacuate as foon as it can be done, - the fortre(les of Cleves, Wefel and Guelders, and in generalall the Countries belonging to the King of Pruffia; and, at the fame time, the Britifp and French armies fhall evacuate all the countrics which they occupy, or may then occupy in T Veftphalia, Lower- Saxony, on the Lower Rhine, the Upper Rhbine, and in all the Empire 3 and cach fball retire into the dominiions of their refpective fovereigns : And their - Britannick and maft Chriftian Majefties further, en- gage and promife not 1o furni/h any fuccours o/} any kind, to their refpective allies, who fball continue en- » gaged in the prefent war in Germany. Art. X1IV. The towns of Oftend and Neu- port fhall be evacuated by his Moft Chriftian Maijefty’s troops immediately after the fignature of the prefent preliminaries. _ ArTt. XV. Tte decifion of the prizes made on the Spaniards by the fubjects of Great-Bri- tein in time of peace, fhall be referred to the courts of juftice of the admiralty of Great-Britain, conformably to the rules eftablifhed among all nations, o that the validity of the faid -prizes between the Britifh and Spanifh nations, fhald be decided andjudged according to treaties, in the courts of juftice of the naticn who fhall have made the capture. : Art. XVL His Britannic: Majefty fhall caufe all the fortifications to be demolifhed which his fubjects fhall have ereéted in the Bay of Honduras,and other places of the territory of - Spain in that part of the world, four months af- ter the ratification of the definitive treaty ; And his Catholic Majefty. tha!l not for the future fuffer the fubjedts of his Btitannic Majefty, of " their workmen, to be difturbed or molefied un- der any pretence whatfoever, in their otcupati- on of cutting, loading and carrying -away log- wood ; and for this purpofe, they may buld without hindrance, and occupy without inter- ruption, the houfes and magazines neceflary for them, for their families, and for their efie@s ; - and his faid CatholicMajefty aflures to them, by this article, the entire enjoyment of what is a- bove ftipulated. Art. XVIL His Catholic Majefty defifts from all pretenficns which he may have “formed to the right of fithing about the ifland of New- foundland. Arrt. XVIII. The king of Great-Britaif fhall reftore to Spain all that he has conquered in the ifland of Cuba, with the fortrefs of the Havanna ; and that fortrefs, as well as all the other fortrefles of the faid ifland, fhall be reftor- ed in the fame condition they were in when they were conquered by his BritannickMajefty’s arms. Art. XIX. In confequence of the reftituti- on ftipulated in the preceding article, his catho- lic Majeity cedes and guaranties, in full right, to his Britannick Majefty, all that Spain poflef- fes on the eontinent of North-America, to the’ eaft, or to the fouth eaft, of the river Miffifippi. And his Britannick Majefty agrees to grant to the’inhabitants of this country above ¢eded, the liberty of the Catholic religion : He will, in confequence, give the moft exaét and the moft effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic Subjects may profefs the worfhip of their religion according to the rites of the Roman church; as far as the laws of Great-Britain permit. His BritannickMajefty further agrees, that theSpanith inhabitants, or others who would have been fub- ject to the Catholick King in the faidConntries, may retire, in all fafety fand freedom wherever they pleafe ; and may fell their eftates, provided itbe to his Britannic Majeily’s fubjeéts, and tranfport their effets, as well as their perfons, without being reftraincd in their emigration, under any pretence whatfoever, except debts, or criminal profecutions: The term, limited for this emigration, being fixed to the fpace of eighteen months, to becomputed from the da of the ratification of the Definitive Treaty. ¢, is fartherftipulated, that his Catholick - Majefty thall have power to caufe all the efleéts, that be- long to himyeither artillery, cr cthers, to be car- L) 1