jesty desiring most sincerely to concur in the speedy re-establishment of peace, accedes, in virtue of the present act, to the said definitive treaty and separate articles as they are above transcribed, without any reserve or exception, in the firm confidence that every thing that is promised to his said majesty will be bona fide fulfilled, declaring at the same time, and promising to fulfil with equal fidelity, all the articles, clauses, and conditions which concern him. On his side, his Britannic majesty accepts the present accession of his most Faithful majesty, and promises likewise to fulfil, without any reserve or exception, all the articles, clauses, and conditions contained in the said definitive treaty, and separate articles above inserted. The ratifications of the present treaty shall be exchanged in the space of one month, to be computed from this day, or sooner if it can be done.

In witness whereof, we ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty, and of his most Faithful majesty, have signed the present act, 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.) DE MELLO & CASTRO.

might have retarded the corclusion of the said treaty,-We the underwritten ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of his most Faithful majesty, declare that the alternative observed on the part of the king of Great Britain, and the most Christian king, with the most Faithful king, in the act of acceesion of the court of Portugal, was granted by their Britannic and most Christian majesties, solely with a view to facilitate the conclusion of the definitive treaty, and by that means the more speedily to consolidate so important and so salutary a work; and that this complaisance of their Britannic and most Christian majesties shall not be made any precedent of for the future; the court of Portugal shall not allege it as an example in their favour; shall derive therefrom no right, title, or pretension for any cause or under any pretence whatsoever.

In witness whereof, we ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of his most Faithful majesty, duly authorized for this purpose, have signed the present declaration, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto.

Done at Paris the 10th of February, 1763. MARTIN de MELLO & CASTRO. (L. S.)

XIII. After the ratification of the preliminaries, France shall evacuate, as soon as it can be done, the fortresses of Cleves, Wesel, and Gueldres, and in general all the. countries belonging to the king of Prussia; and at the same time, the British and French armies shall evacuate all the countries which they occupy in Westphalia, Lower Saxony, on the Lower Rhine, the Upper Rhine, and in all the empire; and each shall retire into the dominions of their respective sovereigns: and their Britannic and most Christian majesties further engage and promise not to furnish any succour of any kind to their respective allies who shall continue engaged in the present war in Ger

many.

XIV. The towns of Ostend and Nieuport shall be evacuated by his most Christian majesty's troops, immediately after the signature of the present preliminaries.

Declaration, signed at Fontainbleau, the third of November, 1762, by the French Plenipotentiary.

His most Christian majesty declares that, in agreeing to the XIIIth article of the preliminaries, signed this day, he does not mean to renounce the right of acquitting his debts to his allies; and that the remittances made on his part, in order to acquit the arrears that may be due on the subsidies of preceding years, are not to be considered as an infraction of the said article.

In witness whereof, I, the underwritten minister plenipotentiary of His most Christian majesty, have signed the present declaration, and have caused the seal of my arms to be put thereto.

Done at Fontainbleau, the 3d day of November, 1762. CHOISEUL, Duc de Praslin. (L. S.)

The stipulations relative to Dunkirk and the East Indies, stood as follows in the preliminaries.

V. The town and port of Dun. kirk shall be put into the state fixed by the late treaty of Aix la Chapelle, and by former treaties: the cunette shall remain as it now is, provided that the English engineers named by his Britannic majesty, and received at Dunkirk by order of his most Christian majesty, verify that this cunette is only of use for the wholesomeness of the air, and the health of the inhabitants.

X. In the East Indies, Great Britain shall restore to France the several comptoirs which that crown had on the coast of Coromandel, as well as on that of Malabar, and also in Bengal, at the commencement of hostilities between the two companies in the year 1749, in the condition in which they now are, on condition that his most Christian majesty renounces the acquisitions which he has made on the coast of Coromandel since the said commencement of hostilities between the two companies in the year 1749.

And as to the limits of the English and French, and their Indian allies in these countries, they were not exactly marked out as they now are in the declaration annexed to the definitive treaty.

These, with his most Christian majesty's obliging himself in the definitive treaty, to discharge the debts due by him to his Canadian subjects, form all the difference between the said treaty and the preliminaries.

By

By the KING.

GEORGE R.

WHEREAS a definitive treaty of peace and friendship between us, the most Christian king and the king of Spain, to which the king of Portugal hath acceded, hath been concluded at Paris on the 10th day of this instant March; in conformity thereunto, we have thought fit hereby to command, that the same be published throughout all our dominions: and we do declare to all our loving subjects our will and pleasure, that the said treaty of peace and friendship be observed inviolably, as well by sea as land, and in all places whatsoever; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice thereof, and to conform themselves thereunto accordingly.

Given at our court at St. James's the 21st day of March 1763, the 21st day of March 1763, in the third year of our reign.

GOD save the KING.

ing the late troubles by either party, of what nature soever; so that there shall be no further mention made of them, nor any compensation demanded, under any pretence, or upon any consideration whatsoever. The respective subjects of each power shall never be molested upon that account, but shall fully enjoy this amnesty, and all its consequences, notwithstanding the avocatory letters which have been issued and published. All confiscations shall be entirely taken off; and such goods as have been confiscated or sequestered, shall be restored to the proprietors who were in possession of them before these last troubles.

III. Both parties renounce all claim on each other's dominions or territories (particularly, the empress queen renounces all claim to those which were ceded to the king of Prussia by the preliminary articles of Breslau and the treaty of Berlin) and also all indemnification for damages suffered during the last war.

IV. All hostilities shall entirely cease on both sides, from the day of the signature of the present treaty of peace. For this end the necessary orders shall be immediately dis patched to the armies and troops of the two high contracting parties, wheresoever they may be; and in case, through ignorance of what has been stipulated in this respect, any hostilities shall have been committed after the day of the signature of the present treaty, they shall not be deemed to affect this treaty in any manner; and in this case, the men and effects which may have been taken and carried away, shall be faithfully restored.

V. Her Apostolic majesty, the empress queen of Hungary and Bo[R] +

hemia,

hemia, shall withdraw her troops from all the countries and states of Germany, which are not under her dominion, within the space of 21 days after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty; and within the same term she shall cause to be entirely evacuated, and restored to his majesty the king of Prussia, the county of Glatz, and, in general, all the states, countries, towns, places, and fortresses, which his Prussian majesty possessed before the present war in Silesia, or else where, and which have been occupied by the troops of her Apostolic majesty the empress queen of Hungary and Bohemia, or by those of her friends and allies, during the course of the present war. The fortresses of Glatz, Wesel, and Gueldres, shall be restored to his Prussian majesty in the same state, with regard to the fortifications in which they were, and with the artillery that was found therein when they were taken. His majesty the king of Prussia shall withdraw, within the same space of 21 days after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, his troops from all the countries and states of Germany which are not under his dominion; and he shall evacuate and restore, on his side, all the states, countries, towns, places, and fortresses of his majesty the king of Poland, elector of Saxony, agreeable to the treaty of peace, which has been concluded this same day between their majesties the kings of Prussia and Poland; so that the restitution and evacuation of the provinces, towns, and fortresses respectively occupied, shall be made at one and the same time.

VI. The contributions and deliveries, of what nature soever they

be, as well as all demands of recruits, pioneers, waggons, horses, and in general, the things furnished upon account of war, shall cease from the day of the signature of the present treaty, and every thing that shall be exacted, taken, or received after this epoch, shall be restored punctually and without delay.

Each party shall renounce all arrears whatsoever of contributions and deliveries. The bills of exchange, or other written promises, which have been given on either side, respecting these matters, shall be declared void and of none effect, and shall be restored gratis to those who gave them. The hostages also, which have been taken or given, with regard to the same, shall be released without ransom; every thing above mentioned shall take place immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.

VII. All prisoners of war shall be reciprocally and faithfully regi stered, without ransom, and without regard to their number or military rank, on their paying, however previously, the debts which they shall have contracted during their captivity. Each party shall mutually renounce what has been furnished or advanced to them for their assistance and maintenance; and the same proceeding, in all respects, shall be observed with regard to the sick and wounded immediately after their recovery. To this purpose, each party shall name generals or commissioners, who shall, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications proceed, in the places that shall be agreed upon, to the exchange of ail the prisoners of war. Every thing that is stipulated in this

article

article shall equally take place with respect to the states of the empire, in consequence of the general stipulation contained in the XIXth article. But as his majesty the king of Prussia and the states of the empire have themselves subsisted and maintained their respective prisoners of war, and as, upon this ac count, some individuals may have made advances, the high contract ing parties do not mean to derogate, by the above stipulations, from the pretensions of the said individuals in this respect.

VIII. The subjects of either party forced to enter into the service of the other, shall be discharged.

IX. The empress queen shall return all the deeds, writings, and letters belonging to the places restored to the king of Prussia.

X. The inhabitants of the county and city of Glatz shall be at liberty to remove with their effects, in two years, without paying any duty.

XI. The king of Prussia shall confirm the nomination made by the empress queen during the war, to vacant benefices, and to places in the excise, in the duchics of Cleves and Gueldres.

XII. The preliminaries of Bres lau, July 11, 1742, the treaty of Berlin, July 28, 1743, the reces of the limits of 1742, the treaty of Dresden, Dec. 28, 1745, where

XV. The two contracting powers shall renew article IX. and the separate article of the treaty of Berlin, relative to the debts on Silesia.

XVI. The two powers mutually guaranty the whole of each other's dominions; those belonging to the empress queen out of Germany excepted.

XVII. The king of Poland shall be comprehended in this treaty on the footing of his treaty of this day with the king of Prussia.

XVIII. The king of Prussia will renew his convention with the clector Palatine in 1741, relative to Juliers and Bergue,

XIX. The whole empire is comprized in the stipulations of the IId, IVth, Vth, VIth, and VIIth articles. And by virtue thereof, all the princes and states shall fully enjoy the effects of the said stipulations. And whatsoever is therein stipu lated and agreed on between her majesty the empress queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and his majesty the king of Prussia, shall take place equally and reciprocally between their said majesties and all the princes and states of the empire. The peace of Westphalia, and all the other constitutions of the empire, are likewise confirmed by the present treaty of peace.

XIII. The two parties purpose to settle a treaty of commerce as soon as possible; and in the mean time will favour the commerce between their countries.

XIV. The Roman Catholic religion shall be preserved in Silesia, as by the treaty of Dresden, and all other privileges of the subjects,

Martinico.

Articles of Capitulation of the Citadel of Fort Royal, in the island of Martinico, the 4th of February, 1762.

ARTICLE I.

THE Commanding officer of the citadel shall march out at the head of the garrison, composed of

troops