fifteen days for Europe, and the feas on her coafts, and thofe of Africa on this fide the equator: forty days after the faid exchange for the countries and feas of America and Africa beyond the equator, and three months after for the countries and feas fituated to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. III. The ports, towns, places, or any other territorial poffeffions of either of the two powers, in whatever part of the world, which are occupied or conquered by the troops of the other, fhall be reciprocally reftored within the periods abovementioned, without either compenfation or indemnity being required. IV. Her Moft Faithful Majefty engages to obferve the most exact neutrality between the Republic and the other belligerent powers. A fimilar neutrality fhall be obferved by the French Republic, in cafe of a rupture between Portugal and any other European power. In confequence, neither of the two contracting parties, during the courfe of the prefent war, fhall furnish to the enemies of the other, in virtue of any treaty or ftipulation whatever (public or fecret) any fuccours in troops, fhips, arms, warlike ammunition, provifions, or money, under whatever title or denomination. V. Her Moft Faithful Majefty fall not admit into her great ports more than fix armed fhips of war belonging to any one of the belligerent powers, nor more than three into her fmaller ports. The prizes made by their flips of war or refpective cruifers fall no more be received into her Majefty's ports than the cruifers themfelves, unless it be in cafes of tempeft or imminent peril, and then they fhall depart as foon as the peril is paft. All fale of merchandise or captured veffels fhall be feverely prohibited. The French Republic fhall obferve the fame regulations with respect to fhips of war, cruifers, or prizes belonging to the European powers with which Her Moft Faithful Majefty may enter into war. VI. Her Moft Faithful Majefty acknowledges, by the prefent treaty, that all the territories fituated to the north of the limits hereinafter mentioned, between the poffeffions of the two contracting powers, belong in full property and fovereignty to the French Republic: renouncing, as far as need be, as well for herfelf as her fucceffors, all the rights to which the might pretend upon the faid territories, under whatever title, and particularly in virtue of the eighth article of the treaty concluded at Utrecht, the 11th of April, 1713. The French Republic reciprocally acknowledges that all the territories fituated to the fouth of the faid line, belong to Her Moft Faithful Majefty, in conformity to the treaty of Utrecht. VII. The limits between the two French and Portuguese Guyanas fhall be determined by the river called by the Portuguefe Calmeme, and by the French Vincent Pinfon, which flows into the ocean above the North Cape, about two degrees and a half fouthern latitude. They fhall follow the faid river to its fource, and afterwards a right line drawn from the faid fource towards the weft, as far as Rio Blanco. VIII. The mouth, as well as the whole courfe of the faid river Calmeme or Vincent Pinfon, belong in full and entire fovereignty to the French Republic, without, however, the fubjects of Her Moft Faithful Majefty, eftablished in the envi rons rons to the fouth of the said river, being prevented from ufing it freely, and without being subject to the duties of entrance, courfe, and water-duty. IX. The fubjects of Her Moft Faithful Majefty who are fettled to the north of the frontier line above marked, fhall be free to remain there, obeying the laws of the Republic, or to withdraw with their effects, or to fell the lands belonging to them. The faculty of retiring and felling their moveable or immoveable effects, is reciprocally referved to the French who may be fettled to the fouth of the faid frontier line. The exercife of the faid faculty is limited to one, and the other to two years, reckoning from the exchange of the ratifications of the French treaty. X. There shall be negotiated and concluded as foon as poffible between the two powers, a treaty of commerce founded upon equitable bafis, and reciprocally advantage Until it is concluded, it is ous. agreed, Ift. That the commercial relations shall be re-established immediately after the exchange of the ratification, and that the citizens or fubjects of each of the two powers fhall enjoy in the territories of the other all the rights, immunities, and prerogatives enjoyed by the moft favoured nations. 2d. That the provifions and merchandifes, the produce of their foil or their manufactures, fhall be refpectively admitted, if the provifions and merchandife of the fame kind of other nations are, or shall afterwards be admitted; and that the faid provifions and merchandifes fhall not be fubject to any prohibition which shall not equally fall 1 on other provifions and merchandifes of the fame kind imported by other nations. 3d. That nevertheless the French Republic not being able to offer to Portugal but a price extremely low for its wines, and being unable to compenfate by the introduction of French cloths into that kingdom, things fhall reciprocally remain, with refpect to thofe two articles, in their prefent state. 4th. That the duties of custom and others upon provifions and merchandife of the foil and manufactures of the two powers, shall be reciprocally regulated upon the fame footing as with regard to other most favoured nations. 5th. That out of the duties thus regulated, there fhall be allowed a drawback in favour of merchandifes the produce of the foil or manufactures of the ftates of each of the two powers, provided they are imported in national veffels on account of the merchants to whom they belong, and fent in right of the ports of Europe, on the one hand, to the ports of Europe on the other. The amount of thefe drawbacks, as well as the kinds of merchandifes to which they fhall apply, to be regulated by the treaty of commerce to be concluded between the two powers. 6th. That further, all the ftipulations relative to commerce inferted in preceding treaties concluded between the two powers fhall be provifionally executed, wherein they are not contrary to the prefent treaty. XI. Her Moft Faithful Majefty. shall admit into her ports the French fhips of war and merchantmen, under the fame conditions as the hips of the most favoured nations are ad mitted. mitted. The Portuguese veffels fhall enjoy in France the moft exact reciprocity. XII. The French confuls and vice-confuls fhall enjoy privileges, immunities, prerogatives, and jurifdictions, as they enjoyed them before the war, and as they are enjoy ed by the most favoured nations. XIII. The ambassador or minifter of the French Republic at the court of Portugal, fall enjoy the fame immunities, prerogatives, and privileges as French ambaladors enjoyed previous to the war. XIV. All the French citizens, as well as the individuals compofing the establishment of the ambaffador or minister of the councils, and other agents accredited and acknowledged by the French Republic, fhall enjoy in the ftates of Her Moft Faithful Majefty the fame liberty of worship as is enjoyed by the most favoured nations in this respect. The prefent, and two preceding articles, fhall be reciprocally obferv. ed by the French Republic with regard to the ambaladors, minifters, confuls, and other agents of Her Moft Faithful Majefty. XV. All the prifoners made on both fides, including marines and failors, fhall be given up in a month, reckoning from the exchange of the ratification of the prefent treaty, on payment of the debts they fhall have contracted during their captivity. The fick and wounded shall continue to be taken care of in the refpective hofpitals: they fhall be given up immediately after they are cured. XVI. The peace and good friendfhip re-established by the prefent treaty between the French Republic and Her Moft Faithful Majesty, are declared to extend in common to the Batavian Republic. XVII. The prefent treaty fhall be ratified, and the ratification exchanged in two months, reckoning from this day. Done, performed, concluded, figned, and confirmed, to wit, by me Charles Delacroix, by the feal for foreign affairs, and by me the Chevalier d'Aranjo, by the feal of my arms, at Paris, the 23d Thermidor, fifth year of the French Republic, anfwering to the 10th of Auguft, old ftyle. (Signed) CHARLES DELACROIX. The Executive Directory agrees to fign this prefent treaty between Her Moft Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal, negotiated in the name of the Republic by citizen Charles Delacroix, Minifter Plenipotentiary, invefted with powers to that effest by a decree of the 30th laft Meffidor, and charged by his inftructions. Done at the national palace of Prefident. *The Executive Directory, however, by a decree of the 26th October, declared this treaty null and void.-The following is a copy of the decree : "The Convention concluded between General Buonaparte and the Marquis of Menfredini, on Behalf of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Ift. THE Grand Duke fhall pay 800,000 livres, as an indemnity for the expences of the French garrifon at Leghorn. 2d. General Buonaparte promises to withdraw that garrifon, confifting of 1600 men, and on whofe departure the Grand Duke will pay 1,200,000 livres more to the French Republic. Declaration of the General Adminiftration of Lombardy. WHEREAS, notwithstanding the declaration of neutrality of the HelVetic Republic, the inhabitants of the bailiwicks of Lugano and Belinzona have openly favoured the desertion of the Austrian prifoners; whereas money, boats, and clothes are procured, and roads pointed out to them to join their armies; whereas the magiftrates permit Auftrian and English emiffaries to refide in those bailiwicks, from whence they endeavour to disturb the internal tranquillity of Lombardy; whereas the principal magiftrate at Lugano has dared to compel by force fome Lombards who refided in that town to lay afide the cockade of the first power in Europe, which is the French Republic: in fine, whereas thefe infringements of the neutrality difplay a tendency hoftile to the French Republic, and contrary to the good understanding which ought to fubfift with Lombardy, the General Administration refolves as fol lows: 1ft. All the inhabitants of the bailiwicks of Belinzona and Lugano, who fhall appear on the territory of Lombardy unprovided with paffports of the Lombard conftituted authorities, fhall immediately be arrested as fufpected perfons, conducted beyond the frontiers, and, fhould they return again, be treated as fpies of the hoftile powers, and judged by martial law. 2d. All the Swifs barges, on board of which Auftrian deferters fhall be found, are to be confifcated, and their mafters judged by military law as perfons recruiting for the "The Executive Directory, confidering that the Queen of Portugal, instead of fending a pure and fimple ratification of the treaty of peace concluded with the Executive Directory, in the name of the French Republic, on the 23d Thermidor, 5th year, within the two months allowed by that treaty, has put her principal ftrong places into the hands of the English army, decrees as follows: "The treaty between the French Republic and the Queen of Portugal, conclud- / ed on the 23d Thermidor, 5th year, and not ratified on the part of her faid Majes ty, is declared to be of no effect. "The minifter for foreign affairs is charged to notify to M. Aranjo Dazevedo, Minifter Plenipotentiary of the Queen of Portugal, to quit the territory of the Republic without delay. (Signed) "LA REVELLIBRE LEPAUX, Prefident." diet of the empire. The declaration made on the 14th inftant, on the part of the Emperor, to the three colleges of the empire, contains, amongst others, the following paffage : The ftates muft have acquired the moft perfect conviction from many events, especially from the hoftile fentiments expreffed by the enemy against the integrity of the empire, that it is become unavoidably neceffary to make greater efforts, and to lofe no time in ftraining every nerve to fupport his Imperial Majefty in the generous patriotic refolution of employing all his forces for the welfare of the Germanic empire, and the prefervation of its conftitution, with all poffible vigour, and with farther facrifices of his refources. The Emperor then demands of all thofe ftates who wish for the farther protection of the imperial arms, the speedy furnishing of their quintuple contingent of troops, who are to join the army of the empire without delay; to furnish alfo the contingents in money, and the arrears of the Roman months, in order that the effective force may be feasonably known before the opening of the impending campaign, which is to be carried on with the greatest energy. The Emperor concludes his declaration by ftating, His Majefty the Emperor and King, confidering the immenfe efforts of the enemy, and the vicithitudes of the war which have hitherto taken place, will find it impoffible to avert the hoftile dangers which threaten the Germanic conftitution, and the profperity of certain diftricts of Germany, unless his co-ftates will grant him the moft active fupport. Buonaparte, General in Chief of the Army of Italy, to the People of Carinthia. General Quarters at Clagenfurt, THE French army does not come into your country to conquer it, nor to effect any change in your religion, manners, or customs. It is the friend of all nations, and particularly of the brave people of Germany. The Executive Directory of the French Republic have spared no pains to bring to a termination the calamities which defolate the Continent. Refolved to be foremost in the accomplishment of this plan, they fent General Clarke to Vienna, as a Plenipotentiary, to commence negotiations for peace; but the court of Vienna refused to hearken to them: it has ever been declared at Vicenze, through the medium of M. St. Vincent, that it did not acknowledge the French Republic. General Clarke demanded a paffport, to go to speak to the Emperor himself; but the minifters of the court of Vienna dreaded, with reafon, that the moderation of the propofitions which he was charged to make, would influence the Emperor to conclude a peace. Thefe minifters, corrupted by English gold, betrayed Germany and their prince, and are as reluct ant to negotiation as the perfidious iflanders who are the horror of all Europe. I Inhabitants of Carinthia! know it, you deteft, as much as us, both the Englith, who are the only gainers by the exifting warfare, and your minifter, who is fold to them. If we have been at war for fix years, it is contrary to the wifhes of the brave Hungarians, of the enlightened |