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; *.,X V - v ,T H E . ‘ ; • GEORGIA GAZETTE T 1 o ‘ * # * # IJ * Number o. , ■* ..f.i ■ • ‘ EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE! , * ‘ ‘ , ■ . 4 , > . ‘ - -LONDON. 4 DEFINITIVE TREATY Os Friendship and Peace between bis Britannick Majesty, the Moft Christian AT/*/, and the King of Spain, concluded as Paris the • iQtb Da? of February, 1763; to which the K:*g of Portkjaj • acceded on the fame Day* Jn the Name of the Moft amdUudi<wdeJ Trinity, Father, Son, Wl R it known to all those to wjioni it (hall or may, in any manner, belong. It has pleased the Moft High to dis- A££l B the spirit of onion and concord a- mon g. the Priflcet, whose divisions had ijprcid troubles in the four parts of the world, and to inipirc them with the in clination to cattfe the comforts of peace to succeed to the misfortunes of a long and bloody tear; which, having arisen, between England and France, dur ing the reign of the moft serene and moft potent Prince George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, of glorious memory, continued under the reign of the moft serene and moft potent Prince George the Third, his successor, and, in its jircgrds, communicated itfelf to Spain and Portugal s Confec|ucntly, the molt serene and tnoft potent Prince, George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Duke of Bronfwick and Lunenbourg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire $ the moft serene and moft po tent Prince, Lewis the Fifteenth, by the Grace of God, Moft Chri(uan King; and the* moft serene and moft potent Prince, Charles the Third, by the Grace of Goi, King of Spain and of the Indies, after having laid the foundati ons of peace in the Preliminaries, signed at Fontainblcau the 3d of November last; and the moil serene and moft po tent Prince, Don Joseph the First, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal and of the Algarve*, after having acceded thereto, determined to complcat, without delay, this great and important work. For this purpose, the high contract ing parties have named and appointed their reipe&ivc Em bauadors Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, viz. his Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain, the moft ll luftrious and moft Excellent Lord, John, Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marqucfs of Taviftock, See. his Minister tis fState, Lieutenant General of his Armies, Keeper of his Privy Seal, Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and his AmbafiTador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to his moft Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Moft Christian King, the moll Illustrious fnd moft Excellent Lord, Car far Gabriel de Choifeul, Duke of Praftin, Peer of France, Knight of his Order, Lieutenant General of his Armies, and 6f the Province of Britanny, Counfellor in all his Councils, ind Minister and Secretary of State, and of his Commands and Finances; his Sacred Majesty the Ca tholick King, the moft Illustrious and moft Excellent Lord, Don Jerome de Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knit ht of the Moft Christian King’s Orders, Gentleman of the Ca tholick King's Bed Chamber in employment, and his Am baflador Extraordinary to his Moft Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Moft Faithful King, the moft Illustrious and moft Excellent Lord, Martin de Mello and Castro, Knight Profefied of the Order of Christ, of his Moft Faith ful Majesty’s Council, and his AmbafiTador and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Moft Christian Majesty. - Who, after having duly communicated to each other ‘heir full powers, ifi good form* copicj where?! are trau* T'H U R S D A Y, June 2, 1763. feribed at the end of the present treaty of peace, have agreed upon the articles, the tenor of which is as follows. Article I. There (hall be a chriftian, universal, and perpetual peace, as well by sea as by land, and a fmcere and constant friendfhip (hall be re-eftablilhed between their Britannick, Moft Christian, Catholick, and Mott Faithful Majefties,and between their heirs and fuccefiors, kingdoms'; dominions, provinces, countries, fubjeds, andvauab, of what quality or condition soever they be, without exception of places, or of persons: So that the high contrading par ties (hall give the greatest attention to maintain between thcmfelves and their said dominions and fubjeds, this reci procal friendlhip and corrcfpondence, without permitting, on either fide, any kind of hostilities, by sea or by land, to be committed, from henceforth, for any cause, or under any pretence whatsoever, and every thing (hall be-carefully avoided, which might, hereafter, prejudice the union hap pily re-eftablilhed, applying themselves, on the contrary, on every occasion, to procure for each other whatever may contribute to their mutual glory, interests and without giving any assistance or protedion, diredly or indi redly, to thole who would cause any prejudice to either of the high contrading parties: there (hall be a general obli vion of every thing that may have been done or committed before, or since the commencement of the war, which is just, ended. Art. 11. The treaties of Westphalia of 1648 ; those of Madrid between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain of 1667 and 1670; the treaties of peace of Nimeguen ol 1678, and 1679; of Ryfwyck of 1697; those of Peace and Com merce of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; the Treaty 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 1738 j the Definitive Treaty of Aix la Chapelle of 1748; and that of Madrid, between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, of 1750; as well as the Treaties between the Crowns of Spain and Portugal, of the 13th of February 1668; of the 6tlf of February 171 o and cf the 1 zth of February 1761; and that of the 1 lth of Apnl 1"j 13, between France and Portugal, vith the Guarantiee of Great Britain*, serve as a basis and foundation to the Peace, and the picfcnt Treaty: and for this purpose they are all renewed and confirmed in the best form, as wen as all the t r caticj in general, which subsisted between the high contnaing parties before the war, as if they were inserted here word for word, so that they arc to be exaftlv ouferved for the future, in their whole tenor, and religiously execut ed on all fidcs, in all their points which (hall not be dcro ratdd from by the present treaty, notwithilanding all that may have been llipulatcd to the contrary by any of the high contrading parties; and all the said parties declare, that they Will notTuffcr any privilege, favour, or indulgence, to iubiift, contrary to the treaties above confirir excep* what (hall have been agreed and lhpulated b’ prefen. f 111 All the prisoners made, on all as wtil bv *and as by sea, and the heftages earned away, or given durifi* the war, and to this day lhaU bereftored without rar fom fix weeks, at latest, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratification of the P re f ~t trc at )j’ r A r*-_t v nivinp the advances which (ha 1 have bn made for and maintenance of furniflted on pa of hV debt, which -he ” L! h “ve comraftvd in the countries where.hey EfctoliU until tbcirimi* liberty- And all .hr