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fhlps of war and merchant veflels, which ihaO have been
taken since the expiration of the terms agreed upon for the
cefation of hoftikties byfca, likewife restored bona
with all their crews and cargoes: And the execution
of this article fliall be proceeded upon immediately after the
exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. -
Art. IV. His Moft Christian Majesty renounces all pre
tensions,- which, he has heretofore formed, or might form,
to Nova Scotia, or Acadia, in all its parts; and guaranties
the whole of it, and all its dependencies* to tbft King
of Great Britain: Moreover, his Moft Christian Majesty
.cedes, and guaranties to his said Britannick Majesty, in
full right, Canada, with all its ; tUJendendes, as well as
the Island of Cape Breton, and all the other iHands and
coasts, in the gulph and river of St. Laurence; and, in ge r
ncral; every thing that depends on the said countries, lands,
iflafcds, and coasts, with the sovereignty, property, potfef
fion, and all rights acquired by treaty of otherwise, which
the Moft Chrim&n King and the crown of France have had,
till now, over the said countries) iHands, lands, places,
coasts, and their inhabitants, so that the Moft Christian
King cedes and makes over the whole to the Hud King and
to the crown of Great Britain, and that in the moft ample
manner and fonn, without reftriftion, and without any li
berty to depart from the said cession and guaranty, under
any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the poflefiions
above-mentioned. His Britannick Majesty, on his fide, a
* grees to grant the liberty of the Catholick religion to the
inhabitants of Canada; he will, consequently, give the moft
precise and moft effe&ual orders, that his new Roman C&-
tholick fubjefts may profefs the worihip of their religion,
according to the rites ofjJie Romilh church, as far as the
laws of Great Britain permit. His Britannick Majesty fur
ther agrees, that the French inhabitants, or others who had
been mbjefts of the Moft Christian King in Canada, may
retire, with all fafety and freedom, wherever they shall
think proper, and may fell theifeftates, provided it be to
iubjefts of his Britannick Majesty, and bring away their ef
fc£b, as well as their perfons,without being retrained in their
emigration, under any pretence whatsoever,; except that of
old debts, or of criminal prosecutions: The term limited
for this emigration /hall be fixed to the space of 18 months,
to be computed from the day of the exchange of die ratifica •
tion of the present treaty. k
Art. V. The fubje&s of France Hull have the liberty
of filhing and drying on a part of the coasts of the Island
of, Newfoundland such as it is fpecifitd in the XHlth
article of the treaty of Utrecht; which article is renewed
and confirmed by the present treaty (except what relates
to the island of Cape Breton, as well as to die other islands
and coasts, in the mouth and in the gulph of St. Laurence):
And his Britannick Majesty consents to leave to the fub
je&s of the Moft Christian King the liberty of fifliing in
the Gulph St. Laurence, on condition that the fubjetts of
France do not exercise the said fiftiery,, but at the distance
of three leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great-
Britain, as well those of the continent, as those of the
Islands situated in the said Gulph St. Laurence. And as
to what relates to the fiftiery on the coasts of the Island of
Cape Breton of the said Gulph, the fubjeds of the
Moft Christian King (hall not be permitted to exercise the
said fiftiery, but at the distance of fifoasn leagues from the
coasts of the Island of Cape Breton; and the fiftiery on the
coasts of Nova Scotia or Acadia, and every where else out
of the said Gulph (hall remain on the foot of former
treaties.
Y.*’ Great-Britain cedes the Islands
® f . ?**. Pl ?] c . Miquelon, in full right, to his Moft
Christian Majesty, to serve as a shelter to the French fi/hev
men: and his laid Moft Christian Majesty engages not to
fortify the (aid islands; to ered no buildings upon them
but merely for the convenience of the fiftiery; and to keep
,Upon them a guard of fifty men only for the police. *
Art. VII, In order to re-eftablifti ‘peace on solid and
durable foundations, and to remove for ever all fubjed of
difputc with regard to the limits of the Britilli and French
territories on the Continent of America; it is agreed, that
for the future, the confines between the dominions of his
Bntanmck Majesty, and those ofhis Moft Christian Majesty
in that part of the woild, fliall be fixed irrevocably by aline
drawnalongthe middleofthcriverMiflifippi, fromitsfource
to the river Iberville, and from thcncc, by a line drawn
along tie middle of drfs river, and the Jakes Mahrenjj ~i
,h v“ r p° fc .
Britannick Majesty, thiViver^ £ort of tfc
every thing which he ooflefles, or ought to pcffeA L v
Wk fideor the rim except the L-n ’of .v*
Orleans, and Ok island in which it is fitnated, which <h*
remain to France, provided that the navigation of ,t
river Miffifippi (half be equally free, as well so the fubjefl?
of Gfeat-Botaie, as to those of France, in its *hJl
breadth aad length, from its foorce to the fca and
prefly that part which is between the said Island of New
Orleans, and the right bank of that river, as well as tii
naflage both in and out of its month t It is further fliou!
lated, that the veflels belonging to the fobiea. of either
nation, fliall not be flopped, visited, or fubjeded to the
payment ofany doty whadoever. The stipulations ins erted
in the IV th article, in favour ofth* in Habitants of Can-da
fhtll also take place, with regard to the inhabitants of the
countries ceded by this article.
Art. VIII. The King of Ge Britain (hall restore to France
the Islands of Guadeloupe, of Marie Galante, ofDefirad
of Martlnico, and of Belicifle; and the fortrefles of thefo
ifldhds /hall be restored in the feme condition they were in
when they were conquered by the British arms; provided
that his Britannick Majesty’s fhtye&s, who /hall have
retried in the Hud islands, or those who ftiall have *ny com
mercial affairs to fettle there, or in the other places restored
to France by the present treaty, fliall have liberty to fell
their lands and their estates, to fettle their affairs, to reco-*
ver their debts, and to bring away their effects as well as
their persons, on board veflels, which they shall be permit
ted to fend to the said islands, and other places restored as
above, and which /hall ferva for this use only, without being
restrained on account o( their religion, or under any other
presence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal pro
secution : and for this purpose, the term of eighteen months
is allowed to his Britannick Majesty’s fubieds, to be com
puted from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty; but, as the liberty, granted to his Bri
taimich Majefty’* fubjeds, to bring away their persons
and their effects, hi veflels of their nation, may be liable to
abuses, if precautions were not taken to prevent them ; it
has been exprefly agreed between his Britannick M-jelty
and his Moft Christian Majesty, that the number of Englilh
veflels, which fliall have leave to go to the said islands and
places restored to France, fliall be limited, as well as the
numbr of tons of each one; that they shall go in ballast;
fliall Jet fail at a fixed time; and fliall make one voyage only,
all the effeds belonging to the Englilh being to be embark
ed at the fame time. It has been further agreed, that his
Moft Chriftiar Majesty fliall cause the neceflary passports
to be jgiven to the /kia veflels; that for the greater secu
rity, it shall be* allowed to place two French clerks, or
guards, in each of the said veflels, which shall be visited
in the landing places, and ports of the said islands, and
places, restored to France, and that the merchandize,
wjiich (hall be found therein, fliall be confifcated.
Art. IX. The Moft Christian King cedes and guaran
* ties to his Britannick Majesty, in full right, the Islands of
t renada, and of tfte Grenadines, with the fame ftipulati-,
ons in favour of the inhabitants of this Colony, infcxtel
‘in the IVth Article for those of Canada : and the partition
of the Islands, called Neutral, is agreed and fixed, lb that
those of Sc. Vincent, D-minica, and Tobago, (hall re
main, in full right, to Great-Britain, and that of St. Luca
fliall be delivered to France, to enjoy the fame likewise in
fH right; and the high contra&ing parties guaranty the
partition so fiipulated.
Art. X. His Britannick Majesty fliall restore to France
the Island of Goree in the condition it was when con
quered: And* his Moft Christian Majesty cede?, in full
right, and, guaranties to the King of Great-Britain the
river Senegal, with the forts and fadorics of St. Lewis
Podor ind Gal am; and with all the rights and dependen
cies of the said river Senegal.
Art. XI. In the Eaft-Indics, Great-Britain fliall c
to France, in the condition they are now in, the dirfur nt
fa dories, which that Crown pofle/ied, as well on the o ait
of Coromandel and Orixa, as on that of Malabar, as r ’ :to
in Bengal, at the beginning of the year 1749- And ; - ,<i
Moft Christian Majesty renounces all pretensions to the W*