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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*