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to be brought away, whether St be trtillery, or other
*Art! XXI. The French and Spantih troops Shall cvaco
ate all the territories) lands, towns, places, and cattles, of
his Mott Faithful Majesty, in Europe, without any refenre,
which fhali have been conquered by the armies of Fiance
and Spain, and fhali feftore them in the fame condition
thty were in when conquered, with the fame artillery and
ammunition which were found there: And with regard to
the Portuguese colonies in America, Africa, or in the East-
Indies, if any change fhali have happened there, all things
lhall be restored on the fame footing they were in, and con
formably to the preceding treaties which subsisted between
the courts of France, Spain, and Portugal, before the pre
sent war.
Art. XXII. All the papers, letters, documents, and ar
chives, which were found in the countries, territories,
towns, and places, that are restored, and those belonging
to the countries ceded, fhali be, refpc&ively and bona fide,
delivered, or farnifhed, at the fame time, if possible, that
pofleffion is taken, or, at latett, four months after the ex
change of the ratifications of the present treaty, in whatever
places the laid papers or documents may be found.
Art. XXIII. All the countries and territories which
may have been conquered, in whatsoever part of the world,
by the arms of their Britannick and Mott Faithful Maje
sties, as well as by those of their Mott Christian and Catho
lick Majesties, which are not included in the prefont treaty,
either under the title of cessions, or under the title of resti
tutions, fhali be restored without difficulty, and without re
quiring any compensation.
Art. XXIV. As it is neceflary to assign a fixed epoch for
the restitutions and the evacuations to be made by each of
the high contracting parties, it is agreed, that the British
and French troops foall compleat, before the 15th of March
next, all that fhali remain to be executed of the Xllth and
Xlllth articles of the preliminaries, signed the 3d day of
November last, with regard to the evacuation to be made in
the empire, orelfewhere.. The Island of Belleiflc fhali be
evacuated fix weeks after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty, or sooner, if it can De done. Guadaloupe,
Defirade, Marie Galante, Martinico, St. Lucia, three
months after the exchange of the ratifications of the prefont
treaty, or sooner, if it can be done. Great Britain fhali
likewifo, at the end of three months after the exchange of
the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner, ifitcanbe
done, enter into pofleffion of the river and port of the Mo
bile, and of all that is to form the limits of the territory of
Great Britain on the fide of the river Miffifippi, as they are
fpecified in tne Vlith article. The Island of Goree fhali be
evacuated by Great Britain three months after the exchange
pf the ratifications of the present treaty ; and the Island of
Minorca by France, at the fame epoch, or sooner, if it can
be done : And, according to the conditions of the Vlth ar
u**f France fhali likewifo enter into pofleffion of the Islands
of St. Peter, and of Miquelon, at the end of three months,
tJle ratifications of the present
treaty. The faftones in the East-Indies fhali be restored
fix months afoer the exchange of the ratifications of the
prefont treaty, qr sooner, it can be done. Thefortrefs
tbal bcen COn< l u red in the Island
** re J°F ed three months after the exchange
? V* P rcfent *r sooner, if it cfn
be done; and, at the fame time, Great Britain fhali enter
SSfiferff’ ceded b y S P“ acc °rding to
1 nfSr - •• A s th * plices lmi "“>> of his Moll
fwSl be restored immediately
** ‘bange of the ratifications of the present treaty :
and the Portuguese colonies, which may have been cool
&” wt U ln f P“f of thr * monfl,s > <be
Weft-Indies, and of fix months in the East-Indies, after the
xchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner
if it can be done. All the fortreffes, the reftitu tlon wwSf
is lpnlated above, Stall be restored, with the artillery and
ammunition which were found there at the time of tli7con
qutft. In consequence whereof, the neceflary oiders lhall
befenthy each 0? the high contratling parties wkh .
procal paflports for the (hips that lhall carrv them
arelyaftet the exchange of the ‘o’fThe’prefcn't
: wifk L^nenL His Ma j‘“y. # Efeaor of Bruits
■ L as well for himfelf, as for hii heirs and.
fucceflors, and all the dominions and pofleffions 6f hi. e,**
Mqcfty in Germany, are included thd guarantied bl Sh!
prrient treaty of peace. 7 nc
Art. XXVI. Their,Sacred Britannick, Mott Chriftian*
Catholick, and Moft Faithftl Majesties, promise to obfen i
lincerely, and bona fide, all the articles contained ard
fowled in the prefont treaty; and they will not foffer thl
fame to be infnnd, direaiy or indi: eilly, by their refpec 1 -
tive fubjeds; and the said high contra<fting parties £ cne
rally and reciprocally, guaranty to each other all the
lations of the present treaty. *, * *
Art. XXVft. The foiemn ratifications of the present
treaty, expedited in good and due form, fhali be exchanged
m this city of Paris, between the high contrasting parties
in the fjpve of a month, or sooner, if possible, to be com',
puted from the day of the denature of the prefont treaty
In witness whereof, we the underwritten, their Ambaf
fadorp Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, have
signed with our hand, in thrir nafne, and in virtue of oqr
full powers, the prefont Definitive Treaty, and have caused
the foal of our arms to be put thereto.
> Done at Paris, the Tenth of February; 175?.
(L.S.) BEDFORD, C. P. $.
v (L. S.I CHOISEUL, Due de PraJUn.
(L. S.) ElM*rf. de GRIMALDI.*
SEPARATE ARTICLES.
T. QOME of the titles made ufc of by the contracting
O powers, either in the full powers, and other a&it
during the conrfo of the negotiation, or in the preamble of
the present treaty, not being generally acknowledged, it
has been agreed, that no prejudice fhali ever result there
from to any of the foid contracting parties, and that the
titles, taken or omitted, on either fide, on occasion of the
uid negotiation, and of the prefont treaty, fhali not be cited
or quoted as a precedent. *
LL It Has been agreed and determined, that the French
language, made ufo of in all the copies of the present treaty,
ffiafl not become an example, which may be alledged, or
make a precedent of, Or prejudice, in any manner, any of
the contracting powers; and that they fhali conform them
fclves, For the future, to what has been obforved, and ought
to be obforved, with regard to, and on the part of, powers
who are uied, and have a right, to give and to receive co
pies of like treaties in another language than French; the
prefont treaty having still the fame force and effcCt, as if the
aforefaid custom had been therein observed.
111. Though the King of Portugal has not signed the
present definitive treaty, their Britannick, Moft Christian,
aud Catholick Majesties, acknowledge, nevertheless, that
his Moft Faithful Majesty is formally included therein a< a
contracting party, and as if he had exprefly signed the said
foeaty; contequently, their Britannick, Moft Christian,
and Catholick Majesties, refpeCtively and conjointly, pro
mise to his Moft Faithful Majesty, in the moft express artd
moft binding manner, the execution of all and every the
claufos contained in the said treaty on his afl ofacceffion..
“Fhe prefont separate articles fhali have the fame force as
if they were inserted in the treaty.
Declaration of his Moft Christian Majesty's Plenipotentiary y •with
regard to the Debts due to the Canadians.
THE King of Great Britain having desired, that the
payment of the letters of exchange and bills, which
had been delivered to the Canadians for the neceflaries fur
nifticd to the French troops, should be focurei, his Moft
Christian Maicfty, intirely disposed to render to every one
that justice which is legally due to them, has declared, and
does declare, That the said bills, and letters of exchange,
be punctually paid, agreeably to a liquidation made in
a convenient time, according to the dtftance of places,
and to what, fhali be possible, taking care, however# that
the bills, and letters of exchange, which the French lub
jefts may have at the time of toe declaration, be not con
founded with the bills and letters of exchange, which are
in thp polieflion of the new fubjeCVs of the King of Great
Britain. .
In witness whereof, we the underwritten Ministers of his
Moft Chrittian Majesty, duly authorifed for this purpose,
have signed the present declaration, and caused the seal of
our arms to be put thereto.
Done at Paris, the Tenth of February, 1763.
(L. S.) CHOISEUL, Due de Praftin .