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- 9 ft • . .**• v -9 T - 4. 7- • • . 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 .