tice and mildness of your majesty's government.

May the Almighty God, by whom kings reign, long preferve your majeffy, amidit the enjoyment of every defirable bleffing, to be an examp e, from your royal virtues, to the rulers of the earth, and to be, from the unrivalled fuccets of your government, the comfort and the happinefs of your people.

We are, may it please your majefty, with the most inviolable at tachment and fubmiffive gratitude, your majefty's most loyal, moft dutiful, and moft obedient fubjects, the Superiors of the Roman Catholic Clergy of the province of Mun

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The Addrefs of the Prefident and Fellows of the Royal College of Phyficians in London.

May it pleafe your Majefty, WE, your majefty's molt faithful and loyal fubjects, the prefident and fellows of the Royal College of Phyficians in London, beg leave to approach your majefty, with all humility, to exprefs our duty and unfeigned joy for your majefty's happy deliverance from the danger of a moft defperate attempt on your facred perfon; an attempt, which only infanity of mind could have fuggefted, and which only the divine interpofition could have fruftrated.

Glory, Sir, refults from danger. It is in fituations of furprize and alarm, that the genuine and noble qualities of exalted minds are emiently difplayed and diftinguifhed. The collected firmnefs and compo. fare with which your majefly met the horrid attack, and the tendernefs and compaffion exerted in the fame critical moment for the wretch.

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ed affailant, are recent proofs of that magnanimity and benevolence, which have ever characterized your majesty, and endeared you to the hearts of a brave and generous people.

Whilt all ranks and orders of men are zealously profeffing these fentiments, it may not mifbecome us, Sir, to bear teftimony to your more private and perfonal excellencies. Courts and palaces have rarely been the fcenes of abftemioufnefs and temperance. 1 hat your majesty, amidit all the incitements to gratification and indulgence, fhould fteadily perfevere in an unexampled forbearance, is at once an upbraiding remonftrance against the unhappily prevailing luxury, and the ftrongeft fecurity for the prefervation of your health, for the able life, and confequently of the. long continuance of your ineftimnational happinefs.

May the merciful hand of Providence be ever extended over you, for protecting your facred perfon from outrage and violence! We rely with perfect confidence on your majetty's habitual and determined virtue, as the fures human means of averting from you the ordinary calamities which are incident to our

doubts, mifconceptions, or other caufes of difputes between the fubjects on the frontiers of the two monarchies, efpecially in diftant countries, as are thofe in America, have thought proper to fettle, with all poffible good faith, by a new convention, the points which night one day or other be productive of fuch inconveniencies, as the ex perience of former times has very often fhewn. To this end, the king of Great Britain has named the most noble and moft excellent lord Francis, baron Ofborne of Kiveton, Marquis of Carmarthen, his Britannic majefty's privy counfellor, and principal fecretary of Late for the department of foreign affairs, &c. &c. &c. and the catholic king has likewife authorized Don Bernardo del Campo, knight of the noble order of Charles the Third, fecretary of the fame order, fecretary of the fupreme council of ftate, and his minifter plenipotentiary to the king of Great Britain; who having communicated to each other their refpective full powers, prepared in due form, have agreed upon the following articles..

Art. I. His Britannic majefty's fubjects, and the other coloniits who have hitherto enjoyed the protection of England, fhall evacuate the country of the Mofquitos, as well as the continent in general, and the iflands adjacent, without exception, fituated beyond the line herein after defcribed, as what ought to be the frontier of the extent of territory granted by his Catholic majefty to the English, for the ufes fpecified in the third article of the prefent convention, and in addition to the country already granted to them in virtue of the ftipulations agreed upon by the commiffar.cs of the two crowns in 1783.

Art. II. The Catholic king, te prove, on his fide, to the king of Great Britain, the fincerity of his fentiments of friendship towards his faid majesty, and the British nation, will grant to the English more extenlive limits than thote fpecified in the last treaty of peace: and the faid limits of the lands added by the prefent convention fhall for the future be understood in the manner following.

The English line, beginning from the fea, fhall take the centre of the river Sibun or Jabon, and continue up to the fource of the faid river; from thence it fall crofs in a frait line the intermediate land, till it interfects the river Wallis; and by the centre of the fame river, the faid line fhall defcend to the point where it will meet the line already fettled and marked out by the commiffaries of the two crowns in 1783 which limits, following the continuation of the faid line, fhall be obferved as formerly ftipulated by the definitive treaty.

Art. III. Although no other advantages have hitherto been in question, except that of cutting wood for dying, yet his catholic majefty as a greater proof of his difpolition to oblige the king of Great Britain, will grant to the English the liberty of cutting all other wood, without even excepting mahogany, as well as gathering all the fruits, or produce of the earth, purely natural and uncultivated, which may, befides being carried away in their natural state, become an object of utility or of commerce, whether for food or for manufactures: but it is exprefsly agreed, that this ftipulation is never to be used as a pretext for eftablifhing in that country any plantation of fugar, coffee, cacao, os

other

other like articles, or any fabric or manufacture, by means of mills or other machines whatfoever (this reftriction however does not regard the ufe of faw mills for cutting or otherwife preparing the wood), fince all the lands in queftion being indifputably acknowledged to belong of right to the crown of Spain, no fettlements of that kind, or the population which would follow,

could be allowed.

The English fhall be permitted to tranfport and convey all fuch wood, and other produce of the place, in its natural and uncultivated state, down the rivers to the fea, but without ever going beyond the limits which are prefcribed to them by the ftipulations above granted, and without thereby taking an opportunity of afcending the faid rivers beyond their bounds, into the countries belonging to Spain.

Art. IV. The English fhall be permitted to occupy the fmall ifland known by the names of Cafina, St. George's Key, or Cayo Cafina, in confideration of the circumstance of that part of the coafts opposite to the faid ifland being looked upon as fubject to dangerous diforders; but this permiffion is only to be made use of for purposes of real utility and as great abufes, no lefs contrary to the intentions of the British government than the effential interests of Spain, might arife from this permiffion, it is here stipulated, as an indifpenfable condition, that no fortification, or work of defence whatever, fhall at any time be erected there, nor any body of troops pofted, nor any piece of artillery kept there; and in order to verify with good faith. the accomplishment of this condition fine qua non (which might be infringed by individuals, without

the knowledge of the British go. vernment) a Spanish officer or commiffary, accompanied by an English commiffary or officer, duly authorized, fhall be admitted, twice a year, to examine into the real fituation of things.

Art. V. The English nation shall enjoy the liberty of refitting their merchant ships in the foutherntriangle included triangle included between the Point of Cayo Cafina, and the cluster of fmall iflands which are fituated oppofite that part of the coaft occupied by the cutters, at the diftance of eight leagues from the river Wallis, feven from Cayo Cafina, and three from the river Sibun, a place which has always been found well adapted to that purpofe. For which end, the edifices and ftorehouses abfolutely neceffary for that fervice fhall be allowed to be built; but in this conceffion is alfo included the exprefs condition of not erecting fortifications there at any time, or ftationing troops, or constructing any military works; and in like manner it fhall not be permitted to ftation any fhips of war there, or to conftruct an arsenal, or other building, the object of which might be the formation of a naval etablish

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Art. VI. It is alfo ftipulated, that the English may freely and peaceably catch fish on the coaft of the country affigned to them by the laft treaty of peace, as alto of that which is added to them by the prefent convention; but without going beyond their boundaries, and confining themfelves within the distance specified in the preceding article.

Art. VII. All the restrictions fpecified in the laft treaty of 1783, for the entire prefervation of the right of the Spanish fovereignty

over the country, in which is grant ed to the English only the privilege of making ufe of the wood of the different kinds, the fruits and other produce, in their natural state, are here confirmed; and the fame refrictions fhall alfo be obferved with refpect to the new grant. In confequence, the inhabitants of thofe countries fhall employ themfelves fimply in the cutting and tran porting of the faid wood, and in the gathering and tranfporting of the fruits, without meditating any more extensive settlements, or the formation of any fystem of governwent, either military or civil, further than fuch regulations as their Britannic and catholic majefties may hereafter judge proper to eftablish, for maintaining peace and good order amongst their refpective fubjects.

Art. VIII. As it is generally allowed that the woods and forefts are preferved, and even multi ly, by regular and methodical cuttings, the English fhall obferve this maxim, as far as poffible; but if, not withft nding all their precautions, it fhould happen in courfe of time that they were in want of dyingwood, or mahogany, with which the Spanish poffeffions might be provided, the Spanish government fhall make no difficulty to furnith a fupply to the English, at a fair and reafonable price.

Art. IX. Every poffible precaution fhall be obferved to prevent fmuggling; and the English fhall take care to conform to the regugulations which the Spanish government fhall think proper to cftablish amongst their own fubjects, in all communications which they may have with the latter; on condition nevertheless that the English fhall be left in the peaceable en1786.

joyment of the fe eral advantages inferted in their favour in the last treaty, or ftipulated by the prefent convention.

Art. X. The Spanish governors fhall be ordered to give to the aid English difperfed, all poffible facicilities for their removal to the settlements agreed upon by the prefent convention, according to the ftipulations of the 6th article of the definitive treaty of 1783, with refpect to the country allotted for their ufe by the faid article.

Art. XI. Their Britannic and Catholic majefties, in order to remove every kind of doubt with regard to the true contruction of the prefent convention, think it neceffary to declare that te conditions of the faid convention ought to be obferved according to their fincere intention to enfure and improve the harmony and good underftanding, which fo happily fubfift at prefent between their faid majetties.

In this view, his Britanni ma→ jefly enga es to give the mo pofitive orders for the evacuation of the countries above mentioned, by all his fubjects of whatever denomi nation; but if, contrary to fuch declaration, there fhould fill remain any perfons fo daring as to prefume, by retiring into the interor country, to endeavour to obftruct the entire evacuation already agreed upon, his Britannic majefty, fo far from affording them the leaft fuccour, or even protection, will difavow them in the mott folemn manner, as he will equally do thofe who may hereafter attempt to fettle upon the terr tory belonging to the Spanish dominion.

Art. XII. The evacuation agreed upon fhall be completely effected within the space of ix months, (F)

after

after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, or fooner, if it can be done.

Art. XIII. It is agreed that the new grants defcribed in the preceding articles, in favour of the English nation, are to take place as foon as the aforefaid evacuation fhall be entirely accomplished.

Art. XIV. His Catholic majefly, prompted folely by motives of humanity, promifes to the king of England, that he will not exercife any act of feverity against the Mofquitos, inhabiting in part the countries which are to be evacuated, by virtue of the prefent convention, on account of the connections which may have fubfifted between the faid Indians and the English: and his Britannic majefty, on his part, will ftrictly prohibit all his fubjects from furnishing arms, or warlike ftores, to the Indians in general, fituated upon the frontiers of the Spanish poffeffions.

Art. XV. The two courts hall mutually tranfinit to each other duplicates of the orders, which they are to difpatch to their refpective governors and commanders in America, for the accomplishment of the prefent convention; and a frigate, or proper fhip of war, fhall be ppointed, on each fide, to obferve in conjunction that all things are performed in the best order poflible, and with that cordiality and good faith of which the two fovereigns have been pleased to fet the example.

Art. XVI. The prefent convention fhall be ratified by their Britannic and Catholic majestics, and the ratifications exchanged, within the space of fix weeks, or fooner, if it can be done.

In witnefs whereof, We, the underfigned minifters plenipotentiary of their Britannic and Ca

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HIS Britannic majesty, and his Moit Chriftian majefty, being equally animated with the defire not only of confolidating the good har mony which actually fubfifts between them, but also of extending the happy effects thereof to their refpective fubjects, have thought that the most efficacious means for attaining thofe objects, conformably to the 18th article of the treaty of peace, figned the 6th of September, 1783, would be to adopt a fyftem of commerce on the batis of reciprocity and mutual convenience, which, by difcon inuing the prohibitions and prohibito y duties which have exifted for almost a century between the two nations, might procure the moft folid advantages, on both fides, to the national productions and industry, and put an end to contraband trade, no lefs injurious to the public revenue, than to that lawful commerce which is alone intitled to protection; for this end, their faid majesties have named for their commiflaries and plenipotentiaries, to wit, the king of Great Britain, William Eden, efq. privy counfellor in Great Britain and Ireland, member of the British parliament, and his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his Moft Christian majetty; and the Moit Chrißian king, the Sieur Jofeph Mathias Gerrard de Rayneval,

knight,