gulations as Their Britannic and Catholic Majesties may hereafter judge proper to establish, for maintaining peace and good order amongst Their respective subjects. VIII. As it is generally allowed that the woods and forests are preserved, and even multiply, by regular and methodical cuttings, the English shall observe this maxim, as far as possible; but if, notwithstanding all their precautions, it should happen in course of time that they were in want of dying-wood, or mahogany, with which the Spanish Possessions might be provided, the Spanish Government shall make no difficulty to furnish a supply to the English, at a fair and reasonable price. IX. Every possible precaution shall be observed to prevent smuggling; and the English shall take care to conform to the regulations which the Spanish Government shall think proper to establish amongst their own subjects, in all communications which they may have with the latter; on condition nevertheless that the English shall be left in the peaceable enjoyment of the several advantages inserted in their favor in the last Treaty stipulated by the present Convention. X. The Spanish Governors shall be ordered to give to the said English, dispersed, all possible facilities for their removal to the settlements agreed upon by the present Convention, according to the stipulations of the 6th Article of the Definitive Treaty of 1783, with respect to the country allotted for their use by the said Article. XI. Their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, in order to remove every kind of doubt with regard to the true construction of the present Convention, think it necessary to declare that the conditions of the said Convention ought to be observed according to their sincere intention to ensure and improve the harmony and god understanding, which so happily subsist at present between Their said Majesties. In this view, His Britannic Majesty engages to give the most positive orders for the evacuation of the countries above mentioned, by all His subjects of whatever denomination; but if, contrary to such declaration, there should still remain any persons so daring as to presume, by retiring into the interior country, to endeavor to obstruct the entire evacuation already agreed upon, His Britannic Majesty, so far from affording them the least succour, or even protection, will disavow them in the most solemn manner, as He will equally do those who may hereafter attempt to settle upon the territory belonging to the Spanish Dominion, XII. The evacuation agreed upon shall be completely effected within the space of six months, after the exchange of the ratifications of this Conven. tion, or sooner if it can be done. XIII. It is agreed that the new grants described in the preceding Articles. in favor of the English nation, are to take place as soon as the aforesaid evacuation shall be entirely accomplished. XIV. His Catholic Majesty, prompted solely by motives of humanity, promises to the King of England, that he will not exercise any act of severity against the Mo-quitos, inhabiting in part the countries which are to be evacuated, by virtue of the present Convention, on account of the conuections which may have subsisted between the said Indians and the English; and His Britannic Majesty, on His part will strictly prohibit all His subjects from furnishing arms, or warlike stores, to the Indians in general, situated upon the frontiers of the Spanish possessions. XV. The twoCourts shall mutually transmit to each other duplicates of the orders which they are to dispatch to their respective governors and commanders in America, for the accomplishment of the present Convention; and a frigate, or proper ship of war, shall be appointed, on each side, to observe in conjunction that all things are performed in the best order possible, and with that cordiality and good faith of which the two Sovereigns have been pleased to set the example. XVI. The present Convention shall be ratified by Their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, and the ratifications exchanged within the space of six weeks or sooner if it can be done. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Ministers Plenipotentiary of Their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, in virtue of our respective tull Powers, have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at London, this 14th day of July, 1786. LE CHEV. DEL CAMPO, [L. S.] ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. Signed at Madrid, August 28, 1814. I. It is agreed that, pending the negociation of a new Treaty of Commerce, Great Britain shall be admitted to trade with Spain upon the same conditions as those which existed previously to the year 1796. All the Treaties of Commerce which at that period subsisted between the two nations, being hereby ratified and confirmed. II. His Catholic Majesty, concurring in the fullest manner, in the sentiments of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the injustice and inhumanity of the traffic in slaves, will take into consideration, with the deliberation which the state of His possessions in America demands, the means of acting in conformity with those sentiments. His Catholic Majesty promises, moreover, to prohibit His subjects from engaging in the slave trade, for the purpose of supplying any islands or possessions excepting those appertaming to Spain, and to prevent likewise, by effectual measures and regulau ons, the protection of the Spanish flag being given to foreigners who may engage in this traffic, whether subjects of His Britannic Majesty or of any other State or Power. Ill. His Britannic Majesty being anxi us that the troubles and disturbances which unfortunately prevail in the Dominions of His Catholic Majesty in America should entirely cease, and the subjects of those provinces should return to their obedience to their lawful Sovereign, engages to take the most effectual measures for preventing His subjects from furnishing arms, ammunition, or any other warlike articles to the revolted in America. The present Additional Articles shall form an integral part of the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance signed on the 5th day of July, and shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word, and shall be ratified within forty days, or sooner if possible. Done at Madrid, this 8th day of August, 1814. Signed H. WELLESLEY, [L. S.] M. EL DUQUE DE SAN CARLOS, [L. S. No. 34. Preliminary and Secret Treaty between the French Republic and his C. M. the King of Spain, relating to the aggrandizement of H. R. H. the Infant Duke of Parma in Italy, and to the recession of Lousiana. His Catholick Majesty having always manifested the most anxious desire to procure for his R. H. the Duke of Parma an aggrandizement, which might place him on a footing corresponding with his dignity; and the French Republic having long since given to H. C. M. the King of Spain to understand the desire which they felt to recover possession of the colony of Louisiana; both governments having interchanged their views upon these two subjects of common interest, and circumstances permitting them to enter into engagements in this particular, which as far as it depends on them, may assure reciprocal satisfaction, have authorized for this purpose, that is to say: the French Republic, the citizen Alexander Berthier, general in chief; and his C. M. don Mariano Luis de Urquijo, Chevalier of the Order of Charles III, and of St. John of Jerusalem, Counsellor of State, his Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary near the Batavian Republic, and his provisional first Secretary of State; who, after having exchanged their powers, have agreed, saving the ratification, upon the following articles: ART. I. The French Republic engages to procure for H. R. H. the Infant Duke of Parma an augmentation of territory which shall raise the population of his estates to one million of inhabitants with the title of King, and all the rights annexed to the royal dignity; and to this effect the French Republic engages to obtain the consent of H. M. the Emperor and King, and of the other states interested, so that H. R. H. the Infant Duke of Parma may without opposition en ter into possession of the said territories, at the time of the confirmation of peace between the French Republic and his Imperial Majesty. ART. II. The augmentation to be given to H. R. H the Duke of Parma may consist of Tuscany, in case the present negotiations of the French government with H. I. Majesty shall permit them to dispose of that country, or of the three Roman ecclesiastical provinces, or any other continental provinces of Italy, that may form a rounded estate. ART. III. H. C. M. promises and engages on his part to recede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution: of the conditions and stipulations herein expressed, relative to H, Ŕ. H. the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and had while in the possession of France, and such as it ought to be in conformity with the treaties subsequently concluded between Spain and other states. ART. IV. H. C. M. will give the necessary orders for the occupation of Louisiana by France, the moment the estates designed for his aggrandizement shall be placed in the hands of H. R. H. the Duke of Parma. The French may, according to its convenience, defer the taking possession; and when this is to be done, the states directly or indirectly interested shall agree upon the ulterior conditions which their common interests and that of their inhabitants may demand. ART. V. H. C. M. engages to deliver to the French Republic in the ports of Spain in Europe, one month after the execution of the stipulation with regard to the Duke of Parma, six ships of war in good condition, of seventy-four guns, armed and equipped, and in a state to receive the French crews and supplies. ART. VI. The stipulations of the present treaty having no prejudicial object; but on the contrary preserving untouched the rights of every one, it is not to be presumed, they can excite the suspicions of any power. But if the contrary should happen, and the result of their execution should be that the two states are attacked or threatened, both powers engage to make a common cause, as well to repel aggression, as also to take those conciliatory measures proper to maintain peace with all their neighbors. ART. VII. The obligations contained in the present treaty, in nothing annul those which are expressed in the treaty of alliance signed at St. Ildefonso, on the 2d Fructidor, year 4, (19th of August, 1796;) on the contrary they unite with new ties the interests of the two powers, and confirm the stipulations of the treaty of alliance in all the cases to which they can be applied. AT VIII. The ratifications of the present preliminary articles shall be completed and exchanged in the period of one mouth, or sooner if possible, counting from the date of the signing of the present treaty. In faith of which, we, the undersigned, ministers plenipotentiary of the French Republic, and of H. C. M. by virtue of our respective powers, have signed the present preliminary articles, and have affixed our seals. Done at St. Idefonso, the 9th Vendimiaire, 9th year of the French Republic, (1st October, 1800.) (Signed) ALEXANDER BERTHIER. MARIANO LUIS DE URQUIJO. Signed at No. 35. Treaty between Great Britain and the Two Sicilies. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies having represented to His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inconveniences which result to His finances, and to the navigation and commerce of His subjects. from the continuance of the privileges and exemptions which British subjects and those of some other Powers have enjoyed with His Dominions, and His desire to abolish them by common consent; and His Britannic Majesty having testified to His Sicilian Majesty His perfect readiness to consent thereto, by the establishment of a state of things, which may at the same time remedy the inconveniences of which His Sicilian Majesty has complained, and provide also for the security and advantage of the subjects and of the commerce of Great Britain in the Dominions of His Sicilian Majesty; Their Britannic and Sicilian Majesties, ever animated by the sentiments of the most intimate friendship, in order to obtain this double purpose, have named for their Plenipotentiaries, viz: [Here follow the names and titles of the different plenipotentiaries on both sides.] Who, after having communicated their full Powers, found to be in due and proper form, nave agreed upon the following Articles: 10 23 I. His Britannic Majesty consents that all the privileges and exemp tions which His subjects, their commerce and shipping have enjoyed, and do enjoy, in the Dominions, Ports and Domains of his Sicilian Majesty, in virtue of the Treaty of Peace and Commerce concluded at Madrid the 18 of May, 1667, between Great Britain and Spain; of the Treaties of commerce between the same Powers, signed at Utrecht the 9th of December, 1713, and at Madrid the 13th of December, 1715; and of the Convention concluded at Utrecht, the 25th February 1712 13, between Great Britain and the Kingdom of Sicily, shall be abolished; and it is agreed upon, in consequence, between Their said Britannic and Sicilian Majesties, Their heirs and successors, that the said privileges and exemptions, whether of persons or flag and shipping, are and shall continue for ever abolished. 8th March, II. His Sicilian Majesty engages not to continue, nor hereafter to grant to the subjects of any other Power whatever, the privileges and exemptions abolished by the present Convention. III. His Sicilian Majesty promises that the subjects of His Britannic Majesty shall not be subjected within His Dominions to a more rigorous system of examination and search by the officers of customs, than that to which the subjects of His said Sicilian Majesty are liable. IV. His Majesty the King of the two Sicilies promises that British Commerce in general, and the British subjects who carry it on, shall be treated throughout His Dominions upon the same footing as the most favoured nations, not only with respect to the persons and property of the said British subjects, but also with regard to every species of article in which they may traffic, and the taxes or other charges payable on the said articles, or on the shipping in which the importations shall be made. V. With respect to the personal privileges to be enjoyed by the subjects of His Britannic Majesty in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, His Sicilian Majesty promises that they shall have a free and undoubted right to travel, and to reside in the Territories and Dominions of His said Majesty, subject to the same precautions of police, which are practised towards the most favoured nations. They shall be entitled to occupy dwellings and warehouses, and to dispose of their personal property of every kind and description, by sale, gift, exchange, or will, and in any other way whatever, without the smallest loss or hindrance being given them on that head. They shall not be obliged to pay, under any pretence whatever, other taxes or rates than those which are paid, or that hereafter may be paid, by the most favoured nations in the Dominions of His said Sicilian Majesty. They shall be exempt from all military service, whether by land or sea; their dwellings, warehouses, and every thing belonging or appertaining thereto for objects of commerce or residence, shall be respected. They shall not be subjected to any vexatious search or visits. No arbitrary examination or inspection of their books, papers, or accounts, shall be made under the pretence of the Supreme Authority of the State, but these shall alone be executed by the legal sentence of the competent tribunals. His Sicilian Majesty engages on all these occasions to guarantee to the subjects of His Britannic Majesty who shall reside in His States and Dominions, the preservation of their property and personal security, in the same manner as those are guaranteed to His subjects, and to all foreigners belonging to the most favoured and most highly privileged nations. VI. According to the tenor of the Articles I. and II. of this Treaty, His Sicilian Majesty engages not to declare null and void the privileges and exemptions which actually exist in favour of British Commerce within. His Dominions; till the same day, and except by the same Act, by which the privileges and exemptions, whatsoever they are, of all other nations, shall be declared null and void within the same. VII His Sicilian Majesty promises, from the date when the general abolition of the privileges according to the Articles I. II. and VI. shall take place to make a reduction of ten per cent. upon the amount of the duties, payable according to the tariff in force the 1st of January, 1816, upon the total of the merchandize or productions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, her Colonies, Possessions, and Dependencies, imported into the States of His said Sicilian Majesty, according to the tenor of Article IV. of the present Convention-it being understood that nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent the King of the Two Sicilies from granting, if he shall think proper, the same reduction of duty to other foreign nations. |