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Treaty of Paris 1763
In the Name of the Most Holy and
Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So be
it.
Be it known to all
those whom it shall, or may, in any manner, belong,
It has pleased the
Most High to diffuse the spirit of union and concord
among the Princes, whose divisions had spread troubles
in the four parts of the world, and to inspire them with
the inclination to cause the comforts of peace to
succeed to the misfortunes of a long and bloody war,
which having arisen between England and France during
the reign of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince,
George the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great
Britain, of glorious memory, continued under the reign
of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the
Third, his successor, and, in its progress, communicated
itself to Spain and Portugal: Consequently, the Most
Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, by the
grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and
Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenbourg, Arch
Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; the Most
Serene and Most Potent Prince, Lewis the Fifteenth, by
the grace of God, Most Christian King; and the Most
Serene and Most Potent Prince, Charles the Third, by the
grace of God, King of Spain and of the Indies, after
having laid the foundations of peace in the
preliminaries signed at Fontainebleau the third of
November last; and the Most Serene and Most Potent
Prince, Don Joseph the First, by the grace of God, King
of Portugal and of the Algarves, after having acceded
thereto, determined to compleat, without delay, this
great and important work. For this purpose, the high
contracting parties have named and appointed their
respective Ambassadors Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentiary, viz. his Sacred Majesty the King of
Great Britain, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent
Lord, John Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquis of
Tavistock, c. his Minister of State, Lieutenant General
of his Armies, Keeper of his Privy Seal, Knight of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, and his Ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Most
Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Most Christian
King, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, Csar
Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin, Peer of France,
Knight of his Orders, Lieutenant General of his Armies
and of the province of Britanny, Counsellor of all his
Counsils, and Minister and Secretary of State, and of
his Commands and Finances: his Sacred Majesty the
Catholick King, the
Most Illustrious and
Most Excellent Lord, Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de
Grimaldi, Knight of the Most Christian King's Orders,
Gentleman of his Catholick Majesty's Bedchamber in
Employment, and his Ambassador Extraordinary to his Most
Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Most Faithful
King, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord,
Martin de Mello and Castro, Knight professed of the
Order of Christ, of his Most Faithful Majesty's Council,
and his Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to his
Most Christian Majesty.
Who, after having duly
communicated to each other their full powers, in good
form, copies whereof are transcribed at the end of the
present treaty of peace, have agreed upon the articles,
the tenor of which is as follows:
Article I.
There shall be a Christian, universal, and perpetual
peace, as well by sea as by land, and a sincere and
constant friendship shall be re established between
their Britannick, Most Christian, Catholick, and Most
Faithful Majesties, and between their heirs and
successors, kingdoms, dominions, provinces, countries,
subjects, and vassals, of what quality or condition
soever they be, without exception of places or of
persons: So that the high contracting parties shall give
the greatest attention to maintain between themselves
and their said dominions and subjects this reciprocal
friendship and correspondence, without permitting, on
either side, any kind of hostilities, by sea or by land,
to be committed from henceforth, for any cause, or under
any pretence whatsoever, and every thing shall be
carefully avoided which might hereafter prejudice the
union happily reestablished, applying themselves, on
the contrary, on every occasion, to procure for each
other whatever may contribute to their mutual glory,
interests, and advantages, without giving any assistance
or protection, directly or indirectly, to those who
would cause any prejudice to either of the high
contracting parties: there shall be a general oblivion
of every thing that may have been done or committed
before or since the commencement of the war which is
just ended.
II.
The treaties of Westphalia of 1648; those of Madrid
between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain of 1661,
and 1670; the treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 1678, and
1679; of Ryswick of 1697; those of peace and of commerce
of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; the treaty of
the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the
quadruple alliance of London of 1118; the treaty of
peace of Vienna of 1738; the definitive treaty of Aix la
Chapelle of 1748; and that of Madrid, between the Crowns
of Great Britain and Spain of 1750: as well as the
treaties between the Crowns of Spain and Portugal of the
13th of February, 1668; of the 6th of February, 1715;
and of the 12th of February, 1761; and that of the 11th
of April, 1713, between France and Portugal with the
guaranties of Great Britain, serve as a basis and
foundation to the peace, and to the present treaty: and
for this purpose they are all renewed and confirmed in
the best form, as well as all the general, which
subsisted between the high contracting parties before
the war, as if they were inserted here word for word, so
that they are to be exactly observed, for the future, in
their whole tenor, and religiously executed on all
sides, in all their points, which shall not be derogated
from by the present treaty, notwithstanding all that may
have been stipulated to the contrary by any of the high
contracting parties: and all the said parties declare,
that they will not suffer any privilege, favour, or
indulgence to subsist, contrary to the treaties above
confirmed, except what shall have been agreed and
stipulated by the present treaty.
III.
All the prisoners made, on all sides, as well by land as
by sea, and the hostages carried away or given during
the war, and to this day, shall be restored, without
ransom, six weeks, at least, to be computed from the day
of the exchange of the ratification of the present
treaty, each crown respectively paying the advances
which shall have been made for the subsistance and
maintenance of their prisoners by the Sovereign of the
country where they shall have been detained, according
to the attested receipts and estimates and other
authentic vouchers which shall be furnished on one side
and the other. And securities shall be reciprocally
given for the payment of the debts which the prisoners
shall have contracted in the countries where they have
been detained until their entire liberty. And all the
ships of war and merchant vessels Which shall have been
taken since the expiration of the terms agreed upon for
the cessation of hostilities by sea shall likewise be
restored, bon fide, with all their crews and cargoes:
and the execution of this article shall be proceeded
upon immediately after the exchange of the ratifications
of this treaty.
IV.
His Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretensions
which he has heretofore formed or might have formed to
Nova Scotia or Acadia in all its parts, and guaranties
the whole of it, and with all its dependencies, to the
King of Great Britain: Moreover, his Most Christian
Majesty cedes and guaranties to his said Britannick
Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its
dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and
all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river
of St. Lawrence, and in general, every thing that
depends on the said countries, lands, islands, and
coasts, with the sovereignty, property, possession, and
all rights acquired by treaty, or otherwise, which the
Most Christian King and the Crown of France have had
till now over the said countries, lands, islands,
places, coasts, and their inhabitants, so that the Most
Christian King cedes and makes over the whole to the
said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that
in the most ample manner and form, without restriction,
and without any liberty to depart from the said cession
and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great
Britain in the possessions above mentioned. His
Britannick Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the
liberty of the Catholick religion to the inhabitants of
Canada: he will, in consequence, give the most precise
and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic
subjects may profess the worship of their religion
according to the rites of the Romish church, as far as
the laws of Great Britain permit. His Britannick Majesty
farther agrees, that the French inhabitants, or others
who had been subjects of the Most Christian King in
Canada, may retire with all safety and freedom wherever
they shall think proper, and may sell their estates,
provided it be to the subjects of his Britannick
Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their
persons, without being restrained in their emigration,
under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or
of criminal prosecutions: The term limited for this
emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen
months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of
the ratification of the present treaty.
V.
The subjects of France shall have the liberty of fishing
and drying on a part of the coasts of the island of
Newfoundland, such as it is specified in the XIIIth
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
the other islands and coasts in the mouth and in the
gulph of St. Lawrence:) And his Britannick Majesty
consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian
King the liberty of fishing in the gulph of St.
Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do
not exercise the said fishery 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 of St. Lawrence. And
as to what relates to the fishery on the coasts of the
island of Cape Breton, out of the said gulph, the
subjects of the Most Christian King shall not be
permitted to exercise the said fishery but at the
distance of fifteen leagues from the coasts of the
island of Cape Breton; and the fishery on the coasts of
Nova Scotia or Acadia, and every where else out of the
said gulph, shall remain on the foot of former treaties.
VI.
The King of Great Britain cedes the
islands of St. Pierre and Macquelon, in full right, to
his Most Christian Majesty, to serve as a shelter to the
French fishermen; and his said Most Christian Majesty
engages not to fortify the said islands; to erect no
buildings upon them but merely for the conveniency of
the fishery; and to keep upon them a guard of fifty men
only for the police.
VII.
In order to reestablish peace on solid and durable
foundations, and to remove for ever all subject of
dispute with regard to the limits of the British and
French territories on the continent of America; it is
agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the
dominions of his Britannick Majesty and those of his
Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall
be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of
the River Mississippi, from its source to the river
Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the
middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and
Pontchartrain to the sea; and for this purpose, the Most
Christian King cedes in full right, and guaranties to
his Britannick Majesty the river and port of the Mobile,
and every thing which he possesses, or ought to possess,
on the left side of the river Mississippi, except the
town of New Orleans and the island in which it is
situated, which shall remain to France, provided that
the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally
free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to
those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from
its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is
between the said island of New Orleans and the right
bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and
out of its mouth: It is farther stipulated, that the
vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall
not be stopped, visited, or subjected to the payment of
any duty whatsoever. The stipulations inserted in the
IVth article, in favour of the inhabitants of Canada
shall also take place with regard to the inhabitants of
the countries ceded by this article.
VIII.
The King of Great Britain shall restore to France the
islands of Guadeloupe, of Mariegalante, of Desirade, of
Martinico, and of Belleisle; and the fortresses of these
islands shall be restored in the same condition they
were in when they were conquered by the British arms,
provided that his Britannick Majesty's subjects, who
shall have settled in the said islands, or those who
shall have any commercial affairs to settle there or in
other places restored to France by the present treaty,
shall have liberty to sell their lands and their
estates, to settle their affairs, to recover their
debts, and to bring away their effects as well as their
persons, on board vessels, which they shall be permitted
to send to the said islands and other places restored as
above, and which shall serve for this use only, without
being restrained on account of their religion, or under
any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or
of criminal prosecutions: and for this purpose, the term
of eighteen months is allowed to his Britannick
Majesty's subjects, to be computed from the day of the
exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty;
but, as the liberty granted to his Britannick Majesty's
subjects, to bring away their persons and their effects,
in vessels of their nation, may be liable to abuses if
precautions were not taken to prevent them; it has been
expressly agreed between his Britannick Majesty and his
Most Christian Majesty, that the number of English
vessels which have leave to go to the said islands and
places restored to France, shall be limited, as well as
the number of tons of each one; that they shall go in
ballast; shall set sail at a fixed time; and shall make
one voyage only; all the effects belonging to the
English being to be embarked at the same time. It has
been farther agreed, that his Most Christian Majesty
shall cause the necessary passports to be given to the
said vessels; that, for the greater security, it shall
be allowed to place two French clerks or guards in each
of the said vessels, which shall be visited in the
landing places and ports of the said islands and places
restored to France, and that the merchandize which shall
be found t herein shall be confiscated.
IX.
The Most Christian King cedes and guaranties to his
Britannick Majesty, in full right, the islands of
Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations
in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in
the IVth article for those of Canada: And the partition
of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so
that those of St. Vincent, Dominico, and Tobago, shall
remain in full right to Great Britain, and that of St.
Lucia shall be delivered to France, to enjoy the same
likewise in full right, and the high contracting parties
guaranty the partition so stipulated.
X.
His Britannick Majesty shall restore to France the
island of Goree in the condition it was in when
conquered: and his Most Christian Majesty cedes, in full
right, and g
uaranties to the King
of Great Britain the river Senegal, with the forts and
factories of St. Lewis, Podor, and Galam, and with all
the rights and dependencies of the said river Senegal.
XI.
In the East Indies Great Britain shall restore to
France, in the condition they are now in, the different
factories which that Crown possessed, as well as on the
coast of Coromandel and Orixa as on that of Malabar, as
also in Bengal, at the beginning of the year 1749. And
his Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretension to
the acquisitions which he has made on the coast of
Coromandel and Orixa since the said beginning of the
year 1749. His Most Christian Majesty shall restore, on
his side, all that he may have conquered from Great
Britain in the East Indies during the present war; and
will expressly cause Nattal and Tapanoully, in the
island of Sumatra, to be restored; he engages farther,
not to erect fortifications, or to keep troops in any
part of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal. And in
order to preserve future peace on the coast of
Coromandel and Orixa, the English and French shall
acknowledge Mahomet Ally Khan for lawful Nabob of the
Carnatick, and Salabat Jing for lawful Subah of the
Decan; and both parties shall renounce all demands and
pretensions of satisfaction with which they might charge
each other, or their Indian allies, for the depredations
or pillage committed on the one side or on the other
during the war.
XII.
The island of Minorca shall be restored to his
Britannick Majesty, as well as Fort St. Philip, in the
same condition they were in when conquered by the arms
of the Most Christian King; and with the artillery which
was there when the said island and the said fort were
taken.
XIII.
The town and port of Dunkirk shall be put into the state
fixed by the last treaty of Aix la Chapelle, and by
former treaties. The Cunette shall be destroyed
immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty, as well as the forts and batteries
which defend the entrance on the side of the sea; and
provision shall be made at the same time for the
wholesomeness of the air, and for the health of the
inhabitants, by some other means, to the satisfaction of
the King of Great Britain.
XIV.
France shall restore all the countries belonging to the
Electorate of Hanover, to the Landgrave of Hesse, to the
Duke of Brunswick, and to the Count of La Lippe
Buckebourg, which are or shall be occupied by his Most
Christian Majesty's arms: the fortresses of these
different countries shall be restored in the same
condition they were in when conquered by the French
arms; and the pieces of artillery, which shall have been
carried elsewhere, shall be replaced by the same number,
of the same bore, weight and metal.
XV.
In case the stipulations contained in the XIIIth article
of the preliminaries should not be compleated at the
time of the signature of the present treaty, as well
with regard to the evacuations to be made by the armies
of France of the fortresses of Cleves, Wezel, Guelders,
and of all the countries belonging to the King of
Prussia, as with regard to the evacuations to be made by
the British and French armies of the countries which
they occupy in Westphalia, Lower Saxony, on the Lower
Rhine, the Upper Rhine, and in all the empire; and to
the retreat of the troops into the dominions of their
respective Sovereigns: their Britannick and Most
Christian Majesties promise to proceed, bon fide, with
all the dispatch the case will permit of to the said
evacuations, the entire completion whereof they
stipulate before the 15th of March next, or sooner if it
can be done; and their Britannick and Most Christian
Majesties farther engage and promise to each other, not
to furnish any succours of any kind to their respective
allies who shall continue engaged in the war in Germany.
XVI.
The decision of the prizes made in time of peace by the
subjects of Great Britain, on the Spaniards, shall be
referred to the Courts of Justice of the Admiralty of
Great Britain, conformably to the rules established
among all nations, so that the validity of the said
prizes, between the British and Spanish nations, shall
be decided and judged, according to the law of nations,
and according to treaties, in the Courts of Justice of
the nation who shall have made the capture.
XVII.
His Britannick Majesty shall cause to be demolished all
the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected
in the bay of Honduras, and other places of the
territory of Spain in that part of the world, four
months after the ratification of the present treaty; and
his Catholick Majesty shall not permit his Britannick
Majesty's subjects, or their workmen, to be disturbed or
molested under any pretence whatsoever in the said
places, in their occupation of cutting, loading, and
carrying away logwood; and for this purpose, they may
build, without hindrance, and occupy, without
interruption, the houses and magazines necessary for
them, for their families, and for their effects; and his
Catholick Majesty assures to them, by this article, the
full enjoyment of those advantages and powers on the
Spanish coasts and territories, as above stipulated,
immediately after the ratification of the present
treaty.
XVIII.
His Catholick Majesty desists, as well for himself as
for his successors, from all pretension which he may
have formed in favour of the Guipuscoans, and other his
subjects, to the right of fishing in the neighbourhood
of the island of Newfoundland.
XIX.
The King of Great Britain shall restore to Spain all the
territory which he has conquered in the island of Cuba,
with the fortress of the Havannah; and this fortress, as
well as all the other fortresses of the said island,
shall be restored in the same condition they were in
when conquered by his Britannick Majesty's arms,
provided that his Britannick Majesty's subjects who
shall have settled in the said island, restored to Spain
by the present treaty, or those who shall have any
commercial affairs to settle there, shall have liberty
to sell their lands and their estates, to settle their
affairs, recover their debts, and to bring away their
effects, as well as their persons, on board vessels
which they shall be permitted to send to the said island
restored as above, and which shall serve for that use
only, without being restrained on account of their
religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except
that of debts or of criminal prosecutions: And for this
purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his
Britannick Majesty's subjects, to be computed from the
day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present
treaty: but as the liberty granted to his Britannick
Majesty's subjects, to bring away their persons and
their effects, in vessels of their nation, may be liable
to abuses if precautions were not taken to prevent them;
it has been expressly agreed between his Britannick
Majesty and his Catholick Majesty, that the number of
English vessels which shall have leave to go to the said
island restored to Spain shall be limited, as well as
the number of tons of each one; that they shall go in
ballast; shall set sail at a fixed time; and shall make
one voyage only; all the effects belonging to the
English being to be embarked at the same time: it has
been farther agreed, that his Catholick Majesty shall
cause the necessary passports to be given to the said
vessels; that for the greater security, it shall be
allowed to place two Spanish clerks or guards in each of
the said vessels, which shall be visited in the landing
places and ports of the said island restored to Spain,
and that the merchandize which shall be found therein
shall be confiscated.
XX.
In consequence of the restitution stipulated in the
preceding article, his Catholick Majesty cedes and
guaranties, in full right, to his Britannick Majesty,
Florida, with Fort St. Augustin, and the Bay of
Pensacola, as well as all that Spain possesses on the
continent of North America, to the East or to the South
East of the river Mississippi. And, in general, every
thing that depends on the said countries and lands, with
the sovereignty, property, possession, and all rights,
acquired by treaties or otherwise, which the Catholick
King and the Crown of Spain have had till now over the
said countries, lands, places, and their inhabitants; so
that the Catholick King cedes and makes over the whole
to the said King and to the Crown of Great Britain, and
that in the most ample manner and form. His Britannick
Majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants
of the countries above ceded, the liberty of the
Catholick religion; he will, consequently, give the most
express and the most effectual orders that his new Roman
Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their
religion according to the rites of the Romish church, as
far as the laws of Great Britain permit. His Britannick
Majesty farther agrees, that the Spanish inhabitants, or
others who had been subjects of the Catholick King in
the said countries, may retire, with all safety and
freedom, wherever they think proper; and may sell their
estates, provided it be to his Britannick Majesty's
subjects, and bring away their effects, as well as their
persons without being restrained in their emigration,
under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or
of criminal prosecutions: the term limited for this
emigration being fixed to the space of eighteen months,
to be computed from the day of the exchange of the
ratifications of the present treaty. It is moreover
stipulated, that his Catholick Majesty shall have power
to cause all the effects that may belong to him, to be
brought away, whether it be artillery or other things.
XXI.
The French and Spanish troops shall evacuate all the
territories, lands, towns, places, and castles, of his
Most faithful Majesty in Europe, without any reserve,
which shall have been conquered by the armies of France
and Spain, and shall restore them in the same condition
they were in when conquered, with the same 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 shall have happened there,
all things shall be restored on the same footing they
were in, and conformably to the preceding treaties which
subsisted between the Courts of France, Spain, and
Portugal, before the present war.
XXII.
All the papers, letters, documents, and archives, which
were found in the countries, territories, towns and
places that are restored, and those belonging to the
countries ceded, shall be, respectively and bon fide,
delivered, or furnished at the same time, if possible,
that possession is taken, or, at latest, four months
after the exchange of the ratifications of the present
treaty, in whatever places the said papers or documents
may be found.
XXIII.
All the countries and territories, which may have been
conquered, in whatsoever part of the world, by the arms
of their Britannick and Most Faithful Majesties, as well
as by those of their Most Christian and Catholick
Majesties, which are not included in the present treaty,
either under the title of cessions, or under the title
of restitutions, shall be restored without difficulty,
and without requiring any compensations.
XXIV.
As it is necessary 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 shall compleat, before the
15th of March next, all that shall remain to be executed
of the XIIth and XIIIth articles of the preliminaries,
signed the 3d day of November last, with regard to the
evacuation to be made in the Empire, or elsewhere. The
island of Belleisle shall be evacuated six weeks after
the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty,
or sooner if it can be done. Guadeloupe, Desirade,
Mariegalante Martinico, and St. Lucia, three months
after the exchange of the ratifications of the present
treaty, or sooner if it can be done. Great Britain shall
likewise, at the end of three months after the exchange
of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if
it can be done, enter into possession of the river and
port of the Mobile, and of all that is to form the
limits of the territory of Great Britain, on the side of
the river Mississippi, as they are specified in the
VIIth article. The island of Goree shall be evacuated by
Great Britain, three months after the exchange of the
ratifications of the present treaty; and the island of
Minorca by France, at the same epoch, or sooner if it
can be done: And according to the conditions of the VIth
article, France shall likewise enter into possession of
the islands of St Peter, and of Miquelon, at the end of
three months after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty. The Factories in the East Indies
shall be restored six months after the exchange of the
ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can
be done. The fortress of the Havannah, with all that has
been conquered in the island of Cuba, shall be restored
three months after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done: And, at
the same time, Great Britain shall enter into possession
of the country ceded by Spain according to the XXth
article. All the places and countries of his most
Faithful Majesty, in Europe, shall be restored
immediately after the exchange of the ratification of
the present treaty: And the Portuguese colonies, which
may have been conquered, shall be restored in the space
of three months in the West Indies, and of six months in
the East Indies, after the exchange of the ratifications
of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. All
the fortresses, the restitution whereof is stipulated
above, shall be restored with the artillery and
ammunition, which were found there at the time of the
conquest. In consequence whereof, the necessary orders
shall be sent by each of the high contracting parties,
with reciprocal passports for the ships that shall carry
them, immediately after the exchange of the
ratifications of the present treaty.
XXV.
His Britannick Majesty, as Elector of Brunswick
Lunenbourg, as well for himself as for his heirs and
successors, and all the dominions and possessions of his
said Majesty in Germany, are included and guarantied by
the present treaty of peace.
XXVI.
Their sacred Britannick, Most Christian, Catholick, and
Most Faithful Majesties, promise to observe sincerely
and bon fide, all the articles contained and settled in
the present treaty; and they will not suffer the same to
be infringed, directly or indirectly, by their
respective subjects; and the said high contracting
parties, generally and reciprocally, guaranty to each
other all the stipulations of the present treaty.
XXVII.
The solemn ratifications of the present treaty,
expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged in
this city of Paris, between the high contracting
parties, in the space of a month, or sooner if possible,
to be computed from the day of the signature of the
present treaty.
In witness whereof, we
the underwritten their Ambassadors Extraordinary, and
Ministers Plenipotentiary, have signed with our hand, in
their name, and in virtue of our full powers, have
signed the present definitive treaty, and have caused
the seal of our arms to be put thereto. Done at Paris
the tenth day of February, 1763.
Bedford, C.P.S.
Choiseul, Duc de Praslin. El Marq. de Grimaldi.
(L.S.) (L.S.) (LS )
SEPARATE ARTICLES
I.
Some of the titles made use of by the contracting
powers, either in the full powers, and other acts,
during the course of the negociation, or in the preamble
of the present treaty, not being generally acknowledged;
it has been agreed, that no prejudice shall ever result
therefrom to any of the said contracting parties, and
that the titles, taken or omitted on either side, on
occasion of the said negociation, and of the present
treaty, shall not be cited or quoted as a precedent.
II.
It has been agreed and determined, that the French
language made use of in all the copies of the present
treaty, shall not become an example which may be
alledged, or made a precedent of, or prejudice, in any
manner, any of the contracting powers; and that they
shall conform themselves, for the future, to what has
been observed, and ought to be observed, with regard to,
and on the part of powers, who are used, and have a
right, to give and to receive copies of like treaties in
another language than French; the present treaty having
still the same force and effect, as if the aforesaid
custom had been therein observed.
III.
Though the King of Portugal has not signed the present
definitive treaty, their Britannick, Most Christian, and
Catholick Majesties, acknowledge, nevertheless, that his
Most Faithful Majesty is formally included therein as a
contracting party, and as if he had expressly signed the
said treaty: Consequently, their Britannick, Most
Christian, and Catholick Majesties, respectively and
conjointly, promise to his Most Faithful Majesty, in the
most express and most binding manner, the execution of
all and every the clauses, contained in the said treaty,
on his act of accession.
The present Separate
Articles shall have the same force as if they were
inserted in the treaty.
In witness whereof, We
the underwritten Ambassadors Extraordinary, and
Ministers Plenipotentiary of their Britannick, Most
Christian and Catholick Majesties, have signed the
present separate Articles, and have caused the seal of
our arms to be put thereto.
Done at Paris, the
10th of February, 1763.
Bedford, C.P.S.
Choiseul, Duc El Marq. de
(L.S.) de Praslin.
Grimaldi.
(L.S.) (L.S.)
His Britannick
Majesty's full Power.
GEORGE R.
GEORGE the Third, by
the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and
Lunenbourg, ArchTreasurer, and Prince Elector of the
Holy Roman Empire, c. To all and singular to whom these
presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, in order to
perfect the peace between Us and our good Brother the
Most Faithful King, on the one part, and our good
Brothers the Most Christian and Catholick Kings, on the
other, which has been happily begun by the Preliminary
Articles already signed at Fontainebleau the third of
this month; and to bring the same to the desired end, We
have thought proper to invest some fit person with full
authority, on our part; Know ye, that We, having most
entire confidence in the fidelity, judgment, skill, and
ability in managing affairs of the greatest consequence,
of our right trusty, and right entirely beloved Cousin
and Counsellor, John Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquis
of Tavistock, Baron Russel of Cheneys, Baron Russel of
Thornhaugh, and Baron Howland of Streatham,
Lieutenantgeneral of our forces, Keeper of our Privy
Seal, Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the counties of
Bedford and Devon, Knight of our most noble order of the
Garter, and our Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to our good Brother the Most Christian
King, have nominated, made, constituted and appointed,
as by these presents, we do nominate, make, constitute,
and appoint him, our true, certain, and undoubted
Minister, Commissary, Deputy, Procurator and
Plenipotentiary, giving to him all and all manner of
power, faculty and authority, as well as our general and
special command (yet so as that the general do not
derogate from the special, or on the contrary) for Us
and in our name, to meet and confer, as well singly and
separately, as jointly, and in a body, with the
Ambassadors, Commissaries, Deputies, and
Plenipotentiaries of the Princes, whom it may concern,
vested with sufficient power and authority for that
purpose, and with them to agree upon, treat, consult and
conclude, concerning the reestablishing, as soon as may
be, a firm and lasting peace, and sincere friendship and
concord; and whatever shall be so agreed and concluded,
for Us and in our name, to sign, and to make a treaty or
treaties, on what shall have been so agreed and
concluded, and to transact every thing else that may
belong to the happy completion of the aforesaid work, in
as ample a manner and form, and with the same force and
effect, as We ourselves, if we were present, could do
and perform; engaging and promising, on our royal word,
that We will approve, ratify and accept, in the best
manner, whatever shall happen to be transacted and
concluded by our said Plenipotentiary, and that We will
never suffer any person to infringe or act contrary to
the same, either in the whole or in part. In witness and
confirmation whereof We have caused our great Seal of
Great Britain to be affixed to these presents, signed
with our royal hand. Given at our Palace at St. James's,
the 12th day of November, 1762, in the third year of our
reign.
His Most Christian
Majesty's Full Power.
LEWIS, by the grace of
God, King of France and Navarre, To all who shall see
these presents, Greeting. Whereas the Preliminaries,
signed at Fontainebleau the third of November of the
last year, laid the foundation of the peace
reestablished between us and our most dear and most
beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Spain, on
the one part, and our most dear and most beloved good
Brother the King of Great Britain, and our most dear and
most beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of
Portugal on the other, We have had nothing more at heart
since that happy epoch, than to consolidate and
strengthen in the most lasting manner, so salutary and
so important a work, by a solemn and definitive treaty
between Us and the said powers. For these causes, and
other good considerations, Us thereunto moving, We,
trusting entirely in the capacity and experience, zeal
and fidelity for our service, of our most dear and
wellbeloved Cousin, Csar Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of
Praslin, Peer of France, Knight of our Orders,
Lieutenant General of our Forces and of the province of
Britany, Counsellor in all our Councils, Minister and
Secretary of State, and of our Commands and Finances, We
have named, appointed, and deputed him, and by these
presents, signed with our hand, do name, appoint, and
depute him our Minister Plenipotentiary, giving him full
and absolute power to act in that quality, and to
confer, negociate, treat and agree jointly with the
Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most
beloved good Brother the King of Great Britain, the
Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most
beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Spain and
the Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most
beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Portugal,
vested with full powers, in good form, to agree,
conclude and sign such articles, conditions,
conventions, declarations, definitive treaty,
accessions, and other acts whatsoever, that he shall
judge proper for securing and strengthening the great
work of peace, the whole with the same latitude and
authority that We ourselves might do, if We were there
in person, even though there should be something which
might require a more special order than what is
contained in these presents, promising on the faith and
word of a King, to approve, keep firm and stable for
ever, to fulfil and execute punctually, all that our
said Cousin, the Duke of Praslin, shall have stipulated,
promised and signed, in virtue of the present full
power, without ever acting contrary thereto, or
permitting any thing contrary thereto, for any cause, or
under any pretence whatsoever, as also to cause our
letters of ratification to be expedited in good form,
and to cause them to be delivered, in order to be
exchanged within the time that shall be agreed upon. For
such is our pleasure. In witness whereof, we have caused
our Seal to be put to these presents. Given at
Versailles the 7th day of the month of February, in the
year of Grace 1763, and of our reign the fortyeighth.
Signed Lewis, and on the fold, by the King, the Duke of
Choiseul. Sealed with the great Seal of yellow Wax.
His Catholick
Majesty's full Power.
DON CARLOS, by the
grace of God, King of Castille, of Leon, of Arragon, of
the two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, of Granada,
of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Majorca, of
Seville, of Sardinia, of Cordova, of Corsica, of Murcia,
of Jaen, of the Algarves. of Algecira. of Gibraltar. of
the Canary Islands, of the East and West Indies, Islands
and Continent, of the Ocean, Arch Duke of Austria, Duke
of Burgundy, of Brabant and Milan, Count of Hapsburg, of
Flanders, of Tirol and Barcelona, Lord of Biscay and of
Molino, c. Whereas preliminaries of a solid and lasting
peace between this Crown, and that of France on the one
part, and that of England and Portugal on the other,
were concluded and signed in the Royal Residence of
Fontainbleau, the 3rd of November of the present year,
and the respective ratifications thereof exchanged on
the 22d of the same month, by Ministers authorised for
that purpose, wherein it is promised, that a definitive
treaty should be forthwith entered upon, having
established and regulated the chief points upon which it
is to turn: and whereas in the same manner as I granted
to you, Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knight
of the Order of the Holy Ghost, Gentleman of my
Bedchamber with employment, and my Ambassador
Extraordinary to the Most Christian King, my full power
to treat, adjust, and sign the beforementioned
preliminaries, it is necessary to grant the same to you,
or to some other, to treat, adjust, and sign the
promised definitive treaty of peace as aforesaid:
therefore, as you the said Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis
de Grimaldi, are at the convenient place, and as I have
every day fresh motives, from your approved fidelity and
zeal, capacity and prudence, to entrust to you this, and
otherlike concerns of my Crown, I have appointed you my
Minister Plenipotentiary, and granted to you my full
power, to the end, that, in my name, and representing my
person, you may treat, regulate, settle, and sign the
said definitive treaty of peace between my Crown and
that of France on the one part, that of England and that
of Portugal on the other, with the Ministers who shall
be equally and specially authorised by their respective
Sovereigns for the same purpose; acknowledging, as I do
from this time acknowledge, as accepted and ratified,
whatever you shall so treat, conclude, and sign;
promising, on my Royal Word, that I will observe and
fulfil the same, will cause it to be observed and
fulfilled, as if it had been treated, concluded, and
signed by myself. In witness whereof, I have caused
these presents to be dispatched, signed by my hand,
sealed with my privy seal, and countersigned by my
underwritten Counsellor of State, and first Secretary
for the department of State and of War. Buen Retiro, the
10th day of December, 1762.
(Signed) I THE KING.
(And lower) Richard
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