aid in men, horfes, provifions, money, warlike ftores or otherwife, under whatever title they may be demanded- -even though he should be called upon as member of the Germanic empire. 3. The troops of the French republic fhall have free paffage into the ftates of his royal highness, and permiflion to refide and to occupy all the military pofts neceffary for their operations. 4. His ferene highness the duke of Wurtemberg and Teck renounces, in favour of the French republic, for himself, his fucceffors, and all who have any claim, all his rights to the principality of Montheliard, the lordfhips of Hericourt, Paffavant, and other dependencies, in the county of Hobourg, alfo the lordships of Riquewir and Ofthein, and generally cedes to it all the property, rights and landed revenue, which he poffeffes on the left bank of the Rhine, and the arrears due to him. He renounces all right a gainst the republic for all claims he might pretend to have againft the French republic, for the privation hitherto of the faid rights and revenues; and any other claim of whatever denomination anterior to the prefent treaty. 5. His ferene highnefs engages not to permit the emigrants and priests, banished from the French republic, to refide in his ftates. 6. There fhall immediately be concluded between the two powers, a treaty of commerce on grounds reciprocally advantageous. In the mean time all commercial relations fhall be renewed on the fame footing as before the prefent war All articles and commodidities belonging to the foil, the manufactures, the colonies, or fi fheries of France, fhall enjoy in the ftates of his royal highness, liberty of tranfit, exempted from all duties except the tolls on carriages and horfes. French drivers thall, with refpect to the payment of the said tolls, be treated as the moft favoured nation. 7. The French republic, and his ferene highness the duke of Wurtemberg, refpectively engage to remove the fequeftration of all effects, revenues, or goods, feized, confifcated, detained, or fold, belonging to French citizens on the one hand, and to the inhabitants of the dutchies of Wurtemberg and Teck on the other; and to admit them to a legal exercife of their refpective engagements and rights. 8 All the prifoners refpectively made thall be delivered up within a month, reckoning from the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty, on paying the debts they may have contracted during their captivity. The fick and wounded fhall ftill be taken care of in their respective hofpitals, and fhall be delivered up immediately on their cure. 9. Conformably to the fixth article of the treaty concluded at the Hague, on the 27th floreal of the third year, the present treaty of peace and amity is declared to be common with the Batavian republic. 10. It fhall be ratified, and the ratification exchanged within a month, reckoning from the fignature, and fooner, if poflible. Paris, 20th thermidor, fourth year of the French republic, one and indivifible. (Signed) CH. DELACROIX, CHARLES, baron de The The directory agrees upon and figns the present treaty of peace with the duke of Wurtemberg, negociated in the name of the French republic by the minifter of external relations, named by the executive directory, by an arret of the 11th thermidor, (prefent month) and charged with inftructions for that purpose, at Paris, 21ft thermidor, 4th year of the French republic, one and indivisible. (As an authentic copy) (Signed) REVELLIERE LEPEAUX, prefident. LAGARDE, fecretary This treaty was ratified by the legiflative body. Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Margrave of Baden. THE French republic, and his ferene highnefs the Margrave of Baden, defirous of re-eftablishing between both countries the relations of friendship and good neighbourhood which exifted between them before the prefent war, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, namely, the executive directory, in the name of the French republic, citizen Charles Delacroix, minifter of foreign affairs, and his ferene highnefs the margrave of Baden, the baron de Reitzenftein, his chamberlain, and great bailiff of Lorrach, who, after having exchanged their respective powers, have refolved on the following articles : ART. 1. There shall be peace and good understanding between the French republic and his ferene highnefs the margrave of Baden. In confequence, all hoftilities fhall ceafe between the contracting parties, to reckon from the ratification of this present treaty. 2. The margrave of Baden revokes all adherence, confent and accefs, public or fecret, by him given to the coalition armed against the French republic, every contingent or fuccour, in men, horses, provifions, money, ammunition, or other ftores, under any pretence whatever, even if he thould be required as member of the Germa nic empire. 3. The troops of the republic fhall pass freely through the dominions of his ferene highness, refide there, and occupy all military pofts neceffary for their operations. 4. His ferene highnefs the margrave of Baden, for himself and his fucceffors, cedes to the French republic all the rights that may belong to him upon the lordships of Rodemachern and Hefperingen, in the ci-devant duchy of Luxemburgh; the portion belonging to him in the county of Sponheim, and his rights upon the other portion; the lordship of Grevenstein, the bailiwicks of Beinheim and Rhod, and generally all the territories, rights, and revenues, which he poffeffed, or pretends to have a right to poffefs on the left bank of the Rhine. He renounces all demands upon the republic refpecting the arrears of the faid rights and revenues, and for every other caufe anterior to the prefent treaty. 5. His ferene highnefs, the reigning margrave of Baden, as well in his own name, as in that of his two fons, the princes Frederick and Louis of Baden, for whom he interefts himself ftrongly, cedes and abandons with entire guarantee to the French republic, the two-thirds of the manor of Kutzenhaufen, fituate in the ci-devant province province of Alface, with all its rights and dependencies, together with the arrears of the faid rights and revenues, which might remain due, renouncing all demands upon the republic thereto relating, and for every other caufe anterior to the present treaty. 6. His ferene highnefs the margrave of Baden alfo cedes for himfelf, and his fucceffors, all the iflands of the Rhine which may belong to him, all the rights to which he may pretend upon the faid islands, as likewife upon the courfe and the different branches of that river; efpecially the rights of tolls, high jurisdiction, direct lordship, civil or criminal juftice, or police. There thall not be included, under the denomination of the different arms of the Rhine, the fmall branches, and the dead or ftagnant waters left in confequence of the inundations of the ancient courfe of the river, and known to the watermen by the names of Altwaffer, Alt Rhine, or Old Rhine. 7. Each of the contracting parties fhall be at liberty to finish the work of the dykes, which may be thought neceffary for the prefervation of his territory; but this is to be done fo as not to injure the country on the oppofite bank. All difputes which may arife from this object, as alfo from the establishment and prefervation of the towing path, fhall be decided by juridical means, between the refpective governments.' 8. His ferene highnefs engages to leave, or caufe to be left, on the right bank of the Rhine, a fpace of thirty-fix feet broad, to serve as a towing road in the navigable parts, or in those which may become fo. This road fhall be cleared VOL. XXXVIII. of every thing that may injure its ufage. It is, however, agreed, that the houfes which ftand on the ground which it is to take up, or which would be neceffary for continuing it, fhall not be demolished without paying a just and previous indemnity to the owner. 9. The punishment of offences relative to navigation, which may be committed on the faid towingroad, fhall belong to the French republic. 10. The portions of that road, as likewife the iflands on that river, which belonged by special right to his ferene highness, or which were poffeffed by ecclefiaftical bodies or commonalties, are ceded, without referve, to the republic. The lay or private communities thall continue to enjoy, under the fovereignty of the republic, the portions which were in their poffeffion. It is however agreed, that the faid fovereignty fhall not be exercised over houses depending on the margraviate, which may be deemed necellary for continuing the towing-way, but only on their fites, after they thall have been demolished in execution of Art. 8. 11. The navigation of the river fhall be free for the citizens and the fubjects of both contracting parties. 12. The tolls gathered on that part of the river Rhine which flows between the dominions of the contra&ting parties are abolished for ever. There fhall be none eftablished hereafter on the natural bed of the river. 13. The ftipulations contained in the preceding treaties between France on the one part, and his fefene highness the margrave of Baden, or the emperor and the empire, empire, on the other, relative to the courfe of the Rhine, its navigation, the works to the works to be conftructed for the prefervation of its bed and its banks, fhall continue to be executed in as far as they are not contrary to the prefent treaty. 14. His ferene highnefs engages not to permit the emigrants, and the priests transported from the French republic, to refide in his territories. 15. There fhall be concluded, without delay, between the two powers, a treaty of commerce on grounds of reciprocal advantage. Meanwhile all commercial relations fhall be re-eftablished, fuch as they were before the prefent war. All commodities and merchandize, being the produce of the French foil, manufactories, colonies, and fisheries, fhall enjoy in the territories of his ferene highnefs the liberty of tranfit and ftaple, exempted from all duties, except thofe of the tolls upon waggons and horfes. The French waggoners fhall be treated, with regard to the payment of thofe duties of toll, like the most favoured nation. 16. The French republic and his ferene highness the margrave of Baden, refpectively engage to grant replevy on the fequeftration of all effects, revenues, or eftates, confifcated, detained, or fold from French citizens on one part, and on the other, from the inhabitants of the margraviate of Baden, and to admit them to the legal exercife of the actions and rights which may belong to them. 17. All the prifoners of war respectively taken thall be delivered up within one month, to count from the exchange of the ratification of the prefent treaty, on paying the debts which they may have contracted during their captivity. The fick and wounded thall coptinue to be taken care of in the refpective hofpitals; they fhall be given up immediately after their recovery. 18. Conformable to the treaty concluded at the Hague, the 27th Floreal of the third year, the prefent treaty of peace and friendship is declared common with the Batavian republic. 19. It fhall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Paris, within one month, to reckon from its fignature, and fooner if practicable. Paris, 5 Fructidor, of the fourth year of the French republic, one and indivifible. (Signed) CHARLES DELACROIX, SIGISMUND CHARLES JOHN Baron de REITZENTEIN. The Executive Directory refolve and ratify the prefent treaty of peace with the margrave of Baden, negotiated in the name of the French republic by the minifter for foreign affairs, appointed by the Executive Directory by the refolution of the 28th of laft Thermidor, and charged with their inftructions for that purpose. Paris, 8th Fructidor, fourth year of the French republic, one and indivifible. (Signed) KEVELLIERE LEPEAUX, prefi. By the Executive Directory, (Signed) LA GARDE, fec. gen. The Council of Antients approved of the above treaty on the 3t of August, Treaty Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the King of the Two Sicilies. THE French republic and his majefly the king of the Two Sicilies, equally animated with the defire to make the advantages of peace fucceed to the miferies infeparable from war, have named, viz. the Executive Directory, in the name of the French republic, the citizen Charles Delacroix, minifter for foreign affairs; and his majefty the king of the Two Sicilies, the prince Belmonte Pignatelli, gentleman of the chamber, and his envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary to his Catholic majefty, to treat, in their name, the claufes and conditions proper to reeftablish good understanding and friend thip between the two powers, who after having exchanged their refpective full powers, have agreed on the following articles: Art. 1. There fhall be peace, friendship, and good underftanding, between the French republic and his majefty the king of the Two Sicilies in confequence, all hoftilities thall definitively ceafe, reckoning from the day of the exchange of the ratification of the prefent treaty. Meanwhile, and till that period, the conditions ftipulated by the armiftice concluded on the 17th Prairial of the 4th year (5th of June, 1796) fhall continue to have full power and effect., 2. Every interior act, engagement, or convention, on the one part or the other of the two contracting parties,' which are contrary to the prefent treaty, are revoked, and thall be regarded as null, and of no effect; in confe. quence, during the courfe of the prefent war, neither of the two powers fhall furnish to the enemies of the other, any fuccours of troops, fhips, arms, warlike ftores, provifions, or money, under whatever title or denomination that may be. 3. His majefly the king of the Two Sicilies fhall obferve the moft ftrict neutrality towards all the belligerent powers; in confequence, he pledges himself to prevent indifcriminately accefs to his ports to all armed flips of war belonging to the faid powers, which fhall exceed four, according to the regulations acknowledged by the faid neutrality. All flores or merchandife, known by the name of contraband, fhall be refufed them. 4. All fecurity and protection fhall be granted against all perfons whatever, in the ports and roads of the Two Sicilies, to all French merchantmen, of whatfoever number they may be, and to all the fhips of war of the republic, not, exceeding the number fpecified in the above article. 5. The French republic and the king of the Two Sicilies engage to take off the fequeftration from all effects, revenues, goods feized, confifcated, and kept from the citizens or fubjects of both powers, in confequence of the prefent war, and to admit them refpectively to the legal exercife of all civil rights that, may belong to them. 6. All prifoners made on one fide or the other, comprifing mariners and failors, thall be reciprocally reftored within a month, reckoning from the exchange of the ratification of the prefent treaty, paying the debts which they may have contracted during their captivity; the fick and wounded thall continue to be taken Q 2 care |