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20. His Britannic majefty grants to his highness the fum of 15,000l. fterling, to answer the firft expences of equipping this corps; payment of which fhall be made immediately after the fignature of this treaty, and shall be carried to the account of levy-money.

21. Deferters fhall be faithfully delivered up on both fides, and neither the foldiers, nor any other perfons belonging to the corps of Heffe Darmstadt, fhall be permitted to fettle in the dominions of his Britannic majesty.

In witness whereof, we the underfigned, authorised by the full power of his majefty the king of Great Britain on one fide, and of his ferene highnefs the reigning Landgrave of Heffe Darmstadt, on the other, have figned the prefent treaty, and have caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Frankfort, this 10th day of June, 1796.

(L. S.) C. CRAUFURD.

(L. S.) C. B. DE BARKHAUS.

Letter from Sir Gilbert Elliot, Viceroy of Corfica, to the governor of Porte Forrajo.

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fame defign upon the fortrefs of Porto Ferrajo, hoping, by fuch means, to facilitate the defigns that they meditate against the kingdom of Corfica. These circumftances have determined us to prevent the defigns of the enemies of the king, who are equally hostile to his royal highnefs, by placing at Porto Ferrajo, a garrifon capable of defending that place; our only' intention being to prevent that fortrefs, and the whole ifland of the Elbe, from being taken poffeffion of by the French. We invite and requeft you, fir, to receive the troops of his majefty, which will appear before the place, under the following conditions:

1. Porto Ferrajo and its dependencies fhall remain under the government of the grand duke. The Tufcan flag fhall not ceafe to be refpected, and the adminiftration fha l not be altered in any respect; perfons, property, and the religion of all the inhabitants fhall be refpected. The English commanders fhall be careful that their troops obferve ftrict difcipline.

2. The officers and foldiers compofing the Tufcan garrifon, fhall continue to do duty, if they think proper. All perfons employed in civil or military capacities fhall be continued in their employments, if they conduct themselves properly.

3. The preceding conditions fhall be exactly obferved, and with the utmoft good faith, as far as fhall be confiftent with the safety of the place.

4. We promife, in the name of his majefty, in the moft folemn manner, to let his majesty's troops retire, and to put the place into the hands of his royal highness in its prefent ftate, when a peace K 3

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takes place, or immediately after all danger of a French invafion is at an end.

If you refufe, fir, to agree to propofitions fo conformable to the intereft of his royal highnefs, and which are fo juft and neceffary to our fafety, the officer who is charged with the expedition, has orders and power fufficient to force the place; in which cafe the poffeffion of it will not be limited by any condition.

Not doubting but that prudence and attachment to the true interefts of his royal highnefs will induce you to confent to the only expedient which can fae Porto Ferrajo, and preferve the island of the Elbe from the most cruel fcourge.

I have the honour, with the utmoft regard and esteem, &c.

Articles propofed by the Governor and town of Porto Ferrajo, and accepted the 10th July by the commander of the English troops.

ART. 1. The English troops fhall be received into the place, and the conditions, regulated by his excellency the viceroy, Elliott, fhall be fully observed, so that nothing may alter the law of neutrality impofed upon Tufcany, and which thould be inviolably maintained.

2. Whenever troops or fhips of nations at war fhall appear before the city or port, neither the garrifon nor any inhabitant fhall be bound to take up arms, either in favour of the English or any other party.

3. The ifland of the Elbe, and efpecially Porto Ferrajo, being in want of provifions, the commanders of the English troops fhall take

care to fend all neceffary provifions for the inhabitants to purchase, in order that they may not be exposed to perifh by famine,

4. The people of Porto Ferrajo being very numerous, and having but few houfes, it will not be polfible to lodge the English foldiers in private houfes. They flatter themselves the commanders will have the goodness to take this object into confideration.

5. As the arrival of the Britannic troops has been fudden and unforeseen, the commanders are entreated to agree to a convenient time for preparing quarters and neceffary lodgings.

Proclamation by Gordon Forbes, major general and commander in chief of all his Britannic Majefty's forces at St. Domingo, to all the plan ters of the Spanish part of the faid Ifland.

SPANISH PLANTERS,

YOUR king has ceded to the aQual government of France the vaft and rich territory occupied and cultivated by your forefathers and you upwards of three centuries. This treaty is on the point of being carried into execution; commiffioners fent by the executive directory are already arrived in your colony, and prepare the deftruction of your property in the fame manner as they have effected it in the rich French colony contiguous to yours. Beware, brave Spaniards, of the treacherous infinuations of thofe enemies of all moral and religious principles, which form the bafis of focial life. High minded, loyal, and generous, like your forefathers, you want but a hint of what awaits you. Zealously attach

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ed to the worship of the true God, and the auguft blood of your kings, you, no doubt, prefer the lofs and facrifice of your property to the misfortune and difgrace of fubmitting to the yoke of these new mafters of your territory. Follow then, gallant Spaniards, that noble impulfe of reafon, honour, and feeling. Depart! the dominions of the Spanish monarch are open for you go, honourably to live and die there in the thade of your altars, and under the protection of your king. But if any among you, chained down by neceffity to the foil they cultivate, fhould not be able to leave it, let them not be uneafy his majefty lends them his powerful and protecting hand. I with they would, for their own happiness, fully rely on the generofity and beneficence of fo great a monarch. What other fovereign has fought with more zeal and glory for the facred caufe of religion, royalty, and humanity, against the fool-hardy innovators, who are bent on exterminating them from the whole furface of this globe. I have read, brave Spaniards. the oftenfible inftructions given by the directory to the commiflioners of the republic; I have perused the proclamations of thofe hypocritical and perverfe agents, whofe first miflion to St. Domingo was marked with infurrections, with the firing of the plantations, and the affaflination of their owners. The choice of fuch men fufficiently fhews the misfortunes you have to expect. Read and confider, brave Spaniards, the papers I have juft quoted: compare the promises which they hold out with thofe the republic has made to every nation it wifhed to feduce. What advantages did it

not hold out to its own colonies, to Savoy, Belgium, Holland ; in short, to all countries wherein it has established its frange regime! – Well, contemplate the horrid and deplorable fituation to which are now reduced thofe provinces, once fo populous and flourishing, and judge, brave Spaniards, what would be the refult of your credulity. Impreffed with your dangers, and feeling for your misfortune, I offer you my fupport. A faithful interpreter of the beneficent difpofition of his majesty, I promife and guaé rantee to you, under his banners, fafety to your perfons and property. Whatever is facred to you, your religious worship, your priefts, your laws, your cuftoms, your privileges, fhall be preferved to you, and you fhall alto enjoy the advantage of the most extenfive and flourishing commerce in the world. You have frequented our pofts, and know the liberty, good faith, and plenty which reign there. Calculate the extent of thofe advantages, and prepare yourselves to receive the only power able to grant them. As foon as the protection of your king fhall be withdrawn from you, and you are given up to the new mafters of your territory, arm against them, and on the first fignal you give me of your determination, I will fly to your affistance, and unite my whole force with yours, to repel and exterminate our common enemy.

Given in the king's houfe, at Port-au-Prince, the 12th of July, in the year of our Lord 1796, and the 35th of his majefty's reign.

G. FORBES.

By order of his excellency,

JAMES ESTEN, fecretary. Order

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Whereas an act paffed in the thirty-third year of his majefty's reign, intituled, "An act more effectually to prevent, during the prefent war between Great Britain and France, all traitorous correfpondence with, or aid or aflistance being given to his majefty's enemies ;" and another act paffed in the thirty-fourth year of his majefty's reign, intituled, " An act for preventing money or effects, in the hands of his majefty's fub. jects belonging to or difpofable by perfons refident in France, being applied to the use of the perfons exercifing the powers of government in France, and for preferving the property thereof for the benefit of the individual owners thereof."

And whereas another act, paffed in the thirty-fourth year aforefaid, intituled, "An act for more effectually preferving money and effects, in the hands of his majefty's fubjects, belonging to or difpofable by perfons refident in France, for the benefit of the individual owners thereof."

And whereas it is expedient that fuch licence and authority fhould be granted as is herein after given and granted; his majefly, taking the fame into his royal confideration, is pleafed, by and with the advice of his privy council, by this order to grant, and accordingly, with fuch advice, by this order, doth grant licence, according to the authority given by the faid acts refpectively, or fome of them, to all perfons refiding or being in

Great Britain, either on their own account or credit, or on the ac-. count or credit, or by the direction of any other perfon or perfons whomfoever, or wherefoever refident or being, to fell, fupply, deliver, or fend for the purpose of being fold, fupplied, or delivered, and to agree to fell, fupply, deliver, or fend for fuch purpose, and either on their own account or credit, or on the account or credit, or by the direction of any other perfon or perfons whomfoever and wherefoever refident or being, to caufe or procure to be fold, fupplied, delivered, or fent for fuch purpose as aforefaid, or to authorife or direct any other person or perfons whomfoever, or wherefoever refident or being, to fell, fupply, deliver, or fend as aforesaid; or to aid or affift in fo felling, fupplying, delivering, or authorifing or directing to be fold, fupplied, delivered or fent; and also to buy or procure, or contract or agree to contract or procure, or cause to be bought or procured, or authorife or direct any other perfon or perfons whomfoever, or wherefoever refident or being, to buy or procure, or to contract or agree to buy or procure, or aid or affist in buying or procuring, or authorifing or directing to be bought or procured, any goods, wares, merchandizes, or effects mentioned in the faid acts, or any other goods, wares, merchandizes, or effects, (except fuch as are herein after mentioned) whether of the growth, production or manufacture of this kingdom, or of any foreign country, to or for the use of any perfons refiding in the territories of the United Provinces, or in the Auftrian Netherlands, or in any part of Italy, or for the purpofe of be

ing fent into any part or place within the fame respectively.

Provided nevertheless, that all fuch goods, wares, merchandizes, and effects, be exported from this kingdom, and in fhips or veffels belonging to perfons of fome ftate or country in amity with his majefty, and that fuch exportation be made under the ufual conditions and regulations; and that fuch fecurity be given by bond, in fuch' penalty, by fuch perfons, and in fuch manner, as fhall be directed by the commiffioners of his majefty's customs, and that the faid goods, wares, merchandizes, and effects, fhall be exported to the places propofed, and to none other; and that a certificate fhall be produced, within fix months from the date of the bond, under the hand of the British conful or viceconful refiding at the port or place at which fuch goods or commodities fhall be landed; and if no viceconful thall be there refident, then under the hands of two known British merchants refiding there; and if no Britith merchant fhall refide there, then under the hand of the chief magiftrate of the place, teftifying that the faid goods have been all duly landed at that port or place.

Provided also, that nothing herein before contained shall be conftrued to licence the exportation, fale, fending, fupplying, or delivering of, or in any manner to relate to any arms, ordnance, ordnance ftores, gunpowder, bullets, pitch, tar, hemp, mafts, timber, fail-cloth, cordage, faltpetre, or any naval or military ftores whatfoever, nor to relate to

any ftore or article whatfoever,

intended for the ufe of the armies,

troops, fleets, fhips, or veffels of the enemies of his majefty; or any articles which are fpecially prohibited by any other act or acts of parliament, other than the acts before mentioned, to be exported, fold, fupplied, or delivered, as aforefaid; or in any manner to affect the provifions of any other act or acts of parliament; or to licence or authorize the feveral acts, matters, and things aforesaid, further or otherwife than as the fame might be affected by the feveral beforementioned acts of parliament.

Provided alfo, that every perfon who fhall take the benefit of this licence and authority, fhall take the fame upon condition, that if in cafe of any proceeding, civil or criminal, under the provifions of any of the acts herein before mentioned, or any thing alledged to have been done contrary thereto, any queftion fhall arife whether the thing done was authorized by the licence hereby given, the proof that fuch thing was done under the circumftances, and according to the terms and conditions of this order, fhall lie on the perfons claiming the benefit hereof.

And his majefty, with the advice aforefaid, is hereby further pleafed to order, that this licence and order fhall remain and be in force and effect until the 25th day of December next enfuing, unless the fame fhall be fooner revoked.

And the right honourable the lords commiffioners of his majefty's treafury, and the Lords commiffioners of the Admiralty, are to give the neceffary directions herein, to them refpectively appertaining.

(Signed) W. FAWKENER.

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