fhall find itself attacked may treat for peace feparately, but fo as that noprejudice may refult from thence to the auxiliary power, and that it may even turn as much as poffible to its direct advantage. For this purpofe advice thall be given to the auxiliary power of the mode and time agreed on for the opening and fequel of the negociations. 15. Without any delay there fhall be concluded a treaty of commerce on the most equitable bafis, and reciprocally advantageous to the two nations, which thall fecure to each of them, with its ally, a marked preference for the productions of its foil or manufactures, or at leaft advantages equal to thofe which the most favoured nations enjoy in their respective ftates. The two powers engage to make inftantly a common caufe to reprefs and annihilate the maximis adopted by any country whatever, which may be fubverfive of their prefent principles, and which may bring into danger the fafety of the neutral flag, and the refpect which is due to it, as well as to raife and re-establish the colonial fyftem of Spain on the footing on which it has fubfifted, or ought to fubfift, conformably to treatics. 16. The character and jurifdiction of the confuls fhall be at the fame time recognized and regulated, by a particular convention. Thofe anterior to the prefent treaty thall be provifionally executed. 17. To avoid every difpute between the two powers, they fhall be bound to employ themfelves im.mediately, and without delay, in the explanation and developement of the 7th article of the treaty of Bafle, concerning the frontiers, conformable to the inftructions, plans, and memoirs, which shall be communicated through the medium of the plenipotentiaries who negotiate the prefent treaty. 18. England, being the only power againft, which Spain has direct grievances, the prefent alliance fhall not be executed unless against her during the prefent war; and Spain fhall remain neuter with refpect to the other powers armed again the republic. 19. The ratifications of the prefent treaty fhall be exchanged within a month from the date of its being figned. Done at Ildephonfo, 2 Fructidor, (Aug. 19) the 4th year of the French republic, one and indivifible. (Signed) PERIGNON, and the PRINCE OF PEACE. The executive directory refolves on and figns the prefent offenfive and defenfive treaty of alliance with his Catholic majesty the king of Spain, negotiated in the name of the French republic by citizen Dominique Catherine Perignon, general of divifion, founded on powers to that effect by a refolution of the exceutive directory, dated 20 Meflidor, (Sept. 6) and charged with its inftructions. Done at the National Palace of the Executive Directory, the fourth year of the French republic, one and indivisible. Conformable to the original. (Signed) KEVEILLIERE LEPEAUX, prefi. By the Executive Directory, LAGARDE, fecretary general. This treaty was ratified on the 26 Fructidor, (Sept. 12) by the Council of Elders. Treas Treaty between France and Pruffia. HIS majefty the king of Pruffia and the French republic having deemed it proper to modify, in a manner agreeable to exifting circumftances, the ftipulations relative to the neutrality of the northern part of Germany agreed upon by the treaty of Bafle, the 5th of April, 1795, and by the convention of the 17th of May; they named, to concert on that subject, viz. his Pruffian majefty, Sieur Chretien Henry Count de Haugwiltz, his minister of ftate for the war department; and the French republic, citizen Antoine Bernard Caillard, its minifter plenipotentiary at Ber. Jin, who, having mutually exchanged their powers, have agreed on the following articles: The French republic will abftain from extending the operations of the war, and from fending troops, either by land or fea, into the fates included in the following line of demarcation: This line to begin from the part of the Duchy of Holftein, fituated on the North fea, extending down the coaft of that fea, on the fide of Germany, and including the territory in which the Elbe difembogues itfelf, together with the Wefer and the Ems, as well as the islands fituated in those diftri&ts, as far as Forcum, from thence to the frontiers of Holland, as far as Anholt, paffing Herenbergh, and including the Pruffian poffeffions near Sevenaer, as far as Bair on the Yfel; it will then continue down that river to the place where it mixes its waters with the Rhine; the line will then go up the latter river as far as Wefel, and farther on, to the place where the Roer throws itself into the Rhine; it will then extend along the left bank of the Roer to its fource; after which, leaving the city of Nedebach to the left, it will take its direction towards the Eder, the courfe of which it will follow until that river meets the Fuld, and then it will go up that river as far as its fource. The French republic will confider as neutral ftates all thofe in the line, on condition that they observe on their fide a ftri&t neutrality; the first point of which will be to furnifh, for the future, for the continuation of the war, no pecuniary contributions of any kind what ever; to order back immediately, if they had not already done fo, their refpective contingent troops, and that in the pace of two months, from the figning of the prefent treaty; and not to contract any new engagement, which may authorize them to furnish troops to the powers at war with France, The ftates which do not act agreeably to thefe conditions, fhall be excluded from the benefit of the neutrality. As for that part of the county of La Marck, which, being on the left bank of the Roer, is not included in the above line, it will nevertheless enjoy the benefits of this treaty in the fullest extent: but his Pruffiau majefty confents to allow the troops of the belligerent powers to pafs through it, on condition that they do not there eftablifh the theatre of war, nor poffefs themselves of entrenched pofitions, &c. &c. Given at Berlin, Auguft 5th, 1796, old ftyle, and the 18th Thermidor, 4th year of the French republic. (Signed) CHRETIEN HAUGWILTZ, ANTOINE CAILLARD. Treaty Treaty of Peace between the French republic and the Infant Duke of Parma, Placentia, and Guoftalla. THE French republic and his royal highnefs the infant duke of Parma, Placentia, and Guaftalla, defiring to re-establish the ties of amity which formerly fubfifted between the two ftates, and to put an end, as much as in their power, to the calamities of war, have accepted, with eagerness, the mediation of his Catholic majesty, and have named for the plenipotentiaries, that is to fay, the executive directory, in the name of the French republic, the citizen Charles Delacroix, minifter of foreign affairs, and his royal highness the infant duke of Parma, Meffieurs the count Pierre Politi and Don Louis Boll; who, after having exchanged their respective powers, have determined upon and concluded definitively the following articles, under the mediation of his Catholic majesty, exercifed by the marquis del Campo, his ambaffador to the French republic, who has alfo prefented his fall powers: ART. 1. There fhall be peace and amity between the French republic and his royal highness the infant duke of Parma; the two powers fhall carefully abftain from every thing that may alter the good harmony and union established between them by the present treaty. 2. Every act, engagement, or anterior convention, on the part of one or other of the two contracting powers, which might be contrary to the prefent treaty, fhall be confidered as null and void. In confequence, during the course of the prefent war, neither of the two powers fhall furnith to the enemies of the other any fuccours in troops, arms, warlike ammunition, provi fions, or money, under whatever title and denomination it may be. 3. The infant duke of Parma engages not to permit the emigrants, or banished perfons of the French republic, to ftop or fojourn in his state. 4. The French republic and his royal highness the infant duke of Parma engage to remove the fequeftration from all the effects, revenues, or goods, which may have been feized, confifcated, detained, or fold, from the citizens or fubjects of the other power, relative to the prefent war, and to admit them to the legal exercife of the actions or rights belonging to them. 5. The contributions ftipulated in the convention of armistice, figned at Placentia on the 20th of last Floreal, between general Buonaparte in the name of the French republic, and the marquifes Pelleviene and Phillippo delle Rofa in the name of the infant duke of Parma, fhall be fully difcharged. There hall neither be levied nor exacted any other; if there have been levied any contributions in money, or required any fupplies in provifions, beyond what is fettled by the faid convention, the contributions in money thall be reimbursed, and the provifions paid for at the current price at the time of delivery. There fhall be named on each part, if neceffary, commiffaries to execute the prefent article. 6. From the fignature of the prefent treaty the ftates of his royal highness the infant duke of Parma fhall be treated as thofe of friendly and neutral powers; if there fhall be fupplied any neceffaries to the troops troops of the republic, by his royal highness or his fubjects, they fhall be paid for at a price agreed upon. 7. The troops of the republic fhall enjoy a free paßage through the ftates of the infant duke of Parma. 8. One of the contracting powers fhall not grant a free paffage to the troops of the enemy of the other. 9. The French republic and his Toyal highness the infant duke of Parma defiring to establish and augment by ftipulations, reciprocally advantageous, the commercial relations that exifted between their citizens and respective fubjects, determined as follows: 10. Silks, grain, rice, olive oil, cattle, cheese, wines, and other articles, the produce of the eftates of his royal highness, fhall be exported to the territories of the republic without any reftrictions beyond thofe which the exigencies of the country may render necellary. The faid reftrictions fhall never attach folely and especially upon the French citizen. There fhall even be granted every degree of preference for the purchafe of the objects (mentioned or alluded to in the prefent article) of which circumftances may fufpend or reftrain the exportation. 11. All articles being the produce of the republic, its colonies or fitheries, fhall be imported, free of duty, into the ftates of his royal highnels, and exported from France, fubject only to fuch reftrictions as local circumftances may render neceffary. 12. All articles of French manufacture thall likewife be imported to the ftates of his royal highnets, unless he may deem it expedient, for the profperity of his own ma nufactures, to impofe certain refrictions or prohibitions; but these reftrictions fhall in no cafe operate againt French manufactures exclufively, to which bis royal highnefs even undertakes to give all the preference he can confiftently with the profperity of the manufactures of his own ftates. The above articles thall be executed with the moft fcrupulous reciprocity for the introduction of the manufactures of his royal highnefs's ftates into France. 13. The mutual duties on exports and imports fhall be regulated by a separate convention: in cafe that fuch convention fhould not be ratified by the republic, it is exprefsly agreed that the faid duties fhall be reciprocally afcertained and collected in the mode obferved with the countries the moft favoured by the republic. 14. The produce of the lands of the republic, her colonies and fisheries, thall be conveyed freely through the flates of his royal highnefs, or lodged in warehoufes on their way to the other ftates of Italy, without the payment of cuftoms, and liable only to a certain toll on their paffage, for the fupport of the highways; which fhall be regulated with all poflible difpatch, and founded on a moderate footing between the contracting parties, at fo much per quintal per league, The toll thall be payable..at the firft office for entering the goods. The above article thall also be in force in all parts of the republic; and all goods and merchandife the produce of the fiates of his royal highnefs the infant duke of Parma fhall be fubject to the fame regulations as above. And, As the right of tell above men tioned has been retained only with a view to contribute to the support of the bridges and highways, it is exprefsly ftipulated that the goods and merchandise conveyed by the rivers and navigable canals thall be reciprocally exempt from duties of every defcription. The contracting parties refpectively shall adopt the necellary meafures for the due execution of the prefent and preceding articles. 15. In conformity to the fixth article of the treaty concluded at the Hague, the 22d Floreal, 3d year, the peace concluded by the prefent. treaty is declared common with the Batavian republic. 16. The prefent treaty fhall, be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged in one month at most from the prefent day, exclufively. Done at Paris, in the 5th year of the French republic, one and indivifible. SEPARATE ARTICLE. His royal highness ftipulates to grant a remifiion of one-fourth of the rights of importation on the goods and merchandife, being the produce of the republic, her colonies, fisheries, and manufactures, deftined for the home confumption of the ftates, and alfo the right of exportation on the goods and merchandife, the produce of the ftates, and deftined for the foreign potlef fions of the republic; provided the French republic agree to a reciprocal diminution of duties. I. On the goods and merchandife arifing from the ftates of his royal highnefs, at their entry on the territory of the republic. II. On all goods and merchandife, the produce of the republie on being exported for the states of his royal highness. Done at Paris, the day and year as above. (Signed) CH. DELACROIX. COUNT POLITI. LOUIS BOLLA. 4 Proclamation by F. Santhonax, J. Raymond, M. Giraud, G. Leblanch, and P. Romme, Commiffioners delegated by the French Government to the Windward lands of St. Domingo. To all the Citizens of the Colony, and to all those who compose the Land and Sea Forces deftined for its defence. CITIZENS, AFTER fo many ftorms and critical emergencies, infeparable concomitants of a revolution, France enjoys at last a conftitution worthy of a people who know how to value liberty. Already under a truly republican government, the French people begin to reft from their long and arduous toil, and to enjoy the happy effects of the liberty which they have attained. Firmly refolved to cause the conftitution to be executed, the Executive Directory is conftantly employed in fearching out means to have it eftablished in all parts of the Republic. The fixth article of the conftitution ftates, That the French colonies are infeparable parts of the Republic, and fubjected to the fame conftitutional law. It is particularly for the execution of that article, that we have received from the government the honourable miflion intrufted to us; and, at the fame time, to let you know |