any manner, be at the charge of the Batavian republic; the French government being guarantied to this effect towards the said republic. By the KING.-A Proclamation, Declaring the Conclusion of the War. G. R. The undersigned plenipotentiary WHEREAS by an act, passed of the Batavian republic, in the name of his government, accepts the above declaration, as explanatory of the aforesaid 18th article of the definitive treaty, signed this day by the plenipotentiaries of the four contracting powers. The present act shall be presented at the ratification of the two respective governments, and the ratifications exchanged in due form. Done at Ameins, March 27th. (Signed) J. Bonaparté, R. J. Schimmelpenninck. in the 34th year of our reign, intituled, An act for the furs, ther encouragement of British mariners, and for other purposes therein mentioned, various provisions are made which are directed to take effect from and after the expiration of six months from the conclusion: of the them existing war, to be notified in manner therein mentioned ; and it is thereby further enacted, that, for the purposes of the said act, the conclusion of the said war shall be holden to be from the time that the same shail be notified by our royal proclamation, or order in council, to be published in the By the KING.-A Proclamation. London Gazette: And whereas a G. R. W HEREAS a definitive treaty of peace and friendship between us, the French republic, his Catholic majesty, and the Batavian republic, hath been concluded at Amiens, on the twenty-seventh day of March last, and the ratifications thereof have been duly exchanged: in conformity thereunto, We have thought fit hereby to command that the same be published throughout all our dominions; and we do declare to all our loving subjects our will and pleasure, that the said treaty of peace and friendship be observed inviolably as well by sea as land, and in all places whatsoever; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice hereof, and to conform themselves thereunto accordingly. Given at our court at Windsor, definitive treaty of peace has been duly ratified between us, the French republic, his Catholic majesty, and the Batavian republic; We have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of our privy council, for the purposes of the said act, hereby to notify and declare the conclusion of the said war, by this our royal proclamation, to be published in the London Gazette; and we do direct the same to be published accordingly.. Given at our court at Windsor, Extract of a Letter from his Excel lency Lord St Helen's to the Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, dated Petersburgh, April 2, 1802. HAVE the satisfaction of transmitting to your lordship the Swedish act of accession to the cons Rr 4 vention vention of the 17th June 1801, which was signed (with its duplicate) on the 30th past, by myself, and the baron de Stedingk, and instruments of a like tenor were at the same time interchanged between that minister and the plenipotentiaries of his Imperial majesty. I have moreover the satisfaction of being enabled to assure your lordship, that the Swedish ambassador has been distinctly informed by the count de Kotschoubey, that as the motives which had occasioned the late revival of the system of the armed neutrality were now happily done away, that system is consiaered by this court as completely annulled and abandoned, not only as a general code of maritime law, but even in its more limited meaning of a specific engagement between the Russians and the other confede rates. Convention between his Britannic same: that is to say, his Britannic majesty has named for his plenipotentiary the right honourable Robert Banks Jenkinson, commonly called lord Hawkesbury, one of his majesty's most honourable privy council, and his principal secretary of state for foreign aflairs; and the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate thereof, has named, for their plenipotentiary, Rufus King, esq. minister plenipotentiary of the said United States to his Britannic majesty, who have agreed to and concluded the following articles: Art. I. In satisfaction and discharge of the money which the United States might have been liable to pay in pursuance of the provisions of the said 6th article, which is hereby declared to he cancelled and annulled, except so far as the same may relate to the exccution of the said 7th article, the United States of America hereby engage to pay, and his Britannic majesty consents to accept for the use of the persons described in the said 6th article, the sum of 600,000l. sterling, payable at the time and place, and in the manner following, that is to say, DIFFICULTIES having arisen the said sum of 600,000 sterling in the execution of the 6th article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, concluded at London, on the 4th day of November 1794, between his Britannic majesty and the United States of America, and in consequence thereof the proceedings of the commissioners under the 7th article of the same treaty having been suspended, the parties to the said treaty being equally desirous, as far as may be, to obviate such difficulties, have respectively named plenipotentiaries to treat and agree, respecting the. shall be paid at the city of Washington, in three annual instalments of 200,000l. sterling each, and to such person or persons as shall be authorized by his Britannic majesty to receive the same; the first of the said instalments to be paid at the. expiration of one year; the second instalment at the expiration of two years; and the third and last instalment at the expiration of three years, next following the exchange of the ratifications of this convention: and to prevent any disagreement concerning the rate of exchange, the said payments shall be made in the money of the said Uuited States, reckoning four dollars and forty-four cents, to be equal to one pound sterling. Art. II. Whereas it is agreed by the 4th article of the definitive treaty of peace, concluded at Paris on the 3d day of September 1783, between his Britannic majesty and the United States, that creditors on either side should meet with no lawful impediments to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bond fide debts theretofore contracted, it is hereby declared, that the said 4th article, so far as it respects its future operations, is hereby recognized, confirmed, and declared to be binding and obligatory upon his Britannic majesty and the said United States, and the same shall be accordingly observed with punctuality and good faith-and so as the said creditors shall hereafter meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of their bona fide debts. Art. III. It is furthermore agreed and concluded that the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the 7th article of the said treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, and whose proceedings have been suspended as aforesaid, shall, immediately after the signature of this convention, reassemble and proceed in the execution of their duties according to the provisions of the said 7th article, except only that instead of the sums awarded by the said commissioners, being made payable at the time or times by them appointed, all sums of money by them awarded to be paid to American or British claimants, according to the provisions of the said 7th article, shall be made payable in three equal instalments; the first whereof to be paid at the expiration of one year; the second at the expiration of two years; and the third and last at the expiration of three years next after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention. Art. IV. This convention, when the same shall have been ratified by his majesty and the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate thereof, and the respective ratifications duly exchanged, shall be binding and obligatory upon his majesty and the said United States. In faith whereof, we the undersigned plenipotentiaries of his Britannic majesty and of the United States of America, by virtue of our respective full powers, have signed this present convention, and have caused the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at London, January 8, 1802. (Signed) Hawkesbury. Rufus King. Notice issued in consequence of the Convention with the American Whereas, by the first article of the convention concluded at London, on the 8th day of January last, between his majesty and the United States of America, the said United States, in satisfaction and discharge of the money which they might have been liable to pay in pursuance of the provisions of the 6th article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, concluded at London, on the 4th day of November 1794, between his majesty and the said United States (which 6th article was, by the said convention declar ed ed to be cancelled and annulled, except so far as the same might relate to the execution of the seventh article of the said treaty), engaged to pay, and his majesty engaged to accept, for the use of the persons described in the said sixth article, the sum of six hundred thousand pounds sterling, payable at the city of Washington, in three annual instalments of two hundred thousand pounds each, and to such person and persons as should be authorized by his majesty to receive the same; the first of the said instalments to be paid at the expiration of one year, the second at the expiration of two years, and the third and last instalment at the expiration of three years, next following the exchange of the ratification of the said convention and by the second article of the said convention, the fourth article of the definitive treaty of peace, concluded at Paris on the 3d day of September 1783, between his majesty and the said United States, was, so far as respected its future operation, recognised and confirmed, so as that the creditors therein described should thereafter meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value, in sterling money, of their bona fide debts. All persons claiming the benefit of the said first article of the said convention, are hereby required to lodge, without delay, their several claims in writing, duly subscribed by the respective claimants, or their agents, with James William Hay, esq. at the office, No. 7, Great Marlborough-street; and that they therein specially set forth, 1st. Their national character entitling them to claim as his majesty's subjects: 2dly, The nature and origin of their several debts and demands, and the total amount thereof, principal and interest, reduced to sterling money (the interest being separately stated and distinguished from the principal), with a reference to schedules annexed; the said schedules to contain lists or accounts of the particular debts, the names of the debtors, and their situations and circumstances, so far as the same can be stated, at and subsequent to the conclusion of the peace between his majesty and the said United States: 3dly, Whether the claimants have at any time proceeded, or are now proceeding at law, in America, for recovering payment of the saiď debts; and if not, why they have not so proceeded, or are not so proceeding at law? And lastly, The evidence, written or parole, which they are ready or undertake to bring forward in support of their several statements and demands. And all claimants who do not reside in London, or the immediate neighbourhood thereof, are required to appoint agents there residing; and at the time of lodging their claims, to give notice of the names and places of abode of their said agents at the said office. Further, it is hereby required, that all relative or incidental representations, statements, and applications, shall be made in writing, duly signed by the claimants or their agents, and lodged at the office, where all necessary inquiries respecting the above matter, and the proceedings therein, may be made, and there only. Office, No. 7, Letter Letter from the Secretary of State to Colonel Hislop, respecting Settiers at Trinidad.. Downing Street, April 2, 1802. Sir, T being the intention of his majesty that lands should be granted at Trinidad, upon very favourable terms, to such British subjects as may be inclined to remove to that island with their negroes from the colonies which are shortly to be restored to the Batavian republics I am to desire that you will make this intention generally known to the British subjects resident in Demerara, and acquaint them that the specific terms upon which such grants are to be made, will very shortly bé communicated to governor Picton, who will, at the same time, receive instructions for carrying the intentions of government into execution. I have the honour to be, sir, To colonel Hislop, &c. &c, Official Note delivered by the Reis Effendi to Alexander Straton, Esq. at a Conference in his Excellency's House on the Canal, the 29th July 1802. T behoves the character of true friendship and sincere regard to promote with cheerfulness all such affairs and objects as may be reciprocally useful, and may have a rank among the salutary fruits of those steady bonds of alliance and perfect good harmony which happily subsist between the sublime Porte and the court of Great Britain; and as permission has heretofore been granted for the English merchant ships to navigate in the Black Sea for the purposes of trade, the same having been a voluntary trait of his Imperial. majesty's own gracious heart, as more amply appears by an official note presented to our friend the English minister residing at the sublime Porte, dated 3 Gemaziel Ahir 1214-This present "Takrir" (official note) is issued; the Imperial Ottoman court, hereby engaging that the same treatment shall be observed towards the English merchant ships coming to that sea, as is offered to ships of powers most favoured by the sublime Porte, on the score of that navigation. The 29 Rebiul Evvel 1217 Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Regency of Tunis. THE first consul of the French republic, wishing to renew the articles of peace anciently agreed upon between France and Tunis, and to add thereto new articles, has appointed for this purpose Jacques Devoize, who by virtue of full powers given to him as the representative of the first consul of the French republic, has agreed, with his excellency Hamouda Pacha Bey and the divan of Tunis, upon the following additional articles: 1. The first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French peopley and his excellency Hamouda Pacha Bey, and the divan of Tunis, do confirm and renew all preceding treaties, particularly that of 1742. 2. The French nation shall be maintained in the enjoyment of all those |