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that a trial might be instituted 
according to the law, and the 
French minister was then made 
acquainted with it. Such a conduct, 
by which the government is assured 
to have aéted in conformity with 
the system of neutrality, and with 
the edié& by which the mode of 
its execution is prescribed, could 
not be interpreted in an unfavour- 
able manner, but by some ill- 
disposed persons, and by thei in- 
sidiously exposed to the British 
Minister, in order to determine 
him to bring a complaint. The 
republic therefore has not altered 
in the least its condué&t, nor has it 
in the least deviated on this occa- 
sion from that regularity which is 
the leading charafter of justice. 
The ‘republic therefore cannot 
help remarking its surprize, in ob- 
serving, by the note of the British 
minister, that (independent of the 
instructions received from his court 
upon the new point which con- 
stitutes the substance of the said 
note) he has thought proper to in- 
sist upon an explicit answer, even 
in regard to the quality and obser- 
vance of the neutrality of Genoa. 
The adoption of the diplomatic 
measure (the importance of which 
cannot but be too well known to 
the British minister) in respeét to 
a free government, which never 
ceases to conform its operations to 
the stri€test impartiality, cannot 
reasonably shake the firmness by 
which it is directed. 
But as the unfavourable colour 
of the transa€tion, which involves 
the neutrality of the republic, must 
yield to the truth of the fatt, the 
said government rests assured, that 
it will not in future make any such 
unfavourable and injurious im- 
pressions on the mind of the British 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1705. 
minister as was expressed by him 
in terms that the king hissovereign, 
who respects the dignity of others 
in his own, would not permit to 
be inserted in the note presénted 
by his minister. 
Treaty between Anerica and Algicrs. 
Treaty of Peace and Amity, con- 
cluded this present Day, Lima 
Artasi, the Twenty-first of the 
Safer Year of the Hegira, r2to, 
corresponding with Saturday, 
the sth of September, 1795, 
between Hassan Bashaw, Dey of 
Algiers, his Divan and Subje¢ts, 
and George Washington, Pre- 
sident of the United States of 
North America, and the Citi- 
zens of the said United States. 
Art. 1. From the date of the 
present treaty there shall subsist a 
firm and sincere peace and amity 
between the president and citizens 
of the United States of North 
America, and Hassan Bashaw, 
dey of Algiers, his divan and sub. 
jects ; the vessels and subjects of 
both nations reciprocally treating 
each other with civility, honour, 
and respect. 
2. All vessels belonging to the 
citizens of the United States of 
North America shall be permitted 
to enter the different ports of the re. 
gency, totrade with our subjects, or 
any other persons residing within 
our jurisdiction, on paying the usual 
duties at our custom-house that are 
paid by all nations at peace with 
this regency ; observing, that all 
goods disembarked, and not sold 
here, shall be permitted to be re. 
embarked, without paying any 
duty whatever, either for disem-* 
barking or embarking. All naval 
and 
