STP E PAPE RS. 
Jar articles the produce of other 
nations. 
The sixteenth article relates to” 
the appointment of consuls for the 
protection of trade. 
The seventeenth article relates 
to vessels being captured or de- 
tained, on suspicion of having ene- 
my’s property on board. © Such 
property alone is to be taken out ; 
such vessels are to be permitted to 
proceed to sea with the remainder 
of their cargo. 
The eighteenth article decides 
what articles the term contraband 
can be applied to. 
The nineteenth article provides 
for the security of the respe¢tive 
subjects and citizens, and tor the 
preventing of injuries by men of 
War. 
The twentieth article relates to 
the refusal of the respective parties 
to receive pirates into any harbours 
or towns, and to the: seizure of 
goods and merchandize taken by 
pirates, ' 
The twenty-first article provides, 
that the subjects and citizens of 
the two nations shall not do any 
acts of hostility against each’other, 
and shall not accept commissions 
from foreign states or princes, to 
commit hostilities. 
' The twenty-second article pre- 
vents acts of reprisal, without due 
notice. ~ 
' The twenty-third relates to the 
treatment of ships, officers, and 
crews, in the respeétive ports of 
‘the two powers. 
The twenty-fourth article pro- 
vides, that privateers of nations at 
enmity with either of the two 
‘powers, shall not arm their ships 
in the respeétive ports of the two 
powers, or sell what they have 
taken, Pim 
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The twenty-fifth allows the ships 
of war belonging to the said par. 
ties, to carry the ships and goods 
taken from their enemies, whither- 
soever they please. 
In case of war between the two 
nations, the twenty-sixth article 
permits the merchants and others, 
of each of the two nations, to re- 
side in the dominions of the other, 
and to continue their trade. 
The twenty-seventh articleagrees 
that the two powers shall respec- 
tively deliver up persons charged 
with murder and forgery. 
The twenty-eighth, alluding to 
the preceding articles, states, that 
the first ten articles shall be perma. 
nent, and that the subsequent arti~ 
cles (the twelfth excepted) shall be 
limited in their duration to twelve 
years. The treaty is to be bind. 
ing and obligatory as soon as it is 
ratified. 
The treaty is signed 
GRENVILLE, 
Joun Jay. 
Official Copy of the Treaty between 
the King of Spain and the Res 
public of France. 
THE French republic and his 
majesty the king of Spain, equally 
animated with a desire to put a stop 
to the calamities of the war which 
now disunites them, strongly con- 
vinced that there exist between 
the two nations respective interests 
which demand a reciprocal return 
of friendship and good understand. 
ing, and wishing, by a solid and 
durable peace, to re-establish that 
desirable harmony which had for 
a long time been the constant basis 
of the relations subsisting between 
the two countries, they have 
charged 
