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puolic, on account of their attach- 
ment to the interefts of the Houfe 
of Orange, or to the former go- 
vernment of the United Provinces, 
fhall be releafed, and fhall beat 
liberty to return to their country, 
and to refide therein, and to enjoy 
_ their property there, conforming 
themfelves to the laws and confti- 
tution there eftablifhed, 
XV.—The French Republic en- 
gages to conclude a definitive peace 
with her Moft Faithful Majefty on 
the fame footing of the ftate of pof- 
feffion before the war, and without 
any further demand or burthenfome 
condition being made on either 
fide. 
XVI.—All the ftipulations con- 
tained in this treaty, refpecting the 
time and manner of making the 
reftitutions therein mentioned, and 
all the privileges thereby referved 
to the inhabitants or proprietors in 
the iflands or territories reftored or 
ceded, fhall apply in like manner. 
to the reftitutions to be made by 
virtue of any of the. three laft arti- 
cles, viz. the XIIIth, XIVth, and 
XVth, except in thofe. inftances 
where the fame may be derogated 
from by the mutual confent of the 
arties concerned. 
XVII.—All former treaties of 
peace between the refpective par- 
ties, to whom the faid three articles 
relate, and which fubfifted and were 
in force at the commencement of 
hoftilities between them refpectiye- 
ly, fhall be renewed, except in fuch 
inftances only where the fame may 
be derogated from by mutual con- 
fent; and the articles of this treaty 
for the reftoration of prifoners, the 
ceifation of hoftilities, and the de- 
cifion relative to prizes and feizures, 
fhall equally apply to the refpective 
ANNUAL REGISTER,” 1797. 
parties to whom the faid three arti- 
cles relate, and fhall be held to be’ 
in full force between them, as foon 
as they fhall refpectively and in 
due form, have acceded to this 
treaty. : 
XVIII.—AIl fequeftrations im- 
pofed by any of the parties named 
in this treaty, on the rights, proper 
ties, or debts of individuals belong-: 
ing to any other of the faid parties, 
fhall be taken off, and the property, 
of whatever kind, fhall be reftored 
in the fulleft manner to the lawful 
owner, or juft. compenfation be 
made for it: And all complaints of 
injury done to private property, 
contrary to the ufual practice and: 
rules of war, and all claims of pri- 
vate rights or property which be- 
longed to individuals at the periods 
of the commencement of hoftilities 
refpectively between the faid par- 
ties, viz. Great Britain and Portu- 
galon the one fide, and, France, 
Spain, and Holland.on the other, 
and which ought, according to the 
ufual practice and laws of nations, 
to revive at the period of peace, 
fhall. be received, heard, and decid- 
ed, in the refpeétive courts of juftice 
of the..ditferent parties; and full 
juftice therein fhall be done by each~ 
of the faid parties to the fubjedcts 
and people of the other, in the fame 
manner as to their own fubijects on 
people. And if any complaint fhould 
arife refpecting the execution of this 
article, which complaint fhall not 
be fettled by ni pte be- 
tween the refpective governments 
within twelve months after the fame 
fhall have been preferred to them, 
the fame fhall be determined by 
fworn commiflioners to be appoint- 
ed on each fide, with power to call 
in an arbitrator. of any indifferent 
nation; 
