334 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1797. 
mitted. The Portuguefe veffels 
fhall enjoy in France the moft exact 
reciprocity. 
XII. The French confuls and 
vice-confuls fhall enjoy privileges, 
immunities, prerogatives, and jurif- 
dictions, as they enjoyed them be- 
fore the war, and as they are enjoy- 
ed by the moft favoured nations. 
XII. The ambaffador or minif- 
ter of the French Republic at the 
court of Portugal, fhall enjoy the 
fame immunities, prerogatives, and 
privileges as French ambaffadors 
enjoyed previous to the war. 
XIV. All the French citizens, as 
well as the individuals compofing 
the eftablifhment of the ambaffador 
er minifter of the councils, and 
other agents accredited and ac- 
knowledged by the French Repub- 
lic, fhall enjoy in the ftates of Her 
Moft Faithful Majefty the fame li- 
berty of worfhip as is enjoyed by 
the moft favoured nations in this 
re{pect. 
The prefent, and two preceding 
articles, fhall be reciprocally obferv-" 
ed by the French Republic with re- 
gard to the ambafladors, minifters, 
confuls, and other agents of Her 
Moft Faithful Majetty. 
XV. All the prifoners made on 
both fides, including marines and 
failors, fhall be given up ina month, 
reckoning from the exchange of the 
ratification of the prefent treaty, on 
payment of the debts they fhall have 
contracted during their captivity. 
‘Fhe fick and wounded {hall conti- 
nue to be taken care of in the re- 
{pective hofpitals: they fhall be 
given up immediately after they 
are cured. 
XVI. The peace and good friend- 
fhip re-eftablifhed by the prefent 
treaty between the French Repub- 
lic and Her Moft Faithful Majefty, 
are declared to extend in common 
to the Batavian Republic. 
XVII. The prefent treaty fhall 
be ratified, and the ratification ex- 
changed in two months, reckoning 
from this day. 
Done, performed, concluded, 
figned, and confirmed, to wit, 
by me Charles Delacroix, by 
the feal for foreign affairs, and 
by me the Chevalier d’Aran- 
jo, by the feal of my arms, at 
Paris, the 23d Thermidor, 
fifth year of the French Re- 
public, anfwering to the 10th 
of Auguit, old ftyle. 
(Signed) 
- CHARLES DELACROIX, 
Ant. D’Aranjo Dazevepo. 
The Executive Directory agrees to 
fign this prefent treaty between Her 
Moft Faithful Majefty the Queen 
of Portugal, negotiated in the name 
of the Republic by citizen Charles 
Delacroix, Minifter Plenipotentia- 
ry, invefted with powers to that ef- 
fe& by adecree of the 30th laft 
Meffidor, and charged by his in- 
ftructions. 
Done at the national palace of 
the Executive Directory, the 
24th Thermidor, 5th year 
of the Republic, one and in- 
divifible. For the fake of 
expedition, 
(Signed) REVELLIERE LEPAUX, 
Prefident. 
By the Executive Directory, 
LaGaRDE, Sec. Gen.* 
Convention 
* The Executive Directory, however, by a decree of the 26th Oétober, declar- 
ed this treaty null and void.——The following is a copy of the decree : 
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