292 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



restrains the transportation of mer- 

 chandize to the vessels of the coun- 

 try of which it is the growth or 

 manufacture, to establish against 

 such nation retaliatingregulations; 

 and also the right to prohibit in their 

 respective countries the importation 

 and exportation of all merchandize 

 whatsoever, when reasons of state 

 shall require it. In this case, the 

 subjects or citizens of either of the 

 contracting parties shall not import 

 or export the merchandize prohibit- 

 ed by the other. But if one of the 

 contracting parties permits any 

 other nation to import or export 

 the same merchandize, the citizens 

 or subjects of the other shall imme- 

 diately enjoy the same liberty. 



Art. 5. The merchants, com- 

 manders of vessels, or other subjects 

 or citizens of either party, shall not, 

 within the ports or jurisdiction of 

 the other, be forced to unload any 

 sort of merchandize in any other 

 vessels, nor receive them into their 

 own, nor to wait for their being 

 loaded longer than they please. 



Art. t>. That the vessels of either 

 party, loading within the ports of 

 jurisdiction of the other, maynotbe 

 uselessly harassed, or detained, it|is 

 agreed, that all examinations of 

 goods, required by the laws, shall 

 be made before they are laden on 

 board the vessel, and that there 

 shall be no examination after; nor 

 shall the vessel be searched, at any 

 time, unless articles shall have been 

 laden therein clandestinely and il- 

 legally; in which case the person by 

 whose order they were carried on 

 board, or who carried them with- 

 out order, shall be liable to the laws 

 of the land in wliich he is ; but no 

 other person shall be molested, nor 

 fihall any other goods, nor the ves- 



sel, be seized or detained for that 

 cause. 



Art. 7- Each party shall endea- 

 vour, by all the means in their 

 power, to protect and defend all ' 

 vessels and other effects belonging 

 to the citizens or subjects of the \ 

 other, which shall be within the ^ 

 extent of their jurisdiction by sea or 

 by land ; and shall use all their ef- 

 forts to recover, and cause to be 

 restored to their right owners, their 

 vessels and their effects, which shall 

 be taken from them within the ex- 

 tent of their said jurisdiction. 



Art. 8. The vessels of the subjects 

 or citizens of either party coming 

 on any coast belonging to the other, 

 but not willing to enter into port, or 

 who entering into port are not wil- 

 ling to unload their cargoes or break 

 bulk, shall have liberty to depart, 

 and to pursue their voyage, with- 

 out molestation, and without being 

 obliged to render any account of their 

 cargo, or to pay any duties, char- 

 ges or fees whatsoever, except those 

 established for vessels entered into 

 port, and appropriated to the main- 

 tenance of the port itself, or of 

 other establishments for the safety 

 and convenience of navigators ; 

 which duties, charges and fees 

 shall be the same, and shall be paid 

 on the same footing, as in the case 

 of subjects or citizens of the country 

 where they are established. 



Art. 9- When any vessel of ei- 

 ther party shall be wrecked, foun- 

 dered, or otherwise damaged on the 

 coasts or within the dominions of 

 the other, their respective citizens 

 or subjects shall receive, as well for 

 themselves as for their vessels and 

 effects, the same assistance which 

 would be due to the inhabitants of 

 the country where the damage hap- 



