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the Prince Regent, and wishing to 

 save the colony from total destruc- 

 tion, and to preserve his august 

 master's subjects, who had given 

 hina so many proofs of their attach- 

 mentand fidelity, the commissioner 

 of his imperial and royal majesty 

 surrenders the colony to the forces 

 of his royal highness the Prince Re- 

 gent on the following conditions : 



Art. 1. The garrison shall march 

 out with their arms and baggage 

 and all the honours of war; the 

 officers shall retain their side arms, 

 and those of their stafFtheir horses ; 

 the garrison shall lay down their 

 arras and engage not to serve against 

 his royal highness and his allies 

 during one )'ear. 



2. Vessels shall be furnished at 

 the expence of his royal highness 

 the Prince Regent, to carry the 

 garrison, the officers, civil and mi- 

 litary, and all those employed in 

 the service, with their families and 

 efiPects, direct to France, with as 

 little delay as possible. 



3. A convenient vessel shall be 

 furnished to convey to France the 

 commissioner of the emperor, com- 

 manding in chief, his family, his offi- 

 cers, his suit and effects ; the chief 

 of theadministration of the finances, 

 the commander of the troops, the 

 inspector and the commandant of 

 artillery, with their families. 



4. A convenient delay shall be 

 granted to the officers, who have 

 property in the colony, to settle 

 their affairs. 



5. The arsenals, batteries and 

 every thing belonging to the artille- 

 ry, tire small arms and powder ma- 

 gazines, and the provision stores, 

 •hall be given up by inventory, and 

 in the state in which they are now, 

 and the same shall be pointed out. 



6- The slaves on both sides shall 



be disarmed, and sent to their re- 

 spective plantations. The French 

 negroes whom the commanders by 

 sea and land of his royal highness 

 the Prince Regent have engaged 

 for the service during the war, and 

 to whom in virtue of their orders 

 they have given their freedom, shall 

 be sent out of the colony, as they 

 can only remain there in future an 

 object of trouble and dissention. — 

 The commanders engage, as they 

 have promised, to solicit of his royal 

 highness the Prince Regent, the re- 

 placing of those slaves, as an in- 

 demnity in favour of the inhabitants 

 to whom they belong. 



7. The papers, plans and other 

 articles belonging to the engineer 

 department, shall be equally given 

 up. 



8. The sick and wounded who 

 are obliged to remain in the colony, 

 may leave it, with all that belong to 

 them, as soon as they are in a situa- 

 tion to do so ; in the mean time 

 they shall be treated as they have 

 been hitherto. 



9. Private property, of whatever 

 nature or description, shall be re- 

 spected, and the inhabitants may 

 dispose of it as heretofore. 



10. The inhabitants of the colony 

 shall preserve their properties and 

 may reside there, conforming to 

 the orders and forms established 

 by the sovereign under which they 

 remain ; they shall be at liberty to 

 sell their properties and retire 

 wherever it may suit them, without 

 any obstacle. 



11. The civil laws known in 

 France under the title of the Napo- 

 leon Code, and in force in the colo- 

 ny, shall be observed and executed 

 until the peace between the two na- 

 tions; the magistrates shall only de- 

 cide on the interests of individuals, 



and 



