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and be found therein after the. 



reduction or surrender of such 

 place, be liable to confiscation, 

 but shall be restored to the pro» 

 prietors thereof : and, in order 

 to determine what characterizes 

 a blockaded port, that denomina- 

 tion is given onlv to a port where 

 there is, by the disposition of the 

 power which attacks it with 

 ships stationary or suflBciently 

 near, an evident danger in en= 

 tering. 

 Article XIII. Article XIII. It is agreed that 



Inadmissible. indemnity shall be made by his 



Britannic majesty to the citizens 

 of the United States, for all losses 

 and damages sustained by them 

 during the late war between 

 Great Britain and France, and pri- 

 or to the commencement of the 

 present war, by reason of irregu- 

 lar or illegal captures, seizures, 

 or condemnations of vessels and 

 other property, under colour of 

 authority, contrary to the known 

 and established rules of the law 

 of nations. And it is also agreed, 

 that indemnity shall be made, by 

 each of the contracting parties, 

 to the subjects or citizens of the 

 other party, for all losses and 

 damage sustained subsequent to 

 the commencement of the pre- 

 sent war, by reason of the sei«= 

 zure or condemnation of the 

 vessels or cargoes, belonging to 

 the subjects or citizens of the 

 other party, which, in the ordi- 

 nary course of commerce, hap- 

 Pj^ned, at the commencement of 

 hostilities, to be in the ports of 

 the other party ; and by reasoa 

 of the destruction of unfortified 

 towns, and the pillage or destruc- 

 tion of private property, and the 

 enticement and carrying away of 

 negroes, contrary to the known 

 md established rules and usages 



