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Tesnlt therefrom to either of the said contracting parties; and that the 

 titles taken or omitted, on either side, upon occasion of the said negotia- 

 tion, and of the present treaty, shali not be cited or quoted as a precedent. 



Art. 2. It has been agreed and determined that the French language, 

 made use of in all the copies of the present treaty, shall not form an ex- 

 ample which may be alleged or quoted as a precedent, or in any manner 

 prejudice either of the contracting powers; and that they shall conform, 

 for the future, to what has been observed and ought to be observed, with, 

 regard to, and on the part of powers who are in the practice and posses- 

 sion of giving and receiving copies of like treaties in a different language 

 from the French; the present treaty having, nevertheless, the same force 

 and virtue as it the aforesaid practice had been therein observed. 



In witness whereof, we, the underwritten ambassadors extraordinary 

 and ministers plenipotentiary of tlieir Britannic and Catholic Majesties, 

 have signed the present separate articles, and have caused the seals of our 

 arms to be affixed thereto. 



Done at Versailles, the third day of September, one thousand seven 

 hundred and eighty-three. 



LE COMPTE D'ARANDA. [l. s.] 

 MANCHESTER. [l. s.] 



DECLARATION, 



The new state m which commerce may perhaps he found, in all parts 

 of the world, will demand revisions and explanations of the subsisting 

 treaties; but an entire abrogation of those treaties, in whatever period it 

 might be, would throw comm.erce into sucli confusion as would be of in- 

 finite prejudice to it. 



In some of the treaties of this sort, there are not only articles which 

 relate merely to commerce, but many others which insure reciprocally, to 

 the respective subjects, privileges, facilities for conducting their affairs, 

 personal protections, and other advantages, which are not, and which 

 ought not to be of a changeable nature, such as the regulations relating 

 merely to the value of goods and merchandise, variable from circum- 

 stances of every kind. 



When, therefore, the state of the trade between the two nations shall be 

 treated upon, it is requisite to be understood that the alterations which may 

 be made in the subsisting treaties are to extend only to arrangements merely 

 commercial; and that the privileges and advantages, mutual and particu- 

 lar, be not only preserved on each side, but even augrtiented, if it can be 

 done. 



In this view, his Majesty has consented to the appointment of commis- 

 saries, on each side, who shall treat solely upon this object. 



Done at Versailles, the third of September, one thousand seven hun- 

 dred and eighty-three, 



MANCHESTER, [l. s.] 



COUNTER DECLARATION. 



The Catholic King, in proposing new arrangements of commerce, has 

 had no other design than to remedy, by the rules of reciprocity and mu- 

 tual convenience, whatever may be defective in preceding treaties of 

 commerce. The King of Great Britain may judge from thence, that the 



