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SIEGE OE MINORCA. 
ARTICLE 6tli. 
Asked.— 
That the Governour shall not be 
answerable for all Houses burned, 
and destroyed during the time of 
the siege. 
Reply.— 
Granted for the Houses burned 
and destroyed during the Siege; 
but certain papers of the Court of 
Admiralty, which have been carried 
into the Fort, shall be restored, as 
also the papers belonging to the 
Town house, which have been car¬ 
ried away by the receiver, and the 
papers belonging to certain French 
Merchants Ships relating to their 
Cargoes, which have been likewise 
detained. 
ARTICLE 7th. 
Asked.— 
When the Garrison quits the No Soldier shall be encouraged 
place, it shall not be permitted to to desert, and the Officers shall have 
decoy the Soldiers in order to make entire authority over them to the 
them desert from their Regiments, time of their embarkation, 
and the Officers shall have access 
to them at all times. 
ARTICLE 8th. 
Asked.— 
That exact Discipline shall be Granted, 
kept up on both sides. 
ARTICLE 9th. 
Asked.— 
That such inhabitants of the Is¬ 
land as have joined in the defence 
of the Garrison, shall be permitted 
to remain and enjoy their proper¬ 
ties in the Island ; unmolested. 
His Excellency Lt General Blake- 
ney and the Marshal De Richelieu, 
have it not in their power to pre¬ 
scribe limits, or extend the authority 
of the Kings their masters over their 
subjects, it would be restraining 
their power to oblige them to re¬ 
ceive into their Dominions, persons, 
whom they would not think proper 
to be established there. 
ARTICLE 10th. 
Asked.— 
That all prisoners of War shall The Prisoners of War made dur- 
be delivered up, on both sides. mg the Siege shall be restored; 
therefore the French upon return¬ 
ing those they have shall receive 
the two piquets which were taken 
in going to join the French Squad¬ 
ron, the Day Admiral Bing appeared 
before Mahon. 
