our general and special command (yet fo as that the general do not derogate from the fpecial, or on the contrary) for Us and in our name, to meet and confer, as well fingly and feparately, as jointly, and in a body, with the Ambaffadors, Commiffaries, Deputies, and Plenipotentiaries of the Princes, whom it may concern, vested with fufficient power and authority for that purpose, and with them to agree upon, treat, confult and conclude, concerning the re-establishing, as foon as may be, a firm and lafting peace, and fincere friendship and concord; and whatever fhall be fo agreed and concluded, for Us and in our name, to fign, and to make a treaty or treaties, on what shall have been fo agreed and concluded, and to tranfact every thing elfe that may belong to the happy completion of the aforefaid work, in as ample a manner and form, and with the fame force and effect, as We ourfelves, if we were prefent, could do and perform; engaging and promifing, on our royal word, that We will approve, ratify and accept, in the best manner, whatever fhall happen to be tranfacted and concluded by our faid Plenipotentiary, and that We will never fuffer any perfon to infringe or act contrary to the fame, either in the whole or in part. In witnefs and confirmation whereof We have caused our great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to these presents, figned with our royal hand. Given at our Palace at St. James's, the 12th day of November, 1762, in the third year of our reign.

His Moft Chriftian Majefty's Full Power.

EWIS, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, To all who fhall fee these presents, Greeting. Whereas the Preliminaries, figned at Fontainbleau the third of November of the last year, laid the foundation of the peace re-established between us and our moft dear, and moft beloved good Brother and Coufin the King of Spain, on the one part, and our moft dear and most beloved good Brother the King of Great Britain, and our most dear and moft beloved good Brother and Coufin the King of Portugal on the other, We have had nothing more at heart fince that happy epoch, than to

confolidate

confolidate and strengthen in the most lasting manner, so falutary and fo important a work, by a folemn and definitive treaty between Us and the faid powers. For thefe causes, and other good confiderations, Us thereunto moving, We, trufting entirely in the capacity and experience, zeal and fidelity for our fervice, of our most dear and well-beloved Coufin, Cæfar Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praflin, Peer of France, Knight of our Orders, Lieutenant General of our Forces and of the province of Britany, Counsellor in all our Councils, Minifter and Secretary of State, and of our Commands and Finances, We have named, appointed, and deputed him, and by thefe prefents, figned with our hand, do name, appoint, and depute him our Minifter Plenipotentiary, giving him full and abfolute power to act in that quality, and to confer, negociate, treat and agree jointly with the Minifter Plenipotentiary of our moft dear and most beloved good Brother the King of Great Britain, the Minifter Plenipotentiary of our moft dear and most beloved good Brother and Coufin the King of Spain and the Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most beloved good Brother and Coufin the King of Portugal, vefted with full powers, in good form, to agree, conclude and fign such articles, conditions, conventions, declarations, definitive treaty, acceffions, and other acts whatfoever, that he shall judge proper for fecuring and ftrengthening the great work of peace, the whole with the fame latitude and authority that We ourselves might do,, if We were there in perfon, even though there fhould be fomething which might require a more special order than what is contained in these prefents, promifing on the faith and word of a King, to approve, keep firm and ftable for ever, to fulfil and execute punctually, all that our faid Coufin, the Duke of Praflin, fhall have ftipulated, promifed and figned, in virtue of the prefent full power, without ever acting contrary thereto, or permitting any thing contrary thereto, for any caufe, or under any pretence whatfoever, as alfo to caufe our letters of ratification to be expedited in good form, and to caufe them to be delivered, in order to be exchanged within the time that fhall be agreed upon. For fuch is our pleasure. In witness whereof, we have caused our Seal to be put to these pre

fents.

fents. Given at Versailles the 7th day of the month of February, in the year of Grace 1763, and of our reign the forty-eighth. Signed Lewis, and on the fold,. by the King, the Duke of Choifeul. Sealed with the great Seal of yellow Wax.

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His Catholick Majefty's full Power.

ON Carlos, by the grace of God, King of Castille, of Leon, of Arragon, of the two Sicilies, of Jerufalem, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Majorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Cordova, of Corfica, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the Algarves, of Algecira, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Islands, of the East and Weft Indies, Iflands and Continent, of the Ocean, Arch Duke of Auftria, Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant and Milan, Count of Hapfburg, of Flanders, of Tirol and Barcelona, Lord of Biscay and of Molino, &c. Whereas preliminaries of a folid and lafting peace between this Crown, and that of France on the one part, and that of England and Portugal on the other, were concluded and figned in the Royal Refidence of Fontainbleau, the 3d of November of the prefent year, and the refpective ratifications thereof exchanged on the 22d of the fame month, by Minifters authorifed for that purpofe, wherein it is promised, that a definitive treaty fhould be forthwith entered upon, having established and regulated the chief points upon which it is to turn: and whereas in the fame manner as I granted to you, Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knight of the Order of the Holy Ghoft, Gentleman of my Bed-chamber with employment, and my Ambaffador Extraordinary to the Moft Chriftian King, my full power to treat, adjuft, and fign the beforementioned preliminaries, it is neceffary to grant the fame to you, or to fome other, to treat, adjuft, and fign the promised definitive treaty of peace as aforefaid: therefore, as you the faid Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, are at the convenient place, and as I have every day fresh motives, from your approved fidelity and zeal, capacity and prudence, to entrust to you this, and otherlike concerns of my Crown, I have appointed you my Minifter

Minifter Plenipotentiary, and granted to you my full power, to the end, that, in my name, and representing my perfon, you may treat, regulate, fettle, and fign the faid definitive treaty of peace between my Crown and that of France on the one part, that of England and that of Portugal on the other, with the Minifters who shall be equally and fpecially authorised by their respective Sovereigns for the fame purpofe; acknowledging, as I do from this time acknowledge, as accepted and ratified, whatever you fhall fo treat, conclude, and fign; promifing, on my Royal Word, that I will obferve and fulfil the fame, will cause it to be observed and fulfilled, as if it had been treated, concluded, and figned by myfelf. In witness whereof, I have caufed thefe prefents to be difpatched, figned by my hand, fealed with my privy feal, and counterfigned by my under-written Counsellor of State, and firft Secretary for the department of State and of War. Buen Retiro, the 10th of December, 1762.

(Signed)
(And lower)

I THE KING.

Richard Wall.

Declaration of his Moft Chriftian Majefty's Plenipotentiary, with regard to the Debts due to the Canadians.

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HE King of Great Britain having defired, that the payment of the letters of exchange and bills, which had been delivered to the Canadians for the neceffaries furnished to the French troops, fhould be fecured, his Moft Chriftian Majefty, entirely difpofed to render to every one that juftice which is legally due to them, has declared, and does declare, that the faid bills and letters of exchange fhall be punctually paid, agreeable to a liquidation made in a convenient time, according to the distance of the places, and to what fhall be poffible, taking care, however, that the bills and letters of exchange which the French subjects may have at the time of this declaration, be not confounded with the bills and letters of exchange which are in the poffeffion of the new subjects of the King of Great Britain.

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In witness whereof, we the under-written Minister of his Most Christian Majefty, duly authorised for this purpofe, have figned the prefent declaration, and caused the feal of our arms to be put thereto.

Done at Paris, the 10th of February, 1763.

(L.S.)

Choifeul Duc de Praflin.

Declaration of his Britannick Majefty's Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with regard to the Limits of Bengal in the Eaft Indies.

WE

E the under-written Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Great Britain, in order to prevent all fubject of difpute on account of the limits of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal, as well as of the Coast of Coromandel and Orixa, declare, in the name and by order of his faid Britannick Majefty, that the faid dominions of the Subah of Bengal fhall be reputed not to extend farther than Yanaon exclufively, and that Yanaon fhall be confidered as included in the north part of the Coaft of Coromandel or Orixa.

In witness whereof, we the under-written Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majefty the King of Great Britain, have figned the prefent declaration, and have caufed the feal of our arms to be put thereto.

Done at Paris, the 10th of February, 1763.

(L. S.) Bedford, C. P. S.

Acceffion of his Moft Faithful Majesty.

In the Name of the Moft Holy and Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. So be it.

E it known to all thofe to whom it fhall or may belong, the Ambaffadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Britannick Majefty, of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, and of his Catholick Majefty, having concluded and figned at Paris, the 10th of February of this year, a definitive treaty of peace, and feparate articles, the tenor of which is as follows: