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2The Britijb Weekly Mercury.f cjui.va.lfht for' the fume, ro the Satisfaction of his lkinu. uefe Majefty, provided thefaidEquivalent.be olrer'd wirhiu a Year and an half afref the.ratifying of this Tfe.tyy and if the faid Equivalent be accepted of by his Portuguefe Majefty, the faid Terri-t ry and Colony fhall appertain to his Catholick Ma-jdfy, as if they had never been yielded up ; but if the Equivalent fliall not be receiv'd, they fhall .remain in the PoiTeflion of his Portuguefe Majefty, as is declar’d by the Article above.8. Orders fhall be fent to the proper Officers, and others, for delivering up of the Places both in Europe and America, mention’d in the 5th Article; and as for the Colony of the Sacrament, his Catho* lick Majefty fhall not only fend the faid Orders for delivering of the fame diredlly to the Governor of Buenos Ayres, but fhall give a Duplicate thereof, ex-prefly enjoining the Governor not to defer the Execution thereof on any Pretence whatfoeyer ; the faid Duplicate,' and the Orders for Noudar, and rhe Ifland of Verdoejo, fliall be exchang’d for thofe of his Portuguefe Majefty, for delivering up of Albuquerque and la. Puebla, by Commiflioners who fhall meet on the Frontiers of the two Kingdoms; and the Places, both in Europe and America, fhall’ be deliver’d upwithin four Months after the Exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty.9. The Places of Albuquerque and la Puebla {hall be deliver’d up with the fame Quantity of Ammunition,, and the fame Number of Cannon, and of the fame Magnitude, as were in them when taken.The other Carinon, Provifions, and Ammunition, may be trahfported into Portugal. What is here Aid in Relation to Ammunition and Cannon, is inof a60000 Crowns, which they lent his Majefty, together with' ^ie intereft, at 8 fer Gent, frbm the Day of the Loan,, ’till rhe entire Reimburfement: which Intereft, reckon’d from the 7th of fitly 1696, ’till the.6th at January 171makes thef Sum of 2.50000 Crown* ; -as alfb the Sum of 360000 Cruza--does of Portuguefe Money, amounting to 160000 Crowns. . Thefe three Sums are, by the prefenCTreaty, reduc’d to the only Sum of 600000 Crowns, ° which -his Catholick Majefty. promifes to pay in three- equal and fucceflive Payments, of 200000 Clrowns each. The firft Payment at the Arrival of the firil Flota, Flotilla, or cGaleons, which fhall come from New Spain, after the Exchange of the Ratifications of this prefent Treaty.; which firft Payment fhall be imputed on the Intereft due for the Principal- of the 200000 Crowns Anticipated. The fecond Pay ment at the Arrival of che fecond Flora, Flotilla, or Galeons, for the Principal of rhe 200000 Crowns anticipated ; and the third Payment at the Arrival of thb third Flora,Flotilla, or Galeons, for the300000 Cruzadoes, valu’d at 160000Crowns,and the remaining 4000a Crowns. The faid Sums may be tranfporred into Portugal in Money, or in Ingots'of Gold or Silver, 10 that the a00000 Crowns ^anticipated, fhall pay 110 Intereft after the -Day of the figfiing of this Treaty ; bur in Cafe his Catholick Majefty liiall not pay. the faid Sum. at the Arrival of the fecond Flota, Flotilla, or Galeons, there fhall be Inrereft paid for the faid 200000 Crowns anticipated, from' the Arrival of the fecond Flota, Flotilla, or Galeons, ’till the full Payment of the faid Sum. ’■ • •i 6, His Tvrttigitefe Majefty^ - by* rhis Treaty, gives:from his AidCacholick Majefty. in rh: v- ef-IhateSy to the Portuguefe Company of the Aflientc- or importing of Blacks,- excepting the 6joooo Crowns mention’d ill the 15th Article of tm* Treaty. .-His-Portuguefe Majefty alfb gives iip aiid rengns whatfo-ever the aforefaid Perfons conceufd, might claim of the Inheritance of Don Bernando Francifo Marin. , 17. Commerce fhall be * open between the Subjedls of both their Majefties, as it was before the late War j and in’Token of fincere Friendihip, and to iiiQreafehislike Maimer to be underftood in Relation to the Ca- up to his Catholick Majefty ail lucli Sums .as are due file of Noudar, -and the Colony of the Sacrament.10. The Inhabitants of the faid, and of other Places taken during the late War, fliall have Liberty to withdraw themfelves, and to difpofe of their Effects, if they will not continue there; and fliall enjoy the‘Product of the Lands they have fow’d, tho’ the faid,Lands be transferr’d to others.- 11. The Eftates confifcated during the late War, fliall be reciprocally reftor’d to the ancient Poflef-Torr, or their Heirs, they paying for the Improvements but theyfhall not claim theRevenues of thofe who have hadqhem in Poffeflion from theTime of the Confifcation, ’till the proclaiming of the Peace ; and in order to the faid Reftitutions, the Perfons claiming fhall appear before the proper Courts within the Space of a Year, and the Suits fliall be decided within a Year after.12. All Prizes taken during the War, or on Account of it, fhall be reputed good, and the Subjects on both Sides fhall not at any Time demand the Re-ftirucion of them.For the greater Stability of this Treaty, that which was made between the two Crowns on theT **X3#igrh of February, 1668, is hereby confirm’d ; and it fliall remain valid in all Points, which are not re- 'vok’d by this Treaty ; and particularly the 8th Article of the faid Treaty is hereby confirm’d, as if it were here inferted Word for Word : and their Catho-lick and Portuguefe Majefties promife to give Orders reciprocally, that Juftice may be* done to the Parties concern’d.14, The 1-4 Articles contain’d in the Treaty of Tranfatftion, concluded on the 18th of June 1701, are alfb confirm’d by, and comprehended in this Treaty, as if they were here inferted Word forWord. •„ »■1 f. By Virtue of all that has been ftipulated in theaforefaid Tranfaftion of the Afliento, for importing of Blacks, his Catholick Majefty is indebted to thePerfons concern'd in the faid Afliento, in the Sumit betweeen the Subjects of-.the' two Crowns, Catholick Majefty grains to the Subjefls of Portugal, and his Portuguefe Majefty lt;to thofe of.Spain, all the Privileges, Liberties, and Exemptions .which have been heretofore, or fhall be hereafter granted to the rooft favour’d Nation tiding to the Dominions of-Spain and- Portugal ; which neverthelefs is only to be underftood of their Dominions in Europe, fince the Trade of the Indies is folely referv d to the two Nations in their Dominions in America,-excepting what has been lately concluded in the« -Afliento for Blacks, between his Catholick and her Bricannick Majefty. V *-18. And to .eftablifh a good Correfpondence, and prevent Damages on both Sides, coniidefing that, in the Concordate .made between the .two Crowns, in the Days of King Sebaftian,of glorious Memory declaring in what Cafes Criminals were to be deliver'd up cn both Sides, and Robberies.made good, Tabacco could not be included, a‘s not known at that Time, ' and which is fince fo much us’d in Spain and Portugal, that very confiderable Revenues are rais’d by farming of it; his Catholick Majefty promifes to take Care, that no Porruguefe Tabacco fhall be imported into any of the Kingdoms of Spain, whether it -has been-ground in the faid Kingdoms or elfewhere, and to order to deftroy all the. Works of Portuguefe T ibaceo orSnuiF, that are at prefent, or maybe made hereafter in his* Aid Dominions; laying-fgvere Penalties on fuch as fhall tranfgrefsj and charging-not only the Qni-— - - . o- CC IS
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British Weekly Mercury
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Tue, Mar 26, 1715
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