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chandizes, without any let, hinderance, feizure, or moleftation, the faid fhip appearing unto me (or us) by good teftimony, to belong to the fubjects of our Sovereign Lord the King, and to no foreigners. Given under my hand (or our hands) and the feal of my (or our) office of admiral, at

day of

the

in the year of our Lord one thousand fix hundred eighty

To all perfons whom thefe may concern.

By command of

Note. That the late commiffion of the admiralty of England having been determined, and the adminiftration of the affairs thereof (and particularly that of figning paffes) taken into his Majefty's own Royal hand, the form of the forementioned pass has received the following alterations; viz. JAMES the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the faith, &c.; to all perfons whom these may concern, greeting.

Suffer the ship

to pafs, with her company, paffengers, goods, and merchandizes, without any let, hinderance, feizure, or moleftation; the faid fhip appearing unto us, by good teftimony, to belong to our fubjects, and to no foreigner. Given under our fign manual, and the feal of our admiralty, at our court at this day of

Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty

in the year of our

JAMES R.

By his Majefty's command,

S. Pepys.

Articles

Articles of Peace and Commerce between the most Serene and Mighty Prince George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Chriftian Faith, Duke of Brunswic and Lunenburg, Arch-treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, &c. &c, &c.; and the most Illuftrious Lord Ally Bafhaw, Dey and Governor of the warlike City and Kingdom of Algier, in Barbary concluded, ratified, confirmed, and renewed, by his Excellency Archibald Clevland, Esq; bis Britannic Majefty's Ambasador to the Emperor of Fez and Morocco, and to all the other Barbary States. Archd Clevland. (L. S.)

I. IN the first place, it is hereby agreed and concluded, that from this day, and for ever, there fhall be a ftrict and inviolable peace and friendship between his Britannic Majefty and the kingdom of Algier: and that all the articles and treaties of peace and commerce, fubfifting between the kingdom of Great Britain, &c. and the kingdom of Algier, be hereby renewed, ratified, and confirmed. That the fhips and other vessels, and the subjects and people, of both sides, fhall not henceforward do to each other any harm, offence, or injury, either in word or deed; but fhall treat one another with all poffible refpect and friendfhip; and that all demands and pretences whatfoever, to this day, between both parties, fhall ceafe and be

void.

II. It is alfo agreed, that if any fhips or veffels of Chriftian nations in enmity with the King of Great Britain, &c. fhall, at any time hereafter, be met with or found upon the coaft of the kingdom of Algier, either at anchor or otherwife, and not within the reach of cannon-fhot of the fhore, that it fhall and may be lawful for any of his Britannic Majefty's fhips or veffels of war, or any English privateers, or letters of marque, to take and feize as prizes any fuch fhips or veffels fo Bb 4

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met with or found as aforefaid; and fhall also be fuffered to bring the faid prizes into any port, road, or harbour of the kingdom of Algier; and to dispose of the whole or any part thereof, or otherwise to depart with fuch captures, without the leaft hinderance or moleftation.

III. And lastly, it is agreed, that if, at any time hereafter, his Britannic Majesty shall be at war with any Mahometan Prince or State, and any fhips or vessels, belonging to fubjects of fuch Prince or State, fhall be met with by any of his Britannic Majefty's fhips or veffels of war, or by any fhips or veffels of his Majefty's fubjects, within fight of any part of the coaft of the kingdom of Algier, that they fhall be fuffered to pafs free and unmolested.

Confirmed and fealed in the warlike city and kingdom of Algier, in the prefence of Almighty God, the fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord Jefus Chrift one thousand feven hundred and fixty-two, and in the year of the Hegira 1175, and the 21st day of the moon Cheval. Archa Clevland.

(L. S.)

Articles of Peace and Commerce between the moft Serene and Mighty Prince George, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Chriftian Faith, &c. and the most Illuftrious Lord Ally Dey Bafhaw, and Governor of the famous City and Kingdom of Algiers, in Barbary; ratified, confirmed, and renewed, by Captain Coningsby Norbury, Commander of his Majesty's Ship Argyle, Captain Nicholas Eaton, Commander of his Majesty's Ship Chefter, and Thomas Thompfon, Efq; his Majefty's Conful at Algiers, on the 29th Day of October, 1716, by virtue of a full

Power

Power given and granted to us by John Baker,. Efq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Britannic Majesty's Fleet, and Admiral and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships employed and to be employed in the Mediterranean.

I. IN the first place, it is agreed and concluded, that from this day and for ever forwards, the peace made by Arthur Herbert, Efquire, then admiral of his Majefty's fleet, Sir William Soames, Bart. ambassador to the Grand Signior in the year 1686, with the additional articles agreed to with Captain Munden, and Conful Cole, in the year 1700; and likewife the farther additional articles agreed to with George Byng, Efq; then rear-admiral of the red fquadron of her Majefty's fleet, in the year 1703; be renewed and confirmed, and, together with the additional articles agreed to in this treaty with captain Coningsby Norbury, commander of his Majefty's fhip Argyle, captain Nicholas Eaton, commander of his Majefty's fhip Chester, and Thomas Thompson, Efq; his Majefty's conful at Algiers, be kept inviolable between the moft Serene King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Chriftian faith, &c. and the moft Illustrious Lord Ally Bafhaw, Dey and Governor of the warlike city of Algiers in the weft, the Aga, Kahya, and the rest of the honourable seniors of the Divan, and between all the dominions and fubjects of either fide; and that the ships and other veffels, and the fubjects and people, of either fide, fhall not henceforth do to each other any harm, offence, or injury, either in word or deed, but thall treat one another with all poffible refpect and friendship. And if any demands or pretensions shall be now left depending between the subjects or others of either party, they fhall be amicably redreffed, and full fatisfaction fhall be made to each other according to the truth and juftice of their claim, and that this treaty fhall not cancel or make void the fame.

II. That

II. That as the island of Minorca, in the Mediterranean fea, and the city of Gibraltar, in Spain, have been yielded and annexed to the crown of Great Britain, as well by the King of Spain as by all the feveral Powers of Europe engaged in the late war: now it is hereby agreed and fully concluded, that from this time forward, for ever, the faid ifland of Minorca, and city of Gibraltar, fhall be esteemed in every refpe&t, by the government and people of Algiers, to be part of his Britannic Majefty's dominions, and the inhabitants thereof be looked upon as his Majesty's natural fubjects, in the fame manner as if they had been born in any other part of Great Britain; and they, with their fhips and veffels wearing British colours, and being furnished with proper paffes, fhall be permitted freely to trade and traffic in any part of the dominions of Algiers, and fhall pafs without any moleftation whatfoever, and shall have the fame liberties and privileges that are stipulated in this, and have been made in all other treaties in the behalf of the British nation and fubjects; and therefore none of the cruizers of Algiers fhall at any time cruize within fight of the ports of the faid island of Minorca and city of Gibraltar.

III. That if an English fhip fhall receive on board any paffengers and goods belonging to the kingdom of Algiers, they fhall defend them and their goods, fo far as lieth in their power, and not deliver them to their. enemies; and, the better to prevent any unjust demands being made upon the Crown of Great Britain, and to avoid difputes and differences that may arife, all goods and merchandizes that fhall from henceforward be shipped by the fubjects of Algiers on board the fhips or veffels of Great Britain upon freight, fhall be first regiflered in the office of Cancellaria, before the British conful refiding in the port where they are fo fhipped, and the quantity, quality, and value thereof fhall be expreffed, and the conful is to manifeft the fame in the clearance given to the fhip or veffel before the fhall depart; to the end, that if any cause of complaint fhould

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