treffes, towns, and countries which the contracting parties acquire by the prefent treaty, fhall be faithfully given up to them. The military papers and regifters taken in the actual war from the ftaffs of the refpective armies fhall be equally reftored.

XIV. The two contracting powers, alike animated with the defire of doing away every thing that might tend to injure the good understanding which now happily fubfifts between them, bind themselves in the moft folemn manner to contribute with all their power to the maintenance of internal tranquillity in their refpective states.

XV. A treaty of commerce eftablished on equitable grounds, and on fuch as may give to his majesty the emperor, and to the French republic, advantages equal to thofe enjoyed by the moft favoured nations in their refpective dominions, hall be forthwith concluded. In The mean time, all the communications and commercial relations fhall be re-established in the ftate in which they were before the war.

XVI. No inhabitant of all the countries occupied by the Auftrian and French armics, fhall be liable to be profecuted or affected, whether in his perfon or property, on account of his political opinions, or his civil, military, or commercialConduct during the war, which has been carried on between the two powers.

XVII. His majefty the emperor fhail not, conformably to the principle of neutrality, receive into any of his ports during the courfe of the prefent war more than fix veffels armed for war belonging to any one of the belligerent powers.

XVIII. His majefty the emperor binds himself to cede to the duke of Modena, as an indemnity for the

countries which that prince and his heirs had in Italy, the Brifgau, which he fhall poffefs on the fame conditions as thofe in virtue of which he poffeffed the country of Modena.

XIX. The real and perfonal property, not alienated, of their royal highneffes the archduke Charles and the archduchess Christina, fitu. ate in the countries ceded to the French republic, fhall be restored to them under the condition of felling them within the space of three years.

The fame measure fhall be obferved with respect to the real and perfonal property of his royal highnefs the archduke Ferdinand, in the territory of the Cifalpine republic.

XX. A congrefs fhall be held at Raftadt, folely compofed of the plenipotentiaries of the Germanic empire and the French republic, for concluding peace between these two powers. This congrefs fhall be opened one month after the figning of the prefent treaty, or fooner if poffible.

XXI. All the prisoners of war made on either fide, and the hott ages carried off, or given, during the war, who may not have been yet reftored, fhall be fo within forty days, to date from the figning of the prefent treaty.

XXII. The contributions, deliveries, furnishings, and whatever afliftances of war have taken place in the respective ftates of the contracting powers, fhall ceafe from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty.

XXIII. His majesty the emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and the French republic, fhall preferve between them the fame ceremony, with refpect to rank, and other etiquettes, which was conftantly obferved before the war.

His faid majefty and the Cifalpine republic fhall have between them the fame ceremony of etiquette as that which was cuftomary between his faid majefty and the republic of Venice.

XXIV. The present treaty fhall be ratified by his majefty the emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and the French republic, within the space of thirty days, to date from this day, or fooner if poffible, and the acts of ratification in due form fhall be exchanged at Raftadt.

Done and figned at Campo Formio, near Udine, on the 17th of October, 1797.

LOUIS, Count de COBENZEL;
Count de MEERFELDT, Major-
General;

Baron de DEGELMANN. The executive directory ratifies and figns the prefent treaty of peace with his majefty the emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, negotiated in the name of the French republic by citizen Buonaparte, commander in chief of the army of Italy, invefted with powers by the executive directory, and charged with its inftructions to that effect.

Done at the national palace of the executive directory the 5th Brumaire (October 26th), in the 6th year of the French republic, one and indivifible.

Act for granting certain duties of cuftoms on goods, wares, and merchandife imported to, and exported from, or brought and carried coaftwife within Great Britain, except wine and coal when brought or carried coaftwife.

Act for additional duty on ftagecoaches.

Act for additional duties on diftilleries in Scotland.

Act for altering the rates of poft, age for conveyance of letters in England and Scotland.

A&t for the more effectually fecuring the ftamp duties on indentures, leafes, bonds, and other deeds.

A&t for extending the time limitby an act of this feflion, for delivering in navy, victualling, and tranfport and exchequer bills. Dec. 39.

A&t for allowing further time for the payment of inftalments on the loan.

Act for the more speedy payment of

A&t for guaranteeing the pay ment of the dividends on a loan of one million fix hundred and twenty thousand pounds to the emperor of Germany.

Act to amend the act on stamp duties of attorneys' indentures.

Act to revive and amend the act to fufpend, for a limited time, the operation of two acts of the 15th and 17th of his prefent majetty, for reftraining the negotiation of promiffory notes and inland bills of exchange.

Act to revive and continue the Scotch banking bill. See March 27. Act for granting to foreign fhips the privileges of prize ships, under certain regulations.

June 6.