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out any further trouble, and then both Sides to proceed quietly on their respective voyages; the same usage to be received by the Emperor's Merchant Ships from the English Men-of-War, who shall allow the Passport made out by the English Consul; and if the Consul shall not be present to make them, then the Passports made out by the English Merchants to be good and valid.

V. If the English Men-of-War, Privateers, or Letter-of-Marque Ship, shall take Prizes from any Nation with whom they shall be at War, they shall have liberty to bring and dispose of the same in any of the Emperor's Dominions, without any Duty or charge what

soever.

VI. If any English Ship shall, by storm, or in flying from her Enemy, come upon the Emperor's coasts, the same shall be safely protected, and nothing touched or taken away, but shall be under the direction of the English Consul, who shall send the goods and People where he shall think fit.

VII. It is the mutual agreement of the King of Great Britain and the Emperor, that the Emperor do issue out orders to all parts of his Dominions, for the well-using of all the English Subjects, and that particular places be appointed for the burial of their dead; that the Consul's Brokers shall freely go on board any Ship without interruption; that the English Consuls, Merchants, and other Subjects of Great Britain, may safely travel by land with effects, without any hindrance whatever; and if any English, settled in the Emperor's Dominions, shall be desirous to return home, that they may so do with their Families, goods, and effects, without interruption: if any English die, the effects of such to be taken under the care of the Consul, to be disposed of as directed by the Will of such Person, and if no Will, for the benefit of such Person's next Heir; and if any debts shall be owing to such deceased Person, the same to be paid by order of the Governor or other Person in power, where such Person shall die; and that a Subject of the Emperor's be appointed to demand and receive the same, and deposit the same in the hands of the English Consul for the aforesaid uses. If any English shall contract debts in the Emperor's Country, and remove from thence without satisfying the same, no other Person shall be liable to pay such debts. The like usage and treatment the Subjects of the Emperor are to receive in the King of Great Britain's Dominions; and that the King may send as many Consuls to the Emperor's Dominions as he shall think necessary.

VIII. That no English Merchant, Captains of Ships, or other Person or Persons whatsoever, that are English Subjects, shall be forced to sell any of their goods for less than the real value; and that no Captain, Master, or Commander of any English Ship shall be compelled, without their own will and consent, to carry any goods

or merchandises for any Person or Persons whatsoever; nor shall any Sailor be forced away from any English Ship.

IX. If any quarrel or dispute shall happen between any Englishman and a Musselman, by which hurt to either may ensue, the same to be heard before and determined by the Emperor only; and if an Englishman who may be the Aggressor shall make his escape, no other Englishman shall suffer upon his account; and if 2 Englishmen shall quarrel, to be determined by the English Consul, who shall do with them as he pleases; and if any quarrel or dispute shall happen between Musselmen in England, or in any of the English Dominions, by which hurt may ensue, the same to be heard before 1 Christian and 1 Musselman, and to be determined according to the Laws of Great Britain.

X. If it shall happen that this Peace by any means shall be broke, the Consul, and all other English, shall have 6 months' time to remove themselves with their Families and effects, to any place they please, without interruption; and that all debts owing to them shall be justly paid to them.

XI. If any English in the Emperor's Dominions, or the Emperor's Subjects in the English Dominions, shall maliciously endeavour to break the Peace, such of them who shall be proved so to intend, shall by each Power be punished for such offence; each Power to take cognizance of their own Subjects.

XII. If any of the Emperor's Subjects shall purchase any commodity in the English Dominions, they shall not be imposed upon in price, but pay the same as is sold to the English.

XIII. That not any of the Spanish, whether Captains, Sailors, or other Persons under the English Government in Gibraltar, or Port Mahon, shall be taken or molested, sailing under English Colours with Passports.

XIV. That no excuse be made, or ignorance pretended, of this Peace, the same shall be published and declared to all the Subjects of each Power, which Declaration shall be signed by each Power, and kept by them to prevent disputes.

XV. If any Men-of-War shall be on the Emperor's coasts, that are Enemies to the English, and any English Men-of-War, or other English Ships, shall happen to be or arrive there also, that they shall not in any manner be hurt or engaged by their Enemy; and when such English Ships shall sail, their Enemies' Ships shall not set sail under 40 hours afterwards. And if after the conclusion of this Peace, any Ships shall happen to be taken by either Power within 6 months after the proclamation of the Peace, that the same, with the People and effects, shall be restored.

Made and declared in the presence of the Emperor's Servant Ahammed Basha, Son of Alli, son of Abdula, by the authority given

to him by the Emperor. Dated this 23rd of January, in the year 1721, English style. Wrote and given to Charles Stewart, Esq., the English Ambassador, in the 7th year of the Reign of King George the First.

(L.S.) CHARLES STEWART.

(2.)-ADDITIONAL ARTICLES between Great Britain and Morocco. Signed at Fez, 10th July, 1729.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES of Peace and Commerce between the Most High and Most Renowned Prince George the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great Britaiu, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Arch Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; and the High and Glorious, Mighty and Right Noble, Prince Mulley Abdalla, Ben Mulley Ismael, Ben Mulley Xeriph, Ben Mulley Aly, King and Emperor of the Kingdoms of Fez, Taffalet, Suz, and all the Algarbe and its Territories in Africa, &c. Concluded, agreed, and adjusted by John Russell, Esq., in the behalf of His Britannic Majesty, and by His Excellency Bashaw Hamet Ben Abdallah, on behalf of the said King and Emperor of Morocco.

ART. I. That all Moors or Jews, subject to the Emperor of Morocco, shall be allowed a free traffic, to buy or sell for 30 days in the City of Gibraltar, or Island of Minorca, but not to reside in either place, but to depart with their effects, without let or molestation, to any part of the said Emperor of Morocco's Dominions.

II. That the King of Great Britain's Subjects be not obliged to appear before the Cady or Justices of the Country in any cause, but only the Governor of the place, and His Britannic Majesty's Consul, to take cognizance of, and adjust the difference they may have with the Natives of the Country.

III. That all of His Britannic Majesty's Subjects, as well those of Hanover as others, that may happen to be Passengers, or belong to any Foreign Ship or Vessel, and taken by any of the Emperor of Morocco's Cruizers, shall immediately be set at liberty, and sent to the City of Gibraltar.

IV. That there be permission for buying provisions, and all other necessaries, for His Britannic Majesty's Fleet or City of Gibraltar, at any of the King of Fez and Morocco's Sea Ports, at the market prices, and the same to be shipped off, without paying Custom, as has been lately practised, contrary to the Treaty of Peace subsisting.

All the other Articles, being 15 in number, concluded, agreed, and adjusted, by the Honourable Charles Stewart, Esq., on the behalf of His Britannic Majesty, and by His Excellency Bashaw Hamet Ben Aly, Ben Abdallah, and His Imperial Majesty's

Treasurer, Mr. Moses Ben Hattar, a Jew, on the behalf of the said King of Fez and Morocco, shall stand good and be of the same force, as in the Reigns of the Most High and Most Renowned Prince George the First, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &c., &c. (of glorious memory), and the High and Glorious, Mighty and Right Noble Prince Albumazer Muley Ismael, late Emperor of Morocco.

And it is further agreed, that all the Articles afore-mentioned, as well the 15, as the Additional ones, shall in 20 days after the date hereof be published in the Arabic language, and affixed on the gates of all Sea Ports in His Imperial Majesty's Dominions.

Signed and dated at the Court of Fez, the 10th day of July, 1729, O.S.

(L.S.) JOHN RUSSELL.

(3.)—TREATY of Peace between Great Britain and Morocco.— 15th December, 1734.

Signed at

TREATY of Peace between His Majesty George the Second, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and Mulay Abedela Ben Ismael, King and Emperor of Fez, Mequinez, Morocco, and all the West of Africa, God bless him.

ART. I. That if any English shall happen to be on board any Ship or Ships, Enemies to the Emperor, that may be taken by the Emperor's Ships, such English shall be well treated, delivered into the hands of the English Consul, and have their liberty to go where they please this Article to continue in force for 6 months from the conclusion of this Peace, in which time it is required, that notice shall be given by the King of Great Britain to all the English Subjects not to embark on board any of the Emperor's Enemies' Ships; for after that time, if the English shall so embark, the blame must be their own, as no regard will be had to them more than the Emperor's Enemies.

II. If any of the Emperor's Subjects shall be made Slaves, and escape to an English Man-of-War, or to Gibraltar, Port Mahon, or any of the English Dominions, that they shall be protected, and with all convenient speed sent to their respective homes. The like treatment to be given to the English who shall be Slaves, and escape to any part of the Emperor's Dominions,

III. If any English shall contract anything to be paid to the Emperor's Subjects, that Notes shall be given for the same; and in like manner the same to be observed by the Emperor's Subjects in the English Dominions; and if it shall happen that such Subjects of either Power cannot write, to get some Person to write such Notes for them.

That no excuse be made, or ignorance of this Peace pretended,

the same shall be published and declared to all the Subjects of both Powers, both what is now agreed on, and the Articles concluded with King George the First; which Declaration shall be signed by each Power, and by them kept to prevent disputes.

This Treaty was concluded the 15th of December, 1734. (L.S.) JOHN LEONARD SOLLICOFFRE.

(4.)—TREATY of Peace between Great Britain and Morocco.— Signed at Fez, 15th January, 1750.

TREATY of Peace between His Majesty George the Second, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and Mulay Abedela Ben Ismael, King and Emperor of Fez, Mequinez, Morocco, and all the West of Africa, God bless him; and the following Articles were concluded by Alcaide Habeb Lohab, First Minister, and William Petticrew, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General.

ART. I. For establishing Peace and Friendship, it is agreed and concluded for firm and valid, both by land and sea, in all the Dominions of both Powers, that the English in general shall and may now, and at all times hereafter, enjoy and continue in Peace and Friendship with the Emperor and his Subjects, and be well used and respected by the Emperor's Subjects, agreeable to the order and commands of the Emperor.

II. That such number or quantity of Passports, as may be necessary, be transmited to the Emperor, indented in such manner as shall tally with the Passports that shall be received by the English Merchants in England; and if an English Man-of-War meets with any Merchant Ships belonging to the Emperor, such Merchant Ships shall be obliged to produce and show their Passports given to them by the English Consul.

III. If any dispute shall happen between the English and the Emperor's Subjects, the same not to be determined by a Judge, but ended and adjusted by the English Consul and the Coyed, (that is) the Mayor of the Town, where such dispute shall happen.

IV. That none of the Emperor's Subjects shall, at any time, forcibly enter the houses of the English, or any place belonging to them, or take and carry away any of their goods and effects, unless they have leave and authority from the Emperor so to do. That if any of the Emperor's Subjects shall hire any English Ship to carry and convey goods from one part of the Emperor's Dominions to another, and shall happen by stress of weather, or any other occasion, to touch at any place or places in the voyage, such Ship or Ships shall not be obliged to pay anything for the shelter or assistance they may receive, and that no English whatever, or any of their Servants (though not English), shall be liable to pay the Tax, imposed upon the Emperor's Subjects, called the Poll- Tax. [1812-14.]

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