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History of Great Britain, from the revolution, 1688, to the conclusion of the treaty of Amiens, 1802 Volume 12 - Brossura
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 Excerpt: ...were signed between Great Britain and France at London. By that treaty, the limits of French Guiana were extended to the Orellana, or river of the Amazons; and the free navigation of that mighty stream would, doubtless, in time have proved of infinite importance to the establishment of the Gallic power in South America. But by the definitive treaty, the first consul consented that the river Arawari, to the north of the Orellana, should constitute the future boundary between the two countries. On the other hand, the cession of the district of Olivenza, contrary to the obvious meaning of that article of the preliminaries which declared " that the territories and possessions of her most faithful majesty should be preserved entire," was confirmed to Spain..... The article respecting Malta, framed by the court of London, was guarded by so many minute and studied precautions, as to exhibit, in a striking view, the hostile spirit of distrust and suspicion subsisting in the midst of the reciprocal professions of peace. By the fourth regulation under this article, it is expressly stipulated, "that the forces of his Britannic majesty shall evacuate the island and its dependencies within three months from the exchange of the ratifications, or sooner if possible. At that epoch it shall be given up to the order in its present state, provided (1st), that the grand-master or commissaries fully authorised, according to the statutes of the order, shall be in the island to take possession; and (2dly), that the force which is to be provided by his Sicilian majesty, as is hereafter stipulated, shall have arrived there." Conformably to this article, regarded both by France and England as one of the most important in the treaty, the absolute surrender of the ...
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