plain to them his true fentiments on that affair, and by that means to recover them from the fears they feem to have received, In order to this, no hesitation has been made to declare to them on his part, by the prefent act, that his intention always was and ftill is, I. That an amnefty, which he has moft graciously granted to thofe of Embden and their adherents, shall have its entire effect; and therefore that the several pains and penalties pronounced against those of Embden and their adherents, upon the fcore of their renitency (refiftance) fhall not be put in execution. And as for thofe of them which have actually been executed fince the moft gracious acceptance of the fubmiffion made by the people of Embden and their adherents, the whole fhall be reftored upon the foot it ftood before the faid fubmiffion was accepted, that is to fay, before the 3d of May, 1729, faving what is hereafter mentioned, of an agreement to indemnify thofe for their loffes, who were plundered during the late troubles. II. His Imperial and Catholic Majesty having, by his refolution of the 12th of September, 1729, moft graciously permitted thofe of the town of Embden, and their adherents, to draw up a fresh account of their grievances, or matters wherein they thought themfelves aggrieved by the decrees of 1721, and the years following, concerning the ground of the affairs upon which they differed with the Prince; and the faid grievances having been afterwards exhibited to the Imperial Aulic Council, with all fubmiffion, the of November the fame year; his faid Majefty has already ordained, by his moft gracious refolution of the 31ft of Auguft, that thofe grievances fhould be examined as foon as poffible,. And, as it has been often declared, it has been and still is his conftant defire, that they fhould be determined and decided with all the juftice and dispatch that is poffible, according to the agreements, conventions, and decifions, which Y 3 make make the particular law of the province of East Friefland, and which are referred to in the Prince's reverfal letters, paffed and fworn to at his acceffion to the regency: provided, nevertheless, that under the denomination of thofe agreements, conventions, and decifions, none be comprehended which were abrogated and annulled by his Imperial Majefty's auguft predeceffors in the Empire, or which ftrike at the fupreme rights of the Emperor and the Empire over the province of Eaft Friefland. And his Imperial and Catholic Majefty, as a farther proof of his moft gracious intention to cut as fhort as juftice will admit him, the examination of the grievances of the people of Embden, and their adherents, has already ordained, by his refolution of the 31st of Auguft last year, that, as foon as the account thereof is delivered to those who are properly to take cognizance of the fame, according to the tenor of the refolution above-mentioned, they fhall anfwer it very foon, and once for all; after which his Imperial Majefty, with the advice of his Imperial Aulic Council, will redrefs every complaint, article by article, which fhall appear to be grounded on the agreements above-mentioned. III. It having been already ordained, pursuant to his Imperial and Catholic Majefty's laft refolution of the 31st of Auguft, 1730, that the people of the town of Embden, and their adherents, ought to be admitted into the Affembly of the States, which is to be called together to deliberate freely upon the affairs that lie before them; his Imperial and Catholic Majefty will take care that this refolution shall have its intire effect, and that none of those who have a right to affift therein be excluded, contrary to the tenor of it. IV. As to the indemnification, his Imperial Majefty thinks it proper, that an account be taken of the damages, which, according to the tenor of the amnesty publifhed the in the year 1728, and of the refolution refolution of the 12th of September, 1729, ought to be made good by the renitents; and that the faid account be communicated to them, that they may make their objections: after which, his Imperial and Catholic Majefty will caufe the difference to be amicably adjusted, or, on failure of an accommodation, will, with the utmost equity, fix the fum which shall be required to make good the damages fuftained. V. His Imperial and Catholic Majefty perfifts in the intention he always had to take particular care of the payment of the intereft of the fums which the States of Eaft Friefland, and of the town of Embden, have borrowed of the fubjects of the United Provinces, as alfo of the reimbursement of the capital, according to the engagements entered into on that ac count, 1259. to FRANCE. T AHE more ancient treaties, between England and France, which are fre1632. quent and numerous, may be feen in Rym. Fed. vol. i. part ii. p. 50. vol. iii. part ii. p. 3. vol. iv. part iii. p. 171. vol. vi. part ii. p. 88. vol. xii. p. 690. vol. xv. p. 211-640. vol. xvi. p. 645. vol. xix. p. 66. Corps Dip. tom. vi. part. i. p. 31-33. Pap. Off. B. 11. Treat. 1732, vol. ii. p. 41-310. 1 1678. The treaty of Weftphalia, which is recited by the treaty of Verfailles, in 1783, as one of its foundations. Mably, Dr. Pub. vol. i. ch. 1. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 1.-vol. ii. p. The treaty between Great Britain and Pap. Off. B. 17. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 127. The marine and commercial treaty between Great Britain and France. Treat. 1685, p. 243. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 170. The treaties of Nimeguen, between France 1679. and the States General, in 1678, and between France and Spain, in 1679, are recited by the treaty of Verfailles, in 1783, as two of its foundations. 1686. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 193-245. Corps Dip. vol. vii. p. 350-365. The treaty of peace and neutrality in 16 Nov. America, between Great Britain and France, Pap. Off. B. 25. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 246. Treat. 1785, vol. i. p. 261. 1697. 10 Sept. 1698. The treaty of peace between Great Britain and France, concluded at Ryfwick; which fee at p. 332. Pap. Off. B. 26. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 302. The treaty, ufually called the First Parti 19 Aug. tion Treaty, between Great Britain, France, 1700. and the States General. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 386. Treat, 1785, vol. i. p. 305. The treaty, usually called the Second Par21 Feb, tition Treaty, between Great Britain, France, and the States General, with the feparate and fecret articles. 1713. Pap. Off. B. 28. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 407. The treaty of peace and friendship be31 Mar. tween Great Britain and France, concluded at Utrecht. 11 Apr. 1713. 31 Mar. 11 Apr. 1714. Pap. Off. B. 31-32. Treat. 1732, vol. iii. p. 398.、 The treaty of navigation and commerce, between Great Britain and France, concluded at Utrecht. Pap. Off. B. 34. Treat. 1732, vol. iii. p. 440. The treaty of BADEN, between the Em 7 Sept. peror and France, is recited by the treaty of Versailles, in 1783, as one of its founda |