ABSTRACT

By a separate article, the King of Spain stipulates to pay the ^95,000 at London, within the term of four months from the day of the exchange of the ratifications.

By a second separate article, " i t is declared, that the ship called the Success, which was taken on the 14th day of April, 1738, as she was coming out from the island of Antigua, by a Spanish guarda costa, and carried into Puerto Rico, is not comprehended in the aforesaid convention; and His Catholic Majesty promises that the said ship and cargo shall be forthwith restored, or the just value thereof, to the lawful owners: provided that, previous to the restitution of the said ship, the Success, the person or persons interested therein do give security at London, to the satisfaction of Don Thomas Geraldino, His Catholic Majesty's minister plenipotentiary, to abide by what shall be decided thereon by the ministers plenipotentiaries of their said Majesties that have been named for finally settling, according to the treaties, the disputes which remain to be adjusted between the two crowns; and His Catholic Majesty agrees, as far as shall depend upon him, that the above-mentioned ship, the Success, shall be referred to the examination and decision of the plenipotentiaries. His Britannic Majesty promises, likewise, to refer, as far as shall depend upon him, to the decision of the plenipotentiaries, the brigantine Santa Theresa, seized in the Port of Dublin, in Ireland, in the year 1735.