ART.  XII.  The forts of St. Julien, the Bugio, and Cascais, shall be occupied by the British troops on the ratification of the Convention.  Lisbon and its citadel, together with the forts and batteries, as far as the Lazaretto or Tarfuria on one side, and fort St. Joseph on the other, inclusively, shall be given up on the embarkation of the second division; as shall also the harbour; and all armed vessels in it of every description, with their rigging, sails, stores, and ammunition.  The fortresses of Elvas, Almaida, Peniche, and Palmela, shall be given up as soon as the British troops can arrive to occupy them.  In the mean time, the General-in-Chief of the British army will give notice of the present Convention to the garrisons of those places, as also to the troops before them, in order to put a stop to all further hostilities.

ART.  XIII.  Commissioners shall be named, on both sides, to regulate and accelerate the execution of the arrangements agreed upon.

ART.  XIV.  Should there arise doubts as to the meaning of any article, it will be explained favourably to the French army.

ART.  XV.  From the date of the ratification of the present Convention, all arrears of contributions, requisitions, or claims whatever, of the French Government, against the subjects of Portugal, or any other individuals residing in this country, founded on the occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the mouth of December 1807, which may not have been paid up, are cancelled; and all sequestrations laid upon their property, moveable or immoveable, are removed; and the free disposal of the same is restored to the proper owners.

ART.  XVI.  All subjects of France, or of powers in friendship or alliance with France, domiciliated in Portugal, or accidentally in this country, shall be protected:  their property of every kind, moveable and immoveable, shall be respected:  and they shall be at liberty either to accompany the French army, or to remain in Portugal.  In either case their property is guaranteed to them; with the liberty of retaining or of disposing of it, and passing the produce of the sale thereof into France, or any other country where they may fix their residence; the space of one year being allowed them for that purpose.

It is fully understood, that the shipping is excepted from this arrangement; only, however, in so far as regards leaving the Port; and that none of the stipulations above-mentioned can be made the pretext of any commercial speculation.

ART.  XVII.  No native of Portugal shall be rendered accountable for his political conduct during the period of the occupation of this country by the French army; and all those who have continued in the exercise of their employments, or who have accepted situations under the French Government, are placed under the protection of the British Commanders:  they shall sustain no injury in their persons or property; it not having been at their option to be obedient, or not, to the French Government:  they are also at liberty to avail themselves of the stipulations of the 16th Article.