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Rh Employment, shall have the privilege of remaining and continuing such trade and employment therein without any manner of interruption, in full enjoyment of their liberty and property, so long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws; and their goods and effects, of whatever description they may be, shall not be liable to seizure or sequestration, or to any other charges or demands than those which may be made upon the like effects or property belonging to the native subjects and citizens of the respective dominions or territories in which such subjects or citizens may reside. In the same case, debts between individuals, public funds, and the shares of companies, shall never be confiscated, sequestrated, or detained.

The subjects of his Britannic Majesty residing in the Mexican territories shall enjoy, in their houses, persons, and properties, the protection of the government; and continuing in possession of what they now enjoy, they shall not be disturbed, molested, or annoyed in any manner, on account of their religion, provided they respect that of the nation in which