a plied to the erecting fortifications. “But as their being classed with the other Allied States, the cession of the fortress of Saar-Louis, according to the number of their troops : it equally founded on the motive of general is therefore agreed, in order to obtain for safety, renders the construction of new for- them a just indemnity, as far as circumtifications in the vicinity of that fortress stances will permit to apportion 124 millions superfluous, and that the same has been in the following manner :-To Spain 5 milestimated at fifty millions, by the Military lions; to Portugal 2; to Denmark 2}; to Committee who were consulted upon that Swisserland 3. point, the said fortress shall be set down at ART. V. The burthen of the war having the above-mentioned sum, in the calculation been borne in the first instance by the armies of the sums to be expended in fortifications, under the respective commands of Field so that the aforesaid fourth part shall not be Marshal the Duke of Wellington and Field deducted from the 700 millions of francs pro- Marshal Prince Blucher; and these armies mised by France, but from 750 millions, in having, moreover taken the city of Paris, it cluding the cession of Saar-Louis. In con- is agreed that there shall be retained out of formity with this disposition, the sum des the contributions paid by France, the sum of tined for fortifications is fixed at 187} millions 25 millions for the service of Great Britain, of francs, viz. 1374 millions in real value, and and 25 millions for that of Prussia. Subject 50 millions, represented by the fortress of to the arrangements which Great Britain is Saar-Louis. to make with the powers, whose forces conART. II. In apportioning these 1874 mil- stituted the army of Field Marshal the lions of francs amongst the states bordering Duke of Wellington, as to the sum which is on France, the undersigned ministers have to fall to their share under this head. had in view the necessity, more or less urgent, ART. VI. The 500 millions which remain of those states to have additional fortresses, after the deduction of the sums stipulated in and the expense, more or less considerable, the preceding Articles shall be apportioned in which the erecting them would incur, com- such manner as that Prussia, Austria, Russia pared with the means which they severally and England shall each have a fifth part. possess, or will acquire by the present Treaty. ART. VII. Notwithstanding the States According to these principles, the King of which have acceded to the Treaty of the 25th the Netherlands will receive 60 millions ; of March of this year, have furnished collecthe King of Prussia 20; the King of Sar- tively less than one fourth of the number of dinia 10; the King of Bavaria, or such other troops furnished by the four principal powers Sovereign of the countries bordering on conjointly; it has been resolved not to take France between the Rhine and the Prussian notice of this inequality; they will therefore, territory 15, the king of Spain 71. Of the taken collectively, enjoy the fifth part which, 25 millions which remain to be distributed, in pursuance of the disposition contained in five shall be appropriated to finish the works the preceding Article, remains of the five at Mayence, and the remaining twenty shall hundred millions. be assigned for the erection of a new federal ART. VIII. The allotment of this fifth fortress upon the Upper Rhine. These sums amongst the several acceding States shall be shall be employed conformably with the in proportion to the number of troops furplans and regulations which the powers shall nished by them, and in the same manner as adopt for that purpose. they have participated in the sum of ten milART. III. The sum destined for the for- lions, allowed by the French government for tifications being deducted, there remains the pay of the troops; the table of this allot5624 millions, under the head of Indeinnities inent is annexed to the present Protocol. which shall be apportioned in the following ART. IX. As his Majesty the King of Sar dinia recovers part of Savoy, and his Majesty ART. IV. Although all the Allied States the King of the Low Countries receives in have afforded proofs of the same zeal and de- addition to the places of Marienbourg and votion for the common cause, there are some, Philipeville, and some other districts, that part notwithstanding, like Sweden, (which, from of Belgium which the Treaty of Paris of the the very commencement, was released from 30th May 1814, left to France; and it being all active co-operation, in consequence of the understood that these two Sovereigns finding, difficulty of conveying her troops across the in those accessions of territory, a tair compenBaltic) who have made no efforts whatever : sation for their efforts, are not to participate others, like Spain, Portugal, and Denmark, in the pecuniary indemnity, their proportion, although they have armed to assist in the such as it is fixed in the table annexed to the struggle, have been prevented by the rapidity preceding Article, shall be divided between of events from effectually contributing to its Prussia and Austria. Swisserland, which has rendered ART. X. As the payments of the French most essential services to the common cause, government are to be made at the periods did not accede to the Treaty of the 25th #xed by the Treaty, and of the Convention March on the same conditions as the other annexed thereto, it is resolved that each state Allies. These States are thereby placed in a who participates in these payments, in consedifferent situation which does not allow of quence of the present Protocol, shall receive manner: success. Trancs. Cent. at each of these periods the pro-rata of his government; it shall be at the option of the share, and the same rule shall be followed other Allied States, in like manner to deles where a State participates under various gate Commissioners expressly to superintend heads at once. : Austria, for instance, in right their interests at the said Commission, which of its fifth and in right of the part which she Commission shall be charged to deliver to is to receive of the proportion of Belgium and them the effects or the specie which shall be Sardinia. This principle shall likewise be recovered for their States. A regulation shall adopted, if, in case of the non-payment of the be forthwith drawn up respecting the exercise French government, it should be necessary to of the functions of the said Commission; to proceed to the sale of a portion of the Inscrip-, which shall be annexed the Table of the protions which shall be deposited by way of portion which each State is to receive, and of pledge. the period of payment, according to the princiART. XI. Prussia and Austria having de- ples laid down in the present Act. clared the pressing necessity of their obtain- ART. XIV The fifty millions stipulated ing, in the course of the six first months, a by the Article of the Military Convention larger sum than by an equal distribution would annexed to the Treaty of the 20th instant fall to their share; Russia and England con- for the pay and other demands of the army sent, in order to facilitate the general arrange- which is to occupy a part of France shall be ment, that each of those two powers should divided in such wise, as that anticipate ten millions of francs of their preportion, to take date from the first payment, Russia shall receive 7,142,857 16 on condition of their holding themselves ac Austria - 10,714,285 71 countable for that suin in the subsequent England · 10,714,285 71 Prussia years. 10,714,285 71 ART. XII. This deduction shall be made The Acceding States- 10,714,285 71 by one-fifth every year, so that Austria and When France shall only pay, as will be the Prussia will each relinquish to Russia and other sum less than fifty millions, for the case in the first year, thirty millions, or any England 2,500,000 francs of their respective shares, in each of the four subsequent years. object above specified; the same proportion ART. XIII. In order to avoid the number. shall be observed in the distribution of the less inconveniencies which must result from sum so modified. The money which is rea want of unity in recovering the sums to be ferred to here shall be levied and allotted by paid by France, it has been settled, that a the same Commission, established in purcommission, residing at Paris, shall have the for the raising of the pecuniary indemnity. suance of the 13th Article of the present Act, sole management of recovering the same; that none of the States participating in these of the present Protocol , which shall be fur ART. XV. Four exact copies shall be made payments shall treat separately with the nished with the signature of the under-menFrench government for this object; that they shall neither ask or receive directly from the I tioned Plenipotentiaries, and shall have the said government, and without the interven force and validity herein-before expressed. tion of the said commission, the documents (Signed) (Signed) by which the said payments may be obtained. Castlereagh. Rasoumoffsky, -This Commission shall be composed of com Metternich. Hardenberg missioners from Austria, Russia, Great Britain Il'essenberg. Humboldt. and Prussia, who shall treat with the French Capo D'Istria Wellington. TABLE OF THE ALLOTMENT of the One Hundred Millions of Francs amongst the acceding Powers. Naines of the acceding Powers, The 100 Millions of Francs 19,613 Francs. Cents. 315 Bavaria ... Men. 60,000 50,000 20,000 15,000 16,000 10,000 16,000 25,517,798 8,000 12,000 3,800 800 2,200 340,237 311 151 734 241 31 613 No. XIII. — CONVENTION between Great of the Treaty of Paris of 30th May 1814, Britain and France, concluded in confor- either to individuals, or to “ Communes,” or mity to the Ninth Article of the Principal to private establishments, the revenues of Treaty, relative to the Examination and which are not at the disposal of Government. Liquidation of the Claims upon the French This liquidation shall extend particularly to Government. the following claims : In order to remove the difficulties which 1. To those arising from supplies and delihave arisen in the execution of divers Arti- veries of all kinds, furnished by “ Communes," cles of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May but the different branches of the Government, or individuals, and in general by all others 1814, and especially of those relating to the by virtue of contracts or arrangements made Claims of subjects of the Allied Sovereign by the French Administrative Authorities, Powers, the High Contracting Parties, being under promise of payment; whether the said desirous of enabling their respective subjects speedily to enjoy the rights which those Arti- supplies and deliveries may have been furcles ensure to them, and at the same time pished, either to or for the use of military prevent as much as possible all controversy of towns and fortresses in particular, or, in magazines in general, or for the provisioning which might arise on the interpretation of short, to the French armies, to detachments some of the dispositions of the said Treaty, of troops , or of " gendarmerie,” to the French have agreed upon the following Articles: Administrations, or the Military Hospitals, or ART. I. The Treaty of Paris of the 30th in fine, for any public service whatsoever. May 1814, being confirmed by Article XI. of These deliveries and supplies are to be the Principal Treaty, to which the present vouched by receipts, from the storekeepers, Convention is annexed, this confirmation ex- officers, civil or military, commissaries, agents tends principally to Articles 19, 20, 21, 22, or inspectors, the validity of which shall be 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, and 31, of the said Treaty, acknowledged by the Commission of Liquidaso far as the stipulations contained in the said tion, described in Art. V. of the present ConArticles have not been altered or modified by vention. The prices shall be regulated by the present Act; and it is expressly agreed, the contracts or other engagements of the that the explanations and developements French authorities, or in failure thereof, by which the High Contracting Parties have the market prices of the places, the nearest thought advisable to give to them by the fol- to that where the delivery shall have taken lowing Articles, shall in no wise prejudice the place, claims of any other nature which may be 2. To arrears of pay, and allowances, travelauthorized by the said Treaty, though not ling expenses, gratuities, and other indemnifiespecially stipulated by the present Conven- cations due to military or other persons emtion. ployed in the French army, and become, by ART. II. In conformity to this resolution, the Treaties of Paris of 30th May 1814, and his Most Christian Majesty engages to cause 20th November 1815, subjects of another to be liquidated, in the manner hereinafter Sovereign Power, during the period when the specified, all sums which France may be individuals in question served in the French found to owe, in countries out of her territory, armies, or were attached to establishments as fixed by the Treaty to which the present thereunto belonging, such as hospitals, disConyention is annexed, by virtue of Art, 19, pensaries, magazines, &c. These demands are to be supported by the production of the I tion between the Commissioners of his Most necessary vouchers, as required by the exist-Christian Majesty and those of the City of ing military rules and Hamburgh regulations. 3. To the re-imbursement of expenses for ART. Iv. Those claims shall also be liquithe maintenance of French troops in such dated, preferred by several individuals against civil hospitals as did not belong to Govern- the execution of a Decree, dated Nassen, the ment, inasmuch as the payment of that main- 8th May 1813, by virtue of which colonial tenance has been stipulated for by positive goods, part of which they had purchased of engagements. The quota of the said ex- French Government were seized to their penses is to be vouched by abstracts of detriment, and by virtue of which they have accounts, certified by the Superintendents of been obliged to pay, a second time, on cottons, those establishments. the single and double Custom-house dues, 4. To the restitution of funds, intrusted to although they had paid, in due time, what the French Post-offices, which have not reach- they owed lawfully. These claims shall be ed their destination, the event of force being, liquidated by the Commissioners appointed by however, excepted. the Convention of this day, and the amount 5. To the discharge of “ Mandats,” “ Bons,” thereof shall be paid, in inscriptions, on the and Orders for payment, given either on the great book of the public debt, at a rate not Public Treasury of France, or on the “ Caisse under 75, in the same manner as has been d'Amortissement,” or their“ Annerés,” as well agreed upon with regard to the securities to as of “ Bons,” given by this last-mentioned be refunded. “ Caisse," which “ Mandats," “ Bons,” and ART. V. The High Contracting Parties, Orders, have been subscribed to in favour of being animated by the desire of agreeing on a inhabitants, “ Communes,” or establishments mode of liquidation, calculated at once to accesituated in provinces which have ceased to lerate the same, and promote, in each partiform part of France, or which may be in the cular case, a final decision, have resolved, hands of the said inhabitants, “ Communes," while expounding the arrangements of Article or establishments, it being not possible for 20 of the Treaty of 30th May 1814, to France to refuse payment of the same, on the appoint Commissions of Liquidation, to be plea, that the objects, by the sale of which employed, in the first place, in the examinathe said “ Bons,' “ Munduts,” and Orders tion of the claims; and also Commissions of were to be realized, have passed under foreign Arbitration, which are to decide on such cases dominion. on which the former Commission do not 6. To loans made to the French Civil and agree. The mode to be acted upon in this Military Authorities, under promise of re- respect, is to be as follows: payment. 1. Immediately after the exchange of the 7. To indemnities granted for non-enjoy- ratifications of the present Treaty, France, ment of national domains, let on lease; to all and the other High Contracting Parties, or other indemnity and refunding for leases of those interested in this object, shall name national domains, and also for professional Commissioners of Liquidation, and Commisattendance, remuneration, and fees for ap- sioners of Arbitration, or Umpires, who are to praising, inspecting, or reporting, on the reside at Paris, and shall be instructed to buildings, or other objects, done by order and direct, and carry into execution, the arrangeon account of the French Government, inas- ments contained in Articles 18 and 19 of the much as the said indemnities, refundings, pro- Treaty of soth May 1814, and Articles, 2, +, fessional attendance, remuneration, and fees, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, have been acknowledged to be at the expense of the present Convention. of the Government, and legally ordered by 2. The Commissioners of Liquidation are the French Authorities at the time existing. to be named by all parties interested, in such 8. To the re-imbursement of advances numbers as each of them may think proper to made from the funds of the “ Communes,” by appoint. They will be instructed to receive order of the French Authorities, and under and examine, according to a scale fixed upon promise of re payment. for that purpose, and with the least possible 9. To indemnities due to individuals for delay, and liquidate, if there be just cause, all loss of grounds, the demolition and destruc- claims. Each Commissioner shall be at liberty tion of buildings, in consequence of orders to unite in one Committee all the Commisfrom the French Military Authorities, for the sioners of the respective Governments, and to enlargement or security of fortresses and cita- lay before them, and cause them to examine dels, in such cases where indemnity is due, by the claims of the subjects of his Government, virtue of the law of 10th July 1791, and or else to treat separately with the French where there may have been engagement to Government. pay, either by report of arbitrators, regulating 3. The Arbitrators are to be instructed to the amount of the indemnity, or by any other decide definitively, and without appeal, on all deed of the French Authorities. cases referred to them, in conformity to the ART. III. The claims of the Senate of present Article, by the Commissioners of Hamburgh, on account of the Bank of that Liquidation, who may not have been able to city, shall be the subject of a Special Conven- agree thereon. All the High Contracting Parties, or those interested, may name as many choice is to be made known to the Recordof these Arbitrators as they may think proper; Keeper, at the same time transmitting to him but every one of these Arbitrators must make the whole of the documents. The Recordoath, before the Chancellor of France, and in Keeper will duly note this nomination, and the presence of the Ministers of the other the deposit of the papers, and will enter the High Contracting Parties residing at Paris, to claim in the proper register, which shall have pass judgment, without partiality whatever been opened for that purpose. When the for the parties, according to the principles laid turn of a claim shall come round in its regular down by the Treaty of 30th May 1814, and order of entry, the Record-Keeper is to sumby the present Convention. mon the six Arbitrators above-named. When 4. As soon as the Arbitrators named by the case shall happen to be one of those spoFrance, and by at least two of the other cified in Section 6 of the present Article, the Parties interested, shall have taken this oath, names of the said six Arbitrators shall be put all the said Commissioners who may be in in an urn, the last drawn shall of course go Paris shall meet, under the Presidency of the out, in order that their number may be resenior Commissioner, for the purpose of ar- duced to five. The parties are, however, at ranging the appointments of one or more of liberty to abide, if they all agree thereto, by the Recorders or Record-keepers, and of one a Commission of four Arbitrators, the number or more Clerks, who are to be sworn before of whom, in order to obtain an odd number, them, as well as for the purpose of discussing, ) is to be in like manner reduced to three. In if necessary, a general system for the dispatch the cases specified by Section 7 of the present of business, the keeping of the registers, and Article, the six Umpires, or the four, if the other matters of internal regulation. parties have agreed to that number, are to 5. The Commissioners appointed to form enter into discussion, without previous elimithe Commissions of Arbitration being thus nation of one of their number. In either of ordained, whenever the Commissioners of these cases, the Arbitrators convoked for the Liquidation shall not have agreed on a case, | purpose are immediately to enter upon the the Arbitrators are to proceed with the same examination of the claim, or class of claim in the manner hereinafter mentioned. in question, and are to decide by a majority 6. In those cases wherein the claims are of of voices without appeal. The Record-Keeper the nature provided for by the Treaty of Paris, is to attend all the sittings, and to act as or by the present Convention, and wherein / Minute-Clerk. If the Commission of Arbithe question is merely to determine on the tration have not decided upon the class of a validity of the demand, or the amount of the claim, though it has, on a claim itself, such sum claimed, the Commission of Arbitration decision terminates the affair. If it has de is to be composed of six Umpires, namely, cided on the class of a claim, the case, prothree French, and three appointed by the vided that class be acknowledged as admis reclaiming Government. The said six Arbi-sible, goes back to the Commission of Liquitrators shall then draw lots, for the purpose dation, for that Commission to determine on of deciding, which of them is to be thrown the admission of the individual claim, and the out, and being thus reduced to five, are then amount thereof, or refer it anew to a Comfinally to determine on the claim referred to mission of Arbitration of five or three Memthem. bers. Judgment being given, the Recorder 7. In the event of the question being, whe- is to notify to the Commission of Liquidation ther the contested claim can be reckoned every such sentence, for the purpose of being ainongst those provided for by the Treaty of inserted in their proceedings, as the said deParis of 30th May 1814, or by the present cisions are to be considered and acted upon Convention, the Commission of Arbitration as precedents by the Commission of Liquiis to be composed of six Members, whereof dation. It is to be well understood, that the three are to be French, and three named by Commissions appointed by virtue of the prethe Government reclaiming; these six Um- sent Article are not to extend their labours pires are then to decide by a majority, whe- beyond the liquidation of the obligation spether the claim is susceptible of being admitted ciñed by the present Treaty, and that of 30th to liquidation; in the event of equality of May 1814. votes, the examination of the affair is to be ART. VI. The High Contracting Parties, suspended, and is to become subject matter desiring to secure the full performance of the of 'future regular negociation between the 21st Article of the Treaty of Paris of 30th May Governments. 1814, and accordingly determinate the mode 8. Every time that a case shall be referred of crediting France for such dehts, specially to the decision of a Commission of Arbitra- | secured in their origin hy mortgages upon tion, the Government, whose Commissioner countries which have ceased to form part of of Liquidation shall not have been able to France, or otherwise contracted by their inagree with the French Government, shall ternal administration, and which have been name three Umpires, and France shall name converted into Inscriptions in the Great Book as many, all of them chosen amongst those of the National Debt of France, have agreed, who shall have taken, or may take, previously that the amount of the capital, which each of to their acting, the stipulated oath, This the Governments of the said respective coun |