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I?S- I TILS TREATl EH WITH FRANCE. CO N V i N T 1 O N Concerning the occupation of a Military Lint, in '^ruricf. ART. 1. Composition "f the army, and choice Commanders. 2. The French furnish it with fire, catidle, lodging, provisions, and forage, in kind. How ever, the porllOIHI which are to he delivered ac cord III to a tixedtarif, are not to exceed200,006, and the ^aiion- not 50,u0<). For pay, equipments, cioii);ng, and oilier necessaries, the Government is -to I;a) 50 million;, annually hut the Allies, in order iu assist France as much as possible, will be ilt wiih 30 millions lor the first year, on Co j u! n i, >; i that the deficiency shall be paid in the toiiowiug years 3. France provides for the keeping np of the foriliic.i!ions, as well as of the buildings belong- ing to (he urn! and military administration, and for the provisioning of the fortresses in the occu- pation of ihe Allies. The ftiriiisliiiip, of what is necessary for these purposes, in which the max- ims of IIle French military administrations are observed, is made upon the application of the Allied Armies to the French Government, which has to arrange with them the means of providing for th'hC supplies and works fit a manner suitable to 110111 pariies. Awarding to the Fifth Article of the princi- pal Convention, the line to he occupied by the ■Allie.j Troops extends along the frontiers which divide the Departments of the i^as (le Calais, the North, the Ardennes, the Maese, 'he Mo selle, the L,ver ltiiiiie, and the Upper Rhine, from ihe interior of France. It is further agreed, that I. "ress particular reasons should, with the consent of toth parries, cause an alteration to be made)-that thefollowing districts and territories should nol be occupied either by the Allied or French troops. In the Department of the Somme, the whole country northwards. of that river from Ham to. its falling into the sea; in the Department of the Aisite, the districts of St. Quelltln, Vervin, and Laon iu the department oi rhc Marne, those of Rlieinis, St. Menehaud and Virry; in life department of the Upper Mariie, St. Dix.er, and J -inville in the De- partment of the Ueurthe, Toul, Dienze, Saar- burg and Blauiont; in the Department of the Vosage, (hose os S:. Ðlez, Bruyeres, and Pre- nieremont fit the department of the Upper Saoue, the district of Leerc in the department Of ttie that of S. Hy polite. The King of France tuny have garrisons in the towns which lie fit the territory occupied by the allies, the Strength of which gart isous is limited as follows: In Calais, 1000 iiieti Graveliues, 500 Bergen, 500 Sr. Oiner, 1,501): lieihune,5i)0 Mon.reuil, 501); Nisden, 250; Andies, 250 Acre, 500; Ayrj I00(i 11 300 St. Vernaud, 300; Lille, 31)00 Dunkirk and its forts, 1000 Douay and Le Louche, Ki00 Verdun,500; Metz, 3000; a eissemberg Petite Pierre, lCO; Strashurg, 3000, Schlitstadt, 1000 New Bresach ari l Fort iVlortier, 1100 Befort, 1000. It is, however, agreed, that the malarial of the engineer and artittern iteliar(iiietits, aail the arms not properly belonging to these places, shall be re.moved from hem to other places at the option of the French Government, which must however lie without the lines occupied by the Allied troops, and without the line not occupied by troops of either party- If the Commander in Chiet is iuiormed "t a violation of these arrange- ments he makes a remonstrance to the French Govetittueikt, .vii'wli promises to pay due atten- tion to it. As the above places are at present without garrisons, the Fiench Government may seen thither the stipulatce! number of troops as soon as if pleases; first however informing the Convnauder in Chief. 5. Ti e military command of the whole extent of the department* through which passe tile mi. litary line formed by the allied troops, belongs to ihe Commander ip Chiçf of the allies, The places mentioned in Art.4, are to he garrisoned by French troops, together with a rayon of 1000 loises, are excepted from this military command. 6. The Civil iik.iiiinis.1 rat ive Justice, levying of taxes i-in in fhe hands of the French Go- vernment. Th<# same is the case with the Cus- toms. They remain in their present state, and the Commanders of the allied troops not only put no obstacles in the way of their Oalcers, but iu case of need, lend them assistance. 7. Tor prevent all abuses in respect of the Customs, ilic clolhes, &c. for the troops shall nof be itnporred, except provided with certifi- cates of origin, and in consequence of a previous communication of the Commander of the Corps to the fienera.l in Chief, who Oil his side give information to the Custom house Officers. 8. The Gens d'Amies continue to do duty in the countnes occupied by the Allies. 9. The troops not belonging to the Army of Occupation have Franee in days, afttr the signature of the principal Treaty. The territories ceded to the Allies, as well as the places Lan.iau, Saarlouis, and Versoix, will be evacuated fit days from the same time.- The places will he given up in the condition in which they were on the 28th September. Com- missioners will be named on both sides to report on this situation, and to deliver up and receive the military stores, plans, models, and archives, belonging to the ceded piaces and districts.- Commissioners will he also named to examine and report the situation of the places to he given In depot to ihe allies, which are still in the hands of France, and are to be delivered up in ■ day s. •. Commissioners shall also report the state of the fortresses atready in the hands of the allies on the day when they are considered as occupied. The Aliies promise to restore, at the and of the occupation, all the places named in Article 5 of the principal Treaty, in the same state in which they found tbem, without, however, bein; answerable for the dilapidations caused by time, which the Freueh Government has lIot prcvented by thenec'osiary repairs. SECOND SUBSIDIARY CONVENTION, Relative to the sum to, be: paitl by France 61 in- d'tnnih). Art. l. The "00 millions are fo he paid, day by day, in eipial proportions, in the course of the five jenrs, ty bonus upon the French Trea- sury, payable to bearer. 2. The Treasury delivers immediately to the Allied Powers 15 bonds of46 2.3ds millions each. making togetlier the principal sum of 70(1 payable, the first on the 31st of March, 1816 the second the 31st July and so frotnJipur to four mouths. S. In the month preceding the four months in which bond is payable, this bond will be divid- ed by the French Treasury into bans, payable tn bearer at Paris, in equal portions from the first to-ttie last day of the lour months. Thus e.g. the bonds.of 46 2 3 millions, due on the 3Ut. of March, I8"l6i will be exchanged in November, I8i5, for such bons payable in equal sums' trom the 1st of December, 1815, to March 31, 1816.- Tne same is to be done with the bond becoming dive on July tfl, 1816, &c. For thct which is to be paid every day, there will not be given a single bon, hut several coopous of 1000, 2000, 500". 10,000, and 50,000 francs, making together the sum due each day. 4. Of tbtse borts, no more than fifty millions hall be in emulation at one time, in order tp event the evils of a great accumula tion. I 5. France has no interest to pay for the delay of five years granted for the payment. 6. For the security of the regularity of these payments, France gives the Allies an annuity (Rents) of seven millions on a capital of 140 millions in the Grand Livre. This annuity is, in case of need <0 cover what is not redeemed by the French Government, in order, at the end of each half year, in the manner below mentioned, to bring the paymeuts in equilibrium with the expiration of the bons. 7. The Rents are inscribed in the names of the persons to he pointed out by the Allies. towtiom however the inscriptions cannot he delivered, ex- cept ia the case below-mentioned. The Allies also reserve to have the inscriptions transferred to other hamcs as often as they please. 8. The inscriptions will be deposited with one Cashier appointed by the Allies, and one ap- pointed by France. 9. A mixed Committee, equal in nnmber, (this seems to mean that half the members are to be named by the Allies, and half by France) ex- amines every six months the state of the pay- ments, and strikes a balance. The redeemed bons announce the payments the bons not then preseuted to the French Trea- sury belong to the following balance. Those lastly, which have expired, and have been pre- sented, but not paid, indicate the arrear, and the sum of inscriptions necessary aecordiug to the current course, of exchange, to cover the (Icli- 'cien(!y. As Aooit as this operation is, finished, !he unpaid bons will be returned to the French Commissioner, and the mixed Coniniiltee then order the cashiers to deliver out the sum fixed. The latterare then authorised and hound to de liver it l,) the Commissioners of the Allied Powers, who then dispose of it at theirdiscrefton. 10. Francp engaes in such case immediately to deliver to the cashiers an account in inscrip- tions eqiiiii to't,he,.um to be fit!livere(I by them, so that the- annuity in article 8 may be always complete. 11. For these bons the payment of which is not marie when due, by the faults of France, it pays 5 per cent. interest per ann. reckoning from the day of their becoming due 12. When the first 600 millions are paid, the Allies. in order tt) hasteti the close of the ac- count, will, if agreeable to France, take the all- nuity (Rentejfixed in Act 8, at the course of exchange then current, to the amount of the arrear of the 100 millions, so that France will only have to pay what difference there may be. 13. If this is not agreeable to France, the payment of the other 100 millions will be made in the manner stipulated in Articles 2, 3, 4, and 5. After the discharge of the whole 700 millions France receives the inscriptions back again. 14. The French Government engages, beside the pecuniary indemnities fixed in the present Convention, to fulfil all the engagements entered into by separate Conventions with the several Powers and their Allies, relative to the clothing and equipment of their armies, and punctually to have delivered and paid the bons and mandats proceeding therefrom, so far as they shall not have been realised at the time of signing the main Treaty, and the present Convention.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov.2.

| MR. GRATTAN.

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