The National Register. — London, England, 1815-11-26 00:00:00

NOV. 2(L STATE PAPERS. THE TREATIES WITH TRANCE. CO N VENTIOIV CONCIRNING TILE OCCUPATION OF A . MILITARY LIME IN FR.t N CE. Art. 1. Composition of the army, and choice of its Com mandels. 2. The French furnish it with fire, candle, lodging, pro visions. :Ind forage, in kind. However, the portions which are o, he delivered according to a fixed twit*, are not to ex ceed 4200,000, :AnG the rations not 50,000. For pay, equip ments, clothing. and other necessaries, the Grivernment is to pay 50 oiillions annually ; but the Allies, in order to assist France as min h as possible, will be content with 50 millions for the first year, on condition that the deficiency shall be paid in the following years. 3. France inovides for the keeping up cf the fortifications, as vet as of the buildings belonging to the civil and mili tary administration, and for the provisioning of the fortresses in the occupation of the Allies. The furnishing of what is nece , s3ry for these purposfs, in which the. maxims of the Fiend) military administration are observed, is made upon the application of the allied armies to the French Govern. men-, which has to arrange with them the means of provid ing for these supplies and works in a manner suitable to both part i es. 4. According to the Fifth Artield of the principal Con- H vention, the line to be occupied by the Allied troops ex tends along the frontiers which divide the Departments of the Pas de Calais, the North, the Ardennes, the Maese, the I Moselle, the Lower Rhine, and the Upper Rhine, from the interior of France. It is further agteed that (unless par. ticular reasons should, with the consent of both parties, cause an alteration to he made) the following dist! icts - and territories shall not be occupied either by Allied or French troops. In the department of the Somme, the whole country northwards of that river from Ilam, to its tilling into the sea; in the department of the Aisne, the district; of St. Quentin, Vervin and Loon ; in the department of the . 1 Marne, those of Rheims, St. Menehaud and Vitry ; in the fl department of the Upper Marne, St. Dialer, and Joinville ; II in the department of the Meurthe, `Foul, Dienze, Saarburgh jl and Blamont ; in the department of the Vosage, those of St. I)iez, B, uyeres, and Premetemont ; in the department of the Upper Saone, the district of Leere ; in the department of the Doubs that of St. Itypolite. The King of France may have garrisons in the towns which lie in the territory occupied by the Allies, the strength of which is as follows :=ln Calais, 1,000 men ; Grayelines, 500 ; Bergen, .500 ; St. Omer, 1,500; Bethune, 500; Montreuil, 500; Nisden, 250; Andres, 250 ; Acre, 500 ; Arras, 1,000 ; Boulogne, 300 ; St. Venand, soo ; Lille, 3,000; Dunkirk and its forts, 1,000; Douay and be Lnuche, 1,000; Verdun, 500; Metz, 3,000 ; Lauterberg, 200; ‘Veiisemberg, 150; Petite Pierre, 100; Strasburg., 3,000 ; Schlittstadt, 1,000 ; New Bresach and Fort Mintier, 1000 Befort, 1.000. It is, however, agreed, that the material of the engineer and artillery departments, and the arms not propel ly beloning to these places, shall be removed from them 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 cccupied by troops of either party. If the Commander-in• Chief is informed of a violation of these arrangements, he snakes a remonstrance to the French Government, which promises to pay due attention to it. As the above paces arc .714 at present without garrisons, the Ft ench Government may send thither the stipulated number of troops as soon as it pleases, first, however, informing the Commander-in-Chief.. sth. The militdry command in the whole extent of the de partments through which perhaps the military line formed by. the Allied troops, belongs to the Commander in Chief of the Allies. The places mentioned in Article 4, ate to be garri soned by Ft ench troops, together with a ra3'on of MOO toises, are excepted from this military command. 6. The Civil admini.trative Justice, levying of taxes re main in the hands of the French Government. The same is the case with the Customs. They remain in their present state, and the Commanders of the allied troops not only put no obstacles in the way of their officers, but in case of need, lend them assistance. 7. To prevent all abuses in respect of the Customs, the clothes, /cc. for the troops shall not be imported, except pro vided with certificates of origin, and in consequence of a pre vious communication of the Commander of the Corps to the General in Chief, who on his side gives information to the Custom-house Officers. 8. The (;ens d'Avmes continue to do duty in the coun tries occupied by the Allies. 9. The troops not belonging to the Army of Occupation leave France in -- days, after the signature of the princi pal Treaty. The territories ceded to the Allies, as well as the places Landau, Saarlouis, and Versoix, will be evacuated in - 7 - 7 - days from the same time. The places will he given up in the condition in which they were on the 28th Sep tember. Commissioners will be named on both sides to re port on this situation, and to deliver up and receive the mi litary stores, plans, models, and archives belonging to the ceded places..alid districts. Comtnissione:s will be also named to examine and report the situation of the places to be giv'en in depot to the Allies, which are still in the hands of France, and are to be delivered up in --- days. Commissioners shall also report the state of the fortrefics already in the bands of the Allies on the day when they are considered as occupied. The Allies promise to restore, at the end of tl:e occupation, all the places named in Article of the principal Treaty, ivi the same state in which they found them, without however,. being answoreble for the dilwidations caused by time, whir's the French Gul ernment has not prevented by the necessary repairs. • SECOND SUBSIDIARY CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE SUM TO BE PAID BY FRANCE AS IYI)EMNITY. ART. 1. The 700 millions are to be paid, day by day,• in equal propos thins, in the course of the five ycass, by Londs upon the French Treasury';'payable to hearer. 2. The 'I - rcasury delivers immediately to the Allied Powers 15 bonds (ctigazemens) 6f 4 2-3ds millions each, making together the principal sum of 700 millions, payable, the first on the 31styfMarch, t 816; the second the 31st of July; and so fronf . f,ur 4o four months. 3. In thettionth preceding the four months in which a bond is poatatei(,this bond will be divided by the French Treasury irf.to ' pas,. payable to bearer at Paris , in equal 4 ,..„ por tions from ,to the last day of the four mouth,. Th us e. g. the botcil.ofiii4 2.3 millions, due on the s ht of March, IS!6, will be exchanged in November 1 Rl5, for such bonds payable in equal sums (ruin the Ist of December, 'Bl5, to March 31, 1816. The same is to be done with the bond be coming due on July 31, 1816, &c. For that which is to ly.': ' paid every day, there will not be given a single bond, but - THE NATIONAL REGIS' 'ER. s