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• . default, 'however, of all proof in writing, consi dering the circ u mstanc e s under which the confis cations and . sequeitratione took place, and those have since arisen, such other proof be admitted as,the Comrnisionct's of - Liquidation bercatier mentioned shall judge sufficient in lieu thereof. The French Government further engages to fa 7 rilitutc• by every means, the production of all tides and proofs serving to substantiate the claims ‘% Mich the present Article refers, and the Com tojssioners shall he authorised tO make all search which they Shall judge necessary to arrive at such ilhfornnition„ and to obtain the production of such titles and proofs they sh;ill a ISO be empowered to examine upon oath, in case of need, such per •soos euph;ved IA the public offices, as may have it oi their pouer to point them out, or to furnish thciu.• ,The value of the .said immoveable property shall he determined and fiXeir by the production of an extract of the'' Matriee," of the'' Rules," ,of the Contribution fonciere," for. the Year • 1791, and at the rate. of t wenty times the re- Tannic mentioned ih the said " Rules.'' if the " Matrices" should no lancer exist, and that it should therefore be impossible to produce the extracts, the claimants be authorised to furnish such other proofs as shall he admitted by the Commission of Liquidation mentioned in the following Articles. The capita; thus liquidated and allowed shall be inscribed upon the Great Book ,f the Public Debt of France, at tiic rate which has been fixed in the fourth Article for the inspection of the ar rears of the annuities ; and' the inscription shall bear date and Shall bear interest from the 22d of March next incluSively. The arr ea rs due upon the said capital from ..the petiod of its sequestration, shall lie calculated at the raze of 4 per cent. per annum, without de, auction, and the whole amount of those arrears up to the 22d of March next exclusively,.shall be -inscribed in the Great Book of the Public Debt , of Framce, at the rate above-mentioned, and shall - near date from the 22d day of March next inclu sively. Art. VI. In order to fix the capital as well as -tie arrears which.shali he due to such of the sub jects of his Britannic Majesty, whose moveable 'property in France has been sequestrated, con- fiscated, and sold, or to their heirs or assigns, 'subjects of his Britannic Majesty, the following process shall be had : The claimants shall be obliged to produce, Ist, the proses verbal, containing the inventory of the moveable. effects seize& or seintesttated. 2dly, 'Flue proces verbal of the sale of the said effects, or in default of proofs in writing, such other proof as the respective Commissioners of the two - Powers shall . udge sufficient in lieu thereof, ac cording to the principles established in the pre- Ceding - Article; the French GoVernment engaging iin tliisiekpect to give the same facilities and the .search, are •'authorised to make the saute search, and - to take the saute measures, as have been 'tit:tailed in the foregoing article, with re- Spert to inonoveithie property. The - amount of the stink arising time* the seizures nod sides of • .the movea'ale property shall be thus determined ; regard beieg always had to those periods during wilick paper money was in circulation, and to the fictitious augmentation of prices 'resulting therefront 'The capital liquidated and allowed shall be in scribed upon the •Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate which has been fixed - hv the preceding Articles, and the Inscriptions shalt bear date, and• shall bear interest iron' the 22d March next inclusively. The' arrears liquidated and allowed, due upon the said 'capital front the period at which the claimant was deprived of the possession of his or her moveable property shall be calculated at the rate of three per cent. per annum, without deduc tion, and the whole amount of the said arrears up to :he 22d March next, exclusively, he in scribed upon the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate above-mentioned, and shall bear interest front the 22d Mardi next, The vessels, ships, cargoes, •and other move able property whicti shall have been scizcu and confiscated, either to the profit of France,: or of the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty, in con formity to the• Laws of \Vat-, and the prohibitory Decree, shall not be admitted to the liquidatiim, nor to payments mentioned in the present Article. . Art, VII. The claims of the subjects of his Bri tannic Majesty, arising - from the different loans made by the French Government, or from mort gages upon property sequestrated, seized, and sold by the said Government, or any other claim what soever, not comprised in the preceding Articles, and which would be admissible according to the terms of the 4th additional Article of the Treaty of Paris of 1814, and of the present Convention, shall be liquidated and fixed, adopting with re flect to each claim, the modes of admission, of verification, and of liquidatiOn, which shall b e conformable to their respective natures, and which shall be defiaed and fixed by mixed Commission inc a Oohed in the following . Articles, according to the principles laid down in the above Articles. ' These claims thus liquidated, shall he paid in InscriptionS in the Great Book at the rate above— mentioned, and the -Inscriptions shall bear date, and shall bear interest from the 22d of March next In the cases wherein the Edicts . or Decrees con stituting the claims above-mentioned shalt have assured to the credit(); s the.. reinibursement.of the capitals, and other profitable conditions or favour oble chances, account shall be had thereof to the he unfit of the 66;1:ants, as detailed above in Art. 2. hit. VIII. 'l he. amo►n►t of the Inscriptions grisi!lg to each creditor from his claims liquidated and allowed shall he divided by the Commi - ssioners oflleposit, into five equal portions the . first of Nyhich shall be delivered iminetliately after liqui dititr.n, the second three ►►,onths after,, and su on with respect to the other portions, every three months, the creditors will nevertheless receive the interests of the whole of their debts liquidated, and allowed from the 22d of March 1816, inclu sive, as soon as their respective claims shall have been allowed and admitted. ,art. IX. A► cipital, producing au interest of n►etrcing front the 22d of March, 1816, shall he inscribed as a timil of. guarantee, in the Great Book of the Public Del): of France, in the nau►e of tWo or four Commissioners, the one half Ett glish and time other half Drench, chosen by tliteir -respective Governments. - These Commissioners shall receive the said interest front the 224 of Alarch, 1816,, every six months ; 'they shall hold it in deposit, without having the power of nego ciating it, and they shall further be bound to place the amount of it in the Pnblie F un ds, and to" receive the accumulated and Compound interest of the -same for the profit of the cre ditors. In case the three millions five hundred thousand francs of interest shall 'be insufficient, there shall be delivered to the said Commis, sioners InseriptionS- for larger sums, - until their amount shall be equal to what may be necessary to pay all the debts mentioned in the present Act. These additional Inscriptions, if there shall be any, shall be delivered, heating interest from the same period as the 3,500,000 francs; above stipulated, and shall.be adthinistered by the Cpnimissioners, according to the same princi ples, so. that the claims which shall r•emaitt to be paid, sh a ll b e p a id with the sameprnportion of accumulated and compound interest, as if the fund of guarantee'had bleu from the first sufficient, aitri ,as soon as all the payments due to the credi tors shall ha-ve been made, the surplus of the in terest fund not employed, with the proportion of accumulated anti compound interest which. shall belong thereto, shall, if• there be any, be given up to the disposal of the French Government. Art. X. In proportion as the liquidation shall be effected, and as the claims shall be allow ed, distinction being made between the sums representing the capitals, and the sums arising front time arrears or interest, the Commission of Liquidation, which shall be mentioned in the fol-. lowing Articles, shall deliver to the Creditors, allowed to be such, two Certificates for the value' of the whole Inscription to be made, bearing in terest from the 22d of March, 1816, inclusive; one of the Certificates relating to the Capital of the Debt, and the other relating to the arrears, or interest . liqu►dated up to the 22d of March, 1816, exclusively. Art. XI. The certificates above-mentioned shall be delivered over to the Commissioners holding the Annuities in deposit, who shall check the same, in order that they be immediately inscribed into the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, to the debit of the deposit fund, and teithe ctedit of the new creditors, acknowledged as such, bearers of the said certificates, care being taken to diStingoish the Perpetual from the Life An nuities. And the 'said creditors shall be autho rised, friiin the day of the definitive liquidation of their claims, to receive, for their profit, front the said Commissioners, the interests which are due to Out, together with tke aectunulated and com poitml interests, it there he air ! , as we ll as such portion of the capital ns shall have been paid, ac cording to what has been regulated by the •pre ceding Articles. Art. XII. A further delay shall be allowed, af. ter the signature of the present Convention, to the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, who shall have claims tipim the Freuch Government, for thc mat ters specified in the present Act, in order that they may bring forward their claims . and produce their titles. This delay shall be extended to three months for the'creditors r,siding in Flotrope, six months for such as are resideZat in the Western Colonies, and twelve months for such as are resident in the East Indies, or in other countries equally distant. Atter the expiration of these periods, the said sub jects of his Britannic Majesty shall no longer have the benefit of tl►e presznt Art. XIII. In order to proceed in the. !hoick, tion and allowance of the charms mentioned in the preceding Articles, there shall be formed a COM= mission, composed of two Vrench a►►d two Eng lish Commissioners, who shall he non►inafed and appointed - by their respective Oovernmentss. These Commissioners, after they shall have allowed and admitted the titles to the claitus, shall proceed, according to the prinOples pointed out, to the allowance, liquidation, and determination Of the sums which sh all be due to each coeditor. In propor:ion as the claims shall be allowed and ascertained, they deliver to the creditors the two certificates mentioned in the 10th Article, one for the'_eapiral, tlke other for the interests. Art. XIV. A coinucHsi,yn of Arbitrators sha.q at the a i ame time be mi.,. ed , composed of four Members, two of whom shall be mimed by the, British Government and two by the French Go vernment. If it shall be ni'.'essary to call upon the Arbi trators, in case of an equality of votes on any point, the four names of the Arbitrators, English and French, 6611 be put into an urn, and the one of the four whose name shall be drawn first shall be the Arbitrator of the particular 'affair upon •which there shall have been such equality of votes. Each , of the Commissioners of the Liquidation sh:lll,in his turn take from the urn tile ticket .which to point out the Arbitrator. A Proces verbal shall be made of this operation, and shall b e annexed to th e one which shall be drawn tip for the liquidation and determination of the par- titular claim. If a vacancy shall take place; either in the Commission of Liquidation, or in that olArbitra tion, the Government, which ought to provide for .the nomination of a new Menth,er, shall pro ceed to that nomination. withdut delay, in order that the two Commissions may always remain as far as possible complete. ' If one of the ConimisSioners of Liquidation shall be absent, he shall be,replaced, during his absence, by one of the Arbitrators of this Nation ; and as in that case there %% ill remain but one Ar bitrator of that Nation, the ;two Arbitrators of the other Nation shall also be reduced to one by kt. And if one of the Arbitrators should absent himself, the same operation shall take place,- in order to reduce to one the two Arbitrators of the other Nation. It. is generally understood, that. in order to obviate all manner of delay in this business, the liquidation and adjudication shall not be suspended, provided there shall be pre sent, and. in activity, one Comtn;ssioner and one Arbitrator of each Nation, :the prinziple of equa- tors Of the two Nations being alw a y s p reserve d and re-established if necessary, by lot. Whenever either of the Contracting Powers shall proceed to the -nomination of new Commis : - . sinners of Liquidation, of Deposit, or of. Arbi tration, the said Connnisiioners shall be oldiged previously to their entering upon their functions, to make the oath, and in the forms detailed in the following article : Art. XV. 'The Commissioners of Liquidation, the Commissioners of Deposit, and the Arbitra 'tors, shall together make oath, in presence of the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty, and between the hands of the Keeper of the Seals of France, to proceed justly and faithfully, to have no pre ference either • for the Creditor or far ,the Debtor, and, to act' in all their proceedings according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, .1814, and of the Treaties and Conven tions,with France signed this day, and more par ticularly according to those of the present Con vention. The Commissioners of Liquidation and the'Ar bitrators shall he authorized to call witnesses whenever . th-y shall judge it necessary, and to examine them by oath in the usual forms., Upon all points relative to the different claims which form the object of this Convention.. Art.'XVl. When the 3,500,000 francs of in trrest, mentioned in the . 9th Article, sholl have . been inscribed in the name of the Commissioners who are to hold that stun in deposit, and on the first demand which shall be thereafter made by the trench Government, his Britzoinic Majesty shall give the necessary orders to carry into execution . the restoration of the Fiench Colonies, as Stinll - by the Treaty of Pali , of the 30th of May, 1614, comprehending Martnigne and Gn..idaloupe,• which have been since occupied by the British forces. The Inscription above-mentioned shall be made before the Ist of January next, at the latest.. Art. XVII. The prisoners of war, officers and soldiers, both naval and •military, or of any other description, taken during. the hostilities winch have lately ceased, shall on both sides be inne 7 tliately restored to their respective cOuntries, tin der the same conditions which are specified in the Convention of the 23d April, /814, and - in the Treaty of the 30th May of the same year ; and the British Govcrutnent renounces all claim to any -sums or indemnities whatsoever, which might belong to it from the surplus arising from the maintenance of the said poisoners of war, - subject nevertheless to the condition specified in the 4th additional Article of the Treaty of Paris, of the 30th of play, 1814. Done at Paris, the .20th day of November, 1875. '(Signed) (Signed) (L. S.) CAS'I'LEREAGH. (L.S.) 1&ICI LIEU. (L. S.) WELLINGTON. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. " The claims of the subjects of his Britannic Ma jesty, founded on a decision of his Most Christian . Majesty relative to the British merchandise intro duced into B.ntrdeaux, in conformity to the tarif of customs published in the above-mentioned city, by his Royal Highness the DakeD'Angouleme, on the 24th of March 1814, shall be liquidated and paid, according to She principles, and the ob ject declared in the above-mentioned decision of his Most Christian Majesty.' The Commission instituted by the 13th Ar ticle of the Convention ot this day, is directed to proceed immediately to the liquidation of the said claim, and to fix the dates of its payments to be made in money. The decision which shall he ma:le by the Com— missioners, shall be executed immediately, accord ing to its form and tenor. The present Additioned Article shall have the same force and clie-ct as it it were inserted word for word it) the Convention signed-this day relative to the examination and liqUidatiim of the claims of the subjects of his Britannic Majesty against the Government of France. • In witness Whereof the respective Plenipoten tiaries have signed it, and have thereto affixed the Seals of their ta-ms. Dune at Paris, the 40. th day of November, 1815. (Signed) L. S.) .C.I.S . TLEREAGI - 1. (L. S - .) RICHELIEU. ( VWF,I.LING FUN. • VROM THE FRENCH PAPERS, ITALY-RELIGION Roma, N0r.5. - -The Governor of Rome bas arrested five per Sons in an uninhabited house, on suspicion of their having favoured the attempt at escape of several Leaders of Banditti, who are prisoners in the Castle of St. Angelo. Rope ladders, arms, and uniformS were found. It is said, that bis Holiness has named a Con sistory charged with the revision of the ancient Directorium and the formation of a new code upon this matter. The Jews have offered to :Jay an extraordinary contribution to the wants of the State. M. Her colani, the Apostolic Treasurer, thanked them, and gave them an asstirance that his Iloliness would never depart from the . principles of tolera tion adopted by his predecessors with regard to the Jews. The faMous robber Testa di More,, has been arrested at Frascati, after committing ravages for eighteen months. 'He will be innuediutely tried. M. Orticoli, has been sent to Venice to com pliment the Emperor Francis. It is asserted that his Majesty will pass some time here, and that the Consistory for ecclesiastical affairs will often unite with the Council of - State. It is thought that they are preparing a projet of Gen cordut for the new Lombard-Venetian kingdom, and other States of his-Majesty. The German Churches occupy his Holiness much. It is hoped, that all arrangements will be terminated to the satisfaction of religion. His Holiness has as vet enacted nothing on the note of several Powers, •relative to the right O&' ROTA ri. e. Chief Jurisdiction) at Rome. It seems as it our Court would not without difficulty denude itself of a privilege which it has always wished to render mill. It it is • given up, it trot be tor recip roca l concess i ons . VENIce, N ov. Bishop of the Monte negrins has sent in his . submissiton to the Euipe- •r li e ror, wto ri ceived tne deputation graciously. I ai presents on tribute of vassalage, consisting arms and sheep skins, bare been exposed in t he Valais of St. Mark. A company of Montenegrins ,will form part of his Majesty's Imperial Guard i ll Italy. Two regiments of Sclavonials are or' ganizing. PARIS, Nov. 25.—The wounds of General 1 -' 3a ` garde are not mort a l. A b a ll, w hi c h had lotig ee l in the false ribs, caused i n th e fi rs t instance a go." • deal of apprehension. The last letters fromNisme/ state, that he is not only out of danger, but eve ° iti a state of convalescence. The Court of Assizes of Orleans has condenme4 to hard labour, - for a given time, Jean Be;"ar d ' I a musician, convicted of forging, with the mo 4 complete accuracy, the signatures of all the sisters, and seals of all the Administratiens / With the assistance of this criminal inchtstry; 116 . conferred military titles, decorations, pensi" o6 ' and salaries. The ill'esiOn produced was so coal; piece, that his thallrttlVFCS were only discover e r by the too frequent abu s e of it. The sums I' which he thus defrauded Government are Wel culable. The wife of Marshal Ney yesterday obtained en audience of the Duke of Richelieu, t;t the h otel of his Excellency, in the Rue de Bac. The French Custom-house Officers have merle farther seizure of foreign merehandize, attempt" to be smuggled into France, betweenValenc ieunefi an I d v C e Cirerl, that the house of flaring Co. of London, has made new propoe:llfor U 0 dertaking the payment of the war colqribut i l 9 et 700 trillions. The- principal partner_ in ta- c house, Mr. Baring, has been at Paris for sni n treat time to upon this important subject ; is said, that the French Governtueet t i , r 1 hear the advice of several Bankers of Frail" the Continent, before it decides upon this iallw" . tant financial operati;ni. - Ntsmes, Nov. 15 1t was reported y e sterda o f to Yf r, that search had been made at the house assassin of General Lagarde, and that.he ha d Every thing is in the mean time trenquil, an d sue t o good precautions are taken, that repose ‘6 ll be disturbed. Some of the National Guartl3 of Montpelier and of the environs of .Nisnies !lat e . arrived, and inure are expected from Toelous,3 a and Marseilles ; but it is probable that they ‘villo receive a countermand. The Duke of Ang oule . l o arrived this morning his presence, his wis",ri; the respect he inspires, the general love r or .it , august uncle, cannot tail to recal .every reason. The following is the Proclamation whic b tlje Marquis of Arband-longues, Prefect of -641 : 0 ` . : published on the 12th, iu consequence of the 11 " 6 .' e , dons events which nearly.cost the life of ner P r o p gar • ‘ e 4:l` . Nisnie.c !—All the French, whatever they profess, are the subjects and children of the blinPfri,g father of the country. The orders of the King are to 1%, B all sorts of Worship; to secure the property, the life , betty of conscience of all the French. Fr ePcfr '''We have received these sacred ordersfor every go- thew act man. We have executtd them: We will mainta io the last breatu of our existence. A wretch, concealed in the groupes of the peoPleh',ohita p, baps, fancied they were only rioters, but were ' 4 ":„ tose rebels to the King, has attempted to assassinate. '''3 ,ix' G,Heral, to whom thl6Depurtzneurowes so-nincti oteeir ti tud e, anti affection. • , 1 " The condemnatioriatone of this infamous asoli c has, henceforth sacs the country and absolve the peoP ie * t .130 nut been seized anal wrested at this unfortunate in you know him; you who surrounded him at the atoo' L his crime. " I promise, in the name of the department, a rew al4 ,ol . 3,003 francs to him, - or them, soldiers or inbabitaotb,,, shall give information of him, and bring hue befor'' rue' Nov. IS.—Several of the National Unar6S had accompanied the Prince were it' ttueleed. ss, theiteret urn home, by the nuonapartists,. si o f w r ! to , one, and maimed the others, -in the terri the commune of Calvisou. Eight of th e k ' s sins were brought in here;. The comronne end been condemned in a fine of 24,000 iraoes , : cog to support sour lodge 300 men who have heels thither Th . e day before yesterday -a printseller sol:;iciir picture, representing the ft oyal 13 , it wereinscribed'eliesewords, '` This I.s , tce h '• By means of. a moving slide, the picture eh'w % 4 ,, , i e and represents Buoneparte and his familYl,,,,e these words, " This is better." When in terto ed, the man said, that he left Paris with 20 otlierss whO had similar pictures. STU r GARD. . 3 His Majesty the King addressod, on the 1 11 of Noventher, a rescript to the States in answ ► i ti to their declaration of the 2fith of C ot°ber' ~e which the States had endeavoured to dera rju rced .r Ono the new provinces of the kingdom P°s,:vith the most incontestable right to enjoy, equi33r°Jrtero thil ancient ones, the benefits of the berg ConStitution. 11G. FUNDAMENTAL BASES FOR THE siftigl'El\ll3E. new law relat C iy O c N t ST . l .. T d U iv T id l u ( a )N i . Irterry,_rot.d _ ,o er L ae, I,llc. w c . o . ntltu_tion itself .o ca r :i be whichwars in force before IN , abrogated, ;i• ,p tY iir passed; nor." J. •• J, sent of the States. adtc 9. !.very • law passed sitter 1806 which shall be centr. , bro tory to .the future Constitution, ;nust be regal del as 3 . , .4 gated, as soon as the new. cooatitut;,,, s h a ll have rec e '' - tho proper s:ltiel ion. bich A co. . omission, called a Legislative Commission, to W fa *he Assembly of the States shad address th eir demandshaa the abolition or change of the laws. enacted since 1806, shat} be established. This commission, after having coostil'.., with the Deputies of the States, will submit their denian* to his Majesty; and he will nut delay in attending, to the dittsires. 3. The Ecclesiastical property of the Evangelic Cession Con, of the Old DuchY of -Wuttettilierg', is to be fully the and employed, in conformity with OA: intentions of the foul]," witlivat the cod ders, The wants of the Catholic religion will .likewisd be provided for. of 4. No state debt can be. co;:tracted without the consent , the States. 5. The public creditor is guaranteed against loss. 6. The Royal domains must be preserved entire. • 35 7. A civil list will be provided for the s.ing, according the wants of the royal famil‘' shall require; am!se wants the ded will be declared by tlie,siing.. This civil list will he foun upon the domains. . 8. Th e state,: shall not be required to consent to ema onr n t d a has direct or indirect, till it be sliJwit them that the d Irgitim l t e o bj ec t, that the itt•;attie of the Royal domains t! it itittiltiet ett t to meet . it, and that the sows wroicity granted have been exitended in aceutia lishing the ends for which they were raised. P r for . 9 ' All neeessal measures will be taken securin; wise adatiui4r4tiou ..,, j.l—ice. 1 0. No : . itiZell :h..11 4e ex:ludcd ro.n a ny situation, for.