The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-10 00:00:00

" ARTICLE 111.

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland will giva to her Royal Highness
the Princess Alice Maud Mary a marriage portion of
£30,000 sterling, the interest and produce of which shall
serve as an aid towards defraying the expenses of the joint
establishment of their Royal and Grand-Ducal Highnesses.

" ARTICLE IV.

"The whole of the said marriage portion shall be placed
in the English funds in the names of Commissioners to be
jointly named and empowered for that purpose by her Bri-
tannic Majesty and by his Royal Highness the 6' rand Duke
or Hesse, with the power to lay out one-half of it in real
securities in England or in Hesse, when such securities,
approved by her Majesty and his Royal Highness, shall be
found.

" The interest and produce arising from the said mar-
riage portion of £30,000 sterling shall be paid every six
months to the person or persons duly authorized to receive
the same on the part of their Grand-Ducal and Royal_
Highnesses the Prince and Princess during their joint lives:
In the event of the decease of either, the survivor shall en-
joy the interest and produce for his or her life. After the
decease of both, the capital and interest shall be disposed
of according to the stipulations contained in Articles V. and.
VI. of the present treaty.

" ARTICLE V.

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whether two or more, th. "---:-zuge portion shall, after the
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tdweePe'n"s^ucch of those children, without distinction of sex or
age, as shall attain the age of 18 years, or, not
tained that age, shall many . it there be but one child
who shall attain the age of 18 years, or (being the only
child) shall marry before attaining that age, the whole por
don shall go to that child, whether son or daughter.
"In case, after the death of the Prince and Prineces,
there should be any princely issue existing of any deceased
child or children of this marriage, then such princely issue
shall receive equally among them such part of the portion
as would have fallen to their father or mother if these had
survived the Prince and Princess.
"ARTICLE VI.

In case there shall be no child of the marriage who
shall attain the age of 18 years, or marry before attaining
that age, then, if the Prince shall die in the lifetime of the
Princess, the capital shall be transferred to her Royal
Highness. But if the Princess shall die in the lifetime of
the Prince, the capital &hall (subject to the life-interest of
the Prince) be disposed of as her Royal Highness may have
appointed, notwithstanding her married state ; or, if her
Royal Highness should have made no disposition of it, then
after the death of the Prince it shall pass to the next of kin
of the Princess, according to the rules of the English law,
as if her Royal Highness had died intestate and unmarried..
"ARTICLE VII.

" Her Britannic Majesty promises to secure to her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice Maud Mary, from the time of
her marriage to her Royal Highness's decease, the annual
sum of £6,00:1 sterling, to be paid quarterly toCommissioners
named for that purpose by her Britannic Majesty, to be by
them received for the sole and separate use of the said Prin-
cess, notwithstanding her married state, and which annual
sum of £6,000 sterling, so payable quarterly, the said
Princess shall not have power, either separately or con-
jointly with his Grand-Ducal Highness the Prince, to alie-
nate, mortgage, or receive or direct to be paid by way of
anticipation; but the same shall from time to time, as the
same shall become due, be paid and payable into the proper
hands of the said Princess alone, upon her own sole receipt
or to such person or persons to whom she shall, by writing
13igned by herself alone from time to time, as the same shall
becf,me due, direct and order the same to be paid, or whom
she shall otherwise authorise to receive the same on her solo
behalf.

" ARTICLE VIII.

" In consideration of this marriage, his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Hesse engages to secure to her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice M and Mary, in case she should
have the misfortune to become the widow of his Grand
Ducal Highness the Prince Frederick William Lewis Charles
of Hesse, a jointure suitable to the circumstances until the
decease of her Royal Highness, so long as she shall not enter
upon a second marriage. Such jointure, according as his
Grand- Ducal Highness the Prince may die during the life-
time of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, and also of his
Grand Ducal Highness the Prince Charles William Lewis
of Hesse, or after he shall have become immediate succes-
sor 0 the Grand Dukedom, shall, in the former case, con-
sist of a yearly revenue of 20,000f1., South German currency
and, in the latter case, of a yearly revenue of 40,000f1.,
South German currency.
" Together with such jointure, her Royal Highness will,,
in either of the aforesaid cases, receive the interest of ber
marriage portion ; and a residence at Darmstadt suited to
her exalted rank, and completely furnished, according to the
usage prevailing in the Grand •Ducal house of Hesse, shall
be assured to her as dowager-residence.

" In the event of the Princess becoming Grand Duchess
of Hesse, her Royal Highness will receive from the Grand
I hike the same allowances which former Grand Duchesses
have usually enjoyed ; and in the event of the Princess be-
coming Grand Duchess Dowager, her Royal Highness will
receive the amount of the jointure which it is customary to
assign to Grand Duchesses Dowager in the Grand- Lineal
house of Hesse.