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in Article XIII., and shall be determined according to lh °recommending a substitution of a postage impost (instead of the
tenor of the regulations by which these funds or chests arc go- stamp-duty on newspapers and the excise on paper), as in
verned. America, asserts that the revenue, by such measures, would be
The securities furnished, as well as the payments made, by equivalent to that by the present system, and would not be op_
Belgian accountants, the judicial deposits and consignments, pressive to any.
shall equally be restored to the parties entitled thereto, on the Dr. EPPS became a member (he said) of the Union from
presentation of their proofs. _ seeing the disease of the body politic, and the necessity of some
.

If, under the head of what are called the French liquida.
tions, any Belgian subjects should still be able to bring forward
claims to be inscribed, such claims shall also be examined and
settled by the said Commission.
Article XXlV.—lmmediately after the exchange of the rati-
fications of the Treaty to be concluded between the two parties,
the necessary orders shall be transmitted to the Commanders of
the respective troops, for the evacuation of the territories,
towns, fortresses, and places which change domination. The
civil authorities thereof shall also at the same time receive the
necessary orders for delivering over the said territories, towns,
fortresses, and places, to the Commissioners who shall be ap_
pointed by both parties for this purpose.
This evacuation and delivery shall be effected so as to be
completed in the space of fifteen days, or sooner if possible.
Article XXV.—The Courts of Great Britain, Austria, France,
Prussia, and Russia, guarantee to his Majesty the King of the
Belgians the execution of all the preceding Articles.
Article XXVL—In consequence of the stipulations of the
present Treaty, there shall be peace and friendship between
their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the King of
the French, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of All the
Russians, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of the
Belgians, on the other part, their heirs and successors, their
respective states and subjects, for ever.
Article XXVII.—The present Treaty shall be ratified, and
the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, in the space
of two months, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their
Arms.

healing measure being proposed as a remedy. The politica,
diseases of the country originate from the ignorance in which
the people have been kept by the fiscal restraints on knowledge;
for tyranny is supported by ignorance, and withers away before
the magic wand of knowledge. To perfect a cure, the cause of
the disease must be removed. Knowledge has been Burked
too long, and the political body will be a dead corse if not revi-
vified by probing the wound to the bone. He then adverted to
the impost on newspapers in America, which he said was only
one penny on each paper ; and yet the Government considered
and found it a sufficient revenue.
Mr. ROBERT NOEL seconded the adoption of the petition,
which was adopted.

Done A London, the fifteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
(Signed) (LS.) PALMERSTON. (LS.) SYLVAIN VAN
(LS.) ESTERHAZY. DE WEYER.
(LS.) WESSENBERG.
(LS.) TALLEYRAND.
(L.S.) BULOW.
(LS.) LIEVEN.
(L.S.) MATUSZEWIC.