Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-08


., In the uame of the Holy and ludvsibie
Trinity
Their Majesties the Emperor of Austria. the
nns ot Prussia, and the Emperor OF all the
RnSsias, has,gg repaired To AK la Chapelle
aud their Mejesiies the King of France and
Navarro, andlthe King of the Kingdom OF Great
Btiiain and Ireland, having sent thther their
Iieniroientiaries. the Ministry of The five
Cents having assembled in conference, and
the French Plenipo,entiary having made
known. that in consequence of the state of
France ann the faithful execution OF the treaty
cot November 20, iSl5 Ills must Christian Ma
Jesty was desIions that the militia, occupation
stipulated by the fifth Article OF the said treaty,
shonld cease AS soon a. possible, the Ministry
Of the Courts OF Austria, Great Britain, Prussia
abu huSs tine names OF the powers Non will
see are placed in the alpha betica order y after
having, III ccncert with the said p nipoteniiary
OF France, ma,ureiy examined every thing
that could have AN influence on such i'm 40 rtant
decision, declared, that their Sovereiyns would
admit The principle OF the evacuation of the
French territory at tie end OF the third
year OF theOccupaiion, and wishing to conso-
lidate their resolution in formal convention,
ana To secure at the same time the definitiye
execution OF the said treaty Of November20,
1915, their Majesties naned (here foitow the
names ct the Misistry.) who have agreed upon
the following articles:
Art |. The troops composing the Army of
Occupation, shall be, Withdrawn from the
French territory by the 3Oth of Nov. next, or
sooner If possible.
Art. z. The strong places and fortresses
which the said troops now occupy, shall be
snffendetedto commissioners named for that
purpose by his most Christian Majesty in the
state in which they were at the time of the
occupation, contormabiy 10 the ninth article
OF The convention concluded in execution of
me 9Th article of the treaty of November 20,
1915.
Arts The sum destined to provide for the
pay, the equipment, and the clothing of the
Army OF Occupation, shall be paid, in all cases,
I'll Ire 30th OF November next, On the same
footing OH which it has existed since the LIST of
December, 1917.
Art. 4. All the pecuniary arrangements he
tween France and the Allied Powers having
been regulated and settled, the sum remaining
to be paid by Fiance To complete the execution
OF Tie 4th article of the treaty of November
1873, is deiini;iyely fixed at 2GJ millions OF
| francs.
Art. s. OF this sum, the amount of 100 mil
| mons OF effective value shall lie paid by AN
INSCRIPTION OF reRtcs OIL the great book of the
fub'ic Debt OF france, bearing interest from
| ihe I'D OF Sept. ISIS. The said Inscriptions
| snail be received IL the rate of the funds on
the 9Th Oct. 1918.
AIT. Il. Tue remaining les millions shall be
| paid by nine monthly instruments, commencing
| WIN the 9th OF January next, by draughts
the houses OF Hope ANA Co. and Barlng, Bro
theirs and Go. In Inc same manner ih, inscrip-
tons of the rentes, mentioned in the abOvs ar
tlcle, sual he delivered To commissioners OF the
| Courts OF Austria Great Brtaii, Prussia. aud
Russia, by the royal treasurer of France al the
epoch Of tie complete and definite evacuation
| of the French territory.
Art. z. At the same epoch. the commission
ers OF the said Courts shall deliver 10 tile oval
treasurer OF France, The siN obligations (el-
gdgeIneiis,) not yet discharged (GcJaittes,)
which shall remain ia their hands OF the 10
obligations engagements delivered coniorma-
| bly, to the second article of the coIiye ntion
concluded for the execution of the fourth
article of the goth OF Nov. 1915. The sad
hal
| the Inscription of millions OF renteS created
| IN virtue of the Sth article OF the said conven-
ton.
Art 8. The present convention shall be rati-
hen, and tile Publications exchanged at AK la
Chapeile, in the course of ID days, or sooner if
possible, in the faith ~ which the respective
Plenipotentiaries have herewith signed their
| names, and affixed 10 il their seal aud arms.
Done at AK ID ChapelIe, the 9th of Oct in
the year CT Grace 1918.
There follow the signatures of the Minis
ters.
We have found the above Treaty conforma.
ole 10 our VIII, III consequence of Which we
| have confirmed ana ratified the same, as we
do now confirm and raiity il for our heirs and
successors.
Here follow the signatures of the Sovereis =,
with the specification of the different wears Of
their several reigns
AIN la Chapeiie, Oct. II, 1915.
LONDON, Oct. 22.- Gov ernment have already
received on the new Lean of "a, O00. 0OOi.-
D ,t50 600 III money, and Ia ,g33, 900 in Exche-
queg bills, leaving between six and seven mil.
lions TO be forthcoming.
In 1858, when Pitt came into power, the
whole eNpence OF government did not exceed
1900 ,O0O now the poor rates approach that
sum.
1t is reported that the Duke of York will
resign his situation as commander in chief
ana that lie will he succeeded by the duke OF
Wellington. Col. Harvey TO be military secre-
tary.
1t is now known that Sir Charles Abbott
viii succeed Lord Peterborough as chief JUS
tice OF the Kings Bench
The jewels worn by Lady Castlereagh, at the
ball given at AK Ia Chapeile by The town,
amounted ii is said, TO the value of four mil
lions of francs.
Two of the principal houses in Manchester
received oil Saturday, several extensive orders
for different descriptions of manufactured
goods, fol- the South American markets ;these
orders come from Bahia and Rio Janeiro; two
o: them are to considerable amount; and the
letters, which accompanied them, held out the
cheering assurance that they would shortly be
followed by Others of equal magnitude.
The total number of vessels which have
sailed from Liverpool from the list January to
the Both September, 1918, not including Irish
traders ard coasters, is 1928, of which $40 for
the United States.
The Whitehall Evening Post, of the 22d Of
OctOber, states, that transports with the first
division Of the army-baEgage, arrived the
preceding day at Dover. On the 2Oih, $4,000
troops were to embark M Calais, and it was
supl osed they wsre landed at Kent on the 22d
The intended reduction of the army, il is
stated, will be 81 600 men.
Al the last accounts, IDeIed was performing
at Liverpool, and Madam Catalina singing al
AK la Chapeile.
Lord and Lady CastIereaeh were expected
10 arrive al LoBdsn from the great Congre ss
by the end of Oct.
The JOurHa de Maine ct I4oine, speaking
Of the vintage in that quarter, says " There has
not been so fine one for 80 years"
The London papers by The EuEliiafes, con-
tain many contradictory specuIations relative