Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-08

nan majesty, Ill TIC etdle ia WHlOu tHCJ
Mere at the time of the occupation, con
foimably to the pinth article of the con.
MENTION concluded in execution OF the 5ti
article OF the treaty of November 20, 1918
Art. 8. The sum destined TO provide
ior The pay, the equipment, and the cloth.
ing OF the Army of Occupation, shall be
paid, in all cases, till the 30th of Novem-
Der next, on the same footing on which il
has existed since the lst of December,
l8l7.
Art. 4. All the pecuniary arrangements
Between France aud the Allied Powers
having been regulated and settled, the sum
remaining to be paid by France to COM
plete the execution Of the 4th article Of
ihe treaty of Nov. 1915, is defnitively
Fixed at 265 millions of francs.
Art 5. OF this sum, the amount of 100
millions or effective value shall be paid by
40 inscription of rentes on the great book
81 the Public Debt of France, bearing in
serest from the 22d of Sept. 1918. The
laid inscriptions shall be received at the
Rate of the funds on the 9Th Oct. 1918.
Art. 6. The remaining l65 millions
shall be paid by nine monthly instalments,
commencing with the 9th Of Jan. next, by
draughts Oh the houses of Hope and Co.
and Barring, Brothers and Co. In the
same manner the inscription of the rentes,
mentioned in the above article, shall be de-
hyered to commissioners of the Courts of
Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Rus.
sia, by the royal treasurer Of France, at
The epoch of the complete and definite e.
Vacuation of the French territory.
Art. Z. At the same epoch, the commits
sioners of the said Courts shall deliver to
the royal treasurer Of France, the six OBJ
legations engagements, not yet dischar-
red (acquittes, which, shall remain in
iheir hands of the Is obligations engage
uents, delivered conformably to the Sc
cond article of the convention concluded
for the execution of the 4th article of the
10th of Nov. 1915. The said commits
sioners shall at the same time deliver the
Inscriptions Of millions of rentes, created
10 virtue of the 9th article of the said con-
yention.
# Art. 8. The present convention shall be
ratified, and the notifications exchanged at
Aix-la- ChapeIle, in the course of Is days,
or sooner if possible, in the faith of which
s.he respective Plenipotentiaries have here
with signed their names, and affixed TO it
their seal and arms.
Done at Aix-la- Chapelle, the 9th of Oct.
in the year of Grace 1918.
Here follow the signatures Of the Min
isters.
We have found the above Treaty con-
formable to our will, in consequence Of
which we have confirmed and ratified
The same, as we do now confirm and ratify
IL for our heirs and successors.
Here follow the signatures OF the Sow
ereigns, with the specification of the diff
ferent years of their several reigns.
Aix-la- Chapelle, Oct. II, 1918.
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
HAMBURG, Oct. |.
4 We have received the following docu-
nDent, the Importance of which renders it
worthy of public attention. 1t is the Note
lately presented by the Spanish Minister
for Foreign Affairs, to the Ambassador
Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America, and which contains the protest
against the occupation of part of the ter
ritory Of Florida.
III Sc Sir-In the department confded to
me, disagreeable accounts continue to be
received concerning, the nature and Cir
cumstances of the late events in Florida,
and the hostile proceedings of the Ameri-
can General Jackson, and the troops under
bis command, in the territory Of those
provinces which belong TO his Majesty.
Besides the facts to which invited the
attention of your Excellency in my Notes
of the 26th July, and of the 9th and l 18th
copy Of capitalization, which, it appears,
followed the hostiities committed by that
General against the fortress of Pensacola
and in consequence OF which the Spanish
garrison has been conveyed to the Hayan-
ma. In my preceding notes / had the
honour to inform your Excellency, thai
Notwithstanding the particular character o.
violence which seemed to mark the actions
and operations of Gen Jackson, since his
n first entrance into Florida-His Majesty
although willing to consider these pro
ceedings as the arbitrary acts Of the said
General, was convinced that the govern
ment of the United States would no lon.
4 ger delay TO disapprove them, as soon as
they came to its knowledge, and tha
proper orders would Immediately be Civ
en-, not only for the evacuation OF the ter
ritory invaded, but also for the PREPARATION
Of the damage occasioned, and for thu
restoration Of the property taken, which
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