[2nd Peace of Paris. Private Claims on France.] right of deducting from those Securities, which by Article XXII of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), and by Article X of the present Convention it has engaged to refund, the Balances due from persons accountable whom a Judgment of the Court of Accounts given before the 30th May, 1814, shall have declared to be withholders of Public Money. Such Deduction is to take place, however, without being prejudicial to the proceedings which, in default of sufficient Security, may be directed against the Defaulters, in the ordinary course, before the Tribunals of the Countries wherein the persons accountable have settled. Proceedings against Persons for Non-payment of Bills accepted by them previous to 30th May, 1814. ART. XXV. In the Countries ceded by the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), and by the present Treaty, such persons who have accepted Bills, negotiable, to the advantage of the Royal Treasury, or of the "Caisse d'Amortissement" (not receivers of direct contributions), and who should not have honoured the same when they became due, may be proceeded against for payment, before the regular Tribunals of the Country where they are settled, unless they should have been compelled to pay them before the 30th May, 1814, or, with regard to the Countries ceded by the present Treaty, before the 20th November, 1815, in favour of the Agents of the new possessors of the Countries. Rules laid down to apply to Debts which France may claim from Governments of Countries detached from France. ART. XXVI. All that has been agreed to by the present Convention, with respect to the period within which the creditors of France are to deliver in their Claims for Liquidation, the time when the Abstracts of Liquidations are to be drawn up, the Interest to be allowed to the respective classes of Debts, and the manner in which they are to be paid, applies equally to those Debts which France may have to claim from the Governments of the Countries detached from France. Done at Paris, the 20th November, in the year of Our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) CASTLEREAGH, [2nd Peace of Paris. Bentheim and Steinfurth Claims.] ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Paris, 20th November, 1815. Claim of Counts of Bentheim and Steinfurth. The House of the Counts of Bentheim and Steinfurth having advanced a claim against the French Government upon different grounds, viz. : Francs. In pursuance of a Convention of the 22nd of May, 1804* 800,000 Interest at 6 per cent. per annum upon that sum 480,000 For the revenues of the County of Bentheim, since the 2,225,000 It has been settled, in the form of an Agreement, that the Government of France shall pay to that House, in lieu of every claim whatsoever : 1. The sum of 800,000 francs in specie, to be paid by 12ths, in Monthly Instalments, commencing from the 1st January, 1816. 2. The sum of 510,000 francs, by Inscriptions in the Great Book of the Public Debt, at par, guaranteeing to the same the exchange at 75, or making up the difference between the exchange of the day and 75. These Inscriptions shall be delivered before the 1st January, and the Interest on them shall commence from the 22nd March, 1816. In consideration of the payment of this sum of 1,310,000 francs, the House of the Counts of Bentheim and Steinfurth renounces the right of advancing or renewing any Claim against the French Government, under any title or on any ground whatsoever, the said renunciation being made by agreement. Done at Paris, the 20th of November, in the year of our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) CASTLEREAGII. * See Appendix. [2nd Peace of Paris. Warsaw Claims.] SEPARATE ARTICLE BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Accession of France to Arrangements of 1814 respecting the Duchy of Warsaw. (Translation).* In execution of the Additional Article to the Treaty of 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), His Most Christian Majesty engages to send, without delay, to Warsaw, one or more Commissioners to assist, in his name, according to the terms of the said Article, in the examination and the liquidation of the Reciprocal Claims of France and of the late Duchy of Warsaw, and to all arrangements relating thereto. His Most Christian Majesty acknowledges, with reference to the Emperor of Russia, in his character as King of Poland, the nullity of the Convention of Bayonne,† it being well understood that that disposition can only receive its application in conformity with the principles established in the Conventions referred to in Article IX of the Treaty of this day.‡ The present Separate Article shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty of this day. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 20th November, in the year of Our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. For French Version see "State Papers," vol. iii, p. 341. + Convention between France and Saxony of 10th May, 1808, annulled. See p. 388. [2nd Peace of Paris. Claims of British Subjects.] No. 46.-CONVENTION between Great Britain and France, relative to the Claims of British Subjects. Signed at Paris, 20th November, 1815.* [This Convention was annexed to the Definitive Treaty of the same date. Sce Arts. IX, XII.] Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity with Article IX of the Principal Treaty, relative to the Examination and Liquidation of the Claims of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty against the Government of France. 1. Claims of British Subjects on French Government. 2. Claims for Confiscated Stock. Conditions in favour of Creditors to be added to amount of Stock. Date of New Inscriptions. Exceptions. 3. Life Annuity Claims. Date of New Inscriptions. Claimants to Produce Vouchers. Certificates of Death of Deceased Annuitants. 4. Arrears of Perpetual and Life Annuities to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt. Date of New Inscriptions. 5. Rules for Determining Capital due on Immovable Property. Proofs to be produced by British Subjects. Facilities to be afforded by French Government. Determination of Value of Immovable Property. Capital to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt. Interest on Arrears due upon Capital. 6. Rules determining Capital due on Arrears. Proofs to be produced by Claimants. Capital allowed to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt. Arrears of Interest to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt. Vessels, Ships, Cargoes, and Movable Property not to be admitted to Liquidation. 7. Claims for Loans and Mortgages on Sequestered Property. Claims to be paid in Inscriptions on the Great Book. Advantages secured to Claimants by Edicts or Decrees. 8. Division of Inscriptions arising to each Creditor. 9. Capital to be Inscribed as a Fund of Guarantee in the Name of Commissioners. Commissioners to receive the Interest for the Profit of Creditors. Amount of Inscriptions to be increased to meet the necessary Payments. 10. Certificates to be Delivered to Creditors. 11. Certificates to be Inscribed in the Great Book of the Public Debt. Interest and Capital to be paid to Creditors by the Commissioners. * This Convention was distinguished as "No. 7" in the Papers laid before Parliament. The Commissioners appointed under this Convention were :-Mr. Colin Alexander Mackenzie, Mr. George Lewis Newnham, Mr. George Hammond, Mr. David Richard Morier, Mr. James Drummond. Their appointments were dated 27th December, 1815. See also Convention of 25th April, 1818. Авт. [2nd Peace of Paris. Claims of British Subjects.] TABLE (continued). 12. Delay to be allowed to Claimants. 13. Appointment of Commissioners. Liquidation, &c., of Sums allowed by Commissioners. Certificates to be Delivered on Claims being allowed. 14. Commission of Arbitration. Vacancies in either Commission to be Filled up without Delay. Absent Commissioner of Liquidation to be Replaced by one of the Arbitrators. Absent Commissioner of Arbitration to be replaced by a Commissioner of Liquidation. Oath to be taken by New Commissioners. 15. Oath to be taken by Commissioners of Liquidation, Deposit, and Arbitration. Power to Commissioners to call Witnesses. 16. Time of Restoration of French Colonies of Martinique and Guadaloupe. 17. Restoration of Prisoners of War. Additional Article. Bordeaux Claims. (English Version.*) Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity with Article IX of the Principal Treaty, relative to the Examination and Liquidation of the Claims of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty against the Government of France. Claims of British Subjects on French Government. ART. I. The Subjects of His Britannic Majesty having Claims upon the French Government, who, in contravention of Article II of the Treaty of Commerce of 1786,† and since the 1st of January, 1798, have suffered on that account, by the Confiscations or Sequestrations decreed in France, shall, in conformity with Additional Article IV of the Treaty of Paris, of the year 1814 (No. 1), themselves, their heirs, or assigns, Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, be indemnified and paid, when their Claims shall have been admitted as legitimate, and when the amount of them shall have been ascertained, according to the forms, and under the conditions, hereafter stipulated. Claims for Confiscated Stock. ART. II. The Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, holders of permanent Stock under the French Government, and who on that account have, since the 1st of January, 1793, suffered by the Con * For French version, see “State Papers," vol. iii, p. 342. |