[Claims of British Subjects.] Royal Treasury, together with the requisite documents, shall, nevertheless, be delivered over to the said Commissioners of His Britannic Majesty, within the term of One Month from the date of the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Convention; and it is agreed that the payment of monies in litigation shall be suspended until the Suits which shall have given rise to the said Attachments or notifications shall have been tried by a competent tribunal, which, in, such case, shall be that of the party in possession. Expiration of Term of Delay. When the above-mentioned term of delay shall have expired, no attention shall be paid to the Attachments or notifications of Transfer, which shall not have been communicated to the Commissioners, either by the Treasury or by the parties. It shall, however, be allowable to lodge Attachments, or to execute any other act, preservative of their interests, in the hands of the said Commissioners, or of the British Government. Information and Documents to be supplied by French Government to British Commissioners. ART. V. The British Government desiring, for the interest of its Subjects, being creditors of France, to take the most efficacious measures for effecting the liquidation of the Claims and the distribution of the Funds to which the said creditors shall be entitled in their respective proportions, according to the principles contained in the stipulations of the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), and of the Convention of the 20th of November, 1815 (No. 46), it is agreed that, for this purpose, the French Government shall cause to be delivered to the Commissioners of His Britannic Majesty the Documents in support of the Claims which are unpaid, and shall give, at the same time, the most positive orders that all the information and Documents, which shall be necessary for verifying the Claims, shall be furnished within the shortest possible term, by the officers of the French Departments of Government. Claims of British Subjects already Liquidated. ART. VI. The Claims of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty already liquidated, and of which a fifth portion still remains to be paid, shall be discharged at the dates which have been previously [Bordeaux Claims.] fixed upon, and the fifth portions shall be delivered on the sole authority of the Commissioners of His Britannic Majesty. Ratifications. ART. VII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged within the term of one month, or sooner if it can be done. Done at Paris, the 25th day of April 1818 (L.S.) CHARLES STUART. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. SEPARATE ARTICLE. Bordeaux Claims. Paris, 25th April, 1818. Claims under Additional Article of Convention of 20th November, 1815, respecting English Merchandise imported into Bordeaux. It is provided that the Convention of this day, between Great Britain and France, shall in no way detract from the Claims of Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, founded upon the Additional Article of the Convention of the 20th of November, 1815 (No. 46), respecting English Merchandise imported into Bordeaux, which claims shall be definitively settled conformably to the terms of the above-mentioned Additional Article. The present Article shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted, word for word, in the above-mentioned Convention. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 25th day of April, 1818. (L.S.) CHARLES STUART. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. Bordeaux Claims. Paris, 4th July, 1818. The Courts of Great Britain and France having agreed to terminate, by an amicable Compromise, the difficulties which have hitherto prevented the complete liquidation and payment of the Sums due to the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, whose Claims were founded upon the Additional Article of the 20th November, [Bordeaux Claims.] 1815 (No. 46), confirmed by the Additional Article of the 25th April last, the Undersigned, Sir Charles Stuart, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Most Christian Majesty, &c., and the Duke of Richelieu, His Most Christian Majesty's Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of His Ministers, &c., being furnished with the authority of their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles : Amount to be Paid for Bordeaux Claims. ART. I. The total amount of the payments to be made by France for the discharge and entire extinction of the Sums due to the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, resulting from the decision of His Most Christian Majesty, relative to the British Merchandise introduced into Bordeaux, in consequence of the Tariff of Customs, published the 24th of March, 1814, is fixed at the sum of 450,000 francs. Sum to be Paid to British Commissioners.* ART. II. The said sum of 450,000 francs shall be paid into the hands of the Commissioners appointed for the purpose by His Britannic Majesty, in equal portions of 75,000 francs each, the payment of which shall take place the first day of every mouth, reckoning from the 1st of August next, so that the whole sum shall be paid by the 1st of January, 1819. Ratifications. The present Articles shall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged in the space of one month, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, the Undersigned have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 4th day of July, 1818. (L.S.) CHARLES STUART. (L.S.) RICHELIEU., *The Commissioners appointed for Liquidation, Arbitration, and Award, on the British and Ionian Islands Claims were:-Mr. Colin Alexander Mackenzie, Mr. George Lewis Newnham, and Mr. George Hammond. The Commissioners of Deposit to receive Inscriptions from French Government were :-Mr. David Richard Morier and Mr. James Drummond. Their appointments were all dated 15th June, 1818. [Claims of British Subjects.] On the 19th May, 1818, an Act of Parliament was passed, 59 Geo. III., cap. 31, to enable certain Commissioners fully to carry into effect several Conventions for liquidating Claims of British Subjects, and others, against the Government of France." The following is a résumé of the contents of that Act : SECT. Preamble. Examination of Claims. 1. Claims recognized. Guarantee Fund. Bordeaux Claims. Claims of Subjects of Allied Sovereigns. Commissioners appointed under Treaty of 30th May, 1814 (No. 1). Commissioners appointed under Treaty of 20th November, 1815 (No. 45). Final adjustment of Claims. Commissioners of Liquidation under Treaties of 30th May, 1814, 20th November, 1815, and 25th April, 1818 (No. 80). sioners of Deposit. Liquidation of Claims, and deductions. . 2. Oath of Commissioners. 3. Examination of Parties on Oath. 4. Penalties for false evidence. Commis 5. Meetings and Adjournments. Precepts for Persons, Books, and Papers. 6. Vacancies in the Commissions. 7 to 14. Orders for payment of Claims. 8 to 14. Appeals to Privy Council. 15. Moneys in dispute. 16. Sums unappropriated. 17. Examination and Audit of the Treasury. 18. List of Claims adjudicated to be published. See Hertslet's Treaties, vol. iii., p. 103. [Boundaries.] No. 81.-BOUNDARY CONVENTION between Austria and Bavaria. Signed at Salzburg, 30th September, 1818. Авт. 1 and 2. TABLE. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 14th April, 1816. Description of line of Boundary between the Austrian Departments of 3. Convention to be considered as a Supplement to the Treaty of 14th April, 1816. 4. Reservation of private rights to be arranged hereafter. 5. Such parts of the line as have been definitively settled to be marked forthwith. 6. Other parts to be marked within a year and a day. 7. Revenues to be arranged in the mean time. 8. Marks to be placed as described in the definition of the line. 9. One year allowed for the arrangement of the line where it passes water. 10. Ratifications. (Translation.) Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 14th April, 1816. through THE Treaty concluded between Bavaria and Austria on the 14th April, 1816 (No. 53), provides for the final arrangement of the Boundaries and Relations of the two States. Art. XIX. especially stipulates the definitive settlement of the Boundaries between Salzburg and Berchtesgaden, &c. In accordance with this Treaty, Commissioners have been appointed: On the part of Bavaria, Charles Count von Preysing, and Joseph Ernest von Koch-Sternfeld, Knight; and On the part of Austria, the Noble Joseph Innocent Steinherr von Hohenstein. The Commission met at Salzburg in April, 1817, and, in conjunction with Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Sales von Weiss, in the Austrian service, and Major Charles William von Heideck, in the Bavarian service, after the necessary examinations and inquiries, agreed as follows: ARTS. I. to X. (See Table.) Salzburg, 30th September, 1818. CHARLES COUNT VON PREYSING, &c. JOSEPH ERNEST VON KOCH-STERNFELD, KNIGHT, &c. CHARLES WILLIAM VON HEIDECK, &c. JOSEPH INNOCENT STEINHERR VON FRANCIS SALES VON WEISS, &c. |