The plenipotentiaries of the high powers who signed the convention

“ The French Government further engages to facilitate, by every means, the production of all Titles and Proofs serving to substantiate the Claims to which the present Article refers, and the Commissioners shall be authorised to make all search, which they shall judge necessary, to arrive at such information, and to obtain the production of such Titles and Proofs; they shall also be empowered to examine upon oath, in case of need, such Persons employed in the Public Offices, as may have it in their power to point them out, or to furnish them. ”

“ Art. VIII. The French Government having refused to recognize the claim of the Government of the Low Countries, relative to the payment of the interest of the Debt of Holland, which may not have been paid for the half years of March and September, 1813, it is agreed to refer to a Commission of Arbitration the decision of the principle of the said question. ”

“ ART. XI. Prussia and Austria having declared the pressing necessity of their obtaining, in the course of the six first months, a larger sum than by an equal distribution would fall to their share; Russia and England consent, in order to facilitate the general arrangement, that each of those two powers should anticipate ten millions of francs of their proportion, to take date from the first payment, on condition of their holding themselves accountable for that sum in the subsequent years. ”

“ As several of the Troops are accustomed to Tobacco for smoking, and as the Soldier will not be able to purchase this article at the very high price that exists in France, it is stipulated, that Regiments, Companies, or Detachments, shall be entitled to demand 1⁄2 kilogramme of Tobacco, per month, for each man present, on paying 60 centimes for each 1⁄2 kilogramme of the most inferior quality sold in the shops, but fresh. ”

“ ART. VIII. The amount of the Inscriptions arising to each Creditor, from his Claims liquidated and allowed, shall be divided by the Commissioners of Deposit into 5 equal portions; the first of which shall be delivered immediately after liquidation ; the second, 3 months after, and so on with respect to the other portions, every 3 months; the Creditors will, nevertheless, receive the interests of the whole of their debts liquidated and allowed, from the 22nd of March, 1816, inclusive, as soon as their respective Claims shall have been allowed and admitted. ”

“ Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity with the IXth Article 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. ”

“ Articles for the clothing of the Troops shall enter free from duty, on Certificates well authenticated. Military persons joining the Armies, or leaving France, shall be exempt from payment of all duties, on whatever is for their own use, or that of the Troops. ”

“ Protocol for the pecuniary indemnity to be furnished by France PROTOCOL respecting the Distribution of the 700 millions which France is to pay to the Allied Powers, under Art. IV. of the Treaty, and which is to sent instead of a particular Convention on that head. ”

“ On a march which may continue for more than 4 days, all the horses on the march shall receive the heavy ration.
2. The forage may be varied in case of necessity, by reckoning 6 rations of barley, and, in extreme scarcity, as many of rye, for 8 rations of oats; and 5 a light ration of oats for 5 pounds of hay. The latter substitute may be demanded as a matter of right, by those Troops whose ration of hay is generally under 10 pounds, and that of oats more liberal. ”

“ The deposits legally entrusted to the Caisse d'Amortissement are to be refunded in money, within 6 months from the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Convention, whenever the delivery of the documents shall have taken place during the first 3 months of the liquidation. ”

“ ART. IV. Although all the Allied States have afforded proofs of the same zeal and devotion for the common cause, there are some, notwithstanding, like Sweden, (which, from the very commencement, was released from all active co-operation, in consequence of the difficulty of conveying her troops across the Baltic) who have made no efforts whatever: Others, like Spain, Portugal, and Denmark, although they have armed to assist in the struggle, have been prevented by the rapidity of events from effectually contributing to its success. ”

“ Tarif annexed to the Convention relative to the Occupation of a Military Line in France by an Allied Army. [8]
Art. I. Provisions, Forage, Quarters and Fuel.
1. In case the troops should be quartered on the Inhabitants, they shall enjoy the use of fire and candle; in barracks, wood for the rooms and kitchens; and lights for the rooms and corridors shall be allowed, according to circumstances, in exact proportion to what is strictly necessary. The same shall be observed with respect to the Guard. ”

“ If, with the consent of the Troops, live cattle be delivered, the weight shall be fixed by an exact computation, including the head, the fat, and whatever is eatable.
The hides shall, in this case, belong to the Troops.
5. On a march, and on other occasions where the Soldier shall be fed par étappe, the same Tarif shall be in force: the Soldier shall then receive his portion, or an adequate equivalent, prepared and divided into 2 meals, and in the morning a portion of bread and spirits. ”

“ And in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective Governments should be obliged to order them to remove, the term of 12 months shall be allowed them for that purpose, in order that they may remove with their effects and property, whether entrusted to Individuals or to the State. At the same time it a to be understood that this favor is not to be extended to those who shall act contrary to the established Laws (British and Foreign State Papers pp. 342,343) .↑ British and Foreign State Papers p. ”

“ The Hansard translation uses Weissenbourg, (The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time p. 258) and the modern French name is Wissembourg↑ Phalsburg is the FO spelling (probably from the German Pfalzburg) . ”