1816.] General Treaty of Vienna. tually guarantee to each other such of their possessions as are comprised in this union. When war shall be declared by the confederation, no member can open a separate negociation with the enemy, for make peace, nor conclude an armistice, without the consent of the other members. The confederated states engage, in the same manner, nor to make war against each other, on any pretext, nor to pursue their differences by force of arms, but to submit them to the diet, which will attempt a mediation by means of a commission. If this should not succeed, and a juridical sentence becomes necessary, recourse shall be had to a well-organized Austregal Court (Austregal instanz), to the decision of which the contending parties are to submit without appeal. LXIV. The articles comprised under the title of Particular Arrangements, in the act of the Germanic Confederation, as annexed to the present general treaty, both in original and in a French translation, shall have the same force and validity as if they were textually inserted herein." LXV. The ancient United Provinces of the Netherlands and the late Belgic Provinces, both within the limits fixed by the following article, shall form, together with the countries and territories designated in the same article, under the sovereignty of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange-Nassau, Sovereign Prince of the United Provinces, the kingdom of the Netherlands, hereditary in the order of the succession already established by the act of the constitution of the said united provinces. The title and the prerogatives of the royal dignity are recognised by all the powers in the House of Orange-Nassau. LXVI. The line comprising the territories which compose the kingdom of the Netherlands, is determined in the following man ner: It leaves the sea, and extends along the frontiers of France on the side of the Netherlands, as rectified and fixed by article III of the treaty of Paris of the 30th May 1814, to the Meuse; thence along the same frontiers to the old limits of the. Duchy of Luxembourg. From this point it follows the direction of the limits between that Duchy and the ancient Bishopric of Liege, till it meets (to the south of Deiffelt) the western limits of that canton, and of that of Malmedy, to the point where the latter reaches the limits between the old departments of the Ourthe and the Roer; it then follows these limits, to where they touch those of the former French canton of Eupen, in the Duchy of Limburg, and following the western limit of that canton, in a northerly direction, leaving to the tight a small part of the former French canton of Aubel, joins the point of contact of the three old departments of the Ourthe, the Lower Meuse, and the Roer; parting again from this point, this line follows that which 455 divides the two latter departments, until it reaches the Worm (a river falling into the Roer), and goes along this river to the point where it again reaches the limit of these two departments, pursues this limit to the south of Hillensberg (the old department of the Roer), from whence it re-ascends to the north, and leaving Hillensberg to the right, and dividing the canton of Sittard into two nearly equal parts, so that Sittard and Susteren remain on the left, it reaches the old Dutch territory; from whence, leaving this territory to the left, it goes on following its eastern frontier to the point where it touches the old Austrian principality of Gueldres, on the side of Ruremonde, and directing itself towards the most eastern point of the Dutch territory, to the north of Swalmen, continues to inclose this territory. Lastly, setting out from the most eastern point, it joins that part of the Dutch territory in which Venloo is situated: that town and its territory being included within it. From thence to the old Dutch frontier near Mook, situated above Genep, the line follows the course of the Meuse, at such a distance from the right bank, that all the places within a thousand Rhenish yards (Rheinlandische Ruthen) from it shall belong, with their territories, to the kingdom of the Netherlands; it being understood, however, as to the reciprocity of this principle, that the Prussian territory shall not at any point touch the Meuse, or approach it within the distance of a thousand Rhenish yards. From the point where the line just described reaches the ancient Dutch frontier, as far as the Rhine, this frontier shall remain essentially the same as it was in 1795, between Cleves and the United Provinces. This line shall be examined by a commission, which the governments of Prussia and the Netherlands shall name without delay, for the purpose of proceeding to the exact determination of the limits, as well of the kingdom of the Netherlands, as of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, specified in Article LXVIII; and this Commission, aided by professional persons, shall regulate every thing concerning the hydrotechnical constructions, and other similar points, in the most equitable manner, and the most conformable to the mutual interests of the Prussian states, and of those of the Netherlands. This same arrangement refers to the fixing of limits in the districts of Kyfwaerd, Lobith, and in the whole territory as far as Kekerdom. The enclaves of Huissen, Malburg, Lymers, with the town of Sevenaer and lordship of Weel, shall form a part of the kingdom of the Netherlands; and his Prussian Majesty renounces them in perpetuity, for himself, his heirs and successors. LXVII. That part of the old Duchy of Luxembourg which is comprised in the limits specified in the following article, is likewise ceded to the Sovereign Prince of the 456 General Treaty of Vienna. United Provinces, now King of the Nether. lands, to be possessed in perpetuity by him and his successors, in full property and sovereignty. The Sovereign of the Netherlands shall add to his titles that of Grand Duke of Luxembourg, his majesty reserving to himself the privilege of making such family arrangement between the Princes his sons, relative to the succession to the Grand Duchy, as he shall think conformable to the interests of his monarchy and to his paternal intentions. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, serving as a compensation for the principalities of Nassau Dillenburg, Siegen, Hadamar and Dietz, shall form one of the states of the Germanic confederation: and the Prince, King of the Netherlands, shall enter into the system of this confederation, as Grand Duke of Luxembourg, with all the prerogatives and privileges enjoyed by the other German Princes. The town of Luxembourg, in a military point of view, shall be considered as a fortress of the confederation: The Grand Duke shall, however, retain the right of appointing the governor and military commandant of this fortress, subject to the approbation of the executive power of the confederation, and under such other conditions as it may be judged necessary to establish, in conformity with the future constitution of the said confederation. LXVIII. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall consist of all the territory situated between the kingdom of the Netherlands, as it has been designated by article LXVI, France, the Moselle, as far as the mouth of the Sure, the course of the Sure, as far as the junction of the Our, and the course of this last river, as far as the limits of the former French canton of St. Vith, which shall not belong to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. LXIX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, shall possess in perpetuity for himself and his successors, the full and entire sovereignty of that part of the Duchy of Bouillon, which is not ceded to France by the treaty of Paris; and which, therefore, shall be united to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Disputes having arisen with respect to the said Duchy of Bouillon, the competitor who shall legally establish his right, in the manner hereafter specified, shall possess, in full property, the said part of the Duchy, as it was enjoyed by the last Duke, under the sovereignty of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. This decision shall be made by arbitration, and be without appeal. For this purpose there shall be appointed a certain number of arbitrators, one by each of the two competitors, and others, to the number of three by the courts of Austria, Prussia and Sardinia. [June 1, They shall assemble at Aix-la-Chapelle, as In the interim, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, shall hold in trust the property of the said part of the Duchy of Bouillon, in order that he may restore it, together with the revenues of the provincial administration, to the competitor in whose favour the arbitrators shall decide; and his said Majesty shall indemnify him for the loss of the revenues arising from the rights of Sovereignty, by means of some equitable arrangement.Should the restitution fail to Prince Charles of Rohan, this property, when in his possession, shall be regulated by the laws of the substitution which constitutes his title thereto, LXX. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands renounces, in perpetuity for himself, his heirs and successors, in favour of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the sovereign possessions which the House of Nassau-Orange held in Germany, namely, the principalities of Dillenburg, Dietz, Siegen, and Hadamar, with the Lordships of Beilstein, such as those possessions have been definitively arranged between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the treaty concluded at the Hague on the 14th July 1814. His Majesty also renounces the principality of Fulda, and the other districts and territories which were secured to him by the 12th article of the principal Recess of the extraordinary deputation of the Empire of the 25th of February 1803. LXXI. The right and order of succession, established between the two branches of the House of Nassau, by the act of 1783, called Nassauischer Erbverein is confirmed, and transferred from the four principalities of Orange Nassau, to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. LXXII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in uniting under his sovereignty the countries designated in the 66th and 68th articles, enters into all the rights, and takes upon himself all the charges and all the stipulated engagements, relative to the provin ces and districts detached from France by the treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 30th May 1814. LXXIII. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, having recognised and sanctioned, under date of the 21st July 1814, as the basis of the union of the Belgic Provinces with the United Provinces, the eight articles contained in the document annexed to the present treaty, the said articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the present instru ment. (To be concluded in our next.) [ 457 ] NEW ACTS, PASSED IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.-55 GEO. II. (1815) [The figure which follows the date of each Act, denotes the number of sheets of which it consists: each sheet is sold for THREEPENCE. CLXXIX. An Act to revive, amend, and continue until the 25th day of March, 1821, so much of an Act of the 41st year of his present Majesty as allows the use of Salt duty-free for curing Fish in Bulk or in Barrels; and to repeal certain Laws relating to the Allowance of Salt duty; free for the North Seas and Iceland Fisheries. July 11.-1. CLXXX. An Act to revive and continue until the 5th day of July, 1816, an Act of the 46th year of his present Majesty for granting an Additional Bounty on the Exportation of the Silk Manufactures of Great Britain. July 11.-1. CLXXXI. An Act for charging an additional Duty on certain Seeds imported. July 11.-1. An additional duty of 25 per cent. of the present duties to be paid on all seeds except rape, cole, hemp and flax seed, and linseed, imported into Great Britain. CLXXXII. An Act to authorize the Directors-general of Inland Navigation in Ireland to proceed in carrying on and completing the Canal from Dublin to Tarmonbury on the River Shannon. July 11.-1. CLXXXIII. An Act to repeal the Bounties payable in Ireland, on the Exportation of certain Calicoes and Cottons. July 11.-1. CLXXXIV. An Act for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Proceedings, and other written or printed Instruments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on Legacies and Successions to Personal Estate upon Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain; and for granting other Duties in licu thereof. July 11. -24. Provisions of former acts respecting agree ments to be applied only to those charged with 11. Instruments having wrong stamps but of sufficient value to be valid, except where the stamps shall have been specially appropriated to some other instrument. Penalty for making, accepting, or paying sory notes not duly stamped, 50l. Penalty bills of exchange, drafts, orders, or promisfor post-dating bills, &c. 100l. Penalty for specifying the place where issued or if postissuing unstamped drafts on bankers without liable to a penalty of 201., and bankers paydated, 100l. Persons receiving such drafts ing them to one of 100l. Promissory notes payable to bearer on demand not exceeding 1001. may be re-issued by the original printed dates prior to Aug. 31, 1913, to be makers without further duty. Notes with re-issuable till Aug. 31, 1816: but persons issuing notes with such printed dates for the first time after Aug. 31, 1815, liable to a penalty of 501. Notes re-issuable for a limited period to be cancelled on payment afterwards; and notes not re-issuable to be cancelled immediately on payment. Penalty for re-issuing notes, &c. contrary to law, and for not cancelling them, 501.; and for taking such notes, &c., 201. Notes and bills of the Bank of England are exempted from stamp duty, the Bank paying half-yearly, as within the year. a composition, 3,500l. for every million of the amount of the notes and bills issued Bankers issuing notes without a licence liable to a penalty of 100l. Promissory notes made out of Great Britain the penalty on circulating them to be 201. not to be negotiable unless stamped; and each. Penalty for not proving wills or taking letters of administration within six months after decease, 100l. and 10 per cent. on the duty. The following is an abstract of such of the new duties as will most generally affect the. various classes of the community: NEW STAMP DUTIES, TO TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1815. ADVERTISEMENTS, 3s. to be L.o 3 6 0 3 0 201. 30 458 New Stamp Duties. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. [June 1, [A distinction is made between Bills and Notes payable on demand, or at any time not exceeding two months after date, or sixty days after sight, and such as are drawn for i longer period than the above. In the first case, the duty is shewn in the first column; and in the latter case in the second.] If 40s. Exceeding 51. 58. 0 0 10 51. 55. 0 1 3 PROMISSORY (or Bankers') NOTES re-issuable. For any sum not exceeding 11. Is. L.o o 5 Above 101. not exceeding 201. 21 25. 51.5s. MORTGAGES, same duties as Bonds, with a progressive duty of 11. for every 1,080 words. LEASES at yearly rents, without any sum paid as fine or premium, if the rent does not amount to 201.-11. With a progressive duty of 11. for every 1,080 words. RECEIPTS, for Payment of Money. If 21. and under 51. L.O 0 2 If 100l. and under 2001. PROBATES OF WILLS, where the property is under 2,000l. value, remain as at present; Of 2,000l. and upwards, the duties are increased in a still greater degree than those on probares. DIGEST OF POLITICAL EVENTS. THE most important political event during the past month, has been the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, which was 50lemnized on the 2d of May, at Carlton House, in the presence of the Queen and inost of the branches of the royal family, the great officers of state, the foreign ambassadors and other persons of distinction. The lovely bride, was given away by her royal father. The ceremony which was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, took place about 9 o'clock in the evening, and at the conclusion of it, the guns in St. James's Park au nounced the auspicious union to the pú pulation of the metropolis. The business which has engaged the attention of the legislature, has been of a miscellaneous nature. We shall proceed to a brief notice of its most impor tant points. On the 30th of April, the articles of 1816.] Proceedings of the House of Commons charge, preferred by Lord Cochrane against Lord Ellenborough in his judicial capacity, came under the consideration of the House of Commons. The sense of the House was never more decidedly expressed than on this occasion: not one single vote was given for the reception of the articles, or in favour of the motion, except by Sir Francis Burdett; and it was in consequence resolved, that the whole of the proceedings should be expunged from the journals of the House. May 34, on the motion of Lord Castlereagh, the report of the committee on the Civil List was taken into consideration. His Lordship showed the inadequacy of the sum allowed, which is one million, to support this branch of our expenditure, which up to 1811, averaged 1,300,000l. per annum, and in 1816 amounted to 1,480,000l. Having explained the nature of the arrangements proposed in lieu of the present system, he concluded with moving for leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of his Majesty's Civil List, which was given. On the 6th, this subject was again brought before the House by Mr. Tierney, who moved for the appointment of a Committee to enquire into the state of the Civil List,with power to examine persons, papers and records. This motion was negatived by a majority of 213, against 122. On the 7th, Lord Althorpe, after strongly insisting on the necessity of introducing a system of economy into the expenditure of the state, moved for the appointment of a select committee to examine what have been the increase and diminution since 1798, in the salaries and emoluments of public officers, and to report from time to time, with convenient dispatch, what reductions might be made therein without injury to the public service. It was rejected, how ever, by 169 votes against 126. Numerous petitions have recently been presented to the legislature praying for the removal of the duties upon leather. On the 9th Lord Althorpe moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal these duties. He stated in the course of his prefatory speech, that the number of persons engaged in the manufacture of this article, one of the staple manufactures of the country, was not less than 500,000; that the amount of the tax in 1802 was 251,3914.; in 1811 it had increased to 307,416/.; but the falling off in the present year was 30,000l., owing in a great measure to the decreased exportation, as the heavy duties prevented 459 the British manufacturers from being able to enter into a fair competition with those of the Continent. On the amendment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it was agreed that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the state of the laws affecting the trade and manufacture of leather. On the 20th of May, on the proposal of Sir Mark Wood, the House agreed that a committee should be appointed to take into consideration the state of the laws relating to game, and to report upon the subject. The same evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland introduced a proposition for the consolidation of the debts and revenues of that portion of the united kingdom with those of Great Britain. By the 7th article of the Act of Union with Ireland it was provided, that whenever the debt of the latter country should bear the same proportion to that of Great Britain as 2 to 15, the parliament should interfere and reduce both to one general regulation. That contingency actually occurred in 1811, but the opportunity was then neglected, and the proportion having become more unfavourable to Ireland, it was a question how far the legislature was competent to carry the proposed measure into effect. The affirmative of the right bad been declared in 1812 by a committee to whom the matter was referred. The measure received the sanction of the House without a division. In the course of his speech introducing this business, Mr. Fitzgerald stated that, owing to the financial disadvantages under which Ireland laboured, the difference between the currencies, and the diminished value of exports, had raised the rate of exchange against her to 20 per cent. This state of things produced a diminution of the value of British goods imported last year to the amount of a million and a half, when compared with that of the imports of the preceding year. Mr. Fitzgerald also threw out a suggestion for obviating the evils to be apprehended from the reduction of the currencies of the two countries to the same standard. The difference between them is about 83 per cent., consequently, in case of a sudden assimilation of the currency, all debts previ ously contracted would be increased in value 82 per cent., and thus the debtor would be subjected to a serious loss. He therefore proposed, that in the event of an assimilation, all debts should be by law reduced one-twelfth, which would |