$68 Substance of the Conventions with France. Musica, Signora Hamilton. Clementi and 25. This most beautiful Italian Arrietta consists of two movements, changing from adagio to allegro. The Spanish guitar forms an important feature in it; performing all the symphonies, and a figurative accompaniment to the air, whilst the pino-forte is confined to the bass and a few chords. Nothing can exceed the brilliancy of the effect when executed by a good voice and well tuned guitar. The Queen of Prussia's, Neapolitan,Swiss, and Vienna Waltzes, arranged for the Pianoforte. Bland and Weller. 1s. The much-admired Copenhagen Waltz, arranged expressly for the Harp, and dedicated to Mis Field. By James Platts. Platts. 2s. In viewing this inundation of waltzes, we cannot but look back with regret on the beautiful sonatas of Mozart, Haydn, and Pleyel, with their elegant and scientific accompaniments, now thrown aside, to make room for those noisy rattling exoties: but [Feb. 1, such is the fashion. Tempora mulantur, et nos mutamur cum illis. National Airs, selected and arranged by Charles Nicholson. No. I. Power, Strand. The name of the composer will be quite sufficient to impress the reader with the merit of a work at once new and replete with tasteful elegance. His extraordinary powers on the flute are well known to the public, which with pride beholds in him the splendour of native genius, and will know how to appreciate his condescension in arranging the present work for the use of dilettanti, with such ease as must rather allure them to, than deter them from the performance. In the first number, which we have before us, the eminent author has selected and embellished twelve airs of various nations, and from this specimen we are encouraged to antici pate a much finer and more select work than any preceding one of the kind. By abstaining from introducing any inferior airs, he will certainly render it a desideratum to all amateurs of the flute, which of late is become so fashionable and so genera! an instrument that we can not wonder at so many excelling upon it. STATE PAPERS. WE are again under the necessity of deferring our regular historical digest for the purpose of introducing into this place the substance of the Conventions subordinate to the Definitive Treaty with France, and the Commercial Treaty concluded by our government with that of the United States of America, as published by the latter. CONVENTIONS WITH FRANCE. The convention concluded by the allied powers with France were four in number. CONVENTION 1. regulates the mode of liquidating the indemnity of 700 millions of francs to be paid by France, in conformity to the fourth article of the treaty. Without entering into the detail of its financial provisions, it will be sufficient to state that the above sum is proposed to be discharged, day by day, in equal portions, in the space of five years, from the 1st December, 1815. Thus France will have to pay on account of this convention $83,251 francs every day during five years; equal to about 16,000l. sterling! For this daily quota she is to give assig nations on the French treasury, payable to bearer day by day. In the first instance, however, the allied commissioners receive the whole of the 700 millions in fifteen bonds of 46 millions each; the first of which will be payable Austria receives Russia Great Britain' Prussia on the 31st March, 1816, the second on the 21st July, 1816, and so on every fourth month. In the month preceding the commencement of each of these four monthly periods, France redeems successively one of these bonds for 46 millions, by exchanging it against the first-mentioned daily assignations payable to bearer, which assignations, for the purpose of convenience and negociability, are again subdivided into coupures, or sets of smaller sums. As a guarantee for the regular payment of these assignations, and to provide for deficiencies, France assigns, moreover, to the allies, a fund of interest, to be inscribed in the Grand Livre of her public debt, of seven millions of francs on a capital of 140 millions. A liquidation shall take place every six months, when the assignations duly discharged by the French treasury will be received as payments to their amount, and the deficiency arising from assignations not honoured shall be made good with interest at five per cent. from the fund of interest inscribed in the Grand Livre, in a manner particularly specified in this convention. The distribution of the sum agreed to be paid by this convention has been regulated by a separate convention among the allied powers, of which we subjoin the following abstract: Francs. 100,000,000 · 100,000,000 1816.] Substance of the Conventions with France. 69 Brought forward 400,000,000 The German states, together with the Netherlands and Sardinia, a like sum of 100 millions, to be shared at the rate of 425 francs 29 centimes and a fraction for each man furnished by them respectively, Francs. Gratuity to the British and Prussian armies under Wellington and Blücher, for their exertions at Waterloo and their conquest of Paris, 25 millions each 50,000,000 For the erection of fortresses against France, viz. To the Netherlands 60,000,000 To Prussia (besides Saar-louis, valued at 50 mill.) 20,000,000 CONVENTION II. regulates all matters concerning the temporary occupation of the frontiers of France by an allied army of 150,000 men,conformably to article 5, of the definitive treaty. The militaty line to be thus occupied shall extend along the frontiers which separate the departments of the Pas de Calais, of the North, of the Ardennes, of the Meuse, of the Moselle, of the Lower Rhine, and of the Upper Rhine, from the interior of France. 137,500,000 Total 700,000,000 It is moreover agreed, that neither the allied nor the French troops shall occupy, unless for particular reasons and by mutual agreement, the following territories and districts in the department of the Somme all the country to the north of that river, from Ham to its efflux at the sea; in the department of the Aisne, the districts of St. Quentin, Vervins, and Laon; in the department of the Rhine, those of Rheims, St. Menehould, and Vitry; in the department of the 70 Substance of the Convention with France. Upper Marne, those of St. Dizier, and Joinville; in the department of La Meurthe, those of Toul, Dieuze, Sarrebourg, and Blamont; in the department of the Vosges, those of St. Diey, Bruyeres, and Remiremont; the district of Lure in the department of the Upper Saone, and that of St. Hypolite in the department of the Doubs. Within the line occupied by the allied army, 26 fortresses are allowed to have garrisons, but without any materiel or equipment of artillery and engineer stores, as follows :-Calais, 1000 men ; Gravelines, 500; Bergues, 500; Sr. Omer, 1500; Bethune, 500; Montreuil, 300; Hesdin, 250; Ardres, 150; ire, 500; Arras, 1000; Boulogne, 300, St. Venant, 300; Lisle, 3000; Dunkirk and its forts, 1000; Douai and Fort de Scarpe, 1000; Verdun, 500: Metz, 3000; Lauterbourg, 200; Weissembourg, 150; Lichtenberg, 150; Petite Pierre, 100; Phalsbourg, 600; Strasburg, 3000; Schlestadt, 1000; New Brisach and Fort Mortier, 1000; Befort, 1000.-France is to supply all the wants of the 150,000 allies who remain in the counuy. Lodging, fuel, light, provisions, and forage, are to be furnished in kind, to an extent not exceeding 200,000 daily rations for men, and 50,000 daily rations for horses; and for pay, equipment, clothing, &c. France pays to the allies 50 millions per annum during the five years occupancy: the allies, however, being contented with only 30 millions on account for the first year. The terstories and fortresses definitively ceded by France, as well as the fortresses to be provisionally occupied by the allied troops for five years, are to be given up to them within ten days from the signature of the principal treaty, and all the allied forces, except the 150,000 which remain, are to evacuate France within 21 days from that date. The direct expense entailed upon France by this convention will greatly exceed the amount of the indemnity of 700 millions. Estimating the value of the soldier's portion and allowances at 1 francs, and the cavalry ration at 2 francs, the annual cost of the deliveries in kind for 200,000 portions and 50,000 rations would be 146 millions of francs, which, with the addition of 50 millions of money per annum, forms a total of 190 millions per annum, equal to 22,370l. sterling per day. CONVENTION III. assures the payment of money due by France to the subjects of the allied powers, conformably to the treaty of 1814, and to the 8th article of the new treaty. Our limits prevent us from entering into any detailed specification of the import of the twenty-six articles embraced by this convention. But to give some idea of the nature and extent of the claims which fall under its cognizance, we shall briefly state, that it provides for the liquidation of all claims arising from articles Burnished by individuals or communes,by vir [Feb 1, tue of contracts and other arrangements with French administrative authorities; arrears of pay to military persons or employés no longer subjects of France; deliveries to French hospitals; loans contracted by French mili tary or civil authorities; losses of money confided to the French post-office, &c. The third article stipulates the restitution of the funds of the Hamburgh bank, seized by Davoust, to be regulated by a separate convention between commissioners from that city and those of Louis XVIII. The payment of a claim of upward of four millions of francs to the counts of Bentheim and Steinfurth, is likewise agreed upon. All these claims are to be sent in within a year after the ratification of the treaty, otherwise to be void; and committees for their liquidation are to be appointed. Articles 17, 18, and 19, relate to the payment of the claims and their inscription in the Grand Livre. Although it may easily be conceived, that the claims under this convention will be immense, it is totally impossible to form any idea of the amount. As a guarantee of payment, the 20th article provides that a capital, bearing 3 millions of francs in interest, be inscribed in the Grand Livre, the interest of which is to be received half-yearly by jointcommissioners. CONVENTION IV. relates exclusively to the liquidation of the claims of British subjects on the government of France, conformably to the treaty of 1814, and the 8th article of the last treaty. All British subjects who, since the 1st January, 1793, have suffered losses in their property in France, by sequestrations or confiscations of the government, are to be indemnified. The amount of permanent stock thus lost is to be reinscribed in the Grand Livre, and to bear interest from the 22d March next; excepting, however, such holders as have, since 1797, voluntarily submitted to receive their dividends at a third. The same to be the case in regard to former life annuities from the French government. Indemnification is further granted for the loss of immovable property by sequestration, confiscation, or sale; and particular regulations are laid down for ascertaining its value in the best possible manner. A separate account is to be kept of arrears that have accrued in the above species of property, which arrears are in like manner to be inscribed at to an interest of four per cent. Movable property, lost through the above causes, is likewise to be paid for by inscriptions according to its value, to be estimated in the mode prescribed by this convention; and the arrears upon it to be a'so inscribed at an interest of three per cent. From this indemnity, how-. ever, are excluded ships, cargoes, and other movable property seized in conformity to the laws of war and the prohibitory decrees, All claims of the above, or any other description, are to be given in, within three months after 1816.] Official Note on the Powers of the D. of Wellington. the date of this convention from Europe, six months from the western colonies, and twelve months from the East Indies, &c. They shall be examined and decided on by a mixed commission of liquidation: and, if their votes be equal, an arbitrator shall be chosen by lot from a mixed commission of arbitration. As a guarantee for the payment of claims sanctioned under this convention, there shall be inscribed in the Grand Livre, before the 1st January, 1816, a capital bearing 3 millions francs of interest, in the name of a further mixed commission of English and French officers, who shall receive such interest; without, however, disposing of the same otherwise than by placing it in the public funds, at accumulating interest for the benefit of the creditors. As soon as the inscription shall have been effected, England will restore the French colonies which were to be returned to France pursuant to the treaty of 1814, including the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, provisionally re-occupied by the British troops. The official note transmitted by the ministers of the allied powers to the Duke de Richelieu, communicating the appointment of the Duke of Wellington as Commander in Chief of the force destined to remain in France, and defining the powers which, with such command, are confided to him, seems sufficiently important to deserve a place here. Official Note to his Excellency the Duke de Richelieu. The allied sovereigns having confided to Marshal the Duke of Wellington the command in chief of those of their troops, which, according to the 5th article of the treaty, concluded this day with France, are to remain in this country during a certain number of years, the undersigned ministers, &c. &c. think it their duty to give some explanation to his Excellency the Duke de Richelieu as to the nature and extent of the powers attached to this command. 71 forms under which the revolutionary spirit might again manifest itself to France, doubts might arise as to the nature of the case which might call for the intervention of a foreign force; and feeling the difficulty of framing any instructions precisely applicable to each particular case, the allied sovereigns have thought it better to leave it to the tried prudence and discretion of the Duke of Wellington, to decide when and how far it may be advisable to employ the troops under his orders, always supposing that he would not in any case so determine, without having concerted his measures with the King of France, or without giving information as soon as possible to the allied sovereigns, of the motives which may have induced him to come to such a determination. And, as in order to guide the Duke of Wellington in the choice of his arrangements, it will be important that he should be correctly informed of the events which may occur in France, the ministers of the four allied courts, accredited to his Most Christian Majesty, have received orders to maintain a regular correspondence with the Duke of Wellington, and to provide at the same time for an intermediate one between the French government and the commander in chief of the allied troops, for the purpose of transmitting to the which the Duke of Wellington may have French government the communications occasion to address to it, and of communicating to the Marshal the suggestions or requisitions which the court of France may wish in future to make to him. The undersigned flatter themselves that the Duke de Richelieu will readily recognise in these arrangements the same character and the same principles which have been manifested in concerting and adapting the measures of the military occupation of a part of France. They carry with them also, on quitting this country, the consoling persuasion, that notwithstanding the elements of disorder which France may still contain, the effect of revolutionary events, a wise and paternal government, proceeding in a proper manner to tranquillize and conciliate the minds of the people, and abstaining from every act contrary to such a system, may not only succeed in maintaining the public tranquillity, but also in re-establishing universal union and confidence, relieving likewise as much as the proceedings of the government can effect it, the allied powers from the painful necessity of having recourse to those measures which, in case of any new convulsion, would be imperiously prescribed to them by the duty of providing for the safety of their own subjects, and the general tranquillity of Europe. Although chiefly guided with respect to this measure, by motives tending to the safety and welfare of their subjects, and being very far from having any intention of employing their troops in aid of the police, or of the internal administration of France, of in any manner that might compromise or interfere with the free exercise of the royal authority in this country, the allied sovereigns have however, in consideration of the high interest which they take in supporting the power of legitimate sovereigns, promised to his Most Christian Majesty to support him with their arms against every revolutionary convulsion which might tend to overthrow by force the order of things at present established, and to menace, also, again the general tranquillity of Europe. They do not, however, dissemble, that in the variety of Paris, Nov. 20, 1815. The undersigned have the honour, &c. CASTLEREAGH. HARDENBERG. CAPO D'ISTRIA. 72 Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and America. [Feb. I, A CONVENTION To regulate the Commerce between the Territories of the United States and those of his Britannic Majesty. The United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, being desirous by a convention to regulate the commerce and navigation between their respective countries, territories, and people, in such a manner as to render the same reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory, have respectively named Plenipotentiaries, and given them full powers to treat of and conclude such convention: that is to say, the President of the United States, by and with the consent of the senate thereof, hath appointed for their Plenipotentiaries John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin, citizens of the United States; and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, has named for his Plenipotentiaries the Rt. Hon. John Robinson, VicePresident of the committee of privy council for trade and plantations, Joint Paymaster of his Majesty's forces, and a member of the Imperial Parliament; Henry Goulburn, esq. a member of the Imperial Parliament, and under Secretary of State, and William Adams, esq. Doctor of Civil Laws; and the said Plenipotentiaries having mutually produced and shewn their said full powers, and exchanged copies of the same, have agreed on and conclded the following articles, viz. ART. 1. There shall be between the territories of the United States of America, and all the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe, a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of the two countries respectively shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships and cargoes to all such places, ports, and rivers in the territories aforesaid to which other foreigners are permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to remain and reside in any parts of the said territories respectively; also to hire and Occupy houses and warehouses for the purpose of their commerce; and generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respec. tively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively. 2. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation to the United States of any articles, the growth, produce, or ma. nufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territoties in Europe, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign countries; nor shall any higher or other dutics or charges be imposed in either of the two countries, on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, or of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, to or from the said territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe, to or from the said United States, which shall not be equally extended to all other nations. No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the ports in the United States on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States, nor in the ports of any of kis Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, on the vessels of the United States, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the United States of any articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such importation shall be in vessels of the United States, or in British vessels, and the same duties shall be paid on the im portation into the ports of any of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, whether such importation shall be in British vessels, or in the vessels of the United States. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounues allowed on the exportation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manu❤ factures of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels, or in vessels of the United States, and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed on the exportation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States to his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels, or vessels of the United States. It is further agreed, that in all places where drawbacks are or may be allowed upon the re-exportation of any goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country respectively, the amount of the said drawbacks shall be the same, whether the said goods shall have been, originally imported in a British or American vessel; but when such re-exportation shall take place from the United States in a British vessel, or from territories of his Britannic Majesty in an American vessel, to any other foreign nation, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves respectively the right of regulating or diminishing in such cases the amount of the said drawback. The intercourse between the United States and his Britannic Majesty's possession in the West Indies, and on the Continent of North America, shall not be affected by any of the |