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4. Treaty between Great Britain and Por-
tugal, on the same subject, 22 January.
3. Convention between Great Britain and
France relative to the East Indies,
signed at London, 7 March.

4. Convention between Great Britain, Rus-
sia, and the Netherlands, respecting the
Russian Loan in Holland, 19 May.
5. Treaty between Great Britain and Sar-
dinia, respecting the Sardinian territo-
ries, signed at Vienna, 20 May.
6. Treaty between Great Britain and the
Netherlands, respecting the territories
of the King of the Netherlands, 31 May.
7. Convention between Great Britain and
Austria, concerning the custody of Na-
poleon Buonaparte, signed at Paris, 2
August.

Translation of Ditto, 2 August.
8. Convention between Great Britain and
Russia, on the same subject, 2 August.
Translation of Ditto, 2 August.
9. Convention between Great Britain and
Prussia, on the same subject, 2 August.
Translation of Ditto, 2 August.
10. Convention between Great Britain and
the United States of America, for regu-
lating the commerce between the two
countries, signed at London, 3 July.
11. Convention between Great Britain and
the Netherlands, concerning the late
Dutch West India Colonies, 12 August.
12. Treaty between Great Britain and Saxony,
respecting the territories of Saxony and
Warsaw, signed at Paris, September.

No. I.-PORTUGAL.

Convention between
Great Britain and Portugal, respecting
the Slave Trade, signed at Vienna 21st
January 1815.

In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided
Trinity.

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liberal indemnity for the parties whose property may have been so detained under the doubts as aforesaid; in furtherance of the said object, the High Contracting Parties have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, viz. his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of his said Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Col. of the Regiment of Militia of Londonderry, his said Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and his Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna; and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, the Most illustrious and Most Excellent Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein Count of Palmella, a Member of his Royal Highness's Council, Commander of the Order of Christ, Captain of a Company of the Royal German Life Guard; the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Anthony de Saldanha da Gama, a Member of his Royal Highness's Council, and of his Council of Finance, Commander of the Military Order of St. Benedict of Aviz; and Dom Joachim Lobo de Silveira, Member of his Council, and Commander of the Order of Christ, his Plenipo tentiaries at the Congress of Vienna; who, having mutually exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ART. I. That the sum of 300,000l. be paid in London, to such person as the Prince Regent of Portugal may appoint to receive the same; which sum shall constitute a fund to be employed under such regulations, and in such manner as the said Prince Regent of Portugal may direct, in discharge of claims for Portuguese ships detained by British cruisers previous to the 1st day of June, 1814, upon the alleged ground of carrying on an

illicit traffic in Slaves.

ART. III. The present Convention shall be ratified and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of five months or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have thereunto affixed the seals of their arms, Done at Vienna this 21st day of January, 1815.

ART. II. That the said sum shall be conHis Britannic Majesty and his Royal High-sidered to be in full discharge of all claims ness the Prince Regent of Portugal, being arising out of captures made previous to the equally desirous to terminate amicably all the 1st day of June 1814; his Britannic Majesty doubts which have arisen relative to the parts renouncing any interference whatever in the of the coast of Africa with which the subjects disposal of this money. of the Crown of Portugal, under the laws of that kingdom and the Treaty subsisting with his Britannic Majesty, may lawfully carry on a Trade in Slaves: and whereas several ships, the property of the said subjects of Portugal, have been detained and condemned, upon the alleged ground of being engaged in an illicit Traffic in Slaves; and whereas his Britannic Majesty, in order to give to his intimate and faithful Ally the Prince Regent of Portugal, (L. S.) Castlereagh. the most unequivocal proof of his friendship and the regard he pays to his Royal Highness's reclamations, and in consideration of regulations to be made by the Prince Regent of Portugal for avoiding hereafter such doubts, is desirous to adopt the most speedy and effectual measures, and without the delays infident to the ordinary forms of law, to provide

(Signed)

(Signed)

(L. S.) Conde de Palmella.
(L. S.) Antonio de Saldanha da Gama.
(L. S.) B. Joaquim Lobo de Silveira.

No. II.-PORTUGAL.-Treaty between Great
Britain and Portugal, respecting the Slave
Trade, signed at Vienna the 22d of Jan.

1815.

In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided
Trinity.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal having, by the 10th Article of the Treaty of Alliance, concluded at Rio de Janeiro on the 19th February 1810, declared his determination to co-operate with his Britannic Majesty in the cause of humanity and justice, by adopting the most efficacious means for bringing about a gradual Abolition of the Slave Trade; and his Royal Highness, in pursuance of his said Declaration, and desiring to effectuate, in concert with his Britannic Majesty and the other Powers of Europe, who have been induced to assist in this benevolent object, an immediate Abolition of the said traffic upon the parts of the Coast of Africa which are situated to the northward of the Line; his Britannic Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, equally animated by a sincere desire to accelerate the moment when the blessings of peaceful industry and an innocent commerce may be encouraged throughout this extensive portion of the Continent of Africa, by its being delivered from the evils of the Slave Trade, have agreed to enter into a Treaty for the said purpose, and have accordingly named as their Plenipotentiaries; viz. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of his said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia of Londonderry, his said Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and his Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna; and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Count of Palmella, a Member of his Royal Highness's Council, Commander of the Order of Christ, Captain of a Company of the Royal German Life Guard; the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Anthony de Saldanha da Gama, a Member of his Royal Highness's Council and of his Council of Finance, Commander of the Military Order of St. Benedict of Aviz; and the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Dom Joachim Lobo da Silveira, a Member of his Royal Highness's Council, and Commander of the Order of Christ, his Royal Highness's Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Vienna; who, having mutually exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ART. I. That from and after the ratification of the present Treaty, and the publication thereof, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the Crown of Portugal to pur

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chase Slaves, or to carry on the Slave Trade, on any part of the coast of Africa to the northward of the Equator, upon any pretext or in any manner whatsoever: Provided, nevertheless, that the said provision shall not extend to any ship or ships having cleared out from the ports of Brazil, previous to the publication of such ratification; and provided the voyage, in which such ship or ships are engaged, shall not be protracted beyond six months after such publication as aforesaid.

ART. II. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal hereby agrees, and binds himself to adopt, in concert with his Britannic Majesty, such measures as may best conduce to the effectual execution of the preceding engagement, according to its true intent and meaning; and his Britannic Majesty engages, in concert with his Royal Highness, to give such orders as may effectually prevent any interruption being given to Portuguese ships resorting to the actual Dominions of the Crown of Portugal, or to the territories which are claimed in the said Treaty of Alliance, as belonging to the said Crown of Portugal, to the southward of the Line, for the purposes of trading in Slaves, as aforesaid, during such further period as the same may be permitted to be carried on by the Laws of Portugal, and under the Treaties subsisting between the two Crowns.

ART. III. The Treaty of Alliance concluded at Rio de Janeiro, on the 19th February 1810, being founded on circumstances of a tempo rary nature, which have happily ceased to exist, the said Treaty is hereby declared to be void in all its parts, and of no effect; without prejudice, however, to the ancient Treaties of Alliance, Friendship, and Guarantee, which have so long and so happily subsisted between the two Crowns, and which are hereby renewed by the High Contracting Parties, and acknowledged to be of full force and effect.

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ART. IV. The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves, and engage to deter mine by a separate Treaty, the period at which the Trade in Slaves shall universally cease, and be prohibited throughout the en tire Dominions of Portugal; the Prince Regent of Portugal hereby renewing his former declaration and engagement, that, during the interval which is to elapse before such ral and final abolition shall take effect, it shall not be lawful for the subjects of Portugal to purchase or trade in Slaves, upon any parts of the coast of Africa, except to the southward of the Line, as specified in the 2d Article of this Treaty; nor to engage in the same, or to permit their flag to be used, except for the purpose of supplying the transatlantic possessions belonging to the Crown of Portugal.

ART. V. His 'Britannic Majesty hereby agrees to remit, from the date at which the ratification mentioned in the 1st Article shall be promulgated, such further payments as may then remain due and payable upon the

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concluded in the Year 1815. loan of 600,000%. made in London for the service of Portugal, in the year 1809, in consequence of a Convention signed on the 21st of April of the same year; which Convention, under the conditions specified as aforesaid, is hereby declared to be void and of no effect.

ART. VI. The present Treaty shall be ra tified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Rio de Janeiro in the space of five months, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have thereunto affixed the seals of their arms.

Done at Vienna this 22d day of January, 1815.

(Signed) (L S.) Castlereagh.

(Signed.

(L. S.) Conde de Palmella.
(L. S.) Antonio de Saldanha de

Gama,

(L. S.) B. Joaquim Lobo da Sil

veira.

Additional Article.

It is agreed, that in the event of any of the Portuguese settlers being desirous of retiring from the Settlements of the Crown of Portugal on the Coast of Africa to the northward of the Equator, with the Negroes bona fide their domestics, to some other of the possessions of the Crown of Portugal, the same shall not be deemed unlawful, provided it does not take place on board a Slave-trading vessel, and provided they be furnished with proper Passports and Certificates, according to a form to be agreed on between the two Governments.

The present Additional Article shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty signed this day, and shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at the same time.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have thereunto affixed the seals of their arms.

Done at Vienna this 22d day of January, 1815. [Signed as before.]

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[292 every cause of dispute between their respecthis view have named for their respective tive subjects in that part of the world, and in Plenipotentiaries, viz.: his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, a jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in Peer of the United Kingdom, one of his MaEngland and in Ireland, and President of the Board of his Majesty's Commissioners for the France and Navarre, the Sieur Claude Louis Affairs of India; and his Majesty the King of ' Deols, Count de la Chatre, Commander of de La Chatre, descendant of the Princes of the Royal and Hospitable Orders of St. Lazarus and of Mount Carmel, Honorary Commander of the Order of Malta, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Lieubassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary tenant-General of his Armies, and his Amat the Court of London; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

gages to farm to the British Government in ART. I. His Most Christian Majesty enIndia, the exclusive right to purchase at a fair and equitable price, to be regulated by that which the said Government shall have paid for Salt in the districts in the vicinity of the French Possessions on the coast of Coromanbe manufactured in the said Possessions, del and Orixa respectively, the Salt that may subject however to a reservation of the quan tity that the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty shall deem requisite for the domestic use and consumption of the inhabitants British Government shall deliver in Bengal, thereof; and upon the condition, that the the quantity of Salt that may be judged neto the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty, cessary for the consumption of the inhabi to the population of the said Settlement; tants of Chandernagore; reference being had such delivery to be made at the price which the said article. the British Government shall have paid for

ART. II. In order to ascertain the prices as aforesaid, the official accounts of the charges incurred by the British Government, for the Salt manufactured in the districts in the vicinity of the French Settlements on the coasts of Coromandel and Orixa respectively, shall be open to the inspection of a Commissioner to be appointed for that purpose by the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty in tish Government shall be settled according India; and the price to be paid by the Brito an average to be taken every three years, of the charges as aforesaid ascertained by the said official accounts, commencing with the three years preceding the date of the present Convention. The price of Salt at Chandernagore to be determined, in the same manGovernment for the Salt manufactured in ner, by the charges incurred by the British the districts nearest to the said Settlement.

ART. III. It is understood that the Salt Works in the Possessions belonging to his Most Christian Majesty shall be and remain under the direction and administration of the Agents of his said Majesty.

ART. IV. With a view to the effectual attainment of the objects in the contemplation of the High Contracting Parties, his Most Christian Majesty engages to establish in his Possessions on the coasts of Coromandel and Orixa, and at Chandernagore in Bengal, nearly the same price for Salt, as that at which it shall be sold by the British Government in the vicinity of each of the said Possessions.

ART. V. In consideration of the stipulations expressed in the preceding Articles, his Britannic Majesty engages that the sun of Four Lacs of Sicca Rupees shall be paid annually to the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty duly authorized, by equal quarterly instalments; such instalments to be paid at Calcutta or at Madras, ten days after the bills that may be drawn for the same by the said Agents, shall have been presented to the Government of either of those Presidencies; it being agreed that the rent above stipulated, shall commence from the 1st of October 1814.

ART. VI. With regard to the trade in Opium, it is agreed between the High Contracting Parties, that at each of the periodical Sales of that article, there shall be reserved for the French Government, and delivered upon requisition duly made by the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty, or by the persons duly appointed by them, the number of chests so applied for; provided that such supply shall not exceed three hundred chests in each year; and the price to be paid for the same shall be determined by the average rate at which Opium shall have been sold at every such periodical sale. It being understood that if the quantity of Opium applied for at any one time, shall not be taken on account of the French government by the Agents of his Most Christian Majesty, within the usual period of delivery, the quantity so applied for shall nevertheless be considered as so much in reduction of the three hundred chests herein before-mentioned. The requisitions of Opium as aforesaid, are to be addressed to the Governor-general at Calcutta, within thirty days after notice of the intended sale shall have been published in the Calcutta Gazette.

ART. VII. In the event of any restriction being imposed upon the exportation of Saltpetre, the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty shall nevertheless be allowed to export that article to the extent of eighteen thousand maunds.

ART. VIII. His Most Christian Majesty, with the view of preserving the harmony subsisting between the two nations, having engaged by the 12th Article of the Treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th of May 1814,

not to erect any Fortifications in the Establishments to be restored to him by the said Treaty, and to maintain no greater number of troops than may be necessary for the purposes of Police; his Britannic Majesty on his part, in order to give every security to the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty residing in India, engages, if at any time there should arise between the High Contracting Parties, any misunderstanding or rupture, (which God forbid), not to consider or treat as prisoners of war, those persons who belong to the Civil Establishments of his Most Christian Majesty in India, nor the officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers, who, according to the terms of the said Treaty, shall be necessary for the maintenance of the Police in the said Establishments, and to allow them to remain three months to settle their personal affairs, and also to grant them the necessary facilities and means of conveyance to France with their families and private property.-His Britannic Majesty further engages to permit the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty in India, to continue their residence and commerce so long as they shall conduct themselves peaceably, and shall do nothing_contrary to the laws and regulations of the Government. But in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the British Government should judge it necessary to order them to quit India, they shall be allowed the period of six months to retire with their effects and property to France, or to any other country they may choose. the same time it is to be understood, that this favour is not to be extended to those who may act contrary to the laws and regulations of the British Government.

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ART. IX. All Europeans and others whosoever, against whom judicial proceedings shall be instituted within the limits of the Settlements or Factories belonging to his Most Christian Majesty, for offences committed, or for debts contracted within the said limits, and who shall take refuge out of the same, shall be delivered up to the Chiefs of the said Settlements and Factories; and all Europeans and others whosoever, against whom judicial proceedings as aforesaid shall be instituted without the said limits, and who shall take refuge within the same, shall be delivered up by the Chiefs of the said Settlements and Factories, upon demand being made of them by the British Government.

ART. X. For the purpose of rendering this Agreement permanent, the High Contracting Parties hereby engage, that no alteration shall be made in the Conditions and Stipulations in the foregoing Articles, without the mutual consent of his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of his Most Christian Majesty.

ART. XI. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in the space of one month from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipo- | Majesty, &c. &c.; who, after having mutually tentiaries have signed it, and have thereunto exchanged their full powers, found in good affixed the seals of their arms. and due form, have agreed upon the followDone at London this 7th day of March, ing Articles : Signed

1815.

(L. S.) Buckinghamshire.

Signed

(L. S.) Le Comte de la Chatre.

No. IV.-RUSSIA AND THE NETHER-
LANDS. Treaty between Great Britain,
Russia, and the Netherlands, respecting
the Russian Loan in Holland; signed at
London, 19th May 1815.

In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided
Trinity.

ART. I. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands hereby engages to take upon himself, a part of the capital and arrears of interests, to the 1st of January 1816, of the Russian Loan made in Holland through the intervention of the house of Hope and Co. in Amsterdam, to the amount of twenty-five millions of florins, Dutch currency; the annual interest of which sum, together with an annual payment for the liquidation of the same, as hereafter specified, shall be borne by, and become a charge upon the Kingdom of the Netherlands. And his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages, on his part, to recommend to his Parliament to enable him to take upon himself an equal Capital of the said Russian Loan, viz. twenty-five millions of florins, Dutch currency; the annual interest of which sum, together with an annual payment for the liquidation of the same, as hereafter specified, shall be borne by, and become a charge upon the Government of his Britannic Majesty.

His Majesty the King of the Netherlands being desirous, upon the final re-union of the Belgic Provinces with Holland, to render to the Allied Powers who were Parties to the Treaty concluded at Chaumont on the 1st of March 1814, a suitable return for the heavy expense incurred by them in delivering the said territories from the power of the Enemy; and the said Powers having, in consideration of arrangements made with each other, mutually agreed to wave their several pretensions under this head in favour of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; his said Majesty the King of the Netherlands has thereupon resolved to proceed immediately to execute with his Imperial Majesty, a Convention to the following effect, to which his Britannic Majesty agrees to be a Party, in pursuance of engagements taken by his said Majesty with the King of the Netherlands, in a Convention signed at London on the 13th day of August|ject, however, to be increased on the demand

1814.

In consequence thereof, the three said High Contracting Parties have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, namely; his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, one of his said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Colonel of the Londonderry Regiment of Militia, and his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c.; his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Christopher Count de Lieven, Lieutenant-General of his Armies, his Aide-de-Camp-general, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty, Knight of the Orders of St. Alexander Newsky, of St. George of the Third Class, Grand Cross of St. Vladimir of the Second Class, of St. Anne of the First Class, Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of the Prussian Orders of the Black and the Red Eagles and Commander Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword; and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieur Henry Baron Fagel, a Member of the Corps des Nobles of the Province of Holland, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Britannic (VOL. XXXII.

ART. II. The future charge, to which their said Belgic and Britannic Majesties shall be respectively liable in equal shares on account of the said Debt, is to consist of an annual interest of five per cent. on the said Capitals, each of twenty-five millions, together with a sinking fun of one per cent. for the extinction of the same, the said sinking fund being sub

of the Russian Government to any annual sum not exceeding three per cent.; the same to be payable till the capital of the said debt shall be fully discharged, when the aforesaid charge for interests and sinking fund shall wholly cease to be borne by their said Belgic and Britannic Majesties respectively.

ART. III. Their said Belgic and Britannic Majesties respectively bind themselves, on or before the usual day or days in each year, on which the interest on the said debt shall be due and payable, to deposit with the Agent of the Russian Government in Holland, their respective proportions of the said interest and sinking fund, as above specified; provided always, that previously to the advance of each successive instalment so to be paid, the said Agent shall be authorized to furnish a certificate to each of the said two High Contracting Parties, declaring that the preceding instalment has been duly applied in discharge of the interest, and in reduction of the principal of the said debt; together with the corresponding payments, on account of the Russian government, on that part of the debt which shall remain a charge on the said government.

ART. IV. The Russian government shall continue, as heretofore, to be security to the creditors for the whole of the said Loan, and (Q)

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