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war with the utmost energy, en- 

 gages to employ throughout, one 

 hundred and sixty thousand effec- 

 tive troops of every description of 

 force, exclusive of the garrisons of 

 the fortresses. 



Art. II. To contribute on his 

 part to the same end, in the mOst 

 effectual and prompt manner, his 

 majesty the King of Great Britain 

 engages to place at the disposal of 

 his majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Russias, for the service of the year 

 1813, the following sums :— 



1. One million three hundred 

 and thirty-three thousand three 

 hundred and thirty-four pounds 

 sterling, payable in London. 



2. England takes upon herself 

 the maintenance of the Russian 

 fleet and the crews thereof, now in 

 the ports of Great Britain ; an ex- 

 pense estimated at five hundred 

 thousand pounds sterling. 



Art. III. The sum of one million 

 three hundred and thirty-three 

 thousand three hundred and thirty- 

 four pounds sterling, shall be pay- 

 able from month to month, in such 

 manner as that the whole shall be 

 discharged on tiie 1st of Jan. 1814. 



Art. IV.To supply the deficienc}' 

 of specie, the want of which is 

 daily more felt in the circulation of 

 the Continent, to combine in this 

 important conte^^t all the means 

 which may secure its success, the 

 two high contracting parties, in 

 concert with his majesty the King 

 of Prussia, have agreed to issue 

 notes, payable to bearer, under the 

 denomination of federative paper. 



a The amount of this paper mo- 

 ney shall not exceed the sum of 

 five millions sterling, for wiiich the 

 three contracting powers are con- 

 jointly guarantees. Two thirds of 

 (his sum are placed at the disposal 



of Russia, and one-third at that of 

 Prussia. 



I). The reimbursement of this 

 sum of five millions sterling is to 

 be made by the three powers in the 

 following proportions, and in such 

 manner that 



England shall only take upon 

 herself three sixths. 



Russia, tvvo-sixtli?^ 



Prussia, one-sixth. 



c. This reimbursement is not to 

 take effect before the 1st day of 

 July, 1815, or six months after the 

 conclusion of a definitive peace. 



d. The sum of five millions ster- 

 ling of federative paper, so to be 

 issued in the name of the three 

 powers, is in no case to be applied 

 to any other than the expences of 

 the war, and the maintenance of 

 the armies in activity. 



e. A commission, named by the 

 three powers, will regulate what- 

 ever relates to the distribution of 

 this sum. The payments are to be 

 made progressively from month to 

 month. All that relates, however, 

 to the form, the guarantee, the 

 issue, appropriation, circulation, 

 and reimbursement of this paper, 

 is to be regulated in a still more 

 particular manner, by a special 

 convention, the stipulations where- 

 of shall have the same force and 

 validity, as if they had been in- 

 serted word for word in the pre- 

 sent treaty. 



Art. V. The British government 

 having taken upon itself the main- 

 tenance of the Russian fleet, for 

 the sum of 500,000/. sterling, as 

 stated in article II. his majesty 

 the Emperor of all the Russiai 

 consents, on the other hand, tothft 

 employment by his Britannic ma- 

 jesty of the said fleet in the Eu- 

 ropean seas, in the manner which 



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