424 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



discuss, settle, and sign, a treaty 

 of peace and amitj', namely : 



His Majesty the King of Spain 

 and the Indies, Don Pedro Gomez 

 Labrador, Knight of the Royal 

 Spanish Order of Charles III. his 

 Counsellor of State, &c. ; and his 

 Majesty the King of Frapxe and 

 Navarre, M. Charles Maurice Tal- 

 leyrand Perin;ord, Prince of Bene- 

 vent. Grand Eagle of the Legion of 

 Honour, Knight of the Golden 

 Fleece, &c. ; who hiiving exchang- 

 ed their full powers, found to be in 

 good and due form, have agreed on 

 the following articles: 



Art. 1. Reckoning from this 

 date, there shall be perpetual peace 

 and amity between his Majesty the 

 King of Spain and the Indies, and 

 his allies, on the one part, and his 

 Majesty the King of France and 

 Navarre on the other part, their 

 heirs and successors, their states 

 and respective subjects. The high 

 contracting parties will apply all 

 their cares to maintain, not only 

 between themselves, but also, as 

 far as depends on them, between all 

 the states of Europe, the harmony 

 and good understanding so neces- 

 sary to its repose. 



[Here follow the articles con- 

 tained in the Treaty concluded on 

 the 30th of May, between France 

 and the Allied Powers.] 



Additional Articles, 

 Art. 1. The property, of what- 

 ever kind, which Spaniards pos- 

 sess in France, or Frenchmen in 

 Spain, shall he respectively restor- 

 ed to them in the state in which it 

 was at the period of sequestration 

 or confiscation. The removal of 

 the sequestration shall extend to 

 all property in this predicament, at 

 what period soever it may have 

 been sequestrated. The disputes 



respecting money mutters, at pre- 

 sent existing, or which may here- 

 after arise, between Spaniards and 

 French, whether they began be- 

 fore the war or originated since, 

 shall be adjusted by a mixed com- 

 mission ; and if these disputes fall 

 under the exclusive cognizance of 

 the courts of justice, the respect- 

 ive tribunals shall be exhorted on 

 both sides to administer due and 

 speedy justice. 



Art. 2. A treaty of commerce 

 shall be concluded as soon as pos- 

 sible between the two powers ; 

 and till this treaty can be carried 

 into effect, the commercial rela- 

 tions between the two countries 

 shall be re-established on the foot- 

 ing on which they were in 1792. 



Tlie present additional articles 

 shall have the same force and ef- 

 fect as if they were inserted word 

 for word in the treaty of this day. 

 They shall be ratified, and their 

 ratifications exchanged at the same 

 time. In faith of which the re- 

 spective Plenipotentiaries have 

 signed them, and affixed the seal 

 of their arms. 



Done at Paris, the 20th of July, 

 in the Year of Grace 1814. 

 (Signed) 

 D. Pedro Gomez Labrador. 

 The Prince of Benevent. 



PROCLAMATIONS IN BELGIUM. 



Being called to another destina- 

 tion, and the time fixed by the 

 high allies being arrived, for giv- 

 ing up the general government in- 

 to the hands of his Royal High- 

 ness the Sovereign Prince of the 

 Netherlands, I cannot take leave 

 of your fine provinces without first 

 expressing to you my regret and 

 my wishes. 



