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~ Art. III.—The High Contracting 
‘Parties reciprocally engage not to 
Jay down their arms but by com- 
mon consent, nor before the ob- 
ject of the war, designated in the 
first article of the present Treaty, 
shall have been attained; nor 
until Buonaparte shall have been 
rendered absolutely unable to 
create disturbance, and to renew 
his attempts for possessing himself 
of the supreme power in France. 
. Art. IV.—The present Treaty be- 
ing principally applicable to the 
present circumstances, the sti- 
pulations of the Treaty of Chau- 
mont, and particularly those con- 
tained in the sixteenth article of 
‘the same, shall be again in force, 
as soon as the object actually in 
view shall have been attained. 
Art. V.—Whatever relates to 
the command of the combined 
armies, to supplies, &c. shall be 
regulated by a particular Conven- 
tion. 
Art. VI.—The High Contracting 
Parties shall be allowed respec- 
tively to accredit to the Generals 
commanding their armies, Offi- 
cers, who shall have the liberty 
of corresponding with their Go- 
vernments, for the purpose of 
giving information of military 
events, and of every thing re- 
lating to the operations of the 
army. 
Art. VII.—The engagements en- 
teredinto by the present Treaty, 
having for their object the 
maintenance of the general peace, 
the High Contracting Parties 
agree to invite all the Powers of 
Europe to accede to the same. 
Art. VIII.—The present Treaty 
having no other end in view but 
to support France, or any other 
country which may be invaded, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
‘against the enterprizes of Buona~ 
parte and his adherents,‘ his most 
Christian Majesty shall be spe- 
cially invited to accede hereunto; 
and, in the event of his Majesty’s 
requiring the forces stipulated in 
the second article, to make known 
whatassistance circumstances will 
allow him to bring forward in 
furtherance of the object of the 
present Treaty. 
SEPARATE ARTICLE. 
As circumstances might prevent 
his Majesty the King of the Unit- 
ed Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland from keeping constantly 
in the field the number of troops 
specified in the 2nd. Article, it is 
agreed that his Britannic, Ma- 
jesty shall have the option, either 
of furnishing his contingent in 
men, or of paying at the rate of 
thirty pounds sterling per an- 
num for each cavalry soldier, and 
twenty pounds per annum for 
each infantry soldier, that may be 
wanting to complete the number 
stipulated in the 2nd Article. 
MEMORANDUM. 
Foreign Office, April 25, 1815. 
The Treaty of which the sub-. 
stance is above given, has been 
ordered to be ratified, and it has 
been notified on the part of the 
Prince Regent to the High Con- 
tracting Parties, that it is his 
Royal Highness’s determination, 
acting in the name and on the be- 
half of his Majesty, to direct the 
said ratifications to be exchanged 
in due course, against. similar 
acts on the part of the respec- 
tive powers, under an_ expla- 
natory declaration of the fol- 
lowing tenour as to Article VIII, 
of the said. Treaty :-— 
