STATE:PAPERS. 
‘mote disunion or disturbance, to 
excite disorder and sedition, by 
persuading the people to rebellion 
in the streets and public places, 
or by any other. act inconsistent 
with good order, according to the 
enormity and circumstances of 
the offence, shall be punished, se- 
parately or collectively, by being 
exposed for from one hour to six, 
by privation of their rank, by 
marks of ignominy, by imprison- 
ment from one hour to ten, and 
by a fine of from 100 to 100,000 
francs. 
2. In case of crimes not men- 
tioned in the preceding article, 
those who may have rendered 
themselves culpable by disturbing 
the public repose, as well as their 
accomplices, shall be condemned, 
besides being fined, to hard la- 
bour for a certain time, to be 
marked. 
3. A special court, composed 
of eight counsellors, selected from 
our superior court of justice at 
Brussels, of the Attorney-General, 
or one of the Advocates General, 
who fill the functions of the pub- 
lic officers, and of the registrar of 
the court, is specially charged to 
take cognizance of, and. pass 
judgment on. all crimes and mis- 
demeanours on the process issued 
by our Attorney-General. 
4. The process takes place 
without delay, or any previous 
information by the Judge of In- 
struction; these decrees shall not 
be open to appeal, nor can they 
be repealed. 
- 5. These decrees shall be put 
into execution 24 hours after their 
being pronounced. 
Our Attorney-General is charg- 
ed with their execution; and 
with» transmitting an accurate 
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copy of any decree executed to 
our Commissary General of Jus- 
tice. 
(The same proclamation orders 
that its several decrees be pub- 
lished in the papers of the day ; 
and commands the Commissaries 
General, and other authorities, 
to see to their prompt and strict 
execution. ) 
Dated Brussels, April 20,1815, 
and the second year of our reign. 
(Signed) 
WILuiaM. 
Additional Convention (concluded 
at Vienna, April 30, 1815,) to 
the Treaty between his Britan- 
nic Majesty and his Majesty 
the King of Prussia, §c. signed 
March 25, 1815. 
ARTICLE. 
‘ His Britannic Majesty engages 
to furnish a subsidy of: five mil- 
lions sterling, for the service of 
the year ending on the Ist of 
April, 1816, to be divided in 
equal proportions amongst the 
three powers, namely, between 
his Majesty the King of Prussia, 
his Majesty the Emperor’of. Aus- 
tria, King of Hungary and Bohe- 
mia, and his ‘Majesty the Empe- 
ror of all the Russias. The sub- 
sidy above stipulated of five mil- 
lions sterling shall be paid in 
London by monthly instalments, 
and in equal proportions, to the 
Ministers of the respective pow- 
ers, duly authorized to receive 
the same. The first payment 
thereof, to become due on the 
first day of May next, and to be 
made immediately upon the ex- 
change of the ratifications of this 
present additional convention. In 
