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case peace should take place, or 
be signed between the Allied 
Powers and France, before the 
expiration of the said year, the 
subsidy calculated upon the scale 
of five millions sterling, shall be 
paid up to the end of the month 
in which the definitive treaty shall 
have been signed; and his Bri- 
tannic Majesty promises in addi- 
tion, to pay to Russia four months, 
and to Austria and to Prussia two 
months, over and above the sti- 
pulated subsidy, to cover the ex- 
penses of the return of their 
troops within their own frontiers. 
The present additional conven- 
tion shall have the same force and 
effect as if it were inserted word 
for word in the treaty of the 25th 
of March. 
It shall be ratified, and the ra- 
tification shall be exchanged as 
soon as possible. 
In faith of which the respective 
plenipotentiaries have signed it, 
and have affixed thereunto the 
seals of their arms. 
Done at Vienna this 30th day 
of April, in the year of our Lord, 
1815. 
(L. 8.) Crancarry. 
(L. 8S.) Le Prince pE Har- 
DENBERG. . 
(EL. 8.) Le Baron pe Hum- 
BOLDT. 
Proclamation of Ferdinand IV. 
King of the Two Sicilies, 8c. to 
the Neapolitans. 
At length I re-ascend the throne 
of Naples. Every thing concurs 
to make my return happy. Your 
unanimous wishes recall me, The 
general wish of the Great Powers 
Fenders justice to my rights. The 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1815. 
firm and vigorous assistance of 
my august allies animates and 
supports me. 
I put myself in march at the 
head of an army, not like usurp- 
ers, to deceive and disturb na- 
tions, or like adventurers, to carry 
off, in the disorder of the tempest 
and the shipwreck, that which 
the calm covld not procure for 
them. [return to the bosom of 
my dear family: I bring to it 
consolation and peace: J come to 
restore its ancient serenity, and 
to efface the recollection of all 
past evils. 
No, you are not made to carry 
the flame of revolt among those 
who are not your enemies. You 
are not made to debase yourselves 
by that sort of greatness which is 
born of destruction and of terror. 
The history of your ancestors is far 
more glorious. You, descendants 
of the Bruttians, the Campanians 
and the Samnites, you should 
cause to tremble those foreign 
disturbers of your prosperity, and 
your internal tranquillity: but 
never could you be the instru~ 
ments of their ambition, or the 
victims of their artifices. Your 
children should not perish in fro- 
zen climates. It is for you alone 
to enjoy your substances, the 
fruits of your labours, and the 
produce of your happy climate. 
Neapolitans, come and throw 
yourselves into my arms. I was 
born among you; I know, I ap- 
preciate your habits, your charae- 
ter, and your manners. I desire 
only to give you the most strik- 
ing proofs of my paternal love, 
and to make the new period of 
my government the most fortu- 
nate epoch of the well-being and 
happiness of our common coun- 
