414. 
date of the exchange of the ratifi- 
cations shall be allowed to the in- 
habitants, natives or foreigners, 
of whatever condition and nation 
they may be, to dispose of their 
property, if they should think fit 
so to do, and to retire to whatever 
country they may choose. 
VIII.—All the dispositions of 
the Treaty of Paris of the 30th of 
May, 1814, relative to the coun- 
tries ceded by that treaty, shall 
equally apply to the several ter- 
ritories and districts ceded by 
the present treaty. 
1X.—The High Contracting Par- 
ties having caused representation 
to be made of the different claims 
arising out of the non-execution 
of the 19th and following Articles 
of the Treaty of the 30th of May, 
1814, as well as of the additional 
Articles of that Treaty signed be- 
tween Great Britain and France, 
desiring to render more efficaci- 
ous the stipulations made there- 
by, and having determined, by 
two separate Conventions, the 
line to be pursued on each side 
for that. purpose, the said two 
Conventions as annexed to the 
present Treaty, shall, in order to 
secure the complete execution of 
the’ above-mentioned Articles, 
have the same force and effect as 
if the same were inserted, word 
for word, herein. 
X.—All prisoners taken during 
the hostilities, as well as all hos- 
tages which may have been car- 
ried. off or given, shall be restored 
in the shortest time possible. The 
same shall be the case with re- 
spect to the prisoners taken pre- 
viously to the Treaty of the 30th 
of May, 1814, and who shall not 
already have been restored. 
XI.—The Treaty of Paris of the 
ANNUAL REGISTER, i815. 
30th of May, 1814, and the final 
Act of the Congress of Vienna of 
the 9th of June. 1815, are con- 
firmed, and shall be maintained 
in all such of their enactments 
as shall not have been modified 
by the Articles of the present 
Treaty 
XII.— The present Treaty, with 
the Conventions annexed thereto; 
shall be ratified in one act, and 
the ratifications thereof shall be 
exchanged in the space of two 
months, or sooner, if possible. 
In witness whereof, the respec- 
tive Plenipotentiaries have signed 
the same, and have affixed there- 
unto the seals of their arms. 
Done at Paris this 20th day 
of November, in the year 
of our Lord 1815. 
(Signed) 
(L. 8.) CasTLEREaeH. 
(L. 8S.) Wextrneron. . 
(L.S.) RicuHerrev. 
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. 
The High Contracting Powers, 
sincerely desiring to give effect to 
the measures on which they de- 
liberated atthe Congress of Vien- 
na, relative to the complete. andi 
universal abolition of the Slave 
Trade, and having, each im their 
respective dominions, prohibited, 
without restriction, their colonies 
and subjects from taking any part 
whatever in this traffic, engage to 
renew conjointly their efforts, 
with the view of securing final 
success to those principles which 
they proclaimed in the Declara- 
tion of the 4th of February, 1815, 
and of concerting, without loss 
‘of time, through their Ministers 
at the Courts. of London and of 
Paris, the most effectual measures. 
for the entire and definitive abo- 
