56 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Apr. 



merce, at Berlin, certain specific 

 revenues, to be remitted half- 

 yearly to Mr. Rothschild, for 

 payment of the interest of the 

 loan ; and the same Directors will 

 also remit to London, by half- 

 yearly payments, the following 

 sums, on the amount of the loan, 

 viz. 

 " Intheyearl818-19...<£'.3perct. 



1819-20 2| 



1820-21 2 



1821-22 1| 



1822-23 1 



and the like sum of 1 per cent in 

 every following year of the 28 

 years. 



" The sums so to be remitted 

 are to be applied in redeeming 

 the bonds, and the interest of the 

 bonds redeemed is to be applied 

 in the same manner, thus forming 

 a sinking-fund for the protection 

 of the public, which the Prussian 

 government is at libcrtj' to 

 increase by other remittances : 

 and in case, at the end of the 28 

 years, any of the bonds shall 

 remain unredeemed, the Prussian 



fovernment engages to remit to 

 lOndon, on or before the 30th of 

 September, 1847, such a sum of 

 money as shall be sufficient to 

 redeem all the bonds, then in 

 circulation, at par. If, at any 

 time, the bonds should be above 

 par, then, in order that the ope- 

 ration of the sinking-fund may 

 continue, the persons in whose 

 names securities are to be depo- 

 sited for the time being, as here- 

 inafter referred to, or any two of 

 them, are, in such manner as they 

 may think proper, to draw lots to 

 ascertain which bonds shall be 

 advertised to be redeemed ; and 

 the bonds being thus ascertained, 



an advertisement is to be inserted 

 in the London Gazette, requiring 

 the holders of such bonds to bring 

 them to be redeemed within three 

 months from the date of the 

 advertisement; and the holders 

 shall, in such case, be bound to 

 deliver up the bonds advertised 

 for, upon payment at par; and 

 all interest upon such bonds shall 

 cease at the end of three months 

 from the date of the advertisement. 



" A list will be pubhshed in 

 the London Gazette, half-yearly, 

 of all bonds from time to time 

 redeemed. 



" The loan is to be further 

 secured by a mortgage of certain 

 revenues of the kingdom of 

 Prussia, of sufficient amount, 

 and by special mortgage-bonds, 

 pledging certain royal domains 

 which have been placed at the 

 disposal of the Prussian govern- 

 ment, by virtue of a statute of 

 the royal house, sanctioned by 

 the States, which bonds are to be 

 countersigned by the state-officers 

 of the provinces where the do- 

 mains are situate. The above 

 securities are intended to be 

 deposited in the Bank of Eng- 

 land, in the names of Mr. N. M. 

 Rothschild, the contractor, of an 

 Officer of State of his Prussian 

 Majesty, and of a permanent 

 Agent of the Prussian Govern- 

 ment. 



" The Prussian Government, 

 at the end of ever}' three years, 

 is to have part of the securities, 

 to the amount of the bonds re- 

 deemed, delivered up to be can- 

 celled." 

 Lancaster Assizes, Friday, 

 April 3. 

 Address of Chief Baron Richartfs, 



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