PARIS. 
601 
of as they (hall think fit, to the princes and princefles of 
his family; and (hall be divided amongft them in fuch a 
manner that the revenue of each (hall be in the following 
proportions, viz: 
To Madame Mere - 
To King Jofeph and his Queen - 
To King Louis - 
To the Queen Hortenfe and her children 
To King Jerome and his Queen 
To the Princefs Eliza - 
To the Princefs Paulina - 
Fiancs. 
300,000 
;oo,ooo 
200,000 
400,000 
500,000 
300,000 
300,000 
2,500,000 
The princes and princefles of the houfe of the Emperor 
Napoleon (hall, befides, retain their property, moveable 
and immoveable, of whatever nature it may be, which 
they (hall pofiefs by individual and public right, and the 
rents of which they (hall enjoy (alfo as individuals.) 
VII. The annual penfion of the Emprefs Jofephine (hall 
be reduced to 1,000,000, in domains, or in infcriptions 
in the Great Book of France ; which (he (hall continue to 
enjoy in full property, moveable and immoveable, with 
power to difpofe of it conformably to the French laws. 
VIII. There (hall be granted to Prince Eugene, Viceroy 
of Italy, a fuitable eftabliftiment out of France. 
IX. The property which his majefty the Emperor Na¬ 
poleon poflefl'es in France, either as extraordinary domain 
or as private domain attached to the crown, and which 
his majefty abandons to the crown, (hall be referved as a 
capital, which (hall not exceed 2,000,000, to be expended 
in gratifications in favour of fuch perfons, whofe names 
(hall be contained in a lift to be figned by the Emperor 
Napoleon, and which ftiall be tranfmitted to the French 
government. 
X. All the crown-diamonds (hall remain in France. 
XI. His majefty the Emperor Napoleon (hall return to 
the treafury, and to the other public chefts, all the fums 
and effefts that ftiall have been taken out by his orders, 
with the exception of what has been appropriated from 
the civil lift. 
XII. The debts of the houfehold of his majefty the Em¬ 
peror Napoleon, fuch as they were on the day of the fig- 
nature of the prefent treaty, (hall be immediately difchar- 
ged out of the arrears due by the public treafury to the 
civil lift, according to a lift which (hall be figned by a 
commifliener appointed for that purpofe. 
XVI There (hall be furni(hed a corvette and the ne- 
ceftary tranfport-vefiels to convey to the place of his def- 
tination his majefty the Emperor Napoleon and his houfe¬ 
hold : and the corvette (hall belong, in full property, to 
his majefty the emperor. 
XVII. The emperor Napoleon ftiall be allowed to take 
with him, and retain as his guard, 400 men, volunteers, 
as well officers as fub-officers and foldiers. 
XVIII. No Frenchman who (hall have followed the 
Emperor Napoleon or his family, ftiall be held to have for¬ 
feited his rights as fuch by not returning to France 
within three years; at lead they ftiall not be comprifed 
in the exceptions which the French government reierves 
to it fell" to grant after the expiration of that term. 
XX. The high allied powers guarantee the execution 
of all the articles of the prefent treaty, and engage to ob¬ 
tain that it (hall be adopted and guaranteed by France. 
XXI. The prefent aft (hall be ratified, and the ratifica¬ 
tions exchanged at Paris, within two days, or fooner if 
poffible. Done at Paris, the nth of April, 1814. 
The Prince De Metternich. 
J. F. Comte De Stadion. 
Andre' Comte De Rasoumouffsky. 
Charles Robert Comte De Nesselrode. 
Chas. Aug. Baron De Hardenberg, 
Marlhal Ney. 
Caulxncourt. 
Vol. XVIII. No. 1260. 
After the allied powers had figned this treaty, they 
applied to the Britifti government for their acceffion to it; 
but this was refufed, except merely as far as regarded the 
arrangements for fecuring the duchies of Parma, &c. to 
Maria-Louifa and her fon, in perpetuity, and the Ifle of 
Elba to Bonaparte for life; to thefe articles alone the 
(ignature of lord Caftlereagh was affixed. . 
The definitive treaty between France and the allies,, 
confequent on the preliminary treaty (fee London, p. 
395.) was figned at Paris on the 30th of May 1814. The 
Congrefs, which was expefted to be held in London, (fee 
as above,) was, however, held at Vienna; and was ftill 
fitting, when, fuddenly and unexpeftedly, Napoleon again 
appeared in France. 
It has been feen (p. 384 of the article referred to above), 
that the abdication of Napoleon was abfolute and uncon¬ 
ditional, “ for himfelf and his heirs.” Upon this point 
his emprefs add reded the following Proteft to the Con¬ 
grefs. That paper was thought little of at the time, and 
its authenticity was doubted by many; but, (ince it was 
formally received by the Congrefs, and entered among 
their Afts, we (hall infert it entire, becaufe we think it 
may at Come future time be referred to as a document of 
great importance. 
Protest of the Emprefs Maria Louisa againft the Oc¬ 
cupation of the Throne of France by the Dynafty of 
the Boureons. 
“ Maria Louifa, Emprefs, Archduchefs of Auftria, 
Duchefs of Parma, in our name, during the minority of 
our beloved (on and fovereign, and in the name of our 
fon, Charles Francis Napoleon, as legitimate pofleflor of 
the Imperial Throne of France. 
“ The diftance at which we are kept from our here¬ 
ditary (fates, and the abfence of the members of our go¬ 
vernment, preventing us from claiming the admiftion of 
a minifter to reprefent us at the Congrefs now aflembled 
at Vienna, and tiie defire of giving full authenticity, to 
our reclamation in behalf of our beloved fovereign and 
fon, have induced us, in imitation of our immortal an- 
ceftor of glorious memory, Maria Therefa, to take the 
refolutrPn of laying before the above-mentioned Congrefs, 
a declaration of the rights of our beloved fon to the 
crown of France, and a development of the principles on 
which they are founded ; to the end that it be known to 
Europe and the French nation, that it has never been our 
intention willingly to renounce the imperial throne of 
France, on which it pleafed Divine Providence to place us. 
“ We will not here recall to mind the dilafters which 
deprived the Houfe of Bourbon of the French throne. 
We will rather throw a veil over the errors of princes, and 
the faults of nations. We will not defend the work of 
faftious and revolutionary proceedings ; but, vve will de¬ 
clare, that there exifts a public law ofimnuitable nature, 
which binds nations to princes, a law of policy, con¬ 
taining the principles upon which fovereigns ought to 
conciliate their rights and interefts with certain rights 
and liberties which are the property of their lubjefts. 
“ A feriesof fatal events put an end to royalty in France. 
All Europe took up arms to fuftain or reftore a throne 
which its pofieflor was unable to maintain ; a throne 
which had funk into nought through the flight of the 
princes and nobility which were its natural lupporters, 
ami perhaps through the violent caufe of a popular will 
unreftrained in its manifeftation. The unfortunate Louis 
XVI'. and his fon, periftied fucceflively. Their legitimate 
heirs forfeited their claims to the crown by their free 
egrefsfrom the kingdom, and theirretreat into an enemy s 
country. The Nation, no longer bound to its legitimate 
princes, was reftored to its natural right of eleftion. 
The other nations of Europe conlidered thefe difafters as 
the work of political fanaticifm, and a fpirit of rebellion. 
They in conference took up arms, and penetrated into 
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