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DECLARATION ATTACHED TO THE TREATY OF VIENNA, MARCH 25, 1815
British Declaration. -- The following
declaration is attached to the ratification of the treaty of
Vienna, of the 25th March, 1815, by the British Prince Regent:
Foreign Office, April 25 -- "The treaty, of which the
substance is above given, has been ordered to be ratified, and it
has been notified, on the part of the Prince Regent, to the high
contracting parties, that it is His Royal Highness' determination,
acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to direct
the said ratifications to be exchanged in
due course, against similar acts on the part of the respective
powers, under an explanatory declaration of the following tenor,
as to article 8th of the said treaty -- Declaration -- The
undersigned, on the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of
the 22nd of March last, on the part of his court, is hereby
commanded to declare, that the 8th article of the said treaty,
wherein his most Christian Majesty is invited to accede, under
certain stipulations, is to be understood as binding the
contracting parties, upon principles of mutual security, to a
common effort against the power of Napoleon Bonaparte, in
pursuance of the third article of the said treaty; but is not to
be understood as binding his Britannic Majesty to prosecute the
war with a view of imposing upon France any particular government.
However solicitous the Prince Regent may be to see his most
Christian Majesty restored to the throne, and however anxious he
is to contribute, in conjunction with his allies, to so
auspicious an event, he nevertheless deems himself called upon to
make this declaration, on the exchange of the ratifications, as
well in consideration of what is due to his most Christian
Majesty's interests in France, as in conformity to the principles
upon which the British government has invariably regulated its
conduct. The treaty was received in London on the 5th instant;
the answer thereto was dispatched to Vienna on the 8th. Authority
and instructions have also been given to the Earl of Clancarty to
sign a subsidiary engagement, consequent upon the said treaty."
The following separate article is also attached to the treaty, as
ratified by the British government -- Separate article -- As
circumstances might prevent His Majesty, the King of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from keeping constantly in
the field the number of troops specified in the second article,
it is agreed that His Britannic Majesty shall have the option,
either of furnishing his contingent of men, or of paying at the
rate of 30 pounds sterling, per ann. for each cavalry soldier,
and 20 pounds for each infantry soldier, that may be wanting to
complete the number stipulated in the second article.
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