§ No. 1.—CONVENTION between his Britannic Majesty and his Most Christian Majesty, for the evacuation of the French territory by the allied trqops.—Signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, October 9,1818.
§ In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.
§ Their majesties the emperor of Austria, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of all the Russias, having repaired to Aix-la-Chapelle; and their majesties the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the king of France and Navarre, having sent thither their plenipotentiaries; the ministers of the five courts have assembled in, conference together; and, the plenipotentiary of France having intimated, that in consequence of the state of France, and the faithful execution of the treaty of November 20, 1815, his most Christian majesty was desirous that the military occupation stipulated by the fifth article of the, said treaty, should cease as soon as possible, the ministers of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Russia, and Russia, after having in concert with the said plenipotentiary of France, maturely examined every thing that; could have an influence on such an important decision, have declared, that their sovereigns would, admit the principle of the evacuation-of the French territory at the end of the third year of the 169 occupation; and wishing to confirm this resolution by a formal convention, and to secure, at the same time, the definitive execution of the said treaty of November 20, 1815,—his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and his majesty the king of France and Navarre on the other part, have, for this purpose, named as their plenipotentiaries, viz. His majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right hon. Robert Stewart, viscount Castlereagh, knight of the most noble and illustrious order of the Garter, a member of the imperial parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, colonel of the Londonderry regiment of militia, a member of his Britannic majesty's most honourable privy council, and his principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, &c. &c. and the most excellent and most illustrious lord Arthur, duke, marquis, and earl of Wellington, marquis Douro, viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, and baron Douro of Wellesley: a member of his Britannic majesty's most honourable privy council, a field marshal of his forces, colonel of the royal regiment of Horse-guards, knight of the most noble and most illustrious order of the Garter, and knight grand cross of the most honourable military order of the Bath; prince of Waterloo, duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, and a grandee of Spain of the first class, duke of Vittoria, marquis of Torres Vedras, conde of Vimeira in Portugal, knight of the most illustrious order of the Golden Fleece, of the military order of Saint Ferdinand of Spain, knight grand cross of the imperial military order of Maria Theresa, knight grand cross of the military order of Saint George of Russia, of the first class, knight grand cross of the royal and military order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, knight grand cross of the royal and military order of the Sword of Sweden, &c. &c. &c.—And his majesty the king of France and Navarre, the sieur Armand Emanuel du Plessis Richelieu, duke of Richelieu, peer of France, knight of the royal and military order of Saint Louis, of the royal order of the Legion of Honour, and of the orders of Saint Andrew, Saint Alexander Newsky, Saint Anne, Saint Wladimir, and Saint George of Russia; his first gentleman of the chamber, his minister and secretary of state for foreign affairs, and president of the council of his ministers;—who, after having mutually communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
§ ART. I.—The troops composing the army of occupation shall be withdrawn from the territory of France by the 30th of November next, or sooner, if possible.
§ ART. II.—The strong places and fortresses which the said troops occupy, shall be given up to commissioners named for that purpose by his most Christian majesty, in the state in which they were at the time of their occupa- 170 tion, conformably to the ninth article of the convention concluded in execution of the fifth article of the treaty of November 20th, 1815.
§ ART. III.—The sum destined to provide for the pay, the equipment, and the clothing of the troops of the army of occupation, shall be paid, in all cases, up to the 30th of November next, on the same footing on which it has existed since the 1st of December, 1817.
§ ART. IV.— All the accounts between France and the allied powers having been regulated and settled, the sum to be paid by France to complete the execution of the fourth article of the treaty of November 30th, 1815, is definitively fixed at 265 millions of francs.
§ ART. V.—Of this sum the amount of 100 millions, effective value, shall be paid by inscriptions of rentes on the great book of the public debt of France, bearing interest from the 22nd of September, 1818. The said inscriptions shall be received at the rate of the funds on Monday the 5th of October, 1818.
§ ART. VI.—The remaining 165 millions shall be paid by nine monthly instalments, commencing on the 6th of January next, by bills on the houses of Hope and Co. and Baring, Brothers and Co., which, as well as the inscription of rentes, mentioned in the above article, shall be delivered to commissioners of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, by the royal treasury of France, at the time of the complete and definitive evacuation of the French territory.
§ ART. VII.—At the same period the commissioners of the said courts shall deliver to the royal treasury of France the six bonds not yet discharged, which shall remain in their hands, of the fifteen bonds delivered conformably to the second article of the convention concluded for the execution of the fourth article of the treaty of November 20th, 1815. The said commissioners shall, at the same time, deliver the inscription of seven millions of rentes, created in virtue of the eighth article of the said convention.
§ ART. VIII.—The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof exchanged at Aix-la-Chapelle in the space of a fortnight, or sooner if possible.—In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at Aix-la-Chapelle, the 9th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1818.
§ (L. S.) CASTLEREAGH. (L. S.) RICHELIEU
§ (L. S.) WELLINGTON.
§ No. II.—PROTOCOL between the five Cabinets, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, the 3d of November, 1818.
§ The Duke de Richelieu represented at the conference, that the terms for the payment of the 265 millions to be furnished by France, according to the Convention of the 9th of October, having been fixed at very near pe- 171 riods, a too rapid exportation of specie has been occasioned, which tends to produce a depreciation in the inscriptions of rentes, equally injurious to the interests of all the contracting parties. To remedy this inconvenience, the duke de Richelieu proposed the following arrangements:—
§ 1st. That the 165 millions which France ought to discharge, according to the sixth article of the convention, by nine equal monthly instalments, from the sixth of January to the 6th of September next, shall be paid by twelve monthly instalments, from the 6th of January to the 6th of December inclusive; the interest for the delay of three months being made good by France, at the rate of five per cent.
§ 2d. That the 100 millions to be discharged by inscriptions of rentes, according to the fifth article of the said convention, and for which the different governments have treated with Messrs. Baring and Hope, shall be realized by payments made at the same epochs, and with the same allowance of interest, by the drawers, on account of the delay which shall be granted them.
§ 3rd. That arrangements shall be adopted with the above-mentioned houses, in order that the bills drawn upon them, conformably to Article VI. may be paid in assets at the different places which may suit the convenience of the governments interested, in, such a manner as to effect their discharge, and avoid the removal of too great a mass of specie.
§ M. M. the ministers and plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, were unanimously of opinion to admit the proposition of the duke of Richelieu, with the proviso that, with respect to Article III. particular arrangements shall be contracted with Messrs. Baring and Hope, to fix the terms on which the assets in foreign funds shall be accepted; and also that, in order to facilitate these arrangements, Mr. Baring should be invited to come to Aix-la-Chapelle, to take measures for that purpose, in concert with the persons charged with this business.
§ Prince Hardenberg moreover placed on the Protocol the subjoined observations and reservations, relative to the private arrangement that the Prussian government entered into with Messrs. Baring, for the part of the payments stipulated by the convention of the 9th of October which accrue to the said government.
§ (Signed) METTERNICH.
§ CASTLEREAGH.
§ WELLINGTON.
§ HARDEMHERG.
§ BERNSTORFF.
§ NESSELRODE.
§ CAPO D'ISTRIA.
§ Subjoined to the Protocol of the 3rd November, 1818.
§ If the Prussian government consents to the 172 proposed modifications of the pecuniary stipulations of the convention of the 9th of October, it is in the threefold supposition—1st. That its private arrangement with Messrs. Hope and Co., and Baring, Brothers, and Co., remain entire, except with regard to such modifications as the Prussian government may ultimately agree upon with those houses. 2nd That the loss which may result from the proposed payment in assets, upon foreign places, shall be made good to the allied sovereigns; and—3d. That the guarantee already stipulated for the payments agreed upon, shall also extend to the more remote periods now required.
§ No. III.—PROTOCOL between the five Cabinets. Aix-La-Chapelle, Nov. 11, 1318.
§ According to Articles 5 and 6, of the convention signed on the 9th of October last, between France and the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, the sum of 265 millions of francs (still remaining to be paid by France for the entire fulfilment of the 4th article of the treaty of the 20th of November, 1815), is to be liquidated and discharged by the inscription of a rente of 6,615,944 francs in the "Grand Livre" of the public debt of France, and by the immediate delivery of bills, forming a total of 165 millions of francs, real value; the said bills payable at Paris, drawn by the treasury of France, and accepted by the firm? of Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. becoming due monthly, on the 6th of each month, reckoning from the 6th of January next, to the 6th of September, inclusive.
§ By an arrangement which his excellency field marshal the duke of Wellington signed, in the name of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, on the 12th of last month, with the said firms of Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. the before-mentioned sum of 6,615,944 francs of rente, has been made over to those houses for the actual sum of 98,015,310 franks, payable by means of their engagements due by ninths, and at the same periods as those agreed upon for the payments to be made by the treasury of France.
§ His excellency the duke of Richelieu having represented to the ministers of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, that the state of circulation, and the service of the public funds at Paris, required some still greater modification of the preceding arrangements, than that which had been agreed upon in the Protocol of the 3rd of November last, and the plenipotentiaries of the five courts, after taking the said state of affairs into consideration, have adopted the following arrangements:—1st. The bills of the treasury of France on Messrs. Hope and Co. and Baring, Brothers, and Co. which, according to Article 6, of the convention of the 9th of October, are to be delivered to the commissioners of the four courts, shall the made pay- 173 able in eighteen equal instalments, beginning on the 6th of January next, till the 6th of June, 1820, inclusive. 2nd. The amount on account of interest, to which the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and other participating states, may become entitled, in consequence of the extension of the periods of payment stipulated in the foregoing paragraph, shall be paid by the French government into the hands of the commissioners of the four courts at Paris.—3rd. The securities given by the firms of Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. in pursuance of the treaties they concluded with his excellency field-marshal the duke of Wellington on the 12th of last month, shall be equally payable in eighteen instalments, beginning from the 6th of January next, till the 6th of June, 1820, inclusive.—4th. The interest to which the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and other participating states may become entitled, in consequence of the extension of the periods of payment stipulated in paragraph three before-mentioned, shall be paid by Messrs. Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. into the hands of the Commissioners of the said courts at Paris.—5th. The balance of the interest to be paid in pursuance of paragraphs two and four before-mentioned, shall be settled with the commissioners of the said powers, and the amount thereof liquidated at the end of every three months.—6th. When the French treasury-bills, or those of Messrs. Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. become due, the latter shall be at liberty to pay the bearers thereof, as much as one-half of the amount of the said bills, by bills of exchange, indorsed by them, upon one or more of the places hereafter mentioned, viz. Hamburgh, Amsterdam, London, Frankfort, and Augsbourg; those bills of exchange to have in no case less than thirty days, nor more than three months to run, dating from the day of their delivery. The value of the franc is to be determined at each payment by the medium rate of the exchange at Paris, during the thirty days open (jours de bourse) which shall have preceded the day of payment. When two different rates shall be quoted for the same day, the medium between the two is to be taken as the price for the day.—With reference to bills of exchange which may have more than thirty days to run, and less than three months, the average must be taken between the rates quoted for the two periods. It is moreover fully understood, that the firms of Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. remain responsible for the payment of the bills of exchange delivered in virtue of the arrangement before mentioned.—7th. In order to facilitate the execution of the above paragraph 6, due notice is to be affixed on the bills, delivered to the commissioners of the four courts, of the liberty allowed to pay the said bills, partly in cash, and partly by bills of exchange, in conformity to the preceding stipulations.—8th. It is fully understood, that 174 Messrs. Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. may at any time liquidate their engagements by anticipation, at the rate of 3 per cent discount per annum.
§ Previously to proceeding to the signature of the present Protocol, prince Hardenberg, the Prussian minister plenipotentiary, reproduced and demanded the insertion in the Protocol, of the accompanying observations and exceptions, similar to those consigned to that of the 3rd of November. Field-marshal the duke of Wellington undertook to conclude with Messrs. Hope and Co. Baring, Brothers, and Co. a new arrangement conformable to the contents of the present Protocol.
§ (Signed) METTERNICH.
§ RICHELIEU.
§ CASTLEREAGH.
§ WELLINGTON.
§ HARDENBERG.
§ BERNSTORFF.
§ NESSELRODE.
§ CAPO D'ISTRIA,
§ No. IV.— PROTOCOL signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, on the 15th November 1818, by the Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia.
§ The ministers of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, in pursuance of the exchange of the ratifications of the convention signed on the 9th of October, relative to the evacuation of the French territory by the foreign troops, and after having addressed to each other the notes, of which copies are annexed, have assembled in conference, to take into consideration the relations which ought to be established in the actual State of affairs, between France and the co-subscribing powers of the treaty of peace of the 20th of November 1815—relations which, by assuring to France the place that belongs to her in the European system, will bind her more closely to the pacific and benevolent views in which all the sovereigns participate, and will thus consolidate the general tranquillity.
§ After having maturely investigated the conservative principles of the great interests which constitute the order of things established in Europe, under the auspices of Divine Providence, by the treaty of Paris of the 30th of May 1814, the recès of Vienna, and the treaty of peace of the year 1815, the courts subscribing the present act, do, accordingly, unanimously acknowledge and declare:—
- 1. That they are firmly resolved never to depart, neither in their mutual relations, nor in those which bind them to other states, from the principle of intimate union which has hitherto presided over all their common relations and interests—a union rendered more strong and indissoluble by the bonds of Christian fraternity which the sovereigns have formed among themselves.
- 2. That this union, which is the more real and durable, inasmuch as it depends on no se-
175 parate interest or temporary combination, can only have for its object the maintenance of general peace, founded on a religious respect for the engagements contained in the treaties, and for the whole of the rights resulting there from. - 3. That France, associated with other powers by the restoration of the legitimate monarchical and constitutional power, engages henceforth to concur in the maintenance and consolidation of a system which has given peace to Europe, and which can alone insure its duration.
- 4. That if for the better attaining the above declared object the powers which have concurred in the present act, should judge it necessary to establish particular meetings, either of the sovereigns themselves, or of their respective ministers and plenipotentiaries, there to treat in common of their own interests, in so far as they have reference to the object of their present deliberations, the time and place of these meetings shall, on each occasion, be previously fixed, by means of diplomatic communications; and that in the case of these meetings having for their object affairs specially connected with the interests of the other states of Europe, they shall only take place in pursuance of a formal invitation on the part of such of those states as the said affairs may concern, and under the express reservation of their right of direct participation therein, either directly or by their plenipotentiaries.
- 5. That the resolutions contained in the present act shall be made known to all the courts of Europe, by the annexed declaration, which shall be considered as sanctioned by the Protocol, and forming part thereof.
§ Done in quintuple, and reciprocally exchanged in the original, by the subscribing cabinets.
§ Aix-la-Chapelle, Nov. 15, 1818.
§ (Signed) METTERNICH.
§ RICHELIEU.
§ CASTLEREAGH.
§ WELLINGTON.
§ HARDENBERG.
§ BERNSTORFP.
§ NESSELRODE.
§ CAPO D'ISTEIA.
§ No. V.—Copy of the Note addressed to the Duke of Richelieu by the Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, on the 4th of November, 1818.
§ The undersigned ministers of the cabinets of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia, have received orders from their august masters to address to his excellency the duke of Richelieu the following communication:—
§ Called by the fifth article of the treaty of the 20th of November, 1815, to examine, in concert with his majesty the king of France, whether the military occupation of a part of the French territory, stipulated by the said 176 treaty, might cease at the end of the third year, or ought to be prolonged to the end of the fifth, their majesties the Emperor of Austria, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of all the Russias, have repaired to Aix-la-Chapelle, and have charged their ministers to assemble there, in conference with the plenipotentiaries of their majesties the king of France, and the king of Great Britain, in order to proceed to the examination of this important question.
§ In this examination the attention of the ministers and plenipotentiaries had for its particular object the internal situation of France; it was said to be directed to the execution of the engagements contracted by the French government, towards the co-subscribing powers to the treaty of the 20th of November, 1315.
§ The internal state of France having long been the subject of serious deliberations in the cabinets, and the plenipotentiaries assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle having mutually communicated the opinions which they had formed in that respect, the august sovereigns, after having weighed these opinions, in their wisdom, have recognized with satisfaction, that the order of things happily established in France, by the restoration of the legitimate and constitutional monarchy, and the success which has hitherto crowned the paternal care of his most Christian majesty, fully justify the hope of a progressive consolidation of that order of things so essential to the repose and prosperity of France, and so strictly connected with the great interests of Europe.
§ With regard to the execution of the engagements, the communications which, since the opening of the conferences, the plenipotentiary of his most Christian majesty has addressed to the ministers of the other powers have left no doubt on this question, as they prove that the French government has fulfilled, with the most scrupulous and honourable punctuality, all the clauses of the treaties and conventions of the 20th of November, and propose, with respect to those clauses; the fulfilment of which was reserved for more remote periods, arrangements which are satisfactory to all the contracting parties.
§ Such being the results of the examination of these grave questions, their imperial and royal majesties congratulated themselves, that they have only to listen to those sentiments and those personal wishes which induced them to put an end to a measure which disastrous circumstances, and the necessity of providing for their own security, and that of Europe, could alone have dictated to them.
§ From that moment the august sovereigns resolved to cause the military occupation of the French territory to be discontinued; and the convention of the 9th of October sanctioned this resolution. They regard this Solemn act as the final completion of the general peace.
§ Considering now, as the first of their duties, 177 that of preserving to their people the benefits which that peace assures to them, and to maintain in their integrity the transactions which have established and consolidated it, their imperial and royal majesties flatter themselves that his most Christian majesty, animated by the same sentiments, will receive with the interest which he attaches to every thing tending to the welfare of mankind, and to the glory and prosperity of his country, the proposition which their imperial and royal majesties address to him, to unite henceforth his councils and his efforts to those which they will not cease to devote to so salutary a work.
§ The undersigned, charged to request the duke of Richelieu to convey the wish of their august sovereigns to the knowledge of the king his master, at the same time invite his excellency to take part in their present and future deliberations, consecrated to the maintenance of the peace, the treaties on which it is founded, the rights and mutual relations established or confirmed by these treaties, and recognised by all the European powers.
§ In transmitting to the duke of Richelieu this solemn proof of the confidence which their august sovereigns have placed in the wisdom of the king of France, and in the loyalty of the French nation, the undersigned are ordered to add the expression of the unalterable attachment which their imperial and royal majesties profess towards the person of his most Christian majesty and his family, and of the sincere interest which they never cease to take in the tranquillity and happiness of his kingdom.
§ They have the honour, at the same time, to offer to the duke of Richelieu the assurance of their very particular consideration.
§ Aix-la Chapelle, Nov. 4,1818.
§ (Signed) METTERNICH.
§ CASTLEREAGH.
§ WELLINGTON.
§ HARDENBERG.
§ BERNSTORFF.
§ NESSELRODE.
§ CAPO D'ISTRIA.
§ No. VI.—COPY of the Note of M. the Duke of Richelieu, in answer to that of the Plenipotentiaries of the courts of Austria, of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Russia. Aix-la-Chapelle, Nov. 12, 1818.
§ The undersigned minister and secretary of slate to his most christian majesty, has received the communication which their excellencies the ministers of the cabinets of Austria,' of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Russia, did him the honour of addressing to him on the 4th of this month, by order of their august sovereigns. He hastened to make it known to the king his master. His majesty has received with real satisfaction, this new proof of the confidence and friendship of the sovereigns who have taken part in the deliberations at Aix-la-Chapelle. The justice which they render to his constant cares 178 for the happiness of France, and above all to the loyalty of his people, has deeply touched his heart. Looking back to the past, and observing that at no other period, no other nation has been able to fulfil with a more scrupulous fidelity, engagements such as France had contracted, the king has felt that it was indebted; for this new kind of glory, to the influence of the institutions which govern it; and he sees with joy, that the consolidation of these institutions is considered by his august allies to be no less advantageous to the repose of Europe, than essential to the prosperity of France. Considering that the first of his duties is, to endeavour to perpetuate and augment, by all the means in his power, the benefits which the complete re-establishment of general peace promises to all nations; persuaded that the intimate union of governments is the surest pledge of its duration; and that France, which could not remain a stranger to a system, the whole force of which must spring from a perfect unanimity of principle and action, will join the association with her characteristic frankness; and that her concurrence must add strength to the well-founded hope of the happy results which such an alliance must produce for the benefit of mankind, his most Christian majesty most readily accepts the proposal made to him of uniting his councils and his efforts with those of their majesties, for the purpose of accomplishing the salutary work which they have in view. He has, therefore, authorized the undersigned to take part in all the deliberations of their ministers and plenipotentiaries, for the object of consolidating the peace, of securing the maintenance of the treaties on which it rests, and of guaranteeing the mutual rights and relations established by these same treaties, and recognized by all the states of Europe.
§ The undersigned, while be begs their excellencies to have the goodness to transmit to their august sovereigns, the expression of the intentions and sentiments of the king his master, has the honour of offering them the assurance of his highest consideration.
§ (Signed) RICHELIEU.
§ No. VII.—DECLARATION of the five Cabinets. Signed at Aix la-Chapelle, Nov. 15,1818.
§ At the period of completing the pacification of Europe by the resolution of withdrawing the foreign troops from the French territory, and when there is an end of those measures of precaution which unfortunate circumstances had rendered necessary, the ministers and plenipotentiaries of their majesties the emperor or Austria, the king of France, the king of Great Britain, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of all the Russias, have received orders from their sovereigns, to make known to all the courts of Europe, the results of their meeting at Aix-la-Chapelle, and with that view to publish the following declaration:—
§ The convention of the 9th of October, which 179 definitely regulated the execution of the engagements agreed to in the treaty of peace of November, 20, 1815, is considered by the sovereigns who concurred therein, as the accomplishment of the work of peace, and as the completion of the political system destined to ensure its solidity.
§ The intimate union established among the monarchs, who are joint parties to this system by their own principles, no less than by the interests of their people, offers to Europe the most sacred pledge of its future tranquillity.
§ The object of this union is as simple as it is great and salutary. It does not tend to any new political combination—to any change in the relations sanctioned by existing treaties. Calm and consistent in its proceedings, it has no other object than the maintenance of peace, and the guarantee of those transactions on which the peace was founded and consolidated.
§ The sovereigns, in forming this august union, have regarded as its fundamental basis, their invariable resolution never to depart, either among themselves or in their relations with other states, from the strictest observation of the principles of the right of nations; principles which, in their application to a state of permanent peace, can alone effectually guarantee the independence of each government, and the stability of the general association.
§ Faithful to these principles, the sovereigns will maintain them equally in those meetings at which they may be personally present, or in those which shall take place among their ministers; whether they be for the purpose of discussing in common their own interests, or whether they shall relate to questions in which other governments shall formally claim their interference. The same spirit which will direct their councils, and reign in their diplomatic communications, will preside also at these meetings; and the repose of the world will be constantly their motive and their end.
§ It is with these sentiments that the sovereigns have consummated the work to which they were called. They will not cease to labour for its confirmation and perfection. They solemnly acknowledge, that their duties towards God and the people whom they govern, make it peremptory on them to give to the world, as far as is in their power, an example of justice, of concord, and of moderation; happy in the power of consecrating, from henceforth, all their efforts to protect the arts of peace, to increase the internal prosperity of their states, and to awaken those sentiments of religion and morality, whose influence has been but too much enfeebled by the misfortune of the times.
§ (Signed) METTERNICH.
§ RICHELIEU.
§ CASTLEREAGH.
§ WELLINGTON.
§ HARDENBERG.
§ BERNSTORFF.
§ NESSELRODE.
§ CAPO D'ISTRIA.