Port d'Ang destinée pour le Gouvernement, &c. ARMYROS CapArmyrus A Scalon, Colonel. En vertu du Protocole du 3 Février 1830 nous Commissaires Démarcateurs de France, de la Grande Bretagne et de Russie, avons signé la présente Carte J Barthelemy Lieut Colond G.Baker, Lieut Col. Commissaire Francais Commissaire Anglais Commissaire Russe DE VOLO Meglino ILE DE NEGRO PONT CANAL DE TALANTI 23 39 [Holland and Belgium.] * No. 162.-CONVENTION between Great Britain and France, relative to the Netherlands. Signed in London, 22nd October, 1832. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 15th November, 1831. 1. Withdrawal of Netherlands Troops from Belgium and of Belgian Troops from Netherlands Territory. 2. Embargo on Dutch Vessels in case of Refusal to Evacuate. 3. French Troops to compel Evacuation of Belgian Territory. 4. French Troops to retire on Evacuation of Belgian Territory by Dutch Troops. 5. Ratifications. (English Version.†) Reference to Treaty of 15th November, 1831. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, having been called upon by His Majesty the King of the Belgians to carry into execution the stipulations of the Treaty relative to the Netherlands, concluded at London, on the 15th of November, 1831 (No. 153), the execution whereof, by the terms of Article XXV of the said Treaty, has been jointly guaranteed by their said Majesties, and by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia: Having besides perceived that all the efforts made in common by the 5 Powers, Parties to the said Treaty, to accomplish its execution by means of Negotiation, have been, up to the present time, ineffectual: Being moreover convinced that any further delay in the execution of the same would seriously endanger the general Peace of Europe, their said Majesties, notwithstanding the regret which they experience at finding that their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, are not, at present, prepared to concur in the active measures which are requisite for the execution of the said Treaty, have resolved to fulfil their own engagements in this respect without further delay; and it is with the view of arriving at that end, by immediately concerting the measures best calculated for that purpose, that See also Convention of 21st May, 1833. For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. xix, p. 258. [Holland and Belgium.] their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the French, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, viz.: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c.; And His Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince-Duke de Talleyrand, a Peer of France, His said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Britannic Majesty, &c.; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: Withdrawal of Netherlands Troops from Belgium, and of Belgian Troops from Netherlands Territory. ART. I. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, will notify to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and to His Majesty the King of the Belgians, respectively, that it is their intention to proceed forthwith to carry into execution the said Treaty of the 15th of November, 1831 (No. 153), in conformity with the engagements thereby contracted by them: and, as a first step towards the accomplishment of that purpose, their said Majesties will require His Majesty the King of the Netherlands to enter, on or before the 2nd day of the next ensuing month of November, into an engagement to withdraw, on or before the 12th day of the same month of November, all his Troops from the Territories which, by Articles I and II of the said Treaty, are to form the Kingdom of Belgium, of which Kingdom the High Contracting Parties to that Treaty have guaranteed the Independence and Neutrality: and their said Majesties will also require His Majesty the King of the Belgians to enter, on or before the 2nd day of the ensuing month of November, into an engagement to withdraw, on or before the 12th day of the same month, all his Troops from the Territories of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands; so that after the 12th day of November next there shall be no Netherland Troops |