Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c.

In order, therefore, to attain so desirable an end, and to treat, conclude, and confirm the articles of the said marriage, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, as well as his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. have named and authorized mutually, viz.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, the most reverend father in God, his right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor Charles Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan; his right trusty and well-beloved John Lord Eldon, Chancellor of Great Britain; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Dudley, Earl of Harrowby, President of his Majesty's Council; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Henry Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool, First commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury; his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Robert Stewart, commonly called Viscount Castlereagh, one other of

his Majesties Principal Secreta ries of State; his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Henry Viscount Sidmouth, one other of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer.

And his said Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. William Augustus Baron de Just, Privy Councillor of his Majesty the King of Saxony, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, and Commander of the order of Civil Merit of Saxony; who, by virtue of their respective full powers, which they have mutually communicated and exchanged, have concluded and agreed upon the following articles, viz.

Art. I. It is concluded and agreed that the marriage between her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. shall be solemnized in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Great Britain, both being present, according to the due tenour of the laws of England, and the rites and ceremonies of the church of the United Kingdom, as soon as the same may conveniently be done.

II. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the

name

name and on the behalf of his Majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, promises to secure to her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta, and to his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. during their joint lives, and to the survivor of then, the annual sums hereinafter mentioned;-that is to say, during their joint lives, the annual sum of 60,0001, to be paid quarterly; 10,000l. of which annual sum, also to be paid quarterly, shall be granted unto commissioners, named for that purpose by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting as aforesaid, to be by them received for the sole and separate use of the said Princess, notwithstanding her marriage state, and without his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. having any power over the same, and which annual sum of 10,000l. so payable quarterly, the said Princess shall not have power, either separately or conjointly with his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. to alienate, mortgage, or receive or direct to be paid by way of anticipation; but the same shall, from time to time as the same shall become due, be paid and payable into the proper hands of the said Princess alone, upon her own sole receipt,

or to such person or persons to whom she shall by writing, signed by herself alone, from time to time, as the same shall become due, direct and order the same to be paid, or otherwise to receive the same on her sole behalf.

III. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting as aforesaid, engages to secure to her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta the annual sum of 60,000l., to be paid to her during her life, in case her Royal Highness shall survive his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c;

such annual sum to

commence in payment from the death of his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, ́ Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. in the lifetime of her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta, and to be paid quarterly; and the first quarterly payment is to be made at the end of three calendar months after such his decease, when the said annuity, payable during their joint lives, is to determine.

And his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, so acting as aforesaid, further engages to secure to his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c the annual sum of 50,0001., to be paid to him during his life, in case he shall survive her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta; such annual sum to cominence in pay

ment

ment from the death of her Royal Highness, in the lifetime of his Serene Highness, and to be paid quarterly; and the first quarterly payment to be made at the end of three calendar months after such her decease, when the said annuity, payable during their joint lives, is to determine.

IV. The son or daughter, or descendant of the said marriage for the time being, next in succession to the Crown of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Princess Charlotte Augusta, shall be brought up in such manner as his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or his successors, may be pleased to direct, and no children of this marriage shall be allowed to marry without the consent of his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or his successors for the time being.

V. It is understood and agreed, that her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta shall not, at any time, leave the United Kingdom without the permission, in writing, of his Majesty, or of the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and without her Royal Highness's own consent.

And in the event of her Royal Highness being absent from this country, in consequence of the permission of his Majesty, or of the Prince Regent, and of her own consent, such residence abroad shall in no case be protracted beyond the term approved by his Majesty, or the Prince Regent, and consented to by her Royal Highness. And it shall be com

petent for her Royal Highness to return to this country before the expiration of such term, either in consequence of directions for that purpose, in writing from his Majesty, or from the Prince Regent, or at her own pleasure.

VI. This treaty shall be ratified by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the behalf of his Majesty, and by his said Serene Highness, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in ten days, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the seals of their arms.

Done at London, the 13th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

It is hereby expressly declared, that no article or provision, contained in the treaty of marriage signed this day, shall in any manner be taken, or deemed to affect or prejudice any right or prerogative of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, touching or concerning the education or marriages of any of the children or descendants of her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta, or the education or marriages of any of the Royal Family or their descendants.

The present additional article shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted, word for word, in the treaty of marriage signed this day. It shall be included in the ratification of the said treaty.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed

the

PROCLAMATION.

Parma, March 20. "We, Francis, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria, &c. -By our letters-patent of the 2d of April 1915, we made known, that, on the request of our beloved daughter, the Archduchess Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, we charged ourselves with the preliminary administration of these provinces. The circumstances which at that time led us to such a determination being happily ended, we restore the thus intrusted government into the hands of our beloved daughter; and we have ordered that the same shall be made known to the people by letters-patent. Done at Milan, this 7th of March 1816, the 25th of our reign."

The above was accompanied by the following proclamation:

"We, Maria Louisa, Imperial Princess, Archduchess of Austria, by the grace of God Duchess of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, &c.-Our illustrious and dearly beloved father, his Majesty the Emperor and King, having desired that on our repairing to our duchies of Parma, &c. we should again take into our hands the government of these provinces, which he had so graciously accepted in trust for us (as we communicated in our letters-patent from the Imperial Palace of Schoenbrunn of date the 31st of March 1815), we have therefore thought proper to make

that we again take upon ourselves the government of our subjects, at the same time giving thanks for the care which our illustrious father has taken of the welfare of our subjects:-We moreover declare, that it is our pleasure to confirm all the ordinances issued by our father during his government, and strictly enjoin the inhabitants of our said duchies to conform thereto. Given at Venice, this 17th March 1816."

IONIAN ISLES.

Proclamation by Sir Thomas Maitland.

Among the various and high duties intrusted to the administration of his Excellency by his gracious Sovereign, there is none more important in itself than the conservation of all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives, of the dominant and of the tolerated religion.

It has been, and always will be, a fixed maxim of the policy of Great Britain, and an invariable principle of its conduct, both with regard to those countries that may be under its immediate sovereignty, and those that may be under its exclusive protection, to guarantee and maintain the various religious establishments, as being essentially connected with the vital principles of good government, morals, and happiness.

His Excellency, impressed with this truth, and having observed with regret that the French, with that impious indifference which distinguished their revolutionary

career,

career, now happily ended, forcibly took away many of the sacred places of public worship in this city, and converted them to military and other uses: and his Excellency having understood, from a report made to him three days ago by the high police, whose constant assiduity merits his highest praise, that some officers of that department, led by their extreme zeal, had entered a church of the dominant religion in pursuit of a person suspected of a high offence, and that no express general rule exists on that subject, his Excellency therefore directs as follows:

1st. That every place of public worship shall be completely evacuated, and given up to the respectable head of the respective religion to which it belonged.

2d. That no soldier, officer of police, or other individual whatsoever, shall on any account dare or pretend to pursue any person, of whatever offence suspected, into the sanctuary or interior of any church, but shall confine himself to placing around the church such sentinels as may be necessary to prevent the escape of the suspected person, at the same time giving an account thereof to the governor, who will take the necessary steps for placing this person in the hands of justice, by the intervention of the head of that religion to whom the church belongs.

This present shall be printed in Greek and Italian, and published for universal information.

By order of his Excellency,
WM. MEYER, Public Sec.

Pulace, Corfu.
March 19, 1816.

Speech of the Prince Regent at the close of the Session, July 2d, 1816.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

"I cannot close this Session of Parliament without again expressing my deep regret at the continuance of his Majesty's lamented indisposition.

"The cordial interest which you have manifested in the happy event of the marriage of my daughter, the Princess Charlotte, with the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, and the liberal provision which you have made for their establishment, afford an additional proof of your affectionate attachment to his Majesty's person and family, and demand my warmest acknowledgments.

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I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that I have given the royal consent to a marriage between his Majesty's daughter, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Glocester; and I am persuaded that this event will be highly gratifying to all his Majesty's subjects.

"The assurances which I have received of the pacific and friendly disposition of the powers engaged in the late war, and of their resolution to execute inviolably the terms of the treaties which I announced to you at the opening of the session, promise the continuance of that peace so essential to the interests of all the nations of the world.

"Gentlemen of the House

of Commons,

"I thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the year; and I am sensible of the beneficial effects