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of the two contracting Powers, on the subject of the aforesaid circum

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ARTICLE IX. The prolongation of the war, to which the present treaty of peace happily puts an end, having occasioned, to the Imperial Court of Russia, considerable expenses, the Sublime Porte recog. nises the necessity of offering it an adequate indemnity. For this pur. pose, independently of the cession of a small portion of territory in Asia, stipulated by the fourth article, which the court of Russia consents to receive on account of the said indemnity, the Sublime Porte engages to pay to the said court, a sum of money, the amount of which shall be regulated by mutual accord.

ARTICLE X. The Sublime Porte, whilst declaring its entire adhesion to the stipulations of the treaty concluded in London on the 24th of June, (the 6th of July) 1827, between Russia, Great Britain, and France, accedes, equally, to the act drawn up on the 10th of March, (22d) 1829, by mutual consent, between these same powers, on the basis of the said treaty, and containing the arrangement of detail, relative to its definitive execution. Immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty of peace, the Sublime Porte shall appoint plenipotentiaries to settle with those of the Imperial Court of Russia, and of the courts of England and France, the execution of the said stipulation, and arrange.

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ARTICLE XI. Immediately after the signature of the present treaty of peace between the two empires, and the exchange of the ratification of the two sovereigns, the Sublime

Porte shall take the necessary mea. sures for the prompt and scrupulous execution of the stipulations which it contains, and particularly of the third and fourth articles, relative to the limits which are to separate the two empires, as well in Europe as in Asia; and of the fifth and sixth articles, respecting the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, as well as Servia; and from the moment when these stipulations can be considered as having been fulfilled, the Imperial Court of Russia will proceed to the evacu. ation of the territory of the Ottoman empire, conformable to the basis established by a separate act, which forms an integral part of the present treaty of peace. Until the complete evacuation of the territories occupied by the Russian troops, the administration and the order of things there established at the present time, under the influence of the Imperial Court of Russia, shall be maintained, and the Sublime Ottoman Porte shall not interfere with them in any manner.

ARTICLE XII. Immediately after the signature of the present treaty of peace, orders shall be given to the commanders of the respective troops, as well by land as by sea, to cease hostilities. Those committed after the signature of the present treaty shall be considered as not having taken place, and shall occasion no change in the stipulations which it contains. In the same manner any thing which in that interval shall have been conquered by the troops of either one or the other of the high contracting powers, shall be restored without the least delay.

ARTICLE XIII. The high con. tracting powers, while re-establish

ing between themselves the relations of sincere amity, grant general pardon, and a full and entire amnesty, to all those of their subjects, of whatever condition they may be, who, during the course of the war happily terminated this day, shall have taken part in military operations, or manifested, either by their conduct or their opinions, their attachment to one or the other of the two contracting powers. In consequence, not one of these individuals shall be molested or prosecuted, either in his person or goods, on account of his past conduct; and every one of them, recovering the property which he possessed before, shall enjoy it peaceably under the protection of the laws, or shall be at liberty to transport himself, with his family, his goods, his furniture, &c., into any country which he may please to choose, without experiencing any vexations or impediments whatever.

There shall be granted besides to the respective subjects of the two powers established in the territories restored to the Sublime Porte, or ceded to the imperial court of Russia, the same term of 18 months, to commence from the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty of peace, to dispose, if they think proper, of their property acquired either before since the war, and to retire, with their capital, their goods, furniture, &c., from the states of one of the contracting powers into those of the other, and reciprocally.

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ARTICLE XIV. All prisoners of war, of whatever nation, condition, or sex they may be, which are in the two empires, must immediately, after the exchange of the ratifica

tions of the present treaty of peace, be set free, and restored without the least ransom or payment; with the exception of the Christians who, of their own free will, have embraced the Mahomedan religion in the states of the Sublime Porte, or the Mahomedans who, also of their own free will, have embraced the Christian religion in the territories of the Russian empire.

The same conduct shall be adopted towards the Russian subjects, who, after the signature of the present treaty of peace, may in any manner whatever have fallen into captivity, and be found in the states of the Sublime Porte.

The imperial court of Russia promises, on its part, to act in the same way towards the subjects of the Sublime Porte. No repayment shall be required for the sums which have been applied by the two high contracting parties to the support of prisoners. Each of them shall provide the prisoners with all that may be necessary for their journey as far as the frontiers; where they shall be exchanged by commissioners appointed on both sides.

ARTICLE XV. All the treaties, conventions, and stipulations, settled and concluded at different periods between the imperial court of Russia and the Ottoman Porte, with the exception of those which have been annulled by the present treaty of peace, are confirmed in all their force and effect, and the two high contracting parties engage to observe them religiously and inviolably.

ARTICLE XVI. The present treaty of peace shall be ratified by the two high contracting courts, and the exchange of the ratifications between the respective plenipoten.

tiaries shall take place within the space of six weeks, or earlier, if possible. In faith of which, (Signed) Count ALEXIS ORLIF. Count J. PAHLEN.

In virtue, &c. (Signed) DIEBITSCH ZABAL

KANSKY.

SEPARATE ACT,

the privileges granted to Moldavia and Wallachia shall in no way be violated by the neighbouring governors, and that these shall in no way be allowed to interfere in the affairs of those two provinces; also to prevent the inhabitants of the right bank of the Danube from making excursions upon the territory of Moldavia and Wallachia. All isles situated nearest to the left

Relating to the principalities of Mol. bank of the Danube, are to be con

davia and Wallachia.

In the name of Almighty God! The two high contracting powers, at the same time that they confirm all the stipulations of the separate act of Ackermann, relative to the forms to be observed on the election of the hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia, have recognised the necessity of giving to the adminis. tration of those provinces a more durable basis, and one more in harmony with their true interests. With this view, it has been, and is definitively resolved, that the reign of the hospodars shall not, as formerly, be limited to seven years, but they shall be invested with the dignity for life, except in the case of a free and unconstrained abdication, or of an expulsion in consequence of crimes committed as detailed in the said separate act.

The hospodars are to administer the internal government of their provinces, with the assistance of their divan, according to their own pleasure, but without permitting themselves any infraction of the rights guarantied to the two countries by treaties or hatti sherifs, nor shall their administration be disturbed by any command tending to the violation of those rights.

The Sublime Porte obliges itself conscientiously to keep watch, that

sidered as part of the territory of those provinces ; and from the point where it enters the Ottoman territory, to the point of its confluence with the Pruth, the channel of the Danube is to form the boundaries of the two principalities.

To provide the more securely for the more inviolability of the Moldavian and Wallachian territory, the Sublime Porte engages to retain no fortified point upon the left bank of the Danube, nor to permit any settlement there of its Mahometan subjects. It is accordingly irrevocably fixed, that no Mahometan shall ever be allowed to have his residence in Moldavia or Wallachia, and that only merchants, provided with firmans, shall be admit ted for the purpose of buying, on their account, such articles as may be required for the consumption of Constantinople.

The Turkish cities, situated on the left bank of the Danube, are to be restored to Wallachia, to remain incorporated with that principality; and the fortifications previously existing on that bank, are never to be repaired. Mahometans possessing landed property, either in those cities, or upon any point left of the Danube, provided they have not unfairly become possessed thereof, (non usurpes sur des particu“ liers,) shall be bound to sell such

property to natives within eighteen months.

The government of the principalities being entitled to all the privileges of independence in their internal administration, it shall be lawful for the same to draw sana. tary cordons, and to establish quarantine stations along the line of the Danube, and wherever else it may seem necessary; nor shall any strangers, be they Christians or Mahometans, have a right to consider themselves above an exact compliance with such quarantine regulations. For the execution of the quarantine duty, the protection of the ftontiers, the maintenance of order in the cities and in the open country, and for the purpose of obedience to their decrees, the government of each principality shall be permitted to maintain a sufficient military force. The numerical force of these troops is to be determined by the hospodars and their respective divans, upon the basis of former examples.

The Sublime Porte, animated by an earnest wish to secure to the two principalities every species of prosperity which they are capable of enjoying, and being aware of the abuses and oppression occasioned by the contributions for the supply of Constantinople, and the victualling of the fortresses of the Danube, renounces, in the most complete and unconditional manner, its rights in this respect. Moldavia and Wal. lachia are accordingly for ever relieved of all those contributions of corn, provisions, cattle, and timber, which they were formerly bound to furnish. Nor shall, in any case, labourers be demanded from those provinces for any forced service (corvee.) In order, however, in some degree to indemnify the grand

seignorial treasury for the losses which may be sustained by this renunciation of rights, Moldavia and Wallachia are bound, independently of the yearly tribute paid under the denomination of Kharadsh Idiye, and Rakiabiye, by virtue of the hatti sherif of 1822, to pay the Sublime Porte yearly, a pecuniary indemnity, the amount of which is hereafter to be determined. Moreover, upon every fresh nomi. nation of a hospodar, in consequence of death, resignation, or deposition, the principality where that event occurs, shall be bound to pay to the Sublime Porte, a sum equal to the yearly tribute of the province. With the exception of these sums, no tribute or present of any kind shall, under any pretext whatever, be demanded from the hospodars.

In consequence of the abolition of the above special contributions, the inhabitants of the principalities are to enjoy an unlimited freedom of trade for all the productions of their soil and industry, (as stipulated by the separate act of the treaty of Ackermann,) the same not to be liable to any other restraint, except such as the hospodars, with the consent of their divans, may con. sider necessary to the due provisioning of the country; they shall be allowed to navigate the Danube with their own vessels, being pro. vided with passports from their own government; and it shall be lawful for them to proceed, for the purpose of trade, to the other har. bours and ports of the Sublime Porte, without suffering any persecution from the collectors of the Kharadsh, and without being exposed to any other act of oppression whatever.

Duly considering, moreover, all the burdens which it has been ne. cessary for Moldavia and Walla,

chia to support, the Sublime Porte, animated by a proper feeling of humanity, consents to release the inhabitants from the yearly tribute payable to the treasury, for the space of two years, to be reckoned from the day of the total evacuation of the principalities by the Russian troops.

Finally, the Sublime Porte, animated by the wish to secure, in every possible way, the future pros. perity of the two principalities, binds itself to confirm every ad. ministrative measure which, during their occupation by the Russian army, may have been decreed, in conformity to a wish expressed in the assemblies of the principal inhabitants of the country, such decrees serving thenceforward as the basis of the internal administration of those provinces: provided always, that such decrees do not, in any way, infringe upon the rights of sovereignty vested in the Sublime Porte.

On this account, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries of his majesty, the emperor and padishah of all the Russias, have, conjointly with the plenipotentiaries of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, regulated and fixed the points respecting Moldavia and Wallachia, the same being a continuation of article 5 of the treaty of peace concluded at Adrianople, between us and the Ot. toman plenipotentiaries.

Done at Adrianople, 2d (14th) September, 1829.

(Signed)

Count ALEXIS ORLOFF, Count F. V. PAHLEN. Confirmed in the original copy by Count DIEBITSCH ZABALKANSKY, Commander-in-chief of the second

army.

Manifesto of his majesty the Emperor of Russia.

By the grace of God, we, Nicholas the First, emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, &c.

Thanks to the decrees of Divine Providence, the treaty of perpetual peace between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, was concluded and signed at Adrianople on the 2nd (14th) of September, by the respective plenipotentiaries of the two empires.

The whole world is sufficiently acquainted with the irresistible necessity which alone could force us to have recourse to arms. In this legitimate war, undertaken for the defence of the rights of our empire, our faithful subjects, incessantly animated by an ardent attachment to the throne and to the country, have eagerly offered to us the tribute of their property to second us with all their efforts, and God has blessed our cause.

Our intrepid warriors have given, both in Europe and Asia, by sea and by land, new proofs of their heroic valour. They have triumphed at once over the obstacles presented by nature, and the desperate resistance of the enemy. Hasten. ing from victory to victory, they have crossed the chain of the Saganlouch mountains. They saw the summit of the Balkan sink bofore them, and have stopped only at the very gates of Constantinople. Formidable only to the enemy in arms, they have shown themselves to the peaceable inhabitants, full of clemency, humanity, and mildness.

In these days of combat and glory, constantly free from all desire of conquest, we have never ceased to invite the Porte to concur in re-establishing harmony between

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