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Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G, Vol. 12: Settlement of Claims on France; ... Negotiations Respecting the Colonies of
Excerpt from Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G
Having heard that the Duc de Richelieu intended to send Mons. De Caraman to Carlsbad, to meet there Prince Metternich, Hardenberg, and Capo d'istrias, I thought it as well to come here in order to urge him to be moderate in his demands of relief from the German claims, and to find out for you exactly what he intended to propose. D'osmond had informed him of your instructions to Sir Charles Stuart, with which he appeared perfectly satisfied, and he adopts the principle that France is bound by the Treaty of 1814 and that of 1815 to pay these debts and he goes even so far as to say, that they are most of them of a nature to be recoverable in a French court of justice. But he urges upon the consideration of the Allies, that they amount already to twelve hundred millions, or to fifty millions sterling, exclusive of the English claims, and those from Spain and Portugal, which are not yet given in. It is supposed the two latter will amount to two hundred millions, or eight millions sterling. He says what is very true, that the Allies, in their measures of 1815, did not contemplate the amount of this demand; and he wishes them to authorise their ministers at Paris to revise the Convention for carrying into execution the 19th and follow ing articles of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814.
Having heard that the Duc de Richelieu intended to send Mons. De Caraman to Carlsbad, to meet there Prince Metternich, Hardenberg, and Capo d'istrias, I thought it as well to come here in order to urge him to be moderate in his demands of relief from the German claims, and to find out for you exactly what he intended to propose. D'osmond had informed him of your instructions to Sir Charles Stuart, with which he appeared perfectly satisfied, and he adopts the principle that France is bound by the Treaty of 1814 and that of 1815 to pay these debts and he goes even so far as to say, that they are most of them of a nature to be recoverable in a French court of justice. But he urges upon the consideration of the Allies, that they amount already to twelve hundred millions, or to fifty millions sterling, exclusive of the English claims, and those from Spain and Portugal, which are not yet given in. It is supposed the two latter will amount to two hundred millions, or eight millions sterling. He says what is very true, that the Allies, in their measures of 1815, did not contemplate the amount of this demand; and he wishes them to authorise their ministers at Paris to revise the Convention for carrying into execution the 19th and follow ing articles of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814.
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Arthur Wellesley
250 books14 followersField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG GCB GCH PC FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was a British soldier and statesman, a native of Ireland from the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy,[3] and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. His importance in national history is such that he is often referred to as "the Duke of Wellington" instead of "the 1st Duke of Wellington."
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