and shall be made to bear interest according to the principles in force for that fund. In the mean time His Majesty the King of Prussia assigns to Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa the sum of forty thousand pounds sterling, to be charged upon the Crown Trust Fund (Kron-fidei-Commiss-Fonds) to serve as a security until all the arrangements on the part of the Royal House of Prussia-Brandenburg in regard to the said portion shall have been fulfilled, when such security shall cease and determine. The interest and produce arising from the portion of forty thousand pounds sterling shall be paid every six months to the person or persons duly authorised to receive the same on the part of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess during their joint lives. In the event of the decease of either, the survivor shall enjoy the interest and produce for his or her life. Afther the decease of both, the capital and interest shall be disposed of according to the stipulations contained in Art. 3 and 6 of this Treaty. Art. 5. In case there shall be any children from this marriage, whether two or more, the portion shall, after the decease of both Prince and Princess, be equally divided between such of those children, without distinction of sex or age, as shall attain the age of eighteen years, or, not having attained that age, shall marry. If there be but one child who shall attain the age of eighteen years, or (being the only child) shall marry before attaining that age, the whole portion shall go to that child, whether son or daughter. In case, after the death of the Prince and Princess, there should be any princely issue existing of any deceased child or children of this marriage, then such princely issue shall receive equally among them such part of the portion as would have fallen to their father or mother if these had survived the Prince and Princess. Art. 6. In case there shall be no child of the marriage, who shall attain the age of eighteen years, or marry before attaining that age, then, if the Prince shall die in the lifetime of the Princess, the capital shall be transferred to Her Royal Highness. But if the Princess shall die in the lifetime of the Prince, the capital shall (subject to the life-interest of the Prince) be dis posed of as Her Royal Highness may have appointed, notwithstanding her married state; or, if Her Royal Highness should have made no disposition of it, then, after the death of the Prince, it shall pass to the next of kin of the Princess, according to the rules of the English Law, as if Her Royal Highness had died unmarried. Art. 7. Her Britannic Majesty promises to secure to Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, from the time of her marriage to Her Royal Highness's decease, the annual sum of eight thousand pounds sterling, to be paid quarterly unto Commissioners named for that purpose by Her Britannic Majesty, to be by them received for the sole and separate use of the said Princess, notwithstanding her married state; and which annual sum of eight thousand pounds sterling, so payable quarterly, the said Princess shall not have power, either separately, or conjointly with His Royal Highness the Prince, 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 whom she shall otherwise authorise to receive the same on her sole behalf. Art. 8. In consideration of this marriage, His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to secure to Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, in case she should have the misfortune to become the widow of His Royal Highness the Prince Frederick William Nicholas Charles of Prussia, a jointure suitable to the circumstances, until the decease of Her Royal Highness, so long as she shall not enter upon a second marriage. Such jointure, according as His Royal Highness the Prince may die during the lifetime of His Majesty the King of Prussia, and also His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, or as immediate successor to the Throne, shall, in the former case, consist of a yearly revenue of thirty thousand thalers, Prussian currency, six thousand of which shall be paid in gold; and in the latter case, of a yearly revenue of of forty thousand thalers, Prussian currency, ten thousand of which shall be paid in gold. Together with such jointure, Her Royal Highness will, in either of the aforesaid cases, receive the interest of her portion; and a residence at Berlin suited to her exalted rank, and completely furnished according to the usage prevailing in the Royal House of Prussia, shall be assured to her as dowager-residence. In the event of the Princess becoming Queen of Prussia, Her Royal Highness will receive from the Crown of Prussia the same allowances which former Queens have usually enjoyed; and in the event of the Princess becoming Queen Dowager, Her Royal Highness will receive the amount of jointure which it is customary to assign to Queens Dowager in the Royal House of Prussia. Art. 9. The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and by His Majesty the King of Prussia, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. J. B. Cantuar. Clarendon. Palmerston. Panmure. Henry Labouchere. G. Grey. Bernstorff. 67. Traité conclu entre la Reine d'Angleterre et le In the Name of the Holy and Blessed Trinity. Be it known unto all men by these presents, that whereas Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and „bei Rhein", etc. etc., on the other part, being already connected by ties of friendship, have judged it proper that an alliance should be contracted between the family of Her Majesty and that of His Royal Highness, by a marriage agreed to on both sides, between Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice Maud Mary, a Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Duchess of Saxony, Second Daughter of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and His Grand-Ducal Highness the Prince Frederick William Lewis Charles of Hesse, Son af His Grand-Ducal Highness the Prince Charles William Lewis of Hesse, and Nephew of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse; The two High Betrothed Parties, as also His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Prince Albert of SaxeCoburg and Gotha, and His Grand-Ducal Highness the Prince Charles William Lewis of Hesse, and His Grand Ducal Highness' Consort, Her Royal Highness the Princess Maria Elizabeth Caroline Victoria of Hesse, a Princess of Prussia, having declared their consent to such alliance; in order, therefore, to attain so desirable an end, and to treat upon, conclude, and confirm the Articles of the said Marriage, Her Britannic Majesty, on the one part, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, on the other, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of *) En allemand et en anglais. Les ratifications ont été échangées à Darmstadt, le 10 septembre 1861. Great Britain and Ireland, the Most Reverend Father in God John Bird, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; the Right Honourable Richard Lord Westbury, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Her Chancellor of Great Britain; the Right Honourable Granville George Earl Granville, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Lincoln, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of Her Mejesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right Honourable John Earl Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and of Ardsalla, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, one other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right Honourable Henry John Viscount Palmerston, a Peer of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury; the Right Honourable Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, one other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourale Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Member of Parliament, one other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Member of Parliament, the other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Chancellor and Under Treasurer ef Her Majesty's Exchequer; |