themselves, and involve nations in wars to serve the purposes of their intrigues, to gratify their vanity or malice, or enrich their relatives and flatterers, by the plunder of the helpless inhabitants. FRANCE. The Treaty has at length been pub lished, which was concluded between the allied powers and Napoleon, at the time when he determined to abdicate rather than consent to a peace which he thought ignominious to France, and, in consequence, to sit on a degraded throne." We have inserted this treaty beneath; but we have not room to give place to ⚫ertain documents relative to his taking possession of Elba, whereby it appears that his arrangements are made with views to a permanent residence. The powers, however, who now conduct the sycophant press of Paris and London, indicate their alarm in regard to his influence in France, by continuing to give currency to stories of his insanity, &c. evidently in the hope of depriving his partizans in France of any reliance on him; though it would be the wiser course, and a better security, to permit the establishment of a FREE CONSTITUTION in France; and, by respecting popular rights and public liberty, to prove the superiority of their own government over that of Napoleon, than which, according to their own account, nothing could have been more easy, while in Our view nothing would have been more politic. Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon reuounces for himself, his successors, and descendants, as well as for all the members of his family, all right of sovereignty and dominion, as well to the French empire, and the kingdom of Italy, as over every other country. Art. 2. Their Majesties the Emperor Napoleon and Maria Louisa shall retain their titles and rank, to be enjoyed during their lives. The mother, the brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces of the Emperor, shall also retain, wherever they may reside, the titles of Princes of his family. Art. 3. The Isle of Elba, adopted by his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon as the place of his residence, shall form, during his life, a separate principality, which shall be possessed by him in full sovereignty and property; there shall be besides granted, in full property to the Emperor Napoleon, an annual revenue of 2,000,000 francs, in rent charge, in the great book of France, of which 1,000,000 shall be in reversion to the Empress. Art. 5. The Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, shall be granted, in full property and sovereignty to her Majesty the Empress Maria Louisa; they shall pass to her son, and to the descendants in the right line. The Prince her son, shall from henceforth take the title of Prince of Par ma, Placentia, and Guastalla. Art. 5. All the Powers engage to employ by the Barbary Powers the flag and the their good offices to cause to be respected territory of the Isle of Elba, for which Powers shall be assimilated to those with purpose the relations with the Barbary France. Art. 6. There shall be reserved in the territories hereby renounced to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, for himself and his family, domains or rent-charges in the great book of France, producing a revenue, clear of all deductions and charges, of 2,500.000 francs. These domains er rents disposed of as they shall think fit, to the shall belong, in full property, and to be Princes and Princesses of his family, and shall be divided amongst them in such man ner that the revenue of each shall be in the following proportion, viz. Francs. 300,000 500,000 200,000 400,000 500,000 Children To King Jerome and his Queen To the Princess Eliza To the Princess Paulina The Prince and Princesses of the House of the Emperor Napoleon shall retain, besides their property (moveable and immove able, of whatever nature it may be) which they shall possess by individual and public right, and the rents of which they shall enjoy also as individuals. to Art. 7. The annual pension of the Empress Josephine shall be reduced 1,000,000, in domains, or in inscriptions in the great book of France; she shall continue to enjoy, in full property, all her private property, moveable and immoveable, with power to dispose of it conform ably to the French laws. Art. 8. There shall be granted to Prince Eugene, Viceroy of Italy, a suitable establishment cut of France. Art. 9. The property which his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon possesses in France, either as extraordinary domain, or as pri vate domain, attached to the Crown, the funds placed by the Emperor, either in the great book of France, the Bank of France, in the Actions des Forets, or in any other manner, and which his Majesty abandons to the Crown, shall be reserved as a capi tal, which shall not exceed two millions, to be expended in gratifications in favour of such persons, whose names shall be contained ju a list to be signed by the Emperor Napoleon 1814.] Incidents in and near London. Napoleon, and which shall be transmitted to the French government. Art. 10. All the Crown diamonds shall remain in France. Art. 11. His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon shall return to the Treasury, and to the other public chests, all the sums and effects that shall have been taken out by his orders, with the exception of what has been appropriated from the Civil List. Art. 12. The debts of the household of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, such as they were on the day of the signature of the present Treaty, shall be immediately discharged out of the arrears due by the public Treasury to the Civil List, according to a list, which shall be signed by a Commissioner appointed for that purpose. Art. 13. The obligations of the MontNapoleon, of Milan, towards all the creditors, whether Frenchmen or foreigners, shall be exactly fulfilled, unless there shall be any change made in this respect. Art. 14. There shall be given all the necessary passports for the free passage of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, or of the Empress, the Princes, and Princesses, and all the persons of their suits who wish to accompany them, or to establish themselves out of France, as well as for the passage of all the equipages, horses, and effects belonging to them. The Allied Powers shall in consequence furnish officers and men for escorts. Art. 15. The French Imperial Guard shall furnish a detachment of from 1200 to 1500 men, of all arms, to serve as an escort to the Emperor Napoleon to St. Tropes, the place of his embarkation. 563 Art. 16. There shall be furnished a cor vette and the necessary transport vessels to convey to the place of his destination his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon and his household; and the corvette shall belong, in full property, to his Majesty the Em peror. Art. 17. The Emperor Napoleon sball be allowed to take with him and retain as his guard 400 men, volunteers, as well officers, as sub-officers and soldiers. Art. 18. No Frenchman who shall have followed the Emperor Napoleon or his family, shall be held to have forfeited his rights as such, by not returning to France within three years, at least they shall not be comprised in the exceptions which the French government reserves to itself to grant after the expiration of that term. Art. 19. The Polish troops, of all arms, in the service of France, shall be at liberty to return home, and shall retain their arms and baggage, as a testimony of their honour able services. The officers, sub-officers, and soldiers shall retain the decorations which have been granted to them, and the pensions annexed to those decora tions. Art. 20. The High Allied Powers guarantee the execution of all the Articles of the present Treaty, and engage to obtain that it shall be adopted and guaranteed by France. Art. 21. The present Act shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Paris within two days, or sooner, if pos sible. Done at Paris the 11th of April, 1814 INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN LONDON, With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. ORD COCHRANE, M.P. for Westmin LORD infe Cochrane The Rev. G. T. Pretyman, second son of the Bishop of Lincoln, to Miss Amelia Tower, of Weald Park, Essex. W. Mules, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Lady Pilkington. J. H. T. Stapleton, esq. capt. 3d Guards, to the Hon. Miss Fitzroy, daughter of the late Lord Southampton. Jas. G. Arthur, esq. of the War Office, to Miss Bunce. Francis Pinto, esq. from Oporto, to Miss Isabella Edwards. Sol. Check, esq. of Bristol, to Mrs. Watkins, of Charing Cross. Henry Reed, esq. solicitor, of Bridge water, to Miss Scraggs, of Buckingham. John Slater, esq. of Great East Cheap, to Mrs. Green, of Montague-street. Jos. Blades, esq. to Miss Hainworth. At Paddington, Edw. Waddilove, esq. to Miss Eliza Hookey, Hackney-road. Mr. John Read, to Miss Briand. Jas. Cathrow, esq. Somerset Herald, to Mrs. Macnamara, of Mount-street. Mr. H. Paulin, of Ratcliff, to Miss Car. Mary Mills, of Limehouse. Zac. Hubbersty, esq. of Austin Friars, to Miss Isab. Curteis, of Bernard-street. Mr. Spragge, of Bridge-street, Westminster, to Miss Harriot Field, of Lambeth Marsh. R. W. Coley, esq. to Miss Mallet, of Aldermanbury. Fred. Barry, esq. Crescent, Minories, to Miss M. A. Wegener. Mr. Richard Price, of Chelsea, to Mrs. Appleby. Wm. Matterson, esq. surgeon, York, to Miss Fr. Key, of Cheshunt. Mr. Powell, of Holborn Hill, to Miss Ca roline Tringham. Mr.Thornton, of Hatton Garden, to Mis Louisa Maddox, of Great Russell-street. Charles Simson, esq. of Laurence Pountney-hill, to Miss Marg. Walker, of Worces tershire. At Battersea, Robt. Hoggart, esq. to Miss Harford, of Clapham. At Stepney, J. Westley, jun. esq. of St. Petersburgh, to Miss Eliz. Barnes, of Stepney. Henry Davison, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Miss Ann Tomlinson, of Newark. The Rev. John Pretyman, of Sherrington, Bucks, to Miss Dorothy Jane Sidebottom, of Chiswick. Perrot Fenton, esq. Doctor's Commons, to Catharine, daughter of Richard Howell, esq. P. Lugar, esq. of Richmond, to Miss Scofield, of Holborn. Mr. J. Morgan, jun. of Sidmouth place, to Miss M. A. Wright, of St. Luke's. Wm. Rosser, esq. of Bartlett's Buildings, attorney-at-law, to Miss Mary Jenkins, of Edgeware-road. Richard Lee, esq. to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Gray, of Orchard-street, Mr. Robert Halford, to Grace, second daughter of Mr. Gray. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles Compton Cavendish, esq. youngest son of Lord George Henry Cavendish, to Lady Catharine Susan Gordon, eldest daughter of the Earl of Aboyne. Mr. C. Bridgman, sen. of Hertford, to Miss Williams, of Walworth. At Hackney, Mr. G. Hackett, to Sophia, fourth daughter of the late Mr. G. Robin son, Pentonville. DIED. By a fall in getting out of his gig, Joseph Mr. Middleton, of Skinner street, to Miss Etridge, esq. formerly capt. in 1st dragoons. Poole, of Bristol. Regislator, possessed of common sense, night in an hour make out a table of punishments which should limit all useful diseretion to a small proportional part of the fixed punishment. A Judge might, for salutary purposes, be allowed to change a legal 3 months' imprisonment into 2 or 1 month; a 6 months into 4 or 3; a 12 months into 9 or 6; a 7 years' transportation to 3 or 5; a 14 years to 7 or 10; or the term of life to 14 years or 7. But all definite punishments, as pillory, whipping, maiming, or hanging, should be fixed by law, and generally attach to second offences of certain degrees; for we are all of us too much the creatures of circumstances, to be civilly or physically destroyed, with any semblance of justice, for submitting to a first temptation! But this is not the place to discuss so delicate a subject, though it appears to be a moment in which we may properly call the public attention to it, as deeply concerning the happiness, honour, and liberties of the country. Aged 68, the Rev. C. Hunter, of Gayton, Northamptonshire. P. Thompson, esq. late major, and for 54 years an officer in 1st regt. Surrey militia. The Rev. H. Foster,minister of St. James's, Clerkenwell. At his house, Upper Brook-street, Viscount Hamilton, only son of the Marquis of Abercorn. His lordship married Miss Douglass, daughter of the Hon. Jolm D. and grand-daughter of the Earl of Harewood. In Upper Wimpole-street, 71, John, fifth Earl of Sandwich, Viscount Hinchinbrook, and Baron Montague, of St. Neots, co, Huntingdon, one of the joint postmastersgeneral. His lordship married, first, Lady E. Montagu, only daughter of George, last Earl of Halifax, by whom he left no surviving issue: secondly, Lady M. Hen. eldest daughter of Harry, the last Duke of Bolton, by whom he left, George, the present Earl of S. and Mary Viscountess Tem pleton. In Grosvenor-street, after a short illness, 1 1814.] Deaths in and near London, and of Public Characters. Lord Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the At his house near Fulham, 84, John Ord, At Croydon, after a few hours illness, * Lieut.-Gen. F. Grose, colonel of the 102d regiment. At Hackney, 79, the Rev. J. Pickbourn. mor, Sussex. At Ripley, Mr. Wm. Peters. of Bag At Mitcham, 71, Wm. Pollard, esq. E.I.C. At Chelsea, John Boardman, esq. of Dub- Aged 60, T. Nash, esq. of Guildford-st. Aged 63, John Ray, esq. of Surrey-street. Mrs. Sadler, of Poplar. Mrs. Sarah Gregory, of Leman-street. At the Caledonian hotel, Adelphi, where At Putney-hill, 83, Arch. Cochran, esq. Aged 77, Mrs. Anne Ashew, near Norfolkstreet. At Barnes, 82, Adam Wood, esq. In St. Margaret-street, Westminster, 82, Aged 64, Mr. Benj. Heseltine, Nicholas- Aged 48, Mrs. Heyworth,Tavistock-street, Aged 28, Mr. Jos, Marris, solicitor. At Richmond, Eliza, eldest daughter of Aged 93, Jos. Royal, esq. of Great Cumberland-street. MONTHLY MAG. No. 256, 565 Aged 54, J. Gilbert Gardiner, esq. óf Ber. ner's-street. Jos. Wright, esq. of Cheshunt. At Camberwell, 25, J. Josiah Dickson,esq. Aged 58, Mrs. Soley, of John-street, Bedford-row. In Great Russell-street, 72, Robt. Hucks, esq. of Aldenham House, Herts. Aged 33, Henry Burrell, esq. secretary of bankrupts. Aged 18, Miss Adele Constance. Thos. Puckle, esq. of Clapham Common. Aged 17, Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Major-Gen. Nesbitt. At Acton, Mr. D. Baxter, surgeon of 24 royal veteran battalion. In St. Clement's Alms-houses, Dame Mary Anastasia Pryce, widow of the late Sir Edw. Manley Pryce, bart. At Woolwich, Mr. G. Dale, bookseller. At Kingsland, Mrs. Cowie, of New Broadstreet Court. Aged 68, Mr. John Downs, Little Trini ty-lane. Aged 74, Mrs. Kirby, of Great Titchfield street. At Croom's Hill, 60, Capt. J. Wm. Wood. Aged 17, Mr. Gervas Cape, of Albion Place. Aged 16, Eliza, only daughter of T, A. Barnes, esq. of Kingsland-road. Amelia, wife of Fr. Whitmarsh, esq. Tavistock Place, Russell-square. In Upper Harley-street, Harriet, second daughter of Sam. Bosanquet, esq. In S. Audley-street, Lady Catharine F. M.Scott,fourth daughter of the Duke of Buc. cleugh and Queensberry. At Kennington, the wife of Jas. Shears, esq. of Fleet Market. At Pentonville, Mr. Robt. Richie, merchant, of Finch-lane. At Epping Forest, 22, Miss Eliza Hook Buwn. At Seymour Terrace, Edgeware-road, 28, At Harpsden, Lady Harriet Finch. Aged 90, Mrs. Baker, mother of Mrs The Rev. H. F. Ainslie, fellow of Jesuscollege, Cambridge. Aged 72, Chas. Bedford, esq. Mr. Wm. Peters, of Ripley, Surrey. In Portman-square, 86, Henry Dawkins, esq. of Standlynch, Wilts, the celebrated fellow traveller and co-labourer of Mr. Wood in the splendid publication respecting the antiquities of Balbeck and Palmyra. At Eden Farm, near Bromley, in Kent, the Right Hon. Lord Auckland. [Particu lars of his Lordship's life will be given in our next Number.] At the house of the Duke of Rutland, aged 10 months, George John Frederick 4 D Manners Manners, Marquis of Granby, the heir of that noble family. In Kent, at the house of Lord Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Lord Minto, late Governor-general of India. He was the representative of one branch of the family of Elliot, of great antiquity in the south of Scotland. His father, Sir Gilbert, was a conspicuous member of the House of Commons, and held various offices in administration. Lord M. was born in 1751, and educated at an English University. Having visited the principal countries of Europe, he was, in 1774, elected a member of parliament. Although of a Whig family, yet his father's attach ment to the politics of the court led him to join the friends of administration in that embarrassing crisis, when the contest with America began to assume a serious aspect. The conduct of ministers, however, was too feeble, or too timid, to secure the support of their friends; and Lord M. then Sir Gilbert Elliot, with many others, connected themselves with the opposition. In all the measures adopted by that portion of the parliament, Sir Gilbert bore a distinguished part: and so well did he stand in their judgment, as to be selected to fill the Speaker's chair, in opposition to the ministerial candidate Mr. Addington, now Lord Sidmouth. About this time the great question of reform in parliament, and in different branches of public affairs, was publicly agitated and popularly encouraged. But the horrors consequent upon, although totally unconnected with the reformation instituted in France, excited much real, and a great deal more pretended, alarm in the minds of the friends of reform at home. To strengthen the hands of government by postponing to a more auspicious day the improvements in the constitution, and, above all, in the administration of the state, seemed to become the duty of the lovers of peace and good order. On this occasion, Sir Gilbert Elliot withdrew from the ranks of opposition. During the disorders created in France by the other powers of Europe, the people of Corsica sought to place themselves under the protection of Britain. Sir G. E. was pitched apon as a competent person to manage this business, and in the end of September, 1795, having been sworn in a member of the privy council, he was appointed a commissioner to that effect. Early in 1794, the principal strong holds of Corsica were surrendered by the French to the British arms: the King accepted the sovereignty of the island, and on the 19th of June, 1794, Sir G. E. as viceroy, presided in a general assembly of the chiefs of Corsica, in which was adopted a constitutional code, reprehended by some as extremely democratical, but perhaps not ill adapted to the genins and situation of the people for whom it was intended. Notwithstanding this arrangement, a considerable party devoted to France and their country remained in Corsica, who, encouraged by the successes of the French armies, in the adjoining region of Italy, at last rose in arms against the British authority. In the measures to be pursued to repress this disorder, diversity of opinions unhappily took place among the heads of the civil and military authorities. The insurrection at Bastia, the capital of the island, was suppressed in June, 1796; but, the French party gradually ac quiring strength, it was in September following deened wise to abandon the island entirely. The viceroy returned to England early in 1797, where his services were rewarded by his exaltation to a British peerage, as Baron Minto, of the county of Roxburgh, in Scotland. In July, 1797, Lord M. was appointed ambassador to Vienna, then the theatre of the most important and complicated negociations in which this country was engaged. It was through the intervention of his lordship, during this embassy, that liberal and honourable steps were taken, on the part of a great personage in this country, to extricate from indigence, and to secure a becoming provision for the only surviving branch of the royal house of Stuart, then languishing in. penury at Venice, in consequence of the invasion of Rome by the French. In parliament, for the union with Ireland, Lord M. was a strenuous advocate. When the peace of Amiens was on the carpet, he was ranked with those who conceived the interests of this country to have been less firmly secured than ought to have been done. As he had been an advocate for the union with Ireland, so was Lord M. one of those who earnestly regretted that any obstacle should arise to the completion of the conditions of Roman Catholic emancipation, on which a considerable portion of the people of Ireland were supposed to have given to the union their express or their tacit consent. When the administration of the Marquis of Wellesley, in India, expired, he was succeeded by Lord Minto, under whose general government many highly important acquisitions have been made by the British arms, for the benefit of the state at large, as well as of the India Company in parti cular. In the successful expedition against the great Dutch settlements at Batavia, and other parts of Java, Lord M. not only issued the necessary orders, and took the necessary measures to ensure success, but accompanied the troops embarked in per son. His period of residence in Bengal drawing to an end, Lord Minto was re-lieved by the Earl of Moira, and soon af terwards took shipping for England, where he arrived in the middle of May; and ever since his health was visibly on the decline. [Mr. W. Gardiner, (whose death was announced in our last,) was many years known for his collection of scarce and curious books, and remarkable for the eccentricity of |