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pay 10 the Government of His Majesty (which shall make distribution of the same Tn the manner and according to the rules to be determined by itl the sum of one million five hundred thousand francs.

 ARTICLE ".

 The sum of one million five hundred thousand francs, stipulated in tbe nrece- ding article, shall be payable in six an- nuai lnstalments, of two hundred and fifty thousand francs; and the payment of each of the sald lnstaments shall De effected by aieserYation of so much out of the annual sums winch the French Government is oouhd, by the second article above. to pay to the Government of the United States.

 To the amount of each of these install. ments shall be added interest at four per cent. upon the instaIment then paid, as well as npon those still due; which pay ments of interest shall be effected by means q ! reseTvatioa, similar to that ai- ready Indicated for the payment of the princlpal. The said interest shall be computed from the day of tlle excbanpe of the notifications of the present conyen- tion.

 ARTICLE V.

 As 10 the reclamations of French c;t;- zens against the Government of inc Ilni- ted States, and the reclamations of citi zens of the United States against the french Government, which are of diff sefeht nature from those which it IS the ooJect of the present convention to adjust. u IS understood that the citizens of inc two nations may prosecute them in the re- spectlye countries before the cofnnetent Judicial or administ strative authorities. in complying with the laws and regulations ot the country, the dispositions and ben elit of which, shall be applied to them in ike manner as to native citizens.

 ARTICLE VI.

 The French Government and the f,o- yernment ofthe United States reciprocaliv engage to communicate to each other. by the intermediary of the respective lega- tons, the documents, titles, or other in formations proper 10 facilitate the exami- nation and liquidation of the recIamations comprised Tn the stipulatioGs of the pre- sent conYention.

 ARTICLE VII.

 The wines of Frsnee, from and after the exchange of the notifications Of the present convention, shall be admitted to consumption in the States of the Union at duties which shall not exceed the follow Ing rates, by the gallon, (sncb as it is used at present for wines in the United States \ to wit, SIX cents for red wines in casks ten cents for white wines in casks and twenty two cents for wines of all sorts in ooitles he proportion existing betwee the dntles on French wines thus reduced. ana the general rates of the tariff which went into operation the first of January i529, shall be maintained, IF case the Go- vernment ofthe United States should think proper to diminish those general rates in new tariff.

 In consideration of this stipulation. which shall be binding on the United States for ten years, the French Govern ineBt abandons the reclamations which ii mad formed n relation to the Sth article of the treaty of cession of Louisiana. It en- gages, moreover, to establish on the long staple cottons ofthe United States. which. after the exchange of the notifications of the present convention, shall be brought directly thence to France by the vessels of the unlted States, or by French vessels, the same duties as on short staple cottons.

 ARTICLE VIII.

 The present convention shall be ratifi- ed, and the ratiications shall be exchan- ged at Washington, in the space of eight months, or sooner, if possible.

 In faith of which, the respective pleni- potentiaries have signed these articles, and thereunto set theIr seals.

 Done at Paris, the fourth day of the month of July, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty-one.

 W. C. RIVES, IL. s.1 AND WHEREAS the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratitica tions of the same, were this day exchanged, at the city of Wash ington, by Edward Livingston, Secretary of State of the United States, and Louis Charles Serurier, Officer of the Legion ofHonor, Envoy Extraordinary and Min ster Pienipotentiary of His Majesty the King Of the French in the said United States. on the part of their respective Go yernments

 Now THEREFORE,, BK IT KNOWN, THAT |, ANDREW JACKSON, President of the Uni ted States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof may be observed and full filled with good faith by the United States, and the citizens thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed DONE at Washington, the thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and Of the !ndepondance of the United States the fify-seventh.

 ANDREW JACKSON. By he President

 E'WD. LIVINGSTON,

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