...charge. ART. V. It is hereby understood and agreed between the High Contracting Parties, that the said payments on the part of their Majesties the King of...and the King of Great Britain, as aforesaid, shall cease and determine, should the Possession and Sovereignty (which God forbid) of the Belgic Provinces...

...aforesaid, shall cease and determine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forhid) of the Belgic provinces at any time pass or be severed from the...shall not be interrupted, in the event (which God forhid) of a war breaking out between any of the three High Contracting Parties, the Government of...

...shall ci -isr and determine, should the Possession and Sovereignty (which God forbid) of the Belgic Provinces at any time pass or be severed from the...Contracting Parties, that the payments on the part ot their Majesties the King of the Netherlands and the King of Great Britain, as aforesaid, shall not...

...shall cease and deter* mine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forbid) of the Belgic provinces, at any time, pass, or be severed from the...previous to the complete liquidation of the same." Nothing could be more express than this clause. It declares the obligation of England at an end, if...

...• Art. 5. It is hereby xmderstood and agreed between the High Contracting Parties, that the said payments on the part of their Majesties the King of...and the King of Great Britain, as aforesaid, shall cease and determine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forbid,) of the Belgic Provinces...

...determine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forbid,) of the Belgic Provinces at «07 time pass or be severed from the dominions of his Majesty the К ing of the Netherlands previous to the complete liquidation of the same. It is also understood and...

...should cease, provided that The possession of the Belgic provinces should be severed from the domain of the king of the Netherlands, previous to the complete liquidation of the loan. The ministerial party in parliament urged that the separation which had taken place was of a...

...Majesty as aforesaid, should cease and determine should the possession and sovereignty of the Bclgic provinces at any time pass or be severed from the...previous to the complete liquidation of the same. " That the application of the public money for the purpose of effecting any payments on the part 'of...

...Britain, shall cease and determine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forbid) of the Belgic provinces, at any time, pass, or be severed from the...previous to the complete liquidation of the same." Nothing could be more express than this clause. It declares the obligation of England at an end, if...

...aforesaid, shall cease and determine, should the possession and sovereignty (which God forbid) of the Belgic provinces at any time pass, or be severed from the...previous to the complete liquidation of the same." This, however, was not only executory but prohibitive; and the statesmen who framed it took care to...