s< Jar. !?■ TRANSLATION OF XlIE O E ]V E JEt A L i? R E A T Tl 7" SIGNKD I1V CONGR£88, AT VIENNA, JUNE 9, 1815; WITIf TtlJ THERELNTO ANN KXliü Prc&e/ited tn bath /fotixts af' l*a >-/in t>n ?if, //. PRINTEP HY II G. CLARK E, AT Tllt; LONDOM GAZSTTS OFFICE. 1816. iS T. Act Ve ÍJENRRAL TUF.ATY of Cungres?, rifwd *t Vieun:,, | , Treatv betwctu Russia a¡.U Auttñn - ■ 2. TTrealy betwcen Russía and I'russi» 3. A.d«litional Xrtsrtty, relative to CrMOW Austria, l*ru*»ia, and Huasia bctwtcn 9 Jim** 4 1 A|rtl i May •21 Aprtl M»y Api i 1 «I Coustitutron ot" tlic l'rcc City of Ctacuw 4. M'reaty betwtien hwili and Suxony — Z». T)cclaration ot ÜM Kiufí of Saxony, and Ac- ceptation, oh the rigMa of Ihf Houm of ¡Schoeiiburg - - 6. Treaty br.tween Prussia un í BMM*M - 7. Convenlioti brtwecn Pru»»ia und thc Grand Uukc of tiaxe-Weimar - — C:onvei>tiou bctwcci» PruMia aud thc Duke and Prince of Nassau - - pedeiative l'oiistitutiou of Germaiiy - - Treaty betwcen thc Kirn» of tlic Low Cnuii-"^ tries and l'lu sia. Kiiedand Un- -.a -- 8. 9. JO. Austria, andj-- 3 Mny • May 10 May IH i 19 May 29 May I June 31 May 8 June 31 M..y II. 12. 13 14. 1.".. 1 6. 17. Act for thc acceptance of tlic Soverei^nty of-» the ll' lgiik l'rovincw, by H¡> Koyal >TI Highness - - -J Deeluration of the IWers on thc aft.iiv» of the Mclvetic Colif»-dcra< y thc I>iet of thc S«v¡-> Ooit- r atfctirs ot "> ... ^ 5íui i»-ti Acceptancc of tcderatiori -- Protocol on tlic c<-^,.,iis tnade l>y thc Kiiltf of 1 Vienna Sardinia to thc C"anton of Ge neva —- / Tre«ty hetwecn thc rvine; of J»arJiiii-i, \u*tviu Kn-I.ind, Ru«'>¡:»> Pru»«ia. and Fiun-.e Comilitón* wliich are to serve aa the bases nf » the unión of the Genocse States to those > of His Sardimaii M.-ije&iy — -J Cessioti made by llis Majesty^ the Kit>K of j_ } S.u-dinia, C:tntoii of (rr......1 Hague, 2 1 July 20 Marcli ¿7 May 29 Marrh ■JO May 1814 I8IS TJcclaration of thc Power» teftarcliot; the abo- 8 February Regulations for the free navijja'.ion oí rivci a - Anieles c»occrniii¡; the nuv¡jj;ation ot thc Iihine Artich-s ronrcniing the navipn'iun of tbe~J Necket, of the Mayne, of the Moselle, the Meuse, and of the Seheldt Ucgul itioii imaiiiiinina, the ■■ urioaiamrr of V>¡- »_ plomatic Ajjti • » - - - - • iselle, of ^j*- I ■ March l'aS' - 4 I — M — r,o — e« — 7t> — 8U — «i 87 89 95 I 1 I 1 13 1 18 I 19 122 ~- - 129 —-- 132 — - 13 1 — - 136 — - ¡ 45 — - 147GENERAL TREATY, (THANSLATION.) 111 thc IName of i lir ¡NTos* I loly aml Cndirvided Trirtity. r m 'HE Powcrs wlm aiga&ó the Treaty concluded ut I'aris on the Soth of * ¡NFay 1814, having aaaerabled ur Vieruia, in purtuanoe of the ;>u«i \niele of" that Act, witn ttse Princea and States their Allies, to complete thc provisto na of the aaid Treaty', aml to add to therri ilic arrungament» rende rod noeessary by the stato In which Europa «ras I«-f>. at tile tcriiti na t ion ol" the hist Wur, bétog novv desimus to cnihracc, in OOO COtnmon t ransaetion, t!ic vu- rious resulta of Their rVegociattocta, fbr the aurpoic of* confirmíng tbeno l>y 'fin ir reciproca] rat&ficationa, have authoriaed Pbeir Plenipotentiariea to imite, iu a general fnstrument, the regplations of aupetfor aml permanent íntereat, and to join to tliat Act, as integral parta of the arrangeoaents of ('on^ress, the Treatiea, C'nnvcntions, DecIaratK tas, Regulatioua, and otfaer particular Aots, as cited in the preaent Treaty. And the abovementioned Powen having appointed Plenipotentiariea t<> the Congrcs ■•, that i» to aay .- Ilis .Majc>st\- the Emperor of Austria, King of" Hungary and Bohemia, the Sieur tMement-Venceslas-JL*itfaaire, Prinec d<- It£etterntch-VVtonebonrg-Och • sen rutasen, Knight of the G/otden Fkrcc, ('niiid-Cross of the Royal Order of St. Stephen, Knight of the Orden of St. Anelrew, of St. Alexander- Newaky, and of St. Aune «>F the First (Jlas*, Grand Cordón of tfa« L«egion P Honoar, Knight of the Order of the Elephant, of tlio Supremo Order of the Amnunciation, of tho lilnck Eagie and th<- Red ESagle, of the Seraphim, ol St. Joecpti ol' Tuscany, of St Hubert, ot" the Golden Eagle of" AVurtem- ... of Fidolity of Badén, of St. John of Jerusalcm, and of severa] othera i Chancello* of the Milita ri Order of Maria-TheNtai a Trastee of the Aca- Hcm) of the Fino Arta, Chamberlain, Privy Councillor of Ilis M*^jeaty th<í Eimx n r of Auatria, King of llungary and Bohemia, Ilis Minister of State, ' Conterences, and of Foreign Affairs ; and the Síeur John—Philip, liaron de "rVessenberg, Kni&hl Grand-Croaa of the Militare and Religioua Order of St. Viauriee and St. Lazarus, Orand-Crosa ol the Order <>f the Red ESagle »i Prusaia, and of the Crown of" Bavaria, Chamberlain, and Privy Conn-r r >>i' Ilis Imperial and Royal Aposto!ic Maiesty. Hia [Víajesty the Kíhl; of" Spain, and thc Indies, Don Pete* Gomes La- lor, Knight of the Royal and diatinguished Oidor of Charlea III ; Hia ' ■■• i illor of State. ^1:lil-sty the Ivin^ of Fraileo and Nnvarrc, the Sieur Ch;.iles--:Muurice 1 > ^alleyrand-Perisord, Prince of Talleyrand, Peer of F ranee, ¡Minister, ^ cretarj of State in the Department of Foreima Ailairs, Grand-Cordon oí' toe Legión of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand- BCross of thc Ordcr of St. Stephen of Hungary, of thc Order of St. Andrew, of thc Orden of the Black Baste and the Red Ragle, of tlie Order of the Elephatu, of mi Oidi-r of !St. lluhcrt, oí" the C ro w n of Saxony, of theOr- der of St. Joscph, OÉ* the Ordcr of Che Sun of Persia, &o. í¡tc. Ücc. The Si< ur Duke de lí'Alberg, Minister of State t<> llis Majesty the King F France and Navarre, Grand-Cordon of the Legión of Honour. of that Pidelity of Badén, and Knight of the Ordcr ot 8t. John of Jeruaalem ; the Sieur Coant Goavernet de Latour du Pin, Knight of the Roya! and Mili Ordcr of St. Louis, and of thc Legión of Ilonour. Euvoy Fxtraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of H¡s said Majesty feo His Maieaty the King • ; thc Netberlanda; and the Sieur Alexis Coont de Fsoailles, Knight <>t the H.-vai and Military Order of St. Louis, firand-í 'ro«n of «lie Royal and M li- tarv Order of St. Mamaos and St. Lazan», Kníght of the Order of Si John of Jeruaalem, of Leopold, of 8t. Wolodimir, of Mcrit of Prussia. and Colonel vn the mtvícc of France. Ili» MüirMV the Kl«g of tlm United Kingdom of Grcat liritaui atid Ir» lamí, the Right Honoo rabie Roh.rt Stowart, Vi «coont Castlereagh, Prii Councillor of His said Majcsty, Member of Parliament, Colon el of the Lou- donderl-} Regiment of Mili tía*, llis principal Scerétary of State for Fon Affairs, and ICnight of thc Most ISÍohlc Ordcr of the G irter. &c. &c. fec, The Mi >t Rxcellent and Most 111 ustrinos Lord Arthur WeUcaley, Dul MarqttCU, and F.arl of WelUngton, Marquéis l)o«ro, Viacount Wellington ol Talavcra and Wellíngton, and liaron Douroof Wolleslcy, Priv3' Coum il- lor of llis said Majostv, Marshal of Rk Armics, C'olonel of the Roy al Re- gina en t óf Horse-Guards, Kníght ol" thc Moi>t Noble Ordcr of the Ciar"., an.l Knight Grand-Croaa <>1 thc Alost Honourabte Military Order of tlie ét. th ; lhikf of t iudad Rodrigr., and Grandee of Spain of thc First Clase, 1 > uke of V: ttori t, M i r i »« ofPorrea Ved ras, Conde de Vimeira ín Portwgal; Knight óf the Motl Illuatrioua Order of thc Golden Fleccc, of thc Military Ordcr of St. Ferdin ind of Spain, Knight. (irand-Cros« of the lajpeittl and Military Order of Maria-'I heresa. Knight Orand-Cross of thc Military Order of St. fn-orp' of Russia of the First Class ; Knight (¡raufl-l'voss :>1 the Royal and Military Order of thc Tovver and Sword of Portugal ; Knigbt Twentieth Rnginaent of Iwgli'- Orago >.i :, Governor of Fort < liarles in Jamaica, Kni«;ltt. Grand-Croaa of d Most Honnurablc Military Order of thc Bath, ICnight Grand-Croaa of the Ordera of the Black and Red Elagle of Prussia, Knight Grand-Croaa of l Order of th< Towa and Sword of I'ortugal, and Knight oi" the Order of St. Goorgc of Roaaia. llis Royal Highncss the Prince Rogcnt of thc Kingdorns of Portugal and the Brazils, thc Sieur Don Pet*M de Sonsa Holsteín, Count of Palmclla. Member of llis Council, Comanander of the Order of ChHat, Captain of the Germán Company of Body-Guarda, Grand Cross of the Royal and Distiu- guished Ordcr of Charle* III of Spain. Tlie fSieur Antonio <»<- Saldanha dai Gama, a Member of flia Council auil of the Pinancea, Flia Envoj ELxtraordinary and Miniater Plenipotentiary to llis Majesty thc F.mperor f thc Ol ilota of Si Andrew, of St. Alexandcr N*eivsk\. and of St. Aune of thc First ClaaM of Russia, Grand-Croas *>f thc. Royal t>rf Leopold of Aus- tria, and of thc Crown of llavaría. llis Majcsty the Fmperorof all thri Russias, the Sieur Antlrew, Prince de Hasoumorfsky, Uis Privy- OounciItor, Scnator, Knight of thc t>rdcrs of St. Andrew, of St. Wolodimir, of St. Alexamler Ncu s\-y, uuHof St. Aune of thc Pira* < lase, Orand-Cros» r>f the Royal Order of St. Stephen, and of those of tn< Black Ragle and tlí<- Red Fagle of Prussia. «he Sieur Gtiftaraa Count de Stackclberg, llis Prive Connctllor, Emov Batraordínary and Miniater Ptenipotentiary to llis Imperial and Rf St. Alexandcr 'Ncwskv, «sranaM ioss <»f tfu^ Order of St. WoloHunir and of St. Anne of thc First < ! < Grand-Oroaa of thc Order of St. Stephen, of the Illack Kaglc and a e Red Eaglc of Prussia. And the Sieur Charles, Count do Neaaelrode, llis Privy Councillor, Cliam- bertain, Sí-cretary of State for Forcigu Aflairs, Knight of thc Ortlcr of St. Ale xander Ncwskv, Grand-Croaa of the Order of St. IVolodimir of thc St*— « i Clasa, of St. Stephen of ilungary, of the Red Elagle of Prussia, of 'i Polar Siar of Sweden, and of thc Golden Raerle of YVurfemberg. Hia .Majcsty thc King of Sweden and TNorwr.y, the Sieur Charles-Axel, ■ ¿ ít de Lowenhiehii. Major-Oecerfd of llis Armics, Colonel of a Regi- Infantry, Chamberlain, Hia Envov Extraordinarv and Miniater ■*lei p tiary to llis Majesty thc Empcror of all thc Russias, Vicc-Chau- f Hia Oi dcrs, Conuimniler of l lis Order of thc Polar Star, and Knight Of the Ordcr of thc Sword 3 Knight of the Ordera of Ru,sia. of St. Aune ot the First Class, and of St. George of thc Fourth Class; Knight of the y' --"i Order of the Red Kaglc ofthe First Class, and Commandmr of the O: !, r of Sr. John of Jeraaalem. Sech of thc above Plenipotcntiariea as ha%rc assisted at ti:e elose of the4 iSegociations, altor havhig produood thoir fulI powers, fmmd fluí- form, lmv.«. agreed to place in the said Mnaral lustruineut, Articles, ancl to iiHix t<> tnem theár Signatures. ARTICLE I. Tlie Doehr of Wtmw, with the exception of the Prorinoea and Dístri< which m OnWrWÍM disposed of by the fbllowitlg Articles, is united t<« tli. Russian Empíre, to whieh it shaH be irrevocably attached l>v ii- Constituí aiul be possessed by I li- Majesty the Cmperor of a. II the rvussi >s, Ilis 1?. and SucceaMMi in perpeluity. His Imperial Majesty reserve* to Himseli to g to tais .Stat*-. enjoying a distinct Aa ministrador», the interior itnprovi mei which lie slialI jnd¿e proper. He aha.ll uiame with Ilis other titles that ol Cnr, Iviui; of PoLmd, agusnhlji to the forte established l<>r the tiiL-s ■ • taehed i<> llis other possessions. The Poles, who are respective subjeets of Rwii^ Austria and l'ru--. símil obtain a rcarcsciUatioii, and rtational institutioiis, regidated SCOOrdinff to the (Icáreo of politioal consideration, that each of the (íovcriinicul v\ hich they belong shall jndge expedient and proper to graxil thesn. ARTICLE IJ. 'fhe part of the Duehy of WarsaW which His M a j c1 y the K i ug of Pru - , ■hall posseas in foll sovcrcignty and property, fbr rliraself, llis Heirs, Sucoetion, mider the title ol" the Grano Oucliv of Poten, shall be oom prised within the fbllowing Lmi' : Proceeding froui the frontier of Iv.istcrn Prossia to the village of Neaho the nrw I i m i t •hall follow the frontier of Western Prussia, sueh as it subsist- ed from 177"— to the Peaee ofTilsit, to the Village of Lteibitsch, wbich sh belong to the Duchy ofWarsaw ; froni thence shall be drawn a line, wbich, leaving ICompenia, Grabowi c, and .S/.iv.vuio tr» Prussia, papaos the Vístula, near the last mentioned place, 6om the other side. of the riv-er, which falh iuto the Vístula opposite Szcxytno, to the ancienl limit of the distriotof the rv'etz.e, near Gross Opoczko, so that Sluzewa shall belong l" thé Duolvj and Przvlr.niuwa, Ilollandcr, and Maciejewo, to Prussía. From Gross <' czkzo it shall pass hy Chlewiska, whícfa shall remain to Prnssia, to the \ii lase of Przybyslaw, and from thence hy the. villages of Piaski, Cheluice, "\Viion iczki, iCobylinka, Woyezyn, Orchowo, to the town of Powidas. From Powidas it shall continué bj the town of fcSlnpee to the point ol confluenoe of the rivera Wartha and Proana. From this point it .--hall reaacend the conrsc of the. river Pros na t<> ti village of K.oscielnawies, to within one league of the town of Kalisch. Talen leaving t<> thal town, (on the siete of the lelt bavnk <>1 the Prosn se mi—circular territory meaaured he the diatance firom Koscielnawiea to h . líscb, the line aball rctaril to the course. of the l'rosna, atifl shall Dontinufl to follow it, rcasci-mliii};' hy the towns of Grabow, IViernsgjow, BoleslaM • so as to terininate ticar the villaje of fióla, upon the lrontier of .Silesia op posite Pitschiii. ARTICJL.E III. ílis Imperial aritl R.oyal Aposto!ic Maycsty s!>ail jjossess, in fuII proporty ;lí • Novereignty, tho salt-miiie* of "VVíeliczka. and the U-rritory thereto heloiig'i¡u.- in pfoo-rl and the rollowing 5 ARTICLE IV. Tlic way or l>cd of the Vístula shall sepárate Gallieia from the territory ol tbe fres town of Cracow. It shall serve at the? same time as the frontier weeii tiallioia and that part of tho ancieat Duehy of AVarsaw united to the States of llis Míajesty the Fmperor oi all tbe llussias, as far as the vicuiity ,,f th< town of Zavichost. Pron Zavichost to the Bug, the n this sitie shall be ivi-estabhshed, sueh as they wcre before tiie date of the said Treaty. ARTICEE VI. The town of Cracow, with i ts territory, is declared to be for ewr a free, ■ndependant, antrictof the free tomi of Cracow: from thence pas- «i¡>U -donfr the frontiersi of these villages, the line shall eontinue by Dxiekan- ovice, Garlice, Tomaszou, Karniowice, which shall 'also rernain in tlie territory of Cracow, to the p -int where the litnit begins whieh separates the «üsrriet of Krzeszowice from that of Olkusz ; from thence it shall follow- thtfl limít between the two said provinees, till it reaches the frímtiers of Silesian Prussia. ARTICLE VIH. ITis Majeety the Emp«Tor of Austria, wishinp partteularly to faeilitate at nmeh as possihle on llis part, the cornnicrcial iclatious and good neigh- bourhood between Gaklicia and the Firee towns of Craeow, grants for ever to the town of Podu;orze, the privileges of a free comnincial town, sueh as sre enjoyed hy the town of Brody. This liberty of cuminciw shall extendí to ! distance of 500 toises from the barrier of the snburbs of tbe town oi Podgorze. I n eonsf-iicessioii, « hich nevertheless shall tiot afliet the r; hts of sovereignty of ílis Imperial and Ro) al Aposlo- iic Majesty, the Austriari custom-hoiiM-s shall be estahlished only in places6 situated beyond tliat limit. No military estr "shtncnt shall be formed that can nienace thc netatrality of Cracow, or obtí\..~ ¿ the liberty of eommcrce which Ilis Imperial and Royal Apostolio Majesty grants to the town and district of Potltjorzü. ARTICLE IX. Tlie C'ourts of Russia, Austrin. and Prussia engsage to resj>eet, arxl ta cause to be always rrepcirrsrd, the neutrality of the Ctmm town of Cracow and its territory. Xo arnaod Coree shall he introduood nj>on any prctencf wbal ever. On the orher liand it is understood and expressly stipulated that no asyluin «hall be affordcd in tne free town and territory <>f Cracow, to fugitivos de agí leu ■ and peraona under proseeution, holonging to the country of eíther of the High Powers aforesaid ; and ha the event of tbe demaad of tbeir Pirren, «ler by the eompetent authorities, such individuáis shall be arrestad and «ven up without del ay , and eonvoved, Under a proper cscort, to the guare! up- poinied to roceivc tbem at the frontier. ^ AUT1CI.R X. The d ispositions of the constiLullotl of the free town of Cracow, concern- ing tbe Academy, the Bishopric and Chapter of that town, such as thev are apecified in tlie 7'h, latía, l6th atad l/th Articles of the addítional XVeaty relativo to Cracow, which is anncxi rl to the presen t General Treaty, shall have tne sanie foreo andvalidity as it' they were textually inserted in tbil Act. ARTICLE XI. A full, general, and specaal amnesty shall be granfced in favour of ail >n- dividuals, ox whatever rank, sex, or condition they mty be. Aiirrci.E xn. In conscqucnci! of the precedíng Arlicle, no person in futun- shall he nro- soeuted or disturbed, in any raanner, by reason of any participation. dirco.t or indirect, at any time, ha the poTitical, civil, or military erenta in Polaml. All proeoodhags, suits, or prosecution s aro ronsidt red as nuil, the seqni-síni- taoias and provisional confisca!ions shall be taken off, and every Act promul- gatod oji this ground shall be of no eflect. ARTIChE XIII. From these general regulations on the subject of confíscations are excepted a.U thoae caaes in which ediets or setatcnecs, fuially pronouiaoed, iiave already been fully cxccmcd, and have uoi bceu auuulled by subsequent cvents. ARTICLE XIV. 'ílif; principies established for the freo n av igat i on of rivors and cañáis, in the -vvhole extent of aueient Puland, as «vell as for the trado to the porta, for the eirculation of articles tbe growíli and produce of the difterer.t Fo- lish provinci -i, and for the oonamerce, relativo to goods in transitu, such as they are specified in the 2 »ch, 25th, 2(>tla, 28tb and 2.9th Articles of thc Tj-ea ty between Austria and Russia, and in the 22nd, 33 ra, 24th, 2oth, 2S(b, and SOth Articles of tlte Treaty between Russia and Prussia, shall be it>-»a riably mairttained. ARTICLE XV. Ilis Majesty the K.ing of Suxony renottncei in perpetuity íbr Ilim.self, and jl¡ His descendants and suceossors, in favour of Ilis Majesty tbe JK.ing of Prussia, all Ilis right and title to the prava race», di-triets, and territorios, or parís of territorios, of the K ¡nardo na of Saxony, hevea fter named ; and Hi» Majesty the hing of Prus.sia shall possess those. eountrio.s in complete < r« ¡gnty and property, and shall imite them to I lis Monarehy. The dis- triets and territorios thu:- .-eded, shall be separated from the rest of the Kingdom of Saxony by a lino, which henceforth shall t'onn the frontier be- tween the Prussian and Sa\oii teriñtories, so that all that is oomprised in thc* limit formed by this line, shall be resto red to Ilis Majesty the Ivmg of Saxony ; but ílis Majesty rciaounces all those dllstricts and territorios that are situated beyond that lino, atad whieh belonged to Hiña befo re the war. 'Cito line shall begin frorai the froaatters <->É Bohemia uoar Wicse, in the neishbourhood of .Seidonberí-;, fbllowing th- strcuiu of the river Witt- iiiitil its junction with the jSeisse. Prona the Neisse it shall pase to the cirele of P'.tr! ra, between Tain-lniv?, «rhich shall bolong to Prussia, ar\arate the cirele of G.irlit.- from thal of Bautzen, in sueh a maiiner that Ober-AIettel and Noidei-.Sehland-Olich, atul Radcwitz, remain in thc poasegsioai of ¡Saxony. The great post-road between Crorlitz and IJautz»-n shall belong *to Prussia, as far as the limits of the said rindes. Then the line shall follow the ífron- tier of the cirele to DuSrauckc ; it shall tben extond npon the heif^hts to the. ríght of the Lóbaiicr-lVasscir, so tliat this rivulot, witn its two banks, and thta places upon thena, as far as Xeudorl, shall remain, with tbis village, to Navony. The line shall then full agaita ujion the ÍSprce. and the Scliwarz-Wasser, I^iska, Hermsdorf, Ketten, and ^oiab the frontier of the lordship of Kónigsbruck:, near Cjrrx>SSgrabchen. flus lordship reniains te .Saxony, and the line shall follow its northena boundary i- far as the IJaili w i<-k of ufoasenhmyti, in the neighl ourhood of Oi'ttand ; OrtiHiid, and the rotad from that. place by TVIo.rzd» >rf, Stotaiwnbayn, anrl (iro- bcln, to IVIvlhlhorg, (with the villa-yes on that roargwa, Kilcnbourg, atul l>elitsoh, shall pass to IVussia, while those of Oachatz, VViirzoii, and L7tie itaciosures and «lemi-itselostires. The t oad frona IVlubdberg to A'hhmbnrg til be whrrtlly WTthin the Prussian ter; it<->ry. From Pode.lwitz (bolongiti{i; to the Ilailiv. ick >S í^eipsic, and remainir-.g to S¡,xr«ny\ as far as Evtra, which also remains to liar, the lino shall divide ■nc (Jountry of Rlerseburg in sueh a rnanner fl.-ar. Breitésdetd, 1 laeniche::.8 Gross and K-lein-TJolzig, Mark-Ranstadt and Knaul-Nauendorf, remain to Saxonv ; and Modelwitz, Skenditz, Klein-Liebenau, Alt-Ramstadt, Sch- kohlen anrised in tia- share of Prussia. ARTICLE XVI. The provin< es and districta of the kingdom of Saxony, whieh are tra i ferred to thé dominión of His Majesty the King of Prussia, shall be tinguished by the ñame of the Duchy of Saxotiy, and Ilis Majesty al acbrto Mis titles those of Duke of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, Mar- gravé of the two Eusatias, and C.'ount of HEentiebcrg. Ilis Majesty the Km» "of Saxony shall continué to bear the title of Margrave ot LJpper Lusuiia. Ilis Majesty «hall also continué, with relation to, and l_n virtue of Ilis righl of eventual surcession to the possessions of the Ernestine braneh, to bcji/ th«: title of Landgrave of Thuringia and Couat of Ilenneberg. ARTILLE XVII. Austria, Ruaaia, Great Iiritain, and France, guarantee, to His Majesty the King of Prussia, Ilis deacendanta anci BUCcessora, the possession of the countrics marked out in the 15th Articlc, in fu.ll property and «ove reignty. AUTICLE XVIII. Ilis Imperial and Roval Apostolie Majesty, wishing to give to the K. of Prussia a fresh proof of His deaire to remore every object of fu tur* i • cussion between tbeir two Courts, renouuces for tlimself and Has Succea- sora, Uis Rights of Sovereígnty over the Margraviates of Eppcr and Lovrer Lusatia, which belonged tollim as King'of Bohemia, as far as these rienta concern the portion of these provine.¡a placed under the dominión oí H'» Majesty the King of Prussia, by virtue ot the Treaty with His Majesty the Kiiis- of ¡Saxony." eoweludcd at Vicuña on the isth May 1813, As to tlie right of reversión ot Ilis Imperial and Royal Apostolie Majesty to the .-huí portion of the Eusatias united to Prussia, it is transferred to the rlouse of Brendenburg now reigning in Pruasia, ilis Imperial and Royal Apostolie Majesty, reserving to Himself and His auccessors, the power oi resurning that rijrht, in tibe eveut of the extinctiou of the said reignmg Houae. His Imperial and Royal Apostolie Majesty renouncea also, in iavonr of His Prussian Majesty, the distriofs of Bohemia inelosed within the part r>fI7pper Eusatia ceded by the Treaty of the 18th May 1H15, to His Prus- sian Majesty, which distriets eomprefaend the places of Ciuntersdort, Tau- hentrante, Neukretsehen, Xieder íVeTlachshehn, Wiukel, and tiinkel, with their territorios. ARTI(T,E XíX. Ilis Majesty the Kinjr of Prussia and Ilis Majesty the King of Sixor.v, ariahing particularly to rcniove every objeot of futuro contest or dispute, rev- nounee, each on His own part, añil reciproca]ly in favour of one añother» atl feudal rights or pretensions, which they might excrcise or tnight have ex - ercised, beyond the frontiers fi.xed by the present Treaty. ARTICLE XX. Ilis Majesty tifos King of Prussia promises to direct that proper care be taken relativo to whatever may afloet the property and ínteres ta of the res- pei tive aubjecta, upoñ the napa*, liberal principies. The present Article shall b< ohservcd, particularly, with reara rd to the concern* nf fntisii individuáis who poaaess property^ both nnder the I'russiau and Sajion CSoversunenta, to the Cominera of I^eipsic, aml to all Other ofaieets of the ^¡amc nature; and in . rd< tr that the indi vidual libertar of »h« ínhabitanta, both of the céded and other provinces, may not fie infringed. ¡bey shall be allowed to emimte from one territory to the other, witbout being exempted, howcvcr, frorrTmi- litary son ice, and after fulfilling the formal i tíea required by the laws. TLcy may als«> reanove their proj>erty witbout being subject to any fine or draw- baek (^Íb*Mg»-get«t.J ARTICLE XXI. Th«- oommunities, corporations and relágioua e.-tablishments, and «hos* for public inatruction in the proviuecs ceded by Ilis Majesty the King of Sa; «y to Pruasia, or in the proríneea and dístricta reaaainiag to Hia Saxon Majesti , ahaJI preserve their property, whatever chaaasea they may undergo, as vu ll as tlK? rents beeoming due to them, tecording to the act of their toundation. or which they llave acqaairad by a legal title since that period under the Prussian and SbiKon-Oovernments ; antl neither party shall interferc » the ndministration atnl m tlw.- collection of the revenues, provided that they he v onduc.tcd in a manner confoi-mable to the laws, and that the cbargea d« frayed, to whieh all property «ir renta of the Iike nature are subjected, iu t ic territory in whteb they OOCUC ARTICLE XXII, ttjr 'V. ÍVÍd',aI tlorniai,iatt'ossest> in it hvnded proj>ertv, rents, pensiona or rcvenucs iif any kiud. AHTICF.E XXIir. His Maje^ty the Ring of Pru^Ma haviüg in coiiüi'qüeHce of the last vv.i, NMt(HM the poseeeaiofl of the provitut-s and territorios which liad been ceded by th<- Pearc of Tfrait, it i-. acknowledged: and decía red by the preacni Artielc that Ilis Majosty, Ilis hein and attcceaaora, shall possess siwv , . fonnerly, in ful! property and sf l lajberstadt, with the torda h of Dércnbottrg, and of fxassenrode ¡ thc town and territory of Quca- linburg, (nve ana exeept Éhc ri^,bts of Her Ib val Highneaa tbc Prin< 8 >phia' Albertine ot Bweacn, Abbcsa of Quecllinourg, eonfcrnaal •to Che arrangements mado in 1 80.J :) the Pruaaian prirt oí the oount . ÍWnusliold : the Pruaaian parí of tile county of lHIohenatein ; the Ei< fisld; the town of TMordliansi n with it* territorj ¡ the town of Muhlhausen ■with its terrltory ; the Pru^siun parí of thc diatrict of Treffiirt with Dosla ; tho town and territory of Erfurth, with the exception of Kloin-Brcmbacli and Balatedt, incloaed in the principality of Woimar, ceded to tho Grand D. ;. Siixe AVicniar by the 2f)th Artielc ; the bailiwick of Wamlerslehon, he] og- iny to the ('nuntv of (Jnterg-leichcu ; the principality' of Padeiboin, with ibc Pi iiaaian part of the beiliwioloa of Schwallenberg, CHdenberg and fiftoppel- I >erg, and the juriadietions f* €jterMcHtG) of Hagendoro and Odenhauaen, aitñated in the territory of Lippe ; the county of M irk, wftli tho palt of Liippttadt bel< >ngí ng to it : the COUOty of \Ver<¡eii ; tile e«>untv of )í<¥rn ; the part the Duchv of CJIeves on the right bank of the Rhine, with the town nml fot ti caá of Wesel ; the part of the Dijchy, situatod on the left bantc, s¡>.ci lied in Artielc '^ith ; the aecularixed Chapter of Imiten; the principal)* Pdunater, that is to say, the I>rnssiai\ part of the fermer Bialioprick < f Muuster, •rttfa the. ext-ei)ttoii of that part vehieh has been ceded lo líi i- •tannic: Affejeaty, iviiifi Ot Hanover, in viitue of the B8th Artiele ; the scc>>.- larixed Provoatehip of Ceppenburg; the eounty of 'Pcckledbere ; the c • a ■•>• >of Linsien, with the exeejition of that part ceded to the K. i ii^dnni of Wanovci by Artielc ?~t\\ ¡ the principality of &findea ; tli-* omtnty ot" Ravenabere i the secnlariaed Chapter of Herfern t the principality of Neufchatel, with the rotectioii over thc couutv of IIohen-Linibourg, •nrtd to all the other rights or pretenl ions whatsocver whlch llis Pruss i" h(a|eaty poaaeaaed and exerc-is»-d, before the Peace of Tilsit, and which lie h. s ¡)<>t renounced by other 'l"reatiep, Aets or Conventiona. 11 ARTICLE XXIV. Ilis Majesty the King of Praeatatahatl unit<- to Ilis Monarchy in Germany, on this side of tlui K.hine, to bé poaaeaaed I>y Ilim and [fis Sucoeaaors ¡n fnll oropelty and aovereúruty, the following countrieai Xne pro\ inccs *>f Saacony tlesiptiat<-«l in Artiele 15, with the exception <>t~ tlie placea and territoi it-s i-edeil, in virtue of Amele 2<>, to I lis II¡i>'hiiess the Grand Duke ot' íSaxe-Weimar ; the ten itoriea ceded to Prneaia by Ilis iiri taiinic Alajesty, Iviiifi of Ilanover, by Artiole 2;) ; part of the departirient of Fulda. ana such Of thc tt rritories compi c licndcd therein as are speeirievitli the lordshipa of HardenbtM-g, Hrock, Styrnma S< !• ler and OdenthaJj fórmeriy helongine to the san! Dutcby under . Palatina Gorcinment j the diatricta of the ancient Archbiahopric of Cologne, lately be Ion fgi ns ¡o the Grand Duchy of IJí'il;-: th«- Ducliy of Westpfialiaj as lately poaaeaaod by Hia Royal Highneaa the Grand X^uke o4 Heoae; the county of Dorttnnnd | tfie principality of C'orhev ; the mediatised dictri«"ts apecifled mi fVrticle -13. The ancient ]jo-"ossioiis of the Hoaae of Nanan-Dietz having ceded to Prussi i bj Ilis ^lajestv the ECing of the Nc'herlands, aml n part of t líese poaacaaíona liaving heen exclnnaed R>r the diatricta belonging to their Soaone Higlinesses the Dnlce and Prinee of Naasau, the K.ing ot Proaaia «hall peaaeaa them, in sovereignty ainl j>roperty, and unitc theUl to Ilis monarchy. 1. The Principality of Siegen with the Ilailiv. icl;s . ■ f Ilnrbach and Xenn- kirehén, witJi the exception oi a part containtng 12.000 inliabitants, to helong ru the Duke and Prinee of Nassau. 2. The Jíailiwicks of I Iohen-ÍSolm ?, Gretféttateín, Braunfcls, Freusberg, Pricdewald, S'-hoiistein, ScfiAnbenf, Altcnkirchen, Altenwied, Dierílorf, Ni uerSurg, í-inz, Hammersteiu, with Euger" anf Horhatnaen eonati- tuting part of thc bailiwick of Ilorshach, and the parts of the bailiwicks of Vailendar anfl Ehrenbreitatein, on the right benk of the Rhine, deaignated ni thc Couaaition ooncluded be taren Ilis Míajeatj tlie King of Prneaia and their Serene IIigli»lesscs the Duke- and Prínoe of Nassau, auucxeil tr> the pKacut IVcaty. ARTK LE XXV JtlXZ^T^% th£' Ki"« oí" ****** *b*íl possess, ín foJJ propc. tv anc ;<■-:-. ene iving 01 fruaaia ntíaII ais., possess, in ful! property and ■ « igntl 1 the countries 011 the left lunik of the Rhine, included in tlie ticr heréin-eJter doaignated : This frontier shall eonrmenoe 011 the Rhine at Bingen : >t shall tlience end the coa rae of the IVahe feo (hejunction of this river with the filan. unJ it] the Glan t<> the village of IVIcdarf, below LAuterecken ; the towna of Kreutznach and Meisenheiin. with their territorios, to belong entirely to Pruaaia ; but Lauten-ckeu and its toriitory to remain beyond the l'russian frontil 1 From the Glan the frontier shall pa-s 1 \ Medart, Merzweiler, Lang- N'c'nleer and Obcr Fechcnhach, bllenbach, Chixiunchenbprn^ Au.s- Cronweilor, NTiedcrbranibach,' Burbach, Boachweiler, fleuhweilej-, Ilambach, and Riutzenber^, to the limits of the Cantón of H«*rxnea-KeAl; I Ove places shall be included within the l'russian frontiera, antl shall,1» «toEether with their tenitories, belone; to Prussia. From Rintzenberg to Ule. Sarre the line of demarcado» siiall foMow tlie cantonal limits, so that the cantona oí' Hcrmoskiol and Conz (in which lattcr, howcvor, are ex< epted the «laces on the K*t bank of the Sarro) síiall remaní wholly to Prussia, wlnle the cantona ofWadern, Merxíg, and Sarn-bourg are to be b-yond the Pius sian frontier. , _ .. From the poinf where the lltmt of the r;mton of C on/, helow bomiingen, traversa s the Sarre, the Une «hall descend the .Sane till it laUa into the Meeelle thenee tt aball reascend the Moaelle to ita innetaon w ith the Sarre, from the lattcr river to the tnouth of the Our, and al»ng the Our to th.- limita of the ancient department of the Ourthe. The placea traversad l theae rivers shall not at all be divided, but shall bclong, with tlieir territories, to the Power in w hr.se State the greater part of theae places shall be aituat the rivers themaelves. in ao lar as they form the frontier, •hall belong common to the l«o Powera bordering on them. In the oíd department. the Ourthe, the five cantona of Saint-Vith, Malmedy, Cronenbourg, Schleiden and Eupen, with the advanced point oí the cantón of Aubel, to th. touthof Ais la Chapelle, shall belong to Prussia, and the trontier aball f. llow that oi these cantona, so that a line, drawn from norfli to soutli, i ij CUt the -a 'I point of the cantón of Aubel, and be pro'.. i¡.rtl as la» :•• point of contad of the three oíd department» of the Ourthe, the Lowo V(-..sc, and the Roer; leaving that point, the frontier «hall tollow the 1 me which aeparates thest tWO lust department» till ít reaehes the river W orm. which rafia into the Roer, and shall go along thia river to the point when it auain touches the limits of these twodepartment» j wbeu it shall pureu that limtt to the south of Hillenaberg, shall aecend from thenee towarde tbe north, and leaving Hillenaberg to Praaaia, and cutting the cantón of Stttard in tWO naris, ncarlv equal, so that Sittard and Sustercu remaní on th. shall reach the oíd Duteh territory ; then fbllowing the oíd frontier of that territory, to the point where it touched the oíd Austiian pnncipahti l Gueldrea, <>n the side of Ruremonde, and directing itaeU towarda the moal eaatern point of the Duteh territory, to the north of Swalmen, it shall i timio to incloae thia tt^rritory: . . | Then, aetting outfrom the moat eaatern point, it joina that other part ol the Duteh territory in which Venloo is aituated, witfaout including the latter town and its diatrict : Thenee to the oíd Duteh frontier Bear Mook, sitúate* below Genep, it shall fbllow the cooraeof the Meusc, at atach a diatonce the right bank, as that all the places aituated within a thouaand Rhci yarda (Rheimlandische Rxtthen) of th'.s bank, shall, with their ternto belong to the- kingdoan of the Netherlandaj >t being well underst however, in regard to the réciprocify of this principie, that no point of the bank <>f the Meuae shall conatitute a portion of the Prussian territory, unle* euch point approach to within ci^ht hundred Rhenrah yarda off it. From the point where the line just deacribedjoina the oíd Duteh frontier, ai nW as the Rhine, this frontier shall rcmain eaaentially as it waaiai 1 7f)5, betwecn «.'leves and the United Proviue.es. It shall be exaaaiued f>y the Commi which shall be appointed without delay, bv the two Governmenta, to pr< to the exaci determination ofthe limits, both of the kingdom of the Nether- lands. and the Orand Duchy of Liixcmbourg, designated in Articles <>ó ai* <íb. and thia Coman isa ion shall regúlate, with the aid of expertenced perso¡i>, whatever concerní the hydrotochnicaJ conatructiona, and other análogo»" points, in tlie most aquitatrie mannev, and confbrmably to the mutual m- ferests of the Prussian states and of thosc off the Netherlanda. This san* disposition eactenda to the regulation of the limita, in the diatricta » Jvvtw;u'rty the Kimr of Prussia, in ayaiting to Ilis states the provinces a,,,l Mistricts deaignated in the present Artiele, entera into all the rights .„)(J üikes apon Hianaelf all the chargea and engagementa atípulated w ith .. . to th. countriea chamembered from Praaace, I>a- the Treaty of Paria of the SOth May 1814. The PlUMÍan provinecs apon the two bank* of the Rfaine, as far as above the town of Coligue, which shall also be eomprised within líiis diatrict, shall beal th« ñame of Orand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, and I lis Mnjestv shall aflanae the titlc off it. ARTICLE XXVI. TI¡s Majosty the King of the United Kingdoan <>f fünai Britain and Ireland ru aubatituted t<> Ilis antienttitle of I-,lector ot the l-ioly Román Emuire' haf off hiñe, of Hanover, aml this tille hanrófeg béén a< knowI<>d>>-erinees and ti-ee towns of (ñ-rmanv, rtie ■ri-ies which hsve til! novv composed the l'>lcctorate of BrtMMwie "í-une- burg, aecording as their limits hnve been recogniaad aml fixed tbr the fu ture by the fbll OWIB^ A.rtLelos3 sija 11 henccfort\i ioriii tiie ki ;.t!• >ui <; y the Hanovérian Government; bul 1 u has been agreed that the kingdom of Hanover shall obtain bv this moii an aeceaaion of territory eoonpriaing a populatioa of 32,000 souls, (i as the lower f.-ounty of £ingen and the part of the- principality oí - here mentioned, uught not come up to this conditiou, His IVfajeats ing of Prussia engages to cause the line of demarcation to be extended into the pHnc^jjpality of ÍVIunster, as far as may be neceasary to <-oiiiai¡i that í>°pulation. The Conmiission, which the Prussian and ílanoveria 11 Govern- ^ sliall ñame without delay, to proeeed to the t Hai The .States of thát part of the Duchy whieh passes im.Ji r the PrUMl vernment shall preserve their rights and privileges ; espeeuUly those fü upon the provincial reeess of the Iftth September t^OS, and cnnfirmi the K-inj; of Oreat Britsu ti, now reiguing, uuder date oi June 31, 17b"5. S. The bailivvick of KI¿'»Uze ; 3. The bailiwick of Elbingesode ; .4. The villajes of R degerahagen aml Goenaeteich ; f>. The baihwick of Iteckebcrg. Ilis Britmnnic Majeaty, Kinp, of Hanorer, renounces for Himsell descendants and lUCCeMOM for evor, the provinoes and distrn ta ;• ni the peeaent Article. and all the rights whieh liavc reference to tbem. ARTICLE XXX. Ilis Majesty the Ring of Prussia, and Ilis Uníanme Majeaty, King of M ovor, animated with the deaire of entírely equalísing the advantagef of t commerce of the Eins and of the Pórt of Etubden, and of rendering trien ■common to their respective-stabjeet», haveagreed on this head to whatfbllows i. Thr IInnovcrian Grovernment engagea to cause to be executed, at il i pe.nce, in the years 1815 and 1816, the works whieh -st' Commiítion, ci posed partly of Artists. au«l to be ímmediately appointed by Prussia llanov.tr, shall deem necessery to render navigable that part of the river Enu whieh extonda from the Prusstan ñrontíer to ita moutji, and to keep nfter the execution of tocfa works, al «raya in the same state in whieh tlio;¿ wovlcs shall have placed it for the beiiefit of navigatiou. •2. The Pruaaian subjeets shall be allowéd to import and cxjvirt, bj pon of Embden, all kinda of provisi. os, productions and goóds, whetbei na ural <>r artificial, and to keep in the tonn of Embden, warehouses, «rherein to place the said geoda for tvro years, dating from their arrival ii¡" towns, «rithout tht ir being subjeet to any otherinspeetíon than that r<- «vni tho.-e of the Hauovcrian subjeets aro hable. 3. The Pruasiafl veesela and merchants of the same uation, shall not pa> for navigation, fbr e -* por ta tio n or importation of merchandfate, or for houstng, any Other tolls or iluties than those eharged apon the Ifi»"- verian subjeets. These tolls and duties shall be regulated by agr» hetween Prussia and Hanover. and no altcration shall be inu-oduced i"'--3 :: 15 Tarif hereafter, but by mutual consent. Tlie pi ívilegea and liberties jiTst spi-ciricort; they shall l>e atlibertj dispose >f tlieir tommodities « ither to the ¡nhabitanta of the (own or ♦<> foreignera, v.-ithoiit j>aying any other duties than those to whieh the lían- overian BabJuOla are subjected, and wrhjch cannot be raised but by mutual coii>ent. IIi- .Majosty the Kinjí of Prusskv, on Ilis part, encanes t<» grant to llano serian subjeet» the free navigation of the c u al of the Stecknits, so as no< t . va. r from them any other duties -than those whieh shall he paid by the ¡nhabitanta of fhe Duchy of Imanenbnrg. Ilis Pruaatan Maíeaty cugages, • esides, to inaure these advantagef to I [anrrverian subjeets, >houÍd 1 ta hereafter . In. Duohy of Lauenburg to another Sovereign. ARTICLE XXXI. JI Wajeaty the King of Prussia and Hia Majesty rhe Kingof the United Kingdom of Grreat Britain and Ireland, Kingof Hanover, mutualh a^ree ta throe muitary ronda through Their reapec ti ve dominions. Ii . <)¡¡.- from Halberstadt, through the eountry of ! lihlesheim. to Alinden. Sd. A aecond from the Oíd Match, through Oihorn and Xeustadt to Mínden. ' .i>sty to" procure a cuítenle arrondiuenent of torritory I i llis Serene FBghnesa the Duke of Oldénburg, proniises to cede to Ilnn a district coiitainnij* a population of 5,000 hihabitants. ARTICLE XXXIV. lli? Soronc Il¡o;hm>s« tbe Duke ot" Hola tei o-Oldénburg shall aaaume tb< titlc of tírand Duko of OIdetiburg-. ARTICLE XXXV. 'riieirSi-roni: IIií;tincsscs tho üukis i f Meck lcnbur;*-Seh werin and M ck lonburg-Strelit?:, shall assumo the titlos of íírand Dukcs ut' Meck leu :,■> • Schwerin and Strelitz. ACT1CLE XXXVI. Ilis Iliííbness tlie Duke of Saxc Woimar shall assume the titlc of Orarte) Duke o(' S;i\c Weimar. ARTICLF, XXXVII. Ilis Majestv the King of Prussia shall cede from the mass of 1 Ii« Mate-, as thev have been farad and recognieed by the present Treaty, to Ilis R Highneaa the Oiand Dukr ol'.Saxo Wcimar, diati iets conteintng a popula tíon of 50,000 mhabiten ta, uumbjwma to, or bordering apon, tlu- principalin of Weim«r. His PrUssian Majesty onRagcs al so to cede to His Roy al Htgbneaa out oi t h a l part of the principality of Fulda which has been ghren up ttt Him virtue of the same stipulations, distriets conteining • population of 97,000 inhabitaots. Ilis Royal Highneaa the Orand Duke cf Wcimar shall possoss the 1 distriets ¡a full property aud aovereignty. and shall unite them in perpetir- to Ilis present states. ARTICLE XXXVIII. The Distriets and Torrii ories which ateto be ceded to Ilis Royal Ilifrh ru- tile Grand Duke of Sa:..--\\'iñmar, in virtue of the precedlng Artiele, ahal be determine*! by a particular Coavention ¡ and Ilis Majeaty the King Prussia eogagea to concliule this Convention, aiul to cause the ahoye dis triots anrl territorios to Deriven up to Ilis Royal Highneaa, within tvw monrhs from the date of the excbange of the ratiticate »ns ot" the Tn concluded at Vieuna, June l, 18 15, betwcen Ilis Prussian Majesty an Majesty the rvini^ (»f Prussia, however, cedes immediately, anf Erfurth. Tbe property of tho villageaoí Básschofisroda and Probstcizella, inelosed withÍD the territory ot Eisenacli : the aove reign ty of which airead y bolonga to Ilis Royal f,IijfuiMaa tho Orand Duke. Tin- populación of these difterenl Distriets i-i underatood to form part of tliatof 50,0 Ilis Royal Highneaa the (iraní] Duke of .■sajce-Weiiiiar, by Artiele .'»7, ana shall be deducted from it. ARTICLE XL Tlie Department of Puhla, togethcr witli the territorios of tiie ncighbour- iiif^ ancient X''bless«-, eomprisod, at tilia iiiouii-nt, uiiflí-r the provisional Ad- miniatration of this department, VIZ ; Maiubueh. líuc henau, AV'erda, L<'ol; -, - i'.', exoeptinfe, however, the foliowing bailiwicka and territorios, vi>: ; the. Qailiwicka of íhnimi-lbur^, with Thulba and Naleck, Rrüekenau, witli Motten, .Saalmiinster, %with Uraco) and Somier:; ; alao the par» OÍ tbe Jiaili- k oi Bibcrateín, which containa tlu- villagea of Batten, Brand, Dietges, Pindloa, Licbharte, MTelpera Obot* Bernbarat, ¡SaifK-rts, and Thaidon, as as the doanain of Holakirehén, ineloaed in the- Orand Duchy of «"/nrx- • 1 ta ceded tO Ilis Majesty tho K.inp; ol" Prussia. and lio shall be put in poaaeaaion of it within three wcaita from and after the íóih June of this year. Ilis Prussian Maj> sty engagea to take apon Fitmaelf, in proportion to that i rtof the teriitory vvlueh íle obteHia by tbe jirosont Artiele, Ilis abara of ti < ■ bligationa which all tho naaw jxissos- ora of tbe herotoforo Orand Dunby of Erankibvt *r*ll have to tultil, and ti> transfer sueh eiigaircmeuts lo the Frincea \\itti wbom Ilis jNlaje.sty may bel 1 after inake •■vclian^is or c< >sions ol tóese distriets ancl territorios of the dcpaitlliont of PoGaV \RTIt'LF. XLI. The dooraaina of tbe pvancipabe] of Fulda aud of the oounty of Haaau ba\-ing been sold to purchascrs, who have not as yet nndfe t^ood all theirMI ínstalmcnts, a ComBMHoa shall be na:ncd by the Princes to wfcom tli sai»! domains aro transfcilct§, to recúlate, in an uniform manner, vvliat cvcr bu »ray rcft rciHi" to this transactjon, and to do justice t< i claims of thc puicliu.sn s al the said domains. Tiiis <'ouimission sha |»av particular stlciitnii'. Lo thc Trealv Ooncludcd at F*i anl¿ fort, Ptcember 3 isi;>, l)i'twt>t Stcinfurt, bc-leuighig to the Coutlt of Oentheiip- 14 e n the i ra, the county of Rccklingshausen, befonging to the Duke of A en bcrg, tlie lordsliips of Rheda, Otitersloh, and Grpnau, betonging to tii C'ount of Bentheim-leckIcnburg, tlic county of Rittbersr, belongiag ta the Prince of Ksnnita, the lordships of ISeustadt antl Gunboni, belong . to the CJount of VValmodon, and thc Lordship of 'Horaburg, bclonging to the Princes of ÍSaxt^-^Vitt^e-nstein-I.erleburju,, shall be placea in sucli reía frión» with the Prassian Monarcliy as the Federa ti ve Constituí ion of <- rnany shall regúlate fbr the mediatised territories. The possessions of the aneient and im mediato Nobility vrithiii the PrtM ■ían torritory. and particutarly the lordship of Vv'ildenberg, in the <>■ ■> Duehy of líorg, and the barony of Schauen, in the prilieipality of '< 1 I berstaelt, a hall belong to the Prnssian Monarchy. ARTIC'LE XI-IV. Ilis Mnjesty the Ixing of Bavaria shall possess, for Himaclf, Ilis be and suec-e-ssors, in fnll j>rotiertv antl sovereignty, thc Graud Durhv of Wll! ti !mrg, as it «vas h» Id hy Ilis imperial Ilifrhness the Ar' iniuke Perdínand of A.nstria. and the princ-ipality of Asei>aitenh\irg. auch as it constituted part of the Círantl £)uehy oí JFrankfort, nnder the denununation of Uepartii.. -of AMliafli-nburg. ARTILLE XLV. With respert to the rights and j»rerogatives, and the maintonance of the Pringo I'rimate as at» aneient ecelesiastteal Prince, it is determined ; lgt. That he shall be treated in a mannor aiialoj;ous to the Aríieles of the Resrript, which, in 1803, n^ulated the situation of the soeularized Princea, «mi t<> the practico obaervod with regard to the ra. S Hy. lie •hiall receíva for tfaia purpooe, tlatiní; frora .Time. 1, 1814, the ■ant ox 100,000 florins, by paymenta of él»rae montlis, in gootl specie, at l!i<- rate of 24 florins £<> the marlc, as an aiinuitv . 'lilis aánuity shall be paid b^- the Sovcrcigiis nnder whoso Gtovei nmeilti the provincea oí- diatrieta of the (írand Dnchy of Praoitfort pus, in pro- portion to the part whícfa eaeh <»f the-iri shall posM--*. ,'jdly. The atbaiiees niade by th«- Prince Primate, frorn bis prívate purse, u;emrral ClhtiSt of the principa 1 i ty of Pulda, sueh as thev have hcen hquidated and pro ved, ¡-hall be refundeo to Him, Ilis boira, r>r iworutors. Thi8 expenthture shall b<^ defrayetl 111 proportioaM i>y the Sovereijrn.s who dtall possesa the. pnovineea and diatrieta cooapoeing the principaJitv of r\.:.la. 4tbly- The furniture and other ohjects whieh may be provecí to hollMlg to the jirivate property of the Prince Primate, shall be reatored to him. ..;hly. Tfie othci-rs of the (írand IJuchy of Prankfort, as well civil and acclcaiawtical as inilitars' and diplomatic, shall be treated oonformaWv \o the principies of the 5<¿th Artit-le oí" the Protocol of the l'"tnpire, dat^tl thaid by tho fSovcn ¡gus ■rho enter on the p«>ss«-ssion <»f the States which fbrmed the said (írand Dnc hy sin ce the 1 ^1 <>t Jui^e IH14. Sthly. A Commission shall beeatablísbedl añthout ilelay, composedof mena- ' : - apjminted by the said Sover'-ijjn.., to recluíate whanryer relates to the cnc- ■ 1. mi of the diaposítions cora pri sed in this Aniele. "tlilv. It is midertitootl, that iti virtue of this arranp,eiiient, anv claiiM t'.it mif»ht l>e achraneed against the Prince Primate, in Ilis charaeter •-t í .- tnd Duke of Prankfort, shall be annulled, and that l ie shall not he mo- lested on aecuunt of any rcelaraation of this natiirc» ARTICLE XLVI. The city of Prankfort, with its territ.ory, Sucb a-- it wos 111 lSo:¡. is de clared free, and síiall oonstit.ute a part of the Cíermanie Lcagm-. Its institu- tions shall be fuundod upon the principie "of a períect equahty of rig"btfl for thc difierent sects of thc Christian religión. T'iis erjualitv" of rii{ht.s shall <-\U'iid to all civil and política! rights, and shall be observed in all mat.ters of rnraent and athninistration. The disputes which may arisc, whptlicr in regard to thc establishinent of the ('onstttution, or in regard to its main- shaU be referred to the Gcrmanic Diet, and can only be dectded by the same. ARTIC'LE XLVII. His Roya! Highnrsa the Ghrand Duke of Hcsso, in excliango for the Duchy of 'Westpnalia, ceded to His Majostv thc King ol Prnssia, obtaina • territory 011 the left bank of the Rhine, in the aneient department of Mount lonnerre, comprising a pojpulatíon of i-ío.ooo inbabitanta. His Royal Iligh- :'•- 1 shall possess this territory in full sovereigntv and property. He shalt • f the Bfntea Hil MMMtV the K-ttg of Pulfil. there is resen fd a di-tfict, eon tMB i 11 g JiopuLition of 00,000 souls, to l>e disp. wed of in the following MWMf : ti Jiikr, i>f Naso Cobur<£ aud the Duke of CHAortfetmr shall obtain <-aoh ■ ten tory coropriaine 90,000 ínhabetants. The Dulce of Mecklenburg Strelitz 11 ilil> I>miítoiiw of HesM-Hemburg, e*eh a territory oomprititag 10.000 inh bitanta ; and the Couart of PappenImim a torritoiry cowipririag ;>,oc»o inh bhants. Tl>e IomÍUJMi of the < ieont of Pap]>eiiheiui ¿diall he uiukr the sovwipi ai Ilis l'russi.in iNJajosty. ARTICLE L. The acquisitiona ■aiiiiinfirl by the prc-ooding A.-tioJe tu the l>ukes of $ax< Cobwrjf, Oldonburg, Mo<-klenburg-.*Streli tz, and the Landgi-ave of Hes» |Jom|>ufgi iiüt t»*tm¡£ eontiguous to tlioir respeetive stnU-s, Their Ma|c-i¡. the E-Pj»—ror of Austria, the Emperor of all the Kuísi;i«. and tile KiagS ( Oireat Uritain and Prussia, promise to .omploy Tbeir -¿or.*' otiieo*, at the el os of the present war, or as soon as eirou instauren «hall periiiit, in arder • proeuro for the «aid Princcs, .either by exchangm or any other arrancaei w the adrantafpea that they are dispoaed to insure to them ; and that the adiu nistration of the said diatrícta may be rendered less complicated, it is agree that thev atiattl he provisioua llv uudcr the Prussian ailmiiiistr.itioii for ti; benefit of the new proprietors. ARTK'hE LI. All the territorios and pnsst'ssioiif, as weli on the left hank of the PtbiaM in the oíd dcpartmeiits of the Narre and Miiiil-Toiim'.ri', as iu the brau «Ir par t ments of Fulda and Fraukfort, or incloaed ¡o the a«'jaeent coHOtrk- placed at the disposal of the Alliod Powe-rs, by the Troaty of París OÍ tb StOth Mav 181-1, and not sed of" by other Artiele* of the presen t '!"'_• eaf j shall ptM ¡n full sovoreignty and projterty, under the Oíov triiment of Hl JYIajesiy the En i peror of AusX via. ARTICLE LIL The pr 111 «-i pal itv of Issonburk; is placed under the aovereu~nty of I lis [in per i a] and Ro^.ii Aposto! tck IVlajosty", and shall he Ion g to llim, under - . I inütat ions as the Federativo í'on-?titu.tioii of Cieriliaiiy shall regúlate thl lU'.'diat iso«l States. SU ARTICLE El II. The Sovereign Princes and Fiw-towns of Gormany, under which deaámi- natíon, for the present purptisi;, are eoinprohciided Their Majeatiea the Ein- peror of Austria, the Kmgs of Prussia, of Denmwrk, and of the Netherlanda ; fehal i-* to wiv, the Eiriperor of Austria and the Kina of Pilis- ia fbr all Their i>os.ies»ious which ancicntly helonped to the Gormaba Enipire, the K.in^ of l>eniuark for the JJueli>- of Holstoin, .uní the K.ing of the iN'etherlands for (¿rand l>u<-fty of LumrmIo Memhers of the Ct>nfciIeration. as sueh, aro erpjal witli regard to their riglits ; and they all c. Ravaria _____ _ One - 4. Saxony — - One - 5. I lanover - — - - One - 6. VVurtomburg — - One - /. Radon _ — _ - One - 8. Electoral I Iesse — - _ - - One-- i). Cirand I>u«-hy of Hcai - One - lo. Dcnmark, for I lolstem - - - One-- 1 I The Netherlands, for Luxombourg - One - 12. Círand-Dijeal aml lín<-al I louses oí"Saxony - One - 13. Brunawicfc and iS'assau - - - One - 1-1. Meelclenb>irg—Schwerin and Strelif - - One - 15. I h>lst«'iii-Ohlt:iiburLr, Anhalt aml fSi |n\;irtzl)iirg - One-- Ib*. ! loheiizolLern, Lich tenstein, Rouis, V-lunniburg, I^ippe, ~\ r%_ _ I^ipj^» and "V\'al(leek - J 1 'T- The Froe Towm of Luheek, Fra/ikfort, Rromon and ~\ ^___ llamburg'h - - - J 1,0 Total Serpenteen Votes. AltTICLE LVII. Austria sliall }jroside at tho Fe tí¡<- Fetkfalivc Aot itself. and organic institnt ions or otlicr arran^oiiit-nts made for tlie com- anon interese, the T>iet shall fonti itself into a General Assembly, aad, n> ti cas»-, tlie distribution of votes shall be as follows, calculatcd according to tht reHMctiw extent ot' the individual stal- s . Austria shall have - - -4 Votes. IVussia - - - - ■* - Saxony — ' -4 ———— Ha vari a - - - - - 4 - I liinover - - - ■* - ■\Vurlcmburf; - - - -4 - Jiaden - - - - ¿i - Electoral Heme - - - »» - Orand Dudiy ofllesse - - -3 - Ilolstoin - - - -3 - Luraibonrg - - - - 3---- IJnmsw ii'k - — - - U - ftfecklenburg-Scbwerin - - - 2 - TVassan - - -2 - Sasc-VVi'imar - - - ' - Saxo-tiotha - - - - 1 - ffaTr f rthiiig - - - - i - Saxe-Meiiiungen - - — 1-- Saxe-Hihlburghauson - - - 1-- Aloc-klonbui-fr-Stielitz - - 1-- I lolStein-Oldenburs» - - - 1 - Anhalt-Desmn - - — 1 - Aiihalt-Rernburg- - - 1 - A nhalt-K.ot.then - - 1-- Sehwartzbour«;-Sondershausen - 1--- bfliwaiizbourfí-Rudolstadt - - 1 - Hohenzollern—Heckingen - - - 1-- JLichtcnstein — - - - 1 - Iloluínzollcrn-Siginaringcn - - 1 - Waldeek - - * - Retut, (Eider Brannli) - - - 1 - Reuss, (Yonnger Branch) - - i —— Schaumburg-Lippe - - i - LÁppe - -. - - - i - Tbe Free Town of lAtbeck - i - ,----Frankfort - - 1 - - 13 remen - - I-- ---I lamburgh - - 1 - Total 6"o, Votes. The Diet U1 deliberating or» the org-anic laws of the Confederatíon, shall consider whether mny coliectiva votes i>ught to be granted to the anoioast me- dí ati sed «tutes of the cnipire. 23 ARTICLE UX. The question, vvhether a subject is to be disoussod by the General Assem blv. conforniably to the principies above established, shall be deeided in th< ordinarv Assembly by ■ majon ty of votes. The same Assembly shall prepare the drafts of resolutions whieh are to l>e proposed to the General Assomblv, and shall íurnish the latter with all tlie linmssais infhl niatissi, eiiher wr sdoptíng or rejecting ihom. The pluraiitv of votes shall regúlate tjif decisión», both in the Ordinarv and General Asssmhlirs, with tliis differonce. husjuiw, Ihat, in tlu- Onlinarv Assembly, an absoluto majority shall be ibs]lili il surticiont, ^ hi lo. in tho Othar, two-thirds ot" the votes síiall bo neessary to fbrn» the lissjoi illl . \V¡m-ii the votes are cven in the Ordinary liiilSlimhljr, the Presiden t shall liave 'In: casting vote; but when the Assembly is to delibérate orí the ac- i eprsrteae or chatnge or" ai iv ot" the funciamental laws, opon oréame msti- tutions, upon individual ri<>ht*, or upon a0áirs of religión, tho phivahty of votes shall riot be doemed sutticient, eit-her in tbe Ordinary or in the Cie- ncia I Assembly. The Diet is permanent : It mav, howcvci , when the subjocts submitted to its deliberation are disposod of, sdjoum for a fixed períodj Mfhich shall not s, t'ic Diat will delibérate upon the mauner of arranej:utation of the Empiro in 1SC)3. The onler to be adopted shall in no way nftüet the rank and precedence of the members of the C.'onfedaratii n, exeept in as far as thcy concern the Diet. ARTICLE LXI. The Diet shall assetnbje at Francfort on the Maine. Its Arst niccting is fixed for the lst of Septembcr 1815. ARTICLE UUI. Th-' first objeet to be eon*idered by the Diet after its opetiin^. shall lie the ♦ratuinj;- of the fundamental laws of the Conüederatíon, and of its organic Inatitutions, with respect to its exterior, militaury, and interior rolations.JA ARTICLE LXIII. flio St.it,-, ..f tlic Confi-íK ration .■nRaf;c to defiel id »<>t onjai the whoi ■ Germanv bu* eacfa iiidividoal State of tha» Union, m « ase it tbouM beat tackcd, and tluy mutuatly BHIWM to eacl > othor such ai tlicir pMtMUDM as are roiüiiriscd iII this l-iiion- . When war ahall be declared bv the Confedcration, na member em open a sepárate ntegocáMioa with the .•¡u-my, ñor mafca peece, ñor wrinw •» " misMce wáthout the consent of the otlier nienibers. The coaafederated .S tatos ei ig age, itt the sam e mimner, not to ■***ewaa n-ainst e«ch other, <„, any pretext, ñor to pursue thmr thtferenoes bj fi ra tnm l.,.t «o auhinit them to the Diet. which *r»tt *tu-.«j.t a uk-.í.,. btr oMmi ofaCome'mkm. íf thia ahoetd no» aucceed, and a jurídica aentoncc boo-uK-s ueeossarv. recourse «hall be had to a wt-ll-orgum ■• .lustrar»/ « '.mrt i¿ém*tr*gaé faurranaaa), to «he decaaaeaa oí « h« l. t:u < llMllilIfl fl til ■ are to subiuit witliout appnai Annci.K bxiv. Tfce Artielos oomprisod undor the title of I'nrt.irufnr ./rm?f¿¡rwatts, ni the Áct «>f the tit-nnanif ConfoJeiattoni, » umaej to»the preient Gepmd Treaty hoth in original and iu » Fioni'li translation, shall llave tile su: k- {bree and validuv as if thcy «ere toxtuully insertad hercio. ARTICLE 1AV. Thé ancient United l'mvincos of ¿he X'othorlarids and the late Belgie Pi <>• vincea, both \*rithin the limita fheed by the following Article, shall form, t.>- feether w íth the (_'<>untries and TerritOríes deaíguated in the same Article undor the Novcroignty of His Royal tíighnee* the Prince of Orango N. i, fcaU) Soverclgh Princeof the United Ptovinoes, tlio kirigdom of the Netl latid», hcreditarS' in the oidor of suoce —ion ab< ady ef the t'onstitutí»»n of the ¡suid United Provine©». The title and the prerc- gativea of the Roy al dignity are ricogiiisoil by all tlic l'omrs In the fjoup of 0,-aiigc->íassau. AKTKLE JLN.V1. Tlic lino ooiupri*dng the territorios which. eotnpi se the kiijgilom of tlw TSVthorlands, is tleterm i netl iII the Éollowing iiiaiiiior : — II leaves the sea, and extendí aloiig the frontiera of Planee 011 the sido o¡ the Netberlar»ds, aa rectified and fixod by Vr««-h IH ot the Treaty of i'ar- of the SOtb IVlay 1814, to the Mease ; thenee along the nme firontiera to tb< «ild limits of thé'Jiiehy of LHXemho»BWg. Protn thia i ■ nit it fi.1 lows 11ahi tion of the limits >>erv%, ei. 'nt Dttcby and fbe aiieieii. Bisbojiriek ofLiegi-, till it me> ts (to trie aoiith of Deiílelt) tlie western tianita «•!" that cantón, B*l that of iVlalnit.'lv , to the poini wherethe latterreachea the limita betareen ow oíd departmonts of the Ourtlic and the Roer ; it trien fidlow» the«e lirñlrá to arhere tliey touch til ose of the fermer Preñe h cantón of Bañen, in the Duchy of Limbarg, and fbflowing the western limit of that cantón, in a northerly direction, leaving- to the- i¡-' t ■ anaadl part ol the former Prendí canten of Aubel, jotns the point of contact of tbe^ three oíd departmants ol the Ourthe, the Lowcr Mease, and the Roer; purtiiijr a^ain íVoin this point thia line lollowa that which divides tlie two latter depautmenta, until it renches theWorm (a river fidling into the Roer), and froes alon^ thi-* river to the point where it again reachea the limit of theae tw<» depertmenits, puraeea tln^ lin.it to the aotlth ot Hillensberg (the oíd department of the Roer) frot'i •- tunee it reajacenda to «henorth, and leaving Hillenaberg to the right l dividing the cantón of .Sittard into two nearly equál palta, ?o tbat^Sit tard and Seateren remará en the lefr, it reavehea the oíd Dutch territory • frem «henee, leavint; this territory to the left, it goes orí followíno itt easter-i frontiet t<» the point where it touchea the oíd Austrian PHncipadiry of Guel- tlres, OH the side of Rui emonde, and direeting itself towards the DAOSt easl era point of the Dutch territory, to the noi th of Svralmen, continuea to in- cinsc this t<;rritory. J^astly, aetting out from the most eastem point, it joins that part of th Dutch territory in which Venloo ia situated ; that town and iu te ri torybeíng included within it. From thenee to the oíd Dwtch frontier near Moek, sttuated above oeiiep, the line follows the courae of the Meuae at s ¡e¡i ¿. d.stance from the riKht banlt, that all the placea within a thous.'uid Khenintl yarda (It/icht/arjciischc JFt'.thai) from ¡t sha» beloiie, witb their terntoriea, to Che kingdom of the ^etherlanda; it being underatood, how- eaer, as to the recíproeitv of this principie, that the Pruasiea territory shall not at any point touch the Meuse, or approcach it within the distance of a thousand Kheniah yarda. Froiu the point where the line just describe»! roadles the ancient Dutch Erontjer, os lar as the Rhinc, this frontier shall retaaili eaaentially the aaane as It «ras m 1705, betMroen Clevea and the United Prov inces. Thia Une shall be examined by a Commiaaion, which the Ciovernments of Prussia and the Psc- therlanda -hall neme without delay, for the parpóse of pro.•cedí! - to the he most. equitable manner, and the most confonnahh: t<. the mutua] iu- tereata ol the Prussian atatea, and of those of the rsTetherland*. This same irraiigement refera to the lixiug ui limit» m the .üstncts of Kyfwaerd, L*o- th, and in the whole territory as lar as Kckerdom. rhe enclave* of Huiaaen, Malburt;, Lymers, with the town of Seveaaer lordebip of Weel, shall form a part of the kingUom of the Xetherlands ¡ Prussá.in Majesty renoimces them in perpetuity, for Ifimself, IIlS tieirí aml successor». ARTICLE LXVII. 1 bat part of the oíd Duchy of Lukeuiboarg which ia cooiprised in the ,Jf':"ts "PjeiBed in the following Article, ia likewiac cedod to the Sovereign of tiie United Provinces", now Kmg of the Netlicrlantis, to be pos- r . ' " PeJPe*t"*y by Hirn and Ilis successors, in fatl property and aove- 'Vf. The Sovereisín of the ]S*ctberlands shall add to II¡s" titfes that. of "•mil Duke of Uuxembourg, Hia Mmiesty reservine to Ilimself the privi II "26 lege of HaaaTinir stich family nrrangement bcfwscn the Princes Hm iDM, rcU- tive to the suecession 10 the Grand Duchy, as He shall thiuk ConfomwM» ts the intcrcsts of Hia Mouarchy and to I Iis paternal inteutions. The Grand Duchy o i" Luxcinbourg, serving as a compensation for thr principalitiea of Nassau Dillenburg, Siegun, Hadatnar and Dieta?, shall Ioi-uj One ot the States of the Germanie < ion federar ion ; and the Prince, Km^ of the N e therlands, shall enter into the svstoin oí this Confédermtion, a» Grand Duke of Luxemboure, with all the prcrogativos aud privilegia cn- j._>\ed bv tlie otlier Germán Primees. The tovrn <>f La»mboBig. in a military point of yiew, shall be eonatdered as a fbrtresa -f the Confoderation : The Grand Duke shall, howevw, r* the right of appointing the (rovornor añil militare Commandant ol ion re>s subjeet to the approbatiou of theexecutive power of thc Con) ration, and under sneh other conditions a» it may be judged neceasary to estabhsh.in eonformity with the futriré Consrtitution of thc saidConfederation. ARTICUE LXVHI. The Grand Duchy of Luxcmbourg shall consist of all the territory aitat- ated between the iMngdom of the Netherlands, as ¡t has been desigrrtated I Artiete LXVI, I-Vanee, the M uelle, safaras the mouth of the Sui e th course of the Sure, as far as the juuction of the Our, and the course ol thii last t iver, as far as the limita of the formar Prendí cantón uf St. Vith, which shall not bt long to the Grand Duchy of Luxi mbourg. ARTICLE LXIX 1 lis Majeaty thc- King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, ■shall prtsseas in perpetuity, for Hianself anel Ilis suecessors, the tul! ai cntirc ¡Sovereignty of that part <>f the Duchy of Bou ilion, which is not ceded to Franee by t he* Troaty of Paris ; and wh ich, therefore, shall be uni tecl t. the Grand Duchy oí Lu\oinhourg. Dispute* havi'ng arisen with respect so the said Duchy of Roui the competitor who shall legal ly establish his right, iu the inanner her specitied, shall pee se as, in fuU property, the snid part of the Duchy, as w .s enjoyed by the last Duke, under "the Sovereigiaty of His BCajesty th Kins of the Netherlands. Grand Dulce of Luxembonnj. This decisión shall be inade by arbitration, and be witlinut appeal. this parpóse thc-re shall be appointed ;t eertatñti numbei of arbitra tora, by eacb of the two eompetitors, and others, to the number of tbrw, by CÍÓ urts of Austria, Prussia, and Sardima. They shall asscuilile at Ai Chapelle, as sooti as the state of t he war and other j-í icuuistances may adai of it, and the:r determinaron shall be made knowu «rrthin six asonths MOB their firsl mn ting. c In tiie intei im. Hia Mtajesty the King ol" the Netherlands, Grand Duke i I L.»l5cembourg, shall hold in tru>t the property of the said part of the Du ' of Douiilon, in order that 1 le muy sestore it, togother with the revei. • the provisional adminastrjstáon, to the competitor .o whose favoiir tb» • trato ra shall decide ; and I lis said Majestv shall indenasñfy bina Surtiré of the revé noca urising from the rights of Sovc.reig >ty, by means ot i eq litable trrangement. Should the restitutiou fall to Prince Charlea • Rohan, this pr.-.perty. when in his possesion, shall be regulatecl by the Isa •of thc substitution which eonstitutes his .titic chereto. *7 ARTICLE IAX. T ITs TMaiosty thc King-of the Netherlands renonnecs, iirpcrpetuitv forllim- Self, His heirs and suecessors, in favour of His MEajesty the Kmg of Prussia, the savereign possession* which th»- Hnusc of Nassau-Orando held in Ger- cnany, namely, the principalitíes of Dillenbargg, I>iet^., 8tc|ren, and Hada- mar, with the lordships of Bcáistein, SUcb as those possessions llave be.e.i» definiti▼dy arranged betvvceu the two branehes of tbe Ilouse of Nassau, by th<- Treaty conelnded st the Haajue osa the i tth July leí t. Hia Alajesty alao renouaCM the princij>ality of PuTda, and tlie other distriets and feer ritories which were secured to Htm by- the 1 Sth Arti« le ot thc principal Recesa of the JExtraordinary Dcputation of the limpire ot the 25th oá" February iso.3. ARTICLE LXX1. The right and order of sucoession, establishcd between the two branehes of tbe botase of Nassau, by the Aet of I7H3, called KTassemitechcT ¿2rfn'rrt:in, ia oonfirmcd, and transferred frorn the four principalitiea of Orante Najíau. to the Grand l>ue¡iy of Luxeiiibourg. ARTICht LXXII. Hia Majesty the Kiiigof the Píi^therlamls, in n niting umler I lis sovcren;nt\ . theCountriea designated ¡n tlie 66th and f»8th Articles, etiters into alí the righta, and takes upon Himsdf all thc cbarges and all thi» stipulated en- kments, relatíve to thc provinces aud thstricts detacbed from Franee b\ the Treaty of Peaee eonoluded at París the .'Joth M:.iy 1814. ARTICLE LXXHl. Tli^ %Iajcst\r thc- rving of the Níetherlands, having reeognised and sanction- • ¿!. under date of the 21 st July 181-4, as the basia of the unión <>1 theBelgi< Provincca with the Lrniteil Frovinees, the eij^ht. Articles contadned ín the iment arasseaced to tlie"present Trí*aty, the said Articles shall bave the me forcé and valulity aa if they were inserted, >v<.>rd for word, in thc presen t instrumeiit. ARTICLE LXXIV. The ietegrity of th" níneteen Cantons, a^- they existed in a política] body, fi >:it the siguature of the Convention of the 2Qth Derember 1813, is recog- rai cd as tbe basis of the llelvetic systarm. ARTICLE LXXV. Thc Valláis, thc territory of GeUCVS, and the prineipality of N'eufeliatel. are anited to Switzerland, and shall form three new eantons. 'Che vufley ol' ■liappes, having fbrmed part of thc cantón of Vaud, is rt^toic-J tO> it.2S ARTICLE LXXVI. Tile bishoprick of Basle and thc city a i l territory of Bicnne shall • e united to the Helvetic Oonfedoration, and iall . fbrm part of" thc camón ■>■. Bcrnc l'Iie following distríets, liowpver, are cveoptod from this last arranfrcmi 1.1 1. A distrir-t of about threc sonare lea^ues in r\fcnt, inclttding the <• mimes of A!t«chvvciler, Schonbuch, Obwrwei !or, 'Por weiler, Ettingen, E tointein, Plotten, Pfeífingen, Acscli. Bnick, Reinach, Arleshcim ; whii h district. shall be united to the cantón of liarlo. 2. A a malí c/?r/(T> /r, situa'od near the villaje of" Neufchatel de Lígnierca, which is at t sont, with respecr to ci\il jurisdiction, dependant apon the cantón of Píe b B-batel, and with rewpe*?t to criminal jll r í sd ietion, UpOO thal ot the bishopriek of" Basle, shall belonir in laII sovcreignty to the PrwiCipaiitJ of Neufchatel. ARTICLE LXXVII. Thc inhabitants of thc bishopriek of Basle and ^hose of Biennc, un ¡te-.! to thc cantiríis of Berne and Ba«le, -hall enjoy, in every respeot, without any distincti. >n of religión ("which shall be nnaintained ín its preseut stute) the same polític a! and civil rifrhts which a.reenjoyed, or may be cii¡oycfi, bv the inhabltanta of the ancinnt parta of the said cantón* : the^' shall, therefore, be equally eompetent to become candidatos for the placrs ol Representativa , and for all nthcr ap)>oi ulments, aooordini¿- t<> the oorist it ntion oí the cantona. Such municipal privilegea as are compatible with the constitution and thc ¿genera' reíjulations of the cantón of Borne, shall be preserved to the toWM Biennc, and to the villajes that foriued part of ítn jurimlirlion The sale of thc national domains shall be confirme»!, and thc feudal riglita and titiles eannot be re-e.-,tah¡ished. Tile respective Acta of the unión shall be framed, oonfonuably to tlie principies above deolared, by Comntissiotis, composed of an oejual nuinber of Di'piuics from eaeh of the dirooliii}^ partios eoncenwd. TboM from the bishopric of Basle, shall be tliosen bv the cantón, from amongüt tile most rminrnt citi^ens of the coimtn'. '1 he said Acta shall be jjuaratitecd by the Svvisa Confederation. All points upon which the partios eannot a^ico. shull be decíded by a court of arbitration, to be named by the I>ict. ARTICbE LXXVII1. The ecKsioii, made by the .'id Artiele oí* the Treaty of Víenna of the l-4th OctobiT 180p, of the lordship of Razüns, inclosed iu the country of the Grisons, htTing expirod ; and líis IVfajesty the Emporor of Austria, beinc restored to all the vights attached to the said |X)sse.ssion, confirma the di*~ position which He nwde of it. by a declara tion, tía. te d the iíOth March líii.'>. in favour of the «anum of the Grisons. ARTICLE LXXIX. In order to ensurc the commercial and rnilitary Communications of the Iowti of Gencva with thc cantón of Vaud, and the rest of ¡Switzcrland ; and witli a view to fulfil, in that respeot, the -íth Artiele of the Treaty ef Paria of" thc :.$Oth May lílM, Ilis Alost Christian Majesty oonsenis so to place the line of CM^tmu-houscs, that thc road which loada from Gencva \ 2í> ¡ato Switz^rland by Versoy, shall, at all times, be free, and that ne^llier tbe poat nor trav cllers, ñor the transport of mercinndize, shall be ¡ntnrruntnH by any examiuai.iou of the oiHeers of the customs, ñor subjected to uuv duty . Jt is eipially understood, that the passaj^c of Svv isa trooj>s <.ui thia roa» 1 ■hall not, in a'iy mannor, he obstrncted. In thc- adklítiona] regulationa to l>e made on this snbject, the cxecuition of the 'l'reaties relative to the IVee COR1 mUnication between the towu of Oeiievu. ,,ii(l the jurisdictioil of IVncy, shall be assuretl in the miniM I most OOn- venu-ii' l" thc iuhabitants of Iso> , >nsenta rh.it the gendarmerie and militia of Genera, after havinar commn— aicated on the aubject vvitli the nearest rnilitary j>ost of" the "Preñeh gon- darmerie, shall jjass on thc higtl road of Moyrin, to and from th<« said ju;-is- tfietion, and tlie towu of (iincva. ARTICLE LXXX. líis Majesty the Iviii^- of Sardinia ce*h'^, that j»art «>f Savov %vhich i* Birtuated between the river Arvo, the Ivhone, the limita ol" that part of Savoy nck'd to France, and the mountain of Salive, as far as Vi'iry inclusivo, tofjetner with that part which lies between the high road called that of the Simplón, the hake of Gencva . and the j)re¡u t which relates to the deinarention above Veiry and on the mountain of Saleve ; ílis said ]\lajesty renoiineinti for l limself and Ilis successors, in perpatniry, without exoeptíon or rcaervation, all ritíhts of sovercigiity, or uther righta which tuay belonff to liiin i vi tiie placea and territorios com- priaed with i n this demarcation. If:^ Mait'sty thc rving t>t .Sardinia abo aerees, that the comnranicatton between the cantón of Genova and the Valláis, by the roatl of the Simplón, shall be eatablisited, in the same mannar a-s it has bcon afrreed t<• by í*"ranee, I tween Geiuva and the cantón of Vaud, bv the route of Versoy. V free coaunan ication shall also be at all times giran ted fbr the Genevete troops, between the terrítory of* Genova and the jurisdiction of «Jussy, and such ' i' ihtie» shall be allowed as mav be necessary fbr proceeding by the JLake to in.- road of tbe Simplón. 1 »u iln- other hand, an exemption froni all duties of transit shall be ted for all naerchandize and gooda which, coming from the states of Hia Majesty thc lvin<; of Sardinia and the free port of Grenoa, shall traversa I <-.,l¡t-t; confined to the .'i.d shall exteiid íieither to the tolla o->tablished Ibr the maintenanCjB • ' tlu roatl, ñor to tluties iev ied on ineirliaiidize or «;oods intended to be i or consumed in the interior. Tbe same resé rva tion ahall apply to *iie oommunication granted to the Sw isa between the Valláis and the j ol Genera; ano! the dtfierewt Gove ni menta, «hall for thia parpóse tik-. such nicasures as, by eonmon agiaamcat, they shall judge necea— •ary, either ibr taxati-oti or tbr preventing contrabaud trade iu their territories. rsspccti vely.:io ARTICI.E LXXXI. | With a vicw to the eatabliahing of reoiproeal eompeHMltoiui, the cantr,n, of Argovia, Varud, Teasin, and ¡si. Gall, shall furnisb to the mu cient eantow of Schwitx, Ünterwald, l ri. Glaris, Zng; Mid Appeo¡DeIl (RhoéU Inter» Bam of moi».¡y feo be applied to |>urpoees of pubhc inttroclian, and t. ■lucncM of pmnJ edministretion, bul priUjcipaHy to the formcr ot;n" i, tlic- said cantona. x. The quota, immici of peycuent, and división off tras pscuniiiy <• penaation, are fixcd as follows : The cantona of A.rgovia, Vaud. and St. Gell ahall fureish to tbe cai»l of Schwttx, Ünterwald, lTri, Zug¿ Glaris, aasd Appensell ( Jihodc Mmterim a Riad of 500,000 ísk livres. Each of tlie lormer cantona sliail pay the infeereat oí its quota, at tl> n of five per cent per annuro, or heve the option of discharging the prin< either in money or funded property. The división, either of the peyment or receápt of tfaeae funda, ahall bt made eccording to the seule of contributiona laúd down fbr providing • federal ejcpences. . . The cantón of Teaain ahall pay cvery yekr to the cantón oí Un, a m of the produc t- of the tolla in the Eevantinc valley. ARTICLE LXXXH. To put en end feo the disceaaiona which heve ariten, with résped to the runda placed ¡n Englend by the cantona of Zurich and Iler11 e, it ia determinad: i That the cantona uf Berne and Zurich ahall preserve the propertj oí funded capital as it existed in 1H()3, at the per ind. of the dissolution of thj Helvetic ««ivcrnim'iit, and shall receive the interest thereof fiom Jantaj lst, 1K1S. • 2. That the accumulated interest dne smee tlie year 17<»8, np to \l\ VW isi». inclusive, ■hall bu appKed to the paysnent of the reeneiuing cepita the national debt, known under the denomination of the Helvetic debt. 3. That the surplus of the Helvetic debt ahall reflaain at the charee oí other cantona, thosc of Berne and Zurich bciug exoneras**) by the ah urran»emcnl. The quota of each oí the cantono, whic h reinain ehaeged ' this surplus, ahaH be caacnlated aud paíd according feo the proportion fixH loe the contri butiona de atañed to deéVay federal expanee*. The countn-s <• crorporated with Switzerland since 1813 shall not be assessed on aecou- the oíd Helvetic debt. . . Iff ¡i shall happen that an overplu» remoini aftei discharging the debt, Afta* overplu» shall be divided betweett the cantona of Berne and Zun in the proportion of their respective capitula. The saine- regulations shall he observed with regard to thoae other " the documenta concerning which are depositad in the cuatody ol th I sióont of thi' Diet. ARTICLE To eoneiliate disputea respeetsng Awdm aboliahed without indemniñcati an indemnity shall be givea feo persona who are ownen of auch lamds\ for the purpose of avoidmt: all further difseresaeés on this subjee* i l the cantona oí Berne and' Vaud, the latter shall pay to the govercunesa 31 of Tierno, the sum of 300,000 Swiss livres, which shall he sha red bctwecn the Berueao chúmanta, proprietors of Jasad». The pay menta shall be made at the rafee of a fifth part each year, ooromencing finan jTanuary i, ísib". articee lxxxiv. The Declaration of tbe SOth March, addre«acd by the Allied Powers who ¡ti aed the Treaty of Paria, t<> the Diet of the Sw iss Confederation, end •••• pted by the Diet through the Act of Adhesión of May -rth. is confirme I in the whole of i ta tenor: and the principies eatabliahed, as alao the arrange- menta agreed upon, in the aaid Declaration, ahall be invariably maintainejo. ARTICLE The frontiers of the atetes of Ilis Majesty the King efSardinia shall be: On the side of Franco, auch as thcy «rere f>n the lst of Januury 17.92, «vitfa the exception of the changos efiected by the Treaty of Paria of .SOtlí May 1814. On the side of the Helvetic Confederation, surh as thev eúated oa the lst of Jannary 1792, with the exception of the change produced by the O añon ir» favour of the cantón of Oeneva, as specified b'.' the SO;!» Articlc of tbe |iu scnt Act. On the side of tht; states of ílis Majesty the Kmperor of Austria, snrh as they existid o>i the lst of Jannary 1792"; and the Conven tion coneluded ■en i'li» ¡1 hfajestiesthe Empresa MÍariaTheresa, and the King of\Sardinia, «a the 4tfa October í 751, ahall be reciprocally confirmed in afl its stipula- tions. On theaide of the states of PermS sM8 Placentia, the frontler, us far as it eoucerna the ancíent states of the: King of Sardinia, shall continué to be the same as they wen: on the lst of Januarv 1 7.9'J. rhe borden of the fbrraer states of" Genoa, and of the countried called Im- penal rTiefá, united to the: states of Ilis Majesty the King of Sardinia, ac- cordiug to the folio» mg Articlc?.*, shall be the lame ¡h thoae, v. J i,.!, on the lst Ot Jainiary 17f)2. separat.-d fehose countriea from the ata tes of Parnia and rlacentia, and from thoae of Tuscany and >'•■ >• a. Tbe ialand of Capraria, havrng holont' Ilis Sardinian Majesty," and the said Act, auch ai it ís annoxod t<> tliis Generad Treaty, shall be considere*] as a¡> integral pan tlu-roof, and shall have the same forci.' and validity, as i!' it «i'n; textualh inserted intlio presen! Artielo. A RTÍCLE LXXXIX. Tho countriea ealled Imperial Fiefs, fórmerly united to the ancient Liguríaa republic, tro definitively united to the states of Ilis Majesty the K.u Sardinia, in the samo naanner a-- tho rc-i of tlic- Genoese states ; and th< i habitants of these couiitrii's shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as tliosi of tbé .«lates ol" Gcnoa, speciiied in tlie preceding Articie. ARtICLE XC. The right that the Puwcrs who sijuncd the Treaty of París of tlic SOta May 18 14, resorved to th om sel vos by tho ¿iil Artiete of that Treaty, ■ fbrtifying such points ol" Their states as they might ¡udge proper fbr TI ei safety, is equally reservtd, without restriction, to Ilis Majesty the King Sardinia. ARTICLE Xf I. His Majesty the Ring of Sardinia «-edo.* to tho cantón of Genera, districta of Savoy, designated iu the BOth Articie above recitad* auscording to the eonditions specified in the Act, intituled ** Cossio:\ toado by II i - ¿V lu- jes! v* the Ring of Sardinia to the cantón of Geneva.** 'xtiia Aet shall be considerad a-- an integral part of this General Treaty, to which it. is ann< ced, and shall have the same forcé and validity as if it «rere textual ly inserted in the j)rcscn( Articie ARTICLE XtTI The provinces of Chablaia and Faucigny, and the whole of the territory : fsavoy to the north of l'jjino. belonging to Mis Maje>t\ the fving of Sardinia, shall fbrtn a part of the neutral i ty oí Switzerland, as it is recognísed ; guaranteed by t be Powers. Wlicacvc r, therofore, the neighbouring powers to Swritzcrland are in a Bti <>f opeo or impending hostilitj , the troopa ol" Ilis Majost\. the Ring of Sar- dinia wliich mav be in those provincea3 a hall retire, and rnay fbr that purposr, pas* through the Valláis, it neeossary. No other trnied rroops of aBy otfirr nowar shall have the prtViiege ot passirig throogll or romsiining in the salo territoriea and provinces, < xcepting those which tne Satiaa Con federa ti on shall think pri per t» place there ; it being well understood, that this «tete of thini ahall «tot in any niannc r interrupl the administración ol" those countries, i" which the civil agenta <>f Ilis Majesty the Ring of Sardinia may tilcewiaa '"ni] loy tho municipal guarda fbr the preservation of good order. 33 ARTIC LE XCIII. fu pursttatataB of the rcnunci.itions a«rree«l upon by the Treaty of París ol Che 30tll TNIay 1814, the Power.-, «rho sign the present Treaty, recoj;-iiize Ili". Majes ty Oí/ Enipcror of Austria, ITis heirs and suecessors, as leu iti mate ga of the provínoos and territorios v, bioh had heon ceded, either wholly or in part, by the Treaties of Campo-Forano »»f \7'.)~, °f Luneville of 1801, of Preaburg of 1805, by tho Additional Convention of Fontain- bleau of l.SOT", and by the Treaty ol" Vieuna of !«<)«) -. the possession of «rhich provinces and torritones Ilis Imperia] aml Roy al Apoatolic >lajost> obtained in oonsequeuee of the last war : Bttch as. Istría, Austrian as well as ■tofbre Venetian, Dalmatáa, the ancient Venetian isles of tho Adi iatu:, the m >utha of the Cattaro, the eity of Veniee, x\ itíi its water*, as \%-«-H as al! the other provinces and «iistriets of the fórmerly Venetian State** ot the Terr* Firma, apon the left bank of the Adiiíe, the duoliies of Milán and ¡Mantua, ti . principalitiea of Bñxen and Trente, the ooutitv of Tyrol, the Voralberg, Austrian Frtoul, the ancient Venetian Frioul, the. territory of Mónte- me, the govommont and town of Trieste, Carniola, IJpper Oarinthia, C alia on the ríght of the Savc, Fiume, atíd the I Iungariali l^ittvru/i\ and the district of Castua. ARTICLE Xt n Ilis Imperial and Roval Apostolio Majesty shall untte to I lis monareh> , to be possessed by Hiin and Ilis auccessors, in fu 11 property and aovereignty ; 1. Ui-s:reccdin£>; ArticIeS, tii.- frontiera of the otates of Ilis Imperial and Royal Ajiostolie Majesty, in Italv. shall be : • l". On the aide of the stares of Ilis Majesty the Ring of Sardinia, such as they «ore on the 1 st of Januarv 1 7 9 - - 2. On the side of the states of Parma, Placentia and Guaatalla, the eourse of the l\>, the lino of demareation fbllowing tho '/'Afi/tvcí- of the rivi-r. 5. On the side of the states of Modena, such as thoy vi ere on the 1 st of Janoary 1702. 4. On the sido of the Papal states, the eourse of the. Po, as far as the mouth «•>f the Coro. 5 On tho side of Switzerland, tho ancient frontier of Lombardy, and that •rhich soparates the vallies of the Valteline, of Uorinio, and Chiavenna, Iroiu iKc cantons of the Gris-ouí, antl the Tessino. In thoae places vvhero the ttmiwmrg of the Po fortns the frontier, tt II ARreed, that tlie chances wliich the eourse of tho river mavy undergO_ shall not, in future, in any way affect the property of the islands tberein o«)ntained. K34 ARTIOJL.E XCVI. Tlie general principios, adoptar! by tlic CV>ngress at Vicnna, for the ,..>■ gation of rivers, >e appli< able to tliat of the l*o. Couunissioners shall be nanieil by the stat.c.s borderhig on rivers, tritl three months at Ltlest ufter tlio t.Tiiiinatioii oí the CoagreiSi ti» regúlate* that coucitus tlic cxocuíiou of Ujc present Artielc. AltTICLE Xí.VII. As ii is indispensable to pv isr i i i i. to the ostablishment knowa by t!i ñame . >t' the Mout-TNnjK.U-'m at Milán, the iimaiis of tulnllinp- it- ei «fugcirioiits touarila its ereditr*rs ; it is agreed, that the laasded and <>lh> I.iuiiovcalile j»ro|Kitv of tlivs establithmwit, in cuuntrios which fonned jo ot" tlie arwient kinraon of Ituly, and tsave -mee passed tmder the «oven ni<-nt of liüforciit Prinoos of Italv. as Wall as tlie capital belongitiaj to Üm -a. T»stnMifthraer»t placed out at i n te res t in these diffhrrnl countrics, shall b approprialod to the sumo ohjUCt* l'he unfunded and unliquidated debts of tlie Mont-Napoaeon, sucli as Ü)u<. arisiiio- froiu the timil of íta charges, or from any other inórense of" the ouí go¡n<*s of this establiihment, ^11;>11 be divided between the territorios whic composed the lato kiugdoOT ot" Itnly ; and this división yhall be regúlate ■w < nuli n ii to the joint basca of the ir populación and reveo ue. The iSovereigns of the said countries shall aoooiri; tJommissioiiors. vritfli the space of tluvi monlhs, dating from the terinination of the f'on", t< arranpr with Austrian (.'Diinnissiom-ni whaícviT relates to this object. Thj" CeaMDission shall assoinbK: at Milán. AHTÍCLE XC VIII. IIís Royal (I i gimes a the Archduke Fruncís d'Eete, líis boira and su- i i sor'-, shall poaaess, in full souecoignty, the Ouehies of Modcna. R« and "SI i raínlohi, such as they existod at the signature of che TVeat} of Oarup Fonn ¡o. The Arehduohess Maria Iícatricc O'Est.e, II<*r heirs and siurcssors possess, in full sovereignty aud peoperty, tho Ducliy of Massa, and the J qipajity of l'arrara, a* weU .;s tlic fñaparía! Fiéis m La Iiiinig,ianii Til;- latter nuj be applied r<> the purpoae of exfhanges, or other errauge mentí, mude by COlStnoo coii.ü nt, ana aecordint^ to mutual convenida • with Ilh. [niserial Flíglinrm the Grraud Duke of* Tuse uy. The rights oí" succession ansí reverá ion, establiahed in the branches < Arch ducal ; lniucs of Austria, relativo to the duchies of Modssja, Ib • ajad iNIi i .inilola, and the principulitios ofM.as.sa and La; rara, are uruscrn (I ARTILLE XCIX. Iler Majesty ti)»» Bmpreaa Maria Louisa shall possus», in full property tr. f-nvcrci^ah , the duohies of Harina. Plaoontia an«l v comrrron eotrsent with the Courts of Austria, Russia, Franco, ¡Spain, EStkglaad atid Prussía due renard being had to the ri^ht* of reversión of the Ilouse of Austria, an of His Majesty the King of Sardirna. to the said countries. ARTICLE C. Ilis Imi>erial fli-liness the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, is rc-esta- blisbed, llimself, His heirs and suooossors, in all the rights of soveiei^nty :md j)roj^rty, in the giand duchy of Tuscauy and its «Jependencie.s, vliieb II;- possessed previous to the Tr«>aty of Lune\ i lie. Tile sripnlations of the s.'«ond Article of the Treaty of Vienna, of the 3d ofO tober, lf3i, between the Kni|>eror f.'i.arles VI and the King of Franco, |.- ui.i. !i the other pwcra acceded, are fully rcncwei ia fanur of His fm- pena] Ilighness and Ilis descendants, us well as the guáranteos resultiug from til ose stipidations. There shall he hkcwise united to the said graud duchv, to be possossed m full property and SOVOreignty bythe <»'i and JUuke 1 < rtlinand. I lis heirs and cleso-ndants ; 1- The state of the Presídii. C. That part of the islaud of Klbr», mid its apjiu i tcn.inpcs, which were under the .suz.t. ruine té of Ilis Majesty the SLing of the Tvro Sicilies before the yes i- i «oí. 3. The A-u-t raitictv and soveroignry of the priucipality of Piombino and its tupeiidencies. i be Prinoe Liulovisi hhall likewise preserve Ilis right of tishory, and enjoy M entile exemption from duties, as «T«ll for tile exportation of the produce Ot liiv nwncs, founderi.-s, salt mines, and doonains, for the itnpKjitation ol wood and other articles m-.c. < revenues the MMniTy of the latter derived frorn the orown duties, bofore l>e year lHOl. In <-aso any dilhcuities shouhi at ise iu ili^ valuation of this ' mnity, the partios concerned shall rafee the decisión to tJ.e Courts of * leona and Sardinia. 4. The late Iniperial Hefs of Vernio, Montauto, and Monte Santa Maria, JViiig vMthm tlie Tuscan Mato. ARTIC LE CI. Th I tu prmcipality of Lútea shall be possessed in full sovereignty bv Her lir^.' * *«f«nt Marta Louisa. and Hor «lescendants, in the dnect rnale prui.-ipality is erectod into a duchy, and shall liav.- a forni of ^overn- toundad upon the principies of that which it reoeived in I8U5. Une TI Jntrit A ci , ," an,'«"ty <>f 500,000 franca shall be addod to the rovenuc of ti íe prin- oJr. íi^ .I"Ut 0!l' which His Majesty the Kinporor of Austria, aud His Itn- Highness the (irand Duke ot Tuscanv, engage lo pay re.rularlv, as r"HaS *:''c"n,8ta,,ces do not admit t.f proruriníí another < stablishni. íit r a*ajsjsáj« the Infant Mana Louiaa, Hor son, and tais descondants.3€> This tMWkV b*' ■pecially mortgaged upon the lordshrps tu Ihdirn. known bv the ñame oí Uavaro Palatino s which, m c;use ot the duohy .,1 Lucca reverting to th.Or.od Duke of Tusca»v shall Ijc tr.,,1 tro.» th.s charge, and shall a-ai» form a pai t of the prívate domam ol II.s Imperial and Roya! ApóstoltC Majesry. ARTICLE < II- 'l'he duehy of Lucra sliall revcrt to the Orand T>ukc of Tuse i . «Ither i El oase of its bcooinitlg vaoant by the death of Ilor Majestv the Infi Mana Louisa, <>r of Iler son DonCiriot| and of their direct melédeecendantt -or i» case the I»fant Miña Louiaa or Her direct heira shonld obtain anj establishment, or aucceed to another branch of their dynastj The Orand Duke ot' Tusoany however, encaget, should the said revei fall to Him, t< > eede to the UuVc«- of Modcni, as soon as lio ahall h:iv<' en' luto poaaession of the principality of Luci:a, the followiog territoriea : 1. The Tuscmiv (listi i<-ts of TivizaiKj, Pietra Santa, and Barga 2. The trueca distriots of Casti»Iionc, and Oallicano, lying within the statos of Moaena, as w rll afl those of iVIinueiiano anrt Aloiite-Ignosc, CU tiguous to the country of I^Ia^sa. ARTICLE t III. The Marches, witfa Camerino, and their dependencáee, as well as the duch¿ of lioncvento and the princ ipality of Ponte-Corvo, are restored to the The Holy See shall resumí; pussessiou of the legations of Ravcnna, Bologn* nml Fcnaia, with the exception «»f that part <>i Penara which i« aituated on the ieft banlt of the Po. Ilis Imperial and Roya] ApoatOÜC IM.ijos-tv and Ilis suecessors ahall liave the ri^jht <>i placitig garriaona at Per raí a and t o un machi o. The ínhabitanta of the coantriea who rctuni under the goeui uineut of toe IIoK See, in ( imsecjiieniv ot the atipulations t>f Congreaa, ahall enjoj benefit of the itftfa Artiele of the 'Preaty of Puris of the 3r>th Maj 1814. All aeqoiaitiona nade by icadiriduata, i» virtue of a titlc acknowledgi legal by the exieting lawa, an to he considered as good, and the arrangem« > • neecssary for the gu.arant.oe ot the public debt and thr- payment of pon?' «hall be sottled by a particular Convention between the oourrs of líomc • - V ie»na. ARTICLE ( IV. Ili- \Iajestv tving Fer»li nand IV, Ilis he i ra and aiaceeeaora, i* reatored i the throne of JN'aplos, and lie; Mayeaty is acfcnowledged b\ the Powera • • lving of tlie Two Siciliee. AllTKI.E CV. The Powera, roi n^ni/int» the Rustico of the chura*of Ilis Roya! HighncM the l>rinoe Rcgent ot" Portugal and the Brazils, upon the towu of Olive •and the utticr territorios ceded to Spain by the Treaty of JUadajos of iWli •7 and viewing the restitutio» of tfie same as a nicasiire nee-'s.1uCl' a& uC..^-e the diflicultios whieh oppoaed the ratifica ti on on th<- part "f Ilis Royal Ilighness the Prino-o Regent of the Icingdoma of Portugal the H>:-asils, of thf Troaty sigr.e«l on the 30th of May 181 í, betwoen Por and Flanee } it is íleterminefl, that the atipulationa i.-ontained in the li^th Artiele of that Treaty, and all tln»se arhich relate to it, stiall be of no h..t with the conseut ot all the Powera, the proruioni oontañn •» n ti • ¡ollowiug Artiele shall be substitutetl fot" them, and which ahall aleñe I. • conaidered as valid: with thia exception, all the other chuses of thr abore TVeaty of Paris shall be naaintainea, and regarded as mutually bindiag on tlic two CJourta. ARTICLE CVII. Hia Royal Htghnesa the Prinoe Regcnt of the Kin^doms of Portugal and t'ie Braaiia, wishing to give an unctpiivocal |>n>of of Ilis high conaioeratton for Ií's Moat Chriatian ndajesty, onga^r--. t-> reatorc Freneh Guiana to Ilis aaid Majesly, hs far as the river 0\a}>oek, the mouth of which is situatod between the fbtirth and fifth drama oi north hatitude, and whieh haa alwaya been eonaidared by Portugal as the limit appointed by the TVeaty of Utreeht. 'l'he periofl for giving up thiacolony shall be iletivinineil, as BOOM Ba rircum- st.iü.es shall pcrinit, h\ a particular ('onuent io» betweeii the two Courte* hihI they shall ínter into a» aiui< able arraqaement, as soon as poaaible, with re- ^.«rd to the definitive demarcation of the limita of Portuguese and Prench Gaíana, confbrraably to the j>re<;ise meaniug of the Btfa Artiele. of the Treaty <,£ l'tioohf. ARTICLE CVIIL TJie Pmvrcrs whosc states are s<-j«irate«l or crosseíl by the sanie narigabla river,engage to regúlate, by cañamón eoneent, all that remanís its oavigatioai¿ ror thia purpose they wil! ñame Comniissioners, who shall assemble, at latest, bin aiz months altor the li iminatánn of the C'ongrt?s.-, and who shall • > '. aa the bases of their proccedi ngs, the principie* estabhshcd by the fbl- lowiog Anieles. ARTICLE C IX. ' • tvigation of the rivers, <*lonj; their wh■ boidoiing on the rivers is to be at the expense of keeptng good repetr the towing paths, whieh pas? throtigh its U-rritory, and o* ma | ii"'pg the necessary vvorks through the same extent in the channela OI ' river, in order that no obstacle may be oxperienced to the na viga tion. The intended rcgulation shall determine the manner in vvlu» h the borde ring onthe riv.-rs are to pan ticá pete in theae latter vvorks, whare the oe i.ositebanks belong to diftcreiit govermnents. ARTICLE CX.IV. There shall no where be established store-housc, port, OT fiorced h.ui> duties Those alroady existing shall be preserved for such time OoJ} ava t» }>tates bordering on rivers (without regard to the local in terest ol the pint- or the countrv -vhere they are established) shall fiad them iiffcssary " ■UMjful to i-.avi¿,..tion and commerce in general. 33 ARTICLE CXV. Tbe eustom-housc. helonging to the states bordering on riv.-rs shall nol ínterfere ha the duties of navigation. Regulatíons shall be eatabliahed to prevent ofricers of the cii'toms, in the exereise of their functiona, throw- ing óbatecles in the way of the navigation : but raro shall he taken, by meaos of a strict pólice on the bank, to preclude every attempt of the iuhubitants tu sinugglo goods, thrOUgh the médium of boetmen. ARTICLE CXVr. Evcry thing expressed in the preceding Anieles shall be settled by a ^ene- ral arraiigcaient, la which thatre shaH aíso be eompriaed «rheteVer BUV need an ulterior determiuation. The arrangement once settled, shall not be changed, but bv and with the consent of all the states bordering on rivers, and they ahall take eure tu provide for its execution with díte regard to eireiunstanees and loeality. ARTICLE CXVII. Tbe particular regulatíons relative to the navigation of tlu; Rhine, the Necker, the Maiue, the M..sollo, the Meuse, and the Scht idt, such as ti.ey ara annexed to the present Act, shall heve ¿lie same forcé and validitv as ff Hr-v «ere t<-xtuall_j inserted herein. ARTICLE CXVIII. The IVeaties, ConVentions, De<-larations. Rigulations, and other partí calar Acta whieh an^ atnnexed to the present Aet, vÍ2; I. The Trcaty bctweeu Russia and Austria of the Stat April ^.id Alay) 2- The Trcatv betv%een Russia and Pmaaia of the 21 st April r.írl Mav» 181 ó ; •i. I he addáttoaal Treaty r«diitive tt> ( 'rarmv, bet .veen Austria, Prussia •ad Ruaaia, of the 2lst April (3ti Alay) 1815 ; Tl»eTreaty between Pruaaím and Sexony of the t sth Mat ísis ; 5. fiie Dielaration of the King of tíaxonV reapeetmg the" rights of the Ilouse <>f Sehceriburg, of the ISth Man 1815; o. rhe Treat\- between Praaaáa and Haunoeer of the :j;nh Mav ísi .■> ," 7- ThvConventir.n between Prussia and che tiraoij i Vuke of Ñaxc-Weiniar r,f th. i mi June 1S 1 :> i 8. The Convention between Prussia and the IJuke and Prince oí' Níkshu the .íist May ISta ; 9-_The Aet concernirle che Federetive Constitution of Germán y of tlie sth Jone 1R16 ; 1«. The Treaty between the King of the Xetherlands. and Prussi.,, Em lanc!, Austria, and Russia, of tlu- 31 st May 1815 ; 11 The Iíeelaration of the Powers on the Allairs of (he Ilelvetic Coafe- ttion of the 20th Mardi, and the Aet of Acc:«Íüu of the Daei of the M IV 18 15 z4© 12. The Protocof of the 29U1 Marcli 1815, on thc Cessions made by tlie fving of Sardinia to the Cantón of Gcneva ; 13. TlicTn-aty bctwcen thc King of Sardinia, Austria, Bnffland, Russia, Prussia, and Franco, of the 2 1 st May 1815 ; 1!, The Act intitled " Conditions which are to sen-e as the bases of thc ( nion of the States of Oenoa with those of His Sardinian Majes ty;~ 15. The Declaration of the Power» on the Abolition of the Slave Trad,-, of the 8th February 1H15 ; 16". The Begulationa respectinn the free navigation of Rivera ; 1". The Regulation eoncerninu; thc preoedence of Jíiploinatie Agento, shall he eonsidered as integral parta of the ai-ranareinenta of tb* Congr and shall llave, throughout, the sanie forcé and validity a» íi* t.hey arere serted, word for word, in the Oeneral Treaty. ABTICLJ3 CXIX. All the Powcrs assemblod in Congress, as well as the Pn.iros and1 (Y •■ towns, who have concurred in the arraiigements apecified, aad in the A. £rmedj ¡11 tlií-s Ocneral Treaty, are invited to accede to it. AKTICLE Thc Fnnrli langungo having beeri exclusivcly cmployed in all tfae copie! of the present Treaty. it is declared, by the Powera who have concurre*] this Act, thart the tise made ot'that langna<£C. si .all not be construid into a ¡ . eedont for the f iturc : rve.rv Power, therefbre, reaervea to itaelf the adopti in futun: Ne.ü'ooiatioiis aiul (íonventions, the language it haa heretoióre en ploycd in its diploinatic relations ; and this TreaK shall not be citad prec.edent lontrary to the establ i.-died praefice. ARTICLE CXXI. The present Treaty shall he ratiried, and the ratifícate mi exchnnged ix moutiis, and by the Court of Portugal in a A copv ot tilia Oeneral Treaty shall he dcpi (,'ourt and State of Uis Imperial and Rojal A jj : ___....____A ^----,.f ir,,..,,„„ »».;—£. posta >1 ¡ele have signed this Act, the Archives of ÜM n uno olhu; i ji> j ijipi i i'u tiim ,vuv«t 1 n jjtjsnn ■« "n. INlajestv, at \'it-mia. in case any of the Courts of Europa shall thirik proper to coiiswlt the original text of thia instmment. In faitfa of which the respective Plenipotoutiar:» and have affixed thereunto the seáis of their arms. Done at Vicuña the O/th of June, in the vear of aw I-ord isi >. (Thc Signatures f'ollow in tht: aipfaabeticad order of the (,'(im ts.) AP^/A', . .IOAC|ITL\[ LOBO «la SILVKIRA. The Prince «le HARDF.NHEIK;. The Barón de FIÜHBULDT. The Prinee «le RASOUM OFFS K Y. The Count de STAl K.'.LBERíi. The Count de NESSELRODE. The Connt I HARLES-AXEL de JL.OW- EMIIELM. o ;uid cxeepl the reservation made to of d«c MYcaty. / sluntvia vf the--18 15. * w ' M May In the N'.iiTie of th<- Most IIí»ly and L'rneaw ; and wjahíng ut tht; »mc time to exti 'ni the eflccts of this ben«*vo- lent diapoaition to the proviriccs and distriets which coui|)Ose«! the. ancient 'viiifidotn of Polaml, b\ meana of auch liberal arrangemeñta as eírrumstaiiccs have permitted, and by placíng the íntercouraie of" tfae i n habitan ta, in r«*speet to comoierce, upon tl>*» most advanjtage°ua foot^ner; have agreed to eonelnde üvo •ej irat< Treatiea, one between Russia and Austria, and the other between Ote formar il>.»v\v'r and Pmaaia, i:i order to c*>mpri&e th«.-rein, the •^•«.nttral en- gagementa coxamon to the tfaree Powera, as v.cH a^ the «tijmlations which ern theno ¡ndividnally. Their Iinj^erial Majest\ps hjaye for this pur- nan ed, fbr Tht-ir « jiarate 'Prcaty, thc fldlow i nf^ Plenipotentiaries t ' I; Majesty the Etnperor of all the Bnsaias, the Sieur Andiear, Count «le Ka oamonnky, His Prtvy t "ounseilor, Kniefat of the Orden of St. Andrea» ;:'i<'. >t. Alexander !^íewrslcy, Orandr-Orosa ot the Order of St. Vl<>«Iimir, and Ihs prineipal Plenipoteaitiary at the C.'ongress. V 1! Ihs Alajcsty the Empero»' of Austria, ihe. Sieur Clemi-ut-Venocslas- L thaire, Prynce do Metteruich-Winnebonr¡i,-í)i.hs«-nhaus«>n, Ivnight of thá Goldcn Pleecc, Grand-l.'ross of the Boyad Order of St. Stepheri of Ilungary, Kniglit of the (ir«ler» of St. Andrew, of St. Alexar.dc-r Ni'ivsky , án«l of St. anne < f the First CJlass, Orarnl Cordorl of the Legión of Honour, ICnigiat ' tfae Ordera of thc- Klephant, of the Supremc Order <>f the Ammnciation, * i the Ulack Fasrlo and the Red ELairle, of thc Seraphim, of St. «Toscpb of M42 Tuscany, of the Ordern of St. Hubert, of the Gol den Eagle of Wurtcm. berg, oF Fidelity of Haden, of St. John of Jerusalem, and of sevcral others ;CFiancellor of the Military Order of Maria-Theresa, Curator of the Acadcmy of the JFine Arts, Ghaiiiberlain, intímate and actual Councillor His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, K.ing of Hungary and Bohemia, Hu Minister of State, of Conferences, and of Forcign Aftairs,' anc territory of I free. town of C'racow. It shall also form the frontier between Gallicia u "that parí of the. ancúnt Duchy of Warsa» umted to tlie dominions of lí IVIajesty the Emperor of ali the Russias, as far as the eaviroas of the town al ííawichost. The land frontier from Zawichost to the Bug shall be determined 1>' line designated in the Treaty of Vieima of I8O0, with auch modificationí as, by oommon «on?ent, it may be thought neressary to introduce. Tlie frontier from the Bug, sfiall be rc-established on tlns síde, TjctwCcn ti two.empires, such.as it was before the said Treaty. ARTICLE TV. Tile city of C'racow, as well as the territory designat.od in the additionJ Trca*y, signed in common by the Courts of" Rnssia, Austria, and Prus.-ia. ;ire fdeelared free and independent. ARTICLE "V. The Diichv of Warsnvv, «xccj>ting the parta whieh liave hcen otherwi» disposed of, in virtue of the above Anieles, and by the Treaty sign< 1 same day betweea Their Majestics the ■ Emperor of Bussia and the King 01 TVussi.ij is united .to the empire of Bussia, to whieh it shall be Ír,revocabIl attached by its constitution, and be possessed by I lis Majesty the Emperor ' all the Russias, His heirs and succtssors, for ever. Ilis Imperial M»J«*9 43 reserve» to Himself the rigfit of giving totliis State, enjoying a distinet ad- ministration, such interior improvement as He shall t'hink propor. He shall add to His other titles that of «"zar, King of Poland, agreeably to the form established fbr the titles attaehod to His other possossions. The Poles, subjeets, resjM-ctively. of the High Contracting Parties, shall ohtai n a representation, and national institutions regulated confbrmably to the system of poütieal existence> that eaeh of the Govemmenta t.> whieh they belong shall think it uscful and convenieot to grant them. ARTIC'LE VI. lf the "mhabitants and land-owners of the eountries separated in vii-tue. of the present Treaty should wish to so t tic under another Government, they shall be allowed six ycars to rli«posc of their property, movcablc or inimovo- abie, of whatever naturc it may be, to solí it, to qutt the eountry, and to export the produce thcrcof 111 speeic-, or in any other dcscnptioii of nionoy, without any itnpctl'mi'nt or drawbaek whatever. ARTICLE VII. A complete, general, and speeial amnesty shall be granted to all indivi- duáis, of whatever rank, sex, or eondition they inav be. ARTICLE VIH. Iti eonsequence of the preoeding Article, no individual shall in futuro be proseo u te dor disturbed, in any maimcr whatever, on aceoimt of his direct or ■ndkect participatioii in the political, civil, or military events that llave taken place in Poland at any period. All artions, pi oec cutió na or auita, shall be considered as at an end ; sequestrat ions and provisional confiacmtiona shall be taken aéF, and any act prooi-ediiiEr upon such grounds, shall no», be fol- I nved up. ARTICLE IX. í rom these general regulations on the aubjeet of confiseations are exee|.»te«l those casos 111 vthich ediets or lentenoea, finally pron< unced, have already enfislly i vecuted, antl have not beeu aimulled Oy subsequent events. ARTICLE X. The cnriduion of a subject of both íiovermnenls, as lar as pnjperty is r'.ncorned, shall be aeknowledged and maintaiiicd. ARTICLE XI. Every infli\idual w lio possosses -propfrxy under more tlian one Ciovern- r.t shall be obligecl, in the course of a year, ilating from tln- day of" the ra- :ation of the pre.sent Treaty, to makc tfie declaration of tiis settled abode,44 in wrrt,nK, beíbre t>M Magiatrate of the nearest city or town or before the €omn,an3crof the ne.re»t district, or before the nerest civil authoiity in the countrv that he may have chosen for his re«idence. This declaratio,,, whích the above MaKistrate or other authority is to trausmit to the superior «Ufchority of the pro vinca», rcndor» him, as to his person and BMHlf, exelu «ively the subject of the Kovercign ir. whose States he has l«ed his abode. ARTICLE XII. AVitli Mnwct to minora, or other persona who are undor the caro of guar- dhxns, such^nardians «hall be obliged to make lhen«w«y declaration at the appointed time-. ARTICLE XIII. Ifauy individual, possessii.tr property under botl. Ciovern menta shail kmm nearlected, at the c..d of the preacribed tern. of a year, to make the decli 'm of h a final abode, he ¿hall be eonaidered as a «ubject. oí tl.e IW, hx arfeos» States he las. resided ; Lis sileiwe, ni thw caso, bemg consu., a* a tacit deoiaration to that effect- ARTECLE XIV individual, possi-sMng propc-rty under both f ,overnments, who •e made a declaration oí his placo of abode, shall be allowed, For f eifffet veara, datiitrr froin RM «lav of the ratituation Of the p. Any in« llave. Olio £ve-?t v"to'actrV'Vunder añother Govfrnment, L»y making a now decía-:.. • and byproducing the ,vrmission of the Power, nnder lll....... govemu.ei.t M wislii-s to reside. ARTICLE XV. Anv individual, poasessing property under. both Gowjrnment», who made-adecla.-atic.n 5 hVa place of íbodV, or who is eonaidered aahav..,, it conformably to the stipulations <>. A.rticle XIII, » not oWiged, at . feeriod whatexeV, to diapoae of the pOWCSaron» he ...ay ha e m the don... . í,t a BoVcreign of whom be w not a antojen*. He .hall enjo£ w.th rcs¡» this propertv, all tVie rijjhts attached «o its possession. He shall b« tn ■ «tpend the revenues of Ük,s, po.ae.sion. >,, the conntry where h*• sh .l - Ohoseil his abode, w.tl.ont sustaining auy deduet.o.i whatever at the • their removal. He romy aeU theae ponMiém, and take the valué U»« without boing subject to any drawback. ARTICLE XVI. The oriviletres apeeifted in the preceding Article, of rcmwing p' ; without diminuto.,', afead! e.vtend only to the efleeta of wh.eh aueh duals may beposser,3td at the time ol the ratit.cation of the present iw. 45 ARTICLE XVII. The anme privih gos are, however, attached to every nequisition made under rither Governwwm*, by rcuoa of inhe rita rice, marraage, or gift of prjaperty, •rtuch, at the date- of the ratificación of tl>< present Treaty, bclonged iastíy to ■ propríetCMT under both Governmeatt. ARTICLE XVIII. Should any individual, haying property nnder tdy, whether by inheritance, legacy, gift, or inarriii-j;.-, become poa~ lessed <>t" property under the other Gknrernment, he shall be considered as « : «prietor under both Ciovern.ncnts, and, aueh, oblisred to make, «rithin ícribed tire.... the declaration of bis fiy.-d abode. This torn> <>f ;l vra. ■ I; date frmn the day on »vljieh lie shall l.ave produeed tlu- legal proof of bu a<-cpj isition. ARTICLE XIX An individual possossing j.roperty under both GoverftmenU, or hi» aiTCnt, dial] be aUowed at all times to pasa from orie of his nosai as ion a to the other ; for ivhich purpoaéjl it is the pleasurc of the tWO Courta that tlu- Grovemor ot tbenearesl provinee shall give tl.c necessary pasaporta,OH the a]>p1 icati«• treated, in r<-- apect to those posseaaiona, according to the most liberal principies. Individuáis whoae property is thua circumstanoed, traeir servan tu and te- as its, shall have the pnvilege of pasaing and rej>assii.L; from one pa>-t of the poasession, ao divided by the frontier, to the other, witl. tbeir impjements of liusbandry, tbeir eattle, toóla. &c the thíler*-iiee of aovéreignty boing no im ment theneto. Thoy may also nemove, from onc place to the other, theú crops, all articles of grówth, their eattle, and every ai tiele of manufiteture, without paasports, molestation, rent, or iunpoat whatever. This privilege is, bowevi r, limited to articles the pn.ducu of tfae soil. or of índustry, in the UTri- Jory thua divided by the linc of demarcation. It likewise extendí to aueh f«ft* n"'v as ,,l',on.!í to the same peraon, in the fixed distance of one mile (ntteen to the degree) on both sides, and whiéh tnay have beca divided bv the mtm of frontier. ARTICLE XXI. i- "hepherds and drovers, subiccts of both Pewera, shall continué to enjoy ií;lits. immunities, and privilej>cs, which have hitherto been granted to • and no ohstacle shadl prevent tlu- .lu-üy intercourse on the frontiers xii the neiyhbourino- people. (In Germán, l¿rü/*r.rcrfcr/irj. 3V4G ARTICLE XXII. The Domíciliary CouTf* shall also decide the dsfFerences betwecn indivi. duafs which art-lirought forward by the Govcrnor of tbese territorios. \$n ¿he Court of the torritorjr, in which tlie propertjr in litigationia situated, d..,|| can^e the seiitcnec to i >e put i uto exceution. This arrangement shall bei| torce fbr the term of ten years,. at the end of which the tvvo High Courts iw serve to Themaelvea tlie right of malring muy othor regulatión that maj iieccssary- ARTICLE XXIII. . The sovese-iifiity of the milis, mann faet<-ríes or foundories cslablislied ¡a the«oona of ■ rivor fbrmingfebc frouticr. shall he oxorc ised by the So* in wbose territory the villagc or place is situated , to which thoso estahliafei ■asenta bclnnt;. . Should thoy constitute prívate property, the eommimoa ebarged with demarcation of the land frontiers, ahaál deternaiue, aocording to the principia of equity and the ir local aituation, what sliall he proper with respe the MwMÍEntjr. . . It is undérstood that new eatabhahnsenta oí «118 doRCription anal not forined without the cuawat of the ¡jovi-inmcnts of the respective States, dering OJB tlic river. article xxiv. The navigation of all the rivera and canal a tbroughout the whole extent oí the aticient Icingdom of Poland, (as it existed betbre the year 177'-'> '-" 1 moutbs, as well u> ascendí na; as in descending, shall he frase, so as i»<>t I >U interdioced toany inhabitant of the Palian paroviuoe», subjoct to eítfa Russian or Austriai» govemincnt. The samo lihcrty of passage and navigation is reci|>rocally permittM upon the sLrvums or rivera which, not be i na; navigable at present, mav i; come so in fu tu re, as well as opon canal» which mav bereafter be cut I hHh principies shall be adopted ra favour of the above-mentioned subj< 01 regard to their frequenting porta i-t which thoy may arrive by the navig»- tion of the s¿«.id rivera and can ala. ARTICLE XXV. The tomiago and lowago dutics afoall bal alike on both rivcrs ; the WS** men shall nevertheless beobügcd to confbrm to the n»ulatiout of the eXiStisJ Pólice with regard feo the MMé of internal navigation. ARTICLE XXVI. In oidor tsaacttie »fdl further this liberty of navigation, asad 10 every abásasele tbr the futuro, the tvvo Iligh Coutracting Partios feave to establish onlv one kiml of duty on ahrppinsr, pruporliuued to tb ' |'r fehen or tonnage <>!' the vea sel, or ir» lasrfing. Commissionera shall be naJ3^ on both aidcfl to regúlate the duty, which shall be at a modérate ra te, m be solely applied to rnaintaiuing the rivers and cañáis in question, in a navi gable state. This duty, once approvcd of by the twoCuurts, shall be changad onlv by oommnii consent. The same rule shall be observed with regard to aba lloárala which shall regúlate the Callee ti on of the said dutv. If, iiowover, eitherof the two Contracting Power» should, at Ilis oarai ex- aenee, «-¡tabbsh a nansa canal, the subjeots of Ilis Éfajesty the Emperoi < i' all ftus: iaa shall never be aubjected to higher dutics 011 navigation rlun tboea of Ilis Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Ju fhis respect each party shall be conaidered on a perféet eqwality. ARTICLE XXVII. The Commilitoaera wlio shall be oharged with the arrangements deter- ■Mned in feba above Articles, shall be named withont delay. Their laboajira ahall be finiahed, examinad and spproved, withín six bwdAi at t!ie latcst, dating from the day of the rmtificatáon of the present Troat/. ARTICLi: XXVIII. The two Iligh C\>ntractiiig l'artios, v»ith the view of «rjviiit; {^re\ter «ocnr t<; the coinmeroial relations, espécially between IJrody a)nd OdeSS», and t.-icr ver.vii, li.wo agreed to ^rant the mosL perfec; hbcrty in favour r>f the tran> preven t all kindaetf abuse, or unslue ínter fe rence on the part of tlie 111a toana ARTICLE XXX. rlis Imperial and l-toyal Apostolick Majesty havíng¡aeoed from His general rund of átate debts, f-umiveraa/ Sfrtrifs SchmtdeiMXtftjfa) bnnds for a sum equal to the quota of the oíd debts of tln? King and the Republic of Poland, with * hail been burthened, in consequoncc of tlic Convcntion of th« ISth (36th) .larmary 1737» and as tlioso bonds are hencefbrth toremainat His Vl'"-"1"' with all the arrear» of, and present interest, it i« agreed between the "'gh Contraeting Parties, that the goverunaent of the Duchy of VVarsaw «iiHu r the guarantee of Ilis Majesty the Emp ror of all the Rucsáas, ahall be bound, on this aecount, to make good to the Court of Vienna, by wav of * aefetleuient ii* full, tlie aum of fbur tuilhons of Polfsh fiorins.48 ARTKLE XXXI. re ()n thc otlicr hand, Ilia Imperial and Royal Aposto!ick Majosty fully HOiiacej every other pretonaion relativo to loana and debta, ol whataoevoi natarc they may be, which bave beeti, or v.hi< h might be either aaaign< I »o. mortgaged upon, <>r registered against thc ceded territory. ARTICLE XXXII. The four mHUant of Poliah florín*, atipolated in Artiele SO, as a aettie- DKBt in fhtl on lite part of the ^ovenum-nt ol tho duchy of Warsavv, ahall be p-.iiv that govornmeot to the Austrian Imperial treaaury, in apecie, and in eight cqual amina I inatalménts of 500,000 Poltah florín* eacfa ; the 6 ral tlioso annual payments ahall (Secóme dúo Hu I3th (3«th) Juno isKi, and ih<> last on tl:u aame dav in 183-4. Having, howevor, Calcen into considéranos the actual átate of afláira, and tile ncw e¡xertio»a vrhich ci rcomstancea maj require, tlio High Ci.mli m liinj, Partí es liavo agreed, that it' peace ¡s not rc- catabliabed as tne preciac timo of the fir.st payment becothing tino, auch finí j>;i\ iiicnt ir» to be deferred, and eonaequently the othera progreaaively, so that the firat paynaent shall take place six montha after tne ratáfication ai the definí ti ve Treaty of Peace. ARTICLE XXXIII. YVith ivsjK-rt to the near debta, vrhich bear date ainee the erectíen of the duohs ofvVaraaw, IIis Imperial and Royal Apóstol ick Majeet) undertakei to pro vi de for tfaem, in the proportion of onc nintfa part ; it being underatood that the Conrt of" Vienna ahall particípate in tl»o intereat reaulting frota. th< ir liquida tion, in tho samo proportion. ARTICLE XXXIV. Immediately after the signatura of the present Treaty, a Cuanmisaion «hnll be named, «vhich símil aasemble at "Warsaw. It shall be eomposied ofa proper mimbiT of com miasionera and aas i atan ta : its object símil be; 1. '1\> prepara an escect bataneoof wfaat is dúo by fhreigu goyern menta. 2. TV» regúlate, reciprocell y, betweeia tlio contracting partios, the accounta of their reapectivo claima. ;i. To «ettlc the claima -.i" aubjecta agaipst their governments. In «bort, to adjuat whatevor relates to aubjecta oí this nature. ARTICLE XXX\ . As aoon as tho Commission montioned in the preceding Artiele shall nave ente red upon its d litios, it shall appoint a committee, for thc purpos< proceeding immediately t<> thc n ecca wa i y arrangement for thc re»titutíon w all aecoritiea, whether con sjst ing ■ >t" monev, or ofneeds aml documenta, wl thc aubjecta <>f one of the Contracting Parttcs may haré giveo, and which may be fottnd in tho ¡States ot" the other. The same rulo shall be observed i 1 all judiciary depota whích may bave been tranaferted from one province 1,1 tho other. They shall be reatored to tho jurisdictions of tho govemmenta r" which they belong. 4í> ARTICLE XXXVI. AU documenta, plana, mapa or deeds whatever, which may be found ¡n rbe archives of either of the Contracting Partios, shall ho mutually reatored to tho povrer «rfaoae territory they concern. Ifa docuanetil of tliis Icind 1><- of com mon intereat, thc p-.trty wlio is in poa- seaaioii of it shall kot-p it, but a certified anel legalized copy shall be giren t •» Uio otlier. A RTICLE XXXVII. The acta of adamlniatration shall be teparated : each of tho Contracting I'ar- <:<ü shall rocoivo tho part which Concern* IIis statos. ■¡ he ^:mio rulo shall be observed with regard to mortgage booka and deoda. In the oasc providod for in the preceding Artiele, a legalized copy shall be ijivoii. ARTICLE XXXVIII. A military and civil Commission shall be immediately appointed, to construel an oxaot man of tho ncw f»-<>nti«*r, annexing the topographical deacriptioa tbereto, to placo tho* houndary posts, and deacribe tlu; anglea of its situat ion, so that in no case thc loast douot, dispute or difRculty may ariao, il". in the couruc of time, it ahould bo vvishod te replace a bovmdary instrL , deatroyed Ly any accident. ARTICLE XXXIX. Tt is agreed between tho- tv-»-<» Iligli Contracting Punios, that tho eosatraati fof the pnrchaae of süo.ooo qwintala ol" aalt, shall be mutually btanding, I«>r tho terna of fivu «reara ; at thc end of whioh peried it may ht; rencwcd, on th«" l.M- iis \vhi<-h shall Ilion be agreod upon. ARTICLE XL I mmcdiately afto r thc ratifioation of the pn-sciit Treaty, tho necessary rd) t ahall ho sont. to thc commamlors of troops, aml i ho oompetent autho- ritios, for thc evacuation of tho províncea «rhich are reatored to IIis Majosry th>. Émperor of Austria, and for the restitntiou ot the oountry, to ComUlia •ionera, v\ ho shall be appointed for thia purpo>o ; and thia evaonatíon shall he effi ted se- that it ma\ bo completed in ^ix «veeks, dating from thc day of the exchange oí" the ratifioations ol" the j>rosont Treaty. ARTICLE XLI. i iepreaeh.4 Treaty shall he ratified, and tho ratifioations exchanged in six davs. In raith of which tho respective Plenípotentíariea haré siynoií it, and hava ed thereunto tho seáis <-t' their arma. 34a* Apnl I>one at Vienna tho - of the ycar ot otir l^ord 18 15. Mav Sismed (L. S.) Tho. < lount do R \st )l' MO FFSKY. (L.¡S.> The Prince de METTERNICH. O30 ACT Xo. II. 21»/ .4f.rU Tren tu bel ifCeH Ru*sim . Ilis Majesty the E upe roe of all the Itussias, and Ilis IWajcsty ti te o l'i ii animated ^^-ir 11 the des: rejpf ceuractitiwtg more closcly tlic- tics of friend idiip which have united Tlicir armi and Tlieir subjeets in a dillicuit and tan ^uiu;trv v.'.-.r, tiic sacred objeet «>f whicli « a« t«> restore peacc to Europeand tranegutllity t<> nations, have judged it expedient, in order to fulfil Tlieirínrime dinte engaireracnts, aitd toput an cn'l to all uncertainties, tofix definiti vely,bi ■ olemn rí rcaty, every thinfg which concerní tlu- Rrrangetnonti relativc to Ú¿ duchy of \V'ai--iw : as well as to settle tl»i- state of aHhirs resulting therefrom. I»v combined negrotiations, fóunded upon tlu- principie* of ■ .just balancei power and división of ("orces, diacusaed and agreed apon at the Con groa Vii-11 na. The Oational apirit, the ad van tapes of poivi inercr, tlic arranifcmonl- wrfaich niay rostorc stability to thé adminiatration, regularity in the nnances, pi. and individua] proaperity í i • tlic- provinces recen ti y ©btnined, have all be taJken into couaidcretíon, and Their Imperial and Royal Majc.stics, in <>r
  • i- the ir Plenipoten tiarics, viz : Ilis Maj.-stv the Empcrof of all the Rumím, the Sieur Andrew, Cotn de Raaoutnofivky, Ilis Privy Councillor, Knight of the Ordera oí" St. Andrew, and of St. Vlexantler Niuskv. tírtmd-t "rnss of the Order of St. Wolodimir, and 11 m Pin t Plenipotontiaury at the <'oí ijjn-ss; and 1 lis Itfajesty the K of Pmwsia, the Prince Hardenberg, IIi¡s Cfaanccllor of State, Knight of ¡ Ghrand Ordera of the Black Ka irlo and ©f the Retí Eagle, of St. John of •Jcrusalem. and of" the Iroii Croas of l'russia, of" the Ordtrs of" Nt. Andrew, St. AJexander Newsky, and of St. Aun of the Pirst Claaa of Ruaaia, Grand- Cross uf the Roval Order of ¡St Stephen of" Huuprv, Grrand ISajrie oí Legión of" Honour, Knight of the Order of .St. Charlea of Spain, of th* Supremo Order ot' the Anuunciatioii, of the Seraphim of Sweden, oí th ()nK;r"f the Ellephant of Denmarfc, of the Grolden EUugle of Vvurtemburg, and of aeveral ofchers, Mis Kirst Plenipoten tiary at the Congress¿ "\Vlio, affcer davina excbaogod tlieir full powers,and found them incood and ihie fora, have ai;reed oo the Followin^ Artieles ¡ thesc Artieles havinu bcen nearociatod in common with the freática between R-uaaia, Austria and Pru«« respeetivelv, are ¡naerted in ull their form ainl tenor. CXCepting the O a fieations «rhich are containéd in tliat <-ouelu1- lo« iníí Hne of demarcatioti: Commencáng froni the frontier of eastern Prusata, at the villaje of Neu- hoS, the new liinit shall follow the frontier ol Western Pruaata, as it li¡:» exiatod froan 177'¿ to the IVaco o!" Tilsit. as taras the village of Leí bitach, which shall befonfr to the duchy of Warsaw; froni thence hne ahall he dravrn, which, leaving Kompatnia, Graboarioc, and tizczytno, to Pruaaia, paaaea tbe Viartaalai naaar the latter place, on the other side of the river, which falla, oppoaite Sscsytno, inte the Vístula, as far as the ancient litnit of the i!>«triet at the NoUi-, asar (iros-Opoczko, in such a manner that Sluaewo .11 belong to th« dtaehy, aml Praybranowa, Hollandíer, and IVIacieJewo, to Prussia. Proan Oros-Opoczko it shall paaa tbrougli Chlewiska, «rhich shall re- nasin to Prusaia,-» to the villaire of Przybyalaw, and from thence by the vi 11a- nea of l'iaski, Chelnice, AA'itowiekski, Kohylinka, Woyezyr, Ore honro, as f.ir as ihe town of" Puwids. Prom Posriafa it shall continué throüyb the town of Slupae, to the poiaat at which the rivera Win Iba and Prosha jotn. Prom thia point it ascends the ri-\-t;i- Proana a.-* far as the ríllaazci of Kt>seiel- navries, a leasjue from the town of ICafiach : Thence, leaving to this town, («>n th<- leA bank of the Proana) a territory deacribingf a sanni-circle, meaumred according to the diatance betvreen Kosciet- aawiea and ülaliach, it rejoiaa the courae f>f the Proana, and continúes to io!l..\-, it, sscaandiiig by the cities Graboa, Wieruaaow, Bolea law iec, asad saading neér the villaje of Oola, at tlie frontier of Silesia, opposite Pitschian. ARTICLE IT. Tlie cíty of Cracow ia dcclared freeatnd independent, as w<-ll as the tern- ton designated in the additiona] Treaty, sijrn<>íl m common by the courta ol Ruaaia, Austria, and Prussia. ARTK.LI- ITI. The duehy of Vfarsawr, with tlic exception ot' rhe free eity of Cratcow and its_territory, as weii as of that Hne on the ri«rh< bonk of the Vístula árhieh is rcascH'ed to Ilis Alaj.'sty the Empefor of Austria, and, exceptin^ sho the^pros-incea which bsrW otherwiae been disposed of, in ooaifbrmtry to trie Artieles abovementioned, is united to the empire of Russia, to which ¡t: «hall be irrevoeably attached by its constitution, t«> be poesessed hy Hw Majesty the Eanperor of all the Rnssies, Hís heira and auceeaaors, in tuity Ilis ím|iciial Majesty reserves to Ilimself th<" ri-iht of fíivinpj- to thia state, enjojring a diatinct administration, the internad modifica ti on which He ahall jud¿e proper. He shall assume, in edditaon to 1 lia other titles, «MU Cxar, Kmg- of" Poland, airrc>eably to the fotui estahlished for the t'tu-s attached to Ilis other possessions. rhe Polea, subjecta respectivoly of the tiigh C'ontraetinp, Powers, shall potain institutaons h.\ which thé preservaUion of their nationality may be uisured, accordinf to the dkigree t>i política] existence which each of thé go- ■ximenta to which they helong, shaJl ju«%e proper to ajlow them.5-2- ARTICLE IV. H" the inhabitanta and tanded proprictors of thc countries wliich 11 lv, bíH-ii aeparated in conseqnence of the present Tn-aty, vriah t<> aettfe ai another piovcniim'iit, they atisdl be at Kberty, dwrmg six yi-.irs, to dtap< their property, movrable or immovetble, of ™'hatever natura it mav be*, ta •-t-1! it, t-. i|nÍ! tHe counlry, and to remove the produce thereor, eith< r ia apeeie» or iitlicT deMñptwn of money, without ány i u.pedi incn t <>r deduetioa vt I latev cr. ARTICLE V. A complete, gMMffl), añil speeial ani:¡i-stv shall be ra litad to all ind duale, or \v¡i.;t 'vor rauk, si_-x, or condición they may be. ARTILLE VI- In eonaequenoa of the praonding Article, no percon shall in futura b n leatked or diatuibed, in nnv unnin r. "ii account of anv part he mav hava lakt'ii, cither directly or indirecl ly. and at anv period, mí the política!, civil, or militare evenu in Pohnu!. AI! proeesses, proceediiif¿s, or proaecution» ■hall be re^rarded :is nuil. Sc<| uest rat ions <>r provisional confiscatioiis s¡.:ti! be taken ott, and any a«-t procccdm<£ froin similar causes, ahall he of no efiect. AKTICLE TH. l-Vom these general regulatioua reapecting confiaeatfona, all easc-s are ex- ceptad iti which edicta oraentencea, finad ly prooounced, ahall have l>reu carried Into complete ezsention, and Have not been uinuHad liy subsequent fwms. ARTlf'LE VIII. The quality of a aubjeet, of the Uro GoaeruiaMlta» peoperty, --hall be acfcnowfedged and confirmed. witU recwd "* ARTICLE IX Bvery individual, possesaing property under moro tfian i-no govcni'iiont. the ratifica* • ■ ia reouired, in tlu- cuajiae of ■ year, dáting Iraní tlic day of oí iln.- pruaeut Ticaty, tu declare, in w-ritintr, before the magiatrate of «lio nenr- eat town, or the commaadir of the neareat diatrict, or befen tlu nei civil authority in tlu- country which he haa choacn to reaide in. th< which he shall hav.- fixed apon for hia aettled a bode. This «k-claration, n*l theabove magistral» or other authority shall transmit tt» thc superior antbori ty of tlu- province, renden bina, as to hiaperaon and his fenaily, exelaaiveb; the subject o.r the Soveretgn in whoae ■titcia he han fixed his said reside» 53 ARTICLE X. YVitli renard to minors, and other persona nnder the eare of raardiafta aa. h guardián» ahall be compolled to make the noeessary declarador! at the time preseribed. ARTILLE XI. If an individual, possos-sin^ proj>erty under both goveruruetits, shall have aeglected, at the exparation of the said term of one year, to mak . the de- cbtration o4 htm fixed abode, be •hall be coartidered as beínn the aubiect of :!„• I'ow.-r, in «lioso states he last resided ; his silei.ee. ... t).¡s case, beintr cotisiaere the si ipul.itions of the 1 I th Ai tiele, is not obliged to Bell, at. «nv ¡verioil tvhatf-ver, the property whieh he may posst:ss ni tbe states of a ?*jv<-r<-¡gii of wboiii he is not a subject. I Iií shall enjoy, witii re>j;i rair.e privilej^es are. ho« ever, attac hed to rvory acqnisitiou mude undei *.u>r frovi-rtiment by reaaon of inheritance, marriaee, or gifi of an estáte, '! a' the date of the rat i lieatioi i of tbe presen^ IVeat^í ahall fmally be- Joog to a possesaor undrr both govcrninoiits.5* ARTJCLE XVI. Sh-Miitl ¡mv individual, previously PWIBlMng property under onp te vernrnent oniy, hecoraa en ti ti ed, by inherifai ce, teaaay, f?itt, <>r m-.m...^ to any property undi-r ihe other govcrnment, be sliall be conaidered as a pea •caeor antier botfa govcrnmeatf, and shall be required to declare lns plae of ebode iu tJie preicribcd terna of ■ year. .This terei s'iall be dated tro tlic day on «vhich be .shall have gnadaeed the legal proot's oí hia aen aL i j uieition. arTícle xvi r. Anv irttfividtisn, poeaeeaing property under boCh govoniinents, orhia ageal ■hallbe ¡u liben . atall tune*, t.. proceed r'rom one of bis poiMtiioni ta tt other; and it ¡a tht pleaaure of the two Courts, that thc Oovernor i : , n«ere*t pro vinco shall grant tbe m i —ai/' passports for thís purpoae, o. application of tbe partiee. Theso pasaporta shall be deemed aumeienf • rity fbr pasaine; frota o»».-; gonromcot to tho otiier, and shall be tnutujli ¡ esaected. \ RTICLE XVIII. Puaaciaanra «rboee cateóse are divided by the froñtier, shall be treeted, i regrard to such poa «esa tona, on tbe most liberal principies. Poraeaeora under botb govem BBeata, ib alia1 aervaata and asnea ta, ahal havo thc liberte of paaaing and repaaatng, with their implemento of hoi bandry, their cattie, a tenada, &.c. frota one part of tbe na tale)] thn« aepa rated by the froñtier, t.» the other, tibe difiéreme*) of sowrc-ignty being n impedí ment thereto ; as vrell as of removíale, frota one place to the other, thei harréate, al! productiona oí the aoil, their cattie, and all manufactura erticles, «rithout pasaporta, molcatatáon, rent or impwt, or dnty «rbaavan Thia favour, however, shall be límited to artáclea oí groa th or of indu»tr> m tita territorv thua separated !>y tho fine of demarcation. It ahall likewi* esetend to such landü oniy as belong to the ame individual, in the d •• a distam e of a mi le (lo to a degrec) oneach sido of thc froñtier lino. AHT1C1.K MX. Thc ahepherd* and drover*, subjecta of botb Povrera,shadJ eonlinva to enjoj thc rifthta, UMmnnities, and privilegea, which «rere fbiroerly granted to ti..... íif-i shall any Obstada he thrown in thc way <>t thc daily cowimimtfatioai l twcea the inhabitanta of thc bordara. (In Oeman, Ctrmns verAeAr.J ARTK LE XX. Thc l>om¡oihary Court shall likcwi.se decide di ilcrcnces, whidi inay ari hulmán anv individual and the Goyeraor of thosc torritories, but it W «I Chief t'ouír of thc territorv, wberein the property in litigation is snu.m «vhich shall cause the sentctice, emanatiug l'rom thc fortner Court, to h. p j 11 execution. 55 Tliis regulation shall be in forcé toe the tama of ten vcars. at ibc expira dan •>! hIikIi, tlic two Iligh Power- «ai ,. ■ t.. rhrmnoh ee Ihe risrbt of meas- mg any otinír regulation that niay be necessary. ARTICLE XXI. Tlic Bovereignty of milis, manufactorics or foundariea, eatabliabed ui>ou a river constituting thc froñtier liric, shall he exercásed by «in- .Sovc- remu ..r thc tcrrituiy in vvhich the villatre or placo shall be silnaíed, to •rhtefa such i sialilisliiiK nt mavy belonsr. In theeareat of their eonstitutintr private prcipertv, thc Commi.í.sioiier* vviio ■hall he charped with tho demarcation of tbe line of froñtier, shall deter- mine, according to local i ty and thc principies of cquity, v.hat ahall be »»ro- per, is t<> tbe sovori iijnty. |1 i> eacpresaty un:i the rivors. Aimcuí XXII. The invigatioii of all rivers anni; their wliol, extent, as far as their mouths, ts wcjl id gomt- uji as in cominp down, w licthcr those rivers he navúgabJe at. P^eaent^ or baeoase ao in futnns, as «rail a-i canal» which may be hercafter . ut, il be fi-ee, so aa not to he interdicted to anv inhabitant of thc Poliah P ovincea under tbe Russian and Praaaian govenuiicnis. The saine principies cstablished in favour 01 tile aubjecta of thc two H%fa I 'era, shall apply to thc trade they carrv on ; it licinrjf understood that 3 rtfer to thosc parta oniy, at which they mayanive hy thc. said atlaaifia. rajara, and canal», or by thc Ilar!, in «>rdcr to ente; tlic part of Konicrshert;. ARTICLE XXIII. The tonnage and lowaw dutics on thc beaba of streama, rivers, and ra- *~) sliall be |0«tud cip^ially oa thc sul>jccts of tbe two l»owcrs. B •aunen shall nm erthclcss eouform to tlic re-^ulations of thc Pólice, artth regard to the interior navúration. AKTÍCLE XXIV. In order to aeeure, still fiarther, tlic frcviloui of navifration, and to romove • obstacle thereto fbr thc fu tu re, tho two High Contractiti^ Partiea ; * to cstabliah oniy one leñad 01" dnty on tiavi^uion, levied accordin^ to ' Purthen, tbe tonnage, or ttae badina» of tbe aeaaal. Comini.ísiom'rs siidll ' V>, 0tively appoiutcd to recúlate this dnty, w hich shall he Ie\ icd at u Dioderaas rato, to l>c appGed aeiely to tlic keepiug tbe rivera and canals 1 iiavifralde state. This «hay, atee approred by thc two Caarto, rannot wití" 'a,tor«-'d but by cominon consent. Thc same rule shall be ohscrved un rt-g-ard to the Uoartls which are t<> aettle the colleetion •.(" tho« dutáea. ne rate thua eatabliabed, shall be collected on thc territory of eaefa of the 4 ontraetang l'owcrs, on their reapective aceount.If however, eithcr of the tvvo Contracttng Powers should cut, at thrir own"expeaie, a new nJ, thi- subjecta of Hia Prussmn Majesty shall h-ut be hablo tofaigher duties 011 navigaüon, tlian tiloso peror of all m Russias. En tilia reapect, both >f IIis ÍVÍ ajes ty the E.m- the partios shall be placed npon a perfoot equaUty. ARTICLE XXV. Tu conaequence of the principia laid rlown in the precedióte Arti oppreaaive dutiea <>f entrepót3 of • tapie, of bréale ¡ng bulle, uid otfaen lilce nature, which may iiave been injurioua to the freo navigafeion =aid rivera and calíais, shall l>c tbr evef abolishod tfaroughoul their »« extent. ARTICLE XXVI. "With regerd tothe ri<;hts and privilegie* of eertain towaa and poete, «vhicii might aflect the ripdits of property, and which would conaeonently !»• contrairy to tfae principies rectpeocally adopted, it hea been ■«mu ti thafetbei ahall 1><- examinad by ■ lioard of l*iniiiiiieeiiiiii i■. appointed l»y the twa Conrta, to determine which shall be aboliahed, and to £>ivo that freedom and activitv to cotnroerce which is neeeaaary to its prosperity The Commiiñonen for thia purpoae, shall be their opi rationa ahall be m mpleted and ap pro ved, the date of the ratifica tion of the peeaent Tneety. noininefeed six montha forfefawifeh, an<¡ at latesr, afil ARTICLE Ench Power shall he at lihertv to acoredit to the otl.er, cónsul», OT <">in- mercieJ asenta, on coodition, howeeer, that tfaey «hall be rneogniaed i eording to the usual forma. ARTII I rill. unote acrieulture as inneh as possiblo in all parts ol anctenl ral the üfJth Ardele, shall 1 i i- v determine, in the pteacribrd tertn of six months, the tarif of dntíea on import and expori of all artiolos of produce and manufacture, in th< »b m< ntioned provincea. This dufey shall nofeexoeed 10 pee cent., which i« :" be levied on the valué of the mercfaandize, at the place of it> departure. 'y, feoeatabliafa a duty on tb« most modérate rato by the sato Commiaaionera, according t<; the inatractiona which sfaall he given the do- ** event fbreignera profiting by the arrengementa made in favo ti rol «I. it is defeermined, fehat all arfeiclea, the pra- the other, shall I* the two Coarta ahould think proper, reapectively, importatioa of grain, it shall be Bxed at order to p the pro»incoa abovemenfeioneo, it is duce thereofj which shall j>ass from une territory to 97 arcompanied Mritfa the eertifieate of origin, WÍthout which they shall not be illowed tocnti r. In ea.«e tlie Cónsul should be at too preat a «Jistanee t.. ;; uit oae, that of the Magia treta of the plaeo shall be rufficient. Aivru:lk xxix. '] he ti anait of iiu-r<-handiiíe shall be peeftectly free in all parts of aneieiit Poland, and shall be avbject to the most modérate «luties. 'I"ln* PniUBlil ioa me ntioned in the ííoth and SSth Arti<-los, 'hall determine the modo t>v whicb the valué shall be aaoertained, and «hall con*ider of the moet ueitain Bieana <•( IWeWIlHdlg all dolay in passmfj the Custuin-houscSj or any kind tipulationa a«yreed upon in the aboee■naentáotaod Articlos, relati> e t<> commerea and navigation, shall not be parfeially applied : eonaequently, uj> tha period (whicn shall not exceed sjx montlis) in which the above men- tioned Ooanmiaaion shall have tompletcd their laboura, the navipation shall coiitinucini tho same footiuj^ a» latterly. With regard t'» the imjiort tratli", eacb govcrnineiit shall adopt, durnifr i.hi' intorval, su<-h nuasurcí as ina\ be judged most exjnulicnt. ARTICULE XXX i. The particailmrattontion of th«r two lli^li t Coarta has beendamr»nd towarda the regulationa eopcerning debts, and the tixing ef the proportiena whieh each ofthe OontraCting Pow»-rs shall bear in a transa».tion on which depend th<- in- taieat of iinlivitlual». tfae regularífeV of toe linam e, and the e.v eution of beática. It has therefore been reaolved to proeeod with that precia ion which nich arrangeaaenta roquire ; and to distinj^nish tfaeeo; vim. inte <»I<1 dehéa, ílióse of Ivinuj »Staiiislaus Auj^utitus, and of tfae Ibriner Kepublie ; and, into >u'\v -(lies, tiloso of the X>uohv of Warsaw. AIiriCLF- IVith regard to the first elass, all auCfa debta aa are rol», liauidateai ),v •«.;¡«a ,n y.rtue of the 'IV. aty of 1797, baving been convetted into bon<£ tu M«nüme Society, known by the ñame of Recogniaancea, and Ih* 'ajeaty beins wdling to become reaponaible fbr the total amount of ti Iiosi- tda, wifeb their infeéresfe, the •ecurity which Che Dtichjral Waraaw (under theeuaranteeof the Empsrorof all the Ruaaiae) ia to attord to PruaaM With regaed t<, the principal, fias been recúlate»!, as well^wttfa reepect to cap»teiaa intereat, in the Table A. It has been defeermined, in conaequence, that the regulationa conteined in fehat taMe ahould be conaidered as faaeiag the mane vahdity aa if they had been inaerted, word Ibr word, in theoreaent Arttcle. The labio has, me this reason. been Blgned sej>aratoly, and the lam total which thereby accraea feo Proaaia, shall be reimburaed to that Power in eajht •qual annual Paymenfea, with an intereat at the rafee oJ i per cent, it being anderatood, that tfae inatahnenta shall be regulafeed in auch nrianner, fehat oo compound infeereet shall be paid. The firat paymeot ^hall be made ISth (S4th) Junej 1816". _58 The Ili^li Contráctil^ Powi rs havinpj, liowevcr, tafeen hito **MSSÍderstiej the actual Mate of affaira, and thcnew etforts whieh tbe ciroHm»t»no . rcquiro, ha\e earreed, that it* pesca bo not re-ostabl i shod at the eb...... tioned period, the first payment ia to be deferí ed, and the ochara proj , arvely, ■ceording to the rulo taid dona, until the time whon tbe troopt the respective Power» «hall liavc retnrnod to thcir hornos. ARTICLE XXXIII. The Diioliy of War^aw shall be at liborty to mmbaTM Prussia, ; capitel and inxereat, sa aettled in 111«- sfbrcaaid table, eithor in bonda Marítimo Society, callcd IXi i itgiiiinía i h. ¡n auch billa as may auppl- i Ídace c:f these Kecofrnizanccs, or in apecie ; :nnl, in the latter eaac, íl . *rossian Mlajesty consentí toa discount of lo per cent. This diacount, lumcvor, is not to be takcii 011 payment of tho cnri ni toreat, whieh muy uevertheleas be diachsrged, in ]>a|>or i iirreucy. (( . ( un> rt/it.*.j AATICLE XXXIV. "VVit.h résped to the new debas of the Ducliy of Warsnw, llis I'russia:i JMajc.stv undertsfeea t<> próvida for theiii in the pcoportion of thr< e .<■: i betnsf understood that the Court of Prussia shall particípalo in the. Ínter whieh DHH sccrue OS their licpiidatinu, in the sanie propi>rtion. ART1CLE XXXV. Tbe quots whieh llis IVfajea ty the F.mpcror of sil the Russias enesi et jm>v iiie ror the oíd dehts ot tho Duchy <>t Warsaw, bebía* apecined l ■ tabla lí, tbe ro<;ulati«i\s containíed therein ahsH be considered as having tfac aarnt validity as if they vvere inserted m tho presont Article, and the Ruasias Imperial TVeanury shall pay, without delay, to the Pruaaien ■mwrnnaeal the aanount whieh shsll appcsr ia thia tsble, in the saine order, by the asméis analmente, and bearing the asme ¡n terest, as i« atipulated snd sgn ed apon ibr the reimbursements to be made from tho treaaury of tlie Duchy <>l ^\ araaa under the ajuarantec of Hia Imperial Majesty •, pío tbat the asid Duchy iba noi bo charged, on the part of Prussia, with a ¿Lrroatoi- aum ¡han eisrhteen do liona, five hundred snd acventy—thrce thousend, niño hundred and &ft> and twenty- one th i rtietha, Polish flor i na. . ARTICLE XXXVI. Immedistely sfter tho aispiature of tho presont Trealy, a ComaÍM on al be named, \* hiefa shall asaemble at ^rVsrssw. It aball be rompo sed oi a proas number of CoiiMiiissiom rs and olerks : íts objoct aball ho : 1. To prepare anexact balance of «rhatia ooti ve olaims. 3. To eetftfe the cuaima os subjoots upon their govemnacata. In *'"■ to adjust whaíevcr relates to subjeets of this naluro. ¿>9 l ARTIfLK XXXVIÍ. As soon ss tlie Commission mentioned in the procedí"iifj Artíele ahsll ha\e aasaaablesj «t «hall same a Cósiaaittee, fór the purpoae of jjroceodíiif»- Unase disUsly to the necessary Krrangemcntfl Ibr the real i t ution of all scruri táea, H b< tber <-onsi«itin>í of lUOiaey, OF in dateOS and documenta, whieh tho subjoet* oí" ooe of tho Oontractintr Partí» - may huvo Briven, «nd whieh may ho in tho status uftlif otlier. The samo rulo sh: II ó.- observed in aJI Iaw «ir othor oÉfi- <. . «rhich may have bcon tratistorri'd from one provínee to tho othor. They aball be restored to tho jurisdiotion of the ^UVenUttontl to whieh they belony. ARTICLE XXXVIII. All documenta, plana, mapa, or deeda « liat«-ver, whieh may be fbnnd in the archives of either of tho Oontracttiafij I'artio», aball be iiiutually restmed to the Power whoso torritory they conciTii. If a y tfioreof «hall Le jjiveli lo tho othor. ARTICLE XXXIX. Aots of tho adminiatrstion aball be aeparated. Each of the Contráctilij;- Partiea sliall receive tho part «rhich ooooorna Hia átales The samo rulo shall l>o obaerved with isajard to booltasnd desda eoncernins^ jnori«;a«rc-s. In tlie case províded for in Che abovo Artielo, a legalissd COpy fhall be givau. ARTICLE XL If the rostitution of tho «lirloront kinds of depota wbícb, durin;? the n?r of ! >()()'. wero plaoed in securitv at Koni^sbory; by Prussian otficers, haj not \-et boen efti-etetl, it aball taJce plaeo fortliwith. aceordinf» to the. principleaeatabliahed by tho Convention of the. lOth of September ísio, and eonJóansabiy Im what lias been aettled in tho oonterences of the respective Coratriiaaíouera who have discasaed thia aubject ot WarsuWa ARTTCLE XLI. A inilitary and civil Commiaaion aball be immediately appointed, to con- *triu ! an oxact map of the new frocstier, iiimexintr tho topoglaphical doseription tbe lelo, to pasee boundarv posts, and describo the anglcs of its situation, at» that in no caso tho leaet doubt, dispute, or dirficnlty may arise, if, in the. Coarae i>t time, tho repla<;iiiy; of a bouinlary uiark, tli-stroyod by any accí- dent, shoidd bo disputed. ARTICLE XLIÍ. Enassi diately after tho ratification of the presont Trcaty, the necessary orders shsll be aent to tho commantlers of t r.>"ps in tho Duchy of VVarsaw, ■» .»ell as to tho competent authorities, i«>r the ovacuation of the provinecs whieh are restored to llis I'russian jMajcsty, and for tho restitution of theGO «¿Untar** to the C'onimissionors who shall be appointed for that narpoes. And this cvacuatiou shall takc place so as to Lie eompleted iu twetsrty-onc eliiys. AHTK LE XULIX. The present IWlt) .-hall be ratified, and tl>c raí i íicat ions shall 'je chanyed iu six clays. I¡i faith of «rhaeh llic respective 1M< ii¡p. >tentiaries llave sismed the MAM and han uffivcd t lu-ri-u ut o the seáis of their arms. 2 lst April líoii'- at Vienna, the - 1815. Sd M»y Sigiu-a (L. S.) The Count de R ASO! IMOFF8K \ (L. s.) The Princc de HARDENBERG. ACT TvTo. III. _tdftitiuttttt 7VM/V vtntive to OsjiSI». bctxaeen st'tsfri't, rrvssia, and RliTiiu, of' —-—— 1815. w Vid May In the Ñame of the Most Holy and LTndivided Trínity. Ilis Majesty the Empcror oí Austria, Km» of Iluiijfarv and Bohcri i*, Ilis Majesty tfie Kina of Prussia, and His Majesty the Emperat of ai1 . Hussias, Wishinaj to glve cffccl to that Artiele OS their respective Tn ■ which relates to the neutrality, the liberty and independance of ttu < < !racow and of its territory, liavc appointed, to fultil their benevolcnt infa . i ions in tilia n spi'ct, namely : His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, fting of Hungary muí Bol ■ the Sieur Ciernen t W¡neos las Laotbaire, Prinee f the Oldeia ol tilo Black mu! Red Ea¡{li', of the Seraphisn of Swodesa, of St. Joscph of Tuscany, t Si Hu- bert, of the Golden Cn.ss of Wurtemberg, oí the Order o* Fidelitj Badén, of St. John of Jerusalem, and of aeveral others, Ghancelloi • the jVfilitary Order of María Theres», í 'nrator of the Academy of ti.. Arts, Chauíibertain, Prisy Councillor to* His iMajesty theEmperor of I •tria, Ivinu; <>f Hmifjaiy aiul Bohemia, Ilis Mínister of State, of Confereaoe aml of FtMPeísjn Aflairs, and Ilis Plcnipot«a>tiary ai the Coagicn ; His Majesty the K.»i«{í ol Praeeia, the Prinee Hardenbenr, IT;s <.'l..iV' * ellor of State, Kuight «i the Grsuad Qadea mi the Bleek Ee**ie and <•' tí» Red Katjle, of tlte Order of St. John of Jerusalem. and of the fron ChMa ,f Pri'ssia, of theOnkrs oí' St. Aitdrew, of .St. Alexander N'ew-ky. and ' ' s;t Arme of the First í 'las* oí Bnssia, Orand Oro— of the Boyal Order of St Stephen of f f mina i y, Gnand Engle of the La.-<5:oii of Honasr, Kuifght of the Order <>f St. Charlea of Spsán, of" the Snpaieane Order of th<; Anataan ciation of tbeOwderof the Seraphiai of Swsden, of th«- Etaphant <>1 Den. naark of thf Golden F.aíjlc of Wurteuiherg, and of sevoral other.s, ÍJi» f'¡i-t PletiifX'teutiary at iñe Con^n-ss ; and Hi.> Majesty the J-Linjx'ror oí all tJ»e Jí.tissias. the Sieur Anoraff Cmisl Hasouin«'rtskyi Hi* Privy Couiicillor. Kni'_cht of the Orde«*a of St. Amirc» muí of St. Alexander NTe\v.-ky, Grand-Groaa <>f the Order of St. IVadodianir, ■jidHia Firsrt Plrnipottmtiary«1 the Goafarraesa . who, ai'ter havángcaadiaaiapid liiiir tuJI iji>-vver>«, found in fgood aiídl d.ie fhrn>, have afjreed upo o, eojieJudcd. aud signod the íbJh»*» ii>g Articlei : ARTIGUE í. Cracow, with ¡tm territory shall be conaidered lóreeer a. . f,. - M1'• the threc illglí AUTin,K rr. 'fhe territory of the free <-ity «jf Cracow shall llave t'or its frontier, un the left bauk of the Vístula, a fine whioh shalj etMBBNJlOe at the villaje of Wolica, on the spot where a rjvulet falla bato the Vístula, antl aacend this rivulet bv Glokoseiehiiek i as lar as Gxulice, so that tlu-se villajes are <-om- priaed in fhe «hstriet of the free city ol"Craeow: Protn tlierjee, paasing slonfS pie frontier» of |he VÍllases, it shal] eontinue. hy JJziekaooviei-, tiarltc.-e, Toaiasaow, Knrniowioe, whích shall also ren>a the territory oi Cra- cow, to the póint where the limit, *vhi<-h svpaiatca the dtstri« t of Krzcz»>vioc rVom that of Olkusz, eomsneneea : Prora Ihenoe it shall fóllow the limit tneeu the two distriets abovemoníioiied, till it ranches) «he frontier of Praaaisn silesia. ARTICLE ni. 111 Maji—»tv the JKmperor of Austria betng anxion?, on His jjart, to ini- prov»_ the ooinmcrcial relatie»ns and good IIIUM'I wlsuilillg betvveeti fialheia and the free eity ol" Cl'StUW, í^rants in perpetwitv T'> the eity of Pud^ir/c, hor- aVtiua on the river, the privilesnefl of a free commefcial clty, with the lama 'stitages as are etrjoyed by the eity of Brody. This freedoen of conmicrcn 'hall ejetend t«> :\ ltn<" of fi\e hundr»-d tf»isi-s» frorn the harrier» of the suburhfl • F the ettl <>l i*< .cijjforze. In virtue of this priv ilegie, whieh, however, ¡s not e! . t the risrhta of sosei'eignti of Ilis Imperial and Koyal Apostoliek nfsjeaty, Aurtrtnn cnatom-honaes shall h>- established in no places but those íituated beyond the abovementioned line, ñor shall any mili ta ry establis li- be fbrmed ivl;icli can menaca the neutrality of Cracow, or prevent that k>i i )' commexee avbích Hia Imperial and Roya] Apostoliek Majesty • dt .i.-\,iia oí" ufioi-diujg to the towil ¡xaó distriet of Podgorzc. Ut>2 ARTICLE IV. I« MtfMmoe of thn eonocMion, ifisltnperwl and Royal Apantohck Ma- téate ha» determined to gratnt pertniasion for the city ot Cneew to extrnd its brideea «ver to the risrht bank of tbe Vístula, a.wl to tas ton its boata at those placo» throngh whieh it h«» alway»been in the habtt of comniumo.1 ¡„«, with Podgorxe. The city «.hall be ;.t tho «pence ot ropa trine; the bank here its hr.7i .-s are auchored or moored. It «hall also he a* the expei of rcpairincr the brhhjea, as well as the forry-boats provtded tor tho vea •rhen a bridge of bosta can no t be aaanntained. Should there, howerer, be »njr relaxation, neglect, or ill-will, intneei tabliahment, the three Courta «hall, if any aoch facta bepnmtd, «rdei a pólice, at the charge of the town, as n.ay be eompetsnt to guare! agamí aiiv abuaea <>f ihis deacrijMion in futuro. 1RTICLE V. I mnicdiatoly after the siKiiat.ue of tho prosent Trente, a jomt CommisatOl ahall be appointed, compeaca of an equal number oi cotnmwBionen and en gineera to tnark on* tho lino of deanareation., to placas the boundary-poati t'> describí lio an- nntnbered and marked wíth the antis of tho Poarer bordor-ng on that I toro, and <>f those of the freo oity of Cracow. Thc frontiera o* tho Austria territory, oppoaite to tlwt of fracon, being tormo»! by tho Tkahveg ■ >t tbe \ istala, the Austrian boundary-poeta ahall be fixed on the rii>ht bank • that rtvor. Tito eirelo comprehending the free corona ere ial territory ot Podgorxe shall be pointed <>ut by particular )>osts, tñarked with tho ;.r of Auatria, and bearing the inscription, " PreeTLAíe oí Commcrce. Wotoy, Okrac, Dlahandlu. ARTICLE VI. Tbe three Courta engage to re»peet, and to cause to be respectad, at aD timos, tho neutrality of the free city <>f Cracow and its territory, and na armed torce ahall enter it under any pretence wbataoeyer. On tho other hand, it ia understood, and exprésate stipulated, that free city and territory of Cracow shall itot afford any asylutu or protecti to runaways, deserters, 01 persona under_pro»ecution, belongin» to>th< trios of either of the three Contracting Power», and that, on tbe den their surrender bv tbe competen t autborities, auch individúala sha ! reated without delay, and delivered up, under a proper «scort, to tbe 9» appointed to recéive them at the frontier. ARTHLE Vil. Tho three Coarta having approvcd of a constitutiou, by which rree city of Cracow and its territory shall be regulated, and whieh is «nn» to tho oresent Articlea» an integra] part thereof, respeetively guárante* onatitution. Tbey moreover engage, respectirely to appomt a Ummwsi tu eoncert with a tomporary ano (I of be ar- 'liar' who shall prooocd t<> Cracow, to aet ion» ItK! G3 Commission, composed principally <>f individuáis holding puhlio situatt. >ns, „r of persons of charaeter. Kach of the three Poivers shall, ft>r this pur> ptme, make eboice of a cíindicJate, o.ither froin the nobility , the clergy, or tbeoomoaonaltjr. Kach <»f tha aSoanmtssíonera ot tho. three Court», slnilí íil! the office of Presi ahall Grsl presido «hall be ajjpointed by baJlot, and the Preaident sjiall enjoy all the ríghta and privilegea belonging to that office. Thia committee shall l*o enáployed in laying down the conatitutíonal base* rpiesuon, and shall oarry thom ínto erti oY. It shall also barre the grift of the first official apjiointments ; excepting, howerer, those who mav have boou appotnted t<« the amate by tbe Fligh contjactrng Partios, who, fbr thia time, «arrve to tbemaelrea thc right ot chusing aonaa well Icnowa persons. It ahall also employ itaelf in asafaribling and putting into actioai the Beta govornment ot the freo < ity of Oaaoow and its territ«>ro. It ''hall enter inte tnaaaaanata cosa—nitaalian w ith the existint; administration, and ¡i aathoriaed fea nwtc mM auoh changos therein as rnay be neceaaau y- Sor the pnblie aerrana, so long as this feaaipaiaijp %tatc <.>í agñira «lia'l continua. ARTICLE VIII. Tho eonatitution of the free city of Crnoow and it» territorv, (loes aot «dinitol the richt, oreattablisbment, of cnstoni-houaea. Tha ctty- is, bow- ever, peraaitted to lew baurrier-dutaea and bridge-toHa. ARTICLE IX. la order to estahlish a fixcd regulation with reg-ard to tbe tolla to be co'- k *od on tho bridare a and roads ai tito free oity of Cracow, which are to 1,,- leñad in proportion to tbae exaenae reqtiired to keep them m ropair, it has «era agraed that a general turif shall be inade bv the Commission specihed ia e ,
  • ly t<. goods, beasts of burtheii or of thau^lit, •inri eattle. It shall not apply to individuáis. exce|)t at thoee times «rhen the paaaage muat be effiseted h\- water. The toll-houaea shall be esfeabtiahed on the teft bank of the Vístula J he same Commission shall also agrec ujion the principies concerning Uj»- ARTICLE X. A]' *e rights, obligation»., advantages, and pri s Üegea, "-tipulated by the three Ulgh Contnacting Partios, in the Articles relativo to individuáis'possessing ropert3 under difaereut CSovernnaenta, t»-> a «añorad amnesty, to free trado na navigation, are equallv granted to the freo eity of Cracow and its .erritory. Ia order to íacilitate tbe prpviaioning the city and territory of Cracow, e ttire«_; llio-h Courta coaamt to allow firo-wood, coaja, and every other ol firstneoeaaity. fnaelv to pass and repasa throucrh the territory of be ctty of Cracow. *• ■ • -64 ARTICLE XI. A Commi.nion «hall regúlate the rightaof proporty, and the renta f<» t>o by the peusuiitry oti eccleaiastioal and crown lands, m tlie mauner bcst csi etilated to relieve and ameliorate that claaa ot' individuáis. ARTICI-E XII. The free citv of Cracow ah«H {.reserve for itself and upon it> t ■;■ the jjriviletíes ot" tht. ¡xist. Eacl) of the three Courts, howovor, ahail htm the optiun caf nafefllinhíng either rhei'- <>wn post ártico at Craco« . .. . mii:niirtdinfl toauil from iiieir ütau>. < r memy to eppoint a eeeretauri post o dice ¡tr CmWHT, to supi riiiU mJ viiís departnie.it. The postag* ■ letters, and of thoso of the interior, sliall he scttled in the regulatioiu to he agí te \. havt? been national proj>erty of rhe Duchy of \V;u-s¡iw, afaall, as belong in future to the free city of Cracow. This prí>pcrty ahall con si one of ite fínaneial funda, and the revenue ariaing therefrom shall be plied to tln- aupport of the academy, to other litorary Lnjstí tutions, and pr .- cipally to the iiHjn-ovoinent of the mi-ans of pttfolic edtaoatiori Vtu r nui-s ariaing from t!ie bnrrier duties and bridge tolta, are, from ttacil nal to he appropriated te keeptng the brii':;. a uní highweya in repair ; botJ the fren city as well as in the lerritory of ClBOOW, the «civcnimciit *ha!l be rcsponsible for the execution of this part of the puhlic serviee, so nt-rt.- '■■ intiTcouiíc and eoeaMtaerce. ARTIOhK XIV. The revenues of the free city oT Cracow, being so rr«gulatcd thaf tita n plus of the ex|>ences of athiiiiiistration shall be «ippropriated to tli;- \¡ poses mentioued in the preceding Artiele, the city of ('raro» shall im ' ealled upon to contribute towardi* the payinent of ihc dehts of the duelw : Warsavv. and, <>n ti»c other band, it shall Lave no share in the reirnburae- uic nts whieh inay be made to that durliy. The inbabitarrrts of Cracow si •alwiiys he at hberty to afjbuiit the arrangement of their prívate datmB to Commission whieh sljall 1 ae autliorrsi-d to sett.le the ácCOUBts. ARTJCLE XV. The huildings and library belonging to the academy of CikmW, ica la property, and mortgaged capital, t»j¡>,<^ther with al i the prívilegea wliich " at present enjoya, are hereby aecured to it. 65 Permission shall he granted to the inhahitants of the neighbouring Polish provinees to repair to that academy, and to study there, as soon as it shall be ,v£;ulatcd coufonnaljly Wlth the intc ntions of each of the three High Courts. AKT1CLK XVI. The Bishoprick of Cracow, and the Chapter caf that free City, as well as all the secular and regular clergy, shall be continued. The funds, radow- menta, imtnoreablo eflécta, rents, or eolhetiona, whieh constitute their pro- perty, -hall be secured to them. The Sonate, however, shall he at liberty t-. propose to the Assemblies of JDec.cmber, a different modc of expenditure •i that whiclt niay exist, if it ajbtall be proved that the present appropria- .¡ of die revenues, especially with renard to publi<- iiKtruotion and the distr^ssed situation of the inferior plergry, has been condueted in a maiv.er coatrary to the intention of the foundera. Fn every change to Ije made, th« .'- iorrnalities shall be observe ! as are usual in respect to the adoptton of .i lew of the. JState. ARTICLE XVII. Aa the ecclesiastical jurisdietion of the. Itishoprick of Cracow is not to extend to the Austriau and l'russian te ritories, the notnination of the biahop of Cracow is apecially reserv ed to His IVfajesty the Empcror of all tbe Ruaaiaa, who, on this particular occataion, shall make the fir.~t nomina tion Bgreeahly to Ilis own choice. In future, the Chaj>ter and Senate shall each liave theprivilege <>f ret omtneritlitwo candidates for that appoint- ment, from imong whom Ilis said JVIajesty shall select the new bishop. ART1CLE XVIII. A eopy of the Artielcs before-metitioned, as likcwise of the Constittition arbich forma a principal par* of them, shall be formally deposited. by the lomt Commisaion deaignated in the 7th Artiele, with the archives of the firee City of Cracow, as a permaneiit prc»of of the generous princij>les adoj»ted by the three Higfa Powers in favour of the free City and territory of Ci acow. AlVl'ICLE XIX. Th.- present Treaty shall he ratiliod, and the i atirieatious shall be ex- cbaaged in six davs. In faith of whieh the r«íspecti\e Píenipotentiariei have sigtictl the same *nd have affixed thereunto the seal of their arma. Uotie at V tetina, the - 1815. 3a JVIiiy Niyned (L. S.) Tl»e Prince des METTEHNICH. (L. S.) The Prince do HARÜENÜERG. (t.. S.) 1 he Comte ApoBtolíe, aml Romta religión, is con fillimd as tho reli- gión of the eountry. ARTICLE ti. Evcry ^ect of the Chriatían religión, ia free, and cannot constituto fcujF dif féreuee with rogar;! to social rights. AIITICLE Ifí. Tho existin«- ri^Uts of tbe ngrionlturiat, shall be BWÍntihMd. Tlx U« km.ws na diatinction tmong cítizena, proteeting al! ulike. Tlie laar prol also tbe sccts whieh are toleratcd. ARTICLE TV. Tho o-overnrne.vt of the free Citv of Craeow and its territory, ahajl br veste»! 7n a Sánale. Cnmpoeed of twelve Mefluben, callcd Senators, and a President. ARTICLE V. Niño of tho Senators, inclutling the President, shall he elected by Aaaemblv of Repreaewtatirea ; the romaining four shall be cboaeii by» Chapter and t he. Arailemy, MChof whieh shall have the right ol roturan* t« o of their members to the Scnate. ARTICLE vi. Shc members «hall be appointed for lifc. The Presiden! of tho Sen ahall remain in office foc three yeera, with the power oí being re-electea Half of the remsinina senators shall retiro from the Sonata every \ e:ir. make rooiri for the newly elected ; the three membors who are to •» i their seats at tl-.eend of tho tirst y car, ahall be regulated aecordmír toj thal is to say, the VWVgWt members shall go out the firat. W.th regmrd M the four senators eíootcd bv the Chapter and AcadettlJ two of them - mainin office for Ufe| the other two shall be rcplaoed at the end OJ ycar. ARTICLE VII. The mcmhors of tho secular olergy, and of the I.Jniversity. nswo!' > owneráof l«nd«, houaea, or muy other k indo! property, who pay hit y i florins land tax ; «II proprietors of manufactories, merchwts, and all are reiriatered es members of the Exchange, diatinguiahed artiata, i • £ - ra of achoola, «hall, as soor. as they have attamed the rcepiuet BR «7 |Mve tho political right of voting. They may also he elected, provided the fultil the other cooditíoAi whieh the Iaw enjoins. ARTICLE VIIL 7'he member» of tho Administration shall be appointed by tho Senate whieh _has the pnvdege of diamissing, at pleaeure, public officera employed nnder ita authonty. It has likewiae the nomination to eccleaiaatical l;i¡ñ<'s the preaentation to whieh belonga to the State ¡ with the excepción of four ■ in the chapter, whieh shall be reserved for the doctora of tibe facultiea discharging tbc offioe* «i instructor.*, and to whieh places ihe Acadcmy shall appoint. ARTICLE IX. Tho eity of Craeow with its territory shall be divided into eitv and country communca. IT*e tormer abatí, each of. tbetn, as i;ir ea local circumatsuacca may permit, haré a populatíon of two thouaauid aovle, and the latter three thouaand hve huudred, at least. Each of these eommima shall have a Mayor freely elected and eharged with carryin^ the orders of Govermnrnt ¡nto effect. la the country coanmunea, mayoral tic* may he dischar^ed by dej>utv if aircumatancea require it. * m ■* ARTICLE The asscmbly of Representativos shall meet ir» tlio month of Deoember etch ycar, and their sitting shall not exeeed four weeks. The legislativo power ahal! be reated in this aaaembty ; it shall examino the animal accouñta «»f the pubhe adm inistration, and shall prepare the budget every ycar; it sliall elect the member» of the Senatc, aecording to the oontients of the organic Article in Una respect ; tibe eleetion of Judges is also reatad inthis assemblv, and they ba . have tho right (by a majonty of taro-thirda) to impeach pahlic officera, ot whatever rank, if aaapected of embezsUag monov, or guáltj of ex.ietion, or w any other abuse ín the diecharge of their otHoea. and to bring them befbr tbe Suprema Court of Juatice. ARTICLE XI. The assembly of Representativos shall becompoeed ; l. Of tho departíea <>f cotnnaunea, each electing <>ne. Of three naaaabera efaaaan by the Senate. 3. Of three pielates, appointed by the Chapter. ■*• three doctora of the facultiea, appointed !>y the I." ni versitv. ó. Oí ^ix magistrales of arbitration, actually in office, a/ho sliuíl aerve ín rotation. The President of the Committee shall ba cboten from the three nctribers wpointed b> the Sánate. ¡N.> project of a Iaw, tending to intro- an3 alteration in an exiatang lasv or regulatíon, shall he propoaeai to the . m""ttee of"Repiesentatives, anleaa it sball have been previoualy cofflmu,- ajcatadte the Senato, and have receired their aanrtinn by a tnajority.68 ARTICLE XII. The iiirtnMy oí Representativcs shall employ itself in framing a civil and criminal codc of lawt, aml in re^fulating the forins of proceedinÉj. They shall appoint withnnt delay a Committee to prepare the same, in the framin* of which dui- renard shvall he liad to the local circumstances of the countrv, and to the habits of the people. Two meinbers of tile .Senatc siiail be at- Uiched to this Cdoumittee. ARTICLE XIII. If a law has not. received the ronsent of seven-cight.lis of thñ Reprcsentati\ -i. aml if the Sen*ta declares, by a majority of niño vistes, that the public in teres), roo; u i res it to he siibm i t.ted a;_;ain to the oonsideration of the Ueeisl it shall be roferred .1 aecond time to the decisión of the Asscmbly OÍ the tollowint* voar It" it !>l- an objectof finance, the law of the precedir.££ » hall l< limill in forcé mi t i 1 the mow law has passed. ARTICLE XIV. The assemhlv of Representativos shall appoint a Magistrato of Arbt- tr.ition to cvery district. consistí ng of not les* than six thousand souls. lli shall exiTi'iso bis functiona for three years. Resides his duty as Arbitrator, his business shall be to wateh over the ínteres tu of minora, as well a- ta take oognÍMace of atl suits relatinf» to funda and landed property belonging r > the State, or to public inatitutions. lipón all mattera referred to bím ín lii> douhle capacity, be shsül cominuniratf with the youngest Senator, wbi i ■ spceial duty it sliall he to attend to the interests of minora, and to acti(¡ns ot law concerníng fuuJ« or landed property of 1.1 us ÍState. ARTICLE XV. There shall he a Court of " First Instancf, " and a Courl of Appeal. Three Judges in the toriner, and four in the latter l.'ourt, including thetr "Presideius, shall hold their appointments for hfe. The other Jndajft attaelied toeach of tbsaé Coarta, to the iminher whieh lucal circmnst.inccs mav reqnint shall ilepend npon the free eh-ction of the ooininmies, and shall remaní in office no looger thaii the period specified in the organie lawt. Thes< Usa ('ourts shall try c.uisi's of all doscr iptions. whatever he their nature, or tlic rank of the partios. If the decisión of both Courrs he alike, no further a\>- peal can he had. If ttieir verdiets are essontially at varianee, or it tlu" Aradcmy, after harina; examined the written pleadings, declare that there !• ground for a compleint «~>f a violatiotl of law, or that the ossciitial forma oí procccdtng haré not been obsorved ir» a eivil cause, as woll with rotjai-ii t«> sentences inilictíng capital or >. Of three eitizens, ehosen hy the puhii<- otlicer brought to trial. Njhc nieinbers are noeessary to pronounee the sentence. ARTICLE XVII. Civil arid criminal causes aro to be decided iu open court. In «he mode of proeeedinf»;, (and( in the lirst Ínstame, in causes strietJy erimiua!) the ¡natittttion of .Junes shall be introditced, aml adapted to the local sitUAttOIl ■ ti the eoimtry, and to the Information and cliaracter of the mhabitaiits ARTICLE XVIIC TJie j U'heia ry body is i i.dopc mlent. ARTICLE XIX. At the expiration of the sixth year, dating from the pulilication of the nstitutionaj charter, tlie tiecessary qualificatioaa for beoomniga .Senator, bv the. eleetion of the Representati\es, shall be; 1. lie maurt be thirLy-five y aira of age. ■J. He must haré eompleted his atudiea in one of the univcrsities within the ancient kingdom of Poland, :i. lie must nave filled the otíiee of Alayur dnring twoyears, that of Judye (luriiig two y«MUTS, aml that of Representative duriiig' two sessions ol the "S.-einhl v'. -t. lie must have possessed, for a year at least previous to the electioii, an d iveableproperty, charaped with a land—tax ol ■ hundred and tifty POliafa Theqnalífícatimaa for a JTttdge are .- i. Xo he thirty years of age % -' To haré completad has atudiea in one of the above mentioned unirersi- • . nid to have obtained the desrree of Doctor. S. IV» have been v\ith an Attorney ibr one year, and to have jpracticed also "itli an Advócate for the. same period. 4. To possess immovcable property to the valué of eight thousand Rolish «orina, whieh must have been aeeptired at leasr a year hcfore the election. Iu order to be elected a Judgc of the " Seoond Instancej " or President M either of the courts, besifles these i two years, and have been a Repreacntative. TTo 1>c cleetcd Represcntativc of acommutic, it is neoessary ; 1. That be shall be twcnty-»ix years of aire. 2. That lio shall have gone through a, cour.se oí studies at the vmivorsity of Ofaeow. 3. That-he ftha.ll be possussed of iminov-cable proporty ratod at ninety I'olish florins. anv ffift of the tjrowti, «>r by «deetion of the l>iet, nur shall tlu , I ■pplioafaleee WoM wlto have now obtzaineal them by euttiority «»f the <■ ,■ inü; Powei a. Thesc jx.Tkon« sliall Imb tully entitled to be BMHnl d •■It-ctcd to erery office. AKT1CJLJC xx. All Aets of GuTiTiii )enl, of the L«egiaiatiiret s«i.d l t.hc Ourts .>f Ju I i ■hall be in the Pohsh lenguage. AIl'íTí I.K XXI. The roví'iinrs and ox]>endituro of the. Academy shall he ineluded ¡n tli? general budj;ct of thc freo city and territory of Cracuw. ARTICLK XXII. The duty of tlie pólice and safe t y of the interior shall be perforni- <1 bj « .-.nffieient limubW eff thc municipal militia. 1TM« dot aeh tnciit shnli be altar uritely reli.íved. and eoiniiianded by ni» ofliccr o1 the lint, who, ha diatinguiahed hiña •*- e! f in tbe ^i-rvieo, a hall acco.pt suoh a rrtirptnent. A Buffictent ímmbor of gendarmot shall be armed a ai al mounted ior thc |MOlectiutk of thc i oads and lonntry. Done at Yiemia tbe 3d day of I\lay tn the year of our Lord ísigned (L.. N.) The Prinee de. MF/1TKRMCII. [ L.. S.> The Prinee de HARDENBERG. (h.S.) Use Comie de RASOI .*MOFI->KY. ACT No. IV. T'rccfí/ beltfC'fi 1'russia and Su ro/#y n/' t'tc \Si/t AJtty I)>15. In the Naiuc of tbe Alost 1 Ioly and Lhidivided Trinity. Ilis Majesty tbe JKing of Prnasia on the one part, and ílis Mejesty uw IvitiL, of ¡Saxoíiy oti the other, anímate*] witb the deaíre of rencwiir. wi 71 of friendship and good utiderítanding which llave so happily subsisted betweiTi Tl»eir ri'sjit'clive JStates ; and beMvtt anxious to contribute tiowarda tbe K,i I tilliuwaail ot" ordei UMÍ tranquilhty in EUlIOpe, by carryinjr ii»t'> efiect thc ti rritorial arraiigements stipnlatod at the Cmt^l 11 <>f Víennt; Their .«n¡d Maje«tie» have naiTi<'ot enti,jries, to Rgi tu UjKin, COMClude, an<Í *''Kn a Tr»-at\- of IVarc and Príendahip, viz; Ili^ Meíestv the Kisii; of Pt-ii' sia, tbe l'rinre Hardenber^, His Cbeneellor Siate. Kiiight ot the <¿ratid OraM of the Black fístfglc, and of the UcH Ka"'le: of St. jolui of Jaraiawm, an-i of the 1 ron Cw>aa of Pjais^ia; of the Orclern of St. Andieiv, BC Alevander NFeéKVky, and of Nt Anrn; of tile Pirat CImm of Itussia; GnuMl Cmm of the K»vh1 Order of St. Stejphen >í Ilim Miyj (irarid EjMgfle of th<- I.e^ion of Hwwr, Oretad Oross of the Orrfcr o1 St. V-baríes of Siiain, of the fSiif MM ( ti der ot' th<- A tuimieiation, Ivniíjíit of tíie Oider of the Serau >lt i m of S»cdi:i, of the Klephant of I>e :• inutN, of tlie (¿olden ICatrle ol' \Viirtemburcf, at»Vil)¡am, liaron de Hne&boldt, Ilis MiMefter of Satc, (iiamix-rlain, Knviv Exti eorelinei y and Miníate i* Píen* poten ti ary to Ihs Impt-rial and Kojral Apoetoiie Ahuesty. Knii;h» of tlx- GmUtd Oni'-r of tlie Red K,a«T'e, of the J ron ('loas of Praiál and of ÍSf. Aune of ti¿e; KM (^laf.s of Raissia ; And I lis ftfajiaieur Frederií- Albert , Count .!( ,Siifidential Wa4í IWIldai Jí ] Who, aftor baiin oaebaaged their ful! puama, fisaatkd i>i din form, havr ■■peed u}jí»n the luMuaiing Ariieb-s; AiiTirhK r. Froni ibis day there shall be peace and friendsldp bettveen Eüa Majc^ty th^ A B rusf'a °" «»«• one part, and Hi» Maje.tv &ie fvi.nr of Saxo/.v oh " e vther, Ihetr hcirs and suect-Mon, Their a tutea and reajascah^ tfUÍMecfci "fo, e.er AKTIt'LE Ti. Ilis .Maj«-sty til*.- Kinjf of .Saxony rcnoiu'1 < h /".»r «.-ver, for Uiniself, Ilii he¡rs and sucossorj», in taví^ur of tí¡M \Iajest> tbe H.mis of PhWfta, all rij^'it andtitle to thc provine^es, distriets, and pOTOOBI of territorv ot the kjii^j- «<« ll. atu! 1 11 AIatesi^- rhe Ivin^ of l'russ i ■hall jxi>ri<-ss these countrics in fuJl aovoiei|¿llii'■('./<.■ of "udenberg, this lino shall follow the cours^-. of the rivulet "V\rittich as fár as janction witb the Neíuc. Prorn sha ISTeiase ii shall reach the circle of72 Ei;j;on, lwtwvon fauehritz, whidi símil bolong to Prussia, aml líertschnt retnaining to Suony. It shall then follow t~hn nurthcrn frontier of the cin:iP oF Eigen, as tkr as the anglc betweeo Paulidorf and Ober-Soliland ¡ i ..... thence it shall continué M far as the limita whieli Mfwnte tiic eircle or" (, lita (rom that of Hantzen, so tliat Obcr-in i ttol MO N¡ iodor-Sohland, <_>'• and Radewitz, rcmain to Saxony. The grt-at poat-road between Gorlitz and Bautxen, shall belong to Pi is Far as the limita of thc two circlt-s above—mentiotaed x thcn the line i follow thc- frontier of thc circle as Far as Dulnanku, extendí ng ai »ng i!i heighta <>n thc ríght of the I-iObaOer-'Waaaeír, in auch a direction that rivulet, with its tvro l>anks and tho places udjaccnt. us fiar as Nuudorff, . teiiiain, with that villaje, lo Suonv. This line shall then retum to Sprae, and the Schwax-Wuinr ; Eiska-I Iormsdorf, rVettet», and Solehdorl being tranaférred to Prussia. Prona the Schwau-x—Elster, near Solehdorf, ■ direct line shall be drawn aa Far as tho bourvdary <>F tho territory oF the lordahip oF K.oenigabrück, Oroasgrabehen. Thi» lordahip shall n inaip to Saxony, aml the lino follow the Borthem Frontier ol this 1ord sh i p, as Far as that of the baulivt .■; of Groaacnhayt», in tho cmviroma of Ortnuu!. Ortraxid, and the roed fi , , that platee by ftferzdorf, Stolzetahayn, and Ciróebohi ro Mtthlberg, wíth the vil- la^es through which this road passes, shall reinain to Prussia ; tho line '•< ing so ilrawn, that no part ol" the said ron te shall reniain out of the IV;.- aian territory. The Frontier lina from Círoobeln shall be carried aa lar b Elba by Ficntenberg, and shall be oontinuecl near the bailiv\ick of ÍSlu, Pichtenberg shall belong to Prussia. From tho Elbe to tho Frontier oF tho country of Nferaebotarg, the line sli be so drawn, that tho bailiwick*. ot Torgao, Eilenburg, and Delitach, belong to Pruasia, and thoae of Osehatz, Wur>:*»n, and Eeipsic, reniaii Savoiiv. The line shall thon follow the frontiera bordering on tlica< wicks. di v idi nfí certa i u tn''/ares afead efeawi GttcitUMSS. The whole road Fl Mtthlbcrg to Eilenburg, shall be within the Prussian territory. From arodelwitat, belonging to the baili-.v-ick of Eeipaic, which sli;i!I r main to Saxony, aa tar as Evtra, which shall also remaní to that Power, 1 lino shall so divide the country of Meraesbonrg, as to leatve B re i ti ,.¡ Haaenichen, Groas, and Klein-Dolaag, Mark-Ranstadt, and Knaut-Naueo- «Iorf, to Saxony : and Modelwitx, Skeuditz, LSLlein-Eiebenau, Alt-h an Schkohfen, and Zietschen, shall pass to Prussia. Thence the lino shall divide tho bailiwick of Pegau, between the 1 Graben and the Weisse—Elster ; dividing the rirst river at the poinl > s«-parates from the Weísae—Elater, below the town of Croaaen, u lii' i I part oF the bailiwick ot' Haynsberg, as Far as the point where it joii Saale bclow tli<- town oF Meraebourg , tho whole courac of thía river, aa runa betwecntheae tare toirna, together with both i ta banka, shall belong totre Pruaaiati territory. From thence where the frontier line tonches upon : country of ZeitZ, it shall Follow that line m Far as tho itountry of A i nberg, near Lnckan. rPhe frontiera ot" the circle of Neoatadt, which passes wholly under dominión of Prussia, shall continué without alteration. Tho mí /í»'c.v efa 11 - h'"1 ton«lorf, Spakrenberg, and Blatnkenberg, are included in the sliaro beloiigtnS to I*i-ussia. ARTICkE III. To prevent al] injnry of prívate property, and to protect, upon tho no* liberal principios», the property oF individuáis domiciUa*ed upon tho iroiit'-' 79 Ifíl Majesty thc Kinsí of Prussia and Ilis Majosty the King c>f Saxony, «hall ach appoint C'otnmissir>n»-rs to procooF the arrangeilsenta oF Iba pveaent Freaty. As acVoai as tiie Commiaaionen «hall llave execwtod the F the kiagdom of Saxony, which pauta under the dominión of Hia Madeaty the Kin¡, of Prussia, shall i., atyied, the Paachy of Saxony t and Ili EVf aieatj shall atdd to Ilis titlea thoae of Duhe «»f Sancony, 1 aiulgmaii of Tharingia, nJaigiaiati of the two Lusatias, aml ( nnnt of Ilonneborg. His Majesty the Kiiii>- of Saxonv shall COOtinne to bear tha litio of" Maigrave of Upper Luaana. Il¡s rVlajeaty shall .riso continne to bear thoae of Lamdgi ave of Thurinaria, aml Oounf ot Menneberg, in virtaae of III^ riijht of eventual aucceaaiion to the j»ossossioiis of the Erneatine kaMach. AliriCLK V. ITis Majostv tho rCin^, of" Prussia «nuiles, thai Hia froojjs shall evaonair the provineea, diatriota, and territortea oí" tho kíngdom of .S:iv»ny «vhich »1«'# wat pauta amdear Ilis dominión, aml to cause tho niliiiiiiiatialiim there(»f to be Katoetd to thai fita non authorí tiea, in Gfteen tlays from tho eatchauage of" the ratiaksatioiaM oF the pare a o nt Troaty. MlfU'LE VI. Every arran^i mi-nt which ahall bo a neceasaury ami indiapcinaahlr consav Bnence of the oeaaion to Pruaata of the provincea aml diatricta deaignated in Article 2, shall be fórthwitfa conaidaared ; ataoh ,É< thoae which relate to the archives, debts, paper—money, pr o>ther obliga ti ona «•>!" theae pr<»vinccs, as woll as those oF the kinardíom in pcucral ; also those which relato t'< the pablic tumis; to arrears, partiriilni Ijr thiian of the ordinaury taxra aaad Crown Knta, which have beasoUMi due during the PraaaaiauD admmistratioa ; t'> tbc nutded j)roj)erty of tho r«-li;;ious, civil or military pub'ie cstablishmcnts ; to tlio army, the ■rtíllery ; to proviatona and warlikc stores ¡ to tendal rights, ■nd other matnaiia ol a aimilar uatture. \\'¡t!i n-spi'ct to feudal rigbta, Ilis Muajesty thc rvint^ oí" Prwnaía and Ilis -Maji-stv the Kinj<' oF Saxony, being ameioua cavrefuilj t<> remove evervr subject which roight give riso to daapujte or futiare di acusa ion, renpectively ronnunct, nacnin favotir of tho other, di i ii> ! t orncetontion of thia uature which they exercuMad, or might have rrTnrriand, beyond the irontiers apecifnVnd in- the presen t Trcaty. rhe executaon of the present article shall tako place by oomanon consent, ""!'l < -oiumissioiicrs shall be annoiiited tor this ptirposc by the two Govcru- nn-nts.7 1 ARTICLE Vil. Tlic separation of (he records shall be eflfrcted iu tlie following manacn Tin- itannh of the Crown tonda, documenta aaad papara, rehvtiug exclusive!] to the provinecs, territorios or places, ceded eutirely r>y His Majeaty ta Ivinfi of Saxony to Ilis Majeaty the Kincr of IVussia, shall he given up • tho Prussian Commissionera iu threeuaontha fcoaa the date oi me exeluii of tlie ratificationa. The restitution of-plans bf fortreeaea, and mapa of towni and countrie shall l>e made in tho same manner, and withín the lame period- \\ h province or territorv ¡a not wholly ceded to Pruaaia, origináis of ti menta referring to ¡"t, shall either be del i ve red to the Pruaaian Commiasionen, or shall reman» in the banda of the ¡Saxon authoritie*, aocordine ■ greater or lessorpurtion of the province or torritory ahall have been ceded. I n party retaiiiii)fí the origínala engages t<> furtiish the other with legal i sed •. piea thereof. The ,\ixmi Government shall n uin the origináis oi all . a.nd papers whiob, tbougll not ooming undiT either of the < ases abovo apsei fied, are of coinmoii mterest to hoth partía» % cngat*mg, at the. same tin.. de! i ve r to Pruaaia legal iaed copiea <>f" the same. The Prussiau Commtuioneri ahall he anabled to decide wliich of theae acts, doeuments, or papera, might he intereating to their goverument ARTICLE VIII. With irgard to tho armv, it is luid down as a principie, thal all prh . non-ooiumissionod olheeis, and other mihtary persous helow the rankol ollicers, ahall lie subjoet to that Power to whom the placo of their na 11 wu shall belong. OBicera of all rank, notexeepting turgeona and chaplaina, are sit lihertv to remain it> the aervice of that govcriiment whieh they ahall pre lar ; and thia privilege shall be also extended to soldiera and other milita persous helow the rank of otlict r», arito are uot nativos ot" ísaxony or Pruaai ARTICLE IX. The debta apeciadly mortgagi-d on the provinees wholly ceded to l""- or remainine under the government of Saxony, shall he liquidated bi tí Government to whom tí o aaid province* .-hall belong, IIís Maieaty the King of Prussia, and Ilis Majeaty tho King of Saxony, have estahlished tho lowing regulation, with regard to th .se debta whieh aro to be liquida! the provínoos remain i ng iri part to Ilis Majosty tho Ktng of Saxony, as well •ns to thoso whieh belong to tho kingdom in generad. The debta, for tho liquidation of whieh oertain revenues havo been specially aaaigned (fundad debta), either aa to capital or intereat, sbadl be diatinguished from thoso !or whieh no provisión has been mado. Tho former descriptioti of debta «hall follow thoso rovoimos, so that the proporción in whieh BU« revenuea ta 11 under the dominión of one or other of tho two Grovernmenta, shall also bo that in whieh they shall be divided betweeto tfaem. With to thoso dehta, fbr tha liquidación of whieh no eertain revenuos have aaaigned (unfunded debta), the grounda apon whieh they have been con tractüd, ahall likewiae determine to whieh fund they ought to have been aa aigued ; that is to say, what portiom of the rere nuca abould huvo been mm 7* píied to the payment of intereat and to t/ie reimbiirsemont of tho capital Prussia and -Saxony shall contribute to their liquidation, accordilUT to tito share they shall rooeive of theae revenuos. If, contrary to all expectation a case should arise whore it woald be ímpossible to decide upon tho ova. t futid to whtch m particular debtabould havo been aaaigned, it shall be underatood that out oi tho total aenountol the revenuea belongtng to the province eata' blishmont, nistitution, or fund. fbr the aecornmodati >n of whieh auch Jeb< shall havo been contiaotod, tho same shall be «liacharged \ and it shall he at the charle ot tho two ff'vcmnu-nts, iu proportion to the part of thoso reve- -jiios whieh each ol them piar rooeiae. The pledgea to be withdrmwn on the reimburaenaent of" tho capital for whtch theji liad bo u hohl aa a aacuricv shall retara to the peoVinoa. eatabliahment. inatitution, or individual t<» whon. those p!o«lgf.-s holonsed. Thoso whie h are the propertv of a province divide»! between the two Potrera, shall be ahauned aoeording to the proportion aribtchaach part ot suoh provincemay havecootributed to the liquidation of na capitad. The principies above establisltod conconiiii^- to ARTICLE X. ilis Mijesty tho Kinpf of Prussia, and Ilis Majeaty tho ackiaowkHhring tho neceaaity of punetually fulfiiling the enfrairementa tarad mto for the wants and sorvioe of- the kingdom of Saxony bv tho < : •iiission st\-lod ■ ' DUltU ; of S.txony • CH- o t ;om- oii styled " CetUrai Stmuer Commissian," have agrot-d, that they shall ho alíy guaranteedand fulfllled by the two <;<>vernmor»ts. An aovad ñau» v ot Commimonora shall, tberefore, be appointed without dehay oa bod «dea, to liquídate theae debta, to divide them according to tho reS.,lat¡o,: tstjhlished by tho. flth vVrtiele, for public unfunded noode and period of their payan en < debta, and i gulat ion to sottlo tlir- Each Government engagea t<» provide meauaa fbr tho «lischareo of fhaar aebta ; rescrving, however, to tho.nsolvos, reciprocaUy, to malta thoso oav .procally, bo nents, either by arreara of taxes, and the feHing of an extra quantitv "of ambi r, upon whieh theae paymenta liad been aecured, or by other meaáurea altordmg equal aocuraty, so that the períoda of paymont, iñ anticipation of and the follincr of tambar aaaa gayen, shall be Should, however, the produce of those arreara, and laaaufBcient to nmadee good theae atipulated engaaeiaentt, produce, as hit- ai i produce, as far aa it ooaacerna the Prussian territorv, in tho fh-st ¡natance, to the diacharge of those pay- Bank and Marítimo SÓcietV of Prussia are rospnisi ble: •rhich the arreara of taxes and the pimentally observed. ol thia timbear, prov< it is agroed, that aucl ^ha!l he appi-opriatetl, naenta, for whieh tho it, u, thoso paymenta, it shall he noceeawrv tocad] upon Saxony to cóntribute t"war»fs their liquidation, and that, unoxpectedly, the produce of tho taxes md umher in that part of Saxony whieh ís to provide fbr tho samo, should oe inaumcient to furniah the two above-mentioned eatabliahmenta w ith the necessary s„,ns, at tho tune of their bocón.in- due, Prussia a-roos t«» ffra„t a luayror the.r payment till tho fair of L«ipaic, beld on St. Miehaara dav ol vh¡Pr;Tnt •vt ,V'- *?ith re«mrd to tl,,; «*her «lebta, towarda tho payment of jrnichithe produce ol tho taxea and the felling of timher is to bTemployed '. I , aj-W-v the,K,n«.oí »»d 11 Maieaty tho King of .Saxony," re- ' ' to; lliomsolvos. m the event of thia produce being inadequata to tha "Pject u. view to enter n.to an arran-o.nent, either by an amicable uader- Ací tfWII' th Crcdi.U*r¿ or ''y |»olor.gir.R the períoda of payment, a..d <'<-JH(ati«tv the Kin_r of Prassw expreaaly ackuowledgos, that paper circulated under the namc of " Cr/.v.sv//4/'/A-/.v," shall form part <>í' the debfca of the country, whích shall bedivided according feo the principies eata. bliehed bv Article .9. His Prussian Majesty promises, in coniequence, lo próv ida fbrthe payment of that j>art which falla tt> llis (han ¡ nd being Av. sirous, cqnallv with Hia IVf ajeaty 11ni K.iiiía of Saxony, to adop; snch bm» sures as may feéttd, as much as possihle, to the wclfhre of'AHeir respective • jects, They muf Saxony ceded to Prussia, as in that which remanís to His Majeaty tlic King of Saxony ; and no chango ahali be anule tberein, exeept by comiBoa conaenfc. Alfl'ICLE XII. His Majesty the Kiattt of .Saxony having elaims, either on aceouiit of re- venues dúo froni the riirlc of ( .'ottbtis, 01 on aecount of advanecs made t- this cirele, the Commission < stablishod by Article XA, shall take thein inte their apeeial eoneideretion', and epply fco them tiie principies established in the ¡)rt S(Mil Treaty for the regulation of subjccts of a similar naturo. ARTILLE XIII. His MajcstN the King of Prussia promises to sottle wliatovor duiv rcí'.iril -the property and intorests of the respectivo subjccts, apon the most liberal principie*. The stipulations contamod in fche preMnt Article shall particn- larly apply to tf»e roiK-crns of individúala retaininu property under both the Pruaaian and Sax.oñ fcioveriimonts ; to the rommcrce of Leipsic, and to M niattcrs of thia deecription; and in order that the jjersonal liberty ot the m- habitanfc* of the ceded and other provinoca may not bo aHected, they 8[*f~ be peranitted to omigrate trote oné territory to the other; they being liable, however, to military aervíee, and provided they coadbrm them ael vea t<« the ia\is. They shall be allowed the privilege of removing their property trtth- 011L being aubjeetfco any exportation duty or «hawbai-k (.-fdzt/.ífs Criid). ARTICLE XI\ . llis Majestv the Khig of Prussia and His Majeaty the King ■* ^>N 'jV shall immediately appoint Commisaionera to determine, in an exact and ae- tailed muiner, the points which forrn the aubject of thia Act, rrom Articles to 13. and-from ib" to 20. This Commiasion shall asaemble at Dread -.. 1 their taboura shall be completed at lafceafc in three months, datiiiiy trom tne exchanea of the ratitications of this Treaty. 77 ARTICLE XV llis Majcsty theEiiijieroi o( Austria hav iiifr offt red His mediation in evi'vy arraiiucment, between the Courts of l'ni^sia and Saxoiiy, rendered neceasary i:, consequi-nee of the territorial eessions stipulated in Artiido 2 ; llis Ma/estv theK-ing of Saxony and His Majestj the Kiii'^ of Prussia BCOept this media- ;;,>,i, both in regare! to the general and particular ari aiigeinents entrusted to . .,• ( ommi■aíona tnenfcioned in the 3d and í-ttli Arti» lcs. Ilr* Imperial and Royal Apostolic Alajesty engaces, in etíiiSíM^ueneí-, to ,ii)¡>oiiit wiíhout delay a CJommiwdoner, investeeii. the ÍSehwarze-KIster and the \Veissi?-Klster ; Rrel] as to that of the Kloss-Cjíraben, which tíows from this Iatter river. ARTK LE XVIII. His Majesty the King of Í*rusaia engagea to fulfil the eontraets nade f**tween the Cioiernment and the lamiera oi Crown Iand.-> or lanrl revenues, 111 the provhices and territories ceded in virttie of the 9Ú Article, the kaaea of which are not yet exj>ircd. ARTICLE XIX. Hi* Ma jesty the King of Prussia promises to furnish aimually to the Saxon >• .iment, "aiiovc-mcntioned. It is understood that, at the expiration of the period munid upon, the «aótÓMWaw of 150,000 quintáis «hall nol ttndcr cireatnttinces, be redticedat the pleasure of oither party, »nd that tha prin- cipie established respéetiag the price, hy tlie juvsont Article, shall aja fomi the hasis of the new regtilatton. The salt xvhieh the SaXon Oovernment shall rccchc, in virtuc of present Article, shall be supplied froin tho salt-work» of Dttrrtjnbarg Korsen ; and in cuso the quantity above-niontionod should not l>e pTOCV from these salt-WOdca, it shall be furnished from the Prussian suh-work» nearest to the frontiers of Saxnny. MToexport dutv shall be- paid on the salt which the Priissian Oo^ettlIWI shall furnish to MSOny iñ virtue of this Article. on its ctmveyance trotn the works to the frontiers; ñor shall any other dutics n hatever he paid tber except thoee levied at the barriera, bridgea, canal», or locks, tlian are pai«l by Prussian subjeets on the sum<- roote, and for the same modos of conreyaacc. ARTICLE XX. The e.xempiion from export dutics, referred to at the conclusión precedí ng Anu le, in respect to salt, shal'. be extended with the same mo* ttcatioa, bv tho Pruasian and Saxon Oovernmenu respectivery, to the ex- - tation and ianportation from ane torritory to the other, of pram, "t foel "'. every deseription, of timber, lime, »lates, milf-stoues, brieks, ámdrtonew all "kinds, whetber these articles are purchaaed by subjecta of the Government*, or hy the Govcrnmenti t he m sel ve». His Majesty the" Km- of Prtissia, and Hn Majesty the King ol ••• at the sanie time, mutually engage uever t«> prohibit OT Ínter rup* the e«p n ation of tho said artictes. ARTICLE XXI. Itfo individual settled in «he pcorincea which ara «rodar the domin o 11 i» Majestv the King of Saxony, ñor any oac settled ui thosewh»< "■ ' . present Tre'atv, pass under the dominión of the King oí Prussui, molested in h«s porso,». pruperty, rent», pensien* and rwewttc» ol any k ñor in his rank and dignities ; ñor be pros« cuted orcalbed t>, accounl manner, tbr any part which he, «¡«haría a civil or military eapaeity, _ havo takcn in the eventa that have oecurred sinec the eomnaeacement <> 79 trar terminated by the peace signed at Parta on the .soth May isi4 This Article equally extends to ti,.....«rho, not béing domiciliated in" either part of Saxony, may poasesi in it landed property, reuts, pensiona, or revenue* of whateveraasci>ip€ie«i thsioii ol* the Duchy of War-aw fita Majesty recogniües tho rigtlCs of f¡ .ver<-igis"t v over th.it t-o.mtrv, sueh ai ihey aro stipulated by the Treaty bf Vienha, of the 2ist Apríl (3d Mav) .1 th« present year, lor the provinces which pass under the scentre of His Majesty the Kenperor ol all the Russias, « ith the title of King of Polaml - t..r th..se parti which revert to His Majesty the Empeiwof Austria, o,, thó rkpht bank of tlw VistiAl ; as wefl as for The provinces to be posses-ed bv Mis Majesty the Ivingof Prussia, under «lie title of GFrand Duchyof Posen ARTICLE XXIII. His Majesty tito King of Saxony engages. that the records, maps. plan., andlall documents whate«ur belonging to the üu.-ln of Warsaw, shall be a.thtully rostored 1 his restitution shall take place withiri six months from tiu aay ot tho exchange <>í the ratirications ,.t the present TVeary. ARTICLK XXIV. Ili* Majesty the King ol Saxony is relcaaed from all resÉMmsfbltttv and c*aige whatever, with regard to th. payment of debts contracted on aóoount oí the l>ochy ol W ursaw, by « onsent of tho. Ministro of Finance. or other ic orhcors of that countrj : particularlv from all"obligatíons impoaed «a Him by tho Convention of Bayonne, which is aanulled, a,id frorn the loan ootsined onthesalt minos of Wioh'ozka. With .ogard to the 3,060,103 Oorins, claimed as baving been transforred ''oin tne traasary <>t Saxoay ¡uto that of the Dnchv of U'arsaw • as it is lated by U»e Treaty sign.-d the sist Apríl (3d May), betvreen Prussia, Ml';'- and Jtussia, th.u a Comminion ot liquidation, compoaed of Rms- at'w a,1 tneir clatma and ehargos agamst each other ; tho above claim shall be . k ñ "**" snnie ínanuer. The ciaima on the part of Saxony, to that -hall nndergo tho same < Kamination, and shall be subtnitted to the sanJ ^ ™n\,»«»«n, to which His Majesty the King of Saxony shaíl be at liberty »> aecredited Comuiissioaer on His part, vrho shall assist in ti», ir "oerations.80 ARTICLE XXV. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the acts of ratifieation encehanged in three daya, or sooncr, if possible. In fai th of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries have sipned it, and barre atlixed tlioreunto the seal of their arms. Done at Vicuña, the lSth May, in the \ • ai- of our Lord 1815. Signcd (L. S ) The Prince de HARDENBERG. (L. S.) The Barón de HÜMBOLDT, (L. S.) Tlie Count SCHULENBURG. (L. S.) De GLORIO. ACT No. V. .Declara*'*»* of tfie King of Sa.vony, o», the RiffhtM of the Ilouse of St Ai n hurg. of the 1HM Jhfay Í8 15. IIis Maiesty the King of Saxonv, beine: willing to confonn to the arra menta made by the Courta of Rúas i a, Austria, France, Great lint Pruaaia, relativo to the House of Scbonburg, a* oomtained in the followina Artiele, whieh forma the 33d ol thosc Articles that have heen cominunicated to llis said Msyeaty at Presbourg ; vi* ; « ARTICLE. «« The Iliph fV-ntractinR Partios, in w¡]ircsslv roserving to the li " the Princea of Schónburg the righta whieh shall i n fu tu re belong to amilv, in consequence of the rank it holda in the Germanic Conten ion, connrm and guarantee to Then», respectively, in regara to " farnil *« tion 11 possessions in the kingdom of Saxonv, all the prerogatívea whieli toe Roy al House of Saxony has recognixed in the Recesa oí the 4th t said Ilouse. , r 2. Hia Majes ty the Kin<; of Saxonv engagea also o the five I owers, Himaelf and Ilia anecessors, to fulril, and to causo to be fulfilled, For • and in their fuD extent, the stipulatious contained in the Recesa o •4th May 1740. 81 The prosent Deolaration .shall have ti»,- same forcé and vahd.ty as if it had 1,,..,, ....ertcrl ,n the Preaty eoncluded this day between I hs ^a,d Majeátv , ¿!ngof Pru^a.the Empcror ol Austria, the Emperor of Knss.a 'and D'e>-, nf tlte 2f)*A 2\faa I8 1.">. In the Naune of the Most Hóly and T_ ndividefl Triniry. KinÜj ^yV%tÍ¥> °f PrVS8Ía' an<1 m* *l"Jv*ty the Kintc of the United 'vingUom ol Great Untam and Ireland, Kintr of Hanovcr, desii-ing to com- 5^,"? u ¡«irticular Treaty. the dispositions contained in the Protocola *3tS un.d 7lst of February 1H13, of the Com.uittee of Plenipo- nnarus of Lngland, Austria, Russia, Pruaaia, and Franco, in order to 1 /'iíoTeftect «»• stipulations of the Treaty eoncluded at Reiehenhach, 011 iáann *K an<1 t° f«dfd the territorial arrangtmienta consequent t« U',"8ag-:,I,Cnt therein contained on the part of His Pruasian Majestv KrnZZ ^ovcreigns have named Plcnipotentiaries, to concert, agree upon, and WbaAevasr relates to this suhjeet ; viz. : YHis Majesty t!i cellor of State, K e K-hiR; of PltMIft, tho Príncc Hardenberg, His Chan- tight of the Grand Ordera of the Black K;iglc, and . Red Eagle. Ivnight of the Orderof St. .Jolm of .Torusalom, and of tli<- .' (,'rnss, of Pruasia ; Knight < >f tlie Ordera <>f ¡St. And re w, of St. Alexai Newaky, and of St. Aune, of Rliaaia. of the First Cía**; Grand. Cro the Roval Orderof St. Stephen, ef Hungary; Grand Cordón of the Legi <>i HónÜMMr, Grand Crow of the Order of Nt. Charles, of Spain ; Hubert, of Bavaria; of the Supremo Order of the Annuneiation, dinia ; K-iiight of the Orderof the Seraphim, of Swodon ; of the Elephs of Dcnmarf : of the Oolden Eagle, of Würtemborg, and of severa! . Ilis First Plenipotentiary a< the 4 !ongre»i ; and the Sieur Charles Will liaron de Humboldt, Ilis aaid Majesty's Miniater of State, Ilis Chambi lain, Env.n- Extraordinary and Miniater Plenipotentiary to Hia Imperial Roval Apoatolie Majeaty ; Rnight of the Grand Order of the Red Eagle, ol the Order of the [ron Croa a, of Prussia, and of St. Anne, bf the First< of Russia , Hia Secónd Plenipotentiary nt the Congrcn of Vienna. And ilis Majesty the Ring of the United Kingdotn, of Groat Britaii ai Ireland, Ring of Hanovcr, the Sienr Erneat Frederie Herbert, C< Mnntter, He red i tary Grand Marahal of the Ringdom ; Grand Croas of the Boyal Orderof St. Stephen, His Miniater of State and of the Cabinet, J Tis Miniater Plenipotentiary nt the Congreat of Vienna ; and th<- Sieui Kmí'st Chriatían George Auguatua, Count de Hardenberg, Grand the Order of Lcopold, of Austria : and of the Red Eagle of Prussia, Knight of tho Ord-ír of St. John of .Torusalom : Ilis Miniater of State and of tho Cabim-.t, Ilis Envuy Extraordina ry and Miniater Plenipotentiary i the Congress of Vienna; who, after having exchanged their hall powen fbund ni good and proper forro, have agrcud to the fbllowiog Artic'os : ARTICLE I. II. Majeaty the Ring of Prussia icdi'< to 1 lis Majesty the ICing ol I United Ringdom poaaesaed by His of Great Brítain and Ireland, Ring of Hanover, to 1 Majesty and His aucociaora, in fufl property and aova reignty I. 'The principality of Hildeabeim, which shall j>ass under the govern- mcnt of His Majeaty, with all the rio;hts and all the chargea with a lich the saiartieularly charged with 83 rTC-oution of this arrangi incnt. Ilis Prussian Majestv renounees ¿n perae - tnity, for Húnaelf, His deacendanta and Bucceeaora, all the provincea aml torritories mentioned in the preseut Article, as well as all the righta whic h n lato to theTO. ARTICLE II. IIi< Majesty the Kins of I'russia ronouneci ti>r Hiinself, His heirs and taeoeaaora, fbirever, all rtght and title, of every deacriptiem», which His Ma- ty. aa Sovereignof Eichafeld, Dnightadveaace tothe Chapterof St. Peter, in the borottgh <><" Norton, or to its ilej>«-nilon< ies, situated in t he I lanovcrian territorv. ARTICLE III. His Majesty the King of Prussia enxaaea, in eoaaádaration of certain in- deajuaitiea 10 be takcn out of the mass of the OOUntriea sceured lo Him by the arrangementa of the Coaigieaa of Vienna, to induce ; J. Efia Roval Ilighness the Eleetor of Ha—e to cede to His Majt sty the Kiagof the United Kingdonn <>f Great Britain and Ireland, Ring of llano- rer, tobe poaaeaaed by Him and His aueceaaora, in full sov..-r.:i¡{!ity and praperty, th<> three bailiwicka of Uechte, Preudenbergand Auhourjr, other- wuo called Wagenfeld, with the- distriets and terrirories dejKMident thereou, aa well aa that part whicb Hia Roval Highness poaüeaaea of the connty of Scbaunaboursj and the lordahipa «d* Pleaaain and Neuenrr|ei*-h< n. ■2. Hia Serene Highncss the Landgrave of Heaae Rothenburg, to renoóaaee rorerer the righta which He poaaeaaea in tlu- aatd lordahip of Plecaen, tn ..rdortliat th. se rigrits may be trunsferred to His Britannie Majeaty, Kinfj <»f HaBKMrer. As the eession 011 the part of Ilis Roya! I lighrit-ss the" Elector of Heaae and the renunciation of tho I^andgrave of Hcssc Rothenburg, above- •mtioned, have not been obtained within the three montha preacribed by the ■lOtfi Arti.ie of tho Prot.xol of the I.'Jth oí Fd>nian ; andas (Ote reciproca] ■ . ^„„is ought to have been efiected pursuant to that Article, with the reser- \;tion, that wbilat Prussia continued in poss^ssiou of the territorv des- twed aa a eomjiens.itioi» to the Elector oi Heaae aníl the Landgrave of Kotlienburg, Hanover should retain, on her part, that portion of the duehy <'| L-auenburtr which has been tnade Orer to HÑ Prussian Majestv, in virtue o* the4th Article j this arrangerm-nt shall continuo in torce untll Hanover 'i have actually acquired the ceaatona and renunciationa on the part of '■. aud until the Governmeatl oí' Prussia and Hanover, shall have ■Srecd apon indemnitiea to be given to the latter for the diminutíon which n, f0*.11'1 frona the loss of the berritoriea compriaed in the said eession and nunciation; indemnitiea, which ahall be provided out of" the country of IV 1. i,n" part of the county of Honenatein. «na 1 ruaaian Majeaty and Hia Royal Hnrhneaa the Prince Recent of Great '"'t;on the same bank. Th.it part o theduehy upon the ieft b;mk, roniains to the kingdom ot'IIanover. The .St,;,. of that part of the duehy whieh jjassrs under the Prussian Govcrnnicnt nh» preserve their rights and pri vilegcs ; especially those fbunded orí che cial Recett ot" the I5th September 1702, continuo] by Ilis Majc-tv the K -of (Jreat liritain, novv r«-i<>ning;, uncter date of the ¿ítst June \ "/Gt>. •2. Tile bailiw iek of Ivlotze ; :i. The bailiwick of Klljinyerotle ; 4. Th<- vi! hej.es of Rudeiíershageti and <»ceuseteic.h ; £>. The bailiwick of Reckeberg. Ilis Britanniclc ISlaio-tv, King of Hanover, rcnounees for Himself i; lieirs and racceMora, for ever, the provmces aníl distriets specitied i;i the pres • Ai ticte, and all the rights which bclong to thr.lM. AirncLE v. Ilis Majostv the Ivinj; of I*ritssia. and 1 lis Jiritanuiek Alajesty, K¡Hg 4 laiiuvc.r, ani jnai < d with the dcsirc of renderirig the adyantares of tllQ . merce of the Euis and of the Port of Einbden, cní ircly equal and ooini to their respective subjeets, liavo dcterrnined opon the following UnangNnc 1. The Ilanoverian * * 'Verntiieiit engages for the crection, at its in the years lRíi and 181 (<", of the works which a Coühm ission, oomposi of profesional mei) of both Ooverurrteiits, to be immediate!y appoine-d Prussia tmd Ilanover, shall deem nccesaary to render tl'.at part of the of Ems navitiable, whieh e.xtend,s from the confines of Prussia to its 11 «lid to keep thatpai t of t he rivci eonstantly in the state in which those w shall nave placed \l. for the benefit of navigetion- '2. Prus,si:ui subjeets shall have the liberty of iiiiportinc, and expoBtingi 1 [be port of 1'". 1 nbdcn. all kinds of eom 1 nodities, productions, and goom whatever, whethcr natural or artificial, and to Ivave warchovises in tbe < of Einbden, wherein to place the said gopfia for two years, datiii£¿ fr<.i¡. fcbj arrival in tbe djown, without their being subject to any other inspección tbis that to w hicli those of Ilanoverian subjeets íire hable. 3. Prussian vessels, and merehants of the saine nation, shall not p¿'V t ,r nt^vigation, fbr the ex port or iniport of ím-n-liandizc, or for wapehousiug other tolls -ot duties than those charged upon 1 lannvorian subjeets 'I I < • tolls and duties shall be regulated l»y agret uicut between Prussia and lian ■ver, and no alteration shall be introdueetl into tlie tarif, hereafter, l>«t PJ mutual ttonsc-nt. Tbe j>rivile<;es antl liberties heri-in sjieeitied exttmi ecanJl) to Ilanoverian snbji-ets who navifjate that jiart of the river Jims which retuai: • to Ilis Prussian JNIajesty. -4. Prussian subjeets shall not be eompelled to employ the merchanti _Flinbdeii, for the trade %vhich they earr\- 011 w-ith that port ; they shall be at 1 ¡ lierty to dispose of their <-omniodities, cither to i nhabi tants of the to« 11. "r to foreiyners, w kthout paying any other duties than tliose to tvliich HaDOWl ' subjeets are hable, and whieh can not be raised but by mutual conseiit. Ilis Majesty thi- K.iii«- of Prussia, 011 Ilis part, cno-a^cs to grant to H v< rían subjeets the free navi<;ation of the Stecktiitz canal, so as n«>i ; irom them any other duties tliau those vvhieh shall be paid by the inhabitaoO of the Uiiehy of E^aucnburg. His l'russian ISIajesty engagCS, I eside*, i nsnr« these ailvanta<-es to Ilanoverian subjeets, c.ven if lie sho-.hl heíe*l*e* cené the Ducliy of tJauénburg to any other Sovereij*n. S5 ART1CLE VI. j I;-= Majesty the Kiii}^ of Prussia and ilis &fajesty the íviug- of the TTnited Kínirdom *»f í/rcat Britain anrl [relaud, Kíng of Ilanover, mutually aj^ree to three military roads through Túeir respective States, viz ; Ist. One from Ilidberstati t, thron^h the eountry of Ilitdesheim, to Manden. 2<1. A seeondfroni the Oíd ¡Nlarch, through GUfhorn aud TVeustadt, to IMin- 3penbiii en and líbenla, to lícnt- heim. Tbe two first in favour of Pr'i«sia, and the third in favour of Ilanover. ie two Cüoveriiments shall appoint a Coiiiiiiission, ■ ithout delay, to pre— . by COnunon cons<-nt. the neeessary regulations for the said roads. ARTICLE VII. Tba military, in the active serviee of tho two Higtl í_'o::tracting Powífí, natives of the countries <-»»ileíl by oue Power to the other in virtuc ol' the preaent Convcution, shall be sent borne in CHIC year from the: exehange of the rutiiications of the present Conveiition. Oibcers of every rank may have • Option of Ceptinuíng in the si-rvict* to whieh they are at present attachrd. The pensiona allowed t<> difleront ranks c>f military, shall continué to be paid l>y the Powers who havegrsuated them. ARTICLE VIII. Tho High Contractíng Parties rcciproeally engage to restore, to eacli ctlií-r tlie ti tic - deeds of Crown lands, and the doeumcuts and panera which relate to provinces and distriets inutually ceded, within two montos from the dav of the restitutioa of eacfa of the saiecialh mortg;it" Pebruai agree bor«. altor, |f iificssarv, upon tlie fixinp; ofanotbor lino of frontier Mritfa regard t<> tlie COUntV bélorujinifc to tlie Duke of Lixiz-( '•■rsw¡ir n ; i!i Governfnenta will ínstfúct tlie í'ommission, which t1 iey may Dame for aettli the limita of that part ol tne (Jounty <>f ÍAngtm ceded to Hanover, to •. 1 «érate thcrcupOn, an to the Duke of Loes-Corawarea, which, as aforeaaid, . b • poaaeaaed by tlie Hanoverian Grovernuient. The relations between the Hanoverian Government and tlie counti Oeritheim aháll re en ai n as settlcd by tlie Montaje Treatiea oistin^, bel • Ilis Britannick fcfajesty and Couni Benfheim : and wlien the ripbts derived by Trcat \ ahall nave expirad, the relations of the county of Bentheim ton tne kingdorn of Hanover sball be siirh as the Federativo Constitución on. The preaeiri Artiele refera particulerly to Calvoerde and TValkenried, without absolutely reatnoted to theaetwo placea. ARTICJUB XII. (lis Britannick Majeaty, King of Hanover, witb a \icw to acorúm!; t< Hife Prussian Ma>«st\"s ->\i-d:, tbat a suitable iiroi ssion of territory shoiilti W provided for l lis ¿Sereno HigiMaeaa the Dulce of Oblenbitrt;, ptOOMaca U»>Oe< to Him a distriet COlltahnng a popidation of S,000 hdiabit a.i ts. ARTICLE XIII. The praaent Treaty sball b« ratitiod, and the ratifieaiions cxc!-.;^"'1' in fonr wooks, or sooncr, if possible. *7 In /aíth of which the raanectivo r»i-__• feiüxed thereunto the aeal J S«5-^««n.potc.t.ar.es have aigned ¡t, and bava JJoneat Vieima tbe OQth M*y isi.,. Sígned <-ni;age«l to fuifil ; nnd I lis Alajesty, as wefl as Ilis Roy al 1 Ii«>;liiio>s (lio '«r.'-.i'i Dukej havins resolved to eonclude a particular 'JVeaty f<>r tbis pm-posc. Ble t\\ o St. Stenbea • rlongarv, Grand Cordón ol the Lojiion of Ijoaour, Gcasad í roaa of tbe Order of Ñt. ( liarle- of .Spain, of St. Hiabert of Havaria, of tfae Supremo Order <>t' thc Aiinunriation of fjaidinía. ívnij^bt of the Order of tbe Sera- phim of Sweden, of tbe Elepbant of Denmark, of tbe (rolden l'.agle of "actotribergfj and of aeveral oíbers, Háa First P.aiipeteatiary at sha Can- Kreaa of Vienna j and tbe Sieur Charlea IVáiliam, liaron Humboldtj I-Jis ' ister of .Stat«', CliaillIlC.llaiu. und Knvo>' Kxtraordinar\ aakd \Iinister rlenipotentiary t<> Ilis Imnerúd and Boyal Apoatelic Map-stv, lvni<;íit of tbe Grand Order óf the Bed Cagle, of the Iron Cresa of Pruaaxa, and of tbe Order of St. Atine <>t' Russia of tlu- Pirst Claaa ; Hia Secoawd Pienipoteetiaty •"tlie Congreaa of Vienna; and Ilia Boyal I li^lincs the Grana siNo W< in.;ir, tbe Sieur Ernest Auarustus. IJ;"-"" the < »L'l | Oran (lorfF Duke of I lis Privv bave aorc.d to the Ibllo'vi nj7 A i Viilés : U'""d » kW-l and88 AHTK.'LE I. His MafeetV tlie Kinpj <>f Pruaaia Pn^a^os to cede to IIis Boyal Iligli. tices (he (íiami Dulce ->r Saxe Weitnar, frota the mas» of I lis ata tes, ¡>^ the» hwc beeu ¡ixod and recogpiaed by the «tipuhttions of the Conirreai Vienná, rertain diatricta, containí ng a popwuation ot" 50,000 iuhabitanti either contiguoua i->. or bordo ring apon the órincipnlity of Weiamr. IIis PraMian MajesM engagm alao to cede t<> llis Boyal Highnesa in that part of the princspality of Pulda .vhicli lias hccti ¿r;ivcii upto Him ¡n vir&ue of tlie samo stipulation.s, diatricta coiitainin^ a populatioii of 27,000 inhabitante. Hia Boyal Highneea tho Grand Du!¿o of YVeimar aludí posscss the •!..•., diatricta in full soverei^nty and properry, aM shall unite them, in perpeturtv to llis prcsont states ARTICLK II. The distt'ieta and territorio? arfaicfa are to be ceded to llis Boyal Higl . tho Grand Duke of S.ix»-Weitnar, in virtue of tho Jprwoedinet Articlo, sflall be determimd bi a particular Convention ; and llis Majes ry tho Kingof Pruaai enyages to concludc thia Convention, and to cause tho above «iistrio;.-. and territorios to be given up to llis Boyal Ilighness, within two montos í ron. tho dato of the exchange o i tho rauhea t lotis of tbe prosent lYcaty: ARTICLE III. In order, howcvor, to aneet the ariahea of llis Boyal Hialinos* the Grana! Duke of iSaxe-Weimar, llis IVIajosty th<- King of Pruaaia codos imoie- diatoly, and paotntaea to gire up t'> llis Hoy ai 1 Highneaa, in the apecc o» a fbrtnight, roekoiiin^r, frota tho signaturc of the prosont 'l'reury, tho following diatricta and territorios, viz ; Thr lordship of Blenkenhayn ; with the anderatanding, howen tiro bailiw iek of W'Htidersk'ben, belongi ng to Uuter-Gleichen, shalt no: bo cotnprieed in thia oes-ion. 'f he ÍOWer lord, hip f J\'ier¿c.'e~ 7 fer~r\r/io//J of Brs n iek leld, tho con > rmmdei ie* of tho Toutonic Onler. Zwaetzen, hehesten, artel l.ichs:acít, with theif meenial revenues, wliicli, coiiRtitnt inj.' part of tiro hailivviok oí" Eckartsb . form e>ir-/i/ttfK ir» the torritory of Sax« -Woitrínr, as wcll as all the territorios I \ ii;_; w. n hin the principnlity of Wi'iinar, and belonging > the said b.nl 1 w ick . Tile ba i 11 v. iok 1 f* 'l'a ifen'tonrf', with the exe< ption of Droizen, Gorachen Wrtliab'.i«f, Wetfcaracheid, and MollschOtm, arhich shall remaní to I'ru^- 1 JIM vi!I.o,ooo aoula, aecured to Hia RoyaJ Highneaa tho u«¿o by t¡" .fir^t Artk< le, an«l ahell be «loduoto.i frorn it. 80 AUTIChF, IV. \\\ additional arrangenients to V>o mahal( form ¡ art <>f tho particular Convention ¡oned in tho 3d \rtiolo. IIis Royal Ilighni'ss tho (irand Duke apecially oii«raj^os. on obtaining pos- session of tho ,prni<:ipality of Kttlda, aoeoi dtn" to tho extent of the posses ■ ,, ;whioh .sliall belong to Hiña, to fulfil tl>eengagefaenta «rfarch wdl he rc- • ti ed ot the nevv possessors of the former Gtoanad Ducln of Pritzikfort. ARTICJLE \r. The. present Treaty shall be ratifiod, and the rat:fi<;atioiis exchanged >n four v, coks. In faith of which. tho nnderaúrned Píenipotontim-ies have siy-nod it, and liavo atiixed tliereuntu tho soal of thoir arms. Sitfnod. (L. S.) Tl.e )', ¡„ee de IIARDENIÍEKC .) The Barón de HUMBOLDT. (JL. S.) Th. Barón de GCRSDORFF. ACT No. VIII. Ommemtimm betivecn l>russ¡ukc and l*rincr */* AWja#J of 3 1 st Ala i/ 181." The hereditary poaaeasáona of tho. Houae of Orando háving bcetú ti Tnsfí-t-- r>-d as an índemnity to Mis MLajeaty th<; Kint; of Prnaaia, íu virtue ol* the >t';mlations agreed upon botween tho Powera asseinf>Iod at the (,'ongrcss of Vienna, and a territorial arnaaj^aaanaWt with Tlieir Saraaa Highncaaea th«í !-»nke and Prinee of Nassau, Itavinpf been eOCpreaaly reserved, His Majosty the Pruaaia haa appointed *m Ihs Plenipotentiara »•» eonelnde auch arrange- 1 " 't, ; the Prinoo Hardenberg, His Chanoeilor of .State, Knight of tho «¿ranil Ordora of tho Blaok Cagle and of the Red EVagle, of tho Order of St I ruaalena, and of the frota Oroaa of Pruaaia ; ot the Order of ¡St. An- f, of fSt. Alrxanilor Neivskr, .ind of St. Anne of Bussia, of tho First ' ■■ Grand Croaa of tfn- Boyal Onler of St. Stephen of tínngatry : Gratnd ( rd ,u of the I.egion of Ilonour; Grand Croaa of tlie Oi dor of St. CJiarlcs ''. spah».- of tho. Suprenae Order of the Annunciatiou of Sardtnia ; Kmght icberst»:in, Graml Ooss of the Order <>f" K,,¡, litv oí Badén, and Their Principal Kfinister of State and Plenipotentiary at the Coagit.il ; Win . .it'i.'r ha vine, exohmgcd tlieir full powere, ha\e agreed on the follow- ¡Ufj Anieles : ARTICLE I. Their Serene Hifilmfssos the Duke and Prince of Nassau, cede t<, IIu Majcsty the K.ing of Prussia, in ful! soverei, ¡]j ivieks, parís)»»--, and placea hereafter mentioDod : i. 'Flie hailiwick of Lins. s. The bailiwiek of AJtenwied. 3. The bailiwiek <>f Schoeneberv. -4. 'Fluí bailiwiek < >f . \ 1 te n k i r< lien . í>. 'Fin- parís h of Stat un. f> irmerlv eoni])o•/ the l.-.iili-.- Jlackcn burg;. t». 'Fhe hailiwick of Schoens tein. 7- Tfaat of Kn.-usberjr. h. That oí" Pñedewmid. o. That of DierdorfF! 10. 'Fin- aVitai"hl d part of the bailiwiek of Ilersbaeh, borderíng on Al Ceñid rehén. 11. The bailiwiek of Neuerberg. 12. That of Uamsstein, togrether with Irlicb and Engers. 13. 'Fhe bailiwiek of 1 leddesdorf. 14. The town of Neowied. 15. The eotiimuiies t,f tiladhach, Heimbacfa, "Weiss. .Niyn, MOhll 1 Bendorf, Weitersburg, Vallendar, and .Malleudar, fórming part of the tx liwick «>f Vallendar. íC. The oommunai of Nieder-"Werth, Niederbcr-.;-, (Jrbar, [mtneti Neiicloríi', Afarenbera;, Bhrenbrcitstcin, t»t Braunfisla. is That of Greifénatein. i <>. Thal Hohenaolma. ARTICLE U Tli* hfajeaty the King of P-u*sia. on llis pan, cedes to Their Se reí* Higfaneeaea ti..- Duke and Prince of \,n-^ui_. with alI the risrhts of ■ore» rcignty a\i<) property thereunto beloneins : 1. The time pnncipalitics fórmerfy possessed hy tlie IleiHti ot Nassau- OrangT) n rm : Diez, rSadamatr, and E>íllenbourg, inclnding the lordship ot Beilstein ejtee'ptina;, knmvr, the bailiw cki ot" ftmliñi li and Neantkirénen 3. A part of the prmeipahty of Siegen, and of the bailiwiek» ofBurbs d Neunkirehen, contamina; a popnhition of i 2,000 inhabitmnta, and eooi posed ol" romnmnei eontit;uous to the principelity of Dillenboura*. 3. Lastly, the lordships of WetterDura and Schadeók, and that part • • the bailiwiek of Runkei which beJonged to the fornaer Grand líuchy o D ra. 91 ARTICLE III. The part of the principa lity <>f Si« gen, and ol* the bailiwicka of T3nrbaeh aml Neunkirchen, which is to he ceded in virtue of the above Articlea, •hall he dcteiininedhy Coromiwionera, to he appomtcd by the two HighCootract- itiíj Farlies, with as little deJav rtf pnssilih-, aiuf. at furfíiest, within four »\écksaff.er the ratifieation of the presenl Treaty ; htit, at ají t-vents, prc- viouslv to the takiug possession of tfae provine» s beJonging to'the Ilottse of Ñassau-Orange. 'Fhe Comnurionen «hall oonferm t<» the principie »^f the contiajaity of these portiona with the respective territorios ; and th»'_\- shall tak<- especial care that the relations with regmrd t»j conununes, to tlu> ehurch, and tners ti-)t aapreeina;, upon om: «>r other of tlx'v pointa, they are authoriaed to refer to an Arbitrator. of their nafa ap- pointment, wfaose decisión shall be final. ARTICLE IV. The bailiwiek^ and portions of territory to he reciproeall v rcrlfd, in ron - imity t»> the lst, 2d, and 3<1 Artieles, shall be transfélIed to the futnre poHCsaor, with all the precinets »>f tl»«- communea belonaring ther«-t»>, titáe ther with all the publio and dimu anial property contaiued iu thasa lervitones, nnder wlialuiswi deiioiiiínalíoii they may haré been beld, or whataver be the titl»- hy which the^- mav base been a<-quire»l. Neither parf\ shall |)n- itiersdorf, íSayn, Niederw«Ttb, and I3«. sseliek, sitnat»-»! in the eomniunes ceded by Artscle 1. shall be comprehended in the Prussian territory, ^^•ith all their property íncloaed within the Prussian limita. The tw<» Con trae ti Partic» renounce reciprocaJIy, in behelf of eaeh otbi r, ti 11 revenues, rights of jtwzn-r other righas, of what- erer aescriptions which might heve belonged to one party in tfaeterritory of tlie other. The ntensila of the mint of Bhreubreitatein, th<* furniture in the castle of Engers, and the yachrs belonKing t»> Their Serene Highnessea the Duke ■tml Prince of Nassau, are reserved t>» 'ITMOl, t > be tajeen away 111 three montha from the déte of the rmtificatáon of the preaent Troaty. ARTICLE \ r>1í,r; 'f d?r to i»l»;e and complete the fortificutions and defenee of the ; u f->rtr,>ss of Ehrenbreatatem, aitoauted in the territorv ceded bv ti TI „*,. „t TVT• Tm'.,V*™w" 1,1 "*e territorv ceded by th. n ol Nassau ; •., «-ase u >bould be conaidered expedient to re-establi.h rt..aereed^ tfaal Prinuda.hall .,, «enera- he at literty to erect n.ilit -y v»rds f fcwr ,)-,,'/'y '-/'""^.''«-P'-p. -. *< the distamoiof l,aoo Rhenisfa « .. h m,; '"'"'"í""-''"- rutheo ¡rom the fortres», even in those communes A-nn.itv F r"mai,,, Unccti v oly, sliall be ahanul between thc two Croven.ments, infrie proportion in which the ceded parts have hitherto contrihuted to tbe paynient of in- terest ¡ind thc n ianfniiajl1 ■Mili of the capital ; or. if this proportion cannot be settled, in that in which these. OOUIltnet have in general contri butcd to thc ordinary cxpeuce^. 15.-The debts of the public cheata and chambcr of financr, of the JJ.."!' < t" 7Víass;ui, su-h as tlieir antount was asen taiiu'd to be on the 31 st Deeem- l.or 1814, sh;ill be divided between the tWO Partiea, in the proportíe.a <>\ ttlí iii't rfTOnUM which the ceded territorios have aimually paid iuto the central state ehests and the ehanibor of finanec, CbIeÍWK f°r avorage the Ka ycars iininodiatt Iv preceding 18 12, adding tliercto. however, thc net revenir the bailiwiok of Rnnkel, in the year 1814. C.-The State debts, and thoseof the chambcr of finalice, of the. Piinoeü ■ if Nassau-Orango, shall be dividcd bctwoen the two Contrae ting Partiea, IH lite proportion, and aeoorchng to the petriod alroady agreed upon, taktng the averagfl the net revenues of the cliamber of Na«san-(Irange, in th< I vears froni ISol to lKOi, and addmg to each of thesc ycars thc net reven1 of the lordships <»l \Vostorburn and Scbadeck, sueb as they werc in 1814. I).-Trie debts oi" INiassau-Saarbruok . with wliich the State eheat Duchy '»i Na-^an ma\ yet be burtheiied, are not comprised in this rfis tribu tion, but shail remain excluaévely at tho eharge of the llonse of the i1 and Primas of _\;nsau. 513 ARTKLE IX. The j>»n«ioii» whieh have been (¡jrartted for servi»*es reTider -d to a pnrti- c»dar part ni t which, aecot*dt ng to tbe li.irure of tht:ir origin. bOKMlSJed •' < > . provide\-ed in the admiii istrat ion* of rVicabadon, . >Veilburg, Diez, and Oillenbourg, shall either continué with, or lie trausferred to the Ilouse of IS'assatl. I'ru-sia shall takc eharge of" tboae of ICbrenbi eitatein. Tin- central fíinctionariea vrho cannot continúe in the serviee of either of the tWO Governnirnts, or who shall be allowed to retire, bv either I'arty. in tljroe BMBttw from the «late of thc prese nt Conven t ion, shall reeeive the pen- iona or auperannnationa fixed by the Ediet of the Duke and l'i incool' Nassau, f'¡" the 3d and 6'th Deoember ihii. 'fiase peoaáona shall be pajil by the two Coviruincuts, accordmg to thc rate íi^reed upon nith respi «t to debts. No public olttccr who is to be provided f>r by either Covernment, shall ba placed apon a leaa favoai rabie footing than that fixed in the said Ediet. ARTICLE XI. All uiilitarv peraona, nativea of the territorios reciprocally ceded, not holding the rank of un otheer, shall, after tbe COnclUaioB of thc approaeh- ing ea.üpaign, be sent to the militury authoriti.-s <>f the Government to Snom the pla«-e of their nati\ity shaJI belong : iinli! that periodjj they shall continué in thc serviee in whieh they are a' present. Office ra shall not be prevented, by the Government to whoui thc place of their nativity shall remain, or be transferred, from liaying tile optioil of eou- tlnninfl in the aaarvtce of thc other Cioverinuent. ■2 Jí94 ARTICLE XII. l'crsons roinli'iinied to príiont, <>r boQMl oí corroction, and insano por sons confined in hospitals, shall be sent to the respective Govi-nu:,i i,'. «hom ihc places of their nativity belong. ARTICLE XIII. The archive* and colleotions of papera, shall be given up, according t< the partition of the territorios, and eaeli Government shall be pul ¡n jx. «ion of the deeds and instruments whieh relate to that portion whieh i. ceded to it. ARTICLE XIV. Prussia undertakes to f'ulfil the cnfiageniciits cntered into by the Ducal Ilouse of NllHllj relativo to the post of Taxis, as far as t h ose engajgonn dt . attach to those parts of the torritory whieh are ceded to that Power. A KTÍOLE XV. The high roed (rom Gieasen to Ehronbreitstoin. whieh croases theeountrv of Nassau. -hall he madr e military roed Cor Prussia, to establish tooam nicetion bctwoon Erfurth and Coblentz. Whatover has heen ngreed upa with respect to tbe military roasta and llis Majcsty the Einif of the Netherlands, 1" ! r" " mine all metiera that relate to the oeasion of llis Majcsty's Naa " possessions, witli renard to archives, tlebts, oxeesso-; < f publie cheata, «' and other objeets of tbe saine nature. Sucli part of tlu archives as con- *' eern the Ilouse of Orante, and have n<> relatíon t«> the ceded countriea " and all the prívete and personal property of llis Majcsty tbe Kiu^' of " the Netherlands, llis library, colleetions of maps, and Other similar " objeets, shall be retained by Mis Majc^y, and be delivered up to ílim im- " niediately. A part of the said |>ossessions havinr,' been exchanped ayaiiisl *■ íjc^cssions of tile Dulce and I'rince. of Nassau, llis Majestv the Kiriir ol' — Prussia engaces, and llis Majcsty the King ol' tlic Ncllu-rlands nonafinta. to " transfer the enga^ement stipulated by the present Artiele to Their Serena " Iliphnesses the Duke and Prince of Nassau, as far as regareis tbat part of " (he said possessions whieh shall be United to their ¡States." Their ¡Serene Ilii^hncsses the Duke and Prince of Nassau engMM to fulfil. in the ñame and place of Hi« Majesty the Ivinjj of Prussia, the engragementa lie has contracted on their aecount, as far as tli. se eii^a > theui. ARTICLE XVIII. The ratifications of this Convention shall be cxeliangcd in four wceks, or fooner, if poeaibae. The ceded subjeets shall be at once releascd froxn the oaths of ridelity nhieh bound theiii to their former Sovereigna. In faith of whieh the resj>eetive I'lenij^tti-ntiaries have aígned tibe present Convention, and have causea to be aflixed thereunto the seal of tlieir arnis. Done at Vienna the :i 1 st May 18)5. Signad (L. ¡s.) The Prince de HARDENBERG. (L. S.) Marsehall de BIEBERSTEIN. A.CT No. IX. F'rf. ratifc Cottstitution »/' O'rrmuny s u/ t/,vSfh,/i/.it ISI... In the ñame of the Most I loly aud t udivided Trinity. .JpM Sorereign Princes and free towns of Germany, anin.ated with the mu- £fet™*Xil3¿*¿ T <-onvmcer»l r iof the KK nhant, of thc Supreme Order of the A »nuu of the Bláck Eagfe :mJi¡ 111. of St. J pf T*uscany', ..f St. M W - rt, of tho Gohlcn Eaglc oí' Wuru lubtirp, pl Fi- «Telitv pf Badén, <>f St.. .l«>hiY of .Icrusalein, and of tovcral otliers ; ('¡i> .<•■ \. lor oí" the Militar} Onirr i>¡' Alaria TI1 eres.a, Cu Tutor ■ >f tlue A-eiuifiJ-y ot id* Fine Vft<. Cliauiberiaín, Privy t'• >mic'illor of lli- Majesiy tne Kiiijji r. .1 Austria, Kh:<.,- of IIi'i^u v an«i Bohemia, Ilis Minister ot State, oí I 1 rendes, and pf Fpre'ign AíKiirs ; liis First Plcniporentiary at thc C< .1 -as and thc ÍSÍeur .lolm Philip, liaron "Wi-ssi-nhcrg, Grand Cross pf the .': Sardmian Or.li r of St. Maurittue a .J Sl. Lazaras, and of t.iu Royal Oí I .- of the t'imvn oí* Bavaria. Chamberlain, and l*ri\ y < ounc ill<».- of 11 i - I .1- périái and Royal Ápppfohck M.josty, liis. .Vcoiid Plenipoteiitiury a: Uia (Jon;:r..^s : Ilis Mi i .ty trie Kinur of IVuSsia, thi< Pr i nee llarth-nbcrg. Ilis Citan , lio- of State, Knighl of the Order of the Rlaek Eagle, of the Ked Ea of St. JTohn of .1. ra* lena and of the Iron Cr«-ss of" Prussia, of" thc Order of St Andrew, of S;. Aloxainli-r Ncwsky, and of St. Aune ol R - a of the F¡r-t t •í:«i«. Grand CrOss <>f the Hoy al Order of St. Steuhen ol llungary, Grand F.a.;!o of the Lesión of Ilonour, Knight of the Order of St . < "1.1.1-'. - of fcpain, of the Annuríciation of Serdinia, of the Order of the Seraph of Svreden. of the Elephant of Deumark. of St. Hubert of Pavana, of the GoMcn Eayle of \Viirt--.iiiburg, atld of severa! others • and tlu- í>unr Charles *i ViHiam. liaron I ln rnhohlt, Minister of State of Ifl8 said Majei Chamberí ain, En voy Extraordinury and Minister PIcn¡po(cnit««ry tollislm- pe ría i and Royal Apostolick Majesty, Knight of the Order of the Reo Eagle, ,,| the Iron ( 'mis. óf Pruásia of thc First C lass; (irand Crosa <•!" the Impe- rial Order l*eí>JRPM— P.f Austria, and of St.. Atine of Russia of tlu- First Class; of the Order of Merit, and of the 'Crown of Bavaria. Ilis Majesty tbeKíngrof Denmurk, the Sieur Oanthar, Count «le It< m>- torf, His jPrívy CounciUor of Conferánoes, Ambasaador F.xtra<>rf Ilis Imperial and Royal Apoatohck íVI tjesty, and ilis Plenipotentiary at the Contrre»» ; Knight ot* the Order of the Elephaot, Orand Croaa of the Order of I>annebror of Conterences, Ilis Pleni¡jotentiarv at th.- Congrets, and Omid Crost of the Order of Dannebrog. Ilis Majesty the Kino. 0f Bavaria, the Sieur Aloyaiua Frain-is Xavier. Count de. fairrhVf~*w and Rot'jeulowen, Charoberlain and Privy Oouncill A nbassador Kxtiaordinary un the Imperial and Royal í <>urt ; Grand Croaa of the Order of st. Iluheit, 'J'ituhn- Comm»no t>i~ the Order of St. Qeorgre, and Orand Cross of the Civil O.«leí of Mefl" of liavaria. Ili-. Majesty f Justiee, and <'onriiU-ntial Referend%ry. Ili" Majesty the I- . ddf «;»•• N -therlands, tl.< Sieur FranciaChrtstopheit, JJaron «ie Gagi-rn : Mtnister Pieo :, . jtent iaiy of His Ma jesty tho KfM °* . w 97 Netherlands, and of Their Serene Iliehnesses the Duke antl Prince of Nassau, Grand Cross of the Order of the Guldeu I_ion of I lesse, and of Fidel i tv of Badén. Ilis "Majesty the K.inpr ot Great Britain and ITaiiover, the Sieur Ernest Fre- d«-ri>c Herljert, Count «le Munster, Hereditarv Grand Marsh al of the Kingdom of HanoVCT, Grand f'ross of the Royal Oriler of St. Stephen of Hungary, Ilis Ii> itaiiiiiek-I lanoverian Majesty's Minister of State and of the Cahinet, aiul Ili" First P!enii>otentiiiry at the Contares? of Vienna ; and the. Sieur linn'st AusfustUTí, Count Ilardenberg, Grama Cr«>ss of th<í Imperial Order of 1-aropold of" Austria, Etii^ht of the R«jyal Order of the Red Faf thc Gol den Idiota and of the Red Eafjle of Priu-f-ia, an«l th«- Si«?ur Georgc Fer- di—ndj liaron de J^epel, His Chamberlain and I*rivy Couueellor of tíovern- inent. Ilis Royal Ili^hness thc Grand LJuke of !I-"«se, the Sieur dolin, Harón Tnrekheim von Altdorfí", His Pri'. y Coun<*illor, Minister of State and Envoy E\traordinary to the Congress ; Grand Cross of the Or«Ier of M!erit of Hcrsse, and Commander of íhe R«>yal Order of St. Stephen of Mungarv. Ilis Royal Highness the ÍJrand X)uke of Saxi^Weimar, the Sieur £rm*st Augustus, Barón de Oeradorfl", His Privy CounciUor; the Sieur Fretlerick Augustas, liaron de Afinckwitz ajetíng in his stead. His Serene Highues.s thc XJuke ot Suxe-Gotha, the Sieur Frederi» k Aiifíui-tus, Raron de. M^inckwitz, IUí; Privy Couni i 1 lor. Iler Serene Hi/gr/hness the Ouchess of Maxc-Cobourg-Mei nungen, in the <;apacity of Regent and Guardian to her son, the saitl liaron de Minck- witz. His Serene Highness the Duke of .tie x«.r-ílililhnrif hauseit, the Sieur Charles I.oa. Frederiek fiaron de Baunibae!], II¡a Priv- Couneilit.-r, and President of the Government. His Serene Highness the fink • of SaTr Cohourg fiaalfrild. the Sieur Francia Xavier de Fischler von Trtruberg, Colone4, Knight of the Imperial Order of .Leopold of Austria, and of the Crown of fiavarm. Ilis Serene Highness the Duke of Bruna-.viek-Wollenhuttel, in the ab- si ncc ot' the Sieur AVillíam «Justus jr2berhar.lt tjehmidt Phiseldeek, His Privy I ■ ameillor, has nauied the Sieur Dorotheuj I^ouis Count de Reller, Mliiiistt.r of State to the Elector of Hesse, ¿i<-. &c. His Serene Highness the Duke oi" Holstein-Oldenburg, the Sieur Albcrt, l!ar««n «le Maltzahn, Pr«;sident of the Government of the priruripality of Ijubeck, Grand Cross of the Russiau Order ot St. Anne, and Ivnight of St. John of Jerusalem. Hia Ser«-ne Highness the Duke of Meeklenburg-Sehwcrin, tibe Sieur LeopoIdL Barón «Te Plessen, His Minister of State, Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog. His Serene Highn«;ss tbe Duke of Mceklenburg Strelitz, the Si«:ur Au- {Histus Otto Ernest, liaron «le Oertzen, His Minister of State, Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia. His Serene Highness the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, on His owj part, and in thc e-spacity of guardián to the Duke of Anhalt-IvOthen, a MIBor, and His Serene Highness the Duke of Anhalt-Bernbourg, jointly, tho Sieur 3 C98 Wolf Charle;» Augustas de Wolflframsdorff, Presidant 01 Onft Oovernrncni of Drssau. Mis Serene Hiprhness thc Prince of llohcnzollorn-Hechingcn, thc Sieur Franeis Anthony, liaron «le Franck, His Priry Coiine-iUor. His Serene Higlim-ss the Duk«- of Hohon/' »I le.rn -S-rtMraMa, the Sieur John FYanois ~L.ouis de Kirebbauor, Ilis Pri-yy Councillor ot" í^e^ation. Their Serene Highucsses the Duke and Vrinr.a of Nassau, the !>¡eiir:> Francis C"hrisro|»her, fiaron de Gaj^ern, and Krrrcrst Franris Louis. M • reseliall von Bicberstein, G ra r :<1 Oros* oí' the < )rder of F¡ichten^t<-;ii, the Sieur (ieoi^e vY.dte. Vineent de "Whíse, "Viee-C liam-i-l lor of tho GsfMMMRl ot the Pliflci Reun, at (iera. His Serene I Ii<^hní-ss the Prinee of Sch\v:»rtzbourfr-Son«lcrshaiisc.>, t!n- Sieur Adolphus de Wicsc, His Privv í-'ouneillor ani! <'han«:eIlor. Ilis Serene Iliohm-^s rh«* Pimicí <>f .Schwartzl'imrej-Hudolstaiit, tlie S¡, (JI Frederic. William, Harón «fe Iveltellioldt, His Chanoellor and Presiden^ Hereíhtarv Cu|i-Í>t arcr of the eounty of Henneberg, and Grand Cross of i he Order of Fidel i tv of ttve Grand Duki; of Bailen. J Ib Serene I ftjijhneit th«- Princ«; of Waldeck and Pyrmoiu, the SieUI Günthc r Henrv <1<» B«:ri*, Doctor of Luws, and Presiden t of the Go>. ern- íncnt of the Princi of Scliaumbnrg J.„ippe Their Serene 1 1 i¿rht icssc s 11 •«» Priiice» of Rcuss, of th«r eider and VOUOgei branch, tlM Sieur (ñ'orgc Waltor Vineent de: Wicso, Vice-C'hanccllor of tlie Government «>f Geia. Hil SlrMM Highness the Prince of Sí-haumburgr-Iaippe, the Sieur Gk) ther Hcm-y de Bei;;. I 1er Sfcñne lIÍLrhnes» tile l'rineess «>f I.dppc, in the capacitv" of Re and Guardian lotlM Prinee I ler son, the Sieur Frc«lerick VViihani Hellwmg, Her t'liancellor of Government. Thfl ffOtj i-itv of I^ubeok, the Sieur John Pnnlcrtok llack, Doctor of Laws, und Scnator of that. «-ity. 'Phe free city of Francfort, the Sieur .lolin Erncst Froderick IX;. B, Doctor of Law», and Senator of that eity. Ttl* fr««e eity of Brernen, tht? Sieur John Schnnídt, Senator of that ■ The frec <-ity of llamburgh, ttie Sieur «John IWichfcel Gries. Ileon!, that eity. f 'oiiformaldy to the above a»reoi»ent, the said Pleninotcutiarieií. res<-nt A«-(, M ine'.iided Tlneir Majcsties the jErnpent r ■•! Auvina, the rvings of l'russia, of Denotarle, and of thc "Metherlan'i-- ; tlrat is to *><\\ the Empemr <>f .Austria and thcKitisr o!' IVussia for bU tkoW of Their poswt sions which anei» nl.l\ IxiJonocd ,t<> MwGaMnm T".ui;ir< ; thc Kinjí of Demnark for I he Duchf of H«ÍÍMf Luxt-iiibouii;', rt,tabfisli ¡ímong til»unr»dh'e» • peí j.eti .1 Coufe«Jeratioii, wl»iei\ shall h»t calle*! ilui Gcriáunit: C'ouí'«ii<-'- r^tion J* 99 ARTICLE II. The C%t of th.. Confederatio.i is the maintenancf of the externaí aud ^¿r:n!dt-Stat«^ rmaI^ K Í"^~"«»»™ ™* »>™™t?«f 3Í ARTK Lli IH. TheMeml>ers jC the Confe.leration, as mmoh, at e .-«^.al m respect to rio-hts - and th«-y aJi ^.ally engageto support the Aet v^i.eh con-titut^their únion! ARTICJLE IV. Tlie aftairs of f he < onf* «leration .hall beeoníhled to a fed, rat.ve Diel o, JThK* all the Memhors shall rota by their Pleaipot.-n. .ari,-J nth -r - ,\V du^ orcolWttvrly, ,n the folh.w. n,- n.anner, vl.tiiout. Jn Jju«h!, to the^ 1. ¿T, 6. 7- ». ÍJ- 10. i i . 12. i'sí. 14. 15. 1G. . Austria Pnissia Bavaria . S.iXfniy _ Ha nover - *\Vu;-i:t-ml>ti) . Badén Electoral Hesw - Grtend Dtichy of H<-sse l>eimiark, for Ilolsrein T'he IV«-iherlands, for the Grand Dúchy of Luaembdarg - _ Grand-Ducaí and Ducal IIou««_-s Brtinsw iek an«l Nassau Meeklenbur¿í-Soh\» erin and Mecfrféi Strelitz - _ _ ■ >• l TIolstein-OIdenburg, Anhalt «nd Seh.vartz-7 b u r 1 Róhenzollern, I^telitenstein, Reu*s. St'-hatitn- 7 bm-íí-Lipp, , Lippe and Wald - - ( 1 The Free Tovvíis of Ltibt'clí, Fra::! ;" >rt, Brc- ~\ nienand Ilainbingli - }r 1 of S.ivonv ■nburtr- Vate. Total 17 Votes. AKllf'hF. V '"•,:¡atl«a" ^ V"' F^'«^ve D,t.f Kaei, State of the ( oz.tedera - brir> , tí 7 , J',ak',,tf P™P<>*itions. and the presidiiTg State Sé" ^it¡A thcm under dehberaUon within a defimte time. AllTICÍ.E VI. da^trrT^ /W,í-?ía.*H,"ta* '*r* "* '«*t»bñ or ct*,,^ matle in the fun- <-^iai laws the Coníederatttui, tncasures t«v \m adopt^x» relative to thelOO Fedcrativc Act íteelf, and orpanic ¡n»titution«, or other arrangement» to te „udoTr tho common intereat, tlie Oiet «hall form itaelf mto a General A^aembly and, in that case, the distrlbution oí thevote, «hall be as follows. eaWlat^ a^cording to the respective cxtent of tbe ddferent State» : Austria shall liavc - - -4 Votes. i*r nssiu - - — - - 4 - Saxouy - _ - 4 - Ha varia - - _ - - 4 - Hanovi-r - - - - 4-- Wurtemburjí - - - - 4 - Duelen - - - — 3 - Electoral Hcssc - - -3 - Grand Dacliy of Ilessc - - - 3-- Ilolstein - - - - 3-- Luxí'tnbourg - - — - 3 ■ Brunswick - - - -3 - Mecklenbiirg-Schwerin - - -3 - Nassau - - - - 3 ___ ÍSa xc-Weimar - - - - 1 - Sa Kc-ííotha - - - 1 - Saxc-('oburj» - - - - 1 _— Saxe-Mciiuinpen - - - l —— JSaxo-Hihlr>urf£hausen - - - 1 - Mecklenburg-Sírelitz - - - 1 . Holstein-Oldenburg - - - 1 - Anhalt-Dessau - - - - - 1 - Anhalt-Bembourg - - - - 1 - Anlialt-K.octhen — - - - 1 - Sch wartzbou rg-ISondcrshauscn - - 1 —— Soliwartzboure;-H.ndolstadt - — — 1 - Hohenzollern-I Icchingen - - - 1 - Lichtenstein - - - - I - Hohi'nzolk-vn-Sigmari ngen - — 1 - Waldeck - - - l - Rcuss, (Eider Branch) - - l - Reuss, (Youiifíer liraiieh) - - - 1 . Schaumburg-Lippe - - - 1 , Li j>jx- - - - - _ 1 —— The Frec. Town of Luheck - - - 1 - ■ FVankfort - - 1 . ■ li re i nen - - 1 - ■ Hamburgh - . - 1 ■ Total 6*9 Vote». TheDiet, in dcliberating on the Organic Law»of'the ^o«fede»g^ consider whoiher it be ,.roFr to grane to the anc.ent med.atised d.>tr«cts o] the Ewipire any coliective vote». ARTICLE Vil. The qne.tion, whether a suhject i» to l>e dtscussedI by the .flwm»^: Mr. eonformablv to the principie» above eatabliahed, «hall be dcc.dtxt ©rúiuary Assembly by a majority. The sanie Asm iiiHv shall prepare the drafts of rcsoht t ions to he prop<—«1 to the General Asstmhly, and shall farnish the latter «rith ail the informal ion tu 11 i>W»IJi either for adopting or rcjcctiu'r them. The plurality of votei símil regúlate the decisión», hoth in the Ordinary and General Asscmhliüs, with thia difiérence, however, that, in tbe Orclinerj A.sáetnbly'j the absoluto majority shall he deemed aurficient, ivhile, i 11 the other, t i'u-tliirüs ot* the trote» aball be neoessary to fwim the plurality. W'hcii th<- vote» are nen in the Ordánary Ammt uiblji. the President shall decide th«- uueiÜOO: but vvhon the As.-emhly i» to dehherate on the aecopl ation Or chantre of any of the fundamental laws, apQn organic ¡natátUtiona, Upon indi- vidual righta, or apon aflairs of religión, tile majority «hall n.>t he deemed , ilfioient, either in the Ordinary or r! n ■ ti« aera] A»»embly. Tbe I>iet 1 permanente but may, wh«u the object» »ubmitted te ns deliberation are luiiiii nated, adjoairn fbr ■ period not oxcoeding fbur montas. All ulterior dianoaitíon» relativo te the ailjouninii Mt. <>r tlieeapodition of presaing aflahs, wrfucb may ariee dnring the rece»», are reaerved for the Diot. «rhieh -hall take due notice of thctn when engaged in tlie drawtng up of Cb» Organic Lnvvs. MITÍCLE VTIÍ. In regard lo the ordor in which t is detennined, that while the l>ict isoceupied witli framing Organic i.aws, there shall be no íixed rtlle in this respeel ¡ and whatover inay he tlie 1l1.it js observed 011 sm-h an occasion, it shall neither prejudice an^' of the nn mbers, ntir establi»h a preeedent f<>r th«- rutare. Afber framing the Organic f.aivs, the Diet shall dehherate liten the inamier of fixinp this ohjcct, by a permanent rc^ulatiori ; for whieh purpoae it shall depárt as littlc as poasible trom tllose regulationa whieh have bee.11 observed by tbe aneiciit !>¡ot, and cbtefly ae<-<>rdiiig to the Rcrcss <>f the Pgpntatíon of the. Etnjiire 111 1 HC>3 : th<- 01 «ler to he adopte»! shall iiotin an\- ivay intlui u e the r.mk and precedence of t^le mciiibers of the <.'oitfedcratiou, except in as WT as thoy have any relattous witli the DíeC ARTICLE JX. The Diet shall sit at Francfort 011 the Miáíne. It* first meetíng is fijBed for the tat of September 1815. ARTICLE X. Tbe first tibjiM t to be oonaidered by ilu- Diet after i ta meetiog, shall he th* enactroent of the fundamental Laws of the Oonfederation, and of ita Orga- nic Inatitutiona, with reapect to its exterior, militan, and interior II lalilnía ARTICLE XI. I ne Statea of the Coniederation engage to defend froan all bxtatile attack. tba whole of Gerinany, as W*ell as amen individual State of the Union ] aml tney mutually gnarantee to each other all their poaaeaaion» eonapri—d ía this ten wmt 1-: declared hy tbe Confederatiofa, no membei can open a sepa 2 I)102 rate ncgociation with the cneniv, ñor malte pcace, ñor conclude an amustia-, without thc consent of the otner iiicmbcr». While thcy reserve to tlicm^clves the right of forming alhances, thc mem- bcrs of the Confedcration bind themsolves, nevcrtheless, not to contraet any enncrmciri which might be directed against the safety of the Confedcration or of any of the individual States composinc; it. The eonfederated State» erijtage, in the sarne nmnncr, not to mak. ta on one another, on any pretoxt, ñor to pursuc their diflereuces by forCc of arms, but to submit them to the Jíiet, vvhieh shall attcmpt a mediation by mi im of a Cominission. If this shottld not ¿ncceed1 in bringing the ¡ tending partios toan aecommorlatiuii, and a juridical sentence bccomes n< SUrv, it shall be obtesnéd by- a «rell-organised ¿4u*tregetl•'«'y j^*—** ÍMAhK), to which the contendióte partics are to submit without app 2. J^articitfcrr arrangcmc7its. Resides thc points settled in the prceeding Artieles, rclative to the esta blishment of the Confederation, the eonfederated States ha\e agreed to tba ¡n rai.gcnifnts contained in the fbllowing Artieles, with regardto the •ubjeets hereaficr roentioned ; which Articles shall have the same forcé and vahdity as the preceding oues. ARTICLE XII. Tliose members of the Confedcration w fióse possessions do not con tan. i populatinn to t!ic uiimbci of 300,000 souls, shail unitc thcinscives to thc reigYlilig Honres bf thc same liiie, or to others of the eonfederated Statea «vhose populatioíi, ádded to theírs, will amount to the nuinber here specified, Por the purpose b» jointly farming a Supreme Tribunal. In thosc States," however. of a amalle* populación,where similar tríbtin.ih of the third insfanct already exist, they shall be continued, on their presen! footíng, provided the populatinn of the ¡State to which they belong, be Nt less than I 50,000 souls. The t'our Cree cities shall have the right of nniting together, in the forma- tion of a comnion and supreme Tribunal. Each party appearirig before these joint and supreme Tribunals, shall be authorised to demgnd a referen ec of lIic proceedimgs to the Kaculty <>f ba« bclonging to a foreign Univcrsity, or tu a t'ourt <>l' Refcrenee (siégc (Tevhe- vimj to vviiom the final sentence shall be submitted. ARTICEE XIII. There shall be A^scmblies of the States in all i he couDtlie* belollgmg Lo the Confederatioti. ARTÍtU : XIV. In order to securt feo the,anclent States of the Empire, mediátised ín !*<><•', and in the subsequent years, the enjovnient of equal rights in all comtwei bolongh.g to the Con federa tioi>, anercy, they are tre- H rslly to.retnin all the rights and pi ¡vilcgc» ..ttached to their possessions and «rnfcrl do not belong to the Supreme Authoritv, or to (íovrrnment. Amonj the rights which are secured to them by this Articl included, 1. The péffect liberty of residing in any State belongihtt to the Confedera- tion, or at peaee with it. 3. The maintenance of family compacta, conformaidv to the aneient Coh- stitirtion of (lermaiiy ; and the right of conneeting their estáte* and the ibemberS of their families, by ohligatory arrangement s ; which, however ouplit to be niafle knovvn to the So\ert?ign, and to the pubüe authorifiés. Thc laws by which this right has been hitíicrto restr¡ct.jd, «hall not be ap- plicable to future cases. 1 i. Tne privilc^e of heing amenable only to superior tribunals, and of bcuig exempt liwii all military conserijjtion, for tlicniselves and families. ■1 The exercise óf civil and criminal jurisdiction, in the Jirst instaría- »• anrl. if the possessions are suríiciently extensivo, ín the ser o/td inxtrzncc ; the exercise of the forest jurisdiction, of thc local pólice, and of the in fcpéetioh of churehes, schools, and charitablc institutions : the whole con- formablr to the laws of the. country to which thcy rcmain subject, as we!l És te the military rcgulattons and supreme authority reser\'ed to thc'govern- iner.ts, respecting objccts bf thc ahovo-mentioned prerogatives, fbr the bettei detonnining them, and, in general, for thc adjusting and consolidating the rights of tnediarized Frinccs, Counts, and Lortfs, in a mamicr unifnr'ni to the payinent of debts and pensiona grur.ted to individuáis of tlu- clergy or laitv, are guaranteed by the Confédcration» 1%e memben ot" che late chapters of che cathedral churches, as well a^ tliosc of tlie freo chapters of the Empi re, shall bave the henerit oí" che p» sioiis secured to them bv lile asad Recess, in evory country at peace witli tlu Germanic < 'onfederation. The ¡m-Dibtrs oí" the Teutonie Order, who ljave not jft obtained edequate pensión** ahadl obtain them according to the principies eacabliahed tbi t, chapters of cailu-iiial churches by the Recesa oí" the X>euutation ot che Em- pire. of the year 1 tSO.'í ; and the Prinees wiio have aoquired possessions ¡<>. jnerly bolonging to tlu- Teutonie Order, sha!! pay tfacae pensions, according to the ir proporción <>l" the property t>f che Teutonie Order. The I)iet of tlie Confederation shall delibérate upon tlu- meaaurci to adopted ffbr establishíng a fund fbr che support and pensioning of and ocher members of che clergy belonging to the co un trica on the left banL of tlie Rl)ini', tile ptjrmeilt of which pensiona shall I>e transferred to tli< Po\» ers actual ly possessiny tlie said couiitries This matter sliall l>e settlcd withiu a year, and until that time the jwnsions sha i l be paid as heretofbre ARTICLE XVI. The diflerent Obristiai» secta in t he eountries and territories of the Ger manir <'onfederation, shvdl not experienee tny difrorouee in the enioymenf of civil and política] rights. The Diet shall Consider of ¡the moana of eifecting, in the most umtorii: Rianner, an ainclioratioii in the civil state of tiloso who profesa che Jewiah religión in Ueruiany, and shall ]>ay particular ascención to the ITiraail I« ■ by v* Iii<-11 cfae onjoyment «>f civil righta shall be eeeured and guarantced to tliom in the Confederaced ¡States ; upon condición, bowever, of their aubmitting to ¿di che obligación» jrnposcdupon ptfaer oi^ixens. In the mean time, che pa vilegea already granted to thia scet, hy any particular State, shall be aecured to them. AllTK JLE XVII. The family of the Prinees of Tour and Taxis shall retain the reven «Sa ariaing from th<- post in the Confederated States, under the saine regulatiqna as «rere géented by the Recesa or che Deputacion of the Empi re of ti" Sftth Fcbniarv 18().'l, or by suhsequeut Con\ entions, in so far as they nhall pot liave been al te red by new Conven tione freely aecnled to on botfa aidea. In ull cases the righta and p re ten s ions of thi; f lonse. whether with regaad to retaining che post, or toa í"»ir indemnity fbr the nme, anch as the above Recesa has settlcd, shall be maintained. This regulatipn álso apjpliea to the case «vhere the rbarmer adnñniatratioa of the post may have been aboliahed since iso. t. in contravención oi che Reoeai • >f the Deputatioti of the Empire ; unless, however, an indemnity sliall Itsve been absolutel» sctcled by a pai ticular Convención. ARTK LK XVIII. The Prince<*sod the free cowna of Germany have agreed to aecure to tbc aubjecca of che Qoniederated States, the fbllowing righes: A.—That of :.• quiríng and possessing fixnded property beyoaad the IOÓ ,>f the State in which thcy are settlcd, witliout bein-^ hable to }>av to the fb- rcicn Power any hiyhcr tax or duty than tho.se paid by its owo subjeets. Ü;._i, Ttiat of ciniiji-atiiijj from onc ci>níc<»eratedi State to anf>ther, pro- vidrd it be proved that the State in which they settlc reei ive them as subjeets. o. That of i-ntcrin<¿ into the civil or uiilitary serviec of any of the confe- ,> ra ted States ; it beinfí, howcver, und, that tUo exereise of eitlier ol theae ri_^hts does not reléase th«*m from bflilHg liablc to niilitary serviee in their own country. And, ¡n order, that the diflerence of the laws with re - .! to their liability to military serviee may not be atti tuled with ouy partiál dvantagea or injurioua eonseqninces to any particular fj|n> i i be U i« • t of the Confederation shall consi«ler of the mean» of establiaUiivjj regulations u[xin tliis subj'ect, as impartial as possiblo. (^'.-XsM exeinpti.m from al! export «luty, drawbaek. or oth< r impost of that ilcseription, in ca"»e they rcniove their pr another, unless it should be ntherwise stiputated by particular Con- rentiona coucludcu n.-> tirsr nitv t intj, the Iíict shall fran>e laws for the bl»erty itf th< irsaa in generad, and shall adopt such un . ..rea as ntuy K' Uiv autliora and . ditors a«jainst the piracy of their works. ARTICLE XIX. The confederated States reserve to theniselvos the ria^ht of dclibcratitij^, at theftrat ineeting of the I>ic^t at Francfort, upon the manner of re^ulating; the coiiimercc and naVigatloo from onc State to anotlier, accorduii^ t«» the piiaciple.s adopted l>y the ( Jongiess of Vieuna. 4RTÍCLE XX The present Aet shall be ratified by all the C'ontractinpc Partios, und the at.fieotions shall, in six wi-eks, p* sooncr If possibh-, be addiessed to the. Royal and State Chaneery of ílis ¡\Iajesty the Empsror of Austria at Vienna, f which all tlu» Plenipotctitiaries fiave BÍgasaal the pMSSent i OS tra- men t, and have aflivcd tlicreunto the seal of their arms. Doi:c at Vienna. the Kth .Tune 1815. •¡ (L. S.) Pj ince Mr,TTERMCH. (U. S.) Barón WESSENDERíi. (I^.S.) CIIAÜLBS Prince HARDENBERQ. íJL. S.) Wil.hIA.M Barón lIUMUOU/r. (I.. S.) CH, Count BERNSTOBrT. fJU. s.) J. Couat BERNSTORfT. íJL. S.) A. Count RECHBERG and HOTHENLOWEN. fJU. S.) JOIIjX AUOl/NTl'S Barón C.LOB1G. (L. s.j H. Banm GAGERN. (L. S.) K. Count MI.'NSTKK. (L. S ) Count IIAIUJKlSIiEIlQ. (L. S.) Cíount KELLER, acting at the sanie time for BnHHW iek. (L. S.) Ci. J. Barón LEI'Eb. (JL' S.) J. liaron TURCKHEIM ■2 E106 (L. S.) Barón MINCKWITZ, in thc place of Mr. de Oersdorff Plonipotentiary of thi^ Grand I>iiko of Wcim-ir. of thc Dulces of Saxe-Gotha and of Saxc-Memm- CL- S.) Barón BAUMUACH. (L.. 8.) Barón FIÍSÍ'HLER von TKEUflERG. (L. ».) Barón MAL'J'ZAHN. (L. S.) LEOPOI.D Barón l'LESSEN. (E. S.) Barón OERTZEN. (L. fc>.) T>c WOLFFIIAMSDOUFF. (L.. ¡S.) Barón FRANCK. (L. ¡S.) FRANCI8 AJLOYSIUS K I RCIIHAl'ER. (L. S.) l>e Manchal! ron BIEBERSTEIN. (L. ¡5.) I>r. GEORGE WIESE, Plonipotentiary ofthe | LiichCenaCein and Benaa. (JL. N.) r><- W BISE. (E. S.) Barón KETTEXHOLDT. (E. ¿S.) 13c BERíi, acting fbr Waldeck and Schaumburg L.ipp, (E. ¡5.) HELLWING . 8.) SCUMIOT. (L.. 8.) (iRIES. ACT No. X. T"/-caty Iretivcf» the fri'nr q/~ //¿t J\rcf/i< >-¿(7/i//.v, f'rttxs¡n, Englanrt, s4.'Str%a, and Tirtssiu, of the 31*/ Mi')/ I K 15. In tlic ñame of the Most Holy an\im - ■Uch a propOrtMMD of territory as may enable thcm to s tipp< • rt their ov. in 1 |>endance, seni rrs to them thc « ouutrics eomprised bctwcten thc m tb ri^ht bank of that river : aitil TheÍT said Majaetiea hav ing resolved t- elude a sepárate Treaty on this sulyect, cordbrmably to the arrangementa of thc Coniíri*.* of Vicnna, have appoiutctJ PletúpoCentiariea to cono i upon, and Bign wlMterar relaten to this suh¡ect, viz : ix>7 phant, ofthe Suprcme Order of the Amiunoiation, of t?ie Black Eagle and the Red Eagle, of the Sernphim, Knitfht of che Order of St. Joseph of Tu.«c»iiy, ofSt Ilubert, of the Goldcn fingía of Wurtcinbcr«r, of Fidclity of Bailen, of St. John of Jcrusalcm, and of H'ni'wl others ; Chancello* of Che Militarv Order of María Thercn, CnraCor of the Academy of Che Fine Arts. Chamberlain, intímate and actual Councillor of Ilis Majeaty Che Emperor of Austria, Kina of líungarv and Bohemia, Ilis IWin: ter of Stalc, of < 'onfei- anoea, and of Forci^n Maura, Ilis principad PlenipoContiary at Che Cona,i ana j and thc Situr John Philip Barón wVea a en be ra;, KnigbC Grand Croea <>f thc Mil¡tarv and Reí¡gi<>us Order of St. ISIaurice and St- Lazarns, C'Ilambcrlaín and intiinate ana actual < „'ounei I lor of Ilis Imperial and Royal Apostolick Mujcsty, Hía aOTOind PlenipoCenCÍarjr al the C'onj;i-e«s; Ánd Hia Majcsty thc Iviiil. of thc TVcth.-rlands, thcSienr Cfcarhard Charlea liaron de Spaen s Majest\' thc kin» "of the i"S*i ti urlatid.s, PrÚaOe of ()raii^v-N:iss;iii. Grand Duke of Luxendmrg, at tile <.*oiirt of Vicuña, and onc «>1 Hil rien»n»4«intiarira ut the Con^rcs» ; and thc Sieur Han» ClariaCapher BnaeaC, Barón «1«; Qawrn, Grand (Voss of Ctae f>r«lcr of thc Lóon of rCeaae, and of the Order of Eidelity of Badén, PleiljpoCrntiary of Ilis said Ala¡<;sty at Che f*iniaitiaa nf Vinnna j «rbo, after haviuj»; oxcliaugcd Cbair fall potvers, fbund ;,i eood and duc form, have agreed to the following Articles : ARTIC'LE 1. The oíd T'nifcd Provinccs of thc >íctherlands, and the former Bclgic Provinces, both vríthin the limits fixcd by thc followinfj Article, shafl form, together WÍCfa the countrios «lesij;iíati- where they touefa Choan of thc formar Fn-iu li cantón oí" Eupen, in the duchy of Limbor^-, and following the «reaCern liinit of that cantón in a northerly dirección, teaving to the ríghc a anmall j>art of thc former Prench on of Atabal, joins at the point of coextact nf thc threc: artinor again fui ni this point, this lina follovra that which dividea the two latCer departmenta, txnCil 't rcachea thc VVoun, (a river fidling inCo the Roer; and e;oos along this riverIOS to tbe pniret whore it agéfH IM tho limit of ÉMM tvvo department-, uu rauca f.hia limit to tbe aouth of fciillenaberg (tho oíd departnaent ©4 Roer) from whonco it la» anillan to tho north, and leaving Ilillensberg to. tl10 right, and dividios? the cantón ot' fSittard into two nearly equal parta, so that S ttard and fniHiHII rcmaiii on tho left, it voachea tl>c oíd Dutoh torritc,,y . from wlirni-f, leavmii this torritorv to MM left, it goes on fbltowing ita anetern fr-.ntior, to the point whcro it UleXh— tho oíd Austrian prim-ipahty ot'(; droa, on'the sido of Ruromoiidcí and, di agatina ¡ I self towards tMe most fa-;. mi point of tho Dutch territory to the north ot Swíilmen, continué» to on.-ir.-i-- thÍ9 territory. . . Lastly, sottinojout from the most eastom point, it JOHM that other parí tho D11 teh territory in which Ventea) is situated ; that town and íts terrifo.\ being included within it. From ÜMMI to the oíd ]>utoh frontíer i. Muok, situ.itcd beiow Cienep, the lino follow* tlur co.irse of the Mtusu. :.t Maefa a disuitioo f roiu tho rifílit hank, that all tho pku o* within a Ummm4 Rhonish vaifls from it, ( Ithc>» fn/nhsche JUuAtmJ 1,970 of which ya.-á, hetweon t'k-ves and the United Piwinee». Thta line shall he examined hv a Coiinnission, which the ÍVovcrurnciit - Prussia and the Nethcrhmds shall ñame without delay, for the pulposo, ol proooeding to the oxact determinación of the limita, as «retí of the kingdota of the Netlierlands a» of the Grand Duchy of JLuxemburg, apecifled in the 4th Article : and this Commission, aided by profésaktna.1 persons, «hall regU- latc evory tliing concertting hydrotiíohnicai eonatructiona and other point* in the most oquitahle manfter, and Ale most conformante to the muti interests of the Prussian States, and of those of the Nether tanda. Tm- same ¡iriaii-íc-mont refers to the tixing: of limita in the diotriota of Kyfwaerd ; I-obith, and in the arbole territory as far as K.-kerdom. Tbe-aaeÁNW of Hwiaeen, Malburg, Lymera, with tlie town of Sevcnaet, and the loriiship ofWiel, «hall fbrm partofthe kingdom of tho Netherland and llis l'russian Majesty shail renomice tlieni in perpotuity for HraMetf, ti** heirs at»»l Bill rised m tho I > M-eoitiod in the follow ing Ártioh-, is hkov> ise ceded to the Novoroi-n I': of the United Provinces," now Khtg of tho jVotherland?, to he posso^s <> i" perpetuitv hv ih.n and llis su<-eo«>- Lnvoinnurf;, Idis Majestv restvving; to Hiinaelf ihe priviK-i of mal;:' Ihlllih MlaagWWWtl hetwen the prinecs Hia sons, relativo to tho sim o to the Orartd B«ehy, a*. He shall think iMWlfeliluMu to the interests ot i monarehv aud Mis paternal intciitions. . The íirand Uochv of brixeoiburg being intendea as «n inSetnmrv ,, V - prin.-ipíditios of Na*MU-Di1 teathurg, Sicfeaa, Hedamar, and 13ictz., anall t>noof the .^States of the ííermani. Confeoeretíon, and tho Primo, IVtnR Nttli. i laiidf, <-haü fÓMH a p.irt of the svstem of this Confcdcration, as W—> 109 Duke of Luxcmbnrc; with all tho pro.ro¡riitives and privilecros which the other Germán princea mignt enjoy. The town of LuXembuito, in a military point of view, shall he oonsidoreti as a fortress holon<íinp; to the Contederatioii. Tlie íirand Duke shall, how- eve-r. retaiu the ¡xnver of appoiutinp the tOVernot and military cominandant <>f this fortress, subjoct to the approha11 ns as it may be judfj,ed iiccessary tot-Mahlish, in c^riformity to the fu tu re oonsti t ution of thu saitl Confederation. AHTICLE IV. The Grand Duchy ol Lotñnbur^ shall consist of all tho territory situatod betweeil tho kingdojen <>f the Xetherlands, such as it has heen desiguated by krtíele 2, Kraneo, the ¡VIosolle, as ftrasthc iiiouth of the Suro, tho courae of the Niire, as far as the juuction of the Our, and the course of this last river, as fái a-- the limita of the former Prenofa cantón of St. Vith, whioh is not to halong to the Grand Duchy of laujcemburg. Disputes havnio- arisco with 1 cLVartl to the proporty of the duchy of Bouilloa, llis ATajesty the Káng of the Netherland*, Orand Oulua of Luxem- tiur^, engagea to reato re tho j»art of the aaid «lnchy which is compriaed in tho line of frontier ab->\ e-monttoned, to that narty v\ hoae claims shall b<- tegaUy conflemad. ARTICLE V llis Majeaty the Iviiig of the Nethertatnda renounoet in perpetuíty, fi)r Hirnself, llis beira and ■neccaaor», in fávour of llis Majesty the Km^ of Prassia, the ■ixnnnágu poaeeaaioaa whieh^ the Houae of Nassau (íran¡;c beJd ni Gi rinany, namely, the príncipalitiea of Dillenburg, Dietz, Siegen, and Hada mar^ fcpgether with the lordahipa of Bielatein, such as thoae poaaeaaiona haré been deftnitively arranpi'd between the tw<» branchea of the Houae of NaasaUj by the TVeavty conetu<|ed at the llague tbe 1-tth JTuly 181-4. Hi» Majesty equally renouncea all claim to the princípality of Pul da, and to the other distriets and territorio^, Which had been áecuried to Hiin by the I2th Articie of the prii««tij>al Reeeaa <«f" tbe extraoiadinaMry dej>utation of the empire on the 35th Pebruary 1803. AirncLK vi. The rigfat and ortler of succession estabtrkned between the two hranches of the Houae of IVassau, by the Act of l¡^88, calted f J\rr/A\vat/i..t-os of the unión bf the Belgic Pruvi tacen the present Treaty, the said Arricies shall her< Btme torce and valí di ty as it" thcy wcrt; mserted, worcl fbr wonl, ¿*! tf.o uwtent instrument. ARTK'LE IX. A Oominission shall beitit 111 cdiately a|Mpointed by Tlis Majestv tbe ;\ ng <>f Prnssiu and llis Maje«tv tbe Kingof the *N*ell¥uf-lands, i i aett&e • hi t< ■ ■< . relates to the ocasión of tWeve poaaeasid»aUi <>f 111^ Housc of Nassau • bi long to llis M.ijesty, %vith regard to records, debls, excesses of the ]>•;: li( chests, Rtul other snSject"* ttf flus natnre. 'i'liat part of tbe records which «loes not lonwrn the ceded provinees, biit <«ily ÜM llousc of Oi-anp-, and lihrarics, collectit.ns ot" niaps, and all othor objeets of the sai ne descHption, belonging to His Majcsty the King >>! "Netherlands, shall be retained by Ilim as private and personal property, sball be imtnediartely restored Do llis Majesty. A part of ttíe Mmid pooaa» fiions bei ng exehaiigei) Bfpcúnst other possessions of the Uuke and Pi TS.issau, llis Majeaty the King oí*Prussiu engagea, and Mis Majesty tu- King ot" tbe Notlierlands ronsents, that the enfíagenient stipulated in UM 1" Article sball be transfcri <-d to tlieir Serene I Kgfa nesses tl>e Duke and Prínoe of Naí»au, with respect to those possessions which are to be united tt:> tbeir States. ARTIf^LE X. The present Treaty sliall be ratifico, and the ratifleations exohang. Ú six weéli, or sboner» »f posaíble. In faith of which tbe above-mentionod Plenipotentiaries have signed it. and have a.fl)xed thercuntt» the seal of tlieir ann». Done aft Vicuña, the -31st of May in the year of our J^ord 18 15. Signed (JL.. S.) The Prince ME1TERNICH (L. S.> The Barón WKSSRNBERG (L. S.) The Harón de 8PAEN. (L.. S.) The Rarui. de GAGERN. [¿Vil/e.—7%c srrme T'rccrty fias bren conciaded and signed bettveen Ifis 3f» jesty i Ir J\'/n¿r nf the J\rrt Zieriands and tfic (.'ourls of Lioridon, licr/irr, • JPelerv6ífrg.~} X 1 1 . AV «MN red tt, .-/,-/,■(■/, /'/II of 7V, a/i/ ,.f 1813 . Signed by the Sccrelary ©f State fow Foreipn Afláirs. on the oeea.s,,,,, of llis Koval HwtaneniacceptaiMe <>/ the Sovereienty of the Bel cric Provincea o¡ ';> f ?*rl V*»'«-»rty. Ambessador Sxtrmordinajn and" MuNStor Plenipoientiary (rom His Rritanmck Majsaty to Hm Hoya! Hjtrh- WSM the Prince Sovercign of feba MwabjwInula, harina; dcl.vored to the under ñened a eopyof the Protocol of a consVranee which aaaaV falsee in the oaontli oá June la.st, between the Mmistera eéTthe Higfh Alhed Po«ve7ñ. andsiamed by them, on the suhjeet oí the unión ot Belgiuin with Hollaad ; and the sí,,l Ani- ba>«ado> hamos; siso contmnnieatod to him the instruetiona be had reoeived from ins í ourt. to í nter into an arrangenient with tiencr:!! Barón \ incent Gomrnot í Ven eral ot Beteium, for deliren na; aptbe provisional rorernment of tlie Belgie Provinces to the person whom His Boyal Mighnesa «hall entrust Wttb it, in the ñame of the Allíed I'uvvers, until the time ot" their definitive ■ad formal ttmoa ; providc«l that the f..nn shall be intimate and eomplet*-, so that the t\\ o couiítries shall f<»rm but one and the same State : governed by the Constitution alroaily esta bitahed in Hoiland, which shall be rnodified by oatumon ecunaent, accord ing to rxisting circumstancos. ABTICJL.K II. NTo innovatioti shall be made in the Artieles of this Constitution, Mfhicji R un- ntaiial |jrot<-«-tion aurl naeartb cverv sect, and guarantce the adinis-ípii <-f all citiísens, whatever thi ir rehifious belief may be, to ixiblic euaulpj iri^ms and oflic<-s. AKTICLE III. The Belgic Provinccs shall be properiy r.-prcscnt<-d at the AskchiWv oí tls- tatea General, < f which the. utdínsiy aaaainna shall be hafcl, üa.tinao oí pese», tu a eity in Ilollarid and in a eity of Bclgium, alternatel v . ARTICLK I\ Eveiy mhabitant of the *Netherlanda being thua placed by the ÍJonstitu •on npon Sne same íooting, tlio difieren» proviuoes sliall eviup.lly enjoy all312 •snieh i QlllIlH'Uiial and othcr a-lvantagcs as are oon«istcnt witli their reapeclivr situation* ; and no kiii*e of the otlier. ARTICLE V. En medíetiuly after the unión y the provincia muí town* of" lleluium shall MI ÜCIpete ¡O tlM <'c>i]iiiii'n;c and M,t igatíon of tile eokmMMj apONI the s.íiiir tooting as the piwilK'i's ¿nni towns or" IJoliaud. ARTICLK M. As ÚM CXpcPO— as well as tlie profits are- to be jointly áhared, the debta contracted, <

    •. tlu- districta more imtnodiately interésted m thta parí of tibe puhlíc coni «■iue; the State in geawal, hovvever, sliall not he exempted from eoi.trit»tii íng towards tlie Miné, m «ase of c-xtraorilinarv disaster, as it has IjiiI erl beet) the cuttom in Tlolhmd. And I lis Roya] Highneaa havihs eccepted theee eiarht Artieles, m di bases and eonditiona of the unión of Belsjiura tvi'tfa Hullaiul, linde* th« I veretafnty of I lis Royal Hijrhneas; Tin- undersifrned Anne SVilliam filiarles liaron d>- Xac^.ll, t'li.i 11!. to llis BLoyal Hiefaneea the Prínce Sovereign of tlu- Nechcrienda, and Srcn-t.irv 'it State for Foreijrn Alfairs, is charged and authori-ed, in tbe natne and on tlte part of llis augusit ¡Vlaster, to aeeept tile Soyereigntl "! the Pelele Provinces, upoa the comlitious roiiftainral in the ei¿iht preeedil Artieles, and to guárantele» hy tibe pri -cnt Aot, their Tcopl■ inri' and ex» tion. [n fatth of wliieh tlu- undersigued Aune Williain ('liarles Barón >'■ Na- gcll.Chamberlain to llis Itoyal rliglineaa the Prince Sovereign of the Unil IN'etlierlaiids, and llis "Neeretary of ."State for Foreign A tí a irs, has oonínM* the present Aet hy his sii^nature, and lias caused to he atfixed theee unto ti» ■eal of liis arma. Done at th«- Hague the 31at of July 1814. Si^ned (L. ü.) A. W.. C. de NAGF.LL. A fcrne eom . The Seeretary-(¿enera! of tries ihipai liminl l«»r Foreiapa Aflairs, Sijpned (L. S.) VAN ZUYLEN VAN JSY\ El I 113 ACT No. XI Der/amihni >f the 1'on/erti ort the- aJFairx o/~ t/te FfeffCtrc f*<>rtf'ctf<-reiry, of'ehr 2Uih MitfCA t u/>d ~-lct r>f ,-tfccesxf tibe Treaty of ¡•wisof tfae90th May 1814, liaving aelciiowled^-ed tliattln- general interest Mianandt tbe't tlu- IIeiveti<- States sliouid enjoy the beaasfil of a perpetual neutralitv | and «viahinaj, \>y territorial restitutions and Ocan the elaiuis snbinitted to thein hy the Iloh'etic L^ef^atiou ; Declare, I ■, a* soor; as tlu- Ilelv-etie X/>iet shall llave duly and formally acceded to tbe Stiptllations eontained in the present instruinent, an Aet shall he pre- pared, cooteining the n li iiimiliidajuiaiinil and the ¡;iiaraiiti:e, on the part of .vil ■be l'oweis, ot the perpetual iieutrality ol Swit¿íerlamí, in her nana troutiera ; i< luí I) Aet shall fi>rm part of that -whieh, in exeeutioti of the .Sand Artiele í tlu- Tie.ity of Parta of the ¿toth iVIav, was to eomple.te the arraiiüjemerits Opufeaia d ni tlns Treaty. ARTIChE I. rile mteg-ritv of the nineteen cantons, as thev existctl ia a politjeaj hotly al tbe period of the ('onvctition of the a;>;.h ÍJeeem'/er 1813, ¡a acknow- \% vi as the basiü of tbe Ilelvetie System. ARTICLE Ii. rhe_ Valláis, the territory oí Grenev.i, and the prineipality of N'cufehatel «™ HUIted to Svritaerland, and a hall form tlirw now cantona. The valleyof UBfaBaa, » hu-h tormed part of the eanton d civil rights which ¡iré enjoyad, ot may l>o enjoyea, by iii bitmnta ot" the aneieUt parts of the said cantón». They «hall, consequenti* be eligible cr|iially with them ior thc plaOeia of Raprasentatives, and other €>tti<'os, accordittg t<> the Oonatítutiona ot tbc cantons. Bach mira pal privilegies as are conforiunblc with thc Coi i st i í ution and t he Kei lera] r< latióos of the camón oí" Berna, sball be continuad to the town of Bien and to thc villaages that fermed part of its juriadictioo. 2. 'fin- sale of thc national demains is eonfirinnl : the feudal reñí tithes cannot be re-estnblishcd. 3. The respectiva Aett ot' unión shall be fmmed conformabl v to the pr «•iples above declarcd, ' by* C'omm issioris, coi» jios<-iI of an cquul i m • depoties from caeh of thc intorested parties. Thote from the Bishopri Baele shall b<- ohosen by thc cantónx>i rector from antongst thc mi ti nent eitizens in the COUntry. The said Acts sball he (¡¡uaranti' ' !.% i .Swiss ( 'onlcdoral ion. All the points upon vvliieh thc partics caí ■ . eha.ll be decided by an arbitra tor appointed bv thc Diet. -i. The ordinery rev«'nucs of thc country shaall be collected on •> c tbc present Administrativo, until thc «late of the accesaion ©f t!¡.- Diet i prescut transaction• The arrears of thc said reveDuea ^hall he collected Inte manoer, butthc extraordinary taxes, which ha»e nói vet bee I thc public ohest, shall not be demanded. 5. No iiidoiniiitv heving bien received bv* tbc Prinec Bishop of Uaslc. t< the quota of thc revennes Becruinsr to him from thc bishoprick vv. I. hit}] j fonned a part of Switeerland, au::¡, ¡n faavour of tfaoae countrica n which have become an inLi^jral j>art of thc said Kaiipirc, thc Ca Berne and Basle un- to pay to him, in sddition to the sai«l annaíti . '-: ot" i 2,(»oo flor i na oí' tbeEmpiire, oatíne from tbc unión of the bishoprick Basle t<> the cantona • >f Berne and liasle ; tbc fifth part of ibis sum spplied «o. and remato as a provisión fbr, thc Ktipport of the- canon9 <>t i sincientcathedml oí" liaslc, in orclcr to make the annuity «rhich bu bee scttled by thc Race as of the (•crinan Kmpirc. The Helvedc Diet shall determine vrhetber it be expedient to retain ' biáhopric in this part of ÍSwitrerland, or uliothcr thia diocese mnj not : ñnited to that which, pursusnt to thc aea sarransements, shall i>c '■ ■ otrt ot thc S\viss territory which belonsed t«> the d:occsc oí" Conftancci In case tbc bishoprick ot' Bas|e should be con ti n tied, thc cantón • f '■ >hall fnrnish,in t!i<- asillll prv, sball at all times be free, and that neitber thc post, ñor travcl- lers, ñor the conveyance oí" nrterehandiae, shall be molestad by any txamina- tíon of the office ra of tho Ouatoma, ñor snbiected to any f Gréneva a snitable accession ot territory on the side of Stivoy. AHTICLE VI. *\Vith a view to pro iri de mutual compen sati on a, the cantona oí" Argnvia, Vaud, rI\»ssin. and St. O al I, shall furnish to the ancient cantona ofScnwitaa (Jnterwald, XJri, Cílaris, Zug and Appenaell f/i/iorfc Interior) a sum which shall be applied to the pnrjjosi-s of public instruption, and to the expencea of aenerafl administration, but principadly to tho fovmer ohject, in thc said cantons. Thc tjnality, thc modo of payment, and thc proportions ot this pccimiary c^ni|)cnsaticin, are determincd as follows : 1. Tbe cantóos of Ar^ovia, Vaud, and St. Gkall, sliall furnish to the can- tona of Schwitas, Unterwald, Uri, ^>'-^, OI aria, and Appenzell {Xhod* inte- rior) the sum OI aoo.OOO Swiss livres. Kacb of tbe tormer cantons shall pay tho interest of its quota, at the ra té of five per cent per snnum, r>r nave the option of discharfring* the principal, eitber in moiiey or landed property. 3. rrhe proportions, eitber of the payment of thia sum» OT of the reocipt of it, sball be detormined aceí>rerty of the116 funded capital as it was in 1803, at the period of the clissolution of the Ilelvctie GoranUMBt, and shall enjoy the intcrcst therou|M>n, dathiy from JEanuary latí, inia. 2. That the aecnmulated intereat due aince the y^ir I7í>8, up to the yoakT 1814, inclusive, shall be applied to the ¡laymunt of the retnaúnine ca- pital of tlie national deht, koown linde* the deiiomiuatioti ol" the HeTveti dtbt. :¡. That the aurplua of the Uelvetic deht shall reotain at the change of the otliiT caotOM, those of Berue aiul üurich bcmg exoneratcd by the above ■Ranaemeiit. ine quota of" cacli of the cantona, charged with tbis aurplua, .tIuiII l>e caleulated and paüd in the proportion fixed fbr the contribuí destined to the pa^ mcnt of* ladera! ex ixük us. The countrios ineorp irated \v i th Svv u zerlanu sincc 181.'), shall not be assossew iit the eustody of the Presiden! of the Diet. artjcíj: viii. The Mediati!>£>• Powen wishiug to conciliati- all eontoiilions respeoting the /ai/ií-i cancelled withont indciimity, hav« iletei inined thatan indeiimity shall be paid to the individuáis propriotors of /a//rfx- I'or the purpose of" avoidinj; all futuro dispute ou this subject between the r.iiitons of Hcrnts and Vaui<, the 1 a t te i* shall pay to the (rovernment of Borne the sum of 300,000 Swiaaj livrea, to beaftcrwards divided between the claiming Bornese proprietor> i ¿tn'ds. The paynicnts shall bo niade át the rate of a fifth caen year, com- tuencing from January lst, I 8 1 C. AR'JTCLE IX. The ¡VIediatin<¿' Power*, acknowlr(l^in¡>- the justíce of seeiiring to the Prince Abbot of St. <íall in bonourabie and independent existence, din ¡ that the cantón of St. tiall shull pay to him an aiinuity of 6'.OOí> florín* of the limpire, and to those ninler him, an anniiity of 2,000. These pen- siona ahall he paid by inatal menta (eommencing from the i st oír January i 8 1 i) into the hands of thn dfrectíng cantón, every three montlis, whioli shall place febeo) at the disj>osal of the Prínce Abbot of St. tiall, and oí thoae nnder him. reapectively. Tile Power* mediatiní; in the aflairs of Nwitzerlaml, by fha) abovo Ueelira- ' ion, ;.iilishment. 'I'Ik'v exjM-et, tbmrefi»re, that the cantona, lajring asitle, fbr tibe puhlic goocl, every seeondarv t.-onsideration, arill no loncfer * their acoession to the Fi rli ral l_Tnion, freelv emisented to by a Hieat majority of i lie Swíafl Srates ; the cnminnn haterest imperionsly deosandinar that every part of ¡S\\ir- zerland ahoold unite, as soou as possible, nnder the saine l^ederative < '■■ st ¡tntion. Tli.1 t'oiivcniion of the lfíth Auj^mt 1SJ4, annexed to the Act of the 117 Federal l'nion, can no longer he an obstaele to tboir unión. Its end l>cin|»- alreadV attainetl by the I>e< iaration ot' the Powert, it ta in iaci arinulled. To insuru still further the repose of ,S« it-/ rl;,nd, the Powcra desire that a venera! amnesty be ¿rranted to all individúala \%,h<>, Zed astrav at a ijoriod of uneertainty and irritation, mifirht have aeted in BOOM! reapect or otlier con- tra rv to the preaent orcrAret it, in a apirtt conducive to the public good, with- Ottt anv recbllection of the j>ast. Tlic present Doclaratioii has been inaertcd 'rl the Proto«-ol of the Cougrcss . cmbled at Vitnna, at its sittiiig of tile lOtfa March 1815. Done aníl certined l»v t!ie Plenij>otcntiaries t»f the eigfat Poivits ■vrlio iifjned the Treaty of París. Vieoni the 30th Alareh 1S1.0. ' (The Si«;natiir*is follow i ti th< pon 'ruu^ii^. i Blphabetical order of the Coerts.) The Prince METTERNTClf. The Barón WEWENJJERíJ. 1». GOMEZ LAHKADOR. The Prince TALLEYI1AND. Tlie Duke «le D'ALBERG. LATOUR l>t P11V. The C'ount ALEXIS de NOAIJULES. CLANCARTY, ( ATI It ART. STEWART. The Count I'AEMELLA. SALDA IVHA. LOBO. The Prince IIARDJ: N UERG. The Barón HUMBOLDT. The Count RASOUMOFFSKY. The Count ¡NTACKKLBKRCi. The C.unt NESSELRODE. LOWENHTEXIL a ü118 IVie Diet r,f the Siviss Confedera t ion, mi its apeciat sitting held at Zurich Ilaving reccived ir» it* aitting of the .')d of April 1S15, througli the media tion of tti** Ministers aecredi tea to the Confedela tion ; viz. M. de Seliraut, Austrian Minister, i TI the imiiir of Ilis Imperial and Rovi'i Apostolick Majcstv, as also by v inuc of apecial pmvers, of Ilis Roy al Hi' . ues» th<- Prince Rráent of Portugal ; M. Stratford Caiming, accredited on the part of llis Majeaty the K.mp, the United Kingdom of Great Britaín and fneland; The Count Atigaitm Talleyrand, o ti the pan of Ilis Most Chriatian Ma- jesty the K.ing of France, as ais» by virtue of special powers, of Ilis Majesty the Iviiifí of Spain and of the Indica ¡ Tlic Barón Chambrier d'Olleyrcs, in the ñame ol Ilis Majesty the King of Prunia ; The liaron K.ruiet"s declaring, in duc and propai torm, the. general accensión of Switzerland to the arrangements t onlairw n in the said instrument. Til-; chief authorities of eacfa cantón, having maturely eonsidcred the oh of this commani catión, and having anceeaaively vnade knuwn to the Pedí I authoritv their final determinatiou , The Diet of the Swisa Confederation, in punuance of the acta depoai i <* their archives, arid of the declaration:- ínaeiled in their Protoeol, by Wl it appcars that a number of cantón*, excoeding that whieh the federal Union Í«rescribes, for the acccptancc of the moat Important resohitions of the Üelvetic Body, llave deelared their eonsi r.l thereto ; whieh, aeeordinj^ to the terins of the Constitución, beconaa* thgteby that ol the arbole Confederation; Have adoptad the following Rcaolutions ; I . The Diet accedes, in the ñame of the Swisa Confederation, to the de- claration of the Powerl assembled at the C'ongress of V'ienna, under d;M the 20th IVIarch 1815, and prornises that the stipwlations eontained in tli>: '* Transaction," inserted in this Aet, ahaj] be faithfully asad rcligiowsly ub served. 2. The Diet expresses the c.ternal gratitnde of the Sxviss nation, towards the IligU l'owers, who, by the above declaration, assign to them, with a boundary far more advantageoiis, its aneient important frontiers ; unite three axew cantons to the C'onfederation, and promise soleinrily to acknowl) atid (ruaran tea the j>erpetnal neutral i ty of the Helvetic Uody, as Ixing necea- súiy to the general ínterest of Europ«". The Diet fícela the same «entintont* of gratitude fbr th*- uniforni Icindneaa Wtttl arhich the uugnst N«>vereigns liar* exi-rted tlu-mselves in l>ringing abotit a reeoiieiliation of the difh:reiiees xvlii''!' liad arisen between the cantona. 3. i o purauanoe of the present Aet of Aecession, and of the ?\ote addresaaa to the ¿Swis.s F.nvovs at Vienna, tlic 20th Mareli 18 13, bv Prinee Metternich, Presiden t of tile Confereiiees of the eight Powers, the Diet declares its avian H9 that the Ministers of Their IVIajestiea, residing in JSwitzerland, wouhl, in pur suance of the instructions whieh thev have reoeived, and of the powers «viti trhíctl they have L»een iitvested, give effect to tbe diapositions of the declara tions of" the 20lh March, and earry into execution the engagenients thiireii eontained. In faith of whieh ti c- prctent Aet has beeii signed and sealeil, at Zurácia, tho 27tli May 1815. In the ñame of the Ilic-t < f' the Swiss Confederation, the Uargomaster ol the Cantón of Xurieh, l're^tflent, (Signed) L>K WYS.S, (1^. 8.) The Chance!lor of the Conlí dcrainin, of Nwitxerland. (Signed) MOUSSON. ACT No. XII- Prutovol uf t/ic 29¿/t (// AJTurr/i 1815, on */te ¡CSMM?o//./ fíeneva. Tlie Allied Powers ha ring expressod their earnest desire that eertain faeiütiea ahould be granted to the cantón of Ceiicva, either for connecting a fiisjoitiU-d part of its possessions, or fbr opt?niiig its conimunicatioiiH with .Switzerland ; His Mnjesty the Kttig of Sardataia being anxioua on Ilis part, tr> eríiaeá) to Ihs high and jxiwerful Allies, the great sat'sfaction whieh íin enjeriences in rmclrrini; Them an)' ser\ ice in Ilispower, the unit(iatecl brtiveen the riv«%r Al re, the Rhone, the limita of thnt part of" Savoy oceupied by Franee, and Monnt .Salove, aa lar as V'eiry inclusive, togetlier with that part whioli llea l>et»veeii Che high road cal loa the ISimplon, the I_,ak«- of fieneva, and the prest nt t«-rritorv "1 the cantón Off fieiieva, froni Wtiezas to the point »v!ierc the river of" Her- Óunce crosses the said road, and froan thenec, following the tourse of that river, to wliere it enters tho Lake of Chite va, to tlu-east of the vülage ofHei apance (the whole of the road of the Simplón continuiiig to be }w>í>.sesseil l>\ ilis Majesty the K i ii£ of Sardiaaáa) in order that these countriea muy he attited to the cantón of Cíom-vh ; witii the re^ervatiun, however. of (letal- ning more pretiaely, by < onanaisaionera reapcctively aypoittted, their litnint, paj'ticutarty of that }>art wllich relatt-s to the demarca ti OO nhove Veiry and d .uní .Salive. Ilis Maj<-stv wnouncei fbr Ilimselt atad Ilis auooeaaoma ni peipelartty, all rights of .sovereigiity, aml other rights w hich inay llave helonged tollim over all tbe placea and territoriea coanprined in this lino, Hit « \ccjitiou or reservation.ARTICLK II. 1 lis ISTajcsty agrccs, that the cominunication bctwccn the cantón o Ceuev» and the Valláis, by the roafl of the Simplón, shall be eetahlishcd, i; the samo niannfr as it lias beon agroed to by Prance, between ücneva am thc cantón of Vaud, bv the reate of Versoy. A free oommaniostion also be at a!l limos granted fbr the Genevese ti Genera and thc jurisdiotion of Jussy, and tucb facilities shall be allowi ). may be neeesaaury íbr proceeding by tlic lako ta thc road oí*thc Simploi ARTICLE III. On theother hand, I lis Mayest) fiseling reluctent to giving ííis con enl a part of llis torrito.y being unitod to a >*Stato. wheae prnvailing religión i* dinerent, witbout aecuring to the inhabitanta of the countrr which 1 It eed the oujoymcnt of the freo exercise of thoir religión, and the mean* of i. inj» up their religious esteblisbments, witb the iull eiijoymeiit of all tac rights of citizens ; It is agreed tfaat, i. The Oatholíc religión ahall be malnteined and protected, in the asme munricr as at presen t, in all thoee eommunea ceded by Hie Majciaty the King of Sardinia, which are to bo United to the cantón of Genova. u. Thofi- parishes wliicb are neither dismeanhered nor divided by the lineo' the new frontiers, shall retain their pteiml ex tensión, and shall be aera tho same number of ciergymen ; and witb. inaard to the paute dasmembered, which may uot be aulBciently largo to eonstitute a parish, npplieatio;. shail i* made lo the biahop of tho diooese, in oidor to obtain their annexation to tome other parish of* the cantón ofOeneva. 3. lf the number <>i" Proteetenta inhabitñkff the oommuoea ceded by IIi Alajesty shouht be hss than that of tho CatbOHCS, the sehool-inaster resid j ii thoae o-omniiMies símil ahvnv.i be <'atholics. No Protestant churcb al be estnblishcd, excepting the town oí' Corrongo, whieh ahall base onc. Two—thirda of the municipal otfioers shall be <'atholics, and of tho thrae individúala who fill tho oltioos of mayor and bis tvvo assistants, tara < thcm a hall al waya be < ' a t h o I íes. In case it should happen that an eoual number of Protcstants and Catho- tica ahOuld reside in tne samo communei the municipal body shall ^ posed of an eojual number of Pro tes tanta and Catbofics, a mi they shall fili the otlice of niayor altornatoly : iu thi« «ase, howevcr, íbero muat alvraya be a Catholic sclxiol-rn.istor, cven w here a I'rotestant onc is alrcady ostab'isliod. It is not in tended by this Article to prevent Prot an ts reaidiug in ■ coñámame inhabited by CsVthoiics, Croui erectíng at thoir own expence pn- vali- chape!, fbr the excrciac of their religión, if tbov dcsire it, or i rom h.iviog, alao at their expence, a I'rotestant sohool-master fbr the prívate instructiva: of their childram. 4. The funda, rovenues, and the adtnmist ration of rehgious and charif lbl« iustitutious, a ha II romain tantouehod, ant ot provento*! trimi erectint; new ones. 5. The t;i > vern men t ahall make the same provisión M the present Govern- Knent for the aupport of the clergy, and j>lao»-s of worship. 6. Tlie Catholic churclt, noy* eateblished ut Genova, ahall bo maintanw as at preaent) at tb.> expence of the .State, as the toara of the Gonstitutioa < Geneva have alreadj decreed a aatiteble eatahlishmeat and provisión shall ba añade ibr the olficiating clerg>-inan. 121 The Catholic cOmrmunea and the paríah of Geneva ahall continua to fbr m part of the dioeese which is to KOVeril the jirovinoes of the Chablais, and Kaii€-iprnv ; nnless it ahould be Otile 11» iae ro^ulated by tho. aiithority of" tho Holy Soe. 8." Tho biahop shall not, mnler any ciroumataacca, bo dísturbed in bis pastoral risita. q. The inhabitanta of a ceded country sball be placed amtirel* iip«>u the same footing in point of eivil and jxditical rtohta, antfa tho Gsjtaevese of the eityi tboy ahail exerc-ise tbese rights coujoinlly witb titean, i-xeejiting, lioviever, the rights of property, e public achoola. 'They shall not be instrueted in religi<;n witb thc Protestents, but aeparately ; and penóos ot" the Catholic oommunioa shall bo a|>po than tho r>ld communes. 13. I lis Maj<-st\' tho Kiii^j of Sardirna reserves to Himaelf tho risrht of ■nadána; known to the Helvetic l)iet, and to aupport by anoattaa of llis díplo- i, atíc agenta mu m ditrid tardima, to tho eantr,,, ot ARTICLF. V. Tli.- Treaty con<-(u«lc-i, between II¡s Ala jeaty the K.ini> of ¡Sartliuia and theRepublác of Oeaava, is heroby eonfiriatd, Vritb roijaríl to all tho.se Artiolos which are not at variauce witb tho present iran^action ; but Iíis ^Ylajosty, wisbiug to R've the cantón of (¿cueva a par- neutar mark of Hia tiivour, conseuts nevertheless to annili that part of Article 13 of thc abo re Treatv, which denied to tho eitizons of Geneva, who since tliat time llave had eatáblishanenta and property in ÍSavoy, the privilege of aaalriag it their principal reaidesace. ARTICLE VI. ííis Majeste oonsents, fron» thc aaim motives, to inake arranpemeiits w ith toe cantón ot Genova, for fñeiliteting the convoy anee froaai Iíis atetes of arnetea intended fbr the consumption of tho toara and cantón. Viorma the 29tli March 1H15. (Signed) Do Sk. MARSAN -/f/V77í/^. _ _ Tho Prince de ME1TERNICH. The Harón de WESSK.NUKRG. S/i y/-V. _ GOMEZ LABRADOR122- -FY¿L f A'Cfc". - - The Prince de TALLEYRAND. The Duke de D'ALBEIKI. The C.Mint ALEXIS de NOAILLKs. CLANCARTY. CAT1 f< AHT. STEWABT, Lt. Gen. Tfae Ceain* de PALM ELE A. ANTONIO da SALDANHA4 GA LOBO du SILVE1KA. I'liLfS¿>i.l. The Prinoe do HARDENBERG Tbe Barón de 11 U M BOLD'i'. at/SSJ^L - - Tbe Count RASOUMOFFSKY The Count da STACKELBEHG. The Count de NESSELRODE. MWTE'JOJB A". Tha Count de LtW EN 111 B LM. ACX No, XIII- * In the iiaina of thc Most I-Ioly »nd Undivided Trinity. Jlis Mijestv the lYing of Sardinia, &o. &.C-. beinpf restored lo tfae full and i-titire j>o ssession of" 11 i^ Continente! States, in tlie same mMnW as He paa» aaeaed tli1'm on tlie 1 st of .January 1 7i)~- nríth lh< exeeption of tfae ; ..' 1 Savoy eeded to Francc by tfae TYcaty of París of the ."iOtli May 1 f> 1 . ; certain ehnnSes huvinj^ aince been agrecd upon, during the Congrí t* Vieuna, relativo to the extent and limita of the «oíd State-.; His Majestv tfae Emjjeror of Austria, and His Majcsly the K: . Sardinia, wishiii"- to confirm and establish, by a formal 'f'vr-.tv, evi l ] Unag relatiiisr to tfacae pointa, havo in conaeqnence mmed Cor Tbeir Pienipotei tiarie--, viz ; Ilis Majeaty tfae Emperoi of Austria. Kiri^ of Hungary and B til»; Sieur Clernent-Vericeslas-Lothaire, Prinoe de bfetternich- \\ ■ i neb Oefaaenhauaen, Knightofthe Order of tbe Golden Fleece, Grand-Cro the Royal Order of St. Stephen, Kiiij^ht of the Orden of St. Aladren of Si Alexmnder Ncwsky, and oí St. Atine of tfie Pirat Claaa ; Grand* Cordón oí the Legpon of Hononri Enight of the Order of the Elephant, of tfa* Su- preoke Order of tfae Annunciation, of the Black Eag-le and of tbe B< E.ijjlo, of the Orden of the Seraphitn, of St. Joseph of Tuneany, "' . Huhert, of tfae Orden of the Golden Eagle of Wurtcmberg, of Fidelitj of" Badén, oí" St. John of JurusaJom, and of several otbers ; CbanceU** 123 of the Mibtary Order of Mar ia-Theresa, Curator of thc Aeademy of th« Fine Arts, Chaniberlaiu, intimare and at tunl Couricillor of Ilis Majesty the Einperor of Austria, f lis Minister of State, of Confercnces, and o Pu I i jgfim Affairs, His First Plcnipotciitiary at th< Conjrress | and the Sieur .Tolm Philip, JBnroa» de W«iinwb«ii|y, Km^ht Grand Cmm <>i tfae fafilinmry aml Heli""i< >it.s Order of St. Maur.'ee and Lanutut, Cfaaanberl-jm. and ¡..límate atiíI actual Counoillor of Ilis Imperial and Boyal Apostolic Majesty, Ilis ~¡, mmr) PJenipotentiary at the (.'oiigrcss j And Ilis Majesty the Kiiif» of Sardinia, .-te. fcc. the Sieurs Don Anthony Rfaria Philip Asinari, nfarqnia de Nt. nCaraan and de Carail, Count de ( '¡isti--- liole ( 'artosio aniis (>rf l'avalrv, His Minisu r r>f Ntate, and Principal Secretary for tfae ^^'ar "Departnaent ; nnd His First Plnnipotentinry at the Congren; And Count Ooii Joacliim Alexander itossi, KlúWht Grand Oo?.-, and amander of the Rojral and Military Order of St. Maurice smi Lazann, Ilis MajcatV** Connjcilíojr, and Ilis *gnTpy J¿xlra.»in«>re-- . Wlio, in virtue of tfae full pOWeM ju-<.dueevidi tlie exception of the chíingoa effeeted by the IVeuty of París mí SOtb Muy 18 14. On tbe side of tfae Ilelvetie Connnieratíon, su. !i aa thev existed on the l*t of .hmuary \7i)—> vvith tfae exeepiion of the c:hsaM pi-odueed by the ees- sion in fávonr of the cantón of Oeneva, as speeitied ixi tfae Jtl\ Artiidc here- iBafteT inserted. On the side of the States of Ilis Aíajestv the ICnn»i-ror of Austria, sucli nrtbey existed on the I st of Jnniiniv I 7JÍ^ ; an,d the Con ven t ion concinded between Their Majesties the Einpress MFaria—Tfaereaa and the Kins <.f >Sar iNnia, <<<\ the-íth of Octobcr 175 1, sliall be re<:iproea!ly cunlirmed in all ita •tínalationn. <'n tfae side of the States of Parma and Plaeentia, tbe frontier, as far as i! concern* thc ancíent States of the Kin» of Sardinia, afaall continué to be ve nneaa it truca the i«t f>í" January 1 7£>2. l ite hortlcrs of the fornwr States of tienoa. ajid of the eotmtries Called MnperiaJ Piefa, nnáted n» the .States of Ilis Majesty the Kin^ of Serdinán, >'!.,<. (0 |bn foUowina Artieles, shall be the naM as tfanae whieh, on the ■ t .lanuarv 179a, separated those rountriüs l'rmn the States of Parma and Maei alia, and froui those of Tuscanv and Massa. * ¡ie i land ' t'apraja, ha', inn nnlonoH .! to the ancáanf Republic of Genoa, i» included íií the eeaaaon of the Stat<;s of Genoa t<» Hia *Majeaty the King- t>f •sardinia.\ 121 ARTICLE II- The States vvhioh constituted thc fortncr Republic of Cíenoa, are United ia perpetuity to thoso of* Ilis Mn.jcsty the K-ing oí Sardini»; to be, lila lartor, posaeaaed byHini ni fiill aovamaígatay and hereditary pnojperty, and to desceña, m thc male lint-, in thc» nrder of primogMkiture, to the two l>r; ai of Ilis HoOK, viz ; the Ruyal Btanch, and the Braneh o i" Sa voy Carian ... i. ARTICLK 111 The King «>f Sardinia shall add to Ilis presen* titlea, tliat of Dukl . <íi'iioa. ARTICLE IV. T^fce OtaOtW shall onjoy all thc rights muí privilegios specified in tlit'Act, intitulcd " A.. A. Conditions whiob aro (o serve- M thc hases of tile unión <•* ** the C3enoeae Stmtea to those of* Hia Sardinitn JVfajeaty,** and tho saul Aet .-.i.mi be eooaidered as wtn iutc«ral part ol* the present Tre»ty, and «hall haré the same forec and validite, as il" it «ere tcxtually inserted in the pteacfl Artiele. ARTJCLE V. The couiitries ealled Imperial Eiefs, íbl'Uterly United to ihe anciont Li rían RepnUiCi are defiintivolv imitad to thc State* of llis "Majcstv the King • »t" Sar«hnia, in the sanie BHBMWr as the rest of th«* GaioCM States ; and the )nha>>it:ints of these con u trien shall enjuv the s-amc righta and privilegea thoscof the ¡States of tienoa, apocified in the precoding Artiele. ARTICLE VI. Tb( right tliat tlic Pinvirs who aigned the Troaty of Paria of" the CJOth "May 1 S 1 4. ícscrvcd to llMIIMelveS, by the 3d Artiele of that Trcaty, of ÍOTti- i\ ing snob points of Their States a> Tin y mif*ht judfre projicr fi>r Their safc^ty, is cqually re-rcrved, u ithout rcstrietion, to I lis ¡Majesty tht King Sardinia. ARTICLE VII. Ilis Majesty the Kinrr of Sardinia cedes to the cantón of Ocnev:», thc «listriets of Savoy specified in the Aet aimexed, intitided " B. H. Ce»»** " Rtade by Ilis Majesty the Kin Sardinia, shall fonn a part of the neutiahty of fll»if Itt l tai id, as reeogiii*etinijr those s\ liieh the Nwi«s Confe- rlcraTion shall think proper to plaee there ; it b*-ing irell t)ndorstood, that tilia 5 ta te of things shall DO* in any inamier íntorrupt the aiiiuhiistration of thes«- eountries, in whieh the. eivil Af^ents of Hía Kfajesty tlie Kiii-» of Sartlinia iuny likevvise employ the mttnieípej ytturd for the preservation of {j«->o«i order. ter. ARTICLE IX. The presenl Treaty shaf 1 feral part of the definitivo arrangements of thr t'onsrross of Vicuña. ARTICLE X. Tba ratifieations of the present Trcaly shall be oxohanged in si.x wecks, or sooner, tf ]jossible. In faith of whirh thc i«-spe<;tive Plonipotontiaries have CÍgned the present 'l'reaty, and have allixed thercuiito the aeatl of their arma. Done at Vienna thc; ¡20th of IMa^^ in the year of our Lord 1815. Sio;ned. (L. S.) The Prinee de METTERN fC 11. (L. 8.) Th. MarquisdcSt. MAIISAN. (L. S.) The Barón de WESSENBBRO. (L.S.) Thc Count ROSSI. ["N. B.-2TW smtmo ~MY«mtjf h*S tiren ronr/udriZ atirí x'tg nrtf hcticrtm I/ii.- t>ur¿r?>/'//> ■• tr r?iocsc >Statrs, to tftaxt "J Jlis Aardiniati JMajc.stTj. ARTICLE I. 1 lie (ícnoese shnll, in cverv respect he placed upon thc same fnotinjj \rith —-iiyrffta of the Kang. Thcv ahall be equally eligiblu with tfiem vt ¿ K126 civil, judicial, military, and diplomatio employmn.U of th« monarchy . a ,d cxeepting the privilegies » ],¡< h ar, |,,r,-aftcr grantod au.I guaran I. ... to rnen,, íhev shall be subjeet to the san,- lawsand n-RU ations, Wlth .«el. rori.fioatio.is'as Mis Majesty «hall judge it exped.entto introduce. xSg*SSLÍ nobility ¿hall be admití, d, . - ,ua"S i y wit h the nob.hty of the othe, parts of the monarchy, to the principal office, and employmenta ol the The GenoeM milita be iocorporated v\itii >l e offioera shall retain their AirncLE ii. at preseat compoaing the royal troops : toe ©áncora respective ranks. troops oí Ctenoa, sb Jl and non-comeniaaiooed ARTIGUE 1ÍI. The arms of Gene* «hall be introduced i., the royal ecuteh.-c-n, coloura into the flag of Ilis Majeaty. ARTRIJi IV. The fres port of Geno* shtll be re-es tablished, with the raarulationa whiel existed under the aneient Croyernnieixt of Genos. Everv facilitr ahall b<- arrasan by the Ix'mg to the tmnait, through Hia ■tatos, of merchandise pro cemling from thai. free port, ando? mko restoictiooa as Ilis Majeaty ■ball judge csxpedient fótr pteveuting the aaid merchandiae being illicitly aold t-oiismnetl in the interior. It shall beaubject ouly to the usual modera ta AUTICLE V. A Provincial Cowscil shall beeatablished in the diatrictof eacfa Inten tai . oomposod oí* thirtv members, choson from amongtha nsoat rcapo» indi- viduals ol eacfa elass, out t>f a list of 3t><> persona of the greau-üt note iu tm !i distriet. Thcy ahall be named, in the first ínatance, by theKing, and renewed m tbe «ame BMnner, by tifths, every two vears. The rctiiriiH'iu of the fboj ir.-; fiftha shall be decided by ballot, The organissetion of tln-so Councila sha be regnlated by Ilis Mí ajea ty. The Preaidenl named by tbe K.iii£ need not be aelected from the Couneil¡ in sutil caso he shall not jwsscss the rjght of voting. The memhcrseaimot.be re-eleeted «jntil fonr ycars aftrr their retire mentí Tlie Couneil shall atteud ooly to the aran ta and claims of the com muñes < lhe IntendaBcy, as to vvhat conceraa their particular administración, and shall beallowed to malte repreaentations on the subjeet. It aludí aasemble each y car at the principad place of the intendanry, si such peíiod and lor anch Kenarth of time as llis Kfajeaty shall do ti rmiaa. His "Vlajestv shall have the right of aaaf mfaling itupon extaaordinary oco> sions, shouhl ríe think fit. Tile Inteudant of the provinr-o, or he w lio yupplies hia place, shall b the right of a seat in the Asaembrj , as ihe hlui-'s Commijwioner "\V*heno\er t.hc oxigéneles of the State shall rerjuire the lew ol' new taxc»< the K.uig shall assvinblc thu differeitt Provincial Couneila in such city oí B» 127 anoient fioiiooso territory as He shall apj>oint, and under the presideney of Sll<.)i neraon as He sliall have deh'sruted lor thai purpose. Tlie Prosident, ssfacn not choaen from the Couneil, rhall not have a deli- berativo vote. The K.mg shall not send to the Seríate of Oonoa, fbr registration any «'dict having ti >r iis object the itnpoeittg of extraordinary taxes. ttntil the «suent of tía' Provincial C ouneils, asscmblcd as ahove, shall llave hoen rooeiveíl. A majoritv ofOM vote shall determine the quost'oii in the JVo\ incial ( *>i cils, whether assembled si jjaratcly M toi^ctlifr. AKTICLK VI. The ma-rínuft/t of taxes, nhirh Ilis Aía.iesty shall have the ri^ht to osta- Mish ni the ÍStatcs of <>eii<>a, withoiit consultmt^ the United Pruvuioial Couti- shall not exceed the proportíosa actually estal>lisiio«l in the ntfstir part» of Hisdommiona j the-taxes at pesaaent lex ied, sha)! he. re{j-iil.iter of taxation being thus n-gulated, when«-ver the exigeuci«-s ■ the State shall require the levy ot íiew taxes or extraordinary dutus, Ilis "\laj<'sty «hall reíer to the Pro\'ÍSSOÍal ÍV>uncils f»>r their «rota of approhafion, • >rthe IUOI vv hich He shall judge it proper to propuso, and lor the clesei ijitiou pf lux to be cstablished. AKTICLE VII. Tlie public deht, such as it legally existeil uiidor the late Krencl» GuUTiinicnt, is guarantt ed. AKTICLE VIH. Pensiona, botfa civil and military, grantcfl bar the State, accordm¿; to the U^vs and rcgulatii.ilis, shall baj eontinuei »■ >r . símil not exeoed tbe proportion of thuse in t!j>^ o t h o r State-, of Ilis 2V l.j. ■ -1 ■. . The naval and military services ¿hall be oalculatcd alike. artici.e níi. Ilis \Iajostv vlull raiso a GmoeM compinv ot body piiards, whicil shall ferm u l'ourtli oomputy ot" Hügiün ARTICLE XIII. His MEajosty síiall establish at <ífii_Tal profession, ;tri(J twvnty of tlie principal in eren anta. The tirst ajppomtmentl sball be. mailo bv the Kni¡_v, mm tbe r»eanciea ahall be fitl«.-*l uj> by th<- Mu-,; cipe] J3ody itsolf, snhject to the lving's approbation. ■.Tbis body .«hall roccive from the Ring its particular regulatio;w wit¡h rcspi-ft to its >Vt «4dml nuil- tlu- división of its labours. Tbe J>*re>idents sball take the title of S't/infics, and sball be chosen from The Ring rost'1'ves lo Iliinsclt, whonevor lio sball jud-ge it proper, to ap- point a porson of tlu*. Brst distinction as l'rcsidcnt of" ti »<* iVIunic-ipal Jloilj . The powcrs Imloilging tu tlu- IVfunicipal 13or thc M unicipal Body. Tlic memben of tbis body shafl wcar a particular dross. nnd tbe V sball bave tbc privilege of wcaring a robo or ginni similar to that of tlie l'i <.sidcií,ts. oí" l^riljimait ARTICLE XIV. The I Iniversity of Goaoa sball he continued, aud ahall etijoy the Mi prásileoea m kba! of Turin. 7 lis Mbyesty w ill consider of ÜMJMHM of providiog tor _t« wanfr». Ilis Majesty "hall Emite tbis establishment amlir His •■;>• cialpro! well as tbe other insti tutions of instruction, odueation, tbe Mellos L.ottr«-s. and charity, which sball abo he imMiitamed. Ili? Majesty WÜl preserve, to Ilis Cierioese subjeets, the exhibitions which tiiey ex\|oy in tlu- bóllese flallnd tbe L*\-eeum, at tbo expense of GovcrinnejM reserving to Il.iniself tbe adoption of sueh reer l inerme, witb tbe»po_vrc.ru aet.uall\' belongtnji. to tlio-c tiro eatmblisbínep**" 129 ARTICLE XVI. Ilis Majesty sball take into Ilis perticuler consiileretioiij tbe ^ituation of persons in tbe ¡States of Gcnua « lio aro n«_»w in ollice. ARTICLE XVII. . Ilis Majesty will gladly roceive tbe j>lans and propositions wbicb may be ■feeeeeeél to i }■■■>■ apon tbe mcuns ol re—eeteblisbing th - ti ■•>'. mf St. ficorgo. A trae eopy, of tbe original deposited íj» tbe tJourt aud fútate <,'hancery at Vicuña, Stgned (L. &.) STiie IVincc d.: MEÍTERNICH. 1¡ ü.——C\'SA'ion, made tn/ ffis Afajcsty t/it J\n<,■ art which relates to the demarcation above Veiry, and on Mount Salevi-. Ilis Majesty- renounces, fbr HilWawaf and 111-; sü.-icssor?, in )>eij>etuity, ali rights of sovercignty, and other rights, **1 iel> may belong to Ilim in all the places and territories comjprieed in tliis Ree <>f frx>ntier, without e\ccption or reservation. ARTICLE ri. nell'L^Vu''t^ ««nsents that rlie communication between the centón of Oe- ».n/< "a, n r I?í «be road of the Simplón, sball be est .HIished, in thc -anton t f v T J 5?" beC" aS™ctl to by France, bt.tween Genova and tbe «-r vautl^ by the route ofVcrsoy. A free communication sball alsobcat 2 L130 all times grantcd for the (Jcncvcsc troops, between the territory of Gcncva tiiul the j□risdiction of Jnssy, and sueh fácilitíes -hall be allowcd as may be neccpaary for prooeedirUj bj tli<- lake to the road of the Simplón. ARTILLE III. OkI Übm othor hnnd, Ilis Maji sty beittg av<-rse to givilig I lis OODWnt thaL a part of Ilis territory shouicl be ceded to a State w lioso prcTMling rol i. ,., i-s difieren t, without Mtmring to the inhabitants of tho eountry so ceded, the i njoyinent of the free éxereise <>f tlieir religión, the uicans of kcoping up :lieii vefigioiai establisliments, and the free eajojnncnt of all riyhts of cjitixenahip; It is mft eed, that, 1. Tile Koman í'itholio reli<^i'»n «hall be ma i ntaincd and proteeted, iu the same manner as at presen», in all the eomtiiunes ceded by Ilis Majenty the K.1SMT of Qurdillfa, wbicli are to be nnited to the cantón of Genova. 2. Those parishira whieh íiiv neither dismembcred ñor divided hy the tura frontior lino, shall retain tlieir presont boundarie.-., and shall he served hy the same numhcr >f clcrgy«MCtl : and with regara to the detaehens, whieh are tiot saillioieni 1 V extensivo to constituto a parish, applieation shall be made to the bisbop of the <.lioecse, to obtain their aiuicxatnin to some othcr parish of the CU ton «>f (ionova. 3. If the nu.nber of Protestants in the said foninuinps, eedeíl by I lis Majcstv, is less than that of the Román Catholics, the sehool-masters shall at all times be Román í'atholics. Ts'o Protestant place of worshíp shall be established, excopting oiic in the town ot t,'arr< at least of the municipal] oáKcers shall be Román í-atholies; and of the three indi vid líala %vho tíll the office of Mayor and his two a--.-' ,ants, two ahall.alwaya be Román Catholics. In e:ise the numbef of Protestan ta in any of the communea shall equaJ that of il.e Román C'atholies, they shall stand lipón an equal footing, and shall be altornatelv eleetcd to the M unieipa 1 E&ody and to the ofHce of fwtayor ; in this cuse, however,theresháll always lie- a Román Cathiolic achopl-master, oven rf there be a Protestant olio established. The presont Artiolo is not intended to prevciit Protcstants, rosiding in a eomniune iiihabited hy Román í'atholics, from ereCting at their own expense ■ prívate ehapel, for the exerrise of their icltgiou, if they think proper ; or from having IllcewtSC at tlieir own expense, a Protestant sehool-niíister, for the pinato education <>1" their eliihlren. •i. Tile fundís, re\ enites, nud the administration of existing eharítable do- natíona and inatitutiona símil remaní untouched; and prívate individúala shall not be preventod ("rotn making new oaeS. 5. The new Govoniniont shall continuo the provisión made by the preaent Government, for the suppovt of the clergy and ol religioua worship. 6. The Román Catholic í'hurcb, nf"' established at Genova, shall maíntained, as at present, at tho expense of the State, as the eventual lawá oí' tho constitutioii ot' Genova have alrcady decreed: a suitable eatablish- iiieiit and provisión shall be mallo for tho «•lei<_\ man. 7. The Román Cntholie communea and the parish of Gene va shall conti- núe to form part of the diooese which is to govern the provinces of Chab* - üihI Faucigny, un less it should be other wise regulated by the authority ol n 1 Ioly Seo. S. In no case whateve-r shall the hishop he disturben in his pasti I VÍí=ÍtS. 9. The inluibitants of the eeded territory are plaeed entirely 011 the sanie 131 footine:, in pomt of civil and politieal riiíhts, with those of the eity of Goneva -. they shall enjoy thesc ríghts equally with them ; excepting, howover, the righta of property, of oitizciiship, or of tho cominuno. 10. Román Catholio children a hall be received into the public sehools -. they shall not be instructed ia mattors of religión incommon x% ith the Pro- testants, bnt sejmraroly ; and (^eclesiástica of the Román Catholic eonmimiou shall be appoínted for this purpose. 11. The Communal 7irojierty, or property belonging to new eominunes, shall be preserve'! to them, and it -hall continuo to 1 >e adniimstered as horetofore, and the revenuea applied to their use. 12. These communea shall not be taxed more than the oíd onea. 13. I lis IMajesty tho King of Sarihnia reserves t.> lliins.lt the riarhl ot repreacothur to tho Helvetic Diet, and of ■upporting >••: meana of Ilis diplo- matic agenta accredited to it, every claim to whieh the nan-fitUlment of the abose Articles mighl jíivo riso. ARTÍCLE IV. All doods of laude. I property, and documenta eoiieem i n«.- ceded mattern. •hall be given up by His Majesty the King of Sardiuia to tilo cantón of Ooneva, as soon as jx:ssible. ARTILLE V. The Troaty conclmlotl at Turin the; Sd ol June 1 7á4, between ilis Mll- jesty the Kingof ."Sardinia and the ropublio of Gesteva, is hereby confirmod, With rrgard to all those Artieles whieh are not at veriance -.vith the presont transjietion ; but Ilis Majesty, wishing to give the cantón of ííoneva a parti- cular mark of Ilis goodwi 11, consents, nc.vcrtheloss, t< > aitniil that part of Artiele 13 of the ahovo. 'IVeaty, wdneh duiiicd to the eitizoiis of ííoneva, lio at that time liad ostabl ish ments and proj>erty in Savoy, the privilege of makiiiiv it tlieir principal rosideneo. ART1C VI. Ilis Majesty, frmn tho samo motives, agreos to mako arrangements with the cantón of Cionova, in order to fací I i tato the eoiivovanoe, fniin Tlis states, of artieles, intended íor the oonsumption of the towu and cantón. ARTICLE Vil. An exeiiiption from all duties dttties levied on merchandise or ¿^oods intended to he sold 01- oonsumed in the interior. Tin- samo reservation shall :mply to the oommu 11 ication granted to the Svviss between tho Valláis and the cantono! ííoneva; and thte diftérent Go- KMuweatS shall for tliis purpose take sueh mea-uros ris, by 00:11:11011 agre-e-isa :i«-itc. ílu'v fliall judge nece«*ary, «ither for taxation, or for preventmjr; —aatrilband tra«le i« their tcrritorie» respectively. A true copv, of tli»- original dejK>»itca in the Oourt and /State Chaneery of Vienna, Signad (L. S.) The Prinoe de METTEttNICIl. ACT No. XV. 1 >cclnr(itii of the I'cu crs, nn the aholitinn nf the S/ar c 7"ra colimit^ in difieren! perita of the world havo acknovi ledged, either hy 1 * |giele< i * i Acts, or by 'i rea- ties, or othor formal engagements, the dnty and ne©e»«ity oí abolishing it; That hy a sepárate Artiele of th<- lateTreaty of París, Oieat Britail I Frailee, e ígaged to vinite their eilbrts at the Con^rtss of Vicuña, to induce all the Powers of Christendom to proolaim tlie universal and-definí ti ve »boli- tion of the ¡Slave Trade ; That the Plcni|x>tentiarief¡ assembled at tliis Oonjpvtf cmnot do grcatoi en dit to their mission, better fulñl their iluty, and manifestthe principies w 11 ■ actúate their august ¡Sovereigiis, than bv endeavoiirinií to carry this ei _ ment into onecí, and by proclaiming, in the ñame of Their Sovereigus, wisii <»f putting an cnu to a scourgo, which has so loug desolated Africa, >li- graded £orope, and aühcted humanity: Th-! said Plenipotentiaries have a^reed to open their deliborations, <>•» '■ means of accomphshing so salutary ¡m object, by a sulrmn Declarai ion ef the principies which have governed tliein in this undsrtnlcíng ; accordm lii ing dnly authorised for this purpose, hy the unaiiimous atcossiou oí tl-<-Mr respective C'ourt* to the principie laict <|own in the said ¡Sepárate Amele ot the Treaty of Paris ; t bey declare, in tho face of Barope, that. consnav the universal alx»!ilion of the «Slave Trade as a linmilli particularly wcatt.y of t heir attention, coriformable to the spirit of the times, and to tl.e ¡jen* rous principies of thi'ir august iSovereigns, they are animated vvítli the sincere desire of concurrintí in the most prompt an the interests, the hahits, andeveu tlie pri'- iodícefJ of Their subjeers ; tl.e said Plinijinti ntinrín at the lame timo mt llMH ledce that this gmenl Ue< laration eannot pre|tiíljje the jM'riod ti ¡at each particular Power mav consideras mo~< advaaeoole l<^r the detinitive abolition <>f 111«- Nlav»- Trade. Consiqucnlly, tli¡" di-tei-m ini iiif the peñod vvheu this trade is to cease u m\e rsa I ly. íiiiist btr a subji-et ot" B*gee lntimj l'etv* eeti the Powers; it beiiii> ni i derstood. Iioivevcr, that no pro|>or means of •ecurittS its attaitiuieiit, and of aCCelerat i Of£ its proguss, aro tobe negleete»! ; aucl that the enfjagetm-iit reci proca 1 ly rniitrae tetl in the present I>ech»i ation, betweew the íSovc-rei^ns who are partie-s to it, eannot he eonsidored as com- plétele fulhlJod, imtil tli'- peí iod when conijilete success shall have erowned their united < f>orí -. Ili coiiimunicat ¡ n<4' this Declaratioii to the kuow ledi*c of Eurojio, ;md of all civil ized eouiifries. the said Plonipotentiaries hope to prevail orí every other Goveromeat, and particaalarlv en tln>st- which, in abolishmg tho JSlave Trade. bw e already manife.-ted tlie same si-nti'iicnts. to fxive therai their supjjort in a cause, the final trinuiph of which will be otie of the noblest monumenCa of the age which cmbraVc:d it, and which shall h.tve brouglit it to a «¿lorious termination. Vioniia the Stho£ Pebraary 1813. SiffMd CASTLEREA(iU. STKWART. I.ieut. «en. WEL i N OTO TV. NESS EX, ItOD E. O. LOWENHIELM. GOMEZ LABRADOR PAÍ.MKI,I,A SALDANflA. LOBO. MIMBOl.DT MK'JTKHN tCti. TALLBYH V>T>. t¿ oíJ34 ACT No. XVI. Jlcffu/atrons for thefrce nai-igation of rrvrr.s. _ft IsWlW conrcrHÍ*i£r thc WiH'ijwrtilH o/~ Me rivers whieh, in their nmvigetbk <-ourse, sej/urafr or eross diff~crrnt States. f (ieneraf arraiigrtiicnts.) AlVflCLE I. The Powers whosc States are separa ted or travorsed by tlie Mine navígable river, engMEe to rehuíate, by COmmotl consciit, nll tltat ic^ards its na\ igs tion. Fur this pmpns* they wiU ñame CommiMÍonen, wlio shall tasemble, at íatest witfaío six monthi after tile, termination of Coagress( and who sliall ailopt, as tlic bases of tlu-ir ]>rocw;dings, thc fi.Uowing principies: CPrineiji/es.-Lsibei-ty of naiügation.) AH'riC'LE II. Thc navioation of the rivers, elong tlieir wli.>lc: roursc, referred to ni the precedinjj Article, from the point where eaeh of thern beeomes navi^ab'c, to its asoath, shall beentireiy free, and sliall not, in respect ix> commerce, be prohibited to any one ; it bein^, howeve.r. u ndcrstood, that the regtUa- tions establisheil with i c^.ird to the. pólice of tliis uavigacion, shall be respect- ad ; as they will l>e framed alike for all, and as favourablc as poseible to the commerce of ¡di nstíons. (l '/n fontiiti/ of systcm.) aaucle iii. The systcm that shall be established. botfa for the collectioa of th« dutiea and for the inaintenanee of the pólice, shall be, as nearly as possiMe, thi same alone the wholr eourse of the river; and shall also i-xtcml. ualesi particular eireimistances preveat i t, to those of its braurlics and junctiotis whieh, in their navegable eourse, sepárete or travers*. diflcrent State*. < Tarif.) ARTICLE IV. The duties or» navigatioa shall be regulated in an uniform and settled manorr, and with as little reference as possible to the dilferent quality of the / 115 nierchandise, in order that a minute exami nation of the cargo may be ren- «lered unnecessary, exeept wiih a view to prevent fraud aadfevasión. The aiiiotint of the duties, whieh shall ¡a no ease exeeed those non paid, shall be determinad by local circumstances, whieh soarcalyalies» of «general rale in tliis respect. The Tarif shall, howevcr, be prepared in such manner as to ea»coarage commeroe by facilitatiag aav-igation, fbr whieh parpase the tiiitic s establ isbed apon the Rhine, and now in forcé 011 that river, may serré as en approaimating rule í<>r its construction. The Tarif onee settled, no lacrease shall take place therain, exeept by thecommoa consent of the States borde ring on the rivers; ñor shall the na" vigation be burthened with any other duties than thaee Hxed in the regulation. fOfÍLúm for f/ic eollection of dtftics.) ARTK'LE V. The offices fbr thc collectioa of duties, the naasber of wbich sliall be reduced as much as possible, shall be settled in the sbove regulation; aml no chance shall afterwards be niade bat by BBUMUon consent, unless any of the States bordering on rivers should wtsh to dimintsfa the namber of those whieh exclusively belong thereto. CToiviin* j>fitii.*.) ARTICLE Vi. Each State bordering on the rivers shall be at the expense of kceping in good r< pair the towiag-pathfl \> biefa pasa througll its territorv, aníl of inain- tainiag the necessary works tlirougli the same extent in the bed of the river, tu order that no obstarle may be experieneed ia the navígatíea. The intended regula tion shall determine the manner in whieh the States borderina on rivers are to particípete in theee lat'er works, where the opposite h.-mks belong to diflcrent GovemiiM a ts. (Harbnur duties.) ARTICLE VII. There shall no where be established store-liouse, port or forecd barbear duties ; those already existinu. siiall b<- preserved for snefa time oidy as the States borderina on the rivers (vrithoat reaard ta tlic local interne af the ¡:!,i<-. or th«> conatrj where they are established) shall íind them neeessary or us*tul tonavigation and commerce in general. CC'i/stom- /ir/tiscs.) AIIT1CLE VIII. Tlic costean—houses beloasing to the States bordarías an rivers shall not 'nterfere in the duties of navigatíon. Régulations sh^ll l»e established to136 ■ i, , , j,|t o/fice ra of the «mstoms, ¡n the exercise of their func.tions, throv ' '.si iclea in tbe «av of the navigation ; but carc shall be taken, by mi of a strict polios, M tlie baiik, to preelude i-very attcmpt of the mhabita.. - to amuggle goods, through the mcdium ot" boatmcn. ( Mtegnt /*> ti'/ri.J ARTIC'LE IX. Everv til i ni» cxprcsuccj in tlic- preeodinsjf Artieles .shall be s<-ttled by a t^eu. ra) arrau»-oiiient, m «vbícfa then shall also be eonmprised «hatcvcr muy nced anv ullciior determination. The UTMICemeilt once settlod, shall not be eh.inj*ed, but T«v ani/i!> ttic MWÚraláM //í/r Zlhttir. ARTÍCJLE I. The iiavig;ation of the Rhine, alonar its arbole coursc. frmii the potnt wherc itk-conu's navi-rable to the sea, eitíier in asocnrling or descendin^, sliail be entircK free, and sliall not, m rospoct to eommerce, be prohibí ted to uny one: due renard, howcver, beittg had to the re^ulation» rsfahliilhld with respeet to it-- pólice, which shall be f'rarned alikc For all, and as favour- able a.s possible to tile eommerce ot' all nations. ARTICLE II. The systom tobe adopted for the col lect ion of the tlul'cs, a« woll as for t lie IWÍnlf ntniHI of the pólice, shall be the same alono- the wholc cuiir«<' oí tbe river, and shall extend, as far .1» eh .•mnstances may perjnit, to those ot it» brauches and junctions whieh, in their navijrable courso, sepárate or trar« ■ difieren! Slatos. ARTIfhE III. 'l'he Tarif of duties tr> be levied 011 merehatidise eonveyed adong the Hhine sha!) be so reandated that the whole muourit. of dnty to he paid between Stras- t>ourfj¡ and the frontier of the kiiiydom o» the rVetherlands, shsdJ be, in passing M the rive'i" two franes, and in pessintf down the river one fraric and oen- úrnet, perhundted-weight;*nd that the levjrihgof thia Tarif shall beextend- ed ^increasinfi the Mnount ot duty in the -une proportion) to the aMt*n between Strasbourft and Baale, and between the frontier of the Icinffdom ot the Netherl amls ai. ti the mouthsof that river. 13? "lite duty of }•< rnjuinix.vanr,' shall reuiaín rived by Ai lie!. o.» r>f thr < ..n\ention, relativo tej dutiea on the navigation of the Rhine coticlifded mi París the 15th »f AufFUSt 1SOI ; with tl.e roservation, boWCTer, of makihg such other alterat ion in the seale of duties, as that boats frotn J:>00 tr» SOW) juintals, shall be ineluded tJierein. lint this duty tdudl aleo extend, in the •ame pioportion, to the above-jjit-ii»foned distancea. The aba temen ta ot Lbe general Tarir^ which established the mm 1 ihiwiii of dnties fixed by Ajliclea IOS aml íoi of the Con tren ti oti of the isth An^ust isoi, shall neaMÚn m torce; bwt"theComuilniun to be charned i\ith Bet»ínc the new retrnlations shall eonsirler whetln-r their dial ri but i. .11 hito diHVrcin claMMMa wftl not n qiiiiv alterations still more favonrahh-, as well to navi- gation and conamerce, as to aa,i ii uiimn a.n»J tl¡í- mmti of the inhabitanta af the .States of rluí Hhúie. ARTICLE IV. The Tarif tlms settlensists in riic(iiirnr\ atif>n : formally en¡Kage not to tncreaae. the sanie but for the moaC just and «réent reaaoni, ñor to impoae nny other dutiea «rhatever <»n navi 'a- tion, in aaditíon to tl>ose fix. d by the j>n:si-ut renulatiotis, natder a7:v «i-iioii lination or j>reText iihatim'ViT. ARTICLE V. There shall be oiil\ twclve elBcea for l!he collecticm of dnties, tl»rr>us;hou-f •he whole extent of the Rhine betw <•<•!» 'Sti-as'bour^ antl the frontier <>?' the kinecloan of the Netherlanda : and thoae which it may be expediom to rsta- blíah_ between Stra*bout>f and llaslf «hall be Axed, accordíiig to the same principies, anti at proportMmatte distane. s. The ofJiees shall he placed in the Bkost nrmnuaiii nt manuer for navi«ation, and their number shall be settled hj conMBioh consent. ESach State bordoríng on the river shall, however, he ■Howed to dúaninisfa the onwbor excluahrely assiprne>>>i account and by ita own collectors; the arboleas? tbe duties beinir distri- nuted in proportion to the extent of iIk- nenpootive poaseasiona of the difierent Statesoo. the bank. The eolleetora shall malee oath to observe strictly, the - ilauou dethitti^ely agreed upon. If tbe same otliex- is etnfdoyed hy t\\ <> ot more States, the j)ro4MM.-edivided between tbecn accniilin»- to the extent of their respeíitive poswssions oji the barrlc; thia rule shall alstj applv incaae the appoaite I.anks should belonfr to tai o difterent States Evcn- thin"7 »i rii\H1o- the payment of the duties, shall be settlev a judgment givon auainst tliem. Tbeír proci-cdings shall bo' detor- mined in the n ^ulauon, and siiall be uniform ajUwg tlio wtiolo oourse oi the Rhine, andas summary aa possíble. Wherc an orHpe for the collectton of dutie* .shall belong to more than State, individúala investid «vith the judicial rnnettons shall be noeninated b; tlio. ÍSovereign in whose territory tho office in question is situatod, and judg- ment shall be given in tlis ñamo; but tho expenses shall bo defrayod b\ those States arho divide the receipts of such olío»j and in proportion to the altare •rhich accruos to titean. ARTICLE IX. Partios «viabínS to appeal agaiust the deoisions of tho rourts of ¡ustión spocified ¡II tho proceding Article, shall havo the optioo of appl\ ing for t i 11 ^ pnrposo to the <"eiitral CJonimission heneeftev mciitioiu'il, or lo the Superior Pribnnal of tho einmtrv in whioh tho court of first ¡tt.\f-r, bofbre which tliey símil hayc pleadpd, is situated. Each State of the i-bren eaagages t<> e.-ial-lish a similar tribunal ol" sccoiul ins/nMee, or to refer tho decisión ol Causi s ol" this nature to ojio of tiloso alreiely ovisrin^-. Tbeso tribunal-* sh i.' likewise malee oatli to observe the tan concerning navigation. Their or( nization and mode of procoeding shall fbrm part of tho regulation. and they •hall not hohl their inoctings in a townsituated too lar from the bank of the Rhine. The rearulation «hall contain the particular arraiigcmcnti fbr that purpose. Their sentencies shall be final, and no fnrthor appeal shall be alli'ivrd. ARTICLE X. rdanr to esiabliali a perfoct controul «ver tho obeervance of the general ion, and to eonstitute an authority which mav serve as a mean* ot In on i CgU latió - ora munication between tho States of the Rhino upon all subjeets rolatnij ■lavigatioii)-m (Jentral C'oinmission shall be appomtcd. ARTIl XI. l'.aeh State borde ring on tho Rhino. shall nanie a C'om missioner lor ¡t» fbrmatión ; and it shall assomblo rot»;idarSy at Alentz on the 1 st NovcnibeT 13f» i„ eacb yp*r. They shall judge accordin- to oiroumstanoos. and the business uponwnich they may have to deomV, whether aAei this session, it prlll be neceas»ry to holdanother in the Sprin'g Tho J'rosidoiit, who withont an. Other proro-ative, shall bo omplovnl In h<- -onoral inanaj-ernont ol tho labo.irs of the Commis.lOn, shaN be Élioscn bv ballot, ■ndreplaccd cvery oftonfh, in oase the- session should !»• prolonjred. Another jnember of tho Comm,t.i, who .hall béchQsenbj the inembWa, ■ 1.all ;coe)> the inmutes .»í Wiádrprotetidirigs. AUTÍCLK XII. In .rdor that a porniainent authority mav exist, whioh, in the absonoo of the < oiiti al LMswiMimBMjr aatperintend tho nbaai vanee of the rojrntaaion, and to « hioh tho i.K-ri^hantsai.d ¡«.atinen may at ail tunos refer, the. o shall he uaniou ;i t ntef Inspector and turco Deputy Inspoetors. lúe Chief Inspector shall alan réstele at Menta; the shall bo appomted for tbe Upper, Middle, and I.ovver Rhine J>oputy I na sai tari ont m ISsioi i , ARTIf LE XIII, The Chief Inspector shall he ehosen by- tho t'ontral nwuority of votes, but in tho fallowing minarr ; A oertain oumber of votos shall be sriveu¡ of wbieh th» tioner a ha 11 havo one-third ; thd FVanch f'ommissioner on. ■masioner of tho Netlierhjinds, one-sixth; and that of tho other t ríñeos, exeeptpigj Prussia, one-thireputv Inspectora shall be ehosen, the sjrst by l*russu», the second, :dtoi natolv bv Franc. and tho NVtherhmd» "l" u t,lírt, by tho otherGerman rVinces, joint p.«¿essors ol tho bank. «shu anau agree upon tho modo ol making this appoinrtmcnc. AIVri CLE XIV S|K'Ct< c appouitments. as woll of tho C hief Inspector as of tho Uoputv In >r^. shall be lbr lile. " 1' tho < ommissioii shoujd ti. en: Ul oxpodiont to removí' une of its olh« ors m-u, iHSinsj "issatisried vxith bis s<-rvi< e<. it sludl bo put to the voto whether ha Sliau oe mere-l v roplacod by ano! her, or brou^ht to trial. In tho fornu-r case, non Jiktwise applies to retireraent in consequence of infinnity, the 'hiu,.i„„i shall retire upon a jicnsion, amountíog to balf bis salary, should w not haveaerved ten yearsj aud two-thirds of it if he has aerved ten vasera • j'py.anís. 'I bis pensión shall be paid in the samo raanner as the salafi-. 1 I."- st.t.OTlf| oaae, the Cosmníasióu shall determine, in tho inatmet- pre- K U l,v Artiole 17, by which eourts oí the (jsjj and socond isrtswTfat oc triol. búa] shall bo entittod to the pensión if hoisfullv acquittadi ------ir hand, beahall bo proceeded acrainst aocor " ' shall have beca patard upon bina. VVhencver th 1 he indiv ich «Ion tlie other hand, he shall be proceeded ágainst aocording to"the aentej - beca paaaed uj>oii bina. Whenover the Comraiasion ahali eivi-i ^wouMÚBp of romovinií anv of tlne Inspectora, tho votos shall be tntoe rnanner determined upon m the I3th Articlo; huí but the individual1 «> cannottw deprived of liis situatían, unlcss two-tliirds of ttie numU-r of vr.t^ determinad «pon, shall br against Irini. AR'HCLE xv. The dutiea off ihe Chief Inspector. HHMtad bj t.hc J>oput> lMpeetws,«n! t<-> auperintend tito fulHhncnt oF icgulation, and to unm^e evéry thing xelattng W> the polioeof tlic navigation. It will therefóre be lus riglit and hii duty to iaeue orderaon thi« subject ta the edUtoee fbroo 11 ce t i n $» dutiea, and t<. oomiavniMtewith th« other loé»! authoritiea ol the State* borde ring on tbc Rhme. Ptevwma i mñaiij id in the officea, and the local authoritiea, • ' U obey and a.smst hitn in cvery thing conccrniiig therfAscrwnee trt' the regula ¿ion, and aball not oppoae the-execaatíon of hia ov their luamora. . The Chief Inapewéar abatí likewiae coUeatevery laforaialmn wímcIi may he ncce5sarv l'or tho ("cutral CommMatón iiigarding the «tate and delecta of tbc nai inaniiii. and aball submit to thom sucb jtneaaurea as he may eonaider advi.-.-abTe t.. he adopted. CHi UreMing ooéañona, he shall he at liberty and it will be bis dttty» to lióla a eorrespondenec wltfa its meOibaa, OVCS ivhen ahey are m>t aíttifig. \rticli: xvi. Tbc C entral C 'oimnissioii shall direet the Inspectora ta re.port to them »u account *>f tbeir prooeedinga; they shall aasiat them in their dutiea, and su meñntend the mauner in which tliey are performed; tboj ahall at the aame lime atu-nJ to all mattera tbaJ may contribute t.. tibe general intereata of .navigation and commerce, and whali publiah, at the cloae^of everj y car, a de- tallen report -ol" the atete ñf tiie navigation of the Rhine, itaannual oaoveirn its prof^ress, the chances t\ i i ich may take place, aod p£ev»ry thing relatiaj : J domestie and R>reágn commc.ree. AlíTlcl/E XVH Tl»e decisión* of tile Central Couunrssion ahall he liad bv an BÍbaolute majj- vity ot votes, which shall begivew ia perfectequality: but aaita memberaahould beconaidered aa agenta of the .States of the Mbine, charged with mal . • rangementa fór tlu ir mutual intorests, their dec tetona shall not he bindiug i4> >> ihese .States Hiitil their eons« m ahall have been given by their Coinmrssio u i s. ARTICLE XVIH. The salhiv ot tbc Chief Inspector and ot" tbc Depttty I nspci tors. batnot that of tiu.- Cominissioueis. v.-bo may he atercly temporal v a^. nts sl.jill '•' tíxed by the regnlation. It aball be atthejoint expense «»i all the &t*"V borderingon the Ithine, ^^ lio ahall <-ontri!jnte in proportion to the part wn; • they tabein bbeir nomination. The regnlatíon ahall contain ca er\- tiin - r. latine to tlu- tature estahlishment of the Central CommiMMn, an ' • permanent adminiatration, and shall determine, in a preetac and dentu mannerj all it» functiona un«l privilcfíc». 141 ARTICLE XIX. HiC. staple dutiea Iiaving been su¡>pressed bv Artiele S of the C.nvention of the I5th Augnat iso i, that auppreaaion ia bereby extended to the dutiea «rhicfa the town» of Mayeuce-and CologneIevied, under the denomination ol Harbour and Port Ootiei, and on breaking bulk, fttmatshimg^) so that indi- vidúala shall be at lilxTtv to iiavicjate along the wholo < ourse of the Rhine, TrtHBn the point \\ lie re it t>c,- do«rn the river, « ithoiu beinrr eoni}>elled to break b'ilk, or t.. reinove tbc cargocs into another vcsscl, in any pji-t, town <>r place whatever. ARTICLE XX. A superintendinu: Pólice shall, boivever. be appointed, for tbc prevention ot b-aud, «abara vesse's are laden or unlal»tacli' being tbrown in tho way by either pwty. Tlic vrswls, and pemtont employed bj the nutom-bouae*, ahallenjoy all the righta of nontrality. A guard diall be placed ovir the offlcei and chcata be- longinp, to the custum». AHTirLE XXVil. The oxistirifj Conimissitin, hvrínc been ohligcd to confine iteetf to the eslablishing of tho BKWtfMMial principies, without oiitcring into the details necessary to be roguluted ; all particular intomDCOb, and eapeciajly those rolating lo the Tarif of dutics, to that adopted for merehandize ín general, and also to that for fronda whieh, bemfi of a cortain desoription, pav amaller duties ; the situation of tho office.- for tlio collcction of dutics. thou- interna! inana^omcnt, and modo of collection ; the organización of judicial authoritíos of the first and MOond iristrrnnc. and their im< . »f proeceding ; the proserva- tion of thetowing petha, Mnd the WOrkl in the bod of the rivor; the ma- nifosts ; tlic gKtMgmg, and designation of buats and floats of w ood ; the weights, innisures, and eoins to he used, and their proportions and valuation- the pólice of the porta for shipping, unloading, or shifting cargo»--;; tho eomp»- niea of vratefmen, the requisito qualificationa for m atenúen ; tho sraeater and U-ssi r naviyation, if such a dietsnctáon, arhich no longer exíata in the aenae gíten to it by the Convontion of lso4, should be maínteined, under other drt'iiinstances, and for other rcasons; the seide of charles for freight ; con- traventions: tho lepanttíoe of offices for tho navigation, of" the onstoni honaea, ¿vo. Seo. shali be determíned in tho Definí ti ve Rogwlationa, whieh ahall be framed in the mannei hereafter mentioned. ARTICLE XXVIII. The reenilartiouaof th< yth, 14tb, i~th, loth and uoth Articles of tlic Principal Itceoss of ' ie Extraordinary Deputetion of the F.nipiiv of tho i.\>rii of PV bi iiaiji ISQ3, coneerning the pemHunent routs, directly aasisrned apon the produce? of the dutics on the navigation of the Rhine, ahaul be sjontinned. For thia purpoae : i. Tho finí mili Governments, joint possesaora of the bxmlcs of the Rhine, charle tlu-tnsi Ivés «ritfa the pnymcnt of the above renta; roserving, however, to t hc-msclvos the power of pu re hasi njj such renta, aecordiug to the SOtfa Artiele. of the Ivccoss, either at —¿ por cent, or l>y any other arrarigoiiient upon arbM " the pal tica conoernod tnav mutually agroo. a. f'asc» aro exceptad froui the general pr¡ncij>le, eonceming the paynirnt of the rente mentioned in the prcoedinsr, parasrmph, wl»ere tbere ahadl exiat peculiar an«I lot'al object ions af.>ainst the Ciaiming of such rcnt?. Thesfl caaes ahadl be conaidered anf tho principie mentioned in the lat para«jraj>h, relativa to rarioiu clauiis, and the decisión a concerning exccptlon-* rcfcrre«I to in 143 thi* sccond paragraph, shall be entrusted to a Commission, coniposed of five per- sons, whom the Court of Vicrina, at tho dcairc of the Germán Oovernuieuta, joint iHj-si'ssois of tho hank of the riv«-r, shall nomínate] by chuainf, as far as may be j>mcticahh;, individuáis who have hecn MciiiImts of the Aulie Conncil of tlic Emjiire, and aro still here. This Commission shall settlo this matter in the most .just and oquitahle ínanner, and tho GnvcniiniMits frorn wlmm such renta aro «iuo promise to abide by suoli decisión, without any appoal t>r ohjectton ivli;Uovn-. 4. 'Pin- abovc-iiiontionod Commission sl>all inquire into the ricfat of de- niandíllSC arroars of ronts, anfl siiall di-cifle on tho principie, whethor the pos- .,'..s»r< <»f the bank of tho Rliinc aro hable to pay those arrears, or whethor the application of thia principie, if admitted by tlic Commission, appliea to tho vañottt claims of arrears, in particular. Its lahours shall terniinate in (¡neo inonths froni the day of" its aeseuihling. 5. If tbo (.'ommissioii shall decido, that tln- arroars should he paid, and »tiall liív tlic inatadmente, the (.'cutral Commission shall regúlate the mude of pa^ tuent, in stioh mamier tbut th<; dehitinir tiovrrnmonts shall have tho option eíther of «lis<-har{jing tho samo in ten suocossivo years, ar tho rata of ..ii. -taaatfa oa< h year, or of transferring tfaem, aasafofpoua to tho 3t)th of the Roooss, at per cent, into ronts, in addition to those whioh theOovcrttmoMta to ulioui tliov holong actually jxissoss. Tin- f'cutral Commission shall likewise decide whether, and in what pro- |K>rtion, Fraiio. otight tfí contrihute to the payilaent of these arreáis. 6. All payanante, til anida id on by the prescut .Vrtiole, are to be made hilf Vearly. Tho Central Commission shall fix the mannor iu arhich these paymenta shall he mude, favourinf, as niuch as poaaíble, thoae to ivliom the said ronts •! >ng, ane dcfinitivcly arranged h\- tho Central < 'onimission at its first moeting. on the averan <>f the amouiit i r' . y car's reoeipts of tho diffiTeiit i>íboos of collartioP whieh have exíated during tho first six yoars, (rom the time of the ( onvontioii of lHo-t having been in forcé. ARTICLE XXIX. The regulations compre!icndo»! in the Articles Z~3 and ~S of the Conven- tual of the lóth August J8í>-J, oonooriiing a fand to be apprwpriated to t!ie payment of pensiona on retaxemenC, and to tho relio! of »i<ínvs and childncn of Government oflicers, the number of vaeancios, and the rteht of superan- aaation, as well as the amoimt of the pensions, and the Miliar to be gianted to «ridowa ai>d orphans, being intimately oonnected W itfa tho gcnt ral rccoipt of dutics, ahmll iiimii dialaily eeaao, and the bueiness of grauting penaíoaaa on tlic retirement of oflicers of the oustoms, and relief" to their Mridowa and orplians, is loít tt> the discrotion of each particular State bordoring on the river. Tho Ci ntra! foiiiiiiissioii shall ueacitheleaa be employed immediately ow tta openins, in arrau^in^ with i"'rumie tho rostitution of the fimd, foitm-d in rirtee of ihc ^.sd Artscle of the Convontion, for tho di aa* beele of -í per cent upon salaries, whieh has been paid into tho suikiug fimd 1 and the Prenoh l'Avorni!iciit engages to make the reatítutton, as soon aa tho amomir ot" ibis h ■! hall have been liouidated by the Central Cornmission. This reatitution being made, tho Commission shall conaider what ponaiona a'id relief aro ■til] to be paid out of this fimd, and shall assign them, aooord- fl* the principies cstahlished by the Convontion of" 1804.14 1 Individuáis who have been employed in thc tax-oiliee, and to whom, m eoti- ícuucnccof thcncw arraiigcmcnts, projier situations cainwt be given, or who ¿hall alledge «uch reasons for not IIÉHWJ euch iituatmns as HM Central Cominission shall (li oin W»ÓaB«, shall have. pensiona and all-wanccs grant- ed to thecn, conformably to thc principios establi*hed by thc 5<»th Artiele of thc Kcccss oí' thc Empine of ARTICLK XXX. Thc Mlllfctlll to the receivers ot duties, diseontiuued by the 3Qth /ruóle or" thc Recat*ef íso.i, shall be pnid be the<3ermao Oovernments, ioint poÚBMon-*M the bank of the river. Vho»e which have been !. g ■ lanted sincethe períod at «rhich «he Artica on navigation have been na .'• «hall tdso be paid; but the Central Coiniriissioii shall investígate and deter- mine in vrhsU proportion thc GovMBBientij joint proprietora of the bank, (the kingdom <>f thc Neaherlmnds, however, exeepted,) «hall contribuí* to the*. pavments. . . . It shall disehartíc the MBMUt of all these pensiona, ¡md htially sottle Ole scale by which lucfa par) ments símil be i e-ulatod. Thepaymcntof thése pennom, as well as of those mentionud in the poth Artiele. shall be regulated in the niai.uei tixed by the 6th paragaph of tlie ¡28th Artiele, for the paynieut of rents. ARTIÍ LE XXXI. As s'.on as the general principies for the navigation of the Rhine shall have been laid d«w» by the t ongross, thc States of thc Rhine shall apjpoint persona for the format ion of the Central Counnission ; and tliis ConniMiofl shall assemble at Latea* m the lst of .Tune of this ycar, at Maycnee. At the saine time the present Provincial Adiuinistrution shall deliver np the dwee- tiou with whieh thcy have been oharged, to thc Central Cominission, and ta the authorities of the fStatcs of the Rhine ; thc partial eolleetion of ll>e duties shall be substituted for thc general eolleetion, and they shall publish in the ñame of all thc States of thc Rhine, a temporary inatruction, by whieh it shall he ordo od, ihat until the coinplotion and final approval of tll< new regulación, the t :.>nvention of the 15th AngMt I R04 shall he obsorved ; it beintf «hstinetly pointed out, whieh of its Arttclee are alieady amiuüedliv thc present arraiigeinents, atid what other arraugements ought inmicdi.iti ly to be adopted in hen of thexn. ARTICLE ?S As Kton as the Central Cotnmission shall have assembled it shall 00 ><}'■ itself; . 1. In drawing np the reguhitions for the navig^ition ot the Rhine. xutlicierit to observe herc, that thc present Artielos shall sene as a gui • them, and that the pomts whieh the regulationaare to embrace, are mentionea ;, s well in the present iiístrutiient, as in the Conventio:i of the 1 5th AnU118* 1804, and that can must be t.akcn to rotam whatever is gt.od and uaeful M» that Convcntion. — When the regulationa are COtnpleted, they shall be suhinittcd t«> tlie If • vernmenta of the Rhine for their approbataon, and until such approbation 145 •bal! have been giren, the new order of tilinga shall not commence, ñor shall the C entral Conimiaaion enter upon ¡ts regular duties. 2. In aetintr for the present Central Admiiii.-t raí ;.>n, whore it shall be- Hcressary, matal the pnblication of the new regulations. Signcd, D'ALBERO < ILANC %RT*1 WREDE. TURCKHEIM. BERCK11 El M. I>K MARSCHALX. 8PAEN. HVMBOLDT. \ V ESS ENB EIIG. .■4rt!!' the rcgulutioii shall be alleicd but hy CMMMMi coiiM Ht. ARTIt LE V. The .States of the i ivers specitiod in the Isí Artiele, ongage to keep the f inv i ng-¡MI t ha in rejiair, as well as the neoessary works in the boda «>f the rivera, in tbe same taannet as agreod WJWTO in tbe 7th Artiele for the Rhine. ARTIC'I.E VI. The snbjeotn of (lie Sttites i-C the rivors ísVokor, the Mavnc and the I\ío selle, shalí emov tbe same rights of ínivi ntíi >n on the Rhine, and PtMaaiail subjecta tm the ."Menso, as tbe aebjeota of the Statea oí" the two last rivera¡ peying due regard, however, t<> the rogulatious therein ostablished. ARTICLE VJI. Evcn thing rclatiii¿¿ tt> the navigation ot the Neheldt, >t hieh ma}- ncod ulterior arraiiL't mont, besides the freedotn of" navigation on tilia rivor, speei- fied in the lsl Artiele, shall be definitively regálate*! in a naprner the most til /on rabie t<. eomiiicree and na\ igi i ion , and títe most aualogous to the rogu- lationa establlahed on the Rhine. Sifenedj D'ALRERO. < < .>• t KEU RR. < r. ViNí 'A RTY. WREDB. TI ROK1ÍEIM. DANZ. BERCKH F.IM. J> MAKSl HALL. SPABN. TIk- ]5an,n LLNJ>E\, surbiecl to the approbation of Uis M%¿esty the K 1 l IÍJ . WESmbK1 BERO. 147 ACT No. XVII. Itvgtilntion roncerning thr precede?!^ mf jDy>/o/,ia¿>e sf^ots. Inorder to prevent in futuro the inconvenientes whioh llave fremientlv oceurred, and which may süll ocenr, from the .•!.„„,. ,.f pr.-eedeiiee amoni- '.V-V i , •«»«*> sliii ocenr, rroui ene claims ot preoede.nee, among the .lirh-n-nt .lip.ou.adr- chsroeters, thePlooipotentiariea ,,í the I\n»Vuia „ho ■igned the J reatar of Pans have agreod on the followina Articlea. and thinl it their duty to invite th ose. of the oí ÉierCiv.» ned Heada to adopt the sume rara- lations. 6 ARTJC'LE I. Diplomatic charaeters aro divided into tinco elasses. That of Ambassadors, Lobatos or Nunrios. That of Entroya, MiniaAanM or otber Ueraans, aecrodited to .Tfiianitiiiina I hatof Chai gé d'Aflaires, accred i ted efe \y to the Miníate ra jor ForeignAMUrm. ARTICT.E II. Ambassadors, Legat.esor Nfuno.ios, only, sJiall have a representativo oharaeter. article irr. Diplómate Charaeters, charged with muy speeial mission, ahall not, on that aeeount, assmne anv superiority of ranlc. ARTICLE IV. Diplotnatic Charactera shall ranlc in their respective elasses, according to the flato of the oífioial iiotifieatiori of their arrival. The presen* regulation shall not oecnsion anv chance reapectinsr the Re- presciitatives of the Pojie. ARTICLE V. Tdere shall be a re«n!ar form adopted by eaeh State for the reeeption of U.'ploinatio Charaeters of everv class. ARTICLE VI. J'ies of eonsanguinity, or familv al 1 i anees betvreen Coarta, eonfer no rank on their diplomatM agents. The aaune rule also appliawj to politieaJ allianees. ARTICLE VIL In Aets or Treatiírs between several Powera that admit the alternitv, the •>n!.-r whieh is to be obaerved in the aúrnaturea of Miniatera ahall be deeided by ballot.1 ih> Tbc umtwt romhtkm im inecrteéfiii the Protocol oá the PI.Mupotr-ni isiri.-s of the etght Power* «vho »¡gt»ed the Treaty of Paria, at tlien- situng of tlic l<»lJi March 1815. , - , .r- -,. * (Tl.e BÍjgoatUrea fbllow in the alphabetieal order of the i.ourts.) Signad, The Primee de METTERNICH The liaron de W ESSEN liKl\.oniun^^4i^. *>R T'SST^l. Jtl/SSl^í. STf X)£>J£J\\ The Priuee de TALLEYRAND. The Duke D'ALBERG. LATOUR DU PI>J. < ,,mitALEX¡S do NOAILLES. CJ ANCARTY. CATHCART. STEWARTj (I Cien.) The f ount PAL.MELLA. SALDANHA. LOBO. Princ* I LA R DENBERO. Barón HUMBOLDT. Cou.it RASOUMOFF8KY. Connt STA( ¡KELBERG. < onnt NE.SSELRODK. LOV^ENI HELM. Indice general O El. ARCHIVO ra ile Represen!antes. AJ.ivo 1—N\ 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 0. ÍO. 11. 18-20. LEGAJO A. comrrivicAoiowES del gobiexuxto. Acuso de i ceibo sobre una uota en quo se comunica la I instalación da ia Oámaru do I lioprosontantcf. Nota referente al juramento del Gobernador. Idem sobre elección do Re- presentantes. Idem poniendo á disposición de la junta a) mayor Cas- ta non. Idoin sobro el arresto del oí- Gobernador Sarratoa. Consulta sobre el arresto do algunos miembi-oa del Con- greso. Nota acompañando la solici- | tud de un regidor. Idtim poniendo en libertad al ayudante de pla*;a Casfafion. Idem sobro la resolución para quo pueda volver a la ciu- dad el Dr. D. Miguel Safiar- tis Xdexn sobre el juramento del Administrador de Correos y Comisario de Guerra. Idem sobre la órdon do poner Mayo 8-N3. 12. •i << 1S h » « 14. M O '« 16. 10 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. en libertad ti 1). Juan Pedro Aguirre. Nota pobre sos pochas .lo in- íídeucia del comaudanle do la escuadrilla ü. Matinal Monte verde. Idem relativa á la renuncia del general Soler. Idem sobre consulta para cu- brir créditos de preferencia. Idem adjuntando un oíioio del Administrador de Cor- reos sobro cargos hechos á di. Idem sobre la apertura del puerto. Idem sobre licencia al coro- nel D. Manuel .Pintos. Idem sobro la apertura del puerto. Ide.in relativa al nombra- miento «le una Comisión del seno de la Sala, para consul- ta de! Gobierno. idum relativa á la estraccion de municiones y armas. Idem sobro el arreglo do la fuerza do línea y milicia.