out restriction, to his Majesty the King of Sardinia.

Art. 7. His Majesty the King of Sardinia cedes to the canton of Geneva, the districts of Savoy specified in the act annexed, intituled "B. B.* Cession made by his Majesty the King of Sardinia to the canton of Geneva," and on the conditions specified in the same act. That act shall be considered as an integral part of the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it were textually inserted in the present article.

Art. 8. The provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, and the whole of the territory of Savoy to the North of Ugine, belonging to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, shall form a part of the neutrality of Switzerland, as recognised and guaranteed by all the Powers.

Whenever, therefore, the neighbouring Powers to Switzerland are in a state of open or impending hostility, the troops of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, which may be in those provinces, shall retire, and may for that purpose pass through the Vallais, if necessary. No other armed troops of any other Power shall have the privilege of passing through, or remaining in the said territories and provinces, excepting those which the Swiss Confederation shall think proper to place there; it being well understood, that this state of things shall not in any manner interrupt the administration of these countries, in which the civil agents of his Majesty the King of Sardinia may

(No. 6.)-NETHERLANDS. Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands, signed at Vienna the 31st May, 1815.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, being desirous of carrying into effect and of completing the arrangements contained in the Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris the 30th of May, 1814, which, while it establishes a just equilibrium in Europe, and assigns to the United Provinces such a proportion of territory as may enable them to support their own independence, secures to them the coun

tries comprised between the sea, the frontiers of France, and the Meuse, leaves undefined their limits on the right bank of that river; and their said Majesties having resolved to conclude a separate Treaty on this subject, conformably to the arrangements of the Congress of Vienna, have appointed Plenipotentiaries to concert, agree upon, and sign whatever relates to this subject, viz. : Plenipotentiaries, the Earl of Clancarty, the Sieur Gerhard Charles Baron de Spaen de Voorstonden, and the Sieur Hans Christopher Erneste Baron de Gagern, who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following articles :

Art. 1. The old United Provinces of the Netherlands, and the former Belgic Provinces, both within the limits fixed by the following article, shall form, together with the countries designated in the same article, under the sovereignty of his Royal Highness the Prince of OrangeNassau, Sovereign Prince of the United Provinces, the kingdom of the Netherlands, hereditary in the order of succession already established by the Act of the Constitution of the said United Provinces. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, acknowledges the title and prerogatives of the royal dignity in the House of Orange-Nassau.

Art. 2. The line comprising the territories which shall compose the kingdom of the Netherlands, is determined in the following

manner :

It leaves the sea, and extends along the frontiers of France on

the side of the Netherlands, as rectified and fixed by the third article of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814, to the Meuse; thence along the same frontiers to the old limits of the duchy of Luxemburg; from this point it follows the direction of the limits between that duchy and the old bishoprick of Liege, till it meets (to the south of Deiffelt) the western limits of that canton, and of that of Malmedy, to the point where the latter reaches the limits between the old departments of the Ourthe and the Roer; it then goes along these limits to where they touch those of the former French canton of Eupen, in the duchy of Limburg, and following the western limit of that canton in a northerly direction, leaving to the right a small part of the former French canton of Aubel, joins, at the point of contact of the three old departments of the Ourthe, the Lower Meuse, and the Roer; parting again from this point, this line follows that which divides the two latter departments, until it reaches the Worm (a river falling into the Roer) and goes along this river to the point where it again reaches the limit of these two departments, pursues this limit to the south of Hillensberg (the old department of the Roer) from whence it reascends to the north, and leaving Hillensberg to the right, and dividing the canton of Sittard into two nearly equal parts, so that Sittard and Susteron remain on the left, it reaches the old Dutch territory; from whence, leaving this territory to the left, it goes on, following its eastern frontier, to the point where it touches the

old

old Austrian principality of Gueldres, on the side of Ruremonde: and directing itself towards the most eastern point of the Dutch territory to the north of Swalmen, continues to encircle this territory.

Lastly, setting out from the most eastern point, it joins the other part of the Dutch territory in which Venloo is situated; that town and its territory being included within it. From thence to the old Dutch frontier near Mook, situated below Genep, the line follows the course of the Meuse, at such a distance from the right bank, that all the places within a thousand Rhenish yards from it (Rheinlandische Ruthen) 1,970 of which yards are equal to the 15th part of a degree of the meridian, shall belong with their territories to the kingdom of the Netherlands: it being understood, however, as to the reciprocity of this principle, that the Prussian territory shall not at any point touch the Meuse, or approach it within the distance of eight hundred Rhenish yards.

From this point where the line just described reaches the ancient Dutch frontier, as far as the Rhine, this frontier shall remain essentially the same as it was in 1795, between Cleves and the United Provinces.

This line shall be examined by a Commission, which the Governments of Prussia and the Netherlands shall name without delay, for the purpose of proceeding to the exact determination of the limits, as well of the kingdom of the Netherlands as of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, specified in the 4th Article: and this Com

mission, aided by professional persons, shall regulate every thing concerning hydrotechnical constructions and other points, in the most equitable manner, and the most conformable to the mutual interests of the Prussian States, and those of the Netherlands. This same arrangement refers to the fixing of limits for the districts of Kyfward, Lobith, and in the whole territory as far as Kekerdom.

The enclaves of Huissen, Malburg, Lymers, with the town of Sevaner, and the lordship of Wiel, shall form part of the kingdom of the Netherlands, and his Prussian Majesty shall renounce them in perpetuity for himself, his heirs and successors.

Art. 3. That part of the old duchy of Luxemburg which is comprised in the limits specified in the following article, is likewise ceded to the Sovereign Prince of the United Provinces, now King of the Netherlands, to be possessed in perpetuity by him and his successors in full property and sovereignty. The Sovereign of the Netherlands shall add to his titles that of Grand Duke of Luxemburg, his Majesty reserving to himself the pri vilege of making such family arrangements between the Princes his sons, relative to the succession to the Grand Duchy, as he shall think conformable to the interests of his monarchy and his paternal intentions.

The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg being intended as an indemnity for the principalities of Nassau-Dillenburg, Siegen, Hadamar, and Dietz, shall form one of the States of the Germanic Confederation,

date of the 21st of July, 1814, as the bases of the union of the Belgic Provinces with the United Provinces, the eight Articles contained in the document annexed to the present Treaty,* the said Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the present instrument.

Art. 9. A Commission shall be immediately appointed by his Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to settle whatever relates to the cession of those possessions of the House of Nassau which belong to his Majesty, with regard to records, debts, excesses of the public chests, and other subjects of this nature.

That part of the Records which does not concern the ceded provinces, but only the House of Orange, and libraries, collections of maps, and all other objects of the same description, belonging to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, shall be retained by him as private and personal property, and shall be immediately restored to his Majesty. A part of the said possessions being exchanged against other possessions of the Duke and Prince of Nassau, his Majesty the King of Prussia engages, and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands consents, that the engagement stipulated in the present Article, shall be transferred to his Serene Highness the Duke and Prince of Nassau, with respect to those possessions which are to be united to their states.

(No. 7.)-AUSTRIA. Convention between Great Britain and Austria, signed at Paris, 2d August, 1815.

Napoleon Buonaparte being in the power of the Allied Sovereigns, their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, have agreed, in virtue of the stipulations of the Treaty of the 25th of March, 1815, upon the measures most proper to render all enterprise impossible, on his part, against the repose of Europe. Plenipotentiaries, Castlereagh, Wellington, and Metternich.

Art. 1. Napoleon Buonaparte is considered by the powers who have signed the Treaty of the 25th of March last as their pri

soner

Art. 2. His custody is especially intrusted to the British Government.

The choice of the place, and of the measures which can best secure the object of the present stipulation, are reserved to his Britannic Majesty.

Art. 3. The Imperial Courts of Austria and of Russia, and the Royal Court of Prussia, are to appoint Commissioners to pro ceed to, and abide at the place which the Government of his Britannic Majesty shall have assigned for the residence of Napoleon Buonaparte, and who, without being responsible for his custody, will assure themselves of his pre

sence.

Art. 4. His Most Christian Ma

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