[Treaty of Zurich.] Venetia, subject to Austria, to form one of the States of the Confederation. Venetia, which remains subject to the Crown of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, will form one of the States of this Confederation, and will participate in the obligations, as in the rights, resulting from the Federal Pact, the clauses of which will be determined by an Assembly composed of the representatives of all the Italian States. Reservation of Rights of Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Dukes of Modena and Parma. ART. XIX. As the Territorial Delimitations of the Independent States of Italy, who took no part in the late War, can be changed only with the sanction of the Powers who presided at their formation and recognised their existence, the Rights of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, of the Duke of Modena, and of the Duke of Parma, are expressly reserved for the consideration of the High Contracting Parties. Austria and France to recommend Reforms in States of the Church. ART. XX. Desirous of seeing the tranquillity of the States of the Church and the power of the Holy Father assured; convinced that such object could not be more efficaciously attained than by the adoption of a system suited to the wants of the populations and conformable to the generous intentions already manifested by the Sovereign Pontiff, His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria will unite their efforts to obtain from His Holiness that the necessity of introducing into the administration of his States the Reforms admitted as indispensable shall be taken into serious consideration by his Government. Non-molestation, in Person or Property, of Individuals implicated in recent events. ART. XXI. With a view to contribute by every effort to quiet the public mind, the High Contracting Parties declare and promise that in their respective Territories, and in the Lands restored or ceded, no Individual compromised by the recent events in the Peninsula, no matter what his rank or position in society, shall be prosecuted, annoyed, or troubled, in Person or Property, on account of his conduct or political opinions. * Venetia was ceded by Austria to Italy by the Treaty of 23rd August 1866. [Treaty of Zurich.] Ratifications.* ART. XXII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged within a fortnight, or earlier if possible. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed their Seals thereunto. Done at Zurich, on the 10th day of the month of November, of the year of Grace, 1859. KAROLYI. (L.S.) (L.S.) (L.S.) BOURQUENEY. (L.S.) BANNEVILLE. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.† Payments to be made by France to Austria, and repayment to be guaranteed by new Government of Lombardy. THE Government of His Majesty the Emperor of the French engages itself towards the Government of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty to make, on account of the new Government of Lombardy, which will Guarantee its repayment, to pay to it 40,000,000 florins (Conventions-münz), stipulated by Article VII of the present Treaty, in the manner and at the periods hereinafter determined : 8,000,000 of florins shall be paid cash, by a bill payable at Paris, without interest, on the expiration of the third month, dating from the day on which the present Treaty was signed, and which will be handed to the Plenipotentiaries of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty when the exchange of Ratifications takes place. The payment of the remaining 32,000,000 florins shall take place at Vienna, cash, in 10 successive instalments, to be made every two months, by bills on Paris, at the rate of 3,200,000 florins (Conventions-münz) each. The first of these payments will be made two months after the payment of the bill of 8,000,000 florins above stipulated. For that date, as for the other following, the interest will be reckoned at 5 per cent., dating * Ratifications exchanged at Zurich, 21st November, 1859. + See Treaty between France and Sardinia of the same date, Art. III page 1399. [Treaty of Zurich.] from the first day of the month which will follow the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and value as if inserted verbatim in the Treaty of this day. It shall be ratified in one single act, and the Ratifications exchanged at the same time. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Additional Article, and affixed their Seals thereunto. Done at Zurich, on the 10th day of the month of November, of the year of Grace, 1859. [Treaty of Zurich.] No. 302.-TREATY OF PEACE between France and Sardinia. Signed at Zurich, 10th November, 1859.* 1. Transfer of Lombardy by France to Sardinia. Cession of Lombardy to France, except Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua. Line of Frontier. Military Commission to trace Line of Frontier. 2. Acceptance by Sardinia of Cession of Lombardy. Lombardy to pay part of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Part of National Loan to be paid by Lombardy. Appointment of Commission for payment of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Division of Assets of Sinking Fund of the Monte. Division of Lands or Mortgages. Proportion to be paid by either Party. Rights and Obligations of Lombardy relative to Austrian Contracts. Reimbursements to be made by Austrian and Lombardo Governments. Recognition and Confirmation by Sardinia of Austrian Railway Concessions. Austrian right of Devolution transferred to Sardinia. Payments still due by Concessionaries to be paid in full to Austria. Austria to pay Credits of Building Contractors and Tradesmen, &c. International Service of Railways to be regulated by Special Convention. Recovery of Credits. Lombard Subjects free to retire with their Moveables to Austria, and to keep their Immoveable Property in Lombardy. Same Liberty to Lombards living in Austria. Lombard Subjects to be free from Molestation. Time within which Lombards are to make their choice. Lombard Subjects in Austrian Army to return to their Homes. Lombards free to remain in Austrian Service. Civil Servants free to remain in Austrian Service. Civil and Military Pensions to be paid by Sardinia. Former Civil and Military Pensions to be paid by Sardinia. Archives, &c., belonging to Nonceded part of Lombardy and Venetia to be handed over to Austria. Archives belonging to ceded Territory to be handed over to Sardinia. Documents to be reciprocally communicated. Religious Societies free to dispose of their Moveable and Immoveable Property. 3. Reimbursement to France by Sardinia of Payments to be made to Austria. 4. Reimbursement of 60,000,000 francs by Sardinia to France. 5. Ratifications. (Translation.†) In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, wishing to strengthen their Alliance, and to See also Treaties between Austria and France, and between Austria, France, and Sardinia, of the same date. + For French version, see “ State Papers," vol. xlix, p. 371. [Treaty of Zurich.] regulate by a definitive understanding the consequences of their participation in the last War, have determined to sanction by Treaty the Preliminary Arrangements of Villafranca (No. 298), relative to the cession of Lombardy, they have named for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur François Adolphe Baron de Bourqueney, Senator of the Empire, &c.; and the Sieur Gaston Robert Morin Marquis de Banneville, Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, &c.; His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Sieur François Louis Chevalier des Ambrois de Nevache, Vice-President of his Council of State, Senator and Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom, &c.; and the Sieur Alexandre Chevalier Jocteau, his Minister to the Swiss Confederation, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : Transfer of Lombardy by France to Sardinia. ART. I. By a Treaty of this day's date (No. 301), His Majesty the Emperor of Austria having renounced, for himself and all his heirs and successors, in favour of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, to his Rights and Titles over Lombardy, His Majesty the Emperor of the French transfers to His Majesty the King of Sardinia the Rights and Titles accruing to him by Article IV of the above-mentioned Treaty, as follows: Cession of Lombardy to France, except Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua. "His Majesty the Emperor of Austria renounces, for himself and all his descendants and successors, in favour of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, his Rights and Titles to Lombardy, with the exception of the Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua, and of the Territories determined by the new Delimitation, which remain in the possession of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty. Line of Frontier. "The Line of Frontier, starting from the southern limit of the Tyrol, on the Lac de Garda, will pass along the middle of the Lake, as high as Bardolino and Manerba, from whence it will rejoin, in a straight line, the point where the circle of defence of the Fortress of Peschiera intersects the Lac de Garda. |