[County of Schaumburg, Lauenburg, &c.] No. 35.-TERRITORIAL TREATY between Hanover and Prussia. Signed at Paris, 23rd September, 1815. 1. Cession of Lindau, Gieboldshausen, and Duderstadt by Prussia to Hanover. 2. Elbingerode, Neuhaus, &c., to be retained by Hanover. 3. Commission for the Valuation of the Exchanges. 4. Renunciation by Hanover in regard to Schaumburg. 5. Renunciation by Prussia of certain Hessian Inclosures in favour of Hanover. 6. Fulfilment of the Stipulations of the Treaty of 29th May with regard to Lauenburg. 7. Articles VII and VIII of the Treaty of 29th May applied to the places ceded in this Treaty. 8. Exchange of Ratifications. (Translation.) In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, and His Majesty the King of Prussia, being mutually disposed, in pursuance of the State Treaty concluded between them at Vienna on the 29th May of the current year (No. 21), to determine the compensation which is due to the Kingdom of Hanover according to Article III of the said Treaty for the Electoral Hessian share of the County of Schaumburg, the cession of which it has not been possible to obtain from His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse, have appointed Plenipotentiaries to arrange and to sign with each other everything relating to this matter; namely, His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, Count Ernest Christian George Augustus von Hardenberg, His State and Cabinet Minister, also Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the High Allied Courts, &c.; and His Majesty the King of Prussia, His State Chancellor, Prince von Hardenberg, &c., Who, after having reciprocally found their Full Powers in good form and exchanged them with each other, have agreed to the following Articles : Cession of Lindau, Gieboldshausen, and Duderstadt by Prussia to Hanover. ART. I. His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes to His Majesty [County of Schaumburg, Lauenburg, &c.] the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, to be possessed by him and his successors in the Kingdom of Hanover, as his and their property, and with full supremacy and Sovereignty, the bailiwicks of Lindau and Gieboldshausen, hitherto belonging to Eichsfeld, and the territory of Duderstadt, also hitherto belonging to the same, all to the extent of the boundaries shown on the special Map of Eichsfeld, by J. G. Lingemann, published at Weimar in 1806. His Royal Majesty of Prussia renounces for himself, his descendants, and successors the above-mentioned districts hitherto belonging to Eichsfeld, and all rights appertaining thereto, and will issue orders that they shall, as soon as possible, and at the latest within 4 weeks from the signing of the present State Treaty, be delivered over to His Royal Majesty of Great Britain and Hanover. Ellingerode, Neuhauss, &c., to be retained by Hanover. ART. II. His Majesty the King of Prussia, moreover, renounces for himself, his descendants, and successors the right accruing to him by the State-Treaty of the 29th of May, of the present year 1815 (No. 21), mentioned at the beginning, to the acquisition and the hereditary and proprietary possession a. Of the bailiwick of Elbingerode; b. And of the bailiwick of Neuhauss, belonging to the Duchy of Lauenburg, together with the Luneburg districts and lands enclosed between the said bailiwick and the Mecklenburg territory, and situated on the right bank of the Elbe. The above-mentioned districts will still belong to the Kingdom of Hanover, as heretofore. Commission for the Valuation of the Exchanges. ART. III. The districts which, according to Article I, are to be delivered over to the Kingdom of Hanover, and those which, according to Article II are to remain therewith, are intended to serve as a compensation to His Royal British and Hanoverian Majesty for the Electoral Hessian share of the County of Schaumburg, the cession of which it has not been possible to obtain. As, however, there is no doubt that this compensation must have reference to the revenue from the said part of Schaumburg, and it has not been possible to show the sufficiency thereof at the time of conclusion of the present State-Treaty, both Powers have agreed to appoint Commissioners at the time of the transfer of [County of Schaumburg, Lauenburg, &c.] the districts to be ceded, who shall meet at Hanover and proceed uninterruptedly to make, as soon as possible, a satisfactory comparison between the revenues from the Electoral Hessian share of the County of Schaumburg and the revenues from the districts mentioned in Articles I and II of the present Treaty. Should this comparison show that the revenues from the districts mentioned in Articles I and II do not afford a complete compensation for the revenues from the Electoral Hessian share of the County of Schaumburg, then both Parties will, without delay, agree as to how the completion of the compensation, which in this case will be the duty of Prussia, shall be effected. Renunciation by IIanover in regard to Schaumburg. ART. IV. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, makes Renunciation for himself and his descendants and his successors, in consideration of the compensation stipulated above in Articles I, II, and III, of the right accruing to him from the State-Treaty of the 29th of May of the present year 1815, mentioned at the beginning, to the hereditary and proprietary possession of the Electoral-Hessian share of the County of Schaumburg, and promises, after the complete accomplishment of the said compensation, never to make any claim whatever on that account against His Majesty the King of Prussia by reason of the above-mentioned Treaty. Renunciation of certain Hessian Inclosures by Prussia in favour of Hanover. ART. V. As His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse, and His Serene Highness the Landgrave of Hesse-Rothenburg, having consented to cede to Prussia the Lordship of Plessen, with the Monastery of Höckelheim, as well as Neuengleichen, and the bailiwicks of Uechte, Freudenberg, and Auburg, which last has also been called Wagenfeld, with all the respective supreme, sovereign, feudal, domanial, and other rights belonging to their Royal and Serene Highnesses, or which they have hitherto possessed as appurtenances thereof; and to transfer them within 4 weeks from the Ratification of the Treaty relating thereto, His Majesty the King of Prussia hereby engages to assign the above-mentioned districts, in accordance with the State-Treaty of the 29th of May of the present year (No. 21), to the Kingdom of Hanover, immediately upon their transfer by the two Hessian Houses, and just as he has received them. [County of Schaumburg, Lauenburg, &c.] Fulfilment of the Stipulations of the Treaty of 29th May with regard to Lauenburg. ART. VI. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, declares the conditions upon which the transfer of the part of the Duchy of Lauenburg, situated on the right bank of the Elbe, and the Lauenburg districts and lands also situated on the right bank of the Elbe, were made dependent in the State-Treaty of 29th May of this year (No. 21), to be fulfilled by the stipulations in Articles I, II, III, and V of the present Treaty, and hereby engages to have the said part of the Duchy of Lauenburg and the Lauenburg districts and lands situated on the right bank of the Elbe, but with the exception of the district which, according to the above Article II, is to remain with Hanover, delivered over, without further demur, at the same time as the transfer of the Eichsfeld and Hessian districts, and to issue immediate orders to his authorities for that purpose. Articles VII and VIII of the Treaty of 29th May applied to the places Ceded in this Treaty. ART. VII. Articles VII and VIII of the Treaty of the 29th of May of the present year 1815 (No. 21), mentioned at the beginning, are also applicable to all Districts which, according to the present State-Treaty, serve as compensation for the ElectoralHessian part of the County of Schaumburg. Exchange of the Ratifications. ART. VIII. The present State-Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged within four weeks, or before if it may be. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it and sealed it with their arms. Done at Paris, the 23rd of September, 1815. (L.S.) ERNEST, COUNT VON HARDENBERG. [Holy Alliance.] No. 36.-TREATY between Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Signed at Paris, 18th September, 1815. Holy Alliance of Sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. 1. Principles of the Christian Religion. 2. Fraternity and Affection. 3. Accession of Foreign Powers. Invitation to Prince Regent of Great Britain to accede. His Royal Highness's Reply. (Translation.*) In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. years in Holy Alliance of Sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. THEIR Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, having, in consequence of the great events which have marked the course of the three last Europe, and especially of the blessings which it has pleased Divine Providence to shower down upon those States which place their confidence and their hope on it alone, acquired the intimate conviction of the necessity of settling the steps to be observed by the Powers, in their reciprocal relations, upon the sublime truths which the Holy Religion of our Saviour teaches; Government and Political Relations. They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish, in the face of the whole world, their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States, and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that IIoly Religion, namely, the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity, and Peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of Princes, and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions and remedying their imperfections. In consequence, their Majesties have agreed on the following Articles : * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. iii, p. 211. |