[Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca.] Separate Article of the Treaty concluded between Austria and Sardinia the 20th of May, 1815 (No. 19). Annexation of Treaty to Supplementary Article of Vienna Congress Treaty. Ratifications. ART. VIII. The present Treaty, of which seven copies have been signed, shall be annexed to the Supplementary Article of the general Treaty of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), and shall be ratified by the High Parties respectively, and the Ratifications of it shall be exchanged at Paris in the space of two months, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have hereunto affixed their Hands and Seals. Done at Paris the 10th of June, in the Year of our Lord, 1817. (L.S.) LE BARON DE VINCENT. (L.S.) LE COMTE DE FERNAN NUNEZ. DUC DE MONTELLANO. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. (L.S.) CHAS. STUART. (L.S.) F. COMTE DE GOLTZ. [Wittgenstein.] No.74.-TERRITORIAL CONVENTION between Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt. Signed at Giessen, 6th July, 1817. Preamble. Reference to Convention of 12th March, 1817. 1. Pecuniary Renunciations on the part of Hesse. 2. Fixed sum in exchange. 3. Credit against the Bailiwick of Biedenkopf. 4. Information to be furnished. 5. Ratification reserved. (Translation.*) Preamble. Reference to Convention of 12th March, 1817. IN the Convention concluded on the 12th of March this year (No. 68), between the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Plenipotentiary Commissioners for transfer and reception, it has been stipulated. [See Articles XIV., XV., and XVI. of Convention of 12th March, 1817.] Therefore the Commissioners on both sides have met at Giessen, on the Royal Prussian side, Government Councillor Westphal, Member of the Royal Government at Arnsberg, on the Grand Ducal Hessian side, Exchequer-Director von Kopp, and after having shown their Full Powers have come to the following Agreement. ARTS. I. to V. (See Table.) Done at Giessen, 6th July, 1817. (L.S.) WESTPHAL. (L.S.) WILHELM VON KOFP. *For German version, see "State Papers," vol. iii., p. 830. [French Guiana.] No. 75.--CONVENTION between France and Portugal, relative to the Settlement of the Limits of Guiana. Signed at Paris, 28th August, 1817. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Restoration of French Guiana to France. 2. Appointment of Boundary Commissioners. 3. Restoration of Fortresses, &c. 4. Delivery of French Guiana to the French Government. 5. Portuguese Troops and Civil Functionaries to be conveyed to Fará and Pernambuco. (Translation.*) Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. Restoration of French Guiana to France. ART. I. Ilis Most Faithful Majesty, animated by the desire to execute Article CVII. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), engages to restore to His Most Christian Majesty, within the delay of three months, or scener if possible, French Guiana, as far as the River Oyapock, the mouth of which is situated between the 4th and 5th Degree of north latitude, and as far as the 322nd degree of longitude, to the east of the Ile de Fer, by the parallel of 2 degrees 24 minutes of north latitude. Appointment of Boundary Commissioners. ART. II. Immediate steps shall be taken to appoint and send out Commissioners to fix the limits of the French and Portuguese Guianas, in conformity with the precise sense of Article VIII. of the Treaty of Utrecht,† and to the stipulations of the Act of Congress of Vienna (No. 27), the said Commissioners shall terminate their labours within the delay of one year at latest from the day of their meeting in Guiana. If, at the expiration of the term of one year, the said respective Commissioners should not have come to an understanding, the Two High Contracting Parties shall come to some other amicable arrangement, under the mediation of Great Britain, and always in conformity with the precise sense of Article VIII. of the Treaty of Utrecht, concluded under the Guarantee of that Power. * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. iv, p. 818. [French Guiana.] Restoration of Fortresses, &c. ART. III. The Fortress, storehouses, and all military stores shall be given up to His Most Christian Majesty according to the Inventory mentioned in Article V. of the Capitulation of French Guiana in 1809.* Delivery of French Guiana to the French Government. ART. IV. In accordance with the preceding Articles, the necessary Orders to effect the delivery of French Guiana, which Orders are in the possession of the undersigned Plenipotentiary of His Most Faithful Majesty, shall, immediately after the signature of the present Convention, be delivered to the French Government, with an Official Letter from the said Plenipotentiary, to which shall be added a copy of the present Convention, and which shall make known to the Portuguese Authorities that they must deliver, within the delay of three days, the said colony to the Commissioners appointed by Iis Most Christian Majesty to retake possession of them, to whom they shall present the said Orders. Portuguese Troops and Civil Functionaries to be conveyed to Pará and Pernambuco. ART. V. The French Government undertakes to convey to the Ports of Pará and Pernambuco in the ships which shall have conveyed the French troops to Guiana, the Portuguese garrison of that colony, as well as the civil functionaries with all their goods. Done at Paris, 28th August, 1817. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. (L.S.) FRANCOIS JOSEPII MARIE DE BRITO. SEPARATE ARTICLE. All the points on which difficulties might arise in consequence of the restitution of French Guiana, such as the payment of Debts, the recovery of the Revenues, and the reciprocal extradition of Slaves, shall be the object of a Separate Convention between the French and Portuguese Governments. Done at Paris, 28th August, 1817. (L.S.) RICHELIEU. (L.S.) FRANCOIS JOSEPH MARIE DE BRITO. * 12th January, 1809. [Monaco, Mentone, and Roccabruna.] No. 76.-TREATY between Sardinia and Monaco, relative to the Protection of the Principality of Monaco by His Sardinian Majesty. Signed at Turin, 7th November, 1817.* Reference to Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815. 1. Garrison of Monaco by Piedmontese Infantry. Prince of Monaco to be Captain and Governor of Monaco. 2. Lieutenant of the Garrison to be appointed by King of Sardinia. 3. Increase of Garrison of Monaco. 4. Lieutenant and other Piedmontese Officers to take the Oath to Guard Monaco. 5. Payment of Garrison by Sardinia. Provisions to enter Duty Free. 6. Sovereignty of Prince over Monaco, Mentone, and Roccabruna. 7. Coinage of Monaco. 8. Freedom of Intercourse between Sardinia and Monaco. Non-protection by Monaco of Malefactors and Deserters from Sardinian States. 9. Appointment of Officers by King of Sardinia. 10. Sardinian Protection to the Prince of Monaco, his Family and Estates, including Mentone and Roccabruna. 11. Personal Relations of Prince of Monaco towards King of Sardinia defined. 12. Grant of Pay of 12 Soldiers to Prince of Monaco and his Successors. 13. Confirmation of Ancient Privileges belonging to Monaco. 14. Protection of Port and Town of Monaco. Appointment of a Consul or Vice-Consul at Monaco. Equality in Payment of Navigation Dues and Sanitary Measures. Supply of Water to Sardinian Vessels. Consent of King of Sardinia to Conditions. (Translation.†) ARTICLES OF PROTECTION granted by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the Principality of Monaco, agreed upon between the Plenipotentiaries of His Majesty, and those of the Prince of Monaco. Reference to Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815. DECLARATION. IT having been settled by the Treaty of Paris of the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), that the Relations re-established by the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1) between France and the * Approved by His Sardinian Majesty, 8th November, 1817. |