[Monaco, Mentone, and Roccabruna.] Count Della Valle, our First Minister, entrusted with the Portfolio of our Secretaryship of State for Foreign Affairs, and have hereunto affixed the Seal of our Arms. The above Minute of Declaration has been agreed upon, in order to its being presented for the Royal approbation. Turin, 7th November, 1817. THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF MONACO, DELLE VALLE. MONTIGLIO. [Approved by His Majesty the King of Sardinia, on the 8th of November, 1817.] 21st April, 1815. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 3rd May, 1. Boundary Line between Prussia and Russia, from the Frontier of EastPrussia to Neuhoff, thence to Leibitz and the Village of Gola to Silesia 2. Line in Waters, and by Landmarks. 3. Exceptions. 4. Definition of Appurtenances. 5. Enclosures (Enclavés). 6. Contested Cases. 7. 8. Woods, Pasturage, &c. 9. 10. Ancient Boundaries. 11. Executive Commission. 12. The River Drewenz. 13. Evacuation of Troops. 14. Delivery of Documents. 15. Recruits. 16. Posta! Frontier. 17. Ratifications. Separate Articles. 1. Rights of Prussia over Jemelin. 2. Conditions of Cession of Kirchdorf. 3. Ratification of Separate Articles. (Translation.) 21st April, Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 3rd May, 1815. As difficulties have arisen in the application of Art. I. of the Treaty concluded at Vienna on the 21st April (3rd May), 1815, the High Contracting Powers have resolved to remove them by a Special Convention, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Prince von Hardenberg; and His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, Privy Councillor David von Alopeus, and Lieutenant-General Frederick Augustus d'Auvray, who have agreed as follows: ARTS I. to XVII., and SEPARATE ARTS. I. to III. (See Table.) 30th October, Berlin, 11th November, 1817. PRINCE VON HARDENBERG. D. ALOPEUS. F. D'AUVRAY. [Jever.] No. 78.-RUSSIAN PATENT on Cession of the Lordship of Jever to Holstein-Oldenburg. Warsaw, 18th April, 1818. (Translation.) WE, Alexander I., Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, &c., send our most gracious greeting to all the inhabitants of our Lordship of Jever, and give them to understand; That We, actuated by special affection for the younger line of Our Princely Family reigning in the Duchy of Oldenburg, have resolved to cede and make over the Lordship of Jever to the present representative of that line, the Duke Peter Frederick Lewis of Holstein-Oldenburg; so that the said Lordship may be reunited under one Government as formerly, and in accordance with the intention of the former ruler Count Anthony Günther, may remain united for ever. With this intention we have committed the Administration of the Lordship of Jever to the Duke of Oldenburg ever since the beginning of the year 1814, and now, in consequence thereof, we command all and each of the inhabitants of the Lordship of Jever, the officials and residents in the town and in the country, to recognise, now and from henceforward, His Highness the Duke Peter Frederick Lewis of Holstein-Oldenburg, his heirs and successors, as their only lawful Sovereign, to swear fidelity as subjects to him, and to show towards him all the obedience which they were bound to show to us, and from which, for our selves, our heirs and successors, we now release and discharge them for ever. Warsaw, 18th April, 1818. COUNT VON NESSELRODE. ALEXANDER. [Private Claims on France.] No. 79.—CONVENTION between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and France, respecting the liquidation of Private Claims on France. Signed at Paris, 25th April, Preamble. Reference to Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815. 1. Private claims. 2. Claims of France to reimbursement under Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815, abandoned. Claims of the Four Powers under Treaty of 20th November, 1815, cancelled. Free transfer of Inscriptions of Rentes. 3. Deductions from Securities annulled. 4. Sums rested by French Subjects in countries detached from France to be reimbursed by France. 5. Liberation of France from Debts under Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815. 6. Mixed Commission under Convention of 20th November, 1815, to close proceedings of Liquidation. 7. Distribution of Rente to be created. 8. Interest on Rentes and Periods of Payment. 9. Delivery of Inscriptions to Royal Treasury of France. Protests or Notices. 10. Facilities to be afforded by France for verification of Liquidation of Debts. 11. Liquidation of Claims for Military Services. 12. Commissioners to form the medium of communication with Offices and Administrations. 13. Payment of Claims in Territories divided between several States. Arbitration in case of difficulties. 14. Ratifications. 15. Accessions. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Preamble. Reference to Treaties of 30th May, 1814, and 20th November, 1815. THE Courts of Great Britain, of Austria, of Prussia, and of Russia, Contracting Parties to the Treaty of the 20th November, 1815 (No. 45), considering that the liquidation of Private Claims upon the French Government, founded upon the Convention concluded conformably to Article IX. of the said Treaty, for regulating the execution of the XIXth and following Articles of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), had become, by the uncertainty of its duration and result, a source of continually increasing anxiety to the French Nation, and consequently par * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. v., p. 179. [Private Claims on France.] ticipating in the desire of IIis Most Christian Majesty to put an end to that uncertainty by an arrangement which should discharge all those claims by a fixed sum; the said Powers and His Most Christian Majesty have named for their Plenipotentiaries, viz. : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Sir Charles Stuart, one of His Most Honourable Privy Council, and His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia the Sieur Nicholas Charles Baron de Vincent, His Chamberlain, and Privy Councillor, Lieutenant-General in His Armies, Colonel of a Regiment of Light Horse in His service, Ilis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c. Ilis Majesty the King of France and Navarre: the Sieur Armand Emanuel Duplessis Richelieu, Duke of Richelieu, First Gentleman of His Bedchamber, His Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of His Ministers, &c. Ilis Majesty the King of Prussia: The Sieur Charles Frederic Ileury Count de Goltz, Lieutenant-General in His Armies, and His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c. His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, King of Poland: the Sieur Charles André Pozzo di Borgo, Lieutenant-General in His Armies, His Aide-de-Camp General, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c. And the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being of opinion that the concurrence of His Excellency Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, would effectually contribute to the success of this negociation; after having settled in concert with him, and by the consent of the Parties concerned, the bases of the arrangement to be concluded, have agreed, in virtue of their Full Powers, to the following Articles: Private Claims. ART. I. For the purpose of effecting the total discharge of debts contracted by France, in countries which do not form a part of her present Territory, with any individuals, corporations, or establishments whatsoever, payment of which debts is claimed in virtue of the Treaties of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), and of the 20th November, 1815 (No. 45), the French Government |