[1st Peace of Paris.] every trace of the unhappy events which have weighed upon their Countries, have agreed explicitly to annul the effects of the Treaties of 1805* and 1809,† in so much as they are not already annulled, in fact, by the present Treaty. In consequence of this determination, His Most Christian Majesty promises that the Decrees issued against French Subjects, or reputed French, being, or having been, in the service of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, shall remain without effect, as well as the judgments which may have been given in execution of those Decrees. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty Patent of this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and affixed to it the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th of May, in the year of our Lord, 1814. LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. (L.S.) (L.S.) LE COMTE DE STADION. (L.S.). LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. ADDITIONAL AND SECRET ARTICLES. Austria and France. ART. 1. Payment of Lorraine Rente. 2. Delivery of all Acts relating to German Empire, Belgium, &c. (Translation.) Payment of Lorraine Rente. ART. I. From the date of the signature of the present Treaty, the payment of the revenue (rente) called Lorraine, shall continue the same as up to 1791. Delivery of all Acts relating to German Empire, Belgium, &c. ART. II. The Court of France engages to deliver to the Commissioners, who shall be appointed for that purpose by the Court of Vienna, all the Acts bearing upon the Ancient Empire of Germany, Belgium, and other provinces which have formed part of the Austrian Monarchy, and which have been taken from the Archives of Vienna. * Treaty between Austria and France of 26th December, 1805, annulled. + Treaty between Austria and France of 14th October, 1809, annulled. [1st Peace of Paris.] The present Additional and Secret Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word in the Treaty of this day. They shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and affixed to them the Seals of their Arms. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. ADDITIONAL SECRET ARTICLES. France and Portugal. Paris, 30th May, 1814. 3. Annulment of Treaties of Badajoz and Madrid of 1801, and of Convention of Lisbon of 1804. (Translation.) Restoration of French Guiana.* ART. I. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal and of the Algarves, engages and binds himself that those clauses of the Capitulation of French Guiana which shall not have been executed, shall receive at the time of the restitution of that Colony to France, their full and entire fulfilment. Claims. ART. II. With reference to the claims which the subjects of one of the Contracting Parties may make on the other, there shall be perfect reciprocity, so that, for every kind of Claim, what has been done by one of the two Governments shall be the rule of the other. Annulment of Treaties of Badajoz and Madrid of 1801, and of Convention of Lisbon of 1804. ART. III. Although the Treaties, Conventions, and Acts concluded between the two Contracting Powers before the war, are annulled by the fact of the war, the High Contracting Parties have nevertheless considered it advisable again expressly to declare that the said Treaties, Conventions, and Acts, namely, the *See Convention between France and Portugal of 28th August, 1817. [1st Peace of Paris.] Treaties signed at Badajoz and at Madrid in 1801,* and the Convention signed at Lisbon in 1804,† are null and void so far as they concern France and Portugal, and that they mutually give up all right, and discharge themselves from every obligation which might arise out of them. The present Additional Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were word for word inserted in the Treaty Patent of this day. They shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th May, 1814. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. (L.S.) LE COMTE DE FUNCHAL. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. France and Prussia. Paris, 30th May, 1814. SUBJECT. Annulment of Treaties since 1795, and of Decrees against French Subjects in the service of Prussia. (English version.) Annulment of Treaties since 1795, and of Decrees against French Subjects in the service of Prussia. ALTHOUGH the Treaty of Peace concluded at Bâle, the 5th April, 1795, that of Tilsit of the 9th July, 1807, the Convention of Paris of 20th September, 1808, as well as all the Conventions and Acts whatsoever concluded since the Peace of Bâle between Prussia and France, are already annulled in fact by the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties have nevertheless considered it advisable again expressly to declare that the said Treaties cease to be binding in all their Articles, as well patent as secret, and that they mutually give up all right, and disengage themselves from every obligation which might arise out of them. His Most Christian Majesty promises that the Decrees issued against French Subjects, or reputed French, being or having been * Treaties between France and Portugal of 6th June, and 29th September, 1801, annulled. + Convention between France and Portugal of 19th March, 1804, annulled. [1st Peace of Paris.] in the service of His Prussian Majesty, shall remain without effect, as well as the judgments which may have been given in execution of those Decrees. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty Patent of this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and affixed to it the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1814. CHARLES AUGUSTE BARON DE HARDENBERG. CHARLES GUILLAUME BARON DE HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. (L.S.) (L.S.) ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. France and Russia. Paris, 30th May, 1814. SUBJECT. Pecuniary Claims in the Duchy of Warsaw. (English version.) Pecuniary Claims in the Duchy of Warsaw. THE Duchy of Warsaw being under the administration of a Provisional Council, established by Russia, ever since that Country has been occupied by her arms, the two High Contracting Parties have agreed immediately to appoint a Special Commission, composed, on both sides, of an equal number of Commissioners, which shall be charged with the examination, liquidation, and all arrangements relative to their reciprocal pretensions. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty Patent of this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and affixed to it the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1814. (L.S.) (L.S.) (L.S.) ANDRE COMTE DE RASOUMOFFSKY. CHARLES ROBERT COMTE DE NESSELRODE. [1st Peace of Paris.] [For Convention and Additional Articles between France and Spain. Signed at Paris, 20th July, 1814. See No. 3.] ADDITIONAL AND SECRET ARTICLE. France and Sweden. Paris, 30th May, 1814. Union of Norway to Sweden. SUBJECT. (Translation.) Union of Norway to Sweden. His Most Christian Majesty recognises the Union of the Kingdom of Norway to the Kingdom of Sweden by virtue of its cession to His Swedish Majesty by the Treaty of Kiel. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Treaty Patent of this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed to it the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th May, in the year of Our Lord, 1814. (L.S.) (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. (L.S.) G. BARON DE WETTARSTEDT. [The Additional Article for the abrogation of the Treaties from 1805 to 1809, as well as the Separate and Secret Articles, are the same as those at pages 18 and 22.] Extracts from Treaty between Great Britain and Denmark. Signed at Kiel, 14th January, 1814. (Translation.) ART. III. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland consents to restore to His Danish Majesty all the Possessions and Colonies which have been conquered by the British Arms in this present War, except the Island of Heligoland, which His Britannic Majesty reserves to himself with full and unlimited Sovereignty. ART. X. Whereas His Danish Majesty, in virtue of the Treaty of Peace this day concluded with His Majesty the King of Sweden, |