་ [Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Mayence.] their goods, and to export their value, without any deduction whatever. Right to dispose of Salt Works, Mineral Produce, &c. ART. X. The High Contracting Parties agree to a term of 3 months, dating from the signature of the present Convention, to enable them to sell the Salt Works, Mineral Produce, and all other factories whatever, to the State taking possession, or to export them free of all duty and drawbacks whatever. Removal of Artillery and Ammunition. ART. XI. The same term of 3 months is agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties, for the removal of all articles of Artillery (Artillerie de place) and ammunition. Native Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the other Powers. ART. XII. Within the term of one year from the date of the signature of the present Convention, military men born within the territories exchanged or ceded shall be placed at the disposal of their respective Sovereigns. It is, however, agreed that the Officers and Soldiers who may wish of their free will to remain in the service of either Power may do so, without being interfered with in any way. All arrangements contrary to the present Article, which may have been entered into since 1809, are annulled. Guarantee to be obtained from England, Prussia, and Russia, of Bavarian retrocessions. ART. XIII. His Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic Majesty promises His Majesty the King of Bavaria, to obtain for him from the Courts of Russia, England, and Prussia, the guarantee of his dominions, and of the Territories which have devolved to him by virtue of the present Convention, or which shall devolve upon him by virtue of the definitive arrangements. Treaty to be kept Secret. ART. XIV AND LAST. The present Convention, bearing only on arrangements of mutual convenience between the High Contracting Parties, shall not be communicated to any of the allied Courts, and shall remain secret between them. It shall be ratified within 15 days, or sooner if possible. [Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Mayence.] In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Signed at Paris, 3rd June, 1814. (L.S.) LE FELD MARECHAL COMTE DE WREDE. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. Austria and Bavaria. Paris, 3rd June, 1814. (Translation.) Occupation of Fortress of Kufstein. ART. I. The Fortress of Kufstein, not including the Town of the same name, shall continue to be occupied by Bavarian troops, until the definitive arrangements between the two Powers. Payments for Army Supplies. ART. II. His Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic Majesty promises His Majesty the King of Bavaria, to cause all articles furnished to the Austrian troops during their passage through the Bavarian States to be paid. Indemnity for Arrears of Direct Taxes. ART. III. His Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic Majesty will indemnify the Bavarian Government for the arrears which would be due to them, on the direct taxes of the French departments which had been placed under their administration during the war, in the same proportion as he may be indemnified by the French Government. Additional Articles to have same force and validity as the The present Additional Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the Convention 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 the same, and have affixed thereto the scal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 3rd of June, 1814. (L.S.) LE COMTE DE WREDE. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. [1st Peace of Paris.] No. 3.-TREATY of Peace between France and Spain. Signed at Paris, 20th July, 1814. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, and his Allies, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of France and of Navarre, on the other part, animated by an equal desire to terminate the long agitations of Europe, and the sufferings of mankind, by a permanent Peace, founded upon a just repartition of Force between its States, and containing in its stipulations the pledge of its durability; and His Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, together with his Allies, being unwilling to require of France, now that, replaced under the paternal Government of her Kings, she offers the assurance of security and stability to Europe, the conditions and guarantees which they had with regret demanded from her former Government, their said Majesties have named, to discuss, settle and sign a Treaty of Peace and Amity, namely: His Majesty the King of Spain, Don Pedro Gomez Labrador, his Councillor of State, &c. And His Majesty the King of France, Charles Maurice Talleyrand Périgord, Prince de Bénévent, his Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :: [The Articles of this Treaty are the same as those of the General Treaty of Paris of 30th May, 1814, No. 1.] Ratifications. XXXIII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged within the period of 20 days, or sooner if possible. *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. i, p. 1099. [1st Peace of Paris.] In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and affixed to it the Seals of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 20th July, 1814. (L.S.) PEDRO GOMEZ LABRADOR. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. France and Spain. France and Spain. Paris, 20th July, 1814. Restoration of Property Sequestered. ART. I. Properties of whatever nature possessed by Spaniards in France, or by Frenchmen in Spain, shall be respectively restored to them in the same state as that in which they were at the time of their Sequestration or Confiscation. The removal of Sequestration shall extend to all Properties of that nature, whatever may be the time of the Sequestration. Disputes respecting coins in actual circulation, or which may arise hereafter between France and Spain, whether they shall have arisen before the War or at a later date, shall be settled by a mixed Commission; and if such Disputes are within the jurisdiction of courts of justice, the respective tribunals shall be called upon, on either side, to administer a prompt and impartial justice. A Commercial Treaty to be concluded. ART. II. A Treaty of Commerce shall be concluded between the two Powers as soon as possible, and until such Treaty can be put into execution, the commercial relations between the two kingdoms shall be re-established on the same footing as they existed in 1792. The present Additional 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 the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 20th July, 1814. (L.S.) (L.S.) PEDRO-GOMEZ LABRADOR. LE PRINCE DE BENEVENT. [Belgic Provinces.] No. 4.-ACT of Acceptance of the Sovereignty of the Belgic Provinces, in the name of the King of the Netherlands. Signed at The Hague, 21st July, 1814.* [This Act was annexed to the Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and the Netherlands of 31st May, 1815, No. 22; and which Treaty formed Annex X to the Vien Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, No. 27.] 3. Representation of Belgic Provinces at Assembly of States General. 4. Equality of Inhabitants of the Netherlands. 5. Commerce and Navigation in Dutch Colonies. 6. Debts to be paid by the Netherlands. 7. Expenses of Frontier Fortresses to be paid by the Netherlands. 8. Repair of Dykes. (English Version.†) His Excellency the Earl of Clancarty, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Britannic Majesty to His Royal Highness the Prince Sovereign of the Netherlands, having delivered to the Undersigned a copy of the Protocol of a Conference which took place in the month of June last, between the Ministers of the High Allied Powers, and signed by them, on the subject of the Union of Belgium with Holland‡; and the said Ambassador having also communicated to him the instructions he had received from his Court, to enter into an arrangement with General Baron Vincent, Governor General of Belgium, for delivering up the Provisional Government of the Belgic Provinces to the person whom His Royal Highness shall entrust with it, in the name of the Allied Powers, until the time of their definitive and formal Union; provided that the said Ambassador, previously, and in conjunction with the Ministers, or other Diplomatic Agents of Austria, Russia and Prussia, now at the Hague, should receive from His Royal Highness his formal Accession to the conditions of the Union of the Two Countries, according to the invitation made to the Prince Sovereign, in the said Protocol; the under* This Union between Holland and Belgium was dissolved by the Treaty between the 5 Powers and Belgium of the 15th November, 1831, and the Treaties of 19th April, 1839. + For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p, 141. + See page 40. |