[Accession, 2nd Peace of Paris.]

No. 72.-ACCESSION of the King of Spain to the Treaties and Conventions of 20th November, 1815. Signed at Paris, 8th June, 1817.

(Translation.)

IIIs Catholic Majesty having acceded to the Treaties and Conventions contained in the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th June, 1815 (No. 27), by the Act of Accession delivered by the Sieur Charles Gutierrez de los Rios, Fernandez, of Cordoba, Sarminto de Soto-Mayor and Count de Fernan-Nuñez and de Barajas, Marquis de Castel Montcayo, Duke de Montebello de l'Arco et d'Aremberg, Prince de Barbanzon and of the Holy Roman Empire, and Five times Grandee of Spain of the First Class, Knight of the Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece, and Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III., his Gentleman of the Bedchamber in exercise of his functions, his Great Huntsman, Colonel of the Regiment of Hussars of Ferdinand VII., &c., and his Ambassador at the Court of His Most Christian Majesty, in virtue of his Full Powers to that effect; and His said Majesty having also been invited by His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to accede to the Definitive Treaty, concluded and signed at Paris on the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), after having had the said Treaty communicated to him as well as the Conventions annexed thereto, and which form part thereof, having nothing more at heart than to give to His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland every proof of confidence and friendship in His power, has furnished for this purpose with his Full Powers the undersigned, his Ambassador at the Court of His Most Christian Majesty, to notify in his name this Accession; who, in consequence, declares that His Catholic Majesty accedes by the present Act to the above-mentioned Treaty and Conventions of the 20th November, 1815 (Nos. 40-46), which Treaty and Conventions are supposed to be inserted here word for word, and engages to conform in every particular with the Stipulations contained therein, as well as to co-operate on his part in the fulfilment of the obligations in so far as they may concern His Catholic Majesty.

The present Act of Accession shall be ratified within 2 months

[Accession, 2nd Peace of Paris.]

after the delivery of the Act of Acceptance, and before the expiration of the said period the exchange of the instruments of Ratification of Accession on the one part, and of Ratification of Acceptance on the other, shall be proceeded with.

In faith whereof, we, the Plenipotentiaries of His Catholic Majesty, have, in virtue of our Full Powers, produced before the Plenipotentiaries of the respective Powers, signed the present Act of Accession, and have affixed thereto the Seal of our Arms.

Done at Paris, the 8th June, in the year of our Lord, 1817.

(L.S.) LE COMTE DE FERNAN-NUNEZ.

DUC DE MONTELLANO.

(L.S.) CHIAS. STUART.

BRITISH ACT of Acceptance of the Accession of the King of Spain to the Definitive Treaty of Paris of 20th November, 1815. Paris, 8th June, 1817.

As by the Act delivered and signed on the 8th June, 1817, by the Sieur Charles Gutierrez de los Rios, Fernandez de Cordoba, Sarminto de Soto-Mayor, &c., Count de Fernan-Nuñez and Barajas, &c., in the name of His Catholic Majesty, that Sovereign has Acceded to the Definitive Treaty concluded at Paris on the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), that Act of Accession being word for word as follows.

(Here follows the Act of Accession.)

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has authorized the undersigned Charles Stuart, &c., to accept formally in His name the said Accession, the undersigned declares in consequence that His said Majesty accepts the present Act of Accession of His Catholic Majesty to the Definitive Treaty signed at Paris on the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), and binds himself on his part towards His Catholic Majesty to co-operate in the fulfilment of the obligations contained in the said Treaty, in so far as they may concern His said Britannic Majesty.

The present Act of Acceptance shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged with that of the Act of Accession within the term of 3 months, or sooner if possible.

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In faith whereof we, the Plenipotentiaries of His Britannic Majesty, have signed the present Act of Acceptance, and have affixed thereto the Seal of our Arms.

Done at Paris, the 8th June, in the year of our Lord, 1817. (L.S.) CHAS. STUART.

(L.S.) LE COMTE DE FERNAN-NUNEZ. DUC DE MONTELLANO.

[Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca.]

No. 73.-TREATY between Great Britain, Austria, Spain, France, Prussia, and Russia, relative to Parma, Placentia, &c. Signed at Paris, 10th June, 1817.

[This Treaty formed Annex VIII. of the General Treaty of Frankfort of 20th July, 1819.]

Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815; and to Treaty of 20th November, 1815. Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca. Cause of delay in Accession of Spain to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June 1815, and to Treaty of Paris of 20th November, 1815. Application of Article 99 of former Treaty. Reversion of Duchies after decease of Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa. Accessions of Spain of 7th and 8th June, 1817. Consolidation of Peace and good understanding.

1. Confirmation of state of possession of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, and of Principality of Lucca as fixed by Congress Treaty.

2. Reversion of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla.

3. Succession to Sovereignty of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla by H.M. the Infanta of Spain, Maria Louisa, Her son, the Infant Don Charles Louis, and His male descendants. Exception of districts within Austrian Dominions on left bank of the Po.

4. Succession of Grand Duke of Tuscany to Principality of Lucca, on decease of Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa.

5. Garrison of Fortress of Placentia by Austria.

6. Payment by Austria of Rente and Revenue of Lucca to Infanta Maria Louisa. Arbitration of France in case of difference.

7. Reversion of Duchies in event of extinction of line of Don Charles Louis, on footing of Treaties of 1748 and 1815.

8. Annexation of Treaty to Supplementary Article of Vienna Congress Treaty. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.*)

(In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.) Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815; and to Treaty of 20th November, 1815.

Delay of Accession of Spain to Vienna Congress. Reversion of Duchies.

CONSIDERING, that the motive which induced His Catholic Majesty to defer His Accession to the Treaty signed at the *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. iv., p. 75.

[Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca.]

Congress of Vienna on the 9th of June, 1815 (No. 27), as well as to that of Paris of the 20th of November of the same year (No. 40) was the desire to see established, by the unanimous consent of the Powers called thither, the application of Article XCIX. of the said Treaty of the 9th of June, and consequently the Reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, after the decease of Her Majesty the Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa;

That the above-mentioned accession was necessary for completing the general assent to the transactions on which the political interests and peace of Europe are principally founded;

That His Catholic Majesty, convinced of this truth and animated with the same principles as His August Allies, has of His own free will resolved to give His Accession to the said Treaty, in virtue of the solemn Acts signed to that effect on the 7th and 8th of June, 1817 (Nos. 71, 72), and that it has accordingly been judged proper to satisfy at the same time the demands of His Catholic Majesty concerning the Reversion of the said Duchies, in such manner as might still more contribute towards the consolidation of the Peace and good understanding happily re-established and existing in Europe: their Imperial and Royal Majesties of Austria, of Spain, of France, of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Russia have appointed to this effect, viz.:

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the Sieur Nicholas Charles Baron de Vincent, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c.

His Majesty the King of Spain and of the Indies, the Sieur Charles Gutierrez de los Rios, Fernandez de Cordoba, Sarmiento de Soto-Mayor, Comte de Fernan Nunez, Duke of Montellano, His Ambassador to His Most Christian Majesty, &c.

His Majesty the King of France and Navarre, the Sieur Armand Emanuel du Plessis Richelieu, Duke of Richelieu, His Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of His Ministers, &c.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Charles Stuart, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c.

His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Charles Frederick Henry, Comte de Goltz, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c.