[Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca.] His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, King of Poland, the Sieur Charles Andrew Pozzo di Borgo, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty, &c. Who, after exchanging their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following Articles : Confirmation of State of possession of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, and of Principality of Lucca as fixed by Congress Treaty. ART. I. The present state of possession of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia and Guastalla, as well as that of the principality of Lucca, being fixed by the Stipulations of the Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), the dispositions contained in Articles XCIX., CI., and CII. are confirmed and maintained in their full force and validity. Reversion of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. ART. II. The Reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia and Guastalla, referred to in Article XCIX. of the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), is settled in the following manner: Succession of Sovereignty of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. ART. III. The Duchies of Parma, Placentia and Guastalla, shall, after the decease of Her Majesty the Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa, devolve, in full Sovereignty, to Her Majesty the Infanta of Spain, Maria Louisa, to the Infant Don Charles Louis, Her Son, and to His Descendants in the direct male line, with the exception of the districts enclosed (enclavés) within the dominions of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, on the left bank of the Po, which shall remain in entire Property to His said Majesty, conformably to the restriction laid down in Article XCIX. of the Act of the Congress (No. 27). Succession of Grand Duke of Tuscany to Lucca. ART. IV. At the same period, the Reversion of the Principality of Lucca, provided for in Article CII. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), shall be carried into effect, on the conditions and according to the provisions of the same Article in favour of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany. [Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Lucca.] Garrison of Fortress of Placentia by Austria. ART. V. Although the frontier of the Austrian States in Italy is fixed by the line of the Po, it is, nevertheless, unanimously agreed, that as the Fortress of Placentia is an object of essential interest to the defensive system of Italy, His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall continue to enjoy the pure and simple right of garrison in that city, until the Reversions consequent on the extinction of the Spanish line of the Bourbons shall take place; while all the Regalities and Civil Rights over the said city shall be reserved to the future Sovereign of Parma. The expence and maintenance of the garrison in the city of Placentia shall be at the charge of Austria, and its force in time of peace shall be amicably settled between the High Parties interested, who shall make it the rule of their conduct to consult as much as possible the convenience of the inhabitants. Payment by Austria of Rent and Revenue of Lucca to Infanta Maria Louisa. Arbitration of France in case of difference. ART. VI. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty engages to pay to Her Majesty the Infanta Maria Louisa, the arrears due from the 9th of June, 1815, pursuant to the Stipulations of Section 2 of Article CI. of the Act of the Congress (No. 27), and to continue the discharge of them according to the same Stipulations and with the same securities. His Majesty further engages to cause to be paid to Her Majesty the Infanta the amount of the Revenues collected in the Principality of Lucca, since the period in question, up to the moment when Her Majesty the Infanta entered into possession, deducting therefrom the expenses of Administration. The liquidation of these Revenues shall be conducted in an amicable manner between the High Parties interested; and in the event of any difference of opinion, they shall submit to the arbitration of His Most Christian Majesty. Reversion of Duchies in event of extinction of Don Charles Louis, on footing of Treaties of 1748 and 1815. ART. VII. The Reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia and Guastalla, in the event of the line of the Infant Don Charles Louis becoming extinct, is expressly to remain on the footing agreed upon in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748, and in the [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 Biedenhopf. 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.) WESTPILAL. (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 Pará and Pernambuco. (Translation.*) Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. Restoration of French Guiana to France. ART. I. His 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 sooner 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. |