[1st Peace of Paris.] Federation of Germany. The States of Germany shall be independent, and united by a Federative Bond. Independence of Switzerland.+ Switzerland, Independent, shall continue to govern herself. Sovereign States of Italy. Italy, beyond the limits of the countries which are to revert to Austria, shall be composed of Sovereign States. Sovereignty of Malta. ART. VII. The Island of Malta and its Dependencies shall belong in full right and Sovereignty to His Britannic Majesty. Restoration by Great Britain of French Colonies, Fisheries, Factories, and Establishments. Cession of Tobago, St. Lucia, Isle of France (Mauritius), Rodrigues and Les Séchelles to Great Britain; and of part of St. Domingo to Spain. ART. VIII. His Britannic Majesty, stipulating for himself and his Allies, engages to restore to His Most Christian Majesty, within the term which shall be hereafter fixed, the Colonies, Fisheries, Factories, and Establishments of every kind which were possessed by France on the 1st of January, 1792, in the Seas and on the Continents of America, Africa, and Asia; with the exception, however, of the Islands of Tobago and St. Lucia, and of the Isle of France and its Dependencies, especially Rodrigues and Les Séchelles, which several Colonies and Possessions His Most Christian Majesty cedes in full right and Sovereignty to His Britannic Majesty, and also the portion of St. Domingo ceded to France by the Treaty of Basle,§ and which His Most Christian Majesty restores in full right and Sovereignty to His Catholic Majesty. Restoration by Sweden of Guadaloupe to France. ART. IX. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, in * See Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, Arts. LIII to LXIV and LXVII. + See Declaration of the 8 Powers of 20th March, 1815; Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815; and Act of the 5 Powers of 20th November, 1815. See Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, Art. XCV. § Annulled. [1st Peace of Paris.] virtue of the arrangements stipulated with the Allies, and in execution of the preceding Article, consents that the Island of Guadaloupe be restored to His Most Christian Majesty, and gives up all the rights he may have acquired over that Island. Restoration by Portugal of French Guiana to France.† ART. X. Her Most Faithful Majesty, in virtue of the arrange ments stipulated with her Allies, and in execution of the VIIIth Article, engages to restore French Guiana as it existed on the 1st of January, 1792, to His Most Christian Majesty, within the term hereafter fixed. Mediation of Great Britain; Boundaries of French Guiana. The renewal of the dispute which existed at that period on the subject of the Frontier, being the effect of this Stipulation, it is agreed that the dispute shall be terminated by a friendly arrangement between the two Courts, under the Mediation of His Britannic Majesty.+ Fortresses, &c., in Colonies restored to France. ART. XI. The Places and Forts in those Colonies and Settlements, which, by virtue of the VIIIth, IXth, and Xth Articles, are to be restored to His Most Christian Majesty, shall be given up in the state in which they may be at the moment of the signature of the present Treaty. Commerce, &c., of France in British India. ART. XII. His Britannic Majesty guarantees to the subjects of His Most Christian Majesty the same facilities, privileges, and protection, with respect to Commerce, and the security of their Persons and Property within the limits of the British Sovereignty on the Continent of India, as are now, or shall be granted to the most favoured Nations. French Fortifications and Garrisons in India. His Most Christian Majesty, on his part, having nothing See Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden of 13th August, 1814. Appendix. This Article was annulled by Art. CVI of the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, when another Article was substituted for it. See Treaty of 28th August, 1817. [1st Peace of Paris.] more at heart than the perpetual duration of Peace between the two Crowns of England and of France, and wishing to do his utmost to avoid anything which might affect their mutual good understanding, engages not to erect any Fortifications in the establishments which are to be restored to him within the limits of the British Sovereignty upon the Continent of India, and only to place in those establishments the number of Troops necessary for the maintenance of the Police. French right of Fishery at Newfoundland and Gulf of St. Lawrence. ART. XIII. The French right of Fishery upon the Great Bank of Newfoundland, upon the Coasts of the Island of that name, and of the adjacent Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shall be replaced upon the footing on which it stood in 1792. Periods of Restoration of French Colonies, &c. ART. XIV. Those Colonies, Factories, and Establishments, which are to be restored to His Most Christian Majesty by His Britannic Majesty or his Allies in the Northern Seas, or in the Seas on the Continents of America and Africa, shall be given up within the three months, and those which are beyond the Cape of Good Hope within the six months which follow the Ratification of the present Treaty. Division of Ships of War, Arsenals, &c., between France and the Allies. ART. XV. The High Contracting Parties having, by the IVth Article of the Convention of the 23rd of April last,* reserved to themselves the right of disposing, in the present Definitive Treaty of Peace, of the Arsenals and Ships of War, armed and unarmed, which may be found in the Maritime Places restored by the IInd Article of the said Convention, it is agreed, that the said Vessels and Ships of War, armed and unarmed, together with the Naval Ordnance and Naval Stores, and all materials for building and equipment, shall be divided between France and the Countries where the said Places are situated, in the proportion of two-thirds for France, and one-third for the Power to whom the said Places shall belong. The Ships and Vessels on the stocks, which shall not be launched within six weeks after the signature of the pre * See Appendix. [1st Peace of Paris.] sent Treaty, shall be considered as materials, and after being broken up shall be, as such, divided in the same proportions. Return of Workmen, Seamen, &c., to France. Commissioners shall be named on both sides, to settle the division, and draw up a statement of the same, and Passports or Safe Conducts shall be granted by the Allied Powers for the purpose of securing the return into France of the Workmen, Seamen, and others in the employment of France. Dutch Fleet in the Texel excepted. The Vessels and Arsenals existing in the Maritime Places which were already in the power of the Allies before the 23rd April, and the Vessels and Arsenals which belonged to Holland, and especially the Fleet in the Texel, are not comprised in the above Stipulations. The French Government engages to withdraw, or to cause to be sold, everything which shall belong to it by the above Stipulations, within the space of three months after the division shall have been carried into effect. Port of Antwerp.* Antwerp shall for the future be solely a Commercial Port. Persons and Property in Countries restored, and Debts of ART. XVI. The High Contracting Parties, desirous to bury in entire oblivion the dissensions which have agitated Europe, declare and promise that no Individual, of whatever rank or condition he may be, in the Countries restored and ceded by the present Treaty, shall be prosecuted, disturbed, or molested, in his Person or Property, under any pretext whatsoever, either on account of his conduct or political opinions, his attachment either to any of the Contracting Parties, or to any Government which has ceased to exist, or for any other reason, except for Debts contracted towards individuals, or acts posterior to the date of the present Treaty.† Right of Emigration. ART. XVII. The native Inhabitants and Aliens of whatever See also Treaty between the 5 Powers and Netherlands of 19th April, 1839, Art. XIV. + See Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, Art. CIII. [1st Peace of Paris.] Nation and condition they may be, in those Countries which are to change Sovereigns, as well in virtue of the present Treaty as of the subsequent arrangements to which it may give rise, shall be allowed a period of six years, reckoning from the exchange of the Ratifications, for the purpose of disposing of their property, if they think fit, whether it be acquired before or during the present War, and retiring to whatever Country they may choose. Renunciation of Government Claims for Contracts, &c.* ART. XVIII. The Allied Powers desiring to offer His Most Christian Majesty a new proof of their anxiety to arrest, as far as in them lies, the bad consequences of the disastrous epoch fortunately terminated by the present Peace, renounce all the sums which their Governments claim from France, whether on account of Contracts, Supplies, or any other advances whatsoever to the French Government, during the different Wars which have taken place since 1792. His Most Christian Majesty, on his part, renounces every claim which he might bring forward against the Allied Powers on the same grounds. In execution of this Article, the High Contracting Parties engage reciprocally to deliver up all titles, obligations, and documents, which relate to the Debts they may have mutually cancelled. Liquidation of Private Claims by France. ART. XIX. The French Government engages to liquidate and pay all Debts it may be found to owe in Countries beyond its own Territory, on account of Contracts, or other formal engagements between Individuals, or Private Establishments, and the French Authorities, as well for Supplies, as in satisfaction of legal engagements.† Commissioners of Claims. ART. XX. The High Contracting Parties, immediately after the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, shall name Commissioners to direct and superintend the execution of the whole of the Stipulations contained in the XVIIIth and *See Separate and Secret Articles, p. 18. + See Definitive Treaty of 20th November, 1815; Conventions of 20th November, 1815; Convention of 25th April, 1818; and Additional Article of 4th July, 1818. |