[Vienna Congress Treaty.] of his Armies, Colonel of a Regiment of Infantry, Chamberlain, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, Vice-Chancellor of his Orders, Commander of his Order of the Polar Star, and Knight of the Order of the Sword; Knight of the Orders of Russia, of St. Anne of the First Class, and of St. George of the Fourth Class; Knight of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle of the First Class, and Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Such of the above Plenipotentiaries as have assisted at the close of the negotiations, after having produced their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to place in the said general Instrument the following Articles, and to affix to them their signatures :— Part of Duchy of Warsaw to be united to Russia. Title of King of Poland to be borne by the Czar. ART. I. The Duchy of Warsaw, with the exception of the provinces and districts which are otherwise disposed of by the following Articles, is united to the Russian Empire. It shall be irrevocably attached to it by its Constitution, and be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity. His Imperial Majesty reserves to himself to give to this State, enjoying a distinct administration,t the interior improvement which he shall judge proper. He shall assume with his other titles that of Czar, King of Poland, agreeably to the form established for the titles attached to his other possessions. Poles to receive Representative and National Institutions. The Poles, who are respective subjects of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, shall obtain a Representation and National Institutions, regulated according to the degree of political consideration, that each of the Governments to which they belong shall judge expedient and proper to grant them. Part of Duchy of Warsaw to be possessed by Prussia as Grand Duchy of Posen. ART. II. The part of the Duchy of Warsaw which His * See Separate Treaty between Austria and Russia of 3rd May, 1815. + The distinct Administration was abolished by an Organic Statute promulgated by the Emperor of Russia on the 26th February, 1832. See also Note, p. 94. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] Majesty the King of Prussia shall possess in full sovereignty and property, for himself, his heirs, and successors, under the title of the Grand Duchy of Posen,* shall be comprised within the following line : Proceeding from the frontier of Eastern Prussia to the village of Neuhoff, the new limit shall follow the frontier of Western Prussia, such as it subsisted from 1772 to the Peace of Tilsit [1807], to the village of Leibitsch, which shall belong to the Duchy of Warsaw; from thence shall be drawn a line, which, leaving Kompania, Grabowiec, and Szczytno to Prussia, passes the Vistula, near the last-mentioned place, from the other side of the river, which falls into the Vistula opposite Szczytno, to the ancient limit of the district of the Netze, near Gross-Opoczko, so that Sluzewo shall belong to the Duchy, and Przybranowa, Holláender, and Maciejevo, to Prussia. From Gross-Opoczko it shall pass by Chlewiska, which shall remain to Prussia, to the village of Przybyslaw, and from thence by the villages of Piaski, Chelmce, Witowiczki, Kobylinka, Woyczyn, Orchowo, to the town of Powidz. From Powidz it shall continue by the town of Slupce to the point of confluence of the rivers Wartha and Prosna. From this point it shall reascend the course of the river Prosna to the village of Koscielnawies, to within one league of the town of Kalisch. Then leaving to that town (on the side of the left bank of the Prosna), a semi-circular territory measured be the distance from Koscielnawies to Kalisch, the line shall return to the course of the Prosna, and shall continue to follow it, reascending by the towns of Grabow, Wieruszow, Boleslawiec, so as to terminate near the village of Gola, upon the frontier of Silesia, opposite Pitschin. Wieliczka Salt Mines and Territory to be possessed by Austria.t ART. III. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall possess, in full property and sovereignty, the salt-mines of Wieliczka, and the territory thereto belonging. Frontier between Galicia and Russia.‡ ART. IV. The way or bed (Thalweg) of the Vistula shall sepa *See Separate Treaty between Prussia and Russia of 3rd May, 1815. See Treaty between Austria and Russia of 3rd May, 1815, Art. II. See same Treaty, Art. III. [Vienna Congress Treaty.] rate Galicia from the territory of the Free Town of Cracow. It shall serve at the same time as the frontier between Galicia and that part of the ancient Duchy of Warsaw united to the States of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, as far as the vicinity of the town of Zavichost. From Zavichost to the Bug, the dry frontiers shall be determined by the line drawn in the Treaty of Vienna of 1809,* excepting such modifications as by common consent may be thought necessary to be introduced. The frontier from the Bug shall be re-established on this side (de ce côté) between the two Empires, such as it was before the said Treaty. Restitution by Russia to Austria of Districts separated from Eastern Galicia.† ART. V. His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias cedes to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty the districts which have been separated from Eastern Galicia, in consequence of the Treaty of Vienna of 1809, from the Circles of Zloczow, Brzezan, Tarnopol, and Zalesczyk, and the frontiers on this side (de ce côté) shall be re-established, such as they were before the date of the said Treaty. Cracow declared to be a Free, Neutral, and Independent Town, under the Protection of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. ART. VI. The Town of Cracow, with its Territory, is declared to be for ever a Free, Independent, and strictly Neutral City, under the protection of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Boundaries of the Territory of Cracow. ART. VII. The territory of the Free Town of Cracow shall have for its frontier upon the left bank of the Vistula a line, which, Treaty between Austria and France of 14th October, 1809, Art. III. Annulled. See p. 23. + See Treaty between Austria and Russia of 3rd May, 1815, Art. I. See Treaty between Austria and Prussia of 3rd May, 1815, Art. IV; and Treaty between Austria, Prussia, and Russia of 6th November, 1846. § See note p. 127. See Treaty between Prussia and Russia of 3rd May, 1815, Art. II; and Additional Treaty between Austria, Prussia, and Russia of the same date, Arts. II and III. |