[Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] No. 21.-TREATY between Prussia and Hanover. Signed at Vienna, 29th May, 1815. [This Treaty formed Annex VI to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815 (No. 27).] 1. Cessions made by Prussia to Hanover. 2. Renunciation by Prussia of the Chapter of St. Peter. 3. Cessions by Hesse-Cassel to Hanover. Indemnities by Prussia. 4. Cessions by Hanover to Prussia of part of Duchy of Lauenburg. 5. Navigation of the Ems and Port of Embden. 6. Military Roads. 7. Return of Military to their Homes. Pensions. 8. Title Deeds, Documents, Plans, &c., of ceded Districts. 9. Responsibility of new Possessor of Countries ceded for all Debts. 10. Disposal of Meppen and Rheina-Wolbeck. Settlement of Frontier of Looz-Corswaren. Relations of Bentheim towards Hanover. 11. Exchange of Territory between Prussia and Brunswick. 12. Cession to be made to Oldenburg by Hanover. 13. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, desiring to comprise in a particular Treaty the dispositions contained in the Protocols signed the 13th and 21st of February, 1815, of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of England, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France, in order to carry into effect the stipulations of the Treaty concluded at Reichenbach on the 14th June, 1813,† and to fulfil the territorial arrangements consequent upon the engagement therein contained on the part of His Prussian Majesty, the two Sovereigns have named Plenipotentiaries to concert, agree upon, and sign, whatever relates to this subject, viz.: *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 94. + See Appendix. [Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Prince Hardenberg, his Chancellor of State, his First Plenipotentiary at the Congress, &c. And the Sieur Charles William Baron de Humboldt, His said Majesty's Minister of State, his Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty; his second Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c. And His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, the Sieur Ernest Frederic Herbert, Count Munster, Hereditary Grand Marshal of the Kingdom; his Minister of State and of the Cabinet, and his Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c. And the Sieur Ernest Christian George Augustus, Count de Hardenberg; his Minister of State and of the Cabinet, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c.; who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and proper form, have agreed to the following Articles: Cessions made by Prussia to Hanover. ART. I. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. XXVII.) Renunciation by Prussia of the Chapter of St. Peter. ART. II. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. XXVIII.) Cession by Hesse-Cassel to Hanover. Indemnities by Prussia. ART. III. His Majesty the King of Prussia engages, in consideration of certain indemnities to be taken out of the mass of the countries secured to him by the arrangements of the Congress of Vienna, to induce: 1. His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse to cede to His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, to be possessed by him and his successors, in full sovereignty and property, the three bailiwicks of Uechte, Freudenberg, and Aubourg, otherwise called Wagenfeld, with the districts and territories dependent thereon, as well as [Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] that part which His Royal Highness possesses of the County of Schaumburg and the Lordships of Plessen and Neuengleichen. 2. His Serene Highness the Landgrave of Hesse Rothenburg to renounce for ever the rights which he possesses in the said Lordship of Plessen, in order that these rights may be transferred to His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover. As the cession on the part of His Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse and the renunciation of the Landgrave of Hesse Rothenburg, above mentioned, have not been obtained within the three months prescribed by Article XL of the Protocol of the 13th of February, 1815; and as the reciprocal cessions ought to have been effected pursuant to that Article, with the reservation, that whilst Prussia continued in possession of the territory destined as a compensation to the Elector of Hesse and the Landgrave of Rothenburg, Hanover should retain, on her part, that portion of the Duchy of Lauenburg which has been made over to His Prussian Majesty, in virtue of Article IV; this arrangement shall continue in force until Hanover shall have actually acquired the cessions and renunciations on the part of Hesse, and until the Governments of Prussia and Hanover shall have agreed upon indemnities to be given to the latter for the diminution which would result from the loss of the territories comprised in the said cession and renunciation, indemnities which shall be provided out of the Eichsfeld, and of the Prussian part of the County of Hohenstein. His Prussian Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Great Britain and Hanover, having already consented to the other cessions to be made in virtue of the stipulations contained in the Protocol of the 13th February, 1815, the two High Contracting Parties will give the necessary orders that these cessions may be completed in 8 weeks from the date of the signature of the present Treaty. Cessions made by Hanover to Prussia. ART. IV. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. XXIX.) Navigation of the Ems, and Port of Embden. ART. V. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. XXX.) [Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] Military Roads. ART. VI. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. XXXI.) Return of Military to their Homes. Pensions. ART. VII. The military, in the active service of the two High Contracting Powers, natives of the countries ceded by one Power to the other in virtue of the present Convention, shall be sent home in one year from the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention. Officers of every rank may have the option of continuing in the service to which they are at present attached. The pensions allowed to different ranks of military shall continue to be paid by the Powers who have granted them. Title Deeds, Documents, Plans, &c., of Ceded Districts. ART. VIII. The High Contracting Parties reciprocally engage to restore to each other the Title-Deeds of Crown lands, and the documents and papers which relate to provinces and districts mutually ceded, within two months from the day of the restitution of each of the said provinces or districts. The same rule shall be observed with respect to the plans and maps of the towns and countries above mentioned. Responsibility of new Possessor of Countries Ceded for all Debts. ART. IX. In all the countries ceded or exchanged in pursuance of the present Convention, the new possessor shall be responsible for all the debts, specially mortgaged upon the said countries, as well as for those contracted for the expenses incurred in the actual improvement of these countries. The debts constitutionally contracted in the name of the country, particularly those in the Duchy of Lauenburg since 1798; for the expenses of forming the line of frontier, and those occasioned by the occupation of the French; shall be acknowledged as debts of the country, and the mode of effecting the speedy and punctual reimbursement of the capital and interest shall be settled with the concurrence of the provincial States. Disposal of Meppen and Rheina-Wolbeck. Settlement of Frontier of Looz-Corswaren. Relations of Bentheim towards Hanover. ART. X. The bailiwick of Meppen, belonging to the Duke of [Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] Aremberg, as well as the part of Rheina-Wolbeck which belongs to the Duke of Looz-Corswaren, which are now provisionally occupied by the Hanoverian Government, shall be placed in the situation, with respect to the kingdom of Hanover, which the Federative Constitution of Germany shall settle for the mediatised territories. The Prussian and Hanoverian Governments having nevertheless reserved to themselves, by Article XLIII of the said Protocol of the 13th of February, to agree hereafter, if necessary upon the fixing of another line of frontier with regard to the country belonging to the Duke of Looz-Corswaren; the said Governments will instruct the Commission, which they may name for settling the limits of that part of the County of Lingen ceded to Hanover, to deliberate thereupon, and to adjust definitively the frontiers of that part of the country belonging to the Duke of Looz-Corswaren, which, as aforesaid, is to be possessed by the Hanoverian Government. The relations between the Hanoverian Government and the County of Bentheim, shall remain as settled by the Mortgage Treaties existing between His Britannic Majesty and Count Bentheim; and when the rights derived by Treaty shall have expired, the relations of the County of Bentheim towards the kingdom of Hanover shall be such as the Federative Constitution of Germany shall determine for the mediatised territories. Exchange of Territory between Prussia and Brunswick. ART. XI. His Majesty the King of Prussia, desiring to make certain exchanges of territory with His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, for the consolidation of their respective territories: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, engages to use his best endeavours in inducing His Serene Highness to consent to these arrangements; and, to facilitate the same, he consents beforehand to any cessions of territory which the two Parties may agree upon. The present Article refers particularly to Calvoerde and Walkenried, without being absolutely restricted to these two places. Cession to be made to Oldenburg by Hanover. ART. XII. His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, with a view to acceding to His Prussian Majesty's wish, that a suitable accession of territory should be provided for His Serene Highness |