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Department of Foreign Affairs, Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, of the Order of St. Andrew, of the Orders of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle, of the Order of the Elephant, of the Order of St. Hubert, of the Crown of Saxony, of the Order of St. Joseph, of the Order of the Sun of Persia, &c.;

The Sieur Duke D'Alberg, Minister of State to His Majesty the King of France and Navarre, Grand Cordon of the Legion of Ilonour, of that of Fidelity of Baden, and Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem;

The Sieur Count Gouvernet de Latour du Pin, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, and of the Legion of Honour, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Ilis said Majesty to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands;

And the Sieur Alexis Count de Noailles, Knight of the Royal
and Military Order of St. Louis, Grand Cross of the Royal and
Military Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Knight of the
Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Leopold, of St. Wolodimir, of
Merit of Prussia, and Colonel in the service of France:-

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland:

The Right Honourable Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh,
Privy Councillor of His said Majesty, Member of Parliament,
Colonel of the Londonderry Regiment of Militia, his Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Knight of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, &c.;

The Most Excellent and Most Illustrious Lord Arthur Wellesley, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Wellington, Marquess of Douro, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, and Baron Douro of Wellesley, Privy Councillor of His said Majesty, Marshal of his Armies, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, and Grandee of Spain of the First Class, Duke of Vittoria, Marquis of Torres Vedras, Conde de Vimeira in Portugal; Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece, of the Military Order of St. Ferdinand of Spain, Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial and Military Order of

* The Duke of Wellington did not sign this Treaty, having left Vienna on the 29th March, to take command of the army in the Netherlands.

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Maria-Theresa, Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. George of Russia of the First Class; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of the Sword of Sweden, &c.;

The Right Honourable Richard Le Poer Trench, Earl of Clancarty, Viscount Dunlo, Baron Kilconnel, Privy Councillor of His said Majesty, President of the Committee of Council for the Affairs of Trade and Colonies, Postmaster-General, Colonel of the Galway Regiment of Militia, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath;

The Right Honourable William Shaw, Earl Cathcart, Viscount Cathcart, Baron Cathcart and Greenock, Peer of Parliament, Privy Councillor of His said Majesty, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Honourable Order of the Thistle, and of the Orders of Russia, General of his Armies, Vice-Admiral of Scotland, Colonel of the Second Regiment of Life Guards, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, &c.;

And the Right Honourable Charles William Stewart, Lord Stewart, a Lord of His Majesty's Bedchamber, Privy Councillor of His said Majesty, Lieutenant-General of his Armies, Colonel of the 25th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Governor of Fort Charles in Jamaica, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of the Black and Red Eagle of Prussia, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, and Knight of the Order of St. George of Russia :

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the Kingdoms of Portugal and the Brazils:

The Sieur Don Peter de Sousa-Holstein, Count of Palmella, a Member of his Council, Commander of the Order of Christ, Captain of the German Company of Body Guards, Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III of Spain;

The Sieur Antonio de Saldanha da Gama, a Member of his Council and of the Finances, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, Commander of the Military Order of St. Benedict of Avez, First Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Brazil;

And the Sieur Don Joachim Lobo da Silveira, a Member of his Council, Commander of the Order of Christ :

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His Majesty the King of Prussia:

The Prince of Hardenberg, his Chancellor of State, Knight of the Grand Orders of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle of St. John of Jerusalem, and of the Iron Cross of Prussia, of the Orders of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander Newsky, and of St. Anne of the First Class of Russia, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain, of St. Hubert of Bavaria, of the Supreme Order of the Annunciation of Sardinia, Knight of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden, of the Elephant of Denmark, of the Golden Eagle of Wurtemberg, and of several others;

And the Sieur Charles-William, Baron de Humboldt, his Minister of State, Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Knight of the Grand Order of the Red Eagle, and of the Iron Cross of Prussia of the First Class, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Anne of Russia, of the Order of Leopold of Austria, and of the Crown of Bavaria :

:

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias:

The Sieur Andrew, Prince de Rasoumoffsky, his Privy Councillor, Senator, Knight of the Orders of St. Andrew, of St. Wolodimir, of St. Alexander Newsky, and of St. Anne of the First Class, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St. Stephen, and of those of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle of Prussia;

The Sieur Gustavus, Count de Stackelberg, his Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Chamberlain, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Newsky, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Wolodimir and of St. Anne of the First Class, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle of Prussia;

And the Sieur Charles, Count de Nesselrode, his Privy Councillor, Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Newsky, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Wolodimir of the Second Class, of St. Stephen of Hungary, of the Red Eagle of Prussia, of the Polar Star of Sweden, and of the Golden Eagle of Wurtemberg :

His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway:

The Sieur Charles-Axel, Count de Loewenhielm, Major-General

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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 is *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.

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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, Hollaender, 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 Koscielna wies, 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 by 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.+ 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.