[Luxemburg, &c.] Confirmation of Treaties of 31st May and 9th June, 1815. ART. XX. The Treaty concluded with His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, at Vienna, the 31st of May, 1815 (No. 22), as well as all the Articles of the Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th of June, 1815 (No. 27), which affect the interests of His said Majesty, or which have been stipulated with Him, are confirmed in all the points and stipulations which have not been expressly changed by the present Convention. Ratifications. ART. XXI. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Acts of Ratification exchanged within the space of two months, or sooner if practicable. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have hereunto affixed their Hands and Seals. Done at Frankfort on the Mayne, this 8th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, 1816. (L.S.) LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) LE BARON DE GAGERN. ANNEX.-Protocol of Conference of 21st November, 1815. (See No. 49.) [Luxemburg, &c.] No. 65.-TREATY between Great Britain and the Netherlands respecting Luxemburg, &c. Signed at Frankfort, 16th November, 1816. [This Treaty formed Annex V. to the General Treaty of Frankfort of 20th July, 1819.] Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 20th November, 1815. 1. Sovereignty of the Netherlands over Belgic Provinces of the Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Bouillon. Boundaries. Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg. 2. French Pecuniary Indemnity. Part of Indemnity to be employed for Defence of Frontiers. 3. Relinquishment of Claim to Indemnification under Treaty of 20th Nov. 1815. Indemnity to be divided between Austria and Prussia. 4. Fortress of Luxemburg to be a Fortress of the Germanic Confederation. 5. Prussia to appoint Governor and Commandant of Fortress of Luxemburg. Composition of Garrison. 6. Civil Government over City and Fortress of Luxemburg vested in King of Netherlands. 7. Confirmation of Treaties of 1815. 8. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 20th November, 1815. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, desiring, in common with their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Prussia,† to give effect, by a Particular Treaty, to the Articles and Stipulations of the Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th day of November, 1815 (No. 40), as well those relating to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as those which concern the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and to consolidate the Arrangements therefrom arising, have nominated for the above purpose the following Plenipotentiaries, viz.: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Richard Le Poer Trench, Earl of Clancarty, Viscount Dunlo, Baron Kilconnel, Baron *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. vii., p. 48. + See Treaties, 8th November, 1816; 12th March, 1817; and 17th April, 1817. [Luxemburg, &c.] Trench of Garbally in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of the Most Honourable Privy Council of Great Britain, and also of that of Ireland, President of the Committee of the former for the Affairs of Trade and Plantations, Colonel of the County of Galway Regiment of Militia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, &c.; And His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, the Sieur Hans Christopher Ernest Baron de Gagern, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Diet, and to the Free Town of Frankfort, &c. Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon, concluded, and signed the following Articles: Sovereignty of the Netherlands over Belgic Provinces of the Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Bouillon. Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg. ART. I. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, shall possess for Himself, His Descendants and Successors in full Property and Sovereignty, all the districts which, having made part of the Belgic Provinces of the Bishopric of Liège, and of the Duchy of Bouillon, in 1790, were ceded by France to the Allied Powers by the Treaty concluded at Paris the 20th day of November, 1815 (No. 40), as well as the territories enclosed (enclarés) with the Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg ceded by the same Treaty. Boundaries. In consequence of this determination, the Boundaries of the States of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and those of France, beginning from the North Sea, shall remain as they were fixed by the Treaty of Paris of the 30th day of May, 1814 (No. 1), as far as opposite Quievrain. From Quievrain the Line of Demarcation shall follow the ancient external Boundaries of Belgium, of the former Bishopric of Liège, and of the Duchy of Bouillon, as far as Villers, near Orval, as they were in 1790, taking in the whole of those Countries, and especially the Fortresses and Territories of Philippeville and Marienburg, in conformity with the Stipulations of Article I. of the said Treaty of the 20th day of November, 1815 (No. 40), and [Luxemburg, &c.] without otherwise changing the Boundaries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, which shall remain the same as they were fixed by the Treaty of Vienna of the 31st day of May, 1815 (No. 22), which Treaty is in all other respects fully confirmed. French Pecuniary Indemnity. ART. II. A part of the Pecuniary Indemnifications which His Most Christian Majesty has agreed to pay, by Article IV. of the Treaty of Paris of the 20th of November, 1815 (No. 40), being in virtue of the Arrangement agreed upon at Paris, between the Allied Powers, intended to defray the expense of strengthening the Line of Defence of the States bordering on France, IIis Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, shall receive for this purpose the sum of 60,000,000 francs. Part of Indemnity to be employed for Defence of Frontiers. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, engages to employ that sum on the works necessary for the Defence of the Frontiers of His States, in conformity with the system adopted, and according to the concert agreed upon on this subject between the Allied Powers, by the Protocol of the Conference of their Ministers of the 21st day of November, 1815, hereunto annexed (No. 49), and which shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the present Treaty. Relinquishment of Claim to Indemnification under Treaty of 20th November, 1815. ART. III. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, justly appreciating the advantages which result from the preceding arrangements, as well in respect to the extension of His territory, as to its means of defence, gives up, in reference to the sums stipulated in Article IV. of the Treaty of Paris of the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), the share which His Majesty might claim under the head of Indemnifications, and which was fixed by the Protocol of the Conference of the 21st of November, 1815, at the sum of 21,264,832 fr. 22 c. Indemnity to be divided between Austria and Prussia. His Majesty agrees that this share shall serve to complete the Indemnifications to Austria and Prussia, and be divided in equal proportions between those Powers. [Luxemburg, &c.] Fortress of Luxemburg to be a Fortress of the Germanic Con federation. ART. IV. Article III. of the Treaty concluded at Vienna the 31st May, 1815 (No. 22), and Article LXVII. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna, having stipulated that the Fortress of Luxemburg should be considered as a Fortress of the Germanic Confederation, this arrangement is maintained and expressly confirmed by the present Convention. Prussia to appoint Governor and Commandant of Fortress of Luxemburg. Composition of Garrison. ART. V. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, concedes to His Majesty the King of Prussia the right of naming the Governor and the Commandant of that Fortress, and agrees that the Garrison in general, as well as each particular description of force, shall be composed of threefourths Prussian troops and one-fourth Belgic troops (Troupes des Pays-Bas); thus relinquishing the right of appointment which Article LXVII. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna secured to His Majesty; but in such wise that this arrangement, made solely upon military grounds, shall in no respect affect the rights of Sovereignty of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, over the Town and Fortress of Luxemburg. Civil Government over City and Fortress of Luxemburg vested in King of Netherlands. ART. VI. The right of Sovereignty belonging in all its plenitude to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, over the City and Fortress of Luxemburg, as well as throughout the whole of the Grand Duchy, the administration of Justice, the collection of Duties and Taxes of every description, as well as every other branch of the Civil Administration, shall remain exclusively in the hands of those employed by His Majesty. Confirmation of Treaties of 1815. ART. VII. The Treaty concluded with His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, at Vienna, the 31st day of May, 1815 (No. 22), as well as all the Articles of the |