[Genoa, Geneva, &c.]

private individuals shall not be prevented from making new

ones.

5. The new Government shall continue the provision made by the present Government for the support of the clergy and of religious worship.

6. The Roman Catholic Church, now established at Geneva, shall be maintained, as at present, at the expense of the State, as the eventual laws of the constitution of Geneva have already decreed. A suitable establishment and provision shall be made for the clergyman.

7. The Roman Catholic communes and the parish of Geneva shall continue to form part of the diocese which is to govern the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, unless it should be otherwise regulated by the authority of the Holy See.

8. In no case whatever shall the bishop be disturbed in his pastoral visits.

9. The inhabitants of the ceded territory are placed entirely on the same footing in point of civil and political rights, with those of the city of Geneva: they shall enjoy these rights equally with them, excepting, however, the rights of property, of citizenship, or of the commune.

10. Roman Catholic children shall be received into the public schools they shall not be instructed in matters of religion in common with the Protestants, but separately; and ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic communion shall be appointed for this purpose.

11. The communal property, or property belonging to new communes, shall be preserved to them, and it shall continue to be administered as heretofore, and the revenues applied to their

use.

12. These communes shall not be taxed more than the old

ones,

13. His Majesty the King of Sardinia reserves to himself the right of representing to the Helvetic Diet, and of supporting by means of his Diplomatic Agents accredited to it, every claim to which the non-fulfilment of the above Articles might give rise.

Delivery of Title Deeds of Landed Property, &c.

ART. IV. All deeds of landed property and documents concerning ceded matters shall be given up by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the canton of Geneva as soon as possible.

[Genoa, Geneva, &c.]

Treaty of 3rd June, 1754,* confirmed-Art. XIII annulled.

ART. V. The Treaty concluded at Turin the 3rd of June, 1754, between His Majesty the King of Sardinia and the Republic of Geneva is hereby confirmed, with regard to all those Articles which are not at variance with the present transaction; but His Majesty, wishing to give the canton of Geneva a particular mark of his good will, consents, nevertheless, to annul that part of Article XIII of the above Treaty which denied to the citizens of Geneva who at that time had establishments and property in Savoy, the privilege of making it their principal residence.

Conveyance of Articles of Consumption for the Canton of Geneva.

ART. VI. His Majesty, from the same motives, agrees to make arrangements with the canton of Geneva in order to facilitate the conveyance from his States of articles intended for the consumption of the town and canton.

Exemptions from Transit Duties.

ART. VII. An exemption from all duties of transit shall be granted for all merchandise and goods which, coming from the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia and the free port of Genoa, shall traverse the road called the Simplon in its whole extent, through the Valais and the State of Geneva.

Exceptions.

It is understood that this exemption is confined to the transit, and shall not extend either to the tolls established for the maintenance of the road, or to duties levied on merchandise or goods intended to be sold or consumed in the interior.

The same reservation shall apply to the communication granted to the Swiss between the Valais and the canton of Geneva; and the different Governments shall for this purpose take such measures as by common agreement they shall judge necessary, either for taxation or for preventing contraband trade in their territories respectively.

* See Appendix.

[Genoa, Geneva, &c,]

Additional and Separate Article to the Territorial Treaty between Austria and Sardinia, of 20th May, 1815.*

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

Confirmation of Sardinian Right of Reversion to Duchy of Placentia, under Treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, and Paris, 1763.§ Further Agreement on termination of Negotiations respecting Parma and Placentia.

THE right of reversion of His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the Duchy of Placentia, stipulated by the Treaty of Aix-laChapelle of 1748, and by the Treaty of Paris of 10th June, 1763,§ is confirmed. The cases in which that right will have to be realised, shall be regulated by common consent, when the negotiations relative to the States of Parma and Placentia shall be completed.

Eventual Transfer of Fortress of Placentia, with a Radius, by Sardinia to Austria, for an equivalent.

It is, however understood that in case of that reversion occurring, the town of Placentia, and a radius of 2,000 toises, starting from the ridge of the external glacier, shall remain in full sovereignty and ownership to His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his heirs and successors, and there shall be ceded as a compensation to His Majesty the King of Sardinia another portion of the States of Parma, or some other contiguous to his States in Italy, as shall appear to him most convenient, and equivalent in population and revenue to the town of Placentia and to the above radius.

Ratifications.

The present Additional and Separate Article shall have the same force and validity as if it had been inserted word for word in the Treaty of this day's date. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time.

*This Additional and Separate Article was confirmed by the Treaty between the 5 Powers and Spain, of 10th June, 1817, but it was not then assented to by Sardinia. See Treaty between Lucca, Modena, Tuscany, Austria, and Sardinia, of 28th November, 1844.

+ For French version, sce "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 959.

See Appendix.

§ See Appendix.

[Genoa, Geneva, &c.]

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms.

(L.S.) LE MARQUIS DE SAINT MARSAN.

(L.S.) LE COMTE ROSSI.

(L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH.

(L.S.) LE BARON DE WESSENBERG.

[Switzerland.]

No. 20.-ACT of Acceptance by the Swiss Confederation of the Declaration of the 8 Powers of the 20th March, 1815. Signed at Zurich, 27th May, 1815.*

[This Act formed Annex XIB to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815 (No. 27).]

Preamble.

TABLE.

Acceptance of Declaration of 8 Powers of 20th March, 1815.

Perpetual Neutrality of the Helvetic Body.

Fulfilment of Dispositions of Declaration of 8 Powers.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

Preamble.

THE Diet of the Swiss Confederation, at its special sitting held at Zurich, having received in its sitting of the 3rd of April, 1815, through the Mediation of the Ministers accredited to the Confederation, viz. :

M. de Schraut, Austrian Minister, in the name of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, as also by virtue of special powers, of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal;

M. Stratford Canning, accredited on the part of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;

The Count Augustus Talleyrand, on the part of His Most Christian Majesty the King of France, as also by virtue of special powers, of His Majesty the King of Spain and of the Indies;

The Baron Chambrier d'Olleyres, in the name of His Majesty the King of Prussia;

The Baron Krudener, Chargé d'Affaires of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia;

The Declaration relative to the affairs of Switzerland, inserted in the Protocol of the Congress of Vienna the 19th, and signed the 20th March, 1815 (No. 9), by the Plenipotentiaries of the 8 Powers who were parties to the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1);

*See also Act of the 5 Powers, signed at Paris, 20th Nroember, 1815. + For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 147.