[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 [Lauenburg, Oldenburg, &c.] the Duke of Oldenburg, promises to cede to him a district containing a population of 5,000 inhabitants. Ratifications. ART. XIII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged within four weeks, or sooner, if possible. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Vienna, the 29th May, 1815. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT. (L.S.) LE COMTE MUNSTER. (L.S.) LE COMTE HARDENBERG. [Holland and Belgium, Luxemburg, &c.] No. 22.-TREATY between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and the Netherlands. Signed at Vienna, 31st May, 1815. [This Treaty formed Annex X to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, No. 27.] 1. Territories forming Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recognition by Austria of Royal Dignity in the House of Orange-Nassau. 2. Boundaries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Frontier between Cleves and United Provinces. Mixed Commission between Prussia and the Netherlands. Prussian renunciation of Huissen, Malburg, Lymers, Sevenaer, and Weel. 3. Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. Sovereignty of the King of the Nether. lands. Succession. Grand Duchy of Luxemburg a State of the Germanic Confederation. Luxemburg a Fortress of the Germanic Con. federation. Right of King of the Netherlands to Fortify. 4. Boundaries of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. Arrangements respecting the Duchy of Bouillon. Disputes to be settled by Arbitration. 5. Cession to Prussia of the German Possessions of the House of NassauOrange. Principality of Fulda. 6. Family Pact of the Princes of Nassau. Succession. 7. Charges and Engagements relating to the Provinces detached from France. 8. Basis of the Union of the Belgic Provinces. 9. Commission to settle concerns of ceded Possessions of House of Nassau. 10. Ratifications. Annex to Article VIII of the Treaty of 31st May, 1815. Act of Acceptance of Sovereignty of Belgic Provinces by the Prince Sovereign of the Netherlands. 21st July, 1814. 1. Union of Belgium with Holland. Constitution. 2. Religious Equality. 3. Belgic Provinces to be represented in Assembly of States General. 4. Equality of Inhabitants of the Netherlands. 5. Commerce and Navigation in Dutch Colonies. 6. Debts to be paid by the Netherlands. 7. Expenses of Frontier Fortresses to be paid by the Netherlands. 8. Repair of Dykes. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 137. [Holland and Belgium, Luxemburg, &c.] Bohemia, and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, being desirous of carrying into effect and of completing the arrangements contained in the Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris the 30th day of May, 1814 (No. 1), which, while it establishes a just equilibrium in Europe, and assigns to the United Provinces such a proportion of territory as may enable them to support their own independence, secures to them the countries comprised between the sea, the frontiers of France, and the Meuse, leaves undefined their limits on the right bank of that river; and their said Majesties having resolved to conclude a separate Treaty on this subject, conformably to the arrangements of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), have appointed Plenipotentiaries to concert, agree upon, and sign whatever relates to this subject, viz. : His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the Sieur Clement Vinceslas Lothaire, Prince Metternich-Winnebourg-Ochsenhausen, Chancellor of Chancellor of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, Curator of the Academy of the Fine Arts, Chamberlain, intimate and actual Councillor of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, his Minister of State, of Conferences, and of Foreign Affairs, his principal Plenipotentiary at the Congress, &c.; And the Sieur John Philip Baron Wessenberg, Chamberlain and intimate and actual Councillor of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, his second Plenipotentiary at the Congress, &c.; And His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieur Gerhard Charles, Baron de Spaen de Voorstonden, Member of the Corps of Nobles of the province of Gueldre, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, at the Court of Vienna, and one of his Plenipotentiaries at the Congress; And the Sieur Hans Christopher Ernest, Baron de Gagern, Plenipotentiary of His said Majesty at the Congress of Vienna, &c.; who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following Articles: Territories forming Kingdom of the Netherlands. 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