[Pomerania, Rugen, and Lauenburg.]

Cession of Swedish Pomerania and Island of Rugen to Prussia.

ART. I. His Majesty the King of Denmark, as well for himself as for his successors, renounces irrevocably and in all perpetuity, in favour of His Majesty the King of Prussia, and his successors, all the rights and titles which his Treaty of Peace with His Majesty the King of Sweden, concluded at Kiel, 14th January, 1814,* has given him over the Duchy of Swedish Pomerania and the Principality of the Island of Rugen.

Swedish Pomerania and Island of Rugen. Obligations imposed on the King of Prussia.

ART. II. His Majesty the King of Prussia, on entering into possession of these rights and titles, takes upon himself the obligations which His Majesty the King of Denmark has contracted, with regard to the cession which has been made to him of Swedish Pomerania and the Island of Rugen, by Articles VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, and XXVI of the Treaty of Kiel.†

Cession of Lauenburg by Prussia to Denmark.

ART. III. His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes in all perpetuity to His Majesty the King of Denmark, the Duchy of Lauenburg, to be possessed by His Majesty in all sovereignty and possession, with its rights, titles, and emoluments, in the same manner as the said Duchy was ceded to His Prussian Majesty by Article IV of the Treaty concluded at Vienna, 29th May, 1815 (No. 21) between him and His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover.

Bailiwick of Neuhauss, &c., excepted.

The Bailiwick of Neuhauss, situated between Mecklenburg and the Elbe, as well as the Lauenburg Villages contiguous to that bailiwick, or which are enclosed therein, are nevertheless excepted from this cession.

Obligations imposed on the King of Denmark.

ART. IV. His Majesty the King of Denmark engages to take upon himself the obligations which His Majesty the King of Prussia contracted with regard to the Duchy of Lauenburg, by Articles IV, V, and IX, of the Treaty of 29th May, 1815 (No. 21), + See Appendix.

* See page 27 and Appendix.

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between Prussia and His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, it being nevertheless well understood, that the bailiwick of Neuhauss shall share proportionately with its population the burden of the debts, which, with the possession of the Duchy, devolve upon the new possessor. This point shall be definitively settled by the respective Commissioners which shall be appointed, on the one part to make over, and on the other to receive the ceded Province. The stipulations of Article VII of the same Treaty are maintained in favour of His Majesty the King of Denmark.

Delivery of Titles, Documents, &c., of Lauenburg, to King of

Denmark.

ART. V. His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to make over to His Danish Majesty all the titles, documents, papers, maps, and plans respecting the ceded part of the Duchy of Lauenburg, such and as soon as the Hanoverian Government shall have delivered them.

Pecuniary Payment to be made by Prussia to Denmark.

ART. VI. In virtue of an agreement entered into between the Courts of Prussia and Sweden, His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to pay to His Majesty the King of Denmark, the sum of 600,000 crowns, of the Bank of Sweden, which still remains due by the Swedish Government to His Danish Majesty. This payment shall be made within two months, dating from the signature of the present Treaty, and according to the rate of exchange on the day of such signature.

Further Pecuniary Indemnity to be made by Prussia to Denmark.

ART. VII. To complete the indemnity due to His Majesty the King of Denmark, for the cession of Swedish Pomerania, and of the Island of Rugen, His Majesty the King of Prussia engages besides to pay to His Danish Majesty the sum of 2,000,000 crowns, Prussian currency. That sum shall be paid at the following periods, namely:

500,000 crowns on the 1st of January of the first year after the conclusion of peace which shall put an end to the present war with France;

500,000 crowns on the 1st July of the same year, and the same sum on the 1st of January, and the 1st of July of the following year.

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His Majesty the King of Prussia shall cause to be delivered to His Majesty the King of Denmark, for these sums, four bonds, each for 500,000 crowns, payable at the four above-mentioned periods, and bearing 4 per cent. interest.

These bonds shall be delivered at the time of the taking possession of Swedish Pomerania, in the name of His Prussian Majesty, and the payment of interest shall reckon from the same period.

The first payment of these interests shall begin on the 1st January, 1816, and their payment shall continue from six to six months.

Each of these different payments, including the amount stipulated in the preceding Article, shall be made at Hamburgh, and to the persons charged by His Danish Majesty to receive them.

Date of Delivery of Duchy of Lauenburg to Denmark. ART. VIII. His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to make over the Duchy of Lauenburg to the Danish Government, if possible, within the period of two, and at most within three months, from the date of the signature of the present Treaty.

Settlement of Claims.

ART. IX. The two High Contracting Parties, wishing to terminate as soon as possible the discussions relative to the Claims arising out of grievances or complaints which their respective subjects considered they could make before the last war, against either one or the other of the two Governments, and considering that the method adopted by the Convention of the 2nd of June of last year, as well as by the Treaty of the 25th of August of the same year, is subject to inevitable delays and difficulties, agree to treat upon that subject between Government and Government, and on either side to afford the necessary facilities, in order that this question may be terminated at the period of the taking possession of the respective ceded Provinces.‡

Ratifications.

ART. X. His Majesty the King of Denmark and His Majesty the King of Prussia will ratify the present Treaty, and the Rati*Commerce only.

+ See Appendix.

On the 7th June, 1815, a Treaty was concluded between Prussia and Sweden, under the Mediation of Russia (see Appendix); and Declarations were exchanged on the same day, between Denmark and Sweden, relative to the Treaty of Kiel of 14th January, 1814.

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fications thereof shall be exchanged at the head-quarters of the Allied Sovereigns, within the period of six weeks, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms.

Done at Vienna, the 4th June, of the year of Our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) C. BERNSTORFF.

(L.S.) J. BERNSTORFF.

(L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT.

[Constitution of Germany.]

No. 26.-Federative Constitution of Germany. Vienna,

8th June, 1815.*

[This Constitution formed Annex IX to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, No. 27.]

6. Composition of the General Assembly.

7. Arrangements relating to the Diet.

8. Order of Voting in Diet.

9. Diet to assemble at Frankfort.

10. The Framing of Fundamental Laws.

11. 1. Maintenance of Peace in Germany. Disputes to be settled through Mediation of the Diet, or by an Austregal Court.

11. 2. Particular Arrangements.

12. Formation of Supreme Tribunals.

13. Separate Assemblies of States.

14. Rights of Mediatised Princes. Rights of the Ancient Nobility of the Empire.

15. Guarantee by the Confederation of the Rents assigned upon the Navigation Duties of the Rhine, and of the Pensions to the Clergy or Laity. Pensions to Members of the Teutonic Order. Fund for support of Bishops and Clergy on left bank of the Rhine.

16. Quality of Civil and Political Rights to Christian Sects. Civil Rights of Jews.

17. Postal Revenues to be retained by Tour and Taxis.

18. Rights of Subjects of Confederate States.

19. Commerce and Navigation from one State to another. 20. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

Germanic Confederation.‡

ART. I. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. LIII.)

*See Convention between Austria and Prussia, of 1st July, 1816; and Treaty between Great Britain, &c., and France, of 30th November, 1815, Art. VI.

For German Version and French Translation, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 114.

See also Final Act of 15th May, 1820.