[Westphalia, &c.] Revenues of Ceded Territories. ART. V. The Revenues of the Duchy of Westphalia up to the 15th July, are explicitly reserved to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, and His Majesty the King of Prussia undertakes that the arrears shall be paid before the end of the present year. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse shall enjoy all the Revenues of the country and of the works mentioned in Articles II and III, from the 15th July. Civil Officers and Pensioners of the Duchy of Westphalia. ART. VI. His Majesty the King of Prussia takes charge of all Civil Officers employed in the administration of the Duchy of Westphalia, as well those in actual service as those enjoying Pensions. Debts and Pensions to be paid by the Duchy of Westphalia. ART. VII. The Debts devolving on the Duchy of Westphalia, arising from the Electorate of Cologne, or contracted for its internal administration, remain chargeable on the said Duchy. The same applies to Pensions and burdens imposed upon that country by the Recès of the Empire of 1803,* namely, the revenue of 15,000 florins settled upon the Duchy in favour of the Prince of Wittgenstein-Berleburg.† Debts and Burthens of Territories on Left Bank of the Rhine transferred to States on the Right Bank. ART. VIII. The Territories on the left bank of the Rhine having been freed by former Treaties from all feudal dues, as well as from debts formerly hypothecated or imposed upon them, and having thrown those burthens upon the possessors of States on the right bank of the Rhine, who at the time received Indemnities for them, it is agreed that none of those burthens shall be chargeable on those countries without the consent of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke. It is nevertheless recorded that Article XXVII of the Treaty of Paris of 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), relative to the possessors of National Domains, shall have its full effect in the said countries. Troops in Westphalia to remain attached to Hessian Army for One * See Appendix. † See Treaties of 30th June, 1816, and 12th March, 1817. [Westphalia, &c.] shall remain attached to the army of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke for the space of one year. The officers who shall not wish to remain in the service of Hesse shall pass over to the service of His Majesty the King of Prussia, retaining their rank. Title of Prince of Worms. ART. X. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse shall take the Title of Prince of Worms. Guarantee of States to Grand Duke of Hesse. ART. XI. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty and His Majesty the King of Prussia Guarantee to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, the Sovereignty and Independence of his States, and promise to obtain the same Guarantee from the Court of Russia. The arrangements which may still remain to be made, in conformity with the Treaty of Frankfort of 23rd November, 1813,* shall be made by common consent. This reserve is specially applicable to the Bailiwicks of Hanau. Ratifications. ART. XII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged within the space of 30 days. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Vienna, the 10th of June, in the year of Our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE TURCKHEIM. Separate and Secret Article. Restoration of Possessions, &c., to Prince of Hesse-Homburg. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse engages to reinstate the Prince of Hesse-Homburg† in his Possessions, Revenues, Rights, and Political Relations, of which he was deprived by the Confederation of the Rhine. The present Article, Separate and Secret, shall have the same † See Note, page 241. * See Appendix. [Westphalia, &c.] force and value as if it were inserted word for word in the Convention of this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at the same time. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Vienna, the 10th of June, in the year of Our Lord, 1815. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE TURCKHEIM, [Congress of Vienna. Protests of the Pope.] No. 29.-PROTOCOL of Conference between the Plenipotentiaries of the 8 Courts, recording the Protests of the Pope against certain Clauses of the Treaties of 1814 and 1815. Vienna, 18th June, 1815. TABLE. Protest of the Pope against Act of Congress of Vienna prejudicial to the Rights of the Church. Protest of the Pope against Resolutions of Congress prejudicial to Temporal Interests of the Holy See. (Translation.*) THE 121 Articles marked at the last sitting, and which, together with the Annexes therein referred to, form the Final Act of the Congress, having been collected and drawn up in General Treaty of 9th June (No. 27), the Plenipotentiaries assembled to finish and enter in the Protocol certain points preliminary to the signature of the said General Treaty. ART. I. They took into consideration the two Acts of Protest sent in on the 12th June by His Eminence Cardinal Consalvi, His Holiness's Secretary of State and his Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna. Protest of the Pope against Act of Congress of Vienna prejudicial to the Rights of the Church. By the First of these Acts the Cardinal protests, in the name of His Holiness, against the Resolutions which have been maintained or passed by the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), and are prejudicial to the interests of the Catholic Religion, and contrary to the rights of the Church. Protest of the Pope against Resolutions of Congress prejudicial to Temporal Interests of the Holy See. By the Second Act the Cardinal presents a Protest against what is contained in the Treaty of Paris (No. 1), as well as in the Resolutions of the Congress (No. 27), prejudicial to the temporal interests of the Holy See. The Plenipotentiaries declare that these two Acts of Protest shall remain deposited in the Archives of the Congress, and be appended to the present Protocol. ART. II. Count Lowenhielm, Plenipotentiary of His Majesty * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 760). [Congress of Vienna. Protests of the Pope.] the King of Sweden and Norway, reverts to the Reservation which he made in the name of his Court, at the sittings of June 9 and 11, relative to Articles CI and CII of the General Treaty, which concern the arrangement about Lucca, and to Article CIV, which declares the recognition of Ferdinand IV on the Throne of Naples, which Reservation is of the purport of the paper delivered at the last sitting, and the Plenipotentiary of Sweden desires that an acknowledgment of that Reservation may be given to him in a special Protocol signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the 8 Powers. Whereupon it has been decided that at the sitting of tomorrow there shall be delivered to the Plenipotentiary of Sweden a special Protocol, such as is shown in the paper appended hereto, signed by the Plenipotentiaries. ART. III. In order to provide that the General Treaty of the 9th of this month may be regularly drawn up, the Plenipotentiaries have had some errors corrected and have arranged some slight alterations in the wording of the instrument drawn up. These corrections and these alterations are set down on the explanatory leaf appended hereto. WESSENBERG. P. GOMEZ LABRADOR. CLANCARTY. PALMELLA. SALDANHA. LOBO. HUMBOLDT. STACKELBERG. LOWENHIELM. (Annex 1.) Protest of the Pope against the Resolutions of the Congress prejudicial to Religion and to the Catholic Church. Vienna, 12th June, 1815. (Sub-Annex.) Protest, in the name of His Holiness Pope Pius VII and the Holy Apostolic See, against all those matters which have been sanctioned or allowed to remain to the prejudice of the Rights and Privileges of the German Churches, and also of the Holy See, at the Congress of Vienna. 12th June, 1815. |