[Luxemburg, &c.] Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th of June, 1815 (No. 27), which concern His Majesty's interests, or which have been stipulated with Him are confirmed in all the points and arrangements which are not expressly changed by the present Convention, or by that concluded between His Majesty the King of Prussia and His said Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, the 8th day of November, 1816 (No. 64). Ratifications. ART. VIII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Acts of Ratification shall be exchanged within the space of 3 months, or sooner if practicable. In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have thereunto affixed the Seal of their Arms. Done at Frankfort on the Mayne, this 16th day of November, in the Year of our Lord, 1816. (L.S.) CLANCARTY. (L.S.) LE BARON DE GAGERN. ANNEX.-Protocol of Conference of 21st November, 1815. (See No. 49.) [Territorial.] No. 66. TERRITORIAL CONVENTION between His Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, and the Duke of Oldenburg. Signed at Bremen, 4th February, 1817. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Arrangement as to Goldenstedt and Twistringen. 2. Arrangement as to Daunne and Neuenkirchen. 3. Allotment of the District with 5,000 Inhabitants. 4. Further Indemnification for Twistringen. 5. Sovereignty Boundary in the Parish of Goldenstedt. 6. Boundary in the Parishes of Daunne and Neuenkirchen. 7. Drainage at the Boundaries. 8. Stipulation as to other Disputed Boundaries. 9. National Debts. 10. Local Officials. 11. Soldiers. 12. Pensions. 13. Settlement of Boundary between Sovereign and Possessional Rights. 14. Boundary of the Domains and Possessional Rights ceded in Art. III. 15. Delivery of the Lists of Domains and Possessions. 16. Future exchange of the reserved Domains and Possessional Rights. 17. Commencement of the Ceded Levies. 18. Secularised Ecclesiastical Property. 19. Management of Possessional Revenues. 20. Money Standard. 21. Assurance of Private Property beyond the Sovereignty Boundary generally. 22. Abolition of Bondage in Oldenburg. 23. Appurtenances beyond the Sovereignty Boundary. 24. Exchanges. 25. Exemption from Export and Import Duties. 26. Restriction of the Oldenburg Mill-prohibition. 27. Judicature. 28. Pledges. 29. Pending proceedings. 30. Undivided Marks. 81. Parochial and Communal Debts. 32. Insurance Fund. 33. Road improvements. 34. Ecclesiastical affairs. 35. Parochial and School Association. 36. Poor Fund. 37. Delivery of Archives. 38. Ratification of the arrangements. [Territorial.] (Translation.) Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. WHEREAS, in Art. XXXI. of the Vienna Congress Act of 9th June, 1815, it was stipulated that a territorial district of 5,000 inhabitants should be ceded by Hanover to Oldenburg, and an arrangement has been made between the two States, that on occasion of this Cession a Rectification of the Possessions in the parishes of Daunne, Neuenkirchen, Goldenstedt, and Twistringen, and other matters connected therewith, should take place by means of a Joint Commission; Commissioners have therefore been appointed for the said purpose: On the part of Hanover, Charles William Augustus Baron von Stralenheim, and John Frederick Albert von Duve; On the part of Oldenburg, Dr. Christian Lewis Runde, and Governor John Christian Tenge; who have agreed as follows:ARTS. I. to XXXVIII. (See Table.) Bremen, 4th February, 1817. C. W. A. STRALENHEIM, RUNDE. TENGE. [Luxemburg, &c.] No. 67.-TREATY between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and the Netherlands, respecting Luxemburg, &c. Frankfort, 12th March, 1817. Signed at [This Treaty formed Annex VI. to General Treaty of Frankfort of 20th July, 1819.] Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 20th November, 1815. 1. Sovereignty of the Netherlands over the Belgic Provinces of the Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Bouillon. Boundaries. Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg. 2. Pecuniary Indemnity. 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. Maintenance of Fortress of Luxemburg to be decided by Diet of Germanic Confederation. 8. Treaty of 31st May 1815 confirmed. 9. 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 Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, desiring, in concert with their Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of Prussia,† to give effect by a Separate Treaty to the Stipulations of the Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), as well those which regard the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as those which concern the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and to consolidate the arrangements arising therefrom, have appointed Plenipotentiaries, to concert, determine, and sign every thing that relates thereto, viz: His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, the Sieur John *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. vii., p. 51. + See Treaties of 8th November, 1816; 16th November, 1816; and 17th April, 1817. [Luxemburg, &c.] Philip Baron de Wessenberg, Chamberlain and Privy Councillor of His said Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, &c. And His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, the Sieur John Christopher Ernest Baron de Gagern, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Germanic Diet, and at the Free City of Frankfort, &c. Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers and found them in good and due form, have signed the following Articles, viz: Sovereignty of the Netherlands over the Belgic Provinces, of the Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Bouillon. Boundaries. ART. I. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, shall possess for Himself, His Descendants and Successors, in full Sovereignty and Property, all those Districts which, having in 1790 formed part of the Belgic Provinces, of the Bishopric of Liège, and of the Duchy of Bouillon, were ceded by France to the Allied Powers, by the Treaty concluded at Paris the 20th November, 1815 (No. 40), as well as the enclosed Territories (enclaves) of Philippeville and Marienburg, with the Fortresses of that name ceded by the same Treaty. In consequence of this arrangement the boundaries of the States of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and those of France shall remain as they were fixed by the Treaty of Peace of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), from the North Sea as far as opposite Quievrain. Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg. From Quievrain the line of demarcation shall follow the ancient limits of the Belgic Provinces, of the former Bishopric of Liège and Duchy of Bouillon, as far as Villers, near Orval, as they were in 1790, including therein the whole of these countries, with the Fortresses and Territories of Philippeville and Marienburg, conformably to the stipulations of Article I. of the said Treaty of the 20th of November, 1815 (No. 40). Upon all the other points the Boundaries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg shall be preserved, as they were fixed by the Treaty of Vienna of the 31st of May, 1815 (No. 22). Pecuniary Indemnity. ART. II. A part of the pecuniary Indemnifications which His Most Christian Majesty has engaged to pay, according to Article IV. of the Treaty of Paris of the 20th of November, 1815 (No. 40), |