[Grand Duchy of Baden.] No. 94. TREATY between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Signed at [This Treaty formed Annex X. to the General Treaty of Frankfort of 20th July, 1819.] Preamble. Reference to Treaty of Frankfort of 1813. 1. Additional Articles to Treaty of 20th November 1813, revoked. Recognition of Grand Duchy of Baden. 2. Right of Succession. 3. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of Frankfort of 1813. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, King of Poland, after having again maturely deliberated upon the proposals and continued endeavours of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden to be freed from the onerous clauses of the Treaty of Frankfort of the year 1813†, as well as upon the Negotiations that have taken place with regard thereto, and desiring to terminate the suspense that has unto the present day existed with respect to the state of possession of the Grand Duchy, have agreed, with one accord, that their respective Plenipotentiaries at the Territorial Commission of Frankfort, viz. : On the part of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom. of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Richard le Poer Trench Earl of Clancarty, Viscount Dunlo, Baron Kilconnel, Baron Trench of Garbally of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of His Majesty's Privy Council of Great Britain and of Ireland, one of the Lords of the Committee for the Affairs of Trade and Plantations, Colonel of the Regiment of Galway Militia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. vii., p. 61. † 20th November, 1813, annulled. [Grand Duchy of Baden.] of His said Majesty to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, &c.; On that of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and of Bohemia, the Sieur John Philip Baron de Wessenberg, Chamberlain and Privy Councillor of His said Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, &c.; On that of His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Charles William Baron de Humboldt, Ilis Minister of State, Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty ; On that of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, King of Poland, the Sieur John d'Anstett, His Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Diet of the Most Serene Germanic Confederation, &c. ; In virtue of their Full Powers, should sign with the Plenipotentiary or Plenipotentiaries who might be duly authorized on the part of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, a formal Act which should annul all the conditional obligations that may remain unperformed: And the Sieur Charles Christian Baron de Berckheim, Minister of State of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden, His Envoy at the Diet of the Most Serene Germanic Confederation, and His Plenipotentiary at the Territorial Commission, having immediately produced his Full Powers, and they being found in good and due form, they have agreed to the following Articles: Additional Articles to Treaty of 20th November, 1813, revoked. Recognition of Grand Duchy of Baden. ART. I. The Additional Articles of the Treaty of Frankfort, of the 20th of November, 1813,* containing an onerous clause obligatory upon the Grand Duchy of Baden are revoked, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, His Heirs and Successors, are for ever liberated therefrom, and the actual state of possession of the Grand Duchy as it exists at present is formally recognised.† Right of Succession. ART. II. The Right of Succession established in the Grand Duchy of Baden in favour of the Counts of Hochberg, Sons of the late Grand Duke Charles Frederick, is recognised in the name and on behalf of the Contracting Powers. * Revoked. See also General Treaty of 20th July, 1819, Art. IX. [Grand Duchy of Baden.] Ratifications. ART. III. The present Treaty shall be ratified and the Ratifications exchanged at Frankfort within the space of three months, or sooner if possible. A Copy of this Treaty shall be annexed to the general Recès of the Territorial Commission of Frankfort (No. 95). In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have hereunto affixed their Hands and Seals, at Frankfort on the Mayne, 10th of July, 1819. [Territorial Arrangements of Frankfort.] No. 95.-GENERAL TREATY (Recès Général) between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Signed at Frankfort, 20th July, 1819. ART. Preamble. TABLE. Territorial arrangements consequent upon the Treaties of Vienna and Paris of 1815. 1. Retrocessions by Bavaria to Austria. 2. Cessions by Austria to Bavaria. 3. Landau, a Fortress of the Germanic Confederation. 4. Cessions by Hesse-Darmstadt to Bavaria. 5. Limits between Bavaria and France. 6. Military Road to Bavarian Provinces through Baden. 7. Indemnity to Bavaria. 8. Cessions by Austria to Baden; and by Baden to Austria. 9. Additional Articles to Treaty of 23rd November, 1813, revoked. Recog nition of Grand Duchy of Baden. 10. Sovereignty of the Counts of Hochberg. 11. Cession to Prussia of Districts in Departments of the Sarre and the Moselle. 12. Prussia to have full Sovereignty over districts of the Sarre and the Moselle, except those parts ceded by Prussia to Bavaria. 13. Limits between Prussia and France, Bavaria, Saxe-Coburg, Oldenburg, and Hesse-Homburg. 14. Limits of Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine. 15. Garrison of Fortress of Mentz (Mayence). 16. Appointment of Governor and Commandant of Fortress of Mentz (Mayence). 17. Cession of Duchy of Westphalia to Prussia. 18. Prussian Sovereignty over Counties of Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and Wittgenstein-Berleburg. 19. Cessions to Hesse-Darmstadt. Salt Works, &c. 20. Sovereignty of Mentz (Mayence). Mentz (Mayence) a Fortress of the Germanic Confederation. 21. Revenues, &c., of the Fortress of Mentz (Mayence). 22. Civil Administration of the City of Mentz (Mayence). 23. Military Routes in Hesse-Darmstadt (Mentz, &c.) 24. Additional Articles to Treaty of 23rd November 1813, revoked. 25. Cessions between Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Cassel. 26. Reinstatement of Hesse-Homburg to Possessions, &c. 27. Cessions to Grand Duke of Oldenburg. 28. Cessions to Duke of Saxe-Coburg. 29. Cessions to Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. 30. Sovereignty over Territories ceded. Title of Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg. 31. Communes accounted to be ceded with their Banlieus. 32. Military Road through Birkenfeld. Fortress of Sarrelouis. 33. Arrangement between Prussia and Mecklenburgh-Strelitz. [Territorial Arrangements of Frankfort.] 34. Cessions by France acquired by the Netherlands. Limits of the Netherlands. Fortresses of Philippeville and Marienburg given to the Netherlands. 35. Fortress of Luxemburg a Fortress of the Germanic Confederation. 36. Appointment of Governor and Commandant of Fortress of Luxemburg by King of Prussia, Pay, &c., of Troops. 37. Civil Administration of Netherlands in City and Fortress of Luxemburg. Powers of Governor of the Fortress. Special Commissioner. Powers of Governor in time of War. Oath by Governor and Commandant. 38. Distribution of French Indemnity to Prussia, Bavaria, Netherlands, and Sardinia for Works of Defence. Fortress of Mentz (Mayence) and Fortress on the Upper Rhine. 39. Savoy. Arrangements between France and Sardinia. Limits. 40. Communications of Geneva, Gex, Fernay, and St. Julien. 41. Cessions by Sardinia to Geneva. 42. Sovereignty over Territories detached from France. 43. Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. Principality of Lucca. 44. Reversion of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. 45. Reversion of Principality of Lucca. 46. Garrison of Fortress of Placentia. 17. Reversion of Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, in the event of the extinction of the branch of the Infant Don Charles Louis. 48. Treaties and Accessions of the Powers. 49. French Language employed in the General Treaty. 50. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. Preamble. Territorial Arrangements consequent upon the Treaties of Vienna and Paris of 1815. THE Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th June, 1815 (No. 27), and the Treaty of Paris of the 20th November of the same year (No. 40), containing dispositions which required Negotiations and ulterior Definitive Arrangements, their Imperial and Royal Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of All the Russias, King of Poland, have named Plenipotentiaries to accomplish that object. Being now desirous of embracing in one common Transaction the results of the several Negotiations which have taken place in this respect, in order to invest them with the requisite Ratifications, they have empowered their Plenipotentiaries to comprise in a general Instrument all the particular Stipulations, and to join to this Act, which is to be intituled The General Treaty of the Territorial Commission *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. vii., p. 3. |