[Switzerland.] Collection of Ordinary Revenues. 4. The ordinary revenues of the country shall be collected on account of the present Administration, until the date of the accession of the Diet to the present transaction. The arrears of the said revenues shall be collected in like manner, but the extraordinary taxes, which have not yet been paid into the public chest, shall not be demanded. Indemnity to the Prince Bishop of Basle. 5. No indemnity having been received by the Prince Bishop of Basle, for the quota of the revenues accruing to him from the Bishopric which hitherto formed a part of Switzerland, and a stipulation having been made in the Récès of the German Empire of 1803,* in favour of those countries only which have become an integral part of the said Empire, the cantons of Berne and Basle are to pay to him, in addition to the said annuity, the sum of 12,000 florins of the Empire, dating from the union of the Bishopric of Basle to the Cantons of Berne and Basle; the fifth part of this sum shall be applied to, and remain as a provision for, the support of the canons of the ancient cathedral of Basle, in order to make up the annuity which has been settled by the Récès of the German Empire. Retention of Bishopric of Basle. The Helvetic Diet shall determine whether it be expedient to retain a Bishopric in this part of Switzerland, or whether this diocese may not be united to that which, pursuant to the new arrangements, shall be formed out of the Swiss territory which belonged to the diocese of Constance. Proportion to be paid by Canton of Berne to Bishopric of Basle. In case the Bishopric of Basle should be continued, the Canton of Berne shall furnish, in the same proportion as the other countries which shall in future be placed under the spiritual administration of the Bishop, such a sum as may be necessary for the support of this prelate, of his chapter, and of his seminary. Switzerland. Commercial and Military Communications between Town of Geneva and Canton of Vaud. Passage of Troops. Versoy Road. ART. V. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. LXXIX.) * See Appendix. [Switzerland.] Free Communication between the Town of Geneva and the Jurisdiction of Peney. In the Additional Regulations* to be made on this subject, the execution of the Treaties relative to the free Communication between the Town of Geneva and the Jurisdiction of Peney, shall be guaranteed in a manner the most suitable to the interests of the inhabitants of Geneva. His Most Christian Majesty consents likewise, that the gendarmerie and militia of Geneva, after having communicated on the subject with the nearest military post of the French gendarmerie, shall pass on the high road of Meyrin, in the said jurisdiction, to and from the town of Geneva. Accession of Territory for the Town of Geneva. The Contracting Powers shall, moreover, interpose their good offices for the purpose of obtaining for the Town of Geneva a suitable accession of territory on the side of Savoy. Switzerland. Mutual Compensations by Cantons of Argovia, Vaud, Tessin, and St. Gall to Cantons of Schweitz, Unterwald, Uri, Glaris, Zug, and Appenzell. ART. VI. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. LXXXI.) A Commission appointed by the Diet shall superintend the execution of the preceding arrangements. Switzerland. Disposal of Funds placed in England by Cantons of Zurich and Berne. ART. VII. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. LXXXII.) Switzerland. Indemnity to Proprietors of "Lauds." ART. VIII. (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27) as Art. LXXXIII.) Pensions to Prince Abbot of St. Gall and others. ART. IX. The Mediating Powers, acknowledging the justice. of securing to the Prince Abbot of St. Gall an honourable and independent existence, direct, that the Canton of St. Gall shall pay to him an annuity of 6,000 florins of the Empire, and to those * Annex (B B) to Treaty of 20th May, 1815. [Switzerland.] under him, an annuity of 2,000. These pensions shall be paid by instalments (commencing from the 1st of January, 1815) into the hands of the directing canton, every three months, which shall place them at the disposal of the Prince Abbot of St. Gall, and of those under him respectively. The Powers mediating in the affairs of Switzerland, by the above Declaration, afford a manifest proof of their desire to secure the internal tranquillity of the Confederation. They also feel it a duty to omit nothing which may accelerate its accomplishment. Accession to Federal Union. They expect, therefore, that the Cantons, laying aside, for the public good, every secondary consideration, will no longer delay their Accession to the Federal Union, freely consented to by a great majority of the Swiss States; the common interest imperiously demanding that every part of Switzerland should unite, as soon as possible, under the same Federative Constitution. The Convention of the 16th August, 1814,* annexed to the Act of the Federal Union, can no longer be an obstacle to their union. Its end being already attained by the Declaration of the Powers, it is in fact annulled. Amnesty. To insure still further the repose of Switzerland, the Powers desire that a general Amnesty be granted to all individuals who, led astray at a period of uncertainty and irritation, might have acted in some respect or other contrary to the present order of things. Far from weakening the legitimate authority of Governments, this act of clemency will afford them a new claim to exercise that salutary severity against whoever shall attempt in future to excite disturbance in the country. Finally, the mediating Powers trust, that the patriotism and the good sense of the Swiss people will point out to them the propriety, as well as the necessity, of mutually obliterating the remembrance of those differences which have divided them, and of consolidating the work of their reorganisation by endeavouring to perfect it, in a spirit conducive to the public good, without any recollection of the past. The present Declaration has been inserted in the Protocol of the Congress assembled at Vienna, at its sitting of the 19th March, 1815. * Annulled. [Switzerland.] Done and certified by the Plenipotentiaries of the Eight Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris (No. 1). Vienna, 20th March, 1815. AUSTRIA. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE METTERNICH. (L.S.) LE BARON DE WESSENBERG. SPAIN (ESPAGNE). (L.S.) P. GOMEZ LABRADOR. FRANCE. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND. (L.S.) LATOUR DUPIN. (L.S.) LE COMTE ALEXIS DE NOAILLES. GREAT BRITAIN. (L.S.) WELLINGTON. PORTUGAL. PRUSSIA. RUSSIA. (L.S.) CLANCARTY. (L.S.) CATHCART. (L.S.) STEWART. (L.S.) LE COMTE DE PALMELLA. (L.S.) LOBO. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. The Act of Accession of the Swiss Confederation to the above Declaration, signed at Zurich on the 27th May, 1815, formed Annex XIB to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. An Act was also signed by the Protecting Powers (Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia), for the acknowledgment of the perpetual Neutrality of Switzerland, at Paris, on the 20th November, 1815, and the Inviolability of its Territory. [Geneva.] No. 10.-PROTOCOL of Conference between the Plenipotentiaries of the 8 Powers, on the Cessions made by the King of Sardinia to the Canton of Geneva. Signed at Vienna, 29th March, 1815. [This Protocol formed Annex XII to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, No. 27.] 2. Communication between Geneva and the Valais. Simplon and Versoy Roads. Passage of Troops. 3. Maintenance and Protection of Catholic Religion. 4. Delivery of Title Deeds of Landed Property, &c. 5. Treaty of 3rd June, 1754, Confirmed; Article XIII annulled. 6. Conveyance of Articles of Consumption for the Canton of Geneva. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Preamble. THE Allied Powers having expressed their earnest desire that certain facilities should be granted to the Canton of Geneva, either for connecting a disjointed part of its possessions, or for opening its Communications with Switzerland; His Majesty the King of Sardinia being anxious on his part, to evince to his high and powerful allies, the great satisfaction which he experiences in rendering them any service in his power, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed to what follows; ART. I. His Majesty the King of Sardinia places at the disposal of the High Allied Powers that part of Savoy which is situated between the river Arve, the Rhone, the limits of that part of Savoy occupied by France, and Mount Salève, as far as Veiry inclusive, together with that part which lies between the high road called the Simplon, the Lake of Geneva, and the present territory of the Canton of Geneva, from Venezas to the point where the River Hermance crosses the said road, and from thence, following the course of that River, to where it enters the * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 149. + See Protocol of 4 Powers of 3rd November, 1815, Art. V. |