[Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.] No. 186.-ACT OF ACCESSION on the part of the Germanic Confederation to the Territorial Arrangements concerning the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, laid down in the Treaty of 19th April, 1839. London, 19th April, 1839.* (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) * THE Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Prussia, and Russia, having this day signed the Treaties concluded between the 5 Courts and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg (No. 183), between their Majesties the King of the Belgians and the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg (No. 184), and between the 5 Courts and His Majesty the King of the Belgians (No. 185), the Plenipotentiaries have deemed it expedient that the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia, invested with Full Powers from the Diet of the Germanic Confederation, should be invited to accede in the name of the said Confederation, to the arrangements concerning the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, which are contained in the Treaties above mentioned. In consequence, the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia, representing the Diet in virtue of the said Full Powers, declare that the Germanic Confederation formally accedes to the territorial arrangements concerning the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, which are contained in Articles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII, of the Annex to the Treaties this day concluded between the 5 Courts and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and between the 5 Courts and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, as well as in the corresponding Articles of the Treaty signed at the same time between His Majesty the King of the Belgians and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg. And they take, towards the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, Belgium France, the Netherlands, Prussia, and Russia, in the name of the Germanic Confederation, the engagement that the Confederation will entirely conform to the stipulations contained in the said Articles, which are hereinafter inserted word for word, so far as they concern the Germanic Confederation. See also Treaty of 11th May, 1867. + For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxvii, p. 1002. [Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.] [Here follow the first 7 Articles of the Annex to the two preceding Treaties.] The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Prussia, and Russia, in virtue of their Full Powers, formally accept, in the name of their respective Courts, the said Accession on the part of the Germanic Confede ration. The present Act of Accession shall be ratified by the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands. Prussia, and Russia, and also by the Germanic Confederation, by means of a Decree of the Diet,* of which the requisite number of copies shall be prepared. And the respective Acts of Ratification shall be exchanged at London at the expiration of 6 weeks from this date, or sooner if possible, and at the same time as the exchange of the Ratifications of the 3 Treaties above mentioned. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Act of Accession, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at London, the 19th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1839. |