from all obligation, with respect to any debts whatsoever which the house of Austria may have contracted, on the ground of the possession, and of securities on the soil of the countries which it renounces by the present treaty.-X. The county of Salzburg, and of Berchtolsgaden, belonging to his royal and electoral highness prince Ferdinand, shall be incorporated with the empire of Austria; and his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria shall possess them in full property and sovereignty, but by the title of a dutchy only.-XI. His majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, engages himself to obtain, in favour of the archduke Ferdinand, elector of Salzburg, the cession by his majesty the king of Bavaria of the principality of Wurtzburg, such as it has been given to his said majesty by the recess of the deputation of the Germanic empire, of the 25th February, 1803. The electoral title of his R. H. shall be transferred to this principality, which his R. H. shall possess in full property and sovereignty, in the same manner and on the same conditions that he possessed the electorate of Salzburg. And with respect to debts, it is agreed, that the new possessor shall stand charged only with those debts resulting from loans formally agreed to by the states of the country, or the expences incurred for the effective administration of the said country. -XII. The dignity of grand master of the Teutonic order, its rights, domains, and revenues, which, be'fore the present war, were dependencies of Mergentheim, the chief place of the order; the other rights, domains, and revenues, which shall be found to belong to the grand mastership at the time of the ex change of the ratifications of the present treaty; as well as the domains and revenues in possession of which the said order shall be, at the same epoch, shall become hereditary in the person and descendants in the direct male line, according to the order of primogeniture, in which ever of the princes of the imperial house, as shall be appointed by his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria. His majesty the emperor Napolcon promises his good offices to obtain, as soon as possible, for his royal highness the archduke Ferdinand, a full and entire indemnity in Germany. His majesty the elector of Bavaria shall occupy the city of Augsburg and its territory, and unite them to his states, in full property and sovereignty. In the same manner the king of Wirtemberg may occupy, unite to his states, and possess in full property and sovereignty, the county of Borndorff: and his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria engages himself to give no opposition.XIV. Their majesties the kings of Bavaria and Wirtemberg, and his most serene highness the elector of Baden, shall enjoy over the territo. ries ceded, as well as over their ancient estates, the plenitude of sove reignty, and all the rights resulting from it, which have been guaran teed to them by his majesty the em peror of the French, king of Italy, in the same manner as his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and his majesty the king of Prussia, over their German states. His majesty the emperor of Germa ny and Austria, both as chief of the empire, and as co-estates, engages himself not to oppose any obstacle to the execution of the acts which they may have made, or will make, in consequence. consequence.-XV. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, as well for himself, his heirs and successors, as for the princes of his house, their heirs and successors, renounces all the rights, as well of sovereignty, as of paramount right to all pretensions whatsoever, actual or eventual, on all the states, without exception, of their majesties, the kings of Bavaria and Wirtemberg, and of his most serene highness the clector of Baden, and generally on all the states, domains, and territories: comprized in the circles of Bavaria, Franconia, and Suabia, as well as to every title, taken from the said domains and territories and reciprocally, all pretensions actual or eventual, of the said states, to the charge of the house of Austria, or its princes, are, and shall be, for ever extinguished: nevertheless, the renunciations, contained in the present article, do not concern the properties, which are by the 11th article, or which shall be, by virtue of the 12th article above, conceded to their royal highnesses the archdukes, named in the said articles.-XVI. The titles of the domains and archives, the plans and maps of the different countries, towns, and fortresses, ceded by the present treaty, shall be given up in the space of three months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, to the persons that shall have acquired the property of them.XVII. His majesty the emperor Napoleon guarantees the integrity of the empire of Austria in the state in which it shall be, in consequence of the present treaty of peace; as well as the integrity of the possessions of the princes of the house of Austria, pointed out in the 11th and 12th articles.-XVIII. The high contracting parties acknowledge the independence of the Helvetic repub-. lic, as established by the act of mediation, as well as the independence of the Batavian republic.-XIX. The prisoners of war made by France and her allies, from Austria, and by Austria from France and her allies, and who have not been yet restored, shall be restored within 40 days from the date of the exchange. of the ratifications of the present treaty.-XX. All commercial communications and relations are re-established, in the two countries, on the same footing as before the war.XXI. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and his ma jesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, shall maintain between them the same ceremonial, as to rank and etiquette, as was observed before the present war.-) -XXII. Within five days from the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, the town of Presburg, and its environs, to the extent of six leagues, shall be evacuated. Ten days after the said exchange, the French and the troops of the allies of France shall evacuate Moravia, Bohemia, the Viertel Unter Vienner Wald, the Viertel Unter Manhartsber, Hungary, and the whole of Styria. In the ten following days, they shall evacuate the Viertel Vi enner Wald, and the Viertel Ober Manhartsberg; and finally, in the space of two months from the exchange of the ratifications, the French troops, and the troops of the allies of France, shall evacuate the whole of the hereditary states of his majesty the emperor of Germany and of Austria, with the ex. ception of the place of Brannau, which shall remain for one month at the disposal of his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, as a place of depot for the sick and contain, in the space of six weeks and for the artillery.-No requisi- all the places and forts which they tion, of whatever nature, shall be made of the inhabitants during that nonth. But it is agreed, that, at the expiration of the said month, no corps whatever of Austrian troops can be stationed or introduced with in a circuit of six leagues around the said place of Brannau. It is in like manner agreed, that each of the places which are to be successively evacuated by the French troops, within the times above-mentioned, shall not be taken possession of by the Austrian troops, till eight and forty hours after the evacuation. It is also agreed, that the magazines left by the French army, in the places which they shall successively evacuate shall remain at its disposal; and that the high contracting parties shall make an arrangement relative to all contributions of war whatsoever, imposed on the different hereditary states, occupied by the French army, an arrangement in virtue of which, the raising of the said contributions shall entirely ccase from the day of the exchange of the ratifications. The French army shall draw its provisions and its sustenance from its own magazines, established on the routes by which it is to proceed.-XXIII. Immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty, commissaries shall be named on both sides, to give up and to receive, in the names of their respective sovereigns, all parts of the Venetian territory, not occupied by the troops. of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy. city of Venice, the Langues, and the possessions of Terra Firma, shall be given up in the space of fifteen days; Venetian Istria, and Dalmatia, the mouths of the Cattaro, the Venetian Isles in the Adriatic, and The Ch. Maur. Talleyrand. (L.S.) John Prince of Lichtenstein. (L.S.) (Signed) Ignaz, Count de Guylai. We have approved, and do ap prove the above treaty, in all and each of its articles therein contained; we declare, that it is accepted, ratified, and confirmed; and we promise promise, that it shall be inviolably observed. In faith of which, we have given these presents, signed with our hand, countersigned and sealed with our imperial seal. At the palace of Schoenbrunn, 27th of December, 1805. By the emperor, Napoleon. The minister sec. of state, H. B. Maret. The minister of foreign relations, Ch. Maur. Talleyrand. New Constitution of Holland.-The following is a Sketch of the Plan of the New Constitution of Hol. land, and an Account of the successive Proceedings relative to the Adoption of the said Plan. Hogue, March 15th, 1805. This day the legislative body received, from the state directory, a note containing the following propositions:-1. That the plan of the Batavian Constitution (inserted in that note, and of which an abstract is given below) shall be proposed to the Batavian people, for their approbation or rejection: and, 2. That it be proposed to the Batavian people, at the same time, to appoint, in the event of their adopting this constitution, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, first pensionary of the council, with such powers as are more fully stated in the said proposal and, 3. That both the above shall be proposed to the Batavian people, in conformity to the prescriptions published Sept. 14, 1901. The said note was, by the legislative body, referred to citizens Vandermaylen, Vau Hoof, Van Rhemen, Siderius, De Crane, Repelaer Van Spykenisse, De Joncheere, De Sitter, and De Lange Van Wyngaerden, to take it into consideration, VOL. XLVII. and to report their opinion to the assembly. seven articles. The plan is divided into eightyArticles 1 to 9, inclusive, contain general regulations: by articles 10 to 14, the territorial division of the republic is fixed, which is to be comprised, as hitherto, in eight departments, subdivided into districts. The exercise of the right to vote is to remain provisionally upon the present footing. No clergyman of any persuasion can be elected to any political office, and military persons are not to vote, but at the place of their fixed habitation, separate from that where they are in garrison. Articles 15 to 37 treat of the legislative body, which is to be styled their high mightinesses, representing the Batavian commonwealth: the assembly is to be addressed, high and mighty lords. This assembly, with the pensionary, represent the supreme power of the Batavian people, and the fixing of laws belongs to them. The assembly is to consist of nineteen members, elected for three years, and nominated by the administrations of the departments; viz. seven fo. Holland, one for Zemand, one for Utrecht, and two for each of the other departments. With respect to their qualifications, they must be citizens who have a right to vote, be upwards of thirty years of age, born within one of the eight departments, or the colonies of the state, and have resided, for six years preceding their election, in the department for which they shall sit, unless absent in the service of the repablic; and they must not be reIated to each other, up to the fourth degree of consanguinity. For each election the departmental adminis tration is to send four names to the X x pensionary, and for the artillery.-No requisition, of whatever nature, shall be made of the inhabitants during that nonth. But it is agreed, that, at the expiration of the said month, no corps whatever of Austrian troops can be stationed or introduced with in a circuit of six leagues around the said place of Brannau. It is in like manner agreed, that each of the places which are to be successively evacuated by the French troops, within the times above-mentioned, shall not be taken possession of by the Austrian troops, till eight and forty hours after the evacuation. It is also agreed, that the magazines left by the French army, in the places which they shall successively evacuate shall remain at its disposal; and that the high contracting parties shall make an arrangement relative to all contributions of war whatsoever, imposed on the different hereditary states, occupied by the French army, an arrangement in virtue of which, the raising of the said contributions shall entirely ccase from the day of the exchange of the ratifications. The French army shall draw its provisions and its sustenance from its own magazines, established on the routes by which it is to proceed.-XXIII. Immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty, commissaries shall be named on both sides, to give up and to receive, in the names of their respective sovereigns, all parts of the Venetian territory, not occupied by the troops of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy. city of Venice, the Langues, and the possessions of Terra Firma, shall be given up in the space of fifteen days; Venetian Istria, and Dalmatia, the mouths of the Cattaro, the Venetian Isles in the Adriatic, and The all the places and forts which contain, in the space of six we from the exchange of the ratin tions. The respective commissa will take care that the separation the artillery belonging to the rep lic of Venice, from the Austrian tillery, be exactly made, the for being to remain entirely to the ki dom of Italy. They will determ by a mutual agreement the kind nature of the objects, which the property of the emperor of many and of Austria, are cor quently to remain at his disp They will agree either on the to the kingdom of Italy, of the jects above mentioned, or the change for an equivalent quan of artillery, or other objects of same, or a different nature, w shall have been left by the Fre armies in the hereditary state Every facility and every assista shall be given to the Austrian tro and to the civil and military nistrations, to return into the trian states by the most conven and sure ways, as well as to the veyance of the imperial artill the naval and military magazij and other objects which are comprehended in the stipulations sale or exchange which may be ma -XXIV. The ratifications of present treaty shall be exchang within the space of eight day, sooner if possible.-Done and ig ed at Presburgh, the 25th of Dị 1805. (Signed) Ch. Maur. Talley rand. (LS John Prince of Lichtenstein. (LS (Signed) Ignaz, Count de Gushi We have approved, and do p prove the above treaty, in all and each of its articles therein contain ed; we declare, that it is accept ed, ratified, and confirmed; and we promuse |