342 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1497. 
ror to fecure himfelf from the un- 
happy confequences which may be 
the refult. 
2d. The ancient rights of his. Im- 
perial Majefty, and his anceftors, to 
Venetian Iftria, which formerly 
made part of Hungary. And as 
jeveral of the Venetian provinces 
have detached themfelves from the 
fovereignty of Venice, his Majefty 
conceived this to be the time to 
affert his ancient rights. 
This declaration has been accom- 
panied by a general pardon, as well 
for the Auftrian fubje&ts who had 
fled into Iftria to avoid taking up 
arms, as for the Venetian fubjects 
who had left their country. 
Definitive Treaty of Peace, concluded be- 
tween the French Republic and- the 
Emperor, King of Hungary and Bo- 
hemza. 
H! S Majefty the Emperor of 
the Romans, King of Hunga- 
ry and Bohemia,, and the French 
Republic, being defirous to confo- 
lidate the peace, the bafis of which 
has been laid down by the prelimi- 
naries figned at the Chateau of Eck- 
enwald, near Leoben, in Styria, on 
the 18th of April, 1797, (29th 
Germinal, 5th year of the French 
Republic, one and indivfible) have 
named for their Plenipotentiaries 
the following perfons: his Majefty 
the Emperor and -King, the ‘Sieur 
D. Martius Maftrilly, noble Nea- 
politan Patrician ») Marquis of Gal- 
lo, Knight of the royal Order of St. 
Januarius, Gentleman of the Cham- 
ber to his Majefty the King of the 
Two. Sicilies, and his Ambaflador 
Extraordinary at the court of Vi- 
enna; the Sieur Louis, Cobentzel, 
Count of the holy Roman Empire, 
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Grand Crofs of the royal Order of 
St. Stephen, Chamberlain and ac- 
tual Privy Counfellor of State to 
his faid Imperial, Royal, and Apof- 
tolic Majefty, and his Ambaffador 
Extraordinary to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty of all the Ruffias; the Sieur 
Maximilian, Count of Merveldt, 
Knight of the Teutonic and Mili- 
tary order of Maria Therefa, Cham- 
berlain and Major-General of Ca- 
valry in the armies of his faid Ma- 
jefty the Emperor and King; and 
the Sieur Ignatius, Baron Degel- 
mann, Minifter Plenipotentiary of 
his faid Majefty to the Helvetic 
Republic; and the French Repub- 
lic has named Buonaparte, General 
in Chief of the French army in Ita- 
ly; which perfons, after the ex- 
change of their refpective powers, 
have refolved upon the following 
articles :— 
Art. I. There fhall be in future, 
and for ever, a folid and inviolable 
peace between his Majefty the Em- 
peror of the Romans, King of Hun- 
gary and Bohemia, his heirs and 
fucceffors, and the French Repub- 
lic. The contraéting parties fhall 
give the greateft attention to the 
maintenance of a perfeét intelli- 
gence between themfelves and their 
ftates, without permitting, for the 
future, any fort of hoftilities on ei- 
ther fide, for whatever caufe, or un- 
der whatfoever pretext, and fhall 
carefully avoid whatever may here- 
after affect the union thus. happily 
eftablifhed. No affiftance fhall be 
given, cither directly or indireétly, 
to thofe who would attempt any 
thing to the prejudice of one or 
other of the contracting parties. 
II. Soon after the exchange of 
the ratificatigns of the prefent trea- 
ty, the contracting parties fhall re- 
move all fequeitrations impofed up- 
on 
