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{hat wished-for order of things, 

 whioh, we firmly trust, will arise 

 from our reciprocal efforts to at- 

 tain the end; a treaty, of which 

 the following is the tenour, has 

 been entered into by each' of the 

 contracting parties: — 



In the name of the Most Holy 

 and Undivided Trinity : — 



His majesty the emperor of 

 Austria, king of Hungary and 

 Bohemia, and his majesty the 

 emperor of all the Russias, equal- 

 ly animated by a desire to put an 

 end to the calamities of Europe, 

 and to secure its future repose by 

 the establishment of a just equili- 

 brium between the powers, have 

 resolved to prosecute the war in 

 which they are engaged for that 

 salutary object, with the whole of 

 the forces which Providence has 

 placed at their disposal. Wishing, 

 at the same time, to extend the 

 effects of a concert so beneficial, 

 to tha period when the present 

 war, having obtained its full suc- 

 cess, their mutual interest shall 

 imperiously require the mainte- 

 nance of the order of things which 

 shall be the happy result thereof, 

 they have appointed to draw up 

 the articles of a treaty of amity and 

 defensive alliance, the following 

 plenipotentiaries furnished with 

 their instructions: 



His majesty the emperor of 

 Austria, king of Hungary and 

 Bohemia, the S^eur Clement Wen- 

 ceslas Lothaire, count de Met- 

 ternich Winnebourg-Ochsenhau- 

 sen, knight of the Golden 

 Fleece, grand cross of the royal 

 order of St. Stephen, grand eagle 

 of the legion of honour, grand 

 cross of the order of St. Joseph 

 of Wurtzburg, knight of St. John 

 of Jerusalem, chancellor of the 



military order of Maria Theresa, 

 curator of the Imperial Academy 

 of Fine Arts ; chamberlain, privy 

 counsellor, minister of state, of 

 conferences, and of foreign affairs, 

 of his imperial, royal, and apos- 

 tolic majesty ; 



And his majesty the emperor of 

 all the Russias, the Sieur Charles 

 Robert, count de Nesselrode, pri- 

 vy counsellor, secretary of state, 

 chamberlain, and knight of the 

 order of St. Wolodimir of the 

 third class ; who, having ex- 

 changed their full powers, found 

 to be in good and due form, have 

 agreed upon the following arti- 

 cles — 



Article I. There shall be amity, 

 sincere and constant union, be- 

 tween his majesty the emperor of 

 Austria, king of Hungary and 

 Bohemia, and his majesty the em- 

 peror of all the Russias, their 

 heirs and successors, The high 

 contracting parties shall, in conse- 

 quence, pay the greatest attention 

 to the maintaining between them 

 reciprocal amity and correspon- 

 dence, by avoiding every thing that 

 might subvert the union and good 

 understanding happily subsisting 

 between them. 



Art. II. His majesty the empe- 

 ror of Austria guarantees to his 

 majesty the emperor of all the 

 Russias the possession of all his 

 states, provinces, and dominions. 



On the other hand, his imperial 

 majesty of all the Russias guaran- 

 tees to his majesty the emperor of 

 Austria, the possession of the states, 

 provinces, and dominions, belong- 

 ing to the crown of his imperial, 

 royal, and apostolic majestj\ 



Art, III. As a consequence of 

 this reciprocal guarantee, the high 

 contracting parties will constantly 



