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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



calls for an order of thhigs, the 

 first result of which should be 

 the restoration of general peace, 

 and which should also be the era 

 of a solemn reconciliation of all the 

 Btiites of the great European Fa- 

 mily : 



The Senate declares and decrees 

 as follows : 



Art. 1. Napoleon Buonaparte 

 has forfeited the throne, and the 

 hereditary light established in his 

 family is abolished. 



2. The French people and the 

 army are released from their oath 

 of fidelity towards Napoleon Buo- 

 naparte. 



3. The present decree shall be 

 transmitted by a Message to the 

 Provisional Government of France, 

 conveyed forthwith to all the de- 

 partments and the armies, and im- 

 mediately proclaimed in all the 

 quarters of the capital. 



[A similar resolution was, on 

 the same day, adopted by the Le- 

 gislative Body.] 



Articles of the Treaty between the 

 Allied Powers and his Majesty 

 the Emperor Napoleon. 



Art. 1. His Majesty the Empe- 

 ror Nnpoleon renounces for him- 

 self, his successors and descendants, 

 as well as for all the members of 

 his family, all right of sovereignty 

 and dominion, as well to the 

 French Empire, and the kingdom 

 of Italy, as over every other country. 



Art. 2. Their Majesties the Em> 

 peror Napoleon and Maria Louisa 

 shall retain their titles and rank, to 

 be enjoyed during their lives. The 

 mother, the brothers, sisters, ne- 

 phews, and nieces, of the Emperor^ 



shall also retain, wherever they 

 may reside, the titles of Princes of 

 his family. 



Art. 3. The Isle of Elba adopt- 

 ed by his Majesty the Emperor 

 Napoleon as the place of his resi- 

 dence, shall form, during his life, a 

 se|)arate principality, which shall 

 be possessed by him in full sove- 

 reignty and property ; there shall 

 be besides granted, in full property, 

 to the Emperor Napoleon, an an- 

 nual revenue of 2,000,000 francs, 

 in rent charge, in the greiit book 

 of France, of which 1,000,000 shall 

 be in reversion to the Empress. 



Art. 4. The Duchies of Parma, 

 Placentia, and Guastalla, shall be 

 granted, in full property and sove- 

 reignty, to her Mnjesty the Em- 

 press Maria Louisa ; they shall 

 pass to her son, and to the descen- 

 dan'^s in the right line. The Prince 

 her ->n, shall, from henceforth, 

 take me title of Prince of Parma, 

 Placen •- and Guastalla. 



Art, u. \ll the Powers engage 

 to employ '"^ir good offices to 

 cause to be resperted, by the Bar- 

 bary Powers, the flag and the ter- 

 ritory of the Isle of Elba, for which 

 purpose the relations with the Bar- 

 bary Powers, shall be assimilated 

 to those with France. 



Art. 6. There shall be reserved 

 in the territories hereby renounc- 

 ed, to his Majesty the Emperor 

 Napoleon, for himself and his 

 family, domains of rent-charges 

 in the great book of France, pro- 

 ducing a revenue, clear of all 

 deductionsand chargesof 2,500,000 

 francs. These domains or rents 

 shall belong, in full property, and 

 to be disposed of as they shall 

 think fit, to the Princes and Prin- 

 cesses of his family, and shall 



