STATE PAPERS. 



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of Bavnria, of that of the Gold 

 Eagle of Wurtemberg, and many 

 others ; Chamberlain, actual Privy 

 Councillor, Minister of Slate, of 

 Conferences, and for Foreign Af- 

 fairs, of his Imperial, Royal, and 

 Apostolic Majesty ; and Count 

 John Philip de Stadion Thann- 

 hansen and Warthausen, Knight 

 of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross 

 of the Order of St. Stephen, 

 Knight of the Russian Orders of 

 St. Andrew, St. Alex. Neusky, 

 and St. Anne of the 1st Class, 

 Grand Cioss of the Prussian Orders 

 of the Black and Red Eagle, 

 Chamberlain, Privy Councillor, 

 Minister of State and Conferences 

 to his Imperial, Royal, and Apos- 

 tolic Majesty ; who after exchang- 

 ing their full powers, found to be 

 in good and due form, have agreed 

 upon the following Articles : — 



Article I. There shall be, reck- 

 oning from this date, peace and 

 friendship between his 3Iajesty 

 the King of France and Navarre, 

 on the one part, and his Majesty 

 the Emperor of Austria, King of 

 Hungary and Bohemia, and his 

 Allies, on the other part, their 

 heirs and successors, their respec- 

 tive states and subjects in per- 

 petuity. 



ll;e high contracting parlies 

 shall apply all their cares to main- 

 tain, not only between themselves, 

 but also as far as depends on them 

 between all the States of Europe, 

 the good agreement and under- 

 standing so necessary lo its re- 

 pose. 



Art. II. The kingdom of France 

 preserves the integnty of its limits 

 such as they existed at the period 

 of the 1st of January, 1792. It 

 shall receive besides an augmenta- 

 tion of territory comprised within 



the line of demarkation fixed by 

 the following article : — 



Art. III. On the side of Bel- 

 gium, Germany, and Italy, the 

 ancient frontier, such as it existed 

 on the 1st January, 1792, shall be 

 re-established, the same commenc- 

 ing from the North Sea, between 

 Dunkirk and Newport, even unto 

 the Mediterranean between Cagnes 

 and Nice, with the following recti- 

 fications : — 



1. In the department of Jem- 

 mappes, the cantons of Dour, 

 Merbes-le-Chateau, Beaumont, and 

 Chimay, shall remain to France ; 

 the line of demarkation, %vhere 

 it touches the canton of Dour, 

 shall pass between that canton and 

 those of Boussu and Paturage, as 

 well as, farther on, between that 

 of Morbes-le-Chateau, and those 

 of Binch and Thuin. 



2. In the department of the 

 Sambre and Meuse, the cantons of 

 Valcourt, Florennes, Beauraing, 

 and Goduuie, shall belong to 

 France; the demarkation, upon 

 reaching this department, shall 

 follow the line which separates the 

 fore-mentioned cantons, from the 

 department of Jemmappes, and 

 from the rest of that of the Sambre 

 and Meuse. 



3. In the department of the 

 Moselle, the new demarkation, 

 where it differs from the old, shall 

 be formed by a line to be drawn 

 from Perle as far as Fremersdorf, 

 or by that which separates the 

 canton of Tholey from the rest of 

 the department of the Moselle. 



4. In the department of the 

 Sarre, the cantons of Saarbruck 

 and Arnwal, shall remain to 

 France, as well as that part of the 

 canton of Lebach which is situated 

 to the south of a line to be drawn 



