446 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1B!4. 



and undivided Trinity. His Ma- 

 jesty the King of Denmark and his 

 Majesty the King of Prussia, 

 equally animated with the desire 

 of re-establishing between their 

 respective States, peace, union, and 

 the o-ood understanding which 

 have been unfortunately interrupt- 

 ed, have for this purpose named 

 and authorized Plenipotentiaries ; 

 namely, his Majesty the King of 

 Denmark, the Sieur Christian Hen- 

 ry Augustus Count of Hardenberg 

 Reventlau ; and his Majesty the 

 King of Prussia, the Prince of 

 Hardenberg ; who, after having 

 exchanged their respective full 

 powers, have agreed upon the fol- 

 lowing articles : — 



I. There shall be in future 

 peace, friendship, and good under- 

 standing between his Majesty the 

 King of Denmark, and his Majesty 

 the King of Prussia. The two 

 high contracting parties shall em- 

 ploy the utmost attention to main- 

 tain a perfect harmony between 

 their respective states and subjects, 

 and shall carefully avoid every 

 thing which may disturb the union 

 so happily re-establish<',d. 



II. AH the relations which ex- 

 isted between Denmark and Prus- 

 sia, and their respective subjects, 

 shall be re-established from the 

 day of the date of the present trea- 

 ty on the same footing as before 

 the last war. 



III. In order to extend the com- 

 mercial relations between the two 

 countries, their Majesties shall im- 

 mediately conclude a treaty of 

 commerce, founded on bases reci- 

 procally advantageous. 



IV. The high contracting par- 

 ties confirm all thi: articles of the 

 provisional convention, signed at 

 Paris on tf>e 2nd of June, and parti- 



cularly those which declare, that 

 the claims which their respective 

 subjects may have, either against 

 the Danish Government, or ag-ainst 

 the Prussian Goiernmeiit, shall be 

 examined and settled by a mixed 

 commission, which shall assemble , 

 for that purpose at Copenhagen, I 

 immediately after the ratification 

 of the present treat3^ 



V. His Majesty the King of Den- 

 mark having ceded Norway to 

 Sweden, his Majesty the King of 

 Prussia shall employ conjointly 

 with Sweden, Russia, and England, 

 his good offices to procure to his 

 Majesty the King of Denmark a 

 suitable indemnity, in addition to 

 Pomerania, which has been ceded 

 to him bj' Sweden. 



VI. The present treaty shall be 

 ratified, and the ratifications ex- 

 changed in the space of six weeks 

 from the day of its date, or sooner 

 if possible. In testimonj' whereof, 

 we the undersigned, in virtue of 

 our full powers, have signed the 

 present treaty, and have affixed to 

 it the seal of our arras. 



Done at Berlin, this 25th of 

 August, 1814. 



(Signed) 

 Charles Augustus, Prince 



of Hardenberg. 

 C. H. A. Count of Harden- 

 berg-Reventlau. 



Act of the Acceptationoflhe Treaty 

 of Alliance, concluded between 

 the Cantons of the Swiss Con- 

 federation. 



Whereas the Deputies of the 

 Sovereign States of Switzerland, 

 invested with full and sufficient 

 authority to announce the will of 

 their constituents on the new plan 



