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concurred in the present act, 

 should judge it necessary to 

 estabhsh particular meetings, 

 either of the Sovereigns them- 

 selves, or of their respective Mi- 

 nisters and Plenipotentiaries, to 

 treat in common of their proper 

 interests, in so far as they have 

 reference to the object of their 

 present dehberations, the time 

 and place of these meetings shall, 

 on each occasion, be previously 

 fixed, by means of diplomatic 

 communications ; and that in the 

 case of these meetings having 

 for their object affairs specially 

 connected with the interests of 

 the other States of Europe, they 

 shall only take place in conse- 

 quence of a formal invitation on 

 the part of such of those States 

 as the said affairs may concern, 

 and under the express reservation 

 of their right of direct participa- 

 tion therein, either directly or by 

 their plenipotentiaries. 



" 5. That the resolutions 

 contained in the present act shall 

 be made known to all the Courts 

 of Europe, by the subjoined 

 declaration, which shall be con- 

 sidered as sanctioned by the 

 Protocol, and forming part 

 thereof. 



" Done in quintuple, and re- 

 ciprocally exchanged in the 

 original, by the subscribing 

 Cabinets. 



(Signed) " Metternich. 

 " Richelieu. 

 " Castlereagh. 

 " Wellington. 

 " Hardenbero. 

 " Bernstorff. 

 " Nesselrode. 

 " Capo d'Istria. 



'« Aix-la-Chapelle,Nov. 15, 1818." 

 Vol. LX. 



declaration. 



" Now that the pacification of 

 Europe is accomplished, by the 

 resolution of withdrawing the 

 foreign troops from the French 

 territory ; and now that there is 

 an end of those measures of pre- 

 caution which deplorable events 

 had rendered necessary, the Minis" 

 ters and Plenipotentiaries of their 

 Majesties the Emperor of Austria, 

 the King of France, the King of 

 Great Britain, the King of Prussia, 

 and the Emperor of all the Russias, 

 have received orders from their 

 Sovereigns, to make known to 

 all the Courts of Europe, the 

 results of their meeting at Aix- 

 la-Chapelle, and with that view 

 to publish the following declara- 

 tion : — 



" The convention of the 9th 

 of October, which definitively 

 regulated the execution of the 

 engagements agreed to in the 

 treaty of peace of November, 20, 

 1815, is considered by the Sove- 

 reigns who concurred therein, as 

 the accomplishment of the work 

 of peace, and as the completioa 

 of the political system destined 

 to ensure its solidity. 



" The intimate vnion establish- 

 ed among the Monarchs, who 

 are joint parties to this system, 

 by their own principles, no less 

 than b)'^ the interests of their 

 people, offers to Europe the most 

 sacred pledge of its future tran- 

 quillity. 



" The object of this union is 

 as simple as it is great and salu- 

 tary. It does not tend to any 

 new political combination — to 

 any change in the relations sanc- 

 tioned by existing treaties. Calm 

 and consistent in its proceedings, 

 it has no other object than the 



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