STATE PAPERS. 



369 



date of the 21st of July, 1814, 

 as the bases of the union of the 

 Beli;ic Provinces witli the United 

 Provinces, the eight Articles con- 

 tained in the document annexed 

 to the present Tieaty,* the said 

 Articles shall have tiie same force 

 and validity as if they were in- 

 serted, word for word, in the 

 present instrument. 



Art. 9. A Commission shall be 

 immediately appointed by his IMa- 

 jesty the King- of Prussia and his 

 Majesty the King of the Nether- 

 hinds, to settle whatever relates 

 to the cession of tliose posses- 

 sions of the House of Nassau 

 which belong to his Majfsty, 

 with regard to records, debts, e.\.- 

 cesses of the public chests, and 

 other subjects of this nature. 



That part of the Records which 

 does not concern the ceded pro- 

 vinces, but only the House of 

 Orange, and libraries, collections 

 of maps, and all other objects of 

 the same description, bdouging 

 to his Majesty the King of the 

 Netlierlands, shall be retained by 

 him as private and personal pro- 

 perty, and shall be immediately 

 restored to his Alajesty. A part 

 of the s;iid possessions being ex- 

 changed agair.st other possessions 

 of the Duke and Prince of Nassau, 

 his Majesty the King of Prussia 

 er.gages, and his Majesty the 

 King of the Netlierlands ccmsents, 

 tliat the engagement stipulated in 

 the present Article, shall be trans- 

 ferred to his Serene Highness the 

 Duke and Prince of Nassau, with 

 respect to thf)se possessions which 

 are to be united to their states. 



• \'ide General Treaty of Congress, 

 pa^e 111. 



Vol. LVni. 



(No. 7-) — Austria. 

 Convention between Great Britain 



and Austria, signed at Paris, 2d 



August, 181.5. 



Napoleon Buonaparte being in 

 the power of the Allied Sove- 

 reigns, their Majesties the King 

 of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, the Emperor 

 of Austria, the Emperor of Russia, 

 and the King of Prussia, have 

 agreed in virtue of the stipula- 

 tions of the Tieaty of the 2.5th of 

 March, 1815, upon the measures 

 most proper to render all enter- 

 prise impossible, on liis part, 

 againstthe reposeof Europe. Ple- 

 ni))Oteutiaiies, Castlereagh, Wel- 

 lington, and Meiternich. 



Art. 1. Napoleon Buonaparte 

 is considered by the powers who 

 have signed the Treaty of the 

 25th of March last as their pri- 

 soner 



Art. 2. His custody is especially 

 intrusted to the British Govern- 

 ment. 



The choice of the place, and of 

 the measures which can best se- 

 cure the object of the present 

 stipulation, are reserved to his 

 Britannic Majesty. 



Art. 3. The Imperial Courts 

 of Austria and of Russia, and the 

 Royal Court of Prvissia, are to 

 appoint Commissioners to pro- 

 ceed to, and abide at the place 

 which the Government of his Bri- 

 tannic jMajestysliall have assigned 

 for the residence of Napoleon 

 Buonaparte, and wlio, without 

 being responsible for his custody, 

 will assure then\selves of his pre- 

 sence. 



Art. 4. HisMost Christian Ma- 

 jesty is to be invited, in the name 

 of the four above-mentioned 



2 B Courts, 



