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NETHERLANDS, 
ef the United Provinces, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 
hereditary in the order of the fucceflion already eftablilhed 
by the aft of the conftitution of the faid United Provinces. 
The title and the prerogatives of the royal dignity are 
recognifed by all the powers in the Houfe of Orange- 
Naffau. 
LXVI. The line comprifing the territories which com- 
pofe the kingdom of the Netherlands, is determined in 
the following manner:—It leaves the fea, and extends 
along the frontiers of France on the fide of the Nether¬ 
lands, as rectified and fixed by Article III. of the Treaty 
of Paris, of the 30th of May 1814., to the Meufe; thence 
along the fame frontiers to the old limits of the Duchy of 
Luxembourg. From this point it follows the direftion of 
the limits between that Duchy and the ancient Bifhopric 
of Liege, till it meets (to the fouth of Deiffelt) the weftern 
limits of that canton, and of that of Malmedi, to the point 
where the latter reaches the limits between the old de¬ 
partments of the Ourthe and the Roer; it then follows 
thefe limits, to where they touch thofe of the former 
French canton of Eupen, in the Duchy of Limburg; and, 
following the weftern limit of that canton, in a northerly 
direftion, leaving to the right a fmall part of the former 
French canton of Aubel, joins the point of contaft of the 
three old departments of the Ourthe, the Lower Meufe, 
and the Roer; parting again from this point, this line 
follows that which divides the two latter departments, 
until it reaches the Worm (a river falling into the Roer), 
and goes along this river to the point where it again 
reaches the limit of thefe two departments, purfues this 
limit to the fouth of Hillenfberg (the old department of 
the Roer), from whence it re-afcends to the north, and, 
leaving Hillenfberg to the right, and dividing the canton 
of Sittard into two nearly-equal parts, fo that Sittard and 
Sufteren remain on the left, it reaches the old Dutch 
territory; from whence, leaving this territory to the left, 
it goes on following its eaftern frontier to the point where 
it touches the old Auftrian principality of Gueldres, on 
the fide of Ruremonde, and, directing itfelf towards the 
moft eaftern point of the Dutch territory, .to the north of 
Swalmen, continues to inclofe this territory. Then, fetting 
out from the moft eaftern point, it joins that part of the 
Dutch territory in which Venloo is fituated; that town arid 
its territory being included within it. From thence to the 
old Dutch frontier near Mook, fituated above Genep, the 
line follows the courfe of the Meufe, at Inch a diftantfe 
from the right bank, that all the places within a thouiand 
Rhenifh yards (Rlieinlandifche ruthen) from it fhall belong, 
with their territories, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands ; 
it being underftood, however, as to the reciprocity of this 
principle, that the Pruflian territory fliall not at any point 
touch the Meufe, or approach it within the diftance of a 
thoufand Rhenifh yards. 
From the point where the line juft defcribed reaches 
the ancient Dutch frontier, as far as the Rhine, this fron¬ 
tier fhall remain effentially the fame as it was in 1795, 
between Cleves and the United Provinces. This line 
fliall be examined by a commiffion, which the govern¬ 
ments of Pruflia and the Netherlands fliall name without 
delay, for the purpofe of proceeding to the exaft ter¬ 
mination of the limits, as well of the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands, as of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, fpe- 
cified in Article LXVIII. and this commiflion, aided by 
profeflional perfons, fliall regulate every thing concern¬ 
ing the hydroteclinical conftruftions, and other fimilar 
points, in the moft equitable manner, and the moft con¬ 
formable to the mutual interefts of the Pruflian ftates 
and of thofe of the Netherlands. This fame arrangement 
refers to the fixing of limits in the diftrifts of Kyfwaerd, 
Lobith, and in the whole territory as far as Kekerdom. 
The enclaves of HuiiTen, Malburg, Lymers, with the 
town of Sevenaer and lordftiip of Weel, fhall forma part 
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; and his Pruflian 
Majefty renounces them in perpetuity, for himfelf, his 
heirs, and fucceffors. 
.ixyil. That part of the old Duchy of Luxembourg 
which is comprifed in the limits fpecified in the following 
article, is likewife ceded to the Sovereign Prince of the 
United Provinces, now King of the Netherlands, to be pol- 
feffed in perpetuity by him and his fucceffors, in full pro¬ 
perty and fovereignty. The Sovereign of the Netherlands 
fliall add to his titles that of Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 
his majefty referving to himfelf the privilege of making 
fuch family-arrangement between the princes his fons, 
relative to the fucceflion to the grand duchy, as he fliall 
think conformable to the interefts of his monarchy and 
to his paternal intentions. 
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ferving as a com- 
penfation for the principalities of Naffau Dillenburg, 
Siegen, Hadamar, and Dietz, fhalMbrm one of the ftates 
of the Germanic Confederation : and the King of the 
Netherlands fliall enter into the fyftem of this confedera¬ 
tion, as Grand Duke of Luxembourg, with all the pre¬ 
rogatives and privileges enjoyed by the other German 
Princes. The town of Luxembourg, in a military point 
of view, fliall be confidered as a fortrefs of the Confedera¬ 
tion. The Grand Duke fliall, however, retain the right 
of appointing the governor and military commandant ot 
this fortrefs, fubjeft to the approbation of the executive 
power of the confederation, and under fuch other con¬ 
ditions as it may be judged neceffary to eftablilh, in con¬ 
formity with the future conftitution of the faid con¬ 
federation. 
LXVIII. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hall confift 
of all the territory fituated between the kingdom of the 
Netherlands, as it has been defignated by Article LXVI. 
France, the Mofelle as far as the mouth of the Sure, the 
courfe of the Sure as far as the junftion of the Our, and 
the courfe of this laft river as far as the limits of the 
former French canton of St. Vith, which fliall not belong 
to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 
LXIX. His majefty the Kingof the Netherlands, Grand 
Duke of Luxembourg, fliall poffefs in perpetuity for him¬ 
felf and his fucceffors, the full and entire fovereignty of 
that part of the Duchy of Bouillon which is not ceded to 
France by the treaty of Paris; and which, therefore, (hall 
be united to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 
Difputes having arifen with refpeft to the faid Duchy 
of Bouillon, the competitor who fliall legally eftablilh his 
right, in the manner hereafter fpecified, fliall poffefs, in 
full property, the faid part of the duchy, as it was enjoyed 
by the laft duke, under the fovereignty of his majefty the 
King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. 
This decifion (hall be made by arbitration, and be without 
appeal. For this purpofe there fliall be appointed a certain 
number of arbitrators, one by each of the two competitors, 
and others, to the number of three, by the courts of Auftria, 
Pruflia, and Sardinia. They fliall aflemble at Aix-la- 
Chapelle, as foon as the ftate of the war and other circum- 
ftances may admit of it, and their determination fliall be 
made known within fix months from their firft meeting. 
In the interim, his majefty the King of the Netherlands, 
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, fliall hold in truft the pro¬ 
perty of the faid part of the Duchy of Bouillon, in order 
that he may reftore it, together with the revenues of the 
provincial adminiftration, to the competitor in whole 
favour the arbitrators (hall decide ; and his faid majefty 
fliall indemnify him for the lofs of the revenues arifing 
from the rights of fovereignty, by means of fome equitable 
arrangement. Should the reftitution fall to prince Charles 
of Rohan, this property, when in his pofleflion, fliall be 
regulated by the laws of the fubftitution which conftitutes 
his title thereto. 
LXX. His majefty the King of the Netherlands re¬ 
nounces in perpetuity, for himfelf, his heirs, andfuccefl'ors, 
in favour of his majefty the King of Pruflia, the fovereigri 
poffeflions which the lioufe of Naffau-Orange held in 
Germany; namely, the principalities of Dillenburg, Dietz, 
Siegen, and Hadamar, with the lordftiip of Beilftein, fuch 
as thofe poffeflions have been definitively arranged between 
the two branches of the Houfe of Naffau, by the treaty 
concluded at the Hague on the 14-th of July, 1814. His 
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