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STATE or PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
In February, 1800. 
CONTINENTAU AFFAIRS. 
E have now to record the treaty 
of peace between France and 
Auftria, to which we referred in our laft, 
and which was figned and ratified on the 
26th and 27th of December. 
Treaty of Peace between Aufiria and France. 
(Official Copy.) 
His Majefty the Emperor of Germany and 
Auftria, and his Majefty the Emperor of the 
French, King of Italy, equally animated 
with a defire to put an end to the calamities 
of war, have refolved to proceed without 
delay to the conclufion of a definitive Treaty 
of Peace. This treaty contains 24 articles, 
of which the following are the principal, 
and indeed the only ones that are interefting 
to thofe fates who are not immediately con- 
cerned in the treaty. 
Artictre I. There fhall be from the 
date of this day, peace and friendfhip between 
his Majefty the Emperor of Germany and 
Auftria, and his Majefty the Emperor of 
the French, King of Italy, their heirs and 
fucceffors, their ftates and fubje€ts refpec- 
tively, for ever 
| J. France fhall continue to poffefs in 
property and fovereignty the duchies, prin- 
cipalities, lordfhips, and territories beyond 
the Alps, which were before the prefent 
treaty united and incorporated with the 
French empire, or governed by the laws and 
government of France. 
Ill. ‘The Emperor of Germany and Auf- 
tria, for himfelf, his heirs, and fucceffors, 
recognizes the difpofitions made by his Ma- 
jefty the Emperor of France, King of Italy, 
relative to the-principalities of Lucca and 
Piombiao. 
IV. The Emperor of Germany and Auf- 
tria renounces, as well for himfelf as for his 
heirs and fuccefflors, that part of the ftates of 
the Republic of Venice, ceded to him by the 
treaties of Campo Formio and Luneville, 
thall be united in perpetuity to the King of 
Italy. 
VY. The Empercr of Germany and of 
Auftria acknowledges his Majefty the Em- 
peror of the French as King of Italy 5 but 
it is agreed that, in conformity with the de- 
claration made by his Majefty the Emperar 
of the French, at the moment when he took 
the Crown of Italy, that as foon as the par- 
ties named in that declaration fhall have ful- 
filled the conditions therein expreffed, the 
crowns of France and Italy fhall be feparated 
for ever, and cannot in any cafe be united on 
the fame head. His Majefty the Emperor 
of Germany binds himfelf to acknowledge, 
On the feparation, the fucceffor his Majefty 
the Emperor of the French fhall appaint to 
himfelf as King of Italy. 
VI. The prefent Treaty of Peace is de- 
clared tocomprehend their Mott Serene High- 
nefles the Electors of Bavaria, Wirtemberg, 
and Baden, and the Batavian Republic, allies 
of his Majefty the Emperor of the French, 
inthe prefent war. 
VIl. The Ele&tors of Bavaria and Wire 
téemberg having taken the title of King, 
without ceafing neverthelefs to belong to the 
Germanic Confederation, his Majelty the 
Emperor of Germany and Auftria acknow= 
ledges them in that charaéter. 
VIiSl His Majefty the Emperor of Gere 
many and Auftria, as well for himtelf, his 
heirs and fucceffors, as for the princes of his 
houfe, their heirs and fucceffors refpectively, 
renounces Certain principalities, lordfhips, do-~ 
mains and territories, [fhefe are {pecified 
in the Treaty, which declares alfo by whom 
they are hereafter to be held. | 
XIV. Their Majefty the Kings of Bae 
varia and Wirtemberg, and his Mof Serene: 
Highnefs the Eleétor of Baden, fhall enjoy 
over the territories ceded, as well as over’ 
their ancient eftates, the plenitude of fove-. 
reignty, and all the rights refulting from it, 
which have been guaranteed to them by his 
Majefty the Emperor of the French, King 
of Italy, inthe fame manner as his Majefty 
the Emperor of Germany and Auftria, and 
his Majefty the King of Pruffia, over their 
German ftates. His Majefty the Emperor of 
Germany and Auftria, both as Chief of the 
Empire, and as co-eftates, engages himfelf not 
to oppofe any obftacle to the.execution of the 
acts which they may have made, or will 
make, in confequence. 
XV. His Majefty the Emperor of Ger- 
many and Auftria, as well for himfelf, his 
heirs and fucceffors, as for the princes of his 
Houfe, their heirs and fucceffors, renounces 
all the rights, as well of fovereignty as of 
paramount right to all pretenfions whatfoe 
ever, actual or eventual, on all the ftates, 
without exception, of their Majefties the 
Kings of Bavaria and Wirctemberg, and of 
his moft Serene Highnefs the Elector of 
Baden, and generally on ali the ftates, do- 
mains, and territories, comprifed in the cir- 
cles of Bavaria, Franconia, and Suabia, as 
well as to every titlé taken from the faid do- 
mains and territories; and reciprocally, all 
pretenfions, aétual or eventual, of the faid 
ftates, to the charge of the houfe of Auftria, 
or its princes, are, and thall be, for ever exe. . 
tinguifheds 
XVII. His Majefty the Emperor Napo- 
leon guarantees the integrity of the empire 
of Auftria in the ftate in which it fhall be in 
confequence of the prefent Treaty af Peace, 
XViil. The High ContraGting Parties 
acknowledge the independence of the Hel- 
vetic Republic, as eftablifhed by the Act of 
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