accord, que la Forteresse de Plaisauce, offrant un intérêt plus particulier au système de Défence de l'Italie, Sa Majesté Impériale et Royale Apostolique conservera dans cette Ville, jusqu'à l'epoque des Réversions après l'extinction de la Branche Espagnole des Bourbons, le Droit de Garnison pur et simple; tous les Droits Régaliens et Civils sur cette Ville étant réservés au Souverain futur de Parme. Les frais et l'entretien de la Garnison dans la Ville de Plaisance seront à la charge de l'Autriche, et sa force en tems de Paix, sera déterminée à l'amiable entre les Hautes Parties intéressées, en prenant toutefois pour règle, le plus grand soulagement possible des Habitans. VI. Sa Majesté Impériale et Royale Apostolique, s'engage à payer à Sa Majesté l'Infante Marie Louise, les Sommes arriérées depuis le 9 Juin, 1815, et provenant des Stipulations du j§ 2 de l'Article CI. de l'Acte du Congrès, et d'en continuer le payement selon les mêmes Stipulations et avec les mêmes hypothèques. Elle S'engage en outre à faire payer à Sa Majesté l'Infante, le montant des Revenus perçus dans la Principauté de Lucques, depuis la même époque jusqu'au moment de l'entrée en possession de Sa Majesté l'Infante; déduction faite des frais d'Administration. La liquidation de ces Revenus aura lieu à l'amiable entre les Hautes Parties inté agreed that, as the Fortress of Placentia is an object of essential interest to the Defensive system of Italy, His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall (until the Reversious consequent on the extinction of the Spanish line of the Bourbons shall take place) continue to enjoy in that City the pure and simple right of Garrison; while all the Crown and Civil Rights on the same City shall be reserved to the future Sovereign of Parma. The expense of maintaining the Garrison in the City of Placentia shall be at the charge of Austria; and its force, in time of Peace, shall be amicably settled among the High Parties concerned, who shall make it the rule of their conduct to consult, as much as possible, the comforts of the Inhabitants. VI. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty engages to pay to Her Majesty the Infanta Maria Louisa, the Arrears due from the 9th of June, 1815, pursuant to the Stipulations of § 2, of the CIst. Article of the Act of Congress, and to continue the discharge of it, according to the same Stipulations, and on the same Securities. His Majesty engages, besides, to cause to be paid to Her Majesty, the Infanta, the Amount of the Revenues collected since the period in question up to the moment that Her Majesty the Infanta entered on the possession, deducting therefrom the charges of Administration. The liquidation of these Revenues shall be effected in an amicable manner between the High Parties ressées, et dans le cas de différence d'opinion, Elles s'en rapporteront à l'Arbitrage de Sa Majesté Très Chrétienne. VII. La Réversion des Duchés de Parme, Plaisance, et Guastalla, en cas d'extinction de la Branche de l'Infant Don Charles Louis, est explicitement maintenu dans les termes du Traité d'Aixla-Chapelle de 1748, et de l'Article Séparé du Traité entre l'Autriche et la Sardaigne, du 20 Mai, 1815. VIII. Le présent Traité, expédié en Septuple, sera joint à l'Article Supplémentaire du Traité Général du Congrès de Vienne : il sera ratifié par les Hautes Parties respectives, et les Ratifications en seront échangées à Paris dans l'espace de 2 mois, ou plu1ôt si faire se peut. En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs l'ont signé, et y ont apposé le Cachet de leurs Armes. Fait à Paris, le 10 du mois de Juin, l'an de Grâce, 1817. interested; and in case of any difference of opinion, they shall have recourse to the Arbitration of His Most Christian Majesty. VII. The Reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, in the event of the Line of the Infant Don Charles Louis becoming extinct, is clearly understood to remain on the footing agreed to in the Treaty of Aixla-Chapelle of 1748, and in the Separate Article of the Treaty conIcluded between Austria and Sardinia, May 20, 1815. VIII. The present Treaty, of which 7 Copies have been signed, shall be annexed to the Supplementary Article of the General Treaty of the Congress of Vienna; and shall be ratified by the High Parties respectively, and the Ratifications, of it shall be exchanged at Paris in the space of 2 months, or sooner if possible. In testimony of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 10th of June, in the year of our Lord 1817. TREATY of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, referred to in Article VII of the preceding Treaty. (Translation.) (Extract.) Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannic Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the States General of the United Provinces; concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle, the 18th day of October, N. S. 1748; to which the Empress Queen of Hungary, the Kings of Spain and Sardinia, the Duke of Modena, and the Republic of Genoa, have acceded. ART. VII. In consideration of the Restitutions that His Most Christian Majesty, and His Catholic Majesty make, by the present Treaty, either to Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, or to His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla shall, for the future, belong to the Most Serene Infant Don Philip, to be possessed by him and his Male Descendants, born in lawful Marriage, in the same manner, and in the same extent, as they have been, or ought to be, possessed by the present Possessors; and the said Most Serene Infant, or his Male Descendants, shall enjoy the said 3 Dutchies, conformably and under the Conditions, expressed in the Acts of Cession, of the Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of the King of Sardinia. These Acts of Cession of the Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of the King of Sardinia, shall be delivered, together with their Ratifications of the present Treaty, to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Catholic King, in like manner as the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the Most Christian King, and Catholic King, shall deliver, with the Ratifications of their Majesties, to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Sardinia, the Orders to the Generals of the French and Spanish Troops to restore Savoy and the County of Nice to the Persons appointed by that Prince to receive them; so that the Restitution of the said States, and the taking possession of the Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, by or in the name of the Most Serene Infant Don Philip, may be effected within the same time, conformably to the Acts of Cession, the tenor whereof follows: Act of Cession of the Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, 1748. WE, Maria Theresa, &c. make known by these Presents: Whereas, in order to put an end to the fatal War, certain Preliminary Articles were agreed upon, on the 30th of April of this year, between the Ministers Plenipotentiaries of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George II, King of Great Britain, and the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince Lewis XV, the Most Christian King, and their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces, which have been since ratified by all the Powers concerned the tenor of the IVth Article whereof is conceived in the following manner : "IV. The Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, shall be yielded to the Most Serene Infant Don Philip, to serve him as an Establishment, with the right of Reversion to the present Possessors, after that His Majesty the King of the 2 Sicilies shall have succeeded to the Crown of Spain; as also in case the said Most Serene Infant Don Philip should happen to die without Children." And whereas, a Definitive Treaty of Peace having since been concluded, the several points relating to this affair have been, by virtue of the Articles thereof, explained by the common consent of the Parties concerned, in the following manner. "In consideration of the Restitutions that His Most Christian Majesty and His Catholic Majesty make, by the present Treaty, either to Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, or to His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla shall, for the future, belong to the Most Serene Infant Don Philip, to be possessed by him, and his Male Descendants born in lawful Marriage, in the same manner, and in the same extent, as they have been or ought to be possessed by the present Possessors; and the said Most Serene Infant, or his Male Descendants, shall enjoy the said 3 Dutchies conformably and under the conditions expressed in the Acts of Cession of the Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of the King of Sardinia. "These Acts of Cession of the Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of the King of Sardinia, shall be delivered, together with their Ratifications of the present Treaty, to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Catholic King, in like manner as the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the Most Christian King and Catholic King shall deliver, with the Ratifications of their Majesties, to the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the King of Sardinia, the Orders to the Generals of the French and Spanish Troops, to restore Savoy and the County of Nice to the Persons appointed by that Prince to receive them; so that the Restitution of the said States, and the taking possession of the Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, by or in the name of the Most Serene Infant Don Philip, may be effected in the same time, and conformably to the said Acts of Cession." Wherefore, in order to fulfil those things to which we have bound ourselves by the Articles before inserted, and in the firm hope that the Most Christian and Catholic Kings, and the future Possessor of the aforesaid 3 Dutchies, and his Male Descendants, will, on their part, bona fide, and punctually, fulfil the tenor of the Articles above-men tioned, and will likewise restore to us, within the same time, the States and Places which are to be restored to Us in consequence of the Ind and XVIIIth Articles of the same Preliminaries; We do yield and renounce, for us and our Successors, under the Conditions expressed in the above-mentioned Articles, all rights, claims, and pretensions to us under any Title or cause whatsoever belonging, upon the aforesaid 3 Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, formerly possessed by Us; and transfer the same rights, claims and pretensions, in the best and most solemn manner possible, to the Most Serene Don Philip Infant of Spain, and his Male Descendants to be born in lawful Marriage, absolving all the Inhabitants of the said Dutchies from the allegiance and Oath which they have taken to Us, who shall be obliged for the future to pay the same allegiance to those to whom we have yielded our rights; all which, however, is to be understood only for that space of time that either the said Most Serene Infant Don Philip, or one of his Descendants, shall not have ascended either the Throne of the 2 Sicilies or of Spain; for at that time, and in case the aforesaid Infant should die without Male Descendants, we expressly reserve to ourselves, our Heirs and Successors, all rights, claims, and pretensions, which have heretofore belonged to Us, and consequently the right of Reversion to the said Dutchies. In witness whereof, &c. MARIA THERESA. Act of Cession of the King of Sardinia, 1748. CHARLES EMANUEL, &c. The desire we have to contribute, on our part, to the most speedy re-establishment of the public tranquillity, which lately induced us to accede to the Preliminary Articles, signed the 30th of April last, between the Ministers of His Britannic Majesty, His Most Christian Majesty, and the Lords the States General of the United Provinces, which we did, on the 31st of May last, by our Plenipotentiary accordingly accede to, inducing us now to accomplish as much as is to be performed on our part in pursuance of them; and particularly for the execution of what is contained in the IVth Article of the said Preliminaries, by virtue whereofthe Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla are to be yielded to the Most Serene Prince Don Philip, Infant of Spain, to hold, as an Establishment, with the right of Reversion to the present Possessors, as soon as His Majesty the King of the 2 Sicilies shall have succeeded to the Crown of Spain, or that the said Infant should happen to die without Issue Male; We, in conformity thereto, do, by the present Act, renounce, yield and transfer, for Ourselves and our Successors, to the aforesaid Most Serene Infant Don Philip, and to his Male Issue and their Descendants, born in lawful Marriage, the Town of Placentia, and the Plaisantine, (whereof we were possessed) to be held and possessed by him as Duke of Placentia; re |