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portion; and no other part of the regulation shall be altered but by common consent.

V. The States of the Rivers specified in Article I, engage to keep the towing-paths in repair, as well as the necessary works in the beds of the rivers, in the same manner as agreed upon in Article VII, for the Rhine.

VI. The subjects of the States of the Rivers Neckar, the Mayne and the Moselle, shall enjoy the same rights of navigation on the Rhine, and Prussian subjects on the Meuse, as the subjects of the States of the two last rivers; paying due regard, however, to the regulations therein established.

VII. Every thing relating to the navigation of the Scheldt, which may need ulterior arrangement, besides the freedom of navigation on this river, specified in Article I, shall be definitively regulated in a manner the most favourable to commerce and navigation, and the most analogous to the regulations established on the Rhine.

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TREATY between Great Britain and Austria (and Russia and Prussia) signed at Paris, 5th November, 1815.*

In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Prussia, animated by the desire of prosecuting the negociations adjourned at the Congress of Vienna, in order to fix the destiny of the seven Ionian Islands, and to insure the independence, liberty, and happiness of the in

* Since acceded to by all the other Powers of Europe.

eux et leur constitution sous la protection immédiate d'une des grandes Puissances de l'Europe, sont convenues de régler définitivement tout ce qui a rapport à cet objet par un Acte spécial, lequel, étant fondé sur les droits résultant du Traité de Paris du trente Mai, mil-huit-cent-quartorze, ainsi que sur les déclarations Britanniques, à l'époque où les armes de l'Angleterre ont délivré Cerigo, Zante, Céphalonie, Sainte Maure, Ithaque et Paxo, sera envisagé comme faisant partie du Traité Général, signé à Vienne, le neuf Juin mil-huit-cent-quinze, à la suite du Congrès. Et pour arrêter et signer le dit Acte, les hautes Parties Contractantes ont nommé Plénipotentiaires, savoir :

Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande; le Très-Honorable Robert Stewart, Vicomte Castlereagh, Chevalier de l'Ordre Très-Noble de la Jarretière, &c. &c. &c.; et le Très-Illustre et Très-Noble Seigneur Arthur, Duc, Marquis, et Comte de Wellington, Marquis de Douro, Vicomte Wellington de Talavera et de Wellington, et Baron Douro de Wellesley, Chevalier du Très-Noble Ordre de la Jarretière, &c. &c. &c.

Et Sa Majesté l'Empereur d'Autriche, Roi de Hongrie et de Bohême, le Sieur Clément-Wenceslas Lothaire, Prince de Metternich-Winnebourg-Ochsenhausen, &c. &c. &c.; et le Sieur Jean Philippe, Baron de Wessenberg, &c. &c. &c.

Lesquels, après avoir échangé leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivans:

I. Les Isles de Corfou, Céphalonie, Zante, Sainte Maure, Ithaque, Cérigo et Paxo, avec leurs dépendances, telles qu'elles sont désignées dans le Traité entre Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies et la Porte Ottomane du vingt-un Mars, mil-huit-cent,* formeront un seul état libre et indépendant, sous la dénomination des Etats-Unis des Isles Ioniennes.

II. Cet état sera placé sous la protection immédiate et exclu

"Les Isles de Corfou, de Zante, de Céphalonie, de Santa Maura, d'Itaque, de Pascou, de Cerigo, et toutes les Isles grandes et petites, habitées et inhabitées,, situées vis-à-vis des côtes de la Morée et de l'Albanie, lesquelles ont été detachés de Venise et viennent d'être conquises."—(Art. 2.)

habitants of those Islands, by placing them and their constitution under the immediate protection of one of the great Powers of Europe, have agreed to settle definitively by a special Act, whatever relates to this object, which, grounded upon the rights resulting from the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814, and likewise upon the British declarations at the period when the British arms liberated Cerigo, Zante, Cephalonia, Santa Maura, Ithaca, and Paxo, shall be considered as forming part of the General Treaty, concluded at Vienna on the 9th June, of the present year 1815, on the termination of the Congress; and in order to settle and sign the said Act, the High contracting Powers have nominated Plenipotentiaries; that is to say,

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, K.G. &c. &c. &c. and the Most Illustrious and Most Noble Lord, Arthur, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Wellington, Marquess of Douro, Viscount Wellington, of Talavera and of Wellington, and Baron Douro, of Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c.

And His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the Sieur Clement Wenceslas Lothaire, Prince of Metternich-Winnebourg-Ochsenhausen, &c. &c. &c. and the Sieur John Philip Baron Wessenberg, &c. &c. &c. who, after having exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :

I. The Islands of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Cerigo and Paxo, with their dependencies, such as they are described in the Treaty between His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias and the Ottoman Porte, of the 21st of March, 1800,* shall form a single, free, and independent State, under the denomination of the United States of the Ionian Islands.

II. This State shall be placed under the immediate and ex

"The Islands of Corfu, Zante, Cephalonia, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Paxo, Cerigo, and all the large and small islands, inhabited and uninhabited, which are situated opposite to the coasts of the Morea and Albania, which were detached from Venice, and have recently been conquered.”—(Art, 2.)

sive de Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, et de Ses héritiers et successeurs.

En conséquence, les autres Puissances Contractantes renoncent à tout droit ou prétention particulière qu'elles auraient pu former à cet égard, et garantissent formellement toutes les dispositions du présent traité.

III. Les Etats-Unis des Isles Ioniennes régleront avec l'approbation de la Puissance Protectrice, leur organisation intérieure; et pour donner à toutes les parties de cette organisation la consistance et l'action nécessaire, Sa Majesté Britannique vouera une sollicitude particulière à la législation et à l'administration générale de ces états.

En conséquence, Sa Majesté nommera pour y résider un Lord commissaire supérieur qui sera investi de toute l'autorité nécessaire à cet effet.

IV. Afin de mettre en exécution sans délai, les stipulations consignées dans les articles précédens et fonder la réorganisation politique des Etats-Unis Ioniens, sur cette organisation qui est actuellement en vigueur, le Lord Commissaire supérieur de la Puissance Protectrice, réglera les formes de convocation d'une assemblée législative, dont il dirigera les opérations à l'effet de rédiger pour cet état une nouvelle Charte Constitutionelle que Sa Majesté Britannique sera prié de ratifier. Jusqu'au moment où une pareille Charte Constitutionnelle sera rédigée et duement ratifiée, les Constitutions existantes resteront en vigueur dans les différentes isles, et aucun changement ne pourra y être fait que par Sa Majesté Britannique dans Son Conseil.

V. Pour assurer sans restriction aux habitans des Etats-Unis des Isles Ioniennes, les avantages résultans de la haute protection sous laquelle ils sont placés, ainsi que pour l'exercice des droits inhérens à cette protection, Sa Majesté Britannique aura celui d'occuper les fortresses et places de ces Etats et d'y tenir garnison.

La force militaire des dits Etats-Unis sera de même sous les ordres du commandant des troupes de Sa Majesté Britannique.

VI. Sa Majesté Britannique consent à ce qu'une convention

clusive protection of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and successors. The other Contracting Powers do consequently renounce every right or particular pretension which they might have formed in respect to them, and formally guarantee all the dispositions of the present Treaty.

III. The United States of the Ionian Islands shall, with the approbation of the Protecting Power, regulate their internal organization; and, in order to give to all the parts of this organization the necessary consistency and action, His Britannic Majesty will employ a particular solicitude with regard to the legislation and the general administration of those States. His Majesty will therefore appoint a Lord High Commissioner to reside there, invested with all the necessary power and authorities for this purpose.

IV. In order to carry into execution, without delay, the stipulations mentioned in the articles preceding, and to ground the political re-organization of the United Ionian States, upon that organization which is actually in force, the Lord High Commissioner of the Protecting Power shall regulate the forms of convocation of a Legislative assembly, of which he shall direct the proceedings, in order to draw up a new Constitutional Charter for the States, which his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall be requested to ratify.

Until such Constitutional Charter shall have been so drawn up, and duly ratified, the existing Constitutions shall remain in force in the different islands, and no alteration shall be made in them, except by His Britannic Majesty in Council.

V. In order to ensure, without restriction, to the inhabitants of the United States of the Ionian Islands, the advantages resulting from the high protection under which these States are placed, as well as for the exercise of the rights inherent in the said protection, His Britannic Majesty shall have the right to occupy the fortresses and places of those States, and to maintain garrisons in the same. The military force of the said United States shall also be under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the troops of His Britannic Majesty.

VI. His Britannic Majesty consents, that a particular Conven

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