The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-03 00:00:00

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GENERAL TRE:VIY WITH FRANCE. •• .
The Allied Powers, after sititirg that they lime by their exer-
tions, and the triumph of their arms, preserved Frigcce and Furope '
from the convulsions with which t''ly were thteutenett by the late
enterprise of Napoleon Buonaptil ie, and bl,tlo:t rcvolutionar3.• sys-
tem introduced into France tor its 3,:pport; arol..pntiripating with
hiS most Christian Majority in the iv:sh, by the inviolable mainte-
nance of the royal-dignity, and by' Miming 'Le validity of the
Conititutional Charter, to confirm the order happily re-eNtabli:,hed
in France, vat to bring bikek between Fretwe anti it:. nvizhboins
those rohitions fonniled upon reciprocal conlitienee and good will'
which the maiiinful consequences of the revolution and system of
conquest had so loag interrupted; anti as they are conyinctsql that
their laSt objects cannot be attained exct:pt by au arrangement
caleuhrted to give them just indemnity for the past, and solid :;ecu-
fay for the future : They have, therefore, in common with his Ma-
jesty the King of France, deliberated on the means of bringing
about such an arrarmement, and a 3 they have convinced them3elves.
that the indemnity doe to the powers cannot c(tnri3t wholly either
inces3ions of territory, or pecuniary payments, without greatly
injuring the essential interests of France iu one way or the other,
and that it is better so to unite them, as to avoid both disadvan-
taves

Their Imperial and Royal Majesties linve therefore taken this as
the basis of the pres!..nt negaciations, and have also agreed upon it
as a basis, that It is nue:Lay, during a certain time, to keep the
friontier provinces of France occupied by a cert.sin number of the
allied troops, and hive agreed to unite. in a definitive treaty, the
several dispositions founded upon these bases.
In this view, and to this cud, his Majesty the King of Great Bri-
tain and tlanover, for himself and his on one side, and his
the Kind of France and Navarre on the other side, hate
appointed for their Plenipotentiaries, to diSrll:4A, agree on, and sign
thg Detinithe Treaty (here are the names of the Ministers), abuse
fall power having been exchanged, and fonnd in due order, they
letve, by their respective Ministers, agreed to, and signed the fol-
loWing articles :

Art. 1. The frontiers of France remain ac they were in MO,
with the exception of the reciprocal modifientions in this article.
In the North, the frontier line remains as it was tixrcl in the
Treaty of Paris, till opposite Qui(wrain, thence it goes idopg the
ancient frontiers of the Belgic provinces of the former bishopriek
of Leige, aad of the duchy of Bouillon, as they were in 1790, so
that the territories of Marienburg and Philippeville, with the for-
tresses cf the sanre name, and the %%hole duchy of Bouillon, remain
withoot the French frontiers. From Viitars liv Orval, on the fron-
tiers of the del a -intent of the Ardennes and die thichy of larrem-
burg, as far as Perto, on the road leading from '1 hionville to Tre-
yes, the frontier line remains as it was tiNeil in the Treaty of Paris.
Feum Pert° it goes over Lausdorf, WaUnit+, Schardurf, Nutley-
Pellewoler, which places, with their barn-liencs, all remain
to France, to Honore and along the old feutitier:4 of the district of
air witek, so that Saarlbuis ...lid the muse of the Scene, With the
places On the right of the above-mention( 1 line, with their hau-
lienei, %rid come without the French frontiers, from tire frontiers
or tire district of Saarland( the frontier line shall he• the Same
which now scpArate.+6 the department of the Lower Rhine from
Germlny, as /di' US the bcundary to it.; june,tion with the Rhine :
the whole of the terriforr lying, on the left bank of the Lama, in-
cl tiling the fortresses of Landau, shall 'argotic to Germeny, the
town of Weirsembeig, however, which is in!riseettil tfy this river,
remains wholly to Frdnee, with a rnyox on the left bank; this rayon
must not exceed 1900 toises, and will be more part.etiarlv ch:rter-
mined by the Connuissioutrs who will hereafter be, i.ppuitited to
reguldte the frontiers. _ _ _

(2) From the mouth of the Uinta, along the deporttlentf. of the
Loner Rbine, the Upper Rhine, the Doubs, and the Sala, :is tir as
the Canton of Vand, the frontiers remain as they are fixed in the
Tre tty cl Paris. The Thalweg; of the Rhine !hall be tlie line of
5t.174-Jtion between Prance and the German States ; but the pro-
Ferty of the i4l;!).tbs, as it will be determined in eotisepienee of a
Lew ex;uni:ntiosi of the cowse cf. that river, altall amain nn-
changed, wilatert: silteratiens-the coarse of the river may, in pro-
cess of time, undergo. Commi.:sioners shall be appointed, within
three m by the }Ugh Contracting Pow(rs on both sides, in
looter goat, e the said examinaCon. The half of the !Adv. be-
w' en Strashurgh and Kelii, shall ['clung to France, lid llie other
110' to the Grand Dori) y of Baden.
(3) To restore a direct connnunication hetwcrii the Cthtnn of
Gc4...;. d .4au At.:.‘114,,,a, tutu. 'lds' 41 the territur,)W Ciex, which

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