[Conferences of Laybach.] a universal change in the constitutive principles of Society, they prepare for the world unending calamities. The Allied Sovereigns had discovered the dangers of that Conspiracy in their full extent, but they had at the same time seen the real weakness of the Conspirators through the veil of special pleading. Experience has confirmed their anticipations. Resistance which legitimate Authority has met with has been of no effect, and crime has disappeared before the sword of Justice. It is not to accidental causes, it is not even to men who behaved so badly in the day of battle, that the ease of such a success is attributable. It arises from a more consoling principle, and more worthy of consideration. Providence has struck terror in such guilty consciences, and the disapproval of the Peoples, whose destiny had been compromised by the promoters of disorder, made them lay down their arms. Destined simply to fight against and repel rebellion, the Allied Forces, far from upholding any exclusive interest, came to the assistance of subdued Peoples, and they considered it as coming in support of their liberty, and not as an attack against their independence. From that moment war ceased; from that momeut the States which the revolt had overtaken, became friendly States towards the Powers who had never looked for anything but their tranquillity and their prosperity. In the midst of such serious events, and in such a delicate position, the Allied Sovereigns, in conjunction with their Majesties the King of the Two Sicilies and the King of Sardinia, have considered it indispensable to take temporary measures of precaution pointed out by prudence and prescribed by the common good. The Allied Troops, whose presence was necessary for the re-establishment of order, have been distributed in convenient places, with the sole object of protecting the free exercise of legitimate authority and assisting it in preparing, under that protection, the benefits which are to blot out the traces of such great misfortunes. The justice and disinterestedness which have presided over the deliberations of the Allied Sovereigns shall always regulate their policy. For the future, as in time past, the object of that policy will always be the preservation of the Independence and of the Rights of each State, such as they are recognised and defined in existing Treaties. The result even of such a danger [Conferences of Laybach.] ous movement will still be under the guidance of Providence, the strengthening of that Peace which the enemies of the Peoples strive to destroy, and that consolidation of an order of things which shall insure to Nations their repose and their prosperity. Impressed with these feelings, the Allied Sovereigns on the termination of the Conferences of Laybach, wish to proclaim to the World the principles which guided them. They have decided never to depart therefrom, and all friends of right will see and will constantly find in their Union, a guarantee against the attempts of disturbers of the peace. It is with that object that their Imperial and Royal Majesties have ordered their Plenipotentiaries to sign and publish the present Declaration. METTERNICH. LE BARON DE VINCENT. KRUSEMARCK. NESSELRODE. CAPODISTRIAS. POZZO DE BORGO. [Limits.] No. 109.-CONVENTION between Austria and Parma, for the Rectification of their respective Frontiers. Signed at Placentia, 25th May, 1821.* Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Boundaries defined in Protocol of Demarcation of 25th April, 1820, which is the basis of this Convention. 2. Possessions of each Party. 3. Cessions to be made to respective Parties. 4. Enjoyment of Revenues from the Ceded Places. 5. Stipulation as to Hydraulic Works. 6. Stipulation as to Islands hereafter formed by the Fo. 7. Stipulation as to Islands re-uniting with the Continent. 8. Ratifications. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. COUNT Albert Adam de Neipperg, and Count Julius de Strassoldo, respectively empowered on the part of Her Majesty the Archduchess of Parma, and on the part of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, having met to define the boundary along the Po between His Imperial Majesty's States, in conformity with Article XCV. of the Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27). have agreed upon the following Articles: ARTS. I. to VIII. (See Table.) COUNT DE NEIPPERG. COUNT DE STRASSOLDO. * See also Treaty of 3rd July, 1849. [Navigation of the Elbe.] No. 110.-CONVENTION between Prussia, Austria, Saxony, Hanover, Denmark (for Holstein and Lauenburg), Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, Anhalt-Bernburg, Coethen and Dessau, and Hamburgh, relative to the Free Navigation of the Elbe. Signed at Dresden, 23rd June, 1821. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. 1. Free Navigation of the Elbe; Coasting Trade excepted. 2. Abolition of exclusive Privileges. Exceptions. 3. Abolition of Storehouse and Forced Harbour Duties. 4. Licence for Navigation of the Elbe. Withdrawal of Licence. 5. Charges of Freight. 6. Contracts for Boatmen. 7. Abolition of Tolls on the Elbe. General Navigation Duty. 8. Duty according to Weight. 9. Duty on Passage from Melnick to Hamburgh. 10. Diminution of Duty on certain Articles. 11. Duties on Vessels, &c., to be divided into 4 Classes. 12. Payments in Money. 13. Duties not to be increased except by Mutual Consent. 14. Exceptions. 15. Brunshausen or Stade Toll. Reservations of Denmark and Hamburgh. 16. Diminution of Number of Toll-houses. Reservations by Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover. 17. Bills of Lading. Manifest to be drawn up by the Boatman. 18. Manifest of Floats of Timber. 19. Boatmen and Conductors of Floats to produce their Manifests at every Toll-house. 20. Toll Collectors to Certify on Manifests Payment of Duties. 21. Manifest to be delivered at place of Unlading. Right to take Copy of Manifest. 22. Verification or Visiting Vessels, &c., at Toll-houses. cation. Special Verification. General Verifi 23. Facilities granted by Saxony, Denmark, Hanover, and Mecklenburgh. Reservations. Revision of Manifests at Toll-house of Anhalt. 24. Duties of Elbe Toll-offices. 25. Contravention of Toll Regulations. 26. Appointment of Officer at Toll-offices to Decide questions of Contravention, &c. 27. Arrest of Boatmen for Non-payment of Toll Dueз. 28. Repair of Towing Paths, &c. 29. Measures in cases of Wreck. Wreck Privileges Abolished. 30. Commission of Revision. First Commission to Assemble at Hamburgh. 31. Present Regulations alone to be acted upon. Акт. [Navigation of the Elbe.] TABLE. 32. Special Regulations to be made on Branch Rivers. 33. Execution of Convention. Ratifications. [For Prussian Act of Ratification of the Elbe Navigation Convention, 20th November, 1821, see page 686.] (Translation.*) Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. THE Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th June, 1815 (No. 27), having established the general bases for the Navigation of Rivers, the States bordering on the Elbe, animated with the desire of obtaining, as soon as possible, the advantages and facilities stipulated by that Act, in favour of Commerce and Navigation, have directed that a Commission should assemble at Dresden, for the purpose of regulating, by a mutual agreement, the different points respecting the Navigation of the Elbe. In order to carry this object into effect, Commissioners Plenipotentiary have been appointed, viz., on the part of His Majesty the King of Prussia, Johann Ludwig von Jordan, His Privy Councillor of Legation, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Saxony, &c. ; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Joachim Edward Baron von Münch Bellinghausen, His Government Councillor, &c.; His Majesty the King of Saxony, Günther von Bünau, His Privy Councillor of Finance, &c.; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, as King of Hanover, Carl Friedrich Baron von Stralenheim, His Councillor of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires at the Free City of Frankfort, &c. ; His Majesty the King of Denmark, as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, Mathias Friis von Irgensbergh, His Councillor of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Saxony, &c.; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of MecklenburghSchwerin, Joachim Christian Steinfeld, His Chamberlain, &c.; His Highness the Reigning Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, His Highness the Reigning Duke of Anhalt-Coethen, and His Highness the Reigning Duke of Anhalt-Dessau;-the Aulic Councillor, Ernst Ludwig Casimir Albrecht Reich; and The Supreme Senate of the Free and Hanseatic Town of Hamburgh, the Senator Christian Nicholas Pehmöller: Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:* Sec" State Papers," vol. viii., p. 953. |