[Ehrenbreitstein, &c.] The ceded subjects shall be at once released from the oaths of fidelity which bound them to their former Sovereigns. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and have caused to be affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Vienna the 31st May, 1815. (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) MARSCHALL DE BIEBERSTEIN. [Territorial,] No. 24.-CONVENTION between Prussia and the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar.-Signed at Vienna, 1st June, 1815. [This Convention formed Annex VII to the Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815, No. 27.] 1. Cessions by Prussia to Saxe-Weimar on borders of Weimar and in Fulda. 2. Cessions to Saxe-Weimar to be settled by a Convention. 3. Other Cessions to be made by Prussia to Saxe-Weimar. 4. New Convention to make arrangements relative to Debts, Records, Public Funds, &c. Saxe-Weimar to fulfil engagements relative to Grand Duchy of Frankfort. 5. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of Prussia being desirous of carrying into effect the arrangements agreed upon at the Congress of Vienna, in favour of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and which His Prussian Majesty has engaged to fulfil; and His Majesty, as well as His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, having resolved to conclude a particular Treaty for this purpose, the two Sovereigns have named Plenipotentiaries to concert, agree upon, and sign, whatever relates to this subject, viz. : His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Prince Hardenberg, his Chancellor of State, his First Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c.; And the Sieur Charles William, Baron Humboldt, his Minister of State, Chamberlain, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, his Second Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna; And His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the Sieur Ernest Augustus, Baron de Gersdorff, his Privy Councillor ; Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following Articles: For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 100. [Territorial.] Cessions by Prussia to Saxe-Weimar on Borders of Weimar and in Fulda. ART. I. His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to cede to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, from the mass of his States, as they have been fixed and recognised by the stipulations of the Congress of Vienna, certain districts, containing a population of 50,000 inhabitants, either contiguous to or bordering upon the Principality of Weimar. His Prussian Majesty engages also to cede to his Royal Highness, in that part of the Principality of Fulda which has been given up to him in virtue of the same stipulations, districts containing a population of 27,000 inhabitants. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Weimar shall possess the above districts in full Sovereignty and property, and shall unite them, in perpetuity, to his present states. Cessions to Saxe- Weimar to be settled by a Convention. ART. II. The districts and territories which are to be ceded to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in virtue of the preceding Article, shall be determined by a particular Convention;* and His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to conclude this Convention, and to cause the above districts and territories to be given up to His Royal Highness, within two months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty. Other Cessions to be made by Prussia to Saxe-Weimar. ART. III. In order, however, to meet the wishes of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes immediately, and promises to give up to Ilis Royal Highness, in the space of a fortnight, reckoning from the signature of the present Treaty, the following districts and territories, viz. : (Embodied in Vienna Congress Treaty (No. 27), as Art. XXXIX.) New Convention to make Arrangements relative to Debts, Records, Public Funds, &c. ART. IV. All additional arrangements to be made, in virtue of the Cessions stipulated in Article III, relative to debts, records * See Convention between Prussia and Saxe-Weimar, of 22nd September, 1815. [Territorial.] public funds, and other objects of a similar nature, shall form part of the particular Convention mentioned in Article II. Saxe-Weimar to fulfil Engagements relative to Grand Duchy of Frankfort. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke specially engages, on obtaining possession of the Principality of Fulda,* according to the extent of the possessions which shall belong to him, to fulfil the engagements which will be required of the new possessors of the former Grand Duchy of Frankfort. Ratifications. ART. V. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged in four weeks. In faith of which, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms. Vienna, 1st June, 1815. (L.S.) (L.S.) LE PRINCE DE HARDENBERG. (L.S.) LE BARON DE GERSDORFF. * See Convention between Prussia and Saxe-Weimar, of 22nd September 1815. [Pomerania, Rugen, and Lauenburg.] No. 25.-TREATY between Denmark and Prussia. Signed at Vienna, 4th June, 1815. 1. Cession of Swedish Pomerania and Island of Rugen to Prussia. 2. Obligation imposed on King of Prussia. 3. Cession of Lauenburg to Denmark. Bailiwick of Neuhauss, &c., excepted. 4. Obligations imposed on the King of Denmark. 5. Delivery of Titles, Documents, &c., of Lauenburg to King of Denmark. 6. Pecuniary Payment to be made by Prussia to Denmark. 7. Further Pecuniary Indemnity to be made by Prussia to Denmark. 8. Date of delivery of Duchy of Lauenburg to Denmark. 9. Settlement of Claims. 10. Ratifications. (Translation.*) His Majesty the King of Denmark and His Majesty the King of Prussia, wishing for motives of mutual convenience to agree to the reciprocal Cession of the Duchy of Swedish Pomerania, with the Principality of Rugen,† and of the Duchy of Lauenburg, and having resolved to conclude a formal Treaty to that effect, have appointed Plenipotentiaries to concert, conclude, and sign all that is necessary for that object, namely:-- His Majesty the King of Denmark, Christian Gunther Count de Bernstorff, his Councillor of Conferences, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, and his Plenipotentiary at the Congress, &c., and Joachim Frederic Count de Bernstorff, his Councillor of Conferences, and his Plenipotentiary at the Congress, &c.; And His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Prince of Hardenberg, his Chancellor of State, and his First Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c.; and Charles Guillaume Baron de Humboldt, Minister of State of IIis said Majesty, his Chamberlain, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, his Second Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :*For French version, see "State Papers," vol. ii, p. 181. + See Treaty between Denmark and Sweden, of 14th January, 1814, Art. 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