Newsky, St. Wladomir, and St. George of Russia, Peer of France, First Gentleman of the Chamber of His Most Christian Majesty, His Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of His Ministers; who, having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have signed the following Articles :

Art. 1. The Frontiers of France shall be the same as they were in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety, save and except the modifications on one side and on the other, which are detailed in the 'present Article. FIRST, on the Northern Frontiers, the Line of Demarcation shall remain as it was fixed by the Treaty of Paris, as far as opposite to Quiverain, from thence it shall follow the ancient limits of the Belgian Provinces, of the late Bishoprick of Liege, and of the Duchy of Bouillon, as they existed in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety, leaving the Territories included (enclavés) within that line, of Phillipeville and Marienbourg, with the Fortresses so called, together with the whole of the Duchy of BouilIon without the Frontiers of France. From Villers near Orval upon the confines of the Department Des Ardennes, and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as far as Perle, upon the great road leading from Thionville to Treves, the line shall remain as it was laid down by the Treaty of Paris. From Perle it shall pass by Lauensdorff, Walwich, Schardorff, Niederveiling, Pelweiler (all these places with their Banlieues or dependencies remaining to France) to Houvre; and shall follow from thence the old limits of the district (Pays) of Sarrebruck, leaving Sarre

louis, and the course of the Sarre, together with the places situated to the right of the line abovedescribed, and their Banlieues or dependencies without the limits of France. From the limits of the district of Sarrebruck the line of demarcation shall be the same which at present separates from Germany the departments of the Moselle and of the Lower Rhine, as far as to the Lauter, which river shall from thence serve as the Frontier until it falls into the Rhine. All the territory on the left bank of the Lauter, including the fortress of Landau, shall form part of Germany.

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The town of Weissenbourg, however, through which that river runs, shall remain entirely to France, with a rayon on the left bank, not exceeding a thousand toises, and which shall be more particularly determined by the Commissioners who shall be charged with the approaching designation of the boundaries. SECONDLY, leaving the mouth of the Lauter, and continuing along the departments of the Lower Rhine, the Upper Rhine, the Doubs and the Jura to the Canton de Vaud, the Frontiers shall remain as fixed by the Treaty of Paris. The Thalweg of the Rhine shall form the boundary between France and the States of Germany, but the property of the islands shall remain in perpetuity, as it shall be fixed by a new survey of the course of that river, and continue unchanged whatever variation that course may undergo in the lapse of time. Commissioners shall be named on both sides, by the High Contracting Parties, within the space of three months, to proceed upon the said survey. One half of the bridge between Strasbourg and Kehl shall belong

to France, and the other half to the Grand Duchy of Baden. THIRDLY, in order to establish a direct communication between the Canton of Geneva and Switzerland, that part of the Pays de Gex, bounded on the east by the lake Leman; on the south, by the territory of the Canton of Geneva; on the north, by that of the Canton de Vaud; on the west, by the course of the Versoix, and by a line which comprehends the communes of Collex Bossy, and Meyrin, leaving the commune of Ferney to France, shall be ceded to the Helvetic Confederacy, in order to be united to the Canton of Geneva. The line of the French custom-houses shall be placed to the West of the Jura, so that the whole of the Pays de Gex shall be without that line. FOURTHLY, from the frontiers of the Canton of Geneva, as far as the Mediterranean, the line of Demarcation shall be that which in the year 1790, separated France from Savoy, and from the County of Nice. The relations which the Treaty of Paris of 1814 had re-established between France and the Principality of Monaco, shall cease for ever, and the same relations shall exist between that Principality and His Majesty the King of Sardinia. FIFTHLY, all the Territories and Districts included (enclavés) within the boundary of the French Territory, as determined by the present Article, shall remain united to France. SIXTHLY, the High Contracting Parties shall name within three months after the signature of the present Treaty, Commissioners to regulate every thing relating to the designation of the Boundaries of the respective Countries, and as soon as the labours of the Commissioners shall have terminated, Maps shall

be drawn, and Land-marks shall be erected, which shall point out the respective limits.

Art. 2. The Fortresses, Places and Districts, which, according to the preceding Article are no longer to form part of the French Territory, shall be placed at the disposal of the Allied Powers, at the periods fixed by the ninth Article of the Military Convention annexed to the present Treaty; and His Majesty the King of France renounces for Himself, His Heirs and Successors for ever, the Rights of Sovereignty and Property, which He has hitherto exercised over the said Fortresses, Places and Districts.

Art. 3. The Fortifications of Huninguen having been constantly an object of uneasiness to the town of Bâle, the High Contracting Parties,, in order to give to the Helvetic Confederacy a new proof of their good will and of their solici-, tude for its welfare, have agreed among themselves to demolish the Fortifications of Huninguen, and the French Government engages from the same motive not to re-establish them at any time, and not to replace them by other Fortifications, at a distance of less than that of three leagues from the Town of Bâle. The neutrality of Switzerland shall be extended to the Territory situated to the north of a line to be drawn from Ugine, that town being included to the south of the Lake of Annecy, by Faverge, as far as Lecheraine, and from thence, by the Lake of Bourget, as far as the Rhone, in like manner as it was extended to the Provinces of Chablais and of Faucigny, by the 92nd Article of the final Act of the Congress of Vienna.

Art. 4. The pecuniary part of the Indemnity to be furnished by France to the Allied Powers,

is fixed at the sum of Seven Hundred Millions of Francs. The mode, the periods, and the guarantees for the payment of this sum, shall be regulated by a Special Convention, which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it were inserted, word for word, in the present Treaty.

Art. 5. The state of uneasiness and of fermentation, which after so many violent convulsions, and particularly after the last catastrophe, France must still experience, notwithstanding the paternal intentions of Her King, and the advantages secured to every class of His Subjects by the Constitutional Charter, requiring, for the security of the neighbouring States, certain measures of precaution, and of temporary guarantee, it has been judged indispensable to occupy, during a fixed time, by a corps of Allied Troops, certain military positions along the frontiers of France, under the express reserve, that such occupation shall in no way prejudice the Sovereignty of His Most Christian Majesty, nor the state of possession, such as it is recognized and confirmed by the present Treaty. The number of these troops shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand men. The Commander in Chief of this army shall be nominated by the Allied Powers. This army shall occupy the Fortresses of Condé, Valenciennes, Bouchain, Cambray, Le Quesnoy, Maubeuge, Landrecies, Avesnes, Rocroy, Givet, with Charlemont, Mezières, Sedan, Montmedy, Thionville, Longwy, Bitsch, and the Tête-de-Pont of Fort Louis. As the maintenance of the army destined for this service is to be provided by France, a Special Convention shall regulate every thing which