[Lippstadt.]

Annual Payment to be made by Government of Detmold to School Fund at Lippstadt.

On the other hand, His Serene Highness the Prince of Lippe, in order to give the Town of Lippstadt a lasting proof of his good feeling, engages to have the yearly sum of 1,075 thalers Prussian currency, paid by the Princely Government at Detmold to the School Fund at Lippstadt, in quarterly instalments as they become due, as a contribution to the schools of the town.

Domanial Revenues in Lippstadt to be reserved to Government of Lippe.

ART. V. The Domanial Revenues from fee-farm-rents, groundrents, &c., belonging to the Princely Government of Lippe in Lippstadt, are reserved to it without alteration.

Statutes of Ladies' Foundation at Lippstadt to remain in force.

ART. VI. With regard to the Ladies' Foundation at Lippstadt, the provisions of the Statutes of 16th February, and 27th March, 1827, remain as they are, especially with respect to the grant of places on the Foundation, as well as in regard to the joint direction and supervision of the Internal Administration of this Foundation by the Royal Government at Arnsberg, and the Princely Government at Detmold.

Prince of Lippe to have half the Property in case of Abolition of the Foundation.

If, contrary to expectation, the Abolition of the Foundation should be necessary hereafter, half the Property thereof will be placed at the disposal of His Serene Highness the Prince of Lippe.

Ratifications.

ART. VII. The present Treaty, so soon as it has received the constitutional assent of the Prussian Chambers, shall be ratified by His Majesty the King of Prussia and by His Serene Highness the Prince of Lippe, and the exchange of the Ratification-documents shall be expedited as much as possible.

Date of First Payments.

The First Payments on account of the engagements recipro

[Lippstadt.]

cally undertaken in Articles III and IV, shall take place for that quarter within which the exchange of the Ratification-documents has been effected.

In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries on both sides have signed and sealed the present Treaty.

Done at Berlin, 17th May, 1850.

(L.S.) FRIEDRICH HELLWIG.

(L.S.) GEORG HERRMANN HELLWIG.

(L.S.) CARL PIDERIT.

[Duchy of Holstein.

No. 221-TREATY OF PEACE between the King of Prussia, in his own name and in the name of the Germanic Confederation, on the one part, and Denmark on the other part. Signed at Berlin, 2nd Jég, 1850.*

4. Exercise of Authority for the Pacification of Holstein.

5. Appointment of Boundary Commissioners.

6. Ratifications.

Secret Article.

Prussia to take part in Negotiations regulating the Order of Succession in

Denmark.

Note Explanatory of the words "pourra réclamer” in Article IV.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

His Majesty the King of Prussia, in his own name and in the name of the Germanic Confederation on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Denmark on the other part, animated by the desire to re-establish between the said Confederation and Denmark the peace and good understanding which was interrupted by the Differences relating to the Duchies of Schleswig and of Holstein, have for that purpose named and authorised as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

His Majesty the King of Prussia, Charles George Louis Guido d'Usedom, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See, and to the Courts of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena, &c.;

His Majesty the King of Denmark, Frederick Baron Pechlin, his Chamberlain and Privy Councillor, &c.;

Holger Christian de Reedtz, his Chamberlain, &c.;

And Anthony William de Scheel, Doctor in Law, AuditorGeneral of his Army, &c.;

The above-named Plenipotentiaries, with the concurrence of

* A Protocol relative to the Evacuation of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg was signed on the same day. See also Protocols of 4th July and 2nd August, 1850, and note page 1143.

† For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxxviii, p. 99.

[Duchy of Holstein.]

the Earl of Westmorland, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Lieutenant-General in Her Britannic Majesty's Army, Colonel of the 56th Regiment of the Line, &c., one of Her Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ilis Majesty the King of Prussia, as Representative of the Mediating Power, after having exchanged their respective Full Powers, found to be in good form, have agreed upon the following Articles :

Peace and Friendship.

ART. I. There shall be for the future Peace, Friendship, and good understanding between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation.

The greatest attention shall be devoted by both Parties to the maintenance of the harmony so happily re-established, and they will carefully avoid everything which may disturb it.

Renewal of Treaties.

ART. II. All the Treaties and Conventions concluded between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation are by the present Treaty re-established.

Reservation of Rights.

ART. III. The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves all the Rights which reciprocally belonged to them before the War.

Exercise of Authority for the Pacification of Holstein.

ART. IV. After the conclusion of the present Treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark, Duke of Holstein, in conformity with the Federal law, may claim [pourra réclamer]* the Intervention of the Germanic Confederation, to re-establish the exercise of his Legitimate Authority in Holstein, communicating at the same time his intentions with respect to the Pacification of the Country. If upon this application the Confederation should not consider it to be its duty to interfere for the time, or if its Intervention should prove to be inefficacious, His Danish Majesty shall be at liberty to extend Military measures to Holstein, and to employ an armed force for that purpose.

* See Explanatory Note, page 1132.

[Duchy of Holstein.]

Appointment of Boundary Commissioners.

ART. V. Within 6 months after the signature of the present Treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark and the Germanic Confederation shall name Commissioners to determine, according to the documents and other proofs relative to the subject, the Boundary between those States of His Danish Majesty not comprised in the Germanic Confederation and those which belong thereto.

Ratifications.

ART. VI. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications* shall be exchanged at Berlin within 3 weeks, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof the Minister of the Mediating Power and the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. and have affixed thereto their Seals.

Done at Berlin, 2nd July, 1850.

(L.S.) WESTMORLAND.

(L.S.) F. PECHLIN.

(L.S.) H. C. REEDTZ.

(L.S.) USEDOM.

(L.S.) A. W. SCHEEL.

(Translation.)

SECRET ARTICLE.

Prussia to take part in Negotiations regulating the order of Succession in Denmark.

His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to take part in the Negotiations which His Majesty the King of Denmark will initiate for regulating the Order of Succession in the States united under the Sceptre of His Danish Majesty.*

The present Secret Article shall be ratified at the same time as the Protocol of this day, and the Ratifications thereof shall be simultaneously exchanged.

Done at Berlin, 2nd July, 1850.

(L.S.) USEDOM.

(L.S.) WESTMORLAND.

(L.S.) F. PECHLIN.

(L.S.) H. C. REEDTZ.

(L.S.) A. W. SCHEEL.

*See Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, &c., and Denmark, of 8th

May, 1852.