[Family Compact.] And His Majesty the King of Greece, Charles d'Abel, Deputy of Regency of the Kingdom, and intimate Councillor of Legation, &c., on the other part; Who, after the respective exchanges of their Full Powers, have concluded and signed the following Articles : ARTS. I to XII. (See Table.) In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Munich, 1st November, 1832. (L.S.) CHARLES D'ABEL. (L.S.) BARON DE GISE. (L.S.) DE FLAD. [Holland and Belgium. Fortress of Antwerp.] No. 164.-CONVENTION between Belgium and France, relative to the entrance of a French Army into Belgium. Signed at Brussels, 10th November, 1832. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 15th November, 1831. 1. French Army not to occupy any of the strongholds of the Kingdom of Belgium. 2. Belgian Troops to give up to French Army all the Posts round the Citadel and Forts on both banks of the Scheldt. 3. Belgian garrison to occupy the Town of Antwerp, and not to take part in attack on Citadel and Forts occupied by the Dutch. 4. Position to be assigned to Belgian Army. 5. Fortress of Antwerp to be delivered over to Belgian Troops on Dutch evacuation. 6. Belgian Army to abstain from all aggression. 7. Dutch aggression on Belgium to be repelled by combined French and Belgian Armies. 8. Ratifications. (Translation.*) Reference to Treaty of 15th November, 1831. His Majesty the King of the French having determined, at the request of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, to send an Army into Belgium, with the view of bringing about the evacuation of the Citadel of Antwerp and of the Forts and Places belonging thereto, in conformity with the stipulations of the Treaty of the 15th November, 1831 (No. 153), whereof the 5 Powers represented at the Conference of London, guaranteed the execution, their Majesties recognising the necessity of regulating, by a Special Convention, everything connected therewith, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Armand Charles Septime, Count de la Tour Maubourg, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians, &c.; And His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Sieur Albert Goblet, his Minister of State, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed to and signed the following Articles : ARTS. I to VIII. (See Table.) * For French version see "State Papers," vol. xix, p. 1417. [Holland and Belgium. Fortress of Antwerp.] In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Brussels, 10th November, 1832. (L.S.) COUNT DE LA TOUR MAUBOURG. (L.S.) GOBLET. [The Citadel of Antwerp capitulated on the 23rd December, 1832.] [Greek Boundaries.] No. 165.-ACT of the Regency of Greece, declaring the Incorporation within the Kingdom of the Territories assigned to Greece by the Treaty of 21st July, 1832 (Attica, Eubœa, Zeitoun, &c.). Nauplia, 21st February, 1833. 9th 21st (Translation.*) OTHо, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, make known to all whom it may concern, the Treaty concluded at Constantinople on the July, 1832 (No. 161), between the Plenipotentiaries of the 3 Allied Powers, France, Great Britain, and Russia, on the one part, and the Ottoman Porte on the other part, which Treaty was approved by the Conference of London, in its 52nd Protocol of the 30th August of the same year, and the demarcation of the Frontiers made by the Commissioners of the 3 Allied Powers in the months of September, October, and November of last year, in conformity with that Treaty, having definitively fixed the Frontiers of the Kingdom of Greece, and the Evacuation of the Provinces situated on this side of those Frontiers, and which, until now, have still been administered by the Ottoman Authorities, and occupied by Ottoman Troops, and ought to have been effected at the latest on the 31st December last, We have resolved, in conformity with the rights which we have acquired by Articles IV and V of the Treaty of London, of 7th May, 1832 (No. 159), to take possession of the said Territories, namely: Attica, Euboea, the District of Zeitoun, and all the other Districts situated between the Gulfs of Arta and Volo, as well as all their Appurtenances and Dependencies, such as they have been incorporated with the Rights of full Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Greece, by the Treaty of Constantinople of the July, 1832 (No. 161), and the Act of Demarcation of the Limits above mentioned. 9th 21st We therefore take possession thereof, and expect from all the Inhabitants and Subjects of those countries that they will recognise Us as their King and Legitimate Sovereign, and that they will behave towards Us, in all respects, as Loyal and Faithful * For French version, see "State Papers,” vol. xxii, p. 963. [Greek Boundaries.] Subjects, and We will take the Oath of fidelity whenever we may be called upon to do so. We, on our part, promise to protect and maintain their Liberties and their legitimate Rights, and to devote all our care in forwarding and securing their prosperity. 21st We promise at the same time faithfully to fulfil the obligations imposed upon us by the Treaty of Constantinople of the 9th July, 1832 (No. 161), and the 52nd Protocol of the Conference of London of the 30th August last; and not only not to put any impediment in the cases foreseen in the said Treaty to the emigration and to the sale of the goods of those Inhabitants and Proprietors of lands of the Provinces and Districts herein named, who might wish to leave the Country and sell their goods legitimately obtained, but to facilitate their doing so; and We ensure also to the Inhabitants professing the Mahometan Faith, and who might wish to continue to reside in Our Kingdom, the same Protection and Liberty of Conscience as are enjoyed by all Our other Subjects, of whatever Religion they may be. We have deputed the Sieur Rigo, Our Secretary of State in the Department of Religion and Public Instruction, to take possession of the Provinces and Districts above mentioned, and We expect from all the Inhabitants, that they will submit, as good Subjects, to the Ordinances which he will issue in Our Name. In testimony whereof We have signed the Present and have affixed Our Royal Seal. 21st Done in Our Residence of Nauplia, the 9th February, 1833, in the Name of the King. The Regency: LE COMTE D'ARMANSPERG, President. DE MAUER. CH. DE HEIDECK. |