[House of Schonburg.]

No. 179.-CIRCULAR of the Government of Saxony to the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, relative to the Rights of the House of Schönburg. London, 3rd September, 1836.

[Résumé.-RECOGNITION of Privileges and Rights secured to the House of Schönburg by the Treaty of 4th May, 1740, and the Declaration of the 18th May, 1815 (No. 17), and confirmed by Art. IX, § 5, of the Additional Convention between Saxony and Schönburg of the 9th October, 1835.]

Translation.t

ART. IX, § 5. "Inasmuch as, by the provisions of the present Article, the House of Schönburg is completely secured in the possession of its Conventional Rights, and that in consequence thereof the object of the Declaration made at Vienna, with regard to the Treaties of the year 1740, by the late King Frederick Augustus, on the 18th of May, 1815 (No. 17), and which was communicated to the Courts of Russia, Austria, France, England, and Prussia, is attained; so, on their side, the Lords and Counts of Schönburg renounce entirely, and in the most formal manner, all recourse to the said 5 Courts, which might ensue from the beforementioned Declaration, that is to say, from the period that the German Diet consented to take upon itself the protection stipu lated in the preceding paragraph.

"The Royal Government of Saxony reserves to itself the making of the present Convention known to the 5 Courts."

* See Appendix.

+ For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxv, p. 1102.

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No. 180.-BOUNDARY ACT between Prussia and Russia.

20th February 1835.

Reference to Treaty of 4th March,

IIIs Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, King of Poland, having, by the Treaty of 20th February 1835 (No. 175), definitively fixed the Limits

4th March,

between the Sovereign Duchy of Silesia and the Kingdom of Poland, and wishing definitively to define that Frontier by Posts, in conformity with Art. LIV of the said Treaty, have appointed as Demarcation Commissioners, namely:

On the part of His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Jean Ferdinand Neigebaur, Intimate Councillor of Justice, &c.; and

On the part of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, King of Poland, the Sieur Ernest Theophile Faltz, Actual Member of the Council of State of the Kingdom of Poland, &c.;

Who having gone to the spot, have proceeded to the planting of the Posts, and to the drafting by sworn Geometrical Experts, of the Plans describing that Frontier, by drawing up the present

Act of Delimitation.

The Limits fixed by the present Act determine the Frontier between the two States, starting from the point where the Limits between the Grand Duchy of Posen and the Kingdom of Poland reach on the Prosna, the Ancient Frontier of Silesia and Poland, as far as the point where it reaches the Territory of the Republic of Cracow.

That Line of Demarcation commences on the Prosna at the point of contact of the Villages Siemianice in the Grand Duchy' of Posen, Kostau in Silesia, and Chroscin in Poland.

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(Here follows a detailed description of the places at which 215 Posts have been erected).

In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Act of Demarcation and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms.

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No. 181.-TREATY between Hanover and Prussia, for the regulation of the disputed Frontiers on the Banks of the Weser. Signed at Bückeburg, 25th November, 1837.

Preamble. Reference. to Treaties of 29th May and 23rd September, 1815.

1. Hanover cedes the Villages of Ovenstedt and Hävern to Prussia, and Prussid cedes the Villages of Glissen, Halle, Brüninghorstedt, and Westernfeldt to Hanover, in full Sovereignty.

2. Prussia cedes to Hanover the length of Causeway from Lemförde to Bohmte, through the Village of Reiningen.

3. The Villages ceded by Prussia contain more Inhabitants than those ceded by Hanover. The difference is to be deducted from the 1,654 Souls due to Hanover, and Prussia will pay a Poll-tax for the remainder, or a capital sum to redeem the obligation.

4. Reciprocal renunciation of Rights over the ceded Villages.

5. Boundary line from the Hanoverian Village of Wiedensahl, and the Prussian Village of Rosenhagen, to the Hanoverian Parish of Lär and the Prussian Town of Versmold.

6. Renunciation of previous Rights on each side of the Boundary line.

7. Revenues follow the cession of Territory.

8. Communications to be free for Subjects of both Parties and exempt from Tolls.

9. Justiciary and Police Regulations for the Frontier.

10. Hunting and Fishing Rights pass with the ceded Territory.

11. Domanial and Proprietary Rights belonging to the State are not ceded.

12. Rights of Private Persons and Corporations remain as before.

13. Rights and Obligations of Communal or Manorial Unions not to be restricted.

14. State Debts of the ceded Villages are to be considered as equalised. 15. Persons belonging to the ceded places, who are in Military Service to be

sent home.

16. Insurance of Buildings in the ceded places to pass over to the State to which they are to belong.

17. Ecclesiastical and Educational Establishments to remain as they are for the present.

18. Archives and Documents to be delivered over in original or attested

copy.

19. Map of the Boundary line to be prepared, and the line to be duly marked.

20. Boundary line to be inspected every 5 years.

21. All improper interference with the Boundary line and Marks to be punished.

22. If, after the Ratification of the Treaty, any error should be discovered in the definition of the Boundary line, the Commissioners of the Parties are authorised to correct it.

23. Ratifications.

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(Translation.)

Reference to Treaties of 29th May; and 23rd September, 1815.

WHEREAS the Treaties of 29th May (No. 21); and 23rd September, 1815 (No. 35), between Prussia and Hanover have been carried out so far as they relate to the Cession of Territory, up to the transfer of 1,654 souls still due to Hanover in regard to the lower county of Lingen, but various difficulties have arisen respecting that transfer, and Prussia has expressed a wish to discharge her obligation in some other way, partly at least, than the actual transfer of subjects, and Hanover has taken that wish into consideration;

Whereas, moreover, it is considered expedient to adjust the Boundary, in several places doubtful and disputed, on the right bank of the Weser from the Hanoverian village of Wiedensahl and the Prussian village of Rosenhagen, as well as from the so-called Bückeburger Waldthor (the Place where the Hanoverian, Prussian, and Lippe-Bückeburg boundaries meet) to the Boundary stone on the post-dam from the Hanoverian parish of Lär to the Prussian town of Versmold;

And finally for the attainment of a suitable Boundary, it is desirable to remove by an exchange the disproportions in regard to the so-called mixed villages situated on the Boundary;

Therefore Plenipotentiaries have been appointed for these purposes:

By Prussia, President Charles Richter, Knight, &c.;

By Hanover, Councillor John Paul Wehner, Knight, &c.; Who, after exchanging their Full Powers, have agreed upon

the following stipulations:

ARTS. I. to XXIII. (See Table.)

Done at Bückeburg, 25th November, 1837.

(L.S.) CARL RICHTER.

(L.S.) JOHANN PAUL WEHNER.