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No. 206.-TREATY between Lucca and Tuscany. Signed at Florence, 4th October, 1847.*

1. Abdication of Duke of Lucca in favour of Grand Duke of Tuscany.

2. Retention of Titles of Duke and Prince of Lucca.

3. Acceptance of Cession by Tuscany. Appanage to Duke of Lucca until Reversion of Duchy of Parma.

4. Purchase of Furniture of Palaces by Tuscany.

5. Purchase of Horses, &c., belonging to Duke of Tuscany.

6. Possession of Allodial Estates by Duke of Lucca.

7. Pensions of Functionaries, &c., to be paid by Tuscany.

8. Cessions of Territories to be made by Tuscany.

9. Cession of Fivizzano, &c., to Modena.

10. Cession of Pontremoli, &c., to future Duke of Parma.

11. Annual Assignment to be made to Duke of Lucca.

12. Duration of Appanage to Duke of Lucca.

13. Revenues, &c., to pass to Grand Duke of Tuscany.

14. Recognition of the Public Debt and Private Debt due to Duke Charles Louis.

15. Communication of Treaty to Austria, Modena, and Sardinia.

16. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

Abdication of Duke of Lucca in favour of Grand Duke of

Tuscany.

ART. I. His Royal Highness the Infante Charles Louis of Bourbon, now Duke of Lucca, proceeds from this day, for himself and his family, with the concurrence and assent of the hereditary Prince Don Ferdinando, to abdicate the temporal Sovereignty of that State, so that the same may immediately pass by way of Cession of transference to His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to whom it would definitively devolve in the case contemplated by the Treaty of Vienna of the 9th June, 1815 (No. 27), and by that of Florence of the 28th November, 1844 (No. 200).

Retention of Titles of Duke and Prince of Lucca.

ART. II. Their Royal Highnesses shall nevertheless retain respectively and personally the Titles of Duke and Prince of Lucca, until the reversion of the Duchy of Parma shall pass to *See Decree of 22nd March, 1860, for annexation of Tuscany to Sar dinia.

For French Version see "State Papers," vol. xxxvi, p. 1172.

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His Royal Highness the Infante Charles Louis, or the hereditary Prince his son, by the event contemplated in the Act of the Congress of Vienna (No. 27), and in the Treaty of Paris of 10th June, 1817 (No. 73), or by any other event whatever which should previously bring about such reversion.

Acceptance of Cession by Tuscany. Appanage to Duke of Lucca until Reversion of Duchy of Parma.

ART. III. His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany accepts the Cession of transference made to him by anticipation of the Duchy of Lucca, and in return he obliges himself to make to His Royal Higness the Duke of Lucca an Appanage of 9,000 francesconi per mensem, tranferable to his Son if the death of the present Duke should precede the Reversion of the Duchy of Parma, it being always understood that in either case that charge will wholly cease whenever the Reversion of the said Duchy of Parma shall really take place.

ART. IV. Purchase of Furniture of Palaces by Tuscany. ART. V. Purchase of Horses, &c., belonging to Duke of Tuscany. ART. VI. Possession of Allodial Estates by Duke of Lucca. ART. VII. Pensions of Functionaries, &c., to be paid by Tuscany.

Cessions of Territories to be made by Tuscany.

ART. VIII. His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke having been induced to conclude the present Treaty solely by a desire to procure the utmost advantage to the people of Lucca, and at the same time to comply with the request made to him spontaneously by His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, and in no way to increase even temporarily his Dominions beyond the Limit agreed to in the Treaties, intends, so far as appertains to him, to proceed on his part, so soon as he shall be in possession of the Duchy of Lucca, to the Cession of the Territories which should devolve to other Sovereignties, in full conformity with the stipulations of the Treaties of Vienna (No. 27) and Florence (No. 200); so much as is provided in this last Treaty relative to the Territories of Barga and Pietra Santa, remaining unaltered.

Cession of Fivizzano, &c., to Modena.

ART. IX. In conformity with the principle set forth in the

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preceding Article, His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke cedes to His Royal Highness the Archduke Duke of Modena, without prejudice to any compensation which may be agreed to between His Highness and the Duke of Lucca, in whose free act this anticipated Cession originates, the Territory of Fivizzano, &c., which will form a portion of the Modenese State, according to the provisions of Article CII of the Treaty of Vienna (No. 27), and of the other Treaty of Florence (No. 200), several times quoted.

Cession of Pontremoli, &c., to future Duke of Parma.

ART. X. In like manner His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke intends to cede to His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca and future Duke of Parma, the Territory of Pontremoli and the centres of the Province of Lunigiana, which will form part of the Duchy of Parma, in conformity with the Treaty of Florence of the 28th November, 1844 (No. 200), and in full execution thereof.

ARTS. XI to XVI. (See Table.)

Florence, the 4th day of October, 1847.

(L.S.) THOMAS WARD.

(L.S.) L. SERRISTORI.

[By an Edict, dated 5th October, 1847, the Duke of Lucca abdicated in favour of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.]

[Neutrality of Neuchatel and Valengin.]

No. 207.-DECLARATION of the King of Prussia, relative to the Neutrality of Neuchâtel and Valengin. Berlin, 19th November, 1847.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.)

WE, Frederick William IV, by the grace of God King of Prussia, Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and Valengin, &c., greeting.

After we have taken cognisance of the Resolution adopted in the sitting of the Legislative Assembly of the 29th of October of this year, pronouncing the Neutrality of the Cantons during the Civil War which has now broken out in Switzerland, and after we have been informed of the complete concurrence of the corporations, of the clergy, and of the most distinguished organs of the country, with this Resolution; we declare hereby that we entirely approve of the motives which have induced the Legislative Assembly to take this Resolution; that accordingly, in our capacity of Prince Sovereign, we of our accord Ratify and Confirm this Resolution, and accordingly declare our Principality of Neuchâtel and Valengin to be a Neutral and Inviolable Territory for the whole duration of the present Civil War, in the manner in which this Neutrality and this Inviolability have been understood and specified by the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State of Neuchâtel.

In witness whereof we have signed the present Declaration with our own hand, and affixed to it our Royal Seal.

Given at Berlin, the 19th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, 1847.

(L.S.) FREDERICK WILLIAM.

WERTHER.

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No. 208.-TERRITORIAL TREATY between Lucca and Tuscany. Signed at Florence, 9th December, 1847.

Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 4th October, 1847.

1. Sovereignty of Tuscany over Pontremoli and Bagnone.

2. Sovereignty of Tuscany over Modenese Lunigiana. Sovereignty of Modena over Albiano, Calice, Rico, and Terrarossa.

3. Application of Revenue of Pontremoli and Bagnone.

4. Sovereignty over Pontremoli and Bagnone to be made over to Lucca on Reversion of Parma and Placentia to Lucca.

5. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.)

Reference to Treaty of 4th October, 1847.

His Imperial and Royal Highness Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, urged by the unexpected occurrence of special circumstances, having manifested to His Royal Highness Charles Louis. of Bourbon, Duke of Lucca, future Duke of Parma, the desire to continue to retain possession of the Townships of Pontremoli and Bagnone, until the period of the Reversion of the Duchy of Parma, notwithstanding the disposition of Articles VIII and X of the Treaty concluded in Florence the 4th October of the present year (No. 206);

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And His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, future Duke of Parma, having determined to accede to this desire, for the aforesaid reasons, have for this purpose named for their Plenipotentiaries; that is to say:

His Royal Highness Charles Louis Bourbon, Duke of Lucca, future Duke of Parma, the Baron Ward, Councillor of State, &c. ; His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Count Louis Serristori, Major-General, his Councillor of State, Finances, and War, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of War, &c. ;

Who, after having communicated to each other their abovementioned Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following Articles: