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THE TREATY OF PARIS.
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tary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Sieur Francis Adolphus Baron de Bourqueney, &c., His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty;

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Alexis Count Orloff, &c.; and the Sieur Philip, Baron de Brunnow, His Privy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation and to the Grand Duke of Hesse, &c.;

His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Sieur Camille Benso Count of Cavour, &c., President of the Council of Ministers,and His Minister Secretary of State for the Finances; and the Sieur Salvator Marquis de Villa-Marina, &c., His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France;

And His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Mouhammed Emin Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire &c.; and Mehemmed Djemil Bey, &c., His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, accredited in the same character to His Majesty the King of Sardinia;

Which Plenipotentiaries assembled in Congress at Paris[1].

An understanding having been happily established between them, Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Sardinia, and the Emperor of the Ottomans, considering that in the interest of Europe, His Majesty the King of Prussia, a signing Party to the Convention of the 13th of July, 1841[2], should be invited to participate in the new arrangements to be adopted, and appreciating the value that the concurrence of His said Majesty would add to a work of general pacification, invited him to send Plenipotentiaries to the Congress.

In consequence, His Majesty the King of Prussia has named as His Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

  1. For the Protocols of this Congress, which sat from 25th February to 16th March, 1856, see Parl. Papers, 1856; N.R.G. xv, 633.
  2. Supra, p. 100.