[Dardanelles and Bosphorus). merston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &e.; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the Sieur Paul, Prince Esterhazy of Galantha, Count of Edelstett, Chamberlain, Actual Privy Councillor of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty, &c.; and the Sieur Philip, Baron de Neumann, Aulick Councillor, and his Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty, &c.; His Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Francis Adolphus, Baron de Bourqueney, Master of Requests in his Council of State, his Chargé d'Affaires and Plenipotentiary at London, &c.; His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Henry William, Baron de Bülow, his Chamberlain, Actual Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty, &c.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, the Sieur Philip. Baron de Brunnow, his Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty, &c.; And His Majesty the Most Majestic, Most Powerful, and Most Magnificent Sultan Abdul Medjid, Emperor of the Ottomans, Chekib Effendi, Beylikdgi of the Imperial Divan, Honorary Councillor of the Department for Foreign Affairs, his Ambassador Extraordinary to Her Britannic Majesty, &c.; Who, having reciprocally communicated to each other their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and signed the following Articles: Closing of Straits of Dardanelles and Bosphorus to Foreign Ships of War in time of Peace. ART. I. His Highness the Sultan, on the one part, declares that he is firmly resolved to maintain for the future the principle invariably virtue of which it has at all times been prohibited for the Ships of War of Foreign Powers to enter the Straits of the Dardanelles established as the ancient rule of his Empire, and in and of the Bosphorus; and that, so long as the Porte is at Peace, His Highness will admit no Foreign Ship of War into the said Straits. [Dardanelles and Bosphorus]. And their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the King of the French, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of All the Russias, on the other part, engage to respect this determination of the Sultan, and to conform themselves to the principle above declared. Firmans to be issued for Vessels under Flag of War used by Foreign Missions. ART. II. It is understood that in recording the inviolability of the ancient rule of the Ottoman Empire mentioned in the preceding Article, the Sultan reserves to himself, as in past times, to deliver Firmans of passage for light Vessels under Flag of War, which shall be employed as is usual in the service of the Missions of Foreign Powers. Invitation to Foreign Powers to accede to Convention. ART. III. His Highness the Sultan reserves to himself to communicate the present Convention to all the Powers with whom the Sublime Porte is in relations of friendship, inviting them to accede thereto. Ratifications. ART. IV. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at London at the expiration of two months, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, 1841. (L.S.) PALMERSTON. (L.S.) NEUMANN. (L.S.) BRUNNOW. (L.S.) CHEKIB. [Navigation of the Neckar.] No. 194. CONVENTION between Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Wurtemberg, for the regulation of the Navigation on the Neckar. Signed at Carlsruhe, 1st July, 1842. ARTS. 1 to 7. 8 TABLE. Preamble. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. FIRST TITLE. Navigation on the Neckar in general, and concessions for it agreed to amongst the Neckar bank States. Navigation on the Neckar to and from the Rhine to be quite free to all; towing-path to be kept in good order; the River to be kept free from obstructions; Wurtemberg constitutes Heilbron and Canstatt, Baden, Mannheim, and Heidelberg as free ports, Hesse reserves its appointment of free ports; dues to be levied; freedom to be extended to water ways in connection with the Neckar. SECOND TITLE. to Navigation Dues, and the means of ascertaining their proper payment. 35. 36 to 41. 42 THIRD TITLE. Application of the Fiscal Laws in force in the respective Neckar bank FOURTH TITLE. to Police Regulations for the security of the Navigation and Commerce. 61. 62 to 68. SEVENTH TITLE. Settlement of Criminal Cases and Disputes respecting Neckar Navigation affairs, and Supervision of the Neckar Navigation in general. Reference to Vienna Congress Treaty of 9th June, 1815. WITH reference to the provisions of the Vienna Congress Act (No. 27), respecting River Navigation and for the complete appli [Navigation of the Neckar.] cation of those provisions to the Neckar, the Neckar Bank States have resolved to agree upon a Neckar Navigation Ordinance on the basis of the Convention existing between them of 30th July, 5th and 15th August, 1835, respecting the Neckar Navigation and the Neckar Toll, according to Article I of which, the provisions of the Rhine Navigation Ordinance of 31st March, 1831 (No. 151), are also to be applied in general to the Neckar, so far as it is navigable. For this purpose, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden has appointed his Ministerial Director Francis Anthony Regenauer, and his Chamberlain, also Plenipotentiary at the Central Commission for the Rhine Navigation, Lewis v. Kettner; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, his Privy Councillor and Plenipotentiary at the Rhine Navigation Central Commission, Charles Augustus Verdier de la Blaquière ; His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, his Financial Councillor William Vayhinger, as Plenipotentiaries, and these have agreed upon the following Neckar Navigation Ordinance which, as a Treaty, must not be altered without the consent of all parties. ARTS. I to LXIX. (See Table.) Carlsruhe, 1st July, 1842. [Boundaries.] No. 195.-BOUNDARY TREATY between Belgium and the Netherlands. Signed at the Hague, 5th November, 1842.* ART. TABLE. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 19th April, 1839. CHAPTER I. 1. Boundary between Belgium and Luxemburg on the road from Bastogne to Arlon. 2. Bergeroth, Stamproy, Breversroth, Heyroth, Haubroeckroth, and Neer Itteren, in the North of Limburg to belong to the Netherlands, as well as the nearest point of the Mannestraat, towards Neer Itteren. Belgium to keep the Beersel. From Lakenhoff to the Meuse the Boundary to remain as already determined upon, reserving Ittervoort and Thorn to the Netherlands. 3. Belgian Government may entrust construction of a Canal or Road to a Company. 4. Limit from Wachtebeke to the Terneuzen Canal. 5. Axis of Terneuzen Canal to remain as the Limit between Fort St. Antoine and the Stuyver Hamlet. 6. Boundary from the Terneuzen Canal to the Sluice Noire. 7. Boundary from the Sluice Noire to the Krakeel low lands, known as Vryendyk. 8. Boundaries on the low lands of Krakeel and Brandkreek. 9. Boundaries between the Provinces of Antwerp and Zeland. 10. Demarcation of Limit at Smeermaas. 11. Boundary between Belgian Communes of Neerpelt, Overpelt, Loppel (Limburg), and Moll (Antwerp), and Dutch Communes of Bergeyk, Lincksgestel, Hoogloon and Bladel (North Brabant). 12. Boundary between Belgian Commune of Mouland (Liege), and Dutch Commune of Eysden (Limburg). 13. Boundary between Dutch Commune of Baar-le-Nassau (North Brahant) and Belgian Commune of Wortel (Antwerp). 14. Roads crossing (Belgium). Baar-le-Nassau (Netherlands) and Baar-le-Duc 15. Plans to be annexed to Articles IV to XIII. to Navigation of intermediate Waters between the Scheldt and the Rhine. 49. See also Treaty of 8th August, 1843, and of 11th May, 1867, respecting Luxemburg. |