[Straits Convention. Dardanelles and Bosphorus.] In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th day of the month of March, in the year 1856. (L.S.) CLARENDON. (L.S.) COWLEY. (L.S.) BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN. (L.S.) HUBNER. (L.S.) A. WALEWSKI. (L.S.) BOURQUENEY. (L.S.) MANTEUFFEL. (L.S.) C. M. D'HATZFELDT. (L.S.) ORLOFF. (L.S.) BRUNNOW. (L.S.) C. CAVOUR. (L.S.) DE VILLAMARINA. (L.S.) AALI. (L.S.) MEHEMMED DJEMIL. [Black Sea.] No. 266.-CONVENTION between Russia and Turkey, limiting their Naval Force in the Black Sea. Signed at Paris, 30th March, 1856.* [This Convention was annexed to the General Treaty of Peace of the same date, Article XIV, No. 264.] 1. Vessels of War to be maintained in Black Sea. 2. Number, Force, and Dimensions of Vessels of War to be maintained in Black Sea. 3. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) In the Name of Almighty God. His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, taking into consideration the principle of the Neutralisation of the Black Sea established by the Preliminaries contained in the Protocol No. 1, signed at Paris on the 25th of February of the present year (No. 268), and wishing, in consequence, to regulate by common agreement the number and the force of the Light Vessels which they have reserved to themselves to maintain in the Black Sea for the service of their coasts, have resolved to sign, with that view, a special Convention, and have named for that purpose: His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, the Sieur Alexis Count Orloff, his Aide-de-Camp General and General of Cavalry, &c.; and the Sieur Philip Baron de Brunnow, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, &c.; And His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Mouhammed Emin Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, &c.; and Mehemmed Djemil Bey, 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, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : Abrogated by the General Treaty of 13th March, 1871. See also Separate Conventions between Russia and Turkey of the same date. + For French Version, see State Papers," vol. xlvi, p. 22. [Black Sea.] Vessels of War to be maintained in Black Sea. ART. I. The High Contracting Parties mutually engage not to have in the Black Sea any other Vessels of War than those of which the number, the force, and the dimensions are hereinafter stipulated. Number, Force, and Dimensions of Vessels of War to be maintained in Black Sea. ART. II. The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves each to maintain in that Sea 6 steam-vessels of 50 metres in length at the line of flotation, of a tonnage of 800 tons at the maximum, and 4 light steam or sailing vessels of a tonnage which shall not exceed 200 tons each. Ratifications.* ART. III. The present Convention, annexed to the General Treaty signed at Paris this day, shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of 4 weeks, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th day of March, 1856. (L.S.) ORLOFF. (L.S.) BRUNNOW. (L.S.) MEHEMMED DJEMIL. *Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 27th April, 1856. [Aland Islands.] No. 267.-CONVENTION between Great Britain, France, and Russia, respecting the Aland Islands. Signed at Paris, 30th March, 1856. [This Convention was annexed to the General Treaty of Peace of the same date. See Article XXXIII, No. 264.] 1. Aland Islands not to be Fortified, or any Military or Naval Establishments to be maintained. 2. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of Almighty God. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, wishing to extend to the Baltic Sea the harmony so happily re-established between them in the East, and thereby to consolidate the benefits of the General Peace, have resolved to conclude a Convention, and have named for that purpose: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c.; and the Right Honourable Henry Richard Charles Baron Cowley, Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c.; His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Alexander Count Colonna Walewski, his Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c.; and the Sieur Francis Adolphus Barom de Bourqueney, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, &c. ; And His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, the Sieur Alexis Count Orloff, his Aide-de-Camp General and General of Cavalry, &c.; and the Sieur Philip Baron de Brunnow, his Envoy * For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. xlvi, p. 23. [Aland Islands.] Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, &c.; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: Aland Islands not to be Fortified, or Military or Naval Establishments to be maintained. ART. I. His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, in order to respond to the desire which has been expressed to him by Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Emperor of the French, declares that the Aland Islands shall not be fortified, and that no Military or Naval Establishment shall be maintained or created there. Ratifications.* ART. II. The present Convention, annexed to the General Treaty signed at Paris this day, shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of 4 weeks, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Paris, the 30th day of March, 1856. (L.S.) CLARENDON. (L.S.) BRUNNOW. * Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 27th April, 1856. |