[Pacification of Spain and Portugal.]

No. 173.-ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to the Treaty between Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, of 22nd April, 1834. Signed at London, 18th August, 1834.

Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 22nd April, 1834.

1. Prevention of Succours from French Territory.

2. Warlike Stores to be supplied by Great Britain to Spain, and Naval Force if necessary.

3. Co-operation of Portugal in Spain.

4. Ratifications.

(English version.*)

Reference to Treaty of 22nd April, 1834.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain during the minority of her daughter Donna Isabella the Second, Queen of Spain; His Majesty the King of the French; and His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves in the name of the Queen Donna Maria the Second, the High Contracting Parties to the Treaty of the 22nd April, 1834 (No. 171); having taken into their serious consideration the recent events which have occurred in the Peninsula, and being deeply impressed with the conviction that, in this new state of things, new measures have become necessary for the complete attainment of the objects which it was the purpose of the said Treaty to accomplish; the undersigned, Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, His Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c., Don Manuel Pando, Fernandez de Pinedo, Alava y Davila, Marquis of Miraflores, Her Catholic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty, &c.; Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince-Duke de Talleyrand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Majesty the King of the French to His Britannic Majesty, &c.; and Christopher Peter de Moraes Sarmento, Her Most Faithful Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty, &c., being furnished with the authority of their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following additional Articles to the Treaty of the 22nd April, 1834 (No. 171):

* For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxii, p. 134.

[Pacification of Spain and Portugal.]

Prevention of Succours from French Territory.

ART. I. His Majesty the King of the French engages to take such measures in those parts of his Dominions which adjoin to Spain, as shall be best calculated to prevent any Succours of men, arms, or warlike stores, from being sent from the French Territory to the Insurgents in Spain.

Warlike Stores to be supplied by Great Britain to Spain, and

Naval Force if necessary.

ART. II. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages to furnish to Her Catholic Majesty such supplies of Arms and Warlike Stores as Her Majesty may require, and further to assist Her Majesty, if necessary, with a Naval Force.

Co-operation of Portugal in Spain.

ART. III. His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, Regent of Portugal and the Algarves in the name of the Queen Donna Maria the Second, fully sharing the sentiments of his August Allies, and desirous moreover to make a just return for the engagements contracted by Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain by Article II of the Treaty of the 22nd April, 1834 (No. 171), engages to co-operate, if necessity should arise, in aid of Her Catholic Majesty, with such means as may be in his power, and in such mode and manner as may hereafter be agreed upon between their said Majesties.

Ratifications.

ART. IV. The foregoing Articles shall have the same force and effect as if they were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty of the 22nd April, 1834 (No. 171), and shall be considered as forming a part of the same:-they shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at London within 40 days, 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 18th day of August, 1834.

(L.S.) MIRAFLORES.

(L.S.) TALLEYRAND.

(L.S.) C. P. DE MORAES SARMENTO.

(L.S.) PALMERSTON.

[Wallachia and Moldavia.]

No. 174.-HATTI-SHERIFF of the Sultan of Turkey, relative to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. -1834.

[Referred to in Article II of Convention between the 6 Powers and Turkey of 19th August, 1858.]

3. Guarantee against Incursions. Contiguous Islands to form part of Territory. 4. Sublime Porte not to maintain any Fortified Points. Mussulman subjects not to establish themselves in Wallachia or Moldavia.

5. Sanitary Regulations. Maintenance of Troops.

6. Tribute.

7. Liberty of Commerce. Free Navigation of the Danube.

(Translation.)

Election of Hospodars.

ART. I. The Hospodars shall be elected by the Country, and invested with their dignity for life.

Internal Administration.

ART. II. The Hospodars regulate freely all the internal affairs of their Provinces, consulting their respective Divans, and taking care not to infringe the rights guaranteed to the two Countries by the several Treaties and Hatti-sheriffs. They shall not be molested in their internal Administration by any order in contravention with their rights.

Guarantee against Incursions. Contiguous Islands to form part of Territory..

ART. III. The Sublime Porte engages scrupulously to watch that no incursion shall take place from the Riverains of the Left Bank of the Danube in Wallachian or Moldavian Territory. Are considered as forming an integral part of that Territory, all the Islands contiguous to the Left Bank of the Danube, and the stream (Thalweg) of that River shall form the Limit of those two Principalities.

Sublime Porte not to maintain any Fortified Points. Mussulman Subjects not to establish themselves in Wallachia or Moldavia.

ART. IV. In order the better to insure the inviolability of the Moldo-Wallachian Territory, the Sublime Porte engages not to maintain any fortified point, and not to tolerate any establish

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ment whatever of her Mussulman Subjects on the Left Bank of the Danube. Consequently, along the whole of that Bank in Great and Little Wallachia, as well as in Moldavia, no Mussulman shall ever fix his abode.

Sanitary Regulations.

ART. V. The two Principalities, enjoying all the rights of Autonomy, shall freely establish Quarantine and Sanitary Lines along the Danube or in the interior of the Country, whenever occasion shall require it-Mussulmans and Christians being obliged strictly to conform to the Sanitary Regulations.

Maintenance of Troops.

The Government of each Principality can maintain the number of Troops necessary to guard their Frontiers, to preserve order in the Towns and Countries, and to execute the Laws and Regulations. The number and maintenance of the Militia shall be regulated by the Hospodars in concert with their Divans, in conformity with ancient custom.

Tribute.

ART. VI. In order to Indemnify the Imperial Treasury for the surrender of all Supplies, the Principalities shall each pay annually a sum of money, the amount of which is fixed for the two at 3,000,000 piastres or 6,000 purses. In addition, on the reappointment of the Hospodar, arising from the death, abdication, or legal dismissal of the Titular, the Principality, the case arising, shall pay to the Sublime Porte a sum equal to the Annual Tribute; with this exception, there shall never be exacted from the Country, or the Hospodars, any Duty or Present whatever.

Liberty of Commerce. Free Navigation of the Danube.

ART. VII. The Inhabitants of the Principalities shall enjoy full Liberty of Commerce for all the productions of their Soil and Industry without any restrictions, except those which the Hospodars with their Divans shall consider indispensable to establish with a view to ensuring the supply of the Country. They shall navigate freely on the Danube in their own Vessels, provided with Passports from their Government, and trade in the other Towns and Ports of the Sublime Porte, without in any way being molested or exposed to any injury.

[Boundary. Poland.]

No. 175.-DEFINITIVE TREATY between Prussia and Russia, defining the Boundary between the Prussian States and Poland, from the Confines of the Grand Duchy of Posen to the Republic of Cracow. Signed at Berlin, 20th February, 1835.*

4th March

1. Definitive Settlement of Frontier between Silesia and Poland.

2. Maintenance of Frontier traced in 1808.

3.

to Detailed definition of Frontier.

45.

46. Maintenance of the Demesnial Rights of Property or of individuals of either country.

47. Maintenance of Rights of Proprietors of Posen and Poland whose possessions are divided by the Frontier.

48. Inhabitants of Territories ceded by Poland not included in the Cession. Forest Establishments of Zemela and Duda may be claimed by Poland. 49. Maintenance of Mills, Dykes, &c., on Rivers forming the Limits. 50. High Water Mark on Rivers forming the Frontier. Status quo of 1827 to be preserved.

51. Purchase by Prussia of Contract of Estate of Krzyankowitz, in Silesia. Closing of Canal between Wendzin and Radly. Erection of a Sluice to divide the waters of the Liscoarta and the Canal flowing from the Zborowski.

52. Preventive measures against Innovations on Frontier Rivers, &c.

53. Punishment for alteration of Frontier or destruction of Boundary Stakes. 54. Labours to be undertaken by Commissioners.

55. Commissioners to complete the Demarcation of 1808.

56. Proprietors allowed to erect Stakes marking Limits of their Possessions. 57. Status quo of 1828 to be maintained respecting the Limits of Private Possessions.

58. Ratifications.

(Translation.†)

His Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, King of Poland, having resolved to terminate in a friendly manner the Territorial Differences existing on the Frontier separating the two countries, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, viz. :

1st 13th

* See Act of Delimitation of December, 1836.

+ For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxiii, p. 283.