FOREIG N. TREATY relative to the SUCCESSION to the CROWN OF GREECE. (Signed at London, November 20, 1852.-[Ratifications exchanged at In the name of the Host Holy and Indivisible Trinity. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince President of the French Republic, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous to consolidate the order of succession to the throne of Greece, which is placed under their common guarantee; and acknowledging the necessity, for this purpose, of placing the stipulations of Article VIII. of the Convention of the 7th of May, 1832, in harmony with the condition established by Article 40 of the Hellenic Constitution; have resolved to conclude a Treaty to that effect, in conjunction with His Majesty the King of Bavaria as a signing party to the Convention of 1832, and with His Hellenic Majesty as a party directly interested in a transaction intended to secure the future tranquillity of Greece. Their Majesties the King of Bavaria and the King of Greece having responded to that invitation, the High Contracting Parties have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable James Howard Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount Fitzharris, Baron Malmesbury, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; His Majesty the King of Bavaria, the Sieur Augustus Baron de Cetto, His Chamberlain, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Crown of Bavaria, and of the Order of Merit of St. Michael, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer of Greece, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Bavaria to Her Britannic Majesty; The Prince President of the French Republic, the Sieur Alexander Colonna Count Walewski, Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Januarius of the Two Sicilies, Grand Cross of the Order of Danebrog of Denmark, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of St. Joseph of Tuscany, Ambassador of the French Republic to Her Britannic Majesty; His Majesty the King of Greece, the Sieur Spyridion Tricoupi, a Senator of the Kingdom of Greece, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer, of that of St. Michael of Bavaria, and of the American Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of France, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Hellenic Majesty to Her Britannic Majesty; And His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Philip Baron de Brunnow, Knight of the Orders of St. Alexander Newski in diamonds, of the White Eagle, of St. Anne of the first class, of St. Stanislaus of the first class, of St. Wladimir of the third class, having the Medal for the Campaign of Turkey, and the mark of distinction for thirty years' service, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece, Commander of that of the Crown of Bavaria, and Knight of several other foreign Orders, His Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty; Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and signed the following Articles: Art. I. The Princes of the House of Bavaria entitled, under the Convention of 1832, and under the Hellenic Constitution, to succeed to the Crown of Greece in the event of King Otho dying without direct and legitimate posterity, cannot ascend the Throne of Greece unless they conform to Article 40 of the Hellenic Constitution, which is as follows:"Every successor to the Crown of Greece must profess the religion of the Orthodox Eastern Church." Art. II. In conformity with the third decree of the Hellenic Assembly, Her Her Majesty Queen Amelia, during her widowhood, is of right entitled to the Regency in the event of the minority or of the absence of the successor to the Throne, according to the conditions of Article 40 of the Constitution. Art. III. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in the period of six 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 London, the twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (L.S.) (L.S.) MALMESBURY. (L.S.) (L.S.) S. TRICOUPI. DECLARATIONS exchanged between the Governments of GREAT BRITAIN and of the ROMAN STATES, for securing National Treatment to the Vessels and Commerce of the one Country in the 'other. (Signed at Florence and Rome, November 17, 1853.) THE Undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Tuscany, having received from His Eminence the Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State of His Holiness Pope Pius IX., the assurance that no other or higher duties or charges are levied in the ports of the Papal States on British vessels than are payable on national vessels, nor on goods imported or exported in British vessels than are payable on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels, has received the commands of Her Majesty to declare: 1. That no duties of tonnage, harbour, lighthouse, pilotage, quarantine, or other similar or cor responding duties, of whatever nature or under whatever denomination, levied in the name or for the profit of the Government, public functionaries, corporations, or establishments of whatever kind, shall be imposed in British ports upon Papal vessels, from whatever port or place arriving, which shall not be equally imposed in the like cases on national vessels; and that no duty, charge, restriction, or prohibition shall be imposed upon, nor any drawback, bounty, exemption, or allowance withheld from, goods imported into or exported from British ports in Papal vessels, which shall not be equally imposed upon or withheld from such goods, when so imported or exported in national vessels. 2. That no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Papal States, than are or shall be payable on the like article being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. That no other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed in the British dominions on the exportation of any article to the Papal States, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country; and that no prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Papal States into the British dominions, nor upon the exportation of any article from the British dominions to the Papal States, unless such prohibition shall extend to all other nations. 3. That Papal vessels shall be at liberty to import into British ports any article legally importable, and to export from British ports any article legally exportable, on payment of the same duties, and with a right to the same bounties and drawbacks, as are or may be payable or allowable in respect of the same articles if imported or exported in national vessels. 4. That all vessels which according to the laws of the Papal States are to be deemed Papal vessels shall, for the purposes of this Declaration, be deemed Papal vessels. 5. That the foregoing stipulations shall not apply to the coasting trade, which is reserved exclusively to national vessels. 6. That if any ship of war or merchant vessel of the Papal States shall be wrecked on the coasts of the British dominions, such ship or vessel, or any parts thereof, and all furniture and appurtenances belonging thereunto, and all goods and merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof if sold, shall be faithfully restored to the owners, upon being claimed by them or by their duly authorised agents. If there are no such owners or agents on the spot, then the said ships or parts of ships, furniture, appurtenances, goods, and merchandise, or the proceeds thereof if sold, as well as all papers found on board such wrecked ships or vessels, shall be delivered to the Papal Consul or Vice-Consul in whose district the wreck may have taken place, upon being claimed by him; and such Consul, Vice-Consul, owners, or agents, shall pay only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the salvage or other expenses which would have been payable in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel. The charge for such salvage and other expenses shall be made and settled immediately, subject to such right of appeal on the part of the person paying the same, as may exist in the British dominions. The goods and merchandise saved from the wreck shall not be subject to duties unless cleared for consumption, in which case they shall be liable to the same duties as if they had been imported in a British ship. 7. That the foregoing concessions are granted on condition of a perfect and entire reciprocity in favour of British vessels in the ports of the Papal States. They shall come into operation from and after the date of the present De claration, and shall remain in force for seven years, and further until the expiration of twelve months after notice shall have been given by the British Government, or by the Papal Government, for terminating such reciprocal arrangement. In witness whereof the Undersigned has signed the present Declaration, destined to be exchanged against a similar Declaration on the part of His Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State, and has affixed thereto the seal of his arms. Done at Florence, the seventeenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree. (L.S.) P. CAMPBELL SCARLETT. (L.S.) G. CARD. Antonelli. |