SPAIN, 12th Nov 1660, 2nd Dec 1856, 14th April 1862, 26th May 1866. Stanford's Geog' Estab* 55 Charing Cross [Boundary.] in the Figuier Roads, the middle of the principal course of the waters of that River, at low water, shall form the Line of separation of the two Sovereignties, without in any way changing the actual nationality of the Islands; those of the Faisans shall continue to belong to the two Nations. ARTS. X to XIX. Rights of bordering Populations. ARTS. XX and XXI. Freedom of Commerce and Navigation on the Bidassoa to its Mouth. ART. XXII. Freedom of Fishery. ART. XXIII. Impediments to the Navigation of the Bidassoa to be removed. ART. XXIV. Compensation to the Municipality of Fontarabia. ART. XXV. Separate Jurisdiction over Vessels Navigating, Passing through, or Fishing in the Bidassoa. ART. XXVI. Bohobie Bridge to belong equally to France and Spain, and to be maintained by them. ART. XXVII. The Ile des Faisans, known under the name of Ile de la Conference to be possessed jointly by France and Spain. Annulment of Treaties and Conventions. ART. XXVIII. All Treaties, Conventions, and Arbitration Awards, having reference to the Boundary of the Frontier between the summit of Analarra and the Mouth of the Bidassoa, are Annulled in fact and by right, in all that is contrary to the clauses stipulated in the preceding Articles, dating from the day on which the present Treaty shall be put into execution. Ratifications.* ART. XXIX AND LAST. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty in Duplicate at Bayonne, the 2nd December, 1856, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. (L.S.) BARON GROS. (L.S.) GENERAL CALLIER. (L.S.) FRANCISCO M. MARIN. * Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 12th August, 1857. [Bessarabian Frontier. Delta of Danube. Isle of Serpents.] No. 276.-NOTE from the British Ambassador at Paris, explanatory of the Protocol of Conference between the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, for carrying out certain of the Provisions of the Treaty of 30th March, 1856. Signed at Paris, 7th January, 1857. Lord Cowley to the Earl of Clarendon, enclosing Protocol of 6th January. (Received 8th January.) My Lord, Paris, 7th January, 1857. I HAVE the honour to inclose herewith a certified copy of the Protocol of Conference, with the Plans annexed thereto, signed yesterday at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, wherein are recorded the results of the discussions which have taken place on certain points connected with the execution of the Treaty of the 30th of March (No. 264), and by which, I trust, are definitively set at rest the differences of opinion which had arisen among the Powers parties to that Treaty, respecting the right interpretation of Article XX, in consequence of its being found on actual survey that certain localities were not situated as had been supposed by the Paris Congress. Although it is matter of regret, it is not surprising, considering the scanty information which could be obtained respecting the geographical details of the countries bordering the Lower Danube, that these errors should have occurred, or that, in endeavouring to rectify them, differences of opinion should have manifested themselves among the parties interested. But it was the duty of all, if a common centre of union was to be sought; if disagreement was not to degenerate into animosity; if the Treaty of the 30th of March (No. 264) was not to remain a dead letterto abate somewhat of their respective views, and to meet each other in a conciliatory spirit. The decision of the majority of the Conference might, indeed, have been appealed to, but when opinions have been so strongly pronounced, it could not have been enforced without leaving a feeling of soreness to be deprecated in the minds of those whose judgment was overruled. The necessity of a compromise, if harmony was to be preserved, was |