[Independence of Greece.] No. 149.-PROTOCOL of Conference between Great Britain, France, and Russia, relative to the Independence of Greece. London, 3rd of February, 1830.* [The following clauses of this Protocol were referred to in the Treaty of 7th May, 1832.] (Extract.) (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) PRESENT: The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, and Russia. Independence of Greece. § 1. Greece shall form an Independent State, and shall enjoy all the rights, political, administrative, and commercial, attached to complete Independence. Form of Government. § 3. The Greek Government shall be Monarchical, and hereditary according to the order of primogeniture. It shall be confided to a Prince, who shall not be capable of being chosen from among those of the families reigning in the States that signed the Treaty of the 6th July, 1827‡ (No. 136), and who shall bear the title of Sovereign Prince of Greece. The choice of that Prince shall form the object of subsequent communications and stipulations. Guarantee of 3 Powers. § 8. Each of the 3 Courts shall retain the power, secured to it by Article VI of the Treaty of the 6th July, 1827 (No. 136), of guaranteeing the whole of the foregoing arrangements and Articles. The Acts of Guarantee, if there be any, shall be drawn up separately; the operation and effects of these different Acts shall become, in conformity with the above-mentioned Article, the object of further stipulations on the part of the High Powers No troops belonging to one of the Contracting Powers shall be allowed to enter the territory of the new Greek State, without the consent of the two other Courts who signed the Treaty. * See Treaties of 7th May, 1832; 30th April, 1833; 13th July and 14th November, 1863; and 29th March, 1864. + For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xvii, p. 191. Great Britain, France, and Russia. [Servia.] No. 150.-FIRMAN of The Sultan of Turkey, relating to Servia. Constantinople, October, 1830.* TAALE. Liberty of Worship. Hereditary Succession in Family of Milosch Obrenovitz. Reunion of Detached Districts. Kharatch Tax and other Contributions. Internal Administration. Freedom of Trade in Turkey. Customs Dues. Armed Force. Erection of Hospitals, &c. Prohibition to Mussulmans to remain in Servia. Administration of Justice. Sale of Landed Property of Turks in Servia. Turks not to Inhabit Servia. Maintenance of the Prince. Payment on Investiture of a New Prince. Confirmation of Metropolitan and Bishops by Patriarch of Constantinople. Members of the Councils. Establishment of a Post-office. Servian not to be compelled to serve a Turk. Demolition of Fortresses. Purchase of Cattle by the Porte. Servian Deputation at Constantinople. (Translation as laid before Parliament.) To our intelligent Vizier, &c., Hossein Pasha, Governor of Belgrade, &c.; to the eminent and learned Kadi, the upright and virtuous Judge of Belgrade, &c. On the arrival of this Imperial mandate, it may be known to you that, as the Treaty of Peace concluded at Adrianople (No. 145), between our Sublime Porte and the Court of Russia, refers to the execution of the Articles of the Convention made at Ackermann (No. 131), which enacts that there should be an understanding with the Servian Deputies at Constantinople, to settle their demands and claims; and as by my Imperial Decree, granted to the Servian nation, subject to my Sublime Porte, I have graciously complied with their demands; that is to say, the liberty of Worship; the Internal Administration; the reunion of Detached Districts; the consolidation of Tribute; the administration of Fiefs and Turkish Estates; the permission of travelling for trading through the whole Empire with their own Passports; the liberty of establishing Printing-offices, Hospitals, and Schools; the prohibition to the Turks (with the exception of those employed in the garrison of the fortresses) of inhabiting Servia; and likewise the liberty of seeking similar redress hereafter, so far as will not be contrary to the duties of a subject. And as the said nation, which has given to my Sublime Porte proofs of fidelity, is the See also Firman of December, 1833, and 24th December, 1838; the General Treaty of 30th March, 1856, Art. XXVIII; and Protocol of 4th September, 1862. |