Majesty on the subject, but that he would make known by telegraph what I then suggested.

His Excellency yesterday, in answer to my inquiry respecting the answer he had received from St. Petersburgh, informed me that he must decline to make any declaration respecting Poland. He said that the Emperor had determined to do everything that had been suggested, and that the amnesty would be comprehensive, but that he wished to signalize his coronation by these and other acts of grace, and that their good effect would be destroyed if His Majesty's intentions were declared beforehand. His Excellency repeated that, if I persisted in bringing the matter before the Congress, he should be compelled to give an unfavourable answer, and to say that foreign intervention would probably lead to a postponeinent or a diminution of the favours which His Majesty meant to bestow on his Polish subjects.

Under these circumstances, Count Walewski and I have agreed that the more prudent course would be not to bring forward the question in the Congress. I have, &c.

Viscount Palmerston.

CLARENDON.

No. 13.-Viscount Palmerston to the Earl of Clarendon. MY LORD,

Foreign Office, April 17, 1856. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch of the 15th instant, reporting your conversations with Count Walewski and with Count Orloff on the question of Poland; and I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that Her Majesty's Government entirely approve the course pursued by you, both in bringing the subject into discussion with Count Orloff, and in abstaining, in consequence of what Count Orloff said, from mooting the matter in the Congress. I have, &c. The Earl of Clarendon.

PALMERSTON.

CORRESPONDENCE between The United States and Great Britain, France, Denmark, Russia, Sweden and Norway, respecting the Rights of Neutrality and Rights claimed by Belligerents in pending War between certain European Powers.-1854.

No. 1.-The Danish Chargé d'Affaires at Washington to The United States' Secretary of State.

(Translation.)

Washington, January 20, 1854. THE present political complications consequent upon the declaration of war by the Ottoman Porte, and the possible contingency of

a maritime war, have imposed on the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark the obligation of giving an earnest attention to the effects which may be the result. Its sincere desire is to preserve intact the relations of friendship and good understanding which so happily reign between Denmark and all the Governments of Europe. Having nothing more at heart than to maintain and cement those relations, His Majesty the King of Denmark regards it as a duty not to leave the allied and friendly Powers in ignorance of the line of policy which, for the attainment of said object, he proposes to follow in case of the above-mentioned event.

Guided as much by the frank friendship which reigns between the Sovereigns and people of Denmark and of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, as by that community of interests and political principles which reciprocally sustains and reinforces each other, His Majesty the King of Denmark has found himself called, in the first place, to concert himself with his august friend, neighbour, and ally, the King of Sweden and Norway, on the measures eventually to be adopted in order to establish a common action proper to facilitate, by its identity, the application of the system agreed upon. These overtures having met with that favourable reception one had a right to expect, it is in conformity with the resolutions taken by the 2 Sovereigns that the Undersigned, Chargé d'Affaires of His Majesty the King of Denmark, near the Government of the United States of America, has received the order of his august Sovereign to bring to the knowledge of the Government of The United States the general rules which His Majesty the King of Denmark has deemed it proper to establish in order to fix the position of his States in the deplorable event of hostilities breaking out between the friendly and allied Powers of the King.

The system which His Majesty the King of Denmark intends to follow and to apply invariably, is that of a strict neutrality, founded on a loyal, impartial, and equal respect for the rights of all the Powers. This neutrality, according to the like views of the 2 Courts, imposes on the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark the following obligations, and assures him the following advantages:

1. To abstain, during the contest which may take place, from every participation, direct or indirect, in favour of one of the contending parties, and to the detriment of the others.

2. To admit into the ports of the monarchy the ships of war and of commerce of the belligerent parties, the Government reserving for itself, however, the faculty of interdicting to the first, as well as to the transport ships belonging to the respective fleets of the belligerent Powers, the entry of the port of Christiana.

The sanitary and police regulations which circumstances may

have rendered or will render necessary, are of course to be observed and respected. Privateers will not be admitted into the ports, nor tolerated on the anchorages, of the States of His Danish Majesty.

3. To grant to the vessels of the belligerent Powers the faculty of providing themselves, in the ports of the monarchy, with all goods and merchandizes of which they may be in want, with the exception of articles reputed contraband of war.

4. To exclude from the ports of the monarchy the entry-recognized cases of distress excepted, the condemnation, and the sale of all prizes; and, finally,

5. To enjoy in the commercial relations of the States of His Danish Majesty, with the countries at war, every security and al! facilities for Danish vessels, as well as their cargocs; with the obligation, however, for said vessels to conform to the general rules established and recognized in the special cases of declared and effective blockades.

Such are the general principies of the neutrality adopted by His Majesty the King of Denmark in case a general war in Europe should break out. The King flatters himself that they will be recognized as conformable to the law of nations, and that their loyal and faithful observation will enable His Majesty to cultivate with the friendly and allied Powers those relations which, for the welfare of his people, he has so much at heart to preserve from all interruptions.

Requesting the Honourable Secretary of State of The United States to bring the present communication to the knowledge of the Government of The United States, the Undersigned avails, &c. The Hon. W. L. Marcy. TORBEN BILLE.

No. 2.-The Swedish Chargé d'Affaires at Washington to The United States' Secretary of State.

(Translation.)

Washington, January 28, 1854. THE present political complications consequent upon the declaration of war by the Ottoman Porte, and the possible contingency of a maritime war, have imposed on the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the obligation of giving an earnest attention to the effects which may be their result. Its sincere desire is to preserve intact the relations of friendship and good understanding which so happily reign between Sweden and Norway and all the Governments of Europe. Having nothing more at heart than to maintain and cement those relations, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway regards it as a duty not to leave the allied and friendly Powers in ignorance of the line of policy which, for

the attainment of said object, he proposes to follow in case of the above-mentioned event.

Guided as much by the frank friendship which reigns between the Sovereigns and people of Sweden and Norway and of the Kingdom of Denmark, as by that community of interests and political principles which reciprocally sustains and reinforces each other, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway has found himself called, in the first place, to concert himself with his august friend, neighbour, and ally, the King of Denmark, on the measures eventually to be adopted in order to establish a common action proper to facilitate, by its identity, the application of the system agreed upon. These overtures having met with that favourable reception one had a right to expect, it is in conformity with the resolutions taken by the 2 Sovereigns, that the Undersigned, Chargé d'Affaires of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway near the Government of the United States of America, has received the order of his august Sovereign to bring to the knowledge of the Government of The United States the general rules which His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway has deemed it proper to establish in order to fix the position of his States in the deplorable event of hostilities breaking out between the friendly and allied Powers of the King.

The system which His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway intends to follow, and to apply invariably, is that of a strict neutrality, founded on a loyal, impartial, and equal respect for the rights of all the Powers. This neutrality, according to the like views of the 2 Courts, imposes on the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the following obligations, and assures him the following advantages:

1. To abstain, during the contest that may take place, from every participation, direct or indirect, in favour of one of the contending parties, and to the detriment of the others.

2. To admit into the ports of the monarchy the ships of war and of commerce of the belligerent parties; the Government reserving for itself, however, the faculty of interdicting to the first, as well as to the transport ships belonging to the respective fleets of the belligerent Powers, the entry of the port of Christiana.

The sanitary and police regulations which circumstances may have rendered or will render necessary, are of course to be observed and respected. Privateers will not be admitted into the ports, nor tolerated on the anchorages, of the States of his Swedish and Norwegian Majesty.

3. To grant to the vessels of the belligerent Powers the faculty of providing themselves in the ports of the monarchy with all goods

and merchandises of which they may be in want, with the exception of articles reputed contraband of war.

4. To exclude from the ports of the monarchy the entry-recognized cases of distress excepted-the condemnation, and the sale of all prizes; and, finally,

5. To enjoy in the commercial relations of the States of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, with the countries at war, every security and all facilities for Swedish and Norwegian vessels, as well as their cargoes; with the obligation, however, for said vessels to conform to the general rules established and recognized in the special cases of declared and effective blockades.

Such are the general principles of the neutrality adopted by His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway in case a general war in Europe should break out. The King flatters himself that they will be recognized as conformable to the law of nations, and that their loyal and faithful observation will enable His Majesty to cultivate with the friendly and allied Powers those relations which, for the welfare of his people, he has so much at heart to preserve from all interruption.

Requesting the Honourable Secretary of State of The United States to bring the present communication to the knowledge of the Government of The United States, the Undersigned avails, &c. The Hon. W. L. Marcy.

G. DE SIBBERN.

No. 3.-The United States' Secretary of State to the Danish Chargé d'Affaires at Washington.

Washington, February 14, 1854. THE Undersigned, Secretary of State of The United States, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note which the Chargé d'Affaires of His Majesty the King of Denmark addressed to this Department on the 28th ultimo, bringing to the knowledge of this Government the general rules which it has been deemed proper by His Majesty the King of Denmark, in concert with His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, to establish, in order to fix and define the position of Denmark in the event of hostilities breaking out among the Powers of Europe, in consequence of the existing relations between Russia and the Ottoman Porte.

The Undersigned has the honour to inform Mr. Torben Bille that, at his request, the views of his Government have been submitted to the President, and that they are regarded by him with all the interest which the occasion demands. Mr. Bille may rest assured that the Government and people of this country feel deep solicitude in the events now transpiring in Europe, not only on account of the general anxiety they occasion to those Powers more