British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 46

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Page 125 - Les blocus, pour être obligatoires, doivent être effectifs, c'est-à-dire maintenus par une force suffisante pour interdire réellement l'accès du littoral de l'ennemi.
Page 25 - Le pavillon neutre couvre la marchandise ennemie, à l'exception de la contrebande de guerre. 3) La marchandise neutre, à l'exception de la contrebande de guerre, n'est pas saisissable sous pavillon ennemi. 4...
Page 294 - Britain hereby, declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 457 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 245 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 45 - ... and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.
Page 12 - Isatcha, pour dégager les embouchures du Danube, ainsi que les parties de la mer y avoisinantes , des sables et autres obstacles qui les obstruent, afin de mettre cette partie du fleuve et lesdites parties de la mer dans les meilleures conditions possibles de navigabilité.
Page 102 - Sa Majesté impériale le sultan, dans sa constante sollicitude pour le bien-être de ses sujets, ayant octroyé un firman qui, en améliorant leur sort, sans distinction de religion ni de race, consacre ses généreuses intentions envers les populations chrétiennes de son empire, et voulant donner un nouveau témoignage de ses sentiments à cet égard, a résolu de communiquer aux puissances contractantes le dit firman, spontanément émané de sa volonté souveraine.
Page 444 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 31 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby...

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