[Boundaries.] No. 340.- BOUNDARY CONVENTION between France and Spain. Signed at Bayonne, 27th February, 1863. TABLE. Reference to Treaty of 2nd December, 1856, and 14th April, 1862. Annex I. Procès-verbal fixing the Landmarks of the International Frontier. II. Rights respectively enjoyed by the several Frontier Communes in the Territories adjoining the Neighbouring State. III. Regulations for the Seizure of Cattle. (Translation.*) Reference to Treaty of 2nd December, 1856, and 14th April, 1862. His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, wishing to regulate in a definitive manner the execution of the Boundary Treaty concluded at Bayonne, on the 14th April, 1862 (No. 336), between France and Spain, and to proceed with the operations for fixing the Boundaries and drawing up the Annexes prescribed by Articles VIII, XV, XVIII, and• XXV of the said Treaty, have appointed for that purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Charles Victor Lobstein, Minister Plenipotentiary, &c.; and the Sieur Camille Antoine Callier, General of Brigade, &c. ; And Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, Don Francisco Maria Marin, Minister Plenipotentiary, &c.; and Don Manuel Monteverde y Bethancourt, Marshal of the National Armies, &c. ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have drawn up and united in the present Act the three following Annexes, which shall have the same force and value as if they were inserted in the above-mentioned Treaty, of which they form the completion: ANNEX I to III. (See Table.) *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. liii, p. 159. [Boundaries.] Ratifications. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged as soon as possible. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Bayonne, the 27th February, 1863. (L.S.) VR. LOBSTEIN. (L.S.) GAL. CALLIER. (L.S.) FRANCO MA. MARIN. (L.S.) MANL. MONTEVERDE. * Ratifications exchanged at Madrid, 21st April, 1863. [Ionian Islands.] No. 341.-DECREE of the National Assembly of the Hellenes, relative to the Cessation of the Protectorate of Great Britain over the Ionian Islands. Athens, 20th March, 1863. (Translation.*) THE Second National Assembly of the Hellenes, at Athens, Taking into consideration what has been declared in the Speech of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, on the opening of the British Parliament, with reference to the Cessation of the Protectorate of Great Britain over the Ionian Islands,† as well as the communications upon the same subject, made to the Provisional Government by the Envoy Extraordinary of the above-mentioned Power; Constituting itself, after the Election which has just been made of the King of the Hellenes, the Interpreter of the wishes of the Nation, Decrees: 1. The Hellenic Nation expresses its ardent desire to see the Greek State of the Seven Islands united as soon as possible to *For French version, see "State Papers," vol. liv, p. 976. Extract from the Speech of the Lords Commissioners, on the opening of the British Parliament. 5th February, 1863 :-" A Revolution having taken place in Greece, by which the Throne of that Kingdom has become vacant, the Greek Nation have expressed the strongest desire that Her Majesty's son, Prince Alfred, should accept the Greek Crown. This unsolicited and spontaneous manifestation of goodwill towards Her Majesty and her Family, and of a due appreciation of the benefits conferred by the principles and practice of the British Constitution, could not fail to be highly gratifying, and has been deeply felt by Her Majesty. "But the diplomatic engagements of Her Majesty's Crown (No. 159), together with other weighty considerations, have prevented Her Majesty from yielding to this general wish of the Greek Nation. "Her Majesty trusts, however, that the same principles of choice which led the Greek Nation to direct their thoughts, in the first instance, towards His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, may guide them to the selection of a Sovereign under whose sway the Kingdom of Greece may enjoy the blessings of internal prosperity and of peaceful relations with other States; and if in such a state of things the Republic of the Seven Islands should declare a deliberate wish to be united to the Kingdom of Greece, Her Majesty would be prepared to take such steps as may be necessary for a revision of the Treaty of November, 1815 (No. 39), by which that Republic was reconstituted and was placed under the Protection of the British Crown." [Ionian Islands.] Greece, now free, under the Constitutional Sceptre of George I, King of the Hellenes. 2. Thanks are tendered to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, for the benevolent intention which she has already expressed with reference to the accomplishment of that ardent desire of the Greek Nation. 3. The Executive Power is entrusted with the communication of the present Decree to whoever it may concern. [See also Protocols of Conferences between Great Britain, Austria, &c., of 5th and 26th June, and 1st August, 1863; Decision of Ionian Islands of 19th October, 1863; Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, &c., of 14th November, 1863; Treaty between Great Britain, &c., and Greece of 29th March, 1864; Protocol between Great Britain and Ionian Islands of 28th May, 1864; and Accession of Turkey of 8th April, 1865.] [For Decree of 18th March, 1863, see page 1543.] [Scheldt Toll.] No. 342.--TREATY between Belgium and the Netherlands relative to the Scheldt Toll. Signed at the Hague, 12th May, 1863.* ART. [Annexed to the General Treaty of 16th July, 1863.] TABLE. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 19th April, 1839. 1. Renunciation of Scheldt Toll by the Netherlands. 2. Indemnity to be paid by Belgium. 3. Date of Cession of Scheldt Toll. Interest on amount not paid. 4. Capitalisation of Toll not to affect previous engagements. 5. Reduction of Pilotage Dues. 6. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) Reference to Treaty of 19th April, 1839. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, having come to an agreement upon the conditions of the redemption, by way of capitalisation, of the Toll established upon the Navigation of the Scheldt and its mouths by Section 3 of Article IX of the Treaty of the 19th April, 1839 (No. 184), have resolved to conclude a special Treaty on that subject, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries: His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Sieur Aldephonse Alexander Felix Baron du Jardin, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, &c.; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieur Paul van der Maesen de Sombreff, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c.; the Sieur John Rudolph Thorbecke, his Minister of the Interior, &c.; and the Sieur Gérard Henry Betz, his Minister of Finance; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : Renunciation of Scheldt Toll by the Netherlands. ART. I. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands renounces for ever, in consideration of a sum of 17,141,640 Netherland * See also Treaty of 16th July, and Convention of 3rd August, 1863. + For French version, see "State Papers," vol. liii, P. 15. |