The Portfolio; Or, a Collection of State Papers, Etc: Illustrative of the History of Our Times, Volume 3

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David Urquhart
J. Ridgway, 1836 - Europe

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Page 390 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Page 572 - Kingdom ; the President of the French Republic ; His Majesty the King of Italy ; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, etc.
Page 569 - Il y aura à jamais pais, amitié, et alliance entre sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies et sa Majesté l'Empereur des Ottomans, leurs empires, et leurs sujets, tant sur terre que sur mer. Cette alliance ayant uniquement pour objet la défense commune de leurs...
Page 56 - That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he will be graciously pleased to issue a Commission for inquiring into the defects, occasioned by time and otherwise, in the Laws of this realm, and into the measures necessary for removing the same.
Page 574 - Russias, wishing to spare the Sublime Ottoman Porte the expense and inconvenience which might be occasioned to it by affording substantial aid, will not ask for that aid if circumstances should place the Sublime Porte under the obligation of furnishing it, the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in place of the aid which it is bound to furnish in case of need, according to the principle of reciprocity of the Patent Treaty, shall confine its action in favour of the Imperial Court of Russia to closing the Strait...
Page 573 - The present Treaty of Defensive Alliance shall be ratified by the two high contracting parties, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Constantinople within the space of two months, or sooner if possible.
Page 571 - En foi de quoi , les plénipotentiaires respectifs l'ont signé , et y ont apposé le cachet de leurs armes. Fait à Paris, le 30 mai de l'an de grâce i 8 i4« ( LS) Signé le Prince DE BÉNÉVENT.
Page 570 - ... à ce traité, on est convenu de fixer sa durée à huit ans, à dater du jour de l'échange des Ratifications Impériales. Les deux parties, avant l'expiration de ce terme, se concerteront suivant l'état où seront les choses à cette époque, sur le renouvellement du dit traité.
Page 571 - Porte ottomane, à la place du secours qu'elle doit prêter au besoin, d'après le principe de réciprocité du traité patent, devra borner son action en faveur de la cour impériale de Russie à fermer le détroit des...
Page 574 - IN virtue of one of the clauses of the first Article of the Patent Treaty of Defensive Alliance concluded between the Imperial Court of Russia and the Sublime Porte, the two high contracting parties are bound to afford to each other mutually substantial aid and the most efficacious assistance, for the safety of their respective dominions.

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