the woollen cloths, and the rest of the woollen manufactures of the Britons, as was accustomed till they were prohibited by the laws: nevertheless, upon this condition:

II. That is to say, that Her Sacred Royal Majesty of Great Britain shall, in Her own name and that of Her successors, be obliged for ever hereafter to admit the wines of the growth of Portugal into Britain; so that at no time, whether there shall be peace or war between the Kingdoms of Britain and France any thing more shall be demanded for these wines, by the name of custom or duty; or by whatsoever other title, directly or indirectly, whether they shall be imported into Great Britain in pipes or hogsheads, or other casks, than what shall be demanded from the like quality or measure of French wine, deducting or abating a third part of the custom or duty: but if at any time this deduction or abatement of customs, which is to be made as aforesaid, shall in any manner be attempted and prejudiced, it shall be just and lawful for His Sacred Royal Majesty of Portugal again to prohibit the woollen cloths, and the rest of the British woollen manufactures.

III. The most excellent Lords the Plenipotentiaries promise, and take upon themselves, that their above-named masters shall ratify this Treaty, and that within the space of two months the ratifications shall be exchanged.

For the faith and testimony of all which things, I, the Plenipotentiary of Her Sacred Royal Majesty of Great Britain, have confirmed this Treaty, by the subscription of my hand, and by the seal of my coat of arms. And the most excellent Lord the Plenipotentiary of His Sacred Royal Majesty of Portugal, for avoiding the controversy about precedence between the two Crowns of Britain and Portugal, hath subscribed another instrument of the same tenor, changing only what ought to be changed for that reason. Given at Lisbon, the 27th of December, 1703. Signed JOHN METHUEN. [L. S.]

MARCHIS ALEGRETENSIS, [L. s.]

No. 32. Convention of Commerce between Great Britain and Prussia. Signed at London. April 2, 1824

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of Prussia, being equally desirous of extending and increasing the commercial intercourse between their respective States, and of affording every facility and encouragement to their subjects engaged in such intercourse; and being of opinion that nothing will more contribute to the attainment of their mutual wishes in this respect, than a reciprocal abrogation of all discriminating and countervailing duties, which are now demanded and levied upon the ships or productions of either nation in the ports of the other, have appointed their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose, that is to say:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George Canning, a Member of His said

Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and. His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;-and the Right Honourable William Huskisson, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, President of the the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations, and Treasurer of His said Majesty's Navy:

And His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Baron de Werther, His said Majesty's Chamberlain, and His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Britannic Majesty:-who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:

ART. I. From and after the 1st day of May next, Prussian vessels entering or departing from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and British vessels entering or departing from the ports of His Prussian Majesty's dominions, shall not be subject to any other or higher duties or charges whatever. than are or shall be levied on national vessels entering or departing from such ports respectively.

II. All articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of the dominions of either of the High Contracting Parties, which are or shall be permitted to be imported into, or exported from the ports of the United Kingdom and of Prussia respectively, in vessels of the one country, shall in like manner be permitted to be imported into and exported from those ports in vessels of the other.

III. All articles not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, which can legally be imported from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, into the ports of Prussia, in British ships, shall be subject only to the same duties as are payable upon the like articles, if imported in Prussian ships: and the same reciprocity shall be observed in the ports of the United Kingdom, in respect to all articles not the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of His Prussian Majesty, which can legally be imported into the ports of the United Kingdom in Prussian ships.

IV. All goods, wares, and merchandize which can legally be imported into the ports of either country, shall be admitted at the same rate of duty, whether imported in vessels of the other country, or in national vessels; and all goods, wares, or merchandize which can be legally exported from the ports of either country, shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances, whether exported in vessels of the other country, or in national vessels.

V. No priority or preference shall be given, directly or indirectly, by the Government of either country, or by any company, corporation, or agent, acting on its behalf, or under its authority, in the purchase of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country imported into

the other, on account of, or in reference to the character of the vessel in which such article was imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the High Contracting Parties, that no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this respect.

VI. The present Convention shall be in force for the term of 10 years from the date hereof: and further, until the end of 12 months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the High Contracting Parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at the end of the said term of 10 years; and it is hereby agreed between them, that at the expiration of 12 months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, this Convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine.

VII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, within one month from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at London, the 2d day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1824.

[L. S.] WERTher.

No. 33. Convention between Great Britain and Spain. Signed at London, the 14th of July, 1786.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.)

The Kings of England and of Spain, animated with the same desire of consolidating, by every means in their power, the friendship so happily subsisting between Them and Their Kingdoms, and wishing, with one accord, to prevent even the shadow of misunderstanding which might be occasioned by doubts, misconceptions, or other causes of dispute between the subjects on the frontiers of the two Monarchies, especially in distant countries, as are those in America, have thought proper to settle, with all possible good faith, by a new Convention, the points which might one day or other be productive of such inconveniencies, as the experience of former times has very often shewn: To this end, the King of Great Britain has named the most Noble and most Excellent Lord, Francis Baron Osborne, of Kiveton, Marquis of Carmarthen, His Britannic Majesty's Privy Coun cillor, and Principal Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. &c and the Catholic King has likewise authorized Don Bernardo del Campo, Knight of the Noble Order of Charles the Third, Secretary of the same Order, Secretary of the Supreme Council of State, and His Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Great Britain: who having communicated to each other their respective full Powers, prepared in due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

I. His Britannic Majesty's subjects, and the other colonists who have hitherto enjoyed the protection of England, shall evacuate the country of the Mosquitos, as well as the continent in general, and the Islands adjacent, without exception, situated beyond the line hereinafter described, as what ought to be the frontier of the extent of territory granted by His Cath olic Majesty to the English, for the uses specified in the 3d Article of the present Convention, and in addition to the country already granted to them in virtue of the stipulations agreed upon by the Commissaries of the two Crowns, in 1783.

HI. The Catholic King, to prove, on His side, to the King of Great Britain the sincerity of His sentiments of friendship towards His said Majesty and the British nation, will grant to the English more extensive limits than those specified in the last Treaty of Peace: and the said limits of the lands added by the present Convention shall for the future be understood in the manner following:

The English line, beginning from the sea, shall take the centre of the river Sibun or Jabon, and continue up to the source of the said river, from thence it shall cross in a straight line the intermediate land, till it intersects the river Wallis; and by the centre of the same river, the said line shall descend to the point where it will meet the line, already settled and marked out by the Commissaries of the two Crowns in 1783: which limits, following the continuation of the said line, shall be observed as formerly stipulated by the Definitive Treaty.

III. Although no other advantages have hitherto been in question, except that of cutting wood for dying, yet His Catholic Majesty, as a greater proof of His disposition to oblige the King of Great Britain, will grant to the English the liberty of cutting all other wood, without even excepting mahogany, as well as gathering all the fruits, or produce of the earth, purely natural and uncultivated, which may besides being carried away in their natural state, become an object of utility or of commerce, whether for food or for manufactures; but it is expressly agreed, that this stipulation is never to be used as a pretext for establishing in that country any plantation of sugar, coffee, cocoa, or other like articles; or any fabric or manufacture by means of mills or other machines whatsoever, (this restriction however does not regard the use of saw mills, for cutting or otherwise preparing the wood) since all the lands in question being indisputably acknowledged to belong of right to the Crown of Spain, no settlements of that kind, or the population which would follow, could be allowed.

The English shall be permitted to transport and convey all such wood, and other produce of the place, in its natural and uncultivated state, down the rivers to the sea, but without ever going beyond the limits which are prescribed to them by the stipulations above granted, and without thereby taking an opportunity of ascending the said rivers, beyond their bounds, into the countries belonging to Spain.

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IV. The English shall be permitted to occupy the small Island, known by the names of Casina, St. George's Key, or Cayo Casina, in consideration of the circumstance of that part of the coast opposite to the said Island being looked upon as subject to dangerous disorders; but this permission is only to be made use of for purposes of real utility: and as great abuses, no less contrary to the intentions of the British Government, than to the essential interests of Spain, might arise from this permission, it is here stipulated, as an indispensable condition, that no fortification, or work of defence whatever, shall at any time be erected there, nor any body of troops posted, nor any piece of artillery kept there; and in order to verify with good faith the accomplishment of this condition sine quá non (which might be infringed by individuals, without the knowledge of the British Government) a Spanish officer or Commissary, accompanied by an English Commissary or officer, duly authorized, shall be admitted, twice a year, to examine into the real situation of things.

V. The English nation shall enjoy the liberty of refitting their merchant ships in the southern triangle included between the point of Cayo Casina, and the cluster of small islands, which are situated opposite that part of the coast occupied by the cutters, at the distance of eigh 1-agues from the river Wallis, seven from Cayo Casina, and three from the river Sibun, a place which has always been found well adapted to that purpose. For which end, the edifices and storehouses, absolutely necessary for that service, shall be allowed to be built; but in this concession is also included the express condition of not erecting fortifications there at any time, or stationing troops, or constructing any military works; and in like manner it shall not be permitted to station any ships of war there, or to construct an arsenal or other building, the object of which might be the formation of a naval establishment.

VI. It is also stipulated, that the English may freely and peaceably catch fish on the coast of the country assigned to them by the last Treaty of Peace, as also of that which is added to them by the present Convention: but without going beyond their boundaries, and confining themselves within the distance specified in the preceding Article.

VII. All the restrictions specified in the last Treaty of 1783, for the entire preservation of the right of the Spanish Sovereignty over the country, in which is granted to the English only the privilege of making use of the wood of the different kinds, the fruits and other produce, in their natural state, are here confirmed; and the same restrictions shall also be observed with respect to the new grant. In consequence, the inhabitants of those countries shall employ themselves simply in the cutting and transporting of the said wood, and in the gathering and transporting of the fruits, without meditating any more extensive settlements, or the formation of any system of government, either military or civil, further than such re