present Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting duties of Customs," a certain Order in Council was made and published, on the 8th day of August, 1845, † declaring what are the Foreign Powers with which such Treaties, as in the said recited Act are mentioned, are existing: And whereas a Treaty is now existing between Her Majesty and the Republic of Peru, but the said Republic was omitted in the enumeration of the Foreign Powers contained in the said Order of the 8th day of August: And whereas it is expedient that such omission should now be supplied: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in her by the said recited Act of the 8th and 9th years of Her Majesty's reign, doth hereby declare, that a Treaty is now subsisting between Her Majesty and the said Republic of Peru: And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. C. C. GREVILLE PORTUGAL. TREATIES between Great Britain and Portugal, relative to the establishment of Post Office Packets. 1705 to 1810. (1.) TREATY between Great Britain and Portugal. London, February 20, 1705. [See French version, Page 898.] ARTICLES and Conditions of a Treaty made and concluded between Sir Robert Cotton, Knight, and Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., Postmaster-General of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and all other dominions of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, on one part; and Mr. John Duarte da Costa, Deputy of Luis Vittorio de Souza Coutinho da Matta, Postmaster-General of Portugal, Algarve, Brazil, and the islands of the dominions of this Crown, on the other part. ART. I. For the establishing a regular correspondence between the Kingdoms of England and Portugal, it is agreed that the post shall go every week with such letters as shall be sent from London for Portugal, by way of Falmouth, and there be put on board one of the packet-boats, which shall be paid at the charge of Her Majesty of Great Britain, to carry the letters between the 2 kingdoms, and that the said packet-boat shall sail as soon as the mail shall be put on board, wind and weather permitting. II. That the letters for Portugal shall be made up in several packets, at London, and put in different bags containing all the letters, which shall be weighed; that all the said letters and packets be put up with care in one or more mails with a chain, and sealed with the seal of the office; that a list containing the number of packets, and how many ounces they weigh, be put in each mail; that in case by mistake any difference should happen between the list and the weight of letters, the same may be rectified by the next succeeding post; and the agent of Falmouth shall do the same on his part touching all letters which he shall send from Falmouth, making them up in packets which shall be put in a mail or bag, tied and sealed, with a list of the weight of the said letters inclosed. III. That at the arrival of the packet-boat at Lisbon, the captain of the said packet-boat shall immediately deliver the mail to such persons as shall be appointed by the PostmasterGeneral of Portugal to receive the said mail or mails, with all other bags and letters, as also those from Falmouth and other places of England. IV. And in consideration that the packet-boats are maintained at the charge of Her Majesty of Great Britain, the Postmaster-General of Portugal shall be responsible to th Postmaster-General of England, towards defraying the exp of the said packet-boats for the rate hereafter mentioned. for every ounce of letters, 600 reis; that an account be m at least every quarter between the 2 Offices, and the mon shall upon the balance thereof be due to the Postmaster-C of England, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Britain, for the post of letters sent to Portugal, be eith mitted to this Office by good bills of exchange made paya Mr. Stephen Lilly, Treasurer of the Post Office, or paid at Lisbon to such person or persons as the Postmaster-General of England shall appoint to receive the same, who shall give 2 receipts, one to remain in the hands of the Postmaster-General of Portugal for his security, and the other to be sent to the Postmaster-General of England: that in consideration of the care, trouble, and charge the Postmaster-General of Portugal is at, in distributing the letters sent from England, and being accountable for the post thereof, it is agreed that an allowance of 101. per cent. for all monies which, on account of letters sent from England to Portugal, shall be actually paid by the Postmaster-General of Portugal, or his order, to the person or persons appointed by the Postmaster-General of England to receive the same, shall be made by the Postmaster-General of England on behalf of Her Majesty of Great Britain to the PostmasterGeneral of Portugal, which said 107. per cent. shall be discounted, and credit given to the Postmaster-General of Portugal for the same on the account to be stated between the 2 Offices. V. That the post shall likewise depart weekly from Lisbon for Falmouth, and that the letters shall be made up in several packets, with a list containing the number of packets, with the number of ounces they shall weigh,'which list shall be put up in each mail; that all the letters and packets be put carefully in the mail or mails, duly sealed with the seal of the Office of the Postmaster-General of Portugal, and the mail being thus fitted or ordered, shall be put on board such packet-boat by the person which the Postmaster-General of Portugal shall send to deliver the said mail or mails, together with all other bags of letters, and that the commander shall sail therewith as soon as possible, wind and weather permitting, without being retarded or molested in any manner; but in case the said packet-boat should be detained by contrary winds, so as more letters may be in readiness to be sent than what are contained in the mail, the commander of the packet-boat shall then give notice to the Post Office of his being so detained, and the Postmaster-General of Portugal may receive such letters into his office, and putting them into a bag or bags, shall deliver them sealed in like manner aboard of the packet-boat, and send a list along with them, importing the number of packets, and how much they weigh. VI. That if it should happen that at the end of any quarter, any letters sent from England should remain undisposed, which could not be delivered, being directed to persons absent, unknown, dead, or to such as would not receive them, the Postmaster-General of Portugal shall send them back to England, or shall deliver them unopened to such person as shall be deputed by the Postmaster-General of England to receive them, in order to be discounted out of the general accounts of letters. VII. That to avoid all disputes which may happen by reason of the difference of weights, it is agreed that the same weights shall be made use of in both Offices of England and Portugal, and that the person deputed by the Postmaster-General of England may have liberty to see from time to time the said letters weighed, that he may the sooner rectify the errors, when any may happen. VIII. The Postmasters-General of England and Portugal shall use their endeavours to prevent any private collection of letters, besides those that shall be sent by the mails, with the list; and if the Postmaster-General of Portugal shall send any letters to the agent at Falmouth, he shall send 2 exact lists of the number of letters, whether single, double, or ounces,-one to the agent of Falmouth, and the other to the General Post Office of London. IX. That 4 copies of these present Articles shall be taken and transcribed, 2 of which, 1 in French and the other in English, shall remain in the hands of the said Sir Robert Cotton, Knt., and Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., Postmaster-General of England, and the other 2 copies, 1 in French and the other in English, shall remain in the hands of Luis Vittorio de Souza Coutinho da Matta, Postmaster-General of Portugal and Algarve, Brazil, and the islands of the dominions of this Crown. In witness whereof we have interchangeably set our hands. and seals to this present Treaty, made and concluded in London. the 20th February, 1705. (L.S.) ROBERT COTTON. (L.S.) JOAO DUARTE DA COSTA. VOL. VII. 3 M (1.) TREATY between Great Britain and Portugal. London, February 20, 1705. [See English version, Page 894.] ARTICLES et Conditions de de Traité faits et conclus entre Messieurs les Chevaliers Robert Cotton et Thomas Frankland, Grand Maître des Postes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse, d'Irlande et de tous les autres domaines de Sa Majeste la Reine de la Grande Bretagne, d'une part; et Monsieur Jean Duarte da Costa, Lieutenant de Monsieur Louis Vittorio de Souza Coutinho da Matta, Grand Maître des Postes des Royaumes de Portugal et du Brésil, de l'autre part. ART. I. Pour l'établissement d'une correspondance régulière entre les Royaumes d'Angleterre et de Portugal, il est accordé que la poste partira de Londres toutes les semaines, avec telles lettres qui seront adressées pour le Portugal, par la voie de Falmouth, et que là elles soient mises à bord d'un des paquebots préparés aux dépens de Sa Majesté Britannique, pour transporter les lettres entre les 2 royaumes, et que le dit paquebot fera voile aussitôt que la malle sera mise à bord, si le vent et le tems le permettent. II. Que les lettres pour le Portugal seront mises dans plusieurs paquets à Londres en différens sacs, contenant toutes les lettres pesées; que toutes ces lettres et paquets soient mis avec soin dans une ou plusieurs valises cachetées du sceau du bureau, avec une chaîne, et qu'une liste contenant le nombre des paquets, et combien d'onces ils pèsent soit envoyée dans chaque malle; que s'il arrivoit quelque méprise entre la liste et le poids des lettres, elle soit rectifiée par la poste suivante; et l'agent de Falmouth fera de même, de son côté, de toutes les letters, les empaquetant et les mettant dans une petite valise ou sac bien fermé et cacheté, avec une liste du poids des dites lettres. III. Qu'à l'arrivée du paquebot à Lisbonne le capitaine du dit paquebot donnera immédiatement la malle à telle personne que le Grand Maître des Postes de Portugal constituera pour recevoir la dite malle, ou les dites malles, avec tous autres sacs de lettres, comme aussi celles de Falmouth et autres lieux d'Angleterre. IV. Et parceque les paquebots sont entretenus aux dépens |