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V. The proceedings of this commission shall be final and conclusive with respect to all the claims before it, and its awards shall be a full discharge to New Granada of all claims of citizens of The United States against that Republic which may have accrued prior to the signature of this Convention.

VI. Each Government shall pay its own Commissioner, but the umpire, as well as the incidental expenses of the Commission, shall be paid one-half by The United States and the other half by New Granada.

VII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged in Washington.

In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have igned this Convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done at Washington, this 10th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1857.

(L.S.) P. A. HERRAN.

(L.S.) LEW. CASS.

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TREATY of Friendship and Commerce between The United States and Persia.-Signed at Constantinople, December 13, 1856.*

[Ratifications exchanged at Constantinople, June 13, 1857.]

Is the name of God, the Clement and the Merciful,

The President of the United States of North America, and His Majesty, as exalted as the planet Saturn; the Sovereign to whom the sun serves as a standard; whose splendour and magnificence are equal to that of the skies; the Sublime Sovereign, the monarch whose armies are as numerous as the stars: whose greatness calls to mind that of Jeinsbid; whose magnificence equals that of Darius; the Heir of the Crown and Throne of the Kayanians, the Sublime Emperor of all Persia, being both equally and sincerely desirous of establishing relations of friendship between the two Governments, which they wish to strengthen by a Treaty of friendship and commerce, reciprocally advantageous and useful to the citizens and subjects of the two High Contracting Parties, have for this purpose named for their Plenipotentiaries,

The President of the United States of North America, Carroll Spence, Minister Resident of The United States near the Sublime Porte; and his Majesty the Emperor of all Persia, his Excellency Emin ul Molk Farrukh Khan, Ambassador of His Imperial Majesty Signed also in the Persian language.

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the Shah, decorated with the portrait of the Shah, with the great Cordon Blue, and Bearer of the Girdle of Diamonds, &c.

And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in proper and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ART. I. There shall be hereafter a sincere and constant good understanding between the Government and citizens of the United States of North America and the Persian Empire and all Persian subjects.

II. The Ambassadors or Diplomatic Agents whom it may please either of the two High Contracting Parties to send and maintain near the other, shall be received and treated, they and all those composing their missions, as the Ambassadors and Diplomatic Agents of the most favoured nations are received and treated in the two respective countries; and they shall enjoy there in all respects the same prerogatives and immunities.

III. The citizens and subjects of the two High Contracting Parties, travellers, merchants, manufacturers, and others, who may reside in the territory of either country, shall be respected and efficiently protected by the authorities of the country and their agents, and treated in all respects as the subjects and citizens of the most favoured nation are treated.

They may reciprocally bring by land or by sea into either country, and export from it, all kinds of merchandize and products, and sell, exchange, or buy, and transport them to all places in the territories of either of the High Contracting Parties. It being however, understood that the merchants of either nation who shall engage in the internal commerce of either country, shall be governed, in respect to such commerce, by the laws of the country in which such commerce is carried on; and in case either of the High Contracting Powers shall hereafter grant other privileges concerning such internal commerce to the citizens or subjects of other Governments, the same shall be equally granted to the merchants of either nation engaged in such internal commerce within the territories of the other.

IV. The merchandize imported or exported by the respective citizens or subjects of the two High Contracting Parties shall not pay in either country, on their arrival or departure, other duties than those which are charged in either of the countries on the merchandize or products imported or exported by the merchants and subjects of the most favoured nation, and no exceptional tax, under any name or pretext whatever, shall be collected on them in either of the two countries.

V. All suits and disputes arising in Persia between Persian subjects and citizens of The United States, shall be carried before

the Persian tribunal to which such matters are usually referred at the place where a Consul or Agent of The United States may reside, and shall be discussed and decided according to equity in the presence of an employé of the Consul or Agent of The United States.

All suits and disputes which may arise in the empire of Persia between citizens of The United States, shall be referred entirely for trial and for adjudication to the Consul or Agent of The United States, residing in the province wherein such suits and disputes may have arisen, or in the province nearest to it, who shall decide them according to the laws of The United States.

All suits and disputes occurring in Persia between the citizens of The United States and the subjects of other foreign Powers, shall be tried and adjudicated by the intermediation of their respective Consuls or Agents.

In The United States, Persian subjects, in all disputes arising between themselves, or between them and citizens of The United States or foreigners, shall be judged according to the rules adopted in The United States respecting the subjects of the most favoured nation.

Persian subjects residing in The United States, and citizens of The United States residing in Persia, shall, when charged with criminal offences, be tried and judged in Persia and The United States in the same manner as are the subjects and citizens of the most favoured nation residing in either of the above-mentioned countries.

VI. In case of a citizen or subject of either of the Contracting Parties dying within the territories of the other, his effects shall be delivered up integrally to the family or partners in business of the deceased; and in case he has no relations or partners, his effects in either country shall be delivered up to the Consul or Agent of the nation of which the deceased was a subject or citizen, so that he may dispose of them in accordance with the laws of his country.

VII. For the protection of their citizens or subjects, and their commerce respectively, and in order to facilitate good and equitable relations between the citizens and subjects of the two countries, the two High Contracting Parties reserve the right to maintain a diplomatic Agent at either seat of government, and to name each three Consuls in either country; those of The United States shall reside at Teherau, Bender, Bushire, and Tauris; those of Persia, at Washington, New York, and New Orleans.

The Consuls of the High Contracting Parties shall reciprocally enjoy in the territories of the other, where their residences shall be established, the respect, privileges, and immunities granted in either country to the Consuls of the most favoured nation. The diplomatic Agent or Consuls of The United States shall not protect, secretly

or publicly, the subjects of the Persian Government, and they shall never suffer a departure from the principles here laid down and agreed to by mutual consent.

And it is further understood, that if any of those Consuls shall engage in trade, they shall be subjected to the same laws and usages to which private individuals of their nation engaged in commercial pursuits in the same place are subjected.

And it is also understood by the High Contracting Parties, that the Diplomatic and Consular Agents of The United States shall not employ a greater number of domestics than is allowed by Treaty to those of Russia residing in Persia.

VIII. And the High Contracting Parties agree that the present Treaty of Friendship and Commerce, cemented by the sincere good feeling and the confidence which exists between the Governments of The United States and Persia, shall be in force for the term d 10 years from the exchange of its ratification; and if, before the expiration of the first 10 years, neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have announced, by official notification to the other, its intention to arrest the operation of said Treaty, it shall remain binding for one year beyond that time, and so on until the expiration of twelve months, which will follow a similar notification, whatever the time may be at which it may take place; and the Plenipotentiaries of the two High Contracting Parties further agree to exchange the ratifi cations of their respective Governments at Constantinople in the space of six months, or earlier, if practicable.

In faith of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two High Contracting Parties have signed the present Treaty, and have attached their seals to it.

Done in duplicate in Persian and English, the 13th day of December, 1856, and of the Hijereh the 15th day of the moon of Rebiul Sany, 1273, at Constantinople.

(L.S.) CARROLL SPENCE (L.S.) EMIN UL MOLK FARRUHK KHAN.

CORRESPONDENCE between Great Britain and The United States, relative to Recruiting in The United States; and the Neutrality of The United States in the War between Great Britain and Russia.-1854, 1855.

No. 1.-Consul Barclay to the Earl of Clarendon.-(Rec. Jan. 31,1855.) (Extract) New York, December 23, 1854. I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship a copy of a letter which I addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at

Washington, containing information concerning the desire which exists here, on the part of a large number of efficient men, of enlisting in Her Majesty's army to serve in the present war. The Earl of Clarendon.

A. BARCLAY.

(Inclosure.)-Consul Barclay to Mr. Crampton.

(Extract.) New York, December 22, 1854. I BEG to acquaint you that the sudden and total stagnation of trade and commerce has, within a few weeks past, thrown out of employ thousands of sturdy men in this State, a large proportion of whom are native British subjects. Numerous applications are made to me daily, to know whether I will pay the passages of the applicants to England to enable them to enlist there, and several of them have offered to pledge themselves to take with them hundreds— others, thousands-with the same intention; and one fine intelligent fellow said that he would guarantee 25,000 men to leave this port as recruits within a month, himself being one, if they had the means of defraying their expenses across the Atlantic, and that, if they cannot be arranged here, he would go to England for the purpose.

I am grieved that the Neutrality Laws prevent any aid being given to these volunteers; so apt a time will not occur again, for they are at present not earning their daily bread, and are in great solicitude about their increased necessities during the severe season of winter on which we are just entering.

I have replied to the applicants that no pecuniary aid or encouragement could be given, nor any agreement be entered into, to induce them to go and offer themselves; but that, as recruiting for the army was going on, there could be little doubt that the Government would reimburse the reasonable expense of passage of such as were accepted after the customary examination.

They appear very eager to embark, but I apprehend that the want of an assurance that the expense of passage-money will be refunded to those whose services may be accepted will prevent many from embarking, and the want of means will prevent many more.

It is said that the free disbursement of cash by Russian agents here has roused the patriotism of native British subjects, who, not being apprised of the existence of the Neutrality Laws and their penalties, suppose that the Government of their mother country cannot be less active in the application of its funds for the public service. Americans also-several surgeons and one commissioned officer of infantry-have offered to serve.

J. F. Crampton, Esq.

A. BARCLAY.

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