MEXICO, continued. jesty as may die within the Mexican territories; nor shall the funerals and sepulchres of the dead be disturbed in any way or upon any account. The citizens of Mexico shall enjoy, in all the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, the same protection, and shall be allowed the free exercise of their religion, in public or private, either within their own houses or in the chapels and places of worship set apart for that purpose.

Art. 14.—The subjects of His Britannic Majesty shall, on no account or pretext whatsoever, be disturbed or molested in the peaceable possession and exercise of whatever rights, privileges, and immunities they have at any time enjoyed within the limits described and laid down in a convention, signed between His said Majesty and the King of Spain, on the 14th of July, 1786; whether such rights, privileges, &c., shall be derived from the stipulations of the said Convention, or from any other concession which may, at any time, have been made by the King of Spain, or his predecessors, to British subjects and settlers residing and following their lawful occupations within the limits aforesaid: the two contracting parties reserving, however, for some more fitting opportunity, the further arrangements on this article.

Art. 15.-The Government of Mexico engages to co-operate with His Britannic Majesty for the total abolition of the slave trade, and to prohibit all persons inhabiting within the territories of Mexico, in the most effectual manner, from taking any share in such trade.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES.

Art. 1.-Whereas in the present state of Mexican shipping, it would not be possible for Mexico to receive the full advantage of the reciprocity established by the articles 5, 6, and 7, of the treaty signed this day, if that part of the 7th article which stipulates that, in order to be considered as a Mexican ship, a ship shall actually have been built in Mexico, should be strictly and literally observed, and immediately brought into operation,-it is agreed that, for the space of ten years, from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, any ships, wheresoever built, being bonâ fide the property of, and wholly owned by, one or more citizens of Mexico, and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, are also natural-born citizens of Mexico, or persons domiciliated in Mexico, by act of the government, as lawful subjects of Mexico, to be certified according to the laws of that country, shall be considered as Mexican ships; His Majesty the King

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of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland reserving to himself the right, at the end of the said term of ten years, to claim the principle of reciprocal restriction stipulated for in article 7, above referred to, if the interests of British navigation shall be found to be prejudiced by the present exception to that reciprocity, in favour of Mexican shipping.

Art. 2.-It is further agreed that, for the like term of ten years, the stipulations contained in articles 5 and 6 of the present treaty shall be suspended; and, in lieu thereof, it is hereby agreed that, until the expiration of the same term of ten years, British ships entering into the ports of Mexico from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions, and all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the said dominions, imported in such ships, shall pay no other or higher duties than are or may hereafter be payable, in the said ports, by the ships, and the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the most favoured nation: and, reciprocally, it is agreed that Mexican ships entering into the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions, from any of the ports of the States of Mexico, and all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said States, imported in such ships, shall pay no higher or other duties than are or may hereafter be payable, in the said ports, by the ships and the like goods, the growth, produce, &c., of the most favoured nation; and that no higher duties shall be paid, or bounties or drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article the growth, produce, &c., of the dominions of either country, in the ships of the other, than upon the exportation of the like articles in the ships of any other foreign country. At the end of the said term of ten years, the stipulations of the said 5th and 6th articles shall, from thenceforward, be in full force between the two countries. Done at London, 26th December, 1826.

See an Order in Council in page 69, abolishing the anchorage dues in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, on vessels belonging to the subjects of any foreign State or Power with whom his Majesty may conclude any treaty or convention of commerce.

OLDENBURGH.

Order in Council to carry into effect the powers vested in His Majesty, by the Act 4 Geo. IV. c. 77, and 50 Geo. IV. c. 1 (see pages 8 and 9), as far as relates to Oldenburgh. And whereas, satisfactory proof has been laid before His Majesty and his Privy Council, that goods, wares, and merchandize imported into, or exported from, the ports of his Serene Highness the Duke of Oldenburgh, are charged with the same duties, and are allowed the same drawbacks, bounties, or allowances, when imported or exported in British vessels, as are levied or allowed on similar goods, wares, and merchandize, when imported into or exported from the said ports in Oldenburgh vessels; and that British vessels are charged with no other or higher tonnage duties on their entrance into the ports of Oldenburgh, than are levied on Oldenburgh vessels. His Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the Acts above recited, and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that, from and after the date of this order, Oldenburgh vessels entering the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in ballast or laden, direct from any of the ports of Oldenburgh, or departing from the ports of the said United Kingdom, together with the cargoes on board the same, such cargoes consisting of articles which may be legally imported or exported, shall not be subject to any other or higher duties or charges whatever, than are or shall be levied on British vessels entering or departing from such ports, or on similar articles when imported into or exported from such ports in British vessels; and also that such articles when exported from the said ports in Oldenburgh vessels, shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances that are granted on similar articles when exported in British vessels.

Order in Council, 19th October, 1824.

See an Order in Council in page 69, abolishing the anchorage dues in the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, on vessels belonging to the subjects of any foreign State or Power with whom His Majesty may conclude any treaty or convention of commerce.

AN EXTRACT FROM A TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION WITH PORTUGAL.

Signed at Rio Janeiro, the 19th of February, 1810.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, being equally animated with the desire, not only of consolidating and strengthening the ancient friendship and good understanding which have during so many ages subsisted between the two Crowns, but also of improving and extending the beneficial effects thereof to the mutual advantage of their respective subjects, have thought that the most efficacious means for obtaining these objects would be, to adopt a liberal system of commerce, founded upon the basis of reciprocity and mutual convenience, which, by discontinuing certain prohibitions and prohibitory duties, might procure the most solid advantages on both sides, to the national productions and industry, and give due protection at the same time to the public revenue, and to the interests of fair and legal trade: they have, therefore, through their respective Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries, agreed upon the following Articles:

Article 2.-There shall be reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation between and amongst the respective subjects of the two contracting parties, in all and several the territories and dominions of either. They may trade, travel, sojourn, or establish themselves in all the ports, cities, towns, countries, provinces, or places whatsoever belonging to either of the two high contracting parties, save and except in those from which all foreigners whatsoever are generally and positively excluded, the names of which places may be hereafter specified in a separate Article of this Treaty. Provided, however, that it be thoroughly understood that any place belonging to either of the two contracting parties, which may hereafter be opened to the commerce of the subjects of any other country, shall thereby be considered as equally opened, and upon correspondent terms, to the subjects of the other contracting party, in the same manner as if it had been expressly stipulated by the present Treaty;-and they do hereby severally bind and engage themselves not to grant any favour, privilege, or immunity, in matters of commerce and navigation, to the subjects of any other State, which shall not be also at the same time respectively extended to the subjects of the high contracting parties, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other State should have been gratuitous, and on giving quam proxime, the

PORTUGAL, continued. same compensation or equivalent, in case the concession should have been conditional.

Art. 3.-The subjects of the two Sovereigns respectively, shall not pay in the ports, harbours, roads, cities, towns, or places whatsoever, belonging to either of them, any greater duties, taxes, or imposts (under whatsoever names they may be designated or included), than those that are paid by the subjects of the most favoured nation, and the subjects of each party shall enjoy within the dominions of the other, the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities, or exemptions, in matters of commerce and navigation, that are or may hereafter be granted to the subjects of the most favoured nation.

Art. 4.-It is hereby stipulated and agreed, that there shall be a perfect reciprocity on the subject of the duties and imposts to be paid by the ships and vessels of the contracting parties, within the several ports, harbours, roads, and anchoring places belonging to each of them-to wit, that the ships and vessels of the subjects of His Britannic Majesty shall not pay any higher duties or imposts (under whatsoever name they be designated or implied) within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, than the ships and vessels belonging to the subjects of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal shall be bound to pay within the dominions of His Britannic Majesty; and vice versa. And this agreement and stipulation shall particularly and expressly extend to the payment of the duties known by the name of portcharges, tonnage, and anchorage duties, which shall not in any case, or under any pretext, be greater for British ships and vessels within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, than for Portuguese ships and vessels within the dominions of His Britannic Majesty.

Art. 5.-The contracting parties do also agree, that the same rates of bounties and drawbacks shall be established in their respective ports upon the exportation of goods and merchandizes, whether such be exported in British or in Portuguese vessels,—that is, that British ships shall enjoy the same favour in this respect, within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, that may be shown to Portuguese ships within the dominions of His Britannic Majesty; and vice versa. It is also agreed, that goods and merchandize coming respectively from the ports of either of the contracting parties, shall pay the same duties whether imported in British or Portuguese ships or vessels; or otherwise, that an increase of duties may be imposed and exacted upon goods and mer