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London, England, 1855-07-23 00:00:00

THE TURKISH LOAN.

Convention between her Majesty, the Emperor 0, -to
French, and the Sultan, for the guarantee of a to n 27
be raised by the Sultan. Signed at London, June 1
r
1855. Ratifications exchanged at Constantinople, '
12, 1855 :

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His Imperial Majestyt the Sultan having aeur.yr—sg
himself to her Majesty the Queen of the -United
tie
dom of Great Brit tin and Ireland and his Majesty!
Emperor of the French, in order to obtain from th? 6 •
Sovereigns facilities for raising a loan to enable his •Lals;
penal Majesty to prosecute with vigour the war ags„il.lo
Russia in which he is at present engaged in conjenc'n-s
with their said Majesties, his allies ; and her 13rit3/1-till
Majesty and his Majesty the Emperor of the Fref:-,
having: acceded to the request of the Sultan, their gsJ„ets
ties having resolved to make the requisite arrangeele:eir
by means of a convention, and have named as
plenipotentiaries to conclude the same, that Is to Eel •of
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Ningd,(412,40
Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable ustf
William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Or!. °Ol
Hiudon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a roembrie; tor
her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Priv9;.-tert
cil, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the of .
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order ri
the Bath, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Seer°
of State for Foreign Affairs. siert
His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the —,
John Gilbert Victor Malin, Count of Persigny, /1„-(1of
Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the Le'ttho
Honour, Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order Satpt
Medjidie, of Turkey, Grand Cross of the Order of
Maurice and Saint Lazarus of Sardinia, Grand 6,ts‘ldor
of the Order of Danebrog of Denmark, his .tte3b3—
to her Britannic Majesty. Ad
And his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Consta'e.
Musurus Bey, functionary of the first rank of hie„lgiis ter
rial Majesty, his Envoy Extraordinary and I\-"°;,,ith •
Plenipotentiary to her Britannic Majesty, decorated ;;.0
the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the third Script
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Maurice and of
Lazarus of Sardinia, Grand Commander of the Order a
the Redeemer of Greece ; theii
Who, after having communicated to each °aortal*,
respective full powers, found in good and due
have agreed upon the following articles :--
ARTICLE I. of
Her Majesty the Queen of the United N.iega°l:llci do
Great Britain and Ireland undertakes to reconorelotlf
her Parliament to enable her to guarantee cool bis
with his Majesty the Emperor of the French, 31? t to
Majesty the Emperor of the French engages subje)
0,
the ratification of the Legislatve Body ofFraus tio
guarantee, conjointly with her Britannic Mailisth 10
interest of a loan of five millions of pounds sterling,
be raised by his Imperial Majesty the Sultan.
ARTICLE 11.

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The interest payable on the said loan of five 10'
sterling shall be at the rate of four per cent. per ''"Porte`
There shall, moreover, be paid by the Sublime
the further rate of one per cent. per annum on the Led,
capital of five millions sterling, by way of sinking '-
ARTICLE 111. 001'
The interest and sinking fund of the said 10° Ott
form a charge on the whole revenues of the OtVetsi•
Empire, and specially on the annual amount of to ott
bute of Egypt which remains over and above thee; 00
thereof appropriated to the first loan, and, mere°
the customs of Smyrna and Syria.ltan engages tha "4- he 111,1IP
His Imperial Majesty the Su„ or
cause to be remitted to the Bank of England, ear,
fore the 25th of June and 25th of December 1000
year, the full amount of one half-year's interest ato b 0
e'
ing fund on the whole amount of the said Wel
raised under the conjoint guarantee of her 13rvit.80011P
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Majesty and of his Majesty the Emperor of the oliP"
or on so much thereof as may be raised, until the
capital borrowed shall be repaid. 01
ARTICLE IV. (10
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Their Majesties the Queen of the United IN-in° r
of
Great Britain and Ireland and the Erapere.o „,0
French, being desirous to save the Sublime •„`", gym
expenses of remittance, consent to undertaheL of TO
mit to the Ottoman Government the proeee';
above-mentioned loan of five millions sterli,tPiceSe
raised under the conjoint guarantee of their 'lot ol‘
With thi., view, it is agreed that the contractors go si
:aid loan shall pay the proceeds thereof iota tilpolol/101
of England for htie account of the Turkish G`i°,:d'eSel
to be transmitted to the Sublime Porte by the
the Governments of England and France.
ARTICLE V. A the a)
The present convention shall be ratified, 11%4
fications shall be exchanged at ConstantinoPle''
possible. eeti#lool
In witness whereof, the respective PleniP°t the
have signed the same, and have affixed thereto i 0
of their arms. f
Done at London, the twenty-seventh day °T,..01
the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundre,'
five.

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WAR WITH RIISSIA.—We are happy to ei,",„"„ion A P'
James Gibson's admirable lecture on the ,-,-a, 00.00
which was so favourably received at Richta°ne, IL
Willis'sillis's Rooms, and more recently at Folkonj" br!liori
repeated to morrow evening at the Lecture-1 all,
with, on which occasion the band of the Eltt, opOt
will, by permission of the Colonel Commane,tl,-„itet'
and play a selection of favourite airs, at 11.4"" V
7 o'clock precisely. f A il)
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LIVERPOOL.—WAR MOVEMENTS._ The -1 40,,,ey
deen, steamer, sailed from the Mersey on Sattl:eb r,,
75 horses and 95 men belonging to the Turitilortv4i,
gent, the 46th Regiment, and the Land Transrol k
elf "
She will proceed direct to the Crimea. To-000,000
day) the Arabia, steamer, will embark at klvt j9O
horses, 174 men, and seven officers of the
_ails t Oil
Guards, 4th Light Dragoons, and Bth guen„ st 10; fj.
RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—We UnderSta,'" ON jr
dividend of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
ar it"sichdl
be at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. -13-15.' 1:1°., tt39
not leave the direction of the South-Eastertesteloodef
but only the chair of the board. We bnet 'Agilely
the award on the Croydon accident has .P.l borne pa
and in the proportion of one-seventh to be
- the a,
South-Eastern Company, and six-sevenths bY A
ton.—Herapath. A kle 1,0"
THE AMEttICAN MAILS.—The British an'
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sailed from the Mersey on Saturday aftera-- the Y
rican royal mail steam ship Asia, C5Pt:.OO, 1110,13
tan and Halifax, with the usual mails forme ics',
States and British possessions in Northge on fni.e4
passengers, and a full cargo of merchau.l.oo guars'
Prior to her departure copies of the vari
the jh
journals of Saturday were placed on be and e of
Messrs. Willmer and Smith, fur the press al3
e 01
stitutions of the Western Continent. ;„g, eof JO
RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—On Friday evellevieg„ vd
colbe tsevi.pliv
Russian prisoners from Sebastopol,
officers and six men, arrived at Levies. ,at 0°,1,0 I'd
wore the Russian helmets, were receiveaor of the roo
station by Lieut. Mann, 1i,,N., gover°_.,oohevpri(j4
Prison, and a
the
of pensioners, aba ice oei‘oses ,
prison, but the cac,ra being on loer°ed for 10l
lodgings is the towi., whic4 were eegaghete• ot3
their brother officers previously residingday, thelitielsa
In the Consistory Court, on TI3IIIS e Dr• ~al3l,
Hope v. Hope was dismissed by the Ju g:bs grosOtof
ton. It was a suit for separaticn, °ll'Esope 1,010,
adultery and cruelty, brought by Mrs' da but tilife if°
husband. The adultery had been prove
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had not. The husband likewise eharg 1,0 CO
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adultery, which had also been proved• coo. a 01),ir
the parties, therefore, did not argue thetthruoSehe ee il'
WHALES.—Last week a number of Viral, in tiosioil°,
were seen sporting about the DloraY
_utu, _of ,11,
b'Jurhood of Burgheacl. and Lossieraenuobeso see
vanced towards Cromarty Bay, an aorts ft1"•13/ieti*(e,
put out from Invergordon and others P fell ttj64l lo
f n• 114-I,r, ace,,rding to another ac"_ ea,,ol3_oe 4
Firth to give cha,e, and the _eurt•a 0,.00
:.tral.ded on the shore at Waterooe,s3eor o fill, f
roust r..a 0,50
miles from Dingwall. They
profit to the captorof vA they arr.isr:
feet in length.