The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-26 00:00:00

ENGLIBII AND FRENCH CONVENTION
RELATIVE TO PRIZES.

The Ifoniteur publishes the following docu-
ment :

" IMPERIAL DECREE PRO3IULGATING THE CONVENTION
CONCLUDED BETWEEN FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN
RELATIVE TO PRIZES :
" NAPOLEON. —By the grace of God and the na-
tional will Emperor of the French, to all present and to
come greeting. On the report of our Minister Secretary
of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs, have
decreed and do decree as follows :
" Art. 1. A convention, followed by an annex, having
been concluded on the 10th of the present year 1854
between France and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland in order to regulate the mode of
condemnation and division of prizes made in the course
of the present war ; and the acts of ratification having
, been respectively exchanged on the 20th of the same
month, the said convention, the tenour of which is as
follows, shall receive its full and entire execution.
His Majesty the Emperor of the French and her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland wishing to determine the juris-
diction to which is to belong the condemnation of the
prizes which may be taken during the present war
iu common with the naval forces of the two nations,
or of the prizes which may be made of merchant vessels
belonging to the subjects of one of the two countries by
the cruizers of the other, and wishing to regulate at the
same time the mode f division of prize money for
prizes taken in common, have named for their plenipo-
tentiaries to this effect, viz. :--
" Ms Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur
Alexandre Colonna, Count Walewski' Grand Officer of
the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand
Cross of St. Januarius of the Two Sieilies, Grand Cross
of the order of Danebrog of Denmark, Grand Cross of
the Order of Merit of St. Joseph of Tuscany, &c., his
Ambassador to her Britannic Majesty ;
" And her Majesty the Queen of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honour-
able George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon,
Baron Hyde of Hindon, Peer of the United Kingdom,
Privy Councillor of her Britannic -Majesty, Knight' of
the Noble Order of the Gartei, Knight Grand Cross of
the Honourable Order of the Bath, Principal Secretary
of State of her Britannic Majesty for Foreign Affairs ;
"Who, after having exchanged their full powers
found in due form, have agreed on the following ar-
ticles :
" Art. 1. When a prize shall be made in common by
the naval forces of the two countries, the condemnation
of it shall belong to the jurisdiction of the country, the
flag of which shall have been borne by the senior officer
in the action.
" Art. 2. When a prize shall be made by a cruizer of
either of the two allied nations, in presence and in sight
of a cruizer of the other, which may have thus contri-
buted to intimidate the enemy and to encourage the
captor, the condemnation shall belong to the jurisdiction
of the actual captor.
" Art. 3. In case of the capture of a merchant vessel
of one of the two countries, the condemnation shall
always belong to the jurisdiction of the country of the
captured vessel ; the cargo will follow the fate of the
vessel. . _ _