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London, England, 1840-05-05 00:00:00

EYFN.IN G ED IT lON .

TREATY BET ` EEN GREAT BRI-
TAIN AND THE TWO SICILIES.

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(SIGNED AT LONDON, SEPT. 26, 1816.)
In the name of the nne,t holy and undivided Trinity,
his Majesty the King atilt! TWO Sicilics having repre-
sented to his Majesty the King of the United Riagdom
of Greet Britain and Ireland, the inconveniences which
resell. to leis Finances, and to the navigation and com-
merce of his soLjecte, from, the continuance of the privi-
leces and exemptions which BrieishUubjecti and those of
some other powers have enjoyed within his dominions,
and desire to abolish them by commont consent ; imnd
his Britannic Majesty having testified to his Sicilian
Majesty his perfect readiness to consent thereto, by
11 (eatablishment of a sieate of things which may et
11 (same time remedy the inconveniences of which
I.,iictlitina Majesty has complained, and provide also
!ti the security and advantage of the subjects and of
thecomtnerce of Great Britain in the dominions of his
Sicilian Majesty : Their Britannic and Siciliau
;estietetver animated by the sentiments of the most in-
thatate friendship. in order to obtain this double purpose,
nave named for their Plenipotentiaries, viz., his Majesty
the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Right lion. Robert Stewart, Viscount Cas-
tlereagh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
a Privy Couecillor. Menier of Parliament, Colonel of
the Londonderry Regiment of Militia, and his Principal
Steretary of State for Foreign Affairs : and his Majesty
the King of the Two Sleilies, the Sieur Fabrice Ruifo,
Prince of Castelcicala, Minister of State, Acting Gen-
tleman of the Bedchamber to his said Majesty, Knight
brand Cross of the Most illustrious Order of St. Fer-
linand and cif Merit, Knight of the Royal and Most Il-
lustrious Order of St. Januarius, his Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Ma-
jeety his Ambassador Extraordinary to his Most
Christian Majesty), who, after having communicated
their full powers, found to be in due and proper form,
have agreed upon the following articles :-
1. His Britannic Majesty consents that all the pri-
vileges and exemptions which his subjects, their COM-
Rion:* and enipping, have enjoyed, and do enjoy, in the
dominions, ports, and domains of his Sicilian Majesty,
virtue of the Treaty of Peace and Commerce con-
Ceded at Madrid the 10th (2:3d) of May, 1667, be-
t 'Veen Great Britain and Spain ; of the Treaties of
Commerce between the same Powers, signed at Utrecht
the 9th el December, 171:3. and at Madrid the I:3th
of December, 171.5 ; and of the Convention concluded
at Utrecht, the `2sth February (Bth March), 1712-la,
between Great Britain and the kingdom of Sicily shall
be abolished ; and it is agreed upop, hi consequence,
between their said Britannic and 'Sicilian Majesties,
their heirs and successors, that the said privileges and
exemptions, whether of persons or of flag and shipping,
are and shall continue fur ever abolished.
62. His Sicilian Majesty engages not to continue,
error hereafter to gfrant to the subjects of any other
Power whatever, the privileges and exemptions abolished
by the present Convention.

S. His Sicilian Majesty promises that the subjects of
his Britannic Majesty shall not be subjected within his
dominions to a more rigorous system of examination
and search by the officers of Customs, than that to
which the subjects of his said Sicilian Majesty are liable.
4. His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies promises
that British commerce in general, and the British sub-
ject, who wore it on, shalt be treated throughout his
dominions upon the same footing as the most favoured
nations, not 'only with r.cspect to the persons and pro-
perty of the said British subjects, but also with regard
to every species of article in which they may traffic,
and the tazus or other charges payable on the said ar-
ticles or on the chipping in which the importations shall
he made.

5. With respect to the personal privileges to be en-
j.oged by the subjects of his Britannic Majesty in the
kingdom of the Two Sicilies, his Sicilian Majesty pro-
ruibca that they shall have a free and undoubted right
to travel, and to reside in the territories and dominions
of his said Majesty, subject to the same precautions of
police, which are practised towards the most favoured
nations. They shall be entitled to occupy dwellings and
wirehousee, and to dispose of their personal property
of every kind and description, by sale, gift, exchange,
or will, and in any other way whatever, without the
smallest loss or hiodrance being given them on that
head. They shall not be obliged to pay, under any
pretence whatever, other taxes or rates than those
which are paid, or that hereafter may be paid, by the
most favoured nations in the dominions of his said
Sicilian Majesty. They shall be exempt from all mili-
tary service, whether by land or sea ; their dwellings,
-.Terehouses, and everything belonging or appertaining
te,ereto for objeets of commerce or residence, shall
be respected. They shall not be subjected to any
vexatious search or visits. No arbitrary examination
or inspection of their books, papers, or accounts, shall
be made under the pretence of the supreme authority
of the State, but these shall alone be executed by the
legal senteneo of the competent tribunals. His Sicilian
Majesty engages on all these occasions to guarantee to
the subjects of his Britannic Majesty who shall reside
in his states and dominions, the preservation of their
property and personal security, in the same manner as
arose are guaranteed to his subjects, and to all foreign-
ers belonging to the most favoured and most highly
privileged nations.
6. According to the tenor of the articles 1 and 2 of
this treaty, his Sicilian Majesty engages not to declare
null and void the privi!egee and exemptions which
actually 'exist in favour of British commerce within
hid dominions, ti!l the same day, and except by the
avail act, by which the privileges and exemptions,
irliateoever they are, of all other nations, shall be do-
c;Ared nail and void Within the same.

7. His Sicaan Majesty promises, from the date
when the general abolition of the privileges, according
to the articles I, 2, and 6 shall take place, to make a
reduction of ten per cent. upon the amount of the duties
payable according to the tariff in force the Ist of Jan-
nary, 1816, upsoli the to:al of the merchandize or pro-
ductions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, her colonies, possessions, and dependencies,
imported into the States of his said Sicilian Majesty,
according to the tenor of article 4 of the present Con-
vection ; it being understood that nothing in this article
shall be construed to prevent the King of the Two
Sitilies from granting, if he shall think proper, the same
reduction of duty to other foreign nations.
8. The subjects of the lonian Island: shall, in conse-
quence of their being actually under the immediate pro-
t,ction of his Britannic Majesty, enjoy all the advan-
tages which are granted to the commerce and to the
subjects of Great Britain by the present treaty, it being
well understood to prevent all abuses, and to prove
its identity;everylonien vessel shad be furnished with
a patent, signed by the Lord High Commissioner or his.
Represent:l6% e.

O. 'File present Convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications thereof exchanged in London, within the
space of ;ix niontliz, or ,00nc.,r if possible. In witness
whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it,
and there'lnto affixed the seal of their arms.

D 4114 at, London, the 26th of September, 1816.
(Signed) CASTLEILEAGII (L. S.)
CXSTELCICXLX (L. S.)