The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-24 00:00:00

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD•

inland tax or transit duty, not exceeding the rate no
paid. JOHN BOWRING.
(L.S.)
(Signatures and seals of the five Siamese
Plenipotentiaries.)

Agreement entered into between Harry Smith Parkes,
Esq , •n the part of her Britannic Majesty's Govern-
ment, and the undermentioned Royal Commissioners,
on the part of their Majesties the First and Secocd
Kings of Siam.
Mr. Parkes having stated, on his arrival at Bangkok,
as bearer of her Britannic Majesty's ratification of the
treaty of friendship and commerce, concluded on the
18th day of April, 1855, between her Majesty the Queen
of the Un:t al Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and their Majesties Pura Bard Sorndetch Phra, Para-
rnendr Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klau Chau Yu Hun,
the First King of Siam, and Phra Bard Somdetch
Phra Pawarendr Ramesr Mahiswaresr Phra Pin
Klan Chau Yu Hua, the Second King of Siam, that be
was instructed by the Earl of Clarendon, her Britannic
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, to request the Siamese Government to consent
to an enumeration of those articles of the former treaty,
concluded in 1826, between the Hon. East India Com.
pany and their late Majesties the First and Second Kings
of Slain, which are aarogated by the treaty first named,
and also to agree to certain explanations which appear
necessary to mark the precise force and application of
certain portions of the new treaty ; their aforesaid Ma-
jesties, the First and Second Kings of Siam, have ap-
pointed and empowered certain Royal Commissioners,
namely, his Royal Highness Krom Hluang Won g-sa
Dhiraj Snidb, and their Excellencies the four Gena
puthies or Principal Ministe-s of Siam, to confer and
arrange with Mr. Parkes the matters above named ; and
the said Royal C nnmissianers having accordingly met
Mr. Parkes for this purpose on repeated occasions, and
maturely considered all the subjects brought by him to
their notice, have resolved :
That it is proper, in order to prevent future contro.
versy, that those clauses of the old treaty which are
abrogated by the new treaty should be distinctly speci-
fied, and that any cause of the new treaty which is not
sufficiently clear should be fully explained. To this end
they have agreed to and concluded the following twelve
articles :

ARTICLE I.

Oa the Old Treaty concluded in 1826.

The articles of the old treaty not abrogated by the
new treaty are 1., 11., 111., VIII., XL, XII., XIII.,
and XIV., and the under-mentioned clauses of articles
VI. and X.

In article VI. the Siamese desire to retain the follow-
ing clause :
" If a Siamese or English merchant buy or sell, with-
out inquiring and ascertaining whether the seller or
buyer be of a good or bad character ; and if he meet
with a bad man, who takes the property and absconds,
the rulers and officers on either side must make search
and endeavour to produce the property of the absconder,
and investigate the matter with sincerity. If the party
possess money or property he can be made to pay ; but
if he does not possess any, or if he cannot be appre-
berried, it will be the merchant's own fault, and the
authorities cannot be held responsible."
Of Article X. Mr. Parkes desires to retain that clause
relating to the overland trade, which states :
"Asiatic merchants of the English countries, not
being Burmese, Pegouans, or descendants.sf Europeans
desiring to enter into and to trade with the Siamese do-
minions, from the countries of Mergui, Tavoy, Tenas•
sertm, and Ye, which are now subject to the English,
will be allowed to do so freely overland and by water,
upon the English furnishing them with proper certifi•
cates." Mr. Parkes however desires that all British
subjects, without exception, shall be allowed to partici-
pate in this overland trade. The said Royal Commis-
sioners therefore agree, on the part of the Siamese, that
all traders, under British rule, may cross from the
British territories of Mergui, Tavoy, Ye, Tenasserim,
Pegu, or other places, by land or by water, to the
Siamese territories, and may trade there with facility,
on the condition that they shall be provided by the
British authorities with proper certificates, which must
be renewed for each journey.
The commercial agreement annexed to the old treaty
is abrogated by the new treaty, with the exception of
the under-mentioned clauses of Articles I. and IV.
Of Article I. the Siamese desire to retain the follow-
ing clause _ _

British merchants importing fire arm., shot, or gun-
powder, are prohibited from selling them to any party
but the Government ; should the Government not re
quire such fire arms, shot, or gunpowder, the merchants
must re-export the whole of them."
Article IV. stipulates that no charge or duty shall be
levied on boats carrying cargo to British ships at the
bar. The Siamese desirCrt..?..f.Benc.4 tiaja.alaase, for-th 44

reason that the old rtf;i;3iii-e—ment duty of 1,700 ticats per.
fathom included the fees of the various officers, but as
this measurement duty has now been aholi-hed, the
Siamese wish to levy on each native boat taking cargo
out to sea, a fee of 8 ticals, 2 salungs, this being the
charge paid by Siamese traders ; and Mr. Parkes under
takes to submit this point to the consideration of Her
Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Siam.