The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

THE PRECIOUS TREATY!

The " Precious Treaty" is now given to the
4'world. It will be found in extenso in another
part of this day's impression, and while:sight
seers of all classes, from the Peer to the Peasant,
',- ere gaping at the evolutions of our magnificent
fleet, the stay-at-homes will have the opportunity
".. )f judging of the results obtained by our extraor-'
._. dinary preparations, and considering for themselves
whether they are in any degree commensurate
g., with the serious sacrifices so cheerfully submitted
, ,o by the English People.
-.: It is, indeed, an important and an interesting
~ document, one on the construction whereof the
:. future welfare and tranquillity of Europe, of the
4`. world, will greatly depend, and we must be
:I; prepared to bestow on all its varied de-
-Ails that calm and deliberate attention
which its paramount and vital consequence
so eminently merits. Bitter experience
.-.', has taught us the unscrupulous nature of some of
- the parties concerned, how ready they are to dis-
tort language from its true meaning, and to raise
pibblingand pettifogging objections at which eve'
ken Old Bailey practitioner might blush. We also
:f know the looseness of expression in which Eng-
iish diplomatists have too frequently indulged,
end which have almost invited subsequent din- ARTICLE 11.
The Black Sea is neutralised. Open to the mercantile
'. ,lussion ; and it will be desirable to look closely
narine of all nations, its waters and ports are formally the terms to see that no opportunitie,
end in perpetuity interdicted to flsgs of war, whether
ere unnecessarily afforded from which future belonging to the bordering powers (puissances riveraines)
r to any other power, save and except the exceptions
complications may arise.
neutioned in articles 14 and 19 of the present treaty.
There are in all Thirty-four Articles contained ARTICLE 12.
in this Treaty, to which at present we can but
Freed from_ all impediments ( entrave), trade in thi
be
briefly allude. The first, of course, proclaims that ports and waters of the Black Sea shall only
jected to regulations of health, customs and police, sub-
, cot,-
eeived in a spirit favourable to the development of corn
, there shall be a perpetual peace between the
rnercial transactions.-
quondam belligerents, and the last relates to the , In order to give every desirable security to the corn-
rime within which the ratifications are to be
.r rnercial and maritime interests of all nations, Russia and
-,ne Sublime Porte will admit consuls in ports situated
exchanged. The intermediate contain the stipu- , ,ny censure or punishment. :)n the coast (littoral) of the Black Sea conformably t.
': ;aliens and agreements by which the contracting B.—The eighth Clause excludes Scotland from -: the principles of international law.
parties are henceforward to be bound. These he operation of the Bill. ARTICLE 13.
1; The Black Sea being neutralised according to the
-
provide for the evacuation, as soon as possible, terms of Article 11, the maintenance or establishment
GOLD IN WALES ! ,n its coasts of military-maritime arsenals (arsenaux
)f the territories reciprocally conquered or gem- • ,nititaires-maritimes) becomes as unnecessary as withou•
pied by the troops of the different Powers, and the We have just witnessed a successful trial of a '.. inject (devient sans necessitd contme sans objet). In non-
,. sequeries H. M. the Emperor of all the Russias and 11
restoration by Russia of the town and citadel of iewly-patented method of extracting gold fr©m ~: NI. the Sultan engage neither to 'construct nor to pre-
Kars, and all other parta -of the Ottoman terri. Welsh quartz, which seems- likely to render some ' ierve any military-maritime arsenal upon that coast.
tories of which the Russian troops are in posses- Arts of that country and some other districts ARTICLE 14.
sion, and by the Allies of the town and I Their Majesties the Emperor of al the Russias and
these Islands almost as busy scenes as :
e
the Sultan having concluded a convention for the pur
ports of Sebastopol, Balaklava, Kaniiesh, Eupa- ;be Australian diggings. Mr. CHARLES Low, pose oeecetossath„m
f determining the force and number of light yes-
. toria, Kertch, and of all the Russian territories
vho has taken out the patent, had long enter-for the stehrevicretgohftthoefir
keeping
wehpi chi
o thegels
, now held or occupied. The SULTAN'S firman is gained the opinion that gold was held in quartz, , Black Sea, this convention is annexed to the present
referred to with a special proviso, that it shall not end possibly in other rocks in a state of chemical . ttlreedatfy, and d shall have the same. force and value if it
an integral part of it. This convention can
give the other Powers a right to interfere collet- Jombination ; and that to this reason was to be ' neither be annulled nor modified without the assent of
the ''
Lively or separately in the relations of the SULTAN tscribed the impossibility of its extraction by the powers parties to the present treaty.
with his subjects, or in the internal administra- useful process, amalgamation. ARTICLE 15.
He called atten- --, The act of the Congress of Vienna having established
..tion of his Empire. Lion to this view in the public journals, in CODS() '," the principles destined to regulate the navigation of the
The regulations respecting the closing of the 4 rivers which separate or traverse several states, the con• •
auence of which many samples of British ores were
„, errs ring powers stipulate between themselves that fog
,Bosphorus are revised, the Black Sea neutralised ,ent to him for analysis. In experiments upon
-'4 the future these principles shall be also applicable to the
Danube and to its embouchures. They declare that this
and interdicted to flags of war, and the these in the laboratory he fully demonstrated .
disposition constitutes henceforth a part of the public
admission of Consuls to ports, or the lit- shat, by fusing the quartz with lead, which takes,;,law of Europe, and they take it (the disposition) under
guarantee.
toral, of the Black Sea provided for, and an up the gold from the ore, and then by -,ie
their
The navigation of the Danube cannot be subjected to
engagement that neither the CZAR nor the : the well-known process termed cupellation getting ‘" any hindrance (engrave) or dues (redevance) which •
SULTAN will construct any military-maritime ar- , rid of the lead, the gold could be obtained 'with
~,, shall not be expressly provided for by the stipulation,
',c,mtained in the following articles. In consequence
senal upon that coast, and the number of light- . ease, though not to be separated by any other ,no toll (peage) shall be taken that may be based solely
'vessels for the service of the coasts, and which' known process. In the laboratory therefore the.t;upon
drithe.) upon
fact of the navigation
tionoftbe river,
boardon norane
vesse.trroe policy m
rand quarantinei:' which tnlYberegulations to be
.can neither be annulled nor modified at any ; success was complete ; it was clear that gold;
duty
el(
future time arranged. wasting as a carburet or sulphuret, or just pos-Oestahlished for the security of the states separated of
s The points relating to the navigation of the li.,ibly in some excessively comminuted form intra,versecl by thi river, shall be conceived in such a
h
Danube are then alluded to, and the appointment 'quartz, would yield to smelting, though obdurate :,:as possible (autant que faire se pourra). Save these re '
manner -
of a Commission provided for, with power to each to all other modes of metallurgical operation.'
of the parties to station two light vessels , way of the free navigation.
` It remained but to verify on the large scale gulations no obstacle whatever shall be placed in the
ARTICLE 16.
at the mouths of the Danube. Then comes and by the ordinary arrangements of the smelter
ft)rrieaWce the rectification of the Russian frontiers, :what appeared satisfactorily established in the Russia,Sardinia, anti
idtGhinrgtehaeetrotßibejlreeiciatainoefomrpemraillsessetiinaog:i tinhewdhi.scphopriaonncse,ofAth,
and a provision that the ceded territory', closet of the experimenter. This was done in Turkey, shall each be represented byae delegate.ct the
ry works
shall form part of the Principality of !some large furnaces erected for smelting purposes
osleleaellesbaecharged from
todesign and o be ex
Isatcha downwards (depuie
Moldavia under the suzerainty of the Porte. A' at Rotherhithe ; fifteen tons of Welsh quarts hatcha) in order to clear the mouths of the Danube a:
commission is appointed for the purpose oftiwere smelted in the ordinary way, of course with
lawnedlloatshethr eobneetiagehlbe
s which obstruct them, so as to pu
o uri ng parts of the sea, from the san.
settling the constitution of thePrinciPalities, with',the addition of the requisite quantity of lead ; :_that part of the river, and the said parts of the sea, it
which, although under the joint guarantees of and at the termination of this part of the trial ''i
To cover the expenses of these works as wel as of
the Powers, there shall be no particular the best possible state of navigability.
the lead, containing the gold was drawn out the esbablialunents having for their objects to assure and

The following is a brief abstract of the provi-
sions of the bill introduced by Lord ST. GER-
giuNs, and the second reading whereof will, we
,rust, be carried on Friday evening, viz.:-
I.—The first Clause repeals so much of any
let or Acts of Parliament as prohibits such Mu--

iages.

2.—The second Clause provides that no such
Marriage which has been, or shall hereafter be,
;elebrated at any time or place, shall be void or
voidable by reason of the affinity of the parties ;
and, that, for the future such Marriages may be
awfully celebrated before a Registrar, under the
pct known as 6 and 7 William IV. cap. 85.
3.—The third Clause excepts a Marriage of
,his description, contracted during the subsistence
,f a previous Marriage of either of the parties ;
any such Marriage followed by a valid Marriage)
,f either of the parties during the life of the
)ther ; and any Marriage dissolved by sentence of
1, competent Court.
4.—The fourth Clause protects all rights which
nave accrued under the existing state of the law,
tp to the time of the passing of the Act.
s.—The fifth clause confirms all judicial, ad-
ministrative, executory, and trust proceedings.
6.—The sixth Clause relates to the solemnisa
'ion of such Marriages by Clergymen of the
church of England, and provides that they shall
►ot. be required to solemnise such Marriages, ner
ie exempt from ecclesiastical censure if they do.
7.--Tlae seventh Clause provides that neither
f the PARTIES to such marriage shall be liable to