New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-08

Ar. y b ]. he rake OF rN-t-Er I'D Nc cNlr-c 2
il the United kingdom upon ne~spaptrs - an1 FROM
t-e lited states passing il transit tarcl- tee Luo1
Kingdom shan 20 pfruy for earh neE spare-. ex
% Where lower rate j. provided % any freely De-
tween t. United Kingdom sd orei-l country sad
the rse q postage be charged n ne lntei states
papers o. ard from 70 United An- toui, pass
ing In transit through the UGi,s1 States s6sA be two
cents Tor each u Tspaper.
Arr. XVII P-ro, -si worAs. rot % daily plb-
fcstons posted IN TIE Tinted 1cilm rim tn Un,ad
states. may - forwarded from cae country % ne
other. either hg Br.--h Or By United states packets
- means ci The twJ aces under TIE ilo" - con
ls. There shsIi 30 10 accounts between tire tao Of
fles for tho t-snsmi si0u Al slcn worSs eAr1 ofee
shall retain the postage . shaIl have C. ATstl.
-. IEfy must be sent 10 bands 90 covers open 81
tn sides or end 80 ihsf they may be- easily examined
"a They shall - in every respect subject 90 the coz
dtons prescribed ~ the laws and regulations OF ooiA
countries TIE rates q BE levied N treAt bt44n IS
well on the above mentioned works Addressed 20 the
United states on those from the Z nitef states ad
dressed % Great Britain. shall De - follows
lst For every w0rx net exceeding iFo ounces IN
weight. one penny.
not exceeding three ounces sixpence.
3d. For every work above three ounces in weight and
Mt ezcccd.r- -four ounces eighfpence
itl. And tcr every ounce sc-Fe io-fi up - sA'e-n
ounces fhe limits imposed On the transmits mi ui such
articles BY i'e British cilceI two per-e aii tonai-
eery fraction OF an ounce being rccknned fl. ounce
rates - be- levied by the Poet Once q the nitet
states similar works Addressed O. OF coming from
the United states a. al Rot exceed TIE rates charged 10
the [ nited Kingdom.
ART. XVIII. Printed pamphlets not exceeding
the weight Of ounces posted In the Jn1d hingcom
IN the Unted stats mas be forwarded rom enc
country The other either By British or nied states
packets by Of he two oes, AZ the same rates
aud under TIE isiae conditions those fXci Tor per-
0iical works by article AFIl
AET.NlN. D. .1lsif cration NJ TWO cents q nitod
states currency RI being precisely equivalent o. one
penny sterling the British Post once shall ace INT p
the ncd states Post Oce a. The rate OF iour hundred
md eighty four c.nis O. the pound sterling md the
uit,d states Poet Office shall account % the British
Post Office the rate Of four hundred and eighty cents
% the pound sterling.
All. NN Ia lase a. war between the two ma
tons The mail racket of the two ~ shall continue
their navigation without impedincui or moiestaiion
until Elk weeks after a notification shall have been
made the part OF either Of the two nts'
and delivered % the other inst tho sesvices 10 oe dis
continued in which they sns be permitted % re-
turn freely and under special protection 20 tneiF re-
-pective posts
Ar XXI The forms in which the accounts
between the respective Post Otccs for the transmits
sion and conveyance q letters 10 b. maze out me
time and mode IN which payment shal be made oy
either Post Office to the other together with al oihef
measures Of detail arising out Of the sur lauoRs OF me
present Convention shall be settled between tne DIN
isl Poet Once and the Post Ohce 81 the United St@tcs
soon possible after the cxcbang OF the atnca-
ton Of the present Convention.
IL is agreed that the measures Of detail mentioned
IN the present truc.c HioulNtu - wv ~
Ohces, whenever, b mutual consent those Ciaces
shall be decided tina, such modification would be oene
fcia 20 tho Post Ofce service Of the two countries
ART. XII. The present Convention Is con.
cuted for an indefinite period Il cannot be annuhed
by either Of the two Governments except after the eA'
pratcn Of years notice given to tne oIHef Govern
mcut
Arr XXlli The present Convention shall be
ratified By Her Britannia Majesty aud the President OF
the nlted states by and with the advice snd consent
Of the senate thereof and the Publications shall be ex
changed at London within three months Of the date
hereof 1t shall into operation as soon As possible
after the exchange of the raiihcations
In witness whereof tho respective Plenipotentarss
have signed the same and have affixed thereto me seas
Of their arms
Done a, London the fifteenth day OF December in
the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred snd
Isl GEORGE BANCROFT
Accompanying this treaty is a long letter from Mr.
Bancroft under date OF Dec. -, 1873, detailing the
process Of the negotiation and explaining the terms Of
the treaty The main object aimed a, in the beginning
were reduction Of the sea rates and the abrogaon OF
all discriminating charges To overcome the difficulty
arising from the varying Of our inland postage ii
was agreed 10 make general average excepting only
those to California and the Pacific The average Of the
inland rate in England is three hsli-pence.
The British Postmaster General claimed FIVE cents as
the American inland rate inssmuch as THIS had been
recommended by our Postmaster General as well As
Committees in Congress and this was agreed 70 on
condition ths, the sesra,e should be reduced. There
Is now, therefore, uniform rate OF twontyiour
cents on every letter Of half an ounce less from any
part Of the United States within our established post
routes, whether from NewYork osNew Orleans or the
remotest village Pos; Office IN the Far West to any
part Of the United kingdom. This i. less rate than
4 Nnrf IA fgf A.
the Briish packet rate alone formerly was This treaty
effects such aroducton in the combined rates that our
American inland rate Of each way Is obtained
out Of tie former British packet rate
After the recap.tulstug the term. Of tfan'pornnon
for newspapers, periodicals and transit letters Mr.
Bancroft refers to the arrangement, Effected IN relation
to the right Of sending letter, closed mails through
Great Britain 10 France and other countries. The
present rate Of 40 cents ounce transit through
the country and conveyance, adopted BY The ing
hsh and French Postal Convention was found too high
aud the Chancellor Of the EIchequer agreed TO reduce
the terms according the 18th article OF the Treaty
This however requires the concurrence Of the French
Government Mr. Bancroft recommends that the Ar
rangeme6i Of the transit rate be settled c0nonty with
the, country
He also favors the adoption Of the English scale Of
Progressive Postage by this country. Several letters
between sir Charles Wood Chancellor Of the Excne-
ouer aud Mr. Bancroft are also annexed. from which
appears that the charge levied packet letters was
abolished in the English Poet oces the 18th ult on
Mr. B. agreeing, behalf oi our Postmaster Henerai'
that similar order would DC al once issusd ia LIS
country.
Mr. CALHoUS's HEPOHr-The Washington cor
responder. Of the BatinMs SHn says;
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