The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-03
BY AUTHORITY.
gy the president of the united states
# PR0CLaMa TION.

 . America and her Majesty, the Queen of the ,,i,pa Kingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland was
 ,,ludsd and signed al London, on the fifteenth
 , nj December, tn the year of our Lord one thou .a4 eight hundred and forty-eigii, which conven- ,,on is. word for word. as follows:
 The Untcd States of America and her Majesty, ! ,,s sOneea ol the United Kingdom ol Great Britain sn Ireland, heing desirous to promote the friendly -,,,,ons existing between their respective citizens .nJ subeo,s by placing the communications by ,,st belween the territories ot the United States
 l those of her Rritannic Majesty upon more fberal and advantageous footing have resolved to .oncu,ls a convention for this purpose, and have named as their plenipote ntlaries, that is to say:
 m. President of the United States, by and with M Ivicc and co nsent of the Senate thereof, George R,prrot citizen of the United States, their envoy s,traordiuary and minister PleniPOtentiary to her Brtanuie Malesty
 And her Maesty. the Queen of the United King Jam of Great Britain and Ireland the right hon a,,ble Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron rwne n Peer of Ireland, member of her Bri- ,annie Maesty's most honorable Privy Council, a ,,.nher of Parliament, Knight Grand Cross of the nost honorable Order of the Bath and her BritaDnic Msies,y's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
 Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found m good aud due form have agreed upon and concluded the follow ing articles;
 ARTICLE There shall be charged upon all let ers not exceeding hali an ounce in weight, con ysyed either by the United States or by British jackets between port in the United States and a port in the United Kingdom, uniform sea rate of eightpence, or sixteen cents; and such postage shall belong to the country by which the packet conveying the letters is furnished. ~
 ARf. II. There shall be charged by the post eliee of the United Kingdom, upon all letters not exceeding half an in weight, posted in the l. %daA aha IT tad States or brought from the United States, and de- tvered tn the United Kingdom, whether such letters shall be conveyed by British or by United States packets, an inland postage rate of one penny half penny.
 There shall be charged by the postoifice of the United States, upon all letters not exceeding halt an ounce in weight, posted in the United States and forwarded to the United Kingdom, or brought from the United Kingdom, and delivered in the United States, whether such letters shall be conveyed by United States or by British packets an inland post age rate of five cents.
 ART. IT. Upon all letters posted in one coun- try aud delivered in the other, these rates of post sge, both and inland shall be combined into one rate, of which payment in advance shall be optional in either country. It shall, however, not Le permitted 10 pay less than the whole combined a,e.
 AFT. " With respect to letters above the weight of half an ounce, each country shall be at tbcIi4 Ao tnlppl, us fsElFHS tit COlteCl0n ol the whole combined rate, the scale of progression in operation ia is own territory for charging inland rates of postage.
 ART Y. The United States engage to grant to the United Kingdom the transit in closed mails, through the territory of the United States, of the correspondence and newspapers from the U United hngtom to tue British North American provinces. and from those provinces 10 the United Kingdom, a, the rate of inland postage to be charged under iis convention for letters and newspapers between ihe 'uited Kingdom and the United States.
 British officer shall be permitted to accompany Ihe closed mails during their transit.
 Aar. VI On the other hand, her Britannia Ma tes,y engages 10 grant to the United States the transit in closed mails through the British North American provinces, of the correspondence and newspapers from one part of the territory of the United States to any other part of the territory of the United States, at rates not exceeding the rates of inland postage charged, or to be hereafter charged in the North American provinces accord lng 10 the distance such closed mails may be con- ycyed within the North American provinces.
 An officer of the United States shall be permitted 10 accompany the closed mails during their transit
 ART. VII. The United States further engage 10 granl to the United Kingdom the transit in closed mails through the United States, through any country where the post communication may be under the control or management of the United N'2icS, ot letters and newspapers forwarded from the inted Kingdom. it's colonies or possessions, to any other British colony possession, or to any foreign country, and from any foreign country or British pos 'essi0n. to the United Kingdom its colo nies or possessions.
 ART. VIII, Her Brtaunic Majesty engages, on her part to grant to the United States the transit in closed mails, through the United Kingdom, or through any country where the post communica- Ion may be under the control or management of Ihe n'lrd Kingdom, of letters and newspapers for Na5del from the United States their colonies or nt thprC aSein n of tpt 'hhed States, or to any foreign country, or from i"; colony or possession of the United States, to 4e United States, their colonies or possessions
 ARr K, Whea letters shall be forwarded in ''sed In3' under the stipuiaions of articles V, yI Q; ''li, "t the present. convention, the payment '' De made to the pustotfce of the United Kingdom .' 'Ae nied states. as the may be, shall be .l1e ny Inc ounce, according 10 the net weight of l.'"rs' dt two rates 10 tha ounce with the addition " twenty-five per cent on inc amount of postage, 70 compensate the loss that would otherwise be sus- Niaed hy this mode of computation ART. \. The country which sends or receives '"red malls through the other s to render an ac-
 onAt Of the letters and newspapers sent or received ' neh ciosed mails, and 10 account to such coun- ''y for the postage due thereon
 ART. Al. Letters posted in the United States
 Dfessed 70 foreign countries, and intended to pnss ia transit through the United Kingdom shall be de- u'efed 10 the British posloice, irt e of all United Na'es postage, whether packet or inland; md Iet- '' lFon' foreign co&ntres addressed to the United '4''s' passing m transit through the United King ',o' Shai' h' delivered 10 the United States post .aand. ''N'''' ''0''' '' In the case of those countries to which l,ttsr. ."lot be forwarded unless the British postage he f4's :" advance such British postage shall be col <rd n The United States, Gin addition to tine Ai'ed States rates of postage and accounted for "'ae British postofice.
 'n 'ie case Of those countries to winch letters .-An'i he Forwarded unless the United States n..t '9 rdit m advance. -ueh nltea States p,st,,,, '1'' be collected in tuc United Kingdom in alai. ,sa 'o 'ie brush po't4s) and accouatct for to we 'hiled States postoiiioe.
 'g.t Mi. The rate of postage ,o l-. taken ln, n,',-h postolice upon letters arriving in ,h, p-,'1i Kingdom from the United States. ritlter h, ,,i CT by United States packets, anI to b, for
 s'-s''ns ol thc United Kingdom, or of tbs If,,,s '''. ef lO foreign couutrits--,t,d ,i,., ,.-