Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-01-20

and citizens by placing the communications bv ToSt
between the territories of Her Britannia Mai sly
and those of the United States more lib raj ard
advantageous footing have resolved to c0ncInI. a
Convention for this purpose, and have named their
| plenipOtrntiarIcs, that is to say
! Her Majesty, the Gu. en- Of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and ireland, the Right Hon. HESRY
JoHN VIsCoUNT PALmERsToN, Baron Temple. a
/ Peer OF Ireland, member Of Her Britannia Maj IS.
| TVS most honorable Prlvy Council, member of Par
Lament, Knight Grand Cross of the most honorable
| Order of the Bath and Her Britannia Maj"sty's
principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
And the President OF the United States, by and
with the advice and consent Of the mate thereof
GEoRGE BANcRoFr, citizen Of the United States,
! their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pcnipo-
Tertiary to Her Britannia Majesty;
Who, after having communicated TO each other
! their respective full powers found in coed and du,
form, have agreed upon and concluded the following
articles:
ART. |. There shall BE- charg d upon .ttcrs not
exceeding half ounce in weight, conveyed either
by British or Unit ID States packets tween port
IN the United Kingdom port in the L. States
an uniform sea rate Of eight pence, sixteen cents:
and such postage shall belong to the country by
which the packet conveying the letters is furnished
ART. =. There shall be charged by the Post office
Of the United Kingdom upon all tiers not exceed
ing half an ounce IN weight, posted in the United
Kingdom and forwarded to the United States or
brought from the United States and delivered in the
United Kingdom, whether such letters shall be con
vcyrd By British or by United States packets, an
inland postage rate of one penny half. penny
United States upon all letters not exceeding half 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. 3. Upon all letters posted in one country
and delivered in the other, these rates of postage
both and inland, shall be combined into one rate
Of which payment in advance shall be optional in
either country 1t shall however, not be permitted
to pay less than the whole combined rate.
ART. t. With respect to Letters above the weight Of
half each country shall be at liberty to en-
ploy, as regards the collection Of the who'll conibin-
ed rate, the scale of progr s~icn in operation in its
own territory for charging inland rate pa<tag'.
ART. .. The United States rnglg to Grant - the
United Kingdom the trlnSi, in closed mails through
the territory Df the United States Of the c1rrsspon-
dencc and newspapers from the United kingdom 10
the British North American Provinces, and from
those Provinces to the United Kin som at the rat.
OF inland postage to b. charged under this Coavcn-
ton tor letters and newspapers between the United
Kingdom and the United States.
A British officer shall BE- permitted TO accompany
the closed mails during their transit
ART. 8. On the 9th r hand IL r Britannia Majesty
engages to grant 10 the United State. The tranS; in
closed mails, through tbs British American Provin-
ccs of the correspond and papers from one
part of the territory Of III, Unit States 10 any other
part Of the territory Of the United States, at rates
not exceeding the rates Of inland posag charg.
ed or TO BE- hereafter charged in the North American
Provinces, according TO the distance such mails may
be conveyed within tn, North American Provinc ;.
An officer Of the United States shall be p rnittrd
to accompany the closed mails during their transit
ART. I. The United States further gage to grant
TO the United kinglJn the transit in closed mails,
through the United States, through any countries
where the post communications may be under The
control or management Ct the United States Of let
tiers and newspapers forwards from the United
Kingdom, its colonies possessions, to any other
British colony or poss ssion, to any foreign
try and from any foreign country British colony
or possession to the United Kingdom its colonies
possessions.
Arr. s. H Britannia Majesty engages on her
part to grant to the L. States the transit in clos ed
mails, through the United Kingdom, through any
country where the post communications may be
der the control or management of the United King
dom, of letters and newspapers forwarded from the
United States, their colonies possessions, TO any
other colony or possession Of the United States, or
TO any foreign country, and from any foreign country
or from any colony possession of the United States
TO the United States their colonies possessions.
Arr. 9. When letters shall be forwarded in closed
mails under the stpulations of articles 5, 6, 7 g.
of the present Convention, the payment to be made
10 the Post-otiice Of the United Kingdom or of the
United States, as the may be, shall be made by
the ounce according to the net weight of the letters
at two rates TO the ounce, with the addition Of %
per cent the amount of postage to compensate the
loss that would otherwise be sustained by this mode
of computation.
ART. 10. The country which sends or receives
closed mails through the other, is to render
in such closed mails, and to such country
for the postage due thereon.
ART. IL. Letters posted in the United States, adj
dressed to foreign Countries and intended pass in
transit, through the United Kingdom, shall b. deli
vered to the British Post Office free of all United
States postage, whether packet inland and letters
from foreign countries, addressed to the T. States,
passing in transit through the United Kingdom. shall
be delivered 10 the United States Post office free of
all British postage, whether packet or inland.
In the of those countries to which letters can
not be forwarded, unless the British postage be paid
in advance, such British postage shall b, collected
in the United States in addition to the United States
rates of postage) and accounted for to the British
Post office
In the ease of those countries 10 which letters can
not be forwarded unless the United States postage
be paid in adv ance such United States postage shall
be collected in the United Kingdom Gin addition to
the British POSTAGE and accounted for to the United
States Post office.
ART. II. The rate of postage 10 be taken by the
British Post Office upon letters arriving in the United
Kingdom from the United States, either by British
United States packets, and to be forwarded through
the United Kingdom TO colonies possessions OF the
United Kingdom or Of the United States, or TO for
eign countries, and rice rersa shall be the same as
the rate which is may hereafter be, taken by
the British Postoiice upon letters to or from such
colonies, possessions or foreign countries rrspcc-
lively, when posted at the port OF arrival or deliver
ed the port of departure of the packets conveying
the mails between the United Kingdom and the
United States.
The above postage is irrespective of, and beyond
the inland rate to be taken in the United States upon
such letters if posted delivered therein accord
ing the stipulatons Of Art. of this Convention;
and also irrespective of, and beyond the sea rate
upon such letters payable according to the stipua-
tions of ART. !.
The rate of postage to be taken by the United
States Post office upon letters arriving in the United
States either by British United States packets
from the United Kingdom, and 10 be forwarded
through the United States to the colonies posses
sions of the United States or of the United King
dom, or TO those territories which according TO the
laws of the United States are beyond the limits OF
their established post routes, or to foreign countries