Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-12

Great Britain determine 10 give the support and encou
ragement such persons company may first offer
to commence the same, with the necessary capital the
of the local authorities and such principles
as accord with the spirit and intention of this
ton; and ii any persons company should already
have with any State through which the proposed ship
canal may pass contract for the construction of such
canal as that specified in this convention to the stipu-
latons OF which contract neither OF the contracting par
ties in this convention have any Just object and
the said persons company shall moreover have ade
preparations and expended time money and trouble ON
the faith OF such contract is hereby agreed that such
persons or company shall have priority of claim over
every other person persons or company to the proec
ton OF tine governments of the United States and Great
Britain and be allowed year from the date of the Ex-
change OF the Publications of this convention for con-
GLIDING their arrangements and presenting evidence OF
suhclent capital subscribed to accomplish the conem-
plated undertaking. being understood that if at the
expiration of the aforesaid period such persons or COM
pany be not able to commence aud carry out the pro-
posed enterprise then the governments of the United
States and Great Britain shall be free afford their pro-
lection to any other persons company that shall be
prepared to commence and proceed with the construc-
ton OF the canal in question
ART. S.--The governments of the United States and
Great Britain having not only desired in entering into
this convention, to accomplish particular object, but
also to establish general principle, they hereby agree
to extend their protection by treaty stipulation, to any
other practicable communications, whether by canal
railway across the sthnus which connects North and
South America, and especially to the nteroceanc
municatons, should the same prove to be practicable
whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed
to be established by the way Of Tehuanepec or Pa
mama. In granting however, their Joint protection to
any such canals railways are by this article speci
fed, it is always understood by the United States and
Great Britain that the parties constructing owning
the same shall impose other charges conditions of
traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall
approve OF Just and equtabe and that the same ca
mails railways being open to the citizens and subjects
OF the United States and Great Britain on equal terms
shall also be open like the citizens and sub
Jects OF every other State which is willing to grant
thereto such protection the United States and Great
Britain engage to afford.
ART 9.-The notifications of this convention shall
he exchanged at Washington within six months from
this day, or sooner il possible
In faith whereof we, the respective plenipoentiares
have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed
our SEALS
Done at Washington, the nineteenth day of April,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
JOHN M. CLAYTON H. ST.
HENRY LYTTON BULWER, H. 81
The w ashngton correspondent Of the Phladelphia
North American gives the following as the vote in Exc
cutve session OF the Senate the 22d utmo on the
question Of ratification Of the Treaty:
YEAs-Messrs. Badger, Bell, Baldwin Benien But
Ter Cass, Clay, Chase Clark, Cooper Corwin, Davis OF
Massachusetts, Dawson, Dayton Dodge, of Wisconsin,
Dodge, Of Iowa. Downs, Fech, Foote, Green, Hale,
Ter, Morton, Norris Pearce Pratt, Sebastian, Seward,
Shields, Smith, Soule, Spruance, Surgeon Underwood
Wales, and Webster-Total, AZ.
NAYS Messrs. Atchson, Bright, Borand, Clemens
Davis, of Mississippi Dickinson, Turney Walker
Whitecomb, and Yuee-Total 10.
ABsENT-Messrs. Benton, Bradbury, Douglas, ELL
more, Hamlin Phelps, Rusk, and Upham.-Total 8.