Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16
BY the President Of the United States Of america

By the President Of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas Convention between the United States
of America and her Britannia Majesty was con-
cluded and signed by their respective Plenipoten-
tiaries at Washington on the seventeenth day of
July last, which Convention is word for word as
follows:
Whereas Convention concluded the 9Th day of
February 1853 between the United States of America
and her Britannia Majesty for the settlement of out
standing claims by mixed commission, limited to en-
dure for twelve months from the day Of the first meeting
Of the and whereas doubts have arisen
to the practcab the business of the said commission
being concluded within the period assigned the President
of the United States and her Majesty the Queen of the Unit
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland DESTROYS that
the time originally fixed for the duration of the commits
sion should be extended and to this end have named
Penpotentares to agree upon the best mode of effect
ing this obecthat is to say the President of the Unit
ed States the honorable william L. Marcy Secretary Of
State of the United States and her Majesty the Queen
of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland
John Fiennes Champion, Esq., her Majestys Envoy Ex-
traordnary and Minister Plenpotentary Washington
who have agreed as follows:
.s... ARTICLE I.
The high contracting parties agree that the time limit
ed the convention above referred the
ton of the commission shall be extended period not
exceeding four months from the 18th Of September next
should such extension be deemed necessary by the
mlssioners the umpire, in Of their disagreement
being agreed that nothing contained in this article shall
in any wise alter extend the time originally fixed in
the said Convention for the Of claims the
commissioners. ....
..# ARTICLE H. :
The present convention shall be ratified and the rat
fcatons shall be exchanged at London soon as possible
within four months from the date thereof.
In witness Whereof the respective Plenipotentiares
have signed the same and have affixed thereto the seals
of their arms.
Done at Washington the seventeenth day of july in
the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
ffty-four. w. L. MARCY, TL.s1 ...
n." JOHN +. CRAMPToN, LIS.
And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified
on both parts and the respective notifications Of the
were exchanged at London, the eighteenth utmo by
James Buchanan ESQ., Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Penpotentay Of the United States to Great Britain
and the Earl of Clarendon her Britannia Majestys Prin-
cpal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the part
of their respective Governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that /, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of the United States of America have caused
the said Convention to be made public to the end that
the same and every clause and article thereof may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this eleventh day
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
L.. s. eight hundred and fifty four and Of the indie.
pendence Of the United States the seventy
@H FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President
w. L. MARCY, Secretary of State