Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-16
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The uIenfrot ntihries mel al 8 O'Clock on Sunz
8 dsy Arril 9Th II fhe hotel of the Minister5ot
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4 ct Dieml Issy.
Alto o'clock, a IL NJ the Secret atles attacned
to the legations Of the oIEerss repr sented IN
4 Congress had assembled in the same place N |
4 order to coIIate; with the chef dns Bureau dtlt
Protocole the instTume nts of raihcatop The
I minutes of the exclange of ratification were
then drawn up and At the sitting OF the Con-
4 gress at O'Clock the plcnipo Centuries affixed
their natures
I scented to the Senate and Assembl and are pubst
1ished In the MohiteTr as also in the London of
Il fetal Gazette.
Declaration Resp6stfag aLgTi tine Lar, Signed
b1f tie Ptenigote1ltiaries Of GFeat tritalza
4p8tFfa, En6aee, ltssid, leils5iql tIRi9
ApriI 16, 1856: Il az
/ The Pienfpote1ftiraies who signed the treaty
Paris, of the 80fh of March, 1856, assembled
lin conference
Considering
been the subject of deplorable disputes;
That tho uncertainty ofthe law and of the du-
ties insnch q matter give risot to differences of
opinion between neutTals and! bellige rents which
lmay occasion serious difficulties and even con-.
ldicts 50 .s5s.3i
Thatit is consequently advantageous to es-
tAblishs an uniform doctrine on so important a
point
That the Plehipotentiiries assembled in Con-
gress at Paris cannot better respond to the inten-
tons by which their governments are animated
than by seeking to introduce into international
relations fixed principles in this rcspect
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plenipo tentares, being
duly authorized resolved to concert among them
fsetEes as to the means of attaining This object;
and having come to an agreement, have aaDp-9
tedthe following solemn declaratio ION;
i. Privateering is, and remains abolished
9. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods with
the exception of ontraband OF war.
g. Neutral goods, with the exception of con-
Itraband of war, are not liable to capture under
enemy 3 flag.
A. BIockades in order to be binding, must be
lefectiye-that is to say, maintained by force
sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of
The governments of the undersig ned plcnipo-
tentaries engage to bring the present declar-
ton to the knowledge Of the States which have
not taken part in the Congress of Paris, and to
Invite them to Accede toit.
proclaim cannot but be received with gratitude
by the whole world, the nndersigned Plenipoten-
tiares doubt not that the efforts of their Govern
ments to obtain the general adoption thereofw1l
be crowned with full success.
The present declarationi is not and shall not be
binding, except between those powers who have
acceded or shall accede toit
Done at Paris, the 4 9th of April, 1856.
Buol-S chauenstein, Hubner, Walewski; sBour-
lquency:
Clarendon, Cowley, ManteuHel Hatzfeldt, ORR
of, Brunnow, Gayour, De v llamarina, ALI, Ma
hcmmed Djemil.
quE crSrRA1 XMEKIcAN QUESTION.
A blue book gilmore than 300 pages has been
presented to both Houses Of Parliament relative
Ito the so-calied Central American question. 1t
consists Of 1s9 dispatches, but the whole ques-
ltionisvery ably rcsumedln5 Lord Oiarendon's
note Go. 1T6) inrcply to the statement drawn
up BY Mr.. Buchanai, giving the views of the
United States Government as to the engage
ments contracted by Great Britain, under the
treaty of 1850, as regards the Mosquito Protect
= crate, the British settlement of Belize, and the
Island of Ruatan.
" The other dispatches refer to the negotiations
previous to the Bulwer-C Clayton Treaty, to the
occupation of Tiger Island, to the Cyane affair,
It Qfeytown, to the alleged insult to the Amerl-
an!hag by the commander of Her Majesty S
orig of war Express, and to the various attempts
It satisfactory settlement of all questions rela-
lean affairs generally.
The Concluding despatchesrelate to the ''pro-
loseed arbitration" Lord Clarendon states DO
1889 that the offer torefer to arbitration the IN
expectation Of the treaty of i $50 had been made
w him in the most formal manner by direction
Il the Cabinet The explanations relative to
his point appeared in the Times of the 18th Of
March.
The concluding despatch Go. 1870 refers more
especially to Ruatan. In it Mr.. Champion in
3 orns Lord Clarendon (under date of March 81,
- 1855. that Mr.. Clayton was inf0rmed by Sir
Henry BulRer before the treaty Of 1850 was
igned, that Rnatan was ( de jttre and do Jaeto 4
British possession, and that Mr.. Clay ton had,
IN various occasions Since, in conversation with
i'm, Mr.. Crampton,l stated that he considered
Ruatan as much British possession as Jamaica,
lrl any other British West Indian islands.
EI.te Earl Clarendon to Mr. CTGpptoH.l
btSs FOREIGN 0Yr1cE, Feb. s, 1886.
y SIRi Alr. Buchanan called here two days ago,
and With reference to a statement Of mine in.
Sthe House of Lords on the 31st nldmo, that her
Majesty Government had offered to the United
States Governments to refer to arbitration the in
lterpretatio1 Of the treaty of 1850, said he hui
not itnCefStood tltt any such ot'sr Ind been off
eialLy and formal ~ taad6 to HIN, although he
admitted that 1t had frequently been mentioned.
Eby me.
told:Mr. Buchanan that l received this com.
muhieation with the ttt1aost sayp5isS and that I
really was at loss to understand it rs the.of-
lfer had been made by me In the most formal
fma6nerz BY direction Of the Cabinet that he
HAD discussed with me the objections to the
course and the difficulty Of selecting any power
WHOM both parties would regard as impartial;
ethat in fact we had hardly ever discussed the.
Central American quest together, teifhout4ay.
saying that arbitration 4coul be tie Jatrest seq
toSSsttlisS the matt and that nearly three
months ago I had again called his attention to-
the offer Of her Majesty Government, which, he