The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-18
PROTOCOL No. 81.

Present-rhe plsnipotentiarss of Austria, France
Grsas Britain. Prussis, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey
The plenipotenares OF Russia announce that they
authorized to state that the productive adopted
curing the war for closing the Russian ports to
cf expectation are about to be revoked.
In Consequence Of this declaration, and In conformity
sitns, the opgess determines that arniscs BY sea
Is concluded between France Great Britain Sardinia
and Turkey, on the part, and Russia the other
and that prizes made subsequently the signature Of
peace shall be restored. II Is consequently agreed that
orders shall be given for the immsdiA raising of the
existing blockade, and that the measures adopted in
kufsa during the war against the of Russian pro-
duce, and especially OF grain shall be revoked without
delay
After having proposed to the congress TO take up the
question OF the evacuation Of the Russian and Ottoman
territories Count WAIEwsK says that regards the
aies 1t Ia their intention, they have already given
70 Ieo, their troops Without delay and to
ciately after the exchange of rAtfcstions. He thinks
ana he believes that he may give that the
period Of six months. He adds that the allied armies will
quit, within the some term, the positions which they
The PIxSPorENrAREs of Russia give an assurance on
their sce that shall be taken for the Russian
troops which are now in Kars and its envrons with
territory They engage to communicate the
at one OF Its ensuing meetings. the term which shall be
operation They express the DESIRE that the a IL nr
mics which In the Crimea shs commence their with
drawal by Kertch and Yenkae In that the Sea of
Azoh may az soon % possible be opeaed to navigation
Count BuoI expresses qualification at the eagerness
shown by the bellgeren powers to recall their armiss
and thus to execute without delay of the most Inn
porsant spulaons of the treaty peace He SAYS that
Austria on her side viii take to withdraw within her
territory SUCH OF her troops IS occupy the
He adds that this operation Ia subject to the same
difficulties as the embArkaton of the armies in the
promptly and that the Austrian troops viii have eva.
cuated the PriDcpaes before the belligerent armies
VIII have bean able on their sde tocomplete the evacu
After these explanations unanimously agreed tia.
all the beigerent allied ermes shall commence tn cir
withdrawal Immediately After the exchange of the ratf-
cations of the treaty peace and that they shall con
tnue without interruption Is equally agreed tha
the armies Of France Of Great Britain, and Of Sardinia
shall have . period Of months to efect the total
evacuation OF the territories which they occupy In Russia
and In tho Ottoman Empire; that this evacuaioa shall
commence as far as possible by Kertch, Ysnkale, Kin
The treaties concluded at Constantnope on March II
Sardinia and Turkey, STIMULATING that the conclusion
Of peace the territory Ct the Ottoman empire shall be
evacuated within the Of forty days. and the
sble in consequence the developemen by the
it is agreed that instructions and powers shall be
sent TO the of France Great Britain and
Sardinia At Constantinope to conc,ude a convention
with the Porte for the purpose OF fixing new term
which shall not exceed six months.
The Cor gress then decides that the commissioners
wbo by the terms of article 20 ef the treaty of peace
win have to undertake the demarcaton OF the from
tier in Bessaraba shall meet at Gaatz the 9th of May
next and shall execute without delay the mission which
Will be intrusted to them.
lie PLENlPoTENuARIS OF Russia declare that the Rus.
sian authorities this operation shall be
cuded, will make to the Modavan authorities the
oriion Of territory which, in pursuance Of the fresh de
narration, will have to be annexed to Moldava 1t is
ndersod that this takes place ex ,nSnge for
and shs coincide with, the evacuation OF the Russian
territories BY the allied armies.
The EARL CLARENDON remarks that in order to has
en- the evacuation Of The Cmea it would be advanta
eous that vessels Of the allied powers should the
over OF freely entering the harb0r of Sebastopol this
facility in the opinion of the first plenipotentary Of
Great Britain would accelerate the embarkation Of
and material by several weeks.
The FLENPoTENTARIs Of Russia reply that thew will
take the orders OF their court in this respect.
Count WAIEwsKI says that it is proper to take up the
question of the insruc ions intended for the commission
who will be required to repair to the Principaties
investigate according to the provisions of arcls % Of
the treaty Of peace the state of those provinces
and to propose tina bases Of their Organization He
states that those Instructions might be drawn up in
general terms that In fixing the object OF the mission
treaty ITSELF they must leave them the latitude neces
sary for obtaining information and for qualifying them
selves 70 perform In complete and satisfactory msnner
seems to him that this opirion may the more
readily be adopted BY the congress, inasmuch as
the fTman ordainipg the copvocaon of the Dvans od
hoe is according to protocol No. H. to be with
the Of the contracting powers Constan
tinople and drawn up in such manner as to provide
determines the composition OF those DO lies BE is
finally Of opinion that the drawing up of these instruc
shoud be Entrusted to commission selected from among
ils members.
Tue congress- agrees, and the commission Ia composed
Off first penpoentiary of Turkey, and the second
pepipotentiaIies Of France and of Great Britain
The corgress, at er further examination, and
steering that would be advantageous to modify the
cision which it had taken this subject the Sit.
ting Of March 30 adopts the following resoiutions:-
In the Publications of the general treaty that treaty
shall be followed word for word and in eaenso by the ad
eonsl article and the three conventions annexed but
the ratification shall apply to the general treaty and
the additional article, In the following terms:-We, &c
having seen and examined the said treaty and the said
additional and transitory article have approved and do
approve them in all each Of the provisions contained
in them" sc. These Publications shan be exchanged in
six copies tor each contracting pswers.
TIE convention respecting the light vessels shall be
ratified between the Porte and Rus,ia.
The convention respecting the Straits shall be ratified
between the Porte, the part which shall present
six COPIES and the other pow other part Who
mot having exchange between themselves
will simply have to rstfy with tbs Porte and conse-
quentay to present single copy.
The convention respecting Aland shall be ratified be-
tween France and England, the part, who shall
produce each one copy intended for Russia and Russia
The other part, who will have to produce copies.
The signatures followJ
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SITTING April s, 1856.
Published In the NEW YORK HERALD Of May 49,
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