Their said Majesties, on the one part, and His Majesty the Sultan, on the other, have resolved to renew the Convention concluded at London on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, with the exception of some modifications of detail which do not affect the principle upon which it rests.
In consequence, Their said Majesties have named for that purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:—
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick Earl of Clarendon, &c., and the Right Honourable Henry Richard Charles Baron Cowley, &c.;
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the Sieur Charles Ferdinand Count of Buol-Schauenstein, &c., and the Sieur Joseph Alexander Baron de Hübner, &c.;
His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Alexander Count Colonna Walewski, &c., and the Sieur Francis Adolphus Baron de Bourqueney, &c.;
His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Otho Theodore Baron de Manteuffel, &c., and the Sieur Maximilian Frederick Charles Francis, Count of Hatzfeldt Wildenburg-Schoenstein, &c.;
His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Alexis Count Orloff, &c., and the Sieur Philip Baron de Brunnow, &c.;
His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Sieur Camille Benso, Count of Cavour, &c.; and the Sieur Salvator Marquis de Villamarina, &c.;
And His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Mouhammed Emin Aali Pasha, &c.; and Mehemmed Djemil Bey, &c.;
Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:—
Art. I. His Majesty the Sultan, on the one part, declares that he is firmly resolved to maintain for the future the principle invariably established as the ancient rule of his Empire, and in virtue of which it has, at all times, been prohibited for the ships of war[1] of foreign Powers to enter the Straits of the
- ↑ Under this expression military transports are admittedly included, and the passage of Russian vessels of the kind has been repeatedly complained of by the Porte.
