hubieran sido insertados en él, palabra por palabra, y deberán ser ratificados en igual forma, y al mismo tiempo.

Hoy dia 24 de Mayo de 1841.

(L.S.) F. MARCOS.

(L.S.)

WALTER COPE.

ARTICULO ADICIONAL. Fecho en Cuenca, á 15 de Enero del Año 1846.

Su Majestad la Reino del Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Yrlanda, y su Excelencia el Presidente de la República del Ecuador, habiendo considerado que es conveniente y necesario prorrogar el término estipulado en el Articulo XIV° del Tratado concluido el 24 de Mayo de 1841, entre la Gran Bretaña y la República del Ecuador, para la abolicion del Tráfico de Esclavos, han nombrado y autorizado como sus Plenipotenciarios ad hoc, á saber:

Su Majestad la Reina del Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Yrlanda, á Walter Cope, Escudero, y Cónsul de Su Majestad en el Ecuador;

Y su Excelencia el Presidente de la República del Ecuador, al Señor Jeneral José Maria Urbina, Ministro de Estado en el Despacho Jeneral;

Los cuales, despues de canjeados sus plenos poderes, y encontradolos en buena y debida forma, han convenido en lo siguiente:

Queda prorrogado el término estipulado para el canje de las ratificaciones del Tratado para la abolicion del Tráfico de Esclavos, firmado por los Plenipotenciarios del Ecuador y de la Gran Bretaña, en 24 de Mayo de 1841; y en virtud de esta prórroga, convienen ámbas Partes Contratantes, en que el mencionado Tratado será ratificado, y las ratificaciones canjeadas en Quito, dentro del término de 2 años, contados desde el dia de esta fecha, ó ántes si fuere posible.

En fé de lo cual los respectivos Plenipotenciarios han firmado 2 ejemplares de este Acuerdo, y los han sellado con sus sellos respectivos.

Fecho en Cuenca, á 15 de Enero, del año del Señor, 1846.

(L.S.)

JOZE MA. URBINA.

(L.S.)

WALTER COPE.

FRANCE.

POSTAGE ARTICLES between Great Britain and France. Signed at London, May 1, 1843.

[See French version, Page 266.]

ARTICLES agreed upon between the Post Office of Great Britain and the Post Office of France, for carrying into execution the Convention of April 3, 1843*.

In pursuance of Article LXXXVII of the Convention of April 3rd, 1843, between Great Britain and France, which leaves to the 2 Post Offices the regulation, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the said Convention, of the form in which the accounts for the transmission of correspondence are to be made up, as well as of all other matters of detail which are to be arranged by mutual consent for ensuring the execution, from the 1st day of June next, of the stipulations contained in the said Convention.

The Undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective Offices, have agreed upon the following Articles: CHAPTER I.-Regulations between the respective Offices of Exchange.

ART. I. Regulations for the Exchange of Mails.-The following shall be the regulations for the exchange of mails on the Channel and on the Mediterranean :

On the Channel.-1. The Office of Paris shall exchange mails with the Offices of London and Dover;

2. The Office of Calais shall exchange mails with the Offices of London and Dover;

3. The Office of Boulogne shall exchange mails with the Offices of London and Dover;

4. The Office of Dieppe shall exchange mails with the Office. of Brighton;

5. The Office of Hâvre shall exchange mails with the Offices of London, Southampton and Brighton;

6. The Office of Cherbourg shall exchange mails with the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey;

* See Vol 6, Page 349.

7. The Office of Granville shall exchange mails with the Offices of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

8. The Office of St. Malo shall exchange mails with the Offices of Jersey and Guernsey.

On the Mediterranean.-1. The Office of Paris shall exchance mails with the British Office of Malta; and it shall moreover despatch mails to the British Offices of Alexandria and Gibraltar, but will receive no mails from these latter in return;

2. The Office of Marseilles shall exchange mails with the British Offices of Alexandria, Gibraltar, and Malta;

3. The French Office at Alexandria shall exchange mails with the British Office established in the same place, and with the Office of Malta;

4. The French Office at Smyrna shall exchange mails with the British Office of Malta.

5. The French Office at the Dardanelles shall exchange mails with the British Office of Malta;

6. The French Office at Constantinople shall exchange mails with the British Office of Malta.

§ 1.-The Channel.

II. The mails dispatched from the Office of Paris to the Office of London, shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 1, annexed to the present Articles, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2.

III. Reciprocally, the mails dispatched from the Office of London to the Office of Paris shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 1.

IV. The mails dispatched from the Office of Paris to the Office of Dover shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 1, annexed to the present Articles, for the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2.

V. Reciprocally, the mails dispatched from the Office of Dover to the Office of Paris shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 1.

VI. The ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Calais to the Office of London, shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 3, annexed to the present Articles, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2.

VII. Reciprocally, the ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of London to the Office of Calais shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 3.

VIII. The ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Calais to the Office of Dover shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 3, annexed to the present Articles, for the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2.

IX. Reciprocally, the ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Dover to the Office of Calais shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table

No. 3.

X. The ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Boulogne to the Office of London, shall comprize all the correspondence from the town of Boulogne and the surrounding district for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles.

XI. Reciprocally, the ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of London to the Office of Boulogne shall comprize all

the correspondence originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea, with the exception of the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the town of Boulogne and the surrounding district.

XII. The ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Boulogne to the Office of Dover shall comprize all the correspondence from the town of Boulogne and the surrounding district for the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles.

XIII. Reciprocally, the ordinary mails dispatched from the Office of Dover to the Office of Boulogne shall comprise all the correspondence originating in the English towns mentioned in Table No. 2, annexed to the present Articles, for the town of Boulogne and the surrounding district.

XIV. The supplementary mails which the French Offices of Exchange of Calais and Boulogne on the one part, and the British Offices of London and Dover on the other, may, conformably to Article XIII of the Convention of April 3, exchange by means of private steam-packets, shall comprize only such correspondence as the senders shall expressly desire to be forwarded by these means; and in this case, the intention of the said senders must be expressed by writing on the address, Private Ship.

XV. The mails which shall be forwarded from the Office of Dieppe to the Office of Brighton by private ships, during the season favourable for navigation, shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French towns mentioned in Table No. 4, annexed to the present Articles, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond

sea.

XVI. The mails which shall be dispatched from the Office of Hâvre to the Office of London by private ships direct, during the season favourable for navigation, shall comprize all the correspondence originating in the French departments and the countries mentioned in Table No. 5, annexed to the present Articles, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its colonies and countries beyond sea.

The mails dispatched from the Office of Hâvre to the Offices