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In case of fraud or non-payment on the part of Freuch merchants, the Consul shall, in the same manner, afford every assistance to the claimants, but neither he nor his Goveri ment shall in any manner be held responsible.
Art. XXXVIII.-If unfortunately any fight or quarrel occurs beteen French and Chinese subjects, as also if during the course of such quarrel one or more persons be killed or wounded, by firearms or otherwise, the Chinese shall be arr s'ed by the Chinese author ty, who will be re-ponsible, if the charge be proved, for the.r punish- ment according to the laws of the country. With regard to ti e French, they shall be arrested at the instance of the C nsul, who shall take the necessar measures that they may be dealt with in the ordinary course of Fr. nch law in accordance with the forms and practice which shall be afterwards decided by the French Government.
The same course shall be observed in all similar circumstances not enumerated in the present convention, the principle being that for the repression of crimes and offences commited by them in China, French subjects shall be dealt with ace rding to the laws of France.
Art. XXXIX.--Disputes or differences arising between French subjects in China shall, (qually, be settled by the French authorities. It is also stipulated that the Chinese authorities shall not in any manner interfere in any dispute between French subjects and other foreigners. In the same way they shall not exercise any authority over French vessels; ti ese are responsible only to the French authorities and the captain.
Art. XL.--If the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of the French shall consider it desirable to modify any of the claus s of the present renty it shall be at liberty 10 open negotiations to this effect with the Chinese Government af er an interval of ten years from the date of the exc ange of the ratifications. I is a'so understood that no obligation not expressed in the present convent on shall be imposed on the Consuls or Consular Agents, nor on their nation als, but, as is stipulated, Freuch subjects shall enjoy all the rights, privileges, immuni ies, and guarantees whatsoever which have been or shall be accord d by the Chinese Govers- ment to other powers.
Art. XLI.-His Majesty the Emperor of the French, wishing to give t His Majesty the Emperor of China a proof of bis friendly sentiments, agres to stipulate in separate articles, having the same force and effect as if they were inserted in the present treaty, the arrangements come to between the two governments on the matiers antecedent to the events at Canton and the expenses caused by them to the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of the French.
Art.XLII.-The ratifications of the present treaty of friend-hip, commerce, anl navigation, shall be exchanged at Peking within one year after the day of signature, or sooner if possible.
After the exchange of the ratifications the treaty shall be brought to the knowledge of all the superior authorities of the Empire in the provinces and in the capital, in order that its publication may be well established.
In token whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and affixed their seals thereto.
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Done at Tientsin, in four copies, this twenty-seventh day of June, in the year Grace one thousand eight bundred and fifty-eight, c rresponding to the seventeenth day on the fif h moon of the eighth year of Hien Fung.
(Signed)
[L.S.]
BARON GROS.
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[L.S.]
KWEI-LIANG.
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[L.B.]
HWASHANA.