fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
(L. s.) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
Seal of Chinese Plenipotentiary.
Signature of
Chinese Plenipotentiary.
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TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGA- TION, BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THEEMPEROR OF CHINA.
Signed at TIENTSIN, 26TH June, 1858.
Ratifications exchanged at Peking, 24th October, 1860.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous to put an end to the exis- ting misunderstanding between the two countries, and to place their relations on a more satisfactory_footing in future, have resolved to proceed to a revision and im- provement of the Treaties existing between them; and, for that purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, a Peer of the United Kingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle ;
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, the High Commissioners Kweiliang, a Senior Chief Secretary of State, styled of the East Cabinet, Captain-General of the Plain-White Banner of the Manchu Banner Force, Superintendent-General of the Administration of Criminal Law; and Hwashana, one of His Imperial Majesty's Expositors of the Classics, Manchu President of the office for the regulation of the Civil Establishment, Captain-General of Bordered Blue Banner of the Chinese Banner Force, and visitor of the office of Interpretation;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-
Art. 1.-The Treaty of Peace and Amity between the two nations, signed at Nanking on the twenty-ninth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, is hereby renewed and confirmed.
The Supplementary Treaty and General Regulations of Trade having been amen- ded and improved, and the substance of their provisions having been incorporated in this Treaty, the said Supplementary Treaty and General Regulations of Trade are hereby abrogated.
Art. II. For the better preservation of harmony in future, Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and His Majesty the Emperor of China mutually agree that, in accordance with the universal practice of great and friendly nations, Her Majesty the Queen may, if she see fit, appoint Ambassadors, Ministers, or other Diplo- matic Agents to the Court of Peking; and His Majesty the Emperor of China may, in like manner, if he see fit, appoint Ambassadors, Ministers, or other Diplo- matic Agents, to the Court of St. James.'
Art III. His Majesty the Emperor of China hereby agrees, that the Ambassa- dor, Minister, or other Diplomatic Agent, so appointed by Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, may reside, with his family and establishment, permanently at the capital, or may visit it occasionally, at the option of the British Government.
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