FRANCE.
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGA "ION BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA.
SIGNED, IN THE French and CHINESE LANGUAGES, AT TIENTSIN, 27TH June, 1858.
Ratifications Exchanged at Peking, 25th October, 1860.
His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the Emperor of China being desirous to put an enl to the existing misunderstanding between the two Empir 8, and wishing to re-establish and improve the relations of friendship, com- merce, and navigation between the two powers, have resolved to conclude a new treaty based on the common interest of the two countries, and for that purpose have named their plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
His Majesty the Emperor of the Freach, Baron Gros, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sa iour of Greece, Commander of the Order of the Conception of Portugal, &c., &c., &c.;
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, Kwiliang, Imperial High Comn- missioner of the Ta Tsing Dynasty, Grind Minister of the East Palace, Dir ctor- Ge eral of the Council of Justice, &c., &c., &.; and Hwashana, Imperial High Commissioner of the Ta-Tsing Dynasty, President of the Board of Finance, General of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Chinese Binner Force, &c., &c., &c.;
Who, having exchanged their full powers, which they have found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :-
Art. I.-There shall be perpetual peace and friends ip between His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the Emperor of China, and between the subjects of the two Empires, who shall enjoy equally in the respective states of the high contracting parties full and entire protection for their persous and property.
Art. II.-In order to maintain te peace so happily re-established between the two empires it has been agreed b tween the high contracting parties that, following in this respect the practice amongst Western nations the duly accr dited diplomatic agents of His Majesty the Emperor of the French to His Majesty the Emperor of China shall have the right of resorting to the capital of the empire when important affairs call them there. It is agreed between the high contracting parties that if any one of the powers having a treaty with China obtains for its diplomatic agents the right of permanently residing at Peking, France shall immediately enjoy the same right.
The diplomatic agents shall reciprocally eujoy, in the place of their r sidence, the privileges and immunities accorded to them by international law, that is to say, that their persons, their families, their houses, and their correspondence, shall be inviolable, that they may take into their service such employés, couriers, interpreters, servants, etc., etc., as shall be necessary to them.
The expense of every kind occasioned by the diplomatic missions of France in China shall be supported by the French Government. The diplomatic agents which
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