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tinue their residence and commerce so long as they shall conduct 

 themselves peaceably, and shall do nothing contrary to the laws and 

 regulations of the Government. 



"At the same time it is to be understood, that tMs favor is not to be 

 extended to those who may act contrary to the laws and regulations of 

 the British Government." 





Two Sicilies, 1816 (II, p. 135). 



Article V. " With respect to the personal privileges to be enjoyed 

 >y the subjects of His Britannic Majesty in the Kingdom of the Two 

 Sicilies, His Sicilian Majesty promises that they snail have a free 

 and undoubted right to travel and to reside in the Territories and 

 Dominions of His said Majesty; subject to the same precautions of 

 police which are practiced towards the most favored nations. They 

 shall be entitled to occupy dwellings and warehouses, and to dispose 

 of their personal property of every Hnd and description, by sale, gift, 

 exchange, or will, and in any other way whatever, without the small- 

 est loss or hindrance being given them on that head. They shall 

 not be obliged to pay, under any pretence whatever, other taxes or 

 rates than those which are paid, or that hereafter may be paid, by 

 the most favored nation in the Dominions of His said Sicilian Maj- 

 esty. They shall be exempt from all military service, whether by 

 land or sea; their dwellings, warehouses, and everything belonging 

 or appertaining thereto for objects of commerce or residence, shall 

 be respected. They shall not be subjected to any vexatious search or 

 visits. No arbitrary examination or inspection of their books, papers, 

 or accounts, shall be made under the pretence of the Supreme Au- 

 thority of the State, but these shall alone be executed by the legal 

 sentence of the competent tribunal. His Sicilian Majesty engages on 

 all these occasions , to guarantee to the subjects of His Britannic 

 Majesty who shall reside in his States and Dominions, the preserva- 

 tion of their property and personal security, in the same manner as 

 those are guaranteed to his subjects and to all foreigners belonging 

 to the most favored and most highly privileged nation." 



Netherlands, 1824 (in East Indies), (III, p. 285). 



Article I. "The High Contracting Parties engage to admit the 

 subjects of each other to trade with their respective possessions in 

 the Eastern Archipelago, and on the continent of India, and in Cey- 

 lon, upon the footing of the most favoured nation; their respective 

 subjects conforming themselves to the local regulations of each set- 

 tlement" 



Buenos Ayres, 1825 (III, p. 45). 



Article II. " There shall be, between all the territories of His Bri- 

 tannic Majesty in Europe and the territories of The United Provinces 

 of Rio de la Plata, a reciprocal freedom of commerce: The inhabi- 

 tants of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and 

 securely to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all such places, 

 ports, and rivers, in the territories aforesaid, to which other foreign- 

 ers are or may be permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to 



