ICELANDIC REVOLUTION. 
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On the lbth of Jane a convention was accord¬ 
ingly concluded between Captain Nott and Count 
Tramp, by which it was stipulated that British 
subjects should have a free trade on the island 
during the war, but that they should be subject 
at the same time to Danish laws. The governor 
proceeds in his narrative to assure us, that he im¬ 
mediately gave orders that a number of copies of 
this convention should be printed, and circulated 
throughout all parts of the island, and moreover 
that, as this was an operation that required some 
time, the country affording but one press which 
was situated many miles distant from Reikevig, he, 
still farther to assist its publicity, and to cause it 
to be known in the vicinity of the residences of 
the following officers, issued a notification to both 
the Amptmen in the country, Mr. Thoransen 
and Mr. Stephensen # , and also gave orders to 
<e no convention secured. My duty, therefore, imposed upon 
“ me to take every possible means of precaution ; but, having 
“ been assured that Captain Nott was far from intending any 
<( hostility against the country, I could not but wish, under 
“ the existing circumstances, that a compact entered into 
“ with a man acting under public authority should establish 
“ a firm and understood relation between the inhabitants of 
“ Iceland and those British subjects who were settled there 
“ already, or who might come hereafter for the purposes of 
trade.” 
* I should fear that the tardiness of these officers in exe¬ 
cuting the count’s orders must be accounted one of the 
