British and Foreign State Papers

PRELIMINARY TREATY of Peace and Friendship between Peru and Bolivia.-Signed at Puno, July 7, 1842.

(Translation.)

THE Governments of Peru and Bolivia having accepted the generous mediation which, for the purpose of putting an end to the war, by which they were unfortunately harassed, has been proposed to them in the name of the Government of Chile, by Señor D. Ventura Lavalle, its Minister Plenipotentiary at the said Governments, who has been duly authorized so to do by being invested with the character of Mediatorial Minister, have named their respective Ministers Plenipotentiary, that is to say; the Most Excellent Señor D. Manuel Menendez, President of the Council of State, and charged with the Executive Power of the Peruvian Republic; Señor D. Francisco Javier Mariategui Vocal, of the Most Excellent Supreme Court of Justice, and the Most Excellent the Council of Government, charged with the Executive Power of the Republic of Bolivia, the Señor D. Hilarion Fernandez, its Minister of State and of Finance, who having been joined by the Mediatorial Minister, proceeded to the recognition and exchange of their respective Full Powers which being found in due and regular form, the following Articles were agreed upon.

ART. I. The Republics of Peru and Bolivia mutually promise that there shall be between them unalterable peace and friendship, all the causes which compelled them to take up arms against each other being for ever buried in oblivion.

II. In order to place upon a firm and solid basis the peace now re-established, the Contracting Parties mutually abandon whatsoever claims they may have to indemnities, both of them renouncing all kinds of demands, on account of the expenses of the said wars, so that neither Peru nor Bolivia can ever be liable to any pecuniary charges for these causes.

III. For a similar reason, the 2 Contracting Parties recognize the principle of the liberty and perfect right which each of them possesses of regulating their fiscal laws and commercial relations in the manner most conducive to their interests; and the said principle shall serve as a basis whenever it may be deemed advisable to conclude a Treaty of Commerce.

IV. The Governments of Peru and Bolivia consign to utter oblivion all the acts by which the subjects of both nations may have compromised themselves during the occupation of their respective territories.

V. Upon the present Treaty being ratified, the respective prisoners shall be at perfect liberty to dispose of themselves as they may think best; soldiers are to be delivered over to the officers commissioned for that purpose.

VI. The Government of Bolivia shall withdraw its army from the Peruvian territory 8 days after the ratification of this Treaty.

VII. The party who shall infringe any one of the Articles or clauses of the present Treaty, shall be held liable to defray the expences of whatever war may be the consequence of such violation.

VIII. The exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty shall, through the means of the Mediatorial Minister, be effected within 35 days from the date thereof, or sooner, if possible.

In faith whereof we, the Undersigned Mediatorial Minister of the Republic of Chile, and Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Contracting Parties, have signed the present Treaty of Peace and Friendship, the same being countersigned by our secretaries and sealed with our respective seals, in the city of Puno, on the 7th day of the month of July in the year of our Lord, 1842.

Ratification of the President of Peru, 15th June, 1842.

CITIZEN MANUEL MENENDEZ, President of the Council of State, and charged with the Executive Power of the Peruvian Republic.

Inasmuch as on the 7th instant, in the city of Puno, there was concluded and signed by the Ministers Plenipotentiary duly authorized for that purpose, a preliminary Treaty of Peace, the tenor of which, word for word, is as follows:

[Here follows the Treaty of July 7, 1842. See page 1400.]

Therefore, having seen and examined the above referred-to Treaty of Peace, and all requirements of the law having been previously duly complied with, I have ratified the same, as I do by these presents ratify it, and hold it as binding in all its Articles and clauses. And for its due fulfilment on our part I solemnly pledge and engage the national honour. In faith of which, I have caused to be issued these presents, signed by my own hand in Lima, on the 15th day of the month of June, 1842, sealed with the great seal of the Republic, and countersigned by the Minister of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs.

AGUSTIN G. CHARUN.

(L. S.) M. MENENDEZ.

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INDEX.

ACCOUNTS, FINANCE, &c. See BELGIUM, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN.

7th April, 1843.

ACT. (India.) Amending Law. Slavery..
ACT OF PARLIAMENT. (Great Britain.) Slave Trade Treaty with Bolivia, of

25th September, 1840.

...(do.)........ Slave Trade Treaty with Texas, of

16th November, 1840.

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135

11th April, 1843. 1338

........(do.)......... Execution of Slave Trade Treaties,
&c., with Foreign States by Orders

in Council. ....10th August, 1843. 1338

...(do.)........ Execution of Slave Trade Treaties,
&c., with Foreign States by Orders
in Council........
............. 4th July, 1844. 789

........(do.)........ Amending Laws relating to Aliens.

6th August, 1844. 582

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ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. See TREATIES.

ALIENS. Act of Parliament. (British.) Amending Laws.

6th August, 1844. 582

AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF NORTH. See UNITED STATES.
AMULGAVINE. Agreement with Great Britain. Maritime Truce.'

ANHALT-BERNBURG.

1st June, 1843. 1187
Convention with Austria, &c. Regulation of Bruns-
hausen or Stade Toll.....Dresden, 13th April, 1844. 20
Separate Articles.....Dresden, 13th April, 1844.
Regulations. ..Dresden, 13th April, 1844.

ANHALT-COETHEN. Convention with Austria, &c. Regulation of Bruns-

hausen or Stede Toll.

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