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 326 PUBLIC TREATIES. such portion of the Horseshoe Reef as may be found requisite for the intended light-house, provided the Governmentct the United States will engage to erect such light-house, and to maintain a light therein ; and provided no fortification be erected on the sa1d reet. _ Mr. Lawrence and Viscount Palmerston, on the part of their respective Governments, accordingly agreed that the British Crown should make this cession, and that the United States should accept it, on the n n 1 o. °b°""m°°°° °d °° m ° Aseorr LAWRENCE. PALMERSTON. On the receipt of this, Mr. Webster, January 17, 1851, instructed Mr. Lawrence to •• address a note to the British Secretary or State for Foreign Afairs, acquainting him that the arrangement referred to is approved by this Government!' MS. Department of State. Mr. Lawrence did so on the 10th of the following February! GREAT BRITAIN, 1853. F•h.8, 1853. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER BRITAN- —-——-——-— NIC MAJESTY FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. CONCLUDED AT LON- DON FEBRUARY S, 1853; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE MARCH 15, ieee; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT MARCH 17, 1853; BATIFICATIONS Ex- CHANGED AT LONDON JULY 26, 1853; PROCLAIMED AUGUST 20, wss. Preamble. Whereas claims have at various times since the signature of the treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Ghent on the 24th of December, 1814, been made upon the Government of the United States on the part of corporations, companies, and private Individuals, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and upon the Government of Her Britannic Majesty on the part of corporations, companies, and private individuals, citizens of the United States; and whereas some of such claims are still pending, and 0<>¤¤‘¤¤¢i¤s IM- remain unsettled :_The President of the United States of America, and “""• Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being of opinion that a speedy and equitable settlement of all such claims will contribute much to the maintenance of the friendly feelings which subsist between the two countries, have resolved to make arrangements for that purpose by means of a Convention, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries to confer and agree thereupon, that is to say: Negctlstm. The President of the United States of America, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Her Britannic Majesty; and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Bight Honourable John Russell, (commonly called Lord John Russell,) a member of Her Britannic Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, a member of Parliament, and Her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; _ _ Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: Aarrcma I. Claim": taozvmi The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of cor- "‘!"°f__ porations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of the United States, upon the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, and all claims "TheactscfCon makin` a roria' s e `u .si u will be me in U'. 's°“. stm, ta IM; 3%, ,f§‘.T£5° 2£.{‘L.,}.‘iB$?w It was erected m the year 1856.