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 HANOVER, 1840. 389 No prohibition shall be imposed on the exportation or importation of Equality of preany articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States Mbm°“'· or the Kingdom of Hanover, to or from the ports of said Kingdom el of the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Asrrorn IV. The preceding articles are not applicable to the coasting trade and Coming trade. navigation of the high contracting parties, which are respectively reserved by each exclusively to its own citizens or subjects. Autrrcma V. No priority or preference shall be given by either of the contracting No preference et parties, nor by any company, corporation, or agent, acting on their be- imP°*°°tl°¤· half, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article of commerce lawfully imported on account or in reference to the national character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or of the other in which such article was imported. Aurora VI. The contracting parties grant to each other the liberty of having, each 0¤¤¤¤l¤r¤¤¤•¤~ in the ports of the other, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, agents, and commissaries of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers as those of the most favored nations; but if any of the said Consuls shall carry on trade, they shall be suljected to the same laws and usages to which private individuals of their nation are subjected in the same place. The Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and commercial agents shall have the Settiemen t of right, as such, tosit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may di¤v¤¤¤¤ b¤¤W¤¤¤ arise between the masters and crews of the vessels belonging to the '"““"° “d°‘°"‘• nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews or of the captain should disturb the order or tranquillity of the country; or the said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or commercial agents should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be carried into effect or supported. . It is, however, understood, that this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive the contending parties of the right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their own country. The said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and commercial agents are authorized D¤¤¤**¤¤‘¤ *`¤>¤¤ to require the assistance of the local authorities for the search, arrest, '°“°l“‘ and imprisonment of the deserters from the ships or war and merchant vessels of their country. For this purpose they shall apply to the competent tribunals, judges, and officers, and shall, in writing, demand said deserters, proving by the exhibition of the registers of the vessels, the muster-rolls of the crews, or by any other otheial documents, that such individuals formed part of the crews; and on this claim being thus substantiated, the surrender shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or commercial agents, and maybe confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belong, or to others of the same country. But if not sent back within three months from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty and shall not be again arrested for the same cause. However, if the deserter shall be found to have committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which his case shall be pending shall have prongunced his sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into e ect.