[Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] Form and Manner of Withdrawal. "ART. II. The form and manner of the said Withdrawal shall be as follows: 21st May "On the next, the Troops of Her Britannic Majesty having been embarked, except the guards, at half-past 11 o'clock his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner will receive at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Government of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, and will then take leave of such persons as may present themselves. "The Lord High Commissioner, accompanied by M. Zaïmis, will then proceed to the Ditch of the Citadel, where a guard of honour composed of a company of infantry of Her Majesty the Queen and another guard of honour composed of a company of infantry of His Hellenic Majesty, will be in waiting to receive the Lord High Commissioner. His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner will then take leave of the Commissioner Extraordinary, and will embark in his barge, and proceed to Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough, carrying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, the usual Salutes being fired by the naval and military forces of Her Britannic Majesty. "After the embarkation of the Lord High Commissioner, the guards of Her Britannic Majesty's troops in the Fortresses will be relieved by guards from the troops of His Hellenic Majesty, and the Flag of Her Britannic Majesty will be lowered on the Citadel, Fort Neuf, and Vido, and marched off under an escort of honour. "Such Greek guards shall be disembarked at the same time as the guard of honour, and shall march to the Citadel, to Fort Neuf, and Vido, so as to arrive at those posts simultaneously with the departure of the British guards. "On the lowering of the British Flag, a Greek Flag will be hoisted on the Citadel. At the same time a British ensign will be hoisted at the main on board Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough, and will be Saluted from the Citadel by a detachment of artillery of His Hellenic Majesty with a Salute of 21 guns. This detachment will be disembarked at the same time as the guard of honour. "The Greek Flag will then be hoisted at the main on board [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough and Saluted with 21 guns from that vessel. "In the Islands of Cephalonia, Zante, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Cerigo, and Paxo, the Civil and Military Authorities will conform as closely to the above ceremonial as circumstances will permit. The British and Greek Flags will be Saluted respectively on being lowered and hoisted in all the Islands, where the means of Saluting are at hand. Delivery of Fortifications, Archives, &c. “ART. III. Whereas it is necessary that certain lists and inventories be drawn up relative to the delivery, on the part of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner to the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Hellenic Government, of the Fortifications, Archives, and other objects of which mention is made hereafter in the present Protocol, they have respectively named for this purpose Sir Peter Braila, K.C.M.G., and M. George Zinopoulos, Director of the Cabinet of the Commissioner Extraordinary, to give and receive the Archives of the Most Illustrious the Senate, including the originals of the Ionian Constitution, and also the Archives of the Legislative Assembly; “Mr. Barr, C.M.G., Assistant Secretary to his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, and M. John Peroglous, Secretary of the first class in the Greek Foreign Office, to give and receive the inventory of the furniture left in the Palace of St. Michael and St. George; "M. Rodostamos, Aide-de-Camp to His Highness the President of the Senate, and M. Andrew Psyllas, Attaché to the Greek Foreign Office, to give and receive the inventories of the Palace of His Highness, and Assistant Commissary-General De Fonblanque, and Major Meason, Barrack Master, and Messrs. Michael Georgantas, Commissary-General, and Nicolas Manos, Major of the Staff, to draw up the inventories and reports of the delivery of the Fortresses and Barracks of Corfu. "And whereas it is necessary that similar measures be adopted for the other Islands, the Local Directors of the respective Islands, on the part of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, and the Regents, on the part of the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Hellenic Government, have been selected to draw up and sign the necessary documents. [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] "Such inventories shall be made in duplicate, and exchanged by the said officers within two days after the withdrawal of the Civil Authorities and Military Forces of Her Britannic Majesty. Performance of Forms and Ceremonies to be considered as Final Discharge. "ART. IV. The performance of the Forms and Ceremonies, as stated in Article II, shall be considered as a conclusive and Final Discharge of the Stipulations contained in Article IX of the Treaty aforesaid on the part of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, without any further Protocol, Agreement, or Instrument whatever. Performance of Stipulations to be reported to respective Govern ments. "His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner and the Commissioner Extraordinary shall, however, report to their respective Governments the due performance of the Stipulations herein laid down. "His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner and the Commissioner Extraordinary have signed the present Agreement in duplicate in English and Greek, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. "Done at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, Corfu, on the 4th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1864. (L.S.) "H. K. STORKS. (L.S.) "S. ZAIMIS.” After the Protocol had been read and signed, his Excellency made public the following Proclamation: PROCLAMATION of the Lord High Commissioner. Cessation of the British Protectorate over the Ionian Islands. "On the part of his Excellency Sir Henry Knight Storks, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Major-General in Her Majesty's Army, and Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner in and for the United States of the Ionian Islands, &c. "Whereas by a Treaty signed in London on the 29th day of March, 1864 (No. 357), between Her Majesty the Queen of [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, it was declared that Her Britannic Majesty has consented, under the conditions then mentioned, to relinquish the Protectorate of the United States of the Ionian Islands, and that Greece should, within the limits then referred, including the Ionian Islands, form an Independent and Constitutional Monarchical State. "And it was also declared that the Civil Authorities and Military Forces of Her Britannic Majesty should be withdrawn from the Territory of the United States within 3 months, or sooner if possible, after the Ratification of the said Treaty. "And whereas the Civil Authorities and Military Forces now remaining in the said Territory will, on the 2nd day of June next, be withdrawn therefrom. "Now, therefore, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Lord High Commissioner doth hereby Proclaim and Declare that on the 2nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, 1864, the Protectorate of Her said Britannic Majesty over these Islands will finally be relinquished, cease, and determine,* and that the said Islands will become and be absolutely part of the Independent and Constitutional Monarchy of Greece under the Sovereignty of His Majesty King George I. "Given at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, Corfu, this 28th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1864. "By his Excellency's command, "H. DRUMMOND WOLFF, "Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner." *The Ionian Islands were evacuated by the British Forces on the 2nd June, 1864. [Dano-German War. Schleswig, &c.] No. 362.-PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES between Great Britain, Austria, Denmark, France, Germanic Confederation, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden and Norway, relative to the re-establishment of Peace between Austria, Prussia, and Denmark. London, April to June, 1864. Protocol. ment ...... "State Papers," vol. liv, Page Opening of Conferences at Invitation of British Govern- London, 25th April, 1864 173 174 177 No. 3. Provisional Suspension of Hostilities agreed upon. No. 4. Preliminaries of Peace. Bases of Pacification. London, 12th May, 1864 183 191 199 No. 7. Proposed Bases of Pacification. Territorial Cession by London, 2nd June, 1864 210 223 Annex A.-Map of Southern Part of Duchy of Schleswig 24th May Annex B.-Protocol of Warsaw, 5th June 1851 (No. 229) 223 No. 8. Prolongation of Suspension of Hostilities. London, 6th June, 1864 No. 10. Bases of Peace. Frontier Question. Position of German 223 227 Blockades Loudon, 18th June, 1864 244 |