" He instanced specially the precedent of the Conferences held at different periods in Paris, and cited the decisions adopted by general agreement with the view of modifying the Government of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, an alteration which received the sanction of the Sublime Porte, as well as the assent of the other Contracting P. iwers.
" He affirmed that these deviations from the Treaty have exercised no influence on the firm intention of the Emperor to maintain intact the general principles of the Treaty of 1856, which have defined the position of Turkey in the system of Europe.
" In fact, these stipulations, suggested at another period under the influence of conjunctures entirely different from the present situation are no longer in harmony with the relations of good neighbourhood which exist at this moment between the two Riverain Powers."
Annex.
The Plenipotentiaries of North Germany, of Austria-Hungary, of Great Britain, of Italy, of Russia, and of Turkey, assembled to-day in Conference, recognize that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor
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modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the ocnsent of the Contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement.
In faith of which the said Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol,
Done at London, the 17th January, 1871.
(Signed)
Bernstorff. Apponyi.
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Cadorna. Brunnow. Musurus. Broglie.
INDEX.
Adams, Brigadier-General, at Inkerman, 169
Adelaide, the, her arrival in Balaklava,
Agamemnon, the, her orders for sailing, 81; enters Balaklava, and attacks the fort, 137
Airey, General Sir R., his encampment, 42; superseded, 423
Aladyn, encampment at, 42, 46
Alexander, Colonel, 128
Alexander, Dr., 8
Allied armies, assembled at Varna, 50; military review of the, 51; their great losses in killed and wounded, 341; their preparation for winter quarters, 379; error of their campaign, 494, 495. See French, and Soldiers
Alma, the river, halt of the Allied forces at, and preparations for the battle of, 98; account of the battle, 102 et seq.; position of the Russians on, 106; the Allies victorious, 120; retreat of the Russians from, ib.; military conduct of the battle of, 121; state of the battle-field, 483; telegraph at, 486; position and attack at, 486, 487; bitter reflections on the battle, ib.; graves at, 489; frightful losses at, 490; its entrenchments, ib.; monument at, 491
Aloupka, visit to, 482; the Colonel of, ib-; dinner at, ib.
Aloushta, 476; visits to, 479
Ambalaki, capture of, 268
Ambulance corps, wretchedness of the, 199; disbanded, 378
Ambulances, their great utility, 363; superiority of the English ones, 439
Anderson, Captain, 42, 87
Araba drivers, their disappearance from Koumelia and Bulgaria, 201
Arabas, arrival of, with provisions,
Arabat, Spit of, 277, 496; unsuccessful attack on the fortress of, ib.
Armies of the Russians and the Allies, condition of the, 303; their respective positions before Sebastopol, 305; general state of the, 469
Armistice, for the burial of the dead, and interchange of civilities during the, 228, 246, 267; sad scenes during the, 295; news of, from the respective governments, 457; mutual visits after the, 458 et seq.; agreed to, 462; followed by peace, 467
Arms, a gallant feat of, 258, 259
Army, British, its distressed position at Varna, 62; its different divisions, and General Commander, 87; its improved condition, 238; its concentrated attack on Sebastopol, 351 et seq.; its amount of armament in the bombardment of Sebastopol, 336 et seq.; jealousies in the, 385, 386; preparations for its winter encampment, 420. See Crimea, and Soldiers
Artillery, duel of, 249; its powerful effects, 463
Athens, Gulf of, 12
Athos, Mount, 12
Autemarre, General d', the French Commander in the Sea of AzofF, 265.
Azoff, expedition to the Sea of, 265; capture of Yenikale, 268; operations in the, 270 et seq.; destruction of the Russian shipping, &c, 280; complete success of the expedition, 281; purity of its water, 496
Baidar, miserable state of, 475
Bakschiserai, retreat of the Russians to, 131; visit to, 472; miserable state of, 474