THE DECLARATION OF PARIS

OF 1856.

THE

DECLARATION OF PARIS

OF 1856:

BEING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE MARITIME RIGHTS OF GREAT
BRITAIN; A CONSIDERATION OF THEIR IMPORTANCE;
A HISTORY OF THEIR SURRENDER BY THE
SIGNATURE OF THE DECLARATION OF PARIS;
AND AN ARGUMENT FOR THEIR RE-
SUMPTION BY THE DENUNCIATION
AND REPUDIATION OF THAT

DECLARATION:

BY

THOMAS GIBSON BOWLES, M.P.

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"Since the Declaration of Paris, the fleet, valuable as it is
for preventing an invasion of these shores, is almost valueless
for any other purpose."

THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G., 1871.

"We must see how we are to get rid of this rubbish.”

PRINCE BISMARCK, 1870.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND COMPANY, LIMITED,

St. Dunstan's House,

FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.

1900.