ersonne qu'il en aura
charge.

Le detenu ne pourra communiquer avec aucune personne du dehors a
l'exception des Consuls soussignes et dans l'hopital il sera
confie specialement a une personne que Monsieur le Consul General
de France designera.

Les frais de nourriture et de maintien que les soussignes (p. 360)
laissent entierement a la discretion de Monsieur le Consul
General de France de fixer au detenu, seront a la charge
du soussigne Consul General d'Autriche.

Il est expressement convenu que Monsieur le Consul General de
France ne delivrera le detenu Martin Koszta (Martin Coszta) que
sur une demande collective des soussignes.

E. S. OFFLEY, WEEKBECKER,
_Consul des Etats Unis d'Amerique_. _Consul General d'Autriche_.

[Translation.]

Smyrna, July 2, 1853.

The undersigned, the Consul-General of Austria and the Consul of
the United States of America, request the Consul-General of His
Majesty, the Emperor of the French, to take in charge the named
Martin Koszta (Martin Coszta), detained on the Austrian
brig-of-war "Hussar," whose nationality and consequently whose
rights to protection are in litigation, between the respective
embassies at Constantinople, and also between the Consulates at
Smyrna.

They request the Consul-General to take charge of the detained
person on the following conditions:

The above-named individual shall be delivered to-day, and as soon
as possible, by a detachment of soldiers from the Austrian
brig-of-war, which shall conduct him to the landing of the French
hospital, where he shall be handed over to the Consul-General of
France, or to the persons designated by him.

The detained shall not be allowed to communicate with any outside
person except with the undersigned Consuls; and in the hospital
he shall be under the care of some one specially designated by
the Consul-General of France.

The expenses of boarding and keeping, the particulars of which
the undersigned leave entirely to the discretion of the
Consul-General of France, shall be borne by the Consul-General of
Austria.

It is expressly agreed that the Consul-General of France shall
deliver the detained Martin Koszta (Martin Coszta) only on a
col