"4. The present inhabitants of Napo, and along the other Ecuadorian rivers which flow into the Amazon, will have the same privileges as hereinbefore mentioned, the preference in the selection of the land being given to them, as well as a perfect and inalienable title to the possession of the land which they now occupy.
"Given in Quito, capital of the republic, the 26th of November, 1853.
"MANUEL BUSTAMENTE,
President of the Senate.
"NICHOLAS ESPINOSA,
President of the House of Representatives.
"JOSE M. MESTANZA,
Secretary of the Senate.
"FRANCIS J. MONTALVO,
Secretary of the House of Representatives.
"Government House in Quito, capital of the republic, 26th of November, 1853.
"JOSE MARIA URBINA,
"MARCOS ESPINEL,
Minister of the Interior and Foreign Relations.
"Certified:
Camilo Ponce."
He succeeded in making an exclusive treaty with the executive authorities of New Granada, but it is believed that the Congress of that Republic will not ratify that treaty. I have the copy of a letter from an eminent statesman of New Granada, to an American diplomatic functionary, of date the 5th of January 1854, of which the following is a translation: