Page

BLOCKADE. Notification (British). Port and River of Canton.

London, 13th October, 1857. 560

BONNY. Engagements with Great Britain. Debts of King Pepple. Slave

Trade........River Bonny, 12th, 13th January, 1855. 543
Declaration with Great Britain. Discontinuance of Allowance to
ex-King Pepple................ Bonny, 12th February, 1855. 547

Declaration with Great Britain. Regency.

River Bonny, 11th September, 1855. 548

Declaration with Great Britain. Payment of Comey.

River Bonny, 12th September, 1855. 548
Refugees.

Additional Articles with Great Britain.

River Bonny, 12th September, 1855. 549

(Grand). Agreement with Great Britain. Commerce. Slave Trade.
Grand Bonny, 28th January, 1854. 540
Government.

BOOBEE. Engagement with Great Britain. Peace.

7th February, 1855. 546

BOUNDARIES. Act of Parliament (British). Boundaries between Canada

and New Brunswick....10th August, 1857. 523

Decree (French.) Promulgation of Treaty of Limits with
Spain of 2nd December, 1856.

Proclamation (United States).

Paris, 24th August, 1857. 765
Boundary between United

States and Mexico.

Washington, 2nd June, 1856. 789

Protocol of Conference (Austria, &c. and Turkey). Bess-
arabian Frontier....Paris, 6th January, 1857. 92
Treaty (Austria, &c. and Turkey). Bessarabian Frontier.
Paris, 19th June, 1857.

(France and Spain) Limits.

60

Bayonne, 2nd December, 1856. 765

BRASS RIVer. See BENTO.
BRAZIL. Correspondence with Great Britain. Slave Trade 1856, 1857. 862
Speech of Emperor. Opening of Legislative Assembly.

............

Rio de Janeiro, 3rd May, 1856. 1038

of Emperor. Closing of Legislative Assembly.

BREMEN. See HANS TOWNS.

Rio de Janeiro, 20th September, 1856. 802

BRUNSWICK. TREATIES, &c. with FOREIGN POWERS, viz. :—with

CALABAR. See NEW CALABAR; OLD CALABAR,
CAMEROONS. Engagement with Great Britain.

Debts.

River Cameroons, 1st February, 1855. 545
Engagement with Great Britain. Fire Arms.

River Cameroons, 2nd February, 1855. 545

Bye Laws. British Commerce.

River Cameroons, 14th January, 1856. 552

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CANADA. Act of Parliament (British). Boundaries. Canada and New
Brunswick....................10th August, 1857. 523
CANTON. Notification (British). Blockade.... London, 13th October, 1857. 560
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1854. 594

Regulations. British Trade

CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS. Portaria (Portuguese). Preliminaries to Abolition

CENTRAL AMERICA. Correspondence. Proceedings of Her Majesty's ship
"Cyane," at Grey Town, or San Juan
de Nicaragua

.1853. 1004

Great Britain and United States.

1856-1857. 661

Message (United States). Affairs of Central America.

Transit Routes through New

Granada and Nicaragua.

Washington, 15th May, 1856. 782

Treaty. Great Britain and United States (not ratified).

London, 17th October, 1856. 677

Washington, 22nd June, 1855. 1108

CHICKASAW INDIANS. Treaty with United States. Cession.

CHINA. List. Fees receivable by British Consuls.

Hong Kong, 25th March, 1854. 592

Notification. Cession of Property of Chinese to British Subjects.

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1856. 602

Do. (British). Blockade of Port and River of Canton.

London, 13th October, 1857. 560

Order in Council (British). Government of British Subjects.

Ordinance.

Windsor, 2nd February, 1857. 561

Prevention of Desertion of Seamen belonging to
Foreign Ships and Vessels at Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, 17th December, 1850. 588
Removal of Doubts regarding Right of Aliens to hold
and transfer Property within Colony of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1853. 590
Prevention of Desertion amongst Her Majesty's
Naval and Military Forces serving in Colony of
Hong Kong or in China.

Hong Kong, 19th January, 1854. 591
Investing Her Majesty's Consuls at Ports of China
with Jurisdiction over Persons and Property of
Lunatics and Persons of Unsound Mind, as also
with Power inherent in Office of Coroner.

Hong Kong, 31st March, 1854. 593

Enforcing Neutrality during Civil War in China.

Hong Kong, 17th January, 1855. 598

Establishing proper System of Registration for
Colonial Vessels.... Hong Kong, 3rd March, 1855. 599
Declaring the Law respecting Distribution of Estates
of Insolvents at Five Ports of China, by Consular
Courts..................... Hong Kong, 5th March, 1856. 369

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Explaining Law as to Removals of Prisoners,
Offenders against the Treaties, &c., with China.

Hong Kong, 29th May, 1856. 602

Explaining certain Enactments relating to Shipping
belonging to Chinese Residents at Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, 29th May, 1856. 603

Regulating Chinese Burials, and preventing certain
Nuisances within Colony of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, 12th June, 1856. 1370

Amending Law of Evidence and Trial by Jury.
[Administration of Oaths, and Performance of
Notarial Acts by Diplomatic and Consular Agents.]

Hong Kong, 22nd August, 1856. 604

Regulations. British Trade in Five Ports of China.

Hong Kong, 18th May, 1854. 594

CHIPPEWA INDIANS (Sault St. Marie). Treaty with United States. Cession.

Detroit, 2nd August, 1855. 1118

(Saginaw). Treaty with United States. Cession.

Detroit, 2nd August, 1855. 1120

CHOCKTAW INDIANS. Treaty with United States. Cession.

CIRCULAR. See CORRESPOndence.

Washington, 22nd June, 1855. 1108

Washington, 10th September, 1857. 353

CLAIMS. Convention. United States and New Granada.

COD FISHERY. See FISHeries.
COASTING Trade. See TREATIES.

CONCORDAT. Rome and Wurtemberg.........................Rome, 8th April, 1857. 1283
CONFERENCES. See PROTOCOLS.

CONGO RIVER. Agreement with Great Britain.

Commerce.

Congo River, 20th June, 1854. 540

CONSPIRACY. Act of Parliament (British). Power to Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland to Arrest and Detain Persons suspected
of Conspiring against the Queen and Government.

25th July, 1848. 1244

CONSTANTINOPLE. Order in Council (British). Supreme Consular Court.

CONSTITUTION, Mexico.............

Peru

London, 27th August, 1857. 572

.Mexico, 15th May, 1856. 1067
Lima, 13th October, 1856. 1141

Spain. Additional Act........Madrid, 15th September, 1856. 793
Do. Decree annulling Do. Madrid, 14th October, 1856. 795
Switzerland
Berne, 12th September, 1848. 1245

........................

CONSULAR COURT. See CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSULS. Law (Belgian). Privileges.............Brussels, 1st January, 1856. 991
List. Fees receivable by British Consuls in China.

Hong Kong, 25th March, 1854. 592

Ordinance (China). Oaths and Notarial Acts.

See also TREATIES.

CONVENTIONS. See TREATIES.

Hong Kong, 22nd August, 1856. 604

COPYRIGHT. Convention. Great Britain and Spain ... Madrid, 7th July, 1857.
Order in Council (British). Suspending Prohibitions in

Natal against Foreign Reprints of British
Books entitled to Copyright.

48

Osborne, 16th May, 1857. 569

Page

COPYRIGHT. Order in Council (British). Suspending Prohibitions in Ja-

maica against Foreign Reprints
of British Books entitled to
Copyright.

London, 25th June, 1857. 570

CORRESPONDENCE. Great Britain and Persia. Appointment of Meerza

Hashem Khan to be British Agent
at Shiraz. Suspension of Diplo-
matic Relations. Proceedings of
Persia in Herat ........1855-1857.

relative to Relief of Polish Refugees in England.

94

1834-1849. 1055

Great Britain and Russia. Proceedings of Her Majesty's
ship "Cossack," and loss of Officers and Men at Hango.

June, July, 1855. 1180
Great Britain, &c. and Switzerland. Affairs of Neu-

châtel ..................... January, 1857. 1302

Great Britain and United States. Arrest and Im-
prisonment of American Citizens
(Messrs. Bergen, Ryan, and

others) in Ireland ................1848. 1222
relative to Proceedings of United States ship " Cyane"
at Greytown (San Juan de Nicaragua) ............1853. 1004
Great Britain and United States. Recruiting in
the United States. Neutrality
of United States in War between
Great Britain and Russia.

Great Britain and United States. Central America.

1854, 1855. 358

1856, 1857. 661

relative to the Slave Trade. 1856, 1857. See SLAVE
TRADE.

COSSACK. Her Majesty's Ship. See HANGO.

CREEK TOWN (Old Calabar).

Declarations with Great Britain. Debts.

CUBA. Proclamation (United States).

(Do.)

Creek Town, 17th October, 1855. 550, 551
Prohibition against Fitting Out
of an Expedition for Invasion
of Cuba.

Washington, 25th April, 1851. 1265
Prohibition against Fitting Out
of an Expedition for Invasion
of Cuba.

Washington, 31st May, 1854. 1266

CTANE. Proceedings of United States' Ship. See GREYTOWN.

D.

DANUBE. Treaty. Austria, &c., and Turkey. Delta of the Danube.

Paris, 19th June, 1857. 60

DECLARATION OF WAR. Great Britain against Persia.

DECLARATIONS. See TREATIES.

Fort William, 1st November, 1856. 280

DECREE. (French.) Regulation of Cod Fishery at Newfoundland.

Page

Paris, 2nd March, 1852. 1288

Promulgation of Declaration with Hanover, of 10th
April, 1856. Treatment of Vessels Seeking
Shelter under stress of Weather.

Paris, 22nd April, 1856. 1103

Promulgation of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

with Liberia of 7th April, 1852.

St. Cloud, 18th October, 1856. 1104

Promulgation of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

with Russia of 14th June, 1857.

St. Cloud, 30th July, 1857. 651

Promulgation of Consular Convention with Vene-
zuela of 24th October, 1856.

St. Cloud, 12th August, 1857. 758

Promulgation of Treaty of Limits with Spain of

2nd December, 1856.

Paris, 24th August, 1857. 765
Promulgation of Treaty of Friendship, Commerce,
and Navigation with New Granada of 15th May,
1856 .................... Chalons, 14th September, 1857. 773
Promulgation of Treaty of Friendship, Commerce,
and Navigation with Honduras of 22nd February,
1856........................St. Cloud, 17th October, 1857. 205
Promulgation of Sound Dues Convention with Den-
mark of 28th September, 1857.

Compiègne, 4th November, 1857. 817
Promulgation of Commercial Arrangement with the
Netherlands of 14th December, 1857.

Paris, 28th December, 1857. 992
Promulgation of Treaty of Friendship, Commerce,
and Navigation with Siam of 15th August, 1856.

Paris, 28th December, 1857. 993

(Mexico.) Privateers. Naturalization of Foreigners.

Mexico, 10th September, 1846. 1040

Promulgation of Provisional Constitution of Republic.

Mexico, 15th May, 1856. 1067

(Portugal.) Factories on Coast of Angola. Registration of

Slaves therein.... Lisbon, 27th September, 1856. 943
Abolition of Compulsory Labour of Free Negroes

in Angola............Lisbon, 3rd November, 1856. 921
Enfranchisement of Liberated Negroes.

Lisbon, 5th November, 1856. 923

(Spanish.) Modifying, by an Additional Act, the Constitution of
23rd May, 1845...Madrid, 15th September, 1856. 793
Declaring Constitution of 23rd May, 1845, to be in
Force, and Annulling Additional Act of 15th
September, 1856........Madrid, 14th October, 1856. 795

DENMARK. Act of Parliament (British.) Execution of Sound Dues
Convention of 14th March, 1857.

13th July, 1857. 522

Decree (French.) Promulgation of Sound Dues Convention of