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Additional article.

As it may sometimes happen that a Swedish or Norwegian vessel, trading to the possessions held by the British East India Company in the East Indies, under the Eighth Article of the Convention of this date, may find it expedient to dispose of the whole or part of her cargo on her homeward bound voyage, in other ports than those of Sweden and Norway, it is hereby agreed, that any such vessel may proceed, with such cargo, to any foreign place or port whatsoever, not being within the limits of the East India Company's charter, and excepting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its dependencies.

The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Convention signed this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. Stierneld. William Huskisson.

George Canning.

Article additionnel du 15 juin 1835 au traité du 6 novembre 1824 pour la répression de la traite des noirs. Ratifié à Stockholm le 25 juin et au château de Windsor le 16 juillet 1835.

Il est convenu entre les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes, que toutes les fois qu'un bâtiment est arrêté, en exécution du Traité susmentionné, par les croiseurs respectifs, pour s'être livré à la traite des Noirs, ou comme étant armé pour ce but, et qu'il doit, par conséquent, être jugé et condamné par les Cours de justice mixtes à établir conformément au Traité, le dit bâtiment sera immédiatement après sa condamnation entièrement démoli,

It is hereby agreed tween the High Contracting Parties, that in all cases in which a vessel shall, under the above mentioned Treaty, be detained by their respective cruizers, as having been engaged in the slave trade, or as having been fitted out for the purposes thereof, and shall consequently be adjudged and condemned by the Mixed Courts of Commission to be established under that Treaty; the said vessel shall, immediately after its condemna

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Notes ministérielles du 30 juillet, du 4 août et du 28 août 1852 pour l'extradition des marins déserteurs.

With reference to the Note which Viscount Palmerston addressed to the Baron Rehausen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, on the 25:th of December last, stating, in reply to a Note from the Baron Rehausen dated the 24th of November last, that it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to propose to Parliament a Bill to enable the Crown to grant to Foreign Powers, on condition of reciprocity, facilities for the apprehension of sailors who may desert from the merchant ships of such Powers in British ports, the Undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has the honor to transmit to the Baron Rehausen a copy of the Act of Parliament on this subject which was passed during the last Session; and he requests that Baron Rehausen will have the goodness to inform him whether he is able to give an official assurance that, according to the condition required by the act, due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who

may desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of Sweden and Norway.

The Undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the Baron Rehausen the assurance of his highest consideration.

Foreign Office
July 30, 1852.

The Baron Rehausen

etc. etc. etc.

Malmesbury.

The Undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, in reply to the Note adressed to him on the 30:th July last by Lord Malmesbury, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has the honor to inform His Lordship that he is authorized to give an official assurance to Her Britannic Majesty's Government that, ac. cording to the condition required by Act 15 Victoria C. 26 enabling Her Majesty by order in Council to declare, that deserters from Foreign Ships may be apprehended and given up, due facilities, on the basis of reciprocity, will be afforded by His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty's Government for recovering and apprehending seamen deserting from British Merchant Ships in the territories of Sweden and Norway. The Undersigned etc. etc.

London, August 4, 1852.

Lord Malmesbury,

Principal Secretary

of State for Foreign Affairs etc. etc. etc.

Rehausen.

The Undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has the honor to acquaint the Baron de Rehausen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, that as in the Baron's Note of the 4:th Instant he has given to the Undersigned an official assurance that due facilities

will be afforded by His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty's Government, on condition of reciprocity, for recovering and apprehending seamen deserting from British Merchant Ships in the territories of Sweden and Norway, Her Majesty has issued an order in Council granting to Sweden and Norway the benefit of the Act of Parliament of last Session which enables Her Majesty to declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of Foreign Powers when within Her Majesty's Dominions or the Territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective Ships.

The Undersigned has the honor to inclose two Copies of the Act of Parliament and Order in Council in question1.

The Undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the Baron de Rehausen the assurance of his highest consideration.

Foreign Office August 28, 1852.

The Baron de Rehausen

etc. etc. etc.

Malmesbury.

1 a. Anno Decimo Quinto Victoria Reginæ. Cap. XXVI. An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect Arrangements made with Foreign Powers for the Apprehension of Seamen who desert from their Ships. [17th June 1852.]

Whereas Arrangements have been made with certain Foreign Powers for the Recovery of seamen deserting from the Ships of such Powers when in British Ports, and for the Recovery of seamen deserting from British Ships when in the Ports of such Powers: And whereas it is expedient to enable Her Majesty to carry such Arrangements into effect, and likewise to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect any similar Arrangements of a like Nature which may be made hereafter: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

I Whenever it is inade to appear to Her Majesty that due Facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the Territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such Facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power, when within Her Majesty's Dominions or the Territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective Ships, and may limit the Operation of such Order, and may render the Operation thereof subject to such Conditions and Qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

Her Majesty may by Order

in Council declare that Deserters from Foreign Ships may be appre hended and given up.

Justices shall

of Foreign Powers, and

may apprehend them, and send them on board.

Upon II. Upon such Publication as herein-after mentioned of any Publication of such Order in Council, then, during such Time as the same remains Order in Council in force, and subject to such Limitations and Qualifications, if any, aid in recover- as may be therein contained, every Justice of the Peace or other ing Deserters Officer having Jurisdiction in the Case of seamen who desert from from the Ships British Merchant Ships in Her Majesty's Dominions or in the Territories of the East India Company shall, on Application being made by a Consul of the Foreign Power to which such Order in Council relates, or his Deputy or Representative, aid in apprehending any seaman or Apprentice who deserts from any Merchant Ship belonging to a Subject of such Power, and may for that Purpose, upon Complaint on Oath duly made, issue his Warrant for the Apprehension of any such Deserter, and, upon due Proof of the Desertion, order him to be conveyed on board the Vessel to which he belongs, or to be delivered to the Master or Mate of such Vessel, or to the Owner of such Vessel or his Agent, to be so conveyed; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Person ordered to convey such Deserter, or for the Master or Mate of such Vessel, or the Owner or his Agent (as the Case may require), to convey him on board accordingly.

Penalty on

Persons harbouring such Deserters.

Orders to be

III. If any Person protects or harbours any Deserter who is liable to be apprehended under this Act, knowing or having Reason to believe that he has deserted, such Person shall for every Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and every such Penalty shall be recovered, paid, and applied in the same Manner as Penalties for harbouring or protecting Deserters from British Merchant Ships.

IV. Every Order in Council to be made under the Authority published in the of this Act shall be published in the London Gazette as soon as may be after the making thereof.

London Gazette.

Orders may be revoked or altered.

Short Title.

V. Her Majesty may by Order in Council from Time to Time revoke or alter any Order in Council previously made under the Authority of this Act.

VI. This Act may be cited as the Foreign Deserters Act, 1852^.

b. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 18th day of August, 1852, Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas by the Foreign Deserters Act, 1852, it is provided, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power, when within Her Majesty's dominions, or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty, that due facilities have been or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of The Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Sweden and Norway, and the Republic of Peru:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said Foreign Deserters Act, 1852<, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare,

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