No. 1820. Page 121. Viscount Castlereagh to His Majesty's Ambassadors at Madrid and in The Netherlands, and to His Majesty's Envoy at Rio de Janeiro. Foreign Office....22nd Sept. 228 122. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels.........10th Oct. 250 123. H. M.'s Comm". at Rio de Janeiro to Viscount .... ..20th Oct. 232 ....31st Aug. 233 .31st Aug. 234 Castlereagh. .Rio de Janeiro....31st July. 231 124. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels.........13th Oct. 231 125. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels.. 126. H. T. Kilbee, Esq. to W. Hamilton, Esq.....Havannah 127. H. T. Kilbee, Esq. to the Earl of Clanwilliam. Havannah. 128. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels.........10th Nov. 234 129. Viscount Castlereagh to the Earl of Clancarty. Foreign Office....16th Nov. 238 130. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh, Brussels.. ..24th Nov. 238 131. Viscount Castlereagh to H. M.'s Comm's. at ...... Rio de Janeiro, Surinam, and The Havannah. Foreign Office....28th Nov. 239 132. H. M.'s Comm", at Surinam to Viscount Castlereagh.. .Surinam....... .14th Aug. 240 ...25th Sept. 240 133. H. T. Kilbee, Esq. to W. Hamilton, Esq....Havannah.. Inclosure. List of Spanish Vessels which have 240 134. Viscount Castlereagh to the Earl of Clancarty. Foreign Office.... 18th Dec. 241 135. Viscount Castlereagh to His Majesty's Ambassadors at Brussels and Madrid, and His Majesty's Envoy at Rio Janeiro..... ......... .Foreign Office....18th Dec. 241 136. Viscount Castlereagh to H. M.'s Commrs. at Surinam..... - Foreign Office.... 27th Dec. 242 137. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels 138. H. T. Kilbee, Esq. to Wm. Hamilton, Esq.... Havannah.. ...26th Dec. 242 8th Nov. 246 1821. 139. Viscount Castlereagh to Sir H. Wellesley.....Foreign Office....16th Feb. 248 140. The Earl of Clanwilliam to H. T. Kilbee, Esq.Foreign Office....16th Feb. 250 141. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh. Brussels.........27th Feb. 250 142. Viscount Castlereagh to the Right Hon. E. ....Foreign Office.... 5th Mar. 251 145. Sir H. Wellesley to Viscount Castlereagh.... Madrid... 146. H. M.'s Comm's at Surinam to Viscount Cas tlereagh.... ....10th Jan. 253 7th Mar. 253 ..Surinam ........12th Dec. 256 147. Viscount Castlereagh to the Earl of Clancarty. Foreign Office....21st Mar. 256 No. 1.—William Hamilton Esq. to the Count de Palmella. MR. HAMILTON presents his compliments to the Count de Palmella, and in compliance with his request, has the honour to transmit to him a complete collection of the Acts passed by the British Legislature relative to the Slave-trade, in order that the Count may communicate the same to his Government for their information, with reference to the IIId Article of the Convention of the 28th ultimo, between Great Britain and Portugal upon that subject. Mr. Hamilton avails himself of this opportunity, &c. The Count de Palmella. No. 2.-H. Chamberlain Esq. to Visct. Castlereagh.-(Rec. 10th Dec.) THE Slave-trade from this Port has lately experienced so very extraordinary an increase, that it becomes me to report the circumstance to your Lordship. No less than 27 Vessels of various classes have sailed for Cargoes of Slaves during the last 2 months, (in August 6 and in September 21) whose description and destination are as follows: Cabinda, 9 Ships. Angola, 3 Brigs. Mosambique, 2 Ships. Ditto, 9 Brigs. Ditto, 3 Schooners. Ditto 1 Brig. And several more Vessels are preparing, being already in a forward state, for the same destinations. Your Lordship will no doubt be much struck with the sudden extension of the trade with Cabinda: I am totally unable to account for it, except from the circumstance of its greater vicinity to the prohibited districts, from whence it may have the means of procuring Negroes with more facility, and at less expence, than can be done at the other more southern Ports. The Portuguese Slave Ships generally bring between 400 and 600 Negroes each; taking the Cargoes of those that sailed in September as averaging only 450, the total number imported by them will be 9,450, being very nearly half the supply brought in any former years. I have the honour to be, &c. Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. H. CHAMBERLAIN. No. 3.-Sir H. Wellesley to Visct. Castlereagh.-(Rec. 5th Jan. 1818.) I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship a Royal Cedula of His Catholick Majesty, announcing the regulations under which the Trade in Slaves is to be carried on by His Subjects, for the period for which it is allowed to continue, according to the engagement between their Britannick and Catholick Majesties. This Cedula is addressed to all the Spanish Authorities in the Colonial Dominions of His Catholick Majesty. I understand that the Treaty is in the press, and will also be published shortly, Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. I have, &c. H. WELLESLEY. (Inclosure.)-Cedula issued by His Catholick Majesty, in December, 1817, for the Restriction and ultimate Abolition of the Trade in Slaves, by Subjects of Spain. [See Vol. State Papers, 1824, 1825. Page 199.] No. 4.-H.Chamberlain Esq. to Visct. Castlereagh.-(Rec. 10th Feb. 1818.) I HAD the honour to receive by His Majesty's Ship Blossom, which arrived in the evening of the 23rd instant, your Lordship's Dispatch, dated the 25th August, inclosing the Ratification by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, of the Additional Convention, and the Instruments thereunto annexed, concluded at London on the 28th of July last, between His Majesty and His Most Faithful Majesty, for the purpose of preventing their Subjects from engaging in any illicit Traffick in Slaves. The next morning I wrote a Note to the Chevalier de Bezerra, and received in reply an invitation to meet His Excellency on the 27th, for the purpose of exchanging the Ratifications, which I had the honour to do yesterday at his house in the usual manner. I have, &c. Viscount Castlereagh, K.G. H. CHAMBERLAIN. No. 5.-Sir H. Wellesley to Visct. Castlereagh, K. G.—(Rec. 28th Feb.) I HAVE the honour to inclose the Passport, with which those of His Catholick Majesty's Subjects who may in future engage in the Slavetrade must be provided, conformably to the Stipulations of the Treaty -signed at Madrid on the 23d of September 1817. I have, &c. Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. H. WELLESLEY. (Inclosure.)-Form of Passport for Spanish Slave Vessels.-(Translation.) FERDINAND, by the Grace of God, King of Castille, of Leon, of Arragon, of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Gallicia, of Majorca, of Minorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Cordova, of Corsica, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the Algarves, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Islands, of the East and West Indies, Isles and Terra Firma of the Ocean: Archduke of Austria; Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant and of Milan; Count of Apsburg, Flanders, Tirol, and Barcelona; Lord of Biscay and of Molina, &c, &c. &c. Whereas I have granted permission for the Ves sel called of Passengers, tons, and carrying Men, and Owner; both Spaniards and Subjects of my Crown, to proceed bound and coast of Africa, from whence she the said Master and Owner having to the ports.of is to return to previously taken the required Oath before the Tribunal of Marine of the proper Naval Division, from whence said Vessel sails, and having legally proved, that no Foreigner has any share in the above-mentioned Vessel and Cargo, as appears by the Certificate annexed to this Passport; which Certificate is given by the same Tribunal, in consequence of the steps taken in pursuance of the directions contained in the Ordinance of Matriculation of 1802. Captain, and The said Owner of the said Vessel, being under an obligation to enter solely such Ports on the Coast of Africa as are to the South of the Line; and to return from thence to any of the Ports of my Dominions; where alone they shall be permitted to land the Slaves whom they carry, after going through the proper forms, to shew that they have, in every respect, complied with the provisions of my Royal Decree of the 23d of September, 1817, by which the mode of conveying Slaves from the Coast of Africa to my Colonial Dominions is regulated: and should they fail in any of these conditions, they shall be liable to the penalties denounced by the said Decree, against those who shall carry on the Slave Trade in an illicit manner. I therefore command all General and other Officers, commanding my Squadrons and Ships; the Captain-Generals of the Departments of Marine; the Military Commandants of the Provinces of the same, their Subalterns, Captains of the Ports, and all other Officers and Persons belonging to the Navy; the Viceroys, Captain-Generals, or Commandants of Kingdoms and Provinces; the Governors, Majors, and Justices of the Towns upon the sea coast of my Dominions of the Indies; the Royal Officers or Judges of Entries therein established; and all others of my Subjects to whom it belongs, or may belong, not to give her any obstruction, nor to occasion her any inconvenience or detention; but rather to aid her, and to furnish her with whatever she may want for her regular navigation and of the Vassals and Subjects of Kings, Princes, and Republicks, in friendship and alliance with me; of the Commanders, Governors, or Chiefs, of their Provinces, Fortresses, Squadrons and Vessels, I require that they likewise shall not impede her in her navigation, entry, departure, or detention in the Ports, to which, by any accident, she may be carried, but permit her to provide and supply herself therein with whatever she may be in need of: for which purpose, I have commanded this Passport to be made out: which, being signed for its validity by my Secretary of State for the dispatch of Marine, shall serve for the time that a voyage going and returning, merce of Slaves, &c. on on the day of this date, the requisites of the Ordinances having been complied with, and with the obligation to return it immediately on the return from the voyage. No. 6.-Sir H. Wellesley to Viscount Castlereagh.-(Rec. 2d April.) He said that, as the residence of one of the Commissions was to be in a Spanish Colonial Possession, His Catholick Majesty had fixed upon the Canary Islands as most eligible for that purpose, and that he was prepared to nominate Persons who were to act for Spain, as soon as the British Government should have determined upon the place where the other Commission which is to be established upon the Coast of Africa, is to reside. He begged me to write to your Lordship upon the subject. Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. I am, &c. H. WELLESLEY. No. 7.-H. Chamberlain, Esq. to Visct. Castlereagh.-(Rec. 1st May.) I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship, that I have this day spoken to the Minister on the subject of the Alvará stipulated in Article III. of the Additional Convention, and have learnt from His Excellency, that he himself made out the draft of this Instrument, since when it had been delivered to the Conde dos Arcos for his consideration. He did not say whether it had yet been submitted to His Majesty for Royal confirmation, but he appeared rather to believe that such was the case. I have, &c. Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. H. CHAMBERLAIN. |