I am convinced that such a Measure would have the effect of deterring Persons from purchasing Negroes illegally imported, more than the most severe Laws. I have the honour, &c. The Rt. Hon. George Canning. H. T. KILBEE. RIO DE JANEIRO. No. 70.-Messrs. Hayne and Cunningham to Mr. Sec". Canning. (Received June 25.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, March 5, 1823. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of 26th of November, 1822, together with its several Inclosures, viz: the Correspondence with His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon, and the Draft of an Additional Article to the Convention of the 28th July, 1817; the purport of which being, to extend the provisions of the Convention, for the case of the death of one of the Commissioners, to the case of Vacancies, occurring in the Commission from illness or leave of absence; conveying also His Majesty's Commands that we should, without loss of time, come to an understanding with our fellow Commissioners to act in the spirit of the intended arrangement, until some more specifick agreement shall be entered into between the Contracting Parties. In reply, we have the honour to state, for your information, that the Case in question was agitated in the course of last Summer at the Board of Commission, when Mr. Hayne, from ill health, wished to go into the Country for the change of air; the Case was referred to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who after reference to the Portuguese Commissary Judge, decided in adopting the same enlarged view of the Case which is proposed by the intended Additional Article. We have the honour to enclose Sn'. José Bonifacio's Portaria to the Commissary Judge on the subject, (together with its translation,) which we feel confident will be even more satisfactory to you than any agreement made by us with our Colleagues, more especially as the same Minister still holds the reins of Government. We have, therefore, merely communicated the contents of your Despatch to our Portuguese Colleagues, who expressed themselves ready to act upon the Minister's Portaria on the subject, which, in point of fact, for the time being, fully meets the object of the Additional Article. As Mr. Hayne has since made an application to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, for leave of absence, it is but just that you, Sir, should be informed, that he did not avail himself of the permission of this Government, to absent himself from his Post in consequence of indisposition. We have the honour, &c. HENRY HAYNE. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM. The Rt. Hon. George Canning. (Inclosure.)-Portaria of the Minister of State to the Portuguese Com missary Judge. (Translation.) Palace, April 17, 1822. THE Prince Regent orders the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to acknowledge the receipt of the information of the 13th of the present Month, which the Portuguese Commissary Judge of the Mixed Commission, José Silvestre Rebello, transmitted through this Secretary of State, in conse quence of the Portaria sent on the 11th of the present Month, relative to the leave of absence granted to the British Commissary Judge, to go to the Minas Geräes and St. Paul's, for the benefit of his health; and on the subject of his temporary substitution in the above-mentioned Commission; and His Royal Highness is pleased to order, at the sight of the said information, that the Vacancy of the British Commissary Judge should be filled provisionally by the Deputy Consul-General of the same Nation, and that the Place of Commissioner of Arbitration should be substituted by the Vice-Consul, who resides at this Place, as is established by the Convention signed on the 28th July, 1817, it being right on no account whatever to alter what is therein adjusted and sanctioned by Their Britannick and Most Faithful Majesties. This the Portuguese Commissary Judge will present to the Mixed Commis sion for its information. JOZE BONIFACIO DE ANDRADA E SILVA. No. 71.-Messrs. Hayne and Cunningham to Mr. Sec. Canning. (Received June 25.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, March 28, 1823. WE had the honour to receive, on the 26th instant, your Despatch of the 10th of January, 1823, in which you were pleased to advert, in terms of approbation, to that part of our Despatch of the 19th of October, 1822, wherein we stated that we felt it to be our duty to remain at our Post, and perform the functions of our Office in every respect, notwithstanding the Political Changes which are taking place in the Kingdom of Brazil. We beg to express ourselves highly flattered by your approbation; and we earnestly hope, Sir, that our future conduct may prove equally satisfactory to you. We beg to state, for your information, that we have uniformly found our Brazilian Colleagues, as well as the Government, ready to fulfil the Stipulations of the Convention, as far as the Commission has been concerned. We have the honour, &c. HENRY HAYNE. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM. The Right Hon. George Canning. SIR, No. 72.-Henry Hayne, Esq. to Mr. Secretary Canning. (Received July 6.) Rio de Janeiro, April 26, 1823. I HAVE the honour to annex a List of the Slave-ships, with the amount of Slaves embarked, the number that died on the passage, and the number landed in this Port, during the Months of January, February, and March of this Year, which I have the honour of transmitting for your information*. I have the honour, &c. The Rt. Hon. George Canning. HENRY HAYNE, No. 73.-Henry Hayne, Esq. to Mr. Secretary Canning.(Received September 18.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 1823. HAVING resolved upon availing myself of His Majesty's gracious permission to return to England, which you were pleased to communicate to me, in the Month of January last, I failed not to follow implicitly your Instructions, of making my intention known to the Board of Commission, and to the Local Authorities, as well as to His Majesty's Consul-General, on whom my duties devolve during my absence. There being no impediment to my leaving this, I purpose embarking this day for England, on board of His Majesty's Ship Creole. I have the honour, &c. The Rt. Hon. George Canning. HENRY HAYNE. * Embarked 8212; Died 845; Lande 7367.-(18 Vessels.) No. 74.-Henry Chamberlain, Esq. to Mr. Secretary Canning. (Received September 18.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, July 5, 1823. I BEG leave to inclose a Letter, dated the 19th ultimo, addressed to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, left with me by Mr. Hayne, His Majesty's Commissary Judge, of the Mixed Commission, when that Gentleman embarked for England, on the 19th of last Month, on board the Creole Frigate: and at the same time to inform you, that, in compliance with a suggestion contained in a Letter from him, addressed to myself, which has been inclosed to the Commission, to be entered upon the Books, I have notified my readiness to take the requisite oaths to enable me to take my seat at the Board as Commissary Judge, during the absence of Mr. Hayne. The Brazilian Commissary Judge being absent in the Interior, no further steps have yet been taken in the matter. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN. I am, &c. The Right Hon. George Canning. No. 75.-Mr. Secretary Canning to the British Commissioners at Rio de Janeiro. GENTLEMEN, Foreign Office, August 25, 1823. IN reference to the Accounts of the Emilia, and the Expences of the Slaves found on board of her, I furnish you, for your information and guidance, with a Copy of a Despatch which I have addressed, under this day's date, to His Majesty's Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro*, for regulating the principle on which the Expences of Slaves are to be borne, between the period of their detention and that of the Sentence on the detained Vessel, when that Sentence is a condemnation. You will be so good as to furnish His Majesty's ConsulGeneral with every information you may possess on this head. I am, &c. GEORGE CANNING. The British Commissioners at Rio de Janeiro. No. 76.-Messrs. Chamberlain and Cunningham to Mr. Secretary Canning. (Received December 20.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, October 18, 1823. We have been honoured by the receipt of your Despatch, dated the 1st of August, 1823 †, inclosing, for our information + See No. 5, Page 461. * See Class A. No. 24, Page 368. and guidance, a copy of the Correspondence on the Slave-trade, which has been laid before Parliament, in the course of the last Session; for which we beg leave to return our thanks. We have the honour, &c. H. CHAMBERLAIN. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM. The Right Hon. George Canning. No. 77.-Mr. Secretary Canning to the British Commissioners at Rio de Janeiro. GENTLEMEN, Foreign Office, November 6, 1823 I FURNISH you, for your information and guidance, with a Copy of a Despatch, with its Inclosure, which I have this day addressed to His Majesty's Commissioners at Sierra Leone*, upon the subject of the Charges of the Marshal of the Court; and I have to desire that you will consider the Instructions therein conveyed as equally binding upon yourselves, in any Case on which occasion may arise for their application. I am, &c. GEORGE CANNING. His Majesty's Commissioners at Rio de Janeiro. No. 78.-Messrs. Chamberlain and Cunningham to Mr. Secretary Canning.-(Received January 24, 1824.) SIR, Rio de Janeiro, November 12, 1823. We have been honoured by the receipt of your Despatch of August 25th, 1823, respecting the Accounts of the Emilia, and the Expences of the Slaves found on board of her; and furnishing us, for our information and guidance, with a Copy of a Despatch, which you have addressed, under the above date, to His Majesty's Consul-General in this City, for regulating the principle on which the Expences of Slaves are to be borne, between the period of their detention and that of the Sentence on the detained Vessel, when that Sentence is a condemnation: and you desire, that we will furnish His Majesty's ConsulGeneral with every information we may possess on this head. In reply, we beg leave, Sir, to assure you, that we will pay strict attention to your commands, and will be ready, at all times, to furnish His Majesty's Consul-General with every information which we may possess, concerning the Expences *See No. 9, Page 463. |