I have directed the Estimates of the current Year to be laid before you. They have been framed with every attention to economy which the circumstances of the Country will permit; and it will be satisfactory to you to learn that I have been able to make a large reduction in our Annual Expenditure, particularly in our Naval and Military Establishments. My Lords, and Gentlemen, I have the greatest pleasure in acquainting you that a considerable improvement has taken place in the course of the last Year in the Commerce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom, and that I can now state them to be, in their important branches, in a very flourishing condition. I must at the same time deeply regret the depressed state of the agricultural interest. The condition of an interest so essentially connected with the prosperity of the Country will, of course, attract your early attention; and I have the fullest reliance on your wisdom in the consideration of this important subject. I am persuaded, that in whatever measures you may adopt, you will bear constantly in mind, that in the maintenance of our Publick Credit all the best interests of this Kingdom are equally involved; and that it is by a steady adherence to that principle that we have attained, and can alone expect to preserve, our high station amongst the Nations of the World. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FOREIGN office, RELATING TO THE SLAVE TRADE: 1821, 1822; viz. CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOREIGN POWERS.... LIST OF PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOREIGN POWERS. Page 2 89 FRANCE. No. 1. Sir Charles Stuart to Viscount Castlereagh.... Paris... 2. Sir Charles Stuart to Viscount Castlereagh.... Paris.. 3. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart, Foreign Office,... 8th May 21st June 1821. Page .22d Feb. 5 .29th Mar. 6 7 7 8 8 9 No. 1821. Page 2d July 11 8. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris.......... 9. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart, Foreign Office... 27th Aug. 12 10. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry.Paris...... .24th Sept. 12 11. William Hamilton, Esq. to Sir C. Stuart.......Foreign Office...28th Sept. 13 12. Viscount Sidmouth to Sir C. Stuart...... ..Foreign Office...30th Oct. 13 13. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris........... .22d Nov. 15 14. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris.. .21st Dec. 16 1822. 15. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart, Foreign Office... 18th Jan. 18 16. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris.... 18 17. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris... .28th Jan. 18. Memorandum of the Comte de Caraman...... London.... 19. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart. Foreign Office... 26th Mar. 25 NETHERLANDS. 1821. 20. The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount Castlereagh.Brussels......... 27th Mar. 27 21. Viscount Castlereagh to the Earl of Clancarty.. Foreign Office... 13th April 28 22. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry...... ......Brussels........17th April 29 .Brussels...... 17th April 30 .Brussels........16th April 31 .Foreign Office... 1st May 32 .Brussels........ 8th May 32 .Foreign Office... 8th May 32 ...Brussels........15th May 32 .Brussels... 5th June 33 .Foreign Office... 25th June 34 .Brussels........ , 29th June 35 ...Foreign Office... 7th Aug. 35 23. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Lon- Inclosure. Decree of the King of The 24. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of 25. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry.... 26. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty .. 27. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry... ....... 28. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry... 29. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty.... 30. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry...... ......... 31. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty..... 32. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty.... 33. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry...... 34. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty.... .Foreign Office... 14th Sept. 36 .Brussels.........18th Sept. 36 .Foreign Office... 21st Sept. 36 38 35. William Hamilton, Esq. to the Earl of Clancarty.Foreign Office... 23d Oct. 36. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of .......... Clancarty.. 37. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry ..... ..Foreign Office... 8th Nov. 38 ..... 38. The Earl of Clancarty to the Marquess of Londonderry...... 59. The Marquess of Londonderry to the Earl of Clancarty. ...... The Hague..... 16th Nov. The Hague...... 4th Dec. 39 39 1822. .Foreign Office.... 4th Jan. 40 ...... .Foreign Office ...24th Feb. SPAIN. .The Hague................. 5th Mar. PORTUGAL. 47. The Right Hon. Edward Thornton to Viscount Castlereagh. 1822 Page Inclosure.-Project. Additional Article.... 48. The Marquess of Londonderry to E. M. Ward, Esq... 49. E. M. Ward, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry 50. The Marquess of Londonderry to E. M. Ward, Esq.... 51. The Marquess of Londonderry to E. M. Ward, Esq... 55. Sir Henry Wellesley to the Marquess of Londonderry...... .The Hague.......22d Mar. 45 56. Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Lon- 58. The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq... 59. The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, 41 1821. Rio Janeiro...... 4th May 46 47 .Madrid...... 41 42 .Foreign Office.... 4th Sept. 47 .Lisbon....... 20th Oct. 47 1822. ..Foreign Office....27th Mar. .Foreign Office....27 th Mar. 50 43 64. The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq. ..... 65. The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq....... 43 1821. 52. Viscount Castlereagh to Sir Henry Wellesley.. Foreign Office....16th Feb. 53. Sir Henry Wellesley to Viscount Castlereagh.. Madrid.... 51 .26th Mar. 53 5th April 53 54. Sir Henry Wellesley to Viscount Castlereagh.. Madrid... .Madrid.........16th April 54 ..14th May 55 .Foreign Office....12th June 55 44 .Foreign Office... 31st Dec. 1822. . Foreign Office... 26th Jan. 48 .Foreign Office.... 3d July 55 Esq.... .Foreign Office.... 7th Aug. 56 60. William Hamilton, Esq. to Lionel Hervey, Esq. Foreign Office....17th Aug, 61. William Hamilton, Esq. to Lionel Hervey, Esq. Foreign Office....31st Aug. 62. Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Lon donderry..... .Madrid......... 5th Sept. 58 63. Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry Madrid........ 3d Oct. 58 56 56 59 59 No. 1.-Sir Charles Stuart to Viscount Castlereagh.-(Rec. Feb. 25) I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship the Copy of a Note I have received from Baron Pasquier, in answer to the Communication which announced the capture of the Slave Ship, the Louisa, in a Port of the Island of Antigua. I have, &c. Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. CHARLES STUART. (Inclosure.)-The Baron Pasquier to Sir Charles Stuart. MONSIEUR L'AMBASSADEUR, Paris, le 15 Février, 1821, J'AI reçu la Lettre que votre Excellence m'a fait l'honneur de m'adresser le 9 Janvier, pour me faire connoître l'arrestation et la dé tention, à Antigua, du Navire la Louise, qui paroit avoir été employé à la Traite des Noirs. J'ai l'honneur d'informer votre Excellence, que M. le Ministre de la Marine, à qui je m'étais empressé de faire part de cette Communication, vient d'écrire aux Administrateurs François de la Guadeloupe et de la Martinique, pour que les poursuites contre la Louise soient faites par les Tribunaux, aussitôt que ce Navire aura été conduit, par ordre des Autorités Angloises, dans l'une ou l'autre de ces Iles. J'ai l'honneur, &c. S. E. Le Chevalier Stuart. PASQUIER. No. 2.-Sir Charles Stuart to Viscount Castlereagh.-(Rec. April 1.) Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. SIR, (Inclosure 1.)-Sir Charles Stuart to the Baron Pasquier. Paris, 23d March, 1821. I HAVE the honour to inclose to your Excellency the annexed Paper*, which I am assured is the exact Copy of an Agreement recently concluded by certain mercantile houses in the Port of Havre. The substitution of the word Mules for Negroes shows the real nature of this Agreement, since it is well known that there are no mules to be purchased on the Coast of Africa. I feel that it is my duty to submit this Document to the attention of His Most Christian Majesty's Government, in the hope that they may be enabled to prevent the Parties from carrying their designs into execution. I have, &c. His Excellency the Baron Pasquier. CHARLES STUART. (Inclosure 2.)-The Baron Pasquier to Sir Charles Stuart. MONSIEUR L'AMBASSADEUR, Paris, le Mars, 1821. Au moment où je recevois la Lettre que votre Excellence m'a fait l'honneur de m'écrire le 23 de ce mois, rélativement à une spéculation qui paraît cacher un projet de Traite des Noirs, le Ministre de la Marine me faisait part des mêmes informations, en ajoutant, qu'il venait de prendre les mésures nécessaires pour que l'opération ne puisse s'effectuer, et pour que les spéculateurs soient récherchés et punis. Le voile dont on a cherché à la couvrir, facile d'ailleurs à pénétrer, est un motif de plus pour que le Gouvernement suive cette affaire de manière *Not transmitted to the Foreign Office. |
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