84. H. C. J. Hamilton, Esq. to Mr. D. Mar. 12;} Receipt of Despatches Sec. Canning.. 85. Mr. Sec. Canning to H. C. J. Hamilton, Esq. R. Mar. 15, French Slave-trade, Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope...... French Slave-trade, Western Coast, of Africa, Ships' Papers issued in the French West Indies for illegal Slave-trade..... Receipt of No. 85 French Slave-trade, Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope....... Law for the Suppression of the Slave-trade.... 436 439 439 448 450 450 R. May 3, 451 D. May 8, R. May 17, JD. Disposition of the French Government to suppress Slave-trade.... 453 1. H. C. J. Hamilton, Esq. to Visc. (D. May 14, Dudley 92. Vise. Granville to Visc2. Dudley {R: June;} Receipt of Parliamentary Papers.. 453 B. The Right Hon. H. W. W. Wynn (D. June 11, 1827) Receipt of Parliamentary Papers.. 463 to Viscount Dudley R. June 27, SWEDEN. The Hon. J. Bloomfield to Visc. (D. June 15, 1827 Receipt of Parliamentary Papers.. 463 Dudley R. June 30 102. Mr. Consul-General M'Kenzie to (D. Dec. 30, 1826.) Receipt of Parliamentary Papers. Mr. Secretary Canning. R. Mar. 3, 1827) Repression of Slave-trade...... 46 SPAIN. SIR, No. 1.-The Right Hon. F. Lamb to Mr. Secretary Canning.— Madrid, 20th January, 1827. I HAVE the honour to enclose Copies of a Note which I addressed to M. Salmon, in obedience to the Orders conveyed in your Despatch of December 14, 1826, and of His Excellency's Answer. It is perfectly true, that I have been made aware that similar Advertisements have already, more than once, during the time which I have held his Majesty's Mission at Madrid, appeared in the publick Newspapers of Cadiz. I have the honour to be, &c. The Right Hon. George Canning. F. LAMB. (Enclosure 1.)-The Right Hon. F. Lamb to the Chevalier de Salmon. Madrid, 29th December, 1826. THE Undersigned, &c. has the honour to transmit to his Excellency the Chevalier de Salmon, &c. the Copy of a Letter from his Majesty's Consul at Cadiz, inclosing a publick Advertisement in the Gazette of that City, for the sale of a Negress. Similar Advertisements have more than once appeared in the publick Newspapers of Cadiz, during the time the Undersigned has held His Majesty's Mission at this Court. These acts of Slave purchase and Sale in the heart of Spain herself, are entirely repugnant to the spirit of the Stipulation by which His Catholick Majesty, in the 1st Article of the Treaty of the 22d of Sep. tember, 1817, engages to His Britannick Majesty, "hat the Slave trade shall be abolished throughout the entire Dominions of Spain, on the 30th May, 1820." The Undersigned has, therefore, received the commands of his Government to place these facts before the Government of His Catholick Majesty, with the expression of the hope, that Orders will immediately and publickly be given for the discontinuance of a practice, which, by its prevalence in the Mother Country, must afford an example, the effect of which cannot but be injurious to the due maintenance of the faith pledged by His Catholick Majesty, in his Compact with Great Britain for the Abolition of the Slave-trade. The Undersigned avails himself, &c. His Excellency the Chevalier de Salmon. F. LAMB. (Enclosure 2.)-The Chevalier de Salmon to the Right Hon. F. Lamb. (Translation.) SIR, Palace, 17th January, 1827. I RECEIVED the Note which you did me the honour to address to me, dated 29th of last December, complaining that in the Diario de Cadiz, of the 25th of the previous October, the Sale of a Negress was announced; and demanding, by reason thereof, the observance of the Treaty of 1817, for the Abolition of the Slave-trade, of which you believed that the above Sale was an infraction; adding also, that that was not the first instance of similar Advertisements in the said Diario. Permit me, Sir, to observe to you, that the Treaty of 1817 cannot possess that latitude, which, in the present question, is wished to be given to it. If now, and at other times, similar Advertisements have found their way into the said Diario, the acts to which they refer cannot be considered as being comprehended in the traffick which was abolished; but merely as the disposal of a Property, which it is lawful for the Owner to alienate, and which he can make over to another Possessor, in virtue of a Sale, or in any other manner; the more so as, by Enactment of the said Treaty, the slavery of Negroes, already introduced before its conclusion, was not abolished; and it is further therein stipulated, that a period shall be allowed in which more Slaves may be introduced. Moreover, The King, my august Lord, who has with such good faith coincided with the philanthropick ideas of His Britannick Majesty, in this matter, has never desisted, and never will desist, from forwarding all the Measures which the English Government has adopted, and may still adopt, to prevent, in the Spanish Dominions, the nefarious Traffick in Human Beings, and to ensure more and more the accomplishment of what is stipulated;—a fact well known to your Excellency. This is what I have the honour to state to you, in reply to your Note aforesaid, availing myself of this opportunity to assure you of my high consideration. God preserve you many years. The Minister of England. M. G. SALMON. SIR, No. 2.-Mr. Secretary Canning to the Right Hon. F. Lamb. Foreign Office, 26th February, 1827. IN reference to my former Despatches, on the subject of the Slavevessel Minerva, chased into The Havannah by His Majesty's Ship Pylades, and the detention of the Steam-vessel, Mexicano, for the conveyance of Slaves from on board of the Minerva; I send to you the accompanying Copy of a Communication from the Admiralty, containing some further Information upon these Cases. Of this Information you will make what use shall appear to you to be advisable, in your Communications with the Spanish Government, upon the subject. The Right Hon. Frederick Lamb. &c. I am, GEORGE CANNING. SIR, (Enclosure A.)—John Barrow, Esq. to Joseph Planta, Jun. Esq. Admiralty Office, February 3, 1827. WITH reference to my Letter to you of the 6th of December last, enclosing Copies of a Despatch from Vice-Admiral Sir L. Halsted, respecting the Slave-trade carried on upon the Coast of Cuba, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Canning, Copies of another Letter, and its Enclosures, from Sir Lawrence Halsted, respecting the Case of the Minerva, Slave-vessel, chased into The Havannah by His Majesty's Sloop, Pylades, and the detention of the Mexicano Steamboat, for having Slaves on board. Joseph Planta, Jun. Esq. I am, &c. JOHN BARROW. (Enclosure B.)-Vice Admiral Halsted to J. W. Croker, Esq. Isis, in Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica, SIR, 30th November, 1826. By the return of His Majesty's Sloop, Pylades, I am enabled to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Duplicate Affidavits of Lieutenants Hast and Nott, alluded to in my Letter of the 29th September last, on the subject of the Minerva Slave-schooner, chased into the Port of Havannah by the Pylades, and of her subsequent detention of the Mexicano Steam-boat, for having Slaves on board. Before Commander Jackson left The Havannah, he addressed a Letter, of which the enclosed is a Copy, to the Captain-General, respecting the case of the Minerva, and received the accompanying ambiguous Reply, to which he adds, that he could not learn, either from Mr. Macleay, or any other Person at Havannah, what Judgment had been passed on the said Schooner, or whether, in short, any at all had taken place, although the Governor's Reply seems to warrant the belief that a Sentence of some nature has been recorded. J. W. Croker, Esq. I have, &c. L. W. HALSTED. (Enclosure C.)—Affidavit of Lieutenant Nott. (Enclosure D.)-Affidavit of Lieutenant Nott. (Enclosure E.)-Commander Jackson to the Captain-General of Cuba. H. B. M. Sloop Pylades, Havannah, 12th November, 1826. SIR, In reply to my Letter of the 18th of August, you were pleased to inform me, that the Case of the Schooner Minerva, chased into this Port by His Britannick Majesty's Ship under my command, would be tried at the Court of the Captain-General; and as considerable time has elapsed since an Officer from this Ship, and the Master of a Merchant-vessel, gave Evidence before the said Court, I conclude, ere this, Judgment may have been passed; if so, I shall feel obliged if you will cause me to be furnished with a Copy thereof, that I may lay the same before my Commander-in-Chief. I have, &c. His Excellency General Vives. G. V. JACKSON. (Enclosure F.)-The Captain-General of Cuba to Commander Jackson. (Translation.) Office of the Captain-General of the ever Faithful Island of Cuba. Havannah, 13th November, 1826. In reply to your Letter of the 12th Instant, requesting to be furnished with a Copy of the Sentence pronounced in the Cause instituted in consequence of the arrival at this Port of the Schooner Minerva, chased by the Vessel under your command; I have to acquaint you, that, agreeably to the Royal Order of the 2d of January last, the Logbook of the said Schooner was presented to His Excellency the Commandant-General for the necessary examination, and that the determi |