lations, forfeitures, and penalties now in force respecting the delivery by prize-agents of accounts for examination, and the distribution of prize-money, and the accounting for and paying over the proceeds of prize, and the per-centage due thereon to Greenwich Hospital, shall be extended to all bounties and proceeds to be distributed under the provisions of this Act to the officers and crews of any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels of war.

XVII. And be it enacted, that when any seizure shall be made, or prosecution instituted as or for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act, and judgment shall be given against the seizor or prosecutor, or such seizure shall be relinquished by him, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their discretion it shall seem meet, by warrant, signed by any 3 or more of them, to direct payment to be made out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of such costs, damages, and expenses as the said seizor or prosecutor may be liable to pay in respect of such seizure, or any proportionate part thereof, and also such costs and expenses as the said seizor may have incurred in respect of such seizure.

XVIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their discretion it shall seem meet, by warrant, signed by 3 or more of them, to direct payment to be made out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of any sums of money awarded by the Mixed Commission Courts to be due on account of any unlawful seizure or detention by any of Her Majesty's authorized cruizers: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall exempt the seizor from his liability to make good the payments so made when lawfully called upon by order of the said Commissioners.

XIX. Provided always, and be it enacted, that if any of the things specified in the VIIIth Article of the said Treaty shall be found on board any vessel which shall be detained and brought before either of the said Mixed Courts, neither the master nor the owner, nor any person whatsoever interested in the equipment or cargo of the vessel, shall recover any compensation or damages for such detention, although the said Mixed Court should not pronounce any sentence of condemnation.

ADDENDA.

BRITISH AND TEXIAN DECLARATION, relative to Slaves found on board Texian Vessels captured on the Coast of Brazil.-Washington, 16th February, 1844.

WHEREAS, by the XVIth Article of the Treaty concluded at London on the 16th November, 1840*, between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas, for the suppression of the African Slave Trade, it is stipulated, that Slaves found on board Texian vessels detained on the coast of Brazil shall be carried or sent at once by the commander of the capturing cruizer to one of the British settlements on the coast of Africa: and whereas it has been considered expedient by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, that British cruizers should be enabled to carry or send to Trinidad or Demerara Slaves so captured, instead of carrying or sending them back to the coast of Africa as aforesaid and whereas there exists on the part of the Republic of Texas no objection to Slaves so captured being so disposed of: We the undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Texas, and the Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, being duly authorized by our respective Governments, hereby agree and declare that, notwithstanding the above-cited stipulation of the XVIth Article of the Treaty above mentioned, the commanders of British cruizers duly authorized under that Treaty may carry or send to Trinidad or Demerara, Slaves found on board Texian vessels captured on the coast of Brazil.

:

In witness whereof we have signed this Declaration, and have hereunto affixed the seals of our arms.

Done at Washington, the 16th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1844.

(L.S.) CHARLES ELLIOT.

(L.S.) ANSON JONES.

* See page 821.

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PATENT, to be furnished to Vessels of the Russian-American Company.

(Translation.)

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IN the Instruction annexed to the Treaty of the December, 1841, for the suppression of the Slave Trade, it is said: " "§ 8. By Article IV. of the Treaty, it is stipulated, that "in no case shall the mutual right of visit be exercised upon "ships of war of the High Contracting Parties.

"It is agreed that this exemption shall apply equally to "vessels of the Russian-American Company, which, being "commanded by Officers of the Imperial Navy, are authorized "by the Imperial Government to carry a Flag which distin"guishes them from the Merchant Navy, and are armed and "equipped similarly to transports of war.

"It is further understood that the said vessels shall be "furnished with a Russian Patent, which shall prove their "origin and destination*.”

Upon this ground the Administration of the RussianAmerican Company, being about to despatch their ship

built in the year and commanded by

named
of

tonnage, to the

North-Western Coast of America to the Colonies settled there, with the right to enter all ports and harbours, which necessity may require,-considers it conformable to the above-cited Article of the Instruction, that besides the Patent authorizing the hoisting of the Russian Flag by merchant ships in general, the said vessel of the Company should be provided with this special Patent to secure her against the visit of the cruizers of the Contracting Powers.

Given at St. Petersburgh,

under the

signature and seal of the administration of the Russian-American Company, after being exhibited to the British Consulate.

GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. I. TO VOL. VI.

ALGIERS.

Vol. Page Vol. Page

I. 58; III. 545
I. 66; III. 546

Treaty. Peace and Commerce. Algiers, 10th April, 1682.
Treaty. Peace and Commerce. Algiers, 5th April, 1686.
Treaty. Renewal of Treaties, &c... Algiers, 17th August, 1700. I. 72
Treaty. Peace and Commerce. Algiers, 28th October, 1703. I. 74

...

Treaty. Peace and Commerce.
Treaty. Peace and Commerce.
Additional Article. Packet Boats
Treaty. Peace and Commerce.....
Treaty. Peace and Commerce
Treaty. Peace and Commerce
Treaty. Island of Malta...
Treaty. Ionian Islands

.Algiers, 29th October, 1716. I. 75
.Algiers, 18th March, 1729. I. 78

....

.......

.Algiers, 3rd June, 1751. I. 79
.Algiers, 14th May, 1762. I. 80
Algiers, 3rd August, 1765. I. 81
.Algiers, 3rd September, 1800. I. 83
.Algiers, 19th March, 1801. I. 84
..Algiers, 3rd April, 1816.
..Algiers, 20th May, 1816.

1. 84

I.

I. 86

Additional Article. Hanover..
Treaty. Peace. Renewal of Treaties.. Algiers, 28th Aug. 1816. I. 86
Declaration. Christian Slavery ....... Algiers, 28th Aug. 1816. I. 87
Declarations. Renewal of Peace ....Algiers, 26th July, 1824. III. 14, 16

AUSTRIA.

III. 4,5

Preliminary Treaty. Friendship, &c. .... Toplitz, 3rd Oct. 1813. I. 3
Declaration of Congress. Slave Trade.....Vienna, 8th Feb. 1815. I. 9
General Treaty of Congress. Rivers,&c. Vienna,9th June, 1815. I. 3; III. 545
Protocol. French Slave Trade...... Paris, 26th July, 1815. III. 93, 94
Treaty. Ionian Islands..... Paris, 5th November, 1815. I. 45; III. 545
Declaration of Congress. Slave Trade. Verona, 28th Nov. 1822. III. 1, 2
Convention. Austrian Loan..............Vienna, 17th November, 1823.
Act of Parliament. Austrian Loans...................5 Geo. 4. c. 9. 1824.
Decree. Slave Trade and Slavery...Vienna, 7th Aug. 1826. III. 10, 12
*Convention. Commerce & Navigation. London,21st Dec. 1829. IV. 1, 4; 541
Order in Council. British Possessions...... .7th April, 1830. IV. 8
Notification. Austrian Ports...............Vienna, 19th August, 1830. IV. 10
Replaced by Treaty of 3rd July, 1838.
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VOL. VI.

III. 7

Vol. Page

IV. 11

IV. 216

1,9; 620

V. 237

Order in Council. Duties, &c. in British Ports..21st Nov. 1831.
Order in Council. Privileges in British Ports.. 12th Oct. 1832.
Treaty. Commerce and Navigation. Vienna, 3rd July, 1838. V.
Order in Council. Privileges in British Ports...9th Dec. 1839.
Act of Parliament. Treaty of Commerce. 3 & 4 Vict. c.95. 1840. V. 16; 620
Order in Council. Trade from the Danube...23rd June, 1841. VI.
Admission of Austrian vessels and cargoes from the Danube, as far
as Galatz, into British ports and possessions.

Treaty. Slave Trade
..London, 20th Dec. 1841. VI. 2, 21
Final abolition of the traffic, 3, 21. Prohibition of trade or em-
ployment of capital. Forfeiture of protection of flag. Warrants
and Orders for ships of war. 4, 12. Search and detention, and
trial of merchant vessels. Rank of searching officers. 4, 22.
Exception of Mediterranean Sea, 4, 23. Exercise of right of
search confined to certain limits. Number of ships of war, and
cruizing stations. Names of ships stationed, or recalled; and
delivery of warrants of search. 5, 23. Non-exercise of search
upon ships of war. Signals for cruizers. 5, 24. Instruc-
tions for ships of war. Formalities of search and detention.
Alteration of instructions. Concert and mutual aid between
cruizers. Delivery of detained vessels, and the masters, crews,
cargoes, and slaves, to tribunals appointed for adjudication.
Rank of delivering officer. 6, 24. Search, &c. of vessels under
convoy, 7, 24. Delivery of lists, declarations, &c. and search
of vessels, at the port of adjudication; and minute of proceed-
ings. Evidence of equipment for slave-trading. 7, 25. Non-
condemnation, on proof of lawful trade, 9, 26. Trial of vessels
before tribunals of their country. Confiscations of condemned
vessels and cargoes; and punishment of master, crew, and ac-
complices. Disposal of proceeds of slave vessels. Denial of
compensation to vessels detained with objectionable equipments
on board; although liberated. 9, 27. Purchase for public ser-
vice, or demolition and sale, of confiscated vessels. Restoration
of vessels not condemned by tribunals. Costs and damages, for
vessels illegally detained. Period of payment. 10, 28. Costs
and damages, for abuses or vexations, in the search or detention
of vessels, 11, 28. Copies of judicial proceedings and judg
ments. Freedom of slaves. 11, 29. Accession of maritime
powers of Europe. Acts or instruments annexed. 12, 29. Rati-
fications. 12, 30, 339.

Warrants and Orders for Cruizers. Authority to visit and detain
suspected vessels, 12, 30.

Instructions to Cruizers. Exhibition of special orders. Delivery
of certificate of object of visit. Rank of visiting officer, 15, 32.
Entry in log-book of visit of vessels lawfully employed. 15, 33.
List of papers, and declaration of particulars of vessels, cargoes,
and slaves detained. Conveyance and delivery of vessel, &c.
for adjudication. 16, 33. Non-removal of persons, cargo,
or slaves before delivery; except in certain cases. Delivery of
persons removed. 16, 34. Disposal of slaves found on board of
Austrian, Prussian, or Russian vessels, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36.
Places for delivery of vessels of the several contracting powers,
17, 34. Delivery of vessels, &c. with list of papers, declaration
of particulars, changes, and removals. Visit of suspected
vessels, under convoy. 19, 36. Non-visit of ships of war; or of
vessels of the Russian-American Company. Russian Patent.

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