Conventions ci-dessus transcrites, par les croiseurs de Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, ou de Sa Majesté le Roi des Français, employés dans les stations d'Amérique, d'Afrique, ou de Madagascar, seront conduits ou envoyés dans le port de Livourne. Article III. Attendu que le débarquement dans le port de Livourne des Nègres qui se trouveraient à bord de bâtimens portant le pavillon Toscan, et paraissant par leurs Papiers appartenir à la Toscane. pourraient entraîner de graves inconvéniens, il est convenu que les Nègres trouvés à bord de pareils navires, arrêtés par un croiseur Britannique ou Français, seront préalablement débarqués au port ou dans l'endroit le plus rapproché, soit Britannique ou Français, auquel un bâtiment Négrier sous le pavillon d'une de ces deux Nations, trouvé et arrêté dans des circonstances semblables, serait, d'après les susdites Conventions, envoyé ou conduit. Seront considérés comme respectivement indiqués à cet effet pour les croisières Britanniques et Françaises d'Afrique, des Indes Occidentales, de Madagascar, et du Brésil, les Ports Britanniques de Bathurst dans le Gambie, Port Royal à la Jamaïque, le Cap de Bonne Espérance, et Demerary, ainsi que les Ports Français de la Gorée, de la Martinique, de Bourbon, et de Cayenne. Article IV. Dans le cas où Son Altesse Impériale et Royale le Grand Duc de Toscane, ne trouverait pas dans ses convenances d'armer sous son pavillon des croiseurs pour la repression de la traite, il s'engage néanmoins à fournir aux commandans des croiseurs Britanniques et Français l'autorisation requise par l'Article V de la Convention du 30 Novembre, 1831, aussitôt que les noms et le nombre de ces croiseurs lui auront été notifiés. Article V. La présente Convention sera ratifiée, et les ratifications en seront échangées à Florence, dans le délai de trois mois, ou plus tôt s'il est possible. En foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires sus-dénommés ont signé la présente Convention en trois originaux, et y ont apposé le cachet de leurs armes. Fait à Florence, le vingt-quatre Novembre, mil huit cent trente-sept. R. ABERCROMBIE. (L.S.) L. BELLOCQ. V. FOSSOMBRoni. (L.S.) 504 TWO SICILIES. CONVENTION between Her Majesty, the King of the French, and the King of the Two Sicilies, containing the Accession of His Sicilian Majesty to two Conventions between Great Britain and France, for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade.-Signed at Naples, February 14. 1838. [Ratifications exchanged at Naples, May 4, 1838.] In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. His late Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, having concluded on the 30th of November, 1831, and the 22nd of March, 1833, two Conventions intended to ensure the complete suppression of the Slave Trade; the High Contracting Parties, conformably to the IXth Article of the first of these Conventions, which states that the other Maritime Powers shall be invited to accede to it, have addressed this invitation to His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: And his said Majesty, animated with the same sentiments, and desirous of concurring with his two august Allies in the same humane object, having without hesitation assented to their proposal, the three High Powers, with the view of accomplishing this generous design, and of giving due authenticity and all accustomed solemnity to the accession of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and to the acceptance thereof by Her Britannic Majesty and by His Majesty the King of the French, have resolved to conclude to this effect a formal Convention, and have in consequence named for their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Honourable William Temple, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples ; His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Antoine Statella, Prince of Cassaro, Gentleman of the Chamber in service, Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, of St. Januarius, and of Francis the First, Grandee of Spain of the first Class, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Knight Grand Cross of several Foreign Orders, and His Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; And His Majesty the King of the French, M. Auguste Bonaventure, Marquis de Tallenay, Officer of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour, and of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, his Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Naples ; Who, after having reciprocally communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : ARTICLE I. His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies accedes to the Conventions concluded and signed on the 30th of November, 1831, and on the 22nd of March, 1833, between His late Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, relating to the suppression of the Slave Trade, as well as to the Annex of the latter Convention, containing the Instructions for the cruizers; excepting the reservations and modifications expressed in the IInd, IIIrd, and IVth Articles hereinafter given, which Articles shall be considered additional to the said Conventions, and to the Annex above-mentioned; and excepting the differences which necessarily result from the situation of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, as a party acceding to the Conventions in question after their conclusion. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, having accepted the said accession, all the Articles of these two Conventions, and all the conditions of the said Annex, shall, in consequence, be held to have been concluded and signed, in the same manner as the present Convention, directly between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the King of the French, and His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Their said Majesties engage and promise reciprocally to each other to execute faithfully all the clauses, conditions, and obligations of the present Convention, subject always to the reservations and modifications therein contained; and in order to prevent any uncertainty, it has been agreed that the above-mentioned Conventions, as well as the Annex of the latter Convention, containing Instructions to Cruizers, shall be inserted here word for word as follows:[Here follow the Conventions of November 30, 1831, and March 22, 1833, and the Annex containing the Instructions to Cruizers, which have already been laid before Parliament.] Article II. It is agreed, with reference to Article III of the Convention of the 30th Novvember, 1831, herein above transcribed, that His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies shall fix, according to his convenience, the number of cruizers of the Two Sicilies which shall be employed on the service mentioned in the said Article, and the stations on which they shall cruise. Article III. The Government of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies shall make known to the Governments of Great Britain and of France, conformably to Article IV of the Convention of the 30th November, 1831, the ships of war of the Two Sicilies which are to be employed in the suppression of the Trade, in order that the necessary warrants for their Commanders may be delivered. The warrants which are to be delivered by the Government of the Two Sicilies, shall be issued after notification of the number of British and French cruizers intended to be employed, shall have been made to it. But if the Government of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, shall not find it convenient to commission cruizers under the flag of the Two Sicilies for the suppression of the Slave Trade, it engages nevertheless to furnish warrants to the commanders of the British and French cruizers, to be employed on this service, as soon as the names and destination of such cruizers are officially notified to it, as above stipulated. Article IV. It is agreed, with reference to the 5th paragraph of the Instructions annexed to the Supplementary Convention of March the 22nd, 1833, that all vessels of the Two Sicilies, or vessels bearing the Sicilian flag, and appearing by their papers to belong to the Two Sicilies, which shall be detained in execution of the Conventions above transcribed, by the cruizers of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of His Majesty the King of the French, employed on the stations of America, Africa, and Madagascar, shall be conducted or sent to the port of Naples. Article V. Whereas the landing at the port of Naples of the Slaves who may be found on board vessels bearing the flag of the Two Sicilies, and appearing by their papers to belong to the Two Sicilies, might be attended with great inconvenience, it is agreed, that the Slaves found on board such vessels, detained by a British or French cruizer, shall be previously landed at the nearest port or place, whether British or French, to which a slave vessel under the flag of one of those two nations, found and detained under similar circumstances, would, according to the above-mentioned Conventions, be conducted or sent. The British ports of Bathurst on the Gambia, Port Royal in Jamaica, the Cape of Good Hope, and Demerara, as well as the French ports of Goree, Martinique, Bourbon, and Cayenne, shall be considered as respectively fixed on for this purpose, for the British and French stations on the coast of Africa, the West Indies, Madagascar, and the Brazils. Article VI. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Naples, at the expiration of three months, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, in three Originals, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Naples. the fourteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. (L.S.) W. TEMPLE. Au nom de la très Sainte et Indivisible Trinité. FEU Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et Sa Majesté le Roi des Français, ayant conclu le 30 Novembre, 1831, et le 22 Mars, 1833, deux Conventions destinées à assurer la répression com |