same; and, except as otherwise provided for with respect to Slaves, in the said Treaty, or in these Instructions, the masters, sailors, passengers, or Slaves, so removed, shall be carried to the same port or place as the vessel and her cargo, and they shall be received in the same manner as the vessel, agreeably to the regulations hereinafter set forth. Fifthly. All Texian vessels which shall be detained by the cruizers of Great Britain, in consequence of being engaged in the African Slave Trade, shall be carried and delivered up to the Texian jurisdiction at Galveston. But any Slaves found on board of Texian vessels detained on the coast of Brazil or on the coast of Africa, whether by a British or by a Texian cruizer, under the Treaty to which these Instructions form an Annex, shall at once be carried or sent by the commander of the capturing cruizer, to one of the British settlements on the coast of Africa. And any Slaves found on board of Texian vessels detained in the West Indies, whether by a British or a Texian cruizer, under the Treaty to which these Instructions form an Annex, shall, together with the vessels so detained, be carried and delivered up to the Texian authorities at Galveston, to be disposed of after adjudication, according to the provisions of the said Treaty. All British vessels which shall be detained by the cruizers of Texas, in consequence of being engaged in the African Slave Trade, shall, together with the Slaves found on board, be carried and delivered up to the British jurisdiction at Bathurst, on the River Gambia, if taken off the coast of Africa; or at Port Royal in Jamaica, if taken in the West Indies. Sixthly. As soon as a merchant-vessel which shall have been detained as aforesaid, shall arrive at one of the ports or places above mentioned, the commander of the cruizer, or the officer appointed to bring in such detained vessel, shall forthwith deliver to the authorities duly appointed for that purpose by the Government within whose territory such place shall be, the vessel and her cargo, together with the master, crew, and passengers, and the Slaves found on board, unless such Slaves shall have been carried or sent to another port or place, as hereinbefore directed; and also the papers which shall have been seized on board the vessel, and one of the duplicate lists of the said papers, retaining the other in his own possession. Such officer shall at the same time deliver to the said authorities one of the declarations made out in duplicate, as hereinbefore specified, adding thereto a statement of any changes which may have taken place from the time of the detention of the vessel to that of the delivery, as well as a copy of the statement of any removals which may have taken place, as above provided for. In delivering over these several documents, the officer shall make, in writing and on oath, an attestation of their truth. Seventhly. If the commander of a cruizer of either of the High Contracting Parties, who shall be duly furnished with the aforesaid Special Instructions, shall have reason to suspect that a merchantvessel, sailing under convoy of, or in company with, a ship of war of the other party, is engaged in the African Slave Trade, or has been fitted out for the purpose of that traffic, or has been engaged in the said traffic during the voyage in which she is met with by the said cruizer, he shall confine himself to communicating his suspicions to the comman der of the ship of war; and he shall leave it to the latter to proceed alone to visit the suspected vessel, and to deliver her up to the jurisdiction of her own country, if there should be cause for doing so. These Instructions shall be annexed to the Treaty signed this day between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas, for the suppression of African Slave Trade, and shall be considered as an integral part of that Treaty. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Annex, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. (L.B.) PALMERSTON. (L.S.) J. HAMILTON. Declaration. WHEREAS, by the Sixteenth 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 Sixteenth 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, A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty-four. (L.S.) CHARLES ELLIOT. (L.S.) ANSON JONES. 19. MEXICO. SPECIAL ORDER. By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. WHEREAS a Treaty between Great Britain and the Mexico for the Suppression of the Traffic in Slaves, was signed at Mexico on the 24th of February, 1841; and Instructions for Cruizers marked A, and Regulations for the Courts of Justice, marked B, were annexed thereto, and declared to form an integral part thereof; and the Ratifications of the same were exchanged at London on the 28th of July, 1842: and whereas the High Contracting Parties mutually agreed thereby, that ships of war of both countries, respectively furnished with the Instructions contained in Annex A to the Treaty, might search and send in for trial, vessels suspected of the illegal Traffic in Slaves: and whereas we think fit that Her Majesty's ship under your command should be one of those authorized to act under the Treaty, We furnish you with a copy of the said Treaty and of its Annexes, marked A and B; and you are hereby expressly authorized, empowered, and ordered, to act in the suppression of the Traffic in Slaves according to the said Treaty. Given under our hands, this 12th day of June, 1844. To Commander of Her Majesty's ship By command of their Lordships, G. COCKBURN. W. H. GAGE. SIDNEY HERBERT. Treaty between Her Majesty and the Mexican Republic, for the abolition of the Traffic in Slaves. bruary 24, 1841. Signed at Mexico, Fe Ratifications exchanged at London, July 29, 1842. In the Name of the Most Holy En el Nombre de la Santisima Trinity. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Excellency the President of the Mexican Republic, being animated by a sincere Trinidad. ESTANDO animados su Excelencia el Presidente de la Republica Mexicana, y Su Majestad la Reyna del Reyno Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Irlanda, del sincero deseo de desire to co-operate for the total extinction of the barbarous Traffic in Slaves, have resolved to conclude a Treaty for the special purpose of immediately attaining this object, and have named, respectively, as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Richard Pakenham, Esquire, her Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Government; and his Excellency the President of the Mexican Republic, his Excellency Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from that Republic at the Court of London; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :— ARTICLE I. The Slave Trade is declared by this Treaty to be totally and perpetually abolished in all parts of the world, on the part of the Mexican Republic, as are already Slavery in the Mexican Territory, and the aforesaid Traffic in Slaves on the part of Great Britain. ARTICLE II. The Government of Mexico engages to take, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, and, subsequently, from time to time, when it may be necessary, the most effectual measures to prevent the citizens of the Mexican Republic from being concerned in the Slave Trade, and the Flag of the said Republic from being employed in any way in carrying on that Traffic; and binds itself specially to procure from the National Congress, as soon as possible, a penal law, by which the severest punishment shall be imposed on all citizens of the Repub cooperar á la extincion total del Trafico barbaro de Esclavos, han resuelto concluir un Tratado con el fin especial de conseguir inmediatamente este objeto, y han nombrado, respectivamente, por sus Plenipotenciarios, á saber: Su Excelencia el Presidente de la Republica Mexicana, al Excelentisimo Señor Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, su Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario en la Corte de Londres; y Su Majestad la Reyna del Reyno Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Irlanda al Señor Don Ricardo Pakenham, Escudero, su Ministro Plenipotenciario cerca del Gobierno Mexicano; Quienes, despues de haberse comunicado sus respectivos plenos poderes, y hallandolos en buena y debida forma, han acordado y concluido los Articulos siguientes: ARTICULO I. El Comercio de Esclavos se declara por este Tratado total y perpetuamente abolido en todo el mundo por parte de la Republica Mexicana, como lo está ya la Esclavitud en el Territorio Mexicana, y el mencionado Trafico de Esclavos por parte de la Gran Bretaña. ARTICULO II. El Gobierno Mexicano se compromete á tomar, inmediatamente despues del cange de las ratificaciones del presente Tratado, y en lo succesivo, de tiempo en tiempo, cuando fuere necesario, las medidas mas eficaces para impedir que los ciudadanos de la Republica Mexicana se mezclen en el Comercio de Esclavos, y que se emplee de modo alguno la Bandera de la misma republica en llevarlo á efecto; y se obliga especialmente á recabar del Congreso Nacional, cuanto antes fuere posible, una ley penal en que se imponga el mas severo castigo á todos los ciudadanos de la Republica que lic, who shall, under whatsoever pretext, take any part in the aforesaid Traffic in Slaves. ARTICLE III. The Mexican Government engages to propose in the National Congress a law, which shall declare to be Pirates all such citizens of the Republic as may be engaged in the Slave Trade, as well as all such individuals as may carry it on under the National Flag. And Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Excellency the President of the Republic, mutually bind themselves to promulgate or propose in their respective Legislatures, the most suitable measures for immediately carrying into execution the laws of piracy which are to be applicable to the said Traffic, in conformity with the legislative enactments of each of the two countries, with respect to the vessels and subjects or citizens of the two nations. ARTICLE IV. In order to prevent completely all infringement of the spirit of the present Treaty, the two High Contracting Parties mutually consent that the ships of their respective navies, which shall be provided, as hereinafter mentioned, with special Instructions for the purpose, may search such merchant-vessels of the two nations as may be suspected, on reasonable grounds, of being engaged in the Traffic in Slaves, or of having been fitted out for the purpose thereof, or of having, during the voyage in which they may be met with by the said cruizers, been engaged in the Traffic in Slaves, in contravention of the stipulations of the present Treaty; and the two Contracting Parties also agree that the said cruizers may detain such vessels, and send or convey tomaren, bajo cualquier pretexto, alguna parte en el expresado Trafico de Esclavos. ARTICULO III. El Gobierno Mexicano se compromete á iniciar al Congreso Nacional una ley, que declare Piratas á todos los ciudadanos de la Republica que se empleen en el Trafico de Esclavos, y á cuantos individuos lo hagan bajo su Pavellon. Y su Excelencia el Presidente de la Republica, y Su Majestad la Reyna del Reyno Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Irlanda, se obligan mutuamente á dictar ó á iniciar á sus respectivas Legislaturas, las medidas mas oportunas para que las leyes de piratería que han de aplicarse á dicho Trafico, conforme á la legislacion de cada uno de ambos paises, se pongan inmediatamente en práctica, respecto de los buques y ciudadanos ó subditos de una y otra nacion. ARTICULO IV. Para impedir completamente toda infraccion del espiritu del presente Tratado, las dos Altas Partes Contratantes consienten mutuamente en que los buques de sus armadas respectivas, á los que se proveerá, segun mas adelante se menciona, con In. strucciones especiales al efecto, puedan registrar aquellos buques mercantes de ambas naciones, de los cuales se sospeche por motivos fundados, que se ocupan en el Trafico de Esclavos, ó que han sido equipados con dicho intento, ó que durante el viage en el que se encuentren con los mencionados cruceros, se han empleado en el Trafico de Esclavos, contraviniendo á lo que en el presente Tratado se estipula; y convienen tambien ambas Partes Contratantes en que los referidos cruceros puedan detener á dichos buques, y enviarlos, ó conducirlos, para ser juzgados |