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TUSCANY.

Accession to Declaration of Congress, Paris, 1856. Maritime

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Right ........ .Florence, 5th June, 1856......... 162

UNITED STATES.

Act of Congress. Armed Expedition against Canada.

10th March, 1838......... 605

Proclamation. Illegal Combinations against Canada.

Washington, 21st November, 1838......... 608

Proclamation. Prevention of lawless Incursions into Canada.

Washington, 25th September, 1841......... 609

Act of Congress. Punishment of Piracy of Foreigners.
Proclamation.

3rd March, 1847......... 610 Newfoundland. Washington, 12th December, 1855......... 898

Reciprocity Treaty of 1854.

Act of Congress. Landing of Slaves on Coast of Africa.

Act of Congress.
Proclamation.

16th June, 1860......... 615 Apprehension of Offenders...22nd June, 1860......... 616 British Neutrality between the United States and Confederate States.

Richmond Park, 13th May, 1861......... 616

Act of Congress. Punishment of Piracy.........5th August, 1861......... 899
Treaty. Slave Trade
Instructions (British).

...........Washington, 7th April, 1862......... 621
Naval Rules during Civil War in
United States. London, 31st Jan., 1862...... 900

Act of Parliament. Slave Trade Treaty of 1862.

17th July, 1862......... 635

Act of Parliament. Error in Slave Trade Treaty of 1862.

Additional Article. Slave Trade.

7th August, 1862......... 644 Washington, 17th February, 1863......... 903 Act of Parliament. Additional Article. Slave Trade.

29th June, 1863.........1066

Act of Parliament. Boundary. British Columbia.

28th July, 1863.........1093

URUGUAY.

Warrant. Duties of Postage...............London, 16th June, 1859......... 645 Warrant. Duties of Postage ......London, 19th September, 1860.........

Order in Council. Prevention of Collisions at Sea.

Osborne, 27th July, 1863........

VENEZUELA.

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Warrant. Duties of Postage............London, 4th October, 1861......... 653

WIRTEMBERG.

Accession to Declaration of Congress, Paris, 1856. Maritime

Right

........Stutgardt, 25th June, 1856......... 162 Warrant. Duties of Postage ......London, 26th December, 1861......... 212 Warrant. Duties of Postage.........London, 5th November, 1862......... 224

ADEN.

PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT of the Sultan M'Hassan of Lahej, for the Transfer of Aden to the British Government.

[Received by Capt. S. B. Haines, Indian Navy, at Aden, on the 23rd January, 1838.]

The peace, mercy, and blessings of the Almighty be with you. WE have received the letter which, through Jaffer, you have written concerning our agreement about Aden, on the 5th of Shuval; but you must know that we have claims upon that place, as also have the tribes aud Sultans around it. About the delay of the 2 months, Zilkad and Zilhuj, to which you and I have agreed before the transfer, we earnestly desire that it be observed. You will go to Bombay, and there consult the Government, while we will consult our people, the Princes and Shaikhs, and prepare their minds; then we and you, the Commissioner of the Company, will carry into effect the delivery of the fortress of Aden into your hand, and ratify the expenses of the tribes and Sultans, the regulations and manner of proceeding of everything connected with the town, the war by land and sea; then you, as the Commissioner, shall receive a true and full account and ratified transfer of the fortress of the town. As for the said customs, one-half will be upon you, and the other half upon us, after the 2 months, if it is agreed upon between us. On your arrival we will treat about the monthly or annual stipend. But the Arabs of the present town must remain under our name and our jurisdiction; all other people will be your subjects; and while we are treating after the delay of the 2 said months you must not act aggressively against us, or wrest any part of Aden from us. If you did not observe the delay of 2 months, we will not be responsible to you for anything that may happen.

(L.S.) SULTAN M'HASSAN FOUDTHEL.

Witness: RASHED BIN ABDULLA.

After the 2 months we will speak and treat with Captain Haines and no other person.

VOL. XI.

Sultan M'Hassan of Lahej to Capt. Haines, Jan. 23, 1838.

(Extract.)

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahum bemunnihee t'alla, &c. and

compliments.

WHAT I now write is from Lahej, where all are well. Your letter reached me, and I understand all you wrote in that letter. I have finished with you on the subject of the town, and told you all. Jaffer came to me from you. I have spoken truth, and gave him a letter, and from his hand received another. I have given my seal that Aden is yours, and you must now give me yours as a security to me. You have both my letter and seal.

SULTAN M'HASSAN

AFRICA. (East Coast.)

AGREEMENT with the Chief of Maroni, of Comoro, for the abolition of Slave Trade. Maroni, July 29, 1861.

AGREEMENT between Sultan Omadi, Chief of Maroni, and other places in the Island of Comoro, on the one hand, and Algernon Frederick R. de Horsey, Captain of Her Majesty's ship "Brisk," and Senior Officer on the East Coast of Africa, and William Sunley, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at the Comoro Islands, on the other hand, for the abolition of the Slave Trade in the Sultan's dominions.

ART. II. Sultan Omadi hereby engages to prohibit all foreign traffic in slaves in his territories, and not to permit slaves to be imported into Maroni or any other place under his dominion.

III. The Sultan hereby consents to the seizure by the ships of war of Her Majesty the Queen of England, of any vessels under his flag which may be met with having slaves on board, or slave fittings, or which shall not be provided with a proper pass under

the Sultan's hand.

Done at Maroni, Island of Comoro, in duplicate, this 29th day of July, 1861.

SULTAN of MARONI.

A. F. R. DE HORSEY, Captain H. M.'s ship" Brisk," and
Senior Officer, E. C. of Africa.

WM. SUNLEY, H. B. M.'s Consul at the Comoro Islands.
Witness: E. S. ADEANE, Lieutenant H. M.'s ship" Brisk."

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