196. The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Feb. 27 Case of the Vencedora.... 423 Hamilton 201. Mr. Hamilton to the Earl of Jan. 27 Ubatuba affair. Apology 253. Mr. Ryan to the Earl of Aberdeen Nov. 10 Report on Slave Trade and slavery in the province of Para.............. 471 Nov. 24 Replies to queries on Slave Trade and slavery in the province of Para 475 1844 Jan. 10 Census of province of BRAZIL (PARAIBA). 1844 263. Mr. Newcomen to the Earl of May 29 Aberdeen 264. July 22 Report on slavery and BRAZIL (PERNAMBUCO). 1844 265. Mr. Cowper to the Earl of Aber- Jan. deen NETHERLANDS. 1843 269. Sir Edward Disbrowe to the Earl Dec. 29 Negroes illegally intro 283. Mr. Hudson to the Earl of Aber- July 12 Negroes of the Légère. 512 513 286. Mr. Hudson to the Earl of Aug. 31 Negroes of the Snow Aberdeen claim to compensation No. 1.-Mr. Bulwer to the Earl of Aberdeen.-(Rec. January 15.) MY LORD, Madrid, January 7, 1844. IN obedience to the instructions contained in your Lordship's despatch of the 19th ultimo, I have the honour to inclose a copy of the note which I have addressed to Senhor Gonzalez Bravo, regarding the late occupation of the island of Fernando Po by the Spanish Government. I have, &c. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. HENRY LYTTON BULWER. SIR, (Inclosure.)-Mr. Bulwer to Señor Gonzalez Bravo. HER Majesty's Government having received information of the intention of the Government of Spain to assume the administration of the Island of Fernando Po, and to establish a settlement upon it, I have been instructed to make to your Excellency the following observations. Her Majesty's Government having acknowledged the right of Spain to the sovereignty of Fernando Po, they have no objection to offer to the measures which it is said the Spanish Government are about to take with respect to it. The object which Her Majesty's Government had in view, in offering to purchase from the Spanish Crown the sovereignty of Fernando Po, was the effectual suppression of the Slave Trade; for which object they were of opinion, that the possession of that island would afford greater facilities. And if now Her Catholic Majesty's Government are about to form an establishment on that island, Her Majesty's Government feel that they are justified in requiring that the great and humane purpose to which I have just alluded, shall be kept steadily in view; and that, in accordance with the spirit of the Treaty by which the 2 Crowns are bound, the Spanish Government shall not permit the baneful evil of Slave Trade to spring up in the spot they are about to occupy; but on the contrary, use every means which their position in Fernando Po will afford them for putting down this irregular traffic. I am further directed specially to require, that any Spanish authorities who may be established in the island shall be enjoined to give that protection to the persons and property of the English missionaries and settlers which, in virtue of ancient friendly Treaties, it is the duty of Her Majesty's Government to claim for them as subjects of the British Crown. I thus address your Excellency in the perfect confidence that Her Catholic Majesty's Government will readily furnish the assurance that the wishes of Her Majesty's Government will in this instance be fully complied with. I have, &c. H.E. Don Luis Gonzalez Bravo. SIR, HENRY LYTTON BULWER. No. 2.-The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Bulwer. Foreign Office, January 18, 1844. WITH reference to my despatch of the 13th ultimo, respecting the conduct of the authorities in Cuba, in the execution of the Treaties between Great Britain and Spain, I herewith transmit to you copies of a despatch from Her Majesty's Commissioners, and of 2 despatches from Her Majesty's Consul-General, which I have received since the date of my despatch to you. From these commu nications you will perceive that the Slave Trade is still permitted to be carried on with impunity in Cuba and that the Captain-General, following out the intention which he intimated in his note of the 29th October to the Consul-General, has not even acknowledged the receipt of Mr. Crawford's last communication; and he has required Her Majesty's Commissioners, in addressing him, to limit themselves to statements of acts done, without venturing upon any observations inculpating Spanish functionaries. You will state to the Spanish Minister, by note, that Her Majesty's Government may reasonably hope that the Government of Her Catholic Majesty will not countenance the conduct of the Captain-General of Cuba in this particular. It is the duty of Her Majesty's agents to make communications to the Spanish Local authorities on the execution of Treaties between Great Britain and Spain; and it is no less the duty of the Spanish functionaries to receive and pay due attention to such communications. If there had been, in the letters of Her Majesty's Commissioners, or of Her Majesty's Consul-General, upon these occasions, anything objectionable, either in matter or in tone, Her Majesty's Government would have deemed it incumbent upon them to express their disapproval of the conduct of the British functionaries in this respect; but it appears to Her Majesty's Government that the letters in question contain only matter which it was right that Her Majesty's Consul-General and Commissioners should bring to the knowledge of the Captain-General, and that they are couched in language in which there is nothing to disapprove. Such being the case, Her Majesty's Government feel that the Captain-General of Cuba ought to be directed to change his conduct towards the British functionaries, and to receive, acknowledge, and attend to the representations made by them; and you will therefore demand that orders to that effect may be issued to him. The information, contained in the accompanying despatches, respecting the Slave Trade carried on in Cuba, will serve to strengthen the remonstrances which, by my instruction of the 31st ultimo, you are directed to make upon this point to the Spanish Government. H. L. Bulwer, Esq. SIR, I am, &c. ABERDEEN. No. 10.-The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Bulwer. Foreign Office, March 25, 1844. DURING the last war between Great Britain and the United States of America, the British forces having occupied a post on the coast of Florida, called Prospect Bluffs, a portion of the population of that part of the country were taken into British service. On the |