by the removal of these Gentlemen, so that the powers of the Mixed Commission, under the Treaty abovementioned, may not be virtually suspended Lionel Hervey, Esq. I am, &c. LONDONDERRY. No. 59.-The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq. SIR, Foreign Office, 7th August, 1821. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Excellency Copies of the Addresses of the two Houses of Parliament to His Majesty the King, at the close of the last Session, on the subject of the continued prosecution of the Slave-trade under the Flags of Foreign Powers, notwithstanding the recorded abhorrence of that Traffick by every Government in Europe. I furnish your Excellency with these Documents, not with any view to your officially communicating them to the Government to which you are accredited, nor founding any immediate and special proceeding upon them, other than in following up the Instructions of which you are already in possession; but it is necessary that you should know the sentiments of Parliament upon this subject, in order that, in your intercourse with the Spanish Ministers, you may frame your language and conduct thereon, in conformity with the views therein expressed. I am, &c. Lionel Hervey, Esq. LONDONDERRY. Note. A similar Communication was made to His Majesty's Ambassadors and Ministers, at Paris, Brussels, and Lisbon. No. 60.-William Hamilton, Esq. to Lionel Hervey, Esq. SIR, Foreign Office, 17th August, 1821. I AM directed by the Marquess of Londonderry to transmit to you the accompanying Copies of two Dispatches from Mr. Kilbee, of the 10th June and 7th July, which relate to the admission of certain Slaveships into the Port of The Havannah, in violation of His Catholick Majesty's Decree of September, 1817; and I am to desire that you will communicate the substance of their contents to the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the first convenient opportunity. Lionel Hervey, Esq. I am, &c. WILLIAM HAMILTON. No. 61.-William Hamilton, Esq. to Lionel Hervey, Esq. SIR, Foreign Office, 31st August, 1821. By the Marquess of Londonderry's desire, I herewith transmit to you, for the information of the Government to which you are accredited, the accompanying Copy of a Note which has been received from a Gentleman lately returned from Cuba, who was an eye-witness of several open violations of the Abolition of the Slave-trade, during a short residence in that Island. I have, &c. Lionel Hervey, Esq. W. HAMILTON. Note. A similar Communication was made to Sir Charles Stuart. (Inclosure 1.)-Zachary Macaulay, Esq. to Joseph Planta, Jun. Esq. (Extract.) London, 17th August, 1821. I TAKE the liberty of inclosing, for your information, and that of the Marquess of Londonderry, a Note which I received a few days ago from a Gentleman lately returned from Cuba, where he spent a short time in the month of May last: short as his residence there was, he had an opportunity of witnessing the open and flagrant violation of the Engagements of their Governments, on the part both of French and Spanish Subjects. A Letter which I have also seen from St. Jago de Cuba, written in May last, states, that there, as well as at The Havannah, the Slave-trade was in full activity. A French Brig had also arrived there with a Cargo of Slaves, and several Vessels were fitting out for Africa. Joseph Planta, jun. Esq. ZACHARY MACAULAY. (Inclosure 2.)—Note of a Gentleman arrived from Cuba. London, 4th August, 1821. I HASTEN to communicate to you a few observations, relative to the continuance of the Slave Trade in Cuba, made during a short residence there, in the month of May last. In doing this, I shall confine myself to what I saw, or to facts the truth of which is there generally acknowledged. Frequent importations of Negroes continue to be effected on the Coast, especially in the neighbourhood of Havannah, and St. Jago de Cuba. Early in May, I saw a company of new Negroes marched into Havannah publicly, in number about 200. At two other different times, but also in May, I saw smaller gangs of new Negroes, whose approaching sale was publicly mentioned. These persons I knew to be new Negroes, by the manner in which they were marshalled on their march, and their language, and their general appearance, being different from that of Creole Negroes. On Friday, May 8th, I extracted from the register of arrivals in the Port of Havannah a Notice, of which the following is a translation. "May 6, 1821. From Cape Lopez, Africa, the French Brig PAimable Hariette, J. A. Brint, Master, in 40 days, with 246 Negroes (bozales) consigned to Blain, Airgpuxua & Co. three passengers from Schooner Helot, shipwrecked on that Coast. The Vessel here mentioned, was pointed out to me, by Persons themselves engaged in the Slave-trade, and interested in its continuance. Zachary Macaulay, Esq. No. 62.-Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry. (Extract.) (Received 21st September.) Madrid, 5th September, 1821. I HAVE the honour to inclose, for your Lordship's information, the translation of a Note which I have received from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, communicating that, in compliance with the requisition of Sir Henry Wellesley, Orders have been sent to The Havannah and to Sierra Leone, for the strict execution of the Treaty of 1817, for the Abolition of the Slave-trade. The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G. LIONEL HERVEY. (Inclosure.)—M. de Bardaxi to Lionel Hervey. Esq.—(Translation.) St Ildefonso, 27th August, 1821. SIR, YOUR Predecessor, Sir H.Wellesley, having, in consequence of communications made to the British Government, by the British Commissioners established at The Havannah for the purpose of witnessing the execution of the Treaty for the Abolition of the Slave-trade, required of the Government of His Catholick Majesty, that, to prevent certain abuses, which are reported to have been committed, contrary to the spirit and letter of the Treaty of 1817, Orders should be given to the Spanish Authorities at The Havannah and Sierra Leone, to proceed, in as far as regards them, to the faithful execution of the stipulations of the said Treaty, which fix the 30th October 1820 as the final term, conceded to complete the Voyages of the Spanish vessels employed in the Slave-trade; and His Catholick Majesty, accurately informed of the circumstances of the case, and a religious observer of the stipulations in favour of humanity, by which he has bound himself in this Treaty with His Britannick Majesty, has been pleased to command that the Orders solicited by Sir H. Wellesley, in the name of his Government, shall be immediately dispatched. By order of His Majesty, I have the honour to communicate to you, that the above Commands have been carried into execution, in the most explicit terms. Lionel Hervey, Esq. I have, &c. EUSEBIO DE BARDAXI Y AZARA. No. 63.-Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry. (Extract.) (Received October 23.) Madrid, 3d October, 1821. IN obedience to your Lordship's instructions, I have repeatedly called M. Bardaxi's attention to the illicit Traffick in Slaves which is still carried on at The Havannah, and he has promised me, most solemnly, that the Spanish Government will use its utmost endeavours to enforce the strict execution of the Treaty of 1817. The Marq. of Londonderry, K.G. LIONEL HERVEY. No. 64.... The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq. SIR, Foreign Office, 31st December, 1821. I HAVE to call your immediate attention to the inclosed Copies of Letters to the 30th October, from His Majesty's Commissioners at The Havannah, relative to the continued encouragement afforded in that Island to the Dealers in Slaves. It appears that, on the 12th August last, the Portuguese Brig San Francisco, Don Antonio Justiano Master, arrived at The Havannah from Pernambuco, with a Cargo of salt and 59 Negroes, cousigned to Messrs. Cuesto, Manzanal and Toso. You will perceive that the Captain-General had, in the first instance, refused permission for the Negroes to be landed, but that, after the Vessel had remained a considerable time in the harbour, the Consignees finally obtained permission to land and sell the Negroes. This permission, it appears, the Captain-General was induced to grant, in consequence of a Report made upon the Case by the Assessors or Legal Counsel of the Government; but His Majesty's Commissioners, at the date of their Communication, had been unable to obtain a Copy of that Report, or any satisfactory explanation of the grounds on which it had been founded. You will likewise observe, from the inclosed Letter, that, on the 24th October, 2 Spanish Vessels, viz. the Schooners Vecua and Icanam, Don Vincente Gomez and Don Antonio Moreiro, Masters, publicly cleared out from the Port of Havannah for the Coast of Africa, with effects for the Slave-trade. His Majesty's Government have received this intelligence with the deepest regret, and I have, accordingly, been commanded by the King to instruct you to bring the subject under the immediate and most serious consideration of the Spanish Government. You will remonstrate in the strongest manner against such repeated evasions, even on the part of the Spanish Authorities, of the solemn Engagements subsisting between the two Countries; and you will make known to them the earnest expectation of His Majesty's Government, that they will immediately adopt such decisive measures as may secure for the future a strict conformity, on the part of their several Authorities and other Subjects, with the Laws and Treaties actually existing for the extinction of this execrable Traffick. I am, &c. Lionel Herrey, Esq. LONDONDERRY. No. 65. The Marquess of Londonderry to Lionel Hervey, Esq. SIR, Foreign Office, 26th January, 1822. His Majesty's Government have learned with much satisfaction that the Spanish Commissioners at The Havannah have received from their Government, Instructions to carry punctually into effect, in all their proceedings, the Stipulations of the Slave-trade Abolition Treaty, and that Circular Orders to the same effect have been received by the Captain-General, the Admiral, and the Intendant, with directions to communicate the same to the several branches of their respective Departments. As, however, His Majesty's Government have reason to believe, that the several Spanish Vessels of War cruising in those seas, are not furnished with the Special Instructions annexed to the Slave-trade Treaty, to enable them to detain Slave Ships agreeably to the Stipulations thereof; I have to desire that you will take an early opportunity of suggesting to the Spanish Government the expediency of providing the Commanders of such Vessels with those Instructions, forthwith, in order to ensure the due execution of this important duty. Lionel Hervey, Esq. I am, &c. LONDONDERRY. No. 66.-Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry. (Received February 24.) MY LORD, Madrid, 11th February, 1822. I HAVE the honour to acquaint your Lordship that Don Claudio Pinillos and Colonel Quesada have been appointed Commissioners at The Havannalı, for carrying into execution the Treaty for the Abolition of the Slave-trade; the former in the place of M. Ramirez, the deceased Intendant, and the latter to succeed Don Francisco Arango, named Councillor of State. I have, &c. The Marquess of Londonderry, K. G. LIONEL HERVEY. No. 67.-Lionel Hervey, Esq. to the Marquess of Londonderry. (Extract.) (Received March 21.) Madrid, 5th March, 1822. I AM happy to be able to transmit to your Lordship a translation of the 276th Article of the Criminal Code, which has passed the Cortes, 2 and which imposes severer penalties on the illicit Traffick in Slaves; and I can further add my conviction, that the Spanish Government will lend us every assistance for effectually carrying into execution the existing Treaties for the abolition of that nefarious commerce. I have hitherto abstained from making any Communication to your Lordship upon this Article of the Criminal Code, as the whole has not yet been submitted to the King for his sanction, and has not been discussed in the Council of State. The Marquess of Londonderry, K. G. LIONEL HERVEY. (Inclosure)-Extract from the Criminal Code of Spain.--(Translation.) ART. 276.-All Captains, Masters, and Pilots of Spanish Vessels, who purchase Negroes on the Coast of Africa, or introduce them into any Port of The Spains, or are found with Slaves on board their Vessels, |