contre la loi qui, sans indemnité préalable, dépouille les étrangers, propriétaires d'esclaves. En conséquence, il a l'honneur de déclarer à son Excellence M. le Ministre-Général que, pour tout ce qui concerne les Français établis dans cette République, il adhère entièrement aux principes émis dans la note sus énoncée. En s'associant à ces réclamations, et protestant, pour sa part, formellement, contre un acte aussi opposé à la Constitution même de cette République, qu'aux principes universellement adoptés en matière d'émancipation d'esclaves, le Soussigné se plait cependant à espérer que l'indemnité promise par la loi d'expropriation comptée aux propriétaires, ne se fera pas long temps attendre. Il espère aussi, que le suprême Gouvernement voudra bien le mettre à même de faire connaître au Gouvernement du Roi en même temps que la mesure qui frappe ses nationaux, celles qui seront destinées à la réparer en partie. Le Soussignée, &c. S.E. le Ministre Général. THEODORE PICHON. (Inclosure 4.)-Protest of the Portuguese Consul-General. (Translation.) Monte Video, December 14, 1842. THE official publication of the resolution taken by the General Assembly, and sanctioned by the Supreme Government of the Republic, dated the 12th instant, declaring free all the slaves of both sexes, and of all ages, that may be in the territory of the Republic would be a humane and philanthropic measure, and I should congratulate the authority upon it, if it did not involve prejudices to foreigners, and compel the freedmen to a sacrifice of blood, by obliging them to the service of arms, compromising thereby the neutrality of those foreigners that possess any, they being intended for the military service, to which the greater portion of these freedmen are dragged, an instance having already occurred of one of them disabling himself in order to avoid it. The mode of adopting such a resolution, and the occasion on which it was taken, as well as the neglect of devising means to indemnify foreigners' property, or at least to warrant them, are contrary to the laws of the State, to those of the public law of nations, and to the practice customary in like cases. The importation of slaves was permitted here from 1816 to 1828, and was subsequently authorized by the Supreme Government, on condition that they were to be re-exported. Expeditions of Africans also arrived here some years ago, in consequence of contracts entered into between the Government of this State and some private indiduals, which Africans were placed out under the denomination of wards for a certain time, the contractors paying a large sum for this permission, though the greater part of them did not stay out the period of the contract. Lastly. This resolution, promulgated in the manner and on the occasion alluded to, is tantamount to a compulsory war-contribution, from which foreigners are exempted by the above-mentioned laws. Accordingly, I judge it to be incumbent on me to protest, as I do protest, from this moment, not only on account of the said violation of the neutrality, but also on the grounds of the prejudices, losses, damages, and violences, occasioned by such measures, and that in due time they may be repaired by the Government of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. I therefore request the Secretary of the Government and of Foreign Affairs to be pleased to convey the contents of the present Note to the cognisance of the Minister-General. Don Juan A. Gelly. I have, &c. LEONARDO DE SOUZA LEITTE ASEVEDO. No. 380.-Mr. Mandeville to the Earl of Aberdeen.-(Rec. April 14.) I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch of 17th October, 1842, directing me to declare formally to the Government of the Republic of the Uruguay, that in virtue of the VIIth Article of the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, for the abolition of the Traffic in Slaves, Her Majesty's Government have decided that the colony of Sierra Leone is to be the station of the Mixed Court to be established in a British possession, and to state that, if the Republic should think proper to appoint a judge and an arbitrator to reside at Sierra Leone on the part of Monte Video, arrangements will be made for their reception. These and the other directions on this subject, sent to me by your Lordship in the above-mentioned despatch, I have executed by addressing a note to the Monte Videan Minister for Foreign Affairs, of which I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy, in which I made known to the Government of the Republic of the Uruguay your Lordship's intentions and proposals for carrying into effect the stipulations of that Treaty in the manner laid down to me by your Lordship. I have, &c. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. J. H. MANDEVILLE. No. 381.-Mr. Mandeville to the Earl of Aberdeen.-(Rec. May 7.) I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship, copy of a note which I have received from the Monte Videan Minister for Foreign Affairs, in answer to mine of the 12th instant, in which I acquainted his Excellency that Her Majesty's Government have decided that the colony of Sierra Leone is to be the station of the Mixed Court to be established in a British possession, and that, if the Government of the Republic of the Uruguay should think proper to appoint a judge and an arbitrator to reside at Sierra Leone, arrangements will be made for their reception; or, if it is desirous that in virtue of the Additional Article III of the Treaty, lately concluded between Her Majesty and the President of that Republic, the Commissioners of this Court should, for the present, be British, and the expenses defrayed by Her Majesty's Government. M. Vidal acquaints me, that he has received directions from his Government to inform me, that it has no objection for the present that the Commissioners of the Mixed Court shall be only British subjects, as, should any case occur of Slave Trade being carried on under the flag of the Republic, which is not likely, it may be judged by the Court established at Sierra Leone: adding, that for the present-and certainly for the future it will be the same-no Slave Trade is carried on under the flag of the Republic, and therefore a Court in its terri tory would be entirely useless. I have, &c. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. SIR, H. MANDEVILLE. No. 383.-The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Dale. Foreign Office, July 24, 1843. I RECEIVED your despatches dated the 16th and 19th December, of last year's series, reporting the circumstances under which certain Negroes were removed from the territory of the Republic of the Uruguay by Brazilian subjects, with the assistance of Brazilian vessels of war. I have also received from other sources further information upon the same subject. I referred the whole of those papers to Her Majesty's AdvocateGeneral for his opinion thereupon. And I now transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a despatch which, in accordance with the opinion given by that officer, I have addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at Rio de Janeiro, upon the subject in question. J. P. Dale, Esq. I am, &c. ABERDEEN. (Inclosure.) The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Hamilton, July 17, 1843. [See No. 224, page 266.] SIR, No. 384.-The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Turner. Foreign Office, August 2, 1843. I HEREWITH transmit to you, for your information, 6 copies of a Treaty, concluded on the 13th July, 1839, between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, for the abolition of the Traffic in Slaves. I transmit, at the same time, 6 copies of an Act of Parliament passed during the present session, for carrying that Treaty into effect. I also transmit to you the accompanying copy of a correspondence with Mr. Mandeville, on the subject of the establishment of Mixed Courts of Justice for the adjudication of vessels captured under this Treaty. You will perceive, from that correspondence, that Her Majesty's Government of the Republic of the Uruguay, their intention of establishing at the colony of Sierra Leone that one of the Mixed Courts of Justice which, under the provisions of the Treaty, is to reside in a British possession. You will further observe, that the Government of the Republic of the Uruguay are not at present desirous that a Court should be established on their territory; and, moreover, that they do not at present intend to appoint a judge and arbitrator in the Mixed Court at Sierra Leone. You will announce to the Government of the Uruguay, that Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Michael Linning Melville, Esq., to be Judge; James Hook, Esq., to be Arbitrator; and Charles Brook Bidwell, Esq., to be Secretary or Registrar in the Mixed British and Uruguayan Court of Justice established at Sierra Leone. And I have further to instruct you, to express to the Government of the Republic the thanks of Her Majesty's Government for the readiness with which they have acceded to the views of Her Majesty's Government, with regard to the establishment of a court in the territory of the Republic, as expressed in the note addressed by the Monte Videan Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Mandeville on the 23rd January last, a copy of which is inclosed. 332 1. The Earl of Aberdeen to Baron Feb. 23 Winwick. de Neumann 2. Baron de Neumann to the Earl of July 8 Case of the Febo; in Aberdeen tended proceedings. 334 Form of patent for ves- Flag of the Company.... 338 24. Baron Brunnow to the Earl of Nov. 6 Execution of Treaty. Aberdeen 25. Vessels of Russian Nov. 17 Flag and Patent to be 339 Russian American Com 341 343 pany.. 27. The Earl of Aberdeen to Baron Nov. 30 Ditto Brunnow FRANCE. 1843 38. Lord Cowley to the Earl of Aber- Jan. 6 Marabout deen 343 367 Albreda and the Gambia 370 Ditto Feb. 24 Complaint against H.M.S. Aberdeen 76. Mar. 24 Albreda and the Gambia 375 Les Deux Sœurs 376 73. Count Ste. Aulaire to the Earl of Mar. 20 Les Deux Sœurs 78. The Earl of Aberdeen to Count Mar. 30 Ste. Aulaire 89. The Earl of Aberdeen to Lord April 27 Proceedings of French 107. Lord Cowley to the Earl of Aber- June 19 Case of the Luiz d'Albu deen querque 108. The Earl of Aberdeen to Count June 23 Ditto Ste. Aulaire |