The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-02-06 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TO TiiCI3IITENTIOI 'ITV'S,/
MIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS HOST FAITHFUL
MAJESTY, SIGNED IN LONDON, ON THE an. OF JULY,
1817.
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Cheat Bejaia
and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of
Portugal, Brazil, and Algarve', wishing to remove every "beads
to the faithful execution of the convention signed in London by
their respective Plenipotentiaries, on the 20th of July, 1817, fee
the purpose of preventang their subjects from enpging in any ilbdt
traffic m slaves ; and seeing the necessity of adding, to that atm
certain ankles le the said Convention, have, for this purpose, soma
their Plesigessatiarieo, that la to say—his Majesty the King fide
United Magian of Ureat Britain and Ireland, Edward Hided
Ward, Esq., his Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Lisbon t
all
his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Ponagel, Iftreed.
and Alpines, Jame Beall° Rademaker, Knight Professed is the
Order of Chnst, and Chief Clerk of the Department of State for
Foreign Affairs--who, after having exchanged their respective full
powers, found to be in good mod due form, have agreed upon the
following articles :
Article I.—Whereas it is mated, in the first article of the in-
structions, intended tOr the British and Portuguese ships of war,
employed to prevent the illicit traffic in
intended for purposes of
traffic. then mat be detained on any account or pretence whatever :•.
and whereas it has been found, by experience, that month employed
in the illegal italic have put their slaves mementarily on shire,
ininvediateleyinee to their being visited by ships of au, and that
such wawa have thus found mama tis Amide forfeiture, and ham
been enabled to pursue their unlawful course with impunity, cat.
teary to the true object and spirit of the Comseadmis if the !Mk of
July, 1817 ; the two hiertt contracting pantos. dameftne, Seel it ac-
cessary to declare, and eta hereby declared by' den, thml,if that
shall be clear and undeniable proof that a slave et slams el Oar
sex, has ot have been put on board a vessel for the wren ef affid
traffic in the particular voyage on width the Tomei was Num&
then and on that account, according to the trim intent sad
of the stipulations of the above-manioaed Conv:mion, sucillite=
shall be detained by the cruisers, and finally *mammal by the
Commissioners.
Article S.—lnasmuch as the Convention of the 2lth of Jelin,
1817, does not stipulate the mode of supplying the absence of the
Commissioners, occurring from any, WILT cause besides that of
death, which is the only case provided far by the 11th Article of the
Regulation for the Mixed Commission,, annexed to the mid Con-
vention ; the two high contracting parties have agreed, that, in tic
event of regal, at of the absence on eccount of illness, Or any other
unavoidable cause, of any of the Commissioners, Judges, or Arbi-
trators ; or in the ease of their absence in consequence of leave iron
their Goverment (which must be notified to the respective Con.
miesion), their posts shall be supplied in the same form and manna
as is determined fur the case of death, by the abovenieutioned Wit
Article of the said Regulation.
These additional Attic-lei shall have the same force and eines
if they were inserted, word foe word, in the said Convention, et
shall be considered as funning part of the Lune ; they shall be n.
tilled, and the ratifications thereof exchanged in Lisbon, endue
three months at latest, after the date of their signature.
in witness thereof the undenigned, being furnished with full
powers to that effect, have signed these Articles, and affixed then.
WHO the seals of theiriirnui._
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lima at Li;boa, this 13th day of March. In the jesz of our
Lard IL's.
(L S.) E. El. WARD.
(L.S.) JOZE BAZILIO RADEMAKER.

At a meeting of a number of manufacturers, muter
mechanics, and other gentlemen in Aberdeen, H. Harvey.
rag. of Waco in the chair, a Committee was forretil, tor
the purpose of founding a Mechanics' Institution.-6L-
gow Herald.
A monument is about to be erected in the Fir Park,
Glasgow, to the great Reformer Knox.—Caledonian Mer-

car".
11111DGEWAT EX, Fri. 3.—A highly respectable meeting
of the subscribers to the intended improvements iu this
town took place on the 20th ult., when it wss finally re-
solved to carry into immediate execution the designs sub-
mitted to them by Mr. Carver, the architect, viz. the erec-
tion of a superb mansion-house for the accommodation of '
the Judges at the Assizes—a commodious hotel, and ele-
gant assembly and card rooms.
The town of Knareshorough is soon to be lighted with..
gas; pipes, for effecting so desirable au improvement, are•
now being laid in the streets. .1
A project is afloat for the establishment of an oil gas
company in Leeds, and also in Aberdeen.
Rostra.—ln all the other kingdoms of Europe, and is
the United States of America, the management of turn
pike roads reposes in the Government ; and great &dyes-
tage is admitted to result front such a system. We are
from circumstances inclined to think that our own Go-
vernment have it in contemplation to submit some plan for
the sanction of Parliament on this Important subject.
Far NC It Nr.VY.—During the short affair with Spain.
the navy in commission has been augmented from 90 to ts,
sail of vessels, and her seamen in service from 8,000 to
19,000. [lt is asserted by gentlemen well acquainted
with the subject, that in case of a war, France could (gull
a more powerful fleet than that of any other nation in the
saute space of time. No money is more cheerfully voted
by the French Chambers than that which is appropriated to
the augmentation of the navy.]—Rosins r.
Sun. LAUNCII.—On Tuestliy, the dock-yard of Messrs. ~
Vl'igram and Green, at Blackwall, was crowded to witness
the launch of a very fine ship for the India trade, of 80")
tons burthen. The day was particularly favourable. and
the scene altogether interesting. l'he decks of the
several ships and steam-vessels in their extensive docks sf- 1
forded excellent accommodation to the vast ass:mblaec;
and those, as well as all the eminences, were
rally covered. At half-past three the began to move, 110
soon after majestically glided into her native clement,
amidst the loud cheers of the surrounding spectators, hi"
ing been duly named the Lord Amherst. We understand
she was built expressly for a passenger ship, and that hie
accomtnodatious are of the most spacious and elegant 1,-
! scription.
'I he clove is now cultivated in the vicinity of Port-au-
Prince, in the island of St. Domingo. A single tree ho
produced sixty pounds, of excellent quality. Might nel
this plant be cultivated in the south-western rut of die
United States?—American Purr.