The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-10 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE.

CONVENTION AGREED UPON AT ANGOLA BETWEEN
THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR AND W. TUCKER,
ESQ., COMMANDER OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP
WOLVERINE.
(From the Lisbon paper Athlete..)
For the more easy and effectual suppression of the
Slave Trade, by the orders that the Government of her
,aithful Majesty has given to his Excellency Antonio
vlanoel de Noronha, the Governor-General of Angola
and its dependencies (notwithstanding that they are by
hemselves sufficient to arrive at the desired object), his
Excellency accepts the co-operation offered by William
Tucker, Esq., Commander of her Majesty's sloop Wol-
verine, and senior officer of her Majesty's ships and ves-
sels employed for the suppression of the Slave Trade
'n the western coast of Africa. They therefore agree
.o the following provisional convention, depending upon
the approbation of their respective Governments :

1. That the coast from Molembo to the 18th degree
of south latitude will be respected as the dominions of
her faithful Majesty.

2. The Portuguese and English ships and vessels of
.var (when in sight) shall mutually co-operate to capture
my vessel or vessels with slaves on board, which shall
he sent to St. Paul de Loanda to be adjudged, and
the captains and others interested punished with all the
rigour of the Portuguese laws, especially according to
the Portuguese decree of the 10th of December, 1836.
3. If any English man-of-war under the order of the
senior officer commanding her Britannic Majesty's ships
and vessels of war on the western coast of Africa,
meets, in any part of the ocean south of the equator,
any vessel with a Portuguese passport having a cargo
of slaves on board, he shall be empowered to take heron('
send her to St. Paul de Loanda, to be adjudged ac-
cording to the preceding article.
4. Neither the senior officer commanding her Bri-
tannic Majesty's ships or vessels of war on the western
coast of Africa. nor any officer under his orders, shall
oe responsible for any damage or expense for the ves-
sels captured in that manner with slaves on board, and
sent to St. Paul de Loanda to be adjudged.
5. The Portuguese decree of the 10th of December,
1836, not expressing if the value of the ship or vessel
taken for the contravention of the same decree shall be
or not divided between the captors according to the
Portuguese laws relating to the condemnation and divi-
zion of prizes made during the war, it has been agreed
that the value of the ships and vessels taken by the
English men-of-war, agreeably to the above articles,
with a cargo of slaves on hoard, and sent by the captors
to St. Paul de Loanda to be adjudged, in case of con-
demnation, shall be deposited in the coffers of the Junta
da Fazenda of the Province of Angola to await the de-
cision of the two Governments.

In affirmation of which his Excellency the Governor-
General of Angola and its dependencies has ordered me,
Vincente Pires da Gama, Secretary (ad interim), to
write this convention on the 29th day of May, 1839 ;
which is also written in English by William Henry
Bateman, Clerk of her Britannic Majesty's sloop Wol-
verine.

WILLIAM TUCKER (B), Commander of her
Britannic Majesty's sloop Wolverine, and senior
officer of her Britannic Majesty's ships and ves-
sels on the Western Coast of Africa.
ANTONIO MANOEL DE NORONHA, Go-
♦ernor-General of Angola and its dependencies.
Signed and sealed at the Palace of the Governor- Gene-
ral of Angola and its dependencies, at St. Paul de Loanda,
this 29th day of May, 1839.
WILLIAM HENRY BATEMAN, Clerk of her
Britannic Majesty's sloop Wolverine.
( A true copy.)
VICENTE PIRES DE GAMA, Captain of
Engineer-, and Secretary of the Government ad
interim.

MIDDLESEX ADJOURN ED

SESSIONS

Yesterday being the day appointed for hearing al:
peals, the Adjourned Sessions for the county of Middle-
sex were held at the Sessions' House, in Clerkenwell
Mr. Sergeant Adams presiding.
The only case of interest on the paper was the appeal
of David Edward Williams, against an order of Mr.
Hall, at the Hatton Garden police court, for an allow-
ance to the wife of the appellant. This case, however.
it appeared. had been settled out of Court, for when it
was called on

Mr. BODKIN said, that himself and his Learned Friend
on the other side (Mr. Prendergast), had agreed that
the recognizances in this case should be discharged, and
the order quashed.
The case, consequently, was not gone into.
The Court rose at four o'clock.