The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-24 00:00:00

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Eitracefrom the Jornal do Commerceo of March 18, 1845.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir,--The period of fifteen
years, during which, as I have just been informed by the Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, according to the conventions between
Brazil and Great Britain, in regard to the abolition of the
traffic in slaves, the convention of the 28th of July, 1817, still
remained in force, having expired on the 13th inst., and as the
right of visit and of search ceased, in consequence thereof, after
that day, as also all the other stipulations, instructions, and
regulations thereto annexed, I communicate the same to your
Excellency for your information and for that of the Supreme
Tribunal of Justice ; as also that until a fit regulation in regard
to the adjudication of captures made on account of the illicit
commerce in slaves be adopted, such processes are of the com-
petence of the ordinary tribunals of the country.
God preserve, &c.,
MANOEL ANTONIO GALVAO.

(Signed)

Palasce,-Mareh 15, 1845.
To Senhor Jose Bernardo de Figueirdo.
In the same conformity to the President, ad interim of the
" Relacao " of the capital, and by circular to the Presidents
of the Maritime Provinces.

No. 2.
The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Hamilton.

Foreign-office, June 4, 1845.
Sir,—The attentive consideration of her Majesty's Govern-
ment has been given to the subject of your dispatch, Slave
Trade, No. 8, of the 22d March last, inclosing a copy and
translation of a notification made to you on the 12th of that
month by Senhor Ernesto Ferreira Franca, that under the con-
ventions between Great Britain and Brazil for the abolition of
the traffic in slaves, the several stipulations contained in the
convention of the 28th July, 1817, its additional articles, in-
structions and regulations would cease on the 13th of March
last, that is on the day following the date of that notification ;
but that the Brazilian Government would willingly agree that
the Brazilian and British Mixed Commissioners established at
Rio de Janeiro and Sierra Leone, shall continue for six months
longer, for the sole purpose of concluding the adjudication of
cases pending, and of those which have occured before the above-
mentioned 13th day of March.
You will, immediately on the receipt of this dispatch, pre-
sent to the Brizilian Government a note, of which the draft is
enclosed, and you will inform me of the day on which it is pre-
sented. You will see by the draft in question that her Ma.
jesty's Governmen admit that the convention of 1817, with all
its annexes, are at an end from the above-mentioned date;
that they agree to the continuance of the mixed commissions
until the 13th of September next, for the purpose proposed by
the Brazilian Government; and that a declaration is made to
the effect that her Majesty's Government, reverting to the
rights and obligations which attach to her Majesty in virtue of
the first article of the convention of 1826, are prepared to exer-
cise those rights, and will propose to Parliament the necessary
legislative enactments to enable her Majesty to carry the pro-
visions of that article into full effect.
I have addressed to her Majesty's Commissioners an instruc.
tion, which I send to you under flying seal, acquainting them
with the approaching termination of their powers.
The commanders of her Majesty's cruisers will receive im-
mediate instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty as to the
termination of the convention of 1817, and the cessation of
their right to search and detain vessels under that convention,
—I ara, eze.,

(Signel)

Enclosure 1, in No. 2.