The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

sel is engaged in the slave-trade, or has been
fitted out for that traffic, or has been engaged LI that
traffic during the voyage in which she is met w.th by
the cruiser ; and if he in consequence deter-
mine to detain her, and t) have her delivered up to
the jurisdiction of the competent authorities, h? shall
forthwith cause a list to be made out, in duplicate, of
all the papers found on board, and he shall sign this
list and the duplicate, adding, after his own name, his
rank in the navy, and the name of the vessel un ler his
command,

lle shall, in like manner, make out and sign, in
duplicate, a. declaration, stating the place and time of
the detention, the name of the vessel, and that of her
master, The names of the persons composing her crew,
and the number and condition of the slaves found cn
b6ard.

This declaration shall further contain an exact de-
scription of the state of the vessel and her cargo.
3. The commander of the cruiser shall, without
delay, carry or send the detained vessel, with her
master, crew, passengers, cargo, and the slaves found
on board, to one of the ports hereinafter specified, in
order that proceedings may be.instituted in regard to
them, conformably to the laws of the country under
whose flag the vessel is sailing ; and he shall deliver
the same to the competent authorities, or to the per-
sons who shall have been specially appointed for that
purpose by the Government to whom such port shall
belong.
4. No person whatever shall be taken out of the
detained vessel, nor shall any part of her cargo, nor
any of the slaves found on board, be removed from
her, until after such vessel shall have been delivered
over to the authorities of her own nation, unless the
removal of the whole or part of the crew, or
of the slaves found on board, shall be deemed
necessary, either for the preservation of their
lives, or from any other consideration of humanity,
or for the safety of the persons who shall be
charged with the navigation of the vessel after
her detention. In any such case, the commander of
the cruiser, or the officer appointed to bring in the
detained vessel, shall make a declaration on such re-
moval, in which he shall specify the reasons for the
same ; and the masters, sailors, passengers, or slaves
so removed, shall be carried to the same port as the
vessel and her cargo, and they shall be received in the,
same manner as the vessel, agreeably to the regulations,
hereinafter set forth.

Provided always, that nothing in this paragraph
shall be understood as applying to slaves found orb
board of Austrian, Prussian, or Russian vessels ; but
such slaves shall be disposed of as is specified in the
following paragraphs.
5. All Austrian vessels which shall be detained on
the stations of America, or Africa, by the cruisers of
the other contracting parties, shall be carried and deli-
vered up to the Austrian jurisdiction at Trieste..
But if slaves shall be found on board any such Aus;
trian vessel at the time of her detention, the vessel
shall, in the first instance, be sent to deposit the slavei
at that port to which she would have been taken f 4
adjudication if she had been sailing under the Eng-
lish or French flag. The vessel shall :afterwards be
sent on, and shall be delivered up to the Austrian ju-
risdiction at Trieste, as above stipulated.
All French vessels which -shall be detained on the
western coast of Africa by cruisers of the other con-
tracting parties shall be carried and delivered up to
the French jurisdiction at Goree.
All French vessels which shall be detained on the
eastern coast of Africa by the cruisers of the other
contracting parties shall be carried as I delivered up
to the French jurisdiction at the Isle of Bourbon.
All French vessels which shall be detained on the
coast of America to the southward of the 10th degree
of north latitude, by the cruisers of the other con-
tracting parties shall be carried antPdelivered up to
,he French jurisdiction at Cayenne.
All French vessels which shall be detained in the
West Indies, or on the coast of America, to the north-
ward of the 10th degree of north latitude, by the
cruisers of the other contracting parties, shall be car-
ried and delivered up to the French jurisdiction at
Martinique.
All British vessels which shall be detained on the
western coast of Africa by the cruisers of the other
contracting parties, shall be carried and delivered up
to the British jurisdiction at Bathurst on the river
Gambia.
All British vessels which shall be detained on the
eastern coast of Africa by the cruisers of the other
contracting parties, shall be carried and delivered up
to the British jurisdiction at the Cape of Good Hope.
All British vessels which shall be detained on the
coast of America by the cruisers of the other contract-
ing parties shall be carried and delivered up to the
British Jurisdiction at the Colony of Demerara, Or at
Port Royal, in Jamaica, according as the commander
of the cruiser may think most convenient.
All British vessels which shall be detained in the
West Indies by the cruisers of the other contracting
parties shall be carried and delivered up to the British
jurisdiction at Port Royal, in Jamaica.
All Prussian vessels which shall be detained on the
stations of America or Africa, by the cruisers of the
other contracting parties, shall be carried and deli-
vered up to the Prussian jurisdiction at Stettin.
But if slaves shall be found on board any such
Prussian vessel at the time of her detention, the ves-
sel shall, in the first instance, be sent to deposit the
slaves at that port to which she would have been
taken for adjudication if she had been sailing under
the English or French flag. The vessel shall after-
wards be sent on, and shall be delivered up to the
Prussian jurisdiction at Stettin as above stipulated.
All Russian vessels which shall be detained on the
stations of America or Africa, by the cruisers of the
other contracting parties, shall carried and delivered
up to the Russian jurisdiction at Cronstadt or at Re-
vel, according as the season of the year may allow the
one or the other of those ports to be reached.
But if slaves shall be found on board any such Rus-
sian vessel at the time of her detention, the vessel shall,
:n the first instance, be sent to deposit the slaves at
that port to which she would have been taken for ad-
j adication if she had been sailing under the Erglish
a. French flag. The vessel shall afterwards be sent
on, and shall be delivered up to the Russian jurisdic-
tion at Cronstadt, or at Revel, as above stipulated.
6. As soon as a merchant-vessel, which shall have
Scenidetained as aforesaid, shall arrive at one of the
;-orts or places above-mentioned, the commander
'if the cruiser, or the officer appointed to bring
in such detained vessel, shall forthwith deliver
to the authorities duly appointed for that purpose
by the Government within whose territory such port
or place shall be, the vessel and her cargo, together
with the master, crew, passengers, and slaves found on
board, and also the papers which shall have been
seized on board the vessel, and one of the duplicate
lists of the said papers, retaining the other in his own
possession. Such officer shall at the same time deliver
to the said authorities one of the original declarations,
as hereinbefore specified, adding thereto a statement
of any changes which may have taken place from the
time of the detention of the vessel to that of the deli-
very, as well as a copy of the statement of any re-
movals which may have taken place, as above pro-
vided for.

In delivering over these several documents the
officer shall make, in writing and an oath, an attesta-
tion of the truth.
7. If the commander of a cruiser of one of the
high contracting parties, who shall be duly fv"nished
with the aforesaid special instructions, shall have
reason to suspect that a merchant vessel sailing
under convoy of, or in company with, a ship
of war of any one of the other contracting par-
ties, is engaged in the ;lave-trade, or has been
tittc:d out for the purpose of that traffic, or has
been engaged in the traffic in slaves during the
voyage in which she is met with bi the
said cruiser, he shall confine himselfto communicating
his suspicions to the commander of the ship of war,
and he shall leave it to the latter to proceed alone to
visit the suspected vessel, and to deliver her to the
jurisdiction of her own country, if there should be
cause for doing so.
8. By Article IV. of the treaty it is stipulated, that
in no case shall the mutual right of visit be exercised
upon ships of war of the high contracting parties.
It is agreed that this exemption shall apply equally
to vessels of the Russian-American Company, which
being commanded by officers of the Imperial navy,
are authorised by the Imperial Government to carry
a flag which distinguishes them from the merchant
navy, and are armed and equipped similarly to trans-
ports of war.
It is further understood that the said vessels shall
be furnished with a Russian patent, which shall prove
their origin and destination. The form of this patent
shall be drawn up by common consent. It is agreed
that this patent, when issued by the competent autho-
rity in Russia, shall be countersigned at St. Peters-
burgh by the Consulates of Great Britain and France.
9. In the 3d clause of article 9 of the Treaty it is
stipulated that, failing proof to the contrary, a vessel
shall be presumed to be engaged in the slave-trade if
there be found on board spare plank fitted for being
laid down as a second or slave deck.

In order to prevent any abuse which might arise
from an arbitrary interpretation of this clause, it is
especially recommended to the cruisers not
to Austrian, Prussian, or Russian vessels employed
in the timber trade, whose manifests shall prove that
the planks and joists which they have, or have had, on
board are, or were, a part of their cargo for trade.
Therefore, in order not to harrass lawful commerce,
cruisers are expressly enjoined only to act upon the
stipulations contained in the third clause of article 9,
when there shall be on board the vessel visited spare
plank evidently destined to form a slave .deck.
The undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed, in
conformity with the 13th article of the Treaty signed
by them this day, that these instructions shall be an-
nexed to the Treaty signed this day between. Great
Britain, Austria France, Prussia, and Russia, for the
suppression of the African slave-trade, and shall be
considered as an integral part of that Treaty.
In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries of the