The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-12 00:00:00

SLAVE T.ItAI:?E.

The Treaty with Portugal for the Abolition n;
Ilke slave Trade was last eight presenten to the
I-10,:se of Commons. !ono vlng are the
principal Articles

His Most Faithful Majesty engages, within the spa& of
two months after the exchange •of the ratifications of this

present,Convention, to •,romul4ate in his capital, and in the
other parts of his dominions, as soon as passible, a law,
which shad prescribe the';!onishment of any of his subjects,
who may in future particirate in an illicit Tratlic of Slaves,
and at the same time to renr,w the Prohibition which already
exists; to import Slaves into the Brazils, nrider any flag,
other than that of Portugal; and his Most Faithful Majesty
engages to assimilate, as much as possible, the Legislation of
Tortugal is this respect to that of Great Britain.

The two High Contracting Powers, for the more complete
attainment of their object, namely, .the prevention of all
illicit Traffic in Staves, on the part- of their respective sub-
jects, mutually.consent, that the ships of war of their Royal
navies, which shall be provided with special instructions for
this purpose, as hereinafter provideil; may visit smell mer-
chant vessels'of the two nations, as may be suspected, upon
reasonable grounds, of having Slaves on board, acquired by
an• illicit traffic, and, in the event only of their actually
finding Slaves no board, may detain and bring away such
vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial before the
Trihunals established for this purpose, as shall hereinafter be
specified,

As this Aiticle is entirely reciprocal, the two High Con-
tracting Parties engage mutually to make good any losses
‘,llicla their respective subects may incur unjustly, by the
arbitrary. and illegal detention of .their vessels. - •

I❑ order to bring to adjudication. with the least delay and
inconvenience, the vessels which may he detained for having
been engaged in an illicit traffic of Slaves, there shall he esta-
blished, -within the space of a year at furthest from the ex-
change, of the Ratifications of the present Convention,
.two
Mixed Commissions, formed of an equal number of individuals
of the two nations,' named for this purpose their respective

Sovereigns

His Uritannic Majesty, in conformity with the stipulations
of the Treaty of the 22'd of January 1815, .engages to grant,
in the manlier hereafter explained, sufficient indetintidcation
to all the Proprietors of Portuguese vessels and cargoes cap-
tured by British cruizers between the Ist of June 1.914, and
the period at which the two Commissions pointed out in Ar:
title /5 of the present Convention shall assemble at their re-
spective posts.

H Britanoie Majesty formally engages to pay the 300,000/.
ster!ing of indemnification, stipulated by the Convention of
the. 21st of January, 1815, in favour of the proprietors of Por-
tholes., vessels captured by British cruisers, up to the period
of the Ist of June, 1814, in two payments.
The other Articles of this Treaty are comparatively unim-
portant.

COURT 'OF KING'S BENCH, TuEspAr, FEB. 10.

SCOUGALL AND GTHFRS V. CAMPBELL AND OTHERS

A Rule having been obtained by the plaintiff to
spew ea”'se why the award made in this' cause
should not ')e sent hack to ,the arbitrator for re-
consideration, Mr. SCARLETT this day. sheaved
cause, when the Court was of opinion that there
were no grounds for the plaintiffs' application, and
discharged the Rule Nisi. kyiti) costs.

SUDDEN DEATH —Yesterday., about 12: o'clock,
a G!,nt !email, dressed in blue, and powdered,
suddenly -dropped down at the door of Mr. Par-
sons, coach plater, in Ilanoiter-street, Long-
Acre, and expired. He was immediately re-
moved to. the nearest public•hoilse, where he was
searched in the presence of several rrsuns, and
a gold watch found in his fob, a poeket-bOok,
containing writings and cards of address, in his
great-coat pocket, from which it was discovrered
that Hs name was Stewart , at,d ,that he lived in
Cavendish square. A messenger was dispatched
to hi. family, Who'instantly had the body removed
to their residence, and are'in the•greatest affliction
in consequence of the melancholy event. The de-
ceased was about 60 y 4 H's of age.

It may be interred, ftom. the great .niunber of
Tickets which are bespoke at the Bank, by B.ISH,
and some of the -o! her Office-keepers, that several
anvetouters have been dreaming of particular num-
bers, by. means. of which they mean to Court the
.smiles of Fortune in the present Lottery : indrecf
they bare' been so numerous, that it might be
s-pposed a great part of the inhabitants of Lon-
don had been in a trance ;—that- some of them
will be trans-ported with joy, Next Month,, we
cannot doubt, for we see that the drawing will
begin on the zlib of March, and that amongst 100
Capitals- which Btin has got in his Scheme, there
are three of 30,0001.

The SrriAnEtt informed the House, that as Fri!'ay
teas the last day on which Petitions for • Private
Bills email be received, he N%;ould, with leave of
the House, take the Chair TO-morrow at half-
past Three o'clock, and oti Friday at Three o'clock.