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London, England, 1826-01-24 00:00:00

GREAT BRITAIN AND BRAZIL.

TREATY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
• In the name of tint Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.
The separation of the Empire of Brazil from the
Kingdom of Portugal having put his Britannic Majesty
in a situation to reclaim the execution., on the part of
his Most Faithful Majesty, of the treaties concluded
with the Court of Lisbon on the 22d of January, 1815,
and the 28th of July, 1817, which prohibit the exporta-
lion of slaves from the coast of Africa to foreign coun-
tries; and his Majesty the E nperor of Brazil desiring
to put an end to the trade in slaves, satisfying by such
conduct the sentiments of hia own heal t, and thew ishes
and desires manifested in this respect by all the &we-
, reigns and Governments of civilized nat ons, and very
par titularly these manifested by his Majesty the King
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ;
their said Majesties, the E riperor of Brazil and the
'King of the U•sited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, have resolved to adopt and arrange in thepresent
“eaty the most effi:acious means to suppress the illicit
codsmerce in slaves on the part of their respective sub-
jects, as likewise to bring about the final abolition of
the slave-trade in the shortest space et time possib'e.'
In consequence of these principles, the two high con-
tracting p ivies have nominated as their plenipoten-
tiaries, to wit, stc.
Art. I. Four years after the elm() rive of the ratifi-
cations of the present tretty, it shall riot be allowed to
the subjects of the empire of Br iz.l to carry on the trade
in slaves on the coast of Aft Ica, under any pretext or in
any manner whatever.
Art. 11. The object of this trial, on the part oi
the two Governments, being to oppose mutually the
trade in slaves, the two high coiaracan4 pitta's de.

S. The territories on the coast of Africa to the south of the '1
Equator, over which the Crown of Portugal has declared its
the territories of Molembo and of Cabinda, oft
the western coast of Africa, from the degree S. 14 Minutes, to the
Bth degree south latitude.
Art. IV. . His imperiaLlgajestf in accordance with.
the spirit of the present treaty, shall adopt all the moos
that may appear the most efficacious to carry into entire
and complete effect thelauJahle objects which the high
contracting parties have io view.
Art. V. Determines the formula of the passports.
Mt. VI. The navigation shall be direct from Brazil
to the port mentioned in the passport, and the vessels
shall r, tern to the same port whence they sailed, with-
out touching at any other port.
Art. VII. No vessels shall sail till the preprieter or the Muter
present a certificate of their register.
Art. VIII. The high contracting parties, the better
to attain the proposed end of preventing all illicit com-
merce in slaves by their respective subjects, mutually
consent that the ships of war of both marines, which
shall be for that end provided with special instructions,
of which mention shall be made below, may visit the
merchant-ships of both nations. when they have reason-
able ground to suspect that they have on board slaves
obtained by illicit traJe. The same ships of war shall
be empowered (not only in cases provided for in the 6th 11
article of this treaty, or when in fact there are slaves on
hoard) to detain and carry into port such vessels for
the purpose of having them judged by the tribunals
established for that pulpose, as shall be afterwards de.
dared ; it being well understood that the commarass.
of both the Imperial and Royal marines, who may
execute this commission, shall observe strictly and
accurately the instructions with which they shall be
provided for that purpose. 'lbis article being entirely
reciprocal, the two contracting parties become bound
to each other to grant an indemnity for the losses which
their respective subjects may suffer unjustly by arbitary
detention, or detention without legal cause by their
ships ; it being likewise well understood that the in-
demnity shall always be at the expense of the Govern-1
ment to which the cruiser shall belong which has com-
mitted the act of arbitrary detention., Finally, the search
or detention of slave ships (as it is declared in this article)
shall be limited to Brazilian or British ships which
belong to either the Imperial or Royal marine, or
which shall he provided with special instructions an-
oexed to the present treaty.
Art. IX. Brazilian or British cruisers shall not be
empowered to detain any slave ship on board of which
there are not actually found slaves; and it shall be
accessary, to legalize the detention of any vessel.
that the slaves found on board be actually carried for
traffic, and that those found on board Brazilian vessels
shall have been taken from that part of the coast of
Mica. beyond the limits specified in the third article
of this treaty.
Art. X. All the ships of war of the two nations which
in future shall be destined to prevent the slave-trade,
shall be provided by their own Government with a copy
of the instructions annexed to this treaty, and which
shall be considered an integral part of it. These in-
structions shall be written in Portuguese and English,
and prepared for the ships of each of the two nations by
their respective Ministers of Marine. The two high
contracting parties reserve to themselves the power of
changing entirely, or in part, these instructions, as cir•
cumstances may require ; it being well understood that
these said changes shall not be made without the
common agreement and consent of the two high con-
tracting parties.
Art. XI. Two mixed commissions, composed of an
equal number of individuals of the two nations shall
decide upon the detention of vessels. One shall reside
in Brasil, and another in the dominions of his Britannic
Majesty. Each of the two Governments shall declare,
in the act of the exchange of ratification, what is to be
the place of residence of its respective commission.
Those commissions shall judge witho..t appeal the
causes which shall come before them, directing them.
selves by the regulations and instructions annexed to the
present treaty.
Art. XII. Makes an enumeration of the instruments annexed
to the treaty, which are—

1. The formula of the pauports.
2. Instructions for the ships of war of both nations.
5. The regulations for the mired commissions.
Art. XI 11. Stipulates for the eschange of ratifications at London,
the space of four months, if possible.
Done at Rio Janeiro, the 18th of October, 182$.
(The Brazil paper, whence we have extracted this document,
ars not give the instruments mentioned in the 12th article.)