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SLAVE TRADE.

TRTANY BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS
CATHOLIC MAJESTY, POR PREVENTING THEIR SUB-
JECTS PROM ENGAGING IN ANY ILLICIT TRAPPIC
IN SLAVES. SIGNED AT MADRID, THE 2SO
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SEPTEMBER, 1817.
ear 01 5555 Of tEI StOt2 DOLT TRDOTT.
It having been stated, in the wood Additional Article of the
Treaty signed at Madrid on the sth day of July_ of the year 1854,
between his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Oreat
filritain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of Spain and the
Indies, that " His Catholic Majesty concurs, in the fullest man-
ner, in the sentiments of his Britannic Majesty, with respect to
the injustice and Inhumanity of the Traffic in Slaves, and pro-
mises to take into comideradon, with the deliberation which the
state of his possessions in America demands, the means of acting
in conformity with those sentiments : and engages, moreover, to
prohibit his subjects from carrying on the Slave Trade, for the
purpose of supplying any islands or possessions, excepting those
appertaining to Spain ; and to prevent, by effectual measures and
regulations, the protection of the Spanish Bag being given to
foreigners who may engage in this Traffic, whether subjects of
his Britannic Majesty, or of any other State or Power."
And his Catholic Majesty, conformably to the spirit of this
Article, and tothe principles of humanity with which he is ani-
mated, having never lost sight of an object so interesting to him,
and being desirous of hastening the moment of its attainment,
has resolved to co-operate with his Britannic Majesty in the
cause of humanity, by adopting, in concert with his said Ma.'
jesty, efficacious means for bringing about the abolition of the
Slave Trade, for effectually suppressing illicit traffic in Skeleton
the part of their respective subjects, and fur preventing appal
ships trading in Slaves, conformably to law and to treaty, hint
being molested or subjected to losses from British cruisers: the
tyro High Contracting l'arties have accordingly named as deck
l'ienipotentiaries, viz.
Ili* Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Bei-
taio and Ireland, the Right lion. Sir Henry Wellesley, a Mem-
ber of kis Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and
his Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
his Catholic Majesty ; and his Majesty the King of Spain and the
Indies, Don Josef Garcia de Leon y Pizarro, Knight Grand
Cross of the Royal and distinguished Spanish Order of Charles
l I. of that of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, of Naples, of those
of Saint Alexander Newsky and of Saint Anne of Russia, and of
tbst of the Red Eagle of Prussia, Chansellor of State, and First
Secretary of State and of the General Dispatch ; who, havi
eschanged their respective full powers, found to be in ood and
due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :
Art. I. Ills Catholic Majesty engages, that the Slave Trade
Shall be abolished throughout the entire dominions of Spain, on
the 30th day of May, iB7O, and that, from and after that period, k
shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the Crown of Spain
to purchase Slaves, or to carry on the Slave Trade, on any part
el the coast of Africa, upon any pretext or in any manner what.
ever; provided, however, that a term of five months, from the
said date of the SOth May, 1880, shall be allowed for completing
the voyages of vessels, which shall have cleared out lawfully pre.
viously to the said 30th of May.
Art. 11. It is hereby agreed, that from and after the exchange
of the ratifications of the present Treaty, it shall not be lawful
for any of the subject. of the Crown of Spain to purchase Slaves,
or to carry on the Slave Trade od any part of the coast of Africa
to the north of the Equator, upon any pretext or in any manner
whatever; provided, however, that a term of six months, front
the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, shall
be allowed for completing the voyages of vessels which shall have
cleared out from Spanish ports for the said coast, previously to
the exchange of the said ratificatioas.
Art. 111. His Britannic Majesty engages to pay, in London.
on thr 40th of February, isle, the sum of four hundred thou-
sand pounds sterling, to such persocs as his Catistrlic Majesty siall
appoint to receive the same.
Art. IV. The said sum of four hundred thousand pone
stirling Is to be considered as a full compensation for all beau
ststained by the subjects of his Catholic Majesty engaged in this
traffic, on account of vessels captured previously to the exchange
of the ratifications of the present Treaty, as also for the losses
which area necessary consequence of the abolition of said traffic:
Art. V. One of the objects of this Treaty, on the part oldie
two Governments, being mutually to prevent their respective
subjects from carrying on an illicit Slave Trade :
The two high Contracting Parties declare, that they consider
as illicit, any traffic in Sleets carried on under the following dr.
c .mstassces
Ist. Either by British ships, and under the British fag, or for
the account of British subjects, by any vessel or under any Eag
whatsoever. _ _ .

td. By Spanish ships, upon any part of the coast of Africa
north of the eqoator, after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present Treaty ; provided, however, that six months shall
be allowed for completing the voyages of vessels, conformably
to the tenor of the second Article of this Treaty.

34. Either by Spanish ships, and under the Spanish lag, or
for the account of Spanish subjects, by any vessel or under any
flag whatsoever, after the 30th of May, 1820, when the Traffic j
in Slaves, on the part of Spain, is to cease entirely ; provided
always, that five months shall be allowed for the completion of
Voyages commenced in due time, conformably to the first Arti- j
de of this Treaty.
4th. Under the British or Spanish flag, for the account of the
subjects of any other Government.
9th. By Spanish vessels bound for any port not in the demi-
riaos of his Catholic Majesty.
Art. VI. Ills Catholic Majesty will adopt, in conformity to ,
the spirit of this Treaty, the measures which are best calculated
ro give full and complete effect to the laudable objects which the
li;gh contracting parties have in view.
Art. VII. Every Spanish vessel which shall be destined for
the Slave Trade. on any part of the coast of Africa where this
traffic still continues to be lawful,must be provided with a Royal •
passport, conformable to the model annexed to the present '
Treaty, and which model forms an integral part of the rime.
This passport must be written in the Spanish language, with an
authentic translation in English annexed thereto: and it must j
be signed by his Catholic Majesty, and countersigned by the Mi- 1
Miter of Marine, and also by the principal Naval Authority of
the district, station, or port from whence the vessel clears out,
whether in Spain, or in the Colonial possessions of his Catholic
Mesty.
Art. VIII. It is to.be understood that this passport, for ren- ,
daring lawful the voyages of Slave ships, is required only for the
continuation of the traffic to the South of the Line; those pass-
ports which are now issued, signed by the First Secretary of
State of his Catholic Majesty, and In the form prescribed by the
order of the 16th of December 1816, remaining in full force
for all vessels which may have cleated out for the coast of Africa,
a. well to the North as to the South of the Line, previously to
the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty.
Art. IX. The two High Contracting Parties, for the more
complete attainment of the object of preventing all illicit traffic
in Slaves, on the part of their respective subjects, mutually con-
s ,nt, that the ships of war of their Royal Navies, which shall
be provided with special instructions for this purpose, as herein-
after mentioned, may visit such merchant vessels of the two na-
tions as may be suspected, upon reasonable grounds, of having
:;laves on bowl, acquired by an illicit traffic, and, in the event
wily of their finding Slaves on board, may detain and bring away
such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial before
the tribunals established for this purpose, as shall hereinafter be
specified. Provided always, that the Commanders of the ships
of war of the two Royal Navies, who shall be employed on this
service, shall adhere strictly to the exact tenor of the instructions
whit% they shall receive for this purpose. As this Article is en-
tirely reciprocal, the two High Contracting Parties engage mu-
tually, to make good any losses which their respective subjects
ipay incur unjustly, by the arbitrary and illegal detention of ,
t vessels. It being understood that this indemnity shall in-
variably be borne by the Government whose cruiser shall have
I:en guilty of the arbitrary detention; provided always, that the
visit and detention of Slave ships, specified in this Articie.shall
otsli be effected by those British or Spanish vessels, which may
form part of the two Royal Navies, and by those only of such
vessels Which are provided with the special instructions annexed
to the present Treaty.
Art. X. No British or Spanish cruizer shall detair any Slave
ship. not having Slaves actually on board; and in order to ren-
der lawful the detention of any ship, whether British or Spanish,
the Slaves found on board such vessel must have been brought
there for the express purpose of the traffic ; and them on board
of Spanish ships moat have been taken from that part of the
CORM of Africa where the Slave Trade is prohibited, conform-
al!! in It. tenor of the Treaty.
.lit XI. till ships ol7rlaermof the two Nationss which shall

hereafter be destined to penitent the illicit traffic in Slaves, shall
be furnished by their own Government with a copy of she in-
structions annexed to the resat Treaty, and which shall be
considered as an integral part thereof.
The two High Contracting Parties reserve the faculty of alter-
ing the said instructions, in whole or hi part, according to cir-
cumstances ; it being, however, well understood, that the said
alterations cannot take plate but by the cononon agreement, and
by the cooseut of the two High Contracting Parties.
Art. XIL In order to bring to adjudication, with the least
delay and' bbconvenience, the vessels which may be detained for
having been engaged in an illicit traffic of Slaves, there shall be
established, within the space of a year at farthest, from the ex-
change of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, two mixed
Commissions, formed of an equal number of iudividuals of the
two nations, named for this purpose by their respective Sows;
reigns. These Commissioners shall reside—one in a possessioo
belonging to his Britannic Majesty—the other within the terri-
tories of his Catholic Majesty ; and the two Governments, at the
period of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty,
shall declare, each for its own dominions In what places the
Commissions shall respectively reside. dominions,
of the two High
Contracting Parties reserving to itself the right of changing, at
Its pleasure, the place of residence of the Commission had within
its own dominions; provided, however, that one of the two Com-
missions shall always be held upon the coast of Africa, and the
other in one of the colonial possessions of his Catholic Majesty.
These Commissions shall judge the causes submitted to them
without appeal, and according to the regulation and instructions
annexed to the present Treaty, of which they shall be considered
as an integral part.
Art. X 111. The acts or instruments annexed to this Treaty, and
which form an integral part thereof, are as as follows .
No.:. Form of passport for the Spanish merchant-ships des-
tined for the lawful traffic in Slaves.

No. 2. Instructions for the ships of war of both nations, des.
tined to prevent the Illicit traffic in Slaves.
No. 3. Regulation for the mixecit Commissions, which am to
hold their sittings on thncoast of frica, and in one of the cold-
Mal possessions of his Carbolic Majesty.
Art. XIV. The present Treaty, consisting of fourteen W-
eiss, shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Madrid,
wfthin the space of two months frost this date, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed
the same, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms.
Done at Madrid this twenty-third day of September, is the
year of our Loan one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
(Signed) (Silined)
HENRY WE LESLEY, (L.S.) JOSE PIZARRO, (L.S.)

All Medical Philosophers agree in recommending
Port Wine as the best antidote to complaints inci-
dental to the variable climate of England ; but in
the daily quantity they much differ ; yet the better
reasoners seem to advise a Tavern Pint, that is, about
One-third of a fill Quart. Reckoning upon this por-
tion, the Twelve Pipes now offered for Three Blanks
in the present Lottery, will last a man 49 years and
259 days, and the Purchaser haying the power to se-1
lect it himself, it must be his own fault if the most'
superior Port in the Kingdom be not obtained. As
the Wine is exclusive of the Three Prizes of 3%000/. or
any of the other Prizes, from the above calculation it
appears, that a Purchaser in this Lottery may gain
WINE for life, and Money for EVER.
Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock,
Mr. LOWRIE, the Drum-Major of the Ist or Grena-
dier Guards, was carried into St. George's Hospital,
with his thigh lacerated in a most dreadful manner,
and bleeding very profusely.—lt appears that he had
been at the Guard-room at the Horse Guards with
some friends until past one o'clock, and then left to
go to his house at Knightsbridge. When he arrived
at the Park-gate at the top of Constitution-hill, he
found it shut, but he determined to get over rather
than walk round the Park, and, in making the at-
tempt, fell upon the spikes on the top of the gate ;
they entered his thighs ; he called out for assistance,
but remained in that state in the utmost agony, for
more than ten minutes before any one came up.—
Mr. NELSON, of Eaton-gardens, Pimlico, fortunately
passed with a friend, and they, with great difficulty,
extricated him from the gate, and conveyed him to
the Hospital.
A melancholy accident happened at Hackney Marsh
yesterday morning. The son of Mr. KNIGHT, a Gen-
tleman residing at that place, went to wash a small
terrier dog in the River Lea ; he flung the dog into
the riVer at first, but he soon landed, and the youth
in attempting to fling him in a second time, fell him-
self into the river. A Newfoundland dog, which had
beewsrith him for the purpose of making the terrier
swim, seized him by tlse-clothes and brought him
near the bank, but had not sufficient strength to bring
him on shore. A man who had seen the dog strug-
gling in the water came to the river side ; he could
only see the boy's hat floating, the body having sunk
to rise no more. The faithful dog remained on the
spot till some of the boy's friends came. The body
was dragged for, but it was not found at 12 o'clock
yesterday.
SINGULAR Cincvmsrasms.—A few weeks ago, a
labourer in the parish of Glencairn, Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright, w is suddenly attacked by six weasels,
which rushed upon him from an old dyke, in the field
where he was at work. 'l'he man alarmed at such a
furious onset from an unprovoked enemy, instantly
betook himself to flight, in which, however, he was
closely pursued, and although he had about hint a
large. horsewhip, with which he endeavoured by se.
veral back-handed strokes to stop them, yet so eager
was their pursuit, that he was on the point of being
seized by the throat, when he luckily noticed at some
distance, the fallen branch of a tree, which he made
for, and hastily snatching it up, commenced in his
turn the attack with so much success, that he killed
three of them and put the remaining three to !bight.
Our readers may have some idea of the man's dan-
ger, when it is known that two of them are a match
for a dog.
MATTER OF FACT.......BELPER, JAN 6.—" On Fri-
day, the 26th ult. a female (from whose jaws I had
before extracted eleven teeth) came to me frantic
with the tooth-ache. With the first blood that 'came
out of her mouth, after the tooth was extracted,
came an insect of the winged tribe, about half an
inch long ; its shape much like an ear-wig, with
horns, eyes, legs, and tail ; its hind part rather broad.
From the excruciating pain, I believe, it had occa-
sioned, and the tartar that adhered to several parts
of its body, I concluded it must have lived in thei
jaw some time, but appeared to have died the mo-
ment it came out. In thirty years practice, having
never seen any thing of the kind, nor a patent in
t such agonies of distress, I knew not what to make
Is of it ; I took it to an eminent surgeon, who, on exa-
mining a skeleton jaw, said, that the tines of the
tooth I had taken out, reached a hollow between the
jaw and the nose, and no doubt remained but the
insect had been taken up by swelling when an egg,
had there grown to that state, ..nd came out with
the blood when the tooth was extracted. This case
should be a caution to people how they smell at
flowers and herbs, on which are the eggs of insects,
• lest they hatch them in their heAd,
ar,d brinkon
disease and premature death. J. U.