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TiseOuHi Palslsrsion 10 Mr. Stevenson
Foreign Ollice, November 10, IsIo
| The undersigned. Her M,es,y's Principal Sc
cretary OF State for Foreign Affairs has received III,
note which Mr. Stevenson, Envoy Extraordinary anC
| Minister Plenpote ntiary from the United States
addressed to HIM on the 18Th instant, complaining
the part of the United States Government OF IN,
conduct OF Lieutenant Sesram of her Majesty
brlgantne Termagant, in having detained the U. 5
| brig Douglass.
that Her MiieSty's Government will at all Tunes be
DESTROYS Of depressing and preventing any violation
Of the A'g Of the United States by officers Of the
British navy.
With this view, indeed Her Msjcsty's Govern.
ment, previously To the receipt OF MIR. Stevcnson's
note of the 18th instant, had, on receiving from
Lieutenant Scgram account of the transaction re-
errtd to, called upon that officer TO explain more
fully and particularly the grounds upon which he
had considered himself justified IN OBTAINING ship
under American colors, and with papers showing
her to be American property.
Her MHjesty's Government have now directed a
prompt and searching inquiry to be made into the
facts Of the case stated in Mr.. S;evenson's note
and the undersigned will not tail TO communicate
farther with Mr.. Stevenson upon the subject
as Her Majesty's Government shall have learned
the result of the inquiries instituted.
PALMERSTON.
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Mr.. Stevenson 10 Yi,eount Pslmtrs'on.
%, Upper Grosveno street, Nov. 20, ls4o.
(Received November 2O)
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Min.
lister PlenipoentIary from the United States, has
the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note
which Lord PalmersIon, Her Maesty's Principal
Secretary OF Safe for Fore On AdIlrs addressed to
him yesterday in reply to that of the undersigned Of
sgs Ign ao%Ps9 e4 ct the eS SataS "i
Termasant, IN relation TO the American big Doug
lass off the cost of Africa, and will take the earliest
opportunity OF transmitting It for the information OF
hrs Government.
The undersigned derives, in the meantime, much
satisfaction from the prompt and friendly assistance
OF Lord Falmerston that previously TO the recent
OF the note OF the undersigned, Lieutenant Segram
had been called upon to explain fully and parlicu
larly the grounds upon which he had considered
himself justified IN OBTAINING ship under American
eolors, and with American properly, and that Her
MaJesty's Government had further directed a
prompt and searching inquiry TO he made into the
facts OF tie case. A. STEVENSON.
The RI Hon. Viscount PalmersIon, q. c. B., sc.
Ti;sount Paln.rsion 10 Mr. For.
Foreign Office, December ;, 1870
Sir-With reference 10 my despatch of tn l2ih
OF June, lSiJ, relative TO a vessel named the Phi.
grim, which had sailed from Rio de Janei,o under
the flag OF the United States laden with slave trade
equipments Tor the coast of Area, | herewith
transmit 10 you, for communication 10 the Govern
ment oi the United States, she accompanying ex
tract from despatch from Her Mriestys Comnis-
s'oners at Rio dc JancIro, stating that the Pilgrim
had returned 10 that port in ballast. after having
landed cargo Of slaves. PAIMERSTON.
II. s. Fox, ESQ, SC.
An extract from the Rio Commissioners des-
patch Of August IL, 1910, was eGelosed
discount Parn.rsior TO Mr. Sisrsrson.
Foreign Office, Dec. 5, 1910.
Sri have TO acknowledge the receipt OF your
letter of the 10th Instant together with its enclo-
sures, on the subject Ui the African slave trade and
peg TO express my thanks to you Tor that com.
munlcatOn, and for tue information which il con-
tains.
With reference TO the suggestion contained in the
papers enclosed by you, that blockade should he
Instituted al the Gn'linas and at New Cess, as an
efectua means OF putting down tie slave lrsde,
nave much pleasure in acc hitting you that a block.
AIDE has for some time pasI been regularly MAINTAIN
ed at the Galiinas by her Majesty's ship Wander.
err and by Other vessels under the direction of It's
commander, and at New Cess by Her Maies.y's
ship Forester.
With reference to the supposition of the writer or
the paper which you have sent me, that British
cruisers abstain from taking vessels before they have
slaves on hoard, IN order that, by capturing such
vessels after they have taken their slaves on board
the captors may setmore prize money, have to eI.
PLAIN tu you that It Is only since the passing Of the
act oflS39 that there has existed any legal author
ty 10 condemn Portuguese ships, detained for beng
equipped Tor slave trade, ana not having slaves
tuslly on board; and therefore. until that act came
into operation on the coast OF Africa ner Maies,y's
vessels could not Getain Portuguese slave vessels
until they had actually taken their slaves on board;
but with regard TO Spanish vessels, the treaty Of
1885 between Great Britain and Spain gave TO the
mixed British and Spanish commission power 10
condemn slave vessels under the Spanish DAG, II
found equipped for the slave trade, even though they
might have no slaves actually on board; and during
the period which has elapsed since that treaty las
been in operation, her Maje.ty's cruisers have "a
ken, and sent IN Tor adjudication, SIS Spanish sayers
without slaves on board, and since the year 1885
her Majesty's cruisers on the coast of Africa have
detained aid sent IL for adjudication Il Brazilian
vessels without slaves on board, and only Two with
slaves on board.
70 vii. see, therefore, from these facts, that the
writer OF the paper IN question is entirely mistaken
in supposng that the British cruisers on the coas,
of Africa look to profit instead OF the performance
ol their duty; and have further to state in proof
Of the Jealous activity OF the British cruisers that
nl the slave vessels in for adjudication before
any Of the mixed commissions, whether in Africa
the West Indies, or IN Brazil, have been detained
and sent IN by British cruisers, OF those YES
sells having been Detained by the cruisers or any
one Of the other contracting parties 70 the treaties
under the sripuIatOns Of which those slave vessels
were condemned. PALMERSTON.
A. STEVENSON, EsqT.
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