Smyrna times., 1871-07-05

contracting parties according TO their respective
modes OF procedure in matters of maritime prizc;
and all the provisions of the said treaty with regard
to the sending bringing in of captured vessels far
adjudication before the said mixed courts, and with
regard to the ad publication of such vessels by tbe
SAID courts, and the rules Of evidence to be applied
and the proceedings consequent on such adiut,ca
tion, shall apply, mutatis mutands, TO the courts Of
the hgh contracting parties. 1t is, however, prov
ded that there may be appeal from the decision
ot any court of the high contracting parties in the
same manner as by the law of the country where
the court sits is allowed in other cases Of maratime
prize
! ARTICLE III.
1t ia agreed that in case of an American mer
chant vessel searched by British cruiser being de-
tanned as having been engaged in the African slave
trade, or as having been fitted for the purposes
! thereot she shall be sent to New York OF Kew
! West whichever shall be most accessible for I'm
ulcaton, or shall be handed United States
CRUISER II one should he available in the neighbor
hood OF the capture and that in the corresponding
case OF British merchant vessel sefrched by a
Chled states cruiser being detained having been
engaged in the African slave trade or as having
been fitted out for the purposes thereof she shall be
SEM Tor adjudication TO the or most aecess
bic British colony, or shall be handed over to a
British cruiser. if one should be available in the
the ncighborhood o" the capture
All the witnesses and proofs necessary TO estab
llsh the guilt of the master crew. or othcr persons
found on board OF any such vessel shall be sent and
handed over with the vessel itself in order to be
produced to the court before which such vessel or
persons may be brought for trial.
All negroes, OF others, necessary witnesses ex
cepted) who may be on board either al American
or British vessel for the purpose of being CON.
signed to slavery, shall be handed over 10 the near
eSt British authority. They shall be immediately
ST at liberty, and shall remain Free her Britannia
MaJesty guaranteeing their liberty. With regard TO
such OF those negroes, Others ~ mny be s.nt in
with the detained vessel as necessary witnesses the
government to which they may have been delivered
shell set them at liberty soon as their te.tuonv
shall no longer be required, and shall guarantee
their liberty.
Where detained vessel ia HANDED over to
cruiser of her nation an rfficer in charge and
other necessary witnesses and proofs, shall accom-
pany the vessel.
ARTICLE ~
1t IS mutually agreed that the instructions for the
ships OF the naves of both lions destined to pre-
vent the African slave trade which are annexed 10
tins convention shall form an integral part thereof
and shall have the force and effect as if they
had been annexed TO the treaty of the 9TH of April
loO2 IN lieu OF the instructions forming annex A
TO that treaty.
ARTICLE V.
In all other respects the stipulations of the treaty
of April 1862, shall remain in full force and
effect until terminated by notice ven by one of the
high contracting parties to the other, in the manner
prescribed by Article XII thereof
ARTICLE VI
The high contracting parties engage to communi.
Gale the present convention to the mixed courts of
justice, and to The officers in command OF their re- /
sp ctIVe cruisers. and to give them the requisite in
StTnctons in pursuance thereof, with the least pos
slble delay.
ARTICLE VII.
The present additional convention shall have the
same duration as the treaty OF the 9TH Of April
SOP, and the additional article thereto Of the i7th
oil February, 1868. 1t shall be ratified, and the
ratihcations shall be exchanged at LOndon as soon
as possible.
In witness whereof the respective penipOtentia.
ries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto
their respective seals.
Done at Washington the third dav of June,
IN the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
IsEAL.l HAMILTON FISH