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MY LORD,

No. 15.

Sir G. Hamilton to Viscount Palmerston.

Berlin, March 4, 1840. (Received March 11.)

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, marked "Slave Trade," of the 20th ultimo, instructing me to procure the insertion in the public journals of this country of the Apostolic Letter, promulgated on the 3d December, 1839, by His Holiness the Pope.

I have to inform your Lordship, in reply, that this document has already appeared in the Prussian State Gazette, by order of the Prussian Government, as well as in other German newspapers.

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I have, &c.

(Signed)

GEORGE B. HAMILTON.

&c.

No. 16.

(Extract.)

Sir G. Hamilton to Viscount Palmerston.

Berlin, March 18, 1840. (Received March 23.)

IN compliance with your Lordship's instructions, I have presented a note to the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which I have embodied the arguments employed in your Lordship's Despatch of the 4th instant to Lord William Russell, urging the Prussian Government to authorise and instruct their Plenipotentiary in London, either to agree to the proposed Draft of Treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade, without limitation of time, or else to accede to the Conventions of 1831 and 1833.

MY LORD,

No. 17.

Lord William Russell to Viscount Palmerston.

Berlin, April 8, 1840. (Received April 13.)

BARON WERTHER tells me that he has given to the Prussian Minister in London, such instructions respecting the Slave Trade Treaty, as will give complete satisfaction to your Lordship.

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MY LORD,

Viscount Palmerston to Lord William Russell.

Foreign Office, April 18, 1840. I HAVE received your Lordship's Despatch, Slave Trade, of the 8th April, 1840; and I have to desire, that you will express the thanks of Her Majesty's Government to Baron Werther for his Excellency's communication to you, on his instructions to the Prussian Minister in London on the subject of the Slave Trade.

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Viscount Palmerston to Lord William Russell.

Foreign Office, April 23, 1840.

Circular, sending Treaty with Venezuela.

(See No. 8, page 5.)

RUSSIA.

No. 20.

Viscount Palmerston to the Marquis of Clanricarde.

Foreign Office, February 20, 1840.

Circular, sending Papal Brief against Slave Trade.
(See No-2, page 1.)

No. 21.

Viscount Palmerston to M. Kisséleff.

Foreign Office, February 22, 1840.

VISCOUNT Palmerston has the honour to invite M. Kisséleff to meet him at the Foreign Office on Monday next, the 24th instant, at three o'clock, in order to continue, in concert with the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, and Prussia, the negotiation for a Treaty between the Five great Powers of Europe, upon Slave

Trade.

Viscount Palmerston avails himself, &c.

No. 22.

Viscount Palmerston to Lord Clanricarde.

Foreign Office, March 4, 1840.

Despatch to the same effect as No. 4 in Page 2, substituting the Russian for the Austrian Government.

MY LORD,

No. 23.

Lord Clanricarde to Viscount Palmerston.

St. Petersburgh, March 27, 1840. (Received April 13.)

IN obedience to the instructions contained in your Lordship's Despatch, marked Slave Trade, of the 4th instant, I have addressed a note to Count Nesselrode, inviting the Russian Government to send fresh instructions to their Plenipotentiary, with authority to conclude a Treaty of unlimited duration between the Five Powers, for the suppression of Slave Trade.

(Signed)

The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B.,

I have, &c.

CLANRICARDE.

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&c.

&c.

CLASS D.-FURTHER SERIES.

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No. 24.
Lord Clanricarde to Viscount Palmerston.

St. Petersburgh, April 7, 1840. (Received April 20.)

FROM a conversation I have recently had with Count Nesselrode, I have good reason to hope, that the desire of Her Majesty's Government, that Russia should sign a permanent Treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade, will be complied with.

The Russian Government is proud of having heretofore evinced a sincere desire that the Slave Trade should be put down; and I have assured Count Nesselrode, that that feeling is highly esteemed by the British nation, as well as by the Government.

No. 25.

Viscount Palmerston to the Marquis of Clanricarde.

Foreign Office, April 23, 1840.

Circular, sending Treaty with Venezuela.

(See No. 8, page 5.)

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BUENOS AYRES.

No. 26.

Mr. Mandeville to Viscount Palmerston.

Buenos Ayres, November 21, 1839. (Received February 9, 1840.)

MY LORD,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch
of the 31st August, in which your Lordship conveys to me the approbation of Her
Majesty's Government, for my conduct in negotiating a Treaty with the Argentine
Confederation, for the suppression of the Slave Trade.

I beg respectfully to assure your Lordship, that the great study of my life is to endeavour to merit the approbation of Her Majesty's Government.

I have the satisfaction to state to your Lordship, that the Chamber of Deputies, by a Resolution of the 31st ultimo, a copy of which I enclose, has authorized the Government to ratify the Treaty, which it intends to do the moment that the Ratifications of it by Her Majesty shall arrive at Buenos Ayres.

(Signed)

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I have, &c.

J. H. MANDEVILLE.

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The President of the Honourable Junta of Representatives to the Executive
Power of the Province.

Buenos Ayres, October 31, 1839. The Honourable House of Representatives have sanctioned in session this day, as follows:

The only Article. The Government is authorized to ratify the Treaty concluded on the 24th of May of the present year, in this city, with his Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty, for the abolition of the Slave Trade. God preserve your Excellency many years.

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Buenos Ayres, November 21, 1839. (Received February 9.)

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, marked "Slave Trade," of the 3d September, transmitting to me for my information a copy of an Act of Parliament, which has recently passed for the suppression of the Slave Trade.

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No. 28.

Viscount Palmerston to Mr. Mandeville.

Foreign Office, February 20, 1840.

Circular, sending Papal Brief against the Slave Trade.
(See No. 2, page 1.)

MY LORD,

No. 29.

Señor Moreno to Viscount Palmerston.

Sablonière Hotel, Febrero 29, 1840. (Received March 4.)

CON el fin de remover la duda, que parece haber ocurrido por la ratificacion, de parte del Gobierno de Su Magestad, del tratado celebrado en Buenos Ayres con él de las Provincias Unidas, en 24 de Mayo proximo pasado, sobre la abolicion del tráfico de esclavos; tengo el honor de exponer á V. E., por instrucciones especiales al efecto, que el Gobierno de Buenos Ayres está, y ha estado siempre, autorizado plenamente por las demas Provincias que componen la confederacion, para celebrar y concluir Tratados con los Poderes Extrangeros, á nombre y representacion de la República, sin ninguna limitacion; y sin otro requisito que él de consultar, previamente á la Ratificacion, al Cuerpo Legislativo de la Provincia de Buenos Ayres, lo que se ha hecho ya en este caso, como lo observará V. E. por la copia adjunta.

Siendo esto lo que se ha practicado en otras ocasiones, y debiendo por lo tanto considerarse perfectamente valida y legal la Ratificacion otoryada por el Gobierno de Buenos Ayres á dicho Tratado de 24 de Mayo, no resta sino que el Gobierno de Su Magestad se sirva espedir la suya, y que ambas sean cangeadas, en la forma que es de costumbre.

Con este motivo tengo el honor de reproducir á V. E la espresion, &c. MANUEL MORENO.

A'S. E. el Visconde Palmerston,

(Signed)

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FOR the purpose of removing the doubt which appears to have arisen respecting the Ratification, on the part of the Government of Her Majesty, of the Treaty concluded at Buenos Ayres with the Government of the United Provinces, on the 24th May last, relative to the abolition of the Slave Trade, I have the honour to explain to your Excellency, having special instructions to that effect, that the Government of Buenos Ayres is, and always has been, fully authorized by the other Provinces which compose the Confederation to conclude Treaties with Foreign Powers, in the name of and as representing, the Republic, without any limitation; and without any other requisite beyond that of consulting, previous to the ratification, the Legislative Body of the Province of Buenos Ayres; which has been done in the present case, as your Excellency will perceive by the accompanying paper. This being what has been practised on other occasions, and the ratification granted to the said Treaty of May 24, by the Government of Buenos Ayres, being therefore to be considered as perfectly valid and legal, nothing remains but that the Government of Her Majesty should be pleased to send its ratification, and that the Ratifications should be exchanged in the customary form. With this object, I have, &c., (Signed)

The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, G. C.B.,

MANUEL MORENO.

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