21G ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



cross of the most honourable 

 ©rder of the Bath, and his ma- 

 jesty's ambassador extraordinary 

 and plenipotentiary to his Catho- 

 lic 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 Spa- 

 nish order of Charles 3rd, of that 

 of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, 

 of Naples, of those of Saint 

 Alexander Newsky and of Saint 

 Anne of Russia, and of that of 

 the Red Eagle of Prussia, coun- 

 sellor of state, and first secretary 

 of state and of the general dis- 

 patch; who, having exchanged 

 their respective full powers, found 

 to be in good and due form, 

 have agreed upon the following 

 Articles: — 



Art. 1. His Catholic Majesty 

 engages, that the slave trade shall 

 be abolished throughout the entire 

 dominions of Spain, on the 30th 

 day of May 18'^0, and that, from 

 and after that period, it 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 of the coast of 

 Africa, upon any pretext or in 

 any manner whatever ; provided, 

 however, that a term of five 

 months, from the said date of the 

 30th of May 1820, shall be allowed 

 for completing the voyages of 

 vessels, which shall have cleared 

 out lawfully previously to the 

 said 30th of May. 



Art. 2. It is hereby agreed, 

 that from and after the exchange 

 of the ratifications of the present 

 treaty, it shall no: 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 of the coast of Africa to the 

 north of the equator, upon any 

 pretext or in any manner what- 

 ever ; provided, however, that a 

 term of six months, from the date 

 of the exchange of the ratifica- 

 tions of this treaty, shall be 

 allowed for completing the voy- 

 ages of vessels Mhich shall have 

 cleared out from Spanish ports 

 for the said coast, previously to 

 the exchange of the said ratifica- 

 tions- 

 Art. 3. His Britannic Majesty 

 engages to pay in London, on the 

 20th of February 1818, the sum 

 of 400,000/. sterling, to such 

 person as his Catholic Majesty 

 shall appoint to receive the same. 

 Art. 4. The said sum of 

 400,000/. sterling is to be con- 

 sidered as a full compensation for 

 all losses sustained by the subjects 

 of his Catholic Majesty engaged 

 in this traffic, on account of ves- 

 sels captured previously to the 

 exchange of the ratifications of 

 the present treaty, as also for the 

 losses, which are a necessary 

 consequence of the abolition of 

 the said traffic. 



Art. 5. One of the objects of 

 this treaty on the part of the two 

 governments, being mutually to 



f)revent their respective subjects 

 i.'om carrying on an illicit slave 

 trade ; the two high contracting 

 parties declare, that they consider 

 as illicit, any traffic in slaves 

 carried on under the following 

 circumstances. 1st. Either by 

 British ships, and under the 

 British flag, or for the account of 

 British subjects, by any vessel or 

 under any flag whatsoever. 2nd. 

 By Spanish ships, upon any part 

 of the coast of Africa north of 

 the equator, after the exchange 



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