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titled to demand reparation; and, 

 in such case, the govcrnnicnt to 

 which the captor may belong, 

 binds itself to cause inquiry to be 

 made into the subject of the 

 complaint, and to inflict upon the 

 captor, if he be found to have 

 deserved it, a punishment propor- 

 tioned to the transgression which 

 may have been committed. 



Art. 13. The two high con- 

 tracting parties have agreed, that, 

 in the event of the death of one 

 or more of the commissary judges, 

 or the commissioners of arbitra- 

 tion, composing the above-men- 

 tioned mixed commissions, their 

 posts shall be supplied, adinierim, 

 in the following manner: — On the 

 part of the British government, 

 the vacancies shall be filled suc- 

 cessively, in the commission which 

 shall sit within the possessions of 

 his Britannic Majesty, by the 

 governor or lieutenant governor 

 resident in that colony, by the 

 principal magistrate of the same, 

 and by the secretary; and in that 

 which shall sit within the posses- 

 sions of his Catholic Majesty, it 

 is agreed, that, in case of the 

 deatia of the British judge or 

 arbitrator there, the remaining 

 individuals of the said commis- 

 sion shall proceed equally to the 

 judgment of such slave ships as 

 may be brought before them, and 

 to the execution of their sentence. 

 In this case alone, however, the 

 parties interested shall have the 

 right of appealing from the sen- 

 tence if they think fit, to the 

 commission resident upon the 

 coast of Africa ; and the govern- 

 ment to which the captor shall 

 belong, shall be bound fully to 

 make good the compensation 

 I which shall be due to them, in 

 I case the appeal be decided in 



favour of the claimants ; but the 

 vessel and cargo shall remain, 

 during such appeal, in the place 

 of residence of the first commis- 

 sion before which they shall have 

 been carried. — On the part of 

 Spain the vacancies shall be sup- 

 plied in the possession of his 

 Catholic Majesty, by such per- 

 sons of trust as the principal 

 authority of the country shall 

 appoint, and upon the coast of 

 Africa, in case of the death of 

 any Spanish judge or arbitrator, 

 the commission shall proceed to 

 judgment in the same manner as 

 above specified for the commis- 

 sion resident in the possession of 

 his Catholic Majesty, in the event 

 of the death of the British judge 

 or arbitrator ; an appeal being, in 

 this case likewise allowed to the 

 commission resident in the pos- 

 session of his Catholic Majesty ; 

 and, in general, all the provisions 

 of the former case being to be 

 applied to the present. — The high 

 contracting parties have agreed 

 to supply, as soon as possible, the 

 vacancies tiiat may arise in the 

 above-mentioned commissions, 

 from death or any other cause ; 

 and in case that the vacancy of 

 any of the Spanish commissioners 

 in the British possessions, or of 

 the British commissioners in the 

 Spanish possession, be not sup- 

 plied at the end of the term of 

 seven months for America, and 

 of twelve for Africa, the vessels, 

 which shall be brought to the 

 said possessions respectively, 

 shall cease to have the right of 

 appeal above stipulated. 



Done at Madrid, the 23rd Sep- 

 tember, 1817. 



(L. S.^ Henry Wellesley, 

 (L. S.j Jose Pizarro. 



Treaty 



