228 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



Treaty between Im Britannic 

 Majesty and his Majesty the King 

 of the Netherlands, Jbr prevent- 

 ing their subjects J'rom engaging 

 in any Trajfic in Slaves. Signed 

 at the Hague, May ith, 1818. 



In the name of the Most Holy 

 Trinity : — His majesty the king 

 of the united kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, and his ma- 

 jesty the king of the Netherlands, 

 animated with a mutual desire to 

 adopt the most effectual measures 

 for putting a stop to the carrying 

 on of the slave-trade by their 

 respective subjects, and for pre- 

 venting their respective flags from 

 being made use of as a protection 

 to this nefarious traffic, bj'^ the 

 people of other countries who may 

 engage therein ; their said majes- 

 ties have accordingly resolved to 

 proceed to the arrangement of a 

 convention for the attainment of 

 their objects, and have therefore 

 named as plenipotentiaries, ad 

 hoc, 



His majesty the king of the unit- 

 ed kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, the right hon. Richard 

 carl of Clancarty, viscount Dunlo, 

 baron Kilconnel, baron Trench 

 of Garbally, in the united kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, one 

 of his majesty's most hon. privy 

 council in Great Britain and also 

 in Ireland, member of the com- 

 mittee of the first for the affairs of 

 commerce and colonies, colonel 

 of the regiment of militia of the 

 county of Galway, knight Grand 

 Cross of the most hon. order of 

 tlie Bath, ambassador extraordi- 

 nary and plenipotentiary of his 

 said majesty to his majesty the 

 king of the Netherlands, grand 

 duke of Luxemburg ; and his 



majesty the king of the Nether- 

 lands, Anne, William Charles 

 baron de Nagell d'Ampsen, 

 member of the body of Nobles 

 of the province of Guelderland, 

 knight Grand Cross of the order 

 of the Belgic Lion and of that of 

 Charles the Third, chamberlain 

 and minister of state, holding the 

 department of Foreign Affairs ; 

 and Cornelius Felix van Maanen, 

 commander of the order of the 

 Belgic Lion, and minister of 

 state, holding the department of 

 Justice ; who, having exchanged 

 their full powers, found in good 

 and due form, have agreed on the 

 following Articles : 



Art. 1 . The laws of the united 

 kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland rendering italready highly 

 penal for the subjects of his Bri- 

 tannic Majesty to carry on, or to 

 be in any way engaged in trade 

 in slaves, his majesty the king of 

 the Netherlands, referring to the 

 8th Article of the Convention 

 entered into with his Britannic 

 Majesty on the IStli August 

 1814, engages in pursuance 

 thereof, and within eight months 

 from the ratification of these 

 presents, or sooner, if possible, 

 to prohibit all his subjects, in the 

 most effectual manner, and espe- 

 cially by penal law the most 

 formal, to take any part whatever 

 in the trade of slaves; and in the 

 event of the measures already 

 taken by the British government, 

 and to be taken by that of the 

 Netherlands, being found ineffec- 

 tual or insufficient, the high con • 

 tracting parties mutually engage 

 to adopt such further measures, 

 whether by legal provision or 

 otherwise, as may from time to 

 time appear to be best calculated, 



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