Add MS 43125

ABERDEEN PAPERS. Vol. LXXXVII (ff. 345). Papers relating to the Slave Trade with Brazil, 1825-1846, compiled officially for use in connection with the negotiations consequent upon the termination in 1845 Of the Anglo-Brazilian Convention of 1826 for the suppression of the Trade. Included are:-

(1) Copies and abstracts of the opinions of the King's (or Queen's) Advocate on contested questions relating to captured Brazilian slave vessels; 1827-1844. ff. 3-89b.

(2) Extracts from printed Parliamentary Papers, consisting chiefly of diplomatic correspondence containing the decisions of the British Goverment upon contested questions relating to captured Brazilian slavers; 1825-1839. ff. 90-132b.

(3)Papers relating to the Brazilian Slave Trade Act of 1845,including:-

(a) Copies of official correspondence of Hamilton Charles James Hamilton, as Envoy to Brazil, relating to the termination of the existing arrange - ments for the suppression of the trade (March 1845) together (ff. 135- 148b) with a copy of the opinion of the Law Officers thereon. ff. 149- 162b;-9(b) Printed copy of the Anglo-Brazilian Convention of 1826 (ff. 163- 172 b), together with copies (partly printed) of official correspondence relating thereto, 1828-1831, including (fr. 173-178 b) a copy of the instructions issued to the Commissioners appointed under its terms;-

(c) Printed copies of official correspondence of Lord Aberdeen with Hamilton Charles James Hamilton, Envoy to Brazil, concerning the Slave Trade, with papers relating thereto, 1842-1844, followed by a printed copy (ff. 224-225) of the Slave Trade Act of 1827. ff. 210-225;-

(d) Printed Cabinet Memorandum on the Brazilian Slave Trade Bill; 3 July 1845- ff. 234-238b;-(e) Printed Parliamentary Papers relating to the Slave Trade Act of 1845 (ff. 239-247 b), followed (ff. 248-249 b) by a copy of the Act as finally passed.

(4) Papers (chiefly copies of Admiralty reports dated 1845) showing the recent co-operation of the Spanish and Portuguese authorities in the suppression of the Trade; compiled 2 Jan. 1846. ff. 259-318b.

(5) Autograph memorandum by Stephen Lushington, the Admiralty Judge, on the Anglo-French Convention of 1845 relating to the Slave Trade. ff. 319-339.

(6) Return showing numbers of British warships employed in the suppression of the Slave Trade, 1837-1844; 16 Apr. 1845. ff. 344- 345 b.

Slaves, Slave Trade: Official papers rel. to attempted suppression of the Brazilian Slave Trade: 1825-1846.: Copies, partly printed.

Navy; England: Papers rel. to attempted suppression of Brazilian Slave Trade by: 1825-1846.: Copies, partly printed.

Law INTERNATIONAL: Legal papers rel. to the attempted suppression of the Brazilian Slave Trade: 1825-1846.: Copies, partly printed.

Brazil: Papers rel. to the Brazilian Slave Trade: 1825-1846.: Engl. and Portug.: Partly printed.

includes:

• ff. 149-162, 210-223, 240-244 Hamilton Charles James Hamilton, Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1842-1846.: copies and printed copies.
• f. 164 Treaties: Slave Trade Conventions: 1826, 1846.: Portug. draft: printed.
• f. 234 Privy Council, The: Cabinet memorandum: 1845.: Printed.
• ff. 259-314 Isabella II of Spain: British Admiralty reports conc. co-operation of Spanish and Portuguese authorities in suppressing the Slave Trade: 1845.: Copies.
• ff. 259-314 Maria II of Portugal: British Admiralty reports rel. to Spanish and Portuguese joint action in suppressing the Slave Trade: 1845.: Copies.
• f. 319 Treaties: Memorandum rel. to the AngloFrench Slave Trade Convention: 1845.
• f. 319 Slaves, Slave Trade: Memorandum by S. Lushington on the Anglo-French Slave Trade Convention: 1845.
• f. 319 Stephen Lushington, MP; Admiralty judge: Memorandum by, on the AngloFrench Slave Trade Convention: 1845.
• f. 319 Louis-Philippe of France: Memorandum by S. Lushington on the Anglo-French Slave Trade Convention: 1845.
• f. 340 General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: List of French vessels seized as slavers: 1819-1841.