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409. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Dec. 26 Despatch from Loanda Howard.

Commissioners relative
to irregular proceedings
of Board of Protection
at Angola

414. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Dec. 19 Decree abolishing com

Clarendon.

pulsory labour of free
negroes in Angola.

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Dec. 19 Decree securing the en

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franchisement of libe-
rated negroes

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Copy of note to Marquis

de Loulé respecting

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proceedings of Angola
Board of Protection

5 Law abolishing slavery
in Macao and dependen-
cies

Jan. 7 Portaria respecting ap

Jan.

plication of funds of

Board of Protection to
remission of slave chil-
dren......

6 Portaria respecting re-
gistration of slaves at
San Thomé and Prin-

cipe

424. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Jan. 24 Satisfaction at views of Howard.

Portuguese Government
regarding registration

of slaves at San Thomé
and Principe

427. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Jan. 26 Copy of note to PortuClarendon.

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St. Thomas, and Prince 933

4 Satisfaction at Portaria
respecting assistance to
scientific travellers

8 Correspondence respect-
ing abolition of slavery
at St. Vincent

445. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Mar. 16 Satisfaction at steps taken Howard.

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448. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Mar. 14 Portaria abolishing slaClarendon.

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452. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Mar. 30 To thank Marquis de

Howard.

Consular:

941

Loulé for communica-
tion of his circular to
Portuguese Consuls in
Brazil, relative to in-
human conduct of mas-
ters of Portuguese ves-
sels
942

PORTUGAL (LISBON).

1856

455. Consul Smith to the Earl of Oct. 18 Decree respecting fac

Clarendon.

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485. Mr. Otway to the Earl of Oct. 16 Official copy of above cirShelburne. cular to Spanish Consuls

487. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Nov. 3 Opinion of Havana ComHowden.

488.

missioners that the scheme for introduction of free labourers into Cuba only covers Slave Trade

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949

950

Nov. 25 Her Majesty's Govern-
ment cannot recognize
Consular certificates as
sufficient substitutes for
certificates mentioned
in Article X of Anti-
Slave Trade Treaty with
Spain of 1835..... ......... 950

No.

Date 1856

SUBJECT.

Page

491. Lord Howden to the Earl of Dec. 14 Note from Marquis de

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579. Consul-General Herman to the June 20 Earl of Clarendon.

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General Herman.

580. The Earl of Clarendon to Consul- July 5 Ditto. Approving pro

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ceedings

TURKEY.

1856

600. Lord Stratford to the Earl of April 24 Clarendon.

Instructions to Pasha of
Tripoli respecting Slave
Trade

601. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord May 13 Governor of Tripoli Stratford.

960

should be instructed to inflict summary punishment on slave-traders... 961

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606. Lord Stratford to the Earl of July 10 Representation to the Clarendon.

Porte respecting Slave
Trade between Turkey
and Tripoli.

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607. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord July 28 Approving representaStratford.

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611. Lord Stratford to the Earl of Sept. 29 Correspondence respect

Clarendon,

ing continuance of Slave

Trade

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respecting Slave Trade 970

615. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Dec. 26 Approving proceedings

Stratford.

1857

626. Lord Stratford to the Earl of Jan. 31

Clarendon.

respecting Slave Trade carried on with dominions of the Porte Copy of Porte's note on abolition of negro Slave Trade in the Sultan's dominions

974

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627. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Feb. 18 To express gratification Stratford.

of Her Majesty's Government at abolition of Slave Trade by the Porte

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No. 13.-Consul Campbell to the Earl of Clarendon.—(Rec. June 26.)
MY LORD,
Lagos, May 1, 1856.

THE first annual payment to Kosoko, agreeably to the Treaty engagement made with him by myself and Captain Miller, of Her Majesty's ship Crane, having become due on the 31st December last, I notified to him that I was prepared to pay the amount he was entitled to receive, either in cowries or hard dollars.

I had no definite reply from him till a few days since, when on Mr. Peter Diederichsen visiting Epé, Kosoko requested him to inform me that the annual stipend to be paid by the Treaty would be of no service to him if paid in specie or cowries, as he would be obliged to distribute the greater portion of it among his Cabooceers; but that he would gladly receive the stipend in articles of ornament and utility, which he enumerated to Mr. Diederichsen.

As Kosoko has kept his engagement most faithfully, I hope your Lordship will approve of my gratifying his wish in this respect.

Some of the articles he wishes to obtain are to be procured here; others it will be necessary for me to order from England.

It has long ago appeared to me very desirable to give the Africans, and particularly their Chiefs, a taste for articles of utility as well as ornament.

Under the sole influence of the Slave Trade they have sought to appear grand, not only in the eyes of their people, but of Europeans also, by dressing themselves up in the most grotesque costumes, such as were formerly to be seen in the theatricals at country fairs in England. It is hoped that a better taste and feeling will now prevail, and that, instead of investing their profits as heretofore in the purchase of slaves, they will be devoted to erecting more comfortable dwellings, and furnishing them with articles of comfort and utility; but the lead in this improvement must be taken by the kings and chiefs-it would not be safe for any subordinate person to show the example. I have, &c.

The Earl of Clarendon.

B. CAMPBELL.

No. 17.-Consul Campbell to the Earl of Clarendon.-(Rec. July 5.)
MY LORD,
Lagos, May 27, 1856.

I LATELY learnt with pain and surprise, that the cruel and barbarous custom which exists in the Benin and other rivers between this and the Cameroons, of destroying twin children, as well as the mother that bears them, prevails also in this town.

I came to the knowledge of this fact from being told by a person in whom I place great confidence, that a young man in whose welfare I take an interest, had narrowly escaped being put to death in consequence of his wife having given birth to twins. It appears that from some symptom or suspicion prior to the birth, the woman's accouchment was kept a secret, and that on her giving birth to two infants, they, with the mother, were immediately put to death, and the bodies doubtless sunk in the river; and in answer to inquiries that were made by the friends of the woman and her husband, the answer given was, that the woman died in childbirth. The husband of the woman was compelled to be a party to this to him most painful proceeding; for had he not assented to it, according to the barbarous custom of these people, his own life would also have been sacrificed.

From inquiries I have made of the Rev. Mr. Crowther, and some intelligent Sierra Leone people, I learn with pleasure that the barbarous practice of sacrificing twin children and their mother does not prevail in any part of Yoruba country; but, on the contrary, such an event as the birth of twin children is hailed with great satisfaction.

The inhabitants of Lagos are descendents of a Benin army, sent

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