1st, The continuing throughout the whole of the winter a blockade, difficult, expensive, and perhaps useless, since a storm may disperse the squadrons, and afford to Ibrahim the facility of conveying his destroying army to different points of the Morea and the islands: 2nd, Uniting the allied squadrons in Navarino itself, and securing by this permanent presence the inac tion of the Ottoman fleets, but which mode alone leads to no termination, since the Porte persists in not changing its system: 3rd, The proceeding to take a position with the squadrons in Navarino, in order to renew to Ibrahim propositions which, enter ing into the spirit of the treaty, were evidently to the advantage of the Porte itself: After having taken these three modes into consideration, we have unanimously agreed that this third mode may, without effusion of blood, and without hostilities, but simply by the imposing presence of the squadrons, produce a determination leading to the desired object: We have in consequence adopted it, and set it forth in the present protocol. (Signed) EDWARD CODRINGTON, Rear admiral H. DE RIGNY. No. II. Extract of a letter from admiral sir Edward Codrington, dated Kitries, Oct. 18th, 1827. I have the honour of informing you that I arrived here yesterday morning, in company with the Russian frigate Constantine, the captain of which ship had placed himself under my orders. On entering the gulf, we observed by the clouds of fire and smoke that the work of devastation was still going on. The ships were anchored off the pass of Ancyra, and a joint letter from myself and the Russian captain was despatched to the Turkish commander, a copy of which I enclose. The Russian and English officers, the bearers of it were not allowed to proceed to head-quarters, nor have we yet received any answer. We, the two captains, in the afternoon, went on shore to the Greek quarters, and were received with the greatest enthusiasm. The distress of the inhabitants, driven from the plain, is shocking in the extreme. Women and children dying every moment of absolute starvation, and hardly any having better food than boiled grass. I have promised to send a small quantity of bread to the caves in the mountains, where these unfortunate wretches have taken refuge. It is supposed that if Ibrahim remained in Greece more than a third of its inhabitants would die of absolute starvation. No. III.-Statement made by the Secretary to the Capitana Bey in the port of Navarino, Oct. 21, 1827. Three Turkish line of battle ships; 1 Turkish admiral, 84 guns, 650 men, 150 killed; 1 ditto 84 guns, 830 men; 1 ditto 76 guns, 850 men, 400 killed. 4 Egyptian doubled-banked fri gates; 64 guns each, from 450 to 500 men. 15 Turkish frigates; 48 guns, from 450 to 500 men. 18 Turkish corvettes, 8 Egyptian ditto; from 18 to 24 guns, 200 men. 4 Turkish brigs, 8 Egyptian ditto, 19 guns, from 130 to 150 men. 6 Egyptian fire vessels. 40,000 Egyptian troops in the Morea; 4000 of whom came with the above ships. [No. IV. Translation.] As the squadrons of the allied powers did not enter Navarino with an hostile intention, but only to renew to the commanders of the Turkish fleet propositions which were to the advantage of the Grand Seignior; it is not our intention to destroy what ships of the Ottoman navy may yet remain; now that so signal a vengeance has been taken for the first cannon shot, which has been ventured to be fired on the allied flags. We send therefore one of the Turkish captains fallen into our hands as a prisoner, to make known to Ibrahim Pacha, Mouharen Bey, Tachir Pacha, and Capitana Bey, as well as to all the other Turkish chiefs, that if one single musket or cannon shot be again fired on a ship or boat of the allied powers, we shall immediately destroy all the remaining vessels, as well as the forts of Navarino; and that we shall consider such new act of hostility as a formal declaration of the Porte against the three allied powers, and of which the Grand Seignior and his pachas must suffer the terrible consequences. But if the Turkish chiefs, acknowledging the aggression they have committed by commencing the firing, abstain from any act of hostility, we shall resume those terms of good under standing which they have them selves interrupted. In this case they will have the white flag hoisted on all the forts before the end of this day. We demand a categorical answer, without evasions, before sun-set. Signed by the English, French, and Russian admirals. The Gazette also contains letters of congratulation from admiral Codrington to the French and Russian admirals, on the excellent management of the ships under their direction in the course of the battle, and the answer of admiral De Rigny. It also contains a letter to admiral Codrington from De Riguy, speaking in high terms of the assistance received from captain Davies and captain Fellowes, of the British squadron. Return of officers killed and wounded, belonging to his majesty's service : Killed.-Captain G. A. Bell, R. N.; Mr. Wm. Smith; Mr. Philip Dumauresq; Mr. John Lewis; Mr. Peter Mitchell; captain C. J. Stephens; Mr. Edward R. Forster; captain Walter Ba thurst; Mr. Peter Brown; Mr. Charles Russell; Mr. A. J. T. Rowe; lieutenant G. W. H. Fitzroy; Mr. Brown Smythe; Mr. W. J. Goldfinch; lieutenant Philip Sturgeon; Mr. Henry Campling. Wounded Severely.-Mr. H. J. Codrington; Mr. W. V. Lee; Mr. R. H. Bunbury; Mr. C. Wakeham; Mr. William Lloyd; Mr. Frederick Grey; Mr. Thomas Addington; lieutenant-colonel Craddock; Mr. Henry S. Dyer; commander J. N. Campbell; lieutenant J. G. Durban; rev. E. Winder; Mr. W. F. O'Kane; Mr. James Stewart; captain Thomas Moore; Mr. H. B. Gray; lieutenant H. R. CONVENTION between his MAJESTY and HER ROYAL HIGHNESS the INFANTA REGENT of PORTUGAL, for providing for the Maintenance of a Corps of British Troops, sent to Portugal Dec. 1826; signed at Brighthelmston, Jan. 19, 1827. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, &c. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having, in consequence of aggressions committed against the Portuguese territory, claimed the fulfilment, by his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the ancient treaties of alliance and friendship which subsist between the two Crowns; and his Britannic Majesty having thereupon resolved to send, and having actually sent, a body of troops to Portugal, the two high contracting parties think it necessary to agree upon certain arrangements for the maintenance of the said troops during their stay in Portugal, and have named as their plenipotentiaries for that purpose, viz: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right hon. George Canning, &c.-And her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, the most illustrious and most excellent lord, Don Pedro de Souza e Holstein, Marquis of Palmella, &c. Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: Art. I. Her royal highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, anxious that the body of troops which has been so promptly sent to her royal highness's aid by his Britannic majesty should be treated with the hospitality becoming the relations of the two allied nations, engages to provide the necessary barracks and quarters, and buildings for hospitals, and for stores and magazines, and the necessary rations of provisions and forage, for the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, and for the horses and cattle of the British auxiliary army, according to the regulations of the British service. II. The provisions and forage above specified are to be delivered to the British Commissariat, at a distance not greater than six Portuguese leagues from the headquarters of each British detachment to which they are supplied, unless in cases where a different arrangement shall be made, with the consent of the British Commissariat. III. In order to obviate the difficulties which an immediate disbursement of funds for the purchase of the aforesaid provisions and forage might occasion, under the present circumstances, to the government of Portugal, it is agreed that the British Commissary-general shall, for the present, provide those supplies for the British army, charging the cost thereof to the account of the Portuguese government. As, however, cases may arise, in which it may be more convenient to receive such supplies from Portuguese magazines, for the purpose of avoiding competition in the markets, the British Commissary-general shall, in the execution of this agreement, concert his proceedings, from time to time, with a person appointed for that end by the government of Portugal. IV. The accounts of the British Commissariat being approved and signed by the commander of the auxiliary army, shall be delivered every three months to the Portuguese government, which, having verified the same, shall either pay the amount thereof forthwith to the British Commissary-general, or carry it over to the credit of the British government, as shall be judged most convenient by the two governments. V.-The cost of provisions and forage for the British troops shall be placed to the account of the Portuguese government, from the day of the landing of the said troops in Portugal, and shall cease to be placed to that account from the day of their departure, or of their passing the frontiers of Portugal. VI. Her royal highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having consented that on this, as on former occasions, the forts of St. Julien and of Bugio shall be occupied by the British troops, it is VOL. LXIX. agreed that the said occupation shall continue so long as the auxiliary army shall remain in Portugal. Those forts shall be, from time to time, duly provisioned by the Portuguese government, or by the British Commissariat on account of the Portuguese government, in the same manner as is provided in the foregoing articles with respect to the auxiliary army. Arrangements shall be made between the government of Portugal and the commander of the British army, for the carrying on of the service of the pratique, of the police of the harbour, and of the Customs, by the proper officers of the Portuguese government, usually employed for those purposes. A list of these officers shall be given to the British commanding officer, and they shall be strictly under his command in all that may relate to military service, and to the defence of the forts. VII.-His Britannic majesty requiring, on the part of his ally, only that which is indispensably necessary for ensuring the proper maintenance of his troops, and for the good of the common service, declares that he will not bring forward any pecuniary claims whatever against the Portuguese government, on account of the assistance furnished by his majesty on this occasion to Portugal, beyond what is specified in the preceding articles. VIII. The stipulations of this convention shall remain in full force until the two high contracting parties shall mutually agree to make any change therein. IX. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London in the space of six weeks from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. 2 E In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Brighthelmstone, the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1827. (L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L. S.) Marquez de PALMELLA. CONVENTION between his MAJESTY and the EMPEROR of BRAZIL, for the ABOLITION of the AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, signed at Rio De Janeiro, November 23, 1826. Art. I.-At the expiration of three years, to be reckoned from the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, it shall not be lawful for the subjects of the emperor of Brazil to be concerned in the carrying on of the African slave-trade, under any pretext or in any manner whatever, and the carrying on of such trade after that period, by any person, subject of his Imperial majesty, shall be deemed and treated as piracy. II. His majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his majesty the emperor of Brazil, deeming it necessary to declare the engagements by which they hold themselves bound to provide for the regulation of the said trade, till the time of its final abolition, they hereby mutually agree to adopt and renew, as effectually as if the same were inserted, word for word, in this convention, the several articles and provisions of the treaties concluded between his Britannic majesty and the king of Portugal on this subject, on the 22nd of January, 1815, and on the 28th of July, 1817, and the several explanatory articles which have been added thereto. instructions and regulations, and forms of instruments annexed to the treaty of the 28th of July, 1817, shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to the said high contracting parties and their subjects, as effectually as if they were recited word for word herein; confirming and approving hereby all matters and things done by their respective subjects under the said treaties, and in execution thereof. IV. For the execution of the purposes of this convention, the high contracting parties further agree to appoint forthwith mixed commissions, after the form of those already established on the part of his Britannic majesty and the king of Portugal, under the convention of the 28th of July, 1817. V. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London within four months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Rio de Janeiro, the 23rd day of November, in the year of our Lord 1826. (L. S.) ROBERT Gordon. GORDON. Marquez de S. AMARO. Marquez de INHAMBUPE, |