the Inquest.

dead shall hold be holden shall be lying dead shall hold the Inquest, notwithstanding that the Cause of Death did not arise within the Jurisdiction of such Coroner; and in the Case of any Body found dead in the Sea, or any Creek, River, or navigable Canal within the flowing of the Sea, where there shall be no Deputy Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, the Inquest shall be holden only by the Coroner having Jurisdiction in the Place where the Body shall be first brought to Land.

Provision for detached Parts of Counties.

Parties may be tried on Verdicts of Murder or Man

slaughter.

Deodands may be levied on Verdicts.

Act may be amended, &c.

II. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of holding Coroners Inquests every detached Part of a County, Riding, or Division shall be deemed to be within that County, Riding, or Division by which it is wholly surrounded, or, where it is partly surrounded by Two or more Counties, Ridings, or Divisions, within that one with which it has the longest common Boundary.

III. And be it declared and enacted, That if a Verdict of Murder or Manslaughter, or as Accessary before the Fact to any Murder, shall be found by the Jury at any such Inquest, against any Person or Persons, the Coroner holding the said Inquest, and the Justices of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the County, City, District, or Place in which such Inquest shall be holden, and all other Persons, shall have the same Powers respectively for the Commitment, Trial, and Execution of the Sentence of the Person or Persons so charged as they now by Law possess with regard to the Commitment, Trial, and Execution of the Sentence upon any Person or Persons committed and tried within the Jurisdiction where the Death happened.

IV. And be it declared and enacted, That if a Verdict of Accidental Death shall be found by the Jury at any such Inquest, the Coroner and Jury, and the Sheriff and Court of Exchequer, and all other Persons whosoever, shall have the same Powers respectively with regard to the finding, returning, and levying of Deodands as they now possess in Cases where the Death and the Cause of Death happened within the same Jurisdiction.

V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

CAP. XIII.

An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the
Government of Her Settlements on the Coast of
Africa and in the Falkland Islands.

[11th April 1843.] WHEREAS divers of Her Majesty's Subjects have re

sorted to and taken up their Abode and may hereafter resort to and take up their Abode at divers Places on or adjacent to the Coast of the Continent of Africa and on the • Falkland Islands: And whereas it is necessary that Her Ma'jesty should be enabled to make further and better Provision • for

Council may

for the Civil Government of the said Settlements: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for The Queen in Her Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by Her made, with make Laws, the Advice of Her Privy Council, to establish all such Laws, constitute Institutions, and Ordinances, and to constitute such Courts and Courts, &c. Officers, and to make such Provisions and Regulations for the Proceedings in such Courts, and for the Administration of Justice, as may be necessary for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Her Majesty's Subjects and others within the said present or future Settlements respectively, or any of them; any Law, Statute, or Usage to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

Her Powers

Officers.

II. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her The Queen Majesty, by any Commission or Commissions under the Great may delegate Seal of the United Kingdom, or by any Instructions under Her and Authorities Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual, accompanying and referred to resident to in any such Commission or Commissions, to delegate to any Three or more Persons within any of the Settlements aforesaid respectively the Powers and Authorities so vested in Her Majesty in Council as aforesaid, either in whole or in part, and upon, under, and subject to all such Conditions, Provisoes, and Limitations as by any such Commission or Commissions or Instructions as aforesaid Her Majesty shall see fit to prescribe: Provided always, that notwithstanding any such Delegation of Authority as aforesaid, it shall still be competent to Her Majesty in Council, in manner aforesaid, to exercise all the Powers and Authorities so vested as aforesaid in Her Majesty in Council: Provided also, that all such Orders in Council, Com- Orders in missions, and Instructions as aforesaid, and all Laws and Ordi- Council, &c. to nances so to be made as aforesaid, shall be laid before both Parliament. Houses of Parliament as soon as conveniently may be after the making and enactment thereof respectively.

III. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

CAP. XIV.

An Act for carrying into effect a Treaty between Her
Majesty and the Republic of Bolivia, for the Abo-
lition of the Slave Trade.
[11th April 1843.]

WHEREAS on the Twenty-fifth Day of September in the

Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty a Treaty was concluded and signed at Sucre, between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Bolivia, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, whereby it was agreed as follows:

be laid before

Act may be amended, &c.

⚫ and Detention of such Vessels, specified in Article IV. of this Treaty, shall 'only be effected by those British and Bolivian Ships which may form Part of the Navies (Royal and National) respectively of the Two High Contracting Parties to the Treaty, and by such Ships only of those Navies as shall be provided with the special • Instructions annexed to the present Treaty in pursuance of the Provisions thereof.

The Compensation for Damages, of which this Article treats, shall be made within the Term of One Year, reckoned from the Day on which the Mixed Courts of Justice pronounce Sentence on the Vessel, for the • Detention of which such Compensation is claimed.

ARTICLE VII.-In order to bring to Adjudication 'with as little Delay and Inconvenience as possible the 'Vessels which may be detained according to the Tenor of Article IV. of this Treaty, there shall be established, within the Space of One Year at farthest from the Exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, Two Mixed Courts of Justice, formed of an equal Number of Individuals of the Two Nations named for this Purpose by the Governments of the Two High Contracting Parties respectively.

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These Courts shall reside, one in a Possession belonging to Her Britannic Majesty, the other within the Territories of the Republic of Bolivia; and the Two • Governments, at the Period of the Exchange of the • Ratifications of the present Treaty, shall declare, each for its own Territories, in what Places the Courts shall respectively reside; each of the Two High Contracting Parties reserving to itself the Right of changing at its Pleasure the Place of Residence of the Court held within its own Territories: Provided, however, that one of the Two Courts shall always be held upon the Coast of Africa, and the other in one of the Possessions of the Republic of Bolivia.

These Courts shall judge the Causes submitted to 'them according to the Provisions of the present Treaty, without Appeal, and according to the Regulations and Instructions which are annexed to the present Treaty, and which are considered as forming an integral Part 'thereof.

ARTICLE VIII.-If the Commanding Officer of any of the Ships of the Navies of Great Britain and of the Republic of Bolivia respectively, duly commissioned " according to the Provisions of Article IV. of this Treaty, 'shall deviate in any respect from the Stipulations in the 'said Treaty, or from the Instructions annexed to it, the Government which shall conceive itself to be wronged thereby shall be entitled to demand Reparation; and

• in such Case the Government to which such Command

ing Officer may belong binds itself to cause Inquiry to be made into the Subject of the Complaint, and to inflict upon the said Officer a Punishment proportioned to any 'wilful Transgression which he may have committed.

• ARTICLE IX.-It is hereby further mutually agreed, 'that every Merchant Vessel, British or Bolivian, which shall be visited by virtue of the present Treaty, may lawfully be detained and be sent or brought before the Mixed Courts of Justice established in pursuance of the Provisions thereof, if in her Equipment there shall be 'found any of the Things herein-after mentioned; namely,

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First,-Hatches with open Gratings, instead of the close Hatches which are usual in Merchant Vessels. 'Secondly,-Divisions or Bulkheads in the Hold, or on Deck, in a greater Number than are necessary for Vessels engaged in lawful Trade.

Thirdly, Spare Plank fitted for being laid down as a Second or Slave Deck.

Fourthly,-Shackles, Bolts, or Handcuffs.

Fifthly,-A larger Quantity of Water in Casks or in Tanks than is requisite for the Consumption of the Crew of the Vessel as a Merchant Vessel.

Sixthly,-An extraordinary Number of Water Casks, or of other Vessels for holding Liquid, unless the Master shall produce a Certificate from the Custom House at the Place from which he cleared outwards, stating that a sufficient Security had been given by the Owners of such Merchant Vessel that such extra Quantity of Casks or of other Vessels should only be used for the Reception of Palm Oil, or for other Purposes of lawful Commerce.

Seventhly,-A greater Quantity of Mess Tubs or • Kids than are requisite for the Use of the Crew of the Vessel as a Merchant Vessel.

Eighthly,-A Boiler of an unusual Size, and larger, or fitted for being made larger, than requisite for the Use of the Crew of the Vessel as a Merchant • Vessel, or more than One Boiler of the ordinary Size. Ninthly,-An extraordinary Quantity either of Rice, of the Flour of Brazil, Manioc or Cassada, 'commonly called Farinha, of Maize, of Indian Corn, " or of any other Article of Food whatever, beyond 'what might probably be requisite for the Use of the Crew, such Rice, Flour, Maize, Indian Corn, or other Article of Food not being entered on the Manifest as Part of the Cargo for Trade.

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Tenthly,-A Quantity of Mats or Matting greater than is necessary for the Use of the Crew of the • Vessel as a Merchant Vessel.

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Any One or more of these several Things, if proved, 'shall be considered as primâ fucie Evidence of the actual Employment of the Vessel in the Slave Trade; and the Vessel shall thereupon be condemned, and be declared lawful Prize, unless clear and incontestable Evidence on the Part of the Master or Owners shall establish, to ، the Satisfaction of the Court, that such Vessel was, at the Time of her Detention or Capture, employed in some legal Pursuit, and that such of the several Things above enumerated as were found on board her at the Time of her Detention, or had been put on board on the Voyage on which the Vessel when captured was proceeding, were needed for legal Purposes on that particular Voyage.

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'ARTICLE X.-If any of the Things specified in the ⚫ preceding Article shall be found in any Merchant Vessel, no Compensation for Losses, Damages, or Expences consequent upon the Detention of such Vessel shall in any Case be granted either to her Master or to her Owner, or to any other Person interested in her Equipment or Lading, even though the Mixed Court of Justice should not pronounce any Sentence of Condem'nation in consequence of her Detention.

• ARTICLE XI.—It is hereby agreed between the Two High Contracting Parties, that in all Cases in which a Vessel shall be detained under this Treaty by their respective Cruisers, as having been engaged in the Slave Trade, or as having been fitted out for the Purposes ، thereof, and shall consequently be adjudged and con'demned by the Mixed Courts of Justice to be established as aforesaid, the said Vessel shall, immediately after its ، Condemnation, be broken up entirely, and shall be ⚫ sold in separate Parts after having been so broken up.

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ARTICLE XII.-The Negroes who are found on board of a Vessel detained by a Cruiser, and condemned by the Mixed Courts of Justice in conformity with the Stipulations of this Treaty, shall be placed at the Dis'position of the Government whose Cruiser has made the Capture, on the distinct Understanding that they shall be immediately set at liberty and kept free, the Government to which they have been delivered guaranteeing the same, and likewise engaging to afford from Time to Time, and whenever demanded by the other High Contracting Party, the fullest Information as to the State ، and Condition of such Negroes, with a view of insuring the due Execution of the Treaty in this respect.

For this Purpose the Regulations annexed to this Treaty, sub literâ (C.), as to the Treatment of Negroes ، liberated