Colombia. Treaty. Amity, Commerce and Navigation, Bogota, 18th April, 1825....... Freedom of commerce and trade with the British colouies, duties, pilotage, salvage,&c. national vessels, brokers, consuls, personal security in case of rupture, religion, funerals Buenos Ayres. Treaty. Amity Commerce and Navigation, Buenos Ayres, 2d Feb. 1825. 237 Freedom of commerce-trade with Britain-colonies, duties, prohibitions, Salvage, &c. on vessels of above 120 tons, national vessels, property administration of justice, taxes, consuls, security of persons, religion, burial places, abolition of slave trade, &c. Muscat. Treaty. Abolition of Slave Trade, Muscat, September 10, 1822. Prohibition against sale of Slaves, punishment of offenders, British agent in Zarnzibar, Persia-Definitive Treaty, Commerce, Tehran, 25th November, 1814. Madagascar-Treaty, Slave Trade and Piracy, Tamatave, 23d October, 1817. Cession of sale, or transfer, of slaves or other persons, consideration for loss of revenue, HANSEATIC REPUBLICS. Convention. Commerce and Navigation, London, September 29th, 1825. Reciprocal duties and charges on vessels, freedom of trade, reciprocal duties on imports Report laid before the British Parliament on the civil and political condition of Hayti, or St Domingo, by Charles McKenzie, British Consul General, September 9, 1826 Relation of the Colony of Liberia towards the United States Opinion of the Att'y Gen'l of United States as to the powers of the agency on the coast Africa 695 Convention. Pacific Ocean and North West Coast of America-St. Petersburgh, 16 (28th) Convention. Differences in America, London, July 14th, 1786, Evacuation of the Mosquitos, privileges in the bay of Honduras, limits, wood and natural produce, plantations of sugar, coffee, &c. manufactures, navigation of rivers, Casina, naval establishment, rights of Sovereignty, purchase of dyeing-wood, and mahogany, Preliminary and Secret Treaty, between the French Republic and the King of Spain, relat- ing to the recession of Louisiana October 1, 1800, certain provinces in Italy to be given to Duke of Parma, and the King of Spain engages to recede to the French Republic "the Colony or Province, of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and had while in the possession of France, and such as it ought to be, in con- formity with the treaties subsequently concluded between Spain and other States," six 74's also to be given to the French, &c. Proclamation of the King of the Sandwich Islands, respecting the trade and treatment of fo- The Secretary of the United States Navy, to the King of the Sandwich Islands 678 Restoration of fortresses and property, renewal of privileges, commerce of the Black Sea, Consuls at Malta and in British Dominions, tariff at Constantinople, honors to Am- bassadors, dragomen, English patents and passports, prohibition against ships of war [691, 692 235, 692 Foreign Relations-References to the principal cases decided in the courts of the United States, and in some of the State Tribunals in regard to points or prin- Authorities from the Law of Nations, and other sources, touching Matters in Reference to the Diplomatic Character of a Public Minister and his official 3. and 4. Right of sending Ministers. 5. Right of receiving Ministers 6. Origin of the different orders of Ministers. Ministers Plenipotentiary and Envoy, Min- isters, Ministers resident, residents, Charges d'Affaires.. 7. Ministers of the first order-8. of the second order-9. of the third order 12. Order of Ministers and right of sending them........... 13. May Ministers be received from, or sent to, an usurper..... 14. Whether usurpers or governors in chief can send Ambassadors?. 15. Choice between the different orders..................... [Notes. Presentation of Dr Franklin by Vergennes to the King and Queen of France, the King's address. Ceremonial of Reception of M. Gerard in '78, by Congress. 29. Visits, to the members of the Diplomatic Corps. Congress of Vienna extirpated forms ..... 30. Visits, between Ambassadresses,-same footing as their husbands.. 31. Precedence-arrangement signed by the Eight Powers..... 32. Classes of Ministers established by the United States.... 33. Ambassadors' privileges-expediency of acknow'g the Amb. of the ruling party during civil war-how far the sovereign is bound by the act of his Minister. Kent's Com. 383 $4. Discretionary power to receive Ambassadors........ 35-38. Instructions should be precise, and detailed Martens’Manual—Wicquefort-Vattel 386 39.Personal Instructions to the Diplomatic Agents of the United States in Foreign Countries, adopted by the Department of State [inserted at large] 53. Ambassador's Powers-essential instrument of a treaty. Wicquefort. Martens. 393 & 395 54-55. Public Minister's Privileges—Ambassadors inviolable in their persons-Declar- 58. Particular protection due to Ministers—59. Time when Minister's rights commence-- 60. What is due to Ministers in the countries through which they may pass 61.-62. Independence or Immunities of Foreign Ministers (Note. On the case of Bishop Ross, an Ambassador from Mary Queen of Scotland. The questions at large, propounded on the occasion to Lewis, Dale, Aubrey, and Jones, 65. Coke's opinion on the privileges of Ambassadors-insists that nothing can prevent them from being responsible for crimes against the Law of Nations, which are mala per se. 402 Note. All nations, by positive agreement, have made an exception in favor of Am- The general consequence is, that an Ambassador, when he commits any crime, cannot be 67. Immunities from civil Jurisdiction enjoyed by Diplomatic agents Martens' Manual 404 68. Immunities from criminal jurisdiction, enjoyed by the Diplomatic agent ... Vattel 404 70. How the exemption extends to his possessions-71. The exemption cannot extend to effects of any trade he may carry on....... 72. Nor to immoveables which he possesses in the country.. See Rutherforth's Institutes, page 553. Baltimore Edition. 75.-76. Ambassadors owe no subjection to any laws but those of their own country. Story (Note. Chief Justice Marshall's opinion on the immunity of Foreign Ministers) 406 77. Ministers have no concern in the event of a prosecution against them. Story's Comm. 408 78. Jurisdiction does not depend on the party named in the record 79. Jurisdiction over the retinue of a Foreign Minister •. Martens' Law of Nations 408 81. Retinue: that part exempt from civil jurisdiction who are returned on arrival. Martens 409 (Note. Ambassador's consort, his children, secretary of embassy, and private secre- 94. Death of a Min.-95. The Seal-96. Depart'e of the retinue & effects of a Min. Martens 413 97. Embassies which terminate in part-98. Ambassador's expenses Assault on a public minister of the United States, vs. J Galberto de Ortega. Circuit Court, United States, Philadelphia, October Session, 1825, 417 Notes-Illustrative of the immunities of public ministers-David's messengers to the Ammonites-Xerxes' retaliation on Athens-Sack of Rome by Brenus, and of Philomela by Frederick Barbarossa, in the 13th century, etc. Indians, Chinese, and Mexicans, unite in allowing immunities to ambassadors. 1. 1708, July 21-Case of the Russian ambassador, backed by the Count de Gallas, Swedish 2. 1627-Danish ambassador, Lord Rosenbranck and Philip Weiseman, related by Finet 421 3. 1584-Mendoza, Spanish ambassador, though a conspirator, could not be put to death; 4. 1587-L'Aubespine, French ambassador, escaped punishment for a conspiracy, Lord 11. Inoyosa and Colonna, Spanish ambassadors sent to England, not proceeded against, 423 423 Sir Robert Cotton's opinion on the above case not treason 14. 1654-De Bass, minister to Cromwell, accused of a conspiracy 15. Spanish ambassador to Charles II. of England, endeavored to raise a sedition 16. 1646-This right sometimes acknowledged even by the Turks, Case of the Eng. ambass. 424 17. 1653-Case of Don Pantaleon Sa, whether contrary to the above practice 19. Case of a criminal taking refuge in the house of the Venetian ambassador, at Madrid, 120. Report on the Consular Establishment of the United States, by the Secretary of General Instructions to the Consuls and Commercial Agents of the United States, 121. Duty of a Consul on his appointment before he enters on the exercise of official duties 430 124. Duties required to be performed by Consuls and Vice-Consuls in the United States. 431 126. Duties of Consuls in relation to Wrecks, 127. Duties of Consuls in relation to Masters of American vessels 128. Duties of Consuls in relation to Seamen of the United States, 128. Duties of Consuls with respect to the Appointment of Consular Agents April 11, 1792, February 25, 1803, 444 145. Consuls, Commercial Agents, powers, functions, &c. Kent's Commentaries, 448 |