On the outbreak of the Civil War, the Lincoln administration, through Secretary Seward, immediately expressed a willingness to do all in its power to suppress the slave-trade.[79] Accordingly, June 7, 1862, a treaty was signed with Great Britain granting a mutual limited Right of Search, and establishing mixed courts for the trial of offenders at the Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, and New York.[80] The efforts of a half-century of diplomacy were finally crowned; Seward wrote to Adams, "Had such a treaty been made in 1808, there would now have been no sedition here."[81] FOOTNOTES: [1] Cf. Augustine Cochin, in Lalor, _Cyclopedia_, III. 723. [2] By a law of Aug. 11, 1792, the encouragement formerly given to the trade was stopped. Cf. _Choix de rapports, opinions et discours prononces a la tribune nationale depuis 1789_ (Paris, 1821), XIV. 425; quoted in Cochin, _The Results of Emancipation_ (Booth's translation, 1863), pp. 33, 35-8. [3] Cochin, _The Results of Emancipation_ (Booth's translation, 1863), pp. 42-7. [4] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1815-6, p. 196. [5] _Ibid._, pp. 195-9, 292-3; 1816-7, p. 755. It was eventually confirmed by royal ordinance, and the law of April 15, 1818. [6] _Statute 28 George III._, ch. 54. Cf. _Statute 29 George III._, ch. 66. [7] Various petitions had come in praying for an abolition of the slave-trade; and by an order in Council, Feb. 11, 1788, a committee of the Privy Council was ordered to take evidence on the subject. This committee presented an elaborate report in 1739. See published _Report_, London, 1789. [8] For the history of the Parliamentary struggle, cf. Clarkson's and Copley's histories. The movement was checked in the House of Commons in 1789, 1790, and 1791. In 1792 the House of Commons resolved to abolish the trade in 1796. The Lords postponed the matter to take evidence. A bill to prohibit the foreign slave-trade was lost in 1793, passed the next session, and was lost in the House of Lords. In 1795, 1796, 1798, and 1799 repeated attempts to abolish the trade were defeated. The matter then rested until 1804, when the battle was renewed with more success. [9] _Statute 46 George III._, ch. 52, 119; _47 George III._, sess. I. ch. 36. [10] Sparks, _Diplomatic Correspondence_, X. 154. [11] Fox to Hartley, June 10, 1783; quoted in Bancroft, _History of the Constitution of the United States_, I. 61. [12] _Amer. State Papers, Foreign_, III. No. 214, p. 151. [13] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1815-6, pp. 886, 937 (quotation). [14] _Ibid._, pp. 890-1. [15] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1815-6, p. 887. Russia, Austria, and Prussia returned favorable replies: _Ibid._, pp. 887-8. [16] _Ibid._, p. 889. [17] She desired a loan, which England made on this condition: _Ibid._, pp. 921-2.