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- ~T" 1 / 1;------?/1.17 .G'->l-/"4"--'>9 '' • t _ AO r 41 . _ „.. ~4 le * • 3 t . , .., 1 4 Ai& ii _ ~ ___ .tr ' Ik\ ... i li: w ' f :. . ‘11044: 4 . '• . • ",..; c ~:.! 4 .4 ,0; , . -- ‘ V'' ,' ' - ,‘".1 1 • • , = 7±- . Ni...., .--., I, :' ' F , ~..• ~ $g , ,‘',4. - - sr .._.., *:.; 0 • Airf'c,/•• ~ ' ~ V• , ' 11.1414.1116 ) liin .5.. , 4 - ' ,' • . iv '''Att / eb ) ,, 411 (. 1) ~ , T ,, , iwil Pt -• ' ,lw , tf , lt' . 10.1. 'kox joigie • • 7 ait ' ohIiNANCE. : • April 8, 1829. HE PRINCIPAL' 'OFFICERS, of his MAJESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give t 41 - 11 itice. that thei will SELL b y PUBLIC AUCTION, at ilat-Tnwer MoNnay the 4th, and TUESDAY the sth 4hrtotStl:ty next, at Eleven o'clock in the foreriooo Sundry -hits of OLD STORES, comprising a -Water Decks, G rea t. Co a t s, Gain.* -iiarro* Teeth,. Stores, -Grates. Iron Bedsteads, Piro, Engines, Engine HOsi, Accoutrement,,, Harness, Tanned Hides, Buckles,.Staveis for; Powder Barrels, Tools, Rough -Skirls for Musquets and Pistols, Horse-shoes, flair;Ctotihs,Anvils,Nices, Sind Bags, Refined Roll Brim- Stow, .Forge' Bellows., Scaling Ladders, Wheels, Match, Oki Paper, Set Boat, and a variety of other 'Articles, the whole of which' 'nay ba viewed at the•TUvrer, at Wool with,'and at the Military Depat in Tooley=streei, as praised in•the Catalogues, during the week previous . to the %de, tiPon application to the Store-keepers, at those places, where Catalogiula of the Lots and Conditions of the Sale will - be delivered to those persons who may apply for the saute. kOll6 of their respeatability might be spired from im prisonment ;" and, at least, that Lord Bathurst will I show him to "relinquish therm-act" lest they should I be "held ert:l and oppressive beyord others," aryl also in order, in sr.me degree, " to remove the in - - 1 pression of their being deemed habitually and unto tinudy cruel." But he adds—and the addition is most significative of colonial feeling on such subjeets —" Notwithstandin g their being in gaol, they ate visited by the most respectable persons in the place, and by all who -knew- them before. This ‘vould not be the ease even here, if it was the publie opinion I IlUr the treatment of Mr. Nloss's slaves in general was unduly severe !" LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, 31 AY 1, 1829. No. 11.429. PRICE 7D. This day seas published, ILLUSTRATIONS of the DISEASES of the FEMALE BREAST. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY. day win published by R. Ackermann and Co., says, that Kate would not perform the tasks given her; whilst', from Delancy's evidence, it is to be in ferred, that she was incapable of Performing. some of the tasks, from being unaccustomed to the species of work, and that, by the treatment which she receiv ed, the was incapacitated, more or less, and for some part of the time, from performing any work that re quired the use of her eyes. " Spencer further deposes as follows :- 4 He told her that . if she would mend her clothes she would be forgive n; she replied she would not, and did not care Whether she was let out of the stocks or not; he advised Kate to mend her clothes; she was in solent to, him for doing so ; it would not have occu pied her more than two hours the offence, I must remark, that a series of cruelties which continued for 17 days, can admit of no exte nuation on the pretext of sudden anger. lam wil ling to believe that there was a determined resist ance to authority on the part of the slave; but I can never admit that such r e s i s t ance constitutes a ne cessity' for resorting t 6 any extreme of severity, short of which, severity would be unavailing to subdue it. Where obstinate disobedience arises from an exaspe rated state of temper, the remedy is not to be found in severity of treatment ; for, in some cases, no de gree of severity would be. adequate to the purpose, and, in others, the degree of severity which would be adequate would be unjustifiable. " One of the witnesses (Hepburn), states, that he has frequently known Negroes to conceal their illness from sulkiness ; 'and it appears by no means impro bable, that in the present case the slave sacrificed her life in this manner to her feelings of resentment. It is . , proper, in similar cases of insubordination, to rt sort to such treatment as will render the course taken by the disobedient slave ineligible to any who possess a temperate state of .mind; and, whilst the munpleis thus rendered harmless to others, the irri tated feelings of the slave must be allowed to wear out with time, until he shall become capable of choos ing the course of conduct which is best foritimself. But when punishment is inflicted with a vindictive or intemperate feeling, it is justified by no offence whatever ; and . the infliction must be attributed to such a feeling, 'when the punishment is not such as . will reclaim the offender, and more than adequate to guard against the evil of the example. " The cruelties committed by Henry and Helen Moss are, as I hare said, incontrovertibly proved, that there was a provocation to them might have been believed without the evidence, for it could scarcely be in human nature to commit them from mere wantonness; but they are totally unjustified any such provocation ; they constitute an offence of an aggravated character, and for which I cannot con , sider the sentence of five months' imprisonment, and fines amounting to 3001. to be by any means unduly severe. I am, therefore, unable to advise his Ma jesty to remit any part of this sentence. And, with reference to that part of your despatch of the 3d of July, in which you 'request my approbation to re linquish the mulct in order in some degree to remove the impression of their being deemed habitually and notorious cruel,' I can only say, that it is not in my power to remove the impression which may have been produced upon the public mind; but I sincerely hope that Henry and Helen Moss will, by their future conduct to their slaves, as far as in them lies, retrieve the character which they are said to have borne heretofore.—l have, &c. 1 (Signed) HUSKISSON. " Governor Grant, &e. &e. &e." t. Indeed, aue kdrii ts:s F sroe r nr o rt e ,, h eceiving the ds n ies c sm e ti:o o va: f tveenlh t f l : i ? e oin G ie,me o v rw; e :t r yss :o e:nc r we entirely ru e yae r l l itH t le i . " I structed by the despatch of Mr. Huskisson, as to the manner of viewing both faults and offences !" And he then claims to himself some merit for the sincere interest he takes in the subject. All we ourselves have previously known of this gentleman's conduct, in the great question now agitating with respect to Colonial Slavery, is from the Papers laid before Parliament by his Majesty's stow - nand, in the year 1825, a brief abstract of which is given in a pamphlet published by the Anti-Slavery Society in 1826, en titled, " The Slave Colonies of Great Britain," B, :e . pp. 1.-=.ll. He had transmitted to Lord Bathurst an Act of the Colonial Assembly, of which his Lord ship censures the injustice in no measured terms, and which Mr. Huskisson, even after it had been greatly modified, also condemns with pointed severity. Of this Act, he says, that " it improves the condition Of the slaves very considerably.' And yet, if we lock at the Act, we shall find it what we have elsewhere described it to be (No. 28, page 87), " mere un meen:ng verbiage; apparent concessions which are drawn back by the multiplicity and largeness of the exceptions, and pretended reforms which leave every evil of slavery untouched"—" eh idle and useless parade of legislation, calculated for no purpose but to blind the eyes of . the people of this country." Since this transaction took place General Grant, we regret to learn, has been promoted from the petty Government of the Bahamas, to the far more im portant situation of Governor of Trinidad, where he will have to carry into execution his Majesty's plans of West Indian reform—the grand experiment of amelioration which Mr. Canning held out as the model after which the whole frame of our colonial policy was to be moulded. This is an appointment which, judging from our only means of knowledge, seems highly inauspicious both for the ,slaves, the subjects of the experiment, and for those also who have undertaken their cause, and who will be made answerable, at least by their opponents and &liar tors, for its failure. By Sir. ASTLEY COOPER, Bart. Seijeant Surgeon to the King, and Consulting Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, &c. &c. Also in the press, and shortly will appear, by the seine . . 96, Strand, No. 5, of the - • REPOSITORY of FASHION, containing Four Highly Coloured Engravings of French and English Fashions, and designs for Fancy Ball Dresses; with descriptive letter-press and general observations on Parisian Fashions. By a Lady on the spot. Price 2s. By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. Author, ILLUSTRATIONS of the DISEASES of the TESTIS. . - .This day was published, in 3 vols. post tivo., price 24a. FLORENCE ; or the ASPIRANT. A Novel. Ariaied for Whittaker, Treat her, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. 1.-.......--„,.....L...._ - This (lay was published, price 10s. 6d. AN ESSAY on the DEAF and DUMB, showing the Necessity of Medical Treatment in Early Infancy, with ObservatiOns on Congenital Deaf ness, illustrated with Cases and Plates. By J. HARRISON CURTIS, &q., Surgeon Aurist to the King. KENT. DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, 25_11IILES - FROM LON DON, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. TO be SOLD, or LET on LEASE, f or Seven, Fourteen, -or Twenty-one years, on very moderate terms, a COMMODIOUS and SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENCE, with suitable offices, gond gardens, coach houses, and excellent stabling, and Eight Acres of very superior Meadow Land, four miles front Rochester, three from Gravesend, and within five minutes' walk from the great turnpike road, leading from Linden to - Dover and Margate, through Canterbury. For particulars, apply (if by letter, post-paid) to Mr. S. Newbery, No. 5, Hatton-garden,. London ; or, to J. Sim mons, Esq. solicitor, Rochester. • - Thia_day pablisheil, No. price ls. of T DIt AMATIC MAGAZINE, em " 1-64 ,bilighed withele g ant Portraits of Mira Gowarti, etta, 1 q Hoine, sweet Home ;" Miss Byfeld, as Rebecca, and Mr.. Keeley, as a, Nl'. hin " Th e M a id o f Jadsh." C:1:11r "Y' rs : -- Theatrical.Journal—Th e English Drama, incentand. m odern-Coineidenc e a . and . Imitations among Dtatniiti c Attectiot€ l , Provincial Intelligence Poetry, Songs, &c. ' Publiiked.bY Whitiaker; Treicher, and Co. Ave Maria. 4 .,nt ; and at th e A rtists ' Depot.itory, 87, Charlotte -street, ace Proofs of th e Pl ates ( p l a i n an d es liittied) tray be had, Contents :—Of the Ear—Hearing—Of the Tongue— Voice, and the Use of the Epiglottis—Speech—Speech of Animals—L.On the Nerves as the Organs of the Senses— Origin of Ideas—Perceptions, how proJuced—Difference between Ideas and Perceptions—On the Organization, Growth, and Mental Develupement of Man—Acuteness of the External Senses in Savage Tribes—Account of Peter the Wild Boy—Historical Account of the Art of Teaching the Deaf and Dumb—Cautions to Parents in supposed Cases . of Deafness and Dutnbness—Dr. Watson—Mr. Arrowsunith—Professor Buchner—Causes of Deafness and Dumbness--Deaftsess in Early Infanry always followed by DumbnessL.Treannent—Cases--Dr. Hamel's Deseent in a Diving Bell—Case of a Clergyman born with Two Tongties—Mr: Symonds Ascent in a Balloon—Acoustic Tubes, &r. &c. i.Kate did not seem to mind the flogging.' On this last statement I have to remark, that it is at va riance with that of Delaney, who says, that when he saw her flogged, she appeared to feel it very much; at variance with the circumstance of De laney, on an occasion when he was not present, dis tinguishing the number of lashes by her cries ;'• with the circumstance of Wylly's interference ; with the fact, that except in one or two -instances, she was taken .out of the stocks and tied up to be flogged ; anTfinally, with every natural probability, which no testimony can be required to . substantiate. With respect to the expressions used to Spencer regard ing her indifference to her confinement, and her de termination not to do what was required of her, they must be considered as evidence of an exasperated state of temper, not of insensibility to suffering ; but I see no reason to discredit them, and they suffi ciently prove that she persisted in insubordinate conduct. CRUELTIES PERPETRATED BY HENRY AND HELEN MOSS, ON A FEMALE NEGRO SLAVE IN THE BAHAMAS. QUOTATIONS AND MOTTOS. Just published, in 12ino. the Ninth Edition, revised and improved, price 7s. 6d. boards, A DICTIONARY of QUOTATIONS, -CIL in most frequent Use, taken chiefly fro th Latin and French, b ut comprising many from the Gr m e ek, e Latin, and Spanish Languages, translated into English ; with Illustrations, Historical and Idiomatic. by E. D. MACDONNEL, of the Middle Temple. Printed for Whittaker, Treader, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. _ _ (From the Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter for April.) Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. ' :The nature of this transact►on will beet appear from the following despatch of Mr. Secretary iluskisson to the Governor, General Grant, dated Downinotreet, Sept. 28, 1827 : ". 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" It is not the least deplorable feature in this case, that besides the floggings which the gill received, by order of her owners, and at the hands of the overseers, other individuals appear to have been free to maltreat her at their pleasure. She was flogged without orders, by the under-driver, the evening before her death, and 24 lashes were inflicted by her own father whilst she was in the stocks. On this occasion, Mr. MosS is said to have stopped the infliction; but merely with the observation, that it was no use flogging her, and it was better to send her to work in the field. " Before I come to consider what has been said in favour of the character of the Mosses, I must ob serve, that the facts against them are established upon'the evidence of two witnesses, both of whom were overseers upon the plantation, both instru mental, under the orders of Mr. and Mrs. Moss,rto the cruelties' in question—one (Delaney) by DO means disposed to aggravate the case against them, since he given them a character for great humanity; the other (Spencer), a nephew of Mr. Moss, and proved to have appeared against him with great re luctance. Of whom may he had, A In 3 vo l s . 1 2m0., price 21s. boards, BRITISH DICTIONARY of QUOTATIONS, from the POETS. 61, Part I. C onta i n i ng Quotations from Shakspeare, price 6d . Bl an Part V II. C onta i n i ng Quotations from Shakspeare in k rse, pri ce 7s, Part 111. Containing IthYrite,price 7., 6d, Quotations from Shakspeare in " These volume s are what they profess to be, and are bOneatly and tastefully executed. 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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. TILLERTON, At the Roebuck Inn, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, on MONDAY, the Ist day of June, 1829, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, in several Lots, and subject to such Conditions as shell be produced at the time at Sale, AFine old substantially brick-built IVIES SIJAQE or MANSION-HOUSE, most delight fully situated on the Banks of River Trent, in the Vil lage of Stapenhill, and within that part of the Parish of Burton-npon-Trent which lies within the County of Derby, with the Offices, Coach-house, Stables, Dovecote, Yard-, Fish-stews, walled Gardens, Pleasure Grounds, Orchards, Plantations, and Appurtenances thereto adjoining and be longing, as late in the occupation of Wm. Daniel, Esq. Also a compact and very valuable FARM (now occupied by Mr. W. 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The Gardens awl Pleasure Grounds, containing with the site of tke House, &c. Sa. sa. 85g. are tastefully laid put, and slope down to the edge of the River, which abounds with fish, and the. whole forms a most desirable residence for a family of the first respectability. The Land consists chiefly of Old Turf, of the first qua lity, and is in a high state of cultivation. The whole of the property is freehold of inheritance and exonerated from Land Tax, and the property at Stapenhill is Tithe free. The pleasant and healthy village of Stapenhill is situate one mile from Button-upon-Trer i t„ twelve from 1 116 Y, ,coirl,q,n from Via - 4'lod, five from the Aiona Baths, and nine from Ashhy de la Zouch, and is within the celehrated 111mts.of Lord Anson and Mr. Maynell. ' To view the premises apply to the Auctioneer in Bur- - ton-upon-Trent, or to Mr. Granger at the Punch Bowl, iu Stapenhill. • • Descriptive particulars may be had from the Auctioneer Also a . % the George Hotel, Litchfield ; Head, Derby ; Three CroWns, Leicester; Hastings Hotel, Ashby de la 2outh; arid at - the office•of Sir- J. D. Fowler, in Burton; upon-Trent, where a plan way be been., " Kate was a domestic slave, and is stated to have been guilty of theft; she is also accused of dis obedience, in refusing to mend her clothes and do her work, and•this was the more immediate cause of her punishment. On the 22d of July, 1826, she was confined in the stocks, and she was not released till the Bth of August following, being a period of seventeen days. The stocks were so constructed, that she could not sit up and lie down at pleasure, and she remained in them ❑ight and day. During this period she was flogged repeatedly, one of the overseers thinks about six times, and red pepper was rubbed upon her eyes to prevent her sleeping. Tasks were given her which, in the opinion of the same overseer, she was incapable of performing; sometimes because they were beyond her powers, ut other times because she could not see to do them on account of the pepper having been rubbed on her eyes : and she was flogged for failing to accom plish these tasks. A violent distemper had been prevalent on the plantation during the summer. It is in evidence, that on one of the days of Kate's confinement she complained of fever, and that one of the floggingi which she received was the day after she had made this complaint. When she was taken out of the stocks she appeared to be cramped, and :was then again ,flogged. The very day of her re lease she was sent to ;field-labour (though hereto fore - alsouse servant), and on the evening of the :third day ensuing, was brought before her owners as being ill and refusing to work, and she then com plained of having had fever. They were of opinion that she had cone then, but gave directions to the driver if she should be ill to bring her to them for medicines in the morning. The driver took her to the negro-house, and again flogged her ; though, this time, apparently, without orders from her owners to do so. In the morning, at seven o'clock, she was taken to work in the field, where she died at noon. " The facts of the case are, thus far, incontro vertibly established ; and I deeply lament, that, heinous as the offences are which this narrative exhibits, I can discover no material palliation of them amongst the other circumstances detailed in the evidence. " Margaret Murray, the first witness, states that she passed the day of the 23d of July with Mr. and Mrs. Moss; she understood from Mrs. Me ss that Kate had been put in the stocks and flogged on the preceding day, anti in the, course of this day (the 23(1), she heard Mr. and Mrs. Moss three several times give orders for having her punished, and she heard her cry out three several times, as it she had had three distinct floggings.' She states that the directions to flog were given to Mr. Spen cer (Mr. Moss's nephew and overseer), and that she heard Spencer say, on the third order being given to flog, Good God ! uncle, what ! flog again ?' and that Mr. Moss insisted on hi s or d er being obeyed.' She adds, that two other slaves (whom she names) were confined in the same build ing, and flogged at the same time. " Now, from the evidence given by the other witnesses, there can be little doubt that this witness was mistaken in assigning the date of the 23d of July to the circumstances which she relates, and that these circumstances belong to the date of the 28th of May, when, also, she was present, and when much of what she states is also stated by the over seer, Spencer, to have taken place. These citcum stances do not appear, therefore, to form any part of the offence upon which the indictment was founded. But they are, nevertheless, such 'circumstances as 1 cannot but bear in mind, when I come to consider the weight due to the evidence in favour of the cha racter of the parties for humanity. " Delaney, the second witness, is one of the over seers on the plantation, and one of those who were employed in the infliction of the punishments,. He states, in his cross-examination, that Kate was not very severely flogged.' He had stated, however, ill a former part of the same examination, that when he saw her flogged, she, appeared to feel it very much.' He states further, that he cannot say , whether any of the pepper got i nto h er e yes;' whereas he had previously deposed that he thought she could not see to do either of her tasks after her eyes were peppered.' " It is to be remarked, with respect to the seve rity of the flogging, that this witness has stated, that the under driver, who flogged Kate when taken out of the stocks, desisted at the entreaty of a mail named John Wylly ;' he does not know whether John Wylly interfered in consequence of the girl's debilitated state or not ;'—but it does not appear that there was any motive, except a sense of the cruelty with which 'she was treated, which could have induced him to interfere. Spencer, the third witness, is a nephew of Mr. Moss, and also an overseer on the plantation. Mr. Forbes, the Magistrate, before whom the examina tions were taken which led to the committal of the m cm ' se 4, has deposed that he had some difficulty in getting Spencer to give his evidence, having told him, that if he would not answer the questions he put, he should be obliged to send him to t . :e Attor ney-Generul. This cir cumstance, and the relation ship between Spencer and Moss; detract in some degree from the* value o f S pencer ' s ev i dence on sosn' e points, althonitl . percetve" no r e ason to im pute to,him a,ty intentional Want of v erac ity. Spell cer corroborates Delancy's statement in all the more material circumstances, - but there are some varia tions, and something is added by Speneet. He " These being the principal witnesses for the prosecution, those for the defence are eleven in number. Only one of them, Mrs. Frere, the mother of Mrs. Moss, has any thing to depose upon the par ticular ca s e. Her evidence is mot material, and in no respect impugns the evidence for the prosecu tion. Another, J. Hepburn, deposes that he never saw so mild an instrument of correction as the whip which was produced in Court, being Mt which had been used in flogging Kate. The others appear to have been called to depose to the conduct and character of the Mosses ; though one of them, A. Farquharson, says, that be knows nothing respecting G. Hasty says, that their Negrees were 'well `clothed and fed; and appeared to be cheerful. J. Scavella testifies to their care and good treatment of their Negroes in sickness, and says he never saw any one treat their Negroes so well as Mr. Moss; but, on his cross-examination, he acknowledges him self to be under great obligations to Mr. Moss. L. Selig, Eliza Campbell, Captain Finger, A. Demayne, and J. Harris, all speak strongly to the character of Mr. and Mrs. Moss for humanity, and there does not appear to be anything which would render these exceptionable witnesses. " Murray G. Farquharson, after, having deposed that Mr. and Mrs. Moss are considered far from being severe to their slaves;' and that he never knew any severity of Mr. Moss,' is tross-exaMined, and states as follows Witness has always enter tained the same favourable opinion of Mr. Moss, ,has always expressed himself so. [Upon the At torney-General here asking the witness if he him self had not, on a former occasion, come to his (the Attorney-General's office) to complain of Mr. Moss's barbarity, and called him ' a Tartar,' the witness first pretended tot to understand the question, and Il l en-efused to answer it ; the Attorney-General not thinking. it necessary to insist on the answer, the witness was allowed to depart from the box.] " In addition to the testimony to charaCter, given at the trial, I have the petition which was presented to you by several inhabitants of the colony, of whose respectabilityyou assure me ; an d y our own de spatches 18th of May and 3d J u ly. Th e ob ject former despatch was t o preven t t h e im pression, i )f the h the unfo r t una t e H enry an d H e l en o that tahte, Moss are to be looked upon as wilful acmssaries to the death of the girl, and you add, that they are rather to be pitied for the untoward melancholy oc currence which has taken place. In the latter you write as follows I had the honour to inform you, that I had every reason to think that the case-of cruelty towards Kate, from Mr. and Mrs. Moss, was not iii accordance with their general treatment of their Negroes, but an especial exception, which would appear to have resulted from a persevering obstinate disposition on the part of the slave, Kate, and an equal determination on the part of her owners to carry their authority into effect. The provocation begot the cruelty; and while I trust I am not disposed to uphold the failing of giving way to passion, I yet think that I may venture to say, that we need not resort to slavery, or go far out of the tract of common life, to discover many instances where the obstinate perseverance in wrong doing, will draw from passion, or perhaps the necessity to overcome such disposition, severer methods of punishment than ever would have been thought of for the original offence.' " On these representations I have in the first place, to assure you, that I am equally ready With yourself to acquit the convicts of having been wil fully accessary to the death of their 'slave. The re spect viCsieh I owe to the judgment of the Grind Jury, who ignored the indictment for murder, would have made me extremely unwilling to come to any other conclusion,- neither do I find anything in the evidence which could lead me to differ from the Grand Jury. " With respect to considerations of character, I must observe, that if the present offence be fully proved, and the sentence no more than' duly pro portioned to it, the circumstances' of the -former life of the delinquents having .been free froM 'offence, even if that were unquest i ona bl e , Wonld - nOf justify the remittal of any part of a punishment which is due to this offence singly. Had the evidence to their guilt admitted of doubt, I should have been most so licitous to give every weight to 'the evidence for character, as rendering it extremely improbable that persons of such character should fic t ye Wen guilty of such offences; but the offences Willi proven facts, eci character being always open to some doubt, I cannot but perceive that the improbability which is raised is that persons guilty of such of fences should have really deserved so very high a character for respectability arid hinnanity, as that to which some of the witnesses have testified, ' •• •••• • •••••,•••••-•.- " With respect to th.t. provocation which led to To conclude—if we would duly estimate the state of feeling, in a community corrupted by slavery, and the evil that must follow from leaving it to such communities to legislate for their unhappy depen dents, we should contrast the burst of execration which, a few days ago, in this capital, added hitter agonies to the stroke of justice which fell upon the wretched Esther Hibner, with the general sympathy excited among the colonists of the Bahamas, with the more lenient fate of Henry and Helen Moss, two not less guilty criminals. If, also, we would duly estimate the unexampled wretchedness which the Anti-Slavery Society has united to extirpate, we must view, in connection with this transaction, at one extremity of the Antilles, the no less revolting scenes passing at Bcrbice, their other extremity (See Reporter, Nos. .5, 16, 43, and 46) ; and while we may imagine what may, have oc curred, contemporaneously, in the intervening Colo nies froM which no similar returns have been sup plied, we must combine with them the picture of slavery in the Mauritius, which has so recently har rowed the hearts of our. readers (No. 44). We shall then have before us a mass of suffering which may well make us to shudder, when we.reflect that it has been inflicted, and it still proceeding, under British authority ; and that, therefore, . we—this na tion—stand answerable for it. all' before him who claims :the prerogative .of. being the avenger of the oppressed. Before him and before the public do we again solemnly pledge ourselves, without fear or favour for any individuals, whether high or low, who participate in this crime, to exert otnselves to the utmost in vindicating the indefeasible claims of these unfriended and outcast children of humanity to the rights of British subjects; to equal laws ; to justice; to freedom ; and to ail the blessings of the Gospel. THE ARMY. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Ltaur.-GENERAL—Montgomery, SOth Foot, Bath. • 111aJoi-Galsiaats—Lattiont, late of the 92,1 Fent, Robroyston ; Ford, of late Royal Engineers, Woolwich. . CoLoNst--M'Combe, I 4th Foot, Fort William, Bengal. LiEuic.-COLONELS—BaII, Royal Marinas, 1)ot-tan:owl) ; Tarleton, half-pay, 60th Foot, Chesliire. . . MA-mu— B a t es, Royal Artilbry, Mauritius. CATraxxs--Foley, 3d Foot, Ithaugu!pore; A. 31Je donald, 38th Foot, Cawnpora; lingers, loyal Africau Corps, on passage to Gambia; Brahan, Ceylon Regiment ; Hobbs, Barrack-master at Coventi y, Coventry ; Stanard, half-pay, 2d German Battalion ;De Dobren, half-pay, 7th Battalion of the Line, King's German Legion, Hai - demi-1, Hanover. LIELTTRNA wrs—Knox, 2d Foot; Warrington, 6th Foot, Bombay ; Irving, 51st Foot ; Du Pre, 64th Foot, Dub-. tin ; Murray, Royal African Corps, St. Mary's, Gaml,ia ; Beveridge, half-pay, Royal Artillery Drivers, Limerick ; Brodie, half-pay, 24th Dragoons ; Crowther, half-pa)„ Ist Foot, Boulogne; Richardson, half-pay, 4:ith Foot ; D. Purl of Buchan, half-pay 32d Foot; M`Kiation, half, pay, 42d Foot, Springfield, Wandsworth-road ; Alter,. half-pay, Ist Garrison Battalion ; Tennant ( Adjutant). half-pay, York Cha'seurs, Barton, in Lonadalo ; t half-pay, Corsican Rangers, Palermo. ENSIGN-Paterson, late.3d Veteran Battalion, Ab'Alieeil. PAYILA6I%I46-Bovill, ha!f-pay, Ist Foot, Paris. ; Shortr, half-pay, Recruiting District, London. Qua ItTEII-MASTIIia —Roby, half-pay, ttatl Dragoons, Coventry. COMMISSA RIA DErAaTIANNT—Dopttty As,istant • Commissary-Gruel-Al Ashton. Holtart's Town, Van Die,' men's Land. ff. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT —Burgeon Batty, halr-p.y, Staff, Annan ; Brown, half-pay, 28th Fo o t, Madras ; As, sistaut-Surgron Stewart, 26th Foot, Demerara ; Mahop, 36th Foot; Ftt,laudt, half-pay, I s t B,attalkut Light 'i n , fantry, King's German Legion ; Harris, Ildf.p a Sta MESIORANDUAI. War-Offiec,,- April, 1829. The Secretary at War acknowledr: et " the rrce i pt of an anonymous note, dated 25th Feb; et i are, two Bank of England Notes A ff M. each, in which tie writer requests " that the acid sum spay be paid to the fa - mily of Serjeant J eea, of the Qd Battalion 95th (Rule Brigade), who "Wail killed in the action of Tarbes, 1,r4 1814." 1 740 ecretary at War has accordingly paid thu alumni: tri r question to Mary JOUL,P, the widow of the said P‹erjeunt Jones (now residing at Hakina., near Mil ford), and she has most gratefully acknowledged the ceipt of the same, Miss FANNY WRIGHT the worship of th e C or dA te* Baptist Chapel in New Yotk, to he der';ed, it is Paid, to Ilas just l'Airchased a Lanark, has left Kii.gstota for A'.exieo, Nrl ,- .7-e ~ 7.6;1 ''t•-- deavour to r 7:, a Res'On 1',.`,:- in :'^;, of : l'' - ' 41 : 4 4tinvi;ts with the (3?vortn.nt fi'r an " tab ...,k : :''''''' 4-4 (1,31 '. territory. Should 7 - , , ,. cetre ti ter".." 14,1 ' '...-' l, * , - , It'';Ssuppos.A he r..i1l procee(. to New Oflef"" dile , fr"::.:..'. thence a, ,- -.- ---- ' ;71,e ::::' , issippi tr, TNew if..rniony. A letter from i;;13on, ztates the following, woon t .; other o! H.,; and op. pressioa eoa.i.anitted by Don Mmuz.:.'s i2,...)7?:nr.)ct The whole of Senhor "6...r , 1y ?risen. Ilia tittle girl, only foot ytlrs of ag:, w 7.3 in the general order ; but Fhe tvastar. sep.ri,:lei'.!)-r-1 the is and confined by herself, n,knzilt -, 24, in or(ler . . . . - Ito draw from her some fp.er 7 : - .;•'licii •mig:•.: et--..t.....-is aground t Here we have the true source of aany a high culo- . for an accusation againtt le:t. Atiter an:l r.1 , . - 11',2...A. Fint - i... giutn on Colonial planters and + t keir humanity, from naval ing, however, that nothir,g criminatory et ;;tr..._ arents, and military offic e rs, anc.\ from casual visit t ut s , th e l overs . could be coll e cted from the p . :att!c of tile nr:ll.' l . - ocenr, of go o d cheer, wIN, like Mr. Coleridge (the Si x Months' Si i , , iViIS restored to them. Soon r.ft , 2r t!t• chile. folill,and n t Tourist i t the West Indies), find a compensation in the l,.‘t , iife was in ilattgerei-li''Alter-iattiertAts ap;lif:,..! i iions, it turtle and madeira of tilts hospitabl e shiv.eholder's taWe, to- ~,,.- with the gr..atest thiftioulty he , ;0,,i,t . :, o `.,18 pry all the oppiesaions and atrocities which tnav, at the ver% 3 l .0 , . -, i, and .mly on hi , -, h:::4-tiritig , t-:-. , - , it,: -:: ")'""In time, be passing in the slave yard or the fie Lt. i ,*turn to pi itlim ine the rt-cvve:q Of - .li - e.'i-: - .4t1 - .. ...-.: .y.,,, What a complication of atrocities ! Mr. Huskis kisson is disposed to think that the Grand Jury were justified in refusing to put Mr. and Mrs. Moss on their trial for the murder of this poor slave ; and, legally speaking, he may be right ; at least, it would doubtless require very clear and decisive testimony to sanction him in impeaching the verdict of a Grand Jury. But speaking morally, Mr. and Mrs. Moss, we conceive, stand convicted of the guilt of more than ten ordinary murders, if the deliberate malig nity of the transaction he duly estimated. The de tails of the evidence, which are summed up with sin gular clearness and ability, by Mr. Huskisson, will be found to add to the impression ultheir guilt; and !when we consider that the culprits were among the aristocracy of the Bahamas, to whose " highly re 7 sPectable character" not only many of that atisto cracy (including nine Members of the Legislative Assembly), but the King's representative, General Grant himself, bear the very strongest testimony, we have exhibited to us a state of society of which happily it is difficult for those who have never vi sited a slave colony, to form an adequate idea. It appears that the Governor, den. Grant, was absent from the colony. when these crimes were per petrated, and the authors of them were brought to trial: . Mr. President Munnings was then acting as his substitute. This gentleman, whom we.greatly honour for his conduct on this occasion, transmitted to Earl Bathurst 'on • the .sth of April, 1827, the following account of the matter : " Henry Moss, Esq. of Crooked Island, having been accused of excessive cruelty to'a negro slave, by confining her for the period of seventeen days and nights in the stoeks, without intermission, by giving her, while in . that situation, tasks which she was unable to perform, and by causing her to be re peatedly flogged for the non-performance of such tasks ; and after releasing her froth the stocks, by having sent her to labour in the fields, before she had recovered from the effects of her confinement, and by having caused her to' be flogged in the fields, (and the girl having died in the field on the morning after she had received one of those floggings); and Mr. Henry Mois, jointly with his wife Helen, having been accused of rubbing red pepper (capsicum) upon the eyes of this girl—The Attorney-General pre ferred a bill of indictment against Mr. Mosi and his wife for murder. The Grand Jury having returned Not found' upon this bill, the Attorney-General preferred two other bills for misdemeanours, one against Mr. Moss, the other against Mr. Moss and his wife. Both these bills were found by the Grand Jury, and after a very full and patient inves tigation of the circumstances of the case befOre the Petit Jury, during a trial of .upwards of sixteen hours' dUration, a verdict of Guilty was returned upon both indictments. " The Court • sentenced Mr. and Mrs. Moss to impiisonment in The common gaol at Ntissii3, for five calendar months ; and Mr. Moss to the pay ment of a fine of 300/. over and besides the costs of the prosecution. " I have been solicited to remit or to shorten the term of Mrs. Moss's imprisonment, but .1 shall in no degree whatever alter the sentence of the Gune ral Court, by the extension of mercy to those by whom it appears none was exercised." In a few weeks General Grant returned to the Bahamas and resumed his command. He,,was im mediately applied to by the most respectable in habitants of the • town and colony," to remit the sentence of 'Mr. and WS. Moss; and he lost no time in applying to Lord Bathurst in a letter dated 18th May, 1827, to authorise such remission. " The unfortunate Henry and Ellen Moss," he tells his. Lordship, " are rather to be pitied for the untoward, melancholy occurrence which has tae pkace;" he tbereforefore hastens to prevent the impression the.bare mention of the Case might make on his I.ordship's'lnind. In a letter of . a later due (3J July, 1827), he recurs with much solicitude to the subject. Some extracts from that letter have already appeared_itt the,admirable dekpateh of Mr, fluskis son, who held the Colonial Seals when it arrived, It expresses a strong sense of the respectabil6 Mr. and Mrs. Moss, and of their gene al . kipstf4ess to their slaves, an d re f ers to 6;3 q i li c:,6ngttion iti which they arc h e ld by w 1 :10 oayo 'visited I :fir. !Moss, and Itospitality."# Nay, 1 ‘ 11 :*. 1 4 1' 4 C4Pecittily Mrs. Moss, Lave never been otherwise that favo ura bl y spo k en o f i n every respect, including that 'of hi s s l av e manamement. " . The GOVCIIIOI', in Omit, is most anxious trni.i . " per-