The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-30 00:00:00

pit the mm ou board the vowel which Baled yesterday, mud
dtllvered bias to lho other captsin?
Witaess—Of course I should.

Mr. of Oc;MeTiou would. It is one of the
grossest cues of kidnapping that seer occurred. I hare
wilting more to ask you.
The newel welkin is to whether he had snything to say
in answer to she charge having been put to him,
The prisoner (or thou acting for him) pat in a paper, of
which the following lea oopy, vie.
"Ands °jun, slim John Bleck, a native of Yomte, of
the Egbe tribe, in Attics, and now a prisoner in Newsom,
states I was the slam of a man of the name of Berta,
at Luca, in Africa, who took ma on board a ship to work,
and afterwards sold me to a while wan of the some of
Captain Capello. Captain Capello told me that be was my
master, bemuse Best° had sold me to hint. I
do not know how much he paid for me. I war
more than a year in Captain Capello'a service,
hot he never gave me any pay, nor did I ever sign or make
any agreement as a seaman. Captain Capello brought ma
against my will in • ship to England, which ship was burnt
et Yarmouth, and I was brought to London, put on boatd
another ship and taken to Oenoa, where Captain Cspello
wanted to sell me, but no one would buy me. I wee then
taken back to Africa, and brought again to England. When
the ship arrived I told Captain Capello that I would not go
again to Genoa, and begged him to put me on board • man
of war that I might be free and learn English. Ho sent me
on board the hospital sh,p 'Mere I t..ld one of my country-
men I was a slave. From this I was sent to a house on
shore, where I met snotherof my countrymen, whom I told I
would no longer to a slave but work and get wages. After
this I was taken to another place where I we. made to work,
but I told them would not be a slave any longer, and
was told that if I worked they would lire me
clothing and money; bat they gave me nothing but
food, and wanted me to go to Gime other place, and so many
people mete sent after me I thought they wanted to take me
to bum me, to I shut myself up, and then got out of the
window on to the top of the house. When I was seized I
bads knife in my hand, and wha•ever I did was in self-
defence. I never intended to hart any man."
Mr. Sleigh said he did not intend to contend against it
commitment of the prisoner for triad, but it was impossible
to doubt that the moaner bad been &Laced In this country
until an opportmity offered for forcing him on bowl ship
for the propose of selling him in some slave-dealing
country at a profit. tinder these circumstances he (Mr.
Sleigh) should reserve fur another court those serious ques-
tions which would arise u to the legsl guilt of the prisoner,
who had evidently only acted in selt-delenos against those
who he supposed intended to kidnap him.
Tire Lord Mayor said that both be and Mr. Alderman
Allen felt it their duty to send the prisoner for trial to the
Central Criminal Court, where the salon. questions which
bad been mind by Mr. Sleigh would be smisfactaily dealt
with. _ _ .

The mleoner, who daring the proceedings had onca or files
intimated to the Interpreter hie belief that hia last day wes
come, Wu then oommitted for trial.