The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-19 00:00:00

that on Cotton Keys he saw a wreck, and the lifeless
bodies of about 20 Africans in quite a perfect states lie
also said that eight men, calling themselves fisher Men, but
evidently pilots were tin the Vest pOilit of Cal, 'draiiiits,
same of vvhotii he kfiew, who informed him that they ex-
pected a vessel with Africans to arrive daily. After this
in'ormation, the pinnace cruised in the vicinity of Bucha
Grande, and returned. Captain McLauchlan then further
informed Lieutenant Stubbs that these pilotri were on the

look.lat there incessantly he also stated to hitn that a
brigantine stood close into the land, and he (the captain)
had ore e:01 his men to go in search of the pinnace, should
the brigantine prove to be a slaver • the brigatitiee being,
certain that she was off the 'Coast f 'Cuba, stood out to sea
:gain. On the iith, the pinnade weighed anchor, and ran

round a point in order to elacti the iigihilee di the Pildti.
of Cape Grande. On the 12th, at 030 a.m., u gehooner

was observed fro the pinnate running down with square

sails set ; the pinnace 'immediately weighed and ran out
and stood across the passage ; at 10 a..m. the pinnace got her
oars out ; and °briei v d the schooner cast off a boat that was
being towed astern, and the schooner stood °tit to sea. The
pinnace hoisted her colours aad fired several Chi:its athies
the schoooes bow with Minie rides. At 3 r.'clock, the
wind being light, oats were again put from the pinnace;
in ;rine, by tue name of Baird, kept up a continual firing
at the schooner. • The schooner was now observed lowering
a boat, and the firing was immedi .tely directed against the

boat, which completely shattered her rudder i the boat
then tossed up her oars, and this biting' been obserVed by
the pinnace; as a token Of conciliar, Lieut. S'.ubbs ceased
firing, andtoarded the boat, and took thl captaiu and his
cook, and also his private adult slave, who had been con-
cealed at the bott( m of the boat; a 51)3 glass, and a lot of
Colt's revolver's loaded. By this tithe, the schooner, with

all sails set, was driving on the reefs, the eeptain having
lashed the helm up before quitting. The pinnace, on

perceiving this, immediately lett theeboat and proceeded
towards the schooner, which the Lieut. and his then

boarded ; at that time she was about a htindred and flf. y
yards from the reef. fie found 370 slaves on board, among
whom were 42 females. Pievious to the arrival bu boarl

the schooner,

the slaves were all hosel on deck

and one of them put her helm down, thus preventing her
going direetly on the reef. The schooner then ran down to

Boclia Grande, and anchored 'there. The Africans by 'this
time tore everything to pieces on board in search of food.

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The schooner lett Kabinda fortp.sit days previously wilh
500 sieves, of whom had dltd in the passa;.7,e. .The
Spanish ensign was found on board the schooner; the
slaves had br, ken open a keg of powder, a case of Weiler
matches tnd a tin of turpentine. The schooner was stuck
is two places, owing as our inforthant says, to the excellent
si';ng of the marine Baird. On Monday the 13. h observed
a schooner running through the outer reef of the keys
ttirough the passage, no doubt with the remainder of the
men on board. The cr,w consisted of nine; the rest pas
sengers, having American colours up. There wete only
two days' provision on board the Slave schooner, aini the
slaves were perishing front starvation. Lieutenant Stubbs
then thought of proceeding to Jamaica, and on Thursday,
the 16th, arrived at S,. Ann's Bay, where the Lieutenant
immediately put himself in communication with the
authorities.

The state of health in the windward islands was
very good.
At Jamaioa coffee . was getting 80.41406, and
bringing 43s to 44s for °Hillary. Stock of corn
light; and little doing. Small stock of mess pork,
and held at 128 s. Exchange on London, 90 ,days,
percent. premium ; 60 days, 1 per cent. premium ;
30 days, 14 per cent. premium. Private bills at
par.
Sugar making at Barbadoes brisker. A few light
showers of rain had fallen, an,l the young cane
crop was healthy and fllurishing. Health good
and trade brisk. Market overstocked with bread
stuffs. •

The weather at Grenada was favourable for
sugar making, and great activity prevailed on the
plantations The cotda trade continued brisk, and
producers obtained 50s to 52s per cwt. Flour was
tariffed atos the barrel. The sugar crop will be
much larger than last year.
At Port of Spain, Trinidad, the weather was very
hot. Ships busy in shipping produce.
We have intelligence of a late date from the
South Pacific'. our advises from Callao being to
April 12, and -Valparaiso to March 31.
The trial of the • pOlitical prisoners in San
tiago was net yet over. On the 30th the Fist
cal denianded that sentence of death be passed on
Garfias, Larrian, and Merino. The public are still
kept in the dark relative to this affair, and it is not
generally believed that any public conspiracy
exists. H.B.M.'s frigate President sailed on the
28th for England, via Rio Janeiro, for which place
it took 300,000 dollars in specie.
Peru remains very unsettled. Castilla, the
President, had left on board the steamer Santiago,
with 2,000 troops, for.the South. Huancliaca and
Lambayeque were in possession of Castilla's troops.
Paita was in posseSsion-of Vivanco. The frigate
Apurimae, steamer Santiago, (alias Huaras), and
Chile steamer Auraco, were lying in Paita Bay.
The Huatas was captured on the night of the Bth
by the Apurimac, just after Castilla, had landed his
troops, The Attraeo has been detained by the
Apurimac for causes unknown. Before leaving
'Paita the troops of Vivanco, with himself at their
head, had entered the town, and were being em-
barked on board the frigate and also the
captured Huaras. and were to sail that evening for
Callao. Viviincu's troops were about .600 to 1,000
strong.
Dates from Guatemala are to March 22nd. Sr.
Don Pedro G-alvek, Minister from Peru, and Gen.
Barrios,. Commissioner from Salvador, had arrived
at the capital and been received by the President.
To encourage the cultivation of coffee, that article
has been exempted from mttnicip.l and hospital
taxes for twenty years. A government return of
the trade of the Republic for 1856 has been pub-
lished, by which it appears that the total imports
for the year amounted $1 063 816, and the exports
to $1 076,973. The largest amount of trade is done
at the port of Izabal on the Atlantic, but that of
San Jose on on the Pacific is rapidly increasing,
and eventually the largest proportion of the indigo,
cochineal, coffee, and hides, will be exported from
the Pacific port. G-uateniala had sent 3,000
soldiers, well disciplined and equipped, to aid the
allies in Nicaragua.
From Cojutepeque, the capital of Salvador, dates
are to March 26th. By a Presidential Decree
dated Feb. 23rd. a forced loan of twenty thousand
dollars a month is ordered to be levied for the
purpose of carrying on the war against Walker.
On the 27th of February, the legislature closed its
session with the usual formalities. A force of
2.000 has been organized to join the allies in
Nicaragua.

FRANCE.

PATUS, SUNDAY EVENING

The Moniteur publishes a despatch from
.Con-
stantinople of the 10th instant, announcing that
the Treaty of Poaee between Great Britain and
Persia was ratified at Teheran on the 14th April,
and despatched to Bagdad on the 17th of the same
month,

A letter from Bologna, of the 12:h instant
states that the • tour which the Pope is
making in his States
.contit ucs to excite much
interest, On the morning of the 1 lth his
Holiness set out for Cam•oino Great pre-'
parations were making at Sinigaglia to
receive him. Sinigaglia is the native town of Pius
IX., and, otherwise, is not without its claim to
historic interest. It was, I believe, the first colony
the Romans established beyond the Apennines
nearly 300 years before the Christian era. and it
was at Sena Gall ica (its ancient name) that Asdrubbl,
the brother offlannihal, was defeated and slain by
the Roman -generals. .
A letter from Rome, of the 9th inst, announces
that the bust of the celebrated Roman lawyer,
Ange Maria w:ts inaugurated on the 7th
in the hall of the Protomoleca Capitolina. The
Russian visitors at Rome had -given a splendid
dejeutier clamant to the Roman nobility in return
for their hospitality. The fete was attended by
the Corps Diplomatique.
The Empress Dowager of Russia is expected at
Turin. in the course of this month. Preparations
are being made to give her Majesty a brilliant
reception.
It is said that the King of Bavaria is disposed
to offer his rood offices to bring about a recon-
ciliation between the Western Po \a.ars and the
King of Naples.
Colonel Bertrand has arrived with despatches
from Prince Napoleon from Berlin. It is said
that there are favourable accounts of the King of
Prussia's disposition in the, Neufchatel business.