The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-03 00:00:00

THE SLAVE TRADE.

The brig James, Captain Robert Pince, from Bonny, in the
Gulph of Guinea, with palm oil, ivory, &c. sailed from Donny
about the middle of September, in company with a brig undo.
French cofinirs, with about live hundred slaves on board, supposed
for the West Indies, anti to be smuggled in these.
In the early part of September a French corvette, with 22 guns
and a great number of men, about forty of whom were English,
sailed from Bonny with upwards of six hundred slaves, for the Isle
of Bourbon. Captain P. was informed her captain was an officer
in the French navy.
A few days before Captain Pince sailed, three fine large first
class brigantines arrived at Bonny, from Nantes; they were quite
new (their first voyage), and intended to take upwards of GOO
There were about 25 slave ships, under French colours, at Bonny,
during the time Captain Pince was there,
About the time of Captain Pince sailing, Pepple, the King, was
going to offer a human sacrifice. The victim selected was a very
fine lad, about 18 years of age ; and such was the barbarous igno-
rance of these poor unenlightened Africans, that this lad was per-
guided to believe that his sacrifice would be an acceptable offering
to the Deity; that he should be instantly received to everlasting
rest and happiness, and offered himself to be drowned.
Captain Pince Lft Prince's Island on the sth October, in com-
pany
with his Majesty's ship Maidstone, Commodore Bullan, who
with his officers and ship's crew, were in good health.
On the 3d October the Commodore captured, and then had in
tow, a Portuguese brigantine, with about WO slaves, packed under
deck, on deck, and hi her boats, and in a situation too horrible fur
description ; when captured she was on her passage for the Brazils.
She WA, sent for Sierra Leone.
Captr.in Pince speaks also in complimentary terms of the de-
servedly high estimation in which the COMMOtiore is held by all his
officers and crew, and alto by the Captains of merchant vessels on
the coast of Africa.

A most distressing event has taken place at Southampton
—A respectable tradesman of the town was very suddenly
seized, about a fortnight since, with a violent fit of raving
delirium, for which no possible cause could be assigned,
but that which gossips are always ready to infer in similar
eases—love; but, it appeared rather to be constitutional.
He was conveyed to Grove Place with great difficulty, and
on Thursday last his earthly sufferings were closed by
death. The event has caused some sensation. The de-
ceased was a young man of athletic and prepossessing ap-
pearance, and had not long been an inhabitant of the town.
Meant: a.—An Inquest was held on the body of Ann
Feely, before Mr. Thoroughgood and Mr. Higgins, Coro-
ners of the county of Meath, at Summer-hill, on Friday,
the 24th of December, and continued by adjournment until
Monday, the 27th, when it was concluded, and the ver-
dict given below returned. It appeared in evidence, that
the deceased, an extremely well-conducted and interesting
young girl, under sixteen lean of age, had travelled from
Dublin to near Spring Valley, in the county of Meath,
where she was found nntrdered on Thursday, 513t1 11:cem-
ben, on a dray belonging to a man of the name of Byrne.
Another man, Christopher Keegan, travelled en the same
dray. Byrne left the unfortunate girl year the town of
Summer-hill. Keegan, who had come much out of his
way home, followed her, committed a dreadful outrage
upon her, and then strangled her. A minute examination
of her person, and also of Keegan's, was made by surgeons
Clifford and Trotter, who, as well as several other wit-
nesses, were examined on the Inquest. The Jury, without
hesitatitm, returned a verdict—" That Ann Feely came to
her death at Spring Valley, in the county of Meath, on
the night of the 23d of December instant, by means of the
violence and abuse she received from Christopher Keegan,
who dreadfully ill-treated, and afterwards strangled her."
Keegan was immediately committed to the county gaol.
Ilis face was much torn by the nails of the unhappy 7aung
girl. His person also betrayed ether marls of the II: ter-
mined resistance she had made; and the appearance of the
victim proved the excessive violence which had been per-
petrated upon her.—Diehl:n reeman's Journa.
12,478, a Prize of .C 30,000 ; 15.119, a Prize of .C 1,000;
and 10,210, a Prize of t2OO ; all drawn on Friday laat, were
shared and sold by J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT• The fortu-
nate Hollers may receive the value of their respective
Shares on demand, either at 37, Coruhill; 11, Holborn, or
3S, Haymarket.
111511 AS I. /OVAL !—The Ticket No. 2,478, drawn on
Friday the grand Prize of £30,000, was sold by Bish, 4,
Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross ; who also sold PiTe other
Capitals, drawn the same day ; forming, with those sold
by him in the dranint'n of October and November, the
most splendid List of Capitals ever sold by one Office-
keeper within Three Months, eh:.
a Prize of r42.:4:01
4.0011011001
20.0;00
15,301
15,5,41 • . NO
And TutRTY minor Parini's !