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ANKNICA.

NEW TOME, JULY 9.
• A melancholy accident is mentioned in letters
from Volporoiso, by which gas tifficer. of the Fronk-
/is, 74, then lying 4Y• shot port, lint their live. on
the 19th March 1. t. They had kit the.hip, with
time sailers nod a mia hipmirn, iu the Looming, iu

LONDON.
MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1822.

A letter from Portsmostb, is our Paper of Fri-
day, announced the capture of a French slave trad-
lag squadron iu the river Bonny, on the coast of
Africa, and the arrival of one of the prises at that
port. The following interesting details are copied
from the Hampshire Telegraph (Portsmouth Paper)
of Saturday :
" On Wednesday mottling we were surprised with
the now novel circumstance of the arrival df a
French brig, of 240 tows, called the F igilarite, u a
prise; she having been captured, with several others,
in the act of slave-trading (having 343 on board),
on the 15th of April last, in the river Bonny
(northward of the Line), by the boats of his Ma-
jesty's ships I.higeaia and Myrmidon, manned with
about 150 seamen, and commanded by Lieut. G.
Wit. ST. Jolla MILDWAY, after a most severe con-
test, in which two seamen were killed and seven
were wounded. it is not known how many of the
slaves suffered io this vessel, as they jumped over-
board, and were destroyed by the sharks; and, mix-
ing with the slaves in the hold, after our seamen
were in possession of the tipper deck, several slaves
were also killed. Owe pose girl, about ten years
id age, had both her legs amputated, and was doing
well. This vessel, with six others, formed a little
skare•trading squadron, which was discovered by
the boats dispatched by Sir ROBERT MENDS to re-
itiosweitre the river Bonny, moored across the
stream of the river, with springs on their cables,
1211 armed, with apparently about 400 men on board,
and perfectly prepared to resist the approach of
boarders. Lieut. MILDXAY pushed on with his
boats, and as they got within range of the slavers,
they all opened a heavy fire of minister and grape
shot and musketry; but, as .nothing could with-
stand the coolness and undaunted courage of our
seamen, all the vessels were soon in their pos-
session—their defenders, on being boarded, many
of them ran below, and others jumped over-
board. The vessels proved to Le as follows :
French brig Vigilante, 240 tone, four guss, thirty
men, 343 slaves ; French brig Petite Bet:ey, 148
.tons, 4 guns, 4.5 men. 218 slaves; French brigs's-
tine L'Ursule, 100 tons, 4 guns, 27 men, 247
slaves; Spanish schooner Yeomans. 906 tons, 10
guns, 55 men, 380 slaves; Spanish schooner Beata,
130 tow, 9 gun., 45 men, 300 slaves; sad another
brig, which took part in the action, but she had no
cargo • in. The state of the unhappy slaves on
board these vessels it is impossible to describe;

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"motive sverplinked by the leg, in pairs,. ii(ltre hot* wireh the ininMeirory of the law um
mme of them were bound in cords; snd ferny of recognised, but we ore now told the low shall not
them‘bad their arms NI-lacerated that-the flesh was be changed. Is the Chamber willing that such
completely eaten thsqugh I Another ISf the in- sentiments should satisfy these who respect Im-
broglio pactices sof their purchasers is, to flog musky
them until they dance and rat, as an untidote to 'f he Minister of the Marine replied with consi.
i_..dairsctioa and despair, as butter thew feelings they derable warmth. He said the Government Wei W..
140100 throw themsehes overboard in pairs I What cused of not doing its duty. It was stated that tl.e

ividual is there with a heart in any degree sus-
ceptible of human feelings, but must pray for the
extinction of this abominable traffic, and mourn
for the iniquity done by Christianized Europeans
in that' land of misery and woe—Africa. The
fiend-like cruelty of these hateful trade slavers was
discovered, and happily frustrated ere its design
took effect, on board one of the ruptured vessels,
which the slavers, on the attack being made, de.
setter!, placing a lighted match in the magazine,
in which were several barrels of gunpowder, in
the hope, nn doubt, that so soon as our men
harl boarded, the vessel would blow up with
them, and the three hundred stares who were
chained together in the hold ! Providentially
one of the men discovered it, very coolly put
his hut under it, and carried it safely on deck
We regret very much to state, that on the passage
of the prizes from the Bonny River to Sierra Leone,
the fine schooner Vermont (drawing 17 feet water),
with 500 slaves on board, and 29 seamen, upset in a
tornado, and on in her perished, excepting eight
seamen, who were picked up five days afterward by
the Alytneidon, in a State of derangement from want
of food. Messrs. BATTY and DOUGHTY. Midship-
men, perished in her. The number of slaves libe-
rated by the capure of these vessels, was 1,876,
about 200 of whom died on the passage to Sierra
Leone ; the others (excepting those lost in the
schooner) were landed at that place. Lieutenant
MILDKAY came home in charge of the Vigilante,
and on landing set off for the Admiralty, with di*.
patches from Commodore Sir HOBERT MINIM—
He left Sierra Leone on the 20th of June. The
rainy season had just commenced. The Driver,
18, Captain THOMAS Woutios, and Bolus, 20,
Captain CHARLES PHILLIPS, had arrived out, from
Portsmouth. Sir Roam *Om intended to sail
for England shortly, in th Iphigenia, to refit. We
congratulate the friends of humanity on the success
'Web has attended the first cruise of this excellent
Officer on the Coast, in which a great blow has beta
*truck at that inhuman traffic which is the disgrace
of Europe.
"; The following promotions had taken place in
the 'squadron
*aim. Roo, Gregory, Fouraier.Thomas, Peyton, Hya4l
(ekes dead)„ Rather', G. EllioU, Helby, Coigrove, C. EL
bleete 1. IL Hunt (since dead), have hers promoted is the rook
of Lienteaaat ; Rem, Gregory, and Fueraier, appointed to
tie Horgiaea Timis sad Peyton, to the Myrmidon;
Robbery, to the Seepprr ; Elliott and Helhy, to the PIK&
mat; Coignes, Is Hie Dion.
" Mr. LANZ, assisteut-surgeon of the Iphigenia,
died after • few hours' illness. Mr. BELL, surgeon,
came home in the Vigilante, in charge of the inva-
lidsof the squadron.
"The Pheasant, 18, Capt.
CLAYCRIiO, had re-
cently left the coast of Africa with Capt. SABINE,
R.A. on board, for the river Amazon (in America),
in which neighbourhood this scientific officer intends
to ascertain the vibration of the pendulum, and also
make some astronomical observations, particsa't;jr
to observe some forthcoming transit of planets,
which will be remarkably visible iu the western
world.

" Lieut. MILDMAY, who conducted the above at-
tack with so much gallantry and good judgment, is
a son of Lady MILDMAT, of Dogmerifield Park,
in this county, and brother of the present Sir H.
MILDMAY, Witt.

" The Cyrene, 20, Captain Gases, sailed front
Madeira on the 29th June for the coast of Africa."

slave trade continued to be carried on, cud that the
King's Government protected it. It wits also raid,
the Government declared the low was sufficient.
when it really woe not so. Not one of those stale.
menus was wecurate : the Government lied done its
duty. Whets it was known that a vessel ass pre.
pared for the erode, ships were sent its pur.ttit,
measures were taken at the different ports, tiffs
vices were sent to the governors of colonies, to
prevent the commission of such sit offence,
And that it might not be said the guilty escaped
with implinity, he would state the number of res.
eels whirl' formed the subjects of prosecutions
ernuuuted to 65. The tribunals were still occupied
with the cases of 19 others; the vessels' releesed
after investigation amounted to 30, and 16 had
been condemned. As to the reduction of 1,200.000
francs under the head of Senegal, he would stale
that there was • station at that very• place, for
the prevention of the slave trade. But it must
be ackuowledged that in such • great extent of
coast it was easy for vessels engaged iu the trade
to escape their vigilance; and the English them-
selves who certainly made every possible effort
for the prevention of the traffic, seldom could sur-
prise those vessels. If the amendment were adopted,
they would not only abandon an important colony,
but also destroy the mean, of watching the traffic
with vigilance and effect.
The Pauli:mut asked would M. CONSTANT
withdraw his amendment ?
M. CONSTANT..-1 adjourn it to the next Session.
(Laughter.)
Chap. 11. was adopted, and the Chamber ad.
Monied.
A telegraphic dispatch had been received from
Marseilles, dated the 30th melt. announcing that
the yellow fever had nesnifested itself to the
principal street of Boredom, in the person of .•
captain of ■ vessel, arrived last year from Haven.
nah. It is added, that this person and his family
were removed to • lazaretto, but with very few pre-
ciutioni. The Jam* of Health was to assemble in
twenty-four hours.
It is stated in a leper from Venice, that whets
the Tu►kish Admiral's ship blow up off Scio, there
were on board 86 English, of whom several were
officers.
The Funds ou Thursday last closed as follows:
Five per Cents. 93f. sc. ; Bank Actions, I ,59S f.
75 c.—Nespolita• Stock, 71g.—Exchange on Lon-
don, one month, 43 f. 33 c. ; three wont hs, 25 f. toe.

We have received the Paris Papers up to Friday.
i We are glad to find that an effort hes been made •
to urge the French Government to exert itself for
the suppression of that abominable traffic in human
being.. which the recent captures made by our
cruisers prove to be still carried on to a very
great extent, sod under circumstances the most
revolting to humanity. In the Chamber of Deputies,
on Wednesday, M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT, io
moving that the propbsed grant of 1,100,000 francs
for Senegal and its dependencies should be retrench-
ed, proceeded to observe, that on previous occasions
he had endeavoured to obtain so explanation from
the Minister relatively to the culpable continuance
of the Slave Trade.—(lnterruption on the right.)
M. CONSTANT—" We are always sure, when
we spee( of the oppressed, whether black or
'white, to hear your murmurs.—(Laughter.)—l can
imagine some ground fur your murmurs when the
rapidity or your votes is interrupted, but
to laugh at the most detestable of all. coiales.—
(Violent murmurs.)—Formerly when observa-
tions were made to Ministers with respect to
this unhappy race, who are doomed to such
torture, they at least coudeacended to renew their
lireiniets. Now, the Minister of the Marine meets
our applications with a contemptuous silence, be-
cause he cannot reply to any chirgr. The ;maw
Minister told the Members of the Opposition, who,
maintained that the then existing law wea..inassf-:
&lent for the prevention of the slave trade, Ih~t
they were engaged in changing it.. The priest;
Minister lies told the Peers the present la* was.,
adequate to the obj-ct in view. We inighOwitte;

Madrid Papers to the 23d last state. that from all
parts of the Pettinsola the most favourable accounts
base been received of the impression made by the
result of the 7th iu that capital.

New York Papers to the 10th last have arrived.
M. De Nsuett.t.e, the French Minister, left
Washington on the Ist, on Ls return to France.
having fulfilled the object of bin mission, by the
conclusion of the Cornanevesal Treaty between that
country and the United Staten The pirates con-
tinued their depredattoos on the coast of Cuba up
to the 23J June, the dote of the latest accounts
front the flavanuatt. No fiag whatever is respected.
The English is reposed to common with every other
to those disgraceful outrages.

We have seen recent letters from India, which
state that the Glasgow frigate, Capt. B. C. Dims.
had arrived at Calcutta, to embark the Marquis of
IiAIITINGS and suite, and that that •hip will also
bring to England 55 lace of rupees in silver (the
atmo•t incredible sum of 2,750,000/.); and that
the Ganges, new teak 80 gun-ship, Captain F. A.
Cowen, C. 8., would shortly sail for England,
from Bombay, with the 65th regiment on beard,
and 45 lees of rupees, about 2,150,0001., on ac-
count of the Hon. East India Company sod other
British merchants.—( Hampshire Telegraph.)

Tuesday last the KING arrived at his Cottage,
near Windsor. Ills MAJESTY, who is io excellent
health, has been in the daily enjoyment of the
beautiful scenery of Windsor Great Perk, and, we
understand, intends restuining till this day.

The Parliament will be prorogued to morrow by
the KING in person. The substance of the Speech
from the Throne to the Lords and Commons mar
be easily anticipated. His MAJESTY will probably
have the satisfaction or stating that the hoprs e
tortained at the beginning of the Session, that toe
differences between Turkey and Russia would he
satisfactorily adjusted, have been confirmed by
the events which have since taken place ; and that
he has received the strongest assurances fairs
Foreign l'awera of their friendly disposition to-
wards this country. He will observe, that the dis-
turbances. which prevailed iii Ireland have bet"
suppressed by the energy of Government end
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juit force of the laws, but lament the thstrk,.
which afflicts that country, and recommends
Nubility and Gentry to return howl-, sod by Oita
interlace alleviate the calming cati,wity mad raw