The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-19 00:00:00

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ThE SLAVE TRADE.

piithTartar, Commodore Sir George nervily sr.
t Perimuouth, reipretwoto she slate.( Sierra Lesse as
"moat, ipswwwill ati to heaftlifislneet, whisk had sot suffered
thin owatutfroto the renal periodical tails., though they had
Ossaisrueektather earlier than sweat. Trade was alto int.
felting therrik mid vaucb advantage woo likely to arise to the
SeStierselst, as ell as to the one is the River dwiltia, frees
et renewal of thg gum liaile with the Moore of the Great
Desert. The ships cuorpo.itur the woadirito had all left the
Wier of Steer* Done, to avoid Ott rains, befirs• the Tartar
sailed. The littramot, captain Kelly, woo to leeward, but
was to return su Sierra Lome. so await NW arrival of the
newSsiappoiated Commodore. The Myrmidon, Capt. Leeks,
wa. to nth as Asceasi.ou, duds* the mist in the Bight of
Storm. The Thistle, Liens. Hags% wan twat In the Bonen*
Wands, • newly-actieired cheater, wear ilae 'boats of at.
Ann; the olimatirre, Lieut. Fess., wow vow Mthe alemet
newltdifrovered bleed of SS. Fermate& PW, Its Idee Right of
Pliatra—which station prowl... to be ore sf great
ante to our cruiser.. The Morgistia, Camelia Fietaimet,
which had been misting several siiiaolre, had strived at •Rio
Jai/taro, with a Stave trailer. The Tartar, daring her pre-
test stay on the coast, captured fuse Slave ships, with
about opt Iltotteand slaves, three of which had been con.

Drained previous to her mailing. The Slave trade was terry:
hog nit in full smelly wider seutret digs prioeipatly the
Tretteh, sod with all she usual attendant hortid circuse-
s! •f Sidssiasseityi oppression, sod cruel 'deaths. The
country is satisfied 'hit all that it was possibk for hurnanity,
.zeaL, and superior inteldgenee to 'feet, under the esistiug
rations' treaties, wish a view in the grim:session or saitigs-
Kea of this horrid trade, has hero dune during the three
years of Sir George Collier's command; sod it is a consols.
Now to the friends of humanity that he is to be succeeded by
an sinker of kiso/rest tstriit and euslifiratioss—Sir Robert
Meade; but, it is only insult and ntorkery in the Guvero-
larille of Fraser, Resist, and Portopl, to pretend to assure
us that they have a emeere &.,,e to abolish Oda trade iw
!Woman blood, whilst their subjects are permitted to pursue
the Iletitie Ihry du.

'Verified sec-noun have heen received of the melancholy

faro of the officer and British clew, in charge of ihe
'gave brig Volcano Jo Sol, which was eaptered two years
lieugulo7 use of the cruisers under Sir George Collier's orders.
The ffitugition, on striving With a slave vessel at Bahia, on
at omit of Brazil, received a cottnrmaiion of she form,'
mewl, of the mu►der of the Master's male, aad the whole
of the British seamen. which was write', mod in cold blood,
war the port of St. Ssivador; and as 1104,111 as the slaves were
t•wdrd, the vew►l was sunk. It appears that one of lbe
crow was • nature Mikan, who Ittivtog hero employed as •
vulrernom►►ary on board the King's ships, when on the
African station, was put on board the prise, and bring • man
of athletic form, hr appeared ism+ tun temptiog an object
so share the fate of his European mrsionao it, on ace rent of
the price which he burr as ■ slave. He was, therefore, not
murdered with the c to of the crew, bust sold as one of the
slave cameo, and sent into the interior, whence, in the
*IMO of traffic, he became transferred to other masters,
and at length he met with one of the officers of the
Mergiona, who be rerug•is►d as having beltorged to the
Tartar, and to horn he relst.d the citrurnstances of this
torrid irausocituit. Captain Fittlaiwits was in consequence
taking eves y mason to Loge the Purinvese ■•tberines to in-
rersileate the uteisuei.•ily occult-re:tee; asini we tom., the result
wi.i appear, as often done, that by the ante, poaition of
Trovidence the avarice of mast will pi ove the 1111111$ of lending
to his tontheo poot.minent for his greater crimes. And it us

hope,' 'loamy.. fro nits of liiimenily aho have lately done so
Much in il•Stroy 0.14 111.01,1111 c inhainiii traffic. will Pet-
*awe, and 14.9154 that the j»rlies roncernid, directly or in.
sliretify, shall to lewd by She laws of Portugal ; and whoever
OW ow ore ..f the Volrsioi Sol gooey be, shone . be should
pro►e the Governor of ■ prrivine,„ he gni he called upon to
or-roans for Sbe slave., as well as the Poi ineneor seamen
of the late stove brie. The prevroit ■ppe.rs ass excellent
ripponnsiiry for rcvnesig 'be •lave carrying reeoln:inus, and
opoo toe Porouguise ierinaloiabing the trade,
at least north of She Line.
The Tartar cnnliaried ■t the Illavaisnah the 71h, 9:1., and
9th Aniftisi during which a Spauish corvette brought iii
one of the Patriot brigs of war. Her risme tumid not by
Icarus; hill her crew were said lo be Americana and Ent-
Feb. The Tartar sail. don Thorn lay tw Plymouth, to be
phi I off, at which purl Sir it.ibert :tiro& is ready to sail, in
Iphigenia, for she supplessioir of she slave trade suer the
coast of Africa.—(Hastprhtse retegraple.)