The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

General would be torn.) Refeirilig .ot, to th• rlllll/•,•.1.t
I am, most revectfully, St., )ouct.bvilient servant,
" P.ARDUTHNOTT."

" To Lieut. Colonel Nitholl."
• Extract of a Letter signed W. Ram*. received at Okclohnc
Sound, May, 1817.
Sir-1 am desired by the Chiefs of the nation to request you will
extricate yourself from a band of outlaws, among whom you now
are. for the arm of justice is lifted up against them. and it will ere
lung fall heavy on them, you, and-your property. They say they
would haven() objection to your settlingany way to the west of Appala-
chieola river. bat where you now are, you are among a set of outlaws;
they have lately comnllttxl twenty most cruel murders on women
and children on the frontiers .of the United States. and stolen 100
horses, and they say it is by your iesire.
Spanish Wulf; May 10, 1817. rAgned) W. HAMMY.
t Signatures of the Chiefs of the Creek nation, to a power given
to A. Arbuthnott. dated the 17th cf June, 1 8 7.
Cappachhnico, 00ehaeona Tustonaky, nllomathle Mich°.
Inhainathlo, Di mathluelle, "l'ahnuches Hatch°,
Oharle 'furtenaky, n:ntrimathluetti. liidlis Adjo.
Otod gLakoi Ilimathlo Oppaithlimizo.

interpreter. I'ETER SIitTGERT.
Approved of by F. C. I.IIF NGO,
Commandant of `t. Mark's.

PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE.

The King of Portugal has published a Royal Alvaro,
eer law, hated Rio Janeiro, May ti, 1818, to .etiforee the
articles of the late convention with the. British Govern-
ment tin the abolition of the slave trade, north of the
Equator. It fixes the penalties to which those traders
are liable who engage in the prohibited traffic, and
males the necessary regulations for the protection and
support of those slaves who, in consequence of these
•penalties, shall be declared free, The following are
some of its provisions:--
1. All persons, of whatsoever quality or condition, who
shall proceed to fit out or prepare vex-cis tier the traffic in
slaves, in any part of the coast of Africa lyisig north of the
Equator, shall incur the penalty of the loss of the naves, who
diall be declared free, with a destination herein afterwards
mentioned. The vessels esigag..l in the traflic shall be con-
fiscated, with all their la C k it! and appurtenances, tagellirr
with the earo,,o, of whatever it consists, which shall he ou
board on account of the owners or freighters of such vessel;
and the owners of such slaves. The officers of such vessel,
to wit, the captain or rimier, the pilot and supercargo. shall
he banished: or five ye.riseto Ntosamblque, and each shall pay
a tine equivalent to the pay or other interests which Ste was
to gain by the adventures. Policies of insurance cannot be
mask on such vessels, sir their cargoes'; and if they are made
the assurers who shall knowingly make •them shall he con-
demned in triple the autumn of the stipulated premium.
2. The same peraity of the loss of the slaves sit:Matt:tell to
pee owns of whatever rank or condition who shall import slaves
into Brazil in foreign vessels.
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3. Declares that owe half of the confiscated property shall
he given to the informer,and the other brought into the royal
treasury. If there is no informer, the whole produce of the
cargo, and the whole su:n of the tine, shall go to the royal
treasury.
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4- Itegalatee the mode of proceeding in cases where in-
formation is given, fixes the authorities before whom the
prosecution is to be brought, and appoints the manner in
which the sentence is to be executed
6. The slaves consigned to the royal treasury, and all those
declared frre by the above article has it would be unjust to
abandon them without support), shall be delivered up to the
judge ut the district berme whom the condemnation shall
lake place (whose powers shall be enlarged with teat juris-
diction), to serve as freed men for 14 years, in any public
service of the navy, the fiertroeses, agriculture, or public
offices, as may be thought most convenient, being fur that
Imo pose enrolled in the re.ile•ctive stations ; or shall be hired
out to tudivieluals of known ploperty and probity, who shall
b • bound to seppot t, clothe, and Matt Oct them, teaching them
...me handicraft or labour that may be agreed liputi, during
the stipulated period; the termeattnil the condifinsia of which-
snail be renewed as often as necessary, till the 14 years are
expired ; the time of servitude may be-shortened by two or
more years, according -as the good conduct of these persons
may- entitle them to the eejoyment of full freedom. In case
these feed men are destined bur the public service, the officer
who shall have authority in the respective station to which
thee are assigned, shall numinete a person capable of thing
their term, who shall be responsible for their edema' and
teem:neut. They shad have as curator a person of known
probity, who shall be noodoated every the ee years by the
judge, and approved of by the judicial sunned ur govea nut
and captain general of the province. To him it shall be kli;
US provide every thing which may couttibate to their se cal
tieing, to rectify abuses that may effect them, to precut e
them release after their proper tom of setesce, and enee ce
generally fur their benefit the olniersatiee of the lime pre-
scribed for the pi othciiuu of crphatis, in as tar as those-lace
are applicable to them, to the end that whatever is urdeted
conceiving them may be ste icily exrctaeel.
0-• lit the purls to tee wroth of the Equator, where the
1106.1. in slaves is still permitted, the regulatiotis passed in the
• 14%1..101hr rata (4* Noe einte r, lel3, stroll bt ote.ei %eel • oh the
followmg nuid.ficatioits : —The elislitietiou bet a ern vessels
which *ball exceed or shall no; et seecel V.Ol tons, shall by
ebidedied, and the number of slaves skill be regulated tie-
cot ding to the tottmege of the vessel, in ;lir poriporituu lot
live to es esy two toes. it shall be allowed to the serous
whit mvit or freight slave vessels, to Het indiecrimillatt ly hurt
111 copper kettles, provided the limier eve r'. voyage sue *wheel,
:thew. 41 surge ties do not sail on board such vessel*, on ar.
of the impossibility orf pee/cuing them, the owners shut
ne• obliged to rally:week them Witch suegretdorea, elites kneel'
an 115. trralotrut •f the 'dote ayes with which the slaves ass
VO .unduly afflicted.
7. Till the c me ere iu slaves is changed by new reptile-
•, the tenpin saloon of slaves lulu Brazil, Isom aloe pulls'
1,15551. the loalfie 15,1501 pi is pit mimed.
The usual order iassubjoitied to all the authorities to
observe and admit this law.

A fellow, who said his came was, lintley, • tier days since. re-
pre•entirg hinewlf as nephew of Mrs. House, grocer. of Diem/ord.
edited at the blacking hatnulactoty of K. Tumcr. 114.1.011t10n-road.
Southwark. and ordered good, to the amount of 111.3 v. and teuder•
ed a cheek thr 361. 71.. on Glyn and Co. purporting to he dr.,an by
Sales. Pollard and Co. Afdeate.dreet. wholesale tobaceoni,n,
which proved to be a forgery, and received a cheek in cscltaogc on
Sir J. Paring awl Co. !Or tsl.