The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

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Britain was the first among the nations to
interfere for the prevention anal ultimate abolitioo
of the Slave Trade. The langusge of the Act so
frequently quoted declined that trade to be con-
trisry to justice and humanity. This, however,
mast be confined to British jn.'ice mid humanity.
All iiielepilselrut *fates must be allowed to judge
tot themselves. The high veal were open to them
to tarry on any trstfic they choose. The Slave
Trade whit ap re-cable to the law of nations. This
had uslway• 'freest admitted. When, then, did its
legality ciiase ? The fact was, that the law of me.
bung (*lntl.! not he changed, even if the nations
themselves agreed to their alteration. Stich had
beets the derv: •rif Lord Nlasisfield when a trims-
liction of an ttnynmal kind, ‘Oitch had li4uspireall nu
seas, was brought rioater his cmoisleration.
If the slave traffie loot been really contrary lam the law
of nation., ally 'MI Great pay money to ti-,
Spaniards to altrili.ls tt ? Kelhrrieg to 1)r. 1).41-
son's (21aAs of Clusxrs. Lordshir pi us,rl
very lie rail ;tort there war one ut it, the
case of au American, whereat the ship and cargo
on seizure hid been made over, as a colourable
pretext it;, totter rheovering of damages, in a Por-
tuguese, lireauw Portugal hied reiter..4l into no
treaty for the of the slave trade. The
Judge who n•est,lt•il. however, suni,that 444 A m-o Ica
Kid ruttr.d into liar I,lo,l)l..irchtratinn of the mita-
fintenty itnpoi 1.1 the slave trade, at Gre t
Britain, lie should tr.at nn Aineritian nl the
name fi.eniiiz as an Logli•lonsni; and the slop and
filPgo Were I'ollllVoll.lil. Ms Lordship acct called
them at!erstirm rt 'the case of the Forintut. winch
iwa• the latest and 1111 l .1 important tirciatun antawg
C,reat Ibitain had actually exchang-
ed a l'relite with Svrerleut for abolishing the traile,
when au I oytlishi ve..l st:izeil, detained, and di*.
the t'ing,o of a 5...1.41141 slave vessel, Put
H. the Tieaty untold hot have been known to the
parties at +he time at the capture, Sir %V. Scott
held the Treaty to be toe part of the argument
tither liar the seizure air detention, and decided as
if no such Treaty had taken place. Sweden mi.
lowed her subjects to traverse the seas on such bo-
vines., and therefore to a Swede the Slave Trade
s% legal. and any name interrupting him was thought
worthy of punishment by that .Judge. In like
manner lie trade was allowed by Spain to her
voltjects under certain burns, and it did not by any
rat tins appear that the Plaintiff in the prevent case
hAel exert-deal those he was therefore entitled
to securely, or, iu case of injury, to reeompeolee„
'aide reltived.

S.r V OWE! moved Icr criminal informations
agaitm two tient!men, one named Panlet IVil-
linuno, 113. f other Air. Krllet, fur giving menace, and
elwiive language 1.. Dr. Rowel, phririato. of Car-
rwavon Hod l'embrokevhire, in the town of Carnar-
sun, in the prePriter 01 fry witnesses stated in
I!.e The insulting a'ts took place on the
Stine 11.1%, mud iu the sante vtrert ; hut as there was
~11,Ing ay.irrel to prove a cotivpiracy or connexion
wren the ;italics its the transaction., the affidavit
ua= held to be tint vali to allow a rule.