The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-29 00:00:00

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. SLAEE TRADEs
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Extract from the Sierra Leone Guam, dated
214 Augutit, 1819:-
11'e congratulate our Mend 0. the return to this harbour,
me the 17th Malmo, from her first crnioe, of his Majany's
whin Pheasant, B. M. Kelly, Esq. Commander, with a prise,
"'timely, the slave schooner Novo Felicidade, of Prince's
Island, the properly of IllastrissiMo Signor Don 1014 Per.
raru Goma., Governor of that Island. On the 16111 came in
his Majesty's ship Morgiaos, C. B. Strong, Esq. Commander,
with a Spanish schooner, having only one slave un board.
As the ciressmatauces attending the capture of the Nuvo
FeliciJade may tend to repose in its true light the present
mode of carrying, on the traffic, we shall eosnlannirate to
our leaders such information as we have been able to obtain.
The Pheasant fell in with the Novo Felicia/I'le no the 30th
July last, 2 deg 2.3 min. North, long. 9 deg. 50 min. Fast;
she hail then on board 71 slaves, and a crew, eonsistidg of
one master and teas sailors. schooner measures eleven
tom. In his declaration, Captain Kelly, with true feelings
of humanity, states,
" l do further declare, that the state in which these unfor-
tunate matures were-foond, is shoe king to every principleuf
Immensity; 17 men shackled together in pairs by the legs,
and 20 boys, one sin the other, in the main hold, a space
surnaming IS feet in length, seven feet eight inches main
beeadoh, and one foot eight inches in height, and under them
the yams for t laciest' report .
" One of these emfue 'mate creatures was in the last stale
of dyne met!, whose misdeal lions ran involuntarily
f hint anointed these yam.; creating an dative% too
socking for elescripl . Out their being released from
irons, their appearance was moat distressing, scarcely nor of
them could stand on their legs f cramp and evident
starvation. The space allowed for the females, thirty four
nunilper, was even more 4.mi11-reeled than that for the
men ! measuring only nine feel four inches iii length, fon;
teed eight meters main breadth, soil two feet seven inches in
he ght ; but not being coullned in i , and perhaps allows
rd during the day It, romp on sleek, they did nut present so
distressing an appearance as the Tell."
This wanton act of cruelty agaitlill unoffeniling individuals
is perform' d fur the benefit of a monster, holding the high
raid: of Governor--rturisuers joust We glory ut the con.
trait between true Britons 3tltiplave.dealers ; Captain Kelly
found those Africans in the very lowest slate of degradation
and misery, he not only 'broke their fetter., but he, his
otlieees mid crew, by their hemline care nod attention, ;Ice.
as 11141 their lives fur fortilorn ; only one died on the passage.
Bina the non-arrival of the. Portuguese Commiosioners,
the mi:oiitin being incomplete, the trial of the vessel 'lid
not 'eke place. After coils; through regular exmnination of
the witnesses, the 71 ebdertiwt slaves were hunted on the 20th
instant, in good health, and sent to the town of Bathurst.
With re•pect to the Spanish schooner, Or was taken off
Little LIMO; the Captain was on shore purchasing the
rionsioder of the cargo, and declined coining to Sierra
Leone to defend his re ',rely. One day before the Morgiams
'Captain Strong) MI in with a large schooner off a ledge of
rocks ; on perceiving Om man of war, the Flaw r Lord every
exertion to land the slave*, and being aided by nearly forty
r.amea, she would probably have sums coinpieted her put-
110.H. ; however, two hunts baring been sent from the Mor-
t:inn* to intercept the r 14,,,,, 11; although the ruffian mitered,
in English. hie people to flue on the British boats, which
doe they obeyed : not conceiving his vessel perfectly se( me
from capture, be attempted to posh tin farther, got into
the surf, and was upset. The mails were 110011 !Well over.
board, and a great 1111211110 aslaves running to the woods—
but how many perished in irons in the hold?