The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

THE La:NID OF LIBERTY.

one day last week
At the Thames police-offiee
William Houston complained to the magistrate that
he, a free-born British subject, had been sold into
slavery by o sea captain, with whom he had engaged
as a steward for wages. He exhibited his register
ticket as a " seaman," No. 548818 and stated that
he was born in Gibraltar in the year 1810, his father
a native of San Domingo, and his mother a London
woman. About thirteen years ago, when settled, in
Liverpool, he shipped in the Broad Oak, at Liverpool;
as steward, for twenty-five dollars per month. The
captain's name was Jmephl.4l`Coy. On the arrival of
the ship at New Orleans the vessel was sold, and the
captain took him on shore and sold him to an Ame-
rican, by whom he was taksn to a place called Tn..
cup, in St. Matthew county, where he remained in
bondage for five years, when he found means to com-
municate with a lawyer. His owner, having learned
that mhisures were about to he adopted for his Jibe=
ration, put him in iron's, and seat him back to New
Orleans, when his owner's cousin, a surgeon, Charles
Le Blond, toad charge of him, and sold him for a
good price to one Henry Boardmanisan American, who
kept a kind of public-house in Now Orleana, but' did
not keep him long in cOnsecinenee of his threatening to
appciALto the British consul. He was next bartered
to Henry Lynch, tan Irishman, who let him out on
hire to a Captain Willis, by whorcrhe Was engaged to
serve as a drummer in ,the American army, under
General Taylor. He remained with the army for
two years, was engaged in the war with the. Maxi..
cans, and, received a sabre wound on the head at the,
battle of Monterey, and was wounded in the right leg
by a shot in the engagement of &lona Vista. He was
laid up in the hospital,at Tampico for seven months;
and on his return foNeWOrleeps cured of his wounds,
the'inarka of Which were stavisible' was sold to John
.4
Ilistne, boarding-house keeper, who would not de-
tain him as his slave, on discovering that he-was free-
born 'and a B,(itish subject, but put hirdin gapY; and
sued Lynch,' the rishman, fOr the ,purchase money.
after remaining in prison for twelve months 3 the
meriff of the place took him out and conveyed him to
aaaaabs., •
reison,, where be remained - two months, and
thea.n
Charles
soli, atuoa ranee with thelaws.Of the stsite,-he was
tip anuther Irishman named girdner;Of St..
*-1 • eel, New Oileati;and:the purchse-nioney
WSS,oppo - •
ds the expenses of his ,main;!
tdnance ballitalaotedi.
.I:lwar
British sullect;‘, e again claimed his privilegOait a
named jAti ricri:L.l4,,, grardlier
~ sold 'hini to aladvyet
VI wjaom ha filoZti '4‘ Nco;sto9k .$4 gcreans,
Scotth
subject.. Upward. did,'4llll......„ilittsdhithati be waa.a. British
m, ring, and disposed.
of him to Air. 13t0.m.,7,.,t
, • "ihlgr-Barli - man, 'of Mitchel: -He
was only vg-I- ...!--.. Barber ,'when he
was again
iiitn, that be was
-sold to a gr. riaPre*.talind..lj4,l*--coito
free-born Man from g ark., and ftsw. h: h
out of town. •.:Idr. L lin' en
he, waia going
~ c _ apiere ,replied, at
5 o'clock in the evelPg, ",'"u Jie retniegba his name
~ je-t-:—,* eiothes from John
Howard. bin liWieregBVr ulni. ""111*(i'and address
. a '•.'h which 'he nunieaiiitelV' ' '
and address, and an order to, t 6.
and the 0r.er,..Vt..,
British' Cons& ''Uil'Al"ted off
to Xt. „ Ata3'bPkriAbe . ~...,_.-_, . • Mayhew
,snestiened him.,upon•lais,ativeni'"! -sod the,case
_into. the hands- of a lawyer, who Enna- nimbefore a
he 13ritiih consul said h'
udge, gni ,be made oath that he was a British' sub-
jedt. Aitir that was done t ,
°2O .11$41) , i .4iti in gaol pi the business was.
ein
' j'aewi3l 'who-kept -him in gaol for one year and 'three
get led, and lie,As. as consigner) to the hands of Sheriff
)nPriflha net'l ass..eilok sed whitewasher Feariyg
1"1-7111:" "i1z.,.1 Pad .forg•ottin.;,liiin, he yyrd,to tp, hiip
rsti
agelia- and in esa ' thua • h&f an hour after 16 de-
livery the consig. came to bhp and nske.l him if he
Wa-i ready to gOlipine to Europe that night ; to whichheiii4d,irt-the affirmative. He was immediately put
On. board the .e,hip Ann Doherty, bound to Liverpool,
"
where he arrived on the,lst of January last. He left
Liverpool towards the end' of last week,
and walked
up to London, where he arrived-on Tuesday night, in
the hopes' of obtaining redress. The magistrate,
having elicited from the complainant that thecaptain
wbolad thus. wronged. him was not in his jurisdic-
tion, and that complainant had no He; *here h.) was,
e)uld give him no redress, i