The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-09 00:00:00

DP:PERATION OF A SLAVE.

NORVOLK, JULY 20.--One of the most singu-
larly shocking circumstances within our recollec•-
tiou was witnessed in this tow iion Friday even-
ing last. teesar, a young negro fellow belonging
to Captain West, having been detected in coin-,
miffing a robbery, vas taken Itetme magistrate,
who sentenced him to be publicly whipped. As,
the Constables Were escorting hint to the place of
punihment, he contrived to .break away from
them. and ran up Ecnchurch-street,. where, be-
ing closely pursued, he took to the deck ;..one
of'the constables, a remarkable active and perse-
vering officer, by the name of Flood, dashed in,
after him; when the fellow conceiving there was
Ito chance of escaping. pulled up a stake, placed
himself in a posturv•ofdefence, and as Flood ap-
proached to seize him, struck him a severe blow
on the head-; Flood then attempted to knock him
-down with his cane, but the negro deNteronsly,
avoiding the stroke.,. grappled him by the throat,
plimged his head tinder Water, and held it there
till he had completely suffocated him. A citizen
by the Moue of Cherry, vint had at first perceived
the perilous situation of the constable, rati bionic
and brought his gun, with Which he fired at'the
negro while he was in the act of holding Flood
under the water, and wounded him so severely
that he ri:inquished his liold,on the unfortunate
constable; but it was too late, for he floated along
lilt tide ;t lifeless trunk. Some perions then went
off in as canoe to se:.ure the murderer, hut like a
stag at bay, he resisted all their attempts, until
rendered totally insensible by numerous blows of
sticks, paddles, 8:e. A number of persons were
at the creek's side...in time to have prevented' the
Ivirrid deed, but, shame on them, they stood like
ide its, gaping at a fellow cre•ilture,strugg,ling in
the grasp of a murderer, ivithant making a 'single
eff rt to save him The death of Flood is a pub,
lic loss was the only efficient constable- be-
longing to the Borough.

SALE OF AMERICAN SLAVES.

IFrom r..t eta Providence Paper)

NA”Atlj N. P., MAY 17.---We have been favoured
With a copy of a letter written by William Wvlly,
Esq. his Majesty's iltlybcate and Procurator-Ge-
neral, to his Excellency the Governor, in refuta-
tion of the charge made by the American Go-fern-
ment respecting the sale in these Islands, of Ne-
groes taken from the United. States. Although
every pe,isou in this Colony must be perfectly sa-
tisfied that the charge is altogether unfounded,
yet as it appears by Air. Mtniro's report -to his
Government, that the subject has been of suffi-
cient importance to be officially communicated to
the .I)lenipotentiaries at Ghent, and has otherwise
been widely circulated, we consider it right, publ
licly to repeat our firm belief, that the accusation
thus brought agaimt the Comtnander,in-Chicf
and other meritorious, Officers- of his Alajesty'
Navy 'on the American station, and involviiig iu
its consequences the inhabitants of this Culo_9y,
has been fabricated for the d'Ouble purpose of stig7
Matizing the British tutval character, and fanning
-the flame of discord' between the two nations. We
•might have said only, that it mast bntvc proceed-
ed from 'sonic erroneous and false information
by which the Public Functionaries of the United
States have been deceived, did not the remarks Of
\blame, -embodied in his report, point di-
rectly Ur) a-spirit of rancour as dictating the
presentation—remarks which we see repeated in
the National Intelligencer with increased thalevo-
tenet, and which, *as appearing in that paper,
hear the marlcof authority, shew the object is not
so"much to afford proof of the injustice complained
ot, as to aggravate the imputation and impress its
belief upon the, minds of the people of the United
States, still heated from recent 'animosities. it
Will be observed' that the Attorney-General has
confined himself in a g-reat measnre to Prize Ne-
groes. it is to be wished that he had- gone' fur-
ther, because it is the aim of the American ,Go-
vernment- to do so. The true purport of the ae-
cusation of the present day means as notch that
the desertion of Slaves was encouragefrl, and that
they were afterwards betrayed and sold,- as that
captured Negroes were carried away for sale—an
accusation, ecpially false and woundless •as the
other, and equally -incredible with all who will
give it a moment's reflection, andconsiderThe im-
practicability of such 'proceedings under tore em
-t-
-tog fawS, over which the -eye of authority is spar-

ticularly A our 1.2 bui in note
more so ttian itt this. _ _

We understand that sttntlry affidavits have beet)
voluntarily Arid solettnly made,. whirii not only
fully 'corroborate the statement of the Attorney'
General, hat' alio she w that-nu AthericanSlav4l
were, at any time, 'or undo' any circuit:stand-es'
whatever., introduced into ond snid in the
during the late war. If copies 'of these uffidavitS
can be procured, they shall appear in a future Pa-
perl f .it .
the mean time; the letter above alluded to
is here published.
" PitoifiveX•cF., Ma 5, 1-815.-- Your
Excellency must, without doubt, have been sur-
prised at seeing in our la74.(iazette,•,copies of the
Paper's which have lately been published under the
authority of the Uot.erntitent of the United States,
upon the is ft) a of the pretended Sale of the
AnteHtan Prize Ne-groes in these Islands; and all
though-the eintr.Ae appears upon the face of it, zo
be groundless ; .your Excellency may nevertheless
think it right that it should be contradicted.
" I have, as your Excellency knows, beeh, his
Majesty's Attorney, Advocate and Procurator-
General' of. the;-te Islands for the • last fourteen
years, oad I was present perhlps at every sitting
of our Prize Court during the late Anierican War,
so that -1 have had the very best opportunities to
,know what has been passing in that Court, and
take.,tipon myself without any reserve, to assert
that not a single negro or person of colour taken
from the Americans anti brought into these Islands
in the course, of the war, was either prosecuted,
condemned, or sold here, and that it was an in-
variable practice to liberate or exchange them all
whether Frenchinen or slaves.

An instance ticeurrea in the year 17SS, and
another 'in 1814, in which negroes, who %were
probably born free, .were trepanned and smug-
gled into the Colony by toasters of American Ves-
sels ; the first a mass called Robert Sawyer, In the
brig Joseph Ross, James Henryhant, master, frot►►
Washington in Nortl► Carolina ; c,►e other a young
woman, named Ca►tha+rine Lichardson, in the
schooner Cynthia, of Newt York, Charles John 7.
son, master ; but but of t4se were seized, pro;..
scented, anti made free_here by sentences of oili
Admiralty Court, under the authority of the'
Act of Pat liiinient for the Abolition of the SlAve
Trade, and I "took the liberty to write letters, giv-
ing notice of these transactions, both to Mt
roe, the American Secretary of State, and to the.
Society established at Philadelphia tor the Aboli-
tion of Slavery.
" I have honour to be, with great considera-
tion, Sir,, your Excellency's faithful humble ser-

vatic,
(Signed) - \VM. WYL.1,1%"
Isis Excellency I 'barks Cameron, Esq. ecc. &c.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-s-rßEF.T.—Yesterday James Dunn, of the
Tuna's Arms public-house, Coal-yard, Drury-
lane, was examined on a charge of receiving a
golotity of stolen flax, the property of Mr. John
Sloane, of Itupert,strcct, Piccadilly. He was
OEOI.O to find
Reevei carman to Mr. Bell, corn-chandler,
Hayntrket, was committed.for.trial for stealing a
-orr 1,-.9111C 173.

N 5 I S .--Yesterday Thomas Wilson
was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with uttering a qUantity of base- three-shilling
tokens, purporting to he the coin of the Bank of
England. Tjle: po.soner.,Was fully cOunnitted for

Thom cts. Howe was charged with an outrage and
violent assault at the house of _Mr. Daniels, in
Colman-street, on Friday night. He was fully
committed. ' '

MA L OROU G -sT ttEF.T. - Michael Riley Was
charged with' stealing 24 yards of printed bcd-
furniture, the- propttty of Mr. J..Shaw,.GE
122, High .14olhoru,. upholsterer. He was re-
nyauded to give time for the pawnbrokers to pro-
duce the articles. . .

QuEEN-SCIUMIU.-Jmnes Whittington and James
.iviOialmon, two well known characters, appeared
before P. GOLQUIIOUN, Esq. charged with having
stolen seven -fowls,• nine sliirts, seven pair of
stockings, 'md a vat icty of articles of jewellery,
the.property of some person or persons at present
tinknOwn. 'They were ordered for, re-exaMina-
thm, in Order that persons, ,% ho might have loSt
rile!) articles, st)ould have an• opportunity of at-=
tending.