The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

SLAVER Y.

Four coloured men were recently executed at
Louis for flagrant crimes. The confession of one of
them, named Madison, affords, with fearful vividness,
evidences of the horrible characteristics that may attach
to slave dealing in the United States, and of the ex-
tremely corupting tendency, of the unholy traffic. We
subjoin an extract :-L-
-" According to the statement of Madison he was born
in Virginia, the slave of Asa Brockman, and was sold
when 14 or 15 years of age to a negro trader by the
name of and taken to New-Orleans.
" He soon obtained the full confidence of his master, re-
turned with him to Maryland, and was encouraged by him
to tell false tales' to slaves, whom he wished to purchase,
and to aid him in coaxing off, or in stealing and secreting
others. The slaves were told that his master was from a
free State, and that they would be taken to Canada out
of the reach of their masters. To the women and girl:

he held out the prospect of marrying rich white men,
and of living in style and splendour. Blakey, in con-
nexion with his partner'.; having collected from 80 to 100
slaves, started by land to New Orleans.
" Oa their way to Washington a plan was fortned by
which Madison's master was to sell him as often as he
could, after which he was to run away and go back to
him. He was sold in this way to Mr. Clay of Washing-
ton, for 1,300 dcls., and soon afterwards joined his master
in Baltimore. He was afterwards sold for 1,000 dots. in
Virginia, and again returned as before. Near Orange
Court-house, he states that his master. robbed the vault of
a merchant of a large amount of money and bills, amount-
ing to about 100,000 dots., and set fire to the building; which
was entirely destroyed. On their return to New Orleans,
Madison was sold, and the purchase money, 900 dols.,
was given by his 'former master to him, as a reward for
past acts.
" After this he was engaged, as he states, with a man
in obtaining goods on forged orders. Soon after Madi-
son concealed himself in the store, which he robbed of
300 dots. Afterwards the store of Mr. Fields was rob-
bed of 3,000 dols. ; and, in company of a man by the
name of Learned, 2,700 dols. was obtained from the
Bank on an altered check. About this time a partner
wa,3 taken into the concern, and the firm turned their at-
tention to stealing negroes, running them to Mobile, and
selling them by auction.
" Such are a very few of the cases of the negro steali:tg-,
robbery, and other acts of villany in which Madison was
engaged, previous to his coming to St. Louis."

SII IP ['LNG INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
DF.AL, SEPT. 15.—Wind W. S.W. to S.W., moderate.—
Arrived the Alonzo, from Rio Janeiro. Arrived from the River,
and sailed, the Emancipation, for Port Phillip. The Jolly Tar,
for Galveston remains.
LivuorooL, SEPT. 15.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrived the
Pritish Merchant, from Bombay; Windsor, Hayton, Caera,
sailed Gth ult. ; Eliza, Naples; Phoenix and Bertha, Leghorn.
Sailed, the Colchester, for Bombay ; Suffolk, Boston ;
Arrive. Odessa ; Eliza Cornish, Constantinople ; John l'eat,
Leghorn ; lErial, Malta. Arrived off, the Thomas P. Cope,
from Philadelphia ; Dee, Africa. The Aurora, bound to the
Havannah, in putting to sea this morning got in contact with
the Prince mail-boat, off George's Pier, and has put back
repair, having damaged three of her stanchions. Thu Prince
lost her cutwater. The Cambridge from Bombay, on shore
on the North Bank, got off, and proceeded. The Ocean
steamer, for Cork, was aground on East Hoyle this morning,
but got off, and proceeded.
IlAnwicu, SEPT. 15.—A barque laden with wheat, from
Dantzic, is en shore on the Long Sand; several smacks are
assisting to throw part of the cargo overboard.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Yar-
mouth, from Ancooa.
FALmourit, SEPT. 14.—Wind S.E. to S.S.F., fresh.—
Arrived the. Odin, Leff, from Buenos Ayres—sailed 11th Jaly ;
Jordison, Odessa; Malvina, Starkey, Leghorn; George Can-
ning, Swansea for Malaga.
SCILLY, SEPT. 10.—Arrived the British Queen, from Pa-
lermo ; Ocean Queen, Williams, Leghorn.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 15.---Arrived the Earl Liverpool, from
Nevis ; Five Sisters, Prince Edward's Island.
BERWICK, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Herman, Hewdrick,
from Leghorn. The Twee Gebruders, from Kohlbrandt,
struck on the Crumstone Rock, 11th instant, and immediately
sank. crew steed. The Paumore, from Newcastle to Ar-
broath, which struck on Holy Island 3d instant, has been
brought in here, and is repairing. The Mohawk, Bullcraig,
is repairing on the patent slip, having touched the ground on
her passage from Mount Video.
DARTMOUTH, AUG. 15.—The Courier, from Rotterdam
to Batavia ; and the Margaret, from Odessa, have put in here,
having been in contact ; the former with loss of foremast and
bowsprit, the latter with considerable damage.
OFF HASTINGS, Auc. 15.—The Grecian, Richards, from
Hobart Town ; Enterprize, Filty, Cape Coast Castle.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. Is.—Wind S.W. to S.—Arrived the
Dominica, from Montserrat.
TEIGNMOUTII, AuG. 15.—Arrived Amphitrite, Quebec.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS AND MEANS.
—(From a Correspondent.)—The Morning Post of Mon-
day informs its readers that Mr. Thomas Greene, the
Member for Lancaster, will be proposed to the House,
and " that he is highly qualified to discharge the arduous
and important duties of the office, and that his election
may be regarded as certain." I rather think the Hon.
Member has no chance to be so elected, after the speci-
men he gave of his qualifications for the office on Friday
last, when he gave notice of a string of resolutions which
he intends to propose touching the property qualification
of the other Members of the House, and which, if he
could persuade the House to pass anything so absurd,
would unseat at least one-half of the Members of the
House. Mr. Greene also is wanting in those requisites
to fill the Chair with becoming dignity, " manner, tact,
and voice." which Mr. Bernal possessed in a very high
degree. It is believed that Sir E. Wilmot, Bart., the
Member for North Warwick Shire, will be proposed for
this office, and elected.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—BRISTOL, SEPT. 14.--
A dreadful accident happened this morning on our quay.
Seine very heavy steam machinery, engines, and boilers,
were shipping on board the Great Britain for Trieste, and
while a large part (weighing about 16 tons) was sus-
pended by the shears, one of the chains parted, and the
whole came down upon the deck of the vessel, and,
melancholy to relate, the mate, a very respectable young
. man, the son of a fishmonger of this port, was literally
Gazette, ,
crushed to atoms.—Shipping