The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

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We have just seen a private letter from the
vanrialt, stating the arrival there of a slave-trader,
prize to her Majesty's ship Itingdove, Captain Keith
Stewart.
This vessel, called the Jews Mara, with the alias of
the Tres Hermanas, is represented as of not more than
23 tons burden, Spanish measurement, and yet to have
had not less than the almost incredible number of two
hundred and fifty-two slaves, besides a crew of
twel% e men and three passengers, on beard at the time
of she capture, which took place on the 29th of De-
cember last, about SC% ea miles from the Danish island
of Santa Cruz.
Through the exercise of distinguished humanity and
care by Lieutmant Tarle tan and his prize crew, who
brought this wretched vessel into the Havannah
on the 9th of January, she had only lost eleven of
the victims between the date of the capture and the
time of her reaching the Spanish port. In the act
of entering the harbour, the man who had exer-
cised the compound functions of master, owner, and
supercargo, by name Vincente Morales, and by
birth a Spaniard, made his escape from the prize by
jumping overboard, but his papers had previously been
taken from him, so that this circumstance would pro
hal,ly not even c ruse any delay in her condemnation.
It is not easy, by the way, to suppose any adequate mo-
tive on his part for incurring such a risk, since it would
be contrary to all former precedent to imagine that
the Spanish authorities, to whom he must have been de-
livered over in the ordinary course of proceeding, would
have given themselves the trouble of subjecting him
to any sort of punishment. Such is the boasted co-
operation of that proud and high-minded nation in the
suppression of the slave-trade!
'rho letter referred to further states, that the Jesus
Maria was fitted out in the Danish island of St.
'Thomas ; that she took in her human cargo at the
It'o Zebra, about a degree to the south of Sierra
Leone ; and that her destination was Ponce., in the
island of Poi to Rice. In the temporary absence of
her Majesty's Commissioners at the Savannah for the
suppression of the Slave-trade, immediate measures are
said t a have been taken by the Consul for the relief of
the unhappy victims, most of whom were totally unable
to stand or stretch their limbs for many hours after the
time of arrival, in consequence of their extreme ema-
ciation.
A further melancholy proof of the remissness shown
in that part of the world in putting clown this diaboli-
cal traffic, is derived from the fact that this is the first
instance of any slaver being carried into the Havannah
for adjudication by the mixed Court at that place during
the last two years.—Times.

ROBBERY AND MURDER.—On Tuesday even-
ing last, Kirg, a carrier between Barnstaple acid Oke-
hampton, put a female passenger down at a place called
Five Oaks, between Okehampten and Hatherleigh, hand-
ing her a bundle and bandbox from the cart, which she
had brought with her. She then get over a stile to pro-
across some fields t 3 her home, and King went on
his journey; he had, however, not gone fiv, before he
heard c.ies of murder, and returning to the spot where he
left his passenger, he met a man coming over a stile with
a box and bundle, of the description of those he delivered
to tl c woman. He asked him where be had gut the arti-
cle, and received for a reply " What odds that t) you ?"
upon which he seized the man by the collar, charging him
with the robbery, when he received a cut across the fingers
from a large knife. A scat?, ensuel, when King threw
the other man, and broke his leg. He subsequently found
the unfortunate woman two fields off, with her head nearly
severed from her body. The murderer was handed over
to the proper authorities.— Western Luminary.
A depwatiOn of the Tower Hamlets' Park Com-
mittee, introduced by Mr. Clay, M. P., consisting of M.
G. Frederick Young ( Chairman), Mr. Fredetick Hodg-
son, M. P., Mr. Wm. Tooke, Rev. Wm. Stone, Mr. Ww.
Baker, Mr. Jas. Scott Smith, and Mr. Frederic Young,
jun. (Hots. Sec.), had an it tersiew with Lord Duncan-
non on Monday, at the office of Woods and F.oresboutts.
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We hear that the Earl of Rosslyn
retire from the commend of the 9tb, or Queen Own
Lancers.