The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF A SLAVER.

The following is an account of the capture and de-
struction of the slaver Tres Amigos, a Brazilian brig of
415 tons, with ten officers ant forty-six men, by her
Msjesty's steam sloop Devastation, R. Levinge, com-
mander. "On the morning o: March 16, being in lat.
5.30 N., long. 3.10. E. of Greenwich, the Devastation
chased a suspicious looking brig, which, on seeing her,
immediately made all sail, and ran in towards the land.
After a chase of sn. 30w., with all sails set; and
making eighteen revolutions in the minute, firing the
long gun loaded with shot, at 10h. 45w., the stranger
hoisted a Brazilian ensign at the main, and in a quar-
ter of an hour from that time she ran upon the beach,
near the river Lagos, in lat. 6.20 N., long. 3.10 E. of
Greenwich. Two boats were seen to leave the brig,
filled with men, who escaped to the shore. The steamer
having come close up and anchored, immediately manned
and armed her boats, and sent them on board, under
command of First Lieutenant P. M. Godfrey, with
acting Lieutenant J. M. Carmichael, and Mr. T.
Couts, boatswain. They found the brig well armed,
two long eighteen-pounders on pivots, one between the
masts and the other abaft the mainmast; two broadside
guns forward (eighteen-pounders), and two brass swivels
on the bulwarks of the quarter-deck ; also nettings to
repel boarders, ammunition, Muskets, cutlasses, thing-
derbusses—in fact, every kind or weapon for defend-
ing a vessel. The surf was very dangerous, one of. the
boats of the Devastation being dashed to pieces along-
side the slaver, and the crew washed ashore ; one
also upset, and was driven ashore by the rollers,
and the brig in a short time became a total wreck.
The officers and men, after cutting away the masts
with their cutlasses, found it necessary to swim
ashore for their lives. The brig parted amidships.
One marine was lost in trying to swim ashore. The
man who had been looking out at the mast-head of
the slaver was seen in the surf, heavily ironed, having
been thrown overboard by the captain for not keeping
a better lobk•out and seeing the cruiser before. The
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,hip's company of this brig for their valuable services.
All the prisoners, ten in number, who were found on
beard the brig, were saved. The Devastation has, als,
taken an American brig under Brazilian colours, with
520 slaves on board, bound to Rio. The Trez Amigos
made several succe,slll trips from the coast.- On
the last voyage she landed at [tibia 1,400 slaves."

SWANSEA, JULY B.—Wind S.E.l—Arrd.- 7th, Alderman
Thompson, Hudson, Cuba; Duke of Cornwall, New York.