The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

AMERICA-

A SLAVE CASE.—A curious slave case occurred
lately in New York. Information was received at the
office of the National Anti-Slavery Slandard, on the 19th
of October, that a brig, called the Mobile, from Savan-
nah, and commanded by a Captain Buckley, had on board
a coloured man, who was suppose d to be a slave; that
he was not allowed to leave the vessel, that the mate had
been seen to beat him, and that his cries had attracted
the attention of several persons in the neighbourhood, to
some of whom the man had declared himself to be a
slave. On the reception of this intelligence, Elias Smith.
who is an officer connected with the Anti-Slavery office,
immediately procured a writ of habeas corpus, and with
an officer proceeded to the Mobile. After a good deal
of altercation the poor fellow was brought from the ship
and taken on shore. He bore upon his face and person
evident marks of the ill treatment to which
he had been subjected, and of the stout resistance he
had made before the officers of the Mobile had succeeded
in confining him in the irons which were found upon
him. According to the statement of Captain Buckley,
this person, George Kirk, concealed himself on board
the brig Mobile, at Savannah, and was not discovered
for several days alter she sailed from that port for New
York. She was then too far upon her voyage to return.
He acknowledged himself to be the slave of Mr. Chap-
man, of Bryan, Galveston, who had hired him to a Mr.
Warren, a stable-keeper in Savannah, in whose service
be was when he concealed himself on board the
Mobile, in the hope of reaching New York, and gaining
his freedom. It was the purpose of Capt. Buckley to con
fine and conceal him till the brig returned, or some other
opportunity offered by which he could return him to Sa
vannah. This outrageous and inhuman purpose would, no
doubt, have been successful, but for the vigilance of Mr.
Lewis and the promptness and energy of Mr. Smith.
The case came before the court of oyer and terminer, and
the fact having become publicly known, the court-room
and the passages leading to it were crowded with people
of all complexions and classes, and of both sexes. The
City hall was surrounded by hundreds of people, chiefly
coloured, who awaited in deep anxiety through the
whole day the decision of the court. On the following
day a decision was given by the presiding judge
(Judge Edmonds), and George was discharged from
the custody of the captain of the Mobile. George was
brought into court to hear the decision, and hardly left
the court-room when officers arrived with a new process,
to take him before the Mayor, under an infamous law of
New York, by which a right is given to the captain to
seize and return any fugitive who may be found on
board his vessel, on an order of the mayor or recorder.
George was out of the building but a moment before the
officers were in pursuit of him, and was taken, amid the
shouts of an excited multitude, to a place of conceal-
ment. He was subsequently found out, and brought
again to prison ; and this was done merely for the sake
of a reward of fifty dollars, offered by the captain of the
Mobile, instigated by which, and authorised by the chief
of the police, the whole police force of the city became
slave hunters. Under a new writ of habeas corpus, the
case again came before Judge Edmonds this morning, but
what the result may be it is impossible to tell.

THE HERRING TRADE.
WICK, DEC. 10.—No recent improvement
place in the herring markets. In Ireland, has taken
d particularly,
theth e
portsstate ofre
_shipments matters is
have truly deplorable.taken
places,
pla From some of
, and would still
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tnowwhere to
extent, were nsohtiptht.
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fact, there is not at present a single market, home or
foreign, where sales will not entail a hea.vylos_setmon the
curers. Answers to the
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speedy realisation of the wishes contained
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rials. Assurances are given, however,
will put forth every effort to obtain a revision of the
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foreign duties. It is from this alone that any hope can
be entertained of a revival of the herring trade, wch is
now in a more distressed condition than at any previous
.
period in its eventful history. We le am that there has
recently been a heavy fishing on the English Coast, and
the London markets has consequently been daily glutted
with fresh fish. This has had a sensible effect on the
red herring market.
THE HERRING FISHERY AND Fis lIERMEN.—A cor-
respondent of the John 0 Groat Jour. nal calls attention
to " a most crying evil in the herring trudo"...._the sys-
tem of bounties. The writer 5ay5......... y,
..cpon the present
irregular system, the price of the cran entirely depends
upon the quantity caught, and not upon the price agreed
upon. For instance, let us suppose t bat a crew fishes
120 crans, and another only 20, and b oth receives 9/. of
bounty; the price of the 20 crans is, to, the curer, on the
bounty alone, 95., while the men that fishes 120 crans
costs the curer only ls. 6d. Taking ii Ito the calculation
the agreed upon price of the herringss during the past
yearwork
by
(125.), the man that fishes 20 cr ens receives 21s.
gpeeraccralans,:?and the one that catches 'i2o crans is paid
lweittthhelm3s.b6ed.! Is not this a blindfol, 3 way of going to
Why,
toreiifnidf
da.,porremmeveietninmwmho receive credit for ' being an intern-
oiffs.e6r given in proportion to su eces!', otherwise you
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fish-cure
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to the most industrious
for each cran caught, as bounty,
fisherman. the- reward of his
industry." s bounty, a 116/. theonosLey,eotubesiegscivueorner

A difference has arisen between the Archbishop of
Rouen and the committee for distribi 'Ling the contribu-
tions for the relief of the sufferers fro ra the great disaster
at Monville and Malaunay. The col Jections made in the
churches within the diocese amour I to 10,400 fr. The
Archbishop and an Ecclesiastical C ;ornmittee named by
him, considering that tit:: living vice ,ims. have been sat-
ciently'relieved, and that nothing has, been done for those
who lost their lives in the disaster, have decided that a
0., to be distributed
portion of the 10,400 fr. shall be employed in establishing
'
annual masses for the repose of the s( fuls of the dead, and
the rest tows fanrdsthtleretwreolipeafroisfhthese.li‘rif na
general comm
by the cure
.L.
tee has objected to this apportionment, a ffirrning that the
;lead was
assertion of nothing having been don e for the
erroneous, considerable sums I Laving been dia.
;es% aml the General
bursed in funeral charges and servic kS. As the Arch-
Cbiosmhompitpteeresiisntstihne foundingopposite tchoenemivass'
ion,
tlie question is
referred to the Minister of the Inter irre
THE GUN TRADE.—BIRMINGIIA At —Galignani.
--1 4 DEC. 20.—After
careful inquiry there is no reason to
bulieve the extrava-
gant statements which have been
made with respect to
the purchase of fire arms in tit'
poses in Ireland. The sale of tr •s town for illegal pur-
ling-pieces) is little increased am (fire-locks and tow-
the year and other legitimate wises
ordemand.
the season of
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