The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-05 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVEMNG, AUGUST '6, 1856„

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
LONDON.

Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN
FOUR-FIFT RS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society,
according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in
iddition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums.

Policy stamps paid by the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle.streel
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY L.IDDERDALE, Actuary.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.
This office, established in 1840, offers to assurers of all classes
he advantines of mutual lifo assuraace in all its branches, com-
bining moderate rates of premium with an ample reserved fund and
unquestionable security.

Annuities, Endowments, and every description of Life Assurance
ffeeted daily.

The annual income is now 25,0001. 45,0001. has been paid in claims;
and upwards of 15,000/. has been divided in the shape of bonuses
among the assured.

Thiinext quinquennial bonus will be declared at the end of 1857
Chief Office, 15, Wfoorgate-street, London.

WILLIAM THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.
The attention of Clerks and ether employes is earnestly invited to
the great advantages offered by the Fryvident Clerks' Benevolent
Fend. •

ESTABLISHED 11137.
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BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, '
Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
MAJOR-GENERAL ALExawnta, Blackheath-park, Chairman.
Every. description of Life Assurance business transacted, with
or without Participation in Profits. -

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.
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2] 20 MILNERS' HOLDFAST and FIRE-
RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising),
with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of
1840.51-54 and 1455, Including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock
and Door (without which no Safe is secure.

THE STRONGEST, fEST, AND CHEAPEBTSAFEGUARD EXTANT.
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L_ONDONand WESTofIRELAIID FISHING
ILI and FISH MANURE COMPANY.

(Limited.)
To be carried on by means of welled vessels, attended by
screw steamers as carriers.

To be incorporated under the New Limited Liability Act
(1856), whereby the liability 9f shareholders will be limited
to the amount of their shares.
Capital, 50,000/. in 5,000 shares of 101. each, with power
to increase to 100,0001.

Sporting Intelligence.

T&TTERSALL'S--MomaY.
The Goodwood accounts engroseid all attention.
From three o'clock until five the time was exclusively
L occupied .by the business of settling ; aid although one
or two absentees were mentioned, the proceedings were,
on the whole, smoothly conducted. Jootmakers were
the principal winners during the past reek. Messrs.
Barber and Saxon, too, it is eiititnated could not have
netted less than 20,0001. between them )3, .the success of
Pretty Boy for the Goodwood Stakes.
Late in the, afterrpoon,.the.following bits were made
Bitroinor/ gnaw.
2to 1 eget Clementina gelding (taken to 1001.).
3to 1 ofrered aget any other
DERBY.
3000 to 200 aget Blink Bonny (tabu)
1600 to 300 agst Goldfinch (taken)
2500 to 100 agst Colonist (taken)
2500 to 100 agst 'Atlalete.(taken)
500 to 20 agst Ackwortb (taken)
2000 to 60 aget Wardentnarske (t:ken)
3900 to - 60 agst-Tam o' Shunter (taken)
SALE OP SOPTHIAN.—M.r. Howard lass sold Scythian,
the winner of the Chester Cup, in 1154, and several
other important Ea,ces. T.he horse is abcut to be shipped
for America, where, from his blo9d, stoutness, and tin!
deniable xacuig qualities, be wi dentilaas be . highly
Patiglatti4Aa44AV. . • ap-theeetittliorsea,
'of that country.

A SLAVE BARRACOON.

A Port uguese merchant, named Basilio de Cunha
Reis, has been apprehended in New York, charged with
being engaged in the slave traffic. The affidavit on which
the above arrest was effected was made by Andrew
Wilson, one of the crew of the Altivie, belonging to
Reis. Wilson's statement, which we take from the
New York Times, is as follows :—I arrived in Boston
in July, 1855, from a three years' whaling voyage. The
money in which I had been paid off—as the wages of
sailors generally do—soo❑ disappeared, and I was obliged
to go again t) sa. I f ngaged es seaman on board the
schooner Mary E. Smith ; the captain told me the ves-
sel was going to Monte Video, South America. We were
not many days out before I discovered that the destina•
tion of the vessel had bean misrepresented to me, and,
instead of going to South America, she was bound to
the Coast of Africa on a slaving expedition. I found
that the same imposition had been practised upon nearly
all the crew ; the second mate, among the rest, was im-
posed upon. The captain tried to smooth the deception
over—said he was obliged to take this course, otherwise
it would be nearly impossible to make out a crew. As
the best satisfaction he could offer, he promised us all
good wages ; this latter proffer acted as a salve to most,
for the pay promised seemed fabulous in amount ; the
agreement with ordinary seamen was $6OO, to go
.to
the Coast of Africa and thence to Cuba, from which
pine the passage of each would be paid home ; in addi-
tion to this, each was to have the privilege of taking
two negroes to Cuba to sell. Sailor that I was, I had
too much of the New England blood in my veins to sell
myself to engage in the slave traffic ; as I was situated,
however, I could do nothing else but seemingly acqui-
esce ; the second mate, I ascertained, felt as I did. Be-
fore reaching the Coast of Africa some lumber on board
was converted into a slave-deck, and everything pre-
pared for the negroes' reception. Great care was taken
to keep out of the way of vessels. There were several
kinds of flags on board, of different countries, to hoist
AS was deemed most judicious. Guns and munitions
for defence were on board to use in case of attack or
other emergency. The Mary Smith landed at Cape
Padron, on the Coast of Africa, and immediately set
about getting a cargo of slaves. Before the entire cargo
was taken on board the second mate and myself deserted
from the ship and went to a slave factory, or barracoon,
as it is generally called, eight miles south of Cape Padron;
we here represented that the cause of our desertion was
cruel treatment from the captain of the vessel we had
left. The Mary Smith soon sailed, and it was lucky that,
in the case of the mate and myself, principle overcame
avarice, for the schooner, as I have since learnt, was sub-
sequently captured by a Brazilian man-of-war off Brazil,
where the captain and crew are at present imprisoned.
The barracoon where the mate and I were received was
under the charge of a Mr. Farr 4, who was employed as
the agent of a large merchant in Lisbon, Portugal.
shortly after my arrival here the mate died ; I tarried
there two months and a half, and during this time had
full opportunity to learn the manner in which the traffic
in negroes is carried on. This barracoon, like all other
barracoons on the coast of Africa, was situated in a spot
as little liable to observation from the sea as possible ;
this was to prevent the detection of the locality by
cruising vessels along the coast ; the barracoon was a
roughly-constructed affair, and comprised two apart-
ments, one for the negro males and the other for the
women and children ; each apartment was over 400 feet
long, by 30 feet wide, with a space intervening of about
75 feet. Each structure was raised somewhat from the
ground to prevent damage from the inundations to which
the land near the sea-shore is liable. The sides and roofs
were thatched. In the two buildings, I was told, there
were sometimes 1,000 negroes. The number depends
upon the luck of getting in a stock, and the frequency
of slavers landing on the coast. The way the negroes
are obtained is by a regular system of traffic. Persons
are trained to it, who do nothing else but forage the
country and steal negroes. They bring them to the bar-
raceons and receive in exchange beads, calico, brass
bracelets, old muskets, or rum. The price allowed for
a stout, able-bodied negro is about 8 dollars, and for
women and children from 3 to 4 dollars, payable in
goods. No children are bought less than six years of
age. Such is the infatuation for strong ornaments and
rum that parents sell their own children to the slave-
factors, and husbands their own wives. The negroes,
during their stay at the barracoon, are kept chained in
gangs of from eight to twelve. An iron clasp is placed
around the neck of each negro, and chains attached to
these clasps ; the parties are linked together. They make
the negroes work, but keep them chained together while
at work. The work they have to do, however, is trifling.
At this place the nearest water was three miles off, and
it was no small labour to bring the water necessary,
for drink. Bean., rice, and maddock were the prin-
cipal food given the negroes. The latter is a root that
grows there, and it is made into a sort of soup. No one
but a negro could eat it. Within a day or two after
being brought to the barracoon the negroes are branded.
Eagle barracoon has its own peculiar brand mark, and
chooses its place for impressing the brand. The more
usual place is on the right breast. Sometimes it is on
one of the arms or the back, or one of the thighs. The
instrument of branding is always the same, a heated
iron, with the brand stamp cut in it like a post office
stamp. During the time I was here I tried to get away
to go to St. Paul de Loando, where I might see the
American consul ; but the agent would not allow me to
leave the barracoon. Although he received me kindly
at first, he afterwards changed his manner. He was a
♦ery dark, sly Spaniard, and it was impossible to get his
confidence. One would not think of confiding anything
to him. I saw he evidenty regarded me with suspicion,
and I only sought to avert his anger. I knew, if pro-
voked, he would as soon make away with me as he
would with a negro. He went heavily armed, and while
I was there shot one negro dea I for disobedience of his
orders. At the end of two months and a-half a slave-
ship came to Cape Padron, some eight miles above, and
her captain and some men came to the barracoon to buy
a cargo of negroes. This slaver was the Altivie, from
New York. A cargo of 400 negroes was bargained for ;
the price paid for the men, those in the best condition,
was $6O ; for the women and children was paid from
$3O to $4O each. M. Ferri arranged with Capt.
Mishes, of the Altivie, to have me go with the captain.
It was not at my solicitation, although I was anxious to
get away. My hope was that I might get off in a❑ Eng-
lish cruising vessel. As it was I did not venture to make
any show of opposition, but went on board the vessel
and entered upon duty as a seaman. The Altivie was a
schooner of 150 tons, well built, and a fast sailer. The
negroes were quickly stowed on board ; the major part
were compactly huddled in the hold. Accommodations
on deck were afforded for the women and children.
There was here &eels air, but the condition of those in the
hold was awful. They had to lie in spoon-fashion, and
were not permitted to stir out. A tolerable supply of food
was afforded, but water was sparingly dealt out. The
vessel directed its course to Cuba ; it landed at Santa
Nearia, a desert island ; during the passage 100 of the
negroes died ; the vessel was 40 days reaching this
island ; here they sold the negroes to parties from Cuba,
who were there in a vessel awaiting a cargo. Some prime
fellows fetched $BOO each. Immediately after the sale
the Altivie was set on fire and burnt ; the vessel lay
here eight days; meanwhile the captain went over to
Trinidad to get a passage to the United States for him-
self and crew, but as the charge for the passports was
6,0005, he concluded to go without them. I heard there
that a great deal of money had been made out of passport
money, the whole matter being very handsomely syste-
matised for the purpose. The captain finally arranged
with the captain of the brig William Heath to bring the
crew on to New York, at which port we landed on the
24th of May last."