The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-07 00:00:00

CAPTURES OF SLAVERS.

Letters from the East coast of Africa, via Bom-
bay, state that her Majesty's steam sloop Lynx, 5
guns, Lieut.-Commandant H. Berkeley, had cap-
tured two slavers. One of them, a dhow of 160
tons, was chased by the boats of the Lynx, in the
river Angora, and the Arab crew caused the slaves,
in number 200, to quit the ship with them. On the
boats of the Lynx, commanded by the lieutenant in
person, boarding the dhow, her crew opened a fire
upon her from the mangrove bushes on shore, but
she was taken up the river and scuttled. The se-
cond slaver was a dhow containing 70 slaves, and
these were taken, but the dhow was burnt. At
Zanzibar, the Lynx found the steam frigate Assaye,
of the Indian navy, and the Sultan's brother in
arms and in open rebellion. The Sultan was get-
ting the worst of it when the English officers from
the Lynx and the Assaye lent their assistance in
attacking a fortified house in which the rebel
brother was ensconced, putting the Sultan's guns in
position, and serving them under a very heavy fire,
finally driving the rebels out of the stronghold. On
tue followay day, by requisition from the British
consul, 100 men from the Assaye, and 47 from the
Lynx, landed with a howitzer and rockets, and
marched up the country under command of Lieut.
Berkeley ; but the rebels retreated, and lodged
themselves in the town of Zanzibar. The detach-
ment re-embarked on board the Lynx, which pro-
ceeded to the town, and came to an anchor, with the
muzzles of her guns grinning in at the rebels'
windows, and then landed the men. Syed Burg-
hash, the rebel, then came forth, and threw down
his arms. Subsequently he has been transported
for life, the Sultan being unwillino- to take his life.
The British CJnsul, Captain Rigre3v, was commis-
sioned to express the Sultan's thanks in a letter
addressed to Lieut. Berkeley in a way which must
be highly gratifying to the officers of both ships.
We quote, in conclusion, one expression :
The.
conspicuous gallantry of yourself and severeiyounr.
Officers of her Majesty's ships Lynx and Assaye
remaining for several hours under a heavy fire,
serving the guns and rockets in advance of all the
Sultan's troops, is talked of with admiration by all
classes, and has greatly raised the prestige of the
British name among the people here.' The loss of
the Sultan's forces was 100 killed; of the rebel force
40, mostly by the guns and rockets.

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