The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-03 00:00:00

BRAZIL-SLAVE TRADE.

Papers received from Rio de Janeiro contain
a decree against the slave trade, which the im-
portations into Brazil have too long and too
effectually supported. The law, if faithfully exe-
cuted, seems well calculated to put an end to
the nefarious traffic, for the suppression of which
it is enacted. This important document ap-
pears in the Diario do Governo of the 23d of
Nov. last, and is to the following effect :
" The Regency, in the name of the Emperor Don Pedro
11., makes known to all the subjects of the empire, that
the Ger.eral Assemb'y has decreed and sanctioned the
following Lim.
" Article I. All slaves who may enter the territory or
p erts of Brazil, from abroad, are free.

" Are excepted—
" 1. Slaves registered in the service of ships hi-longing
to a country in which slavery is permitted to exist, while
employed in the service of the said vessels.
"2. Those who fly from a foreign territory or foreign
vessels, who shall be delivered to the masters who claim
them, and re-exported from Brazil.
" With respect to the ca-es of exception ; first, the
list of the number of slaves shall be produced on entering
inwards, with the declarations necessary for verifying
the same, and proving the identity of the individuals;
and on clearing out it shall he ascertained whether the
vessel has the lime slaves on board as she had on her
arrival. Such of the slaves as may be found after the
sailitig of a vessd shall be apprehended, and detained
until removed front the country.
" 11. rite importers of slaves into Brazil shall be
liable to the corporal penalty inflicted by Article 179 of
the Criminal Code, on those who reduce free persons to
slavery, and to the fine of 200,000 rein per head for each
slave imported; besides to the payment of the expense of
re-exportation to any part of Africa. This re-exportation
the Government shall cause to be cirried into effect with
the least possible delay, after treating with authorities in
Africa for an asylum to the slaves. Violators of the law
shall be conjointly and severally responsible.
" 111. Importers are—
" 1. Commanders, masters, and mates of vessels.

" 2. Whoever knowingly gives or receives th, freight,
or pays under any denomination a ship destined for the
slave trade.

" All persons interested in the transac►ion, and all who
knowingly supply funds, er for any motive give aid
or favour the same, by assisting the landing, or permitting
it on their estates.

" 4. Those who purchase as slaves individuals declared
free by Article 1. These, however, stand only bound
secondarily to make good the expense of re-exportation;
nevertheless they remain subject to the other penalties.
‘• IV. It any vessels trading in slaves he taken without
the ports of Brazil, by national ships, the same shall be
proceeded with, according to the provisions of Articles 1
and 2, as if the seizure had been made within the ports of
the empire.
" V. Those who give notice of, and supply the means
of discovering any number of persons imported as slaves—
or who, without having lodged any previous declaration,
or obtained any judicial order, shall make any such seizure,
—or who shall give, before a justice of the peace, or any
local authority, such information of the landing of free
pei sons as slaves as may lead to their apprehension, shall
receive from the public treasury 30,000 rein for each in-
dividual so seized. _ _

" VI. The coananders, officers, and sailors of vessels
which make seizures of the kind mentioned in Article 4,
are entitled to the produce of the fine, which shall be shared
by them according to the naval regulation for the division
of prize-money.
" VII. No freed man, who is not a Brazilian, shall be
permitted to land in the ports of Br,ail under any pretext
whatever. If such disembark, they shall be immediately

re- exported.
VIII. The commanders, masters, and mates of the
vessels who bring any of the individuals described in the
preceding article, shall incur the fine of 100,000 reis for
each person so landed, and shall, besides, pay the expences
of re-exportation. The informer shall receive from the
polbc treasury :30,000 reis for each person.
" IX. The produce of the fines imposed by this law,
after deducting the rewards granted by Articles 5 and
8, and such expences as may be incurred by the public
Treasury, shill he applied to the support of houses for the
reception of foundlings, in the respective provinces, or if
there be none such, to the hospitals.
" The authorities to whom the knowledge and execu-
tion of the said decree appeetsins, are hereby ordered to
execute and cause to be executed the same, and to observe
and fulfil all that is herein contained.

" The Secretary of State for the Affairs of Justice has
ordered it to be printed, promulgated, and circulated.
" Given in the Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 7, 1831,
and the 10th year of Brazilian Independence and of the
Empire.

" FRANCISCO DE LIMA E SILVA.
" JOSE DA COSTA CARVALHO.
" JOAO BRANLIo MONIZ.
" DIEGO ANTONIO FEIGO."

THE MARKETS.

LEWES M A RKET.—Jan. 31.
Beet 3s. (kl. to 4s. tki. Veal 4s. Gd to 56.0 d.
Mutton 310 410 I Pork 3 0 4 0
Supply moderately good, and trade dull.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans.
Per Quarter. 8. to s. 8. s. s. to s. s. to s.
Blandford 63 36 25 43
Brigg . 52 58 30 35 16 22 31 35
Cambridge--. 63 34 17 30
Chard 56 62 32 38 18 22 33 38
Huntingdon 58 67 28 39 16 22 29 38
Long Sutton...—. 48 61 16 22 30 40
Louth 56 58 28 33 18 23 30 34
50 62 28 36 16 24 30 34
Newark 56 62 34 41 17 27 33 42.
Nottingham 60 64 36 40 22 26 37 45
Peterborough ...... 50 62 34 as 15 24 28 35
Plymouth 58 64 31 35 19 22
67 43 37 43
Sleaford 65 70 36 39 22 28 41 43
Uppingham 52 (32 30 38 16 24 30 38
Wisbech* 52 62 20 23 30 34
LEEDS CORN 31A RKET.—Jan. 31.
Wheat Norfolk and Suffolk, (301 b.
,
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Vnrfnlk and Suftblk l'2s. to 318.

s to 355.
LEEDS CORN MA IL KET.—Jan. 3541.
Wheat Norfolk and Suffolk, 6011).
,
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk l2s. to 31s.
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
—Mealing, For. 12d. tol&t. Eng. 11X01. to 13d. per st.
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 16/. to Al Foreign, —l. to —/. per last.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Jan. 31.
WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.
----- Red 8 9 9 0
----- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
Irish, White 8 4 8 6
------- Red 8 3 8 5
Foreign 9 0 9 4
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 1 3 3
Irish
.1
Foreign
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 38 0
Scotch and Irish, per 601bs.
----- Feeding 4 0 4 4
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 42 0
Irish, Se.c•
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 44 0
Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 h.
Irish
OATMEAL., English and Irish, per 2401b5....
INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b.
RYE, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter
li4roßT Or GRAIN for the Week ending Jan. 30.
Wheal Oats. Barley Flour. OatmealQrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls.llrish,&c. Scks.l Loads.
9,x+023,101 587 497 1 3,269 3,750