The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

TILE IMMIGRATION SLAVE TRADE•

TO THE BDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am instructed by the Committee of the
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to solicit
;he favour of your giving publicity in your columns
to the accompanying report of the presentation to
the Earl of Clarendon, of a memorial against the
immigration slave trade.--I am, Sir, 9°lll-5
obt.dient ly,
L. A. CHAMEROVZOW, Secretary.
27, New Broad-street, E.C:, Nov. 25, 1857.

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DEPUTATION TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.
On Tuesday last a deputation waited upon the Earl of
Clarendon, at the Foreign-office, for the purpose of pre•
renting a memorial from the committee of the British
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society against the immigra•
tion slave trade now carried on by the French from the
went coast of Africa.
The memorial called the Earl of Clarendon's attention
to the address presented by a deputation from the society
to Viscount Palmerston in July last, on the occasion
of the attempt made by the West India body to obtain
the sanction of the Governments to a general scheme
of immigration from tie coast of Africa, t al dwelt upon
the evils which, as had been predicted—had resulted
from the adoption of the scheme by the French Govern.
ment, through the agency of the Messrs. Regis and CO.,
of Marseilles. It. is stated on the authority of Mr;
Consul Campbell, at Lagos, that the Portuguese lieu
the Spaniards had greatly stimulated the trade in slava,
for they had outbidden the slaves in their demands for,
socalled immigrants,and shipped large numbers of
negroes ; and, as one consequence of this demand for
men instead of commodities, the native chiefs were abaa•
doning legitimate commerce to turn their attention ageLa
to slave-dealing. Quotations were added from the letters
of the Rev. 11. Townsend, Church Missionary at Abbeoe,
kuta, and from the Sierra Leone Advertiser, givirg
cial instances of the injurious operation of the self
scheme, and denouncing it as open slave trading. The
memorial concluded by expressing a hope that the
Government would adopt the promptest means of putting
an end to a new traffic in human beings, which,
if not
checked at once, was likely soon to assume illimitable
proportions, with results as disastrous as any that he"
attended the prosecution of the slave-trade itself. .t
The Earl of CLARENDON expressed the gratification
afforded him to rtosive so large and influential a depute;
tion, which be could see, from the list of names handed
in, embraced delegates from all parts of the countripea_n.„
might therefore be regarded as an evidence of the 0,1_73,-
and general interest that was felt in the question•
the memorial brought under his notice. Such which,derre
tion was very encouraging to the Government, f_qest
need scarcely observe, was in possession of
they •
information on the subject of this "new system o'
el°
u- •ue
tanning labour : one he did not hesitate to desigoewt,
the slave-trade, unmitigated and undisguised. Tbesidbe°o6r
question, however, has been submitted to the een a had
tie], of the French Government, which he believe.
not foreseen that the result of attempts to obtain 070;
grants from Africa would be the revival of the 'slave
and hi felt quite sure nothing was further fre.,03_,0%
wishes or the thoughts of the Emperor of the roe
than to re-opemthis execrated traffic in opposition well-
policy of the leading civilised powers, and to the elle
The
known national sentiment of this country. the
could scarcely be exaggerated that must arise from
checking of the legitimate commerce which, oAII.T the
parts of the African coast, had totally super tog
it. This was a point which bore intimately en
trade in slaves, and in others was rapidly extingfneca.
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mercial interests of this country, and to the imPetifs-
of which the Geyernuient was fully alive. The dartsn of
tion would be encouraged to hear that the ofterer()ufs.
the French agent to obtain immigrants had been so
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successful, lie (Lori Car Edon) thought he n'ig,iiation
tare to say that, even on this account, the epee-_~1 Do
would be abandoned, at least for the present ; and
At
effort should be spared by the Government to Pt o:_a
the renewal of a traffic between which and the 15',
trade there was no appreciable difference..
theorjrece"ei
the deputation of his cordial sympathy with •%I 410
of the Anti-Slavery Society, and his eencutlenc the
sentiments set forth in the memorial.