The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-26 00:00:00

FRENCH TRAFFIC IN SLAVES.

The following letter from the agents at Havre, dated
the 224 of August, was received 4 Lloyd's yesterday : •
" We beg leave to communicate to you an extract of a.
report recently made to the King, by his Excellency the
Minister of the Marine, relative to the 'slave-nide, and in-
asmuch as it displays the good faith and earnest desire of
this Government to suppress, to the utmost of its power,
that odious commerce, we have considered it would be
agreeable to Lloyd's to receive an authentic communica-
tion of the following details :
" His ExCellency states to the King, that the French
Government has never relaxed in its efforts for the sup-
pression of the slave-trade : that the naval station on the
coast of Africa, which up to the present time consisted of
a sloop of war, two brigs, and four other. vessels, has re-
cently been reinforced by a frigate : that another force had
been ordered to cruise off Cuba : that the governors. of
French colonies, and naval officers commanding in the West
Indies, Cayenne, Bordeaux, andAladagascar, had received
the most positive and pressing injunctions to use all
due vigilance, and to seize all French vessels which
might attempt to 'trade in slaves : that orders had
been issued from the department of the Marine, ad-
dressed to all the King's ships on their leaving the French.
ports, to assist in the repression of this odious traffic, by
boarding and searching all French .vessels suspected of enga-
ging in the same, and to detain those whose lading and
equipment furnished proof of their being slave-ships.—
The Minister observes that a Royal decision held out to
the captors a premium of WU head money, for each slave
brought in, to be employed in the public works; that
French Consuls in the western coast of America were
authorised to sequester any French ship convicted of
trading in slaves, with orders to send her to the nearest
French colony for adjudication. Finally, the naval autho-
rities in the ports of France are required to throw every obsta-
cle itithe way of the clearance of any vessel, whose outfit and
general equipment may appear suspicious : they are com-
manded to be vigilant in preventing the shipment of ma-
nacles calculated for fastening,slaves together, as also of a
greater number of water-cocks, or boilerS, than may be
strictly necessary for the crew, and not to deliver the
muster-roll in all rises where the number of the crew
shall exceed that usually employed in vessels to which no
suspicion attaches. The report adds, that all contraven-
tions to the laws prohibitory of trading in slaves arc judi-
cially provided against; that any, the slightest element of
proof, . shall furnish Oufilcient ground for bringing the de-
Unguents. before the tribunals. •It states, that since 1817,
One hundred and fifty three cases have been submitted to
the Courts abroad and at home, which have led to fifty
three convictions and seventy- four acquittals, leaving
twenty-six, in which the legal procedure is still incom-
plete. .
" The' Minister concludes by observing, $ Such, Sire,
are the measures commanded and acted on with rigour, in
Order to enforce the strict execution of treaties, and of the
laws ; if they. haVe not entirely suppressed this forbidden
traffic' at least they prove that the Government omits no-
thing having this object "

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