The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-08 00:00:00

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

In answer to the flattering accounts held out to
those who feel the alteration of the times, and
think they shall improve their situation by mov-
ing to a distant country, we submit- the following
Letter• received by a most respectable merchant of
this town any comment upon its contents from
us would be superfluous:—

" Boston, June 4,1817.

" DEAR Sra,—l am sorry to hear of the distress you have
in Logiaird, hut I do assure you, though I know the people
in your country will not believe it, that almost every kind of
provision hos 'been a third part dearer in all the sea-port
t9•,tis in Amin lea than in London, except flour, and that has
been 15 dollars the Larrel the greatest part of last winter,
and baker's bread ripe- fourth dearer than in London.—Pro-
visions were nev,,r Isnowir to be so dear as they have 'been the
last season. We hate scarcely had any good beef, and bad
as it has twin), the average price was tenpence per lb. ater-.
ling; and wititt,m half a dollar, or two shillings and three•
pence per lb. which, when I was in Birmingham, was only
sixpence per lb. • But in this country they never complain,
for fear the world should not think they are happier than in
any other. Many mechanics have lately come over from Eug-
Limi, and ntinibt•rs of them are in a wretched state, as they
Cannot get emplo:ment. I think your Government ought to
put a atop to liimigration, or take some means to inform the
peep!, of the true state of this country, which, at this time,
ism ru overstocked with 'manufacturers than Great Britain.
" I, ant, dear Sir, your's, &e."
(ilirating,iam Commercial Herald. July f))

Ck E PET A D .—We have great pleasure in
insertitq; the following extract of a letter from a
respeced and intelligent correspondent at Kidder-
minster, upon whose veracity we can implicitly
tcly :--- The Carpet Trade never was so brisk as
at the present time. I am assured that more car-
pets, especially of th-e superior kinds, have been
Blade thin the last three months than ever were
Wore mannfa.cttired in the same time. There are
very considerable (otters on hand both from Ame-
rica and the Continent of Europe. From the price
nf wool being notch lower than it was, the carpets
can be made much cheaper than they could be sold
for sonic time ago. Weed the wool was at one
time at such a price, as to amount alinost to a to-
tal prohibit ion of the p (lon of carpets. The
opinion or the manufacturers seems generally to
be that the trade is now 1 kely to continne steadily
good. With respect to the Bombazeen trade, that
is sill notch depressed ; but is upon the whole ra•
then improving.--(Worcester Journal.)
Por vrops , —There was lately a lamentable de
ficieney in this excellent root in Ireland' but we
are liarCp_rto find, by the following article from
tiie Cork Advertiser of the 28th ult. that they are
unw abundant :—" This was a busy day at the
Cook lieo it 'llion Market. So great was the quan-
tity of N Potatoes sold there, as to afford full
entlruyn en- ,0 ttvo clerks in superintending the
stile, l tie size anti quality of the Potatoes were
reinatliably fine, and they varied in price front
Is. 6d. to 2s. per weight. The Old Potatoe Mar-
kets .have been well supplied, and the price is
falliwg. The holders will of course find it their
interest to send them in without delay."
On Sunday an Ordination was held at the Ca-
- thedral by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop oft his Diocese ; when the following Gen-
tlemen were admitted to Holy Orders:—
))eacons—Thomas Blackarore, A.B. of EXeter College;
Boger M. Maowaring, A.B. of Brasenose ; Henry Wright,
A. 13. of Exeter College; and James Control, A.8..0f Lincoln
College, Oxford. Benjamin Ward, and Henry Baker. Edw.
Player, of AVoreestet College, Oxford, by Letters Dismissory
from the Bishop of Bath and Wells. William Somerville, of
St. Peter's College, and Jos. Milner, .Scholar of Catherine
.Halt, Cambridge, by Letters Dismissory from the Bishop of
Bristol. And John Montgomery Mercer, SC L. of Christ
College, Cambridge, by Letters .Dismissory from the Bishop
of Winchester.
Pries/s•—llenry Thomas Ellicombe, A. M. of Odd :
Wit-
liam Villers, A. B. of Baliol; Thos. Blicknin Newell, A. B.
of Christ Church; an.t Lort Manfell, A. B. of Trinity Col-
lege, Oxford. Robert Gell, A. B. of Queen's, and Christo-
pher Jetireson, of Pembroke-Hall, Cairbridge. Robert
. Mayor, Robert Montague Austin, of St. Edmund Hall, Ox-
ford, by Letters Dismissory from the Bishop of Exeter. Ri-
chard Master, of Exeter College, Oxford, by Letters .Dismis-
flory from the Bishop of Salisbury. And William Piguenit
. Wait, of Wadhant College. Oxford, and Charles Neat, by
Letters Dismissory fruit] the Bishop of Bristol.—(Gloucester
Herald, Jul:; 5.)
In our Paper of Friday last we gve an account
of a dreadful explosion which had taken place in
a coal-mine near Durham, by which above thirty
- people were killed ; and we are now sorry to
learn, from the Duram County Advertiser, that
on the following day, some pitmen having de-
scended - into the pit, io order to ascertain the
• injury which had been done, eight of them were
suffocated, ..in con4epatuce of the very impure
state of the air.

LAW IN FELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 7.

Middlesex Sittings after Trinity Term, before Mr. Justice
BAILEY and a Special ✓ury.

SLAVE TRADE.-SIERRA LEONE.

COOK V. MAXWELL. ESQ.

This was an action of trespass and false impri-
sonment, and also to recover a compensation in
damages for the destruction of the plaintiff's pro-
perty by the defendant.
The case opened and proved was this :r--The
plaintiff had been a settler on the Rio Pontus, On
the coast of Africa, in the year 111, at which
time the defendant, Colonel. Maxwell, was Go-
vernor of Sierra Leone.- In the month of February
in that year, the defendant sent au expedition,
under the command of Major Appleton, to the
Rio "'Unit's, about 90 miles from Sierra Leone,
and not within the defendant's Government, for

the purpose of putting 3 stop to the Slave Trade,
then supposed to be going on in that territory,
notwithstanding the British law of prohibition.
The plaintiff was an American subject, and occu-
pied a factory at Rio Pontius, containing progeny
to about ti►e amount of 2QOOO/. sterling, winch

he had purchased of another American subject
some years previous. The territory belonged to
one of the Native Powers. On the arrival of the
expedition, hostilities were immediately com-
menced with vigour;` the plaintiff's factory was
destroyed by fire, his'moveable property corals.
cated, and lie himself carried a prisoner to Sierra
Leone, where lie was left in confinement even
after the authority of the defendant was super-
seded. He was afterwards sent home by thestic..
ceeding Governor to England, in custody, and
upon his arrival, which Was at the expiration of 12
months captivity, he was immediate ly liberated
by order of the British Government. It appear-
ed, that the defendant had, as Governor of Sierra
Leone, received a share, of the proceeds of the
plaintiff's property taken at Rio Pontos. For
these grievances the present action «•:e: brought.
-The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Mr.
Scarlett, Mr. Marryatt, and Mi. Gurney.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Topping, Mr. Rich-
ardson. and Mr. Shephet d conducted the zase for•
the defendant.

The topics Suggested inbehalf of the defendant,
in mitigation of. damages, were, that he conceived
himself authorised in the conduct imputed to him,
by the' late Act of Parliament, which made 't fel6-
ny for British subjects to traffic in slaves—that
imagining the plaintiff to he a British subject, and
carrying on this illicit trade, he had treated him
as a. person who had subjected himself to the pe-
'sialties of that law. It was further suggested, that-
the defendant could only be liable fur the impri-
sonment during the time he was actually. in com-
mand at Sierra Leone, and not for what subse-
quently happened, which was dime under the au-
thority of nis successor in the Government.
Mr. Justice BAILEY was, however, clearly of
opinion (and charged the Jury to that effect), that
in all events the Defendant was not justified in
proceeding against the persons and effects of par-
ties residing out of the terrinsryptaeed under his
command. Here the plaintiff was residing in a
distant settlement, not under the antitorily of the
defendant, and consequently the leter was liable,
as well for what had been done under Isis imme:=
diary orders, as for the subsequent detention of
the plaintiff.
It was agreed that the value of the plaintiff's
property which had been destroyed should be es-
tim,,ted out of Court.

The Jury, under the Learner! Judge's direction•,
found a verdict for the plaintiff, for the false nu-.
prisonment, damages 1,000/ ; and for the pro.
perty, damages 19,000/. subject to a reference.

OLD BAILEY, JULY 7.