The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-07 00:00:00

SIERRA LEONE GAZETTES.

tilt arrival in the last week from the Rio
Nunez, we learn that a brig under French colours, had
been lying there since the 22d ult. fora cargo of slaves.
It is supposed that she will, if they can be procured, take
500: /retched .beings. The whole country is, of course,
in requisition to supply this "misereant'a cupidity, who is
pentected in his villainy from the interference of this colony
or h Majesty's cruisers,by the colours and the nation he
beliings to.
Our ship news announces the arrival of another slave-
vessrl (the' Spanish schooner. Men II )), which, we mitier-
srand hint 173 unfortonates on board. The increase of
this traffiels really horrible.
JUNE, 10.—That a number of piratical vessels are erniz-
ino on the coast at' present, and for some time past, has
been. pretty clearly demonstrated by the information ob-
tained by almost every arrival front the southward. The
schooner 34,)/iw, of this colony, on her passage up, was
boarded off (~:hipe Palmas by a brig of this description,
hoisting an Arne:jean ensign and Brazilian pendant : and
the Captain and crew taken out of her and put on board
the prate, who sent his °Um people in their place, and
downed the former a prisorler the whole night, when he
was restored to him vessel, after being desired to sign u
paper to the effect that he (the pirate) had,not plundered
his vessel of any thing; which was refused by the Cap-
min, who did not feet satisfied that spoliation of the cargo
had not followed the seizure of his vessel, hit which on
examination, we; found not to be the il2se. The object
of this outrage on a merchantman under , EntiPh colours
cannot be mistaken; fortunately however, for her t;lyner,
it would seem that her cargo (African produce) did not
offer sufficient temptation to excite the cupidity of this
lawless rover, who, we hope, may yet be fallen in with
by some of our cruisers. We understand that the Captain
PI the Are, shortly after this vessel was released, fell in
With his Majesty's Ship, Recitang, and actin:tinted Captain
Clavoring of the eircumstance, giving him a description
of the brig, when it appeared that his Majesty's ship had
Oven chase a few days before to a vessel answering the
wiseription, but which escaped by her superior sailing.—
sobjoiw the description of this vessel, for the infor-
mation An OUr nautical friends, and more particularly those
heave officers' who are in command of the men-of-war at
present 'on Alta &sot.
DgstintrrioN,2! merican build; pierced for 20, and
mnotinting IL. or 2r.1 guns; very sharp in appearance, and
low in tho water • painte
d with white streak and
ports ; masts slightly raking; .1."111 garf painted black ;
gtiOs antler the following designa:iono :—American brig
"'Spark'," and "El Flaniador," and " Vincedor,'! bra'.
zilialt privateer.
We have this week the painful reflection of announcing
the arrival of another slave vessel, the. Portuguese schooner
1:4 k'artene, taken by his Majesty's ship Rrazen offl%,:inces
Island, having on board at the time 245 of the unfortunate
natives of this Continent, 15 of whom had terminated their
wirerbgs on the passage here, liming 200 wretched Sur-
vi Vora, atiks.icted with those diseases generally prevailing on
bnird these i?oating receptacles of 'misery. The extent and
andrieity with wil?ich this inhuman traffic is now carried on,
is, indeed, but too painfully brought to our notice by the
number of its-victims tilN.at in the last few weeks have been
captured by the squadron au's! sent here for adjudication. But
how much would this be enhancl, if the numbers, immense
as they must be, could he aseertain., who haotie, under the
fj4iqi.of Spain and Brazil, escaped the vigilance of our
cruisers in this veriod !•--.anti.the thenvouti that the dis-
graced flag of trance (whieh is not only Ito"' t 1 in the
iesl4:run ros'i" traffic between this coast and its own colon
or any otherp‘ziro%ii:
toted for hire to the miscreants
openly protected from their interference
before long, adverting more fully to this.seifiaribjeocuts, ~VlliCh is
iaressed upon us by the certainty of this n
rible carrying trade having been gradually inereashitiligt :011160:
withstanding,there has been a French squadron iron the
coast for the avowed purpose of its suppression (
power, to the disgrace of the French Ministry, has
Merely nominal), we shall now only state two facts, pretty
strongly eorroborkitive of the extent of French slave t
on this coast In the last cruise of the Maidstone, she fell
Frearh frigate-built ship, which had received on
board seven hundad victim", three hundred of whom, in
conseoenee of their' crowded state, had afterwards been
transferred to another vesskl; and when Captain Vidal!,
of his' Majesty's surveying ghip Baracoutn, Was in the
River T3onny, a few - eks sinee,,' no legs than ten slave-
- Pavel's, Its he is called—,:even
rite flag, furnished with French
Frenchmen; the other three

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