The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-16 00:00:00

IMPORTATIONS LAST WEEK.

English. Foreign.
Wheat. • 5,515 6,940
Barley 502
Oats 5,358 5,650

SMITGFIELD, AUG. 10.—This morning's Market was well
supplied with all kinds of prime Cattle ; the prices remain as
per last Market; Lamb, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, much the
same as last week's prices.—The Hay Market as per our last
quotation, but rather looking downwards : Straw likewise
remains as per our last week's prices.—The annexed is a cor-
rect statement of the Numbers and Prices at market.—

(To sink the Offal ; per Stone of Blbs.)
Beef 4s. Bd. to 5s 4d. I Veal ss. Od. to 6s. Od.
1
Mutton ..4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Pork ss. Od. to 6s. Od.
Lawn , ss. to 6s. 6d.
CATTLE AT MARKET.

Beasts 1620 I Sli,ep and Lambs ....17,900
Calves

HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD.
Hay.... ,C 4 0 0 tok6 0 0 I Clover.. £6 0 oto ,C 7 10 0
Straw ki 12 010,0 2 0

THE SLAVE TRADE --7-We learn by the return of
the Tartar (Commodore Sir G. R. COLLIER, Bart.
and K.C.8.) from the Coast of Africa, that Princes
Island, near to the Bight of Biafra, on the Guinea
Coast, is now the principal, and indeed the only
point of rendezvous on that part of the Coast of
Africa for the dealers in slaves. Spanish and Por-
tuguese vessels (the only extensive traffickers in
this inhuman trade now) from Cuba, rendezvous
there. On arrival, the supercargo shifts his cargo
of bale goods and hardware into small schooners
belonging to the authorities of that settlement, and
proceeds to the Bight of Benin or Biafra, either
to Bona, Calabar, or Benin Rivers. Here lie
bargains with the respective Chiefs, or Kings, for
so many hundred slaves, which are generally ready
by anticipation : they are now purchased for
goois, of the value of 31. 17s. to 41. per head,
for children under ten or twelve years ; and
above that, for 51.; women of a handsome shape
and appearance are one or two pounds sterling
higher. At Prince's Island they are landed, and '
if no English man of war is in the neighbour-
hood, are le-embarked at twenty:five pounds
charge per head to the Spanish Captain. If any man
of war is there, they are received into factories, un-
til opportunity offer for sending them off to Cuba.
—The vessels are generally schooners (termed
American clippers), bought by Spaniards at St.
Jago de Cuba, and pretend they are bound
to the coast south of the Line ; and to carry on
this deception the better, the Portuguese on board
the smaller vessels are told, they are anchored off
some port south of the Line, such as the Congo
or Benguela. The most unmitigated cruelties
continue to be inflicted upon the poor African
race by these barbarous slave dealers. It is an
astonishing fact, that two slaves who were res-
cued by a boat's crew of the Tartar, and brought
on board that ship, belonging to a cargo, which
had been re-lauded on the appearance of the Tar-
tar, were weighed by the Officers, when it ap-
peared that the weight of the lad was 45, and the
man 641bs.—(Portsmouth Paper.)

Saturday morning arrived at Portsmouth the
Spartan frigate, Captain W. F. \Visa, C. 8., in
fourteen days from Halifax, having en board
Admiral Hon. P. WODEHOUSB, late Commissioner
of that dock-yard. The Spartan has been only
five months absent from England, during which
periods he has visited Madeira, Dominica, Vera
Cruz, Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Halifax; and her
movements have been attended by remarkable
celerity, particularly homeward, having been only
three weeks from Jamaica to Ba:badoes, thirteen
days from that place to Halifax, end fourteen from
thence to this anchorage. At the time she left
Vera Cruz, the greatest good order prevailed
ti:,ronahout that part of the Mexican territory ; to
the capital cr which, convoys passed and repassed,
with (specie, without the slightest interruption.—
The squadron at Jamaica were very healthy, and
that of Barbadoes eqtrally so. Whilst at Vera
T•;~,ttenant GEORGE BECKWITH, and two
of the crew of the Spartan, died, after four days
illness, of the yellow fever. The Princess Eli-
zabeth packet had arrived at Barbadoes. The
Spartan has brought to England about 140,000
dollars from Barbadoes, for Merchants.—Admi-
ral GRIFFITH had sailed for Quebec, in the
Newcastle, as had the Cyrene, with 570,000 dol-
lars on board. The Active had arrived at Quebec.

Major-General Sir JAMES KEMPT, K.C.B. it is
said, is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ports-
mouth garrison ; and Major-General Sir DENIS
PACK, Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth, vacant
by promotions.
The Alexander, SURFLEN, from the Mauritius
and Ceylon, is expected to sail on Thursday. Ma-
jor-General KEATING (formerly Governor of the
Isle of Bourbon) goes out passenger.
':Liroberwall and Peckham Fairs being just
about to commence, persons disposed to attend
them will do tvtll to bear in mind what has re-
cently occurred ►►r West End, and at any rate, if
they value their lives, not to remain after dusk.
BROADBENT, the ASSASSIN.---The unhappy cul-
prit who was misled by the effects of intemperance
to commit the dreadful murder of Serjeant Wat-
son, of the 90th regiment, suffered the penalty of
the law on Friday. fie was removed from Lewes
gaol about twelve o'clock. Ile was perfectly re-
signed to his Lac, and died aLuosi without a
Strugle.,