The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-17 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

The Tartar, lately arrived at Portsmouth)
left Sierra Ilone.on the 17th of June, and pro-
ceeded to Batbad'oes, Martinique, Jamaica, a.m.].
Havannah. We have considerable pleasure in
stating thegeneral improved state of the Colony'
of Sierra Leone as to healthfulness, which had
not suffered this season from the usual periodical
rains, though they had commenced rather ear-
lier than usual. Trade was also improving there,
and much advantage was .to result to the
Settlement, as well as to the one on the river
Gambia, from the renewal of the Gum Trade
with the Moors of the Great Desert. The ships
co4posing the squadron had
_all left the river of
Siirkra Leone, to avoid the rains, before the
Tartar sailed. The Pheasant, Captain l(r,r.v,
was to Leeward, but was to return to Sierra
Leone, to await the arrival of the newly-appoint-
ed Commodore. The Myrmidon, Capt. LEEKE,
was to refit at Ascension, during the rains, in
the Bight of Biafra. The Thistle, Lieut. HA-
GAN, was sent to the Banana Islands, a newly-
acquired cluster, near the shoals of St. Ann ;
the Snapper, LieatenantiEvANs, was gotre,to the.
almost newly-discovered Island of St. Fernando
Po, in the Bight of Biafra—which station pro-
mises to be one of great importance to our crui-
sers. The Morgiana, Captain FINLAISON, which
had been missing several months, had arrived
at Rio Janeiro, with a slave trader. The Tar-
tar, during her present stay on the Coast; cap-
tured four Slave ships, with about 1000 slaves ;
three of which had been condemned pre-
vious to her sailing. The Slave, ' trade was
carrying on in full activity under Neutral
flags, principally the French, and with all
the usual attendant horrid circumstances of

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inhumanity, oppressioil, and cruel deaths.
—The country is Satisfied that all that it was
possible for humanity, zeal, and superior intelli-
gence to effect, under the existing National
Treaties, with a view to the suppression or miti-
gation of this horrid trade, has been done during
the three years of Sir GEORGE CowEa's. com-
mand : and it is a consolation to the friends of
humanity that he is to be succeeded by an officer
of kindred talent and qualifications—Sir RODERT
MENDS ; but it is only insult. and mockery in
the Uovernments of France, Spain and Portugal,

to pretend to' assure us that they have, a
sincere desire to .abolish this trade in human
blood, whilst their subjects are•permitted to'pur-
sue the. course they do. Verified_ accounts have
been received of the melancholy fate of the officer
and Bi itish crew, in charge of the.slave brig Vol-
cano do Sol; which was captured two years since
by one of the -cruizers under Sir G. COLLIER'S
orders. The Morgiana, on arriving with a slave
veSselal"Bahla,.on the coast of Brazil, received
a . confirmation": of the former report, of the
murder of - the. master's mate, and the whole
of the. British.searnen, -Which was perpetrated in.
cold blood, off -the-port of St. Salvador; and as
soon as the .slaves were landed the Vessel %vas'
sunk.- It. appears that one of tire. crew was a
native African, who having been einplOyed as a
supernumerary on,.board the King's ships, when
on the African station, was put on board the
prize, and" being a man of athletic form, he, ap-
peared too tempting an object, to share the fate
of his European- messruates, on account of the
high price which -he .bOre as.a slave. Was,.
therefore, not murdered with the rest of the
crew,-lint sold as one of the slave cargo, and sent
intoAhe.interior, whence, in the course of traffic,
he became transferred to other masters, and at

length he met with one. of the Ofticers:.of the
Morgiana, who he recognized as having belonged
to the Tartar, and to him he related the circum-
stances of this horrid transaction. Captain FIN.;
LAfsos was, in consequence, taking every means
to urge the Portuguese Authorities to investigate
the melancholy occurrence ; and. we trust the re-
:suit...will appear,. as it often has done, that, by
the interposition of Providence,- the-avarice of
man will prove the means. of leading to his con-
dign punishment for his greater crimes. And it
is hoped that thoSefriendsof humanity who have
lately .dOne 'so much to destroy this disgusting, in-
human -traffic, 'will persevere, and insist that the
parties concerned, directly or indirectly,
.shall be
tried by the taws of Portugal ; and whoever the
owner of the Volcano do Sol may be, though he
should prove the Governor of a 'Province, he may
be called upon to account for the slaves, -as well
as the Portuguese seamen of the late slave .brig.
The present appears an excellent opportunity for
revising the Slave-carrying -regulations, and for
insisting upon the Portuguese relinquishing the
trade, at least North Of the Line... The Tartar
continued at the Ilavannah the- 7th,- Bth, and 9th
'of August, during which a Spanish corvette
brought in .one of the Patriot brigs of war. Her
name could not be learnt : but her crew were
said to be Americans and. English. The Tartar
sailed on Thursday -for Plymouth, to be paid off;
at which port Sir Roteiti. AliNns is ready to sail
in the Iphigenia, for the suppression of the slave-
trade on the coast of Africa.—(Hantpshire Tele-
graph.)

A Paris Paper Sap. " It is said, that an En-
glishman has left gy willa sum of 70,0001. to
Madame CATALANI.7

Frai 7N PRINCES-STREET.—On Saturday af-
ternoon• the remains of another of the unfor-
tunate persons who lost their, lives in the firo in
Princes-street was dug out of the ruins in the
shop of Mr. BURNETt, hair-dresser. There was
only the trunk of the body found, and from, the
appearance of one of the breasts, Nvhicli was per-
fect, it is Supposed to be the body of the daugh-
ter of Mr. Poe, a lodger i❑ the house, who, with
her mother, unfortunately perished. The body
was carried in a shell to'St..Tames's bone-house,
where the other two bodies dug out previously are
deposited, and remains for a Coroner's Inquest.
The London Assurance Company' have settled
20/. per annum upon the widow of PERKIN.S, the
..FiTeman, who lost his life at the fire in Grace-
church-street. The man last found has not been
owned. The body was so disfigured. that it was
next to impossibility to discover who he •was.
Report says, he was in the employ of an
.orange-
merchant in Botolph-lane.

FROM TIIE i:OND'ON GAZETTE, SEPT. 15.

BANKRUPTS.

M. Agar, IValbrook,OlL;;;l,lnsuriender Sept. 22, 29., and
0ct.:27, at eleven, at Guildhall: Attorney, Mr.' Warrand,

M ark-lane. . •
T. P. •Hillary, Little Tower-street, wine merchant, Sept. Pi,
29, and Oct. 27, at ten, at Guihfliall. Attorney, Mr. Hodgson,
St. .Mildied's,court, Poultry.
A. Reid, Pimlico, carpenter, Sept. 21, 22, at one, and Oct.
27, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Topping, Greville-
street,,Hatttonigarden. -
J. Stualpage, Leeds, Yorkshire, • woollen draper, Sept. 21,
22, and Oa. 27, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. At-
tornies,. Mr. 111akinson, Temple ; And Mr. T. F. Foden,
Leeds. • _ _ _ _ _ _

A Ryder, Commercial Sale Rooms, London, cotton mer-
chant, Sept. 26, Oct. 6, and 27, at twelve, at Guildhall. At-
tornies, Messrs. Osbaldeston and Murray, London-street, Fen-
church-street. - •

• H. Mawdsley, Ormskirk, Lancashire, plumber, Oct. 2, at six,.
3, and 27, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Ormskirk. At-.
tornies Messrs. Blackstock and Bunce,
Temple, London ; and Mr. Wright, Ormskirk. • ,•
J. Dawson, Penrith, Cumberland, cbach.maker, Sept. 27,
28, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the George Inn, Penrith. Attor-
nies, Mr: Steel, Queen-street, Cheapside, Londyn ; and Messrs.
Greaves and Bleaymire, Penrith. • -
H. Norfolk, Alountsorrel, Leicestershire, worsted maker,
Sept. 22, 24, at eleven, and Oct. 27, at foUr, at the Saracen's
Head Inn, Leicester. Attornies, Mr. Lawton, Leicester; and
Mr. S. Taylor, John7street, Bedford-row, London.'
C.. Browne, Dundee, merchant, Sept. 22, Octf.6, and 27, at
ten, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Swain, Stevens,
Maples, Pearse, and -Hunt,' Frederick's-place, -Old Jewry,
London.

D. Wright, St. Catherine-street, Tower, dealer, Sept. 22,
29, and Oct. 27, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
Junes and Howard; Mincing-lane, London. •
J. J. Corbyn, Freeman's-court, Cornhill, master mariner,
'Set 21, at twelve, 22, at ten, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at Guild-
hall. Attorney, Mr. Delmar, Norfolk-street, Strand.'
S. Bill, Hill Top, Westbromwich, Staffbrdshire, timber-
merchant, Sept. 25, 26, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Royal
Hotel, Birmingham. Attornies, Messrs. Alexander and
Holme,. New Inn, London ; and 31r. L. Parker, Bir-
i