The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-27 00:00:00

rORTUGUE3E SLAVE TRADE.

The King of PORTUGAL has published a ;loyal
akteura, or law, dated Rio Janeiro, May 6, 1818,
to enforce the articles of `the late Convention
with the British GovernMero for the Abohlton of
the Slave Trade, north of the Equator. It fixes
the penalties io which those traders are liable
who engage in the prohibited traffic, and makes
the necessary regulations tor the piotecuion and
support of those slaves who, in conseyience of
these penalties, shall be declared free. 'The fol-
lowing are some of its provisions
Art. I. All persons, of whatsoever quality or
condition, who shall proceed to fit out or prepare
vessels for the traffic in slaves, in any part of the
Coast of Africa, lying north of the Equator, shall
incur the penalty or the loss of the slaves, who
shall be declared tree, with a destination herein
afterwards mentioned. The vessels engaged iu
the traffic shall be confiscated, with all their-
tackle and appurtenances, together with the
cargo, of whatever it consist, which shall be on
board on account
,of the owners or freighters of
such vessel, and the owners tit such slavei. The
officers of such vessel, to wit, the Captain or
Master, the Pilot and Supercargo, shall he ba-
nished for five years to Alosambique, and each
shall pay a fine equivalent to the pay or other in-
terests which be was to gain by the adventure.
Policies of insurance cannot be made on sueh Yes.;
seas, or their cargoes : and if they are Made, the.,
assurers who shall knowingly make them, shall
he condemned in nipple the amount of the stipu-
lated premium).
Art. 2. The same penalty of the loss of the
slaves shall attach to persons of whatever rank or
condition, who shall import slaves into Brazil in
foreign vessels.
Art. 3 declares, that one half of the confis-
cated property shall be given to the informer,
and the other brought into the Royal Treasury.
If there is no informer, the whole produce of the
cargo, and the whole sum of the tine, shall go to
Cie Royal Treasury. -

Art. 4 regulates the 'node a proceeding in cases
where tile information is given, fixes the Audio-
ritu.s before wnoni the prosecution is to be
brought, awl a pp.,ii}ts the manner in which the
sentence is to be executed.

Art. 5. Pic slaves consigned to the Royal Trea-
sury, and all those declared free by the above-ar-
ticle (as it would be unjust to abandon them with-
out support), shall he delivered op to the Judge
of the district. betme whom the condemnation
shall take place (whose powers shall be enlarged
with that jurisdiction), to serve as freed men for
14 years, in any public service of the navy, the
fortresses, agriculture, or public offices, as may
be thought most convenient, being for that pur-
pose enrolled in the respective stations ; or shall
be hired out to individuals of known property
and probity, who shall be bound to support,
clothe, and instruct them, teaching them some
handicraft or labour that maybe agreed upon,
doting the stipulated period ; the terms and the
conditions of which shall be renewed as often as
necessary, till the 14 years are expired ; the time
of servitude may be shortened by two or more
years, according as the good conduct of those
persons way entitle them to the enjoyment of full
freedom. In case those treed mesr are' destined
for the public service, the officer who shall have
authority in the respective station to which they
are assigned,
,shall nominate a person capable of
fixing their term,- who' shall be responsible for
their education and treatment. They shall have
as curator a person of knots n piobity, who shall
be nominated every three years by the Judge,
and approved of by the Judicial Council or Go-.
vernor, and Captain General of the Province. To
him it shall belong w provide every thing which
may contribute to their well being, to rectity
abuses that !bay affect them, to procure them re-
lease after their pre per term of service, and en-
force generally for their benefit the observance of
the laws prescribed for the protection of orphans,
in as •far as those laws are applicable to them, to
the end that whatever is ordered concerning them
may be strictly executed.
Art. G. In the ports to the south of the Equator,
where the traffic in slaves is still permitted, the
regulations passed in the law of the 24th of No-
vember, ISI3, shall be observed with the follow-
ing modifications :—The distinction between ves-
sels which shall exceed, or shall not exceed 201
tons, shall be abolished, and the number of slaves
shrill be regulated according to the tonnage of the
vessel, in the proportion of five to every two tons.
It shall be allowed to the persons ry ho own or
freight slave-vessels, to use indiscriminately iron
or copper kettles, provided the latter every voyage
be tinned anew. It surgeons du, not sail on board
such vessels, on account of the impossihility
procuring them, the owners shall obliged to,
carry with them black sangradores., experienced=
in the treatment ot. the diseases nith which the
slaves are commonly afflicted.
Art. 7. Till the commerce in slaves is changed
by new regulations, the importation of slaves into
Brazil, from any ports where the traffic is not
prohibited, is permitted.
The usual order to enforce this law is subjoined.-

GUILDFORD Abhi Z Es.— )11 consequence of an
order having been received by H. PETERS, F,Sli
High Sheriff of the County, to carry into etreci
the sentence of the Court on the capital convicts
left for execution at the I.ast Guildford Assizes,
Monday next is appointed for the execution of
the following unfortunate criminals
for forgery ; W m. Cook, for burglary ; and H
Park, tor tiit like offence.

CAUTION To PUBLICANS.—MoOday, a man and
woman, of respectable appeara ce; went into the
back parlour of the King's 1-lead public-house in
Great 0: Mond-street, where after drinking a glass
of brandy and water (which they paid for at go-
ing out), they contrived to rob a chest of drawers
in the room of several articles, and likewise took
a time-piece front off the chimney-piece. The
articles were missed shortly after their depar-
ture, when a pursuit took place, but they effected
their-escape.
Thursday se'nuiAt, two valuable mares, the
property of Mr. Thomas Cann, farmer, of Wy-
mondham, got to his , barn, and partook of a
quantity of wheat ; every attempt to remove it
from the stomachs of these annuals proved in vain,
and they both died on the faolving day.