The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-16 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, APRIL 14.

A Naw MODE Or EXTRACTING Tarrit.---7 Catherine
Francis was indicted by Ralph Jenks for an assault. The
prosecutor, a veteran-looking personage, stated that he held
the very responsible situation of door-keeper to the parish
workhouse, of which the defendant had been an inmate.—
She had, however, quitted it without leave from the parish
authorities, and there being a rule not to admit persons
thus offending without a new order, it became his
painful duty to refuse her. In, hoWever, she got, and in
she seemed determined to stay, having taken up a formi-
dable position on the top of the staircase. This was top
much for human nature. Ralph Jenks asked her for her
order; she ordered him to walk down stairs. Feeling the
honour of his office insulted, be approached with the firm

intention of accelerating her 4' walk down stairs," but
she received him with such a visitation of her ta-
lons to his nasal organ, that poor Ralph was obliged
to call for his corps de reserve. Standing with
his mouth open, she adopted the doubly hazardous resoln-
lution of drawing his teeth, suiting the action to the word
she thrust her hand into his mouth, and extracted two of
his teeth, one of which he now produced, together with
an abstract of her character from the parish book. The
defendant was acquitted.

AN INFANT JANUS.--In the month of
February last, a female child was born at Paris, and lived
for about a quarter of an hour, which had two faces; and
all the organs belonging to them, namely, those of taste,
sight, and
smell, double.—Literary Gazette.
A serious accident occurred to Mr. T. Welsh,
at the Argyll Rooms, on Saturday afternoon. The offen-
siveness of the gas laid on for the use of the Rooms hav-
ing been complained of, an opening was made to examine
the state of the pipe, and Mr. Welsh having been incan-
tious enough to allow a light to be introduced for that pur-
pose, an explosion took place by which he was forced vio-
lently against a wall, and suffered much personal injury.
though considered not to he attended with danger at
pre-
sent. Two men who Were engaged in the examination of
the pipe were also very severely hurt, and were carried
away to the hospital. Mr. C. Horn was close by the
spot at the time, and was slightly scorched, but escaped
further injury.
Saturday morning about eleven o'clock, while
Mr. Joseph Taylor, a builder, was superintending some
work forward in Broadwall, Christ-
church, at
a Surrey, he
going
hehadoccasion to proceed up a ladder to
the top of a building. On his arrival thither he was in-
structing some of the labourers who were atithe bottom of
the house, when his foot slipped, and lie was precipitated
head foremost to the cellar, a height of 40 or 50 feet, by
which his skull was fractured. lie was immediately placed
on a shutter, and carried to St. Thomas's Hospital ; hut
he was quite dead on his arrival. The deceased was be-
tween 30 and m 0 years Qf age, and.bas left.* wife gad se-
veral children,

A. PLAIT pag. MORE EFFECTiJALLY
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ABOLIAX4eiI IHK SLAV; TRADE.
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venture e ideration of the Public
to the continued 1. .• •> t Slave ;Trade on the
Western Coast a :AA.I tin ding the
hurnane and praileWorthy endeaVours of this country
to suppress it, this detestableand inhuMan traffic is
still carried on to a lamentable extent, 'by vessels
under the French, 'Spanish, Portuguese, and Bra-
zilian Flags.
will not dwell upon the heart-appalliog.weetch-
edness of nearly one-half of .our friloiveetekttifes, for
it must be known to almost all reek, of "society, in.
deed the numerous petitions whieleare min/tally pre-
sented to Parliament upon -the subject of Slavery,
are a sufficient proof of it. • •_Having soma years ago
visited the Coast of Africa', from the• observations
then made, as well as from the aeemints recently
published upon"the subject Of the' Slave Trade, I
am led to think that the most, and foerhiips the only
mode, of effectually abolishing this tratrte'ciell he by
introducing civilization among the natives;' and I
shall despair. of the Slave Trade -being: abalished
while they remain in theirepresent barbarous state.
In South Western Africk the portion .of. terri-
tory over which a is Prince, or a Chief
presides,. generally speaking, doei not' exceed in
size same of our smaller Counties, e'smti;, 'with
few, exceptions, their only ineani'• Of "Cothinuhication
one with the other, are by 'Meets* 'pat* trodden
thretigh woods Which emit 'interminable; of 'these
paths,some extend toe considerable distinee, and
others onlyto, the cultivated spots surrounding their
miserable wigwams. ,The prisoners raptured in the
war of contending powers are usually sold for slaves;
but independent of this public way of selling each
other, it is a well known fact that private individuals
kidnap women and children, and are enabled by these
paths, to convey them secretly to the next nest cf
wigwams,
.where the:victim is parted with for some
trifling exchange, such as a small quantity of tobaccre
a tew ounce!, of:gunpowder, and even for- the toys
of Eiieepean ebitclrenes-froin thence the poor wretch
is ieenypzeitegestaceessesepe• purchased and I.:- '
purchased, trfalling/t o 'the fieeedrof 'the,
regular Slays Dealer, is .Conveyed to the sea coast.
I presume that ncelanguage can-describe the appal-
ling cruelty which these poor human beings are sub-
ject eo during eheie long and forced marches towards
the, ceeete,. wear. dielrom, fatigue and ill usage on
their way, and many After they Sieve been shipped
on lioerde•frometbeileateirei-of their :thintl;- or from.
the Pui,fogtilig. heat and -•stench :their- situation.
These who happen :to.servi ve and-pass thei•perile- of
the sea, with all its concomitant and aggravated
miseries, are landed °lea foreign shore, with ema-
ciated bodies and broken hearts, and are compelled
to drag on the rest of their lives in cruel bondage.
It appears by the arrival of his Majesty's ship
Redwing from the coast of Africa, that this ship
boarded about 30 vessels in the Bight of Benin, all
equipped for carrying on this nefarious trade, and
that intelligence had been received, from the best
authority, that nearly 30,000 of these poor wretches
were ready for embarkation along the coast. I have
been recently informed
.by a gentleman who was at
Cape Coast, during the last year, that a•vessel hav-
ing on board .500 slaves, threw them all overboard
with the chains attached to. them, upon seeing a
British man of war-appear in sight, and every soul
perished; By theseetatements; it would seem that
the attempts, hitherto, hay* failed in suppressing 'this
dieholicel .; • ; -
I em fully persueded, that if any minium/should be
devised of producing to the Natives other' reeourees
from among themselves, by which-, occupation and
profit would accrue to them, the necestity, which
long custom has unhappily established, of depending
so much as they do upon ehefaale of Slaves, foe the
rnerehendise of ,Europee woUld.gnedually subside.
Although the Natione .in South IWeitern Afi iea,
may be said to be for the most part, in a state 'Of
barbariSM, they are nevertheless reasonable beings,
and as suche would not shut their eyes, or turn a
deaf ear, to any plan or system- which would mani-
festly tend to, their benefit. ; : •
In theefirst ;place, I .propose that a sufficiently
broad road should be commenced from the British
Settlements of Sierra Leone, and Cape Coast, and
made to appioach each other. in as direct a line as
the nature of the ,country will admit of, till they
meet: presume" that there,would not be Much
difficulty in obtaining the wedeln and- assistance-of
the Chieftain!, whose territories are situated be- •
tweenthese_ two etilements,: for, from their' proxi-
mity to the sea coast, occasional intercourse' with
European traders. °eclipse and they are • not con-
sidered to be. quite so savage as' their inure
inland neighboure,.and are not without some idea of
commerce, although ehey are-dependent upon the
natives, situated upon the coast, for the few 'manu-
factured articles they possess of ;other countries; and
of which, from the want of roads and means of cone
veyance, very little can be introduced among them.
By making judicious presents 'to the various Chief-
tains, through whose territories the road would have
to piss, particularly of the cart and even of the car-
riage description, they would gladly, I think, co-
operate and expedite the undertaking. By this ex-
cusable temptation to luxury, and when the real
utility of this, road was experienced by the natives,
others would doubtless be made to branch from it,
both inland and eoastways. I would wish those in-
dividuals who may be induced 'to subscribe to this
plan, to bear in mind, that in forming this projected
road, there would not •be the difficulties -to contend
with, that would arise in this country; neither acts
of Parliament, nor the permission of landed propriee
tors would be reqUired, in fact, every thing would
be different; and, therefore, all comparisons between
this 'country and that, as to the expense and trouble
of making& road, should be divested from their
thoughts. No great skill would
otoimoTtbbhreyeer
,srbwheeoqosuuutlddi
ndbafotienr
nria
formation, or keeping it in tolerable condition When
made, for eine months outof the twelve, (with the
exception of an occasional tornado,) rain seldom falls,
consequently, the soil being hard and dry, !i:tle be-
sidestoieconupa fellings
othte6Aannfrdai
rremoving
th the
h labourers.ec
oh-
mined, in order to avoid swamps and marshes, al-
though if not of considerable extent, the same rne=.
thod of passing over them might be adopted as in
Holland, (viz.) by laying down horizontally,- large
balks of timber. Rivers cannot be avoided, there.
fore the traveller and the tradesinen' 'must depend
upon canoes and rafts. for.erosiing them, till time
has improved, and enriched the natives, so as to
lead them to the construction of bridges.
Thus would industry be roused, occupation , and
employment would gradually become generale-the
aid and assistance of each other would bicome in.
dispensable; the rich • resources and peoduetions of
Africa, would be exchanged for the useful manufac-
tures of European countries: and the kndwledge of
their usefulness and cOmfort-would soften their
minds and habits, and thus would Civilization be ad-
vanced through an extent of country, nearly 1000
miles long, and distant from. the 'coast nearly 150
miles. Thus, I predict, would the sale of each other
cease, and the Slave Trade become abolished among
them. The mild doctrines of the Christian Religion,
would gradually penetrate through their now be-
nighted hemisphere, and in due course their present
worship of stocks and stones, of birds and beasts,
would give way to the influence of its Divine truths,
Should this plan meet 'with the support which I
fervently hope for, I feel sanguine as to its accom-
plishment, and doubly so as regards the importence
of its ultimate object. J therefore further propose
that a subscription be made for the purposes ofearrye
ing the same into operation.
HEATON ,C. DE, CRESPIONY.

CoNTRovERNY.--The Rey. Mr: IVragVire,
and John Lawless; EN., el his friend, ettalidecr at the shop
of Mr. Time, in Grafton-street, yeaterclfijr, *here they' inet
Captain Vernon and Mr, Singer, friends' of the Rev, Mr:
Pope, to arrange the terms of the discussion between-I;Yr.
Pope and Mr. Maguire, at the Rotunda, in this city. It
was determined that the admissions are to be by tickets,
price ten shillings each, the produce to,be 'VI:Wed to OA=
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