Star.
London, England, 1804-06-14 00:00:00

LAS' INTELLIGENCE.

LAVE TRADE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. JUNI

,
In common with all our more refpeftable contempo-
CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST stows, stag,'
ra. y Journalifts,we are extremely anxious to fix the at- IHADLFY, AND ItitTCHFR.
tendon of our Readers on the African Slave Trade, Dr. Tatham, a Magiflrate in Clergyman belie
sow we hope for the &Pim, under the confideration countnißuekws,hloiadbardeceaivireadmihiteedllitgoeneelZcertain
mountebanks, who had alfembled to exhibit their
of Parliament. And as we with, on all occafions, to .
tantathe amufements in his neighbourhood. They
i Iform the head as well as appeal to the heart, we had alfel ellablithed a fort of raffle. The Doftar had
!hall attempt to convey a gerter.il idea of the magnitude fignified his difapprobation of this entertainment from
of this objeft, in an Ettimate of the number of Afri- the fenfe of hii duty as a Clergyman, and a Juflice
of the Peace. Mr. Brown, one of the Defendanp,
cans who griddle wanted for the fettlement of the
a perfon of conftderable landed property, faid• to
arable lands fill remaining uncultivated in Jamaica,
thefe friends of merriment, 0 Do not mind fuch a
and the Ceded lflands. We (hall include Trinidad fool as Dr. Tatham, but keep on my lads ;" and he
I 1 our calculation ; becaufe, wonderful to tell ! that added, that he would turn the Magiftrate and his
z'o -ions acquiition is (we are well informed) included officers off te rod. The Clergyman refolved
on,
i i the fchernes of'fome of our (peculators, who ate to perform h his duty n unotwithflandingis s
and he went, attended by his fervent and a cona-
ambitious of )lining—in the Losdos Gazette. ble, into the field where thefe humble followers-of
According to Mr. EDWARDS (vol. I. p. iB6. ill ed.) Thalia were playing their pranks and (hewing their
there were in Jamaica, (Nov. 1789) 953,794 arable, agility. The DoSor commanded the Conflable to
uncleared acres located, or taken up by grants from fupprefs this ilia, when the latter, in the ufual form,
called upon fix perfons to an
t him in the attempt.
the Crown, and 264,000 arable acres, neither clear-
On this, Mr. Brown (hook his flick Immediately be-
ed nor located. Now, that we may avoid all clap fore the bead of the horfe of the Magiftrate, calling
geration, we (hall fuppofe that a quantity of land out to the multitude, at the fame inftant, " Halloo,
equal to thefelaft 264,000 acres,or atiovetwice the ex- my boys, let's cram them into a corner. and 'beat
foufe
was them
thrownin the
mud:
" In the fequel, the Clergy-
tent of the Ifle of Wight, has been cleared by the ne- man from his horfe, and this indecent
genes imported into Jamaica, lace the year 1789 ;fo exhibition was fuffered to' prikeed I The Learned
that there will remain arable wood land in that Wand, Counfel then Bated the (hare the other parties bad
Mil to be cleared and cultivated, 953794 acres borne in the canflifi, and produced the affidavits,-by
Deasititat (according to Mr. Greig's evidence) mamma which the allegations were fopported. It appeared
kiss. . . . - acre.. 186,136 that the Conflable was either biaffed or intimidated,
Solder mend" coatiOtrakty above too,oott but from motives of humanity to him, this motion
seres," fay - - - - tsopoo
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3e had no application.—Rule to fhew caufegranted.
at. Vlstemes sam In bas an - - 84,000 MANDAMUS.
. - • - New . Mr. Etsaiss moved the Court for a writ of man-
Located -40 Mo damus to be direfted to the Truftees of the Dagger.
Unioestrd wood land in Da-niniat and St. Vineeat's, lane Diffenting Meeting Monte, at Hull, defiring that
kilig tli'd tiltliebtfaCe"e me 'lll°lol4 ee the ' they would reinflate the Rev. George Nicholfon in
Mmd at Derhodoes - ' "436 his fituation as Minifter to that congregation. It was
iiisits Ropers (wise we meat Blinn) that Odle Is- Rated, that the late Ifinifter, from M health, was
• Mad bad balansbici and St. Vincent's le already obliged to reign; and an application was made by
' ellintili ewe that sort brat et** remaining Whet there very Troftees to Mr. Nicholfon, requefting that
;119a1.61. w 114 aw wthitadtt, and we son have et -"--- he would offer hienfelf for their confideration to fill
' dik Weirder ID theft two Minds. Way - 53 418 the vacancy. The Truftees had the power of nomi-
Alit..cinth who was the auctioneer of the lands nating, and the cougregation to cleft. In conic-
-6.44l,Cesivernmsent, (Letts his belief, 4' that t 20,000 quake of this invitation, Mr. Nicholfon left London,
• simosesee would be /wee+ I#iiui to dear the
s aon after b
and went at firft, which is the ufual mode, on trial i
time e was unanimoufty slated, gave
einellialads in &. Vincent's and Dominica ;I' and, up his ellabliflunent in town, and moved his family
diNdblering that,over and above the deplorable mor- to Hull, where lie officiated for tome time. From
tality on the voyage from Africa, aarditi of all the lane unknown motives, the Truftees thought pro.
African* imported into the Mends, die (chiefly of per to difmifs him ; but, having been eletted by the
Maio karts I) before any labour is got out of them, cdoulraltadtiaa ant, at
until: shtli dayc ti:fuet:lprtiT laattilendevhheins
this ellialdei of Mr. GA, mull be very moderate. the Truftees aCtually locked up the chapel doors, and
111111.11 aunt Mow ocres et nimble wood-land In fie• neither minifter nor congregation could fay their
Vieseatiaed Nokia regain tsoaloo African ate- prayers. The application was grounded on the af-
' gems to elate and cultivate tams, escipoo lOW IN fidavits of Mr. Nicholfon, and leveret of the congre.
• lumakaloantose.% - Africa wittet, 1A804:4" gation, whofe with it was that he lhould be reindat-
Add art an•aleenst's and Deadalea, se abase • 130,000 ed. The Court granted a Rule to thew caufe.
Ifee Teta" ceesids, litc. we moot IA at pretest And MOLLOY V. ,ACNIR.
obisbot we may War fay, as many mom es - short= This was a fpccial argument. The fees were,
_ Imported Mricans, wadi it wasted for the arable • that the Plaintiff, the Captain of a trading 'hip, had
• Wood•lendritrdwiliwriswhidiwerehtoorpoireSiest conveyed the Defendant and his family from Dense-
. beams tae he peace - - - - %slope° rasa to the Englifb Channel, where his Chip was cap-
. This number is probably underrated; for it was, tared and eairied into Amlterdam. The queftion
was, wh he could not recovir of e Defendant 1
we think, generally allowed ten or twelve years ago,
for ether the freight and paling. from the Weft Indies, the
that thaw railiaar of African negroes umiak required !kip Rill being in the Admiralty Court, and not yet
to clear and cultivate the arable wood-lands in the condemned? The cafe was argued by Mr. Glees and
Wands then in our poilefEon ; and it was as generally Mr. RICHARDSON, who ably fupported their feveral
allowed, that the Slave-trade could not be continued Pofitionto h
fathat objet could be gained. The Oave-merchanu
The lenainttg bty-elbeu being t:l4 captured, addat e a pereerrnia;
did not capeß it; nor were the repraake part of the progrels towards condemnation, or re-delivery, was
Weft Indians• fu uareafonable as to alt it. It would precluded from bringing an anion, as his rights and
have been to adjoenithe queftion ad Graeae Calends,. benefits were all transferred to the captors, The cafe
was iliffimilar to Luke and Lyde, the reference relied
We remember to have heard Mr. PITT and other
Membenemore than once, reprobate every idea of °
(Lances,infu fret Courtof the
wveerrdeiftoi
opinion,lde that tthe ~,trc: T.,
the kind, in very ftroug language. We, therefore, (hould be reverfed, and a nonfuit entered.
cannot conjeCure upon what grounds foam men ex- ;ova 13.
tend their wild, bankrupt projeßs to Trinidad; but DVELLtNG.—TH I RING T. WATHIN AND OTHINS.
as tech men there are, we mall compute the addi- Rlnult:liencthotitsrfce
foef Ifaofir
at criminal
Mr .iEfa sa 1 Kt! obtained'
tional number of imported Africans which, on their ache Defendants,a for fending achalaleongeattrif:f argEr-
plan, avallk iFanted for the cultivation of that Mend. dun, a private in the Bevern Volunteer Riflemen;
lathe "Pretest State of the Weft Indies,'! (printed he this day applied to make the Rule abfolute.
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I ‘ 17713, in 4to. it. 37.) Trinidad is (aid to form a The. particulars of the original motion we have
triangle whole fides are 36, and 20, and 15 leagues. gi tedr.lG A Roßromwe rfhpeawPeedr.caufe againfi the Rule, and
It nay therefore contain about 3,456,000 acres, which contended that the information fhould not be per-
ste. Arnett entirely in wood. Suppofe only one-fourth milted to go againft the Defendants. The firft. Mr.
of this &dace to be capable of cultivation"; a fup- Nathaniel Pierce Wathen, was a Captain in the
Stanley Corps of Volunteer Sharp (hooters, and the
potation, certainly. far than of the troth, ',ince the
other two Gentlemen were Members of the fame
; land is reprefentcd as generally level and fertile. Corps ; the cireutnftances from which the matter
Mb fowth of the furtaee of Trinidad, of 864.000 acre% originated were neat ly as follow : It was agreed upon
would require, according to Mr. o.'. proportion, to that ten privates of etch corps fhould meet for a
Wag it into cuttivadon, Afrita Negroes, 11/37315tt trial of )kill in firing at a target. It happened, that
Add for Jambe and the Ceded lamb, matawee. 5.510P00 the Severn Corps gained the day. and the vietors and
Toral.—iram ...requillte to clear and cultivate tie vanquithed retired together, in the uttnoft harmony
snide wood lands In Jamaica, the Ceded Wands. and --....-.. and good humnor, to partake of an excellent dinnet
Trinidad'. - African Negroes, 4,393,0 ca which had been prepared for them, and which, by
Parr milhosis dada half of men. ce eke Irel, to be dragged agreement, was to be at the expence of the conquer-
toed party. After the bottle lied taken a few rounds,
chains, through peftilence. horror, and death, to
alz,athdtheen party were growing merry,
snake up a wholefale factifice of the human race, Captain Samuel
propoled the follow.
for the execrable altars of the cruel and delufive ing ;044 of the Stanley Corps,
:
Britifi Mossam, (in addition to feveral millions al- i. May the Gallic Cock never molt en /kid& Oil•-bot.lbeuld
tr:oriapo.d, mey.thine reerrnmisn'oris do
roes their duty, white the Stanley
immolated) ; and this at a time of alarming
public trial; at a time when we are firoggling for This was drank with hilarity and great pleafantry.
our national independence againft a bloody and and wasconfidered a good natured kind of blundering
a powerful tyrant ; at a„ time when the juft judg-
" WartierOnfleZe the
hooneochnerps,
Some
aft.ng
itlhe
merits of the At:WIC:I4TV, awfully chlplayed in ~...e
thei party broke ton
in the urt.molt harmtimoraiy and rat o old
amazing tevolutinr.of St. Domingo, are proclaiming, humour with each other ; and fortunate would it
as with a voice of thunder— have been, the Learned C-unfel r.bferved, had all
4. P AAAAA aro:1 1 r y THY 001), 0 BRITAIN !! !.' the company been as hamlet's in their thoughts, as
.if it thew be obi, tb.d. that ~,t &rum, cum re„, prnr,t,in„ the matt-mailer ; but this was not the cafe; Mr.
M the feveral Mends at arable wood lard+, we would reply, that Burden, who was a drawing-mailer at Gloucefter,
the 9e 5,794 acres In Jamaica arc eiledly I ,soi, and thrreforc was time ; and he could not refill the temptation of
may, is uencre, he prefuened to lot not only arable. but C.ll.elli. drag ing a pielture with his car icature pencil ; this
,„„,t, i1f....d with regard tn riiition„:”l rr.; ant•ltat v, luso fop-
roro teat half of the unappropr—t, I 1u.:.,..,. rat. Vincent. ~.1.1 Iketth of the inooting-match, the dinner, and the
krion-ini,v, and only one fourth of that of Trinidad, to bearalde, toaft, he next day prefented to the Editor of The
li,csufc the two tomer bring (man iflands, a ,?r,ater proportion Gioarcfirr gamma! ; but not Erfnr: it received a few
of their laud is near to'fappitis places than of ttsc latter, whkh, finilhip- troiclics fli-nt CAl.t•in Samil-I \VA:hen ; it
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i then appeared in i4 • i- I. to the
racy; 1,10 •te that we pretend •o nmel... a Reiwni 1. . public. pi ins, i, am ,r, ling
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