Star.
London, England, 1825-03-23 00:00:00

SLAVE !BADE.

The folios% ine extract of a letter affords further de-,
tails of the SlaveTr Ade carrying on on the African coast:
" BATHURST, Sr. MAST'S, JAN. 1. 1845.
"In my lat.t I promised you an account of the nixo-
rictus Itrandao's movements, the latest of which I am
enabled to do from the contents of a letter received the
other day from St. Jago, which Whims me that he
carriei off from the islands a full cargo of slaves in a
small schooner belonging to himself, and•a man called.
Jacinto. who keeps a shop near the Grand-square, in
Porto Praya. It is on this man's 'ltemises that the
grand derot of slaves is kept ; and it is a notorious fact,
that forty or till have been seen in his yard at a time;
ray, more, they have been marched irom his house
through the puhlic streets to the water side once a clay,
for the purpose of being bathed in the .sea. My cor.
respondtot states, that it %VHS Brandan's intention to
proceed to Surinam, and procure a larger vessel either
there or in America ; to arm her, and put in execution
those threats which he has so often made respecting
Engle h merchantmen u: on the coast—that is, to pion-,
der them wlt:lever he meets them, in order to repay
himself for the loss of the Con !e Ville Flor. This
wretch is ar.otlier of the gang who have been allowed
to carry on the Slave Trade at Bissau, Cached, and Ca-
xamansa, for years vs ith impunity, except in the in-
stance abovenrentioned.

" You no doubt remerober the name of a former Go-
vernor of Itisao, Cabral. Ile now resides at Bonavista,
of which he has been Cove:nor for some time. and was
one of the DerstAdoes from that Island to the Cortes.
In short, he has filled many situations in life, and
amongst others has hem actively engaged in the trade,
as you sell know. It is repotted that, during his Go-
vernorship in Bissao, several Spanish and American
vessels came there to trade, and their Captains and
Mates dying very suddenly, it became necessary, from
want of navigatois, to sell them at public auction, for
the I enefit of—somebody. Suffice it to say, that a very
fiae fa-t•sailing schooner, called the Torrina (or l'or-
poi,e) by some means or other came into the possession
of tl:is Cabral, who employs her in running among the!
Cate de Veld Islands, and making occasional nips to
the coast for cargoes of wretched victims. This is done
without any fear of being caught; for once at sea upon
a wind, the fastest sailing ship in the BiLish Navy
would not catch her.
" After locking at the dark side of the picture, it is
pleasing to find that the reverse has something fair on
it. The present Governor-General of the Cape de Verd
I lands is much liked, and highly spokes, of. It ap-
pears he has made vast improvemeitts, and will, nu
doubt, with proper assistance from home, be enabled to
place the 'Wands upon a respectable footing. There is
ati«tiar point of great advantage gained also, and that
is, the arrival of a Briti' Constd-General at St. Jag°.
Mr Clark and his Lasiy ha*: been there some
months; and that Gentleman's pmence bas already
proved •of some good effect."

PA ELIA MEN lAR I' PUUCEEDINGS.

I•IOUSE OF LORDS. MARCH 22 .

Mr. Tsetse, from the Customs, presented the Annual Accounts
of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom, up to the
Sell of January. 1825.—Laid on the table.
Mr. PITT and others, from the Commons, brought up several
private Bills, which were read a first time.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented Copies of certain Ar-
ticks under the Treaty of Ghent.—Laid on the tahl. , and ordered
to be printed.
Lord I•:L.LRN ROROCG II presented a Petition from a number
of highly respectable Attonnes and Solicitors belonging to the Me-
tropolitan Law Society, against the Articles of Clerkship Enrol-
ment Bill. The Petitioners opposed the measure on public and
on private grounds: on public ground., because if the hill received
the sanction of Parliament and the Crown, the £lOO,OOO now de-
rived annually from the aNity paid on articles of Clerkship would
cease; and on private grounds, because those persons who had vies.
I ited the law would be placed in a better situation than those who
lad observed Its dispositions. They therefore lay their case hum.'
lily before their Lordships.—The Petition was read, and laid onl
the table.
The Marquis of DOW NSIIIRE presented a Petition from the
Protestant inhabitants of the town of Newry and its neighbour-
hood, praying that the claims of his Nlajesty's Catholic subjects be
The Noble Marquis stated that the Petition was signed
by gi vat numbers of Protestants in the North of Ireland, as well
a. by the inhabitants of the town of Newry, and amongst others by
two most respectable Magistrates of the County of Down.—Read,
an•i laid on the table.
On the motion of the Earl of Livsuroos., the Army and the
11• la• one I%lutioy Bills were read a third time and passed.
Lord G I FPOILD presented a Petition from the Agricultural
Society of Wigtonshire, in favour of the Scotch Judicature Bill.—
L•:id nit the table.

A ft et the omission of a clause, and a few verbal amendments, pro-
pci-d by Viscount BlLLvirt.s the Scotch Judicature Billwas read
a thiril time, and sent to the Commons.
The Property in Gardens Protection Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
Irish Courts of Justice Bill, and the Annual Duties Bill,
were also read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-
morrow.— Adjourned.