Star.
London, England, 1817-03-01 00:00:00

SLAVE7RADIVG.

BAILEY.-SPECIAL COMMISSION.

JAN Zan Knott ty was tnilte! ed for tracking In,
ftllciousty carryun• sway, twenty Slaves from Calabar, on
~icast of Altus. There were ten counts In the indiamestl
airs the forms.
0:1 ATTURNIM GENIIRAtt •CCIn elrldllCtra the prosecution,
tha: h^ %Wei-1,1,19d Priv.inet's Control halt obj‹ctions
vmt!te, tlw 1:Allir • of wisteit I,e ten wholly unacquainted with;
he had un Ntitintl to 1..0 into it ;rerously to calling wit-

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ar,!rr to wire time.
Th. Jactles d.ei I tL That tta trial sto4l4lprocted as the more

err w3o.
Tte .Nerotte er •ncor es t. Pon opened the case to the Jury,
si -fed, !ha.. :it the tool e • e of dem: dottya which beb►g,4 to
sOtt; et tart u lee the honour M 1111, and fur the rake of
afro admirioration ol justice, he had the painful necessity of
mt,t.ag there to r -toe elite the prisoner for en offence repogs
t u. tt.b terrug. of all histitate verse:ls, VIII. that of barteriog
snore that ui ha: or raoi'et hennas ertarores, who had for so
oat a ku's's iti time been key in haulage thatiks,howette.e.
:tliese room.. who atioroini the age in which y need thte.
*.i'aorforce awl sellers), the Wu Ida& of thole sor,-Ich,4 beings
woo lenstb ameliorated by an Ace passed in the at et year of
ojpt,..ht Odajesty'. resell. which Inaba it a felony, subject to
to:son-anon or itnprisountent, ..- any person or persons who
meld t e ttisnd d.itling in Slaves. He (the Attoninr.C.enerai)
!.-r-ed that it n ieht !..t tooleroood, tbat lie did eut wish to .11
eine tbepassents of the Jury on the present occadun, het beget,'
• ,tin ru eiroider hh. case slievas,ionately, as they would a fe ony
1. an todinary nautre. lie Learned Gentleman, alter many
..:.:ale uhserva ion•, rvoreeded in state the circumstances of the
Le., which were detailed in the follow:tug keit. ocr
:snits Evans deposed, that he slopped as wesusn on board the
at Liverpool, in December, 1814; ]• Porter was at that
t•-ne Captain; sbe was a ship itt from four to five hundred ions;
left Liverpool in D. cernivr ; they then had a schooner on
; the ships company consisted of thiuty:siz ; the prisoner
on Chief Mate; they were bound. for Aft Ica, and t: air cargo
-"Roil of salt, iron, guns, powder, cloth, and rum g they went
o Cerk, front thence to Madeira, and front I ry-town on the
raost of Africa, and from t nee pros-etied to Cape Travaldl ;
they came fical4 to Calabar, where the Captain died, and the
frielner StleCerdcd him. lOey left Cork in January, and arrived
st Caabar in August Ihe James went up Calakar It iver eighty
r ninety miles; there was a river called the Qua which branched
hoot n. Previous to their arrival at Calabar, wiint POI saw irons,.
Wlich answered the purpnee of harticuff;, on board the ship; he
free pate put on board a Portuguese ses.oolier. File prisoner
Old him there was a cargo of slave. for him to carry from Duke
Fp: lois. 'I bet schooner was out on boars; :Then they corn-
too ! their voyage; it was for the purpore of colleci..4 ivory
so:blatkwood; but at Calabar she was altered,by the prisoner's
ci.t•ciions, by knot king the ship's fore bulk-head in, and thereby
[Anne a bulk head to the schoon-r, in order to niche a para.
ton in the sebotmer and thereby divide the male from the female
Own.. 'The ivory and wood could be be:ter stowed without dos
Witt witness was on noire ths morello( before he went for the
naves, but returned in the afternoon, and the prisoner told him
the schemer which warts take the slaves, was ready. The par-
felon had betel put tip while he was on shore. Witness was or-
e:oil to bed at seven o'clock, and about ten he was called up by
Romeo, who was she .1-ward, and who said the canoe
*A the day/owls emulate; •he r.ot up, and it proved to be a
rates of yam.; sbe set!nt slovgside of the schooner, which was
lons alongside the ship ; the yams were ,art into the schooner
ice the use the slaves. Witness was called down stairs, and
w.et Into the Captain's cahln, leaving Renton to look nut for the
Ctnae of slaves. The prisouer said, " There is a cargoe of slaves,
(Al at the Qua giver, at which place you will get ten more."—.
la about ten minters after he went down Into the cabin; another
cleft ante with slaves. The proniter had told him to Make as
't'd a battens as he cee'd for the slaves, as it would be fur the
pod of hintselratid the owners. Witness was to take them to
Cain:roues, two ur dote hundred mites down the coast from
Calabar, by site prisoner's orders—he said, " Whatever you do,
L.!: in shore, tor if a man of war's boat, or a man of war falls
in with you, they will take you, and condemn the ship likewise."
Utowss was to take them to Caniarones, and sell them to nig
nom lite canoe contained twelve women and nine men, black
naves; they were brought' alongside the schoon. r, tied hand and
hot, anti the men were put into the fore bold, and the women
into the cabin. John Dr Gam and witness took provisions from
the ship, and went into the schooner; they took water, beef, and
rim, and tour ship's muskets, &c. and two black men from Ca-
labar assisted them The prisoner said, " Shove broad off, and
yoke the best of your way for Qua River," and told use witness
to coma the Raves, and tell him how many there teem Witness
told him vs. I.bis prisoner said's* more. This was between 10
to 11 at night, In January or Febrliary. They proceeded to Qua
River, and received one female a`ave ; andiron% thence they
proceeded to Cameron's with 41m-slaves, and on their arrival
there* Portuguese bast acne alongside with King Aqua In it,
who said be would not pettier.' then; bet the Portugueur Cap-
rain said he would puratase them; as be kept late factory no shore.
:Witten bald," Very wells" aid the slaves were taken on shore
that sight, and an agreensent was made with the Porieguese
s'aptaits for it pipe 01 brandy, two gang cases (twenty gallons of
brandy each). two barrels of gunpowder, 60 iron bars, and five
livee M hia.scitester coma, all which was given in payment for
e Slaves. 'the old Slave was brought back because she had a
sure kg, and they would not purchase her. They were five days
reel from Calabar to Cameronts; they brought the rejected
Slave bath, also the articles they got for the Slaves, and witness
:. ported to the prisoner idea they had received for the Slaves.
The brandy was taken on board, anal the rest of the:adage were
tilt at shore, but witness could nut say for what purpose. 1:1141
woman dace was sent on shore. Witness began to keep the log
!souk on the 4.5C11 of October, and he asked thesprisoner if he
should cuter the Slaves lo the big book f Prisoner sald.--.6 No;
don't do that, whatever you du; it will be the worse fur our-
se'tves."-eFlve of the Latidcoffs were sent on board a Portuguese
sthonner at Calabar, at the request of King Ephraim, a short
::ere before they went with sbe Slaves, and two of them were
:ttereol because they were too small. One of the Waves on
herd the Portuguese schooner jumped overboard, and King
- at:aim being on board, asked for site handcuff', and the pi-
!: or tots; hones Renton to brink them up from below, and put
hoard the PollUsliefe canoe-
it nlns uudereetat a long and severe re-exam:nation by Mr.
zotruos, but it did tot elicit any very material fact in favour
as priumer.

.amts Renton, steward otr board the lames, corroborated the
an unness's testimony, particularly as to Vie receiving of the
sti.ves at Calabar cod the km,. 9•la, and Lis return from Camt-
YOWL Donald Macdonald, also a mariner on board, cerroborited
:Mom and added. that the youngest of the slaves was about
Vsirtecti years of age—they were all naird, and :41 hand ,id
T his ciosed the case for the prosecution, and the prisdber bring
taZed upon tor his &fence, dented that he had :my criminal hi-
'' ltirn; that he vas but 21 Icard of age ; and begged the Court,
it. the event of the Jury finding him guilty, to consider that he
hadbren in Newgate ever sine. November last. Ili, friends, he
444, were respectable, and lived at the Isle of Wight ; but he
(aliquot call them to speak to his character, In ron:eptence of
the distance at which they lived —The fairy consulted for a hew
IThrthitss and found the prisoner—Gullty.
Mr. AnoLraus, iu arrest of judgment, took an objection,
*bira veas over-ruled by Mr. 'once HoLO.OIrD and Mr. Justice
l'atatietauss

COVIT OP Kteo's Bence, 1; ea. iti.—Cohne v. Derwrov.-114
-::24 an action fur denudation. the defendant s an auctioneer—the
Venaff is a broker, and was auendiug a sale of the defendant's,
&re some person bad cut the tick of a feather-bud, to examine
its internal quabty. 'Ube auctioneer supposing it was the plaintiff
40.10 tut the tick, told him he %vas an infamous rascal; and,
iirce he had because the purchaser of some stolen goods, his roont
Wu more desisabit titan his Company." Thaw were-the words
emnplalnell of ; and to. recover a compensation in damages for
'Le filar, which his character had sustained, the plaintiff brought
be krimat scion. Ihe Jury immediately found a verdict for
tie puintiff—Damigm Oat Fes thinz—cvlita Ons ferflawg.