The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-18 00:00:00

With this feeling, it *bold he'll well if an extin-
guisher were now put on the.busirresc
Mr. IluDLEiros.spid3 tee hoof given a pie;dge to the
Proprietors—that pledge hafted redeemed—it remain
ed for them to act as they pleased—and, with their
permission, be would withdraw.
Mr. Huma, who introduced the question original!,
to the Court, defended himself from the *pietisuu.
of having mile an attack on the Honourable Di.
.ttwctor. He had, in fact, .fought the.subjert forward
to enable the Hon. Director to rebut the charge, if
'possible.
Mr. R. JAcirsow paid a very high compliment to
the character of Mr. Hudieston—but expressed his
°Onion that the subject could not rest here. It
would b e for the Court to come to a vote
upon it.
The letter was then ordered to lie on the table—
and, on the motion of Mr. Hums, several documents,
connected with the subject, were ordered to be pro-
duced for the perusal of the Proprietors.
Tle Court then adjourned.

LAVE TRADE.
Eatract of a letter from a Gentleman at Senegal,
to one of the Directors of the. African Insitution,
dated Minch PA:—
" When ).eta wrote to you, I was net without
hope thee, ere Ibis, measures would have been taken
by the Freech Government to arrest the progiesi.of
the Slave Trade in this neighhourbeed ; as it ors
difficult to suppose for a moment that the Authorities
here were ignorant of the t. tent to obi .11 the trace
was carried on in thr'settleeseot. My expectationi,
however, have been disappointed ; it .has increased,•
is hoot ly increasing.; and, at preseut, there is not the
least appearance even of secrecy, nor the least fear
of interruption; fur the slaves are now put on
board in the river, and the vessels pass the bar its
the sight of every Officer in the garrison.
two of the last vessels which left this place with
slaves, pissed outwards at a lime when three French
vessels of war (a ship, a brig, and a schooner)
were at anchor outside the.bar ; and although the
slaves sailed within hail, no esamittation or notice
was taken of them. The distress in the neighbouring
villages I stated to you in my last, and the news of
this renewed traffic is rapidly spreading over the
country. Daniel, one of the most powerful Kings in
this part of Africa, lately came to the vicinity of the
settlement, sod held several conferences with the
slave traders, as it to ascertain the accuracy of the
information he had obtained ; and immediately com-
nseaced hurtling and pillaging a number of his own
willies under circumstances of the most shocking
,atrocity ; and of his own subjects, whole fantili-s
Isiere dragged to the batiks of the river, where they
were sold ; and thus eeparated from their friends,
homes, and country for ever. booty, on this
occasion, furnished the cargoes of the two vessels
messtioned above, which passed the bar on the 1 lth of
February.
46 Ft orn the Moors they still continue to obtain a
great number of captives; and, among them, this re-.
Imes% of the traffic this given rise to dilutes and
wars, unprecedented of late years; and it is reported
here, that large cira.ans of slaves have beets collected
in. the interior, and are stew on their way to this
'dace, where they are daily expected.
44: lite rvitslch Government having lately re.colled
the Commandant, who, a's I noticed in my former
letter, could toot have been ignorant of what- was
pe.sing, I cherished the hope that it was the first
step of that Government to put a stop to the trade,
and to fulfil the treaty they have made; but I regret
to be obliged to say, that his successor appears still
More inclined to overlook the mischief which is go-
ing on in his command ; for, as I have mentioned
before, the slaves are now put on bond in the river,
and even, in one case, were embarked while the ves-
sel lay off the wen.
"The two vessels which remained in the river
when I last wrote to you, obtained their cargoes,
sailed shortly afterwards, and one of them has since
returned, and is now in the river preparing for a
second cargo, to purchase which she has brought
here a large quantity of rum and tobacco.
" List of vessels loaded with slaves at Senegal, be-
twixt the 9th of November, 1817, and the 19th of
March, 1818:—
Schooner Zephvr of Martinique.
Ihlore or Eliza of li. asdeatsa.
Eliza of heuveast:
B▪
rig J.;lore or Eliza of Itoun.coo it, 2d voyage.
(;aniot Muria if
" Vessels remaining in the river Senegal for slaves,
on she 19th of March. 1818 :
Schooner Sylph of Nantz. ed tovor.
.1.61-ce or Ellza of llourttratox. 21 a..)age.
Rtive sod Caroline of Nauss. id vapAge.
Zephyr ut Nansz.
1-
5.1 g Po-Onion.
•' N: B. 'Me above vessels are exclusively for Se-
negal; from Gore* several slave vessels have also
beets dispatched, and I understand the trade is carried
on there to a great extent ; but I regret that I ant
not possessed of sufficient information to cornmeal-
cite to you the particulars."

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MEMOIRS 67 LUCtILN BONAPARTe.-111.
PliLTltrn
in his Ambigu, streogly corroborates the opinion al
-ready given of these interesting Memoirs. lle oh
Berkey. that they ore entitled in et ery re-peel to be di-tinguished
from the males of secret histories, ►o calir.i, which have !wheats)
appeared respecting the family of Bon APART'. T hey can
only base been written by a confidential Secretary. by one a ho
has followed the ►teps and witnessed the actions ot Lucius for
bear•and-twenty %estop. and wbn now openly ,im=bues ham to
public view. A SAlernan who figiired a little In the Revolu-
tion, rind who enjoys a high distmetiou in the tamer of art.
happened to be iit 'wanton during the 'trowel:it of the W lark, and
at he had been intimately emote:mil w sib the individual in vies-
be was tomsulled respecting theirautheatitity by the Eng-
lish Editor. He acknowledged their veracity, with the dicey-
him' of some met ifieni ions, vs Well he has made to certain Anec-
dotes, and some facts which be has added ill a letter addressed in
tne Editor, and which is !printed at ►he end of the Volume.—
' "NO. A pprodi give- to tine W 40tit a &mine seat of authentieit v
the Reader will find n great fund of furious Anecdote, seal tee
Historian rich materials for the !With of the It.so•ution.
WESTMINSTER POOR ATEs.-4t is a curious proof
of the eagerness of the lower classes to vote upon the
present election, that Poor Rates to the amount of
three hendred pounds have just been paid to the
Overseers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, who did
out before consider their claim likely to produce as
many shillings. The payers are from the lanes about
Tot hill.street.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are
daily espected upon a- visitation at Pembroke Dock-
yard.

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