The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-02-24
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cd 10 succession, TO taks out Lieu,. Gen. Sir
y. His'op who was taken in the Java to In
| dia. his mode. OF conveyance is now, we
understand, sbandone' and the gallant Gen
si, bis family and suite, will be accommo-
| rcd with passage 90 board one of the Com
| p ny's ships consigned to Bombay and China
<7-@blch ship, il Is understood, will be der
| patched at the India House in December.
Nov. 2o.--Lefters from Calcutta state, that
tie Earl of Mimic, having received accounts
o. successor being appointed to the Su-
prcme Government of India, was 10 embark
about the middle of August for Europe, on
board Of the Hussar frigatc, SO guns, COM
nanded by his son, the Hon. Captain Ell
io,;.
Nov. so.-His Majesty's ship That's, Capt.
Scooel lately ar. al Portsmouth,, sailed from
Serra Leone on the Ain Of August, and lastly
tro 70 AGRA, on the Leeward coast, on the Sd
Sept.-Prior to her quitting the coast, TX. M.
81 ps Favortc, Capt. Maxwell, and Albicore.
Capt. Davies, had arrived. They reached
Gorcc In the middle Of July, and, after visit
ins Cape Coast, separated on cruize in the
beginning OF Sept. The That's was | 8 months
on the coast Though, unfortunately for the
cause of humanity, and the mental improve
men, OF Africa, the Slave Trade is still carri-
ed on extensively under the Portuguese and
Spanish hags, (the countcnance OF which will
materially depend upon the cases of appeal
which are forthcoming for decision in the
High Court Of Admiltry,) yet we bave tho
satisfaction 70 learn, thar in June last, the
Ihais destroyed the last remsining factory (at
Masnredo) supported by British subjects, the
proprietors Of which extensive establishment
John Bostock and Thomas Noun, are bic'.
hxss~o 10 h.. Tkcsr II
Act for the Abolition of Slavery, at Sierra
Leone, and sentenced to be transported for IL
years.--The That's landed 20 Of her crew,
commanded by Lieut.. Wilkins, to accomplish
this act Of humanity. The factors rcsis,ed,
allied one man, and another was drowned GO
ing TO the sault.-T here were about $50
slaves in the factory, who were released. The
That's captured several vessels on the coast
with slaves on board they were under Por-
suguese aud Spanish flags. One Of the yes
sells presented another instance Of this horr-
Bile trade she was smack of 1873 tons bur-
den, bound to the Braziis, with S75 slaves On
board and, it appeared, when the That's took
possession, that three of them died from ac-
tual suffocation since the hold was last exam.
ined THE That's does not bring any intelIi.
sencc of the several frigates of the enemy
which have escaped out of port but from
the facility with which vessels of all nations
obtain wood and water, and many articles Of
provisions, on the coast of Africa, we cannot
but think il probable, that some of them may
have taken that direction. The That's, from
her long services on the coast, is coming in-
10 harbor 10 be paid off.
DEC. l2.-The readers of the Pilot will
that when information was received,
several months since, of the departure of The
American frigate Essex, from the coast Of
Brazil for the South sea, and subsequently, Of
her arrival at Valparaiso, on the coast of Chi
II, the Pilot suggested the probability, that
this cruise was branch of grand scheme
formed in America, for the capture or de-
struction of the whole Of our cil-trade Com.
Rodgers being sent for the purpose towards
Greenland, while the other department was
assigned to Capt. Porter. Il is now quite
clear, chat our idea was correct, and though
Rodgers did not succeed in his part of the
plan, the general ability OF the design,and ar.
rangcments, cannot be questioned foi it was
our good luck that preserved US on the north.
ern side, from the same fate TO which want of
due precaution betrayed and deliyed US upon
the southern side. Surely those whose busi-
ness il is to loox to those matters, and TO pro-
vide for the public safety, in this department,
might have foresecn at LEAST as well as we
did, that the capture of these whaIers must
inevitably be the object of Captain Porter's
visit to the South Sea ;-snd yet VIC do not
and any means whatsoever wero taken to pre-
vent his success.
A single frigate would have been sufficient
5or this purpose then; now we must send
'qusdron--for Cept. Porter having armed and
no less than three OF the captured
whalers, has now squadron under his orders;
md collecting probably to his aid all the sea-
airing desparadoes ofthe reyolutionized Span
sh settlements on the coasts Of Chill and
Peru, will shortly form the basis of buccan-
,cring system more dangerous to our East
nda trade, than that of the West-Indies for
nesly was TO all peaccable and industrious