The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-08-07
LONDON, June 25.
THE SLAVE TRADE.

HpusP PfERs JUNE 25-1he Marquis of
LAN WV called tue stten ION Of the Peers o
the SUI c, &C he slave radc. He took q vie "
Of the ffereut Powers who pledged themselves
vi the Cong ess of Vienna, and ty subsequent
tre.tle., 70 effec The complete abolition of the
81 We trade He 81 wed that, with the excep-
ton Of the Unted 5 stes of America and Of
tbe Arabs on the Persi n Gulf none of The Con-
tracing Powers had fulfilled It's premises or
kept is engagements.
UUEor c MMoNs. June 20. NJ WILL
sr FORCE, ~ he c urse Of bis remarks on Al
ado (. On the subject of tue Slave Trade, men
toned The following case
Sir George Collier, sitter stating shat he
had Stopped . French vessel, u 'Ine Estelle)
which be suspected carry slaves, but on board
of which, on his first examination. he had foued
none proceeded 20 add, that as he wss waking
along the deck, either he or one of his sailors
heard faint sound, es of persons in great pain,
ana could not tell from whence IT proceeded.
e was q, length sscertained that il proceeded
from a caik upon the deck. The cask was in
consequence opentd, and prepared Sir G.
Collier was for every scene of horror that
could we'll be imagined, he was not prepared
for the scene which al inst moment met his eye.
In the cssk were found Two pour young women
nearly expiring from sufi1cation and who GER
tainly must have perished in few minutes If
their situation had not been discovered This
discovery reminded Slr c. Collier and his sailors
that few hours before they had seen Number
of casks floating upon the water. and left no
doubt upon their minds 10 the c. that each
Of theB had contsined one or moe slsves :"
Such ob,erved Mr. WlneriOrce, was ihe
manner, he sorry to inform the house, that
3 merchant of FrSnoe wished save his ship,
and his cargo OF human beings from capture and
condo mosiion.
SACRIFICE OF VIDOFS.
MIR. Buxton made his motion for returns
respecting the number Of Hindoo widows I'M
molated in India. In a speech Introductory
ot his NOT. H Member cited nUmer-
Gus ass Y. a.. horrible practice. In one
presidency alone, that OF Fort William, 1886
females had been seen to perish, during the
lasi four years, on the funeral pile OF their
deceased husbands; besides many others who
had been Consumed IN secret. By the Ma
hommela laws the practice had been check
ed the French. Dutch aud Danes had almost
wholly abolished il 10 their settlements. o.
one occasion. The Rev Mr. Thompson while
sailing on river near Calcutta. saw a crowd
assembled fer the purpose of witnessing a
ceremony of this kind. The widow was led
10 The pie, out frequently tainted. he peo-
ple grew impatient she was forced 10 the
pie and lashed 10 the dead body Of her hus.
band. The unfortunate creature reCoveled
her senses and hIed TO escape. A Brsmin
Immediately put iofcb INTO The hands Of one
Of Der children, who sci fire 10 the pile, which
was consumed 10 few minutes. The only
cure for the evil, he thought, was Instruction ;
and be considered il to be imperative Oh the
British Government 10 extend the benefit oi
education 10 India as widely as possible.
Many Of those who are thus inundated Up
on the funeral pile with their husbands were
mere children some were pregnant; some
had FIRST been rendered intoxicated and not a
few were evidently compelled 10 sacrifice. II
was we'll worthy ofremark, that many of then
had taken pace in direct violation of The law:
OF the natives, themselves, Those laws de-