Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-22
NeU- York, Jan, Il
Latest from Africa.

from Sierra Leone, the 1st of November,
rom Jamaica the 18th ult. ard from Ea-
vana on the 3ist. We are indebted TO
Lieut.. Perry for Sierra Leone Gazettes 10
the 9th October and Jamaica papers to
the 18Th ult. extracts lfrom which, to-
gether with verbal information, follow:
The colonists were still at Yawny Bay,
and were all well when the Shark sailed
1t had however been very sickly on the
Coast, particularly during the months Of
July and August. Mr. Vim and wife, the
Rev. Mr.. Andrus and six of the colonists
had died. The mortality among the Eu-
| ropean emigrants had also been very great
two thirds of them having died during
the year. The British cruisers had also
suffered severely, particularly in officers.
1t gives Us great pleasure to state that
Lit. Perry heard Of no American vessels
on the Coast, and pretty well sscertained
that there we're no American citizens
at present engaged in the slave trade
This abominable traffic continued how
ever to be extensively carried on by yes
sells under French, Portuguese, Spanish
and Dutch coIors, an account of a number
OF which will be found below, as extracted
from the Sierra Leone Gazette of the 18th
Of October. The Shark boarded aud de-
tanned some time, on the 10Th Of Novem-
Der, 200 miles from Cape Mount, the
French schooner Caroline, Captain Rui-
nette, 179 tons. with l53 slaves on board,
hound to Martinique. Tb. slaves were
only allowed a bottle of water and an
ounce OF rice per day.
Sierra Leone Oct. Is.
The aforementioned are the names and
particulars OF the Slave vessels examined
by the squadron to leewsrd on their last
cruise in the month of July last.
French vesseis-Brig LIE Neptune, Du-
vaynes, of and from Cayenne, for Calabar,
waiting for slaves, only six of the crew a.
live: schooner L'Etincelle, Audbert, OF
and from Bordeaux, on a trading voyage,
completely atted out for slaves; schooner
L'Hypolite, Dupreyes from Martinique Tor
Old Calsbar River, do.
Portuguese-Ship Mercury, Saintez. of
and from ST. Salvador for Angola, COM
p!etely fitted out for slaves; briggs Bondne,
Johane, Lisbon, for Cubenda, do; Bona
Hora, Fonssca, St. Salvador. for Lagos,
waiting slaves; Aliana, Antonio, do. do,
do; schooner Conceiaco, Barbaroza, from
Princes Island, for ST. Salvador, with So
slaves on board. captured and sent into
Sierra. Leone, for judgment in Mixed
Comm ssion Court.
SpaniSh-The Del Carmen, Oaum!eys,
from Havana for Calaba., fitted out Tor
slaves.
All the above vessels were boarded
by his Majesty's bri~gisnapper, Lieutenan,
Knight.
The following Portuguese vessels, all
fitted out for slaves, were boarded of
Whydah and Badagry, by Il. NJ. ship
Pheasant
The Samaca, James & Phillip. Lusita-
MIA, Estailla. and Constuticao.
Ii is supposed, IN the most moderate
calculation that the above vessels would
carry from the Coast six thousand slaves.
In addition to the above the Sierra Lee
one Gazette. of the 18th of September,
contains an extract OF a letter from an Of
6cer OF H. NJ. 5. Myrmidon, on the lee
ward coast, by which it appears that they
had, alter a tew weeks cruise, chased and
boarded l6 slave vessels (mostly Portu-
guese) in the bite OF Benin and its neigh
borhood, only one Of which had slaves Oh
board; she was taken possession of and
proved TO be the Portuguese schooner Ad-
e aids, bound TO Bahia, with 232 slaves,
seventeen OF which had died from being
so dreadtully crowded. She had arrived
at Sierra Leone, been condemned by the
British and Portuguese Court of Mixed
Commissions as lawful prize to their re-
spective rowns and the slaves liber-
aled.
We have been permitted to peruse some