Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-10-13

NAbhN VAN llN DNiLlL,
And the conduct of the British government ard
IT'S agents, i'll the attempted suppression of
the slave trade.
CHAPTER III.
In 1rtct cc propose 10 detail HE proceeding s ofthe
british men.of-wdr, on The coast IF Africa. Gn3tie
Bra1ii stafioa, in pursuit If Slnres: their mekiod
81 condemnation. prise money dc.
There are from eight twelve small vessels of the
c'ass Brgs, l6 gan, in GENERAL supposed be fast
salers, and exclusively English, which are appointed
TO The Brnzliin station comprising, NJ ihr lime we
write, the shores of The whole southern Atlantic ocean
and from the Madeira isles moth. The rendezvous
are Cape Town Rio de Jancio and ST. Helena, where
the prizes are always sent for condemnation.
When suspicious salli discovered from the mast
heal pursuit IS Immediately given, and upon over
hauling her, should she be SLAYER. of course the
greatest fears are entertained hoard of her for the
result. The English vessel. 10 hasten her capture
fires INTO her MS her shot will tell thereby
often Killing many negroes. They do not for human
ny snhe w"t "nti ,i,ry nuu. site her even
should she be the duller vessel rendering capture al
most CERTAIN but rs soon she has gained sufficient
" to use her chase guns she fires into her before
stated on account of the close storage of the Hacks
killing great numbers of them Also whe, the cha
sed finds herself losing ground in the race she throws
overheard her live cargo in the hope that The phan-
thropc Englshmen will stop pick them up. Vain
hope. When were Englishmen ever known to secnrea
small prize for the sake Humanity, when they had the
greater IN sigh, 10 CRAFTY their avarce? The Negroes
are nnheeded the vessel is the main Object The so.
yer thus hghencd will sail faster and may possibly
escape.
When we were in Pernnm' uco in the last year
there was yna in The inner hnrbor n ship ihni had
arrived fr IN the co1st within DAYS sail Of the
Port. W tn cargo q! nine hundred slaves But he
ing chased by an English cruiser, the captain save
his ship, threw crery soul of h m overheard and thus
escaped. What n comment upon this awful system
The lar famed pity for the slaves by brethren the
English, IS 'Inly productive of great rcsuls
Lnterlv however the English cruisers have kent
boats ready for lowering TO pick M the .laves when
thrown into the 'c, But noc it is only done in light
winds for, the chase may continue n grentar speed
Than my boat can attain in fresh breeze and also
for days without being ended, in which case the ho,,
would have To he abandoned. Why not if true phi-
lanlhropy ncinated the great Nation. heavc TO The
chase. and pick mp the drowning wretch But No -
the prize money for one negro is only &, and ,hev
may lose the remainder and the vessel whereas il
they proceed they are snre Of two or three hundred
or most the vessel! which is in proportionable ra
| ito more valuable TO them
Again personally ACQUAINTED with the off;
GERS of II. b. NJ. Briganlne Fawn" and what we
are about 10 saw was told to us by some of them
/ She pursued shaver so hard one OCCASION thai
negroes However without effect. The caprnin Of
the SLAYER determined not 10 be capiur,d If he could
avoid it, and little for his vessel or cargo so that
she became not prize to the English, he steered d.
Tectly for the nearest land; such was tibet nenrly
equal sailing of The two vessels that he succeeded in
/ running her on shore under all sail She Immediate
" roke in pieces and 350 slaves persisted in The surf
The captain and his crew got safely to the shore in
D
| in his hopes of prize money! and was no doubt well
satisfied that he had lent his mite and glorious one
to the praise-worthy would suppression of the
slave trade.
OF the proceedings of the British in condemning
| Their prizes after capture we will now speak
If the vessel captured has slaves board of her SO
that there can be no Doubt of her validity as SLAYER
she is generally SEM 10 Rio de Janerio for condemna-
ton by court of Admiralty. This is a mixed court,
that is, composed Of BrazIlans and Englishmen Al
this court some proefs nre necessary to ensure the
condemnation Of n vessel thai she was either en-,
poved IN carving saves nj the time Of her capture
or that she had irons and n slave deck. Bui nj St
Helena and The Cape of Good Hope, we are inform
ed that vessels are condemned on the bare assertion
OF a: individual, or susprinn that she was or had
been thus employed. We viii cite an instance that
we know Of our own knowledge. brig sailed from
] Pernamhuco TO the southwark along The coast 10
trade for Rrazl wood ms she Ind only about 20O
bills OF salt on board, which it intended 10 sell
or exchange for the wood, she was balasfed with w.
ter The English consul in the Port seeing her fit
\ ting out and knowing that her captain had made
successful trip 10 the coast Of Afcn, he informed The
commander of an English cruiser Of his suspcious
So she was captured and sent, not Rio de J,ncro
| the nearest nv some Thousands Of miles but 10 Cape
Town. and there connemnod simply, because she had
| more water Than WINS sufficient FIR her crew. She
had neither slares on board her The time Of her
capture. neither irons, nor Save deck, one or all
OF which IS necessary to ensure condemnation when
| her Judges nre not Interested.
The prize money is regulated nj the rate of e. or
twenty dollars heal for The negroes and the yes
sci is sold Tor what il will brine some as high rs two
thousand pounds sterling or five thousand dollnis-
! This is divided among the officers and crew of The
capor and The major nnri of il finds its way into the
| circulating currency OF Great Britain.
Let il not he supposed then that ENGLAND nnvs out
Of her exreqner. this prize 10 her officer. ns
mn incl mont IN grenier eyerons in the suppression
Of this horrible traffic. Far fromt Nor The
proes. ns m'nv suppose after being r1nfnd lbs The
;nrish s'v from ,Gvesv than loo,', returned
10 their own connuv whirh is still fresh il their menu
cries. They are npnrenfced IN tho Brnzr,ns for
fourteen yenrs according IN John Bull To defrav the
cxaen of their CAPTURE! and this Inn NJ nenrIy tho
nrice Of n negro slave; which is from IN 500.
600 mil refs. or nbou $50 tn 4s0 dollars thereby.
bringing net "ain Of NJ ensi from $50 10 $50 dollars
for vessels nendy in commission il is no expense 10
Ia q nm unressfing ship.
], is true slave agent is appointed TO reclaim them
al the termination Of this period. But to our certain
Ils5s O. d.i..ac dc u Is L.