New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-24

LEO tt6rubHC tusfN VI OiCas Oilboh AvA suo
suppression Of tie African slave ira ie may be said
to dat. IT, m 1915. II vas Der eff ,rts that pro-
cured tbs incorporation at the Cspgre" of Vienna,
held in that year, Of the suppression Of the African
sisse ;rsde ss = principle of tae international cole
Of Eprope. sipce that period treaties for tn 8
,pecisl object lave been concluded vita all the Ed
ropesr powers. and with those also Of America, to
weics have been added a number Of treaty arrange
uents with the native chiefs Of the African coast
Under the greater part Of these sIave-trade treaties
the right of mutual search and seizure il conceded,
and for tse adjudication Of tho captures thus made,
Coars Of Mixed Commission, 60 called, are estab-
h.bed. Thus at HsvsDs there is . Mixed COumis-
sion c. urt vita British ntse ayd Sp judge,
aid British and also 8 Spanish Comm ssiOner Of
Arbitration, wbo in the event of difference Of
opinion between the judges draw lots to determine
who shs decide. Sierra Leone is the seat Of d
Bit st AID Dutch British ard Spanish, Britise
and Argentine British ana UruRuayan, British and
Bolivar, ard British and Gillian Mixed Court
Tbere i. ALTO 9 Bfitsh and S pspish Mixed Court at
tie Cape Of Good Hope for the tIal Of captures ON
tie stst coat Of Africa. The seat OF The British
aud Portuguese Mixed COu't is Loaudo.
Thsiurisdiction Of these Courts is confined to the
adjudication of captures on the high seas Of
,es,eis under the flags Of the contracting par.
ties, by cruisers Of the contracting parties
| specially provided with authority for that pur
po.e. As might have been expected, sew.
efsl Of these Courts have been, from the begin
nBa, complete s,necuIes, 30 far as cases before
| them aye coscerned. Bat they have doubtless had
tie ets. ct to prevent the l,gs Of the South Anet
Gao Ststes bsrg employed in tits business, ss that
Of tie Uuited States now is. Even at the Havana,
lie nun Der Of cases decided has been very small
smoap hrg sipce ito establishment 10 1885 down 10
December, 1856, to only "a; and Of these. ono
hsf were decided 10 tha rss two years of in exist
enoe-l935 and 1896. Of all these Courts, that Of
| s era Leone las d,ne the most business. From
its establishment, 10 1919, to the close Of Dseem
Der. 1916, the total rumber of cares adjudlcated
| amounted to 53l, of which SOB resulted in condem
nation Duriog that period, g. els esptured slaves
we're emsncipased by the Court Of whom 80 935
| setted in Sierra Leone and were registered as
EIi.sh subjects Snce lSi5, however, only one
case fas occurred before this Court. At Loando,
| the pupber Of cases since tie commencement OF
| le44, ~hen the Court was established there. has
been but twelve, Of which ssven only resulted in
J c,,demr alton.
TIE effect If these Courts has of late been shown
not 10 tie number Of cases before them, but in
cau,iDg toe slave traders to drop the use Of al ma
tionA f,,s except to certain exteot that of the
! Utited siaies. sseiG csptured without any flag
or pagers Of course are not taken for sjadicahoa
before sps Mixed Comm,siOn Court Tho cases Of
| .ueh vessels are passed upon by the British yiee
Admiralty Couits Tsus from lS46 to 1850, 24S
cases Of this sort eame before the Vice Admiralty
| Count Of Sierra Lsone. In 1851 the Brazilian
slave trade substantially ces,ed, and the cues b.
fore the ce-Admralty Court at Sierra Leone
suuk to twelve. Since that period they have only
teen three or four year. but no doubt The numer.
.us Ieoe ut captures Of which we have heard the
African coast, cccasioned b. the enswed activity
of tho Cab.n slsve.srsde, Will lead to large in
cresse in the number of sdjudlcahons. The Brit
uh Coz mirsiober at the Havana estimates the im.
| o. rtst on Ito Cuba for the year 1856 at 30i.
Cuba i, at present tie only market for African
| saves.
| 1t has been fashionable of late years to dscsim
against tie heavy expense incurred b, the Britiss
| GOysruntnt in maintaining the Mixed Commit
! san Courts and the cruisers employed on the
soa,t Of Africa, IS 80 much money thrown away TO
70 pursose. The London Times hiss been very
loud in thee denunci.tioss; but while processing
an anxiety for tie suppression Of the slave-trsde
I there is TO much reason 10 believe that TM Tines