Cape Coast.
The Times, 1824-06-23T00:00:00

The l jo-.ned extract are taken from the C(ape Coast Cgaze/tt of the 21st of February. The first contains the e -osu t of the burning of Succondee by the British, in re- aliation for the afFair with the Ashantees. Tlle secon(d c mmunicates some intelligence of the state of the sjave- tra.le in that quarter, as ascertain.d during a cruise of his "I1; s's ship Bann, from which it would appear that the BrazUii:: flatg Awas the only one then engaged in that infamous DESTRUCTION OF SUCCONDEE. The repeite d insults offeret to the boats' crews of our squadro n in ntvsoItht,titVtycormmitted by the natives of this once extensive r0-_n upon such of our poor wounded fellows Ps found their way to cbc water side, after the battle of the 21st ult., caused Major Chis- to!m, cnmmaniding the troops on the Gold Coast, to determine upon its entire destructio- ; wi-h this view he orlereA Captain lIaing to t-:rs f;romn Djuqna. with the whole of the Fantee force, and to cross the cournry tn Gonmend*, where they were jinmed by the Major hin.elfon Sundaiy, the 1.5th instant. At day liiht on Mlondar ma.rning tLTe cmbarkation com-ienced, and althougl the mieans of eucrtmg it were very insignificant, yet by the exertions of the naval oaSers, a force of upwards of 1,,00 mnen were embartked on board his M:ajsty'slhip O:ren Glend.o=.vcr,and the Sierra Leonepacket, before s,aset, when the Bann hove in sight, and both ve sels, with the scnenzer, comrucnced beating to windward It had been expected tht-t the expedition wvould have reached ?uccondee by midnight, when a dernmbarkation wonld have immediasey taken place, anM a bo-iy orl A'antces in all likelihood captured, but the continuation ttr t.r. greater part of the night ofa strong sea breeze and leew-rd current, prevented thc coMnpld4uonof so desirable an object. The vessels only succeeded in ta^ng up their situations on Tuesday. at three p. m., and the disembarkation taking place at day-light, the wvhole of the natives, together with a party of 400 Ashtntees, fled from tbe town, which was instantly set Gie to, and laid in ruins, by toe party which landed undet the commaLnd of Captain Laing, the boats being Tnder the charge of Captain Woolcombe, late of his Majesty's ship Otrten Gl"dower. By eight p. m. thc town was -completely razed, and every valuablt, as well as rum, powder and --ore, ofevery kind, either burnedor blown up. Thus have the de- ludemi natives of this town paid for their extreme insolence and breach of faith, and it is to lie hoped that the lesson may prove use- ful to all others, who, under the mask of neutralitv, have oftered u? every a-noyance in their power, fur we understaitd our acting (Governor is determined to vijit with itmmediate and cnndign punislt. rnent, all who, during the cojitinuation of the unfortinate hostilities whic * at p-esen: agitate the country, directly or indirectly aflbrd as- sutnace to the enemies of hisfBritanuic Majesty. TRADE IN SLAVES. His h ajesty's ship Baon returnecd tro Calpe Coast on the l3th in. S"at, from a cruise in the Bights of piafra and e lenin. in the coursd oft h hueorb'rlibofatrhed pasre lietprincipal haunts of the.l4ave.dealc,s 1ra -fo a len River, Bonny. Calabar, and the Camaroon is ftr namced, abrig, unver the flag of Pernambuco, a exxamined. rse had an imperialpasspot. to 222 slaves frond llslenbo, a roa PuucsecolonYsouth o'then: heavyr, a3nd havinp. nosldaves on. board , was not molested, althiough t!e informalitv of the pa%sport in ould have justified her detention. In thee Bonny, tiere were no st he-vessels whatever, nor hlad there been an, for a lengtl of time. The last was the Lonlvew, a Spanish sco erwhich left the river with a fuJl eargo for Ilav,ann,eIe. N-one cre fund either in the Calabsar or Camarooes, nor h ad there been nzv in either river for a length or timwe. 0n returninzulp the roast, Benand was again visited, when it swas fduc d the I3mz;iiaa alluded tb hald left the iver. ill consequence o' Lietnrenant Shmctti avinuglefta bfat' tcrewon board oftite British thip ifh7tlr, of Liverpool, to interru ptherwlhen she attempted toqititn fver8 arson board. The Kinl of pVar* e had oblig d the Captain en land hnlfhis cargo, before oue vould commence his trade, al of which he lost. OfF L2sot, thd Balm discovered a squndron of Bra. zflian slc-ertq. consistg of a larqe ship, brig, and schooner, the -whole of 1wiich were taken possession of:- the slaves of the two last ves,,were on the beach, in re-Adiness for their reception; platforims 1,,i1, prori-ions and water corrilete, &c. Thie captains of the aboVe vdssels bein- on shore, the boats unider Li,tnat Amsink, andl Wilso'n were i~nt up thie river to request their atteiidance on hoard, in oider that they mnight hiave an oppor- t-initg of justifpizlg their trading for laves at Lagos, as well as ex- plaining bEy wh;at au'oiytePrsonage styling hjimself Emperor otBrazits granted passports, theA4th article of the Portuguese treaty pro,vidirug that all vessels fromn )3razii were to bec furnished witth roral passspors &c. G3n the amrrialof the boats at tBe town of ILagos, they Wtere recived w=ith emery manifiestation offiend hip by theKing,and also by the Por- e-ugnese: the formier proMINserto send off' the slaves in the nmor. Ing, which he said amounted ~o only 1,000, the ship not liavihg am leer alf her cargo. AVith this assuratnce the boats remnained in "lervrdring the night, little linspecting the treachery that Jay in waI- for 'hem: at day-4igbt the o1ficerl; waited on the King, to re-. _-Ciet he wol uifis promise;j and send the slaves on board, but lze cndeavoured by every means to evade the qseestion, and can,dnered himself with much rudeness, as well towardIs the eiesas to 5Mr. Houitson (a British mercliant, trading for in-v Ct the same place, and 'those public spirited con- dcmt on this occasion is beyond: all praise,) andi at length en- tcaosred to detain them;~ nor was it wikjiout considerable diffil- culty hat they sucedsed in reg-aining the boats, followed by the tmd nulititude, amongst whom were the Portuguese employed in digritnihting raqugdeote, i'hich hadl The effect of working up the nas. eic~to pich o pel~c ~eny. heyhad scarcely got inLto the a eoaturinsattck aacomumenc.ed upon thlem by trie whoe ppultio, wichconis~rl.f fom2,000 to 2,000 mnen, ge- narair rme wit bos md srows inaddition to) which a battry O nin gun Opeed :ts fre-the first discharge men~~land Bpiand the gunls, befere a seconl could take place, the people having fled on the pin- nace and yawl directing their fre against them: aftet an c,agre- menlt of 40 minates, in which time the whole of the boats' aininuint- tion was expended, the natives continuing to keep their ground, not- with2standing their being mowedl down by every discharge Of grape from the boats' guns, ttey returned on board, having sumtained a ross of one seaman, and one marine killed; besides Lieutenant VWilson severely woundied in two places%, two midshipmen, and five seamen and mrarines slightly woutnded, out of the smalL force which manned the boats. The tliree vessels were on the follbwing day des- patched to S$ierra Leone, for adjudication in the mixed Commission Courrt Prom Whydah the Bann chased an hermaphrodite brig, evidently a slaver, but under what colours could not be ascertained. Fromu the above, it will appear that this torbitlden traftc is re- newed wfith fresh vivour by the Brazilians;, whlle the absence of French and Spanish lags mnv allowv us to- induslge the hope that it iS On the decline with thiose nations. God grant that our chari- table conjectures mav nothereafter Prove grouneless. CAie? COAST.