The Express. — 1851-08-05 (London, England)

TII.4IIUS 11. Lysaght, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the coast of Africa, we leant that the slave trade was very depressed, no capture having been made for some time past by the African squadron. At some of the previously chief haunts of the trade, such as Paul de Loanda, the slave merchants are little better than bankrupts, from the inability to run cargoes undetected by our cruiser.. Very.much of this healthy state of things is also represented to rinse from the energetic measures taken at the Brants, by which it is almost impossible to hod slaves with safety should they reach that coast. The wits put in commission for the coast in July, 1819; she has LIKVII $ slave vessels and 3 boats, but no slaves on hoard any of them with the exeeption 41) slave children found in one boat. The Phirnis has bail very fair health ; she has lost by death 7 men, -I in the Bights, one at Ascension, and two on the South Coast. Mr. Templar, a midshipman, had died, and Dr. Roberts, who was invalided home on board a Greenock ship, died in a few days alter going on board. Mr. Ball, gunner of the Pluenix, a petty officer, a sailor, and a Kronen, were lost tngether, under peculiar and distressing circumstances, eleven months since. The cutter had hoarded a slave boat at night up the Congo River, there being some 50 slaves in the boat, and these four were put on board to bring her down. They parted company with the cutter, and were never alter beard of. The people belonging to the Phenix were subsequently informed that all four had been thrown overboard. The lffinatix has brought home invalids bout the squadron, which have been brought on shore by the Sprightly, the Phienix .going round this afternoon to Woolwich to be paid eT.  I..tmENTAntE SUICIDE AT BEDMINSTER, NEAR coroner's inquest was held yesterday at Bedminster, near Bristol, to inquire into the rause of death of Captain Frank Candy, who resided at a villa on the Cumberianiaroad, and who lied by his own hand on Saturday morning. Mr. Candy, who was about 40 years of age, had animated some property, and hail invested a portion of his means as a partner in the business of a wholesale cheesemonger. It is supposed that the excitement consequent upon the carrying on of a large and pushing trade was too much for him, as it was observed by his friends that his nervous system was affected, and a few months since while taking a walk one day, was wired with a lit. and fell down in the street. In consequence of the impaired state of his nerves, lie retinal a short time side from the cheese trade, his place being supplied by his son. Those who load the acquaintance of Cu( tarn Cantle, who was very much respected in the neighhourhood ;n which be resided, had noticed a change in his manners, and one lady from Cornwall, who arrived about a week since to spend a little tine with Mrs. Candy, was so struck by, his altered manners, that she could not refrain from stating to his hinoily her impression that his mind was affected. ;although this impression was produced by the conduct of the unfortunate gentleman, it would not appear that :my violence was apprehended from him, either towards himself or any one else, nor had anythiug been noticed in him for the few days prior to his death to warrant the belief that his malady was greater than heretofore. Ile retired to rest on Friday night at the usual hour arcompanied by his lady, and at 7 o'clock on Saturday, which was his usual time for rising, he got up, and began dressing himself as usual. Mrs. Candy hollowed, and, having made her morning toilet, she went down stain, for the purpose of suocriutending the preparations har the family briakeost. Captain Candy remained in his rom, which was nut unusual for him to do, and no apprehensions were felt until about halfpast 7 o'clock, when one of the servants, who was engaged in some domestic offices in a room underneath his bed chamber, was greatly alarmed by hearing a loud report followed by the falling of sonic heavy substance on the ground. The girl at once called to her mistress, and they both hastened us rapidly as they could to the bedroom, where their fears were increased by finding the chamber tilled with the smoke of gunpowder. They gave an alarm, and attracted by their cries Mr. Sleemem, a merchant who resided next dour, and the holy before spoken of as visiting at the house, and some other neighbours ran to their assistance. On first entering the room nothing of the unfortunate gentleman could he seen, but in a minute or two his legs were seen protruding front under the side of the bedstead, beneath which his body lay. There were stains of blood visible upon the floor, and on pulling out the body it was hound to he quite dead, and covered with blood from a terrible wound of the head. The skull on the right side had been shockingly mangled by a pistol bullet, which had probably been tired through the mouth; and underneath the body was found the pistol with which the fatal act had been committed. It was an old-fashioned pocket pistol, which in his lifetime hail been much valued by the deceased, it being one which he had carried at sea with him in some of his earlier voyages. Several witnesses were called, who deposed to the foregoing facts, and the coroner having carefully summed up tae evideuce, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity."