nation on the Vessel, and decreed the Emancipation of the surviving Slaves, on the 4th of November, 1825. The Right Hon. George Canning. I have, &c. GEO. RENDALL. (Enclosure.)—Report of the Case of the Brazilian Schooner Uniao, Jozé Ramos Gomis, Master. THIS Vessel arrived in the Harbour of Freetown, on the 21st of October, 1825, with 249 Slaves on board, consisting of 138 men, 25 women, 53 boys, and 33 girls; 112 having died since Capture, on the passage up to this Port, as stated in the Affidavit of Mr. Rowe, Prize-master, who deposes that they died principally from small-pox and dysentery; that no Surgeon was on board, but that the greatest care was taken of them. Mr. Shower, the Surgeon attached to the Mixed Commissions, visited the Vessel immediately on her arrival, and reported 11 cases of small-pox, and several of dysentery, then remaining. It was deemed expedient to place the Vessel under Quarantine Regulations, and precautionary measures were taken in the landing of the Slaves, by which all contagion was happily avoided. On the same day the Ship's Papers were brought into Court, duly authenticated, with the Declaration of Captain J. A. Murray, of His Majesty's Ship Atholl. A Monition was issued on the 22nd of October, calling upon all Persons having, or pretending to have, any right or interest in the Uniao and Slaves, to appear and make claim, which was returned on the 31st of October, certified as having been duly served. By the Royal Passport, No. 16, dated at Bahia, the 14th of July, 1825, it appears that the Uniao is of the burthen of 118 tons, and therefore authorized to carry any number of Slaves not exceeding 295 at one time; that Vincente de Paulo e Silva was the Owner, and that she was bound to the Ports of Molembo, from whence she was to return to any of the Ports of the Empire. Captain Murray's Declaration states, that, on the 9th of September, 1825, being in or about Latitude 2. 33. North, Longitude 4. 17. East, he detained (His Majesty's Ships Esk and Redwing in company,) the Schooner Uniao, sailing under Brazilian Colours, armed with 2 guns, 6-pounders, commanded by Joseph Gomez, who declared her to be bound from Lagos to Bahia, with a Crew consisting of 24 men and I boy, having on board 361 Slaves, said to have been taken on board at Lagos, on the 1st of September, viz.: 217 men, 30 women, 80 boys, and 33 girls. The Master, Jozé Ramos Gomis, deposeth, that 364 Slaves were taken on board the Uniao during the voyage, all of whom were shipped at the River Lagos. The Vessel was captured near Princes Island. The Mate, Jozé da Rosa, in his Deposition, gives the same evidence. The Case of illicit Slave-traffick being thus cleared proved, (the River Lagos being in about Latitude 6. 10. North,) the Court passed Sentence of Condemnation on the Vessel, and decreed the Emancipation of the Slaves, upon the 4th day of November, 1825. GEO. RENDALL. No. 35.-George Rendall, Esq. to Mr. Sec". Canning.—(Rec. June 2.) I HAVE the honour to enclose, for your information, a Report of the Case of the Brazilian Brig Paqueta de Bahia, Bento Francisco de Carvalho, Master, detained by His Majesty's Brig Swinger, J. C. Giles, Acting Lieutenant, Commander, off Accra, on the 22d of November, 1825, with 386 Slaves on board, all of whom, the Master stated, were shipped at Whydah. The Court passed Sentence of Condemnation of the Vessel, on the 10th of January, 1826, and decreed the Emancipation of the Slaves. I have, &c. The Right Hon. George Canning. GEO. RENDALL. (Enclosure.)-Report of the Case of the Brazilian Brig Paqueta de Bahia, Bento Francisco de Carvalho, Master. THIS Vessel arrived in Sierra Leone Harbour, on the 23d day of December, 1825, with 385 Slaves on board, consisting of 145 men, 97 women, 79 boys, and 64 girls. On the same day Mr. Burnett, the Prize Master, brought into the Registry the Declaration of the Captors, and deposed, that he boarded the Brig Paqueta de Bahia, but found no Papers, the same having been taken by the Spanish Schooner Matilda, John Segrera, Master, as appears by a Certificate, signed by the Master and Mate of the said Brig, and annexed to Mr. Burnett's Deposition. The Declaration of the Captor states, that His Majesty's Brig Swinger, J. C. Giles, Acting Lieut. Commander, detained the Brazilian Brig Paqueta de Bahia, on the 22d of November, 1825, in Latitude 5. 15. North, and Longitude 0. 30 East, commanded by Bento Francisco de Carvalho, with 386 Slaves on board, shipped at Whydah. The Master, in answer to the Standing Interrogatories, deposed, that Manoel Joaquim de Almeida, the Supercargo, gave him the command of the Vessel at Molembo, about eight months ago. She sailed under Brazilian Colours; the name of the Vessel is the Paqueta de Bahia, is about 200 tons burthen, the present voyage began at Bahia, and was to have ended there, it was the last clearing Port sailed from; the Vessel anchored at Lagos and Molembo during the voyage, in which she was taken, and took on board at Molembo 388 Slaves, of which he was plundered by the Spanish Schooner Matilda, as also of his Ship's Papers, on his way from Molembo to Bahia. He then went to Whydah, where he took on board the present Cargo; that Joao Victa Moreira and Manoel Jozé de Maghalaens, were the Owners of the said Vessel; Francisco Felis de Sousa is the Lader of the Slaves on board, Joao Victa Moreira, Manoel Jozé de Maghalaens, himself, the first Pilot, and some of the Passengers, are the Owners and Consignees of them; says 387 Slaves were taken on board, all of them at Whydah, 1 died previous to capture, and I since; he ordered the remaining Ship's Papers to be thrown overboard, when the Man-of-war's Boats were about to board the Vessel. Braz Riberio de Moreira, the Doctor belonging to this Vessel, in his Answers to the Standing Interrogatories, confirmed the material points of the Master's evidence. The case of illicit Traffick being thus clearly proved, and no Claim having been made, the Court passed Sentence of Condemnation of the Vessel, and decreed the Emancipation of the Slaves, on the 10th of January, 1826. GEO. RENDALL. No. 36.-His Majesty's Comm". to Mr. Sec". Canning.—(Rec. June 2.) (Extract.) Sierra Leone, March 21, 1826. WE have been honoured with your Despatch of the 5th December last, with Copy of a Note from the Marquis Palmella, announcing that His Most Faithful Majesty had judged it proper to remove M. Altavilla from the Office of Commissary Judge in the Mixed Court of Commission established at this Place. The Letter addressed to M. Altavilla by M. de Palmella, and which accompanied the said Despatch, was delivered into the hands of M. Altavilla on the 10th of February, the day on which it was received. We have been careful, Sir, in adopting such measures, conformably to the Stipulations of the Convention, so that the Service, with which the Commission is entrusted, will not suffer from the recall of M. Altavilla. J. T. WILLIAMS. GEO. RENDALL. The Right Hon. George Canning. No. 37. His Majesty's Comm". to Mr. Sec". Canning.—(Rec. June 2.) SIR, Sierra Leone, March 21, 1826. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt, on the 15th of last Month, of your Despatch of the 12th of January last, with its several Enclosures, transmitted for our information and guidance, being Copies of a Correspondence which has recently passed, upon the subject of a practice which has prevailed on the part of the Authorities in Brazil, to grant permission to Slave-vessels to touch at other Ports and Places than those which, by Treaty, they are allowed to enter. These Documents are very gratifying to us, as they tend to lighten in a considerable degree the difficulties that we might feel in the Adjudication of Vessels detained for trafficking in Slaves, and sailing under the Brazilian Flag. In a Case which is not yet decided, but which is now occupying the attention of the Court, and on which we shall have the honour to report to you in a few days, one of the grounds on which the Claimant founds his Claim, is the circumstance of the Brazils having been recognized as an Independent State, or Kingdom, by Portugal. We hope soon to have the satisfaction to learn that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, will have issued Instructions to the Officers of His Majesty's Squadron on this Coast, in accordance with the application from your Department, because we are convinced their tendency will be most materially to cripple the facilities of the Parties interested in the furtherance of this most abominable Traffick. We have the honour to be, &c. The Right Hon. George Canning. J. T. WILLIAMS. No. 38.-His Majesty's Comm". to Mr. Sec". Canning.-(Rec. June 2.) We have had the honour to receive your Despatch of the 13th January, with its Enclosures, being Copies of a Correspondence which has passed between yourself and His Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on the subject of Charters which had been offered to English Vessels, to proceed from that Port to Places in Africa, North of the Line. We return thanks to you, Sir, for this communication. As the name of the Brig, George and James, appears in Mr. Consul Pennell's Despatch of the 5th of November, 1825, it may not be considered irrelevant to make a few observations regarding this Vessel, inasmuch as they will tend to shew how just is the view which was taken as to the object of the Parties who employed her. A person of the name of Dollond, came out to the Coast of Africa as Master of the George and James, then the property, or said to be so, of Matthew Foster and Co. of London; he proceeded to Whydah, and there sold the Vessel to a Mr. Ramsay, who was his first Mate. Ramsay takes her to the Brazils, ships the Cargo stated in Mr. Consul Pennell's Letter, and proceeds back again to Whydah, where a considerable portion of such Cargo was distributed to several Vessels, which were, on that part of the Coast, trading for Slaves. It is supposed that De Souza, the notorious Portuguese Slavetrader, who for so many Years has resided at Whydah and its vicinity, was the real Owner; that he furnished Ramsay with the dollars with which the Vessel was purchased, and that in reality, he (Ramsay) was only the nominal Owner, placed in command of her by De Souza, to protect his property by giving a false colour to the transaction. Ramsay died shortly after the return from Brazil. The Vessel was taken by His Majesty's Ship Atholl, at, or off, Whydah, brought to Sierra Leone, tried under the Consolidated Slave-trade Abolition Act, in the Court of Vice Admiralty, and condemned under the 4th Section of the said Act, the 17th day of October, 1825. We have the honour to be, &c. The Right Hon. George Canning. J. T. WILLIAMS. i GEO. RENDALL. No. 39.– His Majesty's Comm. to Mr. Scev. Canning.-(Rec.June 2.) We have the honour to send you, enclosed, a Report of the Case of This Vessel arrived at Sierra Leone the 9th February, and was tried and condemned in the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission on the 21st instant. Captain Murray, in his Declaration, states, that the Master acknowledged the Slaves to have been shipped at Lagos. This Man, unfortunately, died previous to the arrival of the Vessel here. The Examinations, however, of some of the most intelligent of the Slaves, proved satisfactorily, that Lagos was the Place from whence they were shipped. For more minute particulars we beg to refer you to the Report. It is distressing to us to have again to observe, that a system of the grossest perjury prevails to a great extent, in the evidence given by many of the Parties concerned in slave transactions, who are examined on the Standing Interrogatories. We feel this to be a most serious evil, and should be most desirous to check its progress, were we satisfied as to the extent of our power to do so. The Right Hon. George Canning. J. T. WILLIAMS. (Enclosure.)-Report of the Case of the Brazilian Brigantine, Sam Joao Segunda Rosalia, Amara Jose da Silva, Master. THIS Vessel was detained by His Majesty's Ship Atholl, Captain James Arthur Murray, on the 28th day of November, 1825, who, in his Declaration, states, that, being in or about Latitude 3. 31. North, Longitude 0. 54. East, he detained the Brigantine Sam Joao Segunda Rosalia, sailing under Brazilian Colours, commanded by Amara Jose da Silva, who declared her to be bound from Lagos to Bahia, with a Crew consisting of 18 men, 3 boys, and 3 passengers, and having on board 260 Slaves, said to have been taken on board at Lagos. This Vessel arrived here on the 9th February, after an unusually protracted passage of 65 days, when scarcely a hope of her safety remained, and it was dreaded that she had shared the same fate as the |