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one-pound balls, four chests of arms, muskets and pistols all loaded, 

 some with balls, others with slugs, the deck strewn with round and 

 grape shot, and upwards of 200 rounds in her magazine. She had 

 upwards of 300 slaves on board. 



VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT. 



The brig (name and nation unknown), taken by H.M.S. Albatross 

 (Reginald Yorke, commander) on the nth July last, on West Coast 

 of Africa, in lat. 10' 20'" S. and long. 10' 42" E., brought to this 

 port under charge of Lieut. J. A. Dunbar, R.N., on the 27th, being 

 fully equipped for the slave-trade, was condemned and forfeited 

 to Her Majesty in the Vice- Admiralty Court of this island on 

 Thursday last, i4th inst., according to the provisions contained 

 in the Act of Parliament, 2nd and 3rd of Victoria, chap. 13. 



VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT. 



The brigantine or vessel (name and nation unknown), taken 

 and seized on the i3th July last on West Coast of Africa, in lat. 

 8' 56" S. and long. 13' 2" E., by the pinnace of Her Majesty's sloop 

 Albatross (Reginald Yorke, commander) which was run on shore 

 upon Point Palmarinhas, and deserted by her crew after having 

 set her on fire, was pronounced by His Honour the Judge of this 

 Court on Thursday, the 2ist inst., liable to condemnation at time 

 of seizure, being equipped for slave-trade, and the figure-head of 

 this ship brought here by Her Majesty's ship Albatross for ad- 

 judication, was at the same time condemned and forfeited to Her 

 Majesty. When the pinnace first saw the brigantine or vessel, 

 she was at anchor off Point Palmarinhas, but upon the approach 

 of the boat the crew ran her on shore and set fire to her. Mr. 

 Wilkinson, the officer in charge of the pinnace, with his boat's 

 crew, used every exertion to extinguish the fire, but without success. 

 A measurement was made, and her dimensions were as follows : 

 Length, 95 feet 6 inches ; breadth of beam, 24 feet 3 inches ; and 

 depth of hold 10 feet. 



That the freed slaves were not always well behaved or 

 grateful we find from the following extract : 



The Master John Roman, of the British bark Salzette, of 422 tons, 

 now in these roads, states : 



That he left St. Helena for Jamaica in December 1843, with 

 206 liberated Africans ; that about a fortnight after leaving the 

 island a great number of the men showed symptoms of mutinous 

 conduct, and threatened the lives of the Captain and Doctor, also 

 to fire the ship, and became very troublesome and dangerous; 

 so much so, that it became necessary to arm the crew and punish 

 the ringleaders by confining them in irons and by putting them on 

 diet of bread and water ; this had the desired effect of restoring 

 order and discipline. 



The Captain further states that after a passage of five weeks 

 he landed the whole of the emigrants at Savannah le Mar in good 



