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MARINE INTELLIGENCE

... ofthe hlerd sand. i eh fotloWing is a list of the ships of war on the £a- 'lifax station, on the tii ltistant:- 'I'he Sani Domingo (Admiral Sir J. B. WVarren), Pole- tiers and Africa, men of war; Spartan, Mai,!stone, Nymph, 4 Acassa, Belvidera, ARolus, ...

AFRICA

... thle river Pantyetto, and nea, to the moulintainis. Ihe King ot' o eeTombo, in wshose territories they werev, was Ilien it war with the T'etdon country, tie(l declitted grantitng pcrrltissioti .t tolhent to 1ro'eevd farthet, at least, Uttil the elt ? ...

Published: Wednesday 10 December 1817
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1216 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FOREIGN

... preacnt erniaing the eoaat of Africa, for the aupprcaaiuo of the alavc trade, ia announced. Painu.—A report, yet uoanUicnUealed, has prevailed during the week, to the effect that the King Rruu asd Traarr.—AU probability war between these two powers seems ...

Published: Saturday 01 December 1849
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FRANCE AND MOROCCO

... nu- merous enough for rapine and war. The furtlher French troops hare penetrated iito these regions, the inore universal has been the feeling of fanatical abhorrence excited amnngst the whole population of Northern Africa. Abd.el-Kader, the little Eniir ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1844
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1571 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE TALKING PARLIAMENT. THE SLAVERS

... brother now on the middle passage. We have account of some fine chases lately on the coast. A running fight with British man-of-war must be no joke, and a few grape shot into the hold of a well filled slaver must lie considered rather rough way of oflbring ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1848
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 268 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SHIP NEWS

... South Wales, a small schooner came in from the coastof Africa, with 400 slaves. It appeared that she had originally taken on board 600 - in all, male andt femnale, but being chased by a ship of war, to prevent Capture adrl to lighten the vessel, the captain ...

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE

... this Report, just came out, that the blockade of the Cwastof Africa, for the prevention of the trade ia human life, is moat complete failure, and that it would failure if the number of vessels war the station were doubled or trebled. All parties concur in ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1848
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 869 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ARMY AND NAVY

... were the Cape, Acorn bound to China. lOC /scorn w the recommendation Lord Palmerston, all men*of-war, in future going from England to the coast Africa, will touch at the Cape Verds, and take a mail. A man-oNwar is always to Ik* stationed there. Trie ...

Published: Saturday 20 March 1847
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 779 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY

... history of thc last thirty years, whethier England possesses now, in 182(, more or less capacity for supporting an extensive war thian when she wyis forced into that of the French Revolution ?- Look at the population of the United Kingdom, increas- cd from ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1827
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 582 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE SLAVE TRADE

... from Africa across the Atlantic. it is now sixty years since Englishmen directed their P attention to the suppression of this destructive traffic, and forty-four 0 years sine England employed her great naval power to cruah this p scourge of Africa, the ...

ARMY AND NAVY

... the coast of Africa. for a slave cargo, and was a remarlably iast sailer. Captain Matson appeairs to have re- tained that almost ilituilive wvatchiulnss fior slavers in thio West Indies for which lie vas so distinguished on the coast of Africa, and which ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1846
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 567 | Page: 2 | Tags: News