CAPTURE OF A SLAVER.
H.M. corvette Rosario arrived at Syduey on the 21st ulfc., and reported that sLe captured the slave schooner Daphne, Captain Daggett, afc Levuka (South Seas), on the 21st April. One hundred Hebridians, from Bank's Island, were found packed in the hold. The slaves were lauded at Levuka, and the captain and crew of the Daphne were taken prisoners. A fresh crew was supplied her, and she was ordered on to Sydney. Messrs. Ross, Lewin, and other Queensianders were aboard the slave schooner Daphne when she was captured. The Government have resolved to prosecute the captain, and also to get the vessel cons denaned in the Vice- Admiralty Court" The opinion of Sir William Manning, ato the legality of the seizure of the vessel, has been taken, and that gentleman entirely concurs in the step.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 132, 8 June 1869, Page 2
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