Zion's Friend, And General Baptist Register

Capture of a Spanish Slaver.

A Spanish brig, of three hundred tons, named the Formidable, which has acquired no small notoriety among the British cruisers on the coast of Africa, by her own speed, and the boldness and dexterity of her captain, was captured on the 17th of December, off the mouth of the old Calabar river, by his Britannic Majesty's brigantine Buzzard. The action was commenced by the slaver, after a chase of some hours, and was maintained for some time with great spirit on both sides. At length the brigantine ran the slaver on board, and the latter almost immediately surrendered. The captain of the Formidable, an officer of the Spanish navy, behaved with great gallantry, fighting and encouraging his men, until disabled by three musket wounds. The captors found on board the prize, seven hundred slaves, and a crew of sixty-six men, armed with muskets, pistols, and cutlasses. The battery of the slaver was eight guns. Four of the Spaniards were killed, and eleven wounded; of the British six were wounded.—N. Y. Sun.