- PAng PAO]~ I Mr. Justice Hugglks--The Sierra Leoue Wh ippings ~nd ths Sapremo Cou~ of th8 Settlement of Sierra Leone... 2 Colonel-office...

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1 @~g~el ~ for} [~lon Abroa~ - [ Hol, I: h" = r of ~ful I - :,-, -- lo - PAO]~ - PAng F] AFRICAN AGENCY Tan g: ]Susn ss n ] ngland for avo and oher Tza, dem on he of A#ca -eon~=quen~e :O[ wshea exp r~s~ from all l~i~, of he W e~ Co~s,l[~ I~r~G~}Lo has made arrangemens for sellng :prbdue~ conmg~d o b~m by sh~ps o London, or averp~j; ann purcnssn~ ara amppznggoo~, ora e~a o gams; meproce~, s ef-donsg/~mens or ohbr effeexve-remances amy, zrom e,her of he nacre pors, on a sysem oy wmen ee greae~ pos,soze ~dvahog~ 6fho msrke~ wl be secu~ (ohe A~ekX TR~v~, who wll no bg e har~ one penny beyond wha s acually ~d, "excep ~ul~ h o com m~0n openly 4eb~n aobo~al -:~,/ -:,~: ~~~;~*: - : " " _L,~ e~saud blli~ of-~dln~w]~h~ g~lrp~~l~:~-~ ~]d~ ~ o be addressed : ~ I~ITZOERALD, Es~, 121, 1~lee-sUree, :: London, WC ~B,-Open Polc~es on Insurance for Produce from he ~Coa~ by he Mal SeamerS; bu nended Shpmenshould be : adds ~dble -o ~ BRITISH AND AFBI AN STEAM NAVIGATION OMPANI ~e~; o~,~,,o,o,, q~~ a~ ;nended o sall monhly beween OLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, and he followng pors on he 3V EST: C~ 8~"~ F~AFR"~b A, ~ "vz, SIERRA LEONE/CAPE PALMAS, CAPE COAST CASTLE, ACCRA, LAGOS, BENIN, BONNY, I~ERNA~ND0 PO, and OLD CALABAR~ "" Arrangemens wll also be made far her callng a oher Pors when nducemen offers 2 Ths Seamshp BONh ~, CapUle R F Lows,, w,ll,sa,lfmm 0LASGO~_ on JULy Z~, an4 from LIVERPOOL on he Is ~kuoust, for MADEIRA, SIERRA LEONE, CAPE PAL~A~, AUUBA, /~AUO~, ~AN, BONNY, FERNANDO PC, and OLD CALABAR -For Fregh~1)as~~e, and oher eformsfon apply: n London o ALzx Waxzn, 58, Leadenhsll-sree; n Glasgow o T~YLd~, L~e~n~, and Co; 91/Buohauan~ree ; and n Lvcr <~ol,o E~~ze,D~P~,su, and Co ; 9, Brunswk-dr~L " We~ ~ S~n~ Cholera s he ~unb~ 8 of he ChO]~r~ a ha Oamb h~ I Mr Jusce Hugglks--The Serra Leoue Wh ppngs ~nd hs Sapremo Cou~ of h8 Selemen of Serra Leone 2 Colonel-offce 8 Th ~~, EI~,~ F--ees : 4 Judgng_ R~ ~ o 8eI1 he Dg eh,%~leme~sa 4- nho Acon Thomas r Mr Im~r~l Achnln~mfon of J~oe Jusce Huggns 10 9 G~kl P2,~men :;, : ~ 5 Coon Marke 10 ~ops" ~J - ~ " A Cr~ for General Redre~ o{ Wrongs I0 ]~u~~q~go& or Immlg~rdou 5 Openng for Worshp of ~e Frs Bnek Church n L~gos l0 HoW~ of Commons; ; 6 On Mr Jusce ~-ench "Lvng n Bar~eks snce Irs Arr~:*l a Feb_" ~I~ S~ool ~ ~ga coas : : :, s S[~ ~n e II D~h:by 8hO~InSl m B~hdrs Oa~l ~ " : 6 Deah II One Hn~I/ed a~d lrffy Lsshe~ wh he Ca-o Nus-Tal~ for S~-,ug ~ ~, ~ and Troupe m Marrage : 1} 7 " WEST AFRICAN STEAMERS: ARRIVALS RAVAOES OF THE CHOLERA AT THE GA~IBrA s~ E~-w ~,X~aEn vg~ras AT B~~aORSZ f~ ~n[nrz-o~z V~S POPV-~TIo~ x)tnz~ 6,000 The Mand~go, wh he regular monhly mals, on une 30 0 THE EDrI~0R0FTUR AFRICAN TI~E~ The Dzdsh and Afrlc~n Seam Ha#gaoh Compa~y eshp " " ;" Ba ~ors,-juno I 6, 8d9~,r Bon~y, wlha full cargo, on July 14 " "" Sr,--We have had a a~d me hero snco-~ioy 4 Tha dread The mal seamer, wh he bbmonhly mals, on ful epdemc, he cholera, has done end work amongs us The ~Tuly old, he young n ho bloom and sunshne of youh, and even DEPA~TUB E$ lle chldren, have all been mowe down lke gras, We had Jn~e 24--The Afrcan 1Royal Mal Seam Company shp 1,600 deah% oa ofa popuhon of under 6000, beween ~ay 3 J~go~, wh he ~gular monhly mals and June 3 The mos afoo-heared amongs us could no bu ~uly l ---~The Brsh and Afrcan Seam Nav~gaon Com- be aruck wh asoundng fear a such o rae of moraly The ~ah~ S shp C~ngo " -: descrpon n Sh~kespeare splsy gven hy B~o~ of hs dream --July 4~The Boyal ~dl Meamshlp Benn, wh- a mal would exacly su our e~e:: ~ "The eye of man hah no ~ean, ~uly 14-~The R~yal Mall ae~mshlpcalabar, wh a mal he ~ar of man hah no hea~, hs hear canno c~eceve, nor hs The Royal Z[dlseamshp Mandngo ~ carry Ou he malsongue repor, wha my dream was" The Greek myhologcal ~)f ho24h July " " " - ; " " legend records he ranson of he human race ~y 9radea from, The Bdhhand Afrcan Seam 1Tavlgalon Company s shp he golden o he ron age We he-o have no had he good Bonny wl[l~v0lverpool for Wen Afrcan pors on he Is forune of such ranson, whch, by s gr~duslne~, nures, and, as were, ecclmul ca he naure, and hus modfe~ n an un; " " : " ":

2 ; I 2 THE AFRICAN TIM_ES, [J ULY 23, 1869 common degree he keenness of seushly o he evls and more han fussy, frohy alk, or he expresson of a few spkly dangers ha am generally he o~pambla concomans of anyi senmens, nnd who laboured wh hs usual characersc ~allu~ change for he wors eher n he moral or n he energy and zeal durlug he epdemc, gong abou of hs own physcal world We have had, as were, a ranson from our accord, vsng and dspensng medcne o he sck May her- be long spared, and golden age o an ron ~ge of he wors repue n a mos suddenlves and unexpeced mfnner Hhero enjoyng healh and pleny, Ther bone% we suddenly found ourselves vsed by au epdemc ha aacks When hey h~ve run her course and deep n blessng, and pus an end o he lfe of s vcms wh mos awful and Have a omb of orphans ears wep on enl sudden volence ARer havng compleed a our of servce n Nor ough we o forge ]ffessra Peynon, 8aphon, and Ello, he upper par of he rver, he epdemle began her e ha parwho conrbued her lle quoa, or, raher, played her lle- n hs grea drama--youra very re, poefully, of he own known by he name of "Half De," and accounedpar, o be he mos flhy and unhealhy n he whole place ; and T ncreased and spreadaly wh he rapdy of he prophe s gourd - A frehe nellgen and wealhy poron of he communy were loh o adm ha he place was vsed by he LEONE--MosnA~-, MAT 31, 1869 SUPREME COURT OF THE SETTLEk[ENT OF SIERRA cholera They would fan do v/olence o her senses and arbue he rapd moraly o some oher cause, o whch, n he (The openng of hs case was repored n he Afrfean 2 me~ of June 23, 1869) order of hngs, s no a all lkely hey could ever becoms s~vzr ~o~as v ~OBATm ~A~fs svuoms vcms Bu ook very lle me o open her eye~ Every (Before hs Honour he Chef Jusce) one was hen asr There were no sleepng Jonahs From The evdence aken on boh sdes Rauy for Planff; hehe nellgen European o he rude, unaugh Serere, every one was hard a work, eher callng upon hs god or devsng measures Queen s Advocae for Defendan The Defendan sworn: My name s Horao James Huggns, o counerac he volence of he epdemc The Chrsan poron of he commur y held prayer-meengs he house of God The sgnaure Horao Jan Huggus o paper A s my wrng I am AsssanJudge of hs Cour, and I lve n Olouceaer-areeL and n he publc srees The European poron of he commu-papen)-, wh hs EXcellency Rear-Admral Paey a her head, 10h and llh days of ha mon h I see one samuel Thomas A s he calendar of prsoners rm n June, 1867, on he held consulaon meengs, on he resul of whose delberaons, ] name n he paper A I don know f he s he planff, paper or he apness and wsdom of whose decsons and courses ofb s an nformaon agans one Samuel Thomas I don knowf he s he planff Paper B s daed 10h June The persdn acon, I declnemskng any commen Anoher poron of he [ communy, who regarded brand,z as a prevenve, drank hem I menoned as S Thomas n paper B s he same as ha men, selves o deah, and hus, n "avodng Scylla, plunged no~ oned n paper A S Thomas pleaded guly o he nformaon_ Charybds The Sereres held consulaon meengs, aud fnally resolved o chase he epdemc ou of he own To hs end [ B By he paper A he senence passed on S Thomas waswelve monhs hard labour, nnd o be hree mes prvaely hey assembled n large numbers a ngh, and ran from one end whpped The senence was pas~d for larceny, as appears from of he own o he oher as n he ac of pursu, sngng aloud paper A and paper B There s no prevous convcon ee forh some rude fesh songs, and fnally gvng ou ha hey had a eher paper A or paper B~Queson : Are you aware ha chard he epdemc ou of he own--a crcumsance whch here s such an Ac as he 24h and 9-fh Ve, cap 96, n force- hs selemen? Answer: Ths s a queson of opnon as o brngs vdly before he mnd he case of he Cannsns of clas-scal anquy, who, as B~erodous ells us, deermnng o have wheher, n pon of law, ha Ac s n force here I don no dees bu hosa of her counry, a~embled of all ages n hnk I am bound o answer ---Queson : Have you no frequenly red prsoners u he Supreme Cour under he Ac of arms, and, rushng forward, brandshng her epeas as n he ac of pursu, cred aloud ha hey wer expellng her foregn he Imperal Parlamen 24 and 25 Ve, cap 96? Amwer: gods I s a remarkable fac, however, ha he very nex day Upon he ground ha hs queson nvolves a pon of law, I afer he performance of hs re or ceremony, call whch you declne answerng --Queson : Have you no frequenly senenced prsoners under he las-menoned Ac Objeced "o by wll, he epdemc raged wh more han usual vole~ ca, and he zealous, paroc, ba poor, msguded, and crock-braned crusaders he Queen s Advocae; objecon allowed--i am aware of Vol of Serere learned o her cos ha exposure o ngh draughs a 3 of Serra Leone Ordnaoces from February, 1861, o Ocober, such a sea~n s one of hose causes ha predspo~s o or exces 1867 I know he Ordnance of May 29, 1862, a p 22 of Vol he faal dsease Amdshe unversal fluer and repdaon 3 of Serra Leone Ordnances; s enled "An Ordnance o moraly sll wen on a a fearful rae Trenches were dug n he bural-ground, and dead bodes pred upon each oher n a Amend he Law" I have read porons of 24 and 25 Ve, cap 96 manner mos shockng and dsgusng Every one rembled or I havu read sac 4of ha Ac, also sac ll9~queson : Have hs lfe, and he sayng, "All men hnk ~ll men moral bu you ever read sees 88, 57, and 66? The Queen s Advocae objecs o hs, and he hemselves," became no longer applcable Every one expeced wo prevous- quesons ha he nex hour would fnd hm a dead man I mus, however, be remarked ha he gnorance and conce of many of he Objecon allowed~l may have read he whole Ae~ Qu~on: Dd you before June, 1867, read he 4h, 88h, 57h, people were on very many occasons he cause of her own 52nd~ ll9h, and ~Sh secons of 24 and 26Ve, e~p 967 deah Mos of hem, when aacked wh he epdemc, preferred guava leaves and roos boled ogeher any mxure he or may no have read hem I hough hey were suffcenly se Answer : I don know ha I dd so I csu remember; I may docor could prescrbe for hem, and hus dug her graves wh ou n he books of Crlmusl Pracce Before June, 1867, I had her eeh, accordng o he old sayng There were no wanng, read he Colonal Ordnance before referred o, o amend he law I hnk was n May, 1865, wa~ frs apponed Acng Chef oo, many amongs us who ook advanage of he unversal con eernaon o ndulge mos exaggeraed repors and n he Jusce, and I aced unl March, 1866, when Chef Jusce Car grosses msrepresenaons of he sae of hngs Lke he reurned; durng ha me I red prsoners for he offences hey were charged wh, I can say wheher I red psonera n quack who sold volen plls and paen drasc medcnes, end May, 1865 I red prsoners n Sepember 1865, as a~pears by he when advsed by a learned docor f he would humbug he people calendar for Sepember; I red nne prsoners for larceny In o do less dangerously and more genly, repled, "BIess yournovember, 1865, I red ea prsoners for larceny ; I mushavo Innocence, he people wouldn beleve n me unless I make era holler ou," many, n order o make us beleve n hem, hough red many more for larceny a varous sessons--queson : Dd no an o make us "holler ou" I s a maer of ~,rea,n, you ever ry and senence any prsoners when you were Acng pr,e he E opean po on of he communy hardl Chef Jusce or Asssan Judge of hs Cour, under he Imperal anyhng from he epdemc They seemed secure under some Ac 24 and 25 Ve, cap 96? Objeced o, as nvolvng a pon, guardan power ; hu hey shared u he general consernaon of law, and wness declnes o ~lswer ~Queson : Wll you hough Some farly fled he place, and ohers who remaned sae under wha law you red he Samuel Thomas referred o n rembled for her lves A pre~nhe epdemc has almospapers A and B, and senenced hm o welve monhs mprsonmen and o be hrce prvaely whpped? Obeced o on he subsded We haw bu very few cases now, and s o be S hoped ha ere long we shall be enrely free me ground, wness declnes answerng Mr Rany submled he wness was bound o answer The Cour sad no~i have The colony wl long ehcreh wh graeful remembrance henames of Saff Asssan-Surgeon Waers and he Colonal Surgeon Jeansbeen laely n he gaol-yard o search he book I dd no go for he publc servces hey rendered durng he epdemc As a o search f S Thomas had been whpped I wen o ge a reurn rue physcan who feels n hs cen~ence he solemn oblgaons of of senences passed on ceran prsoners --Qaeson: Are you hs glorous ar, hese sons of OMen evnced her sympahy for aware wheher here s any law n force n Eogland or hs ~fferng humany by he skll, care, and aenon jusfed by seuemen auhorsug a judge of hs Couro se~ence a prsoner o be hrce prvaely whpped, and welve monhs mpr- he success wh whch hey reaed paens aacked wh he sonmen wh hard labour, for sealng one par rousers, one epmeme And worhy of especalmenon, oo, s he name of Leuenan Y S Sewar, he garfsh adjuan here, whose coa, and one shr h whou a prevous convcon beng se forh sympahy for suffernghumany was shown o be somehng n he nformaon? Objeced o by he Queen s Advocae Objecon allowed by he don f JvLv ] rfe AFRICA ff TIMES $ whpped, nor how many srpes he reeeved--queson : When s he auhory for floggng he persons m~naned u he you ordered planff o be mprsoned sad hrce wl~pped, dd paper C ț bu I don know There s only one, Samuel Thomas you also order he number of slrokes and- he nsrumen wh o paper C I don know ha he plaoff s he person who whch hey were o be ofleed o be epeefled n he senence? was flogged I was presen,hen he S Thomas menoned n Objeced o by he Queen s Advocae, on he ground ha pap~rapaper C was flogged hree mes The number of lashes was a A and B speak for hemselves Objecon allowed by he Couv he dscreon of he docor I suppo~ f he docor had ordered ~I don know f here are a~y oherecorda of he proceedngof hem o gve planff 100 lashes hey would have gven hem o he Crmnal Cour, and n hs ease, beyond he papora A and B, hm He was flogged wh a ce-o -nno als ; he es-o -nnnals s no specfed n he paper C, nor he number of srokes o I don know f any records axe made up of he crmnal rals of prsoners I hae been a barrsera-law of Lncoln s-nn be receved I was only preseno see he prsoners whpped once January, 1838 I ~es called o he EnglshBar hen I The docoregulaed he number of srokes was apponed Queen s Advocae from May 9, 1863, bu I dd James Dunsan Macaulay sworn : My nama s James Dunsan mo arrve hereunl Augus 9, 1863 I prosecued pr~nersmacaulay I "know planff He was rm hero n June, 1867 hera n 1863 and 1864; all ha were ren up for ral--ques- I s he same boy I recollec he senence passed upon hm ~on: Durng he perod you were Queen s Advocae of hs I was welve monhs mprsonmen w hard labour, and o be ~lemen, dd you ever prosecue prsoners for larceny nnder he hree mes prvaely whpped Imperal Ac 24 and 25 Ve, cap 96--I don hnk I am bound Crossexamned by he Queen s Advocae: I keep a mnue of o answer hs quesiom The Queen s Advocae objeced o he all he senences I know planff s he boy He was red queson Objecon allowed by he Cou a he same sesson as Papa Bugah Rober Smh sworn: My name a Rober Smh I am a I beng fve o clock he-cour hen adjourned ~HCS Ednburgh I lve n Olouceser-eree, and I am Aeesan-Colonal Surgeon of Serra Leone I was so n June, (2~ o crdeme was fffren on hs Far of h~ defndanl 1867 I have seen planff I saw hm whpped n he gaol Jw ~ 8, 1869 I can recollec he year I was apponed Asssan-colonal (Before Hs Honour Chef Jusce French) Surgeon n Aprd, 1866 I don remember f any more were On hs case beng menoned, and no appearance beng pu n whpped n 1866; here were some whppngs ha year, bu I for he defendan,,don know he men who go hem I aend all he whppngs The Maser of he Cour saed ha he defendan ~ had gone o n he gaol I examne each prsoner before he s whpped, and he Treasury, and requesed ha he mgh be sen for f requred I sand by durng he whppngs I don deermne he number of lashes o be gven A slp of paper s placed n my hand caed wh on he oher sde The Chef Jusce asked ~r Rany f he had been commun- wh he names of he prsoners and he number of lashes for Mr Rany repled ha he Would raher no answer he queson, and asked hs Honour o go on wh he ease each, sgned by he Colonal ~creary Ths s for breach of gaol dscplne The sherff aends when he whppng s [rhe Chef Jusce dreced he ~[aser o wre a noe o Mr ordered by he judge I aend also when he whppngs are Dougan, he defendan s aorney n hs acon,ordered hy he judge; a paper s Fleeed u my hands by he Whlshe Maser was wrng o he defendan s aoreey, gaoler; hs paper conans he number of srokes, bu no narumen s marked n he paper I was menoned he lasdougan a answer was receved, when he Chef Jusce sen for Mr Rany lef he Cour, and nohng was done unl Mr decanon n he paper I was he frsme I noced ThsMr Rany, and old hm ha Mr Dougan could no aend, and was las week ] never noced before If had been herehe prayed for a pospouemen cf he case unl he reurn o hs before I dare say I may have seen I dd no see here, selemen of he defendan, who was on ha eve of gong o England, cr for judgmen u favour of he defendan The nsrumen wh whch he srokes were o be nflced was no menoned n he paper, excep n a ease of ~hppng ordered Mr Rany repled ha he was here o go on wh he case, by he magsrae 1he planff haa been flogged 1 can bu ha he Cour could ake whs course hough proper ~wear ha planff s he very boy ha was flogged u my The Chef Jusce sad ha he learned coun~l mgh proceed presencei s dffcul o say vlanhff s e~e I can say wh he case whe -- h er he ~s " sxeen or weny-hree - - Mr Rany hen preceeded o sum up he evdence, remarkng John ]ffeheux sworn : My name s John Meheux~ I am sherffha he learnedeiendan had brough a grea scandal on he of he seler-nen~ I lve n K~ysrse I aend a he gaol admnsraon of jusce n hselemen, no only by he unlawful senence passed by hm on he planff, bu also by he when prsoners senenced by he Supreme Cour are flogged I receved n smlar calendar o paper A sgned by defendan n manner n whc he had gven hs evdence Here was a genle- holdng he sacred and elevaed poson of a judge of hs June, 1867, and I sen o he gaoler I have no searchedman for he calendar (The sherff here lef o search for he Cour, u aus~ger o a very seroue acon, refu~ng o pon ou --eulendar) he law whch jusfed hm o order he poor planff o be hrce ~amuel Thomas, sworn : My name ssamuel Thomas I am whpped, and also declnng o answer quesons he ground now a prsoner n gaol I know he defendan I wan red by ha he was ajudgeofhscour He (Mr Rany) could well accoun for he defendan s ab~nce on hs mornng, because snce he hm n June, 1867 ~No one gave evdence agans me I pleaded guly o sealng a eoah rou~ra, and shr I was senenesd by defendan o welve monhs mprsonmen wh hard on wha had occur~l and dscovered ha he wasudecd a runed gave hsevde~ce ou he 31s of las monhe had no doub refleced labour, and o be hrce prvaely whpped I was whpped hree man, and would be mpossble for hm o s on he bench mes I had ffy lashes a week afer I was senenced In agan afer ~ese prcoeednga were brough under he noce of abou four monhs I had ffy more lashes The las day, when he proper auhores~ So he ook a suddeu flgh, and he (Mr I came ou h I had anoher fay lashes Before ffu~e, 1807, I was Rany) hoped he bench would be for ever releved from he meer red n hs cour; ha was he frsme I was red presence of such a judge The defendan was eher a mos 2Le~r I was floggm who hrd me I vomed blood Afer he gnoran judge or a very cruel one, for causog he planff o be fle floggng I had a pan n my somach I was flogged beforehrce whpped cfhou~ any law o jsfv he ~enence Jf he breakfas I bled afer beng flogged Afer all brce foggng~ dd from gnorance ho s unfopre, do n hs Cour; f from I fel pan all o,er my skn I w,~a pu o work abou hr~ecruely, he woe no only unf for hs poson, bu he (Mr weeks afer I was flogged When 1 wan whpped my back Rany) hoped ha as he defendan w~ gong o Eogland by,~welled I was pu n he hospal afer my rve floggng I he ram1, ha he may be brough here o he bar of jusce for Wan here hree weeks from he floggng The second me I he manner n whc he had caused Her Majesy s subjec o be wen flogged I was sen o work he same day~ by he docor sllegally whpped by he of~cers he gaol, who, as appears by orders I worked I fel bad he evdence, were lef o decdes o he number of srokes and Cross-examnM by he Queeq~ s Advocae: I can ell how he osrumen wh whch hey were o nflc hem on he poor many mea I have been n gaol I ealy recollec n 1867 and plsdnff Afer alludng o he sgma whchad beau aached mow 1 can ell how many mes I was n gaol before I was o hs (he learned coun~l s) name n anoher place, u consequence ofho pa~ he had aken, along ~hs fellow ezer~s, o flogged I was never n gaol before I won flogged here The frs me I wen o gaol was when was flogged In 1864 I procure he removal of he defendan from hs ofce, Mr Rany was sen o gaol by he polce magsrae for wo monhs ; haproceeded o ray ha was no a pleasan hng for hm o war for fghng I aas never n gaol before ha nor afer-aacwards, unl 1867 I old Mr Rany o brng hs acon agalnehe planff had been he only prsoner upon whom an unlawful a judge n whoso Cour he exercsed hs professon, and f defendan I can eay when ; was hs year I was 1868 enence of whppng had been pa~sed, he (Mr Rany) would I don know wheher was before Chrhmas or snce I don probably ha~e paused before akng any acon n he maer ~kno when was I rve wen o Mr llany las year, 1868 However, uhen he consdered ha large number of prsoner Beeao~e hey wh me, and I fel, was why wen o hm upau whom he defendan her passed unlawful Fenences o m- ";~[ ~ ~se]f; old me o,rsonmen and whppng, as he records of he Cour would have he cahndar show, and ha some of hem were sll undergong 0 s he ca, he defendan,

3 l l J [ r I I l THE AFRICAN TIMES ~3vI~Y 23, ~ 1869~ he dd no for a momen hesae o ac n he manner ha had done, alhough he knew ha hs conduc mgh possbly have I From and afer he frs day of Augus nex, Secon Ill z u/ned hs profe~onal success for a me The learned counsel of an Ordnance daed he 21s day of February, 1857, a~d nulc-d "An Ordnance o Amend he Law," be and he ~ame hen ced he eases of Calder v Halke, 3 ~[core a Prvy C s hereby repealed Ca,-cs, and of Houlden r Smh, 14 Q B, and observedha was clear ha a judge of a Cour of Record was lable for a II All laws and slaues whleh were n force whn he real~ of England on he fre day of January, one housand egh udesl ac f done whou jurmcou If hs be so, wha dfference dces makewheher judge be a Supreme Cour] hundred an4 sxy-wo, no beng nbundsen wh any royal juoge, x1:e ease of Deeas r Lord :Brougham, 6 Carrngon] charer n force n hs colony, or wh any leer or leers nod Psyne, s almos an auhory o show ha an acon may be [ paen, or Order _R Councl ssued, n pursuance hereof, or wh any Ordnance m force n hs colony, or wh any rule made n mananed agans he Lord Chancellor of England for a judcal [ ac z none wnouy w~oul jursdcon The learned coun~l [ punuance of any such Ordnance, shall be deemed and aken o be n force n hs colony, and shall be appled n he admns concluded by askng he Chef Jusce o gve hm a verdc, u l orucr o check he grea evl whc he had brough under he reon of jusce, so far as local crcumsances wll perm noce of he Cour III ~o Ac of Parlamen ha was no n force n England on A he corclu~on of Mr Ranr s v -~ hlshonour *h ~ ~:-" he frs day of January, 1862, shall be n force or appled n he Jusce sad ha as he had:no ha d he a" dvanage of hea~g~ho admnaraon of jusce a hs colony, unless he Ac shall oher sde, he mus look carefu]jy no he auhores before conan words whch by legal consrucou would exend he Ac gvng hs judgmen o hs colony, or unless he Ac shall be exended o hs colony 3f Rany : There are several prsoners n gaol under unlawful by sn Ordnance of he Legslaure of hs colony senences, and T shall be much oblged f your honour would IV Ths Ordnance shall commence and ake effec on,he come o a decson n hs case as quckly as possble, n order haseconday of Augus, 1862 we may lake on appeal before he Lords of he Judcal Commee of he Prvy Councl n :England f your honour decde Governor Brars Joa~ agans my clen I s of he las mporance ha he appeal be Passed n ha Legslave Councl hs weny-nnh day of aken before her lordshps rse for he long vacaon May, n he year of our Lord 1862 Chef Jusce : 1 wll gve my decson as soon as possble (Sgned) Wnzu r HP-A Th~ Cour was hen adjourned Clerk of he Councl June 14, 1869 Yer~ed by me, W~ RAxsz SUPREME COURT OF 8IF_,P~A LF_X)NE~ Jms The pa~r marked (A)all(uAd)ed o n he evdence s he MR, JUSTICE ~E egins DF_~W_~RED ~OT TO BE LEGALLY ~N~LE" calenoar of he pr~ners red n he Supreme Cour, Serra Leone, on he 10h and 11h June, 1867, on whch appears he (Before Hs Honour Chef Jusce French) nam~ Samuel Thomas, lareeny; plea, gul senence w Iv rheums ~ m~ zvsrzcn ~z~oo~-s m 0nhs zmpnsunmen wrh hard labour and o Y~ be hrce prvaely, e e Hs Honour he Chef Jusce now gave judgmen n hs ra whpped I s sgned, "Horao James Hugglns, Chef Jusce/" poren acon, whch s fully repored n our las ssue, and whou expressng any opnon as o he lawfulnesa of he whppng, and pro~erly aesed held ha was a judcal ac, for whch he learned defendan (s) Selemen of Serra Iecne~To w : Be remembered ha could no be sued n hs acon Thomas Marson, Froseeuor for our Soveregn Lady haqucen, Judgmen for he defendan accordngly, wh coss who, for our Soveregn Lady he Queen, prosecues u hs behalf Immedaely afer hs judgmen was pronounced, Mr Rany n hs proper person, comes no he Supreme Cour of he sele: lad before hs :ExeeMenoy he Governor-n-chef a leer, ad men of Serra Leone on Monday, he enh day of June, n he dressed o Her Majesy s Sec"reary of Sae for he Colonea, year of our Lord one housand egh hundred and sxy-seven, zor ransmssou o he Colonaloffce, enclosng he evdence end for our sad Lady he Queen gves he Cour here o under-gvesand and be nformed ha Samuel Thomas, on he ffh day of ~?era~r n he acon, and askng for redre~--wo/ Mfrean June, n he year of our Lord one housand egh hundred and ~xysevan, fe]onoudy dd seal, ake, and carry away one coa, THE DUTCH, :ELMINAS, AND FANTEES, one par of rousers, and one shr of he goods and chaels of o ~z x~rroz oz z~z ~,mca,zmm Samuel Frazer, aganshe peace of our Lady he Queen, her Cape Coas, June 8, crown and dgny; and herefore Sr,--A he end of ]flay a Duch man-of-war, he Amsal,- sad Lady he Queen, he sad prosecuor, for our prayeh he consd oraon of he Cour herea~ehoredoff Commendah A boa wh wo Duch offce~ anc~ n he premses and ha due process of law may be awardedruns marmea was sen off o ply near he #here and make ceran aganshe sad Samuel Thomas n hs behalf o make h~ observaons A heavy sea suddenlyarose and eapssed he boa answer o our Lady lm Queen onchmg and concernng he Fve were klled or drowned beween he boa and he rock~ he premses aforesad ohers swam ashore: and were mmedaely capured by-h~ (Sgned) pecpm oz uommenaan Two, s sad, are snce dead, or have T~zoxAs MA~rrov, been klled Verfed by me, W Rany, June 14, 1869 Cro~n Prosecuor, and four are alven heeamp of Commendah# whe% I undersand, grea aenon s pad o hem, he Commendah~ belevng ha hey wll oban hrough hem a heavy oompen~a~ In he ~upreme Cour of e Selemen of Serra Leone on for her losses, An Our Acng Admnsraor sen~ on he ~Ihe weny-ffh day of Sepember a he our Lord, }h ns, DecOr Jones, he Acng or Depuy-Asssan Collecor ~eneral, and laeuenan Warner, hs prvae secrehry, also,~efemer of Serra /-~one--to w: Samuel Theme, by Kr Davs, a nave, o oban hese men from he Oommendah Wllam Rany hs aorney, sues Horao James Hnggn% who v ~?ople, The,~ road o Commendah cam P s eo bad now, ormg~ has been summoned o answer he sad Samuel Thomas byvrue,,a wm ke o or hr e days o so he of a wr ssued on he seveneenh day of June, n h0 ve~ of doub hese men ocmg aeaverea up so readly, beeauzo he ourlord one housand egh , ;, v 2 l Commendahs had already [e~sed 9 ~end hem o he Acng ~ u ~ a r~ aild ~lx el n, ou of Her Majesy s Sup,e~:e Cour of he SolemenYefgserra Leone; Admnsraor by pre~~ me~engers whom he sen for ha he defendan asssuled he planff, and ea~d he We hear nohng more of he Ashanse movemens, bu ha de planff o be luce wh~pped on dvers mes and days, whereby beween he Assns and Ashaneea s brsk We are ndeed glad o hear ha Mra Moseley s n good healh, and has sronghopo~ sh~ =ca; beeko{ohe ann plsfnu plal,~ff c~ams was laceraed, 300/ and he planff becameof geng cu h~re hs year--youra fahfully, :E~d~rkz, 0n he sxh day of Hovember, n he year of our lord, 1868: The defendan, by IRober Dougan hs aorney, says ha he BEPORTED DESIRE TO SELL THE DUTCK a no guly SETTLERENTS The sevenh day of November n he year of our Lord, 1868 zo ~a~ x~rroa o~ ~mz ~zzc~ zz~a The planff akes ssue upon he defendan s plea Cape Coas, June I5 Therefore le hs eau~ be red before hs B onour he Chef 8r,~There a au absurd repor here ha he new Duch Jusce accordng o he Ordnance such case made and provded Governor of Elmna, lfa g las~ ~, ]~as corn e OU wh f~ll r~,~^ ~ll he Duch selemens o he Brsh for 40,0001, as r f such (n) x O~D:, A ~ Cn 70 auzsn 7~ Z~W ~a]~sacons ~nen he exchange could ever oz ernones beserved and an~where ncreas~ bu of a dued head-quar~ ook Whereas s expeden o exend o he sad Colony of Serra place, I remember you sad here would be ample resource* for Leone such aleraons and amendmens of he laws of Englandeffecng good f hey were no ds~paed by msgovernmen ashave been made ~nce he frs day of January, 1857 Alas, ha If/ The resource~ have become large, bu he~ am Be herefore oraned by he Governor and Councl as beng d~med n he mos foolsh manner I do no know how follows :-- much Mr Smpson has spen n rum for he sx compa~ 0~" JULY 23, 1869J THE AFRICAN TIMES 5 -he own, or how much n hs ll-conduced rp o Aquamoo, orders o gca Lem ou of he publches I s now neary - where narrowly escaped wh hs lfo, and was only sparedhree monhsnce hey promsed o despach hs force, and as -hrough Ashauee conemp or absurdy a Acorn (your corre-ye no weny men have ler -spondens here ough ~ ell you somehng abou hs); bu I beleve I wroe you a he me ha he polcy whch Hr -when he wen up o Maukassm laely, o do no earhly good, Smpson was pursung was a very false and runous one The ~ao made presens o he chefs of some 400/ worh of mer resul has proved ha I dd no say so unsdvlsedly Hs objec --chandse, for whcha managed o ge n reurn some sor of an ever snce he ook offce appears o have been o segprae he "address" uerly valueless, and a gold sck worh abouchefs and uneducaed naves from he edunaod He has msspen several hundred pounds ou of he ches~ boh a Cape 18s 6d I s no o be wondered a ha Mr 8mpson and rmr all- Coas and Aecrs, n furherance of hs ndue and sucdal p~lcy~ only o fnd ou ha he has reckoned whou hs hos As o hs success amongs hn Fanees, you wll hear from your Cape Coas correspondens ; bu I can safely say ha all hs effors o move he E~sern dsrcs whou he ad of he peap]e hemselves, and especally of he educaed naves, wll be a van no be eernal fxureshcre ~rou wll see by somepapers I send -you ha hey culd no lo Fnlason come back here n peace, Our chefs wll accep hs money and hs ram, bu hey czuno "hough was only o sele hs affars and ge away aferward hdp hm whou he consen of hose whomhoffeca o despse -o Serra leone, where we are old he s n fuure o resde He hasspen some 500/ amongshem, and now he fnds hey They m~e hm a solary excepon o he rule whch allowshave done, and can do, nohng ~e s consanly nqurng f :,passengers by he seamers o land n he Governmen boa, and, hey have despached he 2,000 men, and hey are a her ws when he dd so land, rumped up a charge agans hm of ryngend wha answer o gve; meanwhle he Ashanecs are ganng o defraud he revenue They were beaen n he Magsraes groun daly n Crepee Wha Mr Smps~n s objec s n Cour, hough I can uudersand why he magsraes dd no endeavourng o "pu down" he educaed naves Ieau only gve Fnlason hs coss You wll sea wheherany of he papersguess When one cymes o consder ha s he suppo~d I send are worh publshng n ad of your noble sruggle for us presen Poloyof he Home Governmen o relc hem up, ncreasa -agans njusce aud oppresson~yours, C~z CoAs r her numbers, and render hem f for a;dng he governmen of her counry, really does cause a ceran amoun of surprse GOLD COAST MISHANAGEMENT why s agens ou here should,-o serve her own unworhy From our ~pecfal C~rrapondrM ends, pursue a polcy drecly oppose Acorn, June 7, 1869, A pre~eu affars sand hus The Easern poron of hese Sr,--Nohng has aken place here deservng specal nocedsrcs hreaened by he Ashanoes, Aquamboes~ and -snce my las, bu we are now beg~haung o reap he frus of Ahwoonahs Mr Smpson comes down hera as Admnsraor wha was done wo monhs ago When ~r Admnsraorand fnds ou, almos a he cos of hs head, ha such s really Smpson reurned from Aquambco n March he nofed o Kngshe case B e calls he kngs (kngs only n name, for Acorn s Tackee and Cudjoe ha he desred o have an nervew wh vrually a republc, he kngs beng smply he mouhpeces of hem and her broher of Chrsausborg They accordngly he people) and gves hem so many hundred pounds from he -summoned all her subordnae capans and headmen and he chea b and orders hem o despach a force o proec Crepee edfeaed naves o consul wh hem as o wha suggesons They ake he money and promseveryhng; hey proceed o hey should offer o hs Excellency a he approachng nervew dvde he money, and when a leogh ~dled upon o ac up o on he subjec of he Aquambce and Ashaueo nvason of he her promse, hey call her people o mee hem, and no one Ch-epee dsrcs, and was hen resolved ha he hree kngsobeys, arer he experenceof he meeng of March 8 The should on no nceoun have any nervew wh he Admnsraor consequence s, maers reman (n,~a~ ~ quo The kngs h~ve a on publlo maers whch her subordnae chefs and he lengh found ou her msake; bu wheher hey wll go he educaed naves were no presen [ rgh way o recfy I can say You mus adm ha so Ths meeng, whch I aended, ook place on he evenng of] long as he agens of he Brsh Governmen ou here make March 18 I was undersood ha due noce was o be gven] her busness o sow dssenson amounhe several classea of by he kngs of he day and hour a whch hey were o mee peope he counry wll never advance he Admnsraor, so ha he prncpal people mgh be n THn SPnCIAL CoRUF,,~PONDEN " AZ ACCHAo readness o accompany hem The followng day, he lgh, a 10 am, I was nfor~ed ha he kngs and chefs had gone FERNANDO PO lb Mr- Smpsou s hoel I mmedaely proceeded hher, no AnnvAL OF za~ 250 Po~rlcAn PS~so~ grs ~Ro~rrAVA=~SA as one of ho~ ndvduals who have a voce n he publo affars Advces, per he Afrca~ Royal mal seamer Mandng% Cap <~ Acorn, as I have, hu smply as a reporer o he A] r~andaves, sae he arrval, a Fernando Po, of 250 deporaon, 2~,I wen sragho he hall, where I saw he Admns-polcaraor, Mr Addo, and he hree kng sandnga a able The por Borja These exles--mosly men of hgh Poson and exles, from Havanna, nhe Spansh Governmen rans kngs had jus aached her marks o a paper whch he Admns wealh--complan berlyof he cruel reamen hey experenced raor held n hs hand, and whch I beleve he had also sgned, whls on board he Bor~a, especally from he voluneer solders ~r Addo sgnaure beng aached as wness I a once made who mouned guard over hem, and, o quoe from he words of my busness o place myself n possesson of he conens of he despach, "her sufferngs were such as oeaus~ hem ohal he documen n queson~ and he crcumsances under whch wh delgh her beng landed a hs sland (Fernaudo Po), faad been sgned by he hree kngs :Havng frs pad my spe of all he horrors whch hey ancpaed from prewoua respecs o hs Excellency and congraulaed hm On hs escapedeserpou" They also complan of he hgh prces hey had o from he hands of he Aquamboes, sod gone hrough he same pay for anyhng ou of hs way of her ordnary al[owauce of ~eremony wh he kngs, who were jus akng her leave, I coarse provlsons, a dollar beng charged for a bole of beer, and nqured of hem wha had aken place, and one of lhem handedoher hngs n proporom Shorly afer hey Ianded/he slaud me a paper whch purpored o be a copy of he one hey had was placed under maral law, and even pcople conneced wh or -sgned By hs he hree kn~a-had bound hemselves o belongng o he mal seamer were prohbed from vsng cr d~paeh a force of 2,000 men mmedaely o Crepee o an on leavng her whou a specal perm from he governor ~&femre aganshe Aquan~boes and Ashanees, and unless ~rs aacked hese 2,000 men were no o ac whou he orders A_~RICAN EMIORXT[0N OR IMMIORATION -of he Admnsraor for he me beng There were nosgna- Under hs headng he 8aneDrd publshes a leer daed ~h;rea o he copy4hown me by hem, bu I saw he hree kngs"new Unversy CIub, July 6," and sgned "Henry 3 Hoo~," n -Hgnlngho orgnal Of he fve ndvduals presen only one, whch he wrer advocaes he enlsmen n Afrca under con he Admnsraor, can rood or wre; even he pary wue~vg rac of labeurera o work for hree, fve, oe seven years n he sgnaures s unable o r~d or wre Havng obaned hs 3~u~eA The followng exrac wll suf~ce o show he spr ~nfomaon, I proceeded o ~hc verandah ousde, where heren whch hs lcler s wren: "The negro s an effcen were assembled some eghy or a hundred of he prncpal men of labourer He s srong an4 ndlgeu o a ceran degree He "he place, grumblng loudly= a he conduc of her kngs n can acqure smple knowledge more quckly han a European ~davng hem ou here n he Iurch Several of he edu6edbu he s lackng u reflecve faculle~ The couformaon of hs ~navea were s]~ here, bu, beng mal day, svery possble skull wll convnce he m~esyro a phrenology ha s hope- o aemp o make hm ~elf-su~cng hs presen coudlon hey cameon bosnesa conneced wh he seamer, as he capanless was n he hoel a he me They all appeared uerlyif he s o be ra~ a all mus be by a laborous process aon~hed wha had aken place, especally afer he meenghe mus be hrough no conac wh cvlsed races, am/muf of he evenng before The hree kngs looked exceedngly ao ~ly mbh I~er feeln~#, bu~ mug a, o r, ur# an nfu~ of ~ avhamed of hemsevez, and muered somehng abou havng ~?ood Thn esouo be done by any sysem of educaon whch been en for suddenly and aken by surpm~, bu hey om~~ shall keep he ~egroea n her own q~u~" ~ ~r ~, ~" Jay anyhng abou he 150l whch he Commandan~ nan quse moral ranng Faugh

4 -, j P I f + l I, +[ ~U r l 6 THE AFRICAN TIME8 bvra, 23, 1869 NOTICES gran Colonel Conrsn s deah pu an end o all clapend POSTPONED TO OUR NEXT once on he ad he had promsed Mr Ussherepled O l~er, Cameroons Proceedngs, The Crown a he su of an applcaon made o hm n smlar erms Bu he Thoo $ones r Fna~on anxous frends of hn cause and of Mrs, ~[oseley n Rug Im:=::::= lau dd no hnk advsable ha she should proceed o Cape Coas upon he fah of promses whch mgh fal of E++ fr++l, Ems beng realsed a he crcal momenhrough he deah~ PUBLISHED MONTHLY, PRICE 5d, STAMPED or removal, or personal change of feelng of an Admnsraor The usssance o be gven by he Governmen You arc earnesly requesed o aliov your name o be acme l o he lh~oyearly subscrbers Prce 5s per annum for each copy, payable n advaee mus no enal any dependence ha would mpar h6 e~ceney or mlae agans he success of he work; ard mus no be rendered precarous by a new Admnsraor havng power o annul or suspend a gran n s ad made by a predecessor n offce The mporance whch he presen esmable Governor-n-Chef, Sr Arhur Kennedy, FRIDAY, J/YLY 23, I869 was "known o aach o educaon as a cvllsng power n Afrca, encouraged hope~ ha when honugmy convne~ HOUSE OF COH~IONS ha he noble projec was no he men offsprng some ~OTICE -~~TE~ED ~ULT 7 0o gong no Commee of Supply ou Frday, July 23 Mr ransen enhusasm, bu he fxed and seled resolve of d Henry B 8herdan,--To call aenon o he caw of,qamuel hear full of fah and rus n God, and of convcon ha~ Themes r Horao James Hnggns, Asssan-Judge of he Su-hpreme Cour a Serra Leone, a repor of whch appears n hewould no fal o gve hs offcal suppor Mrs A[oseley was a work he had specally apponed o be done, h~ 21frfcan Tf~, June 23, 1869 and he frends of he grea cause she has so nearly a On gong no Commee of Supply on Frday, July ~3 Mr hear have no been dle No only have proper applcaons been made by hem o Sr Arhur Kennedy and Charles Buxon,--To call aenon o he cruel ~amen of prsoners n he gaols of he Brsh Wes Afrcan selemens adequaexplanaon gven, bu he noble Secreary of Sae for he Colones has also been peoned o gve ho ~-EMALE SCHOOL AT CAP--" ~ COAST " d~red Governmen ad IEarl Granvlle has, we beev% ~V~ have houghha we canno beer commence he referred he maer o Sr Arhur Kennedy as Governorn-Chef We canno allow ourselves o doub for a nn~ year of our advocacy n hs journal of Afrcan neress, and our effors forafrlcan advaneemen, han by momen wha he reply of such a man as Sr Arhur wll brngn g agan before ourrcadera he queson of h a Afrcan be, and hem[ore s ha we haw fel jusfed n sang ~Femalo Chrsan and Indusral School whch Cad haf ha We have reason o hope hahs desre of our hear, he pu no he hear of ha mos worhy Chrsan lady esablshmen of he proeced Ca~e Coas Female School Mrs Moseley, o esablsh, and by an enre selfderelc wll soon become an ace~mplshed~ ac I surely eanno~ personally o conduc a Cape Coas We rejoce o hnbe any longer doubful The necessy of Governmen ha we have reason o hope ha hs desre of our hearad o educaon Cape Coas canno be dened, and has, he esablshmen of ha school, wll durng he presen ndeed, bean unversally admed ; he duy of he Govern- o gve ha ad so far as he revenues of he sele year become an accomplshed fac If we have been slenmen ~or some me pas respecng hs grea objec, whch we ~n have had so much delgh n endeavourng o promoe, and mnsraors would allow ; has hose been revenues fully are recognlsed now such by as successve wll adm o whch we have always grauously gven our columnsof he Secreary of Sae for he Colones chargng hem and our advecaey, has no been because our ardour has wh _a moders e annual sum for he desred objec durnlz dmnshed, bu because he noble projec had arrved, Her Majesy s pleasure If he Governmen negleoe~ ~ hrough he blessng of God upon he unceasng laboumof such of an a lady opporuny so every as way s now unexceponable--so afforded by he self-dev~oa every way Mrs Moseley, a ha sage when 13uble advocacy had o qualfed--so exraordnarly gfed for hs work hs he gve place o more prvaexeron The subscrpons wdow of he lae Chef Jusce Moseley, who hasy h@ receved and promsed had reached an amoun whch, wh he ancpaed and promsed labour asssance of he chefsmos unrng exerons obaned from prvae benevolence" and people of Cape Coas, would, s calculaed, suffce he amoun necessary for hn prelmlnary buldngs andnsallaon, mgh whn a shorme havehe whole for he erecon of he buldngs absoluely necessary o be work o do a, perhaps, a grea expense and wh far, far- agens ; and we do herefore feel ha Cape Caas"?ar0vded beur of narsan b~fore any and pupls ndusral could uon be receved, commence and he Bunferor n a work of+hs naure, nended no o be ephemeral, s on he eve of recevng he grea benefs whch he bu o be permanen, here h somehng men o be donelovng frend of s nhabans, Mrs Moseley, has desgned han he mere rasng he funds for he necessary buldngs for We pray God ha may be so; ha he names and nsallaon There mus be some provson for carry-ong on he work Whence was hs o be derved? En- manenly assocaed wh he nobio and hopefal work ; ha Earl Granvlle and Sr Arhur Kennedy may be per-- dowmen here s none ; subscrpons o be annually rasedhe blessng of God may be upon ; and ha Mrs Moseley a would be a mos precarous and unceran resource; and lfe may be spared for many ) ears o behold he evlsng- whch a number of educaed young women can he only dependable one, a leas n he nfancy of he n-nfluencsuon, and, we may add, he naural and proper one, s no fal o exercse n he communy of whch hor wll hevum/c ehes of he colony If llen be one duy moreform so mporan a par Irs oo ohen, alas, our duy o-" mperave han ohers on he Imperal Governmen, aferblame he acon or nacon of he Execuve ; and our joy provdng for he manenance of secury and order, s wll be greaer when we are en/~bled o fleeced ha he- we have chershed and expressed are reallsed surely, n such a selemen as Cape Coas, ha of pro-hopemong he Chrsan and ndusral educaon of he young people ; and whaever dffcules mgh n he frs nlance DEATH BY SHOT-DRILL IN BATHURST GAOL: oppose he obanng of a fxed and adequae annual gran from he Governmen, we fel ceran ha he mgh and T~R~ has been nohng whaever n subsequen advc~s from he Rver Gamble o affec n he slghes degre~ power of T~b-rn would sooner or laer preval, especally he judgmen we expressed las monh as o he deah of" snce he ncrease of revenues by he augmenaon cf dues had removed all ground of vald excuse on hn score Joseph Gordon by sho-drll and readmll a Bahurs Gaol There can b~ no doub ha all he deposons: of nadequae publc resources Before ha augmenaon, prned by us las monh, and on whch onr judgmen was~ Colonel Conran, as admnsraor a Cape Coas, acknow-basedledged he grea need of such an effor as ha of Mrs amnaon o cerfy he fness of any prsoner o undergo reveal he exac ruh ; hen was no medcal ex- Moseley a Cape Coas f any advance of he people n he seven exra labour mposed by Admral Pepys cvl~ aon w~,~ deemed o bo ~les/rable, m:d saed ha he eher by hs sole wll, or under src orders, as he allege: would gve personal asssance and recommend an annualfrom he Duke of Buckngham; here was a de alo-- ff~ 28, 18S9] ge~er nadequae for prsoners performng he addonal n he nk and appled o he dcoffraen, s, nsead of l~bour hus arbrarly mposed, even had hen been belng dsmssed, promoed o be Chef Jusce of S medcal cerfcae of fness o perform ; was exacedhelena--when Dr Skues was mmedaely whewashed even of prsoners confned for a few days for smple hrcenyby he Colonal-offce--when Mr Ussher and hs myrm- are sll known o be expecng oher employmens or assaul, a perods of he day and under clrcum-donsances whch could scarcely fall o make, sooner or under he Crown, and he arbrary oppresson of Mr laer, faal o he major poron of he navesturner and Mr Lovell an no known o have been n subjeced o, hree-fourba of whom, on he average, any way called o accoun for her arbrary llegales an sad o l~ rupured, and all defden n ha val endurance whch enables Eurapeans, whom medcal offcersreproof? Im~ossble No; le our readersonce for all know oward hose genlemen, much les subjeced o censure or cerfy as beng free from any ncapacang dsease, o and corn preh end h a h ere s no amoun of arbrary llegaly perform I may be ha deah so caused by he appl-mpossblcaon Of addonal labeur of he mos exhausng knd, of hs counry, or a leas, n hose of he Wes Coas of under he presen sysem n he Crown colonle~, wh0u any precauons for safey, and wh a seemngly Afrca, whch come more especally under our ovn observaon We mplore our readers o make hemselves fully fendsh calculaon of makng hem rebly effecve by subje ng he poor wreches o hem a hom-s when heracquaned wh hs ~ em a Leone whelpng case Thomas, physcal powers were a her lowes ebb, hrough longhe man who was hus whpped, has brough hs acon for l~ng and prevous ol, may be only manslaugher n hedamages agans Judge Huggus for hese 150 lashes of a eye of he law ; bu, mdrally, s cold, unpyng murder, ca-o -nne-als, llegally nflced on hm uuder a senence whch ough o brng down seven rerbuon he per-by lq ugglns Le hem frs read he openng speech of L~eraor We are herefore very glado see ha Mr Chas counsel, repored n our las, and hen pass a once o he Buxen has gvenoce ha he wll call aenon o h oexamnaon of he defendan, he judge, who was cruel reamen of prsoners n he Wes Coas prsons, examned by he prosecuon as a wness agans hmself; wh he vew of pung an end o aroces whch so of he surgeon, he sherff, he gaoler, and of he planff deeply dsgrace he Brsh name hmself Judge Huggns adms ha he planff s he same person :hose name appeared n he calendar, and ON B HUNDRED AND FIFTY LASHES WITH THE whom he senenced o 13e hrce prvaely ~vh(p2~sd whou CAT-O -NINE TAII~ FOR STEAIZNG A COAT, s pgcfyng he number of srokes he was o receve or he BHI~T, AND TROUSERS nsr/men wh whch hey were o be nflced, aud he Whz feel ha a smple, honesmnded Brsh reader woulddd no aemp o jusfy ha senence n reply o ques- pu o hm The docor saw he planff whpped have d~euhy A belevng ha here could be any ruhons n he headng we have placed o hs arcle "Wha hree several mes under ha senence, ffy lashes of he 1/~0 lashes wh he ca-o -nne als, n addon o welveca each me The planff deals he cruel punshmen monhs hard labour, for sealng a coa, shr, and rousers, ho receved, and s effecs "I had ffy lashes a week by a cvlan ~" and hs under senence from a Brshafer I was senenced ; n abou four monhs ffy more ; judge n a Brsh cour of jusce [ Impossble ; why he he day I came ou ffy more" In hs frs floggng he wors enormrzes of marmlaw could no exceed han bled~hs back swelled ---he was oblged o be kep hree Bu s rue ; a plan,, smple saemen of fac, whou weeks n hospal before he could be pu o work "The second me I was flogged I was sen o work he same day by he docor s Orders I worked I fel bad" "Afer I was flogged he hrd me I vomed blood" of Bran "In a Brsh Crown colony, however, The Sherff produced he Calendar s was presen a hough nomnally under Brsh law, admnseredhe floggngs "The number of lashes was a he dscreon of he ~oeor I suppose f he had ordered hem o by judges apponed by a Brsh Secreary of Sae for he Colones, he 6~LPossble, as regards any gve he planff 100 lashes hey would have gven enormy of punshmen smply he uerance of a hem o hm" The planff deposed ha he had h al~py, bu, we conend, crmnal gnoranca; crmnal, pleaded g,ly o sealng a coa, rousers, and shrl b~use s he duy Of Englshmen o know how he No one gav evdence agans hm ; was for hs he was colonal possessons of hs counry are ruled Impossble l senenced, and hen whpped aud mp-ks0ned for welve Why was only by a grea efforha we saved he l:bmonhs wh hard labour The planff asks 8001 dam- we wsh he had asked 3,000L Ths evdeuca was of l~nlason las year a Accra, by obanng hs lbera-ageslon from a mos yranncal and murderous mprsonmen, gven May :31 The furher hearng of he case was under an llegal senence of Mr Parker, hen Chef Mags-posponerae of he Gold Coas, appled wh exceponable and econ of jures n cvl causes wo 3"earn and more ago, by he judge (he colony wan robbed of he pro- flagous barbary by Mr Ussher, hen Admnsraor parly a he nsgaon of hs same Judge Huggns) o here, and hs ready o~cal ools and accomplces, EUo, he ~h June When he Cour me on he 8h June, Mr Skues, and ohers Impossble Why wo canno regardhuggus dd no appear, nor hs advocae, nor hs aorney he hen chef auhory a Acorn, Dr Skues--a he sameon hs behale Be had smpiy requesed ha he m~gh be me, by vrue of hs offce, commng magsrae, sen for f reqnred The planff s advocae asked ha gaol governor, and gaol medcal aendan-- as he case mgh be proceeded wh The course of jusce guly of any lesser erme han ha of manslaugher n he case of poor Charles Wllams, gns and hs aorney could, be communcaed wh The was sopped by Mr Chef Jusce French unl Mr Hug- he Englsh mae of au Englsh shp, who pershedaorney sen word h e could no aend, and asked ha he n he fed prsons of A ra, also las year? Impos-eassble I Why, have our readers no perused he evdence pub-from England, es he was on he eve of gong here on mgh be posponed unl Mr Huggns should reurn llshed by us las monh and our e [oral commens relave ea e, or ha judgmen should be gven for he defendan o he deah of Joseph Gordon by shodrll and readmll Huggns The planff s counsel sad he was ready o go n Bahurs Gaol? Impossble when all hese and oo on he Courhough~ proper, and beng nsruced o do many oher smlar enormes can be commed wh mpuny, and more han mpuny, by offcers o, whoso handsreaders o our repor, (paome 2), confnng ourselves hero so summed up he evdence We mus agan refer our he Brsh Colonaloffce enruss he lves and properes o he nocea few pons We que agree wh he of Brsh subjecs n CROW~," Colones, by Whom a Mr learned counsel, and we hnk our readers wll do he same, Turner, a Lagos, and a Mr I~vell, a Cape Coas, bohha "he learnedefendan had brough a grea scandal Kngllshmen, may be llegally and flhly nareersod, as on he admnsraon of jusce by hs senences and hs e~xpos~, n our A2rl ~and May nun~bers, whouhe evdence" Here was a genleman holdng he sacred au~i analle~ hope of redress? Impossble, when he Mr elevaed poson of a jusge of hs cour, n answer o a Parker who hus llegally senenced Fnlason, and who very serous acon, refusng o pon ou he law whch made a lap-dog gve personal ~curly o keep he peace forjusfed hm n orderng he poor planff o be hr~oo wdve monhs wh hs urkeys+ by havng hs paw dppedwhpped, and also declnng o answer quesons, he

5 ) J 1 j I I 8 THE AFRICAN TIMES [JULY 23, 1869 ground ha "he was a judge of hs cour" Tha he gve hm our sncere hanks Ths noce of ]fr Sherdan defendan was "eher a mos gnoran judge or a opens a large queson, and we hope wll be fully gone very cruel one--lf he former he ough o be dsmssed; jf he laer, he ough o be ~)rough o hemandng jusce for more han wo years ; bu on so hn no Our readers are famlsr wh ; wohavo been de- bar of jusce n England " Dsmlssal bar of jusce poran occason we hnk r_~ho brng all he Yes, f, as we hold, here s no saue or ordnance facs once more before hem Wh fe ]fr Chef Jusce by whch Mr Jusce uggns can jusfy hmselfcarr was n England selng hs rerng penson, ]fr]~ as regardsuch senences, one or beh of hese s hsj Hugglns, hen he noorously neffeen Queen s Ad vocae of he Colony, was mode Acng Chef Juslce~ro ~u~ omas due does And, no be saud alone remembered, ; here hs are sceen case of or,samuel seven ern Governor Blackall was hen earryn~ on he nrgue, n conjuncon wh ]fr Care aud ]~r, Hugglus, een oher unfo; lunae wreches, upon whom smlar llegal senences of he caprcous and ndefne amoun of whch evenually deprved he Wes Coas of he rghs of hs cruel punshmen by whppng have been pa~ed by ral by jury n cvl causes When he Colousl-offcepub- herblue-book all haheychose o publshon ~hese ~ r Jusce Huggns The learned counsellor he plan-lshedfff Thomas alluded forcbly o hs n hs summng up, maers} appeared ha Mr Acng Chef Jusce Wuggns and n hs subsequen appeal o Mr Chef Jusce Frenchdd no hesae o sae as hs opnon ha would be o gve hs decson n hs ease as quckly as possble, n advsable o deprve he people of he rgh of ral by jury order ha f gven by Mr Jusce French n favour of n crmnal eases also leavng hem, herefore, n he~, Zfr Jusce ugglns, he case may be aken before heas n cvl causes, enrely a he mercy of he judge Lords of he Judcal Commee of he Prvy Councl n Ths flagous aemp on X[r Hugglus par odeprlve he Wngland" Alludng o he exreme unpleasanness of people alogeher 0f he grea safegua~, ral by jury, havng hus o aack a judge n whose cou/ he exer-placeclsed hs professon, he sad he had been nfluenced ~ do hm We should have faled n our duy o Afrc and us from ha momen n drec auagonlsm wh so by he la~ye nunzber of 2rsoue; s upon whom he de-fondan had russed vnlawfd senences ~f mprsonmen our own conscjence, f had no done so We expressed our feelngs and opnons freely, as s our won, and and whp)ng, as he reeo, ds of he cour and ha some of hem were s[ll uudergoln9 would he pvnsh- show ; had hen soon submed o Us he frs ls ofalleged llegal senences passed by ]fr Huggns, whch we prn~ecl our ~zen The case s ndeed urgen--l has long baon so--number of July 1867 We had hese duly examned by and we hope, before hs goes o press, o hear hacompeen auhory, and hey wer a[ declared o be mos :Mr Jusce Frenchas gven hs decson, "whche grossly and eruelly llegal In hs rewards o hs offcal Posponed on he ground ha he had no had he advanage of hearng he oher sde, and mus look Blaekall had, under he new arrangemensfor he admn- co-couspraors a~ns he lberes of he people, Governor carefully no he auhores (as o wheher an sraon of jusce on he Wes Coas, nomnaed ~r acon wll lle agans a judge n such a case)before Huggns o be Chef Jusce, and ]fr Algernon ]fonagu, " gzvmg hs judgmen Consderng ha here were so of Serra Leone (formerly of Tasmana, bu dsms~ecl many oher unforunae wreches, some of hem sll under-here)gong punshmen under smlar senences, we do no hese nomnaons confrmed by he Colonal-offce I o be Asssan Judge I was s~ug ho have hnk ~r Chef Jusce :Frenchad, n wha he henwould have been a monsrous hng ha :Mr[ Hug~ns, so saed, suffcen grounds for delayng hs decson Ifgnoran as a lawyer, and who passed such llegal sen- and ]fr]fonagu, agans whom here were :Mr Jusce Huggus had no been heard Was hs ownencc faul; and Mr Jusce French mus, we should hnk, very serous allegaons, should have been made hus have been prey well sasfed ha he Cour was com-suprempeen when he declned, a he reques of he defendan s Coas "We herefore srongly opposed he confrmaon-- over he law and jusce of he whole Wes counsel, o dsmss he cause ahe ouse, on he groundwe urged he mpossbly of he Colonal-offce makng of wan of jursdclon The cres and sufferngs of ]fr Huggns a judge, whle hose senences were on many vcms appeal for jusce--and we beleve ha suchrecord; he Cour of Serra Leone beng also made a an appeal canno be dsregarded by a Brsh House of Cour of Appeal for he whole Coas, we conended for a Commons " suffceu bench of learned and uprgh Englsh judges The nomnaon ~I of ]fr]fonac, u was ha~nlv no confrm O k= w J CHOLERA AT THE GAMBIA ~--bumr Huggms was made Asssan-~udge, wh ~ W~ are happy o ~ae ha, accordng o our laes advces, he errble epdemc, Asac cholera, whchadand we conend sll, ha wh hose judgmens or~ erench, of Lncoln s-nn, as Chef Jusce We conended, commed such fearful ravages a Bahurs and hroughrecord, and wh Telons from Serra Leone agans h~s all he E/amble dsrcs, seemed o have passed away Theapponmens, he Duke of Buckngham aced mos unjus deah of 1,600-uefsons n Bahurs beween ~ay 3 andfably n hus apponng ]fr Huggns, who was gazeed June 3, ou of a populahon of less han 6,000 suffcenly March 30, 1868; We sad a he me, "and we say so proves s nenslv I s mos sasfacory o learn hasll, ha "a more wanon and abomnable ourage he CoIonlal Surgeon and oher medcal offcers dd heron a people by a Oovernmen s rare;" ha was a duy nobl) ; bu he general voce s sll srong n con-shamefudemnaon of Admral Paey, he Admnsraor, for hs and danger of a whole people These people had no oher abuse of he powers ofgoverumen, o he njury alleged neglec of proper measures o preven he nvason resource bu o connue o peon he Colonsl-dfllce for of hs fell dsease, and o mgae s severy among hemqmry no hese senences and eher allegaons agans errfed naves 3Ir Huggns, and for hs removal They connu~ o peon, and we connued our labours :n June, 1868, ]fr JUSTICE HUflOINS~TH-E SIERRA LEONE we publshed a second lls of llegal senences, n whch WHIPPINGS AND THE COLONIALOFFICE he name of hs very SA~~gL ThomAs appears; and n WEoffer no excuse for brnglng hs queson aganbe foreour July he ages of all he prsoners n he wo lss, showng readers, o he emporary posponemen of oher mporan ha all were above he age of sxeen when condemned; maers I s me ha should be auhoravely and ha here had never been any saue or ordnance seled wheher judges, ma~sraes, and admlnsra om on force n Serra Leone auhorsng such whppngs, wheher he Wes Coas of Afrca n he Crown colones, are o he crmnals were un?ler or above he age of sxeen ac accordng o her wll and pleasure, or o be assured, Our nex number, A%mas, 1868, conaned a copy of a ha hey are acng under he resrans and subjec o] mos mporan Peon o he Secreary of Sae ~rom a he penales of Brsh law Mr II B Sherdan, he [ large and nfluenal number of hepeople of Serra Leone~ hen member for Dudley has gvenoce ha he wll[ n whch he CoIonlal-offce reply o he wo former Palbrng he recenral a Serra Leone, Thomas v Huggns, Sena, s answered by showng ha Mr Huggns had for - damn g es for fle ga pp" 1 gs, whl m befor e h e Hou se of] " msled,, and deceved he Duke of Buckngham,,, ha ~mmons he 23[d nsin he name of he people was false ha he senences complaned of were n accord-" -oz au cresses, omems exceped, on he Wes Cres, we[ance wh senence~ regularly mposed," &~, and fnally $~ 28, 1869] THE AFRICAN TIM_E8 O seng fo_rh, one by one, he sad senences, showng he JUDGMENT IN THE ACTION THOMAS v MR exen and amoun of llegaly n he caw of each separae JUSTICE HUQOINS one n hs ls ofsxeen wreched vcms of Mr Huggns SHORrLY before gong o press we have receved nel]gnorance cruely ~fr Rany, a barrser pracsng a genes of he judgmen pronounced by hs Honour Chef Serra L~ne, had brough anoher serous charge agans Jusce French, n he Supreme Cour of Serra Leone, n Mr Hug_g~n s ]fr Adderley, hen Under-Colonlal ~cra- he mporan case of Thomas r ]fr: J~~ce Hugglns, n ary~ sad boldly n he House of Commons, n reply o J whch, as saed n oher porons of hs journal, Thomas ~fr Sherdan, ha "he communcaons from ]fr Ra ny I sued Mr Jusce Huggns for 300/ dare ages for sundry and hemaers se forh n peons from Serra Leone] barbarous whppngs -ha had been nflced on hs Person had been nqured no, and?ound no o be facs," and] under an alleged llegal senence of ]~r Huggns Ths Our number for Ocober, 1868, conaned a demand by Mr ]judgmen was delver~l on he 19h June la"s, when we Rany on he Secreary of Sae for he Colones of an ra-l are nformed ha~ paral nqury a Serra Leone, ha he mgh have an I s Ho~our he Chef Jusce,,lhou exprosng ary o2non enrmr~mv of ~_~nhl~h;nc, fh,~ ~=,~,,,, 1,~ 1,,les o l~ lawfulness or unla~fulnss of he ~rh2tng, uzrd ~nxzz r E- "-- d " " ~- "~ l ~--P *--~, ""~ " ~ "~ ~" ~r ~?Y~ WAS A JUDICIAL AG T for ~ h~h he l~r~ed defendan COuM oeen ~mae oy no be sued he L oona-o~c~ ezeep o/~r, rgg~ns [n hs acon Acon dsmssed r~ co~~" hmself; bu hs was never graned In December, To us hs ap~ars o be mos un~sfaeory Whe~Jas 1868_, we publshed he fourh peon from_ he Honourefused he applcaon of he Queen s Advocae nhabans of Serra Leone ; and n our las number-- on behalf of ]fr Jusce uggus o sop he acon on he vz, June, 1869~a ffh mporan peon, hs beng o ground " ha appeared n he openng saemen of he Earl Granvlle, n reply o hs despach of :February ~6, counsel for he planff ha he defendan had been sued 1869, showng he errors conaned he Earl s reply, he n hs acon for an ac done by hm n hs judcal chajusce conaned her demand, and releran~ her facor" ~ce dfrlcan Tmes,, 138~ we n our le~l desre ha Mr Uuggmshould be removed ; and m he zgnoranee, conee~ved ha hs onour had dec~ded ha ~e sad number for June, and now n hs for July, 1869, we de endan could be sued If no, why hear he dause a have gven n ezlenso he hearlngof he cause THo~s v all? We rejoce, however, ha was heard, as we Hw~z~s, he deals of whch consue he ground for have now he sworn evdence o appeal o n ]fr Sherdan s renewed noce n he House of Commons hs one of many eases of wha, n he absence ef hese shameful, llegal, and barbarous whppng judg-onaens, whch cover a Brsh rbunal wh dsgrace, anddenounce as a grossly llegal and nfamous excess of any jusfcaon by he defendan, we connue o have no doub exercsed a mos unhappy nfluence overpunshmen, ordered by hm n hs capacy as judge eher Brsh ofl]csls, who fancy hey perceve, n hsthe decson of Mr Chef Jusce French nvolves very connued suppor of Mr uggns by he Colonal-offce, serous consderaon, especally for Brsh subjecs and as n he promoon of Mr Parker~ of Cape Coas noorey, ohers n Brsh Crown colones The apponmen of a deermnaon, he par of he auhores n Downng- judges n hese colones by he C01onal-offce, dffers ~s~ee, {o uphold all ber nomnaons of offclas, however essenally from ha of judges n England where persons obnoxous heso may be, and jusfy hese n all her pro-arceedlnl~s, however llegal and oppressve, odous, )ran-publc opnon, as well as byhe decson of he Govern- seleced whase publc career marks hem ou by ncal, varbargus, and unjus We adm ha he~ are men, for he sacred and hghly responsble ofl~ce No srong words, hu hey are fully jusfed by facs Lesuch verdc of publc opnon acs wh he Governmen cur readers look a he nsances we have brefly alluded n he selecon of judges for he Crown colones; and o n our leader headed "150 Lashes wzh a Ca-o -nneals" for a few ems ; and, as regards hese senences by Coas of Afrca; Selemens o whch more han one especally for such very despsed ones as hose of he Wes Mr l=fuggns, le hem bear n mnd ha~, by he dealed Colonal Secreary of Sae has admed ha, as a general resumd of he senences on he sxeen convced persons, rule, only comparavely offcal refuse s despached for as gven n he peon conaned our humber of July, any class of offcal servce We do no for a momen 1868, he EXCESS of punshmen beyond wha s auho-c~uesorced by Ac of Parlamen consues a oal of for he Colones o appon good men as judges, &o, o he he earnes de:sre of every Secreary of Sae ~1 YEARS OF PENAL SERVITUDE, Wes Afrcan Selemens; we only say ha, as a rule, hey lamenably fal n fulfllng hose desres ; and s 6 YBARS OF HARD LABOUR, ndeed a serous consderaon for all who lve n hese 44 WHIPPINGS, OR 2,200 LASHES WITH A selemens, ha ever~r gnoran yranncal judge, CATO NINE TAILS, admnserng socalled jusce among hem, s vlrually, f no absoluely, rresponsble for any judcal enormy he and ha hs s a mnmmn e~cess, because appears a may comm ouchng he lves and lberes of Her ca-o -nne-als s used n defaul of any nsrumen 3~Iajesy s subjecs, and foregn merchans and agens resdng n places subjecohls jursdlcon Noone canherefore, for whpplnz beng specfed; because ffy lashes n each of he ~ory-four whppngs seems o have been hewe hnk, deem unne e~:~ary ha he subjec should be regular number gven n defaul of any number bengbrough under he noce of he/=louse of Commons If speclfed n he senence ; and because, accordng o he he decson of :Mr Chef Jusce ]Jreneh be a correc and sherff s evdence n he presen number, 100 lashes eachproper one, and f he auhores of he Colonal-offce me would be gven f he docor so pleased We needuphold :Mr Jusce Huggns he llegal barbares hug no add anoher Word n suppor of ]fr Sherldan a aconhe has judcally commed, here wll be no lmo he n he Housaofcommons; ~an ewe~s nslxeen senences of yranny and oppresson of execuve and judcal offcers ~1 YEARS OF PENAL SERVITUDE, on he Wes Coas Mr Chef Jusce French, n decdng ha Mr Jusce Huggns eauno be made amenable o 6 YEARS ARD LAROUR, law for he nflcon of 150 llegal lashes of he forad AND 2~200 LASIE8 WITH A CAT-O"-NINE TAILS, able ea-o-nne als on he planff Thomas, has vrually s no consdered worhy o~n0lce by he House of Commons, absolved Mr Jusce Hngglns as regards he oher 2,050 and s no suffcen o d~ualfy a judge, he sooner he lashes and he weny-ons years excess of penal servude Brsh people leave oo prae abouher love of jusce and sx years of hard labour nflced on he oher ffeen andhumany, he sweeness of he arbue of me rcy, prsoners, hese ~nen ded and would nude ; have he equally lash, or absolved as a Trov~ mm resuh had all of ~ho beer Bu we look o he House,of Commons wh llegal Tunshmen Under such creumsancs s no confdence o place a lm on he crlmmal paronage and I surprsng ha we awa wh nense anxey he rese crmnal oleraon of Governmen offcals n CroWnlof he appeal by he hen ~ember for Dudley, o ~-o colones by he auhores n Downlng-sree, who, we] are convnced would n all cases do juse e, f an obsnae ] House of Commons effcm prejudoa dd no close her eyes ~md mnds o al Omwl,Commander E H 8eTmo~r, fed a Devonpor for dear vew and apprecaon ef facs, such" ~a hose hasl ~r~es on he Wm Co~ of Ar~ has r~ved her crew, and bees our panful duy o brng promnenly fo~ x,~rd wll shorly leave for her dclnaon

6 -,( ]0 THE AFRICAN TI%fE,% [JwY~ _ = THE BR[TI814 AND AFNI;AN b IEAM NAVIGATION A CRY FOR GENERAL REDRESSOF~JYRONG8_ COMPANY To z-e znrroa or Tar ar~c,x zmzs We have wached wh very grea neres he perfomanee of I LaKe% June 8, 1869 fhe shps of he Brsh and Afrcan Seam gavgaon Company, Sr,--I have been a slen observer of he grea wrongs anc~ whc have a las courageously come beweeu he sufferers nu njusce from me o me wanonly pracsed upon relened he Wes Coas and he old company, whch was no conenmen by o0]clal% Europeans n auhory I wll no mefon wh monopolsng he rade, bu made ha monopoly mos any p~cnlar localy or ndvdual, for n every Brsh serle- n Weseru Afrca hes evla exs o a greaer or less grevously oppressve o all he raders and passengers who weremen compelled o shp and ravel by her vess~fls The new Company shps have now proved hemselves mos worhy n everycs and he due admnsraon of, and a o be regreed exen I beleve ha he people of Grea Bran do love j~ way of publc paronage; her voyages have been performedha he local auhores, herepresenaves n "hs par of nnder he average me; and all our advcea esfy o he effors her domnons, have abused, and are shockngly abusng," he made by he n, cars o serve and please hose who emp:oy hem rus and responsbly placed n her hands In your mucheseemed journal coloured men have a noble advocae end frend The neresha he raders everywhere aloes he Coas vow have, n adfquaely supporng he new Company s shps, s so I do no hnk any wll dspue or conradc wha you publsh dear, evden, and grea, ha hey ough no o need our ponng excephose who are enem~ea of jusce ard humany, and we ou o hem; bu here adp much a sake for hem n herbeleve you wll evenually rumph n your good work We ~Mng hs new Company s s~ps a success--n her enablng he regreha he Colonal Secreares n Dowmng-aree eemed m~w Uompany o preval aganshe effors whch he oldcom-alwaypuny wll make--he empaons wr no fal o offer--and he o~cal despahes sen by cur auhores here, rahr han our nclned o beleve he msrepresenaons conaned eudurng power derves from s posal subsdes, and he "fa" peons and he represenaons of he Afrca, Tr~ The has been accumulang a he publc expense--ha we mus perverson of jusce here s a monsrous evl~ and ha s s, Mr reurn agan and span o our exhoraons o all our frends, o Edor, ha prejudce of colour whch every European has ake carefrs~ ha he new Company s shps have a all mesagans coloured men We are regarded as nferor, absbluely full and good cargoes; and havng provded for hs, f hey can nferor, from our colour and nellecual capacy ; we ere even fll he ohers al~ so much he beer Bu hey m,u~, even s degraded o a level wh he brue creaon, l br some are known sore lle personal nconvenence, f neeesssry, one and all deer-mne ha he new lne of seamers s~al~s a fully successful one dwell upon heseabsurdes One hng s ceran--we are sdgmase us as apes, gorllas, &, I s more han useless o human bengs, equal o hem as regards he ~ame naure, and IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF /USTICE ha our menal powers, however feeble a presen, are capable of Snr~z Copse, Jnsz 10, 1869 beng developed and brough o he same ~rfeenn as hose of Before hs ]qonour Chef Jusce French, whou a jury~rsl our European brehren Ths fac s fully borne ou by lo by jury s abel:hdd n Serra Leone aanmens of no a few ooloured men who "have had he prvlege of sound educaon Oolour and facal malformaons are - PRISCILLA LEWIS ~ MR JUSTICE HUUOIb a On hs ca~e beng called on for ral, Mr Rany sad ha he only he exernal effecs of clmae, condon, and crcumsances appeared for he planff There s nohng maeral n hem o jusfy our beng degraded ~o one appeared for he defendan, bu afer he lap~ of a few and excluded Irom obanng jusce We hope ha he home mnuzes he defendau appeared n person a he bar, and was auhores wll some day, and ha soon, do na jusce, and gve abouo address he cour, when he Chef Jusce sad ha he due aenon o our jus wans They have been oo much proper place for he defeudan o address he Cour from was he msl~ by he auhores here, and we hope we may no be lef bench any longer a he merey of hose who abuse he powers gven o The defendan hen ascended he bench, and moved for a pos-hemponemeu of he Case, on he ground ha boh hs counsel and arbrarly assumed powers--i am, Mr Edor, rulng, or, raher, yrannsng over us by her own aorney were unwell, and he (delendan) was gong o England A Co~owen ~ m he course of a few days Mr }/say : Ths s an exraorduary applcaon, and I mus respecfully proes agans 1 have receved no noce cf hs OPENING FOR WOR8HIP OF THE FIILST BRICK moon, and no affdav s before he Couro suppor CHURCH IN LAGOS The Chef Jusce: Le he case sand over unl o-morrow o zas zmzoa or ~ ~rmc~x zmrs mornng Lagos, June18, 1869 Jws 11 Sr,--Wh feelngs of joy and graude o our heavenly zzwls ~ ~a ~rs-nes ~zvog~s Faher, I wre o nform you ha he frs brck church n The Chef Jusce havng aken hs sea on he bench, he LaKes, he foundaon-sone of whch was lad on March 29, defendan soon enered he cour and ook hs sea on he bench1867, by Governor Glover, has been so far compleed ha was also le was aended by hs dark (a son of he Chef Juace), opened on Thursday, he 10h nsan The Rgh Ray Bshop who brough hm some papers Crowher, DD, ol~caed, asssed hy he Reve Z A Lamb, L The learnedefendan hen rose and moved an af~dav ha Ncholsen~ T B Macaulay, W Morgan, and V Falkner The hs ral be posponed, wha~u~ em~s, unl hs reurn o hs Bshopreached from Isaah Ixv 1, 2 The servce was solemn selemen Hs counsel and aorney were boh unwell, and and mposng The Bshop, n hs dscourse, observed ha, com conldno aend he ral, and he (defendan) was gong parng he presen wh he pas me n LaKes, when he clave England hy he mal rade was gong on, he haers of Chrslau mnons mus be old Chef Jusce: How long wll you be away? ha msson effors have no been n van, hs church beng one Defendan : I have obaned hree monhs leave of abzence, of he proofs ha success has aended he work The Ray Mr zndl may ge exended n England ~cholson preached n he evenng, hs ex beng, ~No by Mr Rany: I have receved no noce of hs moon, and a mgh, nor by power, bu by my Spr, sah he Lord of hos~" copy of heaffldav has no even been rum/shed o me NoceThe churchas cos, so far, abou 2,500/, n addon o whch of ral was gven n hs acon March 30 las, for he presen hs Excellency he Admnsraor has gven he communon ral, sng, and I,earns hard, afer my clen hasgone o he expense John A Payne, Esq, Regsrar, a harmonum and readngde~k, of brngng her whesass here, ha,e should be me by an and H Robbn, FL~q, he pulp Boh he rgh roy prelae applcaon of hs naure whou any prevous noce I am no and Mr Hcholscn hank ar Who gavu lberally n money and surprsed a he course he defendan s pursung--seeng ha furnure, and,nay Ood bless hem and gran hem a double hs acon would reveal he fac ha when he defendan was reward for "here a ha ~aereh and ye ncreaseh" Acng Chef Jusce he ordered some conrlc~s o remove my Thanks also o he Execuve, who ook he lead and helped n clen s f~nee and respass on her ground, whch s adjonng he varous ways, also o he knd frends n F_mgland he lace resdence of he defendan sewng pary n LaKes Ther work every Wedu~day realsed a Ch~ Jusce : Wll ~ou consen o a posponemen uponpa~ good sum T~e mnser, Mr Lamb, was ndefagable May mea of coas unl arer he crmnal rals n Sepember nex he Lord reward hm The church s commodous and beauful, lr Rany: I canno gve my consen---bu ff your Honourand we rushere wll now be no excuse for hose of he Europeans who never aended churchheso On he day of o/b~- lee f o pospone he Ca~, I am bound o subm Chef,} unes: Le he ral be posponed unl afer he nk nearly all aended The Weale~an brck chapel, of wl~oh crmnal sngs/11 Sepember nex, upon paymen of coss he foundaon was lad on December 21 las by our ExecuT% who gave hem he Maes, s gong on favours bly and wll soon COTTON MARKET be compleed The members gave he Governor a zlver rowel, The revval repoed n our las ban been susaned and progressed, wh su~be nscrpon, ha memorable occason of layh/$ prces h~vng ado,rced Tbo marke a he me of cur gong o he foundaon Anoher brck church wll soon be commenced ress s more que, bu well susaned Prces for Afrcan may now ~> by he Bar MrHcholson, o he Church Mmonary 8od~ quoe~ 9 d d ld - : The m~berl are subserbag every-smada 1owardm ~ ~dl a JULY 23, 1869] THE AFI~ICAN TIM~8 I1 he progress of LaKeS May Cod bless us, and prosper hs workhs rouble on he msson and he nave Chrsans of Poro among us --I reman, your obeden servan, None? I beleve any careful and sober reader n LaKes would ~rgrrras agree wh me n sayng ha, had Mr lfasshall confned hmself o Oospel preachng, and no berayed he sacred earng by Ox Ms jvsrr~ F~xc~ Lzv~xe Is B~~cxs s~scz ms Azarv~ meddlng wh oher maers, he mgh have saved he Chrlaans AT Sz,~g~ Lzos~ IX 1867, ~v l[zsazs~ wrr- ~zz O~c g~s and hmselfrom he msforunes and sufferngs alluded o by o? Tag Wzsz I~m Izemzsr% az ~as Bxxz o? x Fzw San,-Mr Grmmer Mr Marshall ough o be happy and hank LI~GS PaR Dr~a~ Cad ha he alleged offence for whche was banshed was no When he mproprey ~ was uoned ~ ou of a o-- ~q ~a and ~rave commed n Dahomey, where hs head would have been aken funconary of ~e ~ae, wzh a salary of 1,800/ a-~ear o-- lvn% 0 f ~[r " Onmmer s leer shows " a once ha he Kng " of aldvg ~ hs se n (who pockes an=~oher 2001" of ~ he publ o: Poro None dd no eneran any hasjo feelnga whaever agans m6neysfor performng he d~es ofdark o he ChefJaslca any of he Brsh subjecs resdng n hs counry, alhough an d o Mr luser Huggus), n he urmol whch s alwsys I M/ ~arshella polcal ac had jeopardl~d her lve, and more or less a hched o barrack lfe, ~ e deemed ha he able P peres edor of he dfrfcan Ir mes aced more jusly and kndly owards[ Mr Grmmer would have done well f he had no allowed hm- Mr French han he w,~#~rr6a_ val~m,aors, of~ As ~far ~fass ~ self o ba guded by prejudce,, whch leads o dan gerous error The people of Serna Leone have never dened he mer of he~ e should ake nohng upon rus ; he should s~ down w~h a 6"nef J/sceus he g~oud grea hn onary 0f he Sae, bu al dsern~)ned resolulon (as becomes amanof God) o learn mparho same me here are ceran rules ofdeeorum and proprey of nly boh sdes, and o be dreced by ha bvhlchs reason ouward appearance whch ro even a Haleor a Mansfeld eau approves Had no some grea perseus dvesed hemselves of oul~ ge~: In Dr Johnson s lfe of he poe Savage he has ex- prejudces, we had never been favoured wh all hose valuable pre L~ed h a h u o gh z ~ h sngular felcy,, Tho~ who n he " mprovemena o whch " he aueceeds, acheved " b v emraen " and confdence of superor eapaczues or aanmens, dsregard he ~[~ous prezcher % boh of he Church Mssonary and Wesleyan comn~on maxms of lfe, shau be remnded ha nohng wll ehods 8coeres n varous pars of Afrca supply he wan of prudence; and ha neglgence and rregu- No man can be more a frend and advocae of hs counry han lary long connued wll make kuowledge useless, w rdculous, my~if; and a l~, rer wll a all }mes defend, he characer of hs and genus conempble" counry; ou~ when ~ nna no,an eommzed by he Kng of We enrely agrea wh he grea morals, and ahhou~h we Poro l q ovo, excep such as s nseparably conneced wh am far from sayng ha Mr Frenoh s conduc exhbs~ all heahensm, I say he relgon of Chrs s he sure cure for such a volaon of he laws of proprey as unhandy Sava_~o ha, and I consder hose who sr up wrah are real ncendares, axhhed hroughou h~s sadly chequered exsence, sll, n hs w o wan o creae dssensons among a knd and go~ people, poson, we deem hm guly of a very grav error A Chef who are wllng o be augh~ and hus o make her benevolen 3uslce, wh 1,8001 a-year and fce~, shou Id lve n hs llbrsrv or benefacors conceve an anpahy agans hem n h~ swee nercourse and refned amenes of prvae lfe, ~and[ I am mos deeply anxous for he pro~esa of Chrsany n ceranly no n he urmol and babel exsence ha barraek~ all hose counres, as s he only real cure for her many lfe nvarably presens ~ evls, and herefore I" so much deplo/ o ha any mssonary (who, The ex-chefjusce Car, alhough a bad judge (who, on he[ o dogged, ough o make hmself o be surrounded wh love eve of hs reremen upon a penson, deprved he helpless] and respec) should by anyhng he does sr up he heahens Afrcans of ral, byjur~ n -Prvae lfe was whou renroaeh, wrah,,r~fe] ~urns h}# fre--i reman, Sr, your obeden sen H o lved m one of ho handsomes reddencea n he colony pan, Nzuso, (alhovgh hs salary was less han ha 0f~fr French), and hy, PS~Snce wrng he above, I have had several couversa ~-O bl/melees exaeude of hs lfe dsarmed many from assalng ~ons wh Brsh subjecs resdng a Poronovo, who express n~ m~serable deflczenoy as a judge Thus we see how even crass heregre for he rash communcaon of Mr Grmmer n he dulness cancommandrespechroughhehalo cosfromaspelees Wesleyan Noces for February las You wr herefore sac prvae lfe Suppose Mr Car had been lvng up he barracks ha Mr Marshall, he Wesleyan mssonary, a rgh down a he me when an of Scer (Capan Pear~on) of one of he Wes ncendary Dear Sr, f youlove us, and ha God s work should Inda Regmens n a f of jealousy murdered anoher (a case connue u Poronovo, wre a shor and powerful arcle on he whc he red hmself), we mgh have had hen n he person of subjec I regrehe hase wh whch ~r Grmmer has gver Mr Carr he un~emly combnaon of boh wness and judge a wder crculaon o guch unfounded saemens, whou, u far- ~ e ~bme me, Wha ~ceurred oncemgh occur agan, nor ness, wang o hear wha he so" cruelly wronged Kng of Poronone had o say n hs own vndcaon Thanks o Benjamn cul we envy Z[r French e posou f any volaon of law ook place n wha he has adoped aa hs h ~me ~forsover, hesewey, our chef magsrae, or Por~uovo would have been offcers are somemes pares o acons whch he Chef Jusce desroyed by he wckedesoners ; bu Mr Way wen hmself s compelled o ry whou a jury, and we objeco hs Honouro Poronono and repored he exaggeraons of Hr Marshall s lvngn barnacles a he sufferance of he commander of hesaemens Capan Olover, our Admnsraor, s now, I hnk, roops The fac s ha he more a Chef jusce s removed fromfully aware of he real facs Mr X[arshaR lef Poronovo on acvellfe he beer; he should lve n a serene and cloudless hs own accoun ; o say ha he was expelled s he very revemo amosphere of hs own, and was o enab]a hm o do hs haof ruh Mr Rany so eloquenly and ably pleaded for an ncrea~e he ~alary of Mx French A chef jusce, ndeed, should never MARRIED appear unless o srke awe no he guly, and nspre confdencea LaKes, on Monday, ~ uuo 7, 1869, l[r John Benjamn and hope no he nnocen and blameless~t~ P~es AfrcanFrankln o ~I/ss Mary Mc0oskry --w DEATH zo TH z ~ On Saurday, May 8, a hs resdence, BMogun-slree, afer a " ~ uoanou, "~ ~; ~eoruary _ 10 [ I havng shor llnes% elosed hs Thomas devoon Coe, wh a he an supposed ascrpon age of of glory 114 years, o he Dear Sr,--Among he neffces of he Wes/eyan Mehods I Faher, he Sou, and he Holy Ohos, he expred wh a ran- 8celery for hs monh, s a" communcaon by he Ray ~IrI quly of mnd ha made a mos happy mpresson ali pre- Ormmer, now saoned LaKes, for he above 8ocey Havng] sen The deceased was unversally loved by all for hs oo<1 only jus come from Logos,I hope ha you Wll gve me asma11[naura and he good servc~ he rendered o many n ~g~rra ~ace n your valuabe journal for a few remarks, Mr Grmmer/n wr/ng o he Home Socey, saed hs regre~ l Leone, ssen Abcokua, member Of and he LaKes, Wesleyan as 8ocey a nave for docor nearly He foryear~, was a coua" he unsuccessful resul n ha poron of her saon (or]and also held he offce of a leader Hs remans were ceremsson) a Poro None, headed by a 3fr Marshall, nave offmonously nerred he LaKes Cemeery, and, n oken of he Badsgry He wen on o say ha he Kng of Poro None sr affeco u whc he had won, a number of he respecable men dd connues o ven hs ncreasng fury upon any nnocen vcm hm he honour of draggng he gloomy hearse whch bore all whomhe may peaseo sun pac, or agans any for whom he may ha remaned of hs good old msu, followed by a ar o and have formed a personal dslke; ha he wa- a -resen s~^m g j p ~x; u mournul p~10u "IUUa men mo veneraolo "Dadd Cole be as frmlyuser erdosed aga}ns MrHarshall e reurn ; hahe leavng very ~ famles and frnds o denlor,~r _ -~h;- ~--~,,Y ~nmm u~jecs,,v~g a~0ro Need cofnue o have serwce a our chapel;and he school s sll kep~ b~)cb, bu he" nav~ /- IOT~oN, WOOL, and oher Maeral, PRESSED and Chr~ana have all been banshed o Bsdagry or LaKeS -Mr LJ PACKED b 3 WALKER 8 PATENT ROTATIN(~ Grmmer has forgoen o menon ha ~r ~arshall w~s PRY:88, n HALF he USUAL TIME S~gar MLls for _e~elle~l from Poro lq ovo a he same me eher mssonares, Sprng he Cane, Palm Nu Asaorera, Nu Crackers, encl Mr Gummer beng one, had o leave Abeokua " every knd of ~schne for Afrca or Inda I ahould lke o ask Mr Grmmer who s ha has brough 43, LONDON,

7 , % 12 THE AFRICAN TIMES C )ULY 23, 1869 ~:< SYDENHAM "HousE, 5 J, LUDGATE HILL, LOND r > "" " EFFERVESCING~~_, PYRETIO SALINE Imporan o ~En~ll~h Mlnlser~ :Brllah Commls, and Europeans seemn8 o resde In safey In Tronloal and Foregn OILm~~L Her" L~a]e~y e Represenave, he Governor of S~a Leone, In n leer of reques for an sadjonal supply of he PyreUo ~ saes:,"i, s of GREAT VALUE, and I shall xe,~ooe hear la n he hand~ of all Europeans vsng ho ~ropl~" ~,,: " : Halfa ~ easpoonful, aken n a umbler of waer, conrbues more o he refreshmen of he body han any lrno~,nbeverag% nvlgoralvg and valsng he blood, allevaes hrs n a mos agreeable manner,: and furnshes he sysem w~ ~ho~, salne prndp]e~ ha are e~senfal o healh "-,- :- SICKNESS, HEADACHE, andnausea are n mos cases mmedaely releved by akng a esspoohful na um l~lo~" of" cold waer; hs can be repeaed once or wce n wo hours, f needful " " " " " SEA VOYA GES--I s a very,aluable accompanme,, and should ou no accoun be omed; nsanly al~ he ~e~ n ~ -1% r BILIOUS CONSTITUTIONS, gvng rse o vaed Secreons, Indgeson, and Erupons on l~ 8ka~a ~f~ should be aken daly, wh he dnner, a umbler of waer, and he same quany on gong o bed " "~:- + ~- -~ ~;~ + In cases of DIARRH(EA, pu as much Magnesas wr le on a shllng no half a umbler of waer, le ~ fall o he boom ef he glad end hen sr no a easpoonful of he,salne, and drnk durng effervesceuce In JUNOL~E, YELLOW, SCARLET, TYPHUS, and GASTRIC FEVEBS, and ERUPTIVE DISEASES, should ~- be" gven n easpoonful dose, every four hours, n a gla~ half fu l of waer, or wh an nerea,wd quany of waer f he; paen--woffera from hlr~ " " W Srgr~,~s, Esq, ~D and DCL, n a work upon fevers, saes ha snce s nroducon he faal We, Inda ~ev~rs a~ ~ deprved of her errors In he Island of Trndsd alone~ ou of upwards of One Thousand reaed on hs phn, here we~0 only eleveu deahs - I s Perlcuhrly recommended o all who have a auy perod of lfe aken- Calomel, or ]~ereurlal pwgarmou%n~ orde~ o: heremoval For such s necessary o ake he Effervescng Pyree ~alue for several mouhs u small repeaed desex -~ NB--Keep he bole well corked, use a dry spoon, end wll realn s valuable properes unmpared byme or clmae-~ ~, Dr Sephnua Obbon~ of he London Hospal, n hs leer, saen : I s he bes preparaon of he knd I hav evc; me~61h Is usefulness n he reamen ofdsease has long been confrmed by medcal experence Is superory consss n s beng :render~l ~or~ughly anhydrous, &e,&c[ efak from adequae knowledge of he preparaon, havng been n he hab of usng n prvae~ ~co for manyyears, and havng aken a large quauy wh m e when I wen as physcan o he Smyrna Hospal In b elma~~, ~replr~foa s of espoelalvalue--augus ~,da- ~" : ~r,~par~a, Governmen Medcalnspeeorof Emgrans from he por of London, wr~:,, From my personal and professonal u~and knowedgo of he value of Mr L~ovoa s P~rr~ 9 Sx~sz, for many years pas,i have grea-p~as~lro,a beang my cordal - ~umon~ o ~a emcacy re oo reamen of many of he ordnary and chronc forms of Gasrc Oomplana aud: oher, forms of Feb~e - u~-epepsze--&ugus5, 1857 " " ",-" :~ ~, :- From ~ D aw /e~ Esq, MD, 22, GuUdfordsree Rus~ll-squara: " I do hereby cerfy wlh pleasuro bk I have e~/~n soverbl occamons, he effcacy of Mr "L~:arLO~:Oa S P,gaz,ro SAI, IXE, n On,ro and Enerfo I-raon, and "~l~o n, Low Fevers~ aended wrh:dera~gemen of he Dgesve Organs" From-Tl/omM Car,lraekaen~ Esq, FRC8, end Surge~a o he Grea Norbem Hospal," London: "I have no hes~lon n " recommendng he compound of Mr I~P~ovoa s SxL~SZ P ae~c I s an admrable Febrfuge, and wll be found an elgble Medans wbsra such emedy s ndcaed I am n he hab of pre~rbvg largely, s composon be,,g known o me ; a~ad I hav every rosson o b~ sasfed:wh L I s beaufully prepared, and can be used a a momen s n0co whou rouble, and s hegeforo parcularly adaped for usen publo servce ~ - u Gearng F~om Dav9 esmony l~evga~# o he Esq, medcnal MD, MD08,- quales of and Mr LA0, L~ocba s &e, Medcal Praa~o 8xclsz Ol~cer of I have he Clerkenwell used exensvely Parsh : " n [ he have ream~~ muoh ple~ur~ dr, Darrhoea and Febrle affecons generally, end bane found an admrable Refrgeran Medcne, well calculaed for dse/~es ncdeh~{o warm clma~,3a~o/~psrcuhrby~n Cholera and Fever, ~ possesses chemcal properes capable of furnshng he blood wh ff~jne ~ rnaer--yenonvh]e, AugUs~ ~, 1~07 " ~r " ~ "-- : - ~afo," err and Bo n3"of MS ~ ~L~, u ~ laer daed Sepember 23, 18~6, sae Surg~on-Majo-O Murray Duff, MD, &o ha olledleg a furber supply of all ha We could gve hlrf, aud H,oke of s remarkable ffecs nhe Jungle Fever u queuhus~ :~ erms, drecng a furher supply o be sco overland besdes ~vba had already been fo~krd~b~ he Cam " ", -,, ocraoe A seofouyglefever ~ epue, lgea oe b~l m~aclne been mue, ~ wrh ann he wans pard more, conens of one bue wrh perfec success; he medcal aen dsnh of cong- : - " -- :, l f ao0~er case of ~vero Vomng, he paen was ~]sved afer he hlrcl dose and fell no a refreshn elee _ : ~r O~/~?, Army Me&eel Drseor ~ocame a warm advocae for s us~ n varo#s dsea~s, and ha~ he Pyrec Sallne drec frdm ffopropre~r :of l~/r, onal and famly use " -; " " "" ;,~:~H L AI~IPLOUGH 118, HOLBORN, EG - :" : SPECIAL AGENTS FOR LAMPLOUOH S PYRETIC SALINE :-- :osa co, spmx =no s : " " CA NTOR and CO, SIERRA LEONE :: l"r,~,~d P~b~*ahe4~ cr ~ I ~~ y W~u~F *oo Joaz*o% ~, ~-sr, In ~e Cy o-lxadm~--4clv ~ 1~ ;: "" -" ",~ ;-2-8 E _ of P~ N, "W P( h ~S mo bm aa~