1~ Tl~e Csl~ Coast Imbroglio... Sierr~ Leones !~.the Btit~t Government... :.u.." Uniform Impg_rt Duties...

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1 : ~. -PAO~ "Tha. W es.ooss of.afrca... ~ ~ Tl~e Csl~ Coas Imbroglo... : I~0 Serr~ Leones " I~5 Royal ConfrmaOn of he Jury Abolon Ordnance No. IV., November, 186~, Serr~Lbone... : "... :... : ~he Governor-General s 8veech a Cape Coas... :... 12~ Dach and Englsh ExcElnge of Possessons on he Gold Co~s-- Le~~ of K[n.~ Agge.ry, of ~pe ~ relave o hs ~ng Deposed 128 Unform Impg_r Dues... ~ !~.he B~ Governmen... :.u.." ;... :, I 27.Ap~_-fmm ho Serra Leone Cours u~d.er he La~. Orders.n,~e Lamenaflonsof 0~I~ Coas ~:...:... Councl :... :..~:..,:... ~:..~... :.:..: I$2 1 - O~pe Oo~ Female l~ve Schsol~ : :...L; ~ ~o~nd~ce beween he Gorernor.Gener~a and he rqng o ~ape ~ Mr. RM~y o he Daka of Bucknghan~ on he Lae-Judlehd Cl~nges Serra Leone....;... ~ 135 :s~d~ A"~ ~ ~o~ eo~ *.... l~s Parllamenk/~ Inellgence... ~ 183 ~hrslan~borg, A c~... :....:~,~;..;...=~; MenoM Book " ~"... :.: 13S Whahe Brsh Flag 8aya~An _Afrcan aca ox Marred.._...: Mr..~V. A. Ro~ onhe S~.e of Afr a~-s.a Cape ~...~.:..:...:... " 129 Polcy of, N6n-lnerved0~ -n Wesern Afrca : s. Mschevous.-~M~lane.~..:.. :.:..."... :.... v.~...:...=,:...:......:....~.~ 130 Tenden~cy on he Good-Goyernmen of he Co~... :.:... I$ ~ " 21 ", ::;,-, ~ ".T14"w:... WEST CO ABT OF~ " AI~RICA. """ hem and helr fell ow-subjece of.he more favoured race whch ~"q~ Af ~n mal seamer ~ Gr rlard arrved alverpdol hereofore exsed.:: : :,.:..: ". Axn ego May-16., Her-daes were: Fernando Pc, Aler1 lh; 0Id "Tradesrah~ dull,:andexpere~cednhnbansasssrha he we season :hasahrdwn ou:.~sve sgns, a hs early.~mabar,:idh; e -B6nny," Th ; Lagos, 20h; Acorn, 22nd;. Cap perod, of s mmedae apprea~h.!. ~.T~~ ~4frcan Yn~rF~d~r. ;palmas,#~25h; Serra Leone, 29h; Tenerffe, May ~m; Madeh-aY9h ~ ~ A M1 he l)rncpal pors healh was good and rade was LIBERIA. gene/ally.frm~ wh he excepon of Lag0s, whch was unhealhy. : May 17, Sle brn~ 170o~. of goldus~ and a large amoun of spece. The ]Ton. Charles w. Harmon has been eleced (~vernor of "cape Palmas, 3 aryland Couny, v~ he Hen. ~Ydseph T. :(]bsbn, SIERRA LEONE. : Robe Henry Gbson, Esq., has been eleced Judgof he : 0r~nance lq o, I~. of 1866, whch abolshes {ral by jury n Cour d Quarer Sessons for Cape 1p~" ~[aryland Couny, " ~l cause, came n o~peraou on ~fon~ay, he 25h of March. vce Dr. D. R. ~lecher, ~resgned. - ~e h~:as~an Polce Magsrae : ~gnegu, now Achg The elecon for Presdency of Lbeda, Senaors, and House of : ~sall ~Ju~ge, an~ ~e provs0.~a!ly app oraed" Azs~senRepreseh~ves wll come off durng he pre~n monh. The Hon.~ and R~v. ~ames P ayne, he Ken. Eclwwd!3"~:"~e~ and ~hd Hon:-l~ Sad~es $I. ~oo e, are canddaes for fh~"p/e~dency., ~db r. he~ne@ Com~mlon. On he Openng of he uour The H0n. ~ ~J ossph T. Gbson, of Cape PMm~;?~he-~0f: );-W. " ~. juro~~w~o were", summoned under he former: sysem )o b ~n.:c~vlceuses darng he March Bng weo. nformed Parbol, of Snce Couny,.~hd he Hdu. John M ~~.~~l~ Palmas, are canddaes for he Vce-Presdendy. ~of. h~- sl~--a~o~-approved of n~ he" ~nsrubn.-~of!he c61offy ~hd~w~re dsaned. As was o be bxpe~ed, hs AC~IDZSX ~.Z lqfr ~l"ai~ BOT Or XI~X R.A.],[.$.8 ~[ANnLX~OIAr OAr~. P&/~A S BAn. announcemen of he: nfamous success of he pla~ of a more " nfamous c~ue creaed he grekes. amoun of surefre.and Cape Palma~ Aprl 17, ndgnaon. The general commumy Could no undersana, and The royal mal-packe ~andngo arrved hero a noon on az0~.c.a a loss o undersand; whyher ~ -Majesy s Governmen 8au~lay, he 13h n[l The boa lef he shp for he shore - sh 0~ld hus, by he abolon of (fa.by jqry n ey l. _e~es, sub-"wh he mals, h~ dooo r, he hrd offcer, he asssan purser, "j~r hem, her lberes, and propery:o.: he ~ercy. ofanyends quarermaseb wh Kroomen, and capsze d n he Bar, - ndvdal who, n consequence of some eere lnk ~hch bnds whch was very rough. The docor and hrd o~ce remaned h!h as fas as.masonc amen~ o some un~pm ods" uler and ~ndah he boa when she capszed. Screams w ero heard on. b~er n craf,/a~y ~ placed n he emnenfposou of ajudga he beach, and ~[r. E. A. Poer, who saw he accden from he -~ ~" h~ colbhy., however unpfnclpled and mmoral he may be. shore, mmedaely ordered some Kroomc n o ake a ~s hen "~d ~h~r ac, :we con~elve, could o srongly e xe mply he deep lyng near he jey, whch was done. The boa.jus go o he concer of ~ e ~ (}Ove rnor-n.chef for hs colony, and he jud-bar n me o save he half.d/~wned men; he Kroomen sprung Ol.o~s~e~bn~ whche makes of nd~duah Sued o arry, ou no he waer and urned ov~ he" msl boa, underneah whch worn he dooor add hld offcer. Had he Kreomen delayed a " mnue or wo he lves of hese wo genldmen would have been l~s; a~oher boa was sen by Mr. John W. Cooper, a few mnues af~.r Mr.. Poer.s. The men of he mal boa were b~o~h ashore, and-non6: ded, alhough he-docbr and hrd offcer were almos lfele~ s. "K >cry was heard ~rom ~e boa whch pcked up he men, ".Prepare your docor l ge your docor ready!" and. o our jdy o ur ndefagable Dr. ~le[cher, he only d ~or,n hs place, was mmedaely ~on.h 9 s~, hnd%ook eb sg~ of he half.drerned ~ men, who were" ea~d. ~d, o he n~:e~ "sore" (Ifr: W, Cooper s), who, ogeher wh mmy ohers,,re~dered all possble~sdnoe....-: : ~Ir. J. 0. H~zeley, m~z~vhl~, brdd.a boao go b board he m a k~&er and brng ashore d~ ~ clol.~mg, and "o ~er n~e8 for hesuffere r~." Mr. U~elefs~b~a~w#a nearly, c~p~z. ed hce n~s-,~~ hd~ba~,, bu he l.~ked hs"lfehe fo~rh~ qlme, ahd No o n o ~n ~ knew of, le,aceddlg bu-ly: c~b h~s :Nero [

2 " TILE AYRIC/kN ~. [MAY 28, : AOah s name o he Queen. I wll be necessary for he people mmedaely prepared, and a lfe buoy. Capan Hamlon Cape Coas o make her represenaons o me hrough A ~. a, ked Mr. Hazeley f h e wo.uld allow hm o send hs men n or he Admnsraor, and as I see so many people here, I wll hs bea. Mr. Hazeley repled ha he had rsked hs lfo for sae he reason of he deposon of Aggery.. _ hs. The chef seward and a quarermaser hen go no Mr. "ffazeley s bea, wh he dry clohng end lfe-buoy. The Bar Aggery chose o pu hmself n drec opposon o Mar Ma]esv e Governmen here. He sad he owned an ndepe/lden was sll so bad ha hey were oblged o land on he rocks and soveregny, and owed no allegance o he Queen s Governmen. walk no he own.. The docor and hrd offcer were recovered The whole of Aggery saemen and ha of he Admnsraor have been lad before he Queen s Mnflers. Aggery e hrough he unrng exeron of Dr. IHecher, and he Afrcan Mal Company ough no soon o forge he knd sympahy, he clam o ha ndependence was dened hm as long ago as June quckness, and exeron shown n savng he lves of her offcers. The mal-bag wsspeked up by he Kxoomen afer hey had saved las year. He wan old ha n reurn for ha Queen s proecon he men, bu s sad some I~areels were los. respec was oebe ~)ad. He was old ha l~c was no excepon Ale E E-WHh XSS. o ha rule. He was old ha he resuls of he las Parlamenary Commee have been msrepresened by hmself and agens,,~a Her Maesv s ZO ~mz sarer or ~az,~mcax ~~zs. : Governmen were nsruced no o allow ny o--bs-ruc~on fron~ Aggery and hs people n carryng ou Cape Coas, Aprl 9, he nenons of he Governmen. Sr,~I am glad ha you have apprecaed he manner n Bu Aggery perssed n hs conduc, and n Oc~)~r las whch he people of Cape Coas have conduced hemselves n very mproper peon was presened o me. In ha peon no opposng Her Majesy s represenave under he nensexce mea ha prevaled durng he arres and deporaon of herqueen s represenave hmself. Agan Her Majesy s Mnsers he sen a messenger o he Governor nsead of wang on he Kng, John Aggery, o Serra Leone. The people n hus exer- j resolved ha hs would no be permed, and ~sured Aera ~a csng so remarkable a calmness mplcly reled on he jusce of I hey were under a msla ~ o Mn~ fa~ 9orernmen~ wll ere ~ Her Majesy s Governmen; bu hey are now full of regre and ] ran,ferred o any naff, e l~ocer. ",.. sadly dsapponed a her confdence msplaced on he Brsh Aggery sll refused, and was hen aken o Serra Leone, Governmen n hs mporan maer, and I am daly blamed by ] where he had an opporuny of agan appealng o Her Majesy s hem fur no havng permed hem o rescue her Kng when ] Governmen. Her Majesy s Governmen came o he concluson auvreheudod by he auhores of hs place I am exceedngly ha Aggery was eher conumacous hmself or was so weak sorry o acquan you ha Governor Blcckall arrved here on he I as o allow hmself o be led by wcked people, and s herefore 3rd ns., and held a meeng a Governmen-house he nex day, no f o be allowed o reman here. n he presence of he mos respecable nhabans of he place, ~ow, I wsh o ell all he respecable people I see l~ere presen w~ heg are o expeeg n rdurn for o3edrnea o.~ er nponwheh occason KngAggery a arres and deporaonware announcedo be confrmed by he Earlof Carnarvon. Ienclose eopesofmaju~y s law~. They are expeced 0 gve every asssance documens for your perusal and use, as also of a peon preparedo he Governmen here, and by good example o nduce ohers o be presened o he Governor-General on hs reurn from he less forunae han hey are o follbw her example; a he same Leeward Coas by he ljh nsan, whch peon wll be sgnedme, le mo nform every one ha myself and he Admnsraor by wo hundred persons, and wll gve you full nformaon of wll always be ready o receve complans when couched n all he proceedngs snce he arrval uf he Governor-General a a respecful manner--ha hey have a perfec rgh o appeal hs place. Adverng o u meeng convened u Governmen-house on he 20h Ulmo, we were gven o undersand by hs o warn hem ha any opposon o he Admnsraor wll lead me or Her Majesy s Governmen ff hey see f. Bu I wsh :Excellency he Admnsraor ha, from a despach receved by u her beng prosecued n our co u~ 0f law here, bu I do hm from he Earl of Carnarvon hrough he Governor-General, wsh ha here wll be no occason for me o ake such noce appeared o have been relaed, amongs oher hngs, ha prorof her conduc. I shall be here for anoher day, durng whch o he arres of Kng Aggery he had prepared 2,500 armed men me I wll receve any remonsrance ha he people wll lke o be n readness o engage n a hosie manner.agans Her o lay before me. Mujesy s represenave. Such au asseron s base and wcked One of he headmen here rose~ o address hs Excellency, beyond all human concepon o be manufacured agans an nnocen man, and any one who gves credence o such a falsehood bu he was sopped, and old by he Governor-n-Chef ha he dd no come o have a palaver, ha he came o lay down s as guly as he accuser hmself; for never was anyman under hs law. Bu f hey had anyhng o say hey mus do so he sun more nnocenhan Kng Aggery was of such charges. aferwards. We were furher old a he same me ha John Aggery was The Chef Magsrae, by he drecon of Chn Excellency, made a kng by he lae Governor, Rchard Pne. Ths s also a hen proceeded o swear n Quashe Aah as he headman of wlful suppresson of he ruh, as I wll explan by smply Cape Coas, when he umos confuson prevaled/ and all he sang wha s our nave sysem of nomnang a kng. When respecable par of he audence lef, expressng he umos John Aggery was o be he Kng of Cape Coas, uu uf couresyconemp for he Governor-General, and anger a he manner o Her Majesy s represenave we submed o he Governor n whch hey were reaed. Aggery s name as our eleced Kng of Cape Coas. Upon Thus ended one of he mos exraordnary meelng8 ever hs naugumou, he Governor acknowledged hm as such by a held on he Gold Coas, Wesern Afrca. salue of seven guns from he Casle, and a guard of honour, compo~d of Her Majesy s 4h Wes Inda Regmen, presened arms o hm, a formaly whch had been observed from me LETTER OF KING AGGERY, OF CAPE COASP, RELAmmemoral. A he same me was alleged ha here was ea mproprey n Kug Aggery ~ havng TIVE TO HIS BEING DEPOSED BY THE BRITISH been allowed o hold GOYERNMENT. s own cour (nave own cour). Bu he kngs and chefs zo ~ znhoa o~ ZHZ ~uc~s ~mzs. from me mmemoral have always held her own own Lverl)ool.sree cours whou any nerference on he par of Her Majesy s ~ Freeown, Serra Leone. Dear Sr,--. I very much regreha he grea press of mmedae busness whch has occuped my mnd snce my arbrary Governmen; Gad from my own personal experence upwards of for years I can bear esmony o hs fac, ha no Governor ever nerfered ur prevened any of Kng Aggery s predecessors arres a Cape Coas, and deporaon herefron~ by Colonel exercsng her nave prerogave n holdng her own cours.~ Conran, has prevened me from sooner wrng o you abou my affars. Yours, &c,, PAvm1~. I shall now sae o you brefly and concsely my ~onmeas concernng he maer. I s unnecessary for me o THE GOVERNOR~GF~N ERAL S SPEECK AT CAPE recapulae he parculars of my arres, as hey are already COAST. known o you. I shall confne myself, herefore, o acquanng A a general meeng convened a Governmen House, Cape you wh my deermnaon wh regard o my people and Coa~, by hs Excellency Major Blackall, Governor and Commander.n-Chef on he Wes Coas of Afrca, on he 4h day of I perceve by he leer forwarded o me on he l~hof X[arch kngdom. Aprl, 1867, hs Excellency spoke as fallows: Mr. Thompson, las, by he Governor-n-Chef, whch, wh oher papers, I send wll yuu frs sae o he people he reasons for hs meeng, you by hs mal, and whch embodes wha he saes o be ~e ha I haveeumc o announce ha here s o be a very greadecson of he Earl of Carnarzon, ha every endeavour s belng change n he Governmen a Cape Coas Casle? made" o despol me of my kngdom. I "ask, why so? The I suppose hey ara aware of he seps he Admnsraor has Englsh naon dd no make me a kng. I am no subjec o aken n he elecon of a headman. Those proceedngs have hem. God anoned me a kng. My people, by hs drecon, resuled n he nomnaon of Quashe Aah, who s o be he chose me o be her kng. Wha has an Englsh colonel or he headman n drec communcaon wh he Admnsraor. Englsh naon o do wh my admnsraon of he affars n my The Admnsraor has lad before me hs mode of procedure, kngdom? If I had wronged my subjecs, as hey h~xd he power and I have approved of hs proceedngs, and wll subm Qussheo make me her kng, hey had he power {0 pu aa end o my " 127 M~Y 23, 18~}7.] THE AFRICAN_ TIHES. = " ~" :... ~ :u ~ of m- ~overnmen or! become of hs kllng Kng Oabll a man wh hs own sword., regn..ou wroe men ~n.~.w m,,~j ~ ~ L~. ~ ~ Wha sa~- he Englsh Governmeno hese, and h4s he manner of conducng a; ann x never wu consen~ xo n. [... " ~... ~hou" h^ whole Gold Coas ~ " " he fofgod for mona.,as causng grea msumon mrouo ~ =." sellng of my kmgdom, whch s. g......y ~^-~...O^lonel Conran conddered ha by removng Kng v rel-c~ for olu z snm never z~,,,~vo,~ ". I could no purchase my so e o Y _. g... *... -^~ ~" nr,, he was dora somehng o effec he reln u~h unl pleases he Dvne beszowcr o o reneve ~s~,~,,"~-.~s con ~... g... me ~ deah from he care of preservng. I wll na se he subjecon of he whole Fanree errory; eu~ no couu no~ u~,o done worse. People do no rus he Governmen now. The cry frs example o he kngs of he earh of sellng one s kngdomnow s, "Le he Englsh Governmen goandleaw us; weeando for money. " " o I wllbe glad ff you wll make known hese senmens of beer han when hey are here ; hey are no our frends. W wsh he good people n England may have eyes as he ell-seeng mne, so ha men may judge of he rgheousness of he coursegod, ha hey can see here from England, and hen hey can whch whe men n England wl, ll o pursue owards me and apprecae wha your uffcals are dong here. my pcople.--i am, dear Sr, yours ruly, &c.,&e.,&e., Mr. Edor, we are afrad, as Qusshe Aah, he usurper, has A~umv, Kng of Cape Coas. been apponed headman aganshe people s consen, ha you wll no hear anyhn good from Cape Coas. Kng Aggerfa THE LkMENTATIONS OF CAPE COAST. removal from Cape Coas n such a manuer wll no end n good. zo z~m Z~Hon O~ ZaS x~alc~ ~MXS. Man proposes, bu God dsposes. Through he opposon of Cape Coas, Aprl 10, your Governmen, hose who sood secury for he money gven Sr,--Oh wha gref, wha sorrow of hear, wha conflcs o he delegaes o he Parlamenarycommce are no ye pad, we are o encouner! Wo do no desre o gve you long and and he men are sufferng, very lkely hey wll lose her edous deals of he presen deplorable and fearful sae of houses and all hey have n he world for, because whenever affars a Cape Coas, bu we beg o ask wha do he Englsh a meeng was convened for he purpose he Governmen called sedous, and leers have been sen o all dsrcs no Governmen wsh o do wh cur counry? and wha do hey consder he own and people of Cape Coas o be? Do hey render Cape Coas any asssance o defray he expenses ncurred by sendng nendo change he proecorae o a colony?.. In ~u.ne, 1865, delegaes o England. Oh py! hese chefs Aggery sen men o for he money were commed before Kng he Lord Sanley sad n Parlamenha "a nave o me ~ola Coas n he eye of, he law s no a Brsh subjec," and f so, delegaes were sen o Parlamen, aud was o redeem he~ ho~ e ha we are n such a deplorable sae, lvng danger- promse ha Kng Aggery sen messengers o hem. Colonel ously whou any res~ as wh enemes raher han frends-- Cenran changed he meanng, and called "Kng Aggery axng he people." We expec o gve more nformaon by enemes who seek o desroy us by akng our own counrymen our nex, f he own of Cape Coas by hs me s no bornas ools o deprve us of our rghs. We know ha he Englsh Governmen are wealhy, and do barded. However, Kng ~Aggery s rue blood of he lae Kng ro desre he revenue of a poor counry such as hs o add o o floe h~ Aggery~hs presen Kng own Aggery a son. Quashe Aah s paren was servan herches, bu ceran s ha your offcals here are grealy grandfaher~he s no Royal blood a all whaever. More shall be explaned our nex. our oppr~ors. A European, when he was upbraded n gaugng ralo.ol, sad, ~ Of course he Englsh Governmen s waned o reman here Woe o ha man who augh you all o know o une us ogeher and each ua how o govern ~aow o read and wre!" and offcals seem o hnk he same. ourselves n me o come, and how sad s ha so grea Wha has become of he urrangemena far he neres of hs a dvdon has been counry recommended by he Parlamenary Commee n he effeoed hrough he msmanagemen of Colonel Conran and he Governor-General. Wha a deplorable sae Cape Coas s n sear Foolsh and smple as we are consdered o l~e, we ye under- now ~ We are now lef as orphan chldren. Now Apullouans sand ha only cvlzaon can mprove a counry; bu hreas, are by hemselves, Gomoosh, Arkankanwassee, Argoonahs, brue power, and force are no he means o mprove a counry. Afwah Agmacoons, Akms, are by hemselves, and all a The spread of he Word of God, whch has now peneraed no varance wh he Governmen here; afld now he Kng of he neror of hese counres, and whch has urned many o Cape Coas s removed o a srange land, and we hear he heavy rumour of Ashanee nvason. Oh, wha rouble! embrace he relgon of Jesus Chrs, ha whch would remove wha msery! wha deplorable confuson I dffcules and brng cvlzaon and peace ; and how pleasan, Oh, Thou Almghy God, he Faher o me rsmer~ess, ~oa how happy would be f he Chrsan Governmen and Chrs- of jusce fnn should pull ogeher f Afrca. Good mnsers and fah- ; Thou, 0 Lord, who haes all lars and deceful men ; 0 Lord, we commend o hy faherly ful Chrhan man wll do more good here han 10,000 warrors, goodness hy nor- Colonel Conrau s acs, we are sorry o say, have desroyed all sana who are afflced and dsressed u mnd, body, and esae, ha may please Thee o comfor and releve hem, accordng confdence and fah n he Englsh Governmen. o her several necesses, gvng hem paeuce under her Of he fnes nflced on he chefs of several dsrcs we need sufferngs, and a happy ssue ou of all her affcons!~we no say anyhng, vr de your paperer February, 1867, p. 97. K:n~ Aezerv dd no wrong o hs pcople" and wha rgh hod are, Sr, your obeden servans~. prm~rzmo~rs~. Colonel Conran o shp hm o Serra leone? Bu for he Kng s own words o he people ns fo ~ ~r we should all by hs~ me PROPOSED PETITION FROM~ CAPE COAST TO THE havo encred no eerny! Blessed be God ha wo had such a GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Chrsan kng o que hem! May God be wh hm wherever The humble Peon of he undersgned Chefs, Capans, ~ae s. The people beng que, paenly wang he decson and Inhabans of he Town of Cape Coas respecfully from he Home Governmen, ou come he enclosures Non. I, 2, Showeh,~ S, 4, 5, and 6, and he meeng held a Governmen House by Tha he majory of your peoners ore parly engaged n he Governor-General. We are no =Brsh subjecs, we lve radng and oher ndusrous pursus whn he Gold Coas wh he Eeglsh Oovernmen as frends, end f so, where, hen, was Colonel Conrau s rgh o ake our Kng as a.pn~.ner.o Proecorae, and possess freehold and personal propery of some SeHa leone? Wha rgh had he? We see plmnly m.~e consderable value n he own of Cape Coas, are very jealous of her behavour of Governor Blackall ha he s ruly a haer of ~e nvaluable proecon under he Brsh flag, and, above all, have always eudeavoured o exercse an unsulled blaeks. The conducor your offcals here seems o us monsrous, and If Kng Aggery, no beng a Brsh subjec, a reaed hus, n unmpeachable loyaly o he hrone and person of Her Majesy wha lgh are we o consder he Englsh Governmen~? We Queen Yeora, an asseron whch s fully borne ou by he fac of he lae unforunae mus say he conens of he Blue-beck of ho Parlamenary Corn- arres and deporaon of Kng Aggery whouhe slghes opposon ou he par of your peoners mce n 1865 are all/~c~h. You sad we mus fgh our bales ~wards Her Msesy s represenave n hese elemens., --. (and ndeed our fahers foughher own bales), and why do ou no allow us o gahe revenue o mee any emergency? Is "-Tha ~our p~~)ners have aken hs opporun, y auoraea Y. ~ " hem by your Excellency of observng he. uupr.eoeaen~ea ana hs your ranng us up for self.governman. Indeed, Afr lea~e... e recen. nomnaon.. oz onu chldren shall cvlze Afrca. You ~Ik n England ha.eh.~op~a unceremomous manner an whch h shall soon srech ou her hands o God. How can Ehopao Quashe Aah o be headman over he nave nhabans of so, when Ehopa s consanly oppressed and rodden downlo he own of Cape Coas whou he voe or consen of he. majory has been effeo~--a proceedng so clandesnely carred lck he dus? Why should he Englsh Governmen allow Kng Aggery o ou ha your peoners dd no know from whence org[- be sarved a Serra Leone? (Is hs any par of Chrsanoed unl your peoners were aferwards nformed by he duy ~) Merely because he brave Afrcan creaure canno Admnsraor namo of Quashe ha en Aah chefs as l:er waed nomnee upon hm o and be he submed headman he of gve up hs fghs o h o wealhy Eeg sh Governmeno enjoy~ 0 Lord have mercy upon us. We have heard Cape Coas. of he deposon of Kng Aggsry, bu wha has become of Tha your peoners do no acknowledge he so.called en ~olonel Conran s cruel conduc ~ of ha of hs 4h Wes unnfluenal chefs, who Pewees no exclusve rgh of nomnang [ud/a Regmen. on he 4h Sepember, Wha has any ndvdual o person o. assume he rgh of repre~nng :...,.

3 128 THE AFRICAN TIMES. hem whouhe voe and consen of your peoners (n fac Colonal Secreary, Mr. Pke, unl yeserday, when he refused whch was paen o he lae Governor, Rchard Pne, snce o pay, and dreced ha I should see you frsly, for he January, 1865) - a deermnaon whch, lo say he leas, s very purpose of sgnng some paper, I have o reqmsha you wll unsasface.ry cczmeced wh he due admnsraon of a good ntor me wheher was by your drecon ha he agreemen Governmen, ~nd has a endency o prove conagous, and affec-referreng ha harmony so essenal o he proper obedence of lo$al o was se asde and he money refused, as well as wha s he naure of he documen o whch Mr. Pke alludes. czens. Hy allowance was sopped on Thursday, he 21s Mareh.~ Tha your vacaoners respecfully subm o your Excellency Yours, &e., &e., &e., ha hey co,sder her duy a such a momenous crss e Aeo~v, Kng of Cape Coas. call your serous and prayerful aenon o he fac ha John Samuel W. Blackall, Esq., Governor-n-Chef, &e.,&c., dry. Aggery was duly nomnaed and eleced by he unanmous voe and consen of he whole of he prncpal nave nhabaus as (Copy.--Ne. 6.) her Chrsan kng, and whls holdng such hgh and mporan funcon he has nvarably dscharged hs responsble Sr,~I am dreced by Hs Excellency he Governer-n-Chef Governmen House, Serra Leone, ~areh 22, dues wh grea lenency, dscreon, and sasfacon o your peoners. Tha )-our peoners have lsened wh marked aenon o Majesy s Governmen.~I have he henour o be, Sr, your mos he law whch your Excellency has deemed f n your wsdomobeden servan, ~I. Asawoon. on behalf of Her M~jcsy s Governmen o lay down on he 4h nsan for he furore obedence o Her Majesy s laws en he TO THE EDITOR O~ THE /~ EICAN 71HESo Gold Coas, whch have been receved by hem wh profound Cape Coas, A~rl 10, respec. Sr,--There beng n he peon of Aggery, ex-kng of Tha your pe;oners mus submssvely sae, for your Excel-Caplency s prayerful and cordal aenon, ha alhough your pe-men o he effec ha ere Quemnah Crensll declared on Coas, publshed n your ssue of February 23, a saeoners mus neces~rly have her parcular leaders and hs deah.bed before me "ha Colonel Conran had personally ~pans, beng surrounded as hey are by enemes (as he ordered hm o be klled~" I feel my duy o nform you refracory rbe of Ashaulee, ye unsubdued, bu who are formdable enough o arouse her fears, and ofen endangerwll, n jusce o Colonel Conran, allow hs o appear n your ha he affdav conans no such aaemen, and beg ha you 7our peoners safey), a rusworhy end permanen leadernex ssue.--i am, Sr, your obeden servan, s requred, who needs be, ne only a Chrsan, ba a man ef Wm.Cr~vED. nellgence, educaon, and of general nformaon ef he proecorae. STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE GOLD COAST. Tha your peoners have deplored he unforunae consummaon n he nomnaon of a saunch fesh dolaer o be Chrsansborg, Acorn, Aprl 9. zo ZRE zvher of zax A?meAN zrugs. he headman or represenave of he nave uhebaus of Cape Sr,--I hare only me o wre you a few lnes abou our Coas, many ef whom ere blessed wh Chrsan educaon. affars. I s sad Colonel Conran s comng ou o he Coas Tha your peoners mos respecfully beg o urge upon your agan, eher as Brgader.General commandng he roops all Excellency he necessy of exercsng your hgh auhory, o along he Coas, or as eur.ddmn, ralor / God forbd boh, he remove hs unforunae personage, Quasbe Aah, from hs unexpeced and exnled poson as headman, and have a proper and whaever may be hs oher mers er demers, s a leas genle- laer above all! Mr. Ussher, he presen Acng Admnsraor, nellgen nave represenave over your peoners, unl manly n hs bearng. Bu nobody wll do any good whle hs should please Her Majesy s Governmen, afer maure reconsderaon, o rensae Kng John Aggery n hs former poson place s under Serra Leone; every Admnsraor s hands wll n # be oo much ed up. Look a he Awoonlah affar. All he own of Cape Coas, as we chersh he hope hey wll do. was ready for operaons agans hem n February. Bu And your peoners, as n duy bound, wll ever pray. he Governor-General had o I)9 waed for, and s now oo lae n he season o ac. Governer Blackall CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNORarrved hero n hs yach on ho 6h. Governmen prevened hs landng, so a depuaon wen off o hm by GENERAL AND THE KING OF CAPE COAST, reques~welve prncpal Europeans and naves. He sad he (Copy.--No. 3.) coul do nohvg n he way of offensve operaons whoa frs Freeown, Serra Leone, March 19, communcang wh he Homo Governmen, bu Wll say morn Sr,--I have marked he conens ef he wodocumens yen when he comes back on he 20h nsan. You know ha I delvered me, end mus nform you ha would no be becom-havng n me, as a kng, o gve my consen o he condons herenashanees would soon ake open par n he affar, and ha ofen wren you, haunless maers were soon seled he conaned. some of hem had already been down. To-day a leer came I have also o requesha you wll, f s n your power, from Akm o warn ua ha he Ashaneeare on he move o nfor me by wha rgh my sser n Englandeans me from march down o jon he Aquamboes and Awoonlaha end asok my people, and o nform you ha I shall n fuure address myself e he Earl of Carnarvon wh respeco my relaons wh men be connued here wll be errble ev before hree monhe he proecorae. If he pas apahy on he par of our Govern- he Br-.h Governmen.~I am Sr, yours, &e., de., d c., are over. I wll wre agan by mal of he 20h.--Yours, d~, Aeoz~Y, Kng of Cape Coas. Acc. (copy.--no. 4.) CHRISTIANSBORG, ACCRA. Governmen "flouse, Serra Leone, March 19, o ~ ~HOn op zaz ~rc~,, zl~r~. Sr,--I have receved your leer nf hs day s dae, refusng o accede o he erms whch, by drecon ef Lord Carnsrvon, I Aprl 22, had offered o you on Saurday las, he 16h nsan. Sr,~Goveruor Blackall has ne reurned from Leeward. The - I mus declnenerng upon any furher correspondence wh b-menhly seamer by whch hs leer wll go o you passed hs you regardng a maer already decded by Her Majesy s Govern-yachmen, and as you nfor me ha you nend o correspond for come o-morrow. I s sad ha on hs way down he called a on he passage from Lsges. He wll herefore mos lkely he fuvre drecly wh Lord Cameroon, s, I presume, uselessjellee Coffee and made peace wh he Awoenah chefs; bu how o offer o be he medum ef your cemmuncaon.~i have he such a peace can be bndng upon he Accra rbes, who were no honour o be, Sr, your mos obeden servan, even consuled, we poor foolsh people here canno comprehend. (Sgned) S.W. BLXC~.LLL. The merchans here old he Governor.General as he wen down ha he kwoonahs had alled hemselves wh he Ashanees, (copy.--no. 5.) and sen up some ef her chef men as hosages o Comasse. Precown, Serra Leone, March 21, Afer hs he surely canno have been such an do as o ake he Sr,--The Admnsraor of he Gold Coas, Colenel Conran, word of he Awoonahs for peace. The alk of an Ashaneo havng forcbly removed me from my. people, and you havng nvason gans srengh day by day. I beleve we shall have deaned me vrually ns a prsoner m Serra Leone, for he s~on. The Krepeo roads, I am greyed o say, are sll shu; reasons bes known o yourself, allowng me, cn ceran ecnd. and he Governmen wll no le he Acorn chefs force hem open. Sena, a spulaed amoun, whch has always been pad by he The Governmen wll ne proec us nor allow us o proec ourselves; and we have no ndemny for lae losses n Krepee. ha ~ a already By he las vroesed mal lhh) agans we are Quashe nformed Aah s ha, nomnaon as he chefs =s and "h~iman," people All ha we seem o be hough good for s o pay duy. Conrsn, Blackall, and Commodore Hornby have all been naked hs pefo n mgh possbly no be presened ; ba as conans maerby us--wll you l~roec us? Wll you allow us o proec ourselves? Wl you le he nave eh]ef~proecus?-we ha we hnk ougho be on record, we nser k--ev. A. T. "1" No~ 1 and 2 appeared n our las, I.ages 115, 116. could }} THE AFI ICAN TIMES. Majesy s amp Anelope landed wh hs meu and burn ge nohng bu evasons, of course. I s me hs sor of hng Muugo Orande near Kusembe, he whole place, ncludng some was pu an end o by some one. More by nex mal. Leu. Poruguese facores, beng desroyed. I s sad ha he affar Phelps, Dr. Horon, and hry men of he 2nd Wes Inda Regmen are sll a Addah dong nehng.--years, Acc. orgnaed n some dsurbance beween he naves and an offoer of he Anelope, when he laer sho a uave, whoso counrymeu realaed; bu I do no vouch for he rans of he oa~ ~0 M ILDI~OR O~ TE[g AFBICk2~ YI ILE~. I only know ha he own an d facores have been burned. Anamsboo, Wes Afrca, Aprl 10, The naves of Gaboon are dyng off rapdly wh a loahsome dsease. Nne men of noe among hem have recenly Sr,--We am all deeply ndebed o yon for your effors on our behalf, bu we greve o perceve ha he g~nlemen who have ded of. offces n Downng-sree have no ye opened hdr eyes o he The new dues have no ye been mposed. We hope he real ea of hng~ here, or se abou vndcang he heneur and Englsh Foregn-offce has had somehng o do n hs.* Should cred of he Brsh name n hese pars. hey be mposed, he place wll be que runed. A few yea~ Mr. W. Z. Coker, he lae clerk of cours a Cape Coas--well, ago here were alwaysx or egh vessels here, Enolsh, French, Sr, Mr. Coker has been red, and ns manner ha has been far Amercan, aud ohers ; now a merchan shp s almos a rary u from gvng sasfacon here. He was encased of embezzlnghe harbour. large ameuns, bu nseacl of ndcng hm on hose charges, The lae rans and ornadoes are now seng n heavly.~ wo nsgnfcan amouns of lls. each were he only chargesyours ruly, Vzx~ oa. brough forward. The offcal prosecuor s n _he commssara servce. He declared ha ff he jury acqued. Coker he would MR. W. A. ROSS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS place hm n he dock agan he nex day on e~laer morn serous AT CAPE COAST. charges, as here were numerous acs of embezzlemen agans o ra~ ~rror o~ xm~ x~zxcxx ~~ss. hm, bu, o save me, he hough advsable o seleche wo Sr,--In he leer o you of he 9h of March, your oorrosponden "Vde e Credo" has dragged my name forh from s he dd. Bu hough he jury acqured Mr. Coker, he has no kep hs word. obscury, and has placed me n eompauy wh hroe genuemeu wno To make maersll more exraordnary, a lo of mlarywere once Governors of he Gol] Coas. offcers were pu on he jury, a hng unknown for years n he Wheher "Vde e Credo" nended o ecver me hckly wh Gold Coas hsory.. People. of course ask why,. and all sors Of, s honour, or wheher he mean o crush ma as compleely uuder dlscredsble hngs are sa,d. Mr. Hugh Red., Mr: M Iu~re d he wegh of dshonour by brngng me no her socey: I know (Foreer and Smh) el~rk,,has been eonvcr~, o me~ no; bu hs I know, ha I should be always proud o have my senenced o welve mouhs hard labour. Really, Mr. Fersername assocaed and uered n he same breah wh ha of such ough o be proud of hs esablshmen here. 2?reac~ of ru~, noble, brave, dsneresed, aud accomplshed offcer as :M:ajor l~ury, and hef proved :agans members of whn he las [oues. Had he bu lved, "Vde e Credo" would no have hree years. Wha nex? had he opporuny of dppng ~s pen n nk o delneae he The G0vernor-General vsed Cape Coas on he 2nd Aprl, sorry, or, as he assers, he conempble" characer of he bu I have no heard wha he has done er sad excep ha he Governmen of he Gold Coas a he nurren hour. has eworu n Quasho Aah as "headman" of Cape Coas;, Vde e Credo" seems o hnk ha he Gold Coas can be abolshed he le of kng; effecually dehroned Aggery, and wellgoverued wh he umos ease aud cerany ; and he seems offered hm 100I. per year for lfe, wbeh s sad Aggery wll o hnk, oo, ha he evls whch preval from Apollona o he never accep. I am happy, o nform ye.u ~a.he dffculy a Vola are o be unerrngly raced aud arbued o he sngle Ajmarkoo s nearly seled, ann we are ~egmnmg o measurefaul of a sngle person. palm ol n abundance. The exsng polcal perplexes of he Governmen of he Mr. M Inyro s ne longer a juscef he Peace or membergold Coas are he resul of msmanagemen for a seres of years of Councl. I ough o havebeen so long ego. Ashe has ceased~snce he deah of Mr. Maclean--by a mulude of blunders, o be a publc man, an o~oal man, you of course wll have done commed by a mulude of rulers, and are kep n full play by wh hm.--geurs ruly, To~ Corrr~. he Coal gnorance whch obans England as o he socal and moral one of he nhabans of he proecorae self. "Vde WHAT TKE BRITISK FLAG SAYS.--AE AFRICAH S e Credo" has, as f by a provdenal nadverency, ouched on IDEA OF IT. one of he many wounds whch have fesered and auppuraed TO ~HE EDITOR 0"~ ~ AFRICAN TIMES. aud have a las seled down no an angry vsble sore.!: allude Fanfare {~erry, Ekkoon~e, Fanee, Gold.co as, o he conflcng, conradco/t, seusole~ acon of he Governmed a Cape Coas a all seasons and under all eroumsauces. ~(March 31, " Sr,--W hoverer We fnd ~/~ ~Rr6~ Governmen esablshed, "Vde e Credo" saes, for example, ha Colonel Courau ard ls affars rghly, duly, and mparally admnsered, he declared he fac, by means of a proclamaon, ha "Brsh rule good effecs are unversally known, acknowledged, and appre-dcaed. I desre o gve he followng proof of hs. spoken n hs auhorave language, akes hs leave of he Bea no ezceed 15 mle: n he ueror." Colonel Conran, havn~ One mernng (n 1857) a Anamaboe. when was a clerk n of Governmen under an nauspcous ovaon. As soon as hl l~e esablshmen of Mr. George "Blaukson (now a member of back s urned, Mr. Ussher, who ss n hs place, sends a Leu. hd Legslave Councl), here came no he sore an AshaneeHamlon "80 or 90 ml~ no he bush" o sele some "Pey rader, who purchased an assormen of goods, o he amoun ef ~uabb~e." Surely, boh of hese Admnsraors canno be abou hre er four ounces of gold. I had, of course, o look eu accused of uuformy n herdeas of goverumen. So, agan, I for one of hs (Mr. Blankson s) gold.akers o ake and ry hs remember he day when Mr. Andrews srove, n he heaed gold; when I saw one of hem sandng ousde he sore-dooramably of hs hear and sou], o brng he long lne of he sang a he flag ha was hen flyng above he AnamaboeKngs of Cape Coas o an end, n order ha he mgh consoldae For wh some degree of amazemen. I called hs gold-akerhe fuucons of he Brsh law whn he crcu of he own a by name, who answered ha he would aend me presenly; /eas;" and I remember he day also when Mr. Pne, movng n bu as he delayed, I nqured wha he was abou. He hen au eccenro orb, fred a salue of weny- one guus n glorfcaon of he crownng of he very Aggery whose kngshp Coloud old me, "Well, maser, yen ~ ~o ~avw wha hs.fla~ ellugconran has floued wh so much maral scorn and has bespab m#l" "Well," I asked, and wha s ha Unon Jack speakng o you abou?" "Thh flag, : he ~ys, "e}!s m~u~.: ared wh so much offcal mre. Eher Mr. Andrewand Colonel Well, Encho [for ha was hs name, ha beng.a.nauve o ~aom Conran were gh, or Mr. Pne was rgh. If Hr. Pne was n Ashance by brh, and sold ea lae ~aooooeer ugo, o~ correc n hs royal vews and exulaon, Aggery s kng, and Anamaboe ], leme assam yen ha f s ne I ha fly dalyrresponsble n hs kngdom o he whe mau; and f Mr. a~ou all ~s 2?rff~h for: and :elemenl: n he world, h~ grea~ Andrews and Colonel Course are no less exao a her esmaon mgh have been seen lyng upon and smashng o pece: ~.n of he uly of abolshng he monarchoal-forms of Cape Coas~ Aggery s ghly an exle, because responsble o he loca~ A~d as for my par oo, I am, Sr, Governmen for he expresson of au offensve, ndependen A ~K~u SzRvA~r ~o A "FRE= (]0~rMENT." opnon, end for he pursu of an offensve, ndependen ac. The chefs hemselves have ofen complaned o mo of he TO ~ :EDI OR OF ~H II AYRIeAN TIMES. dffculy under whch hey laboured!n maserng he wshes of Gabeon, Mar~h 21, he Governmen; for, as hey have jusly remarked, oue Uovernor Dear Sr,--Admral De Laugle arrved here ou he 4h, bu wll say oee hng o-day, and anoher Governor wll say anoher leaves agan n a few days for he souh. I s sad ha when he hng precsely he raverse o.morrow. Loyaly on Monday s reurns from S. Helena, Commodore Heruby wll come wh ree, on on Tuesday. hm n he Brsol, aended by wo oher Englhh vassals, and " I s ou~e rua hhe Brhh Goverameu has.made r.epr~n~o~l preparaens am makng for grea f~ea n May. {e.{ha of~rl~o~ O11 h~ ~ubjeo, whchas caused he svymg c[~ new I hear from he Souh Coas ha he Commander of Her ~ a~--~ be lxa~poned for f~rhe: nqalr~.--~.,~.~. 129

4 = I :,!: I 130 THE AFRICAN TIMES. [MxY 23, l ~for he achevemen of an nfny of and he earnes solcude of Her Majesy s Governmen for he welfare and progress of he people wll mos sasfacorly appear. gcod"on KJGol-d Coas, bu we do no seek o employ he properthe evenful day arrved. A general meeng was convened a mplemens for he work. I s almos mpossble for he Govern-Governmen-housmen a home o algh on he men who are fed by emper, assemblcd. The Governor-General commenced by sang ha; on he 4h Aprl. The auhores and people educaon, or nclnaon o underake and o carryou n fdely "hem s o be n very grea change n he Governmen of purpo.~ and of hear he admnsraon of affars ca he Afrcan Coas; nnd he Colonal Secreary of Sae labours, I a Cape Coas C~sle." We have glven-hs Excellency e speech among our Cape Coas news; and we hnk our confess, under he hardes of asks. Anybody who undersands readers wll agree wh us ha a more nconclusve and anyhng of human naure undersands how boserous and unsasfacory address, regard beng had o he pecular mporunae your ncapable folks are, and how unobrusve and Sae of affars n he Proeced Terrores a he presen me, long.sufferng are he sprs who are wllng and able o confernever emanaed from a superor auhory. We shall no open benefs ca he race and n her age. Wness he bographes of he llusrous acom of bu a few welvemonhs ego. Look up he whole queson hs monh, because he Governor-General a Sr Henry Havelock and Lord Clyde. Dd no her reward was o reurn o Cape Coas for a day or wo, and spossble ha he may have hen suppled he grave omssons u hs former come oo lae, because her usefulness and her genus could address. Tha address conans hree salen pons. Frs, he no or would no be seen and valusd n half-a.cenury? nomnaon ea head man by he Governor, nsead of, as from me On a smaller scale, he same prncple may be appled o ndvduals on he Afrcan Coas. The voce of modes worh wll Second, an assurance ha hey were under a msake o hnk mmemoral, he elecon of a~n$ by he chefs and people. everbe los n he nosy flaulence of nsuffcency and perness. The whole secre of he wreched prosraon o whch he ha he Governmen of hose pars wiylever be ransferred o any nave power. (We merely en pc~sanl beg o ask how far hs Governmens of he Wesern Coas of Afrcare reduced can only agrees wh he recommendaon of he lae Parlamenary Commee.) Thrd, ha hey should know wha hey were o be referred o he vulgar smle of he unfness of a round fgure o a square hole, and of a squarefgure o a round hole. London, May 10. W.A. Ross. expec n reurn for obedence o Her Majesy s laws. Now No. 1 was an accomplshed fac; jus" or unjus, here sud. planly and palpably before he assembly; for Quashe Aa SPECIAL NOTICES. he head man so nomnaed, was here o be s~oru n, sn~l was PREPAYMENT OF LETTERS. sworn n o offce before he assembly broke up. No 2 was na auhorave declaraon of very hgh mporance no doub, f All leers and communcaons mus n fuure be pos-pad, or hey ncur he rsk of rejecon a our offce. he Governor-General wan empowered o make, and f had PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. been accompaned by hose explanaons whch such an alered The sevenh year of hs journal wl commence wh our July sae of hngs absoluely requred. Bu No. 3 was a promse number. Subscrpons for he sevenh year wll hen become due, whch, f u!led, would have enabled every one o and should be mmedaely pad o our several agens on he Wes undersand hs rue poson vs.d.rs he Brsh auhores, would have shown hs dues and prvleges, and cleared up Coas of Afrca, or remed o hs offce by Englsh subscrbers. 4, Coleman.sree.buldngs. 3.foorgae-sree, E.O. all hose doubs whch, especally snce 1865, have overshadowed he Gold Coas. Bu only n Wes Afrcan affars could hem have been so absurd a sequence as ha o whch Oovern~r Blacksll hen reaed he people. The grea revelaon of wha PUBLISHED MONTHLY. PRICE 5d., STAMPED. heg ~cere o exl~ec~ resolved self no wha was ez2~eeed from, You are earnesly requesed o allo~r your name o be added o he hem ; for surely dd no need he presence of a supreme ls of yearly subscrbers. Prce 58. per annum for each copy, payable auhory o ell hem ha heg could ap2~eal o hm or.~er Majedy s Govermnen~ f hey hn} f; and ye hs, and he asaumnce ha n ease of any opposon hey would be ~o~eoued u he Brsh cours of law, was all he revelaon made o hem of "w~a[ hey are o ~$ec$ n reurn for obedence o Her Majesy s laws." As we have before ~ad, we refran from THURSDA~ 2AY 25, commen unl we know wha supplemenary revelaons he Governor-n-Chef may have made durng hs second vs, of MISCELLANEA. whch we shall have news by he nex mal; only remarkng We are happy o announce ha he Proocol by whleh he meanwhle ha hs c0mmuncaon o he people, so far as we nffars of Luxemburg are an auged o he muual sasfacon ye know of, mus be consdered by hem abou as sasfacory as was ha of Rehoboam o he ehefa and people of France and Prussa, was sgned by he plenpoenares of he Grea Powers n conference n London on he 10h of Israel on hs accesson o he hrone of hs faher Solomon. ns. Peace n Europe s hus for he presen deemed o be GovernorBlackall wll ceranly never rank as he Solomon of scened. he Coas ; bu he may be he Rehoboam f he proceed~ n he Yellow fever has been commng grea ravages n Maurus. presen arbrary and nsulng polcy, whch seems o ua o have In Por Lous alone he deahs amouned o 400 per day. A no redeemng pon as regards he people placed under h~s " supere sngle ounce of qunne sold for 27/. 88. Englsh, end one personnendence. I * dd no come o have a palaver; I came o pad 61. serlng for welve qunne plls. lay down my law" would be very fne, no loub~ from a grea The French Exhbon s aracng grea numbers of Vsorsman and a conqueror, bu s no wha we expec from a Governor-General of he Wes Coas, as represenng he Chrsan of all naons. I seems now as f mos of he Royal personages n Europa wll vs durng he nex monh or wo. governmen of Grea Bran. I s now beleved ha he presen Mnsry England wll be able o pass a Reform Bll hs sesson, end ha consequenly here wll be no change of admnsraon hs year a leas. ROYAL CONFIRMATION OF THE JURY ABOLITION Sr Roderck MurchsoD, Presden of he GeographcalORDINANCE NO. IV., NOVEMBER, 1866, SIERRA LEONE. Socey, beleves ha Dr. Lwngsone s sll alve. In a lae I~ our las we chose o presume ha he Royal confrmaon of leer, afer dealng hs reasons for hs belef, he says: "There:he mos nquous Ordnance abolshng ral by jury n cvl s now rcaseuablo hope for belevng ha Lvngsone, nsead of causes en he We~ Coas of Afrca had no been gven. Bu, as beng klled, has really peneraed o Lake Tanganyka, he wll be seen by our Serra Leone news, ha OMnance came no deermnaon of he oullcs of whch was one of he man operaon on he 25h March. The jurors who had been geographcal objecs of hs expedon. A any rae he smallsummoned under he old sysem beng dsmssed, he Cour boa pary whch wll leave hs counry on he 9h of June wll, commenced s frs sessons under Ordnance No. IV., Mr. by ascendng o he norh end of he Lake Nyasra, se he maerhuggns, Queen s Advocae, sng as Acng Chef Jusce, and a res as o he repored deah of he groaraveller." Mr. Monagu, lae Asssan Polce Magsrae, as Acng Asssan Judge. We dd no need o see a Cour hus consued a THE CAPE COAST IMBEOOLIO. fll us wh dsgus a he rumphan offcal conspracy egans The chef Coas auhory has a las appeared upon he scene. he rghs and lberes of he czens of Serra Leone, bu such We were delghed when we heard he was o do so. Now, a a Cour s a fng commenary upon such an Ordnance. Tha leas, we rad, we shall all undersand wha he governmenwo men, so noorously ncompeen, and one of hem so un- noorous, should ba d- sened by he Govcrnor-Oeueral really nends o do. Kng Aggery has been deposed, he navefavourably own cours have been abolshed, here has been a real exercse o be f deposores of supreme arbrary judcal power, free of soveregny over he own of Cape Coas, and he Governor-from all conrol of jurors, or ndependen advocaes, proves General wll no doub gve us he key o all hs; he naves, beyondspue ha he allegaons of he Serra Leone peon wll know wheher hey are regarded as Brsh subjecs or no ; as o he moves whch nduced he concocng of such an Ordnance, and all he srcures we have passed upon, were her fuure pasou and rghs wll be defned and explaned, well M ~z 23, ] 867.] THE AFRICAN TIMES. venom n a suggesve repor? Aa regarda Chef Jusce, f he founded. There has been a horough of~cal dshonesy abou cau only rean a Huggns or a Monsgu n ha offce, he wll, he whole affar, ha would blacken he offcal repuaons of all concerned, had hey no been already of so.dark a hue ha we should magne, fnd no dffculy n geng from hm au expresson of "ded&d openon" o back hs own wh enoher was no possble o make hem darker. Bu wha greves and asonshes us beyond measure, nod flls us wh he dres Secreary of Sae for he Colones, ha he Anhropologcal Socey havng fully esablshed ho nferor orgn of ho Afrcan msgvngs abou he fuure n he Brsh colones, &c., of he race, and ha hey are creaures o whom he Dvne laws do no Wes Coas of Afrca, s ha he colonal saff n Downng-sree and ~racoeshve Brsh Secreares of Sae for he Colones should apply, here can be no crme of murder n he occasonal slayn~ of hem by prvleged European offcals who may desre have become he cheaed dupes or he wllng accessores of hose unp~.~pled men. Nohng, n our opnon, could jusfy such a elevae her wves and daughers o personal nmacy wl~. hemselves. Tbo begnnng of evl s lke ho leng n of ebb.go n he Cvl Coura of a Brsh colony, bu, eher ha waer: evl wll srve o srenghen and ncrease self: ho he rgh of ral by jury had been so abused as o make s w[hdraw~ a maer of necessy, or ha he people hemselves only effeove curb u pen he passons of evl men n Power has had de,red o be releved of he safeguard whch a jury besows beenn he jury sysem; hn curb has been parally removed by We have heard dsapponed uners n England say ha hey Ordnance ~o. IV., :Nov., 1866, Wha nex? had so hgh a confdence n he superor Englsh judges ha hey Bu wo canno reman passve specaors of hs progress of would have preferred he decson of he judge n her cause o o~eal nquy and wrong. Them are pecular obsacles n he way of obanng a hearng n Parlamen for Wes Afrcan he verdc o~. a jury. We hnk ha all who hold such an grevances and wronga ; bu our duy s clear, and by God s help opnon hre oally wrong, and ha he presarva[on of he hgh, ndeper~den, unmpeachable judcal characer of he o~amen, s wa wll no cease our remonsrances or our effors unl OrdnanceNo. IV., Nov., I866, has been repealed, and ral by~ ury of he Bench h Grea Bran and Ireland s bes guaranseea oy n cvl as well es n crmnal cases shall be agan among he he connued conrol of jures, n addon o ha of a wachful fghand prvleges of our feuow.subjees, he people of Serra free press..bu who would dare ~ ns!ue~...compa~ sen beween any wo of even he leas emnen of our J)nusn ]uages~ Leone and s dependences. and a Hve~n~and a Mos~Aou? The lae decsons of he Judcal Commee ~ of he Prvy Councl n he Serra Leone appeal cases DUTCH AND ENGLISK ~CHANGE OF POSSESSIONS ahow how uerly wanng s he former n muepenuence ON THE GOLD COAST.--UNIFOR~ IMPORT DUTIES. alen, whle for he unfness of he laer we can refer o documens whch appear n our presen number. And when dd A~0x~ oher excuses for msgovernmen or ne~den governmen n he Proeced Terrores, and he absence of all admn!s- czens of Serra Leone ever say ha hey would prefer he dcosons of he Governmen dependens, here called judges, &o., rave effors for adng n her maeral developmen, paucy o he yerdo of a jury? And where s he ls of cases n whchof resources was ever foremos. " Wha can be done wh jures have nfamously abused her powers and gven unjus counres where only a very palry revenueaa be rased, and for whch England s no dsposed o make Poounary sscrfcesp verdoa Serra Leone or elsewhere on he Coas? Never dd he czens demand such a change--no one such case has been has long been a general answer o all remonsrances. Tha "paucy of revenue" was no doub, a grea obsacle n he way 17reduced. Wha, hen, are he grounds on whch he Earl of Carnarvon of mprovemens. Nor dd he removal of he obsacle depend recommended heroyal assen o hs Ordnance? and where s solelyupor possessons r he were Brsh mxed up Governmen. ogeher on The he Duch Gold and Con? Brsh ; he hs ~usfcaon n recommendng such a course o Wer Majesy? Duch would no make any arrangemen w~h he ~g~lsn ~0 ~ho papers moved for by :Mr. Chad.ca Buxcn, and lad on.~e levyng unform dues, and, ndeed, declned levyng any dues able of he House of Common so long snce as me om ~pru, a ~d]. There was consequenly an arbrary lm o h0amoun have no ye been dsrbued o members, so ha we canno appeal o hem; bu n serra Leone, Earl Carnarvon s made of dues whch he Brsh could mpel. Inoreased beyond a ceran amoun, all rade mus have gong o he free Duch dsncly o declar~ "ha h~ r~om~r~nded hs Ordnance for pors, and no revenue whaever would have been obaned. ~rafrmaon, beca~ze ~ Wa~ convnced by h~ dev&d ~ns n of he There were oher evla nvolved he Duch occupaon, whch G hf.~f Juslce and h~ Go, ernor.n-uhef ha l~ rue (nferes~ of moved us o make srenuous effors for effecng he purchase he colonel would no b~ cor~ul.d n he,nan~nan~ of l~ ~zsng of he Duoh selemens byhe Brsh Governmen. Those ayaom." We say nohnghere of hs fxng he Ordnance unms: xerona have faled because of he real or alleged ncompeenoy of he Duch Governmeno alenae any Duch akably upofl governor Blackall (poor Chef Jusce uarr was o course nen only on hs rerng penson of 1,000/. a-year), bu errory, excep for a erroral equvalen. We regrehs, wh deep regre apdshame we ask, does he decded opnon of aud deeply, oo, no because we are desrous of er~[orl n Colonal Governor and oadyng Chef Jusce, unsu.pm ~l by ~&nc~, jusfy a Brsh Secreary of Sae n recommendng eggrandsemen for Grea Bran, bu because, nowhsandng our grea falure of duy hhero, we do beleve he fuure such a co~onof pubio lberes n a Br.!a.h ~lony as has Chrsan cvlzaon and maeral prospery of hose counres hus been made a Serra Leone, n &re~ opposmon.zo he enure publc voc~ of he colony frmly and eonsuonay expres~a o de nd u p on he connued presence._ of. he Brsh flag on, be Gold~,~aa. I beng mpossble oobmn he Duch posse~ons bya peon n whch he mpure anmus of he offcals wh whom he recommendaon of change orgnaed, s clearly se by purchase, even f he Brsh Governmen could be brougho make he nvesmen, he only alernave, f any good was o be hoped for, was an exchange aud consoldaon of Coas n he full v~gour of hs powers, ro a.e.uounce. unoffeadnflchng away of he rghs and pnvneges o an ~ possessons by he Duch and Eoglsh Governmens, coupled wh r~le ~ We challenge Lord Carnarvou, as we have befdre nu underakng for a unform rae of mpor dues. Negoaons wh hs objec have been for some me n progress, and ~hal~e,%,m Go~emor Bla ckall and "hs uuw6rhy.sycophans, rumour has ancpaed he fac df her favourablo ermnaon. Bu we beleve-we are correc n saog, ha f no acually coneluded n he manner ha we and our frends ou he Coas desre, ~al "by Jury" has been so abused as o render such a enango hey are a leas so far advanced oward ha pon as o allow "m ~spe~sa~)le o he pure admnsraon of jusce, l~o~mg a~ of our reang he exchange, &e., as unfa~ accorapl. We have he whole proceedng on he par o uovernor ~ac~m ann before us a Duch Governmen map showng he proposed exchange. A lne s drawn no he neor from E[mna. All o hs subordnaes, and a he presen consuon of he Cour under he new Ordnance, we should call ha Ordnance one "o ~eenre he m2ure admnsraon of jusce n Serra Leone and wesward of hs bears ho Duch colour, all o easward he Brsh. When he exchange s effeeed, Dx Cove, Apollona, s dependenoe~" I had s. orgn n ho.b~llly ourag? and aud Commeudah wll become Duch possessons, whle wrongs whch he naves hac unuergone a me neons ox oga Cormanne, Apam, ~fource, Barracoe, and Duch Acera o~leals havng had o be pcounarly aoned for m he cours of wll n fuure belong o Grea Bran. As he lne as law. The whole movemen s as pregnan wh fuure evl as has =been nquoua s ncepon. Wha guaranee have drawn from he Coas o he Praah, and shows he whole of Wassaw, &e., under Duch n, we presume ha we ha he nex sep wll no be he abolon of ral by jury n Grea Bran wll have acquesced n ha reuunoaoa of her crlml.na... ~ so n,"b~ au~sofhe _ : decded. offn(on :r -- "~ of.~_. ~ Oorrnor- z. Z.U$ proecorae made some me snce by he Wassaws, and wll no ~-C/~Qf [ and of a lugglus anua ~onaguj ;na~ g~,,. agau receve hem under. Ths wll no, of course, make ho Wasssws Duch, any more han wll mako he Fanee~ Assns, &% Englsh, bu wll mos lkely be undersood as of Afrcans by European omeles angna no ee msae agreeably easy n s consequences o he offe.,nder: ~.well ~hae nave laws and admnsraon, &o., n Was~w, so long as prevenng any nerference by Grea Bran a fuure wh he ;.a;~~. of ear re beangs ann ~oany m3unes. Waraaw remans a peace wh he counres of he Brsh Prorecorae. Of po~blevenealca resulog from hs end. --~--~=-~-" c~a~w.~ Afrcan " haer ~Jovernor Blackall ough a once "" " ~ v~x~rnm~ne~a hs wr~ln~ for obanng hs farhe r oral arrangemen we declne o rea a pre..en. Ba hs change, Canno he fnd angler Colonel Ord o embody hxs 131 (

5 I. "4.!, J 182 THE AFRICAN TIMES. ~[M~xy 9.3, 1867.: exchange of Coas possessons would have been worhless o Blackall says Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Chehe~e~ Foresouo~" Grea Bran unless accompaned wh an engagemen relaveprevously armv &d (he mean apfr~ d a hs suggeson), seelns: o he mposon of dues on mpors. Accordngly, hs engage-men s undersood be ncluded n he proposed (or perhapsof Serra Leone bound hand and foo no he power of a : have had some qualmsof conscence as o delverng he p~ople. a hs momen already compleed) arrangemen. An mpor Huggns, ~Ionagu, Pke, and Blackall. By he c~nsuon of : duy of 6 per cen. wll, s sad, be leved from he perod of Serra Leone, l~ Gorerrv:r and C~unc (ha very Councl a hs effcong he exchange, a boh Duch and Englsh pors, on rum me whch pa..,.ed Ordnance No. IV. so rregularly) formed and oher sprs, obacco, guns, and gunpowder, and of 2 per Cour of AppeaL Whle ral by jury exsed, he consuon cen. on cloh and oher goods. Ths s no all <ha we couldof hs cour, so far as he neress of he naves were concorned, was no exremely mporan. Bu ral by jury once bane deered, bu we suppose s ell ha could be obaned. We hnk expence or even one shllng per gallon duy on abolshed, became a maer of val neres. Lef enrely a rum and oher sprs, wh no duy on cloh and he mercy of a reaned servan of h0 Crowu, would have oher goods (2 per cen. ls), would have been been he beres deluson and nsulha he!rappesl should lla much more o he neres of he counres on boh before oher Crown offcers, he nmaes and a~socaes of her sdes of he Elmna lne, whle equally f no more pro. judges. Nohng worse could have beau palmedby he mos unhallowedesposm upon a down-rodden rash: Lo"d ~ Carnarvon ducve of revenue. Bu s so mporanha he Duch should have hus acquesced n and enered upon he sysem of oroher members of he Governmen a hdme saw hs, and alhough (mos unjusfably and nquously, a~ we hnk) sau0- mpor dues on he Gold Coas, ha we are far from grumblng, especally as we nd.ulge he hope ha he resuls wll prove Ichng he ac of he Councl a Serra Leone whch deprved so agreeable o he Duch Chambers, n relevng Holland of a he colony of ral by jury n cvl causes, perforned one grea poron of he burhen of her Afrcan possessons whch has unancpaed ac of jusce- rg., abolshed he I,egslave Councl of Serra Leone as he hghes colonal long been complaned of, as o nsure her.acquescence n any ncreased scale of dues or modfcaon of dues ha Cour of Appeal. I seems as f he or hey fel conscous ha he men who so passed ha Ordnance would may be found necessary for obanng he revenue requred for hose works of cvlzaon whchoare absoluelyperform any ac a he bddng of her superor local auhorys essenal o maeral progress, and he oal abe.nee of whch n and were oally unworhy o hold he hghes judcal funeon~ counres ha have been for so long a me parally under Orders n Councl, whch we have publshed, were prepared; European rule and nfluence s a grea dsgrace o he Europeanand he judge who hrough gnorance unworhy moves errs Powers concerned. We do no know wha he French dues u Serra Leone, when unaded by a jury o arrve a a jus concluson, wll no longer be able o proec hmself under he foser- are a A~nee and Grand Bassam, &:~., bu we hope hey wll be made smlar o hose abou o be leved a he Duch and Rnglsh pors Excep as regards Senegal, where he l~rench ex- hs Soveregn n Councl, o vnd~o he pury and jusce of ng wng of hs broher oiicals, bu mus come o England before pendure has been heavy, here seems o have been a unformhs judgmens. Do no le us be msundereood. We canno deermnaon he par of European Governmens no o look upon hs as a compensaon for he loss of ral by jury; expend home resources on Wes Afrcan possessons, aud merelybu s an allevaon of he njury, alhough he expense of au o hold hem as commercal poss. Now hs, ff oonnued appeal o he Judcal Commee of he Prvy Councl n Eng- s such as o operae as a bar o appeal, excep n exreme hhero, mus prove faal o Afrcan advancemen. If he duesland leved a hese radng poss are only suffcen for, and are all absorbed by, he European ofl]cershere saoned, howls any n.ernal Neverheless, we are graeful for hs boon. I seems o be a ea~s, aganshose who mos need proecon n Serra Leone. or Coas mprovemen such as s requred for he eonvemenee, wse dspensaon n human evens ha hey who deprve ohers ~afey, and developmen of rade and commerce, and he conse-oquen smulus o producon, ever o be affeced? :Even f he sooner or laer of some of wha hey may have looked upon as her legmae rghs are ceran he sruggle o be srpped Afrcans hemselves comprehended he necessy, how are hey o her own. The Councl a Serra Leone lana 10s her mos provde for? "We wll no go furher no hs all-mporan gaudy plume, and he people whom hefhave consuonally subjec a presen. The observaons we have already made wll ouraged hare, hank {~od] a 8overeg~ o appeal o, We do, show why we desre he mposon of dues ha wll gve a no know wheher a Councl of celdhal sages, who have hm so" largo ncrease of revenue. If wealh s o be creaed u Afrca compleely ouwed hemselves, and srpped hemselves, orher hghes funcons, are more worhy of our py or of our (and here s no possble cvlzaon whou ), he applances by whch alone wealh can be creaed mus benreduced. They conemp. For we beleve ha he Councl was ouwed n canno be self-generaed among a people.sl wly emergn,,o from hs maex by he Colonal.offce, whch, from recen appeals he exremes dephs of barbarsm and socal and moral degradaon. More, hey canno even be magned by hem. We hereforehe hghes opnon of he nellec of Serra Leone ofl]oals, heard here before he Prvy Councl, could no have eneraned congraulae our frends n he Proeced Terrores on he conemplaed change, whenever may ake place..i wll lead o u, v2~or&d by.fusf~n$ er &n~, of a Goveruor-General and a alhough has chosen o consder he "decded opnon," un- a grealy-ncreased revenue a he :Brsh pors, and we do no sub~rven Chef Jusce as suffcen grounds on whch o deprve see any necessy for a correspondng ncrease of. expenses. As a people of her bes consuonal rgh and prvlege. ~ 8 under~aud and hope for he fuure, here wll be an applcaon of ell he surplus revenue over and above wha s a pre~n rased o objeos whch wll show ha he Brsh CAPE COASP FE~k.LE NATIVE SCHOOL. Governmen ~eally desres o nroduce and promoe ha cvlze. on whch so lessens he sufferngs and evls o whch he human Mrs. Joseph Moseley acknowledges graefully he followng famly s exposed. furher donaons :- Amoun already publshed H~R ROYAL HIGH~ PRI~ OE.S$ CHnlsT~kN OF APPEALS FROM THE SIERRA LEONE COURT~ UNDER THE LATE ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Scn~sswro-Ho~s rr, m (Prnve~ H~bna of 6~r~# THZ fnalrun of he devl wll come hrough wha he mus have ~ran) Vscouness Fra~for de Mongomery. looked upon as hs crownng vcory on Calvary; and our mmoral Shakespeare wres of an "engneer hos wh hs own 5 I0 0 BI/ss Eleanor Ienehey 0 I0 0 peard." I s no o be wondered a, hen, ha he palry Yss Ads Mends ofacsl conspraors agans a people s rghs and prvleges a Mm. Fnlay Serra Leone should have been casgaed n a smlar way n he very hour of her success. Berly d.~apponed as we are a The Edor of he xlfrca, 2Yv~ has pleasure n sang ha~ he confrmaon of Ordnance No. IV., 1866, a Lord Carnarvon a alhough he accouns of he Bazaar held a he Hanover-square recommendaon, an ac whch we hnk nohng can excuse, Rooms onapdl 30h and May 1s and 2nd have no ye been fnally much less jusfy, we mus confess ourselves ndebed o hm, on made up, a sum of a leas 100/. has hereby been secured for behalf of he Wes Coas people, for he Orders n Councl h~s work and labour of love of Mrs 3.[o~ ~e eys. l Bu our frends relave o appeals from he Serra Leone Cour, nsered our wll knd.ly bear n mnd ha a oal of a leas 800/. s absoluely requred before Mrs. Moseley can leave for Cape Coas, March and Aprl numbers. The oppre~ors of he people n Afrca made afer all one grevous error n her exhlarang In be hope of rasng a poron of he balance sr re ured cha.~e of he popular lberes whch hey were hunng o deah. Mrs. Moseley has acceped he knd offer of professoen~ an~ They hough, no doub, ha hey were secure n her old oher frends o asss a a Co.xex~z wh hs objec a S. Cour of Appeal. They had never hough of recommendng he abolon of fha ; hey never gave as her "derded JA~za s H~, on he 5h Jws, whch wll bo fully adversed n he daly o2non" ha he consuon of ha ough o be alered. Wh he jury Afrca o paroase papers" hn Concer, We earnesly whch enreahe a under he frends especal of go rd of, and he old Cour of Appeal preserved, hey would paronage of have had all her own way. Ba a Nemess was here, Lord Hr~ Ror~ Hoanxss za~ "P~xcms ~ or Carnarvon, r hough he hough f o adop wha Governo l~m.mw~a-hourmr., ~f.ay ~3, 1867.] THE AFRICAN TIMES. 133 [ Co~mnu. a#d.] PARLIAM EN I ARY - INTELLIGENCE.,.,~ MR. RAINY TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGA~ ON THE OUSE OF CO~[HONS, Mxy 1~. LATE JUDICIAL CHANGES AT SIERRA LEONE..z rarso~z~s rx x~ss.~x. Lord STANL RY. n answer o Mr. "W YLD, could no say ha he 3, Plowden-buldn~, Tempo, London, Aprl 24, Kng of Abyssna had refused o lberae he prsoners, because ~fy Lord Duke,~I beg o addre.~ your Grace upon a maer he Governmen had down o he presenme receved no answer of val mporance o he colony of Serra Leone, and o he admnsraon of publc jusce n ha mporan and rsng from hm ~upon he subjec ; bu hey knew, or a all evens had selemen. very good reason o beleve, m he prsoners were sll deaned. I s befng ha your Grace should know who I am, and Colonel Mereweher, u u leer daed he 4h of March, suggesed ha, u vew o~ he delay ha had occurred, would be I rus you may no deem me ~oscal when I sae my professonal poson n Serra Leone as a guaranee for he accurao~ beer ha he engneers should reurn, and under he crcumsances, and from wha hey had heard, he Governmen dd no of my saemens. I am a u Englsh barrser of hreen years sandng, and have pracsed boh n England and n Serra hnk ha would be safe f,r hem o proceed no he counry. He mgh add ha he chef of hose engneers, soon afer hs Leone wh consderable success. Your Grace wll pardon me when I sae ha n Serra Leone I was engaged n every ease arrval a Aden, was sezed wh a serous llness ha would, of mporance, and for he las egheen monhs I.have conduced under any crcumsances, have compeller hm o reurn o hs wh success before he Judcal Commee of he Prvy Councl counry. He (Lord Sanley) had wren o he Kng, under he dae of he 16h Aprl, expressng hs regreha he lberaon here all cases of appeal arsng ouer Serra Leone. :Pardonng me f~,r sayng so much of a per~nal naure, I now had no aken place, and sayng ha, unless arrangemens for he proceed o he mmedae maer b whch I respecfully ye~ release ook p/ace mmeaaely, he presens ha had been?repared and sen ou would no be delvered. Up o he presen earnesly nve your Graee s aenon. Mr. Carr havng xecenly rered from he o~ce of Chef ~usce of Serra Leone, me hey had receved no furher nformaon. some emporary law changes have aken place whch I hardly hnk wll ever be confrmed by your Grace. Mr. Horao James MEMORIAL BOOK. lq uggns has been apponed o he judcal sea vacaed hy Mr..hrarraHr~ of a Journey o M~roc o n 1863 and By he Car, and Mr. Algernon Monagu has beeu apponed second lae T-o~s HOnGKn% F.R G.S., wh Geologcal Anuoaons. judge of he Supreme Cour of Serra Leone. Now, my Lord 4o., gl 21s. Duke, Mr. Huggns has never been called o he bar, or receved.w~ noce hs magnfcen volume wh especal relaon o our alegal educaon ; he merely pracsed as a hlrd.class aorney Afrcan frends. Wha name has been so much known and so a S. Vncen and Trndad, and alhough n he nfan sae of deservedly beloved among hem of lae years as ha of he lae a colony necessy mgh sancon szch an apponmen, I hardlydr, Hodgkn? He was he frend of he needy and oppressed hnk ha could be jusfed n such a selemen as Serra everywhere, and parcularly neresed hmself abou he grea :Leone. n Mr. Huggns Case, grea naural ables do no Afrcan people, Wheher nransalaun slavery, n he sruggles aone for he wan o~a legal educaon; hs offcal blunders have of ndvduals for exsence n Engaud, or n he good govern, enaled vas expense upon he colony, and all he sezuresmea and progress of he rsng evl~.aons he Wes Coas. whch he has advsed as Queen s Advocae have been annulled The deep and acve neres he ook n he Lberans and her by he Judcal Commee of he Prvy Councl wh damages l~epublo was so consanly evnced ha n Lbera hs name and coss. I venure o say, my Lord Duke, ha he confrmaon mus be held n especal affecon and honour. ]u December, of Mr. Huggns apponmen would creae unversal dsmay n 1863, Dr. Hodgkn lef England for Morocco, n company wh S,ones 3.[onefore, wh he objec of rescung a number of he colony, because, as ral by jury has recenly been whdrawn Morocco Israeles from an unjus and cruel deah. From a Serra Leone, n all cvl acons propery would no longer skeches end noes made by Dr. Hodgkn durng hs be deemed secure under hs judcal gudance. - Wh regard o Mr. Monagu, he case s sr more srong. journey he Volume o whch wo now call aenon He orgnally held he offce of judge of he Supreme Cour of was compled. Thoae Dr. Hodgkn had commenced arrangemens for he publcaon when he hasly lef England for Tasmana, abou he year 1846, from whch o~rce he was removed ~ erusalem, agan n company wh Sr Mo.~.~s Monefore, a by Sr Wllam Denson, a removal whch was subsequenly confumed by he Judcal Commee,, of. he Prvy.councl msson of mercy. Durng hs journey he was sezed wh (" Moore s Prvy Councl Cases, VoL ~. p Darng Mr. lluess, of whche ded afer a few days a Jaffa, on he 4h Aprl, Monagu subsequen resdence n Serra Leone, he has ~ _1866. The accoun of Dr. Hedgkn s llne~ and deah, whch s every moral code a defance, and hs name has been frequenly gven u a preface, s exqusely smple aud ouchng. The good before he polce-cour n consequence of he greenes mmorales. docor was ful of heavenly comfor n hs las ryng hours~ and ~hen Ilef~ ~erra Leone n Augus, 1865, hewas lvng n open passed away calmly o hs eernal joy srong n he fah of Chrs ooncubnage wh a woman, whls hs wfe was n England, and Jesus our Lord. A fe~ words n a ] eer wren hree days I have good reason o beleve ha hs dscredable and adulerous before hs deah are worhy of beng remembered by every one, I~ " " nercour~ ~ll exss. I myself.was professonally engaged n I lamen he hle sere/ca I have done, and I enrea all o aneoon of cranla nefljenla agans Mr. ~[onagu# n whch he love and serve her Lord and Maser." Ths handsome volume, whch would ornamen any drawngroom able, has been publshed as a xzao~r~r. VOLV~e of.he n- mos dscredable and professonally dshonourabla maers ranspred. Ths acon was red before Mr. Csrr, who can furnsh defagabo and ender-heared man whoso deah so many f[endless and oppressed ones have reason o deplore. Every Afrcan your Lordshp wh he noes aken upon he ral, and I ob, aned a verdc for my clen for upwards of 400L~ whch sum who can spare a gunea for a memoral of one of Afrca s warmes Was subsequenly pad by ~r. Monagu. Srange and revolng as hose saemens may be relave o frends ough o have one of hese volumes, of whch only a very Lmed number has beeu prned. The edor of he ~4frcan men who aspre o poson, hey are no he lean rue. They ~,~ made, my Lord Duke, by no anonymous lbeller, bu by one ~ mes wll be glad o receve orders and remances for hem, who pledges hs socal and professonal poson as o her ruhfulness: Under such crcumsauces, I do no hnk ha I ask oo ~Au~c~.~I s saed n leera by ho las mal ha ho and wll carefully selec and forward hem o Afrcan frends. much n solcng your Grace o cause nqury no he accuracy counry connues a sae of excemen n respeco he new of my saemens before your Grace confrms apponmens whch axes o be leved. The Mormhg Journal says would seem I beleve would gve ~ o publo scandal, obsruc he progresshe fnancal secreary s ready and a fac deermned o push of jusce, end brng lasng dsgrace upon a colony xor whose hs scheme of axaon o a mos unreasonable, perhaps dangerous, ~dvancemen and cvlzaon England has done so much.--i have exreme. he honour o be, my Lord Du.ke~ your Orace s mos obeden humble servan, (Sgned 5 W~. Rxr~r. ANO:~HZR VIeTI ~ of A~a~c~ Fswzs!--Abou noon on Sunday, he 5h las, a geuleman named Rober Troer Knox, H~ Grace he Duke of Buckngham, &e., Colonal-offce. who had fornlerly been a capan n he 2nd Wes Inda Regmen, wen o he Sork Hoc, Queen-square, n a cab. He was MARRIED. no sober, end had a glass of brandy, afer wbch he lef he On he 16h ns., a S. Mary s Church, Twlckenham, by he hoel. Durng he afernoon he reurned wh hs luggage. A Ray. O. O. P. Glossop, M.A., vcar, asssed by he Ray. I. 0. ha me he was apparenly sober, and Mr. Ballard, propreor Cobbe, M.A., Wllam Rany, Esq., of he Inner Temple, barroer-a-law, o Else Mare, only chld of Rchard Ells, Esq., Knox answered, "Never mnd; s 10L gone." He slep a of he hoel, asked hm abou some money he had los. Z r. Cerne Lodge, Twckenham. he hoel ha ngh, and nex mornng was found dead n bed. A he nques held on he body wan saed ha H~r~--Accordng o laes sccoun~ he revoluon a Wayl he deceased had only arrved n Lverpool on he 4h ns. from Lagos. :From he medcal evdence appeared ha deah had W~ renewed and anarchy prevaled. Saveral ~prans o he Preddenoy wesa effso~g a mlary organzaon of her aclhe.rens." resuled from ~.rous apoplexy. Verdc accordngly.--zd"r~rpo~l ~m ~r. :?!

6 , L! r I34 THE AFRICAN TIME8. [M~Y 23, POLICY OF NON- INTERVENTION IN WESTERN wh jay. "Now s he m?, my boys," sad he Mussulman chefan, Mahfal, o hs warrors; "we have he game m our AFRICA: ITS MISCHIEVOUS TENDENCY ON Tle GOOD GOVERN~IENT OF THE COAST. hands- u,, and a hem." They overran he Brsh errory of Necmy, orbarre, aacked Masamba Koke unprovoked, ook away The polcal horzon of Brsh Gamba s by no means n a sasfa:ory sae; clouds are gaherng from a quarer whch ordnary all he cale belengug o he Fcolahs u hs own, and aherwarda men regard as a menace o ha peace of he rver. A glance a aemped o ake hs sockade by sorm. The Mussulmans red, he pas wll show us wha we may expec n he fuure, and den n he Brsh own of Albreda close by were all under arms, al~o hew e deal wh. and asssed her co.relgouss, nendng also ha afer Mahba, Kng of Badboo, formdable alke o all he nave kngs desroyng Masamba Koke s owns, o prey upon Albreda, and o he French and o he Englsh Governmen, sen las Sepember a menacng despach (n Arabc) o Colonel D Arcy, he offcerperh. They old he Jollof chef ha he was a fool o depend where here was a large quany of Brsh and French pro- admnserng he Governmen of he Gamble, very warlke n s on he Governor of he Gsmba; ha now h~ s nohng more one, end by subsrquen acons volaed all exsng reaes. He han an old woman; ha hehas los many of hs solders, and s deaned all he Brsh raders whn he kngdom of Badboo, nerdced go e war: "we wll hrash yen before hs ewn eyes; wh her goods and chael~ no allowng one man o leave he he bes hng you can do wll be o shave your heads, and place, and also prevened all ngress no Badboo, hus pung a become Mohammedans." The Marabous a Albredn were frlghfully mpernen, and deermned, he long run, o se fre o sop o he rade of an exensve counry, whose yearly quoa of ground-nus and hdes adds grealy o he revenue of he colony. he place. Wha was he casus bdl? On he lef bank of he rver he ~arabeus s Goonjour, composed of men who h~ve bees drven from Sabajee durng he The osensble cause of hs warlke and menacng aude was, ha a woman wh a few chldren ~ avaled hemselves of Mahba s Sabojee war, were armed o he eeh, wang o ake he advanage whch evens would afford. They are under easy access o emporary absence from hs capal, and made her escape o he Brsh own of Bahurs. He a once sen o Colonel D Areyhe followng Brsh owns: Newcasle, Hamlon Town, Fzgerald Town, Cape S. Mary s, and even Bahurs; and before ha, unless he woman and chldren were delvered up, all frendly dplomac relaon mus sop, and rade cease, and he roops can be sen o proec hese owns, he nrepd l[arabous pors o[ Badboo mus, eon~.equenly, be consdered closed o could easly pllage and burn hem down. Englsh merchans. NVha do he home auhores requre? They requred ha Bu he real cause, o all hose who have suded hecharacer Colonel D Arey, on he recep ef he repor of he nvason of of hese Marabous, nhabans of he Rver Gamba, s o be!brsh errory by ]k[ahfal, he Z[ohammedan chefan, and he found n ha ambous, overbearng, and coveous dsposon of he aack of he sockaded own, and massacre of some of he Brsh Mussulmans, who vew wh dsconen he rch prze heywould ] subjecs, should frs reporhe whole affar o he Governoroban, could hey have an opporuny of makng one mdngh [ General, who would hen perm hm o pu a sop o he war by rad on he rch Babboo Chrsan merchans a Bahurs. The ].an expedon aganshem ; or who, knowng hew opposed he oleraon of hs overbearng dsposon of he Marabou ehnf- [ auhores are agans warrng u Wesern Afrca, mgh a once alus n he Rver Gamba wll always lead o serous comples- [ dsapprove of any expedonary nerference. lens; hey mus be made o undersand ha he Brsh Govern- [ In he frs case hs weuld have delayed he expedon for wo men, alhough desrous of peace, ye sll wll never olerae I or hree weeks; he Marabeus would have had everyhng her any We nonsense have no from as ye hem. forgoen he ourageous aack of Mahfal, own way; hey would have become masers of he sockaded owns n Brsh Neomy, or Barra, from whence hey mgh have he Commander-n-Chef of souh-easern Badboo, on owns n marched on o Albreda, burn down, and pllaged he propery :Brsh grounds, whch led o he bale of Zoobabcelong; and a of Brsh and French merchans. Mshba, fndng hs capan, presen, f repors from raders are correc, he greaer par of general so auecessful, mgh have sen down a large army, and Mahba s force s hreaenng Abreda. Bu he unhappy mannerswep away he whole of he Jollof populaon before we could n whch ha mos jusfable war was receved by he home even make an armed proes agans hem. The X[arabous a auhores, mus for ever feer he hands of all subsequengoonjour, who were wachng wha urn evens would ak% admnsraors of he Governmen of Brsh Gamba. would have pounced on he :Brsh owns of Newcasle, Jessewang, Hamlon Town, and he owns n her "faher s ground" For he las few years all he mos flourshng owns along he rver have been made he prey of hese fanac robbers. Wherea Sabajee ; and desrucon, confuson and perplexy would have are he owns of Sandng, Vnung Creek.~ of Yanemaroo? of been he resuil Tendebeh? and a hundred oher large owns? Have hey ne Had he Marabous been allowed o glery n her vcery, and all been pllaged and burn down, and have no he men all expedonary movemen been dsapproved of, he Brsh women, and chldren who were no able o escape been capuredgovernmen would have los all presge n he rver; he Go. and sold as slaves? A smlar fae awas he own of Albredra, yarner of he Gamba would have been a noneny, excep n f he peace-a-any-prce polcy s o be followed upu hs Hver. he own of :Bahnrs, and he Marabous would have aemped There has been grea dfference of opnon here and n Englando dcae erms o hm n Brsh grounds. As was, hey old relave o he lae expedon aganshe Marabou chefan Masemba Koke before h3 war ha he Governor of he Gamba Mahfal, who uvadedl :Brsh errory, massacred peacefulspeaks only sof words o hem; "he wll never defend you Brsll subjecs, and openly declared and carred on war agans agans us;" end Mahfal sudously made o be beleved Her Maj~y subjecs. Takng all pary consderaons ou of amongs he whole of hs people ha here was an agreemen queson, le us consder boh sdes of he case, and see wheherbeween Mahba and he Brsh Governor ha hey should fgh hs war, whch ermnaed so successfully o he Governmenaganshe Jole Sonnkees, and ha nohng would be done o was jusfable or unjusfable. For he las hree years, Masamba Koke, hem; and had no he expedon aken place, would have he Brshead-beeman over he Jollof nhabans of Brsh ~eomy, or Burrs, re- Masamba Koke, he Brsh chef, aud all hs people, would have mpossble o persuade hem o beleve oherw~, and ceved gross nsuls from he Marabous, who hreaened o been desroyed or drven from Brsh ground by hese for.-ga massacre he whole of hem, or shave her heads. They swore Marabous. by he beard of Mohammed ha hey wll never res sasfed The war had a mos benefcal effec n he whole rver. unl he Koran, and he oah of dflegance o he Kng of Mahba, on hearng of he success of he Brsh arms a Zoobabcolong, sen mmedaely o he Governor dsownng all con- Badbeo, should be aken by hem, or nnl hey are drven from he land. The Governor wen hmself o hem, and aferwardsnexon wh Mahfal; all he Brsh raders "were looked upon sen Mr. Prnse, and hen Mr. Tanner, o endeavour, by conclaory measures, o coo down he proud spr of he Marabous, a ha momen o ask pardon for wha hey have done, and wh respec and fear; he Marabeua n nave Nsomy were ready and o engender a more frendly feelng beween he wo conend. begged o be receved agan n Brsh errory ; he Goonjour ~vg pares, He succeeded n keepng hs hosle race ogeherpeople lald down hmr arm~ and nohm n pewee for hree years, hough n deadly hared of each oher. her " m ended maraudng expedon, " and " g Brsh mere was presge heard was of Abou he begnnng of 1866 he Marabous, beng well held up and respeced n he Hvers. nformed by her spes a Bahurs of all ha was gong on, We have always freely complaned of he many grevous heard wh pleasure ha he forces n he Gamba were e be errors _ " m Colonel ", D Arc s y admml " "sraen-- bu m" ha reduced, ha M C~rhy s Island was o be abandoned, he Governor s hands ed down, so ha he dare no underakers warlkemned o uphold he presge ef he Brsh Governmen n expedon Colonel D Arcy saked everyhng. We was deer- expedon, and ha he naves were o be lef o hemselves. he rver, o moderae he Marabou nfluence, and o save And when hs seemed o be an accomplshed fac, by he removalbrsh subjecf~ from her murderous aacks. He saked hs qf.he roops from M Carhy s Island, he Marabous were elaedlfe and governmen n he underakng. A sh0r, nexpenslve, ~[hlj w~m~n was e ~.~ed of s~a~rg gold ornamens, be false. w.h:~ proved fo decsve, and successful expedon would have been he only means o save he nfluence of he Oamba Governmen, and how :Masama Kokle h a Jollo from Jaffdv, and all hls followers arch-ore far hs was realzed n he Z~obabcolong war formereper~ have he Jaffrln ccu,,,yo old. f!8673 TIMES. 135 C OTTON, WOOL, and oher l aeral, PRESSED and Bu suce hen he ~]ffer~bou nhabans a Bahurs and he rver have exu.l~l ~b. joy a he repor whch has been PACKED by WALKER S PATENT ROTATING sudously crculaed" by her spes n hd sea of GovernmenPRESS, n HALF he USUAL TIHE. ~ugar Mlls for ha Colonel D Arcy Was recalled because of ha war, and f Splng he Cane, Palm Nu Assorers, Nu Crackers, and mely measures are no aken o. dssuad~ hem from he belefevery knd of Machne for Afrca or Inda. ha he Home auhore~ were d~ssa~fed wh hm on Ms 9? ~nd, fuure com~)lcaons and ds~banoes awa he Governmen 17, COWPER STREET, CITY ROAD, LONDON. of :Bahurs. The leer above referred o wren by Mahba w~ smp~ b,#lly. Beaen and humlaed hy he Jollofs of JOHN BROWN, Junor, COMMISSION MERCHANT, HATTON GARDEN, HOLBORN, LONDON, E.C. Cajor, n he lae slave-hunng expedon, losng half hs 5, army and all hs cavalry, he reurned o Badboo a cresfallen warror; bu fear(el, les; hs way over Badlboo mgh B be called n queson, wh he cunnng of a.savage, he EADS, PROVISIONS, and TRADE GOODS, as under, on sopped he rade o-:lehe rver see he.was sll srong SALE a I[. LEVIN S STORES, enough o be of au.ffcen consequence o rouble he Brsh. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. Bu he Governor sen a proud answer o Mahba, and he BzAvs.~Agras, Seed, Corals, Popoppes, Pounds, and every messengereurned sayng ha was all a msake ha oher descrpon. he raders were frghened, and ha :Mahba never sopped he P~ovz.~o.~:s.--Yams, Sardnes, Poed Meas, Poed Fsh, rade. Poed Soups, B~us (ns), Geneva, Brandy, Rum. The fellewng s a ranslaon of ~fahba s subsequen le er :-- Swnnms.--M~kes, Cowres, Flns, Glass Goods, Combs, sr~cmex or Ar~e~x ~aa~. Clohng, Crockery, Saonery. ~an~lahon of an.dra~c I~..fer fror~ 3~a~a, ~res~ and Warror. Aemxc1~s.--Rmmel s: Pomades, Essences, and Perfumery. o he Governer of he Gamble, who s Forbes : Prevsons of every descrpon. Lamplough s : Drugs and my helper n me o~ need; now God has and Medcnes. me o love he Governor of he Gsmba more and more. All orders addressed o ~. L. LEVIN, 1, Bess Marks, London, E.G., wll receve aenon per reurn mal. I love he Governor wh all my hear, as-llove he Grea Beng. Now, f any raders w~h for rade, le hem come wh helrgoods. I wll gve hem auhory o sell her goods as T PROVISIONS. hey lke, commencng from he por of N Garyane rgh down HE undernoed Goods, now on hand for mmedae shpmen, (~ower. None of my men wll rouble hem, and f any of "beng only of he well-known brand of FORBES, Aber- and London: Sardnes, Preserved Salmon, do Lobsers, s owes any rader and refused o pay; le he raderdeen make reporo me, hen I Wll compel hm or hem o do Oysers, do Herrngs, do Mackerel, do Haddocks, do Turbo, Dred Codfsh, do Lngfsh, Hgh-dred Herrngs, God has creaed a grea Iovebeween us. I have Saled- Salmon, do Herrngs, do Mackerel, Preserved Fsh ha he GoVernor uends o reurn back o England. Soups, Herrngs ~ la Sardnes, Preserved Soups, do Meas, do should b~me I wll pray o God a~d hope ha your Poulry, do Game, do Vegeables, do Mlk, Poed Meas, be a frend o me as your Excel-Anchovency. Pckles (Pure), Sauces, Musard, Oameal, Barley, Corn Flour. Pase, Jams, n Tns or Jars, Frus, Boled and Dred, God has creaed your Excellency o be a jus, perfec, and The above may be had n any package or sze ; also Hams, Bacon, ;man, and all your judgmens are rue; he GovernorCheese, aud Buer. n hs knowledge, how o decde maers. Prced Lss and all oher nformaon may be obaned of Mr. Almghy God nroduce your Excellency no he M. L. LEVIN, 1, Beds Mark.~, London, Sole Agen for Wes of he good and fahful members a home. I have Coas of Afrca, and all orders forwarded hm wll receve mmedae aenon per reurn Mal. fnshed wh hs prayer. Amen. - Afer hs prayer, n he frendshp ha s beween us, I beg your Excellenoy o make me a presen of one good double-barrel EST COAST of AFRICA, MADEIRA, TENER1FFE. W gun. H~R MA~ J~. --The Afrcan Seamshp Compauy s fas and commodous. I have been long sudyng he characer of he MarabousSTEAMERS leave LIVERPOOL on he 10h and 24h of ~of hs rver, and n my humble opnon he only way o EVERY MONTH (excep ha when he laer dae falls on a lve n peace and- amy wh hem s o deal wh hem as he Monday he Day of Salng wll be he 25~h), :French do. ~hen hey are arrogan and very offensve gve hem The packes of he 24h convey Her Majesy s Mals, and a jolly good hrashng, and hen af~wardshake hands wl hem, and say, "Now wll proceed o MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, BATHURgT~ le us be good frends~" hey wll respecsierra LEONE, MONROVIA, CAPE PALHAS, CAPE lyou he more. Le be well undersood ha hs wll alwayscoast CASTLE, ACCRA, JELLAH COFFEE. LAGOS, be our course wh hem, a~d hey wll keep que, and rade wll BENIN, BONNY, FERNANDO PO, OLD CALABAR, and pro~ger. CAMEROONS. The packes of he ~0h are open o call, by specal arrange. Supply, ron screw seam vessel, Commander Chas. Bawden, men, a any por on he Wes Coas of Afrca, bu as a rule arrved a Sphcad on he 29h Aprl, from hecoas of Afrca, hey wll only call a :Hadera, Serra Leone, Cape Palmss, wh sores and naval nvalds. Acorn, Lagos, Bonny, Fernando Po, and Cameroons. Tenerffo ~.~,DrrAnY QUALII~CAT[OHS.~A prsoner n gaol n Naal wll be called a on he home roue only. he auhores for he suaon of l~anyman, The fas and powerful Seamshp LAGOS, 1,300 ons and applcaon by sang hs prevous knowledge275-horse power, GEORGE CORBKTT, Commauder, wll leave of he execuonery ar, and ha he was a nephew of CalcraR, LIVERPOOL on FRIDAY, MAY 24, a noon, he :Englsh execuoner! Passengers embark by seam ender, leavng he Prnce s Landng ~age a 11 A.x. punouaiiy. NOTICE. Goods and heavy baggage mus be alongsde he shp a he loadng berh, Coburg Dock, no laer han 6 ~.~. on he 22nd. TH~EcrEundersgned ASED o be begs LEGAL o AG]~NT nform he for publc Me.~rs. ha BOUHAN he has Norz.~Goods for Serra Leone wll be landed here a Company s expense, bu shpper s rsk; a all oher pors hey mus be and VAN RYCKEVORSEL, of Amserdam, on he Wes Coas of Afrca, and ha he has no connexon, drecly or ndrecly, aken from alongsde arrval, or hey wll be carred on, wh ha frm. ransfer:red o floang depos, or landed and sored enrely a W~f. CHAS. FINLASON, shpper s rsk and expense. Cape Coas, Aprl 9, Goods for Camerocns mus (for he presen) be aken from alongsde a Green Pach, a consgnea s rsk and expense, bu ~rll be publ~ed; by Subscrpon, so soon as 150 copes are he Company wll shorly presde a small salng vessel e convey subscrbed for, n Two Vols., 8no, gl, 21s., cargo beween he seamers a Green Pach and he anchoraga a Cameroons, a shpper s rsk. THE COURSE OF DIVINE LOVE; No goods or parcels can be shpped whou pre-paymen of of, THE BIBLE READ A.RIOHT, By F. Frr~r2ALn, Esq., Adhor of "The fregh. Kngdom of Heaven," Norc~.--The M. LAIRD wll be despached on he 10h &c., and Edor of he.~frcan 2Y~. June for Madera, Serra leone, Cape Palmas, Acorn, Lago% Subscrbers names, wh he amoun of Subscrpons, wll be Bonny, Fernando Po, and Cameroons. receved by he Agens of he.afrcan ~/Ym~ on he Wes Coas, For furher nformaon apply n Lverpool o he Agens, and by Wllam F, dwards, E~q., ~Ianager of he ~lfr~ca, Tme, Messrs. FLETCHER and PARR, 23, Casle-sree; or a he 4, C leman sree buldngs Mcorgae.sree, London. Company s cruces, No. 14~ Leadenhall.sree~ London:

7 . lg6 WEST TIIE AFRICAN TIMES. AFRICA COMPANY, LIMITED. DI~CIoxs : ~:.". HUGH BIRLEY, F-~I., Dds bury, near Manche3er, Charman. : THOM AS CLEGG, Esq., Cheoham Hll, near Mancheser. ~ FREDERICK ATKINSON, Esq., Coon Dener, ~Ianohose r, " : :~. : HINCBLIFFE HINCHLIFFE,-Esq., Cragg Hall, My~_olmroyd. JOSEPH LEES, Esq., Lme Tree House, Alderley. JAhIES H. WIITEHEAD, Esq., Royal George Mlls, neari E. H. SHELLARD, Esq., Old Hall, Momm n ImngdendMe,. Mancheser. B~-mm~s : CONSOLIDATED BANK, LI.MITED. SoMcr~oa : JASIES STREET, Esq., Mancheaer. Bso~R~s : Mo.~rs. HUGGINS an4 ROWSELL," 1, Threadneedle Sree, I Me.~rs. cheser. P. EOKERBLEY and SON, Hopwood Avenue, Man. London..~ -.:- " Szc~z~xBY : ])Ix. J. R. CLARKE... Offces of he Company. 17, DIOKINSON STREET, MANffIIESTEE. Ths Company beng now n acve operaon, s open o rece~vo Consgnmens of Produce from nave raders aud oher8 on he Wes Coas of Afree, and o execue orders for all descrpons of goods, on ho mos~ reasonable erms, whch may bo known en oppleafcn o he Secreary. LAMP L O U G H S EFFERVESCING "7. --~,,I/ "Vo~. "he Wes fllm.s PYRETIC SALINE. Coas Majesy s Represenave, ~O Governor Ol-~mrra Leone, m a leer o reque~u~ ~ ~,~ ~ -, IS of GI~EA T VALUE, and I sh~dl re}ol ~ o hear Is In he hands of all :Europeans ~lalng he Tropc." J ~!I?!.j Half a easpoonful, aken n a umbler of waer, conrbues more. o he refreshmen of he body han any known beverage.. nvgorafeg aud valdng he blood, allevaes hrs n a mos agreeable manner, and fura~he~ he wrsem wh-.h..o~ eallne ~ prncples ha are e~senal o healh. SICKNESS, HEADACHE, and NAUSEA are n mos cases mmedaely releved by akng a easpoonful n a ~mbler., of cold waer; h~s esn be repeaed once or wce n wo hours, f needful, no accoun be omed ; nsanly allays ho s ek-ae~. SEA VOYAOEB.--I s a very-valuable accompanmen, and should on Indgeson, and Xrupons he Skla--a oas~.f~ For BILIOUS CONSTITUTIONS, gvng rse o vaed Secreons, ~hould be ~ken daly, wh he dnner, a umbler of waer, and he same quany on goug o bed. In cases of DIARRHOEA, pu as much Magnesa as wl le on a shllng uo half a umbler of wa(er, le hs fall ayhe boom of he glad, aud hen sr no a easpoouful of he Salne, aud drnk durng efferveac~nbe. In :IUNGLE,. YELLOW, SCARLET, TYPHUS, and GASTRIC FEVERS, aud ERUPTIVE DISEASES, shoud ~ gven n easpoonful dosea every four hours, n a glenn s-half full Of waer, or wh~ an ~creased quany of wael" f~.e paen suffers fom hrs. W. Srsv~xs, Esq., M.D. and D.C.L., n a work upon fevers, saes ha snce s nroducon he faal Wes Inda :Fevers are deprlved of her errors. In he Island of Trndad done, ou of upwards of One Thousand reaed on hs plan, here we~ only eleveu deahs... I a pareularly recommended o all ~vho have a auy pered of lra ~kea Calom~, or.~e.~un~, 1)reparaOn, m r~er le -heremoval. :For such s necessary o ake he Effervescng Pyreo 8anne ~or~.ayerm mo.n.ms m sm.a ~Pe.a~.ea ao~es L.-.. N.B.--Keep he bole well corked, use a dry spoon, and wll rean s valuabl~ prop~ue~ ummpmrea ~)y umo or eamarm. Dr, Seplmus a bbon~ of he London Hospal, n hs leer, saes: "I ~s. he bas ~ re p arahon "..:.. of he knd., I bae... ever me ~nh h ~~ u~hflness n he reamen of dsease has long been confrmed by medcal exl~enenee, l~s supe~or~yab~n}su~n g ~ horoughly aohydrous, &e., o. I speak from adequae knowledge of he preparaon; l~avng oeeu m a ~s~e~o~v~nae~e~ p p cs for many years, and bayng aken a largequandy ~ ~h me when I wen as phyaeau o he Smyrna Hospal In ho elmae~ he proparaon s Bf especal value.--hugus 7, 1857." " : " Dr, Sparks, Governmen Medcal Inspecor of Emgrans from h~ por of I.~ndon, wr.es: "Fro.my pe~v~.pai an.d l~mfe~o~.al, u~ and knowledge of he value of Mr. LAMPLOUOH S I:X/BEIIC SALINE, for many: years ps.~, 1..~a~ g~a~ plenum ~..a oe,armg my oom!a~ esmony o.s effcacy n he ~eamen of many of he ordnary and ehrone forms o: ~no ~ompmms and oaer,arms o~.e-epr, m D~spe~a Augus 5, 1857" " -... : From" O. D. 8~w~er, Esq., M.D., 22, Gulclford-sree, Russell-sq(~are : "I do hereb:~ c er!.~..wh ple~ure, he_ I have e..~d.,ca several occasons, he ecaey of Mr L~MeLOCOU S P~ aezm S.~aNs, n Oa~re and Ener~o lrnauon, ann also m L,o~.~ever~, a~naea wh Dera,~gemeu of ~he Dgesve Organs." -. From Thomas Car Saekso,, Esq., F.R.C.S.,aud Surgeon o he Grea-1~orhem Hospal, Loudon: "I have no hesaon n ~u~ommendng he compound of Mr] LoseLouoH s S.ALINE ~n~-tio. I s an ad~a~able Febrfuge, and wll be found an elgble Medcne wher~ such remedy s ndcaed. I am n he hab of prescrbng largely, s composon beng known o me ; and I have every rda~oa ~o l~ ~a~fed wh. I s beaufully p~epared, and can bo used a a momen s noce whourouble, and s hereforo pa~cular!y adaped for use n publc servce." From I]a,d~ Morga~a$ Esq., M D. M.R.C S., and L.A.C., o., Medcal Offcer of he Clerkenwell Parsh : " [ have much plel~-a 4n beang esmony o he me~leosl quales of Mr. I~PLOV(m s P~aaT[o S.~MNE. I have u~d exensv.ely n he reamen of Da~hoea and Febrle affecons generally, and have found au admrable Refrgeran Medcne, Well ealeulae.d.for dseases nc!d.en~..o ~arm" clmaes, more parcularly n Cholerand Fever, as possesses chemcal l)~operes capable of furnbhmg he blood w~h ~alme maer.--penoovlle, Augus 8, 1857." Me:are. Orr and So,~% of Madras, n a leer daed Sepember 23, 1866, sae Surgeon.Major C. Mugay Daf, M.D., &o.~ had called for a furher supply of all ha we could gve hm, and spoke of s remarkable effecs n he Jungle Fever n qu enbuduo erms, drecng a furher supply o be sen overlaed, besdes wha had already been forwarded by he Cape. " A case of Jungle Fever bad been reaed wh he paral conens of one bole wh perfec aucee.~ ; he medcal aendan!, of.~n.~.- dexable repue, lkes he medcne much, and wanls more. In anoher ease of severe Vomng, he paen wan releved afer he hrdo~, and fell no a refreshng sleep. ~rr, Guhre~ Army Medcal Drecor, became a warm advocae for a use n varous dseaae~, and had he I y~o Salne dr~ b from he propreor for persenal andfamy use. SPECIAL AGENTS FOR LAMPLOUOH S PYRETIO SALINE:- Messrs. 0RE & Co,, Madras; Messrs. ~HAOKB2, ~PIBX, & Ca. Calcua; Mesn-a TI~,ACE~d~ & Co., Bombay. CANTOR and CO., SIERRA LEONE. Praed an! Pub :Rshed by WlLLa..~ Jom~" Jom~ s~., a ll, Flee-sree, a ~0 Cy of I.<ndan~ for F~vr~v ~rr~x~,k.~l.--~ I~7.- :. C, OID " and,( ~e m~my ~upply greaes men,, mo~ o