"FOR GOD, AND GOOD TO AFRICA. A~ND HER PEOPLE."

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1 .O, [~aon Abroad. "FOR GOD, AND GOOD TO AFRCA. A~ND HER PEOPLE." "Talk o rne anywhere o/power, and 172 el2 you el Prozcl~on. Men~o~, a Mag~slra2e, and he dea foows of Properly. ~gno cue any Go~rnnvenl, and yo are fo s~ ~ proposed nferesb of f)~o~ gove rn,~d. Power or~l~luyy_.d oherwse {s a ~r~r ~a s m2osmme n every sy#em where here (~ any no{on of he juzl~ of God or ~ good of mard.-rv/. --ED~U~ ) B unk~..-l f any Oogon~s seers.em njus6ce,chalever may be Ms da~, Ms ond6on, or ~ co,our, he Ass a r~ o redre~ a he hands o. he Colon~a~ Mn{ser n )~s coun~ry."--eaal~ of C~m.~Anvo.% SmavrA~ OF SVATZ FOR TrZ Co.oxlr~ Awus~ 2, r. X.~:NO. 123.] LO~DOq, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, ~rvs,.ssevxo~h,x. l Subscrpon, 6s. l~r Ann, CONTENTS. PAGE PG Wes~ Coa~ Mals The f ~3vernor-General and he l~ver Gamb.... Reurn of he Admnsraor-n-Chef o Serra Leone Sl~uro~ OffeM Maryrs S;.eres Leone Church Tower and Clock n :Lago~... ~ Cape Coas au~ Acc~ Geraldo s Saemen of he Rs~ and Progress of he Awoonzax War Cap~ Co~ Gold Coro Rohda ~d he Duch Selemens on he Gold Co~...3"2 De~amcon of GerMdo s Hou~-.... : A L~gos Vew of he Governor.C, enermshp of he Wes Co~ SmMl-pox s Cape Coas Leer on he Wes~ Coas, Publ,:,.hed n he "Tmes" Chr~-~ Church Tower,.~gos... ~3 The L~/fe Mr. Charles B~xen, M.P Are No Poor Afrcan Lves Valuable.~ Gamba ~ae Effcacy of Vaccnaon ;arm Lverpool Markes Proposed Mssonary College n Afrca Sub~rpo~ o "Afrcan Tmes"... : Dr. Lvngsone---Communcaon from Sr Roderck Morch~on AFROAN AGENOY ]~0r Transacng Busness Xngla~d for Nave and oher Traders on he Wes Coas of Afrca, N consequence of wshes expressed from all pars cf he ~res Coas, ~[m FrrzG~aA~.~ has made arrangemens for sellng produce consghed o hm by shps o London or Lverpool ; and purchasng, and shppngoods ordered aganshe proceede of conslgumens or oher effecve remaneea only, from eher of he above pors, on a sysem by whch he greaes possble advanage of he markes wll be secured o he ArmcL~" TaAv~l; and, as me s very mporan o small cap~l;~s, reurn good~ wll be sen off n all ca~es whou any delay beyond such as may eomemes be caused hy manufacurers. All leers and blls cf lodng, wheher he shpmens be o or from London or Lverpool, o be addressed F. FTZGERALD, Es~., 121, l~lee-sree, London, l~.c. X.B.--Open Polces on nsurance for Produce from he Coas by he Mal. Seamers; bu aenc~ed Shpmen should be advsed f po~ble. 0 C T 0 B~, ::{,, BRTSH AND AFR6AN STEAM NAVGATO COMPANY. The Seamers of hs Company wll hence.forward be despached from T.verpool on he 6h and 18h of each Monh, excep when hese daes fall on a Monday, when he deparure wll be deferred o he day followng. Q The Seamshp ROQUELLE, Cap. E. Gm~rlrrrs, s nended o be despached from GLASGOW on SEP]7. 29, and from LVERPOOL on he 6h OCT., a 1 A.x., for Madera, Grand Canary, Serra, eone. Monrova, Cape Palmas, Cape Coas Casle, Acorn, 3"allah Coffee, l.~go% Benn, Bonny, Fernando Po, and Old Calsbar; hs Seamer wll also ake Cargo for New Calabar, Brass, and Benn (delverng nsde he bars), he ~me o be ranshpped a Bonny, and forwarded by branch Seamer~ a Shpper s rsk. GOODS wll be receved n OL&SGOW up o 6 P.~. on he 28h SEPT., and a he Loadng Berh n LVERPOOL (Norh Sde Coburg Dock)up o Noon on he 5h 0CL Passengers wll embark by Seam Tender from he Prnce s Landng Sage a noon on he day of salng. The followng deparure s nended o be he Seamshp CONGO, Cap. F~z_~ crr, whch wll leave LVERPOOL DREC]? ca he 18h 0OL, a 11, for lfadera, Tenerffe, Serra Leone, ~enrova, Cape Palmas, Cape Coas Casle, ~falf Jack, Acorn, Yellah Coffee, Benn, Bonny, Fernando Po, 01d Calsbar, Opho, New Calabar, and Lagos. Passengers wll embark a ~.~. on he day of rafng. Coeds for Serra Leone wll be landed hem a Shp s expense, bu Shpper s rsk. AU Goods whle on board he Company s hulk a Bonny, o be a Shpper s or Consgnee s r.,k. Blls of Ladng of he Company s [orm can be obaned from T,,o~as Moem~ and SO.% 91, ]]uchansa-sree, Glasgow ; and D. M~ae~s, 50s, Lord.sree, Lverpoo. All leers mus pass hrough he Pos-ofllce. For furher nformaon apply a l.,ondoa o ]fe=~rs. lfacor.~, Hun~.,r, and Co., 5, Cro~by-~uare;, Glasgow o Trr, ox, Lxvozr.~sv. and CO., 24, Oswald-sree; and n Lverpool, o ELVX~, Dzmesr~, and CO., 2, Brunswck-sree. WEST COAST MALS. DNPA~TU~. A frca,~ Seamshp Co. syoruba, wh hemonhly m nl% Ary. 24. Brl~h ~nd Afrcan Compenfs Loanda, Augus 28. Afrcan Seamshp Companfs Cslsbar, Augus 30. Afrcan Seamshp Co. s Soudan, from Souh Coas, Augus 31. Brsh and Afrcan Company s Vola, Sepember 6. Afrcan Seamshp Company s Bafra, Sepember 1, Afrcan Seamshp Co. s Soudan, for Souh Coas, Sep. Z BrLh endafrca n Comp an s y ~ uel]e, Sepember 0 Brsh and Afrcan Company e Loanda, S~.pember 19. Afrcan Seam,hp Company s Ahenans Sepember 14. Afrcan Seamshp Co. s Bn.fro wll carry monhly m sl% Sep.

2 26 THE AFRCAN TME& ~8gPr. 28, B~rURN OF THE ADMNSTRATOR-N-CBEF TO a-he.sd per day for any persons he may please o eeleco accem. SERRA LEONE. psny hm. From such a sae of hngs he naural resul avs zpool, Sep The Brsh and Afrcan Seam Navga-follows--vz.on Company e Royal Mal Seamshp Loanda, Commanderconnually ake place; ha he Governmen of Serra Leone hahe usdess and horoughly fruless excursons Folland, naled from he Mersey a noon yeserday, wh he malsundergoes volen and unexpeced changes, o he grea dermen for Medna end he Wes Coas of Afrc;. ~Among her passengers of he colonss; and, u one word, under such a sysem a promse were Sr Arhur Kennedy, Governor of he Brsh Selemens s offered for offcal dleness, and he dsplay of he mos dle and on he Afrcan Co,s, and hs Ade-de-Camp, Capan O Callnghamrupon begeseems o be conageous. As an nsance, he hollow of pageans. Ths vce s exendng self, and he cor- very depuy (Capan Shepperd, Sad W.. R.) who a presen represens Sr Arhur Kennedy, was no conner nsalled o~ce 81ERB& LEONE. han he hmself eared upon one of hose aquac excursons from TWO ~ETERa OX SLRRK EEONR ABUSe. whch no good resuls have as ye appeared, and Serra Leone No, 1.--Mr. Ral, y o.earl Granvlle. was placed under he charge of a depuy s depuy. 3, Plowden.buldlnga, Temple, Sep. 18, 1871] n order o gve anoher powerful nsance of he greajobbleg ~y Lord.--A a perod when he professon economy s he prlncplo belongng o he Governmen of Serra Leone, s only eharaeerso feaure of Governmen, beg mos respecfully o necessary o sae ha a Mr. Ashwood was hree years ago brng u~der your lordshp s noce he ease of a plurals whch apponed frs clerk n he Secreary s offce s a ealarv of 850L would have donehoeour o bv jobbng days of old. a-year a he very me he was enjoyng wo snecure o~ees--ono may sae ha am a member of he Englsh Bar of sxeen as Clerk n he Mxed Commssoners a 360/. a-year, end he years sandng, occasonally precsng here upon eases of appeal oher as Clerk n he Lberaed Afrcan Deparmen a per before he Prvy Councl, and pursung my professon a Serra annum--wo offces ha s unnecessary o repea mus be Leone, combned wh ha of publo journals. snecures, or Mr. Ashwood could no d~hargo hs dues a he My lord, here are wo deparmens comng under your lord-secreary shp s mmedae cognsance as :Foregn Mnser. ellude o he dscharges he dues Aong Colonal Secreary, hus amalgama- offce. $ may add ha e hs momen Mr. Ashweod Mxed Cours of Jusce and he Lberaed Afrcan Deparmen ng n hs person ravnes offces a a me when rerenchmen s n Sern Leone. The oal desrucon of he slave rade on he necessary n order o preven Serra Leone from ncurrng a Wes Coas of Afrca has rendered hose deparmens of he pubho deb, whch would Peralyse her fuurexerons. As hs Sae ur.eless; and we connue a cosly machne D, hng o ac upee. whou any- afll~a he admnsraon of he Foregn-offce as well, beg leave o sae ha have already brough under he noce of So fax back as he year 1847 he lae lord George BennokEarl Granvlle. ~nouneed m Mxed Cours of Serra leone as he veres job rusha your lordshp may receve hs communcaon n he had ever heard of. need no say, my lord, ha weny-hree he spr n whch s nended, as one conssen wh he years of enlghenmen have enrely removed any cause for neres of a people whom clam as my clens and servceable keepng up hs cosly memoral of slavery. as well o he Colonal Governmen:~ have, &e., Now, my lord, a ceran Mr. Ashwood enjoys no less han (Sgned), Wa. 1R~.~ z. wo offces n hose vsonary deparmens cf Governmen# one es Clerk n he Mxed Cours (whch never s), a a salary of CAPE COAST AND ACCRA. a-year, and hs oher as Clerk n he Lberaed Afrcan De parmen (whchas no lberaed Afrcans), a a salary of 160/. R,por flora he Ca2a{n of ~ ~anda, arrr~ fn Z rer~ol, year. ndeed, he Governor, Sr Arhur Kennedy, feelng how T he Wesern - dsrcs.dwgus of he Gold 28. Coas am ranqul, all he heavly me fel upon Mr. Ashwood as far as your lordshp s pahs and roads ere open, and rade and agrculure are beng deparmen of he Governmen was concerned, made hm :Frscarred on n perfec safey. The nave chefs of he Brsh Clerk n he Secreary s offce, a 860/. a-year, and he now fllsproecorae, who had a.~semb/ed a Cape Coas o mee he he GrAce of Acng Colonal Secreary combned wh hose cosly Governor, for he purpose of assseg hm ~o brng abou peace snecures above alluded o. wh he Ashanees, have almosau reurn ed o her own places, n a communcaon addressed o he Colonal-offce menoned sad s consdered ha peace has,acually been concluded beween ha dd myself he honour of brngng hs abuse under your lords.hp s noce.~ have, &e. he :Faneas and he Ashanees./"3.fr. Thomas :Forson wascommssnned by he Governor of Cape Coas o go up o Coomasse o Wx. Rear. negoae "wh he Kng of Ashanee for he release of he four Europeans who are sll held prsoners n he Ashanee capa]. o. 2.--~r.?afny o h~ Earl of.km3,.rley. The capves are Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, Mr. Kuhne, aud Mr. 3, Plowden-buldng% Temple, Sep. 13, Bonnar. Mr. Ramsay was a m~onary a AnGora, aud was My lord,~ may, w/hou any osenaon, pre~eme ha my capured wo years ago by a deachmen of he army of Oddoo name s no enrely unknown a-he Colonsl-offca n connecon Sofen. s saed ha nohng could have been more wanon wh he reformaon of some puble abuses n he admnsraon and cruel han he manner n whch he capves were reaed. of he governmen of Serra Leone. All her propery, ogeher wh ha of he msson, &o., was :( have, n he frs nsance, o hank he Colonsl.offce for hedesroyed or plundered, and hey were compelled o ravel all adopon of some suggesons ha orgnaed from so humble a he way from Ancom o Coomasse on foo. The roops who Person lke myself--.,uch as a small ncrease he educaonal escored hem used hem very ll on he way, and n con~quence gran, he checkng of llegal crmnal senences, and he oalof exhauson end wan of nourshmen Mrs. Ramsey e baby ded. abolon of he Governor s perquses n he sezure of vessels ~r. FOraGe reurned o Cape Coas on he 23rd of June, ac- by a specal messenger from he Kng of Ashane% and good% he laer abuse, boh n my poson as a publo jour-companenals, and n my professonal capacy as an Englsh barrser and was beleved ha hs vs would no be alogeher fruless. The kng was no unwllng o resore hs Englsh prsenere before he Prvy Councl, effecually exposed. Under such crcumsances would be van o deny ha exerdse greao freedom, bu urged ha, accordng o he cusom of hs naor, nfluence Sferra Leone, no merely from ho.~ servces, bu he commander whose roopsezed he capves and ordered from he long lne of polcal conssency whchas marked my hem o be sen np o Coomasae mus frs make hs appearance career. a he capal and gve hs repor of he proceedngs, before he Removed for a me from he scene of polcal and socal ds-capvecord whch unforunaely prevals n Serra Leone, shall no beleved ha here was no cause for any uneasness on her could be fnally deal wh. n he meanme was fdl from me o me, n he dscharge of a conscenous duy, o accoun. Tbe kng old Mr. :Forson ha he waned nohng place before he Colonal-offce, wh profound respec, everyhng he shape of ransom for he capves, and he would freely gve whch ends o mlae agans he wel-beng of a people whosehem up o he Brsh Governmen. neres have so much a hearl or whch may be consued o furher accoun, under dae of he llh ul., from Coomas. degrade or weaken Brsh rule n ha Selemen. sc, saes ha he remans of he hordes of Ashaneca whch My lord, here s one abuse, he enormy of whch s of had been nvadng he Ea.,ern dsrcs of heeeglsh Proecorae so sarlng a naure, and whch eo srongly mpresses he people were reurnng, brngng wh hem housands of capves, prncpally women, grl% and boys, from be neghbourhozd of he of Serra Leone lh he an of jobbery s nseparably assocaed.wh Brsh rule n ha Selemen, ha am wel assured Vola. When he remnan of he roops whch comprsed he only requres o r e brough under your lordshp s noce, n orderfrs army of nvason of he Easern Provnce enered Coomssse, a once o be abol.-hed. The fac ~ hs : ~or he excurson of here was publc lamenaon accoun of he numbers ha had he Governor n ha yach graned o hm a he publo expensefallen n he war, and, accordng o he fearful cusom of he (he v(r/ex/sence of whch hnk an abuse, and whch was counry, here were errble haman sacrfces; "n facl hardly brough under he noce of he House of Commons las Sesson), any descrpon," acaordng o an eve-wnes~ "could exa~,oerae hs excellency s allo~ved hree guneas a.day, end wo guneas, ~ OD he reahy. A leas half he Ashanees who wen o bale are Sm~r. 23, 1871.] - THE AwRCAN TM~8. 27 repored o have ded, and 200 human jawbones wen carred n armed men wen encrcled, and reached he borders of he Vola, processon hrough he srees. and was brough over on ha sde he rver by a man by uame.all ov.er he Gold ~ hen were sgns of ncrea.dng pros. Povoroo. An nfluenal man from J ellcoffee, by name Johu peay, ann ee peopm wen lookng forward for beer mes. Tay, sen messengers o me, desrng me o sop and reman on Prodgous quanes of produce wen wased for wan of roadshe Vola ll he comes up o sele he palaver beween me and n he Wesern dsrcs of he Brsh Proecorae. Good roads Addsbamcably. Well, he came, and hs nerference was could be made o he very hear of he ol-producng pars. neffecual, as also ha of hry-sx Awoonah owns. ~sx~rl from ~aplah of 8~am~M~ arrer~l 2nd Sepember. Hereupon one of Her Branno Majesy s ~pa of war arrved n he roads of Addah, and he commander hereof desred from The news of he Bafra s o he effecha a las peace bed he.awoonahs o delver me up o hm, so ha he may n hs been esablshed n he Easern dsrcs of he {]old Coas Sele-?q en~s. The Ashanees had all decamped, even from Creepee usmo, whch provnces was generally undersood hey had and urn hand me o he Addahs for dong wh me wha hey please, bu hs was refused by he Awoonahs The man.of-war rered, and wo days afer appeared u he roecls agan, and he com- sen off fve armed beas, and wh a message ha he no nenon of abandonng. The well-known Ashanee generalmafder Addeo ~offce, who was beleved o have been klled, and who desred my presence, he complance of whch a second me was had been ms~d for a long me, had reached Coomaese. There refused by he Awoonahs. Drecly he fve beas began frng was no, eccordng o he mos relable repor,, a sngle Aahance and kllng Awoouah people. These whdrew, and reurned o solder n any par of he Brsh proeced errore~ on he Goldher owns, and bade me release and se free he wo brohers Coas. n Crobboo hen were ome Ashanee raders, and he caugh, whch was accordngly done. Ths man beng released roads no he neror were open o rade, and People couldand se a lbery, wen no ho neror, and, o ake reven ravel n all drecons whou any fear of molesaon. klled some A~=oonah raders, and plundered hem of ~eg~.pe.ra.11. y, and over he he rany {]old season Coashen had been were very sgns lgh of ncreasng ndeed. Everyhng n he neror of Aecra and o leeward was exremely o a place called Maffee, o have wh he Addahs all palavers pros. effecs. Upon hls he Awoonahs sen one oh{el, Bsddagho by name, que. Smallpox had broken ou a Cape Coas Cesfle, and a seled and peace made, as also o have all he money due me large number of people were dyng daly. The news from he by Addsh people demande~. The people of Meffce readly conened o have hs done, bu he A ddahs refused peace and o~er pors s unmperan.~ me~. The repor by seamer Soudan was: There were no shpmens of cargo from Bonny, accoun of he war sll gong on aemped o kll he messengers. Ths was an nsul offered o desred wagng war agans he Awoonahs. Thersfon hey beween he naves of New Cslabar and hose of Bonny. was he Awoonahs, and he hreaenng o kll her messengers was sad here were 2,000 puncheons of ol a New Calabar wanganamouu o a deelaraou of war. So Baddsgho weu up o o be sen o Bonny for shpmen. The Brsh Consul a Bonnyhe vcny of Crobbce wh abou 300 men, sezed abou en s endesvourng o ge beh pares o agree o an armsce for men and all he canoes belongng o Addah people. hree monhs, n order o ge he produce down from New Addah, n conjuncon wh ho Aecres and Aquapm~ commenced hosles agans he Awoonahs, fough wh Bsddagho, Calabar o Bonny. Kng Archbald. of Old Calabar s dangerously ll. f he does no recover here wll very probably be defeaed hm, and so he was oblged o reurn home. The hree a grea dsurbance, w.hch wll sop rade for a lengh of me. naons dd no dl~onnuo he war, bu gavo a new lfe o, Trade was dull on he coas. and herefore Aweonahs sen Jacke% her general, o mee /- wh hem n her (Aweonah s) own errory, and fgh hem. / -- -h T e Aecras rered arer hs " bale. The --Governor - of Cape Coas, wh hs colleague, he Governor of Lagos, came up o GRESS OF THE AWOONAH WAR. sele he palaver, bu, nsead of selng, he asssed he 0 ~HE ~DTOn OF ~HE A]FBCA~ ~ ~R~. conjoned naons agans he Awoonah% gave hem also Brsh solders o fgh agans he Awoonahs. Ths made he palaver Sr,--The objec of hs s o nform you brefly of he war of worse. whch have been supposed o have been he auhor and cause, Now ha he war was over, he Governor.General of Serra end of whch am n he belef you possess more nformaon Leone comes down here and desred makng peace beween he han anybody else. ;From 1856 o 1864 was resdng a Addah as a rader. four fghng naons. He llseued wllngly o everyhng from hose who chersh hared agans me, and hrough he msrepresenaons he desred o ranspor me as beng he cause of he Brsol capans who frequened ha por were n he hab of supplyng me wh goods on cred, and as he cred sysem s war (alhough no a Brsh subjec), bu fndng he could no ge general n our place, so rused also some of such snpplles o a me, he ordered he commander of he Per o bombard my l:)eople belongng o hs own. These people became dlaory and house, and hereby s hs runed. aferwards unwllng o pay me for wha had gven hem on credl As mus pay hese capans, of course, red ell means Gzx_~vo Dz ax,. o qomo a paymens, bu was fruflese. Beng so pressed, appled o he kng of he place o enforce from he several CAPE COAST. debors paymens for me, whch applcaon he kng readly ~E ~ OY,Kh G AGOER]~ AND WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE~; compled wh, buho was unsuccessful n obanng any paymens from he debors for me. The kng aferwards gave me permsson o seze auy ol whch hose debors of mne mgh brnghelp beng sruck wh he remarkable way n whch mos of Medang over he lae unforunae Kng Aggery could no on he sea-coas for sale, ll full paymens wereffeoed o me. hose who assduously conrved hs ruu brough on hemselves On he srengh of hs r~zed v ne of my debor s, by nameha desrucon whch hey had nended for hm, and he followng s dedcaed o hose of our publo men who ere more Ovocroyas, ol, whche had ranspored o he coas for sale. The ol amouned o eghy pos, abou $160, whch se/zuro was closely acquaned wh all he evens assocaed herewh, o be eppled as par paymen of wha he owes me. Ovooroyas, a hope ha wll no only be nsrucve, bu admonshng also. herefore, was nced and nsgaed by all he educaed raders, The very man who rased up John Aggery n grea sae as nfluenal persons n ha own, end hose who chershed haredhe acknowledged head of Ca-pe Coas, bu who ulmaely agans me, o do me harm ; even he ownspeople desred o kllworked ou hs downfall, wen home o England, and, srange me or o drve me ou from he sad place, bu hekngpermed o say, los hs governorshp,~and was apponed o an nferor pos. hem no o perform her evl nenons agans me. Hansen and Brown, orgnaors of hs dosrneon, have beh A me afer he sezure above-named, Ovooroyes ook wo suffered, one wh sudden deah, he oher nsany. women and hree men belongng o my famly capvend carrnd hem away, and aferwards aemped ngho kll me n waery grave. Coker, who ook au acve par n he proceedng% found a my own house, havng col/eced n my yard upwards of 200 men, "Whe, he consable, became nsane. a he head of whch he and hs broher were. caugh hm ChefAah, of Cape Coas, who succeeded hm durng hs and hs broher, and herefore he 200 meu ran away and ransporaon o Serra Leone, had hs house and propery confscaed or oherwse burn. elcaped. The nex mornng all he educaed raders from Aecra, Colonel Conren, whose acvy n hs ruu s well known, was Addeh, and one whe man n parcular, Urgsr, of he hooed off es a naonal curse when he was leavng he Coas for Bremen facory, gave he mea fory kegs cf gunpowder, England; never reurned, end soou arer ded. and he educaed men armed her ]shouers, elaves, &c., Kng Hamah, of Ajumako, who posvely gnored 3ohn o come n he ngh-me o aack me whls was peaceably Aggery, and carred on correspondence for hs overhrew, s now a home "asleep, end have me klled. Accordngly, one le a mo~ wreched sae, havng beeu dehroned and kep dose house of mne was se on fre by a ceran Nar (rader) by 9 a neghbourng wn. o name, and all he hngs had n ha house were plunc]e~ Wood haslaely been shpped o Serra Leone, for robbery. Durng hs plunder escaped from my house, abou whb h There are wo or hree ohers whom spece wll no allow her "1 :

3 28 Tj~{~,..~kFRK~N.- T~L [ss}>r~ 23, ~~a beng meulooedj bu he res who had a hand n hls~aud 7 none of ha maeral advancemen n cvllssou rg~._, we ask wha rll beeo~e of hem? ] s he earnes desre of hn "Brsh Oovemmen o promoe whch ; and,a MznrrAroS ox P~o Evmsvs., n he hrd place, nsead of he colones ( am speakng more Cape Coas, July 20, [ parcularly of L~gos, whch know o be he ca~) havng he edvanage of a speedy decson of he Governor.general on any subjec, hey have o wall a submed o he Secreary of A LAGOS VEW OF THE GOVERNOR.GE~FAL&~WP Sae and hd decson hereon receved, jus as was when he OF THE WEST COAST. selemens were governed separaely, so ha hs newsysem s TO 1"he XDOR OF THE AYRCA~ Tr~. no only, n many ways, a grea barrer o he progressve march Lagos, June 23, n cvlzaon and pecunary advancemen of hs and he oher Sr,~ beg you wll allow me a lle space n your val~able selemens, bu s runous even o Serra leone herself. ask, columns o express, brefly, he vews, opnons, and wshesof he hen, and he people of hs selemen ask, s hs rgh and people of h selemen wh regard o he Governor-Generalshp of he Wes Afrca Selemens, creaed by he recommen- scous of so many complans your paper aganshe wo far? No smoke whou a fre underneah. Ths s one of he daon of Hou~ of Commons Commee on Afrcan Affars n governor-generals, &o., whchave so ofeu been made whou he year eomlng o he general pons. f he Brsh Governmen can You are aware, Mr. Edor, ha am no a corresponden of lberally sl~re 30,000/. o purchase or buld a pleasure-boa ( your paper, bur, for he neres of my own counry, feel call her by no oher name, for such abe really s) for he oegb o brng hs subjec before you/wh he hope and fullgovernor-general, and hen voe 5,000L yearly for her man. esurance ha, from your dsneresed and unrng labours a enance, why no spend o de he Coas an exensve amoun all mes for he good of Afrca, you wll no fal o pu he of good, such as furherng educaon of he people and he maer n s rue lgh n proper quarers. makng of road% a hng very necessary o asss n developng was no doub consdered by he House of Commons Commee ha would be mor economcal (pecunarly)and advan-sure of an ndvdual, who~ neres s o keep up he presen he resources of he counry, rahjr.han lavsh for he pleaageous (polcally) o he Wes Coaso creae a cenral governmen, wh a governor-general for all he Wes Coas Colones, pay he passages of ell of~cals who may have occason o go o ay~em, when 500/. per annum would be more han enough o u order ha he affars of he several colones--va., Gamba, and come from he oher selemens or offcal owns, &c., here Gold Coas, and L~gos--mgh be more easly managed, as he beng fve mal seamers comng from and fve. gong o Evgland Governor-general could promply sele all mnor quesons wh-everou delay, and leave more mporan subjecs for he decson and The people n general earnealy beg ha all he good people, monh. nsrucons of he Secreary of Sae. of England would move hose n power o le Lsgos (f no all When hs arrangemen was frs made, he whole Wes Coashe oher selemens) have her own governmen separaed agan rejoced a, as hey expeced ha hs new sae of hngsa~ was hereofore, and no o be feered by he acs of a would confer on he oolones greaer prvleges and advanaged Governor.general who wshes everyhng o be done jus n such han hey had hhero enjoyed. Bu, alas every colony, espe-olally Lades, has ~een sadly dsapponed. n he frs place; ons n offcal correspondence o he Brsh Governmen, manner as would supporhe no-doub decepve represenao nsead of he creaon of hs cenral governmen beng an where everyhng s pourrayed so ncely on paper as o economcal sysem and a benef, has been proved o be by far make appear ha he sysem s good and srong, whereas, mor exdensve and d~dvansgeous han was ha of he severaln fac, he whole foundaon s, sa o speak, enrely roen. colones beng governed separaely. The salares of he governors Anoher powerful ~gameu a--su~pov of hs s as follows :. per annum hen were as follows, vz.:~ The ~elemen of Lagos, alhough called he younges of The Governor of Serra Leone... 2, he selemen*, has superor advanages over he oher selemens. has become a self-supporng selemen, wh- The Governor of he Gold Coas The Governor of he Gamba... 1, ou he cos of a penny o he Brsh Governmen for he The Governor of L~gos (Consular Agen. 700/., las few years. Alhough he selemen s only en years old Governor and allowance)...1, from he dae of he ce-,son, s revenue s no less han ~0,000L a.yesr, colleced from a very moderae cusoms arff; a revenue Toal Governors Salares... 3, whch s suffcen for carryng ou s own governmen, and mgh leave a yearly surplus revenue o mee any emergenoy, Under he cenral governmen sysem he salares of he were only conrolled by he people. The selemen s currounded by rbes who are by far re ore nellgen, energec, and governor-general and admnsraors are as follows, vz:~ Oovernor-Oeneral, per annum... 4, enerprsng han mos of he Wes Coasrbes, dud who hare The Admnsraor of he Gold Coas... 1, her own regularly-organsed nave governmens wh srong The Admnsraor of he Oamba... 1, nave mlary organsaon (especally he Egba, " oruba, The Admnsraor of Lsgos (hs laer havng Jebu rbes), beng able o march ou a any me an army of been hs yearased o 1,7001. ~ he ~.ues 20,{)00 o 60,000 fghng men. s herefore essenally of he people) , necessry hahe head of he execuve of hselemen should have an unfeered acon, subjec only o he rule of he Colonalofllce, by whch means he wll command he greaer respec and Toal... 7j To ~y nohng of he several mnor posscreaed eseem of he powerful neror chefs, who wll look upon hm n consequence of he new arraugemen~for as he drec represenave of he Queen of England. f necessary, can adduce proof ha, snce he creaon of hs cenral nsance, he snecure posof Audor-general The exra judgeshp a Serra Leone, whch governmen, he chefs of he surroundng counres have ceased confers no beccf whaever on any of he o look up o he admnsraor he same lgh of respec as oher selemens... 1, he Queen s represenave as hey dd n former mes, consequenly he presge and nfluence of hs governmen has become Toal... 9, much more weak and mpoen snce 1866 han was and would oherwse have connued o be. The prospery of hs ncrease on large ems of salares only... 3, selemen, and he rapd progress of cvllsaon and Chrsany Added o hs s he uaneecseary oulay of he n hh counry, depend very much upon he free acon of hs cos of he Governor-geoerel a yach, pad ou Governmen; and any such acon s enrely mpoen n he of he mperal funds... 30, eyes of he surroundng chefs, so long as he head of he execu- And he yearly cos for he manenance of Jve connues o be (as he nave chefs call ) a boy or subordnae of he Queen s represenave Serra Leone. hs yach, whch does nohng more han le a anchor n Freeown Harbonr almos he For hese and many oher mnoreasons, whch, f enumeraed, greaer par of he year, becau.e here s no would fll up all your columns, hs communy beg o have he praccal purpose for her... 5, LagosOovernmen deached from SerraLeone; and ha he people of he selemen be permed o have a voce n he conrollng A oal cos of... 38,70 0 0] he revenuend expendure of he Governmenhereof. n he nex place, s known ha pror o he creaon of [ Apologsng for occupyng so much of your valuable columns, hs cenral governmen here need o be a surplus revenue of a ] reman, Dear Sr, yours very sncerely, 10bs Over 1,000/. yearly n he reasury ches of Serra Leone; [ O~rrom ha he new sysem has been so expensve o ha selemen a ] 2Vols.--We do no of course hold ourselves responsble for he shown from he fac ha he Governmen of ha selemen pecunary sasc, of hs leer. Our own saemen, however, s now oblged o rase a loon of 25,000/. o carry cu necessary f mae, would be no doub equal n resuls, hough our ems n~ful works here, he surplus revenue hhero saved havng, and her arrangemen woul dffer from hose of " 01oh. ~ by he new sae of hngs, seen eaen up by ofl]dal locuss, who ]~. A. 2. SzPr. 28, 187.J P V~ AFR0&N TMES. ".29 CHRST CHURCH TOWER, LAGOS. dscovered ha he bey would no ake small-pox. The mos An a21ml, of c~e~ ~foll~cvn# h a co~, l~ }en drcu~af~d n skllful noculaors red and faled o predneo he dsease. The L~9~. v~ ~u~ rp~s attrn&d ors waa ~ad ~un receved expermen sarzed he Makdum of lhe ruh of wha had old ~p fo f]~e 10/]z of Au#u~l. hm, ha vacdnson, properly performed,.s an almos sure prevenave of ~mall-pox. The boy s now hmself he pres of he We, he uuderslgned, beg respecfully o appeal o he communy of Lagos for funds o enable us o c%mplee he shrne of Bahawul Hog, hs faher havng ded ~ro veers ago. Unlke hs faher, who was dceplyped wh small-~x, he does buldng of he above ower, and, f suffcen meads can be no bear he amalles race of ha errble dsea~e.--your rased, o ~dd al~ a suable clock and bell obeden servan, wll ne be necessary for us o make any lenghened Kngsown, Sep. 9. A.C.C. Dz R ;szr. saemen, seng forh he desrahly of hs work, and he elalms has on he nhabans generally of hs LVERPOOL MA RKETS. colony, as apar from s beng a buldng need by only a ceran poron of he people, he addon of n clock and Avorsr 19 ~o 26. Palm-nu Kerne]s.~130 bags a 13/. 5s. o 13/. 7s. 6~1. per on. bell would prove of grea use and value o all ; and as one Palm Ol.~The marke s queer, and he sslca lmed o 400 of he publc buldngs of Lsgos, showng he progress and ons. rregular a 28/. o 31/.; Accra 32/. 10s.; Bonny a advance of he colony (and of whch he nhnbanans 33/.; Old Calabar a 33/. 12s. 6<1. o 33/. 15s.; Lagos a 34/. 15s.; may be jusly proud), he ower wll be a grea ornamen. and New Calabar a 37/. 12s. 6d. per on. The amoun requred o fnsh he ower, s esmaed, The coon marke opened hs week wh a good demaud, b~ wll be a leas 150L, and o add a clock and bell anoheron ~fonday and Tuesday was que, and prces were slghly 150/., makng Towards hs amoun a gran wll be n favour of buyers. Yeserday he busness ncreased, and oday_has been very large, wh an advance n mn~ descrpons. made from funds accrung from pew-rens of 50/.; and we rus he remanng amoun wll be cheerfully conrbued Sales of he week abou 118,000 bales. by hose from whom we now ask for suppor." Avousr 26 ~o SEPrEMB R 2. JOHN A. PAV~z. Palm Kerneh.~160 ons a 13/. 10s. per on. Palm Ol connues que, and he sales reach 350 ons. ARTHUR. POSTER.#Churchwardens" rregular a 26/. o 31/; Bonny a 32/. 15s. o 33/.; Benn a Hs Excellency he Admnsraor of Lagos /; Old Calabar a 33L 10s.; Lagos a 34l. 15s.; New Caab~r Gran from Pew-rens a 37/. 12s. 6d.; and Brass a 38/. per om Mr. and Mrs. John A. Payne Coon has been n good demand hroughou he week, and Arhur. Porer yeserday he sales were unusually large, wh su anmaed J. 1~. Leaner marke. To-day here has been a queer feelng, bu quoaons Mr. and Mrs. James P. 1,. Daves generally show au advance of ~d. o ¼d. Der lb. Salsa of he Mr. and Mrs. Foresyhe week abou 137,000 bales. Mr. end Mrs. H. Robbn SEPTEMBER 2 ZO SEPTE #BER 9. Mr. James Maxwell Ebony.--6½ ons round wood a 171., and a smallo of fla a The above s he amoun subscr~l before he mall lef. 1~. 10s. o 13L 10s. per on. Barwood.~15 ons, a 3L los. 6d. per on. Palm Kernels.~340 ba~ Afr~n a 12/. o 13L 7s. 6d. per ~on. ARE 1gOT POOR AFRCAN LVES VALUABLE? Falm-ol connues que, and he sales are 600 ons; rregular a 2?L o 31, Benu a s. 6d. o 32/. 15s., Opobo ~g) SBZ F_,nDE OF :[HE AFRCAN ~r MES. Gaboon, 29h July, a 32/. 15s., Bonny a 33/., Old Calabar a 33L 5s. o s., Sr,~ ou canno nsane how careless some of he seamshp L~gos a s. down o 34/. 7s. 6d., New Calabar a 37/. 10s., capans--capan Daren, commander of he Afrcan Seam-anshp Company s Seamer Soudan, among ohers~are, of he lves Coon has been n far demand hrocghou he week, alhough Brass a 38/. per on. of Afrcans. wll menon a case or wo laely. he rade have no bougho bo sam exen asdurng bo pre- forngh. Prces have been farly suppored, and he On he 10h of Apr las, whle Capan Daves was leavngvous l~ernando Po Harbour, a Krooman was klled by he propeller of marke clo.~.~ wh frmness. he shp. Beng oo hasy, Capan Daves dd no wa o have Sales of he week--abou 106,000 boles. Prce of Afrcau he shp s bea hauled up and properly made fas before he Coon 7d. o 7~S-d., ~Naal, 8d. o 8~d. seamer sared, as s he cudom wh oher capans generally SE~EBER 9 TO, SZPrEMBER 16. o do. He sared he shp all a once, he hook of he bea ndgo.~4 cases Bengal a 7s. 6d. o 8s. per lb.; Gambh, gave way, whle hs poor man was nsde he boa, and he was 7L 10s. per cw. "klled by he propeller of he shp, and hs blood overflowed he Barwood.~Reall sales, a 3L l 2s. 64 per on. surface of he waer. Would C~pau Daves have o gve an Camwood.~10 ons, a 16/. 15s. o 18L per on. aco6un for such au ac as hs, a man had been hus klled n Benn-seed.~Smsll sales a 59~. per qu~,rer. he rver a Lverpool? Grouud.nus.--40 ons and 1,270 bags, &e., decorcaed 19/. Agan, when he was abou o leave he Harbeur of Gab~on on ~o 19/. 2s. 6d. per om he 13h of July, for he Leeward Coas, whou gvng any Palm-kernels.--50 ons aud 850 bags, a 13/. 2s. 63. o 13/. 10s. sgn of deparure, he all a once sared he Soudan, and a poor per on. nave man, nsde hs canoe, belongng o hs counry, was so Palm-ol counues que, au4 he busnsss amouus o 710 scalded ha he s now on he verge of deah. ons; rregular a 26/. o 31/., Accra 3"21. o 32/. 2s. 6d., hope you wll hnk worh whle o noce hs crmnal Cameroons and Benn a 32/. 15s., Bonny a 32/. 15s. o 33/., 01d carelessness of Capan Daves, and ha your dong so wl lead Ca]abar a 33/. 10s. o 33/. 15.% Lues a 34/. 10s. o 34/. 15s., o such a change as wll preven he lves of poor Afrcans bengcongo a 37L 15s., and Nuu Rver a 38/. per on. eo recklessly sacrfced. A Bnrn,~r Boar. The large busness coon las week has been followed byau equally acve demandurng he presen one, a gradually THE EFFCACY OP VACCNATON. hardenng prce~, and o.day he sales have been very exensve, zo zne xozroa o~, znz azarc,x rr~es. and he quoaons are ra.~d abou ~d. per lb. Sr,--As a no praccable o oban drec expermenasales of he week abou 16,000 b~les. Afrcau 7~d. o 7~d. proof u England of he proecve power of vaccnaon agans small-pox, he followng fac may be of neres o some of your readers :- Corex Pcz GooDs.~u he frs egh monhs of he year The [res of he Mahommedan shrne of Bahawal~ug, a 1871 here were expored from Grea Bran 2,271,035,133 Moolan, Mukdum Shah Mahome; consened, a he reques of yards of co~on pece goods, maou~cored a he Uned KDg- The leogh averages more han 5,000 mles a.day. h# Denuy Commssoner-General, Van Corland, C.B., o havedo~. hs son vaccnaed, and performed he operaon myself, hopng apoars c~ Rw Corex asd As~a~ Woo~.--The mpo~ ha he example se by hs hgh relgous auhory would haeof raw cored no he Uned Kngdom he frs egh monhs a good effec a nducng oher Mussulman parens o allowme o of 1871 amouned o, owu., or, deducng he quany vaccnae her chldren. The pres, ndeed, had.lle fah n expored, 8,834,188owls. Ths s more by 2,478,450owls. hann my asserons of he effcacy of vaccnaon, bu as he hough he corresl%ndng egh monhs of [ he qoany of sheep could do no barn he yelded, from a feelng of couresy o and lambs wool mpored no he Uned Kugdom a he frs General Van Corland, so far as o have he chld operaed on. egh monhs of 1871 was 256,773,5371b., and deduol~g n due course, and some me aferwards, he ceremony of nocu. 98,3~3,8521b. expored u he asme perod, here remaned laon, whchad been prac~ed for many ages n he Mukdam ~ hn counry 158,449,68Mb., beng moe by 29,9~7,2361b. han famly, came o be performed, and he, o hs eu~r~, he n he cor~p0ndng egh monbe Of Q

4 = C.;).?1 3O a==== frc n gmps. THE AFRCAN TMES. [SBPT. 23, oherwse should be requred on he occason of he ransfer n order o recompense any person resden n he Gamba, PUBLSHED MONTHLY. PBOE 5d., STAMPED. he French Governmen wll be prepared o mee." You are earne~=ly requesed o allow your name o be added o hes no a all reasonable o expec ha he comparavely llsoyear]y su~crbers. Prce 5s. Far annum for each copy, payable n advance. mpovershed Republcan Governmen of France, wll be more lberally dsposed han was he Governmen of m Emperor Napoleon, so ha all hope of compensaon by merchans, educaed naves desrng o remove, or ohers, canno under any crcumsances be expeced. They mus become French subjecs, or raders under French S.dTUDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, laws and resrlcdons ; and subjec o all ha vrually prohbory sysem whch has rendered mpossble for any SUBSCRPTONS PAD. J. Garre, 15s.; T. Plo, 5s.; J. B. Ello, ll. 5s.; T. J. oher han French subjecs, o carry on radng operaons Sawyer, 10s. n he Senegal. would scarcely be possble, we hnk, for us o gve a THE GOYERNOR-GENERAL AND THE RVER beer answer o hose of our frends on he Coas who GAMBA. have condemned n leers o us our connued srcures WP. do no wsh o spread unnecessary alarm among he on he Governor-General, because, as hey observe, "f he merchans and our nave frends n Bahurs and elsewhere n he Gamb]a counres, bu we have nformaonbes nenons, and he maer, oo, s now se a res for dd err n he maer of he Gamba, he dd wh he o gve whch wll show hem he necessy of beng consanly aler n he maer of he hereofore projecedhe work whch has been gven us o do for Wes Afrca, ever." We should have grevously faled n our duy n cesson of he Gamba, s errores, and people o France. o have allowed any such consderaon o have caused any From a source on whch we can fully rely, we hear from abaemen of vglance on our par, or any lukewarmness Pars, ha no sooner was he Governmen here seaed a n condemnng he many hngs whlch un happlv seem o lle more frmly han before, han he queson was us o have been wrong and condemnable, n he words mooed as o he advsably of applyng o he Brshwren and spoken, and n he offcal acs of he Governor-n-Chef for some me pas. We are oblged o Governmen for a reopenng of he old negoaons for he cesson of he Gamba o France ; or, n oher words, confe~ ha, from our pon of vew, " he has se hmself snce ha s he phraseology adoped, "for he exchangeo do evl." s mpossble for us o bansh from oar of errores on he Wes Coas." was on he day afermnds he suspcon--may we no say belef?--ha Sr he prnng of he las number ha we receved hs news Arhur Kennedy was no a sranger o he moong-, of hs from Pars, coupled wh he furher nformaon ha he Gamba cesson queson n he Fren oh Governmen(Councfl French Charg~ d Affares n London had been alreadya Pars or Versalles, whch ook place a shor me afer nsruced by hs Governmen o make hs applcaon n he arrved n England, and ou of whch ~ued he nsrucons (whch, we repea, we know were sen from London. Havng been recrung our healh, or endeavourlng o do so, we have no had me o asceran n France) o he French Chargd d ARares n London o London wheher such applcaon has been made, and wh reopen he queson of he Gamba cesson wh Her wha resul. There s no doub, however, on cur mnd Zajesy s Governmen, f possble. We have seen suffcen proof ha Sr Arhur Kennedy, lke ma W van men ha was duly made abou fve weeks ago ; and when we had he French nellgence a monh snce, we ook wh hgh self-eseem, pernacously adheres o a course mmedae seps for brngng nfluence o bear upon Her of error whch he may once have commenced. n hs "~[a esy s~. Governmen,. o preven her allowng hs endeavours o sand well wh Downng-sree, he wen quesmn of he cessmn of Gamba o France o be reopened beween he wo Governmens. Our frends effors o ge rd of he Gamba ; and hs amour Tropre s even before hs masers here n unscrupulous offcal who help us for Afrca are herefore no doub on oo deeply engaged snce he publcaon of he Gamba he wach, and we have receved a sor Of assurance from Correspondence, o allow hm o recede from he poson hem, ha does no seem probable ha he Brshhe had aken up. We were so far from wshng unnecessarly o aack he Governor-n-chef, ha we were n- Governmen wll now conseno reopen he negoaons. We canno gve any furher nellgence unl nex monh ; dned o cave he Gamba Correspondence alone, alhough we some me snce promsed a revew of ds- bu we meanwhle advse all concerned o be on he aler. ough no o be for a momen forgoen by hem, ha ~achds no a all credable, we hnk, eher o he offcal n one of he las dspaches of he Duo de GmmonAohear or hejd of Sr Arhur Kennedy. We may now, Lord Lvons re he Gamba Cesson Treayhe followng passage occurs: s Enclosure 4, n No. 59,daed a uly 20,1870agan we urge upon all concerned n he Cam ba queson, however, possbly carry ou our orgnal nenon; and (p. 74 of Gamba Correspondence), aud headed "Memoran-Bdum." Le Gouvernmen de l Empereur n a sur cos dfferens vglan, wachful, suspcous, and energec. pons aucun objecon, mas l ne lu sera pus possble de SPUROUS OFFCAL MARTYRS. s engager A accorder a cerans resdens la Gambe lea W:~ have ofen looked wh asonshmen a he mpuden dddommagomens auxquels l ea fl alluson duns la communcaon de M. l Ambassadeur Sa Majesd Bran- he jusfeaory papers whch conan he offcal demand demands made on human creduly by hose who draw up nque. La rdalsaon du proje d ~change ne dol pas ere for he canonsaon of some new san a Rome. Ye en effe pr~judcable aux personnes qua sen acuellemen hose mendacous narraves exhb a profound knowledge fxdes dans le Gambe, quelle qua so leur naonaly, e of he menal capables of he muludes of wllng l ne semble pas qu l pusse y avor leu a ndemn&" dupes o whom hey are n realy addressed. The san Ths we ranshe as follows: "The Governmen of he obans he desred repuaon, he marvels on whch he Emperor has no objecon o make on hese several demand of hs or her canonsaon was based have been pons [menoned n prevous paragraph], bu wll no publcly recorded and crculaed n he world, and may be possble for o underake o pay any ndemnes o henceforh be appealed o by monk and pres, who have ceran resdens n he Gamba o whch alluson s made some parcular objeco aan by, as conclusve and n he dspach of he Brsh Ambassador. The realsa-rrefuablon of he. pro ec..,j of exchange canno n effec be n any mer. Some such fuure purpose may perhaps be served evdence of wondrousancy and ranscenden way prejudcal o hose who are acually seled a he by he leer whch we hs monh reproduce from he Oamba, whaever her naonaly may be, and here d~s columns of he ofen.errng and deceved, bu, on he no seem o be any ca~ whaever for ndemny." Ths, whole unrvalled ~ mes newspaper, ha marvel of wealh, wll be furher borne n mnd was n reply o Enclosure ndusry, and alen, whch wh more or less accuracy 2, n,no. 44, July 5, 1870 (page 59 of Correspondence), deals wh he daly hsory, wans, nec,~les, wrongs, n whch Her Majesy s "Governmen presume ha n aspraons, and fears of he peoples of he whole kuo~rn case any slgh expendure by way of compensaon or habable world. No more mpuden demand on human SzP~. 23, 1871.] TRE AFROAN.THES. 31 creduly was ever made by he mos asue Jesu faherabou, and whch he has he head o acheve." Yes, he han has been made by he wrer of ha leer, when he obsnacy and selfshness of he Duch have "paralysed" demands he prases of an admrng world for )[r. Ussherhm. We beg pardon, bu we had been long snce nformed he was nearly paralysed from havng had hs as Admnsraor of he Gold Coas. Our opnon as o he auhorshp of ha leer wll be gven n anoherwshes and desres oo much grafed and oo easlyelded column. Mr. Ussher, wh no doub a keen sense of o, nsead of by any obsnae opposon on he par of graude for favours o come, as well as for a forbearance ohers o her gra6caon ; even Duch Elmna *ell, n he pas whch wedenounce as crmnal, has fallen down had been saed, no provng an excepon o he general andworshpped he magehaheparlamenary Commeerule of furn.shng facles for he ndulgence of he "dcaes of hm kmdly dsposon." The whole paragraph, may be sad o have se up, snce her repor was he jusfcaon of he Colonlal-offce n he re-nroducon of however, of hs precous leer havn~ reference o Mr. a Governor-Generalshp of he Brsh Selemens on he Admnsraor Ussher s oo good n "s"caw me, caw Wes Coas. n reurn for worshp ]~r. Ussher obans n you" way, and may possbly be so ofen needed for fuure he columns of he Tmes, as well as n he archves of reference, ha alhough we prn he leer n full n Downlng.sree, a cerfcae of offcal sancy and unmurmurng maryrdom, whch he maryr no doub parcular poron of enre n our leadng ype. Here anoher column, we feel ha we ough o enshrne hs reurns n knd n Sae papers oo precous even o mee s :-- he publc gaze, especally u hese days of Parlamenary"]k[r. Ussher, he presen Admnsraor of he Proecorae, has hs hear n he hard and hankless work whch prnng economy,, when he cos of producng an offcal. correspondence s held hu oo ofen o be a suffcenles before hm, and whc has already worn,m al,n,- o plea for s non-producon. There canno be a doub ha he verge of he grave, and he has he head o acheve hs cerfcae has been sough and obaned wh a vew wha hs hear has suggesed o hm should be b.ough o real subsanal benefs a he cos of ha selemen abou; bu hs ably and hs desre o follow ou m dcaes of a kndly dsposon are paralvsed by he ob,nacv, whch Mr. Ussher s admnsraon has ofen been denounced n our" columns (upon suffcen evdence) he selfshness/and he proxmy of he Duch." havng nensely pollued; bu wearng anxey and nce.ssan labour for he n(eressof whch we are now assuredselfsh obsnacy of he proxmae Duch had been so lgow has been for a long me noorous, before he have brough Mr.U~her o he verge of hegrave. Poor maryr Can any possble amoun of penson charged upon he pared as o unf hm for he pos he occuped a Cape manfesed, ha Mr. Ussher s healh was so grealy m- growng revenues of he Gold Coas be adequae o rewardcoas; hough no mpared by clmac nfluences, Whch such merorous, such devo md servce? Bu, f we recol-possbllec argh, every one of hose documens jusfyng canon-by hard anal hankless work n he publc neres.~ We may have asssed, hey were lkely o do, nor L~aon, o whch we have alluded, adduce some more or had herefore hoped ha hs presen vs o England was less worhless evdence of real or supposed facs n supporhe prelude o hs reremen from he Gold.coas admnsraon. would seem, f words mean wha hey pre- of he demand. Some such documens ough surely o have accompaned hs precous cerfcae n favour of Mr. end o mean, ha hs s no he case. :Englshman" Ussher. We are, of course, no unaware ha, followngwres ha he "has hs hear n he hard and hankless a mos perncous pracce on he Wes Coas of Afrca--work whch res before hm, and whch has already worn of furnshng deparng offcals, however odous or dsgraceful he rule may have been, wh mendacous flaer-senence shows ha he Gold Coas has been he scene of hm o he verge of he grave,, whle he resdue of he ng esmonals--such esmonal was sough and obanedsome a leas~ of hose exhausng labours As he work by Mr. Ussher when recenly abou o leave for England. slles before hm, and he has hs hear n, he wrer of Bu surely wh such clams as Mr. Ussher ses up o course nended o convey he nformaon, rue or false, ncrease of saary for a few monhs, and a consequen augmenaon of penson when he subsequenly akes hs place. f he mus neee.s~rly resume "he hard and hank- ha he was abou speedly o resume here. We regre n he offcal Panheon, some oher esmony ough o less work whch has already worn hm o he verge of he grave," we hope ha he wll resume n England, and no on he Gold Coas. may no be so speedly faal here as would be here ; and he Gold Coas woul~l have reaed even o he deah n Accra Gaol~from Mr. Fnlason, daed from hs especally prepared call n Accra, n graned, for a longer perod han cored oherwse be he grafcaon ofpayn~ hs penson, so soon now o be whch he "kndly dsposon" of Mr. Ussher shone forhexpeced. Happy Gold Coas how much beer o lavsh so promnenly; alhough we ruhlessly snached he your resources upon "Pnes" and "Usshers" who h~vo pampered prsoner from he sybarc sofness hs seclu-laboureson, and brough hm forh agan no he hard, rough, han n makng useless roads. Happy, hrce happy Gold so hard for your socal and maeral purfcaon, every-day world, o bask by-and.bye n hs urn n offcalooas~aud hrce happy offcals, o fnd ~uch an sunshne. There mgh have been one from he Bannerroans a he me of her unjus ncarceraon under he "Aladdn s" Garden o enjoy. ender auspces of Mr. Parker, who len hmself so readly CHURCH TOWER AND CLOCK N LAGOS. o decree he enjoymen of mprsonmen o hose who 1" has been bu oo much he fashon o laugh and sneer were no n favour wh he auhores. Anoher should a he saemens made by he few frends of Afrca, as o surely have been gven by he school.msress of he socalled Governmen Female School,* who was so long he progress of Chrsan cvlsaon he Wes Co~. There s one selemen, however, ha sandso boldly ou enhroned n Conran s Hospal, and asssed he Govern. n relef wh evdences of he power ef Grea Bran o men n geng rd of surplus revenue, whle relevng, promoe progress by eo amerce and Chrsany under he by her "-kndly dsposon," also, he ennu of offcers and regs of her auhory, ha lke an oass n he parched offcals Who were beng "worn down almos o he verge and burnng deser, our gaze ress upon wh delgh; of he l~rave." Surely evdence such as he foregong, and wh he fondan ancpaons of a fuure onward and oher esmony o analogous mers and devoon, course ha would have rejoced he hears of Wlberforce mgh have been added; and a own cleansed of s and Buxon n he belef cf a cvhsng and Chrsanzng abomnable, dsgusng, and deadly flh mgh have been rumphanly poned o. Bu f here are no such deeu. " Exr$c fromleer ~gned.mum and daed Acorn, June, 18"/, ~h;~,h ~r~r~ared m our July number : Bu Usaher wll ha.re o ea mens seemngly forhcomng, here s, however, a denun-caon of a cruel and perfdous enemy who has warredlo"~ &O, n-or by" he clmae, bu hy an rregular course of l r;n~: Yc.a ~-~r~:"ll be bured a-c~pe Co~L You know he w~ worn ou aganshs offcal maryr, and prevened hs besowalou~ ~ no o le any qu eaml~hness preven you em pung h~ on -*,~-O because f van do no he may be held up as anoher vcm o on he counry over whch he held sway of ho~ benefsafrcan chmae~ whch would be one of he greenes of false ood% whch "hs hear has suggesed o hm should be broughexcep ha hs end m~y have been hasened by he sench of wha ) c~ jusly call "hs beng on he mos elevaed, re on a d~ga.log and Se~,,So.nee,," n oar lank d~ngcrou~ dunghe~x "-F~. A. T.

5 1 f J [ 32 THE AFRCAN TMES. [8~r-r. 23, 18~ 1. nfluence o be exercsed by, ha mus produce noalcu-sprlable blessngs hroughou hose wde-spread errores, among her educaed Afrcan raders ; and hls par. cular manfsaon of has our warmes sympahy. We for he abundan producon of whch hs once dark sea do no offer pecunary ad; nor do we ask any one n of a hdeous slave rade, offers by 8 now well-flled por England, unless he be a Loges man absen for a me from a ready and advanageous oule.. s only en years hs conner}, o gve any ad. We are jealous for he repa. snce hs neresng lle sland was under nave rule, aon of f.agos. She s able now o do such works for her and a sor of Brsh proecon, whch had been affordedembellshmen and convenence wh her own money, and wh he objec of enrely suppressng he slave rade ha she wll do ; and f he ls of nrbuora be furnshed. was sll a devasang agen n neehbourn~ counres o us when he n~rv sum shall be all subscrbed, we was found, however, o be mpo~ble o preven hs wll mmoralse hem ]n our columns. Meanwhle we alogeher, whle he sland should connue under nave wsh hem hearly Godspeed ; and we desre ha hose rule; some lle slave rade was sll secrely carred on sncere frends el Afrca who do exs n Engla,d, should wh he nave manland ; and as he acual ruler of he ake comfor n seeng wha God has already wrough by c:.unrv was only so by reason of he effcacous proecon he cvlsng and Chrsansng agences of 0ren Bra~, afforded by a resden Brsh agen, wh :Brsh shps of n a place where bu a few years snce he waers were war whn call, was wsely and humanely deermned daly defled by he poor murdered vcms of he brual by he Brsh Governmen, n whch he power and nfluence of Lord Palmerson were hen supreme, ha he and abomnable slave rade. nave Kng should rere upon a penson~ and he selemen be made a Brsh one. We were an arden promoer of hs change, ~nd ncurred grea odum n consequence, GOLD COAST ROADS AND THE DUTCH SETTLE. among merchans who, under Brsh proecon, bero MENTS ON THE GOLD COAST. carred ~n a successful rade whou paymen of he.,, W~E. wrng he leader on Spurmus Offcal Maryrs,, dues exaced where Brsh auhores held sway ; and moved by Sr Arhurr Kennedy s leer n he T,,~ among educaed Afrcan raders, who ba n oo many under he slgnaureof":englshma~," we had fully pu~o"se ~d cases abandoned, n Lagos hose resrans whch Chrsan no o allow hs number of our journal o go o press cvlsaon m osed on hem n Serra Leone. La~os was whou enerng fully upon bo dscusson of he wo hen a flhy, pesferous place, pecuharly faal o above-menoned subjecs, whch, n addon o he Europeans. 2~n xears, only en years, and wha a change "maryrdom," form he saple of ha leer--vz., Capa has been accomplshed A no oher place n Afrca has Coas ~Roads, and Duch obsnacy and selfshness n no cvlsng progress been so rapd, or shown such rrepressble energy. :Msakea were made n he early days o~ gvng up Elmna, &o., o he l]rsh auhores. ~Ve publshed n hs paper a few monhs ago, Sr Arhur B~sh rule, whch led for a me o an enre alenaor Kennedy a leer e he Secreary of Sae, n reply o one of he pewerfulegba naons on he manland; evenuang whch we had addressed o he Colonal.offlce urgng ha m. hosles ha for some me paralysed rade, and lef here should be no furher delay n commencng roads ber seeds of dsrus n he nave mnd n Abeokua from Cape Coas, &e., o be carred forward evenually o and esewhero. By a wser polcy, however, durng he he borders of Ashan. n a subsequen number of our las 0ur or fve years, Admnsraor Glarer has done journal we examned he supposed argumen of ha leer much o redeem he pas n ha respec ; absanng from ef he Governor-n-Chef, and proved, we hnk, ha he ever.yhng ha coa4 gve rse o furher dsrus or objecons urged by hm were puerle and unworhy We smpcmn. We are sorry somemes o hnk ba ~ he neverregreha crcumsances preven our enern~ wh eoual can oban he confdence and goodwll of he Egba people; fu[uess a hs momen upon he consderaon of hsla~ and ha, n consequence, many works ha would shed addonal lusre upon hs name, can never be effeced by effor n dsproof of he po~bly and uly of roads n he Gold Coas dsrcs. s oo largo and mporan a hm. And h ere we hnk well o ake advanage of hs subjec, and one whch has been a heme wh us for opporuny o mpress upon hm he nec~y, n he oo many years, o allow us o lm our remarks ~eress of Loges, of no ncauously recommencngso rgdly as we should be compelled o do, f we ebr such as br openng communcaon wh badan, aemped o fulfl now he nenon o whch &e., hey may arouse anew he old hosle feelngs, we have above alluded. We wll, however, consder Sr and ha can only serve o reard he realsafon of hose Arhur Kennedy s new excuses, as well as re-consder, useful objecs whch he no doub has n vew, bu whch possbly, hs old ones, n our nex ssue. Equally mus we we are persuaded.he neror naves never can be brough defer he observaons we nended o make on he paragraphs n "Englshman s" leer, bea~ng onhe projeced o asseno and co-operae n, unl Lago shall possess an eleced Legslav6 Councl. When hs rgh shall be accorded o her, he pre~nce and nfluence of hose educaed Afrcan merchans and raders, cvlsed and Chrs-~h nno;h.owever, cesson of he Duch possessons o rea k~ran. We e asnon of lae here wh defer Sr remarkng A. Kennedy ha and has ohers become o /an, whch Loges already has n no small number among allude ~o he projeced cesson of he Duch possessons as her czens, may and wll enable he hen Governmen of a benef whch /~y had prepared, and were abou o Lagos o overcome all suspcon and anmosy, and o besow on he Gold Coas; and hs s clearly agan show :Egbas, l-jebus, jesbbas, and all concerned, ha Loges nsnuaed by "Englshman" n hs leer, where he makes desres he nroducon of such and such works among he Duch whdrawal a sor of foundaon-sone of some hem, no from moves of ambon er lus of grea polcy of ]fr. Ussher s "who has had he head o domnon, bu for he muual and recprocal advancemen of Loges and he neror. Tha eleced acheve wha hs hear had suggesed o hm should be brough abou;" bu ha "hs ably and hs desre o Legslave Councl canno be long dened o Lsgos. {er progress s oo rapd o perm of hs. Her follow ou.he dc~es of a. kndly dsposon are paralysed )y ne unsunae); rne selfshnes% and he proxmy of he revenues, from dues on mpors, are now, we beleve, Duch." Wha ~ hs bu a sor of efforo arbue all beween 40,000/. and 50,0001. a-year They wll, no doub, yearly ncrease. Sbe has well-lad-ou srees, presenng a srkng conraso he former agglomeraon of ~hae~~les class o Afrcan hus. Those srees are lghed, hs nobly"? The ce~on of he Duch Selemens oa y mprovemens have,made her a healhy place of he Gold Coas o Grea: Bran was conceved, urged, and resdence, even for Europeans, f hey wll absan from he] ardenly promoed by frends of Afrca years ago--before ndulgence of hose desrucve propenses whch may be here was any prospec of a zovernor-zeneralshn for Sr jusly sad o have dug by far he greaer number of Brsh Arhur Kenn.-a...~_:_:_.y ~r",-r_~ " ~raves alon~ he W es Cx~ a~a ~.~.-_~ ~...~....~[, ="2 ~ ~mm~er, or a mr. ussuer was ever cha,~ls r*, wh ~ ch have/.:.z. Z: ~:u.or., ~"" he mos~ ~....~.,,/,~,~,~ par~ om ny mugs[ =ae W~a a~am~ he~ of as bref a possble remarks admnsraor we relucanly of he pos Gold po Co~. Aurch ower, wh s p,~blclock. We admre hs publo [nex monb,. s W. r~_, ; THE.AFRCa3 TMES. -DESTRUCTON OF G ~ RALD(PS HOUSE, hero; here was uo Brsh admnsraon ofjuslce ; hey ~o.~ han.cue remonsrance has been Mdms~ o a, by hud les hn n he huds of he nave Kng and ehef~. ~wn frends a Cal~ Coas and Acorn ouehlng our Gcralde, herefore, annals o h~ Kn_o a,~m hsdebors. advocacy of Geraldo s clam o compensaon for he wanon~.the Kng. was nol~ m or~ e successful n ~ obanng paymen d~raeon of hs hour~ by order of he Governor.General. for Geraldo from ha debors, han Oeraldo hmself had " Why do yen ake up Oeraldo s cause? wll no addbeen. The Kng hen gave hm auhory o do hmself o.your populary n Cape Coas and Acorn." Our reply~usco by ha rude sysem whch prevals n nave Afrca ~s smple. "We ake up Geraldo s cause as we have akenof sezng any propery he could fnd belongng o he up so many a cause dsaseful o he auhores, and no ndvduals hus refusng o pay hm her debs ; end who popular, because we beleve o be founded on rgh and were sellng o oher raders for goods produce whch hey jusce; and ha here are prncples nvolved of veryough o have pad hm for goods already receved on rus grea momen as regards he spread of clvlsaon and he from hm One hnndred and sxy dollars worh of ol esablshmen of a regular good governmen on he Wes were hus sezed by hm from a debor n~med Ovocroyas : Coas. Populary has never been our am. ]f we have and from hs rflng sezure burs forh he damn whch been popular, f we have had publc opnon wh us, such, caused he deah of hou~nds of vcms--whch devas- he coon dlsres of Krepee--and has drven oher a leas, as was worh havng, was because he ruhaed shone cu n us; because, unlke hose lvng under he housands of nnocen women and chldren no cruel local nfluences, we were no swayedby hose pey neress slavery n Ashanee. Here s he ease wh whch we whch dsurb he judgmen; because we had nohng o have o deal. We have nohng o do wh he collaeral hope or fear from he paronage or dspleasure of offeals or sub.~-~clueu ssues nvolved. The prncple a sake or Governmen. When our frends were, wh mos appears o us o be clear and ndspuable--a governmen nfamous njusce, subjeced o harsh mprsonmen underha receves cusoms dues owes full proecon o ~s ha poor wronged maryr, Admnsraor Ussher, was raders whn he lms of s jurlsdlcon ; fals n gvng no he popular voce ha me~ ed us o her rescue. The hs ; he rader s drven back by he Governmen neglec popular voce would, on he conrary, have gone wh he o proec hm upon he exercse of hs own naural yranncal auhore~ had we no shown how nfamous rghs; hs leads o unforeseen and wdespread dsasers, would be for hus o range self, and ha he safey ef[ whch may be sad, bu only secondarly, o have orgnaed every ndvdual was concerned. The fear of unpopulary [ n ha man s effors o proec hmself and hs propery, wll no, herefore, ever move us from he course whch [because hey orgnaed prmarl~ n he njusce and jusce and a regard for he bes permanen neress of he neglec of he Governmen o whc he pad hs cusoms "Wes Coas counres and l~eoples, pon ou o us as ha dues. An njusce on he par of he Brsh auhores we eugh o pursue. nh scaseofgeraldo ssawreng-lhus les a he roo of he whole maer ; and for hose dong and ncompeen local auhory, an ungovernng auhores, nsead of gvng compensaon o he rader governmen, ha has hounded on publc opnon agans for he njusce and wrong he had susaned, o desroy he man Gereldo, o screen s own njusce, neapaey, hs house suae n a counry where people had proeced and feebleness from he publc mnd. A smple saemen hm (havng rescued hm a frs from ceran deah hrough of Geraldo s as o he orgn of all he lae roubles appears he falure of he Brsh auhores o proege hm) by n anoher column. We have oher saemens, wh he cannon-sho from one ef Her Majesy shps, s n our names of every ndvdual any way concerned, bu he eyes a gross aggravaon of orgnal wrong, and one for onewe hus nser s Suffcen for he presen. We have whch he Brsh Governmen, as he Governmen of a fah n s beng a rue relaon of he leadng ncdens, jus and equable Chrsan naon, s bound o make because bears ou wha we heard from ndependen sources l ample.amends. The queson has been moved from of he orgn of hose ds~rous dsurbances whle hey lhe localy where orgnaed, and where he conwere ye n her nfancy. Whenever anyhng wrong[sequenroubles have prevaled, by ha wanon ac: s done, here mus clearly be some wrongdong Gref he Govern0r-General and he Commander of an ndvdual er of nclvduals n ; bu [Her Majesy s Shp Per. The mperal power dreclyoo ofen happens, ha he resuls flowng by naural fnervened, and s now fur he mperal auhores o see sequence from he frs wrongdong, blnd men from he/ha jusce s done. s o be nferred from hs ha we, ruh as regards he orglnalwrong doer. Ths has always herefore, approve of all ha Geraldo dd n he exercse seemed ~ e us o have been he case wh ho~ desruc~ e of hs naural rghs? By no means; we denounce and dspues and wars n he Easern dsrcs, for he permed we deplore he means whch he employed. Bu hs, We connuance of whch we have so ofen blamed he Cape repea, does no n any way aler he case. ls erroneous Coas Governmen and he chef auhory a Serra Leone ; conduc does no exonerae he Brsh auhores from any who have shfed he blame hey ough jmly o ncur n of he blame whch prmarly a~ches o hem. would; no sheldng and proecng a man who was payng hem no doub, have been more noble and praseworhy, as ~ cusoms dues, and was herefore enled o clam her would have been more o hs neres, we beleve, for acve nerference whn he lms of he place where Gera do o have waved all hs clams and have ~ down such dues were colleced, agans all volence and njusce conenedly nnder hs wrens. Bu whch among ha mgh be dreced agans hm--shfed he blame, we he whole hos who condemn hm, and now range repea, from hemselves, o hm~from hemselves, neglgen or ncapable auhores, o hm, he man who auhores, and of he cannonadng Governor-general, hemselves n opnon on he sde of he Cace Coa, sur~red hrough such neglec and ncapacy. Look a would have hus aced? We fear, alas no one. Weha~e Geraldo s saemen, whch bears he mpress of ruh as hough rgh hus far o vndcae he course we..arc regards he orgn ef he roubles, however coloured, pursung advocang Geraldo s clams upon he Brush may seem o be by ndvdual feelng n he relaon of Governmen~no any longer upon he delnquen Brsh subsequen occurrences. Geraldo was domcled as a raderauhores on he Coas--because s mporan as a Addab ; for a perod of egh years he pursued here a regards our nfluence for good and for he publc neres lawfulegmae rade. The Cape Coas mpor dues exend o and are leved for er by he Brsh auhores a or be hougho be deparng from hose grea and hgh on he Wes Coas ha we should no be msundersood ; Addah. n reurn for paymen of such dues, Oeraldo s prncples - - whch have ever g uded us... n conducng hs clearly enled by all puble law o proecon n he pur paper. There canno be a more mperan prncple nculcaed han hs--ha wherever a governmen exacs su of hs lawful callng by he governmen whch receves hs money. Geraldo rused ou hs goods O navedues, s bound o gve proecon whn he lm~ of Addah raders, accordng o he cusom of he counry. s "ursdcon ; bound also here o afford legal redress These red o evade paymen; a no unusual occurrence on for wrongsusaned by he rader ; and ha f fals he Coas, and one ha has led o so much rouble beween beh n affordng redress and n gvng proecon, s Brsh merchans and naves heol rversaudelsewhere. placed hereby so deeply n he wrong, ha no subsequen The Brsh auhores a Cape Coas, alhough hus levv-wrong-donrg dues a Adds, had no esablshed any cours of law o desperaon by s njusce a~,d s negl,~., can he par of he man whom hus drves exe J :

6 J 34 THE AFRCAN TMES. [Szrv :- ~ / onerae from he lably has ncurred. f hs hss no ye arrved a Cape Coas for roads, u he Europeans prncple be correc, Geraldo s enled o full compensa-accepaoon, boh for hs orgnaloss and he aacks upon hs has raher o dscover ha means by whch he suble agences of he word, and ha he Oovernmen a Cape Coas person ; and furher for ha crownng ac of volence n whch desroy horses, mules, end, ndeed, all he larger anmals, whch he Governor-General (who, aecordug o our can be couneraced and evenually removed. a scarcely pos- o suppose ha roads can be kep open when cars are no o corresponden "Mum," n our July number, had promsedsble he Acorn people ha "he would no leave Jella Coffee be ~een n he counry; and ha cars canno be seen s no surprsng when neher horse, nor mule, nor ox can lve sx weeks whou he body of Oeraldo") wanonly desroyed hs o draw hem. Meu ceranly do usurp he place of horse, mule, house and propery. and oher beass of draugh, bu conceve ha s no he legmae mode of racon by whch you would seek o underarm4 SMALLPOX AT CAPE COAST. ha he rondon he Gold Coas were kep free from he presence WB deplore, hough we are no surprsed, ha he loah-osome epdemc, smallpox, s commng s ravages a hnk also ha he Colonal-off]ca wouldo well o leave no he rank and rapd vegeaon of Afrca. Cape Coas. The flhy condon of ha own, fully effor unred o nduce he Duch Governmen o abandon hose selemens whch are of no servea o he Duch Crown npoln exposed n lae numbers of hs journal, mus whou of dgny or of rade, bu whch sadly mpar he moral, polcal, doubend o he ncrease of s severy, as well as o he as wall as commercal developmen of he nave r)es, who number of aacks. A few years snce (sx, we beleve), have unforunaely fallen under he nfluence of Duch law and afer grea ravages of smallpox a Acorn, when Dr. Gunn, example. am aware ha he erms of a cesson o us of he who was a ha me on he saon, vaccnaed a very errory clamed by he Duch were absoluely concluded a consderable number of he nave populaon, and hus, Caps Coas and Elmna u he earler par of hs year ; bu he was consdered, dd much o arreshe onward progress of repugnance of he Governmen a he Hague o par wh wha he faal dsorder, we more han once called aen/on o brngs no honour and leas money has pu an end o arrangemens whch would have enabled us o rase a local revenue from he subjec, n he hope ha he Brsh auhores n he selemens of hs counry on he Coas, would ake some Cusoms dues suff]cen o warran an expendure needed, no effecual measures for brngng he ~pulaon gradually only for plannng and wdenng road.% bu for snkng wells, for uuder ha degree of proecon" whch vaccnaon undoubedly affords. "We do no say wha ha degree s ; cples, and for esablshng domeso benefa whou number. promong geologcal surveys, for encouragng he ars of agrculure, for colsrucng housea ou beer and healher prn- bu, lookng a he ~uropean populaon n he presenunl he Duch shall choose, for a consderaon, o urn her day, wh her smooh, unmarked faces, we fnd hey backs on a Spo where her faces are an mpedmen o maeral presen so marked a conraso hose of he generaonand senmenal progress, hese hngs canno be done, because passed away, as o esablsh beyondspue ha he degreecash canno be go, and beeaus~ he Duch aeam o ak especal s a very consderable one. s, herefore, grealy o be delgl~ n playng over agan he old surlness of he dog n he regreed ha our self-maryrsng, zealous Admnsraors manger. on he Wes Coas, whle "wearng hemselves o he very Mr. Ussher, he presen Admnsraor of he Proecorae, has verge of he grave, n her arduous exerlons for he hs hcar n he hard and hankless work whch lles before good of he nave populaon, have no pad more aenon o hs mporan maer of he employmen of pre- hm, and whch has already worn hm almoso he verge of he grave, and he has he head o acheve wha hs hear has suggesed o hm should be brough abou; bu hs ably and venve means for arresng he spread of ha errblehs desre o follow ou he dcaes of a kndly dsposon are scourge of Afrca--smallpox--among he nave people. paralysed by he obsnacy, he sellhhness, and he proxmy of n anoher cohmn we publsh a shor accoun of an expe he Duch. rence n hs maer n he Eas ndes, where he prejudce agans, or raher dsbelef n he benef of vaccna of Afrca, and has ased he dsapponmens of unsned Such are, brefly, he vews of one who has esed he clmae fnn, has far exceeded anyhng of he knd experenced n labour spen n he usual ask of endeavourng o releve her Afrca. ndeed, Dr. Gunn assured us a he me of he from he res and cusoms of a savage radon, and who ses Acorn oubreak, he people came wllngly and wh srongup a preenson o no newness of polcy and o no peculary expressons of graude o oban he proecon (hen Of socal acon, bu who smply comms o paper wha would proved n her eyes o be real) whch vaccnaon affords. srke he mos cursor S. observer and h0 leas Augus 31. ~ E snlmm~w. praccal Wheher he sal-made Maryr Admnsraor of Cape Coas reurns here, or some oher aspran maryr be sen ou, we beg once agan o express he hope ha, by he T~ SATE ~-a. CR AaLES BVXTOH, M.P. formaon ea vaccne nsuon, or by gvng a fee per Such men as he lae Me. Charles Buxon, whose deah was head o he Army and Colonal Surgeons for every chld our panful duy o noce n our las, deserve he fulles record or adul properly and effecvely vaccnaed by hem, or by wecan gve whn proper lms n he Jfrcan H~. We herefore copy he followng bref bographcal noce, whch ~me oher acve and dependable means, he nave popu. laon n he fuure may be less exposed o he ravages of appeared n he ~ ~ :~ "Tar ~z Ma. C~ARL~ Bvxrox, ~.P ~ s scarcely proper smallpox han.has been n he pas. The records of ha a man so wdely known as was ~fr, Charles Buxon should raveuera ann explorers esablsh nconesably ha smallpaz, s away whou placng ou record n our columns some fulhr pox s he g~a faal dsease of Afrca. Among he greanoce of" hs career han he bref paragraph whch appeared u ena precous oeneljs whch European evleaon besowsour las mpresson. The younges sea of he lae emnen on Afrca, le hs be one, ha we make he resuls of our phlanhrops, Sr Thomas Fowell Buxon, by a daugher of he own experence nsrumenal savng Afrcan lves from house ~f Ourney, of Norfolk, Mr. Bnzou was born a Cromer, n ha couny, n he year He was educaed Trny ha" fell.desr yer" The propa ~,aono of vaccna on ough o be acvely carred on from every Brsh selemen. Collage, Cambrdge, where he clo=q,d hs undergraduae course by akng whs B.A. degree a second class n classcal honour~ ogeher wh he mahemacal dsncon of a junor opma. We LETTER ON THE WEST COAST, PUBLSHED N dd no ener Parlamen unl he general elecon of 1857, when "TMES." he was reurned for Newpor, n he sle of Wgh, n he The followng appeared n he ~ me.s of he le Sepember, Lberal neres, and as a suppdrer of Lord Palmerson, who headed "We, Coas of Afrca ":~ had apl:~aled o he counry upon bn poloy wh respec o To he Eor of h~ Tme~. Chna. Two years laer he wooed and won he larger and more Sr,--Whle alludng yeserday o he hopes, wans, and roubles of he Gold Coas, you dd no fal o remark ha a grea mporan consuency of Madsone, whche represened for s~x years whou nermsson. u 1866, a he general decon, he was reurned, along wh Mr. Locke Kng, as ~.P. for boon would be conferred he nhabans of he Proecorae f good, broad roads were made. Tha roads nersec hese pars Eas Surrey, afer a very severe sruggle, agans ~r. H. W. of he Proecorae whch border he sea-lne s no o be dened; Peek and he Hen. Wllam Brodrck, now Lord Mdleou. He bu s a fac equally ncapable of denal ha he people wll was re-chosen a he las general elecon by a majory of abou no walk along he roads, good and broad as hey may be. n 400 voes. wll be remembered ha Mr. Buxou was aa her opnon, he narrow roads whch creep hrough he jungle acve member of he cebraed Jamaca Commee, whch was are far preferable o he roads whch he whe man has been a engaged n supporng he charges of msgovernmen of ha he pans of cung hrough bush and ove rock. sland by he governor, Mr. E. J. Eyre ; and hs labours on hs Bu, f may venure an asseron, would say ha he me subjec boh n and ou of Parlamen wll no be readly for. 8z~, 2~, 18 l.] /,J...,... THE AFRCAN TM21S. 35 goen. He was also can of he earles ms4 m,~ zealous su p- mgh be ra~d wh hs objec. Mr. R. W. Dale warmly supporers of he Vohn~er movemen, and was ndefagable hs command as Leu Colonel of he le Baalon of he Tower pored he proposal, and, afer a shor d~us~oa, an amoun of l abou was aubscfbed or promsed n he room. No Hamles Rfles. He van a magsrae for hs nave couny sad doub s eneraned of rasng 1,0001. n Brmngham alone, and a~ba for ha of Surrey, n whc he owned a p opery afox f he scheme s aken up n oher pars of he counry n he warren, near WeybHdge. Mr. Buxon dsngushed hmself learns spr, ample funds for he esablshmen of he college wll al~ as a men of leers, beng a wrer n he Cambrd~.F~ayssoon be forhcomng. and repued conrbuor o he 8aur~y Rerfw. The mess popular work of hs pen, however, s hs bography of hs dsngushed faher, on whom fell ~hs manle of Wlberforce, as DR. LVNGSTONE--COMMUNCATON FROM SR he anagons of he slave rade sod he reformer of our penal :RODERCK MURCHSON. ~o ~Hn zmroa or ~a~ ~ra~c~.,," ~mr.s. code. Mr. Buxon hm~lf was a phlanhrops, end here was Sr,-- have hs day receved a leer from Dr. Krk, a scarcely a measure of educaonal progress and reform whche Zanzbar, daed July 19, 1871, n whche saes:~ dd no advose and suppor boh n and ou of Parlamen. A " can. regreo say. gve no furher accouns of Lvng, handsome rbue was pad o hs memory and o hs personal sone. Wha las wroe abou hs vso ha lle-known worh n he House self on Prday ngh by Mr. R. N. Fowler, place wes of Tanganyka a confrmed, and he Arabs from M.P., who ss on he Opposon benches. only remans o ha quarer seem o coun hm que one of he resdens of add ha Mr. C. Buxou marred u he year 1850 Mss Emlybo~ places. There s ceranly no ll-feellng on he par of he Mary Hol/snd, a daugher of Sr Henry Holland, who su:vves Arabs o hm. hm, by whom he has lef a yonbful famly." "The lle jealousy hey seem o have shown a frs has passed off, and sen a leer a few days ago by he frs caravan GAM BA. of he season o Ujj. Be no despar. The Docor s movng o znz zn~ro~ oz ann AFsrcx.~ rz~. slowly, bu safely; he evdenly feels h~ way, and s deermned Dear Mr. Edor,~A mos neresng ca~ of alleged robberyo leave lle doub behnd hm hs me." has jus recenl) been red n our Supreme Cour. The smple reman, your obeden servan, facs of bo case srs shorly hese: A respev~?olo and nel- l~od1~reg. Muac[~[so.,. Egen young man named Jacobs, a nave of Serra Leone, who, 16, ]~slgrave.square, Augus 28. pror o he alleged robbery, was employed as a emporary clerk a he offce of Mr. Chown, a European merchan, was charged SepL 20, The Tmes of ndfa saes ha more recen on suspcon of ha~ng commed robbery a Mr. Chown s offce nellgence has been receved of Dr. Lvngsone, who was wes on he 22nd of June las. appeared from he evdence of of Lake Tavganyka, whence he had sen o Ujj, requesng ~r. Brookes (he agen of Mr. Chown durng hs absence n hs supples o be forwar,~ed.~en. -4. T. England) ha a an early hour on he day he alleged robbery ook phce, he carred no he offce he sum of fry.sx pounds NOTCE, odd, and deposed here n he presence of he clerks. Some DSSOLUTON OF PARTNERSHP. me afer en a.~., when all he clerks had rered o her OTCE S HEREBY homes for breakfas, he money was m.~ed and Jacobs was sus-peced. Mr. Brookes communcaed hs suspcon o hs frendwllams, under he syle and frm of HOARE. O CONNOR & GVEN, ha he Parnershp Busnes~ hhero exsng beween myself and Mr. James O Conuor he Rev. G. Neol, Colonal Chaplan, who nformed ~acobs of CO., has hs day been DSSOLVED by muual agreemen. he suspcon hrown upon hs characer, and advsed.hm o delver up he money o hm, When Mr. Brookea would no preven hs gong away o Serra Leone. Jacobs dened he charge, All Accouns sandng agans he sad frm of Heave. O Connor, & Co. up o dae, shall be pad and sasfed by me ; and all debs due and owng o he sad frm are o be pad o me, he under- THOS. GEe. HOARE. and hreaened legal proceedngs agans Mr. Neol for falselysgned. accusng hm. Mr. Breokes herefore ook prooeedngs %,ans L~gos. 13h July Jacobs, who was charged ~ hav~g commed he robbery, on O h6 ground ha on he same d~y he was seen walkng he OTTON, WOOL, sud oher Maeral, PRESSED aud seea wh somehng under hs arm. The pr~ner defended PACKED by WALKER S PATENT ROTATNG hs own case and endeavourcd o prove *,ha he was no n he PRESS, n HALF he USUAL TME. Sugar 31lls for offce when he robbery was commed. The jury, however, Splug he Cane, Palm Nu Assorers, Nu Crackers, and convced hm of he charge, and he was senenced o nne every knd of Machne for Afrca or nda. monhs ml:rsonmen wh hard labour.~ reman, dear Mr.., J.kMR.~.STREEr, CTY-ROAD, LONDON. gaer, yours, &e., A ~a~a Lso.~r~x. lfrvan Gold 0rnameas, Broorkes, EarhEn, l ng% fhalns, ~c, NATAL. M REaR.SUE AND ~ExPLwv~roz~.~The annual reurns of revenue R. W. R. TAYLOR begs o nform hs numerous and expen.dure were pubhshed n he Ga~.~Hs of ha 18h ns. and he publo generally ha from and afer cusomers he dae They sho~ ha whle he acual revenue for 1869 was 116,3761, hereof he wll be prepared o execue all orders for Gold and he acual expendure (ncludng S,003L repad o Harbour Trnkes, &c., forwarded o hm, provded always ha such orders are accompaned wh remances. A moderao commsson of en per cen. wll be charged, and none mus expec. Works loan), 13,981L See,n--The sugar season s nearly a an end. Small parcela her orders o be execued unless accompaned wh a remance of sugar, however, sll connue o oe shpped from our por, bu hey are low and far beween. The ssps arcles of expor a hs season are wool and skns. The sugar season has been For-sree, oppose he Casle, Cape Coas. December a mos successlul one, and s expeced nex year wll be even more so; ha s, should labour be more plenful han s BRTSH AND AFRCAN now, STEAM NAVGATON CO~PANY. Cor~sz.--Of he coffee crops we hear mos glowng accouns. Good auhores ~ave calculaed ha he yeld h sea~p wll SHPPERS are respecfully no be far abor of l,d00 ns, On ~omo esaes, more han nformed ha ba Company now despach TWO ~TEAHER8 MONTHLY o he WES double he e~mae has been pcked. COAST of AFRCA. PROPOSED MSSONARY COLLEGE N AFRCA. The fne new Screw Seamers A a publc breakfas n connexon wh he annual meeng of he London Mg~onary Sc<-ey n Brmngham on Wedne~ay, he Rev. G. B. Johnson saed ha a propos.al had been made by ~ BONNY... LBERA ]OQUELLE... VOLTA CONGO... LOANDA Mr. Rober Hud~n, of Brmngham, o found a college, as~caed wh he name of Mr. Rober Moff~, for he ranng of he followng Pors on he Wes Coas of Afrc.~ (calln~ a Wll ~AL TWCE MONTLY be~vecn LVERFOOL and schoolman:era and mns~r~ f,r he mssonary feld n Afrca-- MxnsR.~)---vz., SERRA LEOSE, 3ONOVA. CAPE he college o be locaed n he mssonary dsrc, and for hepalhas, CA[ E COA81 CASTLE. ACCRA, JELL:l[ benef of nave convers. Mr. Hudmn had expressed hs COFFEE, LAGOS, DEN[N, BONNY, ~ERNANDO l O, and wllngness o gve lea per cen. on he amoun of any sum haold CALABA. The days cf Salng from Lverpo-J1 are hc A corres~uden eude,voars o ac-c6~n for J~_,abs c.)nvcon by 6h and 18hor each monh. sang ha egh of he jury were decaden n some way or oher on For furher nform,on apply n Leaden o M~s~rs. 3[xco~, he frm whch Mr. B~k~, he prosecuor, represens. hs be rue, H cnsox, and Co., 5, Crosby-square; a Glasgow, o f~x u~n; he Sherff and he judge we~e boh o blame--bu we carmo beleve whou furher e..m, n~, alhough we h~ve na c~nfdsnc ~ LSr~LL~n. and Co., 4. ~lswal~-srce; and u Lverpool o - n he judge n quesou.--eu. A. T. ELDER, DEHPSTER, & CO.~ 2, ]Srun~wek-~e~. ] ) J f

7 .. 1"3 36 TWZ AFRCAN TMES. [S~Pr. 23, 1871 RELANCE OFFCES 71, J. T. ABDY, Esq.. LL.D., Wel~yn, Hers. GEORGE ASHLN, Esq., C<~ru Exchange. Mark-lane. W. W. )UFFELD. F. q., Solcor. Chemsford. J. W. EGERTON GREEN, E~., J.P., Banker, Colcheser. JOHN JAM ES. Esq., Corn-facor, Mark-lane. JOHN W. LAY. Esq., J.P., %VMcos. Grea Tey, Essex. J. OXLEY PARKER. E~q., J.P., Banker, Malden. WLLAM PHELPS, Esq., Moaague-place, Russell-scluare. SECRETARY. EDWARD BUTLER, E-~q. UTUAL LFE ASSURANCE SOCETY. ESTABLSHED SA0: KNG WLLAM STREET, LONDON, E,O. DRECTORS. JOlN PKE. Ec.q., Hop Merchan, Souhwark. HENRY T. PRNSEP, Esq., Member of ndan Cou,~cl. CHARLES H. SMTH, Esq., J P., Tenby. JAMES TRALL, Esq., J.P., Morden-hll, Backheab. JAMES C. TRALL. Esq.. Barrser-a-Law, 61, Chaueey.lano. W. M. TUFNELL, Esq., J.P., Banker, Chelmsford. JOSEPH H. WATERS, Esq., Manufacurer,.Mancheser, " EDWARD WHTE, Esq., Corn-facor, Savage-gardens. ASSSTANT-SECRETARY. ] DAVD SKRVNG, Esq. OPFCERS. r~.doal J. W. OGLE, Esq., M.D.; H. FLY SMTH, Esq., M.B. BANKERS. 31asses. WLLAMS, DEACON, and CO., Brchn-la~; THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK; MESSRS. SPARROW, TUFNELL, and CO., Chelmsford. SOLCTORS. ME~RS. H00KE end STREET, 21, Lncoln s-un-felds; Masses. GEPP and SONS, Chelmsford. " 4 THE SOCETY S PROFTS.--The ~nre Profs belong o he Assured, and are equably dvlded every fve years. ABSOLUTE ASSURANCES.~The Drecors nve aenon o he new sysem of Lfe Assurance by en, ffeen, or ~venv annual premums each premum, when pad, securng an absolue s_~uranee of eher a enh, ffeenh, or weneh par of he sum named n he polcy. F~REGN TRAVEL AND RESDENCE.--Aendon s also requesed o he exenson of lms for foregn ravel and resdence, as se forh n 1he S,~cev s Prospecus. PAYMENT OF CLAMS---Clams no exceedng ~00 are pad as soon as recogubed by he Board. Assurances of larger amoun are seled whn hree calender monhs afer proof of deah, sasfacory o he Drecors. has been gven. ND[SPUTABLTY OF POLCES.--The Polce~ of he Socey are, and always have been, nd/spuable; no polcy wll be voded by error n he a~e saed, nor by any uonenona ms-saemsus n he proposal and declaraon. Forms of Proposal, P ospecoses and every nformaon may be obaned on applcaon a any of he Soclev s Branches or Agences hroughou he Uned Kngdom. N.B.--ln l~ hope ha he may hereby render serrce o Afrca n ~ onward oours~ ~f clr~,ahon, M~. FlrzGzm~LO, Edor of he "Afrcan Tmes." raxs CONSENTED $o ACT AS AGENT for hz abore-menoned Company, Th~ names of medcal off, ern for l~ Company n Wes Afrca Selemens rll be a,rerosd as soon aa such may lvzre been apponed. 3eanwhl~ a29plea{ona from person# deslrou~ o n~urs can only be receved n cases n cheh hey may be able o subm hemsdres o nspecon by he medcal off.cera he Socey n.england. SYDENHAM HOUSE,..50 LUDGATE HLL, LONDON, SA)UEL BROTHERS, MERCHANT TALORS AND OUTFTTERS. On he SYsem of Chargng he Lowes Prce possble for Ready Money. LONDON CLOTHNG.--Perfecdon n Syle and F s suppled by he ad of he new Self-measure Rules, as gven below. De, rng ~reny-f~e years her Clohng has been celebraed for sound economy, perfec fng, and he mos genlemanlko syle. J THE ~,VORLD-FAMED SYDENHAM SUTS AT 59s, Are manufacured n suable syles for all occasons, and n he varous subsances of SYDENHAM Cloh for all Clmaes. MORNNO A.~D BvsNESs Sus s. 0d. o 84S. 0d. TP.ocszas... ]ds. 0d.,, 26s. 0d. D~ss.,,WD P~O~X*DE Suers... 59~. 0d.,, -s. 0d. TRocsr.as... 17s. 6d.,, 30s. 0d. STATE, LAW, AND CLERCAL ROBES SUPPLED AT VERY ADVANTAGEOUS PRCES. THE NEW,BOOK ON GENTLEMEN S ATTRE Conans Fory-hree Engravngs o represen he F~honable Syles. PHce ls.,deduced from a purchase (pos-free). Any garmen can be suppled by sendng he allowng measures : Gve, x Lwc,~s, whole hegh of person. Fen x Co.~r : Round he breas, round he was, from cenre of back o he wrs ; for lengh of sleeve, arm ben. FoR Wx~coxz : Round breas and was. Yes TROVSZRS: Lengh ousde seam from op o boom, lengh usde "seam from fork o boom, round he was, round he sea. Pa rsr.ws ~ND L~sr of Parers Pose Fuse. TROUSERS. SAMUEL BROTHERS GUARANTEE TO SUPPLY, N EVERY CLASS, PERMANENT COLOURS, GENTLEMANLY STYLE SOUND WORKMANSHP, AND PERFECT FT, Messrs. Samuel Brohers fnd necessary o sae ha he Posage of Leers mus be Prepad, or hey wll no be rer~recl. SAMUEL BROTHERS 50 LUDGATE HLL, LONDON ENGLAND. ef wll B 6h be Casfl a Pr~n hulk D. he B Brl Br~