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1 : ~ ! :~, J " ~+~-.. lgegis(~,o~ for] [~on Abro~;/ --,. ~"--" "Y:. : +: +- ~ -. : :.,, "F.OR.GOD., AND GOOD TO AFRICA AND HER PEOPLE." " ~.:: -( :o 1!~, Self+ arm ) -"..Her. I; "r,- ~ + ~:. +,... a :...,x~e nerend. Pocer on.sf~lul~l am (s fi ~r~#" -/ fa~ any /~, an~ Slo* are r~_ see, m~ pmpo~.~],,~ d ".~:.. ~ #_^. ~,~ l(o,,cod of ma~d ind. -L-F-a))loN I) B~L ~,...:+ " ++ ~/ +,( l~l~ee.wae, ze, e~ may o, na <;me+, , - FMB -. +,, -~gf.e PJ.a~,~,ff ~ +~ G o~.nal4.~$rla~.c" n u,,.,+ w-.,.+,.,v,~ _.+. ; " = " A~+~ g, s-. :++:... ~ PUB~r~ ~ ~O~n T,S.i,Y, :~ ; ~ + CONTENTS.- ~ _~ ~+i~il m~. o~ S4mmers ~.... T:..:.~_ \_..;..~ The Oar~e on Mr. Turner ;...-..;.W.; (~. i}i~llno+ a.~- 81errs ihone~..an imp~ever.~em.~m~ The Lae Chlef M~a~a_ o o ne *o ~ ~+..., " 115 Euro "p~ an& GeneTrl Poliic/a Affirm... 1~1 L~q~hv..-...,.:.;...;....;... ~ Imvei-hd Parliamen... :.-..:..: God,~1~ew~from-Accr.., :... " 16 EnIargemenofhoLeghLlvoOonncilomerr~Jbeono Gax~ aqngo by A lmlnlm~r s~ Ulover...-.:... :""l imlx/dan Er~T. ~ in.i~,.dem.omm.en ~mper..:,.:...;; u... 8 Gel4. Co~... ~, 123 Fd~i~ lqon-plrlcilmion o!.;oternors m, n~oms ~,ewares DOomer Livin~no j I~K. +.~.:.~, D~h ,i~hg j~rllih,und African Se4un Na ".r~io~n O,2>m~ny :.,..: Climae of he Wes ~oaa ndicim a Sierr~I ~_-~forne lahore ~e~.;<ms; ~cri~ion~ o~e ".African " imemn... A ff... SP~ff...=- r6o~ i / "AFRICAN AGENCY + :eon~qklonco + of wishes erp~ f~m all p a~. o ne W~C Uoss, ~ m~u.. :,,,,,~, ordered ~ ~;as he wooeech " prdduce eonm gn ed o m b b ehl Y+ s o l,ondon P... or liverpool ; and pure he*rag., " and s.,ev-.s ~"T... ~..~- - -" +-,~*- em o wmon he res+s; IX~aOm..."" mgnmensor + " = ohe):.e.ff~.~, : "re remidnces "onl from eiher of he above pors, on a sys. Y " " y g. her one p can y be yoncl wha s ~c~uy.~!niage of he markes ~.u. be se,~,re~l o.hp.a~ac~ Turves, who wul no be o bed ~d, excep only he eomm~non openly ~eolian m aooounc a~dre~ed - / Aille~i-s ~md bills of lading, wheher he shipmens be o or zrom l,onaon or.werpom, o 0o -.. I~. I~ITZOER&LD, ~..,,. "" " + 120, Sockwell-park-rcacl., ~:,~;- +. London, 8.W. lff.b,,~o~h ~ollci.ea on Innur~co for PMueo from he C6as by he Mall S~,amers; bu inended Shipmenshould be + advir~cl i po~ible.. : / ~O Jh ;-+., --, ~..~.,C+. Y BBITIKH : "=: AHD. AFRICAN- STEAM. NAVIGATIO COMPANY. -:. +~" ; - + " I.... nr~mra~w LIVERPOOL, an4 he followmgpors on he ".7 Thls.Companya.~ Learners... aroinenaec o sail monhly oew~-,,~,,~.~,-~,.n,~, T~,~V cape ALlfAB, CAPE COAST CASTLE, ACCRA, LAGOS, BENIN, V.~EST. COAST OF A ~RICA-- nz., oir, z~rm. ~u~_~,~,,--- P - BONNY; FERNANDO P0, aucl OLD.CAT, ABAB. " :A~range~nS ivill also be m~de for heir calling e oher Pors when inducemen offers. : "Th+,eam+s hip BON+Iq Y, + C,~paln R. F, _~.W~T..Wi+ll. s~i! f~m~o~,~a~80oga~par~li~& 9, l.,agos,and frombenin,liverpoolbonny,on MAY (~,~fi;r $IERRALEONR; and hence o UArK y~m+o,,~+x~....lri~.rnando PO,-and OLD CALA.BA:R; " " a 1- in ALEX. W~x~. ~, 158, I,eedenhalLsree; in Glasgow o ".. -~l?or ~relgh, pa~" ge, and oher inormalon pp y. I~oudon o T~/9~.L~r,o~v, and Co., ~l,.buohanan.sree ; and m L iverpoolsoe~x~, I)mn~rsa, and Co.., 2., Brunswick.sree. +. : ~.~;~. COAST.~fAIL AND OTHER STEAMERS. ~ -~ - ~Dl~." ~e African XaU Com~ny s ship L+go,, ~h he nsu~ Supreme Cour, Sierra Leone, March 16, mo~-hly m alb, on he 24h ~farch. ~ Sir,--The dise.lplino adoped in he criminal prisons of England occupies jus now considerable aenion in ha counry. Congo, foi" he various por,.," " g- Bed discipline makes incurable villains; good disclpline.h ol~ rh-~.~, mbia, on*he 6h April. ou he sunshine of reformaion. The objec of all confinemen ~ T no Afrlcad Mail(7,ompany s Bhlp Calabar, wih he )i.monhly should beha a man may emerge from his capiviy a beer and msi ~ inelndlng he Oambis~ +on he 10h April.. cerainly a lao far wcr~s man han when he enered ino i. ~rl~hb.]k[~dlngo ~ill carry ou he mall ~f he 24h April. This mos d~ irable objec can never be achieved unles~ by h* TI~ e~bo~.uy.will ldave on-h(i 6 h ~fay. adopion of Wholesome regulsiona wihin he ,~.~:.~.~ " " " " aufllcienly Sem, ye suf~cienly humane--so as o mingle h* s~ :.; +! 7. :: : ~..~,A.~:. ~ - :+ laws of-punlshmen and he laws of humaoiy in perfec an el,~ae ~andingo,: on he 2n~ April, wih he usual monhly hom~eniou~ form. Bu he bes regulaed prison in he world mails.: :- = L :. : ;~ :. is likel~, o fall ino bacl habi,rand he h~ndof ime oo oren" i~h-e Brii.*h and African Seam Navigaion Company s ship[ relsxea sbru rules and sric regulaions. The yranny, di,orcle~:, ~#, "~n;~urn from her flra+qoyage;: 6n he 7h-April, wih :i ancl~abu~ of.poner which a one ime flagranly exi.,e4 hrouga~f~.lekrgs." ~ ~-~,. :.: :~2,.:.:,~ ~.,+...+ J oiho risonsofgr<~brisin ~ncllreland have been reeifi0i :Tb, b A0i.~nimb, on h~ ~06h April, wih he u~ua( bl.monhly ] by he ~pp.oi.nmen of p.rison, inspecor*, who repor.uponhe lmlil~, ". ";:... +":" ~:+ = :~ ":~ : : L.". [ saoof~ch prison, and o whom every our~gea prxsoner nss GAOL. DISCIPLINE AT SIERRA LEONE--AN I/f- $ ECTOR DEHANDED. 0 ~HE ~DITOR OF ~HE AFRICkN TIMgS.

2 I i free access. The suggesions made by hose imporan officials wih he chaplaincy, I answer ha a emporary sojournow are aced upon by he Governmen a he Home-orae, and hence and hen a Tcneriff or Madeh-a, during he rainy ~eason, wduld hose sad recepacles of human sorrow, misery, and guil are no enable,his lordship o reurn o he guardianship?f his fold, wih xenewed~energy and benefio his flock. I also-debm, longer a degradaion nnd blo upon Chrisian cidlisaion in England. I beg leave o sugges from he wholesome preceden ha ha he should have a sea in he Legislaive Council, for.we - ~o ~houid hay6 an inspedor of prisons for k, s whole of he.f J mus no forgeha he nobles assemblage in hb ~vorld--..-hd ~ Cour of.dfrora, for if such an off]co exised, he prhon of Free-Barliamen of England~begius by prayer and he lowly ~p-~ plieaiou for Divine grace o guide all i~ couneil~ I kno~. own would no have become as i is, a foul nes for he wors and mos loahsome of crimes o engender in. :No merely in ha in he senimens I have expressed in his communicaion poin of gaol discipline have he inspecors England made I am susained by he opinion of he good people of Sierra beneficen changes, bu in he acual consrucion of he pri~nsleone, and we mus pu our shoulders o he wheel o eff~ hemselves--roomy; well-venilaed cells, ample yards for exercise, sad a wise division of criminals, so as o keep aparhe unobrusive naure would never urge or bring o ligh. for a good and Chrisian geolemen wha his own unworldly and one who sands upon he hreshold of crime from him who has Unf raelsed I~e o fawn or ~ -ek for power, made crime his proraion and said in his hear c, evil, he hou By doerin.~ f-~hio~ed O he va,llag hour, For oher arms his h~ar bad learned o pfiu~ my good." Such are a few of he saluary suggesions made by More beno r~[~ he wreched han Q rl~e. lae prison i~specors hroughou England. No merely are we ~y heme is anbble one, largely affecing he.spiriual end deficien in our prison a Freeown in our code of discipline, bu worldly inerezs of he Wes Africa selemen.s, and.i~reoommend i from my hear, o he consideraion of all re, coing. he very consrucion of our wreched and over-crowded cells ia snggesive of vice in iself. The word anarchy, however, is farmen!l! " men applicable han discipline o our prison, nor is i long ago Talking of he salary of he Bishop, Imay menion ha iha_ since an ex-colonial Secreary, i is alleged, was nearly murdered 800/. per annum increase he Chief Susico s salary is an iucrea~ unworhy of bin grea posiion and unquesionable alens. hy a prisoner hen undergoing acive punishmen. Alhough I "do"no hink ha eiher parioism, inellec, or he publicthen is a wider difference han ha represened by hsa~ fewpounds beween he inellec, inegriy, and learning of Chief Eerviee would have suffered any grea loss in he desrucion of he fluggish official referred o, sill he jeopardy, in whiche Susiice French and jury-desroying F,x-Judge C.~rr, he now was ~pla cd upon he occasion alluded o shows a m~serablo wan pensioned hermi of Blaekhech. We now enjoy a revenue of of di~ipline and order o have exised wihin our prison wall~. nearly 70,0OOL a-year and ye pay for he disch~irge of onerous Nor do I expec any change for he beer in any of our prisons and daily increasing duies as we did when our revenue did udg along he whole Wesern Coas (many of hem being in u sil amouno one sixh ha sum. I know ha here is a corai.u more deficien sae han our own) unil we see gezeed an " Inspecor of Prisons for he Wes Coas of Afriea."~I am, S~r, cla~ of Europeans in Sierra Leone opposed o a jus ~ and liberal your obedien ~wan, W. BAraY, Ban her.a-law. paymeno our high officials, because hey fear hainerbased pay is cerain he end o secure a more e~]eieu and higher order of~of~dals. The H,Jggins,~ Mouagu, Pyke, Shaw, Ashwood, an~ PHmao class, nooriously deficien in every qualiy ~Frcm cur STeclal C~re~p~ncleM. Sierra Leone, March 16, ha can win admiraion Or command respec, like he ",Irw level, and remble o be as.~cmed wih such men as Chief- " A good pries is one of he greaes blessings a civilised com-,nuniy can enjoy. He is he peacemaker upon earh; and Jusice French and our able Queen s Advocae, he ~onourai~lo~. whils his hand poins o a beer and mor evdu fing world, he Mr. Phiilippo. I huve played no uneonspicuoua,par in devoing and purifying he beach and bar, and, wih God a help, wil con. reveals o us glimpses of heaven end of unbroken joy. Such a inue o do so. pries has been well and happily described by he enderes and I am happy o say ha he chaoicmarks lef upon our Sable mos felicious of poes :- hod as a bird each f~d ~earmen Hc.~ book by he ignorance and presumpion of Mr. Huggins Will To emp is ~ew fledged cff~ptirg o he skies, soon he effaced. We have now m our Queen s Advocae a He ried each ar, reproved aob dull delay, horoughly earnes man, who can remodel our saue book and Allured o brigher worlds ~ud led he ~ ay., inake drery inelligen mau maser Of ha case under he rulee Bishop Beckles of Sierra Leone bears no unworhy liken es~ and ordinance of whiche en~dy/~ he privileges of ciizenshlpfo.he porrai drawn by Oliver Goldsmih. He does honom In England his grea, work has been goieg on filen!y, ye o his sacred mission, and a he menion of his name, calumny, earnesly, for a series of years, and some of he keenes inellec seoff]ng, infideliy, are silenced. Bu he labourer is worhy.of has been. engaged upon i. The people of England found ha his hire, as -we read in. Divine Wri, and hey who preachheir saue book, from is immensiy and he variey of periods he Gospel should be ena.bled o live by is eaching. When iu which i w~ pu ogeher, wus becoming a conradicory mas.~ I look upon he largo area of our Bishop s spiriual labour--of endless maze a~d cohesion, and" ha ~aues long obsolee or he Oambia, Cape Coas, Loges, &e.--he honoured burden of repealed sill usurped a place in he mighy volume. So hey susaining his boy s he Universiy in England, he expensese abou he greaask of remodelling, and in hose labours aa aendan upon a policy of life assuran~ in our climae (he ex-colonial Aorney-General has won for himself pre.eminen mighy necessiy of which common sen.e dicaes), calla madedisincion. I feel cerain ha iu he greaa~k of remodelling upon him in every direcion by misforune and povery in is our saue book ]fir. Phillippo will command he aid, vigour, and housand forms; wih all our zeal in economy, I mu~ pronounce acumen of our veeran advocae, Mr. Magnus Smih. The ha our Bishop s income of 900/. per annum (SO0L of whichhonourable and]earned Queen s Advocae will han leave behind. we pay) is ridiculously small, compared wi his labour and his him a repuaion never ye acquired by any of hh prede~r~.~ burdens. I know ha our good Bishop has his enemies, as all and which he wayward and accomplished Pine or su~)id good and ruly earnes men in every walk of life will have o Huggins could no have effehed. These addiional labours" he end of ime. The fall, he shallow, he ruckling end falling upon our Queen s Advocae, and inerfering w h his sycophanic do no esimae one who loves o hear he eernalprivae pnclee, should be rewarded by addiional pay. In fac, rulhs of he Gospel preached hy naive ongues, and lends his his pay and ha of our Colonial Secreary are nooriously inadequae o heir posiions. Tha he presen Queen s Advcoao spiriual encouragemeno he children of Africa in he props. gallon of God s Word; The devoed fulfilmen of his heavenlyshould only receive he salary enjoyed a one ime by a Huggins, mission, exending over e period of en years, nised up o his and he Colonial Secreary he same pay as was enjoyed by ~r. lordship a few years ego powerful enemies here and, I regreo Nicol, he mos obuse and nnparioie of A fdoans, is an say, a he Colonial.off]co in Downiug-srce; bu hings are abmrdly and gro.~ anomaly which we should no olerae for now cha~ged, and hie. lordship has be~me very popular. /F # a day. ~u ~,.p hi~ ~r6 and s he same ime show him our high Mr. Algernon 31onaga, an ex-tssmanian judge, whose c~ esimaion of his virnds, by improving his wordly posiion. inu~l o~eial employmen, is really.di~graeefal o Her Majesy*e This can be done wihou enailing a shilling addiional expen~ Governmen, has laely re~umed his pracice in he 8uprense. upon he colony. The u~lee3 office of colonial chaplain, wih Cour, ~d become a grea advocae for abolishing he ~-sl~m. an income amouning o upwards of 6001., and a imes exceed. inroduced by ex-chief Jusice C~sr (when he exinguished h-lal ing he oal income of he Bishop, ough a once o be abolished, by jur~) of aking down in wriing, by he off]car he cour, and I respecfully sugges he jusice and propriey of incorporaing his ofllco wih he bhhoprio. The confidence of he of aking dew s he evidence is "he only cheek we have on h0 he evdences given a he rlsl of all civil acions. This mode naive populaion wlll be creaed by such an amalgamaion, for presiding judge, whose noes akes a he rial would oher~e he 1 seeds of he Gospel can never fruoify when ~ceered by be conclusive upon any suior appealing agains his judgme~. hosile hands. Our Bishop knows ua hrough he glass of I regreo ~ay ha Mr. Monsgu a vinw~ are lusah~d in l~h ruh iself undimmed by prejudice, and we know our Bishop. l quarers, bu i is o be hoped ha so long as Sir Aflh~ If I i be urged ha hewould no be equal o he discharge of Kennedy.~_,, des a he council board, no ordinance carrying ou he I double duy enailed by he amalgamaion of he bishoprio Mr. Monsgns viawa will ever become law nulls rial by jur~, Ap~rr. 23, 1869.] THE AFRICAN TIHES..115 wih refcrenco o heir finess o promoe he regeneraion ~f be resored us. Mr. ~ouegu is no merely an adyoeae and Africa/ aorney of he Supreme Cour, bu ha is also Ragisrar.Uenera~ and Keeper of our Publio Records, and i is surprifing ha.a genleman holding Ms officehould be permied o exercise hs ~0 ~HZ ~Dr~oR e~ ~HE AYaICAN ~D~F.~. pnfession of advocae and aorney--an anomaly which no only Monrovi~, December 11, miliaes agains he due adminis{raion of juslce, bu does much Sir,--The Presiden s me~age o he Congress of he Republic o shake publin confidence in our insiuions. In his capaciy was delivered on he 7h ins. IwasweR received, audconains of Keeper of he Recard~, ~r. Monsgu is maser, i w. ere, of many very imporan and vial suggesions. From i we learu he posiion, and can no-only command he maerials upon ha he receips during he fiscal year ending Sepember 30, whichis clien s case may be based,.ba ~n anici.pae..his 1868, from all sources, amouno $81,691, 24; he disburse- for he same period are $68,332, 50; whila he enire adversary s case. i may menion ha in a celebraed acionmens in which Mr. Monagu himself was he defendan, i ranspired, naional deb, a~ regisered iu he deparmens of he several among oher discrediable ransacions, ha he was in he habicounies, amouns o $66,636, 94, which is held exclusively by, of charging his cliens for fees paid by himself aa aorney o and is in he hands of, her own ciizens. I conains propos~js h.hn~if as Regisrar Genera], bu which fees he never in fac f~..;a 1;nn~a~[on bv ineres bond,, reserved revenue, or an gave he publin credi for in his accoun. I will hardly be annum v ;~men of 26 per cen., which will probably pay off.he credied ha ex-governor Blaekall, wih a full knowledge of hesedeb in four years, wihou in he leas affecing he operaous circumsances, promoed Mr. Monagu--who was of course one of of he 0overnmen. he conspiraors ag~us African jurors--o a sea on he Supreme I suggess a compulsory sysem of educaion, he falladvanages of which are o be enjoyed as well by he aborigines as CoUr Bench immediaely afer rial by jury was abolished, and bu for he spiried peiion addressed o he Colbnial-o~cd by Americo-Liberians; he recogmslng of he enire aborigina( he naive populaion agains Mr. ~[onsgu, and which appearedpopulaion upon our drriorial limis, graning hem civil and in your valuable journal, his appoinmen would in all probabilly have been confirmed. and farming lands ; proecion in heir sea-going propensiies by poliical righ~, and confirming heirighs o heir own sies I is rumoured ha 31r. Huggins has been called upou o passpors, and compelling he aboliion of he useaof sassy-wood, aceouu for he immense arrears whic have accumulaed in his mskivg he adminisraion of i a crimiual offence, and, if faal, cour, making him a second FAdoe, wihou a fraciou of he capial; ignoring heir sysem of domesio davery, polygamy, vas learning and legally consiued mind of ha grea judge. and grcgrees, and recoguising hem as erim.~ by he eiv fl!riburial,, as well as an inerior bureau o which maers o he There are wo cours aached o his off]ca, he Land Cour and Eschea Cour, where he never presides, nud where of course he aborigines shall be commied. never blunders or lays down his villainoudybad law. If his I suggess, also, amendmens in he Admiraly procedure, ~ud eharacerless and incompeen judge were n once removed from an increase of he ~udicial Sessioua in 3[onrenado Couny; he judieial sea which he has oo 1sag dishenoured by his aleraions in he Por of Enry and Licorice Laws, and recommends ha he Governmen ener ino arrangemens wih he presence, a sill furher increase of pay could be exended.o our able and all.efficien Chief.Tusico, who should perform he U.S. Governmen, by which he emigrans may be increased wo~k alone unil we ge he wo addiional judges for which you and he muual ioeress proeced. have so ably pleaded. The Supreme Cour mees a Monrovh ; is siings commence ~ho aunouncemen relaive o ~Ir. Sheridau s noice. WhichJanuary 11 proximo. Chief Jusice C. L. Parsousis in bunco appeared in he Eanclard newspaper of he 19h of February for he firsime as Chief ~ usfiee, hough long au assooiao judge las, augurserious changesamongs our legal oflloials~ and we on he bench of his cour. His associae judges an : ~. Miner, Would fain behove ha Huggind and ~fonagu s days h.re numbered. You have long warned he former person ha he hour Snowdeu, of SinGe Couny; and R. H. Silson, of Maryland of 3.[onranado Couny; S. S. Herring, of Buses Couny; J. was a hand when his noorious incompeeuce would bring Couny. I is rumoured in Cabine and legislaive circles ha shame and degradaion upon him, bu his miserable vaniy and Judge Silson will resign afer he presen siing of he Supreme ignoran self pride have blinded him o facs which all men bu Cour, o ake orders iu he Proesan Episcopal Church; and a himself could see. I am no a censor by naure, nor is he ask Mr. Poer, an aorney and counsellor a law, well read, and of of faul-finding congenial o me. Upon his aceouu I hail wih much eminence as a lawyer, a genleman of alen and refined sineero deligh every increased honour besowed upon such men educaional acquiremens, having much experience as he leader as Sir Arhur Kennedy, Chief Susico :French, and Mr. Phillippo, a he bar of his couny and as an accomplished merchan, is he new Queen s Advocae, because we an honoured by he very favourably epoken of as hispnhable sucee~sor as 5udge of he exercise of heir adminisraive powers. These good and able Cours of Commou Pleas, Quarer Sessions, and Admiraly, a Cape men, from he momenhey se foo upon our chores, have dailypalmas, Z[arylsnd Couny, and Associae Judge.on;he.bench of increa~d our admiraion of heir splendid qualiles and heirhe Supreme Cour. We can say wih much sohc~mue ma~ we spoless inegriy. We are wisely lavish of he publio moneylook forward o his appoinmen wih he greaes hope for he when such men as hey serve he Sae, inspiring general confldenco and universal faih in all heir adminisraive acs. Mr. (like our own oa he Wes Coas) needs purificaion; as legal advancemen of he couny and repubhu, whose legal saus French ascended a bench degrede~l for a quarer of a cenury by learned a shorime since while a Painas on business ha Mr. he greaes and mos imid of sycophans, who closed a horoughly useless and unhonoured career hy aking wih him he Poer~ while on he bench of he Cour of Xfonhly Sessions, had done much o elevae and develope is workings, and o advance righ of rial by jury, he highes jewel ha he Eagli~ Consi-inion owns. Thus he new Chief 3"udge had no merely o usefulness o he people, p~rieularly as o maers of he probae jurisdiciou of ha cour and he ineress of widows sruggle agains he prejudice enailed by he poor inellec and and or0hans, and when his business engagemens demauded his r~=;on.~ nn public repuaion of his predecessor, bu unhappily he found himzelf he whole couuy regreed i. We also learnoa associaed wih ~r. Jusice Woggins, u man wihou ouo of hoselaa ~h; ~ as he bes-read law ye a Palm,, and possessed he qualiies which alone jusify he rais/eg a man o he responsible larges law library, many volumes of which were presened as posiion ea judge. Over all hese obsacles Mr. French riumphed, a fac which horoughly jusifies me iu he advocaoy of ciy, New York, U.8. America, while he was judge of he he esimonial of hia former friends and associaes in his naive every sep hamay end o elevae - " ha lq onour s " pubho " posmon " Monhly Cour, OccAsxox~r.. or increase his social comfors. Whaever addiional honours are besowed upon him, I can jusly apply o him he words GOLD COAST--NOTES FR03 ACCRA. used by Byron as rcgarda Tom Moore- Mr. 8iml~on, Acing Adminisraor, arrived a Acera on he "He wore hem well, and may he wear hem long 1" eveuing of he 15h February, in he mail seamer manaingo, which came in hiry-six hours before she was due. Lieu. Phelps, of he 2nd Wes India Regimen, was also a pa.~senger LIBERIA. from Cape Coas Case o Acera by his packe. The Adminisraor ]andcd a eigh r.~., so ha he u~mal honours and We have received he Annual Repor of he Colonlsafion ceremoniea were dispensed wih. 8solely of America, and regreo find ha he number of emigrans las year o Liberia was only 453 (being 180 less han a leading merchans and ohers on he 16h, and on he following.... The Adminisraor held a meeing wih he kings, eners, ann 1867), alhough he 0olconda, he Sociey s ship, was prepareday anoher wih he European and naive merchans ~d for 600. : Many inending emigrans seem o have backed ou a residens alone ; pariculars of hese wo mreings will be found he las momen, owing o he poliical changes in America. We are glad o see ha Rober Arhingon, E.~., of Leeds, fully deailed iu he leer from our special correspondeu a Aeera in his number. Yorkshire, England, laely appoined Consul for Liberia in ha The navigaion of he Vola from Crepee and Porng o Addah own, had phced 1,000/..serling a he disprasl of he ~ochy,.~,for he passage and selemen in Liberia of emigrans seleced is sir as unsafe as i has been since he commencemen of

3 {16 THE AFRICAN TIM~ES. [APmi~ 23, hosiliies in 1865 ; he Volloeand l~e Doffers (Aquamboe "lusion of he game, and expressed he warm hemselves highly graified a~ owns on he eas bank of he Vola) and he Mlarfees ooninne recepion hey me wih beh on he field of bale and o keep up hosiliies and o make marauding incursions ino a he dinner able. :Lord Lewis Gordon, sub-lieuenan, w~ our erriory Tradein ha~eighbourhood has enirely cea-~ed capain of he Danceleven, and John L Clayon, Esq., capain The Ahe~ees have invaded he easern provinces of he of he.acera elevenḳing Cudjoe, of Acen, was one.of he proecorae. The exac force of he invading army canno be guess a he dinner. Up o he 9h March here had been no rain in Acorn aseer ained, bu ha i is considerable is eviden from he fac for ha hey have corps in Ahwoonab, Crepes, Aquambee, end on nearly six-monhs, in con.=equence of which man and beas were he borders of Acluapim and Crobo. They had commenced suffering for wan of waer. Gain0 had become very pleniful iu he neighbeurhocd, plundering, burning, and desroying he AquaFim planaions having been driven by he scarciy.of waer and villages, close o he own-~. Nearly all he anks were quie dry. The -king of Aquaplm has received a formal message from ~ba~ The merchaus of Accra, as well as he kings and oher naives, Ashance Capaln-iu-Chief of he invodino army o he effec were grealy disappoined a he resuls far ef he Admihis maser, he King, has go no palaver wih Aquapim, Akim, aisraor s visi o he Aquamboe king. ~A reay (he second Acera, or wih he Briish Governmen, bu ha he had been wihin he pas flheen monhs)had been signed by he King of sen o assishe Aqusmboes and Ahwconahs o puni~ he Aquamboe, in which i is said here is no allusion o he opening of he Crepee roads or o he presence of he Aahaucea in hose Addal~, Agolms, end Crepecs. The Aquap/ms replied ha hose hree ribes were, like hemselves, par and parcel of Accra~ ann pars; he King of Aquau~boe having, i is added, declined o any harm done o eiher one of hem would bring he whole o discuss hose wo mos imporan poins, ou accoun of which heir aid..he Adminisraor chiefly visied Aquamboe. I was believed Ashanee Ambs~-adors had arrived a Ahwoonah bearing pre- ha he resuls of Mr. Simpson s policy would be mos dis: ~ens from he King of Ashanee o he King of Ahwocnah. asrous. We inserhis on he disinc auhoriy el.our special Amongs oher aricles hen were he follo~ing~viz., a corresponden a Acorn, who holds himself ~spondble for he cabboceer s large umbrella, a gold-headed sword, and a diver- informaion. mouned messsge cane. The King of Ahwoonahaving acceped Judge Parker lef Cape Coas on he 6h March, in he hese l)r~ens, has hereby acknowledged himself a vas~a of Ahenian, and joined H. M. S. Danae s Xcera on he 7h. He he Ashanee monarch. There were ai~ hree young slaves ~roceeds his o new pc~ a S. Helena in he Dauae. (wo girls and a boy) o be sacrificed by he Ahwconahs benoun of Quaku Duah, he lae King of Ashanee. zo zzxs mlxoz of z~ze ~LvazcA~ Z,~rzS. Mr. Simpson, he Adminisraor, lef Jamesown (Accre) on Acorn, March 20, he morning of he 20h "Pehrnary for Odomad, in Crobe, wlh Sir,--I again ake he libery of addressing a few lines o you he express objec of asceraining for himself he real ruh relaive o he promoion of his Honour W. A. Parker, lae respecing he recen alarming rumours relaive o he hosile Chief Magisrae here, o he Chief Jnsiceship of S. Helena, no movemens of he Ashsnces, Aquambces, &c. Mr. Simpson was doub a fiing pos for him. The consables will nolonger now, accompanied byan inerpreer and aended by six of he armed I hope, be daucing aendance upon us. We all have o hank police. I is believed ha he Governmen will no longer be you for ridding us of his nuisknce, and hearily wish he ~. dial)need o preven he Accra iribcs from resising he invasion Helena people much joy in heir new Chief rusics. of he Ashanees and l~eir allies. The promoion his Ronour has received, no only in rank bu The Brii~ an~ African Seam Navigaion Company s seam- in sipend, shows ha he Governmen have a very low idea of ship Bonny, commanded, by Capain R. F. Lowry, arrived s he inellec and veraciy of boh whie and black residens ou Acera on Friday, he 19h of February. On he arrival of his he Coas, especially afer he long,coninued ourageous judiei.al vessel several of he principal :European and naive residens conduc of his officer, for in~auce (avoiding all deail of his wen off o weclcme an~l congraulae heir old and eseemed illegal eruelics as regards Finlason)his aking from his place friend, Capain Lowry, who enerained hem~wih his usual well- o Cape Coas over saveny people ou groundless charge2, and -known hospialiy. These genlemen on heir reurn o he having o charer a vessel a he Governmen expense o send shore spoke in high erms of he civiliy and respec paid hem back o heir counry, afer deaining hem sevcu weeks; owards hem by he officers and sewards of he ship, which was his disgra6eful conduc in he Church a Cape Co~, npr~#m,~ so very differen o wha hey had nsuauy experienced from he of h~.ad~fm ~ralor ; his no being conen wih imprisening servans and e~cials of he old line. The Bonny ook in eighy raional beings, bu, o show his auhoriy and wrah, commiing l~uncheons of oil a Acen, and on her way home she wil find a dog even o prisou, and making i sign abail bond for is good men oil and eher produce waiing for her. behaviour; and, o crown all, his figh on he bench wih Dr. There were hree French ships lying off Accra on he ~3rd: Jones, who was acing as coroner a he ime. February. Since he le of December no less han welre or We are glad, i is rue, o ge rid of him a any cos, bu we foureen French ve~els had called a ha place o obain cauoe ēanuo help re~narking he lile noice aken by Governmen menj carpeners, coopers, and labourers for he new Frenchand is olllcisls of such glaring facs. : I reminds us of a lieufacories whichave been eaablishcd beween Jallce Coffee and enan who commanded expediion here some few years baok~ lile Pope, where wo very wealhy Yreneh firms ere busily who gohis company for dicaing false repors of he progre~ e~gaged in cuing each oher s hroas, of an expediion, while he was siing on his haunches imbibing The naive coopers, carpeners, and sewards and ohers who no small quaniies of gin, &c.; no only being one of he means arrive a Aeera by every mail from he oil rivers complain of placing he counry ~n is pre2en deplorable sae, "Su cau~g bierly of he crnelreamen fl~ey are subjeced o a he handsgrea expense o he Colonial Governmen, as well as o privae cf some of he raders in hose rivers. Several of he~ poor individuals. The hen Governor, o secure his worhy genle- ~ellows frequenly come home wihou a farhing of heir wages,man s promoion, cen a draf leer o he Acorn merchans and andn~nus half heir eeh, afer wo years service. They can naives o he effecha hey were perfecly saisfied wih he obaino redress from he local auhori[e.% as hey will persl-conduc of he officer in command, he said leer o be copied in ~eaving Acera wihou having previously enered ino a formal and signed by hem, bu such was he feeling a he ime ha wrien engagemen wih heir employers or heir agens before one and all flaly refused his Excelhncy s reques; a very he Civil CommandanL unusual hing here, I am sorry o say, he graning esimonials Cm~ on ~nz GozD Coxsr.--A cricke mach was played a he reques of auhoriies, o he mos unworhy individual,,~ a Accra cn he 13h February, beween a pary of he resideshaving been bu oo common an ocaurzence. Europeans and elevenaives of Acers, in which he Afrlcam YZB~Z~. were he vicors. Aa sub~quen mach, played on he 18h, ir which he Governor of he Gold C~as played on he En&lhh side, he Africans were defeaea, bu in he concluding mach, on he GR0~S OUTRAGE BY ADMINISTRATOR (}LOVER. 20h February, he blacks uerly ennimlaed he whies. A zo ray. xnrros or ~n~ aralel, ~n~. ~rery ineresing mach was played on Saurday, he 6h March, Lagos, March 4, beween ellen officers and men from H. M. S. Dauae on he one Sir,~From ime o ime I have perused in~ your valuable ~.ide, and a mixed eleven of he Fmglish and African crickeers colomns arociies said o havebeen commied bybriish officials o~gcer~ As here was no ime o finish he mach, he naval on he Gold Coas, Sierra Leone, and he Ga.mbia, ba I believe men ~med he vicory on he firs innlnge, bu here was a ha you will agree wih me in say~ng ha we can eu~o ho~ Imoral cerainy of he ~eory being on he Acorn ride had be worhies a his lile place from which I now wrie you. mach concluded, as he score will show : Da~ae, le innings, Capain Glover, who has had he good forune o hold he re[n~ 68; ~ndinning~, I0; o~al, 68 runs. Accrue, 1s innings, 42; of Governmen here for several years, and he sill greaer 2nd innings, 20 ; wih m m wickes o go down ; so ha en houour of he power of disbursing a grea deal of ready Zn~n had o obain he small number of 7 o win ; bu, according which ~s ~y# he has spen in impnving.he s~nd-bsnk of Lsgos, o a prevlou~ agreemen~ he Dansea carried off he ball. ffh has a p edileeion (~fler dim~r, mf~ yas), of unceremoaiou~y Danaes were enerained a dinner by he Accraa s he con. breaking ino merchans houses, kno ~ing some down wih his 2"2]~E; ~AF I~IO~N. TIM~8,.o-wn fis~, auda oher imes resoring o he Domingo Marin~ ~men-hou~ and ca going up he seps, we were seppedby a db0ge ofhandci~fllng genleiien, dragging hem from heir housespolicemen who inquired from us wha we waned. We old him ln ~ughl~esrees a unheard-of hour, of he nigh, and afer-he purpor of our crraud, when he informed ns bo~ ha he -wards lobking hem up in a hole he has he presomplon o callgovernor was dining and refused o see us. Deponen asked -- Bridewell." hepolicemen if he would be kind.enough o inform him when Pray, Sir, do no hink I am romancing, because I enclose you he Govern0rcould sea hem afer diuner. He iuformed ua ha,a:cop)~of an a~davi sworn o before he Chief.Magidrae of his.colony, by which you will ~ he could no promise, as he w~, obliged o go where he was perceive ha on February.19, sen. Deponen reurned aud reporcd he circumsances o afer Ms ~enoy Capain Olovcr ~d JOin d, he ook x (he Capain Xdyer, who ordered he gae o be locked, and he.idea) ino his head of despa~hing ~ome hisy.or fory r~ga: Kroomen coninued heir singing. Previous o MI his, abou ~muffans, which, for parposca ~ofh~ own, he chooses.o call eigh of he dock ~.M., a policeman came and in a perempory "~Honsss armed police!" o apprehend any one hey liked (as manner ordered he duping o be forhwih sopped by he ney had no legal warran), which order hey carried ou Governor s order. I immediaely, and whilshe policeman was ~admirably, as you wm perceive by he copy of affidavi enclosed. here, repored he circumsance o Capain Mdyer, who old: me (Query--Do he "Horee-Guards know wha hese eo-c~ledo ell ho polioeman ha in his (Capain MAyer s) opiniou he Kroomen s singing was a far less nuisance han he Houses band. Before gunfire, a nine o clock p.v., he singing had ceased, and y, P " all he Krcomen were in he yard. When he gaa was reopened, ;some 300 armed r~ n, which command is a presen n_~ina/{y deponen and Capain Rascber wen in he yard smoking, pn ransferred o a Mr. Rowe,.a Saff Amisan-Su/gcon. m vious o reiring o res for he nigh. ~re heard a voice, and ]q er Maiesv a servica, wih wo:pieces of Arillery, six horses, in a few seconds hiry or fory Houses men, armed wih cudgels a full l~and, a brass bauble progiuivg England s ~ack ou and side-rams, rushed ino my yard. They immediaely rushed is foreground, and oherwise wih v.ll he appurenances o~ Capain Rancher and deponen and forced hem ou of Capain and maeriel of a line regimen.) Wih hese he akes an occa-hdyer alonal fillibusering expediion in nelghbouring naive erriories, was sruck several imes by he Houss~. yard, and on our way o Governmen-house depauen for he osensible purpose of opening up commerce!n some On our arrival hen we were received by his Excellency m nnhesrd-of localiy, whils in realiy he succeeds eam~amy m person, who inquired, " Wha is all hin?" Deponen answer- said, "I do no know, Sir," when his Excellency wih hi~ crippling rade, making he name of Englishmen a word of erroring, o he naives in he inerior ; and las, hough no leas, esa-owblishlng such a chaos of affairs, ha i will soon be indispensably force, a he s~me ime giving he order o place us boh in he hands pu~ed deponen owards he guard-room wih grea necessa~ for he Home Governmen o esablish a Cour of guard.room under he house, which was done. Whils in he Bankrupcy amongs ~u~ independen of he Cours of Civil and guard-room his ~.xcellency visied us again wih a lanern, and l~imina JuMice now exising. afer lookingin boh our faces, gave he order himself o "hand- hose men and ake hem o Bridewell." We were These genlemen (on e of hem a Prussian), who had he honourcaffboh of wearivg Her Moj~y s Colonial "Braceles, # and a nigh s accordingl. Y handcuffed o each oher, and marched a disance of lodging Cap. Glover s so-called Bridewell, wer erraigne/l he abou wo miles hrough he srees and lodged in BridewelL ~ollowing morning before he pelion-magisrae, who, immediaely Oa our arrival here he sergean of police in charge ook he on aking his sea on he bench, coolly informed he Prussianirons off us, when we wen shown ino he yard of he prison. I genleman ha i was "all a misake his being handcuffed remonsraed wih he gaoler, elhfig him ha we were Europcans, and mus have some house o go in during he nigh. He lodged in Bridewel[ a ell!" and ordered his immediae discharge. The oher genleman (unforunaely him) was a.brilie~ hen showed us ino a room sinking wih excremen and oher- in a mos filhy sae, informing us ha hese were our a~fid, so afer going ino evidence, he magisrae remandedwl~s he case unil he folio~ing ~onday, when his Worship, aferquarers for he nigh. We refused o go in, and walked h~ informin~ he Briish subjec ha he (he]~glishman) a z veryyard for he nigh. ~zro~,.d~missed he case Wihou inflicing a fine of a single Abou one o clock in he morning Dr. Simpson, Colonial Surgeon, brough our release ; he and Capain M~ye having bailed penny, hus confirming ha he arresook place aflex di~mr! :Enou~hJ The leading barriser on he Coas of Africa, and he us ou. We were hen Obliged o walk back wih our clohes courageous champion-of public righs, wm shorly have fir. compleely we wih dew, and arrived a home abou wo Glover, along wih oher noorieies, wihin his cluches, ann ~. am o clock ~.~. vain emngh o imagine ha hey will receive a saluary lesson The nex morning we appeara~l before he police ms,sraa, a his and yourhandsị enclese myeard, end beg o remain, Mr. J. Gerard, lieuenan in he 2nd We~ India Regimen, who, Bi, your obedien servan, immediaely he came ino cour,,dismissed Capain Raseher, and Tm rls. said i was all a misake bringing him here a all. Mr. f. P.8.--I ~houl~.no be doing jusice o he Pras, ian genhmau Gerard, he police magisrae, hen wen ino evidence agains were I no o add hahe has reseaed Cap. Glover s di~,,receful deponen, upon whic he remanded he case unil he following and ungenlemanly reamen o he uermos. He has placedmonday, when deponen appeared ag ain, and he said pelion he whole maer in he hands of he newly appoined Consul for msgislrae discharged deponen in abou he following words~ he 17orh German Confederaion (Baron yon Rauchhaup), viz.: "I have conferred wih he Chief Magisrae, who conerms hrough whom he mus nppcal o his counry fcr ha redre=-smy own ideas ha you were decidedly in he wrong in sending ~which may perhaps each Mr. Glover, if no a lesson, a leass~ch a message o he Governor; bu I dismiss he c~se, and hope ha polieness and discreion are indispensable s he qualifica, i will na occur %~ain." Deponen hen lef he Cour. ion of anyone who aemps o rule. Immediaely or arrival a hems. deponen wroe he following leer c his Excellency Capain Gover, daed he 22ad /L ~EIDA /:T._O]? ~.. 2 II~ffFA~ ONE 0 rile ~/. C~IMS. February, 1869:~ "Sir,--I have o demand from you an ample apology On his weny-sixh day of, Febrnary, in he year of our lord one housand eigh hundred and sixy.nine, a Lsgoa, in wriing for ho gross- ourage commied on myself by you ana your men On Friday evening las, ogeher wih he sum of fify he.bigh of Benin, ou.he.wes Coas of Africa, personally appeared before me, he underdgned, one of Her Majesy s jusices my naming. Should he~ demands no be forh omieg on or pouuds Serling, o be given o some local chari~y or choriies of of he peace for he colony of Lsg~, William Daniel Turner, of before he firs day of March prox., I shall insruc my solicio~ I,sgos~ who mskeh oah and sayeh as follows :~ o commence legal proceedings agains you ebewhere. Waiing I area Briish subjec. Oa he evening of he 19h insan Crpain MdTer, my emplo ez, arrived from Jeliah Coffee, and, according o his cusom on his arrival, he gave his Kroomen, numbering some. hlry, a sm~. c~e of gin ia order o enable hem o e~joy hem.~lvea ~viz. :-- Beaeen he hours of seven and eigh o clock ~.M. hey wen "8ir ~I have he honour o requesha you will informe singing on he premises of Capsiu Mdyer, when he head KrOo. wheher any warran was i=~ued agains me on he nigh of man w~ seized by a policeman who enered he premises of 19h insan, and if so I beg respecfully ha you will farni~ Capain M~yer, and aken o Governmen.house and subsequenly me wih a copy of he said warrau, ogeher wih a cerified lodged in gaol Capain M~yer, being indignan a he rreamen Ms Kroo. cop~- of he sworn informaion which led o is being issued agains me. m=n had received/ordered deponen o go over o Governmen-,house o r~ Ms W.xcelie=oy John Hawley 01ove.r on he subjec. I am prepared o pay he usual fee for h~ documens.~ I have he honour o be, SL Oapain William 11aseher, of he Norh German brig $ighr, b your mos obedien ~z ran, "W~ D,. ~ : voluneered o accompany deponen. Onour arrival a Govern. To his her deponen Ires al~ received no wp!y: Onm H~dca~,--E~..A.. 2~o. 2.Sh FebzuazT~ 18G9, de>onen wro~o ~ follows o,~s~

4 i... :i!! i Ik 118 THE AFRICAN TI~ES. [Apmr. 23, 18~39 Wilkey and John A. Payne, Esq., boh Clerks of he Cour s nable injuslee dlreclv sprang, hahe Colonlal-office could Zagos :-- no need furher illmnlnaion he subjec. An alers. "I have he honour o reques ha you will be good enoughlon in he law was ineviable ; and we hank he Colonialoffice for having now direced he passing of local ordi. o inforea me wheher any warran was issued agains me on Friday nigh las, and if so I beg ha you will furnish me wihnanes a Sierra Leone and elsewhere on he Wes Coas a cerified copy of he same, ogeher wih he sworn informaion which led o me i~eing arresed and ironed he nigh o effec he deslmble change. Governors are no above named. longer o paricipae in he resuls of cusoms seizures. "I am prepared o pay he usual office-fee for hose docu-thmeus.--i have he honour o bej Sir, your obedien servan, ire Council a Sierra Leone, in order o is being Ordinance or Bill submied o he Legisla. "W. D. T." ]passed hrough he requisie sages o become law, To hose wo leers deponen has else no received replies. is eniled, "An Ordlnan~ o abolish he presen appk- of penalies and forfeiures under he Cusoms Deponen really believes ha no informaion warran wascaion issued agains him a he ime of his arres. Tha CspainMdyer, Laws, Ordinances, and Regulaions, and o make he principal of he house, was a home a he ime deponen wasoher provisions iu lieu hereof." Under he vleidu~ made a prisoner. laws hihero in force--which, however, found an Tha no marial law was proclaimed in his colony a he ime in q nesles nor subsequenly. advocae and admlrer in Colonel gongs (a pro. Deponen makes his af]davi con~ieniously believing hesen commanding he roops a Sierra Leone, and ~ame o be rue. W.D. Tw.xzm by virue of such office * a member of he Legislaive Heard before me he 26h Feb., 1869, CZuneil)--he proceeds of seizures Were divided equally, (Signed) Bzx. WxY, Chief Magisrae. one hird o each, beween he governor orlleu.- A rue copy, W.D. Tva.~ za. governor, he collecor of cusoms, and o he seizer.or I, Charles le6resyhe, noary public, duly auhori~d, admied, informer. Under he new Ordinance, he ne proceeds and sworn, residing and pracising in Lagoa, in he Bigh of are o be passed o he credi of he revenue ;.a power Benin, on he Wes Coas of Africa, do hereby cerify hahe being reserved o he governor o award a poriono annexed.insrumen[, purporing o be an af]davi of William exceeding one hird, in such proporion as he may direc, ]Daniel Turner, of Lsgos, merchan, duly sworn o before hiso any person or persons "who may have seized, informed, Worship Benjamin Way, Chief Magisrae of he selemen of Lagos aforesaidj was, a h express reques of he said William or sued for he same." We shall never again hear of such Daniel Turner, duly regisered in my Noarial ~egiser in seizures as hose a Sierra Leone uuder Governor Blaekall page 235. and ~r. Shaw, or a Ix, gos under Adminisraor Clover In esimony whereof I have hereuno subscribed my nameand his Collecor of Cusoms. Bu here is one quesion and efrxed my seal of ofi~ce, a Lagos aforesaid, his wenysevenh day of February-, in he year of our Lord one housand Governmen have hus condemned he law which hey had ha we feel bound in jusice o ask. Since Her Majesy s eigh hundred and sixy-nine, formerly direced o be passed in hose colonies, and which (Signed) CsAs. Fo~za~, Noary Public, IAgos. hey allowed o remain in force nowihsanding ha he ineviable iniquiy of such law was clearly poined ou, oughhey no, in common honesy and jusice, o repay o PUBLISHBD MONTHLY. PRICE 5d., STAMPED. he revenuesof Sierra Leone allho~e heavyeoss andchsrges You ar earnesly requesed o allow your name o be added o he~amouning, we believe, o beween 3,000L and 4,000l.--in!isofyearly sub,fibers." Price 5s. per annum for each copy, payable whlch :Mr. Shaw, he Colleeo ~ of Cusoms, was condemned In ~vauoe. by he Privy Couucil, under he able pleading of Mr. Rainy, and which hey allowed Governor Blackall mos NOTICE. iniauiouslv., - pay. for him ou of he revenues of he All our Sub.,eriber~ a Lago8 ar~ raue~ed o pay he& Subscrlplons colony ;--and again, o Mr. Regis, he amoun of loss and o Mr. W..P. Richard.,. TI~ 1876 Eub~dl~ions ouyh o b~ new,raid. damage and cossusained and paid by him in and hrough he be fore-menloned Lagoseizure, and which amouned, we believe, o nearly 1,000L? Whaever inay be done as regards recouping he revenue of Sierra Leone, we hope EI.c fric u 4;irae. ha for he honour of he counry hey will, no allow a foreigner, which Mr. Regis is, hus o suffer under a law FRIDA Yj.J.P.RII, 23, which was a disgrace o a civilised counry in he presen a_oe, and which Her ~Iaiesv s Governmen have found i IMPORTANT ERRATA IN LEADERS 0P MARGH o be heir duy now o ~epe al. ~Ve hope Mr. Regiswill NUMBER. memorialiso Her Majesy s Governmen on he subjec, Afer line 29, page I07, ending wih he word "whose," and ha Her Majesy s Governmen will make ha resi- which jusice and he naional honour seem o us ur/1 o page 100j llne 60, commencing "erraic,: and readuion on o end. Afer line 59, page 109, ending wih "magis-imperaivelracy," urn back o page 107, line 30, commencing "axe o demand. placed," and read on o end. THE BRITISH AND AFRICAN STEAM NAVIGA- FUTURE NON-PARTICIPATION OF GOVERNORS TION COMPANY. IN CUSTOMS SEIZURES AND FINES. THz coming fac which we hailed wih joy in January, has, in April, become a fully esablished one. The hree Or, cz again we are jusified in exclaiming "3[aguea verlas. ) fine new seamers of he now Company have all in urn, We can afford o be sigmaised and abused by and in due order, lef his counry wih full cargoes for. agens of corrupion ~ ever Y where,. while we coninue o see he Wes African Coas, and one of hem has also reurned from ime o ime subsanhal frms of our advocacy of and is adverised o commence her second voyage on he wha is decen and jus and rue. "We hough i o be 6h of May. We have no, herefore, now o do wih in. impossible ha our exposure in our number for Novembereulons, bu wih acs ; he Company and is seamers are las of he scandalous unjusifiable seizure and confiscaion a Lagos of 3,752 cases of gin, following as i did on Africa "is rejoicing a increased faciliies aud diminished vigorous realiies, and he commerce of he Wes Coas of he rack of he revelaion by Mr. Rainy, 1866, of he burhens. The arrival aud deparure of hree seam Sierra Leone cusomseizures in he ime of Governorvessels every monh, insead of only wo as hereofore, aud Blaekall, could : remain barren of resuls. The wholeof only one unil wihin he las hree years, is a fac fnu hisory boh of he cusoms seizures and confiscalou of grea slgnificauce for Wes Africa. Insead of he Sierra Leone, condemed by he Privy Couucil in England, horrid slave.raders, simulaing violence and bloodshed, and he above-menioned seizure and confiscaion Lagos, and carrying away heir eargoe.~ of human woe, he peace- prows of magnificen seamers now cleave he waers se aside, ai~er unjusifiable delays, by he Duke of Buck-fuingham, poined so und~irably o he paricipaion of on he African shore, inciing o peaceful agriculure, o governors and collecors of cusoms in he produce of seizures, as he evil roo from which hose acs of abomi- * We ahd a anoher lme a~k why? T1TR"" AYRIOAN TIMES _-A I a~ 2_8, , enriching pur~fils, end ameljoralng.rade ;. and bearing ] from he Supreme Cour as now organised undoubedly is--- away n0 r~ch prodfes of a ropical clime, he growh and I bu his hones good sense go he beer a las of bison.in.1 p~paralohofwhieh shoulddiffusehapplnessandlnsuropeaee. I reicenee, and he could no help saying, "I do no hink i; -The healhyeompe.llohofwo independen andun.ecnneced I improbable ha a no disan dae,you may be able o lnes0faeamers=_andweeanseonoreasonwhy sh.oudno I appeal from one judge o hree judges. I shall no be be a he same ime/~ coureous and frlendlycompoiion--i asonished if ha be found necessary." This is.so far eumus~ grealy benefi he rade and people "of he Wes I encouraging. We are indeed sure ha so.seusib!e a man Coas. We canno admi a doub of he acual commerce as Sir A. Kennedy would no be asonished a sucn a of he Wes Coas wih Grea Briain being quie adeq.use change. The maer of asonishmen seems o us o be o he suppor of wo lines of seamers so as o make hem ha men of such undoubed abiliy, as we have a he b0h~0odvavln~21ines;and oglveverysaisfacoryremune- Colonial-office in England, should have ever hough of r/ibn o ~ lho sha"reholders who~e capial is invesed hese consiuing an Appeal Cour where appeals from Dick or endrprlse~. Bu our friends-on he Wes Coas mus no Harry lie o Dick and Harry, wihou any hird judge o el ge for a momen how grievously hey have suffered give a casing voe should Dick and Harry disagree, and o h6%ofore under he absence of such a healihy compeiion, give real auhoriy o he decision, and make i saisfacory and of adequae faciliies for carrting on heir rade wih o appellans and he public, should hey agree. We beg E.ugland ; nor mus hey forgeha i is enirely o he pardon of he judges of he Supreme Cour of Sierra Leone new comers hey owe reduced raes of freigh, increased for he familiar way in which we have saed he exising faciliies, and more respecful reamen ; aud ha if hey absurdiy under familiar names. We mean no disrepee. wish o preserve hese advanages hey mus, one end all, Though we disapprove in every way of Mr_. Huggins as one make he providing of full cargoes o he ships of he newof he judges, sill while he is judge of his cour, even Company heir individual and por~bnal coneern. They while calling for his removal, which we do, and shall never musno fail o bear in mind ha he old Company enjoys... "~ ~ ~ " *o do Her )Iaiesv s ~ commission "... in him,.howeve_r ed p~al subsidies from Grea Briain and Sierra Leone of misplaced we may deem he rus o be, mus ve ~rea nbarly weny.four housand pound~ a year, or one Owusand wih respec; while, as regards Mr. Chief Jusice French, 1aOund~ for eaeh royage ou and home of he weny-four scarcely need say o readers of he gdfrican Times, ha voyages is vessels now make each year o he Coas.. Even we respec boh him and his office. We have hough i if our friends ldoked on boh companies wih eyes oi equal righo ake noice of his imporan discussion in he favour, and ha seems o us o be impossible, afer he I.~glslaive Council. We hope i foreshadows an efficien very bad reamen hey have received from he old Corn- and salsfaeory Cour of Appeal for he whole Wes puny--ye ~cousi- even hen hey mus feel he neceszly of corn- Coas; and we canno doubha if such a couris Pensain~,, he new Company s ships for he absence of his lued as we have proposed, he oher porion of our procub housand pounds per voyage subsidy, by aking care pesal will sill be adopecl--vlz., ha he wo pulses ~ha ~y hare always full cargoes. If, by heir apahy, judgeshould go on circui regularly o he oher selehey were o allow his new Company o become dls~used, meas. Sierra Leone alone could no be saddled jusly wih so as o cause hem o wihdraw heir fine ves./es, he he expense of hree judges, paid as able and really learned Bonny, heroquelle, and he0ongo, from hewesafrlean judges ougho be paid, merely o conslue wihin i a Trade, hey would hen have no One bu hemselves o saisfacory Cour of Appeal for he whole Wes Coas, and blame for being "hrown back again ino he jaws of a he oher selemens could only jusly be called upon o grinding and insuling monopoly, which would assuredly suppor he pulsnejudges as we have suggesed because of no show hem any mercy, heir dispensing jusice regularly in such selemens. Mr. Parker has now l~.en removed from Cape Coas, and will no, we hope, have a successor ; whiche need no have if A JUDICIAL ST~,FF AT SIERRA LEONE FOR a judge from he Supreme Cour a Sierra Leone makes THE WHOLE WEST COAST. periodical vlsishere o dispense jusice according o Briish OUR observaions on his mos imporan subjec will his law. monh be very brief. We are So fully convinced----ove.ry THE OUTRAGE ON MR. TURNER. mail bringing record of fresh facs o srenghen our.convleion--of he imperaive necessiy for such a jud.mml IT is exceedingly difficul o find men who cau be safely saff o be so seleced, so paid, and so employed as we have enrused wih power. Too many will use i for he inp/-oposed, ha we rejoice a all evidence of he quesion dulgenee of heir vices or heir passions ; and we should making way. A Bill, nec~arily arising ou of he sympahise wih he Colonial-office under he difficulies Ordinance for esablishing a ler, al Cour of Appeal in he which his human perversiy or fraily creaes for hem in Supreme Cour of Sierra Leone", came in February under hemaer of appoinmens o he Wes Afrlcau selehe consideraion of he Colonial Legislaure. Thanks o meas, were i no bu oo noorious ha ineres and par- Sir A. Kennedy he discussions in ha Couuci are now lally ouweigh wih he m hose consideraions of fin~-s public, and we are glad o see he African IMerpreler which alone ougho deermine heir caoice ox persons o glvinghem ha prominence is columns by which fill he imporan offices a heir dispoml. In one of our hey may come Mhin he cegnisance of all he inhabi- leaders iu our March number (sadly muilaed by rans of he Colony. The Bill we now allude o was lald priner s error, as abovexplained) we alluded in erms.of before he Couueil by order of he Secreary of Sae for reprobaion o he gross abuse of Police powers in he he Colonies, and has for objec he aboliion of he former lile island of Lagos, as evidenced in he almos indis- Cdur of Appeal in he colony, which consised of he criminae handcuffing of men, women, and children, up- Governor and Council. As he Queen s Advocae oh- prehended ofeu on he mos rivial ~rounds, and no served "There is now (nominally a leas) a Cour unfrequenly by mere ignoran effieiai capriee, or an " ns" unjusifiable exerelse of official power. Ou allusion hen Appeal for he whole of he Wes African seleme. 1:in said: "Suppose a case were ried before he oupremewas o he case of he comparaively defenceess Africans, Cour when siing a nisl prius, here was an appeal o i who, as he ribunals have been hihero consiued, and in bunco." Bu alhough here was an efforo make i as jusice has been hihero adminisered a La~es, hae appear ha such an appeal, o a cour of only wo jueges, lile or no hope of redress agains auhoriy. We could was in some degree saisfacory, here was an eviden conno hen of course imagine ha a similar ourage upon vioion in every mind ha i is an absurdiy. Mr. a European--an Englishman--was so speedily o be ~Ezzidio evidenly fel i very srongly, aud did no chronicled in our pages; so soon o hrus is haeful hesiae o giv expression o he public dissaisfacion deails inour columns, as if o jusify our denunciaions wlh one of he wo exising judges, Mr. Huggins, alhough of e a pracice whichas no lile influence making h hd did i inn very delicae way. The Governor-in-Chief, Briish rule offensive end odious among heafriean people as governors.in-chief doub ou srove o make he ha island colony or selemen. And we mus say besofheabsurdblunderofhe~ g hem seems o be a degree of reribuion in his new,de acoarof g leo "of official yranny--a reribuion which, hough o. i! 11!4 f!

5 i 120 i does no in any way diminish he official guil, was no m~ have inflamed, he official s vaniy hus rebuke. unmeried by he European secion of he communiy. Then Cap. Mdyeea yard is forcibly enered,-ihe heea These had always beheld unmoved he gross abuses of krcoman seized and marched off o prison. Cap. ~fiyer auhoriy pracised upon he defenceless Africans; hey sends o remonsrae--hls delegaes, Mr.Turner and CapL connived a., and were no unfrequenly paries o hose Rancher, are refused admission o he high official presea~ abuses, insead of sanding forward, as hey ough o have --obedience and no reasoning is whahe eiqae~ of done, in defenea of he weak and he oppressed againshe quarer-deck command requires from meaner, hings ; an~l brual ouraoes of ign&an or ireful officials. And, as a all h[n~ are meaner o he horoughgoing quarer-deck rule, we have been haed, and abused, and vilified by mind. The singing or yelling (if Cap. Glo~;~r so will o Europeans, from he GamMa o he Cameroons, because call i) ceases ; bu no so he official wrah, A. band, wine he Afi ican 2i mc,~ upheld he claim of African Briishfory of his Hous~ regimen (Mahomean raw levies from subjecs, or African inhabians of Briish selemens, o he Upper ~, iger), are sen o ener forcibly he yard of a full and equal proecion wih Europeans agains he Cap. Mdyer, and arres Turner and. Rascher, who.were undue exercise of offieial power, and, whenever necessary, here quiely smo]~ing heir clgar-z, and bring hem, well againshe brual exercfse of auhoriy by boh unofficial beaen en roue of course, o Govenumeu House. Arrived and official Europeans upon he naive supposed o be here his E~rce/lency himself helps o ejec hem from h~ living under he proecion of Briish laws, or of Briishaugus presence, and hrus hem o,yard he guard,room. auhoriy where Briish laws are no in force. Bu we k lile laer he visis hem here, lanhorn in hand, 9 now ask hem o consider well wheher he gross ourageexamine heir faces ; and his offensive survey compleed, of Capain Glover, he Adminisraor of Lagos, upon he gives he sublime command, ".Handcuff lho~ men am l a "k,a" person of Mr.Turner, au Englishman, and Capain 1Raseh or, /hem o.bridewell" And hus, hand.cuffed o eaoh oherj a subjec and ciizen of he Norh German Confederaion, hese men--hese Europeans~his :Englishman and his does no afford ampl evidence ha he), ~)o, unless hey :Norh German, who had no commied any offence:known are coneno be a all imes mere degraded oadies and O he law, or of which he law could have cognimnce, svcophans of Briish officials, who seem o admi of no were marched abou wo miles, hrough srees.and people~ resrains he exercise of heir auhoriy, save such as o he so-eaued BrideweU. For he reamen hey heir own ungoverned wills may inlpose,---ha hey, oo, received here, and he mode and cimumsancea of heir unless hey are coneno be hese mean and desl~icabledeliverance and reurn home, we refer o :ki. Trner. s hln~s, require he 13roccion of an independen publicaffidavi. In he morning hey appear before he magdsjournal such as he.dfi ican Times, which ma y bring heir[_raa--of course au officer one of he Wes India Regimens Mr. Raseher is summarily dismissed. (he exisene~ lus complains before he bar of pub)o opinion, and before he Home Governmen, whose du 3 i is o check and of such a person as Coun Bismarck having no doub o punish all abusive exercise of auhoriy by heir officials, flashed across he quarer-deck official mind during he or he agens of he laer, and for who~ acs he laervisions ~f he nigh), wih he saisfacory inimaion ough o be sricly responsible. Wha we desire--whaha he had no business o have been here we claim~wha we insis upon, and shall never cease o all; he :En.glishma~, o break he Governor 8 sruggle for, while God gives us power o coninue he fall by a seeming magiserial convicion ha here was srife, is ha every individual, wheher European or somehing in i, underwenhe form of being remanded. African, 1Ning.wihin Briish selemens, or under he Appearing under he remand, ha was informed, ha he supposed proecion of Briish laws on he Wes Coas of Chief ~.[agisrae, Mr. Way, had also sa upon he eas~.(ill Africa, shall equally conform o, and be equally under he secre) ; ha hey were boh of opinion Mr. Turner was proecion of hose laws; and ha no Briish Adminisraor decidedly wrong ; bu ha here was nohing hey could or oher official ehall dare o se his individual will or deain or fine him for, even in coss; and ha hey hoped caprice above law; or ha if he a any ime does so dare, i would no occur again (such an Ourage by Capain his crime shall be visied wih speedy and adequae rebukeclover we suppose he mean). From.his.j udgmen (vide and punishmen. We ask aenion o he deails given deposiion), we ~ee ha, he, arres was alleged, o be for (page 116) in he affidavi of ~[r. Turner, and he leermessage sen by Capain Meyer, of which Turner was only. on he same subjec of his gross ourage by Adminisraor he mouhpiece, in which he relaive musical meris Clover, upon he pel~sons of Mr. Turner and Capain he kroomen and he Houssa band were mooed. :For his ~ascher. We have long conended in direc opposiion o a Briish Adminisraor dares o bring his quarer-deck he seeming Downing-sree view, ha,.as a rule, here are insincs ino play, and abuses he powers confided o him no oher Classes in he Briish communiy so unfi o be by his Governmen, by ordering a forcibl enry ino a rused wih civil official power in Briish colonies or German s propery, and by arresing wih violence, by selemens, as officers of he Army or l~avy, and preeminenly of he Navy. The old quarer-deck yranny, srees, by filhily imprisoning, and by ~,ubjoeing o he handcuffing, by marching wih iudig=nlv hrough public enjoyed and excreed by hem under he old muiny laws, indionio y of examinaion, ara police.cour,, an Engllsh. - seems o be engrafed ino heir very naure; and whaeverman and a subjec of he l~orh German Confederaion, heir oher qualificaions may be, renders hem unfi for We have no hesiaion in denouncing his as a gross civilian command. I was, no doub, disagreeable o official crime. We are informed haf5 he Supreme Cour~ Capain Glarer, and an obsacle o pos-prandial repose or a ~ierra Leone has been appealed o by he Englishman quie conversaion wih his lady or oher guess, ha he for pecuniary dama~s agains Capain Clover, and ha~ boiserous kroomen, who, in he adjoining compound of he Prussian has placed his case in he hands of his COn. Capain Md.ver, were greeing heir maser s reurn o svl. We do no know o wha exen he cours a Sierra Lagos in heir u~ual manner, should have had such power-leonful~lungs, and should h,zve se powerfully used hem. Bu we know ~Ir. Rainy will do all ha can be done)~ nor h can afford peeuuiarvjusice o Mr. Turner (~houg hese krooman son~ are no unusual in Lagos, were wha reparaion he Governmen of his Prussian Majesy never, we~lieve, &cls~d o be unlawful, and could no, may demand from ha of Grea Briain for her ou rage herefore, have lxen deemed offensive novelies eiher by on Capains Mdyer and laseher ; bu we do "know ha i he Adminisraor his guess. Bu we seem o see he is ime ha he Col0nial-office should visi wih jus and whole process. Caplaiu Gover, no he inildes or adequae displeasure such o~cial misdeeds as have been leas irriable of naval officials, was no in he perperaed by an Ussher, a Parker, a 8knee, and_ hnmour for krccman melodies, or hese melodies Glarer. did rio combine well wih he exquisie harmonies Ir of his Hou.~a band (of which, and his Houssa regi. TILE LATE CHIEF ~fagistrat--~ O:F THE men, we hink i now ime o ake more noice han GOLD COAST we have hihero done), and, in his quarer-deck ire, is. impossible ha we can allow he removal of Mr. declared before his guss li~ deerminaion ha he row Parker from he office of Chief M%o4)raa 0a~ Coas daould be pu an end o. He sea an order (no a polie o pa~ wihou some few remarks. Is has been or he reques) o ha e~ ec. A non-immediae compliance!pac eigheeu monhs a very pmminea:fagura in our columns by reason of an almos uninerruped series of~ Topee saed ha he iroa-elad frigae Vicoria lef for Cuba S.a mos m/juslfiable, oppressi~,e, am], a imes, seemingly ira- ] he prerio~s day. Tweny.wo vessels were already a he island, becilacs We have called loudly for his removal --he i and ohers were preparing o leave for he same.esinaion, bu safeby of "every class of mhabla :- "1"- c,_^~ c^.., " 7 - I here... were no sufficien sailors o man Admiral hem.... Topee owns and he houour of he Briish Governmen made aned, ha he presen Spamsh squadron migh no~ perhaps. -~ - -~., ~ I suffice o mainain he inegriy Of heislaad as a porion of he ma~ removav. imperaively... necessary., ~.,,.[=o.. nac,. oeea ~ p a[ ul.a S erriory. a "a....he u ȯ ires... nen ook Ino consideraion a In~. epa acor jn many of houss ner ~rue s a~exxes:aua ] proposal auhorising Admira Topeo o levy sailors for he wane. n e remained o disgrace he ma~wlserml bench by [ equipmen of he flee, which auhorisaion having been gird.% new judicial vagaries and illegal ourages, we could no ~ his measure will be carrim ino immediae execuion, and all hope for a beer sae of publio feelln~ wih respec o {disposable ve~ds wil successively sall for Cuba. Briish ofl~clals on he Gold Coas. Bu" Mr. Parker has l Two hundred and sixy poliical pri.~oners have been shipped from Cuba for Feruaudo Po; here are among hem many persons gone. ies I a is homo no found oo i much impossible o my ha" o reain he colonial him any auho- longerof wealh and soeid posiion. x~boliri0.w OF SLAVERY IN a Cape Coas~ wihou assuming he respon~biliy of his Cvs.~kceording o aena! arran~emone, he aboliionis, leadera in he Cores (X~adrid) inend acs before he BriishParliamenL Noha he Lords bring on he grea debae when he 5h clause of he Consiuion is presened. or Commons are ready.o lisen 4o any colonial oomplalns, mchnueh less o hose from he Wes Coas~ of Africa: bu! U.~ rsn Sr~T~--~, Re Cuba--The Ho,l~ Foreign Affairs Commiee of he House of Represenaives Washingon have hahe judicial condemnaion of Mr. Pwrker s acs by he Chief JUsice of Sierra Leone afforded an opening whichpassed a resoluion declaring~"the sympahy of he people of wonid mos cerainly have been availed: of by some memberhe Unied Saes wih he people of he Island of Cabs ia heir of he House of Commons during he preen[ session, parioiu effors o secure heir independence, and o e~ablish e "Well, hecolonlal.office have removed Mr. Parker ; bu republican form of Governmen, guaraneeing he personal how have hey done his? Have hey given any libery and he equal poliical fighs of all he people, acd hs saisfacion or even verbal reparaion o his sufferingcongress will give is consiuional suppor~ o he Presiden of vicims, some of whoso lives have been almos sacrificed he Unied Saes whenever may deem i expedien,, recog~_ -...,.-- fii~ he independence and sovereigny of such lepubliom arongn ms megm Juagmens ann genera[ armrrary pro- ~.,, ~..,.... ~,.... _~.,, ,. :~overnmenr. A WOUlU De ulncuig In exaggerae:ug lmpor anco ceeamgs, off.apumm repr oa[on or conc emnaion:or even of his acion on he par of Congress susained a~ i is by he c~msnre Of hose acs whleh have brough such deep dis- ~eneral svmmhv of he Amerieanoodle grace on he admxmsrahon of jushce a Cape Coas, and Posrvo~ --Lisbon, April 17.~A muiny ha~ occurred arao, g so deeply lnjured manylnnocen individuals? No; ~r. he ~oldie~" of he Zambesi expediion,-saioued Mala, ]~arlber has been removed cerainly, bu he has been re- eigheen miles from Lisbon. Troops have been sen from here o moved o anomlnally superior appoinmen, whlch he suppre~ he umul, and bring back he regimen den!ned for will enjoy a hlgher salary han a Cape Coas True i is, Zambesi o Lisbon. The expediion is o embark a his Por o he ~mparaive banishmen of S. Helena he has been~ immediaely.. ransferred, bu he is made Chief ffnsico here. We have,,,~v~~n~ no vindicive feelings agains Mr, Parker, as we never had OU~E ~"~"~ OF... COMMO~, " ";~ ~o anyporsonsl animosiy a_~ains him, and we do sincerely - _, u..,._--.:~l. ~ ~-a o~ i ~e... o,. 32r.~_.. ~+01~ rile BKIIISl squ&nron ON ~ne WES ~ Co.s r OF AFRICA. ace m h ~ ^h^-....~.^_^:. ^,~_...,.^ d.^la Coas. Our Mr. J. LowhEn, u moving for some reurns relaive o rio complain as regards... hismaer isagainshe Colonial.office e ewx~i ~?:h~dr~n~: ~ -, ~:;ea h::n~lai " s;afiv~ioran ~oy:~e n:: J " " here. Weshouldhkeoknowwhadegreeofofficmldehn-....,.. ~,~o,,.. I lnuea empiovrneu a a ~uanrou " [nero "" " a~ a ea g ex-ense p of quenoy and urpiude xsnecessary o aeprve... anomca one ]~-~ ~ n a ie -... favour and proecion of he auhoriies m Dowmng-sree ] Colonel S rxes houghhe Governmen would be jusified is --~ha exen of on[rage onse heir officials may commi ]:now furhereducing he squadron. They had already aken a agains~ Briish -subjecs, and ohers under Briish pro- ].sep in he righ direcion. - eci0n,.and. sill remain eniled o- official promoion. [ Mr. Cnrrn~said he migh slae ha he Governmen had a hard, again, we should like o.knewho is o compensae I furhereducion in conemplaion. Wha he exac.~ exen uf hevieiros of such. officials~o whom he Oolonial-office so]ha reducion migh be he Could no now sae, bu he hoped adheres as o shield hem from he jus claims ha would I ha hey would be able o effec i, afer proper communicaion be brough againshem if opporuniy wereallo~ed. If ] Wuarh;:a~F re~n~ ffic~e ~dstr~suryo~nad~sacn~lns~hep~:ne ~ we-are no misaken, Mr Parkers reurn o J~ngiaua " "... "..., ] oo,iion of our rade. I would be alogeher ou of ques[on o or-bc0land wouid have been he signal br legal proceea, I wihdraw he nuadron enirely from ihe Wes Co~s. There. ings agains him before he superior Briish ribunals,%r[ was a considerable amoun of commerce o be proeced here. his alleged- judicial misdeeds a Cape Coas, bu he [ We had eelemeus of some imporance, and i was mos impor- Colonial auhoriies sep in o his relief. When hey can [ an h*- iu fixing he srengh of he squadron upon he coas no longer suppor him agains public opinion and he I hey should have due regard o he exen of our commerce and jnd.icialee~sure of eueh a man as Chief Jusice ~rench, [ he requiremens of our coloniss; bu he grea elemen of he bhey promoe him o he Chief 0"uslceshlp of S. Helena,slave-rade would no longer ener ino heir calculaions in esl and r~n~l n ~Mn ~ w~*- ~-~ ~mnv~.h~m dlr~e from Cave maing he force ha was required.., "~"- ~YT- 7,-7 -r j...:~ : ~ : goas; o rna~ place, so na~ no may never come _.-,,.5_Mr w~um CoaaY said ha a grea deal of he moraliy arose ~rom.-- "... he saion reaehofnn:enghsh wrff: There m se,meh mg m h,s ye ~M ~.a :udmlm~;~2:~plw~:fep~huap d he esimony ~ ha _o beexplamed, and ~ ~_s no ~mpo~.mm.~ ~s some:,of e~ Firs Lord of he Admiraly o he efficiency of his hug may ye be elicied by a quesuon m me ~ouse o ~uadron ia he pas ; he hough, hey;ever, ha a ime had now Comanche. come when a reducion m~gh safely be effeced m is sreag. Mr. Lowrnm~ hen wihdrew his moion. XUROPEAN AND OENERAL POLIT[CAL IFFAIRS. ~.ai.,~cz.--the railway dispus.beweea France au.d Belgium Co~P~.Xx- Or AYRIeAN MZECUXXrs.--The annual meeing of ~e ~ems o be as far as ever from being seled, and begins o wear. Company of African Merchans was helcl on he 26h March. a.~retyngly asl>ce, France ~ does no recede from any of her ~There was a fair aendance of shareholders, and he c.halrmau of pr~ions. ",he Compahy ex~lsi~ed ha in consequence of he nqn-arrival of ~ ~r~ o s "P.~o~m~Tho Pr~, L~e organ or enlighened ihe Poruguese ma~, which should bring deailed accouns from Pr~ch Conservaives, says :, All enlighened rain ds.. fceladee. p,!.o ~ meof hecom. n pa ssa y GaS, i~ he. Board... wasnnable o submi rooed co[fricion[ha he presen ~aof affairs can las ; ha "a full repor and bah~ce.snce, oa~, navmg exam~nea!.u.o. ~n~ before many monh~., nay maoy:weeks, are over, quesions fir icompan)- saffsirs, hey fel warraned iu re~. mmendlog u dvlcles( morn m0meaous han he Oreco- l"u~i~h di~iculy Will h~ve o ] vf 2s. 6d. per share, which, hough no qu~o so muca ~,.rm.eny befle/~ded eiher btpa ifio means-or by war. Cabines, pub. ] ~ald, was equal o abou 9 per cen., and, herefore, a fai reurn li~s, andmen of busine~ ere all expeei~g au even, a word, a I xqxm he capial. I would be paid ou of he year s profis wih- [acre s~x~,hx will fire he raiu and ca ass a general blow up. ] ou renching upon he reserve fund. ~ho repor was aloped, SrAI~,--The Cuban iusurroefioms~ am now causingrea[ nnd hediar~d.en~l deelard in aceordauce~lh horeeommendalon inquieude a Maddcl. Iu he Cores on he 17h, Admiral of he ~,o.

6 %! 122 THE AFRICAN TI~E8. [APmr, 2S,!869. ENLARGEMENT OF THE LEOISL&TIVE COUNCIL OF rue on he Vola. The Ahwoonahs have received preseus from SIERRA LEONE. [he Ashanee% and have allowed an Ashanee armed force o zo Tnz zdrros of THZ A;me.sw Tr~zs. I ener heir counry ; and hey have ake no measures o induce Sierra Leone, February 26, [ heir allies, he Aquamboe-b o lay down hdlr arms, aa h.ey are, Sir,--The purificaion of he Legislaive Council whic has[ by Aricle 4 of he Treay, bouud o do, Whils our people have aken place by he wihdrawal of Mr. Shaw, whom ex.governor [ observed he reay, he enemy am engaged in prepa.raions, in Blsckail impored here from Longford, and placed a he head of[conjuncion wih he Ashsuees, o invade our ernones once i moro. I have said from he beginning ha i was a g&~d hing our Cusoms in i864, when he was scarcely weny-wo years of age, and whose seizures were denounced, and himself condemned! o have his reay signed, so ha i migh be seen who werehe iu damages and coss by he Lords of he audicial Commiee of real disurbers of he peace ; bu I have also always expressed he Privy Council, bu which damages and coss he ex-governor he opinion ha he Ahwoonshs never had he remoes inenion paid ou of he public reasury--suggess a befiing ime for he of keeping o is erms. enlargemen of he Council iself. In place of a Sar Chamber, aa The Ashanees are pouring large forces ino Aqusmboe and i was under he blighing presidency of he ex-governor, and Creepee, and if hey are allowed o complee heir arrangemens he servile oadyism of ex-chief Jusice Car (he now pensioned undisurbed, hey will conquer each province of hese disrics in hermi of Benn e-park, Blaekheah), he Council siing wih deail. If Creepee is aken, good bye o he Vola and all open doors under he presidency of Sir Arhur Kennedy, sun. coon, ivory, and counry clohs, and gold. Crobo will be he lalned by such men as Chief Jusice French and ourdisinguished nex, hen Aquaplm, hen Akin, and hen he sea-board owns Queen s Advocae, he honourable Mr. Phillippo, has become a from he Sacoom o he Vola ; afer which he Ashm~ees will grea naional insiuion, o which parioism and he healhful have nohing o prevenhem from aacking he Fanees buell breah of freedom have iu he fulnesa of ime len heir undy-poinsing vigour and heaven-born power. Under such auspiciousseaers are coming in daily from all pars of he counry--from wih he aid of heir newly-acquired ribuaries. Me,- circumsances, I hope, Mr. Edior, ha your able pen will Akin, Crobe, Aquapim, Creepee, and from he Vols--waruing advocae is enlargemen, for wih. a wise and well.conddered King Tackee of he movemens of he Ashanees and heir allies, enlargemen, is power and populariy mus necessarily exend. and calling for help. The Creepees have sen o ell Teekce ha There are hree names which mus Sugges hemselves a once o if he has no longer power o proechem hey mus in self our renders, who~ addiion wouid bring increased populariy and defence join he Ashanees. The Agoims have sen o say ha abiliy o our Council; we mean Messm. Rainy, Rosenbush, and unless he Acorns come o heir aid speedily hey mus form an "William Lewis, senior. Mr. Rosenbush was he firs who aughalliance wih he Ahwoonahs. The Aquapims and Akims have he grea and complicaed science of banking o Africa, and applied for ammuniion for defensive measures. hus has rendered incalculable service o his colony; and of his Mr. Simpson, he Adminisraor, arrived here very opporunely on February 16, from Cape Coas, and I mus do him.-adminiaraive abiliy here can be no quesion in he mind of any men. Mr. Lewis, who was formerly he Vice-Presiden of he credlo say ha he has no wased any ime in inquiring our Chamber of Commerce, enjoys a wide-spread populariyino he ruh of he.~o ugly rumours. On he day afer his amongs he naive communiy, and is in every respec compeen arrival, a noon, he me he hree kings and all he prine psl for he pos. If Mr. Rainy could be induced o join he Council, i whie and naive residens and merchans, and explaine~ o o Speak of he ranscenden qualiies of he sar of his profession, [ hem ha he objec of his presen visi o Acera was o endeav0ur o resore peace on he Vola, and hahe wssdeermined and-e~enially he man of he people, would be boh vain and I suporlquous. "fie has suggesed some of he bes reforms for our I o effec i a all risks. The Adminisraor invied he chiefs o -colony, and wc believe in his moral foriude so firmly ha we [ speak ou boldly all hey had o say on he subjec. They replied ha on his subjec here was now bu one voice inacorn, de no hink he would shrink from he ask of carrying ou his I own wlse suggesions. Only hink of he populariy and he ] and hey.begged his Excellency o ai/ow Mr. Nicol Irvine o wide,spread confidence ha his name alone would creae speak for hem and all presen. hroughou our colony! Think of he services ha his varied Mr. Irvine hen relaed briefly all ha had occurred since he legal knowledge would render o he Council in l-q~onsruclou kings lef Addah, and produced leers from all p~s of.he -of heirlaws. Is ancien and honouredpower of appeal--los counry corroboraing his saemens. ~hroughhe incompeence of ex-chief Jusice Carr ~ nd Mr. The Adminisraor expressed himself highly pleased a he Huggins--migh once more be resored, and large sums of moneyunauimiy whic he perceived amongs all classes a AGora, be saved o he colony. Mr. R~iuy could show in his new was made manifes b}, he fac of Mr. Irvlne having been capaciy ha his power in he consrucion cf wha was good, seleced by he naive chiefs, by he educaed naive% and by he... healhful, and conducive o he ineress of he Sae, was as greaeuropean merchans as heir spokesman on such an occasion. as his unquesionable power o hun ou corrupion, rample On he 17h, he European merchans and he educaed : upon falsehood, and rou ino darkness and oblivion bigosnaives me his Excellency again on he same subjee~vis., he and yrans of every hue and denominaion. Commerce iselfdisurbed sae of he counry, and he combinaion of he would hail he presence of Rosenbush and Lewis a he CouncilAshanees wih he Aquamboes and Ahwoonahs. Mr. Irv~ne Board~he spiri of libery, and he sacred genius of parioism was again our Speaker, bu he Adminisraor invied informs, would see in Mr. _Rainy he r uuiring champion and mos unpur-iocha, able son. Several individuals gave wha informaion hey were posaes.~m of. from auy person presen acquained wih he maer. May we shor/y see hose brlgh addiions o our lile senae l Capain Russell, he Civil Commandan, corroboraed all ha I am~ Mr. Edior, yours ruly, was said as o he movemens of he Ashanses, and he coniuued hosiliies on he par of he Aquambces. Every person A iooxz~-ox. preseu expressed his convicion ha no peace could be secured COLD COAST. on he Vola unil he Aquamboes were horoughly subdued, an~ Erom Iris 82edal CorreJ2ondeng of b.4/hear Time~ ag Aecra. ha wihou delay, and when I ell you ha he grea champion,,.. Acers, March 9, of " peace a any pace from Chnshansborg... expressed himself Sir,~Sinee I wroe you in December I have been able o o he sam effec, and even declared his wallingness o lead he obain more auhenic informaion relaive o he signing of he van, I hink you will give me credi for having persisenly reay on he Vola, and respecing oher maers ha ranspired adhered o he policy I have preached so long--viz., a shor.~ar abon he same ime. I have had several conversaions wih o secure a good long peace. The Adminisraor informedus boh Taekee and Cudjoe in he presence of winesses, and I gave ha he quie coincided wih us!ha such measures were absohely indispensable, bu ha ha could no agree wih us in boh o undersand ha I was seeking for informaion wih he view of making use of i as he specie/ corresponden of he many poins of deail, and he would herefore ac in accordance 2ffrfcan ~r rne~, and herefore you may implicily rely on he wih a plan he had already cu ou and dried for himself before following :~. he lef Cape Coas. These wo king signed he reay very relucanly, and only Mr. Siar,son me he hree kings and heir capains on he a he urgen soliciaion of cerain naivea of Acorn on he spo, 18h, bu as I was no prc~en I canno inform you wha reck who exered hemselves o he very umoso induce hem o do place; ba I believe liey endcavoured,o impress on his Ex~langy he neee~iy of allowing hem o proceed o immediae so~ wheher he King and chiefs of Ahwoonah signed Or no. I had been agreed beween he Governor-in-Chief and he Kiog acion and he danger of delay, and I know ha hey wa~ed and chiefs of Addah and Cudjoe ha he King of hhwconshhe Governor o beware of receiving any informaion from he ~hould be presen in person. Neverheless did no make his friends of he Aqusmboea and he Ahwoonshaduring his jommey appearance. This saisfied he chiefs on our side ha he ino he inerior and he Vola disric. Ahwoonshs never inended o observe he reay. In obedience His Excellency lef for Odumssi in Crebon he 20h l~ebruary, o he orders of Sir Arhur Kennedy, Kings Tackee and Cudjoewih he view of ~eeing ino he sae of affairs for himself.. On lef Addah and came up o Accrs, so ha he Ahwoonahs and he 6h ins. a repor reached Acorn o he effecha ha had Aquamboea should have no excu~ for creaing farher disurb-arriveancea on he Vola. Since heireurn maers remain in #~a,, Aquamboe o mee him a ha place, o.come- o.~me u~.- a Odumasi and had sen a me~.,~ga o he Xing of cr. 28, 1869~] TTE - AFRIOAN TIMT~ 1 _ 23 sanding/ba lm.~e king flaly refused ~o do. ~. I was,aheequeniy f~her repored ha 3f. Simpson~had ~r66eeded him- In he Governmen Blue-book relaive o he compsr%lva CLI~IATH O]? THE "WEST COAST. self o Aquamboe, and had beeri for ~lf deained here a he insigaion of he Ahane~e cap ale. " healh, &o,, of seamen employed on various saions hroughou On ihe" following day, he world here is he following relalvo o he climae of he hpwv ~, he Corpmandan receivc~ an official despach from he Wes Coas, by Assisan:Surgeon 55 Lamber, of he Espoir, Ad/ni~israor, and ha a once convened a meeing of he kings, which confirms he saemens we have always made on he sub. chiefs, and merehsng, o eammunicao hem /he conens. jec: "I do no hink he Coas, eiher ashore or afloa, nearly ~his was on he 5h ins. The despach was daed Aquamboe, so uuhealhy as i is eonsauly represened o be. On shore, :~arch 8, and i informed he Commandan ha he Admlnis-froraor had concludeda rea~ of peace wih he King of Aqusm-hey were a homo, and indeed someimes much more loosely; he lile I have seen of i, Englishmen ne very much as if boa--on paper! - " -... hey smoke and imbibe alcoholic simulaus oo much,~and.admlnisraor.,~ire~c<l he Comm~ano csll sll indulge especially in oher forms of dissipaiou, which are~.al h~ ~ohiefs nnd mezchans:~g eher, end explain o hem ha debiliaing cai~ses, preparing he way for he inroads of malaria. p.eace w~now perfecly esabl/shed, as lie King of Aq~amboeThey do no look on hem~ives as-belon~,ing o anoher dime, had signed he reay and he-volawas now open o all raders; aud requiring special care and grea aeniou o all hosb he Adminisraor added ha he hol:~l o be a Affdah on he hygicuio rules which apply wih greaer or less force wherever 12h, ahdhe rused o mee here a good number of he Acornour race wauders, be i in he healhies places perh!e, so far merchans wih heir merchandise o accompany him up he as exernal agencies are concerned, bu which apply wih yeisas far as Kperng,.0 prove ha rio Vols is now reallyespecial force where, as here, many Of he surroundiog agencies o~n. The,Adminisraor concluded by direcing Capainnro inimlc01 o a healhy ncon of he animal funcioa~. Wih l~u~ell o inform Kings Tackce and Cudjce ha hey were o emperauce iu die, simulans, and, generally, pers?nal proclaim o allhelr people ha peace wan once mor e~ablished cleauliness as well as surrouucliog 61eanlinesh "a frco inerc ~an~9" of air in. dormiories, exercise in he open air, bewe~ hem ~nd he Aquamboes. This w~:, he pih of Mr. Si~pscm a despach o he Civil Commandan of Acorn. and a modera exposure o he suu. I hiuk Europeans, -Ircanno ~ud words o express he feelings of disappoinmen fully grown and wih sound consiuions, could remaih many m~d.clf~u~ wh.lch he conens of his despach creae& in he. -years cn he Coas, nnd reura o Europe wihou much impa~mea of healh. Tl~is would be very much more ruo could m~of~veryone, from King Tackce o hys p~pe-besrer. Mr. Simp~n will find he Aecras quie as unonimous his ooccsionm~rchans choose heir rading saions. :For obvious reasons a as hey were on he ~ay of heir firs inerviewwih him. I pre~nhe rfiodhs of ho rivers are chosen, which above all are enclose you a copy of. a!ee.r ~ddresae~. o.~e Commandan by he mosunheahhy place*, especially as iu many, cases pure waer he hree kin~ and he European and naive merchans, als~ of canno be had, and river waer, ofen impure, is used for all he.adminisraor s leer. The kings and.~ople generally are purposes. Afloa, wih lileommunisaiou wih he shore, no exceedingly exasperaed a ]dr. William Addo, he iuerpreer. general leave a nooriously unhealhy places, usiog disilled Nowihsanding X[r. SAmpson s rday i is sill believed by somewaer, or good spring waer when i ean b~ had wihou ex- he men o oo much faigue or malaria, avoiding river ha his deparure from Aquamboo erriory may be delayedposing longer han will be convenlen o his (Excellency; and his requeswaex% and rarely enering hem; a free use of quinine when in his despach o Cap. Russell, for ~ pune~m of ru~ and required; doing away wih boa cruising, more berhing ~cco;nmodaion, a liberal supply of fresh beef and vegeables, wengy.p~e ~ of lforee limf~#, o be.pure~a, ed OYLY al ~,.~f Y Ad~-o 8,fore, and o be immediaely ren o him by canoe, srenghens allowing he men o buy sock a he various places, le~ drill he suspicions of boh blacks and whies ha here is s screwalof, grea aenion o personai cieanlinese.and he general loose somewhero. The famous William Alexander Parker has cleanliuesa of he ship, I feel sure, puing aside he so-called really" lef he ~ene of his recdn labours; he ~ received he infecious epidemics, which ough rarely o occur, he healh reward of his eminen services on he Gold Coas by being promeed o he Chief Jusi~- ship of S. Hdeaa. The policy of han on many." of ha cruisers would bo as good ns ou any saion, and beer Downing-sree is o us inexplicable! The saeof rade of-6ouree remain, as before. Crec~ee rade, I SUBSCRIPTION8 TO "AFRICAN TI3/ES." fear~ is~a aa end for ever, as he Aqramboe-% i~issmd, posiivelyxiessrs. B. Savbge, 10s. ; Henry Robin, los. ; C. Fomyh, 20s. ; refused o allow Mr. Simpson o visi ha counry, and alsoi. J. Lumpkin, 10s. ; J. B. Beojamio, 10s.; he lae B. E. C. dseined o:open h ~ p.~hs. Evon ff he Vola w~ r~l[y open, X~erriman, 10s. ; S. f. Pcer~, 5s. ; T. M. Bell. 5s. ; W. ~E. Cole, W?n~)i H (~ no, i would be nohing gained unless he Cseepeo road5s. j C. J. George, 5L ; 3. George and Son, 5s. ; Then. 3co, 10s. ; was also open. The merchans are furious, and well hey mighdavid William e, 6s. 8d.; J. D. E. Z. McCauIay, 5*.; J. Williams, be, for hey have been :m~ ~rofuly de~eived. Every ~ore will 5s. ; J. A. Cole, 5s. ; D. Williams, 5s. : A. Wilhelm, 6s. ; J. M. have o be closed if hings coninue hus hree monhs longer, Davies, 5s. Mrs. M; 8wade, 6s.; W. D. Turner, 20s.; Dr. W. B. and herulned merchans will have o go:elsewhere o seek for Davies (up o 3uly 1869), 1 2s. 6d.; Hoary Bonrke, do., 5s; employmen. Wha h e naiv~ will do ime mus show. J. D. Hayford, do., 53.; Joseph Smih~ do, i8~ 9d.; Dr. C.harles O C~llaghan, do., 18s. 9d.; Henry Brew, do., ~s.; C.C. Brown, do., DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE. 6s.; 3. E. Crawford (on accoun o 3uly, 1869), lls.; 3". E. Davidson, do., 6..; W. E. David~n, do., 5.,.; Samuel D~vis, do., 1/.; ]~y ~fhe Saxon seamer whidh arrived a Souhampon on he l~lh, ia he, we behave, unprecedened shor ime of weny-fnine days from Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, we learn ha Dr ~.~ Sergeau.-~ajor Huchisou, do., ~s.; H. F. Morque, de., C. Gran (hree copies}, do., 15s.; F. C. Gran (annual sub.)do., Livingsone was a Zanzibar or he 1s of January, and hac[ lef10s.; William Thbmpson, do., 5s.; 3ames Morgue, do., 5*.; Thomas for England,rig he Red Sea and Alexandria. This news has Blauksen, do. 5*. 10d.; W. R. Taylor, do,, 5s.; ~. P. Amissale, given he greaes pleasure o he inhabians of Cape Town, who do., 5s.; K. Hermau, do., Is. 3~.; O~car, Mess, ~[mina, do., 16ok wih much ineres for furher deails from England ; bu i 1.Ss.; Alber Visa, do., 5*.; G. E. ~miusang, do.i lts. 6d.; S. 1L seems o us o require confirmaion, before any credence is givenwood, do., 6s.; W. C. Finlasou, do., fi~. ; A.. Sewar, M.D., do., o h~ happy news. 5*.; J. W. Cole, do., 6*.; John Chrisian, do., 6*.; J ohu 8arbab, DEATH. do., ~.; Corporal Scaly, do, 6s.; Rober A. Quan~h, do., 6s; Issue Rober~on, do, IL; William Cleaver, do., 5s; J, R. Thompson, do., 5~.; W. D. ffowson, do., 5*. ~n~ox.--did a Cape Pana% in ch{ld-blrh, on Tuesday, March 9, in he weny-fourh ~ear of her age, he Hen. Mr~. Oaherine Gib~, beloved wife of he Hen. Joseph T. Gibson, Vice-Presiden of he Republic of Liberia, leaving hree infanestate N OF J. B. BRA~NHER, DEOEASED. chil~lren, on affecionae husband, a large circle of relaions OTICE is, HEREBY GIVEN, ha all Persons having and friends o bemoan her irrecoverable lose. CLAIMS egaiosho above Esae are requesed o ~n.~a Saemen of he same o. he undersigned on or b~ore me ~zs~o Wm r I~r~ Rzomzxr.--In he House of Commons, 21s 3une, 1869, afer whleh day no Claims can bn eneralned and a Dividend will be declared. ~r. Maguire asked he Secreary or Sae for War if i was no rue hs he ]ae paymaser of he 3rd "Wes InGis Regimen absconded in December, 1866, and ha previous o his absconding 01~Ic al Adminisraor. EDWARD WALKER, he forwarded ehequea o of~eers on oupos duy for he paymen ~ amesown, Aeera, Feb. 6, of heir men, which cheque~ were dishonoured being preseued, and ha he officers who received hem,cheques were compelled 17"~OTTON, WOOL, sad oher Maerial, PRESSED an4 o psy he men ou of heir own privae.r~ourees; and wheher~ PACKED by WALKER 8 PATENT R0"rATING he money so paid had eince been refan~kq o hosof~cers; and, PRESS, in HALF he USUAL TITLE. ~ngsr Milh for if no, wha were he inenious of ~e War, o~ce as o is repay-spliinmen Mr. Cardwell replied haihe~e w~sill under exami-every kind of Machine for A~fdca or India... he Cane; [Palm ~ A~sorsrs, Nu Crackers, -aa~ 43, IIANGELL-~TRF_,.ET, WHITEOHA~E~ LONDON: :I

7 124 THE,"A FRIC*~". H~ES_; [gpril. ~3,: 1:869;. SYDENHA HOUSE, 50, LUDGA,E MiLl-, LONO0 :!77)::, - S A UE L- BRO ER:S i 7.. i:.) 3fERGHANT - TAILORS. AND O:UTF TTjER 8),::-;iil Durhag wenb/-wo years heir Clohing h= been celebged for sound eoonomy, perfec fiiing, ~ d he dg~ genlemanliko syle. "~..:..,. THE WORLD-FAMED SYDENHAM SUITS AT 59s... ~- Are manufacured in surable syle~ for all ooc~on~ and in ~various subsances of cloh for all olhna~," MORNING & BUSINESS SUITS 42a o 84a I DRESS & PROMENADB SUITS ; 59a o i14~: TROUSERS... 14s. o-28&[trouser8... ~ a~l. o].~.: THE NEW BOOK ON.OENTI~MEN S ATTIRE...,... me&$rro. J.q~oolXl.~ ae~uc~o, p..,,, +.-,_, :..,,.,r..,+,: i-,! ;? - j i ;Fora Coal---Round he breas,,....,...._=_.~,_ ~. i~o~,~ "~ ~,~. lp n ~ "Round bre.~ &rid wa~,, ffor ~ rolk~r~jaeng~a OU~OO l~am x. xom ~p.u lengh ms,de seam fro~ fork o b~om, round ho.wai~, round heeea. -~. ~,7! /. EFFERVESCING + PYRETIC SALINE..~lMes~y~e..I~r~, A-cepre~en,.aUve, o End.. h ~e.]~nls~r~, r~-oyernor el ~rl~h ;~lerra J.,eono, ~n.~_ In and a lew,.eu-rol~..~_s~ er. o~ ~o~lu~a~ ~,r _~ m= o:~~,~,~o~ ~_,,,-.,,.. r"~cs," 1 ~x~l~ lo~<~i~.~ e~o~l~ of GREAT "VALUE, au~ I shall rejoice o hear I Ls in he hanas o! au ~. uropeans v~ ~,,- -,~- _.,~ Halfa easpoonful, aken in a umbler of waer, conribues more o herefreshmen of he body han any known bey.e,~je,~ invigoraing and vialidng he blood, i alleviaes hirs in a mos agreeable manner, and furni~..es he sysem wih h6~, i-.~jno prindp]es ha are e~senial o healh. " " SICKNESS, HEADACHE, and NAUSEA are in mos cases immediaely relieved by aking a esspoonfoi in a umble r., of cold waler; his can be repeaed once or wice in wo hour% if needful. ;-~ SEA VOYAGES.--I iea very valuable accompanimen, and should on no accoun be omied ; R i usanly allays he siokne~.,. Fer BILIOUS CONSTITUTIONS, giving rise o v,hed S%mei:n, ~ In:~n~hign,,a~ ~b~ons on ho.skiu.~a hould be aken daily, ~vih he dinner, in a umbler of waer, and sa q " y g " g.. _ " :,. ~ easl~nfal. :... : In cases of DIARRHOgA, pu as much Magne~as ~ill lie on a shilling ino half a umbler of waler, le~ l~ fall o ~.; boom ef he glass, and hen sir ino i a easpoonful of he Saline, and drink during effervescence. " - -..:..-: In a [INGLE, YELLOW, SCARLET, TYPHUS,-and OASTBIC FI~VERe, ~ci. ERUIPT!VE~DISEAfl.1~..,Li ~..~oul~ ~1~). given in easpoonful doses e}ery four hour% in a glass half full offwaer, sor w~ aa l~ reasea quanrw ox wa~ e:! paien suffers from hirs. - : W. Szmrm,~s, E~., M.D. and D.C.L., in a work upon fevers, sae~ ha since is inroducion he faal We~ Indi ]Feven... m" -deprived of heir errors. In he Island of Trinidad alone, ou of upwards of One Th~)usancl reaed on his plap.~ here- Were.only eleven deahs. "... " : I is paricularly recommended o all who have a. any period of. U_o.aken C.alo.me],_or.~e~. un.al,p.rel~"ajio V, ~. ~..~-rr -heiremoval. For such i ~e necessary o ake he Effervescing Pyreho ~alme ~r ~ver~a mourns m. ~m~n ~pe~.ma. 9o~...:..,f~ - {! B --Keep he bole well co~-kcd, use a dry spoon, and i will reain is valuao[e preperues ummp~area, oy zme or cm.a~., --horoughly l)r. Ss~mu= Gibbon, of he London Hospial, in hi~ leer, eseei "Iis he bes preparaion.of he kind.[ h..av~evpr me. wlh. ~. Is u~efulness aubydrou% in he &c., reamen,of &~. I speak disease from has adequae long been knowledge confirmed of he by preparaion, medlcsl experience. having b~..n Is superioriy inhe hab~ consiss of.~,mg m 4 Is ~n vemg pnva_~ p r~aaer~a.r~c.- ". lic~ for man}" ~ear% and havlvg ake ~ a Isage quaniy wih me when I wen as pl~sician o he ~myms xosln~a, an no~e,,maw~,ns ;, preparaion is ~f especial va~ue.~augus 7, 1857." "" " ]~r, r of London wries "From my personal aud profe~dena~ I~p rks~ Governmen Medical Inspecor of Emigrans from he po, " :.. ~. "... ~! _. use and knowledge of he value of Mr. la~p~ovah s P~.xo SALINE, for many years pas, I have grea pe~sure in ~eanng my~coidi~ - e~imon~ ~ o s el~cacyin he reamen of many of he ordinary and chronlo forms of Gasric Complains and oher forms offb ril~ Dyspepsm.~Augus 5, 1857." "".. " ~ "" " " :"~ "~ From G D. gaw ~er, E~Q., M.D., ~ 2, Guildfor(l-sree, Russell-square: " I do hereby c~rfy wih pleasure.ha I h~.vp ~.~d;.o~: ~sverel " occasions, " - he efficacy of " s in Mr. Gasric L.~PLo~:o and Enriio IrRaion, s Pyazzc ann also m SALL ~ow ~evenb ~, aena~a:... wrh Derangemen of he Digesive Organs." - R.C8 and Su son o he ~ From "~homu Car ffack~on~ Esq., F..., rg Ore~ Norhern Hospial, London: "I have nobacilli on ia.... _ r~ ommevdivg he compound of Mr I.auP~co~ s SALINE PYBEI"IC.- I ;S an admirable Febrifuge, and wll be found.an ebgble Med~de,~here such remedy is indicaed. I em in he habi of pre, cribing i largely, is composhion being kn~)wn o me ; and I hav every reaso~i o be saisfied - whh i. I is beauifull Y F re Pned, and can be used a a momen s noice wihou rouble, and is herefore paricular!y --- ~:... " adaped for usa in public service."... From David 1 fief Ig ~ a~ E, ~" M. D M " R " Ca, and L.A C, &c, Medina! Of~cer of he 0lerkenwell P~rlsh : " [ barb milch plea,,uro -. " -... " " " " " r - -~ m m bearing esimony o he ~e~mnal Quslaes of ~Ir..LAMpLOUOH S Pl ~z~rio SAUNa. I have used ~ exensvely an.he ~amen 6f Diurhcea and Febrile affecions generally, and have found i an admirable Refrigeran Medicine. well ca1 cula6d for diseases.indideual ~. -Warm climae% more paricularly in Cholera and Fever, as i possesses chemical l~roperies capable of furnishing he blood wi~ 8~. "n~,rnaer.--penonville, Augus 8, 1857." ~leasr,, err and Sonea of Madr~, in a leer elaed Sel)ember 23, 18~6, sae Surgeon-Me.[or C. Murray Doff, ~f.[j., &~.~ h~" called for s furher supply of all ha we could give him, and spoke of is remarkable effecs in he Jungle Fever iu quieahusi~io erms, direcing a furher supply o be sen overlaed, besides wha had already been forwarded by he Cap~. ". ".." ~ d -"., A case of Jungle Fever had been reaed wih he parial conens of one bole wih perfec success; he medical.aendan, of c0n.mo ~ derabie repue, likes he medicine much, and wanls more. In anoher ease of ~evere Vomiing, he paien was relieved afer he hlrdo~, and fell inb a refreshing sleep.: : ; ~ " ~ ~" lif. Guhrle a Army Medical Direcor, became a warm advocae for is us~ in ~-axioo~ d[seaze3, and had he Pyreie he proprieor for person~l aud family Use. : Ballne dl,~ " ; from : : ~ H. LAI%IPLOUGH. I18, -HOLBOIRN, E.O. ~ ",i SPECIAL AGENT8 FOR LAMPLOUOH~ PYBETIC SALINE:-- " M~srs. 0RR & Co., Madras; Messrs. THAOKER/SPINK & Co.: Calcua; Messrs. TREAOHER & Co., Bo~nba), : ~.:: CANTOR and CO., SIERRA LEONE... ~. Pr~ <l and ]P~blls~ for he ProI~deor bl W~u~J< 3o m~ Joss~ ~, 1~1, Fle-~z ~~ In ~e Cy of Lo~4~.--JL~n, ~ I$~., Wlu.;!- j.- ;i ~.7: - -:: :n [ "d. l~d -:: The ~The -Ooa,: