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Yiwm Tile. LONL'Or'-; GAZETTE, rr • —2. Cark2.:-House, •.*lept. 22, 1812. This day the - de . I",,ehausen, Ivoy Extraorilinary arid Pleuipo: - .eritiary from the 5 - ing - of Sw-eden, Lis fir,'. private, audience of, his Royal ,Highness the Prince Pegeul, io deliv his = • 'Po *hid) he was 'introe.7. , :k•cl by- Viscount Castlereagh, his Preipal Sect y ,S to ;fir Foreign Affairs, and conthicted by Robert :jester, t:sq. Assistant Master of the Ceremonies. Admiralty-Office, Sept. 22, 1812, List of Ame.-icas privateers taken and destroyed by his Ma- Ships and Vessels on the Halifax Station, between Ist July and 25th Angtuit 1812, transmitted by Vice-Admiral' Sawyer, to, J 4 W. Crolier, Esq. in a Letter dated 250 .Aug:lst 1812. Acti-,-e schooner, of 2 grins and 20 men, captured by the 4- - an,• Captain Brenton, 16th July 1812, off, Cape Sable. . ha ader schooner, of 1 gun and 20 men, captured by.the Incian, Captain Jane, and Plinuper, Peutenant BraY, 16th July 1812, Bay of Fundy. , , .. 1 Argus schooner, of -1 - gun and 23 men, captured by the • Plumper, Lieutenant Bray, Isth July 1812, Bay of Fundy. Friendship schooner,, of one gun and eight men, captured by the plumper, 'Lieutenant Bray, 18th July 1812, Bay..of . _ Fontly. ' • , . Actress sloop, of four guns and fifty-three men, captured by the Spartan, Captain Brentdn, 18th July 1812, oft Cape St. Mary.' . . . Intention schooner, of one gun, three swivels, twenty-nine _ _ men, captured by the Spartan, Captain Brenton, 19th July 1912, off Anapolis. Gleaner sloop, of six guns and forty men, captured by the COlibri, Captain Thomson, 23d July 1812, off Cape Sable. Curlew brig, of sixteen guns, one hundred and seventy-two men, 270 tons,taptured by the Acasta, Captain err, 24th Ju1y , 1912, lat. 44. 15. N...10ng. 62. 30. W., pierced for 20 guns, off Tape Sable. • ~ ,Catherine ship, of fourteen guns and,eighty-eight men, caif tured by the Colibri,Captain ThoMson, 2tith July - i 912; off Cape Sable; Cos's - ac.wr brig, of fourteen guns and one hundred men, cap tured by the Emulous, Captain Muleaster„ 30th July hit.% off cape Sable. Morning Star schooner, of one gun, four swivels, fifty men, and 70 tons, captured by the Maidstone, Captain Burdet, and Spartv, Captain Brenton, Ist August Isl 2 4 hay 4 'Fundy; burnt by the boats in a creek, culled 7 • - rolly schooner, of one gun foufswivels, forty men, au,- s xty tons, ,captured by the illaidstone, .Captain Buidet,"ulid Spartan, Captain Brenton, rst 'August 1812,13ay of Fundy; -burnt by the boats in a creek, called Baily's Mistake. Commodore Barry,.a. revenue cutter, of six gnus, pierced for ten guns. ' captured by the Maidstone, Captain Burdet, and Spartan, Captain Brenton, ad August 1812, Bay of Fundy; attacked in Little/River and c brought hut by the - boats ; the chief part of,the ei . ew - escaped. Madison scboOner,"of t.vo guns, captured by the Maidetone, Captain Burdet, and Spartan, Captain Brenton, 3d Aug. 1212, Bay of Funny ; attacked hi Little River and brought" out by the boats; the chief-part of the crew escaped. Olive schooner, of t-co guns, captured by the Maidstone, Cap- Biirciet, and Spartan, Captain Brenton, 4 - 1 d August 71814, -. Bay of Fundy; • attacked in Littie River and brought out by the boats; the chief part-of the crew escaped. • ,Spene schooner, 'of two guns, captiired by the Maidstone, "Captain Burdet, and Sp...itan, Captairißrenton, 8d August •,•1 81 2 Bay of FunOay;- attacked in Little itiver and brought out- ny the' boats; the chief part of the crew escaped. Polly schooner, of four guns andthirty-live men, c'aptured by 'the Coliirri and Stat its, 11th AnguStlBl9,,entrance of Bay Fundy. , Buckskin schooner, of one gun, three swiv,Lis, and thirty-two , •- . - tw capturedo, aptured by the . Colibri and Statirn, 11th August `lBl2, off Cape Sable. Dolpilin schooner, of 'one gun, one swivel, and twenty-eight men, captured by the Earl:Moira, tender to Guerriere, 13th At 1813, offSyelhurrie. „ Regulator schooner, of one gun-and forty men, Captured by the Colibri, Captain ThoMson, 12th August 1812, .off Cape . • Olphin schooner, of two guns and forty-eight men, captured by the Colibri and Maidstone, 18th August 1313, off Cape • Lewis schooner, of six guns and thirty men, captured by the Hope, tender to the Africa, 14th August 1812, uti Halifax. Pythagoras schooner, of three guns and thirty-tive men, cap tured by the Br.. am, Lieutenant Timpson; 9th August 1812, . _ off Sherburne, after an action of 24 0 uainutts ;---inerny had two men Wounded.. Bunker's Hill schoo#er, 'Of - seven guns and seveny-two captured by the Belviciera, 21st August 1612, Salubr.A.,;glic House, N. W. 242 - • 11. SAWYER, Vice-Admiral. Qmrraissiens in Ile King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire. • Militia, signed - the Lord Lieutenant,. George flartopr, Esq. tii.be iviitjor, vice the Idkmourable J. C. Talbot: Richard itiddlesdcn ' Esq. vice Palmer, promoted, and Walter Cayney, Esq. vi,:ePhiliips, resided, to be Cap tailis. Kende.relinc, Daniel Hunt, James Wool, Aiden, and John Eletinay, Gents. to be Lieutenants. William Lucius Carey, - Robert Russell, Ethsard iNcwtipu, and James Magee, Gents. to be Ensigns. • . Coauissionsin the East Monmouth Local Militia. signed by the - Loid Lieutenant. Licu•col: G. Powell to. be Captain, vice Gillaus; resigned. v ,omfray, Edward Lucas, and. Thomas Wooilett, • Gilts. to be Lieutenants._ .BANKRUPTCIES _ENLARGED. George Niblett, late of Sherborne-lacte, broker, from Sept. 526 to Oct. 10. iames t At, Pell-street, Itatcliffe-highl,vay, merchant, from = Scia. vto Nov. Jobe: olfe, Tihop Stortford, maltstcr, Oct. 13 t0.'27. • John Wilkinson, lace of Daventry, linen-drafter, Sopt. 26 to -.Nov. 14. •• • , . BANKRUPTCY fi - ITPERSEDED. .Toshua Griffin, Kidderminster, Stationer and printer.. "iiANkRUPTS, .14rdes Binstead, Ciriehter, innkeeper, to surrender Sep= tein'aer -25, 5.9,_ and. I\ oveinher 3, at ,one, at .the. Yletcce 'lnn, Chichester. Attornies; Messrs. Dailey and Blagden, Chichester, or Messrs: Tew, Ashin3re, and ton Henrietta-street ('went-garden, London - • •. _ „. . m 1;-illespy, . Coal-Exchange, London, coal-factort .Oc tober; 6, 13, und rs'ai'euilier 3, • . t TieVen,it London. Attornies, Messrs. Atateson and Mocgl, , Uceat • W.inchesteritreet. • _ lotnas Morris; Greenwi-Ch•=toad,_ Kent, 13,aic6r;:kelitenitle.r. 26, OctOber zi,'"and.November 5, at. twelve,',at. Guildhall; -London. Attorney, Mr. John Pullen, Fore-street; cry pkg.:ate._ , . .1. nit, Laing and - Thomas Rattray, late of the East India Liindon; merchants, september 26, Octobet-.1.2, and Noventher 2, qt..ten,.at Gn,Lhall, London.. .o.:.torney, ireat Winchester-street, Broad-street. atuuei Cheeiiiani, Manchester victualler,' 'October .5, IP, and NoN'.lnibel 3, at eleven, at the AloSlcy Ants, .Mancise , ,- .• :Lev. - Attornies, Mr. Ellis, Chancery 7 lane, London, Mi . . -Cardwell, M:tlic nester .4er'" Day, late of - Aston, Binningham, brass fOunde?, October 5,6, and 'November 3, at two;. at the Shakespeare Tavern;New-street,liirininghAm. Attornies, - Messrs. Swain, Stevens, Maples, and Pcar,.e, Old Jewry, 'London, or Mr. I'Vhateley, Birminutain. • • '1 isonnis Ryatts, South-street; Sheffietd, and. William llyatts,, Portia:loath, cutlers, October, 2,3, and - Norealber 3 7 at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, She %cid. Attornies, Messrs. a.; c ock and Makinson,'Serjtant's fran„Flect , strea; Lois or Mr, Shearivoo&;'SitelliefiL • • Parson,'Manchester, bookseller, October 12, 16, and ::.oveii,her 3, at two, at the Mosley Arins, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs, tie , .vitt and Kirl..„ ManelleSter, or - Mr. Ralph Edis, Chancery-lane, London.. . . . ~.. . John Wade, .Nianc4e3terysadler,.Outober If, 13, and Noyein ...bey 3, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Atl,ornies, Mr. Hopkinson, DeWsbury, Yorkshire, 01. Mr. Hartley, New iridge-street, Blaeli.:6ars. '• • r imams Frisker, Upper. Cectii. , -,treet,.St. 'Mary-k-bonnie, pl , nnuer, Getouer 6, 13, and Novel:icier 3, at eleven, at Guildhall, London.-- kqorney, Popkin, Dean-street, Soho. DIVIDENDS—At 'Guildhall. Nov. 5. T. Randall, Oxford-street, lineu-drapeat ten. Nov, 14. J. Cock, .George-,street, itatcliff, mariner, at ten. E. Let, IS.road-street, London, merchant, at ten.' N.:v. 5. J. ilainpion,.Woollvien, upholsterer, at ten. • Oct. 31. it. Smith; Old City Cb,anibero, ineretiant, at ten. No. 28. T. G. Williamson, Paradise4treet, St. l‘fary, nether:- hithe, mariner, at eleven'. ' Oct. 3. C,MPler, Aldgate High-street, silmstnitb, at eleven. Nov. 2S. J. Tarling, West Smithfield, hay-salesatanost ten. Oct. 31. C, Peacock, Clement's Inn, naiiy-agent, at ten. - Oet. 20. - A. C. Allen, Irorinionger4ane, merchant; at ten. Oct. 27. H. HughTes, Basinghall-streeti cloth-factor, at ten. Oct. 27. T. M. Slade', Old Bond-street,picture-dealer, at 124 Oct. 14. G. Absolon, Wallingford', Berks, inn-keeper, at ele ven, at the Lamb. Inn, Nal lingferd: Oct. 19. T. Hopkins, CroSs-hall, Morley, merchant, at eleven, at the Black Dill Inn, Goniersal. Gct. 19. H. Birkby, Lower linwfolds, Yorkshire, card-maker, at eleven, at the sans Oct. 16. W. Bellamy, Great Griinsby, Lincolnshire, tailor, at eleven, at the'Neptente Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Oct. 21. J. Brown and J. Powell, Liverpoid, "merchants, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, John-street, Liverpool. Nov. 10. J. Dickenson, Liverpool, merchant, at twelve, at the same place. Oct. 22. W. Cameron, Liverpool, liiptor 7 merchant, at eleven, at the same place. . . . CERTIFICATES.—Ocr. 13. • G. Sizer, Oxford-street, silk-rnereer. 114 Rainey, Size-lane, nscrebant. • D. Tobin and B. J. Mitchell, Limelsonse, ship-cliarteitert. S, Godfrey, • Liverpool, straw-bat-rnanafacOter. . . R. Fearns, Twickenhaln, poulterer: . PARTNERSHIPS DISS:OLVED: E. rattersori and W. Patterson, of Oarhichn,'schoelniarg. •C. Lawson and C. Grant, of - Margaret-street , Cavendish sqiiare, haberdjhers., , •• • J. Grainger and T. Gandell,MartiWt-lane, London; brokers. It. Wilcox, sen. It. Brown, It. Wilcnx;lnn. and J. Wixco-T, of Whitecliapel, Middlesex, linen-:drape,rS. • I. Phillips, -J. Phillips, and D. Brawn, High Holborn, Mid dlesex, glass-merchants. .T. Mit;:hell and S. Mitchell, Alderigate-street, drys.alters: G. Steadman, sen. and G. Steadman, jun. of the Commercial Chambers, •Minories, ship-agents. • . J. Po-sons and F. Mannpck, of Wilkes-street . ,..Spital-fields,, `London, silk-manufacturers: - • IRELAND. Dunr.iN, SEPT. 19.-A-Wednelday night, .Mr. .Sheriff Harty', attended by Richard Hgvien, tine of:the turnkeys of Newgi.c - e ; went td • die . house of .licKeon, the keepel' of a gaming-table adjoin! ing the-head Police Office; and dispersed -theyer , sons who zvere collected nt play: He convicted the keeper in the penalty Of , 1001. and left. Mr, Haylen as a guard, ,t 6 prevent the , re-admission of the company.. He then repaired to the house of George Thornton, in punt-street, convicted the proprietor in the penalty of 1001. and seized the furniture for- the , piirpose of sale in discharge ,of -the file. He then.went to another gaming house in Essex - -street, kept by one Laurence Byrne, but the proprietor of the table having received an in timation of the nature of visit, refused-him admit-• tancc. • • . . - On. Wednesday last a daring outrage was com mitted in the town of Adare: The Sheriff=of thew county of Limerick having seized, under execu tion, a quantity of cattle belonging to James Pur sell, of Kildimo, a faction, consisting of about 300 iu• number, assembled with stones to rescue them., which the Sheriff perceiving, succeeded in carrying-off the cattle, when he was , shortly pur ,, sued by John Pursell, Patrick Burns, and .twelve others, mounted, and armed .with pistols, swords„ and bhinderbdsses, by one road, while the roads to Limerick and Rathkeale were surrounded by others in hundreds. The hOrsemen took the road to Rathkeale, conceiving, the cattle had been taken there ; nor they discover their error Until they. had gone a -considerable 'distance ; - -but the . Sheriff,. conceiving he would be pur sued, • took different road, and reached the town of Mare, when,' in a few -minutes after his arrival there, the factious mob on horseback •entered the town, where a detachment of the Mo naghan regiment are -stationed. On their enter-. ing the. town, Lieut.,Hanna / commanding the mi litary, instantly seized Burns, who was armed with a pistol; which he made two efforts to' dis. charge at Meut„ Hanna, but without effect--but Lieut. Hanna succeeded in securing the fellow when iMmediately John •Purseil went up to the Sheriff, and demanded the cattle, which 'he refus"- . ; ed tocgive, and Pursell, alighting. from his horse, took a pistol from butler hrs. coat, and was in the' act of cocking it, when it Was perceived by the. ser-, jeant, who iitunediatly wrested it from him.. The rest then fled. Pursell and Burns were immedi- . uteiy taken to the county gaol. • • DUMFRIES, SEPT. 15.—0 n the evening of Mon day-, the 7th instant, Margaret Hamilton, the wife of IV. M. servant to a farmer in Crawford John, received a visit from her : husband, bronght.her a small quantity of Oatmeal for her family ,and returned to his.master's house. lcicA ano:..ning/he poor woman made porridge' frointhe contents of the basin, and" began to sop it with milk bu . being.struck with a peculiarity in the flavour, she called -in ber neighbont, Ailie ;Vat son, the wife of a miner at Wanlockhedd, and 'prevailed: on her to taste it. The* two. women were soon after both seized with such alarming pains; that Mesirs Meike and Rankine„ surgeons iri Douglas,- were called in' to /hei r =. aid. Marga ret.Hamilton died in great agony at the end of three hixnrs, leaving .behind-her an - :helpless in fant,:bnrn only three weeks, ago. Sonre of the Porridge beire-giVen to a flag, the anirnal died instantly; • and the' meal being analysed'hy the medical gentlemen, was-fOund to contain a large portion of arsenic. - • Since writing the above, we bare received in formation 'on which we 'can rely,. that a Warrant ha beeyi issued for'thc apprehension of the hus •band- of the. deceased. Allie Watson and the child are now believed to be out . Of danger. Mr..SADL7R, the aeronaut will make - his pro- MiSed,ascent and *sage across the Irish Channel, slntld/he wind be favourable, on Monday, the 28th, instant. He will ascend from the seat,of 111.1";BERRESFORP, Dumeondra. Every possible Means haVe been adopted to afford him assistance in this hazardous enterprize." 7 Vessels will be, sta tioned along the lush and EngliSh coasts. The .inhabitants of Liverpool have made 'ample prepa 'rations for this purpose ; and Mr: Fellows, agent of his Majesty's packets at Holyhead, will have a great number of .coasting . vessels stationed in that quarter. Telegraphic signals have likewise been fixed, .so as to communicate along the whole. line of coast, the direction 'which the veteran tra -yeller and his aerial car may4ke. lit consequence of a new regulation, t}i3 Royal Waggon Train has obtained permission• to receive: Yolunteers from the regiments of Militia in .Great Britain. LOND9N: Printed by THOM,IS 'WOOD, of No; 35, Maiden-lane; Covent-garden a t and At tlai Sur; OFFiGE, 'NO. 112, Strain'.. where Advertisements, Orcien''foz 0 S• 0 ; !••••Lcnery, Paper fur' Reports, and for .other Papers 'fur Distribution iri the Nary, and for print ing and distrihut-. ing the same, &x... 451 1 By Cash paid Clerk far his Services.... 100 Of-1C By Cash on hand... 437 19 e . £-989 0 4 . 989 0 6I 179 Ttal arie Cash on hand.. TO . A 112014111 of Diet/n(111er Bill Total Amount of Prof on 'hand, on the 31 Deeeinirer, 1811 - Examined, 23 (Signed 4 , 4 0437 19 3 [g on band_ 4500 0 0 • ,_ ,C493719. 3 .r perty . Ist of id Maigh, 181,2. t) JaS PH BUNNELL4 DAVID BARCL.9.Y. APPENDIX. Extract froui the Report of, the Commissiorters of Africa► Inquiry. The great scene of the Slave Trade is on the , coast of Whydavv, the Bight of Benin Gaboon, and the Portuguese settlements "in Angola. We havta' no means here of ascertaining the extent to it is carried on but; according to the general opinion of the-best-informed :Spaniards and Po;'" tuguese who have been brought ,into this pore (Sierni Leone), the annual importation was, iri the beginning of 1810, considered, at a moderat6 computation, to be 40,000 for Braiili• 40. 4 000 for the Havannah and Cuba." , . Extract from a Letter of Mr. Z. Macaulay to the RiOt Charles Yorke, First Lord of the Adoliralty, dated Sep' Umber 21, 1811. ":The information contained in the Report.Of the Commissioners of African. Equirv, - as to the extent of the Slave ,Tratie, derives .strong coP' 'hnlALition from the statement of an eyetvit.nessi contained in a letter which I have recently ceived from Liverpool, and of which 1 inclose ad extrict. From that letter it will appear, liist front the river Cqlabar aldne, at least 6000 slav;:i 4, have. been taken . in the space of six inontits, a•like iun;bcr is supposed to have been carried the same time from the river Bonny." ('ro.be contiuued.) CURIOUS WILL. • The followiiig is a. correct copy of the v7ill of the late Mr. Joshua West, the Poet of tiie.eb: Clerks' Office, Chancery-lane, datecl.the 13th of - December; 1804: , Perhaps I die nit wotth a groat • But should I die worth something more, • Then I give'that—and My best coat, - And all my manuscriplz in store, To those who shall the. goodne. - 1 hose To cause my poor remains to rest Within a decent shell and grave : • This is the will of Jtrihna West. Witnessed R.. J. A. Berry " JOSH OA WEST. John Baines Mr. West died possessed of decent property, 4r 4 some valuable manuscripts, which were convev ,4 by tbe• above will to the person who fulfilled Lli modest conditions of it. • By the last accounts received from - India, 66. .. 17th reirnent of Dtagoons is represented to hetiia . finest corps that has been in that country fo't some .years. Brutal Outrage and felony.—Miss S the db ugh ter of a respectable Partner in the neihhourhoo4 of Edgeware„ was attacked by a ruffian a felv'tiV . since, whilst walking in the fields riot fa;.' distal* from home, who forced her doivit, placed a hanac kerchief in her mouth,' and proceeded to the rao4 barbarous- acts of, violence. linfortnnately, 0 °• i ftrson . was within the .hearing of the .;sits of tilt injured female; but - mat su4Tecain - g , .alarm,- the - ruffian resorted - to the gret test ties, by seizing her by the throat _uhtit'shc bici from every org an , and. then beating her With . iii'' fist until she' was apparently lifeless. He did ti" 4 proceed to rob 'her until he halt taken iib t rrio With. her person ; and having so done, he tot's from her pockets V. and some silver; and Wi off. As' might naturally have been expected; atrocious act soon spread round the country, ay the offender was taken into custody at a. pub7oc":, house at Stanmore, on Saturday last. tuts'i s ' out to be navigator, or bargeman, and be "i° l been identified by .the Adler ng feMale, . taken - befotie a Magistrate, and - -committed._ has acknosiledged himself the barbarous offender , by a confession _of his guilt. • An inquest was held yesterday afternoon. at 0 . sign Of the Crown public4touse, in Vere-swe l '„'; Clare-market, by, AN TH O Y G ELL , EN. 0 0 , body of Mr.' John Whiting, who • died .suddeor7 yesterday morning at his apartments, No• Duke -street, Lincoln's , -inn-fieldsz by the .visitation of :God. BIRTHS. On Sunday, in Upper Gower-street,- - the Lady of Georg e Paton, Esq. of a Daughter. On Monday, at- Grove-kill, Camberwell, the Lady of ./kr" cltiliahl Little,\Esii.. of A Datightcr. • • • sauna night, at Suodrid Park. Bromley, Kent, tb° Lady of Samuel Scott, Esq. Ota still-born At North Aton, Oxfordshire, the Lady of William N' t " heal, Esq. of. a -Son and Heir. DIED: On the 14th inst, at his house in Birchin-lane, Mr. Jail's'' Sutherland, N.otary Public. • On the I6th inst. Mrs. Minors,- relict of the late D aniel Minors, Esq. of Chancery-lane. - OA the 17th inst. at .runtington, in the County of S'-' 110e 77, aged 72; 'Mrs, Hurry, of Wandsworth, relict of the late V 1.-rands Hurry, of Ilowdoh Dock, ,in the County of North' umherland... Op .Friday last, at Londovery, South Wales, after a f:,!, v , t - days illness, Michael . Pei)iier, Er.f.i. of 8; ,, 0d Maw" a" --- sex. . .On Saturday last, at Stintiing.hill,. Jaines SaCkville. aby‘l Wheate, Esq. of Olympton.Paric„ . High Slim iff for the Count, of Oxford' • Oil the iOtti" inst. at Exton, Mary, the wife of theßev•L e g iz Fit.,Ains, Master of Marpool Cotts , " , e 2.Devon;.: - - On Monday last, at his' house in Walworth, j'ailkes , "P'r Esc?. many years a Purser in the Han, East-India Con4a97 SerViCe. - • • On the,,list inst. at her house, Royal-hill, -Ore:0 \v' e t''..- i the 67th year ofler age,, Mrs. P,eacit, widow of the Re v. 1: fillet Peach, and only daughter of th e Rev..Dr.,Janaes A B "' ley, formerly Royal Astronomer at GreenWich. _ '0 1 C• HIGH NVII,TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORI , 4 , Morning, 25 minutes after LEvening, 57 w i nut es a ft er - 'tl,blisbect by WILLIAM ARMIGEII . SCRIPTS, `Sot,}th Molion-street, Gi•osbenor-square, . the Paper,' Letters fQr the Ed i tor, 6cc.,(post paid), must be addressed.' Biktil ttti'Mif: ' OF TUE AFRICAN Ifs•STiTUT,I,6N. [Continued from our Paper of Sato:J:4l From the information of Captain Cuffee, as well as from other soUPees, the Directors - have had the satisfaCtion to learn, that .the colony .of Sierra Leone is in a state of visible imprciVenterit and that its inhabitants, consisting. almost entirely of Africans, pr the descendants c African, increase 'in number and respectability. .The t of the pains which have been-taken in instructing the 'young, from the time the colony Was'first tormed, is manifeSted by the stipiriority :of the rising race of colonists, in respect to intelligence; and this improvenient, it ni4y be hoped, may be progres sive. GovernOr Max%rell appears to be iriteilt on hUstening its progress as much as he can;and the Directors have assured him of their Cordial Concur- . rence and support. • ' • It will be proper to retpiaint the Meeting, that inconsequence of theliberal offer made to tile Di.- ' rectors, by the. Conmiiitee for promoting the.,Bri tish.System of Education, to. pro - vide with board and lodging two the youths,' who should be instructed at the itoyal,Free School, - in-the Bo rough, and qualifiedto act as'schoolmasters, in the month of June last, two African youths, selected by Governor Colunibiine ,rot 'the slaves liberated by the Court of Vice-Admiralty at Sierra Leone, arrived in this eountry, and - were placed under Mr. • Lancaster's care. *hen they arrived, th e y--h a d not 'as yet received any instruction, and they were even wholly ignorant of the English' 'language.— Their progress ; in the nine inentjis• they have been in England, has certainly been more rapid -- than could have been. expected. They now not" only converse in ,English, but they base learned to . read and write it inielligibly.• Th L!Diree . fors arc disappointed not to Gave had, 'before this time, some mote speeific details-to pro 7 . educe :vitk respect to the progress Of . improVemetit in Africa, by mean% of schools and (idler institu tions;, under the: patronage of the Society One ' • cause •of backwardnessjs to -be fonnti in • the rapid succession 'of : GOvernOrs • whith has taken place it Sierra Le6ne; the station: which has ap peared the he'st adapted for the, edrunieacernent of planS of improvement. In the'space of four years there have .b there less than,four Governo r s ; by whiCh means, the Directors have beeit four tithes. Und&the necessity 'of sending out the requisite • information respecting their views. - Ttley are ant- - ions, however, to proceed on some plan which may remedy this inconvetiience,,and giie a cha racter olgreater permanence'to their measures, At the saute time, they greatly doubt whether, at an earlier, period, and until some progress had • been made. ins suppressing the slave trade on those parts of the coast ttiwbich their views have been directed, .much more Could have been done, in the way of civilization, than has been ef fected. . In adverting to the subject of the civilization Of Africa, the Directors . feeleiernselves Called upon to mention the efforts of another Society, • that for Missions to Africa and - the East, Which, for Ave or six years_ past, has - exerted itself in endeavours to convert andcivilize the natives 'of . Africa, in - Sierra Leone and its neighbourhood. Eight sionaries base beensent outby this Sodiety.: two .have died, anti six are now labouring:in this be nevolent work. Theßio Pongas is the main scene of their labours, where they-have about 120 nature children,. many of them the children,of chiefs, e.a tirely under tleireare, and . enjoying' the means• of instruction. The beneficial etieets - of that in struction are described, in letters which have been received from Sierra. Leone, as very considerable, and such as' to afford the.best prospect of ultimate good to .4.frica. •-• The Directors-cannot view, without a livelv.in terest, t_z® successful prosecution, by any duals of plans which.coincide, if not in their im mediate, yet in their ultimate Objects, so-entirely with their. own. • -- The -Directors have forborne to , .say any thins with respect to the measure's which they have in cOntemplation to . submit to Parliament, -with a v;ew to the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, and to other objects; as-they are not yet in that-mature state which renders it proper to-lay them before the Meeting. • Dr. Roxburgh, of Calcutta, with the same soli citude 'for the-interests of- the Institution and of Africa, which the Directors have so often had oc casion to record with gratitude,, has continued to fUrnish- them with useful plants and seeds, which therhave caused to be forwarAred to Sierra Leone. They are likewise indebted to Col. Thorne for some usefulsceds. - The mention of Dr.•ltoxburgh reminds the Di rectors -of .a duty which they•owe not only to him, but to some abet indivicluals,:, whose cordial co operation has been of essential benefit - to the In-. stitution. - To the eminent services of theseliidi,:, vidualS, a' reference has already -been made .in the . present Report, and the Directors that they can not better close it than by proposing, as a testi- . mony of the sense which the Institution entertain . of those services, that they should be - nbrairiated Honorary' Life Governors of the Institution.— These - individuals are-- . - - The Hon. George Grey one of theConamiSsion ers of. his Majesty's - Navy, the Hon. William. Wyliy, Advocate and Attorney-General for • the Bahama .Col. Maxwell, the Go vernor - o f Sierra; Leone, Hugh. Perry Keane, Esq. of - St. Vincent's, and .Dr. Roxburgh, of Calcutta. Tl 4, Directors have now to lay before the `meeting the, state of the funds of the ,Institution, with an account •of tire expenditure during the last yedr. • STATEMENT or TIIE FUNDS or TIE AFRICAN INSTI TUTION, 313 T DECEMBER, 1311. DR, 'TO Cash on hand the Ca. BY.CaSIi paid current Dish urseinents,viz.. Translation of reign, Papers; hire of Rooins ; Freight and other Charges of Trausmission of Plants and Seeds ;- Charges of legal Proceedings; Expences, Porter- 31A Dec..lF.lo :436 9 10 To Amount of Sub criptious rectived during the last year 367 9 To Amount of Lute-. rest on Bills received dur ing the year . 184 16 10 To an Iftrur in . the • Sta.temeiAt of. last