The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-20 00:00:00

'BESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEFTEMBER 20, 164.

soon gained the madame of people, and this is the first
great step to success. The best way of treating these de-
graded people must always be very mesh that which is pur-
sued io ragged schools. Their bodily wants must be
attended to ea the basis of all efforts at their elevation.
The slave trade is the egoistic evil which meeta us at
every step in the country. We cannot move through
any part without meeting captured men and women,
bound, and nometimes gaped; so no good eon be
dime if this crying evil is not grappled with. The good
bishop had some 200 people entirely at his disposal, and
would soon have presented to the country an maroon of •
free community, suppoited by its own indust, where
feir dealing could be met, which undoubtedly would
have created immense influence • for wherever the
English name is known it is associated with freedom and
fair play. Some seem to take • pismire in running
down their fellow-countrymen, but the longer I live
I like them the better. They carry with them some
sense of law and iustios, and • spirit of kindliness,
sad were I iu a difficulty I should prefer going
to an Englishman rather than to any other for
aid. And as for Englishwomen they do, undoubtedly,
make the beet wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters in the
' world. It is this conviction that makes me, in my desireto see
slavery abolished, and human happiness promoted, ardently
wish to have some of our countrywomen transplanted to
a region where they would both give and receive benefit,
where every decent Christian Englishman, whether
churchman or dissenter, learned or unlearned, liberal or
bigoted, would certainly become • blessing by introducing a
better system than that which has prevailed far ages.
We thoducted Bishop Mackensie and party op to the
highlands, and, after spending three or four days with them,
returned, and never had any more menexion with the
conduct of that mission. We carried a boat put
Murchison's cataracts. By these the river domande at five
different leaps, of great beauty, 1,200 feet in • distance of
about 40 miles. Above that we have GO miles of fine deep
rivers, flowing placidly, out of Lake Nyasa'. As we sailed
into this fine freshwater lake we were naturally anxious to
know its. depth-10, 12, 20, 30 fathoms—then no bottom
with all our lioe,and John Nell, our sailor, at last pronounced
It fit far the Great Eastern to sail in. We touched the bot-
tom in a bay with • line of 100 fathoms, and a mils
out could fled no bottom at 116 fathoms. It contains
plenty of fish, sad great number, of natives daily engage in
catching them with nets, hooks, spears, torches, and poison.
The water romans about 720, and the crocothles -having
plenty of Bah to eat, rarely attack men. Its from 50 to 60
Mlles bread, and we saw at least 225 miles of its length
As seen from the lake it seems aurrounded by mountains,
and from these furious storms come soddenly down, and
raise high seas, which are dangerous for • boat, but the
native canoes are famed was to go easily along the surface.
The apparent mountains on the west were ascended last
year, and found W be only the edges of a great plateau 3,000
feet above the sea. This is cool, well watered, and well
peopled with the Matiganja and the Maori, some of whom
peeress cattle ; and I have no doubt bat that, the first hard-
ships over, and properly housed and fed, European' would
enjoy life and comfort. This part of Africa has exactly the
same form as Western India at Bombay, only this is a little
higher and cooler. Well,having sows (sir way into the high-
lands by means of Zambesi and Shire, and • navigable course
of river and lake of two miles, across which all the slaves
for the lied Sea and the Psnian Gulf, as well as some
from Cobb, went, and nearly all the inhabitants of this
deoaely peopled country. actually knowing how to cultivate
cotton, it seemed likely that their steam propensity to
trade might be easily turned to the advantage of our own
country as wall as their. And here, I beg to remark,
Ithat on my first journey, my attention not having thee
been turned to the subject, I noticed only • few cues of its
cultivation, but in this I saw much more that I hod pre-
viously any idea of. The cotton is short in the staple, strong,
and like wool in the head—u good as upland American.
A second has been introduced, as is seen in the name being
foreign cotton, and • third variety of very superior quality,
very long in the fibre, though usually believed to belong
to South America, was found right in the middle of
! the continent, is the country of the Makololo. A the of
it was eight inches in diameter, or like an ordinary apple-
ltree. And all these require replanting not ellipse than
once in three years. There la no danger of frosts either,
llto injure the crops. No soccer, however, had we begun our
Jabot= among the Matiganja than the African Portuguese,
by instigating the Ajawa with arms and ammunition,
to be paid for in slaves, produced the utmost confusion.
Village after village was attacked and binned, for the
Inganja, armed only with bows and arrows, could not
before fire-arms. The howman's way of fighting is
to be in ambush, and shoot his arrows unawares, while
those with guns making a great sore cause the bowmen to
run away. The women and children become captives. This
proems of slave-hunting went on for some months, and thee
*panics mixed the Manganja nation. All fled down to the
river, only anxious to get that between them and their
enemies • but they had left all their food behind
them, and starvation of thousands ensued. The
Shire valley, when thousands lived, at our first visit was
°Donned into literally • valley of dry bones. One cannot
DOW walk a mile without seeing • human skeleton ; open a
hat in the now deserted villages, sod there lie the un-
buried skeletons. In sorsa opined there were two skate.
tons, and • little one, rolled up in a mat, between them.
I have always hated putting the blame of being baffled upon
any one alas, from • conviction that • ass ought to succeed
in all feasible projects, in spite of everybody ; and moreover,
not to be understood as casting • slur on the Portuguese
in Europe. The Viscount Lavaidio, the Viscount de la
Baadeirs, and others are aa anxious to see the abolition of
the slave trade as could be desired ; but the evil is dots by
the assertion in Europe of dongaime in Africa, when it is
quite well known that they were only • few half-caritm,
the children of converts and black women, who have
actually to pay tribute to the pure natives. Were they
of the smallest benefit to Portugal ? If any ore ever
made • fortune and went home to speed it in Lisbon,
or if any pleasure whatever could be derived by the
Portuguese government from spending 5,0001. annually
oe needy governors, who all connive at the slave trade—
the thing could be understood. But Portugal gains
nothing bat • shocking bad name, as the first that began
the slave trade, and the lot to end it. To us it is a serious
matter to see Lord Palmerston 's policy, which has been so
eminently successful on the west, so largely neutralised on
the east coast. A great nation like ours cannot get rid of
the obligations to other mewls= of the great oommunity of
nations. The police of the sea must be maintained, sad
should we send no more cruisers to suppress the slave trade,
we would soon be obliged to send them to suppress piney.
fee no traffic engenders lawlessneu as does this odious trade.
The plan I proposed required a steamer on Lake Nyissa so
take up the ivory trade, as it is by the aid of that trade
that the traffic in slaves is carried on. The go-
vernment sent out • steamer which, though an ex-
cellent ens, was too deep for the Shire. Another steamer
was then built at my own suppose ; this small that could
. be desired, made to unscrew into twenty-four pieces ; and
the Lady Nyassa or Lady of the Lake was actually un-
screwed and ready for conveyance. Ido not mean to give
up. If being battled had ever made me lose heart, I should
never have been here in the position which by your kindness,
I now occupy. I intend to make another attempt, bat this
time to the north of the Portuguese, and I feel greatly ee-
-1 cooraged by the interest you show, as it cannot
Ibe for the person, but from your sympathy
I for the cause of human liberty. It startles us
to see a great nation of our own blood
despising the African claims to humanity. and drifting help-
lessly into a war about him, and then drifting quite sa help-
lessly into abolition and slavery principles. Then, leading
the Africans to fight, no mighty event like this terrible war
ever took place without teaching terrible lessons. One of
these may be that, though "on the side of the oppressor
there is power, there be higher than they." With respect
to the African, neither drink, nor diabase, nor slavery can
root him out of the world. I never had any idea of the pro-
digious destruction of human life that takes place subs*.
quently to the elavehunting was till I saw it ; and has this
has gone on for centuries, it gives a wonderful idea of the
vitality of the cation.

LAW INITLLIGENOE. •

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Si.n. 19.
(Won Mr. Registrar Dello11.)
11 MIUMIGTON.

This was the first meeting for the proof of debts and
choice of assignees. The bankrupt, Charles Millingtoo,
was described as formerly of the Bedford public-Noose,
Southampton-buddings, Holborn, and late of the Prime of
Wales-road, Haverstock.hill. The debts are about 5094,
besides about 1140'11. due to the wifs's trustees. Assets wit.
No creditor assigoee was chasm, sod Mr. Aldridge will
therefor* have the 000 duct of the proceedings. The next
sitting was Bsed for the 9th of November.

Mr. Alderman Hale—Allow me to say that it is a moat
harsh and cruel proceeding.
Mr. West-1 quite agree with you, sir, but it is on Sir.
Poweirs part aud sot mine.
Mr. Martin (chief clerk)—Why, the writ is imaged at
your suit.
Mr. Went—Yes, it is ; but Mr. Powell has handed mo
• the bill because be owes me the mousy, and that is the
reason that my name appears so the writ as tamed by me.
Mrs Smith—l am willing to pay the 101. at once, but not
the costa, sod I have had • hard task to get that sum
together, my husband being an invalid and in difficulties.
I can assure you, sir, that I bare sot been able to enter my
home for some few days, as I am in hourly her of an mem-
tion beisg put on my furniture, and everything 1 poetess
taken from me. _

Mr. Alderman Hale said be was very sorry for her, as hers
wee a very hard avid cruel case.
Mr. Wiet—l ens agreeable to seoept the 101., and give her
• receipt is fall.
Thu wee agreed to, sad the partite then left the seen.