The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-03 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE

JOHN ANDERSON, THE FUGITIVE SLAVE. 1 ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Last evening, a monster meeting wm held at 1 Yesterday evening a special meeting of this
Exeter-bell, to welcome to England jaw Aseeets, the society, the bit el, the raw" was held in St. Martin's-
fugitive slave. There was a very full atteeikate el both place ; Mr. Crtawrintn, the president, in the chair.
i A paper was read by Captain R. MU STUN, entitled "M-
-enne, the body of the hall and the galleries being filled nological Notes on IL du Chaillu's ExplOrations and Ad-
almost as soon as the doors were opened, an hour before the ventures in Equatorial Africa." The object of Captain
commencement of the proceedings. Mr. HARPER TWELVE- Burton's paper was to confirm by his own knowledge of the
TREES presided, and upon the platform were a considerable negro tribes in the central and sulfide portions of Africa
the -characteristic traits of the race meutioned by M. du
number et members of the Anti-Slavery Association, several Chaillu, and to point out the resemblance between the
clergymen and dissenting ministers. The fugitive was most negroes who inhabit the larger portions of that continent.
enthusiedically cheered as he entered the hall leaning He noticed particularly their generosity and hospitality,
open the wan of Mr. Twelvetrees. . their fetish su rstitions, their inheritance of property
The Rev. Dr. ALLEN, in au emphatic address, denounced I "d slave;
pe
slaves, ad contending that as we had in our own cue and the cannibalism of certain tribes, two of
s
which on the eastern coast he mentioned as being
given 20,000,0001. as compensation to the West Indian decidedly cannibals. Captain Burton expressed the opinion
pianism, who, however, had no right to a shilling, for it was that IL du Chaille's work was as authentic as it was inte-
the men and the women who had suffered so long at the resting, and clearly showed that the negro character was
hands of their tyrannical masters who ought the same on the western coast cd Africa as on the east.
to have been compensated, we were bound i Mr. SOGIONDIS said that after the continued virulent
in common consistency to show practically ow. attacks en U. du Maine, in some of which doubt& were
empathy for a man who had escaped from that . expressed that he had ever visited the part of Africa he
system, which we were pledged to do all in our power to had described, it might be satisfactory to the meeting if he
abolish wherever it existed. I read extracts from letters received from his brother-in.law
Dr. BURNS, of Paddington, seconded the resolution, and
expressed hassatisfactionthat despite the Times and the in Gambroon two years ago, in which be remembered IL
du Cbailln as having thee returned from his explorations
Tr/nymph, the people of Legatee only wanted the oe- in the gorilla country with a lane collection of natural
portunity to show their detestation of slavery and their 1 history specimens.
sympathy for the fugitive slave. (Hear, bear.) I Mr. Consul /Dfoe (a negro) took exception to Captain
The Roy. W. H. BONNER, Of the London Emancipation Burton's statement. nmPeeting the cannibalism of the
Committee, was called epee to support the resolution, but nwoes of the east coast. He coeteeded that cannibalism
a geatleman in the body of the room insisted upon his right hid never teen proved, and that all the accounts respecting
ilespeak, end the pres and cons as to whether he should be 1 it depended on circumstantial evidence.
some haw or bob peeedeeed confusion aadoh,tae; at length, If. Dr CHAILLU, being called OD by the chairman, said
having given his name as Mr. Fields, he was asked to come ,he should confine his observations to cannibalism. He had
epee the platform, and was told that if he wished to move no doubt whatever that among the Fits, they ate human
an amendment he could do so after the gentleman who had flesh, and that they ate even the bodies of those who had
hew called upon had spoken ; and this concession being died from "ease'
deemed satisfactory, the rev. gentleman was allowed to pro- Mr. Mitomi, a gentleman who had frequently made load
coed, which he did at some length on the same theme as exclamations during the repeals., rose in a very excited
those who had preceded him. manner to make some objections to IL du Chailln's work.
Mr. FIELDIS then. under the plea that he was about to He said that, as • scientific maw, he dada the ocereetnewl
an amendment, expreseed his opinion that the of the statement that a negro harp was made of fibres from
CrlsTrn States were as guilty in the matter of slavery as the mets of tree., for it was imjeenhiete obtain • ~..mmical,...„
the Southern Stair, and that if they succeeded in their coo- net. from such a "batman. sle slid that though ." nen
last with the South they would not put down slavery, but only read extracts from Xdu Amalie' work, he had seen
woad sell the slaves to defray the expenses of the war. sufficient to convince him that the compiler of it had
The flee. Dr. ALUM rose, and canal upon the meeting collected the materials from other sources than M. du
ash to hear any mom. By the interference of the chairman, Cbaillu's notes to make a readable book, awl he thought
Mr. FIELDS was allowed, bet not without coosiderable in- the statements in the work could not be relied on. He
tennption and uproar, to state that the South were not was proceeding to make other observations to the same
more devoted to slavery than the North, while they were effect, wbss
much more friendly to England. He then moved his Mr. Cithweuen interrupted him, and said he must con.
amendment, declaring that the black men had more hypo- fine himself to the subject before the meeting.
critical and insidious foes to deal with in the men of the Mr. Id•torte then said he would first ask M. du Chaillu
Northern States than in the bold man-stealers of the South, if be had seen the harp stated to hare been made with the
and advising the 'laves of the South to work out their own roots of a Srs°
freedom by making their way to Canada. M. DO Quinn(' rcee evidentinnuch excited. lie sail he
The amendment was not seconded, and the original yew Ihradd net, Mae Prsswss° of Isdis° make such an answer
lotion was carried, amid much cheering. to the abusive remarks of the speaker as they deserved.
JOHN ANDERSON—who had hese previously congratulated There were many persons who dared to vilify an author
by the chairman on his becoming the free citizen of aru who were afraid of pistols. (Cries of " Order.") M. de
free country--stood forward, and with much modesty and Mille afterwards rose to say that be had seen the harp,
considerable hesitation expressed his thaeks, otwerviag that the striep of which were made from the fibres of roots.
he had been chased for thirty years, and had oaly really Captain SNOW said that although a friend of the wild
completed his escape something more that three weeks mars, hecoukl not deny that in many pars of the world
ago—thanks to God—to Great Britain, and to her Majesty the natives eat human flesh.
Queen Victoria. lie gave some account of his slave life After some observations from Mr. Bt:exe and the
(bet which did not appear to have been attended with taro Mem", the meeting adjourned till November'
than ordinary &overa)—of his escape, the inducement to
which was the refusal of his master to give him a pass to go
to see his wife and family—of his falling in with the slave
hunter, of the attempted capture, the resistance, and the
death of his would-he (algae. He expressed his sorrow at
having slain • man. His weer be mid was • baptist, as be
was himself, but he could give but little credit to the reli-
gion of alaveholders and the supporters at slavery. He con-
cluded by proposing three abeam for the Queen, which were
heartily given, and some other addressee were then delivered,
and a collection was made in favour el the fugitive slave.

FRACAS RITWZIN M. no CHAILLU AND Mt.
Mamas.—At the close of the meeting, when many of the
audience had withdrawn, but whilst the room was nearly
half full, M. de Chaillu stepped over the benches and chain
to where Mr. Malone was standing, and after touching him
on the shoulder, held his fist in a menacing manner to his
face, and, after asking him how he dare speak of him in the
manner he had done, he spat in his Gee. Mr. Malone, in
great astonishment, said he must call fur protection from
the chairman from such outrage, and was retiring for that
purpose when M. du Chaillu called oat, "Coward, coward !"
There were several ladies and gentlemen &lee to them,
but no one interfered, and M. du Chaillu then left the
room.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

AnmraAvry, JULY 2.—PRoxonoss AND Ar-

POLIFIVINTIL—Iiasten W. D. &room to be additional
the Asia, for *orrice in the Orpheus ; A. De G. Sutton, to
be additional to the Asia for service in the Medea; and C.
C. Scott, to be additional to the Indus, for service in the
Dassard.

Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Dr. T. Milne confirmed es amis.
tent-surgeon in the Renown.
Engineers E. Parsons, to the Griffin, commissioned ; end
J. J. Blunden, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary.
Assistant-Engineer A. Andrews, to the Griffin.
Acting-Assistant-Engineer B. T. Brierley, to the Griffin.

The examination of candidates for admission
to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, before
Major-General %wily', the vice-president, and the mem-
bers of the Council of Military Education, commenced
on Monday last with the medical examination at the Royal
Hospital, Chelsea. Owiag to the large number of candi-
dates, about 260, a portion are to be examined at King's
College. There are VIICSECiOII in the Royal Military Aca-
demy for between 60 and TO sumeseful competitors. The
examination will extend over three weeks, terminating oo
the 18th inst.

THE MONAGHAN MILITIA. —Captain Hunter's
company of the 62nd Foot returned to Belfast on the 30th
June. Major-General Doyle, at has inspection of the regi.
meot, said it was the only corps of militia in Ireland which
he had to reprimand for its conduct, and that although it
then paraded without its arms in consequence of the dif-
ferences with the constabulary, still it was only by the
clemency of the Lord-Lieutenant thee be now addressed
them as a regiment.