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AL EXHIBITION.

CUBITT, Mayor.--A COMMON COUNCIL,
holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of
London, on Thursday, the 28th day of June, 1882,
Resolved unanimously,—That, by the lamented decease of
the Right -Honourable the Earl Caaninf, late Governor-
General of India, this Court is prevented from carrying into
effect its unanimous resolution of presenting the freedom of
this City to that distinguished nobleman, and therefore avails
itself of the earliest opportunity of recording its deep sense
of the loss which the country has sustained by the premature
death of that able statesman, whose wise administration of
the government of India at a period of great peril, and sub-
sequent measures of just and enlightened policy, conciliated
the affections and advanced the general interests and pros-
perity of all classes of the population of that vast and im-
portant possession of the British Crown ; and that, in lasting* recognition by this Corporation of his eminent services a bust
of his lordship be executed, at an expense not exceeding- two
hundred guineas, and placed within the Guildhall. -

We fear that if we were to dilate too much on
the superior attractions of a half-crown day at the
Exhibition, it would soon lose the distinctive cha-
racter which now makes it so pleasant, On a half-
crown day there is room for everyone, a pleasant
and an exceedingly select
interior temperature,
company. What is quite as good it is more remu-
nerative to the Commissioners than the best ehil-
ling day we have had yet. Yesterday there were
more than 20,000 paid for admission, and the num-
ber of private equipages in Exhibition-road was
enormous. Prince Napoleon visited the building
early,
end passed a good deal of time in the French:.
Court, conversing familiarly with Xi. Durene and
others of the principal exhibitors. Ills Imperial
Highness was received by Earl Granville, who eou-. .
ducted his Imperial Fighucss round the building.
As usual the visit was paid before the a4ani6sion
the public. The Grand Ducal family of licssi;in-
eluding Prince Louis, were also amongst the visi-
tors, and were received and escorted round the
courts by Sir Wentworth Diike. A good deal of
conversation might be heard during the day re-
specting the announced reduction in the price of
season tickets, the general impression being that it
savoured a good deal of breach of faith to the
original purchasers.
The comparative thinness of the attendance
seemed to have had a most salutary effect on the
deportment of the cabmen and omnibus conductors.
There was no difficulty whatever in getting into
either the one or the other, from which it may be
inferred that for shilling days about double the
present amount of vehicular accommodation would
make matters comfortable. The omnibus company
urge that their present supply is girlie equal to the
demand, as it could not be expected they could
double their force for one or two journeys in the
evening. However, they have made two arrange
ments recently which will tend very much to increse
the facility of getting away for the public. One is,
which now make
to make their Blackwell 'buses,
Piccadilly their terminus, stretch on to the Exhibi-
tion ; the other is to establish a new line at the
Kensington end of Exhibition-road, an excellent
starting point, but which has hitherto been over-
looked. Now that a door has been opened at the far
end of the eastern annex this new line will be found
very useful.
About 4 o'clock there was considerable amuse-
ment caused in the Canadian Courts by one of the
attendants who is numbered 4. This man who pos-
sesses a gravity strange to see, and a command over
his facial muscles which would make his fortune on
the stage, stationed himself on one of the raised
platforms and struck an easy attitude. Espied by a.
few ladies, who believed him to be a wax figure,
there was soon a crowd gathered, and speculation
commenced as to whether the figure was that of a
man or was the handiwork of the Messrs. Tusse.ud.
For 15 minutes did he stand making, at intervals
of a minute, what volunteers and recruits know AS
a half-face. He was jeered at, laughed at,
his
clothes pulled, but yet he neither winked, smiled,
nor otherwise showed that he was alive. The per-
formance was wonderful. People began remarking
that the wax-work was beyond conception an ex-
cel ent imitation; even this did not upset his gra-
vity. At length one of the spectators more auda-
cious than his neighbours moved a wheel against
which the figure rested. This was too much—the
facts became manifest ; and if No. 4 attendant in
the Colonial Department did not rejoice during the
remainder of the day in all kinds of good cheer it
was not for lack of invitations.
More than one complaint has been made to us by
exhibitors of the too strict surveillance of certain of
the superintendents. The latter are of course bound
to see that no sales take place in violation of the
rules of the Exhibition, but they might do their
spiriting gently, and not throw the whole force of
inspection on one or two individuals. Every one
knows that sales to a very large amount are made
in rue ,
exhibitor has told ourselves that he has sold his
exhibits six times over, the only difference being
that they take orders for duplicates instead of deli-
vering the article exhibited: We should advise any
exhibitor who believea he is treated with undue
severity to bring the matter at once before the com-
missioners, when we are sure that everything ap-
proaching to petty tyranny or individual annoy-
ance will be at once put an end to. The country
visitors are commencing their excursions to town,
amongst others a party of 800 from Ampthill have
contracted for a large supply of omnibuses for
Wednesday next.
The official return of visitors yesterday was as
'ollows :
By season tickets
By payment

PRICE..... - ..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

No. 21,840

to the Joasmes of the Persian Galt, who are noted
slavers and pirates. Being unfit for a voyage to
this port she NI as destroyed. Her burden was
10 tong.

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Dhow No. 6 was captured by Lieut. Harvey, in
charge of one of the ship's boats, on the Bth of
September, at Port Wangekee, in the north of
Pecuba Eland. She was fitted for the slave trade,
had on board a crew of twenty Sevoodi Arabs, and
a quantity of slave food, but no papers or colours.
The dhow, which was of the burden of 200 tons,
was destroyed soon after her capture.
Dhow No. 7 was taken off INlezambu on the 14th
September. She was fitted for the slave trade, had
a quantity of slave food on board, and was of the
burden of 66 tons. Being unfit for a voyage to the
port of adjudication, she was destroyed.
Dhows Nos. 8,9, 10, and 11, were all seized on
the 16th of September. The circumstances attend-
ing their capture are full of adventure. On the day
in question,the Gorgon's pinnace, under the command
of Lieutenant Ross, and the whale-boat, under the
command of Acting Sub-Lieutenant Price, were
cruising off Melinda, in pursuance of Comman-
der Wilson's orders. About 3 p.m., they stood into I
Melinda anchorage for water, when they saw three
dhows at anchor in the roadstead, and a small dhow
shoving off from the shore, with 40 or 50 men—
Northern Arabs—armed with muskets, and appa-
rently standing for the dhows at anchor. The two
boats proceeded to intercept the dhow with the
armed men,wlj_erga_pi onthe crews of theotherdhows
jumped overboard, and swam on shore. As the
boats stood towards the smaller dhow, the Arabs in
her commenced to fire upon them, and the fire was
immediately returned with musketry, and the
howitzer of the. pinnace, loaded with canister and
grape. The combat lasted for some little time, but
after several of the Arabs had been killed and
wounded, the remainder jumped overboard and
escaped to the shore. All four dhows were then
searched, under a heavy fire from the shore, and
they were found to be fitted for the slave trade, and
to have neither papers nor colours. In the smallest
dhow a negro was found, who stated that the three
larger dhows had 150 slaves, who were to have re-
mained on shore while the vessels were cleaned and
watered, and after reshipping the slaves and com-
pleting their complement, the dhows were to have
proceeded on their voyage to the Persian Gulf.
The vessels were all destroyed. The negro found
on board the smaller dhow was, at his own earnest
request, permitted to return to the shore, the officers
in command concluding from his statement that he
was a resident at the place.
The capture of dhows No. 12 and 13 was effected
on the 29th of August. The story is an interesting
one. On that day the pinnace and whale-boat,
under the command of Lieuts. Ross and Price, were
cruising between Port Pangane and Mahatto Island,
when three dhows were observed standing for the
land. The boats stood in to intercept them, the
whale-boat leading, and firing several blank cart-
ridges to bring the vessels to, but without effect,
and as they continued to make for the land shots
were fired across their bows, which the dhows re-
turned. The boats then gave chase, and in an hour's
time cut them off, and forced them to bring to.
The dhows, on being boarded, were all found with
Arab colours, but no papers ; en board one of them
was an Arab who styled himself King of Angoxa,
and claimed the three dhows, but who could neither
find passports or papers, ncr account for being with-
out them. The dhows were all detained on the
charge of being engaged in the slave trade, and as
the weather appeared threatening, at about 5 p.m.
the Gorgon's boats and the captured vessels were
anchored two miles to the south of Mahatto Island,
with the intention of holding out till morning. To-
wards night, however, the wind increasing, they
became surrounded with, breaKers and a ilvv.v zca,
and at 6 p.m Lieut. Ross, finding the dhows had
dragged their anchors nearly two miles, and were
in danger of being driven on the reef to leeward,
where all on board would most probably have
perished, removed the slaves and crews from two of
the vessels into the third, and then allowed the last
dhow to make her way to the shore through a pas-
sage in the reef with which her crew were well ac-
quainted as the only chance of saving the lives of
the wretched people. The other dhows left in the
hands of the captors were then burned, and it was
subsequently ascertained that the other vessel had
made her way through the passage in the reef in
the course of the night, and reached the shore in
safety. On board the vessel where the person styling
himself King of Angoxa was found, the captors dis-
covered two revolvers marked with the broad arrow
and the letters 8.0., and respectively numbered 18
and 24. It is believed these revolvers formed part of
the accoutrements of the men of a boat belonging to
the Lyra, who about two years before the capture
of these dhows were murdered in Angoxa river, it
was suspected at the instigation or with the conni-
vance of the Sultan or King of Angoxa. The king
on being asked whether he had a Portuguese
muscat, or any other pass on board, produced a
blank envelope addressed to Queen Victoria, which
was ,the only document he possessed. It was re-
ported at Zanzibar, and appears to be the fact,
that the king having been expelled from Angoxa—
a
most notorious slave market and a regular haunt
for slavers and pirates—he was endeavouring,
when intercepted by the Gorgon's boats, to escape
with as many negroes as he could lay hands on.
N 0.14 was captured on the 6th Sept.near Quilloa.
She was fitted up as a slaver, had plenty of slave
food, and an Arab crew of 13 men on board, but
neither papers nor colours. The crew admitted
that they were bound for Quilloa to get a cargo of
slaves. They were landed, and the vessel, which was
of the burden of 109 tons, was burned.
Two dhows, numbered 15 and 16, were captured
on the 11th Sept., off Wasseen reefs. The first was
discovered at about 2 pan., and after having been
ashore in the
chased for six miles her crew ran her
h rgularly
mangrove bush and were seen to drivewas thee slaves,
about 60 in number, inland. S e
Dhow No. 16 was dis-
fitted for the slave trade. 6
p.m., her decks being
covered and chased at
apparently slaves. The crew
crowded with negroes,
in this instance also ra fore dhow on shore into the
mangrove bush, and be the Gorgon's boat d
vSehse.
get up, carried off thferstlahveesslianvteo
ttrhaedien. t e rßi oort.h
was fully equipped o
eels were dent roy e
e, or large open shore boat, of
d.
of 75 tons, was captured on the 13th
No. 17, a matap
the burden
Sept., by the Gorgon s pinnace, under the command
of Mr. Hanson, the boatswain. She did not obey
the usual summons to heave-to, and fired musketry
and jingal balls at the pursuers, upon which the
pinnace fired at her with shot. After a2O minutes'
chase she ran on shore into the mangrove bush.
Neither papers nor colours were found on board,
and both the crew and the slaves, of whom there
appeared to be a considerable number, had left her,
the slaves having, no doubt, been driven into the
interior. She was destroyed.
The last of these dhows was captured on the 3d
of October last. On that day, two of the ship's boats
were cruising off Sheila Point, when, at S p.m., they
saw a dhow running towards the land. They endea-
voured to intercept her, whereupon the dhow ran on
shore, and the Arab crew on board were seen with
drawn swords driving a crowd of slaves overboard.
The boats boarded the dhow with as much expedi-
tion as possible, and the Arabs made their escape to
the shore, leaving 44 slaves cn board, 32 males and
12 females. The dhow was got off and brought
alongside the Gorgon in Kuryhoo Roads.
The
slaves were removed to the Gorgon, and the clhohcv
anchored at the Gorgon's stern, but being leaky, s e
sank at her anchorage.
It is satisfactory to learn that the p .ten
and
t
zealous action of Commander Wilson has given a
serious blow to the traffic in slaves. The Lyra has
gone north towards the
of intercepting many of the ve
ssels engaged in this
Persian Gulf, in the hope
no doubt, do a
abominable trade ; and she Will

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THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex-
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive.
Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin•
ciples."
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CAPTURE Q.

,T SLAVE DHO TVS.

(From the Cope Argus o f _May 22.)
At the sitting of the Vice-Admiralty Court, held
on Saturday the 17th inst., 18 slave dhows, captured
by H.M. steamer Gorgon, were condemned. The
particulars of some of the captures are not a little
exciting, and will be read with interest in England.
The first of the dhows on the list was seen by the
Gorgon on the morning of the 19th August last, on
shore on the reef to the northward of Querimbo
Island. Capt. Wilson thereupon boarded her, and
found she had a crew of 25 Arabs, and was regularly
fitted for the slave trade, but had neither colours
nor papers. The master of the dhow stated that on
the previns evening, having then 100 slaves on
board, shipped at Conducia, he had been chased by
one of the British cruisers (supposed to be the Pen-
guin), and had run ashore in the dark. During
the chase the water tanks were thrown overboard,
and after the stranding of the vessel the slaves were
landed on the island. The crew were engaged in
getting the dhow off, in order that she might con-
tinue her orginal voyage to Comoro, when the
Gorgon hove in sight. The hold of the vessel had
been recently occupied by slaves, and the cooking
and feeding utensils quite as recently used. The
crew of the dhow (which was much injured by the
reef) were landed on the island, and the dhow,
which measured 172 tons, was burnt.
The second of these vessels, captured on the 3d of
August, while at anchor off Lindey River, was a
Persian Gulf dhow, of the burthen of 156 tons. She
had on board a crew of 20 Northern or Joasme
Arabs, was regularly fitted for the slave trade, and
carried a quantity of slave food. She was unsea-
worthy, and after the crew had been landed, was
destroyed.
The third and fourth dhows were captured on the
9th August last. On that day two of the ship's
boats were cruising off Kiswara Harbour, and see-
ing the dhows they gave chase. After an hour's
run, two of the dhows, finding the boats gaining on
them lowered sail, and were boarded. They were
all fitted for the slave trade: The crew of the first
dow, 15 in number, were Arabs and well armed,
and the vessel had neither papers nor eolours. The
second dhow had a crew of 12 Arabs. The first of
these dhows was destroyed by the captors, and the
second abandoned in a sinking state.
The capture of the next dhow (No. 5) took place
on the 24th of August, not far from Zanzibar, and
was attended with circumstances of unusual interest.
On the day in question, Mr. G. Harris, second mas-
ter of the Gorgon, being at Zanzibar in charge of a
slave dhow, received information from the British
consul, Lieut.-Col. Rigby, that a Sooree pirate,:
pro-
north of Zanzibar. Mr. Harris
named Mohammed bin Alie, intended to
run.
• thereupon
cargo of slaves from a point about 7 seven miles
ceeded after dark with an armed boat to lay in
accompanied by one of
wait for the vessel, being .fya her,
if necessary.
the consul's boats to identify
dhow running to
About midnight they
direction, and Mr.
seaward in a north-westerly
Harris hailed her to heave to,
stating that he was
inman-ot- war boat. No
attention command
as
paid to this summons, and an attempt
te dhow. As the crew,
was made made to boar
d hawn
w of a British
with drawn swords, a fire of musketry
on her, and three or four of the crew
ewvaesr, ,orpeesni setae da p
The dhow was then boar.
killed. ed, and the rest
of the crew driven overboard. On searching her
seventeen
slaves were found stowed away in various
parts of the vessel, and they stated that it was in-
tended to take one hundred and fifty slaves on
board, and that the boats conveying them were in
communication with the dhow. The captured vessel
was anchored for the night at the place where she
had been taken, and on proceeding thither the next
morning Mr. Harris found that she had been re-
moved into a small bight in shore, but was totally
deserted. S'ie was fitted for the slave trade, and
had on board a large quantity of water and slave
food, She had no colours, but evidently belonged

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