The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-21 00:00:00

MAURITIUS.

PROCLAMATION.

In the Name of .his Majeity;GEonoE the Fourth, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, &c.,

&c., &c.
His Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir GALartAITH
LOWRY COLE, Governor and Obmmander-in-Chief of the

Island of Mauritius and Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

Adding to the first Article of the Proclamation of the 25th of
May, 1819, and in explanation of the same, has decreed and

decrees :

ART. 1. On the departure of every merchant vessel, whether
British or foreign, from this port, the Captains, Owners, Super-
cargoes, or Consignees th,creof, shall, previously to sush depot--
tore, furnish good and lawful security, for every mariner or
sailor belonging to the crew of such vessels, who may be left on
shore, whether on account of sickness, desertion, or any other
cause, for the purpose of guaranteeing the payment of such
Hospital charges, subsistence money, or other expences incurred
by the residence ofsuch persons in the Island after the departure
of the respective vessels to which they may severally belong;
which said expences, without such guarantee, would be at the
charge of Government.. The above security shall be received
by the Chief Comrnissory of Police, and shall remain in full
force and effect for a period of one year, commencing from the
day of the date of the departure of the several vessels from the
port of Port Louis.

Ant. 2. The present Proclamation shall be rea4l, published,
and registered, in the Courts and Tribunals of the Colony, and
a Copy thereof shall be addressed to his Honour the Chief
Judge and Commissary ofjustice. •
Port-Louis, 13th June, 1825.

By order.

0. DOWRY COLE.
G. A. BARRY,
Chief Secretary to Governmeir

SIERRA LEONE.

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On. Friday arrived the Surrey transport, Lieutenant
Thonipson, Agent, from Sierra Leone, whence she sailed on
the 23d of September, with nine women and fifteen children,
widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, in a most deplorable
state of debility from fever ; of which number five women and
seven children, as well as two seamen of the Surrey, died on
the passage. The remaining part of the crew being in a con-
valescent state, Capt. Bore, the Superintendent of Quarantine,
put the ship under that restraint. We have derived by this ship
the following account of the most recent occurrences and pre-
sent state of the 'colonies on the coast of Africa :

On the 24th August, his Excellency Major-General Turner
and suite embarked in the Surrey transport, to visit the Banana
and 'Plantain Islands, in consequence of two tribes (the Caul-
kers and Clevelands) being at war, and having detained the
trade canoes which pass to a from the various places on the
Sherbro river to. Sierra Leone, taking the captives as their
slaves, and frequently Selling them to slave traders. On the
27th August, the boats of this ship, with a small party of the
Royal African Corps, under Lieut. Thompson's orders, landed,
_with the Governor, and took posseision of Plantain Island in
the name of the King of England.' After retaining possession
of it, some days, the king of the island, named Caulker (a
colour man) who was educated in England, came over from
the main land, and had an interview with General Turner.—
The result of this conference was, that, in conjunction with the
other Kings and Chiefs, it was agreed that some part of the
land on the island of York should be ceded to England, pro-
vided his Excellency would give them protection hereafter from
tribes which at various times come down from the interior.
The treaty being signed, the colours on Plantain Island were
again 'hauled down, and the. Governor returned in the ship
to Sierra Leone.—On the 9th of September, dispatches were
received from the town of Bathurst, in the island of Saint
Mary's (river Gambia), stating, that the whole detachments 1
of the Royal African Corps, in garrison there, amounting
to 134 soldiers, with 8 women and 17 children, which were
landed only in June, had all died of fever, excepting 13
soldiers, and these were in hospital, unfit for duty : the Com-
mander of Bathurst was fearful of being attacked by the
King of Barra, from the opposite shore, in consequence of a
• tribute he formerly received, being stopped by General Tur-
ner. On the 20th September, the Surrey sailed with the
detachment she had on board, of aboui one hundred men,
7 women, and 9 children, to replace those who had died at Ba-
thurst. On her arrival there, on Oct. 2, was found lying at an-
chor, the Swinger gun-brig, protecting the place. Her Com-
mander, Lieut. Poingdestre, and seven of the crew, had died of
fever ; also Ensign Stapleton, of the Royal African Corps. The
slave.-trade is carried on in a greater degree than ever. A Por-
tnguese schooner, of about 90 tons, had been sent in by the Esk.
This small vessel had on board men, women, and children, in'
all amounting to 284. The heart sickening misery discovered,
the crowded and sickly state of the slaves, exceeded any descrip-
tion that could be given of it. When the Surrey left the Sherbro
river there were no less than seven slave vessels waiting for
their cargoes. No accounts had been received from the Gold
Coast since July. The state of tiIONNI! colonies was not known.
From various reports from the Mandingee tribes, it is expected
the Ashantees will pay Cape Coast another visit. The trade
at ‘ Portindeck had rather failed lately, in consequence of the
Foulah tribes having stopped the Coast people from bringing
down their gums. The timber and wax trade at the Gambia
is much improved of late, and from its being a free port, as
well as Sierra Leone, for certain articles, corn, horses, sheep,
and poultry, it is not doubted but the trade, in the following
year, will be much increased.