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London, England, 1812-09-23 00:00:00

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' 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, they--had
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 Governors; 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 Governor -of
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