The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

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cine, let the magnates of Guy's, St. Thomas', and
the other hospitals tell us. Pills and draughts
of all sorts of the most potent cure-all virtues,
border, it is true, by an indistinguishable line
upon orthodox practice ; yet these and metallic
tractors, brandy and salt, cold water within and
without, and last, but not least, homoeopathy,
with its doses of the ten hundred millionth of a
grain in pinhead globules, have all appealed to
this readiness of belief where the evidence, if it
existed, were quite beyond the comprehension of
the believer. A. clever quack finds an "organ "
of credulity waiting to be excited by his dexter-
ous or his bold appeals.
That all this is but too common in the yet more
serious province of theology, every generation of
man is a witness. No country, and no age, no
tribes of men, civilised or savage, have escaped
the influence of the sincere enthusiast, the half
mad fanatic, or the conscious impostor. Ever
since the existence of true prophets, so far as we
know, there have been magicians and false pro-
phets also, and the latter have often, at least for
a time, been by far the most successful. Not
only has our race bowed to the authority of
craftily and gradually accumulated priestly power,
such as we witness at the present day in the
grand imposture of the Papacy, to which even
educated men and women yet do homage, al-
though the evidence of ambitious imposture is
patent throughout all history ; but even the
rudest impostor, almost as soon as he enters on
the scene, finds disciples but too ready to marvel
and believe. JOANNA SOUTHCOTE, Mad THOM,
aud last in this line, JOE SMITH himself, all ob--
tained an immediate hearing for their abl
surd and profane stories, and obtained it
among the plain, well disposed, and, on the
whole, common-sense people of England.
Our race is liable to this moral epidemic,
just as it is liable to typhus, or the cholera, and
the rise of an imposter and his followers, the
number who suffer from the contagion which be-
gins with him, seem as little amenable to the cal-
culations and treatment of moral science as the
former to those of medical science.

Who would have thought a few years back of a
meeting in a public room in London, a grand
"conference" of the disciples and dupes of the
American impostor JOE SMITH ? That the word
impostor, not enthusiast or fanatic is the appro-
priate epithet fur this very shrewd and energetic,
and thoroughly worldly-minded prophet, there
cannot be a moment's doubt. He began with
deliberate and wilful lies. Ho pretended to find
and to translate engraved plates of metal, which
most certainly he had never found, unless he had
hidden them himself, for he never could produce
them ; and certainly never translated, for of the
slightest tinctare of lingual knowledge he was
wholly guiltless. Such pretended copies of the
original as he did submit to Professor ANTHON,
were manifestly the very clumsiest attempts of a
thorough ignoramus to devise a new character.
But, however illiterate, SMITH had brains enough,
as the event proved, to make a first rate religious
impostor. Lie easily persuaded others as un-
learned as himself, but as well furnished with the
phrenological development of credulity as he with
that of roguery, to believe his divine mission; and
in no great length of time thousands followed him
into the West, a city and temple were built or
building, a hierachy instituted in which, of
course, the arch-impostor was chief, and a theo-
cracy established, in which he, SMITH, was the
viceregent of GOD, and absolute monarch under
the Most High.
We need not attempt to rehearse the story of
their expulsion from Nauvoo and the death of
the prophet in a riot ; a circumstance, which like
all martyrdoms, only strengthened the new com-
munity in their faith ; of their final settlement at
the Salt Lake, and their abnormal relations to.the
American Government. The' fact with which we
have most concern is, that they sent their mis-
sionaries to recruit in this land of religion—a
and where every parish has, at least, its church,
and its chapels in abundance besides. Yet here,
n England, JOE SmiTH's missionaries have been,
we understand, more successful than in the United
States themselves. Certain it is that we meet
with them everywhere ; and that, from the coun-
try districts more especially, they have induced
men and whole families, by hundreds and thou-
sands, to emigrate to their land of promise at
Utah. All our schools, and all our Established
and Dissenting clergy have not raised the minds
of thousands above the credulous ignorance
which could swallow wholesale the most tran-
sparent imposture ever perhaps offered to human
minds.

At the meeting on Sunday delegates from many
counties of England were reported to be present,
and some account of their speeches is given iu our
report. It seems evident that, altogether, a con-
siderable number of people must be living in Eng-
land under the teaching and influence of the
" Elders" and " Presidents ;" and amongst those
Rho are earning but ten or eleven shillings a
week, " the tithes" are, in general, faithfully con-
tributed to " the cause"—which cause seems to
wean the cause of the Latter-Day Saints' emigra-
tion from this doomed land to the Transatlantic
" Zion." From America the tidings in the news-
papers have been, that that Areti-Christ, Presi-
dent BUCHANAN, is determined to break up the
confederacy, or at least to being it into subordi-
nation to the laws of civilised communities. The
Elders here did not advert to this discouraging
fact, but boldly advocated emigration to " Zion."
On another subject, which has attracted so much
attention here and in America—Polygamy—they
appear also to have preserved silence. It would
hardly do to proclaim to English women that, on
arriving at Utah, a revelation from BRIGHAM
YOUNG might assign them as tenth or twelfth
wives to the harem of some licentit.us friend of
the inspired High Priest.

England has suffered sufficiently from her Game
laws. Every cultivator of the soil has had his
grievance to narrate, has detailed the loss and
annoyance thereby occasioned, and the tempta-
tion to the younger hands on his farm, to his sons
as welt as to his servants. But we know nothing
in this country of the full extent to which the
practice may be carried. Persons residing iu
the vicinity of Deer Forests in Scotland, who
have seen whole districts depopUlated, and the
hardy inhabitants expatriated, may form some
slight conception of the system in operation in
the country comprised within the Charter of the
Hudson's Bay Company, but even their notions
Mt far short of the reality.

The Company have, by virtue of their charter,
possessed themselves of several millions of acres of
land, from which the white man is jealously ex-
cluded. Any attempt at colonisation is rigorously
repressed. They do
that might be eonverntoetdtionitherastme
isleitntglerbso.meLstaeLlss
—that might support tlacrusands of contented and
happy families—must retnain barren and uncul-
tivated, for the sake of the wild animals whose
skins may suffice to pay a 10 per cent. dividend
to a trading corporation, whose thoughts are ex•
elusively directed to the X. s.'D. phase of- the
question. They have established a monopoly of
the worst description—a monopoly highly preju.

dicial to the interests of humanity, and especially
disgusting to our Canadian colonies, who find
their space for expansion circumscribed, and them-
selves " cribbed, cabined, and confined," by the
extravagant pretensions of the favoured corporation,
who claim far more than they are entitled to
made the charter of CHARLES 11., or any of its
renewals.

The effects of that Charter are far more in-
jurious to British interests, than the amount dis-
tributed in the shape of dividends to its share-
holders. It should therefore be got rid of with
the least possible delay. We wish to act fairly
towards the Company, to satisfy every just and
equitable pecuniary claim that may be set up.
England is not so poor that she should act un-
fairly towards any party possessing reasonable
rights and privileges. The Charter of the Hud-
son's Bay Company may, however, be abrogated
with brief notice. A short period will suffice to get
rid of the obnoxious monopoly which it exercises,
and to establish matters on a sounder and better
foundation, and .although "there are many press-
ing questions to be disposed of during the next
session, it is imperative that that relating to the
Hudson Bay Charter should be placed on a satis-
factory basis. Mr. LABOUCHERE has already
shown that he is fully aware of the vast import-
ance of the subject., and assisted by the labours of
the committee, he may and ought to be prepared
with a specific proposition for the proper solution
of the interesting problem.

If we do not act, we may rest assured that
others will. The United States have already cast
anxious glances in the direction, and they will
not rest until something is accomplished one way
or the other. We may change the system
ottrselves, but if not, it will be altered
for us, and we may possibly find our-
selves involved in very unpleasant compli-
cation; through our continued support of an
erroneous and indefensible principle. We should
count the cost in due time, and it is certain that
the first expense will be the best. %,The axiom
that " property has its duties as well as its rightq,"
is now generally admitted. A man can only
"do what he likes with his own," so long as he
does not injure others. The claims of the Hud-
son's Bay Company are contrary to public policy.
We are prepared to deal fairly with them in a
pecuniary point of view ; but they cannot be per-
mitted much longer to stop the way with their
heavy waggon, which, however suitable to the
17th century, is by no means suited to the spirit
of the present age, after the lapse of nearly two
centuries.

A memorandum has been issued from the
Horse Guards which, although it may be regarded
as a step in the right direction, by no means goes
far enough to meet the exigencies of the case. It
is the enunciation of a new mode by which a com-
mission may be procured. A young gentleman
of suitable acquirements, and qualified to stand a
stringent examination, may now, by raising 100
recruits, obtain a commisson, i.e., an ensigney in
the line.

There are sundry regulations, savouring strongly
of red tapism, that greatly restrict tho privilege,
but the principle is a sound one ; and, regarding
it as the admission of the sharp end of the
wedge, we look more to future results than to
the present limited, wo may almost call it paltry
concessions.

There can be no doubt that the obtaining 100
stalworth recruits would be far more valuable to
the country than the payment of 4501. (to be
subsequently repaid), even if quadrupled. It
would cost the nation all the money, and the class
would be by no means so eligible asthat which would
come from lova and affection, for a young gentle-
man who was about to participate in their toils and
dangers, and whose interests would be so closely
connected with their own that they could not be
severed. It is to a certain extent a ret urn to the
old system by which the army was raised before
the purchase system was even thought of. A
great landed proprietor raised a regiment at his
own expense, of which he himself or his heir, or
near kinsman, obtained the command, and he dis-
tributed all the commissions, just as the Lord
Lieutenant of a county now does in a -Militia
Regiment. If his own resources were not ade-
quate, he procured assistance. Any competent
person who could bring in a Company, commanded
it, as a matter of course, and nominated his own
subalterns. The value of the principle was tested
and established by experience, and a mere
pecuniary payment only crept in by slow
degrees, as a substitute, and by no means a be-
neficial one, for the more judicious and sounder
practice.

Now, it seems to us that the bringing in of
men sufficient to constitute a full company should
carry with it a captain's, and not merely an
ensign's, commission. A Militia Officer has re-
cently clearly pointed eut how great would be the
inducement to men to volunteer en masse, if

assured that they would still be placed under
the command of officers of whose kindness
they had already practical experience. We
believe that his views are fully sustained
by the facts, and that the present regula-
tions will effect but little until greatly modified.
A raw ensign can do but little for.raw recruits.
He cannot be their advocate or refuge in time of
trouble. He will have quite enough to do to
take care of No. 1 ; and the soldiers know
that, and will not be induced to lean on
so fragile a support. But let it be a cap-
tain—one who has already served and is
qualified to discharge the duties of the situa-
tion—and the case will be altogether different.
He may have sold out, and be disqualified, accord-
ing to the rules, to eater in the station he had
a!ready attained, or to which he might have been
promoted a short lime before ; but would make
an efficient officer, and he would carry with him
the confidence of the men, and induce them
to cast in their lots with his. We accept
then, the present step as an instalment, but only
as such. To effect material benefit it must be
greatly extended, and that we have no doubt it
will be ere many months have elapsed, unless
the demand for eligible recruits be less extensive
than we can reasonably hope or anticipate.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This nobleman is still enjoying
himself at Minto House, the mansion of his noble father-
The Etna, steamer, has arrived with 51,0001.
brought by the European from Australia.
LORD PALMERSTON AND THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND.—
We have great gratification in being able to announce
that, yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor received a
cheque from Lard Palmerston for the very handsome
sum of 1001. towards the fund for the relief of the suf-
ferers from the Indian mutiny.
LIBERALITY OF THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDON-
DERRY.—The Marchioness of Londonderry has proposed
to the numerous miners and pitmen in the coal collieries
on her estates in Durham t.) establish a fund for the
purpose of supporting the infirm and worn-out pitmen
of these collieries. Her ladyship proposes to call the
establishment the " Pitman's Home," and has under-
taken to be at the whole cost of the builling, and like-
wise saying, " She should be happy to contribute fairly
towards its maintenance." There areabove 3,000 work-
people employed in the collieries and works near Sea-
ham-hall, and the greatest interest is manifested by the
Marchioness for their safety and welfare. Schools are
provided for the children, and increased facilities have
just been given for furthering the education of, those
men a►t work during the day by night schools to attend
which they will be allowed to subtract curtain hours
from their evening employ.

DEATH OF BARON HOCHSCHILD.—We observe with
regret, in a Belgian journal, a telegraphic announcement
of the death of Baron Hochschiki, Swedish Minister at
the Court of St. James's. The despatch, dated Copen-
hagen, Sept. 8, states that the baron had died suddenly
in that town.

THE LATE SIR C, M. CLARKE, BART.—Death has
recently carried one one of the most distinguished orna-
ments of the medical profession, in the person of Sir C.
Clarke, who died on Monday. the 7th inst., at his resi-
dence, on the Marine-parade, Brighton, in his 76th
year, after a lingering illness of nearly two years' du-
ration.

DEATH OF M. AUGUSTE COMTE.—The Paris Presse
announces the death of M. A. Comte, the Chief of* the
Positive School of Philosophy, with whese principal
work the English public were made acquainted, a few
years ago, in translations by Miss Martineau and Mr.
Lewis. The friends of philosophy will regret in the
death of M. Comte the loss of one of the most original
of modern thinkers. _ _

OBAN, Sept. 7.—Her Majesty's yacht Osborne, with
the Lords of the Admiralty on a cruise round the sea-
port. of the west coast of Scotland, anchored in the Bay
of Oban about 6 p.m. to-day, and will remain long
enough to coal and complete an inspection of the har-
bour.
It is stated that the following vessels have been taken
up by the East India Company for the conveyance of
troops tl India :—Screw steamers: Great Britain, In-
domitable, Italian, Babiana, Abeona, St. Louis, Ireland,
Leopold, Princess Charlotte, Austria, Charity, and Mel-
bourne. Ships Malabar and Bengal.
The Espero mentions that Montanelli, the ex-deputy
of Tuscany, is engaged in preparing a biography of
Lamennais. The clotest friendship and intimacy sub-
sisted for seven years between the French philosopher
and the Florentine litterateur, and the work, it is ex-
pected, will contain much curious information.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—This institution has been
opened to the public, after being closed for the usual
period for the cleansing of the galleries and rearrange-
ment of the contents. The general department of Anti-
quities, Natural History, ttc-, is now open from ten to
five o'clock, Thy new reading-room is open to readers
from nine to five o'clock daily.ll
TIM THOUSAND POUNDS DAMAGES.—At the Liver.
pool Assizes on Wednesday, in Novell v. the Mayor- of
Wigan, an action brought by a contractor for compen-
sation,-in copsequence of another person being selected
to perform some work, a verdict was entered for the
plaintiff, damages 10,0001., subject to a reference=
Scotsman.

THE NEW STREET PROM WHITECHAPEL TO SHORE-
DITCHI.—On Tuesday morning, the new thoroughfare
(Commercial-street), from High-street, Whitechapel, to
High-street, Shoreditch, was opened for foot passengers,
but not for public carriage traffic. The houses on the
south side of the thoroughfare have been pulled down,
and new buildings of a modern character are being con-
structed on the same side.
THE EVENING CLASSES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Two members of the Evening Classes for Young Men,
Mr. F. Marshall and Mr. H. Cullum, have been ap-
pointed clerks in the Privy Council-office (educational
department), atter a competitive examination before the
Civil Service Commissioners, having been the first two
candidates named in the list of successful competitors.
This is the third occasion on which members of the in-
stitution have been appointed.
MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-Several of the
historical groups have lately undergone renovation and
improvement, and among them the group containing
Henry VIII. and his wives has been considerably
changed by the addition of new dresses to the figures.
Bluff King Hal now appears in cloth of gold, sparkling
with gems, instead of his tilting suit of armour, and hi&
wives appear in more brilliant costumes than heretofore.
This group is one of the most attractive in the exhibi-
tion, and is constantly surrounded by numbers of the
visitors.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.—LiverpooI, September 9.—
The screw steamer Etna has arrived from Malta, which
she left on the 30th ult., in company with the steamer
Catnbiia, for this port. The screw steamer Lebanon,
which arrived on the 28th from Liverpool, was to take
her departure. or, the 31st for Corfu, to embark troops
for England. The Colombo, with the London mails of
the 29th ult., arrived on the 29th of August. Eloven
cargoes of coal arrived at Malta from Cardiff, Swansea,
and Blyth; adding to the present stock of this article
about 3,500 tons.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The screw steam ship City
of Baltimore sailed hence to-day for Now York with 125.
Passengers and a fair cargo ; and the screw steam ship
India took her departure with the Canadian mails, a large

cargo, an& 122 cabin and 168 steerage passengers, for
Quebec and Montreal. The, Royal mail steam ship
Canada will sail for Boston on Saturday next. The in-
ward mails nexo due will be brought by the Arabia,
which was to leave New York on the 2d inst., and may
be expected on Saturday.
THE THREE CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT LIVERPOOL.—
Mr. Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale Gaol, received a
communication yesterday morning tram the Home-
office, stating that there seemed to be no reason for
advising that the law should not be allowed to take its
course in the case of Captain Rogers, late in command

of the Martha and Jane ; but respiting
.the two mates,
William Miles and Charles,Ed ward Seymour, in order
that their cases may he taken into consideration. The
execution of Captain Rogers takes place at Kirkdale on
Saturday.
ELEcrroN OF PRESIDENT OF QUEENS' COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE, Septem',er 9.—The vacancy in the Pre•
e.dentship of Queens' College was filled up this day by
the election by the society of the Rev. George Phillips,
8.D., rector of Sandon, Essex. Mr. Phillips graduated
from Qiie ns' in 1829 as eighth wrangler, and was soon
after elected a fellow, and finally tutor of his college,
which latter distinguisbeer:p6sition he held until his pre-
sentation by the society to the rectory 'of Sandon in
1846. Mr. Phillips is author of a Commentary on the
Psalms, a Syrtic Grammar, and other works.
THE GOLDEN FLEECE.—It may interest some of our,
readers to know that the Golden Fleece, screw steamer,
has arrived at St. Vincent, on her voyage to India. A
letter from an °Meer in her Majesty's 34th Regiment,
after sraiiing in high terms of the ship, captain, and
officers, says—" On our Bth day a e passed the Monarch,
one of Green's ships, with the Queen's Bays on
board ; out 2t3 days. How disgusted trey must have
been to see us pass them. However, we had our band
out, and gave them a tune and three cheers before we
left them. We found the John Bell in here coaling,
with the head-quarters Of the 38th Regiment on board."
The captain of the Golden Fleece expected to reach Cal-
cutta in less than 60 days from Eng and.
Two ALARMING FlRES.—Yesterday morning shortly
before two o'clock, an alarming fire took place in the
premises belonging to Mr. J. Owen, a cheesemonger,
situateit w asfeared
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be attended with , which at one time a
disastrous loss of, High-street, Poplar,
life. The fire was subdued, but not until considerable
damage was done not only to the stock in trade, but
also to the building. Another fire also took place in
the premises of Mr. H. C. Musk, corn-dealer, &c., No.
uB'nkGnroawyn cause's-plaee, Mile-end-gate. It began from some
in the hay and straw stores in the
basement, and before discovered had obtained a strong
hold.

NEW JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Among the new
joint-stock companies registered during August were the
following :—Alliance Steam Navigation Company ;
Ifornsay Gas Company ; Joint-stock Merchant Traders
and General Outfitting Company ; London Warming
andom Ventilating
vvatinigitsand Company;
Gloucester Lon London District
;Danube
l Distillery
Company ; Copiapo Smelting Comnany ; Weedon,
Daventry, Southern, and Harbury R
and Black Sea Railway and Kustendjie Harbour ; Patent
Type-Founding Company ; General Furnishing and
Upholstery Company ; Aldershot Manure. Company ;
North Essex Photeinos Company ; London and General
Paper Company ; Smoke Consuming and lenel Saving
Company ; Dwelling-house
rl4mrperpoovretmaenndt
evidence Co m pan yo
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and T
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BANKLeather Cloth
ACTS--C o
—The
Company,
the Bank Acts was published yesterday, in a blue-
book of 518 pages, the witnesses examined having
been Mr. T. M. Weguelin, M.P., and Mr. Sheffield
Ntave, Mr. W. Newniarch, Mr. John Stuart Mill,
Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Mr. G. Warde Norman, Lord
Overstone, Mr N. Alexander, Mr. John Twell, Mr.
D. Barclay Chapman, and Mr. E. Capps. The result
of the immediate labours of the committee fs thus
announced :—" Your committee have prosecuted the
inquiry into the Benk Acts of 1844 and 1845, which
hat been commenced by a select committee in the
previous session ; and they have examined the late and
present Governor of the Bank of England, together
with other witnesses, whose experience and knowledge
teave authority to their opinions. Your committee have
agreed to report to the house the evidence which they
have received ; and as their investigation of the subject
referred to them is still incomplete, they beg 'leave to
rceommend that a select committee be appointed to
resume the inquiry in the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment.
INAUGURATION OF RUSSIAN TROPRIES.--,The citizens-
of Bath made general holiday yesterday on the occasion
of the two Russian guns presented to the city by Lord-
Panmure being deposited in the Royal Victoria Park.
Besides the ceremony connected with the guns, there
was a grand flower show in the afternoon at Sydney
Gardens, a ball in the evening at the Guildhall, and per-
formances at the theatre, in addition to 'Allah the Fo-
restt r e Odd Fellows, and other bodies had displays and
fetes, and galas on their own account. Excursion trains
from all the surrounding country poured visitors into the
place, and probably Bath was never more full of company
in its palmiest days. The guns, which had been gratui-
tously mounted on carriages made from Russian models
by Mr. Williame, started from ttm Qaay at 10 o'clock in
a procession which included officers of the army, navy,
and Crimean invalids. The first gun was drawn by nine
gray horses, the second gun by nine bay horses. The
guns were on carriages covered with crimson drapery.
The Royal Victoria Park is partly private, partly put lie
property. The resting-place of the guns bas been fixed
in the latter portion of the park on each side of the obe-
lisk erected in honour of her Majesty ; buy the inauemra-
Von took plies in that part of the park facing the Royal-
crescent, to Which the puh'ic were only admitted oa
payment of 61. With this' exieption there .was no ex-
clu.sivene,s in the. arrangetnennn which were admirably
made and punctually carried out. Ti o processioe passed
through the principal streets to the place indicated above,
a h:ro Mr. W. Bush (deputy mayor) formally handed
over the guns to the Park Committee, and speeches were
made by Mr. Williams, the donor of the carriages ; Dr.
Barrett, chairman of the Park Genmitte ; Major-Gen.
Willes, and Admiral Saumarez. Tile speeches over, the
procession re-formed in the orieinal order and proceeded
to the large park, where the guns wore placed in pe,ition.
A salute of 21 rounds was then fired from the cannon,
and after each semi rounds the local company of pen-
eioreers fired a jets de joie. The bands then played. the
National Anthem, and after some cheering on the part
of the assembled multitude the ceremony terminated.

LATEST NEWS.

COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 8.

The King of Denmark will set out on the 20th
of this month from Copenhagen for a tour of three
weeks in Jutland and the Duchy of Sleswig.
M. Bardenfelt, Grand Treasurer of the Kingdom
and Minister of State, has just died in Switzerland
after a lingering illness.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
(BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.)

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING•

The African Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet Gambia, Commander Tult, arrived this
morning.

Her dates are Cameroons, July 27; Old Calabar,
29; Fernando Po, 30; Bonny, Aug. 5; Lagos, 7;
Accra, 11 ; Cape Coast, 12 ; Liberia, 15 ; Sierra
Leone, 19 ; Bathurst, 25 ; Gores, 25 ; Teneriffe,
Sept. 1 ; and Madeira, 3.
She brings 2,096 oz. of gold, and her cargo in-
cludes 486 casks palm oil, 164 pieces and 3packages
ivory, 485 casks beeswax, 15 bags cochineal, and 6
pipes, 12 hhds., 6 casks, and 15 cases of wine.
The rains were breaking at Sierra Lzone, but
the season has Leen very unhealthy. Among the
deaths is that of Mr. Collett, Queen's Advocate,
who arrived in the colony last January.
All is quiet in Gambia, and ox hides, bees-
wax, and ground nuts, aro abundant.
Liberia continues in a state of peace. Lagos is
healthy, but trade dull, in consequence of an ex-
pected attack from Cosaco, their former King.
The traffic in slaves, however, continues to in-
crease. Her Majesty's brig Teazer has captured a
vessel under Spanish colours,, with 230 slaves ; she
left before the mail packet, but had not arrived at
Sierra Leone when the Gambia sailed. The Go-
vernor of Cape Coast has seized a slave vessel,
which ran on shore at Prim Pram to escape a
cruiser ; she has been destroyed.