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did not think it right that any one should be engagtd in T
the expedition who did not volunteer their services.—
(Hear, hear.) Lamentable as had been the loss of life
attending that expedition, he could not regard it as. alto-
gether a failure and calamity. They had at least
shown that the flag of England, and the authority of
England's sovereign, was put forth to favour commerce
and civilisation in Africa ; and let them not think
that that would in after times be remembered by
a savage people as an unimportant circumstance.
If they saw the commercial ships of England
intent only upon gain, her naval force intent only on
projects of dominion, they would give little credence to
cur professions of being guided by the light of the Gos-
pel ; but when they saw Englishmen ready to sacrifice
their lives for objects of peace and charity, then, indeed,
they would believe our professions, and be willing to
unite with us for every good purpose.—(Hear.) But
there were other advantages which might be derived
from this expedition notwithstanding its alleged failure.
They had learnt by sad experience that the River Niger,
in ,the upper parts of it, was most unwholesome to
European constitutions, but they had not found that -the
Africans themselves were affected by its mala-
dies. What did this teach them ? Why that
they ought to endeavour by every means in
their power to enable the Africans themselves
to teach Africans on their own continent ; and in one
point of view, this was an object ; slavery itself seemed
to favour this object. One would imagine that such a
dreadful institution as that of slavery would contain no
cheering feature, no light by which its darkness
could be illumined, yet the slavery which had
grown up in the West Indies, in conjuction with the
education which slaves had received from her ministers,
had :prepared men who were capable of enduring an
African climate to extend the truths of the Gospel
among their own countrymen.—(Hear, hear.) That
was a very important consideration hen they were
attempting to civilise Africa. Let them not, then,
mistrust the ultimate success of their endea-
vours ; let them, if defeated in one mode, try
another ; let them seek to acquire fresh information ;
let them devise fresh enterprises in new directions ;
above all, let them not doubt that while the
spirit of universal emancipation, aided and sanc-
tified by the spirit of the Christian religion,
—while these animated their endeavours they would
ultimately secure the happiness and the salvation of
millions of their fellow-creatures.— (Cheers.)
The Venerable Archdeacon S. WILBERFORCE se-
conded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.
Several other resolutions were proposed, seconded, and
carried, and a vote of thanks having been given to the
Chairman, the meeting separated shortly after four o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, Je NE 20, 1842.
Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Gr eat Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing George
Graham, Esq., Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and
Marriag,es in England, in the room of Thomas Henry Lister,
Esq., deceased.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Juwx 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Charles
Francis Edward Herbet, as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty
the King of the French.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
J. Attwood, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 28 ;
G. A. W. Welch, Esq., to be ditto, May 30; J. H. Pelly,
Esq., to be ditto, June 1.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—To be Captains—Lieutenant
G. J Campbell, vice Fairlie ; Lieutenant Sir J. Boswell, Bart.
vice the Marquess of Hastings ; Lieutenant R. Hunter, vice
J. Campbell ; Archibald Earl of Cassillis, vice Sir C. Fergus-
son, May 26.
To be Lieutenants—Cornet T. E. Cuninghame, vice Caw"-
bell; Cornet J. J. Burnet, vice Sir J. Boswell; Cornet R.
R. Glasgow, vice Hunter ; Cornet J. Hamilton, vice Sir A.
M. Cuninghame, Bart. ; R. Fergusson, Gent. vice A.
Cuninghame; R. A. Oswald, Gent. vice J. S. Hay, May 26,
To be Cornets— The Honourable J. Kennedy, vice Cuning-
hame ; R. J. Craufurd, Gent., vice Burnet, promoted ; W.
A. Cuninghame, Gent„ vice Glasgow ; W. C. Patrick, Geut.,
vice Hamilton, May 26.