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ATTACK OF A MANIAC GENTLEMAN •ON ATS
KEEPER —On Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock
desperate attack on his attendant was made by Mr. Sayer, a gen-
tleman of, fortune, residing at St. John's Wood. who for many years
has been in a deranged state of mind The unfortunate gentleman had
an attendant eight years, who quitted about a fortnight sinceon ac.
connt. of illness; another was appointed in his situation, but the
unfortunate gentleman could not become reconciled to him.
At the usual time for taking his morning walk yesterday, Mr.
Sayer suddenly rushed at his attendant, threw him backwards down
the stairs, and immediately following him, beat him over the head
with great violence with a short stick he had secreted under his
coat. The cries of the mart for assistance being heard by the
domestics, they immediately ran up and rescued him, but not before
he had sustained extensive and alarming injuries. Mr. Sayer was
with difficulty shortly afterwards properly secured.

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TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening
week a soiree was held in the Town-halt Musselburgh, to present
Mr. William Tait with a token of the respect with which he is
held to universally by Christians of all denominations in the honest
town, before his leaving for Edinburgh. The meeting was
large and respectable, and the chair was ably filled by Bailie
Kemp, who opened tha business of the evening by a short
and complimentary' address to their guest, stating the obligations
under which the town lay to him for his unwearied, long-con-
tinued, and gratuitouiienices chiefly among the young, as well as
being treasurer to the Destitute Sick Society for the last forty
years. The meeting was then addressed in eloquent and ap-
propriate speeches by the Rev. Jonathan Watson, Rev. J. B.
Campbell, and Rev. C. Bateman, from Edinburgh ; the Rev.
Messrs. Robertson and Mann, of Musselburgh—and the latter,
in presenting Mr. Tait with a pair of elegant gold spectacles,
offered a high eulogium for his usefulness, and complimented him
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as the father of the Congregational Union of Scotland, which had
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THE §I.IOIIT-TIME MovEMEET.—In addition to the
factory owners formerly mentioned, who, at the request of their
workmen, at once consented to reduce the time of their labour one
hour per day, we are gratified to learn that Mr. Neil Thomson, of
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that a female named Ann Wilkinson, of No. 2, Egeinl;ve Cottages. It appears
Westboume.street, Pimlico, had been of unsound mind for some
time past. She retired to rest on Wednesday night in her usual
health, and the next morning, not making her appearance
her friends became alarmed. The police were called in, o'
forced open the door of her apartment, when she was discovered
suspended to the bedrail by a silk handkerchief, and quite dead.
NA comer had the above me been discovered than an alarm was
instantly raised of a man named James Neville having committed
suicide in a similar way. The police accordingly proceeded to No.
14. Newland-street, Pimlico, and there found the deceased man
dead, with a rope tightly fastened round his neck. He had com-
mitted suicide by hanging himself to a nail in the cupboard door of
his bedroom.

NEW SLAVE-TRADE CON-
VENTION.

The following are the annexes to the new slave-trade
convention between England and France, which was laid
on the table of the Home of Commons on Monday even-
ing. The treaty has already appeared in The Sun—

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIII. OF THE CONVEN-
TION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE FOR THE
SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED
AT LONDON, MAY 29, 1845.
Instructions for the senior officer of her Majesty's
ships and vessels on the west coast of Africa, with re-
spect to the convention with France, signed at London,
May 29, 1845.
By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, &c.
We transmit to you herewith a copy of a convention
between her Majesty and the King of the French, dated
May 29, 1845, by which it is stipulated that the con-
tracting parties shall each maintain on the west coast of
Africa a naval force of not has than twenty-six vessels,
to be employed for the prevention of the slave-trade, by
closely watching all the parts of the west coast where the
slave-trade is carried on from Cape Verd to 16 deg. 30
min. south latitude, and by exercising all the powers
vested in the Crowns of France and Great Britain for
such purpose ; and we desire that you will take every
opportunity, and use your utmost efforts to effect the
objects of this convention.
You are to take the earliest opportunity of putting
yourself in communication with the senior officer of the
French squadron, for the purpose of cooperating with
him in the execution of this convention, and of concert-
ing with him as to the best means of closely watching
the parts of the African coast before described, by select-
ing and defining the stations to be established, and by
taking the charge thereof, either conjointly with the
French cruisers, or separately with the force under your
command, or by leaving the same to the French naval
force, as may be deemed most expedient.
You will understand, however, that in the case of a sta-
tion being especially committed to the charge of cruisers
of either nation, the cruisers of the other nation may at
any time enter the same for the purpose of exercising
the rights respectively belonging to them for the sup-
pression of the slave trade.
You will, in concert with the commander of the French
squadron, determine with what native princes and chiefs
it may be necessary to negotiate treaties for the suppres-
sion of the slave trade. And you are authorised to ne-
gotiate such treaties, either personally, or by an officer
specially instructed fbr such purpose ; such treaties to
be framed in accordance with the draught of engage-
ment forming appendix to Section VII. or the instruc-
tions issued on the 12th of June, 1844, to her Majesty's
naval officers employed in the suppression of the slave
trade. _

Whenever it may be necessary to employ force to
compel the due execution of any treaty contracted with
any native chief, in virtue of this convention, and to
which both her Majesty and the King of the French
are parties, you will concert with the commander of the
French squadron as to the employment of force for such
purpose, and arrange, in concert with him, to act con-
jointly with the French force, or separately, as may
be deemed most advisable ; but, with respect to these
conjoint treaties, you will not employ force without the
consent of the commander of the French squadron.
It will be the duty of yourself and of the commanding
officers of her Majesty's ships under your orders, u:-,on
all occasions, to communicate to the officers of the French
squadron any information which may be of service in
detecting the frauds of the slave traders, and especially
to give notice of any vessel supposed to belong to France,
and suspected of being engaged in the slave trade,
which may be met with or heard of in the course of a
cruise; and you will give directions to the officers un-
der your orders to pay strict attention to this duty.
With respect to the visit, search, and detention
of vessels belonging to nations between whom and
Great Britain there are existing treaties relating
thereto, and for the suppression of the slave
trade, and also with respect to vessels not entitled to
claim the flag of any nation, you will be guided by the
instructions founded upon the Statute passed in the se-
cond and third year of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
chapter 73, and upon the treaties in force with foreign
States, and the Acts of Parliament made in furtherance
thereof, which have been delivered to you for your go-
vernment ; the present instructions in no respect inter-
fering therewith.
You are not to capture, visit, or in any way interfere
with vessels of France ; and you will give strict instruc-
tions to the commanding officers of cruisers under your
orders to abstain therefrom. At the same time, you
will remember that the King of the French is far from
claiming that the flag of France should give immunity
to those who have no right to bear it ; and that Great
Britain will not allow vessels of other nations to escape
visit and examination by merely hoisting a French flag,
or the flag of any other nation with which Great Britain
has not, by existing treaty, the right of search. Accord-
ingly, when from intelligence which the officer com-
manding her Majesty's cruiser may have received, or
from the manoeuvres of the vessel, or other sufficient
cause, he may have reason to believe that the vessel does
not belong to the nation indicated by her colours, he is,
if the state of the weather will admit of it, to go ahead
of the suspected vessel, after communicating his inten-
tion by hailing, and to drop a boat on board of her
to ascertain her nationality, without causing her deten-
tion, in the event of her really proving to be a vessel of
the nation the colours of which she had displayed, and
therefore one which he is not authorised to search; but
should the strength of the wind, or other circumstance,
render such mode of visiting the stranger impracticable,
he is to require the suspected vessel to be brought to, in
order that her nationality may be ascertained; and he
will be justified in enforcing it, if necessary—under-
standing always, that he is not to resort to any coercive
measure until every other shall have failed; and the
officer who boards the stranger is to be instructed
merely in the first instance to satisfy himself by the
vessel's papers, or other proof, of her nationality; and
if she prove really to be a vessel of the nation desig-
nated by her colours, and one which he is not authorise
to search, he is to lose no time in quitting her, offering
to note on the papers of the vessel the cause of his hav-
ing suspected her nationality, as well as the number of
minutes the vessel was detained (if detained at all) for
the object in question ; such notation to be signed by
the boarding officer, specifying his rank and the name
of her Majesty's cruiser; and whether the commander
of the visited vessel consents to such notation on the
vessel's papers or not (and it is not to be done without
his consent) ; all the said particulars are to be immedi-
ately inserted in the log-book of her Majesty's cruiser ;
and a full and complete statement of the circumstances
is to be sent, addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, by the first opportunity, direct to England; and
also, a similar statement to you, as senior officer on the
station, to be forwarded by you to our Secretary, ac-
companied by any remarks you may have reason to make
thereon.
The commanding officers of her Majesty's vessels must
bear in mind that the duty of executing the instruction
immediately preceding must be discharged with great
care and circumspection. For, if any injury be °eels-
, sioned by examination without sufficient cause, or by the,
examination being improperly conducted, comperisatiop
must be made to the party„aggrieved ; and tbe. officer
who may cause an examination to be, made without suf-
ficient cause,. or.,Who may„ conduct it improperly, will
incur the displeasure of her Majesty's Government,
Of,courae,, in, cases when the suspicion cf the com-
mander turns_oue to. he well founded, and the vessel
boarded proves, notwithstanding her colours, not to be-
long to the nation designated by those colours, the com-
mander of her Majesty's cruiser will deal with her as he
would have been authorised and required to do had she
not hoisted a false flag.
Given under our hands, Sze.

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIIL or THE CON-
VENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN. AND.FRANCE FOR
THE SUPPRESSION tiF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE,
SIGNED AT LONDON THE 29TH DAY OF NAY, 1845.

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Monsieur le Commanclant,—A convention concluded
on the 29th of May, 1845, between his Majesty the King
of the French and her Majesty the Queen of Great
Britain, a copy, of which is hereto annexed, regulates
upon a new basis the vigilance and repression which the
two countries have engaged to exercise in concert with
regard to the slave trade. The two Governments being
perfectly unanimous as to the object to be pursued, and
firmly resolved.to obtain by the promptest means the ex-
tinction of this criminal traffic, have recognised the ne-
cessity of adopting measures entirely distinct from those
laid down in the treaties of 1831 and 1833.

In the execution of this new treaty, the African sta-
tion will have to take the most active and important
OM It will, therefore, be your, duty to make yourself
fully master of the spirit of this document, and of the
meaning of each. of its stipulations. You will never forgot
tat your chief obligation, as commander of this station,
is to secure to this convention every result which the two
contracting Powers haves right to expect from it.
The basis of those arrangements—the principle of the
work to be carried nut in common on the part of France
and England—consists in a c.,mplete and continued ac-
cord between that of the French squadron and that of Great
Britain. Immediately on your arrival upon the coast of
Africa yon will place yourself in communication with the
officer commanding the English forces, in order to esta-
blish from the very beginning that concert which ought
to goVern the whole and every part of your operation.
You will examine in common, w ith a view to the ar-
rangement of the service, those points of the coast which
are already known: to. be the seats of the traffic, and
which are to be closely watched by the two squadrons ;
you will make arrangements for being subsequently in-
formed of, and for. watching, as may be necessary, those
places also to which the traffic might be removed ; and
you will then make a distribution of the cruisers placed
under your command on all those parts of the coast to
which the system of co operation should be applied,
either simultaneously or separa.ely.
You will devote particular attention to the means to
be employed in order to obtain the relinquishment of the
slave-trade on the parts of the kings or chiefs of the
tribes which inhabit the coast. Some of them have
already been induced to abandon it; others appear dis-
posed to take the same course; the larger number have
still to be persuaded to it by means of negotiations and
promises of indemnification. To keep the former to
the observance of their engagements—to reduce as much
as possible, by means of treaties freely negotiated, the
number of those who still serve as auxiliaries or asso-
ciates of the slave trade,—such are the results which, in
this respect,. it is proposed to attain by the system of
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