Star.
London, England, 1818-08-25 00:00:00

SJERII.I LZOAE.

A file of Papers from this interesting Colony has
reached us, extending from April to the close of
June. Their contents are, in a great degree, repe•
titiuns of the latest news which had arrived there
from this country. They all, however, afford dle
most gratifying proofs of the flourishing state of this
infant settlement, and of the great zeal and perse-
verance of those officers, civil and military, entrusted
with its government, in the discharge of their several
important duties. The Anniversary of the Battle of
Waterloo was commemorated by a public dinner, at
which the principal officers and inhabitants of the
garrison assisted.
Among the articles containea in The Sierra Leone
Royal Gazdte, the following, we think, will be most
gratifying to those who are interested in the prosperity
of the Colony, as it shews she pains which are taken to
render the settlement what it was originally intended
to be—a permanent blessing to the whole African race :
" Nurser.—We are desired to give Notice, that a Meeting of
the Agricultural Society' will assemble on Monday, the Ist
June, INIA, at Twelve o'clock, at the Court House, for the
purpose of promoting, by Proulunu and other means, the great
object in view. the cultivating of the Peninsula, and the clear-
ing of 'Found."
On the proceedings which took place at this meet-
ing
the Papers before us are silent ; but the very
mention of such an association shews the rapid im-
provement which the Colony is likely to make,
through the benevolent exertions of those philan-
thropic individuals who have interested themselves
in its advancement.

The following extract from another number of
The Royal Gazette, proves the minutia to which cur
Government descends in its anxiety to promote the
great work of African emancipation:
Sizana Emmy* Jima 20.
" Or. Monday, the 15th inst. at a meeting specially held for
the purpose, pursuant to public notice, at the house of the Chief
Justice, the lion. Edward Fitzgerald, and attended by all the
principal householders, Mr. Alderman Carew and Va.. H. Wes-
ton, elected Church Wardens for the year et a prior meeting,
were approved by the Rector, the Rev. Wm. Garnon, and having
taken the Oaths appointed, were formally invested with their oft
Lee. "Fho Church prate, a munificent present from his most gra-
cious Majlisty, was unpacked, exhibited, and delivered over to
the custody of the Church Wardens. It consists of two sets of
94gons, chalices, patens, and plates; one set very large and ,
Wally, the other lighter held smaller.
liesides the moat engravings indicative of the sacred use
for which it wa, designed, every pfoce is decorated with the
MitiYal Arms. with the additional words s Sierra Leone on a la.

hel subjoined to the Arms. The chest contairing this plate was
brought by one of the last ships which arrived from England.—
A superb Prayer Buisk and Bible, brought out by the Rev. W.
Garnon were givenin charge to the Churchwardens at the same
time. They are also a present from his Majesty."
In looking over the accounts of the proceedings of
the Criminal Court of this Colony, it gives us plea-
sure to perceive that the number of capital offences,
compared with the population and infant state of the
Settlement, is indeed remarkably small.

THE EV EN ING STA It

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