The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-10
OUTRAGES UPON THE BRITISH CONSUL AT
y MOZA MRIQILE

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MOZAMBIQUE.
! Among the passengers who arrived at Soutbamp.
ton yesterday, by the Indian mail packet Indus
were Mr.. and Mrs. Mcleod, from Mozambique, on
! the eastern coast of Africa. Mr.. Mcleod was her
MaJesty's Consul there, and was obliged to baul
down his nag and leave, in consequence of the ina.
blity of the Portuguese authorities to protect him
Mr.. Mcleod is the first Consul that has represented
England at mozambique. He was sent out chiefly
! to protect the British shipping, a number of small
vessels engaged in the ivory and other trades from
Bombay to Mozambique having been seized unlaw-
fully,it is supposed by the Portuguese government
on the ground of their smuggling, and also to pre-
vent the carrying on of the slave trade which il
was well known practiced to considerable ex-
tent on that coast. The Consul arrived at MoZam
bique in july 1857, and for short time was treat
ed with respect, but having made several represep
tations with regard to the slave trade against Off
ciais system OF persecution commenced when
the English rigate Castor arrived but she stopped
only few hours, and sailed without the dispatches
Tor the admiral on the subject, which Mr.. Mcleod
mad written After repeated applications, the Gov
ernor sent sergeant of police and six men for the
Consuls protection, but the slave dealers immedi-
ately objected to this, saying that the police were
not for the protection of the English Consul, and
rather than allow him to have them, the municipal
authorities disbanded the force altogether.
About this time the Consul's wife was taken very
ILL., but no doctor could be procured by Mr.. Mcleod
to attend her, though there were several in the
place, one living next door to the consulate Mr.
It..
either to send him medical man from the hospitai
or to seId to the captain of small French man-of
war for his doctor. The Governor preferred doing
the latter: The French doctor could only come
once as ms ship the Marie Labordas, sailed next
day, and Mr.. Mcleod had again to apply to the
Governor for a medical officer, which at last he
SENT but his visits were confined to two. Shortly
after this, her Majestys ship Persian arrived and
while the ship was saluting the Portuguese flag
with twenty one guns, her Majestys Consul and the
inmates OF the British consulate were in state of
seml-starvation, they not having tasted any bread
or any substitute for it for four days.
The hrst present sent on shore from the Persian
was loaf of bread. Mr.. Mcleod, not having re-
ceived the guard or protection which he had ap-
piled for from the Governor, since the dsbandment
OF the police force, had one consisting of five ma
rines, landed from the Persian, which guard he
quartered in his house; but when the Portuguese
Governor heard of this he Immediately said that
the landing of an armed force on Portuguese terri
tory was unlawful but, after some long converse
tions with the Captain of the Persian and Mr..
Mcleod, he consented to send guard in the place
of the marines, who were accordingly re-embarked
The Governors palace, with the largest part of the
town, is the island while the Consus residence is
on the main land, three miles disant and up to this
time Mr. Mcleod had seldom opportunity of COM
municating with the Governor, he not beinp able
to procure a boats crew. But not having the Per-
slams boats, Mr.. Mcleod recommended his cores
pondence with him on the ect of the slave trades
and having lodged several complaints against some
OF the Portuguese officials, whom he knew were en-
gagged in it, he again for the third time stoned
in his house. One of the missiles broke a
pane of glass close to where Mrs. Mcleod was sit
ting, piece of which struck her hand, which was
before her head lacerating it most severely After
this direct insult to the British flag with an Eng
lish man-of-war in the harbor, and Portuguese
guard in the house, the only course for Mr. Mcleod
to pursue was either to blow the port down or haul
down his flag, which latter course he pursued the
next day.
The greatest praise is due to Mr.. Mcleod for the
way in which he retained his post for five months
from the time of the leaving Of her Maiesty's ship
Castor till the arrival of the Persian during which
time he was in constant danger of his life from
mob excited by the most influential class of men
slave dealers; himself and wife left with but one
servant an English female