, 1894-02-14
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Some wets ago wat)Il ntc ro4tss tlat
Captain Woodward, of the Don, had written
an account Of his career, which would be
published, and this mail has brought u news
If the hook being in the Press and likely to
be published in February. The title Of it
is Nigh on SIXTY Ytars at Sea" To West
Indians the to"H VIII have EN- espec:a! inter-
est thr0"@a Intimacy with the author, whose
name has been Il familiar one with a sue, ss-
sion IF Generations, his connection with the
Il. H.. S. Packet Co.. covering almost the
lifetime Of the Company itself. When the
old Commodore yarn is published. We will
tell our readers something Of its merits.
AS proof Of the Justice # Nj. Rovell's
charges against tile sugar planters in Barba-
dos Of neglec,ing the condition Of their canes,
the Sentry Of ST. Vincent instances tie case
Of Nh al xanderForter Of that island, who i'm.
ported 5000 Caltdonian Qieen plaats' from
Barbados, Which UPON arrival were found TO be
liddled with disease. md orders were at once
given for them to be carried cut t. eea and
"thrown Owe board. IN ordering the plautsMr.
Porter had asked that tn greatest care should
be taken to send only healthy SneS and as
q matter Of fact Trey were obtained from a
district where, ii was believed, the disease
had not obtained a footing; and were guarar-
teed sound. All Of which would go to prove
that certain planters ia Barbados fail t. le-
coghise The symptoms Of disease in their
canes.
= H. the Reading Mercury Of Saturday, Dec.
9th there is a report Of q meeting Of theBerks
Auxiliary of the Foreign Missions Of the
Church # Z e'aud" ut which the Mayor Of
Reading presided 'eupported on the plat
frm. by, amongst others, "the Revd I. Il.
Harper If the Diocese of British Guiana"
The report goes on to say that the Bevd, I.
g. Harper gave an interesting account Of the
missionary work in Byitish Guiana" BIZ
shop Austin had asked ho& they could reach
the Caribs.' and what tbsy could do for them.
He (the speakfr) felt very sensitive con that.
point for the Carb blood ran strongly in lis
veins" This we presume, is the same I. G..
harper who at q former Teetlng Of a similar
kind in England declared himself to be a
blood connection Of the CARDS. This Harper
was a clerk for some time with the late firm
Of Irving, Macarthur & Co. in Water Street,
and his fellow clerks and many other colo
njsts cau testify that he has no connection
whatever with Caribs or any other aboriginal
people. Ee has not q drop Of Carib blood in
his reias, lis mother being d pare black ,wo-
la3H, a naive q bal oIdos, ana MS 1a'nef q
wlite man, formerly connected with Planla- =
TON H4rstelling. His mothee is alive and re-
siding IN Georgetown to-day, and we hold
that it is the dnty If Bishop Swabv and the
clergy Of the Church Of England in this colo
ny to contradict the statement that this man
has t&ice made about his parentage. AS
full Information about hiLl can be had from
Reyd. d. j. Reynolds Of Trinity Church Or
from Revda J. Greathead OF Friendship, and
as evidence can be obtained from the lips Of
Harfetss mother. we hol0 that the Anglican
Church in this colony is in duty bound to
protect the :. P. G. Platform against another
repetition Of the scandal.