409. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Dec. 26 Despatch from Loanda Howard. Commissioners relative 414. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Dec. 19 Decree abolishing com Clarendon. pulsory labour of free 919 920 Dec. 19 Decree securing the en franchisement of libe- 923 Copy of note to Marquis de Loulé respecting proceedings of Angola 5 Law abolishing slavery Jan. 7 Portaria respecting ap Jan. plication of funds of Board of Protection to 6 Portaria respecting re- cipe 424. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Jan. 24 Satisfaction at views of Howard. Portuguese Government of slaves at San Thomé 427. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Jan. 26 Copy of note to PortuClarendon. 924 927 928 930 931 931 St. Thomas, and Prince 933 4 Satisfaction at Portaria 8 Correspondence respect- 445. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Mar. 16 Satisfaction at steps taken Howard. 934 934 448. Mr. Howard to the Earl of Mar. 14 Portaria abolishing slaClarendon. 452. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Mar. 30 To thank Marquis de Howard. Consular: 941 Loulé for communica- PORTUGAL (LISBON). 1856 455. Consul Smith to the Earl of Oct. 18 Decree respecting fac Clarendon. 485. Mr. Otway to the Earl of Oct. 16 Official copy of above cirShelburne. cular to Spanish Consuls 487. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Nov. 3 Opinion of Havana ComHowden. 488. missioners that the scheme for introduction of free labourers into Cuba only covers Slave Trade 944 947 949 950 Nov. 25 Her Majesty's Govern- No. Date 1856 SUBJECT. Page 491. Lord Howden to the Earl of Dec. 14 Note from Marquis de 579. Consul-General Herman to the June 20 Earl of Clarendon. General Herman. 580. The Earl of Clarendon to Consul- July 5 Ditto. Approving pro 959 ceedings TURKEY. 1856 600. Lord Stratford to the Earl of April 24 Clarendon. Instructions to Pasha of 601. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord May 13 Governor of Tripoli Stratford. 960 should be instructed to inflict summary punishment on slave-traders... 961 606. Lord Stratford to the Earl of July 10 Representation to the Clarendon. Porte respecting Slave ..... 962 607. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord July 28 Approving representaStratford. 611. Lord Stratford to the Earl of Sept. 29 Correspondence respect Clarendon, ing continuance of Slave Trade 968 respecting Slave Trade 970 615. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Dec. 26 Approving proceedings Stratford. 1857 626. Lord Stratford to the Earl of Jan. 31 Clarendon. respecting Slave Trade carried on with dominions of the Porte Copy of Porte's note on abolition of negro Slave Trade in the Sultan's dominions 974 ........ 975 627. The Earl of Clarendon to Lord Feb. 18 To express gratification Stratford. of Her Majesty's Government at abolition of Slave Trade by the Porte 979 No. 13.-Consul Campbell to the Earl of Clarendon.—(Rec. June 26.) THE first annual payment to Kosoko, agreeably to the Treaty engagement made with him by myself and Captain Miller, of Her Majesty's ship Crane, having become due on the 31st December last, I notified to him that I was prepared to pay the amount he was entitled to receive, either in cowries or hard dollars. I had no definite reply from him till a few days since, when on Mr. Peter Diederichsen visiting Epé, Kosoko requested him to inform me that the annual stipend to be paid by the Treaty would be of no service to him if paid in specie or cowries, as he would be obliged to distribute the greater portion of it among his Cabooceers; but that he would gladly receive the stipend in articles of ornament and utility, which he enumerated to Mr. Diederichsen. As Kosoko has kept his engagement most faithfully, I hope your Lordship will approve of my gratifying his wish in this respect. Some of the articles he wishes to obtain are to be procured here; others it will be necessary for me to order from England. It has long ago appeared to me very desirable to give the Africans, and particularly their Chiefs, a taste for articles of utility as well as ornament. Under the sole influence of the Slave Trade they have sought to appear grand, not only in the eyes of their people, but of Europeans also, by dressing themselves up in the most grotesque costumes, such as were formerly to be seen in the theatricals at country fairs in England. It is hoped that a better taste and feeling will now prevail, and that, instead of investing their profits as heretofore in the purchase of slaves, they will be devoted to erecting more comfortable dwellings, and furnishing them with articles of comfort and utility; but the lead in this improvement must be taken by the kings and chiefs-it would not be safe for any subordinate person to show the example. I have, &c. The Earl of Clarendon. B. CAMPBELL. No. 17.-Consul Campbell to the Earl of Clarendon.-(Rec. July 5.) I LATELY learnt with pain and surprise, that the cruel and barbarous custom which exists in the Benin and other rivers between this and the Cameroons, of destroying twin children, as well as the mother that bears them, prevails also in this town. I came to the knowledge of this fact from being told by a person in whom I place great confidence, that a young man in whose welfare I take an interest, had narrowly escaped being put to death in consequence of his wife having given birth to twins. It appears that from some symptom or suspicion prior to the birth, the woman's accouchment was kept a secret, and that on her giving birth to two infants, they, with the mother, were immediately put to death, and the bodies doubtless sunk in the river; and in answer to inquiries that were made by the friends of the woman and her husband, the answer given was, that the woman died in childbirth. The husband of the woman was compelled to be a party to this to him most painful proceeding; for had he not assented to it, according to the barbarous custom of these people, his own life would also have been sacrificed. From inquiries I have made of the Rev. Mr. Crowther, and some intelligent Sierra Leone people, I learn with pleasure that the barbarous practice of sacrificing twin children and their mother does not prevail in any part of Yoruba country; but, on the contrary, such an event as the birth of twin children is hailed with great satisfaction. The inhabitants of Lagos are descendents of a Benin army, sent |