by joining the British army, during the American war. While at Nova Scotia, he acquired so much knowledge of letters as to be able to read and write; and, since he has resided at Sierra Leone, he has uniformly maintained the character of an honest, upright, and industrious colonist. Not the least interesting part of CoJonel Maxwell's communications respects the fate of Mr. Mungo Park. The last accounts received from this distinguished traveller, were dated from Sansanding, on the river Niger. He then transmitted to the Secretary of State the journal of his proceedings down to that period. This journal has been received; and the substance of it, which is highly interesting, the directors have obtained leave from government to publish. In a former report, it was mentioned that Governor Maxwell, who then commanded at Senegal, bad sent a native Mohammedan, of the name of Isaac, (the same man who had accompanied Mr. Park, as guide, to Sansanding,) into the interior, in order to procure some correct account of his fate. This man returned to Senegal after an absence of about twenty months, and made a written report of his proceedings to Governor Maxwell. A translation of this report has been forwarded by Governor Maxwell to the Board, and it is intended to publish the substance of it, along with Mr. Park's journal. In the mean time, they thought it right to lay before the meeting an extract from that part of it which gives an account of the fate of Mr. Park. Isaac had accompanied Mr. Park, as his guide, as far as Sansanding, on the Niger. He then quitted him, after having procured another guide, of the name of Amadee-Fatouma, who agreed to accompany Mr. Park to the confines of Haoussa. Isaac found this man at Sansanding, and from him he received a detailed acCount of Mr. Park's proceedings from the time of his embarking, at Sansanding, on board a large schooner-rigged canoe, in which he had undertaken to navigate the Niger to its mouth, until the period of his parting with him, which was a day or two after they had reached the kingdom of Haoussa. The narrative of Amadee-Fatouma then proceeds as follows: "Next day Mr. Paik departed, and I slept in the village (Yaour). Next morn. ing I went to the king, to pay my re spects to him. On entering the house, I found two men, who came on horseback. They were sent by the chief_of Yaour. They said to the king, We are sent by the chief of Yaour to let you know, that the white men went away, without giving you or him (the chief) any thing. They have a great many things with them, and we have received nothing from them: and this AmadeeFatouma, now before you, is a bad man, and has likewise made a fool of you both. The king immediately or dered me to be put in irons, which was accordingly done, and every thing I had taken from me, Some were for killing me, and some for preserving my life. The next morning, early, the king sent an army to a village called Boussa, near the river's side. There is before this village a rock across the whole breadth of the river. One part of the rock is very high: there is a large opening in that rock, in the form of a door, which is the only passage for the water to pass through: the tide current is here very strong. The army went and took possession of the top of this opening. Mr. Park came there after the army had posted itself: he, nevertheless, attempted to pass. The people began to attack him, throwing lances, pikes, arrows, and stones. Mr. Park defended himself for a long time: two of his slaves, at the stern of the canoe, were killed. They threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing; but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water. Martin did the same; and they were drowned in the stream in atten、pting to escape. The only slave remaining in the boat, seeing the natives persist in throwing weapons at the canoe, stood up and said to them, Stop throwing, now you see nothing in the canoe, and nobody but myself; therefore cease. Take me and the canoe, but don't kill me.' They took possession of the canoe and the man, and carried them to the king. I was kept in irons three months. The king then released me, and gave me a female slave. I immediately went to the slave taken in the canoe, who told me in what manner Mr. Park and all of them had died, and what I have related above." The The accounts received from the Gold Coast state, that the servants of the African Company had been directed to turn their attention to agriculture. It appears, however, that the native powers are at present in a state of war, which, of course, must be very unfriendly to agricultural pursuits. This war, it ought to be observed, is coincident with the revival of the Slave Trade under the Portuguese flag on that part of the coast. The Directors have long felt a strong persuasion of the capacity of the African to fill the same place with the European in civil society, provided the fair opportunities and advantages are afforded him of manifesting the native faculties of his mind. They have recently had a fresh proof exhibited to them, and to the world, of the unreasonableness of those prejudices, which, from viewing the Africans only in a situation of bondage and degradation, have led to a contrary conclusion. The fact to which they allude is, the arrival in this country of Capt. Paul Cuffee, an American black, in his own ship, the Traveller, navigated by himself, and manned, with a single exception, by persons of his own colour. Captain Cuffee having been informed of the efforts which had been made in favour of his brethren in Africa, first by the Sierra Leone Company, and afterwards by this Institution, was anxious to ascertain, by a personal view of Sierra Leone and its inhabitants, and by personal intercourse with the friends of Africa in this country, whether he himself could in any way become instrumental in promoting their objects. A licence was accordingly procured for him, which permitted him to take a cargo from America to Sierra Leone, and a return cargo thence to England. He arrived at Liverpool in the month of July last. Soon after his arrival, he visited London; and such of the directors as had an opportunity of conferring with him were much gratified by his general intelligence, the accuracy of his observations and statements, and the apparent elevation of his principles. He was afterwards invited to attend a meeting of the Committee of the Board, especially called for the purpose of conferring with him; which the illustrious pa tron of this society honoured with his presence; and the interview left a very favourable impression of his mental and moral qualities on the mind of his royal highness, and of all the directors who attended. He gave a clear and encou raging account of what he had seen in Africa, and suggested to the directors many considerations which may eventu ally lead to important results. On these, however, the directors need not now enHe left England in the month of September last, on his return to Sierra Leone; from which place he intended to proceed to Massachussets, in America, where his family resides. ter. It will be proper to acquaint the pub lic that, in consequence of the liberal offer made to the directors, by the Com mittee of the Institution for promoting the British System of Education, to provide with board and lodging two African youths, who should be instructed at the Royal Free School in the Borough, and qualified to act as schoolmasters, in the month of June last, two African youths, selected by Governor Columbine from the slaves liberated by the Court of ViceAdmiralty at Sierra Leone, arrived in this country, and were placed under Mr. Lancaster's care. When they arrived, they had not as yet received any instruction; and they were even wholly ignorant of the English language. 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