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from London upon their government at Calcutta . 2 . That the East India Company will limit their sales of tea in 1835 to 16 , 000 , 000 of pounds , unless the maiket value should , during that year , exceed the proposed upset prices now advertised for sale in June next , in ivhich case they reserve to themselves the right to put up for sale at such upset prices any further quantity which they may deem to be expedient .
3 . That his Majesty ' s Government will hot at present make any alteration in the proposed scale or mode for collecting the duties upon tea after the 24 th of April next . 4 . That his Majesty ' s Ministers ivill recommend to Parliament to withdraw the duties proposed to be levied by the late orders in council upon the British trade and shipping in the port of Canton , provided the East India Company will concur in defraying one-third of the charge for maintaining the consulate establishment at that port .
LANDERS EXPEDITION . —It appears that the expedition has failed as a mercantile speculation , and suffered great loss of life from sickness ; but has otherwise proved the easy accessibility of the interior of Africa , and the probability that other expeditions , fitted out at less expense , and embracing a greater number of objects , would be more successful . The natives were , in the main , willing to trade , and their country was
so exuberantly fertile , that they coulcl not long want the means of doing so to great advantage , if only the slave trade were effectually abolished . But at present they scarcely thought of other exportable produce than their fellow-men ; and sold them , both up the river to the Fellatahs , and down the river to the Ebo , Bonny , Benin , and Calabar tribes , for further transfer to European slavers . Mr . Laird describes the
population on the river as dense , and some of the towns as large ; Ebo having 6 , 000 , Atta 15 , 000 , and Funda even 70 , 000 inhabitants . There is no union , however , among them , each attacking and plundering the other as opportunity or provocation instigate . Mohammedanism is on the increase among them ; but there is little bigotry and much superstition , In form they are stout and well-built , but undersized . The females
are plump and good-looking when young ; but being married at about twelve , they are old at twenty , as among the coast tribes . Cattle are small , and not ' numerous ; sheep and goats abundant , and of middle size ; poultry very small , but sweet and good .
ROYAL SOCIETY . —Last week , a paper giving an account of the operations resorted to in order to recover the specie and other property on board H . M . S . Thetis , which sunk in Cape Frio in 1832 , was read . These operations were carried on by Commander the Hon . J . F . F . de VOL . I . jyr
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Miscellaneous.
from London upon their government at Calcutta . 2 . That the East India Company will limit their sales of tea in 1835 to 16 , 000 , 000 of pounds , unless the maiket value should , during that year , exceed the proposed upset prices now advertised for sale in June next , in ivhich case they reserve to themselves the right to put up for sale at such upset prices any further quantity which they may deem to be expedient .
3 . That his Majesty ' s Government will hot at present make any alteration in the proposed scale or mode for collecting the duties upon tea after the 24 th of April next . 4 . That his Majesty ' s Ministers ivill recommend to Parliament to withdraw the duties proposed to be levied by the late orders in council upon the British trade and shipping in the port of Canton , provided the East India Company will concur in defraying one-third of the charge for maintaining the consulate establishment at that port .
LANDERS EXPEDITION . —It appears that the expedition has failed as a mercantile speculation , and suffered great loss of life from sickness ; but has otherwise proved the easy accessibility of the interior of Africa , and the probability that other expeditions , fitted out at less expense , and embracing a greater number of objects , would be more successful . The natives were , in the main , willing to trade , and their country was
so exuberantly fertile , that they coulcl not long want the means of doing so to great advantage , if only the slave trade were effectually abolished . But at present they scarcely thought of other exportable produce than their fellow-men ; and sold them , both up the river to the Fellatahs , and down the river to the Ebo , Bonny , Benin , and Calabar tribes , for further transfer to European slavers . Mr . Laird describes the
population on the river as dense , and some of the towns as large ; Ebo having 6 , 000 , Atta 15 , 000 , and Funda even 70 , 000 inhabitants . There is no union , however , among them , each attacking and plundering the other as opportunity or provocation instigate . Mohammedanism is on the increase among them ; but there is little bigotry and much superstition , In form they are stout and well-built , but undersized . The females
are plump and good-looking when young ; but being married at about twelve , they are old at twenty , as among the coast tribes . Cattle are small , and not ' numerous ; sheep and goats abundant , and of middle size ; poultry very small , but sweet and good .
ROYAL SOCIETY . —Last week , a paper giving an account of the operations resorted to in order to recover the specie and other property on board H . M . S . Thetis , which sunk in Cape Frio in 1832 , was read . These operations were carried on by Commander the Hon . J . F . F . de VOL . I . jyr