VICTORIA REG. 
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the 
Faith, to our trusty and well-beloved Henry Dundas 
Trotter, Esquire, Captain in our Royal Navy, William 
Allen and Bird Allen, Esquires, Commanders in our 
Royal Navy, and William Cook, Esquire, greeting. We, 
reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, 
Integrity, and Ability, do, by these presents, constitute 
and appoint you and each of you to be our Commis- 
sioners to proceed to Africa, and there to make and 
conclude with the Chief Rulers on the western coast 
thereof, and in the River Niger, such arrangements or 
agreements as you shall be empowered by Us, or by 
One of our Principal Secretaries of State on Our behalf, 
to propose to the said Chiefs, to the end of obtaining 
their concurrence in the suppression of the Traffic in 
Slaves, and in the establishment of lawful Commerce 
between our Subjects and the Natives of the countries 
aforesaid. And We do hereby require all oui’ Officers, 
Ministers, and loving Subjects, to be aiding and assisting 
