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chief ; and further that you have been already furnished by 
Lord John Russell with full instructions for duly carrying out 
Her Majesty’s beneficent views^ We have therefore caused the 
three steam-vessels, ^Albert/ * W ilberforce/ and ‘Soudan/ to 
be thoroughly equipped, in order to carry into execution the 
above recited objects, and having a full confidence in your zeal 
for Her Majesty’s service, as well as in your ability, temper, and 
prudence, we have thought fit to intrust you with the command 
of this important Expedition, and we have therefore appointed 
you to the first-mentioned of these vessels, and we have directed 
Commander William Allen of the ‘ Wilberforce,’ and Commander 
Bird Allen of the ‘Soudan,’ to follow your orders for their 
further proceedings : You are hereby required and directed to 
take the ‘Wilberforce’ under your orders, and as soon as that 
vessel and the ‘Albert’ are ready in all respects, to put to sea 
with them, and to proceed to the Islands of Madeira or Tenerifie 
in order to prove the rates of the chronometer, but touching by 
the way at Lisbon or Gibraltar, for a supply of coals, if any un- 
toward weather should have rendered such a measure absolutely 
necessary. 
From thence you will proceed to Porto Grande in the Cape 
de Verde Islands, as your fii’st general rendezvous. You will 
no doubt find there Her Majesty’s ship ‘Soudan,’ and the 
* Harriet,’ transport, and with them you will call at Sierra 
Leone for the purpose of embarking such parties of Knimen and 
interpreters as may be necessary for the service, and such other 
persons as you have been instructed to receive on board by the 
Secretary of State, and having proportionately divided them, 
into the several vessels under your command, you will make the 
best of your way to Cape Coast Castle, as your general rendez- 
vous, in case of parting company. 
After completing all your requisite arrangements there, and 
obtaining from the governor any information which may bear on 
your future proceedings, you will repair to the mouth of the 
River Nun, which tliere is reason to believe oflTers the most ready 
access to the main bi auch of the Quorraj but we desire that you 
will remain in the offing till your final dispositions are made, 
itnmediatelv removing from the transport all the stores which 
