UNCBHTAIN INPOEMATION. 
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left at tlie confluence of tlie Ohadda and tlie Niger, 
on the land purchased for them from the Attah of 
Iddah, had been attacked by the natives. Never- 
theless, as the officer, whom Captain Trotter had put 
in the temporary command of the ‘Albert’ during 
his absence, had not made any official communication 
to Captain Allen on the subject, he could not decide 
on any step to be taken until his arrival, which was 
most anxiously looked for. 
