away by force; and the keeper of the 
gaol, with a spirit of humanity which 
does him the highest credit, informed. 
them, that, although they were at liber. 
herty to leave the prison, they might 
stay as long as they pleased. The ruf- 
fians were therefore obliged to depart 
without their prey, and the next day 
Mr. Roscoe attended a meeting of the 
Magistrates and recorder, when an in- 
quiry took place into these proceedings ; 
and the agents and the master having 
undertaken, on his not being prose- 
cuted, that the men should be set at 
liberty, and that he should pay all the 
costs, and relinquish further proceedings, 
they were immediately released from 
their confinement. ‘The magistrates 
shewed a proper indignation at this abuse 
of the process of their court: but it 
appearing that the Portuguese captain 
could not speak English, and that he 
had been induced to adopt these mea- 
sures by the advice of others; and it 
also appearing that these negroes were 
considered of great value, having been 
bred to the sea, and one of them being 
the boatswain of the ship, so that the 
master would sustain a loss, which he 
_ aleulated at not less than one thousand 
pounds, the intention of prosecuting 
him was relinquished. Eight of these 
men immediately afterwards entered, 
most cheerfully, into his Majesty’s ser- 
vice; and the ninth, being more infirm, 
was taken by a friend of Mr. Roscoe’s 
on board one of his own vessels. 
In the course of these proceedings, 
Mr.‘ Roscog was most ably assisted by 
Mr. Stanistreet and Mr, Avison, two 
very respectable solicitors; who most 
strenuously advocated the cause of the 
prisoners at several hearings on the sub- 
ject, and generously declined any re- 
compense for their services. 
So convinced were the magistrates and 
recorder of Liverpool of the iniquitous 
nature of this transaction, that they soon 
alter passed.an order, that no process of 
arrest should hereafter issue, except in 
case where an affidavit is made that the 
cause of action actually arose within the 
borough ; a resolution which will effec. 
tually prevent such abuses in future. 
The directors felt that it was incum- 
bent on them, in the name of the Insti. 
tution, to convey their thanks to Mr. 
Roscoe, and to the gentlemen who had 
assisted him on this occasion, for their 
humane and successful interposition in 
bebalf of these men, 
Extract of a Letter from Dr. Roxburgh 
to the Secretary af the African Insti 
, 
' The African Institution. — 
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tution, dated . Calcutta, August 25, 
18v9. 
S1r-—Your letter of the 16th February last, 
teached me on the 2d instant, accompanied 
with the frst and second Reports of the Come 
mittee of the African Institution. 1 feel mys 
self highly flattered by the opportunity you 
have given me of becoming useful to the 
views of that highly praiseworthy undera 
teking, and beg you will inform the coma 
mittee, that I will take particular pleasure 
in sending you as many of the various sorts 
of seeds, useful articles of tropical culture, 
as may be in my power. 
The sultanee, or yellow coconut, which 
you mention, does not grow in Bengal, bus 
believe it is abundant in Ceylon, where exe 
cellent coir is prepared from the fibres of the 
husk of the nuts of various kinds of this high. 
ly useful tree. I have therefore applied te 
this government to write to the government. 
of Columbo, requesting that some of tha 
perfectly ripe nuts, (say from fifty to one 
hundred), be sént by every ship sailing from 
that island for England, addressed to the care 
of Mr. Grant, the chairman ef the Ingig 
Company. 
Cajaputta oil-tree seed I can send you from 
hence, fresh from two young trees in this 
garden, ‘They are particularly minute, and 
require dexterity to make them productive. 
Some you will find in this letter, and soma 
amongst the other seeds, packed up in wax 
cloth, under your addresses. 
A memorandum of the seeds, and direce 
tions for rearing the sunn and paat of thig 
country, accompany this, beth of which will, 
I think, prove valuable in Africa, df not als 
ready there. 
List of Seeds sent by Dr. Roxburgh for tbs 
J frican dastitution. 4 
Crotalaria juncea, or Salsette hemp. Sunn 
of the Bengalese. 
Corcherus capsularis. 
Bengalese. | 
Melaleuca Leucadendron, or the Cajaputta 
oil-tree, ( 
‘Tectonia grandis. 
ber called Teak. 
Dalbergia Sissoo, Sissoo is the Hindoo 
name of this quick-growing, most beautiful, 
and useful timber tree, the wood of which is 
much used in the marine yard, for furniture, 
&c. &c. } 
Terminalia Catappa, and Procera. Two 
beautiful and highly useful timber trees: be 
sides, the kernels of their nuts are as good ag 
filberts. 
Aleurites triloba. A large tree. The 
kernels of the nuts yield a very pure oil. 
Akh-rowt is the Hindoo name of the tree. 
Phascoius lanatys 5 
Dolichos tetragonolebus, and gladiafus; 
‘Carpppogon niveuam. ‘These four are very 
excellegt substitutes for kidgey and Windsor 
bea dss 
ie LIST 
Paat or Jute of the 
‘ 
The justly-famed time 
