encouragement to Settlers in this Colony; subsequent however to the date of a Memorial to which the above was the substance of the answer received, I was informed that although I could expect no immediate assistance, my claim would be admitted for such advantages as Ministers might afterwards be induced to offer to others.

With a recommendation therefore from Earl Bathurst to Lord Charles Somerset, and trusting to the liberal views of the Colonial Government, I engaged in an undertaking the result of which has been the location of two hundred persons of the most valuable descriptions in this Colony. The success of the individuals composing this emigration has tended in a great measure to attract to this quarter the attention of the Public, and the Colony at the Cape of Good Hope promises, not only to afford an asylum to many thousands of the distressed at present, but to rival America as a receptacle for the annual emigration that must take place, from a Society so far advanced in civilization as that of Great Britain. Government, having at length turned its attention to the subject, have held out to those engaging in similar undertakings, passages for their people free of Expence, to cover which Parliament have voted £50,000, Government have also held out certain inducements in this colony to the Persons leading Emigrations to it. To be admitted to a proportional share in these advantages is the object of my now soliciting the interference of His Excellency the Governor, by an application on my behalf to His Majesty's Ministers. As the first who engaged in an undertaking fraught with so many advantages to the Colony, it may perhaps also appear to His Excellency that my claims are entitled to some farther consideration from the Colonial Government than those of such as may follow in my footsteps, guided by my experience, particularly as the result will shew that many of my followers have amassed fortunes and all acquired competencies, my circumstances have not been improved by it.

With regard to the difficulties I have had to encounter, notwithstanding the interest the Colonial Government took in them and the support it gave me, I shall only say that as no legislative enactment could be effectual where there is not a sufficient party to support it in the community, I derived no further advantage from that securing to Masters the services of their apprentices than the Public expression of the approbation of Government.

But it was addressed to a Society whose immediate interests as Slave Owners were opposed to it.

The expence I incurred for the passage of my people from Scotland to London and from London to the Cape somewhat exceeds £20 sterling per Head. I have &c.

Letter from SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN to EARL BATHURST.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 12th February 1820:

MY LORD, I have the honor to transmit the copy of a Memorial, with its enclosures, received from the Widow of the late Mr. Baumgardt, who held different Civil Situations in this Government, and to whom a pension of Two Thousand Rixdollars per annum was granted, in consideration of his services, on the 2nd April 1814; and having every reason to believe the correctness of the allegations made in the Memorial, I take the liberty of requesting that Your Lordship may be pleased to sanction the payment of a moiety of the pension enjoyed by her late husband, to Mrs. Baumgardt, whose circumstances are such as to require the favorable consideration of His Majesty's Government.

To His Excellency MAJOR GENERAL SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN, K. C. B., Acting Governor and Commanding in Chief, &c., &c., &c.

The humble Memorial of Johanna van Reenen, Widow of J. P. Baumgardt deceased, Respectfully Sheweth

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That Memorialist's deceased husband, born in this Settlem after having passed some years in the East Indies, in the S of the Dutch East India Company, returned here in the yes in con

when he was immediately appointed Member of the Worshipful Court of Justice.

That in the year 1795, upon the Surrender of this Colony to the Arms of His Great Britannic Majesty, he continued serving His Majesty's Government in the same capacity, and was moreover appointed Receiver of His Majesty's Land Revenue;

That when the intelligence of the Peace of Amiens having been signed had reached this Colony, the Memorialist's said husband, supposing that this Settlement would in consequence be given up to the Batavian Republic, repaired to England, before the arrival of the Dutch Troops here, and was employed by His Majesty's Government at Demerara, until this Settlement again came in the Possession of His Majesty ;

That immediately after the Capture of this Colony was known in England, the Memorialist's deceased husband returned here, with such favorable recommendation from Mr. Wm. Windham, one of His Majesty's Ministers, to General Gray, then Lieut. Governor of this Colony, as will appear from the accompanying copy of this letter, dated 31st July 1806;

That in consequence of this recommendation, the Memorialist's husband was immediately, upon his arrival, nominated Receiver of Land Revenue, and Inspector of the Forests, which situations he continued to hold until the year 1814, when, in consequence of his age, infirmities, and (as the official letter, directed to him, states) of his strong claims upon the British Government, he was allowed to retire, preserving his rank, and with an Annual Pension of Two Thousand Rixdollars;

That the Memorialist having had the misfortune to lose her husband a few days ago, has thereby been deprived of her Principal, if not only, means of subsistence, as in consequence of the education of nine children, and the wandering life they have been obliged to lead, during the fatal vicissitude of times, their property has been gradually so exhausted, that the Memorialist has no adequate means of subsistence left, without a continuation of the kind support of His Majesty's Government;

That without presuming to claim in any manner such support, en she will ever consider the same as a particular mark of kindness to sufavor, the Memorialist however begs leave to assure Your from tancy that the whole course of life of her deceased husband than the antly evinced an unalterable attachment to His Majesty's

Government, and that he has never failed, wherever an opportunity offered, to promote the interests of that Government and contribute to the comfort and welfare of His Majesty's subjects, as will fully appear to Your Excellency from the whole tenor of the accompanying documents..

Wherefore the Memorialist begs leave humbly to address Your Excellency praying that it may graciously please Your Excellency to consider favorably of the Memorialist's circumstances, and to take such kind dispositions, regarding the same, or otherwise, to represent them to His Majesty's Government, as Your Excellency may deem meet. And Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray, &c.

(Signed)

CAPE TOWN, February 4th, 1820.

JOHANNA VAN REENEN,

Widow J. P. Baumgardt.

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Letter from SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN to EARL BATHURST.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, February 16th 1820.

MY LORD,-Before Lord Charles Somerset left this Colony, he deemed it necessary that a Barrack should be built on the Frontier for the Troops there.

The necessity of this will have been made known to your Lordship by Lord Charles Somerset.

I have the honour of enclosing an estimate of the probable expence, which I directed the Chief Engineer here to draw out, and, as the Troops must have cover, I have instructed that officer to proceed on the building without delay, on his arrival on the Frontier, whither he is immediately going.

It remains for me to request Your Lordship's Commands as to the source from which this expence is to be defrayed. As it is for the accommodation of His Majesty's Troops, I have some doubt whether, or no, this expenditure should fall on the Extraordinaries of the Army.

The Colonial Treasury has had heavy demands on it in con

sequence of the late War with the Kaffers, and other demands are yet to be made on it for current and other expences.

The Estimate seems to me very moderate, and I am disposed to think it lower than the expence will be, but I do not imagine it will exceed four thousand pounds. I have &c.

Letter from SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN to EARL BATHURST.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, February 16th 1820.

MY LORD, I think it my duty to make a particular report to your Lordship on the subject of certain Spanish Vessels which have put into this Port, freighted with Slaves.

The first, named the Isabella, from Zanzibar, a Schooner of 208 Tons and carrying 236 Slaves, put in here on the 23rd Ultimo and applied for assistance and refreshments. As this Vessel was really in distress and had suffered from bad weather, I conceived myself authorized by Acts of Parliament, as well as by the opinion of H. M.'s Crown Lawyers, as commanded in a dispatch from your Lordship, dated 29th August 1818, to grant to the Isabella certain reasonable assistance and means of repair, (during the supplying of which she was twice blown out to sea from having no anchor), and this being done, she was ordered at once to depart, and she sailed accordingly on the 31st of January for the Havannah.

A second vessel arrived on the 3rd of February, named the Caridad, of 210 Tons and having on board 216 Slaves. After due enquiry and deliberation, I determined also to give to her a reasonable supply of water and provisions, as her distress was great and all circumstances considered, she appeared to me to come within the purview of that part of the Law which admits of relief being granted. This vessel sailed on the 7th of February.

But when a third Slave Ship, the S. José, arrived on the 6th of February, I began to suspect that this quick succession could not be accidental, and I therefore sent off a Notary with the Health Officer (all Slave Ships being immediately put in Quarantine)