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Lord Charles Henry Somerset (continued).
Appointment of commissioners of inquiry.—Arrival of the commissioners in the colony.—Creation of a council of advice.—Scheme to divide the colony into two independent provinces.—Ordinance fixing the value of the paper rixdollar at one shilling and six pence sterling.—Quantity of paper money in circulation.—Effects of the ordinance.—Meeting of the first synod of the Dutch reformed church.—Formation of new congregations at Colesberg, Somerset East, Durbanville, and Clanwilliam.—Meeting of the second synod.—Extension of the English episcopal church.—Extension of the Wesleyan church.—Great extension of mission work beyond and in the colony.—Erection of Mohamedan mosques in Capetown.—Causes of Lord Charles Somerset's unpopularity.—Pecuniary difficulties of the colony.—Cases of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird and Mr. Bishop Burnett.—Events connected with the establishment and suppression of an independent newspaper.—Case of Messrs. Thomas Pringle and John Fairbairn.—Case of William Edwards.—Case of Captain Carnall.—Abusive placards.—Case of Mr. Launcelot Cooke.—Case of the reverend William Geary.—Return to England of Lord Charles Somerset on leave of absence.—Assumption of duty as acting governor by Major-General Richard Bourke.—Resignation of his office by Lord Charles Somerset.—Proceedings in the house of commons in reference to the complaints against him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Terrible destruction of Bantu tribes during the early years of the nineteenth century.
Principal Bantu tribes in South Africa at the beginning of the nineteenth century.—Condition of the Zulu tribe.—Descent and early adventures of Tshaka.—Account of the chief Dingiswayo.—Method of conducting war by the southern Bantu tribes.—Career of Tshaka in Dingiswayo's army.—Death of Dingiswayo.—Elevation of Tshaka to supreme power.—Military organisation of the new Zulu tribe.—Cruelty of Tshaka.—Aggressive movement against the tribes on his northern border.—Flight of Sotshangana.—Career of the Angoni.—Career of Sotshangana.—Flight of the Amangwane.—Account of the Amahlubi.—Abandonment of their homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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