7060. Are you aware of any difficulty that would arise in acquiring territory in the neighbourhood of Accra?--I believe there would be no difficulty; but it is the fact that we have no territory now. 7061. But if it were deemed advisable to establish the Mixed Commission Court there, are you aware of any difficulty in acquiring territory for the purpose of locating the liberated Africans?--No; I believe that territory might be obtained if it were desirable in other respects. But I believe it is not desirable in other respects. 7062. Captain _Fitzroy_.] Have any liberated Africans been employed at Ascension; and if so, how have they conducted themselves?--I have a letter from a gentleman who was adjutant in the Island of Ascension, under whom those Africans were employed, Lieutenant Wade. I beg leave to state that in this letter, as regards the first party to which he alludes, from my own knowledge I can say that he has very much understated the difficulty that existed with them. They were very troublesome in every way. He expressed to me verbally, in the strongest terms, the contrast between the people who had not received the benefit of residence at Sierra Leone, and those who had. [_The letter was delivered in, and read as follows_:] Sir, London, 23 June, 1842. I have the honour to address to you the following facts relative to the liberated Africans employed by Government on the Island of Ascension, and which you may be pleased to lay before the African Committee for their information. The liberated Africans attached to the establishment are 33 in number, and are relieved every three years if they wish it; they are paid in three classes. The first class receive 6_d._ and the lowest 4_d._, according to their merits; they receive a full ration of provisions, but no spirits, except the head man, who is paid and victualled as the marines. I was three years on the island, the last two as adjutant, and as such these people were more immediately under my control; and therefore I am enabled to speak confidently as to their general conduct. I found them easily managed, especially the last party which arrived in December 1840, who being residents at Sierra Leone for many years, were most useful and intelligent men; most of them had learned to read and write, and several had been brought up to trades and were industrious; whereas the former party, who were sent direct from the slave-yard (as it is commonly termed), were difficult to instruct, owing to their ignorance of the English language. Each man is permitted to bring his wife. I have, &c. To Captain the Honourable (signed) _Jno. Wade_, Lieut. R.N. Joseph Denman, R.N.