A Visitor for the Queen.

Manawatu Herald, 8 September 1892, Page 3

A Visitor for the Queen.

Qne>i~o£ the passengers by the i gteamer Calabar which has arrived at Liverpool from the West coast of Alrica, is- ( a'-^ negro widow named Martha Annjr E|^, >ged J6 . years of age,, whorhas come frpm, ■. Monrovia , lolely ro sefe^ie f'^ueeh,!. She was borne in slavery in J the United Staires and when a. few Tears old, was bought by Bei' fatheir ,!and taken by him to Liberia, West Africa. There ■the ald-ladjuJias lived -ever since, and from her earliest recollections She forme^the iptentjioA of, visiting Eng|^dyVthjf), ; friend : of the iiave, and «ewflg the Qutftn, For ov»r 60

years Mrs Rix cherished this hope, and the first part wa* fulfilled when she reached Liverpool. Speaking of the old slavery days she says :• — " Out- only friend was England, and our mother the Queen. Once we put our foot down in England we wore free. We all loved England much, and we wanted to see her noble people and her Queen. We called her our mother, and call her mother now. 1 want to go to London and see the Queen. I know I cannot speak to her, but I hope to see her passing along, and then I will return to my farm in Liberia and die contented. The Lord told me I should see the Queen, and I know I will." Mr Jones (Elder, Dempster & Co.) ia communicating with Sir Francis de Winton on the subject. — London Times.