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Governor-general of Mozambique Superseded for Slave-dealing, and Arrival of His Successor-Trick of Slave-dealers to cause an Early Misunderstanding between the New Governor-general and the British Consul-Polite Attentions of the New Governor-general-Decisive Measure adopted for the Suppression of the Slave-Trade-The Fort signalizes to a Slaver in the Offing-Seizure of the "Charles et Georges"-Arrival of H. M. Frigate "Castor," and desertion by her of the British Consul-Combination of Slave-dealers to drive the British Consul from the Port.
On the afternoon of the 22nd September, 1857, the city of Mozambique was in a great state of excitement, for in the offing was the frigate "Don Ferdinand," having on board the new Governor-general, sent by the government of Portugal to supersede Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Menezes, for carrying on the slave-trade in the province of Mozambique.