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Pmnroparri 771 " 1 "" gP " .. - ~. - - . - . , • WAR IN AFRICA. • Am account appears in some of the Dutch. Journals • If a war that was ravaging the Western Coast of Africa. It was transmitted by the Dutch Secretary fb Government, at the Castle of St. George, Delmina, dated the 15th of March, and, expressed the opinion, that our establishment of Cape Coast Castle, (mis called in the - Dutch Papers Cape Cors,) would not be able to hold out against the furious banditti who were coming down against it. On Saturday a letter was received from a Gentleman resident at that set tlement, from which we have extracted the following particulars of the origin. and progress of the Negro war. - The letter is dated the 22,1 of March (seven days later than the Dutch Secretary's account, and is the only communication on the subject that has yet • been received in England.—... Since my last (says the writer) we have been full of trouble, alarni, and con fusion at this place, and 411 alone the Fantee coast. .It appears that three or four of the inland Princes, having given some offet:ce to the King of Ashantei be made war upon them, with a vast army, and chased them from place to place, with dreadful slaughter, till they came up to the Fantee territory, where they received protection for a time. lilt be ing, again attacked, by at least 20,030 mtn, it was impossible to stand against them, and after a san guinary battle, the fugitives could not make a stand, and they were routed and dispersed in all directions. The Ashanteea having afterwards heard that they had found an asylum near This place (Cape Coast Castle), they dispatehed a part of their army thither, with an intention of destroying the town, and I ant sorry to say there has been much skirmishing, and several heads taken off by the victors, (for since the abolition of the Slave Trade, it is the uniform custom of these savages to put all their prisoners to death). Mr. White interfered as soon ai he heard of what was going on, and dispatched messengers to the Ashantee General, who has returned a pacific answer, stating, that he has no intention to molest Cape Coast. You may be sure, however, that we are not without alarm, as their. army is so close to us, and the fact is, that wu place no confidence in their pacific professions. All the English, for many miles round, have hurried into the Castle with the utmost precipitation, where we are shut . in with between 4 and 5000 women and _ children. On the other side, the Warsaw tribe have brought an army down against Commeida, so that there is nothiug•but war and slau;;ltter all around us. The Annamaboes, and all the tribes AS far as Beracoe, are either murdered or dispersed ; and such is our .critical situation, that we know not what will become of as it seems impossible for any of us to leave the coa.t, as we have no ships at hand, ar.d the Lord • Mulgrave is not expected in less than a fortnight." A few days since his Grace the Duke of Beccmoß embaileed at Whi:chaven, for the Isle of Man. Monday sennight, t white crow, of the carrion species, was shot by Mr. J. INGLES, in the field at the end of Kelso bridge, belonging to Sir GEOACUL Due oLAs, Bart. of Swing wood Pt: k. At a meeting of the principal ininasita,lts of the city of Calcutta, in December I..st, a subscription was Opened for the rt liet of the sufferers of the arm? of Watt.rloo, and 1 r,ert)o sicca rupees wire sub scribed before t h e nieeting s-parated. It has been kiszly observed that the Enftlish must always have win.- siffject cr ether on which to ran riot. This belying was rever more fitly exemplified than by the pnblicAtion of the new Sstirical Poem, entitled " hrTafents Aux Mad," which causes such immoderate tits ct laughter, that a strait waistcott is become almost as necessary for its readers as for the 4 Mad Tel nts' Gentlemen, whose portraits are so fa cetiously delineated. The tollowing accident happened a few days since:—As Mr. John Lines, a respectable brewtr, of klarpenden, Herts, was attending the brewery, and giving instructiims to his men, he imprudently leaned against a temporary rail over the mash-tub, when it gave way, and precipitated him into the boil ing liquid—he survived, in excruciating pain, only three hours. Mrs. Lines was from home, and did not arrive in time to see her husband alive. He was a young man of excellent character, and has left a wi dow and four children. Sunday afternoon, between seven and eight o'clock, as a party of young men were sailing in a pleasure boat between Woolwich and Greenwich, the boat was run down by a north 'country vessel, and the party were immersed in the river, when four of them Clung to the boat. and were preserved by a wherry coming up at time ; the other. a lad, about 16, of the name of Bannicter, and «ho resided at Rother- Lithe, was unfortunately drowned. The following letter is taken from the Charlatan Eveming Pest of 31st May : si By the ship Bernard, from Buenos Ayres, I have received letters and newspapers from that country. As I know the interest that the citizens here take in the cause of the South, I presume that you will witb' pleasure extract from the public papers which I have the honour to send you, what you may conceive ne., cessary to satisfy the curiosity of the public. By the letters I learn that General S. 141t.wrist, with 5000 i men, was preparing to pass the Cordilleras, and Vats only waiting for the arrival of 1500 muskets, which had already left Buenos Ayres. It was reported that Commodore BRAWN had taken the Wand of Juan Fernandez, and set at liberty all the prisoners, and that he was proceeding against the merchant Vessels and privateers of Lima. The Chileans are every mo ment expecting S. MARTIN, to destroy, as before, their oppressions." Extiact of a letter from Boston, dated April, 1816, r eceived in Glasgow on Sunday sennight:—.6 A great alteration in onr trade is taking place in consequence of thi peace in Europe. Half our shipping, 1 imagine, is now losing money, and many of our tradesmen must, eve long, go into the country and cultivate the ground. Our farmers in this part are in a situation quite the reverse of yours. Meat is nearly twice the price, and bread mote than twice the price you have it.— Philadelphia and the wheat countries, are sending (or have been) dour to Spain, Portugal, Ice. where they eat it for witch less than they do here where it grows. We must have bread much lower, but butchers' meat will keep up some time. The cattle were killed to make room for Merino sheep, and they are found now to be unprofitable, and our population has increased beyond corresponding means of support is gnaw" • :• . . . " 4ff EXT*LIGIENCE , .. ." . . COURT. HILY L • Brix 04.4 , Hogg master, r7 —This was a "lotion 'of salvage.. hiMpeerea tbst this brig, in ballast, on a voyage from London to ganderland, whilst lying in Shields harbour, is Consequence of a gAle, was driven from her moorings; sad the master and crew, apprehensive r beim g run foul of, quitted the brig, and she aftertverds drifted to sea, when she was dis- Covered by the iiijirors; and they succeeded, after SO hoots' exertion, in bringing her safe into Shields har bour. The Court was assisted by Trinity Masters in this case, who concurred with its opinion, in allowing the salvors-AC.500 for the services sendered, together with their expenses. Eagle, Slider master..—This was also a question c‘f salvage. It appeared that this vessel, on a voyage from London bound to the coast of Africa, with a valuable cargo onboard, was at sea run down by the ship Granthorn ; that .the Eagle. was afterwards boarded by the salvors, and brought safe into Saint Helen's, and finally into Portsmouth harbour. It further appeared, that a tender of £2OO had been made to the salvors for their services, which had been refuted by them. The Court, under all the circum stances of the cafe, was.of opinion, that the sum of p it'2oo was a fair remuneration (as it could only be considered as a pilotage service) ; but allowed them their expenses. I COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY '2, THY KING v. WILLIAM SII %W. On the Motion of the ArrouNze-GaNznat, this prisoner was brought up by the gaoler of Hampshire and put to the bar, in order to plead to an indict ment, founded upon the statute of the 42d Geu. 111. charging, that he being enaployed in the service of the King as Clerk in the Commissariat Department, at Keene, in North America, on the 14th of June, 1815, feloniously stole and carried away 5,000 pieces of foreign gold, called half joes, of the value of 4610000, of the goods and chattels of our Sovereign Lord the King. A second count charged the felony to have been committed by the prisoner under colour of his office of Clerk in his Majesty's Commissariat Department. The 3d and 4th counts charged that he was a person employed in a military office, to wit, in the office of Clerk in the Commissariat Depart. ment serving in America;' and the sth and 6th charged that he exercised a public employment, to wit, the office of Clerk in the Commissariat De partment. The indictment having been read to the prisoner, he pleaded guilty ; and upon being asked by Mr. Barlow, of the Crown Office, what he had to sty why sentence of death should not be passed upon hint? The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the prisoner be remanded until a future day, in order to be brought up to receive sentence. He was now only brought up to plead, and the Crown Officers not knowing what the prisoner's plea might be, they were not prepared to la; before the Court the particular cir cumstances of the case. The prisoner was appre hended at Venice in January last, and had remained in custody ever since ; but he (the Attorney-Gene ral) had nothing now to address to the Court, in what was called aggravation of punishment. It was, however, but justice to u fortunate person at the bar to state, that Mt he exertion - ob tain restitution to the Crown or the proper charged with having stolen. Lord ELLesosonovon- 7 We should have in the nature of evidence laid before us, in we may know what punishment ought to be upon the prisoneat Mr. Justice ',AVM—We should be int the particulars Ibf the 'case, and how the property came into the prisoner's possession. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said. that not being aware what would be the prisoner's plea, the Crown was not prepared with the usual affidavits. Lord ELLENBOROtOH—We thought that tote Sta tute upon which this indictment is framed, applied only to cases of embezzlement ; but upon looking at the Statute, we find from its generality, that it ap plies to the highest crimes. We believe this is the first indictment for felony upon this Act, except the case of Mr. Jones. Let the prisoner be committed to the custotty of the Marshal, and be brought up next Term to receive the sentence of the Court. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he should then be prepared to lay the circumstances of the case before the Court; and accordingly, The prisoner was committed to the custody of the Marshal Of this Court. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. Seams, on the part of the ATTORNEY GE• NCRAL, moved for a rule to :hew cause why a crimi-1 nal information should not be filed against Mr. John King, a Magistrate of Colchester, and John Hardy, the keeper of the gaol in that town, upon affidavits, which in substance disclosed the following facts : A young man named Isaac Rodbert had been em ployed as groom in the service of a Mr. Downs, at Colchester, and had given occasion for his master's l displeasure, in consequence of his having, on the night of the 6th of June, left his house, leaving the cellar door, through which he had departed, open, instead of going out through the street door. For this offence, Mr. Downs lodged a cnmpleint against' his savant; with Mr. Kiog, who forthwith commit. ted the offender to the custody of John Hardy, and he was accordingly lodged in gaol without any stated time for his imprisonment. The father of the young man applied to Mr. Hardy for a copy of le com mitment, and , offered to give security for his son's' appearance at the nest Quarter Sessions, to take his trial for any offence with which he mightbe charged. But Mr. Hardy returned for answer, that helad no such person in his custody, and consequently' that he could give Kt copy of his commitment. Mr. Hardy, however, in two or three cloys afterwards, at the Sea Horse public house, Colchester, admitted, in presence of Mr. King, that he had such a prisoner in his cos. tody, and said that the reason. of his first , denying the fact was, that the young man'": name had - bo6 mis. described, but that he could not give a copy of th e' commitment without Mr. King's sanction , witti; ltt the same time said, that it was not bis intention to detain the yoUng man for any considerable lingth of time. On the 10th of June following the lad was liberated, without having been brought to trial. The present motion was made upon the ground that Mr. King -and Mr. •Hardy bad colluded.together to pre vent the delivery of a copy of the commitment: Mr. Spankie aablohted that the Magistrate had aciluqs• • - diotioq .to arm* in this stsinnisri mint" except I Was ease of an offence committed by a 'servant in dry, of which description the present party . . was slot. . I r ord -gLLSYBOROUGH—Why do you not bring an action against these persons? They are liable in da mages for an illegal imprisonment. Mr. Justice BAYLiY—Yon citify assume that they havr colluded. It is net - expressly sworn that they have colluded for this purpose. Mr. SPANKig submitted that there was evidence of a collusion, inasmuch as Hardy said he could not de liver a copy of the commitment without consulting with Mr. King. Lord ELLENAOROUGH—There is not sufficient in these affilivits to.warrant a criminal information. You may bring your action it you chuse.—Aule refused. • Bow•sytterr.*—Sunday afternoon, between three and tour o'clock, a man was disdovered exposing him self in Hyde Park completely naked. He was in a pond near the house of Mr. Baker, without any ap pearance of bathing ; he was standing still not knee deep in water. On the park kee and constables going to him, he said; he had a ri t in that manner if he liked. On their thre intake him Bridewell, lie treated that with' tempt, saying, he had been so long confined in a priCra, it would be no punishment to him. He was taken into custocy, and examined before Mr. Biturate, when the account he gave of his having been so long in prison was, dui.' he had been some years in a French ; that his name was John Nor: ; wed that he hecn in the merchant service.—iilr. I;teste advised that the case should be reported to Lord Side y, the Ranger. The keepers said, they suspected him to be deranged. He was ordered to find bail. Queen•SQUAßE.—Yesterday Francis Murray was charged by Thomas Bolton, who keeps the Hope and Grapes public house, in Queen-square, with obtaining money, victuals, &c. from him under false pretences. The prosecutor stated, that, about five months ago, priscner went to his house, and wished to be accOmmedated with lodging, board, &c. saying that he had a considerable suns of pr ire money due •to him, anti assuring witness that he had a guinea and a half a week lefthim by his father, which was paid to him every Saturday night. On this statement he took him into the house : and, when the first Saturday arrived, prisoner pretended his agent was gone out of town, and would not return till next Saturday. He went on accordingly supplying pri soner for another week, when the same excuse was again made, but with an assurance that the whole would be paid on the Tucsd ty following, and that the prosecutor should go with him to his agent% house, to receive the money. In consequence, on Tuesday they set off together, and when they arrived at the house which prisoner called his agent's, he. went in, but shin the door on prosecutor, who waited till he came out. Prisoner then said, on coming out, 46 Here I have it, (clapping his hand on his pocket) but we must go to Somerset House." On artiving there, prisoner went into a room, about the door of which were several sailors, and again shut the door on the witness, who once more waited till. he came out. Prisoner then said, it could not be paid until luid certainly be done at that time. going along the S;rand, car his kindness, and said, :he tailor was li;s friend, go in, and be measuted• :h be would make him a titu . de. This witness de -1 clothes he could pay for them hirnselr, and they passed on. On coming to Charing Cross, prisoner made the same offer at a boot shop, to give witness a pair of boots, which he also declined for the same reason. The next mor ning prisoner left his house, and he had never seen him since till last night, when he had him secured by an officer for having defrauded him. When he left his house be owed two pounds eight shillings for lodgings, board, and money lent.—The prisoner, in his defence, denied that lie owed so much, but confer-• sed to have borrowed seven shillings of the prosecu tor's wiry and sem. He persisted in having prize money due from his Majesty's ship Pelagus, and that Mr. Clarence was his agent. • He said, he could also prove that his father had left him a guinea a week, as he had stated.—Mr. Cpcoutioun, the Magistrate, said, he must commit him for imposing on the prose cute", and obtaining his property under- false pre tences ; but he would allow him four or Five days to bring forward witnesses to chew he had any prize money due to him. Prisoner wa.; committed. Mary Wilfiaws, alias Jones, was brought up by the keeper of Tothill.fields Bridewell, on a cttarge of pawning several articles of wearing apparel, Ls:long ing Wane Warren, a prisoner there, which she had obtained for the purpose of washing them. Jane Warren i, s a young woman who was committed about a fortnight ago on the charge of taking money out of her master's till, who is a publican in Chelsea. She then firmly denied the charge, and said, that Bar rett's (the publican) daughters were in the habit of• taking money from his till, and she suppo s ed they had, to screen themselves, put the money into her box, which had been found there. The danhters, on being examined, owned to having oftei.• taken money from the till ; but denied having put th'e money into Warren's box. Mr. Fl !LOIN 0 condemned in severe terms the endeavour to deprive a poor crea ture, in such a situation, of her clothes, aminrdered them to be restored, which was immediately com plied with. NlAnt.nonouon-sramer.---Yesterday John 111'ura rence and Andrew Donnelly, chargiO with committing a burglary at the house of John Winter, Esq. Foley "plac;.., were fully committed for trial. _ . WORSIIIP-ETREET...- John Cotsey and William Lease, I were brought to the Office and examined on a charge of ribbing Catherine Lewis, on - the highway, of a bundle containing six pair of cotttin stockings, some thildrens' frocks and pinafores, ladies' shoes, and -otber articles. It appeared the prosecutrix is servant to the Rev. Mr. William Parker, of Askew's-row, ' 'lslington, and was sent - with 'the articles' jo Stoke Newington ; on crossing the fields , she met the pri soners, who knocked her . 4own, and ran *pay with the Inutile. A man named Clarke, passing at the time, having heard the young woman urea:ll;ll'g, came 'to her assistance, and with-the assistance of a man named Lock, he securest them. wart fully corameUed fur trial. • - tiorito ob. ext d 47, bit would certainl .rty he was Ia heir return, prisoner, in w . haninsi•tae witness fot something -a isifor's shop, tl i order that wisheJ 4V45101111 would be infl:ctrd i assikot hes, which ent ttishew his grati nformed of c ineJ, s4ing, it he wanted . IRELAND. By accounts from Ireland, it appears that a te ,,, banditti are abroad in several co unt i es , o utidet r and destroying in defiance of the laws. lu e 1 1 ditional regiments of cavalry, the 3d and sth G uard and the 20th Light Dragoons, have been ordered or ,C WEXFORD, JUNE r :.6 —A very formid a bl e bandit!, have made their appearance in the county of V 42. ford. They entered and ri:bbed two farm hous es ; 1 the neiglihourhood of EIMISCOrthy, 4111 4:.•1 4)0 that regular preparation and d, r:•rinined reso:utTe which seemed to mat k considerable experience in t lawless profession. They were, we uncterst.nd, 19 in number ; their leader armed with a case of pist o l, and a blunderbuss, and wholly undisguised ; ;Hi d Li adherents provided with belts, and with arm s i n g condition. The alarm was speedily r,iyen, a n d s e% ral Gentlemen, supported by military p.ir Ces, s e ; oil with the 1 tudAble determinavon of seizing or putti to death thew enemies of the common sAtety. Th e l had taken rlfug; in the wood of Killogivam, a nd; however diAcult and perilous the siarch was, pursuers were resolved to discharge their duty at every hazard. Some of them were at last disc overed, but they refused to surrender. A kind of a c ti on then took glace, and about dirty shots were fired on b ot h sides ; a soldier of the 3.:;!ir r,..giment was wo un d ed, and a blunderbuss aimed directly at the Officer, wh o comntsnded the military, missed are. fhrse o f the banditti were taken, and aftentards committed to pris . on in Wexford. This, it is generally 1)4 4, was Captlin Grant's corps, headed by himself. Tuesday se'ini:;;ht a respectable tradesman oFßatli did pen ince in the Ecclesiastical Court at Well', t or defaming the character of a young person of thatch,. A few weeks since we announced the baptism, by immersion, cif - two respectable Clergymen, the R el . Mr. SNOW and the Rev. Mr. BEvart, who, from con. scientious motives, have tAtely resigned their connec tion with the Established Church. We h ave now v . ) notice, that on the 14th ulthno two of their collesgues, who have also resigned valuable preferments, the Rev. GEO. ,BARING and the Rev. Mr. Eviors, with -- GRANGE, Esq. were baptised by the Rev. Mr. . BEVAN, at the Octagon Chapel, in Taunton, whitl i has been purchased for their accommodation. Those who have lived rather gay, and are donbtfid of the consequences of an ill cured contaelon, and are lingering under diseases, by consulti.lg igso. rant of an important branch of the profession, area. formed that Dr. Coorint, and three Surgeons of great experience, Members of the Royal Coilege, in Lon don, have established a Medical Board at Charlotte House, Great Charlotte -street, opposite the Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel, Blackfriars' Road, London. The Medical Board claims the attention of those Can have been improperly treated, and particularly those who are aacted with Strictures, Fistulas, Cancers, Set-nit:l,ls, and Dth;li:kb, c.int; from warm climates, juventle indiscretions, Sm. who are cured nitheut confinement. Eruptions on the head, face, and body sore eyes, ulcerated throat, pains in the head and limbs, frequently mistaken for rheumatism; nodes en the shin bones, Sze. are symptoms which appear ' years after, and too eaten destroy domestic happiness. Messrs. CCOPER and Co. are consulted daily by all ranks of people from eight in the morning till nioeat night ; or by letter, enclosing a fee (for no omen ant answered) stating their case, when medicine and ad. vice is sent to all parts of the kingdom. Tile piles and fistula cured, without burning or cutting ; ad advice gratis, on Tuesday, ThurOay, and Sunday mornings, till twelvco'clack. A side-door, and private rooms. for females. Two eminent Physicians ban 14tely joined the Board, and trivak Practitioner:, alb attend with their Patient: for advice, are preteni Iffer comultation. NGE. YESTERDAY. Barcelona 00 thiboa 344 St. Sebastian 00 Blit l HS. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam 39 10 8.2 U. Ditto at bight S 9 4 Amsterdam 12 3 C. F. Gibraltar SI Leghorn, 47; Genoa, 44 Venice, n. C. lay.Pletele ineffective per 1. stet tit 70 Maltu 47 Naples, 394 Palermo, 113 d per ois. Lisbon, Mt 148 ex Mo. I Oporto, lii 34 effective Rio Janeiro 22 334 effective Dublin, 12 33 Cork, 144 Agio of the Bank on Holland 2 per Cent. _ Ditto at sight 12 0 Rotterdam 12 4 2U. Antwerp 12 4 Han burgh 36 3 2 U. Aitnna 96 4 2 U. Paris 1 day's date 25 45 Ditto 23 6; 2U. BOU rcleavx 25 65 Frankfort on the _ _ Main Madrid Cadiz Seville PstlChs ul• uULD AND SILVt.K. Portugal Gold In Coin, per oz. £4 Os Od. Foreign Gold in Bars - 4 Os od. • New Doubloons - - S 15s Od. New Dollars - . 0 Is I Id. Silver in bars - - 0 Ss (44. PRICE OY o Bank Stock Mei 217 S per Ct. Red. (2 611. 3 per Cent. Cons shut 4 per Cent. 73; 774i * 5 per Cent. Navy shut ►s YES I'ERDAY. Lone Ann. 15i 15-16 °gallium pay. sS 2,1 f India bonds 4 dia. Exch. Bilk 2 6 ;Ms. Consols for Acc. 64 the Lady of Dead Monday tunruiny, in ttuart, li.q. of a son. Sunday, at Old Brocupton, Mrs. Jetdan, of a son. June .ze, at Rankedlour, kilesbire, the Countess of Hopeeoun, of a .e.u. Friday. IR Lyttloton, Staines, Lady Caroline Wood, of a sor. DUD. Sunday last, at her house aaArtillery Place, Finsbury square, in her 79th year, Mrs. Ann Sattsrthwaite, sect of Mites ha:- terthwaite, late of Lonihard-street, Hanker. On aenday the 9.f1 uicinto, at the Vicarage House, Apy . Wettramlani, moat deeply lamen•ed by a numerous circle of friends, tau Rev. Willia:n Phillips, M.A nineteen years Vicar of tha ..:id formerly Vicar ut t;reat Hardfied, in the county el Essex. ;;;atur,ll.y. the infant on ef the lion. Thomas Orde Powlett- June J•ninett, eldest daughter of die late Rev. Juba lirqu• hart, et Mount-eagle. Monday, in Great Georgc-street, Westminster, in the 9th year ut :ter age, Louisa Maria, the youngest daughter of G. H. Sumner, i.sq. M.l'. for Surrey. At Pragge, on the sth uh. Count Kotlowrath, Austrian Field Marshal, and Military Commander in Bohemia. At Bridgend, Perth, on the I.ld ult. Mrs 'Louisa Stewart; wife of the Rev. Robert Kay, one of the ministers of Perth. At Aberdeen, on the i:Oth ult. Alexander Martin, E' q. for' merly-merebant in Rotterdam, aged 79. Jane 9, at Dundee, Mr. Henry Bryson, aged SS, many years an equestrian performer at the Isoym Amphitheatre, Westmin ster Bridge, and formerly known by the appellation of " the Ma sled Child." HIGH WA'rER TO MORROW AT LONDON ►BKU)G6+ Morning • - - I I dn. after 9 A fr.rnoon . -9! 9 I.uNDON: P-,need by Laval. Ka,cr, Pickett Places 1 1 0.)11shral Otte, and a: tht tatacr, Fegilds Ban II T i two tV day lb ki I. 6 41 1