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.I, v . wi:i: view ct publicly declaring their sen- . h;ect. t. , 13 ) Nt)11131',I) TILE COMPARATIVE STATE oF ENG LA ND A ND IRELAND. in the Thillingar Assizes, on the 9th instant, Lord ~ A l, ,ney, in his Address to the Grand Jury, spoke LIOWS : ,-.-ansairo-1 cannot pass over the present state of affairs, yat saying a word or two upon them. Tam glad tbfind t his ; minty, which may be called the bosom of frel4P, is peaCe--'-all is quiet; no tumult, no confusion, ntmeet 3Pfloret of a fine harvest ; a likelih oo d of a plenteous 4 .. eve ry thing composed from Derry to Dingle ; Ono corn :di>, and no; a single Field Orator. D am sorry to say, this i s 0:: t he sue in 0-.1 neighbouring Island. Let us take care ;we 2 , as i tn i n tiee r,...tsle; we must not forget what has happened The ifistoriap observes, there never was a con. :n England that was not followed by one in Ireland. It ~, from the time of WA 'Tyler down to the present. The s „ : ,. of England is lamentable; proceedings there have been is ga too far; frotti what reason I know not ; whether ro z,..ds from weakness, or ignorance, or pusiLlanimity.— i gore to such a pitch, that they will not now, I f ,„,, ; sopped without some difficulty. The Gentlemen Ma- fi,:r.tr, !here, seem cot to know the laws of the land : they do ta know the strength of those powers committed to Since the time of Henry the Fourth, there has existed a row:. to supprov all riotous Meetings—all Seditious Assemblies. 3erz:o .s.Ftetos may be talicd out, and if need require it, wtt Tn .,s• be bad to arm...a for-e. Now, it seems as if men had and new.r awakened until the danger had aroused r ., fr , They have at length begun to act ; the Magistrates have , t 1 and have passed some Itetnktions, that will. I hope, be On:tit:Miter; but it is for you, tientletnen, to look to care--prozissas reincr.iber the time when the Empire was nearly lost, wrardice had almost cost us no less than the then an infuriated mob, headed by a crary isbed tke capital, seized the treasures, loosed iburds out of the jail, find the city, and, is the State. An Irishman, Lord Shahid, pose these outrages, and with an armed forest Our good and glorious King, he took an waiting for the assembling and debating of mined the responsibility, repressed the vio td rescued himself and his kingdom from m. Now, Gentlemen, should men in the • the assemblage of Magistrates and Coun -I:ese Legal Authorities, perhaps, are not in perchance, are rambling and pleasuring on le the State goes to pieces. No, Gentlemen, armed the Executive and the Magistrates a. Here is the Act, I have it, in my hand, now it, it is quite plain and clear; he that here his Lordship read the Act of 1017, clubs and assemblies, who meet under pre- bat there is not a single gentlemzn that has id visionary men, there is but one man of any .en a part in this reforming business—a Sir .I—a poor fool! He, to be sure, regrets that he I rejoice; and I prophecy that he will pay of indictment has been found against him, t he will very shortly be Lid by the heels.— of ourselves. Let us remember, in the time t, that every thinr was quiet and tranquil— and seemingly as much at rest, as at this very ' on a sudden, in one minute, out blew such a turned every thing topsy turfy. The Canal down—the poor King was dragged to death-- hnself in his place, and a sad rebellion here zed the entire land. Gentlemen, I love you country much—l wish Ireland and England to the blessing of Goo I will strive with might them so. All these transactions are imprinted memory, that I might make use of them in might be of service to you and of utility in my it would be idle for me to attempt to address Gentlemen, you know 1798 ; you remember bow that fit -Is was brought about ; it commenced in France, then rose !spending societies in England ; clubs, jacobin meetings, and tutionary doctrines were the order of the day. They were gloat in our island ; they took seed and spruns up. The the prosecutions about that period, and the acquittals, toosequenee, of men who ought to have been punished, gave wage to the evil-minded. "Then the whole history of the forfeitures was here revived, end bten kept alive rill the time, all and the sad scenes that ;wed are well knowntto you. We were nearly all consumed' the fiery comet of that year swept along, and almost set us blue with its burning tail ; but like this of the present day, bat neished. Yet advantage was taken of all this. The -.di were or, the alert—they pitched their camp at Boulogne, righted these iri-nds, till at length Bonaparte was taken, mt he is safe at St. Helena, and all his revolutionary pro ;6ll`7.t an tnd. GE .TI FMEN—We are a fine people ; the Irish have great ;sod national qualities ; they spring from a good heart, and d nature, and seem to be the effect of a good temperature, wawa, and a gJnd climate ; but their sensibilities make them . to be easily worked on, and they are too readily worked Ilerety itinerant orator ; any preacher of nonsense and se ' will b► listened to, and may perhaps divert them from antral good disposition. lam sure it will not be the cast resent. They are not what a foolish Novelist• has lately 'nested them to be,' a barbarous, a base, and a cowardly set Gentlemen, they are a fine set of men, and pleurae ta,thiy will continue so. "I know there may be some men listening here, perhaps, do not like all this ; and who will state much to my preju- ; but I hive Lot lived so long ES not to know my duty ; nor I been 110 often in the habit of addressing you, that I should tested from saying what I conceive is right and good. I my auditors a fine body of men, some of whom will, I In time succeed to the situation I now hold; for I hope We 111411 not be obligsd to go to England to get men to 5U t arduous situations—for from my soul I believe Ireland Irish affairs will be best administered by Irishmen; they ray legal friends, 31:11.1 you, too, Gentlemen, will find them a hl and useful boZy 0 consult if you get into any difficulty— . will judge Lady of me; but I should not be sensible of the I ow e my station, nor should I discharge that duty with ,pity that be:crgs to it, if I was not above such misrepre atkris, and if I did not de.pise them. Perhaps some village "`nay :brow some mud upon the robes I wear, when I am 't from the town—this to be sure is valiant conduct! this aoble proceeding! he will not appear face to face, but he 3 site bch:nd my bac!.—such conduct I despise—and such is it'll fall off the t mine 1 wear, like dew drops from the GeLtlemen, go to your Chamber." XT. W:ll,ant Paull, M. P. Author of " Maurice and titett. • wt and have passe' on:tie:neer; b .whees--tite cart retner.tber th ap.,!hy and coy of lurdon—wl y. fcloas and vagab , e ndangered t .;, t 5, frst to oppo Bank. • n.t7t, and nut assui Zings, ani aaJ dorastatioi day wait for S+7.nin of th rf muntry; some, , ' , eitinent, vs bile tk 1..-04ature :11s eat .nl7,:iet.t force. en-. rill .heuld kn y react- 1 ,11 io:ieties and Men of petitioning. 1 art happy th: wised these wild ani name who has take auks 'Sols...ley—a 33e only sue, bat 4 tan. A bill • icd I warrant that Ts must take care 1 narks the First, 772.r.?eaceahle, an e:tat, when all ci I , 7.:coicano as to tsms - as pulled do :;"e•per seated lair Fag op that waste st;,—l love the cola kzi:ed, and with i el min to keep th lathe tablet of my ; raper time—that I Mon, otherwise it m. Gentlemen, y cm was brought ; mtsponding soviet volutionary doctri ist afloat in our is con in the proseet a consequence, of range to the evil-i 4 "Then the who!, bten kept al, limed are well k le the fiery comet Ca blaze with its 1 Sias vanished. ' huh were or, the ad affrighted these cd r.'ne he is safe eat Ileace nd. " Gr.:zt rvt:v— -.d o e dnational d nature, and and a p 'k to be easily by every inner: W' will b. list • natural good a , • ;resent. They ^ muted them Gc th tb,y will col Set "I know thee • • do not rake a :s; but I have vs I been so oft b deterred from • as my auditor ell it, in time so it t we shall not "le arduous sit hi* affairs n th ray legal fries ad and useful 32 1 " will padre 1. f ty I owe my s dignity that I ••votaticns, and 'rcl may throw ' •. irt from th, a noble ?met 'ins ate belt:nr •kness ssiu fall are: .'s man e . 4 Xr. , N'.ll;a •r.) "Itettl. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POMSMOWTN, AUOUST I6.—Wind W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship GANINEDIC ' from the Mediterranean. Sailed the Zephyr, Cox, for Cronseadt ; and Thames, Wirrwron, for Hamburgh.— Ills Majesty's ship Lirrer went out of Harbour, and brought up at Spithead. Haawicit, Auoast 16.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the Lord Nelson packet from Holland, and the Eclipse packet from Cux haven, both with Mail& Dam. Aims? 16.—Wind S.—A rr i ve d an d sa il e d f or the River, ;he Princess of Wales, Sins, from Jamaica ; Wharton, Priam , . from Miramichi ; and the Governor Myers, HOGARTH. from Pictou. Arrived and remains in the Downs, the Aga memnon transport, from the Westward. Dove*, Avon? 16.—Passed yesterday the Clara, P from Chariston fur Rotterdam—she spoke in lat. 43. 16. long. 68. 54. the John, Tsonas, of Liverpool, from Londonderry for St. John's, New Brunswick, with 400 passengers on board. Autumn, Aucurr 13.—Arrived the New Middleton, Om nut., from Greenland, ,with 10 fish BO tons. Ltvearnot, Arouse 15.—Arrived the William, M'Koui., from Charlston, in 3,4 days. On the 10th July, in long. 68. she spoke , the Fame transport, from Honduras for Portsmouth. Auausx 14.—A letter received here from the Bruns wick (with 10 fish, 220 tons), dated Peterhead, the 9th instant, states that she left the country the 12th July, and that the ships were all waiting for the ice opening. The Leviathan was with the Brunswick at Stromness. Avcrrsixa Laren', 'exit saes,—The following is an extract of a letter received here from Leith this morning. The account was brought by the Andrew Marvel, of this port ; Andrew M .rvel, 14; Arid, 4; Brothers, 6; Brunswick, 19; Cambrian, 5; Duckenfield HaU, 7 ; Eclipse, 3; Egginton, 6;1 Everthorpe, 4; Equestrian, 2; Earl Falconberg (of Grimsby), full, 1 ; Friendship, 2 ; Gardner and Joseph, 6; Ingria, 4; John, 12; Kciro, 16 ; Lee, 6; Leviathan, 15; Ocean, ti; Progress, 3 ; Royal George, 5; Swan, 4; Samuels, 2; Symmetry, 7 ; the Thornton, 2; Truelove, 2; Zephyr, b ; William, clean. Cusvog-llonsx, Aua. 16.—Ships entered Inwards. . —Travdlcr, Hutchinson, from Bombay; John, Spence, from Jamaica; Dryad, Fell, from Tobago; Royal Sovereign, Wren, from Os tend ; Three Sisters, Marchant, from Rotterdam ; Diamond, Pound, from Harlengen ; Mike of York, Fryer, from Rotter dam; Gracey, Hulin, from Riga; Thetis, Reid, from Ham. burgh; Cheerful, Pearson, from Leghorn; Susannah, Mears from Marseilles. Cleared Outwards—The Vine, for Venice; Unity, for Calais; Royal George, for New York; Tea zer, for Rotterdam ; and Savage, for Belfast. The Hon. Captain PAGET kissed hands, on Monday se'nnight, on being appointed to the permanent com mand of the Royal George yacht, in the room of Sir EDWARD BERRY; Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Bart. is appointed to ,the Prince Regent yacht, building at Portsmouth, vice Hon. C. PAGET. The two Russian sloops of war, accompanied by two storeships, which arrived at Portsmouth on Tues day, from Cronstadt, are preparing to sail on voya• ges of discovery to the South Pole and 13ehring's Straits. The Worstock sloop of war, Captain Bar• LINGSHOUSEN, and the storeship Mirror, Captain LA.. ZAREM go to the South Pole; the Otkrutie, Capt. ‘VAZILIEFF, and the store-ship Blagonamirenie, Cap tain SIIILIIMAREFF, go to Behring's Straits. The two latter intend' tu touch at the Sandwich Islands. HAVTI.—The • following particulars respecting a visit paid by Admiral 110 THAN to this place in the month of May, is copied from the Hayti Royal Ga zette, May 25: " On the 4th of May, his Britannic Majesty's ship Shearwater, Captain Cox, entered the port from Ja maica, dispatched by Sir Home Popham. As soon as his Grace the Duke Marmelade, Governor of the capital, and Baron Dupuy, Secretary, were apprised of this agreeable news, they hastened to give notice to his Majesty, who was absent, visiting the Spanish part of the island. His Majesty immediately gave his orders to the Governor, so as to be prepared to receive the Admiral with all the regard and distinc tion due to his character ; and ordered a guard of troops of the line to wait his arrival. His Er/ellen% was expected for many days by the people of the Ca pital. At length, on the 16th, after twelve days ex pectation, at one o'clock in the afternoon, his Britan nic Majesty's frigate Iphigene, of 44 guns, Captain Parker, followed by the brig of war Beaver, from Havannah, entered the port, having Sir Home Pop ham on board the frigate. A Royal salute was fired. Baron Dupuy repaired on board the frigate to com pliment, in the name of the King, the Admiral, and invited him to come on shore. The Admiral landed early next morning ; he was shewn into the carriage of the Governor. The next day his Majesty gave audience to the Board of Foreign Commerce. The l day following the Governor, with his numerous Staff, repaired in procession to the Hotel of his Excellency, to compliment him. " His Grace the Duke Marmelade invited his Ex cellency to dine with him, together with Captain Parker. On this occasion there was a splendid repast at the hotel of the Governor. Among the patriotic toasts suitable to the occasion, thefol;owing was drunk : " The King of Great Britain: may he complete gloriously what he has commenced wisely—a perpetual union between the Haytians and the English." FATE OF MACGREGOR'S FOLLOWERS :—The follow ing particulars are copied from the Kingston (Ja maica) Royal Gazette of the 11th ult. " By the Sapphire sloop, of 26 guns, Capt. HART, which arrived on Saturday, in twelve days, from Porto Bello, we learn, that intelligence had been re ceived, that the unfortunate and deluded men, who left this place with a view of joining the colours of MACGREGOR, are still in a most miserable condition, employed in making a causeway, and in repairing a bridge. They consist of about eighty persons—their chains have been taken off, but they are kept at work under a strong guard of soldiers, and have each a pick-axe and a spade. Intercession had been made with the Governor of Santa-Cruz, for a person of the name of O'CoNNoR, who had been a midshipman in the Navy, Ind he was liberated from the degrada tion of public labour, and suffered to go at large on his parole. Forty of the men who were marched to Panama, had been permitted to employ themselves at their respective trades, or become menial servants to the inhabitants ; and seventy had joined either the. Catalonian regiment of foot or artillery as privates. The Officers, 35 in number, had been sent to Darien, a miserable place, depending entirely on its supply of provisions, Sm. from Panama. These men were treated with greater harshness than the privates.— THOMAS SUTTON, W.WEBSTER, and JuHN M`NUTT, who are well known in this city, and were among the prisoners, were immured in gaol at Panama." " The schooner Martha, which arrived on Wed nesday from San Blas, brought accounts that MAC GREGOR, after his disgraceful Sight from Porto Bello, proceeded in the brig Hero for St. Andreas, where he arrived on the 6th or 7th of May, and remained until the 12th, when he departed, as it was 'said, fo this island, after having taken on board various let ters for individuals in this city. He is said to have suffered considerably from the effects:of his leap." TIM .4RMY. A company ofthe 88th Regiment, recently statio ned at Aberdeen, are now on their march to join the Regiment at Manchester. 'They were at Edinburgh on Saturday. The STAR transport, Lieutenant COATES,• arrived at Portsmouth from Halifax and Newfoundland, left the latter place the 28th July, with dispatches liont Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. and detachments on board of the Royal Sappers and Miners, 15th and 74th Regiments. In lat. 49. 56. N. long; 16. 80. W. spoke, the 6th i nstant , t h e b r i g O a k, o f Poole, bound to Newfoundland. The following Othcers came passengers in the STAR : hIAor Fogerty, Lieutenant Hartley, late York Rangers= Cap iatirlHarker, 15th Regiment; Lieut. Richard Vicars, Royal' sigineers ; Lieut. Quin, Ensign M'Nicol,late West-India Ran gers; Lieut. Spooner, Assistant-Surgeon SP Iver, 74th Resr• A Court-Martial was held at the Royal Marine Barracks in Portsmouth, on Friday se'nnight, and continued by adjournments until Tuesday the 10th (at which Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN MILLER was Presi dent, and Lieutenant and Adjutant PATTEN, Judge Advocate), on Lieutenant PETER Maims, of the Royal Marines, on a charge exhibited against him of being drunk and unfit for duty when on guard in the Dock-yard; of which charge the Court found him Not Guilty, and acquitted him.—The Court cautioned Lieutenant MEERES to be more cautious in his conduct in future, and not to turn out is front of his guard to the grand rounds, without his belt, sash, shoes, or boots, being contrary to the established re gulations of all guards. SUMMER ASSIZES. BODMIN, AUGUST is. ROE, ON DEMISE OF HEALE AND OTHERS, V. RA SIII.EICII. THE SAME V. THIRTY-SIX OTHER PERSONS. These ejectments, thirty-seven in number, were brought by the assignees of a person of the name of Dingle, against Charles Rashleigh, Esq. and others, to obtain possession of certain houses and buildings, a pier, basin, and other property, in a newly-created town, called Charlestown, iu the neighbourhood of St. Austle. It appeared that Dingle had been long in the em ploy 'of Mr. Rashleigh, and, though uneducated, was in possession of considerable power; of perception. He foresaw the immense benefit to be derived from converting a barren spot into a port grid harbour, and, with the assistance of Mr. Rashleigh, who had granted him a freehold for life in the premises, ac tually converted that barren spot into a place of the first importance to the county, as one which afforded the greatest facility to trade, and the greatest advan tage to those engaged in mining pursuits. Matters went on with increasing success from 1790 to 1809, when Mr. Rashleigh withdrew his protection from Dingle, arrested him, threw him into prison, and re assumed the possession of the whole property. The other creditors of Dingle sued out a commission of bankruptcy, and the present plaintiffs, as assignees under that commission,-proceeded to recover the pos session; but as Mr. Rashleigh set up a claim to a large amount against the bankrupt, and insisted that he had a lien upon the lease, a reference was agreed to. The award made upon that occasion was virtu ally set aside at the last sittings in the Court of King's Bench, on the ground that the arbitrator had pur posely kept out of the way, to avoid receiving notice of the revocation of the submission, and the claims of a te assignees were again put forward. The case was most ably argued on the documen tary evidence ; and the result was, that the plaintiff obtained a verdict, complete, in twenty-five of the causes, and as to the remaining twelve, an objection was taken, that a sufficiently formal livery and seizin had not been made under the lease to the bankrupt. The Learned Judge (BEST) reserved the point, and allowed the defendants to move the Court above for a nonsuit as to the twelve; but on the other twenty five ejectments the verdict was unconditional. SURREY ASSIZES. Saturday Robert {Wyman, an aged man of 68, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Sarah Turner, a child under ten years of age. The little girl resided in the neighbourhood of Walworth, and on the even ing stated in the indictment, she was going towards Newington, about eight o'clock, when she met the prisoner, who was a respectable man, and whom she had known. Upon her cross-examination now by the prisoner's Counsel and the Learned Judge him self, she prevaricated considerably; and by reference to her examination before the Magistrate, it was dis covered that on that occasion she omitted to state a most material fact in the case, while on the present she not only swore to this fact, but described it with the utmost minutia. The variance, however, upon the point in question, as affecting the prisoner's life, was of too great and serious an import to the case; and Mr. Baron GARROW, in consequence, stopped the proceedings, explaining very fully to the Jury his reasons for so doing, and why he thought they were bound to acquit the prisoner. The Jury proncunced the prisoner Not Guilty ; but his Lordship, in dis charging him, begged that he would reflect on the injury he had done to the' unhappy child who had just been in Court, and called upon him, at his ad otanced period of life, to repent of his wickedness be fore it was too late. Sarah Osman:, an interesting young woman, was indicted for assaulting her infant child, with intent to murder it, by means of strangulation. There were three other counts, charging that she deserted the child, and intended to do it great bodily harm. The proz.ecution was conducted at the instance of the pa rish of Lambeth. Mary Anne Osborne said, the prisoner came to lodge at her house in Carlisle Place, and in a month After was delivered of a male child. On the 24th of July, she said she was going to leave the infant at nurse, packed up her th►ngs, and went off in the af ternoon. She returned about ten o'clock, without the child. Witness frequently dressed the child; the clothes and cap which she had put on it the day its mother took it away, were those fcund upon it when it was discovered in a heap of filth, and with a piece of tape round its neck. Cross-examined.--The prisoner seemed to possess a humane disposition, and was exceedingly fond of , children. She had been deceived by a man, far her superior in life, who promised her marriage; but having succeeded in her seduction, then abandoned , her: she had discovered that he was married: when witness had seen the child again, she interrogated the prisoner respecting its he as / .;e4 saw* ItAsea.k..l4 prisoner replied, 44 why, with the tromp, sure. She rejoined, wh:tt woman? tale., rite' *hat 7pa say." The prisoner became greatly agitated, Wit ness said to her, ho.v could you have acted as you have done? I have seen your child."-" Seen it!" said the prisoner, with anxiety, 4. where?" Witness repeated that she had seen it, and it was well. The prisoner instantly fell upon her knees, and with ago. nized juy exclaimed, "'!'hank Goo! thank Con!" Mr. Cartier and Mrs, Knell, residing in Winter's Place, Lambeth Walk, deposed to the finding of the child. They heard the cry of an infant, soon after ten at night, and going to the rear of the house, in a field, discovered, dose to the ditch, a child, sunk nearly up to its neck in a quantity of filth. The filth did not appear to be heaped upon it. A piece of tape was found tried round its neck, but Mrs. Knell, who took it home and washed it, stated, that the knot was not of a nature to produce strangulation. The unhappy prisoner made no defence, but re mained during the whole of the trial in a state of agony and tears, never once holding up her head.. Several witnesses gave her a most excellent character for humanity. Mr. ,Baron GARROW (with feelings which evidently, affected himself and the whole Court most deeply) left it to then to determine, whether the unfortunate prisoner hvi not, in the abandonment of her infant s however wicked, rather placed it where she did, with a view that it might be discovered, than with the in. tendon of completely destroying it ? The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the priso ner of the capital charge, but found her Guilty of deserting the child. Mr. Baron GARROW recalled Mrs. Osborne, and asked her, whether, in case he passed upon the priso ner a mild sentence, she would undertake to assist het in some way of life ? Mrs. Osborne replied, (scarcely able to speak, and her tears flowing) Most willingly ! Nothing would make me more happy !" Mr. Baron GA ttßow—(almost overwhelmed with feeling)-- ,, You are the best of women ; more ex emplary conduct was never displayed in that box ; and though I can say no more, I should feel wanting in my duty if I did not say thus much." His Lord ship, in the most feeling manner, sentenced the priso ner to six weeks imprisonment, and she was tarried from the bar in a state of dreadful agitation. FATAL EFFECTS OF COACH Racy:co.—There and two mails go from the Post-office to Holyhead, one through Cheshire, the other through Birmingham ; on Wednesday evening they started together, when they arrived at Highgate, they began to race, this continued but a short time, and they took different roads ; on arriving within a quarter of a mile of the toll-bar at St. Alban's, they were again together, and the Birmingham attempted to pass the Chester, this the latter prevented, and the road being narrow, the leaders of the Birmingham ran up the bank, the coach was instantly overturned—the consequence was dreadful: of three outside passengers, one was killed on the spot, another-had his arm and leg broken, and was conveyed to the Woolpack, at St. Alban's, where he now lies very ill, the third was dreadfully bruised ; two of the inside passenger s were also much bruised and cut about their heads, and it was supposed fractures had taken place, but they are likely to recover. Thursday, a boy fell into the harbour at Maryport, on which Mr. GEORGE LITTLE, Mate of the Sally (Which arrived from America only the evening before), leaped into the water to save him, which object he accomplished ; but we are sorry. to say his humane exertions cost him his own life. His loss will be much lamented, especially by his widowed mother. PORTRAIT Or Mr. CANNING.-••-The public are re spectfully informed, that the first Number of a new Volume of the New Monthly Magazine, and Lite rary Panorama, was published on the Ist of Au► gust, embellished with a Portrait of Mr. Canning, and comprising upwards of fifty interesting articles, in general Literature, Art, Science, Criticism, Poli tics, Manners, and Amusements, and those persons who may wish to avail thermelves of the present op portunity for commencing it, are requested to trans mit their orders, without delay, to their respective Booksellers or Newsmen.—Published by Henry Col burn, Conduit -street, to whom communications for the Editor are requested to be addressed free of postage. SLAVES.—We learn by the return of the Tartar, Sir GEORGE R. COLLIER, Ban. and K.C.B. from the coast of Africa, that Prince's Island, near to the Bight of Biafra, on the Guinea coast, is now the principal, and indeed the only point of rendezvous on that part of the coast of Africa for the dealers in slaves. Spa nish and Portuguese vessels, the only extensive traf fickers in this inhuman trade now, from Cuba, 'ren dezvous there. On arrival, the Supercargo shifts his cargo of bale goods and hard ware into small schoo ners belonging to the Authorities of that Settlement, and proceeds to the Bight of Benin or Biafra, either to Bova, Calabar, or Benin Rivers. Here he bargains with the respective Chiefs or Kings for so manylun• dred slaves, which are generally ready by anticipa tion. They are now purchased for goods of the va lue of Si. 17i. to 41. per head, for children under ten or twelve years; and above that for 51. women of a handsome shape and appearance are one or MO pounds sterling higher. At Prince's Island they ale landed, and if no English man of war is in the neigh bourhood, are re-embarked at 251. charge per head to the Spanish Captain. If any man of war is there, they are received into factories, until opportunity of fer for sending them off to Cuba. The vessels are generally schooners (termed American clippers), bought by Spaniards at St. Jago de Cuba, and pre tend they are bound to the coast South of the Line; and to carry on this deception the better, the Portu guese on board the smaller vessels are told, they are anchored off some port South of the Line, such as the Congo, 'or Benguela. The most unmiti gated cruelties continue to be inflicted upon the poor African race by these barbarous slave-dealers. It is an astonishing fact, that two slaves who were res cued by a boat's crew of the Tartar, and brought on board that ship, belonging to a cargo, which had been relanded on the appearance of the Tartar, were weighed by the officers, when it appeared that the weight of the lad was forty-five, and Oa man sixty . four pounds! 1 ‘.. 4 i .., . ... 1 1 i I t i I I I ' I i ' ; $ 4 i 1 f 4 i 1$ i • ! • I I' i . I P ' g . I I i •• I 1 S. 1 1 I . , 11 I 1 1 , I ' I 1 ig, . , I . \'l . i 1 , I 4 t ' 1 i ll : • IIN .IS ' • 1 •II i I fill i'l ' I I I 1 --... --- .. ... . • • 4, ! ( 4 • . ' t I 11 I . . . . i. , . •• • , . . , 4 1 I• rf 4 fi l• : 4 ) , ' / 4 I 1, .< ti , 1 , , ♦'' hr ' . ', I ill i ',I 1 i . ? II •. ; 1 . • 1 ' l til i. ' • , 1 i I . 4 *1;.I :I; li s i ' .t i:i r , 11 1 • / • , I 1 I 1 ! . i • ' I : 4 •.• 4 • • I i 7 ; ~) 1 Illi:..:. 1 , 1 , .. ' ' '; f 1, t 1: 0 1; 1 4 1 it 1 - "1 i 4 . .A . ....0