The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-08 00:00:00

i s. DREADFUL WAR IN AFRICA. --so.— . our last Paper we meationed an account whieh had tip red in the Dutch Journals, of a War that was rav4, , ing the Western coast of Africa. It was transmitted by the Dutch Secretary to Government, at the Castle of St. Gearge, Delmina, dated 13th of March, and expressed the opinion that our Establishawat of Cape Coast Castle —(miscalled in the Dutch Papers Cape ('orse) would not be able to hold out against the furious banditti who were coming down against it. A letter from a Gentleman resident at that settlement fat-el:hes the fitilawing law ti•enlar:l of the origin and progre:s of the Negro war. Tne letter is dated the 22l of March, seven days later than the Dutch Secretary's account, and is the only com manicati.at on the snlijert that has been received in England: —" Sim° tray last (says the Wri:er) we have Leah fall of trouble, alarm, and coausion at this place, and all al , )ag the Fantee ciast. It apprarA, that three or fear of the Miami Prinees, having gi..•eti snineoffimee to the king of Ashante, he made war itpen theta, with a vast army, and chased them from place to place, with dreadful siaaghter, till they erne up to the Fantce ter ritory; where they reaeived I'rot'xthn fr a time. Put being agaia attached by at least 1':),0:.10 men, it was on possible to stand against Omni; ant! after a sanguinary battle, the fugitives weld not make a stand, and they were routed and dispers,d in all directions. The Ashen tees having afterwards heard that they had finnul un asylum near this plate (Cana Ctaist Castle), theydispatch ed a part of their army hither, with an intention of d c stroying the town : and I ton sorry to say there has been much skirmishing, and several tastes taken off by the victors (for since the abolition of the Shire Trade, it is .the unitbrat custom of these savages to put :11l their pri soners to death). Me. White iaterf.tred as soon us he heard of what was going on, and dispatched mests;mgers to the Ashantee Genend, who has returned a pacific answ. , r, stating, that he has no intention to molest Cape Coast. You may lx sure, however, that we are not without alarm ; as their army is so close to us; and the fat is, that we place no confidence in their pacihic pro fessions. All the English f)r Many miles round have hurried into the Castle with the utmost precipitation, where ere are shut in with lxtwe'n 4 and 3000 woman and children. On the ether side, the Warsaw tribe have brought an army down against Commedia; so that there is nothing but war and slaughter all around us. The Annainabocs, and all the tribes as fa as Berracoe, are either murdered or dispersed ; and such is our critical situation; that we know not what will become of us, as it see - is impossible for any of' us to leave the coast, fn. we have no ships at hand, and the Lord Mulgrave is n ot expected in less than a tbrtnight." On Friday the Prince P.t.ent tare a grantl dinner after the Levee to the Dake (4 . lVellington, the Nlargais Wellesley, Si: Henry Wellesley, the Hight Hon. Wel lesley Pole, and a number of other distinguished cha racters. . _ _ The Prince Regent dined yesterlty with Prince Es terhazy, and u select party. Saturday afternoon the Princess Charlotte anti Prince Leopold received addresses frmn the county of S'a and from the toroughs of Oreat Yarmouth and Ply nmuth. Afterwards their Highnesses haul a select party to &niter, :t which were present the Duke awl Ducli2s of York, the Dukc of Wellington, the Karl of Lauder dale, the Marquis of Anglesea, Sir Henry Torrens, Sir Colin Cannpbdl, anti others. 111 the evening their High nesses visited the Opera. Yesterday they attended di vine service at Whitehall. _ . The rumour, that Lord Liverpool and Mr. Vansittnrt were about to retire front the Ministry, has hem contra dicted. We regret to state, that the venerable Earl St. Vincent has been considerably inaisuosea. His.l.onlslip is not vet recovered, thongh he has been ninth relieved by bleeding, and is now able to sit up. Lord St. Vincent is in his tind year. The following story is told in a Morning l'aper:—" Capt. Bowen, of the Sak:tte, who is lately returned front India. saw and conversed with litumaparte at St. Ilelena.—Butataparte's first inquiry of Capt. Bowen was, as usual,—" With whom have you s,:rved Y"—('apt. 13. " 1 have been chiefly patronized by Lord St. Vincent."—Buttn. " Alt! he is a brave man, and a very good seaman; the greatest the English na tion ever had. Did he not command oil* Cadiz, and sand Lord Nelsen after me to Egypt ?"—Capt. B. " Yes, he did."—Buuu. " Were yon with hint in the battle of Cape St. Vincent ?"—Capt. 11. " No." Boon. " When von return, if you sec Lord St. Vincent, make my com pliments to him—the compliments of an old soldier to a good old English sailor." A Gentleman is arrivel in town from Calcutta, who left about the Ist of February last. He confirms the report in circulation the last few days, of the probability of a renewal of the Nepaul war. 'lle Neranl Govern ment have from time to time, under some frivolous pre tence or other, refused tho ratification of the treaty ; and the British troops having beta withdrawn on the filith of its being signed at a given time, induced the enemy to take possession of some of the strong passes. I:euten strances on the subject continued when the last accounts Caine away; but it was believed they would not be at tended with any salutary effect. NA 120.Y.11, FAMILY. Friday a Guard of Honour entered the Court-yard of Carlton-house, attended by the Band of the :;t1 Foot Guards, in their state clothes. A party of the I.i;e Guards were stationed in Pall-mall. Although the wea ther was unfavourable, a ,seat concourse of people Was attracted, by whom the Duke of Wellington was recog nized, and thllowed to the Regent's Court, with loud huz;7l::. Prince Leopold, attended by Sir R. Gardiner and Baron Hardenbrocke, arrived front the entrance by the Park ; both the Prince and the Duke wearing Field Marshal's unithrms. His Grace waited at the door of the grand entrance to receive the Prince, attended by his Staff. These august personages cordially embractsi, the Band playing Ged save the Kieg. Ilis Royal High ness then held the Entrie Levee, which was att,:ndel by the Dukes of York, Kent, and Glqucester ; Primes Leo- 1 poll and Fsterhazy . ; the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the ('ainet Ministers; the Foreign Airbassal.,vs ; the Great Officers of State and of the I for Alold ; the Speaker of 03. Howe of Co:nmons; the Judge of tho Adonralty ; the Dean of Christ Chtqeb, I),_ puty High Bailiff uf. Westminster, M. W. T,sd.e, Mr. B' vet'. aid a numerous as of the Burgesses, ated an Atldr.‘ss ;o the Regent upon the marriage of the Princes Charkato with _Prince LeopoV. Mr. Cotgrcares, the Mayer ;• Mr. Joao% the Recorder ; and Mr. Fiat sett, the Deputy Town. Clerk, tito.nded by Earl acid Gemral Grosvenor, presented an Address on the same sul;:mt limn the City of Chester. Aix: the Levee the Regent held an Investiture of the Order of the Bath ; at which Admiral:: Lords Exmouth and Gambier were invested as Knights Grand Crows of the Order ; and Major-G,:neral Sir Sydney Beckwith us Kni:•ht Commander. The Prince Regent will give a grand entertainment on the Ntli inst. including a dress-lull ; there are al ready upwards of 1000 cards of invitation distributing.— His Royal Highness, with a due consideration for the British rmutitctories, has ordered the following notice to be attached to the cards of invitation : . •• The Prince Regent haiexpressed him-elf tivsirote; that the Nobility anti Gent's, invited to Carlt4at !loose on the lvth ite•tant, Mould alitwar uputa that occu,ion iu nritish stutoutitc tures. •••Caritou livaac,•'d Ja!y, 1816." His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence was yes teratty so far reeovemil from his r0c4.4- t as to be able to take an airing in the vicinity of Bushy Park. On Monday the Princess Charlotte anti Prince Leo pold prepared a };rued dinner air :he Duke of IVelling ton ; but on account an arrangement of the Cabinet Ministers, which could not be dispensed with►, tin• his Grace to dine with them at their Cabinet Dinner, at Lord Castlereagh's, his Grace was unable to attend.— Those persons who are acquainted with the strict eti quette of these Cabinet Dinners, will net be surprized at this conduct of his Grace. They are attended by no one t; ho is not specially invited ; the topics discussed at them are generally of a political and confidential nature, and frequently of the most important interest to the nation. Politicians will therethre attach mane importance to a meeting which tints called. his Grace from his pre-engagement. His Grace's Staff, however, dined with the Prince and Princess. They consisted of Lord Hill, Sir E. Paget, Sir R. Ferguson. Sir G. WaTher, .`'ir E. Stoptbrd, Sir 'l'. Cirecille, Lord F. Somerset, Lord A. Hill, Colonels Hervey and Freemantle, and Sir IV. Houston, together Lord and Lady Keith, and several oth r distinguished characters. After dinner, hott•cver, his 6ruce paid his respects to the Princess and Prince. The Princess Charlotte of Wales is certainly be coming very popular with John Bull ; and she will not fail to continue so, if she observes three thiags, thr which the good old King was remarkable, viz :—to be very punctual—never to break a promise—or forget a friend. A Morning Paper says, " The Letters so tbrmally an- flounced in an Evening Paper sonic little time ago, are confidently stated to relate to a Divorce meditated in il lustrious life, which will unquestionably create no small surprise, as well as discussion, in this country." The marriage of the Duke of Gloucester and Princess Mary will not take place until after• the I•2th inst.: but the precise day is not fixed. On Thursday the I I th instant, their Royal Hi ! , hnesses the Dukes of Kent, Sussex, and Gloucester, and his Se rene Highness the Prince of Saxe Colx►urg, will attend at Guildhall, to receive the 1h•t:;om of the City. They will afterwards dine with the Lard Mayor at the Man sion-House; and in the evening upwards of •'00(1 per sons are invited. 'the l,ttrd Mayor has sheen great an xiety to promote the wearing of Spitallields manutite tare ; and we hope, on this occasion, both Ladies and Gentlemen will endeavour, us much us possible, to sup port that benevolent in t Letters from German•: announce, that the Queen of IVirtentix•rg is in a b►mentahic state of weakness. Her call only take the air in a small chariot drawn by little horses. Her laudable occupation Las been tits year: since to superintend the education of young per , sons of distinction, and to communicate to them a por tion of her own distinguished acyptireurents. 1 7 ivAL 7 . 74r.va Get all the Ladies that yon can, And let each Lady hose a man • --•4 I. , Let them, in a cir c l e pl ae 'd, - Take their partners round the waist) ;attriit Then by slow degrees advance, •le Till the walk heroines a dance ; r • •-' Then the twirlinz, taco to face, Without %gaiety or grace, Round and round, and never stopping, Now and then a little hopping ; When you're strong, to make things worst, If one couple, so perverse, should in the figuie be perpli•Vil, A Al 'cm be knork'd down by the nest. Quicker now," the Ladies et y ; • They rise, they twirl, they swing, they Ay; Pulling, blowing, jostling, SlitleCAl/Ig, Very odd, but very pleasing--- Till ey'ry Lady plainly shows, • ( Whates•er • she may disclose), selb- of is nut among her faults; — Reader, tins it is to waltz! Argyle Rooms, Friday, Jane 2S 1.`;16. • nu VI; p' --Saturday the 211th Light Dragoons wits reriewed by the Duke of Ytuk on .Hoinulow Heath.— lloyal Highness arrived on the ground in time fin. the Review to begin at twelve o'clock. The Duke of Wellivon, attended by his Aid-dc-rump, haul arrived short tune before. His ..7rrae , , joined the Onrunander in-Chief in the Review, as did General 13olton, and the RITA Duke's usual staff: This fine re;iment executed the various evolutions in so m a s t er ly and soldierlike a manner, as to call flirth repeated marks of approbation front the Dukc of York and the Duke of Wellington. A great Concourse of people wen:. attracted to the Heath, including a number of military officers, and persons' of distinction. The interest was increas2d front the circum stance of this being the only review near the metropolis this season, except that by the Duke of Gloucester, on Saturday se'nnight, in Hyde Park. The Duke of York returned to London about three o'clock, and afterwards waited upon the Prince Regent ut Carlton House. The Duke of Wellington returned to London, :mil aaer tak ing off his uniform, he walked through the streets, ac companied by a gentleman. He was recognized by the public, and numbers followed him. A crowd was col keted round his Grace by the time he got into Cock spur-street, who testified their joy at seeing him by loud huzzas. +:1 .4 I 110 S if e I, • E.Vron -rela Pune:. ruiAx..—This extraordinary am bulator, Saturday evening, at six o'clock, completed 778 miles.—The task of the pedestrian during the past week Ins appeared to be peculiarly severe; but notwithstanding the wetness of the weather, the state of Enions legs and fect, and the evident exhaustion of his whole frame, he p,Tsevcrtal with a determination almost incredible;— bsas were considerably agairnt him, but having com pleted much more than half his tusk, his friends have .;!rong hopes of his ultimate success; while the weakness and languor he now constantly exhibits, portends a sud den and certain failure. The Heath is cmwdetl daily to an excess, far exceeding that which distinguished the manor exploit of Wilsoo; and the Hare and Bill,* hourly esh:bits a scene scarcely to be described, affording at once to the labourer and the mechanic—the merchant and the man of fashion, amusement and accommdation. 't . r.tot s Im ettItTATIII%. A few d,q. ariee,a ramcan,loada d 2;) collide of luxe., imported from Frasier by Milne' sport ing gentlemen, passed through %It/bloom , . Of course no duty was paid for these tarsal Animals, they being rim goods. F.II7CACMOINIARN VOlt,“ ITN. Joirrnfti ( 1, 1 1,41,4 1 n r th e 27th nlt. nit.ettion , , as all instance of crei Vint •appetite, that young mom a natise of rootrileati%, oily ten years IX age, Ili - soot ed at an tiitig-lwit4e in that cll%, on the v:II, a wig/ . tlit re months Mil. %shit+ had hero roasted on a Tit for his dinner, to eonsilitiebee of a considerable scatter. rpn aril+ of ten thunitand livee servants are said to LC now out ofplace in different past. of Enxland. . . _ From Leicestershire we learn, that thronzla the activity of the Magistrates, and of the officers sent down from I Assidott, two men were on Thuirsility !nought to Leicester gaol, on sot— pieion of being concerned in the al tack neon Mr. Ileatheote's illalilitiVelOty at 1.1111:4111101'01101. Another 111311 is in 1'10041%* la 'Ma glibilltlgil—and one letter says, that two of the gang have impeached their accomplices. When they entered the mantific. tot v, they had their faces blacked, and each was armed with a bayonet t hung thrum/It the button-bole of the evat). a pistol, and a hatchet. Their Captain. as they 'called him, was momited on a tine horse. and leaped over the toll-gate going to Ashby de la %ouch. The 1 guard whom they shot in the neck has hail floe ball esti:tiled, toil is Said to heiwt Of &Vigil'. RV the deArtietion 00 his ntannfactory ,a bin e hands are thrown out of employment. Tlt UN 111:11.ilTaii M. —On Satin - day selittight, between one and t w o i n th e ; Wr e nn, ~,,, the annotio y of the ea stir. in this city is as struck wits lightning, during the continuance Or a ti1111111( . 1"- Nilaill. The fluid entered at the chimnca, passed through the ceiling. knocked down and broke sei crab drums. ran limn sword to ord, tor king them in iliticient plat es, unit tracing the scabbards ; f the swords it strink it pile of pikes, and; encountering . a nail, went through the flour into the nett apart. moat : here it wits ;Inflicted by the point of a bayonet, which it melted blunt, and thener ran fium 111113 k et to notskut--,init . tering to pieces the stuck 0110 in the bottom tier, and forc ing ;a *crew out of the maid timid ; filially, it went thronoli the under floor where there were several nail. , bi contact with each ( whet, anti stink into the earth. The eta 1111 l e‘, where the lb:lo wing first stritek, is very lunch shattered, and ,once of the ht is„s 1.1 :I es , ll I*l l ilisiatice. 'there was only a single clap of thunder, and at the tittle it burst Nit - . Dalrymple and t•vo men were in the garden near the •nnottry. The shock was tre11ICU1111115; each thought the cr.lier killed. ft was.pro videntiat the high g not strike the magazine ; if it hail the town would hav e bean much Ataken, as there is a large quantity of powder in store. Two men were killed by tits 1141ittung about the same time near Pretaan.-4-61/iirdr parer.