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

JJYL7. DREADFUL WAR IN AFRICA. In our last Paper we mentioned an account which had appeared in the Dutch Journals, of a War that was ravaging, the Western coast of Africa. It was transmitted by the Dutch Secretary to Government, at the Castle of St. George, Delinina, datedlsth of M.hrch, and expressed the opinion that our Establishment of Cape Ci;ast Castle miscalled in the Dutch Papers Cape Corse) would not be able to hold out against the furious banditti who were coming down against it. A letter fronsa Gentleman resident at that settlement: furnishes the ibllowing par ticulars-. of the origin and progress of the Negro war. The letter is dated the .22d of March, seven days later than the Dutch Secretary's account, and is the only com munication on the subject that has been received in England:—" Sinae my last (says the Writer) we have been full of trouble, alarm, and confusion at this place, and all along the Fantee coast. It appears, that three or four of the inland Princes, having given some offence to the King of, Ashante, he 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 ter ritory; where they received protection for a time. But being again attacked by at least 20,000 men, it was im+ possible to • stand against them ; and after a sanguinary tattle, the fugit4es could not make a stand, and they were muted and dispersed imall directions. The Ashen tees having afterwards heard that they had found an asylum near this place (Cape Coast Castle), they dispatch sri a part of their army hither, with an intention of d c straying tide town: and I am sorry to say there has been much skirmishing, and several heads taken oft' by the victors (for since the abolition of the Slave Trade, it is the uniform custom of these savages to put all their pri soners to death). Mr. White interfered as soon. as 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 we place no confidence in their pacific pro fessions. All tlic English tbr 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 Commedia; so that there is nothing but war and slaughter all around us. The Annatuabom and all the tribes as far as Bcrracoe, are either murdered or dispersed ; and such is our critical situation, that we know not what will become of us, as it seems impossible fbr any of us to leave the coast, for arc have no ships at hand, and the Lord Mulgravc is not expected in less than a fortnight." The City,. on Tuesday afternoon, was thrown . into much consternation, by the Banking-house of 'Messrs. Bruce, Simpson, Freer, and Mackenzie, Bartholomew- Line, having stopped payment. The firm has published a letter, stating, " how much they lament the inconve nience which will be thus occasioned to their friends by the privation of their funds; and that they are persua ded that the inspection of their accounts will in no respect chew them unworthy of confidence ; and, as men of ho ,:tour, they can boldly assure them, that their properties arc amply sufficient to liquidate every claim against them." We are concerned to state, that in consequence of the stoppage of Messrs. Bruce and Co's Bank in Lon don, the proprietors of the country Bank, Maidstone, Sir William Bishop and Co. were on Thursday morning obli t zed to suspend their payments fbr the present. The \Vantage Bank has suspended its istyments ; this circumstance has caused great distress in the neighbourhood. Two partners in a banking-house not very fiir from the metropolis were sent to Newgatc on Tuesday last, by the Commissioners of Bankrupts at Guildhall, thr not having given a satisflictory account of their property, .aslrequired by Act of Parliament. - The rumour, that Lord Liverpool and Mr. Vansittart were about to retire from the Ministry, has been contra dicted. A deputation of merchants in the Quebec trade had an interview with Lord Melville, and the Board of Admit; salty on Saturday. They represented to the board, that I , in consequence of the seamen belonging to the merchant vo:sels arrived out at Quebec having been offered 90s. per month to serve in his Majesty's ships on Lakes .Eric and Ontario, whilst they received only 355. per month in the merchants service, the whole of the crews had left their employ and joined the navy, and the ships were de tained at Quebec, to the great loss of the owners of the vessels and cargoes. Lord Melville reminded the 4;e:ide s:nen, that it had invariably been the custom duriag peace to obtain men for his Majesty's ships of war in the colo nies by means of the merchant service. With respect to the wages given, at the rate of !)os. per month, his lord ship was totally at a loss to explain, as only per month were allowed by Government. If any advanoe was made beyond that sum, it must have been done by way of bounty. He assured the deputation, that no time should be lost in writing out to the proper officers t.) allow all the accommodation in their power to the merchant-vessels; and promised, at the same time, that Gtn•ernonent would as speedily as passible send out a n ranvort, with men, to supply the deficiency of bands i s North America. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ROYAL FAMILY. Friday a Guard of Honour entered the Court-yard of Carlton-house, attended by the Band of the 3d Foot Guards, in their state clothes. A party of the Life Guards were stationed in Pall-mall. Although the wea ther was unfityourable, a great concourse of people was attracted, by whom the Duke of Wellington was recog nized, and followed to the Regent's Court, with loud huzzas. Prince Leopold, attended by Sir R. Gardiner and Baron Elardenbrocke, arrived from the entrance by the Park ; both the Prince and the Duke wearing Field Marshal's uniforms. His Grace waited at the door of the grand entrance to receive the Prince, attended by his Staff. These august personages cordially embraced, the Band playing God save the His Royal High ness then held the Entr:e Levee, which was attended by the Dukes of York, Kent, and Gloucester ; Princes Leo pold and Esterbazy ; the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Cabinet Ministers; the Foreign Ambasstulors; the Great Officers of State and of the Household ; the Speaker of the House of Commons ; the Judge of the Admiralty ; the Dean of Christ Church, &c.—The De puty High Bailiff of Westminster, Mr. W. Tooke, Mr. Boyce, and a numerous assemblage of the Burgesses, presented an Address to the Regent upon the marriage of the Princess Charlotte with Prince Leopold. Mr. Cotgreaves, the Mayor ; Mr. Jones, the Recorder ; and Mr. Finchctt, the Deputy Town Clerk, attended by Earl and General Grosvenor, presented an Address on the same subject from the City of Chester. ... • After 'the Levee the Regent held an Investiture of the Order of tit,: Bath ; at which Admiral.: Lords Exmouth and Gambier were invested as Knights Grand Crosses of the Order ; and Alajor-Ganeral Sir Sydney Beckwith as a Knight Commander. The Prince Regent will give a grand entertainment on the 12th inst. including a dress-ball ; there are al ready upwards of 1000 cards of invitation distrilmating.— His Royal Highness, with a due consideration for the British sranufactories, has ordered the following notice to be Attached to the cards of invitation " The Prince Regent has expressed himself desirous that the Nobility and Gentry, invited to Carlton House on the I ttli instant, should appear upon that occasion in British tuanufac tures. " Carlton House, 2d Joly, 1816." His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence wits yes terday so far recovered from his recent indisposition, as to be able to take an airing in the vicinity of Bushy Park. On Monday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leo pold prepared a grand dinner for the Duke of Welling ton ; but on account of an arrangement of the Cabinet Ministers, which could not be dispensed with, forshis 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 not be surprized at this conduct of his Grace. They are attended by no one who 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 therefore attach some importance to a meeting which thus called. his Grace from his pre-engagement. His Grace's Staff, however, dined with the Prince and %mess. They consisted of •land Hill, Sir E. Puget, Sir IL Ferguson, Sir G. Walker, Sir E. Stopford, Sir T. Greville, Lord F. Somerset, Lord A. Hill, Colonels Hervey and Freemantle, and Sir W. Houston, together with Lord and Lady Keith, and several oth r distinguished characters. After dinner, however, his Grace paid his respects to the l'rincess 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 throe things, for• which the good old King was remarkable, viz :—to be very punctual—never to bred a promise—or forget a friend. A Morning_ Paper says. " The Letters so formally an-. nounced 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 12th inst. : but the precise day is not fixed. On Thursday the 11th instant, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent, Sussex, and Gloucester, and his Se rene Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, will attend at Guildhall, to receive the freedom of the City. They will afterwards dine with the Lord Mayor at the Man sion-House; and in the evening upwards of 2000 per sons are invited. The Lord Mayor has shown great an xiety to promote the wearing of Spitalfields manufac ture; and we hope, on this occasion, both Ladies and Gentlemen will endeavour, as much as possible, to sup port that benevolent intention. Letters from Gentian!: announce, that the Queen of Wirtemberg is in a lamentable state of weakness. Her Majesty can only take the air in a small chariot drawn by little horses. Her laudable occupation has been tier years since to superintend the education of young per sons of distinction, and w commul.;cate to them a pox.- ' Sion of her own distinguished aequiresueuts. IVALTZING. Get all the Ladies that you can, And let each Lady have a man; Let them, in a circle plae'd, Take :heir partners round the waist; Then by slow degrees advance, Till the walk becomes a dance ; Then the twirling, face to face, Without variety or grace, • %Hind and round, and never stopping, Now and then a little hopping ; When you're wrong, to make 'things worst, Ilene couple, so perverse, Should in the figure he perplex'd, Let 'ens be knock'd dawn by the next. " tstilicker now," the Ladies ca y; They rise, they twirl, they swing, they Ay; Puffing, blowing, jostling, squeezing. Very odd, but very pleasing— Till ev'ry Lady plainly shows, (Whatever else she may disclose), Reserve is nut among her faiilts;— Reader, this it is to waltz! Atgyle Rooms, Fiiday, June 24 1810. 173 FATAH THE PEDESTIHANT.---Thig extraordinary ara.. bulator, yesterday evening, at six o'cltick, completed 778 miles.—The task of the pedestrian during the past week has appeared to be peculiarly severe; but notwithstanding the wetness of the weather, the state of Eaton's legs and feet, and the evident exhaustion of his whole frame, he - persevered with a determination almost incredible; — bets were considerably against him, but having com pleted much more than half his task, his- friends have strong hopes of his ultimate success; while the weakness and languor he now constantly exhibits, portends a sud den and certain failure. The Heath is crowded• daily to • an excess, far exceeding that which distinguished the ' minor exploit of Wilson; and the Hare and Billet' hourly — exhibits a scene scarcely to be described, affording at once to the labourer and the mechanic—the merchant and the man of fashion, amusement and accommodation. - Ct.:mots IMPORTATION.—A few flays siace,a caravan, loaded with '2 5 couple of foxes, imported from France by some sport ing gentlemen, passed througb Maidstone. Of course no duty was paid fur these uolestaniands, they being run goods. BON MOT.—Two Gentlemen ( whose Waterloo medals sheav ed them to be military) having been introducedso each other, . at a party, a few nights ago, one of them said to the other— .' I think, Sir, I had the pleasure of meeting you last summer, . at the Duke of Richmond's Ball, at Brussels."—" No, Sir, said he, ,` I had not the honour of being at his Grace's Ball ; bat we • probably met about that time at Napoleon's Grand Rod, as I . see we were Ilea there." JUSTIFICSTIO7I,-0/1 an areident which happened •itstrus little time ago to one of the public coaches, where a number of the passengers were most seriously injured, one of the pro prietors, to whom application wa.s made, replied," It was a shame for people to find fault as they Old, when the coachman himself IVUS killed." SYMPTOMS OF POVERTY. —A person, in describing the total want of company at a race in the. North, obeerved, " That he saw .there oily two jockies, one horse, and a stray black legs.', .11CaTIFIAaaa LAMCNTAIII , N.—A *quack, doctor, inveighing • against "the vast ingratitude of base mankind," said, theca were a 'mother of people who had once praised and supported his medicine—but now their forgetfulness was latch, that he did not know where to find them. " You call not have searched properly (said an acquaintance)--look among thetomb•stones.'. EXTR AfIRDINARY VORACITY. —Lc J.urnut des betas of the 27th ult. mentions, as an imutince of excellent appetite, that a young man., a natics of Bourdeaux, only CO years of age, de soured at an eating-house in that city, on the a 'coif three months old, which had been roasted on a spit for his dinner, in consequence of a considerable wager. Upwards of ten thousand livery servants are said to be now out of place in different pasts of England. From Leicestershire we Learn, that through the activity of the Magistrates, and of the officers sent down. from ][...;6n, _ two melt were on Thursday brought to Leicester gaol, on sus picion of being collect ned in the attack upon Mr. Heatheote's manufactory at Loughborough. Anotherman is in custody at Loughborough—and one letter says, that two of the gang have impeached their accomplices. When they enteied the manatitc tory, they had their fates blacked, hnd each was armed with a bayonet (hung through the button-hole o f the coat), a pistol, and a hatchet. Their Captr.in a as they called him, was mounted on a tine horse, and leaper: over the toll-gate going to Ashby de la Zouch.. The poor tr.lard whom they shot in the neck has had the ball extracted, mai is said to be out of danger. fly-4 the destruction of this manufactory, above VA Lauds are thrown out of employment-• 'NUN imitiaoßt4.—On Saturday sennight, between one and • two in the afternoon, the armoury of the castle in this city was struck with lightning, during the continuance of a thunder storm. Thediuid entered at the chimney, passed through the ceiling, knocked dawn and broke several drums. ran from sword to sword, melting them in different places, and tearing the scabbards ; from the swords it struck a pile of pikes, and, encountering a nail, went thirongh the floor into the nest apart ment : here it was attracted fry the point of a bayonet. which it incited blind, and thence ran time musket to musket —shat • tering to pieces the stock of one in the bottom tier, and forc ing a screw out of the solid wood finally, it went through tho under floor where there were several nails in contact with each ether, and surds into the earth. The chimney, where the light ning first struck, is very h shattered, and 'oink. of the bricks were thrown a considerable distance. There was only 4 single clap of thunder, and at the time it burst Mr. Dalrymple and two men were in the t,arrilen near the armour. The shock wa s tremendous; each thought the other killed . was pro vidential the lightning Aid not strike th e if it had the town would have been much shaken, as there is a large quantify of powder ie store. Two men were killed by the lightuirrg about the sense time near Preston.--t (grad, paper. Friday a Common Hall was held for the election of a Slu riff; to •urve with B- Kirby, Esq. in the room of W. Moontford, who had refused to gise hoed to take upon him the same; when W- Piclsming, Esq. was elected. PREFERMENT. The Rev. Dr. Scott, many years Private Secretary and Chaplain to the late I.onl Nelson, to vlw living o csttaia, u , :az Eu 1111101341, yori k . bur, iz the gift of got CIONVI‘