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PAS1110:!A DIE INTELLIGENCE. The Ma. Col. and Mrs. Howard from Added Park. to Wilmer futle. lkal. Arrivals at Blakes lintel, .feianyn-street :—Mr., \lra.. and Miss Parrott, from Cheltenham ; Wm. Garforth, Esq. from Brighton. P e ures from divot—it ibert 31arshatn, Esq and Miss Mar eapartm. f Norfolk. RAMSGA7 E, Ara. 30. It is tupposcil our town was never fuller of company since it has been a place of public resort, than it is at this t i me . Vont May, and this day. have been intensely and oppressively hot ; so much so, that the City of London packet, which left us this morning at the early hour of half mast seven O ' Clilek, with about 150 passengers for London, 'u.! theawning up, which is very unusual at meeting. The public attention en Saturday, yesterday. arid this d a y, has been principally drawn to religious and benevolent purposes. , I on Saturday, the Archbishop of ('antrrbury eonseciateu I• -0 of ground attached to St. Lawrence's Church, as a burying-ground. Yesterday, there were no less than five charity scrrnoi,a preached in this and the neighbouring towns, via. one at the Chapel of Ease to St. Lawrence, by the Rev. Mr. Harvey. the Vicar ; anti at the Independent chapel called Ebenezer Chap el, by the Rev. Mr. Towrce who has been Minister of that chapel 39 years • one at St. I Peters at Margate; and, lastly, at Minster. They were all , far the benefit of the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, pa trembled by the King. The plates at the Chapel of Ease in this town, were held by the Countess of Nl:msfieltl, Miss Manatee Sutton, and several other lathes of distinction. The parish church of this populous and increasing town ig • considerable distance on the Canterbury road ; and !Militia being inconveniently situated, was not large enough to accommodate those who resorted to it in the summer season; and, in ronsequence, an application was made to Government for aid to build another church, which has been granted, the inhabitants having subscribed 2,0001., ard agreed to borrow 4,00(11. more on the parish security. I A proper site having been obtained, great exertions were made for having the first stone of the new church laid during the time the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Bishop of the diocese) continues to honour us with a visit ; and this teeing the day fixed upon for the purpose, preparations were accordingly made foe the ceremony. From an early hour in the morning, strangers were ! fucking into the town from Margate, Cantahury, and the I surrounding towns and villages, in a great variety of ' rehicles, to see the ceremony, and at certain times of the' thy, High-street was so full, that, as it was commonly ob served, the people's heads might be walked on. The town itself displayed a very gay scene, and the pro cession was formed a little before eleven o'clock, in the square of Albion-place, and arrived on the ground a few minutes before twelve o'clock, and entered the inelosure with a band playing the 100th Psalm. Every thing was arranged with the greatest °rev, an uninterrupted view was preserved, and every respectful attention paid to her Boyal Highness the I)ucliens of Kent, who was aecomoan'ed Icy die Princess Feollor, attended by the Baroness de Spaedth, Capt. Conway, &e. 'l'hc ceremony commenced with the Rev. Mr. Harvey offering a prayer, &e. 'l'he Archbishop of Canterbury Tien descended to lay the stone, which was let down with a tackle prepared for the purpose. The ceremony bring concluded, the Archbishop of Canterbury returned to the front of the Duchess of Kent's seat, where his Grace offered prayer to the Almighty, imploring a blessing en the pro ceedings of the day, and that the church akout to be erected aught be a blessing not only to the present generation, hut also to ages to come. 'l'he procession then left the ground in the tame order as it entered it. the band playing God acre the King. Seen aftei, the Earl of Liverpool left for Walnrer Castle. THE QUARTERLY REI7EIr. The 60th Number of the guarPrly Review has been poldishyl some days, and we thick• we can hardly say more in its praise, than that it is worthy to rank with the best of its preflecesaors. There is One article in particular, on the West India Colonies, which, from the temperate strain in which it is written, and the facts which it brings forward to the view of the pulite, we can with coutidenc., recom mend to our read, rs. One point which, in our opinion, this paper es:Wising, is, that the pleadings on both sides of the question are often quite irrelevant to the serious groundsof the question itself, which really is, whether you can substitute tree labour for slave labour, without doing injustice and injury to the Flamer ; bemuse it is not enough that you sem tit that the negro, by being placed in a state of slavery, is unjostly treated, but in freeing him, do you not treat his master with injustice, unless you give him a compensation for his late? _ _ lii fact, it is not the plant but the British Government, who have t staldished and supported slavery, until it has become a part of our colonial system; and no new light which the Government may have received, can justify it iii d:priving its s•ibjecti of their property, without giving them an equivalent for it. A large proportion of the nobility and rote./ of England possess lands which at one period belonged to the church ; and we are told by the Opposition, that the lands of the church are the property of the public. If they aro so, no length of time can alienate it, and the Kings who gave away what was the property of the State to their creatures and favour ite", did that which they had no right to don How would these Nob!effwft and Gentlemen now look, staunch Whigs sa they ma}• be, if they saw the lands of the Wilford family, for anstanc:., which were grant• d by Henry VIII. to the ancestor of that illustrious. and highly-gintal `louse, is reward for his talents (as a buffhon), reclaimed by Par liament, and sold t' relieve the public debt? The plain fact is, that what is a man's property by ling prescription, must be held to be his property in pet ptuity, else the people of the rnittsi States of America must yield up their Ines to the (biers of Indian tribes. with unpronounceable name', from whose ancestors they were taken by force or fraud ; and the good people of Great Britain (at least nine s nths of th wi) must set ow in a body to the banks of the Danube, by the same route that Hengist and Borba irought over their Saxon hordes, and leave the country to th- Taffies of WAR, and the unbreechesl and d.•atibar !'amus tlf airing of the Highlands, to whom of . (if we are to take original right fur our rule) it most unques tionably belongs. Pees ;IA X Loth, negoelyed by Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in Loudon, in I:4lB.—The half-yearly dividend in the , shave loan, which becomes due on Friday, the Ist of October next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. Rothschild on °IE .!" every preceding day (Sundays excepted), between "In of ten and two, at his counting-house, No, 2, .'""t'art, St. Swithites-lane. The div:dend warrants, LA a Pat thcreof, in numerical order, must be left one d ay for examination. The corps• of the late Mr. Abraham Mcuteflore arrived " 11 11 " Thl ay n i ght at his house at Stamford Bill in a hearse with fine herses. IVe understand that die funnel will : 4 ; I' l lc: this d ay about three o'clock. It will be at 'T"ed.bY th? whol e of th e f am il y , w i t h a naincrous ret i nue .-triag es of friends and relatives. Thursday, the monied men from London held a with the Bankers at Paris on the new loan asked in : when it was resolved to reject the overtures from Anish Government, while the exchanges continued burdrni with unac knowledged, and therefore worth- Spanish loans. ntence of contumacy, wh'eli had been pronounced st the Dean of Christi hiuch, Dublin, was on Thurs ,latt reseeded at the adjourned Visitation at St. Pat ° Cathedral the Dean then making his appearance tubmission.' slam! Catalanra husband, formerly an Officer of •.7. Was made a Chevalier at the last promotion. Vi " d ri'llA it appears, is engaged at the Edits tberre. at a salary of ten guineas per week. The , ie . inent of this eire tnnstanee to t h e S co t c h audience thrived with thunders ot applause. ; 19Paharity of our native artiste is daily and de '7 .rnertining. At the present Norwich Exhilii ditch is the twentieth, there are no less than VIP 'ram that Vic ptiLl:c interest is about to be con- Ihr establislimtut of a new Company in Landon etin g a ready supply of water in case of fire, as well l int ,""tie PurPo.i - ; and that books arc opened kr loons at the banking-house of Messrs. Glynn and !chin-lane ; and Messrs. Deethain and Son, Free -Tom. . . WAR WIT!! THE ASRANTEEt We have been favoured —ore...— with the following highly in -1 Wresting article relative to the war with the Ashanten, by ,Captain A. C. Laing, of the Royal African Colonial Corps:— The state of our colonial afraih on the Gold Coast has, from the. recent occurrence of several melancholy and trigstal events, neves airily created an unusual de,;:ce of interest in this country; the real value and importance of the teossessions have beembe a ques. Lion of general debate; and opinion is divided as to the policy and propriety of the occupation or total abandonment of settle , meets, which appear so destructive to European existence, and t hold out so little prospect of future advantage. But as these topics (at least if we are to be guided by the paragraphs put forth in Yeti . nus ephemeral publications), as well as the circumstances leading Ito the unfortunate and unnatural war in which we are at present engaged, appear to be very imperfectly understood, aridng, of I (nurse, from the little information possessed respecting these pot sessions, which, until lately, were buried in comparative obieurity, whose inductee, indeed, was usikitmen to many 0), the tollowing concise account has been hastily drawn up, entirely *Atli a view of furnishing a slight data upon which an estimate may be formed of their worth, as alai of the conduct and transactiont of those con. cerned in their immediate management : Tile fortresses at present garrisoned in that quarter by the British are four in number, aid extend from west to east in the order they are here enumerated, viz. Dix Cove, Cape Coast Castle, An 'amebae, and Aeera; of these Cape direst Castle is :he most considerable, in point of appearance and strength VI), but the most valuable in point of trade are Annainaboe and Accra; the latter by far the most desirable of any of our possessions as a situation for Hums, h ring in its rear a tine healthy open country, of several miles in extent. Cape Coast Castle, as a place of trade, is of little import ince to Great Britain, being fans k for nothing except the insolence of its inhabitants, which, from the pliancy and dwaidsh ' power of the late African Company, was not untrequently per mitted to proceed to the most alarming extents; and it was to the ' agency of this insolence, which has but too often been exerted with farness against the whites, and shown more than once towards the subjects of the King of Ashantee, that the town is in lebted for the suspension tit trade and intercourse with the interior, for a period of more than three years. The situation is extremely un favourable for the luropeen constitution, as has be e n l a t e ly too substantially proved by the great mortality which has prevailed among the whites of all classes; and although this formidable evil might. in the course of time, and with considerable expense, be remedied, et the difficulties which oppose themselv es in the dele terious quality of the water, and the scarcity of fresh provisions, are sec msiderable, that as WOO as matters are settled, and friendly relation, ente.ed into with the Ashantees, it may become • question wirthy the attention of Government, whether this expensive and useless fortification may not be abandoned: at the present moment, however, while a large force is requisite for the defence of the ' coast, its occupation is a matter of absolute necessity, as the only situation on the Cold Coast which, from the extent of its public buildings, can afford a shelter to the troops. These brief observa tions rnspecting the relative value of the settlements are merely given by way of prelude to some remarks which will be °Hived on the subject of future occupation, as soon as the Milli which led to the present war are explained. In a well-written work which has lately appeared, the production of Mr. Dupuis. late British Consul at Coutnassie, a considerable degree of pains has been taken to throw the whole onus of the war upon the shoulders of Mr. Smith, the late Company's Governor at Cape Coast Castle, but whether the serious accusations with which he is charged, are well-Sounded or not, it is not the intention of the writer of this article to inquire; their refutation is left to those who may be more hitt rested, and who, being present at the time of their stated occurrenee, are better able to attempt it. Suffice it for hint, in the mean time, to observe, that he is aware of the existence of various, as yet unpublished, opinions on the subject, which, when they do meet the light, as in all probability they shortly will, may materially alter the present received opinion respecting the policy of the 11113111UTCS pursued by that gentleman. To proceed, therefore, to the outline of the immediate, and not the remote, causes of the war, 'illicit latter are so mysteliously involved with party feeling, that their truth cannot be easily ascertained, it appears that in the year 11119, shortly after the return of Mr. Hutchinson from Coomaude, a misuittieratanding, (followed by a demand of , - - 1,601.1 ounces of gold. on the castle, nod a like sum on the town), arose between the Authorities on the coast, and the King of Ashantee, relative to an article in the treaty framed by 31r. Bow. ditch in the year 1817 (3). This misunderstanding, which it was expected the presence or Mr. Dupuis at Cotnntassie would entirely remove, was renewed immediately on the return of that gentle- I man, whose residence at the AsUnlace capital appears to have been too short to have secured any permanent advantage, had matters been even in a more settled state titan that in which he round them ; and it is here to be sincerely regretter! that any dis. agreement between the Company's (officers and 31r. Dupuis should have induced hint to lay aside the advantages of reciprocal and friendly intercourse, which it is evident, front his own account of the favourable disposition or the Kung of .tshantce, he might have teen enabled by a little etoreistency and perseverance to secure. The misunderstanding which existed, together with the impru dent and insolent conduct or the people or Cape Coast, led to a suspension of intercourse between its inhabitants and the Ashen tees, who appeared very undecided at to their future intentioos. At this period (the beginning of 11121) an act combining at once the greatest atrocity, and utmost contempt for the authorities of Cape Coast Castle, was tom eel by a party of Fantees stationed at a town new an abandoned Mitch tort, called 11Iaurte, In the seizure of a native, who hail for many years lived under the pro tection of the castle, and in the 'subsequent inhuman murder, by the severest torture, of the unfortunate men at the above mentioned place. Alr. Smith on being apprised of this horrible act, indignant at the contempt shewn to the British Hag, amt acting at once upon the first impulse of his feelings (and who similarly situated could have acted otherwise?) despatched an armed furee to Mource with orders to secure the perpetrators of the murder, but the party in the execution of (Ilk they being tired (4) upon by the Fantees, was necessitated in self-defence to return the compliment, when an action ensued which terminated in the defeat of the Fantees and the death of Paytttre their Chief. About the close of the action, Prince Adam). an .Ishantee Chief, who was encamped with a tbree in the vicinity or Cape ('oust. waiting the onler of recall from his Sovereign, made his appearance, and assumed a threateningattitude, insomuch that the party from the castle, apprehensive that their return might be endangered, sent to Cape Coast for assistance, which being' promptly atfmled, (5) the .Ishantee Chief altered his menacing intemions, and sent to acquaint the officer in command, that he had merely conic to lend his assistance in settling the palaver. Although this decisive act of Mr. Smith's has been severely censured by sonic, and, although it has been affi r med positively to be the circum stance which icti to the sae, yet it must, in justice to that gentle man, be refuted, rue the King of Aohnutcc replied in answer to the communication tussle to him on the subject by Mr. Smith, that he entirely approved of the method which had been resorted to for the punishment of the offence committed. .......... After this esidanation with the King of Ashantee, his people visited the settlements of Annamaboe and Accra, as usual lor the Purposes of trade, and although Cape Coast was, from a kind of Jealousy or suppressed hostility, shut out trout participating in any mercantile advantage with the interior, yet there ass ITO demon. titration of hostility on either side, nor was there, subsequent to the Monter affair, till August, 11123, an Ashantee force within a hun. dredntilss of the Coast: Affairs were pretty nearly in this sitoation, when, In the month of April, lif22, the late rite C. M•Cartlty took possession of the forts in behalf of the Crown. Mains of course were far Inen bearing a flattering spect, hut certainly they were by no means so radically bad but that they alight have been placed in a favourable and advantageous train, hail either Mr. South or Mr. Dupuis (to the fernier of whom Sir Charles applied in person, to the latter by letter) afliirtled hint that inform:anon which, sensible of his igno , ranee of the politics of the (told Coast, he in vain sought for. lle had a right to expect, and was eager to obtain this, but which, fail ing in them, he was at length compelled to look for among the ex aggerated pages of the late Mr. llowilich I lf, therefore, after a perusal of those works which so considerably us er.ratrd the power, character, and coy equence of the Ashantees, he was induced to adopt a contrary opinion, it cannot be looked upon as a matter of wonder, for as there exists considerable difficulty to thole unac. custometl to the process. in separating the pure from the baser metal, so was it impossible for Sir Charles to form from such mixed materials a just estimate of the people he was about to con tend with; he theretiire came to that conclusion which lie most de sired, and in which he was encouraged by sonic who might have known better, viz. that the Ashantees were by no means so formi. dable a race as represented, and that by a steady and lint, line of conduct, with the means in his possession, he might c'•eck their overgrown authority, and obtain fur itiatisslf sufficient inflaence on , the coast to bring about those improvements among the surround , log tribes, in agriculture, commerce, and civilization, which he was time anxious to promote and encourage. Ile nevertheless enter , trained a sufficient idea of the warlike spirit and determination of the Ashantees when opposed to people of their own colour, to make vigoreur preparations toe encountering them ; and but for the opi. nion which he tinfortimarely entertained "that they would not dare to encounter white men" (h), there can exist but little doubt that his exertions would bare been ere now crowned with the success which they so richly deserved. Itefore returning from this digres sion on the opinions of tiir Charles 31`Cartity regeraling the Ashan tees to the history of the war, it will just be necessary to observe, that they were nut adopted—at all events not expressed—tilt th e actions of these p.ople at a subsequent period caused him to loch upon them as enemies. It'llest he took possession of the forts, they were regarded by hint in the saute light as the natives oldie rest of Africa; and although he was equally as desirous of cultivating a good understanding, and of promoting trade and intercourse with them to the fullest extent, yet he committed a grand error in nut sending to assure the King of Ashantee of his friendly and pacific intentions : he, r.evertheless, to explained himself at all his pals. Vert, at which many Ashantees were often present; he publicly, and on every fit occasion, inculcated the blessings and happiness arising from a state of peace and ncrer bethought himself of w ar until absolutely compelled,a;td till far beyond the reach tat his power to avert it. Sir Charles Slllarthy, In proceeding to assume the command on the Gold Coast, was merely attended by his personal staff, and thus .hovel his desire of complying implicitly with the instructions from Government, of offering employment to as many of the Company's officers as were inclined to enter the service; but it might have been for the interest of that unfortunate and ill-fated country, if an alter_ native had been allowed him, and that he had been empowered, if requisite to be independent of these gentlemen, some of whom, seeing that Sir Charles was under the uecesvity of employing them, and that it was out of his power to carry on the duties without their immediate assistance, showed a disinclination to enter the service; while others absolutely refused, and lived long enough to repent of their folly (7u Governor Smith refused the offer of Lieut.-Col. and Sleuth's of the Council, with am much disdain as Dlr. Dupuis did a similar totrer front dir. Smith; and many of his partisans felt such a pride in followiug his example, that those who accepted of (1) In February last, • note to a letter of Mr. Beleinra, pub.l fibbed in the Morning Herald, acquaints us that Cape Coast Cas tle is a fortress on the Gold COY!. (2) In resisting a native force only, Annamaline is a better sea battery, and being a regular quadrangular fortification, could offer more resistance to a regular force. (3) The King of Ashanteo insisted that he undersmod from Mr. Dowditch, that the penalty for any infraction of the treaty was to be a fine of gold. and his assertion is believed by 3lr. Dupuis; but the note (page 2110) by Mr. Hutton, breathes Dior: generosity, and is well worthy of attention. (4) That the enemy fired first is admitted by the publication in Mr. Dupuis' work, of the letter of Mr. Collier, Captaiii of the linen]. How, therefore, ran he say, " Thus it appears, from the dearest evidence, that we were the first who appe a led to arms ?" In the situation Mr. S. wall placed with the Ashantees who hail attempted to infringe upon the treaty made by dlr. Bowditch in the demand for gold—in his uncertainty that satisfaction would be' given to him for so glarieg a n insult--he could not possibly have acted otherwise ; no appeal 111 the Dutch Governer at Elinina was neecsssry, for they had long before abandoned Alooree. anal claimed no authority over the people, neither had the Dutch flag been hoisted there for several years. (ii) The military talent of Mr. Smith (if it erre was expected that he Phonic' have any), cannot be consich•rell to have *offend in the smallest degree from the manner in which this affair was con. , ducted ; for Mr. S. was well aware when lie left Cape Coast in the defenceless state adverted to by Mr. Dupuis (page 2911), that his enemy was before him, and th:4 Wispy disposition to attack had been evinced, he colon:ended the road, and could with case fall back in time to secure its safety. His This most singular opinion was not one of his own forms.' then, but adopted by the representations of Mr. G. Robertson, whom Mr. Dupuis notices in the nth chapter of his work, as being left by him in the capacity . of Acting CousuL As this gentle:nan had for many years been in the habit of constant intercourse with the natives, and was generally considered a man of talent and ob servation, he was much consulted by Sir Charles. His opinion of the government of the late t:ompany exactly assimilated itself with that of Hr. Dupuis, and his opinion of the means possessed by Sir', Charles Mac earthy, of opposing the Ashautces, may be best un_! derstood by acquainting the reader that he wan the Editor of the Gold (',ore( Gazelle, and the author of all those ebullitions which predicted the downfall of the .Ishantees. (71 One of these Officers replied, in answer to an observation made by one of Air Charles's staff; • Pray, if we were all to put ourselves on board of ship, and go home, what would Si r Ch ar l es do?' rhe individual, Iregret to say, is no snore, having fallen in the action of the 21st January, and the circumstance is only alluded to, in order to point out the unpleasantness of the situa tion of the Governor-General when he heat arrived en the cunt. In justice to those gentlemen who did enter the service, it must be' stated that they soon altered the opinions they at first entertained, and by their zeal in the performance of thcir various duties, showed, how anxious they were to assist Sir l'ltarles in the midst of the difficulties with which he was afterwards (ft) This charge against Mr. Sudth, which repels the one made by Mr. Dupuis, in page 2111 of his work, was coo t tnook a t,d to the writer by the late Sir Charles 31`Cartity himself. (9) an the time of the Company's administration, blacks were not permitted the privilege of trading, and . vessel whose Captain disposed of merchandise to a native, would he mitered front the anchorage : if men are erevented from making money by honest and industrious means, tiley will endeavour to procure it in another way, and this has been clearly pointed nut by N. Dupuis in that pan of his work which relates to the trailing system. (ID; It is evident from the perusal of the treaty made by Mr. Dupuis, that the Kirg Intl no right to Rene the sergeant upon any pretence, he being a native residing under British protection, and entitled to the benefit of British laws. The Delina,!goose, has arrivi4l at Ikal, and the Essequibo in the Clyde. both from Demerara. They bring I'apers to the tlth of July, but they possess no further interest than furnishing evidence that all remain tranquil in the colony. OfFORD CIRCUIT. GLOUCESTER ASSIZES, Almost' Et luau emrileirer was indicted for robbing Win. /lodges, by means of a threat. Mr. Twits stated, that the prosecutor was a collector of rates in the parish of Stroud; and on the 12th of July, at a place called IVhite's-hill, he eras accosted by the prisoner, whd &eked him what he was going about. He said, collecting the rates. The prisoner said that he could not pay his rates; and the prosecutor, thinking • small sum of money would be of service to the prisoner, offered him a shilling to serve some notices for him, which he did ; and then the prosecutor went on with his collection, and in the evening the prisoner asked the prosecutor to treat him with some beer, wiech he did, in • small parlour in • neighbouring public-house. After they had drank together and paid the bill, the prisoner, observing that the prosecutor had a good deal of money with him, asked fur another shilling, to have more beer, which he consented to; and after it was drank, the prisoner ran to the door of the room, and ▪ "If you don't give me all the money you have in your pocket, I will accuse you." The prosecutor said, "Are you mad ?" "No," said the prisoner "I am not mad: but my rent is not paid, and I must have three pounds." The prosecutor, much intimidated, gave him all the silver he had about him, and he let hint go out of the room. Mr. envies was enlarging on the enor. miter of the prisoner's °fleece, when Mr. JUSiIICE, the priteiner's Counsel, rose end objected that the Counsel fur the prosecution n.ight open facts, bet not make observations against a prisoner on a c ipital charge. Mr. Justice LITT LP:DALE thought that in a ease of this kind it was better to make as few observations as possible. IVilliain Hodge( said, I live in the parish of Stroud. and am Collector of the Hates. I was out collecting on the morning oe the 12th of July. 1 went to it'hite's Hill. I saw the prisoner. That was at about a quarter iteter twelve o'clock. Ile was then in the road, near a wall. I had in my hand my rue book, and a timelier of notices which I Icft at the hom!' of persons who were no: at home or could not pay me. Ile asked if I had not one for him. I said 1 had, and he said with an oath, " I cannot pay you, for I have not paid my rent, h u t if y ou w ill g i ve me a shi lling I will 'thew you where all the petiole live." I agreed to do so, soil he showed me their residences, which were numerous, and at shout seven o'clock in the evening we go:to the Rose Inn at Pagan Hill. He said he wanted some refreshment, and t said 1 wanted some too. He said he expected that I should give him some beer. 1 told the landlady I wonted a table to write 'men, and she ,hewed us into a nar:our that a Ijoined the tap-room. I did not ask the land - ' lady to &hew me nit any other room, but I was going into another room, when the 1 milady told me I could not have it, as a laity was sewing there. Th it rou:n opened into the kitchen, and window of it looked .nto t street. We had some refreshment, bread and cheese and beer, which we sat down at the table, and partook of, and then I examined my accounts, and made some memorandums. During this time Cue prisoner was sitting there doing nothing. The window of the room we were in looked into the garden of the inn, where there is arealcove where persons drink. We called for two pots of beer, which were brought in by the waiting man. Joseph Lewis came to speak to me about the rates, as I had left a notice at his house. I told him they ntu.t be paid. He stayed near an hour, as it was ten o'clock before he went away, and besides this the door was opened three or four times by persons who die nix come in. They lookid in and ierantly shut the dour again, so that I could not see who they were. appeared to be labouring people by their dress. I rose to go away soon after Lewis went. The prisoner asked to have another pot, 1 having paid for what we had already drunk. The prisoner then said he would stand th et pence tuwanls another pot, and pulled three penny pieces out of his puckee %Viten I paid the reckoning I took out a handful! of ail. ver. This the prisoner saw, and we mid threepence each for • third quart, and when that was drank I got up to go away, end the prisoner followed me tent of the house, and said the shilling I paid him was not enough, as he had lost his des 's work, and he could have earned half a crown at home. I said I agreed to give you only a shilling; he said he must have more, as he owed his rent, and I gave him eighteen-pence, and when I put my hand Into ' my pocket to give it to him, I found that I hail left lily ink-horn in the room. I went beck, and the prisoner followed me; we had gone oat of the house the front way, but the prisoner said there is a nearer way back to the house thruugh the garden ; we went that way, and I saw tome persons In the garden who wore jackets and I frocks ; the prisoner went arenas the garden, and spoke to them. He gave diem something, brit what it WWI Ido not know. We then went bite the house to get the ink-horn. The ptisoucr then paid I will have amither pot of beer and pay for it outsell, and he went out to fetch it, and after we had drank that, 1 got up to go away ; the door was shut; I was mending et that time, the prisoner sitting down. The prisoner jumped up and went to the door; and stood with his back against it, and said with an oath, that he would have all tile money out of my pocket; " I will go and tell your wife that you wished to behave in an improper way. That was all he said. I said "see you mad or drunk ?" He soul " I sin neither. but I will tell your wife, and must have motley." I was frightened; gave hen all the silver I hail; my wife is the best wife in the world, and I was quite like a man thunderstruck. (Tee wit nevi on being further quiationed, stated nearly the same facts, wite the addition of sonic other expressions used by the prisoner.) I thee went home. Croas.esamined by Mr. Jos-erne—l did rot sec the lanlady after I returned to the house, and I did no; speak to tier. She did not bring me any beer ; she might hare come into the room with.: out my knowing I' it though there was a candle in the loom. I ei nl 42 years of age; was eleven years a meant of the Marquis of Strafford; and nine years with toe Powlett. 1 hate lived nine years in the pariah of Stroud ; I have been in France with Copt. Iliggin sun for a shoat time only ; I never was in any other foreign coup. try besides France ; I mean I have been on the Continent, in Lily and in Germene. (The witness seemed very reluctantly to admit that he had been in Italy, and fenced • good deal with the clues. I tem.) I was at Florence; I was not a year abroad in the whole course of my life. I was wish the same wester all the time. 1 forget that I hid been in Italy. The countries are so near togs. they, that going from France to Italy is It Le your going from county Ito county, there being no sea. I call it all one country, but when I got to the different places I knew that they were In different countries. I don't know whether In Italy, thrinally, and France they speak the tome language. I knew when I was at Vienna that I was in Germany, lied that at Florence I was in Italy. I hail no reason fur forgetting Italy, that I know of. I have kept a public-bootie during the nine years I have been in Stroud. I had known the prisoner before, he was a decent young man with a felon:: of three childten. I swear I never asked for a private room for myself anti a young man. I never said any thing of the sort to the landlady ; I never asked for a room at all. I never said of any room theme it was not private enough. The pri. sorter is &labourer. I del not order him beer'and let him drink it in the tap-room, but I thought him proper company for me in the parlour. Lewis is not here. IVhen the preemie opened the door and looked into the room, I said, "Come tn." The prisoner had seen me rcc ire money. I thought it no more friendly than was needful to club three.pence with a labourer fur a pot of beer. I bad got out of the house about a hundred yards down a path towards Stroud before I returned for the ink-horn. It was a line night. Nothing happened as I walked down the held. We walked quite separate. The path was narrow. I will swear that I del not alter the state of my dress ia any way. 1 never asked the prisoner if he could keep a secret; I never offer.el him five shill ings; I never knew James Nichol. The prisetter at the tune he rebeed me, spoke so violently it wait enough to kill a man ;he sp eke it like common conversation. I did rot knock him down, no • dreg him into the tap-room. I had not strength to do It. (The prusecutor was an athletic man, fifty-two years of age, and about live feet ten incites in height. 'rho prisoner was a man rather tinder the middle size). I called for no assistance ; I saw no one when I went out. and ! did not semi for a constable. I recollect •Il that passel, and all I said to him was, " Are you mad or drunk ?" I was cool and collected endugh to remember all that I eased : I could bier the persons talking in the tapoo m. but they could not have heard me unless 1 had exerted myself more than in common conversation : I never asked the prisoner to gi home with we. The prisoner was taken utwo day& alter ; noeody advised me to go before a Magistrate; I nicer knew of any bad reports against me ; I never gave any money nut to mention anything; I know Timms.' Griffiths. Re-esamined—l never was transported, and I went abroad with my mater as a/servant. I gave rny crone) through fear. Esther Hopson said, I keep the Rose Inn at Pagan-hill 3 I re member these parties coming there; I slimed them into the bar. The prosecutor said he wanted a room the himself and a young 'elm that was with bun; I told him there was a person sewing in that room, and he asked for a back parlour, I took in bread and cheese, and beer, and Isaw books and papers on the table, and he ess had papers in his hand. I did not go in again, being at tea. The room the prosecutor an I prisoner were in was oa the ground loot, and any one might look in at the window. In her eroria.extunination the WitT ma gate the prisoner a g•od chr.raeter. 1 The prisoner made a very lung statement in his defence. 3lany of the details wcre in contradiction of the provecutor's statement, and he concluded with saying, that the prosecutor gave him the money to prevent his going before a Magistrate to complain of his (the progenitor - t) conduct. James Nichols said, I live at Pagan bill ; I remember the day in question ; I had been at work at l'aiu's-cross, making hay fur he husband of Mrs. Illisan. After work I came to Hopson 's to have some bread an cheese and beer. I was in the kitchen. When I had been there about ten minutes the ptisooer came in, and asked me to see him righted. I said, that depends on what it is about. flare you been fighting ? Ile said " No ;" but he wished a con. , sable to be sent for to take Mr. Hodges, as he had laid hand, upon him. floweter I refused to go to the constable, but I said there were plenty who would ; and just then the prosecutor came and called the prisoner three times, and the prisoner, who was frightened, said, here he is coining after me again ; and the prase eutor went into the parlour, and said, " Gardener, wont you come in." He did so, and I went with hint. I had a glass of best' there, and the prosecutor ordered me out of the wont. I went out out, but looked through a hole in the partition. I could see , Hodges standing trp, and the primer sitting down. I beard Hodges ask the prisoner to go home with hire, which be refused to do, and Hodges came out immediately, and went dolt n the fields towards Stroud. The prisoner asked me to go hornet with hint, as he feared that Hodges was waiting for him on the road. Cross-examined by Mr. Twits —I am the brothes-in-law of the prisoner —that is, he and I married two 'listen. When !lodges was gone, the prisoner told it to all tho people who were in the kitchen, about twelve fn numbe r; none of dam are here. After I was Oftiered out of the room, Hodges and tile prisons were in it ten minutes before the former went away. I saw no money on the table. I heard nothing worthy of remark while I was listening. es Several witness spoke to the prisoner's character. Mr. Justice LITT icanarx, in summing Hp to the Jury, ob served, that there appeared to be no doubt that the money was taken, because the prosecutor proved it, and the prisoner, in his defence, admitted it. Tire question would be, whether it came to the prisoner's hands by such means as would constitute the of fence a: robbcry % To cu e that offence, they must be as eared that hr het db!) , parted ** misit race , ha tue be waapt . it in fed. But if trireme INA the orestop. me prem. eutoe giving it to him, being fear elle/1s; his daseaebte_ or poi the money to prevent Injury to his character. If awry believed del evidence of the prosecutor, the case was proved; silt Vol lig material to constitute the ofence of robbery, that the amimser tM the prosecutor should be spotless l foe it wag "Wei d= to get money of a man by thr ea t en i ng to accuse MU ot whether the person robbed were guilty of that meet slam Or not ; because, if warty *ea redly gully of an ofemetswes should not extort money from him by acting on his I should bring hint to jusuce by a prosecution. floe his read met the whole of the evidence, commenting on the diffetese parts of it as be proceeded, and left it to the Jury to say, whethei they believed the eridence of the prosecute, M. irhitise his evidence was broken in upon by the other witnesses, that the, could not safely convict upon his testimony. The beirned /Adige concluded a most able and elaborate charge at a few minutes before eight o'clock, the trial having Tatted eleven hours: and the Jurry's after a few nannies deliberation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. Itrfure Mr. Justice Patti, Who, having concluded the civil cases, twisted Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, in the trial of prisoners. Wiliione Williams was indicted for cutting and stabbing, with • scythe, Anne Ellway, with intent to murder her. I I The prosecution was conducted bj Mr. Pilii.Pots—the Menet by Mr. WATPON. From the evidence it appeared, that in the Forest of ow,. new the cottages et the prosecutria and prisoner, a vast quantity elf fern grows, and that the prosecuiria was tutting fern with a reining' hook, when th e p r i soner came up an d b egan to cut km with a seyille. The prosecutrix told him to deiist, alleging that the tern belonged to her, as it grew near her cottage, though it wai in die open part of the Forest.. The prisoner persisted In cutting the fem . , and innwavutdx grew 'ether violent. lie having a scythe and she a hook, at length, as the prisoner mowed down die fern, he cut the leg of the prosecutiii. She desicribed it as a severe cut, bat es the surgeon did not appear, the extent of the injury use by no means dearly made out.--Verdia. Nor Gladly. Norierl Wood was indicted for hots. steeling. Mr. CV woon stated the clecutnttances of the case, whlth were Proved as follows :—. The prosecutor lost his horse from out of the stable, at PoHash, In Herefordshire, on the nth of May, 1110. Suspicion tilt upon a man of the name of Walter Rica ' but no etidence could be pro cured against him. Rice was however. taken up for another felony in the month of Dec e mb er last, RIO fon his Information, a clue was found to discover the horse. It sprinted that the n',;ht the horse it'as !toren, it was In the prlSone: s stable. where it re. mained for two days, during which time lie cut its mane and taiL (In the 12th. the prisoner and another man, whom he represented u a young tanner, sold the horse at Oohing, in this county, to • man of the name of Evans ; Evans again fold it to a dealer at Gannon, in Oxfordshire. The horse was traced through these poomions, and its idrinity proved from a nark on the hip. The Jury found the prisoner Letters of the 26th ult. from Constantinople state, that the plague had reached that capital from Alexandria. GREEK lIKROOL—NIiaiiI6, the Greek Admiral, seeing that the Goveinment wanted money, collected all the re mains of his own fortune, and distributed it amongst the Captains and sailOrs7—" If I die (said he) it will be use less td toe, and if we are tictorious, my country's f:afety will be to the an ample reward."—Frenrh Paper. It was once a custom its (hmmany, when a woman war convicted of adultery, for the husband to assemble their mutual relations, and, in their presence', to cut het hair close off, strip her naked, and then whip her from one end of the village to the other. Il'hett once& woman bad sus tained tliis punishment, an indelible disgrace *is fixed upon her ; no after conduct, however via V.10 , 1S and un blamable, cou'd restore her loft character, or remove the foul stigma. No temptation could perstuttle i man ac qusinted with this fact to unite himself with her, though fortune, youth, and beauty, all comblned 6 allure him to MOSQUITO I sniA xs.—By letters from the Bay of Hon dente, it appears, that matters three are in a i•ery Unsetthel state. The Mosquito Indians. irritated at the iriflaenceac quired over the mind of Robert Charks, brother of the late Mosquito King, by certain individuals at Belize, had driven him out of the country, and he was at Belief., a fugitive.- IMaeGregor's new Governot had arrived in May last ; and 1 one of the survivors who scent out with the first settle t, writes to a friend in London as follows :—Whatevcr you may think, I was not idle on that shore ; the proof of it is in my possession. With the exception of that branch of Black River, called the Seco, and the beach, I hare made regular survey of all the rivers, creeks, and lagoon', isl the territory claimed by Sir Gregor. For three weeks I was exposdl to the sun during the day, and sleet on lb* sea-beach, or the tinily hays in the evenings. The Mos quito territory is, to do it justice, a truly flue country, as al calculated, in time, and under judicious management, to form a noble state. The St. Katharine's Docks Bill will he positively re vived on the meeting of Parliament ;—notice to that effect appears in last Saturday's Gazette. As a certain period of notice of such measures In the Gerette. on Church doors, Sess'ons' House doom, &e. is requisite, the rumoured meet ing of Parliament has set the several agents and parties in terested in the various suggested Companies on the alert. During the last week many similar notices have been given, as the standing orders Of the House will be more ri g roesly enforced. Saturday niglit'a Gazette contained a notice, that in the ensuing &salon of Parliament application will be made for leave to bring in a Bill for the boring of a Tunnel under the Thames, from Greenwich to All Saints, Poplar. The reports from all quarters of the country give the most flattering accounts of the amazing inn eue Of our oome coerce and manufactures. The iron trade was never in a more flourishing state.—Combrian. The transfer of grouse from the Highlands to Lorelou during the last two tr three days has been unusually great. The old sportsmen, natives of Scotland, who thus far have been most arecessful in bringing down their game, report the birds to be exceedingly shy ; and some estates, which in former seasons were stocked with abundance of both the black and red cock, are this year nearly deserted. THE New Comer.—This interesting visitor first became iisible to us on the 27th July, at 13h. 36m. and appeared in the constellation Ifereules, near the Z. (This star is not laid down upon the Globes, but it lies about 4 deg. to the northward of Ras Alhagne a Sepentarius Ophiucus, lied* deg. to the westward of E. or 93 of Hercules. Reference to Jamieson's Atlas will immediately point out the position.) The right ascension of the comet was at that time ail" hours Sti min. in time, or '264 deg., the declination 17 deg. 42 min. N. So very small was its appearance, that we long doubted whether it was not a n optic a l ill us i on : h ut subsequent observations have determined it otherwise. It is invisible to the naked eye, and barely pert: eibhe through a telescope; nor can its form even then be clearly detinAl, as it more resembles a nebulous star than a comet. The motion is contrary to the order of signs, and not so 'li pid as the comet of January. Ott Thursday night (26rla August), at ten hours, it crossed the track of the former; and at fourteen hours the right ascension was 212 degrees, the declination 40 deg. 39 min. N. It has moved over the apparent distance of 30 deg. since the 27th of last month, and now does not set to our latitude. On Saturday night, at 10 hours, it was near the three small stars in triangle, 1,2, 4, and phi on the right leg of Hercules bearing W. by N. and between 46 deg. and 47 deg. from the horizon. lureovem mars IN GLASGOW —Notwithstanding the advancement of the season, new buildings are commencing in almost every part of the town. The foonclations are jnst now digging for several large public weeks. There are at present eight steam loom factories erecting, which will noon be ready for the machinery. One factory at Mile-end will, when finished, contain 1500 looms. It is only one story high, and to make the bottom wild, four hewn stones are required for each loom, which make the whole stones wanted 3,200. Several of the new fac tories are erecting me a si oilar plan, by which, although more ground is covered, there is a great saving in the power ; and the machinery requisite to carry the force of the engine six or eight stores high is wholly supersede" There is an unpreeeelented demand for machinery. M. of the mills and rectories relished in the spring are present filled in only tine or two fiats, front the of machinery. Private lodgings' are also building, will possible despatch. Not less than 100 masorl are env. oil at sine of the buildings at the west end of the tog The principal quarries in this neighbourhood are throng, and some of them are e 111140% Ing LW* their usual nutub.r of bands. Tire eleu►and from the nutlet and other quarters is also very It is calculated that in March last there were 3,001) n.asona in town, exclusive of labourers ; number In Clate.r,ow and suburbs at present is L. at &too. Several meetings of the masons havi held to adopt measures for preventing inferior from the country, who may have served a year at the business, from taking advantage of the gestral nets, and passing themselves off as journeymen. A of call, where their qualifications will be exatitinctl, be established. The gener,lratc of wages is from ' and very superior lands Chronicle, d 1 4 1 1 I , 1 1 . 1, i i 1 , .r 1.1 10 "7 11 led t 0 . C/frja 03 7 1 : 01 usel ' Y t), wai t.h e b 6. Sp/ The , *Pinn 44 last ftlsubi Midas C. 1, 017 kr. 64/r gh e Ut):ll% was ieet The w t. r i , rxily vrt b ri tv ei , IC , 1( 1010.4, for etrrt ' 4 for it, Subi er i n Hit; lie force of oporsedial. ry. M lay ing are at the want g, with all re emp'oy- the town. MI are all me times fur lime cry great. c at least ; and the eatitnato. tave been ur l•antir. ar Cr MO :rat bri4r- A btruae mcd, is to an Dir. to article. Government situations were looked upon as turneoets, • and awe l eist from the 'Maw Mat bad been entered into bef ore th e arr i va l o f Sir Charles 1111Vnidiy. Such an alliance, fanned between people who had been fa veers at variance with one another, could not long exist, howe,ver one* they might, for a tune, font) mmilarlty of so tufilon, feel UMW; mod it was subverted Jsy the late Mr. Swans'', who, getting two of his sons well provided for, became the friend or Sir Charles, From this sitattleman, at length, Sir Charles gained a httle of that information respecting the political features of the country which fie had • rlght to have expected frdm Governor Smith, who either knew, enAt to have known, more of these matters than j liee M deeleas. He merely gave up the forts to Sb' and this =hid his lips to further inter. course (8). The nations on the Gold Cart arrow of rather a more intelligent mat than any other tribes hoidering upon our possessions in Arnett and they soon comprehended the nature of our policy, as explained by Sir Charles 31`Carthr, who was looked upon by them, in a very short time, as their deliverer, both from internal and foreign oppress Binh. They beheld with satisfaction the privileges which were con ferred upon them by the change (9). Intl they had full confidence in the promises he made to them of British protection. The name of M`Cnrthy run along the coast front Cate A ppolfdnla to the mouth of the Vohs, and the great influence Which he gained over these people (the hitherto acknowieked subjects of the King of Ashan tee) was viewed with silent and gltenny indignation by that 310. narch, whose pride was not only stung at the sudden revolt of his subjects, acknnerledged as such by British treaty, but at the neglect of his authority suit dignity on the pan of the British, in not send• ing to hint a complimentary Embassy. At this time he entertained a great opinion of Sir Charles :111 larthy's consequence and ability : he hail heard he was a powerful fighting man, and had Itrge pos sessions, independent of the Geld Coast. If, therefore, this com pliment had been paid to him, it is an assumption by no means chimerical that he would hate been satisfied to tesign his sove reignty over the people of the Coast; and they might have enjoyed that state of peaceful security, which an appeal to arms has perhaps deprived them of for ever. Pity it was that the late inn.h.lainented Governnr of these Colonies had not been advised to take this step, instead of endeavouring to turn into contempt the authority enacted by that sable and implacable chief. The Ashantees are by no niears a hasty people In their resolu tions, and never engage in anything rashly. They have been known to take three years in making preparations fur a war, previous to the declaration of hostilities, such is their caution and elleulatlon against defeat. From this unnmimon prudence of theirs, Sir C. M`Carthy Was allowed to make arrangements, and to quit the Cuero fur a time, perfectly satis fi ed with the appearance of prosp e rity ex hibited by the happinem and contentment of the natives with whom he held intercourse, .and utterly unconecions of the hostile 'men. how' of the Monarch of Ashantee, as Ashes:tees, though not men of tiny note. visited the settlements as traders. Daring his absence, tlte impendieg storm burst, by the seizure, on the part of the King, In the inontit of August, 11122, of a British sergeant, tinder some trivial pretence. This man was carried off to a "%race town, named 1/onquah, about 111 miles inland from An namaboe, and was der fined there a prisoner, with an intention of finding out (as was afterwards learned) what part we should act in the endeavour to levitver him; whether we should have recourse to force, as In the Monree affair, or whether we would demand his re lease, agreeably to the rah article of the treaty (10. 'Fite alleged offence was an insith offered to the King of Ashuntre by the ser geant, who was enforcing silence in the area square of A nnamaboe ' fort among some Ashantem, Some of whom were tiding with the late Mr. Smutty, who was permitted for some time after the trans fer to remain in the fort, till his house in town was ready for weep. lion ; but as the detail of this matter would extend beyond the in tended limits of this outline, suffice it to say that the Ilritish sat geant did his duty, and thin the 'WI& might even then have been checked in the bud, but fur the mercantile pliancy of 31r. Swaney, who, fearing to lose his trade by offending the .Ishantees, was less decisive than a person less interested might have bead. At this time the trade of Annamaboe Reneged San ounces of gold, fifteen tons of ivory, and as much palm oil as the merchants were willing to purchase monthly ; tWo-thirds of this saluable trade idling to the share of Mr. S. _ The unwelcome news gf the serg.nnt's seizure reached Sir Chas. 311•Canhy at Sierra Lcone on the 3d of Nov. 1322., at ti moment when on the point of embarking in the sloop of war !hirer, to make a visit of inspection to (he Gambia; his intentions were of course immediately altered, and he resolved upon returning to the Gold Coast, to inquire personally into the fusty of the aff:iir t end, in or- der to make a little chew of power, he took with him 32 rank and file of the 24 West India Regiment, under the command of Capt. Stepney. in the Colonial service : he was followed by a small party of eeen ,it a for the Royal African ('tops, under the command ef Capt. I.aing, who had ,returood a new days before from a mission into the interior countries of Africa. _ The MUT of the Governor-General to the Gold Coast, which took place on the jth December. was hailed by the natives with every demonstration of joy ; undisguised happiness pervaded the countenances of every one, and afforded to those of his followers who were real friends of African liberation, a sight far more impos ing than the triumph of the greatest corquerors ! flow distressing to view the present altered state of the picture. Their protector no I more! British in fl uence overturned!! Themselves exposed in defence of their liberties—their wives and their children left to the unpitying knife of their old and blond-thirsty oppressors!! I For so they must be called. despite of all the boasted humanity of the blond-sucking despot of Ashantee. Sir l'harlos 314'artIty was quite undecided what line to pursue in this dilemma, he was unwilling to proceed to hostilities without knowing the real intentions oftho Ashantoss, and nry,:ociation was impracticable, unless attended with considerable risk, for all inter course between the Ashantees and the settlements bad teased since the seizure of the sergeant. Dissatisfaction and jealousy still pre vailed among the officers of the late Company, and rather than as sist. a chosen few endeavoured to ridicule the unpleasant situation of the Governor-General. They called out loudly that the seizure of the sergeant should be peremptorily punished, and insinuated that wore decisive mearares would have been ailnpted by the late Government. Capt. Laing, Royal African Light Infantry, made a tender of his services to proceed to Cooinassie. and endeavour to bring about an understanding with the King; but that most woe. thy man,the late much wotthy Governor, objected to the enterprise as being ton perilous. An offer to attempt the settlement of the differen.in by proceding to Donquah, was also refused. and the time passed on inactively ' and in idle speculations 'till the lit of February, Ill1"1. when the sergeant was beheaded at Donqinh, and any further doubts ns to the hostile intentions of the perpetrators were entirely removed ; preparations were therefore made for the prosecution of the war, which, from thin statement of facts, may appear to owe its origin more to accident than design —more to the offended, dignity, pride, and avarice of a powerful and despotic King. than to the intliscre• tions of Mr. Smith, the disputes with 31r. Dupuis, or the biassed opinions of the late Sir C. Ml:artily. (To be concluded in our next.)