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samisma? .2911 851- 1 43 1 4d 6iii 16$ or ' O f the Go - Yertio r h;mself after having been se verely wounded, is fully confirmed. Under these circumstances there seems to be but one opinion on the part of the Public, as 1 0 the necessity for immediately sending out an e xpedition sufficiently powerful to crush the - Barbarians who have inflicted this severe blow ou the British power in Africa. How much is it to be lamented that a misdirected economy had le ft any portion of our possessions abroad liable t ° the danger of the irreparable calamity and liPgrace which have overwhelmed us in that part of the world.—Ever since the reign of CHARLES the Second we have had forts and settlements on the Gold Coast ; but the savage Ashantees will d rive our flag with disgrace from the whole of that territory, unless a speedy and effectual rein furePruent be sent out. It is now that we find " H " las regret the loss of that most excellent ofii `,%r G. COLLIER, whose valuable reports on the African forts and settlements contain a mass of lilost interesting information relative to the gene state of the country. The short state of affairs ' is this —Sat TOOTOO QUAMINA, the sanguinary rtionarch of the Ashantees, a ferocious tribe of .Nogroes in the interior, had spread terror and de ;;):lation among all the neighbouring countries.— 2 Object was to lay waste the towns, and to sell the inhabitants as slaves; and the Dutch residents At Ehnina and Dutch Accra promoted this.detest treffic. The English, on the contrary, were 'dewed at enemies by him, because they inter tt'Pted the Sin ve T rade, carried oil by vessels under t he Freud), Spanish, aud Portuguese flags. The 4shautee Despot, however, for a long time feared t u o offend t h e E nglish. At length ho gave way to t . !!a an ger , an d se i ze d and slew a British Seeant. ir Charles M'CaIiTHY, the Governor of Sierra 1- insult toand the G o ld C oas t, c o uld not permit this the British Crown to pass unpunished. lie ordered a force into the field above a twelve moeth ago; and no sooner was the British stand ard raised, than numerous tribes flocked 1 -0 it, wh o h a d suffered oppression front the Ashant ees . A mong others we l were j o i ne d by th e fl ing of Dieg:ERA, who had long beers kept a prisoner at Comassie, the Ashantee capital, but "ad•made his escape, and immediately joined the - A Black force, under British Officers, !iod commanded by Major LAING, has been act '''R against the Ashantees for full a twelvemouth 1 )il st• On the 28th of November Sir CasioES PCsturw e came by sea from Sierra Leone to a '''pe Coast, to direct the operations in person. He sent three detachments, respectively under the ,c?nunand of Majors CHISHOLM and LAING, and L aPhlhl LESTRANGE, to take up different po siitious, and marched himself with the fourth.— " to supposed that he was treacherously de "ived by the Dutch and their adherents, w ilo gave him false information of the numbers and movements of the Ashantees. It is also b elieved that the Fanto*3 did not support hint 'its they should have done. Be this as it may, Sir CHARLES fought with desperate bravery, and Was not overpowered till all his ammunition was *xpended, himself wounded in two places, and all his companions, except two, killed or dis 'Ned. If under these circumstances he has been en it bled to escepe t o a p l ace o f safety, we shall 1) e most grateful to Providence for his preserva tion ; but if he is gone, we trust his loss will be severely avenged, as we are sure it will be long and deeply lamented. A braver officer never Maintained his country's honour in the field ; a Wiser and a better Governor never directed the affairs of a British Colony. The business in both Houses, last night, was rztt l'Pr unimportant. In the Lords, the Mar ciuis of LANsnowx introd u c e d a Bill t o render v lish Catholics eligible to the same offices as Catholics in Ireland. In the Commons, the matter of most interest was a Petition presented by Sir T. LETTIBRIDGE from two Magistrates in the County of Surrey, Sir J. Cox HippEnty and Mr. Bazscos, who complained of the application of the new punishment of the Tread Mill, and Prayed that the Gaol Amendment Bill, which au thorised its infliction, might not pass into a law. Nttw York Papers arrived this morning to the 14th April. ( Prom the New York Daily Advertiser of the nth April. ) • rrol-11 Jamaica (Kingston) Papers to the 13th March.—The H lhabit ants of Spanish Town have 14een visited by a fever, Which is attributed to a dam constructed across a river, which caus ed the water to b ecome stagnant.— Th e M ontego B ay i T e t , of the sth of March, states that on Thursday se'nnight ''" o al of whales were seen from the Point Estate, llonover, passing to the eastward ; five or six of them were cast on shore. ' Nt lif YOR K , APRIL 13.—From Captain Powers, who ar ri, d h e- h ere in 29 days from Para, we learn that on the 3d March, titn c appointed for the Brazilian frigate Imperatrex, and `aur a for insurgents were in possession of the island of Marajo, 114 1 d other small islands ; and being very numerous, it was the °Pl°ll t hat, as soon as the frigate and brig sa ile d , they would t e -11 l 'ara, as that appeared to be their intention, and to over ~ the the present Government. 1 2: 11°11 MEXICO, FEB. 22.—The law of the Me xi c an Re public was sworn to in Japala a few days before, and the 'ants from some of the provinces were such as to indicate a 4tter al satisfactio n w ith th e p resen t G over nment. The Ame rican S hip Carter arrived at Vera Cruz on the 17th, and also his t i, h aJeAt ra ship Valorous, which brought dispatches to the Bri p-iedLegation at Mexico. In Mexico, the Congress was °cell silye°° the Ilth of February, concerning a quantity of quick which Spain, brought by the .!Imerican brig Nancy, upon it was proposed by a Committee to lay a heavy duty. --..........--_ r "NI LLOTD'S.-Letters are in town from Sutra Leone, but none have yet arrived at Lloyds. 5 ,, 11 .'e French Army of Observation on the r A al ubh f rontier is estimated at 20,000 men. vessel whi c h l e ft Si erra Leone on the 23d March has arrived at Plymouth. The letters are 11 " Yet delivered. SECOND EDITION. CITY, Two o'Ct.ocK. lutelligenee has been received by Express, of the arrival of THREE FRENCH SHIPS o' WAIL in the TAGUS, in addition to those whic recently arrived there from Cadiz. These latte Ships, however, have no sick troops on board, so that the same excuse cannot be alleged in this instance, as in the former, for their appearance a Lisbon. This new fact will, of course, renew the agitation of the public mind on the Brazilian question, and particularly when taken in co nection with the ominous declaration of the Journal des Debuts, that, " the Brazils is on the eve of a great change !" That a great change that Empire is really at hand cannot be clout)! ed, if indeed the crisis of its fate has no already passed. It is well known that the Jour nal des Debuts is the official organ of the French Ministu. Renter at Paris, 10.5 f. for the end of the month. Papers from Bayonne, to the end of the last month, arrived last night. They assert that Gen. BOURMONT brought a large quantity of treasure with him from Spain, for which he was indebted to his connection with the Apostolic Junta, and to guard which he was attended by a numerous escort until he entered France. Notwithstanding the absence of the KING from Madrid, prosecu tions continued to be carried on against those in dividuals who were known or suspected to have had some connection witl► the Cortes. Twenty. three Advocates, who were supposed to have f&. lowed them to Seville and Cadiz, or to have left the Capital on the entrance of the French army, had been summoned to appear before the Magis trates within a fortnight. The Superintendant- General of the Police having informed his MA JESTY that a great number of Officers of the late Constitutional Army were (with unli►nited fur loughs) within the precincts of the Court, and that the Police was obliged on this account to maintain a very active surveillance, the KING decided that all these Officers were to remove to the distance of ten leagues, without excepting those who had no means of subsistence but in their actual place of abode. Accounts from Pampeluna say, that the Spanish prisoners who had been conducted back to their homes, were arrested almost immediately. This arbitrary act had tilled the city with con sternation, and it was feared that some disorder might ensue. t was generally a matter of surprise, we un. derstand, in the political circles of yesterday, that there should have been any difference of opinion between tl►e Earl of Llvicuroor. and the LORD CHANCELLOR on any subject that related to the purity and preservation of the Established Church. It is well known that Lord ELDON is a determined advocate for the security of the National Church, and that he has often signified his unalterable resolution to sacrifice even life in its defence. The same sentimezits were supposed to animate the Earl of LITERPOOL, and therefore it has been deemed a very extraordinary dream. stance, indeed one of the most extraordinary events in the political history , of the present times, that such a discrepancy should have arisen between these great Statesmen. We shall not presume, after hearing the arguments on both sides of the question on the UNITARIAN 'MAR.. RIAGt BILL, not only from those two Noble Lords but from other distinguished Orators and Legislators, to offer at present onr own opinions ; but on so important a topic it must be uckn►ow ledged, in the mean time, that the Loan CnAs ccuma, whether we conceive him to he r►ght or wrong in his view of the matter, has at least the merit of firm consistency. . TYfATRTCIL TITTLE TATTLE.—We subjoin two paragraphs, taken from the Morning Papers of this day, on a circumstance which has excited much surprise in civic as well as in theatrical cir clss.—l& is reported that a certain popular Actor had been some time intimate with a gentleman who possesses high City honours, and that the intimacy has extended to the wife of the latter, insomuch as to be likely to become a subject of legal criticism. The Lady, according to report, went on a short country excursion with the ac tor, during which the latter reproached her with a want of the kindness which she had here tofore she wn towards is said that the lady candidly confessed that she liked the eclat of being supposed to be a favourite, with so great a favourite of the Public, but that, in reality, she was more attached to another per son, whose name she did not wish to have ge nerally known. The Actor, it is said, in conse quence of this honest avowal, made his exit immediately, and has since gone to the Continent. Such is the report prevalent in the theatrical world, and which has also engrossed the conver sation of the City Censors, but we conceive that it is too improbable altogether to be founded on fact. " A certain Tragic Actor has lately assumed the character of Lothario to the Calista of a City Dame, who, it seems, has not yet become fairly mitent. The illtamont of the piece is likely to introduce the actors in this vile scene upon the boards of Westminster Hall." " A curious Crim. Con action will he tried in the next Term, or during the Sittings immediately afterm. The plaintiff is a person whose civic rank entitles him by rotation to the highest city honours. The defendant, a celebrated public character, whose professional reputation has extended even to the other side of the Atlantic, and where, report states, his intention is again to exercise his talents when the pending action is deter mined." Yesterdayimorning the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE proceeded from their residence, in Stable-yard, St. James's, in their carriage and four, to Deptford, where their Royal Highnesses went on board and inspected the Discovery Ships lying there. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town in the afternoon. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Countess Brownlow and Lady Katherine Fludyer, in Cavendish-square ; Marquis and Marchioness of Bute, in Piccadilly ; Lady Francis Bentinek, in Charles-street, Berkeley. square ; Lady Bentinck, in Charles-street ; Countess of Clon mell and Lady Charlotte Scott, in Upper Brook-street ; Coun tess Dowager of Corke and Orrery, in New Burlington-street; Earl and Countess of Chichester, and Lady Mary Pelham, in Stratton-street ; the Earl and Countess of Darlington and Fa mily,ames's-square, from Cheltenham ; Sir J. J:tt(t;l.reir Cotterellhouse in S. and Family, from their seat, Garnons, Hertfordshire, to their residence in Curzon-street. DEPARTUILES.-Mr. and Mrs. Egerton, from Teignmouth, for the Continent; the Duke and Duchess de Coigne, from Scaife's Hotel, Lower Br ook -street, for Paris ; the Ray. Dr. and Miss Burton, from ditto; Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. from Upper Brook-street, for Edinburgh ; 31r. G. Phillips, M.P. from Mount-street, for Sedgley, near Manchester. CAPTAIN PARRY'S FETE ON BOAItL the. lIECLA. [rut:Timm PARTICULARS.] Capt. Panior's Fete took place, as our Readers are already informed, on Tuesday. It was most Splendidly ' and name _ rously attended, and formed altogether a scene as novel as it was interesting. At eleven o'clock in the morning the Com pany began to assemble, and the Naval Arsenal at Deptford was crowded with the most splendid eqnipages. For the better accommodation of so large a party, theSteatn.Packet and Phea sant bulk were, by an excellent arrangement, attached to the two Discovery Ships by platforms, and the whole were covered in, and most tastefully decorated with the rarest exotics. All the boats of the Expedition were in regular attendance the whole time; and such was the facility of access, that not the slightest inconvenience was suffered by any one in reaching the ship. The admirable band of the Royal Artillery was in attend ance. Dancing commenced on board the Hecht with a country dance, opened by Captain Parry and Leidy Susan Elliot.— Quadrilles and waltzes succeeded, and were kept up alter. nately with the greatest spirit till a very late hour, while those who did not join in this amusement received a great treat in the delightful strains of Madame Pasta, Miss Goodall, and Miss Paton. A Concert, under the direction of Sir George Smart, in which Hawes, Lecte, 'l'errail, &C. joined, gave the highest sa tisfaction. Refreshments of every kind were served up between decks on board the Heels, in Mr. Gunter's best style. His usual taste and liberality did ample justice to the gallant Cap tain's hospitality. The appearance of the morning was very unpropitious, but soon after noon the sun dispelled the early clouds, and shone brilliantly the remainder of the day. As the afternoon advanced, above five hundred Fashionables had assembled, and the scene altogether was one of the most enchanting imaginable. In the evening the vessels were illu minated with variegated lamps, and the whole party seemed delighed with the unceasing attentions of their gallant host. The recollection of this interesting scene, to which no descrip tion can do justice, who could not but be struck with the strong contrast it offered to the perils and hardships, which, in all hu man probability, await this gallant Officer and his enterprising companions. Among the company we noticed the following distinguished individuals : Duker—Marlborougli, Athol. Duchess of Athol. The American Ambassador. Maspiises—Cliandos, Lansdown. Marehiones ses —Cl anr i car d e' Lansdown, Chandos. Earls—Bathurst, Sheffi e ld, Cowper, Belmore. Countesses—Bathurst, Sheffield, lielmore, Cowper, Selkirk. Lords—Melville, Sidmouth, Showell, Nugent. De Dunstan ville, James Stuart, Aslitown, liexley, Radstock, Palmerston, Gifford, Clinton. Ladies—Melville, Sidmouth, James Stuart, Nugent, Ash town, Itadstock, Howe, Bathurst (two), Georgina Lennox, Mary Kennedy, Susan Elliot, Ann Holryd, Maria Stanley', Berkeley (two), Louisa Lambton, Alice Peel, Henry Paulet, Charlotte Berkeley, Gifford, B. Martin, Rowley, Johnstone, Holland, Keats, Hamilton, Home, Martin, Popham, llobhouse, Copley, Hammond, Mildmay, Hamilton. flied Honnurables.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Peel, Wm. Sturges llourne. Hon. Messrs.—liardley, Trefusis, Berkeley Paget, De Grey, Twistleton, Waldegrave, Scott, •Douglas Kinnairtl, M.l'. HOll. Mistresses—Berkeley Paget, Annesley, Percy Fraser, Bowles, Scott De Grey, Shore. Sirs—B. Martin, Chas. Rowley, Richard Keats, Alexander Johnstone, George Clarke, John Hamilton, Henry Martin, John Gore, L' ia ver r a r n ed l n ll e o r :nc, Benjami n Hobliouse, Chas. Ha milton, Geo. v Joseph Yorke, Wm. Eden, IVath en Waller, John Copley, John Phillimore, Georgt , Smart. -- Berkeley, Hon. Charles Irby, lion. Trefusis, Franklyn, Lyon, Hoppncr, Buchan, Batty, Byon, Bowles, King, Seymour, Wilbraham, Basil Hall, Beckford. The Officers of the Royal Artillery. The Officers of the Royal Marines. • Mer,trz.—St. John Mildniay, I.P . , Fleming, M.P., IVil. mot Horton, M.P.. Tomlin e , P. Baring, S. Whitbread, M.P., J. C. Ilobhouse, M.P., F. Delm e, Radcliffe, Barrow, Chan- trey, Montagu, Romig, t , r. - ght, Martin, Walpole, George ' Spencer Hamilton, Ileckfind (two), Fit zgera ld, Tolletnache, se- Nom, Gamier, J. D. Hunter, Russel, M.P., &c. Miser.—Hon. Dundas (two), H on. Addington ( two), Hon. Waldegrave (two), lion. Basset, Hon. Byng (two), Seymour, Mildmay, Trench, De Grey, Vansittart, Gamier (two), Stan (two), Kingston, Mac lleenyd(!witoo)w, iJeoyh,nßst.opneag(etwt,o)3,loarttwinay((t3:ol, Lascelles Irenionger, Waller, Fisher (two), Athol Murray, Popham, Jenison. The Baroness de Willouglib T "entertained a distinguished party at dinner,-on Tuesday, at her house, Whitehall, among whom were Earl Clare, Lad Rocksavage, Lord A. 11111, Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. Sneyd, Mr. Campbell, &c. The Earl of Fortescue entertained the Directors of the An cient Music, the Marquis of Lansdown, and a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Earl Sefton had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Arlington -street. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot had a large party at dinner yester day, at their house, Whitehall-place. Duke of Gloucester had a grand dinner party yesterday at Gloucester House, Park-lane. BATH, Turin)Ay, MAY 4. The late continued succession of brilliant entertainments has left the fashionable, of Bath almost satiated. Visitors, how ever, continue to arrive. The Earl of Cavan and Lord Lowther - came here this week. The principal topic of conversation is the approaching grand Musical Fe s tiv a l, (in aid of the B a th Oeneral Hospital) which will take pl a ce in J u ne, on a sca l e of magnificence iiitherto unparalleled. . Madame Catalani, Mrs. Salmon, Mr. Braham, and other vocalists of the first eminence are to assist. The building of the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution (on the scite of the Lower Iloonis)is fast advancing to its con summation. It is a handsome building of free -stone, and the north side presents an appearance similar to that of its prede cessor. A new era will thus dawn upon Bath ; and this city; so long notorious in the annals of fashion and gaiety, will claim a station in the world for those arts which adorn and dignify mankind. _ _ _ ...... A new tragedy, entitled " The Parricide," is to come out at the Bath Theatre in a few days. The author is said to be a young man of some notoriety as a theatrical critic, and as a writer of reviews in a provincial paper. The title is tragic enough, but one may inf e r f r om it th a t the incidents ar e domestic. The great dearth of talent in the tragic department of the drama has long been lamented. The prose-poetry, undulating whip syllabub system has likewise received its due castigation from John Lacey, of the London Magazine (whose Letters to the Dramatists I have read with some pleasure), a nd who knows (I speak doubtingly) but Bath may enlight en th e C oc k ne y s on this subject ? I will inform you of the success of the tragedy hereafter. A meeting of the Society for promoting Ch r i st i an K now l e d ge was held at the Town Hall to-day—the Rev. Archdeacon Mosey presidin g . A most a bl e a nd eloquent speech was deli vered by Sir Ab ra h am El ton; and the n umerous b o d y o f Clergy (all of the Establishment) who attended, gave full proof of their anxiety for the dissemination of the Gospel. It was stated that the idea of sending out a Bishop to the Leeward Islands was first suggested to the King's Government by this Society. To those who are acquainted with the local situation of Bath, it may be interesting to know that meetings have been lately held, to consider of the best means for preventing the floods to which the lower part of it is subject by the overflowing of the river Avon. A great many persons have addled their brains about it ; they have thought much, but, as yet, have evidently produced little to the purpose. An experienced engineer is expected from London. .0 ....) ‘, ,...5 . 3t 41 . :: :; .2,44 i ,! .. r.j , ..... .0 .7: 4 . ' , 1 1 V 1100.:11 r,,,(116 II ..,'?: 4 ~,,. ''?4.- , - ~:ztr- , v41-, t pr, -: • ~,:- --'.- • ' .-- 'O' ' 4 i ' r' lr- '!::* [. 7.: c. - c., • .-- ' . e, - .4 ‘ ,, . -1 -.1; 0y IN' f• , , V ..... , A A POETRY. SPRING. Now genial Spring again revisits earth, Leading the rosy hours in sportive mirth, And gentle zephyrs from Arabia's vales Waft balmy sweets, and fragrance-breathing gales. Beneath her feet the meads gay flowrets fling— Creation smiles. The feather'd warblers sing And hail the fairy reign of bright-eyed Spring. *Now Cytherean Venus leads the dance. • " When through the sky the silver moonbeartok dance, " And Nymphs and Graces join'd upon the green, " Tripping on light fantastic toe are seen. " Now should the brows with myrtle wreaths be crown d, " Or flow'rs with which the laughing fields abound," For now soft Cu id strikes his fiery darts, Deep in the youth and maiden's tender hearts, And now they wander 'midst the shady groves, And blushingly reveal their mutual loves, Affection's tale in each fond look confest, Lulls ev'ry trembling hope and fear to rest. Oh ! fairest daughter of the circling year, More lovely after winter's stern career Is thy approach. Thus does the orb of day Shine forth and pour around his brightest ray, When dense black clouds from Heav'n are pass'd away. Had I a spark of Mir...roles seraph fire, Or one sweet strain from SITAKSPEARE'S magic lyre, Then would I all thy varied charms rehearse, And boldly praise thee in harmonious verse. But alt! to few such pow'rs of song are given, As those immortal Bards receiv'd from Ileav'n. And though like them I ne'er can hope to sing, I love thee not the less, delightful Spring. • These six lines are tran.lated from IIoRAcE. ASILkNTEE WAR. [EXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM TIME, tIOLD COAST.] 66 Burr 'sit ACCRA, J AX• 31, 1324.—1 t is u nnecessar y f o r me to communicate to you the seizure of one of our serjeants by order of the Ashantee Despot, and other causes that have led to a war between the British and that nation, as you have already been put in possession of these circumstances by my friend —. Suffice it to say, your prediction (that unless speedy and effectual aid were sent from England, things would go hard with us) has been too soon verified.__ The Ashantees have long threatened us with an attack; and on the 25th of last month, intelligence was brought to Sir Charles M`Carthy that they were approaching the Coast ; but contrary to what is usual their forces were by report diminished as to their real numbers; the consequence was, that Sir Charles di vided his forces in four divisions, and marched into the interior! The enemy, instead of dividing theirs, collected a force of ten thousand men, and attacked the division commanded by Sir Charles himself (who did not muster 1,000 muskets), and I regret to say totally defeated and dispersed it ! The whole of the Whites are either killed or missing, but Major Ricketts and Ensign Erskine, who after many hardships have succeeded in getting to Cape Coast. Among the killed and missing, are Sir Charles himself, Messrs. Buckle and Wetherill, from Sierra Leone ; also Robertson, Dr. Tedlie, Jones, Barndon, .1. P. Williams, and lleddle, of Cape Coast, all of whom you have seen, and several others with whom you are not acquained. 11.— and I were with the Accra division, commanded by Capt. Blenkarne, and at least 150 miles to the eastward of Sir Charles, when this afflicting intelligence was brought to us ; and by the same messenger we were ordered to fall back on Accra, and put . the town and fort in the best state of defence. It will now be seen that the Ashantees are a people not to be uterly despised ! In short, it has come to this—if Go vernment do ; not instantly send out two or three thousand troops to put down this power, they must withdraw the British Flag from the Coast, and leave the field to the cunning Dutchmen to reap the harvest of their intrigue ! The moment the issue of the battle was known, the people of Elmina commenced seizing or people ; and those of Shama!' (another Dutch settlement) had the temerity to tire on one of the boats of the Owen Glendower ! But here they suffered for their rashness, by the total destruction of the town. It is a most fortunate circumstance, that the frigate was in the vicinity of Cape Coast at this moment, or 1 know not how much more dreadful the result would have been. The divisions corn. manded by Majors Chisholm and Laing have returned to Cape Coast and Annamaboe ; they can get no tidings of either Sir Charles or the Ashantees, and it is supposed the latter have fallen back a short distance to communicate their great success to their King before they renew the contest. Sir Charles's or derly, who escaped front the field, affirms that Sir Charles was wounded in two places early in the action. " It is but justice to say, the Danish Governor Richlieu has acted the part of a man of konour towards us. 11e has spared neither expence nor personal exertion to assist us in putting down the Ashantees ; anti if the Dutch had acted the same part, matters would ere this have been settled in our favour. To secure the favour and trade of the Ashantees, the Dutch have been so mean as to instil into the minds of these people that our object is to bring their nation under our yoke, and that if we are driven from the coast, they (the Ashantees) will again have opportunities of disposing of their slaves to the Portuguese and Spanish vessels ! ! " P.S.—A report has just reached us that Sir Charles is safe among the Dinqueras, a country situate about 65 miles N.W. of Cape Coast, and in our alliance. I sincerely hope this report may be confirmed, hut for my part I much doubt it." " Accna, JAN. 31, 1821.—The late disastrous events have brought tis into a very critical situation ! On the 29th tilt. Sir Charles directed Capt. Blenkarne, the Conn»andant of Janice' Fort, Accra, to proceed to Akin), and there to form an en campment. The object of this was (1 have some reason to think) to menace and divide the forces of the Ashen tees. «e left this on the 4th instant for that purpose; but in consequence of some dissatisfaction among those on w h om we relied for aid, our forces were but slender ; and af ter having remained in the Aguassim Territory three weeks our forces having refused to proceed, we were obliged to fall back on this place. In the mean time our good Governor, hoping by his own presence to infuse confidence into the das tardly Fantees, among whom he had trusted himself, was at tacked on the 21st inst. by 10,000 Ashantees, who had been near him for some days. It was unfortunate that at this time, a force under Major Chisholm, another under Capt. ',estrange and a third under Capt. Laing, were all at distant camps, and knew nothing of what was going on until all was over. We have no. thing authentic, but report is busy in making bad worse. We have every reason to believe almost all the whites have been killed. Mr. Erskine, the only officer who has returned, was wounded; Sir Charles is said to have been wounded in two places ; nothing to this day has been heard of him. The action took place behind Secundee, almost ten miles inland. The wounded (100) made their way to that settlement, and after. wards to the Cape, in canoes. On the 28th Major Chisholm returned to Cape Coast, but bad not heard of Sir Charles. He mustered all the forces lie could, and Captain Laing was sent with him to search for Sir Charles. The amount of their forces I cannot state, not having heard, but the blacks are, I fear, panic-struck. " Government will see the necessityof now doing what ought to have been done long ago. Unless three or four thousand men are sent out to beat these savages out of hand, they will keep the country agitated until they effect the total subjugation of the Coasts. You fan scarcely imagine the panic which pre. veils everywhere. The defeat appears, by the imperfect accounts we now have, to have been complete. The forces under Sir Charles are supposed to have been only 500. What was that to 10,000 in a wood, surrounded and out of ammunition. Poor, poor Sir Charles ! The treacherous, and timersus and b oas ti ng Fantees have effected a mischance which time cannot repair. If alive, what must your feelings be !—if no more, how horrid a death must we suppose to have been invented for you !--Major Chisholm is- doing all he can to put this Castle in a state to repel every egression. The sincerity of the dutch is doubtful. The enemy have not been beard of since the action ; they are, it is supposed, returned to their encampment ; we are the most ex posed to their attacks, this situation being so open. The trans port had sailed only a day or two before this affair happened; and I am now much hurried in writing this, as the ship by which I forward it is sailing about the offing, and I have no time to lose. She goes from this to Barbadoes. No apology will I trust be needed. This account is, lam sure, as imper fect, as it must be unwelcome." IC Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess SOPHIA visited the Princess AU GUSTA, at her residence in Stable-yard, St. James's, where their Royal Highnesses partook of a dejeune, and afterwards rode out together. The Bishop of CnEsTEa, it is said, is to be translated to the vacant Bishopric of Bath and Wells; and 1)r. BLOOMFIELD is to succeed to the See of Chester. The Dean of HEREFORD is expected to suc ceed to the vacant See of Chichester. We understand that the house of Messrs. Atxx- ANDER. and FLETCHER have received a letter of the 9th March from a person who accompanied Sir G. M'CARTHy to Accra, which does not men tion a word of the battle with the Ashantees. — (Morning Paper.) • ; COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tun Div.) KILLING AND SLATING/. Mr. ERSKINE said, he moved that a prisoner, named Charles Redley, committed under the warrant of a Coroner, to the county gaol of So merset, on a charge of killing a person named William Demmitt, might be admitted to bail.,and that the indictment might be moved into this Court by writ of certiorari. The circumstances, as sworn to before the Coroner's Inquest were these :—The deceased lodged in the house of the prisoner, and being ill of the small-pox, the pri soner turned him out of his house, which harsh treatment was supposed to have caused his death. —The evidence given on the Inquest by one witness was, that the prisoner had dragged the deceased out of his house; another witness, that the deceased told him so; and another witness, that the prisoner had merely threatened to turn him out of his house. Another, that he threat ened to turn him out of his house, and that he afterwards did so. Now the Learned Gentle man said he had distinct affidavits, on behalf of the prisoner, denying the truth of all tho3e facts deposed to, and skewing that no force was em ployed. The Court granted a Rule to show cause why the prisoner should not be admitted to bail, and in the mean time granted the writ of Certiorari. LOCH J. HARRIS. Mr. COWLIiY stated •that this was an action tried on two hills t-f exchange—plea, Statute of Limitation:. Ile said, ho moved a Rule to chew cause whether the verdict for the plaintiff should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, otherwise a new trial. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Best, it the late Horsham Assizes. It turned upon whether a conversation be tween the defendant and the plaintiff's agent would take the case out of the statute of Limita tions, namely, when applied to for payment, the defendant said, " It is more than six years ago, and us I am not in a condition to pay new debts, it is of no use your asking me to pay old." The Court refused to disturb the verdict. SURREY sr.s.stoNs—(This DAY.) Sr.sro NG Tn It EATEN tNG LETTERS.—John Hen derson, a genteel looking respectably dressed young man, was put to the bar on a charge of having sent a threatening letter to Messrs. Bar clay and Co., for the purpose of extorting money. It appeared that the prisoner had sent letters, demanding 5001., and threatening, if it were not paid, to charge Messrs. Barclay with using opium in their beer. Verdict Guilty. Sentenced to twel►e months' imprisonment to hard labour. THE ARMY. The 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot has em barked at Plymouth for Cork. The 71st Regiment will, on the arrival of the 61st Foot at Cork, embark in the same transports that conveyed the latter corps to Ireland, for Canada, for the purpose of relieving the Ist Battalion of the 00th Regiment, which is ordered home. The Ist Division of the 94th Regiment of Infantry has em. barked on board the Loyal Briton transport, at Greenock, for Gibraltar. Detuchtnents of recruits marched yeterday morning, from the Recruiting Department in Westminster, for Chichester and the Isle of Wight. The following Regiments of Infantry are stationed at the Cape of Good hops, and to the eastward of it, viz.— let Foot, 2d Battalion, Madras—Marquis of Huntley, Col. 2d do. New South IVales—Sir Henry Clinton, Colonel. 6th do. Cape of Good Hope—Sir George Nugent, Colonel. 13th do. Bengal—General Edward Morrison, Colonel. 14th do. Bengal—Sir Henry Calvert, Colonel. 16th do. Ceylon---Lord 11 , restOrd. Colonel. 20th do. Bombay—Sir William Honston, Colonel. 30th do. Madras—Gen. James Montgomorie, Colonel. 38th do. Bengal—Earl Ludlow, Colonel. 41st do. Madras— Hon. Sir Edwatd Stopford, Colonel. 44th do. Bengal—General Gore Browne, Colonel. 45th do. Ceylon—Earl of Cavan, Colonel. 46th do. Madras—General H. Wynyard, Colonel. 47th do. Bombay—Hon. Sir A. Hope, Colonel. • 48th do. New South Wales —Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel. 49th do. Cape of Good Hope—Sir Miles Nightingale, CoL 54th do. Madras—Gen. Gascoyne, Colonel. 55th do. Cape of Good Hope—Sir W. H. Clinton, Colonel. 56th do. Mauritius —Sir J. Murray, Colonel. 69th do. Ben al—Gen. A. Ross, Colonel. • 67th do. Botany —Sir Wm. Keppel, Coloacl. 69th do. 3ladras—Sir J. Hamilton, Colonel. 82d do. 3 lauritius—General H. Pigot, Colonel. ii?.d do. Ceylon, General J. Hodgson, Colonel. 117th do. Bengal —Sir John Doyle, Colonel. 89th do. Madras—Sir Robert Macfarlane, Colonel. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. PLYMOUTH, MAY 4.—Arrived the Wanderer, Waygood s from Sierra Leone, in 42 days. DEAL, MAY s.—Wind S.W.—The outward-bound did not sail last evening, the wind which had sprung up from the east. ward having dropped, and they remain with the Fenwick for Trieste; the John and Margaret, Wood, has put into Rams. gate. Arrived the Velocity, from Bremin ; and liadson, from New York. PouTsmou'rx, 3lar variable.—Off the Wight the lionourable Company's ship Repulse, from China. Ar rived the Resource, Fenn, from London, for Calcutta ; Serin gapatam, Allen, from Bahia; and Aurora, Sache, from M orr; el. FALMOUTH, 31.1 Y .I. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Louisa, Robertson, froni 6alilwli : sailed the 23d of February. A brigantine or schooner of about 100 tons totally dismastea, called the Hannah, of *t. John's, N. 8., laden with pine timber, &c.. was towed into this harbour this day by three Cowes pilot-boats, having been fallen in with on Sunday morn ing, without any person on board, about eight leagues'S. by W. of the Lizard. Sailed the Zepher transport for Cork. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India house, when the following chartered ships were thus stationed, viz.:—The Claudine and Boyne, for Bengal direct, to be afloat on the 10th inst. ; and the Layton, for Bengal and Bencoolen, to be afloat on the 15th inst., and to sail from Gravesend at the expiration of 30 days from their coining afloat. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• 's The Stag, tii i r c ee-yr-olds, 7st. 511., four, N M E: G V r li e l v A il l i l e :E Lo T e F e l , R b S ea T t ISAP(.III.IHN.GC.MTEenEcIisTIIING, 1824. WEDNTSDAY. Bst. lit. each, T. Y. C. 200, h. It. Fifty Pounds, by subscriptitin7tbr fr. Bst. lltb.2and five , gilt. 4tt). o li sca . C r . , 3 g il i .. . : l Yb s rY3 to 4 on ( om Y r te s d'A rt.() i 3. C lA OL W Ni a r r il w ao ic n k 's ,s b b r . . c. c. b c y a J c gi al ipe pu r , o st ur paid. I - - 2 D. of Grafton's ch. f. Whizgig. 4 yrs - . - ar kes of 10(I each , IL ft. T. y. C. Mr Rogers's Nicolo, 7st. 10 th . - - .Bst. Mr Greville's Logic, 1015. - - 1 Artois, Bst. 2 to 1 on Juniper c. - c, - 3 Mr lidny's l.; Co we in eP t tad. Lo . 2 to 1 agst Nicolo.-4 to 1 afg A N ew York Paper says—" In clearing a tom b lately in the city of rt I3oston, the remains of Britibh Officer were found. It is supposed he wa s buried with his clothes on, but they had all perished, except his silk sash, which was in per fect order, and all the colours bright."