The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-21 00:00:00

SIERRA LEONE.

Captain Drewe, of the 9.;th Regiment, late R.A.L.,
arrived from the Western Coast of Africa, by the 5.. r,„
transport. The Surrey left Sierra Lon the
timber, and the Gambia 10th of October, and had a p
of thirty-eight days. Captain Drewe has hr0n.,:1.:
spatches from Major-Gen. Turner, the Governor, :•
20th of September. The dry season hail set in, and
ness bad nearly ceased among the troops. The great.i:
number of those in hospital were in a state of conva4..
cence, and likely to do well. There hal been no nexp:,
received at Sierra Leone from the Gold Coast since the wa
of June: thelast accounts were favourable.
The Governor, who is indefatigable in his daily exertions
-for the welfare and happiness of the Colony, had
the (lay before the Surrey, to the Bananas (a few small
lands, situated about forty miles to the mitwayd of
Leone), with two small vessels, and flit,/ men, of the Itov.
al African Corps, for the purpose of arranging seine ditto
ences that had existed between two strong parties, which
had, in a great measure, interrupted the trade of the Colo-
ny from that quarter, by stopping the pas,ses; and it was
hoped his Excellency would be able to settle the businen,
So that the gold, and other trade, wouhl have a free and
uninterrupted intercourse.

The workmen were about to commencrs at the new bar.
racks; all the materials had arrived from England ; and it
was expected that the whole magnificent pile of buildinc,
consisting of superb officers' barracks, and twa distinct snl.
tilers quarters, would be completed in the course of flie
months; one of the soldiers' barracks had been finiihol
previous to the rains, and covered 200 mcn most cow.
fortably. _ _

The following is from the Hampshire 7'efegroph:—
" Yesterday (Friday) arrived the Surrey transport,
Lieutenant Thompson, agent, from Sierra Leone, whenc:
she sailed on the 231 of September, with nine women RI
fiftcen children, widows and orphans of deceased so!dim,
in a most deplorable state of debility, from fever; of whic4
number, five women and seven children, es well as two sea.
men of the Surrey, died on the passage. The remaining
part of the crew being in a convalescent state, Capt. Bore,
the Superintendent of Quarantine, put the ship under that
restraint. We have derived by this ship the following ac-
count of the most recent occurrences and present state of
the Colonies on the coast of Africa :
his t
SE;:rreeellyientrcavt4oriajtor,
andthe
a2u4nteh
embAarikigedusti,n
Turner "n
the Banana and Plantain Islands, in consequence et two tribes.
the Caulker!' and Cleveland'', being at war, antrhaving detained
the trade canoes which pass to and from the 'allow' piacu
on the Sherbro River to Sierra Leone, taking the captires as
their slave,, and frequently selling them to slave modem—
On the 27th August, the boats of this ship, with a small party of
the Royal African Corps, under Lieutenant Thompon's enters,
landed, with the Governor, and took possession of Plaintain
in the name of the King of England. After retaining possession of
it for some days, the King of the Island, named Caulker (a eclaiued
man), who was educated in England, came over tram the mein
land, and had an interview with General Turner. The result of
this conference was, that In conjuncion with the other Kings and
Chiefs, it was agreed that some liana land on die Island of York,
should be ceded to England, provided his Excellency would give
them protection hereafter front tribes which at rations limes core
down from the interior. The treaty being si.;i the colours en
Plantain Island were again hauled down, and the Governor returned
in the ship to Sierra Leone. On the 9th Septoltvatches were re-
ceive d from the town of Bathurst, in the blaed of St. Mary's (River
Gambia), stating that the whole detachmei is of 'lie Royal Alnesn
Corps, in garrison there, amounting to one hundred and thirty-fine
soldiers, with eight women and seventeen children, which were
landed only in June, had ell died of reser, excepting thirteen soy
diem, and these were in hospital. unfit for duty ; that the Come
'slander of Bathurst was fearful of being attacked by the Kiry( of
Barra, from the opposite shore, in consequen:e of a tribute fe
formerly receives! being stopped by General Turner. On the 2(en
September the Surrey sailed with the detaciinient she had on boar%
of about hundred men, seven women, and nine children, o
replace those who had died at Bathurst. On her arrml
there, on the second of October, was toned lying at anchor, the
Swinger gun-brig, protecting the place. Her Commander,
Poingdestre, and seven of the crew, had died of fever; also Ensign
Staple:on, of the Royal African Corea. The slave trade is carried
on in a greater degree than ever. A Portuguese schooner, of 'bout
90 tuns, had been scat in by the Esk. This email vessel had on
board men, women, and children, in all amounting to two hundred
and eighty-four. The heart-sickening misery discovered, front the
crowded and sickly stale of the slaves, exceeded any description
that could be given of it. When the Surrey left the Sherbro Rain,
there were no less than seven slave vessels waiting for their ewes
No accounts had been received front the Gold Coast since July.
The state of those Colonies was not known. From various road
from the Mandingoe tribes, it is expected the Ashantem will tot
Cape Coast another visit. The trade at Poriindeck had radat
failed lately, in consequence of the Foulah tribes baying steppe:
the coast people from bringing down their gums. The tn.. a
and wax trade at the Gambia is much improved of lie, n d
from its being a free port, a, well as Sierra Leone tor r."+a
articles, corn, hors2s, sheep, and poultry, it is not doubted bat
the trade, in the following year, will be much increased.

The Vienna Papers announce that the Etnperor of .Art
tria and the Imre dal Family would leave Presburg nn :!!e
20th of November, and take up their residence f.l die
winter at Vienna.

Accounts front Oporto, in the Lisbon Gazette of tie ‘..lt:
October, give the result of an inquiry set on foot by car
oNflaag Mist rates tepsf inatomtotetaxitiein
at ;ifc thea injury
r v
d ih causedjnilo .
itijgbpypitlie
y sy
pears that the fears at first entertained that matt it, riots
%• re buried under the earth, were ill founded. The ni:ii.-
bet of persons killed is seven, and of the wounded
The Caraccas papers state the passing of a 'our Ly
Congress of Colombia, appropriating a millicat of ec:lats
to be lent to agriculturists, in sums of one thousanil to
thousand dollars, at an interest of six per cent. to he- iti4i4
in IS years. Application was tulle - the Ce!.l,
Minister tb the United States' flank for a sintibir loan. Tiat
application having failed, the Congress have the tesdee.s•c.:
the money to their farmers.
Vivo BAY.—The fate of the Vigo Rav Co ,`PacY
about to be decided. We undetstital :he I
received intelligence of the arrival of the Emerpt ir st!
co, on tlni ‘2silt ultimo. The agent, accomparies'. b•
English Consul and the King's pilot, proceeded en the
to Rreltenelie Bay, and on the first day's search retool eiro:
vessels, two in ten fathoms water, and another ir two U
thorns water. At the date of the despatches, the :29•111: .
the Enterprise was under sal to make the necessary attar l•
with the diving hell and other imp.etnelts.
The baggige and sea equipment of Lord Cochtarie:lrt•
Maranham have hem landed from the Piranga ; hot, tra
the seamen wanting to complete her cr.• not hatin; sr'
rived from the River, that ship rid not 1 e ready to return
to the Brszils this fortnight.—iletowhire ie g .
The Tinsel of Saturday gives the extrarr
•
nary suggestion as to the prover mode of meting the we
"need price of porter :—" We maim:int, that in
order t'
Inert this combination, by which rrter is rated one p.a.
in ten, workmen and labourers ef every decent '°
ought to have one $11;lling ill t err , n added to Cif,'
tuagys." What a proferand
this sag jouroliw
would make! A workman care t! 4.4 .hih'ibgs Orel
should, according to hint, .receive tire,' shillings estr n,
which, taking porter to be advanced one bevYjetta!/ 3 rt:
computes his consumption at seventy-two nf porter pr
•
week ! ! What a specimen of political arithmrtic !