The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL GARDHNS. VAUXHALL.

Tide Evening. WC/NMI/AY; July 14. a constant warmed= of
Azniewrnents will be riven,. from Etglit ullork until Twelve. euu.
...tin.; of a GRIND CONCERT of Vut:AL and INSTRUMENTAL
The Aurptlaind FRENCH JUGGLER. who will exhibit hie astonish-
ire perfnenianees. which fez women any thine of tiv kind ever before
retempte.l, and draw forth the most ruptunius applause;—the new
Pantwninte, entitled
THE FAIRY OF THE OAR!

Or. 11. RLEVUIN AND THE. WOODCUTTER&
EtiviTOCCI NI. TIOUT and SLACK ROPE, AtiCENT atiA DESCENT

• s•-• • —• • . •
co the ROPY,. h the surprising young American. In the
midst of the most splendid lel RE-Wt:lt KS.
The favourite .rule Song. of " Polly Ilopkinm." J.ey "(Vauxhall."
Chapter of Cooko." and the " Presumptuous Lite, VI)." he.. may be
Igel at ohe gar of the Gargetia. Also II oks of all the songs: In which
in•hidect the highly laughable Song cf. pout-and-Twenty little Hays
Said G ',lot all of a Bow."suog with unbounded applause at the Juvenile
I tie. by Mr. Millais&
11 ours oven at Seven. Concert commences at Eight. Admission
3a 110.

Th- BalTlllll Plum commenced publishing yesterday morning
at ti• • o'clock.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 t, 1821.

The last advices from Lisbon to the 30th ult. represent
that city to be still in a very unsettled state. Many arrests
had been made, and amongst them the editor of a popular
joumsl was included. The movements of the disaffected
are closely watched, and their hopes of success arc declin-
ing. Hat the army remains as much as ever a source of
uneasiness and alarm to the King, who, it is understood,
persists in requiring military aid from this country. Ilia
Most Faithful Majesty had intimated, that if England de-
einCd to render him the assistance he solicited, he would
immediately seems thiroffere of Frame. Ths King's ob-J
;cc: is said to be, nut wholly to disband his army, but simply
to rt model it. No government can long subsist in a country
in which a licesiklous soldiery have confederated themselves
to overawe it. ?Ohne confidence wee podully reviving in
I.l.ltan ; but it comet be ceopicasireemored until the atmy
be rtntleml the servek tnstead of the master of the State.
ft was known that British troops had boy n applied for,
snid the inhab:t ints of Lisbon, who remember their ex-
etdlvnt conduct during the war, openly and generalk ex-
pressed tbeir anxiety for their presence again. it was
believed that no answer had been received to the last de-
'patches of Sir Edward Thornton.

Despatches from Sierra Leone, dated the 17th of April,
and from Cape Coast Castle, dated the 9th of May, were'
yesterday received at the Co'.onial ()Rice. From these
accounts we kern, that the Aithantees bare advanced in
great numbers uton Cape tout Castle. Captain Ven-
karoc, who commanded II e British troops, had been
obliged to retreat across the river Boosatnpra. The
Askantees bad followed him, and, when these despatches
left the Colony, hail pushed on to Commends, within 15
miles of Cape Coast Castle. A considerable body of na-
tives continues with the Britis'i forces, and no appre-
hension was cntertaire I that the enemy would attempt to
teak? an attack upon them. The Castle, which is built on
a rock projecting into the sea, mounts 100 guns, and has
extensive utsgasines. It is considered s very strong fortili-
eiron. Thee,. ara, besides, two tnartello towers, mounted
with 92 pound carronades, upon the bil's which command
:be landitde passage to the Castle. The settlement itself,

therefore, is net in danger, though the savages may sweep
the adjacent country. Captain Blenkarne was making
every preparation for renewing offensive hostilities against
the Ashantees, as soon as the arrival of reinforcements would
enable the British to take the field. A deep and la: Ling
impression must he made on these barbarians, or the Euro-
pean traders will never again be in safety on that
coast. The most cordial spirit of co-operation happily
exists among the several Governors of the Europ an settle-
ments. By advice. received yesterday from the Dutch fort
of St. George tl'Elmina, it appears that the exchange of
Mr. Williams, the Colonial Agent, had been effected
through the good offices of the Dutch Governor, on condi-
tion that he should not be allowed to retire to Cape Coast,
or depart for Europe, until the expiration of s certain ,
period. Mr. Williams was made prisoner on the melan-
choly defeat of the late Sir Charles M'Carthy. As the
condition of his remaining at Elmina was imposed in order
that he might be forthcoming "to settle the pa/over," it
would appear that the Ashantees have some idea of nege-
elation. We have no desire to have blood shed unneces-
sarily, from any mistaken notion of national honour,
especially with reference to a at of gross and ignorant
barbarians like these ; but as respect can be extorted from
them only through their fears, and as the least amount of
suffering will, upon the whole, result from a vigorous
chastisement inflicted upon them at the present mdmcnt,
we treat that no terms will be granted to them while they
remain in our settlements, or in the territories of our allies,
nor till they have, in some shape which shall admit of no
eiscontruction, done penance for the outrages they have
committed. This should be a preliminary point.before the
Claver was commenced. We are glad to learn that the
ony was in • healthy state, and that the confidence of
the settlers was greatly restored.
The answer of Governor Woodford to the petition of
the free inhabitants of Trinidad, for the suspension of the
Order in Council, respecting the future treatment of the
Slaves, will be found in another column. It appears, that
the petitioners were mistaken in supposing that the Governor
bad any power by law to suspend the promulgation of any
order of his Majesty in .Council. In the first place, the
Governor states his concern that the meeting should have
taken place after he had signified his disapprobation of its
object. We admit, that the discussion of the measures of
Government in a Colony, immediately under the dominion
of the Crown, cannot be suffered as freely as in those in
which the legislative authority is vested in houses of as-
sembly; but in a matter so deeply and directly affecting
the property of the planters, there could surely be no reason
for wishing to stifle the temperate and decorous expression
of their sentiments. It was perhaps necessary that his Ex-
cellency, as a point of etiquette, should decline to receive the
deputation. Further than that, however, in our opinion, the
Governor, in vindication of his dignity, was not required to
proceed. No one will pretend that, either in the petition or in
any part of the proceedings of the meeting, any disrespectful
or objectionable phrase could be found. All was a course
of cool argument ; and legislating on this subject, as his •
Majesty's Government are, at so great a distance from the
spot, and in almost utter ignorance, practically, of the diffi-
culties they have to cope with, and the obstacles they have
to surmount, the judgment of the most intelligent planters,
as to the intended improvement of the slave population,
must be coveted by them. The absence of a House of
Assembly, or any other delegated body, through which the
planters might constitutionally make known their feelings,
furnishes a strong ground why they ought, without ani-
madversion, to have been permitted humbly to approach
the Crown in defence of what they deem to he their in-
terests. No meeting could have been conducted more dis-
paniemately. The fullest justice was done by the speakers,
especially by Mr. Burnley, to the motives of the aboli-
tienists, and the intentions of his Majesty's Government.
Mr. IVilberfume and his fellow-labourers in the peat
work of the abolition of the slave trade were compli-
mented by name for the services they had rendered to
humanity. Never were the liberality and temperance of
any meeting more conspicuous. In order to enhance
the high satisfaction which must be felt at the proceed-
ings of the colonists of Trinidad, it only remains for
us to state, that at the time they were thus calmly
pointing out the errors and defects of the regulations
about to be imposed upon them, general gloom and
despondency were spread over the face of the island,
and the most dreadful apprehensions pervaded the free in-
habitants, that they would be engulphed in poverty and
ruin, if not destroyed, by the insurrection of their slaves.
We may smile at these apprehensions, happily remote as
we are from their perils ; but, whether well or ill grounded,
there can be no doubt, from the latest accounts from Trini-
dad, that even the most experienced were filled with dread
at the prospect before them. A meeting, under these cir-
cumstances, behaving with such eminent forbearance and
generosity, might, we think, have been allowed to pass, with-
out the Governor's censure. His Excellency says, that "the
points comprised in the Order in Council were recommend- I
ed to his Majesty's Government by the whole body of
West India Planters and Merchants in London, as fit con-
cessions on the part of the slave proprietors." This may
Ibe true to the..letter, and yet it may not be true, that the
proposed regulations are adapted to the purposes for
which they have been framed. 'What is meant by the
statement, that "the points were recommended to his
Majesty's government ?" This declaration admits too
much, without, in fact, giving any information. Wu
gke attention of his Majesty's Government directed
generally to certain objects ? or were the Mean's iireserThiaed'
in the regulations specifically suggested ? The public
must have a more definite statement, if it be intended to
enter upon a justification of the provisions of the Order in
Council. But if " the West India platters and merchants
in London" were persons fitting to have a voice in the
enactment of these measures, a fiallori the planters and
merchants in the West Indies, who are to be exposed to lie
operation of the experiment, ought to be permitted to give
their opinion of its justice and practicability. Ibis Majesty's
Government are more likely to have their views enlightened
by those who are practically acquainted with the evils
sought to be eradicated, than by those who can know little
about them ; and we regret, therefore, that the Governor
should so have expressed himself in his answer, as in all
probability to check very strongly, if not wholly to sup-
press, any future manifestation of the sentiments of the
colonists with regard to any further steps that may be taken,
either to modify or amend the regulations new in force for
the improvement of the negro population.

In the private letters yesterday from Lisbon it is stated,
that s lady, named Juromenha, had been discovered to be
particularly active in promoting plots against the govvrii-
went, and was therefore ordered to leave Lisbon in forty-
eight hours. It is stated that Marshal &reefer!, with
the natural feeling of an Englishman toward the fair rex,
had twice applied to the King in this lady's favour ; but
the reports of the Police were probably too decisive of her
critainalty ; for, notwithstanding the gnat desire of the
King to gratify the Marshal, no further relaxation of the
orders previously lone.' could be obtained, than teat she
should be allowed to choose her place of residence any-
where beyond a certain distance from the capital.