The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-18 00:00:00

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Ntnen 19.

A Finicking circumstance occurred inland, on the
mist coast of this colony. a few days ego, the par-
ticular. of which, as far as they have transpired,
are them. :•••m.. Several of Mr. Van Bairn' negroes
having absconded from his estates, the Beehive end
the Bush, Mi. Torre, brother-in-law to Mr. Van
Baires, and an engineer working on the estate,
,volonteeerd their services to go back, well armed,
with thirteen of the trustiest of the estates' tiegrnea.
to endeavour to secure some of the runaways. They
travelled a short way together into the womb,
when they met • party, with whom they had
''s blush, and took nine prisoners. They dispatch.
.ral seven of their own negroes to 'carry these
nine home to Beehive. and with the remainder
-of their party, which only consisted now of
Die, they determined (though very imprudently)
.to penetrate deeper into the forest ; and a short
time afterwards they fell in with a few more.attiong
*them were some of Mr. Van Bairn' own people.
‘Vith these the whites remmotratert, and adiised
* them to return home, and they would be pardoned.
in this they appeared to acquiesce; and were begin-
ssing to shape their course hornewhrd, wheh one-of
the runaways suddenly stopped, and said to Mr.
Torre,' Masao, come es a way, go and me mill show
you plenty such negro here ; they agreed to go;
this man led the way, and in a short time cittucted
them to the very centre of a camp, composed, it is
said. of upwards of BO negroes. Tlwir nalucky
fate was now soon decided. Mr. Torre Seeing a
black man dressed in a red coat sad epaulets,
very rashly fired at him • but this raigil suddenly
stooped, and the Alb; pissed him, but killed
another who stood by him. Torre was Wounded
immediately by a shot from one of tfie camp
negroes, when to complete his destniction the
tarn in red ran up, and, with one stroke of
a cutlass, nearly severed his head frog his body.
The engineer seeing the fate df his companion, en-
neavoured to effect an escape, but did not antlered,
tOr he was brought back instantly and murdered
piece-meal. He was quartered and otherwise shame-
Tully mutilated. An expedition of the East Coast
Militia is preparing to proceed into the Bush, and
sanguine hopes are entertained of success, when
something decisive will no doubt be'done."
=TRACT OF A LITTISS TO *Extra MACHEY,
DATIM DIMBRARA, MARCH Si.
From 60 to 100 *egress have absented thestrelves for
Moe time in the black leads, sear Maluku, but wheeledy
front the estates of Beehive and flreeelleld, alleging for
mese that the massager had meted too mach labour. The
Gmei;lield neuron having returned on coodilion that The
menewer should be discharged, sod ether negro-dyivers
pointed, and which was complied with, the immunise *e-
grets were oceopkd daring the eights in conveying Oslo the
greeds plaintala and a good may cattle.
" Toemost Van Brock, and seethe, yeast mum en the
estate, had repeatedly seta:opted to tiring bloke the Olney:ay
seeress, and partly succeeded; bat, *sally, 'those young
sten were decoyed by a party of the estates' negree•Aphir
had set absented themselves), to Mato a last attediffaad
fa this affair they were murdered in the most lenge mintier,
their bodies being mutilated, and their heads anal limbaear-
tied iu triumph rafted their casim. This affair tnok Olace
four day, ago (the 115th of March). Every exertion is now
reeking to weed a formidable party of whites and Indians -to
'admires: to destroy Mew'