The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-29 00:00:00

MONDAY, JULY 51.9, 1816.

very ; the ravages of merciless cruelty, or the outrage
of ungoverned lust ; altars stained with human gore, or
funerals resounding with the groans of butchered gladia-
tors? It is, because, at the commanding aspect of sci-
ence, these abominations vanishedfrom the earth.—Why
are inftnts no longer exposed to capricious destruction
from ur&eling parents ? Why .re parents now secure
fr.an the snares and the murdering designs of ambitious
sans? Why is the wife now respected in her ago; and,
not, us formerly, dismissed to make mom for the seducing
wanton, or tortured with the insolence of rival concu-
bines ? What has exalted the whole female sex to re-
spectability, to deference, and to love ? Without a
question, it is the light of learning. It was this that
first taught men to abhor these abuses; and it is this
that still restrains the most unworthy from relapsing
into such enormities. What has mitigated tie horrors of
war—civilized the manners of nations—attempered the
power of the great—and exalted the condition of the
poor ? It is the same cause. If these are the effects of
learning in its indirect influence, what wonderful bene-
fits would it produce if it were extended to every indi-
vidual.--flow greatly would it check the progress of
crime I How greatly would it increase the sum of civil
and domestic happiness !

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
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AFRICA.

By fresh adviccs from the Gold Coast, it appears, that
Gen. Daendels, Governor in Chief of the Dutch Forts
in that country, has been surveying the River Ancobar,
and has reported to his Government the expediency and
practicability of acquiring land by purchase of the natives at
a very low price ; and has recommended that extensive
purchases should be made with a view to convert the
same into plantations of cottou and coffee, and that he has
already made considerable progreat in clearing the land
of wood, &c. The General further states, that the River
Ancobar is navigable ns far as the centre of the Dinkiva
country, the first province of the King of Ashantee; and
he adds, that it is certain that this River was navigable in
the time of Rosman. The General then refers to ancient
Dutch maps copied from the Portuguese, to show that
formerly the Portuguese bad several Establishments on
the Ancobar, at which were convents of Monks and Chris-
tian Churches, above 40 leagues in the interior of the
country. The General suggests, that were the English and
Dutch to agree-to establish forts on each side of the River,
with the consent of the King of Ashantec, not only might
the whole commerce of that country be attracted, but also
that of the country on this side of Long Mountains. The
expense of such a project to the Governments the General
thinks would not exceed 10,0001. sterling; as he conceives
the -King of Ashantec would supply a number of work-
men to carry wood, stones, and lime, of which there is an
abundance in the neighbourhood.

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AMERICA.

The last arrival of American Papers stated, that there
had been a arcatiftil Jim-as between Judge Randolph,
Col. Greenhill, and a Mr. T. Wells, Delegate fur Not-
toway. The following extract front Wells's statement in
the Richmond Virginia Amuse gives the particulars of the
affray :—.lfter stating that he was walking in his gar-
den with his funny on the 89th of Max', and that he then
discovered the Judge's servant, with three horses stand-
ing in front of the house, and believing " that he was
about to be attacked by more persons than one, seeing
CoL Greenhill's horse with the Judge's, Mr. Wells in-
forms us that he retired to his house to prepare for his
defence ; and thus proceeds
when I arrived at Ilse front door of the room now alluded
to, I discovered the Judge 30 or 40 yard; in soy trout ; it was
my wish to have seen where Col. Greenlai was, bust the Judge
seeing sue in the door, immediately advanced in a direct line.
with Isis eyes fixed steadily on in.. IMk ...veers, that Ire had
ll Whip Wilts sr thi/114 to it, in hit left Imi4- he placed his right
hand either in the bosom pocket of Isis t, tor in his bosom,
inside of his waistcoat. so soon as he had Ali% anced within 15
or 09 paera of me, I stepped back with rev left foot behind my
right and prepast.d for defence.---lt hen the Judge advance's]
to the steps ot she piazza, he mule no hats and sshcn he com-
menced ascending the steps, I asked him it to meant to Attack
me its my own house ; to which he made last with his
eves fixed on lily face, step:sell Usti. the plazzr., Where he halt-
ed within less an to set at which pier bee 1111111 l poet d
speaking, taking his whip and drawing his band (which I pre•
some was on Isis pistol) all sit the 11IAP. SO won as he
c 1111 l menced these motions and Ape akitig, I drew my pistol
(scatty corked) and tired as quiekly as pomade—no I have al-
reads. stated, he was ise lv,s than Its fret ohnc, which rendered
It nei iiecessiii, to take right. His wordsolorto he commeucest
his motions for attack, w ere these—' Are vim the damn's, tits.
cal that; and at the word' that,' the fire of soy pistol stopped
his speech, Lacb of my pilau's was charged with two bails,

PRICE 91d.

and one struck the Judge's wrist, which ha% inn; impeded the
force of the ball, it did not penetrate smartly into his breast,
but tell hack on the floor.—The Judge. after a short and silent
pause, turned, staggered out, and fell 13 yard. from the darn;
but some time before he WI, I stepped into the piazza, near
midway, between the house door and the piazza door, when I
discovered Colonel Greenhill advancing rapidly towards the
Judge. Col. Grenbill advanced to the Judge, made a small
pause, something passed between them whieh I did not db...
tinctly understand, and he immediately left the Judge, and ad-
vanced towards me. I instantly made ready n ith my second
pistol,llllll when he had advanced within four yards of the
step', to the piazza, I addressed him in these words --4 And
have I cot to fight with you too'—when he made me no answer,
but advanced to the foot of the steps. He wag then within If►
tact of me, or less, with kis eyes fixed on my face, and, as 'The-
bes°, about to draw a pistol; when, considering myself nut
bound to wait any longer, I drew, aimed at his head, and fired.
Col. Greenhill staggered and fell, with his head off from the
door, where, in struggling to rise, he bled considerably."

Wells adds in his justification, "he (Judge Randolph)
was found 1.1 yards from my door, armed with tinir pis-
tole ; and Col. Greenhill's blood was only flair yards
from my door, and he armed with a pistol and a dirk."
The Paper from which this ex-parle account is taken
says, the prospect of Judge Randolph's recovering is hap-
pily increasing. Col. Greenhill is stated to be entirely
out of danger.

A dreadful calamity has been experienced at Raleigh,
in America. Upwards of 50 houses have been destroyed
by tire, supposed to be the work of incendiaries. The
loss sustained is supposed to exceed 100,000 dollars.
The project of a National Bank meets with little encou-
ragement. The subscription-books have not vet been
opened. The PoriNuunith Oracle is venting bitter Phi-
lippics against it ; and the Nero Turk Post is re-echoing
them. It is denominated a child of the Government,
produced by its own desires—unsupported by a single

tition for its establishment from any portion of the ea-
ple. The American Papers have letters from Paris,
speculating strongly on the probability of a war between
England on one side, and Russia, Prussia, and the Ne-
therlands on the other. These letters assert, that the
Bourbons are sending money to America.

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SOUTH AMERICA.

A Daily Paper has published the following :—We
have received letters from Barbadoes of the I tith ult.
containing some details respecting the war in South Ame-
rica. On both sides the war has aisumed the most hor-
rid character—Extermination seems to be the ruling aim
of both Royalists and Independents; and if the strug-
gle he long continued not a white man will be left in the
Southern Continent to contend for the dominion. `With
great grief we state, that in the beginning of last month
several row-boats, manned by Royalists, lauded on the
little island of Pato, near the northern Bocas, in the en-
trance into the Gulph of Paria, and which Mongs to
England, and robbed, plundered, and murdered a great
part of the inhabitants, on the charge of being Patriots.
Among other refinements of the Spaniards. in their treat-
ment of these unfortunate people, they put seven of them
to death by crucifixion. Yes, crucified &wee Er.itiAh set.
jells, and by other means put to death all that fell into
their hands ! We simjoin a letter from our countryman.
Kellwood Hyslop, Esq. one of the British subject., whit
unfortunately fell into the hands of the Ilovali.ts on the
capture of Carthagena. This Gent,leman is now at
kini.rston, Jamaica :—" You have heard, no doubt. of my
arrest and imprisonment et Carthagena by Moral(); but
you can have no idea of the treatment I recoived. I
was unthrtnnate in being too late in getting ink hoard at
the evacuation : and on the 7th of December I watt
thrown into the Inquisition, where I rm.:steed two
months without any communication at all, undtwo more
in a miserable state of suspense. Poor Stuart was shot,
with Augniana, Takao, M. Amador, Porrocarrera,
bon, Castillo, Ayos, and De Gremlins, on the :t4th
February ; and, but for the •iiiterecssZon of the Admiral,
I was to have been the tenth victim on that day. Se
that, ud of being triad by a mock Court-martial,
I was tried by a civil process and miracalons:y autptifted.
I left Carthagena on tlie'27th if April, at Whidltillletheret
1111 N -a general silence in town, it was whispered that his
progress was not so rapid as he expected.—Santa Fe of
course had not fallen. , The General Congress was at
Tunja. ardl since the execution of Amada and itlbbon.
who had surrendered under a promised pardon, the in-
terior spirit had resolved to defend itself to the Inst.
riles with two battalions of Caraccas troops, had mara-
ed fiw Venezuela, when meters %%sere changed touch
against Ferdinand ; so that Moral() has AM more tit=
about 3000 men with him.—Carthagena is garrisoned by
the regiment of Leon, about 650 effeetivk and non-ef-
fective, (and I may add, disaffected men, from the walla

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of clothing nd pay), and a battalion of Linnoes, com-
posed of about 550. 1 was a month in town before I
wile 1, and I assure you those who remained in hopes of
better Government under Ferdinand, find themselves
miserably mistaken. I believe I may say with truth,
the spirit of the people is now more elevated than ever it
was at any previous period."