The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-22 00:00:00

From the FRENCH and bin-cif P4?.ERS.

Itls, OCT. 10.—Letters from Bayonne, dated
the 2541 of September, mention that. that city feels
great benefit from the presence and good conduct of
the troops composing the Army of Observation, and
that the politeness of their Commander, the Ex-,
Governor of Paris, entitled to particular praise.

The Enemy are continually before. Rochelle. Six
Ships of the Line and a Sloop. of War constantly
c'rnize at. the entrance of the channel of Antioche;
they are in sight from time to time. There are
always three or four Frigates under sail, orat anchor,
at the Mouth' of the Garonne, and two Sloops. of
War, which never quit the Sands of Olonne, or the •
,Whale. They keep the unfortunate coasters, vvlilefL
venture to quit the ports, in a: state of continual
alarm, and often drive them on shore.

51kOksfI) ASCENSION BY NIGFIT OF M. GAR-

NERIN.

"1p second aerial journey by night will net afford
An opportunity. for the brilliant narratives which I
have.had occasion to make in the course of my
forty preceding ascensions. I shall not have to de'
scribe the majestic appearances which nature con-
.offers to the eyes of an aeronaut who as:
cends in favourable weather. I can only give a te-
rative of an aerial tempest which was nigh termi-
nating in a shipwreck.

" The obstacles which the wind caused to the in-
cation of the balloon sufficiently apprised' me; of
the approach cif the storm ; and to the difficulties:
of the weather was added the farbulanceof a party,'
by which I was prevented &Om placing the cord of,
the valve so as to regulate the tube, which, in case!.
6f expansion, was to.condutq the gas into a diredlion
different Aqui the lights which surrounded the bot-
tom of the balloon. , •

I was to have been accompanied by 'M. DE
CHASSENTOV ; but the aerial storm, which con,tinu-
ally increased until the :moment of my departure,
gave me reason to apprehend such a disaster as Mr.
BLANCHARD, And another aeronaut,. met With in
Holland. M. Da CHASSENTON was aetually in the
boat. I must bear witness to
.his determination;
for Dam convinced that nothing could have made
ibis young man, remarkable for his merit, quit the
boat, 'if the well•grouniecl apprehension which I
entertained, of seeilig him exposed to certain. de-
struliOn, had not suggeSted to me the idea of de-
daring to him, that the.balloon was not capable of

carrying up t*o persons. •
ft It was thus in the most adverse weather, anzl.
expoSed to the greatest 'opposition and the tuir..!. :)f
a cabal, the head of which it is easy to goes,: that
I ascended from Tivoli, at half past test o'clock
the nizlit of the 21st of S.ptemher. An unex-
artipled rapidity
,of a,v7,•n:,;on, but extremely nece,-:
miry to prevent me frotu coming in contact. with the
adjoining houses, raised me above the elou4s,:4ti'o, in
'a 'few minutes carried me to an laimenso,height,
the extent of which I cannot .precisely ascertain; one;
account of the dangers and embarrassments which,,
suddenly atYcEcd my imagination, and prevented
me from observing the declension of the Mercury in
the barometer. Elevated in an instant to
.the. frozen',
regions, the balloon became subjed to a degree of
expansion which 'inspired Me with the greatest ap-
prehension. There Was no altermitive between cer-
tain death and giving an instant vent to the vs
and this at the risk of seeing the balloon take 4re;
I gradually opened with one hand an oriftee; of
about two feet diameter, by which the gai':e464e4l`
in larie voh4mesi, while, with the other, leiii4ulSh-
ed al many of the lights as I could,- During this
Ofoli, I severol times was near overbalanCing my-
!,or, and falling out of the boat.

f‘ Deprived of the opportunity' of regulating the
valve, my balloon,,like a slip without 4 rudder,
floated in air, obeying the influence of the tempera
tare, the wits ts, and the Whenever the force
arthese triode me descend, the storm, which kept
increasing, obliged me to throw out ballast,for
the purpose of Avoiding it; And escaping from immi-
tient shipwreck. At length, At four o'clock in the
morning, after having been almost continually en-
veloped in thick clouds, through which I could sel-
dom see the moon, all my, means or supporting tny.
tell in the air were exhausted, Whatever Skill. I
possessed was no longer of use to me. ~,My
,boat
veral tunes struck against theground anti rebounded
from thence, The tempest often. drove me against
the sides and lops of mountains. Whenever my
ottelinr cauii,ht in a tree, the balloon WAS ISO VitSetitly
agitated by the wind, that I experienci all the
convenience of a violent sea-sickness. Plunged at
one. time to the .bottom-of a precipice, in an instant
efter I ascended, and acquired a new elevation. :Tile
violence of the,concos!ions exhan.iied my strotigth,
and I lay for a half-hour in tile' boat in it state of in.
otempest I reeaVerilil per-
ceived During Mont Tonnerre, and it Was ii tho iniclat of
, crashi'm of thunder, and at a Moment whiqb I sup-
posed would be my Last, that kplanted upon this c.e-

T. FT E SU N.

&OLILM LUIS r A 1.364 A.UDEAT ?

LONDriV,

THURSDAY, 'OCTCLUtt 22, 1807.

WE are still without any authentic intelligence
respecting the fine of Portugal, but from the fads
that are in our Possession, there appears every reason
to apprehend that the mandate of BUONAt'ARTH to
the Portuguese Government, to shut their Ports against
the trade of this Country, will ultimately be coil-'
plied with ; and: indeed this opinion appears so
general, that, several of the Opposition Writers,
have vehemently accused Ministers for not having
sent a number of Vessels to Portugal, in order to
bring away all British Subj.ats and their property.
This accusation is fouiided upon some Letters titan
Lisbon,' in which the writers complain .that there
were not .V.essels enough to. bring away British pro-
perry, and'that some persons had paid most extra-
vagant high prices for freight. It is very true,
,
that, when the demands 'of the French Golik!rnment,
and their probable result, were known at Lisbon, a
very general alarm, was- eicited• among the British
Residents there, and that alarM made them believe
that the danger was mall in?re near them than it
really was. . GoVernment have, however, adopted
proper precautions tb ensure their safety. It is well
known that Adm. Puttitts's Fleet has been; fur sumo
time in the Tagus, and a number of light Ni'isejs
have lately
,sailed for Portugal, for the purpose of
bringing away British property.

His Majesty's Ship 'fa, Ted,. with the Fleet under
her convoy for the West Indies, whiCh sailed from
POrtsmouth on the Ivith of June, arrived at Barba-
does on the 25th of August. Me James Mail-boat,
'from Barbadoes for Deinerara, was captured on the
V4th of August by the :keine Addle French Priva•
teer, which has also captured the Danish Schooner
Betiey, Dyt.t./.;, and the Burchall, TY Nus, of and
from Barbadoes, for. Surinam, and carried them into
Guadaloupe.

A Paper ,of 4,14 is morning states, that a, politicLl,
.diiferettc has, taken place "bet Ween the two Noble
Lords who are considered as being at the head of the
Opposition, and that one of them (Lord liowtcx),
JIM declared his intention of absenting himself 7from
Parliament during the ensuing .Session. We li`now'
not whether this statement be.corre4.l or not, but we
confess that a separation in politics between the' two
Noble Lords alluded to would surprise us flinch-less
than Their Union did.

tAY,. we beg to be understood as 'not intending to
cast any refieEtion upon That gallant Officer. If he
had specific.instrudions,' it was his duty to, obey
them; if not, it is not possible to attribute his con-
du 't to any motive inconsistent with the most ho-,
nourable feeling of a Britiih Officer, justly offended
at the condua of,a professedly Neutral Power. But
it is absolutely necessary for the &Alin& understand-
ing of the matter before us,. that the Admiral's con-
, dna should be thoroughly discussed, We will Brit
suppose him to•have aatecl.with.out orders. If'so, he
probably claimed the right of searching' the Chesa-
peake upon the same grounds as he would have in,-
sisted upon the search of qny AMerican Meraharit-•
man, namely, the long and universally received praC7
tiee of Nations, in cases where no Treaty ' exists„.
This practice, or Law of. Nations, permits the search
of all Neutral Ships, for the purpose oldiscovering-
' the Property of Enemies, Contraband 'Goods, Prohi.,
bited Trade, &c. Now, nothing can be more clear-
ly laid down, in . law and pradice, than 'that
the resistance of the Neutral to the exercise
of this -right, is a sufficieM cause for the cod.;
demnation of the Vessel so' resisting, whatever
may be her cargo or destination, • If, therefore, Ad-
miral BERKESEY conceived, that in insisting upon
the search of the American FrigatP he was exercising '
an inherent RIGHT, it was his duly to bringitsthe
Vessel for lawful ADJUDICATION by a British Court
of ADMIRALTY. The mode he adopted 'wasTalpa-
bly irregular ; and Commodore -BmittoN was un-_
questionably justified in considering his Frigate as
Prize to the Leopard..
If then our Admiral ought to have captured the
1-Americap, what would this have been but an 'cal
WAR. We capture and condemn Merchant Ve;isell,
and Neutral Governments give credit to our Courts
of Admiralty for justice and equity, in confiscating
only Ships or goods lawfully PR qE. But to suppose
that a Neutral Government will submit to the judg-
' meat of our Admiralty the legality or propriety, of
its own. Acts o.f State is really absurd, It most be
a question of PEACE Or WAR, and that can onlys be
safely or Consistently decided:by* Governizene.r,)
These observations are intended to meet the ideas.'
of those who consider Admiral BERKELEY'S
• perfeetiy consistent with the received practice of
Belligerents with • respea to Neutrals;. as an Mei-
whiehought. no more to disturb the peace of
the two Countries, than thea,-apture :of -a
cargo, of
salt fish entering a,blockaded Dart. We have Merely
argued, that the right claimed by the Admiral was
not an established right, and that, it it were, he did
het ;pursue it As he ougiit to have done.-.—We 0011
to-morrow resiaMe the subject.

Yesterday, about . twelve o'clock, .Ttinta Nlfik-
JESTIES arrived in their travelling post chariot at the
Queen's Palace, from. Windsor, escorted by- nparty
of light horse : they were
,re-eived, on their en-
trance to the Palace, by the Dukes of YORK, KENT,
and CUMBERLAND. The five PRINCYSSES IA .• ": (.1
THEIR MAJESTIES in two carriages; at.tenned b:. !ler.'
Countess of ILCHESTER and Lady 1. THYNNE,s§.A..). ti:
after their arrival, the Princess MA 'AY wenoq . t/
.Tarnes's 'Palace in the Duke of York's carriagtmand'
honoured Lady CHARLOTTE FINCH with a vistt.ft,t,.h'er
apartments, and returned 'to the Queen's Palace, 1
About one., o'clOck Hitt` MAJESTV and all *the'
PRINCESSES, accoutpanied. by the DOKE of
.Ctrs -',
BERLAND, set off for Blackheath, upon a visit-to,
the PRINCESS of WALES and Ducness of BRtJNs-
WICK, where they partook of it stun:,:u.itli dinner','
at three o'clock .; after which they returned to the
Queen's. Palace, -where they arrived soon after five..
Ilitty did not , alight from their .carriages, bin :re-.'
mained in them while horses were ehanaititi and'
then proceeded, with all possible speed, t:VVliitkor.
The DUKE, of. CuNIBIILAND got into his oWn car-
riage, wilich wasitt waiting, :nd went to hi's'aptirt::.
clients in St., James's Palace. . !
His MAJESTY held a private Levee at -the Queen's
Palace., soon alter two o'clock,. which was attended
[V
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Secretaries of-State for
the I•l,orne and Colonial Departments, the Master General of
tits tkrdstance.Lilie First Loot- 'pi the Admiralty, the Chan.
Cellor or the 4.xtite.quer, "harl .WiliclieLea, Grcom of the
Sidle ; Lord Boston, in Waiting.; ' Admiral Gould.- Colonel
-Catiosan, and Messrs. fawkiier sand Greville, Grooni in
Wiiitin.r. •
.. ' The following h.ed the honouiof being present ?.1
to His MAJESTY : . .
. Rear.Athrliral Gould, upon his promotion to that rank.
' Colonel Cadogan. upon his arrival from South America.
His MAJESTY gave audiences, to the Cabinet Mi-
nisters,. and n6id a. Privy Council, which sat but a
short time.: . - ..
• 'About four o'clock His MAJESTY -Set off on his .
return to' Windsor. -

A Dublin Paper of the 17th contains the fonow-
[rig paragraph.:—" We have been this day inforkat:
from a source on which we can place' the tirinekr=
lance, that within these eight'days (a perio4consi-
derably snbsequent to any connetied with the re its
which appear in the, last London Papers),4tnsC-Cr's
army, 60,000 strong, were so tinr advanced on their
route to, Portugal,' that the Gentleman from Whbin
we have, received our information, and who tra.-
versed a considerable pari of the southern provinces
of France on his return, says, he has no doubt'
whatever but that it is, at this,moment in possession
of Purtogal. It is unnecesliary to add, that all com-
munications in business or pleasure were at a stand.
Confidence had totally disappeared, and a. gdneral
alarm pervaded every departMent of the State iscnd of
the people."

'By a letter from Captain ROBERTSON, of t 4
rat Castle East Indiaman, dated AUgust 1(3, tli&Yei-,
,sel had get.her leak stepped, and.was, to sail 'Odin'
vience in, the coprse,of two days, on her voyage to'
Penang and Ctlina. ' '

Parrolottrit, Oar. t L.... 11! Resistance Frig ite,
Captain ADAM; Success Fripte, Captain AscouGa,
and Sprightly Cutter, Limn. GORDON, have cap-
tured and sent into this Port Vildelheide, a French
Sloop, from Cherbourg, bound to Havre de Grace,_
with potaih, oil, logwood, sod sugar.
Arrived the Success Frigate, Capt. AYE-COUGH,
and Pluto Sbop of War, Capt. JANVEIN4 from a
cruize ; HUNTER ; Jeney Peak, MlLLsiii
Argo, HARWOOD.,; Jane, THOMAS ; and Three Si;
ters, MGM, from Sunderland ; and Trader, •
buts. from Cardiff.

Sailed the Dapper Gun-brig, Lieut. GARDINgit,

on a ordize.

The Saracen Sloop of War, Capt. - —Pikr‘OST. 11
Appointed convoy to the Mediterranean ; Redbreast
Gun-brig, Lieut. HARRISON, with Ships in ballast,
for Lisbon ; and dr.; Success Frigate, the Dowal
convoy. •

FAL-UW.ITO, OCT. 19.—Arrived the American.
Brig Caroline, Capt. DUAK, from New York, for
Cherburgh, with cotton, rice, &c. detained by the.
Mara Privateer.

DEAL, OCT. `..1 .--Sailed Majesty's Ships '
Kangarob•and Furious on a cruize.
Remain 'in the. Dewns the rest of Hi, Majesty's
Ships, with the-outward-bound, tkc..as .per last.

ThIE EXPEDITION TO ZEiILiIAD.

His Maj,:sty's SiiipPrinoo of W4IC4
OR' Copenhagen, Seer 23, 1407.

The Admiral has the sincerest satisfaelion in obeying the
Orders of the Right lion. the Lords Commissioners of the
.Admiralty, by cutiveying to the Flag Officers, Captains,
Commanders,o fficcrs, Seamen, and Marines of the Fleet under
his Hcommiind; His Majesty's most gracious approbation
of their.zealotts and persevering exeitio. s, and above all, their
COrdial co.operation 'with the Army under the.command eE
Litut..Geiteral Lord Caine:Mr, in carrying on 'the siege
againit Copenhagen, which, by its result, has added the
Navy•of Denmark to that of the United r;ingdont.
.The Admiral al.() seizes this, as the fittest OCelliiintj:*
expiess his sincere thanks to the Flag 04iic!rs, Captains:,
Commanders,, Officers, Seamen, and MiOine, for their
tiltr. t execution of all his commands, by which ,he I!4s been
"tinikted with the must nattering testimony 01 His Sote.
reign's approbation ; and he assures them at the same
that he shall not fail to Convey to liii:hlajesty his in .st per.,
rect Conviction, that the alacrity with which they has*
.the late Panish Navy. for Sea, is unexampled in hienry.
(Signed) 1-10N14.• rt./tHA24,,
To;) the respective Captains and Cothmanders,.

,ARMY ITV 4E:ALAND.

GENERAL. ORDERS.
" tilad-qukriers tiellcrup. nor CoNnhaggi,
Sviitonb7zr 18,1.

• " The Cominander of the Forces cannot delay expressing
his b:st Thanks to all the General Officers, and Syfrfor tt:c
great and able assistance he has received froin them in their
several ranks indstations ; and he feels himself in like man-
ner indebted t) all 'Officer; commanding prigade* and fkigi•
ments, and to the Officers and Soldiers under their command.
,11AAmust, however,. be allowed, in a Particular Mariner, to
lexpress his Thanks to Major-Cert. Bloomfield and'colonal.
re.D'Arcy, and to the, O dicers and Corps of the ltaxal
rand engineers, whit* labours, science, and success, collec.
tively and ifidividually, haV4 been most remarkable, arid re
hea great -Cr‘.%fit on that branch of his Majesty's Service,
'; The.services and perseverance of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith.
and the -Sri Regiment, in occupying and maintaining thA
. Windmill. Ilatieties, hail: been particularly distinguished, and
claim peculiar Thanks.. ,The gallant cunclu4 of Lieutenant
Light%'of the.pth Acgimeht, 4,-.4.atitpand of a piquet of tha:c
Regiment on the 3tse. NV as particuiarly-notical.“

.E:S.COLITION OF LIMITSNANT. Battfly.--The, ate
ful-sentence of the Court Martial upon Wtn. Berry,
LthQ. First Lieutenant of the Hazard Sloop' of War,
l'Was?carried into execution 011 Monday, on board that
Veisitl„ in Plymouth Sound,: he Prisoner haying, beta
11-eittotied. from the Salvador Del Mundo to the
lial.ard Sloop of War, which lay alongxic(e.a Hulk
in iiamoaze. At nine o'clock he appeared, and
tr mnted the scaffold with the greatest tortitude.—'

He then requested tn....speak with the licv- gr'

BiRDWOOD on the scaffold ; he said.;a few words to
hl.n, but in so low ;I: tone ut voice they could.not be
distinaly heard. The blue cap being put
thee, the fatal bow gun was tired, and he was. run
up to the starboard .turc-yard arm, wit h. a. thirty-LW
pound shotztied to his keno Unfortunately
.the KOLA
had got: 'round under his,chin,. which caused great
convulsions for a quarter of an hour. After, being
suspended the itsual time, he was lowered .41191'1
Collin, which was ready-to receive hiM in a boat Mr
mediately under, and conveyed to the Royal liosPital'
where his friends mean to apply for Ws body for in"
torment. •He , was dressed in a We coat, wil!,
waistcoat, blue pantaloons, and boots. He. wa,7,
dative of Lancaster, and only in ,his year. -
the last week he seemed penitent, firmly colleeleat
and prepared to meet .his tate:—A curious. dram"'
stance occurred while the Prisoner was in the obi
Witifthe. Clergyman, receiving the.sacrament
hag"
woman came alongsidethe .Hazard's Holk,sapd
sit up a letter, signed:Elizabeth lichens, to the COO'
-
manding Officer,. :wzbich stated, that Lieut. Bolt
could yet be saved, and- the person who could do la
was alongside---it was, by marriage. Tile "Is
was Ordered on :board, aud•put under the care 0.10
centinel. When the execution 'was over,, Carsea
DILKES, with the Clerg) Mill and others, questit„
§tie said, she dreauled a
the woMan.'
dream
preceding:night, that if 'she went. on hoard
ficizedd that' day, and Lieutenant Berry wduid rolirtuo
he-would not suffer d Si 'l' 8-4kea...now
t .r clw%
aLitised her ? she replied, that she .had told -n"
.to.scmie women, where she lived in Dock, Ivto -
commended iier to go inconsequence Of !Ler
dtf
Sbe was atlttioniAled, and sent on shore:

We continue gav, and wany of the arriyali have,
taken fajging's lee the \Ylphrr. 'We
• fiencedns tnore)minprons etaupanyat this seaton of
I the year,: aml-several .f.!.llilies arrive,-daily::
V E Card (;;,en idtheconclusion:oirtli,
Balk ' 'l.' - •
The: latest arrivals- are, Sir GEORGE andftady
PRESCOT'r, Mr. aild- Mrs. WARtiEi.C., Di r. .
11 AM, Mr.
_"./.,,STRVISN M. JOHNSTON, MCI
Recut, 'kr. and Mrs. HoLß,Eclig,.th Miss SYNGS,
BtC. &e:

.4' •

Some. moieletters from Holland were received
yesterday,
.only facet which' they edible us jo
add to the inte;l4l ence'given frcitn the'Foreign btlit
uals in our, last, is, that the minor King LEWIS. has
performedia7very magnaniniong 0.1, in causing,fo'be
liberated all persons who bad been imprisoned dur-
ing his absence,. under the decree which prohibits the
landing 'on Ale butch Shores of any person .from, a:
Briti§ltvit 'Filelet-ters.also mention some citctim-
4aoces which,indnce a rational belief that the inea-.
sures lately adopted against British` Commerce
bencefbri.6rd be lesssrigorously enforced.
We understand that the Captain of a Gnineaman,
belonging to Liverpool, is Sent home by the order of
Admiral, COcnakNE, fromthe West Indies, for the
Murder of. his 'Boatswain on the passage from the
Coast of, Guinea to Montserrat.

A Gentleinau of distinguished eminence as a
merchant, who sailed front Lisbon in the /Val-
linghant Packet, asserts, that all the best ships com-
prising the Portuguese Navy were in a state of com-
PLie preparation for sea, and would most certainly
be put under 'Weigh for the Brazils the moment it
Should be .announced that the French troops had
Proceeded beyond their Frontiers. A large sum of
money, all the jewels, and valuable moveables, be-
longing to the Court,. bad been. embarked at the
time the Willsingharn sailed. A considerable train
'of artillery liaJ also been put' on board, and nothing
Vvanted to fix the final determination of the
Cbtirt hut the advance of the Enemy. For, th(;; pnr-,
pose of Manning the fleet, every seaman had. been.
tercibly taken from the Portuguese Merchant
305) and instantly condOled, by files of,tlie •
tarp,, on board the Fleet ; a circumstance which
,rivea.the Members of the British Fatitory of the
ns Ot aliar‘it,.r.ing• Country, Ships, for the purpOse
;ff:.,;arryilig their moils and property. to Great.
, It is added, that a Portuguese Nobleman
had some month's' ago, been dispatched to the 1.447.,;
fpr puyose of making the necessary prey
p^alrali,.)ns for t hy,Hai rival,of,the Court, who, it seems,
the 'probability. of being corn
pelted. to 'emigrate ,from their native ,land ; and
e~'eri should the French be restrained on the pent
fr, ,rn making incursiotis on the Portuguese i
ten ivsaid to have been determined, that the
yontig Prince DE BAIRA is: proceed to the Brazils,
the:Cire and escort of ',:tach of the Nobles as
prefer Vinigration to their present state of
74%•eraille uncertainty. The young Prince De BAia4
is the son of the PRINci itt,ENT, and is about it
years 'of age.

aedordifigia:tho.'llccqui•us received by the Vessels
kvhich have ust' arrived from- Copenhagen, it is
ktated that the Danfsh seamen have volunteered to
.I)riug'.honie the Danish Vessels themselves, and
therefore the number of Voliniteets we 'have sent
(Alt will be nselest.. It is also mentioned, upon the
' ,:itutlinriiy,of these Vessels, that sevt.Tal • ShtiA had
siroot,;ht provisions from. Riga and Memel t 6 our
..i.CH:Ct at .etvenhagen. • •
French troops; it is laid, have beguh to re:•ataern-
iilelit'Boulogne in considerable nunibers. • ,
, ' k.. The Ship Augusta, Of Norfilk, (Virginia) is . the
• vessel Iti which Mr. MbNaos is to return to Attie-,
' !tica. , She will clear ottt froth tlic London Dotim•th-
.. AnorroW, and then go round to Falmouth; where:she',
will take his Excellency oh bodrd; and proceed from
ihente to Norfol4'.
• . 'Die anmini visitation of,the Archbishop of Dub.
liii was .held at St. Patrick's Cathedral; on Wednes7 ,
• - 'l4.se'uoight.. 'A.inohB; the business traiisaeted was
9.1 order from 'his Ontee•to the Parish I\liiiister4 that
• - 7.11r.y shbuld in future pay 7.5 h a year to each. of their
ri,uroi,,..es, instead Of 601. •; a yegulation - which, had.
',en sotiiatint(4 in.eontemplation. . . ~..
l'he San'Thriiiidrio,Titropoßoi froth Smyrna, 4nd,,
the .4" •Gedigio.., GKoit'cAtt.t, from Mytiline, boil
or Marseilles, have been sequestrated in
.the har.=.,
boor. of Lira by, a• Russian Privateer.. l'he Captains
went With thcir papers to Tenedo's fo obtain the liTi,
beration of thkir vessels ; but ihe Russk.in,:`,.d'uitralthi,
there condemned them, and ordered that 6iithrthe
- gliips.shotlid he carried to Corfu, and their cargoes
old there. ..- . - . •' . .

The Duke of PORTLAI4I) WaS prevented from at
:tending his MAJESTY thruugh indisposition
.and on
:4cutint of which' his Grace sent cards to all the
fiC;'ithittet Atiiiisters yesterday morning, putting off the
~.ezbinct dinner. with which he intended to have en-
ertained them.

•
,
c 1 • it b k IC
s a) 2as __IL ____ll__C was about to
ride- through-the Bird Cage in
it none but the ROYAL. V.AmiLY are al,
lowed (i.ride, the' centinel on duty" at the Queen's
gulird-linuse ran to him, and preseutt..l his bayonet
to prevent hire from passing, which caused his
Royal Highnes3'6 • horse, and servant's to plunger
\''ry much: Tha centinel was \soon infornied
and his Royal Highness of course
1148v.td,

The whole of the Indian Nations have offewk
their survi
ces to the British Goverumeut, Cas94,
war with the United States,.
Sucli area the 'efforts making at Paris, to give an.l
extr.avagance- of slew to the ftte of the; 14th, eha.
'the extent 'o'f th-O Opera 'House,bas. been Considerit-
,bly enlarged—,to much so, indeed, as to adMit more
`than tion watriors to appear as an escort to the tri.phal ~
car-of the modern TAASAN;
The Palace of Fontainbleau, which' was clermed
too vast and expensive: for the. limited revennes of
Louts XVj. IS, it would seem, hardly safficient to
4ecatnmodate the splendid Court of BIIONAPAR.TE.
On Monday morning, in Maneheger,about *P,
minutespast five o'clock, a Meteor was-sexiijal ti:e fOrtit of an 'arrow; apparently about
_four feet in
IterlLgth, in a N. W. direction. Its. height apivrcF,l,
abont a quarter of a mile from_ the earth' lie
point was- tiers; red, and the shaft red,,410,4,415-
nated the whole atmo`i ere.

has.been already stated that a very deitrullt,e
,:iddr had broken ont in Africa which threalor ed,
;14).,of:ire, the destrutaion of the 'British
,
tuent4 on that coast. C

g:‘
\re fate been faVoured With the following inter-
-1 Wing details of its causes and'efietaa, which we lay
terhre purlleaders
,
I -I; "ile.Assin country bord6rs on that of Ashantee,
,and is divided into two states"; the govetned by
King Cheboiy and Qdadoe:Apoutay, and the,other
.tiYlZing Amon: Apoutay, altlto sb npt.clo>ated to. •
the ditnity of Ring, hold,s equal sway with eiteboo;
but these are all subordinate to the Kitig-of Ashantee,
kman of a capacious mind, and of uncninmon bra- .
very. It is the custom of the country,. when an opu-
lent Man dies, to inter with him a considerable part
'of his !treastire, which occurred in the 'Case of a •
man who died in Amoos town. On this occasion,
one of the Cheboo people was preSent, saw what was
dope; watched an opportunityto,rob the grave, and
'esdaped with the.treasure. Amon, his neighbour,
. sought redress of Cheboo and' QUacoe Apout ay,
.but,
without success He then laid the affair beldre
the King of Ashantoe, who .Summoned all the
before 'him, gave them an impartial hearing,
and awarded in faveur of Aninn. Qhacoe Apoutay
was detained as an hostage tilt restitution -should be
made. The hostage, in a short time',
,contrived to
effeet his escape, and, when at liberty, refu,icd'to ac
cede to the award made by the King of Ashantee.
this, Amon attacked the town in which Cheboo and,
Quacoe Apontay resided ; and rotited his opponents.
After this, at the instigation of the Kihg of Ashatitee,
'the parties met to settle the dispute . but Quacoe
Apeutay, aging treacherously on the occasion, sent!
privately to. C176b00 for an armed force to support
him, and a battle was the conseqUence, which end-
ed in the dehth of the man whacommitted the theft,
and the total defeat of Quacoe Apoutay and Ilia
forces,

At this crisis, the King of Ashantee, willing to 1
bring about a peace, again interfered. Resent two
gold tnanillas, the one to Amon, and the other to his
advee4ary, diretling them to cease all hostilities, to
Whieli both parties agreed, and -took the • Manillas.,
:Airion obeyed the King, . but Quacoe. Apputay at-
tacked Amon, and drove him in turn from his
town. Amon, indignant at' the repeated' decep.4
tions of Apoutay, obtained •Suecours, ..and, ever-
threw his treacherous opponent. The King of
Asliantee,. still anxious to reconcile his neighbours,
a
stnWilling to draw his sword, 'presented. Amon
two gold swords and ans'axe, and recommend-
Cl 4 PAhi.to'contiliate Qtrtaeoe'Apoutav, and terminate
their!quarrels. A.non, consented to obey the Kilt,
but in the mean, time was again attacked by his impla-'
c:11-, foe, was totadydefeated, and lost in the contest
the golden swords and hatchet. His opponent com-
mitted ravages wherever he Caine, killing messengers,
and every man that feli into his hands, not sparing
even the. King of Ashantee's nic.'.ssetigers. The conse-
quence was, a war with the King of.Ashatitee: Qua-:
coe ARoutay and ChebOo, dreading his vengeance,
fledto the Fantee con ntry,i n consequenceof which the
King dispatched a message to Accoin, the Cabeceer
or Mayor, accompanied by . a present twenty
'ounces, or gold, stating the necessity' of his pnrstiing
his enemies. to the Fattlee country, but giving as-
surances. of his pacific. dispos.tien to the Fatnees,
and that his only Objeet was w get Into his possession
Cheboo and Apoutay. The Fantees would not inter-
fere, ncr allow the Ashantee rorc&• to come into tile
rantee cotintry. Upon this answer; Appoy bougua,
the King of Ashaotee's. Captaitk, collected, by the
iatrutland of his master, 'a large force, and 'gave the
enemy battle at Beinka, in F.an tee. He displayed great
gallantry, and defeated the two Kings, in conjunetion
with the Fantee forces who had joirted'them. Next
'day, tThebOti and Aspotitak, having rallied ttleir
'fora:,
', and formed a junction with a (resit Paniee force,
gave the King of Ashantee battle, but were tetalir
.clir,feated',. with the loss of Many killed and-tuadepri-
Siniers ;, attiring the latter Was Atiti, the Caboeeer of
Abrah, the principal town of Fanfee. • A large rah.
soul was offered for him, but refused; and he was
ccimenitted to the care of Amain, the Caboceer 'of -1
Ass4connih, hi whom the -Kit* bad great centiL7!
deuce but this person betrayed his.trUst-and
rated the enemy.
•

- .
a Quaecie Apoutay, bated At 'all points, sent to
*
Abe King of Ashantee to accept his conditions, lira-
, ytfled he would discharge his debts on his mint •
0-Onie., To this prophsal the King. -agreed, and, in
h4ell At his frietidship, sent various presen6' to
-cheboo and Apontav,whh, instead of 'receNing
1'
thein with, gratitud, :behemied the messengers.
,This wicked and unproVoked act rcased the indigna-
tion of the King of AlSharitee, and he :vowed eternal.
war against the aggressers; At:COIII, the Caboceer, who
had. been forgiven by the King for - his treachety
in suffering Alio . to. eseape, being ,in, possession
of.a large quantity of :provisions, was
,applied to by
the King of Ashantee for a-. supply., which .he
.with
•seeming theerfulne'ss ".gr,intedSix times: he de-
livered fltithfully those that were contracted for, but'
the seventh titrie.o betrayed a ' thousand men•wht?-:
had been sent for them, and either killed or sold
.thein. Accom, of course,: became involved in the'
war.. Very shOrtly the King . of ikshatitee defeated
him, and made rapid progress with his army to the
part of the coast Where the Whist) were in garrisoLL:-
The Bratfoes, a set of desperate plunderers, were,
nearly extirpated by the AShantees on their way.
.Cheboo and Apoutay were now the' Kin
main object.: he *was bent upon. their capture or
indotrcietion. Every town or place, where refuge lad
',Wen atforded them, r,vi.is destroyed., At length
.t< he fugitives were driven to' the sea-shore. The.
lAnnamaboes, ,instigated by the remaining:Braffoes,
were imprudent enough to receive and protece.
them.. This. proved fatal to them ; their property
and their towns were pillapd 'and destroyed. At
this .period, .the Bnglish bong under some alarm,
were desirous to send a Flag of ,Teuce• to the King
olAsbantee, who was then at Abrah, to learn Ts'
Motive for Marching to the coast,, and also fodder
theirmediatioh to settle all differences between Ili 111
and his enemies. The Annamaboes, who were con-
, suited on the business., objected to the measure.
. After the battle of Antianiat)oe, the Assins fled IQ
Cape Castle, which was occupied by an. English
I Prrison, -With the remains of their. Forces, cow.
awing of 500 desperate men. The principal- twit
of the town 1*(064 them against all the Nririlf.-

I.g them It was in vain that they represiNited
t!,-at the town would ine‘itaioly tidl, and certrin main
befal the' intethitants. : As,the converors nir-
It tours bevamealarnied,and 5000 vy
ler pi enattitv-sake, werea lioitted into thegarri444n.
thepthiiple Werecalleil upon tdavoi.tt hepend
danger, and wile ti eAssin : hey were, in 1;1(.4
of theie desperate. men, and dared not make the
attempt. All, eyes were now diryq-ted to the.,
WhO were looked up to for preteEtion. Torrane
• • •
was resolved to- attempt soinething,- and' he went
inti)tife town froni the,- garrison, accompanied:, by.
Surgeon Fitzgerald: They shortly after met Che-
boo, with about .eight or ten attendants,' l+iih load-
ed muskets. . ‘ya..., no time to be lost. 'They
rushed upon hint, and being observed from the
Castle, a sergeant and two men came to their assist-
ance, and Cheboo was made prisoner. By the bold-
ness of the Chehoo'S people appeared panic-
- struck, and offered but'a trifling resistance. • •
" Mr. Torrane now hoped
.to capture Quacoe
Apbutay, and, by presenting him and-his c44lleagne
as a peace:offering to the King of Ashantee, 'to be
able to conciliate all parties. As it was known ,he
resided at the outskirts of the town, and was at-
tended by about sixty armed men, Mr.
,Torrane
took with hitif about twenty fine fellows, on w ham-
he had great.relianee ; they tell in with the.Chiers
party, and charged them with the bayonet, and tooll.
half :Of them, prisoners ; but, after all, unfortu-
nately they missed their object ; for it turned out
that Quacoe ApoUtaybad removed his quarfer;.—
Glining intelligence, however, that he was riot f'ar-
. from the town, Mr. T. went in search of him, with•
his little band ; fell in with him, accompanied by
4 too Men, who clefended him stoutly; and the British/
party were defeated. It is to be observed, that halt
of the party had been sent away with the prisoners.
tn this rencontre two men were killed. Qmicoe
Apoutay.,:dreading another attack frOnf the 'English;
thonfr,ht proper to make his escape. Learning that
. the King of, Ashantee had arrived with his forces
before Annamaboe, an English. flag of trues .was.
Sent to hint, advising the capture of Chetto&— •
This message changed the face of every .thin,4.
Thirteen hundred women, who had..sought secu-
rity in Annatnaboe Fort, .Were suffered to be 're=
Moved to the Cape.
1;€ Mr. Torrane communicated to the Xing, that
provided he woUld.cause.all. the dead 'bodies which
he understood were tinder the walls of 'Annan-taboo
Fort, to be removed, 'he" Would immediately give.
fliers a meeting,-for the purpose of aceommodatingall
differenees with the English, which had unfOrtmeate-
ly arisen out of -the disputes` of Others. .The King)
was highly pleaied at the proposal, and more so at
the capture of Cheboo. Accordingley, on the 931 of
June,:Vert T. set off, and bit the following day he
sent an officer and a lumpish, with presents and
freshmentS to the King, and shortly after MO'. him
in an open place, he being averse to come into the •
fort, and Mr.-I'. being unwilling to concede the Peigt
of etiquette by waiting Upon him. The King spoke
Much Of the loss he had- sustained by the fire:,kept up
from the fort, and expressed in manly terms his sor-
row•for the loss we had experienced. Mr. Torrane
lamented, that after the notice he understood had
been given frotn the fort, he should have suffered his
troops to' come within the range of the shot. It was'
now arranged, that in future the King should avoid ,
passing 'through any town where English gftrrisons I
sere,, provided. "that the inhabitants of such towns
were not in arms against flim. ,
" At this time pa regular Treaty could be entered in-
to withtheKing, as his presence was wanted elsewhere, • ,
The Fantees had collected again in. great force to
leeward of Carmantyne, and the King went tO give
them battle. He met them, and the English wit.,
nessed the contest. The Ashantees were vietorious.
After the battle, the beach was strewed with thou-
sands of dead bodies. Accom, who was the chief
object of puriailt, was with the Fantee army; .It is
• expected it the King gets him into his possession,
the war will cease. The King of .4hantee has 12
Kings in his train, all men of power : they fight
with muskets, bows and arrows. Had the mess( mm
ger tibt arrived with the Flag of Truce when he did,
ordars would have been 'given to storm the •,Fort.
plan was formed foe:eluting the gates, and an
enoxtnotts. quantity ofgunpower was about to_be put
tinder thethew IJs, The King is• strict to' his word,
,and in every sense of the word,an honourahlo- mat) :
r'he possesses the utmost coolness and intrepidity ; is
of middling stature, remarkably.well built, and of a
,hand Some and open countenance. Indeed all The'
Ashantees are half a century at leasit advanced ii rj
'ciVilization, compared with their neighbows..9r;thr,l
'surrounding. nations. They have a great t!,'al .'0111.11.? 1
. Moorish cast about them. .

" Vlr. Torrane receVred,the following acciAnt of
What happened .it Annamahoe Fort, whilst the
Ashantee were before it

The.. King of Ashantee, whilst on his may to
the ebist, was . apprised; that -if. his' forces !no',
lested the town of Annamaboe. they ,would be fired
upon ; and it vas endeavoured.co, iinptettS upon their
minds, by ,onnlar demonstration,
,the terrible ef-
„teas of the great guns. NOMtlrst;inding, thoy
ihreatened the-Fort.; and on the 1 Mll of June it wise
,:c: Tied into effe.a. The Asivalifeeg"took tlae towo,
and-then rushed under the very Wal4of the.garri,,on,.
searching for such.fc.)wns-peopleas,hadJaken shelter
tho!e. The carnage divaclful, beyond any thing
ever witnessed; neaily,aoo ,rWiantees, fell by the .
fire from. the Fort. Tbis slaughter did not preveol.'
them train attempting tO,foree the gate: I fought
with unexampled fury. The Oari.ison ennsisted Of'
Mr. White, 'Mr..Meredith*, zy, Mr, Diines,
Mr. Smith,' and 23 soldiers, company's slays,„;vo.l
hoys. Air. White received two shot : one in hbi Moptlit,
and the other in his left' arm. Meors. Meteditti
Swaniy, and riainesi, were wounded.;
garrison was deprived for a time of !Air. Wleb
services of the. rest, some 'were. vvouilded,.
•
some killed. Mr. Meredith sueueeded'•to the eon:,
mind
,during the illness of Mr. White:. The fire cif ,
the enemy :it length becitme so bot,,that the.men
Could no longer work their guns,t beAshanteespickingi
ol'esery man that appeared at an embrasure. The'
garrison. were obliged to re,ort. to inn)quetry,
which they did much executionThFuit owitely,
Matti ot.thiigi, a reinforcement w:is rece)vect, troin
ipe Castle, under the cominatid of 'Capt. 116E14'
on no:ird' the Col pods, Cfrpt. (.714,fit,fr
who cheer fully volunteered his service 4, and (.1,410144:po
the highest praise, from his jitdicious mana,l44.l‘t
in ,ending the- men. 4.4

134

.+.

. -
bad sent a flag of truce to t he hot, through the m,l,
dium of the Governor ofElineriii: and txpressed his
wish to ,Come , to •acc..a , but the
Dutch Governor Id t h '
t
cation was aln:.S. made to the Dutch Governor of Cnr.
mantxne Fort to aid in settling the dispuks amongst
the tiatiy,es; but the only ans‘Ver. he returned Was,'
_c that he did hot tindersrand
s' The latest icivices from Cape Castle'stetteA, that
much (-rood oily be'derived-from the in tert iew
tween 17r. Torraine and the king of Ashantee; for
his int message ioiports that ag soon as he hat
avenged hinisellotTh is enemies, he will cotne.to An nil*.
maboe to arrange all pointi for Cle future welfare of
tilt! cutintry,,and the regulation oftrade. This Iry er-
course, if once secuielk eskilished .with the Aslian
tees, ofie s i inspe 1s of' the highest achlintage.—
Thi's people .havo ivory and gold in alnindance, anti
the Fantees hithetto have tlirivn nll possible
impediments in the way of any intercourse he,
tween them and us, which they foresaw must prole
desirable and beneficial tot oth nations."

Tivcomr+.—Yesterday evenink, at seven o'clock,
the eilniet Was one degree to the- east of the star
rwrked 1' on Here:ll(l,s right shoulder, its declitta7
tint) being nearly twenty degrees north, and right
ascension 243 degrOeS, bait 16 hours. 12 minut,,,i.
Sets about half pa 4 nine, at 33 degrees to the north
of the west ; having increased' its declination 14 'de-
grees, and. its- right aseenion 2..3 degrees, in fifteen
days. The Sun.having p;lssed over fifteen degreei
of right ascension in iatue time, and: made five
deg, etts of soot iterli df_etn.,: , wherefore the Cotnei
has increased its dist:ince from-The Son by abOht 18
it.grees, and evidently appears returning from th
Son., which, in that c;tse, moist have gone room,
or passed its perihelion, before it was disooVer&l lxy
the Public here.

THE EAT n E.—The. Comedy of. The Rage in-
troduced Mr. Junks last night at Covent Garber
Theatre, in the character of Gingham, a chafader
so remote from truth and probability in itsetf And in
its sititationsi that it is hardly. posyble to joclg-‘of
theintrinsic tnioits of the Atter who int.ty aPpear iii
it. It is therefore stitlicient to ;ay, that Ikrir: Jor4ts.
evinced no Want of spirit, rind. that he waS blten.
whith,t,cal and diVerting, if, .his humour was not of
the. legitimate order. He has a habit of. pitching'
his v,)ice much too high, as if he I.vere afraid
thatetherwise he should n©t be heard ; but this
habit produces'-`a• harsh, . and appn,!utly an
_atfeated monotony. He should resolLittly cidea.
your to rid himself of this custom, particularly as
the middle and
.lower tones, voice hivoice are agree-
able ; he. is also too htirrted in hifi trimmer, as
wits very obvious soon -after his entrance, fin.
lie began to 'commend the apartments and con-
to l~iiericies attaehed to them, when be had
gast;la„single. glance around him There is spirit
ay l etl etl in this bustling ininner, htit h does not
discrintination and regard
ratter, if indeed-we, may 'speak of character in fe-
ferring,to such dashing produelions as the Comedy
before us. Mr. jONCi was' well' received, and is
becumink'a favourite %.vitiv the
yeSterday mentioned the.ll4 ofan,atrocioug
murder committed at liodde,,don, the tbllowing are,
tar as.we can colleet, the particulars of that horrid
transaCtion ;

111 r. WARNSR, formorly; of Fore-street,
,has his
mannfaaory and cnunting-house in the Creicent,
Jawin,street,:andbis family residence in the Cres
cent, Kingsland-road. His wile had spent the,
summer chiefly :at the residence of her Father, .111 r..
Boreham, a iai'mer,- at Hoddesdon, in Hurts,' where
the Lady, her friend, who has shared in the same
:•eatastrophe, was With her on a
_visit. Mr Warner
was attending his business in town, whither Mrs.,
.Warner, in the last month of her pregnancy, was
preparing to return in a few days, in, order to. her
tififiroaChing.aceouchement.i A servant maid in the
liata'se,•was.frecitx;ntly visited by a fellow who had•
fnrrnerly, been two years in Mr. Boreham's service,
.as her sweetheart, whose admittance Mrs. Warner
' had frequently forbidden. Its came there again,na
'Tuesday•evening„; and the. servant girl. repeated to
him her mistress's orders. lie refused to 'depart,
and disputes became so high between them, as tae..
casioned• Mrs. Warner to ring the bell, and enquire
the cause of tilt' noise. The servant told her, and
' requested her•itligress would.order him to quit the
house, as she,never wished to see him there. Mrs.
Ns7trrier;aecortlitigly repeated' her directions aloud,
:•-inid desired ,he v cm! I immediately (Vit. the IlQUie.,
Front ,the silence which at first eustted, she itna-
tgibed the fellow tv:;s gone, but •r as suddenly 'alarm-
t.eglF by a noise in the kitchen, still louder than b.::.lore,
..i. .-
il3 111.C\Vii proceeding ti.) scimp nw violene, iart's
"ill6ift'll ''*Mt' . W. and i
her friend mmediately w,-nt
to *.the kitchen, supposing that, by, their 11esence
and peremptory orders, he would be immediately
indticed to detrirt, without daring to. prolong hii
stay. They were, ho,Aever, moia fatally and tl„
mentably mistaken, They„foUnd the !Ciro, with
k n
a ife in his hand, stanaing cher til; cid, -Who was,
extended on thellotiri.,aitd ou Mas. Warner' enter-.
jug 001 kitenvti,,thesangnin3ry ntirreant phabgtA
the knife into her neck, just b. hew the ea'i., wid hid
her dead at'his teet.. He: then tur:ied to tl.c.. othc:r
I.Ady„iind with the 'same Weapon, reeking, With the.
blood of her friend,' he TriStliitly:st2hbad the 'un-
fortunate visitor, tvho survived but a few hairs,—
. Mr's. Warner's mother, at that. moment, cone dosrii
„st:ati, -.alarmed by the sereSrus. of the 'fiadies, and
was alio stabbed by the eill.litfi• who attempted; iii•
.
s%fittly to fly, but an alarm haying . heii..ii ,i.vert. hy
the 13ervant Maid; "who had o.eaptd into the larth
s:,,‘Ots-d:'ol,the Confusion, the'. horrid ' wietch kV a 5 He-
r, cti.Ndi,:by one of the men servants, and NVos coll-
.,..4BeycdMrs.,-Boreltarri, though not dead,
i• •Watkleeieti in great danger yesterday afternoon.
;19fttkixtety 6/(1149131' disevvery wai- made la;t;t::.'eek in
1
• I,,he.pnistt of wambetli. ' A tbotnian, servant to an
(ikt cionteMan, who is lately dead, sent a 'letter to
the i.)ri of tht,- OeL.vased, bib/ruling him that he was
~p.piSelilit'it-of,4indry ar4elo, the property of his late
master, and which were ready -tO' be•delo ered to
him. In coustivence of 'Tina it.t4OT!Ef search wt.is
made; and,' to tile erem astonish:;nent of 7410 party,-
se'Veral lar,y box:;, conutininng property 'eit various
ii,,,kii.4,, we,e f,..iuod, siz;, motley, securitiel, owe.
I, xved ~.i%riug iip;,:rei, .:' and many; ;idler artivdes, tip-
"• p(Vied to-be worth ta..ariy ',,,,.i..Y0i which he had eel=
r:-letled-irt,ditleaern titilti, 1-11 Q nt'..a..r, in Whose ser-
i iilic,,eclac, bad 1.1,,:a neat ly 20 yam:, had • dating' Afarj'
-time plated io Imo ioloaxit contidente.