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'Of the Go-Yertio r h;mself after having been se-
verely wounded, is fully confirmed. Under
these circumstances there seems to be but

one opinion on the part of the Public, as
10 the necessity for immediately sending out an
expedition sufficiently powerful to crush the
-Barbarians who have inflicted this severe blow
ou the British power in Africa. How much is it
to be lamented that a misdirected economy had
left any portion of our possessions abroad liable
t° the danger of the irreparable calamity and
liPgrace which have overwhelmed us in that part
of the world.—Ever since the reign of CHARLES
the Second we have had forts and settlements on
the Gold Coast ; but the savage Ashantees will
drive our flag with disgrace from the whole of
that territory, unless a speedy and effectual rein-
furePruent be sent out. It is now that we find
"H" las regret the loss of that most excellent ofii-
`,%r G. COLLIER, whose valuable reports on the
African forts and settlements contain a mass of
lilost interesting information relative to the gene-
state of the country. The short state of affairs '
is this—Sat TOOTOO QUAMINA, the sanguinary
rtionarch of the Ashantees, a ferocious tribe of
.Nogroes in the interior, had spread terror and de-
;;):lation among all the neighbouring countries.—
2 Object was to lay waste the towns, and to sell
the inhabitants as slaves; and the Dutch residents
At Ehnina and Dutch Accra promoted this.detest-
treffic. The English, on the contrary, were
'dewed at enemies by him, because they inter-
tt'Pted the Sin ve T rade, carried oil by vessels under
the Freud), Spanish, aud Portuguese flags. The
4shautee Despot, however, for a long time feared
tuo offend the English. At length ho gave way to
t. !!a anger, and seized and slew a British Seeant.
ir Charles M'CaIiTHY, the Governor of Sierra
1-
insult
toand the Gold Coast, could not permit this
the British Crown to pass unpunished.
lie ordered a force into the field above a twelve-
moeth ago; and no sooner was the British stand-
ard raised, than numerous tribes flocked
1-0 it, who had suffered oppression front the
Ashantees. Among others welwere joined by the
fling
of Dieg:ERA, who had long beers kept
a prisoner at Comassie, the Ashantee capital, but
"ad•made his escape, and immediately joined the
- A Black force, under British Officers,
!iod commanded by Major LAING, has been act-
'''R against the Ashantees for full a twelvemouth
1)ilst• On the 28th of November Sir CasioES
PCsturwe came by sea from Sierra Leone to
a'''pe Coast, to direct the operations in person. He
sent three detachments, respectively under the
,c?nunand of Majors CHISHOLM and LAING, and
LaPhlhl LESTRANGE, to take up different po-
siitious, and marched himself with the fourth.—
" to supposed that he was treacherously de-
"ived by the Dutch and their adherents,
wilo gave him false information of the numbers
and movements of the Ashantees. It is also
believed that the Fanto*3 did not support hint
'its they should have done. Be this as it may,
Sir CHARLES fought with desperate bravery, and
Was not overpowered till all his ammunition was
*xpended, himself wounded in two places, and
all his companions, except two, killed or dis-
'Ned. If under these circumstances he has been
enit
bled to escepe to a place of safety, we shall
1)e most grateful to Providence for his preserva-
tion ; but if he is gone, we trust his loss will be
severely avenged, as we are sure it will be long
and deeply lamented. A braver officer never
Maintained his country's honour in the field ; a
Wiser and a better Governor never directed the
affairs of a British Colony.

The business in both Houses, last night, was
rzttl'Pr unimportant. In the Lords, the Mar-
ciuis of LANsnowx introduced a Bill to render v
lish Catholics eligible to the same offices as
Catholics in Ireland. In the Commons, the
matter of most interest was a Petition presented
by Sir T. LETTIBRIDGE from two Magistrates in
the County of Surrey, Sir J. Cox HippEnty and
Mr. Bazscos, who complained of the application
of the new punishment of the Tread Mill, and
Prayed that the Gaol Amendment Bill, which au-
thorised its infliction, might not pass into a law.

Nttw York Papers arrived this morning to the
14th April.
(Prom the New York Daily Advertiser of the nth April. )
• rrol-11 Jamaica (Kingston) Papers to the 13th March.—The
Hlhabitants of Spanish Town have 14een visited by a fever,
Which is attributed to a dam constructed across a river, which
caused the water to become stagnant.—The Montego Bay
iTet, of the sth of March, states that on Thursday se'nnight
''"oal of whales were seen from the Point Estate, llonover,
passing to the eastward ; five or six of them were cast on shore.
'Ntlif YORK, APRIL 13.—From Captain Powers, who ar-
ri, d h
e- here in 29 days from Para, we learn that on the 3d March,
titnc appointed for the Brazilian frigate Imperatrex, and
`aurafor insurgents were in possession of the island of Marajo,
1141 d other small islands ; and being very numerous, it was the
°Pl°ll that, as soon as the frigate and brig sailed, they would
te-11
l'ara, as that appeared to be their intention, and to over-
~ the the present Government.
12:11°11 MEXICO, FEB. 22.—The law of the Mexican Re-
public was sworn to in Japala a few days before, and the
'ants from some of the provinces were such as to indicate a
4tteral satisfaction with the present Government. The Ame-
rican Ship Carter arrived at Vera Cruz on the 17th, and also his
ti,haJeAtra ship Valorous, which brought dispatches to the Bri-
p-iedLegation at Mexico. In Mexico, the Congress was °cell-
silye°° the Ilth of February, concerning a quantity of quick
which Spain, brought by the .!Imerican brig Nancy, upon
it was proposed by a Committee to lay a heavy duty.

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"NI LLOTD'S.-Letters are in town from
Sutra Leone, but none have yet arrived at Lloyds.

5,,11.'e French Army of Observation on the
rAalubh frontier is estimated at 20,000 men.
vessel which left Sierra Leone on the 23d
March has arrived at Plymouth. The letters are
11" Yet delivered.

SECOND EDITION.

CITY, Two o'Ct.ocK.

lutelligenee has been received by Express,

of the arrival of THREE FRENCH SHIPS o'

WAIL in the TAGUS, in addition to those whic

recently arrived there from Cadiz. These latte

Ships, however, have no sick troops on board, so

that the same excuse cannot be alleged in this

instance, as in the former, for their appearance a

Lisbon. This new fact will, of course, renew the

agitation of the public mind on the Brazilian

question, and particularly when taken in co

nection with the ominous declaration of the

Journal des Debuts, that, " the Brazils is on the

eve of a great change !" That a great change
that Empire is really at hand cannot be clout)!

ed, if indeed the crisis of its fate has no

already passed. It is well known that the Jour

nal des Debuts is the official organ of the French

Ministu.
Renter at Paris, 10.5 f. for the end of the month.

Papers from Bayonne, to the end of the last
month, arrived last night. They assert that Gen.
BOURMONT brought a large quantity of treasure
with him from Spain, for which he was indebted
to his connection with the Apostolic Junta, and
to guard which he was attended by a numerous
escort until he entered France. Notwithstanding
the absence of the KING from Madrid, prosecu-
tions continued to be carried on against those in-
dividuals who were known or suspected to have
had some connection witl► the Cortes. Twenty.
three Advocates, who were supposed to have f&.
lowed them to Seville and Cadiz, or to have left
the Capital on the entrance of the French army,
had been summoned to appear before the Magis-
trates within a fortnight. The Superintendant-
General of the Police having informed his MA-
JESTY that a great number of Officers of the late
Constitutional Army were (with unli►nited fur-
loughs) within the precincts of the Court, and that
the Police was obliged on this account to maintain a
very active surveillance, the KING decided that all
these Officers were to remove to the distance of
ten leagues, without excepting those who had no
means of subsistence but in their actual place of
abode. Accounts from Pampeluna say, that the
Spanish prisoners who had been conducted back
to their homes, were arrested almost immediately.
This arbitrary act had tilled the city with con-
sternation, and it was feared that some disorder
might ensue.

t was generally a matter of surprise, we un.
derstand, in the political circles of yesterday, that
there should have been any difference of opinion
between tl►e Earl of Llvicuroor. and the LORD
CHANCELLOR on any subject that related to the
purity and preservation of the Established
Church. It is well known that Lord ELDON is
a determined advocate for the security of the
National Church, and that he has often signified
his unalterable resolution to sacrifice even life in
its defence. The same sentimezits were supposed
to animate the Earl of LITERPOOL, and therefore
it has been deemed a very extraordinary dream.
stance, indeed one of the most extraordinary
events in the political history ,of the present
times, that such a discrepancy should have arisen
between these great Statesmen. We shall not
presume, after hearing the arguments on both
sides of the question on the UNITARIAN 'MAR..
RIAGt BILL, not only from those two Noble
Lords but from other distinguished Orators and
Legislators, to offer at present onr own opinions ;
but on so important a topic it must be uckn►ow-
ledged, in the mean time, that the Loan CnAs-
ccuma, whether we conceive him to he r►ght or
wrong in his view of the matter, has at least the
merit of firm consistency. .

TYfATRTCIL TITTLE TATTLE.—We subjoin
two paragraphs, taken from the Morning Papers
of this day, on a circumstance which has excited
much surprise in civic as well as in theatrical cir-
clss.—l& is reported that a certain popular Actor
had been some time intimate with a gentleman
who possesses high City honours, and that the
intimacy has extended to the wife of the latter,
insomuch as to be likely to become a subject of
legal criticism. The Lady, according to report,
went on a short country excursion with the ac-
tor, during which the latter reproached her with
a want of the kindness which she had here-
tofore she wn towards is said that
the lady candidly confessed that she liked
the eclat of being supposed to be a favourite,
with so great a favourite of the Public, but that,
in reality, she was more attached to another per-
son, whose name she did not wish to have ge-
nerally known. The Actor, it is said, in conse-
quence of this honest avowal, made his exit
immediately, and has since gone to the Continent.
Such is the report prevalent in the theatrical
world, and which has also engrossed the conver-
sation of the City Censors, but we conceive that
it is too improbable altogether to be founded on
fact.

" A certain Tragic Actor has lately assumed the character
of Lothario to the Calista of a City Dame, who, it seems, has
not yet become fairly mitent. The illtamont of the piece is
likely to introduce the actors in this vile scene upon the boards
of Westminster Hall."
" A curious Crim. Con action will he tried in the next Term,
or during the Sittings immediately afterm. The plaintiff is a
person whose civic rank entitles him by rotation to the highest
city honours. The defendant, a celebrated public character,
whose professional reputation has extended even to the other
side of the Atlantic, and where, report states, his intention is
again to exercise his talents when the pending action is deter-
mined."

Yesterdayimorning the Duke and Duchess of
CLARENCE proceeded from their residence, in
Stable-yard, St. James's, in their carriage and
four, to Deptford, where their Royal Highnesses
went on board and inspected the Discovery Ships
lying there. Their Royal Highnesses returned
to town in the afternoon.