The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-02 00:00:00

POST COACHES.

MANCHESTER iieWLigliiPostCsach, The Regul:►tor,
through Dunstable, Woburn, Newport, Northampton,
Ha►-
borough, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Ashboutrie and
Buxton, at a quarter before 3 o'clock.
HOLYHEAD New Light Post Coaches, thtnngh
ham, Wolverhampton, Shaba], Shrewsbury, °sweat ry,
weu, and Uangor, every Morning at half past 5, and Evening
at a qu:ut,•r before S o'clock.
GLASGOW and EDINBURGH Post Coach,l'he Defiance.,
through Manchester, Garstang, Kendal, Carlisle, A 1111413 and'
Duu►tries, at & o'clock.
SOUTHAMpTuN Light Coach, through Staines, Hartford
Bridge, Basingstoke and Winchester, every Morning at hal
past 7.
LIVERPOOL Light Poi Coach, The Royal Champion,
(in 23 hours, and driven tlirongh by Four Coachmen only).
through Stoney Strattord, Covent, y, Lichfield, Stone and
Congletun, every Day at 4 o'clock.
%t INDSOR and ETON Coaches daily.
MANCHESTER Royal Defiance, (in 94. hours), through.
Dunstable, Northampton, Harborongti, Leicester, t avendish
Bridge, De►by, Allibourue, Leek, Macclesfield and Stuck"'
port, every Day at S.
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later, (with a Guard, and out One Night only), through
singstuke, Overton, Andover, Salisbury, Blanotord, Butches'
ter, BritlPort. Axminster, and Huniton, every Day al 1
o'clock. Passengers travelling 1 y this cur:reprice prut;v4l
without delay to Plymouth and F.►lmo'urh.
EDINBURGH and GLASGOW New Post Coach, i'l'W
Champion, through Newcastle, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle
and Dumfries, at 4 o'clock.
BRISTOL Regent Post Coach, through Reading, Newbury,
Marlborough and Bath, every :Warm's. at a quarter before
4 o'clock. .

BIItMINOHAM Light Post Coach, The 54 loon, through
Stoney Stratford, Daventry, Coventry and Stops Bridge,
every Afternuotrat halt pao 4.
FALMOUTH and PLYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every
Afternoon at 4 o'clock.

wwymouni and DORCHESTER Magnet Day Coach,
in 15 hours, at 5 every Morning, and from the Gloucester
Cutler house, Piccadilly, at rt.
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noon, at a quarter before 5.
The PrinceCohourg to MANCHESTER- through Coven•
try, Atherstone, Tausw•orth. Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle and
Congleton. every Day at 4 o'clock.
NOTTINGHAM New Light Post Coach, (in ie boors),
through St. Alban's, Dunstablr, Woburn, Newport Pagriel,
Market Harborough, Leicester and Lutighburough, at
o'clock in the Afternoon.

CARLISLE, GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH, Four-inside
Coaches, Daily at Z and 5 o'clock.
CHESTER and PARK GATE New Coach, every After-
noon at 5, and Morning at 6 o'clock.
WORCESTER Coaches, through Oxford, Clipping Nor-
ton, Pershurr and BlUatkVaV, envy Morning at 6.
WARWICK and LEAMINGTON SPA Post Coach, every
Evening at 5 o'clock,
TAM WORTH, ATHERSTONE, and HINCKLEY Coach,
every Day at 4 o'clock.
DERBY New light Post Coach, The Regulator, (in ta
hours), through Northampton, Market Harborough and Lei-
ter, every Day at J.
New Light Four-inside Post Coach to DUDLEY and
STOURBRIDGE, every Afternoon at 5 o'clock.
DOVER Union Coaches, through Rochester, Chatham,
Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate, at halt pass 7 and 11
&dusk every Morning, and halt past 6 in the Evening.
PARIS New Light Diligence, by way of Dover, every
Morning at 7, and half past 6 Eve-tuug.
TAUNTON, through Cross to Bridgewater, every After-
noun nt half past 3 o'clock, at reduced Fares.
BIRMINGHAM Light Post C.,ach, The Courier, through
Oxford, Shipton, Stratford-on-Avon and Henley Arden,
every Morning at half past 5.
CHELTENHAM and GLOUCESTER Light Post Coach,
carries 4 Inside, through Oxford, every Morning at 6.
ROYSTON and BUNTINGFORD Post Coach, every After-
noon at half past o'clock, to the George, Huntingford, and
UMW n Inn, Royston.
New Safety Day Times Post Coach to NORWICH, (in 14
hernia), driven through by one Coachman only, at S en the
Morning.
CAMBRIDGE, Tally Ho ! Fast Coach, in 5 hours, at
half past 4 o'clock every Afternoon, and from the Flower-
Pot, Bishopsgate-street, at a quarter hefore 3.
CANTERBURY Fast Coach, The Tally 11u ! every After,
at half past t!, en 7 hours,
BRIGHTON Coaches, at half past 8, and half pew% 10
o'clock every Morning.
Parcels and Luggage conveyed daily to all Parts of the
North, and to every City nod Manufacturing Town in the
Kingdom. W. WATERHOUSE and Co. Proprietors.
1.41- 'the Proprietors of the abate Carriages beg leave to
inform the Public, that they will not be accountable for any
Parcel or Package whatever, nor fur any Passenger's Lug.
gave abuse the value of bi., unless the sante he entered and
paid for accordingly at theitime of the delivery of any etleb
Puled, Package, ur Passenger's Luggage, to shim or hint
nts..—Goods insured at a moderate Bale.

WORSHIP-STREE r.--Tuesday and yesterday
Mr. BrxgETT, the presiding Magistrate, was for a consider-
able timeoccupied in hearing and determining a cause of com-
plaint which had' beenproiered by a journeyman weaver against
his employer.
It appeared that since the repeal of the Spitaltields Acts there
has been no substitute which could form a standard for the re-
gulation of wages between manufacturers and journeymen,
except the Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, en-
titled "An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relative to
the arbitration of disputes between masters and workmen."—
The consequence was, that considerable anxiety was excited in
the neighbourhoods of Bethnul-green and Spitalffilds upon the
present occasion, to ascertain the decision of the Magistrates
upon this point.
The circumstances were these: —Mr. IVaterlow, a respect-
able silk-manufacturer, 27, Church-street, Spitaltields, appeared
on Tueadal• in answer to a summons obtained against him by
Samuel Popler, a Journeyman, for not allowing hint sufficient
wages for weaving 4 'Piece of umbrella rnatitua' and also for fur
nisliing h" with bad materials. - The complainant related ;
that I his wife anti child, had not more
ie..
that
it,
vat
morally impoialg; thirty shillingsper month, and that
seamy allowance, arid if he wts.ri eotittl seta exist upon that
swap
livee tit 1
ottnaeb,ybivhbet.iiwto.ix
the materials with which he was ed to continue at it with
provided nothing but the walls
of a workhouse would be their Ate.
got ten shillings in adv4atKee
Against this statement
on the other side it appeavd, that whc.
lie got
represented to his.imploy; inr
received the silk to
turd.. but that statement,it had
follow-
false,
tis
hisemployers
w ualf,tteohrw
which statement he that
• e ad
Tulin"-
layrdgse
t turned
(even
..
friius
4onpec:deue
rtoiottioe.yvlivi
)1, up o n
opt, was completely received a further
illi a weak after) 15 yards, and
t.tohat the materials which he got
Mr. !ivory:T. inquired itl ;
line giveni;;;tiest hheadm .
Were not deserving the, d•
leave the subjei issue to at at iss • rbitration. any objection to
Mr,. Edward
_:,., _ .
.Clarke then stepped forward, and. stated, that
tie in common with other working silkweavers'
felt considerable
interest for the fate of the
pow; prtoceedings ; but he believed the
Magistrates were empowered under the late Act to appoint
lieferrees in case the-parties
.srhich he understood Wu
nut could not agree in a selection,
then the case.
• Mr. KEN NETT expressed his h. i
then withdrew . and yesterday, they 81"""n• The parries
Mr. Wetb, iMr. Waterlow.s ellr,r,,,n.riattizieoared, when
his part.
Mr. BENNETT was then apprised, that, although
trators had agreed, still the journeyman
would not submit to
their decision.

r. BENNETT—are there any of the arbitrators present ?
Mr. Webb—Yes, your Worship, the two appointed on the
part of the juryman are present.
Mr. E. Clarke and 31r. Mickloe then presented them:
selves, when
31r. Clarke stated, that they on the part of the journeymen,
with two masters on the part of the manufacturer, had the
evening before examined the work and the materials of which it
was composed; and, although the present work had only 100
shoots to an inch, and that the late book of prices, under the
Spitaltields Acts, allowed for the same description of goods 14d.
per yard, when haring 120 shoots to an inch ; yet the arbitra-
tors thought proper, in consequence of the trouble and time lost,
to allow the full price of the book, although there were twenty
shouts to an inch difference. That the master had agreed to
their decision, but the journeyman was not satisfied.
The journeyman stated that he could not go on with it and
if he did, the poor-house must he his lot.
Mr. thew NETT said, that if he did not finish the work, he
would relieve him from any anxiety of a poor-house at least
fur some time, as he should be obliged to commit him to the
House of Correction ; and as he (the journeyman) was the
complainant, he would dismiss the complaint. And then ad.
dressing Mr. Webb, said, he was at liberiy to apply the fol-
lowing day for his employer's remedy against the journeyman
(if he should feel it necessary), when his complaint should be
attended to.—They then withdrew.

MUSICAL BAROMETER.— A gentleman at Bur-,
kil, by the name of Ventain, not far from Basle, in Switzerland,
invented, some years ago, a sort of musical barometer, which
has been called in (lerman :eater Aorfi: (weather harp) or riesen
harj? (giant harp), which possesses the singular property
of indicating changes of the weather by musical tones.
This gentleman was in the habit of amusing himself by
shooting at a mark from ,his window, and that he might
not be obliged to go after the mark ut every shot, he fixed
a piece of iron wire to ,it, PO as to be able to draw it to him
at pleasure. Ile frequently remarked, that this wire gave
musical tones, sounding exactly an octave, and he found
that any iron-wire, extended in a direction parallel to the roe-
rpiide icaen,
of gbar
rasa
wirethis gaveton nu v
e
nor did an iron wire extended
,east and west. In conse'equseeorryu time the weather changed. A
consequence of
of these observations, a musical
barometer was constructed. In the year 1787, Captain liana
ott: 32 one In
e
Basle, made n
ttl'rel long,f°llw ing mariner :—Thirteen pieces
owere extended front his sum-
nier-house to the outer court, crossing a garden. They were
placed about two inches apart ; the largest were two linen in
dinmeter ; the smallest only one ; and the others were about
one and a half. They were on the side of the house and made
an angle of 20 or 30 degrees with the horizon. They were
stretched and kept tight by wheels for the purpose, Every
time t4r u.eather change:, these wires make so much noise,
that it is impossible to continue concerts in the parlour, and
the sound sometimes resembles that of a tea-urn while boil-
ing—sometimes that of an harmonica, a distant bell or an
organ. In the opinion of the celebrated chemist, Dober-
einer, as stated in the Italktiminchnologique, this is an electro-
reagnetical phenomenon. Do any of our readers know of such
an instrument having ever beentried in Britain?--( The Chemist.)

The Expetlitiou to Douquali,ou the telth Feb.,
followed the murder of the serjeant, and wasono of We most gal.
lant and succesiful rencontres we have had of the. enemy ; for,
although the advanced guard, only amounting. to shout 100
men, were engaged,' ( the main body, Under Major Chisholm,
having been betrayed, and led astray by a treacherous guide)
the Ashantees amounting to nearly 400, and a large force of
Fantees, were pursued for a distance of eight miles, totally
defeated, and signal punishment administered in the' death of
tour of their Chiefs, and nearly 100 men. The superiority of
the Ashantee mode of twitting over that of the Fantee, aas
clearly demonstrated by the different circa of their respective'
tiring, the Ashantees from their steady aim bringing down our
mttahigathe, merely crowned us w while
eth that
lee
of
dlaer Parsecs,
it w s.
beingquites direLcd
toos
well that they were not Moro skilful in the use of the musket
at that time, a* the party of Ashinteek with the help of a stray
shot now and then from the tantees, cOntrited, to kill and wound
seierity.otie out 'of the handthl opposed to them. The report
of this victory spread like wildfire through the country,
and before Sir Charles left the coast in the month of May fol.
lowing, he received the allegiance of moat of the Fantees, and
of various other native tribes, who, desirous to rid themselves
,of the Ashantee yoke, flocked fruits all quarters 'to his banner,
' which was emphatically termed, and looked upon at that time,
as the standard of liberty. While such things were going on,
and the most gigantic preparations for war were every where in
a state of forwardness, the King of Ashantee busied himself,
by means of emissaries, in an attempt to intimidate our allies;
he sent to one, advising him sarcastically, to arm the fishes of
the sea; to another, he intimated his intention of carrying the
terror of war into his country with such alarming sounds, that
he would awake his father iron, the silent grave ; and to Sir
Charles MiCarthy he sent his compliments, with a threat of
soon having his head as an ornament to the great war drum of
Ashantee ! (I) He also acknowledged the murder of the kr.
leant, and directed the messenger to say, he had seen the knife
with which it was perpetrated. To the Fantees, generally, he
threatened extermination; he advised them to be on their
guard, for he could talk over the white men whenever he pleased,
and then come down upon them. He ridiculed their confi-
dence in Macbat (2), who, he said, would betray them, as
Governor Torraine had done on a former occasion. But all this
made no impression on the Faiitees,who now appeared inspired
with a degree of confidence and enthusiasm quite unusual to
them. The Ashantee Monarch, therefore, beginning to think
more seriously of the matter than he was at first disposed to do,
and knowing that his best troops were on a hazardous campaign
in the Crepu country, at length sent an embassy to Elmina,
to offer the olive branch to the British through the medium of the
Dutch Governor. Sir Charles M!Carthy, on being apprised by
Governor Poohnan, of -the arrival of this embassy, and of the
pacific nature of their message, sent up tour gentlemen to receive
it ; (these were Capt. Laing, Ensign Wetherill, Mr. Williams,
Colonial Secretary, and Mr. F. Swanzy,merchant,) but to their
great surprise, they found, on appearing in the Palaver.hall, that
the tenor of the message was a threatof vengeance on the people
of tape Coast, whom they accused (perhaps with wine justice)
of poisoning the mind of the new Governor against the King
of Ashantee; they denied that Assaf bad sanctioned the
murder of the sergeant, and laid the whole affair at the door
of the Fantees, whom they accused of perfidy of the blackest
nature. This message, so opposite to what had been Anna.
paced, not only surprised the Gentlemen from Cape Coast,
but also seemed to strike with astonishMent the Dutch Go-
vernor himself, who declared upon the honour of a Nether.
hinder, that he had understood it differently yesterday ; and, in
proof ()this assertion, called upon his Linguist to explain themes.
sage, as interpreted to him the day before. It was of such a na.
tu re, that had it been delivered, pacific arrangements might have
been entered into ; but as the Ashariteee den ied any knowledge of
it, the conference was broken up, and matters stood exactly as
before. This occurrence took place about the beginning of
May, 1222, and Sir Charles M'Carthy, a few weeks afterwards,
left Cape Coast, in the Cyrene sloop of war, on a tour of inspec-
tion to the Gambia and Sierra Leone ; his instructions were very
concise, "To make as.rnany Allies, as possible--to induce them
to oppose any force the Ashantees might send towards the Coast,
but to risk as little as possible in the way of military enterprise,
till his return."

About a fortnight after his departure (the 4th of lune) a re-
port was prevalent, that is body of 2,000 .Ashantees had crossed
the Eoosom-pra River, and were making their way to the Fan.
tee country ; it tieing of course deemed necessary to check their
progress, Cot. Laing was dispatched with a few regular., the
Annamaboe militia, and a strong native force, to give them
battle; but as they retired on hearing of his approach, that
Officer directed his attention towards Ajurnacou, the terri-
tory of a powerful native King, who, there were strong
grounds of belief, intended to assist the Ashantees. Having
arrived on the confines of his country, which is separated
from Fantee by the River Amissa, a message was sent to
invite him to join in the general cause of freedom, but, as
the invitation was not accepted, another messenger was dis-
patched to acquaint him, less formally, that unless he joined
the white men, the white men would come to him (3); to
which he replica, he was perfectly ready, and they might come
as soon as they pleased. On the morning after the receipt of
this message of defiance, orders were given for the construction
of a bridge across the Amissa, which, by the exertions of
Messrs. Hutchinson and Swanzy, Captains of 31i litia, was com-
pleted on the evening of the second day ; it was not a work of
such magnitude as that which Caesar threw across the Rhine,
joined hut it had the effect of intimidating Appia, who, perceiving
that his river afforded him no protection, sent a iendly mes-
sage to Captain Laing, andoined him in great state next ti
at the head of 1500 men, well appointed with arms and aininuy:
nition. With this force, amounting now to about 8,000 efftc-
live tirelocks, a movement was made through the kingdom of
Ajarnacon towards Essecooma, the territory of QuashieAmun-
quah, another Chief in alliance with the King of Ashentee,
who, hearing of the approach of so large a force, fled from his
country, and took refuge at Coomassie. Every thing after this
bearing semblance of quietness, the army returned to quarters
on the 20th of June, the various Chiefs, who had been long
disunited, having sworn to one another to assemble instantly
at any point the white men should command.
Towards the end of July another disposition of making an in-
road upon the Fantee country was manifested by the Asbuntees,
and it was judged expedient to form an encampment about 25
miles from the coast for the purpose of watching their motions :
the site of a deserted Fantee town, named Varicooniassie, was
the spot chosen, to which a few iletachnients of . regulars and
militia were marched on the 2tith of the month, arid were soon
afterwards joined by the respective native chiefs with their troops,
making in all a three of about 10,000 men. Another camp was
formed at Jooqueli, about 15 miles in the rear of Cape Coast,
for the purpose of foiling the enemy in that quarter, it being re-
ported that he was making for the coast in two strong divisions
of 30,000 men each. These judicious preparations had the
effect of keeping them ut bay for some time; indeed it began
t be believed that they had again retired, when, on the even-
ing of the 20th of August, an express from Ajumacon reached
Yancoornassie with tidings of the Ashantee army being within
40 miles of Apple's capital, to which they were marching with
all speed. Orders were immediate)y given for a march, and
next morning at an early hour Capt. Laing quitted Vancoom-
assie at the head of a tolerably well organized force of regulars,
militia, and natives, amounting in all to about 5,000 men, the
remainder-being left at the camp, under command of Captain
Hutchinson, in case of a stratagem being intended by the Ash-
antes,. On the afternoon of the 2241, lb. force from Van- ,

At 2 P.SI. a few of the advance, who fell back upon the main
body, gave information of their beingeurprised, and nearly an.
nihilated, by the A shantees, who had already burnt one of Appia't
towns, about three miles off. The cohnuns now were kept more.
compact, .and moved forward with less eapedition, expecting
every minute to come in contact with the enemy; but at 4 P.N.
having reached the town queStion, it was with surprise they, .
found that he had Made a retrograde movement, fearing some
ambust ; he was, nevertheless, followed with caution, and arett
P.M., just as the moon had cleared the horizon.; wag iturprizial 4n
the town of Esseoboma by the ,six columns, which speedily
tbrating. charged, and came: up in tine style, without firing a
shot. The Ashantees, who had been employed sacrificiog.the
prisoners whom they secured in the morning, were seized with
a panic, and merely discharging their pieces, without again
attempting to loud, fled front the town, in the greatest confu-
sion. It was late before the natives, sonic of whom had follow-
ed the enemy, could be recalled, and nearly morning hefore,
by the marching of a picket, the army was permitted to bi.
vouac. The distressing scene witnessed in this town was truly
appalling, the bodies of the slain meeting the eye in every di.
rection, and here and there, the scattered limbs of the victim'
taken in the morning (the sacrifice of sonic of whom the oppor.
tune arrival of the army was in time to prevent) lay strewed about
the ground, in the most careless manner, while now and then a
captured foe, or timid fernale, who had been unable to effect her
• escape, was brought in, and tremblingly beheld the bleeding and
mangled bodies, which but a few hours before they had astist•
ed in mutilating, and whose awful fate appeared to await them.
On the following day, the 24th of August, the Aehanteett were
pursued, and %nein surprised in theircamp in the act of preparing
their dinners ; they get! in the greatest perturbation, leaving.
behind them guns, amniunition; clothing, small packages of
gold dust, their fdlrelie, and (what was moot accepteble to the
troops, having been without provisions for two days) their din-
ners. A number of prisoners were els° taken and marched to
Cape Coast Castle. Beyond this point the Fantees would not
ntivance ; scouts were, therefore, sesaufter the enemy to watch
him, but as he made the best of his way to the Boosorn-pra,
and crossed it the next day, a player was held at Essecooma,
when it was determined to destroy the town, and distribute the
respective forces in the same manner as before the invasion ;
the Vancoomaseie division of the army, therefore, marched on
the 27th, sums the country to Mansere (4), where they were
met by Captain fintehinsone with the remaining Fantees, that
Officer having advanced in a most spirited and creditable man.
tier, with a hope of cutting off the retreating enemy. In this
state of quietness the country remained for several months, the
Asiliantees making no further incursions, and the Fantees too
indolent to follow up the edvantage gained. An attempt, but
without effect, was made to induce the Fantees (5), in concert
with the force at Jooquale under the command of Lieutenant
King, it. N., to march towards the Assins, and either force
them to fall hack upon the Ashantees, or induce them to em•
brace our cause, which they had of late, through the medium
of messengers to Captain' Laing, shewn some disposition to do.
The arrival of Sir Charles M'Carthy, on the 28th Nov. pre-
ceded by a detachment of white troops from England, did not
infuse that spirit which every one had anxiously looked for.—
The natives had fancied to themselves (upon what. ground it is
hard to say, for. Sir Charles never led them to expect it) that
their great Governor would have brought with hhn ship
load ut guns, with an overwhelming. host of white men ; and
their disappointment may ,be conceived when he was seen to
disembark from the colonial sehooner with only two or three •
attendants; their chagrin was so great, that they •went so far •
as to speak of it openly, and they did not scruple to aCi
quaint Sir Charles, at Christmas, when he visited the camp
at Vancoornassie, that they were told he had 'arrived in a
small canoe, anti brought with him seven guns and a pistol !
—About this period it was currently believed, among the
white part of the population, that an attack would be made
on Coomaesie by Sir Charles, and the attempt was viewed
generally ate one of no great difficulty, but of cotziparative cer-
tainty. Admitting, however, that the destruction of that cap'.
tal was an easier matte, than it was even .conceived to be—ad..
mining that the British arms had succeeded in razing it to the
ground—the result, in point of colonial interest and effect, would
have been trifling, compared with that which might have been
derived froni negotiation, at a period when we had been sue-
cessful—when we could walk individually in perfect security
any where within fifty miles of the coast and tit 11 time when
the King of Asharitee was sacrificing eight or virgins daily
to induce his fefliche to avert the destruction which appeared to
stare him in the face !I ! Nothing could have been more fa-
vourable than the aspect of affitits at this moment, and the ad-
vantages likely to arise from a negotiation were
itpointed out to
Sir Charles 31.(utity by an- individual, whomwould be in-
vidious to mention here, as the general cry was for war ; and,•
from the attention with which his Excellency received the sug-
gestion, it is filly believed by the writer of this narrative, that
he would have acceded 19 it, had his mind been made ui)
to pursue any particular line' of procedure, berme the re-
ported approach of an overwhelming force of A hanteen
compelled him to decide upon oppidrcosinagdythtAcrenitit,lLy wtldegree of :success the public are
ac-
quainted.
This -narrative 'having occupied more space then was origi,
nally intended, the write' will defer, till another occasion, the
'valetas relative to the importance and value of the possessions,
as also his ideas regarding their haute occupation.

him but my head,'
:alit:lj°' :::::rtwicaedy trom it
Iloallegh°,11::
(I) The subject of this threatening message ryas frequently
toulthigolyienifrepwenillee o"fttihsreysable Monarch, but
adverted to by the late Sir Charles. When at the head of his
Sir
rxi
cet,l)hsth
au:
rr
ethi
:Just!:
,ctoqciol talorokajwhil ,logmghtLe remarked
sar ti na
howi,ts::32,
:)4{? trueTln
.I,r,
hhhho
teeetelhaludeti
uiatieeprst
ntrgtr vaaceiintltcibcettyhtshioeewannoi
ih.,e'
ii
translation.a
h'cc hessnbi
bearingstiey re C 1
referring{
i
prisoners who had been brought before hire,
very
well, I am g9ing to glve them to him to.rnisrrow,l-
- to happen.' On another occasion, two days before the
is---cover ale.
Allearthy was
fatal action of the 21st January, he said in an ironical manner'
,tlthwestirAyachVitneeahter wants my jaw bones Mr is big drum ;
Alas !
.nwogliafittshingegeSeitporiamccoarearwe
hrioot men
designated,
to the maps of Alessrs.
tioned,as they may be seed by
regularstlal3hll::ett:VlexwatiloinCoulgillbdabtitielb:llltgni:mnoOtotostilantCll:ll:enttnaidgvhthavaen bthecenetaoaskept%th
tletr:Sraiel be
the recent successes,
had there been a thousand nce
w"hout
thtin—at
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FitENCII PAPERS.

MADRID, Auo. 25.

(RY AN EXTRAORDINARY COURIER.)

Their Majesties and all the Royal Family con-
tinue at the 'Royal Castle of St. Ildefcmso.

Don Joseph O'Donnel, Commandant-General
of the camp.of .Gibraltar, has addressed to the
31inister of War a Report, dated from Algesiras
the 11th of August, of which the following is an
extract . _ _

The fortress of Tarifa would have been restored to the
power of Ple King on the night of the Bth instant, if we had
-succeeded in blowing up one of the gates, which was the object
•of the fire and of the operations of our allies, the French ;
but the barrel of powder destined for this purpose was of so
bad a quality; that we found it impossible to ignite it.
"In the night of the 10th, there arrived from Cadiz
four additional pieces of ordnance, which are about to be
mounted. . The tempest which occurred on that day compelled
us to *stispendour labours. The rebels sought to avail them •
• selves of it to escape by sea; they had, however, only a small
'boat capable of containing at the most a dozen men. Our naval
forces, ors the other hand, increase considerably.
" A party of the rebels, commanded by the surgeon Lopez
Merino, "-antlered in the mountains. A Royalist party from
Taiajan fell in with and routed them, taking aye prisoners,
which have been sent to me.
" Merconchini, who had come out of Gibraltar with 151)
smugglers, hoped to land at Estepona, but he could not suc-
ceed, and therefore could only disembark at Marbella. Ile
levied 80,080 reels, but had scarcely collected seven, when,
seized with a panic at the report of the approach of our brave
mountaineers, he hastily re-embarked. Ile attempted to return
Ito Gibraltar, but the English would not let him.
" All the mountaineers of Ronda flew to arms, amidst shouts
of ' Long live the King !'
" The rebels shut up in Tarifa are in want of provisions, but
• they have wine and money, as they give their soldiera 10 reals

per day."
' The Extraordinary Gazette, which was publiihed yesterday
evening, contains a second report from General O'Donnel to
the Minister of War, in tenour as follows :
_ _

" Long live the King ! The clock is sounding midnight,
and I have this instant received a note from Count d'Astorg,
Commandant of the siege of Tarifa. Thu fortress,' he writes,
was carried this evening, the 19th, at f►ve o'clock. The re.
bele have, unfortunately, succeeded in taking refuge In the isle
of Tarifa.'

" This note was brought to meby an officer whom I had left,
for the purpose, with Count d'Astorg. He has given me an
account of the opening of the breach, which was effected after
two hours' firing. The rebels, seeing this, offered to negotiate,
by a flag of truce, in order to gain time to escape. The women
instantly appeared on the ramparts, waving their handkerchiefs,
and shouting Long live the King !' •
"Our troops entered through the breach without resistance.
The fort St. Catherine, which deecntis the is!hrti us betwten the
town and the isle, was carried by Storm, and almost without.

" The same officer inftitin's me-that it fa decided to attack'
the isle ht the course of the night, by a descent for which pre:
parat4on is tnatie. 'rite rebels ar4 rednoti TOI their own re=
sources: all t4te ipdividuali whom they bad indoeCd to take
Tart in their projacte have abandon,:d titc,ln7
(SigniA) " O'DONNIM.

" At Alg,Aram, Aitg.l9."•
REPORT rapP4 0r."4-KitAt.
_Woomera. TO Tin:

AIIWISTER or WAR.

" Most Execihnit have just received (half.past
eleven o'clock a. at.) an officer dispatelied by the COlonet Don
Joseph Bsuradas.. Ile infoims me that the Trench troops have
occupied the isle without Meeting any resistance.: they have
made upwards of 40 prisoners..
' The details will make known the Important services ren.
dery i to the King our Sovereign by the Count d'Astorg, Corn.
mandant of the French troops, to whose bravery and talents the
success of the enterprise is due.