The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-19 00:00:00

131 r THE KING'S VA I ENT.

NOKklS's FEVER DRuPS. •
9-IHE experience of more than half a century has
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that.it is now unnecessary to expatiate on its effi-
cacy
in every-species of Fever, particularly the Scarlet and
Typhus Fever, also the Yellow or Putrid Fevers ; they have
never beep known to tail, when administered agreeable to di-
redion ; in the NleasNs, Sinai! Pox, Teething, and most
Disorders incident to L:hildren they are an infal,lible remedy ;
the decays and discomforts of advanced life are under their
immediate iniltience, they immediately stop the progress of
a fresh Cold, andkre particularly adapted as a genial Restora-
tive.

The Pamily Bottle, 225. sold at the 1)0.10 r's House, No.
-29, Loper Brook street, Grosvenor- square, where orders for
exportation areduly executed Sinailer Bottles, us. and 2S.
qd. wh.,lesale and retail, at Bacon's; tie,. 9:x(6rd-street, and
by mqst tespeftable Venders in Town and Country.
Also Or. NO RR I S's celebrated ANTI-lIIL lOUS PILLS,
with ample Direaions,.2s. qd. the Box.
CA tar --: Observe that the words "Thomas Noris
Moore" are engraved on the Government Stamp round t.:.0
Bottles nu others are, or can be, genuine,

It is only doing an act of justice to add, that
the commendation which_the uniform tenor of
Colonel Maxwell's conduct has drawn from the
Directors, is applicable, in its Tneasitre, to every
naval and military officer who, since'the abolition
of the Slave Trade, has been placed in a situation
of command on the coast of Africa ; and this ac-
knowledgment is particularly due from them to
Major Chisholm, the present connpandant at
Goree, and to Captain Saeyd,- Captain'Scobell,
and Captain. Bones, of the Navy. The active and
enlightened zeal. of the Honourable 'Commodore
Irby, the present naval commander, has already
been alluded to. The Directors have great plea-
sure in further stating?. that ColonclMaearthy,
who is shortly to proceed- to Senegal to taLe the
command there, has signified his cordial desire •to,
.be instrumental in promoting the. views of the
Institution.

For the details of the information received dur-
ing the last year from Africa, the Directors must
refer the Members of the'Societv to the Appendix.
—They 13,44 he particularly intereked• by some
extracts from a posthumous journal of Mr. Lud-
lam, and from the communications of the pc: on
sent by Governor ColtiMbine,' to. wgociate, with
the Native Chiefs in the river Sherbro, for a cou-

current abolition of the Slave Trade.
The man who was sent on this. miss:on was
originally the son of a hi _!f in that very river.
He was carried, when abOut twelve years of age,
as a slave to North America ; he there obtained
his freedom, by joining the British army, during

the Nuaerican war. While at Nova Scotia be ac-
quired so much knowledge of ►otters as to be able
'to read and write ; and since he has resided. at
Sierra Leone, be has uniformly maintained the
chai-acter of an honest, upright, and industrious
colonist. _ _ _

The accounts received from the 'Gold Coast
state, that the servants of the African Company
had been directed.to turn their attention to agri-
culture. It appears, however, that the native
powers 'are at present in a state of wart which, of
course, must tic very unfriendly to agricultural
pursuits. This war, it ought to be observed, is
coincident with the revival of the Slave Trade
under the Portuguese flag on that part of the
coast.

.The Directors have 'long felt a • strong per-
snasion of the capacity of the African to fill the
same place with the European in civil society, pro-
vided the fair opportuni,ies and advantages are
afforded him of manifesting the native faculties of
his mind. They have recently had a fresh proof
exhibited to them, and to the world, of the un-
reasonableness. of those prejudices, which, from
viewing the Africans only in a situation of bond-
age and- degradation, have led to a contrary con-
clusion. The fact to which they allude is, the
arrival in this cquntry of Capt. Paul Cuffee, an
American black, in his own ship, The.Traveller;
navigated by himself, and manned; with a single
exception, by persons of his own- colour. Captain
entree having been informed of.the efforts which
bad been made in favour of his brethren in Africa,
first by the Sierra Leone COMpany, and:after-
wards by this Institution, Was anxious ,to ascer-
tain, by a personal view of-Sierra Leone and its
iababitants, env' by personal intercourse with the
'friends of Africa in this
.country, whether he.
himself could in any. iv -ay become instrumental in
promoting their objects. A license
,was accord-
ingly procured for him, which permitted him-to
take a cargo from America to Sierra Leone, and
a return cargo thence to England. HE arrived at
Liverpool in the, month of July last. Soon after
his arrival, he visited -London ; and such of the
.
'Directors as had an opportunity of conferring
with him were much gratified by his general in-
telligence; the accuracy of his observations and
statements, and the apparent 'elevation of 'his
principles. He was afterwards invited to
,attend
a meeting-of the Committee !of the Board, espe-
cially called for the- purpose. of conferring with
him ; which the illustrious Patron of thiS Society
honoured with his presence ; and the interview
left a very favourable impression of his mental and
moral qualities on the mind of his Royal High-
ness, and of all the Directors who attended. He
:gave a clear a.nd encouraging account of what he
had seen in Africa, and suggested to the Direc-
tors many considerations which may eventually
lead to important results. On these, .however,
gthe Directors need not now enter. • He left En-

land in the month of September last, on his re-
tarn to Sierra, Leone from which place he in-
tended to proceed to Massachussets, in America,
where his family resides.
In relation to Captain Cpffee, it may be proper
briefly to inform -the meeting, that by unwearied
industry and well liirected enterprise, under Pro-
vidence, he has gradually risen, from a state of po-
vcrty and obs7,:urity; to the-possession of consider=
Ole property, and to the enjoyment of a large
, share of consideration in society ; and that all
this has been -effected in the face of difficulties
which Would have been above the •exertions of
most men, and in spte of the prejudices xvhich
tend to retain in,a state of 1:n; t•..t degradation ail
who derive their origin from Africa.
(To be continued.)

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1812.

This morning a Gottenburgh Mail arrived, froni
which we I.hvc only time to make the following

extracts :

GOTTZNBURGH, SEPT. 9.—The ships engaged
for the expedition have been inspected, and order-
tl to hold•themselvcs in readiness for immediate
service, : such as had been dismantled are re-
fitting.

It is reported that the French have suffered a.
defeat near Smolensk, and a great part of their

army put hi complete rout.

The result of the conference at Aho, has not
transpired, but it is, said Finland will be restored
to Sweden.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM. COPENHAGEN, DATED

SEPT. 6.

The obtaining possessing of Smolensk cost
the French upwards of 10,000 men. Revel holds
out bravely, and no besieging artillery has yet ar-
rived. Two vessels, laden with coffee, &c. have
been taken out of the last convoy in the Belt, by

the gun-boats."
BERLM„isiuG. 29.—The bead-quarters of his
Majesty the Emperor have, since the 18th, been
at Smolensk. Nothing can arrest the rapid march
of the victorious army,

WARSAI7, AUG. 22 —We have this instant re-
ceived the important intelligence of the taking of
Sinolensk, e fortress situated upon the Dnieper.
This place was carried after several brilliant af-
fairs, which took place subsequent to the 14th.—

on the 17th threw themselves into the place, which
had been armed.—His Majesty the Emperor en-
joys the best state of health.

FROM THE ST. PETERSEURGH PAPER, OF THE 6TH
(18TH) AUGUST.

We have the pleasure to lay before the' public
the letter of his Eminence the Metropolitan of
Moscow, PLA.iori, of the'26th July, to his Ma-
jesty the Emperor, and his. Majesty's reply to the
Metropolitan.
Most Gracious Lord and Emperor,

" The chief metropolis Moscow, the new Jeru-
salem, receives as a mother, her anointed into the
arms of her affectirolate sons, and whilst, she has
a perspective foresight through the rising mist of
the shining future glory Cif her monarchy, sings
in joyful transports, Hosanna to he that
comes in the name of the:Lord! Let the. Vaun-
ting insolent Goliath carry the terrors' of death
from the borders of France into the provinces of
Russia ; the holy faith, that sling of the hOly
Russian DAyib, ivjll suddenly slit the forehead, of
his blood-thirsty haughtiness. This sacrificed
image of the holy SERGIVS, the ancient champion
for the welfare of our native country, iii presented
to your Imperial Majesty. It gives me pain that
my decreasing faculties will not permit me to en-
joy the view of your Majesty's beloved counte.-
nance. I send my prayers up to heaven, that the
Almighty may of his 'grace advance his beloved
people, and fulfil your Majesty's wishes.
" Most gracious Lord,
- , " Your Imperial Majesty's most submissive
"Intercessor,
(Signed) " PLarmsr, Metropolitan of MoscoW."