The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-06 00:00:00

patiently expect the arrival of the Royalists. The
15th and 16th regiments of Infimtry, which occupy
the northern provinces, have declared for the Royal

cauce."

The military organization of these rebels, confirms
us in the view which we have before taken of the
conduct of Spain towards Portugal, and induces in us
the most serious apprehensions, that much bloodshed
will shortly ensue m that country.
The Quotidienne has a long article on the probable
policy of the French Ministry, the neutrality of whiCh
is doubted, and a strong hope expressed that Monar-
chical opinions will triumph once more.
A French frigate has been stranded in proceeding
from Rochfort to Cadiz, on the Tete des Anes.

The great length to which the debate in the House
of Commons extended last night, prevents our offering
many observations upon it. Mr. Alderman WAITII-
MAN brought forward his long promised motion, rela-
tive to Joint Stock Companies and the conduct of
their Directors, and after a speech, which, while it con-
tained too general and sweeping a condemnation of all
Companies formed on this principle, certainly made
out a case justifying inquiry into the conduct of the
Directors of the Arigna Company, and, perhaps, some
others, the Worthy Alderman concluded by moving
that " A Select Committee be appointed to inquire
into the origin, management, and present state of the
Joint Stock Companies which_were formed during the
years 1824, 1825, and 1826, and to report the same
to the House, with any special matter touching the
conduct of any Member of this Honourable House."
This sweeping and extensive motion was opposed
by Mr. CANNING, not with any desire to obstruct the
object in view, but rather to promote its attainment, by
rendering the proposed inquiry practicable. The
Right Ho)). Gentleman fully admitted that a sufficient
Parliamentary case had been made out for one specific
inquiry—to that inquiry he gave his consent, and to
that case he wished it to be confined, not, however,
precluding further investigation should other cases be
subsequently established.
The Right Hon. Secretary, with the felicity of
language which so pre-eminently distinguishes him,
observed " that if the purpose of the Hon. Alderman
were practical good, he seemed disposed to launch on
so wide an ocean, that even if he ever arrived at the
end of his voyage of discovery, it would be prolonged
to such a distant date as to deprive the result of its
most material advantages. hie, (Mr. CANNING)
was desirous to steer for one point in the first instance,
and afterwards, if it were found expedient, to proceed
in quest of new adventures." The Right Honourable
Gentleman filially moved an amendment for the ap-
pointment of a Select Committee of twenty-three
Members to enquire into the conduct of the Arigna
Company.
BROGDEN warmly pleaded • for early inquiry,
and a long discussion ensued, in which criminations
and recriminations were largely dealt in as applied
to the conduct of other Hon. Members who were
connected • with Joint Stock Companies ; but the
unanimous feeling of the House was in favour of Mr.
CANNING'S amendment, which was adopted without.
a dissentient voice ; and with the expression, from men
of all parties, of approbation of the conduct of his
MAJasvit's Ministers in meeting the question thus
fairly, and in a manner likely to effect the object i
view.

We received last night New York Papers to the
17th ult., which were brought to Liverpool by the
Canada. They contain no news of interest relative
t° the United States. A meeting of the woollen
/nanufacturers at Boston, took place on the 7th tilt.,
for the purpose of petitioning Congress to increase the
duty on the importation of woollen articles to 50 per
Cent, ad valorem.
~The intelligence from Colombia is more important.
vve subjoin some extracts relative to the state of
"'fairs in that country and at Caraccas, from which
It would appear that a termination of the existing dis-
putes is likely to take place. The leadir.g men in
Caraccas have declared their intention in supporting
1)41:z, to be the hastening of a general convention for
the Purpose of promoting a federal form of Government:

. (From the New York Advertiser of Nov. 14.)
.00tanzeta.—We have received, from our Correspondent a,
Carthagena, a Colombian •Gazette, dated Sept. 29. We have
been favoured by a friend with a duplicate of the same, accom-
panied With a private letter, explanatory of its contents.
There is every appearance of the dissensions of the Republic be-
ing brought to a speedy and amicable termination, On the 28th
89tember, a Meeting was held at Carthagena, by the heads of
'ne bepartment, who sailed in the Military and Naval Officers,
4" the most influential Citizens, to devise measures for the pre-
servation of the public peace, which, as the letter hefore us statet,
was endangered by the discontent of the soldiery, at the frequent
tiluce, not of their pay alone, but of their rations for several days
11`
time. The Minister of Finance had made such large and re- .
ruiki drafts on the then Officers, that they had driven the troops
great privations. The result of the meeting was, that they
.sPlaced the supreme power in the hands of Bolivar, for the pur-
l's° of having a change made in the manner of administration.
15 A letter has just been received in this city from La Guayrs, dated
ct' 17th, and a Caraccas Paper of the 4th. It is now stated,
that
tuba de Aild apprehensions of a war, or any further difficulties, have
that the influence of Bolivar with the people is pars-
Zipunt—and that recent diesensime will be amicably adjusted.
The Liberator is said to be on his way, information having been
r,eceived from him. Pees reached Caraccas on the 28th of Sep-
kmtber, from. a tour ; and ever thing WB9 tranquil.
* G". 111"
°"' t changes, and for the better,
have taken place. The leaders and promoters of the faction ate,
by their recent acts, convinced that the eopl are not to be ruled,
or even urged into civil War, and ,1,
so absolute as in the first instin.7.. their devotion to than is not
At the meeting of she people, called by
vanity led them to suppose.
it
Was
rum)!
ilvyo;)rtdoerdof Gen. Paaz, upon
his arrival at Caraccas,
raised for defince, or other purposes
(fioftdeputationvtiltiul eas ;poaf.ttehhrediee
to
; that a cf the forces
the most respeetable men of Cameras,
Bogota, humbly to represent the wishesbe
fa lotrt,
place things a near as possible as they stood ere this It's' nate event took place. All this has beet,' Bette ; and the ne°r quenee is, confidence is about to be. restored. We certainly°tn.olen--
lider the affair entirely et an end, so far as
,cnneerns the Power of
the general government over this district. Bolivar is absolute in
the hearts of the people. We have certain accounts of his being
int his way, and, from whet has taken place in affairs, and the
Vest intimacy that subsists between General Pars and Madame
N,
ivel., some of the wise ones augur, nay, assert, as a fact
t Paez and Bolivar have a perfect understanding—but that
byesacrifices are to be made—names are mentioned, &c. Upon
We are silent, congratulating ourselves upon the happy tenni-
'Winn of this affair."
I.4TtST 1,&011 COLo9lBll.—Ni7c have the Colombian() to the
4th ult. Owing to the actual state of affairs there, the corn-
::',nnieations between the various departments was broken up.
.14 mail from Bogota was entirely interrupted. The British
;"ekhents, through Sir Robert Kerr Porter, 'complained to Ge.-
-t!t..°l Paez, who admits the justness of the complaint, but says
;11, things are inevitable in political convulsions. He promises
the uLil efforts to remedy the evil. The annexed extracts are from
'-olmnbiano of the 4th •
tilbAinong all the minor inconveniences resulting from the pruent
4. Ted, state of affairs, we know of none more to-be regretted,
Mal Pi interruption of our communications with Bogota. No
• stal:_naVe arrived from that capital during the last two months,
4017 of thing alike injurious both to public and private inte-
Qt-vas _ This circumstance, together with the failure in the arri-
rour European Journals at la Guayra, will be our excuse
he public, for the dullness of our columns.
.44 Eactileacy Gomel Pau arrived in this city, 04 tilt 28th

ult., froth a tour through the Provinces of the Apure. General
Pedro Priseho Mendez, our late Minister at the Panama Congres3,
arrived the day previous, from Bogota.

We have given in another column, from the Sierra
Leone Gazette Extraordinary of the 9th of October,
an account of the battle fought with the Ashantee
Army on the plains of Accra, on the 7th of August,
which terminated in their complete defeat, by our
troops and the Native Allies, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel PURDON.
We are enabled to subjoin the following extract of
a private letter, which furnishes some additional inte-
resting particulars :
On our arrival the other day off Cape Coast, I was highly
gratified to find that a battle had been fought between our allied
forces, consisting of about eleven thousand men, and those of the
Ashantee King, of at least fifteen thousand, carrying muskets,
besides a number with cutlasses, small swords, and knives ; asul
that the result was, a decided victory on our part. The battle
was fought on the plains of Accra, about twenty-five miles from
that place, and close to a croom or village, called Doodoowah, on
the 7th of last month, and lasted from half-past nine in the morn-
ing until two in the afternoon. Our forces were commanded by
Colonel Purdon,' of the African Corps, who had with him only
seventy or eighty men of that regiment, with four field-pieces and
some Congreve rockets, which certainly did considerable execu-
tion. The fact was, that Blachey did the business, and they did
it well. A Chief on one aide, Cudge Chibboe, another, Bynie,
and a third, called Qualm Amanque, did wonders; the latter
poor fellow was struggling with, and had wounded, the Ashantee
King, and must, in a few moments more, have had him, when he
was shot dead ! The King (as is cnstomary) is carried in a bas-
ket, and was clearly seen to be encouraging his troops, and, at
one time of the. day, our centre, on which the attack was first
made, was very hard pressed indeed. This part of our line was
composed of the militia of Cape Coast, Anitnaboo, British, Da-
nish, and Dutch Aecras, and did wonders ; and they were most
nobly led on and bravely commanded by Messrs. Hutchinson,
Jackson, Hanson, and Richter, merchants, whose cool courage
and example certainly deserve the highest commendations. It
was the centre alone that the Ashantee King seemed determined
to take, as he knew some of the merchants—Mr. Hutchinson
snore particularly. This was about one o'clock, and the num-
bers increasing, the centre fell back on Colonel Purdon's guns and
rockets, which were no sooner let off than the Ashantees gave way,
and fancied the devil was getting amongst them as Congreve 's
rockets fell. At this time, too, the whole of our allies—the Fan-
tees, and some of the Assins--fled to a man, which encouraged
the Ashantees much ; but a staunch friend, the King of Akem-
boo, who resides near the Aquapian Hills, came up, and decidedly
turned the day in our favour, by taking the left flank of the
enemy, burning their camp, the King's luggage, and destroying
all who came near, without sparing age or sex. At this time the
head of Sir Charles M'Carthy was taken amongst the King's
luggage, wrapped up in double foltlings of paper, on which were
written some Arabic characters. It was then folded up in
fine blue silk, and finally sewed up in a tiger's skin.
With the exception of that brave man, ()nestle Atnanque, not an-
other of our Chiefs fell, and but one or two wounded, amongst
whom were Abaguy, Amanque's brother, who was shot in the
leg, fighting with him.
The Ashantees lost 22 head men, left dead in the field, and 12
severetywounded. The prisoners are numerous, and amongst
them is a fine boy, the young King of Karanaa. There is a report
that Osaye (the King of Ashantee's name) is dead of his wounds;
but I rather imagine the report is premature. The total loss of the
Ashantee King is, at theleast, 6,000 killed on the spot, and 2,000
wounded, besides prisoners. Ours is severe, certainly ; but when
the superior force of the enemy is taken into consideration, it will
not be thought so much of. It is ascertained to be 800 killed,
and nearly 2,000 wounded. The African corps had four men
wounded. Amongst our prisoners is a lovely creature, one of
the King's wives, about 18, elegantly formed, and far advanced in
her first pregnancy. I went to see her at the house of Mr. Richter,
(who is wounded in the thigh), and found her weeping bitterly at
the defeat of her sable lord. However, after chatting some time,
she was more composed, and will, I dare say, do very well.

We have been favoured with the perusal of a pr

vate letter from a Naval Officer of rank on the Coask
of Africa, which describes, in strong language, the
extent to which the Slave Trade.is carried on by the
Spanish and Portuguese vessels in the Bights of
Benin and Biafra. Instead of the miserable class of
vessels which formerly came for slaves, large brigs and
schooners of superior dimensions, well fitted, well
maimed, and, in every sense of the word, well adapted
for fighting, are now employed in this detestable
traffic ; and the writer of the letter states, that if we are
serious about the Slave Trade, more ships of war
must be sent to the African station.
A beautiful Spanish schooner, called the Nicanor,
with 176 slaves on board, bad been captured by the
Hope, tender to the Maidstone, commanded by Lieut.
TUCKER, second of that ship, with a complement of
thirty men. On the 6th of September the Hope was
ordered to scour the Bight of Benin, and examined
more particularly Lago, Whydah, and Badagry. At
Whydah there were no less than twelve vessels wait-
ing, for, slaves, and for the yam season, and to take in
their provisions;' and one of these, a fine large new
brig of 287 tons, and having on board 587 slaves, was
captured by the Hope, after a gallant action of two
hours and a half.
The following is an extract of the letter, giving an
account of this spirited affair :
One of those vessels (a fine brig of e7B tone) had just come
over from Rio Janeiro, with her water filled, slave-deck laid, and
farinha and yams on board. 'She was by her papers allowed to
take 701 slaves. After examining her papers and hold, Lieut.
Tucker was sure she would be oil in the course of a day or two,
and, running out of sight, placed himself in a situation likely to
pick her up. As he inspected, so it turned out, for the schooner
was no sooner out of sight, than the monster who commanded the
brig took on board, in the course of three hours, her inhuman
cargo of these poor ill-treated, heart-broken, unoffending slaves,
and put to sea with them, amounting, in men, women, and chil-
dren, to 587. The next morning Tucker saw her, not far off,
and, after a Aare of QS hours, began an action with her, which
was severely contested for two hours and a half, when the Hope,
having two of her guns dismounted, Tucker made up his mind to
board the brig, he being at this time slightly wounded. Under a
fine young man, a Mr. Pengelly, who headed the boarders, a
sharp contest took place ; but the rascals otPortuguese, not much
liking close quarters, and the rough manner our fine fellow, treated

them-, called for quarter, and laid down their arms. Pengelly was
shot in the side in boarding, but went on. The brig had 13
killed, and 12 wounded ; whilst, thank God, our schooner lost not
a man, and bad but Mr. Tucker, Mr. Pengelly, and one seaman,
wounded. Five hundred and eighty seven slaves were captured;
but I regret saying, three of these victims to Portuguese infamy
were killed, and 11 wounded. The brig had nine heavy guns,
with a complement of 76 men ; whilst our schooner had but
(Officers and al)) 26 men, and five guns.
This I hope and trust will give promotion both to Tucker and
Pengelly, as a larger number of slaves was never before taken, or
even a vessel of such a size, being 287 tons (American), only 11
months launched, and cost 40,000 dollars. She is gone up to
Sierra Leone, where by this time, I pray. God, the slaves may be
all landed in safety.

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CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tuts DA V).
The market is almost in an inexplicaWe pate, the supplies fresh
in being unusually small, and the trade for.every article being ex-
tremely
t
Barley
de is almost stagnant. Beans and Pease are very dull
. the trade tdrremely dull. Wheat may he reported at the same prices as Mon-
andsis the only article of which there is a large arrival,
at rather less '
thing prices than on Monday. In Oats scarcely tiny
- , doing, anti Prices hardly as good as Monday.

ARRIVALS.
Eno,Ba
..h
...................... 10100 q 1
I,4(X)gee. - ,850 qrs.
hien ......... .......
Foreign: ... .. ........ . ........

Oats. Flour.
tal qrs. 2,470 scksi.
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HAY ItIARKETS.—Dgc. 5.
(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JMES'S.
Lowland Meadow HaylS4
1100 to
54 100 can=
.. 14 10 to 6 6
110 112
Upland Ditto
112 li°
Rye-grass Hay ... 4105 10 Wheat Ditto
New Meadow Hay .... 4 5 5 5
SMITHFIELD.
Lowland
Dit Meadowto Hay f 3 oto 4 0 Clover Hay generally £4 sto 5 IS
Upland
• 1 1 1°
Rye-grass Hay .... 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw
New Meadow Hay . :3 15 415 Wheat Ditto llO 113
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