The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-07 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

HARWICH, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Janc packet, with a maii,
from Gottenburgh.
Po T S 310 T 13, AUG. IV.S.W.—Arrived his
Majesty's ship Eden from the -East Indies. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Athol for Halifax ; and the Eleonora, Sartorius,
for London.

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FALMOUTH, AuG. E.S.E.—Saded the Stanmer
packet, w;th a mail, for Lisbon; and the New Hope, Knell,
for Bilbao. •

' LIVERPOOL, Auo. s.—Arrived the George, Uneworth,
from Savannal; on 24th July, in lat. 47. 40. long. 26. 30. ;
she experienced a very heavy gale of wind from N.N.W.,
which continued for six hours; next day saw several spars, &c.
floating.
DEAL, AUG. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Alexander, Gilmon, from Trinidad ; Charles William,
from Quebec; Nautilus, Adlard, from Grenada ; Briton,
Roche, from Quebec ; Wallace Edkin, Edkin, from St. Do-
mingo ; and Mariner, Davison, from St. John's, N. B. ; the
two latter remain. Came down from the River and remain the
Bridges, Johnson, for the South Seas ; and Francis, Watson,
for Odessa. Put back the Wellington, House, for the South
Seas. Sailed the Argus Deal Pilot cutter, on a cruize off
Dungeness.
SEVEN o'CLocx:—The Lord Hungerford, O'Brien, for
Van Dieman's band and New South Wales, is now coming
through the Gulls for the Downs.

MURDER. AND PIRACY.—On Thursday,'six persons, includ-
ing the mate and cook of the schooner. Jane, which sailed from
Gibraltar in May last, for the Brazils, with specie, were landed
from the Prince of Wales Evise cutter, at Newhaven, under a
warrant of the Judge Admiral, and lodged in the Calton Hill jail.
We understand they are accused of themurder of Capt. Johnston,
the master, and James Paterson, the steersman, of the Jane, and
of having afterwards taken out a quantity of the specie, amount-
ing to 40,000 dollars, and then scuttling and sinking the vessel.
—The prisoners were taken into custody at Lewis, near Storno-
way. The account we have- heard of theirapprehension is, that
a strange sail had been observed off Stornoway the night before,
and, having next morning disappeared, the revenue officers, pre-
suming her to have been a smuggler, went in search, and at
length perceiving some persons, and temporary erections on the
shore at Lewis, went and examined some chests, &c. which had
been brought ashore. The officers were coming off, satisfied that
they were not what they had taken them for, when one of the
crew, a boy, having separated himself from the rest, confessed the
whole affair to the officers, when they Returned, and took
them into custody. Upwards of thirty-one thousand dollars
were found buried in the sand. The names of the prisoners
are, Peter Heaman, the mate, an Englishman ; Francois Gan-
tiez, cook, a Frenchman ; Robert Strachan and Peter Smith,
natives of Montrose; John Hard, art Italian; and Andrew
Comelier, a boy, a native of Malta. James Paterson, the steers-
man, who was killed, was a native of Arbroath.—(Edinburgh
Courant, Aug. 4.)

EMIGRATION.—There is now in Leith Roads a fine ship,
the Castle Forbes, destined for New South Wales, with
passengers,• being the third vessel of her siz: which in
the course of twelve months has been fitted out at this
port, for the above destination, under the direction of Mr.
Broadfoot, broker. The Castle Forbes, we understand, will
fake out 130 emigrants, nearly one hundred of whom
are cabin passengers, comprising capitalists, of opulence and
high respectability. We regret that the commerce and agricul-
ture of our own country are no longer considered worthy ob-
jects of their speCulation. This transumption of capital cannot
fail to enrich the land of promise for which they are embarked.
(Edinburgh Courant.)

AFRICA.—EXtract of a Letter from Captain
COLLIVER, a Gentle Man belonging to the county
of Cornwall, and who is an Officer in the service
of the African Company :

" Cape Coast Castle, April 21, 1821.
" By the time you receive this it is. probable the African
Company will have ceased to exist; we have received orders to
hold ourselves in readiness to deliver up the Forts and Settle-
ments here to Government. It is understood they are to be
put on the same footing as Sierra Leone. A list has been fur-
nished to Government by the Company's Committee, of their
Officers, their age, length of service, the situations they fill,
their emoluments, &c. We have been blockaded here since
the 10th of February, by the Ashantees (an African tribe), who
have commenced hostilities against us. On the day before
mentioned, our Governor received intelligence that a black man
belonging to Cape Coast, where the people are under our pro-
tection, had been cruelly
.murdered by a Chief of the Fan-
tees, at a place about six miles from Cape Coast, called
Moree. I was immediately ordered to assemble all the sol-
diers 1 could, in five minutes, and proCeed to Moree, to seize
the murderer. I quickly set off with four officers and 85
soldiers. A little before we entered the town of Moree,
where the savages, between 2 and 3,000 in number, were as-
'sembled, we saw the mangled remains of their unfortunate vic-
tim. The town stands near the top of a hill, on the summit of
which is an old Dutch Fort. As soon as we entered the town, a
fire was opened upon us ; but as my orders were to seize the
murderer, if possible, without bloodshed, I did not for some
time allow the men to return the fire. However, perceiving
they were resolved to oppose us, I gave directions to my little
party to give them a volley and then to charge. The negroes re-
tired as we advanced, and in less than an hour we gained the
hill, from which our opponents fled in every direction. We de-
manded the keys of the fort from the principal man belonging
to Moree ; who not being engaged in the affair had remained,
and who immediately gave them up. In the fort, which has a
draw-bridge, we were perfectly secure from the attack of the
negroes. The body we defeated were Fantees, who were as-
sembled to assist the Ashantees in enforcing some very unjust
demands made by them on the people of Cape Coast. As soon
as the Ashantees who reside near Cape Coast learned that the
Governor had sent an armed force against their friends, their
drum beat to arms, and they hastened after us ; fortunately we
had defeated our opponents before they. arrived. However,
they rallied the'Fantees, and took a position about half a mile
from the town, with a determination to oppose our little party.
The Governor, apprised of our situation, assembled all the force
he could muster, and speedily about 5000 of the Cape Coast
people, headed by our officers and carrying the British flag, were
seen approaching. The enemy immediately retired, and we
were relieved from our disagreeable situation, after having been
from nine in the morning till four in the afternoon exposed to a
burning sun, without refreshment. The negroes had 47 kill d
and upwards of 100 wounded in this affair; we had one soldier
kill. d and four wounded. Since the affair we have not seen one
of the Ashantees or the Fantees here, and a total stoppage of
trade has taken place. We have not learned how the King of
Ashantee intends to act, nor is it safe to venture out of our
limits, except in large parties."

The following paragraph appears in The Morn-
ing Chronicle of this day :
" Mrs. INCiIDALD has left behind her Memoirs of her Life,
with anecdotes of the persons connected with her age and the
times in which she lived. • It extends to four or six volumes,
and the extreme delicacy and timidity of her feeling alone pre.
vented its appearing during her life-time."
This paragraph is wholly destitute of truth.
We stated yesterday upon full authority, that
the memoirs in question were deStroyed by the
positive direction of Mrs. INCHBALD, nearly in
her last moments, and we deem it necessary to
repeat the fact, that they were absolutely de-
stroyed, lest some person should attempt to lin-
pose upon public credulity by a fictitious biogra-
phy, professed to be written by a Lady whose
delicacy, indeed, opposed a publication which
we are persuaded would have done honour to
herself and have been useful to the world, as the
result of a penetrating mind and extensive 'ob-
servation. We repeat also upon full authority,
that she had several times been offered a thousand
pounds for the manuscript, but rejected all offers,
and solemnly enjoined a female friend to de-
stroy it, and who faithfully obeyed the dying
requisition of the author.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL and Lord SrnmouTn
were expected at Pitchford Park, Shropshire,
the seat of the Hon. C. C. JENKINSON, on Fri-
day last; in ifeir route to Holyhead, to embark
for Ireland.

The Sixth Anniversary of the Hampshire Eton
Society was holden at the White Hart on Thurs-
day last, RICHARD BETHELL Cox, Esq., in the
Chair, which was respectably attended. His
Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON and W. SLOANE,
Esq. were nominated,as Stewards for the ensuing
year. The dinner, wines, and dessert, were of
the best kind, and did credit to Mr. STANING,
the Master of the Inn.