The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-10 00:00:00

AFFAIRS IN AFRICA.

Advice's have town from E;iput
le to the 22d of April Inst. For smite 'time
VrTviont4 tbat'clate, considerable dlarm, its we,
mated last ‘Veek, bad been excited in the tante;
onintfy inhabiting, the set-roast, and amongst
the British resident at tia: fievefai Eetiftiricats, at
:he hostile " appearances of the litshantee army,
Ivitich had encamped at the back a ikeent, dud
being deternilned vin cOnting into the Patitee
country for the purpose, aS the lea&r stated, of
poss.m,ing himtlelf of the persons of Otiotir, Sati,t-
rtiljtchie, Cndjoe Co:ninth, and Coffee, Astonitee-
!nen, ‘ehose conduct had glven much olfetice to
the King of )I.lnintee. The Ashatnee forces,
umounting to apirttrds of 20,000 men ,Isiere tact by
the Imola of Adjmnoucotra and Agoonah, win>,
utter fighting bravely,were onkel}, roitted;With the
loss of many killed and several made prisoners'.
The, i`tlhanteo also Intd many killed. 'ulse Fan-
tees, on learning the ...tpinoach of rise Ashantees,
assembled in great numbers, to give them battle ;
but their ft:441,160n failed them, and they were
hippy to sitt?e thelllkive3 by flight. Men, women,
;ssol children, fled its crowds to Cape Coast Castle
for shelter; 'and about the 14th, the Ashanicel
still Cottlittniag to proceed towards the coast,
Messengers- were sent by the 6overrfor in Chief
a the British settlements to the Captain to en-
quire the cause of his tipproaeh. The.answer re-
turned was to the purport that he eras determin-
ed to pursue► Qttow, Salfaroutchle, Cudjoe Coo•
mah, and Coffee, Ashortee-irten, ,to ‘thatevel-
idace they might retreat ; iu fact, that should
they throw themietves. into the sea,' bury them-
selves in the earthvor accrete themselvesin a rock
thither be would follow them,' . „

I.)n a conference being'obtained, the captain of.
the .I,,hntee army was assured that the wen lie
Was in quest of were not in Cape.: town. lleing
satisfied on this pint,,the chptain had nothing
f► ille!. to require than that certain per3ims he
should name, aoriaintea with the retngeeS, and
the manner at their escape, might attend himin
his search for the runaways. After some pfe-
Ihninarics wererigreed to, the persons accompanied
the captain. Op to the 21st of April the'refugees
h;.d not beet' found;' but thotigh the 'ieople of
rape Coast town and. the Fantces had, been
fortunate as to make their peace with the Ashan
tees, by paying to' them 100 ounces of gold, and
reciprocal oaths of friendship were the cow;r.
,titsenee; the army which mitt* then itt cu tnp
prt)cecd in qut.st of the inmeribtil
Int th'

rVhe Ashantees are a nation of the inlet ior. of
Africa, and the approach trolo e.'hich, when itie
first accounts afliVtd, .
'WCA'e entertained, seems rather likely to, read to
results of afa Vol:rabic nature. They area power-,
01 nation, and some
.years-sgO visited ,the'coatt
with an ;irtny of upwards of. 100,000 men ;
they have for several years been prevented from
with Europeans by the hostility of the
.Vatitves, and other nations residing in the neit;l;-
boririn Thin present expedition, therefore, by
op'ening the path Into the interior,. ntly not im-
probably he attended with very important com-
mercial advantages'; great gnantities of gold and
i7ory being prodnced in the Ashamed country.

FRDINCH 'PAPIittS,

(Frani the Jaornel ties Deb 414..)

it may be abservedi that reports of war have
Into always tenewed wliep► the interior

is tranquil, 4 So constant an etect cart only be
produced by a single and uniform cause; that
cause it is not difficult tb divine; and the !li►tt'e'
narrow the circle within which the means (if ma-

levalenee are forcibly eircuttOeribed, the less we
liul)le to become the dupes of artifice and per-
flily, When eifottS p:atiO for disttirbing public
nr(ler by It sbive acts 4re disgouccrted, anti
.rtonnin otitniccessful, it it erldeliVllllTed Pet -ICfs4t.
ce.) trt)tib'o: the imagination vague rotnonrs,
owl r,!ports equally vain and sinister: Tints A
101 l trf tehliciltatiol) is kept' ttp in men's minds,
,vitich affords const.datiott unsuccessful -
tempt'!„ atli.l p nourishes bo!,
.lt must be
_con.
fet.cd thatithe malevolent never •had more net('
!alit' of consolation. All their praje,
hAvc failed, all their plott are di,coveied as soon
formed, Nothing is undertaken which does
not turn to their stymie, Convicted of
potence, covered with ridicule, and citgagcd in
• contest pith an At:dye' awl vigilant atitiiiiiistra.
tion, which h soconticd by all excellent public

xpirit, Bnd whicli allows no movithcots to escape

observation, they eau no longer sustain so line-
#i I,lla roggo. 411(.; must retire from every compat
w;t1; ntorc, mArked cogititiott.. Vile „source
f%13,t ;•chilfittrit tro which we inore

proce,!ii, ivould to-i.vtOer them Sus

We kut)* that impury iource

L

The New Silver Coinage is going on with
astQuishing rapidity.: nearly 1.7),Q,Q.00 pieces are
coined dilly, and in a-Weel% that quantity, immense
us it is, will be doubled. We have seen a spfehnen.
!. of this Coin. The head resembles. that on the
last issued three shilling .pleces, and is in our
opinion a little clion,v. The reverse is however.
beautiful ; it has the Arnts of Great Britain veil
richly einbia'zoned, iir the manner of the fine
,silver pieeeS ,under LuouAvAnTß.
insetiptions are iiimlsnme, hut the letter are in
s'cry low relief. The willing round the edge is
nut only new but surpasiing any thing of the
hind we remember to have seen. • The edge is

raised 30 as to protect the effigies, arms, told cx-
erguc Irmo being speedily worn plain anel the
foaling is applied in 'deep perpendicular indents
upon the circituiletence. le this respect the
nnone,y. in preparation is fdr. superior to the einly
09104p:01 lik.Mtkiesty's not only in titili,ty
but .riclotes of nprentance. A Morning riper
the pieces ,are to be
called sovereigns, and th,it there are ,to be some
double soi.;erei,,,,ns.: It puts two marks ut adn,ira-
tion to the latter, its if it considered thou to be
'' tJ4tro•rqalist."-,,Therc will of-course be.half
sovvrcigus.:(or republicans) and crowns and half
owns, So that our circulation will be formed ;if-
-11,1,4t oirjrcly oft the admirable swern dechn.el
parts. new t:oinage is expected to l4•issuetl
in dannmy, and simultaneously; all over the
Wand ; i,t ender to accomplish which, large_ de-
posits will hr previously ;n lc in every consider-
able towns nod when all i 3 complete, a Royal
Proelannition will he issord.

netwcen 60 awl
_of pieces, chiefly
shillings sixpeners,:will be given at Once to
the puhlie, :Ind the Luger nosney will therenftef
he circulated progressively us the labours, of the
Mint enable the issue).to be !nude.

There are nn Foreign Arrivals to-day.

IVe.yostenley stared distinctly the courbe witicis,
r.
our GOvernment is prepared tc take w;tir teltaril
Ert the piratical States of liarbitty; Our Readers
may be assured that the instructions to Lord Ex.•
MOUTH will be precisely'-in the spirit we there de-
scribed and whether it_ may he necessary, to
avenge iojuries and take security ,against- future
offiinees, or merely to demonstrate tlu poWer,
which is amply Attlikiellt !CY r, mlpel a just,

tion to I;ritith tve repose tvillt perfect
'confidence in tln trisdont arid rigour of on,
sr's, nod the tidetits of the noble Atimirul tvlio is
employed kio this itophrtm4t soviet.

lin ncTi3 kited the with the itutheutie
state-GI athtirs, iit () ftir Ili' our own 6overnroeut.
is 40114;144J tv th the Ibilets On the &rival' coast,
we. May notice a rumour which has re adiett tit,
elative •to the cat dot.'t of other Cabittet.t, It is
1;1;(1, that. au-Expedition of 25,000 melt of various
nations %sill he coovoyed limier the protection of
the ai.;;tiost the Algerines, and that the
chiv:dro.is kuglie, of which the Country bAs hearti
sr) mucti, will immediately commetteeiti crusade, to
ddiver the ‘Vorlit from the Insults Sod oppre6sion
of the Parbarians. This b, however, mere: re-
port.

At home, with every Cxeition that Can be made,
great difficulty is experienced in fitting out the Ex-
pedition, ‘Ve learn from the Exeter Paper that

iti ia great %S.llt tfie
walls of I'lytitutith and Dock are covered with
rosting-bills, Promising a discharge and gratuity
of two months' pay ihintediately on rettlinii4 to

England, and seatireri abound in di place, yet tber
•
enter very slowly. They sar they have seen service
enough; many of them having been 10 or 12 years
afloat. Though the Officers of the Berwick have
(teem turned °rel. to the Impregnable, and they are
all of the most respectable description, the men of
that ship have rvhleti 10 accompany thiont. Upon
the order being given last Thursday to re-rig ,the
Berwick, sow e Fe fractory symptoms uppeired
becaqie i►,'ccssa'ry t~► put five of the men iii irons;,
and it tea ►tot till Sir J. T. DUCK-O'OIITH lll%d
[dallied to them. (we are told) Ong -the .sitip was
wattled for his flag and harbour duty, that the
men, returned to :.voi 'lshe few men who remain
o►t. board tl►e Malta and Spencer will, it is said,
go over to chi: I►upregnable and Belzehuh. The
Eri(htuter frigate, in the Sound, will hare some
own fro►►► the Granicus. If a sufficient umnber
of men ctm -be procured in the nreantinte, it is .
believed the sqnatlrOn may sail on Saturday or
Sunday ileac." , •

-We on Monday noticed a partial reductioO'nf
one halfpenny on the quart of porter. It was
indeed full tinht that the Brewers should pay some
respect to public opinion, but we were not pre.-
pared fora tribute insulting alike from its instil.
ficieney, its t:trdiuess, and its want Of generality.
At l'ortstoonch beer has been lowered a penny.
The thouopoii3ts who keep up the price in the
evit:d, reduce tu mere trifle itt proportion to time
ditties talen off, but they keep outotisight all Ihe
great fall in the materials of their 11)411111aUt
The Pnblicans of null have redueed the price cl
ale, to scl. per quart. York price, 4d. per quart.

BLACKHEATII I'IMESTRIAN..-- (36th Day )
EAT oN this morning mile good his 85,111 k mae,
n t en retired to breakfast.

I PRINCPAs CilAnt.orrE.- Yesterday Dr-,,
BAit.t.matteinted- the Pri4COS El Ait 1,017,R, and
we have the .pleasure to: ,rate, protnittnced. her
ROyal Ilighun)s,Mu9h hotel:, hut desired her to
be kept pettedly quiet. Iler Royal Highness in
consequence did not leave her room,
We 'Are .happy to say the Duke of GLOUCP.STER
ba4 r-tcoverel Irtitn his indisposition, and rode:
out yesterday nt three o'clock on horseback. In
tlfeevenHt his Royal Highness had a select.patty
to dine with iihn at •Cilnue6ter House,

The Doke of Witt.t,tNoTen.uis expected this day
in town, being engaged to dine with the Earl of
‘NPINT:fto It tit ND. lli. Grace, ltowe‘ttro
deritAlitt, it to return to Ctoilteollato.
It will be seen by the 6ozette of last night, that
the., Right flop. 3ons: M'AlAnoN is -appointed
lieeeiver-tGeneral of the Pitchy of Cornwall, , in
the room of the late Mr. SnattinAN.
We understand that there is in existence a per-
fect ropy of. INir. Snimoiot's celebrated Speech
on Mt% liavrixos' trial. It %vat* taken in short
hato,.anawas long in the possessinp of the Duke
Noßrot,t; , by' whom it was, however, returned
to Mr. Sneat9Arr.,

Yoterdly
.thcir 'Royal iligline,ses the lliihe
And o„ogess of Vorus v;:tven grand dinner to
Prince N. MTIIIIIi.AZY, Pi ince 1t.4t1 L and Princess
COttlit Mid CUitntesmi LipveN, Vis-
vonnt :And ViiconittedsCASTLERLAGH, Earl mid
Comitesi of IlAttlioVillY, rtitd rt Loge party of
thietion, Yoik HouSti, Stable-yard, St.JamesiT.

'1 e Niediterrantan Expedition will rendezeOns
at Portsmouth ; antl the different ships of war it
i),lymontli ate (nail:4'9la with the Inmost dispatch.
'llia hontb.vessyls at Sheerness and -Chatham jut
into cnintnissiOn 'for' this service are in a forward
state,. and will be ready for sea in a stool time.
V 14061 A `I,NI6I4NING l'AP6ll.—An hive4tigatiotl,
under tl.o Olpethitentlatiee of one of the ittiyitt
l'cri!ntly commenced. it is tseili, on.
the conduct of an indivnllitif holding a soperiOr
situation ill a
.1)14/M
itil not far 'frOin
the meiropolik, the o):lll3l4cirtent hf which %vela
ttot long since us,tier tlie cognizance of Podia.
mew.
.The persoti whose conduct, it. is reported,
is the cause of the inquiry, nevanced its yens;
is married, lois children, iind is etitresented ;,s
being as graiiillathcr. The (liargC, it is added., is
for having himself with indecorous and
culpable familiarity towards several of the stibuir-
dinate female par:t, of the estithrolli•eot, i i whieb
sire ni,rmy youth, of, 100th sexel. The investiga-
;ion, it seeori. conCnnes ; and report (;oes so far
as to state, thit the resigna)lon i)t his sititatipn
has been teittlered by the pelson in tines:ion. and
that several gallatit individuals, its contemplation
of a Vacancy, have dcelated themselves candidates
for the office.

On the 44:1th of last month, At nine in the, 'even..
n quarrei arose, in a"putilic 'ull, at Galin
bray, between four English acrd three French Of-
limns, This quarrel to' likt4- been followed
by a duel ; but the authorities of the town, in
concert with General ;MAITLAND, tidopied the ne-
cessary ntea for preventing it. An' invelti.
gat ioß,respeetsug this 14fair is going on, and the
aggressors will be punished.
Tliellor6usb of Wootton .Bassett, in Wiltshire,
has for twelve days heeti divided by the severest
I'dribtr!!eittaty Coniest ever remembered there,
between floitAcit Twits, Esq. and WILLIAN
TAYLott, MoNEY, Esq. The poll lastof three clefs,
and, at the cmiclusioo, the Mayor declared the
t•otes to he—

rur Mr. Ntoriey
Far Mr, Twiss
..';t) that Mr. MoNair is ekcted by a majority of'
Jive. Mr, Twiss has riecilreti lik iotentioti to pt..-
titiott against. the tel on the ground of witfill
Ini•tcunduct iti the returtii,% Officer.