The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-24 00:00:00

AFRICAN TRIBES.

We lately noticed the wars on the coast of
Africa, near Cape Coast Castle, and from the in.
tern-t excited by this contest, the .following may
not he unpleasam to nor Readers - •
Front the Guinea coast to the Ivory and Grain
coasts, the Gold brought in grains• during the
reign of Charles 11. was first Made into the coin
called from the circumstance the Guinea. The
Palaces lie immediately upon the coast looking
directly South upon the Gulf of Guinea, while the
Ashantees extend to the North between them and
the kingdom of Dahomey, whose Sovereign when
he ha: finished his -calabash of Cusenson,
by toruelothation all the other Kings, of the Earth
to go to dinner, forts and 'factories on the
West of Africa belonging to Europeans anioane
ter aboht 40 Dwelt, Euglish, Portuguese, and
'French. From the gold copsti. were brought the
slaves, called in the language Of that infernal trot'.
Kormimntees, 'a bold, active, and industrious
race, but itupatient of .elvittitle.iind commonly
the authors of the rebellious accomplished or
projected in the West blks; The Eboes, a.
so,ter and more harmless people:tame Ironvlle-
nin in the N. E. corner of the Gulf of Gaines,
The 'interior of the' Gold Coast ii described as
beautitol, fertile, and pripulous—The'people are
sorprixingly-addicted to dancing as •soon as the
recline or the silo rillows some otaitigntion of the
h,•at,- which stnuetimes reac4ses, it is said, the
134 liAlegree of Fahrenheit's titermometer. Sts
passionately food are they of this exercise, that
all Attica,, it may be istfirmed,'lsliterves a travel-
ler,'may he said to be:chosen% after„sun set; while
the song, anti Ole sthndof. ihsCrilm'ehts ate every
where. beard. From this very circomstance a very
curious corroboration of Haulms periphis, or cir-
eiiuroavigtitfaii`ot Africa, in use flourishing pe-
riod of tlicCarthagioian republic, has been drawn.
It! t;enlll 404 in,Con.goi stiinvs arestlio t o'he un-
known in the plaititand'vallies pr;i4;t that the
soil must be alluvial.. lis Surinam and the neigh-
bouring Colonies, in South Amerita, wit even a
pebble is to be seen, if a resident there for many
year* is to be J)elieved. ' •

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Letter sal!! to have been reeeiced hem W 814.-
WOOD tivstOP,, hb.q, one of the British subjects
who fell into the hauls of the Itoyalists.on the
enrtnre of Carthagena, and now at.Kirigston, *h.
MtIICA

" You have heard, no doubt, 'of my arrest and imprison..
inept at.t.tittliagetts by Morino; hitt you ion. hare no idess
of the treatment I reted. was unlort mune ilunting too
Lite in gruirig on hour nt the evacuation, and on the 7th of
December t was thrown into the-inquisition, where I rein:tin-
ed two mouths without communication at.all, and two loons
in a miserable state of suspense. Poor Stuart WWI abut, with,
Angiiiana, Tolledo, M. Aturidur, Porthearrerot Ribbon, Cas-
tillo, Ayos, stud Dr. Granades, on the qttb of February; and
but tor the intercession of the Admiral, 1 Wils to hare been.
the tenth eictinroo that day. So that, instead of being tried.
by a mock Court Martial, I was tried by a civil prOCV,I, and.
tutraqiilously-aquitted.
" I left Cart hagunit on the 97111 of April, at which
Morillo had gut iv 4, further than Ocamt; and, though there
teas a general.silenee in town, it was whispered'that his pro-
gress WA& nut so rapid as he expected... St. 14'4, of course, had
not fallen. The General Cuateriss was arTUTIA, and, since
the execution u, f Amador and Ribbon, who had serrendeu rd.
under a pl'utkiiiiii latrdoll, the interior apint had resolved to
defend itself lu the lust.- Morales, will, two imitations of
CAmccas tr4Ops, had marehed for 'Venezuela, whine matter*
were sitnentrincluitelr against Fi/dittial; so that Manilla has
no more than ainiut.3,ooo men with him.

Witliagena is gitrriwned by the rrgiment of Leon, about
650 ettretive Haut-effective (and, I may add,- nisatferitd
men, (rim) the want of clothing and ply), mid a battalion of
Liauors, computed of about MO. 1 was a tniiititi in town Dv-
fore I saiirtij anti I assure you those who remained, irsAapet
of a better Citiverunient. under Fordivand,.find Iheassch es
miserably tttiat.►k'rn. Z believel may spy with truth, the spi-
rit of the people is now move elevated than ever it was at
any previous priod."

_ . .
It is stated, bat we are convitteetlialsely, or
with gross exaggerations, that in' the beginning
of,May several row-butts, manful) by Royalists.,
landed ou the little island of Pato, near flits}
northern 13oeas, in the entrance into the Onlpls
of Parisi,: arid 'which belongs to England, and
robbed, plundered, ,intl antracied a great )cart of
the inhabitants tin the charge of :being, Patriots..
r cturifieg,seren 13ritisksuhjetts, toot by what-
means pot to deiith kir into their hands)

I,,,tnsx, it is
granted 200,000 tram:. to COittlittie the le,,,A‘choi
in the town of Witlejn, in the Ditchy,nt .oent.,i.
The:-esitastreiptie which tietet this- town 114.1 ti#ts
recorded by PLINY. A, Welt. t ti 14i WI
VLISTA, Rilti IWVertll LOUIS I.I.TIVJAS, itaVt. fit, ti
1 et V(I ISC6Cereir thrre. Theitlitl4rigriACl LAM
unit the ingenietir -Cucativet.tt isurivitstituil lb*
process. ,

RF4NcI-c PAPER

LitECRiVET/ TITIS

JULY '21.---Our Correspondent from
ivons led *us into. error liy saying, that General
111-outon-Dttvernet was tried before the Prevotal,
'Court of that city, instead :Of the .Tiertnancui
'Council of War of the 19th Military-Division.
it is now considered c/eitain that the opening
`of the Diet atyrankfort• 'is:Tfixed.fOr.,the .sth .of.
`An-gust, •
Two 74 gun ships, a frigate Of 3.8; and a trig
--of .29. guns,, built Archangel,' Wee- itinuelled
'there on the 7th of June. * •
Desetibes, the omen Vicitrrili and several ii;theri
of the condemned, yesterday Signified theirinten.:
'tion of withdrawing their
.appeal in cassAtion, tit
'tinder to have recourse to the /loyal MerCy.as
-Their.only means.
The thig hAing commuted the punithmefit 'of
Sienr Stevenot, a Chevalier of the Order of
St. Louis (who was condemned to the galletis
-iiiany years ago), to that of hanishnietit, the
"granting of the letters patent was to have taken
-place -yesterday ; but a diflicnity arose, viz. whether
the Slane Stevenokshould not he degraded frotit
the Order of .St.. Louis at, the tonic time. The
pronouncing of tire sentence was accordingly de-
layed tilithe opinion of the Chancellor of France
ithould he taken upon the subject.
The Duke Angottlente departedlOr Grenohla
on the 15th, -0 visit 'the King,, of 'Sardinia, Iti`S
who is now drinking the waters of Aix, in
Savoy; with his family.
Thee ion 'of 'fiegrittidt. (de St Jeaia d'Angely)
has disembarked at H.avre,.from New :Vork•
lhns gone to 'Val to his mother. young
inan is some to claim the prOOrty tif •bili father,
itnd is authorized to sell his possessions. ter.
tiara (de Salutes) an ei-e'onventionalist was ship-
wrecked with 2fl passengers upon the coast
of 111:aleira. We have received official advice
that Claitsel,, 'grouchy, Lefebvre ,Desnouetle‘ ,
Onincttei Lakanal, Mentt; a brother Of Lalle'
wand, Regnatilt ,the 'elder, anti iosepli
parte Are at Philadelphia.
They write froinColognei the 14th of Joll, that
the ithine‘higan to fall On the
SitNTE-bioti (IN Tart IsLAytt ot, TcUltatrvz),
JuNe 4,—Our vines have safered greatly by the
frosts in the month of Atty. This. extraordinary
event has canted a great rise in the .price of wines.
The GovernOr, a learned hoianist and minera.

togist, has 'Made a tour Government, Ile.
,entrilianleti by Don Michel di Dordiguera and
Ilajor • Spenchel, who • have been to visit our
intountain. 'this laSt intends repeating the -db-
.
tervatious at the Simons upon our fatuous peak.
VIENNA, JULY 10.—the ttiiPercir arrived yes-
,
ierday from Iliden .to preside in person at the
Comteil of the Ministera, who were all assembled.
'Two great objects called far the attention of his
Slajesty i a prodigious angtnentation of price in
ill thearticles of first necessity, ;sod the sadden
*lse of the dxchange. In the space of three or
four days the course of ekchange which was at
240 rose to 300, and evenabbre that. This rise
was alarming and inexplicable, at a time wfien
.uvertunent %vas developing efficacious means to
te-establish the credit of its paper. Inquietude ,
in area's ruinde arid stagnation in commerce re-
aulted from it. The ISTatianal auk wishing to
facilitate the circulation of the immense quantity.
of paper.;inottey collected in this place, received.
in consequence Whatever sorts any person might
fthod to• it, in order tti nulke an eitcbange. This
cnd is nosh obtained by the great quantitrof Paper
'Which has been put out. of citculation.
CIVUTA i*CHIS, JULY 8.---The influence OE
trance with the Barbarian Powris has already,
had the happy restilt tit anfeliorating the fate of
the unhappy subjects of his Holiness, whose *ant
t 4 treasure does not allow himlo liberate them.
it i 3 reantrkehle that France, withont a naval
force, obtains what is contested for breonfidera
hie tio.;t4 many judge of that by the following
,The curw of a French stiip, .named Saint-Man.
phandoned itt.iir at the approach of a Trip°-
corsair crni,ing ofr civita-Vecchia, and she
wus taken into Tripoli by Arabian sailors. As.
5008 as the tacha knew that she was French; be
maned ~rely gave her up to the-Charge -d'Affaires
of the King of Vrance, (Or bum he professes

grvat csteein.
If Govettment seconds tub ardour Manifested

ilium all the coasts of ihe States of ltali, we inai
Foliage that the bobarian flag will rid longet
be seen, except on the fortresses of TriPolii Tore,

itiul Algiers.
, , ... •.. . •
The English here speak in
,poMpons. terms of
tile e*pedition of Lord Exuionth ; but our lnipa-
tience will not be satisfied till the behOld the fleet,
I‘;iih sails flying, directed against these robbeis

r;crol.
ROME) ii 4.—P-An'Edict of his hus

t lets ,sniipressed Metz licity iil this Cipital. Tb se'
are the first two articles of the law
ART. 1. Mated 1,
woman,
,Or child, s fo vii
rbidd, to bet= tYtiiit, any
cause ivhativer, either in the day or night', in the
streets tirr churches, in the cnifee-lionsesdi.
pri-
vote holiges-,.0r in '3:6, Tither
ART. 2.—\l'llnever shall be fount; lie ring, shall
hit; tlie first Offenet be :sent to 'the bcnise of cor-
rection, ntid.for the second be Cininitted try'
prison, or sent, to ex'lle .6r pnblie.labottr, accord-
' Ing to the heinousßesi.of.Ote-olfriee. •
BBItLiN,3ULY is Siti!l tltxt,aMOninnent
will 'be eiectedtOthe utempry.of Prince litittisow-
Striolen44, where be•fell itt the
field bf. honour.., This monument will consist 'of
an obelisk with four faces, at the foCit of which
will lie a lion eottchaat. •

LAbSANIZF,, .ULT 12.—The last aceotints frill
Caori irate, that the people, either iticomerptettee:
4the;tuldetextinetion of the tr.itie by ‘vhich, they
earned Iheintittilt6nd, or the severity of the pre-
sent se:tutu, ate stint to the- lawest de!..;:ree of
vretclietlness. 'Sonic hope, however,. rentilitp;,
which te.nrit to /often .this piet tire : we are assured
chat the 'Society of Public tftility is engaged in
the philanthropic project of establkhing .A 'colony
for the indigent.tin theliinth, and that an apPe,al
will probably b& made to those holding shares. to
facilitatu the acquisition of the ground necessary
for this On Bth the
,govermeitt
of Berne *visited an Ordinance, prohibiting the ex-
portation of Arai'', float, and breath, with the
ception of purchases for supplying tile wants of
the totifedertfte 'Cantons.
ruNl)§.
S per Cent'. .313 f. tl7 f.
Actions:, 1057 L.,51:10.
.

JAMAICA PA PERS.

A'ritoct.Am'vrioN

OF VOi;O.t/IFIRL nit Towles Y. *.ki,Asen.., ii0iF11901;
• Tilt CITY
.o).' c:AllfriAoF.NA, LAC. &C, ;4
'Fite it knOnrifto the Public, that
leney the CaptAin-General of this kingdom' has
iTeeived from Colonel Don.Mignel" de ht Totre,
commanding.. the Eastern Army of the Magda-
lena, the glorious news of his having taken p 05..
Seii.lloll, on the 6th iI t. with the Royal, Troops
tinder his commend, or the Capital of this King-
•
dom, his advaticed4gitard haring defeated the Inatirgetits
.under • the 7. command of S erviet, an&
forced themr fly from that_neighboarbood,
inhere they had been employed in pondciing ind-
tnal;re4ilng the inhabitants.
[Att 4rther rejoicings, te or-
tiered itt comiecitience of this event]

" Palace of the (.;ovetottlent of Cartbageria,
20th May, 1810.
.t GABRIEL DE TOltittS."

E:.tr:ict of a Letter from John Mitchell, Esq. American
tortsul at Martinique.
" St. Pierre's, March O.
" Since 'riNt la 4 084" there has been published.
a notice, 'placing time commerce between the
French Colonies anti the 17uitcd.States on the
fooling of 1784, or, in other
.words, excluding
; for lumber end fish are the only talkiest that
Will be admitted ; molasses and tatty the a9ly.
exports allowed. ,
" All the Administration is about to be cluing-
and with it the old aysteiii established, under
different persons, now daily expected tn arrive.
Until rtegociations take place in. Europe,, the
United States arc litiely to be deprived of all
West India commerce. Time British now refuse
entry with any articles.--112ither than furnish
thete essential necessaries, 1 would interdict
their export, if the laws of the United Statei
would permit. Our Mitiisters tit Paris, as well
as at London, are no- dclubt instructed, and will
do all that depends on theni to obtain a recipro-
cal,interConrse; .let I doubt if thing be effect-
.
cd until the effeets of Mr. King's propbsitiott.are
felt in all the Colonies."
CALITHACkNA, .117t4/1 2.—His Excelleuct; the
Governor and Captain-Geueral Don Francisco tie
Montalvo has just received the.folloveing.diSpatch
from his Excellency Don Pahlii 'Morino, General
in Chief of the Eipetliti4ntiili Army :
g 4 Most :EXcEI..I:I4IqT SIR,—On the Gth inst. the Kingt4
forces, undet the command of Colonels DO Miguel de Torre
and 'Dun Sebastian tie la balzada, entered the Capital of this
Vice-Royalty. The Rebels, with their pretended Governor,
and the remains of their troops, Sled discomfited on all sid44.
Some of these ignorant uroithres, aware of the frauds which
bad been practised upon them, deserted tied to thcit cot-
" In a few days quiet will be coinplftely testosed to those
countries, which have suffered so much frotti the disorderly
conduct of the malevolent, commanded by Strangers, and by
• earaquenian emigrants, who have had ud ether desire hut
those of robbery and pillage whereter they have made the&
dttachs.
4, Which I make known to youir Excellency for the assur-
ance and satisfaction of the itiliabitins of tap pacified Pro-
vinces.
" May God pfotect /Our Excellency, mosey yeari•
Head-quarters of San Gil, May 17, 1856.
PARLO 1401tiLtad."

sotrrit AMERIC.:A;
ti'ardccos Gozettet to the 13th of lifo!)
"On the 18th of April Lieut.-tolOttel
*but fuT high tLectsbn) i.O the Plaza de Capitally:4s

Tr"

1110I.ENI c VALSVNI.A.I,I)4ArT

I.(JIVDC4N,
tr'Et)N.C3/:).1 )7, .1 1/4 Y. `;.:4, 1816.

We have this morning been favoured with Very
recent accounts from the Continent, thtattgli
private channel. •

The Financial Resolutions of the Diet, at
Christiania, have been sanctioned by the King of
SWIIDEN, who has promulgated a Decree founded
thereupon. It is expected that the depression of
the Paper Currency will thus be relieved. A Ntl.•
tiont4 Bank is•to be forthwith establishid in Nor,,
%wek, with a Capital of between two and three
millions, •

Tbe inn ori the Vienna Bank exceeded all pre;
cedent. The multitude' assembled round .it at
Midnight, and continued to besiege it &gift and
(1 y with their paper for exchange.

Lord ExmouTtr, by the IRtt Recounts; vOM
St. Helen's, ready to start on the instant when
the wind proved favourable, :baripg.
sgcgro-
}►lislied all preparatoty nicatures greenery for the
intended Eipedition. -

. .
The French Funds, we observe from the Jonr.l
fiats of. Sunday, are hither improving, but they
arc still vety low.
The Pape has iisued a Decree for abolishing
Slindicity in Roane. Thifis one Way 'of deciding
the matter; but until ptiverty and iiiiJitt,are at an
bcg4irg will ,cOntitine... Tices.62rly tine solid
.is to take Away thocautiesrpfl