Star.
London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

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THE ACCIMS AND ASHANTEES.

We have received the Rost Gold Coast Gazette to:
the middle of May ; and it is mentioned that asout
the mieldie of April diem hid been experienced the i
strongest gust of wind ever remembered by the oldest
inhabitant. The following extra, ts may not be trnin-
tereaing at the present time:—
" Accounts from Accra state, that after his Excel-
lency the Governor left that place, a party of Ashen-
tees arrived at Dani>h Accra, to purchase arms and
gunpowder— which had been prohibited some time
previous, by the whole of the inhabitants.. In con-
sequence of this information, a party,•composed of a
part of thegarrison of the English fort, and a ecttn-
pany of the Militia, proceeded to intercept them on
their return to the interior, but in endeavouring to
secure four that were considerably in the advance,
the ardour of the troops could not be restrained, and
the firing alarmed the main body, who ran back to
the town.
e On the morning of the 30th, another party ar-
rived for the same purpose, and the inhabitants ex-
pressed• a general dissatisfaction at the measure, which
led to a fracas—and the Ashantees deliberately shot
at and wounded severely a mulatto man coming out
of the fort, and four other inhabitants who were un-.
armed. This outrage inflamed the minds of the in-
habitants, who flew to arms and killed fourteen of
the Ashantees in the affray ; some of the rest fled and
found refuge in the houses of the traders They
had been accustomed to deal with ; others secreted,
themselves either iu the bushes, or among their friends;
they, however, cannot escape, as they are cut off in
every direction. All the districts are in arms, Adampe,
Aquapeim, Aguina, &c. and we hope soon to have a
good account of the Ashantee army in that vicinity.-
" There was some further skirmishing with the
Ashantees, in their attempting to effect their escape :
and it was ascertained, that 40 had been killed, and
a considerable booty had fallen into the hands of
the Accras. The menaces of the inhabitants of Da-
nish Accra hid induced Mr. Richter to apply to the
British Settlement for an escort tO bring those who
had. fled into his house to the English fOrt, where they
would be safe; this unfortunately could not be com-
pleted without as application from the authorities.
However, they were at last delivered over to the pea-
pie, who brought the whole number, 24 Ashantees
and five Fanteresmugglers, to the. English Conimand-
ant, us prisoners, and begged he would send them
here., Even influenced by hostile feeling, we appre-
ciated* happy effects of a change that has softened
the rigour: of war to this humane issue. In other
Oats these unfattmate people would have either.
bion.botthereal or sold to'capttrity.."

Satt*aaigllbts.—This game is said to have been
invented irr WareS, .bout the tenth aerator}, and to
derive its name from two W-eleb * • "little,"
and gammon, •" battle." •
PAR Uri Fs+.Fr.- Tbitis the eaytazilf Bzuip.blett
a.few leaves stitched togediett 4 a ea. caitaa
used to write it " pinniflet." •
• VA LET.-00REV, in his Glossary, says that the.
term " valet" was anciently applied to the
.ICing's
eldest son ; and lienle the valet, or knave, folloWs
the
King and Queen in a pack of cards.
Among the great variety of trees and shrubrossi
the banks of the Aleheas, in the Morek, the etait
heads a very distingutshed rank. This *loid: or
.tlie
forest is extremely abundant, and, from' its: we'
dimensions,' fully capable of answering nawa pur-
poses. In the event of the Greek Governwriatteyift.
requiring the aid of this fine timher, every facilitlf or
transport will be afforded, by. means of the:Tadjaistaiii.
stream, which appears to be navigable for abaft
sixty miles from the coast.
GA ROMA L MAILA Nina Tin elhibited in Hi*
self a singular instance of the vicissittideS of reitis.-,
He was of a very low extraction, had been a gam--,
bier, became Prime Minister of a great emMtry; was
afterviards banished and a price set uptin his head;
and then returned triumphantly to his administration
with greater power than ever. tie was an extremely.
luipdsome man, and had a very fine face. This lie
was so anxious to preserve, that not many days be-
fOre he died, he gave audience to the Foreign Minis-
ters with his face painted. This made the Spanish
Minister say, " Voila un portrait gee resent,* 1•114.
Cardinal." Not many days before Mazarin died, a
comet appeared in France. Some- Sycophants, who
were in his bedchamber, observed to him, that.this
awful phenomenon of the heavens was to announce
to the world the death of so great a statesman and
so consummate a politician as himself. Mazarin
coolly replied, " Ea mite, Messieurs, la comete we
fat trop d'hanneur."
VULGAR Tears.,—During the Rebellion of Wat
Tyler, the fury of the rioters was particularly di-
rected against the Flemingers and Germans, on ac-
count of some of them having farmed the odious
Poll-tax; and in cases of doubt as to nativity, they
required the suspected person to pronounce the word
bread, that it might be seen, from his manner of ac-
centuation, whether he was an Englishman or fo-
reigner. We observe that a similar sort of test vim
resorted to the other day, in the affray on the Mus-
selburgh Race Course, between the Edinburgh nis-
chanics and the Irish labourers, who, though in the
first instance thuaggressors, appear to have been its*d:
with inexcusable oarbarity. The Edinburgh vulgar,
after clearing the field of • all who appeared to. hU
Irish, then searched the tents, -particularly those;,
known to be kept by natives of that country, and
dragged out the inmates, some of whoni they.coM-
pelted to pronouncecertain• words to ascertain \b•mis,
country ; in one instance a man w;asinatle to repeat
the word guinea, which not satisfying his ititerrogai-
tors,he was severely treated, and ducked in tlie Mill-
dam, his head at the same times being helf :unsittr
water, evidently with the intentintrof drqvintinghim.
A Gentleman, who interfered in his bebalt was servs
neatly.as bad,.hat was.saved hy•the exertions 61 Sti
John Hopes Mr.. Gibson, and other Gentlepien;--1
Another_ hisisnsan _ was thrusin over the ria-ssisid.l
bridge into the river; he appeared to be
_stunned fii
fallirig against a Piet, brit got on his legs and Made
for the bank,. when he was beat bialiarith sticks, and
dragged up. •and down the water. reported•
thattWulives erste lost, but this i; beftaved .to be .un-
true; one man was lying, to all appeanatiCe deld,
without his. hat,when a baker struck. him With a
piece of paling on the head ; some Gentlesmeli*
titslttn-
terfered, whom he threatened to serve in the same