Star.
London, England, 1823-10-15 00:00:00

SIERRA LEONE.

His Majesty's gun-brig Snapper has arrived from the
coast of Africa. She left Sierra Leone on the Ist of
last September. The most important article of in-
formation brought by the above vessel is, that the
Ashantees were approaching Cape Coast, in very con-
siderable numbers, with the intention of Making an
attack on and plunck; ing the colony. The private
and public property there is very considerable. Sir
CHARLES AIWA RTHY was about to leave Sierra Leone
for Cape Coast, to direct the operations. Cain:tint
LAIING, of the Royal African Corps, hod collected
force of 7,000 men (principally natives) to resist the
Ashantees. Commodore Sir ROBERT MENDS was at
Cape Coast, with the Owen Glendower and Driver, for
the purpose of affording all possible aid to the military
forces. The Ashantees were said to have arrived
within ten miles of the colony. The Owen GlendoWer
bad captured in the river Bonny,two Spar.i4s schooners,
with 269 slaves on board ; but, though the French have
had a squadron of five vessels of war at Goree the last
twelve months, four of them were about to retuin to
France, (having been relieved) without having made a
'slave capture! A recent arrival from the river Sestos
stated, that the traffic in slaves is carried on w ids re-
doubled energy by the subjects of the Kings of France
and Spain, at the Galinas, and on the coast of Cape
Palmas. The rainy season had set in at Siena Leone,
without any unusual sickness. Among the recent
deaths in the colony were, the Hon. Sir EDWARD FITT;•
GERALD, Chief Justice, J. O'NEtt. WALSH, Esq. Acting
Colonial Secretary, T. O'MEARA, Esq. Member of
Council, Lieutenant and Adjutant MRYLICB, 2d West
India regiment.

It is stated in a Cassel Paper of the 3d October, that
"A second anonymous letter, which has just been ad-
dressed to the ELECTOR, has given occasion to further
researches and arrests. A great sensation has been ex-
cited by that of M. MULLER, Private Secretary to the
Chancery, who has been conducted to the prison of the
Castle where State prisoners are generally confined.
Mr. Minix' is by birth a Prussian: he fought in the
last war against France, and has one or two Orders of
Knighthood. Hitherto all the endeavours to discover
the author cf these letters have produced no ~thei re-
sult than to spread alarm in the city and the whole
country of Cassel. The ELECTOR seems to be extremely
irritated; the extraordinary measures taken by the Po-
lice were adopted by the pOsitive ordet s of the Prince.'
The Senate of Hamburgh has lately desired that all
Citizens holding public offices shall be prohibited from
accepting from foreign Sovereigns any titles whatever,
even merely honorary, such as Aulic or Privy Counsel-
senor, Counsellor of Legation, &c. on pain of losing
their employments. It is supposed that the Senates of
the other free cities of Germany will follow their exam-
ple. A similar prohibit;on has for some time existed in
the Swiss Cantons, relative to foreign orders and titles.
SWEDEN.—The functionaries of the kingdtm of Swe-
den amounted in 1817 to seve‘pteen thousaLd seven
hundred and forty, and the total of their revenues to
9,156,277.bank-crovrns. The military force is estimated
at 49,605 men, whose pay is 4,855,622 crowns. The
'Civic servants of the Government, besides the King's
household, amounted to 5,853 persons, and they re-
ceive 2,387,918 crowns. The number of the salaried
clergy is stated to be 4,760, and their salaries amount
to 2,000,000 crowns.
It appears by letters from Christiania, that the Nor.
wegian fishermen had one of the best winter fisheries
this season that can be recollected-2,700 boats were
employed, and 13,000 men. In a condensed lbroa.the
produce may be stated as follows, namely-500,000
weight of stock fish, each weigh 331b5.27,000 barreLpi..
.1;41, itud 15 or-16,000 barrels of we*.