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JOHNSON'S SHOOTETt'S COMPANION.

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PORTUGAL.

We learn by letters from Lisbon, dated the 21st of
October, that the Princess Regent had made an appli-
cation to Vice Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, to
Have a body guard formed from the Royal Marine
Corps employed in the squadron under his Lordship's
orders, and posted in the Palace of Ajuda, during the
absence of the Portuguese regular troops from Lisbon,
neatly all of whom had marched to suppress the dis-
affection shewn by the troops in the Northern provinces.
The request of the Princess Regent was instantly com-
plied with. On the 14th of October, Captains Mitchell,
Gordon, and Stevens, and Lieutenants M'Kinon and
Walsh, with four serjeants, and 154 tank and file, were
landed, and took tip their quarters at the Palace; her
Royal Highness the Princess Regent had given direc-
tions that this " honourable bind" should be supplied
with every thing that could make their stay comfortable.
The following orders were issued by the Commander-
in-Chief on the occasion :

" Ocean, in the Tagus, 13th October,lB26.
" MEsso.—Having directed you by my Alm*. of this morning
to hold ISO melt of :be Battalion of Royal Marines serving in the
Tagus in readiness to disembark, you will direct the Officer in com-
mand of them to pay the strictest attention to the following in-
structions.
" The purport of this part of the Royal Marine Corps landing is
as a body guard, and in case of necessity, to render every assistance
for the personal protection and security of het Royal Highness the
Princess Regent and her family. The Officer tunimanding will
receive no older flout any person but what comes through her
Royal Highness, for which duty there will be attached to the
Guard a Portuguese Officer, who will convey her Royal Highness's
commands. The guard is net to interfere or mia with other troops,
but to keep within their barracks or place allotted fur them. They
are not in any way to interfere in any disputes or quarrels, without
such may endanger the personal safety of the Royal Family. A
guard-boat will always be within hail of the steps at Belem; and at
any time, either by night or day, if disturbance takes place in or
about Ilse Palace, or if the Officer in charge of the guard is called on
to act by her Royal Highness, I particularly desire that he makes
me acquainted therewith immediately, by sending off the gusrd-boat.
• (Signed) "A. BRA UCLERK, Vice-Admiral.
" To Brevet Major Adair, C. B. commanding Battalion
Royal Marines in the Tagus."
.The Palace of Ajuda is so neat to the Tagus, that, in
case of necessity, one of the line•of•battle sh'ps (the
Ocean. 80, Genoa, 74, and Albion, 74, are lying there)
could be brought near enough to protect it from assault.
We remember the old orders issued to our protecting
squadron in the Tagus pithily ran thus:--" Save the
Royal Eitinily at all risks." We feel quite confident
that the ,:euchment of the gallant corps now landed,
will .cc in t!.e spirit of this order in any-crisis, an with
4LICCCaS LOU.

F

PORTSMOUTH, Novenas& rt.
This evening, his Majesty's frigate Lively, Captain
William Elliott, C.B. returned to Spithead, from the
Coast of Africa (having conveyed thither his Excel-
lency Sir Neil Campbell, Knt. C.B. the new Governor-
in-Chief), last from Cape Coast Castle, after a passage of
fifty-one days, bringing dispatches announcing the re-
newal of hostilities with the King of Ashantee, and the
complete'defeat of his numerous army, in the neigh-
bourhood of Cape Coast Castle, with the loss of 5,000
nien, killed and wounded. The loss of the Biiti,h forces
.(composed- principally of the native troops) was esti.
' mated at. 806 ;tilled, and 2,000 wounded. It appears
that the ambitious and vindictive spirit of the King of
AK. Ashantipeabiaigkat „Tat ksioce his former defeat;
with the insatiable desire of pos-essing all the territory,
between his own country and the sea side, he had bees
silently collecting men, and raising supplies to effect this
object, by successively attacking and overpowering sfl
the native Princes and Chieftains in the British interest,
and making a surprise upon British. Asp a. It was not
possible,however, to make all the necessary preparations,
form magazines of provisions, &c. for such an object,
without the knowledge of the neighbouring Chiefs,
whose fears at length led them to supplicate assistance
from Colonel Portion, commanding at Cape Coast.
They promised, if ,he would give them muskets and
powder, they would:purchase an equal quantity of the
merchants, that they would raise 12,000 men, put them-
selves under his command, arid engaged, in the most
solemn manner, not to run away, as they did in the late
Sir Charles. MiCaithes Unfortunate defeat. Colonel
Purdon, takidg What iistiratices he could get,determioed
to accept their effer, gave them what assistance be
could, and divided their force into five brigades, with
two strong corps, of observation, to protect each flank.
He then assembled.such of the settlers, merchants, and,
,civilians, as he could, and formed them
.into one corps;
as a reserve. The only British moors he had were
eighty men of the Royal African Corps, with four field
pieces of six and three piunders. 'file united force
amounted to less than 92,000 nien. The natives were
composed of the Kings, Nations, and Tribes following:
Accatoo, King of Aquinsboo ; Adnnonaqua, King of
Aquapim; Dongua, Queen of Aiitim ; Cudjoe, King of
A.sin ; the King of Tutbl, and many other Caboceers,
and Captains of Tribes. The. Ashantee forces amoufited
to twenty five thousand men.
Oa the 29th of July, Colonel Purdon marched from
Accra to Wongassey, about eighteeii •m.lea from British
Accra. On the 4th of August he moved to Ashroocan,
and an: thefith he rook. Asp a position (twenty-lows
from Accra) on a beautitul and extensive plain. The
morning of the 7th happened to be a Monday, and a
remat kably fine day, which was regarded by the wise
men" of the maim* as a favourable fetish (or omen) one
for the King to fight on ; he was assured by thee super-
stitious soothsayers that it would render him invincible.
He, accordingly, acting under their influence, at half
past nine in the morning, moved to the attack, in a
most imposing and determined manner. Colonel Pur-
don instantly put his farce in motion, and met the
Ashantees half way upon the plain, and commenced the
battle with great bravery, which lasted mote than an
hour, when a pause ensued, in con,equence of the left al
the British right-centie brigade giving way, and nearly,
the whole ot the right wino. This was a critical mo-
ment. Therefore, as soon as the centre reserve (com-
posed of the Royal African Corps) became un-
coveted by the flight of the Refuges, Colonel P.
opeaed a destructive tie on the Ashantees of rockets,
grape, and cannister, which did amazing executi
Pet cei ving that the Ashantees were prnic-truck, and in
the utmost contusion, Colonel P. moved forward to the
attack with every man he had, and cut through the
enemy's centre. They gave way in all directions, and the
vicuny was no longer doubtful. Accatoo, King of
Aquimbo, who commanded a strong corps of observa-
tion on the extreme right, bravely and accurately obeyed
the orders he had received, to bring up his right shoul-
ders, the moment he should hear the report of the Bri-
till guns, and attack the Ashantees on their left flank.
This simultaneous movement with the. forces imme-
diately under the directions of Colonel P. had the de-
sired effect, and decided the fate of the battle. Had
the whole of the allied forces acted in a similar manner,
neither the King of the Ashantees nor any part of his
army would have escaped ; but it is extremely difficult
to prevail upon such a race of people to act upon a sys-
tematic plan of operation, if it be at variance with their
own notions. Tile cause of their flight is attributed to
this circumstance—in disobeclieuce of orders, they broke
from the line formed, and rushed into the contest in the
most savage manner, without any reserve to support
them, or prudence to guide them, in case of mishap or
difficulty. The loss of the Ashantees in killed, wounded,
and prisoners, was estimated, at least at 5,000 men
many of the Ashantee Princes and Generals were killed
and taken. Our loss is about SOO killed and 2,000
woanded. Toe whole of the camp equipage, of great
value, fell into the hands of some of t' c least deserving
of the allied forces, amongst which were, the golden
umbrella of state, the golden stool of state, -and gold
dust, ivory, and other valuables to a large amount.—
Adononaqua, Kiog of Aquapim, recovered the head of
the late Sir Charles M'Carthy, whits seas considered
by the Ashantees as their greatest charm, or fetish. The
King refused to give it up. It is enveloped in two folds
of paper, covered with Arabic characters, tied up a third
time in a silk handkerchief, and lastly sewed up in a
leopard's skin.
It should be mentioned, that the merchants of the Co-
lony volunteered their services in the field, and gave to
the gallant Commandant of the troops' all the assistance
it was in their poser to bestow.
The following is the recapitulation of the allied forces.:
„Royal African Corps 40 men.
/kid*. Dutch, and Danish Militias, with
Accra, and Cape Coait tliUtla . 500
. .; NOveTrocips, with:their Tribes . 10,820

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11,380

This was a bill filed by the-plaintiff,' Mr. Dorset Fel-
lowes, the Becretary of the Lord High Chamber Paid,
against the Noble Lord, his principal, for the purpose of
compelling a builder, named Page, to fulfil a contract
made under very peculi.tr circumstances.
In Dec. 1821, Lord Gwydir, the Deputy Lord High
Chamberlain, being entitled, by right of Ms office, to
the erections left in West mintter H4ll upon the•ficasion.
• f the Coronation, redeived a notice from tbe'Board of
Works that the all must be cleated by a certain time.
Mr. Fellowei, the Secretary, then proposed twills Lord-
ship, that he would save him the trouble of any Tierional
negotiations or agreements, by taking the. whole at the
sem of 1000 S. with *an. engagement .to have the Hall
cleared by the time specified .in the notice from the
Board. This proposal war' immediately accepted, and
the money paid, his' Lordship at the same tune desiring
that Mr. Feßowes would abstain from .allOwiog his
name to be publicly used ip any of the subsequent dis-
pbstds of the timber, lead, and iron, of which the fittl..gs
up w ere composed.

thus become possestedia Awe
as his own property, offered them for sale, and
Pearing that-a Mr. Page, once a. builder of some emi-
nence, but then retired from active life to a country
house at Dulwich, had been the purcha.er of the fittings
up of Westminster-hall alter the trial of Lord Melville;
he wrote to say, that he might take them at 1500 gni.
(mai. Mr: Page came to town in consequence.of this
lettir, and having met Mr. Fellnwes by appointment in
Westminster -Hail, a bargain was in a tew,minutes con-
cludede at the price for which they bad lacen,offered,
the money to be paid in a note of hand for -5751. at
two months, anti 10001. upon the removal' of. we pro-
perty, that removal being expressly limited to a day in
January 1822.. An agreement•to this effect was drawn
up by Mr. Page, and shewn to • Messts. Bray and
Warren, Lord • Gwydir's solicitors, for the purpose of
securing his Lordship, both as to the ultimate per-
formance of the contritely/''end as• to the time within
which That perfoniialitte was to take place; Mr. Page
attending' at this period of the contract, and being pre-
sent when Mr. Warren made an alteration in the word-
ing, by inserting, after fixtures; the description ai they
ttesseland. On the same day, the note pfihand for 5751.
was, at the disire of Mr. Fellowes, dtdiwn out by Mr.
Page, and sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office i.s the
House of Lords. Mr. Page made that note payable to
Lord Gwydir; but upon Mr. Fellowes again represent-
ing that his Lordship did not wish his name to appear
as connected with any transactions of the kind, a second
note, to the same amount, was made payable to Mr.
Fellowes himself. A very short time after Mr. Page
bad thus hastily concluded a bargain with Mr. Fellowes,
be discovered, upon an inspection of the various mate.
rials of which the erections were composed, that they
were not worth anything like the money he had agreed
to pay for them, and wrote to Mr. Fellowes, complain.
ing that he had Wien shamefully tricked into pur-
chasing from Lord Gwyclir that which was in reality
the property of Mr. Fellowes, and requiring that the
agreement should be either wholly canceller, or that he
might be considered as the agent of that Gentleman for
the disposal of thematerials, with liberty to pay him the
proceeds of the sale, and make a charge for his time
and trouble in the removal. Mr.Fellawes, cansidering
that he had made a contract with Mr. Page, which that
Gentleman was bound to fulfil, refused any compro.
mice, and negotiated the note of hand as part of the
payment. This note, being thus thrown into the hands
of a bill broker, Mr. Page was, for the sake of his credit,
compelled to pay, and finding that all remonstrances or
complaint, upon the subject of his bad bargain, received
no compassion from Mr. Fellowes, he sold and carried
away the whole of the erections in the Hall, not exactly
at the time spec.fied in the agreement, but in a short
time after. As, however, the whole of the sum 'mired
for these fittings up did not amount to quite 11001.;
without any allowance for trouble, Mr. Page refused to
pay the remaining 10001. and Lord Gwydir at ' the
same time being unwilling to appear in a Court of
Law, as the claimant under his right, Mr. Fellowes now
sued him in a Court of Equity, for the put pose of com-
pelling a specific performance of the contract on the
part of Mr. Page. The Bill also prayed as an alterna.
Live, that if the Conn did not think there was enough
to compel that equitability, it would order Mr. Page to
render a strict account of all the monies received by hifn
as agent for Mr. FelloWes in the sale of the property..
To this Bill the defendant Page put in an answer, in
which be declared that he had; throughout the whole

negotiations, considered himself as dealing with Lord
Owydire and not with Mr.- Fellnwes, and that he had'
beetht the erection i from that Nobleman because he
had had *slings with his father, and because he felt
convinced that if the' price be obtained for them fell
short of that sum which he might stipulate to pay, a
Nobleman of his Lordship's honour and generosity
would not permit him to be-e sufferer from any trans-
action in which he might be engaged with him. He
also alleged that he had been most grosly deceived by
Mr. Fellowes with 'respect to the value of the materials;
and that although he thought he had purchased all th
fittings up of the H4ll, he had since ascertained that the
most valuable portions were removed ; and offered the
evidence of Mr. Warren, Lord Gwydir's solicitor, and
two of his own sons, far the purpose of proving that he
did not know he was dealing with Mr. Fellowes; and
that, therefore, that Gentleman could not insist uison the
performance of any contract to which one of the con-
tractors ha i been fraudulently made a party.
Mr. Hoax, having been heard at some length in support of
the bill,
Mr. Pants appeared to claim that it be dismissed
with costs. In his humble opinion, the parties must be
left to seek their remedy, if they had one, in a Court of
Liar, as he was convinced his Honour would not, from
the circumstances of the case, feel himself warranted in
forcing the performance of a contract obtained by mis-
representation, or in compelling his client, Mr. Page, to
act as the agent of Mr.Fellowes, without his consent.

Mr. Haausfollowed Mr. Pepys, and argued strongly against the
probability of Mr. Page's being unacquainted with the fact of his,
dealing wqh Mr. FeHowes instead of Lord Gwydir.
The Vice CHANCELLOR, on Mr. Houle rising to
reply, said, there was no necessity for his doing so. The
contract was clearly admitted on all bands, and the
defence seemed at first to be thus--. Mr. Fellowest have
discovered not to be the agent of Lord Gwydir, but to
be dealing with me on his own account. I believed I
was dealing with Lord Gwydir, and this Court cannot
compel me to fulfil a contract with him under the name
of Lord Gwydir, when he was in fact dealing for him-
self. Now this defence would be no answer to a suit of
this kind in a Court of Equity, because it could be no
answer in a Court of Common Sense. It was a matter
perfectly immaterial to Mr. Page with whom he
dealt for the materials, and there could have been
no difficulty in ascertaining to what extent be was
bound as to good faith. His lionour then proceeded
to take a review of all the facts as stated by the
Learned Counsel ou each side, and observed he could
understand the various motives of the parties; and as
there was no evidence to support any allegations to the
contrary,* felt himself bound to decree, that Mr. Page
do pay up all the difference due upon the agreement.
with all the costs of the present proceedings, not only
with respect to Mr. Fellow's, but also as far as regarded
Lord Gwydir.
Mr. Haase hoped his Hamar would not fix Mr. Page with Lord
Owydir's costs.
The Vsca•Cumicaucia said, the defendant bad improperly given
occasion to these proceedings in Equity, and must pay an the ea.
penises which bad been incurred.
Ilia liotosua also observed that he had forgotten to mention, it
was his impression that Mr. Page did purchase in ignorance tit the
erections belonging to Mr. Fellow..; but that fact made no alters.
tion in his view of the circumstances.

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