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London, England, 1826-11-15 00:00:00

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We have received Sierra Its sde-Gatettes to the 11t$
September. His EicelleneY Sir Neil Campbell, Who
went out in the Lively, landed at Free Town on the
morning of the 28J of Aogu t, accompanied by Capt.
Elliott, and Lieutenant-Colonel Lumley, of the Royal
African Corps. His Excellency was received on land.
ing. by the Members of Council, and the whole of the
principal inhabitants, and his arrival was hailed as a
further and convincing proof, if any were necessary, of
the considerate attention of hid Majesty's Government to
the affairs of the Colony. The Lively; it appears, be.
sides touching at Madeira and Tenet iffe, in her passage
out, remained for a day at Gambia, which enabled the
Governor to inspect personally the state of that settle-
ment, and to makearrangements for its wants, as well
for the civilizati in and improv:ment of the surrounding
tribes, as for the extension of the commerce of the river
At the same time with the Lively,an American schooner,
named the Bona, arrived at Free Town, in order to
proeme anchors and cables, which she had been obliged
to cut away, to avoid being carried off by a Colombian
pirate. The-following account is given by the American
Captain of the ph ates' conduct :
" In the evening of the 26th of July, whilst lying at
anchor in Mesurada Bay, with as American brig, the
Jahn, of Portland, a large brig, with yellow sides, hove
in sight, hoisting Fiend) colours, and pierced for 18
guns, which on coming in anchored abreast 'the John.
The next morning, a boat from her, with sixteen or
twenty men, with an Officer, dressed in Colombian
uniform, came on board my vessel, and drove myself
and the whole of the seamen off the deck; after which,
they examined the hold of the vessel, and carried off a
large quantity of ivory end wax, two boxes of soap,
some barrels of flour, about 1000 lbs. of tobacco, and
nearly 90 pieces of blue bait. They then s-arched the
cabin, from which they took 1,500 or 1,800 dollars in
silver, and 15} ounces of gold and eight doubloons,
with my clothes, watch, spyglass, thermometer, and
every article that appeared of any value. These pirates
continued on board about six hours, and then returned
to their vessel, 'threatening that, if any of the people
came on deck until a signal was made from their brig,
they would return and massacre all hands.?
The Officer who boarded the Bona, and several of
the crew, spoke broken English ; and as, from the
colours she displayed, no susp c on was entertained on
shore of her teal character, the brig succeeded in get-
ting out to sea before the Bona could procure assistance.
at the 27th the brig returned, and plunde.ed another
vessel of s 6 me hogsheads of tobacco. is was on the
occasion of this second visit, tl.lt the Bona cut away
her cables. The Lively, in company with the steam-
vessel Attic:or, left Freetown on t e 28th, on a cruise
to the southward, with a view, if possible, to fall in
with her; and, on the 7th, Captain Elliot returned
from Gallinas, t eying very nearly succeeded in cap.
tuning the object of his cruise. He fell in with the
pirate the previous evening, and was nearing her fast,
*hen the rapid fall of a tropical night, accompanied by
a thick rain, made him lose sight of her.
The Gazette, of the 9th September, on the authority
pt a Correspondent, mentions a most atrocious act of
bobarity,on the part of a French slave Captain, named
Gib.in. This fellow had carried off from the Gallinas,
about six weeks before, 250 shaves, which he intended
ta introduce, surreptitiously into Guadaloupe. He suc-
ceeded in landing the whole, except sixty-five, when,
having observed a French Government cutter coming
towards his vessel, he threw these sixty-five miserable
beings overboard, in order to avoid a discovery of the
traffic he had been carrying on ! The Governor of Gua-
deloupe, it is added, gave orders to seize the murderer,
when the crime he had perpetrated was discovered by
the dead bodies that were drifted ashore, but he had
sailed before the order could be executed.

The same Paper ccntains an account of a gallant
attack of a boat belonging to the Maidstone, on a slaver,
under Brazilian Colours, which was captured, after a
smart action of time hours. This vessel, a brig named
Le Prince de Guinea, the property of a Portuguese,
residing in Whydali, had on board 550 slaves, was
'manned with seventy-five men, and had nine guns.—
The English party consisted only of twenty men, in-
cluding Lieutenant Tucker, of the Maidstone, who com•
manded them, and a few natives and boys. On the side
of the English, two Officers, of which Lieut.T. was one,
and a seaman, were wounded, but not dangerously; the
brig lost-twelve men killed, and had sixteen wounded;
two .of her unfortunate cargo were also killed, and six-
teen wounded. Ti.e transport_ Louisa, 'which* arrived
on the 7th, from the Gold Coast and Ascension, had
left Col. Nicholls, and the garrison of the former place,
in prrfect health. The Lnuita brought the first account
if the threatened attack of the Ashante,s, the particu-
lars of which we gave on Monday and yesterday. No
accounts of the battle had of course reached Freetown
lup to the date of these Gazettes: The Governor em-
barked for.the Gold-Coast in the Lively, on the 9th of
September, attended by the African steamer.

The New York papers contain a trial, which occupies
nearly 40 of their columns: it is a criminal proceeding
against several individuals in a respectable class of met;
cantile life, for a conspiracy, to defraud no less than five
public companies. The Jury, however, could aot agree,
and were dismissed without giving a verdict.
A retail brewer was last week convicted at South-
"stmpion in the mitigated penalty of 25L under the sth
Geo. IV. for selling to an excise officer two pints of
beet., which were handed to hiat from a window, and
drunk in the public road. This conviction is important
to retail brewers, many of whom imagine that if the
beer is not drunk in the house they escape the penalty
of the act. In the present case it was shewn that the
beer was.drunk in the road fronting the house, and that
the road was repaired by the parish. The magistrates,
however, were of opinion, that the part of the road on
which the beer was drunk adjoined the brewer's premi-
ses, and they theiefote convicted him in the above mi.
tigitectpenalty. It is understood that this conviction
will be appealed against.
A public Meting of the principal Landholders in the
neighbourhood of Maldon, was held, on Saturday, at
the Town-hall, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament
against any alteration in the Corn Laws. The Chair-
man having, at a previous meeting, read letters from
the Central London Association, recommending Branch
Societies, thotGentlenten present formed ttemselves into
an Association, and appointed a ,Committee. Several
Resolutions, expressive of their objection to any altera-
tion, were passed unanimously I and the Committee was
tinstructed to prepare a Petition by Saturday, to which
del the Meeting adjourned. The names of the princi-
pal Landholders, several of whom wece Members of
Parlialnitut. were enrolled, and a Secretary appointed,
Ito be in communication with the London Board. •