The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

A FRIC.I.

By the la!eft !au/Illation. it mews that the ente-

Jition under :he cumin:mil of Major liras.. on whims
the direction desolted Alter the death of Major Peddie.
has retiirtuNi to tialatu. un the Senegal. after a most
harrassing jotting through the country of the Foun-
d.), in which the party were i tilted, and
Artieketl, anti, It is nid, some of them kiilyd. 31t.
i as l•erd. the surgeon attr.rlred to the eipeitition, load.

i‘ iptlhrduals. Ibuweter, procetileilmiswanis.

',II been so far sac eesstitl as to reach %Rimini diticalty
anius, oa Cie All' Niger. At thi. platy 31r. Lbu-
surrd woes ohlif.ed .to remain, until! be received per-
alasieu front the King of Sep to proceed ; and. after
wustitig Iscrit:y six months, he was advised to retire
higher nit the titer to Hammel:nu. in Rausharra, from
v nee art uunrs have been received from him. dated
MeutLA since, exxresSing his hopes of procuring
the neccss try permission, although many tuttoteard
circuusitances operated against this expectation. The
Ring'uf `O. was then at war with his neighbours on
?%e eastern side of his territory; his Minister had died
al..,uut the time he hearl of Mr. Decheas arrival ;
few der afterwards Ms Treasurer and Receiver of
Cuctoms departed this life ; and, to add to the rata.
luene of DlN...nurses. the Chief of Banunakuo also
Oted, just after los reached that plare. These fatal
events teedad to .utsfirns th.• notions the blacks enter-
t .itted of the VIII 611111'1We M hick the nre,erce of the
white- have user their countrymen, Nit partiettlatly
their rulers, a h at they are sat:lamed to have the
palm tif destroying by seven spells anti t harms. Its
the present instance C.:ey were the more convinced of
this baneful influence, on recollecting' that several of
their chief. wit., had hail dealings with Mungo Park,
tiled the ...mom year he passed through their kin:lnm
11r. Locheed hail invariably received the kindest treat
meat, both at Vausina and Rammaltoo; and, on rollt•
?hitting of Jelly, was assured it was entirt ly owing
to. the custom Of the rAntry, as making ausbaseta-
ttars wait was oak meant to show the King's dignity.
that it sui,:ht not he supposed he was in any hurry to
rid t.f Lis guests. Markets. it seems, were hell
twler every week at Sandsanditetr and Yansina, where
provision* were reasonable. aml tvery sort of European
inerchandi,e in great deman.l, especially articles of
totery.for the dresses of the females, who are fond of
showy colours. Among mother thing.% were 3lanehester
prints in great abnntlaure, shills seemed to meet a
ready sale, and whirls elitist have been conveyed by the
Armin from Morocco across the Meat Iles:in. Lieu-
tenant Lyon of the Royal Navy, who was the friend
t.n.i fellow traveller of the late Mr. Ritchie, is ap-
paititesl to succeed that gruthimmatm as British %It-r-
-t.:inset at Mourzusk, the capital of Fersats. in Africa,
14: fbe purpose of facilitating and attempting disco.
varies. By the Magnet. whirls left Cape Coast un the
25d of Mar. h. we learn that Mr. Dupuis had Fruceetird
to Cuntrassie to enter uptat his (auctions as Cumin! at
the Court of the King of Ashan:re. amt load arrived in
salty anaihern mull received. As Mr. I:upttis is well
it.qttaintert writ Ilse Moorish bazaar., and as It is
hiown that smircrarllgeorre reside at utottia.sie whu

t..ve visited Tu9.buroodb. we way now look to receive
4..t1y and litti•ortAttt 'tsforrnation upon the subjeet of
that corittry. l',•otrot•dore Sir ti,or4e Collier had
14ft Crpe Cl'la t.l 1. ucrrd t.l lemar,l, on the 211 st of
:Much H.. ,qqa.fron h:s qereral captures.
• 'filch 11:d been 4ent to Sierra Leone for adjudication.

sierwir—vs 4.)r SYSIT.M.ITIC MISRULE.

:VFW COVillNolt VV I;/ BRA LT %X.

Among the tniti transact' of the present dm'
Which may he comprehended nosier this tile, may be
r .nked the r.•. vitt most eetraerdinary appointment of
t'e Earl of Ilsathant !p the tios eminent of liihraltar.
I pon the demi• I' of the lamented Linke of Kent, it was
..turalli expected, by every person illit of the pale of
•sigareleic ,u. rupti.,n. that, in the present impoverish-
state of we country, Minister.' wind(' have thr de:
i.t.ey to airnaitt front tilling tip an appointment. at hieli
expensive witAblit being necessary: hut, that if
:::ey did till it up. it would he in ftv:Air of :oitie person
*l4 had ei.n.sered entineiit venires to the State, and
t-rsu had too: been :il.eady mlciptately rewarded. lint
bolls Ib. se re:pects. how wolially are we disap
i:t inteit e now see nut only that Ministers have
:.t the .!eri.ney, is r..n,idrrattun of The 11144 t pressing
,vants o. the peoVe, to .th:tain fr:un tilling up any
V..e twist superlittoul, and most costly utl.e whieli may
th.tt in 44 doing. instead of having
k!'rtlct•ht4ive regard to the merits of the individuals
xppointed„ they stria to rive a derided preference to
oar who Icive brim einployed a hen the greatest
calamities have befallen, and the greatrA disgrace has
1,4,n regeetril nom this unhappy land. On these
.;:or';‘. indeed, the Earl of Chatham dors appear to
i el ttr administration beyond alumat
• teh.w not immediately of their own body.
't hese claims are founded not only upon his outs must
t: mn Table servires at Walt-hereto, but upon those of
i T4t late brother, the heaven -born Minister," who
v dine wore than any individual ever did, to bring
• one: great and happy ration into its present cm:-
. ii4lon. sal whose merits begin now to lie so aril tin-
. serstou4 in their effects that we may venture to predict
It the freli. if the

Elifr.illbS. THE SPY.

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,iocivor itre:to!o. NAT 29, I:41U.

We are acsurrit, on cespectaMe authority, that her
Majely's arrival may be elpeete3 in this euttntry thr
hitter 1.1111 lif the present week.

• I.:strati of :t letter Gott§ the .Igents t.. Lloyd's at
Santiago de dated I sth Feb., ttdde4•ssed to the
Sertt'tart•, am; r .4.eive.l by the Ifyilr.l whaler, arrived
at Plynototh
" We t..twi ier the ...gigot*. of tLi• s:rong fortress of
of tlt.tt eati:etinettre to ti.u:e etigagesl in
the trade of Chili, that we Ita,ten to eorstnuttieVe
the same through got!. It was atiaelttol by Lord
Cuehrase oh thr nit,•ht of the Eh', inct. with 210
soldiers of a Chili regiment, and the sailors and tnariues
of the frigate O'lligrins, brig Itirttpiol, and schooner
,Mmataraosse.. Ity slay light eight &Merles were carried.

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Win the course of the emitting moming the town.
ramie., and fort resses, with 116 pike% of brr z eat -
non, a!! the Spattis!' r.rval depot. and 400 %
:Of the regiment of Cantabria, were taken possession
of ; the transport Dotty., (rut out of Tal►•ahnafwa) and
a !tuna vessel re-ta'. en. This was the only point tiSe
Spaniards had left in the Stile of Chili. The two
large ships taken at littayaquil are the Vigitnio, of 7110
tons. and the Agui10....1 1,090 tons ; tl:ey have an-
dprel at Valparaiso.

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Vol.lc Papers arrived this morning to the 23d
Spri!—Congress was exreted to aJjourn about the
3.1 313 y..
Pitiact of 3 letter, dated St. Thomas, 2:ith March :
" The secret expedition. u hide has Iwo fur some
dine itelreil at Slargvitta, sailed on the 7th ult. fur
St..3lartha, a very t h -place. the Ley to New Gra-
nada, were they rerhiittly were nut expected: the place
in ronserersee uota fail..it.hont tiring a shut : it was
futtnnate the expeditiunc. railed when it did, as the
Spatt;sll fleet, superior to that of the Inulepentlrnts,
appeared off the port for the purpose of laud:ado three
days after and fitulinz the 'birds haul flown, went in
porstait. of them, with an ttenti )))) no doubt to eons*
up with .thetu.

There has been little vatiation in the price of Con-
sob, since Satur.lay. The market opened this morning
al 70 foe the Arcount, but being an holiday. there
has been little doing. The Navy 5 per lent. market
aositinues depressed; hare been as low as 10.1 for money.
F:schetiner !Sills hace likewise fallen to tts. premiiiso
at IVA they ate sellers. This circomstance renders
the funding of Ere ter advantage, though tisi'pr Sits
srttendink it are still only front to I per cent.. which
renders it doubtful uhether the funding will fill•se
fast as it was at first thought ; there has been nothing
done in the Navy Scr p. though the public seem
rather arts:ions to know at what it mill tome out.