The Sun. — 1808-10-18 (London, England)

SIERRA LEONE, MAY, 1808.  The following is the most corre& information we have been able 16 collea respecting the quarrel bettvec.n t he Mandingoes of Port Logo and the Searcies Timmanies. It had been a matter of some difficulty to-ascertain the truth. The Chief who was,supposed really to have instigated the attack, and who chiefly profited by it, declared himself, when asked in form-, to be ignorant of the merits of the case : '" his assistance had been required by Bramah Concurri, of Port Logo, and without further inquiry it was given."—Bramah Conant-ri, who is a Man-, dingo of Mallicurri, and aspires to be King of Port Logo, acknowledged himself to be " Head Warman ;" nevertheless the quarrel was not his own : his assistance had also been demanded by another. It seems that a man named Ka-firama-lil, of Roballab, a town on the Little Scarcie's River, had caught another man of the same_town, some time ago, and sold him as a slave for •a puncheon of rum: The pretence of selling him 1,-cuuld not learn • but when the man's brothertame to ask the cause;Ka-firamalii Was so tar from giving him satisfaction, that, in a formal manner, he and his, friends named the puncheon of rum after the man that was sold, and telling the inquirer that there was his la-oilier, invited him to cool his anger by -taking his share of him. This insult so exasperated the' man, that, vowing to be revenged; he laid wait for la-firatna-til in the woods and shot him, about the tithe of sowing rice last year. Ka-tirama-hl had a friend, whose name was Siaca (i.e. Isaac), who determined to retaliate; but not being powerful enough himself, he applied to Bramah Concurri, giving to him the country to which tie murderer belonged, with all its people, as the reward for taking up his cause. Bramah called his Mandingo „friends to his assistance, of whom Dallamodo was chief ; -and about the 'end .of August war was made. I cannot learn that any satista&ion was previously demanded, or, in the African phrase, that any pataverT-was talked. - It is said, that either by accident or design, Dallamodo's party made their attack a day before the time appointed, by which means he caught the youngest and hest of the booty. The alarm being thus given at one village, the most active people made their escape from the rest, leaving few but old people, and children. Nevertheless, said the persons •who bought most of the slaves, the other -Chiefs " caught a prOttrgood lot." They destroyed four towns, and took about 40 people, which, as some of the Chiefs• Were much in debt •to vessels in the river, was of great advantage to them.—That part of the country is still uninhabited, and Bramah of coarse claims it as his own.  Accounts from India state, that an unusual activity of negotiation amongst the Native Powers had induced apprehensions that the Emissaries of France had, to a certain degree, succeeded in estranging some of the Chiefs from their conne6tion with the Company. SCINDEA lately sent some valuable presents to HOLKAR, and circumstances have arisen to induce suspicion in the Bt itish Government as to the obje6t of the intercourse at present carrying on between those Princes. The British Residents have, i consequence, been instruded to watch the progress of their negotiation, and measures have been adopted to guard against any possible h6stility on their part. 0 • DOONDEA KHAN s territories have been taken pO5session of by the India.Compsny : that refrailory Chief is reported to have taken refuge in the Seick country. Hi, brother, however, RUMNUST LING, iS stated to have-been.apprehended tin consequence of the reward for that purpose.