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From the National Advocatc. _NO. 11# ? ? ? \Vc continue this subject, not that we suppose any observation^ may make could have tlie smallest effect on the most sensitive ear of those men who guide the helm of state in Fncland ? hut we continue, and ajiall display this subject, in order to open the eyes of many good *'eH-fneaniirfj ?men amonfc us, who belieVe that the pro fessions and reports of iinglandrin this case, ^are Sincere \ fdrgetting, or not ad verting to the old proverb, u that it is hot all gold which glistens and while we are thus prefacing, we shall unhesitatingly add, that we shall be pleased to sec these num bers republished in other papers? not that we have the vanity to wish any thing from our pen republished* but because we write from a boby of documents which are not lobe confrachcted, and that we desire lliat the exposition of this Jlagrant hyfiUrisy of Kngland sliould be disseminated far jmd wtUe? ? ~ ? ? Judge Thorpe, in his remarks en the treatment of the captives in Sierra Leone* thus expresses himself " As soon as the captured negroes were landed and deliver ed to the care of the superintendent, a party <Vqni the African corps Was efcnt to examine them, and as many as theyibund peculiarly fit to be maae soldiers were marched to the fort $ and, as it is termed, enliutdy llKWgh the poor negro knew not V hat was said or done to:him- The re* mainder were despatched to what was call* ed an hospital, a .wood* building, con ? pos ed of two rooms, with an open communi cation# when the whole were huddled to* gether, in firomiscueus intercourse? men% xoomen and children . ? The recruiting party for the West-Indian regiments Were after* wards allowed to select the men and boys that were fit, or might shortty become fit, for military service.? The Women and girl) were next selected, for tin? best pur poses ? The best of the rising ^enyra* tloITw ere reserved lor the plantations and farms of those in authority over thorn ; and ^lastly* the settlera obtained , the refuse, as ajifir entices far fourteen years, jq pwk< them hewers of ft food, carrier 9 of water, and drudf e* on their eassadu ground.' \ ?? Now, up on reading this description* we arc naturally led to ask, Is tins the manner in wjiich the Colony of Sierra Leone is to be serviceable to the w?M fir t)ie grevr question of . humanity ?*?th at of abolish ing, forever, the hateful and abominable traffic of flesh and blond ? Is it* or yii it: not a disgrace to England, that, under the jnask and mockery of benefitting the Inha bitants of Africa, should institute and erect a tribunal on their very **fil,. which should not only judge of captvrea and ^prizes, but which should, itself, mpke a detestable, buccaneering war upon a neigh bouring coast, in order tu fatten the plun derers and 1 urich itself ? There is no indi vidual \h America, let his party or politics be what it may, but he wilt admit, that I 1 such conduct, if proved, ia abominable, excepting* alarays a fe w bad men and p e juthced men, the defenders ol royal dog mas, however absurd ? who content that eyery thing done by England is right, and y who would cov^tnd that Ferdinand the 7th, the grand inquisitor, is a just and generous monarch I excepting such gentry, we say, no man in Amciica but mutt despise the conduct of l&gland, regarding Africa, rf direct accusations be iust. i Let ut look at the accusations ; l?t us tee whether ihty are facta or fulaeltooda. Judgn Thorpe has accused them of actet sufficient Co maka humanity shudder. He did not write ti is book witlv asterisks laid dots* and mettle give the initials of a governor1 >e nage? the iimtaU of the' name of a frigate antf her command#. No? he published their names* their stand - In^, and their dee<b% ftirljr tq the ?<*1A t and if he *ct*e truth ifl&f woufd not acre? ft Kim ? and libel upon li- i bcl dpes his book contain ?f*in?t the A?? tnanity of Britain and her agents, &c upon the Aftfceii race. Why, -men; w** *m Judge Thorpe brought to triafcfeWes it too dangerous ? \yere the truth* too strong for Hivdhlgation^ And werf there -too many witnesses of the facts ? We have made an assertion, that Wil liam Wilberfofoe, instead of being, as he ha& lieen hold op to the world, the zeal ous, libera), and disinterested statesman* labouring in the ClUtse of Immunity, and for the 4 bene W*%f the African race, is, and has Heeji, only the wily politician, la bouring for popul riry and party. As we huve made the assertion, it is but just that we should substantiate itv and give our reasons \herefbr? -tor the same delu sion is endeavoured to l>e maintained at this day ; and so adroitly was it rnanng ed, thai but very few men. either on this * To induce the black ?oMier to yetptlarityy Af wast allowed (i v>ifty and a ? atron a day ; t>Ui tft4 lady hecbJht*ed an he thought profter : whatever woman he tolled hi ? wife got the r<ia >11 ; and when a party wax teat to the IVrni- (rnlie*, thr tdtuatkn of the women be came moat defdorablc I or the other side ei the water, had any doubts ot the sincerity of tins parliamen tary abolitionist. ? ? - Let us lake the words of Judge Thorpe "On this subject white addressing Mr. Wtl berforce. ?* I shall now, says Judge Thorpe, proceed to show how little your theory ex tended to pate abolition, and that* /traciicfU iy> you have not been in the slightest de gree successful. That you most laudably assisted Sir William Dolbin and others in procuring -bills to be passed for meliorating the coiulition of slaves in the transatlantic i passage, I delight in acknowledging ; but when I behold you, for near twenty years, [ ofrnBttily struggling with the great and | all commanding minister ot rhis coumrvv whose pubhc measures you supported ? whose administration of this 'government you admired, and to whose privwe friend ship you weVe devoted, it is wonderfttl ?his nr t nti '{I Vll fir iflf flu fn it n n i* I* i ? ri V ? n uciVvTuiv fi ? n?vu3 ti ?c w m ? iiOt CRTit Cvt ? 1 oil VI r. Pin gas all m.tl, ^ party, and the sole director of the admin istration i you had a commanding, connect ed phalanx of friends in l'flrliimrnt ; arut, on thidfrccasion, you had the peoples sup port, mu the finest feeiings of the nation to I gratilyi yet, for tvfenty-ycar* you diu not' i carry this abolition, though you apparently I acted "with such a commanding associate. It is evident vou never made it -a *ine tfua -< no n of the coftinoance of your supj>ort of Mr. lJitt'? adininiUratidn ; the spewing on 1 it, for ami about it, was ad ca/itandum vul* gua , it served to uphold the pendulum in its vacilUiicy between the minister and the people. , * ^tidge Thorpe tlien states, that tl>e ab olition bill \vus carried by the toinistry of , Mr . Fox, measures^ Mr. \V li ber force had opposed ? a ministry not u all commanding in parliament and he asked this gentlemafrtrhether/he ever told ? Miv Fox or lords Giey and Grenville, that the justice, policy and humanity of (he abolition bill were so impressed on his conviction, that he could not support any ministers that wouid not mssiat him iu carrying it inUi effecu" 7 ? ? , It is%eH known that Mr. Wtibt-rforce and lijis friends in parliament were n body or party distinct from the ministerial p*rty in the time of Pht, as Well as from theop?r positionists. They formed a third party ; and although not strong enough to carry any measure of their own, or sufficiently powerful* to present a formidable front of opposition, yet they were of sufficient force to be of consequence to either the mini*** vterial or opposition bench on any great Quest ron,,by throwing their Votes in either one sc.aie or the vtfcer/Thtis, a* Judge Thorpe says, if Mr YVftberfotce&ad been M sincere as Iris apeeches would make us believe he, had frequently, within SO years, an opportunity of making the abolition bill a Mine qua ft#o of his ministerial auppoA,' Which, on every important question* was granted by hia party, although the ministry of Pht wasalwuytoppoieil to hi^bfUdi* this interesting Subject. Another thing which proves ttw hisincerity of Mr. Wilberlorce 1 is, that the abolition hill, as it now stands, and the Sierra Leone settlement, as now conducted, has, in no w*y, benefitted the 'Afrimn race, as we sluJl hereafter show , and that Mf. Wilbjrfoicc has never come forward in parliament to display the in jus* ticc and disgace which is yet committed, and to call the feelings of parliament to its I reconsideration, and to make more efficient resolves for evils whioh he knows to be existing. The British seefn to be recruiting their naval force on the lakts* lair Robert Hall - ia coming out fcoaMtngtaul to feke m f commaikh Most of the mei-chatit j men which arrived at Quebec Were deprived of theljr crew* in consequence & th? high price coffered to tctmien fer toe. govern ment service on the lakes. Ar the Mon treal of 60 guns la now Out upon Up On tario, We shall be afole to judge now far k their ponduct upon lake* Erie is In consott ancc with the wishes of governiftefit. Albany Jirfu*. *. j ->? f 'US'' * '' ~*om t/UwttMqmr ^ The alarming account' of tfia of crops, which appeal hi almu.? newspaper in the U* Stales J should evesy; farmer not Otiiy Wrle verjr provident of what lie has raised* hut to use every exertion as ^far * as potaible to procure supplies for .the next spftug and summer Permit file through your useTul paper, to recommend to them to sow la age quanti ties of Rye? and early in the spytftg to plant large quantities of Irish Potatoes. Perhanjg^Lqpt too late, Turnips might an>w*r*to 1ie^s out?and to those who are not in thethaMTof planting Pease among their Coin, let me recommend the planting the earlier kinds of field peas in their com fields ; which will not only aaists, as a sub<tti*ute tor corn, but are found to be a great enrichet of the earth. The expedition of the patriots, it seems, was directed against Matagorda on the Gnlph of Mexico, and not against Pensa cyla* , The possession of that place ena bles thepi to keep up trad* uud intercourse | with the United Staves, tic and must I have a bene heal effect on their iuiure ope I rations in that important country. . f A Y. Col . I Latest Foreign Articles. j By arrivals at New-York. ^IMPORTANT. By the arrivat~of the ship Remittance, J capt. UobcrUi, at this port in 42 days from I Cadis* we learn, that the Carthagcnian ! privateers had fairly blockaded thai port, I and had made several captures of specie, I to an amount, they say near three millions .1 of dolUus. A secret despath had been Te- ; ! ceived at Cadiz commanding an instant J press of soldiers and sailors, rumours h*v 1 mg been spread about that the emperor of J Austria had determined to restore Charles J the 4th, and Maria Louisa, his queen, to 4-lluc throned S{>a??u - ? - ? r 1 ...-.Xhis m.iy fur the marriage? -of - I the king and the mfanta, Don Carlos being I broken off. F ranny c>4 the adorable Ferdinand to go be I yond their mark? he outstrips ' them in I deeds of honor and- Intolerance. We I really believed that they have always been ? I ashamed of him, but Dpw are compelled 1 to show it. The deposition of that tyrant ' I will be a ftal benefit to humanity and civi I Iization- At ail events South American I liberty will acquire nkw vigorfmm the suc I cess of their marines ?*. ~ykuocuier ; Ctrnsiiicrahle difficulty has ai^>4n among j iTkt allies, in Consequence of the exhausted 1 state ol the French trcasurfv Lord Wel I Union's visit to London, was relative to I this point. The French said vthe trpops J 1 must be withdrawn, or else England must I pay for them. IMPORTANT FROM CADIZ. Capt. Roberts, from Cadiz has favoured us with Che following interesting articles : ? Cabiz, Juty 3T4. A privateer called the Congress, com maiivied by a man named Alnseda, belong ing to Baltimore, under ihe flag of the In surgents of South America, has been off this place for 25 or 30 days, and has made, by report, 24 prizes, tb^ value of which is variously stated from800,000 tog3, 000,000. in the last 5 or 6 days 5 more privateers hate made their appearance. On the ?5td, one of them, an hermaphrodite brig, attacked u ship bound to this place, and then within sight of the city; and after re ceiving and giving One fiVe, sheered off. The ship had 3 killed and 6 wounded: A mong the killed was-altefut.col.of artillery, * passenger fnom Havamva, Who received a ahot while in the act of putting fire to his. gun. Jt is supposed , the privateer lost many persons* as the ship fired a broadside into ner as she Was in the act of boarding, when" rtieftn mediately sheered off. There Was another ship in sight at the time . There are 3 shies ef the Beet from Havan^ na now missing. . . Mr, Erving* the American minister, baa arrived at Madrid, buj^ha* had no interview with the king, as his majesty his gone to the baths, about 40 miles distant Madrid, for the benefit of liis health* ' On Monday 2000 troops entered the city and on that night began to impress for the army^?-They got 800 men. The troops arrived tinder sealed orders, to be opened if It o'clock on ^fondtiy. It ie supposed that similar orders have been forwarded to aH other parts x>f the kingdom.' Then? are many cooiectures to r what pilrpoge these troops MtTsisitv^i It is taftjttt tlie em t pet or of Austria has dcclfrt^rtn favouvtof L Cbartes ttafe 4th, tad that he is deteritttMM to put him on the throOeW Spain. ?? I here was an )inpreaemeM for sailors ?v 44 daf s ago, whefr " Sio 500 meft* + . . 1 There Is one 74, * frigate* and I brig fruizmg (iff for the privateers* g Nfw-Yokk, September 15. 2 The Boston mail has Just arrived, and brings an interesting letter fom mir friend which we have not. time to transcribe* |W , , . r/T h, frolntiibraltae for Profldence, in a nklng state i took off the crew. Capt. S. AkArofll Gibraltar Aug. 14. Lord Kx mouth's ittusdron had arrived at GtbraUar, and was wlKing for transports with troops to go against Algiers. The dutch scjuad I ron was also at Gibrmltar. The U. S. ship Washington the J*va and Erie arived at Naples about the middle of July, the for mer in 5 days from Gibraltar. Mr. Gibbs the American consul at Palermo, had fail* ed for 600,000/. sterling, and oo the 17th July, put a period to his exisl^ce. The remainder of the American squadron were daily expected at Naples. It was believed Mr. Pinkney would ef fect tliWobject of his mission, in recover ing theNoropcrty sequestered under the reign of Tbey WijaW not be able to pay at prclfcnt, but ;rfoul?l probably ack nowledge the o^t. Seventeen AlJ^rine vessels were taken at Sardinia* by i oK^OO peasants. Charleston^ Sspt. q . FROM H A VAN N A. By the^ehooner Antelope, arriv- ~ ed here on Saturday evening, in 5 days from Havana, we learn, thac the inhabitants ot C uba were ripe for revolt. Parties were said to be for ming -in different quarters of the fsi- - and ; and an organized opposition to the authority of Ferdinand was daily expected. It was also rumored, when the Antelope sailed, that 2000 men, under the command of a popular General, were about to land upon the island, and attack the city of Havana. How far these rlimors are to be relied upon, we cannot say; but it has been long known that a strung feeling bf discontent against the mother country exists in- Cuba; and the rcpfcrtedacte m pt to shutthc ports of the ftland, may have blown thesfc discontents into a flame, BRITISH WEST-INDIES. We have seen lerters from Barba does to the 9th Aug. which mention that troops Were sailing from all the islands for Jamaica, where an insur rection of th t shves was cxpected. Boston, Septemljer la. Capt. Eaton, from Fort Koyat, (Mart.) reporisthat while at Martinique, a French .ship arrived from Havre bound to Guajda rioiipe, but did not proceed on her way inconsequence of the plague being in that island. . Thc'last advices received at Martinique stated tl>a| it had ragld.to such a degree that half the inhabitants were swejH off no business was transacted. The Fr. IVi Aug. from the Saints' and was 10 suil in one or two days for France. The Frenah troops were datly expected at Martinique, to take possession of the island! 8c the British preparing to leave, ? ^ * . * ' -K> . - * . . v . Shocking jtccidrnt.?Vfe have the follow ing particulars from a gentleman from Middlebury, Schoharie county A gen tleman ?nd lady unknown? travelling m * chaise, from some part #f the western dis trict, to Kgigaton, Ne*-York, the horaa became frigti*en#di*Mkr Middle bur fch, aue the lady in *Hampttag to jump out, was unfortunately killed on the spot, the gentle ' mars^everely wounded, and th$ hoi ae after running a abort distance Jell and expired. The accident occurred on tha 1 ItU inst.? C'aukiU Ret. 29th uli., J THE D1JU1DS. y The Druids of ancient Britaiu, Md an opinion, that the Iife4>fa man, either in sicknem or in war. could not be secured, unless another Mnradjui "his and according p>fllfi|ttplni6n(in all such case* they either offered. men in sacrifice, or vowed to do so, after their deliv ery. They considered murderers, thieves robbers^ and other crimin als, as die most acceptable sacrifice l^to their Gods ; bur when these were, not to be found, innocent persons often suffered. The manner. in which these sacrifices were made, was noc more barbarous, than thircx^tom is strange and unaccountable, in its Jrjrjn, ? They %ade a stiRje, or im age, of a man of cnornwngi propofi tionl*tlic limbs of which* consisted E' ^gs, woven "together after the her of basket -Work i the wji&le - ' victims andM^p^t fire. Sammes, in his Antiquities of Ancient- Britain supposes tnftt these .figures wei$ in tended to represent the Phenicuns, a gigantick race Of men, to whom the Druid/ were long subjected, and whom they thus intended to hold up to scorn and derision, / in de testation of the slavery, which they once endurad under them. But this does not appear to be a very satis factory eJtplarfaiion of the custom. It would be strange, indeed, if they sacrificed their innocent country men, merely to show the detestation i, in which they held the memory of ' their former masters. Is the mod ern custom of burning effigies to be drive^l from this Uruuhcal cere mony?