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1 RUSSIAN LOAN, CONTRACTED IN Mt BY MR. AI. ROTHSCHILD, IN LONDON. NOTICF: is hereby given, that, in conformity with the Contract of the above-mentioned Loan, there have ' DEPOSITED in the hands of GEORGE BENIEHAUSI.. Esq. Consul-General of his Majesty the Emperor of All theßeadas. at London; in the presence of Mr. N. M. Rothschild and John Venn, Notary Public, 181 BONDS, amounting to SU, sterling, or 217,920 silver rubles, which BONDS were Cl CELLED for account of the Imperial Russian Sinking Ft delivered to the said George lienkhausen, Esq. for the purpose being transmitted to the proper authorities at St. Petersburg. The following are the numbers of the 181 Bonds cancelled :. . „ 4111 h atit N. is . ••••••••„_____ 11 1 il. , '''. , I;, t IENs 9114 0 - \V• t? • . \ .111111 7 .---. '-• •<- P-: . 0 , 7 ; /"/ I ll, i n ‘• 0 00) Norltros Moan! _____, cat illir " 3 7o* and, and zois' so , .1.• • zys as 'of spicuous; there are few Jews, and no Chrisdans, except accidental travellers. Mr. 4sas 'AY i Special ;Numbers Amount in Rubles. 720 720 720 Amount inPounds Sterling. Letter. B A " General INtanbers N°- 13,455. Letter. General ;Numbers. Special klumbers 40172 40340 40427 40487 40489 40492 40493 40494 42940 42621 32662 36342 5512 10698: 10785 10938 10941 1 2706 16272 16273 16496 43181 THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1830. PJW'E 7D. Amount Amount Sterling. TRISTAN DA CUNHA. Extract from a Journal kept by a Gentleman, Pas senger on board the Triton, on a voyage from Leith to Sydney, New South Wales:— " Wednesday, 15th April, 1829. " Off Tristan de, Cunha. "This island was discovered by the Dutch, and for many years known only I suppose by holding a place in the general chart. It was at one time taken possession of by an American, who styled himself Jeremiah the Ist, but whether he found its limits too small to support his Majesty, or thought it degrading for royalty to culti vate the ground, by which means alone he could subsist, I know not, but he soon abandoned it, and I believe it remained so till Buonaparte was sent to St. Helena. It was then taken possession of by the British. One of the present inhabitants is named Glass, a native of Kelso in Scotland, (who by his companions is styled Governor) was a sol dier in the artillery, and requested permission to remain, which was complied with. At the time of the British abandoning it, he was joined by a sailor; they had both wives, and have now several chil dren. Another man with his wife from the Cape joined them ; terwanls three men, left there by ships, took up their residence on the island as settlers. They sent to St. Helena for wives, and another man servant for the governor. They all arrived by the first conveyance, and were married in due form. All are now apparently happy and comfortable, being in all increased to seven men, six women, and nineteen children. " mom the ship we had a beautiful view of the island. It ap. pears about fifteen miles in circumference, rising all round perpen. dicular, with the exception of the place where the inhabitants have fixed their abode. The height of the highest mountain I esti. mate at 13000 feet, double the height of the highest mountain in Scotland. There appears to have been a volcano on the island at one time, from the great quantity of lava strewed about it, but we were told that on the top of the mountain there was now a pool of water. On our landing we were met by the children, whose good breeding even in this desolate place surprised us. They conducted us into the garden, but being winter time and no crop on the ground there was little to be seen. We next proceeded to pay our respects to the Governor, who met us at the door of his mansion, and invited us in to partake of such refreshments as he had to bestow. He has a great number of cattle, and numerous flocks of sheep, with swine and poultry of all kinds. The ladies and children were clean and neatly dressed ; the houses clean and very comfortable. There is a beautiful stream of water runs through the village, which, even in the heat of summer, affords sufficient drink for the cattle and any' ships that may call there for supplies. When not engaged in agri., cultural pursuits they go a whaleing. They have a number of fine boats on the island. At one time there was a gun-brig wrecked here, and 30 to 40 of the crew having perished, in the church-yard a monument marks the plate where they lie. Since the administra tion of Governor Glass, an East Indiaman, called the Blendenhall, was lost upon Inaccessible (a neighbouring rock), and nearly 50 persons scot upon the island, being there nearly two months; and, after suffering the rnost dreadful privations, they constructed a raft or rude boot, and got to this island, where the present inhabitants, after great exertions, succeeded in getting all the others rescued from their pitiful situation. They fed them for nearly ten weeks, until they were relieved by a ship who took them away. and so much were the inhabitants put about to supply the additional number, that they had to kill even the breeding stock to keep them alive ; and yet for this act of humanity does the Governor and friends stand to this day unrewarded and unpaid, notwithstanding he has got an agent at the Cape of Good Hope, who has represented the ease home." 111 A SCAT. News having arrived of the accidental burning of the greater part of Mascat, and as the knowledge of this place is rather limited, we present an extract from a work written by Vincenzo Maurizi, the History of Seyd Said, the Sultan of Mascat, which includes an ample and particular description of the place : The city of Mescal, his (the Sultans) residence, is situated upon a promontory, extending some distance into the sea, in 23 deg. 32 min. north lat. and being surrounded by rocky and lofty mountains, which reflect the rays of a burning sun, the heat is very troublesome to the inhabitants, and still more so to foreigners who are unaccus tomed to it. For a particular account of the weather, I beg leave to refer my readers to a meteorological table at the end of the work ; but to give a more lively idea of the effects of the climate, I cannot avoid relating a circumstance which fell under my own observation :—An Arab had been kllkd by the blow of a mbre, which laid open his brain, and on examining the wound it appeared that the dues mater was completely divided ; and this membrane was so coarse and hard, that it resembled the sole of a slipper, a pheno. :moon so extraordinary that I can only attribute to the powerful in fluence of the solar rays. The Arabs of this province never cover their heads at any period of the year, excepting only the chiefs, the merchants, and a few of the citizens of /ducat. A few Bedoweens, Beduini, or Bedu, also wear the fes, which is so generally used in otherparts of the East. As the heat is so excessive, the Sultan and some principal chiefs visit Bores in the months of June and July, in order to enjoy a more agreeable temperature than the city affords. " The port of Masat is circular, and is formed by an islet about an Italian mile in circumference, hich is immediately opposite the city, and renders the &chomp very secure ; some wells in the neigh. bourhood afford a supply of excellent water; vegetables and fruit also abound ; the latter consists of date, lemons, oranges, &c. Poultry are reared in large quantities, the cattle are numerous, and to be bought very cheaply. The sea abed' plenty of fish, which, together with rice and dates, form the chief sustenance of the inhabitants; and the surplus of the former, extraordinary as it may appear, prin. cipally supports their oxen, cows, and other cattle. If the master of a ship is desious of havhig the very best water, he should fill his casks at some wells about a mile inland ; although that of the, &TM (which is furnished by the Government) is very tolerable, since the Sultan has caused a canal to be dug, which conveys it to the beach. Upon the whole, there is no place so well provided with this first necessary in the Gulf of Persia, a circumstance which has, perhaps, mainly contributed to its commercial superiority. " The shores of the Mascatian territory abound with an infinite number of shellfish of fine flavour and beautiful shells, a great por. tion of whice are constantly found without inhabitants; they arc ' , often dragged up from the bottom of the sea, where the brilliant va. riety of their colours render them conspicuous at a considerable depth, for the water Is as clear as crystal. When the sky was un. clouded, during the absence of the moon, I have found the nights almost as light as when that luminary, in European countries, shines in all her splendour, from the brightness of the stars, and 'the coruscation of the waves, on whose bosom each planet and constellation was painted in its original glory : to this may be added, that the sea universally abounds with many tubes of phosphorescent animals. The lofty rocks which surround the port of Illaecit are totally without vegetable covering, except • few stunted bushes ; yet foxes, called talep by the Arabs, are found an the island which forms its entrance; these animals can have no means of sustenance, except the fish they may chance to catch; water there is none but what remain in the crevices of the rocks after rain, but this must be an uncommon resource, as sometimes not a shower falls during a whole year; in that case, therefore, the blood of the fish can be the only liquid within their reach. " The greater part of Mascat is well built of stone, and when 1 left it, Seyd Said was busily erecting a handsome pal ace in the style of European architecture; which, when completed. will form an agreeable contrast with the more ancient pan of the town. A church, built by the Portuguese in 1630, in still in existence ; in appearance it resembles a monastery, and serves as a place of judi. cature. The present name, Ri Grata, is doubtless corrupted from the Pot tuguese Egreja, which signifies church. " Seyd Said has surrounded his capital with a thin wall, but the barrier of steep rocks which nature has formed, and on which watch towers are erected, and sentries constantly placed, afford it a much more secure protection. Two old Portuguese castles defend the port, of which one is formidable from Its size and advantageous situation on the summit of a peninsulated rock; the largest is called by the Arabs, Nlaranee, or Mcrani, and the smaller, Jelalee, or perhaps these names may bear some resemblance to the urigiral appe llations. There are also two batteries erected by the Arabs. ,4 The population of Block is considerable, though its exact amount is uncertain from the constant influx of foreigners, pro. ductti by its extensive trade ; the merchants are numerous, some of them possessing capitals 0f11,000,000 of dollars; among the citizens arc 4,600 Bantams, or Benlani, whose industry Is particularly con. " In the want of a correct data, I shall not probably exceed the reality by stating the number of inhabitants in 1802, to have been near 69,000. The common dress is a cloak of white linen or fine muslin, with a turban to cover the bead, but such expensive articles can only be afforded by those in good cir cumstances; eke poor here, as in the greater part of Arabia, are half naked; and it h a general custom among them .o wear a leathern girdle which keeps their rags together; this ligature is so tight, that it forms a cicatrice on the skin of the and saves to hold paper, an inkstand, a knife; in short, what. ever they possess ; for an Arab, like another Diogenes, usually car. rice all his worth upon his person. The women seldom wear veils, except the wives of the Seks, who imitate the general dress of the Oriental ladies, and the richer class of courtesans from Persia, and other countries, who swarm in this capital, and are considered one most beautiful women of Homan. The municipal administration of Masai is directly superintended by Seyd Said himself, or in his absence by some of his nearest re. lations ; and the ,police resembles that of other Oriental cities, iu being absolutely despotic, and often directed by superstition and caprice ; however, the property of individuals is generally safe, and particularly of Europeans, on account of the respect in which the English are held : notwithstanding that the Arabs dete4t the Franks, and are often laying plots against them, the traveller will sometimes meet with instances of great ftiendship when he most stands in need of assistance. " In this country, exposed to a burning sun, totally without amusement, and seeing no specimen of the ' human face divine' but the brown sombre countenance of the Arab, a stranger suffers a de gree of melancholy, which often at length affects his health, as the reader will perceive from my own experience in another part of this work." S. IL 217,920 SkLE BY AUCTION. NORRIS CASTLE. ISLE OF WIGHT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr, JOHN ROBINS. (Of Warwick House, Regent Street,) At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change-alley, Cornb A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE; comprising THE MAGNIFICENT RESIDENCE 01 THE Late Right Honourable Lord How Sarmoun, • NORRIS CASTLE, EAST COWES. ISLE OF WIGHT; Seated on a bo'd Eminence, sloping to the Sea, and richly studded by fine grown Timber, commanding Extensive and highly Picturesque LAND and SEA VIEWS, Spithead, Southampton Water, the Needles, Ike. THE CASTLE Is adapted for the Accommodation of A NOBLEMAN or FAMILY of the very FIRST DISTINCTION; Planned with Suites of Elegant. Spacious, and Lofty Apart menu, fitted up in good taste. with numerous Bed Mambas and Dressing Rooms, and all requisite DOMMIC Oilces, suitable for such an Establishment. C •ACH HOUSE and EXTENSIVE STABLING, BA ILI FFS HOUSE, FARM-YARD, and all necessary AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, GARDEN Walled•in, Pinellas, &c. •ND ABOUT ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY-FOUR ACRES Of line Sent GRASS LAND, enclosed by &one Walls, and An ENTRANCE LODGE, with PADDOCK for HORSES. Oa the Seaside, is a Beautiful TERRACE WALK, Nearly a Mile In extent, dose to tolieb J. LARGEST VESSELS MAY LAY. AT 01It r/ID A CAPITAL BATHING-HOUSE, Fitted up with Hot and Cold. Baths, And at the other end a Stone quay, or Landing-place. The situation Rinds unrivalled, soil presents a Residence of Use first importance and .greatest attraction ' distant One Mile from East Covits, and Five Miles from Newport. Immediate Possession may be bad. About SIX HUNDRED ACRES of LAND may be bed, if required, divided into Eligible Farms, ON THE BANKS OF THE MEDINA. Particulars and orders of admission may be had of Mesors.Bewell, Hearn, and Sewell, Solicitors, Newport, Isla of Wight; and of Mr. Rosins, No. 1 70, Regent-street, London. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY for producing beautiful TEETH. ROWLA ND'S ODONTO; or, PEARLY DENTIFRICE. The high and important character this Powder has obtained from some of the most eminent of the Faculty, has induced Mews. ROWLAND to offer it to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public at large, as a truly efficient Powder, composed of ingredients the most pure and race, selected from Eastern soil, and possessing extraordi. nary powers in completely eradicating all deleterious matter from Its corroding Seat, and realising A BEAUTIFUL SET OF PEARLY TEETH, and sustains them and the Gums in original purity to the latest period of life. War ranted innocent. Price 2s. 9d. per Box, Duty included. The Genuine bas the Name and Address on the Government Stamp, " A. ROWLAND and SON,' 20, flatten Garden." Sold by them, and most respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders throughout the World. Also, ROWLAND'S ALSANA EXTRACT, Which has for many years been highly esteemed. It immediately relieves the most violent Tooth-ache, Gum-boils, Swelled Face, &c. It Is also an excellent Stomachic, in cases of Flatulency, Spasmodic Affection', &c. and gives instantaneous relief. P►ice 2s. 2d.-41. 6d.—and 10s. 6d. per Bottle. The Genuine has the Name and Address engraved on the Go. vetnment Stamp, A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, HATTON-GARDEN. And is sold by them and most Perfumers and Medicine Venders. AREAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.—Th ere i s not, perhaps, in the whole Materla Medica, any one remedy which so effectually relieves the pain of a suffering patient as th AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing tortures into which a lovely infant is often convulsed during the period of dentition, without feeling sympathy for its sufferings? and who would hesitate to procu., a remedy. when a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief' afforded in so many distressing cues which are daily coming to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON? Therefore, Mothers ought never to be without the AMF.RIrAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery ; for if a Child awakes in the night with pain, by only robbing the gums with a kw drops of the Syrup, it will immedi ately open the pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and convullons ; for 41004 it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest hopes. To be had, Wholesale and Retail, of Johnson and Co. No. 28, York-place, City-road ; and. by their appointment, of all princi pal Medicine Vendors in Town and Country, at Ys. 94. per bottle. N. B. None are genuine, unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnson's own band writing, as there are several spurious sorts. LETTER FROM PARIS. Time flies rapidly, and our Ministry must at last resolve upon taking some definite course. From the contradictory reports winch prevail, it may be concluded that the question of the dissolution nr re-assembling of the present Chamber is still in debate. With ro majority In the electoral Colleges—with none in the prorogued Chamber—still, to maintain himself Minister, is the problem which M. de Polignac seems determined to resolve. The replies of the prefects are nut satisfactory. The reckoning bas been made, and the party is found to be weak,—weak in now here, and still more so in talents and influence. Every thing tends to prove that the new elections will produce a more powerful oppo sition than the present. Does any one suppose that they can ha ir.- fluenced, after the disappointment 31. de Villele experienced, in the height of his power, armed with the censorship, and surrounded by an admini►tration the more devoted to him because it shared the general conviction, that the favour enjoyed by its head was unchangeable? Monsieur de Villele had, besides, given proof of capacity, and the persons in power were very far from wishing to see him removed. But now a constitutional majority Itas become the opposition. It acts powerfully upon France ; the press is tree. energetic, and itnlefattgable, and the law of the 2d of July, 11128. will scarcely allow fraud to be practised unperceived or unpunished. in the production of the electoral lie a. The Ministry is without credit or character; Its reputation for incapacity is universal, awl its counter-revolutionary views are publicly exposed. It is in op. position with almost every class of persona, and now at last with the very journals which served for its echoes and organs. No one reckons on its stability. It will perish by legal order ; its th , i 1 will be inflicted by constitutional authority, and Al. de Villele be found to be right in having considered his adversary Polignac's recourse to election as the certain means of his destruction. A new Chamber will give occasion to a new King's speech, and a new address ; and to the confirmation of the powers of the 430 de puties. This will afford a glorious opportunity fur junking com plaints, disclosures, and accusations. By preserving the present Chamber, all these embarrassing circunistmees would be avoided. And what is to be gained by a new election ? On the most flatter ing view only a Chamber lake the present, but in all prohability a Chamber much more hostile. Our Ministers are in a narrow defile, with no exit open fur their renege. They can neither advance, nor maintain their present groand, and they do not choose to retire ! What must result from such a state of things ? An inevitable crisis, and events of serious character. It is stated that M. de Polgtias and his august blaster ate inclined to recall the disgraced Chamber. The deputies of the right, and especially of the right centre, are afraid of having a grew. number of their friends left in the lurch by a dissolution. Ou the other hand, it appears that the question is about to be complicated by the state of our foreign affairs. The King of Spain, by abo lishing the Salic law in his kingdoms, has overturned the whole work of Louis XIV. and that measure is, in fact, a bullet dirscied against the House of Bourbon in France The expedition against Algiers keeps the policy of the different Cabinets of Europe on the watch, and suggests to many of them combinations conformable with their respective interests. This expedition, which the Ministers think necessary to conciliate that popularity, the want of which they too late begin to feel, tends on the contrary to sow discontent in the departments, which groan under the weight of the imposts, without seeing any prospect of approach ing relief. Misery is at its height, especially in the southern pro vinces. The fall in the priced* wines and spirits has reduced to dis tress the landowners and wine proprietors. Our manufacturers work at a loss ; the capitalists, from want of any thing better to do, crowd about the Exchange, creasing the appearance of prosperity, which has no real foundation. The expedition to Africa is prepared with unheard-of extravagance. The money raised Is enormous, and all the preparatory details attest an expense surpassing the most libels! calculation. The public functioned's are discouraged. The instructions addressed to them, and w6ich seem to render them responsible for the issue of the election., have placed them in the most painful situation. The last changes which have been made in the superior administration are universally censured. M. de Polignac washes his hands of them, and throws the blame on his colleagues. The Ministry cannot reckon on the devoted concurrence of those who are placed under its direction, who now will not compromise themselves for the sake of men whose fall they look upon as a law of necessity. The dismissal of 11. de Lew Dicre, Prefect of the blayenne, and of M. de Beaumont, Prefect of the Doubt, has disgusted even the most devoted Royalists. It appears that they were both sacri ficed to the demands of the Congregation, which so successfully turned to advantage the hatred inspired against t he honourable members of the Defection,whidi is composed of members of the right and of the centre-right, who joined the left against the administra tion of Al. de Villele, when they thought he was hurrying the too. narchy on to new dangers. M. de Beaumont had to struggle against the Archbishop of Besancon, M. de Bohan, a fanatical and ambi tious young prelate, but that able officer and faithful servant of the House of Bourbon was sacrificed to the intrigues of the priesthood. You will allow that this is a singular method of attaching to the Ministry the functionaries of the State, and of giving them cha racter and authority. But the acts of our present saviours of the monarchy are as fatrti as their inaction. They cannot advance a step without stumbling, write the most simple statement without compromising themselves even with their own pensioners, or act without committing some piece of awkwardness. The review which took place before the King last Thursday, in the Champ de Man, was magnificent.--- Every species of military pomp was put in requisition on the ores. shun. The troops were in superb condition, and WWI clothed. The spectators were very numerous : but an expressive silence prevailed in place of the acclamations which generally burst Ruth at the pre sence of the Monarch and his family. Prince Leopold has been very well received at court, and by our princes; but his presence creates little sensation among the public, which, however, does hint justice and ado owledges his good quali. tin. He owes his elevation so Polignac 'e poKey,—a policy which Francs will never adopt as hers. It is not beyond my purpose to re mark what strange anomalies are produced by the influence of an odious party. and the ambitious calculation tithe priests. One would have thought, that on the return of the emelt at di nasty, men belonging to illustrious families, contem eous with its elevation and increase of power, would have ass at the head at affairs. People were pleased to think that the Hoventment, joining the tali ms which appeared dur ing our civil troubles, with the splendour of names &Reedy historical, would have surrounded itself with the most honourable and most able characters. Such, however, is rot the case. Is a Keeper of the Seals wanted P He is not sought for among the descendants of our great magistrates, —among the children of the Moles, of the La moignons, or of the Seguiers, or of the d'Aguesseaus. Neither is it Rum the wise framers of our codes that the heed of the judicial order is chosen. It is not to the great talents of our bar that are decreed the honour of the simar ; but orders are sent to lierdeaux to hunt for a bullying advocate, without character, an d whose his tory is already too full of scandalous exploits. Soon will moil. than one magistrate sitting upon the Fleuis-de-Lis have to fold his rob:. round his head to conceal the blush of indignation which will flush his countenance on hearing the unexpected name of their chief. Our worthies of the ancient regime revive again in their chil dren. For the last 25 years the greatest generals have been formed in the school of war and victory. Clever officers have signalised themselves by suceesses which have reflected upon them a part of the glory of our arms. Where is a Minister of War or a Gtueral in.Chief now sought for ? Read thg tolls of the ancient army, %loch perished at Waterloo, and then ser whether the national honour ought not to consider itself inanity+ We live in a time when mer. of the greatest talents render back to science and to letter% that splendour which they have first received from them. But if adircetor of public instruction is wanted, debut suppose that he will be chosen from those illustrious prisons. All at once a champion of absolutism will strut out from his obscurity at the hat, and his claim will be stronger than all others. The Administratioi DAY AND MARTIN'S BLACKING. THIS inestimable Compositio n , w ith h a lf t h e usua l labour, produces a most briWant Jet Black, fully equal to the highest Japan Varnish, affords peculiar nourishment to the leather —will nut soil :he finest linen—is perfectly free from any un pleasant 'well, and will retain its virtues in any climate. Sold Wholesale at the MANUFACTORY, 97, HIG H -HOL BORN. And Retail tbrouihout the Kingdom, in Bottles, Pots, and Tin Boxes at 6d. is. and Is. Id. each. t 1 B 181