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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCILMTS of ENGLAND [fluting to The EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said 'COMPANY, appointed to be held at this House on Wensesnav, the 27th instant, is made SPECIAL, (Sr the purpose of sub mitting, for Confirmation, the Resolution of the General Court of the ttist of June, approving the Resolution of the Court of Di rectors of the 5d of May last, providing that Captain Bliscnan, of the Madras establishment, upon his resigning the Military Ser vice, in order that he may continue to act as Mabratta Translator to the Tanjore Commissioners In England, in which capacity he * receives a salary of £632 10s. per Annum, shall be granted, upon the Terms and Conditionit therein stated, a continuance of that Salary'for Life; and further providing, that whenever the period shall artive at which, if Captain Micaam. had continued in the Military Service, be would have succeeded to the Command of a Regiment, and a Share of Off-reckonings, the said Salary of £682 10s. per Annum shall be increased from that date to .€1,050 per Annum for Life. Copy of the Resolution before-mentioned, together with the Documents upon which it has been formed, are open for tbe in 'spectiou of the Proprietors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR BUILDINO A SEA WALL, AND ALSO A PIER AT LEITH. NAVY OFFICE, September 25, 1826. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS - T MINERS of hit MAIESTY's NAVY do hereby give Noelm ThPt en THUILIMAY, the 16th of November next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Person: as May be willing to Contract for performing the several Works requisite in erecting and completely finishing a SEA WALL ; And also a PIER, To extend from the Western End of his Majesty's New Ni 44 Establishment about to be formed adjoining the Docks at Leith. Drawings and Specifications of the Works, together with a Fora of the Tender, may be seen at this Office, and at the Office of the Naval Officer at Leith. No. T e nder will be received after One o'Clock an the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for him, weeds. Every Trader must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsible Persons engaging to-.become bound with the Person tendering, in the Sum of 4:12,000, for the due performance of the Contract. BY WARRANT of the LORDS of the TREASURY, ALL LOTTERIES END FOR EVER, WEDNESDAY, 111th Next Month (Oct.) T AND J. SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors, beg to U • remind the Public, that the only Opportunity that will ever be offered to gain an Independent Fortune for a few Pounds, is now before them. The Scheme contains a greater Number of Ca pitals of Sterling Magnitude than was ever known before, being— SIX PRIZES OF £30,000! No Blanks! every 'Ticket a Prize! forming the unequalled ag. gregate of £389,000! AU in One Day! %mummy, 18th of Neat Nenth (October), then AU Lotteries Sod for Ever ! Tickets and Shares are Selling by J. and J. &yews/sone, Con tractors, 37, CornhiU ; 11, Holborn ; and 38, Haymarket, who Shared and Sold No. 12,478, a Prize of £30,000! No. 8,813, a Prize of £21,055! And in the very last Lottery, • No. 1,783, a Prize of £21,000, 3,925, a Prize of £21,000. JEOPARDY AND ESCAPE; OR, SWINDLING INGENUITY. IN Brussels, where priz'd is the durable fame Of WAR22/1 9 111 ire BLACICING. a fir Lady came, In splendid array, to a Mercer's shop door, And purchas'd of silks a most valuable store The tradesman then ent'ring, with grateful expansion, Her carriage, her crib to receive at her mansion. Arriv'd. for a moment the Lady retied, The drawing-room suite while the Mercer admied ; At last his companions return when invoking— " She's gone!" said a servant, with coolness provoking, " What, gone !" cried the Mercer, " gone off with my silks ! So thus then it is that a tradesman she bilks! 44 Tbh is not ber mansion r Ob, no, Sir," " Whose then?' " Be calm," said the servant, ° your wildness restrain, " And know that from Reason Derangement to wile him, " You now are confined in a Maniac Asylum !" The Mercer, ward in a pair of bright Boots, Now rav'd 'glut the female of swindling pursuits; " Yes. yes, I am mad," be eaclalat'd, " and my brain " Shall never ha wonted serenity gain !" fib feelings of fury now mounted so high, That measures proceeding at once to apply • Of rigid coercion. the keepers then saw Their shades in the JET of nnrivall'd eclat ; And fled, as they stood, with amazement aghast, To freedom the imputed lunatic pass d! Oh, fortunate event, the swindler was trae'd, And thus the rich silks in the shop were repLeed. The 'fiercer adverts to the chance with much glee, That set him from duress and jeopardy free ; • In Brussels while Taste and high Fashion are backing The wizard of incident, Wannan's Jet BLACEINa! This Buy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by aie,)te. SO, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, ed. 10d. 12d. and lad. each.. Also PASTE BLACKING, in Pots, 6d. 12d. and IBd. each. I A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four Is. BottJes of Liquid. g:r Ask for WARREN'. Blatitins. This day was published, Octavo, price Ss. boarded in silk, A WORD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MECH A N ICS' INSTITUTES. Be It. BURNET. PUblished by Hunt and Clarke, Tavidoek-street, Covent-garden. This day was published, In Three Vols. !vial Igrno. 245. boards, TRUTH; a NOVEL. By the AUTHOR of NOTHING. In fee Vol Bvo. price 14s. boards, NOTES of a JOURNEY through FRANCE and Italy. " I' the world's volume, Our Britain seems as of it, but not in it ; In a great pool, a swan's nest. Pr'ythee think There's livers out of Britain."—Orwannta. Published by Hunt and Clarke, Tavistock-street FOREIGN LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES, LITTLE 06E4 AND RAFFLES. Lortaat Durres, Sostaaser-rtaca, him' 19, 11126. r _OTTER IES being finally to cease on the .18th day 11 of OCTOBER next, Notice is hereby Oven, that the Laws against the Sale, or Advertising for Sale, of Foreign Lottery Tickets, and of any Lottery Tickets not authorlied by Parlia ment ; and against Little Goes and Private Lotteries, will be strictly enforced. It is requested that the outstanding Prizes may be brought in for Payment with the least possible delay, that the Lottery Accounts may be closed. Numbers of 'Pickets and Shares may be Registered, and their fates may be ascenained, by application at this OHice. L. HESSE. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, AND. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, Rao arm-stair; Lormort. Established 1806. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. THR DUKE OF RUTLAND, THE 111 A RQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, KARL GREY, LORD KING, Ste. &c. &c. Dniactoas. J. T. Barber Beaumont, Ea* Sir S. B. Mariam!, Bart. Francis Cont, Fag. Hon. Thomas Parker. Sir George Duckett, Bart. William Pried, Riq. Sir John tlaringtou 4 Bart. General ShraputU. Hon. Frederick Dothan. Sir William E. Welby, Bart. Sir Richard King, Bart. Sir Robert Wilson. -• &e. dcc. &c. Carvrata—A MILLION StRRLING AND UPWARDS. THE Profits are divided amongst those who no w JL Insure, as well as the original Members, in just proportion to their respective payments. In the Fins Orrice, Rrruaws, during the last Thirteen Years, to the amouut of £52,000, have been paid to all Persons who have continued Insured Seven Years, upon ANNUAL as well as Septen nial Policies, and whether they hav e b een S u ff o r o th erw is e . In the tre - Orrice, Bonuses of "13 as. and se26 121. per Cent. have been divided doting the last Fourteen Years.—Another Septennial Dividend will take place next year, in which those who now Insure will participate. Mllitary Men are not charged additional. unless called into ac tual service. Persons are at liberty to pass and repass to the Continent, under limitations, without License and extra Premium. 1 Persons removing to unhealthy climates, or subjet to bodily In firmities, may be insured. If any Person die by Suicide, Duelling, or the Hands of Justice the full value which his Policy bore on the day previous to the time of his Death will be paid. No admission Fees arc required, nor is any Charlie made for Polities, except she Stamp Duty. PERSIA. We lay before our readers the following interesting and important communication from Persia. Its accuracy may be relied upon : SULTANIA, Jv 2s. By the last Tartar I gave you an account of Prince Menzikoff's mission to the date of his departure for Sul tania. You will be astonished to hear, the fair prospect we then hed of a final arrangement between this Court and Russia are now nearly at an end, and there is every probability of immediate hostilities; but, threatening as the appearances are, so perfectly unprepared is this Court for a contest of such magnitude, as well as the natural pacific disposition of the King, I cannot believe there will be war, till I actually hear of an action be. tween their troops. Abbas Mirza, with his usual deceit and want of sta. bility of character, made all at Tab' iez suppose be was in reality desirous of peace ; but, obliged to assume a contrary appearance since his arrival here, he has not only been the most active instigator of war, but the iris.. mediate cause of the present impolitic and premature proceedings. Alisar Khan and Sied Mahomed, the Mushtakeid of Kubela, have been the principal cause of this change. They represented to him how much he would gain in the opinion of all Mahomedans, if he became the champion of their religion, and the loss of Character he must sustain by refusing to aid his brethren of Kara Bang, Shekey, and Shirwan, now groaning under an infidel yoke, which they were unable longer to bear. The enthusiasm of the people had been much excited by suppliants and letters from these provinces, complaining of the daily outrages they suffered from the Russians, and the Persian army had only to appear, when a general insurrection would take place. Abbas Mirza is accused of having, in the first in stance, excited this spirit, which neither he nor his fa ther is now able to controul. The King was, and is, most anxious to maintain peace ; but having pledged himself either to obtain the restitution of Goukeha, or declare war, he is afraid to retract. A proposal was made to Prince Menzikoff, that the land in question should remain unoccupied, till such time as a reference was made to the Emperor, during which period he might visit the frontier, and report himself on the points in dispute. To this he replied, his instructions had been founded on the proposals made by Abbas Mirz regarding an exchange of some lands of greater value in Kara Bang, Mogan, and Talish ; but since the King did not confirm this proceeding, he was willing to await a reference, but could not evacuate a place they had occupied for twelve years, by permission, and which, from the constant intrigues of the Surdar of Erivan, would compromise the safety of twelve thousand fa milies of their Mahomedan subjects. He afterwards agreed that the Persians should also have a detachment in the same place, and that the stay of the Russians dui ing the next two months should not be considered to give them any additional claim to its posse.sion. This was not accepted, and Abbas Mirza sent for Mr. Am burger, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, of whom he took leave, and stated his intention of proceeding to the frontier and expelling the Russians from his dominions; at the same time troops have been sent in d;fferent di. rections, with the ostensible object of invading the Rus. sian territories. They may certainly do much mischief, by a sudden irruption into the country,while theAmbas sador is still here, and the Russians ignorant of the ex istence of war, but its ultimate result cannot be doubt ful. The Russians at the present moment have at least 40,000 regular troops in Georgia, half of whom are dis posable, and these can be augmented at pleasure. Ge. neral Yermoloff is considered the best officer in the Rus sian army, but has certainly done less during his Go. vernment than was to have bean expected from his great character—as a Governor of Georgia, he has much improved the country, but by a number of ha raising regulations: he has rendered the people diAatis he'd with the Russian Government, to which they were once much attached. The Chiefs of the Mahomedan tribes and provinces have, under one pretext or other, been expelled or sent to Russia. But I can say, from having travelled through every part of those countries, the people are richer and less oppressed than in any part of Persia. The dissatisfaction so much exaggerated by the Persians is confined to the Chiefs; the inferior classes, though they complain of the conduct ef the inferior Russian agents, are not disaffected to the Govern ment, except in Kara Bang, where the bad conduct of the Officer commanding, and the licence he allows the troops, have highly exasperated all classes. We under stand here (but I will not answer for the truth), a Rus shim Major and a party of soldiers have been cut to pieces in Shirwan, in consequence of the former having taken some Mahomedan women by force. It is more than probable the precipitate folly of Ab bas Mirza will bring things to a crisis, when it might be avoided. One good will arise from it, by leaving the British Government perfectly free in the conduct they may think proper to pursue ; the forcible occupation of Goukeha is an aggression on the part of Russia. Hos tilities will have been commenced by Persia ; besides Prince Menzikoff's couriers have been detained at Eri. van, and numerous letters from Abbas Mirza, exciting the inhabitants of the Mahomedan provinces to revolt, have been intercepted. What good result can be ex pected from a war condpcted by so weak a character as the Prince Royal, or any of the chiefs who now corn mand.the Persian troops ? With the exception of the new regiment of guards, none of the Azudbekin troops have even been assembled since 1822: at the present moment they are deficient in every necessary eq.rip ment, and he has long ceased to have any European officer in his service. The preient Russian Ambassador has had the good fortune cr conduct while not grar•ting a single point, to gain the personal goodwill of every individual with whom he has been engaged, and has she. n temper be yond human nature. A few days ago, the Kcem Ma kam entered his tent, pretending great fatigue, ani saying he could hardly get through the troops who were marching to the frontier; and in a few days lie hoped to tell him that Kara Bang was in the possession of Persia. He merely smiled, and aqswered, he was happy to find they had the consideration to leave them in Tiflis dating the winter. His presents have been few, and of small value. Pray excuse this. As usual, I have de layed writing till the packet is closing. All hopes of peace are now at an end. The Envoy left camp this morning. A large Persian force has' entered the Russian territory, to aid the insurgents of Tulish. One hundred Russians have been killed in this place, the aggression clearly on the side of Persia. Ali Yar Khan, the Assadou DJulah, is head of the war fac- ' tion, supported by Abbas Mirza. Before I had finished this• letter, the King had re quested to speak to Prince Menzikoff, and beg him to point out some means of avoiding war, without sacrificing his character. A speech m Ade by a Kara ban Chouse made great noise in camp. He addressed the King (Kishev) — " Man, do you call yourself the King of the Mahomedans, and idly pass your time in the Haram,.when Mussulmen are daily abused by infi dels? I was obliged to look on while five snl• den violated my wife in Kara Bang. I spit at your he rrsl." HAMBURGH PAPERS. Hamburgh Papers to the 23d instant, were received last night. The intelligence of the Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas, was brought to St. Petersburgh on the 9.h. The important event was celebrated there, by a salute of 101 guns, and by public thanksgivings and illuminations. The illuminations are said to have been of the most splendid description ; they %sere ac companied by numerous transparencies and allegorical devices, and the fineness of the weather g4ve additional beauty to the exhibition. As a suitable tribute to the memories of Romanzof, Savarof, Kutusof, and B.irclay de folly,- their names have been given, by order of the Emreror, to four Rr.girnents of the Russian army. Ot the Officers implicated in the mutiny, instigated by Lieutenant-Colonel Mouravief; two, who were the chief accomplices, are condemned to death ; one is degraded and banished to the mines in Siberia ; four are deprived of their rank, and condemned to serve as common soldiers; five, whose youth and inexperience alone seduced them to obey the orders of Mouravief, are to be confined for six months; and one is acquitted. —Prince Kombert Woroneski, who made a false report of the rebel prisoners he had taken, and who returned eighteen rubles, taken from one of the soldiers of the rebel regiment of Tchernigof, is to be put under arrest for three months. The two Officers condemned to death are tb be hanged at the town of Wassilkof, in the pre sence of the 9th division, after having been degraded. The names of those Officers who perished in the skir mish are to be inscribed on the gallows, and their bodies are not to receive Christian burial. The intelligence from Copenhagen, of the 19th, states the rise in the price of corn, and other agricultural proeluce, especially butter. The crop is Norway is said to be on the whole better than last year ; that of Prussia is very defective ; and the Gazette of Konigsberg, of the 15th, contains an address to the merchants, calling on them not to export corn, lest the consequence should be a scat city at home. THE GREEKS. . The Allieneeime Zeitung to the 19th instant, was re ceived last night. An article, dated Smyrna. August 22, states that letters from Alexandria, represent the Pacha's treasury as exhansteil, and that he had signified to the Porte his inability so carry on the contest against Greece any longer. It is further stated, that the troops lying in the camp at Cairo, alarmed at the accounts given of the hardships suffered by the troops serving in the More., had, to the amount of 4,000, deserted, to avoid being sent to Europe. Information from Semlin dated the 9th inst. states that the Pacha of Widdin, who filled the office of Seraskier before Redschid Pacha, had rebelled against the Pwte, and invited the Janissaries to join his standard. Letters from Vienna to the 13th ins•. represent, on the authority of letters from Corfu, that Ibrahim reached Tripolizza at the end of last month, without being mo lested by the Greeks, and that, in - an excursion made by the garrison of that place, on the Ist of Aug. there bad been, according to the accounts in the Napoli Jout nal of the s:h August, some sharp fighting, accompanied with loss on both sides. Athens is still besieged by R schid Pacha, ho has been joined by Omer, Pacha of Negropont, whilst Karaiskaki had marched on the 31st of last month from Napoli with several hundred men to attempt the relief of Athens. It is further said that the Sultan has determined to organise the Albanians as regular troops, and had appointed Sili Pacha, vands , n of the celebrated Ali Pacha, of Janina, to effect that object. The Greeks are represented as extremely anx ious for the arrival of Lord Cochrane, who was hourly expected. It was generally affirmitd that General Pon sonbys Deputy of the Lord High Commissioner, had received orders from Lord Bathurst not to admit L ttal Cochrane into the Islands. It is also said that the for mation of a Zacqutho Cephalonian Corps, as projected by the Government at Napoli, would not be sanctioned by our Government, such a step being contrary to the neutrality observed by the lonian Islands. VIGO BAY COMPANY. Yesterday a Meeting of the Shareholders in this Com pany was held at the Office, in Cooper's-row, Savage Gardens, Captain DICKSON in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN- said, that he had called the Meeting in order to lay before them a full exposition of every thing that had taken place with respect to the enter prise in which they had engaged. About 18 months ago he had been informed by a Galician Gentleman that considerable treasure was lying in vesfels which had been Bonk in Vigo Bay.—FromahP . knowledge andedic aims of his informant he was sa t isfi e d t h a t t h e commu tation he had received upon the subject was perfectlakorrect, and that he would be justified in acting upolt them after making the necessary inquiries. He had put into his hand a letter from a foreign Gentleman, expressing much surprise that the English, who were so enter prizing a people, had never attempted to raise such immense treasure, and referring him to Smollet's His tory of England, horn which extracts were made of a nature calculated to excite expectation. Those extrac stated that several millions of specie were in the gal leons which were sunk upwards of a century ago in the Bay. Ti,is letter he put into the hands of a Gentleman, upon whose judgment and honour he bad the utmost reliance. He called upon the Spanish Ambassador, for the purpose of making a contract with him on the sub ject of the enterprise which he had determined to em bark in. The contract was, that half of the recovered treasure should be given to the Spanish Government.— It had been stated that General Quiroga had sold a cols tract to him but that report was too absurd to deserve any attempt at refutation. It was known to be im possible for Qtairoga to exercise any power of the kind. The contract had been made as publicly as possible. Amongst the thousands of Spaniards who were in London at the time, there was not one wh 3 ventured to contradict that there were immense trea sures in the Bay, but there existed a difference of opinion as to the practicability of raising them.— He stated to the eight Gentlemen above alluded to t e nature of the contract. Before they signed it, he re. quested that Mr. Steele, an intimate friend of his, would examine books, which contained information upon the subject. This information was obtained after consider able research, and it satisfied him that there was a great chance of success. It frequently happened, 'hit b. fore he disposed of the shares in that Company, he was asked what loss might be incurred? and he uni formly replied, that by the purchase of shares from him, the buyer would incur no loss in addition to that which might result from the want of success. Was this, he would ask, ensuring success te those who spe culated ? No ; he certainly never anticipated a failure, but he never spoke positively of success. Several Gen tlemen said, upon joining in the enterprise, 4, We buy shares of you, as we would buy lottery tickets, and lock them up in our desks; they may turn out blanks, and if they turn out prizes, it will be an associable sur prise." It was the fate of the shares that they disappointed his expectations; but was he responsible for the failure? Every thing conspired to give a blight to his hopes, and those who were disappointed might just as well go to Mr. Bish, upon finding that their lottery tickets were drawn blanks, as apply to him for restitution, because they had not drawn prises in the Vigo Bay Company. He never had spoken in a blameable tone of confidence of the chances of success. If he had known, to a dead certainty, that the treasures would be raised, he would have been a fool to sell a single share. For the purpose of arranging the plan, he went to Madrid to see the Minister, and he received the greatest encouragement from that Gentleman, who expressed a confidence that there were great treasures in the Bay. Nobody, in fact, doubted the existence of the treasure, although many spoke of the difficulty of getting at it. One said that the divers never could get through the mud. Indeed, it was the general opinion in Madrid that considerable difficulty would attend the attempt te obtain the treasure, but it was admitted as generally, that if the vessel was got at, the treasure would be explored. —No men could exert themselves more than the crew of the Enterprise bad done, and the eight Gen tlemen who had the management of the Company were equ 4117 assiduous in the performance of their duties.— ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS, a fabricated LETTER, dated PORTS. moUTM, September 22. 1826, and signed " J. EusisTaao," was on Saturday lag received by the blaster of the North and South American Coffee House; this is to give Notice, that ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD will be paid by Mr. Davis., Master of the said Coffee House, to any Person who will give information that shall lead to the discovery of the Writer of the said Letter. The Letter may be seen, on application, at the Bar of the Coffee House.