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M.4R1.1 FOOTE. If half thy outward graces had been placed About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart I" SIIAISPEAIII. the was ever a creature who merited the sympathy of the la, it is Maria Foote ! . 6 , 3 wa s ever a with who deserved its commiseration, it is her bec u rt narrative of the causes which have led to the condition of 'te e an d the unhappiness of the other, may not be without its i,„( e rects on fathers, mothers, and daughters. %twat 28 year s ago, an actor came to Plymouth by the name of (his real name being Foote): he was of a respectable fa foo Salisbury , his brother being at that time a clergyman st^ o a t on a visit to his brother, he met the sister of his bro ., o de, a young creature about seventeen, just from a boarding ; tote disgrace of all parties, they persuaded this in. ~g bOinting4Cllool girl to marry a man 23 years older than - w it He returned to Plymouth with his wife, a sweet innocent la country town% actors are considered profligate people ; 1 g t hough the young Creature had been educated as a lady, and m urk more of one than most of the other females in the town, rou e f oo oly paid her the least attention. She was considered an ted& man whom nobody respected—and notwithstanding the hole town was interested in her appearance, pity was the predo. inset feeling whenever she appeared. ;m a ted comparatively by one see, she naturally enough mew herself into the soctLity of the other nd certainly, in inmout h, ha good htunnur, fascinating mann e r s ) ong silken hair, • white his and feather, made prodigious havoc among the young oats of the town. Her husband was too apathetic to care who flirted about with his ve t provided he was released foam the trouble, and left her too ften after the first burst of passion was cooled. Thus, without ng vicious. her natural gaiety deadened all sense of discretion -11%4 being shatnzfully alighted by the world without a cause, the became indignant, and indifferent to its opinion. Iler old 'hus band, finding that she was nut visited, began to neglect her himself, instead, as he ought to have done, of paying her double attention, and seekingto soothe and console an ill-used woman, whose feelings had never been injured till she sacrificed her youth anti bee pree. pM_ s to hint. The produce of this ill-sorted union wu Maria Foote. who was A i n, brought up timid scenes little calculated to strengthen the sense of propricty, thematic lure, or domestic happiness. Irma that weariness of wind, which in momenta of quiet con stantly presses the heart of a slighted woman, a desire for relief, which was denied he: in the suc:ety of her ova sex to the degree she deserved, urged the mother to take refuge nightly in the theatre. Duly and hourly seeing, hearing, and talking of little else but the theatre, as might have been expected, a wish to become an loess got possession of her mind. She went on her husband's stage just as bee innocent ch il d was becoming open to impressions ; hod mut Maria Foote, the present subject of public sympathy, was i n i t i a ted, with the most innocent feelings, to undervalue those 'i m am proprieties and delicacies of female character, which add an resistible charm to the most beautiful, as they grace and soften 'Mt mos abandoned, woman. When Maria was twelve years of age, her Mother was so far lost to all delicacy of mind, and her Father so utterly insensible to all ' the duties of a Father, that he suffered this only daughter to act Jelitt to the Romeo of his wife ! The town was disgusted—thoroughly disgusted—and whatever claims he had before to the notice of some private friends, to whom his manners as a gentleman ever made him welcome, they were now considered forfeited for ever. Front this moment, a sort of reckless indifference seemed to pos. eras the whole family. Nothing came amiss , so that money was the consequence; and under the impression of making it, Foote, who was brought up a gentleman, and whose wife had been edu cated u a lady. took a public inn, lost his wife's fortune, became the dupe of villains, and was ruined. Maria was at this time a most fascinating girl, and having suc ceeded in an experiment on a London audience, obtained an en gagement st Covent-garden theatre. To those who know nothing of a theatre, it may be new to tell them, that as interesting girl is in the jaws of ruin who enters it as an actress, unless watched and protected by her family and friends with die scrutiny of Argus, without his divosition to fall asleep. Constantly . exposed to the gaze of men--inthuning a hundred heads and agitating 'thousand hearts, if she be as Maria was, fascinating and amiable—surrounded by old wretches as dressers, who are the constant conveyers of letters, and sonnets, and notes, and flattery— dauled by the thunders of public applause, and softened by the incense of a thousand sighs, breathed audibly from the front of the pit or the stage.boxes—associating in the green-room with licensed married strumpets, because she must not be affected ! Or supping oa the stage, after the curtain is dropped, with titled infamy or gray-headed lechery !—let the reader fancy an innocent girl, from a country town, plunged at once into this furnace of depravity—let him fancy her Father sanctioning her by his indifference or helping her by his example, and then let him say, if she be ultimately seduced and abandoned, whether it ought not to be a wonder she ass innocent so long! In spite of an education that never ch.rished the best feelinge of "child, Maria has yet a sounder understanding than her parents; sad it is the conviction of the writer, that she will by its exercise regain It last her station in society. It is manifest, front her letters, that she begins to perceive the folly of wishing to appear vicious wfaidat actual vice—of being familiar with title, however the Ireart4l. &grscas it—she begins to perceive that selfishness, ingratitude, hypocrisy, indifference to the opinion of the best rart of sociity, sulfate desertion of old friends when the most has been made of thno—a love of dash and splendor, in preference to virtue and Suitt--are not, after all, the surest, or the more certain, or the most honourable methods of obtaining the respect of oneself or of society, sad generally inflict on the practisets a double portion of disgrace mid offering. For her seducer's heartless treatment of her during her distress fug pcegnancy, no punishment can ever be a sufficient lnflictio. A emit pessionate, ardent, endeared lover. certainly, to stay from his beloved nine months out of every year during the five she was his:—that is, 45 months out of 60—thus spending, out of 60 months.ls in her arms. Noble creature ! Romeo was a log to such a lover ! To those who are acquainted with the conduct of the old gentle man for the last 30 years in Devonshire. the history of the pulmo miry complaint, the 'slanton gun, the six weeks at Thal!, the mean ness, the heartless ingratitude to Mayne, were exceedingly enter tilting. There is Namely a friend living, or a family dead, that being not treated with the dirtiest selfishness, whatever were his obligations—spunging till he was insulted, lying till he was disco. vend, puffing till he was the butt of the town. The people of Ply. mouth can relate a thousand instances of this description. Berkeley's shrewdness soon saw that lie should have no authority if such parents were not kept at a distance, and he was right ; but Hits loved this girl, why did he not at once marry her and take her bon) them ? The influence of a husband would soon have correct. ed all her insensibility to appearances when pernicious examples were removed !—Leaminer. ELOPEMENTS. s One of those melancholy and distressing occurrences which we have latterly too frequent instances of, has, we are concerned to state, taken place within a few days in the town of Enniscortliy, and has plunged a highly respectable and hitherto happy family into the deepest affliction. The wife of a most respectable medical gentleman, Doctor S—, of that town, having left her home under his im remien that shic was about to see her mother, Mrs. B—, of Itatbilruni, who has been a long time in a pre carious state of health, was met, according to previous ar rangerrent, by a person named B—, a baker, in the town of Arkh te, with whom she spent two days in Ferns, and the following night proceeded to her mother's house. The situation of It ir unhappy husband and family, on leareing this (I:stressing event, beggars description. This truly unfortunate lady is now with her own family—there are tIC.) chil.lnit to witness the degradation of, until this event, a Teri and affectienate mother. There has been a fiat issued a,;:tt: tt B---, and to which, we learn, he has given bail. It will undergo a legal investigation at the next Assizes for Wicklow.—Dalia *Journal. The London Papers have given several versions (many et . them not true) of the elopement of the daughter, aged of a respectable gentleman in this county. Capt. Gore is the person's name who is said to have been rusti cating an inmate at a farm-house called Plowden Hall, near Bishop':; Castle. lady was captured from Lud low on the marka-day, and the party changed horses at e lien Inn, in this town, where inquiries were made by aptain respecting a box (of plate) which he expected I . ont London. Ile received it ; it was buckled to the car- Laze, and they departed. Shortly after this, a person fron t Messrs. !tendril, eminent gohlsiniths in London, ar- Lred—a clue bring obtained, lie reached Liverpool, and arra:v.:one:lts brink made by the police, the gentleman vas rla.!;tii to on a subject its which the goldsmiths in 1 . 91 M. 1 1 were materially int-rested ; aed about the same tune tit.: fair fugitive, is another part of the town, was also visited by a friend, but remonstrances were vain. A Ma:jsterial investigation took place, and a prompt mea sure. Laving ' , termed the valuable objects of the goldsmiths 11 , n "t7, the gay Lothario was left at liberty to join the ''' 11 )!"1 roine. On their arrival in London, the lady's re• , -!iv(s Lad an interview with her. The result we have heed.—Shreteibury Chronicle. ---•— - - Since the result of the trial, Foote v. Hayne, bets have I lieettlic evict that Mr. Hayne will not stand trial at the 1 " xl Devizes Sessions ; that be will either forfeit his (190/. in all) or traverse. Of this we are assured, thal he has not condescended to endeavour to etfect a coin- Pr rn4a. with the poor butler.—Deri -, :es Gazette. A innrmil of Saxony announces, that, at the last fair of . 'Ne, a Bible of the Elzevir ediLion was sold for 42,000 Chron. ~, ~-~. NEW STATE CARRIAGE FOR THE SING OF PORTUGAL. There has been making, durlng the past year, at the manufactory of Messrs. Bushnell, Ilormeywill, and Co., in Berner's-street, a very splendid state carriage for the King of Portugal. It is built much in the style of our King's private state carriage. It has been finished within these few days, and has attracted the attention of many foreigners of distinction, and of the nubility and gentry. The state harness, for eight horses, to correspond, is exhibited in the same show room, the ornaments of which are of highly finished workmanship, made of a composition of metals, which has the appearance of gold. To give it full effect, a wooden horse is placed in front of the carriage, painted bay colour, with a black tail and mane, and fully caparisoned. The following is a brief description of the carriage, on which the first-rate artists have been employed :-- The body of' the coach is of rich crimson, the royal arms, crown, &c. emblazoned in a painted mantle, on the front, back, side, and centre panels; the four corner panels represent the arms, surmounted by the regal crown, supported by military and naval trophies; the bot tom of the whole entwined by a well-executed garland of flowers. The upper parts of the coach are of fine plate glass, which is encircled with a rich painted bordering of flowers and figure'. The top of the roof is ornamented with handsome richly carved and gilded bracelets, which support the crown and cushion ; the four lamps (one at each corner) are of rich gilt chased work and cut glass, and each surmounted by the royal crown. The inside trimming is of costly crimson silk, and figured silk lace, and has every appearance of being gold. On the inside centre of the roof is placed the Order of Christ, the princi pal Portuguese Order, in gold and silver embroidery. The hammer-cloth is very superb; it is made of the most costly materials, viz. crimson silk velvet, gold lace, and fringe; the sides and back represent, in gold and silver embroidery, the same subject as the panels. The coach box is supported from the carriage by four dragons, carved in a masterly manner. The figures which protect the footman's cushion correspond with the above. Time royal supporters are dragons, and are in uniion with the last mentioned figures. To make the Portuguese State Equipage completely English, Mr. Milton, the horse-dealer, was engaged during the past year to select suitable horses, and he has succeeded in selecting twelve beautiful bays, which have lately sailed from England to Portugal, under the charge of English grooms. ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH, FLEET'-STREET. Until the dissolution of Monisteries, by Henry the patronage of this church was with the Abbot and Con vent of Westminster, then a Rectory and afterwards a Vi carage ; Edward the Sixth revoked this, but Queen Mary again restored it to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster, and Queen Elizabeth (in the second year of her reign) con firmed the Dean and Chapter in their rights, and it still remains in their poss.•ssion. The year of its foundation is uncertain, but, as three Rectors are found before 1362, it must have been very ancient; it suffered by the fire in 1666, and was rebuilt in the year 1680, from the design of that chaste and elegant architect Sir Christopher Wren, a circumstance that cannot but establish its character as of the highest order of modern architecture. Memorandum—ln the year of our Lord 1703, the new Spire of the steeple of St. Bridgztt, alias Bride's, London, was finished in this beautiful' form it now spears in—Sir C. Wren being principall Architect; Mr. Wm. Dick enson, his Under Surveyer ; Mr. Samuel Fulks, Mason; Peter Birch, D.D., being Minister; Mr. Francis Stan nerd, Curate; Mr. Benj. Tostlale, Mr. Samuele Turner, being Churchwardens; Mr. William Brag, Foreman to the Mason; Stephen Rose Paul, Clerk; Job Davis, Sexton. Ye first stone was layed on the 4th day of October, 1701, and was finished and the wether-cocke was put up on the 3d day of September, 1703, it being in height 234 feet six inches from the surface of ye earth to ve top of the cross, ye wether-cocks from ye dart to ye ems is 6 feet 4 inches. THE ARML A General Court-martial assembled on Thursday last, at Albany Barracks, in the Isle of Wight, for the trial of such prisoners as should be brought before it • Colonel Baird, President; Lieutenant Blair, of the Buff s, Deputy Judge Advocate. The undermentioned services, due the 24th ult. will be in the course of payment on the 18th instant, viz. General Officers' Unattached l'ay ; Widows' Pensions; Royal ' Bounty. GENERAL JOIN LESLIE CUMING. The late General the Hon. John Leslie Coming entered the service on the 22d July, 1778, as an Ensign in the Grenadier Guards ; was appointed, on the 22d May, 1781, Lieutenant and Captain ; and obtained, on the 25th April, 1793, the rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel. He was made, on the 4th May, 1801, S 3 Major ; was appointed, on the 21st August, 1801, 21 Major; and, on the 16th April, 1804, Ist Major. He was appointed, on the 21st of October, 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel; and Co lonel in the Army, on the Sil May, 1796. He obtained, on the 29th of A pril, 1802, the rank of Major-General; was appointed, on the 25th of April, 1808, Lieutenant-General ; and was advanced, on the 12th of August, 1819, to the rank of General. The 30th, 47th, 39th and 67th, Regiments, which were some tince ordered to proceed home, from India, are now to remain in that country, and each Regiment completed to 1,000 men. The 69th Regiment having been relieved, will return home. An epidemle fever, but of no very dangerous nature, seems raging in India. Medical men have attempted in this case, as they did when the cholera first made its appearance, to give some satisfactory account of the cause of this visita tion ; but, as in the case alluded to, they have totally failed. In Calcutta, we can only say, that much of the fever which annually appears during the rains, arises solely from want of attention on the part of the police to the cleanliness of the city. When the late Mr. Elliot bad charge of that department, comparatively little fever was to be met with; but since that peried it has been much more common, and at its first commencement can always be traced along the houses which border upon the common sewer, rich in the filth of eight ine.nths aecumula:lon.—Telescope. The harinory which prevails between the masters and workmen in tfis metropolis affords a striking contrast to these districts where dissentions are continually occurring. 'Whether this eitcumstance is to be attributed to a more liberal polici on the part of the London masters, or to local causes, it is equally observable. As en instance of the good feeling which thus exists, we notice the annual custom observed by many Loudon manufacturers and mechanics of entertaining their operazi ves at this sewn with a cheerful re past. On Saturday Messrs. Baxter and Paine gave a dinner to upwards of 160 men in their employ on their extensive premises in Long-acre, and they engaged several profes sional gentlemen to contribute to the entertainment of the day. These are better ways of preserving a good under standing between master and man than all the Combination Laws in the world. The Irish Papers speak of an intended riot as we speak of an intended entertainment. The Limerick Clirimicle of Wednesday says—" A. dangerous riot is expected at Kilmeedy on Friday. the police have received information of the intended outrage, and will be on the alert to pre serve the peace." Saturday se'nnight, the following notice was posted near the guard-room of Newcastle: — NEWCASTLE PROTESTANTS ! lam sorry to tell you that the year twenty.tifth, 1625, is corning on. (Sir,mcd) GEN. JOHN ROCK. If any body traces this down, let him have his coffin ready. A dreadful accident occurred on Tuesday, at the mann- ' factory of Messrs. 0. NVillatis awl Sons. at llolbeck, near Leeds. A boy of the name of Thomas Sykes, about 12 or 14 years of age, whilst employed in cleaning a lamp, suf fend a piece of canvass to wrap round a shaft. In the endeavour to get it off, his apron or jacket became entangled in the canvass, and he was immediately lifted off his legs, and revolved with the shaft for some time before the engine could be stopped. When extricated, it was found that his left arm and both thighs wcrcbroken, and his head was also cut, but not dangerously. Ile was promptly car rial to the Infirmary, and we are happy to say that, not withstanding the extent of injuries, he is likely to recover. THE BRITISH PRESS: ; EMIGRATION OF A COI.OP►T OP CATER PILLARS. [Front a tow in Prosenee, published to dm Edinburgh Journal of Science.) In scrambling over one of the arid coteaux above Tolo nai, the beautiful summer residence of our worthy old friend, Matslial Comte Gallifct, I was attracted by the ma:. noeuvres of a troop of emigrating insects, which amused me very much. It is very easy to attribute the sin gular economy in the actions of the insect world to the mere influence of instinct, as the governing principle of every living thing below the scale of reason; but we must either extend the meaning of that word beyond the mere actions of an involuntary impulse, or find it fall short of explain ing much of what may be observed in the operations even of that lowest tribe.of er,atures. We readily lavish our ad miration on the wonderful arrangements of some tribes, whose operations may be more particularly exposed to our scrutiny, but ibis may arise fully more from our deficiency of observation or opportunity, than from the inferiority of one class to another in the marvellous nature of their opera tions. Wherever our observation penetrates in the wide field of nature, we shall not want cause for wonder or mo tives for diffidence in the limited extent of our own facul- ties. It is admitted that instinct may account for their proceedings so long as they remain uninterrupted by op position, but what must we call that species of intelligence that instantly proceeds to remedy, if practicable, any un foreseen accident that may interrupt their proceedings? I observed, what appeared to me a very slender snake, writhing across my path, which, but for the un usual season for these reptiles to appear, I should, no doubt, have passed unheeded. Upon examination, towever, it turned out to , be the orderly emigration of a colony of large caterpillars. They were proceedin assiduously along the rocky path, in a line of march by single files. and so close that they appeared to have a hold each of his neighbour's tail, and the continued wave formed by their motion had a very singular effect. The stony surface of the path ren dered their progress exceedingly tortuous, and inter rupted by much climbing over stones, as they seemed in general more disposed to go over the top of a stone than round its base. When such obstacles omit red, the march, notwithstanding, did not sustain the slightest derangement, as no troops could mark time with greater precision and pa tience than the rear of the line, while the front was en: gaged in climbing over any obstacle, or the leader had stopped to examine the difficulty; the front, in their turn, tarrying until the rear hail succeeded in surmounting the obstruction which the front had just passed. They were twenty-two in number, and nearly of the same else ' • except one, considerably larger than the rest, whose place was exactly in the centre of the line. The leader, on the con trary, was rather smaller than any of the rest. A large precipitous stone was in their way ; the leader reared up, moving his head from side to side, as if gazing at it, or willing to reach some corner ; and leading his troop round, he frequently performed the same examination, until they reached a small bush, round the stem of which he ascend ed, the iong line following with perfect confidence, and by means of a branch of the bush, they attained footing on the stone. Traversing the stone; the opposite side of which was quite precipitous and pretty high, it became uncommonly inter esting to see how this intelligent general would proceed. He examined with accuracy, trying every possible break, during which time the main body remained patiently waiting, and without making the slightest attempt to assist in the exami nation, which their leader conducted with much activity and solicitude. At length, having ascertained the pass to be quite impracticable, he resolved upon a counter-march, which was instantly performed with the most surprising regularity ; for the whole line in succession advanced to the wheeling point on the brink before they turned, per forming the evolution with as perfect precision as the best trained troops, the advancing and retreating lines passing close alongside side of each other, and even climbing the same twig, while the front line descended without confusion, passing even over each other's bodies without interruption or hesitation. Having completed their descent in the same manner as they had mounted, a new line of direction was taken, which however was very soon moat alarmingly interrupte d by the arrival of a woman leading an assloaded with brush-wood, of which some branches trailed along the path. After the passage of this formidable assailant, I returned with some anxiety to examine the state of my colony, and found that they had suffered materially from the disaster, and were thrown into the greatest confusion. The line of march had been broken ; a considerable body still followed the leader with a quickened pace ; others, united in parties of three and four, regularly keeping their :position in the rear of each other while their temporary conductor sought, with evident anxiety, to find out the main body, hastening first on one side and then to the other. A good many were scattered singly and much distressed, seemingly uncertain how to proceed. I took each of them up in their turn, and with a view to ascertain the range of their vision, placed them at different distances from the main body, with their heads turned towards it, and I found that they uniformly remained quite unconscious oF its presence, until placed within halt an inch of each other. They then approached with evident eagerness, anti were readily admitted into the line, by the rear halting until they had taken their places. I put one of these stragglers in front, with his tail to the leader's bead, but he pertinaciously refused the honour of conducting the line; a considerable sensation seemed to be communicated through the whole body at this attempt at usurpation, of which they seemed to become aware, but by what means I could not discern. As soon as this forced usurper was at liberty, he turned round to the leader, who repulsed him with vigour, and bit at him ; upon which he retreated hurriedly along the line, constantly trying to get into his place, but was bit at by every one as he ran the gauntlet, till at last a good-natured friend permitted him to join the line. I then took out the large one, who was obviously a stupid fellow, when the rear immediately closed up the breach. I placed him at the head, and used every inducement to make him take the lead, but in vain. He seemed much confused by the hearty buffets given to him by the active little Buonaparte whom I wished him to sup plant, so that he probably would have failed in regaining his place, had I not given him some assistance out of sympathy, for the distress my experiment had occasioned hint. Ile seemed delighted to get into his place again; but was so much confused by the adventure, that he mis took the first sharp turn the line came to, and threw the whole rear into confusion. They broke their line, and much consternation and bustle ensued, until each ha d re placed his head close to his neighbour's tail. I now took up their leader, obviously less, though mere active and intelligent than the rest, when the alarm instantly spread over the whole line. I expected the second to take the command, but he seemed the most distressed of any, and eagerly sought about from side to side, and in his per ' plexity he turned quite round, as if consulting with his follower. The hesitation and confusion was now universal. Various parties broke off as the impression reached the rear, and sought anxiously about, returning again to the line. Having replaced the leader at their head, lie instantly took the command,advancing wi.h confidence, and conducting the whole line in perfect order. When I now interrupted their march, the main body no longer exhibited their former anxiety and impatience when the leader was removed, but seemed to wait with perfect composure anti confidence, until the obstruction W 33 overcome, which the leader used every means and ingenuity to accomplish. It did not oc cur to me till I had left these amusing travellers, to try the experiment of placing the leader in the rear, in order to observe how he would bear the degradation, and to ascer tain if the head of the column would have been thereby changed. MURDER AND ROBBElly.—On Wednesday evening last, a young man, a shepherd, belonging to Messrs. Drook, farmers, at Bexhill, was found in a pond, near that place, with his throat cut, and his watch and the little money he had in his packet gone. At the time of the murder the deceased had two dogs with him, one of which, an old one, left the fatal spot and went home howling ; the other re mained at the pond where the body was found. Two brothers, of Bexhill, are in custody, suspected of haring committed the horrid deed. It has been ascertained that the prisoners sold a watch, known to hare belonged to the deceased, to a watchmaker at Bexhill, on the following day, Thursilay.—Drigiton raprr. BRITISH SQUADRON OFF THE COAST OF APRICA. The following is a copy of a letter just received at Ports mouth : DIAVRITIUS, OCT. 10. " His Majesty's ship Andromache, with a Commodore's flag half-mast, returned to this island 27th Sept. after an absence of 1)4 days, and after a passage of 28 days, from the island of Mombasa on the eastern cant of Afri,o having previously run down the weetern ;oast of the Island of Madagascar, visiting the extensive bay of Beinbatooka to meet Radama, King of Madagascar, and his army, consisting of 10,000 men under arms, 4,000 of shorn are clothed.. Each soldier and officer being allowed from one to three slaves, swelled the number engaged in this campaign, for the reduetiou of the King of BembatOoka's territories, to at least twenty-four thousand men, carrying with them four field-pieces. From the want of a Commissariat, officers and soldiers arc compel led to provide for themselves, and these slaves are employed to car ry the chief food, rice. Rattan's got possession of the numerous populated town of Majimga, with no other bloodshed that the spearing to deith the Governor, who alone declined swearing al legiance to him. A force was left of one thousand men, with three pieces of heavy cannon, on the summit of a hill directly command ing the town of Majimga, and commanded by Radama's brother in-law, Prince Rammannantek out of this number no less than 200 were sick of fevers and ulcers. Bethune, with the remainder of the army, were encamped about forty Miles from Majinigs, holding almost daily licittars with the conquered King of Bertha took& In this ramp they had 2.000 sick, and without a medical man attached to the mini. The Andromache passed the Comoros in the Mozambique Channel, and visited the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, belonging to the Imaun of Muscat, sad then proceeded to Mombasa. Lieutenant John James Reitz, of his 31ajt sty's ship Baracouta, and who had been sonic time before appointed by Capt. Gwen, of his Maiesty's ship Leven, Resident and Commandant of this Island, died, with two seamen, of fever (two others were un well), when the folloiing appointments took place, by order of Commodore Nourse. C.B. t-31r. AVilson, Admiralty Midshipman of his Majesty's ship Ariadne, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Baracouta, vice Rein, deceased ; Mr. J. B. Eni!ory. Admiralty Midshipman of his Afajcst)'s ship Espeigle, British Resident and Commandant of Mombasa, with the rank of Lieutenant, vice Reitz; Messrs. J. B. Marsh and F. H. Le 31eaurier, Admiralty Midshipmen of the Andromache, to the rank of Lieutenant, vice Nash and Grant, of the Espeigle, invalided. The Andromache left Mombasa on the 31st August. on the 4th of September, in lat. 3. 33. South, long. 45. 53. Emit, Commodore Joseph Nourse, C.B. died of fever; also, the same day, Lieutenant Archibald Grant, late of the Espetgle ; two days after, Lieutenant .1. U. Westherall, Royal Artillery, passengers on board ' • a few days after, 111 r. 11. Trethury, Admiralty Clerk, the Commodore's Stew ard, and one Marine--all of fever. His Majesty's ships Leven, Baracouta, and Albatross tender, were surveying, the former the Eastern Coast, and the two latter the Western Coast of Madagas. ear, and expected to be at alornbass the latter end of September, and having replenished their provisions (a vessel with provisions bad arrived at Mombass from the Mauritins) and water, they in tend surveying the islands to the Northward of Madagascar—Amu rantes and Sychelles. Two young Midshipmen of the Baracouta, Mr. Samuel Parsons and Mr. E. Boyce, had been assassinated by the natives of Madagascar. The Andromache also gained authentic intelligence of Acting Lieut. C. Brows, of the Leven, promoted for the express purpose of ascending the River Menice for the Capital of Sena, with Mr. Fortin', i Botanist, and Mr. Kirkpatrick, Assistant-Surgeon, having fallen victims to the climate. Had that dire and precarious climate permitted them to have prosecuted their instructions, they were to have proceeded through the heart of the country to Latakoo, where English Mis. sionanes reside—thence to Cape Town. The senior Lieutenant, Luke If. Wray, of the Andromache, had appointed himself Cap tain of the ship. in the room of Commodore Nourse, C.B. and had appointed 31r. T. Evertificld, Mishipmsn of the Andrainache, to the rank of Lieutenant in his stead. The Ariadne, Captain C. R. 'Muorsom, the senior officer on the station, was expected hourly from the Sychelles, which officer would assume the command and hoist his broad-pendant on board the Andromache. The Espeigle, Cap tain Chapman, was also expected in a few days from Mombasa, with Mr. Henry Nourse, the British Consul-General of Zaniibar, on board; Captain Chapman, bring the only Commander on the station, would take the command of the Ariadne; and who would command the Espeigle depended on Commodore Moonom's ar. l i rangement. The W'teard, a Colonial brig, commanded by Liente- nant Maynard, late of the Andromache, was expected with Govern ment specie from Bengal. No intelligence had been gained of his Majesty's late sloop Delight, nor of that amiable and excellent character, Captain Robert Hay, officers, and crew. The body of the deceased Commodore was on board, preserved in spirits, for interment at this island. Lieutenant Smith, of the Royal Navy, had been shot in a duel by a French gentleman Smith was the son of the late Chief Judge of this island, and had been residing here for some titue past." THE SLAVE TRADE. The brig James, Captain Robert Pince, from Bonny, in the Gulph of Guinea, with palm oil, ivory, &c. sailed from Donny about the middle of September, in company with a brig undo. French cofinirs, with about live hundred slaves on board, supposed for the West Indies, anti to be smuggled in these. In the early part of September a French corvette, with 22 guns and a great number of men, about forty of whom were English, sailed from Bonny with upwards of six hundred slaves, for the Isle of Bourbon. Captain P. was informed her captain was an officer in the French navy. A few days before Captain Pince sailed, three fine large first class brigantines arrived at Bonny, from Nantes; they were quite new (their first voyage), and intended to take upwards of GOO There were about 25 slave ships, under French colours, at Bonny, during the time Captain Pince was there, About the time of Captain Pince sailing, Pepple, the King, was going to offer a human sacrifice. The victim selected was a very fine lad, about 18 years of age ; and such was the barbarous igno rance of these poor unenlightened Africans, that this lad was per guided to believe that his sacrifice would be an acceptable offering to the Deity; that he should be instantly received to everlasting rest and happiness, and offered himself to be drowned. Captain Pince Lft Prince's Island on the sth October, in com pany with his Majesty's ship Maidstone, Commodore Bullan, who with his officers and ship's crew, were in good health. On the 3d October the Commodore captured, and then had in tow, a Portuguese brigantine, with about WO slaves, packed under deck, on deck, and hi her boats, and in a situation too horrible fur description ; when captured she was on her passage for the Brazils. She WA, sent for Sierra Leone. Captr.in Pince speaks also in complimentary terms of the de servedly high estimation in which the COMMOtiore is held by all his officers and crew, and alto by the Captains of merchant vessels on the coast of Africa. A most distressing event has taken place at Southampton —A respectable tradesman of the town was very suddenly seized, about a fortnight since, with a violent fit of raving delirium, for which no possible cause could be assigned, but that which gossips are always ready to infer in similar eases—love; but, it appeared rather to be constitutional. He was conveyed to Grove Place with great difficulty, and on Thursday last his earthly sufferings were closed by death. The event has caused some sensation. The de ceased was a young man of athletic and prepossessing ap pearance, and had not long been an inhabitant of the town. Meant: a.—An Inquest was held on the body of Ann Feely, before Mr. Thoroughgood and Mr. Higgins, Coro ners of the county of Meath, at Summer-hill, on Friday, the 24th of December, and continued by adjournment until Monday, the 27th, when it was concluded, and the ver dict given below returned. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased, an extremely well-conducted and interesting young girl, under sixteen lean of age, had travelled from Dublin to near Spring Valley, in the county of Meath, where she was found nntrdered on Thursday, 513t1 11:cem ben, on a dray belonging to a man of the name of Byrne. Another man, Christopher Keegan, travelled en the same dray. Byrne left the unfortunate girl year the town of Summer-hill. Keegan, who had come much out of his way home, followed her, committed a dreadful outrage upon her, and then strangled her. A minute examination of her person, and also of Keegan's, was made by surgeons Clifford and Trotter, who, as well as several other wit nesses, were examined on the Inquest. The Jury, without hesitatitm, returned a verdict—" That Ann Feely came to her death at Spring Valley, in the county of Meath, on the night of the 23d of December instant, by means of the violence and abuse she received from Christopher Keegan, who dreadfully ill-treated, and afterwards strangled her." Keegan was immediately committed to the county gaol. Ilis face was much torn by the nails of the unhappy 7aung girl. His person also betrayed ether marls of the II: ter mined resistance she had made; and the appearance of the victim proved the excessive violence which had been per petrated upon her.—Diehl:n reeman's Journa. 12,478, a Prize of .C 30,000 ; 15.119, a Prize of .C 1,000; and 10,210, a Prize of t2OO ; all drawn on Friday laat, were shared and sold by J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT• The fortu nate Hollers may receive the value of their respective Shares on demand, either at 37, Coruhill; 11, Holborn, or 3S, Haymarket. 111511 AS I. /OVAL !—The Ticket No. 2,478, drawn on Friday the grand Prize of £30,000, was sold by Bish, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross ; who also sold PiTe other Capitals, drawn the same day ; forming, with those sold by him in the dranint ' n of October and November, the most splendid List of Capitals ever sold by one Office keeper within Three Months, eh:. a Prize of r4 2.:4: 0 1 4.00 11011 001 20.0;00 15,301 15,5,41 • . NO And TutRTY minor Parini's ! LIVERPOOL, Dic. 31. Arrived, the Lady Douglas from Aliiford, with cotton; Mar 7:. from M. John's, N. B. with timber ; Greyhound, from Londt , . - tlen7, with linen, &c. ; Jenny, from Newry, whit wbcat, &c. ; Eliza, from Newry ; with butter, be. ; Marquis of Ely, fro o {Wexford, wi;h gram ; Henry 11;11. fron til.tsgow, with sundries Fly, from Dublin, with utile , Matilda, front Prince Edward's Island, with timber. Jax. I—High water Ml minutes past 7—Wind S. and S.S.W. Arrived, the James, Pierce, from Attics ; Wheaton, Ball, from St. Andcro ; Good Intent ; front Newfoundland: During the week, our cotton market has been dull and heavy. Only about 1,200 packages acid, up to yesterday ; but on the stock being ascertained so much lets than expected, considerable speculation took place, and about 4,000 bags were sold in a fen. hours, at an advsoce of to per lb. on American cottons. An nexed you have a statement of the Rot! cotton for the same tim: 1823 aid 1824. In consequence of the prevalence of westerly winch, there arc no less than three American packet ships ready for sea; viz. the Florida. the herds ' and Canada, for New York. The Silas, Richa rds, from New York, got on shore on Fria , y morning to the northward of the Prince's Dock basin, but luta be., got cif this day without much damage, after discharging part Or her cargo. Stock of Cotton as taken the 31st of December each year. IRO: 1824. 11,000 2.300 - - - - 125,100 43,300 24,600 4,600 21,100 3,810 33,100 34,800 Sea Islands Rowed Orleans Alabainas Brazil - . - 7 - 'West Indian and Spanish Sinytna - • - - - Bourbon - Surat - - - . - Madras 1;50 5.)0 . 8,300 4,400 100 110 50 470 8,800 7,100 5:00 788 500 7,250 8,150 261,000 121,000 Peamae since Dec. 1323 - - 140,000 Import of Union into Liverpool. 1823. 1324. Bags. - 680,283 - . 446,042 Decrease in Imports for 1824 - - 134,213 SUGARS. Dolls and Low Brown, 48 to 60 per eat.—Dry Brown SI to Si. —3ll.l;lling 46 to 61.-Good and Sne, 62 to 72. Havannah.—White, 34 to 38 perewt.—Yellow 21 to 20.—Brown, 24 to 2.3. BrasiL--White, 28 to 36.—Yellow 23 to 24.—Brown, 20 to 21. East India.—Brown, (twee).—Yellow, 24 to 16.—W61t0 to 35. .111olanes.-26 to 21. COFFEE. Dutch, Dorninies, Bte.—Ordinary, 114 to kl.—Grand and 6ne ditto, 60 to 65.—Middling 68 to 76.—G00d and fine, 8e to 90, Fine, none. Jatuaim—Ordinary 52 to 56.—Gnod and fine 57 to Rs.—Mid dling, 60 to 80.—Good and tine, 83 to 20.—Fine 92 to 180. at. Domingo.-56 to 57. • Havannah and Itrazil.-50 to 58. Triage.-20 to 50. Cncoa.—flrazil, 40 to 42.—Trinida4, dtr.--80 to 84. Rum.—Jamaica—l6 over proof, Is. Bd. to Is. 9d.—Leeivardi, prnuf, and under Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. riutento.-Bd. to 9d. per lb. Logwood.—Jamaica Bto St. Domingo 8 to ags. per ton. Campeachy 81. 15s. to 91. Funic.—Jamaica, 81. to 91. Cobs 101. to M.—Brazil 4to 81. Ashes—Pott, 39 to 40.—Pcr.ris 39 to 33 64. Rice.—American 16 to 20.—i:ast India, 14 to IR. Cotton.—lttmeds 80. to Itliti.—Ses klands, 1%. 4d. to 11. West India, Bid. to 91d.—Cartbagena 81—Demerara 10d. to 124 d. —Pernonts, I 1 id. to 131:I.—Egyptian 101 to Did.—Orleans, 9d. to 12d. PORTSMOUTH, JAR. 1. The Maidstone captured, on October 3,1, a Portugoese brig, with NO slaves, bound to Brazils. The Aurora arrived at Rio Janeiro, from Valparaiso. fa Erg• land, and the Tweed, from Pernambuco. on the Is. of November. The rtpartiate and Blanche Railed, for the River Plate, November 20. The Alligator arrived at Calcutta July 7th, from Rangoon. The Clinker attired at Halifax, from Newfoundland, on the 29th November. On Wednesday the Ranger, n, Captain Peter Fisher, arrived with seinten front Sheerncsi, and sailed *gain yesterday, to lie ut Shields; the Bramble cutter returned to Plymouth ; the Arrow went on a cruise. The Niemen awl Samarang arc come into har hour to refit. There are no ships of war at Spithead. About 20 sail of metchant ships have reached this aneherage, from the Downr i this week, and remain with about 150 sail of outward-bound ships before noticed. The Romney, Captain Lockyer, is ordered to proceed to Ply:. mouth, to embark the Commissioners going obt to Netrth Moreau Last night arrived the brig Augustus, Crain, front Trcpani, with salt, after 49 days passage. A lettcr from an ofGeer of his illajesty's slap Champion, alluding to the statement made by mit. Plymouth Correspondent last week, says—" Ths Champion availed herself of the opportunity offered by the Orestes having some alteration made in her courses (to make them stand bitter) to increase the size of her's, by the addition of 191 yards more canvas. whieli now makes the Champion's canvas nearly the same size as tie Orestes. limit, so far from the Orestes having gained a single inch to windward of the Champion, our ship absolutely weathered her upwards of tone miles." The Falmouth, Tyne, paimtless, and Morgina, sloops of war t at this port, are ordered to be sold out of the service. Eight ascent and 189 men, for Cape Coast Castle, embarked on ettneaday, in the Finsbury. A communication Las been made to the working classes employed in our Dock-yard, to the followirg effect:—ln consequence of the dissatisfaction expressed by the Artificers of the other Dock-yards, in having to perform, in turn, in ferior work, the Lords Commissieners of the Admiralty have ordered about 376 (which appears to be the number of shipwrights, caulkers, and omiths, who have been rc ;Weed to work as sawyers, scavelmen, and labourers) to be forth with discharged from Plymouth, Sheerness, Chatham, and Deptford Dock-yards; but, as no complaining petition had been forwarded from this (Portsmouth) Yard, their Lord.* ships have directed that none shall be removed. The whole of the men employed at this Yard have, since this official communication has been made, commenced working six. days in the week, instead of five.—Portamou:h Paper. We arc sorry to announce the total wreck of the North Star, of Dumfries, loaded with oats, and bound from West port for Liverpool. The weather was so thick, that the crew had not seen the land for four days ; and, on the tem pestuous morning of the 13th inst. the schooner struck on a reef of rocks, about twelve miles from the island of Co linsa. Here she beat violently for about ten minutes, and then passed over the rocks into smooth water; but by this time her bottom was so much damaged that the crew (tour men and the master) had some difficulty in escaping with their lives. In a small boat, with two oars, they suc ceeded in gaining the above island, where they sold the boat for 30s. as the only mean , of conveying them to note, where they knew they could reckon on money and frienda. Not an atom of property was saved, and the vessel, we be lieve, was net insured.—Dam fries Awrct MORTALITY IN ONE l'AnlTY.—Lately died, at Ely, in the 70th year of his age, of a brain fever, Mr. Wiiliam Orr, many years a aergeant of the Cambridgeshire Militia, but latterly a dealer in earthenware. lie tat a wife and three &Wren to lament his loss, the forircr in a declining state of health, and, according to human da tion, the next in the family that would follow him ; but this poor erea'ure was destined to receive another shock before she left this vale of tears. On the day three weeks following that on whi.:ll her husband died, her younr at child, a fine healthy 61 about eight years old, took a 1. ,, x of opium pills, unobs.rv;il by his mother, frrm t tatle standing by her bedside, and went to school will. them in his pocket. It afterwards appeared he o%reil one to a little boy of his own age, who, not liking the taste of it, pa: it away fre.a his itnutli. flow many the little unfortunate swallowed has not been ascertained, but he was ditcovere.! in the school-room, an hour after the bad ;cl, cold and stiff, and nearly dead ; every means to recover him was used, but witlicut effect, as lie died a few hours after. The shock to the poor invalid mother may he coen-imeel. but cannot be deseribed ! The only ejaeniation she uttered afterwards, and whish was frequently repeated. tvaa " My poor John." On the same day three weeks I , llawinle. Ct the 46th year of her age, her earthly sorrow's ceased, and she was conveyed to that bourne from r; hence there is no return. " Insatiate archer! thrice thy shaft has sped, - and yet not satisfied ! Within a little month front ftis mother's death (on Christmas-day last), her eldest SOW, William, aged nineteen years, a pious, dutiful, and in dustrious son, followed father, brother, and mother to th.. silent grave ! What a havoc has death made in one family In the short space of ten weeks, four are snatched hence ; and the only survivor is a poer frientliss girl, seventeen years of age. Surely she is an object draerving the com miseration and help of her more fortunate fellow -creature,. I 'dependent Prcss. ja,. 2