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JAMAICA PAPERS. vatec a a s ce received Jamaica Papers to the 23d No „Ater ; the following are extracts : KINGSTON, Nov. 22. l a the honnitthble House of Auembly, on Tuesday, %lr. Grist. oe t om, for the purpose of moving for the appointment of a Wm _ace for con sidering of some measure, which s h ou ld show what ; ries li ngs of that house were in respect to the conduct of Paths hothe towards this country. Ile apologized f or h av i ng tan . d"ent at e 7 toksh t hi s tusk ; he had waited in hopes that some more able i t i ca ther would have taken the subject in hand, and he would tr ot willingly resign it, if any Member more competent would undertake it. Ile was afraid that what might be done by the dif foot Committees that had been appointed would not answer the purpom of fully showing the grievances of which the country had to tv „pi a in. Ile was afraid that in the state of the Legislature of this island such measure,' as might be proposed would not be unanimously carried. The House should not lose sight of its t i mid place, when, under similar circumstances, in 1782, a Com. m ime of the House met the Council, and passed a joint Memorial the ging. This course, he thought, should now be adopted. The Hon. 3lember admired the prudence and wisdom with which t he Esenitive had introduced the subject to the House. Ile was desirous that the House should inquire seriously into the pier aces under which the country laboured—to inquire what had been done—and to repel the unblushing attacks upon our character and l a ws. Ile was rot far blinking the question, but to meet it fairly sad fully, and to inquire what was necessary to be done. He s hould have refrained limn stepping forward on the occasion, had ace th ere competent moud in the question, and he would vi tli ag i p. m b ign it ; but he conceived it necessary to bring the matter to issue; and for that purpose moved, " That a t'ommittee s e a ppointed to inquire into, and report to the House, what steps Ire necessary to be taken, in consequence of information received from the writ of this island, of the tiroceedings adopted by the Houscof tominoes and his Majesty s Ministers, in respect to blowy in the British Colonies in the M'est Indies." Mr. Mien seconded the motion, and thought the House skald always proceed by precedent ; and in 1789, when the lin tish Paeliainest were endeavouring to legislate for us, the House asked the Council to join in a remonstrance to the liaise of Com mons. Such was the case then, and he hoped the House would not depart from it. The Honourable Gentleman cited the following manage from the r emonstrance:—` • it is with surprise, equalled only by tau effliction, we learn that certain innovations are pro. jeering in Parliament, which not only threaten injury to all pro- poly throughout the British West Indies, bat, in the eau of many Wividaals, strike altogether at its existence." If then it am thought aeoessary to adopt such proceedings when the abolition of the slave trade was meditated, how much more necessary was it now, when oat: very existence was at stake. The power of legis lating for ourselves was interwoven in the constitution. The motion was carried: and Mr. Iliggin, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. 3lais, Mr. Plummer, and Mr. Robertson, were ap pointed a committee. • • • -• • The Consolidated Slave Bill was read a second time in the House of Assembly yesterday, and ordered to be committed. It intains, us far as we could heir, but few additional provisions in regard to the slave population. It protects the slaves on Mondays from being levied on by the Mersin'', and directs all shops to be shut, and prohibits the erection of booths on Sundays, under a penal:) . of fifty pounds for the first o ff ence, and imprisonment for tie wend. There is a clause to punish the crime of which Simp son say found guilty, but escaped punishment from the inefficiency e: the law. Supervisors of workhouses are restricted from giving more than ten lashes to negroes, except with the authority of a 3lagistrate. Penalties are to be inflicted on persons purchasing clothing (rem negroes. These, we believe, arc the principal ad ditions. It was stated, in several of the newspapers, that Mr. Barrett proposed, In the Committee, to admit the evidence of nigoes in the Courts ot Justice, which is erroneous—the only pro position of the kind was submitted by Mr. Cox ; but not meeting situ the approval of the other Members, he immediately withdrew h. In consequence, however, of the motion of 3lr. Urignon, on Thursday, that the papers, which were submitted to the inspection of the Committee, be laid on the table of the House, much more Ma matter, it is probable, will be introduced into this Dill. Mr. Barrett stated, that the instructions to his Urace the Governor from Lehi Bathurst were put into his hands as Chairman of the Com mittee, to whom they were read, in order to ascertain whether they could adopt any measures upon the suggestions contained therein, when it was determined that no notice should be taken of them. lie had no objection to the production of the papers, but thought that tome substantial reason should be given by the lion. Member why the papers should be laid on the table of the House. Mr. brig:inn did not doubt but th t the Committee, after having heard , these instructions read, had acted wisely and properly in coming to the detamination mentioned by the lion. Chairman ; but as those instructions had thus influenced the Committee, surely it was proper that the Haute should be made acquainted with thew, and, as the Hon. Member had-candidly said that he had no objection to their production, he hoped his motion would be acceded to. It was seconded by Mr. Mais, and carried. Thus these instructions, which the executive gave so much satis faction to the country by withholding, are now fairly before the House, and we sunpect will occasion much discussion, considerably ridonging the Session. the Memorial to the King was being read by the Clerk in the House of Assembly, on Thursday evening, there was a deep silence, both in and outside the bar. It would be indecorous, we presume, at peesent, to give even an outline of its contents.— A nista; Chrwricit.. The House at yesterday, until Monday next. On Monday a meeting of the merchants and other respectable inhabc.ants of this city, took place at the Court-house, to express their opinion of the public character of Commodote Sir E. W. C. It. ()wen ' K.C.B. Th• requisition to the 3layor, and the adver tisement calling the 'peeling haring been read by Mr. Williams, Honour, who was called to the chair, requested, that if any Gentleman had prepared resolutions, he would produce them, when Mr. Maar handed a act, with a letter to the Commodore, winch were 'OW. Mr. Cbrystie propored an amendment, which was adopted, and 31r. Biggar, Mr. Chrystie, Mr. Campbell, Alr. Woodburn, Mr. White, and Mr. Atkinson, were appointed a Committee to present the Address, as also to prepare a suitable inscription far a piece of plate, which was voted to the gallant Commodore. A subscriptioh list was then opened for that purpose, when nearly WI. were inutitvliately subacnbal. We understand that it now exceeds We. In thei)upplemenf to this day's Gazdie we have given an ac count of the alarm which had been excited among the planters of Trinidad. by the promulgation of Earl Bathurst 's instructions to' Sir R. Woodford, the Governor of that island. These refer to those which had been transmitted to Major-General 31urray, the Governor of Demerara (inserted in the first column of this post script) and which, we have learnt from the speech of Mr. Ilam den is the Council of Barbadues, were the primary caused of the recent iMIIIITeCOMIII in that colony. We have printed that part of this despatch in italic, in which this plow Minister speaks of the sense of shame, that ornament And protection of the black female sex ! What a wonderful refinement hes taken place in the ideas of this Noble Lord and of his associates, since the framing of that (Ingesting clause, which was introduced into Mr. Stephene's Re gistry Bill, ' , hereby every owner of slaves would have been com pelled to invert in hie return the marks upon the bodies of every dare, male or female, in whatever part they might have been found, end to which examination we are confident that not one of them would have submitted ! Mut:avow. Nov. 22. The Gloucester, 74, Captain Lill:crap sailed on Tuesday morn• inefie Curie:ma, haring under her charge the Dutch schooner Re vile, which was lately detained sad sent into Port Royal by the Union schooner, 4, - bout. ilenderson, for having a cargo of slaves So board. We understand that Commodore Sir Edward Over 110 %, with great consideration and humanity, directed the male dues to he kept on•hoatti the Gloucester, - and that one deck has kern appropriated entirely to their use. Mr. Wilberforce's sable sitters still remain on boanl•the schooner, an that their nice mo rtis and feeliags will, we feel confident, not be much endangered ►y the contsuntnation of our boncat Jack Tan. , ... Remain in Port ltoyal Harbour the following semi, of war, 2(1, Uaptain E. R. Sibley ; Carnation brig, 111, elpt. E. fibmtlard ; Union schooner, 4, Liebe. H. B. Henderson, ord 4 erapis (broad pendant and convalescent ship), Lieut. U. V. Jackson. Commodore Sir P. Owen has been pleased to direct that the Non sefiooller, 4, Lieut. Henderson, shall sail on the 23.1 for Manrinello dc Cuba, when she will give convoy to welds bound thither. ommodore has also been pleased to direct that the sailing M .he Niemen, 2t, Captain Sibley. shall be postponed till the Bth ' rtaximo, when she will proceed from Port Royal through the Gulf of Florida. The following official letters from Lord Bathurst will be read with interest : Colonial Office, Downing-street, May 28, ULM Sul—l enclose • copy of a letter, which I have this day ail •lresse.l to the Governor of Demerara, and you will not fail to tyll,is Cie direations therein contained, as far as mar be applicable " the Colony under your government, where no public body u i.ts with similar functions to those of the ('oort of Policy. You sill, therefore, prepare the Slave ProprietoN in the Colony uNceyour government to expect, that an Order in Council will be foe the same objects, that the Cour: of Policy are invited in ' instance spontaneously to enforce t and I trust that they 11 1/ disposed, individually and in concert, to anticipate his 31ajoaty's Government. honour to be. Sir, your most obedient servant. (Signed) BATHURST. Woodford, Ban. &c. &c. (ENCLOSURE. REFERRED TO.) Colonial Of f ice, Downing-street, May 24, 11123. the earliest opportunity of communicating to you which were unanimously agreed to by the 'louse the Itith inst. . • and in order that you may better t only the general impression of the House in coming it,oos, but more particularly the principles, which 31ajesty's Oonnininent in proposing them. and inue to guide them in the measures robe adopt NI for of the important objects to which they relate, I the best report that I can procure, although it 'together a correct one, of the:speeeh of Mr. time- ronose, in this despatch, to call your immediate atten "'"Otiects to which that speech refers ; but to confine ne of !hose points, on which I have not found that any opinion exists, and which, being simple in its nature. 'adopted, rix.—An absolute prohibition to inflict the logging, under any circumstances, upon female slaves. The system of meliorating the condition of slaves, to which his 3lajesty's Government stand pledged by these Hesolu titms, cannot better commence than by the adoption of a principle which, by making a distinction of treatment between male and fe male slaves, carrion fail to raise this anybrtimate class generellp above their present degraded keel, and to restore to the female slaves Mat sense of shame, which is at once the ornament and I protection of their see, and which their present mode of . Mahn:net has tended n tinfortnnately to weaken, if use to ob literate. I should therefore have communicated to you his Majesty's commands, that the punishment of flogging should for the future cease with respect to female slaves, had I not been desirous that the prohibition should proceed from the Court of Policy, as I am un willing to deprive them of the satisfaction, which I am sure they will feel in originating and supporting a measure which has been approved of by all classes. With respect to the practice of driving the slaves to their work by the sound of the whip, and to the arbitrary infliction of it by the driver, as a stimulus to labour, I am equally disposed to trust to the Court of Policy to originate measures for the cessation of this practice, which I need not state must be repugnant to the feel. ings of every individual in this country. I ant aware that a neces sity may exist, for retaining the punishment of flogging, with re. spec; to malts, though, at the same time, it should be subject to defined regulations and restrictions ; but as an immediate men. sure, I cannot too strongly recommend that the whip should no longer be carried into the field, and there displayed by the driver as the emblem of his authority, or employed as the ready instru ment of his displeasure. I have the honour to be. Sir, Your most obedient servant. (Signed) BATHURST. To Major-General Murray, &c., &e. f4vitt%i t se nt o s will be equally the decision of I have the ! To si t Iwo St r—l take tht k tai • ns of Col:fin on on . indesta l d: mit !") thew iteoolut rave guided hi *huh rill tom the fiuo mmee I may no , be aiu ( ann ul. i d° tw " ,^ all t 6 -;;;, ip to On e o f ftr , e of 0 . 1 Noy "e 4 , -one. a p..mi nmcb: 1:1 . 11 AFFAIRS OF BRAZIL. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) " Roo lie JAN Emu, Nov. 24. " The inducement i have now to write to you, is to inform you of the s'e nation of affairs in this part of the world. Little did I think a month bank that an important change was about to take place, but the times are out of joint, and strange events crowd upon us. (In the 10th instant, a rumour was afloat that a Brarilian apothecary had been severely beaten the previous evening by a European Officer it proved to be true, and the cause assigned was a suspicion, that the apothecary was the author of some snicks, in the papers, reflecting on the Europeans and the Military gene rally. 'I he Police took no steps on the occasion, and the apothe cary drew up a statement, which was presented to the Cortes. That Assembly very properly decided that it was not in their jurisdic tion, and that the complainant must follow the usual course of law to seek redress. Some of the violent members, however, accused the Ministers of apathy ; a very stormy debate ensued, the public lost all respect for the House, and mingled with the 31embers, Inc. &c. The President declared the sitting terminated, and the Andrade% the most violent Brazilians, were chaired, and thus concluded the 11th. The Session of the 11th was still violent, and as the Emperor had the preceding night d rawn all the troops round him, at his Palace about three miles from town, the sitting was declared permanent till an explanation of that proceeding could be had. The old Ministers had been dismissed, or rather had re signed, and the new ones being called on for an explanation, de clared their inability to give any, and the House continued sitting till about one o'clock on the 19th, when about 400 men, including cavalry, infantry, and four field-picas, surrounded the House of Assembly, and declared, that by the Emperor's orders the fortes were dissolved ; six or eight of the obnoxious members were ar rested (who have since been sent off ostensibly to Havre), and thus ended the prospect of any thing like a Constitution, or a liberal form of Govemment. Every thing has since been tranquil ; but how it will continue so, flosl only knows. Aly opinion is that when it is known in the provinces, more especially to the north, they will take strong mea sures, and perhaps throw off all connexion with Rio. Thus, one hasty, ill-advised, arbitrary ac., may be the cause of entire dis union, snot perhaps of the return of the country under the in fluence of Portugal. The Emperor has promised a new .Issembly, and a very liberal Constitution; but 1 put not my trust in Princes: and what man of any principle will be a Deputy after this example of despotism ? I am completely disgusted with these pusillanimous wretches, who do not deserve anythink like freedom, after what has happened ; however, as foreigners, It is no concern of ours ; all we must wish for are, peace and quietness to pursue ourrespective avocations. . _ ... `• Lord Cochrane has been with us about a month, and I have reasoo to think is not a little annoyed. It would afford me much pleasure, were he to leave them to their fate. Several persons have been named as Ministers fur the different departments, and have resigned again ; the present men have held their places ten days, hut, perhaps, the same period of time will give us ethers. Ilusi. ness, of course, is suffering from the sudden change in politics, and confidence has received a severe blow. •• We have accounts from Chili to the 13th October. An expe dition had sailed for the Intennedios, consisting of 3,000 troops. I know not the date from Lima, but am told that Bolivar, with 3.01011 men, had got there, and that 4,000 more were expected. Colonel 31i11er was in possession of Arequipa ; and, if the accounts are true, the Royalists must be in a had way. " 1 have a letter from Valparaiso of the 20th September, wh:rh describes business there as in a deplorable state. The Spartiate,l Admiral Ere, arrived here tea days back. Sir T. Hardy goes borne in the Creole, which carries this." HINDOSTAN. [From " A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan," lately published. The undoes will never, if they can avoid it, forsake the trade of their fathers ; and are so exceedingly tenacious in this particular, that they ate even scrupulous of im proving upon it. I asked a baker once to make muffins, and effered to translate a receipt I had for them into Hin dostanee, promising bim at the same time, a recommenda tion to all my acquaintance, which being pretty large, and at one of the principal military stations, must have been highly lucrative to him. lie listened very patiently until I had finished my speech, when, closing his hands in a sup pliant posture, " Pardon me, lady," said he, " but my father never made them, my grandfather never made them, and how can I presume to do it? my grandfather brought up sixteen children, my father fourteen children, without making nseffkeens, and why should not I ?" At Monghier our traveller witnessed the penance prac tised at the festival of the Goddess llherani, and gives an explanation of a trick attending it, which we have not be fore met with : The ceremony commenced by loud shouting, accompa nied with what they miscall music, alias a combination of barbarous sounds produced from different instruments, and an immense concourse of Himloos, who soon ranged them selves round a wooden pole of about 20 feet high, fixed upright in the ground. On the top of this pole, in an ho rizontal position, were placed three very long bamboos, from which were quickly suspended three men (brahmins), by means of large iron hooks passed through the fleshy part of their backs, immediately under the shoulder. There hooks were affixed to rings of the same metal fastened to the bamboo. In this manner they hung for fifteen mi nutes, swinging round with wonderful velocity. In order to prevent the flesh from tearing through by the weight of the body, a breadth of cloth was tied round the waist, and made fast also to the hook. We were informed that this was an annual and volun tary penance, by which the objects became almost deified, and generally collected a sufficient sum of money to support them the remainder of their lives. What will not avarice, combined with superstition, effect? I was naturally desir ous to know if these mis i ;uided beings were not much ex hausted by loss of blood, which I concluded must flow from their wounds. The man to whom I applied far in formation smiled, and told me that those who make up their minds to perform this penance, determine on it at least six months before hand, and consequently have their hacks prepared for it by boring, just as for an ear-ring, first introducing a small ring, and so gradually increasing it:: size, until it became what we had witnessed. " The part," added he, " by constant friction, soon be came callous ; and what appears to us so shocking an ope ration, is by them scarcely felt." Marl: here the cunning of the priest, who, to account for no blood appearing (they having been kept in ignorance of the preparation), instructs the people, that these men being saints, their blood is too precious to be apille.l ! A malefactor having committed some crime, for which he was sentenced to be hanged, received the awful fiat with such coolness, that the Judge was disposed to believe that the man had not understood him, and accordingly caused it to be repeated by one of the native counsellors. The man replied that lie understood the Judge very well. " Vou are to be hanged to-morrow," repeated the barrister. "Sulfas kn konsi," " as the gentleman pleases," returned the culprit, and followed his conductor out of court, appa rently unconcerned. A few days elapses! before the sen tence could be put in execution; and when brought forth, as they supposed, to suffer the punishment of his crime, there appeared quite a different person. This being re ported to the Judge, he was ordered to be brought before hint, and it was discovered that the other hail given this man three rupees to be hanged in his place. The former one had of course made his escape ; and, strange as it :nay appear, the substitute was afraid of being discharged, lest he might insist upon his refunding the three rupees, which he had spent, he said, on inetais, cakes of which they are particularly fend, made of sugar and flour. • XING'S THEATRE: A grand rehearsal of the new Opera of Zehnira took place at this theatre yesterday, with all the performers, a full band, anti the whole of the scenery and splendid pro perties ; it commenced at twelve, and was not over till past tour. Madame Colbron Rossini, who plays Zelinira, is new to an English audience. In person she may be safely pro nounced a tine commanding figure, certainly superior to her pretleceseor, Camporese, and by no means so old in appear ance as we were led to believe. Her voice and style Asti inflate nearer to that of Madame Fodor, than any female singer we recollect upon the Italian stage. Iler execution is very great, and her articulation distinct. It would not be fair to go generally into the merits of the opera from a rehearsal ; but the Trio ...gild,' between this lady, Cu rioni, and Garcia, in the second act, struck us as being particularly impdssioned and imprtasive. The Finale strongly reminded us of the one in Donna del Gag.,; the solo parts, allotted to NlatiameColbeon Rossini, had a most imposing effect. As far as we ceuld judge, the combina tions of scenery and stage incident will form a roost splen did spectacle. The ptoccrsions are numerous, and very effective. Rossini conducted the opera in person, and gave great delight to the performers, by the distinguished union of great judgment with the most gentlemanly urbanity of deportment: lie will preside at the piana for the first three nights. The whole character of the music struck us asp being more unique than any of his former compositions. I POLITICAL. CIL4RACTERS (f the LAST REIGN. RIGHT 110 N. CHARLES JENKINSON, AFTERWARDS LORD LIVERPOOL. Mr. Charles Jenkinson, since created Earl of Livenvool, occupied in 1751, the employment of Secretary of War. ' Few persons in the course of this long and eventful reign, played so important a - part behind the curtain of state. Still fewer individuals have attained to such eminence, per sonal as well as political, unaided by ;the advantages of high birth or natural connections. Desceridedir *,/f7Y respectable family, that had been raised to the Doiietage by Charles the Second, in 1661, his paternal fortune was, nevertheless, of the most limited description, when he com menced his career. But, his talents soon dispersed the clouds that attendee' the morning of his life. They recom mended him to Lo:(1 Bute, then at the head of the Trea sury, who made Mr. Jenkinsou his private Secretary ; and through that nobleman he became personally known to the sovereign. When Lord Bute withdrew in 176'3, from the post of First Minister, Mr. Jenkinson still continued to occupy the same confidential employment under his suc cessor, George Grenville ; nor was he displaced till Lord Rockingham came into power, when Burke succeeded him in that situation. Those who supposed, or asserted, that a secret communication was still maintained between Lord Bute and the King ; as well as all those who chose to con sider Lord Bute as the efficient, though concealed, mover of the machine of Government, accused Mr. Jenkinson of forming the confidential medium, through which that intercourse was principally maintained. So delicate a trust, if we assume its existence, necessarily exposed him to popular clamour, as being equally unconstitutional in itself, and dangerous to the liberties of the British people. But, in proportion to the obloquy that such an imputation excited, was the respect that it attracted. As Lord Bute gradually retired into the shade of private life, and became insensibly forgotten, Mr. Jenkinson propel,- tionabl7 came forward in his own person, and on his own proper merits. Throughout the whole period of Lord North's Administration, from 1770 down to 1762, his in tercourse with the King, and even his influence over the royal mind, were assumed to be constant, progressive, commensurate with, and sometimes paramount to, or sub versive of, the measures proposed by the First minister( NO denials on the part of persons in power, could erase the impression which newspapers and pamphlets industriously circulated through the kingdom. In the House of Com mons, where their operation was widely felt, the speakers in opposition continually affected to consider Lord North, together with the whole Cabinet, as played on by unseen agents, who alone possessed the secret of state, and the real confidence of the Crown. They did not scruple even to designate Mr. Jenkinson as the depositary of this mys terious and undefined influence; if ,not exclusively, yet in an eminent degree. Of course, whenever he rove to s k, all attention was absorbed by him, as being the ante oracle who knew, and might promulgate, Pune olden truths of state, in which Ministers themselves, it was pre tended, were not always allowed to participate, and of which he constituted the only certain channel. At this time he was about St years of age, and in his person he rose above the common height. The expression of his countenance, it is difficult to describe, as without having in his face any lines strongly marked, it was not destitute of deep intelligence. Reflection and caution seemed to be stamped on every feature ; while his eyes were usually, even in conversation, directed downwards towards the earth. Something impervious and inscrutable seemed to accompany and to characterize his demeanour, which awakened curiosity, while it repressed inquiry. His enemies asserted, that he resembled a (lark lanthorn ; and as much as the human figure or physiognomy can ever be supposed to offer such a strange similarity, unquestionably it existed in him. Even the twinkling motion of his eye lids, which he half closed from time to time in speaking, made the allusion, however fanciful, more close and striking. His manners were polite, calm, and unassuming; grave, if not cold ; but not distant, without any mixture of pride or affectation. In society, though reserved, he was not silent ; and though guarded on certain topics, com municative on ordinal y subjects. He always appealed as if desirous to disclaim, and to reject the consideration, which he involuntarily attracted. It was not ellficult, on a short acquaintance, to discover that he had read men, more than books ; and that his education bad been of an inferior, as well as limited kind. Ile neither manifested the elegant infonnation acquired by visiting foreign countring nor the classic ideas and images derived from a familiaVity with the producticns of antiquity. Even his knowledge of modern history was rather financial and commercial, than general or critical. But, in recompence for these defici encies, lie possessed more useful and solid attainments, cal culated to raise their possessor in life. No man in official situation, was supposed to understand better the principles of trade, navigation, manufactures, and revenue. He had written and published on those subjects, in a mannet that sufficiently proved his profound acquaintance with them. Supple, patient, mild, laborious, persevering, attentive to improve the favourable occasions which presented themselves, and always cool, he never lost the greund that he had once gained. As a speaker in the house of Commons, he rose seldom, unless called out by particular circumstances; nor, when on his legs, did be ever weary the patience of his auditors. No ray of wit, humour, or levity, pervaded his speeches. Ile neither introduced into them metaphors,., digressions, nor citations. All was fact and business. His language had nothing in it animated or elevated. Scarcely was it, indeed, always correct, or exempt from some little inelegancies of diction. But it never was defective in the essentials of perspicuity, brevity, and thorough information. He reminded us of a man crossing a torrent on stones; and so carefully did he place his foot at every step, as never once to wet his shoe. lie have seen him, before a crowded House, acquit him self with wonderful dexterity, while Secretary at war, when officially addressing Parliament. Such qualifications, even independent of the supposed favour of the sove- , 1 reign, necessarily rendered hint an object of respect and , of attention to every party. There is an arrival at Guernsey of a vessel from Rio de Janeiro, which sailed a few days later than the Creole frigate. It is probable, therefore, that she brings intelli gence on the effects of the contiuct of the Emperor. At present, such is the feeling In the City, that all idea of a Brazil Loan is abandoned. The Journal de Frankfort, aiyu—Letters from Vienna of the loth January, infonn us the differences which had arisen between Turkey and florin, on the subject of the Russian army in Podolia and Volhynia, have been satis factorily arranged by the mediation of the Austrian Inter nuncio. The Turkish government, on their part, were ex pected to withdraw their troops from Moldavia and Walla chia, and set the Greek Bayard& at liberty. A part of the Russian troops, which were in Bessarabia, have been already removed to a greater distance from the Turkish frontier. Durham is now brilliantly lighted with gas.—Tyne Me' cury. EVANS r. HOHENLOHE. The following wonderful case is from the Area Fora Commercial Adter, tiger, and is apparently as well authen ticated as any of the Ilohenlohe miracles : From the Evansville Gazelle.' The following singular relation of facts has just been knded to us for publication by General Evans, who has just returned to this place from the residence of Judge Prince, in Gibson coenty. Prom the known respectability of the writer, we consider his statements as entitled to the fullest credit : Gentlemen--On the 14th instant I witnessed one of the most ex traordinary phenomena perhaps ever witnessed in any age. on my arrival at Princeton on the evening of the 13th inst. I was in- I formed by Dr. Thompson and several other gentlemen of hish re spectability, that a young orphan girl, 'Fed twelve or thirteen years, resident in the family of the Hon. IS illiam Prince, about seven miles from Princeton, on the 7th instant commenced sweating blood, OT in other words, the blood ran freely from the pores of the skin of her left cheek from a apace considerably larger than a dol lar ; that it continued in this way until the evening of the 11th i nst. when it ceased ; that on the morning of the 12th a large drop of black blood, the size of a large bean, suddenly emitted frdm her cheek below the eye, to which was attached sundry fibres, tendons, or something which rumbled the legs of a large spider, which legs or fibres appeared to possess life, by their manner of contracting and extending themselves, something very similar to the legs of a spider ; that shortly afterwards a lump of pure clean flesh, about the size of a large pea, suddenly emitted from the same place, and in a few minutes a solid, firm piece of bone, near one-fourth of an inch square, suddenly proceeded from the same place, and that no hole, opening, or appearance from whence these stikritanm emitted could possibly be discovered by the strictest scrutiny ; that the girl remained in perfect health, entirely free from the most distant symptoms of pain or soreness ;—and that no change of colour or other singular appearance manifested themselves at that part of the face more than any other part. Thus I have given, as briefly as possible, a history of the facts related tome by Dr. Thompson and others, on my arrival at Princeton. Dr. Thompson 'hewed me at the same time sundry pieces of bone and lumps of flesh, which he had removed from her face with his own hand. Notwithstanding the confidence whi c h I tell myself bound to place in those gentlemen, I could not persuade even cre dulity itself to yield belief to their statements, lit the fullness of their extent ; or at least I believed, that could I witness the facts myself, I could discover sonic hole, opening, or appearance, from whence those bones and lumps of flesh proceeded. But judge my surprise ! On the next morning merles visit foe this put pose, in company with Cieneral John Neely and Dr. Th ompson, and soon found myself bound to assent to the truth of facts which put even credulity itself to the blush. We arrived at the house of Judge Prince at half-past nine o'clock, A.M. and were informed by Mrs. Prince that nothing of, the kind had made its appearance since sun-set the evening before. The girl appeared in perfect health, quite cheerful, and pursuing her ordinary occupation ; I examined her closely, but could disco -1 ver nothing unusual in any part of her fine. She is a handsome, smooth-skinned, plump-faced girl, of agreeable and expressive countenance. After waiting half an hoot, I was about to depart, presuming that nothing of the kind would again appear, when sud denly the girl, who was walking the floor, turned round with a snide, when I discovered a lump of something like black blood, about as thick, and nearly as black as tar, near the size of a cherry, just below the inner corner of her left eye, which I instantly re moved, and found the skin underneath perfectly clean, smooth, and solid. Being assured by Mrs. Prince that in a few minutes a lump of flesh, and soon after a bone, would follow, we caused her to sit down, and examined the place with the nicest scrutiny, but found no hole or aperture could be discovered. In precisely 16 minutes, a lump of clean flesh, without any mixture of blood, suddenly made Its appearance on the outside of the skin, about the size of a large bean, which linters' Neely instantly removed, when no hole or aperture in the skin could be discovered. In six minutes atter wards a solid piece of bone, near one-eighth of an inch square, suddenly made its appearance at the same place, which being in. scantly removed, no hole or aperture in the skin could be discover. ed. Precisely 14 minutes afterwards. a lump of clean flesh, as la.ge as the end of a man's little finger, to the first joint, suddenly appeared at the same place, and in eight minutes afterwards a solid piece of bone, as thick , and about half the length said width, of a large grain of corn, when the nicest scrutiny could not discern any opening, or appearance of any aperture from whence those bone and lumps of flesh proceeded. During this time Judge Ernmenon came in, and witnessed the foregoing bets with equal surprise. In this way it has continued up to the present tune ; at intervals of from live to twenty minutes, lumps of clean flesh, sometimes an inch in length and as thick ea a man's little finger, and bones of various sizes, one of which, I am credibly informed, dropped from her face on the evening of the 18th lenient, as large as a well-grown grain ef corn. The girl remains in perfect health, free from the most distant 'symptoms of pain, either in the part affected or otherwise. She is Indy sensible of a slight degree of twitching, or tickling in the flesh, at the instant those emissions take place; the colour of the skin at Zitttploce is not changed, nor can any appearance of a singular kind vet be - observed. But a most inexplicable mystery is, that !quickness of vision, or, in other words, the poems of discern. meat, cannot discover the commencement of those emissions of bane and fleas; The first thing the eye can discover is the clot of 14lpod (which emits first, and but once in the day), the lump of limb or the boots, as the case may be, protruded on diet outside of , ilseskin, which being instantly removed, the skin underneath is as and as free horn any hole, opening, or aperture, which can aid by the strictest scruuny, as the meet solid part of 174 . air ' n ' of a man's hand. R. M. EVANS. Evansville, Ind. Nov. 11, 1823. PROBERrs CHARACTER. We understand that Probert is about to prosecute Messrs. Knight and Lacey, of Paternoster-row, for pub lishing a work reflecting. on his character! The following is a copy of the letter of his Solicitor : . 71 Red Lion street, Jan. 22, 1824. OENTLEMEN,—L am desired by Mr. Wm. prober to institute proceedings against you, as publishers of a work entitled Recolke. time of Jahm 7lmrtell, for certain libellous matter contained therein, highly injurious, prejudicial, end hurtful to the character of the said Wm. Probed. The present is to levient you will orthwith furnish us with the name of your Solicitor, in order that I may forward communications to him relative to this anpleasant affair. I am,_( . l entlemen, Your °ballot serrant, (Signed) JACOB H. MANN. To Messrs. Knight and Lacey, 24, Paterooster.ro et, We have received New York papers to the 24th ult. by I the packet-ship Pauthea, Captain Bennett, which arrived here yesterday from that city. Thu it contents are unim portant. It was reported at Havannah on the 3d ult., that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa had surrendered to the Mexicans. We rejoice to perceive that the people of the United States are beginning to show the deepest sympathy for the Greeks. Meetings had been held in their favour in several of the States, and subscriptions raised. The Greek Committee of New York had put forth an eloquent address to the citizens in behalf of this heroic people.—Liverpool Mercury. TIIE LIBERTY or THE Pll FSe.—The long pending question between Mr. ('Dement, the proprietor of the Observer newspaper, and the Learned Judges by whom Thistlewood, Ings, and others, were tried, for their con nexion with the Cato-street plot, and by whom a fine of Soul. was imposed on Mr. Clement, for publishing the trials of two of those persons, after their trials had been concluded, will come before the Duchy of Lancaster Court, by way of appeal, on Friday next. Mr. Clement, it ap pears, was constrained to pay the fine in question to the Sheriff of Middlesex, but in doing so he felt it a duty (not only to himself, but to the public and his fellow journalists) to enter his strong protest against the injustice with which he had been treated, and the unconstitutional power which the Judges had thought proper to assume. It will be re collected that much discussion took place on this subject at the time whad the fine was imposed, and that strong opinions were delivered in the House of Commons as to the illega lity of the step which the Judges had taken. The ques tion is one of considerable importance, and after what has been said on a recent case, it will DO doubt excite a good deal of interest. The Right Honourable Lord Bexley, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, assisted by Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Holroyd, will preside. The Counsel for Mr. Clement are Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Denman, and Mr. Platt. These gentlemen will, no doubt, be opposed by a strong Crown liar. At the high Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, Margaret Bong was arraigned on the charges of having murdered an old woman named Elizabeth Low, or NPLaren, at Dunning, Perthshire, in the month of Febru ary, Isis ; or of • theft and reset of theft, in stealing from the house of the deceased a quantity of linen in webs and sheeting, and various other articles, the property of the late Elizabeth Low, and having the same unlawfully in her possession.—After a long trial, the jury returned a verdict of murder non proves, but guilty of theft.— Lord Pitmilly said he could have no doubt as to the sen tence which should be pronounced. She had been ac quitted of the murder, and consequently of all accession to it ; but no one could doubt that the theft was of the most dreadful nature, aggravated by being perpetrates! after as foul and atrocious a murder as ever was known, and com mitted in the abode of a murdered woman, whose corpse still lay upon the ground. It amounted almost to a capital offence, and the Court would ill discharge their duty to pass a milder sentence than transportation for life. Tut: SHEFFIELD CONCERTS.—On Monday the 12th, and Wednesday the 1 tth, two delightful Concerts were given to the public. The Theatre was, on both occasions, • but especially the second day, filled with respectable coin { pang. The great attraction was Catalaiii. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALWOUTR, Jax. 21.—Aretted the Brothers, Gilbert, frods Traps -U. Sailed the Hussey, Jenkins, for London. PORTSMOUTH, JAW. 22.—Aretwed the Hearse of Athol.. Daniel, from the Do‘•.is for Bengal sad China ; and the Tuscan, Starers, from ditto for the South Seas. DOVER JAN. U.—Passed br, for t've Downs, the Claudine. Crabtree, from Calcutta; and Luphratel, —, from Bombay ; with several others names unknown. JAN.Came done from the River and remain, the lion. Company's ship Thomas Calms, Christie, for Bombay Clio, Cummings, for St. Vincent's ; and Jane, Tuit, for St. Lucia ; also remain, the Hon. l'ompany's ships Castle Huntley and Marqueen ; and the Srneaton Castle, from Shields foe Charente. IVIAVie ‘TE, AN.22.—The Nathaniel. Randall, from Liverpool for London, with salt, went whore on Forencfs rock, and has got off again this afternoon's tide without damage, and proceeds, GRAVE EN D. JAN. 22.—. Arrived the Itlargaret and Jane, Gourley, from Seville; Jamb* Henrietta, But, from Lisbon; William, Nattby, from Harlingen ; George, Stilfins, from Roues Robert and Nary, Fox, from Ostend; Leonidas. Douglas; Swift, Edwards; Eritt, Allen ; and Lord Ebbrindon, D, front Water ford; Richard and William, Rowl a nd, front Du bin; Gratitude, Davis, from Dub/in; and Alchymiw, Stevens, from Cork.— Sailed, the Eagle, Llewellyn, for Port-au-Prinee; Men Watson, for Leghorn ; Throe Sisters. Frost, for Rotterdam ; rerseverance, 3largolle, for Calais; and King George,: for Calais. Livxminoc, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Diamond, Steal, from New York, sailed !Ikh December • Edwin/ Brner. Lewis, from Paraiba, sailed Ist December ; dannibal, Law, front Virginia; Attelphi, Stewart., f r o m H a lif ax ; Westmorland, Coulter, from Calcutta. sailed 13th August ; Intrepid, Jason, front Jamaica; Jane, Ferguson, from Philadelphia; Deadan, Anchor, from Cape Breton ; and Friendship, from Gibraltar. Of the poet ; the Union, Pesch, from Macao. LivEaroox, JAN. 21.—The following reseals arrived hone yesterday :—The Margaret, Atkinson, front New Brunswick ; Benson, Smith, from St. Andrews; Protection, Tyson. frOnLYlf ginis ; Panthea, Bennett, and Pen*, Merriliew, front New Yolk; Jorige, Nicholas, from Antwerp ; Hercule. Johnston, from Hain: Ceres, Jones, from Dublin ; Amami), Davies mid ,John and Margaret, Donaldson, from Waterford ; Norval, M`Lood, from Newry; Edward, Heather, from Belfast: Catherine, M'Qsils„ from Londonderry; Despatch, roster, from Bristol in, Rood, from Remick I Convey Castle, Mattbem. front H olyhed a Join and Betsey, Magee, front Cambletown ; Nelly and Jane, M•Ktros,, from Newcastle; Nautilus, Hooyton, and Eleanor, Barran, from Yarmouth • Queensberry, Geddie, from Dumfries ; and Min; burgh, Wilson, from Glasgow. Sco.xv, JAN. 20.—Arrived the Velocity. Brooks, from Bunted Ayres ; and Frederickson, Bunnett, front St. John's, Nest Blunswick. Anltlcen —A t Baltimore, the General Hand, —, from "'Kew burgh ' • and Blucher, Smith, from Cadiz. At Charleston, Miercue„ Drew, from Bremcn ; and Seneca, Gray, from Lisbon. At Boston, Pearl, Marble, from Malaga ; Boston, Lincoln, from Marseilles Ant, bran, from Lisbon ; and the Draco, Luffkin front Leghorn. ; At New York. Circassian, Whiting, from Trieste; Ross in Bloom, Bens. from !bordello' ; and the Depoial, Gill, front Cadiz. At Philadelphia, Ruth. Tear, from Gibraltar. At Ala. vannah, Hesperus, Mac Corkill, from Ilene ; and Caledsois, Lindsay, from the Clyde. At Salem, Standard, Dewing, from St. L'bes. At Rio, Sicilian, Frost, from Oporto. Ot.asoow, J AN. 20.—Arenunts Were received on Monday week, at Arbroath, through the medium of the public prints, of the loos of the sloop Nancy, of this port, William Steven, master. TM, vessel, which had been missing ter some weeks past, was at Got.. tensmrgh for a cargo of timber, and is supposed to have been leee in some of the late gales, as part of a vessel, bearing bar 11110110, came ashore on the coast of Jutland, near the Seaw. As there it no information regarding the crew, it is much to be feared that thy have all perished. What renders this event truly direting, is, that Captain Steven had on board with him two sons, oat of them about nineteen ; and the other about seventeen yews of age and that he has left behind stint a family of six helpless children, with the mother still in ehild.bcd of the youngest. Thus, at eade " fell stroke," has this hapless family been " deprived of all—et every stay, save innocence and Heaven." Et.st • Etta, JA x. 13.—The following vessels, which was driven on shore during the late gales, have been got off, viz--Hoppit„ 3lclin, from Stockholm to Plymouth, after being sold by auction, and has been towed to Copenhagen by a steam-boat ; Latona, MOr. limn, from Riga to Liverpool, and proseeded to Copenhagen. The Susannah, Hardee, of and for Hull, from Petenhiegh, mains a wreck on the Castle Point. and is to be sold by auction. HAMIUIOII, J AN. the frost we experienced since yy eas.'. day continues for two or three days, we expect the navigation of the Elbe will be obstructed. CAPE OF Goon HOPE, Nov. 8.-I"be Jane, COIIIOI, aaivai in Table Bay, from Beira Bay ; sailed thence 25eb ult. and spoke the ship Julia, off Natal, with part of her bulwarks carried away ; she parted company with the brig Salisbury in a gala of wind. Nov. II —The Mary, Boyd, which arrived here 10th ult. from Landon anti St. Jago, has been condemned as unseaworthy. The brig Eclipse is lost in the 31orambique fhanneL JASIAICA. Nov. 92-11 is Majesty's ship Gloucester ended es Tuesday morning for fuream, haring under her charge the Dumb schooner Eugenie, which was lately detained anti sent hue Part Royal, try the Union schooner, having a cargo of slaves. Tbe W hirring ii I list of the vessels which received insauttloos from hie Alajesty's ship Icarus, and sailed from NiTri_l Bay under her ear voy, vs.:—For London : ship Drs. of Bedford, Hawkins, from Port Antonio. and bark Vittoria, Forbes, from Post Maria. For Liverpool : brigantine Elisabeth, Bremner, from Mowers Rep For Greenock : ship 'lamina, App.eton, from a Northeldegmetwo pr came Ocho For St. John's, New Bruner/Mkt' big ie. bert Dewar, Paton, and schooner Olive Branch, Stincleeenk *s Montego Bay. Bu elate A YRES, OCT. 26--The Danish ship Anna Dorothea, Schildknetch, from Copenhagen for Buenos Ayrec, with iron timber, sail-cloth, &e., was totally lost on the evening of tbe Rd; October last, near Point Indio, in th , t river. The Captain and crew saved, and have arrived here. The Thetis, Worthen), frost Genoa, was stranded at Point Indio on the night of the 7th WM., and it a expected the whole of t , te cargo will sustain damage. Bolt HET, SEPT. 4.—No arrival since the Brailsford dune CALC 1. 7 T; A. AUG. S.— Diamond Harbour: Ti;Argyl;;nd Roberts, outward bound. remain. Kedgeree • The Aurora, Maly, and Eleanor. passed down. New Arobetage: The H. C. ships Windsor and Hytbe. The Ogle Castle, Brown, bound to London, put both so Bengal to be docked, previous to the 2d of September. A vessel, supposed to be the Resource, Muckle, from South America, was seen off Cape tit. Vincent 2kh ult. steering for Gibraltar. The England, ROW, was within a dares sail of Ceylon 16th Sept., and spoke the Patton, to Bewgsl, :10th August. The Grecian, Holbrow, from Portsmouth to Valparaiso, was spoken with 16th Nov. Mist. 20. b. long. 33. by the Velocity, ar rived at &illy. The Mary, Boyde, which arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 10th of October, from London, was condemned as unseaworthy, previous to the 9th Nov. The brig Eclipse uss lost in the 3losstuSique (`bated, pre vious to the Nth November. The Ann Dorothea, Schihlercht, fmm Copenhagen; and the Thetis, IHoreltam, from GeLoa, were stranded 7th October, at Point India, River Plate. The Frederick, Kopperholdt, from London for Copenhagen, has put into 3landahl. The Scandinavian, Berg, from Stralsund and Copenhagen for Lisbon, with wheat, has put into Arendahi, considerably damaged, and must unload. The ship ('muck, from Bristol, with 300 tons of iron. 1000 boxes of tin, tv.z. was driven on shore, 24th Dec. at Sandy Hook, and bilged. UNIVERSITT INTELLIGZXCE. CAMBEIDGt, JAW. 23. The Rey. Henry Farish, B.A. of Queen's College, was on Fri day last elected a foundation Fellow of that Society. The subject of the Seatonian prize poem for the present year is— The Death of Absalom. The Rev. Henry II m. Blake, B.A. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, was on Tuesday laat presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the rectory of Thurning, in Norfolk. His Royal Ilighnem the Chancellor of the University has ap pointed M r.Wm. -Ruins, Yeoman Bedell, in the room of the late Mr. John I.aughton. The Lev. Charles Kingsley, L.L.B. has been collated , by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rectory of Barnack in the county of Northampton, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Lloyd, and in his Lordship's patronage. The Rev. John Henry Steward, B.A. of Trinity College, kis been instituted to the vicarage of Seardeston, and to the consoli dated rectories of Saxlingham Nethergate and Saxlin g h a m Th or p e Norfolk, vacant by the death of Rev. Archdeacon Gooch. The Cheltenham Chronicle, received on Thursday, gave a circumstantial account of the finding of the body of Mr. l'ierce, of Bristol, buried in a park between Clifton and that city ; hut as the Bristol papers were silent on a subject on which they were as likely to be well informed es the Cheltenham Editor, we did not insert the article, which we learn by the Bristol papers, received this morn ing, iv not true ; no tidings whatever having been heard of the unfortunate gentleman. CAUTION.—iitAR'S GREASI..—J. Atkinson, importer of the genuine Bears' Grease, respectfully cautions the Publii against numerous counterfeits of the above article many of these counterfeits are sold as low as Is., and are only Lard, marrow, &c., and some are very injurious to the hair. The genuine of his in.- portation has a Bear printed on the top of the pot, and a primed bill round the pot with his signature and address. The high ran. oration this article has long held for the growth of hair, and the remarks of a celebrated modem lecturer on physiolog. , that " Bears' Grease front the animal in its native climate piinesses very remarkable properties for regenerating the hair," supersede. the necessity of further remark. J. A. will only add, that this Ina genuine article, which he regularly receives once in six or eight weeks from his Correspondents in Russia. It is of the very finest qur'ity, and very pleasant for dressing the hair, making it beauti fully soft and gloomy. Sold by the importer, James Atkinson, Perfumer, 44, Gerrard-street, London ; and by appointment—{Fa I Venders' names see Advertisement.l - I 4 . 41 i -~. ' I I t l '• 1