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_ a (0 - 4,4) - ' --- /-1-1 /2' , , ~_si t i -_i. r I I rITIA MI 1 2 reLL; ( --..LA. ' . e •-• , :I 4 C , . • INumutic 613. NEW THEATRR.IWIAL, MAY-MANICKI'. TINS EVENING, FRIDAY, Auguit 23, will be performed the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. n,,/ror Cantwell, Mr. Terry; Sir John Lambert, Mr. Y Colonel Lmsbirt, Mr. Jolisson; Direly, Mr. ic y , ; Mar-worm, Mr. Union. Old Lady Limber', Mrs. c ,•; Young Lady Limber', Miss Boyce; Charlotte, After which the Oper• of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. Figaro, Mr. Liston; Count Almaviva, Mr. Jose.; Dr. Bartel°, Mr. ITillisnss ; Fiurello, Mr. Gruel Lee. /Weiss, Bits Paton; !Hamlin's, Mrs. Garrick. Pones, Sc—Pit. 3s.—First Gstlery, 2s —Second Gsllery.ll. The Doors to hr opened at Six o'Clock, mad the Perform snres to begin at Seven. Yucca for the Boxes to be takes of Mr. Massingham, at tin Theatre, of whom Private Boxes may be had, sightly. Tomorrow, Slie Stoops to Curiquer.—arter which, a new 111.aical Farce, called Family J•ra! Oa Monday The Africans—and other Entertainment.. tlu Tuesday, The Barber of Braille. THEATRE-ROYAL, ... ENG LASH OPERA-HOUSE, • STRA A' D. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, Augu.t 23. will be acted (Bib timr), a sew Operatic Drams, is sve acts, called GIL BIAS, at 17, 25, 52. A Prologue will be spokes by Mr. Bartley. la Acts I and 11, the Scene is Isid at Nonaline ■nd in its Neiclabo.lrhond. Characters—Gil Blas (aged 17), Mies Kelly ; Gil Peres, el,. W. Bennett ; hear°, Mr. Wrench; Rolando, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Ambrose de Limela. Mr. Wilkinson; Lupe, Mr. CAl:ikon; Domingo. Mr. J. Knight. Dumas Mencio, Miss Carts; Leonardo, Mrs Bryan. In Act 111, the Sevine is at Valladolid. Characters—Gil Man (aged 25), Mr. Pearman; Don Ver sa:An, Mr. J. Bleed; Count de Polon, Mr. Johnson; Pleat's, Mr. Wrench; R.lando, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Ambrose de Le ntil, Mr. IViiitioson. Dunne Meucia, Miss Carew. Is Acts IV and V, the Scene in at Madrid and its Vicinity. Characters—Gil Bias (aged 52), air. Bartley; Philip IV. nf Spa* Mr. Row botham ; Dun Gaston, Mr. Broadhurst; Pram. Mr. Wrench; Rolando, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Anturia; Miss Kelly; Marietta, Miss Piney. To conclude with (13th time), a new Seottiab Melo-drams, in two acts, called CHB DON, THE GIPSY. Gordon, the Gipsy, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Gavin Cameron, Mr. Roobothom ; Dunbar, Mr. Broadhurst ; Griffin Le Noir, Mr. Salter; Gilliepie Farantish, Mr. Wilkinson. Alice, Miss Carr; Maria, Mourne, Mrs. Bryan; Dame Barbie, WIS. Jerrold. Door. opea st lialf-past Six—Performance begas at &rep—Second Price ai Nine. Boars 5s ; Second Prwre 3s —Pit 30.; Second Price Is. 6d. —Lower Gallery, 2s. ; Second Prue Is.—Upper Gallery Is.; Woad Prier aa. Buses, Flack., Priesie and Family Boxes, may be had of It St eeeee un, at the Box office, Staled &twiner, from Tee till Four. Gil Blas and Gordon Ilur Gipsy, will be repeated every Everni. SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING. FRIDAY. August 23, •ill be performed a ■ew grand hlelo.Drame, in three Acts, called THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL; OR, KING JAMES AND HIS TIMES. _ . . King James, Mr. Rengough ; Lord Nigel, Mr. Burroughs; Ltd Hautiuglen, Mr. Chapman; Lu.d Dalgarno, Mr. Waylett; Sir Wrap. Mater°. ther, Mr Nicholson; Marter Ilertst (the Goldsmith). Mr. Colliery; !Ismail (the {Vetch o‘krr), Mr. Baker; Duke of Burk toghata, Mr. Hemmings: Rirhie Moniplies (N igel'oS'ervant), nr.Weston ; John Christie (ihe Ship Chandler), Mr. Adcock; Trapbois (the Usurer), Nr. Buckingham. Margaret Ramsay (third time), with a 1.. t. Sung, Miss Glover; Mrs. Chriatte (third nm•), Mrs. After which the Comic Pantomime, called THE THREE FISHERMEN; OR, THE BOX, TILE FISH, AND THE GENII. Three Harlegnies, Mr. Ridgway, Mr. Ellar, and Mr Auld ; Three Pantaluunr, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Bard. tt, and Mr. Brunton; Three Clowtos, Mr. Kishy, Mr. Paulo, and Mr. Bradbury. Three Culumbiurs, Miss Cooke, Maus Lewis, and Miss Valtancry. Place; to he taken of Mr. Sherpird, at the Boa Office, heal Tin till Fo u r. Bos.er, 4e. Pit, 2s. Gallery, la —Doors open at Half. paid Fre and lo•glis at Half put Six. Half Pro rat Hair pin Eight.—Childieu under eight years or age admitted at Halt Prier. BISII 1119 once more the pleasure of return ". • in his beet thanks lu his best Friends the Public fur the decided preference continued to be strewn to his Oifices, and (as usual) he has the further pleasur e of eon tratutiving them oil their crest suceess, he having sold (as he gruerdli ) eo,s) tb.: largest Capital in the whole Lottery, No. „ Besides his usual proportion of minor Capitals. He respect fully announce, that a Nese Lottery rap bid for on %%Mues lis), the 21st Itioaist, to begin drawing 30th October; the Scheme wilt be entirely old-fashioned, containing upwards of DO Copilots, sill Monty'—No Stuck Prizes!—No Classes! soy fixed I', 'zee. Tickets a n d Shiites will lie on sale in a few days, at 4, C,ri tall, sad 9, (listing-cross —•,,* Schema gratis. Ly [ E LECT ARTICLES, prepared only S Mews. BUTLER, Ch•tistos, 4, Clurapside, aml 220, It meat sweet, Londua ; 20, %Vatrrloo-place, Edi oburgb AA 3s, Sarkvelle-strrei, FLUID EXTRACT of SARSAPARILLA (Simple and e. , mpouud), for making the Drcueliuns, and particularly turgtatttl lu the Faculty fur its portable cuuvruicace and troar my. APERIENT SODAIC POWDERS, forming an agrees. lk Waugh., and at the same time acting as a mild and pliacant relieving Heartburn, Dile, Indigestion, atl.. a, Acidly in the Stomach. &e. _ _ I'ARBONATED SODAIC GINGER BEER, and LE 'NS A Vl'. ('OW DUES, fur produciug the much esteemed C.t.iage of the same uame. CITRATE D MALI, for making Saline Draughty, recom mended by the Profe.sion for its convenience, as inure cer l'in In it• operation (11.0 preparations with Lemon: CARDIAC TINCTURE of TURKEY RHUBARB, a Irvin and plesieut Laxative, adapted to Gouly Constitutions. CONCRETE JUICE of LIMES, for Punch, Limade, Stline Draughts, Ices, Jeliies, or any ether porpoise where ILe flavour of 1-1 !UCH) is squired. 5 . 11.01.0.11 IC BITTER TINCTURE, a very agreealtle Toinr, tiionintrndcd in ludlrstion, debility of the Sto tiikeh, &r. ACETATED LAUDANUM, possessing ill the desirable pruperiits of Laudauum, without its injurious cud oarcuum COMPOUND TINCTURE of POMEGRANATE, u an Astringent much used to Aff,ctious of the Bowels, iadi roing Relaxation, Diarrhoea, ice. VEGETABLE TOOTH POW DER,aad ASTRINGENT TINCTURE, hie the Teeth and Gums ouch approved. _ _ ••• The above preparations, Olen GeouiWe, will hue )le.tis. Butlvrs :SAW! aid Adilreas attached lo them LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1822. it Wan SIMI/ dlOCOVriell that the rustic work, iu which the quoins of the basement stogy were cut, afforded great facilities of access to tile windows of the floor in which it was intended that the women should sleep, it was deemed expedient to sorround the whole building with a wall of nine feet six inches high. It'vihs also observed, theta breach had been made by the river, that threatened the foundation of the wall and one of the wink-rooms, and it was then considered prudent to construct s deep but. tress, that now lines the hsnk of the riser, mid pro tects the foundation from further encroachment. The amount of the original contract for the ;alio yip II building was 4,900/. anti the important addl. boor, that have just been mentioned, will create a further charge, amounting orally to 1400/. The ►ituation of this building was chosen on me count of its contiguity to the river ' s Anil- the pro. jected ein:iloyment of the females in spinning flax and hleac!iing linen. These objects were certainly desirable; yet I could not perceive. nor ells I in formed of any reason ihat might have prevented a partial retirement of the Laddiug front the bank of the river, by which butte the expense of the embankment wall would have been avoided, and the factory itself would have less intruded upon the privacy of the Government grounds that are immediately opposite, and not more than thirty yards distant. The situation of the factory is dry, healthy, and cheerful ; and is at some distance, though not an inconvenient one, from the town of l'aramatta. The principal building consists of a basement story, containing two rooms, in which the female convicts are to take their meals; and two up. per stories, in each of w!lich are two large sleeping rooms, and two smaller ones. Each of the larger sleeping rooms will contain 20 double beds ; and two of the small rooms will contain six single beds ; thus providing for the accommodation of 172 females. These rooms toe separated by a stair-case and land ing.places ; and in the centre of the roof, imme diately above, a cupola has been introduced for the purposes of ornameutaud ventilation. The principal building divides the outer from the inner yard. In the former is the principal entrance and porter's lodge ; and on each side ate four rooms, with sepa rate entrances to each, fbr the accommodation of the ►uperindent and his family, and a deputy superin tendent. One of these rooms was also designated as a library, but without apparent or probable applica tion of it to such an use. On one side of the same outer court, and front ing inwards, is the hospital, consisting of two small apartments and a medicine and store-room ; and on the opposite side is the room for weaving cloth, which as to be occupied during the day by male convicts. The entrance to the inner court leads throush the centre of the basement story of the principal builinr t ; and on each aide of it are four small and very ill-contrived lodges for the constables or overseers. In the three sides of the inner court, and f,onuogiuwards,arethe kitchen and bake-house, and store-room for provisions, a it li rooms above for storing wool, a long spinning room, and carding room, with a store-room for wool and cloth. The privies that had been constructed under the floor of one of these offices, with drains leadicg to the river, were re moved on account of their defective arid inconvenient construction, to u more distant part of the ()ridd ing ; and when the female convicts were e.tablish?d in it, in February 1821, it was in contemplations to add wasldinwes and laundries, that had been either omitted nr forgotten ins the original plan, and which never could have been supplied if the external wall had not lurch! added. Mr. Marsden had been requested by Governor Macquarrie to furnish u plan for a factory, be fore the contract for the present building was an nounced to the public. That which he submitted was upon a larger scale than the design of Mr. Greenwav, and less ornamental ; but both of the plans seen) to live contemplated the employment, rather than the punislitnent of female convicts ; and in neither was there ally provision made for the separa tion of those who were Scillenerti to punishment by the !Magistrates, from tl•ose who had not been as signed to set lers nn their arrival, a distinction which of all others was the most important. G.rvernor Macquarrie was so anxious that 1 should witness the removal of the female convicts from the er;tl to the new factory before my deputture front the colony, and it was a measure that was in itself so desirable, that although the new building was not p l ite completed, the chief engineer received orders to nuke all possible dispatch, in making the furni ture and cooking utensils; and on the Ist February 1821, the removal of the female convicts took place, and I 1•? (of whom 40 were confiord for punish ment) were lodged it) the new building. The ap prehension of confinement and greater discip line, that the sight of it had created amongst them, had not been without its affects; and during three months, anterior to the dry of their removal, seve ral marriages had taken place at Parainatir vlituch, the motives for which were clearly attribut able to the fear of greater restraint than any that the fe male convicts had previously endured, and not front any respect for the new obligation they had incurred ; for several of them separated from their husbands in a few days after their marriage. Governor Macquarrie expressed • wish that 1 should draw up some regulations for the manage ment of the factory before my departure ; but my attention was then so entirely engaged with other matters, dist 1 could nut devote any portion of it to that subject ; and the regulations in the Appen dix were framed, and read to the female convicts uu the day of their removal. I could not help regretting with the Governor, that the care Nod superintendence of the factory was no longer to remain in the bands of Mr. Oakes, who, in many respects, was better qualified fur the duty than ally other person in the colony. He had made himself so obnoxious to the resident Magistrate at Paratnatm, Mr. lisiiiiibalM'Artbur, and had beeu guilty of such wilful threspect to him. that Gover nor Macquarlie had determined to dismiss him. Ills juice was to be supplied by 3 young ma il , a 'rtatire of the colony, who had acted as deputy troperintendent of the factory tinder Air. Oake,;. This person was mlrried, but passe.sed neither ex perience our energy fur conducting such au esta blishment. Upon my arrival in the colony in September 1819. my first visit to The old factory at Paramatta imnrestied me aith the strongest sr,li to effect an amelioration in the condition of the female convicts consiKned to it. Tile contract for the new one had been then en terrd into, and the building was commenced. I was informed•thlit from the low terms it which the contract was taken, some great departure from its condition, avoi to be apprehended, or some great delay in its completion. A very considerable dif ference hid been observed in the offers of other con tracktki, and oT those who had undertaken it, amounting to no less than 3,000/. ; hut as Mr. Greenway, the architect, felt confident that the contractors would be able to perform their part or the undertaking, and as no stipulation had been made for peifoiming it within any given period, I recommended to Governor Nlacquarrie to dispense with any or all parts that were of an ornamental kind ; and to afford, from time to time, to the con tractors, such assi Aimee iu Government labour as they might require, with a view to expedite the building, but not to relieve then► from the pressure of their contract. 'chat asaiatance was ultimately allowed them ; and a geometrical staircase, that had been projected by Mr. Greetiway for the centre part of the building, was dispensed with, aid plain one of wood was substituted for it. For the purpose of affording; some degree of internal con trol, six solitary cells were provided in the outer court ; and in the space, formed by the enclosure of the whole building, more extensive sod better means of separation and punishment may hereafter be added, than the original plan of the principal building was capable of affording. Esceptiog the rustic *talk of the basement story, I did not ob serve any attempts at unnecessary decoration ; and although some parts of the connecting walls were curtailed from the original dimensions, the work appeared to me to coincide ill all important points with the specification. The roofing and the floor ing timber, from not having been sufficiently sea soned, had shrunk from its original dimensions; and the mortar contained a larger portion of loam than was perinitiol in the specification. With these excep ' bons, the building was not badly executed ; and with good regulation and superintendence, is capable of affording accommodation to the female convicts, but will require some alteration before it can be considered secure from intrusion. The want of a place of confinement for the fe male convicts in Van Diemsn's Land, for punish ment, had, for some time, been a subject of regret to Licotenant-Governor Sorrell, who, at the end of the year 1820, at length obtained permission from Governor Macquarrie to construct a place separate from die gaol, in which they could he more strictly confined, and more effectually punished. The demand for female servants had generally been so greet as to afford employment, in the first instance, to those who were sent from Sydney, or that to later instances wet e landed in Van Ditman's Land from England. The same principle that had guided the consign ment of the worst description of male convicts to Van Dieman's Land .from Sjdocy, caused also the succesaive transmission thither of the worst descrip tion of females ; and from this cause, as well as the want of a proper place of punishment, the female convicts in Van Dielliall ' S Land were not in a state of very effectual control. Governor Macqusrric'a objection to the construc tion of a plaice of employment and punishment, of the female convicts in Van Diemait's Litid, seems to hare proceeded front a belief that the employ ment of them in the service of settlers would super sede the necessity of providing tray at the expense of Government ; and he directed Lieutenant-Go vernor Sorrell to seed any of them, for whom more strict punishment was required, to the establishment at Paramatta. The expense and evil cuortyiences of this arrangement were very soon perceivable, in the necessity that occurred of returning to Pars. malts six female convicts that hail arrived by the Jones, and that had been sent in a Government vessel to l'ort Dalrymple and Hobart Town, in the short space of three weeks after their arrival 'litre. The manner in which they were sent its the Go• vernmeot vessels, and the unrestrained prostitution th..t to k place no board that which conveyed 30 female convicts from l'urt Jackson to that place and fl.tbart Town, in the year 1840, make it very desirable that all rtmovals of a similar nature should be mviadtd ; and it is greatly to be wished that the nece►sity of recurring to thou msy, in future, be prevented, by the speedy accomplishment of the object that Lieuteuout-Governor Sorreil had in view. Nature of she Labour Convicts in the Se; vice of Settlers. The nature of the lahour performed be convicts. assigned to the tettlets to New South \Voles, has undergone some alteration since the earlier years of its egmblopitment. In the month of linusry, Igo4, an order was issued by Governor Kong, ►equiring all persons who applied for convicts to sign an indenture, by which they covenanted to clothe and maintain them ac cording to the same rate of allowance that was afforded by Government to the convicts in its em ploy, for the space of twelve calendar months, under penalty of paying Is. for every day of the trim that was unexpired, unless they could give a satisfactory reason fur their discharge. lu return for this allowance, the convicts were tomtit:Heil to perform a certain portion of labour for their masters, that had been regulated and Pet forth in an order issued by Governor flouter in the years 179 u and 1799; and it was repeatitl in the subse quent order of Governor King. The work re quired from a convict woe, to labour for ten hours throughout the year, fo: fire days in the week, and PRICE 7d. six hours nr Sat tird rys. A. it was found that sli-v were frequently rll &Weil to loerforie their allotted tusk its a less time, they were allowed to apply such portion as they could save from their Government hours, to their own benefit, reservation (Mug made to the master of a preferential right to the bervicee of his tonvict nt, if he could attend or thought tit to employ and pay for them. The rate of pay ment for this extra labour, as well as for the labour of freemen, was fixed by Governor King at the same time, and continued at the same rate until the month of December, 1816. The quantity of labour that a settler was entitled to exact from the convict service, in the regulated hours, is set forth in a schedule annexed to the order of Governor King. and is acted upon at the present moment, subject to such modifications as the Ma gistrates may think fit to make. in consequence of stress sof weather, state of the land, or the strength of the convict labourer. It is stated by Alt.. Oxley, that in the earliest pe riods the labour of the whole day was exacted from the convicts ; and this rule was not relaxed until a scarcity of provisions having occurred, their labour ceased at three o'clock on each day, to enable them to work at gardens in the town of Sydney. Simmer that period, this dispensation grew into s general custom, and wages were assigned to the convicts for such labour as they might perform for their master after three o'clock on each day. The mischievous consequences that were found to arise, from the in ability of the poorer classes of settlers to pay fur the extra labour of their convicts, or even to pay the wages or their regulated labour, appear to have been severely felt in the colony in the year 1814, by the unauthorised dispersion of the convicts in search of employment in distant districts, and in the means of accreting stolen property that was af f orded to them, by the permission of their mastery, to feed pigs and poultry on their farms in lieu of wages. For the prevention of these evils, the settlers who did not require the entire services of the men assign ed to them, or who could not afford to pay for them, were required to return them forthwith to the prin cipal superindendeat of Sydney, or to the magis trates of the different districts. The amount of the wages that a settler was compellable, under this order, to pay to his convict labourer, varied with the fluctuating value of the paper money, in which► all payments were made, until the month of December 1816. At that period, the amount of the annual wages, payable to every male convict employed by a settler, was fixed at 10/. sterling ; and if the re gular allowance of clothing was found by the master s he was entitled to deduct from this amount the sum of 31. To every female convict, the annual amount of wages was fixed at 71. and the deduction for cloth ing was fixed at 11:10r. This adjustment of prices was referred by Governor Macquarrie to the magis trates of the colony, and agreed upon by them at the same period ; in which was ordered, that all payments in colonial currency should cease, and thenceforth be calculated in sterling. Such are the conditions upon which the convicts in New South Wales are at present assigned to settlers; and although they have ceased for some time to be secured by any written stipulation, yet they are considered to be established by custom, and to form a guide for the decisions of the magis trates in all disputes that occur between the settlers and their convict servants. It was never permitted. at any period in the colony, to a master to inflict corporal punishment upon his convict labourer; and reference to a ma gistrate was always and is now enjoined for the pur pose of substantiating the mutual complaints that arise between them. These complaints are found, in most cases, to proceed from the reluctance or inability of the convict to perform his task ; from his attempts to plunder his master's property, or that of the convicts about him ; or from the man ner iii which his wages are paid by his master. A very large proportion of the coavicta assigned to the settlers, having, in the later periods of the colony, consisted of the lowest classes of labourers from the manufacturing districts of Great Britain, or front the populous towns, much difficulty has been ex perienced in training them to agricultural labour on their arrival, and this difficulty has increased as the system of agriculture is the colony has im proved. Hence have arisen the perpetual changes of the convict labourers from the service of one settler to another, and the expense to the Crown in maintaining those that are returned as useless and unprofitable. This evil has been necessarily accompanied by a violation of Governor King's order, that every set tler should retain a convict assigned to him fur the space of one twelvemonth ; and the inconvenience was afterwards so strongly kit, that Governor Mac quarrie, on the 30th of September, 1815, directed that no settler or other person should send hack to the Government gangs any servants assigned them, unless for the commission of some fault or crime, or unless they should be found unfit for manual labour from sickness or other infirmity. It is stated by Mr. Rouse, the superintendent of convicts at Paramatta, that this order ass violated in one month after its promulgation, and that It was found impracticable to adhere to it. The great inconvenience and interruption that complaints against these servants occasion to the settlers, and the risk to w h ich they are exposed in leaving their property to reek redress from the Magistrates, is severely felt by all the inhabitants of the colony; some of them, especially those who had themselves been convicts, feel a degree of commendable reluctance in making a complaint against a courict labourer for mere incapacity, and would rather submit to the unrequited expense of his maintenance, than be the cause of the infliction of unmerited punishment. This feeling is iu some degree attributable to a sympathy with that coudi lion which was once their own, and is not corrected until they acquire property, and a disposition to improve and augment It. Others, influenced by less humane considerationo, or by a dislike of the trouble of complsinivg, allow the eouviet to seek EAST INDIA HOUSE, Auctrat lb, 1822. THE COURT of DI R ECTO RS of she UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG. LAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, cio hereby vire Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in I.eadenhall•street, on IVEDN ES. DAY the 28th instant, from Nine o'Cloek in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the Election of a Director of the said Company, is the room of John Inglis. Esq. de. cased. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. T(1 P. Holders of till Debentures issued by me, as Vice-President and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Repoblic of Columbia, may receive payment of the same, with the Interest which may then be due thereon, out TUES. DAY, the Ist Day of October next, sad on every seam, quent Tuesday and Friday, between the Home of Eh yen and Three taTiock, at dm 011ke of Messrs. C. Herring, IV. Graham, and J. D. rowles, No. 3, Frermatia-court,. Corn.. The Interest on the said Debentures will cease from and after the said Ist day of October. F A. ZEA, Minister IPlenipuiptitisry of the London, August 17, left. Republic of Columbia. CHURCH PREFF.R M ENT. TO be SOLI) by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the A DVOWSGN of the valuable VICARAGE of TENBURY, with the Rectory of Rochford suucasd, an the County of Worcester. Fur particulars apply (post-paid) to G. B. Tyndale, Eq. Lincoln's Inn fields; or Messrs. Lloyd, Solicitor s, Ludlow. OUTINIAN LECTURES. LAST FOR THE SEASON. TILE FRIENDS of throe Rational Meeting", ■nd lbeir Acquaiutanee, are rewecifully informed that the Last Lreture for the Season will be .1. livered at Mr. Peon's. 10, New street. Spring,Gardens, TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, August 21, at 3 sick:irk, By Mr. RICHARDSON. Tickets 24. ed. each, at Messrs. Hatchards, 187, Picca dilly. HIS MAJESTY. The Metropolis of Scotland is now the point of universal attention. Few, comparatively, of the British public, are aware of its beautiful situation, and the splendour to which it has lately arises, vying, as it now dors, with toe first cities in Europe. For the gratification of t►ose alio desire ss acquaintance with the places which our Monarch is now inspecting, ow the lit of September will be pub lished, No. I. of ACOMPLETE DISPLAY of the CITY of EDINBURGH; to be concluded in PI Numbers, I 2 no. Each Number, price 28.6 d. will contaia Fight beau tiful Eogravings, and sixteen pages ofdeseript tire Letter-press. In the course of the Work will be given Plans of the Old and New Towns. Landau : Published by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Pater noster roR; and nosy be bad of all the Booksellers. EAST INDIA REGISTER., 1861. Thin day was pithlished, price Ss 6d. sewed, THE EAST INDIA REGISTER and DI- Ifaereirr, new MST esatalising a correct List of the Proprietors of East India Stock qualilled to vote at Ge tter& Elections; Complete Lists of the Company's Servants, at home and abroad, Civil, Military, and Marine, with their respective Appointments, with indexes to the same, and Lists of Caso•lties during the Isat year ; Lists of the Euro. pestle, Marriners, &c. &c. sow in the service of the East India Company ; List of private Vessels licensed by the Company under the late Act of Parliament, and of Mer client Vessels employed in the Country Trade in India; Regulations and Instructions II spectmg the Appointment of Writers, Cadets, mid Assistant Surgeons ; Rules and Hegel. legions of the Civil, Military, and Marine Funds, connected with the Company's Service ; with a variety of other useful loformation. Compiled, by permission of the Host. East India Company, from the Official Returns received at the Eivi India House. By A. W. MASON, GEORGE OWEN, Intl G. H. BROWN, Of the Secretar)'s Office ' East luJta Houle. . Corrected to 16th of August 1822. Primed fur BlArk, Kingsbury, Parbury,and Allen, Leaden ball airert; and G and W. B. Whittaker, Ara. Maria lane. NC If SOUTH WALES. EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF TIIE COMMIS SIONER OF INQUIRY INTO THE SPATE OF THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. [Printed by Order of the Horse of Commons.] (Cortinued fi um oar Paper of yesterday.) Swbsistence and Clothing of the Convicts retained by Government ; and Amployment of female toneitts. The female convicts, who had any disposition to conduct themselves well, might have been provided with the means of separation Coin those who maw lested a contriry disposition ; their tiod might have been prepared without the temptation of exchanging a portion of it for spirits ; and they would have become habituated to the same sort al accommoda tion and tenements. that it was, and ►till is, their lot to inhabit, I,ll.:llassigned to the WI vice of settici► in the colony. The effects of the licentiousness of the women at Paramatta are more visible in their appearance than in their health, or in that of their children. I was much struck with this eircumstance,at the first mus ter that 1 attended at Paramutta in the year 1819, when most of them were accompanied by fine and and healthy children, some of *horn had been born after their mothers had attained the age of 45. The appearance of those who were destined to inhabit the new factory in 1821, denoted s staie of greater profligacy and abanduAtnent ; and was attributed by Mr. °Ars to their rooted apprehension of being deprived of their former means of indulgence. The present building. that is now appropriated to their use, was intended for the lodging and em ployment of not less than 300. It is placed upon the extremity of a large uniticlosed tract of stetil ground, that is separated by the Paramutta River Irom the town, and from the pleasure-ground lately attached to the residence of the Governor.— The quantity of water in the river varirs greatly in the different seasons of the year, sometimes leaving its bed neatly dry, and generally fordable; and at others raising it to within 13 feet from the highest part of time left bank, close to the edge of which the outside wall of the new factory stands. In the first design that was made of this build ing, and submitted to the contractors, it was not ioteudcd to surround it with any external wall ; but 1