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44 r o 4.A-v • - 11`46 - t• • 'h ; 1:i , S • n fe° 3 Ainc, fse /7 / 2 rte .4-14 NVAIIIER 9657. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 1823. . '4 . EAST INDIA HOUSE, July 30, 1823 PRIel; SiIViMPENCL, PRINCE HOHENLOIII THE' COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the BAST INDIES, do hereby give SAND'WI II ISLANDS " Another very extraordinary occurrence" ,(says a correspondent of the .Dublin Evening Poet), " con nected with Prince HOHENLOHE'S powers of operating mi racles, took place so late as yesterday morning (August 1)., nt the Convent of Ranelagh, immediately adjoining Dublin: " The circumstances, as far as I have learned, are briefly these s.--A very accomplished religious, of a nunnery at Cork, wrote some time since to supplicate the Prince's prayers, on behalf' of a sister afflicted with a grievous complaint. She re ceived an answer from his Highness stating, that he found it almost impossible to reply to every application made to him on those subjects, as he had for a length of time received not less than fifty letters per day, and that, to obviate the inconvenience of ;gimp individually to all, he had adopted a system of offering his prayers for the relief of the afflicted in particular districts on particular days. In furtherance of this arrange ment, the Prince requested that his correspondent would ap prise all the Irish religious communities, that he Should, on the Ist of August, at seven o'clock in the morning, offer up the sacrifice of the mass, for the restoration of all those inmates of the establishments who laboured under bodily ailment; and he requested that masses should simultaneously be offered up in the respective convents . .tbr the same purpose. This, I have reason to believe, has been done generally throughput the kingdom. - . " A lady of respectability, who h as b een f or many years tine of the religious community of Ranelagh, and whose name is Stewart, was attacked a considerable time since by what was considered an incurable disease. For the last twelve months she had, as 1 am informed, been altogether deprived of the use of her limbs, and within the last two months her speech had also failed her. Under these circumstances, her physicians (anionzst whom are mentioned names of the first rank in the profession) not only abandoned all hope of ultimate recovery, but stated her dissolution to be just at hand, when, at the hour indicated by the Prince yesterday morning, and whilst her brother, who is a clergyman, was celebrating mass for her re. covery, iii her chamber—while public prayers were at the same tin - ie offering up for the same purpose in the convent chapel, she arose from her couch, from which she was never more ex. , petted to rise, and exclaiming---' holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, I am well !'—prepared herself to descend to the public chapel, and manifest the mercies of God to the congregation present, by appearing before them as she did completely re stored. Philosophy herself must admit th a t t h ese t hi n g s are passing strange. Notice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing on or before WEDNESDAY, the 27th of August next, from the Owners of such SHIPS, of the Burtben of 1200 Tons and upwards, Builder's measurement, as have performed their contracted number of Six Voyages in the Company's regular Service, specifying the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LET such SHIPS for THREE ADDITIONAL VOYAGES. The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the Cover, "to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the said Wednesday, the 27th August next, beyond which hour no Tender will he re ceived. The Court further give Notice, that they will he ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, , on or before WED NESDAY,II7Ih.August next, from the Owners of sucn SHIPS of the Durthen of 800Tosis and upwards, Registered measure. nient, as have been employed in, and not performed more than Eight Voyages to and trout INDIA or CHINA, in th e Company's Serriee, specifyin g the R a t e_ of Frt.ielit at which they may be 'willing to LET such SHIP for ONE VOYAGE to and from CHINA direct. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at or before Twelve o:Clock at Noon, on the said 27th of August next, beyond which hour no Tender will be received. JOSEPH D kRT, Secretary. The Particulars of the Terms and Condition• upon which the Ships will be respectively engaged for the Company's Ser vice, may be had upon application at the Office of the Clet k to the Committee of Shipping, on or before Monday next, the 4th August. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, August 4, 180. N OTICE is hereby given, that the WIDOWS of COMMISSION and WARRANT OFFICERS of the ROYAL NAVY, receiving Pensions from the Charity esta blished for their Relief, will be paid their Pensions, due the 80th of June last, at No. 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, by Edward Finch Hatton, Esq. the Paymaster of the Charity , ris.:— The Widows of Flag-Oilicers, Superannuated Rear-Ad inirals, Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, and Alasters, un Monday, the Itch Instant; the Widows of Surgeons, Pursers, qnd Boatswains, on Tuesday, the t 4th Instant ; and the Widows of Gunners and Carpenters, on Wednesday, the dth Instant, and on every succeeding Thursday, between the boors of Ten and Twelve. And Notice is further given, that Remittance Bills will be sent on the 10th Instant to those Widows resident :in the COuntry, who have requested to be paid their Pensions near their respective. Residences. J. W. CHOKER. SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. This Day were published, By J. PENTUM, 78, Strand, THE following Pi e c es f rom t h e N ew Comedy, SWEETHEARTS and WIVES, now performing at the Theitre Royal, Haymarket, Composed by J. NATHAN. Song—Madame Vestris—" Why arc you wandering here, I pray ?" Song—Mr. Liston—" Billy Lackaday's Lament.” Song—Mrs. Jones—" A secret." Song—Miss Love—", I'll not be a maiden fi)rsaken." Duet--Madame Vestris and Mr. Davis—" The offerings, Love ! we bring to thee." Duet—Mr: listen and Miss Love—" How can you abuse att easy woman so. .LSO ral sqLtowixes solos, ►IOW " ADA Isis:" Sir Henry go Irsem."—Priev Paltry ►l Lily Caroline Latulo. M olio by I. Nathan. Mcg lot for •- - Gen, 774.:= lbw? dia.*, *moo e-oreee the ea, To et - Ikie - dee Ow. r - - 3 1:,7„:•4 ltifr c i • V * -1 not lin. etiters.%—Pritt bat tor " Weep for'eeleet theiest We, Lowe."—priee *P. Kora 6r rriorl thilerl (,N~• Weep fat irlaat No.* mem NO TIME TO LOSE,. If you want FAVOURITE or PARTICULAR NUMBERS. nil HMI begs leave most respectfully to vc• . 1. • quaint his best Friends, the Public, that the Tickets of the Present Government Lottery are all on Sale in the open Stock Market. with the other Government Funds and . Securities, and, like them, are liable to daily fluctuations t a • trifling a:trance has alenstly taken place, but as the demand increases, a considerable rise in price must be the conse ,quence.. Those persons who arc desirons of obtaining any Particolar or Favourite Number, are recommended to apply for it immediately at either of FISH'S Offices, or it will pro. bably be sold, for the excellent arrangement of the Scheme, and tbe low Price of the nckets, have caved a greater do nand in this Lottery. then in any for many years. GOVERNMENT LOTTERY 'FOB. ,Ceoo,ooo MONEY! ,Three of ..C*Q,OO9 Money ! • Two of XlO,OOO Money ! More Prizes than Blanks! MI the' Prizes Money !- ...Lowest Prize . XlO ! 'riches arid : Sha,res tire on so“ at . .I3ISITS Offices, 4. roptNutim„ and 9, CAA ING•CROsS, the success of whose so preverhial, that to particularize iv unnecessary : in the last Lottery alotwhe sold Twentl-flve Capital Prizes. THE LATE ELOPEMENT. ft is doubtless fresh ht the recollection of our ; readers, that about three weeks egb, a young lady and gentle. man who, it was supposed, were hastening as fast as a chaise and four could take them, to ionic more convenient Temple of Hymen than the illetropolis, or its neighbourhood can boast of, were overtaken at Aylesbury by relentless pursuers, and the young lady, after considerable resistance from the lover, was torn from his arms, and compelled to return to London, while the disconsolate youth was left to pursue his melancholy , way, backwards or forwards, as he chose, so/us. It appears, that the young gentleman on his return sought an interview with the fair object of his affections, but this he could not obtain. He then openly claimed her lb Marriage from her father, but was rejected. He next had recourse to stratagem to obtain a sight of her, but was informed she wtia gone td certain wateting-place, w hi t h er he immediately went in pursuit of her, but she was not to be found, and he discovered that he had been misled. He returned to London, and by the exer cise of some ingenuity, got- admission with his brother to the house of her father, where an interview took place between all the parties. A great deal of conversation, recriminatory 'as well as expostulatory, took place. The young gentleinan urged his pretensions with all the ardour of a youthful lover, the fa.: thee firmly persisted in his rejection of him for a son-in-law,, and the young lady herself (as is alleged on her side) gave him reason to believe that her sentiments, if she had ever entertained any of a tender kind for him, had undergone a very consider able change. It was stated to him in the course of the inter view;that under the circumstances of her elopement, the shaft of calumny might be levelled- at her character--a slanderous world might say she was not so pure as she should be, and it' that were to happen, be need not he told how dreadful might be the consequences to her and those connected with her. He was then asked if he would object to sign a certificate, declaring her to he p ure ant i spotless before he knew her. lie hesitated, because he was at a loss to know what could be the object of a request seemingly so singular in its kind. Being pressed, however, he did sign it, at the same time giving ver-. belly a most unequivocal declaration to the same effect. He afterwards renewed his protestations of affection, and his urgent intreaties to be allowed to lead her to the Altar, but was again refused, and finally he learnt that she was engaged and about to be married to another ! At this, all prudence forsook him, anti he swore he would shoot her. His declaration was, as stated, " By - if she goes to the Altar with another, she shall never return from it alive !" He went to the house and repeated this declaration, and was attended by his brother, who was also said to have joined in the threats used by the lover. It was at length deemed necessary for the safety of all parties to appeal to the law, and an application was made at one of the Police-offices, in consequence of which a peace warrant was issued, but the brother of the lover only was taken into custody, the other not being found. An examination which lasted several hours, and which was strictly private, took place before the Magistrate who granted the warrant. The brother, hi answer to the charge, denied that he had ever made use of a threat or any expression which could be, so constructed. He descanted upon the wretchedness and misery his brother had endured, and was still suffering under, and declared be was almost in a state of madness. Ile had been induced (the defendant added) to sign the certificate which had been mentioned, by a promise from the young lady that upon his signing it she would consent to have him. Here the young lady, who was present, said, " I never made any such promise." The defendant declares! ahedid. She said, "if you will sign the certificate, I will have you," calling hitu by his Christian name " but when he had signed it, she declared " she could (or would) never have him." The young lady denied that she ever made any such declara tion. It was further stated in her behalf, that ,she was, at first by no means a consenting party to the elopement, for that the young gentleman had prevailed upon her to enter a carriage under the pretence of taking her for a drive merely, and they had got more th an 2 11 miles before sh e was i n f orme d o f or even, guessed at his intention, and then it was too late to retreat. A very long, and at intervals a very stormy discussion, be fore the Magistrate, terminated at length in an oidtm from his Worship for the defendant to enter into sureties, to a large amount, to keep the peace to the young lady and her family, and to all his Majesty's subjects, until the next'Sessions. - The fair cause of a 4 these proceedings,- who is little more , than 17 years of age, skas married, we understand, to the fa voured rival on Saturday last.--(lllaraing• Paper.) SINGULAR RINONESS OF A CAT.—A country gentleman of our acquaintance, who Is neither a friend to thieves nor poachers, has at this moment in his household a favourite cat, whose honesty,he is sorry to my,there is b u t too muc h reason to call in questi on . The animal, however, is far, from being selfish in her principles, for her acceptable gleanings he regu larly shares among the.children of the family in which her lot is cast. It is the habit and repute of this said Grimalkin to leave the kitchen or parlour as often as hunger and an opportunity may, occur, and wend her way to a certain pastry cook's shop, where, the better to conceal her p urpose , she endeavours sl)ly to ingratiate herself into favour with the mistress of the house.. As soon as the landlady's attention becomes in grossed business' or otherwise , puss contrives to pilf er a small pie or 4.rt front the shelves onl which they are placed, speedily afterwards mak ing t h e best of her way home with the booty. Slien then care fully delivers her prize to some of the little ones in the nursery. A division of the .stolen property quickly t a k es p l ace , and here it is singularly a musing to Observe the sleekit animal, not the least conspicuous among the juvenile group, thankfully nut mp ing her share of the illegal traffic. We may add; that the pastry cook is by no means disposed to institute a legal process againikt poor Mistress Gib, as the children of the gentleman to whom we allude are honest enough to acknowledge their four footed playmates sailing to papa, who willingly compensates an! dantage the, shopkeeper may , sustain from the petty depreda tions of his Would-be philanthropic cat.—Viiinburei Courant.) Extract.ef 4 Letter. from Mr. Emas, to the Assistant Secretary of the Minion Missionary Society, dated at Oahu, (or Wao. boo), one of the Sandwich Islands, June 12, 1622. The late King of the Sandwich Islands, TEME. tiAM MIA, considering himself under the protec tion of the King of England, had always been very attentive to English vessels touching at any of his islands for refreshments, which kindness had been reported to our Government, which sent him from P or t J ac k son a very neat schooner, as a present from the Pr - ince Regent. Captain Kent, of his Majesty's colonial' gutter, Mermaid, having the sch ooner un d er h is charge, touched at Iluahine for fresh provisions, on his Way to the Sandwich Island s . H e very k i ndly offered a passage to any of us who might wish to visit the islands ; and, as he intended to touch at the Mar quesasi it afforded a very favourable opportunity for introducing the Closperamong those islands. I was appointed to accompany the deputation, to endeavour to settle some native teachers among them, and to examine the,ground with a view to its becoming a missionary station. On the 25th of February we left Ilualdne, having with us Anna and Matatore, with their wives, who were sent by the Missionary Society in Hunhine to the Mar quesas, to instruct the people there. We had a very pleasant voyage ; Divine Ser vice was performed oa board twice every Lord's Day, except on one or two occasions—once iu English and once in Tahitian, as we had nine Tahitians with 113. On the 27th of March we came in sight of the north-east coast of Hawaii (Owyhee). We sailed along within four or five miles of the shore, almost enchanted with the beautiful appearance of this part of the island. The coast was very bold, generally rising 400 feet almost perpendicularly from the sea ; iu some places the rocks wore bare, or only par tially covered with moss ; at others they were tidily clothed with shrubs and trees. The line of coast was occasionally broken by deep hays or extensive valleys; while, at unuequal dis tances from each other, the most beautiful cas cades, of various forms and dimensions, flowed down its steep front, and emptied themselves into the ocean below. We had a brisk gale in passing the straight be tween Mani and Hawaii, after which it became calm, and we were obliged to lay to for the night off Toraihai. I accompanied our Captain on shore, near to which we were met by Kaulani, the Governor of the island. After inquiring the country froql whence we came, he expressed a wish to accompany us on board; we therefore re. turned with him to the vessel ; he spoke English tolerably well, informed us that the King of •aihoriho was at Woahoo, that the missionaries from America were also there, that he had only returned from whence the preceding night.—He was very inquisitive about the object of our visit, and learning from Anna that we were missionaries, expressed his wish that some of us might remain with them. A very friendly intercourse soon commenced between the natives who came off with him and the Tahitians with us, and the even ing passed agreeably a way, Ile joined with us in o ur family devotions, and afterwards told Anne and his companions 64 that he much wished to be instructed in the religion of JESUS CURIST, and to be. made acquainted with JElloTAti the true Goo, but had nobody to teach him except a Tahitian, who had told him much about these things," . Next morning, at daybreak, the coast along 'ratan' Bay presented to our view vast streams of lava, which, about eighteen years ago, poured down the sides of the mountain front craters still visible ; and the lofty Mouna Kea and Mouna iluararai (two of the highest mogutains in the island) burst upon our view with their snow-clad tops glittering with the beams of the rising sun. The impression it made upon our Ta hitian friends was striking. We had often Nke soured to give them some idea of snow and ice, hat could never succeed, as they could not think how it was possible that water could ever become hard ; they were particularly gratified with the sight, and immediately proposed a visit to the summit of the nearest mountain, to procure some of the hard water to take to Huabine. The coast did not appear so thickly inhabited as that which we passed along yesterday, probably on account of the surface of the ground being nearly covered with lava. On the following day Kuakini, the Governor, left us, and went on shore - in his canoe, accompanied by Auna, to whom he appeared par ticularly attached. iVe passed slowly along the coast,and in the afternoon went on shore at a small village called Kanhou, near the spot where the late battle between the forges of Rihoriho, who had abandoned the gods, acid hit brother Keakuaokarani, (i. to the Cod of Heaven) who wished to support them, was fought. On landing we were kindly invited to Ole house o f the chief of the place, who entered very familiarly into conversation with as on the nature or our visit, probable length of our stay / Fzc, We after wards walked oat on the beach, procured :sev e r a l specimens of plants not found among the Society Islanda ; ‘‘e Were followed by about 100 fine looking children and many adults ; w e talk e d it little‘aith them ; but evening advancing, we were obliged to bid them farewell, and return to our vessel. The next day, w hich was the Sabbath, we came to an anchor hi Karakaktra bay, and endea. vOured to improve the season as well as circum. stances would admit. Early. on the fallowing ' morning we Went . oil shore, and pro cee d ed to the spot , rhere our unfortunate country Man C aptain c ook met his e nd'. AO aged chief 'und ertook to be OU P gu id e , an d con d u cted us to- th e spot, Where the celebrated navigator fell. We afterwards wandered through the villages, conversing with the people, whom we found every where willing to listen to us, and generally expressing a desire to learn to read and write, to be made acquainted with the true God, and the way of titivation, ge• nerally lamenting also that they had no one to instruct them, and soliciting us to remain with them. I talked in Tahitian to them, employing also the few phrases of their language I had been able to pick up, assured them we sincerely COM. passionated them in their present ignorant state. During our stay we made several excursions into the interior of the island, and found the people kind and hospitable, considering their present wretched state, as a long drought had nearly cut off all their crops of potatoes, and re diked them almost to a state of famine. Hawaii is a fine island, of very considerable magnitdde,estimated by Van couver at 4000 square miles. The population is perhaps 100,000, and not a missionary among them to tell them of the love of G o d to lost sinners, as the American missionaries at Oahu have not been able to form a permanent station on thi s i s l an d, f or the Xing appears unwilling that any of them should remove from the vicinity of his place of re!..ideure. I had several opportunities of conversing with the Go. vernor while we remained at Hawaii. was remarkably pleased with our first visit, and kept us till a very late hour conversing on different subjects; being very minute and particular in his inquiries about the Society Islands. After Mr. Tyerman and myself had lain down to sleep on our mat, he came in and sat down by the side of us with his slate in his hand, to re ceive a copy, with which I readily furnished him. lieafterwards continued his inquiries until, I believe, two o'clock in the morning, when he left us and retired to rest, frequently repeating, " lie makemake au e ao," 44 Nui ke, makemake a'u." (1 desire to learn ; great is my desire.) After spending about a fortnight at Kartika kua, we proceeded to Oahu ; and on Saturday, April 16, were near enough to see the houses and people on shore. We were much pleased with the hope of spending the Sabbath in social intercourse and holy fellowship with our missionary friends from America who were residing them ; but dur ing the night we drifted so far to the leeward, that it was Sabbath evening before we again ap proached the shore. Next morning we stood in for the harbour, and about 10 A.M. came to anchor. About five weeks ago, we made a tour of the greatest part of this island, which was uncom. monly interesting; we found the people every where ready toattend the instruction,and listening very attentively to things relating to the religion of Jesus Christ: very frequently making in. quirks about wtat they did not understand. A good natured man, at whose house we had slopti accompanied us a little way on our journey next morning, and in relation to what Mr. Bingham had said en the preceding evening, about the future happiness or misery of the soul, said, " We never heard of these things before ; we have been in darkness, but these things break in upon our minds like light in the morning." Wherever we rested on our way f and could col lect a few people together, we spoke to them of the love of Jesus Christ, and the blessedness of those who trusted in him, and believed on his name. We every where experienced the greatest hospitality and attention, or found the people generally willing to share with us their few po tatoes, or o lowtever their scanty meal consisted of, which was not unfrequently a baked dog ;' however, in two instances, a small pig was baked for our refreshment. The general appearance Of these islands (with the exception of Woahoo) is very different from that of the Georgian and Society Isles. The principal mountains in Owyhee, Mouna Rona, Mouna Ken, and Mouna liaararai, are much more stupendous than any in Otaheite. The mountainous parts are generally more sublime, but much less picturesque than in the Southern isle, The land usually rises with a gradually ascent from the beach to the lofty mountains of the interior, but the surface is only partially covered with trees and shrubs, and towards the shore the principal verdure is a brownish kind of long grass ; frequently, as far as the eye can reach, nothing was visible but dark lava, tinged with a red or brown colour, according to the proportion of iron it contained in a state of oxidization; while in the Society Islands, the most luxuriant vegetation not only clothes the summit of the mountains, but descends' to the beach and by its overhanging' branches in many places, prevents the traveller from proceeding without going up to his knees in the sea. Many parts of these islands are also inadequat e ly supplied with water. At Kairas, a village con. taming some thousands of inhabitants, the nearest water is a spring about three miles distant in the mountains ; and in, point of natural products for the support of the in habitants, these are all inferior to the Sociaty Islands. The bread-fruit tree, so abundant in Otaheite, h here but thinty scattered, and gene rally of a blight e d s i c kl y a ppearanc e, the fruit not one-third so large in size,' and very inferior in quality. The tare is equal in quality, but con siderably smaller, owing f perhaps, to its being plucked much sooner than is eustomary with the Tahitians. Plantains and bananas are only grown in sheltered and particular places, and, though very sweet, are much smaller and more scarce than in the Society Islands. he chesnut and the vi-plum is not to be found, though I understand there are plenty of ()etas, (or red apples), I:tit, this is not the season for them. Yams do taut appear to be cultiveted kr any of the 111.14M18 ex. • cept Ouebou,' the 'most leeward of the group and those I have seen from thence; tho ug h Mud s larger, are not superior to the yams of the Hue hine, Tabueetninu, or Manful. The uata, or sweet potato; appears to be the principal food of the peopleitogether with their poi, it sort of . puds. ding made of the taro l which, With theiweet-pa tit°, is cittleated to a Very considerable extent. Fish are by no means plentiful, though muck labour is endtit'ed in seeking them for the Kink and the Chiefs. Hogs ..'are very scarce,..aod are generally sold as from four to ten dollars each . ; fowls are also proportionably dear, as is every article of provision. The inconvenience ,for want of fire -wood is very great ; it costs the mission fa mily here, fourdollars per week for greivood alone. The natives appear a hardy industrious race of people. The chiefs, all of their, •very large men ; the common people rather above the mid dle stature, of a complexion considerably darkei than the Tahitians; and, though very civil And friendly, much less inquisitive and loquaciouS than their southern neighbourS. In the construc tion of their canoes, sleeping.mats, war-Cloaksi and helmets ; in dying their calabashes and printing their cloth ; they discover a superior degree of ingenuity and neatness : but in their houses, and in the fabrication of their native Cloth, they are inferior to the natives of the Son them Islands. 1 think, also, they are less cleanly in their persons, and bathe Much less frequently than the Tahitians do. Their features, 'habits, traditions, and lan &age very fully demonstrate that they, with the Marquesans, Tahitans, Friendly islanders, and New Zealanders, were originally one nation, or emigrated f rom th e same country and people. The analogy between their traditiOns and language, is peculiarly striking. In the lat ter, the pronunciation is similar. The Sandwich Islanders substitute the 1 for the t, and the h for they'? in many places they also substitute the I for the r. The government and construction is also, in many respects, materially different; !it the Tahitian language is, great part of it, readily understood by a Sandwich Islander; and the Tahitians who accompanied us, soon became fa miliar with the speech of these peopte: I have not yet observed that copiousness and precision which so peculiarly characterizes, the Tahitian language, but probably my superficial acquaint ance with the language of theSe people, has pre vented my discovering its excellencik s . The climate i s very superior to that in which have .been accustomed to reside for several years past ; the changes of weather are less frequent, and the temperatures much more regular. The thermometer is sometimes 84, which is about the average height at llualtine ; but the trade winds are more temperate and constant, the nights . agreeably cool, and the rainy season more fern ' Jar. The fogs and heavy damp weather, together with the frequent calms, of the Society islands,. are hardly Over experienced here, which renders the air much more salubrious and pleasant. The people all appear convinced that Chris tianity is the best religion, and that it will niti- Mately be universally embraeed, but seem not quite satisfied as to the best tibia to adopt it. • To Me. G. Hudson, cite. Arx: .t.c. WM. BUIS. From the LONDON GAZFTTE,. August 5. Foreign-Ofice, Angii.st 5, 1823: It has been notified by the. French Minister for Foreign Affairs to, the Amtraiisatlore' and Minister's of neutral Powers at Faris, "'That the French Government hint declared an effretive blockade of the port of Corunna." BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. G. Rivets, Judd-street, Brunswick..si.o re, cabinet-maker. E. Hastings, bower Smith-st. Northampton-sq., milkman, BANKRUPTS. J. Bond, Cawstot, Norfolk, farmer, to surrender Aug. 9, 16, Sept. 16, at the Bankrupts Court, Basin ;hall-street. tors, Messrs. Fisher and Sudlow, Thavies-inn, Balboni. J. Austin, Little St. l'homat Apostle, Mespsitle, warehouse. mat, Aug. 9, 23, Sept. 16, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing. hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Gilbank, Ooleman.street. U. Ilawkin s , Star-corner, Bermondsey, carpenter, Aug. 9, 10, Sept. 16; at the BankruPts' Court, Bssinghell-street. Solicitor, MT. lice, Three Crown-aquare, thauthwark. J. Ilaselden, Grub -street, horse dealer, Aug. 9, )6. Sept. In, at the Bankrupts' Court, BasingluilLstreet. Solicitor, Mr. Gray, TYson-place,• Kingsland.road. • G. Green, York-street, Covent.garden, weollen.draper, A ug. 9, Sept. 16, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-strest. Solicitors, Messrs. Sweet, Stokes, and C arr , B us i ng et hall-stre. R. Alderson, Newcastle-upori+Tyne, surgtoo,A ug. 14, '26: Sep. 16,- at the G eorge :Inn, New cas. le-u per-Tyn Solicitors, Messrs. Constable and Kirk,_ SyTtooturs Inn, Chancery-lave.' I'. Bothwell, Runcorn, Cheshire, eorn-desler, Aug. 30, Sp , . 1, 16, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Solieitart, Messrs. Brunt'. Tett, Spinks, and Reddish, Temple, It. !voles, Rinfpirmotl, tshire, clothier, Aug. .1,13, Sept. Itt, Itt the Commercial Rooms, !Irina Soliciten, lifessm Bourdilkin and Ilewitt,•Bread.street. DIVIDENDS. ` Aug, 29, E. Renaud, Birmingham, whip-maker—Aug. , 211; S. Whitwell, Coventri, surgeon—Aug. 27, T. Matthows. Bishop- Wearmouth Durham, spirit-rnerchant--Aug. 26; Perkins, Coventry,- ' doctor of physic—Aug. 0, S. A. P en ne tt , Worship -street, Shoreditch, coach-nranufteturer—Sept. 3, .1. Fairford, Glouventershire, innholder—Sept. 4, H. A. Low, - Sunderland, merchant—Sept. 4, W. Baron and M. Douglas Li, Sunderland, coal-titters—Aug. 9, B. W. Ilentell, 'W hite on-wharf, Upper Thattes-street, corn-dealer—Aug. 29, J. H. Foster and C. Dobson, Norwich, manufacturers. CERTIFICATES, Aug. 26. R..Philpots, Banbury, Oxfordshire, draper—J. Cole, Wol.. verliampton, Staißodshire, carrier—K. J. Inman, Blackman. street, Southwark, brazier—J. Piirley, Old Kent-road, egg. salesman—E. Needh am , Fore.street, Cripplegate, warehousd. man—H. Gerhardii Savagei,Pardens, merchant—W. .paries, King-street, Coventlarden, woollen-draper—J. glory, Li. verpoal, ship-chandler. I'ARTN .11S/ITPS DISSOLVED. Bartley anti If. , King, l'ortman.strcet, Portny. minors, 11iitebinson and \V. Foster, Carlisle, Eh& i Onjltertf W. Oliver, .7. Smith, and .I. Shrewsbury, drapeft W. Oliver ara J. 111'Neill, 3lanehcater, drapers—R. .1. .4 hictt and T. Howard, IVltitechapel.rttati, boot and shoo roattufsc. turers—'l". Chopping and G. paper.tray.notnutittotrers—.. T. Tattersall and Sons, Liverpool ; ikr as regards C. Tattersall.—J. Martin and W. Illawson, Leeds, wholesale sta. tionera—C. Woolacott and O. Rabb, jun. Bideford, Devon. shire, tit:Rom—T. Nichub h illasacj. and . H. Nichols, Man. Cheater, cotton.manufiteturcre —C. t.• Polo - ta t 1 1% Falrthorav, and .31. 14oftv, ola Jewry , solicitors—J. anti W. E. Spack. num , New Broad-street, titan:lutists-14. J. Panther: and J. Jennings, coal.merchants--J. Charleton and J. alt:net Lis. bon—W. Johnson, S. Dethick, jun., and S. , Wi t tkie, ; , W or k. sop, toal.snerrliants—M. Ward and S. Manias Worcester, nett.drapers-1,. aid t Stake, Tllatne, Oxfordag re •