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11AVANNAII. ( From tl.c Glasgow Courier, Der. 23.) ,IMTORTANT.—A, most respectable Commercial 'louse in town has favoured us with the follow. ing extract from Ilavannah, of the latest date. It is very important. The island, which the Ame rican Government has directed Commodore Ito ti.ta to survey, for the purpose of fortifying, is one the most southern ,of that group of isles and ,shatits which extend from East Florida into the It i$ Situated about half way between the main island anti Cuba, end only abut 75 miles N.W. or N.N.VV,;• from the Havannah.— lf the harbour in it is equal to that of the Ha vant-tab, tme of the most capacious in the world, then in the hands of the United States it becomes a naval station of the very first importance. Strongly fortified, it overawes the Havannah, is a stepping stone to Cuba, commAtins the outlet of the great Gulph of Mexico, and consequently the WHOLE TaAiH: not only of Jamaica, but also the whole trade of Continental America, Mexico included, from the mouth of the Rio n MAMA LENA to the point of East Florida. In case of any • future contest with the , United States, it is a sub ject of deep importance to this country. The Atne- Ocans lay their hands upon it now under the pre tence ofrooting out Pirates, and they will no doubt claim the right of Seizing the island by saying that the whole cluster lying off, Florida belong netts, rally to it. On step by step they go." They are. an ambitious people. They stick at nothing to gain their purpose. They look with u longing 4 , ye for Sugar colonies. They know their value better than we seem now to do, and With this Object in view we have little doubt that their possession of the. WEST KEY ISLAND, is a pre paratory step to further encroachments in that quarter of the world. 'They have chosen their time very opportunely. Great Britain wishing to trample upon her Colonies, to 'please a restless, interested, end reckless party in this country, has kindled a flame of suspicion, discontent end indignation through out them, so strong, that we cannot for a mo ment doubt, were any quarrel to ensue between • Great Britain and the United States, these Colo nies would throw themselves under the protec tion of the latter power. We hope, however, that prudent and firm measures on the part of his Majesty's Ministers will, in defiance of the clamours of faction, avert such a dreadful and fatal catastrophe.--The following is the extract of the Letter alluded to " Ilarannoh, Nov. 10, 1023. " Commodore Rogers, President of the Board of Commis sioners, has been sent oat to examine the port and harbour of Thornson's Island (Key \Vest) 75 miles N.W. from hence, And returned home on Tuesday last. I have been informed that be declares the 'wham to be as good a one for ships of the line and frigates as that of Havannah. lie remained in this port six hours but did not land, only having put into port to get fruit and refreshments. His report, as well as that Of Conmindore Porter's, who was on his way to Washington when Rogers was on his passage out, will appear in the public prints AS soon as laid before Congress. This discovery will be all im portant to the naval forces of the United States and those of great Britain, in these seas ; and it is to be fortified withou t tielaY in pumuit of pirates, as the vessels of the United States leave it at dark, and are on this coast befbre or at day-liglit, consequently the pirates cannot evade them." I.lAvornse, Dec. 16.---,Tl►o regular courier has brought letters from Madrid of the 11th. The Journals are not interesting : there is no political intelligence. The Prelates and. all the Eccle siastics who are at Madrid ; have, it is said, pre sented a petition to the King for the re-establish ment of the Inquisition. The Kieg answered, that he was not yet authorised to do it by the Powers end by the Pope, from which we might infer the desire of doing it. The Duke of San Fernando has been banished to his estates, for having refused the embassy which was offered him. The corps of Quesada, it seems, is going to be disbanded. The troops of Loch° which were at Madrid, and looked more like a band of robbers than soldiers, have left the capital. It is stated from Alicant that, though the capitula lion•says there shall be a French garrison, the Spanish general Sempore will be the commander, which displeases the inhabitants. Gen.Sempere has placed a piece of cannon at his gate, and never goes out without au escort of cavalry. Accounts from X.eres de la Frontera, of the 12d, say that the two parties are continually engaged all over the country. The Constitutionalists arrest, plun der, and kill the' St'rviles, who take their revenge when they are in force ; 19 Patriots were lately taken and shot ; they died crying, " The Con stitution fAtr ever 1" The intriguing party exert all their efforts at Court to prevent the King from issuing an amnesty, on which, however, he does not seem to - think any more. Thus.the new Mo narchy, from which something was hoped, will do nothing to remedy the evils that oppress the kingdom. The courier of the army, who comes three times a week, will, henceforth come only once; so that our comspondence will be carried on in the same manner as before the war. The sth Regiment of Russet's is arrived. Yesterday two battallions of the Guard arrived ; • they are only 1,100 strong, though it-is said they recruited et Madrid. Captain SABINH arrived at Deptford in the Griper, on the 10th instant, from Spitzbergen, where he had been to ascertain the situation of the pendulum. the Griper, during Captain Se blue's stay on the island, penetrated to 75. 20. E., and to 81. N. Rein-deer were found in great numbers at Spitzbergen, and killed by the crew ; the fat on some of thorn was four incites thick. A most astonishing circumstance occurred on some of the officers visiting and inspecting the tombs and graves in which some Russians had been buried for 0 years. When the lid or gave-stone was removed, the body appeared in a perfect state, the flesh still remaining, and with, a colour on the cheek similar to life. All the bedies wore dressed in the costume of the ';Cban ry with night-caps, boots, and s tockin g s '11)14 wonderful preservation of the subject iludeuC.eti Captain Sabine to bring one to Eugland, B[9o ''one of the tomb grave stones. The Griper it ordered to be paid oft —(l3righton Gazette.) DEMER A It A. SLAVE REGISTRAiIA REPORT. TO MS IXCELLENCY MAJO - 11-4XERAI. , IIII)MAY, T.TI"•U- TENANTAGOVEIt?IOt, &C. &C, Ste. Office for the Registration of Slaves, Georgetown, Demerara, Sept. ]3, 1023. Sin,--I have the honour of reporting to your ricellency;the annexed partial Second Trienninl Statement of the Slave Popu. lation of this United Colony, on the 31st of Nay last (with a view of respectfully bringing this subject before your Excel. lency's notice—the registry not . being completed on the Ist inst., the period fixed for the same, in consequence of the exist ence of martial law since the 19th ult.), returning to me, de novo, agreeably to your instructions, showing the increase and de crease thus far, on the three years since the preceding registra tion ; and in which, 1 hope, will be found a pleasing im provement in the present Creole population, compared to that of lON. [Here follows the registration, the results of which we have given in our leading article.] Your excellency may be assured, that the utmost care has been used in completing the Registration thus far, and that the 1760 returns delivered in, have been duly attested on oath ; and I have again the pleasure to add, that I have encountered no difficulties with any individual whatever. The deaths for the three years past have been carefully compared and extracted from the medical certificates attached teethe returns; and the transfers from one proprietor to another, of such slaves as have been sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of, or changed owner ship within this period, have been most particularly looked into and numbered off at their names in the registration books of 1320, daily as the returns came in by the several numbers of the schedules or returns in the present registration, and in which an annotation to the same effect, and at the same time, has been made, so that such slaves may be traced at any time. Inde. pendently of the foregoing enumeration, the domestic slaves have also been registered by schedules No. 1 a 54, containing 41 males and 62 females, total 103—with reference and subject to the restrictions of the landing permit, as signified by me to your Excellency, in the orders which have been made on the petitions thereunto annexed, praying for such slaves to be ad mitted to registry ; " it being explicitely declared to be under stood, that such slaves have been imported as domestic servants only, in attendance upon their master or mistress during their stay in the colony, and that such importation has been under the provisions of the statutes in that behalf, made and subject thereto, and to such other conditions as are imposed by the law and by the said statutes, some or one of them." I have done every thing in my power to act up to the spirit of the registration-laws framed for my guidance, by a careful ex amination into the identity of description of every sit:vein every return of 1823, with a statement pertaining to the former re. turns given in in 11420 ; and the mode I have followed for checking the correctness of the enumeration, has furnished me With the means of making this present partial arrangement, or abstract of the slave population on tke 31st of May last (includ ing an additional number of 61 slaves since imported from the Bahamas, the 13th of June), which may prove acceptable to your Excellency at this moment, in several points of view.— Theee calculations are necessarily attended with great labour; but any labour that 1 can apply for the benefit of the colony, I have ever been willing to submit to. It is but clear that no slaves can be brought into the colony, c ontrary to law ; and an illicit importation, I have no doubt, would quickly be made an example of : but a difference may be expected always to arise between two periods of registration, from omission and otherwise, on the several reasons I had the honour to submit to your Excellency's consideration in my report of the 25th of September, 1020 ; and there may certainly be a few instances of omission in favour of freedom with othere, purposely to conceal this chattel property front the notice of creditors. In general, however, as the registry is the ground over which titles, sales, and transfers pass, there would seem no fear that many persons would wilfully omit registering their eaves, at the risk of losing their right and title in them. It may be proper to mention to your Excellency, that, with one or two exceptions, I have no account delivered in of the births and deaths, and of still-born children, during the three years preceding the present registration. Infants under 3 years re turned to me alive on the 31st May last, were 3,526—0 f whom 1,735 boys, and 1,791 girls. The deaths of children under 10 years of age, have been 697 boys, and 671 girls; and of adult's, 2,527 men, and 1,306 women. Of the present returned total population, the males are 5,617 more than the females. The proportion of the births and deaths to the present total popula. tion, is 5 to 8 ; the births are in favour of the females, and the deaths, of the males. Finally, there will be evidently an im provement in the Creole population, on the completion of the present registry, since the last report of 1820. It is worthy of observation, that the population from 25 to 50 forms the majority; after that age the numbers slacken amaz. ingly : under 20 years, we have 21,198; and above 50, only 4,780. Judging, therefore, front present appearance, a still farther improvement in the slave population may be fairly ex. pected in a few years, as the sexes equalize, if it be permitted to foster any hope of this kind, in thefece of probabilities, which every day's experience is bringing nearer and nearer to view. The general population decreases nearly 3 per cent. on the three years past, whether from the of of the abolition laws, or to the want of more salutary regulations in the hospi tals, or for the care of children, is not easy to decide. It may be attributed partly to both causes, and these will be instru mental to others ; but as the lessening of this decrease must in every view depend on the best regulations of the most humane enasteee, it cennot be doubted but that tinejudicious and good policy of proprietors will not fail to be beneficial to themselves, and in their neighbourhood. Here follow an account and specification since the last pre ceding registration, exactly corresponding with the statement of slaves now returned to your Excellency, as existing in this co lony on the 31st of May last, showing the manner and unde r whose charge the slaves are employed. The present state of affairs is of extreme importance to the in terests of the absent as well as of the present proprietors of De. merara, in every sense of the word. From the peculiar circum stances, take them altogether, under which colonial affairs have stood and been represented for sonic time past, it may, with out presumption, I hope, be permitted to rue to assert, by way of official proof, that the most effectual measures have been adopted., and are in progress in this colony, to promote the moral and religious improvement, as well as the comfort and happinese of the negrocs, in the wholesome acts of the legisla ture, together with the active co-operation of your Excellency, and the honourable members of the Court of Policy individual. le, in aiding the erection of places of public worship, favours. - ble to the institutions of our beloved country Amelitnation and improvement are indeed breaking in upon civilized eo ciety in every state and condition of life, and in every corner of the earth ; and as we live in an extraordinary age, when men of the highest rank, attainments, and wealth, set the example, and are united to distroy ignorance and delusion—so even in this colony, proprietors of liberal minds are net wanting to re.. commend, in the strongest manner, by their influence and ex ample, the discharge of every sacred duty. lam proud to re fer to the repeatedly recorded beneficent measures of your Ex cellency, and the honourable Court of Policy, to second and !insist the establishment of places of. public worship ; and to maintain, that I verily believe, notwithstanding the daring in surrection which took place so lately on the east coast, that it is to these endeavours for the maintenance of order and lin provement of morals, that an influence has been obtained over the minds of those in whose principles and conduct such an interest is felt, to which we are mainly indebted for the safety and security of the colony. These sentiments and declarations, and this unity of pur pose, I am concerned to know, will be rejected elsewhere with disbelief , notwithstanding there is no West India colony en titled to higher praise for them, or gifted with men connected with it of more, generosity and good sense. In January Last, in consideration of the want of accommodation in St. George's, Church, owing to the limited size of the building, and at the earnest solicitation of numerous inhabitants, the'vestry were induced to make an addition of 30 feet in length thereto, to af ford accommedation to 300 individual, of all classes; and al though they looked forward to the hope of defraying at least part of the expence, by the sale of the additional pews, they were encouraged by grafeful recollections, humbly to solicit from your Excellency, and the Bon. Court of Policy, and it was immediately granted, the sum of 5001. Or 7,000 guilder to assist in the repairs, and consequent expenses. And early in March last, the addition being completed, such was the earnest desire for seats, (of course many . persons being disappointed) that 17 additional pews below were taken in a few minutes after public notice to that effect, by voluntary offers, for f 6343, 5, anti 22 gallery pews, for f 3,009 I—making/9,3n fi, and which was barely 501. less than the alterations were contracted for. At a meeting at the early part of this year, of gentlemen con nected with the west coast of Essequebo, it bee been agreed upon, under the auspices and similar assistance from your Ex cellency, and the Honourable Court of Policy, to build two churches by voluntary subscription : one, which is already com menced, to be placed in front of Plantation La Belle Alliance, calculated to contain about 600 individuals of all classes; the other is intended to he erected near Plantation Adventure, about eight miles distant. The inhabitants interested in the Scotch church of St. Andrew's have equally partaken of this support and liberality ; and we have reason to expect, as funds can be found, and by general assessment, would be much the better assurance of them, to witness the presence of places of public wor►hip, at convenient distances from each other, throughout the colony, to the discouragement of missionaries, and as the most effectual means, combined with the due admi nistrittion of good laws, to promote order in the colony, and to remove some of the hostility so loudly expressed against the supposed supineness of West Indians in these respects ; since the upholding such institutions is a better reply than words can give, and will tend to promote and never militate against a gra dual amelioration and improvement in the condition of the slave while, on the part of the negrots, their general good behaviour is such, that no insubordination, excepting this recent insurrec tion on the east coast, has been witnessed in thiscolony for many years. To avoid the convulsions of sudden changes in such a state of society, concessions ought to lig given ever to good conduct, as grace and favour, with equal regard to local and individual in terests, end with considerable lapse of time. Heat, indiscretion, and an injudicious interference with long established authority, can lead to nothing but abuses, misery, and ruin. Far be it from me to accuse the missionaries wrongfully ; but unhappily there can remain no doubt, though it may not appear to what an alarming extent they may have been carried, that efforts to create disaffection among the slaves have originated, and have long been silently extending themselves, in and from that very part of the east coast where the missionaries have been most encouraged, to every other part of the colony ; and it has been assumed with considerable proof that the present insurrection was accelerated, if not produced, by inflammatory harangues and letters to the slaves, holding out false and mistaken hopes of emancipation to them against the avowed discountenance of every such hope by the highest authority in the kingdom. It would be sati►factory could persons in Europe, wl►o encourage these men by their very general hostile disposition against Wrest India Proprietors, have the opportunity of personally ascertaining the progressive but silent amelioration and aug. mentation which have been going on in the,condition and hap piness of slaves within the last 20 years; it would represent to them the danger of every measure which terminates, as may be foreseen, in insurrection—they would understand, that the origin of the late disturbances, both here and in Barbadoes, was in these improper discussions, over which the West India master had no power or controul—.and they would hear of many proofs affbrded to the planters, even in these recent dia -1 turbances, of their attachment and contentment—to induce them to admit it as the best preventive policy, in the present state of society, to confirm and strengthen this influence, as a gradual advancement to the reception of other privileges and benefits, free from danger to public or private interests, or of those awful visitations of justice which are and must be en forced when the laws are violated. A well regulated gang of slaves on a plantation in this cold. ny, is conducted upon similar principles with every large esta blishment in other countries; and, on the present occasion, I hope permission will be granted to me to bring this interest ing subject—the real situation of the labouring classes of his Majesty's dominions—before the attention of your Excellency. It may seem absurd and impertinent to do this to your Ex cellency ; but to those, however, who are not so familiar with the subject, it may not be uninteresting—and I do It with the sincerest liope, that it will be' attic.nded to by some of those persons who look upon the West India system As one of such unceasing terror, and induce them to think better of the colo nists ; and that it may excite truly paternal men to continue to apply their great powers of mind, as far as prudence will go, to increase the comfort and happiness of their slaves. ' Drivers, tradesmen, anti other officers among the slaves on a plantation, are usually allowed 2 shirts, 2 pair of trowsers, 3 yards of Osnaburgs, 3 yards of cheek, 1 cloth or Ponnistone lined jacket, I hat, 1. handkerchief, and a quantity of Salem pores for a lap; thread, needles, &c., per annum ; with 1 blan ket, and 1 watch -coat, every second year. Field men slaves are allowed 1 shirt, 3 yards of Osnaburgs, 3 yards of check, 1 yard of Salempores, 1 hat, 1 cloth or Pennistone unlined jacket, thread, needlse, &e., per annum ; and 1 blanket every second year. Boys are allowed I cap, I jacket, 1 shirt, and half-a-yard of Salempores. Field women, 6 yards of Osna burghs, 5 yards of check or Salempores, 1 handkerchief, 1 cloth or Pennistone wrapper, I check wrapper, 1 hat, thread, needles, &c., per annum ; with I blanket every second year. Girls, 1 warm wrapper, 1 shift, and 1 cap ; and mothers at Christmas usually receive a reward of I dollar for each child. Their food is, to drivers, tradesmen, and officers, 6 pounds of salt fish, and 2 hunches of plantains, weekly, half a pint of rum daily, and 2 heads of tobacco, and 2 pipe s once a fortnight. Other slaves 3 pOunds of salt fish, and 2 bunches of plantains, weekly, 2 drams of rum dailv, anti occasional beverage, with 1 head of tobacco, and pipe once a fortnight. To boys and girls, half this allowance of food. Slaves commence work in the fields a little after six o'clock in the morning, and in many river situations, on ac count of the heavy dews, not so early ; they have an hour to breakfast, and another to dinner, and Weak offabout 6 o'clock in the evening. The actual quantity of work expected of a prime ne gro, when working with a gang, or individually, is to weed one acre of young canes daily, or plant tiler 20 beds, of 3 reds each (Rhinland measure); or dig a trench 1 rod square, and 4 feet ' deep, or cut and carry out a cord of fire-wood, the distance of 25 rods; or hole 60 rods of cane-holing; or in coffee crop, when plenty of coffee is on the trees, gather as much as, when Cured, would make 30 pounds net coffee. Thirty-five slaves should cut and carry out to the punts, as many canes as are sufficient to make 3 casks of 1,500 pounds each of sugar. Two men are allowed to work 1 punt. In a boiling-house of 7 cop pers to 1 fire, there would be required 6 men to cleanse the liquor, and 1 head-boiler to superintend them ; 2 fire-makers, and 4 men to attend them with dry fuel. A mill of 10 horse power requires 2 men as feeders, 6 women to remove the megas from the mill to the logic, 1 man to stock the same, 6 young boys to attend the mill with canes, at a distance from 3to 6 rods, 2 boys to keep the liquor boxes, &c. clean, 1 engineer and 2 firemen to make fire under the engine; in the distillery 5 men more—making 38 slaves about the works. A copper is expected to make 1 cask daily. The salary of a manager of a plantation of 300 slaves, is from 6,000 to 6,000 guilder ; first overseer, 1,100 guilders ; second overseer, 1,000 guilders ; and junior overseer, 600 to 000 guilders per annum. The punish ment of the whip is getting into disuse, and is not used with the same freedom and extent as seven years ago ; solitary con finement is found to have greater effect in a well-disciplined, gang. With respect to the family connection of slaves, and the' size of room allotted to each person, it is customary to allow 10 feet of negro house-roorn to each person, and families and con nections get together, and divide the portion of room, as may be most convenient to themselves. Besides which, the slaves cultivate as much land as they think fit, and raise feathered stock, the produce of which, and in all other of their transac tions, they appropriate to their own benefit; and many of them have been known to purchase their freedom by these means.— A nursery is erected near the manager's house, where all the children, from two months to eight years old, are kept under the charge of two or more elderly women, provided with a cook, and their food, which is prepared under the inspection of the manager, consists chiefly of pap, plantains, roots, fish, and rice. From eight years to fourteen, they are placed tinder the charge of a careful negro, and employed in cutting grass, and doing light work about the buildings. It is generally observed, that within the last seven years tha slaves are much im proved in their several occupations, owing to better treatment. It is at the same time impossible to dis guise from the commonest observation, that they arc becoming daily more enlightened, and more artful ; marks of a right dis position, or of an honest character, are seldom seen. To direct and govern this newly acquired intelligence, to correct this tem per, disposition, and habit, and to inculcate with equal seal with the missionary, obedience, contentment, and resignation to their lot, would seem to be the first obligation of a minister of the church of England and Ireland. This is not exemplifying a description of the economy and management of a few plantations, but will be found character istic of the greater number of them in this colony, since the law regulates that the slave shall have his food and raiment, and that lie shall be taken care of in sickness and old age ; and his also ordained the extent of punishment which a master can inflict, and lute given to the slave the right of complaining to ei ther of the fiscals, or to the burgher officers ; and obedience and Industrious habits thus forming clear the way for general . and and in f t things i t low" wilt require i le ) te aid their conntryinen while enlightening their slaves, or they will es sentially the assistance ofthe most intelligent men tosupport and y i ri f t :l 7, 1 assuredly, be influenced by thosesentiments which gross out of education—considering,at the best of tinies,what a wavering kind of authority is held in the West Indies. It would seem proper, in order to keep such an irregular full-grown society in awe of, the laws, tl mat a Governor should always have a strong military force with him, ready to fall instantly upon any part of the colony. Under such circumstances, the first thing necessary and impee riously called for, is to y procure a stranger military force for the safety of the colony. his done, it might not be inconsistent with principles of justice or interest, as against proprietor or slave, to give the slaves a stake in the colony; i n so f ar , t h at no plantation gang shall bo broken open and disposed of sepa rately, without the approbation of his Majesty's representative, ' or any individual attached to a plantation be disposed of with out his consent, unless by judicial sentence, or when petty crimes, complained of and proved before his honour the Fiscal, had rendered it necessary. lam almost confident the duty of amelioration would then peaceably go on ; that it need not be carried higher at present ; that tranquillity, the love of country, better principle, and ultimately the formation of schools, would naturally follow ; the power and propriety of adding other fads lities would be evident and acknowledged; and a change in this society would be gradually produced—better Mt than ex pressed. But, on the other hand, if the nature of this West India property were suddenly changed by any public measure, It would be a public injustice to leave proprietors ruined, or , many of them, at least, exposed to be prosecuted a t l aw f or t h e full value of their engagement and mortgages. This would, indeed, be an act pregnant with serious calamity to the king dom at large, and which would most assuredly involve therein the welfare of the West Indies altogether. Permit me, before I conclude, to offer may congratulations to your Excellency, on the services you have been able to render, and on the present tranquillity of a colony, so recently divided and thrown into confusion ; and to testify, that, as far as I can learn, the inhabitants have done full justice to your Excellen cy's prompt and decisive measures, at this dreadful period of apprehension, to the well-disposed part of all classes of this so ciety. The termination of what threatened so darkly, and the tranquillity we shall, we hope, very soon enjoy, will bring with them recollections belonging to these eventf u l days, peculiarly calculated to call forth the warmest expression of public grati tude, learning from colonial history how vigorous, unwearied, and impartial the administration ofa Governor must be, to check the torrent of principles which aim to bring Government into contempt, and to destroy the happiness of social life. For these and many blessings this colony is indebted to yo ur Excellency's abilities as a Governor a nd a Statesman ; and with I such intellectual talents, It is not extraordinary that you should I be regarded by the inhabitants, after ten years administration, with a grateful sense of the services received, anti which have hitherto enabled Demerara to rank high as a colony. " The sum-total of the ditties of a Governor of a West-India colony appears to consist in selecting men tit to assist in the councils of the respective colonies with firmness, integrity', impartiality, and reflection. Individually, a Governor can do little of himself, and must be content to confirm the acts and deeds of gentlemen long settled in th e co l ony, and better ac. quainted than he can be with their lo ca l i nterests. " Thus many things of grave importance ar e o f te n d eterm i ned upon, which may fairly be attributed to a G overnor ' s counsellors ; but the s e : , ,njwuti eminent justly the good order and tranquillity of this community will, I trust, be the reward of your Excellency's Counsellors, and of the oian 31ilitary and Naval Officers and Gentlemen of the Colony, fo .} r . d society—may :telael assisting regetlye nli t. l et nlyai f tn l petd t dha i v repi e tnai r eit t n i ttri m iiecaet e trni n :so t t,rehioxiainfstelrt(oht:lii:toilsion.)inivuy,i fitness purpose, indebted imtn applause of the country, and to whom, and to In.apideou,avteneritiiaonafti-yCotuto,)l.r.f nm f i d, ro tl l i , e idv l n l c o e n i o to ura t b i l li e s Court of Policy, every rational being, and of all GoYernment--the happiness great end sugf;estlinegeotinie idl)urxiesciievrliele'etnyteilliedarn infusing many blessings, as the best means of reviving the credit and which it i s scarcely to have been in s ' up rll p li O le s er e is d tty ofocrom t u l o t ie l 'f l i i nc a os v nl e orn l r i ey. a e p t i i i n e n ne d in Demerara, has nearly blown over. Your Excellency, like a skilful pilot, stemmed the tor. We ariemnssoewnsedateiri, and the expectation import. rent of madn c e o s n s l a m n a d n f d o , lly with calmness, befitting the nd it is oily justice to once of your high pre.eminence.s entertained of your add, that your Excellency the hearts of the inha bitants of this colony, a powerful an d founded on the b as i s o f loyalty and ff ippporti ng influence— public man must b u ild hi s reputation a eetion, on whi c h every ion able to thems e l ves an d to your Fal and his power—honour you will still v er y l ong enjoy, for lency, and which I hope this United Col ony , I remain, with peace and h app i ness o f it great respect, • our Excell ency's (Signed)most faithf u l servant, JAMES ROBERTSON, Registrar. SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. When Waeroee quarrelled with Lord gine* BERLAND, he went over to the Opposition,a o a on the debate upon the capital clause in the Ma' tiny Bill, he made use of this strong e xpression,*;. 44 Whoever gives the power of blood, gives blood." The question being carried in favour of the Ministry by a small majority, Sir Robert " said after the division, 44 Faith, I was afraid that, we had got the question ;" his good sense (ob serves Mr. Seward, from whom this anecdote is quoted) perfectly enabling him to see that armies could not be kept in order without strict disci.- and the power of life and death: Walpole had always very exact intelligence °' all that was passing at the Court of the Pre tender. When Alderman Barber visited the Minister after his return from Rome, he asked him how his old friend, the Pretender, did.- The Alderman was much surprised; Sir Rober t then related some minute particulars of a c over* sation which had taken place between them: i 46 Well then, Jack," said Sir Robert, 44 sra sin no more, lest a worse thing befal thee." Sir R. a squabbl e b e t ween M r . Pulteney and R. Walpole, in the House of Commons, the far: mer playfully told his antagonist that his Lel was not so good as his politics. Pulteney insis ted ger of a that Walpole had misquoted a line from Rorer/ which he was not disposed to admit- A Wa ; the question by each party, and Ilardinpine clerk of the house, was applied to as arbiter,, who rose with ludicrous solemnity) am; g a : war toro.on it against his patron. The guinea across the house, which Pulteney took uP' sa d y f i e ng r At hi a s ip o death e ; a t it was the first public money he had touch - was accustomed guinea 'v t a u s g uinea was immediately staked ( 1 . a long time. He had formerly been in office" car: fully preserved in a piece of paper, Wi th 4 , -1 morandum upon it, recordin g the circurnitsn' W ing of corruption." We Ministe - s . are gene ratt ! called, and are sometimes, r but we s'" tempters, oftner tempted." As a proof of Viralpole's profuse liberality 0 those who advocated his cause, we may instance the following anecdote :—About 1735, some se' veil) pamphlets were published against his adw i l nistration. Among others was a poem untitle(i " Are these Things so ?" A young gentleman nineteen years of age took it into his head to write an answer to this piece, to which lie ges e the title of " Yes they are." Sir Robert was it) pleased with it, although but an insignificant P er adyi s.co,vvehreeid% romance, that he sent for Roberto the publisher, and expressed his great satisfaction at the cu ra ; pliment paid him, by giving a bank note of hundred pounds, which he desired him to pre sent to the author. t Walpole was easily alarmed by any , ack toe upon his character or administration fro ml d. nt press, in a poem or pamphlet. Ws e . x Pr tet e he on such occasions was to get a friend to,invi. his friend s author to dine at a tavern, or at as house, and he himself made one of the party,, if by the merest accident in the world. Su °cf meetings usually ended in the total conVer g i fi r„ the patriotic author, by the powerful eau • sistible eloquence of a bank-note. al, in his Sir IC Walpole was somewhat prodig expellees. Ilis buildings at Broughton w ere more Inn cl g splendid than well suited his circum sta es a resi this was the occasion of inducing f or him deal of calumny from his euemies. Ile seems son .s • e ty of in times to have been sensible of the iinpropri d e (Atte" conduct in this particular. Sir John Hyn f once remarked to him that it was an act ° t 11 0° ' prudence in a Minister to construct agree lit When he had pulled down the family ha il Its Houghtou, and raised a magnificent edifice hi' ir site, being reminded of this observatio n hot John, he readily admitted the justice of 1 1 1',. 4 II" added, " Your recollection is too late; I i ng ' you had told me of it before I began bu ild it might then have been of service to me. Ott, 1. , Rxxoo.—Al;tter from Sir Paul Bug di g se e e Madrid, gives the following details of , cation of Itrego :—" I saw poor Meg a /I , 3 e d‘a, had a place at a window, within twelltl o esie' the spot. He was drawn in it basket, 14 1 ' 01 eoe the lowest description. A new otos' erected in the Plaza de Cevada. The FP. t ops , eas e. , id completely crowded, as well as the 11 , 0 al windows, &c. At one o'clock ho srr i o fosr l i was assisted out of the basket b 1 L e r, s a who placed him on the step of the laum ilow do held over him a cruci fi x during his code s s o hi° then ascended the ladder, and a friar 1 3 t ill b e say, or assisted him in saying the o°lo,o came to 44 and in Jesus Christ our Lar tbe ' Or the he was instantly turned off the step, a cutioner jumped on his shoulders, ho l ding neeill 0 . rope by which h e was suspende d , on ie r thing up, and then forcing himself dol l : 0 0f er e ,, tim ; in a few minutes he put a handka'd 0 04 0 1 : his face, and in an instant took it a n , tw ice; ever his head, crying Viva! which 'ira', l „ relle! swered by the crowd. Two other rn r y ten ea; his legs, and one hung on him f a hi s Oti s nutes; another fellow struck him 'th had be ell , a mark of indignity. After the bog the V: II bo o 5 bo a e' hanging half an hour, was invite- ice Hardenburgh, w ho was on dn.' iv , neo O rare el° The poor f e ll ow 's tongue was I ) o h sle his mouth, nhich appeared very li c ' ery and black. Riego's figure was inc hes., wo o and his height about five feet nine p, an° an ds wore a mustachio on the upper teoal, ts dressed in grey pantaloons, blacic we vile,leas covered with a dirty smoc k- frocks ~t 1 as t n „ d the been once white ; he was degratit: . 0 0 07 0 s possible. I observed the greates'i p 01) 0 00 0 erson •-•r multitude, and I saw many • r pi e under the gallows. A Frenc h office eared. cried out shame, shame !' and r Independent.) r otess viseou s i r ',Ve CHATHAM, DEC.a t FORD and suite arrived yesterdaY fa c 0 i BALD CHRISTIE'S, a t Chlt hatn, f lu nople. olt • ift Al,O bpi pt 44'1,0 6 It was stated last night, that Esq. one of the Master s in cha the „eery; appointed Lord Chief Baron of . • vice RICHARDS, dECeaSed.