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THE I LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Eriruch from the Morning Papers, Aug. VI [MORNING lIERADD." There are no subjects upon which public opi- Irions and the conduct 'of Government are more at 'variance than the questions of Greek and south .American independence. Though widely different in value and importance, as well as in IN interest they excite, yet the general feeling Of the country . is 'pretty unanimous hi wishing every success to the cause of these two countries the:one oppressed by a tyrannical Government; tht other nominally under the controut of a state, which; having become powerless at home, is no longer capable of governing or protecting distant colonies. Though public opinion is generally rightand perhaps seldom more so than upon the present occasion—it does not therefore follow that the Government would be justified in yield ing too readily, as in the Greek case, to warm and romantic, or,as in the South American, to interest ed commercial impressions. If an Englishman,take him in the general, could have his way, he would giro liberty to all mankind ; but, on the other ham], there is a chivalry In the idea, which the soberer views of those who 'direct the helm can not carry into effect. While there is so much to do at home anti in our own colonies, we cannot applaud the Quixotism of this country setting herself up as the meddling redresser of grievances With which she has nothing to do. Besides which,' though there are those whose enthusiasm will not allow them to hear of the policy or necessity of propitiating the Turkish Government, it is no less the duty of a wise Government to do so. Ibus much as to the Greeks. The South American question stands upon very different grounds. As far as experience goes, England has but little rea son to act with much delicacy towards Spain, who when her North American colonies revolted, was ready enough to lend a hand in wresting them from her. Ilad retaliation been worthy ofa great nation, England had ground enough for that. We have lived, however, to witness one branch of the House of Bourbon dearly pay the price of its In terference with our colonies ; and there seems little doubt but that we shall speedily see . the other divested of hers. To talk of Spain recon quering her South American States, when she is unable .to preserve peace and order at home, is .quite out of the question. All that remains for her is to make the best terms with them she can. In giving her time to do this, the British Govern meat is acting with moderation and forbearance. But even these must have a limit. [IIIOtININO POST.] The intelligence from Spain in the French Pa pers comes down to the beginning of the present month, and the various accounts agree in stating that the troops of General Quesada had been re moved from Madrid, and marched into Estremn dura, in the direction of Portugal. The object of this movement is however interpreted differ eutly. Some of tho letters attribute it to the wish o of Ferdinand to form a corps of observation on the Portuguese frontier to guard against the introduction into his dominions, of the represen tative system lately and freely revived by the King of Portugal. Others state that Quesada's tiliops bad been sent to distant quarters as a kind of reparation or propitiation to the French Commander, because they were the first who had fired upon the French dur ing the late affray. The Spanish Officer Oho commanded the post from whence the firing proceeded is also said to have been sent for trial before a Council of War. Rut all this seems to have failed to propitiate General Digeon, for every statement represents him as not only pray ing to be recalled, but as having offered to resign, an offer which had been rejected by the French Ministry, who would not even allow him leave to gillt Madrid for a short period. Indeed, if as these accounts assert it, " the French are pro. graisively losing their influence, whilst Russia iticreases . hers, and the Russian Ambassador has • more power, single as he is, than the whole army which occupies the Peninsula," this is not a time when' a functionary bolding so high and import ant. a trust as the command of that army could safely he permitted to retire from the scene of aillon, painful as may he' his situation, and the trials to which his equanimity is subjected. [Pim Ti si Es.] The " Supreme Executive" of Colombia has dispatched orders to the respective ports of the B.eptthlic, positively prohibiting those► Spaniards who had emigrated from the Peninsula from► en tering the territories of Colombia, however liberal rn i g l i t he their opinions ; and also extending the prohibition to such Americans and others as might lOW co-operated with Spain in the war against Colombia. [mg TIMES,] Parties in Ireland have quite enough to answer. •foeim their own account, without being loaded with the additional sins which Ingenuity or ma lice may - impute to them. Some London Journals have seemed to countenance a tale which first SAW the light in Liverpool, and was alleged by j ibe 14 'ige'rer.fr i y" of that town, to have come to it from " respectable". authority. The story was .other than that an indiscriminate massacre had been perpetrated by the military in the 4hurch of Tempo, to which the sufferers had tied for refuge, after vainly endeavouring to resist their murderers. It was further stated, that a Ma-, -.44 4 4tit 44 authorized the deed of horror; and all this on the word of an eye-witness--"a respectab le . eye- ' 4 n Nibs" • said the Liverpool Mercury. We, ,btraltid flinch rejoice to hear time worthy gentleman's mate, inasmu c h as Colonel Dickens, of the. 14th elen!enty the acting corps on the said supposed: occasion s Imt6 the ha r dih oo d to come forward with a , letter to time Edito r , tieclaring the whole at count to be, from first, to 4 4 , (me strain o r the „west falsehood. The (olonel states' distinctly, ,;bat on t h e 414y,specified as that whereon the bloody \occnrrence, t aken h oc, plac e , not it soldier o the. 3.lth regiment war xt :f ' erop o ; and li ra { ea anothe( day, when a captains w ard atd at tend there, under the orders of Sir Henry Brooke, a Magistrate, no mischief whatever.was done, and the troops returned to their barracks, without having even found it necessary to load their fire locks. We cannot condemn in too serious terms, the blockhead, or incendiary, or both, who, by imposing upon a respectable paper, induced it to circulate intelligence so revolting and inflamma• tory ; nor do we feel that the Liverpool editor would discharge his duty to the community at large, without exposing the person who has thus abused his confidence. [BRITISH PRESS.] The lust advices from Jamaica, via New York, have disappointed the expectations in which we had indulged as to the - tranquilization of the negroes. Not only was the partial revolt of the slaves in the Hanover district not suppressed, but, on the 17th of June, the insurrection had spread to several estates in the parish of St. Mary's, and symptoms of insubordination had been mani fested at other places in the island. The alarm was so great among the white inhabitants, that martial law had been proclaimed, and every mea sure of precaution resorted to, for the gene ral safety. Some excesses had . been committed by the insurgents, but of what character, or to what extent, we are not informed. We may, we fear, too truly anticipate, that many atrocities had marked the first successes of the , rebels. All his tory bears witness to the horrors of every bellum servile ; and the feelings of the colonists and their revolted slaves are exasperated by that deep and almost inexpressible hatred, arising from the dif ference of colour. We are fur from imputing to any of our countrymen that they regard these events but with pain and anxiety. If the spirit which unhappily seems to be excited among the slave population in the West Indies cannot be suppressed ; if they cannot be effectually curbed while the measures are brought into operation for the amelioration of their condition ; if the mis chievous delusions which have, somehow or other, been spread amongst them cannot be end ica ted,w e are afraid that the ruin of our colonies must ensue, and the hopes of the abolitionists them selves be annihilated. The duty of raising the negro in the seek; of society, by enlarging his knowledge and improving his morals, is fully admitted on all hands. It is no where pretended that slavery ought to be perpetuated. The only question at issue is, whether in this case the old adage may not hold good, viz. " the more haste the worse speed." All our sympathy is not due exclusively to the negro. Some part of our benevolence ought to be reserved for those who belong to our own blood. Do we for ward the interest , : of the slaves by teaching them to look with jealousy and distrust upon those to whom, after all, the work of their improvement must be devolved ? We do not mean to assert, that any of the abolitionists have directly instill ed such a doctrine into the slaves ; but the fact is now placed beyond a doubt by the rebellious disposition of the negroes, that they do look upon their masters with evil eyes, and that this feeling has kept pace with the , activity of the efforts made in this country, to accelerate an event which can be matured only by the slow progress of ageti. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Eighteenth Report of the African Insti tution, which is just published, contains much interesting information with respect to the pro. gress made in putting down the disgraceful traffic in .huthan beings. The GovernMent, which is more than any other chargeable with the guilt of conniving at this traffic, is that of Prance.—" The largest chapter. in tide calamitous detail," says the Report, "must be given, it is to he fearvil, to France. :The remonstrances to that power have been frequentlyand urgently, but unavailingly r e . mewed by SirCharlesStuart,eur Ministerat Paris." The answers of M. de Villele .to the remon strances of our Ambassador, remind us of the good old times, when a French Minister would have been affronted by time supposition that he could deviate into the telling of truth.—Know ing that no effective means were taken to put an end to' the traffic, that in 'all the'ports of France, but more -particularly in Nantes, • numerous yes eels were fitting out expressly for the slave trade, t h a t the rivers of Africa were swarming with French slave traders, he yet had the assurance to insult our Ambassador with the declaration 44 that the King's Government is not neglect. ful of any measures of surveillance which lie within its power, le order to repress this odious traffic," and that 44 the King's Government has been neither less active, nor less severe than the Eng lish Government in detecting and punishing it." The Directors of the African Institution met this Insulting declaration, by a few plain and unanswerable observations.----" If, say they, the French Government has been neither less active nor less sincere than the English Government, how has it happened that not one instance of Slave trading under the English flag should have been detected during the last ten years, whilst the instances of French Slave-trading should have ~been absolutely innumerable ? flow happens it also that, notwithstanding the multiplied proofs which the French Government has 'had of the utter inefficacy of the present Laws in repressing the Slave Trade, it should still refuse to affix an infamous punishment to the crime; while in Eng land,the crime is assimilated to piracy ? And how ,happens it, lastly, that while from England not 11. slave ship can be,ahewn to have been fitted oat during the last year, indeed for many years. pre vieus, it can be shown that from the single port of Nuntes,tio fewer than 30slave-ships were fitted out in the course of only a few months of the year 1823, .openly, with scarcely an attempt at concealment, and: with the full knowledge and participation of multitu de, in that_ part ?—Suffice it to say, that slave, ships under the French flag still actually swarm upon the African coast; that they, carry on their trade there with , perfect impunity, being visited even hy French cruisers without moleata [lo4 ; and that in consequence o f their immunity (rpm I)ritish rapture, they not only p ro t ec t ex tensive interests propedy. French, but shelter the criminal adventures of other natious,fron ! detec• lion and punishment." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow.STnExT.—Yesterday an, elderly gentleman, respect ably though somewhat singularly dressed, was brought before Mr. Mt wsu u Li. by Josh one of the horse patrol, stationed upon the Essex road. The patrol stated, that about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night he was on duty on the Romford.road, when he met the de. fendint travelling down the road on foot, carrying a small portmanteau and a blue bag seemingly well filled. He stopped him, and asked him where he was going, and he said to Gravesend. " Why, my friend," said the witness, " this is a queer way to Gravesend ; what have you got in the portman teau and bag ?" The defendant said it was nothing to him— what he had was his own. The patrol answered that he must see what he had, and conveyed him to a public-house on the road-side, where, with the assistance of one or two others, he searched his person, as well as his portmanteau and bag. The defendant made very violent resistance to the search, insomuch that two were obliged to hold him down, while the third exa mined his pockets and baggage. He was subsequently lodged in a lock-up house. The patrol here produced what he had found upon the de fendant's person, as well as the contents of the bag and port. manteau. They consisted of linen and wearing apparel, shav ing apparatus, shoes, slippers, a watch, a few keys, and other trifling articles, with two purses, one containing some sovereigns and silver, and the other some gold coins which are current in the West Indies. ..._ .. _... ..._____ 111 r. MlNsiititt.—Do you suspect that any of these things have been stolen ? Joss.—Nci, Sir, I do not now, but I did at the time. Mr. MsnsituLL—Did he give you no other answer than what's that to you," when you asked him what he had got ? Joss—He said " clothes ;" and when I asked " what clothes ?" he said, " why clothes to wear, to be sure." Mr. MissuuLL—(To the defendant.)—Pray what is you, name, Sir ? Defendant—My name, Sir, is Strachan. Mr. 111 nom v L I.—W hat are you, Sir ? Mr. Strachan—l have lived in the West Indies, where I was a planter ; I was born in London. Mr. 1111Nsitu LL—have you any friends in London ? Mr. Strachan —Yes, I have. Mr. M IN sin or. L—Whereabouts ? 111 r. Strachan— In Oxendon-street. Mr. 1111xsituLL—And where were you going ? Mr. Strachan--I was going to Gravesend. Mr. MINSIIIILL_.Iint you were much out of your road. Mr. Strachan—l was travelling my own road, and no one as I conceive had a right to molest me. I was very roughly treated, in a way that I never experienced before even in the land of slaves. I h ave a l wa y s untie(' litto be the duty of a patrol to prote c t, an d not mo l est the , 5 ic. 11r.-111iNsituL r' L—Why I think y that the patrol has done no more than his duty. You were travelling late at night with baggage about you, and you did not give satisfactory answers to the patrol. Mr. Strachan—l had a right to travel at any hour I liked.— But it was not my fault that I was walking at that hour. I travelled some distance by a coach, and I was recommended to an Inn for a bed ; but at that Inn they said they were full. I applied at two or three houses, and the answer was the same, and therefore I was compelled to walk on. Mr. Mt malt tiLL—I repeat, that I think the patrol was right in stopping you. Mr. Strachan—But he had no right to treat rae roughly, and afterwards to put me in a lock-up-house. I would wish to ask you, Sir, one question. Supposing a publican has not a vacant bed, and a traveller demands entertainment, or rather refuge for the night, is not the publican bound in law to allow the tra veller to hit up in his kitchen, tap-room, or some other part of his house P Mr. lIIINSIIULL—That is a question which I really am not prepared to answer. A publican is undoubtedly bound to fur nish you with a bed if he has one; but whether, his beds being all engaged, he is obliged to give you leave to sit up in his house, is a point which I cannot give a decided opinion upon. Mr. Strachan—Well, Sir, I have been arrested on my way, and brought back to London against my will ; pray, who is to remunerate me for the expense and inconvenience I have been put to? Mr. Ilivistrtru.—l am sorry, Sir, that you have been so incovenienced, but I cannot remunerate you. You were tra velling late at night—you had baggage with you—you refused to give satisfactory answers, anti afterwards resisted the patrol in his endeavours to search you, and you therefore compelled him to bring you here. You were not on the road to Gravesend. Mr. StraChun-1 was going to Tilbury Fort, and across to Gravesend. Joss—Even then, Sir, you were out of your road ; at least were going very much round about. Mr. Strachan—l had a to go which way I pleased. If 1 cannot have redress here i Khali seek it elsewhere. Mr. Strachan then took his packages and departed, MAnLilohou ott-ST RE esterday Charles Stevens, William Rower:, and Richard Shilleto, were finally examined, the former charged with disposing, fur his awn use, of property to the amount of about 3,000 t,. belonging to Mr. Richardson, linen-draper, in Oxford -street, and the two latter with receiv ing the sdid property, both knowing it to have been stolen.— Mr. DYER read over the evidence as he had taken it. After sonie observations from Mr. lianurn, Mr. A LLEY the Par. rimer, and Mr. ri LL, Mr. DYER, the Sitting Magistrate, was of opinion that by the evidence of Mr. Richardson it was clear that Stevens had disposed of property to Bowen, which he was directed to deliver to other persons, and that, he conceived, was something more than embezzlement. Ou tke whole of the case, he was determined to send the prisoners before a Jury, and they were fully committed for trial. Won:3llr P-STnEET.—Yesterday Messrs. Eastman and Hill, silk-manufacturers, appeared before ROOT. BE VI LL, Esq. in answer to a summons obtained against them by Abraham Ivor, for not paying him One pound seven shillings, being the ditnr ence between the sum they paid for weaving three pieces of edit:and the price allowed for the same work under the late Spitaltields Acts. The complainant having received the cane on the 12th of June, and the shoal on the 10th, while the Acts expired on the 17th, it was the clear opinion of Nlr. Bevill, - the Magistrate, that no. reference whatever could be had to the late Spitaltields Acts; and where no special agreement was made between the parties, nothing more could be reasonably expected than a just and fair allowance for the labour performed. i% tth respect to his receiving part of the materials before and part after the expiration of the Acts, yet. admitting he received the entire before and had even the goods in progress, still he would he entitled only to such part as was completed under its operation. But as nothing of that sort had app eare d b e f ore him, anti as the s u m w hi c h was paid had been proved to be a fair allowance, he felt himself called upon to dismiss the complaint. HUNT EitIAN MANUSCIUPTL—The College of Surgeons lately made an application to one of the executors of the lute John Hunter, the celebrated surgeon, for a vast number of manuscripts left by him, relating to physiology, and comprising nu merous experiments and new views of physiolo gical science. They, however, have learned with regret, that these valuable documents have been consumed by tire. Many of the curious facts contained in them have, however, appeared be fore the public in another form, in papers read at the Royal Society ; but still the loss of so large• a portion of manuscript physiology, from so able a surgeon and anatomist, cannot but be deeply regretted. Mr. MORIER gives the 'following description of a room 'ln a palace at Shiraz, " whii!h," "Ys he, " could it hive been transported to Eng land, would probably have excited universal ad. miration, and a new taste in the interior decora tion of rooms. Like almost all the public rooms of a Persian house, it was in shape a parallelo gram, with a recess formed by a Saracenic arch, in the centre of the superior line of the figure. The ground of the wall was of a beautiful var nished white, and richly painted hi gold, in or naments of the most neat and ingenious composi. lion. The entablature , if it may be so called, .was inlaid glass, placed in angular and prismatic positions, which refit-Tied a variety of beautiful ,lights and colours. The ceiling vraa all of the same composition. In the arched recess was a chimney-piece, formed in front by alternate layers of glass and painting. The whole side fronting, the arch was composed of:windowz, the frames.of which opened from the ; ground ; and though .of clumsy workmanship compared with frames in England, yet, aided by the riches of the paint e d glass intermixed with, the : gilding of the wood work, they filled up the :oleo splendidly anti; symmetrically." ROBBERY AT EARL. COWPER'S. Yesterday was the day fixed for carrying into execution the awful sentence of the law upon James Harris and James Thomas, alias Davis, convicted of the late robbery, and attempt to murder Mr. Haines, steward to Earl Cowper, at Hertfordbury, on the 9th of June last ; but it did not take place, in consequence of a respite for a few days having arrived for the unfortu nate convicts. The circumstances of atrocity attending the attack upon Earl Cowper's steward are fresh in the recollection of our readers. It having appeared in the course of the evidence on the trial, that Green had re\isted the proposal of his companions to murder Mr. and Mrs. Haines, and that to his opposition the preservation of their lives may in all probability be attributed, Earl Cowper is said to have exerted all his influence to obtain from the mercy of the Crown the remission of the punishment of death in his favour; and not without success, an order having been dispatched in the course of the week following, notifying his reprieve during his Ma jesty's pleasure. The case of his two corn pauions, however, was viewed in a very different light, and the law was therefore, as regarded them, left to take its course. Davis, although ex tremely penitent, and freely admitting that he had, by his former crimes, justly merited the ignominious death which he was about to suffer, yet strenuously persisted in asserting his inno cence of the particular offence for which he had been sentenced ; and also repeatedly affirmed even in the course of Tuesday last, that Harris was not present at the robbery. Harris's assevera tions of his innocence have been incessantond made with the utmost violence, declaring that the execution of his sentence would be a judicial mur der, and imprecating all sorts of vengeance upon the heads of those who had in any way contri buted to his being placed in that awful situation. In the course of Tuesday in particular, his con duct was most ungovernable, the paroxysms of his rage frequently bursting forth into the most frantic expression. The perseverance of these unfortunate men in the declarations of their in. nocence, induced Mr. Nicholson, the Under SheritF, to institute a particular inquiry among the servants of Mr. Haines, as to their certainty in identifying the prisoners as the individuals with whom they were engaged on the morning of the robbery, the result of which seemed to have left no doubt whatever of their identity. Repre sentations, however, were made to the Secretary of State, in consequence of which an order from that Right lion. Gentleman reached the gaol at ten o'clock on Tuesday night, respiting their execution until Friday next, accompanied by a letter to Mr. Wilson, the gaoler, directing a full and accurate report to be made of every statement and declaration that had been received from Davis since his trial. On receipt of these, Mr. Under-Sheriff Nicholson repaired imme diately to the cell in which Davis was, confined, and earnestly and solemnly exhorted him, in or. der to further the ends of justice, to make a full and true confession of every particular with which he was acquainted relating to the transaction iu which he had been implicated ; intimating that he had it in his power to postpone his execution for 2 days ; at the end of which period, if it were dis covered that he had made a false statement,he would certainly be hanged; but that if his story n ere I rue, it was possible that his life might be spared— but that he must not flatter himsclf hit any hope of escaping ultimate punishment. Davis thereupon proceeded to make a most ample and circurn stantial confession, implicating, as it was stated, several persons, but exculpating entirely himself and Harris from any share in the outrage upon Mr.. Haines. This confession was taken down, and signed by the prisoner, and forwarded in the morning to the Secretary of State's Office. The unhappy man was afterwards placed in a solitary cell, and no communication was permitted through the night between him and Harris. Two other convicts, W. Marshall and C. Cartwright, convict ed at. the late Assizes of a burglary in the house of Mr. Gordon, at Berk,hamstead, underwent the last sentence of the law yesterday morning, in the usual place of execution, in the front of Hertford Gaol. After the execution, the Under- Shetiff and Gaoler, nttended by their assistants, proceeded to the cell in which Harris was await ing the awful approach of his expected fate. On the door being opened, the unhappy man stepped forward ; his appearance being that of a man much flurried and agitated, though conside rably cooler and more collected than he had been on the previous evening. lie was then asked if he still persisted in the declarations of innocence which he had so repeatedly made, and he answer ed," Yes, lam; I am innocent--I repeat it—l am innocent." Ile was then informed, that the exe cution of his sentence was postponed until Fri day, t h f a u t r t t h l e r ( t i t l 7 r interval s would t h i e Je c employed ha it making t i he had better bestow his attention in preparing himself to meet his doom, as nothing should pro long it beyond that period, unless his innocence could be clearly established in the mean time. E WAY TO Comes.—A: man confessing his sins to a priest, among other sins of which he accused himself said, that a few hours before he had beat his %%ire. The Father Confessor asked him the reason why ? he answered, that it was because he had so short a memory, he could ne ver remember the sins he had committed, but whenever he beat his wife, she reproached him with all the ill he had ever done in his life, by which he was able to make a general confession with very little trouble, and for ten-peace more obtain a perfect absolution. METHOD OF SAVING TUREK SHILLINOS.—A labourer of Bridgewater, having been severely scolded by his wife for neglecting his work, en deavoured to appease her wrath by informing her that he had since the morning, saved 35.; having drank at one of the illegal cider-shops, twelve quarts of cider, at three-pence per quart, for which, hod he, drunk it at an inn, he must have paid sixpence.--(. Bath Journal.) A letter froro Gottenhurgh, of the 28th of JOly, says that the greater part of the town of Marstrand is burnt to the ground. THE MAURITIUS. The following communication from the Mau• ritius relates to the disastrous hurricane of the 23d of February and the 13th of April last :- 1 PORT LOUIS, APRIL 3,1824.—0 n the 23d of February last, this unfortunate Island expe• rienced the ravages of a tremendous hurricaus, which has done incalculable damage and spread devastation over the whole Colony. The Royal College, a building of a hundred and twenty-four by forty-seven, is a ruin. The walls have given way, and the Colossal Charpente, being support ed by the centre, is hanging together in a most miraculous manner. It must be taken to piece* and rebuilt. The expence is estimated at up wards of twenty-five thousand dollars. The Champ de Lort, where the whirlwind made its greatest ravages, presented a scene of desolation —almost every house was unroofed, or mere se-. riously injured. That of Colonel Leitch fell int crushing a fine Negro, while the other inmates narrowly escaped with their lives. The house of Madame Coulton moved upwards of six feet from its foundation, and the poor Lady had scarcely obtained shelter in her neighbour, Durocher't new house, when its roof was carried off. The' magnificent house of Madame Le Breton, let% Mr. Sounder's, was considerably damaged,and the' beautiful stables, coach-house, &c. of Mr. Draper? at Moka, were wholly destroyed. I , regret to . add, that Professor Bertin was killed at the Royal College, while fifteen students happily effected their escape under the horrors of the emergency• The shipping in the harbour suffered severely,' and the expence of repairing such of them as have been consigned to that most useful esta blishment, Messrs. Saunders and IVieke's, is esti. mated at 80,000 dollars at least. But the most melancholy part of the whole is the loss of hit Majesty's ship Delight, Capt. Hay, which 'ell signalled off Petite Riviere on the morning of the hurricane, and which has not since been heard of. The Delight had some time previously pro• ceeded to Providence Island, her Commander having received information that a Bourbon shaft trader had been wrecked there, and that the blacks composing her cargo were still on the island. This information proved to be correct,' and the Delight had the blacks on board, to the number of 110, with the intention of bringing them hither for adjudication, and had actually, reached almost the harbour's mouth, wheQ she Was taken by the hurricane. Sin" then no accounts have been received of the Delight, but a good deal of the wreck of a vessel has been picked up on the coast, which has been distinctly recognized as part of the missing vessel? and there seems to be put too much reason to fear that all have perished. Pour Louts, APRIL U.—Since writing the above we have had another hurricane of two days duration. Never was there such weather known as we have experienced for the last six weeks; It has ruined continually for fifteen days. All the bridges in the island have been swept away ; and the barracks, at Mahebourg, nearly destroy.. ed. The maize and manioc corps are completely rotten. At Grand River the water passed three feet over the highest railing, or garde for,. Not a house, I believe, in the Island, but was drench• ed with water, and the expence of restoring the comumications in the country districts must be very considerable. The inhabitants are assail ing the Government with the details of the ex► tensive losses they have sustained. The horror/ of the season have been increased by the deaths of a number of most respectable persons. The Porcureur-General, Mr. Itudelle, is amongst our losses. De has been succeeded in hi! office by Mons. Mallac, per interim. The ap pointment leaves a vacancy in the Court of Appeal' At a Sessions of Oyer and Terminer held her° on the Ist of April, a Mr. Clarkson, the Mester of the brig Nancy, has been convicted of a mur' der on the high seas. Judgment of Death hat been pronounced against the prisoner, subject to his Majesty's confirmation, and a respite per U' tering. M a d. D e l ort, one of the most beautifo! and accomplished of our Creole Ladies, has ' le i stroyed h erse lf, h av i ng taken four ounces opium in the most premiditated manner And a terwards call e d h er h us b and to tell him of t l t ' f : deed. Th e cause of this distressing act of se l f' destruction has not been ascertained. AIETEOROLOGICA L JOURNAL. BY R. BANKS. PIIILO4OPHICAI. INSTRUMENT MAKRII. T i 1 17:1? . . . : 4 ; _ :, 9 cii 0. ?" ,;. F., P •• . tf 3 :,.':- .` .i. ;, 4":". 0 0 0 . : lnches 17,"'"1:6:•,'----.:744i:: I August 1 60 69 52 29.90 .15 Italn ov.. 1 i 2 61 70 58 30 .11 yni i it A 3 64 69 58 .08 .13 11 4 in 00 , . 4 62 68 58 29.72 .06 Fair 3 63 69 58 '144 .01 1).). p a. 6 62 64 54 .78 7 'B2 *6B 58 .97 . ..0°324 Cloud? 1D ( r' f ll j i . 8 60 63 160 . 97 .0 of Itnio L ivy taller•+ K. 13. tt the above ht do; COAL MARKET, Aug. 11. Ships at Market. Shi ps sold 711 Newcastle . 64 lb Sunderland. - Vriet. 303 &I to 39S r: 30s Ott !Lilt; MARRIED. , Robot On Tuesday, the 10th inst., at Chislehurat, R en "l, - ; r e to Francis Jenner, Esq., of NVenvoe Castle, Glarnorgana"l'D., Elizabeth Lascelles, eldest daughter of Herbert Jenner, I"' of Chisleburst. na t Yesterday, at Cl ap h am church, Mr. Field, of CIAO' °* place, Clapham-road, to Mks 11 wits , cf Clapharn.commt23:-- „, It's On the 7th inst., at Woolwich, Alm Davison, wid° - late Mr. Henry Davison, formerly of that pikes, n e this At He nry on the 27th of July, the Hon. Mis s Hamilton. houi o At Paris, on th e 22d u l t.. at the English Content, Iga• Riddell, youngest daughter of Ralph Riddell, kosq” park, Northumberland. On the 25th ult., at Leyden, Air. 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