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. •ki• . , • • • . , • • • itatfr •• NIA -T • 14 iflgtHV‘ .' r • • • ..„.• • Tc, - ' * .. V4 : 41141 :1 5 t1 41 -"t rnittllo)lXL I N. to ay NT..71 , ,18ER 9805. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1824. PRICE SEVENPPNer, VICT VALI G-OFF ICE, Jan. 20, 1824 - - THE 'COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S VY, 4c..d0 hereby give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 9. 4 h Instant, they Will be be re a dy to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat Four Hundred Quarters of NEW PALE, and Two Hun.. Bred Q u arters of NEW CLOSE DRIED AMBER M ALT; lhe whole to be s delivered into His • Majesty's Victualling .Stores at Plymouth by the 20th February wex p.l The Malt to be answerable to Samples of not less than one -quart each, to, be produced with the Tenders. The Conditions of the Contract may beseen at this O f fice. Each Tender must specify the Price in Words at length, nd be delivered before One o'Cloch on the day appointer 4 'and the Person who snakes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. . L R - C LIF 7'o N. SALE 'OF CORDAGE AND srOß_gs. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jan• 21, 1824. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his .MA - JESTY'S ORDNANCE do .hereby give Notice, that they . thill Expose to Sale, by PUBLIC 4UCTION, at the Gun Trhar_i',Portsmouth, on Trednesday,thegsth,. and Thursday, the 29th January, 1824, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, a Quantity of OLD and OBSOLETE STORES, Consisting of A'bont 60 Tons of Tarred and White Yarns, unlaid from New and Used Cordage ; about 70 Tons of Old Rope, Junk Wads, and Shakings in Paper Stuff ; about 5 Tons of Old Sand Bags ; Foreign Blocks, Tackle Hooks, Lignurn Vitre Shivers ; about 5 Tons of Lead Aprops, Obsolete Musquet Flints, Tar Barrels, Waggon and Cart Wheels, Wrought I ron Axletrte Arms, and Tire with Cast Iron Boxes, Smiths' Bellows, Wadmiltilt Waggon Covers, &c. Etc. ; together with about SO Lots of Fire-wood ; .4s will be expressed in Catalogues, which may be had upon • amilicution at the Secretary's Office in Fall Mall, London, and at the Ordnance Office, at Portsmouth. The whole of the articles may be viewed on the Gun Wharf, Portsmouth, between the hours• of Nine and Three o'Cloch, - on the three days preceding the Sale. Deposit of 251. per cod. in cash or Bank of England Notes, will be required. fig Order of the Board, Ir. GRIFFIN', Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 7an.21, 1E24. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS -of ENG LAND TRADING to .the EAST INDIES, do herebygive Notice, That,a-GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at...their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNES DAY, the 1 1th of February next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of more than Nine Proprietors, agree.. ably to the following Letter, viz. : " To the CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, and DI RECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY. " London, .lan. 16, 1824." 4g GENTLEMEN—We, the undersigned, Proprietors of Eft.t India Stock, request you will summon a COUrt of Proprietors for the purpose of submitting to them the following Resolu tion, namely, . " That application be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for the Repeal of the 46th 'Clause of the Act of the 53d of 111. cap. 155, by which the Court of Directors is pro , hibited from sending to India, in the capacity of a Writer, any Person who shall not hare resided during Four Terms at the - Heileybury College, and for introducing into the said Act a 'Clittie appointing a Public Examination, at such times, and Under such Regulations, as the Court of Directors, with the , approbation of the Board of Controul, may direct ; to which E xamination all persons shall submit their acquirements and I t ialibeations for approval, previous to their being permitted t o Proceed in the. capacity of Writers, to either of the Presi -tlencies of Fort William, Fort St. George, or Bombay. " R. F. Beauchamp " Joseph Hume Douglas Kinnaird John Morgan William Morgan Richard Williams Charles Wright John Addinell Randle Jackson Samuel Dixon." JOSEPH DART, Secretary TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, WELLINGTON-STREET, WATERLOO -BRIDGE, STRAND, on WEDNESDAY, January es, and Seven follnyvirtg Days (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o'Clock, THE Rethaining DUPLICATES of a NO BLEmAN's LIBRARY ; comprising an interesting COLLECTION of BOOKS on Northern Literature and Lan guage, Early Chronicles and Romances, on Sorcery and Witchcraft, Facetita, Classics, Voyages, and Travels ; together with a Scarce Collection of CONTROVERSIAL TRACTS. Including Folio.—Hippocrates et Galeni Opera, Charterii, 13 tom. in 20 —Augustini Opera, Benedicti, 11 tom. in 8, large paper— ehrysostotni Opera, Gr. 8 tom.Siiitlas Lexicon, Kusteri, large Paper, 3 vol.—Wormii Danicorum Monumenta, 2 tom. --Snorii Sulfite Historia Norvegiw, 3 tom.—R4musro delle Navigationi et Viaggi, 3 tom. green mor.—Voyage Pittoresque lie in Suisse, par Laborde, 2 tom.—Viaggio Pittorico della Toscana, 3 tom.—Dante Cumedia ,da Landini, first edition, with the plates, 148 i—Mackenzte's Lives of Scots Writers, 3 Y..,1.---Antient Universal History, 7 vol.—Brady, Tyrrell, and ••.it,lll..trch Histories of England, 12 vol.—Dupin's Ecclesiastical .!_lroi.ters, 8 vol.—The Chronicles of Fabian, Hollingslied, F tssart, and Montrelet. Quarto—.S haltespeare's King Lear, first edition—Abp. Ban- Croft's Proceedings within the Iland of Brytaine, 1598—Les -lus tl tu e Origi ne Scotolu—Majorem Gestis Scottornm, 'first e dition—Bandello Novelle, 4 tom.—Edda Rythmica. !°lll.--Maittaire Annales Typograhicte, 9 tom.—Finni His. zori a 4 tom Musei Sanclerneatiana Numismata, ttntl,—Geose's Antiquities of England and Wales, &c. 16 ru ssiaßees' Cyclopedia, 45 parts, complete. Octavo— History. and Cr e vi e r's Roman Emperors, 3 9, vol. u nif orm—De Bum Bibliotheque Instructive, 14 torn. I fr onithe Royel Library at Paris, with the prices of the books, : o f sold at various sales)—Drummond of Hawthornden's His , of Sotlan, 1749, large paper—Geographii Vetere', 4 tom. 1, -. 7 l assici, spud M a itt a i re , 15 vol. large paper— G i l p i n ' s 7lrksi:l2 v o l. russ i a— B eauties of England and Wales, 26 ILL lar_ge paper, &c. &c. rk,e. he Books are in fine condition, and many in their original karOeco bindings. " 3 41e. be viewed , and Catalogttes ( price Is.) bad at the Place CROWN AND ANCHOR ?VIM - GREEK COAT following List of additi Amount already adver Messrs. Taylof and Martineau - flO 0 0 A Sussex Curate - 1 1 0 MissMarrygt, by Dr. Chatfield - - 5 - 0 0 Lieut. Gen. Dalrym ple (2d subscrip • tion) - - 10 0 0 Geo.Danbridge,Esq. 2 2 0 B. .M. Blencowe, Esq. jun. - 3 3 0 Lady Louisa .Mac- _ _ _ chinald - 2 2 0 N. W. Morgan, Esq. 5 0 0 J. S. - 5 0 0 W. Smith, Esq. Guildford-street - 5 5 0 Walter Wilkins, Esq. M. P. 10 0 0 Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke, Mil brooke, • Lancashire - 10 0 0 Lord Viscount Mil ton (2d subscrip tion ) - . - 50 0 0 Rev. R. Elsdale - 1 0 0 Received from Edin burgh by D. Ram- _ sey, Esq. - 30 0 0 Chas. Lloyd, Esq. - - 5 5 0 T. P. Winter, Esq. Paris (50/. Irish) - 45 17 5 Miss 0. More,Bath, (3d subscriptionj by Dr. Chatfield - 5 0 0 Miss3largaretilayes 2 2 0 Mrs. Gibson, by Dr. Chatfield - 1 0 0 X. Y. Z. - - '3 3 0 Jos. Jellicoe, Esq. - 10 0 0 Sir Jae. Cox, Hip pesley, by E. 'Maguire Esq. - 5 0 A Northampton sub scription, by C. Smith; Esq. - 7 6 0 Aberdeen (sub. 2d), by A. Bannerman, Esq. - 50 0 - 0 1 lSigned) JOE BAYONNE INTELLIGENCE. BAYONNE J . AN. 17.--We have letters from Madrid of the 12th. The capital partakes of the agitation in the provinces. A great subject of conversation is the Constitution sent from France, and communicated by the Ambassador to King Ferdinand. The King, who does nothing, with out the advice of his priests, teas consulted them on the subject, and they unanimously concurred in rejecting all interference on the part of France. It is even reported that some plots against the French had been discovered ) which gave rise to the order they have received to be on their guard. The farther we proceed, the less pro bability does there appear of establishing tran quillity in that unhappy country with the few troops we have there. An ordinance is spoken of which will not be made public, and which obliges all the Militia at Madrid to quit that city. Seve ral of them have been arrested. Within thsse few days, accounts from Cordova say, that people have there publicly cried, ' Charles the Fifth for ever!! Many of the soldiers of the regi ment of the Prince, which marched out of Madrid a few days since, have deserted. — Orders have been given for all Canons, Cures, and Monks, whose residence is not at Madrid, to 'quit the city without delay. A decision of the King condemns to the galleys for ten years all those who have been alcaldes during the tirne of the Constitution. The Marquess of Santa Cruz is included in this sentence. The troops of Locho, who would not suffer themselves to be disarmed, roam about the country, committing all manner of excesses. A surgeon of the mili tary hospital at Madrid was attacked in the street of Mocha by an armed man. The doctor, who was unarmed, was endeavouring to escape, when some persons came up and seized the rob ber, who proved to be the Alcade of the quarter. The frontiers are pretty tranquil, except for the robbers, who come even to the Bidassoa. The passage of the troops returning is nearly finish ed. About 200 men, who are discharged, and 150 of the line, arrived yesterday ; they are doubly happy in being no longer soldiers, and in having left Spain.—We have the following from Pampeluna " The following extracts from the sentences passed by the Criminal Tribunal in our city on some Liberal Ladies, ac cused of having sung Liberal songs, and of having declared against the absolute system under the Constitutional Govern ment Considering the proceedings before us, Senores Quaznobar Cemborain and Paz :I,lerino, JudOes of this Crimi nal Court, we condemn Senora Francesca Sarasa to be con ducted, at her own cost and expence, out of the kingdom of Navarre, accompanied by an Alguazil, and in care she should be found in this district, to four years' imprisonment, &c. Senora Josepha 11Iaria Alonso, to two years imprisonment, 2,000 livres fine, costs, ere. Senora the Widow Echevarria (70 years of age) to six years exile from the kingdom, to be es corted at her own cost and expence by an Alguazil ; and Senora Illarequi to four years imprisonment, a fine of 1,000 pesos (3,600 fr.), the costs, &c. (Signed) " ZITAZNABA CEMBORAIN. (A true copy.) " PAZ MERINO. " Pampeluna, Jan. 7, 1824." If the serviles treat our fashionable ladies in this manlier, what can the poor prisoners expect, against whom the lawyers have already written a cart load of papers ? O❑ the 3d iust. ten persons were sentenced in a similar manner, at Saragossa, to -3, 4,6; 8, and 10 years imprisonment, and to fines of 4, 10, 2,0, 30, and 40,000 reals. PROBERVS Solicitor has served the Proprietor of a Morning Paper with an action for a libel. No further respite had been received for Hunt up to Saturday ; but Mr. HAR-MER, his Solicitor, who visited him on Friday, intimated that his fate would - be finally decided this day, and - that in all probability direction would be given for his -removal to the Hulks, preparatory to his transportation for life, as early as possible. TAVERN, JAIC. 24, 1824. EMITTEE publish the Tonal Subscriptions .:7 ,Ed,997 148. His Grace the Duke of Grafton ' - 52 10 0. 31. A. B. - - 10 0 0 Rev. J. M. Traherne 5 o'o T. W. Wootton - 1 0 0 .Adm. Sir Jas. Sau inarez - - 50 0 0 Yarmouth Subscription. Messrs. T. Hurry and Ca. - - 4 4 0 Messrs. Fellows and Barth - 4 4 0 Jas. Hurry, Esq. 2 2 0 -, of Great Yar mouth - - 3 3 0 H. V. Worship, Esq. 1 1 0 Francis Worship, hsq. 1 1 0 Jas. Clark, Esq. - 1 1 Samuel Sothern, Esq. 1 1 0 Euphrasia - - 1 1 0 Aristides L. W. - - 0 80 - - 010 0 W. Alexander, Esq. 1 1 0 D 3 as you would be done by - - 010 6 An English Sailor 0 4 0 Simon Cobb, Esq. 1 1 0 , . - 0 60 Miss M. and Miss H. E. - - - 0 . 10 0 Joseph Dowson, Esq. 1 1 0 Rev. W. Collett - 1 1 0 C. E. Rumbold, Esq. .M. P. - - 10 10 0 H. B. - - 0.30 The Hon. G. Anson, M. P. - - 10 10 0 H. Eme.s, Esq. - 1 0. 0 0 Mr. Chas. Bell - 1 1 Mr. J. Beart - 1 1 0 Mr. JafFery . 0 10. 6 A Friend to Freedom 1 1 0 Samuel Tolver, Esq. 1 1 0 Miss Elia. Davy 1 1 0 Four Friends to Free dom - - 1 0 0 Fishmongers' Com pan3r - 200 0 0 1N J3OWRING," Hon. Sec. S. HUME, in the Chair. tised MRS. JORDAN. TO THE EDITOR. SlR—The attention of the public has lately, as it has many time< before, been drawn, by notice in the daily papers, to the case of the late Mrs. JORDAN, and much pains have been taken to stigmatize the conduct of an, illustritris per sonage, as it relates to toe celArated and much esteemed favou rite of the public. These censures upon the conduct of thaiDuke of Clarence, have been often repeated, and as often treated with silence on the part of his Royal Highness's friends. This silence has however been construed by many, into an admission of the ac cusations ; till at length the stories so often told of Mrs. Jor dan's having been obliged to leave her country, and fly to a neighbouring kingdom, where, it is said, she died insolvent, .for want of a trifling allowance being made to-her herby the Duke, are assumed as facts. It has gone on thus, until some persons have exclaimed, " has the Duke of Clarence no friend, who, if the accusations are groundless, can rescue the character of his Royal Highness from such gross calumny ?" All who know the Duke or ;Ms connections intimately, are acquainted with the truth ; but none being so fully possessed of the whole case as myself, I feel that any further forbearance would amount to a derelittion of duty on my part ; and there fore, in justice to a much;injured character, I - take upon my self to submit the following statement to the public, acquaint ing then in the first place that it was through my hands the whole transaction upon thei separation of the Duke and Mrs. Jordan passed; that it was at my suggestion Mrs. Jordan adopted the resolution of leaving this country for France, to enable her the more readily and honourably to extricate herself from troubles into which she had fallen, through a misplaced confidence; and that I possess a correspondence with Mrs. Jordan, subsequent to her leaving England, which corroborates my'statement in the minutest points. $. Upon the separation which took place between Mrs. Jordan and the Duke, in the year HU, it was agreed that she should have the care„ - until a certain age, of her four yoiing&t daughters, and ,a settletnert was made by the Doke, for the payment, by him, of the following sums Per ann. For the maintenance of . his four daughters - £1,500 For a house and carriage for their use - - 600 For Mrs. Jordan's own use - - - - IMO And to enable Mrs. Jordan to make a provision for three married daughters, chi:dren of a former connection 800 M all - £4,400 This settlement was carried into effect, a Trustee was ap pointed, and the monies under such trust, were paid ouarterly to the respective accounts, at the banking-house of Messrs. Coutts and Co. It was a stipulation in the said settlement that, in the event of Mrs. Jordan resuming her profession, the care of the Duke's four daughter's, together with the 1,600/..per annum, for their mainten a n ce , should revert to his Royal:llighness—and this e vent actually did take place, in the course of . a few months, in co nsequence of Mrs. Jordan's desire to accept certain proposals made to her to perform. Mrs. Jordan did resume her profession, and not long after, refle ct i ons were t h rown ou t aga i nst , both th e Duke 'and h erse lf . Whereupon Mrs. Jordan, indignant at such an attack upon his Royal Highness, wrote the following letter, , which was publish ed in the papers of the day. " Sir—Though I did not see the Morning Print that con. tamed the paragraph alluded to in your liberal and respectable Paper o f yester da y, yet I was not l ong l e f t i n i gnorance o f t h e abuse it p oure d ou t aga i nst me ; Oda I could silently have sub. witted to ; hut I was by no means aware that the writer of it had tak en that opportunity of throwing out insinuatians, Which thought might be injurious to a no less honou r able than il , g • lie stiiiouspe e. rsona " in the l ove of truth, and in justice to his Royal Ifighnesa, thus publicly and u n equ ivo c ally t o decl a r e , liberality me has been no bl e an d generous i n t h e highest degre : . b u t not having t l h t a h t i n k his it m y d it - in his power to extend his bounty beyond' the term of his own existence, he has; with hiii accustomed goodness and consideration, allowed me to endea vour to make th a t provision for myself; which, an event that better feelings than those of i n t erest ma k e me h ope I s h a ll never live to see, would entirely deprive me of. " This then, Sir, is my motive for returning to my profes sion. lam too happy in .having every ,reason to hope and be lieve that, under these circumstances I shall not offend the public at large by seekin g th ••' " • ' d ' P' - ' . their •suppoTt an prot... , ion—and while I feel that I possess those, I shall patiently submit to that s pecies of unmanly persecution, i . which a f e mal e , so peculi a rly s ituated, must alw a y s be subject to. ' Ever ready to acknow ledge my deficiencies in I shall never be found wa e n v t ery respect, I trust I may add, that forgetful of th e veneration that in candour and gratitude—nor on that every individual should feel for the good opinion of th e publiU • " I remain, Sir, your much • obliged, humble servant " D. JORDAN." It should have been before stated, that upon settling the an nual allowance to Mrs. Jordan, every thing in the shape of a money transaction was brought to account, and that the most trifling sums, even upon- recollection, were admitted ; and, in terest being calculated upon the whole in her favour to the latest period, the balan ce was paid by me, on the part a the Duke, and for which I hold %Irs. Jordan's receipt.. It should also be understood f . that up to the day of their sepa ration, Mrs. Jordan hatireceived a large annual allowance from his Royal Highness. A cessation of correspondence between Mrs. Jordan and my self ensued, until September, 1815, when I most unexpectedly received a note from her, requesting to see me immediately. I found her in tears, and under much embarassment, from a cir cumstance that had burst upon her, as she said, " like a thunder storm." She found herself involved to a considerable amount, by securities, which all at once appeared against her, in the shape of bonds and promissory notes, given incautiously by herself, to relieve, as she thought, from trifling difficul ties, a near 9-elation, in whom she had placed the greatest confidence. Acceptances had been given by her in blank, upon stamped paper, which she supposed were for small amounts; but which afterwards appeared to have been laid before her, capable of carrying larger sums. She was fearful of immediate arrest.—She wished to treat all her claimants most fairly and honourably, and to save if pos., sible, the wife and children of the person who had so deceived her, from utter ruin. She could not enter into negoeiations with her creditors unless at large, and apprehending if she re rnained in England that would not long be the case, she in stantly adopted the resolution before mentioned, of going to France. A list of creditors was made out, and an arrangement was in progress to enable her to return to this country. All she re quired, in order to set her mind at ease on the extent of the demands that might be out against her was, that the person who had plunged her into all these difficulties, should declare upon oath that the list he had given to her, included the -whole. This the party from time to time declined to do, and, disap pointed thus, in the hope she had so fo n dly cherished of agai n returning to her country, and seeing those children for whom she had the most tender affection, she. sunk under the weight of her afflictions, and in the month of June 1816, died at St. Cloud ! ! In support of the foregoing narrative, the writer has the most incontestable evidence; but he trusts nothing can. be more satis factory or convincing to the public, than the following extra c t from a letter, addressed by :Firs. Jordan to him, dated at Paris, 18th Jan. 1816. " DEAR SIR,--j have forborne writing to you that I might occupy as little of your time as possible. lly spirits arc in so disturbed a state, that my weak hand is scarcely able to trace the still more feeble efforts of my mind. He asures you, that I am in posses sion of the names of my creditors, to whom he has made me answerable, by filling up those blank acceptances, that I so un guardedly gave him, and yet declines making an oath to that purpose : this has caused me much uneasiness, for it appears to me vague, if not equivocal. " I can solemnly declare that the names 1 sent you, are the only ones I know of,. and the greater part of them utter strangers to me. " I was in hopes that not only out of humanity and justice to me, but for his own sake, he would have done it voluntarily, as it would have been a means of removing, in a great degree, the unpleasant.impressions such a determination might cause on the minds of those who still remain anxious for his future well doing. " I do not command or enforce it, but intreat it, as the only relief he can give to a being whom he has almost destroyed * * What interpretation can be put on his refusal ? If he says will will not take the oath, it is cruel,' and if he adds that he cannot, what is to become of me ? Is it in nature possible for me to return' to an uncertain; Lorne, with all the horrors I have suffered there freshon my mind, with the core an'_ dread of what may be hanging overme ? think ; under those circumstances, that when my preserwe woul be absolutely ne cessary, that it would not remainin ray ptun power to be able to •encountersuch misery. It is not, helieve me, the feelings of vride, avarice, or the absence of those comforts I have all, my life been_ accustomed to; that is killing me by inches; it is the loss of my only. re maiuing comfart..the /tape Irused to liVe on from time to time, of seeing my children. The above assertion .1 can convince the world of, if driven to it, by leaving the bond (all.lhavej to the creditors, and the Duke's generous allowance; to the decision .of the law. " It is now, and ever has been, my wish to save * * * * * for even now r feel a• regard for him I cannot conquer; but surelyi may expect.some return of gratitude from a man, who, tby, asingl,e simple act, could relieve • those fears that are nearly insitpportabie. • The idea is shocking. " Excusi tirli'long. letter; but lam sure you will - see and feel the motives and the urgency. Once more, dear Sir, far give and excuse Tours, " DORA JORDAN." I trust. Sir, that I have thns put in a Fair point of view the whole of thiS d e li ca t e ques ti on , an d I s h a ll trouble yeu with but little more on the subject. With the death of Mrs. Jordan ceased the allowance which, by his Royal Highness's means, she was enabled to make, of 200/. a year to each of her three married daughters. Surely, then, no blame can attach to the Duke of Clarence, whose, li berality in order to enable Mrs. Jordan to make a suitable pre vision for them, in the event of her death, has been acknow ledged by her to have been "most noble and generous, in the highest degree." All sorts of means were resorted to by one of the parties (now no More), to compel a continuance of these allowances. The Duke did not chuse to be driven in this respect ' • but when the importunity , from the inefficacy of threats, had died away, his Royal Highness, of his own generous accord did rive to each his kind assistanc e , a nd l am thi s d ay pay i ng , and as -long as it shell be his Royal Highness's pleasure, shall continue to pay annual gratuities to the two surviving daughters. 'Who then, after this statement of facts, shall accuse the Duke of Clarence with , want of generosity towards Mrs. Jor dan or her memory ? The administration to the effects of Mrs. Jordan, by the so licitor of the Treasury, was ex qh'icio, and the advertisement which appeared in the papers, and which has called forth this last attack, was put in, in regular discharge of the duties of his administration. I Must conclude with one assurance, that after having given a true, and I trust. a candid recital of facts, I shall treat with contempt any thing further that may be said on this subject ; iesting satisfied—if after an attachment of six and thirty years service to a good and generous master—l shall have added any thing to his comfort in convincing a single individual of the in justice he.has sustained. I am, Sir, &c. &c. Royal Mint, Jan. 21, 1824. • JOHN BARTON. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Jan. 24. BANKRUPTS. James Sayers, Feb. 16:17, March 6, at the Castle Inn, Norwich. So licitors Messrs. Taylor and Roscoe, King's Bench-walk, ; S ou th-Town, Suffolk, Wine-merchant, to sur- Temple. James Davenport, Altrincham, Cheshire, shopkeeper, Feb. 65 7, March 6, at the. Star Inn, Manchester. Solicitor, Mr, Shaw, Ely-place, Holborn. George Nichols, Bristol, victualler, Tan. 26, 27, March 6, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Solicitor, Mr. Dennett, Compton-street , Brunswick-square. Thomas Scatterg okx i, Nottingham, victualler, Feb. 13, 14, March 6, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Solicitors. Messrs. Long Austen, Gray's Inn. Charles Chancery-lane. stationer, Jan. 27, Feb. 7, March 6, at the AD7we ßankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solici and -tors, Messrs. Saunders and Bailey, Charlotte-street, Fitiroy square. Thomas Richards, Birch-hills, Staffordshire, miller, Feb. 4, :5, March 6, at the Woolpack Inn, Birmingham. Solicitors, Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's Inn. Tomas Davids, Kennington-Oval, brass-founder, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Burton, NeW - North-street, Red Lion-square. Robert Nicholson, North Shields, master.:ma-riner, Feb. 13, 14; March 6, at the GeOrge Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. So licitor, Mr. Francis, White Lion -court, Cornhill. Thames Bedford Pim; Exwick, Devonshire, ::per-maker, Feb. 10, 11, March 8, at the New London Inn, Exeter. Son_ citor, Mr. Brutton, Old Broad -street. John Turberville, Canon-Pion, Herefordshire, timber-dealer, Feb. 13, 14, March 6, at the Greyhound Inn, Hereford: So licitor, Mr. BOdenharn, New-inn. John Lamb, Newman-street, Oxford-road, clock-maker, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. M`Duff, Castle -street, Holborn. Robert Miller, Paternoster-row, bookseller, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. So licitor, Mr. Allen, Bouverie.street, Fleet-street. Thomson Montgomery, John -street, Spitalfields, silk-manu facturer, Feb. 3, 14, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Ba singhall.street. Solicitors, Messrs. Webster and Son, Queen street, Cheapside. Jane Davenport and Ann Dunlap, Great Portland-street, Marylebone, milliners, Jan. 31, Feb. 10., March 6, at the Bank rupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Bennett, To kenhouse-yard. Thomas Browne, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, plumber, Jan. 27, Feb. 7, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Chester, Staple-inn. John Pinck, Chichester, linen-draper, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street, Solici tor, Mr. Carter, Lord Mayor's Court-office, Royal - Exchange. Israel Alexander, Chisvvell.street, Finsbury-square, stable keeper, Jan. 27, 31, March 6, at the Bankrupts' Court, Ba singhall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Russen, Crown-court, Alders gate-street. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 25, J. Dawson, Penrith, Cumberland, coach-maker— Feb. 24, J. and J. Strickland, Newgate-market,cheesemongers Feb. 14, H. G. Ililbers, R. James, and C. Busch, New Lon don-street, merchanti--Feb. 14, W. P. Chubb, Aldgate, chy mist—Feb. 13, W. Davies, Sudbury, Suffolk, haberdasher__ Feb. 14, G. Longster, Ilighbury-terrace, Islington, merchant Feb 14, W. Feat-man, New Bond-street, bookseller—Feb. 28, B. SutclifFe, Cheapside, warehouseman—Feb. 18, W. Green how, Manchester, merchant. CERTIFICATES, FEB. 14. W. Hilder. New Windsor, saddler—J. Boseer, St. Alban's, dealer in cattle—E. Bolton, Hackney, butcher—W. Roberts, Oxford -street, hosier—T. Flatman, Hampton--Wick, soap boiler—W. Coupland and W. B. Colton, Liverpool. mer chants—W. Dowling, King-street, Tower-hill, grocer—J. Littlewood, Rochdale, Lancashire, stationer--T. Marsden, King-street, Portman-square, dealer in horses. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. J. D'Hooghe and F. R. Ensor, London, merchants—R Makeneace and J. Harker, Searle-street, Lincolns-inn-fields— T. Ellis and J. Kirby, Leicester, dyers—J. Richards and R. Spendelow ' Drayton-in-Hales; Shropshire, ironmong e r s —A. Wyke and J. N. Ashwood, Broseley, Shropshire, surgeons— W. Anderson and T. and R. Wilkins, Lawrence-lane, Cheap side, Scotch-factors, so far as regards T. Wilkins—B. and T. Williams, Manchester, silk-manufacturers—J. and J. Hare, Cannon-street, carpet-manufacturers—J. Wild and S. E. Keb berling, Sheffield, cutlers—T. Flutter and T. Alle. , Piccadilly, linen-drapers—G. Cross and G. F. Henwood, Cateaton-street, woollen-warehousemen—T. Poyis and C. Walton Bermondsey wall, rope-makers—J. Murray and J. Wilson, Nottingham, drapers—W. W. Bolton and J. W. Bullock, London, stock brokers—J. E. Cowmeodow and J. Strothcr, Kensington, coal merchants—M, and W. Currie, and'W. Harding, Vine-street, Bloomsbury, rectifying -distillers, so far as regards W. Hard ing—T. Ullock and F. G. Francis, Martin's-lane, Cannon strcet, brandy-merchants—J. Gibbs and J. Legg, Whetston park, Lincoln's-inn-fields, wheelwrights--R. Kilby and T. Richardson, Kent-road, butchers—R..Auld, and T. Thompson, Crane -court, Fleet-street, accountanta--:G. Biggs, Old Ford, Mile End, and J. Freeman, Chapel-End,Walthamstow, cattle salesmen. LITERARY NOTICE: A TOUR through. the, UPI.4;;R. PROVINCES of HIN . DPS,TAN; comprising a period between the years 1804 and .1814 : with ReniarkSand - Authentie AnecdOtes: - We have derived considerable gratification from the perusal of this Work. • The vast turn .ber of Tours which daily issue from the press are generally so-overloaded with- the remarks of the Author,. that but little actual. information is left to the reader. This however is not the case with the Work.upon our table. 'lt. is avowedly written by-a Lady, but the reader has no occa sion for-the exercise of his gallantry to-saramoa up his-lenient feelings, as the arnoserrient contain- , ect in: its pares ensure it his approbation. Its is, simply and• unaffectedly written, the different events are set down precisely as they occurred, - and the absence of all political dissertations is not among-the least of- its advantages: - • The Journal commences with the- departure of the fair traveller from Calcutta for the Provinces in a western direction, and the different sketches of the scenery of the country, and the oranner of the inhabitants -aregiven with great spirit and ars air of apparent •fidelity. As an extract, how ever, will enable our readers to •judge for them selves respecting the lady's styl,-, we shall lay One before them, and we select the following, which places in a strong li g ht t h e infatuation of - the Hill doos with respect to. their different "casteff." I- remember a circumstance which , occurred •to ,me shortly after my arrival in the country, which astonished me not a little, and distressed me very much. It is tbe custom for boats going up or down the river to bring to for the:night, and make test to die bank, generally near some village where the boat men may purchase food ; this they take the opportunity of dressing on small stoves made at the time, of an adhesive kind of clay, of which these banks are formed. Round these they describe a circle, raised a few. inchee.from the ground, the inside of which they smooth with the hand. until it has the ap pearance of being nicely plastered. The dcv?iiies, as they are called, th e n pl ace t h emse l ves round, to the number of three, tour, and sometime s fi ve i n a . party, with theirlegs_tucked der them, and commence their attack upon the curry with all the eagerness of professed epicures. A number of these plans had been formed on the only level ground. near our boat; 'and being ignorant at that time of their customs,. I unfortunately stepped into one of the magic circles in my attempt to reacts t : ron.in , q I ir the high l an d. O ur b oa t men made no observation at the time; but on t urn i ng to v i ew th e prospect from above of the.rn employed in emptying the contents of their cooking pots into th e r i ver , an d afterwards breaking the' earthen vessels en which th e i r f oo d h a d. been dressed: - j son by me, w h o spo k e a li tt l e English, what, this meant, I wh usaywofsaevpeerslr learned to my surprise that /had caused theproceeding, placing my unhallowed 'foot too near the :stov e and its circular enclosure. Laughable as it appeared to. ue, itews i s far from being. so to them at the period I allude to ; fur as no village within a mile and a half could be found, these poor infatuated.. people were obliged to content themselves with - iiarehed grain. The .Hindoos are uniforMly tenacious in whatever respects ancient custom, but partioulary so in regard: to the dif ference of caste. A yO u n g oo girl,' of. superior beauty, had by 'chance been seen 'and admired by •a youth of the same 'religion, but 'of inferior, cask. Knowing the' latter to be an insurmountable barrier to the parent's consent, he at length prevailed on her to elope With and marry him in his own village. Her family soon discovered their retreat, and. contrived by a stratagem to get her , again in their power. Accordingly her mother was dispatched to negociate the pretended reconciliation,: and prevail on her to return, in order that the marriage might be properly celebrated at her father's house. The poor girl, delighted at the pros. pect of so fortunate an issue, readily accompanied her mother, and was received.. by . her father and brother with open arms. When three days had elapsed, and no marriage feast been proclaimed, she began to suspect the treachery, and deter mined on seizing the first opportunity of returning to. the husband she had chosen. A fa4ourable one seemed to present itself; but she had not been gone long before she was Overtaken by her brother, who affected to sympathize with, and offered to see her safe home. The road lay through an unfregainted• path, which taking advantage of, he drew his - swordatd•se.. vered her head from the body. She was found the .neo morn ing weltering in her blood. . The following sho'ckiug -sckie may also serve to convey an idea of the _deplorable auperstitica of the Ilindoos The ceremony commented 'by loud shouting, accompanied with what they miscall music, alias, a combination of barba rous sounds produced from different instruments ; and an im mense concourse of Hindoos, who soon ranged themselves round a wooden pole of about :10 feet high, fixed upright in the ground. On the top of this pole, in an horizontal position, were placed three very long bamboos, from which were quickly suspended three men (brahmins), by means of large iron hooks passed through the fleshy part of their backs, immediately under the shoulder. These hooks were affixed to rings of the same medal fastened to the bamboo. In this manner they hung for 15 minutes, swinging round with wonderful velocity. In order to prevent the flesh from tearing through by the weight of the body, a breadth of cloth waslied round the waist, and made fast also to the hook. We were informed that this was an an nual and voluntary penance, by which the objects became almost deified, and generally collected a sufficient sum of money to support them the remainder of their lives. What will not avarice, combined with superstitution, effect ? I was na turally desirous to know if these misguided beings were not much exhausted by loss of blood, which I concluded must flow from their wounds. The man to whom I applied for informs tion smiled, and told me that those who make up their minds to perform this penance, determine on it at' least six months be fore-hand, and consequently have their backs prepared for it by boring, just as for an ear-ring, first introducing a small ring, and so gradually increasing its size, until it became what w e have witnessed. " The part," a dd e d he, "by constant fliction soon becomes callous ; and what, appears to us 'so Shocking an operation, is by them scarc e l y f e l t ." Mark here the cunning of the priest, who, to account for no blued wearing, (they having been kept in ignorance of the preparation,) instructs the people, that these men being saints, their blood is too precious to, be spilled ! The above extracts are very good specimens of the style in which the work is written ;. and we shall take leave of it at present, confident that the judgment of our reader% will bear us out in the favourable opinion we have expressed of its merits.. SEA SHARKS AND LAND SHARKS. (From the Madras Commercial Circulator, Aug. 20.) A melancholy instance of the frightful rapacity of a shark occurred on Saturday morning (Aug. 16) in Madras Roads, which deserves to be recorded. Mr. 'Hicks; lately from. the Persian Gulf, was shipping a number of horses for Calcutta on board the Maitland ; one of the horses hecoming'Very un ruly during the passage off, contrived to jurnp out 'of of the boat, and there being no means of saving him except by towing him to the ship, he was accordingly f as t ene d to t h e stern of the boat, and brcught alongside the illaitland. On his arrival there one of the Lascars of the ship jumped overboard to "fasten the slings under his body, when he was instantly seized by the sea monster, and carried under water. He came up, however, on the other side of the ship, having passed underher bottom, and was rescued from'the jaws of the shark, and brought on board ; but he died in a few minutes, having had the whole of the lower part of his body carried away. The horse was also at tacked and nearly torn to pieces ; hik belly was ripped up, and his body dreadfully lacerated. H e was towed towards the share, in the hope of doing soniething .to save him, but the poor animal died before he reached the surf. There are land monsters, however, which are even more detestable than sea sharks. A black-bearded' Arab, who was disappoinf_ ed in obtaining the price he had expected for his horses, at Madras, laid one of the - finest of his animals deliberakly down on the Mouet-road a few days since, and cuthis legs off. W e trust the scoundrel will be laid hold of by the police, as by ea he aS 11- he iC" tO .?,(1 ,rl. e, ,r l l of