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W „ - '~ ~~ J ,.~ ..~ ~- `"_."~-` ) 1-) (‘ • I -;1' •j /.••, - A) _._% qp' u-no " if NUMBER 1 0,081 . VICTUALLING-OFFICE, Dec.4B, 1824 THE 0031.31ISSIONES for VICTUAL- L ING His 211AJES7'I"S NAVY, 9e. do hereby give Notice, That on Friday, the 4th January next, they will be' retail to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply of One Hundred Tons of LIVERPOOL or COARSE GIUUNED CHESHIRE SALT, or Salt of equal goodness, to be delivered in par:, as soon as_ pqssible into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, and the whole into the said Stores by the 31st January, 1825. The Salt must be stove-dried, to be answerable to Samples to be produced with the Tenders, of not less than four pounds weight each. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office, .and at the Custom House at Liverpool. Each' Tender Mast specify the price in words at length, and be delivered befOre One o'Cloch on tie day appointed; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf; mast attend to answer when called for. IP"..ILLER CLIFTON. d4D2II,IIZALTY-OFFICE, Dec. 30, 1824. N OTICE is hereby given, that a Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the Trial of Of'euces comnutted on the High Seas, within the Judedic of the ddinirally of England, will be held at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, London, on Wednesday, the gd day of February next, it Eight:o' Clock. in the Morning. dad all Sherff, Gaolers, and- Keepers of Prisons, in Whose cnstody any Prisoners, charged with Offences com mitted on the High, Seas, or within the said Juriidietion, may be, are hereby required to transmit a copy of the Com mitment of every such Prisoner to Mr. Bicknell, the Solicitor of the rldmiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary measures may be taken, for removing all such Prisoners to His Majesty's Gaol of NewArate, for trial at the said intended Session. J. W. CROKER. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, Dec. 27, 1824. ZiOTICE, is hereby given to all Persons de sirous of contracting to supply the following Articles for the Use of the Army, viz.:— BREAD—To his Majesty's Land Purees in 'Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Wand:— Hants, Isle of Wight, Monmouth, Northampton, Somer set North and South 'Wales, at;d in the several Counties of North Britain. BEEF and MUTTON, to his Majesty's ',mid Forces in C antonments, Quarters and Barracks, in the- undermen tioned Counties and Island : Berks (including the Tow❑ of f-ungerforti), Derby, Essex 1 43 cclusire of Tilbury Fort), GlouceSter (iocluding the City °f Bristol), Hants, Hereford, Isle of Wight,' Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Salop, Stafford, York. OATS, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, in Cantonments and Quarters, in the' under-ineationed Coun ties;--- Cumberland, Wilts. FO RAGE. viz. —OATS, HAY, and sTRAw—To his Ma- Ikes Cavalry and Artillery Horse; in Barraelis, and Oats, in Cantonments and Quarters, in - the under-mentioned Cottnties Somerset, and in the several Counties in North Britain. mist the Deliveries are to como►encc on and for the 25th aar 0( February next ; that Proposals in writing, sealed tip 40d mar ked, " Tender for Army Supplies;" will be received tth►; Office on or before Thursday, the 27(1► day of Ja nuary next, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock ors that day. Proposals most be made separately for each County and aand, except for the Counties comprising North and South 'Wa le , ' all of which must be included in one Tender; as als 9 "It the several Counties in North Britain ; and each Provo -141 must have the Letter which is annexed to the Ten der properly filled up, by Two Persons of known Property, "gaging to become bound with the Patty tendering, in the Amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due pr,r fottuanee of the Contract; and no Proposal will'be noliced artless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed rords at length; and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be; supplied It virtue of th e same, the amount of the Stamps. on the Con tract and Bond, paid in the first instance ts! the Contractors Shall be refunded to him. P4 ttigulars of the Contrac,Zs may be had upon application 41 these Chambers betweers the hours of Ten and Four. S. Samples of the Bread and Meal may he seen at the °dsc e between the hours of Twelve and Two. BRITISH UNITED MINES COMPANY. A HALF -YEARLY GENERAL 114 EET :,.,!)- ING of the PROPRIETORS of the above Concern be held at the Office of the Company, No. 86, BLOOMS fS a ry ußY-S QUARE, London, on TUESDAY, the 4th of Ja 4u, 1 824, at Twelve o'Clock. By_ ()vier of the Board, JOHN MILLINGTON, Secretary. • CH EAPNEgS—IJTILIT Y--TALENT ! ,p-wed on the let. of January, Number 1, price 31, of an T Ori gina!Wovir, with Embellishments, entitled, HE CIRCULATOR of Useful Knowledge, cat, Literature, .Amusement, and General Information. tit tents Exhibition of the Tapestry for which Raphael exe l'aluesi the Cartoons .; Description of an improved llydro-Pneu dualite l amp, Floating Breakwater, Self-protecting Lock, Pro- . from Compre ssed Gas • Christmas Comforts ; Review of n atural Travels in Columlia • Recollections of De Lolme ; k a tiga tilral Ili3 t°i'Y f the Tapir; Neath Abbey ; Progress of e--e• Varieties _Autobiography, Steam-boat, Rail-road, ifital Monk ; fiery of Occurrences ; Weekly Calendar; ete D r ams Literary, Scientific, and Institutional Intelli ce, ttc. k e . In addition to a variety of original Literary, Scientific, I,`; M iscellaneou s I nte lli gence, the " Circulator " will regu- WY contain two articles altogether peculiar to the publication. iri, a 'Weekly Diary of all interesting occurrences for every iu the secondly, a Weekly Calendar, containing l o v wi e rY me. moranda n ecessary to be known on each day of the fol nro.: week ; one :forming a retrospect of the past, the other a p Pectiv e of the veek to come. SoldTished by TN unas Boys, Ludgate ,London ; and Y Booksel leis,'Newsmen, antl . Venders, in Town and 'utintry. . --g ..-„..... - it - ,.;•ii , , —.. ~5,.„.. ..,.-,,,.. ( tv . f f .; • ,;,-. ...,r / A - r jj 1-ttZ--‘.. / / 2 1 , 4744 , t ,0-1., lk r ni k WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the WEST INDIA. DOCK COMPANY do hereby give No tice, that an HALF YEARLY GENERAL COURT will be held, pursuant to - the. directions of the Act of Parlia►nent, at the West India Dock House, No. 8, ;Inter-square, on FRIDAY, the 7th day of January next, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon, at which Meeting a DIVIDEND will be de clared for the Half-year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the Court, H. LONGLANDS, Sec. West India Dock House, Dec. 17, 1524. N.B. The Chair will he taken at Two o'Clock precisely. "t4ARRJAGES OF' UNITAREAN SENTERS.—Ac the GENERA L ANNUA L MEET ING of the MEMBERS of the UNITARIAN ASSOCIA TION, held at the London Tavern, G. M. DAVIDSON, Esq. in the Chair, Resolved, That the Tl'anksof this Society are pre-eminently due to the Marquis of Lansdown, for his distinguished and zealous exer tions in promoting the Bill for the Relief of Unitarians from the operation of the Marriage Law, and for his constant atten tion to the Deputations of the Committee in their various inter views with him. That this Meeting views with sincere pleasure the truly Christian spirit displayed by many Members of the Episcopal Bench, and more particularly by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in supporting a measure of so much importance to the preservation of menta l s i ncer i ty and i ntegrity of con science, without which no R e li g i ous Service can be useful or acceptable. That the sincere Thanks of this Meeting are also due to the Earl of Liverpool and Earl Harrowby, for their liberal and candid attention to the case submitted to their consideration ; and to the former more particularly, for his candid declaration of his sense of the unequivocal intention of the Le,g!siatnre to place Unitarians upon the footing of other Protestant Dissen ters, by the Act of the 53d Geo. 111. and.of their just title to further relief in the event of doubts attaching to the complete operation of that Act. . . That this .Meeting is also anxious to express its gratitude to Lord Holland, for his manly and energetic support of the rights of conscience ; and to such other Noble Lords on both sides of the House as furthered the measure by their speeches and votes. That while the Members of this Association are encouraged to look with confidence to the ultimate success of their efforts, they think themselves called upon thus publicly to declare the true object of their complaint, the grounds - on which they seek relief, and the plan of redress which they have ventured to suggest. _ That the present Marriage Law of England ; made in the year 1753, and for the avowed purpose of merely preventing Clandestine Marriages, requires all persons, except Jews and Quakers, to join .on that occasion i❑ the, Worship and Service, of that Established Church. That the conformity thus imposed upon the Unitarian Dis senter is repugnant to his conscientious feelings, and opinions : first, because, as a •Dissenter,*he• objects to being forced to join for Civil inirposes in the Ordinances of that Church from which he consc:entiously .withdraws himself under the sanction and protection of the Law ; but secondly, and chiefly, because the Marriage Service of the Church is one in which he cannot, as a Unitarian, join, without a species of equivocation painful to his conscience and degrading to an honourable mind. That this compulsive conformity is of comparatively recent origin, the Church having no - such exclusive privilege until it was conferred upon it (not as an Ecclesiastical privilege; but as. a Civil regulationy hr 1753, prior to which time Marriage'ap pearf; to have been in England, as in almost all other countries, a Civil contract requiring for its legal validity the religious sanction of no Church. That the enforcing of conformity in this respect is repul sive to the policy of the existing Laws of England, which long previous to the Marriage Act had sanctioned and pro tected the right of dissent from the worship and discipline of the ChnrelL That the effect of this Act, so far as it operates as a constraint on concience could not have been intended by the Legislature ; that the framers of it had avowedly in view merely the civil ob ject of promoting regularity in the formation and registration of the Matrimonial Contract; and that this is evidenced by the exception of the parties (Jews and Quakers) against whose re ligious habits and opinions it obviously militated—which ex ception would most probably have been extended to Unitarians, if their worship had at that time been included, as it now is; within the p , ..otection and sanction of the Toleration Acts. That the grievance is extremely partial, inasmuch as the Marriages of all dissenters in Ireland are legalised by express Act of PtArliament (passed ih 1772 after the fullest discussion), as thosP, contracted in Scotland are binding—and as an Act was very recently passed for rendering valid Presbyterian Marriages in Btitish India. . Tina the law is not only unjust, but that it is not warranted by. the slightest political or civil expediency, inasmuch as the o'oject in view (the due publicity and registration o f marr i ages ) 'may notoriously anti obviously be accomplished with thegreatest ease, without any constraint or religious feelings. That if the Legislature feels itself in any manner called upon to•interfere with the, celebration of Marriage as a religious ordinance, in order to secure a binding and impressive influence on the consciences of the parties concerned, still it is clear that such an object can best be accomplished by avoiding all con straint, and by choosing such religious ceremonial as would be accordant to the feelings, anti therefore most likely to produce the desired effect on the minds of the parties. That the existing constraint is not only vexatious to Uni tarian Dissenters, but must, as they conceive, be extremely unpleasant to the Ministers of the Church, who by the exist ing law arc obliged to administer sacred Ordinances to, and join in Religious Worship with, Persons who are known to them on all other occasions to disavow and publicly renounce their communion. That as a remedy for this grievance, the Bill recently intro duced provided for the observance of every one of the forms now required, as well as for the maintenance of the fees and emoluments of the Church, and merely allowed the religi ons service on the occasion to be performed by the Parties ac cording to their own mode, and in their accustomed places, re gistered for the purpose under clearly defined regulations and restrictions. That the exact letter of the precedent in the Marriage Act of 1753 (of merely exempting Jews and Quakers from its opera tion) was not followed in this Bill, first, because the interests of the whole community an d the avowed policy . of the law, plainly require the checks and regulations which it imposes to be of general obli ga ti on , t h oug h i n t h e case o f par ti e s so di!- tinetly marked as the J ews an d Q ua k ers, a relaxation in their favour could be granted without danger. Secondly, Because the Unitarians sought to withdraw themselves from no sort of Civic restraint or i nconven i ence, b ut were willing even to undertake additional responsibility and trouble and ex pence; anti, thirdly, because it was avowedly expected of them that nothing should be sought to be altered which was not ne cessarily required by the concession to their religious scruples. That Registration in the Common Parochial Register was proposed to be preserved (in the absence of any other autho rised and established Register duly preserved), because there would thus be a Service to be performed in respect of which the Church Minister might receive his accustomed fees, because the continuance of one: General Register, in which Marriages are numbered consecutively, was considered to he of great value, not merely to Unitarians, but to the whole community. And lastly, because it was conceived that such a duty (performed as it is now, under the requirements of the Law as a matter of Civil, not Ecclesiastical policy) could not be objected to as de rogatory to the dignity of the Church, on any grounds which would not apply with far greater force to the obligation now im posed upon that Church, of receiving into its Religious Ordi nances, for a merely Civil object, parties who openly renounce its discipline and doctrines. That this Meeting instru c t s it s C omm i ttee to persevere in their applications until the justice of their claims be fully re cognized, and the grievance be completely removed, in a firm reliance on the justice of the Legislature for the admission of claims so obviously just, and on its wisdom for devising a mode of relief which shall combine a due regard for the rights of con science, with that attention to the OPtril Interests of the Com munity, which none are more ready than the Unitarians fully to recognise and admit, and so far as in them lies, conscienti ously to uphold. SUN. ONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3. 185. I OPPAY. BRISTOL, 31st Dec., 1824. A T a MEETING of the VESTRY of the _CIL Parish of ST. TEIOAIAS, specially summoned for tak_ ing into consideration the unconstitutional Proceedings of the Roman Catholics in inland,' and the propriety of addressing Parliament thereon. Mr. HENRY WOOD, Churchwarden, in the Chair. The following Petition to the House of Commons was unani mously edopted . by the Meeting, and ordered to be submitted to the Parjshioners for the Signature of all who approve To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland. in Parliament assembled. We, the undersigned, the Alin;ster, Churchwardens, Vestry, and inhabitants of the RarishW..-St. Thomas, in the City of Bristol, have observed with tli/ m intmost solicitude and alarm, the unconstitutional proccedin'ewhich have, of late, been so openly and systimatically pursued in Ireland, for the purpose of subverting one of the main' pillars of the Constitution—the Protestant Ascendancy—and re-establishing in its place the Supremacy of the Church of Rome. 'the harpy delivery of these kingdoms from the galling and debasing yoke of Papal usurpation we have ever regarded it the, prime source of our lib er ti es an d nat i ona l prosper i ty ; it is impossible, therefore, that we should look with indifference upon the attempts which are making to rob us of this inesti -mable blessing and to restore again the reign of ignorance and superstition. Friends to religious toleration in its utmost latitude, so long as the views of - our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects appear to be confined within that limit they had our most cordial con currence, but when political power became their avowed ob ject, when, not content with every indulgence in the exercise of their religious worship, they sought admission into the highest dikes of the State, we felt it our duty, in common with the rest of . his- Majesty's Protestant subjects, to raise our voice against their dem a nd s , c o nv i nce d th a t th e concess i on of politi cal rank and influence to the members of the church fUnda mentally opposed to the Reformed Protestant Religion, and under the government of a foreign power, would he dangerous iv thzState, and incompatible with the secure enjoyment of our dearest and most scared rights. Defeated in this attempt by the good sense and awakened feelings of the country, the tormenters of disaffection in the Sister Kingdom have had recourse to measures of a more daring and less equivocal character. An organized confederacy, under the name of The Catholic Rent Association, has been formed, for the evident purpose of enforcing their demands, and dic tating to the Government of the country. Emancipation is now no longer held forth as the ostensible object of their pursuit, but Political reform, another name for revolution is substituted in its room. That an Assrxiation so constituted and composed, acting in avowed hostility to one of the fundamental Establishments of the Constitution, assuniii;g to itself the functions of Govern ment, holding regular Ileetiogs for debate, collecting taxes under the title of Contributions, and exercising, through the Priesthood, an unlimited controul over the minds'of a mis guided populace, can be suffered to exist, consistently with the public safety, is A proposition, we conceive, too monstrous to be entertained. That it must lead to the most deplorable re sults, unless promptly suppressed, it appears to us impossible to doubt ; and we rejoice to observe that it has already attracted the notice of his Majesty's Government. Under these conscientious impressions, we presume to draw the attention of your Honourable House to a subject of such vital importance to the best interests of the empire, in the anxious hope that it may be taken into early considaration. For the preservation of the public tranquillity, for the maintenance of the Constitution as established in Cliiirch and State, for the protection of our Protestant follow sOtit.cw.rili Iretaxd,anit in mercy to the .delqded Homan Catholics Teinselveti, we most earnestly implore that prompt and effectual measures may he taken to suppress their unconstitutional proceedings, and to bring.them back to a sense of their Duty as British subjects. 4ZPI R E of ST. BRI DE'S,FLEET-STRE ET. K A PUBLIC MEETING of the CLERGY, MER CHANTS, BANKERS, TRADERS, and other FRIENDS to the IMPROVEMENT of the METROPOLIS, will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, nishopsiate-street, on TUESDAY NEXT the 4th day of January 1825, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, to take into consideration the best means of Proacrving the View which has been accidentally opened to the Public of that beautiful edifice the Tower and Spire of St. Bride's Church. The Right lion. the LORD MAYOR will take the Chair at _ _ Two o'clock precisely. Among the reflections which foreigners have cast upon the good taste of this country, the only one for which perhaps there is touch foundation in truth is this—that while the Metro polis of the British Empire possesses within itself architectu ral 110auties and ornaments which would not have been un worthy, of the proudest tern of the arts, they are so completely obscured by surrounding buildings, that a view of them can scarcely be obtained. A striking illustration of this position has recently been af, forded by the destruction of several houses forming part of the South side of Fleet-street, which has opened to the public view the Tower and Spire of St. Bride's Church. This structure, which for proportion, symmetry, and gran deur of effect, is not surpassed, if equalled, by any Spire in this country, and which possesses this strong claim upon the public attention, that it was designed by one of the most emi nent architects England ever produced—Sir Christopher Wren, and is acknowled to be his chef d'ceuvre, has, after being con cealed by a range of ho uses f rom th e s i g h t o f the public for upwards of a century, been accidentally developed, and the fact that it may be made highly conducive to the beauty and orna ment of the Metropolis clearly shewn. To those who are aware how much the character of a na tion for refined taste and encouragement of the Fine Arts depends upon the traits of those qualities observable in its Me tropolis, a cause of great regret would arise if an architectural gem like this were again consigned to obscurity, which will shortly happen, unlessthe public liberality shall actin-tithe means of preventing it. The great improvement to the Metropolis which will be complished should the proposed plan be carried into effect, originated in a spontaneous demonstration of the great in terest which the public felt in the measure ; and it was a firm reliance on that spirit of general improvement which so honourably distinguishes the present age, that produced the determination to submit the subject to the consideration of a Public Meeting. All communications on the subject •are requested to be • ad. dressed to Mr. Atwood Smith, Dorset-street, Salisbury-square. This Day was published, price 2s. LETTER,. to SIR JAMES M'er EGOR, M.D. ou ettoLERA, more especially as it kilS oc curred dorinK late years in British By THOMAS BROWi`',•Sur;eon, Musselburgh. Printed for Longman and Co., and 'l'. and G. Underwood, London. This Day is publi s h e d, pr i ce 2 s. A . REVIEW of the WAREHOUSING SYS TEM, as connected with the Port of London, taken from Parliamentary Reports and Official Documents. Dedicated to the Earl of Liverpool. By HENRY LONGLANDS, Esq. Second Edition, with a Preface in reference to the recent at tack upon the Author in an anonymous Pamphlet. London : Printed by Thomas D av i so n, Whitefriars; and Published by John RiChartison, Royal Exchange ; Rod well and Martin, Bond-street ; and Wheatley and Adlard, 108, Strand. STRICTURES cuRE D , Y a new Method the above troublesome Complaint is entirely eradicated, (without the usr of Bougie ur c aus ti c ), wheth er o f l ong or sitoit standing, ex cept' constitutional, as well as a ll weaknesses generally ac companying it, and in a Shutt time the whole system is re. greatest discoveries e v e r m a d e . By JOHN L YNCH, n 4 e )4(,fthe Duke - street, tit. James's. All Letters must bepost-pst!tl. . . A 'perfect Cure for Biliou s Atfect;ons and Obstructions in the Rowels. ~ .rbe price of the Medieirt.e is Four Pounds a Marcel. THE MAURITIUS. ( From the Hampshire Telegraph.) . _ We regret to state the death of Commodore Nourse, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, and eight officers of his squadron, by fever and other casualties, which occurred to them whilst prosecuting various interesting services, which are described in the following extract from a letter which we have received : " MarrnrriTTS, OCT. Majesty's ship Andromache,, with a ComModore's flag half-mast, returned to this island on the 27th of September, after an absence of 84 days, and after a passage of 28 days from the island of Moinbass, on the eastern Coast of Africa, having previously run down the western coast of the island of Madagascar, visiting the extensive Bay of Bembatooka to meet Itadama, King of Madagascar, aria his army, consistiro , of ten thousand m e n un d er arms , f our thi/Sand of whom are clothed. Each soldier and officer being allowed from one to three slaves, swelled the number engaged in this campaign, for the reduction of the king of Bembatooka's territories, to at least twenty-fou r th ousan d men , carry i ng w i th them 4 field-pieces. From the want of a commissariat, officers and soldiers are compelled to provide for themselves, and these slaves are employed to carry the chief food, rice. Radama got possession of the numerous populated town of Majimga, with no other bloodshed than the spearing to death the Gover, nor, who alone declined swearing allegiance to him. A force . was left of 1,000 men, with three pieces of heavy cannon, on the summit of a hill directly commanding the town of Ma jimga, and commanded by Radama's brother-in-law, Prince Ramonannantck ; out of this number no less than two hun dred were sick of fever and ulcers. Radama, with the re mainder of the army, were encamped about forty miles from Majimga, holding almost daily Kabars with the conquered King of Betnbatooka. In this camp they had 2,000 sick, and without a medical man attached to the army. The Andro_ mache passed the Comoros in the Mozambique Channel, and visited the islands of Zangueber and Pemba, belonging to the Imau in of Muscat, and then proceeded to Mombass. Lieut John James Reitz, of his Majesty' s ship B aracouta , an d w h o h ad been some time before appointed by Capt. Owen, of his Majesty's ship Leven, resident and commandant of this island, died, with two seamen, of fiver (two others were unwell); , when the following appointments took place, by order of Commodore Nourse, :—Mr. Wilson, Admiralty midshipman of his Majesty's ship Ariadne, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Bara couta, vice Reitz deceased; Mr. J. B. Emery, Amiralty Mid shipman of his Majesty's ship Espiegle, British Resident and Commandant at Mombass, with the rank of Lieutenant, vice Reitz ; Messrs. J. B. Marsh and F. H. Le Mesurier, Admi ralty Midshipmen of th e A n d romac h e, to t h e rank of' Lieute nant, vice Nash and Grant, of the Espeigle, invalided. The Andromache left Mombass on the 31st of August. On the 4th of September, in lat.. 3. 35. South, long. 45. 53. East, Commodore Joseph ! Nourse C. 8., died of f e v er; a l so t h e same day, Lieutenant Archibald Grant, late of the Espeigle;. two days after, Lieutenant J. M. Weatherall Royal Artillery —passengers on board; a few days after Mr. 11. Trethury, Admiralty Clerk, the Commodore's Steward, and one marine all of fever. His Majesty's ships Leven, Baracouta, and Albatros tender, were surveying, the former the Eastern Coast, and the two atter the Western Coast, of Madagascar, 'and expected to be at Mombass the latter end of September ; and having replenished their provisions (a vessel with provi sions had arrived at Mombass from the Mauritius) and water, they intended surveying the islands to the No r th war d o f Made gascar—Amurantes and Sychelles. Two young Midshipmen of the Baracouta, Mr. Samuel Parsons, and. Mr. E. Boyce, had been assassinated by the - natives of Madagascar. The Andro mache also gained authenticated intelligence of Acting Lieute nant attiressn, of the Leven, promoted for the express purpose of ascending the river !Venice for the capital of Sera, with Mr. Forbes, a botanist, and Sir. Kirkpatrick, assistant surgeon, having fallen victims to the cli ma t e . Had that dire and preca rious climate permitted them to have prosecuted their instruc tions, they were to have proceeded through the heart of the cowl-. try to Latakoo, where English .mission ar i es res id e ; t h ence to Cape Town. The senior Lieutenant Luke 11. Wray, of the Andromache, had appointed himself captain of the ship, in the room of Commodore Nourse, C. 13., and had appointed Mr.. T. Eversfield, midshipman sif the AndroMache, to the rank of Lieutenont, in his stead. 'I he Ariadne, Captain C. R. Moor som, the senior officer on the station, was expected hourly from the Sychelles, which officer would assume the command, and hoist his broad pendant on board the Andromache. The Espiegle, Capt. Chapman, was also expeoted in a few days from Mombass, with Mr. H. Nourse, the British Consul- General of Zanguebar, on board ; Capt. Chapman being the only commander on the station, would take the command of the Ariadne ; and who would command the Espiegle depended on Commodore Moorsom's arrangement. The Wizard, a colonial brig, ,commanded by Lieutenant Maynard, rate of the Andro mache, was expected with Government specie from Bengal.— No hitelligence had been gained of his Majesty's late sloop Delight, nor of that amiable and excellent character, Captain Robert Hay, officers, and crew. The body of the deceased Commodore was on board, preserved in spirits, for interment at thin island. Lieut. Smith, of the Royal Navy, had been shot in a duel by a French gentleman. Smith was the son of the late Chief Judge of this island, and had been residing here for some time pest." FRENCH SLAVE TRADE. MILFORD, DEC. 30. The brig James, Captain ROBERT PINCE, from Bonny, in the Gulf of Guinea, with palm oil, ivory, &c. sailed f ro m Bonny about the middle of September, in company with a brig under French colours, with about 600 slaves on board, sup posed for the-West Indies, and to be smuggled in there. In the early part of September a French corvette, with 22 guns, and a great number of men, about 40 of whom were Eng lish, sailed from Bonny with upwards of 600 slaves, for the Isle of Bourbon. Capt ai n Pince was informed her captain was an officer in the French navy. A few days before Captain Pince sailed, three fine large first class brigentines arrived at Bonny, from Nantes; 'they were quite new (their first voyage), and to take upwards of 500 each. There were about 25 slave ships, under French colours, at Bonny, during the time Captain Pince was there. About the time of Captain Pince sailing, Pepple, the King, was going to oiler a human sacrifice. The victim selec ed was a very fine lad, about 18 years of age ; and such was the bar barous ignorance of these pobr unenlightened Africans, that this lad was persuaded to believe that his sacrifice would be an acceptable offering to the Deity—that he should be instantly received to everlasting rest and happiness and offered himself to be drowned. Captain Pince left Prince's Island on the sth of October, in company with his Majesty's ship Maidstone, Commodore Buller, who, with his officers and ship's crew, were in good health. On the 3d of October the Commodore captured, and then had in tow, a Portuguese brigantine, with about 500 slaves packed under deck, on deck, and in her boats, and in a si tuation too horrible for description : when captured, she was on her passage for the Bratihi. She was sent for Sierra Leone. Captain Pince speaks also in complimentary terms of the deservedly high estimation in which the Commodore is held by all his officers and crew, and also by the Captains of merchant vessels on the coast of Africa. The four Yost-office packets placed on this station last spring for the conveyance of the mail, passengers, carriages, horses, between Milford and Dunmore and Waterford harbours, have exceeded the most sanguine expectations ; and notwithstanding this most boisterous winter, have performed their voy age s.= During the violent gales (which caused such destruction on the coast) these vessels were at sea, and succeeded witho u t m uc h . injury. 111tich credit is due to th e head who manages at the General Post-ollice, as well as theagent who superintends the arduous duty at Milford. ECLIPSES im 1 825.---There will be four eclipses this year ; two of the sun and two of the moon. .Ori• May 31 and June 1 the moon will be ec lip se d,' v i s ibl e, be ei nngdiantg at 2 5 m 3 i ? i m ltespast 1 . 1 on t b e n i g h t o f t h e 31 st M ay, pastnd l2 on the morning of the Ist June.— Digits eclipsed 0 14. On the 16th of June there will be an eclipse of the sun, invisible in this part of the world—Nov. 25, the moon will rise eclipsed at 3 minutes past 4 in the af ternoon, and•the eclipse will terminate at 19 minutes past 5. Digits obscured 2. 51. on the moon's southern limb.—Dec. 9, there will be an eclipse of the sun, invisible. PitrcE SnirENPENCk. (From . the LONDON G:IZETTE, Jan. 1.) Admiralty-Offee, Dec. 29. Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence Halsted, Commander,-in-Chief of his Majesty's ships in the West Indies, has transmitted to John . Wilson Croker, Esq., a letter from Captain Graham, of his Majesty's sloop Icarus, stating that the boats of that vessel, dispatched by Captain Graham from the Havatinah, under the orders of - Lieutenant Charles Croker, captured on the 20th of August.last, in a creek within Cayo Blanco, fifteen or twenty leagues to the westward of the Havanna!), a large piratical schooner, called the Diablito, armed with 6 guns, and manned with about 50 men, who, after firing a few guns without eiFect, abandoned the vessel on the approach of the. boats. Some of them made their-escape to the shore in four large row-boats, which were afterwards taken by Lieutenant 'Croker; and others having jumped overboard, and got amongst some man grove bushes, five of them were killed by a fire of musketry from one , of the boats of the Icarus, and several appeared to be wounded ; but from the nature of the marsh they could not be secured. On boarding the schooner, Lieutenant Croker had the satis faction to release the master and crew (nine persons) of an American brig, the Henry, of Hartford, which had been taken seven days before by the pirate: They had been treated in the most inhuman manner, and were to have been put to death on the following morning, their lives having been spared so long only for the purpose of their assisting in removing the cargo of the Henry. The American brig was found by Lieutenant Croker, a mile above the pirate schooner, in the creek, • but in a state which rendered it impracticable to remove her to the Havannah, and she was therefore burnt, with what remained in her. A sloop, having on board part of her cargo, was also discovered by the Lieutenant, and brought away; the pirates who were in her having, however, Made their escape. This service was performed without any loss on the part of the detachment from his Majesty's sloop ; and the Vice-Ad miral praises the judicious and spirited manner in which it was conducted by Lieutenant Croker, as well as the zeal and gallan try shown by the Lieutenant and the officers and men under his orders. BANKRUPTS. J. and J. Gerrish, Fronie-Selwood, Somersetshire, clothiers, to surrender Jan. 7, 22, Feb. 12, at the Wheatsheaves Inn, Frotne-Sel wood. Solicitor, Mr. Hartley, New Bridge street, Black friars. R. H. Linsworth, Pedler's-acre, Lambeth, coal-merchant, Jan. 8, 15, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Wigley, Clement's Inn. C. Roble, Postfbrd-Min, and Stoke-Mill, Surrey, paper manufacture, Jan. 8, 15, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Messrs. Walker, Rankin, and Richards, Basinghall-street. H. 111: Fyffe, , „ Holborn, grocer, Jan. 8, 15, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Barber, Chancery.lane, G. Benson, Bowling-green-place, Kennington, builder, Jan. 11, 15, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Norton, Old Broad-street. J. Shawcross, Manchester, innholder, Jan. 14, 15, Feb. 12, at the Coach and Horses Inn. M anc h ester . S o li c i tors, M essrs. Apk)leby and Chornock, Gray's-inn-square. L. Rishton, Preston, Lancashire, money-scrivener, Jan. 10, 2(1, Feb. 12, at the White Horse Inn, Preston. Solicitors, Messrs. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's-inn. J. Farris llennallack, Truro, Cornwall, scrivener, Jan. 11, 15, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingball-street. Soli citors, Messrs. Sherwood and Son, Canterbury-square. A. Bryan, Richmond, Surrey, haberdasher, Jan. 8, 18. Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solici tor, Mr. Tanner, New Basinghall-street. Martin Arnsby, Staverton.row, Walworth-road, baker, Jan. 8, 18, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Co ur t, B as i ng h a ll- street . Solicitor, Mr. Robinson, Richard Cooper, Noble-street, Falcon.square, coal-mer chant, Jan. 4, 11, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Maliony, Chancery Chambers, Quality -court, Chancery-lane. Claudio Arcangelo, Glocester-terrace, Bethnal-green, feather merchant, Jan. 0, 18, Feb. 12, at the Bankrupts' Court, Bas inghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Lane and Bennett, Law rence Pountney-place. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 22, E. Kent, Bicester, Oxfordshire, draper —Jan. 22, A. Timbrell, Old South Sea House, merchant—Feb. 3, J. Davies, Hereford, victualler—Jan. 26, S. Rogers, Liverpool, merchant—Jan. 24, J. Bownas, Liverpool, merchant—Jan. 27, T. Hoppe, jun., Fishergate, Yorkshire, corn-factor—Jan. 27, R. Thomas, Rochdale, hat-manufacturer—Jan. 26, J. Greaves, Sheffield, merchant—Jan. 25, 0. Grove and H. -Wil kinson, Liverpool, ironmongers —Jan. 15, B. Yeoman, Key ford, Frome, Somersetshire, baker—Jan. 25, G. Oatley, New Bond-street, tailor—Jan. 11, C. C. Becher, Rothbury, mer chant—Jan. 24, T. Walley, Liverpool, merchant. CERTIFICATES, J. 22. T. Moss, Vauxhall, Surrey, potter—J. Garnett, Liverpool, linendraper—A. Strachan, Liverpool, master-mariner—J. Pen ford, Ringwood, Hampshire, mealman— E. Rade'Lytle, High Holborn, carver and gilder—J..Piercy and R. Saunders, Bir mingham, edge-tool-makers—J. Walthew, Liverpool, linen draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Pa;lcer and G. A. Owen, Mark-lane, attornies—R. and J. Small, and J. Lane, Old Jewry ; so far as regards R. Small —R. Ford and J. Wheelton, Bagnio-court, Newgate-street, calendrers—ll., W., S., A., and S. Woolley, J. Agar, and J. Woolley, SVinster, Derbyshire, gio&rs--T. Phipps and G. Ward, Holland-street, Christ. Church, Surrey, carpenters— Collinge, E. Turner, L. Ashworth, J. Hey, J. and S. .11idgley, and J. Prockter, Rochdale, cotton-spinners; so. far as regards E. Turner—F. C. Westley and J. Parrish, Strand, booksellers—F. Richards and W. Randall, Woodstock-street Oxford-street, pocket-book makers--T. B. Holy, J. Wil son, T. Dunn, and W. Jeffcock, Sheffield, colliers, so far as regards T. B. Holy—W. and W. Row, W. T. Goad, W. Reece, and J. Row, Little Saint TboMas Apostle, Queen street, hide and skin.brokers--.T. Gardner and M. Brock, Leadenhall-street, hairdressers—W. and Sr. Hunt, .Shore ditch, butchers—J. l3odden and J. Kerr, Coventry, 'drapers— 11. Colburn, S. Saunders and E. J. Otley, Conduit -street, Hanover-square, booksellers; so far as regards H. Colburn—W. Barlow and .1. Rhodes, Bochdale, cotton.spinner.s—G. Skelton and .G. F. Davis, Commercial-chambers, ~31inories, tobacco. brokers—B. Heane and J. Newman, Dudbridge, Gloucester shire, general merchants—R. Power and W. Barton, London, merchants—R. Jackson and 0. L. Andrews, Old Jewry, insu rance4)rokers--W. Ellis and J. Inman, wine and spirit brokers —.l. Beeby and J. P. Coleman, Atherstone, Warwickshire, mercers—J. Goodwin and T. B. W. Dudley, Duck-lane, Westminster, patent horse-shoe-makers—W. Rickerby ami U. Harris, Southampton, printers—W. A. and. A. Hartshorne, Fashion-street, Spitalfields, dealers in building materials-31. Hall and T. Fen wick, Gateshead, Durham, woollen.drapers_ J. Thornber and J. Jones, Manchester, commission-agents— J. W. Bell; Hardsham-within-Windle, Lancashire, and G. Brady, Liverpool, glass. manu f ac t urers —R. T. Kent and W. Ledger, Southwark, sur geo n s —W. Li tt l e an d J. W. Stuart, Bar tholomew.lane, stock-b ro k ers —S. B easta ll a nd W. Robi nson , Nottingham, millers-H. andJ.Bu ck le r , hall-street,Black well-hall-factors—H.ors—H. Sandys, E.Hornton,J. Roarke, and W. and ll.Sandys,Crane-court,Fleet-street,attornies-at-law.—T.3iorris J. Davenport, Air-street, Piccadilly, tailors—F. Devey and T. Turpin, Bankside, Surrey, coal-merchants—L. A. Goldsmidt E T v h e a r n i l t e t, s-s s t e r n e . e , t, 11 1 I i1 . 4h l e V r i n ld le , nar an dE d and M. J. Hertz, Great St. Helens, ao far as regards M. J. Hertz—R.: Symonds and J. Rutfy, London and Madeira —W,. street, painters—,A. Harding, T. Ashby, W. Allinson, S. . T W .an . : E ig v Th e t. r f i o r oj t, to: ju els n v: Smith, T. Allsop,_goad J. Price, Pall-mall, warehousemen ; so Watling-street, j e t I B eer n a g de - s n- t l h r a 1 e e t far as relates to W. Allinsc.ii and T. Ashby_ J . La wrence, C. warehousemen-WV. and A. Unthank, Great Tichfield street, St. Mary-le-bone, tailors —M. Bott and P. Bower, Nantwich, Cheshire, cotton-soinners—W. Pryor and W. M. Dollin, London, merchants —W. Arthu r and W. Arnold, Wigrnore-street, C a v en di s h- square, boot-makers—C. Bayley and J. Fostex, Throgmorton-street, stock-brokers.