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LITERARY NOTICE. YRIENDSHIP's OFFERING, a Literary Album, edited by THOMAS K. HERVEY. The present volume, which is, we believe, the fourth of the work bearing the above title, is presented to its readers in a new form. It is now superintended by Mr.ITERVEY, who is already wel I known to the literary public as the Author of an excellent - Poem, entitled "Australia," and several others, of which we made favourable mention on a former occasion. The work which we have now to notice is equally creditable to his taste, and to the judgment of the proprietor, who confided to his care the Editorship of the volume for the present year. The embellishments (thirteen in number) have been executed by some of the first artists, and are by no means inferior to their precursors in the former numbers of the work, while• we may add that more attention has been paid to the literary portion. To this latter de partment the Editor himself is no mean contri butor. Some very beautiful verses appear, to which his name is affixed, and which fully sup. port the eulogium which we formerly bestowed on the author of " Australia." Among these we should particularly notice his illustrations of several of the engravings, and his 46 Stanzas to a Lady," which show a genuine poetic spirit. The beautiful tines by the late Lord BYRON, entitled 64 Stanzas to her who can best understand them," which must have been written in one of the, - noble Author's mournful moments, and the power ful " Irregular Ode" to his memory, by the Rev. C. C. COLTON, must be familiar to our Readers, as they have already appt;ared in the columns of our Journal. There are also four unpublished Poems by the late JAMES TnomsoN, the Author of the " Seasons," which must be read with con siderable interest by the numerous admirers of that justly celebrated Poet. In fact, were we, to enumerate all the various Stanzas, Verses, &c. which are entitled to notice, we should with re. Inctance omit any single. Ode, which graces the pages of the Work. We must not, however, forget the prose, which consists of a series of tales so judi ciously selected as to prove that the Editor has been stimulated by the wish to render his volume as acceptable to the intellectual as to the visual sense. Mr. ITERvEy's first essay in the conduct of this work clearly evinces his ca pability, and we commit it to the perusal of our readers, with the full conviction that he will in each succeeding number present them with a similar fund of literary novelty and tasteful embellishment. MURDER of a WIFE by HER. HUSBAND (From the Nottingham Journal.) We have a most painful duty imposed upon us this week, in having to record a murder, under circum stances so savage and atrocious, as scarcely to be paralleled in the annals of crime. The scene of this horrid occurrence was at a small dwelling-house, inhabited by the parties and their family, consisting of three children, at the back of Parliament row, and nearly opposite the Bunker's-hill public-house. It appears that about a quarter before ten o'clock on Wednesday /sight, the people of the neighbourhood were thrown into the greate4t alarm by the .dreadful cry of " Murder !" and, on proceeding to the spot from whence the cry issued, they foand m the house of S. Wood, bobbin and carriagemaker, a female lying prostrate on the floor, with several large wounds upon her face_and head, and her brains literally knocked out. It was soon ascertained that Wood had, with a coal-pick, inflicted the wounds upon his wife, and thus inhumanly murdered her: The wretch immediately fled ; but was apprehended by two men as - Ite was trying to make his escape, and conveyed to the police ofPce, from whence he was sent to the House of Correction, to await 'the verdict of the Coroner's Inquest. The family ap peared to be in comfortable circumstances; and we - understand' the unfortunate deceased, who was respectably connected, was in possession of a property amounting to 80/. or 100/. a-year, which was so secured that her husband could not touch it. THE CORONER'S INQUEST. The Jury met on Thursday to investigate the case. Joseph White, a surgeon, proved, that the deceased had died from , . .„ . .........,.... wounds inflicted with some obtusely-pointed instrum e nt .. of considerable weight. The jaw of the deceased was fractured ; there. was a wound on the back of the neck, and three on the -skull. Elizabeth Burrows said, I am nearly 14 years of age, and am no relation to Mrs. W oo d. I h ave li ve d i n th e house ofi the de ceased either a fortnight, or three. weeks. I lived with Mr. B. Dunn, who lodges there; he is my,uncle. Samuel Wood, Mrs. Wood,- and myself, got our suppers together ; no other person was in the house, except three of Wood's children, who were up stairs in bed. After supper, Samuel Wood wanted me to go to bed, but Mrs. Wood said I had better sit up with her un-- ttl my uncle came. The deceased and Wood were drinking rum and water. They had no quarrel then, but were very merry. They talked, but I cannot remember what about. Wood was very much in liquor, and when he was going up stairs, as if to bed, he fell on his knees on the . stairs. Mrs. Wood told me to go up stairs, and wait till he was gone to sleep. I went and took a candle. In about five minutes I beard him go down again ; he then came up stairs again, and tried my room door, which was fast. He again went down, and I heard Mrs. Wood call him a rogue, and said she would go and see if she could•not fetch a constable. I did not hear Wood say any' thing, nor mention money. 1 heard the deceased cry ing, and shriek out " murder!" I immediately ran down stairs, and saw her on the house floor ; she was not bloody then ; he was across he. She had hold of , the coal-pick, struggling to prevent him hitting her with it. He got it from her, and gave her three blows, having hold bf the coal-pick with 'both hands, as hard as he could, over her head. &he did not speak after the first blow. The blood flew all about after he began to strike. Wh en h e was u p on h er I ran up to him and said, "Oh ! Mr. Wood, what are you doing ?" He did not speak, but got off from her and ran after me. The door was a little open, I catched hold of it, and whipped out before he could get hold of me, I cried out, and many personS who lived opposite heard meand tame to me.. Never saw the coal-pick in the house before; - there was another hammer to break coals with. William Wainwright, watchmaker, Bridlesmith-gate, said, Wood came to my house on Tuesday, and said he wished to speak to me, for he had something on his mind which made him very uneasy. I asked him what it was? He told me he had caught a person in an improper situation 'with his wife on Saturday, and that he was a ruined man. He asked m e what he should do ? I advised him to. discharge the person coming into the house, and - licOmfortablY with his wife.— 'He said he could not live comfortably with her any more, and that "he should do something in a few days which all would be astonished at." I asked him what he would do? He said he would leave the town. John Simpson sworn—l was passing near the Milton's Head, and heard the shriek of " murder !" I ran and saw the little -girl (Elizabeth Burrows) running away, and Wood running after her, with a coal-pick in his hand ; he followed her about -seven yards, and then. turned back into the house. He closed -the door after him. I heard him give something a blow, but what I could not tell. In a few seconds I heard him drop something, which I judged to be a coal-hammer. In about Calf a minute.after he came out, and was making his escape towards the open paddock. He had not either coat, waistcoat, or handkerchief on. Asked Wood what he had done so for ? -Wood answered, " Oh ! good Lord, what could I do when I caught her in the fact ? Other witnesses were called, who confirmed the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Wood. The deceased bore an irreproachable character in the neigh bourhood, so that the statement of the prisoner respecting her conduct is entitled to little or no credit. PUNISHMENT OF A IV IFE.-By the Laws of .Roretumrs, the husband was empowered to kill -his wife in four cases ;—Adultery, suborning of 'children, counterfeiting keys, and drinking wine, FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, datedSaturday,tNov. 19.) PARIS, Nov. 18.—The English Journals have made a mistake in announcing, a few days ago, we do not know with what intention, that Sir Hudson Lowe had returned to London. The fact is, that Sir Hudson did not leave Paris till Tuesday last, the 15th of this month, and that, instead of returning to England, he is going by way of Vienna and Constantinople to the Isle of Ceylon, of which he is appointed Governor. It is said that the Court of Rome has just trans mitted' to the Duke del Infantado a note to the effect that his Holiness can no longer see with in difference the want of Bishops in the Spanish American provinces, and that he considers- it as his duty to urge the Government of his Catholic Majesty to make effective exertions to bring back those colonies under its dominion, or to take such other measures as may enable the Pope to nomi nate the bishops in question, without producing any dispute or acrimony between the two Courts. The same article is,in the Constitzttionnel. The Journal des Debats also mentions it, and the Courier FranFais gives it in rather different terms, and adds—' In such an emergency, his Holiness announces that he shall shortly he under the ne cessity, for the good of the faithful and the inte rests of the Catholic Apostolic Roman'Church, to recognize the bishops chosen by the different Go vernments, and to give them canonical institu- ion." The tempest of the 9th and 10th was dreadful on the coast about Rochfort, and several vessels were more or less damaged. The effects of the storm extended to the Pyrenees. The wind blew with a degree of violence of which there has been no instance since 1820. The snow which covered the Pyrenees was almost entirely melted during the night. ft was feared at Pau that great damage had been done in the mountains. MADRID, Nov. B.—The following is a passage in a note delivered by the Papal Nuncio at Ma drid on the subject of the Inquisition : .. " The motives which had induced the Holy See to assent to the re-establishment of the Inquisition no longer existing, this re-establishment becomes null and without effect; and besides, his Holiness considers it impolitic under present circumstances, because the effervescence of the passions, added to human weak ness, might sometimes render the tribunal of the Inquisition hurtful in the hands of parties, by turning it aside from the holy and primitive object of that institution, and thus render. ing it more odious than profitable." The Consultative Junta, which it was said was to be suppressd after the dismissal of M. Zea, has resumed its labours : thus all the reports to which the fall of the Minister gaveoccasion have proved false, and not even a single clerk placed by him has yet been dismissed from his employ. ment. FRENCH FuNos.—PAßis, Nov. 18.—Five per Cents. opened at 98f. 50c., closed at 98f. 25c.—Three per Cents. opened at 68f. 40e.; closed at 68f. 30c.—Bank Stock, 2,120 f. Neopolitan Rentes, 83f. 85c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 491 f.— Hatian loan, 8321. 50c.—Exchange on London, one month, 15f. ; three months, 24f. ne.—(Cours Authentique.) LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, OCT. 31.—Accounts from Oporto of the 25th of October give us the result of an inquiry set on foot by the Magistrates, into the extent of the injury caused by the fall of a part of a mountain at Carvalhinho. It happily appears that the fears at first entertained that many persona were buried under the earth were ill-founded. The number of persons killed is seven, and of the wounded five. On the 22d of this month, M. P. Arao Borg, founder of the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, at Stockholm, and who was appointed by his Majesty, our Sovereign, to found a similar establishment in this city, had the honour to present to his 11Iajesty and to their Royal High nesses the Infantas; tivo pupils of the schools for the deaf and dumb, aged 10 and 12 years respectively ; they presented to their -Royal patroness, the Infanta Donna Isabella Maria two hymns, addressed to her Royal Highness by the two classes of the esta blishment, written in a good hand, by a boy and girl in the school, after which his Majesty was pleased to have them examined in his - presence; they wrote satisfactory answers to questions put them in writing, wrote down what the Professors dictated ; described in writing the objects shown to them; pronounced their names, solved some questions in arithmetic, and, in short, proved what art can accomplish towards the relief of individuals in their afflicting situation. From their first essay of the progress of the deaf and dumb, in the few month s ,- • that the esta blishment has been opened, there is every reason to expect that it will rival the many excellent institutions of the same kind in other countries. Nov. 4.—The Gazette gives a very long account of a visit paid by his Majesty and the Royal Family to the great hospi tal, on the 2tith September. After hearing divine service in the chapel of the hospital, which was filled with a vast concourse of the most distinguished persons, his Majesty examined every part of that noble institution. His Majesty passing through the .wards, was evidently much affected at the various forms of suffering which presented themselves to his notice. On the solicitation of the chief surgeon, his Majesty granted to the hospital two private lotteries of 12,000 tickets each, confirmed the part which the hospital had in those of the misericordia, again 'sanctioned the weekly payments of 500 milrees by the public Treasury, ordered a new infirmary for the convalescent, and in short wa may say every step was marked by rome fresh testimony of his Royal munificence.—(Lisbon Gazette to Nov. 5.) It appears from a statement that has been sent to us, that there have been loans raised in this country for South America, to the amount of twenty-one millions. This is fully equal to the whole amount of the National Debt of the Unit ed States. A person of this town (Portsmouth) has in vented a telegraph, by which, it is said, the following desi derata will be gained :—A considerable saving of time in work ing, greater accuracy in communication, and impenetrable secrecy in conducting the correspondence. By the application of a comprehensive .tabular arrangement, 5,776 messages may be transmitted, with only two signals each.—(Hampshirc Tele graph.) . HAZARD and Co. Sold and Shared Four Prizes of p 25,000, and £20,000 in the lust Two Months.—Tuesday, Dec. 6th, Four Prizes of £30,000 with other Capitals must All be Drawn. By Act of Parliament all Lotteries in this Coun try will speedily cease. HAzAttn and Co. Sold in the last Year's Lotteries only, Five Prizes of £30,000, and £20,000, and in a recent Lottery All the £30,000 Prizes.—Royal Exchange Gate; 26, Cornhill; and 324, Oxford-street, (end of Regent-street), and by their Agents in all the principal Country Towns. It is a wise adage, Never to delay beyond the - Eleventh Hour. Now this is the Eleventh Month, and another December sun will never see Lotteries drawn ; therefore, if you would like to get Thirty Thousand Pounds, or more, in the course of a few days, where can you go with better prospect of obtaining your wish than to CARROLL, the Contractor's Office, 19, Corn Hill, 7, Charing Cross, and 26, Oxford-street ? where he sold Four Prizes of £30,000, and Four Prizes of £20,000, in a short period ; and CARROLL is the only Contractor who ever pre. sented the Public with a scheme, containing Four Prizes of £30,000, &c. all to be drawn in one day, Tuesday, 6th of next mouth. THE ARMY. --ommi. [Front SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.I War-Office, Nov. 18, 1825. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George Wal ter Story, from the 96th Fookto be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shore, promoted. 7th Ditto—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Cornet Howe Courtenay Daniel (and Adjutanty, Vice Doyne, promoted ; Cor net Edmund Richard Buller, vice Penefather, promoted. To be Surgeon—Surgeon Andrew Blake, M.D. from the sth Foot, vice Joseph Rose, who retires. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Charles W. Morley Bel ders, Gent.. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Phillips, promoted. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet AValter Cope Sheppard, from the Cape Corps of Cavalry, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Down, promoted. • 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Bowdon Hastings Lawrie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bishop, promoted. ..To be Comets, by purchase—T. H. Pearson, Gent., vice Astley, who retires; Charles Algernon Lewis, Gent., vice Lawrie. • 13th Ditto—Cornet David Thurlow Cunyngharne to be Lieu= tenant, vice 11I'Kenzie, deceased. Serjeant-Major Bernard MacMayon, Riding master to the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone,l to be Cornet, vice Cunynghame. • Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Major Beau mont Lord Hotham, from half pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice William Kortwright, who ex changes. Ist Regiment of Foot--Ensign Beauchamp Kerr to be Lieu- I tenant, by purchase, vice Matthias, promoted ; Charles Ford, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kerr. sth Ditto—Assistant Surgeon Arthur Hamilton, from the 39th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Blake, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 7th Ditto—Lieut. Hon. Cadwallader Davies Blayney, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Ramsden, who exchanges. 10th Ditto—Ensign Wm. Neville Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dayrell, promoted; George Wright, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase , _ vice Thomas. 12th Ditto—Ensign John Montgomery Russell, from the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Ensign. 14th Ditto—Hospital Assistant Noble Willoughby Giffney to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Evers, appointed to the 86th Foot. 18th Ditto—Hospital Assistant James Murray Drysdale to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Alexander, who resigns. 17th Ditto—Hospital Assistant John Fraser to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Martindale, promoted. 19th Ditto—Lieut. John Baker Graves, from half pay 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice David William Archibald Doug lass, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 24th Ditto—Ensign John Robinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Darroch, promoted. 29th Ditto—Lieut. Henry Deedes to be Captain, by pur chase, vice MiNiven, appointed to the 80th Foot. 33d Ditto— -- Fiske, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greene, appointed to the 28th Foot. 34th Ditto—Ensign Alexander Houston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sweney, promoted. 35th Ditto—Thomas Christmas, Gent., to be Ensign,by pur chase, vice Cumberland t promoted in the 96th Foot. 39th Ditto—Hospital-Assistant John Mair, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hamilton, promoted in the sth Foot. 43d Ditto—Lieutenant' James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, to be Captain, by purchase, vice. Hopkins, promoted. Ensign Sir Richard John Fletcher. Bart., to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Eastcourt. William Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fletcher. 45th Ditte—Hospitayssistant James • Connell to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Campbell, whose appointment has not taken place. 53d Ditto—Hospital-Assistant Jas. Connell to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Maclean, promoted. 57th Ditto--Captain Harvey Wellman, from the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captain. 64th Ditto—Ensign James Draper to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Brown, promoted. 79th Ditto—Ensign Matthew Benjamin .George Reed to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Laing, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Chilles Trollope, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Reed, promoted.. 72d Ditto—To be Majors. Major Wm. Leader Moberly, from the half pay, vice Frederick Brownlow, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Captain George Hall, by purchase, vice Middleton, promoted. 77th Ditto—To be Captains—Lieutenant Jahn Corfield, vice Jeffrey, deceased ; Lieutenant Alexander Buchan, from the 91st Foot, vice Pigott, deceased. 80th Ditto—Captain Thomas W. O. .111‘Niven, from the 29th - ,Foot, to he Captain, vice Butler, promoted. 86th Ditto—Assistant Surgeon George Evers, from the 14th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Ewing, whose appointment has not taken place. 87th Ditto—Ensign William Smyth to be Lieutenant, vice Irvine, deceased; Charles Frederick Parkinson, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Smyth. 89th Ditto--To be Captains—Lieutenant Allen Stuart, vice Cannon, killed in action ; Lieutenant Andrew Snape Ham mond Aplin, vice Rose, killed in action. - To be Lieutenants—Ensign Wybrants Olpherts, vice Stuart; Ensign - Charles Arrow,. vice Aplin. To be Ensigns—Edward Sanford Miles, Gent. vice Olpberts ; George Henry Layard, Gent. vice Arrow. " 90th Ditto—Hospital Assistant Francis Cornelius Huthwaite t - o he Assistant Surg eon . 91st Ditto—Ensign Richard Webb Foskey to be Lieutenant, vice Robeson, deceased ; David - Cahill, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Foskey.- 93d Ditto—Ensign John Crowe to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice 11I‘Nicol, promoted ; Charles Herbert; Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowe. ' 94th Ditto—Lieutenant Richard Aylmer Coates, from half pay 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant, -vice Francis Gethings Keogh, who exchanges. 95th Ditto—Hospital Assistant James Alexander Ore to be Assistant Surgeon. 96th Ditto—Ensign William Hope, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purehase, vice Story, appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards. Rifle Brigade—To be First Lieutenants—Lieut. Charles Ramsden, from the 7th Foot, vice Blayney, who exchanges ; Second Lieutenant Thomas Sidney Beckwith, by purchase, vice Byrne, promoted. • . To be Second Lieutenant—Donald Henry 51ackinnon, Gent. by purchase, vice Beckwith. To be Adjutant—Lieut. William Sherbrooke Ramsay Nor cott, vice Byrne, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—Stephen John Hill, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Watson deceased. STAFF—Brevet Major George Augustus Eliot, of the 68th Foot, to be Major of Brigade to the Forces in Lower Canada, vice Shekleton, deceased. HOSPITAL -STAFF.—Staff- Surgeon William Barry, M. D. to be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, vice Inglis, deceased ; Surgeon David Barry, M. D. from the half pay, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Baillie, who retires upon half-pay. To be Assistant Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant Surgeon John M'Andrew, from half-pay 84th Foot, vic e H os pit a l A s . sistant Leslie, m resigns; Garrison Mate Sutton Taylor, vice Brisbane, appointed to the 74th .Foot. To be Hospital Assistants to the Forces—John Macdonald, Gent. vice Duncannon, appointed to 39th Foot ; John For rest, M. D. vice Dartnell, appointed to 41st Foot; Michael Ryan, Gent. vice Wilkins, appointed to the Ceylon Regiment ; Thomas Beavan, Gent. vice Dobson, appointed to 99th Foot ; George James Hyde, Gent. vice William Henry Crawford, whose appointment has not taken place. UNAT TACIIED—Major Churles Middleton, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by purchage, vice Waldegrave Tane, who retires. To be Majors of Infantry, by. purchase—Captain...l . °bn Paul Hopkins, from 43d Foot, vice George Wilkes lfnett, who re tires ; Captain James Arthur Butler, from the 80th Foot. • To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase—Lieutenant Ed mund Meysey Wigley, from the 73d Foot; Richard Doyne, from the 7th Dragoon Guards; George Mathias, from the Ist Foot; James Laing, from the 70th Foot; Thomas Eastwood, from the 44th-Foot; Dugald M'Nicol, from 93d Foot ; Hon. Henry Montagu Upton, from Ist Life Guards; Welbore Ellis Sweny, from 34th Foot ; Alan Chambre, from 7th Foot ; Duncan Darroch, from 24th Foot; William Timson, from 51st Foot; John Brown, from 64th Foot. The under-mentioned Officers have been allowed to dispose of their half-pay : Major James Francis Bland (Lieutenant-Colonel), half-pay 107th Foot; Captains Thomas William Poppleton (Major), half-pay 12th. Foot ; Wiliam Girod, half-pay 101st root; Sir John Clarke,. half-pay _lsth Foot ; William Clarke, half-pay Ist Foot; William Henry Hamilton, half-pay 11 th Garrison Battalion • Charles French, half-pay unattached ; Augustus Dashwood, half-pay unattached ; William Hopson, half-pay 7th Garrison Battalion ' • Anthony Gilbert D oug l as , h a lf- pay Nova Scotia Fencibles ; John Ringrose Drew, half-pay 105th Foot ; George Wood, half-pay 82d Foot ; George Herbert, half-pay 25th Foot. Commission in the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Batta lion of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glamorgan—John Davies, Gent., to be Surgeon. The Court-martial on Lieutenant Binstead and Ensign Row croft, of the 53d regiment, concluded on Monday last. The sentence will be promulgated from the War-office.—( Hamp shire Telrgraph. MAURITIUS. PROCLAMATION. In the Name of .his Majeity ; GEonoE the Fourth, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, &c., &c., &c. His Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir GALartAITH LOWRY COLE, Governor and Obmmander-in-Chief of the Island of Mauritius and D e p e nd e n c i es , & c ., & c ., &c. Adding to the first Article of the Proclamation of the 25th of May, 1819, and in explanation of the same, has decreed and decrees : ART. 1. On the departure of every merchant vessel, whether British or foreign, from this port, the Captains, Owners, Super cargoes, or Consignees th,creof, shall, previously to sush depot-- tore, furnish good and lawful security, for every mariner or sailor belonging to the crew of such vessels, who may be left on shore, whether on account of sickness, desertion, or any other cause, for the purpose of guaranteeing the payment of such Hospital charges, subsistence money, or other expences incurred by the residence ofsuch persons in the Island after the departure of the respective vessels to which they may severally belong; which said expences, without such guarantee, would be at the charge of Government.. The above security shall be received by the Chief Comrnissory of Police, and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of one year, commencing from the day of the date of the departure of the several vessels from the port of Port Louis. Ant. 2. The present Proclamation shall be rea4l, published, and registered, in the Courts and Tribunals of the Colony, and a Copy thereof shall be addressed to his Honour the Chief Judge and Commissary ofjustice. • Port-Louis, 13th June, 1825. By order. 0. DOWRY COLE. G. A. BARRY, Chief Secretary to Governmeir SIERRA LEONE. (front the Ilampshirc Tacgraph.) On. Friday arrived the Surrey transport, Lieutenant Thonipson, Agent, from Sierra Leone, whence she sailed on the 23d of September, with nine women and fifteen children, widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, in a most deplorable state of debility from fever ; of which number five women and seven children, as well as two seamen of the Surrey, died on the passage. The remaining part of the crew being in a con valescent state, Capt. Bore, the Superintendent of Quarantine, put the ship under that restraint. We have derived by this ship the following account of the most recent occurrences and pre sent state of the 'colonies on the coast of Africa : On the 24th August, his Excellency Major-General Turner and suite embarked in the Surrey transport, to visit the Banana and 'Plantain Islands, in consequence of two tribes (the Caul kers and Clevelands) being at war, and having detained the trade canoes which pass to a from the various places on the Sherbro river to. Sierra Leone, taking the captives as their slaves, and frequently Selling them to slave traders. On the 27th August, the boats of this ship, with a small party of the Royal African Corps, under Lieut. Thompson's orders, landed, _with the Governor, and took posseision of Plantain Island in the name of the King of England.' After retaining possession of it, some days, the king of the island, named Caulker (a colour man) who was educated in England, came over from the main land, and had an interview with General Turner.— The result of this conference was, that, in conjunction with the other Kings and Chiefs, it was agreed that some part of the land on the island of York should be ceded to England, pro vided his Excellency would give them protection hereafter from tribes which at various times come down from the interior. The treaty being signed, the colours on Plantain Island were again 'hauled down, and the. Governor returned in the ship to Sierra Leone.—On the 9th of September, dispatches were received from the town of Bathurst, in the island of Saint Mary's (river Gambia), stating, that the whole detachments 1 of the Royal African Corps, in garrison there, amounting to 134 soldiers, with 8 women and 17 children, which were landed only in June, had all died of fever, excepting 13 soldiers, and these were in hospital, unfit for duty : the Com mander of Bathurst was fearful of being attacked by the King of Barra, from the opposite shore, in consequence of a • tribute he formerly received, being stopped by General Tur ner. On the 20th September, the Surrey sailed with the detachment she had on board, of aboui one hundred men, 7 women, and 9 children, to replace tho se w h o h a d di e d at Ba thurst. On her arrival there, on Oct. 2, was found lying at an chor, the Swinger gun-brig, protecting the place. Her Com mander, Lieut. Poingdestre, and seven of the crew, had died of fever ; also Ensign Stapleton, of the Royal African Corps. The slave.-trade is carried on in a greater degree than ever. A Por tnguese schooner, of about 90 tons, had been sent in by the Esk. This small vessel had on board men, women, and children, in' all amounting to 284. The heart sickening misery discovered, the crowded and sickly state of the slaves, exceeded any descrip tion that could be given of it. When the Surrey left the Sherbro river there were no less than seven slave vessels waiting for their cargoes. No accounts had been received from the Gold Coast since July. The state of tiIONNI! colonies was not known. From various reports from the Mandingee tribes, it is expected the Ashantees will pay Cape Coast another visit. The trade at ‘ Portindeck had rather failed lately, in cons e qu en ce of the Foulah tribes having stopped the Coast people from bringing down their gums. The timber and wax trade at the Gambia is much improved of late, and from its being a free port, as well as Sierra Leone, for certain articles, corn, horses, sheep, and poultry, it is not doubted but the trade, in the following year, will be much increased. THE ROYAL NAVY. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—0 n Wednesday the Reynard, Lieutenant. Hardy, arrived from Plymouth with volunteer seamen, and sailed again this morning. Remain—Rainbow, Dispatch, and l'iranga. In the Harbour—Victory, Warspite, Ganges, Wage, Herald, Sparrowhawk, Mastiff, Royal Oak, and Magnificent. The gparrowhawk, 18, was commissioned on Monday by Lieutenant Crozier. Mr. Greenish, Surgeon, Mr. Benifold, Purser, are appointed to her. Lord W. Paget, it is said, is to command her. Illajor-General Bourke, Lieutenant• Governor and second in command at the Cape of Good Hope, and family, will em bark to-morrow in the Rainbow, 28, Honourable Captain Rous, and proceed for that settlement. The Dispatch, Captain Par sons, for the coast of Africa, is expected to sail on Tuesday next. The baggage and sea equipment of Lord Cochrane and Maranhatn have been landed from the Piranga ; but, from the seamen wanting to complete her crew not having arrived from the River, that ship will not be ready to return to the Brazils this fortnight. The Reverend M. Sampson (late Chaplain of the Ganges) is appointed, Chaplain of the Naval Yard at Kingston, Upper Canada. DEVONPORT, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Reynard, Lieutenant Hardy, with 75 volunteer seamen, from Liverpool, and sailed again with 30 seamen, for ships at Portsmouth. Sailed the Lyra, for Liverpool; Vittoria transport, with troops for Gib raltar, Captain J. S. Carden, of Torpoint, has taken the com. wand of the ships in ordinary at Sheerness; Lieut. L. Itoberts imppointed to the coast guard at Cadeworth, near the Lizard. Remain—Britannia, Genoa, Windsor Castle, Druid, Sham rock, Talbot, Pandora, Nimrod, Harlequin, Victor, Nightin. gale, Falcon, Dove, and Swallow. DISASTROUS FIRE.—Some evenings since a fire broke out from the stables of Mr. Seabrooke, the pro. prietor of a respectable inn, at the village of Dagenham, Essex. The consequences which followed it were not alone disastrous, but melancholy. Five v a l u bl e horses w ere l ost i n t h e confla gration. Their cries, while suffering under the.flames, were pitiable in the extreme ; every exertion was made to rescue them from the fiery element, but without effect. During its continuance the shrieks which broke forth from the wretched animals were of the most terrific nature, but the roof having fallen in, the entire was reduced to a complete cinder. Several causes have been assigned for the origin of this calamity.._. Among the most prevalent is, that some travellers from London having stopped there, while some refreshment was preparing, went into the stable, where, having made up their horses, they left the candle and returned into the house. The opinion is, that the flame of the candle communicated with some straw, and that in consequence the entire place became en veloped in flames. •d *** For London M ar k e t s , se e the rrh , r p a ge. for Country Mark e t s , see the Fourt h DAY r LOCK" PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DY AT ONE o'-- Bank Slock 222 Old Annuities .......... ' . ••• 3 per Cent. lied 85 4/ New Ditto. ...... : ......... . 1 r,,lii 3 per cent. Cons. 8511 g Ex. Bills 10001.10.1 3 rl , 34 per Cent. - Nets 102741 Ditto Ditto AdvertiseSm Ditto Red 4 Iler ('ent. N Bankl r Joni., Ann. 2qll-16 9-16 Bank for A t ........... cc • ....... 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TBE SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM 4UAL•4 LONDON, , IF• 15 MONDAY EVENING,NOVEMBE Extracts from the French Papers.of will be found • in. another column. T he ' from, Madrid gives us th e pleasing itiforto',, that the Consultative Junt a had resurnol its the tings, an event scarcely contemplated siliCe dismissal of M. ZEA. ~,s l ab' The POPE has again interfered in the Ec c. 11 the tical a ff airs of Spain and S ou th America' o f former place he has directed the suPP ress t i n O 11 6 . the Inquisition, havin g j u st discovered t ll 6 r Holy Office might be abused and rendered t hsf, odious than profitable, or, in other " rj4 '-• pe _ the most abominable crimes might be trated P. under the pretence o f working th e s t l i f tg l i ' tual reformation of th e u n h a ppy tie lnl4 ; : e t i ac The absence of the Bishops in South A — s e e. in like manner - roused the attention of the H0f), ..-- It can no longer be r egar d e d with indiffer° v ieo it is a flock without a s h e ph er d, and hly 11i ca lt therefore considers it as his bounden tlit t Y upon the King of S P A IN to take the g ost to cious means to reduce his revolted Cerl°ffiert of obedience. The first great duty of th e ti°ll oto r Rome, tvould be, we should imagine, t°,Pillpt peace; and we cann o t th ere fore but thi n " J. (al lit e this - instigation to .wa r m i g ht have bee t ' s the and that under existing circumstances , a n " :o l eo' late Spanish Colonies have now orga nise" vat l i e selves into regular Governmehts, the nohY ft , would better have; discharged his duty by at" in RD g FEINAND to abstain from any l'itll9l. dis cos tempts (fruitless MI. they must be) t° .he tranquillity of the new Republics. rii' We haVe . thiS day received the Dial .° N - O' 'I , mineuse to the . Ist October by the Druz;lici" fe , rr i3W ) It does not contain any recent newsll.° tie Video, but hopes are entertained of Iti° ,o l '' Janeiro that the differences between th e Gllll' a r li lil menus of Brazil and Buenos' Ayres wi tg 3 : c a b ly saaeprerpma::::reedd given. . The 'Treaty Iwialsii,cilt)boc f! I) published in a supplemental number of t he° ii; ing paper ou the 7th September . The Ti 011 0 in tghriesatPasia7irsfascntmionn,tir:d ::011 the only extract this Journal afforded :' 0 1, - .* - yr. , ,[ Rio DE JANEIRO,'"" patiellt We are at length acknowledged as an indiPeederit i ' tero l . our wishes are realized; foreign war is at an.end , 3 ' d -I ;l o ' ite disturbances calmed. The last receiVed free' Ace . accounts ~,,,.der) e ~, ~ Video (the only province where there is some ox'"' A y tri , reason to hope that it will soon enjoy the same Pe'srceffect'l.l.sli rest; all the arts of peace are cultivated, and the mos- c in ',- means adopted by the Government, that we 1113/ attain ti 1 WO . For 1 ,., even the smallest cloud which some imaginations highost degree of prosperity and civilization. The -- t. :lir. Alliance and Amity, concluded ..with Portugal, lils : 7 4ts ti' l fancy on the horizon of Brazil. d ablyli!. ImperialSErl• 23.—The Senado da Camara this day proseteittee r an Address of CJngratulatio_li o . o , ol bet. t t o cation of the Treaty with. Portugal on the 7th Serol eri 0 3 0 0 His Majesty , by a Decree dated the sth inst., ert.,,,,, all , o f Deputies to ' the future Legislative Assembly, wha ".." i ne 0 4 ' 1 arrived or their arrival , a monthly sum of 100 milreas, it boll. San that the with which should live in a manner suitable to the nolaiv the nation has honoured them. ginations el* al l: e h a e yf l i i;l ,e m d l . )urg r h i the 1' tNr:tse7llllll)aerl te 7gratro- - acopitswtioil g A r e