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the 11 Iadrissa, Partly under Native, partly Linda. European su perintendence, and the reforms which have been introduced by The present learned Superintendent, Dr. Lumsden, promise to be attended with the most beneficial results. " The late public Examination, which shewed a consider able advancement in every branch of ordinary study, and a very creditable commencement in mathematics, has indeed a lready evinced a material improvement in the College ; and the measures in contemplation, when the building, of which You have now laid the foundation, shall be completed, for adding an elementary school or class, with a view to provide .• More effectually against existing defects in the means of educa tion for the young men of the Illahommedan persuasion, will, it is hoped, render instruction given to students in the Ma drissa more efficient than it has ever yet been, or could be, in the building hitherto appropriated to it. " I will only add that arrangements have been sanctioned for enabling such of the students as may desire it, to acquire a con versance with tie English language—that a native translator, capable of translating English books into Arabic and Persian, has been attached to the College ; and that it is proposed by the Committee of Public Instruction, in accordance with the benig nant desire of Government to promote the diffusion of Euro pean knowledge among the whole of its native subjects, to adopt all practicable means of introducing amongst the teachers li terature. , ' students of the Madrissa, a taste for English science and tuerature." PRICE OF sTocKs Tilts 7 , 401 k Stock Per ( :ent. Rea. ?Percent. Cons 9 311 b.Per Cent. a t° Red. 4 Per c ent. 1 Dissd. ...... New lO5 I l ltik long Ann. 11 P. 3 per Cents. India stock ditto Honda South feu Stock — DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. 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QUIS DIOEIIE FALSUAI AUbEAT LONDON, TBURSD AY EVENING,MARC LI 17, 1823 The Etoile dated yesterday, which we have this day received by Express, is almost entirely filled with the debates in the Chamber of De- Puties, and does not contain any political news. The Rentes opened on Tuesday at 1031. 35c., anal at three o'clock were 1031. 45c. For the 4( ..count they opened at 103 f. Gsc., and at three Welock were 108 f. 70c. The Paris Papers of Monday contain many Pc litical conjectures as to the object of the Prince ale METTERNICIt'S visit to the French capital ; Ilhoarrived there on Sunday evening. The current u i l inion i s , t h at t h e a ff a i rs o f T ur k ey an d G reece have occasioned the journey of this Austrian States-- ni ati to Paris, for the purpose of persuading the Cabinet of the Tuileries to make common cause wi th hi s own on th i s i mportant quest i on, t h e l ate i t eg "iation at St. Petersburgh having shetvn that ; n° views of R uss i a are no t i n accor d ance with l e'se of Austria. PARIS, MARCH 14. llrince Metternich arrived at Paris yesterday evening. It is thought that the debate on the law of the rentes will commence on Thursday : between this time and that day the Deputies will meet in the bureaux to nominate the committees on the The budget anti the law of accounts. 3c:ndjourney of the Emperor of Austria to Milan is now be all doubt. We see in the Journal of the Two Sicilics, , Bing Francis I. has received an invitation from his Impe jPgMajesty to me e t hi m at Mil an, f or t h e purpose of confer with him. Hi s M a j esty h as accepted, with great pleasure, lts invitation. Lausane Gazette announces that the Duke of Cavello, at Lucerne, has been informed that the new King of anr e6 it% rsolved to apply to Switzerland for a corps of troops, hi.4l.that the negocution... thQ subject would be confided to dye read to-day in a journal, that it was - reported at Bayonne, eyacon the 7th that the F renc h garr i son of Corunna had orders to uate that place. The 0n garrison of Cor unna ma d e part of the oops left i n Spain beyond the number fixed by the Conven at the d es i re of the King of Spain. They will return to ti:rance on th e I st April, as we have already said, as well as sgaanirreiS.OnS of Santon a an d S arragossa, the case of which is Cons PITNDS.—PARIS,MARCH 14.—Five pe r cent . at 1Q J ouiss. du ll ars 22, 1825 ; opened at 103 f. 40c. ; closed ttf►fl3f. 35c. Bank St oc k , 2,o4sl.—Rente de Napl es , (Cer to.FFes Palconet's), 91f. 20c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, A Z d'Espagne, 20:V.—Exchange on London, One nt h, 2 5t. ; three ditto, 24f. 85c.—(C'ours iluthentique.) I 1-sru§sels Papers to the 17th inst. arrived this 410 Nlig• They do not contain any news of im portance. By accounts from Batav►a, of the 30th October, it appears that the military operations of the Dutch against the Boniers of Macassar, are confined entirely to the defensive. In one or two instances the Boniers have obtained some slight successes. The Allgemeine Zeitung or the 10th instant contains the following article from Constanti nople, by which it seems that a general insurrec tion against the St' f,TAN had been actually planned, and its execution frustrated only a few hours before the appointed time by the confession of an accomplice : CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11. The capital has been lately a scene of disorders, in which, however, neither Creeks nor Franks took any part. According to the discoveries made by the Police, which led to the arrest of several individuals, it appears that four Ortas of the Janissaries he .l. been seduced to tumultuous proceedings. Seidschik Mus tapha (Astrologer to the Sultan), Abdir Aga, and several supe rior Officers of the Janissaries acted a principal part. The Grand Vizier, the Aga of the Janissaries, and the Aga Pacha of Bujukdere, exerted themselves day and night to prevent a general insurrection against the Sultan himself. A few hours only before the time appointed for the general explosion, a Janissary of the 23d Orta, who was an accomplice, betrayed the whole plot, and thus gave the Government means to seize the chiefs of the conspiracy, viz.—Seidschik Mustapha, Abdir . Aga, and several Officers of the .Tanissaries. They have been delivered up to the Bostangi Baschi, and having confessed their crimes on the rack, have been strangled, with thirty other persons. Many suspected Officers of the four rebellious Ortas were conveyed on hoard the fleet, and worse consequences thus prevented. Meantime the great severity of the Aga had caused great discontent among all the Janissaries, which has probably induced the Sultan to remove him yesterday, and to give his post to the commander of the 59th Orta. During these commotions, orders were given for all the principal inhabitants to arm themselves and their servants to keep the rioters in awe. We have since learned that the well-known Ghalib Pacha has been banished from Gallipoli to Adani, but this seems to be only a precaution, as the people, the Janissaries, and the Ulcmas, are in general very favourably disposed towards him. Ile is thought incapable of taking part in plots against the Sultan. As the success of the independent arms in Peru is still doubted by many, the following additional evidence may perhaps be acceptable. It is contained in a letter from Lima, dated December 19, and written by a gentleman belonging to Liverpool :—" I seize a few moments to let you know the grand news we have here. There has been a regular pitched battle in tile interior, in which the Spaniards have lost every thing—literally every thing. It took place on the 3th instant. On the first day the Vice-King was wounded and taken prisoner ; on the second, General Valdez ; and on the third, Cantarac capitulated • under stipulation of delivering np the Castles of Callao. Canterac, all the officers, baggage, and every military store, by capitula tion, are delivered up to Sucre, the Colombian General, who commanded on this occasion, and Gen. Miller is expected here daily with the prisoners. This at once terminates Peru's struggle for its independence, as the whole Spanish force was united, and is exterminated. Though Rodil may not comply in delivering up the castles, they cannot hold out long, since they are already blockaded by land by Bolivar and his troons.— Bolivar has been here for three weeks : the castles will also soon be blockaded by sea, by the re-union of the Chile and Peruvian squadron. The Spanish 64-gun ship Asia is making eight inches water an hour, owing to the bad weather she en countered in beating up to Quilca. The enthusiasm shown on this occasion has been without comparison beyond any thing I have previously witnessed in this hemisphere. I trust we shall in a few months have peace established on a permanent footing;. Bolivar is a prudent, cautious, firm man ; and I hope he may condescend to remain here for one year to consolidate all matters, and then we may hope to have a good Govern. anent." RUSSIAN" TaAnc.—By a Manifesto of his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, dated the 16th December, 1824 (0.5.), the duty on the importation of foreign salt in the ports of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland, and the City of Narva, has been reduced 10 copecks silver per pood, viz.:— Instead of paying as heretofore 35 copecks silver per pood, it will pay 25 copecks silver per pood. In the port of St. Peters burgh, those in the Government of Archangel, and on all the line of the land frontiers, the old duty on salt remains as before. (Signed) A. DE DIJIIATCHEFSKY i Russian Consulate-Gen. 29, Great Winchester-street, March 14, 1325. We understand, that so far from the projectors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway hav ing consented to give up the use of locomotive Engines in the towns of Liverpool and Manches ter, the Corporation of Liverpool have been com pelled to petition Parliament to restrain their use in that town and its vicinity—a provision whi7h they consider absolutely necessary, not only to prevent the nuisances,—but to preserve the lives of the inhabitants from the danger, with which the use of them is attended. A Company, under the name of " The Rio de la Plata Association for Landed and Agricultural Pa/poses," is now forming. It appears, that al though the country bordering the Rio de la Plata abounds with the richest land, and pos sesses the finest climate for the growth of corn, Agriculture is so neglected that the flour used is chiefly drawn from North America, and even from the coast of Africa. To supply the wants of the country in the above respect, Mr. B. BEAUMONT projected an Agricultural Settlement on the Banks of the La Plata last year, and he has sent out, we understand, between two and three hundred persons lately to commence ope rations, but a much greater emigration is neces sary to meet the increasing demand of the coun try. If this Company he discreetly managed it promises to he a very successful one. Sir Cmtnr.Es STU %. n'r, Ambassador to the Court of Brazil, set sail for Lisbon on Tuesday morn ing, from which city it is understood Sir CHARLEs will proceed as Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Brazil. Sir CHARLES was formerly our Ambassador to the Court of Portugal during the space of five years. The Prince de LEINENGEN is travelling on the Continent under the name of Baron de STOCKSMAR, and arrived at Brussels on the 12th of this month. It is reported that a Spanish Courier has ar rived from Madrid with the intelligence that a new Spanish Loan has been contracted for, in part payment of which the old Dutch Bonds will be taken. Lord MOUNT CHARLES having taken his seat in Parliament, no longer acts as Under Secr e t ar y of State for Foreign Affairs. T A LmA is expected to perform at Brussels about the end of the present month. BANK OF ENGLAND. At twelve o'clock thi's day the Half-yearly Genzral Court of Proprietors of Bank . Stock was held at the Bark of England, for the purpose of declaring a dividend for the half year ending on the sth April next. The Court was unusually crowded. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last Court, after which, The GOV E RN or. submitted, for the approbation of the Court of Proprietors, a resolution of the Directors, that a dividend of four per cent. profit and interest be paid upon their stock for the current half year. On the question being put, Mr. Vous° begged to ask the amount of the issues of the Bank of England notes to the present time. The CHAIR MAN replied he could inform the lion. Proprie tor, that it did not amount to 20 millions. Mr. Yousn also asked the amounts advanced on mortgage. The CHAIRMAN replied, 1,200,000/. Mr. You Na also asked how much was advanced on stock ? The CHAIRMAN was happy to inform him, the amount did not exceed 600,000/. Mr. Vou NG, at length, pointed out the necessity ofguarding against advancing money to persons wit,. only speculative ca pitals, and hoped the Directors would attend to it. The CHAIRMAN assured him no loss had as yet been sus tained by such advances, and in reply to a question from the same proprietor, said, the subject of preventing the forgeries of transfers was now under consideration.--The Court then broke up. SCIENTIFIC BARB 111ITY.-The? following De claration has been signed by 38 physicians and other medical Prosessors at Bath :-- " BAT it,FEll.27.—We, whose names are underwritten, me dical persons, chiefly practitioners, resident at Bath, do hereby engage and declare that we will, as far as in us lies, prevent and discourage by our example, influence, and dissuasion, those painful and cruel anatomical experiments upon living ani mals which to the disgrace of science, in our opinion, are made sometimes without necessity or utility, and frequently without any adequate end, under the plea of promoting medical know ledge. The gratification of mere curiosity, the illustration of favourite but unessental theories, or the repetition of any known and conclusive experiment, we consider very insuffi cient motives for the infliction of torture. We do thus protest against, and reprobate such conduct, esteeming it wholly unwar rantable and discreditable to our profession. And we earnestly recommend this subject to the serious consideration of all students in anatomy ; entreating them, under a sense of moral principle, not to he misled herein by the practices of others, who have thoughtlessly (as we hope), but unfortunately de. graded researches otherwise so meritorious and important." A striking decision has been prenounced by the Court of Assize of the Tarn and Garonne, on a charge of murder brought against a M. Gignoux, a proprietor of that district. M. Gignoux had reason to suspect the fidelity of his wife ; and in order to satisfy his mind on the subject, pretended to leave home on a journey, while he only concealed himself in his own house. On the arrival of night, his suspicions were verified by finding his place occupied in the conjugal bed. Driven to fury by the sight, he fired two pistol shots at the bed, and killed the adulterer, who was found to be one of his own servants. He then surrendered himself to justice, and on his trial acknowledged the fact. The Jury ac quitted him on the ground of the provocation he received. On the 9th inst., the assistant of the Mayor of Chartres was assinated, along with his wife, by a convict who had been liberated after 18 years of imprisonment and hard labour. The assassin had entered the house of this officer begging his bread. He was offered refrt'sment and even re quested to stay supper. During the time his meal was preparing, he perpetrated his double crime. Ile has been apprehended. At a Meeting of the Committee of Lloyd's held yesterday, it was resolved that it be proposed to the Sub scribers at a General Meeting on Wednesday next to vote 1001. to Mr. Coox, Master of the Cambria ; and the like sum to be divided among the crew and others who were on board that vessel, for their humane and praiseworthy exertions in saving 547 persons out of the Kent East lndiaman, which they fell in with on fire on the Ist instant ; also, 201. to Mr. Bibby, Master of the Caroline, and his crew, for picking up fourteen soldiers whom they discovered on part of the wreck of the Kent the day after she blew up. It is needless to add that the pro posal will be carried unaniously. CROOKED PEOPLE MADE STRAIGHT.—At Paris there is an establishment, Orthopedique, for making crooked people straight, which may probably answer the same purpose of adding a cubit to the st a t ure . Th e b usts of the cured are preserved in plaster, and the difference is so great as to astonish everybody.—( French Paper.) A curious custom prevails at South American balls, public as well as private. Ladies of all ranks, who happen not to be invited, come in disguise, and stand at the windows, or in the passages, and often actually enter the ball-room. They are called Tapadas, from their faces being covered ; and their ob ject is to observe the proceedings of their unconscious friends, whom they torment by malicious speeches whenever they hap pen to be within hearing. STOBBS MILLS.—We have seen a gentleman, who resides about a mile and a half from the powder-mills. He was sitting in his bed-room in the act of shaving, when the decanter of hot water before him suddenly bounced up from the table several feet, the mirror upset, and the other apparatus were tossed about the room. On looking out of his window, he saw an immense column of smoke arising from the spot, mixed with flame, which from the ignition of fresh quantities of powder from time to time, while carried up, added much to the sublimity of the scene. There was loud noise, like thunder, continued for some time, which struck terror even on the beasts of the fields, and nothin h ir was more remarkable than its effects on the hares, which are very numerous in the neighbourhood, and which were seen in all directions, raised up on their hinder legs, and look ing round. At a distance of a mile and a quarter from the mills, a Iploughman was found lying insensible, who drop ped down at his plough, but soon recovered. A carter, driving a load of hay, at nearly the same distanc e , was driven down on his face, though nothing happened to the horse or cart; the poor man could not account for it, but described it as an invi sible something coming up behind him, which, like a gust of wind, felled him to the (Tr ound. The head o f one of the men who suffered was carried upwards of a mile, and stopped only by coining in contact with the wall of a farm-house, where it was dashed to pieces. Some stones and iron bolts were found at an almost incredible distance.—(Stirling Journal.) NEWSPAPERS.—A meeting of the Proprietors of Newspapers, in Edinburgh, was held in miEwEN's, on Friday, when it was resolved to petition Parliament for a reduction of the duty on Newspaper Stamps and on Advertisements, on the ground that such reduction would be attended with little or no loss of revenue.—( Edinburgh Courant, March 14.) MURDER OF Two CHILDREN.--On Friday last Robert Maydrzell took his trial at Lincoln Assizec, on suspicion of having, on the 26th of February, 1524, murdered Frances Smaller, at Boston. There being tto evidence whats oever to criminate him he was acquitted. lie w as a l so ch o a ro rg u e g d h, w a it t h ß t o h s e ton,i murderiithoef same ymAoz flatten b , but no bill - baying been found against him, he was im mediately liberated. r, , , i , „, ; ( ki *' ~,.../ . • , '* - " , ,,...,i c0, t. ,,,,1. , ,z,:(.-t,3 , e,1 rt , 4-.vi.-; - -,,tr- A ....,0 , ...4, ~,,,,,4--,..„. .., 2.-„,..,..v r"-,L.i,, .v" . A .4.„ pc;-'7 1 ",„ - erNy •.?•' 'N.4g'..o, : . .;' 7''' ' -7 -,e -7 N ‘:ete il ' ~,,, ~.,-„, ~ V ~ •-- 4. 6 * (......"1 . 1 1 •IN i •-',-fe, ••••o ..tr.• - ~,...• --.' yi ' ...• . - -..e., • - -4•11 Of :tl,-,,,,4r? ).q a 0 - ; ,..v •'\.„, , a, ,,, i. r''. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at Northum berland House; the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, in Park-lane; Mrs. and Misses Johnson, in Montagu-square ; Hon. Mrs. Curzon, in Berkeley-square; Honourable Mrs. Grey, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square; Mrs. Cunliffe, in Grosvenor-street ; Mr. Tomline, at the Bishop of Winchester's, in Great George-street, Westminster; General Upton, in St James's-street ; Honourable Colonel Collyer, in Brook-street ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Dorien Mageus, in Gloucester-place ; Lord George Lennox, from his seat in Sussex ; Lord and Lady Role, at their house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from their seat near Exer ; Earl and Countess Delaware, at their house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from their seat, Bourn Hall, Cam bridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Warre, at their house in Stratford_ place, from their seat, West Cliff, near Ramsgate; Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. M.P., from his seat, Durdam, Epsom; Sir William and Lady Pringle, at their house in Stratford-place, from a tour; Lord Ongley, at Hakes's Hotel, from Old War. don ; Mrs. Pitcairn and Miss Campbell, at ditto, from Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, and Miss Lyons, at ditto, from Spin field Lodge; Charles M'Taggot, Esq., at ditto; William Greame, Esq., at ditto. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Yesterday the Hon. Thomas Knox, M. P. entertained the following Fashionables at Dinner, at his house in Sackville street :—The Earls of Gosford, Longford, and Limerick ; the Bishop of Derry; Right lion. Vezey Fitzgerald, M.P., Hon. Colonel Knox, Messrs. lirownlow, M.P., George Dawson, M.P., A. Stewart, M.P., J. Prendergast, M.P., &c &c. Mr. Secretary Peel gave yesterday a sumptuous Entertain ment to his colleagues, the Cabinet Ministers, and a few private friends. The Earl of Darnley gave a gran dinner yesterday to the Directors of Ancient Music, at his house in Berkeley-square. Lady Gwydyr entertained a large circle of distinguished fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Piccadilly. The Countess of Essex had an elegant card party yesterday evening, at her house in hill-street, Berkeley-square. On Tuesday, the following Nobleman and Gentlemen grand dinners—Lord Grantham, in St. James's-square; Earl of Lis towel!, at Kingston House; Lord Stourton, in Wimpole-street; Sir Thomas Hislop, in Bryanstone-square. On Monday, the Earl of Westmorland gave a grand dinner. On Sunday, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, at Ken sington Palace; Countess Ludolph, at Gloucester-place; Mrs. Davenport, in Lower Brook-street; Mrs. Abercrombie, its New street, Spring-gardens. The Princess SOPIIIA visited the Duke of Yonic yesterday. The Royal Duke is sitting to BEHNES for his but. MR. HAYNE AND MISS FOOTE. —We are credibly inform- NI that the beautiful Miss FoorE, of Covent Garden Theatre, will certainly be married to Mr. lIAYNE, this day, before noon. —( Morning Post. ) The Rev. C. COLTON, who was supposed to have been disposed of by Thurtell and Co., has lived, it ap pears, to write an Elegy on Lord BYRON. Nor does he come alone to trouble you, but brings with him the whole defunct NV. w. We mourn thy wreck : thy mighty mind Did Whirlwind passions Whelm, While Wisdom Wayered, half inclin'd To quit the dangerous helm. ANNIVERSARY or ST. DAVID.—A large party of Welsh men and of the friends of the Principality met on Tuesday, Ist March, to celebrate St. David's Day, at Oman's Hotel, Water loo-place, E. E. ME RICK, Esq. in the chair; H. B. Williams, Esq. Vice-President. After the customary loyal toasts had been drank, the Rev. Mr. Williams rose, and having in a very eloquent manner, stated the origin and objects of the Institu tion, proposed " Prosperity to the Cymmrodorion Society, or Royal Cambrian Institution for the encouragement of Welsh Literature," which was received with the greatest enthusiasm and applause, and followed by an appropriate song in the an cient British Language, by Mr. Williams, the Vice-President. Mr. Williams next rose, and having in an elegant manner pre mised soma suitable bservations, proposed " His Majesty George IV., as Patron of the Cymmrodorion Society." This was followed by the health of the President of the Cymmrodorion So ciety, Sir Watkin W. Wynne. The health of the worthy Baronet was drank with loud cheers.—The following toasts were afterwards given : Caledonia—Sir Robert Vaughan—The memory of the Tutelar Saint—The Marquis of Anglesea—. The Emerald Isle, &c.—The health of Mr. Hughes, President of the meeting of last year. Mr. Hughes in returning thanks to;)k an opportunity of mentioning that the effects of that meeting a:-_d the preceding had already become conspicuous in the patriotic feelings which they: had awakend, and in the greater intimacy which prevails amongst Cambrians resident in this city than had formerly subsisted. He sincerely trusted that these meetings will be perpetuated—that the example set will be followed up—and fain hoped that the anzor patriw beats too strong in the bosom of every Welshman, to suffer these meetings, once commenced, to dwindle away to nought.— " The Eisteddfod" was prefaced by a speech of considerable length by Mr. Lucas. Numerous other loyal and patriotic toasts were given in the course of the evening. The company separated at a late hour, with many . ardent wishes that every subsequent festival be celebrated in this city with the same spirit, and with the same sentiments which characterized the present.—( Edinburgh Courant, March 16.) MATCH AT CHESS.—This singular mach between London and Edinburgh is rapidly approaching to a crisis. One game has been drawn, and another has been won by Edinburgh. One very remarkable circumstance may be stated, by which the ultimate event of this extraordinary match may be guessed at :--A celebrated Chess-player, a member of the London Committee, has published a book on Chess, in which he gives a form of opening a game ; and tries several, we think seven, modes of defence, all of which are inefficient. This very game was played by London against Edinburgh, and is one of those which is now very lately concluded. The game which is now in progress (in which about ten moves have been made) was commenced by Edinburgh, and is the same game which the celebrated member of the London Committee has announced in his book to be indifensible, flow, therefore, stands the pro bability of the issue of the match ? Edinburgh has won one game, and is playing another, which the London Club has deemed indefensible, though Edinburgh did not altogether agree to that position. Sir WILLIAM ELI.SKINE entered the Scots Greys in 1743. Ile was a Cornet at the battle of Fontenoy, and car ried a standard ; his father, Co101:el Erskine, commanding the regiment. In the morning of the battle, Colonel Erskine tied the standard to his son's leg, and told him, " Go, and take good care of your charge; let me not see you separate ; if you return alive from the field, you must produce the standard." Alter the battle the ycung Cornet rode up to his father, and showed him the standard as, tight and fast as in the morning. The late Colonel ST,isnope has left one son, who, in addition to what his father will have left him, at the death of Lady Banks (the widow of Sir Joseph), will come into possession of the Lincolnshire Estate, worth, it is said, about 20,000/. per annum. Miss MAcAuLY is giving her " Dramatic dis play of the varied style of the Recitation," to crowded audiences at Bath, where her talents and amiable character have deservedly made her a great favourite. The Excise Office, in St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, was sold by public Auction on Thurs day last. The purchasers are restrained from building on the spot. The price at which it was knocked down was 35,3001. The Royal Bank are said to be the purchasers. ELEGANT ApoLoGY.—When a late Mayor of Portsmouth was knighted by his MAJ ESTY at a Naval Review, he stumbled as he was rising from his knee; upon which, with great presence of mind, he apologized to the King, by saying, " Your Majesty has loaded me with so much ho. nour I cannot well stand under it. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, 111ancx 16.—Wind N.E.—Passed through from the River the Claremont, Gunden, for Jamaica; Oporto packet Mills, for South America; and the Sir R. Barclay, Nicoll, fot. St. Domingo. PORT§MOUTII, MARCEL 16.—Wind E.—Passed by . for' London the John and Mary, Laughton, from Honduras. Put back the Morgiana, for London. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind E.—Arrived_the Madras Fayner, from Portsmouth for Madras. FALMOUTH, Mama! 15.—Wind E.S.E. to S.S.E.--Ar rived the Melpomene, Johmon, from London for Vera Cruz ; and several coasters. • Arrived off the Start the Mellish, Cole, from Calcutta, sailei 16th November. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the ship Duke of York was taken up and con-. signed to China direct. Letters have been received from Elsinore, to the Bth instant. Captain Isn 1S T E it, of the Oliver, had just arrived from Aleni , el,. who reported being obliged to cut his vessel out of the ice on the Ist inst. it being nine inches thich. By the same conveyance the following copy of a notice has been received, addressed to SAMUEL THOItNTON, Esq. Chairman of the Russian COlll. patty. NOTIFICATION. From the Royal Direction of Quarantine at Copenhagen. According to the latest official reports to the direction, the following Countries, Places, and Islands, will until further no tice be considered as infected, viz.—Constantinople, Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, Smyrna in Natolia, Alexandria in Egypt, the Island Candia, Havannah. The following countries and places will until, further notice, be considered as suspected. All Ports of Turkey, with the exception of those infected as above mentioned. All other Ports and places of African Barbary. The West India Islands ; however, ships arriving from the Danish West India Islands may be exempted from being placed under Quarantine, in case they are provided with proper bills of health, duly issued and officially attested by the respective Authorities. America.—Ships arriving from the ports thereof will be exempted from Quarantine, in case they are provided with proper hills of health from the Royal Danish Consuls, or their Vice-Consuls, there residing. All other countries, places, and islands, in and out of Flu rope, are considered as entirely unsuspected. The Royal Directory of Quarantine, Copenhagen, March 4, 1325. (Signed) STEER BILLE. PIIISELDECK. THONNING SSIBSTED. The following letter, from the master of the Norna, trading between Lerwick and ieith, was received by a mercantile house in Leith on Friday, dated Cromarty, March 7:— " I left Lerwick, on the 4th current, and got about seventy miles to the southward of Fair Isle, when the wind went round to south. 'We still persevered and got into the Moray Frith, about 11 a.m. yesterday, when it came to blow a most tremendous gale. We and many more were obliged to put in here as a place of safety. There are about 12 sail come here last night, all southerly bound. The greater part of our cargo consists of chromate (42 tuna 12 cwt.), nine horses, and about 26 passengers, the greater part steerage. " There are melancholy news from Shetland ; two vessels are totally lost, only one of both crews saved ; the one a Hain• burgher, laden with linen, some pieces of gin, a large assort. ment of cotton stockings, lace, made shirts, some few bags of grain ;in short, a very valuable cargo. This vessel was wreee. ed at Haroldswick, Unst, the other wrecked at Whalsey, all hands lost, wood-laden. " A sloop called the Newhall, belonging to Mr. Hay, was in Norway for a cargo of boats, &c. ; I fear she is lost. It is re• ported, that boats have been seen floating about the Isle of Feder, and that part of a small vessel inis been found between Yell and Fetlar. The poor Ann Eliza was never more heard of, nor ever will, I doubt." TODACCO.—It appears by the official return 4 which have just been printed, that the quantity of tobacco and snuff in England, Scotland, and Ireland, on the 10th of October last, was—Unmanufactured tobacco, 1,031,7451b5. ; manufac tured tobacco, 1,018,29816. ; snuff, 545,4661 b. The quantity upon which duty was paid from the sth Jan., 1824, to the sth Jan. 1825, was 16,931,6721 b. Snot:KING A CCI DENT.—About eight o'clock this morning a fine boy about two years old, ki.:z.•; . loning to Mrs. KEANE, of No. 12, Acorn-street; Bishopsgate-street, in the absence of its mother got playing with the fire, and while amusing itself with lighting pieces of paper, the flames com. municated to its dress.. Its cries brought the inmates of the adjoining house to its assistance, who found it stretched on the floor, with the whole of the lower part of its body burnt black, and its face and neck covered with blisters. Its clothes Were almost entirely consumed, so that the fire was easily extinguished ; but such %was . the extent of injury it had sustained, that, not withstanding every care, it expired within an hour afterwards. Most MELANCHOLY EVENTS.—A few days since about twelve of the Students of the University of Cam bridge went up the river Cam, in as many canoes, to the dis tance of four or five miles, and landed at Granchester.- , - After remaining there a short time, the party reinibari e when two of the young Gentlemen (named ryren and Fiei.i) incautiously getting into the same canoe, it unfortunately up' et, and lamentable to state, both the interesting youth's instantly sunk never to rise again alive. Their loss is deeply deplored throughout the University, each bearing a most amiable and ex cellent character. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the bodies on Mon day last. Verdict, "Accidentally drowned by the upsetting of a boat."—A similar shocking accident occurred at Oxford about the same time. The circumstance is thus related :—" Mr. Dow ning, of Lincoln Csllege, was rowing a skiff up the Charwed, in a very narrow part of the river, where he was met by a skiff on the return, and through some mismanagement, the boats struck. Mr. Downing, being unpreparee, was precipitated from the boat, and being unable to swim, v as unfortun ttely .drown ed. lam sorry to say, this is the third accident which has oc curred through skiffing during the last three years. It is worthy of remark, that they have all happened in the same term every yt ar." EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—The town and neighbourhood of B— have been kept in a state of considerable ferment during the last week, in consequence of the sudden demise of the wife of a principal manufacturer of that place, under very suspicious circumistaticeq. The case, as related to us, is simply this. On Tuesday morning week the husband of the unfortunate deceased, whose habits have been described to us as being extremely irregular, returned home after having absented himself the whole night, and having evinced his quarrelsome disposition, by complaining of every thing on the breakfast table, so far provoked his unfortunate wife, as to induce her to remark, that it would have been better if he had staid to breakfast where he had passed the night. For this speech she received a violent blow on the head, which laid I her senseless on the floor, and ahout half an hour afterwards, according to the statement of our informant she was a corpse. The husbandr, left the house a few minutes after he had given the blow in question. for the purpose of procuring a horse to accom pany the procession of the High Sheriff, and on his return was met by one of his sera vants, who told him of her mistress's death. Dead rejoined he, '.then what will become of me.' Notwithstanding the notoriety of these facts, a Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of— Died by the visitation of god. As we can . only state these circumstances as a common report, we withhold for the present the names of the parties, (Manchester Courier.)