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_,=.:~ jj3gatlf-aebl NUMBER 9094.] TnE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. L. WAS PITBLI4IED THIS DAY. • SURRY IssTrr UTION. October 9, IRV T" PROPRIETORS, SUBSCRIBERS, and the PUBLIC, are respectfully informed, that the following COU►`.SES of LECTURES will be delivered in the ensuing Season : 1 . On PAINTING, by C.F. PACE, Esq.; to commence on Ir ridaY; the 24 of Noyamber, at Seven o'Clock in the Evening precisely, and to lie continued on each succeeding Friday. 2. On the ELEMEVIN of CHEMICAL SCIENCE, by JOHN MURRAY, Esq., M.W.S. &c. ; to commence on Tuesday, the 6th of Noventh , 1 , and to be continued an each succeeding Tuesday, at the 3. On MUSIC, by W. CROTCiI, Mus. D. Professor Music in the University of Oxford; and, . . 4 ! On NATURAL PHILO:OPW 4 by CHATILL:' , is I'iIIVI LEGES OF PROPRIETORS AND SUBSCRIBERS. Proprietors and Gentlemen Subsci ibing L 3 Ss. per annum, hare access z-.. t• To the News Room, furnished with the principal Morn arid Evening Papers, the Gazettes, &c. To the Reading, Room, which is regularly supplied with the Literary Journals, New Books, and, Pamphlets of present Interest. 3 . TO the various Courses of Lectures, delivered during the Season." 4 • To a convenient Laboratory, furnished with the paces • "tY apparatus, affording every facility to Chemical and Phi• losophical Researches. To the Library of Reference, compriiing a Selection of the hest Works in every department of Literature and Science. T o the Library of Circulation, consisting of Standard Works in British Literature ; Voyages, Travels, and Topo graphY t,—History, Biography, the Belles Lettres, Science, Attil the Arts. Proprietors payin g - 1. 2 23. annually, are entitled to a Trans ferable Ticket, and their personal Ticket is Transferable in their absence. - Ladies are admitted . to the Lectures, and to the Library of Circulation, at £2 2s. per annum. KNIGHT SPENCER, Secretary. THE I,o'l"l'LltY. THIS JIONTH. 11.A.ZARD arid CO. the CONTRACTORS, remind the Public, that. I the com DRAWING of the PRE- t MONEI LOII c ._,RY v. 1.1 mence on the 30(1, of 'S MONTH. They have the greatest pleasure in- ac mil!'wiedging the repeated testinrunaies of approbation be i°‘"ed on te cme, whih.cobines all the points that Public h av e s l o e long call e d for. m There are THREE OF [30,000 ! ! - iHI CA VITALS—ALL STERLING MONEY: It)C Ot TWO BA LNKS TO A PRIZE. MLASSES I—AND NO STOCK PRIZES ! in HAZARD and Co. have already had the pleasure of sell g All 30 ,0001. Prizes in One Lottery, and hope to re peat their gmtd f ortune i n t h e present L ottery. Th ey s h are d ti, os.i so ld in th e L ast Lottery, No. 15,702, a 21,0001. ! and • 98 - " T , 4 15,0 001.! at th e ir o ld and v e ry fortunate Offices, ' "9YAL EXCHANGE ; 26, ('ORNHILL; and 324, OXFORD-STRELF 139,000 MONEY for - FIRST PRIZE NEXT TUESDAY WEEK, 30th of THIS MONTH, (OCTOBER.) respectfully reminds his best Friends, , the Public, titat the State Lottery commences NEXT e".t.SDAY' WEEK:. and that the very first Pt ize drawn will i t Zii;e,3o,oool. llGney over and above what ever . other Prize ot entitled to. The Scheme contains Three l'rizes of ',?001. and 6,711 other Prizes, a re Sterlin Money ! and ot i4O Blanks to a Prize. These are n eithe r Stock Prizes n nor al every Ticket decides its own fate and no other. Ickets and Shares are selling at DISH'S Offices, 4, Corn 's" 9 eh' Cro ss, L d and by his Agents in the C ountry. ari"g On on, „Vyh e never X 30,000 nixes have for med part of the Scheme, IH's Offices have been (if possible) more lucky than usual, ahe sold snore than one-bailor all the Thirty Thousands t_n t have ever been !! ! And in the very last Lottery he sold e u a n p e it _l l 2 sl:ooo, One £20,0(10, One X 16,000, and Sixteen suialler *** The fSt k fli d urly against BISH'S •r.ces , . 0C s are a Xe lo • 'nee In by which the Public may see the flue ...nations. ri..l EAST -STREET, RED I,ION-SQUARE. t° BE LET by the Masters, Governors, pai and Truste es o f the BEDFORD CHARITY, on a Re h.lng Lease, f or a T erm of W. Years and a Half from isrristreas next, a HOUSE, N o . 25, E as t- s t ree t, R e d Lion al ,• Per sons d es i rous o f ta ki ng t h e same, are to sen d i n 14P"als in writin g , sea l e d up, t o th e R e c e i ver , Mr. G u t ° . lo th 1 2 , Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, on or before the P art . u aY of November-next; A form of the Proposal, and a at i\j'eular-of the Repairs, may be seen on, the Premises, or eaGreat Russ e ll-stre e t, betwe e n the Hours of Eleven 4 Late. E . N s ------ M' l' I NDIA WAREHOUSES, No. 16, CHEAPSIDE. ILLARD and SON beg respectfully to in or Zte. and f 4. Da the Nobility and Families arriving from a b road, ntakh, 141 Oing Establishments, wirlia view to econom, L 'g selections in fashionable Dresses, Shawls, Fa y Mily witi rt, Bte. that their Sommer Bleach of I,inens are arrived, G ,..a rariety of the choicest India and British Manufactured „ Ju n's, at the late reduced and very advantageous priers; l a A sist ing of the finest fabrics of Irish Linens. Scotch Ha1,,'31 ,,'31 Sheetings; Russia ditto, cheap Damask and Home Hal ,,ads' Table i mme di ately Muslins and Lung Cloths of evcry _.iPtion, from the Company's Warehouse, tTett,toPerior British ditto of every kind, fine linitations of Ind ia Trimmings and Flounces, rich worked Moravian .presses, and toloured ditto for Morning, Dinner, and Even st r ig Dr etS, and fur presents; beautiful ShaWls, long and c l ua res made exclusively from their own India designs; China r r aPes, Shawls and Scarfs, Taffeta Silks, plain and figured Pop- 1t from 2s per yard ; Neapolitan' Crapes, European Long 1 'thsiAnjengoes and White Chintz, yr hich never lose their co ,t?tir,and obtained at 'now her House • India and curious Imita .ion Calicoes, NI arseilles Quilts and fine Quiltings, printed and ._olnured Muslins and Canibrics, of unique deigns;' Welsh •flannels; French C am b r ics, of the choicest s Valenciennes 2 g ba n d - Nbric printed Chintz Ftirnitpres, from 9d to fine ell wide at od 28 Rd; Moreens, c o l oure d Li n i ngs ,H o ll an d f or Bli n ds, "d ni mitiesi Linens, Muslins, Canibries, &c. taken in the piece and detuy, are invariably at the wholesale price, and rhr . Y. desc r ip t i on of Goods at the lowest.reasly money prier. eir . Muslins; for Gentlemen's Cravats, and Ladies' wear, I:eminence fine at Is p er y at d ; t h e C am b r i c Muslins, Pereau si &v. yard aridhalf wide, a t 7d p er y ar d ; an d the India :,7,unslins at I^d per yard, to the finest qualities. A variety of 13 krtipte Ei n fec's are constantly selling much under the c_nst pri ce. Gentleman purchasing their owu'Linen Cravats, e d sci will procnr e th orn on the game terms. Merchants' Or t,' _s and Commis s i ons punctually execute d . P ropr i etors o f t ntrY Business supplied,' and .Dismnint allowed on amounts `4 _ 1 v 1 :)1. send upwards. Bankrupts' Stocks bought. The ut. 't value given fur India 51....415, &c. '. '‘'lrs;,:•• .' , .'4. , i ; .e. -e:,,-.4,%., -' .***:'• 4CY ' . _ . .. - -.4 --2-_ i • ..t.' , 7+. -_ .Ik, . -' -V: - • --* :: i k. -- ii . ‘*4 ~,.. c :,7,......, _...4 ~-, ..-- -,-;-",,, ;,:.• ...c. , --,,,,, tea. 12:, .f: 4l ..,,,,,-, 4". A ' ..-, .- 1 , /- gr ,‘ • W... - • # e? 1 W ' , 4 / 1 -ii---L.._± ///2 6 CV AMERICA. COLONIZATION ON THE COAST OF AFRICA {From " The Sierra Leone Gazette," April 21.1 We have not for some time made any mention of the Ameri can Colonists, whose arrival in our harbour was noticed seyoral weeks ago. It has just ()craned, that although their situation and proceedings must be so well known in the Colony as to render any statement respecting them in our columns altogether superfluous, there are in Great Britain as well as in the United States--and, we trust, in other countries also—many who take a lively interest in the location and in the progress of these set. tiers, and, to those so interested, no incans of communication can apply so generally or so satisfactorily, .under the present circumstances, as this Gazette. We therefore venture to state in a summary way, but with perfect accuracy of informatinn, that the principal gentlemen to whose care and direction :he set- tiers liae coliimit',.ed,''smght, a fey. 14yi after their srrival• an interview - wit". the colo - Aisl ..bi e • acti - u5 Governor, and some of the members of the CounL cil of Administration for the colony, assisted. At this meeting the American•gentlemen explained their objects fully, making a candid communication 'of their instructions, and of all their vinvs and objr..ts. This frankness they used expressly in the confidence of the most amicable dispositions on the part of those to whom they addressed themselves. Their confidence was declared to be founded as well on the very friendly interest taken in the American plans of colonization by the British Go vernment, from the outset, as on congeniality of character and of objects between this colony and the proposed American set tlement. Due consideration was also bestowed upon the kind offices and the favourable disposition strewn by the colonial authorities to their American co-operators on the coast, for the two-fold objects of suppressing the slave trade and of civilizing Africa, by the formation of stations of free people qualified for the purpose. These candid and manly decla- rations were answered with corresponding friendship and 'frankness. The objections which had early existed in the minds of all reflecting persons in the colony against the establishment of an American settlement in the Shcrbro' were freely avowed and fairly stated. They were objections which could be felt equally by every American sincerely disposed to the improvement of Africa. They were— 1. That the location in the Sherbro' was inconveniently near; so that it would clash with the private interests of this colony, and with the public benefits which would be conferred on the adjacent Africans by the intercourse of the colonists. The sup plies of the principal articles of subsistence would be cut off, and general small trade already established would be destroyed.-- An American settlement could not be wanted to dolor Africa what was already done by the colonists, much less to derange the rapid progress which would necessarily take place upon the foundation already established. These considerations had reference. to this colony, for which the authorities in America and their agents avowed the most friendly interest; and to the natives of Africa, whose deliverance and improvement- would be the chief objects of the American settlement, as they were already the chief objects of this. The other considerations are paTticularly applicable to the American bide of the question. 2. The location of the American settlement in the Sherbro', waive/ready ascertained to be unadvisable, on groinstis particu larly to the Americans it was asc er t a i ne d by their own experi ence that no large ships could approach nearer than a distance of 30 or 40 miles to any spot where it would be expedient to settle for their general and permanent purposes of improvement, j the cultivation of the soil, and other pursuits of simple indus try. The settlers oflast season had been swept away by unspar ing visitations of disease, occasioned by bad air and bad water ; and for these evils the• swampy nature of the country afford ed no remedy. The coloured agent upon whose fidelity and servic.'s the greatest reliance had been placed, was proved not to be trust-worthy, and the native chiefs were known to be unfa vourably disposed by the treacherous influence of this very agent, and to be disinclined to fulfil their engagements respecting the lands purchased from them. 3. At a moderate distance from this colony the settlements could not clash one with the other; eitherin the range of their beneficial exertions for the civilization and for the religious im provement of the African nations adjacent to them, or in the industrious and commendable pursuits of the colonists for the advancement of their private interests. 4. The season was so far advanced that sufficient time was not left to clear ground and to erect weather-proof habitations be fore the Inset of the tornadoes, and the subsequent speedy ar rival of the heavy rains. Upon all these grounds, or nearly these, coinciding with the representations already sent forth. through this Gazette, for ge. neral consideration in the Colony, in America, and in Eng land ; coinciding also with the sentiments freely declared to the Commanders and Officers of the American ships of war that visited the Colony, who appeared to feel the reasoning to be equally forcible for their side as .for ours, the American :gents were satisfied that it would not be expedient to place their intended - settlement in the Sherbro' : they resolved, there fore, to send their colonial schooner with a select party down the coast towards Cape Mount and Cape Mesurardo, to make choice of a new and more eligible station for their establish- , ment. Perceiving that the year was too far advanced to admit the clearing of ground and the erection of houses in any newly ac quired settlement before the inset -of the rains, they requested to know if they could be accommodated, upon terms which may afterwards be adjusted, with the portion of land within this Co lony which might be necessary for purposes of residence and cultivation in the interval, prior to the choice of a place, arid the approach of the time for proceeding to the ,formation of their settlements. To this requisition a satisfactory answer was given: and his tiontiar. the acting Governor, in pursuance of the disposition in whiCh all the Members of the Council con curred with him - to give the best accommodation which the Co lony could afford, visited several places :apparently . * most eligible • hut some ground of objection arising from - inconve nience of water or lowness of situation, or some - 001ov cause, prevented, for a time, the choice of any. At length it was proposed to the -gentlemen having charge of the' house and lands of the late .Assistanttommissary-General Le Fevre, at Foura Bay, to let those houses and lands for the year. An ar rangement was •in consequence made, in virtue of which the American agents are now in possession of that place upon an equitable rent. Their colonists are well housed, and they have ample measure of land clear and reedy for cultivation.---ll was exceedingly fortunate that- the American agents and their set tlers were thus immediately provided • with substantial habita tions. ,The heavy tornadoes already experienced could not have been encountered with safety in a state of inadequate prepara tion.—We haVe further to mention, that an application from these gentlemen for permission to re-land their provisions and store free of duties, and to dispose of such part of them as it may be necessary to sell for purposes of current use and exi gency, was freey and cordially assented to. The principal mer chants,. whose opinions the Governor and Council thought it right to ask ; as their interests were principally concerned, ex pressed their universal consent in the most liberal manner ; de claring.that they did not see any thing detrimental to their in terests in what was required ; but if it even had been e thing at tended with some inconvenience, they would gladly overlook that inconvenience in their desire to accommodate the American gentlemen, and to promote and facilitate their objects.—.-The American agents, in consequence of ad these arranwments end fneilitiks, are -now, as we have already intimated, established setisfactolily in Fours Bay house and farm. Their schooner may•be soon expected to return fioni her voyage cf selection (own the coast. These c-ri 'opera her will then join their com panions et Fount Bey farm, and relnaiii until the pall:1g et' the dryseason shall invite them 0 - ) procd to fix •Litemeuvts in the pla - ee of their ultiennte deStination ; which place and h.s in habetaiits, we trust, will ever be on terms of } mutual friend-. ship, and in the constant interchange of reciprocal kind offices with this colony. . . . A l it. I v,. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1821. THE ARMY. LOOT GUARDS. WAIt-OFFICE, AUGUST, Int. Sea--I h;ve the honour to 4.,;quaint your Royal Highness, that the King -has been pleased to order the establishment of the Regiment under your command to be reduced from the 25th instant, inclusive, so as to consist of the numbers specified as follow: Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Ten Companies ; 2d and 3e each. 1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant-Colonel 3 .3lajors , 26 Captains and Lieutenant. , Colonels 34 Lieutenants and Cap- . i tains 18 Ensigns and Lieutenant' 1 Solicitor 3 Adjutants gur4 l gcrn?Aga • 3 B - attalicin Surgeons - 3 Assistant-Surgeons I Deputy Marshal 2566 I am, at the same time, to convey to your Royal Highness' the following instructions, viz. ARMS, TENTS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND CAMP NECES -SA-RiEs.....4st, The supernumerary arms, and spare tents, if any, are to be returned into the stores of Ordnance, and acquit- Lances are to be taken for the same from such persons as shall be appointed to receive them. Complete sets of accoutrements, equal to the number of men to be reduced, and the spare camp necessaries, if any, are to be packed up, and sent to such place as shall be pointed out by the agent for Commissariat Supplies at the Treasury, to whom Inventories thereof are to be trans mitted. QUARTERS, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE MEN.-2d, The quarters of the men to be reduced are to be duly cleared, their accounts made up, and all their just pretensions completely sa tisfied to the time of their being discharged. CLOTHING OF DISCHARGED MEN..--Id. Each non-com missioned officer and private man, who shall be discharged, is to be permitted to carry away with him his knapsack, and his proper regimental clothing for the present year. GREAT COATS OF DISCHARGED MEN-4th. The great coats in wear will alsote allowed to be taken away by the said non-commissioned officers and men, if the same shall have been actually worn for the space of two years ; but, if not, they ,are to• be packed up and forwarded to such place as shall be pointed out by the agent for Commissariat Supplies, at the Treasury, to whom an inventory thereof should be sent. ESTIMATE OF SUMS REQUIRED.-sth. An estimate of the sums that will be required on the present occasion, is to be sent to the Department of Accounts at this . Office, distinguish ing the proportion for each head of Service. CLAIMS OF MEN TO BE REDUCED.-6th. The claims of the Individuals present with the Regiment, and liable to reduc tion, are, of course, to be finally settled on their discharge ; but in cases of men unavoidably absent, a statement of the ba lance due to each is to be transmitted to the Agent, in order that the claims of such men may be 'settled hereafter upon their own application to the Agent, without difficulty or delay. DATES OF DISCHARGING THE MEN-7th. Care is to be taken that the day, or days, on which the men are severally discharged, be inserted in the regimental accounts. ALLOWANCES rEu Compasy.---Bth. These allowances for the reduced Companies are to be discontinued from the 25th instant. MARCHING MONEY, FAMILY ALLOWANCE AND PAS SAGE MONEY.-9th. The allowances to be granted under the heads of marching money, family allowance, and passages by water, fcr the men, who, on being discharged, intend t o re . side in the United' Kingdom, and 'tor their families, are spe cified- in -Section 2 of the R;gulatiOzis lately issued from this Office. DISCHARGES.-10th. It having lately occurred in many in stances, that men, producing discharges at Chelsea, have al leged that the discharges did not contain alltheparticulars which they would have wished to have brought under the consideration of the Chelsea Ward, it is extremely desirable that especial care be taken that the discharges of the men, recommended for the Out-Pension, may show every . proper ground of claim th a t e ac h man may have on account of his services, wounds, or other dis ability. Officers—l lth.—The Field Officers and Captains, who are Major-Generals, are to be removed from the Regiment, and are to receive unattached allowances as General Officers, on being removed from their effective commissions They are to be succeeded by Captains of Companies, not being Major-Ge nerals, who however are to receive only their present pay and emoluments, until they shall fall into vacancies by the death or promotion in other Regiments of the Major-Generals removed by this arrangement. But in the event of the Captains . now becoming Field Officers being hereafter promoted to the rank of Major-General, and being consequently removed from their Regimental Commissions, they are to receive only pay and allowances as Captains of Companies, and not as Field Officers. The Five senior Captains of the Six reduced Companies are to fall into the vacancies caused by the promotions in . conse quence of the removal of the Major-Generals, and the remain ing Captain is to be retained en second, receiving only his nett pay and arrears, until he shall fall into a vacancy on the esta blishment. The Lieutenants and Ensigns of the reduced Companies are to be retained - on the full pay of their ranks en second, until they shall fall into vacancies on the establishment. I am, Sir, with the most profound respect, Your Royal Highness's most obedient And most huinble Servant, Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of York, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Guards. Foot Guards.-Ist Battalion Battalioni, Eight Companies 3 Serjeant-Majors 3 Quarter-master Szrjeants 3 Arrnonrer-Serjeants 3 Schoolmaster-Serjeants Colour-Snjeants 78 Serjeants • 104 Corporals 3 Drum Majors 3 Hautbois • (Drummers •., 58 ), and tl'ifers '2184 Privates WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST, 1821. Sin—l have the honour to acquaint you, that the ing has been pleased to order the establishment of the regiment under your command to be reduced from the 25th inst., incliAive, so as to consist of the numbers specified as follow : LIGHT DRAGOONS. Regiment 0 Six Troops. 1 Paymaster Serjeant 1 Armourer Serjeant I Saddler Serjeant 1 Schoolmaster Serjeant 12 Serjeants 18 Corporals 1 Trumpet Major 5 Trumpeters 6 Farriers 282 Privates 1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant-Colonel 2 Majors 6 Captains 6 Lieutenants 6 Cornets 1 Regimental Quarter-master 1 Paymaster 1 Adjutant 1 Surgeon 1 Assistant Surgeon 1 Veterinary Surgeon 1 Regimental Serjeant Major 6 Troop Serjeant- ajors 233 Troop Horses, includin Officers and Trumpeters. , No.rE:—lf Troop Quartermasters are still retained in any cases, the Troop Serjeant-Majors are not to be appointed. 1 am' at the same time to convey to you the following instruc tions, viz.:— lg . those for Non-commissioned , ARMS, TENTS, AND CADS' NECESSARIES-Ist. The su pernumerary arms and spare tents, if any, are to be returned into the stores of Ordnance, and acquittances are to be taken for the same from such persons as Shall be appointed to'receive them; and the spare camp necessaries, if any, arc to he packed Up, and sent to such place as shall be pointed out by the Agent for Commissariat .supplies, at the Treasury,'to whom inven tories thereof are to be transwitted. QUARTF:RS, ,AND ACCOUNTS OF THE MEN.-2d: The quarters of the men to be reduced &re to be cleared, - their ac , ...mutts made up,:enci.all.their just pretensions completely-satis fied to eie time of their being discharged. CLOTRING DISCHAitGED - Each non-com missioned officer and private man, who shall be discharged, is to be permitted to carry away with him his proper regimental clothing for the present year. HAT. - e -PAY Or Oi•rxttis.--Ith. The Officers liable to re - dcsction will he plaeed . upon haf....p,,y from the 2.5 tn - of . October next, and you will be pleased to - report theil names to this Office. ESTIMATE or StT3TS ItEQU7RED.--51.1. An estimate of the sums that will be required on the present occasion is to' be sent I to the Department of Accounts at this Office, distinguishing the proportion for each head of service. A daplicate' of such esti mate is also to lye.sent to the agents of the regiment. Ciarals OF MEN.—Gth. The claims of the individuals pre sent with the regiment are of course to be finalt- sQ,ttied on their reducen ; but in cases of men unavoidably absent, a statement of the balance due to each is to be transmitted to the agent, in order that the claims of such men may be set tled hereafter - Upon their own application to the agent, without difficulty or delay. A Duplicate of this Statement is to be sent to the Department of Accounts. DATES OF DISCHARGING THE MEN.-7th. Care is to be taken that the day or days on which the men are severally dis charged be inserted in the Pay Li,ts, in the column of Re marks. CAPTAINS' ALLOWANCES.--Bth. The allowances to the Captains of the reduced troops are to be discontinued on the 24th instant. MARCHING MONEY, FAMILY ALLOWANCE,- AND PAS SAGE MONEY.--9th. The allowances to be granted under the heads of marching money, family allowance, and passageS by ,7a,ter for the men, who, on being discharged, intend to reside in the Unitedtkingdom- - and for their families;- are spetified in Sect. 2, of the Regulations . lately issued from this Office. DISCHARGES-10th. It having occurred, in many instances, that Men producing discharges at Chelsea have alled that the discharges did not con t a i n a ll th e particulars which they would have wished to have brought under the consideration of the Chelsea Board, it is extremely desirable that especial . cure be taken that the discharges of the men, recommended for the Out=l'ension, may shew every proper ground of claim that each man may .have on account of his services, wounds, or other disability. SUPERNITMERART 'HORSES.-11th. Instructions will he sent separately as to the di'sposal of the troop horses that will become supernumerary to the reduced establiment. You will be pleased to acknoWledge the receipt of this letter, and to report the date when the reduction shall have beeri carried j into effect. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, Officer commanding the P.S.—The two junior Lieutenants and two junior Cornets are, of course, to be reduced ; and the same number of Lieu tenants as are at present serving on Cornet's pay may accord ingly be retained thereon. DUTCH AT AMBONA. • (Pram rom The Bekaa Xewsletter.7) There is something in the very in f ei;tion of this Govern Meta, and this island*, in connection with each other, which rouses an English i nian's feelings, and recals associations that he would willingly for . the Sake Of'human nature, have • blotted out • . froth his recollection, if not from the records 'of 1. , history. We believe, - •that on ihe !shole, the • Mitch GoVernment• is milder and. better since its return to 'its Eastern possessions, Itian it was pveVious to their expulsion from the line colonies . . since given back to them. There still remains, however, no doubt, much to be desired ; but the entire slavery of the press throughotii the exten sive Tegions - of , the eastern A rchipelagtrOttid the difficulty of• acquiring accurate , information ,on passing events, even in the letters which reach from. its various points of communication, may account for the apparent calm 'Which reigns along its shores. The spirit of a GliVernmentis often, .however, shewn as perfectly in- trifling in cidentS, as in more important ones ; and we think it just to those who may have. occasion, either now; or its future, to rely on the hospitality .and good faith of foreign powers, in visiting their set tlements as Englishmen and strangers,.tomention all such well authenticated breaches of these na tional virtues, as may be communicated. to us, whether in cases of such atrocity, as-the massacre at Manilla, or in cases of minot.c.onsequence, such as the one we are about to detail. We are indebted to a British Officer, just arrived in Cal cutta, from Amboyna, for the following facts which occurred to himself, which may be relied on as authentic, and which we have .-his full au thority to make public, for which purpose, in deed, they were expresily communicated to us. On his voyage from New South Wales to India, he landed at Amboyna in the month of Septem ber last, in the uniform of a British Officer, natu. rally conceiving that there could be no occasion to assume any other dress, .as in the colony of a nation at peace and amity with us ; and, if they considered rightly, largely indebted to British: munificence ; such a garb should not only Com nrand respect, but be a perpetual passport to hos pitable attentions, and a guarantee of security and protection. After landing on the wharf with two other English Gentl emen w h o we r e i n company with him, they were proceeding 'through Fort Victoria, when, on entering • the first gate, the Officer in uniform was seized forcibly. by six or seven Dutch soldiers, with muskets, who told him in - Dutch, that he was in ar - est,'and instant ly conveyed him to the common guard-room, leaving his friends and companions, who, being in plain clothes, were not molested, in astonish ment at this proceeding: These Gentlemen, however, being themselves at liberty, -proceeded at once to the Colonel, Suffrait, a French Officer in the Dutch service, to learn the cause o f thi s extraordinary act of violence and insult. No explanation appears, however, to have been given, beyond the mere statement, that the soldiers had exceeded their orders; but, .in consequence of e remonstrances of his companions, the British Officer was released from his prison. During a period of fourteen days which this Gentleman remained at Amboyna, after this .event, he had frequent opportunities of learning, that the feel ing of the natives there was one of constant and avowed hostility and dissatisfaction It ith the syS tern of . Government maintained over them by the Dutch ; and their inquiries, whether any hope remained of their being restored to Bri tish authority were always accompanied with the most .ardent wishes for such - a change.—Such a degree of indifference to the security and hap piness of these natives prevailed, that the pirates had, twice attacked two villages in the south west side of Amboyna, and murdered' and car ried off 250 persons. They were allowed to re main three days in butchering the .. se unoffend ing villagers, and plundering their houses, before any assistance was sent to Them fi'oin Fort Vic toria, and then at last, a Dutch ship of war, the Courier, commanded by Commodore Poole . , was got under way, and sailed to their relief ;. but on. arriving near the place, she fired*three guns; to give the pirates notic e pf h er approach, which enabled them to put to sea, and•-carry off their booty without being molested or followed by her. The natives seeing themselves thus liable to inva sion,-plunder, and murder from without, petition ed the Dutch Government to, grant.them a party of soldiers, for the protection of :their lives and property, but this was refused them. They then asked to be permitted by the Gorerurient; to NI-- nish themselves with arms and ammunition for their own defence,but this was alsOdetkied to them, in consequence of which, the greaterpart of these villagers have been obliged .to abandon their houses; and those that remain ate - at the mercy of the pirates, although the villages. in question are not more than 25 miles from - Port Victoria. This information, which . has been furnished to us by the Officer to whom the fincible‘arrest hap pened, and whoSe subsequent stay at AMboyna made him. acquainted with the facts here .de tailed, is published on. his perscittA and written authority, and may be relied on as correct. The reader will formhis own opinion' as to a aovern nient under Which such . transactidiW , .could take place'. [Weare authorised to state, tliat the Gentle man from whom the for eg oing a . Cetirate detail has beep received, is Mt. llenry 'cirleton, Lieu tenant and Adjutant of the European regiment.] POPULATION RETURNS, 1821. The Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Parliament, ' 4 for taking an Account of the Po pulation of Great Britain, and the Increase and Diminution thereof," is now in a very forward state. Clerks of the House of Commons, together with about fifteen assistants, are daily occupied in the Committee-rooms digesting those several answers and returns. M r . PHILL . IPS, the SPEAKER'S Secretary, is particularly active in the superin tendence of this-great national work. The grand totals, however, for the several counties, cannot yet be made, as some returns : or amended re turns, are still wanting; and for the obtaining of such requisite documents forthwith, special circulars, where there had been omissions or de fective answers, have been forwarded. London and Middlesex, laborious is it must have been for them to comply with the orders of Parliament, have beenimusually prompt and accurate in re. turning . the required information : there are feWer deficiencies for London and Middlesex than • for any other divisions of Great Britain.—Some of the details we shall lay before our readers; their accuracy may be relied on. They are interest ing, as will be more particularly perceived by the comparisons with the last Returns, in 1811. We shall first give some of the Hundreds of Mid dlesex, remarkable.. for being well known and populous; and then some of the Parishes in the Metropolis, .where there have been carried on, or are taking place, considerable changes in 'buildings, in forming new streets, &c. EDMONTON.—AIaIes 11,866, females 13,916—t0tal 25,771. In 1311 the total was 20,577 ; so that there is an increase of 5,194, or one-fifth, in ten years. ELTUORNE (consisting of Brantford, Uxbridge, &c.) — Males 8,967, females B,B76—total 17,8.13.—1 n 1811 the total was 15,266 i increase 2,577, or one-seventh. Gout (which includes Edgware, Harrow, &c.)--111aks 6,067, females 4,739—t0tal 9,806. In 1811 the total was 8,738; the increase, therefore, being 1,068, or nearly one-ninth. ISLEWORTIL—MaIes 6,735, females 6,650—t0tal 12,28►. The total of 1811 . being 10,669, there is an increase of 1,616, or less than one-eighth. SPE 1. THO RN, (Hampton, . Staines, Teddington, &c.)—Males 6,514, females 5,903—t0tal 12,417. The total of 1311 was 11,656; so that the increase is only 761. The Hundreds of Ossulston, and the Parishes in the Me tropolis here named will in some instances chew still greater changes of another character, namely, in the Buildings, &c. Ossm.sTox, FeNSBURY Dxvismx.—!hales 46,316, fe males 63,486—t0tal 119,802. In 1811 the returns were—males 42,503, females 40,035—t0tal 92,538. Increase 27,264, or near one-fourth, In St. James'S, Clerkenwell, there are houses in habited 4,995,. building 185; uninhabited 202—total 5,382. In 1811 there were houses inhabited 4,166, building 104, uninha bited 108—total 4,378. So that there is an increase of 98 in the houses building, and of 1,004, in the grand total of houses ; and such an increase, let it be recollected, has taken place in the pa rish that suffered so much by the difficulties to which the watch trade was exposed. Iu St. Mary's, Islington, there Are houses inhabited 3,495, building 124, uninhabited 172—total 3`,791. In 1811 there were houses inhabited 2,399, building 185, unin habited 72—tOtal 2,656. Increase in the number of houses 1,135, or much above one-third. OSSOLSTOS, TOWER Divistpx.—Males 163,709, females 137,948—t0tal 301,650. In 1811, the returns were, males 108,00, females 120.357—t0tal 237,487, being an increase of 64,16.3. It is curious, as well us singular, for the remark does: not apply to other returns here mentioned, that according to the present account ther arc now 25;754 more males than females in 01 - is hundred ; while in 1811, there were 21,307 mOre females thorn males. , • CI rY Or lio;:poN.—According to the returns for the City of London within the walls, there"were Moles 27,506; females 28,M;8—total 58,074. In 4811, there were males . 27,586'; fe, males 27,918--total titi,4Bl—increase 590, the smallness of which number is most satisf4ctgry,as contrasted with the vast increase in the inhabitants and in the buildingS in other More open parts of the metropolis and its vicinity ; the residentS.within the city not being .materizily increased, affords greater security for the preservation of the of London. -- i~~4 f' i :x MRICE SiCTENPiNCE