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Capital—k7s - 0,000 . - Lives insured with this Company are allowed to pass by Sea front one part of the United Knmtutu to another; and a'sol tU lone of peace, to poss in King's Ships and Packets, or other decked Vessels, between British Ports and such Fo ltigu Ports as lie between Ostend and liatre de Grace; both included, without extra pi onitrio . , and without being; sub jected to the inconvenience.of applying for the special leave of the Directors, as heietofore required by the usual cundk stuns of Life Policim By Order of the Board, JOHN GREY, Actuary. Persons insured for the whole terns of Life will participate periodically in two-third palls of the profits of the Company, _ll7 additions to the stuns insurcd. • Rates and C on diti ons may be had, b y app l y i ng at e i t h er o f the Company's Ottices. A liberal Agency is allowed to Professional Men effecting Insurances. SUBSCRIPTION For the RELIEF of the WIDOW and CHILDREN of the late . • CAPTAIN HENRY DALES, Of the Ship OFFLE Y, Southern Whaler of London, 1410 with the Second Mate, and Boat's Crew, were inhumanly Massacred by the Spaniard, on the Island of St. Maria, Coast of Chili, on the 24th of February last, under circum stances of the most aggravated barbarity, by which deplorable eveat his Widow and Orphan Children are 141 entirely des titute of the means of Subsistence. THIS Melancholy Catastrophe occurred on a - - voyage to the South Sea Fishery,—Captain HALES I sailed from England in the Ship Offley, about the month of October 1820, and having doubled Cape Horn, after a rough Pas N-I'e, early in 11121, lie put into the Island of St. Maria, which is uninhabited, on the Coast of Chili, to re-fit.—On the • 2 lilt aea Febr u about 19 A. M., several men were seen on t he bd i arY ' , and Capt. Hales supposing them to be Spaniards, had wie, . co me o'aer from the Main, went on shore with his hezond Mate, r r-, 0 a Tate, Armourer, and four Seamen, armed, for the l a 'il r l )-- „,„'”j.Proeuri ng fresh provisions. The party was seen to aa t i i ';;' 4 Join the Spaniards, who appeared to be very friendly getl,-,' theta i they shortly afterwards retired from the beach to witiil:thitarallu it wu supposed that' Capt. Hales was in treaty • to for provisions, and was gone over to the South Bay tw. L . ok at them. Towards sun-set, the Captain not having re , ' - " 3 -' , , the crew became alarmed and a boat was despatched to earth for them, which returned with information, that on their f ) nroach, several strange men were seen on t h e b eac h, an d arro‘n their movealents more were supposed to be concealed, .t. it being near dark, it was deemed most. prudent to return to rn the iship without venturing to land. The following t e m ing no tidings having been received of the party on b shore at day- light the Chief Mute manned and armed tw c : t•I for the purpeae of endeavoaring to find them ; on - ' fli ng near the shore, they perceived a man naked, sitting 9 1 ? the beach, and on landing, discovered him to be Thomas Moore the Armourer, covered' with blood, and severely:wound .eu i , he w as perfectly sensible, and informed. them, that on their ",pter' landing, the Sp an i ar d s appeare d t o b e friendly, giving n bread and meat, and induced them to accAnnpany them 6 °lne diatanee from the shore, where they were suddenly sur rotinded hy 40 or an m en arme d, on which the Captain re !Olyed to return to his boat, w hich wa s refused, except on con . ".tion of their delivering up their arms—They were compelled i ) " comply with these teThe Spaniards then treacherously . • ° u.nd them, two and two and carried them about three miles trim the island, and when Clark, brought them back near to the beach, Mon a ; some bushes—stripped them—and cruelly stab them in cold blood, himself alone surviving, whom they left for dead, he having received 23 wounds in his body, and two sabre cuts, one on each sid e o f t h e nec k. H e was pe r f ec tly sensible, and was immedi a t e l y ta k en on b oar d, w h ere th e Sur ra examined him, and f oun d hi s woun d s mor t a l. Th e bo a t 't no sooner returned, than a number of men were seen corn ,g towards the beach, and soon aftcrwaids a man presented oc aatriself dress e d i n t h e C apta i n ' s clothes, waving leis hat for a vat to come o n s h ore; h e was accompanie d b y t h ree or f our , tho appeared to be Officers in green uniforms, with cocked hats ea, sabres ; others were discovered from the mast head lying rind the beach. The leader of the party appeared sO much th4aer he Hales, that the Ar . mourer was-questiOned whe. . . tbew he Was positive that the Captain was killed, when he assured 4 14 ' 4 e was, and that the Captain or leader of Spaniards so o n cii: resembled Captain Hales, that he had remarked it when fo r l ere• ' The Othey immediatelv weighed anchor, and stood tra a ,PeePtion, and at 5 P. 4s. the Armourer became much atr a ' a ild at 9 the same evening died—An instance of more s Gus barbarity perhaps never occurred; Capt. Hales, the iz e lrlMate, Armourer, and four men perished, in this most rat c """o transaction ; Capt. Hales has left a Widow and nye vo_bildren totally destitute of the means of subsistence, to ;sin which this appeal is made with confidence to the bene tiajjente " the Public, convinced that they will humanely con. de hte to the relief of an unfortunate family, who ha•ve been ' au P r ived, by this unforeseen and calamitous event, of their only c 4P,Prt, and who have thus been reduced from respectable and SL lortable circumstances, to the greatest poverty and distress. D B SCRIPTIONS will be thankfully received by Sir jAMES ''' !D s , it, t and Co. Lombard Street; B. I. LINTfionNE, Esq. I'll tut Fears ; W. CURLING, jun., Esq. 10, George Yard, j:onuttisbard Street; Messrs. CuaLING, YouNG, and Co. Lime e ; and at THE SUN Newspaper Office, 112, Strand. i N e rr n a, tli .ng, Young, and C o . 4- ' s. d. . . . 21 0 0 D , ultam 'Mellish, E sq . 10 0 0 - 1 . . . 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MEMOIRS of the LIFE and WRITINGS of ALFIERI, with his Portrait. I 2wo. boards, 55.6 d, 8. MORGAN'S ESSAY oil the DRAMATIC CHARAC TER of Sir JOHN FALSTAFF. Second Edition. Bro. boards, 85.6,1. _ _ Dr grunions, in'his Life of Milton, gives this hook a very high character. The whole, of the above to he had of C. and H. Baldwyn, Newgate•street, and R. rriptieok, Old Bond-street. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We received The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertizer, of the 11th of August, from which we have extracted the following contents Notice is hereby given, that On the first day of September next, a Flag-staff will be erected on the Lion's Rump, for the purpose of communicating with shipS entering Table Bay, by means of Captain Marryat's Code of Signals, now in general use in the Merchant Service. Vessels approaching the land, hive, therefore, only to make use of that Code, as directed, for the purpose of either convey ing, or receiving, communications to or twin the Signal-post on the Lion's Rump.• It into be recollected, that at this Flag-staff, a Colonial Te legraph is also in use; but no mistake can arise therefrom, if ships in the Offing pay attention to Captain .11Iarryat's Code, Flags of which arc entirely different from those of the Colonial Telegraph. By his Excellency's Command, (Signed) C. BIRD, Sec. Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 8, 1821. Notice is hereby given, that a Light-house is about to be erected, without loss of time, on some conspicuous spot at the entrance of Table pay ; the particulars of which will be cm. municated hereafter. By his Excellency's Command, (Signed) C. BIRD, Sec. Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 8, 1821. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. • Arrivali in Table Bay. • August 9, Jemima, English ship, Thos. A. Watt, Master, from the Downs 113th May, bound to Batavia, cargo sundries, from London.—Passengers, Lieut.-Colonel and M rs. Ogilvie, his Majesty 20th regiment, Deputy-Assistant Commissary- General 'Watt, Ars. Watt, and two children, and four servants, for the Cape. Mrs. Patton, Messrs. J. M'Kenzie, Wm. Sutherland, Jas. Wilson, and one servant, for Batavia. Saikd out of Table Bay. August 5, Olive Branch, English Brig, Win. Kind, Master, bound to London,, cargo wine, &c. Ditto, 'ditto, William, ditto Brig, R. F. Young, Master, bound ditto, cargo ditto. August 9, Government Brig, Locust, Wm. Long, Master, bound to Port Elizabeth, cargo' flour, &c. Ditto, ditto, Mary, coastipg brig, Henry Steward, Master, bound itto, cargo ditto. Arrivals in Simon's Bay. August 4, his Majesty's sloop Cygnet, Capt. T. Bennett, from the Isle of France bib July, bound to this place. August 12, the ship Sappho, from England left sth May.— Passt:ngers, Lieut.-Colonel MJ lean, Commandant of Cape Toivn, Rev. Mr. Fell Owes, astronomer, Rev. • Mr. Fearon, assistant ditto, six officers for the 72d regiment, two ditto for his Majesty nth regiment. S. Erl:2,land from Bombay, left 2d June. Sailed out of Simon's Bay. August 4, Orient, English ship, P. 7Vi`allace, Master, bound to Madras and Bengal, cargo sundries. August 5, Egfrid, English ship, Robt. Brown, Master, bound to London, cargo, sugar. The ship Frances Charlotte Massingham, and the Back S6otia, Agneiv, to sail for Madras and Bengal in a few days with passengers. MARRIAGES. Lieut. Potts, of his Majesty's 54th regiment, to Miss LudolE. In the Reformed church, on Sunday, the sth August, John Addey, to• Maria 'Anna Russcuw, separated wife of Daniel Barend Smit. Hendrik Johannes Uys, to Constantin Petronella Elizabeth van Nuldt Onkniydt. _ _ At Simon's To ;in ' on Monday, the 6th August, by the Rev. George Sturt, L.A. Colonial Chaplain, William Paterson, to Ann, widow of the late Joseph Smith. CHRISTENINGS. On Sunday, the sth ditto, a daughter of Joseph Hall, bap. tized Caroline Elizabeth. The same day, in the Lutheran Church, a daughter of Jaco bus Laurens baptized Elizabeth Catharina Johanna Magdalena. • DEATII S. • August 6th, a son of Henry Steward, named ILnry Francis aged about five years. Ditto, ditto, an infant son of Barer.d rietersa. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY; Nov. 0. 'MURRAY V. RUNDELL.-JUItIGMENT. Mr. HEALD this day resumed the farther argu ments. which had been postponed on Saturday, and contended that Mrs. Rundell had not dis possessed herself of her right to the work (a cookery book) by any act of her own, and that by suffering Mr. Murray to publish it for. 14 years, she had done so with the view, that at the end of that period it would again revert to her, uor was it to be contended that Mr. Murray's " cravings of appetite" oughtncit to have been satisfied in the 14 years, when the very :extensive sale of the work had fully ,repaid him every ex pence he had been at, and given him in addition very considerable profits. ln fact, the surfvring hill) to have the uninterrupted possession of tne won seemed rattler to have increased his appe tite than - otherwise. The Loan CHANCELLOR—Then I wish you would hand them (the receipts) up . to me, Mr. Heald, if they are so savoury, and have that effect. Mr. HEALD then noticed the number that had been printed, and stated that Mrs. Randall having by her a great ;lumber of very valuable receipts, had determined to give the public the , benefit of them, and accordingly, in the preface to the book, she stated that she did so without the expectation of deriving any benefit or emolument hars,ill from so doing ; but at the same time, he contended, she did not dispossess herself of the - right to resume it at the end of 14 years, should she think fit so to do. , No assignment had ever been made to Mr. :Murray, which the Act of Ann directs should be done to invest an inte rest or property in any, but the author, and, ergo, hoW could it be contended, if even it were to be said to be• a " gift," that that gave a greater right than an assignmemt for a valuable 'con sideration ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said the injunction granted by the Vice Chancellor, and which the present motion sought . to set aside, was for the purpose of restraining the publicaiion of the work with the embellishments of the other party. Mr. HORNE—That, my Lord, is precisely the case, and in fact is the only question before the Court, as we have at this moment nothing to do with the other suit. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the injunction was certainly granted against the embellishments only ; and the question was whether the Court had not a rightto restrain Mr. Murray, but any body else from publishing the work in question. Mr. HoitNE said, he was satisfied with the injunction he bad obtained, and now only sought to dissolve the one Mr. Ileald's client had obtained. Mr. IIEALD—The injunction of the Vice-Chancellor re strains you from publishing our original receipts, and I con tend that even if you had obtained an assignment for a valuable consideration, still the right would have reverted to us at the end of the first 14 years, though, it is true, an assignment may be so worded, I am informed, as to pass property for ever. Mr. PEPYS contended at some length to the same efllct. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I do not sec how it is possible for me to interfere if you publish without the embellisnments, f for the same rule must be ollowe4here as if the work were the most valuable ever published. Mr. PEP YS said, it was not even attempted by Mr. Murray to say that the body of the work had created so great an increase in the sale. It was to the " title," alone it was attributed. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, - one question to be tried at law would be, whether, under the circumstances, and taking into consideration the declarations of Mrs..Rundell she ever had the copyright ; and again, what was the nature of the ';rift, - if there was any, to Air. Murray ?"‘ 14, said Iris Loicivl~ip; (; you can invent a cods head, and a calf's head, different to that of the other party, and so manage it that it shall not be taken to be done fbr the; purpose of .injuring the sale of their work, what right can this Court have to interfere ? . For my part, I think it may be hard to say, which is the head of the calf or the cod." Mr. HORNE said, after what had fallen from his Lordship, he was not disposed to go. at any great length into the case.._ It was clear that if the words used by Mrs. Rundell in her pre face were to be taken for any thing, the whole world might claim a right to publish the work. Why had not Mrs. Run dell, when Mr. Murray, on finding the fireat success of the Work, sent her one hundred and fiffy-pounds, said she had not given up her interest in it ? Why had she ,ever suffered the entry to be made at Stationers' Hall by Mr. Murray ? The fact was, the question here was between Mr. Murray and Mts. Minden, and it was evident that the former had been induced io expend his money, under the idea that the whole interest had been given to him. The facts, said he, however, it is material should be, stated to your Lordship. Here are two suits, but only one is now before the Court. One of these suits is by Mr. Murray to enjoin the other party from publish ing. That injunction had been granted, and no motion had been made to dissolve it. The other suit is by Mrs. Rundell, in which she has obtained an injunction to restrain us from publishing the original work, which it is contended is either giver. to Mr. Murray or the public generally ; but, my Lord, I contend this lady gave it up to Mr. Murray, nor do I think two persons could possibly differ as to the +intention of that lady when she handed over the receipts. Your Lordship will also see that the work has been rendered so valuable by the exertions of Mr. Murray.. It had also been said that her intention was only to give up the work until Mr. Murray had been indemnified, but that could not be the fact, as no Mention, as he had before stated, had been made at tile time of the transmission of the one hundred and fifty pounds by Murray. With respect to the clear case, as it was called, of Mrs. R. at law, why, he would ask, if it were so, did they not go to law, and try the question, rather than come to a Court of Equity, where the legal right could not possibly appear so clear ! But it was impossible, in his opinion, that any Court would permit any one who had suffered 21 years to pass over to say, " I do not like to go into a Court of 1.4 w, but will take the more indefinite mode of applying to a Court of Equity."— Such a course, to say the least ,of it, was not going to the most rational forum for relief. Under all toe circum stances, the Learned Counsel submitted that the injunction ought not to have been granted, as . the gift had either been made to Mr. Murray, or the right and title repudiated by Mrs. Rundell. The Lon') CirANcEr.r.ort took a general review of the ch.. eurnstanees of the case, and in conclusion said the Court had no right to interfere between the parties, the proper tribunal being a Court of Law. He therefore dissolved Lie injunction, as prayed for by Mr. Horne. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 4. His HONOUR heard motions of no public interest, during the whole day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 6. HAYWARD V. HORNER. This was an action up(in the Game Laws, tried before Mr. Justice Burrough at the last Assizes for the county of Wilts.— The defendant was charged with keeping and using a setting don. There was evidence of use at a season prior to that named in the declaration, but no more ; the proof was reduced, therefore, to proof of keeping only. Mr. Justice Burrough directed the jury that an unqualified man was liable for keeping only ' • and a verdict was accordingly found for the plaintiff, with leave (from the Learned Judge) to move for a nonsuit. Mr. Gent rEy now moved that a nonsuit ~Mould be entered. The Learned Counsel relied upon the case of "Read v. Fez rers," (Isth East) in which the mere proof of keeping had been held insufficient. In that case it was urged that 'keeping was presumptive proof of keeping for use ; but Lcrd Ellenhorough negatived that doctrine, and said "according to such an argu ment, prOof of keeping not for the purpose of using, would be proof • of keeping for the purpose of using."—Rule nisi granted. RULE FOIL ADMISSION TO BAIL. Mr. S.:yr. , :eant Clloss moved for a rule to spew cause why Jo .seph Bowden, a prisoner in Laneester Gaol, upon a charge of man-slaughtet, should not be t , dautted to bail. • The Loup CHIEF JusTlcE asked whether the regular mode of proceeding would not be by Habeas Corpus ? Mr. Sc: gtant CRoss said, that by the ease of J onas (J ones) a too poor - to py the txpenee of Habeas Corpus miLlit' be bailed (by order of the Court) ibetbre a Magistrate in the Mr. Justice HOLROYEL—And you have an affidavit to the poverty of your 'client ? Nir..Sergeant•Cnoss had an affidavit to the men's poverty, and also to the circumstances under which he was charged. Tin: faets'were; that Bowden had been attacked in a public-house by a' man •to whom he was a stranger ; a scuffle had ensued, and the scull of the deceased had been fractured - by a Rule granted. Mr. DENMAN had an application under peculiar circum stances to address to the Bench: The facts (whizil ::.`1)1)2-nr , d upon affidavit) were these :—An action of ejectment ; wai.tried two years since in the county of Devon; and a verdict was found for the defendant, subject to a special case. The plaintiff, who was a poor labouring Iran, applied some time after to his attorney on the, subject of the - special cese, when the attorney told him that the point had been argued in the Court of King's Bench, and decided in favour of the deifendant. It was now discoVered that no such case had ever been argued, or even set down for hearing; and the plaintiff's applieation was, that proceedings might be stayed on the part of the defendant, and that costs might be paid by his (the plaintiff") attorney. It appeared upon investigation that there had been no special case directed, but that a verdict had been found the defend ant, with leave to the plaintiff to move to set aside. TheeComitT doubty., hew far the defendant leas - in no fault) would, afar such a lapse of time, let thePlaintirin to Malec his motion. The mater eventually stood over for Mr. Deanian's further consideiation. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Nov. 6. THE KING V. CRICHTON, ALIAS CREIGIITON. This was an application on the part of the. Admiralty proc tor for his Lordship's warrant to arrest Crichton,. alias Creighton, master of a Leith smack, for hoisting illegal colours. • The depositions set forth that about daylight on the 21st of August, 1821, the officer on watch on hoard his : Alajasty's ship Porcupine observed a suspicious -looking cutter-rigged vessel some miles a-head, and having communicated this intelligence to the officer commanding the Porcupine, the latter imme diately gave chase to her. During the chase, the Porcupine fired eight shcts at the strange sail, and haring neared her, directed her to lay to. She proved to be the Sir I%ralter Scott, on her voyage from London to Leith; and Crichton, • the master, refused to lay her to. The Captain of the, Porcupine then threatened to send a party oT marines to board the Sir Walter Scott, and enforce his orders; hut in the meantime the smack bore away, bearing a blue ensign, contrary to law. No defence was offered, - and the warrant was granted. HEAD MONEY FOR GUN-110ATS. On the 18th of July, 1813, the Partridge, one of his Majesty's ships stationed in the Gulf of Venice, discovered a convoy of merchantmen under the protection of some gun-boats, close in with the north-west coast of Manfredonia. The boats of the Partridge, assisted by those of his Majesty's ship Savannah, succeeded in driving two of the gun.4ioats on shore, and de stroying them: and a third was captured; but neither the crew nor any papers were found on board. The affidavit of the Lieutenant of the Partridge went to these facts; and stated that he, having been within pistol shot of the gun boats, and from other circumstances, conjectured that the average complement of each boat might be about 31 men. His MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE observed, that these were all vessels of war in the service of his Neapolitan Majesty, and consequently, at that time, the property of enemies of Great Britain. He, therefore, prayed that head money might be de creed upon the gun boats, Nos. 1,2, and 3, as containing each 34 men. Lord STOWELL decreed accordingly. THE SHIP OCEAN. This was the case of an American vessel which liad come from Russia to this country in the year 1810, and had, in the mean time, become the subject of a bottomry bond, which had been transmittet., in due coarse, to a Mr. Wilson, the London cor respondent of the lender. His*llLutsTrS*Anvo'cATTrithttrit,"Thit nit - IFlOtitt in ques tion had subsequently been litigated ; and the parties had al ready appeared under protest in this Court, whrn an injunction came down from the High Court of Chancery, directing all proceedings here to be forthwith stayed. But in the month of July last, the Lord Chancellor declared that NI:. Wilson was at liberty to proceed, in this Court, with his former action. — He should move, therefore, that the assignation in this case might now stand, as it stood immediately before the staying of proceedings; namely, that the owners be assigned to extend their protests. The Proctor for the owners intimated to the Court, that no assignation had been made in this matter for seven years past. lie was not yet instructed as to the nature of the proceedings which had been had in the Court of Chancery; and he hoped that his Lordship would allow the present application to stand over till the next Court day. Lord ST 0 WEL'. directed that it should. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. The Adjourned Sessions for London were held at the Guild hall yesterday, before the Common Sergeant, and the Aldermen Birch, Ifeygate, Cox, Brown, and Lucas. The following was the only case worthy of notice : CAUTION TO CARMEN.—John Redman, a carter in the employ of Mr. Richards, wine-merchant, of Mincing-lane, was indicted for a violent assault upon Joseph Gulliver, the collec tor of the city toll at the end of (liltspur and Nowgate-streets, the regularly employed servant of the lessees. i'ron the evi dence, it appeared that on the day named in the iiklictinent, the prisoner was in his cart driving from Skinner-street towards Newgate , street, and on the collector's demanding the toll, held out what appeared to be a del:et, but which he withdrew on the collector's attempting to look at it. This trick he repeated se veral times, so that the toll-taker could not get such asight of it as to be able to ascertain • whether or no it was the proper ticket for the day, and finding the carter driving on, he ran to the horse's head, Seized the rein, and insisted on being satisfied. The carter, knowing himself in the right as to the - ticket, im mediately commenced a furious assaul: upon the toll-taker with his whip, and injured him so severely, as to render it necessary subsequently for him to procure the assistance of. a sur geon. The toll-keeper was resolute in the rerformance of his duty, and did not sufnr the cart - to pass till he had ascertained the ticket was the correct one. The prosecutor, it came out, had made complaint to the Fe isouer's employer, but without obtaining any satisfaction, he cionsidering that its there was no intention to evade the toll, his man was in the right. Mr. No RTON exerted his ingenuity to defend and explain, the'prisoner's conduct, but the fact of .the assault was uncon tradicted. The COMMON SERGEANT, in charging the Jury, observed, that very possibly the prisoner knowing himself in the riht with regard to the ticket, might intend only to have a bit of tun by teazing the toll-taker. He had, however, carried his jest a little too far. The assault had been clearly proved, and by the cvider;e, the whipping the prosecutor received was no joke, and it whs fitting these gentlemen of the whip should be taught that when they play such jokes; they may be made to sutler for them. • The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court immedi ately sentenced him to.pay a fine of 31. On Saturday last, a boy, about 9 years of age, fell into the river Kent, opposite Mr. livaittsoN's dye-house. A youth, only fourteen years old, passing by at the time, and observing the peril ous situation of the child, fearlessly plunged into the river, and grasped him very firmly. The current being remarkably strong, carried them both down to a considerable di,tance; the ad venturous youth, however, providentially caught hold of a stake in the river, and there held fast till thi'y w ere both extricated from their danger ous extremity.—(iVestmordand Gazette.) Several human skeletons were found upon Red Hill last week, by the workmen employed in making ti►e new road near Birstall-house. From their having been interred only about a yard from the'surface, they are supposed to have be longed to men ssho fell in the civil wars which desolated the country some centuries ago.-- % Leicester Chronicle.) LISBON. The following is the Official Report to the Secretary of the Cortes, respecting the papers missing from the office of the Secretary of Stafe at Rio de Janeiro : (From a Lisbon paper of the Gth " In compliance with the order of the Sovereign Congress transmitted to me by• your Excellency, under date of the 31st of August, I have the honour of transmitting to you all the correspond ence of the English, French, and Spanish lega tions since the `24th of August, 1820, which is to, be found in the Archives of the Secretary- of State's. office. " From the enclosed account, your Excellency -. will observe, that there are many blanks in the correspondence of these legations. On that sub ject I have to inform. your Excellency that Ca millo Martins Lage, Head Officer of the Archives . of tinT Secretariat for:Foreign Affairs in RIO de Janeiro, in transmitting me the 'Archives, in fulfilment of the orders I gave him when his Ma jesty sailed for this capital, has communicated to me,- that the Conde dos Arcos,' who was there Minister and Secretary of State in conjunction with his Royal Highness, removed from the said archives various letters and papers, which ought to have remained there in order to be forwardtid at a future period., after such copies had been made from them as might be judged necessary for the administration of the affairs of that kingdom. " To this transaction,' which cannot fail to cause considerable confusion, must be attributed the want of many letters in the different series of correspondence required by the Sovereign Congress. .111- your Excellency's letter, only copies of the papers are required. But considering that it would require much time to copy writings so voluminous, and that the originals cans incur no risk by lying in the office of the Secretary of the Cortes, 1 have adopted the resolution of trans mitting the originals to you, that the order of the Sovereign Congress might be observed as speedily as possible. " SILVESTRE PINHEIRO FERREIRA. " Palace of Zueluz,' Sept 4. ,‘ To the Senhor Joao Baptista Felgueiras." The Romans not only rewarded those who married, but decreed penalties against men who remained in a state of celibacy. Fines were first levied on unmarried men about the year of RoMe 350 ; and when pecuniary forfeitures failed to ensure their obedience to these connubial edict , , their contumacious neglect of the fair sex was punished by degradation from their tribe.— Celibacy continued, however, to gain ground in Rome ; and Au—counteract its atiec ts, we find that, in the year 518 from the foundation of the city, the censors had recourse to the extra ordinary measure of obliging all the young un married men to pledge themselves on oath to marry within a certain time. In Babylon. as auction of unmarried ladies used to take place annually. The virgins of marriageable age in every district were assembled on a certain day of every year. The most beautiful were first put up, and the man who bade the largest sum of money gained possession of her. The second in personal appearance followed, and the purchasers gratified themselves. , with handsome wives a':•- cording to the depth of their purses. When all the beautiful virgins were sold, the crier ordered the most deformed to stand up ; and after he had openly demanded who would marry her with a small sum, she was at length adjudged to the man who would be satisfied with the least : and in this manner the money arising from the sale of the handsome wome►► served as a portio►. to those who were either of disagreeable looks, or that had any other fault or imperfection. A gentleman of, this neighbourhood, who has made various excursions through the most inte resting parts of Europe and Asia, was lately in Constantinople, where he was more than once exposed to the outrages and insults of the popu lace. Having applied to Mr. Salt, our Consul, for protection, he gave him in charge to a Mus sulman in the service of the Sublime Porte, un der whose guardianship he visited every acces sible object of interest in that wonderful city.— He was surprised, on a very short acquaintance, to find that his companion spoke the English language fluently. On questioning him, he was informed, to his no small amazement, that he was a native of Scotland ; that he was born and spent his youth in Luncarty Bleachfield, in the neighbourhood of Perth; that he had a scuffle with another young man there, whose life .was in consequence despaired of, and, dreading the punishment of the law, he had fled from his na tive place, and taken refuge in a vessel bound for the Mediterranean. This vessel was captur ed, and the prisoners carried to Constantinople, where he was for some time in the service of an apothecary, who employed him ,to sell drugs through the city, allowing him a small pittance from the sums he thus collected. He afterwards applied to Mr. Salt, who kindly assisted hint with money sufficient to commence business as an apothecary on his own account, and he had been so successful that he soon repaid the bor rowed money, and was now in very comfortable circumstances.—This anecdote will remind our readers of the story of our Ambassador, who, ia arranging the terms of a Treaty with the Grand Vizier, found considerable difficulty in coming to an understanding by means of an interpreter, until the Vizier ordering the interpreter and all the by-standers to the dooraluted the Ambas sador with, " Fu' lang frae Aberdeen, man ;" and the business was concluded between the countrymen in a trice,—(Perth Courier.)