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London, England, 1805-01-10 00:00:00

LOSS OF 71-1 E SPEEDY.

The following is as accurate an account of the
loss of il,e schooner Speedy, in His Majesty's service
on Lake Ontario :
l'he Speedy, C. ?rain Patton, left Kingston, in Ca-
nada, on Sunday evening, the ith of Oaoher last.
with a moderate breeze from tde N.W, for =
Isle, and was descried off that island on the
following before dark, where preparations were
made for die reception of the passengers; but the
wind coming room! from the N.E. blew with such
violence, as to reinier it impossible for 'ter to enter
the harbnur, and very shortly after she disappeared.
A large fire was then kindled on shore, as a guide
to the vessel, during the night; but she has not been
wen cr heard of, and it is with the most painful sen-
'Aloes* we have to say, we fear she is totally lost.
It i, reported, by respefiable authority, that several
articles, known to have belonged to thi, vessel, have
been peed up on the ',pi agate side of the lake.
The pas.eogers on board the ill-fated Speedy, as
near as we can recolleet, were Mr. 1 o stice Cochrane,
Robert I. D. Gray, Esq. Solicitor General, and
Member of the .I.,use of Assembly. Angus Nl,Don-
rel, E.q. Advocate, also a Meinimr of the House of
Assembly, Mr. Jacob Herchrr.er, merchant, Mr
.h ho Stegmenn, Surveyor, Mr. George Cown,
I:tdian Interpreter,; ..143. Ruggles, Esq. Mr. An-
eerson, Studeut id the 1.4 w, Mr. John Fisk,
nigh Cni.stable, all of this place. The above.
canted Gentlemen were proceeding to the dis.
MCI of Neweectle, in order to hold the Circtlit,
and see the trial an Indian (also on board
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Of a.
the Spuidi i4datriins Chwaseccier .of John Sharp,
late of thv Qoeen's Rangers. It is also rervrted,
The crew of the Speedy, it iv ea;-1, consisted of
five stamen, three of whom have left large families,
exclusive 4' Capt. Paxton, who bad alco 4 'very large
family. .n r total number of settle on board the
Speedy is computed so he about 2,-)

PAIITICCLAIi 0 Till LOSS Of Till
ERIC ix's/Ik, OF F 11111. MIL L HIA, TWOKAS 3011.
SOWS, d AMA, 04 • MAIMING VOY AOC 10 CA IN

ZNNI.
On for 2Sth September, sailed from Philadelphia
good erder and well conditioned, with a crew,
consisting of Thomas Burrows, master, Jacob Ol-
denburg mate, William Davidson, supercargo,
John Miran, Samuel Badcock, ‘Villiarn Story, Jo.
seph Wider, seamen ; losiah Smith, James Came-
ron, lays ; and .losiah Anderson, steward.—
Nothire particular happened till Friday, the 12th
of 0.2.1 at. Ste. O. N. long. 54. W. the wind began
to blowhard from the N.E. the gale continuing to
increasa accompanied by thunder, lightning, rem
and beery sea, the, pumps constantly going. Next
day, agtwo, a.mr. finding it impossible to lay to any
longer, determined to cut away the mainmast and
scud *rote the wind, but before that could be
dime, vas struck with a whirlwind, which hove
the big on her beam ends. Joseph Wilder,
being a the forecastle, was drowned ; the main-
mast %eat ►l the board, the hatches bursted
the vessel fii.ed with water, and the cargo
&atilt; out at each hatchway—for our preser-
vation we endeavoured to lash ourselves to the main-
chain., but the sea breaking furiously over us, Wil-
liam Davidson, William Story, and the two boys,
w:re washed away; the foremast now wen. by the
board, and Jay corning on, we beheld a most awful
sigl.c, mast and spars hanging to the wreck, and
the cargo coming out of the hold washed over us ;
at this time we shipped a sea, which stove in the
stern, and the cergo broke out of the cabin ; at 9
a. m. we took to tt e bowsprit, whet William Story
and William Cameron dotted aboard on the cam-
['close house, the boy shortly atter died ; the latter
part of the day the gale blgan to abate, but a heavy
sea continued.
On tdouday, William &ore died. We continued
this dreadful situation uotil friday the 19th of OR.
discovered at large ship to leeward, made all
signals we could but in vain. On the 20th several
ks.g , of bum r came out of deb forecasri., one of which
■e immediately opened and fed on, which greatly in-
crea,ed oar thirst. On the 21E, the mate went out of
kis senses, and a schooner passed to leeward so near
that we could see every man on deck, but they took no
notice of us. On the 23d the mate died, his blood we
drank and 'devoured part of his flesh, with the re-
tinder we caught a lai ge shark, which proved a
at relief to us. On aVednessiay the 24th, at sun
re, saw a brig standing towards us. At ten a. m.
hove to and hoisted cut her boat to our assist-
and we were taken on boa:A in a weak condi-
on. The vessel proved to lee the snow Thames,
'aPtain Burton, from Madeira to New-Providence,
then in lat. 2fr N. long. 59 W.— l'o the humane
urethra of the Officers and passengers, we fed
rselves much ;ndebted, and thus publicly express
Chukka.— (N. ar- Fork Chronicle).

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OLD BAILEY; JAN, 9. •
Before the Lord CHIEF BARON, gr. Justice LAW.
REMICK' and Mr. Justice Rooke.
Mary Johnson was capitally indicted for stealing a
coat, two pair of breeches, two waistcoats, rind other
articles, the property of Andrew That-bourn, who
deposed that on the 29th of November, he lodged
in Swallow-street, and when he came home at night
to his bed, he found his room door open, though
when he went out in the morning he left it locked ;
he also found his trunk open, and the articles above-
mentioned taken out of it. Suspecting the Prisoner,
who lodged in the same house, he had her appre-
hended.
Thus. Night, an Officer, deposed, that be searched
the lodging of the Prisoner in King-street, Seven
Dials, at the time she was taken up, and that he
found there a neck-handkerchief and a pairof braces,
which had been stolen from the Prosecutor ; he also
found the duplicate of about three yards of Scotch
linen, which the Prosecutor swore to as his. The
Prisoner said, in her defence, that the linen was hers,
and had been sent to her from Scotland by her
mother, and that she had a pair of sheets of the
same quality, and that the h.iiitikerchief had been
left in the room by a person who slept with her.
Mr. Justice LAWRENCE charged the Jury, telling
them, that the value of the things, as sworn to by
the Prosecutor, was much above tile sum of feisty
shillings, the taking to which amount was a capital
felony, so that the only thing they had to consider
was, whether the Prisoner was guilty of it or not.
The Jury, after • short consultation, found her
Grriity (above forty shillings!—Death.

iielmed Hey IV a* otherwise Harwood, stood in-
diff,el by Benjamin Chantry.
The first Count charged him with having corn-
mitted a larceny in the house of Mr. Crantield, in
Thayer-street, Jlaithester-square, by taking a
bolster and two pillows.
The other Counts charged him with having ma-
liciously cut Benjamin Chantry, intending to do him
some bodily harm, he having endeavoured to stop
him for the purpose of apprehending him.
Mr. Attar opened the case on the part of the
prosecution, and Mr. GURNLY stated it.
Susan Jenkins, cousin to Mr. Cranfield, deposed,
that he took a house in Thayer-street, Manchester-
square, and that he had sent furniture to it, but
did not leave any one to watch it. On the morning
of the 20th of (?Kober, she went into the house to see
whether the furniture was safe, and found that a b:I-
-ster and two pillows, which had been the day before
in the parlour, had been removed into the passage.
Stispeaing from this that all was not right, she and
a Mrs. Wilson, watched at the window of Mr. Wil-
liamson's house, which was just opposite, and in the
evening of the same day, saw two men go in at
the door. Mrs. Wilson immediately went across
the way, and knocked at the door ; she saw the
door open, and some persons come out, but could
say no more about it.
Thomas Williamson said, that it was at his house
the former Witness And Mrs. Wilson were watch-
ing ; that he followed Mrs. Wilson close, and
saw two persons coming Out of the Wane, one of
them ran to the right, and the other to the left ; the
Prisoner was the one who went to the right t he saw
him make a blow at Mrs. Wilson as he passed her
by; and that on his crying out slop thief; a gentle-
mm laid hold of him, but begot away and San np
William-street, and into Mary-la-bonne-lane, where
he was taken. He never lust sight of him, and is
sure of his person.
Henry Holler said, be was passing through the
street, and saw the Prisoner coming out of the
house, ani hearing the cry of step taicf, he seized
him as he passed, quite dose to him; the Primut
struggled, and :timed a blow at his head with sa
iron crow, ninth he avoided, and gave him a blow,
which brought him to the ground ; but be amines
diately arose, and made off. %% itness pursued, and
never lost sight of him, and seeing Chantry standing
at his door, he called to him, to stop the thief: Chan-
tey laid hold of him, on which the Prisoner struck
him a violent blow on the head with the crow. Se-
veral other people Ca= up at the time and secured
the Prisoner.
Benjamin Chantry said, he lived in Mary-la-bonne.
lane. On the evening of the 20th of Otiober, he
heard the cry of Stop thief," and came out of his
shop; seeing the Prisoner, he seized him, and im-
mediately received a blow on the head from him,
under which he lay in the hospital, for upwards of
five weeks, and had twelve of thirteen pieces of bone
taken nut of his skull, and expeded they would
take more out.
-IJohn Foy and William Snowdon, constables,
swore, that the crow produced had been taken
from the Prisoner.
Stephens, a surgeon, in the Hospital where the
Prosecutor was carried, swore to the injury in the
left side of the head, and that nothing appeared
more likely to ;aft it than the crow.
The LORD CHILI BARON summed up the evi-
dence, and explained the different counts in the in-
diElment to the Jury, who immediately found him
Gvilty—Death.

Chadn Car was found Guilty of stealing three
pounds of jalap, the property of Valentine Labrow,
druggist.
Martin Ryan was capitally indifted, for assaulting
Susannah Wand, on the King'shigh-wav, potting her
in fear and danger of her life, and taiing from her
one night cap, one wooden box, containing seven
pawnbroker's duplii ales, and one shilling, the pro-
perty of William Waud, her husband.
Susannah Wand deposed, that on the !27th
November, between ten and eleven at night, she
was going on a message, through Brook-street,
Ratcliff Highway ; and that the Prisoner met her,
and took front her pockets a night cap, a box, con-
taining duplicate-, and a shilling; she never saw
the Prisoner before, and did not call out.
On her cross-examination, she said, the shilling
was in her hand, and that she was going to buy
some gin fur a friend, who was sick, but could not
have been drunk, as she had drank but one glass of
gin, and some beer.
&own, the officer, who apprehended the Prisoner,
said he sent for him, and he came to him, and that
searching him, he found a small wooden box, COIN
taining some doplicates, and that he had seized a
pair of blankets, which the Primmer had redeemed

fpiiiilllierlilader, where the Prosecutor had
4 the pawnbroker, said, that Pri-
soner had, oo the-rooming of the 28th of Novem-
ber; redwood the blankets from him, and told him
belied bought the duplicates. shortly after, the
wciiiian came and told him to stop the duplicates,
as she had dropped them out of her pocket.
Mr Justice AWR tact represented to the Jury the
different contradiaions in the testimony of the Pm-
secutor, and that it was probable the Prisoner 114,1
found the box, and had not honesty enough to re-
turn it. He was Acquitted.
Welkin' Stapleton, a boy of thirteen years of age,
was capitally indiled for bnuse-breaking.
It appeared, that on the 6th of September last,
about seven o'clock in the evening, the Prisoner was
deteaed in conveying a piece of sarsnet through a
broken pane of glass, in the shop-window of the
Prosecutor, Frances Francis, a silk-mercer. Upon
his apprehension he dropped the piece, and at-
' tempted to make his escape. The evidence not
being sufficient to prove that he was the person who
broke the pane of glass, the Jury found him Guilty
of stealing, but not of house-breaking.

POLICE.

is•rrow.oaante.
Yesterday two persons were brought before the
Magistrates by a pawnbroker in this neighbourhood,
upon suspicion of having stolen some silver spoons,
which they offered to bum in pawn for I 2s. which
upon examination, were well worth 41.
After some investigation, it appeared, the two per-
sons were shoemakers, who had recently come hom
Aylesbury, where they resided, and being in want.
of a little ready money, offered the articles in ques-
tion, in pawn for such a sum only as they wanted
for immediate use. The way in which they became
possessed of these articles was by the demise of their
aunts and mothers, who had, by their parsimony,
accumulated this property, which was divided be-
tween the three brothers, Tom, Dick, and Harry,
after their decease. This account being satisfactory
to the Magistrates, they were discharged, and the
Pawnbrok,:r then consented to advance the money.

The old custom of selling the first five in ten, or
first ten in twenty, of Lottery Tickets, is again re-
vived, and several lots have been bought and
locked up at Bankers on that plan. From the very
great sale, there is a certainty of 'rickets being scarce,
and of course, by the time the first half is drawn, the
remainder will be very valuable.
• The Cork Mercantile Chronicle, which we received
yesterday, contains the following observations :-
41 Upon the affairs of Ireland, we have seen various
opinions; but it is our belief; that Ministers intend
turning their thoughts forthwith to this subjein of
paramount interest. We have, what we should
consider, in more certain times of politics, authority
for saying, that it is the intention of Ministers to
cultivate that extending and flourishing spirit of
union now perceivable among the inhabitants of this
nation ; the want of which heretofore has caused
so much misery, and the promotion of which
will form a moral rampart against political evils..
, impregnable to all modifleations of hostility. If
Ministers can effeel the purposes which some of
their admirers and supporters ascribe to them,
and, if they please, they can, they will be be-
nef.uitors to the British empire, beyond the most
illustrious men of all preceding times; they will
restore long-alienated peace to the heart of Ireland ;
they will wipe away the tear from her eye for ever.
The ground-work of all good, for a country so cir-
cumstanced, must be the amalgamation of her in-
habitants into one people, the engraftment of all
tlseir interests upon the prosperity of the state; so
that every roan, finding the road of hononrable am-
bition open to his talents, unproscribed by law, and
nnoffended by prejudice, may look to the constitu-
tion of his country the patron of his merits, and
may find it his fame to shed his blood for that go-
vernment by which he is proteled, maintained, and
exalted. It is not our desire to forestal, in this
place, what, perhaps, by and by, the liberal policy
of these times may suggest on behalf of this coun-
try ; but we have no hesitation to say, that if the
Ministry honestly intend to extinguish for ever the
spark of discord in Ireland ; to recruit, from her
unwrought and unearned energies, the strength of
the empire ; and to accomplish that union between
those nations, which, what has been called " The
Union," will render more feeble, if not very wisely
and very speedily supported; a more favourable
season for such purposes than the present never yet
occurred in the history of these kingdoms."
The Fanny, Eves, from London, for Carnarvon,
is on shore near St. Ives.

The New York Chronicle says—" Mr. Mr, a o
at present Ambasador at the British Court, is said
to have been nominated and appointed by the Pa E-
srOLWT, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the Court of Madrid." _ _

13y the Ceivw&eut, Captain ALLEN, from Go-
naives, arrived at Phila.felphia, we learn that a
French privateer brig, of 18 guns, from Guada-
loupe, had been captured. after an altion of eight
hours, off the Platform, by a British schooner pri-
vateer, of 14 guns, and sent into Kingston, Jamaica.
Accounts from Guadalonpe state that a French
frigate from France was lately captured and sent
into B tevidoes. Thi, is said to be one of the dune
that miles! with troops for Martinique; one ut which
Rot sate into.Frinity (Martinique). and has siu.e got
into Port Royal ; and another. the Presides!. atter
landing the troops at Guadeloupe, arrived at Anna-
polis, with the French Minister to the United States.
Earl Sr. VINCENT, it was on Tuesday reported
at the Admiralty, is to have the command of the
Channel Fleet, in the room of Admiral CORN•
WA I. L i s, whose ht alth, we are sorry to hear, is some-
what impaired by his indefatigable and meritorious
exertions in that highly important and arduous si-
tuation.
Yesterday, a poor man, who had been cleaning
the common sewer, in Fleet-market, was so over-
come with the effluvia, that he, for WMa time, ap-
peared almost in the agonies of death, until some-
what recovered by the air, and restoratives %Anti-
nistred to him by some humane persons. who, not
withstanding the stench which surrounded him,
gave their assistance. He was conveyed to his
house in Fetter-lane, and a surgeon was imme-
diately sent for, who gave some hopes of his re-
covery.

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To THE OR- oiTHE BR frrslY PRES.!

" Non *mires r:niieri,.nmeinvore dia•o."
Ste—l was lately in:welled by curiosity tar Ll:e3
view of the Receiving-house in Hyde Parka esti
blished for the noble purpose of saving- !>, a
multitudes of all ranks dining the inclement *earl
from the perils of the water. !taint-inlftnee ape
culiar graVcation to sec the kill
cessantry ernpf9yecl in the stl!;linne °Bien ("Cada*
taste; ing assistance in the critical limit t.f distrnss
restoring to their desponding friends 4hr parent a:;,
the child ; alleviating by their Isculv*, dttentiot
the misfortunes to which flesh is hmenand coneolin;
the mind which was almost nectivinelmc4 with :silk
tinn. A Society, fraught witli so much be,,Writ
the human rice, cannot fail of exciting. in the mini
every pleasing nefle.ffion ; it appeals, itil„tlan Mos
can.lil and dispassionate nnairtet to the:Lean! ass
conscience ; it ralt.s forth thole syntpaileti: aGI:C
dons which are the brightest fit-nen:en: or,
Whilst the Members of this laudafile nualitatini
are occupied in atellieving impptutimg,r,in
they cannot fail of arresting the atiefinnn4. tit
public ; they speak with a silent buganweifl eln
quence whic:h cannot be withstood. Ai I d.o:est tin
base and sordid arts
coal(' have extorted from me what I have said it
behalf of a Charity which comes home to ever,
man's business and bosom. May ari Institution
friendly tb.the iffietests of man kt hiandividnal and
colleffive capacity be fired ufpnn'the most permitter.
basis, that we may adapt toe patriotic langliage
the eminently learned Father Paitl,--est.., pennants.
Jan. d, 1805 CLIRICOS.
IRELAND.
nuatin,
Wednesday sailed the Alarqui qt
press-packet, with Sir Evan Nepean, Chief Sec.:
Lary to the Lord Lieutenant, Mr. Corry, Lord Fri
derick Hentinck, and Mr. Flint and family.
The /)emit yacht is under orders to sail intmf
diately with his Grace the Duke of I.einster.
We are authorised to con tradia an assertion
has found its way into different newspapers, stain;
that Mahon, escorted to town, nu Sunda,: last, by
squadron of cavalry, was liberated and sent turn
as he had been arrested through nust.ii.e, for M he
the rebel, for whose apprehension a reward is nffe
el by Government. There was no mis'ake Est t'
arrest. The man's name is M'Mahon. a welkin)."
leader in the former rebellion, and against who!
there are charges of a most serious nature—as has
ing been deeply engaged in Emmett's conspitat)
and one of the most confidential associates of the
misguided young man.—(Triev-,p4).
Monday night the gallery of the temporary The
tie, lately ercnted in the county of l'ipperary Corr.
House, in which were upwards of LlOO people, ft
down, by which accident several persons wet* mut
hurt. We have heard of Sor 6 that bad their lint
broken, and one person killed—a great number
hrs, wigs, cloaks, bonnets, &c. were lust to d
scramble to get out of the house.
T/tellagrantnobbery committed or Tuesdny
upon the house of Mr. Venables, pawn-troller,
Usher's Island, by a banditti of plunderers; has e
cited the most general surprise and indiguseie
Mr. V enables and his family were spending the
evening from home, and the villains, by insane
a lamp-lighter's ladder, got over his stable, into tl
yard of the house ; the back door being either i
cautiously open. or only latched, they obtained Tea/
admittance. 'There were in the kitchen at the tiff
three lads, we are told, belonging to Mr. Vensibb
one of them twenty years of age, and a &Ma
servant.
The plunderers, immediately on entering, take
two armed sentinels upon the door of the latch'
and closely confined those who were in, in nails
we suppose, wicked menaces. They demanded
candle, but the people declared they had n
such a thing, the desperadoes sent one for one the
selves, and had sentinels watching for thein wit
out side. Having provided themselves with ligf
they went direftln to those parte of the ALM
where were deposited the watches and plate, who
they entirely carried of, but not at once, havir
made some turns of plunder. They milk betwee
five and six hundred gold and silver watches, tl
loss of which, and plate, will amount to upwards
2,0001. The villains were above an hour in ti
house perpetrating the rubbery. We are happy
hear, that some of them can be identified. II
knowledge of the manner in which the property w
secured in the house was so accurate, that they to
certain valuables from the desk of Mr. Volablo
There is a stable lane, from Bridget-not-street. t
rear of the house, by which the rol,bers entered, a
in it was found the lamplighter's ladder with wit
they ascended.
Wednesday night, the warehouse of Mr. di
was entered on die Merchant's-quay, by some
L• ills, by means of skeleton-lon s. and robbed
much property, consisting et:woollen an.' c outer:al
and other articks. In searching fur the effendern
Thursday night, who robbed the house of Nlr• Vt:
blew, ilillet'scluay, on Tuesday night-, twotutmmn
the names of M.Bride and Council!) were. &awe
at a house in West Arian-strew, in whose pisses
was found most of the property belonging
Oxley. The ruffians had with thew several skid
keys, and yesterday morning mere than tiny oda
belonging to these plunderers, and their coot;
rates, were taken. Examinations are lodged age
these villains, and they ire now in the New Prig
It is suspeLteil that the Above-mentioned &hags
are of the gang who robbed Mr. Venables.


LOIN EXCHANGE, WLDPILIDAT, Jac%

The Market twdav 1146 yen few boat •asnio-a et WI
the Yon!! Is ptL.cipaoy (rum Essex t a% present Imo
rerns,a, heavy sale, and ti.et inAny sample. a forelpar
being rtshrt. ...theta Earley, it • quoted ihernitll 111
Malt hes rather more mak• than y Yeas st
Ore, a. 5 dearer are Beans of es-hi kind, not having
oar. We Lase few Oats here, and e..peeting ber.ar awl
they at hardly named higher, es • vtiog the One. Saw
Rare Seed remains deer, cud ar inUierft !ttiVnt.
CIPMENT fill% E. OF (;RAIN.
slt hear ,7115. 100%. Bea,.
Flee 4i,. ~ 104 t. 105 s. 0.1. Teak .4.
Rye.... ..... Ws. 67. 0,1 Oats 41.35. Si• 94
Barley
%tilt.. 'Ss. Si O. Rrio WV. 41
White 545. 6M. Od. Fine 155 a. El
Grey has eirs. MaiSd. Secowe 110 a. 89

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INDIA.
a.
GENERAL LAVERN,
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SY HIS ZICILLEttCY THE '.24011T HOSES THE
GOVERNOR OSSESAL 124 COUHEIL.
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(Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.)
" 97. But in forming this arrangement, it has been impos-
sible for us to overlook the pretensions of those Gen ral Offi-
cers and Colonels who hare already retired from the service on
then half-pay only, under the idea that our Orders of JuiteT
1798, were to be strictly adhered to; some doubts perhaps CAR
El4O be fairly entertained whether theer Orders were strictly
compatible with those 6f 17:16, under the conenuction of
which those eifficere came to Leropc ; the alteration in t
eat
he
Ordered 1798 by the preeent arrangement. which. in a gr
degree, reverts to that of 1796, gives the Officers abovernen-
tinned a just and equitable claim to participation in the henefits
derivable from the change of system, and we have therefore
agreed to admit them on the retired Li.t.
" M. The surviving Officers of this description are Generals
Morgan, Forbes, Jones, Johnitonit' and Hussey, from Renee!,
and Colonels Cuppage and Wynell' drum Madras; therefore
four Generals from Bengal, amid six Irvin Madras remain to be
added to the retired List for those Poeidencies.
" 59. We shall male the payments to the Officer on the
retired List now at home We have in our former dispatches
noticed the great delay that occurs in adjusting the annual Off-
reckoning accounts at the several Presidencies, and trust that
means will be adopted for remedying the inconveniences re-
sulting therefrom in future. This becomes the more necessary
by the plan now prescribed, because it will be impossible to
make the distnbutions correctly, before a general account of
the surplus at all the Presidencles le f mend.
" 40. In the mean time, we shall not object to your colt
tinuing to issue a certaia propertien of the Off-reckoning shares
to Colonels in India, mooed' s( to your Resolution of the 16th
ditty, 1799, and the same role may be adopted at the ether
Presidencies care Licht): talent that s .rim proportions do nut ex-
ceed two-th;rele of the probable amount of shares, the remainder
to he paid when the miniml accounts are adjusted ; and with
regard to the Colonels at home, we shall pay them annually
the sum of five hundred pounds each, on accumit of their
Off reckoniiigs, leaving the balance to be adjuded, when the
amounts ( which must be furwaided as early as possible) are re-
ceived; for all payments made here, Account Cant London
is to be credited on the Milner', kkoks ,if the P.dencies ; and when Colonels come home, the omper certificates of
the dates to which their Off-rockunings have been paid iu ludia
mud be ree Merle tranemitled."
The (,nvernor General in Council, with the view to carry
lOUs effect the premarung arrangements contained iii the general
letter from the Houourahie the Court of Direr-toes, paseee the
following Order. :-...The Governor General is Council, at the
game time deems it to be emper to state, that the observation
of the I forsoureble Court respecting the impropriety of gene.
ral associations of Office;s, can be intended to apply to those
tidier-re in England only who have recently sulunituei the plans
referred to for regulative the appropriation of the surplus of
Off-reckonines of the Convene's Army in India, directly to the
Honottrable Court ; a proceeding which is not only irregular,
but is at variance with the spirit el the Order. of the Honour-
We t:oun, prohibiting Officer. :rent transmitting to the Court
of Directors representations of e public mature, unless such re-
presentations shall be forwarded through the Government of
the Presidency to mm hieli .lie Officers respectively belong.
Onfered, that the new (men mein oi the present Regiments of
Native Cleat.), ot *hebrigades of two Regi-
ments to each Brigade, awl each Brigade to be commanded
by a Colonel, with the promotera of Lieutenant Colonels and
Mahan to Regtaimits, suLd in the Court's Letter, be carried
eito effect ; and that in pui m Men of the principle' established
by the Orders of time Hennurabl : the Orate of Direetolll of
1796, for regimental rank, and for .ecuring to the tetficers, ex-
clusive of tho different branches of this Army, theadvantage of
all promotion in. those Wire: mete the Service reepectively,
promotion of the Otficers required fue the new formatiou of the
1 Cavalry, shall be made in that Corps, shall be dated end take
effect on the let of May 1804. .
Ordered, that the Uffireekonisir of the several Cores of the
Arm, regular and irregular, inceiding the European and Na-
tive Invalid. amid all local and Independent Corps, feinting a
pert of the Military FetableMineut ef the Presid eecy, be calcu-
lated Monthly by the Military eudder General and Adjotaut
General jointly, and that the teleueitions bs ?tilde frees tile
Monthly returns of Cema, from and after the let of May 1804,
accerdiug to the number of elfeeseres, in the stance manner, ao
way observed prey.nnyly to the adoption of the Iteodationa of
the 18th et July lie 9.
The Governor General ie Council
eatarroneigly orders
eand di-
rects, that th Off reckonings for the ltr es,to be celcula-
ted au directed in the preceding peragra els of t:,e 'eyelet regular
Corps of the Army of this Eeablishmeut, via the European
Artillery, the Goleneause and Laicals attached, Europeair In-
fantry, European Artillery Invalids, Lurie,. aim Intantry Invalids,
Regimeets of Native Cererry, an 4 Regiment.: of Native Infan-
try, he thrown into one general to d, that the surplus, ire, all
elyences of making, packing, aod insitmorting the clothing,
bare been defrayed, ;hell be ascertained in the usual manner
by a Committee of Offices, to be assembled at Fort William
aelOEllly for the adjustment of the 'loathing accounts of the
Army ; that from the araoreet of such mrplus of Offireekrinings,
shall be airirroprtated the sum of 545'. 15s. sterling, to be cal-
culated at the established rate of exclienge, vie 2s. Cid. the So-
oLaiiiwaiest toßfuoroorptinteefifet'tphhitoeit„ect.EHicastt'pislnibm
u‘lobislfyditmiti,oebeermirteit.'4,frimeleitink(dll6dtili.2,aig.',tiattr,le'hil,,4c,e.thecredin.'rhiayn.intidehr:iveritispocsßfilia',,talilltfriedbeifigof
divided amongst the Colonels of Brigades of Cavalry, of Regi-
meets of Eumpeaa and Native lufantry, and of Batts: "neat Ar.
tiller', in equel proportions, accordier to the periods of time
they shall have been in those sit uations rmpecterely.
The shares all. tin Coln:telt if Brigades, Regiments or
Battalions, wpm are in lirdia, will be lead to them or to their
Agents duly atitherited to re :wive the an/Mita, acc4ding to the
present potence. A proportion of the shares of such of the Co.
hostels as may he in Europe, equal toe ,01 will be paid to them
annually in England; the remalad :rot the shares of those of-
ficers will also be paid by the Honourable the Court of Direc-
tors, whenever the amount of the annual shares of the Coloncle
of this Esteblishmeut shall be communicated to the Honour-
a'ule Court.
It will he necessary to trans rat annually from each of the
Presidencies to the Ilimouraele the Court of Directors, at as
early a period "(time as niae be ereetisahle, a statement of the
total surplite of off reekoninee of the General Fwd at each Pre-
sidency, wart a List rif the names of all the Colonels entitled to
the amount each Colonel la (minted to receive. Tl'ae deetriliu-
ODO arid payment of the surples
touch, of the Preddencies
will Ils the name time be made of the Colonels as dull
be in Lida'. The meter:teat above adverted to (or the preei.
fleecy of Fort William, is to be prepared in duplicate by the
Millie.). Payrnanet General, and subutittsel by him to the
Government, for the purpnee of being Mime,' tel to the /lea.
the data to which the Off reckoning of Colonel, proceeding to
Europe she:, have been paid (required by the 411th paragraph
of the Court Letter), are also to be (welshed, in triplicate, by
the Military Pay iiaister Gerimal. One of the Certificates situ
be delivered to she Offices whom it cuitcene. : the other two
AMID be transmitted to the Secretary to the Govemm -nt, for
the purposes( being forwarded to the Honourable the Court of
phaeton.
In pursuance of the Orders of the Honourable Court for
forming e s' Retired List of Officers," and cuniceinably to the
principle established by them orders for forming the let, the
-' Officers of this satablishment are placed on the

rctiredlifr :
Major General John Fullerton.
Mao., tienerat W Popham,
Major(. iieed R Ni nett,
Mayor Genorralo. Deere.
Those Chlieer., with the five Wooed, of tht4
who have already been placed on the Itetocd Leo, ur toe Ho-
noontide the Court of br -.tor. complete the limp°. to.n of
Ofhc•re fur the Retired Liao (roan the riciulency of Ewe
W ill ism.
The four olflcere above tooted are to be stench off tit.: list of
the Army heat the 3thn April 1804.
It is to t. undentood, that She preeeding bled, r for cal-
, cuLting :nd appm,tatiug the surplus (16.-se. t °mug, fee
the promotion of fiXicers in cuitsecucisce of the I.dg:triton of
um Retired List, and fur the promotion of Officers for the
Corps of Native Cavalry, are to lake etioct on she let of May
180 s.
The Governor Genre! in Council being of opinion, that
coosidetahle aleanuz: wou!,llbe .I:rived to the public beivice,
&lOUs the general &alpha.: 011ie Army, indculadrnat a the

economical advantages that ernulrl revolt to the Officers tr
the measure, were the Officers ot chard several Cores ot the Com-
pany's Arnie to form incises, acing to tne practice of the
Officers of His Majeay's Regimenis,as proposed in the 112 d pa.
ragraph of the Cour'. Letter, h ilesirour
er and necess.iry
that His Excellency
the Commander in Chief will be pleased to adopt such twit
sures as His Excellency may deem to be prop
for obtaining m desiceable an oblect ; and that His Excellency
the Commander M Clactwill be pleased to t his proceed
ings %%is respect, to the Governor GeneLral tint CouKncil.
Secretary to the Government.
PRINCE OF IVA LES'S ISLAND.
The Island of Penang, now called Prince of
Wales's Island, is situated between 5.15 and 519 de-
grees north latitude, in the Straits of Malacca, lying
a mile and a half from the coast of Queda ; its
greatest breadth at the north end is about twelve
miles, but it decreases towards the south, where it is
only ten miles over ; its length, from north to south,
is 16 statute miles.
The island is at present in general thickly covered
with wood of various qualities ; but, where any part
has been cleared, the soil has been found sufficiently
good for the produce of all kinds of grain and vege-
tables common in Hindostan. Fruits of every kind
thrive well, and the spice plants grow wild.
The island is in every part plentifully supplied
with fresh water of the finest quality; small rivulets
descending from the bills in every direaion, refresh-
ing the country, and affording an easy passage for
the timber that is cut down in the interior of the
island. Deer and wild hogs are in great abundance
en the island, as well as all kind of wild and water
fowl. Fish is in great plenty, and reckoned supe-
rior to any found on the other coasts in India.
Oysters here are in great perfeCtion. and turtle of
the first quality are procured at a very trifling ex-
pence. No ferocious animals of any kind have ever
been discovered on the island, though the opposite
coast of Qucda abounds with the royal tiger, rhino-
ceros, &c.
Poultry of every description is procured here in
great abundance, two dollars being the usual price
for a hundred fine fowls. Beef, mutton, Sm. have
lately been introduced from Bengal, and are found
to thrive remarkably well.
With respea to the climate, it will be unnecessary
to say more than to quote the following account of
it from the excellent report of Colonel Kidd :
It is hardly possible to conceive a finer climate ;
it is never liable to extremes of heat, has seldom
very violent, and never continued rains, but is fre-
quently refreshed with cool and agreeable shower,.
And while all the neighbouring c.suntries are under
the influence of violent gales and deluges of rain, the
island of Penang is blessed with a perfealy serene
sky, having only now and then a day's moderate
rain. In consequence of these great advantages of
climate, Penang is wonderfully healthy, suiting
both the constitutions of Europeans and natives of
Hindostan."
Amongst the woods there is a great variety of
creepers, one of which yields the elastic gum, which
has been said, by a French Author, to be the pro.
duce of a tree in South America. This gum, so
peculiar in its nature, is in the bark of this creeper,
or tree, which is remarkably thick, and, when cut
or wounded, emits a thick white juice, resembling
cream, which takes the consistency and colour of
the elastic gum, after having been exposed to the
air for a few minutes.
The harbour of Prince of Wales's Island is very
capacious, and has good anchorage for the largest
ships, of from seven to fifteen fathoms water.—
there is a bar so fortunately thrown up by the se49
that it effeetually prevents violent seas from breaking
ia, and forms the harbour in a kind of bason, ren-
derilg a secure harbour against
blows, and where the largest fleet may ride, without
ever being pressed for room.
With respell to that part of the island which is
considered capable of cultivation, it may be said
that not less than one-third of its surface can he re-
duced to tillage, as that part only is upon a level.
or easy inclination. The interior of the country is
hilly, and in many parts the woods are imperv:,ius.
At the north end, at the distance of four miles lions
Fort George (the capital of the Island, a well-boat
town), is a hill or mount, on which most of the
Company's servants have country villas. The hill
is of easy ascent, being about three miles to the top,
where the flag staff is ereEted. "lhe climate on the
bill differs ten degrees, at least, from that in the
town ; the thermometer being generally in the town
from 80 to 90 degrees, while, on the lull, the average
is from 70 to 80 degrees.
Such are the climate and produaions of Prince of
Wales's Island, on which the East India Company
arc now forming a Settlement on the plan of Fort
St. George and Bombay : its advantages in these
particulars render it far superior to the other parts
of India, while its central situation, in a commercial
and political point of view, gives it the preference
over Madras and Bombay, as an advantageous
Settlement for the Company.

PRKE OF STOCKS
vas

3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Consols... s3llEx..hy
4 per Cent 7!l 51
5 per Cent. Kiev 9Ol 391; Ea. dir. .
5 per Cent. Loyalty
Long Annuities .. .....„ 17 3.161
Short Ationnies..... 3 11.161
Imperial 3 ;re* Cent.... 3711 i
Deferted Stock 52
India Stock.... .........1661
Ditto i.oii4s Is. 2s. d.s.
Exchequer Bins par Is.dis.
Engbili Lottery Tickets UN. 17s.
Consols for .. .... 59160 591
T. 111511, St •ek.Broker,
No. 4, Cornholl, and 9, Chstitni-Cro.-..

PRICE Ur IRISH SI.K:KS. lan. 4.
Fermata Debruture., 5 per cent 691

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0 MRSII Of IXCI lAI
Pt•ntt. ream 315 6 2 V•
Dm,. at Sight 37 11
K..tteritam C. F. 12 t U.
11 aniburgh 3j 6 Lill.
Utowa zi*, 7 2W.
ra,ls IL) a Lit.
D tt.. 2 Us ...... 2S 16
H..urdeaux . 25 16
Carta
Ditto WI ea.. 3.
Itlitikl4
Ditto 33 elfett.
Babas
Legturge 49
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Dublin 9:

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and gars per es— 4 0 0
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New Dollars
Sited in Bars
New Louis each 0 0 t.
Agin on ate Kink of Hollawt
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