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London, England, 1825-10-06 00:00:00

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IS'e have received Singapore Chronicles to the Gth Jan.
inclusive. They contain little intelligence of importance,
except some particulars, which we subjoin, of the state of
the Dutch possessions in the Eastern Archipelago and of
the kingdom of Siam :

[From the Singapore Papers.l
M AXIL T.A —By the Solitude, which vessel left this port on the
20th of December, it does not appear that any change had taken
place since our last notice, worthy of mention ; the inhabitants were
repairing the damages done by the late earthquake.
PAT.EMBANG.—A conspiracy against the Dutch authority has
been discovered at Palembang, and the country is in a state of
serious insurrection. The Susunan of nominal Sovereign who was
implicated has been arrested and sent to Batavia, but his son (the
reigning Sultan) erected his escape and joined Syed Bantu and
the other insurgents in the interior. The imposition of an univer-
sal capitation tax of three guilders is reported to have given rise to
the plot and insurrection.
BAWCA.—The town of Minto has, as we formerly reverted, been
burnt to the ground, nothing escaping without the fort save the
hospital and a public warehouse. Colonel de la Fontaine, the re-
sident, the next in authority, and the medical officer, had all died
within a few days of each other. The whole town, consisting prin-
cipally of Mallay houses, anti a Chinese Bazaar, was entirely con-
sumed in the short space of three hours.
Sun.—\Ye have received accounts from Siam down to the 15th
of December. The new King. since his accession, has declared
the trade free in every article except opium and muskets, the
first of which is contraband, and the latter can only be sold to
the Government Regular duties are to be levied on every thing,
the amount of which is not yet determined on such articles as were
()innerly objects of Royal monopoly. This edict will greatly faci-
litate foreign trade, as soon as the people have acquired confidence
in, and become accustomed to it, which is not yet the case. Under
such a suspicious Government as that of Siam, it is extremely diffi-
cult to obtain any political information which ran be relied on. It
appears, however, certain that the Siamese have sent an army of
observation of eight thousand men across the country towards the
Burman provinces on the Flay of Bengal, with the intention, in all
probability, of taking advantage of our recent conquests to seize
upon such parts of the Burman territory as it may be friend easy or
convenient to appropriate. With respect to markets, Bangkok was
described as being well, if not overstocked with British and Indian
goods. Tlie old trade from Surat and Bombay is very nearly done
up by the superior cheapness of the goods imported from Singa-
pore, and it is not improbable will henceforth be discontinued.
The Caroline and Sbanwees Vedas were loading for this port,
and may be expected in a feir'aitieks.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office
from Lisbon.
We have receive.l Lisbon Gazettes to the 26th of Sep;
telpher; they do not co,stain a line of political intelligence,
but abound in lamentations over " the sacrilegious acts of
a few individuals who have outraged the religion of the
state with impunity." The Cardinal Patriarch has ad-
drew-x.l a pastoral letter to the inhabitants of his diocese,
in which he dwells on " the enormity of the acts of sacri-
lege so wantonly committed, to the grief of all Catholics,
and especially the clergy, whom he exhorts to be watchful
by day and by night to prevent the commission of such
crimes;" and concludes by stating, that " he shall use all
the means which Iris office gives him to stop the progress of
the evil, and that their august Monarch, who is distin-
guished by his exemplary piety, will afford every support
to their exertions." The Infant Don Michael, who was
sometime since sent rather unceremoniously on his travois,
it appears from these papers, was at Vienna in July.
Extract of a letter front Rio de Janeiro. dated July 26:
—" Sir Charles Su Fart and suite arrived here on the 17th
inst. The next day he had an audience of his Imperial
Majesty, who expresses himself much pleased with Sir
Charles. Sir Charles's first meeting with his Imperial
Majesty was somewhat singular. Sir Charles and his suite
were proceeding, on landing, to his house, when his Im-
perial Majesty, who was on his way to his palace, passed'
them on the road, in his gig and four; after he had passed
them, it occurred to his Majesty that the company must be
Sir aeries Stuart's ; he immediately wheeled round, rode
up, got out, and, with the reins in his hand, saluted Sir
Charles, expressing the pleasure he felt on seeing his Ex-
cellency,• and concluded with sayinr, he should send his
cari!age for him next day, when he hoped for another in-
terview. Ilia Imperial Majesty then jumped Into his gig,
and drove off."
The Marquis of Torre Tsgle, whose defection from the
Patriot cause has been before noticed, is now in the castles
of Callao. He was formerly President of the Peruvian
Congress. His Immense possessions have been confiscated
by a decree of the present Congress of Peru. Though pos-
sessing a splendid fortune and great influence, be was a
tnan of imbecility of mind, as has been evinced by his po-
litical career ; his destiny, however, appears now to be
fixed, as upon the fall of the Castles of Callao, he will be
;it the clemency of the Peruvian governmentArnerican
Paver.
The statue of Louis XIV, destined for the city of Lyons,
set out this morning at half-pest 10 o'clock, from the fau-
bourg du Ronde. It was placed in a carriage, drawn by
twenty-two horses. The woodwork which surrounded the
great king's statue was ornamented with green branches,
and sums/tented with white flags. Notwititstandirp, the
vast weight it had to carry, the conveyance proceeded
Why/able rapidity; It ought to have reached the Garriere ds
(rose at half-post one. Detachments of tho Royal gen-
dartnea of Paris escorted it to the gate. An immense crowd
flocked to the boulevards to see this monument.—Paris

Paper qf Monday.
A murder was committed on the 10th June last, in the
forest of Facq, upon the road from Pont-a-Muusson, to
Nomeny, where two women were found strangled. The
author of this horrible crime was unknown; but the
vigilance of the magistrates was not relaxed, and by the
researches that were made, they fcund that the Cure of
Eply had on the same day crossed the Scille, with an in-
' dividual, who seemed much agitated, and who freely con-
tract(' himself to be a deserter, and intended to take refuge
in Prussia. Soon after that, a similar crime was committed
in a wood in the neighbourhood of Namur. The news-
papers announced that the author of the crime was ac-
tuated, and in the hands of justice. The circumstance struck
the Protureur' du Roi, who, it appears, immediately de-
spatched the curate of Ep'.v and the boatman, in whose
boat they crossed the river, to Namur, to be confronted
with the prisoner. Both of them have been/ and are now
returned ; and it to said that they recognised the prisoner
as the man they had before seen on the river, and who was
uo doubt flying, after having committed the double murder
in the forma of Facq.—Juvraol des Debet:.