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London, England, 1808-01-18 00:00:00

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Hi, Majesty's ship Salcette tailed from Madras the goth
September last, lunched at St. Helena the-sth Decent
soiled from thence the 6th, and arrived at Portantoulh ths
lath inst.
Ttte Worcester, Wood; ant United kingdom, D'Esterre,
arrived at Madras the ttoth September.
rue Doke of Montero., Patterson, parted company with
the Worcester, on the 15th September, in lat. a. 3t . N. lon.
92. 5.4 E. for Bengal.
The Alfred, Welatead, parted with the Worcester on the
e.i'd August, in hit 37. 17. S. ton. 66. 10. E. for Bencoolen.
The Airly Castle, Barges, mid Lord Hawkanbury, Smith,
spoke with on the toth July, in tat. IS. S. lon. 6. W.
The Charlton, Wood, and Devonshire, Murray, arrived at
Bombay the 3d September.
The Ceylon, Hughes; Walpole, Sandilands ; Surry, ('am-
berlege; Coups, Hay; Taunter Castle, Tembrise ; Hope,
Pendergrass ; Woodford, Martin ; and Earl Camden, Sam-
son ; had arrived of Ceylon on or before the 3d September.
The ships Derayaes, Adderley, and General Stuart, Rogers,
had arrived at Benet • left Madras 7th July, in company
with the Admiral Gentling, Eastbeid, which they parted from
off Point Palmer..., with a Pilot on board.
The Metcalfe, !cache, arrived it Madras the lath Au-
gitst—stilled &um Bombay the gd of that muth.
'the Britannia, Birch 1 Tres Briton, Clitrke ' • Nottingham,
Campbell ; and Scaleby Castle, Loch, sailed for China, the
lath August, antler convoy of His Majesty's ship Rumel.
The Walpole, Sarulaurulit ; Surrey, Cumberlege ; Ceylon,
Hudson ; arid Lady Castlereagh, T. G. Murray ; arrived at
Madras the 9th September last.
On the tsth September, the Walpole was under sailing
orders fur Bengal.
Lord Minn) arrived at Bengal the 314 July, and
took the Oaths and kir Seat as Goveroor-Lieneral.

The report in most of the papers that General
WutTatocuestrial was appointed to eminence on
Thursday next, is erroneous—the day is nut yet

fixed.
The Dey of ALtazas is said to have finally adr
justechill his diffrrences with the United States of
America. His cruisers, after haring brought into
Algiers three or four prizes, had been directed to
dewst. America, it is added, is to pay .immediately
the sum of 33,000 dollars to the Day, in lieu of the

annual tribute.
On Monday an inemest was taken at Portsmouth,
by R. CALLAWAY, Esq. Coroner, on the body of
Mr. TH014•11 Hawera, Master of the transport
New-Diligence, who the preceding day took a quan-
tity of arsenic, in consequence of which lie died in a
few hours afterwards. The deceased was upwards
of 50 years of a„."-e. No cense can be itsaigned for
his taking asek,'-his l.fe; lie seemed bent on doing
it, as he co famed that he had previously taken a
great qssantit• of laucLuium.
The ileueral Quarter Sessions of the Peace for
the county ofSSouthampton, commenced on Mon-
day last, before JAMES BURIOIL'OH, Esquire, Chair-
man • the Right lion. the Earl of Nostriltsa,
K. B.; Sir H. P. Sr. J. fillsomsy, Bart. W.
CHUTE, L. R. WITHEIL, Ear,. mid others, their
feKows. Several convictions tor petty offences took
pince. At this Sessions, the Reverend FRANCIS
NORTH, Master of St. Cross, Tnteats DELPISY,
Archdeacon and Prebend of Vslirchester Cathedral;
JAMES HARRIN.:TON Evans, Fellow of Wadham
College, Oxford • THDNIAS LOCETON, Rector of
Brampton, NortLeiptonshire; Isaac HODOSOIT,
Rector of Berwick St. Leonard cum Sedghill,
Wilts; JOHN WHITE, Eiq. • Deputy-Lieutenant;
and Sir Joan KEANE, Baronet, Bailiff of Alde-
burgh, severally took the oaths to qualify them for
their resective offices.
The following melancheily airldniiiiiappe'ned on
board His Ma.mrries sloop Eclipse, on- Saturday
se'nnight, en her way to Portsmouth:—One of
the sal ors, who was assisting in repairing some fire-
locks, with the armourer. outside the Midshipmen's
birth, was examining the lock •of a gun, which
appeared not to have been in use for some consi-
derable tune (and which was not primed). when it-
unfortunately went off. The ball took the direc-
tion of the Midshipmen's birth ; passing through
two deal boards, it wept through the body of Mr.
D. S. M.Casaar, (onto of the Midshipmen,) and
through the right thigh of the Captain's Clerk,
pissing between the legs of the Pilot, it lodged in
the arm of a servant boy. Mr. M'Castaar only
survived the welded seven hours ; the Clark and
boy are in a fair was of doing well.
The following singular circumstance occurred in
the neighbourhood of K • ngton-lane„ Vauxhall,
on Monday last ;—About three o'clock in the
morning, the wife of W.— Esq. arose out
of her bed, (-AMC out into the passage, and made
the most melancholy noise imaginable; which
alarmed the whole house. Mr. G. for some time
had not slept in his wife's bed-loom. A woman
servant who slept iu the same room, alarmed at her
conduct, flew dowu stuirs, and the man servant did
the same. Mr. Ci. took little notice of his wife's
conduct. Between seven and eight o'clock the
seine morning, she unlocked her door, and desired
the servant to bring some water in • the tub to wash
her feet. On its being pat down at her bed-room
door, she took it in. About five minutes after, the
servants beard a little lap-dog which slept in the
room making a great noise. It appeired that she
hall drowned the dog, then threw him and the tab
out at the window, and instantly expired in the
middle of the room.—A Coroner's luquest was held
on the body on Wednesday. Two surgeons ex-
amined it, and found no external marks, **tither
did it appear she had taken any thing to cause her
death. The aerva.its swore that she went to bed
on Sunday evening, and locked her door. The
Jury returned their verdict—Died by the Visitation
of tved.
On the 6th inst. was committed to the Heise of
Correction, Maidstone. aged SD yeans, Dinah
Shadgate formerly an errand woman from Oat-
ham to Maidstone. but late a pauper in Coicheath
work-house, charged with abusing, assaulting, and
putting in beadily fear, the muster and mistress of
the said work-house ; fur which indecorous beha-
viour she was ordered to be kept to hard labour
one calends'', month.
Wednesday morning,, Mrs. Tesete, of Sand-
wich, being on a visit at a friend's house, at Dane-
bill, iu Margate, and having at different times la-
boured under mental derangement, unobserved by
the people of the house, left her apartment, and
i leaped nto& well near eighty feet deep : assistance
being immedietely procured, Mr. BOYERS, of that
place, descended, and having brought her near to
the top of the well, the rope brake, and both were
precipitated to the bottom ! Ent OD • fresh rope
being procured, they were both safely drawn out,
and, strange to relate, neither of them was mite-
rially hurt.

LAW

COURT OP CRAiIe.IIIT, Jew. WO,
PUIRCELE.P. ILACIIAIKARA.
This case stood, to-day, to be furtlii? 'Am
the question, whether the assets of Jrifin 'Pureed,
the younger ought not, in the first plat*, to be im-
puted in diminution of the stuns fur which the
Misses Purcell might be suppoied to have become
surety to Mr. Marmainant, for their brother
The Lean CHANCLLLOR said, in this state of
matters, he should postpone giving judgment till
Tuesday.