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INQUESTS.

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Wstretlay,lnoraing nn Jaggiest was held at. the sign of the
Elsa Horse, H igh-street. Papier, before J. W. Esq.
Coroner, on the body of Thdrnas Davies, aged 25, a private
in the 3d regiment of Furl Goulds. It appeared that the
deceased accidentally fell into the water while endeavouring
to rtsnore a puncheou origin from a barge. Verdict—sr At-
earnlnfly drop-mid"
Another inquest was held at the sign of the Mulberry Tree,
Mile End-road, before the same Cormier, en the body of
Master 'Mamas Stengel', aged vertu years, who came to his
death by endeavouring to get his hat, which had fallen into
a privy. Vertlicbs—" Accidental Ditaths."
A third looniest we, bold at the sign of the Rising Sen,
on the body of Hannah 1101, aged 45. It appeared
from the evidence of Mr. Hall, plomber, Enfield, that the
deceased bad, on Wednesday coming last, retired to bed is
Arnett health, but on the following inerniug was footed dead
tie the floor of her chamber. Verdict—" Natural Math."

Mr. IlucetT, Consul of Fratier, has received the
following notice from the Due de RICHILIIU at
. _

Ai:la-Chapelle, Ott. 10. lin.
Sto—lt in with the greatest remoras that I inform yea
that, geseverfay night al eight o'citielt, I have eanjea•lP/ with
the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Iroglaed, Prussia, sad
Kunio. signed • Convention, slating, that She Amy cif
Occupation will hors left the Freud§ territory es lM 30th
November stet.

You wit!, 1 am coniiiirar, papist. of the pleasant I feel at
this happy event, which, cementing the peace of Europe,
will permit France to enjoy prosperity for a Wag period of
years.

Accept, Sir, the new assurance of my perfect esteem and
reoprd (Settled) RICHELIEU.
To Mr. Haunt, COlllllll of Ili. Majesty the Log of
France, fur Scotland, Ediabnrch.

The following particulars respecting the arrange-
ments made to bring hack our troops from France
are *wen on the authority of • letter from Margate:
—" You may place iniplieit confidence in the report
of an arrangement for the bringing over obi' invin-
cible legions, at 45. '6d. amian. Captain tun
REED, oa.e of the proprietors of the Margate packets,
has had several conferences with Government on the
subject ; and has actually entered into an engage-
anent to furnish the following fast-sailing emelt
manned by competent seamen, namely, the Duke of
York, Dyke of Gloucester, Princess of Wu!'s, Bri-
tannia. red Grand Falconer. There yachts to be in
Colitis harbour on the 25th inst. Capt. Raab re•
turned here on Saturday; and yesterday be received
n mandatory order requiring his uttendance at the
Foreign (Nice without delay : he set off instanter.
it is said hr will receive his whintatent to-morrow.
The owners of the Mojesitc, Thaws, stud Victory,
steam-boats, are also in treaty for the conveyance
of troops at the same lake."
Extract of I letter dated Cape Henry, Sept 6:—
A mitt settious acciderit has iieppesied to Citadel
Henry, flint magnificent 'structure having been
etrnek liglititiot, and set on lire, to the otter
destritction of Many of its lidildings, together with
the In.s of stores and ammunition. This place is
the King's strong bold, and dernier resort in case of
invasion, and where all his treasure is hoarded : he
has never lost sight of its iMproverneat for the last
Ic2 )•ears; it is better known by the former name of
Fort Terrier. Many lives were lost, and among
others the Queen's brother perished in the flames :
every person wears black crape, amid all the women
are ordered to attend mass every day, for lot days,
borefodted, and in white dress. It it supposed that
the new crops war suffer much by the affair, is
every man capable of carrying slime or lime is put
into requisition. in order to rebuild the fortress.—
The King has taken 'op his quarters there, and will
not quit tt till finished,
Colonel E. who lately returned from 'the Pro-
vinces of Venezuela, after the battle of Ortiz, passed,
in company with several other of of the Inde-
pendentStatl. through a village front which the
'Spaniards had just retreated. Loud lamentations
were heard near the door or a cottage, when General
BOLIVAR dismounted and entered to inquire in.
'to the cause of such a distressing Scene of woe.
lit a few militieN otter, he came out, r)riliging his
hands, and, willing to "Colonel E. said, Colonel,
if you are not already a 'Patriot, go iu there. He
entered, and tin the flour beheld an ulll man sod
woman, Heil their daughter, a heautif'nl girl, aged
16, I,ing 1111 the glutted, weltering iti their blood,
with their 'limits eirt Irma ear to ear. The crime
of this aged couple was, that they hail two sons em-
ployed in lietteral Bo Lim AleS ;frilly. Colonel E.
lirli•or lie left the pot. cut a lock of beautiful long
auburn liiir ifollll the head of The youthful
Much he brought over to England. It has been
exhibited to many commies of distinction iii London,
who, by the narration or the anecdote, amt.:he sight
of iiiteresting reraernhrance of' Murdered mini-
...plow, have beeimie the niOlt ardent patribts iu the
',oath Amax's', :ate.

LITE AMERICAN MURDERS.

MEMORIAL OF AMBRISTER3 FATHER.

BALTIMORE. SEPT. 23.

The indifference with which the account of the
,execbtion of these two individuals was received in
England, may be taken as evidence of the fact,
that the Government of that country has received
satisfactory UPPOTiIIiCt• of the justice of the mea-
sure. The subject has given rise to a much greater
degree of excitement in Olt cowntrys; some of our
neospapres, indeed hive even gone so far as to con-
demn the act, off hand, as altogether unitistifiable
'and unprecedented. For our own part. we never
doubted that their punishment, however terrible it
may have beets, was authorised by the laws of too.
tious, as it was merited by the magnitude of their
offences; though we could have wished that the
grounds and proofs upon which they were tried and
condemned had been otitis/1y promulgated.
Seme facts connected with the history of one of
these individuals hare route to our knowledge, which
may be interesting to some of our readers, though
they are entitled to no importance. in • political
point of view : they are contained in the following
Memorial. addressed by the father of the young
man Ambrister (it resident of the island of New
Ptovidencr), to the Governor of the Baliatcar.
While we yield our assent to the stern decree of
justice pronounced against the son. liumat.ity claims
our sympathy vs behalf of the afflicteti parent.

THE MEMORIAL OF JAMES A MBRISTER.
Of fits Mead of Mere Providence,
Humble shore& its false.;
Your Memorialist% youngest sow. Robert Christy* Am-
in ister, was born in this Colony in the year 1117; he served
as a Midshipman iu his Mojecy's Navy for about your yearn;
be afterwards obtained, under Admiral Cochrane, a Lavoie-
,slant's Commissiou hi hive Majesty's late Corps of Royal
Colonial Magnet, destined to be employed during the late
war with thellnited States of America, is which capacity
be served with Major Nicholls is the Floridan, and front
thence be reitiined to New Providence os the establishment
of peon, nirilook having been then, or at any time since, con-
firmed to his Isst-tnentioncd rank in any way whatever, by
his Majesty Government.
Some abort time since your Memorialist's said son, when
on a vi.it to the Florida,, as a passenger is a small trading
vessel from these Islands,certainlyos this last occasion with-
out say military commission or appointment of any kind
which your Memorialist is aware of, was (as your Memorial.
let with the deepest pain has lately learned from different
quarters) seised spots at bit Catholic Majesty's Fort St.
Marks, by a slithery force hots the United Status of Arne-
rice, tried by a Court Martial, and condemned to be shot,
oa some pretence of crime not yet known to your Mesita
riatiat, and actually executed la psesnasce of his sentence.
As your Memorialist ■aderstasds, his sus had sot bees uti
shore more than 14 days, when he was thus fatally proceeded
against.
Ry the meat public ateconita 'your Memorialist farther
learns, that Mr. Alexander Arbsthnot, a trader of this
place, who is well knows sever to have had any connexion
with military life, was a)so seised at St. Marks, at the same
time as your Meniorialist's sou, ana Amsted in pursuance
of a sentence of sire same Court-Martial.

Tour Memorialist, without being able to conjecture what
°fleece either his sun or Mr. Arbothipt could well have
been guilty of, within his Catholic Majesty's dominions,
which could, according to any known principle of astural
taw, subject their lives to forfeiture in this instance, within
the fuir jurisdiction of the ievading force, respectfully repre-
sents es a characteristic aggravation of this apparently flagi-
tious mockery ofjostice (should the fact prove lobe u is re.
presented and believed), that the priscipal vitae's, produced
against the prisoners before the eatraornary tribunal which
claimed the right of bringing them to trial, was an Infamous
person of the name of Cooke, a vendor master's clerk, who
some time before quitted these islands in consequence of
having robbed big master, and who was afterwards iamprisoi-
ed at 81. Marks for a similar ogreace against Mr. Arbuth-
sot, who bad the misfortune to employ him la hie memo.
tile coecetes there.
_ _

Your Memorialist therefore frosts that your Honour, in
kind ludulgessee to the niters' feelings and solicitude of a
parent at do Mirk and wielaaeholy an event as well as
from motives of a 'more important general character,
will be pleased to lay Ibis 'fatalism before his Majesty's Go-
recommit ' • your Memorialist humbly but snxiously bupiug
Mat your Hounur's communication may lead to au inquiry
of high authority, which your Memorialist confidently be-
lieves must redeem the memory of his son from all uskjest
imputations of dishonour, and (your Memorialist begs be may
be excused fur adding) the British diameter also, from those
fabricated tales and fool aspersions with which the public ear
is abased, particularly in the Hnited States of America, in
full justification of the above-meationed saoguioary measures
of their present military Commanders.
Your Memorialist will ever pray, he.
(Smiled) JAMES AIIBRISTER.
Nassau, June 29th, 1919.

The rise in the price of the Funds is attributed
at the Stock Exchange to this circumstance :
The Contractors for the last unfortunate loan, with
a view to transfer the load front their own shoulders
to those of the public, have borrowed a large sum
of money at five per cent. in order to buy up all
the floating stock in the market, and thereby get
rid of their namium without loss. This at least is
the report in the alley.

The following statement is circulated iu the
City :
Government have already received on amount or the New
Loan of 27,000,0001.
4,450,000 in Money.
14,933,000 in Exchequer Bills.

Total 20,383,000
Larrime between sot Ana worn millions still to be lord.-
coming from the public.

The half-yeirety inspection Of the 97. th Regi-
ment took place at Chimel on the 14th inst. when
the appearance of this remarkable trine body of
met, their very high state of discipline. and ad-
mirable conduct in quarters, obtained Major-General
Dost't F.'t unqualified approbation.
Two of the principal houses in Manchester re-
veiveil, on Saturday. several extensive orders for
different descriptions of manufactured goods. for the
South American murkets; there orders come from
Bahia awl Rio Janeiro ; two of them are to a-con-
siderable amount; and the letters, which accom-
panied them, held out the cheering assurance that
they would shortly be followed by others of equal
magoitude. This intelligence amplified consider-
able satisfaction.

A house at the bud( of Nn. 9, Air-street, Pic-
cadilly, tit the occupsdiuse of a Mrs. FREMBAN,
on Oise site of the New Street, which was, through
the improvements, left lit ■ ruinous and trump-

ported state, fell down about seven o'clock ou
Wednesday evening, with a dreadful crash. Five
person% who were on the remises at the hat.
miraculously escaped unhurt, except a young
woman of the tonne of KNIGHT, who injured her
baud in leaping flout a wiudow.