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London, England, 1824-12-27 00:00:00

of the principal offenders, made at a time when there could
be no reason to doubt their sincerity, that they had been led
to believe his Majesty had made them free,--a delusion
which even his Majesty's Royal Proclamation, containing the
most distinct and positive assurance to the contrary; seems not
to have removed. Deeply as these events are to be lamented,
it is a consolation to reflect, that the great mass of the slave
population has. continued to preserve that peaceable and or-
derly demeanour, to which I have so often borne testi-
Many. I have received instructions from his Majesty's Go-
vernment, containing some propositions for the improve-
ment of the condition of the Slave population which I shall
make the subject of an early communication to you.
" I am also to acquaiiit you that his Majesty has pleased to
appoint a Bishop for this Island to whom is to be entrusted the
controul of the Clergy of the Church of England.
" The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury have
had under consideration the heavy charges to which the navi-
Ration and commerce of the United Kingdom are subject in
lice Majesty's Colonies, with a view of reducing as much as
possible all such charges, and I expect to have it in my power
to communicate to you more conclusive information on this
subject in the course of the present month."
(Frain the Courant of the 9114 Nov.)
The following was received by Express yesterday from the
North side :—We have this moment received the pleasing in-
telligence, that a skirmish has taken place between the Militia
and the Maroon and runaways, and that two of the latterhave
been killed, one of them supposed to be their Chief; their town-
ship consisted of 15 comfortable houses.
Pram the Courant of Nov. 4.)
Extract of a letter dated Chagres, 18th ult.
• The victory obtained by the Republican arms, on the 6th
Srdt. in the plains of Junin, has caused the liberation of six pro-
vi•:es, Tama, Jauja, Pampa, Iluancavelua, Manta, and
Ilaamanga, from the Spanish yoke. On the 6th inst. fourteen
v=isels, one of war, arrived at Panama from Guayaquil, to
1,,-,ripest part of the 5,000 men ; the same day they re-sailed
far Guayaquil. The greatest part of Peru is in our pos-
session.'

The Duke of YORK attended Divine Service
'y.6o.erd ay , at the Chapel Royal, St. Ja MP S'S Pa-
lace.—The Duches4 of KENT attended Divine
Service at the Royal German Chapel, on Satur-
IlaY, being Christmas Day, and heard 'a Sermon

by the Itev. Dr. Kur17.11.-
Mr. Secretary CANNING %Vas not so well on Sa-
turday„ hut was much better yesterday ; the
- Right Honourable Gentleman was visited on Sa.

turday and yesterday by Dr. Ilot.t.ANn.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excitzgumt left town
on Thur.day, on a visit to Lord GRENVILLE, at
his seat at Dropmore, and returned to town on
Saturday. In the evening, the Right Honour-
able Gentleman left his residence in Downing-
street, for East Comb, the seat of Lady Bum-
Mr. FcxNEssy, the King's Messenger, arrived
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, on Fri-
day, with dispatches dated up to the 2241 instant,
from Lord GRANVILL r., the British Ambassador
at Paris. Mr. F. came by the way of I3oulogne.
The Plover packet, arrived from Buenos A yres,
sailed on the 20th October and brings advises
from Valparaiso of -the 13th September. The
A •
Ingfisher packet arrived at Buenos Ayres the
`2lst of October, from Falmouth, and was to sail
the 2d of November on her return.
By the Lord Melville packet, letters from Rio
le Janeiro to the 3d of November were received on Satur.
aY• They contain no political intelligence. It had been
tletermined by the Government to draw on England mouthy
to the amount of 50,0001., on account of the loan contracted
here,•
until the Whole sum due to the Government from the con-
tractors was received. The Bank of Rio,however, through whom
11F transaction was to be effected, could not succeed in thawing
Vs to the required amount in time for the present packet.—
khere would, therefore, remain 100,0001. in bills, to he drawn
on the sailing of the next. The attempt had had the effect of
raising the exchange from 47 to 43. It would appear, from a
le-tier written by a respectable merchant at Rio, that the Brazi-
lian naval service does not offer much attraction to the English
officer*. In answer to an application from a friend to be ad-
flitted to serve his Imperial Majesty, he says, " Certainly, the
situation of it foreign officer in the Navy is not at all enviable :
from the intrigues which have for some time been going
little al;ainst the officers already employed, I have
1..1!.1e . doubt but in a short time their situations will become so
"Plasma that the greater number of them wil give up the
service."
Quebec Gazettes have arrived to the I gth of
November. They state that the Indian tribes
111 the vicinity of the Red River had made a fie-
fieral attack upon the settlement of the Hudson's
day Company, which sustained some loss, but
that it had succeeded in repulsing the assailants.
We are happy to state that Lady NUGENT iS
to far recovered from her severe indisposition as
to he considered out of danger.
The Lord Bishop of CHICHESTER left the
'i'lseepal Palace on Friday, to spend the Christmas with James
Martin Lloyd, Esq. at Upper Lancing.
chr?l? Thursday a convert to the principles of
t Church,
Publicly renounced the errors of Judaism, at St.
Maurice.
iurch, Winchester, and underwent the ceremony of
baptism.
At a Meeting of the Corporation of Chichester,
(,r.:,'l`hursday, Comper, Esq. the Mayor, appointed Mr.
" thou, the Collector, and Mr. lt. Roper, as his Burgesses.
CAThomc JUBILEE.—The Pope, Leo XII.,
has issued a 44 Bull of Infliction," appointing the year 11125 a
Year of jubilee for the whole of the Catholic Church, and in-
viting the faithful sons of the church to make a pilgrimage to
"°lllO. The following is an extract:—" We proclaim and
V!lyish,.the Universal and Great Jubilee to commence in this
oPY our(itya the first vespers of the next eve of the Nativity
_l4 most filly Saviour, Jesus Christ,!and to continue through
the whole of the year 1825. During this year of jubilee, we
culoerlcifully in the Lord grant anti impart the most plenary and
n plete indulgence, remission, and pardon of all their sins, to
till faithful"
the in Christ, of both sexes, who are truly penitent
and have confessed, and who have likewise refreshed themselves
With the Holy Communion ; provided (if Romans or inhabi-
tants
l of the city) they shall have devoutly visited these
churches of the city—that of the blessed Peter and Paul, of
St.
John Lateran, and that of St. Mary Major, at least once a
.I_alr for thirty days, whether successive or lintopohdesl inter-
-It4lfront
, natural or even ecclesiastical, to be computed from
the a first Yellers one day, to the comp ete evening twilight of
the s • day '
time( in, ; but, it they be foreigners, or in any re-
strangers, th •ey must have visited these churches at least
18 days, as already described; provided also, that they shall
Me-poured forth pious prayers to God for the exaltation of the
ult Church, the extirpation of heresies, the concord of Cathy
rinses, and the salvation and tranquillity (Christhini
P• pith) of Christendom.
Et.or.,
'been •
neighbourhood of udlow has la tely
o_pernheE scene of considerab o
le agitation, o Lccasioned by the
ent of a young Lady, possessing considerable personal
11, 8, with a Gallant Son of Mars, who has been some
s rusticating to recover the effects of a West India cam.
an'The fugitives, notwithstanding every exertion of horses
rive post boys, were quickly nirsued, and overtaken by a rela-
of the •
eI
hay: air one. All attempts of persuasion to return home
ing been fruitlessly
employed, recourse was had to the Po-
-4,14
we ven tinder these circumstances the Lady continued firm,
to to arethe given to understand, they proceeded on their excur-
ef __at north. The young Lady's parents remain in a state
gJevreasnexiety and distress, owing to circumstances, which
7;•_, present are prevented from alluding to.
thJ_lttoirroN, DEC. '2s.—We understand that
20',Rroperty of the late Miss Mitchell, of Chichester, nearly
4.4u00/• is likely Cal inte to cause a Chancery suit, from her having
state
ttte second ; the claimants being no nearer than cousins of
_ nil and third generation, one of whom married a person
ti F name of Hammond, in that city, in a very humble situa-
tionul
Pro
Posals have been in Edinburgh
o._ issued for
formation of a Scottish Union Banking Cons-
Pan
with a capital of two millions.
at ma
Y be of use to inform persons who may
'so to
proceed to Van Diernen'S Land or New
• tiew
th
ales, that Government intend only to
encouragement le ax,ement to those who have a capital of
least 500
ta that /. to employ in the cultivation of land
t Colony on their arrival. There are no
ee passagesls granted, and respectable references
character in this country are also required.