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, vict from whom he purchased the shoes for 2s. 6d. The
poor Arab will no doubt be punished by his officers, but
the convicts under their recent treatment care nothing
for any punishment they now receive—the fear of cor-
poral punishment being now removed.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Am.-
lius Beauclerk, when she left Portsmouth received orders
to proceed to Cork, and it is probable the Squadron of
Exercise' under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, will rendezvous at that excellent an-
chorage. The squadron, with the numerous marines
on board, may prove of great service in the present
unsettled state of the sister island.
CHATHAM, JULY 21.—The Southampton, 50 guns,
which was put out of dock the beginning of this month,
is now ordered to be fitted for the reception of a flag-
officer, and to be completed by the end of the month,
when she will be commissioned on the Ist of August
next.
A dispatch boat, to be named the Elfin, is to be built
in this yard, on plans submitted by Mr. 0. W. Lang,
assistant-master shipwright of this yard ; she is to be
80 tons burden, and to be fitted with engines of 40-
horse power.
The Wolverine, 16 guns, and the Spy, three-gun brig-
antine, in dock, fitting for commission, will be ready at
the end of the month.
A dreadful accident occurred yesterday afternoon in
the dockyard, to John West, a labourer, who was at the
crane on Reed-house-wharf, landing timber from a ves-
sel alongside, when the chain sling broke, and the timber
fell across the man's left knee, crushing itlo pieces, the
part only held together by pieces of flesh; the force of
the blow scattered the bits of bone from the part about
the yard. The poor man was placed on a plank and
carried to the surgery, where amputation above the knee
was immediately performed; thence he was taken to,
Melville Hospital, where he lies in a precarious state.
West resides at Chatham, and has a wife and three
children.

Troops for India—The following detachments from
the Provisional Battalion are under orders to hold them-
selves in readiness to embark on the 31st inst., on board
the ship Aboukir, 900 tons, Commander Charles Scott, •
for Bengal, viz., 26 men of the 18th Royal Irish, 4 men
of the 53d, 10 men of the 61st, 10 men of the 80th, and
145 men of the 98th; with the following officers—Lieu-
tenant Abbott and Ensign Gibbons of the 18th; Ensign
Walton,', 53d; Ensign Thomas Gabbett, 61st; Captain
L. L. Montgomery, Ensign Leckie, and Ensign Nuns,
80th, with Ensign Brown of the 98th Regiment. These
troops were medically inspected this day.

THE COAST OF AFRICA.
SIERRA LEONE, MAY 21.—News has arrived here of an
outbreak up the river Sherbro • the natives up there have
been robbing and stripping the brother of the Colonial
Secretary here—a very serious business, and the Governor
represented to the Commodore of the British squadron
that a man-of-war should be sent up immediately, which
was about being complied with, when the Governor re-
solved on going himself with troops. Her Majesty's
10-gun brig Alert, Captain Hugh Dunlop, is going up
the Sherbro to demand satisfaction for this daring out-
rage. The Governor of Sierra Leone and troops go in
the brig.
On Wednesday, the 17th inst., an English steamer, a
trader, came into this port in charge of a lieutenant of
the Alert, abandoned by the crew in consequence 2f. the
Alert putting a shot in her stern. It appears this
steamer, although a regular legal trader, is con-
cerned in supplying the Spaniards with provisions
for the slavers ; the Alert was in chase of a steam
slaver, which had been chased by the boats of
her Majesty's brig Heroine (whom she beat off
after firing at them), but lost sight of her, and coming
across this steamer afterwards thought her the same.
The Alert hailed the vessel four or five times, but got no
answer. She then tried to get across her bows, so the
brig fired twice ahead of her, which not bringing her
to, she put a shot into her stern. Those on board then
cried out she was sinking, although the shot hole was
soon plugged up, and the crew all abandoned her;
and signed papers all but one. The case will be put into
court, as the Alert claims salvage for saving her, which
the steamer's master disputes, as the brig was the cause
of her abandonment by firing at her, but justification
is pleaded by the brig's captain on account of his hay
ing frequently hailed the steamer without getting any
recognition or reply. The captain of the steamer said
he was sick, and the mate " no how," and they mistook the
brig for a pirate. The steamer is an old hull, but insured
at 3,5001., owned by a Dutch house here ; one of the firm
is generally in her. From all I can gather from both
sides of the question, it appears perfectly natural that
Captain Dunlop should fire into the vessel, conceiv-
ing, ai every one would do under such circumstances,
that as she did not make any reply, signal, or number
when repeatedly hailed, nor even when her bows were
fired across, that she must be an enemy, and she cer-
tainly bore every outward appearance of being a steam
slaver.
This part of the coast is becoming very unhealthy
again, and some sickness and death has already taken
place in the division of the slave.hunting squadron em-
ployed on it. Unhealthy weather and an unhealthy
season appears setting in. Her Majesty's brig Rapid,
Captain Dickson, sails from this at daylight to-morrow
morning, with a supply of fresh provisions for the divi-
sion of the squadron employed on the southern part of
the coast.

COURT
,CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had "an audience of the Queen yes-
quday at Buckingham Palace.
'Her Majesty and the Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Miss
Stanley, Maid of Honour in Waiting; Major-General
Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Sey-
mour, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
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bridge, and the Princess Mary, visited her Majesty and
the Prince Albert yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Prince Albert rode out on
horseback yesterday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess
Helena, and the Princess Louisa, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in
an open barouche and four. Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the
garden of the Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager received at dinner
yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and
her Royal Highness the Princess Mary.
The Queen Dowager had afterwards an evening party,
at Marlborough House, to which her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert were invited;
and also her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
and the other members of the Royal Family.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on her Majesty
and the Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in,
Waiting on the different members of the Royal Family,
were honoured with invitations to the entertainment.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge had a dinner party yesterday, at Cambridge
House. The company consisted of his Serene Highness
Prince Frederick William of Hesse, the Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and
Countess Granville, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne,
Viscount Morpeth, Lord and Lady Stanley, and Mr. and
Lady Charlotte Lyster.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess Bernhard of Saxe
Weimar, accompanied by the Princesses Anne and
Amelie of Saxe Weimar, paid visits yesterday to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House,.
St. James's; to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House; and to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge
House.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
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William Francis Lowe; Begot Crewe Reid, at the suit of
Henry Charles Curlewis; Felix Pounset, at the suit of
William James Edwards; John Leithbridge Bignell, at
the suit of George Brown and another; Thomas Ormsby,
at the suit of Henry Verry; Richard Power, at the suit
of Leon Solomon; Richard Henry Hurst, at the suit of
John Plumer; John Proctor, at the suit of Henry Bed-
ford; Thomas Pynsei, at the suit of John Hayman
Whiteway; Joseph Needham Taylor, at the suit of John
Pook; Augustus Woodley Bernal, at the suit of Richard
Kirkman Lane; Frederick Holder, at the suit of Maurice
Levy; George Clark Denham, at the suit of Henry C.
Curlewis; Peter William Johnson, at the suit of Robert
Lane; John Bush, at the suit of George Smith; and
Count Valentine Esterhazy, at the suit of Hery Charles
Curlewis.
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF MONARCHICAL
PRINCIPLES.—The exertions of the associatien formed
at Berlin for the support of monarchical institutions
against anarchy and republicanism, led to va-
rious meetings and demonstrations in the provinces,
at Magdebourg, on the 14th instant. Several hun-
dred persons, consisting of noblemen, landolneesiras,
and literary men from Saxony, Pomerania,l S
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OSTEND, JULY 20.—Lady Stewart arrived here
yesterday, by the General Steam Navigation Company's
Steamship Triton, from London.

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