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London, England, 1830-01-11 00:00:00

• • CAMBRIDGE, JAL 11.
The Holman Prise was this day adjudged to Thomas Myers,
&holar of Trinity College. fir his Essay on the following
subject :—A What Was the extent of the Inowledge which
the Jrws bad of a future state at the time of our Saviour's sp.
•r oar
• The following gentleman of this University were ordained on
the Was oh. by the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry :
Dracters.—Thomas Burrowi Adami. RA. James Bdatoch.
and John Smith, B.A if fit. John's College; Wm. Webb,
B.A. and Arthur Willis, B.A. of Trinity College.
Parsers.— Anthony Thomas Carr, B.A. Queen's College; Jebn
Chell, B.A. Sc. John'. ; Moines. Robert Defter, B. A.. Pow.
at; Henry Hervey Franklin. ti.A. Corpus Chita! ; William
Brooke lempson. M.A. Sidney; JamesDriadrinoOd Mehl, I.A.
and, Edward &Meld, B.A. Trinity; and Edw. Herbert Smith,
ill. A. Quen's
The Uri. Jofttiff.e.Witson. M.A. has been presaged to the'
.Rectory of Trid Sty Gliesvin tads tosiey. 'Awe. ;
tht.Saturday, , last the Reverend .
Emmanuel College. Ann was hula:lle M
Preston, SuStik, in the pertmetation of the Mattis and Fellows of
,that Society,
OXFORD. JAI.
The marriage of the Hon. Hon. Mr. *Mier ocesdrma a "sang
of one of the Vinerian Fellowships ; and as this is nasally Ord up
frees the ;cholera already on the fouedithin, k scbilarablp i.lll also
be vacant during the ensuing term.
The Rev. P. Poore. B.A. of Queen's College. has been pre.
noted to the Rectory of Fyileiti. Hama, vacant by tiro death t f
the Rev. J. Hushes.

IiCCLIMAIITICAL fiellonoss.
Rev. R. Ward, M.A. to the Rectory &Stanton Norfolk.
Patiees, the Corporation of llsettord.
Rev. %%minus Knox Child, B.A. of Sidney-Somez. College,
Cambridge, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Mecham

LITERATURE.
TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE.

Tne ignorance of hie age and the'credulity of his pro-
fession betrayed (Merle into the relation of many incredible stn.
ries ; but that he 'actually visited the countries which hedescribes
.
mai be proved incarnestibly from many pampa in his ustratitt.
. The same cannot be said of a contemporary traveller of much
greater pretensions. and at one time much more generally read,
the celebrated Sir John Mandeville, the autkor Of the most I*.
blushing iolnine of Sec perhaps, that was ever offered to tbii
world. Sir John was born at St. Albait's ; and after laying ia a
large store Of theological and swan* knowledge, set forth on his
.gtentiptistations in 133 i. lie spent thirty!four years in wandering
through the Bees ae lie Arms. visiting every country that had
any Adam op the wander or curiosity of mankind. Ile died at
Lieria the yon lON whets a laudatory inieription iris petard
Upon his tomb. and ilieboots andiron witharbithkeiOde through
the world were long carefully preserved.
A rebel to the laws of true chivalry, which commanded the
worthy Knight to wage war with the infidels. Sir J. Mandeville
ward Grit in the minim of the Sultan of Egypt, and afterwards
'Ander the banners of.tb. grand Khan of Cathay in kis _wars with
the Skip of ,itatril. Such, at least,. is his own account, which.
Kmailit, enema not to &sem the slightest credit. He may pos.
.11bly'ltave travelled in Paladin* and Eyrie. but his work duns
thentdant.preols tliat bemever penetrated farther into., Asia. , Hd
avows binsieU.tbart be bottomed mUcla from old chrenicleomd
romances of chivalry, and be amiss wboleipages without ticknam.l
ladienest freer friar admit and Thighs the. Armenian ; laskiliteed.)
dew relates the fabulous tales of bis•predioneare without whiliesais
111 Ma some additlinsil ensholliebnamits I. and orkenever.he alkets ex.
accuracy, he le sore Weeps@ the grossest ignorance. This
Vessel's that dedarjejnorns, Wynn* Peldn..ond huneire
'that the jeturit;/ what country shaelti be *dons eaddifikult ems.
peen with this to China. .thiprieof Portman apaltorrf ti MA,slf

hope - . _ .. .. .
the illiW#2l7lSitenig front the Ade*.ley muse
better security 'salami entikentimedere Ono IS present edits: for
It Is notorious that *seem use tip hemandes Infested with such
villains :-
6. We lament to oilier., the hilowing amount given to es by Capt .
Crawford, commanding die ship Admiral Sselsow, which arrived
from Ragland in Madras Reads es Saturday last, that an atrocious
attack was made on that vessel elf the Cape de Verde Islanck.re
her passage to India. Thu is not the Ant instance of vessels trading
to the East Indies suffering from the barbarous *seeks of pirates,
In which many lives and much property have been lest. We sin-
cerely, hope that the civilised Owen. both of Europe and America.
,Will give their attention to thew repeated horrors and atrocities,
and kith heart and band for the extirpation of eis great a pest.
" On the 11th April, the Captain observes, when we were off
lecope. de Verde bleeds, a schooner of about 100 tons register,
neeowdog dr guns. with a long Tem, apparently full of men, and
under French celestes, ran up alongside of us within bail, anSiked
twogues to make us heave-to, in order to seed our boat on board
of her. We seer, our boat with an Opeer and four kande, of whom
they asked the aunt. cargo, and other partievlars of our ship; and
then mentioned that they bad sick people on lased. and. Were in
want Of pre.tritiouS. Our boat returned wide one of their Spa in
ber.etiso said they were tender tog Freorb frigate, and invited
wised* we basi scything which would be good for she sick people
any LSI ill limit While oar base's crew were cm hurt the a. boater
the; gave them erog,whieb must have had emaartMeg petbkiens in it.
'lone men have been sickly ever sinatend scarcely ale lirFlog In
MI cher* -While 77"."41"10" la.li 44 41 !moil' sit hoot the
mbeesweiblat's crew of 11 hang eame mi bestd by mopele—the
misermer was so close alongside if es that to launch their boat and
come aboard of us was bet the eitri r of a inement). Cite. Crawford.
I** he saw them kwebingstiterfr boat, asked *email that was or
beard what they were dabs; he gave goose trivial excuse. They
jumped up on board, and did not appear to be armed. Sud-
denly one drew a pistol and snapped it at the earpeater. which
seemed the signal; and then they drew arm., which had previously
been hidden, and cut right and left. They Sew sat epee Captain
Crawford, upon whom they faired eight wounds open the
body and arms, and left him for dead. Their cantata cry was,
kM the Captain. Captain Stirling, of his Majesty's nisi Foot, a
passenger, was killed, as also three seamen, and the Chief Ogee:
pod one seaman were wounded. The cook and one or twieseitel
were forced to jump overboard. but were Detonated, pitted up
afterwards by our own boat. They trnakted about lee ikon on
beard, plundering the skip of all they could lay their bands mood
'left us hardly with a ritch of clothes or any thing else. /became
'mood in ler the land."
Ace. 11.—We have pleasure to annals., the arrival in the reads
yesterday of the slip David Scott, Capt. J. Jacheam4ries Limbo
the sekh March, Portsmouth the 22a April, nod Mideiri the Ad
May.
Atte. 10.—His Majesty's ship Crocodile, Capt. J. W. Mimmgeo,
from Trincomalee the 7th inst. arrived in the roads on Sartirkeis
His Majesty's ship Java. Captain Careen! be* Triscrimile.
with Rear.Adoskal Gage on board, arrived to the roads yeaelitay.
CM coming to anebar the lag of his kicvllency was minted from
Op battery, end the compliment returned by the Java. His Iv
MONT landed immediately after the Java anchored.
Aye. 12.—Late on Monday elm*, **end in the rovdelirt
(hip Madras, Ceptaln.C. Beech. from Leyden the Mick March,
Madeira lath April. and the CapeDith Jobt• .
... The Hatialtribi* Company. ship '*Orn, C!..."1. a AO*
few London the 12th May. anchired in the roads last evrdeg.
. The ship Admire! *Dhow, CePe. J. Crawford, and brig Betsy.
Capt./kicky, have'lett the roast taw etta.
The Penang Comets, of the 110* June. stalest that a f:Mairee
link, bound for Knang.ileal Is;:jo kitsch ttyligintingt ly OiMeb
inelancholy 'Veit the-visaed riii SOilively amt:Oita, , aid 'Wiles
thew on persons, eutaiVi, ;Oiliest "he 'inivivire vieri paw
ii, by a junk proceeding tio-Rangeson. 'lb. Venters
to kited
to have been ofgreat *lee.
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4 aft. Chellery :Ail.. ili 64 1614 Shie.ol6*
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