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THE Undersigned, in capacity as beputy First Mar•
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of Criminal and Civil Justice of said United Colony, Expose and
Sell, at Public Execution Sale, the following Plantations, with
their Cultivation, Buildings, Slaves, and further AgEurtenances,
Firstly—ln the month of April, 182.5, the SUG A R PL A NTA7
TION GREENFIELD, situated en the East Sea Coast of Dem,.
rary, the property of Paul and Samuel Massiah.
Secondly—ln the same month of April, 1845, the SUGAR
PLANTATION W ATER LOO, situated on Legnan Island; Es-
sequebo, the property of Joseph and Edward Alleyne.

Thirdly—ln the month of June, 1825, the SUGAR PLA NTA-
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The Judicium of Prx et Concurrentin on the net proceeds of the
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three months after the respective shays of sale; for which reason,
all those who may pretend to have any right, title, or interest tothe
net proceeds of said Plantations. are herewith, by him, the Under-
signed Deputy First Marshal of said United Colony, Summoned to
appear in person, or by their Attornies, to lay their claims in 'due
farm before the Honourable Court of Justree of said United Co-
lony of Demerary and Essequebo. at their respective Sessions in the
following months, viz. in the month of June, 1825, for Plantations
Greenfield and Waterloo; and in the month of August, for Plantation
Hermitage, under a penalty that against the non-appearers will be
proceeded as the law directs.

The Inventories of the above-stated Plantations are daily to he
seen at the Counting-houses of Messrs. Hall, MiGarel, and Co.
No. 7, Austin Friars, London ; and P. J. Le Jae, Esq. Amsterdam.
Demerary and Ease quebo, this 29th May, 1824.
J. D. HALEY, Deputy First Marshal.

TRAVELS IN ITALY.
FLOIatCR, AO 6.
Before leaving RoMe, I visited the Villa Albani and
Villa Borghese, in its neighbourhood, and..returning
in the evening, met a funeral procession, which being
illustrative of the customs of the country, was a subject
of much interest. The body was preceded by a number
of Monks, with tapers and veils, openings being made
for the eyes, the veil flagging in a peak in front ; the
face of the corpse was exposed, a specks of black dra-
pery enveloped the body, and the feet had on their ac-
customed shoes and stockings; after the body, followed
another train of Monks, dressed as the former, and
chaunting the dirge. We followed them into the church
of San Lorenzo, in Lucina, and, as we came out, we
met another procession, of a richer description. I think
there were not less than fifty persons engaged. In this
instance the body was not exposed, possibly circum-
stances might not permit it. I saw the whole of the
funeral ceremony in the church of St. Maria Sophia
Minerva; I did not perceive any relations or friends of
the deceased, and the exhibition brought to my mind
the hired mourners of the ancients; in short, with the
exception of change of names, I am convinced that the
rites and ceremonies of the modern Romans differ very
little from those performed during the time of the Caesars.
After viewing different Palaces, and the Academy of
St. Luke, where is preserved in a glass case the skull of
Raphael, and opposite to it they shew one of his best
paintings—St. Luke drawing the Portrait of the Vir-
gin Mary, and behind him is Raphael, apparently re-
ceiving the Saint's instructions—being the Academy in
the neighbourhood of Titus's Arch, I took a last fare-
well of this beautiful fragment of antiquity.
After viewing several churches, I left Rome, at four
o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th instant, and arrived
at Florence at,four in the morning of the Gth. After
breakfast went to the Ducal Gallery ; it is certainly net
so magnificent as the Vatican, but much richer in.
paintings ; beyond, indeed) any expectations. 7 •
Being informed of a good reading-room in the Piazza
S. S. Tiilks, I was induced to go there; and .it was
quite a treat tolurn over the pages of several of the
London Newspapers and most of the Foreign Journals.
Leaving Florence on the 7th iu the evening, I ar-'
rived at Leghorn on the Bth in the morning—embraced
the opportunity of making a tour of the harbour in a.
boat, which afforded me gteat .pleasure. I departed
from Leghorn at four in the afternoon, for Pisa, where,
1 arrived in the evening,.time. enough to see the Catke-
dral and the Baptistry of San Giovanni, a Greek church,'
sceedingly interesting. The Baptistry is octagonal)
with fonts in the stapes for the immersion of the thil-' •
!site4 she whole elicit °led .with white inarbiv,,and.the,
wows betisweu Ale 10.4 Übe 04440444 i ,3/40:611,
• -rrAt•:t:.s,ls2 sal' Alwyn ais mQ k ittinft, s 4r•

through the task of viewing the principal ohjecti of at.
traction to strangers' at Pisa, I departed at twelve
o'clock the next morning (the 9th) for Genoa.
GEsoa, JULr ie.
I arrived here at seven o'clock this morning. I have
!already visited the Royal Palace, formerly belonging
to one of the Duerezzo' family ; the Cathedral Sail Lo-
renzo, which has a fine altarqsiece. by Raphael and
Julio Romano. 1 ascended the cupola of the Carignan,
which gives you a complete panorama of the city and
harbour; I also took a boat and viewed the city from
the port. I purpose leavilig this place for Milan on the
.12th. Since I left Florence, the heat has been excessive,
which makes me congratulate myself that I made no
delay to the south of Tuscany:
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,0111BIA:

We have been favoured with•some very interesting
infortnatinn respecting Colombia, communicated by a
Gentleman recently returneJ to England, after a resi-
dence of upwards of six years in that section of South
America. This Gentleman has traversed the country in
a variety of directions,- has lived on terms of intimacy
wirh all the leading characters, and has, in fact, had
opportunities that seldom fall to the lot of a foreigner,
of becoming acquainted with the real state of things.
Colombia lias.not purchased
.liberty and independence
without paying dear for those blessings. In the course
of the late sanguinary conflict, the people have under-
gone suffaings perhaps unexampled in the history- of
any nation; and, indeed,
.at vatious periods it might
have been justly said, that misery of every description
had reached. its acme. Under the cruelest privations,
the idea of submitting to the Spaniards never entered
the.mind of any one—so strong was the feeling of any
tipathy to their ancient oppressors. But although the
war has occasioned incalculable evils to Colombia, and
extensive districts of as fine a portion of the globe as
the sun ever shone ufan, are reduced comparatively to
deserfs, it his produced the important result of uniting
all parties, alad has thereby given to the Government a
degree of consolidation* superior to that of any other
South American State not the scene of actual conflict.
Ever since the assembling of the Congress in Angos-
tura by General I3olivar, in February, 1819, the pro.
gress has been uniform, and no change has taken place
in the form of Government.
The people of Colombia have as yet taken but little
interest in political affairs, nor have the questions of
universal suffrage and equality of rights, which have
given rise to so much confusion in Europe, yet found a
place among theme but the universal wish is independ-
ence, with that pottion of rational and practical liberty
which the circumstances or the country can admit of.
The people at large take no share in the Government,
except in the primary elections. Those only who pos.
sess a certain property ; that is, who exercise certain
profesSions or employments, without depending on
others either as journeymen or servants--elect in each
canton, or district, two persons for four years, who,
when united in the capital of the province, form what
is called the Electoral College, and by it the members
of the Senate are elected for eight years, and those of
the Chamber of Representatives, or lower, house, for
four. The general security is perhaps best protected by
the general equality subsisting among those who form
the upper classes of the State, for there is not, perhaps,
in the whole country, one individual of such weight
and influence, that he could endanger the public trait-
quillity were he so disposed. . . .
In Colombia knowledge is advancing with. rapid
strides ; in several cities, colleges and seminaries have
been established, public librat les have been opene4and
a number of periodical papers and writings published,
which disseminate instruction and political information.
Our informant travelled from Maracaibo to Bogota by
land, and returned from thence to Angostura through
the interior of the country. In that journey he found
schools established, not only in every town, brit in every
village; and it was with astonishment and delight he
Witeessed the progtess in knowledge and civilization
everywhere made. The national character he describes
as mild and docile in the extreme, and therefore apt for
receiving instruction. As an additional stimulus to im-
provement, it has been made a law, that after the year
1540, those who cannot read or write shall have no
vote in public elections. The effects of Spanish educa-
tion and prejudices are fast wearing out. The greatest
part of what were formerly the possessions of the
church has been applied to the laudable object of sup,
porting schools ; and our informant has himself dis-
tributed some hundreds of Spanish New Testaments,
which were sought after by all classes with the greatest
avidity, more especially by the Clergy, many of whom
are liberal and enlightened men. It may be mentioned
as a very striking instance of this, thatpuy informant,
previous to his departure from Bogota, dined with a
large party, at theVice-President's,Generat Santander's,
and amongst those present wai a Di. Azuero, a digni.
Celt of The Church, much respeettichiind of considerable
influence. Da being requested by the Vioe-President to
give a toast, he drank 4, To the
,most sacred of all
tights—liberty of conscience," Many other Priests were
at table, by whom, and by all, the sentiment was hailed
"With enthusiasm: Protestants can hold any employ or
•office,and are eligible to either House of Rept esentat Ives,
.without being subject to any species of teat whatsoever.
The natural capabilities of Colombia are very great ;
tniaovni ,gaani '1)1 e
affordriveeveil: yterfsaeccitl
facility
hfeocroeux
if)) terdyi tiino uesv eard cdhi reedci;
' conveyance between the interior and the coast. Steam-
boats are establishing on all the principal streams, and
in order to bring that species of navigation more spew.
dily into use,
exclusive pi ivileges have been 'panted t 9
different individuals. By means of the Meta, the co*.-
munication is continued io.within.a few leagues
of WO..
guns; and by the .ure the Guatare, the Santo.po.. .
mingo, the Portugee
the A caura, the Sinacucevand
• ,
op
others, there is access to the greatest part of the pr
vince of Caraccas, ltd of thee Le /wive and Emile rot-
.

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