Star.
London, England, 1819-10-29 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION

By hi. Excellency the Right Honourable General Lord CHARI.EIi
Hagar Sonasure, one of his Majesty's most Honourable
Privy Council, Colonel of his Majesty's lit West hitlia Regi-
ment, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty'.
Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good I lope, in
South Africa, • and of the Territories and Dependencies
thereof, and Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the sante, Com-
mander of the Forces, &c.

Whereas, by a Proclamation bearing date 23d April, 1819,
the respective Landrosts of the country districts have been
au-
thorized to apprentice all Hottentot children v.'hu have attained
their eighth year, for the term of ten years, to ,uch of the in-
habitants in whoop service they may have beets born, and by
whom they may have been maintained during the above-men-
tioned term of eight years, under the restrictions and regulations
therein prescribed.

And whereas'it has been represented to me, that it would be
highly advantageous to the class of poor and unprotected in-
fants, either Ilottentots or others, who may at present or here.
after be found in this Celoity, and whose situations are not pro-
vided for by the said Proclamation, or by any other law or usage
at present in observance in this Colony, if some fin ther provisions
were made for their protection, I have therefore judged proper
to order, as it is ordered, by these presents:—
That in future, in case of the death of I lottentot or other fe-
males in the service of inhabitants, or otherwise h.aving behind
them an infant or infants without means of subsistence, and
whose cases have not been provided for in the Proclamhtion of
the 23d April, 1819, or any other law or usage at present in ob-
servance in this Colony, or in case of any other accident by
which such children shall have been deprived of lawful protec-
tion they before enjoyed, the inhabitant in whose family such in-
fant or infants, at the time of the decease of his, her, or their
mother, or of such other accident may happen to be found, shall
make due report of the same within three months in Cape Town,
to his Majesty's Fiscal, in the country districts, to the respective
Landrosts; and in Simon's Town to the Governor resident, on
pain of 100 rix-doUars for every person neglecting to do so.
And his Majesty's Vocals, the respective Landrosts, and the
Resident of Simon's Town aforesaid, are hereby authorized and
directed, in the same manner as is prescribed in the said Procla-
mation of the 23d April, 1819, to place all such Hottentots, or
other unprotected infant or infants, as by the laws and usages of
this Colony are not otherwise provided for, with Christian in-
habitants, of known and acknowledged humane dispositions and
good character, binding them as apprentice to such individuals
until they shall come to the age of eighteen years, or to the time
of their marriage.

And that no person may plead ignorance hereof, this shall be
published and affixed as usual.
GOD save the KING!

Given under my hand and seal, at the Cape of Good Hope,
the Bth day of July, 1819.
(Signed) C. H. SOMERSET.
By his Excellency's Command,
(Signed)

C. BIRD, &c.

By accounts from Halifax, the Lieutenant-Governor
had issued a Proclamation, giving the substance of a
Dispatch from Earl BAritt:iisT, in, answer to an ap-
plication of the General Assembly of NOVA Scotia,
to annex the Island of Prince Edward to that Pro-
vince, in which lie stated, "that the PRINCE REGENT
sees no reason to make any alteration in the existing
Constitution of the Colony, nor to sanction any change
in the forms which are now observed as to the appro-
priationofthe Colonial Revenue."

The Duke of CUMBERLAND has been invested
with the Order of St. Andrew, at Warsaw.
On the 17th instant, at eight o'clock in the even-
ing, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of M
LENBURG STRELITZ was happily delivered of a Prince,
to the general joy of the Country.
The Right Honourable the Earl Of CLANCANTY,
his Majesty's Ambassador to the Court of Brussels,
embarked fiom Dover on Saturday for Ostend.
The Bishop of LoNDox is gone down into Essex, to
consecrate an additional Burial-ground, in the Parish
„pi So uth m imter.

r The Marquis and Marchioness CORNWALLIS, and
the Duke of NORFOLN, are active and liberal patrons
of the Bury St. Edmund's Theatre.
The Marquis and Marchioness of WoßcFsrEn have
arrived at their house in Park-street, GI osvenor.
square, from their father's (the Duke of BEAUFORT)
seat, Badmington, Gloucestershire.
C. C. WESTERN, Esq. M.P. has left England for
the South of France, for the recovery of his health.
COVRNT•CTA RDEN TII KA ACRKADY list night
made his second appearance in Richard at tkis Theatre.
The success of his first performance attracted the
most numerous audience that has been assembled
durin* the present season. He was received through-
out with the, most enthusiastic and well-merited ap-
plause, and Ric-hard the Third was announced frit.
Monday nest, amidst reiterated cries of " to-mct w."

rliE AnAty.

SPANISH TOWN, JAMAICA, Act:mi :,
.
A coltneoNtENt.)
The Mail will convey to you suthe;eno,
news of the ravages which the fever
is
amongst us. Pal tof the 92d and 50th 1,,
their escape on hoard the SEKAris, „}
been roofed in, and mos: h:aldsornely .and
given up by the Admiral, for the use of
The loss in men stands about thus: 30th,
1"0. The sSth and 61st ale scatttered;
all I can learn, their loss is not great.
ing is a list of the officers and their relati
have fallen victims in the course of this month:
Lieutenant-Colonel Sparrow, Deputy AI/iota:kJ
Litutenant-Colonel Blainey, 924 Iterimrut.
Lieutenant-Coloud Hill, 50th Re;imtut.
Major Rowe, .50th liriiimenrsson-iu-law to'
goalery, of the 10th.

Mrs. Rowe, wife of 11..it,r whom she
few hours, and daughter of P.r,masttr Muntgomerr.
Major Alontgomery, 50th, !on of Paysia,ter Mh•
Mrs. Montgomery, wife ut ditto.
Assistant-Surgeon Brown, 50th, sou-in-lase tit attii.
Lieutenant Richardson, ;,oth.
Lieutenant North, 50th.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Lyon, sntb.
Two Misses Lyon, daughters of Adjutant Lynn.
Lieutenants R. M‘Donaltl, and George M irkie, !i2!„
Ensign Barlow, 50th.
Doctor Alcock, Medic,,l Staff
rlptlin and Paymaster Turner, 58th.

Th• 3lis.es Baxter, daughters of Quarter-M:
The scenes which have occurred during
mortality have been most distressing. it
been confined to the Military, Icr
have even out-numbered them.

Monday, the Company of the 6th Reg,
tioned at Aberdeen, marched, under the c.*
Lieutenant MALLONY, to juin tLeir II
Edinburgh Castle.
The 90th Regiment are arrived in Shrewd
Ten additional field-pieces, with a prop
number of artillerymen, lave been ordered
vernment into the Districts under the c‘r
Major-General Sir JOHN llvxc, and we !la
to think that they have already arrived there.

THE LATE DUKE OF RICIIMOia

(From a Morning Paper.)
We are requested to state, that the account,
Duke of RICHMOND'S death, which appeared'
Paper of Wednesday last, purporting to be aL
ficial Dispatch from CHARLES CAMBRIDGE,

Earl BATHURST," is erroneous. %%e copieJ
tick from The Belfast Aims Letter of the=
No such dispatch has been received at the

Office; and we are further iuformel, that
ment is in many respects incorrect.
The following is a copy of a private let,
Quebec. It gives some particulars connected
the death of die Duke of IttcuifoND,
fore unknown here, and as it comes from a

spectable quarter, it may be fully relied up l:

" QUEBEC, SEPTEMBER 6,
" You will learn from the Quebec Papers
lancholy event of the death of his Grace the'
RICHMOND; but notwithstanding what you
serve in them, it is confirmed that a case of hr

was the cause of this sad catastrophe, and it
serted to have origitrited from the bite of afo
the 28th of June. His Grace having left this
about the 2•bth of June, on an extensivetor

the Canadas, after his arrival at NN illiamllen:
miles up the River, whilst walking about the
with his little dog, Blucher, met a fox
place, with which the dog appeared sociable,
they entered into play together. His Grace
much pleased, and expressed something likt
that the fox should be purchased. Accordingly
was attended to by a servant belonging to'
who purchased the fox the same night. Nest
ing Sir CHARLES SAXTON, seeing the fox tie
tent pitched for the accommodation of the
and apparently much irritated from his restrain
tuation under a scorching sun, desired that tl
mal might be removed somewhere into the
He was then fixed to a wicket gate in front
house. His Grace, on coming out in the me
observing the fox, which he knew to he the
had seen the day before, went up to him, sa)
' Is this you, my little fellow ?' and on offers
put out his hand to caress the fox, Sir CHARLEI
vox touched the Duke on the shoulder to pr,"
apprising his Grace at the same time of the
of the fox, and that he might bite. No, no,
'his Grace, the little fellow will not bite men
patting out his hand, the fox snapped, zit!
three scratches on the back of his hand, which
blood. His Grace quickly drawing it back,
Indeed, my friend, you bite very hard.' 111
morning his Grace found an uneasy sensation
shoulder ; but ything further eccuired till ,
turning from his tour, when at the new back
ment of Perth, on the 2''2d or ‘);Id August: aft.
ing returned from walking, his Grace done,
servant to make two glasses of wine and water
himself and Major Bowtss. As sons as the .
took the wine and water, he observed to theN
that he felt a strange sensation on thinking it.
the way from Perth towards the Ottawa river,
of his servants observed his it titability and co
aversion to water on crossing the smallest soon'
in the woods, and they cou:d scarcely get bitnio!'
On his approaching a small hut on the Ottae.3o
rather than go into a house dose to the
turned :lola., and ran into a barn; at amtlier
he ran from them into tip woods, as if to
sight of water. His disorder was now raril•!*
creasing, and on arriving within six miles on t:'$
of the newly; named place of Itichmend,
feting most excruciating torments, he ,!iod. $'
o'clock on Saturday morning, the '2t,th of .11:8'.

Major-General Sir H. Tart.on, K.C. B. 3111.
HAWKS LOCKER, Esq. last week laid the fottiallt-
stone of the two National Schools to be erecti.
Windsor, for . the eJucation of the children e!
poor of that Borough and its neiglibourlicoil,
prlncTles of the Church of England.

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children et.

41-41, IVIELLIGENCE.

o.ollllot variable.—Sailed his Majes-
. alai Ph.Y V. 00 a CrUiZe,
tkruscs Wind N.F.—Arrived the Ann,
Dantzic ; Ann, MarrnEns, from London for
goral Frevereigo, TH,RN TON, from the South Seas for
week:. with 500 tuns sperm oil ; she spoke on
;m.,:ch, the Hydra, of this port, coming out of Payta,
; left at Calipago Island on the ;61st May, the
Reumord,3oo barrels ; Spring Grove, 160 barrels;
b.:rt els.
ocresrat N.F..—S tiled the urpa,
Ikrrntala ; Braa., for Rio Janeiro ; and
':;t..talt, TAN LOR, II•C Tobago.
rza.. N. E.—Arrived the ratty, SPRING-
-3 SlVelen far Yarmouth. Came down from the River
the Aowa-r, for New South Wales, with fe-

•
wear: last night, the Lord Sidmouth,
, 04t,•rd, with a and passengers.—Sailed
L•::: Otin:an racket, Captain IlAnivroN, for
Art eve,' this clay, VI,- Lord'
l' • frein :cud, with a .hail and
e.ickt.t, flu ITE% ; and a
. •, train paiisT guys. .Irrived the
wro
..,11,1 tor erd.iin, with Liss of
And Ili • to be daina,,ed she is

st;
u t2ti.—'Pi'• !ri: t,..portei! y ester .!ay to be on
Cao iZtvu, 1:-ous St. l'ettl.biaght
N.
S! co.) t..,-thy with the as-
•., 4 4:.: f. ll w..ter, con Ne.
.!,..•-•it .: ra.,,aly The \Vaterhouse,
:el shir..%:ti a IICAV y about
. of 1in.,:.0n-nes, has done Lti cuosi-

0,-Tost.R CDnlfflerCe' WAYG, is a
e•, tit.: 11. rd Saud—rnateti 116 saved, except her
.thick arc ,411.1-,A uipt ti. Thc C.:l-Z•1 (coals, ten
Ali eiglst s..tks much

Ittred liramr,ls.—The William,
.i,atthe, from Curk ; fr3lll Pe-
I r,•tli ; from Liverpool;
• a 1 u ••a • from reter.burtit ; Wil•
; lioy, from Stiii%ate Crack ;
4,•; ruur ilrothers, from Memel ; Britannia,
nom C.oik ; Fanny, iron Onega ;
; Lay ilia, from Z.tute; I,:urinia„ frum
• .Irarru, from 31a1,,za; and front
tF tl•:arch.—Britannia, for St. Kitts; Earl lialcarras,
Caica; Aid, for Ilaitiltur3a ; Neptune, fur 03-
llotterilam ; Conlittss of Elgin, fur Rutter-
.\ i;rray, t runt .Ititwerp.
MST!: lit -TION tIP PIIIZV,- 110NEy.
.t for the Tlteti, bittu;gling cutter, on the
ri r, at No. .Idelplei Terrace, and recalled
mr: AV, dnoday tual Titurst.la , t'ur three months.

LIQr7ID,4TION OF NATIONAL DEBT.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE STAR.

When we see every day around us the ,spirit of
adventure and speculation which exists in all our
commercial operations; when we behold what 13
called the monied interest playing their daily game
of chance and hazard in the Alley; or, when in every
direction, we observe institutions for insuring lives,
and for every species of gambling, what, I would
ask, is all this but lottery ?—a lottery sanctioned by
Government for the benefit of individuals. If that,
then, which has for its end the advantage of alert),
be sanctioned, how much more should the measure
which has for its view the benefit of the many.
The scheme proposed in your Journal of the Gth of
July, is, properly speaking, not a lottery—for lottery
implies chance, which clearly does not belong to
the plan; for whether an individual draw a blank
or a prize, he will nevertheless be assured of a
proportionate decrease of the Nationll Debt, and,
consequently of the Taxes which he would otherwise
have to pay. There is nothing in the name to object
to. Every thing in life is uncertain: and even human
life itself may by us, as to its duration, be ccnsidered
as a lottery. To apply the term, therefore, to a
means of procuring a national good, neither adds to,
nor takes from, the merits of the plar. A Lottery,
for this purpose, would soon fill: it would be, as it
were, turning a portion of the spirit of adventure in
this country to a great national use; and, although
some few would be disposed to quarrel with the mode
devised, there are many who would approve. There
are some who would adventure, from a hope of gain,
bat a much more considerable number who would,
from pure patriotic feeling, contribute their mite. B.