expressed their approbation of the whole, and in the evening they returned to town. The vessels drop down immediately to Longreach, below Woolwich, where they will take on board their guns and ammunition; and then to the Nore, for the crews to receive their wages; after which they will proceed on their voyage, stopping at the Orkney islands for some small supplies.

22. Advices from BuenosAyres to the 18th of February were received yesterday. The warfare of the Independents with the irregular banditti inhabiting the country about Santa Fé still continued, and the communication with Chili had in consequence become very uncertain, and the roads insecure to travellers. The Portuguese, by orders from Rio Janeiro, have again permitted the navigation of the Uraguay. A very valuable Spanish ship, called the Christina, from Cadiz to Lima, has been carried into Buenos-Ayres, a prize to the Union privateer. A Government express had been received from Chili of the 26th of January, bringing intelligence that lord Cochrane had gone to Talcahuano to blockade six ships that had arrived there from Lima with troops to reinforce the Royalists.

24. The system of mutual instruction for the children of the poorer classes, according to the plan of the British and Foreign School Society at London, and the society for the same great object at Paris, has, within the last two years, been adopted in many parts of the Russian army, and is now so successfully prosecuted, that from the north to

the south of Russia, a considerable number of schools for the education of the children of soldiers, upon this economical and efficient plan, are exhibiting the system in a state of great perfection. As far north as Siberia, they have an establishment for training masters, who, when qualified, are sent to different parts of the empire; and in the neighbourhood of Odessa, in the south of Russia, there are schools for above 10,000 of the military. At Petersburgh there is a school for the children of soldiers exceedingly well organized upon the plan; and another, consisting of about 250 men, has been recently opened for the soldiers themselves, a certain number of whom are taken out of the different regiments, in order that when qualified they may be able to teach upon this method. The progress they make, particularly the Cossacks, is quite astonishing. In the space of 15 days, several who did not previously know a letter were able to read short words, and even to write them well upon a slate. Prince Alexander Galitzin, the minister of public instruction, has laid before the Emperor an extensive set of reading lessons, from the Holy Scriptures, for the use of all schools upon this plan in Russia, of which the Emperor has expressed his high approbation, and has not only sanctioned them, but ordered the money to be paid for a large edition. These lessons are very extensive, and consist of three parts: 1st, Historical Lessons, taken from the Old Testament; 2dly, On our duties towards God and man, under their

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but I will not swear against my brother.

Mr. Justice Bayley.-Then I shall commit you.

Charlotte Leslie.-I am ready to bear any thing. I never will swear away my brother's life. The woman was then taken back to Newgate.

The other witnesses were then examined, and the Jury, being sufficiently satisfied, found a verdict-Guilty.

28. A private letter from Rome, dated the 10th inst., give some melancholy details of the ravages of the plague in Tunis. The town of Tunis has lost half its inhabitants; the terrors of the sword will shortly be added to this dreadful scourge; news has arrived of an insurrection among the Arabs in the interior, and they are about to march against the capital, to the number of 15,000 horsemen, commanded by a Tripolitan, named Califer-elHaver. The Tunisian minister had put himself at the head of a body of troops, and marched to repel the invasion.

29. Paris. His Holiness the Pope has erected the Bishopric of Quebec into the See of an Archbishop, and has elevated to the rank of Bishops, the two Grand Vicars of the See. There are now six Catholic Prelates, including the Archbishop of Quebec, in the English possessions of North America. They are protected by the government of Great Britain.

31. On Tuesday last a meeting of the coal-merchants of Newport, and the proprietors of collieries in its neighbourhood (at which every colliery working the

brown ash coal, with the exception of one only, was represented), was held at Westgateinn, in the town of Newport; at which distressing statements of the present situation of the trade were made, and universal conviction prevailed of the absolute necessity of speedy relief. We are sorry to be given to understand, from the best authority, that great numbers of workmen have been discharged from the collieries within a short space of time, and that others have temporarily suspended their workings.-Shrewsbury Chronicle.

JUNE.

1. From the Carlisle Patriot.We have already adverted to the low rate of wages which the manufacturers of this city and neighbourhood have for some time past been compelled to allow their gingham weavers, in consequence of the depressed state of this branch of trade.

On Tuesday evening, they assembled upon the sands in great numbers; a committee of 12 was appointed, and the whole body agreed to the publication of an address, which was read in manuscript, &c. The following day many of the leading men determined not to work unless the manufactures allowed them more wages; and they went from shop to shop in every part of the town and neighbourhood, and compelled all others to follow their example, taking the unfinished work from the looms, and sending it home to the masters. In the evening they again assembled on

the

the sands, to hear a letter from Mr. Curwen read, in answer to one transmitted with the petition before alluded to. On Thursday strong parties went to Penrith, Wigton, Dalston, Brampton, Longtown, &c. and compelled the weavers there to follow their example. Many would fain have continued their labours, but were forced to desist by threats of all kinds of visitations.

On Wednesday the address was circulated and posted through the city and neighbourhood.

Yesterday, the weavers of the adjacent towns arrived here and joined their brethren, and about four o'clock, the whole assembled upon the sands, to the amount of nearly 2,200, where they passed some resolutions; the greater part afterwards marched into the market place and English-street, in close order, without the least noise or disturbance, and in a short time those resident at a

distance departed for their homes in the most peaceful manner. In the course of the day, the Committee issued another hand-bill, pledging themselves that every thing would be conducted with a scrupulous regard to the public tranquillity, and they also made a communication to the Mayor, explaining their wishes and their object.

Hitherto, with the exception of the violence and threats employed in compelling the unwilling to leave their work, the men have conducted themselves with great decorum, and we hope they will continue to pursue this line of conduct. The detachment of the 18th Hussars for some time past quartered here, under the

orders of Major Kennedy, was to have marched on Thursday morning on its route to Ireland, but at the requisition of the Mayor and other Magistrates, its departure is very properly delayed.

A plan was submitted to government for the incorporation of a body of directors, to regulate the emigrations to the Cape of Good Hope. The proposal was rejected, but the following memorandum from the Secretary of State for the Colonial department accompanied the negative.

I. The Landdrost shall be authorized to assign a proportion of waste, and to any person wishing to hold it, situate to the eastward of Bosjesman's river in the district of Witenhage, adapted to the wants and means of the applicant; thus a father of a family, having grown-up sons, or other relations residing with him, whose means would enable such relatives to occupy land apart on their own account, may have the quantity of land he is permitted to occupy increased in proportion to the number and means of such relatives; it will be evident that such associations will be the greatest security; and it is evident, by many examples within the knowledge of each of you, that such associations, even under less favourable circumstances, have been unmolested..

II. These lands will be granted to the occupiers at a rent now to be fixed, which rent, however, will be remitted for the first ten years; and, at the expiration of three years (during which the party or his family must have resided on the estate), the land

shall

shall be measured at the expense of Government, and the holder shall obtain (without fee) his title thereto, on perpetual quit-rent; subject, however, to this clause beyond the usual reservations, that the land shall become forfeited to the Government, in case the party shall abandon the estate, and cease to reside or occupy the same.

III. Parties wishing for grants in the district here mentioned, will not be necessitated, to make a direct application to his Excellency the Governor as in other cases, but it will be sufficient for them to address the Landdrost, pointing out where they propose to settle, and the authority of the Landdrost shall be sufficient warrant to the party, of the intention of his Majesty's Government in this regard.

IV. The Landdrost is, however, to be particularly cautious in the distribution of ground, so as to preserve waters, that the most extensive accommodation possible may be afforded in that regard to future settlers; the necessity of which must be obvious from the supposed scarcity of springs in the districts in ques

tion.

V. In order likewise to obtain the most accurate information possible with respect to springs in the whole of this district, the Landdrost is called upon to give publicity to the proclamation issued, offering rewards for the discovery of springs proportioned to their strength.

VI. The Landdrost will communicate to the colonial secretary, quarterly, a list of persons taking lands under this invitation, and

describing as accurately as possible the situation of the occupancies.

N. B. Any individual who will procure and convey to the colony subordinate labourers, and either reside or appoint an agent to reside with them in the colony, will be entitled to receive under the usual condition, land in the proportion of 100 acres for every male of above 17, actually settled on the land granted.

2. Accounts from Leipsic state, that the bookselling trade has not suffered in Germany by the stagnation of trade, and the scarcity of money. The number of new works published at the present fair of Leipsic amounts to upwards of 3,000, and comprises every work that has been printed in Germany since Michaelmas, and all that will be published before Midsummer. Medicine and Surgery furnish this time the greatest number of works: the number in this department amounts to 73.

2. In one of the ships belonging to the Hudson's-bay Company, which recently left the river for their settlements, Lieut. Franklyn, late Commander of the Trent, in the expedition to reach the North Pole, has taken his passage for the purpose of exploring that part of America to the northward of Hudson's-bay. The route this officer is to take will be nearly the same as that pursued by Mr. Hearne, in 1770, who stated that he reached the sea at the entrance of Copper Mine river. Lieut. Franklyn will be accompanied by about five Europeans, one of whom is a surgeon; and on their arrival at the Copper Mine river,

are