1784, but also for wheat and rye-flour, and for other eatables, and for every thing required for agriculture, and for the repairs and daily use of the sugar-works. All articles commonly comprised under the denomination of dry goods remain excluded, and reserved to the commerce of the mother country.

Art. 2.-Foreign vessels shall in return have the liberty to export colonial produce to the amount of the cargoes they have brought.

Art. 3.-Foreign vessels shall continue to pay the duties of import established by the arret of the 30th of Aug. 1784, upon the articles therein enumerated; and shall pay an additional duty of 3 per cent. on those not enumerated in the said arret.

Art. 4.-Foreign vessels shall pay the export duties established by the arret of the 30th of Aug. 1784.

They shall pay 8 per cent. upon the colonial produce which is permitted to be exported by the present ordinance.

French vessels which may proceed to the United States, for the purpose of bringing back provisions to the colony, shall only pay an export duty of 5 per cent, upon the colonial produce. Their return cargoes shall only be subjected to the duties established in their respect, by the arret of the 30th of Aug. 1784.

Art. 5-The duties on colonial produce, payable by the seller, shall continue to be levied as at present.

The provisions of the present ordinance shall remain in force during six months from the date

of its being published, unless countermanded by superior authority.

Given at Martinique, under our armorial seals, and countersigned by our secretaries, this 28th of Oct. 1817.

(Signed)

Le Comte de VAUGIRAUD, Secretaire, Durand Molard. Further Particulars.— Letters received from Barbadoes, (via Demerara) of Oct. 27, say little of the injury there sustained, as it was confined to a few of the shipping: but they confirm in many fatal particulars the deplorable intelligence of the loss of lives and ruin of property at St. Lucie. The governor, General Seymour, survived but a short time after he had been dug out from the ruins of his house. Mrs. Seymour and her children were saved, but all the rest of the family perished. Major Burdett, with his wife and child, were among the number of the killed. The barracks were levelled with the earth. Those of the garrison who escaped destruetion, owed their safety to an order to evacuate the buildings before they had given way to the tempest; but every negro house on the island was blown into the air. The town was nearly a mass of ruins; the cane crops torn up by the root, and the country laid waste as far as cultivation extended. The secretary to the governor had written a pressing supplication to Lord Combermere for supplies and assistance, on behalf of the destitute inhabitants.

We have the satisfaction to state, that the Antelope, (Admiral Harvey), whose loss was asserted, had arrived safe at St. Kitt's be

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fore the 12th ult.; and that all the other men of war on the Leeward-Island station had escaped the fury of the storm.

22. From a return made by Lieutenant-general Comte de Gerardin, charged with the office of grand hunter (grandveneur) to has Majesty, it appears that, in the 86 departments of the kingdom of France, 2,416 wolves have been destroyed between the 1st of January, 1816, and the 1st of July, 1817. Of these 1,894 were males, and 522 females. In La Vendee 54 were killed, in the Vosges 171, in the Ardennes 119, in the Aude 128, in Aveyron 45, and in La Creuse 94. Out of the 16 departments of France, 61 appear by this list to contain, more or less, considerable numbers of this destructive animal.

24 Dr. Donald M'Askill, of the island of Eigg, was unfortunately drowned off that island, on the 24th ult. He was proceeding from Arisaig to Eigg, in a boat, along with the Rev. Mr. Fraser, minister of the Small Isles, when, by the starting of a plank, the boat instantly sunk, and he and Mr. Fraser, with two men, perished.

libraries and collections; they have both lately returned to Berin with the results of their researches. Professor Reaumer has made important discoveries relative to the history of Germany in the middle ages, on which he is about to publish an important work. Professor Vonder Hagen has confined his researches chiefly to the manuscripts of the ancient German poets.

25. The Prussian government continues to grant considerable sums towards defraying the expenses incurred by learned men on their travels; and permits them also to draw on the funds of different public establishments, and among others, the Academy of Sciences at Berlin. Professors Reaumer and Vonder Hagen, of Breslau, have made, at the expense of the king, a tour through Germany and Italy, for the purpe of visiting all the principal

Another professor of Breslau, Dr. Schottky, has been employed in making researches in the Imperial Academy of Vienna, and the numerous scientific collections of that capital. Professor Kephalides and Fosther, also of Breslau, are now preparing an account of the interesting tour which they made in 1813 and 1814 in Italy and in Sicily. This important work will appear at Leipsic, in the Easter fair of 1818. M. Germer, Professor of Mineralogy in the Prussian university of Halle, has sent to the press an account of his journey in Dalmatia and Ragusa. It contains very curious details on the present state of those countries, their mineralogy and entomology, and also on the inhabitants.

Professors Becker and Goeschen are travelling in Italy. The former is to collate all the most important manuscripts for his new edition of the Greek classics, and to examine all the ancient inscriptions for a great work on Roman antiquities which the academy of Berlin intends to publish. M. Goeschen is employed to verify the ancient codes, and to make other critical researches on the subject of jurisprudence, which he professes with so much ability.

in the university of Berlin. He has made several important discoveries at Verona, whence he has proceeded to Florence.

Baron Von Sacken, of Berlin, employs a part of his great fortune in literary and scientific voyages. He has already visited the United States of America, and the West Indies. He is now gone to Vienna, to accompany Baron Von Schladen, the new Prussian minister to the Porte, who is to travel to Constantinople by the way of the Carpathian mountains. Baron Von Sacken intends to pass through Asia Minor into Caramania, and afterwards to visit Egypt and the neighbouring countries, He has for his travelling companion William Muller, a young Berlin student, who possesses very considerable philological knowledge, and who is to employ himself in literary researches for the academy of Berlin. Prince Maximilian of Neuwied is to occupy himself during the ensuing winter in drawing up an account of his travels in the Brazils, which he intends to publish in the form of letters.

The following dreadful accidents occurred on Sunday the 20th to two children of a farmer residing at Castledreignog, Cardiganshire: -One of them, a girl about eleven years of age, having used a whip for the purpose of driving away a boar that stood near her, the enraged animal flew at her, and, with his tusks inflicted several drep wourds on her breast before she cead be rescued from her perilous situation. While the mother of this poor child was engaged in dressing, in the best manner she was able, her bleedug

wounds, an infant son, not above four years old, took up the whip his sister had just before used, and, in attempting to punish the boar for the injury done her, fell a victim to the fury of the ferocious animal. The boar, before any assistance could be rendered, had torn out the entrails of the child, whose dreadful sufferings and existence terminated together on the following day. The little girl's life is despaired of. The boar was immediately killed.

26. From the Bristol Mirror.It is our painful duty to state, that intelligence reached this city of the loss of the sloop William and Mary (a regular packet between this port and Waterford); and that out of nearly sixty souls on board only nine were saved.

The particulars, as far as we have been able to learn, are, that the William and Mary, Morley, master, sailed from Pill at nine o'clock on Thursday evening last. The night was fine and the wind fair: about eleven o'clock, not far from the Holines, whilst the mate was at the helm, and the master standing near to him on the deck, the vessel struck on a rock, which our informant calls the Willeys. The passengers, who had retired to rest, were quickly alarmed, and many of them proceeded on deck, as yet unacquainted with the real extent of their danger. This state of suspense, however, did not last long; for in fifteen minutes afterwards, it was found that the vessel was in a sinking state. The scene that immediately followed was dreautul in the extheme. The bost (a very small one) was son filed, chiefly be

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Her top-inast remained some feet above the water, to which the crew adhered until the boat returned. Our informant saved Emself by swimming, and was actually two hours and a half in the water, when he was taken into the boat. He witnessed the Leart-rending scene which took place on the sinking of the vessel. A Mr Barron, his mother, and four sisters, elegant and accomFashed women, who had their man-servant and a carriage on board, were among the passengers; the cries of the young la Gas were most distressing. They all perished!—they sunk, entwin eu in each other's arms! An officer of the regiment was saved, but his lady perished. All the females on board, 22 in number, and two children, met a watery grave. Eight of the lates were cabin-passengers. The

ster, Mr. Morley, was drowneu, he has left a wife (now preg a) and three children. The rest of the crew were saved.

T- gentleman from whom we have procured these hasty particulars, states, that before he was taken up by the boat, he saw one unfortunate individual (whom he mases to have been Mr. Barron, mor,soned above) near him in the

saved, the crew are included.

Since writing the above we have learnt, that the name of the officer saved (and whose lady is among the sufferers) is Lieut. Theballier, of the 35th. Among those who perished we have heard the names of Messrs. Gill, Cliff, and Snow. A colonel, whose regiment is now in the East Indies, was also drowned. Mr. R. Shortes, of this city, and Lieut. Theballier, are the only passengers saved.

The few who escaped landed about eight miles from Cardiff. They applied for admittance at a respectable house in the neighbourhood, but were refused! They then proceeded to a farm-house, where they procured a cart to convey them to Cardiff. They were in a most exhausted state. A cottager and his wife gave up their only bed to one or two who were unable to proceed to Cardiff.

Shortly before the sloop went down, a poor soldier took his wife and child to the bow of the vessel, where they sat down, and calmly awaited their fate. As the vessel went down they clung to each other, and in that state floated a moment on the water, and then sunk, clasped in each other's arms.

We have not been able to ascertain exactly where the melancholy accident happened. The rocks are called the Willeys, or the Wolvers, about three miles N. W. of the Holmes lighthouse.

Ukase, addressed to the Legislative Synod at Mo-cow, by Alexander, Emperor of Russia.

Moseme, Oct. 97. During my late travels through

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the provinces, I was obliged, to my no small regret, to listen to speeches pronounced by certain of the clergy in different parts, which contained unbecoming praises of me; praises which can only be ascribed unto God: and as I am convinced, in the depth of my heart, of the Christian truth, that every blessing floweth unto us through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ alone, and that every man, be he whom he may, without Christ is full only of evil; therefore, to ascribe unto me the glory of deeds in which the hand of God hath been so evidently manifested before the whole world, is to give unto men that glory which belongeth unto Almighty God alone. I account it my duty, therefore, to forbid all such unbecoming expressions of praise, and recommend to the holy synod to give instructions to all the diocesan bishops, that they themselves, and the clergy under them, may, on similar occasions, in future, refrain from all such expressions of praise, so disagree able to my ears; and that they may render unto the Lord of hosts alone thanksgivings for the blessings bestowed upon us, and pray for the outpouring of his grace upon all of us; conforming themselves in this matter to the words of sacred writ, which require us to render to the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God, honour and glory for ever and ever.

Chester to succeed the late vicar, (the Rev. Mr. Jones) and that he was totally unacquainted with the Welsh language, they unanimously resolved to enter a caveat against any person being inducted to the vicarage of Llanbeblig labouring under such disqualincations.

NOVEMBER.

1. Philadelphia. - We noticed the detention of the brig Ellen a few days ago, on suspicion of infringement of neutrality. On Thursday last, the British officers, 11 in number, who had taken passage in her, and who have subsequently avowed their intention of aiding the Patriot cause, were brought by writ of habeas corpus before the United States District Court; eminent counsel appeared in their behalf; and yesterday the court decided that they be fully committed for trial.

3. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Elizabeth, arrived at Bath, where she took up her lodgings at a spacious house in Sydney-place, and was saluted with a general illumination. The purpose of her Majesty's visit is to make trial of the salutary waters of the place.

4. Stockholm. - Of the new towns now building, namely, Carl Johannstadt, in North Bothnia, on the heights of Tornea, which was ceded in 1809 to Russia; Oscarsstadt, in Wermeland, near the frontiers of Norway; and Borgholm, in the island of Oeland the latter will become the seat of a great general workhouse, and house of correction, in the old royal palace, which lies close to