EAST INDIES.

Advices have been received from Sincapore, to the 25th of April, and their contents are of an interesting nature, as, they refer to the commencement of the free trade in tea. The 22nd of April being the day on which the East India Company's privileges ceased, permits were issued the next day at Singapore. The demand for European piece goods was more active to meet the exports to China, Between 6,000 and 7,000 chests of tea had been brought by Chinese junks, and a great quantity more was expected in consequence of the free-trade system coming into operation. Nine vessels of the free trade were at Sincapore, of which eight were destined for England. Thomas Church, esq., had been appointed acting Governor of the Straits of Malacca, according to the order of the GovernorGeneral.

The war against the Rajah of Coorg, as detailed in our last, has been terminated by the surrender of the prince, and the taking of his capital. The Coorg territory was entered on the 2nd of April, and the Rajah yielded on the 10th. The loss sustained by the Company's forces amounted to six commissioned officers, and eighty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates killed, and ten commissioned and 185 non-commissioned officers and privates wounded. The province of Coorg has been annexed to the Company's terri

DOMESTIC

SCOTLAND.

tories; its revenues are estimated at two and a half lacks annually; and Colonel Frazer is appointed political agent.

WEST INDIES.

The 1st of August being the day for the emancipation of the Colonial Slaves, considerable anxiety has been felt on the occasion. By all accounts, however, with few trifling exceptions, the day passed quietly over. In Barbadoes, it was ob served throughout the island, as a day of solemn thanksgiving. The negroes attended their places of worship, and the day passed over in peace and harmony. Their conduct subsequently had been most exemplary, and gave the best assurrance that the period of apprenticeship on which they have now entered, will be one of industry and obedience. At Dominica, St. Lucie, Antigua, Montserrat, Tortola, and Tortole, all passed off quietly. At Trinidad, however, some discontent appeared; and at Grenada, the negroes on two estates struck work, when measures were taken by the governor to enforce obedience. At St. Kitt's, there appears to be a passive resistance to apprenticeship; but the negroes seem generally to misunderstand the extent of labour required from them, and the abolition of punishment on the part of the masters. The state of things in St. Kitt's is supposed to be in a great measure owing to its contiguity to Antigua, where there is no apprenticeship.

Sept. 15. This day a grand national banquet, in honour of Earl Grey, took place at Edinburgh, in a splendid although temporary building erected on the Calton Hill. In the pavilion 1550 persons dined, and upwards of 600 took dinner in the High School, and joined the company in the former place after the removal of the cloth. In addition, a gallery provided for the ladies was crowded with the beauty and fashion of the Scottish metropolis. Among those present were Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Errol, Lord Lynedoch, Lord Bellhaven, Lord Durham, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. Professor Arago, the Solicitor-General, Sir J. Abercromby, the Marquess of Breadalbane, Lord Stair, the Rev. H. Grey, &c. The speeches delivered on this oceasion were not remarkable for the developement of any fact with which the publie were not before fully acquainted. In returning thanks for the enthusiastic manner in which his health had been drank, Earl Grey spoke in a tone of gratification at the highly-flattering mark of

honour conferred upon him by the citizens of Edinburgh, who had paid him the great compliment to declare, at the close of his political career, that he had deserved well of his country. In conclusion, his Lordship expressed his sincere gratitude for the extraordinary honour which bad been conferred upon him, and which he ascribed to the happy circumstance of his having been instrumental in carrying a measure of Reform which would be sure to accomplish all that was necessary to the complete enjoyment of that free system of government, the essentials of which the country had already possessed. The speeches of Lords Brougham and Durham were very eloquent effusions.

During his progress through Scotland Earl Grey has been received in the most enthusiastic manner by the inhabitants of Edinburgh, North Shields, Tynemouth, Newcastle, South Shields, Kirkley, Melrose, &c.-all expressive of the gratitude entertained towards his Lordship in those populous and commercial places.-Lord Brougham has also experienced a most enthusiastic reception in Scotland. He was received in great state at Aberdeen,

as well as articles the produce of the East Indies, may be removed, under bond, from the original port of importation, to any warehousing port in the United Kingdom, for the purpose of being warehoused for home consumption, with liberty to pay the duty any time within two years.

Aug. 27.-A sad and melancholy accident happened off Dover. The Castor frigate, on her return from Woolwich (where she had been to escort the Queen) to Portsmouth, ran foul of the Cameleon revenue cutter, Lieutenant John Pratbent commander, about two miles out, a little to the eastward of Shakspeare Cliff, at a quarter past 6 in the morning, whereby 13 persons (including the captain and mate, out of the whole crew of 17) were drowned. The Cameleon cutter was lying-to after her night's cruise, with eight of the crew in their berths, and nine persons on the look-out, a portion of whom were then employed reefing the sails. The pennant was hoisted as a compliment to the frigate; and a few moments after the cutter was run down, and only four persons, two men and two boys, survive. On the 6th of Sept. a Court-martial assembled on board the San Josef at Piymouth, to investigate the circumstances connected with this melancholy affair, Capt. Superintendent Ross, President. The officers on trial were, Captain the Right Hon. John Hay; James M'Cleverty, 2d Lieutenant, officer of the watch; Alexander Weare, master; Robert Hopkins, midshipman of the watch; Thomas Carmichael, signal midshipman; and Joseph Hopkins, yeoman of the signals. On the 8th, the Court-martial concluded by the dismissal, from his Majesty's service, of Lieut. James Johnson M'Cleverty, 2d Lieutenant, and the acquittal of all the other officers.

The

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

A Parliamentary paper just printed gives a very remarkable proof of the rapid increase of the capital of this country within the last thirty years. The paper is "A return showing the amount of capital on which the several rates of legacy duty have been paid in Great Britain, in each year since 1797." From the return the capital on which legacy duty was paid was, - in 1797, 1,116,1807.; in 1806, 7,039,0317.; in 1814, 27,299,8061.; in 1833, 41,974,4297.

From a parliamentary paper recently printed, it appears that the declared value of British woollen manufactures exported to various countries during the year 1833 amounted to 6,294,4327. sterling.

The old market in the City, called Honey-lane-market, is about to be removed, and substituted by a large school "for the religious and virtuous education of boys, and for instructing them in the higher branches of literature and all other useful learning." The Corporation have undertaken the task with a zeal which does them credit. John Carpenter, formerly Town Clerk, amassed considerable wealth in that office, and testified his sense of obligation to those who appointed him, by bequeathing the rents and profits of his lands and tenements to the Corporation, for the clothing and education of a few boys. Mr. Richard Taylor some time ago represented to the Court of Common Council the propriety of extending the benefits of the charity. The hint was adopted, and it is now determined to apply the profits of the Carpenter estates to the education of a considerable number of children. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun

cilmen are to establish the rules and regulations respecting the number and qualifications of the masters of the school, of the salaries to be paid to them respectively, and of the other officers and servants. The masters are to be elected by the Common Council, and to produce certificates of their qualifications after having been examined by the Professors of divinity, of classical literature, and of mathematics at King's College, and the Professors of the Greek language, literature, and antiquities, and of mathematics, and of natural philosophy and astronomy at the University of London.

The whole of the Royal College of Surgeons, which lately stood in Lincoln's Inn Fields, has been nearly taken down, with the exception of some apartments at the west-end of the back-wall, in Portugal Street. The columns of the portico are still standing alone, the pediment having been removed, and the emblematical ornaments at the top; but they will be used in the new building, which will cost 70,000l. according to the estimate.

The anotomical theatre will be on an improved plan, and considerably enlarged; and the new college will have a variety of conveniences necessary for its purposes, in which the old college was deficient, although a very spacious building.

Aug. 28. The inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, proceeded in due form, headed by the beadle, churchwardens, overseers, and other officers of the parish, to take possession of their ancient "Lammas Lands," called the "Lotts," situated at the western extremity of the

parish. It appears, by an accurate map, in the possession of Mr. Faulkner, the historian of the parish, that these lands have been in the uninterrupted possession of the parish from time immemorial, until it was dispossessed of them by the Kensington Canal Company, in the year 1826, who have held them ever since, and shut out the inhabitants, during the last few years, from their common right to graze their cattle upon it, at a certain period of the year. The parish put the case in the hands of Mr. Rogers, of Manchester Buildings, Westminster, the record solicitor, who so successfully recovered for the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, the right of assessment on Richmond-terrace and Whitehall-place, and under whose advice they have acted on the present occasion.

On

Sept. 8. A German, of the name of Steinberg, a whipmaker by trade, residing in Southampton Street, Pentonville, barbarously murdered Ellen Lefevre, with whom he cohabited, and his four children, the eldest but five years old, by cutting their throats, and then terminating his own existence by the same means. Sunday the 13th all the bodies were interred in the burying ground of St. James's Clerkenwell, where a great concourse of people assembled to witness the solemn occasion. A committee had been appointed to conduct a subscription, in order that the bodies might be decently interred, and some memorial of their unhappy fate might be raised at the public expense.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Aug. 1. William Gillon, of West Derby, and of Liverpool, Banker, in memory of Wm. Chadwick, of Handstoke House, to take the name of Chadwick only.

Aug. 20. Knighted, David James Hamilton Dickson, esq. M.D. F.R.S. Physician to the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth.

Aug. 22. 36th Foot, Lieut.-Col. Archibald M. Maxwell, h. p. to be Lieut.-Col.--59th Foot, Major Francis Fuller to be Lieut.-Col. Capt. Nicholas Hovenden to be Major.-87th Foot, Major-Gen. Sir Tho. Reynell, Bart. and K.C.B. to be Colonel.99th Foot, Major-Gen. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B. to be Colonel.

Aug. 30. Samuel William Acres, of Sydenham, Kent, gent. in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, to take the surname of Little.

Sept. 3. The Right Hon. Arch. Earl of Gosford to be a Member of the Privy Council.

Sept. 5. 11th Foot, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Cecil Bisshopp to be Major.-16th ditto, Major Adam Gordon Campbell to be Lieut. Col. Capt. S. G. Carter to be Major.--76th ditto, Brevet Lieut.Col. J. F. Love to be Lieut.-Col.

Sept. 9. Lieut.-Col. W. Macbean Geo. Colebrooke to be Lieut.-Governor of the Bahama Islands.

Wm.-James Long, of Bath, Surgeon, in compliance with the will of the Rev. James Sugden, to take the surname and arms of Sugden.

Sept. 12. 1st Foot Guards, Lieut. and Capt. John Julius W. Angerstein to be Capt. and Lt.Col. Staff, Lieut.-Col. John James Snodgrass to be Deputy Quartermaster-general to the Troops serving in Nova Scotia and its dependencies.

Sept. 16. Rt. Hon. Eari of Minto to be K.G.C. Solomon Jacob Levi, of Stockwell, Surrey, gent. to take the name and arms of Waley.

Sept. 17. Knighted, Samuel Raymond Jarvis, of Fair Oak Park, esq. High Sheriff of Hants.

Sept. 19. 65th Foot, Major Henry Senior to be Lieut. Col. Capt. S. Walker to be Major.96th ditto, Major Alex. Cairncross to be Lieut. Col.; Capt. Chas. Brownlow Cumberland to be Major.

Sir George Grey, Bart. to be Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, vice Mr. Lefevre.

Knighted, Samuel Tho. Spry, esq. M. P. of Place, Cornwall, and lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

Naval Promotions.-Rear-Adm. Sir Graham Hamond, K.C.B. to succeed the late Sir Michael Seymour in the command of the American station. --Rear-Adm. P. Campbell, C.B. to be Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope and the Western Coast of Africa.-Commanders R.

Oliver, J. J. Onslow, and A. Forbes, to be Captains; Lieut. S. C. Dacres, Royal George yacht, and Lieut. S. P. Pritchard, Commanders.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. T. S. Biddulph, to a Preb, in the Collegiate Church of Brecon.

Rev. J. Griffith to a Preb. in Limerick Cathedral.
Rev. W. R. Beechey, Kilgefin V. Roscommon.
Rev. J. S. Birley, All-Saints P. C. Little Bolton,
co. Lancaster.

Rev. W. H. Bolton, Aughton R. Lancashire.
Rev. J. G. Browne, Hawley R. Somerset.
Rev. J. Delmege, Kilconnel R. Tipperary.
Rev. C. D. M. Drake, Huntshaw R. Devon.
Rev. A. Fawkes, Otley V. York.
Rev. J. Foottit, Farnsfield V. Nottingham.
Rev. J. Gratrix, St. James's V. Halifax.
Rev. N. Greene, Ballyclog R. Tyrone.
Rev. W. T. Hadow, Mickleton-cum-Ebrington V.
co. Gloucester.

Rev. P. Hall, Milton-cum-Brigminster R. Wilts.
Rev. J. N. Harrison, Langharne V. co. Carmarth.
Rev. J. C. Hicks, Rangeworthy P. C. co. Glouc.
Rev. R. Hill, Agbalee V. co. Antrim.
Rev. R. Hutton, St. Nicholas V. co. Cornwall.
Rev. J. Jones, Llansadwrn V. co. Anglesea.
Rev. J. Lawson, Buckminster V. co. Leicester.
Rev. C. Lyne, Roach R. Cornwall.

Rev. H. M'Calman, South Knapdale R. co.
Argyle.

Rev. C. Mackenzie, Colnbrook C. Bucks.
Rev. T. Musgrave, Blyth V. co. Nottingham.
Rev. W. R. Nash, Kilbolane V. Cork.
Rev. R. Newman, Coryton R. Devon.

Rev. W. T. Nicholls, Llanfihangel-Aberbythick
P.C. co. Carmarthen.

Rev. W. H. Oldfield, Barnby Moor V. Nottingh.
Rev. J. Pridham, Orby V. co. Lincolnshire.
Rev. T. Stafford, All-Saints R. Suffolk.

Rev. F. Tate, Charing V. Kent.

Rev. E. Turner, Wiggonholt R. Sussex.
Rev. J. V. Vincent, Llanfairfechan R. co. Car-

narvon.

Rev. J. Woodruff, Upchurch V. Kent.
Rev. W. Wayet, Pinchbeck V. co. Lincoln.
Rev. W. J. Blew, Chaplain to Earl Amherst.
Rev. B. D. Hawkins, Chaplain to Lord Western.
Rev. W. P. Spencer, Chaplain to the Duke of
Buccleuch.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

W. Bond, esq. to be Recorder of Poole.

E. W. W. Pendarves, esq. M.P. to be Recorder of Falmouth.

Dr. W. Cumin, to be Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow. Rev. N. H. Whitworth, to the Head Mastership of Kensington Grammar School.

BIRTHS.

July 15. At Bredsall rectory, Derb. the wife of the Rev. H. R. Crewe, a dau.-At Bartonpark, Derb. the wife of Rev. C. E. Cotton, a dau.

Aug. 3. At Weston-super-Mare, the wife of Major W. Godley, a dau.-8. In St. James'ssq. the Lady John Thynne, a son.-22. In Whitehall-place, the wife of J. B. Childers, esq. M.P. a dau.-23. At Ash vicarage, the wife of Rev. C. Forster, a son.-25. At Luffness, N. B. the Right Hon. Lady Henry Kerr, a dau. 26. At North-bank, Regent's-park, the wife of Deputy Commissary-general Cumming, a son.

In Hill-street, Viscountess Encumbe, a dau. -At Little Aston-hall, Staffordshire, the wife of W. Leigh, esq. a dau.- 27. In Park Crescent, the wife of the Hon. Baron Alderson, a son. At Cheltenham, the lady of Sir W. Marjoribanks, Bart. a dau.-28. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir Ralph A. Anstruther, Bart. a son and heir.-29. At Longhope vicarage, the wife of the Rev. Charles Day, a son.$1. At El

vetham, near Hartford-bridge, Lady Charlotte Calthorpe, a dau.

Lately. The lady of the Rev. Sir Henry Rivers,

a son.

Sept. 4. At Windsor, the wife of Col. Milman, Coldstream Guards, a son.5. The Right Hon. Lady Burghersh, a dau.In Devonshireplace, the wife of Major Dashwood, a dau.6. At Tichborne, Hants, the Rt. Hon. Lady Arundell, a son. At Mylor, the wife of Capt. Sulli. van, C.B. a son.-7. At Yetminster vicarage, the wife of the Rev. Geo. Fort Cooper, a dau.

9. At High Hoyland rectory, Wakefield, the wife of the Rev. Joseph Birch, B.A. a dau.

At Over Norton, the wife of Lieut..Col. Dawkins, a dau.-13. At Horsemonden rectory, Kent, the wife of the Rev. J. N. Palmer, a dau.-12. At Bicesta, the Viscountess Chetwynd, a son.-13. At Wanborough vicarage, North Wilts, the wife of the Rev. H. Middleton, a son.-14. The Hon. Mrs. S. Bathurst, a dau. -16. At Bradford Abbas Vicarage, Dorset, the wife of the Rev. R. Grant, a dau.-23. At Scarborough, Lady Blackett, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Aug. 12. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. W. Brougham, esq. M.P. only brother of the Lord Chancellor, to Emily Frances, only dau. of Sir C. W. Taylor, Bart. of Hollycombe, Sussex.————15. At Clifton, near Bristol, W. Gibbons, M.D. of Twickenham. to Psyche Emmeline, dau. of John King, esq. of Clifton, and niece to the distinguished Maria Edgeworth.-16. At Tavistock, Tho. Lang, esq. of Bristol, to Anna, dau. of Rev. W. Evans, Park Wood House, near Tavistock.

17. At Corfu, Dr. Connel, Rifle Brigade, to Vera, third dau. of the late Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Vere Poulett.-18. At Biddenden, Kent, W. Whateley, esq. barrister-at-law, to Eliz. relict of Lord H. S. Churchill.-19. At Cheltenham, the Rev. R. Dixon, Vice Principal of King William's College, Isle of Man, to Eliz. eldest dau. of the late T. Willmott, esq. of Sherborne, Dorset.-At Dover, Capt. J. M. Gambier, 53d foot, son of Sir J. Gambier, to Helen Fred. dau. of J. C. Lochner, esq. of Enfield, Middlesex.At Cookham, Berks, Fred. Justice, esq. of Newport, Monmouthshire. to Caroline, dau. of the late Col. Robbins, 69th Foot.-23. At Holywell, H. Champion Partridge, esq. to Ethelred Frances, dau. of Lieut.. Gen. Birch Reynardson.--At Norwood, the Rev. A. C. Bishop, to Lucy, only dau. of Sir J. and Lady Frances Wedderburne.-26. At Eaton Bishop, Henry Horn, esq. barrister-at-law, to Amelia Anne, eldest dau. of J. S. Gowland, esq. of Cagebrook, Hereford.-At Littlington, the Rev. Edw. Johnson, to Mary, only dau. of the Rev. T. Scutt, of Clapham House, Sussex. At St. James's, John Court Lett, esq. of Regent. street, to Eliz. only dau. of the late Capt. J. Emmerson, of Wells, Norfolk. 27. At Coven. try, Wm. Douglas Brisbane, esq. Lieut. R.N. second son of the late Rear-Adm. Sir C. Brisbane, to Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Ryley, esq. 28. At Salisbury, Thomas Tatum, esq. to Louisa Sarah, eldest dau. of W. B. Brodie, esq. M.P. At Trinity Church, Alex. Crombie, esq. barrister-at-law, to Mary Harriett, second dau. of Francis Richardson, esq. of Upper Portland-place.At Norwich, C. Herbert Jenner, second son of Sir Herbert Jenner, to Fanny, 2d dau. of the late J. Hales, esq.-30. At Stafford Tho. Messiter, esq. barrister-at-law, to Marianne Louisa, only child of Sir C. Alston, bart.31. At Gainsborough, W. Metcalf, esq. barrister-atlaw, to Charlotte, second dau. of the late More. house Metcalf, esq.

Sept. 1. At Pontefract, the Rev. H. Mills Astley, Rector of Foulsham, Norfolk, to Dulcibella, dau. of Col. W. Gooch-2. The Rev. Edm. Luttrell Stuart, Rector of Houghton, to Eliz. dau. of the Rev. J. L. Jackson, Incumbent of Knowle.