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t*OK TUk HIT toll* *ATU>3AL AfIVOCATfc. "Foreign lAtvacU. ELEPHANT hunt. iLTirad of a letter from India, dated Khut gunge, JWt’y 4, 1819. •‘Fur ionic day* before our arrival a* j\ _ j we had intelligence of an inline-line w, M male elephant being in a large grass gwair.p within five miles of us , he hail in habited the swamp for years, ami was the terror of the surrounding villager!., many ol whom he had hilled j he had only one tusk, and there was not a village for many miles round that did not know the Bun-alt ek ihirt ke ifathee, or the Large Toothed Elephant; and one of our party, Colonel S—, had the year before, been charged, and his F.lephsnt put to the right about by this famous fellow ; we determined to go in pursuit of him, and accordingly, the third day after our arrival, started in the morning, mustering, between private and govern ment Elephant*, 32, but seven of them on ly with sportsmen on their backs.—As we knew that in the event of the wild one charging, he would probably turn against the male klephants, the drivers of two or three of the largest were armed with upeirs. On onr way to the swamp, we shot a great quantity of different sorts <fl game that got before the line of Elephants, and hardly en tered the swamp, when, in consequence of one of the party firing at a partridge, wc saw the great object of our expedition ; the w ild Elephant got up out of some long grass about 250 yards before its, where lie stood staring at us, and flapp ng his large huge ears j we immediately made a line of the Elephants, with sportsmen in the centre, and went straight up to him, until within lull yards, when, fearing be was going to turn from us, all the party gave him a Volley, aotne of us firing two, llnee, and four bar- ] rds; he then turned round and made for ! the middle of the sw&mp. I'he chase now commenced, and after billowing him for up wards of a mile with Elephants up to their bellies in mod, we succeeded in turning him to the edge of the swamp, where he allow ed us to get within 80 yards of him, and gave him another volley in his full from, on which lie made a grand charge at us, but fortunately onlv grazed one of the pad Ele phanta: lie then again made for the middle dl the swamp, throwing up blood and ut ter from his trunk, and making a terril.de 1 noise, which clearly shewed that be had I been S"verely wounded ; we followed him, ! a d were obliged to swim our Elephants I through a piece < f deep stagnant water, oc cuaionaliy giving shot, when making a stop in some v--ry high aiam, he allowed us a g tin to e.nme Within 60 yards, and got ami- j tlier i Hey. on winch lie made a second 1 charge, iiinrt furious than the first, but was i pm, nl making it good by some shot fir- j cd win u very c o.c to us, wli.ch (tunned, ami sot tiinjiely turned him j lie then made for the eilg< of the swamp again, swimming | a piece ol water, through which we follow- j e i with considerable difficulty, in rouse- j qm-nev ol our pads and howdaha having be- ] come much heavier, from the soaking they hud got twice b f ire ; we were tip to Hie . middle ot the huwdahs, and one ol the Kle phauis fnirly turned over, and threw the ri der anti his guns into the water, lie was taken off hi one of tile pad elephants, hut hi- three guns went to the bottom. This accident took up tome lime, during which time tlie wild elephant had made Ins way to the edge ol the swamp, and stood perfectly still, looking at us, and trumpeting with his trunk As soon as we got a) 1 to rights, wc again advanced with the elephant in the form of a crescent, in the full expectation of a desperate charge ; nor were we mistaken. The animal now allowed us to come wiiUin 40 raids of linn, when wc took a very deli berate aim at Ins head, and, on receiving tin. fire, he made a most furious charge, in the act of which, and when within ten yard* ot some of ns he received his mortal wound, and fell as dead as a stone. Mr. U. a Ci vilian, has the credit of giving him his death wound which, on examination, proved to be a small bail from a Joe Manton gun over the left eye, tor this was the iv '.v one of thirty one that lie had received ill Ins head, which was found to have entered the brain. When down, he measured in height 12 leet 4 inch es ; in length, from the root of the uil to the top of the head, 16 feet, and 10 feet round tlie neck. He luul upwards of 80 balls in his li ad ami body. tlis only re maining tusk, when taken out weighed 361 b. ami when compared with the tame ones, was considered small for the size of the animal. A Her he fell, a number of the villagers came about us and were rejoiced at the death of their formidable enemy, and assur ed us that within the lasi 4 or 3 years lie had killed nearly 30 men; iudcod, the know ledge of the mischief he had occasioned, Was the only thing that could reconcile us to the death of *o noble an animal. We were just 3 hours from the time we first saw him midi lie fell ; and what added much to the gratification of the day, we had not a siugie accident to mail or elephant, except ing Captain F’s upset; and he was so for tunate as to recover lus guns the next morn ing by means of divers. Col. S. an old and very keen Indian sportsman, declared he liad never seen or heard any tiling to equal tlie day’s sport. 1 tie following notions of female beauty in Ceylon, although singular in certain par ticulas, are by no means barbarous: “ he Singaiese w .men are generally well made and well looking, and often handsome. I heir countrymen, who are great connois seurs of tue charms of the s \, and win have hooks on the subject, and rules to aid the judgment, would not allow a w oman to he a perfect belle unless of the Pillowing charac.er, the particulars ol which I sli i i givv in detail a. the) were enumerated to ntw by a Kandyan c surlier, well versed and deeply read in such m-tters . —* Her hair sliou.d be voluminous uke the tail of t.ne peacock; long, n«cumg to the knees, and termnia.mg to graceful cur , her eyebrows should res; mbtc the- isi ...» , her eyes the bi. .....(’lure, and ih K eu *of the bme in., a dower. Hr■ me should be like the odl oi a nawk ; net ps should be bright and red, like cu al on the young i.af of the iron tree. Her teeth should oe small, re pi.. , and cio.eiy set. and like jeakanme buds. Her neck should be large and round, n scumal tig the bcrrignUea. Her cues, s.ioaln he eapaciuu., n-, o, easts, firm and c nic.il, I xe tue yeho# cocoa-nut, a .U tier waist small —ai.nost small enough to p. cla.pcd ov Me ba .d. it, r hips should In wine ; ner hum, tapering; the sole, m |,e feet wu.uout any lioiiow, and the surface o her body m general, soft, delicate, s.iuoti a d mu isles!, nuUient .llie aspem.es of p justing duties and smews.’ tue preceding is tlie most general external character that can be given of the Singaiese. It may be added, that corresponding to their confor mation of body, they are rather remarkable for agiliiy and flexibility than for strength of limb ; and tliat they are capable rather of long continued than of great exertion." Ihiy't Ceylon. Vou will not be surprised to learn, that the death of Napoleon has greatly influen ced the state of parties. 1 repeat that all eyes are turned towards the son, and that those who were divided before, are now ready to co-operate for the general good. I’he more people reflect on tue fate of the late Empexor, the more indignant they be- j come at his treatment daring the lust year of his life. This sentiment is wonderfully increased by what has transpired relative to some representations said to have been made to Lord Liverpool in Sept. 1820, stating, that if not removed to a more salubrious climate Napoleon would, in the opinion of Professor Antomarclii, fall a victim to that 1 of St. Helena.—Other applications, on the same subject, also reached Europe, and \vbeu M. Bonavite, who was so inhumanly treated by certain persons on bis arrival at Portsmouth, reached Home, the Princess P.orgehese determined to join her illustrious brother and receive his last aiglis. When tlie correspondence to which 1 allude is made public, it will bring a dreadful respon sibility on the beads of men, who persever ed in retaining the Imperial Prisoner, after they knew his removal would most proba bly save lus life. Let ns hope, my dear friend, that the day of inquiry and retribu tion lor such men is not far distant. Mean time, it afford* me heartfelt satisfaction to be able Instate, that the cittse of freedom and humanity is making a rapid progress on the Continent. The manner of duelling in Japan is sin gular, and to our European prejudices, may appear absurd and barbarous ; the ph’.lpso j pineal observer will perhaps, consider it as ! rational as an appeal to the sword or pistol. When two men of honour quarrel in that ! country, the party who conceives himself in jured rips up hi, own entrails with a large knife, and presenting the instrument to Ins adversary, invites him to so low li t exam ple. No Japanese gentleman c.ifl decline such an invitation; for if lie d ies npt in stantly plunge the knife into his own bow els, he is d ishonored for life. The King vs Williams. — I'liis was an in i dictinent (against W in. Williams) for a riot I at Stamford on the 11th of November last I (on the occasion of the withdrawal of the Bills of Pains and Penalties) and breaking I windows in llie house us Mr. Hubert Hunt. In-both causes Mr. Denman made powerful ‘ addresses to the Jury, and insisted that j there was iio riot. The Judge, in summing i up, desired the Jury to dismiss from their 1 minds both the politics and the splendid per } version* of Counsel, and to remember that i they were engaged in the solemn admniis ; tration of justice. “If this is not a riot,” laid his Lordship, “ It is impossible to use , words which can express one’s meaning— j i,o man Cun upon his oath s>y it is not a riot. There can be iio manner of doubt that the I people were committing a riht ; whether tins m-iu was one of them is for you to sav.” llis Lordship, in conclusion, very emphati cally said, “ Consider ol your verdict, and recollect your oaths.” The Jury withdrew, and w ore absent about 2 hours, when the Forman came into Court, and said lie Was desired to ask whether, if 11 were agreed in the verdict, and only one held out, those ; 11 might be discharged. The Judge s.d i it was impossible. At the expiration of 5 hours, the obstinate Juryman came into | Court, and said that the other 11 had agreed ( to find the defendant gu by, hut that he could no; reconcile it to his conscience to 1 say that Williams tiad riotously demolished ; Mr. Hunt’s windows ; the Jury therefore, ■ "wished to know', whether Ins Lordship would withdraw him, and appoint another I in Ins place. The Judge said he could no', flic business of the courts ended at 5 o’- clock. At half past 8 o’clock on Wednes day night, when the Juty sworn on this in dictment hud been for 10 hours locked up, and the conscientious gentleman declared that lie would sootier eat the mortar of the ! ceding than give in, the 11 others rather than be carted lasting on the circuit to Not inghain (as the law requires in case the 12 cannot return a verdict,) resigned their judgment, and gave in at the Judge’s lodg ing* a vgrdict fur the defendant. “ Heaton in inadnen.” —It is reported, that a man in Bedford made these observa tion* :—” We that are locked up here, a: e only called mad, because our madness docs not happen to agree with that of the rest of the world. Every body thinks hi* neighbour mad, if his pursuits happen to be opposite to Ins own. llis Neighbour thinks the same ofllint —but then these two kinds of mad ness do not interfere with each other. Now and then, there comes ail eccentric man, who taking a just view of things, thinks them all mad—him they catch and lockup here. That’s my case.” flaming. —Gaming was invented by the Lydians, when under the pressure ol a great famine. To divert themselves from dwell ing on their sufferings, they contrived dice, balls, tables, &.c. It is added, that to bear their calamity the better, they used to play a whole day without interruption, that they might not be racked with tlie thoughts of food. This invention, intended as a remedy for hunger, is now a very common cause of that evil. A Paris paper mentions, that lately, two boatmen having rescued a man from drown ing m tlie seine, (he having thrown liim -1 self in) a temale approached screaming “ Afy 1 husbc.nd. I will tee tuy husband When she found him alive she was silent, and on being asked for a reward for the boatmen’s exer tions angrily repulsed them, saying, “ H'h* did gu not let him drown himself? What butmtst had you to meddle with l*m ? The husband, » no had just vowed to commit the act on the lir-i opportunity, was effectually cured of ins foliy by these kindly expressions ol Ins wife. I he-Lancasteriau system makes a rapid progress in Fiance; in the department of the Moselle there are, of an age to go to school, 27.337 boys, and 24,593 girls -of tiuse 23,916 boy*,mud 21,040 girls attended tllC SC<M s. v ' ueii .t lute Lord Mayor uas hunting in Epp- g Forest, some one rode up, crying. ** I lie- hare, my Lord, the hire’s a- uning.” “ Is he r” said the Lord Mayor, clapping his hand on hit sword, lev him come, Sir.” Inc following advert moment, drawn up by an Alderman or the town of Cambridge -ome v ears ago, is a specimen ol singular /titcity ot expression. “ Wlivrea* a ...ultipl city of damages are requently occurred by datnages of outrage us accidents by fire, we whose names are , under wri;tet, Uav e thought proper that the ; necessity of an engi r e ought by in for the , better preventing of which by the acri i dents of Almighty' Gr.d, may unto us happen ] to make a rate to gather benevolence for j better prorogating such good instrument. St. Petri 's Pish. — I Ire Iwo dark spot* a ! little behind its head, are supposed to have J gained the Haddock, in days superstition, J the credit of being the fish which St. Peter caught within the tribute money in its mouth. in proof of which the impression of the Saint’s finger and thumb has been enuded on the whole race of Haddock ever since. But, “ .'hi uc sub judice lis est,” as, unfor tunately for the tradition, the Haddock is not i » Mediterranean fish : nor can we suppose it to have belonged to the lake Tiberias. The truth is, the Italians consider very dif ferent fish as that which was sanctified by the Apostle ; and which after hint they hon our with the name of ll Janitor* ; a name that we have converted into Johnny Dory. with the samd ingenuity that has iwisted 1 the girasole or turniol, into a Jerusalem Ar tichoke. Royal Ea’jienditure. As the coronation expenditure has caused a great deal of comment, it may not be amiss to enumerate the various calls which an Il lustrious Personage has, up to the pres*nt time, made upon the liberality of the puulic. to provide for the free exerc se ot his well known private tastes and inclinan -n-: 1783.—Parliament voted the Prince ot Wales (who was just then of age) a separv establishment, with 2.50,000 a year, and 7,60.000 as an outfit. 1787.—The Prince’s debts having been for some time the subject of genera! con versation, the Opposition, whose friend he then was, began to talk in Parliament about tlie necessity of paying them. In couse quence, some negociation took place be tween the King and the Prince, the result of which was, first, a message from Ins Majesty to the Commons, Hating that he had made an advance of 7,10,000 a year from the Civil I.ist; and secondly, an estimate of liie Prince’* debts. Upon receiving the latter, the M< i me voted seven hundred and eighty thousand pounds to the Prince to discharge Ins incumbrances. 1795.—The Prince being married, the King sent a message-to the Commons, re commending a suitable provision, and an nouncing the great embai rassments of his U n a Highness. An act then passed settling on the P.irn e and Princess 7,135,000 a year, together with the rents of the Duchy of Cornwah, estimated at 7.13,000. But out of this income J. 73,000 were appropriated to the discharge of debts, under the direction of Commissioners. 1803 —1 ue Prince again in trouble. Mes sage from the Crown to say so. Vote of an annual turn of i. 60,000 lor three years and a hall ; in other words 7.310,000 principal monev. 1313.—The Prince becoming Regent, 7.100,000 were voted him t > defray tiie charges of the change , and 7.70,000 a year were granted for the additional expenses of the royal households, of which ministers stated that 7,10.000 a year would he for the regent personally, and 2,10,000 fur the Queen. 1831.—Per the coronation, say 2,150,000 — Making a total (without reckoning interest tkc.) of more than five millions, five hundred and fifteen thousand pounds, paid to that il lustrious personage since he came to the years of discretion .’ N 11. All the money paid bv the United St.tei of America to their Cliiel Magistrate, amounts m the saute period to about 7,140,- 000. The United States have at the same lime boen g ,vetoed with credit abroad and content at home. They sustained honorably a three year's war with t lie greatest naval power in the world, and their debt amounts to a mere nothing. I.oisi)ov r.xaMivm. Our readers may rely on the following.— A Clergyman of distinguished loyalty and orthodoxy, in the scramble that took place in Wejjtniiiiister-llall, after the King had dined, not contenting himself with any slight memorial of the feast, was diligently pocket ing, kiul secreting in his caounicles, some silver plates and spoons, and substantial ar ticles of plate, when being unfortunately ob served, lie was stript of his booty and kicked out in line style by a gallant Captain in the navy. [lbid. The Alderman was fond of writing, and accompanied every message and every pre sent with a bit of epistolary elegance. The following, in particular, accompanied the present of a hare to a Gentleman of Caius and Gonville College: “Sin—Have sent you a small present, who humbly hope, may prove worthy ac ceptance which is a hare, who is your hum ble servant.” Mrs. InclibaM has left behind her Me moirs of her Life, with anecdotes of the per sons connected with iter age and the times in which she lived. It extends to four or six volumes, and the extreme delicacy and timidity of her feeling alone prevented its appearing during her lifetime. Fanatics. —A letter from Copenhagen, of the 34:!i ult. says—“ The fanatic set at Kiar bye still continue their meetings. The bea dle of the parish surprised them one night j while they were assembled; on his asking i what they were doing so late, anj what was the object of their meetings, a fanatic ijidi ! vidual, who presided, replied, ‘ We are tie* . bating on the fu'ure bliss of the soul!’ The beadle gave this fanatic a travelling pass, and tn.d Itun to keep out of the parish. A self made pro .net hud even published a pamphlet under the title of,'On Eternal Lite ’! The following passage occurs in it • —ls mail had not sinned, they would not have died. Adain might be now travelling about the world, and say to his family, ‘ See ! I am now 5000 years old, and, have neither ‘ wrinkles nor grey hairs; neither am I crook ed, but am still as active as on the day of ’the Creation. '* CoxsTix rixori-r, August 13. The plague has broken out at Smyrna ; the infection was brought by sumo pilgrims who have arrived there in a Russian vessel ; from EgypN At the Coronation of George 111, two La i dies posted from Nottinghamshire, to wit i ness the ceremony ; and, having procured tickets and dresses, w hen on their way to the Hail, the rush of the crowd terrified i them so much, that they took .belter in a Green Grocer’s cellar. The owner, at i traded by a popular movement, without I knowing of the inmates, shut the cellar lid | —and the ladies were left for 16 hours, u l moiig carrots and cabbages, and saw noth ling of the ceremony. | ‘it is important to merchants to know that - there is a law in Hamburg, that the wife’s j property has a ffa i •.'.a upon the whole es- I ate of her deer >eo linsba.id, in c*7cs ot . iv' vt i y, for tae h; 4 tj live years of her marriage. The bankrupt, in a case whioh has just occurred of the failure of a com mercial house, was married only tour years and three quarters. It is therefore exp> - diem, in estimating a man’s property by what he had with his wile, to ascertain how long he has been married. The United States. The following article will be read with sin cere pleasure by every true friend to the glory and honor of our country. It ptoves that there are British subjects willing to do our Government ample justice, and to defend us against the malevolence irf the reviewers. From the Edinburgh Scotchman. America —additional testimonies to the happy effects of its Political Institutions. But m fact how singular, and tor the well be ng of man how glorious the change which has turned these vast haunts of panthers, wolves, and savages into the abodes of indus v, and the sure asylum of the oppressed I YViiat a ii ble edifice has there been raised for hunted liberty to dwelt insecurity! It is impossible to tread the soil of America and not to bless it j impossible to consider her growing wealth and strength without le j being.” Views of Society and *1 tanners in America , in a Series of Letters, by an English woman. 1831. We feel it a relief to turn our eyes from convulsed Europe, tire scene of solemn hy pocri-y and triumphant viii.any, to the cheer- ! i .ig aspect of the United 'stales, enjoy ing, un der their pure and benign institutions, an untroubled calm, like that of the heavenly bodies, and rivalling these bodies in the se renity and constancy of their course, and, we hope, in the stability of their existence. Feeling as we do, that the whole human race lias a deep interest in the prosperity of , that country, we are always eager to re- i ceive the statements of impartial travellers | with regard to its condition i and we glad- j !y embrace the opportunity which the book • we have quoted offers, to lay before our I readers —not any new statistical facts, hut the testimony of an intelligent eyewitness to its growing prosperity, and to &e happy effects of its political institutions. It is justly observed, by this enlightened ! and eloquent writer, that the English pen- | pie have been as ill represented in Amertc!) as at home. Few British travellers who have visited that continent have been qualified either to do justice to the country they pro fessed to describe, or credit to that which sent them forth. I'he b*st of them, in their best efforts to be liberal, have seldom been able to shake off entirely the “ beggar cle- | ntenls” of the old world. Hence the strange i misrepresentations which prevail among us, 1 and unsettle men’s opinions on a subject j neither obscure nor difficult. In a prospering | country,with 10 millions of inhabitants some j see nothing but forests, bears, and rattle- j snakes: in the intelligent and virtuous Inis battdmen of the Republic, they see n 'thing but ; drunken boors: in her free press, nothing but i negro advertisements—in her Congress, no- i thing but demagogues—and in her mild and | equitable Government, nothing but weakness j and anarchy. Considering the mischievous es- i feet of bad institutions in vitiating men’s moral j perceptions, such distorted views are not j surprising. Fifty years ago, had any indivi dual affirmed, that such a Government as that of the United States could exist, he would have been denounced as an enthusiast. Thai Id millions of men couid govern themselves by a system of universal suffrage, and live • in the most perfect order and security, en joying a liberty of speech, thought and ac tion never equalled, without standing ar mies —without a hierarchy of priests—with out a shackled press; without state prosecu tions ; without idle pageants ; (most strange of al ) almost without taxes—in short, with out force applied to their persons, or frauds practised on their understandings, is a con clusion most devoutly to be deprecated by those who hold mankind in thraldom, and only slowly believed by the liberal minded, even after it had received a practical de monstration. Generations yet unborn will bless and honour the men who confided in the virtue of their species, in defiance of power and ridicule, and made the hold ex periinent, the issue of which has raised the destiny of the human race. The Washing tons, the Franklins, the Jeffersons, who framed those noble institutions, will be for ever canonised in the hearts of the enlight ened and generous, as the greatest bene factors of mankind. Their courage and wisdom have realized a state of society sur passing all that ancient sages hail imagined in the dreams of llieir benevolence. While their glorious work exists, were it even in the remotest corner of the globe, there is a hope of emancipation for the most benight ed nations. But in its present stale tve sec bitt the feeble beginning's of that infiuenci which, in the fulness of its strength, it is destined to exert over die fate of the world. It is deducible from undisputed data, that in the short space of one century, the United States will contain a hundred millions of in habitants. Such a population, speaking one language, living under one Government, and enjoying' the benefit of institutions calcula ted above all others to ilevelope the ener gies of mail, will be a phenomenon of which the past history of mankind can scarcely ena ble us to form a conception. The American Government will then beat the head ot an amount of ihorat and physical force which has never been equalled, and must be irre sistible. If tyranny shall then exist in any corner of Europe, it must be by the suffer ance of America. A Governments!! constructed is the great est achievement of philosophy xince philoso phy had her birth. And it is surprising, that an object possessing such unrivalled mural grandeur, lias so seldom awakened corresponding sentiments in the minds ot those who have contemplated or described it. Something must be allowed fu» the ef fect of those modes of thinking wliich have grown up amidst the usages of the old wotid ; which teach us to confound gran deur with pageantry, and simplicity with meanness. Notwithstanding our prelen , sinus to refinement, it is undeniable that in ■ all public matters we exhibit the grotesque i and piebald taste of an Indian. The Soutb i sea isiar? ier, who tatoos his iace with ochre, i and runs a fish’s bone through Ins nose, is j nut more ijocutous, In the eye of reason, i than the European I’rince or courtier, who I covers himself with gliding and trumpery gewgaws, which a man of sense would be I ashamed to have in ilis house, and then t-x --; hibits himself like a harlequin to the adrni- J ration of children, and the derision of men 1 of souse. The taste w hich dictates this bar , barons buffoonery is of tiie same stock with ' that « hicli prefers a gilded block of wood to „ Greci.r. statue. And the man who idem iS oaltry exhibitions, is as una 2- t h' American system, as . savage is to feet ,he beauty of the Beividere Apollo. Every vulgar-minded Greek could admire the O- Ivmpic chariot of Dionysius but - was only a small and chosen c.rcle who could feel th* „ sublimity of the death of Socrates. The vo lume before us shows that in the philosophy which results (Com exultation of sentiment* women often get the start of men. The mo ral sublime of the American democracy was never so deeply f« h»ndso eloquently de scribed, as in these V Letters ol an English woman ” The generous fe flings of her se save her the trouble of laborious specula* tions. Nor has her enthusiasm been noui ished in ignorance of its object. She ha* witnessed its all-pervading and beneficial in fluence, and her admiration of the American Government is but an expansion of those sentiments of benevolence and love of jus tice which flourish in every mind where cultivation “is united with true sensibility. It is impossible to despair of a country' where such minds are strewed through the circle* of private life. Transactions at Pensacola. We copied from the Floridian, the other day 4 (savs the National intelligencer of the 25it» ult'y a statement of the circumstances attend ing the temporary imprisonment ot CaLLAVa, late Governor of Pensacola; In an account of that transaction, published in the Louisia na Advertiser, we find the following aridi | tional particulars, which are wholly unnoti ced in the statement copied from the Fieri dian : Extract from a letter published in the Louisiana Advertiser, dated at J J ensacola, August 22. But in the mean time, Judge Fromentin has thought proper to issue a Habeas Corpus for the prisoners, which th* keeper of the prison not deeming himself I justified in obeying, sent to Governor Jack j son—and Governor Jackson considering an i attempt to extend relief of this nature to i prisoners committed in open Court, (and ! that the highest Court in these Provinces) for contempt of Court, ah outrage upon its I dignity, and a misdemeanor, has cited Judge | Fromentin to appear before him this alter* j noon, to answer to this charge. lam now ) going to attend this trial, and should the afi : fair be brought to a conclusion before the I schooner sails, will give you the result in the conclusion of this letter. “On going to the Court Room, 1 learnt that Judge Fromentin had pledged inability to attend agreeably to the Governor’s sum mons, on account of a rliemmt ism, which confines him for the moment to his couch. A further time lias, of course, been indulged ito him. Callava and his dependents have : been discharged from custody , and the busi ‘ ness is thus closed.” We yesterday paid a visit to the Board of | Commissioners for determining Claims un- I der the Spanish Treaty. They are hand ! samely accommodated in apartments pre pared for them in the Building lately tem | porariily occupied by Congress. Most of i tiie gentlemen of the bar from a distance | have returned librne, the arguments on the I contested points being appointed to take i place at a iutore sitting of ihe Court. Be i aides these gentlemen, there are others who ; are extensively engaged ns agents for claim \ ants- Among these, we observed yester day, Gen. John Mason, Mr. Oaldwell; and Mr. John Law, acting in that capacity. The Court, as it may be truly called, hav ing so many important points of liw, as well as inCI, to decide, lias been engaged, since the 10th iust. in the examination of Memo lials, with a view to the reception of them lor examination—the reception of them be ing, in effect, as we understand it, a deci sion favorable to the principle ol the claim, and leaving tile evidence in support of it for further examination. It can hardly be con ceived how many and how difficult question* present themselves ut the threshold of tin* investigation. The most duffieult, and per haps the most important as to their effect oil the claims, are those which grow cut of in surance. We heard enough yesterday, in a few minutes, to convince us that very many claims will he preferred w hich must inevita bly be rejected, indeed many have been al ready rcjeelcd on the first blush. The B .ard will rise this week, it it ex pecled, after examining all Memorials pre sented previous to the 10th inst. They will tlifen adjourn for a time to give further oppor tunity to the Claimants to come in. After the termination of the present Session, we will endfsavor'to give something like a dis tinct nek unt of the prooeediugs which have occurred, and are now taking place. [.Yatzanal Int. Sept. 25. GEORGIA, Richmond county. By Is aac llbrbikiClerk of the Court of Ordinary of Richmond County. V\7TiEREAS Giieen B. Mar shall ami Benjamin rkn, hava applied for letter* of Ad* ministration on the estate and effects nf Lindsay Coleman, late of said County, deceased. Now therefore, these are to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said de ceased, to file their objections in my cilice (if any they have) within the time prescribed by law, otherwise, letters of AdntiDislraliou will be granted to them. Given under nty hand and seal nf office, iu the City of Augusta, this Uth day of October. 1821. Isaac Herbert, Cl'k. of the Court of Ordinary. \ G EORGIA, Burke county. i ’Jk j&T’HKREAS Wiliian. Greenway | VV and Nancy Dillard, apply j for letters of administration, on the | estate of Philip Dillard, late of j Burke cotinly, deceased. These are therefore to oile and ad • monish ail and singular the kittdred 1 and creditors of said deceased, to i file their objections in my office ! (if any they have) within the lime prescribed by law, otherwise letters . ' of administration will be granted to . f them. Given tinder mv baud and sen! at office, in Waynesborough, this Ist October, 1821. SaiLuel tiarlick, Cl'k.