Extract of a Letter from Mr. Mackerrow, Surgeon of the Congo. -" Of the eighteen who died in the river, fourteen had been on shore, marching for some time, and were far advanced before reaching the ship. "Professor Smith, who saw many of them when taken ill, gave to some a dose of calomel, but to others nothing had been administered. "The fever appeared in some degree contagious, as all the attendants upon the sick were attacked, and before we left the river it pervaded nearly the whole crew, also some of the transports: but as for myself, although constantly among them, I did not feel the slightest indisposition until we left the coast, when I was attacked; however, I considered mental anxiety and disturbed rest as the sole causes. "Captain Tuckey had been afflicted many years with chronic hepatitis; and on returning from travelling, five weeks on shore, he was so excessively reduced, that all attempts to restore the energy of his system proved ineffectual. "Mr. Tudor was in the last stage of fever before I saw him, as were Messrs. Cranch and Galwey. "Professor Smith died in two days after he came under my care, during which time he refused every thing, whether as nutriment or medicine. "Lieut. Hawkey was taken ill after leaving the river, and died on the fourth day; his case was rather singular; symptoms were irritability of stomach, with extreme languor and debility, but he had neither pain nor fever. "Mr. Eyre had a violent fever, and on the third day breathed his last: before death a yellow suffusion had taken place, with vomiting of matter like coffee ground.” By official documents received from Ceylon, it appears that the planters of that island, Dutch and others, have adopted, at the suggestion of the Chief Justice, Sir Alex. Johnston, some judicious regulations for the gradual abolition of slavery. All children born of slaves after the 12th of August last are to be considered free, but to remain in their master's house, and serve him for their board, lodging, and clothing, the males till the age of 14, and the females till that of 12, after which they are to be wholly emancipated. During the greatest part of this month, the magistracy and police of the metropolis were principally occupied with examinations respecting the persons concerned in the late riots, several of whom were committed to custody. The public interest was particularly drawn to those persons who had harangued the populace from the waggon, of whom the elder Watson was apprchended at Highgate after attempting to stab with a dirk the men who took him. His son absconded; and the papers were long filled with reports from every quarter of the island, and even from the continent, of his supposed discovery, and with accounts of the examination of persons brought up on a mistaken supposition of their being the ob ject sought for. The uncommon anxiety for his apprehension was occasioned by the strong suspicion of his being the assassin of Mr. Platt. No tidings were obtained of him to the close of the year. BIRTHS. The wife of Major-gen. Beatson, a daughter. The wife of T. Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq. M. P. a son and heir. The wife of Major-gen. Carey, a daughter. Lady Edmonstone, a son. Rt. Hon. Lady Edward O'Brien, a daughter. Hon. Mrs. Henry Butler, a son and heir. Lady Burgersh, a son. March. The wife of the Hon. Thomas Orde Powlett, a son and heir. Lady Georg. Quin, a daughter. The wife of Albany Saville, esq. M. P. a son and heir. The Duchess of Orleans, a daughter. Lady Eliz. Smith, a son. The lady of Sir G. Anson, M. P. a daughter. Lady Brooke, a son. The wife of John Smith, Esq. M. P. a son. The lady of Adm. Wilson, a daughter. The lady of Sir Charles De Vaux, Bart. a daughter. The wife of H. Willoughby, M. P. a daughter. The Hon. Mrs. Bland, a daugh ter. The lady of Sir Thomas Tancred, a son. The lady of Sir James Anderson, a daughter. The Hon. Mrs. St. Ledger, a HOUSE April. OXFORD LIBRARY Lady Blantyre, a daughter The wife of Rear-adm. Patterson, a son. Lady Petre, a daughter. Lady Fitzroy Somerset, a son. Lady Katherine Halkett, a son. The wife of S. R. Lushington, Esq. M. P. a daughter. The wife of J. Round, esq. M. P. a son. The wife of R. Rickards, esq. M. P. a daughter. The lady of Major-gen. Sir H. Torrens, a son. The lady of Sir W. Geary, bart. M. P. a son. Lady Theod. Hale, a daughter. The wife of the Hon. Mr. Legge, a daughter. The wife of the Hon. Captain Pellew, M. P. a daughter. Hon. Mrs. Mason, a daughter. Lady Eliz. Hope Vere, twin daughters. The wife of the Hon. A. Hely Hutchinson, a son. The lady of Alex. Don, M. P. a. son. Lady Charlotte Crofton, a daughter. The Marchioness of Ely, a son. The lady of Earl Compton, a son and heir, The lady of Sir E. Knatchbull, a daughter. The lady of Sir John Louis, a daughter. The lady of Sir J. C. Honeywood, a son. The wife of Major-gen. Hawker, a son. Lady Fran. Riddel, a daughter. June. Hon. Mrs. Bedford, a daughter. The wife of H. Goulburn, esq. M. P. a son. Lady Emily James, a son. The lady of Gen. Sir Lowry Cole, a daughter. Hon. Mrs. Butler, a son. Hon. Mrs. Winn, a son. The Countess Cowper, a son. The Lady of Sir Fred. Baker, a son and heir. Hon. Mrs. Harbord, a daughter. Countess of Bristol, a son. Hon. Lady Forbes, a daughter. Hon. Lady Mary Long, a son and heir. The lady of Sir J. H. Thorold, bart. a son and heir. The lady of Adm. Sir J. Beresford, bart. a daughter. Rt. Hon. Lady Caroline Wood, a son. Lady Knightly, a daughter. The lady of Sir E. O'Brien, bart, a son and heir. May. The lady of Sir Alex. Mackenzie, a daughter. The lady of Sir W Pole, a son. Hon. Mrs. Pell, a daughter. Right Hon. Lady Georgiana Charl. Finch Hatton, a daughter. Rt. Hon. Lady Wm. Somerset, a son. The The wife of Major-gen. Bosville, a daughter. Lady French, a daughter. Countess of Hopetoun, a son. Hon. Mrs. Dundas, a daughter. The Duchess of Roxburgh, a son. The lady of Sir J. Smythe, bart. a daughter. July. Marchioness of Downshire, a son. The lady of Rear-adm. Otway, a son. The lady of Sir Hen. Vavasour, a daughter. The wife of Charles Barclay, esq. M. P. a daughter. Lady A. Trimleston, a daughter. Lady Frances Leg, a son. Lady H. Bagot, a daughter. The wife of Charles Hulse, esq. M. P. a son. Hon. Mrs. Fred. Noel, a son. Lady Hawkins, a son. The Lady of Sir Charles Chambers, bart. a son and heir. The wife of Wilbraham Egerton, esq. M. P. a son. The lady of Hon. Isaac Butler, The wife of R. W. Newman, esq. M. P. a daughter. Lady Kennedy, a son. September. The lady of Sir Henry Bridges, a son. Lady John Keane, a son. The Countess of Verulam, a son. The lady of Sir Godfrey Web. ster, bart. a son. The wife of Robert Wigram, esq. M. P. a daughter. Lady Cloncurry, a son. Lady Mary Trotter, a son and heir. The lady of Sir Alex. Hood, bart. a son and heir. The Countess of Abercorn, a son. The wife of J. Archer Houblon, esq. M. P. a son and heir. Lady Fergusson, a son. Viscountess Templetown, a son. Lady Helena Robinson, a son and heir. The lady of the Hon. Col. G. H. Harris, a son. Viscountess Granville, a son. The wife of W. R. Cartwright, esq. M. P. a daughter. Lady Sarah Robinson, a son. a son. The lady of Sir Amyr. Dancer, bart. a son. The lady of the Rt. Hon. the Knight of Kerry, M. P. a son. The lady of Sir H. Coote, a son. October. The Marchioness of Waterford, a son. Lady Lady Grantham, a daughter. The wife of G. R. Dawson, esq. M. P. a son and heir. The lady of Sir Willoughby Wolston Dixie, bart. a son and heir. The wife of Geo. Dashwood, esq. M. P. a son. Lady Nightingale, a son. The wife of Hon. Col. Onslow, a daughter. The wife of Col. Hughes, M. P. a daughter. The wife of T. Knox, esq. M. P. a son. Lady Montgomerie, a son. November. Right Hon. Lady Somerset, a daughter. The lady of Sir Oswald Moseley, bart. a daughter. The lady of Sir Alex. Croke, a son. Lady Lindsey, a son. The lady of Major-general Sir Charles Grant, a daughter. December. The lady of the Hon. Warwick Lake, a son. The Marchioness of Sligo, a daughter. The wife of Hon. Capt. Elliot, R. N. a daughter. Lady Lucy Stephenson, a son. The lady of Sir T. Ackland, bart. a daughter. The lady of Major-gen. Sir W. Anson, a son. The lady of Hon. Gerrard Vanneck, a daughter. The lady of Sir J. Langham, a daughter. The lady of Sir J. Gordon Sinclair, a daughter. The wife of Major-gen. Balfour, a son. MARRIAGES. January. H. M. Ogle, Esq. M. P. to Isabella, only daughter of the Rev. R. Fisher. James, only son of Sir C. Flower, bart. to Mary Jane, daughter of Sir W. Stirling, bart. M. P. Rev. Richard Watson, son of the Bishop of Llandaff, to Miss Knight. Walter Fawkes, esq. of Farnley Hall, to the Hon. Mrs. Butler. G. R. Dawson, esq. M. P. to the daughter of Sir Robert Peel, M. P. Fred. Stuart French, esq. to Hon. Helena Perceval, second daughter of Lord Arden. Capt. W. Glendoure, to Margaret lady Johnstone, relict of Sir Richard Bamfylde Johnstone, bart. Major-gen. Sir Wm. W. Sheridan, to Louisa Mary, daughter The Marchioness of Lothian, of J. Addison, esq. a son. Rev. J. C. Churchill, to Right The wife of Lieut. gen. Rey- Hon. lady Dorothea Wallop. nolds, a son. The Hereditary Prince of Wurtemburgh, |