tween decks, at what they consider, often erroneously, to be the broadest part. The space between the lining and outer plank of the vessel is included, and if the measure cannot be introduced there, an allowance is made for it. The 2nd Article of the Commer. cial Agreement, details the rules required to be observed upon the first arrival of a vessel in Siam, Every Government has, of course, a right to define the terms upon which it will admit vessels into its ports, and particularly as far as its capital. The Siamese Government is extremely anxious to prevent any vessel crossing the bar, until full information be received at the capital of her size character and object, and few matters can give so much discontent and dissatisfaction to the Siamese officers, as a vessel crossing the bar at once, and reporting her own arrival at Paknam. The navigation over the bar is not very difficult, and the Commander of the American Ship, Liverpool Packet, found a Chinese fisherman to engage to pilot his vessel over it. This man was, immediately after, seized, and he has not been since heard of. It is therefore particularly recommended to Commanders of English vessels, who do not desire to be subjected to inconvenience or difficulty, in their future commercial transactions at Bangkok to conform as strictly as possible, in the first instance, to the Port Regulation, set down in this Commercial Agreement, which are no more than what have always been in force. The 3rd Article of the Commercial Agreement enforces the regulation, by which a vessel is obliged to land her guns at the mouth of the River; a regulation which must have been introduced at the time the French Detachments were driven out of Siam. M. Chanmont mentions having been saluted by the guns of English and Dutch vessels lying above Bang kok, and of vessels at anchor off the old city of Yothia, having fired salutes in celebration of the coronation of the Kings of England and Portugal. LaLoubere makes no mention of this regulation. The vessel in which Koempfer went to Siam, does not appear to have entered the River. But Captain Hamilton, who visited Siam in 1719, mentions his having been obliged to land and deposite bis guns of Bangkok, before his vessel proceeded to the old capitalYothia. This custom is exacted by the Siamese, not only as a measure of precaution and safety, but as a Commander security against a leaving the port with any of the inhabitants of Siam, or without discharing the whole of his port charges and duties. It was tried, without success, to have the regulation limited to the delivery at Paknam, of all Powder on board Any urgent of British vessels. attempts to have the guns left on board would have served only to augment the suspicion and fears of the Siamese. One of the greatest difficulties experienced at Bangkok, is the tedious and procrastinating manner in which the Siamese conduct business. They have no idea what. ever of the value of time and in no part of the world are the delays of office more vexatious. This point was urgently pressed on the notice of the Siamese Ministers, and a part of the 5th Article of the Commercial agreement will, it is hoped, serve to remind the P'hra K'hlang of the inconvenience of keeping a Commander of a British vessel waiting two or three days for his Port Clearance. The 6th and last Article of the Commercial Agreement gave the Mission we are informed, a great deal of trouble. The Siamese Ministers, at first, proposed to render all British subjects, without exception, liable to capital punishment and whipping, for the commission of any offences with respect to which the Laws of Siam have prescribed such punishments. The Mission pointed out, that British subjects are entirely ignorant of the Law of Siam, and possess no means of acquiring a knowledge of them that it would be much better to express in this Article for what offences they should suffer death and that it was not our custom to whip the Commanders of ships, their Officers or Merchants, but to punish them by levying a pecuniary fine upon them. The Ministers after some argument, agreed to render this Article more precise as to some of the penalties to which British subjects should be liable; but they then declared, that it did not provide for one offence, which, in the eyes of a Siamese, is of much greater magnitude than even murder-speaking disrespectfully of his Majesty the King of Siam a crime which is invariably punished with death. The Mission observed, that it did not possess the power of engaging, that British subjects should be liable to capital punishment for such an offence, and that it was improper to suppose, for a moment that any person could speak disrespectfully of so great and enlightened a prince as the present monarch of Siam. After much discussion, this difficulty was overcome, and it was finally settled, that the Right Honorable the Governor General should particularly caution British subjects visiting Siam, not to show disrespect, in any manner, to the officers of Siam. It appears, that British subjects, who have hitherto visited Bangkok, have found it extremely difficult to restrain the expression of their opinions, respecting the conduct and character of the officers and people of Siam. Yet moderation and forbearance, on the part of a British trader, desirous of making a profitable adventure to Bangkok are indispensable for the Siamese officers are vexed and hurt by contemptuous and intem perate language, in the same proportion as their conduct is ever provoking it. We beg to refer here, to the account given by Captain Hamilton. of his narrow escape from forfeiture of life, and of the whole of his vessel and property, upon a charge of having only said "that the King of Siam had been imposed upon ;" an expres sion, which was declared to be high treason-Govt, Gaz, March 15, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, SEPT. 19, 1826. The Ship Marquis of Hastings.the ship was discovered to be on On the 8th Sept, about 2 o'clock, fire in the stores room. It was soon observed to the Captain, that it extinguished, when Mr. Martin was a very strange circumstance. The Captain answered, so it was, The fire must have been put into the scuttle, by some person maliciously inclined. The Captain then struck his forehead and returned to the after cabin. He afterwards went and walked the main-deck about two minutes, and then retired to his state-room. On the following morning, at 8 o'clock the cabin boy went in and found the Captain was absent. Mr. Martin then went to the Captain's cabin, and found a paper on his desk, as follows:- 66 a bad crew and bad first officer, have been the destruction of W. Ostler." She has put into this Port by desire of the crew, and the want of refreshments. The fore and spring stays were found burnt, apparently by vitriol, and supposed by the Captain, as a leather bag, which he got made on shore, was found in the store-room with rosin and burnt paper. At the Cape of Good Hope, on the 31st October, 1826, the Lady of Captain H W Wake, of the Bengal Army, of a Daughter. At Chowringhee, on the 14th January, the Lady of James Pattle, Esq of a Daughter. At the Free School, Calcutta, on the 14th January, Mrs P Sutherland, of of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 28th January, the Lady of G E Hudson, Esq Attorney at Law, of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 27th January, Mrs H A Elliott, of a Daughter. At Malda, on the 23d January, the Lady of J W Grant, Esq of a Son. At Neemuch, on the 11th January, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Kennedy, of the 5th Light Cavalry, of a Daughter. At Burrisaul, on the 18th January, the Lady of Major W Dunlop, 5-nd Regt N I of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 17th January, the Lady of G Gregory, Esq of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 19th January, the Lady of A Agabeg, Esq of a Son. At Goaljung, near Berhampore, on the 2d February, the Lady of Robert Morrell, Esq of a Son. At Balligunge, on the 2d February, the Lady of Charles Paton, Esq of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 3d February, the Lady of R M Ronald, Esq Attorney at Law, of a Son. At Howrah, on the 30th January, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Fenwick, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 11th February, Mrs W W Beck, of a Son. At Benares, on the 23d January, Mrs. William Rawstorne, of a Daughter. At Berhampore, on the 23d January, the Wife of Apothecary Jenkins, His Majesty's 59th Regiment, of twin sons. At Calcutta, on the 7th February, the Lady of James Armstrong, Esq of the Civil Service, of a Son. At Goruckpore, on the 13th January, the Lady of Charles Redge, Esq of a Daughter. At Neemuch, on the 26th January, the Lady of Lieut. and Adjutant Alexander, of the 5th Light Cavalry, of a Son At Calcutta, on the 6th February, Mrs J H Lewis, of a Son. At Haupper, near Meerut, on the 10th January, the Lady of Lieutenant Colonel Cassidy, His Majesty's 31st Regiment, of a on. At Calcutta, on the 30th January, Mrs J Cornelius, of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 22d January, Mrs M Gasper, of a Daughter. At Cossitollah. on the 25th January, Mrs F C A Rigordy, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 27th January, Mrs. F Rodrigues, Senior, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 11th February, the Lady of W Anley, Esq of a Son. At Serampore, on the 10th February, the Wife of Mr John Rodrigues, of a Daughter. At Ellichpore, on the 27th January, the Lady of Captain R Ridout, Commanding the 5th Regiment Nizam's Cavalry, of a Daughter. At Entally, on the 2d January, Mrs PS Horn, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 31st January, Mrs T Brown, of a Son and Heir. At Dum-Dum, on the 4th January, the Lady of Lieut Wm John Macvitie, of the Bengal Artillery, of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 5th January, the Lady of Lazar Agabeg, Esq of a Son. At Sealdah, on the 8th January, the Lady of Mr Wm Duhan, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 3d January, the Wife of Mr John Pennitz, of a Son and Heir. At Calcutta, on the 13th February, the Lady of John Vandenberg, Esq of a Son. At Barrielly, on the 24th January, the Lady of Dr A Ross, 37th Regiment, of a Son. At Lucknow, on the 3d February, the Lady of Lieutenant and Adjutant Wylde, of the 14th Regt N I of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 8th January, the Lady of Mr W K Ord, of a Daughter. the Lady of Captain James Rowson, At Calcutta, on the 14th January, Country Service, of a Daughter. At Benares, on the 10th January, the Lady of Lieut G H Cox, 62d Regiment N I of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 19th January, Mrs A Fleming, of a Daughter. At Dinapore, on the 3d January, the Lady of Nathaniel John Halhed, Esq second Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit for the Division of Moorshedabad, of a Daughter. At Dum-Dum, on the 19th January, the Lady of Lieut Lane, Artillery, of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 20th January, the Lady of Captain Crisp, Madras Establishment, of a Daughter. At Shahpore Indigo Factory, Zillah Tirhoot, on the 9th January, Mrs P S Johnson, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 18th January, Mrs S Dyson, of a Son. At Bishop's College, on the 25th February, the Lady of the Rev Professor Craven, of a Son, At Madras, on the 8th Feb Mrs Virgini Lamoury, of a Son. At Parell, on the 3d Feb Mrs MacLeod, of a Son. At Bombay, on the 29th Jan Mrs TI Philipps, of a Son. At Baroda, on the 3d Feb the Lady ofaptain Roe, Assistant Quarter Master General, of a Daughter, At Bombay, on the 7th Feb the Lady of John Vender burn, Esq of the Civil Service, of a Daughter. At Bancote, the Lady of the Reverend James Mitchell, of a Son. On the 3d February, Mrs Edmund Johnson, of a Son. At Almorah, on the 11th February, the Lady of Lieut J W Ingram, 19th Regiment Native Infantry, of a Son. At Meerut, on the 17th February, the Lady of William Fleming Dick, Esq of the H CCS of a Daughter. At Chinsurah, on the 6th March, Mrs George Stone, of a Daughter. At Arcot, on the 9th February, the Lady of A N Magrath, Esq of a Son. At Madras, on the 19th February, at the Honourable the Governor's Body Guard, Mrs Margareth Beck, of a Daughter. At Madras, on the 17th February, Mrs PA Vanderputt, of a Daughter. At Bhewndy, on the 4th February, the Lady of Major Roome, of a Daughter At Colaba, on the 14th February, the Lady of Lieutenant J H Bell, Assist Auditor General, of a Danghter. At Calcutta, on the 9th March, Mrs JJ L Hoff, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 10th March, Mrs C Lefever, of a Son. At Calcutta, on the 12th March, the Wife of Mr M Cockburn, of a Son. At Allipore, on the 11th March, the Wife of Mr G Heard, Assistant Riding Master of the Riding Establishment, Dum-Dum, of a Daughter. At Serampore, on the 9th March, Mrs John Emmer, of a Daughter. At Sandoway in Arracan, on the 20th February, the Lady of Frederick Cor byn, Esq of the Bengal Medical Service, of a Son, At Barreilly, on the 23d February, the Lady of CD Russell, Esq of a Daughter. the Lady of Lieutenant FJ Bellew, At Moradabad, on the 24th February, Sub-Assistant Commissary General, of a Daughter. Lady of Captain Debnom, H M 13th At Dinapore, on the 4th March, the Light Infantry, of a Daughter. On the Mount Road, Madras, on the 18th February, Mrs Timmins, of a Daughter At Madras, on the 19th Februury, Mrs G Wilson, of a Daughter. At Madras, on the 14th February, the Lady of the Revd Alexander Webster, of a Son At Vellor, on the 14th February, the Lady of Josiah Nisbet, Esq Civil Service, of a Daughter. At Madras, on the 27th February, the Lady of James Webster, Esq of a Son. of a Son. At Kamptee, on the 16th February, the Lady of Captain Keating, 4 st Regt N 1 of a Daughter. the Lady of Lieut James Keer, of the At Kamptee, on the 19th February, 2d European Regiment, of a Son. At Madras, on the 27th February, the Lady of James Webster, Esq of a Son At Bombay, on the 22d of February, Mrs Hathway, of a Daughter. At Calcutta, on the 30th March, the Lady of Major J Hunter, of the 55th Regiment Native Infantry of a Daughter. At Tannah, o the 4th March, the Lady of James Bruce Simson, Esq of a Son. At his house at Byculla, Bombay on the 5th March, the Lady of Captain George Jervis, Engineers, of a Son. At Madras, on the 15th March, the Lady of Lieutenant Colonel H GA Taylor, of a Son. At Madras, on the 15th March, the Lady of Capt CF Smith, 12th Regiment N I of a Daughter. At Rutnaghiree, on the 3d March, the Lady of Capt Dunbabin, of the 22d Regt Native Infantry, of a Son. At St Thomas's Mount, (Madras,) on the 7th March, the Lady of William Mackenzie, Esq M D Cantonment Surgeon, of a son. At Masulipatam, on the 9th March, the Lady of Capt Craster, 30th Regt of a Daughter. At Cochin, on the 26th March, the Lady of Captain Haleman, 5th Regi ment N I of a Son. At Masulipatam, on the 28th March, the Wife of Laboratory Serjeant Thomas Broadbear, of a Daughter. At Poona, on the 9th March, the Lady of C D Straker, Esq M D' of a Daughter. On board the Francis Warden, on the 16th March, the Lady of Captain David Wilson, of a Daughter. MARRIAGES. At Chittagong, on the 2d January, Capt Barnaby Samuel Vaz, Commander of the Brig F Millet, to Thereza, relict of the late Captain TA D'Coil. At Calcutta, on the 27th Jauuary, Mr George Augustus Popham, to Miss Louisa Lemonsin. At Calcutta, on the 23d January, Mr William Knox Douglas, to Mary Ann Burns. At Calcutta, on the 27th January, Mr Thomas Spencer Colliard, to Mr Elizabeth Frances Everson. At Allahabad. on the 16th January, Serjeant Alexander McMillan, to Miss Mary McLeod. At Calcutta, on the 1st February, Mr William Duff, to Miss Sarah Frances Bason. At Dum-Dum, on the 23d January, Mr W Webster, to Mrs Sarah Bobbitt, At Bankipore, on the 1st January, Mr Thomas Medley, to Miss Peggy Palmer. At Calcutta, on the 9th February, William Fox, Esq to Mary eldest Daughter of T B Scott, Esq. At Calcutta, on the 8th January, Mr Augustin Guériniere, to Mademoiselle Esther Euphrosine Degage, of Calcutta. At Calcutta, on the 12th February, Mr Henry Osborn, Jun or, Surveyor, to Miss Mary Ann Hannah. At Allipore, on the 12th February, Mr Apothecary William Hannah, to Miss Mary Ann McAuliff. At Calcutta, on the 3d January. Mr John Cornelius Hoff, to Miss Maria Eugenia Rodrigues. At Calcutta, on the 15th February, AJ Moffat Mills, Esq of the Civil Service, to Miss Catherine Maria Martin. At Nusseerabad, on the 1st February, Lieutenant F Wheler, to Caroline, youngest Daughter of the Reverend W Palmer. At Calcutta, on the 15th January, D Pringle, Esq of the Bengal Civil Service, to Frances, youngest Daughter of the late A Tod, Esq of Edinburgh. At Calcutta, on the 16th January, Mr James Tash, to Miss Eliza Hodg skinson. At the Cathedral, on the 15th Jan Capt Ferris Charles Robb, to Eliza, Widow of the late Lieutenant Suter, H M's 1st, or Royal Scots Regiment. At Calcutta, on the 17th January, Mr Thomas Wilson, of Entally, to Mrs Ann Clark. At Secunderabad, on the 30th January, Lieutenant Archibald Douglas, to Maria Norman, youngest Daughter of the late George Maidman, Esq. At Trichinopoly, on the 1st Feb Quarter Master Serjeant J C Cassidy, to Miss A Clemons. At Poona, on the 28th January, Lieut Chas Hunter, of the 16th Regt NI to Anne Elizabeth, third Daughter of Thomas Morris, Esq. At Bombay, on the 5th Feb Mr Marriano O E' de Silva, to Miss Maria Thereza das Chaves. At Bombay, on the 5th Feb Mr Antonio de Faria, to Miss Catharina de Silva. At Moidapore, on the 1st March, CM Caldecott, Esq Civil Service, to Margaret, Daughter of T Smith, Esq Civil Surgeon, Moorshedabad. At Purnea, on the 24th Feb M Wm Botellho, to Miss Caroline Er nest. At Bombay, on the 12th February, Mr Manoel Arquinho, Junior, to Miss Aurella de O'Liveiro. At Bombay, on the 12th February, Mr John de Cruz, to Miss Maria Soares d'Abreu. At Calcutta, on the 15th March, Francis Harris, Esq to Helen, second Daughter of Peter Andrew, Esq Magistrate of Calcutta. At Calcutta, on the 12th March, Mr AC Forshaw, Master in the Honourable Company's Marine, to Mrs Ann Hodges. |