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jewels equal to 150,0001. sterling, 

 for his protection. In consequence 

 of the tumults which took place on 

 the downfal of that Chieftain, his 

 house was plundered by the popu- 

 lace, and his loss was estimated at 

 half a million. During a period of 

 scarcity, 8,000 of his countrymen 

 owed their support entirely to his 

 bounty. His immense wealth has, 

 since his death, been seized by the 

 Ottoman Porte, for its own use. 



OCTOBER. 



2. Vienna. — The day of the so 

 long wished-for Congress having 

 at last arrived, it was thought that 

 a solemn service would have taken 

 place in the church of St. Stephen ; 

 but no order to that effect has yet 

 been given, and nothing indicates 

 the precise day when the Congress 

 will open. 



It is impossible to convey an idea 

 of the bustle which prevails in and 

 about the palace. Multitudes are 

 collected to see the Sovereigns, who 

 are coming and going every mo- 

 ment ; the drums beat, the troops 

 are under arms ; the people, on 

 foot, on horseback, and in car- 

 riages, jostle each other in all direc- 

 tions. The Ministers hitherto most 

 conspicuous are, MM. Metter- 

 nich, Nesselrode, Hardenberg, and 

 Castlereagh. 



The imperial palace is at present 

 inhabited by two Emperors, two 

 Empresses, four Kings, and a 

 Queen ; two hereditary Princes, 

 the one imperial, the other royal; 

 two Grand Duchesses, and two 

 Princes. The whole of the build- 

 ing forms a rectangled parallelo- 

 gram : on one of the great sides is 

 the palace, properly so called, and 

 on the other o|)positc to it are the 

 buildings for the Council of State, 



&c. ; the Amelia and Swiss palaces 

 form the wings. The Emperor and 

 Empress of Russia inhabit the se- 

 cond story of the Amelia palace, 

 and the King of Wurtemberg the 

 first ; the King and Queen of Ba- 

 varia, with the Princes their sons, 

 and the Grand Duchess of Wey- 

 mar, oecupy the Counci I buildings ; 

 the King of Denmark inhabits that 

 part of the Swiss palace which looks 

 towards the bastions, and the King 

 of Prussia that which faces the 

 city ; the Hereditary Prince of 

 Prussia lodges with him ; the Em- 

 peror and Empress of Austria, with 

 the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 and the Hereditary Prince of Aus- 

 tria, occupy what is properly called 

 the Palace. The young Archdukes 

 and Archduchess are at Schoen- 

 brunn. 



3. A gentleman from the East 

 Indies, who lately arrived here, 

 presented a lady of this city with 

 a little African negro boy, about 

 nine or ten years of age, whom 

 be humanely preserved from being 

 destroyed by a slave merchant ; it 

 appears that among many slaves 

 which were offered for sale by the 

 captain of a slave-ship, this black 

 infant was one ; but not being able 

 to procure a purchaser, he took the 

 child up by the leg and arm to 

 throw him into the ocean, and 

 when in the very act, the above 

 gentleman interposed, and agreed 

 to give some consideration ; the 

 boy is very tractable, has a good 

 capacity, and a retentive memory. 

 — (Exeter Paper J. 



5. Yesterday afternoon, a most 

 atrocious murder was committed 

 on Elizabeth Dobbins, a poor 

 washerwoman residing at Millfield 

 Farm, Millfield - lane, Kentish- 

 town. 



About three o'clock, JamcbDob* 



