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sailing boat in which were seve- 
ral friends, after having expressed 
his determination during the 
whole day that he would bathe. 
Mr. D. Campbell, his friend, and 
an eye-witness, stated the facts, 
that by the peculiar and eddying 
operation of the tide at the point 
where Mr. M. was drowned, the 
body while swimming was driven 
. directly across the river, and the 
boat, in, spite of every effort, in a 
directly contrary course! Mr. 
‘M. although a good swimmer and 
‘diver, was drowned within three 
minutes after he left the boat. 
The body was found opposite 
Woolwich on Thursday. Verdict 
— Accidentally drowned whilst bath- 
ing by the impetuosity of the tide. 
Amongst the crew of the Queen 
Charlotte, 110 guns, recently paid 
off, it is now discovered, was a 
female African, who had served 
as a seaman in the royal navy for 
upwards of eleven years, several 
of which she has been rated able 
on the books of the above ship 
by the name of William Brown, 
and has served for some time as 
the captain of the fore-top, highly 
to the satisfaction of the officers. 
She is a smart well formed-figure, 
about five feet four inches in 
height, possessed of considerable 
strength and great activity ; her 
features are rather handsome for 
a black, and she appears to be 
_ about 26 years of age. ‘Her share 
_of prize money is said to be con- 
siderable, respecting which she 
has been several times within the 
last few days at Somerset-place. 
In her manner she exhibits all 
the traits of a British tar, and 
takes her grog with her late mess~ 
mates with the greatest gaiety. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1815. 
She says she is a married woman, 
and went to sea in consequence 
of a quarrel with her husband, 
who, it is said, has entered a 
caveat against her receiving her 
prize money. She declares her 
Intention of again entering the 
service as a volunteer. 
2.—We congratulate our rea- 
ders on the arrival here of the 
Kingsmill, captain Cassels, be- 
longing to Messrs. Gladstone and 
Grant, being the first East India 
ship that has arrived since the 
participation of the out-ports in 
this branch of commerce. She 
has been absent about 15 months, 
and, we understand, has made a 
prosperous voyage. Her cargo 
consists of cotton, sugars, indigo, 
piece goods, and spices. We hail 
this as the auspicious commence- 
‘ment of a new and _ lucrative 
branch of trade, for which we are 
mainly indebted to the strenuous 
exertions which were made by 
Mr. Gladstone and the other gen- 
tlemen who were deputed from 
this town in conjunction with 
those from the rest of the out- 
ports.—Liverpool Paper. 
Quebec, Sept. 4.— Yesterday, in 
consequence of the great and glo- 
rious news from Europe, a salute 
was fired from the grand battery, 
and from his Majesty’s frigate La 
Traave. The frigate was in full 
dress. In the evening she was 
brilliantly illuminated, when she 
fired some of her guns and threw 
up a few rockets. There were 
also horse races in the day, and a 
ball at the Union hotel in the 
evening. ‘These latter had, how~ 
ever, been previously concerted. 
But the most awful and grand il- 
lumination of yesterday was a de~ 
