of Tennessee during its present session. Those presented to the legislature of Kentucky have not been counted, but from the fol lowing report, in which they are disposed of by the quantity, as jurymen are sworn, that state seems to contain at least as many discontented couples as her sister: -"Mr. Payne, from the committee of religion, reported that the petitions of John G. Meux, Alexander Van Hattan, Polly Nixon, John Hornback, and Peggy Wooldridge, for divorces, be rejected; and that the petition of Samuel Campbell, represent ing that his wife, soon after his marriage, was delivered of a mulatto child, is reasonable, in all of which the House concurred." -American paper.

24. The neighbourhood of Westminster-hall, Abingdon-street, and Millbank-street, were thrown into the greatest alarm by the unusually high rising of the spring tide, aided by the floods occa sioned by the late heavy rains. By three o'clock, the wharfs, &c. behind these streets, and fronting the river, were completely overflowed, and there was the greatest difficulty, in many instances, in getting the different cattle out of the stables. The timber, straw, &c. began to float, and the wharfs thus became scenes of confusion. By four o'clock, the currents from the Thames began to make their way into the main streets, and Millbank-street in particular, as well as Vine-street, the Horseferry-road, and other outlets from it, were soon overflowed, so as to become impassable, except to horses, carriages, carts, &c. Many of the old houses in this street were visited with peculiar severity, as, instead of being ap

proachable by steps ascending, they are entered by going down one or two steps into the parlour.

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Above Vauxhall-bridge, the inundation was still more striking. By the Mill-bank-wharf, which is beyond the Horseferry-stairs, the water rushed down into the surrounding fields and streets, Mr. Johnson's extensive premises, the market-gardens, &c. laying the whole of them under water. But even this extensive scene of devastation was passed by what took place be tween four and five o'clock, by the breaking and overflowing of the bank beyond Vauxhall-bridge; through this breakage, in particular, the water hurried along with the fury of a cataract, covering the surrounding fields, gardens, &c. Vauxhall-road, down to the Sewers-bridge, approaching Pimlico, was laid under water to the depth of several feet, so that even horses and carriages could not move along without being more than half under water. Consternation appeared every where. Hundreds of families were hurrying from their houses, apparently only anxious for the preservation of existence; and the danger, in many instances, to men who waded through the water with heavy burdens, was imminent; to such a depth were the places overflowed.

The main road from Vauxhall was covered with boats, and horses being conveyed, or con. veying away their riders, to places of safety. The neighbourhood of St. George's-fields was in many parts overflowed. Most of the kitchens in Great Surrey-street were about a foot under water, and the lower part of the houses in Union-street,

Bank-side, &c. were also in a state of immersion. Bank-side, particularly, from its vicinity to the river, and the several streets adjoining, were completely covered by the flood.

In all parts of the country inundations took place.

From a report presented to the navigation committee of the city of London by the officers appointed to make a survey of the banks of the Thames, it appears, that during the floods, the water rose in the river to a height exceeding by four inches the height to which it rose in 1774, as recorded by a stone let into a wall at Shepperton; and two inches higher than it is recorded to have risen in the same year, by a stone let into the wall of Isleworth church-yard.

ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, NEAR BAGSHOT.-The urgent demands made for a reduction of expense in all public establishments having been very much pressed upon the commissioners for the management of the affairs of the royal military college, it has been determined to adopt the alterations in the regulations of the institution which are set forth in the annexed extract.

The increase in the rates of the second class is to commence for all gentlemen cadets of that class, now at the college, from the 25th of December, 1821.

The arrangements respecting the first class will take effect at the same time, in so far as those orphans are considered in pecuniary distress, and these will be discharged after the 24th of Dec. 1821, at the rate now paid for that rank in the second class which the father held at the time of his death.

All other orphans, however, now at the college, whose claims on the ground of pecuniary distress are deemed justly admissible, will continue on the footing which they have hitherto been.

Extract from the Regulations of the Royal Military College, Dec. 24, 1821.

The following are the classes under which candidates are admitted to the establishment:

First class.-The sons of officers, of whatever rank in the army, and of masters and commanders, and officers of rank superior thereto in the royal navy, who have died in the service, and have left families in pecuniary distress, are admitted at a subscription of 201. per annum. The orphans of offiCers who had voluntarily retired on half-pay are, however, excluded from admission into this class. Also those of officers who had retired by the reduction of the corps, without having subsequently offered their services, with the exception, however, of such orphans as may have been born previously to that reduction. Only one of a family can belong to the orphan class at the same time. Orphans whose families and connexions are not in such circumstances as can fully warrant their being admitted into the class set apart for cases of real pecuniary distress, are received into the second class at the rate of subscription of the rank held by the father at the time of his death.

Second class.-The sons of officers, as under-mentioned, actually belonging to the army or navy..

Subscriptions. No distinction

left Bengal in the latter end of July, and had a fair run to the Downs; at which place she put her mailbags ashore on the 21st; and a short time after, Mrs. Ogilvie, the wife of the captain, was landed. The ship brought up on Sunday in Margate-roads; but the weather being very tempestuous, she drove, and lost one, if not two, anchors. A fishing-boat spoke them, and promised to send off an anchor and cable, which was duly performed; but, owing to the state of the tide, this valuable assistance could not depart before the evening, and their utmost exertions could not enable them to find the Juliana. The vessel, from want of skill in the pilot, grounded on a sand-bank called the Kentish Knock, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. As the sea was raging with great violence, the mainmast was immediately cut away in order to lighten and ease the ship, and a boat, with two men in her, was lowered down; but the boat had scarcely touched the water, when it was dashed to pieces, and both the men were killed.

At this time there were on board about 40 souls, including the captain and his brother, both lieutenants in the navy, Mr. Graham the surgeon, a maid-servant, and a female child, passengers from Calcutta. As there was no hope of moving the ship, the long boat was provided with provisions, water, and a compass, with a view of quitting the vessel; but the wind having gone down with the ebbing of the tide, and the carpenter having reported favourably on the state of the ship, it was determined to delay their departure till the following day, in the hope that vessels would put

off to their assistance, and that they would thereby be enabled to save a part of the cargo.

From this fatal resolution arose all the misery that ensued; for, had they quitted the ship at this moment, the sea upon the bank at ebb-tide being comparatively smooth, they would all have made the shore in safety.

In the evening, the violence of the wind increasing, the tide rose with frightful impetuosity, and the very first wave that broke over the ship shattered the longboat to pieces, and carried away all the bulwarks. The men were now obliged to take shelter on the bowsprit, or the highest part of the quarter deck, to avoid being washed over-board; where they remained, till the tide retiring gave them an opportunity to seek between decks a short cessation of suffering.

During the night, pieces of canvas and rope dipped in tar, were burnt at the top of the mast, in the hope that some passing ship might see and relieve them in their extremity. A raft was also constructed, and morning was looked for with the most heartrending anxiety. With the morning came the tide, nothing abated in violence. One wave swept from the deck the surgeon and the young female, and at the same instant dashed the maidservant against the rudder, and literally shattered her head to pieces! Immediately after Mr. Graham had been swept overboard, Mr. Edward Ogilvie, having ascended the mizen-top, the mast gave way, and he was precipitated among the pieces of wreck with which the ship was surrounded, and killed! The body was recovered and placed

upon deck, at the feet of his unhappy brother.

Many persons were now lying dead about the deck, having been either struck by spars or killed by excess of fatigue; and no succour appearing, at eleven o'clock on Monday morning, the captain told the crew that all further exertion on board was useless, and that they had better endeavour to save themselves by quitting the wreck, as speedily as possible. Accordingly, about twenty got upon the raft, which had scarcely left the vessel when it was overturned by the fury of the waves, and no more than six men regained their station, the rest having all sunk. The captain and two or three were still on board, when the sea having forced an opening in the bottom of the ship, she immediately filled, and her decks blew up: the hull fell to pieces, and in a few minutes the whole was one universal ruin. With great difficulty the raft, with the six survivors, cleared the masses of wreck with which it was surrounded. This was accomplished about three o'clock on Monday afternoon. In the course of the night four of the six died. The two who remained were picked up by a fishing-boat on Tuesday, when wholly exhausted by suffering.

When the raft drifted from the wreck, captain Ogilvie was seen clinging to the quarter-gallery, and must have perished in a few moments. He did not endeavour to save himself on the raft; probably his high sense of duty, which led him often to declare, that in such situations the captain should always be the last on board, induced him to remain till escape became impossible. He was a man of talent, and was

early distinguished by Nelson. He was signal-officer on board the Victory, at the battle of Trafalgar, and had subsequently seen much service as first lieutenant of a large frigate.

VENICE. The sirocco wind, which for several days had constantly blown, caused the tide to flow so high on the 25th inst., and on the day following, that the city was, during those days, nothing more than a vast lake. The tide on the 25th, at eleven o'clock, and at noon on the 26th, was at least three feet higher than usual. The damage, which it occasioned in the cellars and stores was very great.

28. ST. PETERSBURG.-Win. ter has not yet properly set in. On the 27th of December it was still autumn, a circumstance almost unparalleled in that climate. The communications were greatly impeded by this irregularity in the season.

29. DUBLIN CASTLE.-Marquis Wellesley, who embarked at Holyhead, at ten o'clock a. m., the 28th instant, arrived in the harbour of Howth, at five o'clock the same evening; and this day his lordship, upon entering Dublin, was received by the lord mayor, aldermen, sheriff, and commons of the city of Dublin.

His lordship, attended by a squadron of dragoons, proceeded to the castle, and, the council having assembled at two o'clock, was introduced in form to his excellency earl Talbot, who received him sitting under the canopy of state in the presence-chamber, from whence a procession was made in the usual state to the council-chamber. The council sitting, his lordship's commission being read, and the oaths administered to him, his lordship was