After supper the dances recommenced with additional spirit, and were kept up till an early hour.

We do not recollect to have ob served on any other occasion in this settlement, so attractive a display of female elegance and fashion.

Departure of Lord Clive. The right honorable lord Clive embarked at 5 o'clock on Monday evening. The troops extended in a double line from the west extremity of the parade to the sea gate, through which his lordship passed under the customary honors, accompanied by the right honorable the governor, and the principal officers and gentlemen of the settlement.

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Supper.

Oct. 8, 1803. On Wednesday last, the right honorable lady William Bentinck gave a ball and supper to the ladies and gentlemen of the settlement.

The company began to assemble at half past eight o'clock, and her ladyship entered the ball room shortly before nine, accompanied by the right hon. the governor and his personal staff, the band playing the appropriate tune "God save "the King."

Shortly after his highness the nabob of Arcott, attended by his son and principal khans, arrived, and was conducted to the upper end of the room, by the right hon. the governor, to a seat which had been placed for his reception.

The ball then commenced, with her ladyship leading down the first dance, accompanied by Mr. Chamier, member of council.

Country dances continued until the hour of eleven, when the company were summoned to partake of a most elegant and sumptuous

repast, which had been prepared with the greatest taste and splendour in the galiery of the new building.

After supper the dance recoutmenced, and continued its attractive sway until the hour of two in the morning, when the company retired, highly gratified and pleased with the attention of their noble hostess.

Police.

The excellence of the police established at this presidency, may be justly appreciated by the circumstance of only two natives having been tried at the session of Oyer and Terminer, and general gaol delivery, held at the court house on Wednesday last; one of whom was sentenced to transportation, and the other to twelve months imprisonment. We are convinced we speak the sentiments of the settlement when we add, that the thanks of the community are due to the magistrates, from whose attentive and vigilant exertions, such a reformation in the morals of the lower orders is to be attributed.

Lieutenant Bellasis.

Lieutenant Bellasis, of the Bombay establishment, convicted of being a principal in a fatal duel at that presidency, and who in consequence was sentenced to transportation at Botany Bay, received a free pardon from the governor of the latter settlement, on the 4th of June last, being the day appointed for hoisting the new Union standard, and was about to proceed to India, accompanied by Mrs. Bellasis, when the last accounts left that place.

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Quarter Sessions.

On Wednesday last, October 12, the quarter sessions commenced.

The honourable the recorder addressed the grand jury in a short and pertinent speech, informing them that the only indictment to be laid before them was one for murder, and as from their long habits in the duty committed to them, they must be fully acquainted with the principles and doctrine of the law as applicable to that crime, it would be unnecessary for him to take up their time on the subject, but that should doubts arise in their minds upon any points of the evidence which might be laid before them, he would be happy to afford them every assistance in his power.

The jury then retired, and the witnesses on an indictment against Robert Frazer, and Peter Stewart, for a murder at Surat, were sworn by the clerk of arraigns, when the court adjourned till Thursday, at eleven o'clock.

October the 13th. The grand jury having returned a true bill against Robert Fraser and Peter Stewart, for the murder of a

Mr. James Stevens, as foreman of the grand jury, addressed the court on the subject of a presentment, which he recommended to their consideration, respecting encroachments on the public roads through the island, and particularly complaining of nuisances on the Parell road by the building of shops, verandahs, &c. to the great detriment of the public convenience.It was also suggested, by this representation, that pathways should be allowed and constructed for foot passengers, by the sides of the public roads.

Another material object to which the grand jury solicited the attention of the court, was the establishment of a public market for the island, as adopted at Calcutta and Madras; and to be put under proper and general regulations for the public benefit and accommodation.

The honourable the recorder received the presentment of the grand jury, and observed, that though it was not in the power of the court to remedy the evils complained of, yet that he would direct a copy of the application to be transmitted to government for their determination on the subject.

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The grand jury were then discharged, and the sessions closed.

On Tuesday last, Patrick Hadow, Esq. was returned by the honourable the governor in council, as mayor of the corporation in the room of William Smith, Esq. who resigned.

James Kinlock, and Charles Joseph Briscoe, Esquires, were also appointed aldermen.

Interesting Information. The following letter further evinces the salutary progress and efficacy of the cow-pock.

An opportunity having lately occurred, by which the preventative efficacy of our vaccine matter has been ascertained in the most satisfactory manner, I am led to believe, that a communication of the facts to the public, may prove acceptable, as affording the strongest proof that the virus, which has passed through so many subjects, continues to possess all its specific properties.

On the 10th of September, I vaccinated six children, belonging to one family, in the country; from one of four subjects that had been inoculated eight days before at the same place, and who all had a distinctly marked cow-pock: since February, I had not received any report of small pox appearing on the island, and I had no reason to suppose there were any at this time.

One of the children, Reta, a female, about six years of age, was seized with fever, the day after the vaccination, which con

tinuing for three days, notice was sent to me. I found the whole body covered with an eruption, that looked very like a variolous one; I was assured, however, that there were no small pox near, and that the child had never been any distance from the house.

On my second visit the eruption was evidently the small pox, and after some further enquiry and search, I found a child covered with the disease, in a hut a few yards from the house. I learned also that this disease had been brought from Bassein, and that Reta had been exposed to the in'fection from playing with the strange child.

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All these children had one more vaccine pustules on each arm; I strongly urged, however, the propriety of separating Reta from the others, but this could not be done with any great care. By the 9th day, the vaccine disease was strongly marked on all the children. On the 8th day, one of the five had a smart fever, a prelude, as I apprehended, to an eruption of small pox : about fifeen or twenty small pimples appeared on the face and breast; they were of the size of grains of mustard, contained no fluid, and were shrivelled and gone five days from their appearance; one of the others, without any previous fever, had also a number of small pimples, which remained for a few days.

I think the fever, and eruption in both cases, were probably occasioned by the variolous contagion, wl.ch was checked in its fatal career by the vaccine disease. Her the two affections took place at the same time, and the result was in favour of the influence of the latter. One of the children, an intant four months old, sister to Reta, was

nursed