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fWe understand that the petition of the Mlferchants of jondoa in favour of the independence of the new States of tmerica, will be presented to the House of Comninois to- jorrow by Sir James MIacintosh. The view which it takeE this great question is exclusively commercial, avoidiing I discussion of its political merits and advantages. 3;Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Fas' odia House, wlhen the following commanders took leave of the kurt previous to departinc for their respective dostinations, viz., iptain Henry Hosmer, Prince Regent and Captain Thomas W. -errow, General Hevwitt, for Bengal direct. ORATA-7A,TENEmsFYE, 1Xay I.-The Francis, of Lon- .Dn, Ash,wirh al her cargs on board, cnnsisting of about 150 pipes of ene, was deiven from her moorings (both her iron cables having 5rted) in a heavy swell, yesterday afternoon, turned keel uppermost 5meoiately after she _truck on the rocks, and was completely -ecked. Crew saved. 1 SOUTII E IN WH JLE Fisu ERY.-The Rapid, Wright, ar- fed at Falmouth from the South Seas, brhige the foDowingaccoult ships on the Fisbery, vz-z IAe JArAs-, Auc. lb-Cguttr, with 900 barrel, of oil; Sistrs, o ditto; Lyre, 1,00DOditto; Greenreicl, 150 ditto. >AtjG OuAar, Sept. 238..Ca'eriue,with 1,120 barrels of oil; M1lary, K ISUNAI, Oct. 28Emily, with 200 barreln of oil; Syren, <At TsuoiL, Dec. I16-Timor, with 140 barrels of oil, *lerlaston, 10 ditto; Srpply,200 ditto; MldenkaaUlus, 250 ditto; SlatkJpearc,40 %to; CapePacket, clear. 3Tt E Cs1u ncis.-Tlie Lord Chancellor has presented the 'tclowing Reverend Gentlemen to the undermentioned livintgs:_ ze Rev. Dr. French, Master of Jcsus College, Cambridge, to the -arage of Creetingham, in the county of Suffolk. The Rev. So- jnon Piggott, to the rectory of Doustable, in Bedfordshire. te Rev. James MWlner, to the vicara-ge of Cudham, in the con- tof Kent. Ma. OxnErrnvy, T9vE AcTozt.-Yester(lay morniing early, %. Oxberry, an actor of well-known talents as a comedian died Idenly of an apoplectic fit, at his house in Drury-larie. fie had .ne time ago been visited by two attacks of the same kind, but , health appeared to be perfectly restored. Besides his profession arn acWtr, he possessed wine-vaults in Drury.lane, and a printing. .s from whiclh several literary works periodically issued. He 3 originally a printer. There-was a peculiar hnmour in his act- 1, and it marked his conversation in life. He was shrewd, good. ,noured, and intelligent. He had renewed an engagement for !ee years with AIr. Elliston just before he was doomed to make awful exit froml the stage of life His printingr-wess had been aoved from town tO Camberwell, and he went on Tuesday to in- 5ct its oDerations. He was about 45 years of age, and has left a ,ow and two children. IDEATII OF THF SICILIA DWVARF.-This poor child had 4n for somne time afflicted with a cough, and the unitoward !jnges in the vweather during several davs of lest week had a visi- , effect on the general s:ate of her health, On Thursday last she s exhibited us usual, and received upwards of 200 visiters; to. ds the eveninga languor-appeared to come over her, and on her iy fromn the cehibition-room she expired. Aliss Crachnami, the acne by uhich she was known, was the daughter of a musician; c- twas born at Palernuo, in Sicily, and, on account of her diminu_ size, was considered a phenomenon. The Duchess of Parma, ta a *ew distinguished persons, were allowed to see her, but she l notpublicly exbibited until she wesm brought to England, in the tsr end of lzstsummer, sincewhich she has been exhibited at -'-, Bim nlgham, and Liverpool, and of late in London ; and ' 'hquestiencly the most curnous ofall the dwarfish candidates <,n ilxc favoar that have visited this metropolis. 'aWre desiret t o state that Mr. L. Cogan,of MIiddle-rowv, <, is ni th3e drug,,ist raentioned in The Times of yesterday. S:I . .ort of a charge at Mlarlborough-street office.