

 The Indian ships lately returned from Madras and Bengal, gives unfavourable accounts of all the branches of commerce, except that of matrimony, which has succeeded wonderfully in the last *female **exportations.*  Out of eleven ladies, who embarked on a *marriage venture*  on board the Chesterfield, Captain Burgess, nine were *connubially*  linked to weakly husbands within three months after their arrival and the other two were left in a way to complete this fortunate band of *hymeneal adventu- **rers.*

