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the subect of assessed tales took place, ht Which the Chancellor of the Etchequer and a number of other M e mbers spoke at considerable length. Sir JOHN ANSTRU THER observed, that -on- Sir injury was occasioned by the propagation of sreche., made by Members of that House, before the lull ex planation of the particular transactions had taken place. He was ready on his part to bar test;. I rony to the great talents, firmness and zeal of SirC. Barlow, for his conduct do the late events in India; send w as ready to assert that no one act cf his could be construed into a cause of the mutiny. It had:been' stated that the Jurors who were etnpluyed on tbelate tr i a l s at Madras, had been punished for their conduct as Jurors. That he denied in the most unqnalified Manner; but it was not admitted by that Gyvcrumetit that indemnity should attach. to improper conduct, merely because the persons guilty of it had served on these Juries.. With respect to the power of dismissing officers of the artny, it was a power which Sir George Barlow had eertainly exercised, but with wisdom and discretion. If the power of dismissing officers with.. out trial was taken away from the executive, no mili tary system could stand npott such Sir HENRY MONTGOMERY, after a very ani mated panegyric on the services of General M'Dowall and the Madras Atmy, contended, that to Sir George Barlow's conduct the Mutiny was to be attributed..--- 14e it was who had created it—(lfear, hear,)—and instead of getting credit for its suppression, ought to be responsible for its eitistence and consequences. The original cense of the Mutiny was the suspension of Colon el Capper and Major Bowles; and when the atany saw that those who hid respectfully stated their' claims, by memorial, to the GoiernMent, were thrown into prison, the rest stoodupon their defence with the point of the bayonet. He was aware that improper memorials had been transmitted by ill-disposed per= scns ; but the army was not to Suffer for their trims:, particularly 'when not a single baker bad signed - theM. Mr. GRENFELL asked the Right Hon. Gentle= Man opposite a question,• which we believe related to a ny communication that tnigbt have been made to Colonel Bowles respecting his reinstatement ' • but we were not able distinctly to collect the tenor of the in quiry, or of Mr. Maas's reply. Mr. ASTELL observed, that all the charges made against the East-Ind4 Directory, would be best an: swered by a refesence to the Records on the table.— With respect to the expectations, that the army would la* acquiesced in the decision of Lord Minto, he beg ged leave to say, that the Madras Army did not sheet any disposition to submit, until they found themselves disapppoutted in their main stay, namely, the disaf fection of the native troops. Mr. CREEVEY denied the justness of the charge of taking any unfair course submitting the present motions. Neither could' be- admit-the imputation of having attributed improperly any charge against the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dundas) for carrying through the House a very serious Bill in a clandestine manner. He then repeated what he before said, that the Bill which granted one million and a half to the East•lndia Company, was carried last Session through the House, on eyery stage of it save the last, in the dead of the night, when the Members were exhausted ; end that bathe last stage joins, at an unusually early hour, introduced - to an audience brought together by previous notice. ' Mr. HOWORTH 'deprecated the statement thei 80,000 men, who•had so gloriously extended the ter ritory and interests of the Country in India, were only induced to submission by the .fidelity of the Native troops. Such had been the statement of the Chair= roan of the East-IndiaCompany. Cotild any man whit knew India, make such a mischievous declaration? The several motions were then put and denied. PZNITENTIAAY NOMA. Oft SAMUEL ROMILLY, in consequence of the Indisposi tion ot the Secretary of State for the Home Department, postpon ed for the present his motion relative to Penitentiary Houses with &nomads's, however, of shortly submitting it to the Hone. Es wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, whetter any embarkation of convicts, and particularly of female convicts, la New death Wales, wallop* to take place ? The OKANCELLOR of the EX.CHRQUER iirofened him • self unable to answer the question of his Hon. and Learned /rind. He believed. however, that a number of convicts had been waidng for some dale, and he supposed either that they had already set sail or that they would soon set sail. CAPITAL Pll/.3IIIIMISTS. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY said, it would not be necessary for him to preface his motion with many observations, as he did not understand that it was to meet with any opposition. He thee stated the diffe rent Bills which he formerly introduced on the subject of capital punishments. One only, that for repealing the Act which made it capital to steal privately from the person to the amount of five shillings, had been passed last Session. He had the satisfaction to see:, that from the short experience which they had of ate consequences of repealing this act, great benefits lied already resulted. The very principle on which he had proposed most of those acts was, that the severity . of capital punishments prevented men from prosecuting, and juries from convicting, in cases which appeared not to deserve capital punishment ; and that therefore, if this great severity of the law was done mvav," - there would be more prosecutions, and crimes would not so b - rful escape - with impunity,'. or offenders grow so hardened in vice. This effect had followed from the Bill which wets passed last Session. Since that time there hal been many more prosecutions and convic tions than, b e f ore : The same effects, he was eEia vinced, would follow from the adoption of the other which he now wished tojitroduce. The first of thesis; that for repealing the act making it capital to steal to the value of 40 shillings in a dwelling-house, was last Session rejected in a tlain • House by a majority of two. I ')e ni-it was for repealing the act respecting steal in;; on navigable rivers and canals. He was con • cd that all the good effects which he had formerly scktt'd would result from the adoption of them. He • so convinced in his.ovm mind of the importanF or t:a- principle, that he felt it his duty to penirere it.ale had no other motive for giving up MS time subjects, than that he thought (as alegreat '3' Coke bad said as his reason for Wri!ing shook ) t: every man who had succeeded ht a profession , • it as a debt to that prntession to dnsettiithing its benefit and advanceinent: • He felt, upon I:ii , principle, that he owed as much as any sub, a, grist debt to his profession, which he could not dis-i c: , arge in any better mattner, than in endeavouring enrrect any defect.existing in the law, and labour as far as be could far the happiness and advance -1: 'sr.: of his country. 'Sir Samuel Romilly con a.'l4cd by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to re- 'Peal se Much of the act ot lbth and Ilth off` Wilitith 1111. as takes away the benefit of clergy frothpersons privately stealing from ships ; warehouses, coach- I houses, or stable:a . On the question being put, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, 6snsidering the gemmds stated by his Honourable and .Learned Friend' for bringing forward. these measures satisfactory, did not mean to oppose the motion.— However he might differ from his Honourable Friend on other points, he 'Ave him full credit from his long tiquaintance with hub, for having brought forward thew motiOns• on.a conviction. of their propriety. He thought, ho9rtver, that .his 'Honourable and Learned Friend - appeared to be'rather prejudiced in favour of his measures', when he stated the increased number of convictions for.privately stealing from the person last year, ai deeisive proof of the beneficial effect of the bill pasted last session. • To his own mind this was eqtairocal ; as the number of convictions might have arisen from the increased hardihood of the cul prits, and the greater facility of proof. He had no objection, however,to the measure, though he might to the principle, if it developed itself in a more ques tionable shape. . Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY explained, that he felt n 6 prejudice on the subject. The proofs he had stated of the beneficial effect of the act of last Session were, that a greater number of commitments, and a greater number of convictions for privately stealing from the person, had taken place since 1808 than before. Mr. DAVIES GIDDY had opposed the former Bills, from apprehension, that the principle would be pushed further ; but should feel disposed now to sup port these particular measures. He did not think the HOU. and Learned Gentleman had any right to claim more huttanity than any other Honourable Member. For himself, he felt that he had as much humanity as any nun, thou in other respects he would enter 'into no competition with the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman. PO . NSONBY thought his Hon. and Learned Friend had been misunderstood. He did not take credit to himself for more feeling and more humanity than were possessed by other Gentlemen, but it hav ing been argued that the principle on which his Mo tion was grounded was more objectionable than the individual proposition submitted to the House, from the extent to which it might be carried, he had now stated it to be his intention to confine himself to the measures he had announced, and not to push the prin ciple to a dangerous length. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observed, his Ho nourable and Learned Friend had stated there had been a greater number of prosecutions since the pass ing of his Bills than before, and thence inferred, that witnesses and prosecutors came forward more readily, from a knowledge that the offence of which individu als were accused, was not to be punished by death,' and that hence much benefit was derived to the corn munity. This circumstance, which had been so brought forward, he thought extremely equivocal. From a sa lutaryhteasnre he should have hoped that such offences would less frequently have occurred, but when it was found that they were more numerous than formerly, the trials at least (which was one proof of the number of [ offences committed), he should be inclined to draw an inference very different from that drawn by his Honourable and Learned Friend, and fear that instead of good theinesnure had been productive of evil. But then the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said, how 'was his second assertion to be answered, that of those tried a number had been convicted ? To this he d reply, that the taking away the distinction 'respecting privately stealiag, and making the effect the same whether the theft came under that denomi- Ination or not, might give greater facility to convic- I tion. It was difficult to get correct information on the subject as to the causes which had led to the ef fect spoken of by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. It could only be procured from those who were most concerned ih trying for that species of offence. Of fenders of the description alluded to, pick-pockets, &c. might well be supposed to be most numerous in London and its vicinity, and those before whom such cases were decided, most competent to decide on the question, whether or not that species of crime had di minished. He was sorry to say that on inquiry, he found those who had most experience, were of opinion, that the number of such offences was not diminished, but was become more frequent than before from its being known they were no longer punished by death. This he had been told, and this he really believed was the state of the case, as he feared it would be found on inquiry by hisfrion and Learned Friend. Sir S. ROMILLY, in explanation, said, acting as he - did, he considered himself strictly as doing his duty. He had no pretensions to more humanity than others; he had never proposed the measure merely on the ground of humanity ; and he claimed no merit but t h at of doing hit dc(ty. Leave was given toliringin the , Sir S. ROIviILLY then obtained leave to bring in two other Bills, for the Amelioration of the Criminal Laws, without any alicossion taking place. Tim .tv IN( STAR. • LONDON. FRIDAY . ; FEBRUARY 22. PKICI OF ATOM MB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. money, 851 f—for account. 654. Induced 16-4 per Cent. Imf 83—S per Cent. 97{ U. lich..Bilh 6e. It prom . — Bons , 351. Us. preen. PRICE fr STOCKS YESTERDAY. Innilex*,l4l4 843 Long Ann. 11 a per Cent. and. 660 • India Bends tin tic pre. a pea ow n 65j Etc. Bills, ss. 9s. price. 4 . 114( Cast.ll3fitef Omnium 4.1 s per OW, Nen Mt 93 Cons, for acc. 661 651 " WINDSOR CASTLE, IRDRITART 21. His MAJErnes progress confirms our opinion of his recovery. (Signed) • r. "IL REYNOLDS, H. HALTORD s "W. BEIERDE(, R. WILLIS." " WINDSOR-CASTLE, FEBRUARY 2,2• His MAJWITY goes on satisfactorily." (Signed) " H. R. REYNOLDS. W. LIEBERDEN. R. WILLIS." Yesterday his MAJESTY, attended by Drs. HEBER. Edge and WiLus, and Mr. DuNDAS, walked on the Terrace for near an hour ; the KING was in good spi rits, and appeared much amended in his bodily health. His MAJESTY bad taken the same exercise on the two previous days, and hundreds of people were spectators of ttie satistectory scene from the Home Park. His Miustsr‘ 's nights have been much more composed within this week, and every symptom of atuoodment sots on gradually and progressively. ..• COttitle O rite PRAMS MIA • Yesterday; at one o'clock a Connell, terdsisting of! Petdthatenti for the Pa/deers and the German the Ministers, the Officert J State, &c. was held at Levi Al ernarlzed yesterday morning at Portsmouth Carlton House. The partiet of Foot and Lift Guards tOr Portugal. did not attend, as has been the case upon former oc- . Major BUND and the Officers of the Wottestet Res Cations ; but two of the Life Guards and a corporal ginient of Militia, lately gave a ball and supper to • paraded Pall Mall, to regulate the carriages. Soon the families residing at Porchester and its vicinity I 'after one o'clock his Royal Highness the PRINCE Re- the supper was served in the most elegant manner, and . AstNr gave an audience to Mr. PERCEYAL and Mr. the dance was kept up till gun-firing in the morning. RYDER after which the former left Carlton House. I His Royal Highness then went to the State. Room, attended by Colonels M , MAtioN and Simon ri atm, Ge , nerals HAtasiiNo and KErratb, Lord HEATNFIELD (gold stick), and General BRA intikw (silver stick) ; where his Royal Highness held a Council, which was attended by - The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Presl tent of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, tho First Lord of the Admiralty, the throe Se cretaries of State, the 'President of the Board of Controul, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench, the Duke of Montrose (Master of the Horse to the King), Earl! Harrowby sad Winchelsea (Grooms of the Stole to the lilog). The Recorder of London attended the Council, end made his report of the 26 convicts, capitally con rioted at the lastlactobtr Session, for which see the last page.. After the Council his Royal Highness gave audi eneepto the LORD CuAkrcaLLort and Marquis WELLIS• z.zr, for a very considerable time each Mr. M. SUTTON, the Judge Advocate, had an au dience of his Roya l Highness and laid before him the proceedings of some Courts Martial. The Earl of DAftruourit was Introduced, and hid an audience of his Royal Highness, and delivered up the Order and Ribbon of the Knights of the Garter, belonging to the late Earl of DitaTmourn, his father. 0•••• ••• THE 'matt NAPJL INTELLIGENCE. • The Hercules, Scott, from Quehec.sad Cork; and the Safes guard, Johnson, from St: Michael's, hsve arrival safe at Cowes. ' The Nereid, Johnsoo, from Dernerata,has arrived in the Clides I" A large ship, hound for the \Vest Indies, wag beat to pt-ces • ' during the night of the 31st ler. on the rocks of Artiglass, andshit crew lost. The first in.:amnion was given by means of a dog, • which had drifted ashore in one of her boats, and ran to a house barking and Ito..liad. The people followed the dog to the iihot,g, where they found the boat, and one of-the sagas in it hut no other vestige of the wreck; since, however, severs! article' ;•Isave been washed oa shere—among these her papers. PI.YMOIJTH PrBRUARY 20. _ _ _ The wind still continues f.dr (though very light) for s' to dlterranean and Lisbon coovays that sailed yesterday. Came id the Bogota sloop of war, from a cruize ; and the American brig Adolphtts, bound to Bourdeaux, detained by ,his Majesty's ship LTRA. The Hcastoots sloop of war sailed last night to join the convoys that sailed in the morning : she is to touch at Oporto, and from thence proceed to I.ishon, having money on beard fur the payment of the British Army in Portugal Also sailed the Ulysses store-ship for the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRVARY 21. Arrived the RIDPOLCvIoop of war With the Lisbon and Me+ diterrantan convoys, from the Downs; and the Lulls CT glom of war from a cruise. the crew of the Do NNZGA I. is dratted into the Bove' tt s which wlll be ready in a short time to go out of harbours DEAL, FEBRUARY Sit. Arrived the Casrau sloop of war from Heligoland ; and di. ROTALIST sloop of war from a cruise off the French coast. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY Si. Arriied the TacaLea from . the westward, and gone to Chat ham. Sailed the SArrOUAILD to the River Thames. ABERDEEN, JANUARY During the gale of the Ist inst. a large Pappetsburgh emel t bound to Ireland, was driven on shore, and totally wrecked upon the Butt of the Lewes. The whole of the crew were saved, by getting on shore upon the tore-mast, which they had cut away for that purpose.--The Elias, Swan, of Montrose, t rom Quebec with timber, arrived in Leith Roads on Thursday morning. GREENOCK, FEBRUARY IS. The Ann Green, (which, with the other ships for the West Indies, that sailed from this on Thursday last, put into Lamlash) having, in a violent gale on Saturday morning, broke her best bower anchor, Captain Abrams was obtiged, for the safety of the ship, to cut b oth cables and run for Loch Ryan, where the vessel now lies in the mud, without having experienced any other daa mage; and will again proceed to sea so soon as she is furnished with new cables and anchors. Saturday night, about ten &chick. an alarming fire broke out , on board the brig Hart, Captain O,Mly, lately arrived here from Malta, and lying in the New Harbour, which raged with such fury for some time, as to threaten destruction to the vessels lying alongside of her ; but by timely assistance, and the lowing of the tide, she was hauled to the middle 6f the harbour, Where she burned to the water's edge. Part of her cargo, consisting of cur rants, which was en board, was destroyed. The lire might hare been extinguished very easily, had not a groutiede.ss repork got into circulatiOn, that there were twelve tasks of gunpowder osi beard, • and which deterred people from going near bet for some tinge. A young man (a carpenter) had his foot severely cat with an axe,. While anxiously endeavouring to save the neighbouring shipping; but, we understand, not danurously. We have not been able 'to ascertain the origin of the tire. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The I.oria.Matoa stated, that the Court had wafted the PR I CR Reamer on'Thurslay last, with their Address, any were received very graciously. The answer was read, arid or dered to be rotated on the Journals of the Court. ' The Committee of City Lands presented a Report for Widosing and Improving Hart-street, Crutched-fdin, which was read; agreed to, and ordered to be carried into execution. Mr. TRONA S JODKINS was appointed a Ooveraor of St. Bar. dtolontew's Hospital, and Mr. MANDIR, to be Governor of Christ's Hospital. The Court agreed to a Petition to Parliament against tho Wevern Junction Canal Bill, and the Sheriffs were requested to present the same. A Report was presented front a Special Committee, who had been appointed to inquire into the reasons why a non-freeman et I.endon had been returned as a Common Councilman, by Mr. Alderman Wood, for the Ward over which be presides. The report states, that be had suffered rook Norr.Fatgattell to be nominated, contrary to the advice y . doe Teen Clerk and City Solicitor; owe of whom had a majority of votes over other Can didates who were Postman. It appeared, that the Common" &MIRAN is together with the above City ()Seers, deemed the election illegal, and that they had never seen on record, or heard of, a. single previous instance of an attempt to introduce a noir. fros)wan into the Corporation ; that such attempt was clearly against the prescriptive rights of the Citizens of London. And although several protests had been made by the inhabitants to Mr. Alderman Wood, he persisted in swearing in the said Note. Emmy+, but that upon their appeal to the Court of Aldermen, the Election was by that body declared void. A debate ensued, in which Mr. WAITEMAN contended, that Alderman Woo D, as Returning Officer, was justified in allowing any description of persons to become Candidates; st , Kl as the report inaugurated blame to attach to the Worthy Alierrnan. it ought not to be adopted by the Court. Upon this ground it was negatived without a division. Wednesday morning, before day-light, mt. of' the Portsmouth coaches coming to town, I'..Rs overturned in a ditch, in the lower road, near Guildford. A sailor en the outside was thrown off, and had his lag broken in three places ; he was immediately put into another . coach that was passing, and conveyed back to an hos pital. Three women were also much hurt. and an nfant.- about a month old, was nearly-killed. The coachman . and gvard escaped with some slight contusions. Wednesday, Davenport Sedli, and another, /Tres hended breollingbourn an/ Wortley, -underwe n t an examination, at Union flail, charged with obtaining, by false representations, near £3OOO of a Noble Lord. 'They were recommitted for another, examination. • IV. Kelly was charged with obtaining upwards of 46 of a poor woman, named Todd, under ptetencc of getting her husband, who was imprisoned setae time since,- and is itovi at sea, discharged : he was com mitted for want of bail r ' Yesterday V: Jackson, : alias Crowd" R. Beistnire. and Mary erovoder, were fully committed froth Wei ship-street Office, charged with breaking and 'entering the dwelling-hotise of Mr: Aibury, in Little Moor fields, and stealing'a beds bolster, pillows, &c. On the evening of Mondayseinnight, 'else runner . between Lanark and Milntown of tesitnahagow*,wai attacked, near Stonbyre Dike, by a man about high, knocked down and robbed of the mail, contain ing the bags of letters from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Hamilton. COI N Esc WA NG t, MARK-LAN t v fer.42.—There are consider able cusntities of Wneat on band to-do/ sales heavily...made, and seconds, with inferior, again lower ; Barley in plenty, and a f.. 11114 article, Malt aho, and about 2s. per quarter cheaper; White Peas on the advauce ; new Tick Beans 225. to 22t.; the remaining sup plies of Oats are likewise considerable, many expected , and-taloa rather lower. Flour continues at our late quoted priers. . The Pat Not RZGENT is considerably better of his lameness, occasioned by a tread on the foot from one of his chargers. Mr. Brsarr of Birmingham, medallist to their MA. SEC"( las and the Royal Family, with his usual ability and attention to public events, has published an ap propriate and well executed Regency Medallion of his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, a copy of which, presented to the Prince ) has been most grad ously received. General BARRY CLORE, late. Resident at Poonah, and Mr. THOMAS Summum, late Resident at Hy drabad, arrived in town on Wednesday. They have already had audiences of the Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. R. DUNDAS, and are said to have brought home important intelligence relative to the state of affairs in the East Indies. We may hourly etpect intelligence of the fall of Batavia. A division of Admiral DRURY'S squadron has been some time blockading it ; and the ulterior object which our troops at the Isle of France hid in view, (alluded to in General Abercremby's dispatch) was the capture of Batavia. We yesterday received some American Papers by a vessel which sailed from Baltimore on the sth Ja nuary. The only article we find in them worth ex tracting is the following, dated ~ wAsHiNtrrpN, DEC. a, Imo. " Congress have seen standing still from the commencement of the Session to the present day. No bu'iness of consiguence has been transacted; and, judging from a view of all circum stances, it may be safely predicted, that ualeas intelligence be re ceived from Europe, devoting something of a very hostile charae• ter towards us, no change in our interior relations will take place. Mr. lyres, the Chairman of the Committee on these reladons, will not return to this city for a week to come, and if he were here, I presume that nothing could be dune, until they can be ap prized of the course which the British Cabinet purposes to itself, in regard to the Orders in Council If those Orders remain un• revoked, as no doubt they will, our Government will bepusaled in the way they are to act." We mentioned' yesterday that the letters from the ,'Baltic held out a hope that the Northern Powers were ' about tb adopt a change of system likely to prove advantageous to our interests. It is our duty to men ' don such prospects, but we cannot encourage our Rea ders to entertain a sanguine hope that they will be realized. The following is an eittrictfrom a private letter STOCEROLM, FEBRUARY t. 1 " Very contradictory accounts are received daily in this place' as to certain warlike movements on the part of Russia. From the best conclusion I can draw on the whole representation, I do think there is some reason to believe that Russia will p to war With France. I do not think. that any formal declaration will be made by her until the spring, and any acts of hostility previous to that period will probably be provoked by the mea sures of France. CAUL. ..COURT 1., without doubt, In disgrace at Petersburgh, both with the Emperor and his Cabinet, and it is reported that he is to withdraw, and that another is to be ap pointed in his place; and I am of opinion that if be leaves the Russian capital, no other Minister will succeed him." The following article Is copied from a German paper of the 11th instant. " SPANISH FRONTIERS, JAN. as. _ _ _ " From Madrid letters have been received, dated the 20th of this month, by the Merchants in Bourdeaux. The King of Spain still remained in the Capital, where a great quantity of British goods have been burnt. On the 15th, a detachment of 1500 men' set out for Valladolid and Salamanca, with 13 pieces of Artillery, and ammunkion in proportion. " From Naples y e hear that the last body of troops for the reinforcement of tbr French armies, quitted that city on the 15th January, leaving only two regiments in Calabria, which are in winter quarters. Much damage has been done to the Italian flo tilla, although in port, by a violent storm." The accounts from Rio Janeiro, stating that Chili had not acceded to the revolutionary system, are en. tirely false. We have had an interview with a gentle. man who left Buenos Ayres as late as thellth Noven ber, and he informs us that a whole regiment had ar rived in that plate from Chili, and the provinces de- pending upon it, to-support the canse of liberty. The distance from St. Jago, the capital of Chili, to Men doza, is about . 210' miles, over amountainous and difficult country. The distance from - Mendoza to Buenos Ayres is 900 miles, and the whole is almost a perfect level. Captain atm, who blockaded Buenos Ayres, has, for some cause unexplained, in. cuirod.the displeasare of the people of Monte Video. By the latter the blockade of Buenos Ayres has been resumed, excepting against English shipping and pro- perty. From Rio Janeiro, under date of the 17th Decem ber, we are sorry to learn that itt the River Plate Ad miral DE County had the misfortune to break his leg, while getting into a boat to proceed on shore, where magnificent preparations had been made for the re. ception of the British Admiral. The Minttua was to sail shortly to Great Britain with dispatches relating chiefly to transactions which oceerreslat Buenos Ayres, while the English Com aseif&sr was there.