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.PROMO, 'GS. • HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH IS. The Loan CIA tlce Lula took his seat on the Woolsack shortly lifter three o'clock, and after prayers (by the Bishop of Kilialla) were read, the Irish Sugar Drawbacks and Bounties Bill, the Irish Limn and Yarn Trade, the Dublin Coals Importation, and the Dublin City Improvement Bills, were severally read a third time • and passed, and a message ordered to acquaint the Commons therewith. Some private business was disposed, after which their Lord ships a journed till Monday, when the Royal Assent will be de thred, by Commission, to several Bills which have passed both Howes of Parliament. UNI P7,RSITT INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE. MARCH CS. The greatest bustle prevails in this University, in consequence of the active canvas which has commen ced on the part of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLowerrsa, and h;* Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, both of Trinity College, the only candidates for the Chancellorship, vacant by the death of the Duke of GRAFTON. Mr. MONK, the Greek Professor, takes a warm interest on the side of the Duke of GLOUCES TER, and is his Highness's principal Agent in this contest. MARCH 24.—This learned University is in high bustle. The business of education is suspended by a Grace, which passed the Senate on Friday last, and every thing gives way to electioneering activity. The Election for the Chancellorship, which is to take place on Tuesday, seems at present to excite most attention, which may be attributed to the splendid pretensions of two such dignified Candidates as his Highness the Duke of &Loom - ran, and his Grace the Duke of RUTLAND. The Committee of the for mer meet at Trinity College, that of the latter at the Hoop Tavern. The venerable Bishop of Bairrot. takes a leading part in favour of his Highness of Gyaves,sreit. His attendance at the Committee is unwearied and effective. The influence which his Lordship possesses in the numerous and powerful Col -Ime over which he so ably presides, as well as in the University at large, is well known. Notwithstand ing, therefore, the freedom with which his Grace of RutLAND has used the name of Mr. PERCEVAL, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his canvass, he will not, it is supposed, be able by such means to with stand the force opposed to him, or to make any notable impression against his Royal Competitor. This Committee is composed of men of great rank and power in the University, the learned Professor • Montt, the Rev. JAMES CuftazY, B.D. the Rev. Mr. GISIONOHAM, &c. &c. Besides his industry so perse veringly applied to the duties of a Committee-man, the Bishop of BRISTOL entertains the Gentlemen of the Committee in the most sumptuous style every day at his Lodge ; and in all respects conducts the busi ness in a manner worthy of the great cause which his Lordship has so zealously taken in hand. It appears already that the Duke of GLOUCESTER will be elected by a vast majority. The friends, however, of the Duke of RUTLAND j are straining every nerve—Mitred Dignitaries and I grave Divines, unite with the noblest sportsmen in the Ilingdom, and brisk Foxhunters of every rank and description, in support of the Duke of RUTLAHD and the Protestant Religion. The pen, however, of Dr.• MARSH, Margaret Professor of Divinity, has been successfully employed in proving that his Highness ti of GLOUCESTRR has at no time been the Advocate of Popery, and that, even if he had been, his Highness's good sense would lead hiM at some period or another to take a direct contrary part. It is clearly proved hs this very able pamphlet, that his Highness ever has been and ever will be, like his beloved and Royal' Uncle, a true Friend to the Church as by Law established, and the undoubted protector of the; laws and privileges of the University of Cambridge. It is also plainly made out in the same publi cation, that the Duke of RUTLAND cannot possi bly feel that regard and affection for the University, to the Chancellorship of which he aspires, which the Duke of GLOUCESTER must be allowed to have on ac count of his Grace's very intimate connexion with the town of Cambridge ; for in a competition of the two interests, his Grace cannot but prefer that of the town, which gives him the power of returning two :Members to Parliament, to that of the Arm ; Univirsit7, which could merely confer on him the splked►d title of its Chancellor. To this production of die learned Professor, an answer has been attemp4; by an anonymous Author. The Pamphlet, hove ever, is flat and inconclusive, of which the writ= seems sensible, as he does not venture to publish hi name. These are the only squibs that have been let off up to the present period of the contest. When this circumstance is well weighed, and it is also cols sidered that the author of one of these is a Professor of Divinity, the world at large will be satisfied with what decorum an election of the atest importance, is conducted in the University of Cambridge. •The Committee at the Hoop is compossid of men of very great zeal, ability and interest, the Rev. Jae. KING, the Rev. Dr. Paocroa Master of Catharine Hall, the Rev S. BLACK ALL, Chaplain to the Bishop of London, the Rev. W. CRAFTY, B.D. &c. &c. The Grace above alluded to was proposed in the Senate on Friday last, it was " For granting the pre sent Term to such Undergraduates, as shall, with the approbation of their Tutors, leave the University du ring. the present emergency." This Grace, which originated with the two great Colleges ) did not pass Without a division ; the University not being unani mously of opinion that the emergency was sufficient to justify the loss of a fortnight in. the education of the youth committed to their care, for the fun and bum], nf an election. A Grace was also proposed the'same day, 4 , For appointing six Pro-Proctors during the two approach ing elections." It was rejected, however, by a very large majority. The baneful effects of the officious obtrusion of Pm• Proctors upon the University, in the latter part of the last year, are too well remembered, nothing but riot and confusion having been the con• sequence of such an injudicious interference. The election of a Member of Parliament will take place on Wednesday ; there is no doubt of Lord PAL• insarron's success, whilst Mr. SMYTH will be clearing his way for a seat in Parliament for the University at * future occasion. The strength Lord PALMERSTON exhibited at the last election, has increased beyond the most sanguine expectations. of his friends ; a circum stance which must be attributed to the ability his Lordship has displayed in performing the arduous duties of the high station his Lordship Ells in the Ad teinistration. . - . . • IM I -MNMMr* 4r4L DITZLLIOOI4B. TORBAY, MARCH 22. • Yesterday tailed his Majesty's ships PLMITACIZNIT, Captain EYLIIi,IOUiZ2 off U 41111112 1 and the LIGHT• MNO, Captain DMA, on a - cruize: PLYMOUTH, MARCH U. Put back the HAZARD and Racavrr with their con• voy for Newfoundland. MARCH 23.—Arrived the Baloon French schooner of 18 guns and 40 men, from Bayonne for Batavia,, with naval stores and dispatches, captured by his Ma. jesty's ships DRYAD and AMAZON'. Also arrived the GANGES from Lisbon ; she left off the Sound pester. day his Majesty's ships Vic-romr, VENGEUR, POMPEE, ORION, FORMIDABLE, REVENGE, and ETHALION, all from Lisbon : they sailed the 9th. They left the ARGO, of 44 guns, at Lisbon to take convoy. Also arrived the SAVAGE man of war from Honduras. — Sailed the HAZARD and RECRUIT sloops of war with 15 sail of merchantmen for Newfoundland ; SCEPTRE man of war, ARMIDE, INDEFATIGABLE, and LOIRE frigates on a cruize ; the NIMROD cutter for Quiberoa • Bay ; the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate on a cruize ; the PEACOCK sloop of war for Liverpool ; and the FIRM gun brig with convoy for Jersey. The Vicromr, has sent in a large recaptured English merchant ship: —Wind East. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24. Arrived his Majesty's ship COQUETTE, from a cruize a Havre ; also the RAPID and SARPEDON, from a cruize.—Sailed the DAPPER, for Cork. DEAL, MARCH 24. Arrived the Upton Castle and the CastlereaghEast. Indiamen, from Morlaix.—Wind N. E. SHEERNESS, MARCH t 3. Sailed the Bat.txrra, to the Westward ; URGENT to the Northward ; HEARTY to the Downs ; and RALEIGH to the Westward. Arrived the AGGRESSOR and SNIPE, from the Northward ; EXERTION and CRACKER, from the River Thames, and sailed to the Downs. Came into harbour the CENTINEL. MARCH 24.—Arrived the THRASHER, from the River. THE PROMENADE. - The usual scene of fashion - • INDIA. • • Thd following East Indiamen nrrived at Pert,- mouth oft Saturday morning, from the River, which with the five, the arrival of which at that port we mentioned on Monday last, viz. The Streatham, Warley, Ceres, Devonshire, aud Baring, snake seventeen sail of Indiamen at the Motherbank:—Europe, Lord Melville, Lowther Castle, Charles Grant, Marquis of Ely, War ren Hastings, Sir William Pelteney, General Stuart, Devaynes, Ocean, lames Sibbald, and Cambridge. The ships collecting for China will sail the moment they are ready, under a distinct convoy. They are— Ceres. Perseverance, Charles grant, Marquis of Ely, Warley, Warren Hastings, Devonshire, Scaleby Castle, and Lowther Castle. Vice-Admiral Beane, who arrived I'm Wednex day at Portsmouth, in the Africaine frigate, of 38 guns, Captain GRAHAM, had been three years in the command at the Cape of Good Hope. The Afri caine sailed from the Isle of France on the 18th of December, thirteen days after the island had sur rendered, and arrived at the Cape on the 2d January, ' where Admiral STOPPORD was lying, to whom Ad- • miral BERTIE resigned the command of that station. The Africaine left at the Isle of France the Illustri ous, Clorinde, Psyche, Nisus, Doris, Cornwallis, Iphigenia, Hecate, Eclipse, and Race-horse. The Iphigenia was to sail on the 10th January for Eng land, with the late French fri; la Manche, and gaiety was again . repeated yesterday in Hyde Park. The wind at intervals was adverse to silks and muslins, consequently the costume was not so light and splendid as that generally produced by the warmth of summer rays. Clouds of dust also rendered un pleasant the walks contiguous to the ride, yet there was no want of numbers ; on the contrary, a close line was formed, and the pedestrians went through all the manoeuvres of the fashionable corps.—Ken sington Gardens afforded a pleasant ramble to many who flew from the dust. Her Grace of GORDON, made a dash on this occasion in a new equipage of elegant appearance. Pelisses and mantles prevailed of velvet or satin, ttimmed with fur, and Spanish hats 1 to correspond; the favourite colours were purple, grey, scarlet, and a few lilac. Captain AGAR and Mr. lilurroN drove four in hand with their usual dexterity. The most distinguished of the company were, His. Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Dukes of Bedford and Montrose, the j)ucht 111 of Menem,' and the Ladles Graham, the Ductless of Manchester, the Marquisses of Huntley, Ely, Blantlford, Hartington„ and Downshire; the Marchionesses of Dowashire and Douglas ; Loris Sefton, Cooper, Mansfield, *wick, Groseet.or, and Shaft•abury ; Ladies Morpeth, Spencer, Camden, and the Ladies Pratt, Mansfield, Arran, Carhampton, R. Fitzgerald, Heathcote, Boston, and the Misses Irwin, Boring don, Arden, and the Misses Percival, Abtly, ROYAL HUNT.—On Saturday one of his Majesty's stags was turned out at Beech-hill. He took his course across the Forest to Windsor, ran to the market, where he was turned up by the Church into St. Al ban's-street, passed Augusta Lodge, turned down Park-hill into Peascod.street, turned to Cluyer, crossed the Thames over to the Brockhouse-field, where he was pinned by a bull-dog, who would bare killed him had not one of the yeoman prickers come up in time Ito extricate the stag from him : he ran into a pond, And the hounds coming up, surrounded him, and he .was there taken. The stag was very mach torn by the bulldog, which spoiled the day's sport. L. DUEL EXTRAGEDINARY.—Saturday evening Town send, the Officer, received private information that Mr. D'Eovats and Mr. Dm HAYES had agreed to meet yesterday morning to fight a duel, in consequence of a dispute between them a few mornings since, at the rehearsal of a new ballet. Townsend, in consequence, took Mr. D'Eovuax into custody during the per: formance, and detained him till two gentlemen became , sureties for his appearance before a Magistrate at a future time. At the conclusion of the ballet Town send went into the dressing-room to Mr. DES HAYES, and took him also into custody, and detained him till two gentlemen became responsible for his appearance before a Magistrate, to enter into sureties to keep the peace. A black seaman, of the Bittern, entered last week on the Essex, United States, frigate, at Plymouth, saying he was an American citizen ; presently the Lieutenant of the Bittern came alongside the Essex ' and asked Captain Smith if he had not a black seaman on board ? He answered in the affirmative, and cr dered the man on dtck. The black not being able to produce any papers of his citizenship, Capt. Smith very politely gave him up to the Lieutenant of the Bittern ; but the seaman going below to fetch his clothes, seized a hatchet, laid his left hand on a gun, and chopped it off close to the wrist. FIRE-S. —Friday night a fire broke out in a large work-shop at the back of Mr. Turnerelli's house, the modeller in Greek-street. Owing to the great quantity of wood of which it was composed, the fire blazed for some time with great fierceness ; but fortunately the building fell in, without the flames spreading any further. Friday a fire broke out in the distillery of Messrs. Castle and Co. Bristol, which raged with great fury; and though the most unwearied exertions were mad from e to subdue the flames , they proved ineffectual, of the o n c o t ebruosot roof joining b s l o e f s. so m 0 e w i a n d gg g. joining houses , a theto the flakes quantity o a fn fire nature alighting s econd conflagration was kindled,less destructive, but not less alarm i ng, as conti- gapes buildings were with difficulty pr eserved. CALCUTTA, NOVEMBER 7. The latest accounts from the Court of Scindea present a picture of anarchy and disorder, but rarely paralleled, even in the annals of a Mahratta camp. About the beginning of July, the Maharajah with his forces was in the neighbourhood of Ramghur, a place to the southward of Soopoor, and bordering on the state of Kotah. Another revolution had taken place in his cabinet.—The corps of regular infantry in Scin dea's service having been for a long time in a state of mutiny on account of the large arrears of pay due to them, a mode of satisfying their demands had at length been adopted, equally effectual and inhuman. While drawn up on parade, they were suddenly sur round by the whole cavalry of the army, and com pelled to ground their arms. They were then plun dered of every thing they possessed ; those who at tempted resistance were butchered, and the rest were turned out of the tamp. It is supposed that the Eu ropean officers, who also suffered, with their men, in the general pillage, would quit altogether the Mab ratta country. At the period to which we refer, very little was known with regard to Ameer Khan's movements. His progress towards Jaypoor had been interrupted, by a supposed difference between him and the lihye ; but the low state of his finances was most probably the real cause of the delay. A letter from the camp above the Ghauts, dated October 26, says—" Gopaul Sing having shewn no disposition to relinquish his predatory schemes, the greater part of the troops in Bundlecund took the field - ..._._ __ -16 4 r . V 4ar as soot at the tails were over. it is understood that Gopaol is very willing to come to terms English; but, ai it would neither be conßistent the interests nor the dignity of Government. 7' long course of his depredations, and the little dence that is to be placed on his engagement, mit any other terms than unconditional submis noaccommodationwiththismaratider can be expected for, rather than accede tothe alternative that is he prefers encountering the chances of a desultory protracted warfare. " The operations that are now on foot again! troublesome Chieftain are such as can scarcel! either to annihilate his power altogether, or r him to retire from this part of the country. " Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, with a squa, I his own regiment, a galloper, and 13 coml infantry, has ascended the 1-1 •erapore Ghat) , has brought him upon the same range with That the enemy, will attempt to make an) against such a force is very unlikely. The most bable opinion seems to be, th it • n the near apps • of Colonel Brown's force he w". 11 disband his f '• and endeavour to escape by dispersion ; or, ' he may try the bolder measure of gghring through. the Berar country, in order to effect june tion with Ameer Khan, by whom it is suspected P.! he has been secretly supported from the commence. " silent of his career. 44 The detachr zates, .‹,i - iment on this range of Chants, Astree, Bellone, Minerv a , Vi c t or an d Entreprenante : sisting of two-s ix-pounders , a troop of cavalry sloops, prizes. They w ou ld b e j o i ne d at St. H e l ena : companies of light infantry, and four cempani by the Ceylon frigate, Captain PATTER S ON ; and the the Ist battalion of the sth regiment, has been Nereide (late French Venus.) Captain HENDE N ; fo rced by a troop of cavalry and four comp an ie s , the former of which the Af r i ca i ne left a t th e C a p e , in fantry from Koonch. From the present disposition and the latter at St. Helena. The re-captured He- of this force, we are led to believe that our o .r" reide was found in too bad a state to be sent to Eng- in this part of the province willbe strictly con( land. The Windham, re-captured Indiaman, was to the protection of the neighbouring districts from sail from Bourbon to Madras, early in January, with tile incursion. None of our detached parties the same cargo she had on board when taken. None' been permitted to ascend the second ratite of ..-- of the troops intended for the ulterior operations j they are principally employed in g uarding the mentioned by General ABERCROME Y had left the Isle ; t h at l ea d f rom t h at range , w i t h th e view of int of France ; though arrangements were making for ' ing Gopaul Sing , should he again v enture this purpose. They were to assembl e a t M a d ras .— i n t h e direction of Terowah. Detachments of the 12th and 33d regiments were The detachment lately ordered a inst the embarking in the Psyche. •No estimate could yet be , Tagrassy attained the objects regulating its ga made of, the prize -property taken at the Isle of, rence, without firing a shot. France ; several stores of merchandize had been re-' cendy discovered in the interior of the island.— Novatersru 6.—The Betsey, Capt a in C r ipp s , rived in the River on Saturday last, from Prince General Da CAZIT and his family had arrived at Wales's Island ; she sailed from thence on the .sth the Cape in the Emma armed ship, Lieutenant FITZMAURICE. The Emma was to take him to and brings the latest intelligence yet received Morlaix.—Eight country ships had been hired to I China, from Penang, previously to the departure that quarter. The fleet of Indiamen had sailed take the French garrison to Morlaix,. who were all the Betsey. expected to be embarked by the 20th Decem ber. Two of them viz. the Upton Castle and Lord. Accounts received by way of Penang; from . ea, state, that information having been received . yCastlereagh arrived on the l 9th, and having landed n their prisoners, passed by Portsmouth on Friday for ! of two large French frigates being seen in the souther 1 part of the Chinese seas, the Honourable Captain El. the Downs. The inhabitants of the Isle of Fran& appeared sincerely glad that the island had been 1 liott had sailed in quest of the enemy in the Mocieste gate, taking with him the Fox frigate and the Ocean taken into our hands ; they had most expeditiously Indiaman. The information respecting the enemy's fitted out between 20 and 30 sail of merchant craft,' 'frigates was brought to Malacca by some Malay proa a, to trade with Madagascar. After the Capture cf the ! the Nicodas of which stated, that they had been board island, we are sorry to state, that part of its defence consisted of an English brigade, of between three and rd, and their vessels examined, by boats sent from the four hundred men, who had been taken at various Vrench ships near Paulo Aor. ' , times. They appear to have been seduced from their It appears that his Majesty's ship Diomede, anal allegiance to their own country, by the persuasions the Hon. Company's cruiser Morningten, sailed from of an Officer of General De CAEN'S Staff, who is sus.; Madras Roads on the 10th ult. in retri . parly t - ,t - t - tj pected to be an Irishman, and who spoke English ' Ceorgiana packet and the Diana. . the Monti:), fluently';—fifteen of them have been sent home in the ; came up to Kedgeree on Sunday last. The Africaine, to be tried for the crime. The Africaine'! parted from the fleets on the 23d ult. in cf sailed from the Cape of Good Hope on the Bth of t strange sail, supposed to bean enemy's cruil January, leaving there the Scipion, Admiral Stop-1 The account of the general submission ford, Boadicea, Lord Viscount Neville; Ceylon, drone pirates to the Chinese Government, Captain Patterson ; and Emma, Lieutenant Fitz- ' have been premature. Great numbers ha\ mauriee. The Astrea, Captain Schomberg, and , the proffet ed amnesty, and continue their depredate Phcebe, Captain Hillyer, sailed from the Cape with In the late letters from Loodehanneh, i the Africaine, for the Isle of France. The Ceylon was to proceed immediately to St. Helena, to join that Runjeet Sing was shortly expected at large town en the opposite banks of the the Iphigenia and prizes for England. The 11 9adi - i and about five miles distant from the Britii cea expected to sail for England shortly afterwards. I It is said he proposed to hold an interview The Africaine touched at St. Helena, and found 1 Colonel Ochterlony, but that the ostenstbl there the Nereide frigate, Captain Henderson, from , his j ourney was to erect a small fortress, the Isle of France ; Tigris . from Bengal ; and Ann, I l a tey been razed, at Vellore, as a frontier whaler, from Desolation Island. The Tigris sailed' under the stsperintendance of a crafty Sirdar , from Bengal on the 10th of November, and from St. ' Mokain Chand, in the service of the Lahore r Helena for England, with the Africaine ; but she , tt appears from these accounts, that the e. gave over the dispatches and packets of accounts and , undertaken by Runjeet Sing, against Moultan, letters, with which she was charged, to the Africaine.' completely failed. captains Curtis, Lambert, and Willoughby, are Itteezie home in the Iphigenia and prizes. Lieutenant He was attended on that occasion by t his army, his ablest leaders , and his heaviest EDe Ripp has been promoted to the command of the' Racehorse, at the Isle of France, in the room of Cap- But every effort proved 'ineffectual ; and he I tint Fisher, promoted to the Cornwallis ; C.aptaia compelled to retreat from the province with t Lyne, of the Emma, to the Eclipse, vice Henderson, Enraged by this disappointment , Runjeet imr promoted to the Nereide (late Venus) ; Lieutenant ordered all his infantry to be disbanded, Rennie, promoted to the Hecate, vice Captain Gra- Mokam Chund to raise new bevel;ham, at ca e ham, promoted to the Africaine.—The French fri- re, ro be organized and trained after the gates coming from the Isle of France, are in charge manner. As the first step towards the of Prize-Masters. The Officets and crews of the anent ofthis plan, every temptation was four frig them. ates taken at the Isle de Passe, are coming induce the English Sepoys to desert home in hanneh ; and, for some time, they were . in vain. So considerable a military body rison of Loodehanneh, must always cone proportion of sanguine and adventurous . fond of change, even for its own sake, are able to withstand any considerable all, wealth or honour, when opposed merely of allegiance. A Jemmedar belon g ing native battalions, having first applied for, his discharge, passed the Sutledge, and distinguished station in the Seik service. followed• by a good many Sepoys of talion ; these were followed by others, description ; and, for a short time, desertions even of four or five at once, were not length the evil cured itself. The deserts discovered that their new fortunes by swercd the high promises which had been to them; and some of the number, smartie t ., the chagrin of their disappointment, ventured tify their feelings in a manner not altogether ble to their Seik masters. The remedy - ployed by the Native Chieftains for the , such discontents was immediately resorted of the transgressors were deprived and ears, and others of their heads. -}.- pedient, however, was not altogether effectue quillize the minds of the survivors ; and culties with numerous jealousies arising, long before Runjeet became heartily scheme ; and with that capricious propene cremes which is one of the first characteristics bariarn, he determinedto employ no English e whatever in i his army. stood tlint with the tent with . after the tie depen- nt, to ad- ibmission, expec:ed ; is offered, Lltory and ;ainst this Lrcely fail it compel uadron of, ipAnins of ut, which Goranl. my stand, most pro: approach' .flowers, , perhaps, ; his way t a jinx. .cted drat- Immence- ors, con- retry. six panies of oeen rein- panics of isposition operatirms mfined to from hos- ties have f Ghauts; the passes intercept- • to more . he fort of :s interfe- • ripps, aryl Prince of Le .sth ult. wed from sailed for istrture of in Matu- red there, sputhern Itz t- morningtaus • he Diomede, chace of, a Mixer. .. t of the La. t, appears to lave rejected lepredations. , it is stated it Vellore, to Sutledge, itish station. w therewith bte•objecr•of ' , which had tier defence. *. irdar, named ' ore Chieftain. he expedition doultan, had the filwer of lest ordnance. he was finally with disgrace. t immediately ded, and ap. ttalinns atVet- the European le nccomßlish- as held out to from Loude- r not held out rdy as the gar- ttain a certain Spirits, who, t are wholly un- allurements cf ly to the duties to one of the r, and obtain& Ind obtained a 'ice. He was the same hat- , men of every rtions in bands, : unusual. At artcrs presently r no means an- )een held forth marting under 'entured to tes: )Rather agrrea. dy usually em- the removal of 'fled to. Some 6t 'their noses . Even this ex- ffecrual to trait. and other citffi. • mg, it was not ly sick ot, his opensity to ex. :teristics of bar. deserted •