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*~ retularil his goost f a *aid 0( had stated of all title week, ml 4 l they wet* .o be eOgia Ordei of romittee of and con+ asing 014 ,in order fan thee A man f;r n Islands. utilvits Fie If his Hum he had no in doing Listed any nilitmy i mined to re the gra :urd in the of necessary, rvice of the !rf, exclusive Alarines.; of o tts3 eurnllyd id of 53,000 ;land, and of n actually in also of Co!o -nti in Africa, re number." ,lution, and nexplained trout the gig. Lordships regret that n hi; place I submitted !ctiy s ren y. But Ju r he was litary force lieved irom ti e want of loce1? It ar Colonies o man who e time past iat an aug. lute of cir ere was not special ap se in those iouth Wales increasing le to expect' ve the good umstanced. heretofore, 792; but he taken place, e increase of try strength e considera , and not the e between the stances at this t such suf leen stated. I to blame ly. There id no fears It was the :st sums in war in In few worthlep -able Member ate what he one of the 111 his Ho garrison of e place and in its neigh but prudent ion. Friend France was ►ould it be f that for !Ilion, could or defences s engineer's I entation of n economist nomist, and ,era million of red impossible the aggres tectiag their es in posses not be at an [astings hiJ .ONDON. FORRIGN FUNDS. Austrian Bonds 5 per Ct. Ditto Acc. trtfulli **plata aivir wttii ttt turniese. 'lt appeared that nothing could satisfy our rapacity in India, since e stint to wilt for the sake of a paltry islawl, And that iii , . .4 not upon the British, but the Burmese coast.— ' Ships, crowded With troops for Indra, gad been dispatched singly, as if with the view that they must not assist ea ch o th e r i n cases of ere or shipwreck. Mr. LINDSAY defended the conduct of the Court of Directors. By an express tegulation one-third of the hoops on board the ships of the India Convent were to be always On deck. Lord PAtMERSTON denied that this augmentation of the inilitary force was inquired for any purpose of patronage, and de. dared that the promotion which arose out of it bad been made Without the slightest regard to political interest, and only with re.- fetence to officers of old standing; for instance, the Lieutenants promoted were in general of seventeen years' standing—(Hear).— With respect to the augmentation for garrisons, he was ready torest thb necessity for it upon the testimony of the Honourable and pliant Member for *.athwart—( Hear). Sir R. WI LSON was anxious to know whether the pensions of Wounded oSoers would be in future paid quarterly instead of half-yearly, the advantage of which shorter period he bad hirited on a former evening ? Sir CHARLRS LONG thanked the Honourable and gallant Officer for calling his attention to this subject, and assured him of the anxious desire which his Royal Highness the Commandet.in- Chief had allays evinced for the accommodation and comfort of this meritorious class of OSsers, and he (Sir Charles Long) should take care to catty into effect, front the 114th of June next, the moot . mendation for quarterly instead of half-yearly payments—(llene) Strangers were thed Ordered to withdraw, and the gallery was cleared tor a division; when there appeared— • For the Amendment, 11 1 Against it, 103 1 Majority, 94. On the vote of E17.,139 9s. ltd. for the Royal - Military College, Mr. HUM moved so amendment, that the sum be reduced OCIO,OOo which was negatived without a division. Mr. H U NIB asked if any inquiry bad taken place as to the rental why claims made by private individuals against the War °See, and (vitt r claims by the War oSce against titivate individuals, re mained so long unsettled? Lord PA LMERSTON replied, that in that case the claim made by bias against those Gentletnea bad been disputed, and a trial in the Court of King's Bench had been the consequence, in which be (Lord Palmerston) had been defeated. Not musical with the result, a second trial took place in the Court of Exchequer, • o ith a similar result. The Lords were then resorted to, but with s!rnilar success • so that it was rather hard to make him answerable for the:delay w hich bad necessarily taken place. The whole of the Ordnance resolutions having been agreed to, Sir H. HA RDIN GE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to em. body the same. . The House, in a Committee of Ways and Means, agreed to Neve . ral Resolutions proposed by the CIIMICELIAS of the RlClUngia• Report to-morrow. The Report of Supply was ordered to be taken into tardier nue ederation on Wednesday. Mr. HUM E wished to know whether the Dudes on Wine went to be taken on the new measure . ? • • 'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his cakta- Igloos had been made with reference to the existing measure; but care would be taken to arrange the dudes to meet the new measure. The other Orders of the Day were dhpossd of, and the House Adjourned at Twmatz °Twee. Ti I I , : EVENING STAR TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened tkis morning at 94 to floe the Account, with little doing. In the Foreign Market all Bomb American Secnrides remain steady. Current Eirlet..t. New Spanish 19k SI, OM ditto 141 1, Russian 951 a, ;Nieman 811 •2, Colombian New 92k, Chilian 94, Aus trian Scrip 98, BraciliAn Scrip 31 4 rein. Mezican Scrip 4 prem. PnICE OP sToCKS AT ONX O'CLOCK. 2 per Cent. Cons. 93 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 51 per Cent. Red. 101 % 54 3 / 4 4 per Cent. New 106 1 * 'Vs 'A India Bonds 97 New Annuities 93 3 / 4 £1 O' N) z ':eq. 10 , 0%14 56 58 55 £5OO ditto (1 1 ,6 d.) 56 58 55 £lOO and £2OO ditto (1 S4d.) 56 58 55 Cnii,. for Acct. 94 1 / 8 94 FOREIGN FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Mex. Iliestda.sper Ct. $lll Ditto saip pa. Brazilian Bonds 881 # Nrapeiran Bow S per Ce. Ditto 1825 31 prom Penre.Boads: a r Q. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 921 Ditto Acct. 119 Ditto Acc. Portuguese Chilian Bonds, 6 p Ct. 901 Ditto Ace. 91 Ditto Acc. Pandas Roods, S per O. Columbian Bonds, e p Ct. Rus.lhods,t Sp.Ct..se t Ditto Bonds 1884, 92# Blue Ace. !Ditto Acc. 921 sp. Ct. Cans. 941 Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. 101 %rfee Ace. 2411 Ditto • arks Banco = c lip.* C . 1113, In I Greek Bonds 55 3 e Rmtes, Beet. 1061. Ditto Scrip 13 1 dis. &change 25f. 10e.. BRITISH AND FOREIOV SHARES. TWO O'CLOCK. ABIIUNANGE WALL. TAM 4100 • silo • Ma VIM SLUM £l9l ALL grit. For. Fire & Life MAIL MP. name MB MUM Anglo Mexican-- . seloo -sels- W. £5 pm. 4 Anglo Cbilian - . 100. 5 . . lel 16 Arigna Iron and C oa l - 50 5 • IS Bolan*, - - 400 - - . Su pm& Brazilian - - 100. 5. 5 .l3+ 114 Chihan - 100 5 • . Itili Colombian - - 100 -5 - 5 - 431 491 45 Hibernian . . 50 .4 . . 101 1 Pasco Peruvian - 100 - 5 - .4d i 37/ VS Beal del Monte - 400 -TO . . lOW 1095 Rio de la Plata - 100 - 5• . 911 31 Welch Iron & Coal - Si - 5 - . 14 0901 - OAS LIGHT AND COIN COMPANIU. Continental mums. WA ram ess sussa. - 100 - s . 111 10 MON RAILWAYS. London and Northern - 100 • 1 - 2i MISCELLANEOUS. masa. !AIM Pt= MI Atlantic and Paciik • sliloo •am -AM 14 MARL British Iron Company - 100 - b"in 1 12 Gas Begin Carriage 44 100 • 1 9 Hibernian Joint Stock Company • - srum llediterrane an Steam . 4 3ltikan Company 100 SO We SO Iletropolom Ahlerney Dairy se pd. • Si Ileu'opolitan Fla Company 2.5 4 New Conk Exchan e !I • Pearl Fishery 415 a s h. At pd. km AO plo• 211 Provincial Beak of Ireland . •15 14 Patent Bricks • . so Royal Stannary — i - Siete It seas currently reported on 'Change this foreaocet, that Mr. Rowcaovv, our Consul at Lima, had bees shot through accident. It is said that be had gone out in his uniform, and was challenged by the sentinel, who, on receiving no answer, diskharged hit musket, and Mr. llowcnorT fell the victim. This repot; which we shall be happy to fad - unfounded, is stated to have been brought by Captain Hue u is, who is said to be the bearer of letters from Lima tithe St2d Dottiober, to a mercaptile house in the City. Letters ibm tima.ot the 21th no:ember state, th the battles in which the Royalists were so signally de• feated took Place on the /th; Bth► and 9th of that months It is said they Were most decisive of the fate of Pent: Dutch Papers td the sth inst. hive hien received, but they do not contain any news. This forenoon we received Hanibilrgh Papers to the 2d inst. They are gill chiefly 611 ed with accounts of the late inundations. Some of our Readers may, perhaps, recollect that the young Princes of Bewai -1 wick, when at school in this country. took the whole of their pocket-money to . Mr. AmamiAux, in aid, of a subscription for the Germans. The same dis position stiil distinguishes these generous youths, and accounts from Hanover state, that their Highnesses the Duke of BauNswtcx and Prince WILLIAM, his bro ther, have subscribed 10,000 rix-dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the floods. It is said that a collection will be iihn made in the Duchy of Brunswick. There a report that two regiments (one of them cavalry) will, be disbanded for some years, and that the sum sailed by the reduction, will be applied to the repair of the dike. Tome will chew whether this report is well founded.— The Clergy have been invited to.'impress on their congre gatilos the extent of the ravages caused by the floods. On the 2d and 3d ult. there was a dreadful storm a Christiania, which did great damage. The great breach in the dike between. Embden and Lanelt is now repaired, so that it keeps off a common flood. The spring tide, a fortnight ago, flowed over the dike, but did no particular damage. Accounts from Copenhagen of the 22d tilt. state, that in the tempestuous night of the 3d Feb. the Worth Sea broke through the narrow slip of land near Herboote, and joined the narrow Bay of Lymfjord ; a very re- markable event, which may be attended with-important consequences to the inhabitants of Thye. The canal which the North Sea has thus opened, is said to be thirty ells broad, and seven or eight deep. Frankfort Papers to the 2d inst. reached us this morning. The following is an extract : WISBADEN, FEBRUARY 28. His Serene Highness the Duke of Na•sau opened the Skting of the Assembly of the States to-day in person. In his speech on this occasion, he observed, that the intro • duction of this institution, which had been established only a few years, had been rendered necessary by the dissolution of the German Empire, and that the ex perience of seven years had proved its utility. His Highness observed, that the public expenditure was gradually decreasing; that the taxes on the landowners and farmers, who suffered by the low price of agricul• tural produce had been already diminished; and that he had particular satisfaction in being able to hold out a hope that it would he possible to afford that class of the people still further I elief. Last night the Bill for suppressing Unlawful Socie ties in Ireland, was read a third time in the House of Peers, and passed, and to-day it is expected to receive the Royal Assent,—An interesting discussion took place on the subject of setting Spring Guns. The Earl of Ltvtasooi wished to carry the principle of making the use of spring guns illegal to its fullest extent, and very properly - observed, that it was preposterous that a man should be allowed to place a gun to shoot ano ther, in a case in which he could not directly shoot him. .i.:The LORD CHANCELLOR also declared, that he suer Would defend the practice of setting engines to endanger the life of a fellow -creature, for the sake of a partridge or a pheasant. An amendment was proposed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, for the pur pose of making the setting of spring guns illegal N in gardens, or any place whatever :" the Committee wu therefore rdjourned to Monday, when we trust the amendment suggested by his Grace will be carried. In the Commons the second reading of the Bill for altering the Game Laws was carried by a majority of 82 to 26. Mr. Secretary Put. adviscated the Bill in an able speech, and contended that to enable those who at present were entitled to make presents of game to be allowed to sell it, was the best means of putting down poaching. On - the merlon for bringing up the report of the Committee of Supply, Mr. Humes made an amend ment, declaring that it was not necessary to keep up the fosse agreed to by the Committee. On this point he was very satisfactorily answered by Sir Mawr WILSON; and some mistakes made by the Hon. Mem • r fOr Aberdeen, were corrected by Lord PA LIIIIR• STON. Mr. Hums, however, pressed the amendment, which was negatived by a majority of 102 to 8. The Report was then received, and all the Resolutions agreed to. The Duchess of GLOOCISTER paid a visit to her Rent Brother the Duke of Yong, yesterday. Mr. Secretary CANNING'S health is still improving, although the Right Hen. GIWILMA remains copiloted at the Foreign Dace. Letters received in town state, that Col. STROrART, M.P. for the county of Tyrone, in Ireland, was so dangerously ill that vary slight hopes were entertained of his recovery. Lord COMBiItIiERR, who is appointed Commander lo-Chief, will, it hti believed, sail for India some time in the en suing month. We are sorry to learn that the Rev. Dr. PARR died last night, at al: o'clock, at his residence, Hatton.—(keentry Mo an. March T. Dr. Doug (the Roman Catholic Bishop), has been insessened-to give evidence before the Committees of both Houses of Parliament appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland. At a grand masked b4ll, recently given by Lord Illonenanum at Florence, the beaudful Mrs. Si. Pam appeared in the Amen of Queen Zlisabalt; and Lady Hcw. ann. as the lively, bet unfortunate Alias Queen V Sat& Lord amazon' annoyed the Noble owner of the mansion, by assuming the garb of a poor Irish woman en food& ' and swearing that Lord &Ma ilman sheski pay for Ma naughty behaviour in having K mingled an unfortunate yo u n g aster ." All the English people of any coo. dderaties. Row in Florence, were invited to this masquerade. We learn from unquestionable authority, that only one of Lord fletunsansav's min was present at any part of the fatal stel,l l l et Dm The Tempo `f the two surviving brothers was 11161111114 tealined by a sevese Morn to. his room. %fl is weeded to ems the Staffs of Militia Regiments to be inspected, in order that the,, who are found unfit for the activr duties of Nomcoritmivsioned Officers should be discharged. previous to their being instructed in the new system of Drill, &c. which reinires for that purpose active and intelligent young men. The King's Cheshire Volunteer Legion of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Sir Jona Ftasslins Lkscesna, But. will usual, at Liverpool on the 6th of June, for permanent duty for the usual period of eight dayi, including Marching days. Two Companies of the Steil Foot are about to embark for New South Wales, consisting of hoe Captain, two Lieutenants, one En- Sig% and 167 rank and Sie. They ue to act during the passage, as gnu* over the convict*. NAVAL LVTLLLIGENGE. LOSS OP THE UDNEY, CAPTAIN HOLDEN, FROM INDIA TO LONDON. The Udney having encountered the severe gale in which the Mary and George the Fourth suffered so much, on approaching the east coast of Africa, was compelled to bear up for DeLagoa Bay, where she was wrecked, about the end of June. The passenger: and chief officer arrived in a whaler at St. Helena on the Bth Janu ary; about 100 packages of goods saved. The Udney sprung a leak of the coast of Watts!, on the 15th of June, and pat into Delagoa Bay, whence she was blown out on the 42d, and proceeded to the hlotambique Channel; she drove into baltattzbene Bay, and was lust there on the 2d July. Part of the cargo was saved, consisting of the following : —BO cases carda mums 235 bags of pepper, which w ere so ld at Al osam bi que, f or the be:selit of the Underwriters. Captain Hoklen proceeded from the Mozambique in the San Martin, and arrived at Rio Jan e iro on the 7th January, whence he proceeded to England in the Emulous packet, and arrived at Falmouth on the 14th ult k Her paasengers were—Lieut. Gress. his Majesty's 60th Regiment; Lieut. Daw son, 41st ditto • flews. Foskett and Henderson. If. C. N. I. lAeut Stapleton ; As sistant Surgeon Weilerton, H. C. S. lAeut. ilylins, Ceylon Rifle Corps; Mhgttr W. Wellesley—all of whom, with the Chief Officer, proceeded in the Emma, which arrived at St. Helena Jan. b. LOSS OF THE GEORGIANA, CAPTAIN BADCOCK, FROM BENGAL TO THE CAPE. The Georgiana was totally lost at Zanzibar, northward of the Cape—crew, atc. saved. Polymers:rove, Matto' 7.—Wind S.& W.—Arrived from the Downs the Honourable Company's ship Herefordshire, Hoer, for Madras and China; Briton. Surretr; St. Mary, BA XTIR ; and British Tar, Routines., for Jamaica; Hope, Foaatrr, for Buenos Ayres; Lively, lirrc:unr, for Smyrna ; ar►d Mint, Sartre, for Lisbon. His Majesty's ship BULWA RK; Captain THOMAS DUNDAS. was paid off, and laid up in ordinary, on Monday se'nnight. It Is not certain whether the WA minim will be commissioned in her room, ne orders having yet been received, except to prepare masts for her. The Hermon, Captain Wx. Jamn MUMMY, fitting at Sheer ness, is nearly ready, and is expected to be at- Newhaven daring the ensuing week; where she will be stationed as a depot for the Sus sex Coast Blockade; the superintendence of which service will be trandevred from Captain IPCut.r.ocu, of the Rassitues, to Capt. Museum, who will act under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The Resolution tender arrived on Monday se'nnight from the westward, and proceeded to sea again on Wednesday. nommen Maus 6.4—Wind &S.W. strong gales, and thick weather.— Aerived the Sphyux packet, from Chatham, and not the Magnet packet, from Lisbon, as reported yesterday ; H armo ny, Ross, from ad:la—sailed 24th December. Porssonsu Mown 6.—Wind S.W. blowing a gale.—Arrived, the Lady of t he Lake, Gaol', from St. John's (N. B.) ; and from the Downs, the Bandon, Wunemax, for Alexandria, and Triton, CARTES, for Teneriffe. COWIN MAWR 7.—Wind S.W. strong gales.—Arrived the Sceptre, *maim, from Rio Janeiro, in 79 days, for London; and the following outward bound vessels from the Downs, viz.— Hautonia, Twat; for Gibraltar; Diana, Hernias, for New York; Aietive, LINDY, for Charente; Ann, Wnurstoae, for Trinidad; and Venus., Carex, for the Cape of Good Hope. DIAL, Alums 7.—Wind S—Passed through the Ocean of Whitby, from Sierra Leone- ' Argus, GIRDLIM, front Charleston, in I/2. days, for Antwerp ; and Ann, Ricans, from the westward. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to confirm acting Lieutenants P. P. WYMN and A 'minium) Ma. mina, of the Tweet., and have appointed them to that ship. The Niemen transport has sailed from Portsmouth for Wool- With, to discharge ter cargo. The Rosa sloop, Captain the Honourable Cisours Amax, went to sea on Thursday, merely to ascertain the trim of the vessel, previous to sailing in company with the experimental sloops. The trial sloops, OILIM211; Prtrites, and Cnometoit, are expected to be Illready in a few days. The Crassezotr, on her next entice, will make in addition of 200 yards to her canvass. Her mainsail alone con tains 100 yards more than that of the .oaernts. The Twain has been ordered to refit at Spithead for Channel service. The Somnatiest was to have sailed ou Wednesday fcr the Cape of Good Hope, but she is now detained by Admiralty order. Arenneratents.—Mr. Andrew Baird, Assistant Surgeon of the Jasper, is appointed to the Royal George yacht, vice Scott pro. mimed ; Mr. William Brown, of the Albion, to the Jasper, vice Baird; Mr. Wm. Aitcheson, Assistant Surgeon, to the Isis, at Ja maica ; and Mr. George Burton, Assistant Surgeon, to the Victory. Mr. James Lillierap Mordant, Purser of the Zebra; Lieutenant Rd. Griffiths, to the Doris • Lieutenant Robert Caird, to the Red. wing; Mr. Charles Osbor ne, Surgeon, to the Aurora; Mr. Wil liam Taylor Carpenter of the Myrtle , to the Phaeton ; Mr. James Sutton, Acting Carpenter of the Tweed, has been confirmed in that appointment ; Mr. Edward Sawkins to be Master of the Orestes, vice Allen, discharged. J. R. Guava, Rsq. Naval Storekeeper at Kingston, Upper Ca nada, has been appointed Naval Storekeeper at Deptford, /Ice Joust Hoomus, Req. 1 Sierra Leone Gazettes to the 16th of January, state that Cape Coast Castle continued as unhealthy as at any former period. Among those who bad lately fallen victims to the baleful climate, were the Rev. Mr. Dainty, the Chaplain, and Mr. CHIP. MAX, of the Commissariat Scat. Madras Government Gazettes to the 10th of October, have been received, from which the following are extracu: " CALCUTTA, SZT2I2IIIIOI 17. The Roberts is in from Rangoon, the 26th August. Letters dated the 21st, state, that it was understood there was an army of 110,000 men close in the neighbourhood, including cavalry, and accompanied by thirty elephants. Our troops were strictly on the watch. and under arms. " Two additional European Regiments, and the Ist Cavalry, are expected to be added to the present force of the Chittagong Divi deo, which wiU then amount to Isom men. " The troops in general are in fair health, particularly the Euro pean portion. The 30th Native Infantry Is the most sickly." We are glad to find that the French Government have' , 'resolved to discontinue the sjandalous practice of open-' ing the private communications passing between this country and France, as will be seen by the following " Calais, Sunday Evening. " The Mayor of Calais received this day. at four o'clock, a tele graphic dispatch from Paris, with instructions for him and the Sub-Prefect at Boulogne, to dissontinue opening any dispatches that might be forwarded from this port or from that town, by mamba *thanker's, to any part of the Continent." Letters have been received by an eminent house in die City, dated Rio, the Bth of January. They announce that the EUPSROR has appointed Ministers to the Courts of St. Petersburg)) and Paris. The Fiench Government is putting down all clubs in Paris, even such as exclude all politics are not excepted. We understand that the Marine Alliance Company have escApzd the loss that will be sustained by the un derwriters of the Kent—not being on the policy. A MISTAK IL—ln the English Gentknuns of yesterday a mistake was unconsciously made in the Leading Ar ticle. " Wednesday next" was named as the day of ballot at the East India House, on the Hastings (Ines- Lion :it is Friday, the 18th instant. There was an Ad-, vertisement tolhat effect in the Paper, and yet the error was committed in the Leading Article. GUILDHALL. Forionar —Andrew Illsiespons was yesterday fully committed by Mr. Alderman WOOD for trial, charged with forging a bill of ex for LU 14e. purporting to be drawn by Th omas Oakley ea change upon and accepted by NI. Bakewell and Co. and payable at W. Rawlings', 13, St. Dunatan'etilL. . ) • CCOltr OF CHA‘ . 'CgltY—nnit DAr, Joni b. taanna—wash Otr anti. nit win an application to commit the defendant to ate Fleet iilitfat of the Warden of the Prison, for a contempt of Conti, f having married a young Lady withatlt penni , sion, and against the consent of her guardians. The young Lady, nn Coining of age' be . entitled to a fortune of nearly Xltooo, and the defendant is also entitled to considerable property. An attachment had heed - formed betVreen the young persons neatly tsVe jrears since. but the friends being unwilling that the union should take plsce, they at last resolved to elope, which they did, and went to ScotNad, where they were m.irried. Their present reiWence did not appear to be known, and under the circumstances it wad thought better, in the first instance, to order their attendance on the Lard Chiba:Doe ) before the issuing of the order of committal. LOSS OF THE KENT EAST LvDIAMANB We yesterday gave a detailed account of the loss or the Kent Indiaman, and now subjoin the following let ter, which contains minute details of the disaster, from the accident which occasioned the fire, to the final catastrophes—. " Falmouth, March 6, 16154 " Sta.-4 enclose you a copy of the letter addressed to the Agents to Lloyd's at this place, by Capt. Cook, of the Cambria, tespeeting the loss of the Kent Rut Indiaman, by fire. " I also annex a list of the passengers, troops, women, and eta. dren which were on board at the time of the accident. The whole of the Officers and passengets were saved, and the safety of the wo men is mainly to be attriboted to the noble and exemplary conduct of the soldiers, who were as completely under the command of their Officers, add as fespectful, u on a parade,during the trying occasion. It is a pity so much monist be said of the sailors,as Captain Cook's letter will explain; and had the Cambria not had the miners so board, it is a query if one-half of the people would have been res cued. as the sailors were not disposed to go back to the Kent a .second time, and the crew of the Cambria and the miners lined the side, and by foree prevented their entering the vessel, until they bad gone back and made further exertions to sate their fellow-ereatnres. 0 It was a truly melancholy sight to witness the condition of the men, women, and children, Officers and their wives included, on landing, some not having scarce a rag to cover them ; they are all, however, by the humane and benevolent exettions of the in habitants of Falmouth, who immediately came forward with abundance of clothes of every description, temporarily and com fortably provided for, and a subscription, amounting already to 2001. has been entered into for the relief of the most necessitous. " The providential circumstance of the Cambria falling in with the Kent (on St. David's Day) was very remarkable, add occurred by reason of Captain Cook having lain-to to repair some damage to his bulwarks; and it was also again as fortunate that he arrived here just at the timebe did, for the wind immediately shifted. and blew strong from the northward, which would have kept them out a day or two longer, or obliged their beating tap for France; and in the crowded state of the vessel (a brig of only 200 tons, with a cargo of nearly 600 persons on board), many lives must have been lost from suffocation, and want of coons to get at the necenaries stowed away below. Captain Cook's conduct is most praise worthy; and at the mess-dinner last evening of the COlenel and Officers of the 31st Regiment, his health was drank with nine times nine. " The greatest part of the troops and their families are killetted in the town, owing to there being but a limited accommodation at the garrison, by realm of the ridiculous and ill-discriminating system of economy and reduction practised some time since, which levelled the beautiful and commodious barracks to the ground, and which from £5 to .£lO a year would have kept in good repair." " Brig Cambria, Falmouth, March 4, 1825. WILLIAM SROAD AND SON; Astern TO LLOYD'S. Gmerunains--Yas are aware of my leaving this port on the 24th ult. with passengers and goods for Mezien,and I beg to acquaint you of my return here this morning at one A. as. under the following circumstances : " Tuesday last, the Ist instant, being then in htitade 47.30. and longitude 9. 45. laying to with a strong gale from the westward, under a can-reefed main-topsail, we discovered a large sail to the westward, and on approaching found her to have a signal s flying of distress, which induced me immediately to render every assistance in my power, and on nearing found her to be on fire. About three rat. being then on her bow, we succeeded in geting the first boat from the vessel, which proved to be the Hon. Company's ship Rent. Captain Cobb, of 1400 tons, for Bengal and China, with troops and passengers, amounting, with the crew, to 637 persons. From Sto 8 P.m. the boats were constantly employed in bringing the people to the Cambria, and succeeded in saving 301 officers, non-commis dotted ditto, and privates of the 51st Regiment, 43 women, and 44 children, appertaining to ditto, 19 male and female private passen gers, and Captain Cobb, and 139 of the crew, amounting in all to 554. The flames now becoming exceedingly fierce. I could not urge the sailors spina retinal, the sbip,nor deem it at all prudent, for the preservation orthe lives already on board my vessel, to re main longer near the Kent, expecting her fnstant!y to blow up. By accounts since made up, it is supposed that 64 soldiers, one woman 21 children, and 4 of the crew, wer e left when Captain C o bb quitteti the vessel, whose conduct during the trying occasion is beyond my bumble praise, displaying the greatest coolness and intrepidity, and by his exertions, and these of Colonel Prawn, the commander of the troops, who were the last to quit, the women, children, and pas sengers were got into the boats, and they did not leave themselves until their influence to induce any more to go into them was useless. At two a. it. the Kent blew up,ifter being completely enveloped in the flames for aboutifour hours previous. The fire originated In the after-hold, where spirits were kept for the use of the troops, a cask of which breaking adrift and bursting, the con tents were unfortunately ignited by a candle in a lantern. " I flel the greatest gratification in stating, that the Gentlemen and their Cornish miners, in all 36, with my own crew, 11 more, behaved throughout the trying period with the greatest kindness, in getting the people from the boats, soothing their sufferings, giving op their own clothes and beds to the women and childten,'volunteering to go into the boats (which I had good reason to prevent), and leaving nothing undone to make them as comfortable as the Mmitei size of my brig would allow (only 200 tons) : it would be 'dealing also, could I speak as highly of the crew of the Kent; but I cannot refrain from expressing my great disappointment of their conduct (in which l am borne out by Captain Cobb) derogatory in every re. spect to the generally received character of a British seaman, by • refusing to return to the Kent for the people after the first trip, and requiring my utmost exertions and tigterrnination to compel them to renew their endeavours to get out the soldiers, passengers, and the remainder of their own shipmates who were left behind; and it was only by using coercive measures, in conjunction with my own crew and passengers, and telling them I would not receive them on board unless they did so, that they prbeeeded, though reluctantly, in their duty. I must, however, except the Olken, particularly Mr.Thonnor, fourth mate, and Mr, Phillips, boatswain, whoa con duct and behaviour, in every respect, justifies my warmest praise. " It may not be amiss to state, that two hoses after the ship blew up, a soldier's wife was delivered of a fine boy on board the Cam bria, and both mother and child are doing well. " I remain, Gentlemen, your meet obedient servant. (Signed) " NV. COOK." ►Mr. ROTHSCHILD has purchased * magnificent man sion in Piccadilly, where he is going to reside after Easter. The iniquitous traffic in slaves is at present in a great measure covered by the French flag, and the mode of carrying it cm has been so dextrously arranged by the merchants of that country, that they are enabled, in a very great majority of eases, to elude the vigilance of the English men of war stationed on the coast of Africa for its suppression. The sea-port town of Nantz, in the South of France, is the spot where most of the enterprises far capturing slaves en the coast of Africa are planned,and it is said there are few merchants in that place who polsess capital who do not largely participate - in the traffic, to which their cupidity is strongly attracted by the immense profits resulting from it. Indeed, to such perfection is the system carried, that insurances on the venture can readily be effected at from 40to SO per cent. while the profits in general average 900 or 400 per cent. that is, return three or four times the amount of capital so employed; the whole voyage, including the bringing back a cargo to Europe, seldom occupying more than six months. Advice: have been received within these few days ficim Cuba, of the arrival there of a vessel named the Orphee, with more than 500 slaves on board, which vessel was fitted out for the voyage by the merchanti of Nantz. It is said Oho, that some merchants in Antwerp are bharers in the. 'Oat .cud the disgrace of the undertaking. i i I