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I and chat in furtherance of the &yet wash, !beans had been taken to publish it with all expedition. an the motion that a sum of £4,547 be granted to defray the expenses of the British Musetim for the en suing year, Mi. BENNETT brought forward the long expected charge against the Trustees and Managers of that establishment, founded on , an erroneous statement in the Edinburgh Review some months ago. Had the , llonourable Member complained of the remissness dr the Trustees and Managers in suffering the fallacious assertiops of that Journal to be re-echoed in the News papers and remain so long uncontradicted, we should have agreed with him. We are far from thinking that the Trustees of this Establiihment shotild answer every anonymous attack made upon them, but they should. tetollect that ..• a he a fortnight old is as good as f truth," acid that thousands who read the original stater tint, will never see ,Sir,CHA LILES LoNo's complete and satisfactory refutation of it. The Reviewer complained, that of Sir HANS SLOAIIO collection of insectsrew were left—and no wonder, when it is considered that it was made nearly a century' ago; but all that have perished have been, replaced, and the Museum now contains 70,000 articles in entomti-: logy, including duplicates of all that had been in the collection of Sir Mots SLOANE. Another charge was,' that a collection of 1,886 mammalia, left by Sir liana SLOANE, had also been wantonly suffered to go to decay. --Unfortunately for the Reviewer, there never was a quarter of the number in the collection, and the wh ole fragments, whether of bones, teeth, or hair, formed ao more than 1886 pieces. 4 more serious charge was, that the managers, not knowing the value of articles entrusted to them, had given them away, and after; wards re-purchased them at an expense of 40.01. Now it so happened that the articles in qaestion were never sent to the British Museum, and that the expense oU Obtaining them was only rt. 10s. instead of 4001. We we're long ago aware that the statements in the Edinburgh Review were fallacious, and we could not but feel regret that they should be suffered to ternain a single day uncontradicted-by those who were more com pletely in possession of the real facts of the case, and whop for their own credit, should have been the first to girt the injurious report it decided refutation. , - Some of the Members spoke as if the Trustees need only to come down to the House of Commons and obtain' any sum of money they might deem neces sary, when, in fact, there s scarcely a grant dual is allowed without a long discussion. We do not censure this, slime it enables the Public - to obtain information to which they are entitled ; but we have always considered the allowance to that great Na tional Establishment as niggardly rather than otherwise, and we should recommend that a sum of money be ap propriated annually towards the completion of its library. We do not mean by the purchase of other large libraries, or by the hunting after Caxton and Wynkin de Worde editions, but in order to purchase modern works, in which it is deficient, to complete sets, kc. We are aware that the addition of the KING'S Library, one of the, most munificent gifts that a Sovereign could give to his people, and that of Sir JOSEPH BANKS may go very far towards the object we seek; but yet a few hundred pounds judiciously employed would be of great service to the students, in the purchase of some books of re ference, in whic h the library is deficient. _ German Papers to the 23d ult. re a ched us this morn ing. The following are extracts: CORFU, FEBRUARY es. .1 On the 233 of this month news was received here that Coron surrendered to, the Greeks on the 13th inst. At the same time, we received from Missolonghi a con firmation of the news of the taking of the outworks of Lepanto, on which occasion the English Officers of Engineers,who are gone to the assistance of the Greeks, particularly distinguished themselves. Lord Byron had returned from Tripolizza to Misso longhi, and had been everywhere received with 'honour. I CONSTANTINOPLE., FEBRUARY 24. The armaments in the arsenal and along the channel continue, and seem to announce an active campaign.— Meantime it is asserted, that M. Minziacky has made but little progress in his negociation, and some persons prophecy that it may be a long time before the desired result is obtained. It is said, that the Greeks have again effected a landing near Caraburu, in Macedonia. ODESSA, MARCH 4. A ship which has arrived here from Constantinople, after an extremely short passage of only forty hours, brings the important, and for the Porte most alarming, Intelligence, that Mohamed Ali Pacha, Viceroy of Egypt, has at length thrown aside the mask, and de clared himself independent. It was long ago known in Constantinople that he meditated great things, and the Porte therefore tried every means to weaken him, and lately ordered him to furnish 10,000 men, to tom bat eie Greek insurrection. Isdoharned resolved, in stead of complying, to declare himself independent, and for this he has certainly chosen the most favourable moment. Those alone who are competent to form an idea of the sithation of the Turkish Empire,-can judge what may be the consequence of this event, respecting ?,vhich we look for farther particulars,and will& may per !naps shake all the Eastern Provinces of the Empire, not to speak of the situation of the capital itself, which derives :cr many supplies from Egypt. We presage that this event will complete the emancipation of Greece, and give the death blow to the power of the Porte. We still continue to receive the most melancholy de tails of the distress and misery to which our fellow-coun- I!) rocn, the settlers at ke Cape of Good Hope, are e duced. It is already known, that either by long con lizaied drought or ovettthelmitig inundations, tines., years' crops hiirOxien shiceAively destroyed, and we now learn, that the fourth yirses,crop had completely " Stepped' in -poverty -to • the verviips," and famishing in a iiistatit laud, ;.itli . oo,l,imate'Aillere the thennometer will st fl4° cme dalrune 6P the next, the settlers no hope but lir I.4,lAnnanity of the British Public, to whom they rtppeali ,, knowing that a country which is always the fist to ingiarre,the wretched out, of whatever nation they be, will . not suffer their brethren in South Africa to appeal in vain. . • . NA PAL iNTELLIGENCE. 1 . • The Governor Tornkins, —.., from New Petit, ran on-shore In Galway Ray, the 22d inst. but was assisted off by his Majesty's ship PLustrea. The London, 13ourit, from Newcastle to Guernsey, was totally haat on the 17th instant, near the Caskets--unly the mate and one seaman saved. The Cygnet, of Philadelphia, from Maracaibo to Nrer York, was totally lost, on the 3d ult. on the We of Vache. FALMOUTH, MARCH 28. Wind Arrived the Margaret, Ceres, Johan, Christian, and Denson, from Norway. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28. Wind It Arrived the Sidney packet, Emirs, from the South &as for London; Industry, Syr', sots, from Dram. Off the port, the Alezandtr. Jusr, from Jamaica. Sailed the Princess of Wales, Lwricsar,- for North America ; and the Wellington, for ditto. PORTSMOUTH, Main Wind N. by F.— Arrived the Jan Cornelius, from Batavia in five mouths, with less of anchors and OW". Sailed the Catherine, Wisitauvrer Madras ; Two Cathy -Sines, Mhz, for Amsterdam; and laiSo6ostfs. ship Rocoroar, for Chatham. MAL, Manna 29.—Wind N.W.—Passed tlwingb lama noon, the following outward-bound vessels ; Buneta, .--; Fame, BALLANTTNZ Eweretta, Feast; Robert and Ann, Jarreason ; and Stranger, --, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Edward, Minus% for. Halifax; Afrifa, Santos, (ur Jamaica; and Barbadoes, Lax, for Pictou. • ELSINIUR, Matto' 20.--. The James, Lama, from Newcastle to Memel, has get off Lentoe, without damage, and proceeded.— The Ocean, HRROH, of Shields, will remain a wreck on the kaw -.materials saved. . Cams, Masco 9.—The Mary Kitty, of London, HSCRS, from Malaga to Nantz, put in here boob -cargo discharging ! ' COURT OF ' CIiAACERY.THIS - DAY. IN THE MATTER 01 'LORD CADOOAN. Mr. WILSON begged to call his Lordship's attend°n to this cause, which he would not now have done, but that the matter was of considerable importance, anti pressed very much. It would be in the recollection. of his Lordship that the case had been referred to the MAS. ter, to inquire whether it Would not be for the benefit of the lunatic's estate to let 'certain' . propel ty,, situate at Chelsea, and to appoint a receives Of the tents and priij fits of the estate? That reference had 'been made, and the Master had reported; and what he had now to ask for was, that his Lordship would be pleased to confirm that Report. The LORD CoasscittatimLet the Report be confirmed.' DREADFUL ACCIDENT. Two young men, of Sydenham, brothers, of the name of Pearce, were committed to the cage at Lewisham for a misde meanest. yesterday; when last night the straw in The prison took fire, and bbth the men were burnt.to death. Their bodies, which were almost burnt to a cinder, were discovered this morning and conveyed to the Lamb public-house, where a Coroner's Inquest IID beheld on them. - • • It is said, that one of the young men having qua/Felled with girl to whom he was paying his addresses, threw some oil of vitriol on her dress, and that on, her stating it to her master, a beadle was, sent for, and the young man taken up. His brother; on hearing of the circumstance accompanied hiM to the prison; and thus re. risked a victim to his fraternal airprtin. I The Duke of GLOUCESTER was indisposed-on Sunday; but we are happy to state his Royal highness was yesterday consi derably recovered. The Duchess of KENT had a select party to tea on Sunday evening. Among the company were the Duchess of Gtou. canny the Princess Sonua, Prince LEOPOLD. and Count de Movrxx. The Earl of LINEapooL, we regret to state, has been confined by indisposition for several days past. The remains of the late Sir THossaS PLUMER will be interred to-morrow, in the Rolls Chapel, adjoining his late residence. We understand that the long-expected reversal of the attainders of the. Scottish Peers will.take place early in the ensuing month. It is understood that, with the exception of Easinte., of Mar, the favoured parties will be summoned to London to take the necessary oaths. The former Gehtlenlin, itis believed, will be ex cused from attendance on the scare of ill health. Ma. SCARLET].—We have the tdcasure of stating, that intelligence was received yesterday morning, -at the house of Mr. SCARIATT, importing that " he is poorly, but out of danger;" and a letter to Sir ASTLEY Cooran, also received yesterday, corn tnunicees the same satisfactory information. Friday the utmost consternation prevailed at Dart mouth and its vicinity, in consequence of the Bank of the firm of Hine and Holdsworth, of that place, stopping payment. On the following morning the Brisham Bank also stopped payment, it be ing connected with the Dartmouth irm. The feeling of distress witnessed at the latter place, when it was discovered, was beyond description • such reliance had been placed in the Bank, that per sons who had been enabled to save any money bad preferred- their notes to any other, so that there was scarcely one family in the town but what possessed their notes, either to a greater or less amount. On Saturday morning last hand bills, signed by many of the most respectable gentlemen and tradesmen of Dartmouth, were posted round*the town, to the following effect :—" We, the under signed, being perfectly satisfied with the responsibility of the Dart mouth Bank, Messrs. Harris and Cu. do hereby engage to take their notes in payment to any amount, and we recommend all others to do the same ; ' so that the public confidence' with respect to the firm was fully established.—/A - awaskrr, Free/wider. GLOVE ANII LEATHERTRADE.—A Deputation of Gentlemen connected with the Glove Trade, among whom was Mr. GRILINHAII, of Yeovil, had an interview with the Ctimicattort of the Excueouxe on Saturday week, which listed nearly three quarters of an hour. Mr. ROBINSON expressed his determination to propose that the prohibition of French gloves should cease in July, 1826; at which period they are to be admitted to l'he port of London only r for this purpose a Bill will be introduced into Parliament during the present Session; and, iu the course of the next; the remission of the Excise and Custom duties on leather and skins will be proposed, to take place in July, 1825. The rate of duty on foreign gloves is not yet fixed, but it is expected it will be about 30 per cent.- 7 41telbarne Mercury. Flaas.--A tire broke out this morning, at a quarter before five o'clock, at the house of Mr. Dignarn Attorney, N 0.13, Cook's-court, Carey-street, which totally consum ed the building, and the adjoining house, No. 12. It has also damaged the backs vf two other houses, in Portugal-street. No lives are lost t how the fire originated is nut known, but it was first discovered in the back parlour.—Another fire broke out this morning, at oue.o:clock, at a public-house, the sign of the city of Rotterdam 61.. Catherine's street, East Smithfield ) which consumed the whale of the interior of the building. The Etpikor Satutclay contains a continuation of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the eligibility of M. Bett jantin Constant which be contended for with great eloquence. Important intelligence has been received by a courier front Missolongbi, from which place he was dispatched on the 28th February. Previous to ilia dare information bad atriVEti there from Argos, stating that Latavo ConduViottis, Coletti, and lot tail; had bein elected by the Senate to perform the functions of the Executive Grecian Govtrantect, of which Cooduvionis bad been named the President. Tire garrison of the Castle of Lepanto bad made a sortie, probably with a view to retire on sonic other station where provisions were more plentiful, but the besirgers attacked them and cut them in pieces. The speedy surrender of Lepanto was placed beyond doubt in consequence of Ibis success, and intornution of this event may,thereture be daily expected to arrive. The Executive Government had directed th Greek fleet to proceed to the Darditfelles, addio - dttpaa.• any attempt which the Turkish Sett may make again to sail into the Archipelago. t EIVIW HUSSARS Web CO WET BATTIER' Some weeks ago, Cornet Beretta, iJf the 10th Hussars. sent us a long Circular Letter, complaining of the conduct he had received from the Officers of that Regiment, in " sending him to Coventry ;" and appealing to the Army and the Public against what he con ceived some remissness on the part of his Royal Highness the COM MA nom- az-Cuir.r in affording him redress. Although it was a tem perate statement, we admit, yet as it was expaite, and a good deal of odium on the Tenth Ilessars had been bandied about in the Irish and English Newspapers, we waited linen some official expla nation should be given of the circuinstancei. This we are now enabled to present to our Readers, in a letter from the Military Se cretary, which so distinctly, treats on the several complaints of Cornet BATTIYR, that we do not deem it necessary to recapitulate them. It appears by the latter that, in eon sequence of the state ment of Carnet BATTIER, Lard LONDONVERRIt deemed it his duty, to address his Royal Highness the COyMANDER-N-Cingr on the subject, at'the same time enjoining the Officer in command of the Regiment in Dublin, as well as the Corps of (Hikers, to take no step in consequence of Mr. Beanie's 's proceeding. TO .LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, G. C. B. ' • . (COPY.) • Me Loan, Horse Guards, March 22,1824. I have had the honour to receive, and to lay before the Com foamier-in-Chief, your Lordship's letter of the 14th instant, and I am directed to say, that his Royal Higiittees is not surprised that the statement of Mr. }lnner; which appeared in the Mornieg C7iro ;def.: of the 10th instant, and in other Papers, should have filled you with astonishment and indignation. His Royal Highness rejoices, however, that your Loeriship's letter offers to h:ni the opportunity of making saint observations upon that statement, and of conveying to you, for such use as you may think fit to make of it, his view of Mr. Battier's, recent pro ceedings, and I will endeavour to execute his Royal Highness's in itructioes to that effect as brief) , as the subject will admit, and withous entering into any unnecessary detail. Your Lordship is aware, that when Mr. Battier applied for the exchange to the 10th Hussars, he produced testimonials of his pre vious conduct in the sth Dragoon Guards, and the 18th Hussars, which were. Considered by his !loyal Highness perfectly satisfac tory. These testimonials were sianed by Lieutenant-Colonel Gor don, of the sth Dragoon Guards, Colonel Murray and Lieut.-Col. Hughes, of the 18th timers, and they spoke, without reserve, of his qualifications as an Office ,and a Gentleman. Upon his joining the_luth Hussars, he experienced a reception and a treatment from the Officers forming• the Mess of the Corps, which neither his apparent incapacity and unfitness fur the duty of a Regiment of Cavalry, nor any exception taken to his manner and appearance could justify; and which were, upon his representation; censuted in the strongest terms by the Commander-in-Chief, and drew upon those concerned the expression of his Royal Highness's unqualified disapprobation. The communication upan this subject was made to Lord Combermere, who was desired to reprimand the Officers, and to admonish them not to persist in a course which would expose them to marks of more serious displeasure. Before, however, my letter reached Lord Contbermere;the Offi cers concerned had bocn convinced of the impropriety of their conduct, and had acknowledged their error ; and although they may not have felt inclined to place themselvea upon a footing of easy or familiar intercourse with Mr. Battier, it does not appear that they. as a body, or as individuals, subsequently afforded to him any cause of cemplaint which could warrant further remonstrance, or call for notice from higher authority, or which could provoke him to "personal collision." On the contrary, Sir Colquhoun Grant states, that Mr. Battier acquainted hint that he and his friends were sa tisfied with the manner in which his representations had been met, and the whale affair arranged with his brother Officers. Reports were, however, made by Colonel Sir George Quentin, through Lord Comber Mere and Sir Culquhoun Grant, of Mr. Rat tier's utter unfitness for the duties of a Cavalry Officer, and of the improbability of-his ever being sufficiently improved, by drill or instruction, to become capable of -doing justice to his situation, or to the Regiment. These representations were afterwards confirmed by a special report from Sir C. Grant. Mr. Battier was, in consequence, .told, by order of his Royal Highness, that he had better remove from the Tenth-Hussars, by retiring to half-pay, or (as there was nothing in the reports made which could affect his character as a Gentleman) with the option of purchasing a half-pay Lieutenancy of Infantry, whenever an op vortunity should offer. To this Mr. Battier subscribed, and it was clearly understood that he should quit a regiment and a branch of the service for which he had been proved, and, in fact, had acknowledged himself to be unfit, and in which he never would have been replaced, if his Royal Highness had not been misled by the testimonials of his previous Commanding Officers. Thus stood matters until the period of your Lordship's visit to your Regiment, and Lord Combermere'e review of it. Upon the occasion of the inspection of the Regiment by Sir Col quhoun Grant. on the 19th of November, Mr. Battier conveyed, through Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, his earnest entreaty to Sir Col quimun Grant, that he oull not expose his incompetency by ex hibiting him in the Third Class of Riding Drill, and he again ac knowledged his unfitness for the situation he held. Sir Colquhoun Grant acquiesced in his request, and told him, in the presence of Sir George Quentin and Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, that al he could not appear at the Review, he would give him leave of absence, of which he might instantly avail himself; Mr. Bat tier stating at the same time that it would be unpleasant to him, under these circumstances to remain with the Regiment, and Sir Colquhoun Grant, knowing that Mr. Battier was to be removed from the 10th Hussar., concluded that he would at once take his leave—an impression which was confirmed by Mr. Battier's leav ing the Barracks in plain clothes, and ceasing to do any duty, or to appear in uniform, according to regulation. Upon the 24th November, when your 'Lordship inspected the Regiment in the morning, Mr. Battier did not appear, and was re ported absent on leave, the official notification having been con veyed to him on the 23d, the leave having been given verbally by Sir Colqukoun Grant from the.lOth. In the evening of the 24th, when your Lordship dined at the Mess, Mr. Battier thought tit again to make his appearance as an Officer of the Corps,and upon this occasion, the circumstances oc curred which form the subject of Mr. Battier's letter to me of the 7th December, which he has published. Upon receiving. this letter the Commander-in-Chief ordered me to desire Lord Combermere to call upon Sir George Quentin for his reply to Mr. Battier's complaint, and not bring satisfied with the explanation therein given, he directed me subsequently to write to your Lordship, and to express his surprise and regret that you should, by your proceeding on the-24th November, have appeared to sanction, and. have actually salictioned, a previous course of con duct on the part of the Officers of your Regiment, which had in curred his Royal Highness's displeasure, and had been marked by the expression of his serious disapprobation. Your Lordships reply stated your entire ignorance of the pro ceedings which had incurred his Royal Highness's displeasure, and of the reproof conveyed to the Officers concerned ;—it denied many of Mr. Battier's assertions, more partisulerly that which stated that you had threatened to take steps with his Royal Highness, the effect ; of which veould be " seriously to injure his prospects in the Army, if he did not retire from the Mess," and it assigned, as a reason for your proceeding, the fact previously stated to you by Sir Colquhoun Gram, that-be had five days before given Mr. Battier leave to quit the Regiment, of which Mr. Battier had actually availed himself, by not attending any duty since the 19th, your impression (as well as Sir Colquhoun Grant's) being that he had left the Headquarters of the Regiment. This statement of your Lordship's is corrobo rated by Sir George Quentin, who was present at your interview with Mr. Either on the 24th. His Royal Highness ordered me, in reply, to assure you that your explanation was satisfactory, and to censure in strong terms the conduct of Sir George Quentin, in omitting to apprise you of what bad passed , and in suffering you to remain its ignorance of it when you desired him to speak to Mr. Battier, and to prevent his dining at the Mess, adding, that his Royal Highness was confident, that if you had been duly apprized of the previous occurrences, and of his Royal Highness's view of them, you would, it, spite of Mr.Battlees ill-judged add ilf. tiniedappeeraece at the Mess, have felt anxious to concur with his Royal Highness in checking proceedings Menu sistent with the principles of sunordfitation and the acknowledged rules of society, which therefore his Royal Highness must condemn wherever they occur, and in ineintaining that respect for superior authority, of winch some Officers of the Tenth had lost sight in the adoption of a liar. of conduct that had drawu'upon them e reproof of which they had acknowledged the justice. - Having given this general seatenient of the circumstances, as de. rived from the official documents in my possessioo l I shell proceed, in obedicuce to his Royal Highness's commends, to make some (enure ettoo* upon Mr. Battier statesmen, which is an appeal to the teelings of the Army and the Pulnic against the Cmionender-iin Chief, whom he must unjustly end Mcorrectly 'accuses of having disregarded hla complaints, nut less than it is a libel upon your Lordship, and upon the,licainient from which he has retired, for the avowed purpose of resurtine to such a couFs.. ~~: dly I Mr. visited the conduct of the °Sees of the Tends. wills hie census . an4reprimand, " but h a d n ot b ee n pl ea d e d to publiatt through.* the Ardis any manifestations of this ilispleasure."--41is Boyd Highnesi ctinceivei that lie tatty use his diseeedon in The thanhen of nniking any -representation or apEreal made to him ; ape!' upon this occasion, he adopted the course best suited to "circuni. stances, such as indeed did produce the desired result, as must at pear front the stateoaost of facts I have given, and from Mr. Rat tier's-own admissiosr. Mr. Battier states, that while the Officers of the 10th placed hint io Coventry, and withheld from hint the marks of course" which, in. civilized society, are considered due to a Gentleman and a stranger, each member bf the corps observed the cautious pukcy of shunning all risk of personaltollision. He admits this. Ile expresses the feeling under WhiCh he quiitid the corps—a feeling of decided hostility—a feeling which leads hind, when he had. crossed the water, and as soon as he had ceased to bear a commist , on in it, to insult and defy, not one member of It, but the Whole corps indiscriminately; and yet this individual, who would seem, front his own account, t• have courted " personal col lision," and who now discovers grounds for insulting a whole corps which had been denied to him by " the cautious policy of each member of it," did not hesitate, very unnecessarily and very indis creetly, circumstanced as he was, to appear at the Mess after leave of absence had been given to him in consequence of his intrtaty td Sir Colquhoun Grant, that he might not be exposed to ridicule. ft is ret,!.onable to ask, what could be Mr. Battier's motive for appearing at the Mess at such a moment, and with feelings such as he avows in his published statement? Were his intentions amicable or hostile? if amicable, his subsequent invectives would betray strange inconsistency; if hostile, and supposed to he so -front any previous expression in other qu a rter;, of those sentiments now pub. fished, nu better justification could he found far yotsr Lordship's exclusion of him front the circle to which he sought admission. After these remarks, his Royal Ilighttesi considers it wholly un necessary to notice the generd reflections with which Mr. Battier has favoured the corps of Officers. I proceed to Mr. Battier's comments upon the Commander-in- Chief's conduct. Ile states that, " ist consequence of your Lord ship reporting hint unacquainted with his duty, and malt for Ca valry Serviee, his Royal Highaess was pleased to take no notice of his appeal, farther than allowing him to purchase a Half-pay Lieu tenancy of the Eighth IMigenits." As Mr. Battier thought lit to pOblish, without any previous per mission obtained fror.. hi) Royal Ilighnes.4, my letter of the 17th of February, which acquaints him that his Royal Highness had more than once expressed his disapprobation of the conduct observed to warda him by some Officers of the Tenth Hussars, it may be pre sumed that it was not from delicacy or discretion that he abstained from publishing also my reply to his letter of 7th of December, of which I now subjoin a copy for your Lotalship's information, and from which it will appear that'Mr. Battier has taken care to give to the Public so much only as would serve his own propose, and to withhold the reasons assigned by his Royal Highness fur not noticing further what had passed. I am directed to add, that however disposed to admit-that Mr. Battier had experienced., a treatment, while a member of the 10th Huisars, which was calculated to produce touch soreness of feel ing, and however willing to allow for the irritation under which he quitted the corps, and even for the impression he may have en tertained that his complaint had not met with the attention to • which be considered them entitled, and which was in fact shewn tss them—Mr. Battier's publication appeared to his Royal Highness to be so gross a breach of discipline, that his first intention was to have recommended to his Majesty, that he should be dismissed front the service; and I was therefore ord , red, on the 12th instmt, to write to him, and to desire he would state whether he was the author of it? but as this publication, independently of the insult offered to your Lordship, his late Colonel, and to the whole corps, contained also comments upon his Royal Highness's conduct, which might be presumed to be personally offensive to him, his Royal Highness has abstained from following a course which a sense of duty to the service would have otherwise prescribed, lest it might be sue posed that be had been influenced by feelitigs of personal irri. tatiots towards an unfortunate and misguided individual. I am directed further to say, that his Royal Highness cannot sanction your Lordship, or the Officers of your Regiment, taking any notice of Mr. Battier's statement; and to repeat, that you may make free use of this letter and the inclosure.—l have, &c. (Signed) 11. TAYLOR. Horse Guards, January le, 1824. " Sta—Having laid before the Comtnander•in-Chief your letter' of the Bth December last, and having, by order of his Royal ness, made a reference upon the subject to Lieutenant-General Lord Comberrnere, and to Lieutenant-General the Marquis of Londonderry, I arty directed to acquaint you, that as his itoy.:l I lighness had already, in consequence of the report made, some time since, of your unfitness for Cavalry Service, expressed his intention of recommending you when the opportunity should offer for the purchase of a Lieutenancy of Infantry; be does not consider it necessary to notice further what has passed in regard to you in a Regiment which you will not be called upon again to join, the more especially as it appears front the report of Major-General Sir Col quhoun Grant, that previously to your appearance at the Mess upon the occasion which produced your complaint, you had been allowed, at your own request, to absent yourself from the Review of the 10th Hussars, and had obtained leave of absence, of which you bad availed yourself so far as any duty or appearance on parade were concerned. ' " I have, &c. (Signed) . • "H. TAYLOR. "To Cornet Battier, 10th llussars, Thompson's Hotel, Holles-street. The several recruiting parties throughout Great Britain and Ire land having received their instructions, are now actively employed in raising men for the three new Regiments of the Line, whose es tablishments, it is expected, will he completed in a short time. The head-quarters of the 97th Regiment are changed front Gas port to Winchester. A squadron of the 15th Hussars, commanded by Major WlL itall BOOTH, arrived at liripliron on Saturday from CinterbUry, to replace the head-quarters of the 7th Hussars, which Regiment is ordered to the neighbourhood of town. On the arrival of the 61st Regiment at Ccrk, the 2d (Queen's) leave Athlone, .to embark at Cove for Chatham, and thence to pro ceed to India. Three troops of the 3d Dragoon Guards arrived on Saturday at Liverpool, from Manchester. • The Z.l Dragoon Guards are suddenly ordered to Ireland.. The Hon. Captain Ainicaostav's troop, stationed In Sheffield, expect their route hourly. A Meeting took place yesterday of the Directors and Managers of the Alliance Assurance Company, when a Report was laid before them by Mr. Invibta, the Presi dent, of the present state and future objects of this con cern. A Petition was prepared, and is to.be immediately presented to Parliament, fur allowing this establishment to undertake maritime insurances. It was determined at this Meeting, that for the first two years of the existence of this Company no money shall be expended in build ing a house for the purpose of t:ansacting its badness. The insurances already effected w ere stated by Mr. tii VINO to be to an immense amoit:.t. The Phoenix convict ship, Mr. Conolly on bo ird, sailed from the Note yesterday for oursettleant at New south Wales. The Memoirs of GOETHE, by tbe.ndmited adthor of, ' Werter, he. written hp himself ; and Tale of the Highlanders. by the antler of The Hermit in London, &..r. will be published on Wednesday neat, by Ir. Colborn, New Burlington-street. The New Monthly Magazine for April promises to afford a s ricli treat to Its numerous Readers. It will contain, amot:: other original Papers-1. The Ritter Bann, a Ballad, by Thom..s Campbell, Esq. 2. Th► Spirits of the Age, No. 4, Sir Walter Scott. 3. The Literary World. 4. Sayings and Doings. 5. State of Parties in Dublin, Letter S. 6. Letters from the East, No. 7, The Massacre of Scio. 7. On the Nindern Spanish Theatre, No, 1. 8.. Poetical Scenes, No. 2, The Astrolnl%r. 9. 13ook-makers.„-I(0, The Poet's Supper. 11. Grimm's Ghost, !' ships. 12. The Months, No. 4, ANIL 13 Kama. 14. Our travelling Manners, past 7 Flowers, bring Flowers. IG. The I'riari• A Ride in a Cuckoo. 18. Song of the ' The Grave, from the Cerman. 20. 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