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F ~i +~ _ 't purpose of publication ;anti thkaecup4, the onbrer ken series of Nesispilpere ft Bdrd~iM W • numerous historical document of incalcu latii' 11 ‘ bleN il koti i sNid, he should haveacon cutred in the vote with the more pleasure, if the fa. ' chides Of admission to the British Museum had been greater. It was now necessary, that a person to tain admission should apply to a Trustee, and as these Trustees were persons of high rank, this threw a M.; Acuity in the way of unknown scholars. He under. stood too the Museum sold its duplicates. Her why, the money so obtained disposed of? Mr. C. LONG said, that - every facility was Abr. ded to the admission of-those persons to the British Museum, who were likely to derive any benefit from that liberty. He should be sorry that a more indis criminate liberty should he allowed, as the publk libraries in Paris had suffered much from depreds.. tions. Purchases were made to the amount of the duplicates sold. He supported the grant. Mr LOCKHART said that he should not allude to the question of economy ; but he doubted whether a case was made out for the interference of the State. The cases in which the State should interfere to make purchases of the kind now proposed, should be wheal the things to be purchased were at once of extreme rarity and extreme utility. In the case of the Elgin Marbles it had been alleged that the possession of those rare examples would inspire our sculptors with the genius of Grecian art. In the purchase of works of literature, it. was not worth while to stipend nice ney in the purchase of the works of &de ;tumult, under the accumulation of which everything-valuer' ble would be buried. If any thing was to be foiled in this collection not elsewhere to be obtained, eithEr fragments of history, or treatises of morals, or ex• amples of oratory, he should be willing to pay ma, ney for its preservation; but as for the varieties of verbal criticism, it might well be left to the enthu siasm of virtuosos, while the interference of the State was confined to that which was real!y useful to man. kind. He did not hear it alleged, that this library WAS any thing more than mere curiosities in litera ture ; and though they might venerate the individuals who attended to minuthe (fur an excess of learning it some might be necessary to diffuse it to ail), he could not see the necessity of encouraging such studies en the part of the State. Se: JAMES MACKINTOSH rose to enter his =tagainst the sentiments of the Honourable er or the City of Oxford (Mr. Lockhart}—it was well he was not Member for the Univesaity—who bad expressed such contempt for that classical learn ieg, which was the foundation of education in this u well as event other polished nation of Europe.— What would the himates of that University, which Was seated in the City which the HonourableGentle man represented, say, when they beard that they end all others who studied classical learning, were train ed in frivolous questions respecting minute and un important distinctions? Was sot the Honourable Member aware, that in that classical education to which so many superficial objections might be made, was comprised a course - of indirect, but not the less forcible, moral and political instmctiOn, which had the greatest effect in the formation of the character . and the mind ?—(Hear, hear). Were the lawgivers of this and other countries mere drivellers, when they recommended a degree of minute accuracy in these studies ? But did not this accuracy form the criterion of a perfect familiarity with those authors who were the models of thought, the muter: of mo ral teaching and of civil Wisdom, and, above all things, of civil liberty ?—(Hear, hear). He was ashamed to hear any part of knowledge treated as a Jurnry or an amusement--(keer): Classic learning was in reality much more important than others which had more direct connection with the business of life, as it tended more to raise high sentiments and fix principles in the minds of youth than the sciences. In such a cow - try as this, at least, it was strange to'' talk of money laid out on science as a waste—in this country in which Mr. Watt, who had lived to see an application which be had made of one principle of science, add more to the wealth of his country than it had ever happened to an individual to add before. They had seen too, an individual who had changed the whole face of science, Sir Humphrey Davy, an admirable, though simple invention, saving annee l ally a number of human lives. He estimated as highly the Elgin Marbles as his own ignorance would permit him ; but it an Artist, who restored the small est portion of an ancient statue was worthy of praise, a Bentley or a Person, who illustrated one obscunt, beauty, or chastened one incorrect line of the models of ancient eloquence, was also to be valued. The reading of Demosthenes or Homer had not produced its due effect upon those who did not think the re moval of those errors a matter of consequence. This was an affection of the mind which mitst be taken together with the advantages of ancient learning, ,and must be cherished as such. The National Li brary should be something nearly adequate to the dignity of the nation—he was sorry to say it was not yet such ; and he should cheerfully vote for this ad dition to it. He wished to add, that lie never h any learned or laborious men complain of any want of facilities in their own admission to the Museum, though they sometimes generously wished those faci lities to be extended to others. Mr. LOCKHART explained.—The Vote was then , agreed to without a division. 1,350,0001. was voted for the Army Extraordi neries of Great Britain. 60,000/. for ditto in Ireland. Mr. ARBUTHNOT, in proposing a vote for the African Forts, took occasion to mention the recom mendations which had been made to Government on this subject. The first was to appoint a Governor on the Cape Coast, independent of the Afiican Com pany ; the next was, to reduce the number of the Committee of the African Company. The last was, to reduce the number of the forts. It was thought inexpedient to displace the present Governor, who was engaged in discoveries in the inter ior, and in negociations with the native Princes, who had con sented to send their sons .to Cape Coast Castle to be instructed. It was deemed invidious to displace the Members of the inesent Committee ; but as vacancies occurred, they would not be filled up till they were r•xbiced to the number recommended. It was thought i.iexpedient to reduce the number of forts, lest an opportunity should be given to ships of any nation to renew the ravages of the Slave Trade. The sum of 23/4)1. hai been anitult4 h v e cOL This yilir propotiel to vote 28.000 1 : additional expos was to be expended on the building of a chapel, th repair of forts, and the building of schools. Mr. W.-SMITH said, that it had been thought in judicious that the present measures for the improve meet of Africa, should be carried on by those who, had been engaged formerly in carrying on measunif of a different description. He had no objection the sums voted for ditcoveries in Africa, but he had rather see them carried on under the direction of the Government than of the African Company. Mr. GORDON said, that his investigation on the Committee convinced him of the good management of the African Company, and that since the abolition of the Slave Trade, they had done all in their power to carry . the law into effect. He was of opinion that the additional grant would be made up for by addi tional commerce, and especially by an ad valorem duty on ivory. Mr. SMYTH agreed there was no proof that the African Company had engaged in the Slave Trade ; but he saw no reason why the Coast of Africa should be excepted from the general rule of Colonies which were under Governors appointed by the Crown. The House was hardly justified in voting sums to the African Company, over whose expencit-, tore they had no check. • Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that in future accounts would be every year laid on the table of the expen diture of the Company. Mr.W. SMITH said he wished• it to be understood that he did not even insinuate that the African Corn pany had acted improperly ; but what he and others had doubted, was, whether a proper effect would bt proauced on the people of Africa, when they saw that the persons employed to put an end to the Slave Trade were those who for years they had seen car rytog tt _on. —The Vote was agreed to. 8,0001. was voted to the Board of Agriculture. 394,7001.. for the Commissariat. 99,000 L for the Barrack Department. Mr. ARBUTHNOT proposed 25,0001. for the Caledonian Ciaal. Mr. WYNN withed to know whether there was a probability that this sum would complete the work? Mr. ARBUTHNOT said that it would not be completed in the present year. Mr. FINLAY could not help remarking with what reluctance every proposition was received for great, of public money to Scotland—(a laugh). An Hag lish Gentleman, in opposing a grantrike the prenpu, , bad said, that he did not see why the ctabenies should not be required to support themselves, thus speaking of Scotland as a Colony—(a laugh). Charity should begin at home; and on this maxim he (Mr. Finlay) weeild wish to ;ft the sums given for the improve ment and civilization of Africa, extended in making bridges, roads, harbours, and canals, in Scotland and Ireland. • Reads and bridges should be particularly attembd to in the North of Scotland, where at pre sent, for the want of communications, the people of I the Highlands Were often shut up in the wildest and most desert country for the winter, hemmed in by the snow, deprived of all intercourse with their Souther* neighbours, and exposed, along with their cattle, to all the dangers of starvation. When it was considered that Scotland needed such assistance, and had supplied so much to the general resources of the empire, by sending so many brave men to the Army and Navy of Great Britain, it appeared to him ex. tremely unjust and illiberal to object to a grant like the present, or to endeavour to reduce its amount. Mr.' W. SMITH thought this complaint of the Honourable Member came with rather ill grace on a vote for a work on which, with others lately done by Parliament for Scotland, 900,0001. had been ex pended—a sum the application of which he had ap proved of, but which was not trifling, and which equalled all that had been expended in England (by Parliament) for the same purpose for two centuries. He thought it would be better to vote a sum to con clude the work at once. The invention of steam boats promised to make the work of more importance than had been contemplated. If either end of the Island was to be called a colony—which meant a country populated by an influx of people from another—this part was at present more entitled to the name titan Scotland—(a law h)). Mr. PROTHEROE thought it strange that a Gentleman should complain of illiberality towards Scotland, when the House was voting public money to that part of the Island, for doing that which was, in this, always the work of individual capital. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said he had reduced the esti. mate in consequence of the pressing demand for eco nomy, but with the pleasure of the House he would withdraw it, to give the subject more mature consi deration as to the propriety of propqsing a larger vote for the more rapid completion of the work.— The vote was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. ARBUTHNOT moved that a sum not ex ceeding 10,0001. be voted fer defraying the expenses of works in the College of Edinburgh. He hoped this vote would satisfy the Honourable Member that Scotland was not forgotten in the public grants— (hear, hear). Mr. W. DUNDAS took occasion to say, that liberality of Parliament to Scotland had been un bounded, and the effect had been, that in a few years that country had made more rapid strides towards prosperity, than in centuries before. 8,4041. was voted for the Repair of Henry the Seventh's Chapel. Mr. ARBUTHNOT proposed a vote of ie7 4 5,000 for the Gold Coinage in 1818. Mr. J. P. GRANT heard this vote with some sur prise, after the disappearance of the Gold Coin; and more so to find 8,000,000 of gold were to be coined, when not a Sovereign could be kept in the country. Mr. W. POLE said, the law of the land was, that the Mint was bound to coin all bullion sent to it for that purpose; and sufficient for eight millions had been sent by the Bank to be coined ; and he had no doubt but that, like the seven millions already coined, would go to their coffers, to provide for cash pay ments. The public was bound to pay the expense of new coinage. Mr. J. P. GRANT thought it an abstudity.lo suffer the law so to remain. Mr. FINLAY wished that there should be no law to prevent the exportation of gold coin ; for as the law now stood, it musthe melted down and carried abroad, and then we had the expense of coin* it again. Afterfurther observations the Vote was agreed to. The neat Vote via.s l;;, 4,000 to make good the de. Seigle, in the Silver Coinagr ; and 1 . 4 .0,0001. for print ing the Votes of the House.—Report to-morrow. nowt REWARDS. Mr. BENNET moved the re-committal of the ofi , fenders Conviction Rewards Bill. _Sir C. BURRELL objected to the Bill, its likely to impede the cause of public justice. Rewards had the greatest effect in the country, in bringing offen ders to punishment. Mr. BENNET contended, that rewards were great inducements to the Constables and others to strain the law ; to make them swear that it was night when it was not night ; and that the house was shut when it was open. Mr. N. CALVERT objected to this Bill, because it would burthen the County-rates. Mr. S. BOURNE said the rewards were originally intended for the apprehenders of offenders, because they ran some risk, as many of them were desperate persons ; but witnesses ought not to be rewarded, as that immediately made them interested persons. The Howe then went into a Re-Committee, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to doing away with rewards altogether ; but he proposed an Amendment, that rewards should be in the discretion of the Judges. The Honourable Gentleman observed, that should his Amendment be adopted, he would then propose a clause, making it a subject of action en information for penalties, if any person should take a higher fee or reward than that mentioned. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY thought, if the Amend resent of his Honourable and Learned Friend was adapted, it would do away the effect of the Bill al togethe-. The object of his Honourable Friend, who brought forward this Bill, was to do away these re ward's altogether, and thereby prevent the induce ment, in future, to commit such crimes as those of which Vaughan. Brock, and Pelham had been guilty, by removing the inducement which these rewards held out to them. The great defect of the present system was the holding out a certain sum for con victions. The object of the present Bill was to do this system away, and to make rewards depend upon exertion and merit in the Officer, and not on the conviction of a prisoner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL supported the clause proposed by the Attorney. General, which he said would have the effect cf doing away certainty of re ward, and allowed the Judge to give whatever re ward he cOnaideied fit, whether conviction should take place or not. Bir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, he considered 1 1 the amendment as unnecessary, since it added nothing its the Bill, though it went far to weaken and even destroy the measure altogether. Mr. Serjeant COPLEY was in favour of the amendment, which took away the certainty of re ward. It also proposed that the rewards should be paid out of the funds of the Crown. Mr. T. C i OURTNEY supported the amendment. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought the original Bill made the reward too general, and if adopted, would become a source of heavy e xpense _ to the Crown. After a few words from Mr. BATHURST, Mr. BEN- Hrrr, and others, the Amendment was agreed to.— The House resumed, the 4eport was receivcii, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at ORR O'CLOCK. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. PROM THE BOMBAY CALCITE OF JANUARY 7. Scindia having manifested symptoms of evasion in furnishing the 5000 horse stipulated by the last treaty, and the Killedar of Asseerghur refusing to surrender that fortress, on the plea that his master was not sin cere in his cession of it to the British, the Marquis of Hastings was advancing on the 14th of last month to Antry, about six coss to the eastward of Gualior. Scindia was making every preparation to fire a shot for the honour of the cause, and should such be his real intendon, the energy of his Lordship's character will ere this have reduced Scindiais means of coun teracting the accomplishment of his Lordship's plans. We have not heard that any detailed accounts have yet been received of the victory obtained by his Ex cellency Sir Thomas Hislop over the troops of Mul hat Row Holkar, nor do we know sh it was the strength of the contending armies. The action was short and severe. Thirty European Officers have been killed and wounded, and 700 rank and file ; and sixty-five pieces of ordnance fell into our hands. The loss of the enemy is stated at 2000. The Bombay division, under the command of Major-General Sir William Keir, - has been ordered to march from Rut laum to Ranpoor, to which place the enemy had lied after his defeat of the 21st. The battle was fought on the left bank of the Sif fra or Seepree river. At six A. M. on the 2lst, Sir T. Hislop advanced from Amex to attack Holkar. He received two expresses from that young Prince in the course of his march ; the one stating that he was under restraint, and though disposed to be in terms ofpeace with the British, he could not yet check the ardour of his troops ; the other warning us to remem ber that we had not to deal with cowardly Pindarrees, but with the veteran troops of Holkar. The enemy's light troops hovered about our baggage, but did nothing ; near Mhindpoor a large body of cavalry was discovered on a tope ; aregiment of cavalry and two companies of riflemen were detached against them. The enemy received us with the utmost cool ness and intrepidity ; our cavalry having no car bines, were of little use, but our riflemen soon disper sed them. At about eleven we passed the Ghaut un der a most heavy cannonade. We found the enemy in a very strong position. On our approach he opened a tremendous and well-directed cannonade upon us, and the best proof we can affo:d of (its efficacy is the fact that seven out of fourteen of our field-pieces were rendered useless. His right, which was defended by a battery of forty guns, was tirst stormed and carried. Holkar's Golandauses nobly standing and dying by their guns. After these were carried, the army moved in two compact lines along the enemy's position, and stormed the left batteries and dispersed his force, and encamped in his position. A royal salute on the 4th annJunced another vic tory, obtained by Brigadier-General D o v e t on ov er another branch of the Mahratta confideracy, and con firmed the report of the Berar Rajah being our pri soner; and we sincerely congtatulate our countrymen on what we consider to he the happy termination.of the coat= with that Govenunsut. Duvet= reached Nagpoore sivith a pan cf his force, equipped, on the 12th, and was joi ra d on lowing day by the remainder. Thus rei.ufor e gg e Resident, on the 14th, announced to the Ral" terms which he would grant to him, il.e lii General supporting the overtures by a prop er sition of troops. Information was rectived the morning of the 16th, that the Rajah had plied with all our demands, and was hourly at the Residency, which he did not, how evet until noon ; and, having surrendered himnel Resident, issued orders for delivering up it Doveton the whole of his artillery, and sea to his Camp to enforce those orders. _ . The Brigadier-General advanced to att en d execution of those instruction s ; an d , hi : pro4hed the first battery rathe r unex pettu,as, enemy abandoned their guns, and retired, - taken possession of this battery, our furce et its march, when a heavy fire was omed e een a large body of troops posted in t 6 Gardens, which was followed by a genet 1, from the whole of the batteries. The divi s k fantry, under the command of Colons% Mai, Mackeller, supported_ by a battery o f reser , Colonel rosdell, and the rexrve of iafara Colonel Stewart, continued to advance ; ground admitted of a formation in Lae, enemy's batteries in front were carried in gallant manner at the point of The horse artillery, under Licatmaut r. and the cavalry under Lieutenant -Colonel supported by their reserve of galloper va rd, under Captain Smith, having mad; round a tank in front of the Sucker Derr, charged and carried the batteries oppo s ed driving out at the same time an immcase mass enemy s cavalry before them, which they run's; pursued, as long as these was any chance them any mischief: a few of the enemy's had been charged by the cavalry, but had their fire upon the latter advancing in pur l; again charged and re-carried by Ice compan: the reserve under Lieutenant-Colonel Stew, artillery, and a party of re-formed hone c taro Pedlar, and by hall-past one, the v enemy's guns and camp equipage were session, with upwards of 40 elephants; the of guns taken was 75, and we rejoice to ad.' killed and wounded do not exceed 80. By the last accounts that have been pa; the Peishwa's peregrinations4he was at Nur' the strength of the position and the prawn his Highness has adopted in stockading the the vicinity and strengthening his post. we tered ourselves that lse hind screwed hi, a fighting pitch; resolved to sacrifice his empire on the hazard of a die. The r. Brigadier-General Smith, however, who 28th at Sungumnere, must have distal*: porary repose which his Highneis had en;r dissipated any resolutions he may have bees for, on the 4th, intelligence was received nah, dated the 2d, of hie re-appearance in of that capital, with his force considerabl ted, and guns which he had got foirn his apparently determined to make a joint arac city and cantonments. The former he mayt ceeded in occupying: but we are disappoa he has not afforded Lieutenant-Colonel him. opportunity of adding to his military rep ttatil Highness, however, soon proved, then, as - field as in the cabinet, he was a tnoiaogh ratra: he has again bent his course to dee and Brigadier-General Smith is again in This movement has, however, saved . battalions. The second of the Ist, under mand of Captain Staunton, having been on iSeroor, to reinforce the troops at Poona!, countered on the march, by immense Lo enemy. The battalion reacW Corryznam, were at one time extremely appreueuiv would have been completely aniuhileed. the 3d, however, state that Captain commenced his march back again to See 125 wounded, having buried about 50 in ( and left about 15 very badly wcunded, out of 27 artillerymen. Among the canal the Officers, we regret to number Lierte: holm of the Madras Establishrrein. sad Surgeon Wingate, of this Presid.enc.v, Captain Swanston, of Madras, mas. tinson and Cormellan, of the second oft:, gerously wounded. We are concerned to state, the 15 7th Madras regiment, who oui:tei Surat ult. for the lead•quarters of the Deck an escort to the Dawked, which had bee , that city to Burhampore, were murder village of Latnuknee, about 40 caps be and I 0 east from Scnghur and Prete ti Shark Ibrahans, it is reported, eixted This party is supposed to have been des'' Godajee, a nej.hew , and gakajee, a relat i o n, Trimbuckjee Deinglia. The fort of Kotillals, in the Northern r . .7.Clar have the pleasure to announce, was morning of the 30th by a detachment aaJ . :rate:no; mand of Captain Burks. The enemy a:''rt aPFea l 7 determined to offer considerable re: ll :4'.ce . (11 . made a sortie on the advance cf the .letac`ers , ". they were driven from every position they ..t- 2 . 1 "1:! t to maintain by the superiority dour firc• 1n17 ; gallant charges made by . Ensigns Jupo . when, finding themselves unable to re 't • nr 3 7 ment on the outside, they precipitate' ' = h ndnorq t ', fort, and fled up the Gliauts. lift roil .11 hot' at the summit of a very high hill, and diaifi e L of cess ; there is an upper and lower fo:*:, and she Ph is in all respects so situated, that, unless tile e x had been disheartened by the spiritedadvance , duachment, it would probably ha© been c.t etadl difficult to have dislodged them. A I The following extract will serve to clacitlve ' state of affairs in India. It should be obseivol the paper was published previous to the at vival at &s -hay of the intelligence of the action above allwkd BOMBAY COUBIRR EXTRAORDINARY . 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Ras autiorn via ; the ppal:al Ire lad 14 spisitopa his life or • appnocii o was tit die rbed the tess , Cr..;nyt! beialigrtfin reckit-t i 1 the via ity ably augmen his forts, sad attack oa tie nay have sat ppointed tint Burr • • p maim. . as well in gh bred Mk- & sot:third, in full parrot vl one of or Ader the co lot-demi fits oath, us es Ladies of tie ;: austs, 15e se ensivc &at t ti Lem d Stannzda hal guar, with in Corr g.LsA ed, be :des 9 sualtiv Itenare Club. A.iiistont• , Fle; :A enter:tuts !'s) tho 141 1,12 ' i r r at on .g ckan arm?, been laid fit" lend me id bey 'rid Brat ; the HaTiois Ms escape.- chstroyel a relatios