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DAILY ORDERS, MAY 20 and 21. N IMPERIAL DECREES. PALACE or ST. CLOUD, JUNE 26, ism. NAPoLnott, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Media tor of the Swiss League, &c. &c. It being our in tention to ascertain the opinions of the principal mer chants and manufacturers of our Empire, upon every thing relating to commerce and manufactures, we have decteed as follows : A*T. 1. There shall be established at Paris, contiguous to the Minister of the Interior a General Council of Manufacturers; it is to consist of 60 Members. 2. The Members of this Council shall be named by the Mi nister of the Interior. S. Such of the Members as shall prove themselves most useful or display superior talents, shall obtain the title of Councillor of Arts and Manufactures. They shall receive a Brevet to this ef fect, signed with our hand. 4. To become a Member of the Council, it is required that the person shouldbe a manufacturer in employ. 5. The Council shall be so composed that every branch of in dustry will be represented in it ; the silk, the woollen, the hemp, and flax, the cotton, the leather, the skin manufactures, will each have in it at least six deputies. 6. Five Members at least of this Council will reside at Paris; one from each class of nianufacturers specified in Art. 5. 7. Whenever a Member is at Paris, though•not called there, be may attend and vote at the sittings. 8. The Minister of the Interior may convoke, when he thinks proper, all or part of the Members of the Council. Trri.e. IL—Council of Commerce. 9. The Council-General of Commerce, established by our Minister of the Interior, by an Arret of the 9d Nivose; year 11, shall be increased to 60 Members, who, like those of the Council of Manufacturers, may, after 5 years service, receive a Brevet of Councillor of Commerce. 10. One Member at least shall be selected from each branch of trade. 11; The other regulations of Title 1, are common to the Coun cil General of Commerce. (Signed) NAPOLEON. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 10. There were some fresh symptoms of mutiny among the janissiries a few days ago, but the Government ordered fifty of the revolters to be strangled, and tranquillity was reestablished. We learn nothing from the armies ; it appears that nothing of impor tance has occurred. The English Minister continues at Constantinople, and does every thing in his power to induce the Porte to continue the war. Exclusive of the troops that set out from Constan tinople, to join the army of the Danube, a great num. ber have arrived from Asia, and even from Africa ; notwithstanding, it is the opinion of several Pachas, that hostilities will not commence before some attempt at negociation is tried. The Russian army, it is said, has crossed the Da nube at three po'nts, and already occupies a part of Bulgaria. The head-quarters are at Nicopoli. A Russian detachment penetrated as far as Tzernowe. Mr. Adair has to contend against the inactivity of the Government and the hatred of the sound part in the Turkish Divan, who consider him as the immediate cause of all the misfortunes under which Turkey suf fers. The janissaries are still in mutiny ; forty of them have been beheaded, but this severity has only rendered them more intractable. Mr. Adair is ac cused cf having encouraged them to mutiny. It is well known that all those who applied to this Mi nister were spared in the pillage of Pera. SPANISH PAPERS. TARRAGONA, MAY 22. On the 19th, General O'Dom.ell issued an order for the departure, within four days, from this fortress, of all foreigners and other persons who are not 'resi. dent inhabitants, or attached to the garrison -staff, or Royal Audience. The property of persons disobey ing this order will be confiscated, and themselves compelled, according to circumstances, to serve dur ing the. war, in the army, or in working on the forti fications. " The General in Chief prolireits all the Commandants of the corps composing this army, from receiving into the same any officer or serjeant of those that composed the infamous garrison of the fortress of Lerida; being anxious that the company of such unworthy Spaniards should not contaminate the honourable sentiments of the individuals of this army. Meanwhile, and anvil circumstances admit of the infliction of exemplary• punish ments on all that were accessary to the abominable capitulation of the castles of Lerida, he proclaims them traitors to their coup• try, and as such. declares them to be infamous: and orders that all property and effects within this principality belonging to such of the chiefs and members of the Corregintental Junta of Lerida, a% participated in the saii' capitulation, be forthwith confiscated, and the proceeds ai plied to the expences of the war. "'This unexampled perfidy and cowardice, ought, nevertheless, pot by ary means to dishearten the brave offic.•rs and saidiers of Ali* army ; they have lost nothing who still retain valour, hands, and steel. The exemplary punishment of cowards will afford sa tisfaction to the brave, who will feel that it is necessary to re . de üble their efforts, in order to save the country ; and to wipe off, by new victories, the foul stain of the surrender of Lerida. (Signed) " o'ov:qt.:ELL." PROCLAMATION. CATALONIANS.—The infamous and cowardly sur render of the fortress of Lerida, ought not to depress your valour. In the midst of the horrors that sur round them, its illustrious, but unfortunate inhabitants . (worthy of a better fate) call aloud for vengeance, and implore the 'aid of your energy. Is there one among you whose breast does not glow with an eager anxiety to offer tip to the generous manes of the men, women and children, sacrificed amidst the flames of their habitations, the assassins who have committed such atrocities ?—Are you not the same who have le yelled in tlni dust the numerous divisions which so arrogantly vaunted that they would bring you under immediate subjection ? and who, in so many and such glorious combats, have added fresh laurels to the gar land of valour which has always so majestically de corated your brows ?—Lerida is fallen ; hut Catalonia is not yet conquered, nor shall it ever be, whilst the minds of the invincible inhabitants are undejected.— Tarragona, Tortosa, Cardona, Berga, Sen de Urgell, Coll de Bologna., and Mequinenza, are still the bul wark of the principality; and these fortresses, com manded by patriotic, intelligent, anti brave Chiefs, will prove all impenetrable barrier to the enemy. And if, after the lapse of many years, those for tresses should fall, the inaccessible mountains of Ca talonia Mill present numerous strong-holds to those who prtfer such an abode to slavery. When we com menced hostilities, we had neither army nor fortresses, for 01 of tl.em were dismantled ; at this moment we have an army andfortressi s. Catalonians, rush in a body to take up arms ; do not credit those who tell )1 u, that by carrying into effect the ballot for every filth nr.n, it is intuitied to prevent the brave Soma, . si rimm um ........”.........mammi. FRENCH PAPS IMPERIAL DECP PALACE OF ST. CLOUD, Jt NaPoonon, Emperor of the Fr Protector of the Confederation a tor of the Swiss League, &c. & tention to ascertain the opinions chants and manufacturers of our thing relating to commerce ar have decteed as follows : TITLE I.—Of the Council of A*T. 1. There shall be established the Minister of . the Interior a General C it is to consist of 60 Members. 2. The Members of this Council sits Dieter of the Interior. S. Such of the Members as shall prov or display superior talents, shall obtain Arts and Manufactures. They shall re test, signed with our hand. • 4. To become a Member of the Cour 1 person shouldbe a manufacturer in togs' 5. The Council shall be so composed ' i dustry will be represented in it ; the silt and flax, the cotton, the leather, the skit have in it at least six deputies. 6. Five Members at least of this Cou one from each class of manufacturers spe 7. Whenever a Member is at Paris, be may attend and vote at the sittings. 8. The Minister of the Interior may c proper, all or part of the Members of t 1 i Trrte. IL—Council of CI 9. The Council-General of Comme Minister of the Interior, by an Arrei 11, shall be increased to 60 Members Council of Manufacturers, may, after Brevet of Councillor of Commerce. 10. One Member at least shall be se • of trade. 11.*The other regulations of Title 1,1 cil General of Commerce. ( 9 CONSTANTINOPLE, : There were some fresh sympta the janissaries a few days ago, 1 , . ordered fifty of the revolters t, tranquillity was reestablished. from the armies ; it appears the j tance has occurred. The Englit at Constantinople, and does ever to induce the Porte to continue t FRANKFORT, JUI Exclusive of the troops that se tinople, to join the army of the E 1 ber have arrived from Asia, anc 1 notwithstanding, it is the opinio I that hostilities will not commence at negotiation is tried. The Russian army, it is said, nube at three po'nts, and ahead Bulgaria. The head-quarters Russian detachment penetrated Mr. Adair has to contend again! Government and the hatred of I , Turkish Divan, who consider 1 cause of all the misfortunes und , fers. The janissaries are still them have been beheaded, but t rendered them more intractable cused of having encouraged the well known that all those who sister were spared in the pillage ---- SPANISH PAP ----- TARRAGONA, M 1 On the 19th, General O'Dor for the departure, within four di of all foreigners and other pers dent inhabitants, or attached to Royal Audience. The propert ing this order will be confisca compelled, according to circum ing the. war, in the army, or in fications. DAILY ORDERS, MAI " The General in Chief prolaits all corps composing this army, from recei officer or serjeant of those that compot of the fortress of Lerida; being anxious unworthy Spaniards should not cont sentiments of the individuals of this umil circumstances admit of the inflicti mews on all that were accessary to the of the castles of Lerida, be proclaims tlt try, and as such. declare' them to be ii all property and effects within this prim of the chiefs and members of the Corn; a. participated in the sal.' capitulation, and the proceeds ai plied to the expense "'This unexampled perfidy and cowai pot by any means to dishearten the brat Ali* army ; they have lost nothing who I and steel. The exemplary punishment tisfactiun to the brave, who will feel ti de üble their efforts, in order to save tl off, by new victories, the foul stain of tl (Signed) PROCLAMATII CATALONIANS.—The infamou render of the fortress of Lerida, your valour. In the midst of t round them, its illustrious, but un . (wcrthy of a better fate) call aod implore the aid of your ei among you whose breast does nc anxiety to offer up to the genero women and children, sacrificed their habitations, the assassins i such atrocities ?—Are you not tl veiled in tit./ dust the numero arrogantly vaunted that they wt ... immediate subjection ? and who, glorious combats, have added fr land of valour which has alwa , - corated your brows ?—Lerida is is not yet conquered, nor shall minds of the invincible inhabita Tarragona, Tortosa, Cardona, I Coll de Bllaguer, and Mequine wark of the principality ; and 1 manded by patriotic, intelFgen -', will prove all impenetrable b And if, after the lapse of rt tresses should fall, the inaccessi talonia Mill present numerous , who pi-tier such an abode to slat menced hostilities, we had neithi for all of tl.ent were dismantled have an army and fortresses. f body to take up arms ; do not i )1 to that by carrying into effec 1 fifth nr.n, it is intuuded to prei FRENCH PAPERS. TITLE I.—Of the Council of Manufactures. FRANKFORT, JUNE 21. tenet from defending their country. -Every Catalan ought to arm himself; but it is the duty of the disci plined army to continue under arms. For this reason, all deserters from their respective corps will be irre vocably subjected to the punishment of death. The same punishment will be inflicted on the persons in ducing them to desert ; and those who protect them will also be severely dealt with. I shall appoint pa triotic chiefs in the several districts, to direct the va. lour of the Somatenes, who are to be kept on foot by the towns and villages ; but no chief who shall dare to harbour a soldier shall be pardoned. Catalonians, &is& Manteesa, Espamaguera, Villafranca and Moller, remind you that the enemy is not invincible. Take heart then ; let all of us fight to secure the in dependence of our country ; perish the selfish wretch, who would with indifference witness her destruction ; may be be doomed to eternal contempt, who is dis couraged by a single reverie of fortune; and let us keep to the firm resolution of being Spaniards to the last moment of our lives. (Signed) _ ODOICNELL. Tarragona, May 22, 1810. TERCEL, MAY 24. The brave General Villacampa returned yesterday with the division to Xca, after a fortnight's absence. The corps under his command has in that time gone over from 80 to 00 leagues of ground, and every where struck terror intothe enemy. They had marched fotir days by the way of Alfambra, Montalban, Mon forte, Herrera, and Codos, while the enemy's force at Calamocha and Daroca were in total ignorance of their movements. Those at Calatayud were equally uninformed,; and at the moment their Commander was boasting that with his own detachment he could beat 3000 insurgents, he had an unexpected opportu nity given him of trying whether he could realize his boast. On the 13th, in the morning, the enemy, 500 strong, including :300 picked grenadiers, and forty- eight horse grenadiers, began their march by way of Frasno, with a large convoy of grain for Saragossa. They were instantly attacked by the battalion of Ca rinena, acid some cavalry, on one side, and on the other by the troops under Lieutenant Colonel Teo dore Nagues ; and after a short cff 'rt to maintain themselves in the olive grounds to the left of Para cuellos, they fled in the most disgraceful manner, throwing away their muskets and knapsacks. Several of them were drowned in the river Xalon, and others killed. Among the latter were those traitors to their country, D. Josef Alcalde, Captain in the 14th regi ment, and D. Pedro Tena, who was appointed Go vernor of Calatayud by Joseph Bonaparte. The rest of the detachment, with the exception of fourteen men that escaped, surrendered themselves prisoners of war, including the Commandant and two Captains. Our loss consisted of 12 cavalry, and a few infantry killed, including the brave Ensign D. Juan Marques. BENECARLO, MAY 24.. The treacherous and scandalous delivery to the enemy of the very important fortress of Lerida, has caused the greatest consternation in all this part of the country, as it makes him master of all Catalonia, and facilitates his purposes by opening the commu nication with the province of Arragon whenever he pleases. Tarragona and Tortosa are the only forti fied places left in Catalonia, and they are expected to be besieged ere long. We begin to fear there is no relief for this unfortunate country. PRIVATE LETTERS. CADIZ, JUNE u. The brave O'Donnel, on whom so much rested in Catalonia, has, we are afraid to believe, been defeated by Suchet. Such a misfortune is mentioned in the letters received from the East, but the scene of action is not described. His force is represented as being totally dispersed. From this city we have nothing at all interesting to communicate, but whatever apprehensions may be felt for the rest of the Peninsula, as long as we are safe from treachery there is no danger. The British troops conduct themselves in a most exemplary man lier, sind are much liked. LISBON, JUNE 16. We have no interesting accounts from the army since my last. Lord Wellington's head-quarters are still at Celerico, and his advanced guard at Guarda, and a little beyond it. Some of our cavalry, it seems, have advanced further, and report says, they have cut off a party of the enemy. A strong column of the French has made a retrograde movement, which we cannot account for. Our accounts from Cadiz also mention, that the enemy had partly retired therefrom. This makes some people think, that the enemy have it in contemplation to enter Portugal more to the southward, the better to be enabled to flank our army; but I hope General Hill, who has now 16,000 men, (8000 of which are British) will be able to defeat their plan. Telegraphs are now erecting to communicate with the army, by which means we shall be able to know in about two hours what is passing . on the frontiers. The greatest activity still prevails in providing men for the army. Deserters continue to come in to us in great numbers ; they are chiefly Germans, Poles, and Italians. It has been found necessary to keep British uniforms at the different p(:sts, to clothe them as they arrive, as the Red coats are a protection to them when they journey inwards. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DAT& A general engagement will certainly soon take place. We expect to move forward and meet the French half-way. Their force is superior to ours.— We expect orders to march forward every instant ; but as I write this letter in the evening, and no orders have yet arrived for that purpose, I don't think we shall march to-morrow. The army is extremely healthy, very effective, and will and in case of an action, there is every prospect of success. A pro-1 clamation has been issued, saying, the country is in 1 danger of being invaded, and calling on all ranks tol repel the enemy, 15,000 Portuguese troops of the line i that were at Coimbra have been moved to Vizea.-1 'I he cavalry brigade which was at Alentejo, under General SLAVE ' has crossed the Tagus and joined the l main body. ANOTHER LETTER.-SAME DATE. There has nothing material taken place between the British and French armies since you last heard from us, Some trifling skirraishing of the cavalry need not be mentioned, as the enemy have only lost a few men. A Gentleman, who left head-quarters on the 13th, brings us information, that the enemy's force does not exceed 60,000 men, including a considerable body, which, under the command of Ney, has gone to the Southward towards Badajos. The English t)f ficers g ist the worst aecotint of affairs, but not so bad as to give us much alarm.—The French.arrny are in want of provisions, but our troops are well supplied. There is so want of bread, as 4 Americans save lately arrived here with cargoes of flour which have been purchasei and applied to the use of the army. LISBON, JUNE 17. The news we have to send is far from being desir able. We just hear that General Vernier has entered Gallicia with a force of 25,000 men, with the view of surrounding the British in that direction. Junot has gone to the Southward, and is bearing down upon Hill and Romana, whose forces ape very inadequate to meethim. Retreat seems inevitable, and that must be as rapid as possible.—The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo seems for a short time to have been abandoned. The enemy bombarded the place without much effect for four days, and since that they have not persisted in their attack. JUNE 18.—Two months must decide the fate of Portugal. The French force is extremely strong, and report states it at 130,000 men, but we do not believe that it consists of more than 80,000. On this subject we hear nothing from the British head quarters. An attack will not be made yet. According to all ac counts the French will wait until a sufficient force is collected near Badajos, where General Hill is sta tioned, and the Marquis Romana co-operating with him. The first object will be to drive these two com manders from their posts. THE EVEN) NG STAR LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons. money, 71f with div.—for am 71f. S per Ct. Reduced 701 1 - 7 4 per Cent.— Navy 5 per Cent. 101 3 f, with div.—Omnium, 1 pr. Each. Bills Is. pr. to Ss. pr.—Bonds 225. to 235. pr. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 260 2591 259 Omnium f 1 prem. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 691 701 India Bonds 225. 21s. pr. 4 per Cent. 841 85 Each. Bills Is. dis. ss. pr. 5 per Cent. Navy shut L3ttery Tickets £22. 15s. Long Ann. 18 7-16 f Cons. for open. 71 ff We this day insert farther extracts from private letters received yesterday from Cadiz and Lisbon ; from the former to the 14th, and from the latter to the 19th ult. We need hardly remark that it is difficult to recon cile their details with each other, or any of them with strict truth. All the letters and Portuguese papers exaggerate the amount of Lord WELLINGTON'S fotce, and under-rate that of the enemy. If ex .iggeration were to be indulged in at all, we think the very reverse ould have been the most na tural temptation. We have stated before, and we now confidently repeat it, that Lord WELLINGTON'S army does not, and never did exceed 25,000 fighting; men. Yet the writers of these letters swell it to no less than 35,000, - while they diminish the numbers of the enemy to nearly one half of what all the French IPapers concur in making the force of MASSE/4A amount to, viz. upwards of 80,000 men. They are incorrect again in stating the amount of the Portu guese force at only 15,000 or 17,000. The Por tugnese troops now trained to arms, and considered as fit to take the field, amount to about 35,000, making the whole of the force that can be opposed to the enemy amount to about 60,000 men. It is obvi ous that, by exaggerating the amount of the allied army and under-rating that of the enemy, expecta tions are raised which may never be realised ; and that whatever may be the issue of the struggle, the merits of the British army must be sunk exactly in proportion to the error of these false estimates. Fears are entertained respecting the force under O I DONNEL in Catalonia. He is reported to have been defeated by Suomi.. Some of the private letters from Cadiz state, that 4000 Spanish troops of the Guards had arrived from Carthagena, and were embodied with the Spanish army ; and that two sets of dispatches from King Joseph to the Commanders of the army at Fort St. Mary's had been intercepted on their way from Ma drid, and delivered to the Spanish Government at Cadiz : their contents had not transpired, but only that they were of great importance to the Spanish cause. We have inserted some further extracts from the French papers received yesterday, and which com plete our series to the 29th ult. An article from Vi enna, in one of these papers, mentions that a report was current of a general engagement having taken place between the Russians and Turks, but that it needs confirmation. The Russians are stated in an other article to have passed the Danube, and esta blished their head-quarters at Nicopoli. These papers also present some laboured details of the prowess exhibited by Mu RAT'S Neapolitan navy and the British, in a skirmish mentioned in a former STAR.—These it is unnecessary to give, as we can state the particulars correctly, on the authority of a British Officer who was in the action.—The force on our side was the SPARTAN, of 38 guns, and 258 men ; on that of the enemy, 97 guns and 1138 men, viz. a frigate of 42 guns, a corvette of 28, two brigs of 8 and 12 guns, and 7 gun-boats with 7 guns each. The frigate escaped dreadfully mauled, the corvette was dismasted, and one of the brigs was taken. We had 10 killed and 22 wounded ; the enemy, 154 kill ed and 316 wounded. Captain BRENTON was severely wounded, but is out of danger. Op the whole it was perhaps as glorious on action of the kind as has ever been fought. Same more their contents American papers arrived yesterday, but are altogether unimportant, THE ARMY. From the number of desertions which almost daily occur in the Army, we have thought proper, foe th e good of the service, to state the followin g , t h e pub. licity of which, it is to be hoped, will be the means rf deterring other soldiers from deserting :—Any non. commissioned officer or private soldier who may h e tried and convicted of deserting, whenever the Court Martial upon such trial shall not think the offence de serving of capital punishment, may adjudge the offen der, if they think proper, to be transported as a felo n . for a certain term of years, at the expiration of which he shall be at the disposal of his MaJesrr for service as a soldier, in any of his Majesty's force; at home or abroad, for life ; and if such non-commissioned officer or private soldier, who, having been transported as a felon, shall afterwards ( without leave from his Majesty, or from the General or Commander of the place to which he shall have been transported) moon into any part of the United Kingdom of Greet Britain an 4 Ireland, and be found therein at large, I:zfore the cr piratiotl of/the term limited by such sentence, b.! -.1 1 .d i be deemed guilty cf felony, and he liAl;le tee : I ,T„ death as a felon witl.ltit benefit of Clergy. EAST INDIA INIE:.LIGENCE. We have great pllasure in announcing the saf: arrival yesterday, off the Isle of Wight, of t h e East Indiamen, under convoy of the A3uo and DEDAIONEUSE frigates: sailed from Point de G4llc t:3d February, from St. Helena 15th May: Front Bergal—The Henry Add Wynn, KIRKPA I swot; Devon. afire, Mu ItILA• ; MCIIISIfe, ISAAC ; Lord Castlereagh, KT; arcs; Walt hamstowdou es ; Lord Duncan. BRADIOED ; Lord Melville, WIRT SE; CaftlatiC, SWINTON ; and Penang. From Bengal and Madras—Lady Castlereaith,HAMlLTON ; Mar. quis Wellesley, Le BLANC ; Baring, CA RN ROIL ; Castle Eden, COLNLTT ; Surrey, CVNIDERLIOR; and Retreat. Haunt. Front Bombay—The Union, GAILLARD; Dover Castle, Rtcs- A R DSON Marchioness of Exeter, NA su ; Northampton, SADN. Dias ; Europe, ClurroN ; Cambrian. —, country ship. The fleet from India has brought Ararat Gazttia to the latter end of December. The following is the only article of military or political importance con. tamed in them : Amber Khan, a turbulent chief, had lately shewn an inclination to disturb the peace of the PeninsuL; and with a view of punishing him, should circum stances require it, an army, consisting of oae tot. meat of European cavalry, five regiments of Na tive, one regiment of European infantry, Lnd seven battalions of Madras Native infantry, with a p ro . portion of guns, had assembled at In;lna. Colonel Close, who kid been in command of the subsidiary force at Hydrabad since the beginning of Saptem tier, was to leave that station early in December, to put himself at the head of this force. This Chief threatened to overturn the G:ivemin,:nt of Nagpore, in obedience, as he sometimes pvicsses, to the order of Holkar ; but, at other times, he gives out, that his designs against the Nagpore government are undertaken for-the purpose ofplac mg himself on the Ifurnect, in fulfilment of a late prophecy. By the latest accounts, Ameer Khan had crossed the Nabuddah. His force consisted, acz.ird ing to the best aHthenticated accounts, of 10,000 in. fantry, 25,000 cavalry of all descriptions, and 30 guns, 13 of which were Gallopers. An efficient and wen-appointed army was assembling in Bundlectind, which is understood to have the same object with that formed at Janina. An army was also assembling in the West of India, which was to co-operate with the arm'es in the Deckan and Bundlecund ; so that, un• less Aoieer Khan secures an amnesty by a speedy re traction of his views, he is likely to incur the punish ment of his temerity. The force assembling in Bun dlecund was to consist of one regiment (the 53d) of European infantry, three regiments of native cavalry, and six battalions of native infantry. EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED MADRAS, DEC. 21, 1809. The ferment in the army, is, I trust, completely at an end, and things are apparently restored to peace and good order. We have an army upon the frontiers of the Mah ratta Stites, in pursuit of AMBER KHAN, a Gene ral commanding Holkar's forces, who has lately been committing depredations in the Berar country; but I think it likely he will be brought to his senses with out much trouble. Notwithstanding our blockade of the Isle of France, the French frigates manage to get out, and play the devil occasionally. The Com pany are now beginning to pay for their negligence, and will, I trust, feel for themselves, though they appear never to have bestowed a minute's consi deration upon the misfortunes of the private mer• chants of India. It is melancholy to reflect that these petty Islands have been permitted to exist foe nearly fifteen years to prey upon our trade; during which time they have carried away millions of Bri tish property, in the face of a naval force ten times superior, and in the face of our empire of India, with a disposeable force of at least 50,000 men." • CALCUTTA STAR EXTRAORDINARY, DEC. 7, ISM - - - The Pursers of the Honourable Company's extra ships Sarah Christiana, Lady Lushington, Sir Wil liam Pulteney, and William Pitt, have just landed with their respective packets. Passengers per LADY LesusuoTon—Lady Ramsay, Miss Or miUa Underwood, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Harriet Watson; Misses Maria and Anne Underwood; Misses Clinton, Erskine, Mabert, Morris, and Mary Morris; Captain Sir Thomas Ramsay, Herbert Compton, Esq. William Sarjeant,Esq. Paymaster told, Majesty's 3411 Regiment ; Captain Morris, Lieut. Evans, lith Regiments Ensign Sergeant; Messrs. Erskine, Brice, Twiner, Williant , on, and Richardson, cadet's. Per SIR WILLIAM PULTILINIT.-.4.ltUtert3l2l.oolollel Stuart, Captain Weston, I.ieut. Webb; Messrs. Blair Baker, litkisalt Archer. and Jones, cadet s ; Mr. beet, free-merchant; Mr. Ga. bert, G. Mitchell, free-mariner, Mr. William /antes /ones, aa Mrs. H.l'houtas. Per Ws LLIA sa Prrr—Mrs. Smith and child. Rev. Mr. Smith; Messrs. Carrington and Welshman, cadets for Madras ; Mr. Croft, cadet for Bengal. Per Ws Ntouwat—For Bengal, Mr. anistant-ougeons Mr. John Hunter. Mr. Bruce, Mrs. Stott, Mrs. Mambos and daughter; Messrs. French, Searle. Brockholding, Wright, Mac kenzie, Sherif, M'Farquhar, and Thoroid, cadets. For Madras Captain W. G. Waugh; Mr Brunton, cadet. For Fort Margo rough, Charles Holloway, Esq. senior merchant. Per SIMAR CIIIILISTIANA.—.Mr.. Jackson and child, Mrs. How. ard, Miss French, Dr. Paterson, auistant-surgeon, Mears. Eser and Fraser, cadets. We are concerned to state, that Captain MACXIIO. of the Sarah Christiana, has arrived in a very dear gerous state, owing to a wound in the head, barba rously inflicted by the stroke of an axe. from the Caulker': Mate of the ship, a foreigner, on the 9th of September. I