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m easures that will have a tendency to curtail Ame rican commerce, that is, to prevent vessels from coming to this Island from any State or place where neg roes and, people of colour are held in slavery.— The prisons have all been thrown open, and more t han 4,000 poor devils have been liberated. It is shocking to relate their miserable condition; some have had their backs broken by bastinadoing. The soldiers are all to have double pay. General Romaiss will be President. Forty millions of dollars were found in the citadel, and a goad deal of it is to be put into circulation. The Queen, Prince, and Princesses, are in town; they did not save more than what was u p o n their backs. There are also several Chiefs who stuck to the King, but it seems they have but a poor chance to save their lives. I consider myself and property safe." LI./ ABLE ARAI VA r..—The Revenue cutter, Alert, arrived at New York on the 10th December, with upwards of 400,000 dollars in specie, from the Bri tish 46-gun frigate Spartan, which vessel is arrived off Sandy Hook : she sailed from Port Royal, Ja maica, 26th October, and from Havannah 19th No vember ; she proceeds hence to England. &Ickes from Buenos Ayres to the 19th of October were received yesterday, by way of Bourdeaux. The violent deposition of Itootticuez from the Govern ment of the Province, by the members of the Federal party, was followed in a few days by his return to power. His expulsion took place on the Ist ; but gaining courage from learning that the City Militia were not unanimous in the support of his enemies, he placed himself at the head of 600 Cavalry of the Southern Militia, and took post near the city on the 4th, where a negociation was entered into, in order to avoid the effusion of blood. Finding, however, that his opponents would not listen to reasonable tzrms, he obtained possession, by force, of the Plaza de la Victoria, and subsequently of the whole town. This was not effected, however, without a severe con flict, and the loss of many lives. RODRIGUEZ re•as sumed his power on the 6th, and on the same night several of the leaders of the opposite party were ar ' rested. A Captain of the Civic Guard, named Salo mon, was shot ; as was also a Spaniard, one of the. mutineers of the Trinidad transport. Up to the pe nod of the present advices, RODRIGUEZ continued in office, and his government was gaining popularity. General DORREGO was at Areco, thirty leagaes from Buenos Ayres, at the head of the regular troops, and had not interfered either in the deposition or the re establishment of Rot:attune-a. The convocation of the General Congress was urgently demanded by all the Provinces. Yesterday, a Meeting was held at the Mansion- House, at which many of the most considerable Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and Members of great Public Bodies (including several Members of Parlia ment), were present, for the purpose of considering the propriety of calling a Public Meeting of Mer chants, &c. upon the subject of the late Declaration, professing loyalty to the KING, and purporting to be the Declaration of the Mercantile Body. The Gentle men present determinel to request the Loan MAYOR to preside at the intended Meeting ; and it is the de sign of those who are to take a principal part in the discussion, to propose a Resolution with reference to the late Meeting, to which they received no invitation, and which, in fact, was got up without the knowledge of the great mass of the Citizens of Loadon The proposition being submitted to the LORD bIAYOR, his Lordship immediately consented to take the Chair, and offered the Egyptian Hall for the accommodation of the Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday next. It will be seen by the Advertisement in a preceding column, that Alderman Cuitirts is to preside at a Public Dinner at the City of London Tavern, on the 29th instant, in honour of his MAJESTY'S Accession to the Throne. Her MAJESTY has been some time in treaty, and has at length concluded the treaty, for Marlborough House—a mansion not unbecoming her exalted sta tion and - high birth, and situated between Calton House and St. James's Palace; contiguous to both. Let all England look to this important transaction. Her MAJESTY has been accused of being a woman capable of indulging in sinful propensities—nay, even given to indelicate and shameful habits. And how does she reply to these foul and infamous charges? By boldly placing herself in the midst of her enemies—by exposing her whole life to their ob servation.—gg Here I am', she says, or seems to say, " in the midst of you : watch, observe, spy all my " ways; I know no guilt, and therefore I practice no " concealment. Am I the creature that you have " represented me to be ? I have put myself under " your surveillance. My house, its doors, its win " dotes are open to you : your spies may now sur round me with ease: 1 shall be subject to their in spection and yours, every hour: let them report, " and do you remark, my life and conduct."—The agreement for Marlborough House was executed by Alderman WOOD with the Duke's trustees on Tuesday. We understand that the embellishments to the Mu, Mow* Magazine will, in future, be of a very superior order. The next Portrait will be that of Sir HUMPHEY DAVY, accompanied by a Memoir of his Life, Scientific Di,coveries, Ecc. The Literary G aze tt e of Saturday, No. 209, will contain (together with a View of the Castle as it existed at the period) a Review of, and copious Ex tracts from, the Romance of Kenilworth; Hutchin son on Ti c Douloureux ; unpublished Jacobite Relics; Account of very remarkable Fossil Remains found at Ilford, in Essex; original Poetry, by distinguished Writers ; Wine and 'Walnuts; a Cockney Grey beard's View of London in the last Century ; curious Ahimals described at the Meeting of the Linnzan c • ;°clety on Tuesday ; Reviews, Fine Arts, Drama, '‘Arieties, &c. Etc. kc. NAVAL ATTELiiGENei. &tract of a letter from Lsorn's Agent at Heligolane!, dated the 31st ultimo :—" The Weser light vessel passed here on the 27th instant, for Norway; and the Hamborgh light vessel ar rived here the day after, both being obliged to leave their sta tions on account of the ice, and strong easterly wind." The brig Indefatigable, of London, was fallen in with in lat. 49. long. 12. dismasted and abandoned. The brig Hibernia, of Bengal, was totally lost off Cape Rama,' previous to the 4th of June. The Hannah and Eliaa (whaler),awith 1400 barrels of sperm, was spoken with on the Line, by the Nereid, arrived from the South Seas. The Vittoria, bound to London, has put back to Ben gal, leaky. His Majesty's ship Iltreatott sailed front Valparaiso on the 3d of September, for Lima and Panama. Dawnsoutn, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Mary, Baorre, with troops from Cowes for Malta. Ptrsiount, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Catherine, Heiman, from London for Cadiz ; and Hope, Gousswoatuy, from Prince Ed ward's Island fur Teignmenth—the latter Is in distress. Cowes, JAN. 17.—Arrived the Repulse, Pattason, from Lon don for India, with loss of jib-boom and her chain cable broken : she has recovered her cable and remains with the Farquharson, Inglis, and Marquis Camden, for India. DEAL, JANUARY 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Constitution , &AVMS!), from Virginia, in thirty days • Fame, La - waster+, from Jamaica ; Canada, Devi see, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Highlander, Mutes, from New Providence ; King Henry, MANTON, from St. Do. ming° ; Sovereign, State, front St. John's, New Brunswick ; I Astrea WILSON, front Virginia • and the Ocean, Waannt. (late I Jerrenv.), from the Cape of G ood Hope. The Astrea has lost her boats, Ste. having experienced very bad weather on her pas sage. Sailed the Moffatt, Amman, for the East Indies. Se veral of the homeward-bound have sailed for the River. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 16.—Arrived the IN CM from Calcutta. _ _ _ Vassals srocEss wins—The Fanny, from Antwerp to Batavia, on the 22d of September ; and the Nimrod, bound to Bengal, on the 21st, by the Midas, Warsosi, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from London, on the 14th of November. Ausewns—At New York, the Aurora, --a, from Newcastle. At Valparaiso, Shakspeare (whaler), from ---. At Bengal, George Home, —; Marquis Iluntly, Bl , Leod ; Dunira, Hamilton ; Charles Mills, Jackson.; Lady Banks, Copper ; Partridge, Belham ; and Alfred, Wilkinson, from London ; Ganges, hapman ; and Lady Nugent, --a, from Liverpool. At Madras, Glorioso, Patterson, from Bombay ; and Hope, Flindt, from London. At Dalaro, Amphion, Valley, from London. At Pillau, Najade, Groen, Irons Belfast. At Liebau, Edouard, Jansen, from Leith. At the Cape of Good Hope, Midas, Watson, from London ; and the John Jacobus, Bonn, from Batavia. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JAN. 17.—Ships Entered Inwards: Young Norval, from Quebec ; William Alarlray, from Liebau ; White hall, from S:. Michael's. Cleared-Outwards : Lord Creastoun, for Jamaica; Edward, for Belfast; Onyx, for llondurau Yesterday the Dispatches for Bengal, by the ship Lowther Castle, Captain NIORTLOCK, were closed at the East India-house, and delivered to the Purser of that ship : Passengers for Bengal—Mr. E. V. Schalch, writer ; Rev. H. Parish and family ; Messrs. W. B. Johnson and J. Ainslie, free mariners; Mr. and Mrs. Marriott and family; Miss A. Stowers, C. Macleod, and two Miss Brittens ; Messrs. Hanmer, Scott, Long, Sanders, Cobbe, Maclean, Wilson, Phillips,Betts, Ludlow, Gresham, Bygrave, Russel, Smith, Lowe, and Stewart, cadets. Sinde, the theatre of the existing hostilities in In dia, is a country lying to the west of Kutch. It is governed by three Ameers (Nobles), the KING having expelled. The Government is extremely des potic and oppressive. It is known that the natives are very much dissatisfied, and the reports which they receive of the mild, equitable, and protecting Government of the British territory under Lord HASTINGS, have made them solicitous of coming under it. His Excellency Governor ELPHINSTONE, by his mission to the neighbouring country of Gabul, is well acquainted with the resources and warlike means of the Sindean Chiefs ; and little doubt is enter tained of their insurrection being speedily overcome. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Bom bay, August 26 A few weeks ago, during the proclamation of his Majesty's Accession, a dreadful accident occurred here, caused by the explosion of a weather-chest, by which there were eight or nine Eng lish Artillery killed and wounded. It took place not far from the spot which I occupied during the cere mony, and I felt the shock distinctly. On repairing thither, a dreadful scene presented itself. I was par ticularly struck by noticing a black man's foot left exactly in the position it stood in while the owner was living, though the rest of the body was blown to atoms. Being in a sandal exactly resembling an old Roman buskin, and perfectly untouched, it looked more like the fragment of a black marble statue than a piece of flesh and blood. What rendered the scene infinitely more distressing was, that a brother of the poor wretch sat lamenting over it, who had recog nized the foot from some peculiarity in the sandal. This was thought but an unfavourable augury for the serenity of the present reign, and the natives, not defi cient in superstition, did not fail to comment on it." The following Order has been issued from the Treasury Chamber, relating to Wine exported to the West Indies in Cases : TRIASI7ILY CHAKIII4 Dscnnra 4, 11120. " I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, with reference to your Report of nth August last, that in consequence of the urgent representations my Lords have received of the inconvenience of requiring Wine to be exported to the West Indies, in Cases containing six dozen each, my Lords are very desirous of giving relief to the Trade, if practicable, without injury to the Revenue, and under these circumstances, my Lords are pleased to authorize you to allow the drawback on Wine exported as above, in Cases containing three dozen each, for twelve months, at the expiration of which time my Lords desire that you will report whether any injury has occurred from this indulgence. " S. R. LUSHINGTON. 44 To C of Customs" To make the Revenue of a Country exceed the Expenditure, is the desideratum in Finance. The same apples to private life, but the Minister must resort to Taxation, to accomplish the means, whilst the private man has only to court a smile from Fortune; and never did her Ladyship appear to greater advantage, than at the present moment—as she has no less than NINE Prizes of £21,000 in the present Lottery, and intends distributing at least Three of them Next Tuesday, as on that day the Drawing begins. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCR, and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends, that the Scheme of the New Year's Lotteries contains Nine nixes of I.:21,000 Consols and Money, and not Two Blanks to a Prize. The price of Tickets reduced, and those now on Sale will be drawn the first day, Next Tuesday, the 23d inst. and consequently have a chance of the Three Prizes of E. 21,000 Consols each, which will be drawn the first Five Minutes, as well as other Prizes which may be drawn that day.—Tickets and Shares are on Sale by RicnanosoN, GOODLUCK, and Co. at their Old Established Office, Bank Buildings, Conthill— where they Sold, last Lottery, No. 3142, a Prize of £21,050 Consols, in two Fourths, two Eighths, and four Sixteenth Shares. THE ARMY. COURTS MARTIA , . A Court Martial iiskmMed on Monday last*, at Knightsbridge Barracks, fot the trial of Captain Goucn, of the Ist Regiment ar Life Guards, upon charges of nnofficerlike condukt, in not discharging an alleged debt claimed by JOhtt Da Costa, formerly Mess-man of the Regiment; also for absenting himself from the Regiment, at different times, without le:tv ing his address with the Adjutant or Commanding Officer. The Members of the Court were Sir R. C. Hu.r., President. Mr. Bcccrrs. Judge-Advocate-GeneraL Lieutenant- Colonel JOHN CAMAC Ist Life Guards, Prosecu tor, by order of General the Earl of HARRINGTON, Colonel of the Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. E. P. Ificow, 2d Regintent of . Life Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Dawes, ditto, ditto. Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. H. H.Vraz, ditto, ditto. Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. DRAKE, Royal Horse Guards. Captain W. RICHARDSON, ditto. Captain C. W. V. Vit.Lots, ditto. Captain H. Minns, ditto. Captain F. UPJOHN, 2d Regiment of Life Guards. Captain S. ft. Jwavn, ditto, ditto. Captain E. W. liouvratv, Royal Horse Guards. Captain C. A. FITZROY ' ditto, Captain It. MILLIGAN, 24.1 Regiment of Life Guards. Captain C. WranuAat, ditto, ditto. The Court heard witnesses in support of the pro secution during the whole of Monday and Tuesday ; and yesterday Captain GOUGH entetei on his de fence, producing written testimonials from General the Earl of HARRINGTON, Major-General Sir IL G. BINGHAM, Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN HARVEY, Por tuguese service, and several others whom he had served, under, and who spoke in the highest terms of approbation of his conduct as an Officer and a Gentle man, when in active service •in the field, as well as in quarters. Colonel CAMAC shortly replied, and observed, that it was not his intention to comment on any part of the evidence. He begged leave to observe, that he never had any pique or animosity towards Captain Gough ; and if he had thought proper to have ap plied to him for a testimonial of character, he would have given one as strongly worded as any of those that he had presented to the Court; for he had never known anything derogatory to the character of Cap tain Gough, as a Gentleman and an Officer, up to the time he was put in possession of the present charge against him; and he felt as happy as Captain Gough or his nearest friends could, that the most serious charge against him had been so slightly sup ported by evidence. He (Colonel Camac) was placed as the public prosecutor by his Commanding Officer, and being so placed, he was bound to do his duty. It was not his intention to occupy the valuable time of the Court by any more observations, as he was convinced they were the best judges whether the evi dence produced before them did or did not prove the charges against Captain Gough. The trial being concluded, the Court adjourned. HEAD-QUARTERS, CALCUTTA, JUNE 24. At a Native General Court-Martial, assembled at Sumbhulpore, on Thursday, the Ist of June, 1820, Emaum Buksh Khan, late Nuggarchee of the Ist Ressallah of Ramghur Frontier Horse, was arraigned on the following charge, viz. " Emaum Buksb Kban, late Nuggarchee of the Ist Ressallah of Ramghur Frontier Horse, charged with murder, in wilfully and maliciously shooting to death, with a ball from a pistol, be tween the hours of six and eight of the evening of the second of May, 1319, in the bed of the River Malta Nuddee, opposite the Fort of Sumbhulpore, a woman named Choohun, the daughter of Mudara Shah Faqueer." Upon which charge the Court came to the follow ing decision : FINDING-" The Court, after the most mature deliberation on the evidence given in support of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner bas said in defence, find bins guilty of that part of the charge, viz. For having shot to death with a ball from a pistol, between the hours of six and eight of the evening of the second of May, 1519, in the bed of the River Maha Nuddee, opposite the Fort of Sumbhulpore, . the daughter of Mudara Shah Faqueer. But the Court acquit the prisoner in having wilfully and maliciously done so." SFNTENCE—" The Court, having found the prisoner guilty of that part of the charge above stated, does sentence hint, the said Emaum Buksh Khan, late Naggarchee of the Ist Ressallsh of Ramghur Frontier Horse, to be imprisoned for a period of six years. " In consideration of the prisoner's long confinement in irons, since the second of May, 1819, the Court most respectfully beg leave to recommend him to the clemency of the Commander in Chief, and that the period of his imprisonment may commence from the above date.' " Disapproved, (Signed) " HASTINGS." REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. " The Commander in Chief entirely disapproves the sentence. The prisoner, Emaum Buksh Khan, was charged on circum stances furnishing strong suspicion, with having deliberately murdered the woman who lived with him. " The inference from those circumstances was, that be killed her to prevent her surviving when he had determined to put himself to death, though his heart failed him as to the latter pur• pose, and he did not carry it effectually into execution. " Against those particulars, which seemed to fix the crime directly on the prisoner, there is not a tittle of evidence adduced beyond his own assertion. He states, that, having resolved to put an end to himself, he went to the bed of the river for that object ; that the woman, suspecting his intention, followed him silently ar.d unperceived; lastly, that on his preparing to use the pistol against himself, she suddenly seized It, which turned the muzzle towards her, and by the pistol's going off in the struggle, she was accidentally killed. " The points of the defence are thus rebutted :—By the preg nant fact of the prisoner's having taken two ball cartridges with him : by the testimony of Peer Khan, first witness for the pro secution, who swears that he saw the deceased walking towards the river about forty paces in front of the prisoner, and of course in his view : by the testimony of Shaick Ainodeen, the second witness fox the prosecution, who deposes that he heard Jamadar Mahommed Khan (since dead) ask the prisoner where his woman was? to which question Einaum Buksh answered, that he had shot her, and that she was lying in the bed of the I river. The Commander in Chief is utterly at a loss how to reconcile to such evidence the finding of the Court, that the prisoner had not wilfully and maliciously shot the deceased. " Supposing the above conclusion of the Court to have been borne out by what appears on the proceedings, then the sentence would be altogether inapposite. Six years' imprisonment for an unintentional homicide Ise punishment too extravagant to admit ' a moment's countenance. " The finding on the charge of murder kin; an acquittal, the Commander in Chief will net direct the Court to revise its opi nion. In other respects be must consider the proceedings is too incorrect to have any validity attached to than ; therefore the Commander in Chief orders the prisoner, B naum Buksh, to be liberated, bat forbids his being retained is the service, or being . re-admitted on any future occasion " JAMES NICOL, Adjt. Gen. of the Army." Lady FRANCES ANN VANE STEWART attained het 21st year yesterday. Great rejoicings took place at Sunderland to celebrate the eventd : 6 • HiSith The following is a copy of a litoteit ag:ilinst the proceedings at the County Meeting, bearing the sig= hattlies attached • "To TRP ULM! . tHiniti - P. . "In Pattietioente of the arbitrary character or your decisioni at the County Meeting, held on the 11th inst. of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of Cheshire, who had repaired to Northwich, in obedience to your call, and in reliance upon your importiality, eve do hereby protest against the titrnidtuary proitedi nits or that air as well as atainst yrnit odndritt in the Chair. " Ist, In. declaring that Lord Grosvenor's Amendment was irrelevant; without stating your reasons for the assertion ; and in refusing to fake the sense of the Meeting, either upon the Amendment itself, Ct upon the question o!' its retev.ncy. " 2d, In refusint to grant a division; repeatedly demanded, against the Address proposed by Mr. T. ChohnOndeley, when there was reason to doubt the correctness of your decision upon the shew of hands. governing the Ccanty Meeting 67 your own ciin:o's alone, upon a disputed point, of which y ou Levi the obvious de nionstrotion within your reach. (Signed) " GEORGE WILBRAHAM, " JOUR THOMAS STAYLEY, " Carwr, " JAmr.s Tommsos, " EDIARD DAIZIOOILT, " RALPH LITCZMIER, BELGRAVE, R EMICARD STARLET, " WILLOUCHRY CREWE. " JOHN BROWNE, " CHARLES WICESTEAR, " CHARLES Boutor LAwror, " ()FILET CREWE, Gtecc:. Gaosvrxna, " Div the more incumbent on me td annex my signature to ti above Protest, as I happened to be so personally situated as to hi% e a most advantageous view of rite whole Court. When the question was put, I surveyed the vast assemblage attentively, and it ap peared to me impossible to form a just opinion as to which side carried it. Had there, however, been no alternative but to de cide upon the show of hands, I should have said that the non addressers had it. I think it necessary to add, that the question against the Address was not put in a distinct, audible and in telligible manner: " ItA LPH EYCESTEIt , jun." TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Bury St. Edmund's, January li, tee!: Stit—Not having observed any Address from this town in the London Gazette, or in those Ultra Jour nals in which all testimonials of attachment to his Majesty's Ministers generally Make their appearance, some may, perhaps, be inclined to think that we are " disajfecterr—belong to a " faction"—or are, at least, warm approvers of the efforts of a " licentials Pres's." I can assure you, Mr. Editor, that . we are as "loyal" here as in any part of the kingdom. No less than two Addresses, eery numerously signed, were sent up to the Queen, and at least two dozen," ready cut and dried," are now in the course of signaturein various parts of the Connty, expressive of " affection and loyalty to his Majesty's Person and Government." One of these, professing to be that of the Inhabitants of the Hundred of 'fhingoe (which includes the town of Bury), was laid the whole of yesterday (market day) at the stiop of a " very s loyal' Chymist, and ob tained fire names !!!—one of them a Captain in the Navy. The population of the Borough may be rea sonably estimated at 9000. Now, Mr. Editor, if every one who does not happen to put his name to one of these precious morsels of " loyalty" is to be set down as a disaffected person, what a terrible tale will his Majesty's friends have to tell him, if he has the good fortune to have any one about him bold enough to speak " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth !" J. 13. P. S. This morning the number of signatures amounted to fifteen. Landlords are very busy Its en deavouring to induce their tenants to affix their names to these " loyal" documents ; and yesterday, I under stand, one was introduced by a Reverend Gentleman to a party at Melford, in number twenty-five, and, after much elocution, succeeded in obtaining three signatures!!! So much for exclusive loyalty. A numerous and highly respectable Meeting of the Inhabitant Householders of the Parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, in the County of Middlesex, was held yesterday in the Vestry-room of the Parish, fir the purpose of considering the propriety of Petition ing the House of Commons on the subject of re storing her MAJESTY'S name to the Liturgy. The Meeting was convened by the Churchwardens, in pursuance of a Requisition which had been presented ' to them by a large majority of the Parishiollers.-- , The Chair was taken at eleven o'clock, by Mr. HAR• RN, one of the Churchwardens ; and several Reso lutions having been moved by Mr. DOCKER, and se conded by Mr. Ross, were agreed to unanimously, A Petition, founded on these Resolutions, and pray , ing the House of Commons to interpose its autho rity for_the introduction of her MAJESTY'S name into the Liturgy, her restoration to all her other rights, and the prevention of any further proceedings against her MAJESTY, was unanimously adopted, and di rected to be presented by one of the County Members. Thanks having been voted to the mover and seconder of the Resolutions, and to the Churchwardens for their . ready compliance with the wish of the Parish, the Meeting dispersed in the most orderly manner. At the close of the Poll, at St. Alban's Election, on Saturday last, Sir HENRY WILSON was declined dilly elected; but although at the head of. Poll, it . did not seem that he was the first in the hearts of the People. Had any person who did not know the result of the Election seen the different treatment of the Candidates on their leaving the town, they would have thought that Mr.. EASTHOPE was the success ful individual. The people insisted upon drawing his canine the whole extent of the .Borough. He was accompanied by a great number of his friends ; among the rest, we observed a number of very respectable females, the wives and daughters of the inhabitants. While the horses were putting to his carriage, Mr. EASTHOPE addressed the people'in a handsome speech, in which he declared, that, although he had that day lost his electicn, it was the happiest of his life, from the esteem and respect shewn him by his friends. Mr. EasTnores conduct through the whole of this fa. tiguing contest, the Election, having lasted five days, a period longer than ever known at St. Alban's, has been such as will not he soon eraszd front the mints of the inhabitants. NORFOLK (VIRGINIA), DEC. 14.--A Resolution, worthy the imitation of older States, was submitted to the House of Representatives on the 6th, to " con sider the expediency of repealing so much af the Act for the better governin-,nn of the Navy of the United States, as authorizes the infliction of corporal punish ment by stripes or lashes; and also to provide for the punishment of any officer or private in the Navy who shall send or accept a challenge to fight a duel." • A Regulation of the nature suggested already exists in the Army of the United States, and it was the desiiv. to place the sea and land service on the same fooVng, that was stated by the Mover of the RemWAN, as Y.is motive for proposing it.