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THE GREEKS. ihs Moiling official intelligence from (lance has bees r odval by express, from Ancona. It it addressed to the itetk itao u ties, and will be read with deep interest, as i h o wlsg t e really successful efforts which the Greeks have ode, in their recent conflicts with the enemy :-- ~ rte Government hastens to communicate to you the cheering p a gignios of the successes of the Greek ar:us both at 3lisee- Loglii, and to Candice. Missolsinghi was pressed by land by a persevering and enter. ting co wl, and by sea by the Constantinopolitati fleet, which Lk) nestadol in sending into the port mote than ad boats, which e'tved off their artillery on the town. The Greek fleet. although it st i off in time to assist that fortress, was detained by con ulsd y winds and calms, and with difficulty 24 vessels arrived there .„, m u tt. (.liigun 3.) These attacked tato: the whole of the .T. ‘ „,*, d ar t. and forced it to fly in a shameful wanner, with the ins of two brigs, which our seamen took and burned, and leaving o , the port die whole of their boats, of which the Greeks took the low; largest without injuring them, with all the ammunition and mentions which were in them o they destroyed two other boats, 'A g a sus rest retreated towards the shore under the batteries, and Name partly a prey to the flames, and partly were taktn by the weeks. The flight of the enemy's fleet was the more shameful, as f e y were only o pposed by 15 of our Verdi. This victory WaS ob u,:al between the 23d and 24th ult. (4th and sth August.) Two se. previously, the enemy , being exc i te d b y the be s i eg e d i n Illis wiunglit, who incessantly defied diem to the combat, and being . - .fortured that the Greek fleet was coating to their assistance, and teat the place WAS at that moment in great want of every thing. at toNci it severely on four winds at the same time, having filled e 2 tss !tenches there, but they were, courageously met, and lost ma t han a thousand men. When the enemy'. blockade had been send, and the place had received the necessary supplies of am tean;:ain and previsions, there crane to the rear of the enemy the ircopsof Zavellas and Caraiscaltia, ants other Chiefs, to the number efts. thoessnd, which had arrived from the ramp of Salons, and level were proceeding to Apocuron and ; they conquered aril drove away . the enemy, who sae there. and relieved 3l t sso- Liagbl. and havtag come to an uadentanding with those in the ba:l on the 25th ult. (fah Au),ust), they fell from behind on the emery, and at the lame time he besieged marls a vehement sally from diffcrent points ; but this stratagem did not succeed so wzll It was anticipated, as our troops, one wen outside the plate, are kneed to retreat. and the bes e;al re-entered, after having Ellett 200 of the enemy's troops and taken several pieces of cannon. Oat nuttys show the greatest perseverance ; they have re-erected dis batteries which were demolished, and cleared the trenches, whew Mennen - 4 had filled them up. The Albanians desert from tee camp of Redschisl Paha, and oily 400 an with him now. 'fbe unit ding haFpened at *lntone, where almost all the Al banians returned to Zeitouni : so that almost all the troops which es now in Greece are Turks, and do nut exceed 12,000 in .amber. •• issen Greek vessels remain blockading Patras. and two have ,jest been sent to assist in the siege of Pretests ; and we have pub iiibtal a manifesto declarir.g those places in a state of blockade. Another part of the fleet is gone to intercept the enemy's division, which we heard yesterday was proceeding towards Suda or Hali carman'. Two vessels were sent some days since, and three tire ahipt newer our best ilraluileet, to burn the fleet in the port of Alexandria. " Yesterday we received intelligence that on the 2d inst. (Aug. ii) the Greeks in Candle had gained possession of the fortresses of tinunbonses and Kilelll3oll, and that several of the Provinces had token up semi. Seven hundred Candints, who, after the catastrophe of their country, had come to the Mures, and were in the armies of the l'ilopenr.esus and in Western Greece, thinking it a good opportu- Lily, returned home with every thing necessary, and succeeded in their hopes of larding near the fortress of Graintrouses. "The Gevernn,cnt is now seriously occupied in preparing a shipment of troops, ainanttrition, &c., to help our countrymen in Candle. We hop! much from this expedition, a. all the Alba nian who were in that island followed Ibrahim Pacha into the Nan; and no troops remain there of any cooscquence except the stein Turks, many of whom also accompanied the l'acha. In the fortress of Gnntbouses they tound 27 pieces of cannon end 20 mortars, and a great quantity of powder, which, although old, can be made use ot. In the fortress of Kiasamos there was also a quantity of ammurition, of which we have as yet no detailed ACCOUnt. " Ibrahim Paths has returned to TripoLaza. The Albanians, *Lit came to his assistance from Candia, have been repeatedly balm by the Greeks, and in one cornhat they lost their commander, Hassan Pact*. B.:vtral bodies of Peloponnesian' are formed in toter *boo, Tripoline, the confines of Calavrita, Caritena, Argos, 601 Aidopetroo. The largest tires is that of Vervena, under the command of Theodore Coloentroni, which amounts to from 6,000 to 7,000 men. Every day different combat" take place, in which, ' as well as the skirmishes and ambuscades, the enemy Is consider ably weakened. Our troops have begun to follow systematically this sort of warfare, which we think will succeed. The Nimble arrived here seine days ago, with the instalment of the Loan, and by the Decree (of which we semi you herewith a' copy) you will perceive to what good uses the Government lice appropriated that money. %V* have just been informed that Ibrahim Pasha, being in vast of provisions and ammunition, has begun, with the greater rased his troops, to move towards the Gulf of Mersin*: but lif has cot proceedati by the way of This/nits nor Puliani, but a new way, almost impracticable, where there were not so many of our troops. An obstinate engagement took place, which lasted two days, in v,,ich he received great injury. IVben he will have learned the i - nurrection in Candia, ws doubt not but he will be greatly dis teamed. (Signed) (LS.) " The President, GEO. CONDURIOTTIS. " AN AO NOS!' 18 SPI LIO CAA Id. " CONST. AIAVROUICHALIS. " JOANNES COLETTIS. " The See.-Gen, A. MAVROCORDATO." COMBINATION AYR RIOT OF WORKMEN IN IRA ATE. COURT OF ASSIZE AT ROUEN. The investigation into the riot et !fouling wu concluded on eut&l. The addresses ot Counsel for the prisoners alone occu. pa the Court on this occasion. One circumstance only, worthy 4 remark, arose In the course of the flay. and that was In consc ience of an expression dropped by M. Daniel . from his real for :re prisoner Lefebvre. Aftzr the Learned Gentleman had corn it:ailed the prisoner foe having voluntarily delivered himself into mode, added, that • favourable feeling existed towards him throughout the country, and that if the verdict of the Jury WAS epp.a.d to that feefing, it would bring down public reprobation. PR PRESIDENT here reminded the Advocate that be was departing from those bounds of order and moderation that were la iLduvrei 1 . 01 the derldellt. 1. Datitil.;;;;ted the purity of his intention, and reamed d's espression he made use of. by pleading that it was in the women of argument. The young advocate concluded his address with a touching peroration, in which he reminded the Jury that t prisoner was a husbind sod a father, and was rendered worthy n'heir ESTOtif by the repentance he had shown since his detention. M. nisi:mix, the President of the Court, summed up, and ad. eteimd the Jury upon their duties. The Jury. titer a deliberation of two boon, found Jules Roussel (tailed ails Caprard), Louis Lefebvre (called the Cuirassier ), Innis Adolphe Cadet, and Jean Lo u i s Gument, guilty of riot and mistmee of officets in the discharge of their duty. Houstel was scgsitud on the cha-ge of murdering Vivier, the gendarme, but tuad guilty of an intent to murder hint. Louis Lefebvre was Legume found guilty of wounding a man during the riot, but was scleitital of being a ringleader. The other two prisoners were found guilty of being ringlearlem—After a deliberation of half an hoer, Renate was condemned to the punishment of death, Cadet and OMlent each to twelve yeas' hard labour, and Louis Lefebne eight years' Imprisonment. •On hearing this fatal sentence, itonstul preserved the appearance of inditlerence he had manifested the whole trial. The other three prisoners Wall greatly mot lame of our contemporaries seem very forgetful, ur mei et a loss in Mis t dull days, to fill their columns. We observe that it is not unusual at the end of s week or tea days, to repeat certain choice paragraphs which they dtvin good enough to be served up a second or third time. 't he discovery of the new comet in Orion, appeared again t 1 a morning paper yesterday, after having travelled through a:I the provincial journals. A ludicrous blunder attended the insertion of this paragraph in the Times, about a fort night ago. By a literal error, it was announced that " Notesoor Harding, of Gottingen, had discovered a new c,aser, without a tail, travelling rapidly to the south." Cite following anecdote will show that the Americans we not the first architects who have constructed ships of an unwieldy size :--" So early as about the year 1539, a abil , of 2,000 tons burden was built at Havre de Grace. Tile cables were of the thickness of a middle-sised man's lt had a tennis -court and windmill. It was called 1.0 Grande Franevile, and was designed for the Fast In but such was the trouble and labour in getting it to Ike cad of the pitr, that it was ordered to be hauled up the fla tboat again, and there pulled to pieces. Its materials ' , served for the building of a greet many houses."— The •Itircris de Courteneues's Frpediliaa. s ,lrednestlay a s a carter i n t h e em pl o y o f M r . J o h n 'loot' of Hendon, was returning from London to his ' l4 nier's farm with a heavy load of dung drawn by three vka, he took the middle horse to rid* ; in going down read, the horses in tho cart got out of the regular he rode up and endeavoured to bring them back l "!°, 1 Lis whip, wh e u th e nea r w h ee l o f the cart caught the , eg of the horse on which he was riding, and threw him and in consequence of one of his legs being under Limai, he could not extricate himself, and the wheel if - ' 4l orer both hGrse and man. The man was taken to the Arms, at the Hyde. Ile was dtcadfully crushed • .!"4. dead. The horse was injured. PERU. The Cacao Ertntordiearia of Peru, of the 14th May, contains an expose which was presctmd on the 24.11 April, 1426, by the Minister of Finance, Jose Maris Pardo, to the Supreme Council of Government, accompanying the projet of a Sinking Fund, in miler to redeem the public debt of Peru. The statement or the measures adopted is clear and speciqe, end, we think, honourable to the prin ciples of the parties concerned. We subjoin an abstract : " Your Excellency," says the Minister in his expose, " is well aware that public credit cannot be preserved by any other means than by good faith, and by the most scru pulous punctuality in fulfilling whatever engagements may have been entered into. This duty is not only Teem mended by political convenience, but is also prescribe:l by more elevated cousiderations, founded on the immutable principles of morality. The violation of these principles has always produced the most mischievous consequences, eiace there exists in the order of Providence, an intimate connexion between public virtue and public felicity. Everj , secondary consideration should disappear before the immense importance of this ohject. " Government, deaf to all interested and selfish clamour, laying aside vicious routine, will not hesitate, I sin sure, in order to forward that object, to adopt those tneasures which justice approves, and which are commanded by ab solute necessity. ' After showing that the public debt of Peru should be divided into two classes--lst, the internal-2a, the foreign debt ; and filet Peru, free from all its enemies, will not only have ample means to provide for all its engagements, but find a surplus, with which the prosperity of the country, in nil its branch( a, would be promoted, the Mi nister presents his plan fur redeeming the national debt, and appropriates funds fur each part of that debt. The appropriations for the extinction of the foreign debt are k follow : Several important Custom-house duties. The produce of the Mines belonging to the State, either by sale or lease (arrendamectito). The produce of the sale or lease of all the lands and pro perty belonging to the State, after the redemption of the internal debt has been provided for. The whole produce of stamps (pope/ 'Antos) ; a large proportion of the revenue coming to the Government out of the tithes, we're the denomination of novenas (ninths) ; and part of the produce of ecclesiastical benefices. The produce of the manufacture of gunpowder, and others of minor importance. It is also proposed, in the plan of the Minister (which has received the sanction of Government), that remittancee shall be made to London with the greatest punctuality, of those sums which, according to the contracts of the loans. are to be applied to the gradual extinction of the debt, and to the payment of the interest thereon, and that any sur plus remaining in the Sinking Fund, after this has been done. is to be appropriated to purchase in the London Market the Bonds of the Government. This Gazette also contains two documents of sotre in terest ; one a proclamation by General Radii, dated May the 17th, stating the vigorous measures he will enforce when the Spanish arms shall again be triumphant in Peru! The other is the contract between the Government and Messrs. Cochrane, Alinciro, and Linch, for the mines of Pasco, for which al annual payment of 13,000 dollars is to be made; also a duty of 30 per cent. on the bars of silver. BR_IZIL AND BUENOS A IRES. COBRiSPONDCNCE BETWEEN :HZ NATIONAL MCCINTIVI AUTHORITY AND Tilt COMMANDER or THE BRAZILIAN SQUADRON, RODRICIOJOSE TERUNIRA DI LOBO. (LZTTIM saws THE Excellent Senor—His Itlajesty the Emperor and perpetual de fender of Brazil. having received the disagret:able information that an insurrection has broken out in the Cisplatine province, insti. gate) by many subjects of the Buenos Ayres Government, who, seducing the imprudent inhabitants, and uniting with the per. fidious rebel Fruttuoso Rivera, have commenced hostilities against the empire or Brazil ; the sante august Emperor being also in. formed that every thing concurs to attribute to the Government of Buenos Ayres the most positive indications of supporting the in surrection, not only by giving an impulse to the hostilities, pub licly instigating the insurrection, opening subscriptions in its favour, and predisposing the Banda Oriental to join what is called the Union of the Provinces of Rio de la Plata, but by having en,. ployed official papers and journals of Buenos Aytes to excite the ga. neral odium against the incorporation of the Cisplatine province with the empire of Brazil, making use of the most degrading and offensive expressions towards his Imperial Majesty ; having also received nonce that armaments and money are furnished to the fac tious from Buenos Ayres, besides hints given to those of Entre Rios to assist them ; It not being possible to deny the notoriety of these facts, while, on the contrary, they are aggravated by the late oc currence of the sailing from Buenos Ayres of five launches and • bilandre, full of men, for Colon* with the intention of sur. prising some of the i nperial vessels stationed there ; to which transactions is yet to be added the moat aggravating and scan. dalous of all—nunely, the seizure of the Portuguese, Pensanii. ento feliz, now lying in the part of Buenos Ayres: the said August Sovereign immediately ordered his land and sea forces to repel force by force wherever it might be necessary, and to secure to the Cisplatine people the enjoyment of their political rights as citizens of the empire of Brazil, with which ate legally and explicitly con. meted the swearing to the fundamental constitution and the elec. tion of Deputies to the National Assembly. But his Majesty the Emperur, not being aSle to persuade himself that the Government of Buenos Ayres, to which that of Brazil has uniformly given every proof of a desire to maintain their relations of friendship, should lend itself to the protection of revolutionary measures unbecoming a civilized government, and should foster hostility without making an open and frank declaration of war, he cannot resolve upon re. sorting to those measures of reprisals which the rights of nations authorise, and which he has at his disposal, without demand. ing the necessary explanations on transactions of so extraordinary I &owns.. Acconfingly. the undersigned Vice-Admiral of the Imperial ar. mails, and commander of the forecast Monte Video, has received orders from hie Majesty the Emperor, his august sovereign, to re. quire from the government of Buenos Ayres explanations on the said transactiors, firmly hoping that the saidgovernment will cause such of its subjects as are implicated in the raid revolution broken out in the Cisplatine province to withdraw therefrom ; this being the only means whereby it an be shown that those insurgents nei. thee have nor can expect to have protection from the government of Buenos Ay-es ; which government ought also to use its influence with Entre Rios and Santa Fe, to prevent their assisting the revo. lutiernitts, it being presumable that those provinces would not lend such assistance without the connivance or approbation of Buenos Ares. Moreover. his Imperial Majesty cherishes the hope that this demand, equally just and gentTous, will be promptly satisfied, in order to give a proof of the ingenuousness of the conduct of the Buenos Ayres Government, and to convince the imperial govern ment that its suspicions are not well founded, which, for the com mon advantage, is much to be desired. The undersigned, in making this communication to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Buenos Ayres Govern ment, in order that lie may submit the same to his Government, requests the favour of a categorical answer, land avails himself of the opportunity to offer to dint the assurances of his most distill. guithed consideration. On board the Liberal corvette. before Buenos Ayree, July 5. RODRIGO JOSE FERREIRA D 1 LOBO, Vice-Admiral. To Don Manuel Jose Garcia, Minister of the Buenos Ayres Government, and of Foreign Affairs. •NOWER UT THS GOTS MMMMM T. Buenos Apes, July 0. The undersigned Minister Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, has received the note dated yesterday. which the Vice. Admiral of the Imperial Brazilian fleet, commanding the naval forces stationed off Monte Video, has been pleased to address to him, and bas the honour to inform him, that the undersigned is prepared to reply to the notate therein referred to, as soon as It shall be certain that the Vies-Admiral is duly and sufficiently au thotistd to treat by all the formalities established by iutcrusuonal law. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to salute the Vice-Admiral with his distinguished consideration. MANUEL JOSE GARCIA. To the Vice-Admiral of the Brazilian fleet, commanding the naval forces off Monte Video. ASSOCIATE SYNOD.—The Synod, on Wednesday, took ' up the cue of Mr. Kirkaldy, of London, when it was de clared that the attack made on his character by Air. Flet cher, in his pamphlet, stating that Mr. Kirkaldy had confessed before the Presbytery of London, that he told in the Synod what was not true, wax totally groundless. It was next agreed that the Reverend Mr. Melan, of Geneva, who bad become an object of persecution, on account of his abhorrence to the Evangelical Creed of the Old Gene van Church, should be emitted into communion without. further delay, and required to subscribe the principles of the United Secession Church. On Thursday, after a good I deal of business, but of no public interest, had been gone through, the ritual adjourned to April, 1826.—Scotsman. GOOD NEWS TOR THE MEN o► Km.--We congratu late our readers on the prospect of having a General Luna tic Asylum for the county of Kent, an inslitutivn &ow wasted.—Kentis4 Gertelle. THE BRITISH PRESS. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Qurterly General Court of Ow:Proprietors of East India Stock was held yesterday, at their house in Leadenhall-street. The minutes of the last General Quarterly Court were read and eonfirmed. The CHAIM M• 11 (S. C. Mnrjoribanks, Faq.) informed the Court that copies of several memorials had been laid by the Court of Di. rectors before Parliament since the last General Court of the Pro prietors, the names of which the Clerk would now read. The Clerk then read a list of the documents. Mr. RANDLE JACKSON understood that, for the (mere, every person would have access to such pipets as had been laid by the Court of Dneetors betore Parliament. The CHAIRMAN gave his replies throughout in so low a tone of voice that it was very difficult to catch the purport of them ; we however understood hint to reply in the affirmative to the lion. Proprietor's question. The Cualts MAN, pursuant to the Resolution of the Court of the Idi of May. BM% presented an account of the nunibir of students in the East India College, and the number rejected. An account of the expenses and receipts of the College was also presented, from which it appeared the net expenses for t:te !set year was 8 . 4771. I Is. 7d. The :leather of Cadets sent to India during the last year was 311. Mr. nutlet asked how many appointments of cadets had been made of persons who were not educated at the College ? The CHAINMAN replied that there was a law which prohibited any such appointments. Mr. Hume observed that that law hail been Infracted in the ems of a Mr. Philips. The CHAIRMAN said that was before the Act of Parliament was passed. EDUCATION OF CADETS. Mr. II utaeg believed this was the proper time to make the ob servations Which he wished to trouble the Court with relative to the education in general of persons sent out to India. It appeared to him to bee subject of the utmost importance, and one which could never be mentioned without receiving every attention from those interested in the welfare of that vast empire. It had been just stated that the Court of Directors had sent out 341 persons to India to command foreigners, with whose languages they were wholly unacquainted. Ile should not be doing . his duty if he did not In .the most earnest manner bring this subject tinder the consideration oldie Court. lie had several years ago submitted a %notion to the Proprietors upon the subject, but was retailed upon not to press it because the Court of Directors promised to take it under their consideration. Nothing, however, bud been done by them, and he therefore would again submit to that Court whether they ought not to come to • determination that no officer should be allowed to proceed to India to take upon himself the command of any part of the army in the Company's service, unless lie should have pre viously undergone an examination in this country, to show that he was properly qualified. (Hear, hear.) Ile was confident, that unless young men were led to study the languages of India before they left England, it was with the greatest difficulty that they would acquire a competent knowledge of them. course which the Coen of Directors at present pursued was, as If this country having France under its dominion were to send men to govern it who were totally ignorant of the French language. He mentioned this subject now with the greater earnestness. because he was as. sured that many of the evils which had recently occurred in India, had arisen from the ignorance of the European officers of the native languages of the country. It would appear, that indivi duals who were better acquainted with those languages, if allowed, would have prevented the lamentable occurrences which had lately taken place. He would ask, how it was possible for youug men to govern and command those soldiers with whom they were unable to communicate? The policy, or rather be would call it, the im policy of the Government of that empire, in this respect, was moat pernicious. The situation of the army in India was such, that it was impossible it could do its duty property. The oldest officers whose knowledge of the languages would qualify them are not allowed to command. It very often happened that young men were placed in situations where It ass nut their fault that accidents occurred, but the fault of those who sent them out. If there were any one valid objection why young men should not be told that it was Necessary they should ac quire a competent knowledge of the Persian and Ilindoos tan languages before they could be appointed cadets, he should be glad to hear it ; but believing there was no such objection, lie dill protest against the course that was now pursued. He would ask what were the reasons that regulations so salutary were not adopted and carried on ? The expense could not be an obstacle. If there were to be 400 more cadets to be ap pointed next year he would himself undertake to qualify them all for the sum of 3001. The only person in the Con•pany's service who was capable of teaching these languages was Dr. Gilchrist, who had a paltry salary of 2001. a year, for which he taught every person who applied to go to India. But the policy of the East India Company, that great and munificent patron of genius and talent, had discharged Dr. Gilchrist, and the Company had now no person capable of teaching thou languages. Ile had a right to complain—the people of England had a right to complain against such conduct. Common sense dictated, and the best interests of the Company demanded, that this course should be altered. The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt that the acquiring • knowledge of the languages of India by the Wets before they left England would, if practicable, b• of very great service. There was every encouragement given to individuals who were about to be appointed cadets to acquire the languages in this country ; but if a rule were made to iugpote it on every one as a qualification that they should acquire the knowledge of the languages, previously to their going out to India as cadets, and thus make it imperative on them to remain in England till they had attained that knowledge, the question with hint was, whether it would not be worse than the oaursaat present pursued. He thought that six months' attention to the languages in India would be much more beneficial to the Eoung men titan twelve mo u th s , or even two years, would be in ngland ; considering that the morals of yo u th wou ld i n t hi s me tropolis be so much exposed to contamination. He thought it was much more desirable to preserve their morals and their health, and to leave their attaining a knowledge of the languages to chance. The Court of Proprietors should be very cautious before they pro ceeded to adopt such a measure aa that which the Hon. Gentleman recommended. Mr. Hu ME observed that he was authorised to say there were no less than twenty-two seminaries in England where these langu. ages were taught, so that it would not be necessary for the young men to come to London; and he was also authorised to say that in England six months was all the time that would be necessary fur them to acquire that knowledge which they ought to pones, before they proceeded to India. It was lamentable to hear the organ of the Court of Directors say that these things 'boshd be left to chance. Mr. R. Jacesos apprehended that his lion. Friend (Mr. Hume) was wrung in supposing that it required the labour of six months to obtain the neceassry knowledge to quality young men to go to India as Cadets. There wes a person in this city, who, for a few guineas, and within a few weeks, would enable the youths to obtain so much knowledge of the languages that, with due In. dustry in the course of their voyage, would be sufficient to make themselves undersmnd and be understood in the language of Ilin. doostan. This had been proved to demonstration ; for many young men lind done it. Dr. Gilchrist opened his doors to every young man who was destined for India. Considering bow many young men had been educated at th e E ast I n di a C o ll ege, an d bad risen to eminence, he thought, whatever might bare been the reason for discharging Dr. Gilchrist, the Court of Directors might establish a substitute among those whom that gentleman had so ably qua. Idled. But were that not the case, it was a known fact that there were no less than thirty-seven sarninar;es io this country where them languages were taught. It was known that when the semi. nary at Haylebury was tint established, the Court expressed the fullest desire that the infantry as well as the artillery should be well educated, so that every officer that should be found in the Cons. pang's army should, from the very fact of his being there, be known to possess a good education. He took the liberty, therefore, to suggest to the Court of Directors that they could not perform a more statesman.like act than taking care that every . officer who might thereafter have the command of the native armies in India, should be in some degree compellable to have sone knowledge of the language of the men whom they commanded. It was asto nishing that they had all lived so many years, aid had not seen such a rule established. Ifs thought great goad would follow frona the discussion of such a measure. ilr. II cut again rose, and said, before the Court proceeded' further he meant to submit a motion upon the subject. He had once befere done so, and he should t iw give the Court the oppor. tuoity of deciding, aye or no, whether persons who were appointed to command armies in India, comported of native troops, should be qualified by a previous knowledge of the languages of that country. It was well known that there was one language that was permanent, be would say, throughout India. and which he considered no AI. me ought to be ignorant of—he meant the Ifintloostanee. The Honourable Proprietor then entered into a detail of the various cir cumstances where the knowledge of this language would be essen. tial to the officers of the army in India. But such was the state of the officers at present, that they were totally unfit to command...- There were at the present moment officers who had been 2i years in India. who could not speak one word of the native languages. When he was in India he was the only person in the whole detach. meat to which he belonged who could speak or write the flindoo sten language, and he was selected by the Commanding Officer, although an entire stranger, to interpret and translate for him. It had been said by the Honourable Chairman that every encourage ment was given to the young men in India to learn the languages-- he held a statement in his hand which would show the extent of that encouragement. It appeared, in September, 18'24, Captain Pace, • Quarter-master of the 26th Regiment of Infantry, had rendered MI essential invite to the revenue, in consequence of his being acquainted with the native language. So great were his see. vices, that the Governor-General issued an order to the whole army, In which the circumstance was mentioned, to induce others to study the native languages, anti in which order was specified that a reward had been given to Captain Pace for his great services.— What was the reward ? 11'hy, such was the liberality of the Go. vernor, that he gave Captain Pace no less a gratuity than LOL ! Now, to talk of that as a reward It was playing soldiers, like children, with a witness. This Coast would be culpable of great neglect of duty to allow such • state of Mims to exist longer; he therefore called upon every Proprietor present to support him in his motion. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by moving the following Resolution:—" That this Court, considering the great importance of • knowledge of the Ifindoostanee language to all European officers destined to take command over the native troops in India, do recommend to the Court of Directors the pm priety of immediately enacting • regulation that no Cadet shall, in future, be allowed to proceed to India, unless he shell be found sufficiently clualitied in the Ifindoostanee language." Uncial 1 uo a s TON secoadod the motion. . The CHAIRMAN thought the lion. Proprietor (Mr. Hume) had not dealt fairly towards him. Ile had admitted that it would be a desirable thing, could the object be ellected u proposed ; lie doubted whether it could billone in this country. , Ile understood that the Government in India did everything to encourtge young men to acqiiire a knowledge of the native languages. His observa tions even applied to the prescrd state of India, but the Honour able Gentleman (Mr. flume) had spoken of the situation of that country.2o years ago, „ . Captain Maxrtat.n supported the motion: He remembered a person who was once tried for an offence before au ntiixer who was totally ignorant of the language, in which the Iwo/ceilings were conducted, and the interpreter being either a rogue or an idiot, de. termined to mislead him ; but he (Captain Maxfield) being present detected his intention and prevented it. If it peril necessary that the civilians of the Last India Company should have a knowledge of the native languages he thought it was equally as much so, that the officers of the army should possess it too. In supporting the motion, he considered he was consulting both the interests of the Company and of Europe. Mr. TRANT wished tOr time to consider the subject, and to have an opportunity to refer to documents which were not immediately under his eye. With his present feeling he could not bring him self on the sudden to vote on the question. Ile-thought there had been much exaggeration as to what had been said respecting the inability of young men to acquire a knowledge of the languages in India. There were persons present in this Court who could ilia prove this statement. With the imprer.iion he now had on the subject, he should move the previous question. Mr. TwiNING thought the subject ought not to be pressed upon the Court. until more deliberation had been given to it by the Court of Directors. Mr. Hume said, all he required was, that the Court of Directors should take it into their consideration. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (Sir George Robinson)said, the sub ject had been frequently under the consideration of the Court of Directors, and had been frequently discussed in this Court. Dr. Gilchrist was that kind of authority that, he apprehended. the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Ilume) would give some credit to. The Doctor ex. pressed his opinion to the Court of Directors in July last, ou which occasion he said it became his duty to state candidly, on the expe rience of several years, that several members of that Court were as far right as he was formerly wrong, respecting the permanent emit. blishment of an East India seminary in the English metropolis, without its dialog much more harm than real good. He tthe De. puts Chairman) thought much more inconvenience would result by having the you'll; educated at the 22 seminaries that kissed in this country, than benefit ; Its should, therefore, recommend the Court to put the negative upon the question. Sir P. LAURIE supported the motion. Mr. ‘VtiniliG opposed it. Sir JOHN Do I.E asked, would any man tell him that a person who went nut to command an arm of men, not on• word of whose language did he understand, nor t hey one word of his, was compe. tent to do his duty ? lie would say, that quoad them he might as well he dumb, and he should like to know whether a person who was dumb ought lobe sent out as a General in India ? (Laughter.) He was happy that the motion proposed to refer the question to the Court of Directors, because they might calmly consider the subject, and come to a resolution upon it much better than a Court of Pro prietors. . Mr. PATTISON observed. that the Court had been taken by sur. prise, in this motion being brought un without a previous notice, but if the Court should put a negative upon it, the Court of Di rectors would be placed in a very painful situation ; lie should, therefore, recommend the Hon. Proprietor to withdraw his motion, add then the Court of Directors might at least consider it, if nut report upon the subject. 3lr. II true was willing to do so on condition that the Court of Directors would report upon it. if not, he should have no security that the question would be considered at all. The CtrAtaMAN could not make any pledge upon the subject. Mr. Hums then said, he should press his motion. His only wish was to see who were the parties willing to consider the subject, and who were those who were not read) to consider it at all. Dr. Gilchrist had fifty times lamented to him, that the Court of Di rectors were permitting young men to go out to India, ignorant of the language, while they had it wholly in their power to have them subjected to a public examination as fu their qualifications. Much did he regret that the Company had two civil servants in that Court, who stood up to-day and stated that they did not con. eider this a subject worthy the consideration of the Court of Directors; and much more did lie r,•gret, that an Honourable Gentleman should acknowledge that he had been 25 years reflect. ing upon education, and that he was not prepared to give an opinion on the subject. Ile did not offer his motion in tie spirit of hostility, and, therefore, he did wonder that so many persons, whom be saw about hint, could recommend to defer the considers. tion of so important a subject. Mr. AsTeLL observed, that as the Honourable Gentleman had put it upon the ground that his object was to see who were and who were not willing to consider this subject, he for one, must pro test against so unjust a mode of reasoning, as that which was in. tended by the Honourable Proprietor, that all those who opposed his motion were adverse to the consideration of the question itself. The proposition was one on which there could not be two opinions: he meant, as to the utility of persons, entering the service, being acquainted with the languagesof India. But they must recollect, that Dr. Gilchrist had himself admitted that the scheme that had been .attempted had failed. He shosli, therefore, oppose the motion. Air. TRAWT explained.— Mr. R. Jac &sow supported the motion at some length, contend ing that it was better to make it obligatory on the young men to qualify themselves, than to leave it to the force of rewards that might, four ur live years hence, be obtained by them, should they be disposed to apply themselves in earnest to the acquisition of the languages volustazily. Feeling, as he did, that the inconvenience could bear no proportion to the advantages that would arise fro the coarse recommended, he did think the best thing the Court of Directors could do was, to take the subject under their imme diate consideration. The question was then put, and upon a show of hands the Chair. man decided that it was carried in the negative. Mr. HussE requested that the Court (night be divided, when the numbers appeared For the motion - • . 241 Against it . • . 40 The motion was consequently lost. GRANT TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL STAUNTON. The CHAIRMAN informed the Court, that this Court had been made special for the purpose of considering a resolution to which the Court of Directors had come, for granting a pension of live hundred pounds per annum to Lieutenant-Colonel Staunton. But in consequence of the lamented death of that officer on his passage to England, the resolution could not be acted upon, and he there fore had no proposition to offer to the Court. Mr. Twilit wo said, the widow of the lamented and gallant MIL eer was accompanying hint to this country, and he was sure that it would be a great satisfaction to her to learn that it had been the intention of this Court to have made a suitable acknowledgment of twenty-six years' service, which the hand of death had prevented hint front receiving. Mr. said, if it should bo the case that the widow should be in a situation to require assistance, he hoped the Court of Direc tors would take the subject into their consideration. The CHAI maw said (es we understood) that the Court of Di rectors had often the painful duty to perform of communicating to parties, under similar circumstances, that in accordance with the rules of the Company they could not entertain such a case. GRANT TO MR. SANDFORD ARNOT. The Citatn YAW informed the Court that the Court of Directors had, in pursuance of a by-law, passed a resolution to grant to Mr. Sandford Arnot the sum of 1,6001. in compensation for the loss that gentleman had sustained by the burning of the ship Fame, by which his property had been totally destroyed in his return to this country. The Resolution was submitted to the Court, and approved of nem. om. 1110 CHAIRIIAX declared that this was a Court of the General Company, In pursuance of their ch•qter. NOTICES OF ItIOTIONS. _ . Captain MAxiriXXl;givenoiiee (Wii,,(l4l;:iai the next General Quarterly Court respecting rate of tonnage, the mode of conducting the commerce of the Company with India and China, and also as to the manner of auditing and passing the Company's accounts. General Tricrstsyrom gave notice of u motion for the next (le. neral Quarterly Court, that it be recommended to the Court of Di rectors to consider the propriety of instituting a regulation for the public examination of all persons who enter into the Company's service in India, both military and civil, to ascertain their proti. ciency in the Persian and illndoostanee languages, not subject to the existing regulations. THU DUDE PAPERS. _ . Mr. linter said he had one or two questions of considerable Im. pentanes to ask of the Chairman before the Court adjourned. There had been given to the Proprietors, since the last Court, a large quantity of papers, called the Oude Papers he wished to know on whose motion these papers were submitted to the Pro. victors. The Cnurn MAN read the mottos, which was that of Sir George Robinson, and which was seconded by Mr. Tnonx TON. Mr. /1 rilliU wished to know whether the Gentleman who moved for those papers intended to bring before the Court any motion ris. 'peering them. Sir Usonot Ron' tsow said it was not, in his present view of the subject, his intention to bring !afore the Court any motion rels tire to the papers. Mr. Hunt then gave notice of • motion for the next General Quarterly Court. The papers exposed to view the existence of a system of great irregularity and misrule. He merely threw this out as the grounds on which heeonsielered the subject taring the serious consideration of the Court. fir O. Ronixsox begged to state, that the papers ha mond km did not contain the bulk that were now kiclOre the Court. Sir J. Dort.d &eked whether thiiipublicaiiisn;/ there pap.*, in their present shape, and with all the additions which were nut in contemplation when the fun. Baronet moved for 'hero, had been authorised by the ur.animous consent of the Court of Directors. The CIIAIRISAY said, he had no hesitation to state, that aa far as his present memory went, there were dissents on the occasion. SirJ. Doric remarked, that if so, such dissent must have been regularly minuted, and ought to be reported to the Court. Be moved that it be read. Sir O. ROSINION said, the best way would be to 1110.0 that the docomcnt be laid before the Court, and then ordered to be printed. Sir Jour( Doric made a motion to that effect. and It was or dered that the disment of Mr. Campbell, slr. Lindsey, end Mr. Morris be printed for the use of the Court. GOVERNMENT (H' INDIA. it. reatiadeal the Court that at thr last General Court of Proprietors he submitted s motion respecting A:Fibula in Indies • he therefore wished to know vat now arrived when the Court of the facts relatite to the unfortunate .He wished attain, whether any report It.. I. to. India relative to that proceeding had been receired The CH.\ JOHAN said the report certainly did not come eta ,this country by the late ship, but he was informed about ave.mloutes before he entered this Court that the Euphrates had stewed this morning, and he understood that document* had came by it, under the date of the antli of March, but whether the teporta4aded tea to was among them or no: he could not tell. Mr. Hoare was only sorry to be obliged to senaklaits of the den aviinienteediimonmohedfinditansattey;ocncomtoreuhnetornifarrtthsoeufcphtraphoinsrerrtettoyarlftottienloccikaclurreob:lo.oohereagerlo. sub mitted to the Court five years ago, that any perish chase duty it wait° remit despatches co England, and who negfeeted le chase. should be superseded. Without blaming perhaps any one indivi. dual, yet there must be game degree of apathy in those - who could see things going on in a. light so entirely different from any other person. flail any measure been taken to remove the Governor,. General, and to place in his stead one who was competent to his station, and in whom the people of this country wild have confi dante. He would withdraw any motion he might make un the subject if any. man who heard him would state that he had nivel from ant moon in India an assurance that the people there had the least confidence in the present Governor-General. Enough was known of the tramovernment, the misinansgement, aid of the perfect Inability of Lord Amherst, AM to warranthirn in asking hstl any thing been been done to .effect a change. Here they had twenty months ago heard of attempts on the part of the Governor-General—the moot impolitic attempts—to carry the le t h oTl C dntinci-t power of the Cornpapy beyond those natural barriers which till of late years had been most correctly treated as such ; but now he saw the ignorance of the Government undertake to overleap those natural bounds, and subjecting the company to tho most lamentable consequences. Setting aside the temporary dis tress which the Company had suffered, it did become a question of the moat serious importance, and no man who pre the subject that consideration which he had done, could be satisfied at the present situation of things. The pubic expect a, full mod explicit suite ment of the whole transactions ; at present they were in complete darkness. He therefore would appeal to the Court o Proprietors, anti ask them if they could consent to deport, without kndering whether those who were intrusted with the executive power avec their affairs, were alive to the dangerous sittiation in iyMett they woe placed ? If it should turn out that the Govern ment of this country had prevented .the Court of Directors from adopting those measures which: they might in their wisdom have thought proper, he then would say. It was imperative on them not to share the obloquy and disgrace with that Government ; but they must either share the odium with Government, or come for ward anti declare how for it had prevented them from acting. Stich ' was the conduct of Lord Amherst that the Court of Directors wero hat in entire ignorance of the cpncerns of sixty millions of peopic, and their state and condition were only made known to them by in direct means. The press being now completely , gagged in India, all information from that country was now through private char. nets. Owing to this, he teas prevented at the (resent moment from being able to speak upon the authority of any other than pri rate documents. It was lamentable that India should be placed in such a situation; that when men who went totally inadequate for the performance of the most important duties that belonged to their statioo, this Company should not be able to obtain any information as to the manner in which they were carrying on the concerns of • that country but through private channels. He had letters in his hand relating the mariner in which Lord Amherst had conducted himself in the distribution of private patronage and of public offices. If these reports should turn cut to lie true, then a more unfit or a more incompetent man could not he placed in his situa tion. As he was not to a condition to pass his motion Lbr want of the official Report, he would ask the Court how long they would fin bear, anti suffer things to proceed in this inauner ? It was row twenty months since the affair at Rancson. Ilad no despatches front the Government of fralia arrived to enable them to entertain the hope that the current report as to that affair was not correct ? If not, had any measure beets taken by die Court of Director. and the Government of this country to effect a change of those persons who had Shown themselves so unfit to govern Indian affairs ? He for one should be very glad to know whether any such things had hap pened as would give satisfaction to the public. The CHAIRMAN thought the public were as much in possession of all the information relating to the war in India as the Court of Directors were. Ile expected that the report bad arrived by the Euphrates ; but at present the state of information was very much the same as it was at the last Court. He would,take the liberty of requesting the lion. Member that he would postpone any further questions until the Court of Directors had obtained the information just arrived, and then he hoped they would have something saris. factory to communicate. (Hear, hear.) He thought it bad hap pened that all their wars in India had been such as to crate dioap pointnient end despondency in this country, and yet the - good mate riel and conduct of their army had &bray a extricated them from their difficulties. At this moment he should think there had been a change of Government almost elfected in India. - Mr. Harrington ' had become a member, anti also Mr. Bailey, and it would therefore be premature in the lion. Proprietor to censure until they saw what this change had effected. Col. STANHOPE did not think the information of the worthy Chairman satisfactory. Nothing could exceed the folly cf Lord Amherst's administration. The Court of Directors had allowed the people of India to be able to understand what were the advaty sages of liberal institutions; they had enabled them to appreciate the benefits of a free press, and of unlimited discussion, and thus having laid the great foundation of civil and religious liberty among them, the Court of Directors had, all of a sudden, in a most capricious manner, made a start, turned round, changed their po licy, and told the natives of India that they must return to slavery_ Nothing could be more prejudicial than this conduct. For a time the Company might exercise its despotism, but a time would come when they would be obliged either to turn back to that system which Lord Hastings had pursued, or else mal-administration, discontent, military mutinies, and unjust wars, accompanied by great expenses, would make their station in India most inse cure. This was exactly what had happened ; they bad had a most dangerous war at Barrackpoor. The CIi•IIIMAN begged to remind the Worthy Proprietor, that the Report relative to that affair had not yet arrived; and that there was not at present any motion before the Court. Colonel STANHOPE. with much warmth, said, he had witnessed the re-establishment ot' tho inquisition in Rome, in France, and is Spain ; but he trusted it would never be attempted in this Court to prevent an Englishman front expressing his sentiments upon matter regarding his best interests, and those of his fellow -creatures- But he would no more ouch upon the subject of their mi. nitrifies. but he would say complaints prevailed against the condact of the Governor General all over India. As a proof of this, he would tell the Court, that this Lord Amherst had been hissed arid damned at a public theatre. Why not appoint Lord Hastings, or Lord Bentinck, or Lord Cochrane? (Laughter.) But if it were not necessary to have a Lord, why not make the Honour able Member on the floor (pointing to lit Hume) Governor Ge neral ? (Much laughter.) Why do you laugh ? said the gallant Colonel, it is no such great matter to nista a man a Lord. The Governor of Ireland lately made a couple of baronets, and who were they do you suppose? They were no other than two quack doctors; and therefore, why not make my HOD. Friend a Lord_ (bond bursts of laughter followed this peculiar complaint, and the worthy gallant proprietor sat down). Mr. HELL said, an Ilan. Proprietor had reminded him to notice some late appointments made in the Medical Department is India. Lord Amherst had placed Mr. Abel at the head of an im portant department, and had appointed him Apothecary-General, although only of one year's standing, to superintend a department consisting of three full surgeons. anti 237 assistant-surgeons, every one of whom were his senior by many years. Thus would Lord Amherst proceed, until they would not hereon* man ratistied in, their melee. He would ask any Gentleman within the Bar to say how be would like to be superseded by the orders of any Governor- General ? If Lord Amherst had placed Mr. Abel at the head of the Military Hoard, it would not have been so much as he had now done. Would not such things as these rouse the Court of Directors 11'ould it not make them alive to the complaints of the people. Ho would state another source of dissatisfaction--by a sentence of Court Martial no less than KO lashes had been awarded to a sepoy. Such was the state of the army now,that it was ditlicelt to procure *ems. when at one time there were three or four candidates fur the rank if a private soldier. Now such was the disgust to the Company's service, that they were obliged to pay double what they formorly gave as bounty. But such things could not exist without a cause ; the cause was in the conduct of Lord Amherst. But what did the I Court of Directors answer ? With the full knowledge of all these circumstances they were going on wiliest attempting to elect the least change, or apply any remedy to these crying evils. The Co•lantsw again repeated, that as to the affair at Bar_ raekpoor he hail no doubt the arrival to-day 000tained the Report. and that if so, it should meet with the earliest attention, and he had no doubt the Court of Directors would be able to make an early communication to the Proprietors, which would be highly satis factory. (Hear, Mar.) The Hon. Mr. Satre said, he did not rise to defend Lord Amherst, bat as the appointment of Dr. Abel to India was made by him (Mr. Smith) he wished to say one cordon the subject. The reason why Dr. Abel was appointed to India was, because boa Amherst had had some experience of that professional man in his embassy to China, and had been se mach satistied as to be desirous of taking him to India; and be (Mr. Smithy know ing Dr. Abel to be a moot eminent man in his prefension, had great pleasure ice acceding to the wish of Lord Arnhem. lie knew nothing of his present appointment at all. The Dr. was. however, not merely a surgeon but a regular physician, and had obtained his degree before he left this country. Mr. Heat disclaimed any intent's° to say anythiag persoaat against Dr. Abel, but he repeated, that his aPPottnum-lit was contrary to all president, and could not be justified. The carnsisation here dropped, and the Court adjourned at three o'clock. r i i n laCeel.t a wh s 7 t w a ul te °nftivi o ager f ega i l uir ,; go trithhe z rOr: ica elliglnn3 :lo l;frilo n Yo-I.°Rpa : angY ie lfaulfr a rd :ri mesin:aga i Mn t h en i.ud t a l lia ilf elva;edil: f t e l l icli tl ii n l:C ilar ragbiallu.rilgtwnia t e. h i • waggon, the w he t le of which passing over him, he was killed on the spot. The body of the unfortunate man, which ;as dread fully crushed, was taken to the %Vbite Horse public-houss at Longford, there to await the Coroner's Inquest. A prize fight was preventel from taking place yesterday st Streatham, by the laudable vigilance of the police. i _.(l evicting the eon= o f L ot , tell to know 'ghettoes the tim Digectme Mee in poseoliateet 'hi e efiiir tot ilartetkpoot in Mi. 9 port from the Ocreeperoont of been retched or not. 1., ~~ #