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,~ 4 U L LAO' INTELLIGENCE. COURT ltih? CIIANCF.RY, Lintiout's lox, asTalloAT. MAT 14. , • •• sari ' • BANKRUPTCY. BX-TaRTE Runes IN THE SIATTRR or irOats. Mr. OwaN, on the part of the bankrupt in this case, had obtained ow order, not upon petition, but • verbs! statement, to the effect that the proceed ings in the lemkruotcy 01°01 he stayed, and that the assignee should be restrained from the sale of the bankriiiit's freehold 'stole. Mr. HART rose to move that the injunction, Which hod been surreptitious]; obtained, might be dissolved. Mr. Owes observed that it was extremely un pleisiond to have an ollegaiiiiii made that be had surreiri.ionsly obtained au order. .4r. Mar said lie wits far Irons applying his ob. astrvaloot to the Learned Counsel. Mr, OweN remarked, that he did not like to have it sled even of his client. To skew there had been nothing surreptitious, he woolsd beg leave to mate the facts : the commission of bankruptcy had been taken out in Jantsary lost; and a Petition to ..aperverle it presented to March. The poor man, who wus the object of the commission, happen ed, mato Moiety fur lam, to be in such a awe of health, that although he hope(' to he able to attend his fast examinittion, yet he found it utterly out of his power, and the time would hive elapsed if it had ;1 .1 been for the order made upon the swiml appli satiou. sod by whieli order the time was enlarged , . tor proceedings under the commission suspended, and the restraint placed olio') the Sate of the bank t'upt's ororerty. Notwithstanding this order the risiogure, who vow slot only sole assignee, but soli itor rod petitio o creditor, chase to prueeed with th e sale. Thep maw, the bankrupt, was his. tressed at the idea of having his estate sold ; parti colerly us lie impeached the validity of the commis sion, on the ground that there was no petitiouing creditor•;slebt, and on net of bankroptcy ; sod that the evideoce of the debt hind been obtained by yeas fraud. It war under these circumstances lie had presented the PeCoion to supersede the cow intssitm.• The mottos oo oo g vellum's debt was • mortgage, obiels the bankrupt insisted was frets. sluleto. It was upon this statement that the Lord Chan cellor, when he prohibited the vale of the estate, sodered that affirlasi , s should be tiled on the other tide. Those affidavits had been filed, and they furnished it strong ease of imp, ersion. The as 'done had filed uo less than fourteen affidavits, one of them containing 200 folios. The poor wretched cripple, his client, whore property hod been taken noisy from him, was usiable to procure copies of the •115.1svits—yet he was told, in spite of all jus lice and propriety, that he was expected to appear to Court and answer them in a few days. In this sitinsiion how was the poor was to obtain even n kilter/ledge of the contents of the affidavits?— 'l'o obtain copies would curt him near 2W.; if he ap plied .it the Ilankrupts'-office for permission to read them, u consideration would be required more Mill lie was stile to comply with. But this was not the .shale of toms ease: the Court would be surprised to h.eir that, slur the sale had been adjourned, the (.71intrnissiiiiiers under this commission had summons • him to So indon, in Wills, a distance of 90 miles, for the purpose of being examined. %V hen he came before them, lie begged them not to proceed with his examination till his Attorney was present to advise The ChmMis•ii.ners told biro lie was tint en. 1%,1ed to have his attorney; he, however, refused to put his hood to soy exainioutiois in the absence of his Irgal advisee, upon winch they committed him to gaol, and three he lay at this moment ; and this matt in a gaol, or out of a gaol, must tiecessarily be lying on a bed of sickness: neveitheies• suds was the way in which lie had heen treated. The Learned Coulon-I, upon the whole, trusted his Lordship w.suld dismiss the motion for dissolving the itijimetino, and give the bankrupt a reasonable time to see the af f idavits, and to triply to them. Mr. Mitre raid, he never remembered an in stance but sole in which the Court lead interfered to prevent the assignees from sellinr , a bankrupt's teal estate. That was the ease of Mr. Bryant, and Pe might 'real to I.is Lordship the inconvenience *shish* had resulted from it. In that ease the Court I ad prevented the useigntes from taking povsession of on estate, under the presumption that Bryant, without that estate, had abittidant funds to satisfy leis creditors, which turned out tint to be the cast. This was the second application of the same kind. Now, lie would Ask, what possible prejudice could The bankrupt sustain by his estate being sold ? If the commission should be ultimately superseded, the sale would ben nullity—it would be set aside— all the expense would fall on the shoulders of the assignee, and the bankrupt might again take pos sersiou of his property. to the toms time the affi davits stand that this estate was the only property *ith which the bankrupt had to pay his material creditor: it was in tuortgage to the petitioniug cre ditor fir more theft it was worth. It consisted of old buildings, which were daily falling into a state of (!ilapillation, and if the whole was sold to-mor row, they would leave the creditor's debt unpaid by many hundred pounds. Was their any thing la the assignee going oil to sale ? If his Lordship sustained the application to prevent the site, lie believed there never would be a commis sion in which there would not be some affidavit or statement just UM strong and us true as the errs-rat one, Ind an ex.parte order to paralyse the pro esertiligS. Mr. OWES—" My Learned Friend talks of porn siog the proceedings; he dots nut think how the proceedings have paralysed my client, who is literally lain tip with the palsy." 51r. OAR? raid let , knew tint whether lie had the palsy, but be bad bren nifoisned that when the ..11i..tr aeut to take Inin into custody lie frond him carousing ; and with great agility be ovindeit him liy jumping out of the window. The LORD CHANCELLOR examined the proceed ings for soma lime. His Lordship then said, " 1 base l inked at the affidavits, anti I do nut see any reason fur preventiog the aisle of the propeity." CONSISTORY COURT, FRIDAY, MAY 2S. LORD BRUISE e. LADY CRISINi. Some time since proceedings mete instituted id tie Spiritual Court by Lord Erskine sgsins his Lid;, he preying fur a divorce by tenon of her adultery. On the part of Lady Erskine a respon sive allegation has been given in, of a recriminatory arid defensive nature, retorting upon his Lordship charges of iidultry and of cruelty; and the case was assigned to be argued. This day an application was Made by the Proc tor of his Lordship, praying, on his behalf, that the Coart would be pleased to diem's' all parties from further observance of the sni►. The application was opposed by the Counsel for Lady Erskine, and by her Proctor, who prayed the Court to admit en affidavit (-worn to by himself and hia clerk) to be read, which, besides setting forth a conversation (of which the particulars did not fully transpire) between the Proctor and the mother of a wit 'was (the niece of Lady Erskine), which con versation was alleged to he of the highest import- Lance to Vie case of the Defendant, went to impute to Lord Erskrise an attempt to keep back the tea firmly of the said witness,. It further declared them the evidence of• this person. a yowttg► woman, was materiel in prove the adolterons connexions which his Lordship was said to have formed, and the fact of her being token by Lord Erskine in a carriage, for the purpose of being carried to a boner of unbecoming celebrity. Dr. SW ABBY ohjected to the affidavit being read, as a proceeding altogether irregular. He objected also to the imputation thrown out against Lord Erskine, ielative to an attempt to withhold ■ material witness from this canoe. The fart was, that she had been served with a compulsory Nits is a species of peremptory citation), and bed been produced in consequence. Ile owned it did appear extraordinary to I hat this 'witness could depose to the particular house to which they were going in the carnage, seeing that that very circumstance was likely to prevent her know►ng. Moreover, these facts sl►uukl have been introduced into the cause, not in this irregular manner, but by plea, which would hove afforded Lord Erskine an opportunity of replying in it by a couc.ter plea. Dr. LUsIIINGTOR contended that the affidavit . was perfectly to point, to show that Lard Erskine hail einleavoitred to keep this witness out of the way. • Sir WM. Sco're thought that this aff►davit could not lie admitted. 'llse proceeding wee irregular, and if the facto were meant to be pleaded at all, they ought to be put in a dilli!relit way. , „ The affidavit was therefore rejected. Dr. Swam and Dr. JeatrEa Lord E►skine, and Dr. ADAMS and Dr. LUMINGTON fur his lady, then proceeded to argue the queen's.' rot the dire mission of the suit, as 'brayed by Ina Lordship. Sir Wm. Scary Willi he would take time to con sider the libel sod allegution, aid give his judgment on a future day. RUB MARQUIS OP VONVOAL AGAINST MAT, ' FALSELY CALLINO MERSIILF SIARCUIONESS OF "RPOSEGAL. Dr. Pnsitatunite, en behalf of the Marchioness of Donegal, prayed the Court to issue its 'nutrition, previously to the further progress of this rust, for L the purpose of citing the next of kin. to see pro ceedings. These parties were married' so long ago as the year VMS, and the presesat suit was fur nul lity of marriage under the Alarmage Act. The Court was aware of the extreme severity of that Act ; and no length of time, secretly, deprived the Suitor of his remedy. 'lite only persons on whom the Noble Defendant relied for her ptoof, and who were present at her matriage, were very old ; and this. pincers was the only our upon which she could rely, tor the better maintenance and protection of those high digoritrea, interems, and posseatiosis which were insphcated w Ibis suit.—Monitiou granted. , wl! - 110 ELAND. DUELfII i ■AT 23. THE LORD LIEUTENANTS FI.AG. This mai k of 41111611Ci1011, Which has been adopted in comeguence of his Majesty having issued his Royal Warrant to the Lords )))) era of the Admiralty for the purpose, as stated iu the Dabliit Guzette, was hotated, we umferatand, far the first time an his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant going on board the William and Mary yacht on Susdsy evening. the 13th tomato, when he embarked fruin the Pier of Dunleary for Liverpool. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Moir 22. CUTHBERT R. BROWSE. At the sitting of the Court the argument in ibis cause was resumed. Mr. BLACILBUBNE, for the Defrotdsnt, com menced. tie said it would be impossible, upon any principle's of kuown law, to sustain au action of tins kind. All the authorities were again►t it. 'Phis Plaintiff complained of the charges lie had been put to for the accouchement of his wife, and the aupptnt of the child, but the Court could nut listen to such a complaint. Mr. BLACHBURNE mole • very powetful argu. meat, and cited a great ouniber of apposite autho rities, and concluded witl► stating, that if an action of this kind were tolerated in a Court of Jostler, Xll the first, and firmest, and soundest principles of law must be overturned, and sip the most valua ble principles of civil society unsettled. Lord NoRBURY—" It you sonetiou ►his you will encourage unprincipled men to endeavour to get rid of contracts solemnly entered upon." Mr. 1101. WELL WAISIIK appeared on behalf of the Plaintiff to reply to Mr. Illackbaroe, but the furilier argument in this case was adjourned till Friday next, being Law argument day, when it will be leauuied. CAILA V. MACNAMARA. Mr. WOVI.FIg moved the Court to Set aside the verdict for 5,0 W/. obtained by Hariet Cash. against Richard Muenamara, fur breach or promise of marriage, at the sittings after last Term. He ar gued at great length eon with much ability. hooka there was no legal evidence Id • promise lit marry, which could propesly have gone so a jury iu thus case; and, secondly, that there was a tureamce be tween the contract and the several count. in the declaration (which he went through leg iatim), which must be falai to the action in the luau iu which it hail been tried. Further argument postponed to Friday. A packet, containing one hundred one pound forged Bank of England notes, vtas found in a booth at Maidstone Fair, duubtltss ititeuded for circulation there. Isll INDIA SUCJETY. Saturday one of Abetment aumerode anal respectable meet ings which we have fur a tong time seen was held at the Great Rooms of the Thatched House T . for the pre. pose of considering shr propriety of founding " A Society for the Moral anal Intellectual Improvement of the Native Inhabitants of British India." At twelve o'clock the Right Hun. J. C. Villiers, M.P. took the Chair. On his right sat the Earl of Clare, Lord Teign. mouth, Lord Dunalley, Loral Gambier, Sir James Merkur. tusk, M.P., Sir Wm. Bierronglis, sod several Geutlenvest who filled official situations itit Isttlie. On his. Irk sat the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, Lend Gosport, Mr. Wilberforce, the Right Hon. J. %Oliva*, Admiral Sir J. Sannisrez, Mr. Fowell Beaton, M.P. and several Directors of the East India Company. The room was crowded to excess. Several Ladies graced the meeting by their presence, and, as an in. evilable convequence.the benevolent object by their rapport. The Right Ilun. J. C. ♦ILLIERS, out taking the Chair, opened to the meeting the great object fur the promotion or which they were now convened. lie adverted to the great neces.ity which es:stetl fur their directing the !white wen. lion to India, in the hope of ultimately establrsliiiig morel pronciplis among the Flitodous, who were intrusted to the British charge. Mr. HARRISON, in an able speech, strongly pointed the necessity of establishing a.. lo•tdul upon this bassi. It road, of course, only be promoted by the forre of reason, and the gradual removal of the native prejudices. • Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH then proposed, in ■ lava nous speech, the Arse rescasiou for establishing this Society. He said that the shave ansorsoms of the native nations in India will, the British Government, wa■ the most remark able which lead ever existed he terren the conquering anJ the conquered. Hitherto the titillate people had only Imovvii the greatness of England, by the formidable and overs helloing appearance of her firers sad armies fur their control nod go. vcrnale•l. England had now t o tea c h th em a different les son, one which must produce a great moral operation, namely, the dispeosation of her great resources for thew education and benefit, florae from channels they never saw, Idol from beisefarturs who could gratitude.—(Appleton.)--This great act would praeticul4 teach them to belies. in the existence of exalted wirier', from the knowledge of which they were previously deterred by the corruption of their morals, and force of the des 'infirm under which they were d. In the existing state of society in India, it was impossible to commen-e the great work of reformation by a rousse of religion. rdwra. tuna. The prejudices and habits of the natives forbade that course, best the great work of education, tending to civilise. tau and mural habits, might still go on, and the eireutesal result of the destructiu• of ruperstition be equally certain. The ehauge it. the 'Joao° character mould only be Afft.M. plisheel by the force of renews and persuasioe, and must therefore be the culls of lime. Nothing could aid news the progress of such • woe k. than the introduction among them of those arts end scauctv which tend to the utility sal em bellishment of civilised life. Some imputations had been cast upon what wee represented to be the imprudence and zeal of Miasionames. Now he must say, from his own ex perience in ladle, he had seen nothing to couutenasice these imputations. lie believed their labours to be well directed, and that the slate of native society afforded them • wide field to move in. In his judicial pi IBM ion in India, be had had many opportunities of witnessing the want of moral effect le the soperstilitio, miscalled religiose, of the native iiihsbitants. He had with pain observed the total want of truth in their evidence. Indeed, to such a degree was this immorality rarefied, that Sir %Vim. Joao, notwithstanding his generous partiality towards the people, among whim, his pursuit* were so will calculated to inspire him with regard, hub himself been compelled judiciously to admit its teistewee to a great degree—to a degree, indeed, which made It difficult fur a Judge to say, after lie had derided a cause among them, whether that decisiou were founded upon the inal terable basis of truth—(Hear, hear.)—le was this disre gard to tenth among t►e Hiadous stitch made him declare that that system of opinion, called religion, amour flee na tives of India, had eau mural use at all.—(f/ear, ktar 4_ So far from being au aid, it was rather an obstacle to the Magistrate—it enforced oo duty in I.k, nor promoted any net of moral intalligenee.—(llear, hear )—A system of edu cation bad, however, spews op is Podia, which, with the coucurrenee of the sealiam, was wed calculated to promote the greatest eventual ►enefits. Is Bombay (from • letter be bad seen), the education of the native children was g g on so prosperously, that it was hoped all the children of a imputed )))) not fewer than 2 or 300,000 in amount, would 1414111 possess the rudiments of necessary knowledge. Sir James eusicluded ass chemical speech by eluvial a Resolution' for forming the Society. Mr. WILBERFORCE rose to second the Resolution s hat. the Rev. Mr. WARD was drat called upon, to state from his residence in India the situation .if the native population.' The Rev. Gentleman, at eoaside►able length, described' the state of native society in the district of Bowel. He particularly spoke of the Wale of iguticinsce in which the female+ were kept it. ludia, and enforced the bad effect it must have upon the rearing of their families. He also spoke to the revolting practice of widows immolating themselves upon the funeral pi ca of their dead husbands, leaving behind them, utterly regardless, infants of 1,2, and 3- years of age, and ►ometimes even suckling ones, which were in open outrage to the compunctious of nature, torn by the mother Gum her bosom, while she flung herself to expire it the flames. lit thin state of moral depravity were fifty millions of females under British dominion. How &meld they tau be moral, when the very gods of their idolatry were persunificalory of vice—when their very priests were leaders in crime—when the very scenes of their temples could not be 'mentioned in a Christian community?— (Hear, Gear.)—Had nut Providence, lee would ask, con signed the population of 100 millions to Great Britain, that abe taught pederast them from Ibis immoral vassalage? England was under an awful responsibility to lift this peo ple from their vices..--Mear, hear.a—After the darkness of a night of ages, the sun was now shining upon them ; anal, under British benevolence, he hoped it would set in glory.— (Hear.)—The Rev. Gentleman thee instanced the avidity of the Milled, to obtain education to be such, that the Brahmins offered their temples as school holism., and themselves as leachers. lie had no doubt of complete success from the es tablishment of this gaiety. Mr. WII.BERFORCE next rose to eecond Sir dames lilackintosh's resolution,' and ref. rreet to the speech of the Kew. Mr. Ivard, as strikingly @tiaras lbe necessity for this Society, tail the facility with which Ns lieneinlent mfrotiwis might be realised. To ignorance the dreadful superstitiou of the natives might be traced; and when that was once re umveit, the evils which Slier) from it must craw as w unto cal consequence. The lion. Gentleman made 1111 affecting appeal to the meeting upon the dreadful influence of that superstition which tore from the busman bream, not the force of those general principles of mural feeling which reigned so universally, but those very ties of kindred which nature in delibly marked upon Sir female character, fur the preserve- Moo of her own e ))))) fort and that of society.—(//ear, hear.) —Dreadful indeed must be that ruperstition which eradi cated from • mother all affection fu► her intim' child.— (Ifeue.)—To reform so dreadful a slate of thiugs was their firm duly; sod the only way in which it could be dune was, by the introduction among them of those habits which tended to humanize society. It often happened, that in promos Mg censures of general utility, a statesman had in admit others wheel' were of a mixed character; that, with the good to Out massy, be had to see some evil inflicted open the few. R o t, here was no such drawback from the general joy. Here was uuthiwg but what cundered, in flee mind harmonizing mess. suer, to the in. vitiate gaud of the whole. The path was smooth and delightful, from beginning tee end, and the hand of Providence pointed it out as the duty which was pry. scribed to England, by the overruling Power who bad cum. mittal so many militant of human beings to her charge -(ffea•r, deer, hear.)-11e concluded by seconding the mo tion, which,as well as the succeeding ones, were carried aims nlmously. The Lord Bishop of GLOUCESTER, in proposing the Resolution for constituting the Society, took also • feeling review of the slate of society in India, and the bounden duty prescribed to England, anaemia% to dial vast empire the mural blessings she herself enjoyed. Lord TEIGNSIOUTH, in seconding the motif*, de seribed the slate of moral depravity in which he had (woad the Wives of India. More than fifty years ago, when be _ 1 - .. Brat went ant to Podia, he renumbered • rcrittext mailo'hy native in his service, that he should write to a friend of his in another part of the country, to send biro a instil-filar stone, out or which he wanted to snake • God !—{Hear, bar.)—He was clad to hear of the recent rein:tattoo in the prejudices of the natives, sad the aid they were now likely to give for the purposes of education. Sit W. BURROUGHS alluded to hi, experience for Dimly pears while Supreme Judge of the Court at Calcutta. So much stl that he did not remember • single motive ease of importance, in 0 hieh the perjury at bolls sides was Not shockiug. He corroborated the 11118111M1 tal that the motives were ri taxing in their prejsolicer. He knew a Brahmin who posoraired a landed property of 1? or 14,0001. a year, and who hail by the force of his own reason converted hint elf to Christianity. He first wanted to learn Persian, which is the diplomatic language of the East that led him to the study of Arabic, and as his book was she Ahrotair, he was struck with the sensuality and ambition. of Mehemet. He after wards learned English, and Nora sending the New Testa ment', was struck with the sublime piety of Christiaiiity ; the goal contrast presented by its Divine Foondir to the false Prophet; the purity, awl utility, and ditiuteresiedmam of the maxims which he ricononeuded ; and the eulightteraell Brahmin soon became alsockid at the inferiority of what be had previously believed, and had now become a Christine, lie enlarged tiptoe the moral neeessity whirls t Leted of eni. lightening the Indian population. They hail now, dodo, the British d Unties@ among them, beea kept iu subjective, set lihe the amigo() prorincrr , by levies 'carried from one le - the other, but bi levies every where made motor themselves% .1 and no Marius or Sells hid risen to shake the Doltish Asiath: Empire. It stetned then, as if Providence preserved it I. be mile eh"- week of morel. regeneration 1.1 the British Governmcnt. . _ _ Mr. John'hornbill, as East ludic Director, the Earl ni Clare, Mir James Saussiirez, and the Right lion. John van, successively proposed Itesoheions, which they merely accompanied by a concurring remsik. Lord GAMBIER also declared hi* warm concerreare the great ohji et of the meeting. Dr. LUNISDA LE, Yoe Professor of Arabic and Persiaa at the College of Fort William, bore his testimony to the alacrity with nhich the chief part of the Itintiou pupal atoll were likely to receive this moral instruction. Mr. BENJAMIN SHAW, M.P. spoke warmly of the ries amity Gm thitscotiostisg riyilizrrl babilisits the East. & hail head that is a part of Samatra they foliesed their chill. dies, to prepare them for ash- as hams. food CIAIILEB GARDNER, Esq !Ate Secretary to the So. prrme Government of India, spoke with satisfaction urthe advantages of this Postitutioss Mr. ZACILARIAH M ACAULEY ware* urged the sc. cessity of ethical ing female society is I itifiA. ROBERT STEPHEN, Esq. made s sdoodbor •ppewl, mod the reeommendstuon was thee embodied iu a Resolution. The whole tro4iness of the meeting went off unsoirroms• ly, and a large subseriptiear was suppiird isratd of its emu. eceuseui. 1711 ARMY. The two troops of Claisber T C.avalry, winder lb* rommand of his Grace the Duke eof New oh., and the Work sop troop, under the colownwsitof Wad Surrey, are expected at. News' k on Monday seat, osi pelueaseat defy for Sew dayi. The whole of the reigiateut of Dragoon Girard*, under the command of Colonel Duane, have arrived at Noilinglialn, to be onspectid by Lord Charles Sinnersti ) .on or about the lath of nett month. • On Wednesday the 16th Unreels Insrehed hum Sheik, Id barracks for klauelserier. Tbey are to be superseded by a troop of the Qurat's Bays. On Wednesday, six troupe, of Ilse 15th regiment of fins. saes, stationed ■i York barracks, were reviewed on Knaves mire, by Lurd Edward Somerset and Sir John nyitg. - - - - - - PO LA It EXPEDITION. - .701:IRN AT. or A VOYAGE FOR TICE DISCOVERY or A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, INDER TDB ORDERS , OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R A., F R. 5., AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. The following extract from this interesting Work der.crthes the extraordinary effects of frost upon the Kaman body John Pearson, • marine be longing to the Meilter, who was the last that returned tin hoard, had his hand* severely frost. bitten, having imperriestly gout away 'Pianist mittens, and with a musket in his hand. A, party of tax people moot pro. videntially found him, although thenight was very 'lark, jaot as he had fallen down a steep batik of snow, and was Lo gi 0000 ing lo feet that degree of torpor, and drowsiness, which, if indulged, inevitably proves fatal. When he was brought on board his fingers were quire miff, and bent into the shape of that pert of the musket which he hail bees carrying: sad the frost lead to, far destmyed the animatiou in his Augers tin one band, that it was necessary Iseirnputate three of them a short time after, notwithstandmg all the ease ant atientinu paid to him by the medical gentlemen. The ef f ect which expossore to severe Prima has, is benumbing the mental as well as the corporeal faculties, was very oh acing iu this 111.11,, as repast in Iwo of the young gentlemen who returned after dark, and of whom we were 4111/lIIOUIP to make. inquiries rerproing Pearson. Wisest I sent for them into my cabin, limy looked wild, spoke thick and inaistinetly„ and it was Impossible to draw from the a reticles' saswcr to any of our cratidions. After being un board for a short time the mental appeared gradually to return with the rei egoist' Cliff.. MO it was out till then that a looker-on could easily per suade himself that they Sail not been drinking too To those who have been -much accustomed to cold coun tries Skis will he no new remark; but I cannot help think ing (sad it is with this view that I speak of it) that many a mat. may have beet. punished for intoxication, who was only suffering from the bentembing effects of feast; for f hare more than once seen our people in • state so ex actly resembling that of the most stupid intoxication, that I should certainly have ch.rged them with that offence, had I not been quite sure that 'to possible mraus were •ffwdad them un Melville hland to procure any thing stronger than snow-water. • The following p . taio2e gives a striking idea of the dresrine►s of a l'olur %Vatter : It nriy well be imagined that at this period there was but t Lille to be wet with in our walks on shore, which mold either amuse or interest us. The necessity of nut r ger eilint the limited distairce of one or two miles, lest a suuw-drift, which often rises very suddenly, should prevent oar return, added confides slily to the eltdl ?lid tedious senoolony which, day after day, presented itself. To the southward was the sea, covered with one trobrokee surface of ice, uniform its its dazzling whiteaess, except that, in some parts, a few kens mucks were seen thrown sip somewhat above the general keel. Nor did the land offer mneh greater variety, being almost entirely covered with snow, except here and there • brows patch of bare grown' in some exposed situations, where the wind hail not allowed the snow its remain. IVhen viewed from the summit of the neighbouring hills, on one of thus• rake and clear days which rot eisfrequently occurred during the whiter, the scene was such as to induce contemplatioes, which had, perhaps, Rune of utels•ebuly t►an of any other feeling. Nut a• object was to lie seen on which the eye could long rest with plea►ure, unless whew directed to the spot where the ships isy, and where oar little celery was planted. The invoke which there issued from the several fires, atilirdiug • certain iudication of the presence of wee, gave a it partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect; and the sound of rulers, which, during the cold weather, could be heard •t • muck greeter distance than usual, served now and thee to brat the ailesee which reigned around ea—a 'Hemet far different Inns that peaceable ennsposere which char■cteriaa the landscape of a eoltivaled revelry; it was she death-hke stillness of the aunt dreary desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Sack, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to Ilse eye, or sweetmeat to the Wed, that • stone of more then usual size appear leg above the snow, is the direction le which we were going, immediately became • mark, on which our eyes were vv consciously Axed, and towards whirls we iserbsairally ad. sauced. -- XINORITIESt. Minority rot Reducing 15.0001. in the Com:nisiA.4,4 Department. AIIIIOII, HOD.% HIPrioN,Si• 14. Palmer. F. tt..resfr, %v. 1% . . Milltown., J. C. Per. e, P. Illenurtt, lin. H. G. Horne, J. Riratilo, D. Bernal, K. Jubason, Cohort Hier, IL Bernard, Lord Langston, J. 'Wows, A. lkight, H. I.naliingt 'if, Dr. Smith, J. Nary, Loud Alatwrly, 3. Stanlry, lorte Calvert, N. Moberly, J. jun. Tettoreni, C. Carter, .1. Martin, J. Tynte, C. Chaloorr, R. Milton, Loral Welsh, Colonel Chetvryttil, G. Milbank, J. Wholnead, S. Onstrintestn. L. Moore, P. Drunnon, T. Mostrk, J. It TILERI/1. Goose, Sir %V. Newt:win, R. tV• laic, Colut,t Hurhord, Hon. 11. O'Callaghan, Col. ...„,_, Minority of Thirty-Two, who Votud fur fleilneinr the Son front the Army Eziraortlitsariett tor Ib2L front 1,000,0001.. to wtoooor. Bennett, 11. G. Griffith, J. Monett, J. ft Itoughey, Sir .1. Marlton'. C. Niko-v. C. F. Itioughani, H. Heron, Sir It. Pi ye, Peyae fury, Lord Holohoore, .1. C. It lee, T. S. Cirendish, H. Hasse J. Wilier ta, A W. Calvert, N. Johnson, Col. Itoliossost„ Sir (.. Cbseaut:o:l, L. Lualiiiigtois, Dr. Smith, Y. Canniotois, V. Martin, -fishes Webb, Col. a. lower, K. Malbrr!y, J. jun. Farrand, R. Milbook, J. TELLER. Fuel's, C. Milton, Lord DiViCI, Coluark Gipr, G. Moore, P. Mr. MaxwEtt, paired oti against the Eatimmtra pith Nlr. A NTROBUS. Sir JOllll A WILLEY pliired Off OM Sig JAMES MAC- I-NTUSWS (outsets on Wednesday hod, for tali tsitr ration. in the Ctiraioal Leas, but foe s wa p is Slot down in. Ike lipt of Nlioority in 'Fits l'rtEss of Fridoy last. Sir Scrim paired oit *it!, 11r. Someas Cox. Sit R. Fisiwors Hine was necirtentslly omitted iu the Majority on the Criumial Liar. ,NAVAL IN rELLiGENcE. roarewouTn, fly 2S. Arrived Ilie ',Moroi* from Plymouth, and Brisk Corm the eamoaud ; olcu the Henry Clay,. Putt■, from the Downs. Pass, dby far I. ion, after binding 15.., yousrugtro, the Lady C.mpbell. Slurps's, from Chiaa,• Sailed the baibudimo pnclel , Garrick, for Bremen; Agues, Candy, fur Loudon; and Hero, James, for IND. MARMICM, MAY 25. krcteett the Henry Freeling packet with a mail frume Cuxhsveu. DEAay Canoe down from the River lnt night an L, d N m iled 2s. the Fame, Cateatio, foe Madras and ' Came down tu.day and remain the Mary, Hardy, fior Mira— miehi; and Triune, Smoak, for Trirrie. Arrived and sailed fur the River - the Dryad, Fell ; snit Charles, Milne, from Tobagoo BIRTH. AR Can Miff, sear Metion, county Wexford, the Lady or SIP William Cox, of a lon and heir. MARRIAGES. Tuesday. at /tams Rowan', Juhu Brown, Fag. of Upper Grosvenor...l rcet, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of the Lite R:elsard Clerke, Esq. of Kingston, Osfurdthhe, mitt niece to the late Lord Foley. On Tuesday, the 42d inst. at St. George's, Hsnmer.scpeare.. George Tufnel, Esq. late of Ilse 34 reginseat of guards, t.r. Slam Newton, second daughter of the late C. H. Kurtsight, lLsq. of Ryland., Essex. On Thursday, at St. Pancras, by the Rev. Henry Lindsay, Sir Stephen Sliairp, of Reamll-place, to Harriet, union or . the late Edward Asile, Esq. of Prinets-court, Westtaiost..... Lately, at Campton, Bedfordshire, the Rer. D. ()herrn., Rector ut Clifton, in that enmity, in the Slot year of his age, tu Miss Susan Eudershy, who bail just attained her. yrsr. Oo Thin misty, at Crawley, Hants, by the Rev. H. Data pier, John Latham, 11.10. Fellow •f All Soul. Collect., Rs Elm theth Anne, eldest daughter of the late Honourable Mr. /settee Dampier. DEATH. At Newbrook, in the cunnly:lTayn, John Bingham, Long et3IIIHO(Iii, created a Baron in MO. The Huts Barry- Machette, his Lords,kip% el.le►t son, mew sweterila to his this. On 1% chnexilay, at his house in Tenterden.street, Hanover square, Dr. Robert Willis, brother of Dr. Hillis, of GnMfoftl. OW the Lizard, no his passage home from India, Cheeks Vivian Tippet., Esq. lie was as his return to clam the estates and take the name of Vivian, 'gam:ably to the will of Use late Mr. J. ViVISO, his brother; but ties spired lie sight of the roast of his uative country, and within a few nailer of his cape Cl 4 d inheritance. Oer the 11th Mat, at Bristol, after a few hours Blanc in the 79111 year of big age, the Reverend Thomas Furh. LLD., !ate vicar of Mellou Mowbray. Dr. Ford at tended prayers in the Cathedral in Bristol trii the morn ing before his death, and joined in the vocal service.— The sea. rable Divine was known throisalsom England fu► Ilia extraordinary fondness fur sacred music, particularly the compositions of Handel'. He preached his lash sermon 016 the Sunday preceding his deat►,. in which., after an allusion to the race of some of his bearers being almost run, he cm pluiticully added, mugs is. Lately at Collea, the lief Dr. Bream, Rector of Collo°, and also of Raven. HIGH 11'ATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Hunting 10 after 11. I Evening 03 after 11. TRICE Of STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Rink Stock .... 2529 Baulk. L. Al/i,• 19 t-16 3 per Cesat.Red. 741 75 Ladle Stuck 74& India 80mb5.... 49 pr. 3 per t. COOL . • 73.9 Err. Bull% 2.....3 4 pr. 31 per Crut. 8 Lottery Ticket* 141. 144. 4 per Cents..... 92f Cond. fur Aec. . V; sperCt.V.A.s.llo4lo9 70,iiiii THAT inesitmahle filetlivine, the"C(HtlN BALM of GILEAD, is preulianly adopted to streoa weak testate constitutions, mud. likewise Itr warm to.t: it - vigorate phlegmatic habits; it acts powerfully, ant limy et the weak vtemoctis bet the whole nervous system ; correct • vitiated appetite and indigration its the first paessires,aird assists wouderfully in reruwering the tome of the urinary and genital organs—hence its efficacy in semi•al glees. i■ MOO, and corresponding weaknesses in women. It is recommended to those Ladies, who, from repeated sad difficult labours, are afillieterl with weaknesses mid infinuitir in which came it is highly useful, staragtlwaing at the same time the stomach, the back, the weakened. organs, sad the whole constitutius. ,The Cordial Balm of Gilead is universally acknowledged to be a must agreeable and powerful restorative in all ner vous disorders, and may ►e takes with advantage in ismer"! wastings, hiss of appetite, indigestion, depression of spirits, trembling or shaking of tho hauls or limbs, shortness of breath, and consumptive habit,. Sold by Pk. Johnson, WI, Cor•hll ; and Mr. Sander (talc Bacon end Co.), Oxfurtbstrect; and all Medicine Venders in the thsited Ciagdom, at 11.. curl 33.. per bottle; W. Cade* any afro be obtained at Gilead House, as usual. Prieted sod Published •I TH R BRITISH PRE S, sue TH GLOBS Witt, Ha It! ,Ikrurl, by C. CURB 14' el 1 w kraal. • . 0 ow J,