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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCV PAPERS. Paris Papers of Friday last have been received, from hich the following are extracts : [From the (*win kr FreNevis.) 111Anetn, JAN. 27. There is a new question raised respecting the law of amnesty : we are positively assured that it will be revived ; and it is certain that unless I:list:tip be taken it will be impossible to r.--orgailite the annv, because many persons, and especially the young men, find theinselees compromised for having manifested their adherence to the tons:ittitional d,o said that the capitulations will be acknowledged, and that this resolution has been taken at the request of tie august per si..ll whom the capitulations were concluded. he lb-slaw-4er of the 27th January gives a detail of the events which took place at Mirth's. the capital of the Philippine isles, en the and 3d of June last. It appears that some disturbance had been observed to exist in the King's_Regiment. Captain Novelle*, on whom the greatest sus picions had fallen, received orders to surrender himself at 3lissi ode ; be made preprrations for his departure, and wax to have em. barked on the Rel ; but in the night he went to the regiment's quar ters, ordered them to take antis, and, aided by lsietit. Ruiz; he wok possesteion of the castle, the Governor being at that time ab sent. besieged the quarters of the artillery, and seized many :niter points, after the soldiers who were led on by Lieut. Ituix had killed the Sub-inspector of the Army, l)on illariano Fernandez of Fol. goers.. The Governor being untriediately informed of what had taken place, hastened back to the city, placed himself at the head of the troops which had remained faithful, beat the revolters, and re-entured the eirtle. The number of killed on both sides amounted to .40, among whom were an officer of the name of Alberto Arguelles, nephew of the celebrated Canstitutiooal Augustin Arguelles. lie had At wounds. A military commission appointed by the Governor has condemned to death Novelle*, Ruiz, and twenty Reticent& or Coi rituals of the King's Regiment : they were immediately executed. Novalles evinced to his last moments great courage; when taken before the Council he did not impeach one of his friends, but declared himself to be solely guilty. Since this event the tranquillity of the colony has been uninter rupted. We learn from Corunna that on the 17th January the master of the t•fe du Midair had been arrested for some injuntios discourse, which he is suspected of having held against the House of Bour bon and &Aram PTIIPIONAN, Jaw.= There will arrive at this place, on the 13th of :mu month, a column of _blemish , who wilt be immediately directed to. wards Catidtw a n. n the 29th a second cot iron will attire. Both columns •ill be composed of militia-men. The officers and soldiers that have capitulated to the ;lieu d'Crgel have the liberty of remaining in France, but they will not receive either matey or entertainment firm that Government. The Council of War of this division has condemned we persons to sitir , r death, for having borne arms against France dureng the late war. _ . _ [[From the Constitationsrti Lieut.-General Menohaea, Commandant of the Second Army of B4illasteros. is arrivtd at Bayonne with his site and family. lie has obtained trout the Spanish fhtv..rnrot.nt permission to travel to :ince, but is obligrd to wait at liayonne till the superior authority has assigned hint a place of destination. BEELIW, JAN 27. A letter from the Lower Rhine says—" After the establishment of the custom-houses on the frontient, our manufactories at first improved, but won after such an extensive system of smuggling was formed at Cologne, llerdingen, W.mel, and in short all along the Lower Rhine, that almost all the expected advantages of the new T -riff were lust. The quantity of smuggled goods was so great, that there was perhaps hardly a merchant in all the provinces on the Lower Rhine who did not sell (at least indirectly) goods which had not paid the import duty. At length Mr. Moser. chief Inspector of Customs of Munster, has succeeded in discovering the bole system of contraband. Ile has found in the hands of several merchants distinct sets of books for the express purpose of keeping the accounts of this contraband trade. lty this totals be has pow sesto3.l himself of the correspondence of all the smugglers, and the result is, that the revenue has been defraudcd of import duties to the amount of several milhons of rix-dollars. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. The Capepseket, Kettle, from the Mauritius, has arrived in the Downs, sailed from thence the gotb October, from the Cape Ist Dzeember, and passed St. Helena the 14th Dreembur. _ Pas:orgy-8.-4 oL Conyers, 821 regiment, Mn. Conyers, and four children; Mr. l'ye, Governor of Roderique; Miss Prior; Lieutenant Thurman, Royal Lngineers ; Lou soldiers and one woman. Arrivals at the Mauritius, Oct. 12.—The Rambler, Powell, from London. October 11.—The Alexander, Snrfien, London ; the Enterprise, Thompson, from Gibraltar; and his Majesty's ship Delight, Ilay, from the Cape. :Tailings from the Mauritius, Oet. 16.—The Margaret,' Henderson, for Gibraltar. Oct. 14.—The Olive Branch, Kind, for the ('ape. The Spcke, Macpherson, was to sail from the Mauritius for London the lVth November. Arrivals at the Cape.—The Hercules, Vaughan; the James Sibbald, Forbes ; the Asia, Reid ; and the Asia, Limlsay, from London : the Sun, Anderson, from Bengal ; tht• John, Mercer, from Rio Janeiro; and the Olive Branch, Kind, from the Mauritius. The Jane, Coiling, was wrecked in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, during a gale of wind, on the '42d November. Arrivals at Batavia.—The Diamond, Strout; and the Houqua, Nash, from London. MONUMENT TO THE MEMORT CF THE LATE CHARLES DIBDIX. There is certainly no individual, in the peculiar depart ment in which his distinguished talents were displayed, to whose memory the British public owe so much as to the late Charles Dibdin, who may with truth be styled the Shakspeare of song. The subscription set on foot to erect a national monument, that may embalm the remembrance of his genius, and testify the grateful sense which his countrymen entertain of the important services derived from it, is honourable to our national character. It has been, till tiow, a reproach to us that an individual, whose whole life was spent in promoting the rational delight awl moral festivity of his country, and who drew forth, frsin the full resources of his fancy and his feeling, the volumes of national music and of national song, which he has be queathed to his country, should have received no public testimonial that might put its gratitude on record. No langa.age but our own contains such specimens of charac timistic sea-songs ; no music but our own has melodies of the same peculiar and appropriate cast. It is impossible to appreciate their value too highly. It is not too much to say that they exalted the character. while they refined the courage of the Bat ambit Navy. They did this by super sibling a tone of sentiment to the bravery of British tars. His ballads seem written with an capstan view to this end ; they have all of them a tendency to soften the coarseness of their uneducated feelings by imperceptibly training them to an elevation of sentiment—to the recollections of home— to the hopes and fears of absence—to the remembrance of female tenderness anal of female attachment. A leaning towards all this is to be found in all his songs; they in deed derive their celebrity from the interest, in this way, which they excite. Several of his lyric compositions, mark ed out to be sung at the approaching public festival, are in unrivalled. " Tom Ilowlinz," "The Lass that ins," " Ben liqckstay," " 7'raae courage," " 7'he dirt, :" all these, and many, many others, have and listened to on board our ships of war, with ' which we landsmen can have no conception. trung to the manliest and most generous feelings non nature, and linked with all the associations an interest and a value to life. I be difficult to point to any instance in which a in,, nect has produced such an infinite variety tee in ballad poetry ; every single effusion of Dib is bears not only the direct stamp of origin tat distinguishing character which fits it to re mit and sentiments of the class to whose feelings red. His dialect and phraseology are always whatever he the subject. lie gives to seafer- Il grace of simplicity, and his apt introduc n is always amongst the happiest Obits of his is greatly to the praise of Dindin's songs, that were the vehicle of personal satire ; and great as 1, they have one still greater—that they never mest delicacy, or offend the chastest ear. monument is well bestowed on every indivi las contributed to raise the fame of his country. of our gratitude is. in such a case, connected cat interests ; for, in a nation, Jayne is powe r, I hal no firmer basis than the genius of i ts .e and praiseworthy exertions of the Committee neat will, we are sure, fully justify their opi the intention of raising a subscription for the t, only required to be brought before the public general and liberal support; and we are re irn that the nobility and gentry have come for alacrity to promote and extend the contribu- VIII: GYIF.EX CAUSE. We have *received Frankfort Papers to the Itt instant. They contain the following important facts and specula tions upon the progress of the Greek cause:— TRIESTE, JAM. 17. A ship has arrived here in eleven days from %ante. According to the private letter. which a e have received through this channel, ,Mattrocordato is stated to have appeared on the 3l of this month with aj division of the Greek fleet, before Portals, while Colocotroni passed the fortress on the lard side. Jusauf Partin, the Governor, is said to hare made pmposals to evacui.te the plate, being allowed to proceed, without hindrance, with the garrimn to Smyrna; but that these terms were not accepted. This intelligence, however, stands in great need of confirmation, as well a. hat of the capture, by Maurocordsto, of two vessels, having on board fugitives, with money, from Patina. Other letters say that a Creek ship has fetched Lewd Spin from ('ephalonia, and convoyed him to 51 1011g1R.--41,CEINST/IC Zrilaug, Jun. 2(i. FRANKFORT, JAN. 30. A letter from Syra, of the 28th of November, in die (bleak! Spectator, has the fillowing passages : • We enjoy perfect tranquillity here, and our commerce is ex. tremely active, and our port is constantly full of vessels coming and going, and a great deal of business is doing. !Here follow some old details respecting 3lisisolunghi before the siegrr was raised.l • 6 If through any cause whatever Patina were to fall, the afl•ain of the Greeks in the ..Alorcit would, in my opinion, assume, for the first time, a decisive ascendancy, and there would be no reason why Coron and ?lotion, which fortresses are not so streng, should not fall in their turn. If the lireeks were once masters of all the mili tary positions, and in entire and tranquil possession of the Mores, they would be able to spare part of their forces to decide the fate of Doha and Attica, and perhaps to attack Eubtra. •• The writer observes that the possession of that island would be of immense importance to the (heck', and that, if the Turks should fail before 3lissolunghi, and Pause be obliged to surrendef, the revolution, instead of retrograding, will advance with gigantic strides, daily strengthened by hope, h ibit, and experience, and by the assistance of all kinds abundantly bestowed by the Philhel lenes.'" AUSTRIAN FUNDS, Jax. 21—Meta 84 Ii 1.16; Bank shares, 944 24. BRAZIL. It appears Rom the following extract from a letter re ceived at Portsmouth from an Officer of his Imperial ttra .4iliass-sliajcsly's ship Netberohy, Cwt. 'lPriylor, that that ship alone captured acrenteen sail of the Portuguese fleet, which abeindonal Bahia, during her fortunate, but eventful cruise : 11. 1. M. Brazilian frigate Netherohy, Bahia, Ist Dec. We have refitted hereafter a four months' cruise in pursuit of the Portuguese squadron. We followed them to Maranham, creased the Equator, and cruised a single ship off' the Rock of Lisbon 14 days ; where we fell in with their line-of-battle ship, and disturbed the Admiral, after he had bailed us, by a few grape shot into his stern windows, and made our eswaps with ease. During our cruise we captured and destroyed 17 pears, 10 of which were despatched for Rio ; two of them are valuable ships. Our anxi et y at times was very great ; and this successful cruise has not been attained but with the risk, at one time, of every soul on board being petishcd. On our return from Lisbon, we were obliged to stop at St. Nicholas, for water (one of the Cape de Verdi), in an open bay ; and, on the 7th of November, the wind chopping round, we were obliged to cut our cable and carry close reef top sails and MIMI to clear the land, the breakers of which were not more than • quarter of a mile from us. We had no money escaped this peril than a heavy sea struck the ship ; all our head-sails were split, (with the exception of the fore-top-sail); the man was washed from the wheel, and the frigate laid on her beam ' ends. Thank Gott, our Captain felt himself superior to fear, and with tranquillity ordered the main and main top-sail sheets and tacks to be cut, the mizen-mast cut away, and the lee quarter-deck and forecastle guns to be thrown overboard, and the helm put to windward, to scud before the wind. After lying in this state in the hurricane, from twelve to fifteen minutes, the ship regained herself—three cheers was the cry, fore and aft; and afterwards the Captain had the gratification to receive the same, and the thanks of the ship's company, fur his tranquil and judicious exertions. Perhaps never was there a more pitiable sight—the rigging and mast-heads crowded with 200 seamen and soldiers, imploring mercy, whilst Captain Taylor, his English first Lieutenant, with about twenty British tars, were employed in the way above stated. It is true there were a fore Brazilians, headed by the second Lieu. tenant, a fine young Nobleman, who greatly assisted. To this gentleman we partly owe our existence, for by cutting away the miren-roast, the weather quarter fell upon three men and ('aptain Taylor, all of whom were killed, with the exception of Captain Taylor. -fudge of our state; when we arrived we lr^.d only a barrel of beef and one day's water; in fact, we were exi s ti ng upon a pint of beans and a tumbler full of water per head.— e sail to-morrow for Rio, to rejoin the Marquis of Maranham." le this respect I Lars a Sailer • SAlier's will • been sung at • a delight of 1 r They are atr of our comm vs whi c h g i ve a • rt. It would e, the human i a. of excellence • des genies de a'ity, hut the V. Itet the spiri is, :t is midmost he apropriate, ist mg terms all ish tion of them he muse. It is they never w LI • meet is, cly pain the pun na t hind I a tins! who hat .1 . he *play vet' with due Ix . ife• and its rank re - Pc?p h. rtes . The zet lre Ina of alanagem Mau that tl s ot above object, 3 2 to insur e a loietnl to leer oul *aril with a COLOMBIA. Extract of a letter received by a merchant in She City from Colombia : C AAAAA °Ewa, Dzc. 9. I am happy to intro Tao that this coulter Is Warning more and more settled every day, and that we have now a fair prospect of enjoying a laming peace, and an opportueity of cultivating a good trade with Europe. It must not be supposed, however, that we owe our present tranquillity entirely to the patriotic feelings of the Colombians, taken as a body ; their Chiefs have hid much dif. fteulty to keep in them a sense of the advantages which they are likely to derive from a state of independence ; and even now there is an immense number of persons who, in their anxiety for repose, would cheerfully hail a return to despotism, if they thought that with it they could enjoy quiet. The poverty of this country, and of South America generally, is much greater than you can imagine. The merchants have had much to struggle with, and the lower orders have been at times In a state of starvation; but the prudence of nor rulers has kept pace with the exigencies of the State and of the people. At Carthagena, indeed, the trade with Jamaica has prevented any great embarrassments, but this is not the case with the interior. The Congress will, I doubt not, take ' into consideration every point which could be suggested for the amelioration of the State, and this expectation is amply justified by the projects of laws which are to be submitted to them. They are numerous, and many of them merely local of course; but there are some of general i nterest even to you, inasmuch as they show the spirit with which our rulers and representatives are ans. mated. The following are sonic amongst them:— " A project of law for prohibiting the export of specie from any of the ports in Col.mibia for the space of two years. This project is founded upon an idea, that with industry and perseverance the produce of the country may be of sufficient importance to meet the imports. • A project of law for reforming the laws now in existence rela tire to the manumission of slaves. " A project of law for conlineating and bringing to sale the pro perties belonging to Spain, which are situated on the countries now made free. " A project of law for the cultivation of tobacco, by making it free to all persons who choose to undertake it. " A project of law for the abolition of all the aristocratic privi leges granted by Old Spain to certain individuals. .‘ project of law for superannuating all the incapable officers of the militia. " A project of law for reforming the mode of collecting the di- • rect contributions, so as to promote the wealth and happiness of the people. • A project of law for allowing all the produce of Colombia to be exported free of duties. " It is generally supposed that most of those projects will be passed into laws ; but great opposition will undoubtedly be offered to that for abolishing individual privileges, as many of the mem bers of Congress are enjoying that sort of favour, which it is to the interest and honour of the Colombians to remove. " There is touch talk here about the new loan which Commis sioners are going to England to nogcciate; and, indeed, the money is much wanted, for the troops are very discontented, front the length of time during which their pay has been in arrear. We learn from Bogota. that in many parts of the interior they have been in a state of actual revolt, from which they were only recovered by a part of the arrears being paid up, and the whole promised from the first remittances on account of the new loan. " The Report which the Royalist General Morales sent home to the King of Spain, detailing his reverses., and communicating his views respecting the prospects of the Royalists. is published in the Bnenta Guzetie. where it occupies more than four columns. Mo rales reproaches Laborde. the Spanish Naval Commondcr, for the slight co-openition which he ant-tied, and speaks at some length of the efforts made by him to sunort the King's authority. Ile con cludes by expressing his opinion that, without large succours, naval, military, and pecuniary, a footing cannot be kept against the Independents. " The public system of education) adopted in England and in France, is likely to be discussed in Congress, and generally adopt ed, although the Priests here will do all they can to prevent it. In Peru these people are, it seems, more liberally disposed, and even imbued with a strong feeling of independence. " The priests at Lima have sent in a request to Government to be allowed to subscribe towards the support of the independent cause; and they, with few exceptions. labour hard to support it. Whether they are offering to give a little to preserve thr bulk of their property, under a fear that some step will be taken against them, remains to be discovered." Lord Byron and the Honourable Leicester Stanhope were recently at Zanic, on a visit to Sir Frederick Stovin, the Governor. These intrepid patriots and travellers were A subscription has been entered into at Manchester, then most sanguine in their hopes for the ultimate success which is making great progress, for a cup to be presented of the cause of the Greeks. to Spring, as a token of regard for his manly and proper We are sorry to learn that there is every reason to 5 F - conduct on all occasions. pose that the Lyme packet, Clarke, master, late in the LOST AND ouNn.—The landlord of the Coach and wasting trade, has gone down at sea. She sailed from ii,„..„ , s „„ n _ a l ey . colemari.strect, while passing through Cork about Christmas-day for Falmouth, and has not since Thange.alley on Thursday, was accosted by a friend, and in taking been heard of. A vessel has made the passage to the same his hand from his pocket ? d rew from it a fifty pound Bank of Eng port twice since that time.—SoNthompien County Chronicle. tg i s n° wer te e 4 ii b n u m t na lc te h ly he cti t stri n b m ute i r. w v h e i r ch i lm s rthe u res e in er eirec n t an t Langan has challenged Spring to fight on a stage for esterday morning Alderman Wood and his brother, Mr. Pllilip .5001. a side ; to which Spring has returned a refusal, iVood, called on the loser, and returned him the note, which was stating that his friends will not consent to his fighting but - found by :Br. P. Wood, at the very moment when a beggar was in a 21-foot roped ring. in the act of stooping to pick it up. MENDICITY SOCIETY. A special general meeting of the subscribers to the Society for , the Suppression of Mendicity was held on hatu-day, at the I. ree- RlRMine 'Tavern, in Great Queen-street, for the purpose of giving a full explanatory statement of their accounts, and of the proceed ings of the Board of 31anagement. The meeting was convened in ' conrequenceof a resolution of the Board, who conceived it nett's sat, to refute ecru in charge made against them by at anonymous writer in The Times newspaper. There were present about 1311 Ladies and Gentlemen, chiefly subscribe?, to the Institution. A statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Society, from the let January to the 31st December, 11122, agreeably to the auditor's Report, was handed to each person on entering the meeting. At one o clock the Right lion. Sturges Bourne was called to the chair, and stated in brief toms the object of the managers in calling the fleeting. • Dorf ea Blunt, Esq., read to the meeting a Report of con siderable length, in which he entered fully into all particulars re lative to the acts and views of the Society. In referring to the items to which the writer of the paragraph in Tile Times had ob jected, he stated, that no comment had been made on the first item, which related to disbursements and loans to mendicants ; but that to the several others, the paper to which he alluded had referred In the most severe and unwarrantable terms. The Gentleman then explained the manner in which the expenses had been Incurred. Of the second item, 4031. Ills. M. had been paid to constables, at the rate of 275. a week to each ; 441. 3., M. in fees to the different police of ; and 131. for expenses Incurred at the Sessions— making a total of 4till. Is 10d. The sum of 411. 7s. I Id. ' ad vanced to beggars by order of parishes in the country, had been repaid. Of the sum of 4731. I Is. 7d., 1381. was paid to the acting clerk, who had the charge of the boos, and whose office It was to make all payments of the Society . ; BM. to the registering clerk ; 1001. to the clerk, whose business it was to make inquiries relative to the applicants for relief; 801. to the clerk of the parish for his assistance ; and 331. 11s. 7d. to the superintendent of , the Society's lodging-house. Of the sum of 21$!. Is. for salaries to the " begging letter department" 1001. was paid to a clerk, and the remainder of the sum to eight other individuals, who were employed in this department. Mr. Brock entreated the meeting to recollect that the clerks were engaged every day, from an early to a late hour, and of course had no other employment. To the sixth item in the society's acceuut, the managers wished to call the particular attention el the nsesting, because it was the item to which the greatest orb' eetfen hod bees rids by the Times news. paper. Before he passed to this hem be remarked, that the charge preferred by the Tuner was one of gee cal misapplication of the society's funds; and that the Timer hod challenged any person to point out a single error in the statement it had set forth. The gentleman then pointed out some arithmetical errors in the pars g aph to which he alluded ; among while; to one which asserted that 827 persons had been sued vagrants by the society, when the number should have been /27, making a difference of 800. He remarked particularly on the dislmrommesoess of the Times, in not having accompanied their remarks with the observations of the Smisity, on the necessity of expending the sum they had laid out; be read the to which he referred from the reports of the Society. e gentleman then referred to the sixth item in the se. count of 'expenditure*, and stated, that originally the managers of the Society were in the habit of sitting in the office, hut this was found very inconvenient to many. .Afterwards they took it by tarns; soon after they decided that a proper officer should be VOto preside with the officiating manager. They decided L a year should be his salary; and their only difficulty was to procure •gentleman who woe competent to undertake the office. They flied on Mr. Bodkin, w ho se long acquaintance with the state of the poor and the laws for their relief, eminently fitted him for the situation. Mr. Bodkin accepted it, having first requested that the remuneration should not be settled until the year had ended, and it could be seen whether or not he had discharged its duties. Ilia place was no sinecure—from an early to a late hour he was actively engaged, was never absent from his duty, except when detained by sickness, and his conduct on every occasion was the most satisfactory. The minute of the board, by which they granted to him the annual sum of 3001. declared that the Society had received the most powerful assistance from Mr. Bodkin, s ad that eevveerryy thin g e had been done by him in a manner the most a votes for the grant were nearly all those who cassopmed the Bawd of Management; and yet the writer in the Than triumbeady asked who they were, and why they did not us foram'la propriis pentads? When a gentleman was &Rey naldo elected to the office which Mr. Bodkin bad filled pro temper, Hu Bhikin cautioned his services to the Society gratuitously. llr.lkeekesncluded by stating what the Society had done for the rabbi geed. and how considerably Mr. Bodkin's assistance had peeenMeil their views. laN Stri'veliLD felt that Ms observations would expose him to the beenility of a great power, which, thank God, the feelings of no Man lr obi essatry would allow him to despise. For reasons of eridelameetdi not be aware, the public paper to which he alluded bed glees protection to the calumnies against the Society. The Noble Lard had that day visited the meeting for the purpose of hie opinion according to the statements laid before them; h aL in ls s e g ivigisly messed of the conduct of the board of managers, andaertandarly mdm instance of employing an acting manager, w W gives m much offence to some nameless individual. Ths eneshamm &ass to till the office the Noble Lord knew to be refs* goal lled for it, and justly e 'titled to the remunera tion which bad been given him. If a peace had afterwards taken the situation at a reduced salary, it slum d be recollected that all bad been previously arranged, and the d ity rendered more easy by M labour of his predecessor. The N.hle Lord concluded by wsewing that the meet be received, en l that the opinion of the vasseing is, that the charge against the alendicity Society had un 11711the most complete refutation. .Wetstoi HOITOX, Req., M.P., observed, that he did am think the Society had been bound to attend in any way to the else& of an anonymous writer ; but as their dependence was on the public, and the public only, it was necessary that they should he ahem suspicion, and to study the effect rather than the cause. Ile sbessld anticipate that the decision of the meeting would be, that the individual alluded to had completely failed in establishing what be asserted. He (the Hon. Gentleman) could not tell the motives which had produced the statement ; it might have arisen from private pique ; but at all events it must merit the charge of flippancy and ignorance, because the writer was totally uninformed on the subject. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by seconding the motion which had been proposed by his Noble Friend. A Gentleman, whale name we could not learn, congratulated the Meeting on the abundant refutation that had been given to the slander contained in the columns of the Timer. It was, in fact, his opinion, that instead of the Honorary Secretary having been over paid for his exertions while holding the temporary appointment of acting manager, he had not been sufficiently rewarded, nor did he consider it necessary that be should hare resigned his office of llo notary Secretary while in possession of the other, as it should be remembered that his situation was not permanent, but temporary. Indeed, he thought that a vote of thanks ought to be given to the writer of that scurrilous article in the Finder, as without it there could not have been such an ample, such a satisfactory explanation. Mr. BURGOYNE wished to say a few words with regard to the appointment that had excited SO much discussion. Ile was the more anxious to do this, as he was among the first who had pro posed this expedient, from the conviction that experience had given him of its necessity for the completion of the objects of this Society. He would ask, alter the resolution of such an appointment taking place, by way of experiment, where could theCommetee of Manage. went find a titter peson among its members than Mr. Bodkin, he having been connected with the Society from its lint establishment, and, moreover, thoroughly acquainted with the operation of the poor laws. It was necessary that the experiment should have been paid for: and he defied any body to say, considering the duties to be perfornied by this officer, that 3001., the sum agreed on, was too much ; but he sincerely believed, that but fur this allowance, the appointment never would have been alluded to by the Times. The writer of the paragraph was also much mistaken as to the ob. jects of the Society, as he seemed to argue that it liad been created with a view of increasing paupers rather than diminishing them. Mr. Sinn° NUS, a subscriber, entered into a desultory history as to the annoyance he had received from beggars on his way to church on Sundays • but the cries of "Question I" became so loud, that he was compel led to sit down. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, which was carried WM. nimously, amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN stated that he could not repress the feelings of satisfaction he experienced from the manner in which the motion had been carried, as it conveyed an ample refutation of the calumny that had been put forth against the conduct of the Society. li'hy did uot the writer come forward to make good his charges ? The doors were open to him, and he would have been listened to with impartiality ; but his absence was an abundant answer to these questions, lie knew that he hail no gin... d for them. He trusted that this would operate as a caution to those who wielded that mighty engine, the public presa, not to suffer their columns to be open to the anonymous imputations of irritated calumniators. 111 r. FREESE wished that the report abould be printed, for the benefit of those subscribers who had not heard it read. This, for some reason that was inaudible to us, was objected to. Mr. WILLIAms, the treasurer, moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was seconded, end carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. A vote of thanks ;;;ilrebivet! to the Committee of Manage ment, which was carried unanimously. Mr. IVILLIAMS returned thanks, and stated, that he had the authority of Sir Richard Birnie for saying, that this was one of the most useful institutions in aid of the Police that could be deivsed, and that it tempered the extremes of rigour and mercy, on the one hand, by punishing impostors, on the other, by extending the hand of charity to those unhappy persons who required protection. A Gentlenum stated, that he was authorised by two Noble Lords and an honourable Baronet (Lords 'Alford and Calthorpe and Sir Thomas Acland), who had heard the report read, but could not wait the termination of the proceedings, to express their perfect ap probation of all that was contained in the report, and one of the Noble Lords, Lord l,ilford, from a thorough conviction of the uti lity of the establishment, had left a donation of 201.; an example which he hoped to see followed by the company present. The meeting this' dispersed. TIIE JESUITS. At a time when the learned and !reliant society of the ' Jesuits are again extending their influence in Europa, the following account of the foundation of the Order will, we are sure, be read with interest. It is copied from the last number of The liefroxpectirt Review:— The attention of the founder was now turned with anxiety to the more complete organization of the society by establishing a set of rules for its government and conduct. }or this purpose he summoned his ten compftnions to Roe, and explained to them the n ecessity of their being thrtned into a religious order before they could achieve any important undertakings; whereupon several ceoferences took place on the subject of their Institute, for although Ignatius had already conceived the model, he would do nothing without the consent of his brethron. While thus occupied, Igna. tius and the rest of the society were called upon to oppose the pro. great of a celebrated preacher belonging to the order of Augustine hermits, who was active in the diaannination of the doctrines of Luther. Their success was so complete, that the disarowi friar empld'yed a person who had been refused admission into the society, to accuse Ignatius, of being a heretic, and of having been burnt in effigy at Aleala, Peels, end Venice. By a fortunate coin. cidenre, the persons before whom lie had been accused at those places were, at that were time, at Home, and bore ample testimony to his orthodoxy and his accuser's perfidy. Ignatius demanded that the Sentence should be judicially recorded, which; after con siderable delay and difficulty, he effected ; persisting in his en deavours to obtain it even against the opinion of some of his friends, for he regarded it not so notch his own cause, as tint of Christ and his companions.* Copies of this sentence were dis persed in different parts, eves as far as Spain. The Institute being completed, he presented an abstract of it to Pope Paul iii, who remitted the exaniination of it to three Cardi nals, one of whom made rest opposition to it a 3 an unnecessary no. welly ; but by some influence (heavenly, the biographers ally), the cardinal suddenly changed his opinions, the Pope confirmed the Institute and also the society, under the title of The Society./ Jams, on the 27th September, 1640. The P o p authorised them to make constitutions, Or 'ye-krier, for the good of their neighbour, their own perfection, and the glory of Clod ; but limited the num- I bar of the professed to sixty,--a restriction which, two years atter weeds, he removed. His Holiness now called into action the prof fend services of the new society. Several of them were despatched into different parts of Italy on the necessary business of the church ; Faber accompanied Ortiz, who had received orders front Charles V. to be _present at the Met of Worms ; and at the reque s t o f John 111. of Portugal, Xavier was tent by Ignatius to the East Indies, and Rodriguez to Portugal, Where he became superior of the college of Coimbra, founded as a nursery of preachers for the New World. The sanction of the holy See being thus obtained for the Institetk Ignatius conaidered thee thessext important step would be to choose e Superior; and, foethis p u rpo se , he, with the permission of the Pope, summoned to Rome such of his cam. panions as were able to attend. After the usual kind of prepare don the society met, and all the VOWS were found to be fur Igna. tins, except his own, which he gave to him who should hare most suffrages, but still excepting himself. Ignatius, however, refused to accept the office of General, on the plea that he, who was not able to conduct himself, was not ft to conduct others. Tnis re fusal, as generally happens in such cases, Only confirmed the so. ciety in their choice ; but, in deference to him, they agreed to • new election, which, after four days of fasting and prayer, was again determined In his favour. His disinclination, however, still continued ; and it was not until he had obtained the sanction of his confessor that he consented to accept the charge of the company, which he did on Easter-day, 1511. .They made their profession the same week, the Society to Ignatius, as their Generel and Chief, and he to the Pope himself. They engaged to observe perpetual Poverty., chastity, and obedience ; bead es a special obedience to the Pope, with regard to missions t and they obliged themselves to catechise children. Having effected this important measure, the General next turned his attention to the formation of a code of regulations tor the go vernment of the Society. The mode he adopted in writing his Constitutions, was of the most patient and pains-taking kind. lie first examined every article, and set down all the remota for and against its adoption ; and having exactly weighed them on each aide, and spent some time in prayer, he throe or refected the article according to the strength or weakness of such reasons. Upon one occasion, when, after ten days ososideration, he had nude up his mind on one article, he still continued to meditate upon it for thirty days together. As theme Constitutions must hate considerable influence in de termining the character of the founder, we think it necessary to give a brief account of the most striking parts of them. He twin_ menses by pointing out the object of the order, which was not only doe cultivation and salvation of their own souls, but those of their setighbours ; and proceeds to consider the two different forms of life, the contemplative and active. in the first he includes mental Ayer, the examination of conscience, the reading of scripture, spiritual retirement, Ste. ; and in the second. every thing that might contribute, to the perfection of their neighbours—preaching, catechising, missions among Christians and infidels, maintaining tootroversies against heretics, the direction of conscience, the in. illWeiioll of youth, visiting prisons, &a lie then proceeds to the principal qualities essential to obtain admission into the society— such as good nature, fair talents, a vigorous constitucon a well made person, and an engaging carriage : and although rank or for tune are not to be considered, when destitute of these qualities, he recommends them not to be overlooked when they are united to tltem. The strictest and most minute scrutiny is enjoined into the connections and character of the candidate, as, far example, •he thee he was born in lawful wedlock, what was the situation of his (study, whether he was an only son, and had any engagement of marriage, or otherwise. The founder also prescribed a narrow ex. aminatton of his disposition ; and, to render that examination ntore perfect, the candidate is Interrogated with the greatest freedom by the Superior, who is directed to observe that most profound secrecy on the subject. If, after these preliminary steps, the candidate is judged worthy of admission, he is asked whether he be willing to be admonished by the Superior of all his faults ; and whether he himself be willing to inform him, in the spirit of charity, of the faults of others when required. These interrogations being satis factorily answered, the novice enters upon the spiritual exercises, and assumes the ordinary Labit of the society. During the novi. bate, which lasts two years, the novice does not study at all, ex rept learning something every day by heart, in order to cultivate the memory. So that the first two years are exclusively devoted to piety and charity ; in short, to the acquisitioo of solid virtue, more especially humility and self-denial. The third year, the novice entered upon the study of human learning, which, iu due course, embraced all that rendered man learned and accomplished, not even omitting the lighter graces of exterior behaviour ; but, at the same time, regulating their a Rennin .lication in such a manner, as to e their constitution in full health and vigour. Rennin. EM• the impediments which his own exercise' of charity, his ill. timed devotion, and voluntary poverty, had caused to his progress in lean.ing, he directed that the students should not be employed abroad, that the time of their prayers should be limited, and that the colleges of the society should have foundations. Hut consi. dering that study and speculation might abate the religious fervour of the novice, he appointed another year of novitiate, in which he should devote himself to the exercises of • spiritudlife, without the lenst regard to human learning. This constituted the tint degree of the Society, under the tide of Scholars Approved. The second degree is, the Spiritual Coadju tors, who make all the roils , except the special vow of obedience, with respect to missions ; and the third, the Fathers Professed: In order to preserve the purity and utility of the Society, the tle enalreserved the power of dismissing such persons as were either dissolute, or caused dissension, or contrived any thing against the I Order. lie also directed that such as were, through idleness, wholly useless, or had essential impediments, (tut not corporal in fi rmities only) should be discarded. And for this purpose, although the Scho. Ws Approved are bound to the Society, and the use, but nut the right, of their property taken away, they, as well as the Spiritual Coadju. ton, shall have dispensations (rout their vows, and their property be punctually restored to them. In order to avoid singularity, and to gain his disciples admission into all ranks of society, he did not prescribe any uniformity of habit ; but ordained that it should be decent, and according to the usage of the country in which they lived, so that it were not contrary to religious lemony : and on the same principle of giving full effect to his establishment, he deter mined not to command any auiteritica, leaving it to every one, to act in that matter as his health and employment would permit. %%lin respect to the Fathers Professed, who constitute the essential part of the satiety, he obliged them never to seek after any supe riority in the society, and to maintain an exact observance of even ' gelical poverty • not permitting the professed houses to have any revenues, although he allowed the novitiates and colleges to enjoy them ; and he also prohibited them, not only from seeking. di. reedy or indirectly, any ecclesiastical dignities, anti from solicit ing any offices, but from accepting them without the command of the head of the church. We now come to the General of the Society, whose authority he directed (influenced. probably, by his early notions of military discipline) should be absolute, and for life ; two provisions equally desirable for the purpose of carrying into effect great enterprises. He was invested with the power of making Provincials, Supe riors of professed houses, and Hectors of colleges and novitiates : and that the General might be perfectly acquainted with the state of the society, and be enable:l to select proper instruments for his design, the Superiors were obliged to send hint, once a year, an account of thane under their charge ; and every three years a cats. loque of the ages of every person to the province, with an account of his talents, and his progress in learning and virtue ; but when. ever a member of the society was about to be admitted to his degree or elected to a superiorship, an extraordinary report was made ; and, that the information might be such as the General could rely upon, it was made by three di ff erent persons, who had no commu nication with each other. In describing the qualities necessary for a General, Ignatius is said to have undesignedly drawn his own character. To the ; General were assigned, as his coadjutor, five assistants, bearing the name of their respective countries, men of experience and ap. plication, chosen by a general congregation of the whole society ; their office was to assist him in his charge, and in some measure to observe his conduct so that if he deviated from his duty they had the power of calling a general congregation to depose him ; or, if the evil would not admit of deley, they had the power to depose' him themselves, having previously by letters taken the suffrages of the provinces. Besides this, the treneral, as have all the superiors, his near him a discreet person, chosen by the society, whose busi. tress it is to admonish hint of any fault he may commit, but with all possible respect and moderation. Ignatius also established a variety of other rules to preserve the union, obedience, and depend ance of the society ; and, that the provincials and rectors might • " Vir sibi ipsi inglorins, ('hrlsti autem fratribusque honors tissimus."-- Rib. 1..11. e. 14. . . At veto Ignatius in postcrum longe prospiciens, ecque judicio non tam swim quarts l'bristi 1/omini causaru agi prudentet arruusd vcrtens."—Maa. L. 11. c. 8. have frequent and ready communication with him, anti that slay one miel.t address him when he pleased, he ordained that the (le nem] should have a fixed habitation, and that Ina ordinary residence should be at Rome. _ Such is the outline of the once far-famed Institute of Iptatiu. , than which nothing can be conceived better calculated tO organize a power'el and effective body of men, with cultivated Wads and sub;ued passions, possessing the gravity and decemea of the , cloister without its sullenness and reserve, and the suavity and ac. complishmeots of the world, without its vices or frivolity. That there were exceptions to this character is not to be doubted, hut pitch exceptions were rare ; and men in cases where vice had let her seal on the heart of the priest, she veiled herself tinder an ea. tenor of decency and modesty : and where amhition had fired the imagination, its flames were shrouded within the temple of his own breast. lint, if his example was less likely to o ff end. his de s igns were mere difficult to permeate, and his misconduct more difficult to detect consequently dismission from the society was leas likely to mew. The founder, however, as far as perasible, provided 'against Audi an evil, by the srittpulniimeas and care with whit Is the candidate* for admission were examined ; and cautious indeed " - must have teen the youth s'oo could have so far veiled his natural disposition, as to suppress sly indications of his illicit tendencies, if they really bitisted, during the whole period of his novitiate, in a place whew there were nunte.-9.ta eyes upon him, sharpened by ob. serration and 'experience in the knowledge of character, to watch and report then. Tier regolatioes display profound policy : hut the wisdom of Ignatius is no where more conspicuous than it: those provisions Which he made for the education, not only of the novices, to which the attention of the weiety was for four or five years Mier its establishment chiefly confined, but *fall such youths as chose to enter themselves in their colleges. The fine college of the Jesuits in Europe, for Xavieir had already been put in possession of the seminary at tioa, was founded by Francis Borgia, in the year 144:•-16, at Gandhi, and thither were six professore sent by the General; and two years afterwards , leges were isuddis'ieti at AI easing and Palermo in Sicily. The im portance of such establishments to the increase and Mateo of the Society is too obvious to require pointing out; but it may not be uninteresting to the reader, to give a few of the heads of his system of scholastic discipline. The first thing to be attended to was to render the children docile, and to subdue untractable tempers: and for this purpose, impartial.ty was required in the master, and the hope of honourable distinctiom, or the fear of mortifying hit. miliatiors, were to be held out to the scholars, a mode of treatment much more efficacious thkn blows. Oracle means ware first to he tried, exhortation and friendly reproach, but on no occasion contumeliotis language, haughtiness or affronts; the matter wart no; to use eitheir inverthreor words towards any of the boys which would degrade them in the eyes of their companions or themselves. In inquiring into trespasses, too minute an investigation was to be minded ; and for the prevention of great faults, small ones west be hounsitnes overlooked ; but, if in any case the infliction of corporal punishment was considered indispensable, the hand of some tndifferent person mum be called into action ; the hand of the master should only be used to impress gratitude and respect. In the distribution of rewards, no other distinction than that of merit was to be regarded ; the very 'suspicion of partiality to rank or fortune would frustrate the effort of rewards, and create jealousy, indocility, and disgust. The finester's equal attention was due to all ; he mast never cheek the activity of any by indifference, not wound their aelf.love by contempt. Hut, in planting the seeds of human learning 'en the minds of the students, the principles of re ligion were to be carefully impressed upon their hearts. Nov was any thing omitted in the Institute that might perfect the system of education, and render men not rail y fit for the closet, but for inter. course with the world ; to make then, not only learned, but well. bred, polished, and gentlemanly. For this purpose the master was to watch with care every creeper against the rules of civility and good mincers, to correct falsehocet, detraction, and swearing. It was his duty to form the manners of his pupils to decency modesty, and politeness ; to correct their errors in language, their faults in pro. mention, their awkwardness in gesture. their coarseness in 14. haviour ; no less than to cultivate theft understanding and rept late their imagination. All the leaning and priEtz: literature of the time were taught in their schools, and upon the beet system. The various duties of the founder did not prevent him from promoting study anoiegst the members of the society, and, that he might hitmelf judge of the progress made by them, he directed the pro fessors of the colleges to send him the theses of philosophy and divinity, together with the compositions in prose and verse of the young regents, without their being looked over or touched by any body else. By masters thus prepared, by pupils thus fo.m:sl, well might the influence and I:inn:ben of the society increase ; well might Lord Ilium exclaim, Corrode *cholas Jessitorli vs. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PtYXOtIT , FE*. i.—The Active, 46, Captain A. King, was paid wages yesterday, and went down to the Sound, in Company with the Bulwark, 7fi, Captain Dundas. Lieut. G. S. Rieha da, of Torpoint, has been appointed First lieutenant of his Majeatj's ship Oster, at this port. The Medina, lately arrived at Portsmouth, reached Gibraltar on the 19th January, and sailed again the lath. The Naiad frt. gate, the Hon. Captain Spencer, having completed her provisions at Gibraltar, sailed thence on the 19th January, with secret ardent, an did also the Cameleon, 10-gun sloop, Cappttain J. R. Burton. The 3ledina was released from iluarantine on Thursday. The Victory. 100 guns, wis commis s ion e d et Portatnouth on Monday, by Captain Charles Inglis, and is ordered to be fitted as a guard-ship, for the flag of Admiral Sir Georg, Marin, who will succeed to the command at this port about the 23th of March. I Lieutenants J. DlPDonald, S. Kentish, J. F. Appleby, G. S. Dyer, W. Hele, J. T. T. Dixon, and R. Lawny, and Mr. John Rich. ants, Purser, are appointed to her. Captain Sir W. Wiseman, Bart., Lieutenant, W. B. M'Clin. tuck, and M. T. Bromidic and Mr. B. H. Long, Purser are sp. pointed to the Semarang, 28 guns, ordered t o b : commiss ioned at Portsmouth for a foreign station ; Lieutenant E. Handfield is tip. pointed to the Blanche; Lieutenant P. I. Blake, to the Tweed ; tht Rev. S. W. Roberts. late of the Seringapatam, ti be Chaplain of the Phaeton ; and Mr. J. White, to be Purser of the Jasper. The Menai, 28 guns, Captain H. Stewart, sailed from Ports mouth on Monday for Bermuda and Halifax. On Tuesday, the Starling cutter. Lieutenant C. F. Turner. on a cruire. On Wed nesday, the Ranger, Captain Fisher; and on 'I hursday, the Jas.. per, Captain A. D. V. Arbuthnott, to the wcatward, to cluize against smugglers. The Seringapatam 48-gun ship, wan paid off it Portsmouth on Thursday, by Captain S. Warren, and laid up in ordinary. The Linnet, tender to the Queen Charlotte, 'ailed from Porn. mouth en Friday, for Plymouth, with money for the Pay-of&e. PORTSMOUTH, PER. B.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Calliope, SIIIPR AT SPITHEAD.—Phaeton and Calliope. Is HARROUlt.—Queen Charlotte, Victory, AVAIL, Jupiter, Tweed. Sparrowhawk, Pandora, Grasshopper, Amato, Cyroet, and Plover. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTCISI.IIOUSE, F. ENTERED INWARDS. Como. Older (Arnold, broker), from Trieste. Three Sisters, Frost (Burlett, broker), front Rotterdam. Betsey, Cargill (Adam. broker), from Lisbon. Princess of Wales, Gibbs (Batten, broker), from Carthagena. Rover, Cook (Lamb. 61..4m0. from Calais. (home, Blau= (Adam, broker), fro n Terceira. 3lary, Parnell (Aston, bro ker),: from Lisbon. Desire, Claeys (De Bic, broker). from thdend. rtiternchmung, Bailor (Cutendieck, broker), from Bremen. Vrouw Grains, Vos (Jutting, broker), from Rotterdam. Vrouw Ilannina, Stroillr (Hofinan, broker), from Rouen. Vrouw Ilaasje, Ouweband (De Bie, brokct), from Rotterdam. _ Femur/air ENTERED OtTWAIDS...—The Vine, for Caen; Union and Spring, for Elsineur ; Esperanre, for Antwerp ; Oporto Packet, fin Pernambuco; Rambler, for Tenriffe ; Bans, for Demerara; and Elizabeth, for Dublin. _ _ _ CLEARING bUTW•IIIDII.—The Caroline. for Batavia; Dan. 'or Sierra Leone ; Sir Joseph Banks, for Jamaica ; (corp, for Ha vannah ; Hope, for Barbadoes ; and Reward, for St. I ineett's. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FAL mourn, Frs. S.—Arrive:l, the Princess Elizabeth packet. from the Mediterranean ; sailed from Corfu the 21:h December I Malta, 30th; Gibraltar, 25th January; and from Cadiz, 26th January. Pt.vuorTu, Fes. fh—Arrived the Maria, Greenslade; and Antelope, Farret, from London ; Phyleria, Hill, from New castle for ('adis. DEAL, FEB. 6.—The West India packet, Munro, for Jamaica, came out of Ramsgate harbour this morning, and has sailed, with the Henry Davison, Salads, London packet, and several others. Came down from the River the Wellington, Allen, for Jamaica ; Hoare, for Berbice; and Nicolas, Carlisle, for St-Thomas's. Arrived and remain, the Highlander, and Lady Conthermere, from the westward; Cape packet, —, from the Mauritius; and Henry Welluley, Luke, from the South Seas. The Alfred, Dominica, Clarkson, Pyrenees, Topaze, and Sex:ar, remain. LIVERPOOL, FEB. s—Arrived, the General Brown, Sharp, from Charleston, sailed Jan. 15; Manning, Short, from Catania; Petrell, Carr*, from Paraiba; Lady Douglas, 51.Kenzle, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Stanley, from ma1.. 3; an d til aincT . Kerr, Irons Oporto. Coats, FEB. B.—Arriired the Rhoda, Bulky, from Buenos Ayres, in 85 days, for orders. CAPE or actor) Hors:, Nov. I.—The schooner Jane parted at 11 p.m. on the 22d inst., blowing very hard at S.E. and drove ; on the rocks, where she is bilged, and her keel knocked off; she ' has since been condemned, per survey. GIBRALTAR, JAN. 21.—A very hard gale from the eastward was experienced an the 17th it.st. both in and out of the 51editerra , near, as reported by different vessels, moat of which have sneered in sails, &c. The Diana, Bohn, front slessina to Hamburg's, was fallen in with at the back of the rock, ware...logged, abandoned, and only her bowsprit standing, by hit Majesty s ship Altdina, and brought in here 18111 inst. NORTH SHIELDS, Fsa. s.—On Tuesday morTlng. the Thin, ley, Revd, from London, bound here, rim upon `.l'hitburn Steel, but was got off the following flood, and towed in by a steam ' boat. STAVAXGER,JAN. 11!!.—The schooner tiansand, from liamburgh, has hcen knd, a wreck, and abandoned. Aberdeen, from Sunderland, which WI at anchor in this port. VcssEt. SPOKEN 'MFR.—JO/In 11111 d Mobile. Dee. V. off Cape Tiberoa, rived in the Downs. ki t i ' I Ii ngen m m er it let . ? irno of eh n r°- our rill. The Jean, Cattimins, of was abandoned at sea, is now and Mary, from Liverpool far by the Lady Comberniere, u. •