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SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 14. !ORREAPONDENCE.) or to our Ambassador at P ar i s , erday, charged with despatches from or M. Salmon, Minister for Foreign these despatches were received, ,If, of 31inisters, and, immedlarely after off kr St. Ildefonso. Many reports these mortments ; but that w hi c h ranee and England will join toget h er, ng on Spain the absolute necessity of ms in our present sync= of govern. y w ith the eebe desertions which ,e comealarming. The public aa of ti,e Queen's regiment of infantry, eenAmeliA's regiment of cavalry. But .Mirdater, who knows, by the official t to him by the Captibm-General of ura and Wilkie, that tb• desertion squadrons of Horse Chasseurs has re. y 3 400 men, 2,000 of whom have en. ortuguese Esttemadura, is they call rrovin-e of Tras-os.3lontes. The first utcd themselves to the Governor of tof Chaves. One remarkable fact in ppears to have been done upon a very that it has been the result of an deputation which the column that to t to the Government of Jellies, and ich entered Tras-os-31ontia to the Go_ similar purport, namely, that their ob oist' Government, through the medium apt a system of moderation comps. ed state of the age and the wants at, in order to attain this object, Lb are inseparable from a demand made eterred coming to Portugal, rather than tit idrifi. But If, however, from what. rha c Gqvernmcnt should not think i t right e temps, without any ill.witl to Portu. we Ly retuning to Spain with sword ill the letters were received which contain he two columns remain up9n the fron. the Governors of Jelves and Chaves will or Guremnsant as to the eor.duct to be Vithout doubt these troops will be ro rtuguese Govemment than the two squa. urs have been. tat these desertions arise from accideital the Apostolic' insinuate, and which, for they attribute to Government, by amts. he jealousy of the army, by dressing the dour, and paying thus v. ith exactness. a fixed and determinate view, and has qua to that which at rtistnt cvmprtust he army is actuated is, that there exuts an g sonic intlispeniable reformation♦ in our In:cut ; and the necessity of putting a ter. es and persecutions which, for the last et: :pain, is s still more powerful cause Of Fe troors which have gone to Portugal wilt t►, and it is this day added that Gentnl onumberetlr o o f f s t im p te ao i . or d On the swho h owoutle wer e o r side, fo g it ees in d iii Africa, had already gone to Lisbon, uht, if the Portuguese Government con. e formed upon the frontiers of Portugal* my, at the head of which will be found all tesairn, and MMiet•rs. Much alarm has , in co:mega:nee of the disturbance that is ng the ltoyalist Volunteer. One of hanged, having been convicted of mos. ernraent, dreading tLs attitude as.ume l pardoned die assassin, although the Court a 31:tjAty that there was no ralliati ig elf. all reudtr the criminal worthy of tl.c royal Late. PORT ATE COEIIES3•ONDENCE.) 1.11/30X. SEPT. P. I war, the Gsrgeg, which bn ught tir Robert 1 nthats.tdor ut Itlo Jrneiro, to this city, Est it Rol ert Gordon is the bearer of despatches t to th! Emperor Don Pedro, in which hrr to Ei. Ms j:sty a very detailed account cf all ' en p: cc to Fortug.tl since the Constitution tired the day before yesterday, from the ea tle.ng that a strong detachment of Spanhh 1 and tn.: tlt.y, had entered the Portuguese ere yes:ertlay sent to the Oovemor, directing. Id be cmnoned in the riling:: of Vorba, and owed to can man from the day the troops{ le which had mime into our port iv still here, I fir lorunua, to torn' pact of the Irene a has been some days az Ultra, where eh! tt absurd reports are spreri here respettini lel. It Is now sAI that is is at 3ladriii, ,s l'ortnivil st the head of a Spanish army. Islely be •n made at Braga, Grimarais, and e ;•:;scitir.,4 trnul,les at tl,ose places. but Vol Irmo them, and it I; only the mete e ary rot is Oct: zircul4Con. just eaccrial this port with timpatdste for , who has, at the seine moment, received vs, one ft o•ii Paris, and the other fri m on a :rew construction, has just arrived el, which is nearly u large as a ship of I ti,les of rorrcha:AtiNe (rum England to o Gibraltar, from which three Porte it will foils to 1. , ,t1t10u. It is about 809 tons by LLOVl)':.—Yesterday the San. rly p.e.:ting, at twelve o'clock precise. ti, in the Chair. Upon the Re discuss:un to A; place on the proprie' )liverson, of the fi...11 of Lavie, Olivet Solicitors, Ohl Jewry, as an Honowo proposalas to adjourn the motion it too other Lusiness before the Meetly; Iced it. from El Culnnbiamo, of the emb Jo! St. Thuitius Gate, that the Spanish / as made a d. scent on the coast of Sat pi, (I the capital of that province. 'flu i!,le from the confirmation it obt!tit • her quarters. announcing that be with a well-provisioned squadron, co] battle ship, two frigates, and four bet! r doubts, therefore, we may have of 11 vise rather from the folly of is improbability," the election t.f a gentleman to fill tilt:, borough drawing nigh, ride late as to who will be the fortunate it .t probable, we understand, tl ' it' er the station ; but that either r NiehMas Pobiusm, Esq., bet. n Council, will be chosen Mayor by vou/ I'o a counting-house, in _ neaus of false keys. awt ened by similar instruments, and t carrying off cash to the amount )ffice which has been broken month, and the fr, yuency chants and shopkeepers not to ctit•e places of business.—/bid. only the mere dr eon. h despatches for t omens, received tw e other fry m M • MS just arrived ft trge as a slilp of the ,m England to vu three Ports It will of DUI 809 tons burden the Subscribe e o'clock precisely ir. Upon the Re e on the propriety of Lavie, Oliver- !, as an Honorary -n the motion ai :fore the Meeting, of the Sittith July. t the Spanish 4d the coast of Sant It province. Tlti Intuition it obtain incing that he hat ted squadron, con tea, and four brie re may have of el: urn the folly of tb ntleman to Hi tit ; nigh, people UT the fortunate it: retsina, that ther hat either Thorns Esq., both aunt own layor by tb Harrington-slee t The drawers an nents, and the ro the amount of 601 broktn open in the nency of robberit epers not to lea' seas.—lbid. GRErer. NAUPLIA Auo. 2,. Th e rnircrial Gazette of I:recce, of the 23 d of this month, cons the following intelligence Tbe new% of the formation of a Greek army in Attica, and of is mac h against Redstlid-Pacha, tiro had boaiegod Athens, er , J blid us to foresee smte time since the recent victories which pace j es t given a new illustration of the sacred war for our lode pendent. Our army, competed cf WOO nssen.bled filth Tallamona. itnnicatiatcly after went :o Eleusitta, and on the night a the lit` of .%taguat arrived at a little town of Attica, called The id e ri, which is about an hour's distance from Athens, and is up, a plain. On the lOth, atumrise, the enemy presented hint ed, and s u er some movements the battle begat', and continued fur pare than five hours. Both armies fought with great tory ; for out time Victory hovered over e3cli, but at length she declared herself in favour of the defenders of the Crests. Beaten at all g iros, Redschal was forced Wily, and the Greeks pursued Mai to a Talky of olivedrees. The Generals, in their report to the Government, ray that the gatitiaas bad done miracles, especialiy the Fieach battalion ; but the brat • Ronosefiote.4 did not the 1: se distinguish themselves. Whe ther Greeks or fotrigners, all anitna.ed by the same sentiments, and devoted to defend the tame cause, forgot in the hour of battle story kind of personal enmity. and fought like brave patriots. The loss of the enemy is very great ; but we have not yet Racer. trued its extent, because the report which the Generals had id &CAW to the Government being made immediately after the battle. it could not contain the number of deaths. The Greeks lost in this : if e i r only forty men. The army compared of the corps of Tate ttel es, and of Roomeliates, was commanded by Colonel Fabvier sa d ItZarsdacaky ; the first commanded the battalion of the k tench Ptibbellenes and the other disciplined corps ; whie Karaiscaky 0! (meet his orders Generals filavrovounion, ocr4ils fill. bees, J. NM', A. Roes, P. Phammky, Perrevoe, Zr" and Lagopeulo. Colonel, Yabvier and Karaiscaky write to t at Government that not only Redachid Pasha would be um tobtedly knit in a:few days, but that they were firmly resolved to retrme Into Thessalia. All those who have visited Athens know the extent of the walls ditch surround that city. It required a garrison three times more ulcerous than that which protect Athens, in order to hold t h e e nemy constantly at a distance; and this strength, therefore, armed on the 13th of Augost. The enemy has penetrated the city, sa d occupies a large part of it, anti fighting takes place every day :a the streets. The Peered walls of the Acropolis defend the fine inoruntents of antiquity which are to be found there. Thus, Itedschid finds himself in a part of the city, with the army of F e wer and Karaiscaky on one aide, having before him the ctroson of the Acropolis. commanded by the brave Gourds. Such the position to the audacious tlamsol Letters from Athens, of the 31st of August, inform us that the wry was completely inactive. He hrs stone cannons, and he, goo time sn time, throws some bombs ; hut, from the timidity with which 01 his movements are made, it is presumed that he is dentate Of provisions. The letters of the 14th instant are almost destitute of intelli goge. The enemy still keeps the same positions. DUTCH PAPERS. .* nAARLEM, DEPT. 25. The mounts from Groningen are still very melancholy. The amber of deaths, which, from the 7th to the 14th of September, vss 112, increased in the following week, from the 14th to the 21st, :J175. The Breit disomportion between the mother of medical men and that of the sick is the cause • that the greater part of the lam remain without any medical assistance whatever. Most trade* stand still on account of the sickness of the workmen, and hence many an indtistrit us family is reduce.' to the greatest distress. To lifetime this new evil as much as possible, and to enable those much-to.be-pitird persons to look foeward with less apprehension to the approaching winter, IS inhabitants of the city have united to draw up a list of those families which receive no relief from the Churct.es, and are in want of assistance in consequence of the p:evailiag disorder. These gentlemen will sec, ire contributions in matey, fuel, or clothing, and distribute them among the fleets twat. Tice new Infirmary answers the expectations that were formed of i.; the 'Daintier of patients received amounted, on the 211th of Sep umber, to 275. all persons of the lowest class, nose of whom had 6%1 since the 18th ; the number of deaths up to that time was only trdve, of whom live were pretty far advanced in life. By judicious ..741gemcivs, mom had been made for fifty more patients; and to •his used cetablishmeot still more advantageous, and to he 'Liz to receive a much greater number of patients, a eeparnte house was wanted for the convalescent, who camokbe removed to their orn hab.tations without danger of a relapse. The szenunts from Finland respecting the disorders prevailing there lad also very unfavourable. At Sneek, a town of (LOGO in. hibitants,litt pcoatns di, d in the month of August, and fiti from the Ist to the 18th at Sep t ember. In Nl'utic6eed, a village with WU inhabitant-, 13 tiiid iu :al days. In Frieshaul, as well as in Groningen, they complain of want of rmikal men to ottani the sick, and also of persons able to attend as 3 i t aes A private letter from Ornningen gives frightful details of the s'a c o 4 the : not only the poor hut even the middling classes 0: the pen; lc cannot procure ti.Wical advice or medicines. Many aiotlimarics arc sick—fritong them is the city apothecary ; and the tspeasary ix shut up. In ahott, every thing is le confusion. It any one will hares doctor he must watch for his Titling throagh the s tech seise the bridle of his horse, and drag him by the clothes it.t.l tile house. _ . ......._ ..____. Every moment of the day. whichever way you turn your eyes, y:u 3:e poor wretches carried to their groves. All is still ant! Llat!; we have not thirty stuslents, though the fluor&hi Cons:! anotneed that the lectures would begin. .thriast all the soldiers are ill ; there is a guard of three men and a corporal in the great market ; not a single sentinel is to be seen y part I f the city, very few soldiers being well, thuugh the c.i:: y among ihrm is incuoside►able. 11, , : Lumber of deaths from June 8 to Sept. 7, was 808 ; fi pt. 7 to 21, 31;—total, 1,123. AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 25. We hear that the King will suit this city in the mune of the vte!,, sad that his 31sjesty is expected on Wednesday. GERMAN P.IPE RS. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 19. (Extract from the OrieNtal Spectator.) n NA, A co. W.—After the account of tl.e measures taken cae Fret.ch l'Ainitul with respect to the Oriehtal Spectator, it The Edit, r ia already changed. and the last number, of the August, is published under the direction of another person." The most ridiculous reports, and the moat absurd fables have Gen c i rculated here for same days past. A sanoinary battle, it is iii. has taken place off Samos, in whieh the Turks steeled great lo , s in ships and nun, and the Ottoman fleet, territied at the arrival of bard Cochrane, had returned to Constantinople. All that is true of this is no more than that the Oreeks sent out three tire.ships, rii.:ll being obliged by the Turkish cannon to take another direr. tic:,, were burnt without doing any misehirf. The Turkish fleet Le been near Mitylene, but cite causes of its retreat are not known. Aeordi...g to the latest accounts from Constantinople the plague I , td inatell. The lesies for the regular troops proceeded rapidly sigh perfect order. Companies of new recruits daily arrive ::(ITS all parts of the empire. It is remarkable that they are all yv..ag Intr., from 17 to 22 years of age. BAGDAD. JULY 12. the torn of Iman Hussein, sus leagues from Hills, in Arabia re:x. has at length submitted to the Oovernnumt of Bagdad. The will-known Boman Officer Doris, after many fruiters solicitations, hs now obtained permission to depart, and is gone to Persia. liatisg the siege of lman Hussein, • considerable caravan of Jesish pilgrims, of both sexes, set out on the 11th of June last tom Bagdad le Hid, the burying-place of the prophet Eagkiel, about tire leagues from Hillis ; the following day they were fallen in situ' by s predatory band of the Arabian tribe of Al-Refei, which oArpletely plundered them. The Packs immetliatdy sent in pur tjli of the robbers, but they could not be overtaken, and the pil grims were obliged to return home almost naked. Several Euto !saes whir were tAtablished in Bagdad have left that city, and gone ~-~~~~ CONSTANTINOrf.r. AUG. 25. - . The Capitan Paths seems to have given up foe the present the expedition against Samos, which would probably have sub. m'ted if he had been more speedy io his operations, and not vaned till Sachturi arrived with part of the (heel: fl• et. After the elidtan Pacha had baffled two attempts of the Greek tire-ships, ea the 31st of July and 3d of August. and sunk two of the tire with the guns of his own Admiral's ship, he landed part of tte troops that he hod oil board in the harbour of Sajadschiek, in the Gulf of t.:eala Nunes, sailed an the thh throtigii the channel Seto, Wird anchored the same evening off Mitylene, whither he ion followed on the 9th by the whole fleet. Thence he vent four l ' : gs to Ilourla, to land some more of his troepv, with whom the " doe* not agree, and ordered them to join the troops at Sajad itiek. lie was still at llitylrne on the lan, waiting, it is rid, for an answer to despatches which he bad sea by two Tartars to Constantinople. We are without news from the Mores and the Archipelago, on account of the north winds. Letters front Smyrna of the 10th in stant say that Marquis Nettled Commander In Chief of the Im- Perial squadron, who left Napoli at the end of the last month. was every hour expected at Solemn. Before lielleft 'l'ino, on the 23d. July, he intimated bi the primates of the island that he should make them answerable for all acts of violence and spoliation, hi , herto so frequently practised on the persons and property of the Catholics settle) there, and that on his return to those seas he shmild require ample sath.faction for every excess of this kind. VIENNA, SEPT. 14.-31etalliques, ; Bank Shares, 1064 20. 13.-31etalliques. 810, ; Bank Shares, 1615. The Bank Shares, which soddenly fell on the MAI from 14174 to 1460, and which fall was ascribed to reports, proceeding from an un known source, that the conference' at Akermaiiii did not promise a favourable result, are to.dav tit lull. The 3letalliptes, which on 6,e 10th were axe to day BOMBAY PAPERS. Bombay Papers to the 18th June have been received ; they contain tile ratified treaty with the Burmeae.• It differs 'little from the outlines which we have laid before . the public. The articles Ist, Utl, and 3il, state, there is to I he perpetual friendship between the two countries. The King of Ava renounces Assam, and its dependencies, with the contiguous stabs, Cacher and Jyntua. Munnipore is i to he governed by Wotan ber, as Itajob, provided he returns. The British Government is to re•ain Arracati, with its ft.ur divisions. The 4th, sth, and 6th 'moles relate to the cession of the provinces of Yell, Tavoy, Mergiti, and Ton nasarian, with their depentleneies. 'rite King of Ave agrees to pay one crore of mines, and no person to be molested for any part he may hire taken in the war. Seventh, Bth, and 211 articles—Acert tilted Ministers to be received at die seat of Government of each party, and regulate the money due from the King of Ava to private individuals, and the duties to be levied on EngliOt ship ping in the Burmese territory. Tenth and 1 lth articles The King of Siam to be included in the Treaty, and all prisoners on each side to be given up. CALCUTTA, MAY 25. The Enterprise steam-vessel returned from Rangoon on Monday last, having left that place on the lith. Every thing continued quiet, and there was every reason to expect that the second instal ment would be punctually discharged. The body gaard was em barked on board several transports, which were to sail on the 16th. The circumstance of chief interest which had occurred was the foundation of a new town by the Commissioner, named Amherst Town. Martaban being ceded to the Burmese by the provision of the treaty, which relinquishes the ten itory on the right bank iif the San-liinen, it became expedient to possess a station nit the left bank of that river for the convenience of trade. An eliaible spot for this purpose has been selected on a peninsula, near the mouth of the Manahan river, formed between another river (llalyer) and tho sea, and terminating in Cape Ilyai-Ilarni. We have been favoured with a letter, communicating full and interesting details of the pm ceetlings on this .'erasion, wl;lch we shall publish in our next. By , the letter of the 12th we learn that a cantonment had been con structed for a regiment of Native Infantry ; that the harbour, which is a very excellent one, had been buoyed, and that of 431 lots, into which the town was divided, 280 hail been taken by re spectable settlers, chiefly Chinese. A new tribe of Peguins were preparing to move thither; so that, notwithstanding the u i'avour able season at the first, the settlement would be occupied on I the setting in of the rains. Great expectation was entertained that I it would be speedily populous. OFFICIAL POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Avnit.ll. His Majesty's ship Alligator having arrived with Lieut.-Colonel Tidy, bearing despatches from illajor.General Sir Archibald ('a op bell, and the Commissioners in Ava and Prgu, the following is the general information : " Fort William. "SlR—The late defeats sustained by the Burmese Army, and which Icti to its almost total dispersion, together with the vicinity of the B ' ' h force to the capital of Ave, have hal the effect (I trust sufficiently) to humble that haughty and arrogant Court to a submission, which will, no doubt, be made for a length of time subservient to its policy, so as not again wantonly to disturb the peace of the British Government in India. I have, therefore, only to say that I shall at once return, with the force under my command, to Rangoon, there to await the further commands of Government. (Signed) Head-quartets, Comp Xanalshoo, 45 miles south-west of Ass." " A. CAMPBELL." ABSTRACT OF SECOED DESPATCH. The inromation derived from repented conferences with the Bur mese agents, particularly with Dr.Prica and the liberated prisoners, has sugggoted the expediency of the following alteration and amendments of the former wording of the treaty. In Article 3, the local names of the Anonpictnomew range of nwantains have been inserted, and a passage has been added, re garding the rank of officers to be employed as Commissioners for the settlement of boundaries. In Article 4, Tenasserim, the general name of the province on the coast, has been introduced on the San-Inner. river, recorded as the future boundary between the provinces of Ve and Martaban. A clause, defining the course to be in future pursued in disposing of the property of individual*, the subjects of either State, who may demise, within the dominions of the other, has been appended to Article 8. A hundred days from this date have, in the additional article, been mentioned as the term for the p iyment of the second instalment at Rangoon. (.igned) A. CA M NI ELI, MajorMeneral. C. F. RIMER Civil CommissiJner. Camp, Xandaboo, Feb. !3, THE MANCHESTER BRANCH ESTARLTSH. MEN2' OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Inquiries having been veryfrequently made of us, with. in the last few days, as to what is the mode of doing husi. ness adopted by the branch of the Bank of England, which was opened in this town on Thursday last, we have taken some pains to obtain a little information on the subject, which we hope will not be useless or uninteresting to our commercial readers. The agent, as is pretty well known, is Alexander Nl'Gregor, Esq. formerly an eminent mer ' chant in Liverpool, and the sub-agent, Edward Smyth, Esq., formerly a partner in the banking ceneern of Messrs. Daintry, Ryle, and Co., of :Macclesfield. Any commercial house having a desire to open an account with the branch, of course makes its wish known to those gentlemen. who forthwith transmit a notice of the application to the Direc tors of the parent establishment in London, accompanied, it is to be presumed, by such information, as to the respon sibility and mercantile standing of the applicants, as they may have it in their power, or deem it necessary, to com municate. These applications are taken into consideration on the next Court-day (Thursday) after their receipt in Threadneedle-street, and on the succeeding Court-day a decision is come to on them, and information of the deter mination of the Directors despatched accordingly. We have mentioned these formalities at some length, because it is an indispensable preliminary to obtaining ' discounts at the branch, as well as at theparent establish ment, that an account should be'opened. No business of this sort is done at the counter. The account being opened, we will suppose that some paper is presented for discount; it must be brought one day, and an answer will be given ; it will either be discounted or returned on the next. Of course no bills will be taken but such as are considered per fectly safe ; but paper, otherwise satisfactory, is not required to be drawn on or payable in London ; it will, we bciieve, he equally received, if payable in Manchester, or in any other town where the Batik of England has a branch. The terms of discount. it is understood, will be at the rate of five per cent. per annum, without any charge for com mission or for stamps. In case of persons wanting specific sums to remit, bills at twenty-one days, we bear, will be drawn, also without the expense of stamps. No interest is allowed on lodgments. On payments in cash made at the bank here to be paid over to the order of the parties making them in London, or at any of the places where there is a branch, a commission of I per cent. will be charged. The notes, which are dated from this town, and in August last, have got into circulation, but we have not yet seen any of them. We believe the hours during which the bank is to be open for business are scarcely yet defini tively settled. At first the notice on the door stated them to he from half-past nine to one, and from half-past two I to half-past four ; but there has since been a notice exhi bited, stating the hours to be from half-past nine to three, without any intermission at the usual Manchester dinner time ; and the se hours, unless they should be found mate rially inconvenient, it is intended to continue.—Maneltester ilercur2/. SUDBURY. TO BETHEIA. WALROND, ESQ. M.P. - - _ Dear Sir, —Amongst numerous falsehoods which have ap peared in the Papers of this day is a statement in the BriliAlt Press that I had offered to sJi my seat for 7,4001., and that you had said so in a chymist's shop at Sudbury ; and in the Morning . Herald it is said that you had assured some one that 1 wanted to sell " them " (meaning, I sup pose, the borough of Sudbury) for 7,400/. My indignation and abhorrence at such falsehoods and inventions have of course been much excited ; and, without at all wishing un necessarily to mix up your name in the outrageous pro ceedings of certain individuals, I merely address you to request you will state, in a letter addressed through the public papera to me, whether, directly or indirectly, I ever offered or hinted at any offer of the kind referred to; and whether you ever, directly or indirectly, made use of such assertions. As it is an invention with reference to myself, I fully believe it to be so with reference to you ; but I must request of you to supply an early reply to this most impudent and daring attempt. I am, your most obedient servant, New Broad-street. Sept. 27, It'2t. JOHN IVILKS, Jun. THE BRITISH PRESS. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Yesterday a Quarterly General Meeting of Proprietors was held at the Company's House, Lcutlenhelbstreet, Sir GEORGE E. Rout Nsow in the Cheir. The Court was very thinly attended, there being nut more than thirty or tm,y Proprietors present. The minutes of the last meeting hiving been reed and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said that the Court had been made special for the purpose of submitting to the l'roprietors a Resolution, passed in a General Court on the 21st June last, which they were now re• quested to confirm. 'f he following Mieute was then read : " That the Quarterly fieneral Court of the said Company, rip painted to be het: at this House on Wednesday the 27th instant, is made Special, fee the interns° of submitting for confirmation the Ilesoltitien of the General Court of the '2lst of dune. approving, the Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 3.1 May last, pro aiding Vito Ceptitin Michael, of the Madras E sta blish m ent, upon iris neighing the military service, in order that he may continue to act as Maliratta Translator to the Tanjnre Commissioners in Eng land, in which capacity he receives a salary at “a2l. its. per nnnum, shall be granted, upon the terms and conditions therein mated, a continuance of that salary for hie ; and hirther providing. that whenever the period shall arrive at which, if Captain Michael had continued in the military service, he would have succeeded to the command of a regiment, and a share of offareckoninge, the Reid salary of We/. les. per annuni be increased from that date to 1,0501. per annum halite." The CHAIRMAN having put the question, Captain MAXFIELD begged leave to offer one or two observe dons on the subject before it was put to the vote. It was not at all his object to delay the Court by frivolous objections, and still less did he wish to be considered as anxious to suggest a parsimonious system to thatCoart, which had always been distinguished tor liiserelity,par ocularly where the talents or the exertions of individuals entitled them to reward. But he conceived that the Proprietors had a right to inquire into the soundness of the principle on which they were asked to vote away the Company's money. He recollected per fectly well, that when the Tanjore Corantimiion was proposed, the Court was given to understand that the salaries would be fixed at &Mt a year, and it was /den stated that the Carnatic Commission was drawing to a close—this was at least two years ago, and yet the accounts were not wound up. He (Capt. Maxfield) should have thought that one officer ought to have been enough to regulate the accounts of the Commission, though several had been em ployed. There app eared to hint to have been a great deal of mis management in this business, producing both delay and expense very unnecessarily. lie thought that the accounts should have been sent home translated. which in many instances had not been done. lie should now, with very great respect, beg leave to ask, whether the Honourable Chairman could undertake to fix any de finite period to the labours of the Carnatic Commission ? for, in dependent of the vast expense to which it subjected the Company, lie should suppose that it was likely to continue even after the ex piration of their Charter. The CHAIRMAN replied that no party could feel more disposed to being the accounts of the Climatic Commission to a speedy con clusion than the Board of Directors ; but, in point of fact, that Commission was not under their control, bur it was appointed by the authority of a Parliamentary Commission, which compelled them to make en annual report. With respect to this delay, of which the lion. Proprietor complained, he (the Chairman) would merely say, that there were a vast number of petty claims to the amount of several thousands, still unsettled—these claims were sub. nutted, in the first instances. to the examiners in India, and were afterwards sent home to he confirmed. The Directors were so anxious to avoid all unnecessary delay, that they preferred settling some of the smaller demands rather than wait the result of investiga- tion; under the present eircumstancex it would be impossible for them to put an end to the Carnatic Commission, because the gentlemen at present employed had stipulated for a continuance of their services, and if it were to be disputed, they (the Board of Directors) would have to institute a new Commissiim ; but the Court of Proprietors might rest satisfied that no endeavour would be omitted to bring the Commission to a close.—(Hear, hear).—With respect to the immediate question, he (the Chairman) was quite sure, that with out the assistance of Captain Michael the Commissioners would never be üble to perform their duty in an efficient manner. Captain MAXFtELD said, it was not his intention to underrate the services or to depreciate the talents of that gentleman—his ob ject was simply to point out the necessity of winding up the ac counts as speedily as possible. The Cum MOAN. after reiterating what he had before said on the anxiety of the Directors to bring shematter to a speedy termi nation, was about to put the question, when Mr. S. Dixoer rose to offer a few remarks. It would be ad mitted by every one who heard him, that in the course of his long life he had always been remarkable fur his obedience to the consti tuted authorities ; but there were some occasions when obedience was culpable. He should, will gre it deference, beg leave to enter his protest against recognizing the principle now set up, namely, the extension of rewards to individuals Oman indefinite verbal —the precedent was a bad one, and would have the most pernicious effects, because it would open a minor to incessant demands of the same kind. He should now beg leave to ask, if the charges were to be defrayed out of the Company's resources in India if that were the case, he should think that this Court was not competent to du so, and he should therefore hold up his hand against it. The CHAIRMAN explained, Ile might be permitted to say, that the Board of Directors was quite reauy to listen to die suggen lions of any lion. Proprietor, but thergyere some circumstances peculiar to the case of Captain Michael, which could not be got over without making the proposed grant. With, perhaps, the soli tary exception of one gentleman who belonged to this Honourable Court, the gentleman to whom the grant was about to be voted was the only person competent to the translation of the alahratta language ; and when he was taken out of the military service of the Company, his proposition was, that he should have permission to return to it again after the Commission had concluded its labours; and that he should then be entitled to the command of a regiment, which he cemended in all probability would have been the case had he continued in thatelepartment from which he was taken. This, however, was conceived to be a dangerous innovation on the estab lished usage of the army, and likely to create dissatisfaction ; but it was considered fair to allow him something equivalent to what he would have enjoyed had he continued in the military service, and obtained, as lie might, the command of a regiment. With respect to an observation which had fallen from die honourable Proprietor who spoke first (Captain Maxfield), he (the Chairman) would merely say, that it was not improbable that die Company's Charter would be tenewed, all their acts having the sanction of the Legis lature and the Board of 'retitle and arguing on that very strung probability, he thil not think it at all likely that the Commission would outlive the Company's Charter. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. Dixox said, that lie should be sorry to Mink that the Company's Charter would not be renewed. After a few words from Captain alexrIELD, the question was carried WWI. CMS. The CHAIRMAN was moving that the Court do now adjourn, when Captain 'MAXFIELD begged ro observe, that he had, at the last quarterly Court, given notice of a 'nation relative to tin amendment of certain clauses in the Act of WI tiro. ILL respecting the em ployment of vessels of war by the Company. If not out of order, he should now entreat the attention of the Court on that subject. By that Act, the Company were compelled to retain six ships, weedier they wanted them or not, and he would mike bold to say, thateiteir naval establishment wait the least prolitab.e and least essential of any other department of the Company's service. The CHAIRMAN (after some little itelay)inforined the Hon. Pro prietor that the Secretary had referred to tke minutes, and that it ap- I peered no notice bad been delivered in—of course, the motion could not be received on this day, the Court being made special fur the coneidet stinn of a perticular question. Captain MAXFIELD said, that he did not wish to take the Court', by surprise. The CHAinetAN suggested the propriety of putting in a written notice, because the Proprietors at large cueht to be advised of all projected changes. Captain OIAxFIELD said he would not have pressed it, but be thought he was quite in order. General THORNTON said, that it was unquestionably necessary to observe the etiquette of the Court ; hut as the subject was one of very considerable importance, he trusted that the lion. Proprietor would not let it pass over. Captain MAXFIELD expressed his determination to lo so imme diately, and banded in a written notice to the Secretary on the sub ject. The question of adjournment was-again moved, and put from the Chair, when Mr. AUDINEI.L rose, and said he hoped fer the protection of the Court of Proprietors in a motion that he had to make. lie wished that the whole of the correspondence which had taken place be tween his Majesty's Ministers and the Secretary of this lion. Com pany, on the subject of a seizure of some pepper, which he (Mr. Addinell) foul bought, through the medium of a broker, from this (the India) House, should he laid before the Court. A more scan dalous and infamous letter had never been penned than one that he had seen on this subject. (Hear, hear.) In consequence of the correspondence which he now called for, the pepper, to the value of about 3001. had been condenine.l stud confiscated. lie„ therefore, trusted, that this Hon. Court would support him on this occasion, though he expected very little countenance or favour from the lion. Chairman or die Board of Directors. The CHAIR Al AN said, that the question was at present so inde finitely shaped, that it was itnimesible for tie Court to entertain it. I The better way would be to put it info writing. Mr. ADDiNELL complied with this suggeetion, and handed in his motion. The CHAIRMAN thought that he need scarcely bespeak the sup port of the Honourable Court of Proprietors, %hen he read to them the motion just put into his hand, which was as follows :-- ,• I beg to move that the whole of the cormnondence between his Majesty's Ministers and the Officers of this Company be laid before the Proprietors for theiropinion." The CHAIRMAN-At is certainly very explicit, for the Iron. Gentleman never says one word upon what subject the corre spondence has taken place—if there be any. (Ltughter). Mr. ADDINELL said, Ile Mild explain that to the satisfaction of the Court. The CHA ft mot, without going further Into the question at pre sent, would merely say, that no such correspondence had taken place as that which was alluded to. Captain MAXFIELD thought the matter WAS worthy of some in quiry. If he understood the question rightly, the lion. Proprietor. had purchased a quantity of pepper on the Royal Exchange, hav ing the mark of this House upon it. That he contrived to be a perfect warranty for his so doing, and when it was afterwards seized, as he was led to believe, by means of a roiLsentation front ome of the Company's officers to hie Majesty's Ministers, intimat ing that the pepper was smuggled, he conceived himself aggrieved that lie had not received support when he applied to this Clouse. It wan not perhaps so much the loss of the property that he con templated, but he reh, as intlispipably he ought to feel, that his character as a respectable mercantile man was tarnished by being considered in the light of a smuggler. lie (Captain .IMaxlield) would, on those grounds, very cheerfully support the Motion for an inquiry into the circumstances. Tne (luta st•st would hare no objection to it, provided that the motion should likewise call for the production of all Mr. Addi ntlVP letters to this A 1)11'1:c - run here rose, end objected to the motion, which he was certain would be productive only of inconvenience. The pies don was me:elv personal, and involved in great obt&rity. Mr Addinell had already applied to the authorities at the other end of the town, and their answer was confirmatory of the decision which the Hon. Hoard had conic to. Any further discussion could only terminate in the Mime way. The motion was amended agreeable to the Chairman's au/gui don, and carried. The Court adjourned at two o'clock. CIIILLIN .111.17.17; ASSOCIArroIt CAPITAL .1:1,1/110, 11 00, IN 10,010 stuaes. --- A Meeting of the above Company took plate Yesteiday, a the City of London Tavern. C. HERRING, Erick in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said, that she Shareholders should have been furnished with the state of the Company's affairs befine that period, only fur the detention of Capt.Thoma;,who had arrived from Chili, and upon whose information the Report has founded. He then read the Report ; after which the Chairman said, that the Direc tors were prepared to answer any questions the Shareholders might think proper to put respecting the affairs of the Company. He called upon Mr. Cezenove to read the accounts of the Company. Mr. CAZENOVE then read several accounts, by which it appeared ed that there was originally paid nr. per Share upon iio73 Shines; which amounted to 471,34. - d., and that on QC; Shares was paid the second instalment of 21. 10s., which made the entire sum received from the Shareholders 60,1177/ 101. lie read various items of the expenses that the Company had been at in this country and Chili, and stated that there only remained the sum of 7011. 124. lid. in the hands of bankers here, and about 101,35t* dollars in the hands of the Agent in Chili, which is yet to be accounted for. lle awed that the Company had sustained a great loss by tie Eclipse, wh:.ll, owing to an accident, was obliged to put into Buenos Ayres, where some machinery of the Company was sold at a loss. The Ciratnatax inquired, was it the wialt of the Shareholders to put any questions to the Directors? SHAREHOLDER—Was there not a large portion of copper raised? DAVID BARCLAY, Esq., M. P. said that about thirty tons of copper ore had been raised. SHAREHOLDER—A number of Shares had been reserved for the officers of the Company, and he wished to ascertain how many bad been paid upon by them ? DAVID BARCLAY, Esq.—;Cone. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the Report be received, which was carried unanimously. The next question to be disposed of was the forfeiture of 2,078 Shares. on which the second instalment had not been paid, which, acconlitig to the. Deed, were forfeited, but the Directors bad a discretionary rower to extend the time to those who had tailed in paying the calls, which they were unwilling to exercise without taking the sense of the Proprietors whether any indulgence should be granted or not. THOSIAS WILSON, Esq. said it would be advisable to ascertain the feelieg of the Meeting, before C.ey came to any conclusion on that point. A SHAREHOLDER said, as none of the Officers of the Company had taken up their Share", it appeared that they did not entertain a high opinion of the speculation, which fact alone was sufficient to deter the Shareholders fruit advancing any more money. J. D. POWLES, Esq. said, that the plain question to decide was, whether the Shareholders would make further advances, to the amount of 131. per share, as no less sum would meet the ex penses attending the coinnletion of the enterprise ? It they did so, the Directors were still willing to devote their time, and to see that the money was properly appropriated ; and suggested that a call of 51. per share be made. TRoatas Wtesox, Eaq. said, he would leave that question to the Directors to decide; were they of opinion that such a call would be attended to when, the shares of the Company were to be purchased in the Stock Exchange for 1 1 . per share ? It was evident that the Directors were unwilling to give an opinion as to the pro bability of the success of the undertaking ; and if he (Mr. W.) advanced 51. more per share, the situation of the Directors still be came more delicate. Ile doubted the possibility of raising the sum required. The Own MAN said, that probably mere than one half of the 6205 shares would not be paid upon. Ile would ratl.er have the allure of the Association wound up, rides* the Directors were en abled to raise a sum sufficient to go on with vigour. He called upon Mr. Barclay to read a letter he had received trout one of the Directors. Mr. BARCLAY said, that it would be better to abandon the scheme, unless funds were immediately supplied ; the letter com plained of the backwardness the Shareholders had shown in not paying the calls, and that the upirion of Captain Thomas bore the Directors out in the opinions they expressed in their prospectus, as to the probability of success, if means had been supplied to carry on the operations with vigour. The writer recommends the Com pany to be dissolved immediately, as in that case a dividend might be declared. Among the Shareholders, Thomas Wilson, Esq. asked what was to be done with the forfeited shares, and doubted the prop. iety of such a measure. A Shareholder requested that the clause in the Deed of Settle ment, which relates to the forfeiture of Shares, should be read. The clause was then read, which stated, that in the event of any proprietor neglecting to pay his instalments, an Extraordinary Board of Directors had the power to forfeit his sham, for the be. nefit of the other Shareholders. Mr. BARCLAY said that the Directors had the power, but which they were unwilling to exercise without the concurrence of the Shareholders. The CHM a MAN then moved that the time be extended to the e Shareholders who had not paid their instalments, to the 11th ut October. This Resolution was negatived, and the Shares dedared forfeited. The CHAIRMAN said the next question to decide was, es to the propriety of making a further call, and he moved that a further call be made of 5/. upon each share. There being no person to second this Resolution, the Company was declared dissolved, which must be coufinneil by another meeting. CAZENOVE then went into the particulars of the property which the Shareholders had to divide between them, which he cal ciliated to amount to 30,00/. when the machinery, &c. were all sold, which would be about 41. per share. A SHAREHOLDER moved the thanks of the meeting to the Directors, for their attention to the interests of the Proprietors. THOMAS WILSON, Esq. seconded the motion, and bore testi mony to the zeal they had evinced upon all oi:es:dons to advance the interests of this Association. Mr. CazENOVE returned thanks for himself and the other Di rectors, who, he stated. had paid the most anxious attention to the WITCH. Of the Compaily. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and towed that notice should be given of the future meeting to con firm that day's proceedings.—The meeting then broke up. The East India Company's outward-bound ship Thom Count; arrived at Bombay on the 2d of June. AI ETroe°t.ootca PHENOMENON.-At the latter end of last month (August) an extraordinary meteorological phe nomenon.was perceived at Carcassonc, in the Department de \Tootle. On the 26th, the heat, in the morning, was most excessive; at noon the clouds collected into a mass towards the west, and a very impetuous wind, the fore runner of a stern, was heard to whistle round the spot. A thick and black cloud appeared suspended over a piece of land of about 100 toises, belonging to the chateau de La cannette. A short distance off, in the direction of the ter ritory of Frambaiscs, the clouds were observed to come in collision and to approach very near the earth, as if attracted thither. The thunder rumbled on all sides; the domestic animals lied for shelter. On a sudden, a dreadful cracking and hissing sound was heard ; the air, agitated, appeared to rush towards the black cloud which covered the Champ Rouge. This appeared the signal for aloud detonation,an the appearance of an enormous column of fire, which, tra versing the field, carried all before it, tearing up enormous trees by the roots. A young man, aged seventeen years, who was in the same direction, was literi.:.y carried into the air, and dashed against a rock at a considerable distance. Fourteen sheep were carried off by it, and struck dead. This column of tire and air made its way towards the chateau, threw down the walls of the park, penetrated the chateau at two different openings, one at the door and another at the window, which was dashed to atoms, passed into the saloon, opened the ceiling, and from thence to the second story, and escaped by the roof. The shock was so sudden and so destructive, that the whole wing instantly fell, and the Ladies Belfortes, who were in the saloon, were miraculously saved by the falling of an immense beam in such a direction that it prev anted the uins from overwhelming them. In its passage through the chateau, it destroyed and broke almost all the furni ture, tore all the wainscotting and printings: from thence it proceeded to a considerable distance, overturning all that was in its way ; it overturned an oak measuring five feet in circumference, carried away several carts, and threw them into a ravine, made its way through a vineyard, tear ing up the vines, and leaving deep ridges, and at length diminished towards the north-east, in the direction of 'fournas. The air was impregnated with a strong sul phureous smell, and an overwhelming torrent followed this phenomenon, winch was succeeded by a calm serene even ing, with a slight easterly breeze. A similar phenomenon laid waste the village of Lerre, on the 3d August, 11.30. DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. TO THE EDITOR 01:' THE BRITISH PRESS. Stn,—Pressing avocations have diverted my attentiod from a leading article in the E.iaminer or Sunday, Septem ber the 10th, which i think deserves some animadversion. I now take up my pen, and will thank you to give the fol. lowing a place in your paper. The article itself is headed Alarming. State of the eeoplei in order, I suppose, to excite more than ordinary attention to its contents. No*, if the people be in such an alarming state, surely such a typographical ioct-in was neither pm. dent, necessary, nor wise. That, unfortunately, consider able distress pervades Many classes of the community, is, we are all aware, too ttue; but the causes of such distress are not those stated by the Examiner; and if they acre, it would be neither judicious no humane to direct the :men. lion of persons, who an labo4ring under privations affect ing their very existence, towards those who might be sup posed the authors of their distresses. In such times as the pre sent both anger and rengealve are mischievous weapons; and those who have the peace and well-being of society at hart, will be extremely cautious how they tempt any one to draw such two-edged swords from their scabbards. It is however c::ffeenely difficult to measure one's expre - -- sions, when contemplating the palpably-erroneous positions in the following observations. Speaking of the labourer:: in this country, the Examiner states that " their present misery is caused by misgo9ernment -" and that " we are jnstified in saying that, be tli;? sulmidimite causes more or ices, the present want of employment among the manufac turers, and the general stagnat.ott of trade, producing the starvation of myriads of industrious people, ate caused by the profligate expenditure, the corruption, and the political ignorance of Government." • Now, taking it for granted that the word Govern' ment means here Anm NIST ATI 0 ?I, I assert that a greater mis-statement wasWever put forth by . any political writer and although I am not so bold as to state that there is no profligate expenditure, no corruptirw, tto political ignorance in our present Government,—for I suppose that in so exten sive an arrai.gement of tnachinery it would be difficult, if not !inpossible, whatever might be the disposition at head quarters, to have a Government, in all its parts and agen cies, without a fault,—yet I am comp . elled to tUfclare that I think the present Admii.lstration one of the Must effective and intelligent that this country has for tnatly years pos sessed ; and, more, it is my firm conviction, warranted by observation and by fact, that, were every tar and impoAl repealed to-morrox—were the whole expense for carrying on the machinery f t ; Go;:evniorent removed—while the imesent arrangements of property in areetyi are sanctioned (and sanctioned they must and will be till Vetter can be devised and adapted), the evils under which the labotiring populee tiou, in particular, now stiffer; would not only not be removed, but, on the contrary, would most probably continue to increase. To the Government, therefore, are not to bettttributed our present and immediate evils—hut to the teorce GENERALLY, and chiefly to those who, with . an inordinate desire for SPEe,!LATION and ACCUMU. LATI 0 N, have ?et forward in a race in Which it is quite itne possible but that the greeer number on the Course must inevitably be losers:—hence the quarrels, the vitaperation t and the strife among the Joint-Stock gamblers. The Gueeramenttherefcre cannot 1;e, as a Government,. to blame; and least of all the present Government ; fot have we not 'seen not only a disposition to improve our laws, evident in the great alteration in the mode of select.. ing Juries, and in the correction and condensation of our criminal code, but, in the course of the last ten or twelve years, a repeal of taxes to the amount of many millions? Among others. I would jest allude to the Property Tax, the Assessed Taxes, and the Salt Tax. Th? repeal of the last has been, beyond question, a great r.lit fto the awl, eulturist ; and, if no p?rintnent system Lai been adopted is regard to the importation of corn, he must be very short. sighted, indeed, who does not perceive the policy which directs the Ministry, and which will ultimately, I dare say. settle the question—most probably in the next Session—if not to the satisfaction of all parties, in consonance, at least, with equity and right. I venture to predict that this will be the result. Of the attention of the present Ministry to the interests of trade, and their de:l-e to free it from many of the trammels which a short-sighted policy had imposed, it is scarcely necessary to speak ; the out• cry by a certain set of writers against the President of the Board of Trade is too loud and long to be mistaken : yet I truSt that the magnanimity of that straightforward Statesman will not be shaken—that he will persevere ; and sure I am that he will ultimately obtain the suffrages of all whose opinions are of any moment to tl.e advance. ment of his measures or the splendor of his fame. Why, therefore, I ask, should the Government be charged with that over which they have had, and can have, but a very limited control? They have, as we have seen, repealed taxes and amended many of our laws; they have, too, forewarned speculators of their mad doings ; and they forewarned them also that if any thing disastroueshould the Government must not be invoked to correct their in temperance and their folly : yet the speculations went on ; the disasters arose ; and it is therefore too gross to taunt the Government fur that in which, as a Government, it ha no share. The Government, I hope and believe, will proceed st;lt farther in reform and retrenchment ; it will also, I trust: with the concurrence of Parliament, adopt or suggest some measures to relieve, in some degree at least, the present distress, and to restore that confidence which in a come mercial country is so essential to its well-being. Seely in. deed, appears to be the disposition of Government to intro duce salutary reforms, that it will not be at all surprising if, in the course of a Session or two, the question of 024 Mak Emancipation be carried ; and even a moderate Re prat in Parlianwnt does not now appear quite so hopeless as fur a long time it was. But on these two momentous subjects, although I ant for many reasons friendly to both measures, I venture for once to become pr;- phetic, and to assert that neither Cat4o/ic Enza,,,.. nal:on nor Parliamentary Reform will remove, but in 3 very slight degree, the real evils under which we at preset.: labour ; and more especially will they not remove the es ils of the labouring population. They will, however, remove much irritation—much cause of contention and strife—much wordy war; but the evils of Ireland lie tle. , per than Catho. lie emancipation ; the evils of England will not be removed by Parliamentary reform : notwithstanding this, I think it I would be extremely wise to concede both. I have thus, I trust, shown the indecorousness of the vituperation in the Exantiaer ; the fully of charging the present Government with the errors which belong to the rEOPLE—IO speculation—to accumulation; the absurdity of charging the present Government with the evils whials have arisen front the AMBITION or MAKING FORTUNES-- a Government which has, I verily believe, more sincere and honest supporters among the people than any Adminis. tration which in the course of forty years I have seen. L trust they will proceed in their meritorious career. This tribute to their talents and their merit is disinterested att.l unsolicited. Sufficient has perhaps been said of Joint Stock amp-. nies. As projects for the accumulation of wealth, they have had their day ; few will, in all probability, survive the wreck which has just taken place. Sir, in my judgment, most of those Companies were unhallowed speculations ; and I, for one, rtjoice that they have not succeeded ; an.l although some individuals have suffered severely from the mismanagement of many of those concerns, whose sufferic i . humanity must deplore, yet I again repeat, as measures at'. feetinginost vitally the happiness and well-being of the people, I rejoice that they have not succeeded. Let me be not mis understood: there are, no doubt, some concerns which can only be carried on well by a joint-stock Company, anti which do not interfere with the general employmods of the people. Such are those of bunting and mines, and similat works; but St-am-Trashing Companies, Bread Corn peaks. &c. &c. are nuisances, and the sooner they abate the better. In my next I shall venture to lay before the public a plait for a ,joint-stock Company--A COMPANY FOR rrt s EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO no-- a Company which will produce to the subscribers nothinl but the pleasures resulting from doing good, increased snag rity of their domestic fire-sides, and a diminutioh of erina, f tun, Sir, yours, &c. JAS. lENNiNG* Dalby.terracs, City-road. Sep:. tg• MN.