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AMERICAN P.:PERS. [From the Xcir VorL Daity Adr , rliter.] NEW YORK, PAT B. BRAZIL. We fee furnished with Rio Janeiro papers to the Adt March, by C a p ta in Price, of the Tuscaloosa, arrived yesterday, in SA days from that port. There is nothing said of the war with the United Provinces, which augurs ill for the imperial arms. The American brig Dawn, in 21 days from Patagnnia, reported that she met with the privateer Lsralleja on that coast. This is the vessel which has cruised with such success against Brazilian commerce; she had then with bee three Brazilian prizes, one of whch was a ship from Lisbon. find an article on the Panama Congress, which assembly is declared to be of vital importance to the exiatenee of the New s t ates; and, in the word. of Mr. 1/epratit, transcends in the Jas per:ante the ancient Councils, as America exceeds Latium and Aire. The newspaper Spectacle , Drealltlro is to be enlarged under the patronage ot the Emperor, and conductel by Mr. Planchet% Lite ray men. and two stenographers, have been engaged ; and during the Sessions of the leentlaitire it Is to appear daily, and to contain the speeches of the Represen•atives. A number of copies are to be printed in the octavo form, like the C/wi: der Rapport* published in France. The Ste/story of State and the Political Agent for Paraguay hoe arrived from Santa Line. It is stated that the Emperor has been received with enthusiasm in Pernambuco. and that no disturbances or signs ot discontent bad appeared. This e course, was to have been expected. The Phi/udelplii Gazelle al Saturday rays—Captain Sarin, of the schooner Amelia, states that on the 24th of April a French brig arrived an ilar4nnah from Vera Cruz. the Captain or which reported that the Cessom-house stores at Vera Cruz had been destroyed by tie. together with property to the value of two million dollars. Pd. rate letters from Havannah mention Lite report la the same manner as Captain Sarin. The day of the month on which the the occurred is not given ; ncr is It stated on "hat day the French brig sailed. Our !steal ad vice% direct from Vera t'rez, are to the ftt of April. They are silent as to sty inch disaster; but the internal from the 7th to the 21 h was sufficiently lung to admit of the whole town being burned down, and of a vessel carrying the news to Herewith. AbOut the 20'h or February, Admiral Rosamel arrived at Rio Janeiro In the French frigate Maria Therese, In M days from Val piratic!. He is the Commander-io-Chief of the French squadron on the South American station. The French frigate Thetis and corvette Esperance also arrived there about the tame time, after their voyage round the world. There were two or three smaller French vessels of war also In the harbour, but they appear to have assembled there without any particular object, as the last accounts from Europe represented the health of the Log of Portugal as proving. Frnfll the Hostas Patriot of May 2.1 Office of the &stole Patriot, May 2, 1825--rinon. nun( Arun A.—Tlge British coloni4l possessions on the Afri. tin coast, it will appear from the following letter, are not to be quietly retained more than those in Asia. In the atter, a war has been carrier, on by the Burmese for many months, and in the former hostilities are mediating. Besides what relates to local affairs, it will he secs by our correspondent's letter, that the British officers are at their old tricks iii impressing our seamen, and that there is, earain elevering, who has the honour to command his Britannic Majesty's ship Redwing, on the African station, whose rinti need clipping. Extract of • Letter to the Editors, dated Villa do Prays, St. Jago, Anvil 16. " An attack is anticipated at Baritutst, river Gambia, from the King of Bars, and on the Kph inst. all the merchants and persons able to bear arms were enrolled s militia men, to defend the island. The catti of this disturbance Ido not know. It is rot, however. the first time that powerful chief has meditated the destruction of the British settlements on the Gambia, and compelled them to treat or. favourable terms. It is reported that he has LOU boats in requi sition to embark iris troops, who ate armed with muskets and well supplied with animenition. " While the brig Pharsa, Capt. Merchant, of Boston, was al anchor in the harbour of Sierra Leone, on the 6th December last, two of her crew were prtioett oh board H. B. M. siiip Redwing, Capt. Clevering. • On Capr. Merchant's personal application for his men, he was treated with much indignity, and the men still detained. A few dila afterwards 'Commodore Hellen arrived, to whom Capt. Merchant made another appraatita for his men, who promised to inquire Into the eircumitaucts, and who the next won. In returned WS of the men. alleging that the other was an Eng. lisitman, because he could produce no proteetbn. • While H. li. M. ship Redwing remains on the crest, tinder het present commander, it would be desirable, and an act highly fleets eery for the protection of the A mer'ean commerle, that the United States employ a national vessel of equal tore io cheek every alma of naughty and imprudent commanuers towards the A IMO. titan fl ard h ' trail; st of A le' " dig .1. citizens trading cn the coast ,frica. - 111PRICSIIMEXT OF AN AMERICAN SEAMAN Mr A BRIT'S* SLoor or WAR.—l'aptain Merchant, of the brig Pharcia,who ar rived at this port yruerdsy from Africa and Cape de Vent. Informs that whilst at Sierra Leone, (which place he left on the 12th Jan ) on the 6th December a beat arm sent en board from the English s!orsp of war Redwing, Captain (levering, who forcibly took froth the eharos two of her crew and carried them on board the Red wing. Captain 3lerchant pro:eared against such conduct. and de manded of the Com nander of the Redwing the restoration of his men, and, fintaly, after a lapse of eleven days, one of them, having RN American protection, was returned; the other having no such do cgment, wassittaived on !,card tl:e sloop of war.—Bortou Gazette. Comings& -In the Senate, on Friday, a Bill passed to the third reading for the relief of the legal representatives of General Moses Dozen, allowing him the amount due for the loss of half-pay as a Lieutenast in the BiLish army, iu consequence of his entering the service of the United Sates, agreeably to a evolution of Con gress of Jannary,l776, and the amount of interest due on thirteen thousand three hundred dollars raker Cu:., May 6. The Gerrit; de Colt nelti I, of Bogota, contains a Decree of the Congress, accepting f , Gerald Sucre an elegant Garland, com posed of gold, and cm • tirtvented with brilliants, which was presented to the Li be rator, Bolivar; by the patriotic inhabitants of Cuzco, as a testimony of gratitude for his successful exertions in establishing the liberty of the country. General Bolivar, with the Mignatii. mitt' that charieteris:a him sent the Garland to General Sucre, who subsequenly sent It to the Congress at Bien& The Congress or dered the Gotland to he deposited • the National Museum, as a monument of the glory of theColnmbian army; and in testimony of PT civil and n ilitary virtues of those who gave liberty to Peru, entered es Imo eptfon to be made in gold, as Inflows : " The Legis!ative Body accepts with gratitude the Garland offered by General Antonio Jose de Sucre, in his name and that of tile Id:erotic, ar ny of Columbia in Pens." The eletoon of General Bolivar as President, and General San. tat t e rra Vice-President of Colombia, gave great satisfaction to Lie re 3 lsle, and rej-ticings took place in Carthagena on the reception of the information. • Capt. C. is well known by his conduct at this place when passenger In the Iphigenis, in 1822, and subsequently, when in initnist.d of the Pheaw.nt, at Sierra Leone, the same year ; and 1.4 his forcibly taking from the Portuguese authorities at Ponto Sol, St. Anthony, .the brig Eliza, in their pasaeglon, detained for rities of piracy, con !acting her over to St. incent, and after Out'. e'ering all ha coign and stores, as stated by the Governor of St. Veneent, Capt. (Levering delivered her up to hint in July last. lie is the same cotton who wank.* fired into the brig Ruby, of Burksport. in the harbour of St. Nicholas, under the gnus of the tort, white t`,e Captain was on than, and forcibly searehtd the vessel, in July last. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SATIIIIDAT Jt:NE 3, 1824. We ham had • tolerably steady dem a nd this week for British Planta'ion Sugar chiefly of good descriptions, and about POO Mids. an; but prices rather inclining downwarda. 1250 bngs and It se. of Bengal White Sugar sold at 69% rue !nee. and 71s. to 735. nr good to fine white. In Molasses about 200 poortientia have hem sold at 22.. 6d. to 244. About 250 tierces Jamaica Coffee have lt-m sold at full prices. Ordinary Jamaica at 47.. Gt. a 553. good tine ordinary at 59s • 645.; low middling at 66a. 3.1. ; and grad and lbw middling at 76a. (kl. a 87s. per ewe. 200 bags ordi n•ry St. Domingo were offered by auction, but did not find a. bideer, ansle held at 48s. Nogales in flinger, Coma, Pimento, or Rum. In Dyewood the sales were 50 tons flonduraa improod at Si. 10s. 211 tons St. Domingo at 5/. 7s. Gl.* bl. 10.. • 40 tors Cuba rustic. awl 89 tors solid Nic a r agua W ood at 191. 10s. a 201. d-mard for bides have become more regular from the trade, and Ti.' 10,000 of all kinds his been sold, Buenos Ayres at lid.; dry salted Brasil at 54d. a MI.; North American mired a' 11 1 ,1 •1 West India silted at 40. ; and dry at did. a 61d. In TumeLdne nothing dare. 750 barrels inerican Tar sold at Is. 9,1. a 131.; and 170 barrels Stockholm at /5.1. per barrel. In Rice the pales are five hundred tierces Carolina at 16s. a 17s. MI. and two hundred ar.d fay bags Bengal at Ills• per cwt. Saltpetre 400 bags have been sold at 2:31.; and some small lots of Stumm Verona at 6.. 41. a 75.; and Sicily at 124. per cwt. The demand for tobacco continues limited , sod the tales have been about GO bhds. chi. fly Virginia Stained to the trade. Our Corn market remains petty steady, but Wheat may be said fob's trifle lower gener a lly, Ltd some parcel,. 11 bond have been sold at 11. • 3d. lower than last week. Quercitsm Birk of good quality is in request, and about 50 hhds. have been sold at 13s. fld. a 14s. per est. Indigo is in less demand than it has been. Sme inquiry for Olive Oil, but it Is expected at prices lower than the holders are willing to from- down to. Palm Oil is 140111 j 110 tons hare been said at 211. • 211. 144. 106 tons Brimstone have been sold 14/. a St 10s, per ton. In Valania about 30 tons have been sold at 171. a 111. per ton. ail/ auks Odessa Tal:ow have been disposed of at 34c. a 34.. 6d. li. Cotton we have had a stesdy demand, chiefly by the dealers and spinners, and prices may be said to have adv a nced V. told. on t^nie sort.. Th e sa l es consist of 5,500 bar Bowed. at Pal. to ; 1 350 New Orleans at Gad. to 9d. ; 1.450 Alabama at qii. to 7:!d.; 50 Sea Manila at 120. to 14d, ; 100 stained Sea Island at 7' l . "' Ithrt 000 Pernambuco at 100. to I Id. ; 600 Bahia at 91d. to 1011. ; 500 31aranhani at 94d. to 10d.; GO Para at 81d. ; 100 Demerara at d. to I Id. • 2,400 E g yp t i an at 7d. a9d ; tt.l Barbados. , at 71 , d : lo Cartnagana as 4041 Surat at 43d. to 61). ; and 100 BeLgals at 114. to 54d. ; making • total of about 12,900 bag., of which about 1.000 upland and NO Egyptian base been bought on spe culation. The Jamaica papers mention the sailing of the Tweed, with Licnt• nant-Colonel Dashr.e2tl on board (the English Loan! at Vera Crui). MC A se guar * , L. 47 d 4 et If re, enlnir Ilsetli Inner There fi Igb. not. ▪ A• 1. and d. • !chess tater• ale IQ Lon. Rom. e 2nd int! a treet. the Air/ is of $. aut. Mrs, their marls, .w, Kn. as la vole • •M -41 r. Aver. Wail i lass etre_ , died t as TN rfeet she she KIP. Pre- by CRM Wry tUy [a: tar] Lacs one, day. car- 1 for LI to .ioct F. by Is of Mr. T of luf• up of S it in 'air. o f the Fo the Irid, .~ ~. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3. -- - [From the Hampshire Telegraph.] We art sorry to state the hats of that fine transport the Shipley, of 3tlo tons, which sailed fro:n this place on the 10th of 31arch, with troops, tor Barbadoes, and, aid) the loss of the ship, and 130 tons of Government stores, it appears from the following narrative, which we have received, the whole of the persons on board had nearly perished, through the culpable inattention of the persons Immediately concerned on the part of the owners In navigating the ship "On Wednesday morning, 19th April, about half-past four o'clock, A. M. was wrecked near Kitridge Head, East end of Bar badoes, on the rocks, about a quarter of a mile off, the transport, No. IR, Shipley, 3110 tons. 33 men and buys, James Abbot, master, having on hoard eight officers, ninety men, seven women, and eight children, sixty of them Royal Sappers and 31:ners, and the rest detachments of the 35th, GOth, and 111.1 Regiments--lives paved, 1 but nearly the whole of their baggage lost, as the vessel broke completely up in the course of an hour after, and drifted piece-meal in every direction. About 130 tons nf Government stores were also lost. This ship had made the land at 10.1. the evening preceding the unfor tunate cat tstrophe, and hauled up t o th e 5.5 K ; the 31aster ordered the vessel to be stood; for land anon after 12 A at. and went to bed, without acquainting the Lieutenant Agent, and the man Le left In trust went to sleep ; so that the first notice to all handa, was a heavy shock upon a rock, the immediate loss of the rudder and piece of the keel. At this time it was very dark—the ?udder baying caused the vessel to wear round, the heavy thumps threw the people down on the deck, breaking the ship in every direction. Then the cookhouse caught fire, while the crew wete getting tackles ready to unit the long boat out. which was extinguished by wet blankets, coats, and sails. A s it bl ew f res h at t hi s place, no boat could pos. ably land, from the nature of the coast, and the sea breaking thirty or forty feet tip the steep precipices; but by the activity of the boatswain, who swung from the bowsprit end, upon a craggy pin nacle in the cavity of the rocks, with a deep sea line, which he threw up to an old fisherman on the top, ropes were past to find fro, and the women and troops thereby worked themselves on the pre_ tipice, which was higher titan the ship's rnysl mast head, and in about ten minutes after she became a total wreck. The inhabitants were extremely kind in supplying the people with unbounded hos pitality, and on the following morning the whole company were cc.n. veyed in waggons to Bridge Town, distant about eighteen miles. It is painful to learn that the person who had charge of the watch on deck was also reported to he intoxicated, and with dim eulty tacked the ship at three o'clock, without orders so to do.— rhe master went to his bed after giving directions immediately contrary to his arrangements with the naval officer, whose counsel was to stand off till three, and who pointed out the set of the current at the proper time, and did not wish the ship to run until daylight, and went to his bed in confidence of his sugges. lions being bollowed. Whet then must have been his feelings on being awoke with the shock of the ship striking on the rocks, and perceiving the great danger to which, all were exposed !" Whilst we feel much concern for the wreck of the Shipley, we cannot but congratulate Lieut. J. W. Pritchard on the very high encomiums passed on him in the Wand of Ilaibadoes, by the DI i. litary Officers who were fellow sufferers on the distressing occasion, and the approbation of the Heads of Departments in that Island, for the indefatigable zeal and persevering exertions which he used ; so suesessfully to saving the lives of all the troops, together with their wives and children. This afternoon, the Lord Ilungerford, East Indianian, passed by the River, landing passengers here, who left Calcutta on the 6th of January, and Madras on February 7., (being fourteen days more recent than former arrivals.) The Thalia, from Rangoon, had arrived at Madras, having lets the Burman toast on the 7th January, bn which day Sir Alexander Campbell issued an order for a general embargo on all the shipping, as preparatory to the embarkation of troops, for their conveyance to the quarters to which they respectiiely belonged. No occurrence or casualties had hap pened in that quarter since the previous secoonts t but, to the Southward of Rangoon, where the ne rs of the peace had not been heat d, some's., ions attain had tak-n place, in which a Lieutenant- Colmirl and three Captains of the Native Infantry had been killed. TI It morning the Jupiter transport, Lieutenant Green, arrived front anninica, in six weeks, having on board rite remainder of the bth Regiment, under the command of Major Kish. When she Bailed, the Leeward Islands were quiet, healthy, and promising good crops. The depots of the 21st and Dthlt Regiments, and a recruitjng party of eight sergeants and eight corporals of tie Ist West laths Regiment, are also come to England in the Jupiter. The la.ter are men of colour ; they will be sent to the Coast of Africa, to enlist volunteers for the service of the West India Islands By the brig Colonist. arrived at Plymouth, on Thursday, we have taceived Barbadoett Papers from the 4th to the 21th of April. The Lord Sid Mouth, 31ehrille. and Swallow, packets, had all ar rived there, from Falmouth, within the last eight days. The brig Leipsig, Captain Thomas Bell, arrived on the 20th, from the Ito%:ns, affcr being fdundered, in lat 22. 6. N. long. 30.30. W: by a piratical schooner, under Colombian colours, of every thing that could be moved in the space of four hours, during which they in discriminately plundered the brig, fore and aft, of htr store*, &e., and the crew of all that they possessed, not even excepting the hats and cape from their heads, with tf.eir beds, hammocks, blankets— indeed nothing came amiss to the pirates. They were all armed *ith long knivet. They said they had taken a Spanish vessel the dap before, and were going to land the prisoner s a t t h e C ape d e Fad Islands. This was the only information that could be ob tained from them: (This is no doubt the same privateer that plun dered the American ship Endeavour, from slanilla.l It is stated In these repent, as an unprecedented citcumstance, that eighteen vessels had already Railed for England, with cargoes of sugar, to the amount of :039 hogsheads, 693 tierces, and 120 barrels, of the present • A letter ere have received from Malta. dated April 21st (by the packet) says--" The Scringapaeam, 46, Capt. Sotheby, arrived this morning from Napoli di Rumania, with forty pirates on b • ord (prisoners); she is in quarantine. Napoli di Romania is full of Adettian vessels, prizes en the Greeks, who take any Austrians they meet, in spite of the Int/Kr-LW Cruisers. A miseico lately at. tacked the Gannet, Capt. Brace, but being a little mistaken (from the Gannet being purposely disguised) she was taken. The plague having ceased at Motion, an expedition of Turkish troops is in pre. partition there, intended to escort a supply of provisions to Tripo. line. The Egyptian troops carried the fortified Island of Vassi. ladi by storm, which commands the landing place at Minsolonghi, and forms a most material defence of that fortress. The Greek garrison was put to the tweed. Colonel labeler (a French officer) lately made an attack on Negropont, but was defeated, with the less of he killed, and many wounded. The Turhs placed the heads of the killed on th e Citadel. We hear from Corfu that Mavrocordato has resigned the office of Secretary at War. The Greek cause we are aotry to say, look, gloomy." The eteam.eresel, African, Lieut. Austen, arrived at Sierra Leone in 36 days, from Falmouth. A letter limo an Officer of the Pyramus, dated oe' New York. states den that ship may be expected at Snithead about the 16th of June. She is coming with specie from Vera Crut. Captain Charles John Austen is a;pointed to the Aurora frigate, at Plymouth, vice Captain John Maxwell, deceased. Lieutenant E. If. Fitzmaurice, to command the Scout cutter. Mr. A. L. Jack to be Sturgeon of the Perseus, off the Tower. Certain Cl•frord, C. B. has taken the command of the Herald yacht, at Sheerness, vice Commander Henry Leeke, promoted. Ptirstotyr it. Jr we I.—We sincerely regret to state the sud. den death of Captain John Maxwell, of his Majesty's ship Aurora. He lea the Admiral (Sir James Saumarez) about four o'clock yes. I tirelay, to proceed on board the Aurora, in the Some& waiting for him to get under weigh for Bermuda and the West Indies. On his ;swage to the ship, he complained of indisposition, and on ' reaching Le% went to his cabin anti threw himself on the sofa. In ' about a quarter of an hour afterward int aunt tin the surgeon, com plained of great inte n d heat, was very restless and in great pain, which continued until it became an agonizing burning within, but the skin told. During this time the anchor was tuff the ground, tne top.ealls sheeted home, the situp, in fact, under weigh, but the noise of the men going round the wiper in, and performing the necessary duties at sach a time, seeming to annoy him and increase the 'trite. big!) , consequent on his pum, the anefmr was let go and the ship made quiet. A Lieutenant was desnatched to the Admiral, to ap prise hem of the reason of the ship's coming to an anchor ; but be had not been many mime.% with the Admiral ere another officer arrived with an aceorint of Captain Maxwell's death, which took place about half-past five o'clock. lie appeared in perfect health when he left the Admiral, but had complained in the morning of slight pain in the bowels, which he attributed to drinking some claret on the preceding day. which he thought was rather your, but the inconvenience he then felt was not such as to induce him to have recourse to any medical remedy. The grief and eorestemeeion on board were beyond deserircion. Ile was younger brother of Sir Murray Maxwell, and of the lehe Captaio Keith Maxwell. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St 11,—Impresatd with the deepest sense of gratitude for tha many services I have so often experienced from a generous public, I beg leave most respectfully to Inform them, that, er rouraged by their former liberality and kindness towards me. it is my intention tO take a Benefit Concert at the Argyll Rooms. Regent -street, on Svurday morning, the 10th of June instant, of which particulars are already oily nixed. A most severe and afflicting malady. under which I have been long suffering, and from shier', thank God ! I am fast reovering, has been the means of considerably injuring my circumstarces, and of involving m e i n some di ffi culties. To enable me to surmount these, and to guard against future casualties of the same nature, some kind friet,tis have generously tveppcd for ward to undertake the management of the intended Concert, in the hose that it may be sufficiently productive as to-relieve me from my present embarrassment. Most grateful, then. for this kind and benevolent act, I beg leave once more moat respectfully to solicit the kind support and patronage of a generous public, to whom I never yet appealed in vain—on that I rest :ny hope of success ; and although it cannot be expected that I should still retain unimpaired thme enrnl powers I formerly might hare possessed, yet there shall he no effort wanting on my part to use my hest endeavours for the gratification of those who may be kind enough to honour nth with their presence. IVith the greatest respect and gratitude, I have the honour to he, &e. &c. 06, Greek -street, Soho. MAMA TIIERESA ISLAND. On the 7th January last died, Lieutenant Thomas John Adams of the 3d Regiment Abulraq Native Infantry, Pon of the late Thomas Adams, Esq. of Upper Beige:tee. place, This gallant young officer had heen'detuctictl with hia regiment to take liitroun, in Pegue, but the enemy proving stronger tli.in was expetocil, the detachment, after a gallant nttetupt to carry the won: by escalade, was compelled In retire, with the Inca of Col. Conroy, commanding, and Lieut. Adams, who fe!i in the assault. • • alL°l* THE BRITISH PRESS. PUBLIC MERTLVG. CASE OF MR. BUCKINGHAM. Yesterday a public Meeting was held at the Thatched Howie Tavern, St..litnies'a, for the purpose of taking into consideration whether—the object of the Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to frquire irtn and report on the ease of Mr. • Buckingham having been entirely defeated by the prorogation of • Parliament, before their labeura could be brought to a close--any further messum could be tale -n to avert the impending calamities which threaten to overwhelm Mr. Buckingham, by the severe and disproportionate punishment to which he Ilse been subjected, with out trial and without necessity, by the Government of India. Soon after two o'clock Lord John Russell entered the room, and I was immediately elected to the Chair. lie. (11LCHnIST wished to 'nominee, before the business of the I day was mitered upon, that he had been commissioned with • mes- gage to his Igletiship from the Hon. Mr. )laude, who exceedingly ' regretted his inebility to attend upon that occasion. Lord Jenne Russeer. then addressed the Meeting. He eau *eked, he said, to take the Chair upon that occasion, he believed principally because he had had the hanpiness to present to the House of Commons a petition from Mr. Buckingham praying fur a redress of his numerous wrongs. He had also been appointed Chairman of the Committee, and in that character had heard the evidence which had been adduced; and although that evidence had not been brought to a conclusion, still he could assure the Meeting that his opinion of the hardship of Mr. Buckiegham's case was strengthened rather than weakened by all that had there transpired. With regard to the constitutional rectitude of the proceedings against him, that waa a question into which the Parliament of the country had decided that tt was necessary to inquire, and as they might come to a similar decision hereafter, he thought that that question was not the proper object for the consideration of the I ;Meeting. They had met for the purpose of taking the losses of Mr. Buckingham into their consideration—losses incurred by con. duct upon his part, which, instead of tieing punished. should be held up to the imitation of others. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Buckingham : arrived in Indite possessed of each talents as must have enabled hint to acquire a fortune by any of the varioth ways which in India are open to all men so highly gifted. The Marquis of Hastings ' had jam then abolished tile censorship of the press in India. The cry of a free press allured Mr. Buckingham, and he un dertook the conduct of • daily newspaper, seeking thereby to add to the mock of rational knowledge, and to improve the interests of that great empire, while laying the foundation of his own independence. (Hear.) The Indian Government, however, thought his conduct injurious to the interests of that country, and consequently ordered his removal from thence. This, altlinngh a puniehnient sufficiently severe,wae not that of which he complained —the real hardship was, that after leaving in India • valuable pro perty, to which he looked for his future prosperity, he found, that without any fault of his own, it was wholly destroyed ny the trine niral proceedings of the Government—all the accumulations of wealth which by his industry he had acquired were overwhelmed— one wave buried them in the ocean. (Mar, hear.) Thi+, he thought, demanded the sympathy of Englishmen. He was ruined by the acts of others, and not by acts which could cast any impu tation upon Lis own motives or conduct ; and those who were in a more fortunate situation he felt assured would come forward to liis support. There could be but one reason which could prevent them from doing so. If, in the course of his career, he had debased that portion of the rress which was tinder his control, by converting it into an engine of personal slander, or if any of its pointed attacks resulted Tither front malignity than from a just indignation of op. pression—those might well be rersons for withholding their coun tenance and support. !laving, however, read those articles, wile ther dangerous to the Government of India or the contrary, there was not one of tt.em, although inserted with all the hurry ineepa rable from the conduct of a daily raper, that could be considered as at all discreditable to him. (Much cheering.) He was sorry to have trespassed so long upon the time of the meeting, anti should then give way for others who were more fully possessed of all the circumstances of the case than he was himself. (Cheers.) The Hon. DOCOLA3 KINNAIRn then rose to propose the first Resolution, to the effect that the case of Mr. Buckingham was one of peculiar hardship and severity, and that he was entitled to the sympathy and support of every Englishman. He believed the case of Mr. Buckingham was sufficiently known to the public to com mand their sympathy, ter an individual who was not the author of his own misfortunes. The circumstances of his case were indeed of a nature so peculiar, that he believed more essential good would be effected by an act of kindness in that instance, than by any other art of public generosity within the compass of his recollection. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Buckingham was the victim of an aroitrary power, placed at such a distance front home, that its effects were not before us, to be checked by the expression of public opinion, through the medium of the Press. He had appealed to all the constituted authorities—he had attempted to get redress from Go vernment—he had appealed over anti over again to the East India Company, but such was the nature of the constitution of that Com. patty, that the Directors believed there would be an end altogether of the Government of India, if the Court consented to any measure which could even imply a censure upon the authorities there. He bad spoken of Mr. Buckingham to many of the Directors, ail of whom expressed their opinion of his merits as a man of honour, and a gentleman ; all of them would meet him In a private meant, but they would rot consent to redress his grievances, because doing so would imply a censure upon the constituted authorities abroad. Their rule in India was that of demotic power, and to question, they believed, was to destroy it. (Hee- hear, hear.) There were no less than forty thousand of people, natives Mettle country, living beneath that despotic power, and it was melancholy to retied on the immense numbers who annually return home with their minds paralyzed by the system under which they had there resided. —There was but one means which Mr. Buckingham could resort to fug redress—he could only look to the press of this coun try. He did not clime forward to ask tie people of this country to put their hands in their pockets for the purpose of paying his debts, but having no means of speaking tmthe people of India, through the medium of the press, he entered into engagements with certain persons for the establishment of. publication (the Oriental Herold) in which to expose the tyrannical acts practised by the Government of India. He only asked for the expression of their sympathy in his sufferings, and that they would enable him to keep up the only channel of communication which existed between the twocountries—. to eupport that publication, which was a check upon the authorities in India. Ile possessed the eympathy of thousands in Indio, who would glory that he had at last succeeded in awakening, the sym pathies of the British public, and exciting their indignation at ars which no Englishman could tamely submit to. (Cheers.) He thought he had made out • strong case to show that the present should be taken into consideration oil different grounds from those which merely appealed to the sympathy of the public. Hecareal not how much or how little each person subscribed ; but he hoped that the subscription would be exten s ive. He h a d applied to the East India Company for the Fur* of 3,0001, out of the millions which they possess; but although they could not Idly a word against his character—though the only charge they could prefer against him was, that he was contumacious, as they termed it, after repeated warnings, yet did they refuse that sum, although it was not a sixth of what he had lost by the measures of their own agents. (Cheers.) The reuse of his banishment front India was one of the moat sin gular character. A Mr. Bryce. a clergyman of the Presbyterian persuasion, wan appointed as chief clerk in the stationery office. Upon this appointment Mr. Buckingham remarked in a good humoured manner in hie paper, and for this was he banished. (flear, hear.) Yet the Church of Scotland afterwards passed a vote of censure upon Mr. Bryce, for accepting the situation, and even the East India Company sent out an order that he should be removed from it. For this article, which was little more than a good-humnured joke at a most preposterous aponintnient, Mr. Buckieghain was sent brine. (Hear. bear.) With respect to the r e peated warning which had been given to Mr. Bucicingham, it was true that several communications had passed. and the result of each was, that the Government of India stultified itself by its proceedings. It had been said that the Marquis of Hastings, had he remained, would have felt it necessary to remove Mr. Bucking. ham; but he (Mr. Douglas Kinnaird) had it from under Lord Hastings's own hand, that he never contemplated any thing of the sort, nor did he conceive it possible that Mr. Buckingham would do any thing which could justify so tyrannical a measure. (Hear, bear.) The Honourable Gentleman then concluded by proposing the Resolution. _ _ Mr. Bust E rose to second the Resolution, and in doing so ad verted to the fact, that almost every subscriber to the shares of the paper which he had wild was a servant of the Government ; which dearly showed that his object could not have been to injure or over turn the Government, but rather to consolidate, by correcting its abuses. (Cheers.) The Remourable Gentleman then adverted to the circumstances attending the withdrawal of the license, and urged upon the Meeting the necessity of standing forward to sun. port hint; as his case should not be considered in mere reference to, but rather as involving the rights of every Englishman residing in the Colonic', where acts were too often perpetrated repugnant to the feelings of the British public. Mr. HILL said, that when he entered the room he was not aware of the actual proposition which was to be submitted to the Meeting ; but he thought, for his own part, that whether Mr. Buckingham was a man of doubtful, or cleat of bad character in private, they were still equally bound to support him in his public character. (Citers.) It had. however, fallen to his lot to have to investigate, as the Counsel of Mr. Buckingham, a charge originating in the malice of one individual, who sought to btar down his public cha teeter by exhibiting his private character as highly reprehensible. After a severe examination into the particulars of this charge, the nature of which he would not enter into. as it had not been as yet entirely disposed of in our Courts of Law, he could declare, that in its origin and progress it was as vile a conspiracy as ever had been attempted, and that there was not even the shadow of a charge made with any foundation of truth. (Cheers.) Looking at the whole case of Mr. Buckingham as an Englishman, he believed that his conduct demanded the gratitude of every individual in the em pire. It might not be generally known, that there was an Act of Parliament in existence, empowering ce►tain persons to make regu lations not inconsiatent with the law of England ; and would it be believed, that the Privy Council had decided that the destruction of the liberty of the press was not hostile to the law of Englund. I'o the public, however, he would say, if there are any of you who would lo ,t expose yourselves to oeloquy for the assertiva of general rights and privileges, at all events support those who will do so; as, in the words of a former Monarch of these realms, you sue not disposed to be honest yourselves, at least you will respect honesty in others. (Cheers and laughter.) Ile trusted the wrongs of Mr. Buckingham would be wartnly taken up by the British public, until they should vibrnte front shore to shore, and produce a happy efrect upon that lead which was governed by despotic power; he hoped and believed that they would not, as his enemies might wish, fall dead, and leave no echo in a land of free. dust and independence. (Cheers.) In the reign of King Charles the Second, the Twelve Judges had decided that the liberty of the press was &pm .I!rit upon the will of the Crown. The great Lord Camden.—for he would cull him greet, although he was a lawyer,— (is lough) it, remarking upon this judgment, said that it was now only a matter of curiosity ; vet there were those in England at the present day who had decided that its suppression wlis not repug nant to the laws and convitutinn of England (cheers). One of our poem had said that ' the mother of mitsciii. I is no bigger than a midge's wing,' bur there was a cloud impending over India as large as his hand, which ere long. he feared, would spread to an ex tent which could not essily be foreseen. (Cheers.) The Resolution was then put from the Chair, and tarried unard mouldy. 31r. 11 1 ME then read a list of contributions already received, amongst which were the following Sir Charles Forbes - £41511 An Indian Chaplain - .C5O Ditto for Friends at Bombay 500 James Cropper, Esq. of Ditto for J. Palmer, Esq. Liverpool - 110 of Calcutta 301) Robert Benson, Esq. ditto 50 James Young. Esq. - 370 John Smith. Esq. . 50 A Retired Indian C ivilian 200 James Barnett, Esq. - 50 The lion. Douglas Kinnaird 100 Joseph flume. Esq. - 60 .1. Steward, Esq. of Bombay 150 John Forbes. Esq. - 50 Robert Graham, Esq. of John Aahton Yates. Esq. SO Glasgow 100 James Alorriann, Esq. 60 An Indian Friend - 100 Capt. Maxfield 60 J. G. Lambton, Esq. 100 John Melville. Esq. - 60 The llon.Leycester Stan. Dr..l. B. Gilchrist . 50 hope 100 E. B. Lewin, Esq. . 50 Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. 100 John tidier. Esq. - 50 Sir (lent, Strachey, Bart. dal Alexander Young. Esq. 25 Robert Rickards, Esq. 100 '4'm. Rathbone, Esq. Liver -1 Bengal Officer 100 rv'l 2i Two Indian f r i e nd s , through I Si, p Alexander Johnstone 25 the hands of Lord John J. C. licntiii•gton, Esq. 25 Russell - - 100 lAn Indian ev home on lease 6 Rev. Robert Eellowes 601 J. T. Rua. Esq. fo A Retired Indian 01fleer 50 :sir R. C. Fergusson - 5 Sir. D. Kt NNAI RD said those subscription's were entered into at a time when the friends of air. Buckingham supposed that they might be enabled to Ronson him against the tide of oppresiion, without appealing to the public. It was entered imo for the pur pose of staving ofr the evil day until the remedy was obtained from the quarter from whence it ought to proceed. The public of course would not guide their contributions. so far as regarded the amount, by the largeness of those which had been announced, but suhscrihe according to their means. Sir CHAILE6 FORBES rose for the purpose of snoring a Resolu tion for the appointment of a Committee, but before he submitted the Resolution to the Sleeting he wished to return thanks to the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, for his explanation of the object for which the first subscription had been intended, and he (Sir C. Forbes) was also anxious to bear his testimony to the high estimation in which he held the character of alr. Buckingham. That gentleman had brought hint a warm letter of recommendation front a respectable friend in India, and Mr. Ruckioghain had since his arrived in this country fully supported the character which had been given of him I in die letter, anti unless he had been fully satisfied respecting iheprn. priety of that character, he would not have subscribed a shilling. In hisopinion a more humane man than Mr. Buckingham did not esi.o. 14.4 it was well known that he frequentiy contributed to the relief of otlars at a period when he panted assistance him self. (Hear, hear. hear.) It was not his wish to enter upon a discussion upon the advantages of a free press in India, as he was not prepared to give a decisive opinion upon that point; which, in his opinion, required much consideration; but this nine' he would pay, that it was much better to exclude the pyess altogether from India. than to continue it on Its present de- I credit.] footing. It was now open to the Government, and shut against individuals. and often used as an instrument of oppression to crush individuals who might be obnoxious to the ruling powers. (Cheer.) Sir Jong Dovht said, that he hail no intention of trembling the Meeting with a speech, but that he seconded the Resolution with pleasure. It had been said in the House of Commons that the Court of Proprietors of the East India Stock had decided against Sir. Buckingham ; but it should be recollected that ques tions were generally decided in that body by two pieces of wood, technically called chairs. (A laugh.) The arguments which were necessary to move other bodies were lost in that assembly. The species of elo quence to b e use d t h ere ways cadetship, but the arga ment of a writership was quite irresistible. (Laughter.) In moat debates the audience diminished at the close of the business, but it was a curiotis fact that at Leadenhall-street some sixty or se venty mates always entered at the close of the proceedings, to strangle the question by their silent votes. (Hear, hear.) '4 respect to observations which have been made upon the frequency of 31r. Buckingham's complaints; they reminded him of the schoolmaster, who punished a boy until lie cried, and then flogged the victim fur comp:titling. (Great laugh er.) 111 r. R UTE, Dr. GILCHRIST. and Sir. LtwEtr, severally bare testimony to the excellent charact er an d h onoura bl e con d uct o f Sir. Buckingham upon ell occasions. Captain 31sxn Ern stated the fact of his having written in sup port of the Government in the East Indies, against a correspnndent who signed his name " Sam Sobersides" in Mr. Buckingham's paper. Ile thought the Government was unfairly attacked by that comspondent, st.d he accordingly replied. It became known that he wrote for a newspaper, and suspicion Was entertained that be was on the opposition side. At a friend's house, where the corre spondence was spoken of, he avowed himself as the author of that portion of it which defended the Government ; upon which his friend told him that he believed he had been injured in his pursuits by the anspicion of his writing on the other - side; but as he was on the right side be would, as soon as it became known, have a chance of patronage. This showed the system which was there pursued. He subsequently found that Sir. Buckingham was likely to lie borne down by oppression, awl he then became his friend, ahhoogh he had no reason to be attached to him, For a paper in which he had an interest was wholly ruined by the establishment. of Mr. Buckingham's. (Cheers.) lie might also obstrve, that his re plies were invariably copied by Sir. Buck gham into his paper. Mr. &miliaria then shortly addressed the Meeting, after which the Resolution was put, and carried unanimously, Lord JOLIN RUSSELL said that he had just received letters from 31r. Ahercroniby and 31r. John Smith, regretting their inability to attend the Meeting, owing to the peculianty of the present junc ture of the times. • --- Mr. BUCKINGHAM then rose to return thanks, and in doing so alluded to the motives which influenced his conduct, and which were any thing rather than such as liad been ascribed to him by his enemies. The truth was, that the standard by which he was re quired to regitlate his conduct was so capricious, that Ise was unable to act without incurring the animadversions of those who would give no defined rules by which be could proceed. He was called upon to observe laws of which he was wholly ignorant. In no in stance could contumacy or intentional disobedience be fairly laid to his charge. There was, however, ona criterion by which to judge of his motives, which he might stay was unerrii g—he meant the code of regulations which he had laid down for the management of the newspaper at the very time when the foot of the Government was upon his neck, anti when it might be supposed that his indig nation tnieht have induced him to lose his caution. That code, however, had been produced before the Committee of the-House of Commons, and it appeared by that that he was most anxious to ■void giving offence, intentionally or otherwise. (Hear, hear.) Ile would never have consented torippeal fur a subscription to the public, hrd it not been a■sened by his enemies that wrongs runts as he complained of 'multi not excite the sympathy of the British people —that England was now too apathetic to listen to such an appeal. Mr. Buckingham concluded by saving, that out of the fulness of the heatt the mouth epeaketh, but he felt that he must remain silent. Ile then sat down evidently affected, so as to prevent his further utterance. Sir J. DOYLE then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair,which was carried by archmation. Lnvd Joint RUSSELL returned thanks, after which the Meeting separated. BRITISH ANNUITY COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sin,—Having observed your notice of the Meeting of this Company, on the Ist instant, and Mr. Mitchell's kitty to you on this subject, in this dsy's Piper, I beg to inform you, 1, as well as your Reporter, was refuted ad tnittance to the Meeting: it being pretended that, because I had not executed the deed, called the deed of settlement, I Was m t entit!ed to attend PS a Shareholder. supposol, Sir, that the Shareholders would naturally have expected from, and would have looked to me for explanation relative to the Company ; and I believed that neither Mr. John Was, jun., Mr. Peter Moore, or their party, however reluctant they might be that the Shareholders should hear the clpose I could make, would have ex posed themselves, by eprnsibg my entrance, to the in ference which would arise from my absence, that their statements were ex-parte. Nevertheless, Mr. Mitchell, the Secretary, acting under the direction of Mr. Wilks, did threaten to oppose force to my entrance; and the ClL , irman of the M,•etiug, who, I believe, was Mr. Peter Moore, although I, during the Meeting; wrote him, expressing my desire to and object for wishing to attend, allowed my letter to pass unnoticed, and the Meeting to pass by without my presence. What took place I know not, hut of this I ant sure, no one party .possessing common sense, attt ndieg the Meeting, would or could give credit to state ments made under the skreen, which those on the part of the conductors of the Company were made at the Meeting. Mr. Mitchell says, in his letter to you, that fifty-seven persons, holding 1,746 Shares, attended the Meeting ; this may be true, but the advertised number of Shares, Sir, amounted to 60,000, and my certificates f r Shares are numbered from 34,201 to 40 inclusive.-1 am, Sir, yours. very obed;ently, AND. VAN SANDAL/. • 34, Dowgate.hill, Jtacie 3, 1826, PAT./MAN I.oas of 1822.--Negotiated by Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in Landon. The half.yettrly dividend on the above loan, which becomes due on Saturday, the let of July next, will be paid bl Mr. N. M. Rothschild, on that and every succeeding day, between the hours of ten and two. The disidend warrants, with a list thereof, in nunicrleal order, most be left one •day pre vious, fur examination. ELECTION lA'7'ELLIGENCR. IVERPOOL, Jxx This day, purs uant to pu b l i c advertin L ement, a Sleetin tr g of L the friends of the Right Linn. %Valliant littskinson was held at the King's Arms Inn, for the purpose of tusking such arrangements as may be considered necessary tor securing his return as one of the tlitnenP.'"Aentlao' i7ee*oirelPncaler,liaonmentthet"mtobtlisonbmooluSghir alt Gladstone, Esq. SI.P. was ca ll e d to d iet:lldr. The Om JAN explained th e o bj ect o f the i r assembling to be o t h h n e e T n o nti in ng , j e oh lee n . for the purpose of making smngemenis to Reettre the re..electioo of thtir worthy Representative, under any posnibfecireuntstenees, of any and every description. it was gratifying to him, and no doubt it was so to all present, to know that Mr. Iluskiason's public con. duct. as their Representative, had been much as to entitle him not only to their cor.sdence. but to that of the country at large. (Ap plause, mingled with a few hisses.) Perhaps no individual ever possessed the confidence of his constituents in s more extraordinary degree. He had alto noceeeded in disarming every feeling of oppo.. sition among those with whom he had been accustomed to struggle in politics, and th ose gentlemen who had be en o p pose d to him formerly were now as desirous of teeing him again their Repre sentative an his bent friends could be. 1% Mr. Huskisson about to present himself for the first time before the freemen of Liverpool, he (the Chairman) would Gel it his duty to enter into an explans lion of the line of conduct which they would expect him to pursue; but he had already been tried, and received so much approbation, that to sa y any further would be superffuotts. Certain resolutions had been prepared, and would be submitted to the Sleeting, for tie purpose of securing his reelection ; it was prudrlt to make these arrangements, in order to be provided against any contingency that might occur. lie (Mr. 0.) was not aware of any one feeling hos Melo the return of SIT. 11.. and he hoped they would unite hand and heart to re.elect him in the most triumphant manner. (Loud cherang.) Alderman Sir JOHN TOIHN, Knt. Said as his friend Mr. Glad stone had very ably entered into the merits of their present en. lightened Representative, nothing remained for him but to read the Resolutions. The Resolutions were read; they merely expressed approbation of Mr. Huskisson's conduct, and anxiety foe his re-election, condo '- ing with making other arrangements (including raising a subset gl• non) in order to attain that object. Mr. Moss seconded then, and they were carried amid loud applause. • CHAR LES HOR SPA I. T., Esq. was appointed Treasurer. The CHAIR MAN said he was not aware of any more business to be done at present ; they would all meet in due time, if require!, Mr. If uskisson was so much engaged on public business, that be would rot be able to arrive here until the middle of next week, and he Would be foi-d ready at his post on the hustings on Monday week, that being the day at present named. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, after which three cheers were proposed for Mr. Huskisson, which was done, bat thee were intermingled with some hissing. Mr. Gladstone was about leaving the chair, when a journeyman ship carpenter, named Allen, claimed to be allowed to speak, hold. ing at the same time a newspaper in his hand. He said he was a freeman of the borough, and hail a right to speak. This occurrence caused much confusion, one party exclaiming against allowing the person to proceed, and his friends, of whom there appeared a great number in the room (chiefly ship -carpenters and ropers), vociferating " Hear him, hear him! Gladstone, Glad. stone ! chair, chair." The Cerro u MAN said the meeting Was called by the friends of Mr. littskisson, and none eke were expected to be present. The individual who wished to address them said he WU not a friend of Mr. 11aakisson, and theeefore, without the meeting consented, Ito (Mr. G.) could not permit him to proceed. Considerable confusion prevailed, until at length the Chairman, Sir John Tobin, and a number of other Gentlemen, left the room. Those who remained were chiefly operatives, ship -carpenters, and others, who consider themselves aggrieved by the Combination Laws. ALLEY then ascended the :able, amidst cries of " Gladstone ! No Iluskisson ! No Combination Laws! Show your indepen dence !" AS noon as silence could be obtained, ALLEN addressed the re mainder a the Meeting (about three hundred), and read the follow irg extracta iron) Mr. Iluskisson's speech. on the 17th of June, on the reduction and abolition of prohibitory duties—" It is (said Mr. II.) peculiarly called for at the present moment—for sure I am that if the system of combination cannot be repressed by the interposition of the Legislature, it must be repressed by givtrg in. creased facilities for the importation of foreign ar:icles. ' Agate.: " If the shipwrights of England will not set in etch a manner as to allow the unsharklrd employment of capital in ship-building, and to leave the artificers at liberty to follow their own views of ir .. (crest, Parliament must anon the introduction of foreign-built yes. ark." (Loud cries of •• Shame.") Allen, on cloning his extracts. erdaimeti, " I suppose Mr. Midas:ton thought we dwold forget all them things." (Laughter.) The Speaker having descended from bin elevated position, some one proposed three groans for Mr. Iranfieson, whi:h was &CCM. plished. and the meeting quietly d'. p. Varlous rim - wore have beat afoot as to whether we shall have a contest, but nothing yet has been done. The talk to-day is, to present a requisition to John Gladstone, Earl. M.P., and Jonathan Blundell Ilullitotheal, Esq. our late Mayor. The former gentle men stands ph dged to Berwick, and is not likely to accept of a re. quishion ; and the latter, although he hats been twice Major, acid mat-es a good magistrate, Ido rot think is likely to injure Mr. Cue:ism and General Gascoyne. At all events, the shipwrights anti ropers, who are very numerous bodies in this town, will, ho doubt, put a third person in nomination ' in order to create a sti r , and to obtain plenty of m ea t a n d drink, for without it an election it to them of no consequence. It is computed there are upwards of 3,000 voters, and as it is the invariable practice here to return Members tree of expense, liberal subscriptions have been entered into for that purpose. This Cittllll3. stance is certainly an honour to the town. ASIWODON.—T. Duffield, Esq. of Marsham Home, near Abingdon, has resigned any farther amtest for the present election for the borough of Abingdon, but has made known his Jet:note nation to offer himself should he be called on at any future time. Lushington, it Se said, to Imre of his return for this place. Celt Ear E H.—We are now given to understand that a serious eon. test is contemplated by General Egerton against the present Mem ber, land Belgrave, and the new Candidate, the Hon. Robert Grosvenor. In common courtesy, we stilli only say to each of the Candidates, " God send you a good deliverance."—Cherfee Cit nitpick. Cammunetr.—The statement which appeared Inoue last paper. on the Duke of Rutlend's influence in this Borough, seems to be rather unpalatable to some of the would-be great man of the Cor poration. No leas a personage than one bf the triumviri. who a: resent affect to guide our destinies, has thought proper to awn in a public room, that the statement is not correct. We defy him to prove the Contrary. From the spring of 171111 to the election In June, 1818, the freedom was rated to one hundred and sixtien strangers, and to nineteen only of the inhabitants. We cannot trace to any authentic source a report which has been very prevalent throughout the court ry, that it is the intention a. Lord Charles Marmers to resign his seat, to enable his Grace of Rutland, aided by the Master of Sidney, and the ex-Governor of Martinique. to replace his Lordship by one of the Directors of the Bank of England.—Cambridge Paper. CoLcursTEn.—Thursday evening last, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey arrived here, for the purpose of canvassing the free bun. graves of Cu:cheater residing at this place, a number of whom trete asst nbled at supper, at the White Hart Tavern. See;:ral of his partisans took the Ironies from the carriage and drew it into town, the bells ringing and band playing. In Mr. Harvey's address to the burgesses he spoke of his return for Colchester with the utmost c•mfidence, and stated that a requisition had been made him to no minate a second candidate in the Yellow interest, but that he was determined to stand upon his own foundation, unless two in the Blue interest should be proposed, in which case he should no longer hesitate, but immediately bring forward a gentleman to oppose them. GLOUCESTER.—CoIoneI Webb and Captain Berkeley both left town yesterday morning to canvass the city of Gloucester. 11.9WICH.— During the prevent week the candidates for this bo rough, both yellow and dark blue, have been canvassing in London and its neighbourhood ; the blurs say, with pre-eminent success, on their part. Tile yellows know bett er . E ver y w h ere t h e independent freemen are panting for a battle. Up to yesterday.'the dark blues xvsured, on their honour, the free burgesses, whom they canvassed, that Mr. lialCimand hail declined; and that their candidates had also frightened Colonel Toners from the field. The advertise ments in this day's paper, if they do not make these canvassers blush, will, perhaps, make them shake. A letter was yesterday re ceived from Mr. lialdimand, who is at Florence. by the chairman of the Independent Committee here. The health of the worthy candidate ix improved and improving. He repeats his cor.fident re. hence on the kind assistance of all his friends, and assures himself of the support of all those independent free burgesses whose cause he has upheld, and which he will never forsake. At the period of his writing, Mr. lialdimand had not been arprised of so early a dissolution of Parliament; it is probable, therefore, that he will not be able to reach England in time to be present at the election : but he writes in high spirits, because he knows, whether absent or present at that time, his interests are those of the independent free burgesses at large, and therefore, through their favour, which he has done nothing to forfeit, he is perfectly safe. Colonel Ton•ens will soon be here again to speak for himself. When the Blue can didates will come, we have not heard "to a certainty." So mar,v times have been set, and so often have they disappointed their Dark Blue friends, that we are more than half inclined to the belief that they will never conic at all. ll'hen we see them at the poll, we will believe they are here.—St4p/k Chronicle. has been pretty generally rumoured in Sussex, that Lord Pelham, eldest son of the Earl of Chichester, his Mairsty's Postmaster-General, intends offering himself as a candidate to re present the borough of Lewes in Parliament,' at the forthcoming general election. Mal.now.—The three candidates for this borough. Mr. Wino, Mr. Dick, and Mr. Lenntird, are indefatigable in their canvass, and the context promises to be obstinate. The young freemen are daily passing through here, on their way to Malden, in (tract to qualify, previous to the day of election. Poevaetouttt.—Francis Baring, Esq. snivel he e thes evening, to solicit the Ruin-ages of the Member of our Corpo• ration, and succeed Admiral Markham, as one of the Representa tives c4' the Borough.—/Irreopithire T leKraph. Routs:sr mt.—Mr. Knight, of Godinersham Park, having withdrawn from the contest for thii city et the emoting election, the Hon. Henry Duntlas, son of Local Melville, offers himself hale.. • steid, acd .31unday afternoon the friends of that 'gentleman het .a11,.....%V...