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C, la Is ra K is is ti yesterday the despatches for Bengal and China, by the ship 1 1"aterloo, ('aptaits Alsager, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. --,...m,,..,-... DUHLIX, THURSDAY, JAW. 20. TM Catholic Rent and Subseetptions reserved hem the 15th to Ike 20th January, amounted is 6231. Is. SO. Atter Mr. Camay had read several letters, received since the t e st rueeting l Mr. 0 Connell read a letter hem Doctor Doyle, l'.P. or Bray. The following is an extract : EARL OF MEATH. " And now, since I am in a querulous mood, will you permit ma to indulge my humour a little against the great O's and Macs. i him noticed in the report of last Thursday's meeting imputations cast on the person and family of the Earl of Meath, as if they era hostile to the measure of the Catholic Rent, and, by implies gon, to Catholic interests. I hare very little acquaintance with the - f a il of Meath. and none at all with his Lordship's descendants, but I am absolutely certain that no hostility nor even indifference a our interests could have been manifested in the quarter alluded A p, without their ceatiqg to my knowledge. I allow that a very geoeral and decidal opposition to the rumours of the Rent has been ✓ads in this neighbourh , iod ; which has been carried so far as to * re am with dis.nissat tr,itu tenements and employment, those who should contribute to it. Ard,.although I bold such persons b , b e gr eatly mistaken, I on far from insinuating that they have feted from other than comcmstions motives. But, conversant as I am with the sentiments end transactions of the neighbourhood, I am at i to affirm that ncithee the Earl of Meath, rear any of his lordship's family, were amongst die number. And surely, dear Sir. it is s hard thing that une of the steadiest aml warmest friends , o r Ireland, and Of the Catholics, shculd be put upon his defence ,or per h a ps m earsay rumours, eircuLattit very probably by interested, a nd, per. by hostile persona. At all events, it mut be de lightful tO out cronies to sat us seem so confident in our own greatness as to attempt to loosen fast friends, and strike off loese eau" Mr. O'CONNELL was happy that the imputation against the 'earl of Meath had been so publicly and openly made, as it bmught forth such an effectual contradiction, u could never have otherwise lieen given to the whispering ea:tunny. S EARL OF ('LANRICARDS. The following letter area read t— , " Fahy, January 14. 11125. " Ste—lt is with great satisfaction, in earn oliani.c ith the wish arm ed In a letter MickUllessr recehrei frees the sa lbed.of Clan. Ilearde, I *ashes yes lea paten& as the contribution of that No. Mae to the Catholic Rent. His Lordship also bags of me to * rem his regret that hia unavoidable abeence from this country at Ernprecludes tai other means than those of direct subcnp. 'testing his senthety to promote the great objects of that fend. • Other means.' says his Lordship , • feeling (in with every honest and sensible man) that the repressing . ' watching over the fair admioistration of the lints, cud in. the discharge of all the great duties of internal protection, which devolve on the resident Nobleman, ere so many instances of aperameta with the Catholic Rent, in advancing the interests of d oe e ggogy.' Thee. sir, are the feelings which we want—this the la which we want them ; had principles Of this enlarged animated the bottoms of our country's nobles for the last hen. 'UM AO seek' not now be receiving alms from the hard /M ni F i Ammed peasantry, to extract justice from the harder were curse of nations—perjured Magistrates and bigot Stetesses. " I take the liberty also of enclosing five pounds for myseltas my subscription to the Catholic Rant, and begging the honour of haying my name enrolled as a member of the Catholic Association. Though not a Catholic in creed, in polities I am a Sarni one, be. cause I believe the cause of Catholicity to be the cause of my coon. try. Let those who love their faction better than this sacred cause oppose it; but let no man who knows that the Catholics of Ire land constitute Eve or six sevenths of its population, insult us with paradoxical jargon, which would distinguish between their cause slid that of their country—but let him not play the idiot, and sat he Hashes It. •• With the strongest feelings of respect and admiration, I am, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, •• T. GISBORNE BURKE.' Mr. Conway read the following letter : LORI) GORMANSTOWN TO MR. O'CONNELL. "MY Dees Stn,-1 have not the pleasure of being petannallV known to you : I hope at some future period to have this &dean. tags ; so w distend ng. I cannot refine myself the satisfaction of conic oulating you on the total failure of those judicial proceedings recently instituted against you. I was anxious about it, because I felt that you were wronged in the imputation sought to be cast on you. No one appreciates more fully than I do, the honesty (pardon the expression) and purity of sentiment, which actu a te your exertions in the cause of us Roman Catholics, and if I have not been Ode is testify it by my presence at our meetings latterly. it has not been from a feeling of dissent from the proceedings and principles of our Association : far from it ; I consider its formation (now aided by the ( 'atholic Rentyas ore of the greatest benefits re. suiting from your efforts in the cause of emancipation, and if (which I am confident it will) it be conducted for the future, as well as at the present moment, with the same prudence, moderation, and fine. mess which now mark its proceedings, it cannot fail of producing' this long wished-for event by the Roman Catholics : and, in the mean time. keep up that spirit of union among them all, so much . to be desired. Your efforts have mainly contributed to effect this Wished-for object, and fading it so, I am confident :rem will not deem it a freedom I take without a personal introduction to you, in C. Emmerich,' letter these my sentiments in your regard. Circum 064"loaes=itaredertl myself alone, as cimnected with maleter is, family, some among them left me . vary yoeng) has been-the sole cause of my not appearing to take a part in your various proceedings, as my time is, an that account, wholly taken up at home : yet, far all that, I have not been inilif. relent to what has been doing. I telt anxious for a successful ter mination in your regard, in the trial with which you were threat. coed. I am happy the result (as far as it went) accorded with my wishes, and I now trust you will accept these myaentiments, with the same good feeling with which they are offered. " My son unites with me fully in these sentiments, end begs me to say so. " I temaisi, my dear Sir. wish much regard, " Your faithful and obedient servant, - - " CORMANSTOWN. " Gorman's Castle, Balbriggan, January 13, 1823." M. °Tow N Fit said, he might naturally be amused of vanity, in having that letter read in the Association, and he confessed he was vain of such a testimony, which would console him under any affliction ; but it was particularly delightful, when Catholic pros. peso are sharing—alien the nobility and peasantry, clergy and laity, are united in the tame constitutional effort for the regene. ration of their country. DEVON WHIG CLUB. The communication (inclosing IW.) from the Devon Whig Club, baring been read— Mr. O'CowstEtt. said, the letter conveyed a considerable sub. acription from a Society, the President of which was formerly Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he hoped the present Lord Lieutenant would be trilueed to follow so noble an example. (baughser.) Ho certainly could not do a more popular act, nor one mom con. aistert with his former political career. The subscription from that tlistinimished body was an addi , iunal testimony that all that was valcable and enlightened in station, character, and intellect in the Empire. properly appreciated the objects and purposes of the Association. I NVESTIII ENT. Mr. St:Garx banded in a certificate of the investment of the eighth thousand pounds in Government Securities. 31r. O'CowNll.t gave notice of a motion for the investment or a ninth thousand pounds in like securities. Lolooel, FrrzornAt.to, of Geraldine, Kildare, was admitted a member. COUNSEL AT THE BAR OF TILE HOUSE. Mr. TV'S moN regretted to have occasion to rise on the part of his fric7d, Mr. LaW'elk , , who was prevented from attending in con sequerce of domestic affliction, so severe that it made the ►lave for get !he galling of his chains. Ale. Fitaisimon then moved, upon Air. Lawlees's motion, '• that it be referred to a Committee to ascertain whether the Catholics can demand to be heard by Coon. sal at the Bar of the (louse." In conclusion Mr. Fitzsitnon said, that if it were ascertained they had the right, their cause could not be en:rusted to mote efficient or zealous persons than Messrs. O'Connell and •Shell Mr. Alamos( seconded the motion. Mr. trEoff N ELL thought there was no doubt of the right, but whether it would be conceded or not, was another question. If it should seem advisable to the friends of Catholic Emancipation that such a course should be proceeded in, he would gladly accept the office, clouded only by the apprehension of his inability to perform its ditties, but cheered by the recollection, that he would he assisted by the splendid genius of his dear friend, Mr. !Mei!. Ile t.hou:d also rejoice in the opportunity it would afford him of sacr:haag something to the Catholic cause. APPOINTIIEXTS.—Licutenant Richard Stuart, to coinmaral the Starling cutter, vice Turner ; Lieutenant Faikenor of the Windsor Castle, to the Romney ; Licut. Sum, of the Genoa, to the Egtria ; Mr. James Henderson, :toaster of the E;soria, to the Phaeton ; Mr. Thomas Hol loway, from the Protector, 'urn ying vessel, to be master of the Ferret sloop, fitting for the West India station. Cowes, JAN. W.—The Master of the John Bull, which arrived here on Tuesday, from Havanna'', reports that his Majesty's schooner Lion bail recaptured front the pirates, off the Isle of Pine, south side of Cuba, a French ship, from St. Dotningo, bound for Havre de Grace, laden with coffee, anti taken her into Key West. A number of American ships sailed from Harannah on the sth ult. bound to the south of Europe, in company with the John Bull. Left at Ilavan nah, the Dispatch, of and bound for London, Trcadworth, master, loading, expected to sail in a few days; and the Socrates, of Scarborough, Bolder, master, discharging, for the purpose of being hove down, sailing uncertain ; also the Regular packet, of London, Watson, master, front Alva rado: the greater part of her crew died at that place, which is very sickli. The John Bull passed, in lit. 40. 28. N. Ling. 31. IL a vcsael bound out, of the appearance of a ' steam boat. DII IN GUILD OF 31PRCHAN7'S,..YAN. 20. 11 " (From the iriA T;n:rs.l Sir A. R. KT7IO. the Senior Master, in the chair. T ite answer of 31r. Saurin to the Guild having been read, eft AtilAirAM Kiwn then addressed the Guihl, and put forward •his pretetnions in a bold, manly, and eloquent manner,, which we are sorry our space will nut permit us to detail ; at the conclusion of which 31r. Ness called on the worthy Baronet for an explana• don of some of I:is political conduct, which he said he (Sir AO had passed over quite unnoticed ; he alluded to his conciliation conduct, at the time of his Majesty's visit, and his having put on and taken off his turtunt. Sit A. B. King smiled, and said he thought it would be better, if any other gentleman objected to his political conduct, for him to answer them all together; and he would therefore wait to reply to Mr. Ness's charge. .111 r. SUTTVII thought it right to mention an exprnsion used by the Right Hon.' Gentleman they had lately addressed, viz.: that " We were not within twelve nay 18 months, of a dissolution o f Parliament;" and as he (Mr. Sutter) thought they were not then prepared to know who were the Candidates, and there being but a poor choice sino-gst thine who offered, one of whom he could not approve of at all, he cautioned the Guild not to make premature promises. Sir A. Ktwn said, it was not fair to state part of what came from his 'misled Right Hon. Friend, without stating the entire. He was procoetling to observe that Mr. Saurin said he hoped no circumstance would arise which would divide the Protestant in. tenet, when Mr. NVI LLIA7IB suggested the impropriety of introducing into a public meeting a private conversation that occurred after the busi ness of their public address had been concluded. Sir A.•K two said, he would hare been the last person to do such a thing if it had net been commenced : and it' it had not been given piecemeal he never would have mentioned any part of the con versation. Mr. GREGORY was proceeding to comment with acme severity on any intlivfdual of a deputation going into a gentleman's private study, the herald of his own private piques, when Mr. Sot TER called him to order. Sir A. Ktio—lVlten a Gentleman had stated, for his own purposes, part of a conversation, I felt it hut justice to myself to state the remainder. I shall,.however, abstain from mentioning what the Right Run. Gen tlemat itaid on this occasion ; but I think I am at liberty to tell what the Ondle.nan present said. Mr. OntoottY resumed—My ()Intentions, had I been allowed to make them, would have been short ; I had the honour to be one of the deputation ; I thought its object was bounded ; and that when we had received our answer, it was our duty to make our bow and our exit ; but this Gentleman, in a premeditated manner, for he says he had wtitten down what was said by him,— Mr. SI-TT ElV—This is not the fact. Mr. ORTOORY.—This is not the first time that Mr. Sutter has been polite enough to give me the lie : if it was not considered by hintindelicate to report 31r. Saurin's reply, are we not entitled to the remarks which occasioned the observations of this enlightentd gentleman ? Sir A. RING, on consideration, thought it would be improper to bring into public the private communiestiors of a gentleman in in his study ; he would therefore decline doing so. The matter then dropped. Mr. HOLTON observed, that next quarter-day was not till April, and Parliament was to meet in February ; when Cathoic Emancipition and an attack on Corporate rights might be intro. duced previously into Parliament, he thought they should ad journ to 7th February. Mr. CAATTAN slid, it never was his intention to question any chartered rights : in his opposition to the Coal Bill, he was defend ing the chartered rights, by preventing an imposition of tolls on she freemen of Dublin. Sir A. KING begged to ask, as the Honourable Gentleman sail he was innocent of any attempt on the chartered rights of this city, did he, who was the champion of f'atholic Emancipation, think that granting it would be no attack on chartered rights ? Sir A. KING continued—Your charters would be worth nothing if that measure were carried. He then, in a speech of much warmth and energy, defended his conduct on his Majesty's visit and depar dire ; he considered it was the duty cola true and loyal Protestant to make every sacrifice, even of his own prejudices, to procure, fur the first 31onarch who came in peace to Ireland, an unanimous welcome from his subjects ; and Sir A. was most felicitous in his observations on the use the Roman Catholics had made of the term conciliation, which, in the words of a Learned Friend of his, he would call a linnitug roncilinteon. Captain Tarxed. the Commissioner of Customs, made an able speech in support of Sir Abraham King's principles and preten sions as a Candidate,. after which 3lr. Melton's motion was carried Mr a Committee of Seven to he appointed to prepare a Petition &pint the Catholic Claims, in case they should be put forward again to Parliament. On Mr. Teo's]: being tamed on the Committee, he nomi nated Mr. GRATTAN, who, in a neat speecb, declined being bn it. The Committee having been appointed, the Meeting adjourned. DCBLIN TRINITARIAN ORPHAN SOCIETY DLVNER. On Thunday the members and friends of this Society, which stands so high in the rack of charitable inetitutions, had their annual tfinner at the superb tavern established in the Freemasons Hall, Ihaweon-street. The dinner and the general arrangements gave great satisfaction to a very numerous company. 1). O'Costust.e., Emi. who presided, anneeneed the "King" as the first tout. He prefaced it by the warmest euloginms of the circumstance of his Majesty being the first English Monarch who thought Ireland worthy of a pore complimentary visit, in the spirit of peace and affection ; and he doubted not that if his Majesty were completely uncontrolled, he would grant equal rights and immu nities to all his subjects. It is impossible to describe the acclama tions that followed this toast. A long time ensued before silence could he obtained. " I rise now, Gentlemen," said Mr. O'Connell, " to propose the health of another King." to general sensation of surprise pre vailed.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded to observe, that it was certainly calculated to create alarm, it not suspicion—but the King that he meant to propose, although a Continental Sovereign, was equally well beloved as the King of Great Britain ! He had lately shown the natural goodness and benignity of his disposition, by a public declaration that no distinctions of Religious Creeds should stand in the way of the civil rights of his subjects. That Monarch was George the Fourth, King of Hanover. The most rapturous bursts 1 of applause rent the air on the solution of this, apparently danger. ous, political enig • a. • The Cumam•g then called the attention of the company to what he wu not sure that he could call a justification. It wu customary, after the King's health. to propose the Lord Lieuten ant's; he now meant to omit it. More than once, he eulogised the Marquess IYellealey, nut on account of what lie had done, but be ' cause he believed that he really had the welfare of this country at I henet. lie (Mr. O'Connell) had praised the splendid talents of the Marquess, which were so conspicuously exhibited in the Last Indies, where he triumphed in a contest that appeared to threaten the loss of that immense country to Great Britain; and in Spain, where he excited the Spaniards to rally round their national standard, and succeeded in calling forth all the energies of the British Go. vernment to support them. And thus it was that the victorious career of Napoleon was first interrupted. lie lard done full justice to the merits of Lord Al'elleiley ; but when he saw him going to a beef-steak club, and following in the train of those who gave no proofs of their being friends to the peace and happiness of his country, Ile could not now drink his health with sincerity. He (Mr. O'Connell) was no hypocrite. It would be hypocrisy in him to toast the Marquess Wellesley, and he should, therefore, give "Ohl Ireland as she ought to he." Although not the slightest murmur followed, a kind of Indecision and hesitation appeared to be diffused through the company, and the applause seemed evi. dently directed to the substituted toast.—Dsiblia Paper. Extract of a letter from Enniskillen, Jan. 16 :—" The Quarter Sessions of this County (Fermanagh), which commenced here on Tuesday, the II th instant, have not yet finished the proceedings in the Crown Court. The trials of the o:angetnen, for the several outrages committed since the last Sessions, arc very interesting. The patriotic, able, and impartial conduct of the Assistant Barrister, Mr. Scott, in administering justice, is deserving of the highest praise ; and I truat the Lord Lieutenant will call on Mr. Scott for his report of the trials hail at the present Sessions ; they will show the necessity of putting the In surrection Act in force here, for the protection of the peace able part of the inhabitants. On Monday the trial at the prcsecution of the Rev. James Kelly, P.P. against William Reynolds and William Moffat, for an assault, occupied the entire of the day, and the Jury, after two nights and one entire day taken to deliberate on the evidence, have not yet returned their verdict ! The Jurors, with the exception of one or two, are of the usual selection. There were a great many objections taken to the Jurors called on the part of the Crown, and, at the instance of Mr. Kernan, the Sheriff was ordered to enlarge the panel. Yesterday, at the r. osecution of the Rev. James Kelly, John Whinnery, Edward and Alexander W'hinnery, were indicted for a riot : the Traversers were acquitted ; and, on the same day, at the prosecution of John Whinnery, the Rev. Mr. Kelly was indicted tot an assault, and acquitted. This day, John Beatty, Francis Irwin, Henry Magill, and James Edwards, police constables, are to be tried for a riot and assault, and for a forcible entry into the apart ments of the Rev. James Kelly, on the night of the SW November last." BRISTOL, HALF-PAST ELEVEN, FRIDAY EVENING. — At this moment a fire, which broke out either in the Bil liard-room or in Fuller's printing-office, has nearly con sumed the whole of the South Arcade in the High-street Market-place. The houses in the street are in the greatest danger.—Bristol Journal. An alarming fire broke out in Andover on Sunday even ing, on the Newberry road, which, at the date of our communication, had destroyed a public-house and six other homes. The tire continutd to rage. ITI, There are few bitter teats of the prosperity of the coun try than the prodigiona and increasing demand for all kinds of malleable and pig iron. Within less than twelve months iron of the first description has advanced from 7/. to 131. per ton, and promises, in the course of a very few weeks, to command double its termer price, while pig iron has already orers:hat the above mark, and advanced from 4!. 10s. to I 1/. per ton, in pretty nearly the same space of time. In deed, this last article canrmt be manufactured in sufficient quantities to meet the increasing wants of the country; such is the demand for rail-ways, gas and water pipes, chain cables, suspension bridges, &c. &c. In the manufac turing districts, public works are everywhere multiplying, and altogether there probably never was a period, either be fore or since the war, when the wings of our commerce were so widely - spread. Though there are three large iron works in Wales, which manufacture at the rate of 100 tons per day, they have all more orders than they can exe cute ; and as coal and ore are found on the spot, the reader will be able to form some idea of the immense fortunes which some men are realizing by this important branch of commerce. But it is all fair. Fur long the iron trade was a very bad one; furnaces that had blazed,and bellows that had roared, were for years dark and silent as the grave, while the thousands of industrious artisans who were reduced to a state of absolute pauperism, added not a little to the weight of those poor rates which at one time amounted to the frightful sum of eight millions annually. There is no mo nopoly connected with the iron trade, and the manufacturers *re well entitled to profits which are at once the result of their own ingenuity, and the greatly ameliorated state of the country. We say ingenuity, for it is a fact not generally known, that great improvements have been introduced of use in the mode of rolling iron bars. At one time Sweden ...applied the whole world with iron ; but now, thanks to English skill and capital, wa.engavas so large a share of Abe trade, that the reader would state were we to state the quantities which we annually export to America alone. In Sweden there is little variety in the size of the bars, but in England they assume a thousand different shapes, from the tiny rod fit for making nails to the ponderous bar that would almost load an ordinary waggon. Hence the great demand for our iron abroad, which, for many purposes, is quite as good as that brought from the Baltic, and which, generally speaking, enables a blacksmith to make an instrument in much the same time which was formerly spent in reducing the material to a convenient shape. Swedish iron, which is saddled with a heavy duty, is at present selling for 221. per ton in Leith, and 231. 10s. in Liverpool ; and as our own may be had for 13/. we can scarcely doubt that it will always be preferred for every purpose for which it i* adapted. lu Sweden, iron is prepared with charcoal, in England with common coal, and hence the difference in point of durability. The sulphur inseparable from coal, insinuates brittle particles into the metal ; but were our woods as extensive as those of the North, English iron would be preferred even for making horse-shoes, shares of ploughs, and every other implement of husbandry.— Dumfries Courier. The following statement shows the successive advances on the price of manufactured iron since Lady-day last : The price of manufactured iron at the a. works, at Lady-clay 1,124, was - - 7 la per ton. At whirl, time it was advanced . . U 10 At 3lidsunimer it warn further advanced 1 0 At Michaelmas - 2 0 October Vs - 1 0 December 28 . . 1 0 Making the present price . .13 0 per ton from the miumtacturer, and giving him the enormous addition of SI, 10s. per ton in nine months.—llereford Paper. LIEUT.-COLONEL HE. HALDANE. On the I t th of January, 1823, died at Dunkirk, Lieute nant-Colonel Henry Haldane, of the Royal Engineers, aged 68 years. He was the son of Colonel George Haldane, of the King's Foot Guards, who died Governor of Jamaica in 1759, leaving the subject of this memoir then only an in fant of three years old. The events of his life belong now to history more than to the memory of contemporaries, fcr of his early companions in arms, there are not many who survive him. Ile was appointed an ensign in the Corr of Engineers in the year 1771. In 1776 he emharkes. for America, was appointed Aid-tic-Camp to Lord Cornwallis, and was very actiwely employed whether the army was in motion or at rest ;lie remained there till when he returned with his Lordship to England. Ne was after wards employed as engineer in the island of Jersey, and at the New Works constructing at Gosport till 1786, when Lord Cornwallis being appointed Governor-General of India, made Colonel Haldane his Private Secretary and Aiedde-Camp. The influence obtained by these situations needs not to be explained ; many of the acts of that justly famed Indian administration bear the impression of the mild urbanity, tolerance, exactitude, and economy, for which this amiable man was so justly distinguished ; lie might have made enemies, but they would have been the enemies of Cato had they lived in his day. He bad the sole and uncontrolled management of the Governor-Gene ral's privy-purse. He was afterwards appointed Quarter- I Master-General of the King's troops in India, and was with his Lordship in all the actions, sieges, and military operations which took place during the war against Tippool Sultaun. Ile followed his Lordship to England in the year 179 t, and, on his arrival, found that he had been re commended to Mr. Pandas, then Secretary of State, for the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and, had he then obtained that rank, he would, at his death, have been many years in the list of Generals. When the Marquis Cornwallis was appointed Master - General of the Ordnance, he offered to his faithful friend and secretary the situation then vacant, of Commanding Engineer, at Gibraltar, but which, for reasons known to himself, he begged leave to decline. He was appointed on the Committee of Engineers, sitting at the Tower; and at the end of the year 1796, finding his health much im paired, he retired on the invalid establishinent of the Royal Engineers, with his Captain's rank in that corps, ated the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colouel, after a period of twenty five years of active service. Contrary to the till then invariable practice of that corps, he was not, in the year 180'2, contirnied in the future brevet promotions of the army ; and he petitioned and memorialized the Earl of Chatham, then Master-General of the Ordnance, and those who succeeded him in that office, on that new, and, to him, harsh, regulation. In the end he appears to have given Offence to the heads of that department, by printing his official letters on the subject, and where his arguments seem answered by the sic tutu. Tic jubeo, of authority. His high spirit thus publicly courted investigation, in order that it might be shown it was no personal demerit in himself. His integrity, courage, and honour, were without spot or blemish. Ile was a man (Rarest literary lcoarements, an accomplished Persian scholar, and educated his sons him self. Ile amused himself latterly in making an exact cal culation of the comparative we ights and measures of France and Englund, which he designed for publication, and he wrote a letter to the Noble Earl at the head of his Ma jesty's Govermnent, towards whom he always expressed the' greatest gratitude, respecting the proposed change in the weights and measures of England, which ;den he highly disapproved. To show the respect in which he was held in the town of France in which he had resided with his family fur the last five years the o ffi cers of the corps of Engineers pro posed to bury hint with full military honours, bat, on con sulting the governor of the town, it was found to be con trary to existing regulations ; hut these Officers, together with the Field ()dicers and Staff of the garrison, and many others, followed him to his grave. He leaves behind him a widow and 1 1, children, seven eons and seven daughters. Of the sons, one is at the English Bar, four have found protection under the father's virtues, having been successively promoted by elifl'erent members of the East India Direction, and two are of tender age. The daughters are unmarried. THE A ast Y.—The first division of the 99th regiment of infantry have arrived, OH board the Zephyr transport, at Portsmouth, from Leith, and proceeded to occupy the bar racks at Gosport. The second division of the same corps is expected to arrive in a few days, on board the Diadem transport, at Portsmouth, from Scotland, and is ordered to occupy the Gosport barracks. LrrEßrooL, Srxnair EVENING. Wind Water 33 minutes put I. Arrived the Liffey, from Dublin ; and irands, from Emory. A brig Wad four o'clock. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The York, Talbert, has arrived off' Portsmouth, Navin " sailed from Bengal the 31st July, from Eaugar, the 4th August, from Madras the 21st September, from the Cape 23d November, from St. Helena the —, and from As cension the -- Passengers per York.—Captain Talbert : from Bengal, Colonel J. Munro, the 46th Regiment; from M.,dras, Captain Cap page, Lieutenants Purcell, Foster, Gateskill, and Mellish, Piedras Army ; Assistant Surgeon Gibson, IV'. Light Dragoons ; Mr. peeve. Missionary ; Mr. Griffiths and Inntily : Mr. eddell and two children ; Mn. De Carteret and one child. Arrivals at Madras.—The Hibernia, from New South Wales, and Favourite, Goldin, from Batavia, the 26th August ; the Marchioness of Ely, Mangles, from London, the 2rl September ; the Asia, Balderston, front London ; the David Scott, Thornhill, from London, the ith Septem ber ; the Rose. Marqu's, from London, the 12th Septem ber; the Golconda, Edwards, front London, the 13th Sep tember. Sailing* from* Madras.—His Majesty's ship Arachne, Chads, for a cruise, the 4th September! tl e Birossa, Hut chinson, for the Mattritiuv ; and the Daid Scott, Thorn • bill, for Ihngal, the Bth September. Sailirags fnms Bengul.—The Providence, Pearson, for China, the 1611, of August—also, the Wellington, Evans, for the Mauritius. Captain Reinininiiton remained at Cal cutta until the Providence returns from China. The Rose, Marchioness of Ely, and Asia, Hon. Com pany's ships, were to convey troops from Madras to Ben gal: the A mon, was to return to Madras, to bring the Gereerner, 'MOMS! Munro,ro England. PASSENGERS PER CLYDE.—Captain Driier, from Beni*, expected at Madras for England : D. Bryce, Esq., Alm. Bryce and child; Mrs. and the two ~tines Gabb; Capt. Bourdieu, Hon. Company's Service, Mrs. Bourdieu ; Miss I. Swinton. PASSENGERS PER AT L A.S.—Captain Clark, recently arrived from Bengal and Mauritius; Mrs. Wrench and two children, Ensign Robert Mendes, his Majesty's 67:h mom. who died at sea, from Bengal : Mrs. Hawes and child, front the Mauritius. Pesanz.—Commodorc Grant, of his Majesty's ship Lif fey, died at Penang on the 25th July ; the Liffey was to remain at Penang until his Majesty's ship Tees arrives from New South Wales. Arrivals at Penang.—The Lady Melville, Clifforl; and the William Fairlie, Smith, from Madras, in August. Suilings front Penung.—The 13erwiekshire, Shepherd; the Duchess of Athol, Daniell the Macqueen, alker ; the Thomas Coutts, Chrystie, for China, in August ; and the General Harris, Weistead, for China, 30th Augtu.-.. Arrival at the Cupe.—The Regalia, Henning, from London. Arrivals at Madras.—The Resource, Fenn, from Lon don ; and the Lord Amhert, Lucas, from ditto, the 14th September ; the Lady Raffles, Coxwell, from ditto, the 15th September ; and the ship Liffey, from l'enang and Rangoon, the 16th September; the Fairlie, Aldham, front London. the 21st September. ' Sailings . frons Madras.—The Hibernia, Gillies ; and the Susan, Hamilton, for Rangoon, the 16th Sept. Ship spoken Leith.—The Cambrian, Clarkson, from Lon don to Bombay, the 12th September, by the Regalia, ar rived at the Cape. Arrivals at Bengal.—The Mellish, Cole, from London, the 31st August ; and the Tyne, Warrlegton, from Lon don and Madras, the 30th August. Ceylon, 30th August, 1824.—The Thames, late Litson, was to sail from Ceylon for London the 18th Sept. Captain Litson, of the Thames, free trader, died at Co lumbo, the 27th August. Arrivals at Singapore.—The Marquis of Huntley, Fra ser ; and the Thames, Haviside, from Anjeer and Lon don, the 25th August—crews sickly, in consequence of bad water taken in at Anjeer ; the General Hams, AVel stead ; and Lady Melville, Clifford, had arrived in Singa pore roads, from Penang. Sailing . front Singapore.—The Marquis of Camden, Lar kins, for Chins, the Bth August. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22. - The Princess Royal, transport, Lieutenant Hewett, agent, arrived from Antigua on the 19th instant. The Ringdcrve left that island a few days before the Princess Royal, for ilarbadoes; she touched at nearly all the West India islands in the course of her present voyage ; at De merara the utmost order prevailed among the slaves, and all the settlements were healthy. She left Antigua on the 13th Dec. last. The Surinam, IS guns, Captain C. Crole, arrived the same day from the Havannah, which island she left on the 13th December, having on board a freight of money, con sisting of 300,000 dollars, and upwards of 100 bales of cochineal ; she left Portugal in the month of August. where the Commander-in-Chiefs flag was flying on board the Serapis, the Isis being on a cruise; from dunce she proceeded with convoy to Campeachy and Sacrificios, where she took in her freight. The Diamond, Captain Lord Napier, Isis, Thracian, and Bustard, were stationed in the Gulf of Mexico, for the protection of the British commerce. The Britoinart was ordered to proceed to the Isle of Pines, and St. Jago de Cubs. The Dartmouth, Eden, Riugdove, Scout, and Beaver, were on the Barba does station. The Rattlesnake had been very sickly, and lost fi►e midshipmen, and twenty-eight seamen by the fever ; the Admiral hail sent her to sea, to restore the health of the crew. The Pyramus is expected to arrive shortly, she being ordered tq Port Royal, from whence she will come to England. The Swallow, tender to the Isis, has been lost. The Grecian schooner had just returned to Port Royal, from a cruise. The following officers had re cently invalided:—Lieuts. Foster, of the Dartmouth, aril Atkinson and Thackery of the Britomart ; also Mr. James Rankin, surgeon of the Beaver; Messrs. Warren and May nard had been appointed acting lieutenants of the Brim mart. The Surinam is ordered to proceed to Chatham to pav off: The Thetis, Captain Sir John Phillimore, C. 8., is ap pointed for the service of conveying his Excellency Sir Charles Stuart on a special mission to Lisbon, and thence to Rio Janeiro ; for this purpose the Thetis has been re called from the Experimental Squadron; and the Phaeton, Captain Sturt, as soon as she is fitted with her new iron mast and bowsprit, is to proceed and -take the command of the squadron in the place of the Thetis, which latter ship is to come into harbour, to prepare the necessary ac commodations for Sir Charles Stuart. EDINBURGH, JA x. 20. This city and its neighbourhood wn on Tuesday morn ing visited by a tremendous storm of rain and whist, accom panied by flashes of lightning. The Sir William Wallace steam packet, belonging to the Ferry Trustees, when lying at anchor outside the bar of Burntisland, became, we regret to say, a victim to its violerf:. The crew, observing her to pitch at a fearful rate, stied to bring her off the bar, by putting the paddies in motion, and other exertions, bet when the effect of these exertions was about to be felt, the vessel wheeled round with extraordinary rapidity, and was dashed to pieces on the rocks. The crew was saved. The passengers had been conveyed ashore in boats the previous evening. Among the accidents which happened in Edin burgh, the following have come to our knowledge:—A watchman in Staford-street was actually lifted off his feet by the wind, and blown over an iron railing into a sunk area, and hail his head and ribs dreadfully shattered. A woman was blown over in the Iligh-street with such force as to cause a depression in her forehead. Many masons' sheds were blown down. Murray, who stands committed on charge of the robbery of the Stirling mail, ran his letters on Saturday last, which is a compulsory profess, at his intimation, on the Lord Advocate and Procurator-Fiscal, to bring him to trial in sixty days, or liberate him. He has appointed Mr. Haw thorn, S.S.C. his agent for conducting his defence, and has retained Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. J. A. Murray, as his Counsel. The first division of the 99th regiment embarked on Tuesday morning on board the Zephyr transport, in Leith Roads for Portsmouth. Two other transports are daily ex pected, on board of which the retnaiader will embark. . . • LAW IAI7 71. t: I EXer * COURT OF CHANOERY, MONDAY, .I.tx. 2t. HILARY TERM. This being the first day of Term, the Courts were opened the usual ceremonies. HAZER V. clityr). The defendant wns the widow of a eentleretaa of rank and family, in the county of Salop. The plaintiff; the executor of her husband, had obtained an or-parte injunction against her, to restrain the pol lination oflove-letters, poems, and treatise., upon various eubjecrx, which were in her possession, and were addressid to her by at: deceased, and which, from the reputed genius of the writer, were like.) , to be of considerable valuta. The Soi.torroa-GENERAL and Mr. flonreE, for the defends ' ant, argued, that the injunction could no; stand ; the productions in question were the voluntary grant of the deceased to the de fendant, both before and after marriage; they were the free offer.. logs of his affection, and as such, the defendant had an unqualified property in them. They should be considered as pin.ntoney, sad held in the light of paraphernalia. The lady stated in her affidavit that they were written to her without the least objection to their publication. There were also reflections thrown out, which these letters would have_the effect of completely removing • the topics they embraced were numerous , and comprehended ea ter subjects besides love, which were calculated to improve slid instruct the public. The defendant and her husband lived separate ; she was allowed a maintenance, and, during the period of separation, many of these letters were written ; the sale efthem would increase her property. The LORD CHANCELLOR was decidedly of opinion. thein lune tion should stand. %V hen letters ware written to a party, it should be presumed there was no right of publication, and this presump tion should be acted upon, until an absolute permission by the writer were showed in writing; with this exception of publication, the property was absolute in thr receiver of the letters. COURT OF KIND'S BENCH. ‘‘..ERTMINSTER, MONDAY, J•N. 24. tiffany Term commenced this dale,. • The Judges of the several Ciati.3 breakfa•ted with the Lord Chancellor, at Lincoln's Inn, as is usual; and afterwards prozerdol to Westminster in state. The business of this Couit man at one o'clock. THE KIN & r. TISMER. Mr. SCAR MITT MrWell Wr a rule to iliGer cause why A. writ of quo seurranto should not issue against a Krems by the name of Fisher, calling on hint :is show by wFat.autherity he held the office of town-clerk of the borough a Dpnetaster.. it appeared that th e situation of town-clerk for that borough was in the appointment of the burgesses and freemen, nott a rata/key having occurred by the death of Mr. Bright, the person liter ): holding t t office, an elec tion was appointed ferehe purpose of shwa% a person so succeed that gentleman. The candidates on that occasion were a#lr. Maori anti al r. Fisher. On the .16th Sept-last, when the awes* staaeithled for the election, it was proposed that the two candidates should re• tire, and that persona shotdd be appointed to scrutinize the votes. This having been dene,, the election commenced, but after four votes had been taken,,,,,, a clergyman of the Borough, the Rev. Mr. Fenton, got up to ashlress the Mayor, and proposed that both of the candidate' should be asked whether they.bul bad the sacra ment administered to them withili twelve months from that day. The Mayor accordingly . directed Mr...Maeon to be first celled in, and on the question being put to him, that person answered in the affirmative, sold stated the church in which he had received it. Mr. Fisher was then called In, and a similar question was put to him. but he .hesitated fur some time without making any reply ; and tan the Mayor repealing the question, his It:lends sried out, " don't answer the queseort," "don't unsafe the question," and he then refused to give any &hewer., Upon thin, hlr. Mason's frierds c•iell out, " this proves what we liaee all glom/ known to be the fact, that he has never taken the sacrament at all ;'' and added, " that a'A the votes that should be given to h;m would be thrown away." The friends of Mr. Fisher, however, called cot `.! ptaceed with the elec. lion." A few votes were then taken, after which Mr. Mason's friends went away, under the impression that the election would of necessity tall on their favourite candidate, as there was no person to be opposed to him. • The Lonu Curtis JUSTICE.—Then Mr. Mason did ha+. some votes given to him ? Mr. SCARLET T—Yes, my, Lord, tliiite were eleven votes fir Mr. Mason, and eighteen for Mr. Fisher. The Mayor was then called on to dechre Fisher duly elected, but he could not, Inas• much as the qualification of having taken the sacrament did not appear to have been complied with by that gentleman. Mr. Fisher was again asked whether he had received the sacrament, but be still declined to answer, and the consequence was, that the MayS • declared Mr. Mason to hare been duly elected. Mr. Fisher, upon. this, said that if any of his friends would ask him the question, b e would answer. liv was accordingly piked it by one of them, but his reply was deemed by the Mayor to be so unsatisfactory, thin he refused to alter the decision he h a d a l r e a dy m a d e i n f avour bf Mr. Mason. The LOUD Curer Jfselck i -Then how was it, Mr. Scarlet.. that Fisher got into possession o the Office ? Mr. Semi etre—Why, my Lord, the Mayor having protteeded to certify to the King that Mason was duly elected, agreeible to the charter. Fisher took tip a book and put to himself the neeessaty oath el office, proctect the certificate required. and them la the assistance ()flume of his friends, he got the Curporstion Seal affixed to it. Thin Was remitted to the Secretary of State's Office, alit the *anction of the Crown was by these means obtained, by virtu* of which he took posse/aim of the office, and which he row held, and executed. lie (Mr. Searlett) had affidavits of the overseen. and churchwardens, that it was their belief that Fisher never hail received the sacrament ; and that search had been made in the bouks of the parish where he was said to have been born, but that no entry of Lis name appeared, nor was there any evidence that he had ever been christened. LORD Cn ter JUSTICE—Take • role to show cause. MAYHEM AND ANOTHER V. EAMES AND co. This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the late- Sittings at Guildhall. The plaintiff* are Manchiaittr wsrehousee nom, living at No. 5. Foster-lane, Cheapside. The defendants keep the NI bite Horse Coach Eetablishment in Fetter-br e, and art the proprietors of the Lynn Coach. The action Was temight against the de'endants as common metiers, to recover the value of a parcel containing country bank notes, to the amount of 75t• whisk was lost by die negligence of their servants. The defence set up vs the trial was, that a notice had been given to the plaintiffs by the I proprietors, that they would not be liable for the value of airy psi. cel entrusted to them beyond the aunt of U. unless specially agreed I upon between them, and the party by whom the parcel was sent. Tao Learned Judge ruled that, as it had been proved that this ticitioe was known to the plaintiffs, it operated to protect the defendant. and he therefore directed a nonsuit, but with leave to the plaintiffs to move this Court to set aside the nonsuit, and eider a verdict qir the value of the parcel that was lost. Mr. COMMON SERGEANT this day moved, that the Tenfleir should be set aside, and a verdict be entered for the plaintiffs fbr 871. The circumstances moved at the trial were these. That Thomas Hughes, a traveller in the employ of the plaintiffe, whiles nave:ling in the county of Norfolk, had ocessinn to remit scene cash to his employers. He made up a parcel and inclined 7!. in corn try bank notes. This parcel he booked at the Castle Inn, kept by Mr. IVright, at Downham, in that county, to he forwarded by the Lyon coach • endorsing on the parcel the word " ' his reason fur d oing' which was, that it contained an order for acme mourning. It was also proved by the hostler of the Castle Inn, Hownhani, that in February last parcels were booked at that house fur the defendants' coach called the Nelson, which put up then. and that on the 10th of that month he was called by the wsitet of the Inn, to witness the putting in of a money parcel into that coach, directed to the plaintiff's in London. The way-bill was also put in at the trial by which it appeared, that a parcel marked "mourning' . was entered, but marked at the London Coach Office as missing. The motion which he (Mr. Common Sergeant) now made was upon three grounds—lst. lleit there was no evidence that the notice ass that of the defendants : it being one from the coach office in London, as to all the coaches that ran from the White Horse, Fetter late. Mr. Justice Darer Y.-IVas there no evidence t hat Mr. Eames. was the proprietor of this coach, by his name appearing on it ? ( . oat wow SERGEANT said he did not krow ; but even if there hail been, his second ground was. that there was no proof that the plaintiff* had tidy knowledge of the notice. It wail too much to say that the party should in all mots have the benefit of such vague testimony as that of a ticket, of the description put in in evi dence by the dee nitwits, haring been left at the house of the per • son sending pericts by anis easehre, without th e i r showing that frt. toittruir ur this ticket had actually come to the knowledge of that person. lie bad always understood that it was necessary, in eases of this kind, that the proof should go to this extent. The Lopu Cuter J creme—Four own traveller said, in his crool-examination, that the plaintiff, had been in the habit of re ceiving parcels by tide conch, and that notices h ai l o f ten b een l e f t wi:h thesis, but that !redid not remember having a notice gives to him on his booking the mired in question. Mr. C 011140,4 SI:IttIEANT-.-Bitt even supposing that the knowledge of the novice had been breueht home to the plaintiff., there was still this question to be answered— ' Could the notice from one principal to ano•her in Lohifon be considered as incorporated in the contract made between the two agents in the country ? The notice was from the comb office in London to the plaintiff/ in Cheapsitle. Whereas the par cel was delivered by the agent of the plaintiffs. in the country, to rfte agent of the defendants, neither of whom knew anything about the notice. If much a notice was to be considered as torinirg part of the contract of the agents, then it would be competent tar hlr. , Eanies to protect all proprietors of coaches which should in future start from the White Horse, Fetter-lane, from their common law liability, by merely giving a general notice. The Lout) JUSTICE-1 think it was sufficiently.brought home to the knowledge of the plaintiffs, that the proprietors would not hold themselves liable for any parcel above N.. unless toped ally agreed upon. And I also consider that this notice to the prtut. eipals was binding on the agents, and that therefore the rule must be refused. Mr. Justice BAYLET—In order to give the proprietors of coaches the benefit of these notices, it is necessave that they should show that the notice was known by the party claiming a compensation of them. It has long been settled that notice to the principal is notice to the agent. Now here is evidence that the notice was known tie the principal, and that this notice cinatio,fiaieoniearned, awmhoungsthteoythheardtht,i,npagsr, that the proprietors would not be answe:enmtitilmethefisotor nbotettiimekt:noticomtesbe.e:lfot was their duty, therefore, to lac. i h ,oh e r carriageplaintiffste d also a been t hoe t oporterage,sees{ p proved ei nt ho t h er bte order Leo for y t c ol t. slr the re t I 4/ 1 I, 1 ,„f0 . - - ,