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.. . a private Mee to a Maid, is jocular manaer, should be 'emma of such Impatience that the mole should he isle , - cepted sad transcribed, and the writer of it arrgaed to answer foe Its contests. I bed always bees led so suppose, that It washout the guilt or isosceles of the grind that the act itself took its complexime; but here a jest lakes its sta. lion is the misdeal code, mad a smile itself is made the sub ject of prosecution. If woe private transitory feelings, breathed alone in the "War of friendship . , aro thus tit be drugged to. light, film rotonrieg lent then, and then to be brought ageing as es damning proofs of a guilty and nispriacipled mind, I.ask when exists the maw who through life has been so coldly gigarded in all his thoughts, words sad actions, SO In say that be is safe from such a charge as is now preferred against rate ? No ; nut use is safe. There is as mid at once to all enti6gleare between man end man, and an • ter &bulbar'. lion to. the unrestrained intercourse of friendship. Bat I most solemnly, on my word of honorer, do declare, that when I used Anse wools, which have given such offewre, I had no ktrH thought or wish upon the subject; my only feeling, perhaps unguardedly expressed, being, that knowing these Men did net require treatment, I was desirous that Mr. • Weed should sot interfere with them, that wires they came top•trefiere the Board they might be seen by the Board in their tree light; and that when suffered to conduct skein. • selves as soldiers will do wader areliossa7 eireunistences, it might be evideut that they were not fit for public service, as they bad been reported. I was meting, I conceive, bit fairly tirwatrds all partiis, in thus drawing the attention of the rumniirtioners of the Melees College to the state of the eyes of those men; and it is within his Lordship's know. h•dge that ophthalmic patients have been exhibited to him, '• both previously and ro&wqrseetly In their undergoing sir viral treatment by Sir William Adams, more particularly whoa they had before been under the rare of army surgeons. And I do as unequivocally and as distinctly disavow, and in termer as strong as Unplug, will allow me. repel the base, rooteanly, earl inhuman purpose that has bee* attributed to tae, of mildly and deliberately seeking to injure those whew IA ethics it was my duty to have relieved, and of in. ailing my friend, by asking him to become a participator my guilt. If this' letter was really interpreted as replete with mischief, and was as abominable and as malevoleat, to irse the expressions of Messrs. Powell and Marshal, of the War Office, why, I may he permitted to ask. was it allowed to proceed free on its destructive errand? Why were week. and weeks suffered to pass away, and nn notice taken of it? It reached its point of destination, and no steps whatever were adopted to prevent its baneful influence, which will be proved in evidence. Lewd Palmerston, then, was convinced, in his own mind, that there was nothing serious or criminal in the letter, or he could nut have suffered it , 1 re p eat . to have procee ded to its destination, without giving directions la the Commandant of Hospitals to prevent the mischief which has been sieve said to he likely to have accrued from it. What was its effect Nina the man whom lam charged with intending and endeavouring to persnade to be guilty of a neglect of duty? lie read it in the very same spirit in •h•eb it was written—he saw that, from its style, it was loser my intention so grossly In insult him, as seriously to milt him in become a villain. But this you shall hear from his own lips. You shall likewise hear what cowman-tint o her respectable .non, long acquainted with me, would have out moon it, had it been addressed to them. But had I ever entertained the design that has been imputed to me, can I be supposed to be so totally devoid of all sense, as to send a let ter aid, such a tendency, open and nadisgui:redly, through the War Office—to the very point of all others where detec tion was idab'e, and punishment certain? No man i.sould have so acted were he not en absolute idiot, or from eionreiousness that he Intended andriag serious or Criminal. When I was informed, after the lapse of some week., that a letter of mine, forwarded throng,h the War OlSee, had ex ;led crest displeasure, I immediately wrote to the Secretary at War, in the MOM respectful manlier, requesting to be al -I.,,red an opportunity of explaining the obnoxious passages; no answer whatever wog returned to this application. I feel I was uadeserviug such treatment; and anxious to re move say suspicion that might attach itself to me, I waited un Sir H. Torreas, and solicited as investigation join my conduct. I was referred to the Secretary at War, front which period nothing transpired till the 11th of May last ; when, upon a mAion of Mr. Grant', fur the redaction of pares relating to the Ophthalmic Hospital, the Secretary at War took or ei , tois to inveigh in the strongest terms against my conduct, reading to the House garbled extracts from my letter, strain io.g. every passage to my disadvantage, sad impressaing the House with the idea that I had been guilty of every thing that was base and dishonourable. If at that moment it was Coe 'mention of the Secretary at War to put me on my trial, 'oaf it, I may ask, either fair or consistent with the first aad c.i'onraiitiest principle of justice, thus to influence esen's 'minds, and prejudice the world sgaisat ere? And if be did out intend thus publicly arraigning me, was it, I ask, ge eereina to seek to blast the reputation of a man who had not tie. power of repelling the attack that was made upon him ! ' From that Mooniest, both publicly and privately, has my fount been held up to censure- ' in the common Journals toy character has been smallest sird My cause prejudged, and no menus allowed me till this moment of repelling the in 'menthols that hare been thrown not against me. • liy the delay that has taken place, in being permitted to eider my aspersed character, not only have some of my inust serious engagements of life been blasted, but I have been deprived of the means of my defence ; General Officers said r whim I have served, and who bad expressed their readiness to come forward and bear testimony to my chit 'Neter as au talker and a man, have been obliged to leave the Country ; yet still have 1 the satisfnctioa of having their swoon , tits under their own hands, and I feel justly proud •rn being elite to lay before yon such letters. I will take the l•erty of reading to you a letter frose--- (Here Mr. Lindsay offered to read certain letters, which, however, it 'was determined by the Court should be after. %dards riven as evidence.] Such are the feelings with which I have hitherto been re. lencd in the world by meu of worth, integrity, and rank (you will perceive that I here speak on the supposition that the letters I wish to introduce have already been reed), and 1 - Irss by your judgment of Ibis day, I may again be per . ruined tu walk abroad in society with the MOM untarnished ',potation I have hitherto enjoyed, sad bearish" restored to ti•rg.wtl opinion of mankind. If it should be thought that here been ton unguarded in any expressions I might have used in a private correspoodrace, I hope my length of err vire, the strung testimonies that you bare heard and will bear to my character, what I have sneered in my mind from swains , sod 'asperse since first this matter was brought forward, sad more particularly the absence of all criminal intention, will plead my encase, art expiate the error of ,sending a private letter through a public channel. In your bands I now repose what is far dearer to me titan l , fe or fortune—my character. Nothing further remains to me but to thank you for the patient and impartial manner is which yen have heard me, nod if, at any time, I have expressed myself too warmly, at leithte it nut, I beseech you, to disrespect, but to the sokooo , and agitated feelings that, in a inonsent like the percent. press upon and sham' overwhelm me. On your iodeuient I *mutely rest, confident as I am that it will be. ape r..tilt of a candid inquiry, and founded us the attiring principle of justice. A number of letters were then put in and read. (i t ar Goa) Major-Grorral Sir Thomas Bradford Colla totted the following expression, :--- I regret very much that my being obliged to leave Eng land will prevent me atteatling the Coert.Madial, to express personally what I most readily do hers, the high sense t. rill% of your professional sod of your conduct as a Gentleman." A letter front Sir Lowry Cole spoke of the Defendant is tilts* terms:— • " During the four years yea were attached as Staff-Sur. rem to the division I commanded ia Soain and France, yaw active attention to your professional duties, sod rm. thunso.hke einstioct, chtinted my warmed regard sad ie. .peel; and I am wry to understand that yea should, from inadierteacy, write any thing to induce ethers la mopes. pus capable of actin coottoey to year character mad repu tations!" Dee from Dr. ftemeg, Diretior-Citmetal of likapibils, in fretted, described the modem of Mr. Wiley, *Mpg dm *Me that jhe wee oat the Iletablielimead, in asidy lie MARC Almeria( terms; as did sae from Sir James Warmer. A lOW frets Mr Willies Willi into certified thot Mr. Ul4l. ay had sheen bees nest irestlemos-like is hie nositseve, sod so as Officer, he (Sir W. Willinn) had bed towns to admire his hoossimily. when he •no severely wnsfind us Fuentes d' Hessen, bst wore nrecielly be bed )iod sem. sin li.obsovve hie sea in the sunflower ("bleb ha revs In the Wiley points acted with floe ophtlostois of oho refiners.. The fullowisg letter was Sloes ►ead fun Coelnet Gordon:— " Birmingham. July 114, 1819. • " Dana LINDSAY—I shall not inquire fur what 'wpm,* you are anxious to have my opinion of year conduct whilit you served is the bib Magma Gunir4t, and have only to hope. that the pleasure 3 feel in giving it may be augmented by hearing it ens render you any service. " During the time you were a the 6th Drawee Guards your conduct as an Officer and a Gentlemen met with the highest approbation from every member of the corps. "In your ritaatiow as &seven of the Regiment I feet per- Reuter gratification he stating the very general appeohntime your unremitting attention to its ditties always proctored yon, and assure you. I have frequently h ea r d my gallant and much-lamented friend, Sir William Pontionby, speak in terms of high commendation of your seal, hinnanity, and emotion, particularly after the battle of Salamanca, on which occasion he received the most gratifying accounts of your exertions. I beg to add, that I perfectly recollect, after the battle of Llerena. obese you had a good deal of employ. wear, hearing Illsjor.Geu. Le Merchant (srlso commanded oar Brigade) speak in the most marked and huk/owe man ger, in approbation of the unremitting attention sad feeling you displayed towards the wounded on that occasion. the approbation of Ihr late Lient..Colonel Prescott (who commanded the regiment at the time) of your conduct, both public and private, you tit/tallied to the fullest extent. " Believe me, very sincerely yours, " ARTHUR H. GORDON, bent -Colonel Stb Draguou Guards. ff To O. Lindsay, Esq. S S." One dated Guernsey, from Major-General Bayley, contain ed the following expressions:— " In making you this communication. I cannot omit add ing, that the professional knits ledge of this Officer has proved of the greatest benefit since he has bees here, not only to the Military of the Island, lint to all classes suffer. ing limier complaint* of the rye, to whom he bas been most humane and indefatigable in giving his assistance. I may say, that many people one the preservatiou of their sight entirely In him ^ When he had concluded, the following witnesses were examined on his behalf : Surgeon Devoe, by the accused.—State what you know of the Iwo men, l'hilips and l'yke ?—A. In the latter end of August, 1817, I received an order from the Secretary at War to go to Chatham to report on the cases of four men of the 64th regi ment that were then in htwpital there ; I did so, and in consequence of my report they were taken from that and brought to York Hospital and placed under the care of Sir W. Adams. I believe in No -1 vember ; they continued under his care seven or eight months, and these two men, Philips and Pyke, were reported as fit to do the duty of soldiers, and ordered to join their regiment. The other two were discharged by the Chelsea Board on pensions.— Philips and Pyke joined the depot of their regi ment ut the Isle of Wight. They were there found to be unfit for service, were invalided, and sent to Chatham to the military depot. Shortly lifter their arrival at Chatham, in making the health inspec tions, I found these two melt, examined them, dis covered that they did uot require hospitul treatment, and enrolled their names and state of their disease in a book kept for that purpose, being a register. I then reported to the head of my department at Chatham the state in which these two men were, pointing out, that I considered them as fit cases to be eliewn to Isis Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief, as these men had been taken out of 41 military hospital, from the treatment of military surgeons, and placed under the care of a civilian at York Hospital. 1 drew up the report of their cases in December, and I believe it was transmitted to the Army Medical Board, and on that statement Mr. Lindsay was directed to draw the attention of the Commissioners of Chelsea College, and of his Royal Highness the Comman der-in-Chief, to their cases. They were discharged by the Chelsea Board in February, 1819. and got pensions. Witness then proceeded to elate, that the men did not require treatment the second time they came to Chatham—they did not receive any treatment whatever out of the Hospital, that he was aware of ; at the time lie had decided the men did not require treatment, had not received Mr. Lindsay's letter. The construction he put on the letter wits, that it was private one, from one friend to another, written in a jocular manner. It appear ed that the reason for Mr. Lindsay's writing in that way was, that the men might not be interfered with, but allowed to go about like other invalids, drink, smoke, or do what they pleased, that, on their arrival, they might appear in the true colours to the Commander-in-Chief. If he thought it could have borne the construction put on it in the charge. should have thought it to be the greatest insult. Mr. Lindsay would not dare to address him for such a purpose; would not allow him or any man in society to do an; did not return an an swer through the War Office; or otherwise; did not think it necessary; to the best of his recollec tion, did not write to Mr. Lindsay suttee on any subject. Mr. Lindsay was perfectly sure the nten would not require treatment when they were sent to Chatham the second time ; he had seen them at York Hospital, and in fact every thing that could be done for them had been done by Sir W. Adams. No particular precautions are observed, with respect to invalids not received within the Hospitel ; they receive subsistence, and are 'allowed to walk about like the other pensioners. Vascular cornea merest the blood-vessels shooting over the transparent part of the eye. When men who have laboured long under ophthalmia drink much their eyes become red, particularly when they have had ulceration of cornea, and the two men in question would probably be affected with a reduces in the eyes on committing any excesses. The epi thet proper, applied to vascular cornea, appear ed to hug to be only a vulgar cant expression; the direction nut to prevent theist from getting drunk was nut that they might get worse, but that they might not appear better on coining to town then they really were. Ile could have guarded against their getting drunk by taking them into the 11 ' 1,1 Pitals as they were invalids ; understood Mr. Lindsay's object to be, that the redness in their eyes might be the more palpable to the Com maudersansChief, ind plainly *hew them to be wi th for service. The question being one of sonic importance • id medical officers, if the men had ebstastied from drinking for a few clays. his Royal Highness might have been deceived its to the elite of their era, but sso professional man could; had no control whitevei over the men without taking Skein into the hospital ; did not cuts. ihein to require hospital treatment, and Sir W. Adams had rendered Them as mach assintinice no they were susceptible of receiving fro* any one; considered all the matter rinnPrioed in tion doer to be badinage, interspersed with soon Oen of duty. Ile could captain the fo,enterad or. n ra tA charge including' the wow* " se I matters." &c. thus—if it was known here that the men would arrive an • certain Sir W. Adagios would take them into York Ilospstsl, and keep them there some days before being exhibited to his Royal Highness ; and, as it was, Adams did t tkc them immediately on thigrlirrivel, assdkept them in the hospital for some days.--(The register was again produced, sod it appeared that the entry alluded to before, referred to the state of the men • eyes the first time they had been at Chatham). — Sir W. Adams's object in taking them to York Hospital was, he apprehended, that they might impair much improved before the Commander-in. Chief, or Lord Palmerston. Sir James M'Gregor, Director-General of Mi litary Hospitals, sworn.—The two men its question writ ordered to Chatham, and arrived there the 2241 August. 1817. On the 11th of November follow. log, witness had a report that they were recover ing. and on the 16th November. when they were in • state of progressive 'improvement, they were re moved from Chatham by order of the Secretary rat War, and sent to London, in order to be placed un der the care of Sir W. Adams. Did not see them afterwards. to the best of his recollection, till August, 1818. They were reported to have been improving under the care of the accused. Thought most favourably of Mr. Lindsay both as an officer awl a gentleman—knew him 12 or 13 year*. Colonel Christie. Commandant at Chatham. — Said he was not desired to take any step+ to pre. vent the evil effects that it was supposed the letter might have bees. attended with ; never knew, di rectly, or indirectly, of the letter, till he read Lord Palmerston's speech in the House of Commons ; knew Mr. Lindsay three or four years; he was twice under witness'a command at Chatham : al ways considered him to be a most attentive officer and a most gentleman-like man. A staff surgeon certainly has not any control over invalids not is. hosi•itel. Dr. James Forbes, head of the Medical Depart ment at Chatham —Waa not aware of any step' being taken to obviate the mischievous tendency of the letter, the foundation of the charge; if any had been taken, presumed lie would have known it ; knew Mr. Lindsay 15 or 16 years, and ever en tertained the highest opinion of him, both as an officer and a gentleman; had opportunities of know ing his character, both on foreign service and at home. and always thought most highly of him, as a most humane and zealous officer ; was present, rod assisting Mr. Deese in a search. for the letter after Lord raluserston'a speech. It was the opi ilion of witness, and that of the other medical offi cers, that the men requised no further treatment, not being susceptible of further improvement ; witness's opinion was not influenced. in the slightest degree, by the cireninatailee of their having been under the care of Sir W. Adams; these two were the only men ever sent from Chatham to York Hos- OW. Dr. Arbuthnot stated (without being sworn), that he had known Mr. Lindsay, both in his public end private character, ever ►itnce ch,ldhood ; and a more humane and feeling, and honourable man, l►e had never known. He could vouch that that was the opinion of his friends both in England and Ireland. A single circumstance in his conduct at the battle of Orthes would, if related, impress •nt one who heard it with that opinion. The case for the &retire closed here. The DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE said, it was not his intention to reply, or make any comments on the evidence. Strangers were immediately excluded—the Court deliberated on its sent • ce with dosed doors—but the result has not yet transpired. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST I. Yesterday. before Mass, which the King heard in his apartments, his Majesty received the Duke of Richelieu in private audience. The Noble Duke remained with the King half an hour. Miss Hutchinson went yesterday to St. Cloud. to implore the King's clemency fur the Ea-General Sarraziu. This Lady was not admitted to the King's presence: she deposited her petition with the Duke D'Aumont, the first Gentleman of the Chamber. A person employed in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, who went to Rome in June last. with the letter of the Bishops to the Holy Father, and with dispatches from the Government, returned on the 46th of July to Paris. It is thought that the dis patches which he has now brought from Rome, contain the termination of those arrangements which have for some tiruebeen the subject of nev,ociations. Two young women, one of them 18, and the other 22 years of age, have been arrested by the gendarmes in the commune of Vastly ; the former named Maris Chauvet, charged with having poi soned her father and mother, and the latter named Marie Morel, uccusrd of having procured the arsenic for that purpose. Marie Chauvet has con fessed the crime, but adds that it was suggested by her companion, whose object was, that they should live together. Marie Morel denies having given this dreadful advice, and declares, that al though she procured arsenic, it was on the assur ance of Chauvet that the poison was intended only for rats. The poison was administered by the daughter to her parents in soup. The unhappy father died in a few' minutes after hiving taken it, but the mother was still living on the 26th of last month. No hopes were etitertained of her recovery. TRIAL OF M. SAVOUR. The trial of M. Bayous' (whose case his been al ready Fully communicated in this Paper) occupied the mutation of the Court of Anises yesterday. The Court was crowded to excess, Priucipully by the students of the law School. the JurY behig appalosted. M. Bavont took his seat on the laves cater / ' bench, behind his Coon:Del. the President then interrogated the occulted re lative to the points of occultation. In the Bourse of the examination. M. tsvonx stated, that when the penile appleoded him on the tad. during the lectnre, he said that " these marks of approbation distress &ad pain ; a llesifessor is not an octet on the stage ; if there he any present dissatisfied, let them retire. and let not the order of the place be disturbed." lie denied that he ha ti called M. Delincourt, the Dean, a brigand. The President then read several passages from his lectures; in which M. Mayotte is represent ed es having spoken with severity of some articles iu the Criminal Code. The first witness called was M. Delincottrt, the Dean of the Faculty. lie stated, that being in formed by the Beadle of some seditious movements which had taken place in the school. he hail called in an armed force to secure the safety of the place. On entering the hall, he observed to M. Bavoux, that blows were given close by the chair. to which M. Bavoux replied. " That it nothing to me."— "Such words," said M. Delincourt, " could have been used only by • seditious man."—" At there words," said M. Delincourt, " M. Bavoux called I me a brigand." Some other witnesses were examined in support of the charge, and many law students were ex amined for the defence. One of these stated that M. Bavoux had given his lectures very constitu tionally. M. Vatimenil, the Advocate-General, then ad dressed the Jury, for the prosecution. It being then six o'clock, M. Bavoux, who pur posed to plead his own cause, requested the further hearing to be postponed, which was complied with. The Court then adjourned till nine o'clock of the following day. AMERICA. -am-- LORD COCHRAN E. [From 16e " Baltimore Federal Republican," July 91 I M PORTANT. EXTRACT Or a LETTER, DATED LIMA, MARCM 8, " DEA& SIR—I arrived here on the 25th ult. from Guayaquil, by land, but was much delayed on account of the swelling of the several rivers be tween these two places, or from want of mules to carry my baggage. " 1 now avail myself of the opportunity offered by the ship Two Catharines ; this vessel, with se veral others, are obliged to leave the port, in con sequence of Lord Cochrane, who is in the roads, with a strong squadron of Chinon men of war, having declared all the coast from Guayaquil to Altamonte in a state of blockade, giving notice of the same to the neutrals that are here. Ile has allowed them no more time than the gth inst. to go away. Lord Cochrane made an unexpected attack on the Spanish fleet, consisting of two 40-gem frigates, four strong corvettes, and more than thirty gun boats : they are prepared to return him hot shots. A gun-boat, with an officer and forty men, fell into his Lordship's hands, but this was owing to the boat bring involved in a thick fog, and found itself in the middle of the Chills's Beet %Inez. pectedly. " The number of killed on this side is fifteen, and three or four wonnded; a circumstance owing, pro bably, to the firing round shot alone. The ap pearance of this fleet in the bay, and the several proclamations of General San Martin, have not in the least affected either public peace, or the ordinary course of trade. " 1 put an end to this letter in great haste, being now informed that Lord Cochrane, who yesterday promised to treat the neutrals with indulgence, has declared this afternoon that all vessels that should not be under way at day-break, he would make them good prizes. What language for as insur gent ! _ _ _ " An English gentleman who was on board of the frigate, reports that he gave him the positive assurance that iu case she Mucedunian should force the blockade, he, Lord Cochrane, would have the iinpudeuce to fire at her, and force her to with draw." _ BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 96. An armistice with Artigas having been concluded, and regulations for peace commenced, we flatter onraelves with the pacification of the country and consequent revival of husiiies.. From Chili we are daily expecting interesting news ; for by the last advice.. Lo►d Cochrane, with his fleet, was before Callan, blockading the royal squadron in port, and it was expected that he would attack the place and destroy it. WASHINGTON, JULY e. Two reports which have been circulated here have attracted great isderest. The one is the death of the President, in the Tennessee, of a fever; the other. that the Western Expedition had met with ■ serious interruption in its progress near St. Louis. The report of the death of the President, of a fever, in the Tennessee, spread a gloom over the public mind. On examination, however, it is found incorrect. There are advices from the Ten. !lessee of the 341; he wits then in good health. We have stil later accounts via Lexington (Kentuelt)). From Me Commereiul ailvestistr. Jame 29.1 Captain Conaway. of the *chooser Thomas Tenant, from St. Thomas. stairs. that **abort time before he soiled * smell privateer rt•wtoe-, minded by one Masten, belonging to 11,1, 1 ",,,„ , hod been token by on English 581.gliti 4' in, ,„ carried into Borbodoer. The fi-'t Lientem ui t the privateer, alter he woo eorrie.l on stoar.l ship, was tocked up, and ho , I 33 10010.% on h, bore bisk. irtminoequence of the depret:Jt s fu., ~r there piratical cr'uirers upon the commerce Wanda, ----- A DMni>•h ship of wer, hearing of the ancre.s .1 the English man of war, went out in poems milli schooner which lay off Tiii.inht, tic.k sion of her by stratagem, will r.mkher into ti.. : Thomas's. They took the crew into sefe kerpi ug ; and, not to he out-dote by the Engliels; the second in command within six miles i.f ti place, and inflicted summary punishment on him . . Extract of a Letter frost Mottle Video, April 2. . General Aguir, one of General Arligas's princi pal Officers, who had been made prisoner by the Portuguese, has made his escape from Nluote Video, collected a nuthber to join bhp, and it con,. mining all kinds of denredstions. It i. expectr.l the new Constitution will he promnlgatrd the _iii 11ay. Artigas end his friends wen! to share in the Governnient, A detlaration of war opium Virtu. gal would be immediately mode, and the cotAlue.t of Moute Video was expected. EARTHQUAKE AT CARACEAs. rG THOMAS, MAY Morino, by the last accounts, wits in Calah(qi, but dilly expected et Casco's. This unf, tt , in:ll.• city has again been visited by an eartitquilke ; ,t threw down a number of houses. INDIA. .....- MADRAS. mAncn 6. In our extra Paper of Tuesday last, our rendel were apprised of the melancholy i II ...; : plice of the death of Mrs. Elliot, which took place the preceding evening, after a painful and ledinr, illness. Conformable to public intimation isvimi early in the morning, a very numerous assernbii:e of the Gentlemen of the Settlement took place at tilt Government Gardens, at five o'clock in the evening. Among those who embraced this solemn scraiiim of evincing their respect for the memory of the deceased, we observed the whole of the principal Ctvil and Military Gentlemen of the Settlemew. The procession, preceded by • party of the 11,'y Guard, moved towards the Fort roots after tive ; minute guns, to the number of 49, corresponding to the age of the deceased, being fired from the -it. luting battery during its progress, and the Fort flag, as well as the colours of all the shipping in the roads, being hoisted half-mast high. In the Fort-square, the corpse was removed from the hearse; Mrs. Middleton, Mre. Fullerton, and seve ral other Ladies, joined the procession, and sup ported the pall to the entrance of St. Mary's; fir John Newbolt, and Sir T. Hislip, with his princi pal Staff, following as chief-mournerr. Oil e.e steps of the entrance, the body was received by ill< Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, proper!! attended, and conducted into the church. Tile coffin having been deposited in the west end of the building, where the interment soon after took place, the funeral service (the most affecting ceremonial nf our church) was performed in a solemn and iin preasive manlier by his Lordship, assisted by Mostly, the Archdeacon, and the other Clergyintit at the Presidency. During the whole of this awful solemnity, the spectators evinced a degree of feeling that suffi ciently testified their respect and esteem for the &- ceased, a sentiment that does equal honour to t; living and the deed. We observe that at Bombay, as well as at Benga'. the anomalous rank of Captain-Lieutenant has lir,- abolished by the Marquis of Hastings. The Kostrovei, Captain Waddington, had arrival from Bussorah, Bushire, and Muscat. At Burhire. she left his Majesty's ship Eden; Hon. Comport'' , cruisers Mercury and Antelope, and country obi:, Euphrates ; the former, it seems, had been agai , i successful in destroying some pirates in the Gulf, but the particulars are not mentioned. The lion. Company's cruisers Vestal and Bemires were at Muscat. FEBRUARY 'l7. Our private letters front the interior inent;:o . , that the Ex-Rajah of Nagpore lead attempti,l t make his escape lately, front the position he 1..1 taken up in the Jungle,. This attempt, hoste..l. appears to have been frustrated by the vigll4,:ce t our troops. Soule of his skiimishers having dently approached close to our pickets, ‘...e promptly end vigorously pursued. and One ,f them taken. Thee men state, that the Es-It having for sonic time been subject to very great p' vations, contemplated an escape to the Gina , . t Asseygur, accompanied by Settoo ; and they wen! of opinion, that, notwithstanding the precautioi.aly measures taken, Seetuo's knowledge of the conntor would eventually enable him to reach his tit mimeo.... We regret to find that Calcutta hos lately s . tf••• ed so much from tires, that the circumstaswe attracted the serious notice of the public. mischief has chiefly been confined to the Ituu.i • .4 the natives, and the hut. of the poorer classes ; but ' mural lives and considerable property are 040 1 to hove been loam. IVliile the natives continue tP build their dwellings of such materials es at pi. ' Mt, those accidents mutt constantly recur, mai: 11,: .