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bask K r ock %SI aIeKS OBR r ITISH awe Aug. fmn Veit. Rea. 544 IN I imir Cast. Coos. VS 941 I IPtie Asct stm 94ft VS 14 per east. len pos l'est SWAM I t Nor 4 per east. 1114 Ifif IN in/is Meek STOCKS YESTERDAY. Long Ann. 43 224 i 3 South Sea Stuck South Sea Old Ar.nuitiss South Sea New Annuities 14 put lhttu, 5001. Ditto, Small ,-- Ditto. lad. LOON. 1754 sepal Ditto, 3001. 56 5I pea Ditto, Small (waste Tickets YLL 12s. bugs Acct. JIMN 3004111 HNC-FA OE FOREIIiN Amstriaa Bonds 94t 1 4 4 34 434 Botts Acct. 644 4 Brazilian Scrip II 4p.. Vim Acct. 14 2 pm Simms Ayres Scrip 441 pm Litt. Amt. 160 dills Bonds 764 6 Nitta Aect. tgOlomb. Beetle N Liao Acct. 4 4 34 Mitts Acct. 334 4 lisolab Bonds irseta Marks Banco Latch Commercial 44 par Ceat. ton oh Benin 101 f. 804 7k. STOCKS YESTERDAY. Mexican Bonds 631 I I 6 6 1 I_l Ditto Acct. isa 5e 1 Nespoliton Bonus Ditto Bonds (I 824) Ditto scrip* i Ditto Acct. Peruvian Bonds 72/ Ivitto Acct. Portuguese Bonds N 891 90 90 Dit Off to Acct. 90 BM 901 IPrussian Bonds Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds 02331 101 f , Mao Acct. I Russian Bonds 951 1 i 41 S dt 5 Ditto Acct. 951 5 1 di 3 Spanish Cons. 221 21 31 213 21 Ditto Acct. 231 3 1 1 Ditto 310 Bowls 1012 llximsage 23f.22e. Ik. M. Vitto Scrin 12 pal limo Ace s 42* *pm Omsk Book i Otte Acct. as 4 gite syttiot limo. THFATRR ROYAL, DRURY-LANF:. Thuzvening, TUESDAY. November 30. will be Performed As YOU LIKE IT. •rlando. Mr.Wallsek Amiens. Mr. Horns Jaques. Mr. Warmed!: Wftwor, Mr. Bedford: Adana. Mr.Tervr ; Wllliam. Mr-Iltroght T.riHrh sc.als. Mr. Marley. Regallml. Mrs. Yam: Cella, Mn. 11.41. rd ; realm. Mos Mover; /tearer. MmOrger. - - - • After wbiell. HATED THE GIIEBER. 1••• Principal Charitetets tor M s W. W essrs. Metaud ter. Watayle Let . Terry. and ; laesdatne att tt. I marrow, The barge of Belaradth THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. This Keening, TOIVAN UESDAY NE% . Nov. ER V3O.EXT: will be performed A W Or, THE M IDOW OF CORNHILL. Henry the Sixth. Mr. Baker; Foster, Mr. Young: Stephen Futter. Mr. C. Kernble: Foster, Jen. Mr. Cooper; Walter Brown, Mr. Eger sou: dirtadfreyspeedwell, Mr. Bartley: Muter Innocent Lambskin. se'. Keeley: Clown, Mr. Blanchard. Agnes Welated (the Widow of siornltilli, Miss Chester Mrs. Foster, Mass Lacy; Jane, Miss Jones. La set Y. tits Lord Mayor's Show. as It passed through Cheepside, In the year 1414. After which. THE FROZEN "LAKE. The Orand flute of Stable, Mr. Bartley Prinee de ?tambour& Mr. Jones: Mrrquia de Yalburn. Mr. J. Isaacs: Count de Linstarg. Mr. rear-nso ; Wilhelm, Mr. Keeley. The Princess Louise. Miss Love; errorless Matilda de Ruseafeldt. Was M. Tree: Camestrin de Holstein, Mil is H',:landr. 14.-atorros , Der Frelsehuts. and Oral. TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE SHETLAND IsLANDI.—TIie second letter of R. H. is si.gun umivohlably postponed. It shall eertsinly be published to. morrow, •hen we purpose also to odic sortie 'marks on the subject. The BAITIIIII PMEIB commenced publishing yesterday mew ing at live o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY. No•LmEaR 30, 1824. The Greek Government, we learn from good authority, 1-: using every exertion to free the classic soil from the pre sence of its late barbarian oppressors. Since the fonuation of the regular army. disciplined after the European system, the military operations of the Greeks have been conducted with much greater vigour and effect. Of these troops, 4,000 have been sent by the Greek Government, under the command of the most experienced commander in its service, to press the siege of Patras, and compel the Turkish garri son to surrender. At the same time, twelve ships of war Lave been despatched to co-operate by sea with the be s egers. We may therefore expect that this important p:scs will soon fall into the hands of the victorious Greeks. Another Supplementary Gazette has been published, containing some further details of the Burmese war, but of a date anterior to those we have already given from the Indian pipers. The despatches published yesterday relate principally to the reverse sustained by the British arms at ►tamoo. It appears that the Burmese were in great force, 'amounting, it is supposed, to ten thousand men. The British, notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, de fended their position for two days. On the morning of the third day, some of the native troops belonging to the Mug levy fled from their post, and the alarm spreading through the ranks, the remainder of that body followed tine dastardly example of their countrymen. The ele phants were then seized with consternation, and the strict- IlleGS of discipline degenerated into the wildness of tumult. •'!'he commanding officer, Captain NoroN, contrived, how ever, to effect his retreat in good order for about half a mile, when the Sepoys, exhausted with excessive fatigue, could no longer resist the overwhelming power of the enemy. An endeavour was made to form a square, but it was immediately broken, and the soldiers dispersed in every direction. More than half of them afterwards •reached Chittagong, but of nine officers who were in the ir:uion six perished. The evil terminated with the disaster an the field. The Burmese have not dared to advance .tram their entrenchments at Romeo, and the reinforce ments since forwarded would have enabled the British to foe acted on the offensive, if the season had not pre v anted it. The subsequent capture of Rangoon, end the ether successes still more recently gained over the enemy, dud, we are glad to state, coinpletely dissipated all the apprehe..sions which an occurrence f 9 rare as a reverse in our military fortune had temporarily inspired. It is intended, we understand, again to unite the offices of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in India, in the person of Lord BEREIFORD. he character of the war in which we are engaged renders it important that these high political and military duties should not be separated at the present moment. The misunderstanding between Lord A Mir UST and Sir Entemtn PAGET has been very positively denied by a crittenitorary, but we he beve it will be found that we have been quite correct in what we have stated. !es to 1.b1,1 A Mit 1:1;111 . S return I. lute, there can hardly he any doubt; a few months will s':ow wuether• w. have been mistaken. In another part of the Paper will b: found a very inte resting, and indeed we inly say iinport.int, communication ^weeting the young man, fl 1t IA AM It.AX:sntiN Ron NSON, AVl:use trials in July last, for stealing various articles in s...veral shops iii the face of day, excited so much surprise, arid, in so unusual a degree, fixed atul engrossed public attention. It now appears beyond a doubt that Mr. ROBINSON was wholly innocent of tlie charges positively sworn against him by many infrilirilt 21141 rcsrctable witnesses. This case adds anothtr to the vast iititcb..r of s:ngulir instances of mistalen identity alrcady cn record ; and it should be a serious lesson to those who, under the awful responsibility of an oath, char g e others with off:nees, which, if established against them, must for ever blast their characters and blight all their future prospects of welfare and honour. After the successive acquittals of Mr. ROBINSON, there could be no question as to the pro priety of pardoning hint in the single ease in which he was winvieted; but unfortunately the pardon did not, could not, remove the stigma which the verdict had inflicted. We rejoice, therefore, sincerely that the fact of his innocence is now cleared from all suspicion. lie will again go forth into the world with an unblemished repu tation, and we trust pursue his professional career with , uninterrupted success. Ile has felt, under the worst cir eutnstauces, the value of character. When the strongest appearances of guilt multiplied and reflected their dismal images upon him, he found in rile circle of the friends who knew him the talisman which saved him harmless from the terrors of the law. Let no man rashly blame the injustice of fate. The wholly innocent seldom suffer the penalties of guilt; but against those whose fame is spotted, doubtful evidence too frequently prevails. Wasonable allowances should be made fur the fallibility of human testimony, and witnesses especially ought to be careful how they undertake to identify persons whom they have only • few minutes under their hasty and imperfect observation; but perhaps it would be inconsistent with the effectual administration of justice, to require that no prisoner should be convicted, though his guilt was proved on the oaths of two or three positive witnesses, because a host of his friends might be willing to purge him of the imputa tion, by their joint asseverations of the excellence of his moral character. We learn that Mr. FAVNILEROY preserves a perfect composure and firmness of mind; and that during the whole of yesterday he was occupied in drawing up a com plete detail of the transactions relative to the forgeries on the Bank, for the information of the creditors, and which will contain a developement of the partnership concerns, which he deemed it essential should be unfolded, and which, as the last act of his life, he has put upon record. The arrival of the Gilmore from Bengal, and the Triton from Madras, was yesterday announced in the City, and letters and papers have been brought by both ships for several of the Houses connected with India ; but they con tain nothing new, as their intelligence was anticipated by that of the General Palmer, which left Madras a fortnight later. By the arrival of the Guardian from Singapore, which place she left on the 24th of July, we have received intelligence to the 9.3 d of that month, by which we learn generally that produce has fully maintained the prices it brought some time back, and that the market for European goods was not quite so brisk as when the former advices came away. A great rise had taken place in the price of every kind of spice, which was there attributed to the ' c %skin of Sumatra to the Dutch ; and a belief was enter tained that that Power would resume its former absurd pro hibitory duties on the commerce of other stations. Little is certainly to be expected from the commercial policy of the Dutch ; they have lately shown a very tolerable sample both of their selfishness and stupidity in the Java Tariff ; but still we can hardly conceive that they will attempt a shin!: r proceeding with regard to Sumatra, as the close vicinity of our free port of Singapore, must create and maintain a smuggling trade between it and their posses sions in the Malay Archipelago, which will have the effect of utterly ruining their revenue in that quarter. When the Guardian sailed, the exchange was still extremely de pressed ; 3s. 7d. to the Spanish dollar. Calcutta being the commercial capital of the East, we must expect that the exchange of the outports will be pretty generally regu lated by the exchange of that city. During the whole of yesterday the Consols were very flat, and (heir prices decreasing throughout the whole of the day. Consols fur money opened at 95, and in the course of the day fell to 94,1, but towards the close they rose to 94, 95. Very little business was however done in this market. The South American Securities have not only maintai .ed their former prices, but even improved. No satisfactory reason has been assigned for this seeming pa radox. _ _ The following is an extract of a letter from Singapore, dated July 29 :—" Several prows have been dispatched in search of the eminent merchant, Mr. Thornton, who has been so long missing, to Borneo, Lingen, Billetore, and Ditty, but they have returned with accounts not at all to be depended upon. The last that returned brought advices that they had heard 'f an European being taken up a river on the coast of Borneo, (a rendezvous for pirates) where he was observed cutting his name on a tree, for which they (the pirates), afraid of being found out, put him to death. —Cukutta Paper. The distress of the lower class of the nctives still con tinues, and although exertions are made for their relief, the remedies hitherto employed hare only been partially efficient. We regret that our endeavours to bring this subject before the notice of a certain class of the commu nity have been unsuccessful, and we certainly wish our con temporaries would show some disposition to assist us. We can say nothing more than we have already advanced, that numbers of natives die daily in the streets from mere star vation, which might be prevented if those persons who ought to set the example of humanity would come for ward. A great deal might be effected by little or no trouble or expense.—Madras Paper. The Austrian Government in Italy has issued a notifica tion, prohibiting the internal trade in all kinds of foreign commodities, under the absurd pretence of favouring the national industry. They arc, in future, to be deemed con traband, and a fine of double the value imposed on those who have them in their possession. The accounts of the state of the rivers on the Continent continue to be everywhere favourable, the water con stantly though slowly falling. The Uutch journals are filled with long and melancholy accounts from various parts of the kingdom, relative to the dainrie done by the overflowing of the rivers of the interior, and the high tides on the sea coast. Letters from Tangiers of the 27th ult. state, that in the evening before, the linvernor. in obedience, as he alleged, to orders, and from his Government, had sent an armed force on board the Fortunate, Sardinian vess;:l, then at anchor in that port, and taken possession of her. He at the same time directed the acting Captain and the chief part of the crew, who were on shore, to be seized as pri soners of war ; in consequence of which, the Consul of his Sardinian Majesty caused the Sardinian flag-staff to be taken down. The Moors seem at present to have but two decked boats, of about 30 tons burthen each, in the whole empire: but later Recounts from Tangiers add, that the Government are endiavouring to purchase some vessels to arm against the Sardinian trailo, and that they intend to immediately tit out a small felucca, of about eighty tons, fir that purpose.—Gi4rtiNe Nos. 6. According to official statements transmitted to this cnun try from Hayti, it appears that the population amounts to 935.35 persons. The army by sea and land consists of 4.:,.',•40 men, and the effective force of the national guards is stated to be 113,:128 men in arms. In France, the English language is now considered in dispensable to a finish-d education ; and English literature is so highly apprteia;cd, as to be accounted an essential requisite hi the completion of a private library. It has been long lamented that a select collection of the works of our best writers was attended with difficulty, and could only be procured at an expense which placed them beyond the teac h a yen of persons of moderate fortune. This source of regret has at lemnh been re:noved by Messrs. llalignani, booksellers in the Rue Vivienne, Paris, who have under taken to publish, by subscription, an English edition of the wnrks of more than eighty of our most celebrated writers. Their prospectus, which we have seen, announces " A Col lectiun ofthe eh: /:r era:urn... in English Literature,embellished with portraits engraved from the must authentic originals, by llfeslgewooil, and enriched with Commentaries and Bio graphical tiketch.yi by Washington hying, author of ' liraccbrike I fall,' &c." The superintendence and ar rangeniet.t of this publication could not be placed in better hands. This work will be completed in about '2OO vo lumes, and from its moderate price and its correct and beautiful execution, will introduce the mort renowned poet', philosophers, politicians, and statesmen of England, to the acquaintance of the continental literati, in a form not inferior to the most splendid editions extant in Eng land. THE BRITISH PRESS. rASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Countess Spencer left town yesterday, for her seat, at Wim bledon. Colonel J. Campbell left town yesterday for Scotland. hued Folkestone has arrived in Lower Orosvenor-street, from his father's, the Earl of Itadnor's seat, Longford Castle, Wilts. Arrivals at the Clarendon lintel, Bond-street:—The Rev. Mr. Brownlow from Paris; Frank Standish, Esq., from his seat, Deuxburglt Hall, lAncashire. Departure :—Count Portals for Switzerland. Departures from Fenton's floral, St. James's-place:—Major Mann, for Paris; Mr. and 3lrs. Grant, for their scat, in Durset shire. Departures from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook.street : Honourable Ale, and Mrs. Lushington, for Brighton; Captain Harris, for ditto ; and „I. ',cake. Esq. on a tour. Arrivals at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street :—Mansel Oliver, Esq. and Mrs. Oliver, from Paris; Madame Campagney and Ladies, front France; Mrs. and Misses Bosanguet ; and Thomas Berney, Esq. from Norfolk. Departures : Haynes, Esq. ; Jerre lidl, Ern. fur Bristol; and Mrs. Wheeler, for Brighton. The Luke of Richmand has left his scat, Goodwood, Sussex, for Beau Desert, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Marquis of An leslt ey g . Marchioness of Londonderry, left town yesterday, for Roehampton, on a visit to Lord and Laity Ellenburough. Earl Spencer left town yesterday for Lord Bagot's seat, Blith neW, Staffordshire. Lord Churchill has arrived at the Dowager Countess of Pem broke's seat, Richmond Park, from Oxfordshire. Departures from Warden's Hotel, Regent-street :—The Mar quis of Lothian, for Dowager Lady Suffield's seat, in Norfolk ; Major and Lady Augusta Chichester:for, their seat in Sussex. Lord Kensington arrived yesterday at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn street, from a tour ; Consul-General Maloni has left ditto for Switzerland. J. Marjoribanks, Esq. left town yesterday, for Brighton. NEWEST LO.VDON FAVIIONS FOR DECEMBER. [Fr3m the new monthly work, called the Wurid fashivn and Continental Feld&tons.' EVENING DRY.S3, Dress of soft satin or velvet of celestial blue. The border beau tifully trimmed with a rich rouleau, entwined with silver cordon, in festoons, with blue rosettes, from whence depend sliver tars. A straight rouleau the same as the festoon trimming surmounts the hem at the bottom of the skirt; corsage with Cie drapery, formed o Ls Greegue, across the bast, and on each aide ; that across the bust fastened with a rosette in front with silver tags, as is the point formed by the termination of the side draperies, ,pus. above the belt, of the same material as the dress. The sleeves are short, anti have a rosette on the outside of the arm next the shoulder. Swedish mantle of violet coloured satin. trimmed with white swan's down, or ermine, and lined throughout with white swan's down, ermine, or levantine, The head-dress a Veronese toque of gauze and silver lama, and an ornament, placed obliquely, in front, of finely wrought filigree silver. The toque surmounted with a plume of white feathers, variegated. Opal necklace and bracelets, &e. White satin shoes. WALKING DRESS. A pelisse of gros de Naples. the beautiful colour of the beet root, elegantly ornamented with the valuable fur of the lynx, in the most unique and truly novel manner ; the fur is not only dis played, like the rouleaux of :Jos de Naples that divide it, in ser pentine wavings, but also formed into beautiful sprigs of the Asiatic tree, supported and surrounded by stalks formed uf narrow rouleaux of the same material us the pelisse. A pelerine cape trim med with lynx fur to correspond. The sleeves en gigot, in point of form, but of more moderate dimensions than on the first appear ance of this fashion, and confined at the wrists with broad gold eastern bracelets. A belt of the same material as the pelisse, fastened in front with a gold buckle, wrought in the same pattern as the Indian bars of gold at the !mist. A bonnet of the same colour and material as the pelisse, with fic h u lappets. carelessly I tied. Large bows, intermingled with black, or very short black feathers playing among the bows, finish this tasteful bonnet. This unrivalled pelisse is lined throughout with rich white taffety. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new after-piece, entitled Hafed Me Gheber, was last night produced at this Theatre. The subject is taken f..oin Moores exquisite poem of the Fire-worshippers, but the dramatist has materially changed the plot of the poet's talc, and has preserved but little of its original beauty and interest; while, _for the powerful language of the bard, he has sub stituted a dialogue of his own, tame and insignificant. Inven tion, whether in Trageily or in Melo-drame, is the noblest, and should be the chief, effort of en author who writes fur the stage ; but when he adopts the story of another, it will be at least expected that lie give it a new or more interest ing feature. Tilis be Sot been done by the author of Haft d the Weber ; and those who 'lave perused the beau tiful and pathetic tale of the poet, cannot but regret that it should be so completely " shorn of its beams. The plot of the Melo-drame is made to differ materially from the production on which it is founded. Hafid Me Gheber (Mr. Wallach) loves the daughter of his determined foe, Al Hassan, the Arabian Prince (Mr. Archer). }MM (Mrs. West), is taken by one of the officers of Ha fed, and is sent hack, unharmed, to her father. The persecuted followers of the Gheber are betrayed in the hiding-place by the traitor Feramarz (Mr. Terry), whom the dtamaus• makes the preserver of Hinda, and the rival of Hr/ed. The Gheber then, under the name and dis guise of the Prince of Circassia, gains admission into the palace of Al Hassan, where he is discovered and impri soned. He subsequently makes his escape, joins his fol lowers, and prepares to give battle to his foes. In the con flict that follows the traitor is slain ; but as the curtain fell (accidentally) before the termination of the piece, we were unable to ascertain the fate of the other persons of the drama. We presume, however, from appearances, that the Dramatist is a grater lover of poetic justice than the poet, and that tile conclusion is greatly to the comfort of all parties. The performance was not given out for re petition, and we suppose it will share the fate of its melo dramatic predecessor, The Flying Horse. Tie Dueness or Gi.occsar in.—The report of her Royal Highness's health yesterday war" The Duchess has passed a bad night, and is not so well to-day." The Princess Sophia visited her Royal Highness yesterday. THE DCCIIESS OE RICHMOND AND TIIE LADIES LENNOX.—Casty Blaney has, as usual, been the scene of a -atonal hospitality, since the commencement of the winter. Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond and her daughters, were among the last party of visitors at Lord Blaney's, and were so well pleased with their reception, that their visit was protracted longer than heel been intended. There was a large and brilliant party every day to meet those dis tingu'ahed p nouages ; and nothing which the proverbial munificence, taste, and hospitality of the Noble Host could procure or supply, were wanting to render the festivities every thing that could be desired. The Duchess and her party left the delightful mansion on the 20th instant, for Sir Thomas Pakenham's. Her Grace was greatly pleased with her tour through the North, which was marked by the warmest attention and kindest respect, from all classes. The Noble party were entertained for some days at the seat of the Earl of Caledon in a splendid style, whence they proceeded to Castle Blaney.—Dsdifin l'aper. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland lies appointed Sir C. Henry Coote, Bart. to be Colonel of the Queen's County Militia, vice Lord Castlecoote, deceased. Sir C. Long had an audience of his Majesty yesterday. Lord Manners made a very pointed allusion, on Satur day, to the manner in which his decrees are treated b! the House of Lords. He particularly adverted to the cese of Blake and Foster. His decree was, he said, in that in ' stance, set aside without any explanation of the grounds upon which it was reversed. This was the more extraor dinary, as he had a communication with Lord Elton, which assured him that his Lordship supported his view of the case. On the whole lie considered that he had just cause of complaint, &c. .Ifarning Reg•ister. Mr. Kean played a round of characters at the Belfast I theatre last week. Mr. Liston appeared as &iillie Nicol Jarrie at the Dublin Theatre on Thursday last. The paragraph ins Morning Paper of yesterday, stating that when the affairs of the banking-house of Messrs. Chambers and Son are arranged, Mr. Mathias Attwntal would join Mr. Chambers, jun. and Mr. Hamlet, in the formation of a new banking-house at the west cud of the town, is totally without foundation. A few days ago, as several ladies were sitting in the drawing-room of Mr. Coles, statuary, of Portland-road, Mary-la-bonne, they were alarmed by one of the raves of glass being broken, without any apparent cause, two of the ladies being near the window at the time. A bullet was soon afterwards found on the carpet, and in a short period a stone, of small dimensions, came in with anitzing ve locity. Information was given at the Mary-la-bonue Office, when Winans was despatched to make inquiries. The officer, after viewing the place where the ball and stone entered, was of opinon that they were thrown by an air-gun, or somesuch similar instrument. The family has been in a state of alarm eve, since. FRENCH PAPERS. [F tiro the Etoik, dated Monday .1 Roam, Now. 14. The Sovereign Pontiff has published officially', to-day. the Ordi nance called Mau Proprio," by which he declares, that on the rcronurendatimi of the Commission, Instituted to proceed to the revision or the crest work undertaken'under the government of Pope Pius VII., he wishes and intends, that total reforms shall be effected in the system of public administration in civil proceed• logs, aid in the taxes on judgments. PARIS. NOV. 27. It is not true that the Infant Don Francisco is coming to France: it is not true that the Infant Don Carlos is going to Portugal. It is easy to sec what object the circulation of these reports is intended to answer. _ . The King has subscribed 3,0118 franc, towards the monament which is to be erected to the memory of s:anti:lons, King of Poland. A Council of Commerce was held yesterday at the house of Ins Excellency. Count de Villele. All the Ministers were there. It sat four hours and a half. — ln the night of the 224 instant, four transports, filled with trbops, for the colonies, suffered horribly In the harbour of Brest, in consequence of a violent tempest. The Aimahle Eugenie, having on hoard the Sixteenth Light Infantry, was driven on shore. It appears that up to this time but one man has been drowned. The Jointer, the Habitant du Mole, and the Deux Freres, carrying each • detachment of the same regiment, are disabled ; they have had their imams entirely broken, and dashed into the sea. All the men from these three vessels are to be disembarked as soon as the wea ther will pemilt. They write from Constantinople, under date of October 16, as follows: " The Tartars of the fleet arrived on the Iftth in the capital, and were dressed in pelisses and vests for having annonnced a victory gained on the 13th or 14th, by Ibrahim Pacha, over the Greeks.— The report was instantly spread, with all the exaggerations usual in such a cue. It was made to appear that the Greek fleet had been destroyed. " The Capitan Paella is still In the Dardanelles. The motives have not yet been explained which detain him there. Some assert that he will go out again when he shaU have received reinforcements from this capital; that he will rejoin Ibrahim Pacha, second his operations for disembarking troops in the Mores, re-victual the for tresses which still hold out for the Tints in that peninsula, and afterwards return to the Hellespont. His partisans only say that he will await the return of part of his fleet, which is to accompany Ibrahim Pasha to the Mores, and that then he will return to this port. "The UIeMILS and the people have again begun to murmur against his Highness. They even go so far as to say, that the for mer have proposed to the Grand Seignior, with • view to effect the pacification of the Greeks, to erect that country into • principality on the same footing as IVallschia and Moldavia; and they add, that his Highness has obstinately refused to consent to it." FR E NCH Fu xna.—Five per Cents. at three o'clock, 101 f. 40c.— Neapolitan, 8111.—. Spanish, 10. THE BURMESE WAR. [From the Su ppklnnet to the Loden Gazette, published yesterday.) INDIA BOARD. Nov. 29. 1324. Despatches have been received at the East India Ihnise from the Governer-General in Council at Fort William, with inclosures, of which the following are extracts and copies : Extract from a letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, dated Fort William, . • 26th April, 1824: We have much satisfaction in reporting the success which has attended our operations against Assam. After considerable de lays, occa.siorted by the difficulty in procuring boats and supplies, Brigadier 51‘310:ine moved forward with the force under his com mand, consisting of the ltungnore light infantry, Chumparum ditto, and Binagepore local battalion, with the flotilla of gun-boats, on the 22d ult., and reached Boweheti, the capital of l'ainroop, on the western division of Assam, on the 28th tilt., without et periencing the slightest resistance, notwithstanding the ►tr gt h of several of the enemy's positions, and the natural ties of the country. The native Chiefs of Assam have waited upon Brigadier 3121orine, and have manifested the most friendly disposition, but have not as yet afforded any effectual assistance. The Burmese, after evacuating several strong stockades in succes sion, without firing a shot, appear to be in full retreat towards Ave. They have committed several atrocious and sanguinary tnurders; and we regret to say that there is little chances of our troops overtaking them, u the advanced state of the season, and other unavoidable circumstances, had prevented our further forward movement. 1 hv Agentyto the Governor-General. Mr. Scott, on :tearing of the occupation of Cowehati by our troops, proceeded a‘ross the hilly track which intervenes between Sylhet and Assam, to join Brigadier :IP:define. with an escort of thrie companies of the 23J native infantry: and private accounts have been received from Sylhet, by whici. it appears that he had arrived in the neighbour. hood of Gowahati on the 13th instant, without experiencing any difficulties or loss by the way. Copy of a Report from Captain Noton to the Major of Thigatle at Chittagong, dated Camp, &moo, 11th May, 1021. Sta—On the 9th instant, a nalk„ from the Rutnapullung stock ade, came in with a Bengallee villager, stating that the later had seen the enemy advancing upon Rutnapullung. with four Chiefs and about ISO then, wishing to negotiate, which the naik also stated to be the case. Conceiving this to be some design of the enemy tarot the demo , dar off his guard, and thereby more easily gait possession of the I stockade, I determined upon moving with the whole of my disposa ble force to ascertain what their intentions were, leavirg the conva lexcents of the !3d, the whole of the provincials., and one hundred Mugs, to protect the cantonment and sick, in case the fancily might detach a party to outflank me. I moved of about five p. at., the detachment 93d Native infantry leading. On our arriving neer to the stockade (about half • mile), a heavy fire was opened upon us front the hills on the left of the road, which the enemy had taken possession of in numbers and for tified ; their larger guns were fired front the further hill, and the smaller ones from the lower, thereby completely commanding the road. The naik of the provincial brtalion, who had come to give the report with the Bengallee in the first instance, told me that we were very near the plain where the stockade was. I consequently pushed on with the detachment of the :Id, at: reached the plain. I then returned with a few men to bring on the guns, directing Ensign Campbell to fellow, should I Dot join him in a short time. It was then to my disappointment that I f0u,..1 that two of the die. phants had thrown their loads and blocked up the road. Thi s Captain Pringle reported to me, Was the fault of the mahouts. To extricate the gun, which, together with the gear, Willi hanging to the elephant, we were obliged to cut the ropes, but from the in. experience of Lieutenant Scott (having never seen guns carried on elephants before and none of the golundanze being present, after many trials, and failing in all, I was obliged to leave it, and take steps for carrying away the ammunition, which the other elephants NW thrown off and also that which had been laft on the road by some coolie', who had run uff. Previous to this, I had been joined by Ensign Campbell. We with difficulty succeeded in getting it sway, chiefly by the exertions of tile aepoys, tl.e Mugs baying hid themselves to tile jungles, with the exerption of a very few, who assisted the sepoys. After this was affected, I proceeded quietly with a small party of "always and an elephant, and brought in the gun, with as many things as I could find, though several articles arc miming. To give the men some rest, and an opportunity of procuring wa ter, I took up a position on the plain, and there remained on the alert during the night. Oneot the Mugs fancied he saw some Bur. malls creeping towards us, and commenced a running fire, which was with difficulty stop ped, otherwise lie remained quiet. The enemy were firing and shouting during the whole time. From the circumstance of the ammunition coolLs having deserted, and the guns being rendered perfectly useless, by the great deficiency in the detail of artillery, and not placing any confidence in the Mugs cur support, should we again have esperi,nctel a tire from the hills, even by taking a circuitous route, and there tieing no possibility of procuring supplies fur the men, I deemed it most prudent to return again to - Ramon, there to await the arrival of t amain Truemsn's detachment, as well as to obtain further inf irmation as to the strength of the ennui's force. On my return to Itainoo, I was surprised to hear that the JeTill dar with his party from Itutuspultung, tad arrived übeut two hours before. . . . I regret to say our hiss has been severe ; in all, seven missing and eleven wounded. 1 nut sorry to say that Enr11:1 Emmett k among the latter, being severely wounded in the left arm, though I trust not of arty very serious consequence. Ensign Cattipb.:P likewise received a hurt in the right snide, (tom a spent bari, and also some shois in his legs. Tile whole of the wounded are doir.g well. I beg leave to state that there were a few of the Mug levy, that were under the immediate eye of Cantziat Pringle (to whom every credit is due fur Ili! exer.ions) who behaved with great coolness and much to my satisfaction, as well in tiring upon the enemy as in assisting our sepoys in carrying 011 . the ammunition. The men ut the detachment of the 23d Native infantry, advanced with great steadiness, notwithstanding Q® suddenness of the attack upon them, and the very heavy tire that was kept up for upwards of three hours from a hidden toe; and I deem it but justice to Ensigns Campbell and Itennet, On the (ICeJAiI/11 to rceon, that they lath deserved the greatest credit for their coolness and exertions through. out. I beg to add, that Lieutenant Siott altewza every anxiety to bring the guns furuard, but was prxvritt,tl by.tiw Liscuutstauces above-mentioned. _ 1 hare, &c. T. NOTON, Captain couniatatliag at Ramoo. Extract from a Letter from the tierernor.General in Council to the Secret (:onimittee or the Cuurt ut Dirccturs, datid Fort %Villisan, 2.:ltit May, 1821. We retract to report that the Chittagong distt:et has been invaded by the Burmese in very large force, and flint the enemy has been aueemsful in cutting oil a detachment at Ramoo, consist ing of the right wmg of the 211 Native infantry, under tit: command of Captain Noton, and three companies of the Nth, commanded by Captain Truman, with two gone and a ea. of artillery, under Lieutenant Scott; alma a party of provincial, anal the :dug levy, commanded by t:aptain l'ritigle. We think it right to add, that the eight companies of repeats above mentioned were greatly reduced, both ht numbers and efficiency, by the fatal efrects of the chat Ate of the wilt /lad liana of the thst:iet, and were already under orders to mire to the of chi t . tagult. It is not in our power to report the further proven o f , tions in Assam, Brigadier 31•Morinr having deemed it ece. m ._ r" to belt at Gowahati, the capital of Western MOM, sin ge r h 4 17, rival there on the '2Thh Mardi. By the last acrouros he had d ' t patched a small party of his force in admire to Kalliahar. Scott had succeeded in penetrating across the MIN of ,►y ot ~ f • Sylhet, into Mum, with a detachment of the 23d Native infaarlmfty , and reached the Berharnpooter at Naregong, about &even d ays , match east of Gowahati, on the Bith ult. The peace of Irachar has not been disturbed since the date of 044 last despatch, but we have reason to believe that the Burmese na ry again entered klunnipore in force. By the last accounts, Gumbhui Sing was about to embark in the enterprise for wormer that principality from the Government of Am, with such far ms he could raise, supported by arena and money from the Brit.di Authorities. Extract from a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Poroleri,commutt. ing at Chittagong, to rat Adjutant-General of the Amy, d ew 19th 31ay, 1024. With deep regret 1 acquaint you, fur the information of his En cellency the Commander-in-Chief, with the reports which rekziki me last night, that Captain Noton's detachment of the thief pen of the right wing of the Ito battalion 'Ad regiinent,are cut off, su n hard fighting the whole of the 18th ; 1 f ear a ll the officers hi, * fallen, hot lieutenant Scott, of the artillery, who escaped, would. ed. Captain Brandon, with the left wing, learning the &axe ; returning; he will retreat on Brigadier Shapland's division. Ti le officers who will have fallen are Captain Nome, Lieutenant Ori n Ensigns Campbell and Bennett. Int battalion 23d regitnent; cep. tain Troeman and Lieutenant odrington, 24 battalion 20ffi leo giment ; Doctor Ignorance, artillery ; Captain Pringle, Mug k ip Extract of a Report from lieutenant-Colonel Shapland to the Ad. jutant-General of the Army, dated Chittagong, 20th ?tar I have the honour to report, for the information of his Ezra.. lency the Commandernin-Chief, that, heing joined by the detach. ment of the I A battalion 23d regiment native infratre, 1 retuned to Chittagong thin morning with the detachment which was so. vancing tuwards Ranioo, when the disastrous event occurred at de ; Pit"- . . I enclose a report of the officers who hare escaped after the action. Copy of a Report from Lieuterant Scott and Ensigns Codringat end Campbell to Itrigade-Alajor White, dated Camp, Chins. gong, 20th May, 1824. Slit—lnformation having been required relative to the retread Ceptain Noton's detachment from Ramuo, on she 17th instant, ye. being the only surviving oflicers, beg leave to forward a condensd statement of the circumstances which have fallen under emetic. station, fur the information of Brigadier Shapland, C. 8., amnia/. ing the district. The Burmese, amounting, it is supposed, to ten thousand tet, advanced on Ramon, from the Rutnapullung road. and enrol.* on the south side of the river the 12:1i instant ; on the follostsg evening, being within gun-shot, and advancing apparently sia the intention of Girdle, the river ' a party, with two six-p otu d ei under the command of Captain Trueman, was detached for it, purpose of annoying the enemy, and frustrating any attempt to cross ; this our troops effected. On the 15:h, however, the enemy at eight a.m. advanced. cal commenced entrenching themselves about three hundred pet a front of our position, the right flank of which was protected by as river arid by a tank, about sixty paces in advance; this being tab rounded by a high embankment. serving as a breast-work, ea occupied by the piquet, who opened and kept up, without was. mission, a tire on the enemy during the whole day and follorte; night. Our position was strengthened in the rear by a siert.= tank to that in front, for the defence of which a Wrong detachrtil from the provincial battalion and Mug levy was allotted. On the morning of the 16th it was discovered that tbeenetnv had, during the night, opened trenches on our left flank, and h a d siderably advanced those in front. A desultory fire was cognised during the next twenty-four Noun from each tank. but with heals effect on either side. By day-brrak on the 17th, the enemy hill carried on their trenches to within twelve paces of the piquet, sal had also approached to within a shun distance of the tank io air rear ; they gained possession of the latter about ten am., the troops defending it having quitted their poet and fled vita map:. tauon. The consternation caused by this quickly spread, sal they were almost immediately followed by the remainder of al Mug levy. The elephants (on one of which Lieutenant Scott. who had been severely wounded, was tied) were alarmed at We tamult and fled. Shortly after ibis (our rear being now undefended) Captain NOM ord red a retreat, which was effected in good order for about bait a mile, the two six pounders being trnm necessity ahandoned; the tnelny's cavalry, however, pressing hard upon the rear of the column. a ►quare was ordered to be formed ; but in consequent: et' the eacessive fatigue and deprivation which the troops had pre. cloudy undergone, which rendered them absolutely incapable of offering any effectual resistance to the overpowering masses cat the enemy pouring in on them on every side, the utmost exertions of the Officers to preserve discipline acre unavailing, and on o•re ar rival at tile river, the sepoys dispersed in every direction, esA snot. victual safety became the primary object of each. Linda thou lamentable tireuiristancea Ensigns Codrington and Campbell, ing seen the other officers cut to pieces by the. eneniv, togethr the greater part of the detadmient, and deeming all further data of resistance hopeless, escaped, the former closely pursuki. Coxe's Bazar, and thence by water to Chittagong, and the luta who was blighily wounded, by a circuitous route through th hills to the same place. We hare. Ate. J. W. SCOTT Lieut. Artillery. R. CODRINGTON, Ensign 25th N. 1. K. CAMPBELL, Ensign 23d Reg. N. f. Eztraet from a letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Stcret Comnlittee of the Court of Directors, dated Fort William, 2d June, DM. We avail ourselves of the immediate departure of a shin k England, to transmit to your Honourable Committee copies it despatches received this day from RrigadierAieneral Sir Arriobskt Campbell, announcing the capture of Rangoon° on die and beg leave to oder to your Honourable Committee oar Longo. tnlatiors on this highly interesting and important event. Wean happy to inform your Honourable Committee that, !,1 the latest accounts front Chittagong, it appears that the Burma , troops had not ventured to a hence from the intrenchnients throe: up by them at Ramoo, after the defeat of our detachment at the place ; that the temporary alarm occasioned by that disaster Ito rapidly subsiding, and that the reinforcements approaching Chin. gong would speedily place the troops at that station in a coruhan to undertake ottensire operations against the enemy, shoull season still admit of our advance to the southward. More than a+ half of the sepoys of the Rama) detachment, reported to have lye cut o 9 'in the action of the IGth, had returned to Chittagong co• hurt, but we regret to say,. that of the ids officers stated w lair bran killed, no hope remains that any of them survive. • The detailed report of this affair was published in the 8r... 4 0 Peru of the 12th ult. 11fETR!U'OLITAN SOCIETY TOE TUE OPPOSITIOW ♦::O PROSICUTIOIT OT DOLED'? INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Yesterday evening the Members of the above Society toga the' Second Anniversary 3leeting at the Albion Tavern, Aldertestr• street. Mr. Sheriff KEY, Alderman, &c. in the Chair. The Worthy CHAIRMAN' having been prevented, eosin tole' important duties in another place. from attending eerie. dinner was not served up until near seven o'ciock, at ichi;la 57. wards of 80 toachants and tradesmen of the brit sat down. Mr. W. C. BOUSFIELD, the Solicitor and Secretly to d: Society, read the second Report if the prticeedingt connected Our• with during the past year; which appeared elven:Ay satisitr . i . r• rot only on account of the aligmentation of the nembers Society, but also on account of the success which had site..-1. exertions of the Committee during the past year in the deteo:ii::sn l punishment of fraud, no less than twenty caaCti having hr.:. ft': mined for opposition. The Report the:a went (..1 to demi hours of the Committee reiative to the periodical ei.sir:' , " , '. l " ptiated circuiars, and their obtioun utility ; as also the state of the S wiety's funds. Daring the past year. the subscribers had been (limb:eel, and amounted at present to aqt.-' , of :inu. The health of the Chairman was proposed by Mr. Tn03,..0. drank with loud applause. • t t! In returning thunhs, the worthy Sttr.nter observed. t interests of the Society occupied a permanent i.nation in Itiv and lie hoped his future conduct would mime for his pair arza• remissnest. The CHAIRMAN then pmpowd the healilit of Hasid Poitee^ George Heath, Esv. the storming Counsel +t the Soc:ety. The health of tile Committee and Stewards acre twit Peel''' . and drank with great applause. Mr. coaBot: ap and unother Gentleman severally fet,:t7t thanks. On proposing the licelth of the Solicitor a,id Secretary 'Society, the we-thy t hairman observed, that it pat .anfr able assistants to carry the law into operation, but it oh" quivite that them should be an able Secriaey to It'' 'l' several cases which might be ref,rred rat the Conirnittee. Such an eTi.mtive flier the Society had an the tit .Mr. Boustield. Mr. 11017 it' I LLD said, that the very flattering manner in 1" , the Worthy Chaira:.:an had done him the honour of pr o...we health, and the company of drinhin:.; in• was moat grant) nal feelings. This :voting most be gratifying to eVi•TV Mad '.:6oy, and mole ,specially to those few who Mid !Pis Year' attist , al in its linntation. year the nun.ber was 1.14, and it ri'her a siOrtil.kr coh eidenov. tbat titre hail Inam I the vire same anther, u•al this Society hod moire! accessien or 27 new members lAnr!f,: t „ Ile was quite convin val. from what the Society had dont. would do morti, very 1111:01 If ~:unricd• Worthy 1::•:.tk.:%3 vie..t into a hint detail ef tae aerations of the S s ioty and canale,on proposed tour gentlemen, wow it ell' connevied with th e due than of the hic, he mean/ Commi ss i on ers of the l v Inslv..nt Ihbtor.4." The Cut Alit NI AN then retired, when 31r. P. l'o I L" . ' 4 .• Chair, and the teitivity 3itxibe ‘..u; prolungce. to 4:1 , •