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FASIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ph, Royal nighneas the Doke of Mot:tenter entertained the Dowager liarchtoneas of S.ni.hary and a distingulabed party at dinner yoiternay, as t;loaceiter Bun e. Park-lane. The Earl of Kingston had a grand dinner party yesterday, at bls house, Wtittball.glace. llonaurable 1 Aherermnliy entertained the Marquis and Marcl-I*- nes. of Lareidersii and a large party at dinner yesterday, at hie boos', In Nor treat, Spdsg-Cadegs. The Puke and Duchess of men, from their seat. Alnwiek Castle , ly, Marehlonessof Londonderry, has left town on a tour. The Sul, Countess, and the Ladles Bathurst, have left town for BAshion. Tpe Sul of Rosslyn and family have arrived at their house, In St. Jamees.square. from their seat, In ScoCand. The Earl and Countess of Jemey and family left town yesterday, for their wet. Middleton Perk, Osfordshirn. The Eari and Countess of Bristol, Lord and the Ladles flamey, have left Nini, for their seat, Putney Heath. rd Frederick Beanciere has arrived at his brother's, the Duke of 5 , Alban ., in '.t. James's-square, from the Sandwich Islands. Sir Jotn Nitboll. M.P., has left town, for his seat In Wales. me Was. and Lady Jane Houston have left town, for their seat, Avis_ Ind. Sus's. Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Egerton, and family, have left sawn for Pttibtort. Plitrsoos Capel Esq., arrived in town yesterday, from Norfolk. Gilbert Hmtheote, Esq. M.P. left town yesterday, for etocken Hall, llaco:nah.re. AITIVaII at Peutoe's New Hotel, St. James's-street ,—Robert Vinalttrirt, t. .es his seat, in Perks; Thomas Page, Esq. from his seat, Cobham. Arrhrsis at the Bath Hotel Arlineton-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Burton, ?run their seat In Kent and Mr. Mn.e and the Misses Hammond+, from Bet+. Ortmixtures —Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, for the Continent i and Lord Sathaek, for his seat In Hen,. and ramify have arrived In Ins Kt NG ' S CA I.l* H.—The private accounts received in London yesterday, stated that his Majesty had passed a gno4l night, and was proceeding rapidly towards a state of ptl ft et recovery. Prince Leopold honoured the entertainment given by the Marquis of llertford, on Tuesday evenitt, with his commit v. Mr. Secretary Canning had a long consultation yenterdtty with the Earl of Liverpool, at his residence at Whitehall. The interview lasted nearly two hours. The Marquis de Palinella, the Portuguese Ambassador, transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Canning, st the Foreign Office. The venerable Bishop of Durham, we are sorry to say, lies dangerously ill. We have much regret in stating that Mr. Larobton is still confined to his house in Cleveland-row. He is at , tended by Sir Henry Halfoed, and Drs. Southey and Warren. Woacerrea ELECTIOX.—Mr. Robinson arrived in this city last night, when he was received by nearly one hundred of the most respectable citizens, who were in waiting for that purpose, composed of his Committee and other gentlemen inter-steel in his return at the ensuing General Election. This morning Mr. R. commenced his canvass, accompanied by several leading characters of the city, in the parish of St. Peter's, and we understand that up to the time the post left he had experienced the most unprecedented success.— Worcester, March 21. B OROUGH or PONTEFI•CT.—MI. Hardy has ma d e 1a 1 personal canvass at Pontefract, and been received with the utmost cordiality. He finished his canvass on Saturday. ' On Sunday week Mr. Houldsworth arrived from London ;1 and the next morning his Committee assembled, and ap plications to the voters were commenced ; but the arrival of Captain Starkie, from ITuntroyd, in Lancashire, as a third man, took off the popular attention from Mr. Houlds- 1 worth. Mr. Starkie was met by a number of electors two' miles from Pontefract, and drawn into the town in triumph. Mr. Starkie has avowed his determination to uphold the Protestant establishment, and to maintain the contest to the last.—York Courant of March 21. New CATHOLIC ABROCIATION.—The Dublin Free man's Journal insinuates that a few members of this asso ciation smuggled " a house" on Satunlay, the ISth inst. It says a gentleman connected with that Journal had been at the Catholic Rooms until near five o'clock on Saturday, and there INTO then bat thre.i members present in the Secretary's room, and not one person in the Assembly room, and vet we find a report in the Dublin Evening. Post of that evening of a meeting at which Mr. Lawless was in the chair, and a circular letter and formulary from the com mittee of education, to be sent to the parish priests, were approved of. In the gardens of Somerset House there is a store house which has been just completed by order of the Board , of Works, for the use of such ships as may touch at the Island of Ascension, where it is to be conveyed, with some workmen to fix it up. The frame work is of large dimen sions, being 72 feet long, 20 broad, and 32 feet high, with a double flooring of planks two inches thick. It is covered with slates, and to facilitate the putting it to ge th er , th e timbers, and even the slates are all marked and numbered. The weight of the whole is about 150 tons. Horse %Fleece eas.--We perceive that one of our City Representatives. Mr. Ellis, has presented a petition (rein the Guild of Merchants, " praying that an Act may be liaised to prevent tenants from pulling' down and carrying away the materials of houses in Dublin. The lion. Gen tleman said, no person who had not resided in Dublin could be aware to what an extent this species of plunder was earth'', by those who obtained possession of houses. He knew an individual who had lost SO houses in that way. lie gave notice that after the holidays he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to remedy this great evil." Indeed we wonder not that the worthy Member should feel rather sore on this subject, as we remember that not long since, when he went to seek for his rents, arising out of sonic houses in Fisher's-lane, he was informed that the houses hail disappeared six months previous.—Dublin Evening rust. On Saturday next, the 25th inst. will be launched from the building yard of Messrs. Dawson and Co. a large and beautiful steam packet, called the Manchester, built upon an entire new and improved principle suggested by the builder, and never before introduced in any vessel. The principle is that of giving an additional scantling to the floorings, and connecting then, together in such a way by vogues and iron fastenings. so as to make them equal to one solid mass of ember, which will prevent that vibration so sensibly felt in ihoit steam vessels. She is further supported with forty iron knees with start to their extreme points, fifty-six diagonal stays, one iron and one p ower f u l woo d stringer under her paddle beams, securely connected with screwed Lolls, which are all additional to most steam-vessels. She far exceeds the dimensions of any steam-vessel yet built here ; she will be propelled with two engines of seventy five horse power each, made by Messrs. Gladstone and Foster, and from her advantageous form of building, it is expected that she will be able to cope with her unrivalled sister vessels, the Sr. George and Hibernia. She will join the City of Dublin Company's vessels, and will ply between this port and Dublin. The cabin is not vet finished, but we understand it is to be fitted up in the most superb man :lee—Liverpool Commercial Chronicle. On Monday morning, about one o'clock, a destructive fire took place in a ship-chandler's store in Wapping, op posite the Duke of Bridgewater's Dock, Liverpool. The warehouse is totally consumed, and the house adjoining materially injured. The wind being northerly, the sparks of fire flew to some distance, and were blown into other warehouse windows, which were open ; but as the occu , icers and owners ha d been called to the spot by the original ..ezielent, the doors of the rooms were burst open, end the eccessary care taken, which prevented any further confla eration. fileceacnory C.tse.—On IVerinesday last, the body of lieutenant Close, of the 86th regiment, whose disappear ance since the 26th ult. has caused so much (but so well founded) anxiety, was found in the river near Clonettel. It !.ail been supposed that he was murdered, but on examine t oa of the body, nothing appeared to justify that suspicion, and a Coroner's Jury brought in a verdict of " found drowned." It is our painful duty to add, that by a letter received from Clonmel last night, we learn that the body 'T . Miss Grubb, the young lady who had disappeared at the same time, has been also found under nearly similar , circumstances. However shocking and distressing the oc currence, it is some consolation to find that there is every eason, at present, to presume that their deaths were acci dental.— Waterbed Mad, ilfurch.lB. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Edward Lawford, E. was appointed ~ iicitor to the Company in the room of Henry Smith, Es q. deceased. The following ships were taken up, and thus stationed, viz., Lady Raffles, Florentia, Abberton, and Rockingham, for Bengal ; Asia, and Ann and Amelia, China and Quebec, and L or d Amherst, for China and Halifax. GERMAN PAPERS. WARSAW, Masten 4. The Senate, In an Address to his 31ajesty the Emperor Ind King, has attireowl] its profound slilictio.i at the death of the la , c Emperor, and requested to he allowed to @feet a monument to his memory, and to submit a project of law for that purpose to the next Diet. His 31sjesty, by • Cabinet order, dated 14th February, ex. presses his great satisfaction and entire concurrence with this pro posal to erect a national mon um en t to etern i se t h e grat i tu d e o f t h e Poles to the Immortal restorer of their country. His Majesty adds, that he has authorised the Viceroy to call upon the Council to ex amine the project of law to be submitted to the Diet. By a resolution of his Majesty, the uniform of a Polish General, which the late Emperor used to wear when he was in the midst of the representatives of Poland, shall be preserved as a dear and valu able memorial in the archives of the Senate. BERLIN. MARCH 11. His Excellency Count Linen has arrived he .e from London, and immediately proceeded on his way to St. Petersburg!). Manch 14. The Britigh Cabinet !Messenger Dykes, and the Rusaian Courier Wimnitr. have both passed through on their way from London to St. Petersburgh. srocnitotx, %awn 7. The accounts from Gottenburg are very alarming. Seven or eight houses are said to have stopped payment, and among others that of Prytz, to have failed for 400,000 rix dollars banen. It is said that the merchants of that town intend to send a deputation to his Majesty to soMcit a loan, in order to avert a more fatal crisis. The Colombian tiovernment hat paid 80.0001. sterling for the Chapman frigate, which sailed from Sweden last summer. Matted IP. The terrible commercial crisis, which is now felt in the chief mercantile cities in Europe, has extended In consequences to us. borne tiottenburg houses have stopped payment, but it is hoped that the most of Them will be able soon to begin again. Our exchange has not been mreiraffected by these misfOrtunes, and the loss of those who had the meat connection with Ooldsehmidt is inconsi. derable. But events in England have had an immediate and very injurious edict. . All advances on the timber exported have been refused, and se. versi considerable orders have been revoked. The owners of the great saw mills in Wermeland have asked relief of the Govern. ment, and the Government of Gottetiburg has represented the bad effects that the failures may have on the iron trade, bet:attar the funds from which the owners of the iron works at the fair of Christinehamm receive advances towards the end of the month, have been necessarily employed in covering the protested bills of exchange. His Majesty ordered some :Umbers of the Council of State to examine into the matter. The Deputies of the Iron Office have expressed their readiness to employ that part of the 600.000 dollars allowed by the Diet for such purpoaea. which is not yet dig. posed of. His Majesty has also caused MOOD dollars to be paid to the Deputies of the Iron Office, with which it is hoped the pre. sent exigency may be met. _ ST. PETERIIIIOIIO. MARCH 8. The following is the tenor of the letter of his !Majesty to the Atthiluke Ferdinand el Este, appointing him Commander of a ragliirnt of Hussars:— 7 "The feelir.gsol;espect and sincere friendship with which your Imperial Highness has inspired me, have excited in me a wish which I hasten to comomnicate to you. I wish that the Russian army may have the honour of counting among 1:s members the august Prince, who. at the very beginning of the ever-memorable contest. gave an example, the glorious memory of which will be preserved by history ; and I feel myself personally flattered by being able to give your Imperial Highness this distinguished mark of my sentiments. I have accordingly ordered that the hum regi ment of Hussars shall henceforth bear the name of the Hussars of the Archduke Ferdinand of Este. In announcing this resolution to your Imperial Highness, I take with real pleasure the oppor tunity of repeating theassurances of my inviolable attachment. " NICHOLAS. " St. Petersburg, 3d (15th) February, 1826." EtCHANOFII oN Lownote.—flamburgh, 17th March, 36. two months 36. 6.; Petersburgh, 3d March, 9 7-16 ; Berlin, 14± 3larch, 7. 1. ; Leipsig, Lith March. three months, 6 19k. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. EXTRACTS FROM THE CHANCERY REPORT. PROPOSITIONS. 1. That every Plaintilf.WheihCiin;tOWn nr country cause, shall at all times be at liberty, without order, to sue forth a subparts to answer, returnable on a day certain, either in Term time, or in Va. cat'on_ 2. That the form of every Writ of Subpoena, to appear and an. slier, be so altered, as to express, to the party to be served, the duty which is rtquireti from him in obedience to the writ, and the consequence of his disobedience; and that, in like manner, the form of all other 13'rits of Subpoena, which are to be served upon the party. be altered for the same purpose. S. That a Writ of Subpccna, to appear and answer, be sued out for each defendant; and that the costs of all such writs be costs in the cause. 4. That a defendant 01411 after appearance, be allowed, -without order, eight weeks time, to plead, answer or demur to the plaintiff's bill, in a town cause, and ten weeks in a country cause; but, whe ther in a town or country ca u se, If the:defendant do not plead, an swer or demur to the plaintiff's bill, within eight days after appear ance, the plentiffahall be entitled as of course, upon motion, to the common injunction for stay of the defendant's proceedings at law ; and that, whether in a town or country cause, the defendant shall not be permitted to demur alone, after the expiration of fifteen days from the day of appearance. A. That, when a defendant is taken into the custody of the She tiff, upon an attachment, for not appearing to the plaintiff's bill, and the Sheriff returns a Cepi corpus, notwithstanding which the defendant rettnes or neglects to cause his appearance to be entered for the space of fourteen days from and after the day the Attach. mutt was returnable, the Court shall, upon production of the She riff's return to such attachment, and a eertificste from the plaintiff's clerk in Court that the appearance has not been entered, upon motion or petition of course, order one of the sworn clerks of the Court to enter an appearance for such defendant to the bill, in the same manner as is now the practice upon a defendant being brought into Court, upon a habeas corpus, for the like purpose, pursuant to statute fish Geo. 2. 6. That if a defendant be In contempt, for want of an answer, and the writ of attachment be returned by the Sheriff non est in. l'ePtille, the plaintiff shall be at liberty to pass by the intermediate process of contempt, and to move, at once, for a Sergeant at Anne; but no order for a Sergeant at Arms shall be made, unless the mo tion be supported by an affidavit of the solicitor of the plaintiff, or of his town agent, if the writ of attachment was issued by such town agent, that due diligence had been used for the purpose of ascertaining where the defendant was to be found at the time of issuing the writ t and that he verily believes that the defendant was then to be found in the county, into which the writ did actually issue ; and that he verily believed due diligence h a d b een use d, for service of the process, by the officer employed for that purpose. 7. That if the attachment be mitered ccpi aorpus. and the de fendant be in prison, in the custody of the Sheriff; it shall no longer be necessary for the plaintiff to remove him by habeas, to the bar of the Court t but the plaintiff may, upon the return of the attach ment, obtain an order of the Court, to be personally served upon the defendant, that the bill shall be taken pro confess° against him, unless he shall answer within three weeks from the time of see vice of that order ; and if the defendant do not put in his answer accordingly, then, upon motion of course by the plaintiff, sup , ported by an affidavit of personal service of the former order, and a certificate that no answer is filed, the order for taking the bill pro con fiwo shall he made. ti. That if the attachment be bailed by the Sheriff, and the de. Pendant be, by the subsequent process, committed to the prison of the Fleet for want of his answer, it shall not he necessary for the plaintiff to proceed by the habeas, the alias habeas, the planes he. kw, and the alias planks habeas, in order to take the bill pro con fess° ; but that the order for taking the bill pro con, Ssio shall be made on the return of the second or alias habeas ; there being, in all cases, fifteen days, at least, between the return of the first habeas and the return of the second or alias habeas. 9. That in all cases, whether the defendant's answer be filed in term time or vocation, the plaintiff shall be allowed two months to file exceptions to such answer ; but if exceptions he not tiled within the two months, the answer shall thenceforth be deemed sufficient, and the plaintiff shall have no order to file exceptions, aunt pro tune. IU. That, if the defendant do not submit to answer the excep. tions, the plaintiff shall refer the answer for insufficiency, at the expiration of eight days after the exceptions are delivered, but not before, unless in injunction causes; and that, if the plaintiff do not, within six days after the expiration of the eight days. refer the answer for insufficiency, the exceptions shall be considered u abandoned by the plaintiff; and the answer shall thenceforth be deemed sufficient. 11. That if the defendant submit to answer exceptions without a reference, then the defendant shall, without o►de►, be allowed, in • tovn cause, one month's time, and in a country cause, six weeks' time, to answer the exceptions. 12. That if the plaintiff do not, within • fortnight after a defen. dant'. second or third answer to exceptions is tiled, refer the seine for insufficiency on the old exceptions, such sawn shall thence. forth be deemed sufficient. 13. That, if the plaintiff do refer the defendant's second or third answer to exceptions, for insutficieney, on the old exceptions, then the particular exception, or exceptions, to which he requires a fur. thcr answer, shall be stated it, the order. 14. That, if upon a second reference of exceptions, the defendant shall submit to answer, without waiting for the report, the defen dant shall, without order, be allowed, unless he be already In con. tempt, in a town cause, three weeks time to answer, and in a coun try cause five weeks time, and no more. 15. That, if the answer of she defendant be certified insufficient, upon any reference of exceptions, then the Alaster shall, in his cer tificate, fix the time within which the defendant shall tile his fur. ther answer; anti the ahater's judgment, In that respect, shall be final. 16. That, upon s third answer certified to be insufficient, the defendant shall be examined upon interrogatories, to the points re ported insufficient ; and shall stand committed, until such defen dant bath perfectly answered those interrogatories; and shall pay not only 41. costs as heretofore, bat also such further costs as the Court shall think fit to award. 17, That it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff, in the Cll9O of exceptions to serve a subparts for the defendant to make a better answer : and that the time allowed for the defendant to answer the exceptions, shall run from the date of the Mame, report of isuntf. THE BRITISH PRESS. ficiency, which shall be doted on the day on which it is signed ; or where the defendant submits in answer the exceptions, without a report from ihe Master, there the time alkali run from the date of the submission. In. That in all eases of reference of answers for insufficiency. the exception &hall be considered as abandoned, and the. answer deemed sufficient, at the end of • fortnight after the time of re. ference. unless the plaintiff' shall, within the fortnight, obtain the 31aster's report; or unless the Master shall think lit to make his teport at a future time, certifying thereby that such farther time was necessary. EAST INDIA HOUSE A courted,' General Court of Pmprtetors of East India stock trim held yesterday at their ►rouse in I,eatienhall-si rect. On the Chairman (C. blau,/on tnaxxs, Esq.) entering the Court, A PROPRIETOR rose and complained of the impediment he had experienced in gaining access to the room appropriated to the use of the Proprietors. After sending three several messengers to the officers of the Company, and being detained full half an hour, the door of the room was at length opened; but to his surprise none of I the documents to which he was anxious to refer, and which had ' been ordered to be laid before the Court of Proprietors, were to he found. He hoped such steps would be taken as would prevent the recurrence of any similar inconvenience. The CHatnuast regretted that the Honourable Proprietor should have experienced any inconvenience of the kind complained of. He had himself been at the House since nine o'clock in the I morning, and if' the Honourable Proprietor had made application Ito him, immediate access would have been given. He was quite sure nothing intentional on the part of the officers of the Company had been done, and he hoped the thing would not again occur. Dr. GII.CH a IST wished to ask of the Hoo. Chairman whether the small lire-arms and cannons which were sent out to India, for the Compeny's service, were tried and peeved before they were sent out or rot? The CHAIRMAN—They were tried, certainly. Dr. GILcHn IST—A t whose expense ' The CHAIRMAN—He dared say at the Company's. He knew that the Company very seldom got anything for nothing. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (Sir (I. Robinson) said it was not to expected that the Chairman could be prepared to answer these questions immediately they were put : he was not well prepared to do so himself) although he had long been a member of the Military Hoard. But he could say that no muskets were ever used in India that had nor the Tower mark upon them. (Hear, hear.) Dr. GILCHRIST wished to trouble the Honourable Chairman with another question. How did it happen that the orders which were made relating to the duties of Captains in the Company's Mi litary service were not strictly obeyed ? He understood that there existed an order which required that no officer holding the rank of Captain should be allowed to discharge the duties of Adjutant, which were directed to be performed by officers holding the rank of Lietrentint only. Now, he had reason to know, that in contraven tion of this order, many Captains in the Company's Service were allowed to per!orm the duties of Adjutants; and he wished to know how this happened ? . . . . _ The ell AVR MAN complained of the Honourable Proprietor put ting such a string of questions to him without any previous notice; and said, that hcwevet anxious he was at all times to give informs. lion, yet it could not be expected that he should be prepared to do so upon the sudden. If the Honourable Member had had the emir tesy of informing him (the Chairman) of the nature of the questions he intended to pin, he (the Chairman) would have been prepared to have answered them; but as that courtesy had not been observed, lie wished to say, that after this very unusual manner of seeking information, he must decline to answer the questions of the Honour able Proprietor. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAW rose to pit an end to this sort of ca tegorical inquiry, by answering in a few words the question of the Honourable Proprietor. He believed that it would be found in every instance where an officer of the rank of Captain continued to hold the situation of Adjutant, which ought to be held by a Lieu tenant, that the said officer was Captain by brevet only. (Hear.) The various quarterly accounts of the Company were then laid before the Court. RE.?tI'POINTMENTOF SIR J. E.COLEBROOK. The CIIAIRMAN stated that the Court of Directors had on the 7th instant come to a resolution to recommend to the Court of Pro prietors to restore StrJ.E. Colebrook to the rank which he formerly held in the civil service in the Bengal establishment, and which had been forfeited by his residence in this country beyond the period of time allowed by Act of Parliament. The Court of Di. rectors in general were much averse to make such restorations after an extended period of absence; but they had considered the ease of Sir J. E. Colebrook to be a peculiar and an especial one, and theretore entitled to be excepted out of the general rule; he should therefore move that Sir J. E. Colebrook be restored to his former rank in the service. The DEPUTY Custa MAN seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN then moved (agreeably to the 33 Gen. 111. cap. 58, s. 78.) that tbia question he pat to the ballot on the 6th of April next. Dr. GILCHRIST asked whether the case of Sir J. E. Colebrook was similar to other cases where applications had been made to the Court of Directors by persons to be restored to the service, and which applications were rejected The CHAIRMAN considered that the present was a much stronger case than any other that he knew of. Sir J. E. Colebrook had been very lung in the Company's service, his merits were veer high as an officer, and he had only exceeded by a very short period the time allowed by the Act of Parliament to persons absent from India, and this was principally owing to a mistake on the part of the gal. last officer, he not being acquainted with the precise terms of the Act of Parliament, nor knowing whether the period of absence allowed commenced from his arrival in England, or from the mo. anent he left India. Air. THANT having himself served in India, both under and with Sir J. E. Colebrook. could bear testimony to the gallant offi cer's merits, and he considered it a subject of great pleasure at hav ing the prospect of seeing that most useful and eminent member of the service restored. The motion was then agreed to. EAST INDIA WRITERS. The CHAIR MAN then acquainted the Court that it had been made Special agreeably to one of their bye-laws, for the purpose of laying befure the Proprietors a draft of a Bill which was now before Per. liament. entitled "An Act to suspend the provisions of anAct of his late Majesty respecting the appointment of Writers in the service of the East India Company ; and to authorise the payment of the allowances of the civil and military officers of the said Company dying while absent from India." The Bill was then read by the Clerk, after which The CHAIR MAN moved, that this Court do COOCUt in the pro. visions of the Bill. Mr. Poy Nina asked whether this Bill had been introduced into Parliament in consequence of any decision upon the question in the Court of Directors ? His reason for asking this was. that as the Court had already by a very considerable majority (no less than 'lBO decided that the Colrege at Harleybury was a right and proper institution. and that it should be continued, it appeared to him somewhat extraordinary for the Court now to be called upon to comply with a measure that went to upset that decision, without any discussion, or a single reason being stated even in the Bill itself, for making such a change. The CHAIRMAN said the Bill was introduced into Parliament in consequence of a letter addressed by hint (as Chairman of the Court of Directors) on the 9th of August last, to the Board of Commissioners; and the best answer that could be given to the lion. Proprietor therefore was to have that letter read. The Clerk then read theiletter, which stated that, on the 3OtbJuly last, there were In the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, a deficiency of servants in the civil departments of no less than seventy-two, and that the casualties amounted to fifty annu ally ; so that in order to complete the service. there required to be appointed 172 writers in the course of two years. The largest num , bee that had ever been supplied by the College teas forty-eight in the course of the year ; the average bomber being truly thirty-five. The average number of students was peventy.seven. But suppos ing the College to have its full complement of ninety-four, and supposing all the students to pass their tour terms, then the Col lege would supply only forty-seven annually, which would not meet the casualties, and would leave the deficiency of seventy-two wholly unprovided for. It being therefore obvious that the pros pective duties of the Company could not be adequately provided fur by the College, the attention of the Board of Commissioners MU called to the subject, and it was suggested that the deficiency might be supplied either by an enlargement of the College, • limi tation of the number of terms required to be primed, or that the Di. rectors should be authorised to appoint persons efficient to enter the service, although they had not gone through the necessary number or terms at the College. Mr. Po XDE a felt satisfied by the explanation given, and at the present moment should not office any observations upon the subject. Mr. Ormanew thought the letter which had just been reed showed the inefficiency of the llaileybury Institution to meet the casualties and contingencies of the Company ; and that their own celebrated and mach-boasted Institution did not answer the purpose for which it was intended. . _ Mr. Hums: wan happy to concur with the Court of Directors in adopting the Bill now before therm He only regretted that his ef forts to accomplish the same measure several years ago hail not been successful, but he was always willing to take what was offered whenever it came, agreeably to his motto--" Better late than never." He only hoped that the restriction placed open this Bill would be extended. He was anxious that a longer time than three years should be given, now that his Majesty's Government were disposed to make the experiment of a more liberal course. He therefore submitted that the Court of Directors ought to take into consideration the question, whether the time of probation of this new measure should not be four or live years instead of three. No man was more anxious than he was to NO their public officers well educated ; but they ought to consider at the nine time how many meritorious officers there were In India, who were utterly precluded from availing themselves of the friends they hail In the Direction, from their not being able to afford to maintain their children at the Company's seminary, although they had the means of giving them goitres complete en education out of it us they would acquire In it. With regard to that part of the Bill which went to indemnify the Board of Cuntroul for the advances which they hail illegally made since 11121, lie perfectly agreed, and thought they Mid acted wisely in making those advances. But although lie would not interfere with the payments actually made to the military service in this way, yet, as he understood no such payments had been made to any of the civil wearily. he thought it doubtful whether they ought to go bark to the year 11:2I in making those payments, or whether they ought not to commence them from the present time. ASTLEY did not consider this bill as 11 condemnation of the College at Ilalleybury, hut a a trial which necessity had called upon them t o adopt. The accession of territory in the East r.quired a larger nuthber of civil servants than the College cotild at present furnish, and thie b:11 was to supply that deficiency. %Whe ther it would not be proper to abridge the necessary tune of re sidence at the College was a question which he was not prepared to dispute. It was the fashion with sonic lion. Proprietors to con demn the College as inefficient, but, dies an experience of twenty year of its efficiency, tie could not sit quiet under such obscrea tiono. lle thought the period of three years 'ut sufficient for the purposes sought to be erected by the bill. 111 r. %VIP:Moto was of opinion that the time of residence at the College ought to be restricted. 11r. Pal - meow thought It rathei hard that this moment should be taken to run down the College. The President of the Boort! of Control had said that the College was at prevent not inefficient, but insufficient ; he therefore hoped Oentlemen would look at the subject candidly, and not decide against the College until a frit trial had been girth to the mode now about to be adopted, and that the merits or the question would not be further gone foto till it was ascertained which of the two modes was the most efficient. Ile, however; agreed with the Hon. Proprietor 1 Mr. Hume) that the extension of the period for this trial to five years would be better than the term of three quirt ndw fixed upon by the bill. Colonel BATLEY considered that this meseure was not an expo. riment, but an expedient to supply the insufficiency of the College during the temporary emergency which circumstances bad oc. casioned. After a few words from Mr. Trent, Dr. Ililchrist, and Genera/ Thornton, The question that the provisions of the 'oaf be concurred In was put and agreed to. Captain MAXWELL complained of the expenses of shipping and tonnage to China and India, in which he contended the most ex. Lenitive savings might be effected. The expenseil freight at pre. sent actually amounted to 651. per cent. MI the prime cost of the cargo. The powers at protest ezercised by the owner of a vessel oa arriving inindle, rooked tonnage heirtenant.oolonel Its theassny s thee superseding old men who hail held commissions, even in some cases, prior to his birth. This was a defect attributable to the great source of all the defects in the Government in India, namely, com mercial influence. This he merely mentioned as being worthy of consideration, but the matter of moat serious importance was, the expense of tonnage. By the charter of the company it was itnpos. sible to divide more than 101 per cent. profit upon their shares and it was not, perhaps, therefore ninth to be wondered at if no surplus profit had been realised. lie was Jpinlon that the cheapest and of course the best mode of procedure would be. to engage ships as they might be required, rather than engage them tor a certain number of voyages, as was the custom at present. He could not see the necessity tor the company to keep ships of its own, which, bun the expensiveness of their equipment. consumed an immense sum, which must otherwise have been returned in the shape of sur. plus profit to their treasury. The Hon. Proprietor concluded by moving tour resolutions to the following purport:— •' That it appeared by the papers which had been returned, that the average of the tonnage of the ships engaged in January last. was 731. 7s. per ton ; that the average of the tonnage of the ships belonging to the company was 271., while that of vessels engaged for only one voyage was 131. " That engaging ships tor a number of voyages was wrong, and that it would, therefore, be must prudent to engage tonnage only as it was wanted. " That a portion of the !rade hod been conducted by ships of a smaller class, containing every requisite far commercial purposes ; and that therefore the equipment of large vessels at a great expense might be dispensed with. ** That it might be beneficial to the public if permission could be obtained from Parliament for the Proprietors to divide a portion of the surplus profit over 104 per cent.; and it would therefore be advisable fur the Court to petition Parliament to that eth.:ct." Air. ELLICE seconded the Resolutions. The CHAIRMAN said that he regretted that the Hon. Proprietor had not adopted the usual courtesy of acquainting him with the Resolutions which he intended to submit, as in that case lie (the Chairman) would have known better how to have proceeded. The Resolutions applied to two distinct questions. First, whether the Company should have a distinct fleet ? He could only say, that it had always been considered necessary that they should do so. They were better calculated to convey troops to India, this he said from his own knowledge, than auy other vessels in the world. Be sides, should any circumstances occur in India which might occa sion the Government there to require an armed fleet, it would not answer to be obliged upon such occasions to go into the market to look for ships, perhaps unavailingly, fitted for their purpose. The Government in India were also occasionally obliged to send ships under secret orders, and how could that be done with ships engaged for a single voyage ? Taking these circumstances into consider'. tion, he could not consent to regard the question as one of nitre money. With regard to tonnage, he could only say that the Com pany were compelled, by Act of Parliament, to accept the lowest utter made by vessels suitable for the trade, and if the Hon. Pro prietor could build vessels foe the Company soy to save them 2S per cent., he should be happy to accept his proposals the next time the Company had occasion to advtrtise for ships. Captain MAXWELL said, that in the early history of the Com pany it might have been requisite to have an armed naval force, but in time of peace that was unnecessary. He admitted that there could not be finer ships than those belonging to the Company ; but a large ship could gad as well without as with guns, and by em ploying vessels differently equipped a saving might be effected to the extent of SWAMI. upon every voyage. A PROPRIETOR contended that there hail been • profit in the measure adopted by the Company, of having ships of their own. Their cargoes were also brought home in a better state than the cargoes of such vessels as the lion. Proprietor wished to have ex elusively employed. The Resolutions were then put, and negatived by a large ma. jorit y. The Court adjourned st three o'clock. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS. MORNING DELIVERY. POaT-01TICE, 1.1 1 7 ZilP001: MARCH 21, 1826. In order to remove the inconvenience of sending twice to the Post-office morning, and to prevent the pressure occasioned by stopping the first delivery while the letters by the Northman are assorted, all the Morning mails will, on and after Thursday the 2&t inst. be delivered in one delivery, at about a quarter past nine, instead of the two deliveries as at present. The letters by the London mail will continue to be delivered at night as usual. By command of the Postmaster. General, (Copy) BANNING, Postmaster. INVESTIGAT !ONO the KING'. BENCH PRISON. Yesterday a further investigation of the charge against Mr. Latouche, a ruler in the King's Bench prison, of maliciously firing a loaded pistol at a watchman named Barter, took plate at that prison, before the Marshal and Bic. Chambers the magistrate, when no evidence of malicious Intention appearing, it was recom. mended by Mr. Chambers that he should be discharged ; but the Marshal thinking it necessary to deter othdrs from similar conduct, decided on his further detention within the walls. Subsequent to the decision in the above case, three individuals confined within the walls, named George Barrow, James Elver stone, and IVi'ham flurdman, were conducted into the room, charged with having committed the following robbery. A Mr. Edward Mooney, who stated himself to he a ltnen.draper, residing in High-street, Birmingham, deposed that on the ISth instant he had occasion to call at the prison, for the purpose of visiting a friend, and while there was introduced to the three prisoners, and went to Barrow's room, in which there were two females gnat a man named White, besides the persons in custody. On entering he gar* a sovereign to Barrow, to procure s bottle of wine. After this was drank be sent for another, instead of which a bottle of turn Was brought. Having only received 79. &t. out of his sovereign in change, he made some objection to the deficiency. However, he put the change into his pocket, and still grumble d, when the prisoners desired him to pull out his money again and count it. He then took out of his pocket 14 sovereigns, which he laid on the table ; the table was Instantly upset by the three pri. inners, and the person named White and himself knocked down by Elverstone, and held down by him and some others with his face downwards. whilst the money was picked up by them, which he saw by the light from the fire, the candles having been blown out before the upsetting of the table and the money. One sovereign, which he saw on the ground, he attempted to take, but Hurdman prevented him, and took it himself. The complainant, in reply to questions by the men in custody, admitted that he had been drinking before he went into the prison, but denied that the quantity taken could have injured hint. lie added, that after the above transaction, he proceeded to Elver. stone's room, and accused him of robbery ; that person denied it, and said that if he ever came there again he would kill him. A man named Evans was called by the prisoners. He stated that he was present at the commencement of the scuffle, when the table was upset, but that he instantly left the room. He com pletely negatived the assertion of the prisoner with respect to the complainant being drunk at the time. Another person, who was present when Mr. Mooney first entered the room, stated that he withdrew, imagining some foul play was going to be exercised on the complainant. The prisoners tall declared their innocence, and asserted that the complainant was so drunk that he knew not what had happened. It was here suggested that evidence would be brought forwent, to prove that the money thus taken from Mr. Mooney, was after wards divided amongst them by the prisoners. Mr. CHAIIIIER, after making some remarks on the cruelty of such a robbery, postponed the further hearing until to-morrow. Sir Humphrey Davy lately melted two piecee of ice by their mutual friction, in a room cooled below the freezing temperature. Sot etne.—On Tuesday kat, about half-pant two o'elock, a young men about. 211 years of age, named Holmes. a cabinet. maker, residing at Mr. Smith's, No. 15, Ogle-mews, Alarylebone, after eating a hearty dinner, apparently cheerful, committed self. destruction with a pistol, the muzzle of which he had placed in his mouth. His head was dreadfully shattered, and he presented a shocking spectacle. It appears that the deceased had lately left his friends, who are highly respectable, at Sidmouth in Devon s hi re , intending to set up in business in the metropolis. He had pre viously paid his addresses to a young lady,. who at Hest eocostraged them, but afterwards transferred her regards to another p erson ; and this circumstance, it is conjectured, led to hie commission of the rash act. The bud, lies for a coronet's Inquest. EXECUTION or JOHN DIGGLE. As soon ac the awful sentence of the law had been passed 'llona this unfortunate young man, and lie had been removed from the dock to the prison, all that sturdy and unshaken firmness which be manifested on his trial gave way. He burst out into bitter weeping,. and positively at:Sealed his innocence. Bur on being informed of his awful state, that he must soon appear before Pim to whom dui . secrets of all hearts arc kacoon. and that these declarations would be totally ineffectual to stop the execution of the law, he remained sa.. , lent. He was immediately afterwards visited by the Rev. air. Rowley, the chaplain of the prison, to who n he confessed, to it frank and open manner, the justice of the rentence passed upon him. He acknowledged that the bloody deed was perpetrated by himself alone ; although he maintained that the subject of the rob. hery was first suggested to him by Ralph Weston. He could noc tell the exact time at which he arrived at the hoube of his unfortu nate victims ; he stated, however, that lie remained Co a consider able time at a small briilge rear to Ashworth, before he went to their house, hut that he did not see John Chadwick, who swore on the trial that he left the old p;sitile about ten o'clock in the cvenlm although there is no Await that he must have arrived at 31areWt immediately after that time. According to his own account, he complished his sanguinary purpose whilst under the iofluentept liquor, and he said he thought that lie did it with the poker alone, and never used the space, which it was intimated by the surge= must have been empinyed in cutting the old man in way be was found, but of that he could not speak with certainty. As to the stick stated to have been found in the house, be said it must have been there before he went, fur it was not taken by hint. That his sole object was plunder; and h&rig perfectly well k.:own to both the old people. he murdered them in order, as he conucieedi that ail testimony could then rise up against him for the robbery. That he searched as much as he could for money, but iheat.pearance of die old people, after their murder, so horrified him, that he seized the! , first article that came to his hand, and then fled with precipitation. That ever since he committed the murder, the remorse and gnaw ing% of his mind Were indescribable. That he was determined to deny. his, guilt triU legally convicted g and- that now, havityystb r ' burthened his mind from the load, he felt more tranquil. finteni distely on his committal to prison, the Chaplain exhorted him so prepare for the worst consequences ; and being quite illiterate, every means was made use of to teach him to read ; and these Op forts succeeded so fares to enable him to make out ferhimself any striking passage of scripture that was pointed out to him by this' clergyman. On Sunday last he attended the chapel, in company with James Simpson, John Sinilt, and Thrinhss martin, who are/ also left for execution, for uttering forged notes. On his first en tering the chapel, he appeared to be quite composed and firm ; and there was very little, if any, alteraticti In his general uppearaoce from what it was at the time of the trial. On his being placed In the apartment appropriated for conderrined felons he wept bitterly tot a length of time. lie brocght a prayer.book into the chapel with him, opened it, and appeared to peruse it tam during thst tone the Chaplain was delivering an affecting discourse from the 2n I Peter, 3rd chap. and sth verse. lie slept very composedly the whole of the Sunday night, and yesterday morning thd Chaplain again visited him. About eleven o'clock the sacrament was admi nistered to him, and son afterwards he was pinioned in the ovine' way. Exactly at twelTe o'clnek he came upon the fatal scaffold t and after the burial service had been read over by the Chaplain, the drop fell, and he was launched into eternity. He appeared to struggle very little. We understand his body will be given to the surgeas of Lancaster fin dissection.-3fauceehee ABDUCTION. C i nder this head testes' statements have appeared in the journali of the circumstances attending the alleged abduction of a young lady named Turner, of Chester, by a Mr. Ederird Gibbon Wake. field. We are happy to be able to state that Miss Tut ter has been metered to her friends, and that, ton, under eircnnistances upon which she and all connected with her have g%ii`. reason to con gratulate themselves. The following statement i 4 derived from unquestionable authority :—lt was more than auaptrted that Mr. %Wakefield when he had, as he thciught, accomplished his object in Scotland, bore hit fair charge direct to France, and this fact was established beyond a doubt in two or three days, by th- receipt od a letter from him; dated Calais, and addressed to Mr. Turner, in which he stated that be had married his daughter, anti taking Ala the blame of the transaction, as tar as " over-peraiunion" went, added, that bliss Turner was fondly attached to him, and that it should be the anxious endeavour of his life to promote her happi ness by every means in his power. Still , however, her friends were of opinion that she had yielded rather to coercion than to persua sion, and that if an opportunity offered she would gladly return to her afflicted mother, and they derermined to use every exertion to give her that opportunity. Her paternal uncle, accompanied by his son and their solicitor, posted to London, and immediatilye on their arrival sought a private interview with Sir R. Rirnie, the Chief Mairtstfate of Police, who, on hearing the circunistacces. entered at once warmly into the feelings of the ponies, and said he would most willingly give every assistance in his power, but he mush doubted if he coolg render thews imp material service. kis had not, he said, much difficulty in sendinthia warrant to any part ' of England, but he feared lie could not do much on the other vide of the Channel, although his authority had sometimes been re. specteet even there In cases of a highly criminal nature, such to forgery for instance. After some conversation Sir R. Birnie if they could proctire any aid at the Foreign Office, in the shape of a letter to any of the authorities in France, he would not hesitate to give them the services of one or two of his ablest officers. They went to the Foreign Office. and obtained a letter from Mt... Canning to the British Ambassahoi at Paris. Thus anted they returned to the Chief Magistrate, and he directed Ellis, oce of the principal officers, to accompany the gentlemen to France, first instructing him to act with the utmost caution and de licacy if he should succeed in finding the fugitives. They pro ceeded to Calais, and had scarcely landed when they saw the objects of their search walking together on the pier. They immediately approached them, and Miss Turned, the moment she saw the party, exclaimed " Good God I here is my uncle," and leaving the side of Mr. Wakefield, she sprung Into the arms of Mr. Turner, kissed him most affectionately, 3rd bitret into tears. A warm lea. versa•lon took place between 3liss Turner's relatives and Mr. Wakefield, and the latter having learned that it was their intention to take her back with them to England, declared that she was hits wife, and that no earthly poster should deprive him of her. Mr. Turner however was firm. and Mr. Wakefield then appealed to the _ civil power for protection for him and •` his wife," and was attend ed to ; the authorities Stating that they could not suffer a lady, even young as wan bliss Turner, to be forcibly taken away from the person who claimed her as his wife, unless she gave her full and free consent. The question wss then formally put to Miss Turner as to whether elle would go with her uncle or not, and she ex. claimed eagerly, " Oh ! yes, I will go with my uncle any where, any thing to get away from this man (Mr. Wakefield) ; I am mot married; I am not his wife at all; I was taken away and brought here against my will entirely. I have be e n d ragge d from my friends by force." Mr. Wakefield had no reply to make to such a declaration as this, and the French police saw no occasion for further interference on their part. Some question were then put to Mr. %Wakefield by Miss Turner's relatives, and he declared that he considered himself lawfully married to her; bat said that the marriage bed never been consummated. He went farther, and gave a written declaration that iliss Turner was, as respected him, " a pure and spotless virgin." He said that they had plighted their troth Meech other, and acknowledged each other as man and wife in the presence of a third person in Scotland, and that, according to the laws of that country, constituted a legal mar. riage.—We omitted to state in the early part of this narrative that Sir R. Birnie was anxious to send two officers, but Ellis only was at hand. At midnight of the day on which the application was made,Taunton another officer, arrived from a country journey, and he, being well acquainted with France am! its language, was ordered to follow the parties to Calais with all speed. lie arrival there aeon after the others, and after the *airy before the police, he watched Sir. Wakefield to his hotel, and found that he in•ended to proceed iniestatly to Paris . It was then agreed upon that Elli e and the Memos. Turner should conduet the young lady to Eng. land, while Taunton and the solicitor should follow Mr. Wakefield to Paris. and there, if they could obtain the permisssion of' tha French (internment, apprehend him and bring him to this country, it being the determination of the other parties to enforce the utmost rigour of the law against him. The Messrs. 'turner and Ellis, with the young lady, arrived at Bow.street within forty-eight pouts from the time that the application vat made, and she is now safe under the roof of her doting parent. She states that she neve; saw Mr. M'akefickl until he drove up to Mrs. Dalby's door, where she was visiting, near Liverpool, anu that when they had travelled a great distance she inquired anxiously bow tt was that they did not meet her uncle, who Sir. Wakefield had said was to meet her on die road. lie made various excuses, and at length, in answer to an Inquiry, hesaid "keep quiet, my dear—when we cross tide stream that you see we shall be sere to tee him." They stopped in a short time, and then Mr. Wakefield disclosed his views to her, and under the influence of terror she consented to acknowledge bust as her husband. Ifs then took her to Calais, scarcely suffering her to speak to any one. She declares solemnly that she was the whole time under coercion. has been hinted that Miss Turner's in. tellects are not of the strongest kind.l It is due, as Mr. Wake field said, that the simple ceremony which he described, does by the law of Scotland constitute a marriage, but it is only legal provided the parties be above the age of fifteen years, and it hap. pens that Miss Turner now wants sibeut one month to complete her fifteenth year. so that the ceremony was to all intents and purpose. nugatory. 31r. Wakefield's age is 42. A tolerable idea may be formed of the profits, or rather plunder, derived from a gaming -house, when it is stated that the keeper of a certain hell actually lost and paid 18,000/. to a Noble Earl in one bet at the Doncaster races. lloas EALI t appears from a return made by order of the House of Commons, of the persons convicted of horse-stealing during 1623, 1824, and 1825, that the number amounted to 449, of whom io were executed. 21i4 transported for life, and 203 transported or imprisoned to hard labour fur various periods—of the latter, three were female.. 8111:EP-IPT EALlwo.—By a similar return, of persons con. victed for stealing of sheep during the same period, it appears that the number was 288, of whom four were executed, Itl transported for life, and 140 transported fog imprisoned to hard labour for various periods. A , A few evenings since the body of a man was taken spiv the Thames, near the Tower, tad an Inetuat was held upon it ; but in the meanwhile some =pas effected an entrance Into an parish ben•Assusi_4o ,o " instilled, sod bun it silks As uptikeloP—