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- E u PARis PAPERS. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE: PAID, NOVEMBER 21. The King yesterday transacted business with M. Corvettn. the Minister of Fiwances. His Ma. afterwards drove in Ise carriage to St. Cloud. The children of the Unite of ()Aeons are per fectly re-established in I►eulth. Its Serene High ness will tithe ni' his residence in the Polaris Royal at the begitinin» of the nest we. k. Toe Xing of Naples left Rome on the 6.11, to return to his own states, accompanied by his august brother. King Charles IV. of Spain. The Tribunal of Correctional Police of Paris yes terday pronounced judgment of dismissal, and or dered to lie set at liberty, two young men who bad ornornehted their hats with ribbon• of three colours, but had not formed them into cockades. The Government has determined to improve the e‘tololishments alteady rtisting at Cayenne for the extensive cultivation of the vegetables of both ii- Pilots, which have hitherto remained un known, err to be brought and naturalised iu Cui tm, for the purpose of thence transporting them to Europe; and at the same time plants obi It are peculate to Europe will he conveyed to Coyettl, whence. as souls as they shall become ins tursliserl to the climate, they will be transplanted, sirul spread over the most distant contilietitA.— Frrneh Guyana will thus Iwc a kissel of entrepot fir every thing appertaining to natural history. Of all the young tnen who b. at yet been tiroug;lit before i l►e ei.rreriiaitil Police, fur baring, the several ballot% fur rrclu:ti at 111Ie !Niel dr Ville, exhibited ordiiionv colatre, only one who e irritel an actnal cockade has been condemned. Two others. who* cu aw. not ►•► veriou%, Wert bet at hhere)• tine morning'. The J•+uroals [alive u•!nken of a marriage between the I'►ince Itn I of Prinista and a Princevs of Denmark ; but the report Is now staid to be without floatation. The prese r ve of the Sit:4ll4dt awl Portuguese st Aint-lr-eirtitelle, causes r presumptou totAk. Congress, h+%. V l lllrrialford same - ga id era .. of albiis of those two countries. Adams Imp to offer Ike espetwaion of his warm sod onqua. Idled thanks, as well as to Captains Rodbeg. Macdowell, and Maddalena, and Lientestant %Ts!cot. and all the otters and men of the horse and font artillery, for their active, seolous, sod usiabatedesertione,so permanently conspicuous through out the performance of their arduous duties. The Commanding Officer cannot express the peculiar and deep erase of obligation which he feels himself under to Lieu tenant-Colonel Scutt, better than in recording and holding up to the Division tinder his command, his admiration and applause of such distinguished conduct, which must ever command success when attainable, and which inspired the breasts of his brave associates of the assault with a spirit and animation that was irresistihle. Lieutenant Colonel Adams has already expressed the high set4faction be derived from the honourable offers of Lientewant-Colunel Scott's services; and he could not hut •iew with admira tion the debovehe of the right and left columns (ram the village, their steady but spirited advance to the breach, and courageous gallantry with which they ascended, and the judicious dispositions of Cie I columns which so rapidly and happily accomplished the snecessful result now recorded. The Commanding Officer has perused with high satisfaction Lientenant.Colonel Scott's report of the ab!e and gallant manner in which the right and left columns were conducted round the ramparts,' by Lieutenant-Colonel Popham sod Captain Brook, together with the Liestenant- Coloners warm expressions of applanse and sibligstion to Majors Logic and Puvoleri, Captains Charleswoeth, Baker, ■nd Cooper, commanding the different corps employed in the attack ; anti performs a most pleasing part of his duty in offering to these officers his unqualified acknowledgments for the distinguished gallantry and animation with which they led on their men, as well 31 Calrl While and SFrau kie, and Brig ide-Majors Taylor and Rope, of whom bo. mineable megrims is made to all the other,* and Olen 'nog. ed in this glorieds and memora►le assault. Lieutenant-Co lour! Adams feels he would be wanting if be did nut notice is this place the eatraordinary efforts of Lieutenants Poggen pohll and 'lntact . , in effecting the transport of their guns over the breach, into the centre Of Chanda. [The rest of the letter is filled with th inks to the different officers.) A emisiderable proportion of a hot and powder to the dif ferent pieces of ordnance was discovered, but the fort being of such great extent, and the smaanoitton ninth divided, it was impossible to ascertain the wet quantity ur measure ment. (Signed) JOHN RA/DBIRR, Cap. Conimaittlitig Artillery Brigade. (Sinned) IV. O. 31' ALA OTT, Lieut. Commanding Stotts N. S. Forces. (A True copy.) (Signed) J. PAY I.EI, A. A. btil. Dep. (A true (opy.) (Signed) JONA. SCOTT, A. A. A. G. CALCUTTA. APRIL 16. The present seartity of money has been much the subject of di•eussiun, as well in private as in the public I to. Letter, from Bombay, of the 6th Morel], seem to intimate, that onercanti!e di•trr•%es, for want of money, are as severely felt in that part of the country as here. A PRI L 30. We are sorry to find by a paragraph in one of the papers of the week, that the inhabitants of Jliduapo►e and Cuttack, and the adjacent places, ore suffering greatly front bowl complaint ; that Major Hamilton, of the 18th Native Infantry, died on the 19th instant, from this cause ; and that Sir G. Niartiodell has been oLliged on 'Kenna of tll health, to leave the district, and is on his way to the Presidency. By a letter from Midnapore, dated the 22i1 inst. inserted is Motiday's papers, Me learn, that two men in the army stationed there, died a few days days ago, and that 25 troopers, of the 21st Light Dregoutis, are sick in the Hospital. The weather there is represented to be insupportable. It is confidently reported from different sources at Bombay, that General Smith's division, employ ed at Sisighur, *ill receive ant less than 25 lacs of rupees priee-saioney, being the procreda of the revenue of the Peishwa, which was kept there as in a place of safety. ,_. , ... - :: .. f 1 I f i c' &; 14 . •.. • i ti ip• is.. I, [I n • '''' 1 i V t '::. C i l it , T riiii4 1 e . : Ili• . A • . ' r. , FAST LYDIA INTELLIGENCE. Inm A PAPER OF SIONDAV, JUNE 15, 1818. [Frain the Corerareent Curette Extraordinary] CCNERAL ORDERS. By THE HONOURABLE THE vice-nu:sun:lt IN COUNCIL. Fort William, Jour 12, 1818. 10 continuation of the Cr ocral Melees of the Honourable the Vice-Pre-Went in Cos... ell, routained in the Gorereonent CareVe Extraordinary of the 9th instant, ennouncing the Storm of the f«rioB.:4l city of Citandx, by the force under the commend of lieistenynt•Cohniel Adams, C 11, the Vice. I'rrsiaont in Coined is pleas. to direct, that re copy of a dispatch tram the Resident at . Nagpurr. transmitting Colonel A.lanis's detailed report of that brilliant nelliClle mrnt, be !nihilistic" fur general information. To RICHARD JENKINS, Esq. Resident at Nagpore. 811 t—My dispatch to poor address of the 20th instant will Aare acquainted you, that the strongly fortified city of Cbantla was carried by assault that mottling; and I have now the honour to state, for your information, the details which led to this glorious result. Dodo; the night of the 17th instant, a battery for four 12. pounders. a small one for two howitirs , , and a sunken one far six.potvidtrs, were finished, and firltned on the morning of the 18th instant, the former at site distance of about 400 yards (rain the wall ; and I perceived with high satisfacli 1111 l wit vision. then' at sun.risr, the vivacity and excellent effect a ills *hi. It they played against the place. The 1./v..lWe materials being wetly, the brenchiug battery for Amy 18 pounders was meek, tl out at a distance of about 250 yard., and erected during the ensitiog night; at this lone I also invested the west and smolt hays, a ith the Bah cavalry, a sipsadron Bth Native cavalry, and Capt. Pedlar's leftward borer, in detached upt•diotts and parties, at ram eessirot distances. A brrtrle was effeetril at Ave &clod( its the afternoon of the 19th lust ,sit ; but the isninatuu exieut of Manila, and the usoirsorrs of Major ClorMeaus, that be should hr able Jur hoe the night it, preveut the enemy front throwing up any wenk,instile, induced me to d, fir the attack till the follow log 1111 l ruing, with the view th it 1 might have the whole day before me, The result will as already reported in my letter of the 20116 instant, ta your address ; and I have herewith th, I of transmitting a copy of Division Orders, a hick I deemed N proper to issue on the occasion. I bare likewise the honour to enclose a return of ord. *mica taken, as also of the killed and wounded; and it is with deep regret I report the death of Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Deena, on the 19th instant, fruibJettigue, and of that of filajor Derelnion, eiti the eveningir this 20th instant, front a.vere exertion and exposure to the beat. 1 have, See. (Signed) J. W. ADAMS, 11.ireet,Eolonel, Com: N.S. Force. Ilead.qaarters N.S. Force, Camp, Chanda, May 22,1818. l'S I lirg leave to add, that the number of the killed and wound, dof the enemy may let between four and five him. aced altogether ,• and that the killader litotes I). en, and a Coug Choi called /toy arse ansonvit tlsr tuna. r. (Sigurd) J. W. A. Copy of Division Orden unet J W. Adams, C.D. coning:lndia ; 210818. With %CO i intent Lion(-Colonel Adams again Walton to the he has si the sic. moult which ern* brilliant E.f.anit yesterday moroing, ed city sit eliada, alien an ancient and . bstinately to s ni 44444•1i0ns and deters inn, with heavy io unity, MA. ca.rit.l .11 a style i.f a and excellence. OA flit." by any thing he has ever tied. lu tie .I.ie eolleale of the preparations which led to t h is apleioli I •iiiretaa, the Commanding. Officer has much pleasure in reciodi: - a the eminent sirvaces of Lieut. Anderson, Field Engine. r. Madras Estalifishintsit, assisted by Lirut. Craw. ford, Aelillg Enid Engineer to the N. S. Force, shuse ac. f orate sad frequent ri • as mice. determined the point sof attack foe roe at-viral b Merin, and thsp:ayed a professional Isquirleidre so highly creditable to both these officers. The Lib•odou., constant, and 2111114 We earn s of the pinneeni of both establishments, under Ideals. Brunt' mid tell, have alts onuualyupheld the high regulation of 11w tiognishii) pa to ali.cli they belong, and fully acquired the Cominanilinz Itllicrraappruhatiun and applause; and he sis.cerelv 'tints the %sound received by Lieut. Fell in the vurni yt.tectlay morning, and slide nobly ',hulling the Bri t .its ..tacist.irit uo Itir lue.uh, sill not lung ilvesive the force Or lilt w. reici.a of this brave and excellent unites'. Tu Maj K 4.aehatr, entlaul.iiiilitig the whole “r the Art 1.4 v. under whu.e masterly and aileilitfic direction the tin, • 10 ) 's finua vrere continually sites ed, Cie defences L i k en o n ; 6...111.,. breach effected, which led to an a result,. and • hn-r and. sit and a dell exertion.. et t as, ex•imp!e to all ,:•notsuutl, TH E BRII.I. S FL PRE S S. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Novssma 25, 18111. We learn with much pleasure th•tt a circular letter has been forwarded from Lnrd Stcostount's Office to the High Sheriff., Moyors, and other Chief Officers throughout the kingdom, requiri n g Returns to be made in the first week of January 'teat, containing " An account of all the Gaols, Houses of Correction, or Penitentiaries, in the United Kingdom; specifying the 'mintier of per sons committed to each, and the greatest num ber of prisoners confined in each, at any pet sod of the year 1818; distinguishing tried from un tried, enables from females, those under the age of seventeen from those above it ; also under what jurisdiction and superintendence each risen' is pieced, what number of prisoners roe+ is cal culated to contain, into what number of separate deuce or departments it is divided, and how far the number of those divisions can, without great inconvenience or expense, he increased ; also an account of all allowances of food, money, or clothing made to prisoners ; of the value of labour dime, and the application thereof ; mud generally of subsisting regulations for the discipline and of each prisms, and in what instances tl tions have been deviated trout in the course of th ar 1818, :mil what has beret the oc casion of sucialsriution, and under what authority it has been alto • all such prisons respectively." This regnisiti from toe Noble Secretary's Illiu Office originates, we sincerely hope, in a desire to a me li ora t e th e ii i t t r i ial economy of the gaols and houses of correction throughout the kingdom, aid to remove in some degree the dark stigma that the present state of the greater part of them is edict'. latvd to throw upon our national character. It has been tae cusioin of acme little tuneds in this couiltry, envious of merit they tali 'lover emu late, to cast a pitiful sneer at the exertions of the benevolent and wise, who have generously d..voted tiitais:ives to the improvement or our prison sys. tent. Such minds are as incapable of understand ing the motives to a disinterested good action, us they are of appreciating the reward l.•lt arises to a generous mind fspin the proud feeling of conscious merit. They dwell confusedly upon one isolated point, the advaistage of connecting misery with► vice, and adhering to this with the firmness of superstition, or the obstinacy of ignorance, they must necessarily exclude every more ex tended idea of the effects which must result to society from the dissemination of vice, and the strengthening of vicious habits. From some such con tracted understanding must have arisen the sapient question, " IVhether these philanthropic Gentle men intended to cover the floors of Newgate with Turkey carpets?" The person who was silly enough to !lazuli such • remark ought to have known that there is a wide difference between Turkey car pets and damp flags, and between a well-sired room of sufficient capacity, and one where the miserable inmates are compelled, according to Mr. Burro WS statement, by the want of space to " lie edgeways.. The great object, however, of those who would re form the internal state of the prisons is rather to ensure au attention to the morals, instruction, and profitable employment of the prisoners, than to ensure them luxuries unsuited to their situation. With respect to the propriety of affording comforts to the In ',toners, %se shall inertly observe, that however ab.urd it might appear to some ',emus to exclude misery and want from a prison, it can not he denied that some difference ought to be drawn in regard to treatment between persons con victed of crimes, and those who have been com mitted there oat for punishment but for bare ru-tody. Wliv, fur instance, ►hould the hardened pickpocket, or the almeirloued prostitute, be treated on a perlict equality with an individual confined for wood of bail, or MI 1111.1043011 of having coin mated perhaps a venial offetice ? Minty cases of ins less glaring injustice will readily nectar to the mind of every one conversant with evert the ordi nary occurresices of life, sod as they occur, it can not fail of being conceded that where the law draws the utmost distinction between dilieretit classes of toenails committed to confinement, as wide is dd . - ference should be established in their mode of treatment. The consideration of our prison discipline will not improbably involve in a considerable degree the revision of some parts of our penal code. Its the result of this revision, our character not only 'for humanity, but even for policy mid common sense, is deeply implicated. To undertake a complete survey of the imperfections, absurdities, and iticon gruitiee of our criminal law, would perhaps deter the most patient and diligent of our Legislators, and if likely to be attended with considerable alte rations, would perhaps frighten many a worthy but timid gentleman, who, hosing often pleased his fancy with what has been frequently called the si admirable fabric of the English law," might fancy that to touch one stone of the edifice would bring the whole Concitution tumbling about his ears. With such persons it would be impossible to argue, and the►efore it would be vain to inform them that the penal code has no .essential or i iiiiii etliate con nexion with these admirable laws ulmn which our political system has long been establish ed. The greater part, however, of those laws, whose sanguinary• character disgraces our statute book, are c partitively of minim) (fate; so that in attacking their existence, no other reform would he contemplated than one having fur its object the removal of dangerous innovations. There is, however, one branch of this code which seems, more thou any other, to demand tha instant and impartial attention of the Legislature. %V allude to the laws reluting to the prevention of forgeries. It is a melancholy fact, that the crime of forgery increases almost iii proportion to the increased severity or the laws enacted to control it, and that mire lives have been sacrificed in conse quence r fit, within the last 10 or 15 years, than fur all the other crimes noticed in the statute-book. It is but too manifest througnout the country, that the facility of iistiviting the notes of the Llaisk of England has given on impulse to the criminal ingenuity of a numerous class of persons, and not eves, the PM g ttttt &fry violence with whirl' the sta tutes have been enforced clan counteract the dan gerous iiiducetnent to guilt ullit.ll the Batik of Eitgland times present. It is time, therefore, to iiitioduce a change iu the system, either by causing the Directors of the B of Eligland to issue a mite more difficult of imitation, which we are usetirefl by many excellent artists can very easily be done, or by altering the stature of the punielmient coneegtient tin forgery. Our iirisoti diecipline is so extremely defective, list we can scarcely recommend imprisonment mid herd labour us the puilishinent lir this offence. But, sit the seine 'nor, should the exertions of those excellent individuals who have iirovidentially turned their at tention to the subject, aided by the wiling, co-ope ration of the Home I)ep.irtinent, operate benefi cially, we conceive that tio means more effective for preventilig the commission of the crime, for spewing a compensation to society fir the injury inflicted, Hod at the same time improving the moral and srecial finalities of the unhappy offender, can i,e devised than close imprisonment with severe la bour, accompanied at the same time with such in struction a., instead of rutting Mat off its the prime of life, or flinging him hack upon his old haunts, tinder th‘t necessity and with the increased inclination of pursuing his old babitsonight restore him to the rank he had lost, and snake him • va. Inutile member of society. We live received East India Papery, including Calcutta Gazettes of the 6th of Wiy. They do not announce any military operations of which we were not already itifurined. We have received Paris Papers of Saturday the 21st. Following the example of the Meniteur of the preceding day, the other Papers venture to publish extracts from itglish Papers, relit lug tu the dispatches lii gist by CUpt. BRINE. from St. Helena. 'l' , of course, particular in concluding their ice of this subject by au as surance, in italics, that BONAPARTF: IS OM confined at St. fickle', and will remain there. It is wider stood, from private amanitas, that the mystery af fected by the English Callinet, and the anxiety ma nifested in the Treasury Plinio of this City, to re present the conspiracy for NAPOLEON'S escape as very 'crimes, complicated and extended, has excited a belief iii Paris that there is some important poli tical object in view, of which BuNApsterc's name is only made the pretext. An attempt is made to connect it with it pretended conspiracy, the object of which was to seize the person of the Emperor A trx.tr:DEß, by Guo smugglers, MI his journey front Aix-la-Chapelle to Brussels, and, carrying hini into a wood, compel him to sign instruments enabling all the diplomatic acts of the few last years altogether nugatory. But the absurdity of such a plan is so &ming, that we notice it only fur the purpose of exposing it to ridicule. The Paris Papers have fur several days been assuring their readers that Hotting could be more exemplary than the generous devotedness and re ipectful sill •s' of the young muses who, in pur suance of the law for recruiting the army, have been assembled in various ',laces to await the ballot. It is, however, briefly noticed iii the Journal:: of Saturday, that " of the various young men who Lod been hitherto brought before the Tribnital of Correctional Police for having, during the ballot at the Hotel de Ville, displayed hi-coloured only one has been punished." This fel low, it appears, was more guilty than the others, for they wore the ribbends simply drawn round their hats, while he more presumptuously bud hit 661,31111 s folioed into a cockade ! This incident cannel be passed over without notice. It proves the existence a spirit hostile to the exist wog Government, which not even the violence of the laws can prevent from expressing itself, openly. The distinction drawn between the wear ing of nbbands and a cockade arose evidently from the embarastnient of the Court, which could nut inflict punishment on the many persons brought an tler its jurisdiction. The Five per Cents. were, on Friday, at 69 fr. 50 c. Bank Stock, 1,5.55 fr. Yeqerilly morning the Duke of YORK had a long interview with thr PRINCE REGENT at Carl ton-house. In the evening the PRINCE REGENT went In Cambridge-house. Kew-green, to !my a %isit of conanlenee to the PRINCESSES. it is 8111,pm:ell the Royal Dukes would receive. in the course of last Saturday. the melancholy tidings of the demise of their beloved Mother. On Thursday night, Mr. Ni 11.141. the King's Nlrssenger, was sent off from Downing-street with dispatches to Brussels. Saturday evening Mr. ILITTLEWOOD, the King's Messenger, left town with dispatches for Aix-la- Chapelle. A Paris Paper, alluding to the discovery of an unknown nation by our expedition to the North Pole, has the following observations:—" This first observation is iirolsalily inexact. The Greenlanders b e i ng . of the Esquimau* race, inhabiting north of Hutkott'a Hay, it • ill, probably, torn out, that this Arctic tithe is of the same race. The Greenlanders, subject to Drumm k, hate always spoken of a horde inhabiting more to the north than themselves." Private letters from Amsterdam represent the monied market of that city to be in a state of singu lar and embarrassment. On Thursday last, so great it fall took place that several of the jobbers became unable to fulfil their obligations, and were declared defaulters: every species of stock suffered, but the foreign securities appear to have declined in a greater proportion than soy others.— Pi lassiais are. /looted, in Thursday's list, at 71, and Austria,' stock was as low a 5.54. having under gone the extraordinary depression of 16 per cent. in ti, course of a few days. A project is in agitation to commence a line of canal front 11itilii o no Cornwall, which, iii its pro. grow me o mmunication by water, between Bristol is mi the Chat , Exeter, and Plymouth. By advice. from Demerara we learn, that the slase, commonly called Captain Frank, who caused the oirgritrs on the Beehive EstAtr, belonging to E. VAN BANLE, r,y, to revolt in March last, and who commanded them while they cmatinsted tit a sLie of imtiburdissation, was executed on the 6th ult, dressed in all the paraphernalia of obeism, opposite to said estate, and his bend was severed from his hotly, and placed on a pole on the spot where he was executed. The isegrues whom he haul misled, but who afterwards returned to their duty, and were therefore pardoned. as well as the others belonging to the estate, were present at the awful crrettim.y. Captain F.'s wife has received 300 lashes, and been sentenced to work the remainder of her hie in chains, in consequence of having most inhumanly murdered two Eitglishmeto who went out for the purpose of persuading the negroes•to retort) to their usual uc. cupations. THE QUEEA'S FUNERAL. The following is the Court Circular Yesterday moriiing Messrs. FRANCE and BA NTIWG'S insistent , ' commenced hanging the larg e dining parlour, or hall, in J(ew Palace, w i t h bi vek, in which the remains of her late MAJESTY is to lie in state, and erecting a grand canopy in the re cess we described yesterday, under which the coffin is to b• placed, for the purpose of !yin.. in state, but winch is to be extremely by tickets, and they are only to extend to those of the Royal Households, and that is only to be allowed the slay previous to the funeral of her late MAJESTY, which is expected to take place on Tuesday or IVednesilay, provided every thing tor such an extensive nature tar so solemn and an occasion can be completed ; and it every thing will be in readiness. All the state oh. servance and grandeur will be used on the solemn occasion, under the circumstances that stieli a number of distinguished cheracteis cannot attend it as if it had been fully a•public Nisei al of the. Queen Of ENGLAND ; in that case her ri mains would have laid in state in the Visited Chatt t l i t d er ment 'House. The hearse is to Lw drawn 1)3. eight of her MAJESTY'S black horses, at driven by her state coachin4n. " This being the (opera' of it QUEEN no mount. ing coaches are to follow, but they are all to he Royal carringee, including the Kt NG's, the line QUEEN'S, soil the PlkiNcE REGENT'S, drawn by black horses, but none of the Royal Family are ti , he in them till they arrive at Frogmote. The QUEEN'S carriagea are to be tilled by Mrs. BEES ENDOEFF and other attendants of the late QUEEN. " Several detachments from the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards, with their numerous hands of trunspets, kettle-drums, side-drum•, kW, &c. are to form part of the' procession. It is ex. peered a party of the Lancers will lead the pro. ces•iou. It is to proceed at a very slow pace till they arrive at Fmgmort, bow which place the road and streets leading to St. George's Chapel will Ire lined with the Font Guard., under *tsar, every lixtli tnati holding a lighted.flambeau. " The procession will be formed at Frogmore as it is to enter St. George's Chapel, with the excep tion of those in Windsor Castle. The PRINCE RE. actst will enter Ca chief-moonier, upon which aisa casion his Royal Highness is to have four Marquises to hold up his train. Th e hearse i. to be guarded by the KlNG's body guard (forty of the yilimeti of the guard), whn, olio's this novel mid melencholy occasion are to *mirror in mournin g of black cloth, made exactly after the ',merit of their scarlet uniform, with si milar arms and ornatorniv. They are to carry their arms iii a reversed porition. " The QUEEN's Crown is to be carried on a cushion covered with black. Her late MAJESTY'. will is to be held by six Dukes. The Num REGENT is to sit at the head of the coffin, the Chamberlain at the feet. The Nlarqiiises who kohl 'up the REOENT's train, and the Royal attendants, will annul during the last awful ceremony to the re mains of the beloved QUEEN.' A. a proof of the uncommon fortitude of the Royal Sufferer. we nerd only mention what ham been related by the PRINCE REGENT. 111 eon verriation with a Gentleman. his Royal suit!, " During the whole period of her NIAJIEWrIrit indisposition, she never suffered a murmur to escape her." It has been stated in some of the Papers, that the Royal Drawing Rooms are for the future to be held by the Duchess of YORK. We have AUTHORITY to assure the Public, not only that no such arrangement has been formed, but that the subject has not vet, even in the sligl.test degree. tonic under consideration. TILE KING'S JEWELS.—The supposition that his MAJE►TY has concealed those valuables arose front the recollection of a similar circumstance. Pre viously to his MAJENTY's lamented iudiaposition, a gold ewer and basin, enriched with gems and ex quisite workmanship, were missing. The KING was greatly disconcerted, and suspected them to have been stolen by a favourite domestic. Many mouths afterwards these precious articles were discovered, concealed behind a quantity of books in the KING'. Own study. His MAJESTY had totally forgotten (as he !did himself to the Quitsn) having placed than there. Cone? or SESSION, EDINISURGII.—The Court met on Friday at the usual hour. Owing to the QUENRIS death their Lordships held a full meeting in the First Division, when the LORD PRESIDENT said, that in consequence of the melancholy intelli gence that had come to town this morning, of the death of our lamented QUEEN, he considered it proper, as a mark of their Lordships' respect and loyalty to the Royal Family in general, and in par ticular of their gratitude for the amiable virtues and exemplary conduct of her late Majesty, to move that the Court should adjourn for one day, which was agreed to accordingly. Friday being the usual day for holding the Com missary Court, Edinburgh, the Commissaries met, but on account of the information of her M A.l savv's death, adjourned the Court till Tuesday next. The Milli& Court was also adjourned ou account of the melancholy intelligence received that day. The Loan PROVOST and Magistrates of Edin• burgh gave orders for the King's seat, and all the public seats in the High Church, being put in mourning on Sunday, and for the pulpits in the different churches in the city being covered with blaCk. The 'l'hea►tre, Pantheon, and all public amuse• means in Edinburgh, were suspended. N'iscount SIDOIOUTH is eolifiiied et his house in Richanowl Park by U blight cold. On the 17th instant, the remains of the Countess Mugger of Dunstuitts were depot:lied (by her de sire, without pariah) in a vault prepared for her late husband, in the church of St. Lawrence, sea norn.gate. Her second ton, the Honou►able A. MURRAY, attended as chief mourner, io tile Kb sealer of her eldest GEORGE, the present Fed of I)ußMtoa►, Her Ladyship has bequeathed fi'r villa at Twickenham, and all her personals, to kr younxest (and only unmarried) daughter, the LM Viataxta Ait p,5 Hwy t Fur he But IV He wo Sir H- A. 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