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4 • • PAISHIO.VABLE 1.1 I The Duke of Norfolk gave a grand dinner on Tuesday at his house in St..l , nvs'w.square, to the Bishop of Norwich, Earl Bristol, Lord Ilttiland, Lord Hervey. Lord Eluncannon, Lord CI. Cavendish, Sit F. Burdett, Bart., Sir J. Newport, Cameral Up on, Mr. Tier's.. y, O'Connell, Mr. Plunkett, Mr. Blount, M. li. Howard, Mr. Blake, &e. The Hon. 0. A. Ellis gave a grand dinner on Tuesday at his house, Spring-gardens, to the following personages, sis.—The Duke of Leiniver, Mcitquis Landown, Marquis Downshire. Karl Spencer, Earl Orey, Lord %lorpeth, Lard Althorp, Lord Clifden, Dr. Doyle, Dr. Murray, D:. Curtis, the Knight of Kerry, Sir James Slackinto.h, Mr. Aberceomby, Mr. Preston, &c. The Marquis of Hertford's intended grand dinner party yester day was postponed en account of a death en the fancily. The Archbishop of Yock entertained the Directors of the Ancient limbic, and a logs party, at dinner yesterday at Lis house in Wog •enor-sqnsve. 'Phe Mare cinness of Cholmondley has issued cards of invitation for a splendid rout on the 14th April. H. Peters, Esq. had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Pak-street. (Imsvenor-square. Sit Clore Oasetey, But. had a grand dinner party yesterday at his blouse in York-street, St. James's In the evening her Ladyship entertained an elegant circle of fashionables. The Duke of Hamilton is expected in town this day from his sent in Scotland. Sloane Stanley, Esq. has arrived in town from the Duke of Rut. land's seat, kkivoir Castle. The Duchess of Montfort and Lady Georgiaoa Somerset have arrived in town from Oxfordshire. Si Edwin Stanhope, Bart. left Warren's Hotel, Regent.xtreet, yesterday. for Exeter. Lord Crew and family have arrived at their house in Grosvenor street. from their seat, Crew Hall, Cheshire. Sir W. Abdy, Bart., arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. The Earl and Coantess Caledon arrived on Tuesday at the Earl of Hareeicke's in St. James's-square, from Wimpole, Cain. bri lgeshire. Lord and Lady Holland removed on Tuesday from Old Burling. ton-street, to the Duke of Bedford's, in St. Jamees,quare. Sir Hu sey au.l Lady Vivian have arrived at the Royal Hotel, st. James's.streer. from their seat in Hants. Arrivals at Kirkhani's Hotel, Loner Bras' -greet :—Sir F - ederick Johnson, Bart. from Eton; Mr. and Mrs. llosanquet, from their seat, Trent Para, Herts. Departures :—Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, for Bath ; William Illagden, Esq. foe the Continent ; l'ha lm Isatabert. Esq. for Brighton. Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street;—Lady Bampfylde, from her scat, Clifton ; J. D. Aubrey, Esq. from Ins seat in Bucks ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott, front their seat. Abington hall, Cambridgeshire; G. Si. Hutton. Esq. front his seat. East. well Park, Kent; Hon. and Rev. Andrew IVinsor. front North amptonshire. Arrivals at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—llon. Capt. and Mrs. Cade an and family, from Brighton ; Lord Dorchester, from a tour. Departures:--Countess Mansfield and the Ladies tireville, for Richmond 11111; Lord and Lady Arundel, for Warder Castle. Arrivals at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford.street :—The Right Hon. the Earl of Bu ikinghamsh ire ; Sir George Thom's+, But.: Mrs. Wallace and Ladies. Departure:—The Honourable 31rs. Colonel Warnford. FRENCH [From the Etoik of Tuesday.] PARIS, MARCH 21. Prince Estethazy. the Austrian Ambsviador at the Court of London, set off yesterday morning for England. During the short stay which lie made at Paris his Excellency had frequent a n• ferences with the A nibamadors of Austria and Russia, and with our Mini►ter for Foreign Affairs. The reduction of duties upon the import of various articles of commerce, recently decreed by the English Government, appears to have had a beneficial influence upon several branches of in dustry in the Netherlands, Already we learn that the iron foun dries of the provinces of Liege and Namur have assumed seat activity. The following fact is mentioned in a private letter from Tangier '• The Spanish refugees having received from the King of Mo. roc.o an order to quit his States, they have retired to the French Consul's, who has granted them • protection until he receives Instructions upon the subject. These Spaniard• declared they would embrace Illaniism, it the Consul refused to protect them." THE BRITISH PRESS. PHRENOLOGY. The fourth lecture of Dr. Sr ortzitntre on the science of Phre hblogy was delivered on Tuesday evening. Having proved the ex istence hf die determinate powers of the mind in his last lee ure, he proceeded in this to the examination of the exterior manifestations of these powers on the head. The first organ to which he would call the attention of the auditory was one which had, from its ne edier site and situation, long ago received the name of the tyre- . lied/am or little brain. This part wan the scat of that propensity which, in the present nomenclature of the phrenological science, was called Ainativevess. Jr. man it was smaller than in animals. and at different peflods of life its sire was not proportionate to ' the rest of the brain. In children its development was exceedingly small. The cerebellum was situated beneath the posterior lobe of 1 the brain, Anion' separated from the other parts of the cerebral mass. On elamining immediately behind each ear a bony eleva tion would be found; ?Mich had no connection with the brain; they were destined to the use ot' the muscles that belonged to them. The cerebellum was placed between these two osseous prominences, and would be found to vary much in its dimensions. according to the age of the individoal. In children it was smaller and more con tracted, and in adult p.lritons larger and more developed, in corn parinon with the general mass of the brain. Is. the sexes also a similar difference was observable. In all male animals it wits larger than in the females. fly tome it was said that the whole brain in male was larger: this was true; but large as Cue brain was in males, the cerebellum was proportionally still larger. With refer ence to this branch of the silence, it was imoortant to attend to the share of the head in different nations. Travellers he hoped, in fit , cure would perhaps think it worthy their attention to observe the configuration of the heads of those among whom they journeyed. instead of devoting themselves exclusively to the consideration of the wonderful stones and vegetables they might happen to meet with. In the different races or varieties of mankind there was evi dently a difference in the shape of the head. With so-re it was longer and narrower , with other. shorter and broader. These were 1 facts important to be studied in the advancement of our knowledge of human nature, though hitherto so long and strangely over looked. He would next proceed to the examination of the other 1 organs of the brain, and for this purpose he would begin with the posterior lobe, in which the animal propensities were manifested. It was unquestionable that Nature had given both to man and animals a peculiar feeling, by which they were interested in the preservation and nourishment of their offspring. In metaphysical works this was not considered as a primitive power, bar' the science of Phrenology taught us that it wan so. By metaphysicians this feeling in the human race had been ascribed to various causes which could not operate on animas, such as a sense of property or duty, or the influence of the opinion of others. Bur he would ask any fond mother, whether she loved her children because by reason or reflection site had been convinced she ought to do so, or whether she did not feel that her affection emanated directly from Nature? Some mothers, too kind, spoiled their children by their indul gence; but it was in vain to admonish them Against the injurious effects of their excessive fondness. The fault was not in them, but in their organisation. By some animals no care was taken of their offspring by either sex. In some the females cherished the young and not the melee; in some both sexes were equally affec. imitate. This feeling or propensity was then clearly a primitive power. In two species of animals, in many respects resembling each other, this power was very differently manifested. Of foxes, both sexes took equal care of the young, though the male, if per seethed, would abandon them sooner than the female. Rut with dogs the male was wholly indifferent to the fate of their young. It was the same with the human race. Many would die in defence of their children, while others would leave them to perish. Some women considered their offspring as a mere burthen ; others re garded them as the greatest pleasure the world could afford. How benignant was Nature, which thus annexed the greatest enjoyment to the performance of those acts by which our species was con tinues' and preserved ! That there was a positive relation between particular parts of the cerebral mass and peculiar feelings, could be established beyond doubt, he Thought, by attentively consider. ing the organ which in the prenological nomenclature was called the organ of Philoprogenitiveness. It was situated immediately above the cerebellum, at the extremity of the posterior lobe of the brain. Wherever this organ was found to be large, the individual was invariably ford of his offspring, and indeed frequently of children in general. If. on the other hand, the organ was small, he might perform his duty as a father; but it would not he because he felt a pleasure in so doing, but simply because his sense of duty compelled him. Generally speaking, the posterior lobe was more developed in women than in men. The heads of women were more contracted at the basis, but at the same time more elongated. There were many married females who deeply regretted to be in a childless sta:e: in them this cerebral part was certainly more de veloped than in those who were indifferent to the privation. Some nations were fonder of children than others. It was a common opinion, that the negroes were much attached to their offspring. Among the savage tribes, the Caribs were remarkable fur this feel ing; and in all these instances the organ of Philoprogenitiveners was strorgty developed. Generally women's heads were longer, and men's broader. The same fact was observable in animals. In males, the cerebellum was broader, but the posterior lobe less developed. In confirmation of the phrenological theory, there were some pathological facts which were important. Women, re markable for the development of the posterior lobe of the brain, had become insane when deprived of their children, but in their worst state of mental alienation it was observed that they still re tained their fondness for children. One singular instsnce of this was mentioned by the Lecturer, and a cast exhibited front M. De Ville's collection is illoststatioa of sins fact. In this ease the organ was not only much elongated but also of great breadth. The next power to which he should call the attention of the auditory was one respecting which Phrenologists were not quite agreed : at least there had been many discussions on the subject, and the professors of the science were not yet of one mind as to its proper appellation. Thin organ was also in the animal region, immediately above that of Philoprogenitiveness. Animals were observed to have peculiar dispositions to dwell in particular places. The duck, for example, as soon as hwched, ran off and immersed himself in the water. Why did he so ? The answer was ready, with certain reasoners : he is led to the water by instinct, that is, by some internal impu'se. Admitted ; but then came the question, what is this internal im pulse ? how is it manifested ? By some writers it was maintained that the powers of the mind were produced by circumstances. The Phrenologists denied this doctrine. They contended that circumstances could not produce the powers of the mind though they might excite them to more or less activity. Suppose the feel irg of hunger were taken as an example. Were people hungry because they saw food on the table before them ? Na; but if they were hungry the sight of the food would whet their appetite, though it could not create one. It was pretended that the pressure of miaery had produced talents in men who were previously destitthe of them. This was an error; distress might excite pre-existing but dormant faculties, but ..ssuredly it could not create them. If misery alone was sufficient to produce genius, it would not be so scarce in the world. But distress had made some musicians, some painters, some writers, some mecha nics, each according to the powers he possessed. The influence of circumstances was highly important to the derelopment of the powers of the mind, but not competent to produce them where they were not pre-existent. The Lecturer then referred to several facia in Natural History, illustrative of the feeling which prompted ani mals to seek for a peculiar residence. The organ by which this feeling was manifested, was called lnhsbitiveness. Some Phrenolo gists styled it Concentrativeness, meaniog that it was the residence of that facutty by which two or more powers were kept in activity, and applied to the pursuit of several objects. Ile was of opinion that the latter was an incorrect denomination. All the powers ma nifested in the construction of the head were fundamental and inde pendent powers ; but concentrativeneu was no power of itself. It did not agree with the'criterion by which the manifestations were determined. Philoprogenitiveness, or the loss of offspring, was not derived but original ; it acted oleic by its own peculiar enerfy. In some great criminals it was strongly developed ; fur however fero cious their conduct to other individuals, they were sometimes affec tionate to their own families. Some cases were exhibited in confir mation of this statement. Amongst them was that of Nesbit, the murderer, who was peculiarly fund of his own children, and who lamented nothing so much during his confinement as his separation from them. The Lecturer proceeded to point oitt the motel proofs of the existence of the power manifested by the organ of lithabitiee nets, by reference to the habits of WOW animals, like the cat, which were much attached to particular places. and eared comparatively nothing for individual persons ; and others, like the dog, which had feelings quite the reverse. There were also wandering tribes or nations, while others never migrated, but settled at once, and applied themselves to agriculture. Having fully explained the nature and manifestation of this power, Dr. Snuanrictin con cluded his address. hAS7' INDIA ROUSE. A Quarterly General Court af the East India Company was held yesterday at their llou to in Leadenhall-street. W. ASTELL, Err. M.P. took the Chair at twelve o'clock. The SECR E TAR Y read the minutes of the proceedings of the last Court, and of the result of the ballot on the Hyderabad Papers'. SU PER A NNUATION The Cifarnorau then begged to call the attention of the Court to a List of Superannuations of the Servants of the Company, mad. by the Court of Directors since the Last Quarterly General Court of Proprietors. The Sr.c.uvranY was desired to read the list; when he read the head of it as a matter of tfrni only. Mr. HUME begged that before the Chairman proceeded with other business, the paper might be read entirely, so as to show the names and the services of the persona to whom the superannuated all iwanees had been granted. The CLEaK accordingly read the paper, which contained only the name of one individual, whose salary having been 1101. a year, tt had been resolved by the Court of Directors that in consideration of his long services, he should be placed on the Superannuated List, and allowed two-thirds of his salary, being 73!. Mr. Tsta KT said, it had often occurred to him, that such papers as these ought to be laid on the table in the adjoining room for the perusal of the Proprietors previously to their being called upon to vote upon them. The CHAIRMAN observed, that chi?' course had never been eon sidered n-etirsary, and therefore had never been adopted. Eat the Court was required by Act of Parliament to lay these papers be fore the House of Co nmons ; and according to • by-law of the Court, all papers whatever that were to be laid before Parlia ment were first of all to be laid before the Court of Proprletori ; it was therefore necessary that this Court should have the present list submitted to it. sonally opposed to Sir Jobn Malcolm, he felt It to be more espffiet all his duty to come forward and add his humble testimony to slip. splendid talents and the great services of that eminent resis t (Hear, hear.) The motion wu thpi put and agreed to. LORD Ail HERSI''S ADMINISTRATION. • Mr. Iluite rose for the purpose of, availing himself Of the notice be had given in his former toldresa to the Court. He begged to state, that he should not hive troubled the Court at all, but thee he felt the solicit to which he was about to call their attention of the very utmost importance both to the interests of this Cotoffient, and to the empire at large. His experience of Indian affairs wad not inconsiderable, nor hid his attention to the progress of create in that great continent been little ; but be confessed that so ultra dinary were the occurrences which had lately taken place there that he was totally at a loss to ILCC.3IIIr. for them, lie had in Op' porthnity of witnessing the state of India at a time whim slew* all the Native Princes were at war with us, and yet the whole of the Amoy, both natives and E uro p eans , were during thct time in state of the strictest subordination and attachment to the Governs ment. The consequence of this good feeling was, that the results ensued front the services of them troops,, and which teof to consolidate the power of the Iliitish Government India: d were therefore called upon in an especial manner to take Into Me i sideration the cutuinstanses that had since tfapspieM in that country, and to see wh et h er t h ey cou ld not h av e been prevented. His sentiments with regard to the public press of India were well known ; it wu not his intention therefore to repast, them. He only alluded to the subject to remind. time Caro* that he had already d e cl are d t h a t the interference o r the Govan. ment with the press would, in Cane of disturbance io that couple' s prove most disastrous. Ile had distinctly stated, and he Uoulii also repeat, that the injudici,ous interference on the part of the pollfetd of India to put dawn the public press were attended with the sheet serious consequences • such hid been the case, and would go on tsf be so until a state of things arrived which it was fearful t 4 asst-. template, Mr. S. Dilote rose to order. lie did not wish to interrupt Bs/ Hooourable Member ; but he could not avoid asking him whether. as he was now entering upon so momentous a subject, it *es his in tention to follow up his obaervations by any nuitidh lee redly" thought that the honourable Gentleman was taking the Court 6 1 , surprire, and th a t, o n matters so important, some previous notic d should be given, so that the Proprietors might come with them oileds prepared to speak on them e Ale HU me said, if it should be considered u out of order motif by reminding the Court of what he had previously told them would result from the cond u ct th e y were pursuing and by pointing out to them that his predictions had be en ver ifi e d, then really could not perceive what was, or what was not, being in order: The CHAIN atAs said, he considered Mr. Fume not out of ceded. Mr. Hums resumed. tie was about to state to the Court that those views which he had previously taken of the subject had primal correct, and the observations he had made on former occaslons as to the inconvenience which would take place in conseqtence of the jai , terferenee with the Press of India had &Wally occurred. For Whet was the situation in which we now stood ? Events of the greatest importance had transpired t of which we tare totally. nninformed We were at this moment ignorant of what etas redly the suite o( India for the information which had teethed us was ether primal and suppressed, or it depended on private communications, whittle could not be acted upon. The erilsoltrising from this were thete that the Court were in utter ignorance ef the actual state of India. and of the causes which had led to its present condition. When he had the honour to serve the Company us India, such transactions as had since taken pine were unthought of and unknown. We were therefore now called upon by the duty we owe to the people of India to this country, and to ourselves, to coosider whether it was not in our power to put an end to such proceedings, which tended to the injury of all. It was with this vies that he should submit to the Court a motion, that there he laid before its an account of the whole of the proceedings which had led to the present alarming situation of India. For this purpose he should move for a copy of the Ilengaldes-u pitch made by the :Marquis of Hastings in 1819 to the secret depart , mem of the Court of Director., respeeling the organisation of abded lowances to the army of India; also for a copy of the thopateh of the Court of Directors sent to Bengal In 18Z . , an that aubilet; together with a copy of the Despatches from India, stating hew fat those orders had been tarried into effect ; in order that we might. judge whether the present state of India be or be net attributably to the order, given in the Despatch to Bengal. If there should be any Gentleman in the Court who had had any communication with India, he hoped that if he should state any_ thing incorrect as to the present situation of th a t countr y, t h e Hon. Proprietor whoever he might be, would immediately put him right. Buw the letters which he had received all breathed the lame sentiments with regard to the affairs of India t and without troubling the Court by reading those letters, he would lay thi s do wn a s a proposition w hich had deduced (mos them all—as well those from. Madras aa those from Calcutta—that the white.populstion as well as the black had lost all confidence in the Governor-General of India. (hear, hear); that they viewed with the deepest regret what had taken place, and looked forward with the utmost anxiety on what might ultimately ensue if the present system be persisted in 1 but they declared that they do not believe these things can go on, and they fervently hope that the Govern m e n t o f E ng l an d w ill send our men of talent and abilities,nd put an end to such a ruinous course.. This then was the sentiment, this the united opinion of military men, civil officers, private merchants, and of the natives them.. selves, respecting the present state of India. Now, if this be true, if such were the feelings of thou person', could chit Court go on without inquiry ? Ought they not to obtain all the information that they could The Court of Directors muss be informed on the subject, but nn other persons could v for unfors tunately the public press had no means of giving any information. Every consequence he had foretold hail in fact taken place ; we found that every ding told here was totally different from what was communicated in India—.such wu the pernicious system now pursued towards the press of that country. As a specimen of the course adopted there, he would state, that he had a note its his hand directed to an Editor of one of the papers published in Bengal, in which it was said that the writer was commanded to dits:t the Editor not to publish anything respecting the conduct of the 47th Regiment. until the official statement of that occurrence Thad been made. (Hear, hear.) But this was not all s for the Editors were not even authorised to publish that official statement. but were subject to transportation if they did publish it. Ile halt a letter to show, that one Editor had been threateoed to have hies paper immediately supper/mete if there should ever occur in it a mangle paragraph in which the name of Mr. Buckingham mould be mentioned. This course. then, he considered as one of the im. portant causes of the lees of confidence in India. He would again repeat, that if such a system was allowed to continue, the consequence would be an aggravation of that discontent and wane of faith in the Government. He would ask, then, had any measure been taken by the Court of Directors to put an end to this system ? Had they recalled Lord Amherst ? Had they determined to send out men capahle ofoverning India i' If they had taken any such measures he was gla d of it; and if Government had refused to send out a non of talent nominated by them, they were bound to learn the ground of that refusal. Ire order to convince the Court of the great mismanagement that pre. sailed, he would just state that every one of the persons who wrote these letters exclaimed, '• for Clod's sake don't let my name be mentioned." What had led to the present state of India ? Was it one act ? No—it began with the attack on the Press, and was followed by an act of weakness on the part of the India Govern.. ment,in undertaking hostilities against a power that could not have injured us had a proper policy been adopted. This undooking too had been at a season when it was impossible for the troops to march owing to the heavy rains, and against a country whose climate was the most fatal both to the native troops an d t o the Eu. ropeana also. Asa proof of this, out of 8 or 9000 men who had been sent into that country we had already lost 1,100, whose death* were occasioned by the disease contracted by the climate. The native troops also had a superstitious notion that the Burmese empire was the land of demons, who presided over their destiny. If juts not that the troops were afraid to encounter the enemy, but highs the climate and these prejudices which alarmed them, and at this juncture the pay of the Sepoys was reduced. The imbecility betrayed on this occasion was conspicuous. We ought then to look at what had taken plate, in order to judge of what might take plume hereafter, if that imbecility were allowed to continue to hold the reins of Government. We haul, as a natural consequence, found that a great unwillingness was manifested on the part of the native troops in coming forward to meet these difficulties at Barrackpore ; nor was there any disposition on the part of the Government to allay the fairs and remove the prejudices of these troops. He would not altogether blame the Government tor precipitating the war ; but having do„, , e so, and when with these warnings, he would ask was it too much to expect that measures should have been taken to con. ciliate instead of adding to the excited feelings of the native troops ? What was the first warning? Why, no less than 253 men out of 1,090 deserted in the apace of twenty.four hours ; indeed there was scarcely a corps in which this did not happen. The provisions having been curtailed by the supplies being but off by the Burmese. the Bengal Government raised the charge so high, that the Sepoys complained, and the cattle being bought up by the Government, the Sepoys found they were deprived of a sufficient number to dram w e ihn . rgar T tho h i e sedc ß ir en ahocu t gresta G n s cet v i e ; rn ntbi T ece e yi tyt iidtyi h d a ann d oi n wl l i ll ak C ne h t mo t t o esstal a n n entr ivw :li er ouir: t heir b k egag into. prevent we n the part of the Governor, and mimic it absolutely imperative that he should be recalled. The lien. Member then adverted to the manner in which the mutiny of the troops had been suppressed. and declared that great it justice was practised towards the native o etti a eic n ongrae d ii:eent r idm i aii w sgara a anocn r ,ti l itinci e ut.wr d tl7iitoith f inh : t r em?itbih i ber l ee s ‘t s vhvn i a,a n aoust g itseitittht i o t esei_a o : o; enttnti l if t h h mdie e iru i rnwi r tsmhue 7 :b:hatei l n o tc:h u iedieilese rs lmtk , yno:ast,s w lnthaewn e ntric i t comminional and nun-commissioned officers, who, instead of be. or i wr i n tl ran g e s. lll l : i ll: mc g i ed tt i re " : 7ery i s h h ad oll b ki ee b n e c d i u t s a g , of the discontent prevailing amorjg the Sepoys. They certainly did know th at there were complaints ; b ut h e wou ld pledge hie honour s from the knowledge he had of the native officers, that they did sot —could not—imagine to what extremity those murmurs would go. But what did the writers of the letters he Ind vocational say ? They all upraised a hope that the Marquis of Hastings would be sent bank again; " for God's sake send him amongst us again." Hew unfortunate then was it to see that thilgrea , t ttestt this m to d were thus appealed to te reappoint him. If the Marquis of Hastings had cominued trios ernor-General, none of the conae. bydis t gr tu r d very andbdodegyradv wh o we .0 possible degraded, rs o ent , quences which • we now lan.ent would have happened. He was capable of conducting those affairs ntuch better than a body o f merchants, who lt:tets nothing at all about the business. (A laugh.) The orders which had been sent out by the Court of three s an ctio ne d by the Board of l'entrol, would have been di n' by the Noble Mammas, and his owp wine policy would have pima served India ; but Amherst had obeyed time won% sag Mr. Hy wished to he informed whether any regulation ex isted at the present moment to prevent aged persons from entering the service of the Company ; for it appeared to him that If there were no such regulation, the cm:sequence would often be that ninny persona would enter their service at a time of life that in a very few years they would hec. , me superannuated. The ell IR MAN said that there was always in these eases atten tion paid to the age of the individual, although there might be no particular regulation upon the subject. But the general rule was, not to take persons into the service of the Company beyond the age of thirty-five. The individual who had been placed on the super annuauon list had served the Company faithfully seventeen years, and he thought wag an object deserving of the allowance propoJed se be matte to The Resolution was then agreed to. APPOINTMENT OF FOIST ASSISTA YT TO THE SURVEYOR OP BUILDINGS. The Cnarnmse said, he had further to inform them that this Court had been made Special for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors for their approbation, in conformity to the 17th section of the 6th chapter of the by-lairs, a resolution of the Court of Di rectors of the 26th of January last, for the appoint m e n t o f a p er . son in the capacity of First Assistant in the office of the Surveyor of Buildings, ate salary of 350/. per annum, but his successor to be at a salary of 3001. per annum. All that he should do, therefore, was to move—That the Court do approve of this Resolution of dais Court of Directors, and of the appointment made by them. Mr. HUME was desirous of being informed who was the Sur. vevor of Buildings. It was quite ../tdent that the individual who filled that appointment should be a person qualified by education, experience, and talent, to perform the duties of it. He, therefore, wi.lied to know whether the person who had been named 'try the Court of Directors had been regularly bred to the business of a surveyor, so as to enable him to act efficiently in his situation ? The Cuate Nam said, the Hon. Member had wholly mistaken the object of the motion ; he was confounding the two offices of Surveyor and of First Assistant together. The person now ap pointed was the First Assistant to the Surveyor, and not the Surveyor himself. The Surveyor was a gentleman whose merits were well known to every boty. He had built our College at Haileybury, which •an considered by all who had seen it as the finest monument of his talent and genius. The gentleman whose appointment was now under consideration was formerly the Cleric of the Works, and in that capacity had shown himself a most useful end meritorious servant. Upon the retirement of Mr. Cockerell the Court of Directors thought it fortunate to be able to appoint him on the ground of merit only. lie had no Increase of emolument by the exchange, but only a few more pri ileges, winch by his past services he was considered eminently en titled to. Mr. 111.7)1E did not object to the amount of salary, he only wished to know whether this person was capable of affording that assistance which the Report of the Court of Directors said would be teluired of him. The CHAIRMAN said, the Court of Directors were quite satis fied of his ability to perform the duties of his situation. A PROPRIETOR asked, what was the salary of the Surveyor, and what were his duties, that it should be necessary for him to haves first and second assistant ? The CHAIRMAN said, the present salary of the Surveyor was 3001. a year. The increase of his duties was very considerable. Hon. Members need only look over the very great extent of the building they were now in to satisfy themselves that the ap pointment of - Assinant Surveyor was absolutely necessary. The CliAlassax then put the motion, that the Court do approve of the appointment, which was agreed to. PENSION TO SIR JOHN MALCOLM. The CHAIRMAN begged to inform the Proprietors that this Court had been further made Special fur the purpose of laying he fore them, for their approbation, a Resolution of the Court of Di. rectors of the bth of Januaty last, granting to Major-General Sit John Malcolm, G.C.B. a pension of 1,0001. per annum, from Christmas last, in consideration of the eminent services, both civil and military, which had been rendered by him during a long period of active service. He should content himself with moving—••l'hat this Court do approve of the Resolution of the Court of Directors of the bth of .January last." General THORRToN fully approved of this grant, and he was only sorry that, seeing the Gallant General in such a state of health and vigour, he was no longer in the service. •Mr. PATTISON begged to say a word or two in answer to the observation which had Just been made. When the Gallant General, whose meritorious services every person must acknowledge ' returned from India, great hope was entertained by the Court of Directors that that great Officer would soon be again employed in some public capacity. He had the honour to be in the Chair on the oc casion when the subject was discussed, as to sending out a Mission to Persia ; and at that time Sir John Malcolm evinced the greatest readiness to go upon that Mission ; but this appointment was op posed by the Colonial Department, and therefore nothing was then done. When he left the Chair, it was upon the pledge, that if their present Honourable Chairman did not take the matter up, he (Mr. Venison) should consider it his duty to pursue it ; but the con sideration of the Hyderabad papers put a stop to all other business, and prevented him from proceeding as he had intended. It was thought, however, by many of the Court of Directors, that we ought to appoint this distinguished officer to one of the Governor ships of India (hear, hear); and, if that had been done, it would have prevented them from coming to this Court to-day to ask for a pension. But that attempt had also failed, and the consequence was, that this eminent person was now put upon the shelf; for reasons which we could not well understand, but which he dare say were very sufficient. Under these circumstances the Court of Ihrecors thought that they could not allow this Illustrious officer to go out of their service without some signal mark of their entire approbation of his conduct during a long series of splendid services to this Company. Mr. HUME said, that he should most i cordially vote for the motion ; but he wished to state the grounds why he did ee. Although we had had many very valuable of fi cers n our service whose merits were worthy of being rewarded, yet few had enjoyed the opportunities of rendering such eminent services to the Com party as the gallant officer whose name and merits were now under the consideration of the Court. It happened that he (Mr. I lume) was in India when Sir John Malcolm was coming fairly into the service, and he could only say, that the universal feeling towards him, both on the part of Signalises and of Europeans, was that of' the highest respect and gratitude. He was not aware that any public servant ever before that period, he might say nor since then, stood so well in India as Sir John 31alcolcu. He mentioned this fact because he considered that if there were any of their servants who deserved more encouragement than others, they were those who by their conduct and example taught and encouraged others to endeavour to make the natives of India look up to us as their friends, their fathers, and their benefactors, instead of contemplat ing us as their masters and their tyrants. (Hear, hear.) It was such men whom we ought to keep in our service and ought to reward. He could not help contrasting the state of India during the time of Sir John Slakohn and at the present period. rhea all was confidence and respect towards the British name—now every thing was mistrust and doubt. He saw with considerable regret that many of the Directors had not signed the Report of this Reso lution. Sure he was that such a feeling no where else prevailed. Ile would venture to assert, that whatever might have been the feelings of the officers connected with India during the period that Sir John Malcolm was there, in other respects, they would all agree in this—that Sir John Malcolm had deserved by his signal exertions and wise counsels the peculiar gratitude of this Court ; and he (Mr. Hume) could not therefore but regret that the Resolu tion had not been unanimous on the part of the Court of Directors, as he was sure it now would be on the part of the Court of Pro. prictor.. As it was his intention when the proper time arrived to bring forward the subject of the present flaming state of affairs in India he should not now prematurely take the Court by surprise into that question. He wanid therefore only say, he was confident that every Hon. Member who gave his vote to-day would declare that he who had entered our service in the year 1780, and had con tinued in it for a period of forty-three years, and who had fought and acted more than almost any other man (hear, hear), was most eminently deserving of eurgratitude. He alluded more particu larly to his diplomatic set %ice. not that he meant to undervalue the military ones of that cimnent man ; but he conceived his (Sir J. alalcolnes) talents had been much more splendidly useful to us in the diplomatic and civil department than in any other. Ile hoped therefore the present mutton would be unanimously agreed to. Mr. BUCKINGHAM said he was happy there was no prospect of an opposition being given to the motion now before the Conn. lie should not, after the very full testimony which the Hon. Member for Aberdeen had given to the great merits of Sir John Malcolm, have troubled the Court, but that he conceived the services of that eminent man deserved a inure particular notice. Having been in Persia in 1816 it was a gratifying fact to Englishmen, that almost at every step the name of Sir John Malcolm was heard used in terms of the greatest respect and gratitude. His name seemed to be adopted in that country an one sacred to the hearts of the people. This was a most powerful testimony of the services of that man. Haring himself been nnfortemate enough to be in some degree per- The auditory WAS rather more numerous than at the preceding lecture. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday at one o'clock his Majesty arrived at his Pa lace in Pall-mall in his travelling carriage and four, from his Lodge in Windsor Great Park. The King was re v ivr! his arrival by his Equerry and other attendants i r writing. In a short time after his Majesty received a visit from his Riyal brother the Duke of York. The King afterwards proceeded to hold a Court, which was at tended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the three S.'cretaties of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Beard of Trade, the Lord Chief Jus tice of the Court of King's Bench, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole, es:. Treasurer of the Household, the Duke of Northumberland, the Recorder of London, &c. Mr. Vaughan was presented to the King by Mr. Secre tary Canning, on his return from Switzerland, and on his being appointed his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America. The Duke of Northumberland was presented to his Ma jesty by Mr. Secretary Canning upon his being appointed to a special mission to the King of France at his corona tior. Mr. George Ricketts was presented upon his being appointed a Judge in India, when he received the honour of Knighthood. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which the Duke of Northumberland and Mr. Vaughan were introdu ce d, and sworn in Members, when they took their scats at the Honourable Board accordingly. Same alterations were made in the pricked lists of Sheriffs. The Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, and made his report of the thirty convicts capitaUy convicted in the February Sasions at the Justice Hall in the Old Bail, y. His Mej sty gave audiences to the Earl of Ilarrowhy, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Dorset, tl e Duke of Northumberland, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Secretary Canning, and Mr. Secretary Peel. The Earl of De la Warr and Sir Hilgrove Turner were the Lord and Groom in waiting. The Court broke up about half-past five o'clock. Soon after His Majesty left town on his return to his Lodge in Windsor Park. The ship erspentersof Li►erpool have turned out for an tdranceof wages. The total value of silk goods made in France does not Sze cd 4,200,0001. of which about 1,200,0001. is exported, the trade having of late rather diminished. A piece of ground attached to the residence of Count San Antonio, at Brighton, was on Saturday knocked down for 8,5001.; it had a frontage of eighty feet, and altogether one single acre of land. The cost of the ground 25 years ago was 512/. Miss Foote performed at Bristol on Monday evening, the ps•t of Letitia Hardy, in the Belle's Stratagem, to a crow.l, d audience. The receipts were upwards of 210/. She returned after her exertions post to town. The Constilationnel remarks of M. de Villele, that if he is rot a good financier, he is, at least, ot good arithmetician; fur be has taught the emigrants addition, the fund-holders subtraction, the bankers multiplication, and Frenchmen dicisi, n. Da. Rocr it LONG.—This famous astronomer, walking tne (talk even:ng with Mr 13 ,, nf0y, of Cambridge, and the I Ater coming to a short post fixed in the pavement, which in the earnestnea of conversation he took to be a boy stand ing in his way, said hastily—" Get out of my way, boy !" " That boy, Sir (said the Doctor, very calmly), is a post -1,4y, who never tunas cut of Ids tray for any body." LIVERPOOL, TursnAT EVENING. Wind N.N.W.-114,11 Warrr :18 min. past 12. Arrived the Prince liutusoli; Woodhouse, from Jamaica ; General Brovrn„ sharp, from New Orleans, sailed 14th February ; Edgar. from Brrbice ; Helespont, from Smyrna ; James, from t. Michael's ; Shamrock, 21ontgomery, from Belfast Fame. tt lsicton ; Eliza and Ann, Hamill, from NVaterfonl; and 1 rilli,a , firm o:sagow. CORN 3IARKET. Tursn.►i, 31Ancu W. The dctrand for Wheat was tolerably good today. but the holdtrs a r stiff, and not inclined to take lower prices. The quota tion.. ot last week are tally maintained. Oats, with other articles, :ernsio wish:red. GRAIN. 0. a. N. if. What pa Bushel 701b.—Englirh . - V 6 • 10 6 Scotch - 9 0 • _9 I Irish . . i 0 • 10 Dantaic (in bond) . 4 8 • 7 3 Pomeranian (do.) - 4 8 a 7 3 Petentburah&ltiga(do.)4 8 • 7 3 Oats per Bombed of 451b...-Irish Potato - 3 4 • 3 7 English,Scoteb&Walait 3 II • 3 It Coiumon 24. • 34. loom Harley pa/001b.—English - . 0 0 a 0 0 . lalt per 3 galls. . - 9 3 a 10 3 • tattiness! per 2401b.—English - . 5 3 a 5 5 Irish - - - 5 0 • 5 3 Flour per 38t0h.— English - - 51 0 • 53 0 Irish - 50 0 a 52 0 - American per 1361 b. (swee:) ll oft 0 0 Ditto - (in bond) 21 0 • 20 0 Dantsic . - 0 U a 0 0 ~.,........ Foreign, free o 0 • 0 0 Beans per Quarter—Englnli . . 4S oaau 0 Irish - - 42 0 a 44 -.•—. __ _ Foreign . - 0 0 a 0 0 P-21 per Quarter— Enithah, White . 0 U a 0 U Ditto they - . U 0 • U 0 Foreign - - 0 0 a U U IMPOST SO roma' THS 15TH TO THI 21sT MARCH, ZICLUCIVI. Wheat, 1.861 Vs.; Oats, 2.74$ qrs. ; Flour, 713 locks. Exton T ED—Flour, 74) barrels. SYRIA. The latest accounts received from the Pachalik of Aleppo and Upper Syria, dated in December last, state, that the Administra tion of the Pacha of Aleppo seems to be guided by a spirit of mo deration and wisdom which is not natural to him. The smallness of the force by which he is surrounded makes him sensible of his weakness. But fortunately he has the address to take retrogvade steps. The „Tanirearies have resumed the erica of independence which they had formerly sent forth. They even commit excesses at whit h the police winks. The privates of the country endeavour to gain them. Want and misery are extreme, and the European commerce suffers severely both by the depreciation of the coin and the dif i. cults of recovering delis. This state of things is rendered worse by the incursions of the Curds and Arabs, who stem to besiege the city and intercept the communications with the country. The European merchants have just treated with the young and powerful Chia( of the Turcomans, encsmrd !n the i loins called the Tur comans of Antioch, for the conveyance of goods from Aleppo to Alexandria. Thus there is no reason to fear that the communica tion will be interrupted during the winter. This fortunate agree ment has been concluded through the medium of the French Con sul-General, to whom the principal Chiefs of the Turcomans ap. plied spontaneously, and expressed the most entire confidence and honourable respect. The Anal Arabs hare forced the inhabitants of the villages to the south of Aleppo to abandon dui'. habitations. The Paella of Tripoli is dead of the disorder with which he re. turned from the expedition to Therde. He is supposed to have been poisoned. Aly-Bey Assad, who is gone to Tripoli, has prevented fresh dis orders in that city, with the ezzepaon of L tuakia. Anarchy an: a spirit of revolt prevail all over the country, especially among the Ansaries, who have pushed their incursions into the plains of the north of Hainnia, while the Antal Arabs commit all sorts of depre dations between that town and Damascus. It is (eased that civil war will shortly treak out in the mountains of Lebanon. The Emir Bechir is said to have received instructions front Mehmet Aly Pact= of Egypt to attend henceforth to his orders only, and not to those of A bdallah Paris; to whom he is also said to have written not to interfere in the affairs of Emir Bechir, on pain of incurring his displeasure, and even threatening to send troops to take poss:asion of St. Jean d'Acre. The accounts front Persia say, that ;he Bedouin A tabs intercept the communication and greatly distress the inhabitants of Bagdad. The Pacha's troops have been twice repulsed by these banditti. The French officers at Kermanshah are going finally to quit that. country ; they are extremely dissatisfied - with it. It seems that they intend to proceed to Russia. [From Glair:wars Messenger of Monday.l Extract of a private letter of the 9th inst from Barcelona:— " It is said that tae famous Querault, who has long scoured the province, endeavourtog to induce the Royalists to take arms against the French, has succeeded in collecting some individuals, who are now with him in the mountains of Manseny. Near the Code de Balaguer a firing of musketry was recently heard, which lasted foe several hours. between the Royalist volunteers of the surround ing villages and a guerilla, according to some, and a band of rob bers, according to others." Letters from the Peloponnesus contain positive intelligence of the surrender of Patras. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 10. The debate on the affair of the Ex- Alcades and Regidors of the Constitutional Government at present fix the public attention. Among the defenders of the accused are the celebrated Sala', Jado, Remon, and Cambronero, who held posts under Joseph. It is Cambronero who has most distinguished himself. In an eloquent oration, he drew his means of defence even from the laws and poli tical events which have taken place in our country since 18011. His speech was listened to with as much pleasure by the Srrviles as by the Liberals. " Unfortunate is that nation," said he in his pero ration, .• which is split into parties ' • but still more unfortunate is that where the Government openly declares for either." A great number of the most distinguished ladies and high dignitaries have assiduoualy attended these debates ; it is asserted that the Russian Ambassador, who was present when M. Cambronero spoke, was so wall pleased with his defence, that he has begged of him T copy of it. Salm spoke this day, and his oration, like that of Cambronero was full of sound reasoning and er.ergy. The prows of the Ex-3I roisters Cruz and Aguilar y Corde seems to have taken a very favourable turn in the Council of \ 1, ,a, who, it Is said, are perfectly aware of the intrigues which caused their ;retest, and in which the famous General Rollo ('apape, who wished to proclaim Charles V. has had a principal hand. It is not only said that Messrs. Crus and Aguilar will be acquitted, but will be authorised to prosecute their calumniator* before the tribunals. Although the King Is perfectly recovered, M. Castello still re. sides at the palace. Hs dines at home, and between four and five o'clock he agtin goes to the palace, and stays there till the neat day. The King's confidence in this physician is so great that he will not take any thing unless so ordered by him, which greatly excites the jealousy of the household physicians, aho have caused M. Castello is vacate his chair in the college of Saint Charles, on account of his political opinions. Since the arrival of a courier from Estremadura various reports hate been spread relative to Portugal. It is asserted that at Elam, Campomayor, Arronches, and Portoalegre, the Portuguese have assembled a tolerable number of forces; and that at Lisbon and Oporto the English were laying in stores of provisions. A respectable inhabitant of Seville, in a letter dated the 6th inst., writes as follows: " Ilisery is at its height in our province; every step we take in our streets presents us with country people begging aims. If we go out of the town we are assailed by bands, who plunder us. If the drought continues God knows what will become of us t the cattle are already in want of pasture, and they are obliged to be sent 12 or fifteen leagues from here to obtain it. Whether this drought, however, continues or not, a single piastre of the contribu tions must not be counted upon as likely to enter the Treasury ; the inhabitants neither can nor will pay them. The Administration is so in want of funds that they have been obliged to curtail the garrison of half their destined pay, to buy their food, without giving them either bounties or sobra.• The cmptoy;s on duty have not been paid since the month of September."—Costr ries Frawceu. • The pay of a soldier in Spain amounts to Sti centimes ( 3id.) per diem. Two-thirds of this arc destined to his daily food, the remainder, called sobros, is to buy his clothing. &c. This fund has never till now been encroached upon; the soldier employs it to buy the first necessaries of life, as also tobacco for smokwg.—( Note of the )editor.)—Corn ier Fraticais. INDIA. [From the Supplemmt of the Madmst Gazette. Oct. 13, 18241 RANGOON.—Private letters from Rangoon, in the b. ginning of this month, mention that the enemy's main force still remains at ISenobew, under the command of the Prince of Sarawadd v. It is said that in the Burmese army there is a corps of about 3.u00 men, specially denominated warriors: of these, again. some hundreds as sume the title of invulnerable', both one and other enjoying im munities unknown to other subjects, particularly the latter class, who in general remain shoat the person of the King. Lately a large body from this redoubted legion matte a vow, that if his Ma jesty would send, or allow them to go to Rangoon, they would re trieve the national honour by the immediate expul-ion of the Bri tish army. Leave was _granted, and the invulnerablcs, headed by the Attawoon of the Prince of Ssrawaddy, proposed, in the first instance. to carry by assault the great Pagoda. Accordingly, one of this party was sent to reconr.eitre. and fix upon the best point of attack. The sight of our guns and troops upon the works, to use their own words. •• so struck him with awe and terror, odat he was at once satisfied Oat he would be much better inside than outside of our lines." Ile accordingly came in as a deserter, and communicated their plans, adding, that one of four nights of the moon's age, which he specified, was declared by their astrologers to be favourable for the attempt. On the evening of the 211th ult., a small force in the jungles was looking out for them, but they could not see a man. Invisible as well as invulnerable, they succeeded after dark in creeping, unobserved, to the edge of the jungle, and, during the darkest part of the night, rushed with great celerity along the road leading to the north gate of the Pagoda, tiring and shooting in their usual style. An officer's pieqttet of his Majesty's 38th Regiment was instantly under arms, and received them at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the place, with a couple of volleys. A 12-pounder of the Madras Artillery, mounted only a few hours before, opening upon them with grape at the same moment, they found it prudent to retrace their steps with all pos. Able expedition. It has been learnt from a wounded man, who has since fallen into our hands, in an attack upon a picquet, that tsenty of the la class warriors were killed in this attempt. The brutal system of warfare practised by the enemy, is alluded to in the same letter, in which it is stated that the gig of his Ma jesty's ship Lame, found floating the remains of a European sailor, supposed to be the gunner of the General Wood. It appeared that the unfortunate man had been first tortured by pulling oft bits of flesh, and piercing him with spears in parts not mortal, and then sawed it half. A letter from Bahia, dated Jan. 1.5, via Pernambuco. says—" Every thing appears to indicate quietness, and I hope that trade will now revive. A Major of artillery, who was engaged in the late revolt, was shot to-day, and eight or nine officers are expected to suffer in a few days for the same cause." MEETING AT LLOYD'S. At twelve O'clock yesterday a meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's took place for the following purposes :- 1. To receive the yearly reports of the finances. 2. For the approval of alternations in progress. 3. To vote 201. to the widows and children of boatmen drowned near ['am/Afyon. 4. To vote 101. to the seamen of the toast guard, for saying the crew of a merchantman wrecked. _ _ 3. To rote 100/. to Captain oek, of the Cambria, for saving the crew and passengers of the Kent Indianan. 6. To vote 20!. to Captaip Bibby, of the Caroline, for saving foart , en soldiers from the wreck of the Kent. The meeting was not numerous ; the Report was approved of, and all the sums mentioned voted. It seemed to be a general feel ing that the vote to Captain Cook we, too small, and an amend. meet to increase it to 2001. was proposed but negatived, owing to he state of the finances of the establishment. TIITATITA WITII COLONSTA.—We understand that the Government has lately received despatches from Mr. R. C Anderson, Minister Plenipotentiary at Bogota (brought by Mr. Larz Anderson, brother of the Minister), and accom panied by two Treaties, which had been negociated by him with the Government of Colombia ; one of amity, com merce, friendship, and the other for the suppression of the slave trade, both of which are now under the consideration of the Senate.—New York Paper, Feb. Va. Sentence of suspension from clerical duties was on Thursday week pronounced in the Consistory Court of this Diocese, against a Lancashite Clergyman, for unmoral conduct.—Ltserpoo/ Pam. of Tuesday.