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and the complaints of the unprofitable nature of the service, the best answer is—the interest ne cessary to -obtain Cadetships. Are the Com pany ever in want of Cadets ? Is it not, on the contrary, well known that they are overwhelmed with applications fbr Cadetships ? We, there fore, attach no importance whatever to this pact of the case. The Indian service is not forced on any one—it is keenly solicited. If soldiers. or any other class of functionaries are to be themselves the judges of what they ought to re ceive, it is clear that they are not likely to err on the side of excessive moderation. No re trenchment ever was made, or ever will be made, with tin good-will of those who are subjected t, it. They, therefore, who are disposed to take , the complaints of the functionaries subjected to retrenchment in any case as alone a ground for disapproving of it, must be prepared to go the length of saying that there never ought to be • any retrenchment. If there is any one class of functionaries from whom representations against retrenchment ought not to be encouraged, it the class who have arms in their hands. But ii mutiny in an army, under any circumstances, and in any situation, is a matter of awful import, the mutiny of an army, on the obedience of which solely depends the keeping down a hun dred millions of men, strangers in blood, lan guage, and religion to the Government, is more particularly censurable. An army under such circumstances may be said, when it mutinies, to throw off all allegiance, and to claim the mas tery of the country. We must. confess, there fore, that the more we reflect on the circum stances of this case, the more we are astonished at the part which Lord Combennere has chosen to act. That his conduct has given great of fence, is, we believe, no secret ; and this we can easily understand. That the disapprobation of his conduct will be conveyed in due time to India is pretty well known ; but as he has been oildered home, the moral lesson will not have all the effect in India which it would otherwise have had. We, for our part, should recommend the modification of the order to the extent of leaving existing contracts unaffected. This the Com pany may, perhaps, do with safety. However objectionable the course which has been resorted to by the army, and however dangerous the pre cedent which has been set of an armed body questioning the orders of the authority by which it is appointed, still, as things have conic to this issue, the safest course, on the whole, will be to leave no pretext of a deparure from justice for the discontented to urge. The conduct of those in authority who either excited or did not dis courage resistance to Government, is a perfectly distinct question from that of the principle to be observed in the adjustment.—Morn. Chronicle. Some of our readers may perhaps still bear in mind that a public meeting was held not long ago, at Cork, at which Lord Mountcashcl pre sided, the avowed object of which was " to take into consideration circumstances connected with the pest interests of our church, estaklishment, and • o petition the Legislature thereupon." The meeting was composed of gentlemen dis tinguished for their attachment to the Protestant Church, and unanimous ire the view which they took of the important question before them. The following were the resolutions which the meeting adopted : _ _ 1: That we consider the Protestant Episcopal Church (3f England and Ireland, as by law established, to he the greatest national hlessing which it has pleased the Al-. mighty to bestow upon these kingdoms ; it has, through the Divine favour, preserved amongst us the pure doc trines of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and, by its Catholic and tolerant spirit, the liberties of the nation have been mainly upheld. 2. That whilst we firmly believe, that the confederate powers of darkness can never prevail against the doctrines of our church, "built en the foundation of apostles and prophets—Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone,' we must yet take heed lest its establishment in this country be endangered, its hold upon the affections and esteem of the people weakened, and the manifold bles sings we derive from it lost, by the abuses which have crept into the administration of its temporal affairs. 3. That. many of our most zealous, useful, and pious ministers, who labour with indefatigable exertions to pro mote the glory of God, and the salvation of immortal eottls, receive only a wretched pittance, utterly inadequate to their support; whilst others of the clergy, of whom store reside not on their latnefices, and perform none of the eacreil duties of their office, possess revenues far 'exceeding what a respectable and independent maintenance would re quite. _ _ 4- That whilst we readily admit ti at our excellent and Scriptural episcopal folio of church government requires a divetsity of orders am,ingst the clef gy, and a consequent diversity of incomes, we are nevertheless convinced, that the enlightened sentiment of the nation, the dictates of sound policy, the fairest deduction from the principles of Christiseiry, and the most devoted attachment to the established church, unite in requiring that none of the active and blameless members of that sacred prof‘ssion should, by an insufficiency of income, be exposed to tke anxietieis mid difficulties attendant upon poverty. 5. It is our firm conviction, that until the great distin guishing doctrines of Christianity, which our reformers learned frain the Holy Word of God, be faithfully preached in s',l our pulpits—until our clergy, universally, according to the solemn vows of ordination that are upon them, " give themselves diligently to tie sacred office, and forsaking as touch as they may ail worldly cares end studies, appiy themselves wholly to this one thing"—even as " watchmen and stewards, to teach and feed the Lord's family," and until church preferment be applied, as the reward of Christian attainment, and learning, and nut for purposes of political influence, the purity of our church establishment can never he restored—its permanence guaranteed by the esteem of an enlightened people, or the slanders of its adversaries put to silence. We are instructed in the Holy Scriptures, that whenever national dangers are to be averted, or national blessings preserved, it must be done by a return to purity, both in principle and conduct—that we must put away " every man the evil of his ways and of his doings." We do therefore feel bound to bear a public testimony against abuses existing in the administration of our ecclesi astical affairs, and to petition our revered Monarch awl both Houses of Parliament, in the spirit of these resolu• timing, praying fur the adoption of such remedial measures as will ensure the adequate remuneration of every class of our clergy engaged in the actual discharge of their duties. 7. That in justice to our feelings of att3Chmest and veneration for our church, we do distinctly declare, that it is not our object to diminish in any degree the revenues thereto helouging. We desire only such a distribution of them for the future as will encourage faithful, learned, and zealous c!ergytnen, give security and respectability to the establishment itrelf, and promote the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and his dominions; bein4 a•eil aware, that any attempt to disturb the rights of church property, or to alienate its income, must be productive of disastrous consequences, and terminate in revolution and national ruir.: ;,. Resolved,—That the petition to the King be trans mitted to the Right Hon. Mr. Peel, for presentation to his Majesty ; —that to the House of Peers, be intrusted to the Right Hon. the Earl of Mountcasliel; and that to the House of Commons to the Hon. Mr. King, with a re quest to our other county and city Members to support the same. -That such resolutions, emanating as they did from the zealous friends of the Church, should either pass without notice, or fail to. excite a fer ment among those whose errors they had in view to•correct, was not to be expected ; and we ac cordingly find that a Bishop (his Lordship o. Ferns) has- already entered the field of contro versy-in detente of the Church as she is, and broken.a lance with the Noble President of the Aleeting alluded to. ,We are heartily glad of it, and beg to express our hope that his Lordship , :1 11 not be the only combatant on that sick, 'bosh ; kcal the result 9f the evntot with Lind Mountcashel, we fear that few will derive much: encouragement to enter the arena. We gave Lord Mounteashel's answer yesterday to the Learned Prelate, for the 'Bishop's we had not space, and our readers, as they would perceive by Lord Mountcashel's reply, are at no great oss. That the Church of England in Ireland is any thing but what it ought to be —a useful instrument for the diffusion of Christian knowledge and morality, and a bulwark against the well of priesteraft and Papistry—is too w known to be even a matter of question: Mr. Hume, in two of the ablest and most enlightened speeches which were ever made upon the subject in the House of Commons, has demonstrated twice within the last five years,—first, that the revenues of thc superior Clergy were out of all proportion either to the services required, or to the incomes of the inferior Clergy. Second—That notwithstanding the expenditure of such an enormous sum as is annually paid to the Irish Clergy, the Church was most inefficiently served, partly in conse quence of livings and preferments being given away, from political and other motives than the qualifications of the parties, and the good of the Church—partly from the ignorance, partly from the non-residence, of the Clergy, and partly from the numerous and iniquitous unions of several parishes under the spiritual direction of one pastor. We say these matters were proved by numerous statistical returns incapable of contra diction, and to which the only answer that was attempted to be given, was a cry of " the Church being in danger," and of those being eager for its overthrow, whose only anxiety was to purify it, and render it a useful instrument of public instruction and moral controul. The times, however, have altered since then, and men and opinions have altered with them. The most zealous friends of the Protestant Establish ment now come forward and loudly denounce the abuses which only four yearsago were most stoutly and reverendly denied—nay, go farther than even Mr. Hume did, who at the time was loaded with every epithet of abuse, and, in addition to charges of enormous incomes and neglect of duty, prefer the more serious one of dissolute ness and immorality ! It is true that the Bishop of Ferns denies the existence of enormous in comes on the part of the higher order of the Irish clergy, and that Lord Mountcashci con• siders that the whole amount received by the clergy would not to he too much for each, if properly distributed and divided ; but the fact is neveitheless undoubted, that the whole sum is by far too much for the services required, and that it is so unequally divided and apportioned, as, on the one hand, to lead to gross neglect of duty, and, on the other, to furnish no stimulus for its performance. We do not mean to state that the income of the Clergy in France, or any other state on the Continent, furnishes a just criterion to judge of that which ought to be awarded here ; but in France, where there are 30,000,000 of souls to take care of, and about fifty thousand priests and prelates to take care of them, the whole expellee of the Church Esta blishment does not exceed a million and a half! the salary of a Bishop being about 6001., and that of an Archbishop a little more than 10001. ! while the Church of Ireland costs two and a half millions. These sums, however, are per fectly insignificant in the estimation of the Bishop of Ferns, and no wonder that they arc, seeing that the revenues of a few Bishoprics would go far to defray the whole expellees of the prelatical staff in France ! "I am not satisfied," says the Bishop of Ferns, " at being rated at 8,0001. when I cannot reckon on 5,0001. Nor am I pleased to hear the Arch bishop of Dublin rated at 14,000/. when I am convinced that he has not 8,0001. ; nor at the Bishop of Derry's being rated at 20,0001. when I do not believe him to have more than 15,000/.!" and these are great evils assuredly, though not quite so great as having no thousands at all, which, it is alleged, would in many instances, be nearer the mark of merit and :actual good ser vice. We leave this point, however, to be' dis posed of by those who can judge better than our selves what quantum of piety and learning and moral conduct is worth 15,0001. a-year, when many hard-working curates—men who are orna ments to their profession—can barely procure a tithe of it —simply adding, that the agitation of the question of reforming the Church of Eng land in Ireland has always been productive of good, and must be productive of more—that the Church was instituted for the benefit of the people, and not: for the purpose of enriching a few individuals—and that the services rendered by the Church being defrayed by the public, lay men have even a stronger and better right to in quire into and reform its abuses than those who are in its pay, and are guilty of the abuses.— Morning Advertiser. The representations by which the Officers of the Bengal Army have attempted to avert what they deemed an unjust and unnecessary diminu tion of their income, have given rise to specula tions and surmises in this country for which the) do not appear to us to afford any thing like a rational foundation. The exaggerated tone in which the subject is treated by sonic of our Co temporaries would be highly amusing, but that it may probably be mischievous. One of them perceives in the dissatisfaction of these Officers with the proposed regulations, an incipient " mutiny," and in their memorials a disguised " declaration of independence ;" while another can only account for the conduct of the East India Directors, in attempting to introduce those regulations, by the supposition that they have deliberately intended to endanger our Indian Empire, in order that they might be enabled to drive a better bargain with the British Parlia ment for the renewal of the Charter. The facts, however, are siniply these. The East India Company has long been desirous of re moVing an inequality which now exists in the scale of remuneration to military officers in the different Presidencies, for which purpose the Di rectors issued an order, soon after the satisfac tory issue of the Burmese war had opened to them a prospect of permanent and secure tran quillity. But the mode in which they sought to obl terate distinctions was that of reducing the higher, allowances to the level of the lower, in stead of that, which to military men in India would naturally have been a great deal more ac ceptable, of elevating the lower to an equality with the higher. This conduct on the part of the Company, whatever may be thought of its po licy or justice as respects the Indian empire and the army which defends and preserves it, will scarcely be considered by candid and temperate men as sufficient evidence of a deeply pondered de sign, to endanger the former by disgusting and alienating the latter. Neither can we perceive in the language of the military remonstrants any grounds of disapprobation even, and still less can we discover it in any just cause for that terror and dismay into which it appears to have Qranes. Per thrown so many of v ur Cynterup haps they exaggerate a little the positive bard ,hips and privations to which the meditated re 'friction would expose them ; or, from a percep ,ion somewhat too acute of the loss with which they have been threatened, rather underrate the Advantages that would still remain. But symp toms of disgust or alienation—not to speak of " mutiny" or " declarations of independence" —we can no where find. And we venture, with a much stronger confidence than our own judgment could have inspired, to pronounce that no such symptoms are to be found in any of the memorials, because the Com mander-in-Chief, Lord Combermere, has not merely permitted them to pass unrebuked, but has given them the highest and most unequi vocal sanction by recommending them to the fa vourable consideration of the Indian Govern ment. Nor is this all ; for the Governor- General of India in Council utters no syllable of reproof upon the language in which these re monstrances are expressed, or the temper which they exhibit ; but, on the contrary, annomres his intention to transmit them to the Court of Directors, and adds to this communication that it will afford him sincere gratification if the Ho nourable Court shall see fit to re-consider its or der. We thus see the highest Authorities in India giving their sanction to the Memorials ; strong evidence certainly that the complaints they contain are not unreasonable, but stronger evi dence still that they are not urged in a threaten. ing manner, and are unconnected with any dan gerous feelings. The idea of British Officers in India, even if they were subjected to grievances the most serious and unjust, becoming posiiively directly, and intentionally dangerous to the au- thority of Government, is evidently absurd.— They must always have the strong motive of self preservation, although every other were with drawn, for desiring to maintain unbroken and unimpaired the coherency and union of British interests, of which military subordination is the most essential part. Sound and prudent policy requires, no doubt, that no occasion should ever be afforded to the natives of India of supposing this essential coherency and union liable even to so much as an accidental and temporary interruption. On this account we regret that British Office's should have assumed or been reduced to the position of remonstrants against a meditated measure of the Government, directly affect ing their individual and professional inte rests, and eln have no hesitation in expressing our opinion that the present is a state of things that ought - to be put an end to without a mo ment of unnecessary delay. As to the manner in which the question between the Court of Di recrors and the Officers in India may best be de cided, probably there arc few persons in this country qualified to express an opinion, and we certainly do not pretend to be of the number. Both authorities and arguments are divided if not balanced ; for with all our disposition to allow the greater weight to those -to whom law has assigned the ultimate decision, we cannot think lightly of that of the. Governor-Ge neral and Commander in Chief of India ; nor can we be insensible to the manifest hardship, however paramount the considerations of a po litical nature by which it may be vindicated, of altering, to the prejudice of Officers now in the service, regulations which were in force at the period when they entered it, and the permanency of which may have entered into their calculations. —Morning Post. The following paragraph has found its way into the Press:— " Tbere has been considerable talk within the last two or three days respecting the probability of Mr. Huskisson rejoining the Cabinet, from which he seceded during the first months of i ts existence. H e i s n o w on a visit to the MAiquis of Hertford, at Sudbourn Hall, where, also, Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, the Duke of Wel lington, and a select party, are staying on a shooting excursion. It is alleged that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer is to give way to Mr. Huskisson, and that the Leadership of the House of Commons is the bait held out. Mr, Peel,it is added, will be elevated to the peerage." • This is not the first or second of the experi mental paragraph::: relative to the apostle of " free trade," v% hick have appeared in the " libe ral" Papers since the Cabinet. of Great Britain lost the benefit of its valuable services. The writer of this prophetic intimation of a great event, has discovered that the very unceremoni ous dismissal which Mr. Huskisson received from the Duke of Wellington was merely a " secession from the Cabinet during the first months of its existence." If the political eco nomists had not made such strange work with language, that the original meaning of words bends to their despotic " philosophy" we should have supposed that secession implied a voluntary withdrawal, and not a compulsory ejectment froth office. Perhaps the Duke of Wellington, who so inexorably resisted all the pathetic appeals of Mr. Huskisson, to' be allowed to stay in after it was declared that he must go out, now begins to think that the discardedcMinis ter has undergone a sufficient penance for his juvenile offence ; but we suspect he does not mean to take him back unless he leaves his prin ciples behind him. It is true that there is not at present any Finance Committee to be blown up by a spank from the angry collision of Messrs. Huskisson and Herries, but, as it is pretty cer tain that the distresses of the country, and the causes in which they have originated, must be come a prominent subject of discussion in the next Session of Parliament, we suspect his Grace does not imagine that the confidence of the nation, in the wisdom of his policy, would be increased by the renewal of his political al liance with the man to whose rash and mis- chievous theories public opinion attribute the poignant aggravation of those distresses, unless the re-admission into office should be accompa nied by an expedient recantation of his political creed ; but we are told the " leadership of the House of Commons is to be the bait"—only think - , gentle reader! what an expert angler the Duke of Wellington must be to know precisely what bait beyond a few thousands of additional salary is necessary to hook Mr. Huskisscri once more into office. " Philosophers" of his class are so insensible to the vulgar attractions Of. golden bait, that it requires extraordinary skill in a Prime Minister to draw one of them into the band of power from the still waters of obscurity. —Morning Herald. On examining a large block of elm, which had just been sawn through, in Messrs. DIKES and Guises's yard, on Monday morning, it was discovered that the tool had laid open a recess in the heart of the tree, in which was deposited a bird's nest containing eight or nine eggs. The nest was formed of moss and the other usual materials of such constructions, and the eggs apparently those of the titmouse. The surface of the cavity in which the nest in placed is in a rotten state, but the surrounding wood is perfectly sound, and there is not the slightest trace of any fissure affording a communication with the external air. At whatever period, and. under •whatever circumstances, the little artist had built her nest , the passage affording ingress to it had grown up, an operation of nature which must have required at least a touter of a esrcury to effe , ;t Packet. THE INDIAN ARMY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We have seen letters from parts of India remote from each other, all breathing the same spirit of dis content. We subjoin a letter from an officer in the \ladras army to a near relative, which may be taken as speaking the sentiments of the body. Though the proper seat of the discontent at present is Ben gal, yet in every part of India the military watch the movements of the Bengal army with deep inte rest. In the subjoined letter it is said, " the mili tary in Bengal are openly encouraged by Lord Com bermere in sending in representation after represen tation." If such be the general impression, it would he odd if the military were to be backward in their representations. Whatever may be thought cf the order of the Court of Directors as to the Batta, we confess we are utterly at a loss to understand how Lord Combermere should have conceived himself, in the situation which he held, justified in allowing himself to be identified in so open a way with the opposition to the measure. His conduct must give a character of peculiar difficulty to those who have the settlement of the affair. It is a very different thing to receive representations from Radical Re formers, when you have an army officered by the aristocracy at your back, and to receive representa tions from the only men, in a population of a hun dred millions, who have arms in their hands. Die position in which Lord William Bentinck is placed is peculiarly difficult. The worst part of the busi ness is that matters have proceeded so far, that to yield now will look like weakness ; and we all know that concession, under such circumstances, not un frequently enlarges the views of throe tow horn it is made. We wish the Company well out of the affair. " May 2, 1819. " Mr. Lushington is said to be going home imme diately, disgusted by the decision against him by the Court of Directors in David Hill's case. He is not popular. . . . . Do not laugh at me when I say, that should any crisis call for a di,play of energy and fidelity on the part of the Indian army, its present f clings will show themselves in a manner that will more than dismay our Honourable Masters. Thu native soldiery are di,- gusted equally with, if not more than, the officers. I 3:n not writing at random, and under the influence of tempo rary personal disgust. Last night I witnessed a precious scene of mutiny and disorder, occasioned by a late Gene ral Order of Government. The spirit is gradually begin- . • _ ning to show itself. . . . . . . . The native services are almost the only situations worth a military mm trying for, except those at the top of the ladder. The late order from the Court of Directors, pro hibiting the giving of political situations to military men, is most unjust, and it is hoped will not be attended to. It is indeed hard if almost the only opening left for the exer tion of talent is to be shut out. God wot, the civilians have too many unfair advantages over the military already. I fancy the time is almost arrived when the Company will strike the long-meditated blow of taking possession of the Nizim's country. The city of Hyderabad itself has muti nied, and murdered (with the assistance of the Arabs in it) a small party of our troops. The Arabs have re fused to quit the city, and are supported by all the inha bitants, and the Nizam's eldest son in secret. A refe rence has been made to Calcutta by Mr. Martin (good cautious man !), and the answer must be the signal for bloodshed. . • " 26th May.—Another Order from the Court of Di rectors has come out, actually reducing two Lieutenants, one Ensign, and two companies in each regiment. They have, at the same time, elven the empty rank of Brevet- Colonel to a number of Colonels Commandant, thus brib ing the higher ranks to countenance the tyranny exercised over the lower ones. The native promotion is alsa stopped for the next three years, to the great discontent of the Sepoys. The Medical Department is Bengal have sent a most spirited remonstrance both to Lord W. Bentinck and to the Court of Directors, in consequence of the restric• tions that have taken place among them. Their Madras brethren intend following their example. The military in Bengal are openly encouraged by Lord Combermere in sending in representation after representation. We Ma drassers have been so often kicked that we only growl. But the fart is, that the service is not worth a eur,e now, except for those at the very top. We are losing the few paltry advantages that were left us." DISTRESSING AND ALARMING STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY. (rnou A CORRESPONDENT.) Cawaroaa, FEB. 28, 1829.—1 hasten . to give you the earliest information respecting the unhappy state of things on this side of India. It was impossible for any man to return to this country with a greater share of popularity in his favour than Lord Bentinck ; and within a •few short months we loathe his very name. He has lent himself to measures which Lord II :stings openly declared he would rather resign his government than do-:--he has dared, without assigning any feasible reason, to insult the whole of the Bengal army, and rob them, and the Medical Officers in particular, of what were their just rights—he has, in short, deprived the army of half their established allowance, by placing the stations, notorious for being the most ex pensive in Bengal, on " Half Batta ;" he has deprived the Medical Officers—a class of officers whose services are the must responsible and laborious of all others--of the whole of their medicine allowance. You nitiA be well aware, as well as I ens paint out to you, that the territories watered by the Ganges alone embrace a population of thirty millions' of souls, or twice that of Great Britain. History furnishes no example of so extensive and populous a nation continuing long subject to another, placed at so immense a diatance, asid with a popu lation so much inferior. Government cannot here repose on an opinion that the strength of the governing body is physically competent to enforce obedience. The distance, the climate, and the limited number of Europeans in this country, prevent us from supporting a military force capable of opposing the natives in case they rose en masse. Those native troops who have fought and Wed in our cause are, nevertheless, taken from the mass of the inhabitants, imbued with the same prejudices, animated by kindred sentiments, and exposed to all the causes which may eventually excite a general feeling of discontent; and this feeling, I can as sure you, has already got abroad: 'Fbe permanence of a Government thus circumstanced must, therefore, unquestionably rest on an opinion that it is a wise and beneficent one, and that it is for the general interest to submit to its authority. Is this the case ? But a people whose calculating habits render them uncommonly clear-sighted where their own interest is concerned, can not easily be either deceived or satisfied in this particular. To appear good, the Government must really be so; and that not merely in our view of it, but in their's also. Of the great mass of the natives, one-twelfth are Mahome dans, the remains, I may say, of the ruling power of whose authority we have superseded, and who may be considered as very generally disaffected, and willing to seize the first favourable opportunity of regaining the as cendancy of which they have been dispossessed. The Hindoos constitute the rest of the population ; but these, although willing to submit to the authority of Europeans, can never he brought to assimilate with them. Keeping these principles in view, it must appear to the most casual observer, that the arrangements actually adopted by our beloved and gracious Governor are wisely calculated to h e i g hten the - disaffected spirit which is creeping abroad.— Already the Native Officers have heard the complaints of the British Officers, and, ever alive, as I before mentioned, to their own interest, they have naturally concluded that they will participate equally in this vile breach of faith and justice.' We came out to this country under the full conviction that our pay and allowance would, come what might, never be infringed on—that they would be considered inviolate, awl an honourable compensation for exiling ourselves from our kindred and friends to drag on a solitary and dreary existence in the burning plains of Hindoostan. The whole army have come forward en masse, and remonstrat ed against the injustice and cruelty practised on them ; and, unless redress is given, before you get this, in all proba bility, the Country will be in open rebellion : for what can they do without the military in such a country as this? And this my Lord Bentinck will learn to his cost, if he does not take care. Herewith I send a copy of two or three of the remonstrances, f just to give you an idea of the state of things, and that what I have mentioned is really the case. Surely, if the Company were in such a wretched condition, they ought net to come on the poor military roan, and, above ail, on the medical officer, whose duties in this horrid climate are severe in the greatest degree. Night and day, in sickness or in health, he is expected to attend on all who call for him, and on his shoulders rest the care of the lives of upwards of 1,000 souls. To give you an idea of justice—from a Judge of Circuit, in the receipt of 50,000 sicca rupee s a year, 5,000 have been take away; from an Assistant_ 4 ' I can assure you, on the beat authority, that the cor respondence carried on by native troops since the promul gation of the infamous order alluded to has been immense ; however, the Honourable Comt may think to stop their t The betuPtutsbere alluded tc, appeared yesterday. a jut:— ply three rupees a mo nth. mo uths by increasing Surgeon in charge of a corps, whose pay and al lowances amounted to 6,500 sonat rupees a-year, 3,00 t) have been taken away. Is this justice, I would ask ? The Company may rely on it, that as they are the first to break their faith, so theylwill be the first to repent of it. I may just tell you, that 400 rupees a month are allowed to the officer (no matter of whit rank) in immediate command of a corps; an Asiistant-Surgeon, however, is put in charge of a corps, and does not get a pice,t although he does the duty of full surgeon, who would draw, were he present, upwards of 400 rupees fur performing the same duty. t The Governor-General is pleased to intimate that Ac sistant-Surgeons in charge of corps shall be allowed 60 rupees a month extra ; and if, as is not unfrequently the case, they have charge of two corps (2,000 men), they shall draw palker allowances of thirty rupees a month,—Vide Government Order•, Ncv.•mber 28, 1828. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT. 93. TURQUAND V. MASLIN. In this case the defendant appealed against conviction of Sir R. Birnie, on several informations laid against him by Mr. Turquand, the land coal meter for the county of Surrey, charging the defend ant with using 18 coal-sacks of a less size than men tioned in the Act of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN confirmed the conviction. Charles Slear, a young man of good connec tions in life, was convicted of defrauding Mr. John M. Dodge, solicit , r, of NorthumberlAnd-street, Strand, of a banker's cheque on Messrs. Coutts and Co., value 101. The Court deferred sentence until the decision of another case, in which the prisoner is concerned. Sarah Leghorn was charged with obtaining 125., on the lOt'h of September, from the Commissioners of St. George, Hanover-square, by falsely pretend ing that she was settled in that parish, whereas she well knew that her-settlement was at St. Saviour's, South wark.—A verdict of Not Guilty was recorded. William Jones, James Jones, and Phrehe Jones, were charged with disinterring and removing a dead body from the burial-ground of St. John, the Evan gelist, on the 16th of October last. The Jury found all three prisoners Guilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced the two male prisoners to six, and the female prisoner to three months' im prisonment and hard labour. MYSTERIOUS DE A.TH of MRS. PHILLIPS. Yesterday Mr. Charles Phillips, accompanied by Mr. Phillips, of Finchley, husband of the lady whose death from poison has occasioned such deep and melancholy interest, and also by Mr. Cullington, a solicitor, appeared at this office before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Mrisnum.., respecting a report of an application made by Mr. Cox, solicitor for the executors of the deceased lady, to Mr. HALLS on Wednesday, which repert appeared in this journal on Thursday. Mr. C. Phillips, holding the Times paper of that day in his hand, addressed Mr. Minshull, and said he appeared before him in consequence of a re port which appeared in that journal, and which pur ported to contain the sahstance of what had passed before Mr. Halls on Wednesday, when a conversa _ _ t!on took place between the Magistrate and Mr. Cox the solicitor, relating to the death of Mrs. Phillips, late of Finchley. Mr. C. Phillips was not present when that conversation took place, but from what he could learn he was enabled to state, upon the best authority, that of Mr. Cox himself, that the report in question was not only greatly ex aggerated, but that part of it had never taken place at all. Air. Phillips then drew the attention of the Magistrate to the following passage contained in the report. " Mr. Cox.—The executors felt that when the case was brought to Bow-street, it would have met with the fullest investigation. 'I hey would hare put the matter in a train of inquiry themselves, had it not been taken up by the parish officers. Mr. Phillips, the husband of the deceased, appeared at first willing that the inquiry should take place, and afterwards threw every obstacle in the way." Now (continued Mr. Phillip), if my client had, as is im puted to him here, thrown every obstacle in the way of inquiry,—if that insinuation were true,—he would indeed be liable to the severest censure; but, know ing that it was perfectly unfounded, and finding that statement published in so respectable a news paper as the Times, he directed his solicitor, Mr. Cullington, who is now present, to call upon Mr. Cox, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the words imputed to him were correctly reported. The reply of Mr Cox was, that he not only never ut tered the words ascribed to him, but that, on the contrary, he believed, and knew, that Mr. Phillips was most anxious, from first to last to promote the enquiry. Having received this unequivocal denial from Mr. Cox himself, it was deemed expedient, on the part of Mr. Phillips, to refute, in the most pub lic manner, so gross and scandalous an attack upon his character. The Reporter of the Times here declared that the report was faithfully given. Mr. Cullington then came forward, and said he had waited upon Mr. Cox with the report in ques tion, and that, gentleman bad declared to him that he never made use of the words respecting Mr. Phillips having thrown every obstacle in the way of inquiry ; on the contrary, he believed Mr. Phillips was always anxious to have the matter investigated. The Reporter of the Times declared that his re port was faithfully given, and added his disbelief that Mr. Cox had given the contradiction imputed to him. Mr. Cullington declared that Mr. Cox had em powered him to give an unqualified contradiction to that passage in the report to which allusion had been made. . . . . . Vv Mr. I.lllNsitum observed, that perhaps the better way would be to let the matter rest where it was. Mr. C. Phillips was quite satisfied to do so. He wished, however, to repeat, on the part of his client, Mr. Phillips, that he was most willing and anxious that an investigation should take place, in order that the guilt, if any, should be fixed upon the proper party. Mr. Phillips felt, however, that if witnesses were brought forward, those witnesses ought to be examined upon oath, and he (Mr. C. Phillips) ap pealed to Mr. Minshull, as a lawyer and a magi strate, to say whether this course was not only le gal, but according to the invariable practice of all criminal proceedings, Mr. MINIM LL agreed that all charges affecting individuals must be made on oath. The magistrate then repeated that he wished the matter to rest where it was. Mr. C. Phillips, his client (Mr. Phillips), and Mr. Cullington, then retired, but returned in a few minutes, having been met by Mr. Cox, who, hear ing of what had taken place in his absence, re quested the parties to return with him to the magi strate, in order that he might explain the part which he had taken in the matter. The reporter for the Times asked Mr. Cox whe ther the passage of the report referred to was not substantially correct ? Mr. Cox replied that the passage was certainly correct in substance, although the words were not those which he uttered. Mr. Cullington—Did you not tell me that ycu never used the words, and that in fact you meant the reverse ? Mr. Cox—l told you what I said to Mr. Halls, and I now repeat it; I said that Mr. Phillips had expressed a willingness for inquiry, but that willing ness was not followed up, inasmuch as Mr. Phillips had not adhered to his former candid determination. My assertion now, that the passage in the report was substantially correct, is not inconsistent with the explanation I have just given. The Reporter for the Times—Am Ito understand, gr. Cox, that you admit the report to be stibs!an daily true ? Mr. Cox—kost certainly. It is as correct as any report can be given under such circumstances. The parties then withdrew. A marriage is not considered respectable at Geneva unless it be mule known to the ditterent friends and acquaintance of the parties a year before it takes pine. KINGSTON QUARTER SESSIONS, OCT. 2g. THOMAS JONATHAN IVOCILER, V. THE PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH, SURREY. This was an appeal against the resolution of the Commissioners for Paving, Lighting, and Watching the pa►ish of Chliatchurch, Blackfriars. The case excited considerable interest. • Mr. TIIESSIGER said the ease before the Cos r$ arose out of the removal of a bale of goods, which had been placed on , the footway pavenlent of the Blackfriars•road, opposite the house occtviedi fis, M:-Ssrs. White and Greenwell, the haberdasiierid-- The - parish had a local Act of Parliament, and- by the 42d section of the Act the Commissioners were empowered to remove such obstructions as he had ►mentioned, and they directed Thomas Sharpe, the beadle, to cause notices to be served on the different householders to remove the goods which were placed on the public footway, and in the event of their not so doing within three days, the article* • were to be removed to a proper place in the parish/ workhouse. In conformance with these instruction* which the beadle received, be removed a bale Of goods belonging to Messrs. White and Greenwell, who brought their action against the beadle for the value thereof. The case was tried lost April As sizes; and a verdict was given in favour of White and Greenwell, together with the costs attending' . the suit. The Commissioners conceived thatl the beadle had acted under their directions, th.°l were bound to indemnify him, as he was their repre sentative in the execution of his duty. The resolu tions of the Commissioners had been entered in the proper book, which was kept by Mr. Meymott, the Vestry Clerk. At a public meeting of the pa rishioners, a notice was given, signed by Mr. Henry Hunt, and also by the appellant (Mr. Wavier), ob jecting to the payment of the damages and costs in curred, amounting to 20. 1. lBs., the bale of goods being valued at 411. 18s., and the costs 1641., as the. Act of Parliament did not empower the Com missioners to make an appropriation of the parish monies, for the purpose of indemnifying their of ficer. The next objection in the notice was, that time had not been given for the assembling of a ves try meeting, specifying the object of the meeting, according to Act of Parliament. Mr. STEERS requested that the entry of the reso lutions of the parishioner* should be read, which was, " That no portion of the parish rates should be appropriated towards the debt and costs of the beadle Sharp ;" and, further, " That the thanks of the meeting be given to Messrs. White and Green well, for resisting the act of petty tyrants in office. and suggesting the restitution of the property forth with." Sharp, the beadle, was called to prove the service of notices upon the Commissioners, for the, purpo•e of calling a special meeting►, but could not swear, al though they were printed circulars, that the olio now handed to him was an examined copy. Mr. PRATT contended that the Commissioners were empowered by the Act to indemnify their officers. . _ Mr. STEERS said it might, in the opinion of the Commissioners, be very right to indemnify the • beadle Sheila, but he would show the Court that they had no power to do so. It was a practice, if adopted, that would ruin the interests of all the pa rishes in the empire. The Learned Counsel then concluded by saying that, according to his view of the law, the Commissioners must pay the damage; - out of their own pockets. • The CouRT, after consulting a considerable tirnet. decided that Mr. Wooler's appeal against the reso lutions of the Commissioners be confirmed. By this decision the Commissioners will have to pay the amount of the action and costs (20,51. 185.) out of their own pockets. The case occupied upwards of aye hours. The Sessions then concluded. FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—Mr. GALLYKNIGIIT. • has addressed a Letter to the Earl of ,ABERDEEN on the Present State of our Foreign Relations. It.will be pub' fished, we hear, by Mr. tirouwalr, Piccadilly, in a few days* MYSTERIOUS A FFAI it.—Very great auaiety has been excited at Nottingham by a circumstance, of • which the following are the particulars. Abort the middle of August last, Mr. War. LitsoN, a most respectable and opulent manufacturer of hosiery, of that town, Jef f Nottingham, with the intention of proceeding to Lojidoos and thence to Ireland. Being is the habit of writing to his friends, he sent them a letter from Londoo, abOut a week zfterwards. In that letter Mr. L. said he wa s j U" going to Gravesend, and thence to Liverpool ; lott added, that he hoped not to be absent long, as no place suited him so well as home. From that time to the present his frien , !s have not received any other letter, although, whenin health, he usually wrote three times each week. family being much distressed, and fearing the worst, tw ° of his brothers proceeded in search . of him. They have traced hint to London, and down to. Liverpool, • where he was seen a few days after—but there all trace of him is losy. He was a single man, about fifty years of age, i ts-; person stout and fresh-looking - ; and is supposed to have had considerable property upon him when he disappeared.' • His friends, who know his regular habits, fully belies that he is now no more. Whether an accidental death on the ocean, or robbery and murder, are to be connected with' the suspicion which this mysterious recital must exciter, remains in utter mystery. MA TRIMONAL DISAPPOINTMENT.---" A e ' strong sensation was produced in the neighbourhood 0, Plympton, on Thursday last, by the unexpected elite ' pearance of a young man, who has been for som e past, employed in excavating the canal near Cann Qu a '" and was to have been married that morning to a rot woman, who was prtgnant by him, and who colt eP rait expected him to efface the blot he bad affixed to fame, by making r.n honest woman of her. EverY t ho was provided fur the wedding feast, by the friends 4:" disappointed fair, the minister had been duly a ucninna and the attendance of the bridegroom• alone was viefl to complete the festivity of the day; but he—w_ ; oe t ` i i t io• relate, was nowhere to be found, having marched oft,W,e. o w u h t o b b ea a t d, of un d h r a u p m p , ily at f a o n r h ea e r r l s 3 l ll 4 ou r r e , li l e e d ar t izg im the fair So. his vows, to wear the willow, and lament he P r lic lo it i l ;i 9 o ol credulity. What adds to the distress of the neighiPt . t he is, that the faithless swain has taken with hint .7j oi ne companion of his flight, i boy about thirteen, ef, e i n the, of JoNE , , whose parents, poor but honest, ree v ' e . , parish of Shaugh, and i.re inconsolable for bis loss* at t he the above was written we • have been informe d thc-stiir fugitives were apprehended and brought back °° "' day night—and the parish officers we have no doubt ? _rot , keep a vigilant look out to prevent a second escape " yr the matrimonial fetters have been firmly r‘ivetted.---4 mouth Journal. •• BIRTHS. o f On the 21st inst. the lady of the Re v . Mr. Webster' - Christ's Hospital, of a eon. Ott the 22d inst. in Albemarle-street , the lady of Or e. S. Snell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. T. I) . On the 13th inst. at Falmouth, ty the Rev. to Mitthias, R. E. Tippet, Esq. solicitor , . o f Loi;do,o 4 , Caroline, fourth daughter of the late Thomas Gryliet of Helston, Cornwall. Cro „ o ft, On the 22d inst. at Worcester, Walter Se well Esq. to Jane, d. ,tighter of E. Cracraft, Esq. of tb 3 V a . of On the 231 inst. at St. Pancras, F. Harrison, .r.:'bter Berkeley'-street,Perkeley-square, to Jane, only di` g of A. Brice, Esq. of Euston-square. „ Virte c ' On the 22d inst. at Northwood, Isla of Wig''''bger Knight, Esq. of London, to Harriet, yonnstst dang J. Eames, Esq. of West Cows. DIED. of ()n the 22d inst. at Broome, W. Kenrick, Esq'fstit On the 22d inst. Anne, wife of It Wh ite 'T TY let' Acton-hill, Middlesex, and daughter of th e late . 11 0 Esq. Devizes. 4 ..11 fre% of un the 20th inst. in consequence of a se horse, W. Walker, Esq. of Berkbampsteatl, ri er - tpn t- Southampton-build ings, Chancery-lane. Lic yte* i.l 3 On the 16th inst. in Cumberland-stru t ' in t he - 1 • Colonel G. J. Rubarts, C. 8., formerly Pae:r r „,, t he 2 ' 1 , 0 Royal Hussars, whom he was in command e t '1„ . hee ct., 1 ,1 June, 1813, at Morales de Toro, in Spaint 7, iog ot "" o f p,,rted by the 18th and 15th Ilessats) theY d l ir o igreif e in a themselves in an affair of cavalry with a Frenc h 10 0, ' t superior numbers, by defeating them, w.th gre st on the taking 200 prisoners, with 300 (loves; en'' of the same namth at the battle of Vittoria. 0 ' 1 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED By THE Suri Orrzcl, 112, STILANDI Le 0.1.11