The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-11 00:00:00

'HIS- DAY' EAST INDIES. (Prom the Madras Government Gazette, July 3.) Ib IIESS TO LORI) WILLIAM C. BENTINCK. "a have great pleas4e in laying before our vs the following Address presented to the Right 4 * Lord William Cavendish - Bentinck, .G.C.8., G.C.I-1., on the oc•asion of his Lordship:a ar at this Presidency, on his 'voyage to assume )isma Governtnent of India by Native ants, and the kind and •condescending reply thin benevolent and esteemed Nobleman re- RIGHT MON. WILLIAM C. EIp!TINCK, OOYER- • .• NOK-CINERAL OF THE EAST INDIES. M Loin—When the iuhabitants . of *Madras le good fortune and honour of being protected patroniied by your Lordship, when Governor Presidency,:they experienced the good effects iur liberal policy and your pious and charitable ion towards the poor and every class of the particularly during the dearth of 1803 1804; as, by the exertion of those exalted the distressed villagers had all been pro with the means of support, and had been thus from an untimely dissolution, resulting from ,Jon and despair, to the utter disappointment of unehatitalsle and ambitious hopes of the grain ', when rice was ordered to be supplied from by your Lordship's command, which was isly distributed to the poor, and sold to at a moderate rate; thereby effectually .pro-• a remedy against the inseparable consequences .an awful visitation as , the one adverted to. • This act of, your Lordship's benevolence had 011 1 y thus saved many thousand of lives, but had ated towards the_security. of the public rove the result - of a Wise policy ti for had not your then' pitied the miserable . state of the ! h and provided the dying population with the of •Support, the environs of Madras and the dependent thereon would have been to deserted, and thereby the resources of Govern- must have.suffered most materially. These considerations excited our.- admiration gratitude in no small degree and have impressed with no less Attachment for your Lordship's le virtues and good will towards us;. and, in expressing our sentiments of unfeigned respect Your Lordship, we exult in the happy occasion nomination to the high station, in the choke Authorities at home, to rule the destinies of alike to the benefit and interests of its sub and to the advantage and satisfaction of a ul Sovereign. That God may be with you 'ler you nre, protecting your Lordship against hers, -preserving , your health, and prolonging life, with• happiness, is the most sincere and , t wish of • " Your Lordship's most grateful' and obedient here follow the signatures of above 240 persons.) "Madras, June 2% 1528." - HIS LORDSHIP'S REPLY. TES NATIVE INHABITANTS OF MADRAS. 4 It is always pleasing to return to an old home; ilt) after an absence of above twenty years, to be reted with so hearty a welcome, and to find un. `ukted those sentiments of confidence and good opi- ~°n which were. then so consoling, is particularly l i ktifyi ng to me. Be assured that in me 'you shall w ays find the same affectionate friend, ready and de termined,: if calamity shall assail you, to come 11 ° P'ri with all the power of the. Empire to your re- , and most anxious to promote, by every pos fe means, the happiness and welfare of the whole 4( lian population.. May health and happiness ever k „ smfd you " Madras, June 28, 1828." MEETING AT LLOYD'S.. bbRE.$ WARM. o the Co • We 11: necessary ers th orming its..l ' Lor efore and Is l . G.C. the Inopro' I, at tl i property'; for three It I . Wan' - 2harles t h e his will,. • "ed. dear dol' 16 ra t er heirs All , Frances Fit ' 4 m y afterwart ' the gt rd in 1704' Imre siamed ii i this p, of menta l ;Your li personal e will munii The ESP I I ISO , : iewal des. •1 ide s he fines 011 t ' d wit iewal in '• ed f conveyeu L ration benefit. e uneh. Duches l .l ers, present p utta nder the tuitou: Ike of GI 'era at for the 'lnge r the estate each a The' deciding, only eptered I 'but poo , the he cases:l ship lerit atry i r „ p. • d 1 ns of iass by' toe 1 / i ttr i es tat i ou as`toj dese were repo Silt trim :arl of Su P lt Thee bound' tol gratis ing to theif with ot so bolo'l L Tabl e v ordinal 7 Bin lap thole case, y our dams or Yeur n, Fitzroy S l d th e A i ie devise, ~ p i a al taken. an t 'ORLI i te rUI calleoi qerever a week.. 4 dane this, pro 3 life was t& v kn the Oil ." Yo ants is sciietiv4' (Here f lone. 4 , liwir e , RR. plaiktiis anwortli, damage*, n .by the meter. 0 , it recd ; t hay d r F i tilhamf r o tt. plaintiffoA h and. •4 4 " 1 1;s into 0 4 1 parish, i o ot, the defe!'il l the relit t e o vha., the at he we Ao t i dent, hey, tin consequeneeof the lateness of the hour at which our 'port from Lloyds arrived yesterday, try an oversight of Reader it was sent, to, Press without correction. The l ewing ie a correct Report. je ' ie.At - 12. o'clock, yesterday, a:Oteeentl Meeting of r e , Subseeihers was held at lloyd'se-for the purpose transacting some ordinary business, and also for N 7Sking.a special proposition. . i L. '!'l2he Lome M AYOR , in takingene chair, stated ii7fly the nature of the business which it was in 'ended to submit to the meeting. The. ordinary rou tile referred merely to the ' filling (by ballot) the' cancies, occasioned in their committee bee the three t enhers who. had to 'go out by rotation ; and the iPecial proposition was the payment by t he house of ,11 11111 expended in the prosecution and punishment ,v , ' some foreigners, who had been detected in con- Allir . mg to commit a great fraud upon 'the under ,writers .The names of these persons were Viana ! 1 • 11 4 Mureles, who had effected insurances .to the I reount (we think hie Lord-hip said) of 12,000/. i nterested a vessel called the Diana. The underwriters more immediately in the result had ex- Pended from 8,0001. to 9,defending 6001. ;n therrie 4 ,,,1vee .from the parties, and probing this conspiracy. The claim at present eubmitted to the house was a bly'fo'r 9001., or- something less, which was the l expense incurred in the c riminalpeosecution that had I been out of these - ' ' . e, transsiottons. His Lordship t hought it right to • mention that the committee *ere, by one of the bye-laws, competent to pay the 'l.tPenses without further delay, as they were evi eel illy incurred fur the general benefit ; but they Preferred making this' appeal to the subscribers ge eerally, from the full Confidence they had in the Justice and integrity of their decision. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. PRATT, jilt), then came forward. They }, led already heard, from the great notoriety which ence. f ee d 0 'led attended all the proceedings of the conspiracy :rn' _ a e ri es , 1 0 ' ~°, f Viana and Mureles, that a great expense had been 3 6 . lueurred, and nearly six years' delay caused in-bring ',rife the matter to issue. The insurance upon the AS, bn e. 4 -in!ien had been effected for a v-. :rage from Oporto malt. eajetiff4ll; t o the Brazils. Like all frauds of a similar kind, the alleget V le d f o r eigners . engaged in perpetrating them had con elisortgjele 'need to have their business done through houses of e , at che r ot , tat respectability in this country ; but soon utter the Poe th e vessel had sailed, some suspicious circumstances ng in k s a. tame ,o 7 eto light, which led to further inquiries in Por tugal, which strengthened 'them so far, as . to induce ter ,o 0 0 0 i d eloll l eg the gentlemen concerned in _the risks to take special :he rel' 00' , . proceedings against Viana and Mureles; iiitheir own iutead 4 p g /1 oeat : conrta in Portugal. • The proceedings in the Portu )f p io li of a ;:eneie courts at first' ent on with a great, appear - a Owl: s ti ' tlnce.of equity.; the offenders were in .the first de mid p ro , , d o F „ iteion pronounced guilty, and actually imprisoned; the p o o'tVe unt in the sequel a new judge was appointed, who the sbe in ele 'Was:probably not so fastidious as the first; and who, Id 6(0 4 tie t I doubt, came to a perfect understanding with the On t ° , Or. Pities implicated, who were at length dischaiied, , w i t e 4 ol 4 . 11(1 an attempe nntde to punish the witnesses who. r. ill'Peeel bad previously inculpated them. In this, stage .of that b e tte r i f) .the proceedings it became advisable to endeavour to , arty l e iit 4° .bring the parties within the jurisdiction of the Bri eeid 01 1ie rle,_tish Courte, where it was needlee . s to inform the from teel . meeting (its ell the reports of the trials had been o f p ~ t ai published) that the whole conspiracy . was demon y bef° l. _ A strated, the politico ennulled, and Miireles sentenced ~ „el 0 0 to one year's imprisonment. in the Hasse of Correc ive Oil e risen i Viana having absconded to avoid a similar i jag j u y i ; e .punighment. It Wes right to add, that the present the pt ,Claim would not' much exceed 7004, as the London er to c hore, __..‘, , * Assurance Company, who were involved in the ar o loi r " . „ . . 'risks, and who had throughout paid their proportion H , the ref . ~. of the expenses incurred most : onourably, would also ro j o g V . ' '. pi), their quota of the criminal prosecution. He ~ then conCluded by :proposing a resolution for 'the 0 t •payrpot of 7001. and Odd, for the -business already Mentioned. - • . . .. . .' Mr. JOSHUA HART said, what he principally rose for was this—to have a peefect and 'explicit declara tion on the present occasion that the proceedings against Vitale and Murelee were not instituted be cause these persons had been fereignere; but that at Lloyd's they would idways be found equally ready, to punish British delinquents upon the detection of similar frauds: (Hear.) ' Mr. J. Cr. SLEAP then celled the attention of the meeting to two recent meetings which were held bet Saturday and yesterday 'in the old committee- of _.Ful ogue., ) had. c a d' id in. Drinedy :h. He pokers;'' such 440 d, and; I occasi - 4 0 that he' Jury for cords of irrita t taking (1! time w." 1; it whs 1) ,_ ) " f ? led to co'`. 7, f any p or e :o the exP r o e Pr ese"l o rY wonict 1 intentio r t • for 1 1(4 es 9i° ' expr fiv g lial ruc e- o i where Y. T i r Hull. 01 because c,l until after ' IePO I X r tweet tbe ' der -0 too ap ptio for hi"' been 111 ' o f dap', irightun g room, respecting three or four particular policies : he was very anxious, seeing one of the principal parties present who had taken a part in the inquiry alluded - to, to know if the state of the investigation was of such a nature and in such a state of prepara tion as to be fit for present disclosure ? Mr. R. DEWAR stated, that the policies referred to in the business of the two particular, meetings al luded to by Mr. Sleap, were those connected with the transactions of Messrs. Hoskin and Rtisgell, and' upon which, as well as the general course of business effected by these brokers, he pronounced the most unqualified reprobation. He said, that these parties had admitted they had been guilty of " irregulari ties,"- and Mr. Hoskin had offered to retire, leaving Mr. Russell, for the sake of his family, in the per mission still to transact business at Lloyd's--an in dulgence which Mr. Dewar hoped would not be ex tended to persons found in such a predicament. Some further conversation, in which Mr. David Carruthers took a part, followed respecting the con dect of those brokers, and . a special resolution was prepared, and (apparently) by unanimous consent, When it was intimated by the Chairman, and one or two other gentlemen, that as the papers connected with:the policies alluded to had been only laid before the -committee half an hour before this meeting had assembled, it would be premature to proceed further at the present moment, while at the same time the fullest thanks were due to Mr. Dewar for his conduct in the investigation. • . The. resolution for paying the money for the pro secution of Mureles was then unanimously agreed to; as well as a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. The - meeting . then broke up. BATH AGRICULTURA L SOCIETY.' On Monday took place, at Hetling House, Bath, the first Annual Meeting of the " Bath and West of England Society, for the Encouragement of Agri culture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, insti tuted in 1777." _ _ _ Sir Thomas Lethbridge and Mr. Dickinson, M.P., not being present, `Sir W. Cockburn, Burt. was call ed to the Chair. Mr. H. ELWIN read the Report of the Committee of Superintendence, stating that the notices for shows of cattle were more numerous than last year, there being 35 candidates and 85 cattle; whereas last year there were but two-thirds of such numbers. On proposing the Committee to examine the cattle, Mr. Nicnous (a successful exhibitor of cattle for many . years) objected to one of the Committee, whose name was consequently withdrawn. GROWTH OF WOOL. Dr. PARRY read the report on two essays regard ing the " improvement of wool." The first essay set forth that the present state of public feeling,, in requiring so much attention to be paid to the Carcase, impeded the improvement of the wool; and that the sheltering of sheep was of great im portance to the advancement of the wool. That plan was adopted by the Saxons, and covered folds, therefore, became advisable. It lamented that obstacles opposed themselves to the due improve , ment of the fleece; difference of value for eighteen years, lowness of price of late, &c.; and it is said that the co-operation of the Legislature must be ob 'Mined to advance attention to fleece and carcase, promoted by crosses of breeds. The Committee said that, if superior carding wool were required (to supersede importations), they were of opinion that such be►iefit could only be effected by the introduc tion of families of sheep not now possessed by this country ; but they were decidedly of opinion also, that, in promoting improvement in wool, profitable attention to, the meat needed not .to be neglected. The second essay recommended a' cross of Merinos. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The SECRETARY bogged to suggest that Premiums . might be -proposed ; Ist,. for the promotion of " Friendly Societies," to improve-the .condition of the working elaSSes; and perhaps eventually to re duce the poor-rates ; 2d, to encourage experiMents as to the burning of clay, for the purpose of eluci dating the theory of .combustion, and its cost as ma nure, adding - thae4oo - liiishels of clay had been burned by half a faggot of Wood ; 3d, for the improvement of the growth of buns; 4th, for the amendment of, the system of malting in the west of ,England, by skreening the malt; sth, by 'proper gradations to introduce the general use of the imperial measure; 6th, to promote experiments to ascertain new ma nures, particularly to try whether the residuum of gas might not be usefully applied to purposes of agriculture as manure; 7th, to ascertain what are the best soils for growing Santini]; and, Bth, to en- 'courage the exhibitions of'their live stock in Exeter and Salisbury. Mr. ELWIN said, that most of these objects had been considered by the Society at different times, so far as they accorded with its views. They could not appropriate their funds to promote " friendly societies ;" but, on the subject of friendly societies, useful as they might be to the poor, if established on proper principles, from hill connection with the Savings' Bank of that city, he had the means of knowing that too many of such societies Werefrauds upon the poor; that out of forty societies whose rules, &c., he had investigated, he did net believe that one was solvent. Those societies, in fact, en gaged to fulfil impossibilities. Dr. PARRY, adverting to a series of experiments that.had been tried, but not completed, proposed a premium for the discovery of the causes of" ranker," "American blight," in fruit trees," &c. Mr. WEan HALL proposed a premium for the best specimens of wheat; how grown; quantity per acre produced, &c. Mr. SiIITIIIES proposed the withdrawal of the premium te agricultural• servants for bringing up the greatest number of children without application to the parish ; because on the present pay it was im possible that labourers with numerous families could bring them up without parish aid, except they were peculiarly favoured.—(Hear.) The meeting concurred in the propriety of the withdrawal of such premium. DEER PIPES. The Rev. Mr. PHELPS • asked what was the use of the premium of 101. to the publican who shall for the longest period use pipes made of pure tin or iron, or pipes into the composition of which neither lead, copper, nor any other injurious metal, enters ? . Dr. WILKINSON said that this premium had been adopted at his suggestion. When . he was in prac tice, or engaged in giving lectures, he had ascertained that the pipes used by publicars in the machines _with which they pumped up the beer, underwent a rapid dissolution. These pipes, he believed, now were expoied to still quicker dissolution, in .conse quenee of the changes. that had taken place in the manufacture of beer for public-houses. He had also ascertained that these combined causes had contributed toincrease the number of paralytic cases. He had said that he would undertake to show • that in every. pint of beer brought to him he could preci ..pitate a portion .Of lead flora it. If the common pipes, then, were so defective and noxious, how im portant was it to provide a remedy for what was so injurious to health l He. had reason to believe that innocuous pipes could be provided. ENGLISH TOBACCO. Mr. HANNI N G gave notice that, at the n ext meet ing, he would call the attention of the Society to the propriety of adopting steps for the encourage- Ment of the growth of tobacco. - On Tuesday the Annual Meeting of the Bath I , and West of ...England Society for. the. Encourage ment of Agriculture, Commerce, &c., .was : held at the -Society's rooms, Bath, W. Dickinson, Esq. ih the Chair. After the usual routine of business had been 'gone through (in the course of which the Mar-' quis of Lawnsdowne was re-elected President) about one huhdred persons sate down to a good dinner ut the White Hart Inn. Mr. Dickinson was in the chair, and under his auspices the harmony of the -meeting.was kept up uuimpaired to a late hour. We are happy to Rolls is rather better in state that the health. Master of the WINDSOR. The following bill placarded about this town seems to show that his Majesty has taken up his residence at the Castle : " To the Worshipful the Mayor of Windsor,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of Windsor, request you will call a meeting, At an ad.lY period, to take int() consideration the beat mode of. expressing our feelings, tipon the occasion of his Majesty residing .at Windsor Castle. " In compliance with the above requisition, very re spectably and numerously signed, I do hereby appoint a meeting of the inhabitants of:Windsor, to be holden at the Town-ball, on 'Thursday next, the 11th inst., at 12 o'clock at noon. " ROBERT TEBBOTT, Mayor."' . . Soon after his Majesty arrived at the Castle, on Tuesday afternoon, -Mr. Wyatville, the architect, was created a Knight. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Listowell, at Kingston House ; the Dowager Lady Floyd, at her residence in the Regent's. Park; Earl Stan_ hope, in Piccadilly ; Lord Althorp, at the Albany, from his seat, Wiseton Hall, Yorkshire; Lord Lynedock, at Lard Dacre's seat, the Hoo, Herts, from Mr. Coke's seat in Norfolk ; Dowager Lady Neave, at her house in Albemarle-street, from her seat a t Richmond; Mrs. and Miss Howe, in Park-street, from Chelten ham; Mr. Hart Davis, M.P. in Piccadilly; Mr. and Mrs. Hard_ wicke, in York-place, from Brussels; Major Woodley, in th e Regent-street, from Liverp..ol ; Mrs. anti Miss Tooke, in South Audley.strect, from Pendarves; Major and Mrs. 'Wilmot, in Green-street, Park-lane, from Ramsgate ; Colonel Anson, M. P. at Lord Brudenell's, Melton Mowbray, from his brother's (Lord Anson) seat, in Leicestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, in tiros venor.street, from Brighton; Rev. Archdeacon Clarke, at Kirk_ ham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Winchester; n. Stewart, Esq. at ditto, from Berks . ; J. Forbes, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; V. Briscoe, Esq. and family, at the Bernera Hotel, Berners-street, from their scat, Hookwood, Surrey • the Rev. 'l'. B. Chinn; at ditto, from Cambridge ; Clayton Glynn, Esq. and Mrs. Clayton Glynn, at Marshal Thempson's Hotel, Caven dish-square' from Gladwins, near Harlow ; Capt. Wm. Donald_ son, Mrs. Donaldson and family, at ditto, from Littleton, Dorset; Sir Jacob AstleY, Bart. at ditto ; Sir Franois Ford, Bart. at ditto ; Montague Cholmley, Esq. 31.1'..at ditto; Wanley tiawbridge, Esq. at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Besborough, for W. S. Poyntz, Esq. M.P.'s seat, Cowdray Park, Petworth, Sussex ; Mr, and Mrs. Sheldon, from Regent-street, for Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Addertey, and family, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their seat in War- Wickshire ; J. Neeld, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton ; Mrs. and the, Misses Dick, from Kirkham's Hotel, for Richmond ; Wm. Price, Esq. from ditto,. for Bath ; William Murray, Esq. from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton; Carey W. Tupper, Esq. from ditto. ARRIVALS AT THE STEYNE. HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Mr. Field and family, Lord G. Hervey, Hon. Mr. Upton, Miss Fitzlicihert, Mr. Macintosh, Messrs. Pryer, Mr. Church, Mr. Curzon. ARRIVALS AT THE YORK HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Sir Warren Peacock, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Throgmorton, Colonel Watson and family, Mr. Avery, Dr. Rose, Mr. Way, Mr. Harris, Mr. Wilford and family, Sir W. Houlbourne, Mr. ..:oeayelt, and Mrs. Coesvelt. • ARRIVALS AT BATH. Lord Henry Thynne, Lord Mtiskerry, Aohniral Sir Richard and Lady Hussey Bickerton. Lady Baring and fussily, Sir J. and Miss Ashley, Sir A. Lechinere, Rev. _ Sir A. and Lady Elton, Rear-Admiral Shirley and family, Colonel MorriS, -Lieutenant Scott White, Captain and Mrs. Wellesloy Ashe, Captains Huntley and Scovell, Rev. Messrs. Bowles, Bedford, Coates, Rev . .Messrs. and Mistresses Williams, Peck, Phillilk, Leddiard, Mr. and Mrs,. Ellis, Bran, Astley, Lousada, Newnan, Vivian, Vaughan, Scott, Bygrave, Pastan, South, Messrs. . Chadwick, Dailey, Dov, , ton, Edwards, Featherstone, Jones, James, Somer ' set, 'J. P. Tudway,.C—Tudway, Fry, Mitchell, Pitt, Baillie, Penn, Mathews, Fisher, Pine Collin, Lax, •rhaekelay, BMus, Saha. bury, Batts, Nicholls, Spicer, Hulley, Wells, Dickinson, Spooner, Sharpi,, Call, Robinson, Carpenter. Louis, Winslow, 'bring, Wasey, Brisco, Ledyard, Whitcombe, Bethel!, Vine, Pulsford, Renett, Merriman, Rogers, Hall, Dyer, Phip pen, aPDonnell, Knatclibull, Knyfton, Aldridge, Chapman, lundy, Mistresses General Averne, Bowles, Beard, Noble, Place, Starling, Whatley, Wilcox, Doriton; Cootie, 'Broomfield, Sibley, De Lancey, Wooldredge, Newnhana, Misses Morris, Cootie, Noble, two klaces, TudWay, Vs Maley, Williams, Bowles, South, Mitchell, Bygrave, Monkland, Roussale, Snooker. Sib- ley, Anderson, tic. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Earl and Countess Somers, Lord Tankerville—Sir Robert and Lady Ricketts and family, Sir Edmund and Lady Stanley, Sir -A • Lechmere, Sir Edwin Stanhope, Colonel Maeauley, Colonel Eyre, Major Robertson, Captai4 St. George, Mr and Mrs. Haigh, Lindow, Gandolfi, Mrs. and Miss Webster, Messrs. Warner, Magawly, Fombelle, Smith, T. -F. Huntley,. Leonard Brown, Robinson, Fisher, C. C. T. B. Naylor, Nugent Marnamara, Patterson, Cooper, Aspinall, Phillips, Waller, Williams, H. G. P. Cooke, Mistresses Grant, Hassall, Williams, Cathogan, &Intent, Colonel Buckeridge, Misses 'Browne, Cros- Agile, Wood, Geof,hagan, Fry, Okey, Stokes, Hunter,. &c. WINDSOR, DEC. 10.—Yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the King, accompanied by the. Lord Steward, and the Earl of Fife, as-Ixid-in Wait iirg, left the Royal Lodge in a close carriage, dravin by four -horses, and drove by two postillions in the Royal livery, -attended by the usual retinue of outriders, and proceeded by tire main- route of the new plantations, Snow- Hill, the Long Walk, and the new dineof road leading to the grand entrance of the> Castle, where his Majesty arrived at a quar ter before four: O'clodc, and was received from his carriage by * Lord- Strathaven and Sir Frederick Watson, when lie ascended the grand staircase, arid entered the magnificent gallery, extending 250 yards in length, part of which runs parallel with his Majesty's suit of apartments, and now forms One of the most beautifully interesting structures. in the kingdom, having, in addition to its internal magnifi cence, become the depository c,f the most rare busts, and being, adorned with the most valuable paintings by the first masters, arranged under the direction of Mr. &pier, the artist. His Majesty appeared in the most cheerful spirits, and is in the full enjoyment of_ excellent health. There were no new - arrivals at the Castle, and; at the usual hour, his Majesty honoured his distinguished attend. ants with his company to dinner. This day his Majesty did not leave the Castle, but confined himself chiefly during the day with despatches from the different of Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-Louse, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz.:-- Capt. Waster Horrocks Whitehead, Dube of Sussex, - for Bombay and China; and Capt. George 'Kinnaird Batlaie, Lowther Castle, for China direct. DERRY.—The Meeting of the County of Londonderry, field at Newtownlimavady on Thursday, was as numerous as that held at Dungannon on Tuesday. We cannot find room for a report of the proceedings in our pre sent number, but we cannot avoid noticing that the con stituents of Mr. George Robert Dawson refused .to en trust their petition to their Representative so called, and the men - of Derry were perfectly right—Dublin Even iag Mail. BRITISH MUSEUM..--The new Catalogue will run to the unparalleled extent of 15 quarto volumes, ex ceeding, by several volumes, the catalogue of the Royal Library at Paris,. hitherto reckoned the most voluminous extant. It does scot merely enumerate the contents of thci Museum, but, at the• end of every section or division, is appended a list of all the books that have been written on the particular branch of literature under discussion, with short notices of the works, the various editions they have passed through, and where the more curious or scarce are deposited.—Athenccum. . WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—The scholars on the foundation of Westminster School represented the Adelphi of Terence, for the second time this season, last night. The Comedy was well east and much applauded,' particularly by Sir W. Curtis, who was much struck with its peculiarly classical Latinity. The Bishops of Exeter and Llaudaff, Solicitor. General, and a host of celebrated men, were present. _ _ The \Vardenship of the Cinque Ports, it is said, is one of the , offices which was to be abolished on the demise of its late pcP:sessor....—Brighton Gazette. Few persons living,: we believe, have seen in the south of England such a mild December as the pre,eut. —Prighton Gazette. . _ BATH, DEC. 10.—The passengers by the York-house . coach . from Cheltenham, had a very narrow escape for their lives on Monday evening. On leaving that town, it was evident that .the coachman, either from intoxication or carelessness, was incapable of managing the horses, acid notwithstanding . the frequent remonstrances of thd passenger+, be 'continued to drive in a furious and dan gerous manner. Soon 'after reaching Cross Hands, the coachman fell from his box into the road, when the horses . Set off at full gallop : one outside passenger, a farmer, con— trived to get down, but was thrown into the road, and covered with mud. To add •to the alarm, there was a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning, and snow was fall ing at the time. 'On arriving at Oldtield turnpike, the re maining passengers expected nothing less thaninstant &- struction; but fortunately , th e gate h ap p ene d to be open, and the horses went clear throu g h. Th e keeper of the turnpike had by this time b ecome a l arme d by the screams of.a female cutside, and assist e d b y th e p ers on who, had alighted, they at length suceeeded in stopping the horses..-- The passengers afterwards proc ure d p o st . c haises,. and reached Bath about four hours after the usual time. The est•spe of the coach'intua was most miraculous, having only sustained a dislocation of the arm, &c. H e bas been ten years in his situation. . On Tuesday evening a fire, which threatened most alarming consequences, broke out in a Venetian blind . maker's, at the bask of Alfred-street, Math. The flam es communicated to the stables behind the Lansdowne Arms, belonging to the York House, and ignited a quan tity of hay and straw, which blazed up with amazing fail. The supply of water, however, was •pl e ntitui, and after burning two houre, the fire was happily go t under. It is not a little singular that precisely about this time last y ear a considerable pot tiun of York Howie was destroyed by tire. THE PRIZE RING. FIGHT BEWEEN lIENDERSON AND PARISH, FOR FIFTY POUNDS ASIDE. :W'.: re-insert the fol , owing,•whieli appeared only in part of our impression, yesterday; This fight took place near Bristol on Tuesday. I Never was there a greater sensation created in this sporting city than the announcement of the above set-to has occasioned. •It has furnished the almost exclusive theme of conversation with the Bristol fancy since its first being broached until the present time. At an early hour this morning, every vehicle, from the four-in-hand down to the donkey cab (and there were numbers of both kinds) was put in requi sition, and the roads leading to the scene of action were thronged with every variety of traveller. The p l ace appointed was Patcham, a village a few miles from Bristol; and in case the champions should meet with any let or hindrance from the beaks at this spot, it had been arranged before-hand to remove to a gentleman's park hard by,- which had been offered to them for the contest, the proprietor being a great sporting character himself. No opposition, how ever, was offered; and shortly after one o'clock Parish entered the ring, attended by B a il e y an d Redman ; soon after him, Henderson made his ap pearance, accompanied by Neate and old Bob Watson. Both men appeared in e:icellent condition. Henderson is the biggest man, mid has all a l ong been the favourite. Last night very heavy bets were made at five to four in his favour. There were not those wanting, however, who held a directly op posite'.opinion, and beta to a considerable amount were offered and accepted in favour of Parish. The concourse assembled by this time - on the scene of action beggars all description. It was decidedly the most numerous we have ever witnessed in this county ; there could not, moderately speaking, be less than 4,000 persons present, ninny of whom were gentlemen of the tip-top fashion ; and the turn-out altogether would not have disgraced a nearer proximity to London. The following is a brief outline of the fight. There were no feWer than 45 rounds, although it did not occupy a greater space of time than an hour. Hender son was the first to draw blood; in the very first round, when he gave his antagonist a terrible smash in the face. All appeared to go remarkably smoothly with Henderson, and of course the tide of popular opinion set iu on his side. 'The betting, after the fifth round, was 10 to 1 in his favour. At about the 35th round, Parish _appeared to be - rallying ; he had evidently got fresh wind, and he fibbed into his adversary in prime style; but in the very next round he got a terrible knock-tae-down argument from Henderson. All through the fight Henderson had the advantage, by meeting • his antagonist's rushes' with wonderful coolness; he, indeed, re ceived but one dangerous blow - all the time, which was in the neck. There . was a good deal of fight ing at the ropes 'doing the affair, and a consider able degree of confusion occasioned in consequence, but the advantage appeared to be pretty equally ba lanced between .both parties. Henderson stumbled in one round, and fell upon hitt face, which somewhat damaged him, but he soon rallied, and forgot it. In the-last round, as Parish was rushing in; in his usual . style, he was met,-with much good play, by a flush blow in his face from Henderson; he was dreadfully queered and plumped down forward, this - was; the only regular knock down blow given by either party. His seconds got him on their knees, and; it is said, he expressed some wish to come again to the Scratch, but it wasn't in him. They could not rally .hitn, and he did not come to time, and was of course pronounced beaten.. We .may observe, with the exception of the single blow.we have mentioued, --Henderson did not receive. any injury, but Parish was most dreadfully mauled. Ile was moreover. both in head and - body, and ,was most severely cut in the face by the ropes: The " knowing ones" .• say they'have all along been of opinion that Parish had no pretensions'to enter the. ring. with Hender son; they acknowledge that he was, and is, game to the wry back bone; but of course, since the ter mination of the present fight, pride themselves in the correctness of their previous opinion of his powers. FIGHT BETWEEN ROGERS AND BAILEY FOR TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS ASIDE. A pugilistic contest between these two heroes of fistic notoriety, took place at Newport, on Monday last. Rogers, known in the ring as the Hereford Chicken, had already distinguished himself, but the odds were in favour of Bailey two to one. The men fought 32 rounds with mutual advantage; but in the last set-to Bailey gate Rogers a tremendous fall, which rendered him deaf to time. The battle lasted 48 minutes. Bailey is a Bristol man, and was once vaNquished by Cabbage. FIGHT BETWEEN RICHARD HILL AND JOHNSON, FOR £5O ASIDE. This fight took place on Tuesday last, at Kettleby, near Nlelton Mowbray. The amateurs of the Fancy of Notting hatn audits vicinity, were much interested in this event, in consequence of the former being dubbed the Nottingham. Champion, and Johnson, who is an Irishman, and shoemaker by trade, has lately put up claims to belong to the London ring. Th e men weighed about eleven stone and a half each, and both appeared to be in high condition ; but Hill appeared to be decidedly the strongest and the hardest hitter of the two. Hill was seconded by Maltby, and Johnson by Tom Gaynor ; of the London Prize Ring. THE FIGHT. Round 1. Both men were very anxious to make play. The, Snob looked pale, but wistful; whilst his antagonist, Hill, eyed him. Sparring com menced. Both were cautious, and Hilt, being wide awake, kept Johnson for some time at a stand. At last both let fly, and Johnson drew the first blood from his adversary ; but in a close he was thrown, and fell undermost. 4tol on Hill. • - 2. Hill put in a pretty smart left-hander on John son'S knowledge-box, who returned the compliment on his favourite spot with the right. However, Johnson received a -body - blow, which was after wuds found to have broken one of his rib? ; still he • was sufficiently master of himself to watch an oppor tunity of giving Hill the first knock-down blow.— . When Johnson commenced to fecl the injury he had received, he, was for giving in; but his second, Gaynor, encouraged hiM to proceed with,the Apt. .3. The Snob had bellows to mend. Hill, who had not as yet received any severe punishment, point ed at him witll'his finger. The Snob, full of game, went in, but Hill caught his head,and fairly tumbled summerset over him. '4. Good hitting ensued on both sides, but, prin cipally in favour of Hill, till be was ultimately thrown. 5 and G. Hill made play at the head, Johnson countered. Streams of claret flowed from Johnson's, nasal organ. Hill threw him violently. Snobby turned his eyes up, and cried " wax !” 7,8, and 9. Tke Snob Caine in as fresh as paint. It was a Craven heifer to a Pat Moony's pig. The Snob fought well, and placed a good blow on the body that sounded like a drum. Hill cross-buttocked him. - A guinea to a gooseberry on Hill. 10, 11, and 12. The Snob's spirits cheered from Tom Gaynor's chaffing; he came up with renewed vigour, and made the most determined round of it. At last, however, Johnson became as weak as a baby. The Patlanders cried no more salmon, and flourished their twigs like a wood. Both down. A crown to a crab on Hill. 13, 14., and 15. ,Betting continued iu favour of Hill, although the Snob'S game enabled him to make a turn in his favour. Hill, nothing daunted, hit heavily with his right and left. 7to 4t, and 2to 1, on Hill. Both fought well, but Johnson went dowiri weak, and was undermost. 18 and 17. Hill, finding that his man was almost done over, determined to finish him. Johnson fought on, but weakly. Both went down. 18. A smart rally in favour 6f Hill, who c aught Johnson a most tremendous nobber, and another over the nose. Johnson never recovered from au other visitation on ids smeller, .but still held up his head, trying to do better. On the whole, it was a manly and well-contested fight ; poor- Pat was, how ever, punished severely. At last, Hill hit out right and left, and floored poor Jol•inseii in grand style. Time was called—the latter cou!d not come to the scratch again, but was reluctantly compelled to give in. COURT-MARTIAL AT CHESTER. (From the Chester Courant, Dee. 9.) The finding of the Court, and the approval of the sentence by his Majesty, in the case of Mr. Sherlock, Paymaster of the 87th Regiment, now stationed here, has been transmitted from the War Office. The charges are as follow:- Ist. For absenting himself from his quarters on or about the evening of the 28th day of April, 1828, with the intention to abscond, he having on his per son, 5931., or thereabouts, in gold and bank notes, and which he acknowledges to be public money. 2d; For having embezzled or fraudulently mis applied the sum of 82.5/. 3s. Sid., or thereabouts, of money that came into his hands in the capacity of Paymaster of the 87th Regiment of Foot, this sum being due to the public on his pay list of the 24th clay of May, 1828. 3d. For having neglected to remit to the Agents of the Regiment, Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Co. the sum of 39/. 9s. 7id. or thereabouts, so far as can be at present ascertained, due to the dis charged, and to the estates of deceased men of the Regiment on account of gratuity for the Burmese war, and having embezzled or fraudulently misap plied the same. 4th. For having embezzled or fraudulently mis applied the sum of 251. 12s. or thereabouts, being the produce of 331. Si. 9id. received by him in India, in January, 1820, ou account of hospital savings, realised when the Regiment was stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. sth. For having embezzled or fraudulently mis • applied the sum of 237/. 2s. 9d. or thereabouts, due I to General Sir John Doyle, Bart. G.C.B. and 8.C., Colonel of the Regiment, being the premium on bills drawn in India, for compensation for regimental clothing, lie (the prisoner) twing been frequently . required to pay the said sum to Messrs. Greenwood,. Cox, and Co. 6th. For having fraudulently, after he . had received instructions to pay to Mr. Moor, No. 1, Old Bond street, London, 2604 sterling (a sum stopped fi otn the Company's abstracts for regimental necessaries) given to the said Mr. Moor a bill at sixty days' sight, LAolensdsorsn.,Gbereiegmayboooud,,tCaolxv,enetkid Co.previouss,'io,usC dated the 22d day of April, 1828, and made pay raig's- -111 a co b u le rt a , t to the attempt to abscond, he not haring made any pro vision to meet the same. 7th. For having fraudulently embezzled or misap plied the following stuns entrusted to hiS charge in India :-1001. by Sedeant Ferris (now Quarter- . master-serje.ant of the regiment), and 201. belonging to the orphans of the late Seijeant-major Timmons. Bth. For having embezzled or fraudulently misap- Wied the following sums belonging to the regimental funds, which were entrusted to his charge, as Pay master of the regiment Due to the Mess Fund £215 7 11 Band ditto lB6 18 School ditto 24 1 14 Charitable ditto B5 12 0 Making a total of £461 18 4f or thereabouts. 9th. For having embezzled, or fraudulently mis applied, the sum of 2781. 25., or thereabouts, due to the Quarter-master Carr, of tbe 87th Regiment, being a sum stopped from the Company's abstracts for regimental necessaries. THE SENTENCE. The Court having duly considered the evidence given in support of the charges against the prisoner, Paymaster John Sherlock, of his Majesty's 87th (Royal Irish Fusileer) regiment of foot; as well as whit he has offered in his defence, is of opinion that he is guilty of the first charge. In regard to the second charge, that he is guilty to the extent of having embezzled or fraudulently misapplied the sum of 7081. Bs. lid., or there abouts, due to the public; and that the remaining sum of 116/. 15s. Id., comprised in the sum alleged in the said charge, was obtained by him in his capa city as paymayster of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusi leer) regiment of foot, through the means of a bill founded on his estimates, which bill has not been paid by the agents of the regiments, and they find it to be a private transaction, and not due to the public. With regard to the third charge, that he is guilty to the extent of having neglected to remit to_ the agents the sum of 25/.55. 104(L orthereabouts, due to the estates of deceased men of the 87th(Royal Irish Fusileer) Regiment - of Foot, on account of gratuity for the Burmese war, and having embez zled or fraudulently misapplied the same. In regard to the fourth charge, that he is guilty. In regard to the fifth charge, that he is guilty. In regard to the sixth eharge,"that he is guilty. In regard to the seventh charge, that he is guilty. In regard to the eighth charge, that he is guilty. In regard, to the ninth charge, that he is guilty. And that he is guilty of scandalous and infamous conduct, unbecoming his situation as Paymaster in the 87th (Irish Fusileer) Regiment of Foot, in the Wlole of the charges. • The Court does therefore.adjudge, that the said Riymaster, John. Sherlock, of his Majesty's 87th (Royal Irish Fusileer) Regiment of Foot, be dis- - missed from his Majesty's service, with incapacity to serve his Majesty in any office, civil or military ; and that he do make good theamount of the sums so proved against him in the several charges. His Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court. 'An Exchequer process accompanied the trans mission of this document from London, by virtue of which the prisoner (who had remained under close arrest) was immediately seized and lodged in the Castle. We understand that the prisoner's legal advisers intend adopting the novel course of making an attempt to bring the case before the Court of King's Bench, by a writ of error, on the ground, as relates to the first and principal charge (the at tempt to abscond), that Hall, the Paymaster's clerk, upon whose inse dixit alone it rested, was not ealled to give evidence of the rounds of his suspicions, although he was then in Chester w ith the regi ment, and the Court, in its mixed character of a court of equity as well as a court of law, might have s required such evidence at any stage of th e proceed ings, and consequently after thi s p o i nt was i ns i ste d udetfhe findingence. Tlteorne the t other charges, the princip a l o f w hi c h i s, tout there was no evidence of th e severa l amounts a ll e ged to upon grounds the pr i ofo n objectioner in to be due having been ever demanded. The case is, in every view of it, a novel and interesting one;- and the result of this application will be anxiously looked for. THE MAR OF HERTFOR D NT RY M A N.—O ue d ay OULS THE AND T was going alone from Aldboroyu h Su4burne ;on the g to I was in great da nger road he met a cart with one horse, deeply laden with coals, which from the badness of the road, . and the deepness of ' the ruts,erturned, The ~ c omo ya' a might tie your horse Marquis encleav o m e d to p w it just at that mornent of time. The carter, not knowing who the stranger was, said to the Marquis, to a tree and come and help me." At this request the 1 Marquis instantly stopped and dismounted, asking the gat. ter what he should do to help bim ? The rustic replied, " why lay hold here and shove hard," which being coin- ow w ith, they together soon got the cart ottt w' the dif, neulty. The Marquis then :Aid if there 100 : any thing more to do for him. 5 ' Why, no , said the her , iii - feeling his peke, " if I liatl sixpence I would giye it thee; but if yo u wooigo down to the Clown with me, you all take part of a pot of beer." The Noble Mar • 413-- - the offer and mounted. The countryman, Mare, declined iwrve d, "why you ride a —.good horse , perhaps , t)wever, ob oe. one another again." " That may 1 we shalt Marquis, " but it is not very likely, : >f," replied the and .here is a hall crown for you to drink the Marquis of Hertford's health," and then rode 0n..-13ury Herald, geleroflabetelygthe Noble MailuiB SPIRIT OP Tlfg LONDON ./OLIII/414Ls. We yesterday published General Stubbs's call upon the Portuguese at Plymouth to prepare to sail for the Brazils., The determination of the British Ministers, whether properly or improperly formed, will give us a right to call peremptorily upon the Government of Miguel for such con sideration as belongs to a state in the discharge of the most amicable relations to that of which he is, though a usurper, the Saud heed; . Dis ,pproving, as we have done, the order of our Government to the Portuguese now in depot at Plymouth to disperse, we still readily allow" that that order does not force them to undertuke the voyage to Brazil. They adopt the voyage on the spirited recommendation of their own Gene , . ral, and probably they do rightly. But the mea sure has sprung out of events over which they have had no controul. The existing Portuguese Government (and what a Government !) com plains that they arc suffered to congregate, and more especially in a part of England which is nearest to Portugal ; our Ministers civilly listen to their complaint, and order their dispersion in such a manner that they cannot form military array, m ry array, or practise military movements. They receive the order with indignation,: a nt i, to sub mission prefer even a retreat to Brazil. Our accommodation to the wishes.ofNlignejiiwilonbx less according to the strict rulk of national p ro _ priety, and has produced at all events a very be neficial result to him : we hope he will respect his benefactors, and " give them a good turn when he has the means." We hope the British subjects in Portugal will reap the advantage.-- The very last news from Brazil implies the satis faction of . Don Pedro with his diplomatic agents in this country, by the decorations and honours which he has conferred upon them. The Em peror, upon his birth-day, the .12th of October, conferred the following honours upon his Pleni potentiaries in Europe :—Marquis de Barbacena, Grand Cross of the Order of the Cruzeiro.— Marquis de Rezende, Grand Cross of the Order of Christ.. Viscount de Itabayana, a Grandee of the Empire. M. Calmon had been re-instated Minister of Finance.—Times. The extraordinary efforts which were made to save the life of the individual executed for for gery on Monday last, and the interest taken by the community in his fate, sufficiently prove that the punishment of death is viewed with abhor mice by the present race of Englishmen. Of the sentences of death, comparatively few are carried into execution, and these few are gene rally for crimes of a revolting nature. And vet what a contradiction is man ! A comnon ar gument in the case of Hunton was—how mon. strous to take the blood of a fellow-creature for a mere attempt to obtain possession of property without a legal title ! Property would seem to be as dust in the balance, and _life every thing. But let there be a. question as to the ownership of an ass, and the defendant can summon to his aid the first abilities in the country, while he must rely on his own exertions when his own life is at stake. If the trial has been condUcted in a fhulty manner—if the Jury have decided contrary to evidence—if the Judges have im properly charged the Jury, applications for a new trial may be made over and over again, and new trials have been again and again ordered. Great as is the evil of protracted litigation, and-Objec jectionable in many respects is the con= sidering issues before a Jury as so many throwings of dice, which the Judges allow to proceed till the numbers turn up which they wish for, still this evil is submitted to, in order to prevent a still greater evil. But if it is deemed of so much consequence in a paltry matter of a few pounds that the most impartial justice should be done, and that the failings of Juries and the partialities or errors of Judges should be corrected, is it not singular, in these times of so much real or affected regard for hu man life, that there should be no appeal from Jury and Judge ? Nothing shocks foreigners so much in English justice as the difference made between a question of a few pounds, and the great question of the life or death of a human being. In France, the utmost horror would be excited by the bare proposition to deprive life of the protection against error and i n i qu ity w hi c h an appeal to another tribunal affords. We shall be told that the Royal mercy supplies the des fects of the law—that the prerogative of pardo n . hag is not now, as formerly, exercised caprici ously—and that, in effect, the examination be fore the King in Council amounts to a trial be fore a Court of Revision. This is partly true. But what-becomes of the importance attached to publicity ? The . .inquiriee of the. Home Secre tary, and the consultations, in the Council, may or may net be all that they.ought to be. The b trial is, however,. secret. There is no check On, the Judges. The. unhappy Subject of their de.. liherations has no means of ,corstrovetlino the evidence eboereinner w n w li is dhi primed misdeeds. m. eadyWhoil determine kthtoi e ls d fate, We sees of his f that in the case of Hunton; Mr. P ee l h a d an swers could have been but that given to some of the y\ re representations areu with no vreihed thecase, Mr. our inclination Pe . - o opinion ' tobelieve that the sentence - in the case in question was just. But the sen tences in th e Inquisition . a re, no doubt, often el inclination being ? just. The sentences in the Star Chamber were for the most part just. It is the principle of receiving secre t evidence, and deliberating IR se cret' that we object to. If the proceedings in those petty cases of felony which lead to impri sonment or a short transportation are public, surely there is more reason for the publicity of the proceedings which terminate in the pardon, the commutation of punishment, or the execu tion of a man under sentence of death. Wh ere the law and the feeling of the nation are at va riance, the law should be amended ; becau se t h e people being in this country summoned t o participate in the administration of justice, they will often ref'use to give effect to a law which is abhorrent to their feelings. How often have the sanguinary laws of this country reduced Jury men to the alternative of perjuring themselves to avoid loading their consciences with what they deemed blood not strictly due to offended jus tice !In this state of things • justice b ecomes a lottery, one jury refusing to convict on good evidence, while another jury has not the same scruples. The public in this case look upon the convictions as unjust, and the pardons as-not fa vour, but the right of the c ondemned. And where, from peculiar circumstances, the Royal mercy is refused, great dissatisfaction is generally felt, and all example is lost in the sympathy with the sufferer. There ought not, therefore, to be any law which is at variance with the feel - ings of society. , . But then there ought to b e no private interfetWice, no canvassing of influential persons, no appeal to public feeling with a view to its re action , on those who h ave . t h e dispensa tion of pardon. This would be grossly inde corous, were it not absolutely necessary in the present state of things in this country, We