The Sun. — London, England, 1824-09-27 00:00:00

INDIA. From the Sunday Newspapers. [Tart EX AM I N ER.] 'LORD HASTINGS AND THE INDIA DIRECTORS. An immense mass of papers are published by •.-the East India Company, relative to certain_pecuniary transac thine which took place between a house of British Bankers at at Hydrabad, and the Native Court of the Nizam, during the Government of the Alarquisof HAsTillos; anti which seem to have been looked upon by the Court of Directors at affecting very seriously, if not his Lordship's personal character, at least the correctness and ,general ments of his administration. It appears from them that tithe house of Palmer and Co., Bankers, at Hydrabad, were countenanced by the Go .-vernment of" Lewd flutings, in advancing large sums by way of lean to the Courtot Hydrabadt—that the Company at home were not satisfied, either with the imperfect explanations received from the Governor-General in Council relative to these transactions, or with so much of the nature of them as could be understood.from his dispatches; that Sir William Rumbohi, a ward, or some. other intimate connexion of Lord Hastings, who' had accompanied his Lordship to India, was a partner in the Banking-house of Palmer and Co. ; that by an Act of Parlia ment no British silkiest can embark in pecuniary transactions with any Native Power without incurring severe penalties ; that in the opinion of the Court of Directors, a licence from the [len ge I Government tothe Ranking-house, exonerating them from the risk of such penalties, was granted without an adequate necessity, and was abused by the Bankers, in the terms of their contracts with the 'Nizam, and in the exorbitant interest for which they sed i fttlated.—" to purposes Injurious to the interests of our y, and discreditable to the British clia: racier." The ground,on which the continuance (though not, perhaps, the original employment) of those means of raising sup plies for a Native Power, are vehemently condemned on another consideration, viz. their being destined to provide for ihe pay and establishment of auxiliary native corps, disciplined after the European manner, arid commanded by officers from Europe, an object which, it appears from the correspendence, the Court of Directors could not meditate without profound alarm. The cor respondence is maintained on the part of the Company in a tone of severity almost unmeasured. In their letter of November 23, 1821, they tell the Governor-General that he has exhibited ." not an assumption of discretionary power, on the part of the local Government, to suspend the execution of instructions from home, hut , an. assumption to do whas you please, and to com municate to ua just so much of what you have done as you may se. fit. And on what ground does this assumption rest P That we are not qualified to draw right conclusions from the tnfor illation which is,laid before us; but that, from ignorance of all that we ought to know, it is not only unnecessary, but unsafe, to put us in possession of the materials of knowledge. We - should be unworthy of the station we hold, if we did not strongly condemn such proceedings defended by such allege. lions." This is pretty stifflanguage, and is accompanied by the charge that Lord Hastings had, in subtance, though not in words, lent the credit of the Company to the pecuniary transactions with the Nizam. It is further stated, that Messrs. Adam and Stuart had opposed, uniformly but vainly, the whole course pursued by the Governor-General relative to these pro e-edings. The reply of Lord Hastings in 11123 is designed, apparently, as a justification of his own official conduct, and a reprehension of the Court of Directors. The defence of the nets which were impugned by them is rested on the exigency of the crisis—on the peril of the war which raged over central India—on the intrigues at Hydrabad against the British irde• rest—on the equity of the transactions in which the house of Palmer had engaged—on the moderation of the tering which they exacted—and on the necessities of the public aerVice. tiUND A Y TIMER.] 'll-1111QUIS OF lIASTINOS. W have not had leisure to investigate the voluminous correspondence which has been published by the Directors of the East - India Company, the contents of which most seriously impeach the public and private conduct of the late Governor-General, and fully bear out the statements we made. some lime ago. We can only express our surprise that the Ministry t.hould appoint. the Marquis to an important and, responsible situation, while suet, charges.remain unanswered. We shall not. allow the topics touched.uponin there. papers to slumber in our hands. [JOHN nur,r,.] The papers which were moved for some - time' time since at tile Eastindia House, on the subject Of Lord Hastings administration, have ut length been delivered; and the Government at Calcutta speak of the transactions of the firm of William Palmer and Co. (in which house Sir William, Rtunhold wax a partner) in unmeasured v.ius. Sir William' is hi, some way connected with Lord Hastings ' and was the Lord'Ohamberbiln of his Excellency's household, Lord Hast ings has , replied to' all the charges and insinuations, and here the' matter must rest, miles...persons are sufficiently desirous of i n fsrmation.to wade through. hundreds of pups of documents. give extracts front them . would be unfair to the parties.—to give the whole of theta would be still more unfair to our readers. [-THE 0 BSERVEIti MARQUIS OF ImsTIN DI R G ECTO s ARS ND HE COURT OF Nothing that has occurred SilleP the memorable impeachment of ,Warren Hastings has excited so lively an im pression among the East 'lndia interest, Am the quarrel between the late Governor-General and the Court of Directors. As our readers must remember, This :Oink tnrined the subject of seve ral angry discussions at successive Courts of Proprietors; but hitherto, we believe, the public has been unable to conceive any adequate notion either of the magnitude of die offence imputed to the Marquis of Hastings, or of the degree of bitterness to which the epistolary altercation between that Nobleman' anti his superiors (as they think themselves, and as perhaps the public will think them) has proceeded. The matter has, however, at length been put into a course of general investiga tion, and the country has now before it; in 84fi folio pages of documents connected with the subject, publiihed by the Court Of Directors, ample, if not very compendious, materials, from which to form a judgment. The whole body of accusation, is, however compressed into a political letter from the Members of the Government at Calcutta., which, though far too long for the limits of a weekly journal, forms a very - inconsiderable part of the published documents. We could have wished to lay before par readers both this letter and the later letter of the Marquis, which are distinguished by haughtiness and petulance ; but for the present, at least, we must confine ourselves to an abstract Of the grounds of impeachment urged in the pOliticul letter.- - The charge commences with the history of the house of " Palmer and C 0.," at Hydrabad, which is described, almost in direct terms, as one of those fictitious mercantile establishments Mo common in India, in which die pretence of commerce is as sumed merely to veil the practice of the most rapacious and con suming usury. Tide house, it is asserted, having had very ex tensive usurious dealings with the Nizam of Hydrebad (the local Sovereign), In the course of which it accumulated a claim agninst . him, to the amount of sixty hies of rupees (about 330,11001. sterling), adopted into its firm, as a secret partner, Mr. Russell, the Company's resident Minister at Hydrabad— an officer, whose particular duty it was to protect the Nizam from the fraudulenepractices of die Soucars, or British money- Jenders ; and who was by statute positively forbidden to involve himself in any mercantile transaction. 'the motive ascribed to the house of Palmer, for seducing Mr. Russell into their firm, is fully adequate. It is said, that the claim which Pa lme r a n d c. had fabricated against the Munn was such as would not bear examination, that it consisted of interest upon in. t&est, usury upon'usury, and salaries, pensions, and gratui - tine, paid or to be paid to the members of the firm and their dependents. The next preliminary allegation relates to the a doption into the saute firm (of W. Palmer and Co.) of Sir • William Rumbold, st ward of the %larquis of Hastings, and a near relative of his Lordship, in order, as it is insinuated, to dhtain the sanction . of the Governor-General to this fraudulent claim upon the Nizam or Hydrabad, and to procure through his infieence the authority of the Company for a new loan, which should cover the old debt, and possess the security of the Company 'it guarantee. These topics of charge, besides the general imoutatiOn of connivance or neglect which they throw upon the bite Governor.GeneeaLare attempted to be specially brougat home to !Min—first, by a reference to his conduct when some members of the Council suggested en investigation into the connection SUpposeil to exist between Mr. Russell and the house of Painter, upon which occasion the Marquis of 'Has tings, by the advice, as it is suggested , of Sir W. Rumbold, re%sed to inquire into the tifiltir, upon the extrordinary ground that it would be an improper intrusion upon the privacy of com mercial concerns ; secondly, the Noble Marquis is treated as culpably partial to the house of Palmer and Co., In the matter of die Lan, which is proved to have been clearly fictitioue and delusive ; and contracted under the sanction of till Oneeen. ment, after Its iniquitous purpose had been known do the whole country. Sir 'William Rumbold's relationship 40, and de pendence upon, the Governor-General, es well fts his connec tion with the House of Palmer and Company re treated as *knitted facts, and indeed th e y a re all confeslN by Sir Wile Liam, In a document published in the collection - . This is the substance of the charge, which, merely on the , ground of ille gality, wears a very serious aspect; but there are some circuit]. ?dances which will be thought to greatly aggravate it. The claim, fabricated against the Nizam, Is said to have been con , cocted between the house of Palmer and the corrupted minister ,of that Sovereign, Chundco Lull ; it is said that the Nizam wet purposely involved in difficulties by this faithless servant, in order to urge him more earnestly to an arrangement with the rapacious creditors, Palmer and Company, who, on their side, pressed him with relentless cruelty; and, what ix much the most melancholy part of the transaction, It is to be remem bered that the debt was not to fall upon the Nizam or his Ali. nister, but upon the unhappy people under their Government, who, according to the•istablished usage in India ? were to be tnortgeged for its discharge, until they should liquidate the whole, in addition to their payment Of the Nizam a ordinary revenue. The following articles appeared in the Morning Post of this day :--- Letters from St. Helena have been received to the Ist ult. The Mexborough had arrived there on the 25th of the preced ing month from Madras and Bengal, and the Mary and George the Fourth were hourly expected there, the latter having left the Mauritius on the 30th of June." " Private letters from Calcutta mention that the accounts of the progress of the forces acting against the Burmese was such as to leave no doubt of their ultimate success, and it was even reported at the Presidency that an envoy from the Golden" Monarch had been dispatched from Amaraporee for the pur pose of treating with the Bengal Government. On account of drafting of the seamen on board the expedition against the Bur merse, there was scarce any to be got at Calcutta, which it was thought would much retard the homeward bound ships." GERMAN PAPERS. CARLSRUIIE, SEPT. 6.—The convention be tween the Grand Dukes of Baden end Hesse Dramstadt, for facilitating. the commerce between the two States, is preceded by an exposition of the principles , by which the t" o Courts have been guided .on this occasion. They are perfectly agreed in considering-- I. The unlimited liberty of reciprocal intercourse, not only between the two States, but with all the states of the Confede ration, and the greatest possible facilities to commerce with fo reign countries, as one of the most important means to promote the welfare and prosperity of their subjects, and will on all oc casions direct their joint efforts towards the completest attain merit possible of this object. 2. But as from the partial assertion of the principles of free commerce in their relations with other States, which fetter trade by prohibitions and high duties, evident loss would accrue to their subjects, they consider the Introduction, or the continu ance of similar regulations, as indispensably necessary to pro tect their own productions, and to prevent such loss. 3. The two Courts continue to entertain the wish to put a stop to the injurious re-action which these regulations have on the commerce of their own anti other States of the Confedera tion, whose Governments are, like themselves, disposed in fa vour of the principles of free trade, by entering into a conven tion with them for the introduction of a joint system of duties and of commerce, and thus lead the way to give more free dom to foreign trade by commercial conventions with foreign States. 4. But as such a convention cannot be effected without the concurrence of several States, and the negotiations that have been carrying on with this view with severa'. other States, have not yet led to the desired result, the contracting Powers have no means of attaining their object as far as possible under such circumstances, but to introduce by special Conventions all such facilities as are compatible with the system of duties generally • existing, which they at the same time consider also as a suit able preparation for a general agreement on one joint system after the hoped-for accession of several neighbouring States. VIENNA, SErr. 12.—Their Imperial Majesties will pro long their stay in their flintily domains for some days beyond their first intention ; they will not be back here before the 14th. -His Imperial Highness the Archduke Palatine of Hungary is here with the Princess, his consort, and the Prince and Princess of Saxe Hildburghausen. 11Ent tsr SEPT. 14.—The King left Breslaw on the stb, with the Princess 14oulsa, for Fischbach, an estate belonging to Prince William, his brother. On the 7th his Majesty and the Princess arrived at Leignitz, where the Prince and Princess Royal made their entrance the same evening. There were at lieignitz at this time a very great number of illustrious visitors, among whom were the Grand Duke Nicolas of Russia, and his consort ; the Duke of Cumberland, most of the Princes of the Royal Family of I'russia, and many others. Fimm THE MAINE, Scar. 12.—The Journal des Debalt and other ptmers have lately stated, in articles d a t e d from Bel singborg and Stockholm, that an agreement had been made between the Swedish Government anti the Russian Ambassador at Stockholm, respecting the giving up of the property of the former Royal Family, and the discharge of an annual income. All this seems to be founded on a mistake, since, according to authentic accounts, nothing more was in question than the giving up of sums of money, the private property of the family, and her Mejssty Queen Frederica entirely renounced any annual allowance, anti desired only her own private property, which was.detained in Sweden ever since the revolution. It is further affirmed, that Prince Gustavus had no concern what ever is these negotiations, having previously given up to the Queen, his mother, the share of this property which belonged to him. BRUSSELS PAPERS. fintrsscr.s, SEPT. 21.—His Majesty has resolved that the duty which was levied on the arrival of ships, for the benefit of the school of navigation at Amsterdam, shall be abolished from the Ist of January, 1825. We know the circumstance of the departure of M. Vander. fosse, Governor of the province of Hainaut, for Paris ; but he is not gone thither, as one of our journals states, on a special mis. sion, to negotiate a treaty of commerce with France. The ob. jest of his•journey is to furnish Baron de Pagel, Ambassador of the Netherlands,• who is intrusted with the negociation relative to such a treaty, with all the information which he may have on this subject, as having a perfect knowledge of the two southern frontier, provinces of which he has governed one, and now governs the other, and being equally well acquainted with every thing that concerns the commercial interests, of others. Mercantile letters from Frankfort on the Maine states, that silks, wool, and leather, have been in demand at high prices, and that wool has been sold at an advance of 15 to '2O per cent. FnanxvonT, SEPT. 20.—Nothing certain is yet known of the facts contained in the official report which 411 r. Ileffelin, the extraordinary Commissioner, has addressed to the Govern ment of the Grand Duchy of Batten, on the investigations and researches which he was ordered .to make at Frinurg in the Brisgau, relative to the revolutionary intrigues, time ratmfications of which extended front the interior of Germany to this Uni. versity, situated at time sentiment extremity of the Grand Duchy of Baden. M. Ileffelin's report had been communicated to the central Committee at Mentz, and we are very desirous to learn the measures that are going to be adopted with respect to the Universities of Baden. GENEVA, SEPT. 15.—The day before yesterday being the anniversary of the union of Geneva with Switzerland, all the militia of the canton, to the number of above 5,000,men, were under arms in the p lain of Plain-Palais, under the walls of the city. The chief Syndic, at the head of all the magistrates, de. livered to the Commander of the 7th battalion their new colours, bearing the white cross of the Confederation on a yellow and red ground. The militia exercised for several hours, and their fine appearance, and the precision of their movements, were ge. nerally admired. Another steam-boat has been launched on our lake, and ap pears to fulfil the expectations that were entertained of it. The Representative Council of Geneva has adopted, by a large majority the resolution of this Diet relative to the extra. ordinary surveillance of strangers, and the police of the press. This branch of the police has been ninth simplified at Geneva within these two years. Nothing is now printed here except religious hooks, and a sort of periodical account of so much of the debates in the Legislative Body as it is thought proper to communicate to the public of Geneva. BERLIN, SEPT. 14.—The Governments of East and Vest Prussia have just given the strictest orders to the officers of health and police, to pay the gr eatest attention to the communi cations with Moldavia and 'Walachia, where the plague still rages. These precautions are the more necessary, because since the anarchy that prevails in those principalities, the quarantine establishments have been abandoned by the officers. The or.' ders are extremely rigorous, both in the Russian Army of Ob servation and the frontier cordon of Austria, to prevent the passage of people, animals, and goods, so long as this crisis shall continue. THE ARMY. GRAND REVIEWS. Duntax, SEPT. 23.—Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the troops in Dublin garrison were reviewed before the Right Hon. G. CANNING, under the orders of Sir Colquhoun Grant. The troops consisted of the Royal Artillery, the 4th, or Royal Irish Dragoons, the 9th Lancers, the 3d Guards, the 78th Highlanders, and the Rifle Corps. They went through the whole of the elegant new movements in Echelon, throwing out videttes, skirmishing, charging, retreating, forming into solid squares, and receiving on the human chereaux dc frieze the charges of artillery. The scene was amazingly brilliant a nti imposing, and was much heightened by the serenity of the weather. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Royal Artillery and the Regiments of Infantry defiled from the review groun marching through the picturesque underwood which intervenes between it and the " long mile-stone," i. e., the 'Wellington Testimonial, and went through the manoeuvres of a column retreating from the field, keeing up a running fight. General Grant then put the 4th Dragoons and the 9th Lancer through several cavalry movements with great effect; their horses, having been peculiarly well trained, appeared to answer the bridle with much ease, and the whole 'passed off much to the satisfaction and pleasure of Mr. Canning, who, mounted on a bay charger, and accompanied by Lord Howard de Walden and Sir Colin Campbell, expressed peculiar satisfaction at the military spectacle. At a quarter after one the Review terminated, and Mr. Canning ret urned to the Vice-regal Lodge. A number of individuals of fashion were on'the ground ; one party, a family one, attracted much Interest and observation—the Right lion. Henry Goulburn's ; the Right Hon. Secretary drove Mrs. Goulburn and his family, while being seated on an Irish jaunt ing-car, of simple but elegant construction, and without any attendants. On Monday the garrison of Cork, commanded by that most estimable officer, Sir John Lambert, was reviewed in the place of exercise, before Lord Combermere. The garrison was not numerous, consisting only of the artillery, the lath Hussars, and filst Infantry ; but they aftbrded an admirable specimen ofilisciplineand field manceuvres,performed with great rapidity, precision, and steadiness. The improvements in field exer cise introduced by Sir Henry Torrent, were executed with con summate skill by the 61st; the solid square was repeatedly formed in a masterly style, and all the movements of the angles made in the highest order, and the greatest effect. The solid square has acquired a prodigious potency, now that it may be said to be liberated from its old stationary and defensive principle. It is now moveable to all points, in perfect cohe sion, solidity, and order, and presents an attacking power of irresistible effect, wherever it may not be within the range of artillery. (luibert's principle of not fixing the bayonet until an emergency may call for It, is brought into use, and must add to the efficiency of the firing, and give the soldier confidence whenever resorteri to. Heretofore this latter effect was removed by the familiar employment of it on all occa sions—while it added to the weight of the musket, and im paired the tire, by its tendency to throw the muzzle of the piece below any meditated level. An immense concourse of people attended the review alluded to, according to the letter of a Mi litary. Correspondent. Serjeant Haughton, of the 39th is appointed Barrack-Serjeant to Limerick, On the arrival of the lath in Limerick garrison, the 114th are to occupy the cantonments of the 39th, in the county of Limerick. We are informed that the Duke of Wellington has appoint. ed Lieutenant. Colonel Kelly, C. 11., to the situation of Wive tor-General of Barracks in Ireland. [From the LONDON GAZETTE of Satutdayl Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County oi Berks. To be Deputy LientenanisLi'harles Fyshe Palmer, Esq., Rowland Stephenson, Esq., John Forbes, Esq., John Ber keley Alonck, Esq., Peter Green, Esq., (,core Henry Cherry, Esq., John Wilder, Esq., Askew Hilleoat, hsq., John . Walter, Esq., Bernard Brocas, Esq., Edward Brice Ilunny, Esq., Robert Harris, 'Es+, William Stone, Esq., Edmund Foster, Esq.. PROMOTION, EXCIIANGE, AND RESIGNATION, OF REG • MENTAL nrricits. No Officer shall be promoted to the rank of Captain, until he has been two years an effective Subaltern. No Officer shall be promoted to the rank of Major, until he , has been six years in the service. No Regimental Officer, being actually under orders to join a Regiment or Battalion on foreign service, shall be permitted to exchange into another regiment, except such exchange shall be solicited on account of entreme ill health, which must be certified by a Military Medical Officer. In these medical cer tificates it must be clearly stated, whether the cause of the Officer's inability has, or has not, arisen subsequently to his having been placed under orders to join his regiment. Officers who give in the resignation of their Commissions, or who apply to retire on half-pay with or without the difference, are not, in consequence, to quit their regiments, until they re ceive regular permission for that purpose. The Colonels or Commanding Officers of Regiments of Mi litia, when embodied, and serving under a General Officer's command, are required, previously to their submitting the Re signation of any officer to the Lord Lieutenants of their re spective Counties, to make a communication of their intention through the General Officer commanding the Brigade, to the General Officer commanding the District.. • N.B. It is not required that the communications on this subject shall be transmitted for the approbation of the Com mander-in-Chief. When the General Officer Commanding has no objection to the Resignation being accepted, he is to signify th ßi,e e i eugsiaitlenlitenantt,ot oewill otnheelno forward b r%ard Commanding Resignation f r of t o the !II f i t I , i o t r i cal EUROPEAN GENERAL COURT MARTIAL, INDIA. GENERAL orinEns Illy THE CODIMANDEH7IW-CHIEF. If rad-Quarters, on the River Ganges, above DoMinos., Mardi 11, 1824. At an European General Court Martial, assembled at Nag poor on the 17th of February, 1824, of which Major Gall, 3tl Regiment Light Cavalry, is President, Mr. Assistant Apothe cary James Everard, lion. Company's European Regiment, was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz.— " Ist. For being repeatedly in it state of shameful intoxica tion, but particularly on the evening of the 10th inst. (Feb.)" " 2d. For bleeding private Ward, of the Rifle Company, European Regiment, and cutting his arm in a highly improper manner, on the evening of the 10th inst. (February), whilst in tae above state of shameful intoxication." Upon which charges tile Court came to the following de. cision I nt VG AN 11 SE xTEgar.:—" The Court having duly con sidered the evidence that has cotim before it, is of opinion, that the prisoner is guilty of both the charges exhibited against him, and sentence gum to he dismissed the service." Approved and confirmed, (Signed) EDW. I'AGET, General, Conotiander-in-Chief in India. James Everard is to be struck oil the list of Subordinate Me. dical Officers, from the date on which this order may be pub. fished at Nagpoor, ROYAL NAVY, &c. PORTIMOUTII,SEPT. 25.—Ori Monday the ship ballast), Dublin l'atriot, Captain S tran ge, arrived from Vera Cruz (in can Government, an no unc in g the death of ITIIIIBIDE, and (the in forty-four days, bringing dispatches fr o m the Mexi . Master reports) the surrender of the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa. With respect to the latter event, we shall be happy to hear it confirmed, though, in the present state of public feeling through. nut M Mexico—which app ear s to be an interminable hatred of Ferdinand and every individual subject of Old Spain, it is of no other consequence from being in the hand of 'loyalists, than that the garrison can wantonly fire upon the city of Vera Cruz whenever they please. Most of the inhabitants, however, had removed from the place previous to the sailing of the Forte.— Though it was not known that the Castle had fallen when the Forte sailed, yet, as she lett Tampico. the Bth August, and that port is about 4110 miles from Vera Cruz, which latter place the Dublin P atr i ot l e f t on t h e 7 t h of that month, it may Imre pavan. nah, the su ppli es f or i t , which sailed from the avan. nah, at the latt er en d o f J u l y , not having arrived i n t i me to sue T e j ou ie r i th, a e ri ta i r n iso iil.o, Hon. OAP tain Barrington, b roug h t to Plymouth, from Mexico, 130,000 dollars, on Mer c h ants ' ac. count.—lihe captured, off'Campeachy., the pirate sch ooner, St. Jose, armed with along gun amidships, two smaller ones , an d a quantity of small arms ; t h e cr ew having run th e vessel or, shore, escaped amo ng th e b us hes with a quantity o f booty.— On board her was found a list of the crew of the English ship Shannon, sixteen in number, and other papers belonging to the English brig Pilgrim, besides several flags, sextants, spy glasses, and a great quantity of wearing apparel, all of which was English ; the crews of the above vessels had doulith,s been murdered by these villains. The schooner was taken to Vera Cruz and there commisidoned , by Captain Barrington, as a man-of-war, to protect the trade in that quarter. Mr. Bradily, an old passed Midshipman, and a very deserving young man, was appointed as acting Lieutenant, to com mand her. _ _ _ On Wednesday the Admiral Berkeley transport, Lieutenant Sanders, Agent, arrived from -Gibraltar, with ordnance stores and,,'a few invalids. She brings no news. O'Donnell, the Spanish General who commanded in Andalusia, was very active in his search of Constitutional refugees from the late garrison ' of Tariffs, and had succeeded in securing filly.four, whom he immediately shot. The Lady Nugent, from Madras, Bengal, and the Cape; had put into Gibraltar, to land sonic light goods, part of her cargo. - The Phaeton frigate, and Success transport, may be daily expected from Malta. The surveying ship Ad venture. Capt. Smith, was the only ship at Gibraltar. On Tuesday the Liberty, Thos. Clifford, master, arrived from Bahia (being in want of provisions), bound to Hanthurgh, for which place she sailed this morning. The Sophia. Berkley, sailed this morning for Madeira and Calcutta, with passengers. The Manly, Baker, for Berbice ' sailed yesterday. On Wednesday the Forte, 46, Sir Thos. Cochrane, sailed for Plymouth, to be paid off. Sir Thomas will afterwards pro. ceed to assume the Government of the Island of Newfound land.—The Forte is to be re-commissioned.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown visited the Forte just previous to her sailing, on which occasion the ship was dressed in colours. _ On Wednesday the Blonde, 40, Capt. Lord Byron, arrived from Chatham, with the remains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands on board. The suite of their late Ma jesties have arrived, and are engaged in viewing the public works and establishments. The - Blonde will be ready to sail about Tuesday next, for Rio and the Sandwich Islands. The Blonde returns home, after performing the special services mentioned in our last paper. Besides the Sandwich Island na tives, arc embarked in her Mr. M'Cree, botanist, from the Horticultural Society of London . ; Mr. Bloxatn, mineralogist and geologist; Lieut. Malden, R.N., surveyor, with two as sistant surveyors. A printing press has also been shipped, which is to be left on the Islands. One of the natives con stantly stays on beard the ship, as a centinel over the bodies of their Sandwich Majesties. ' On Wednesday the Emma, Russian Government Store-ship, Capt. Chesteroft; arrived here from St. Petersburgh. She is laden with Ordnance and other necessary stores for the Russian Settlements on the West Coast of North America. It is under stood she will be joined and accompanied to her destination by either a Russian line-of-battle ship, or a frigate. On Tuesday the Brltomart, 10, Capt. 0. V. Vernon, and the Beaver, 10, Capt. Onslow, sailed for the West India station. The Calliope, Lieut. Justice, arrived yesterday from Ply mouth, and sailed again this morning with seamen for Chatham. The Champion, Orestes, and Pyrades are gone on a short cruise. Remain at Spithead—Blond and Niemen. In the Harbour Victory, Wellsley, Bulwark, Albion, Salisbury, Cambrian, Athol. The Terror was paid off on Monday ; the Salisbury will be paid off on Monday next. Capt. H. H. Christian is appointed to the Owen Glendower, at Chatham ; Capt. George Russell, to the Scylla, and Capt. C. I. 11. Johnstone, to the Chanticleer, at Plymouth ; Lieut. Thomas Read, to command the Swallow cutter ; Lieut. E. I. Parry, to the Chanticleer. DE vo POUT, SEPT. 23.—Sailed the Active, 46, Hon. Capt. R. Rodney, for Lisbon, to relieve the Lively.—Arrived the Forte, from Spithead, to be paid off; Calliope and Orestes, from Spithead, and sailed again ; Lyra, from Liverpool.— Sailed the Gibraltar, 110, Lazaretto, for Milford. The Jasseur sailed on Thursday last for South America, but the Dartmouth, for the West Indies, awaits final orders. The Gannet, Chan ticleer, and Meteor, are paid off; the two first named are re commissioned. On Friday E. Lockyor, Esq. was chosen Mayor of Plymouth. THE SUCCESSION TO THE FRENCH CROWN. ( From the Etoile.) We copied yesterday front the English Courier an article which contains the following observations:—" A few years ago (from the dangers which threatened the throne of France) it is a known fact, that, in the south and west of France, the Royalists were making dispositions to secure them selves against the consequences of a second revolution."—We remarked on this in a note, that the men who conspired openly against legitimacy, denounced continually, as conspirators, the friends of the Monarchy—those whom, in the language of the Jacobin Fonda, they called the Ultras. Many letters which we have received on this subject contain information which places beyond all doubt one characteristic of the history of that disastrous period. It is very certain, that at sight of the intrigues and plot of the enemies of legitimacy, faithful subjects who had defended it throirgh fifteen years, in the provinces, prepared to defend it still. The audacity of the conspirators exceeded all bounds, when they saw themselves supported even by the functionaries whose duty it was to expose their machinations. The Royalists alone were pointed out as the enemies of the State ; in a word, they had again become " suspected," as they were during the worst part of the reign of terror. Men in office had no hesita tion in announcing the day when the great change was to take place, and that was the day on which Louis XVIII. should breathe his last. Faithful to their instructions, these same agents of power made no secret of the successor who had been designated by the chief's of the plot. It was not the son of the former usurper, as the lower classes of the Liberals believed, but it was that of a Sovereign of the second rank. In him they discovered all varieties of merit ; to the recommendation of illegitimacy they joined that of his being a Calvinist. During; that period, insidious writings, circulated by those who had been appointed to preserve the public peace, disposed the minds of the people to violate the ancient and well-known laws of the monarchy. From the example set by the journals of the faction, there was nothing suggested in every pamphlet but to follow, with regard to the natural anti legal heir of the crown, the same course as was taken in England with regard to the Duke of York, brother to Charles 11. The most ignorant l , emissaries of' the conspiracy, prepared against a Prince the ob. ject of the love and veneration of . France, spoke like the most' learned of the famous bills of limitation and exclusion, after confining themselves in the beginning to equivocal insinuations, Th e well-known authors of the infamous private correspond. ence received from their masters orders to attack, directly and personally, the august individual whose inheritance had already been transferred to a foreign race by anticipation. Part or these execrable schemes were exposed even at that time, in a work published by an excellent Royalist, under the title of " England hi 16011, and France in PM." A compilation en titled'' The Thousand and One Calumnies," which is but a translation, with comments, of the private correspondence pub lished during so long a period in the English papers, completed the exposition of this iniquitous mystery. But was it accomplished ? Of this then, happily, there is still much reason to doubt. It' all the enemies of legitimacy were at their post, if poWer was exclusively in their hands, it is not less certain that all the defenders of the throne held themselves ready again to fight in that sacred cause which had covered La Vendee with imperishable glory. A particular passage contained in a letter which we have received, enables us to judge of the disposition which prevailed. One of those heroes of fidelity, to whom Louis XVIII., before he died, had just decreed arms qf honour, was sent for in 11119 by the Under Prefect of his district. " What do I hear, Sir ?' said he, to the noble Vendettn. "'They tell me that you have kept arms by you. Against whom do yun conspire ? " I have never conspired," replied the loyal knight, 4 . the word is unknown to me ; but all my life I have served my God and my King. If it shall be necessary to fight for them again, I am quite ready. This I now tell you, and you may report it." But if we recall those days of grief and shame, it is but to enjoy the higher satisfaction in repeating, with the English writer whom we quoted yesterday, , " Who now hears of con spiracies ? All ideas of subverting the throne are abandoned. The population is contented with the Government, and the army is devoted to its Prince. Never, perhaps, was so great an alteration in the affairs of a nation effected in so short a time. Three years have sufficed to restore to order and trail tptillity a nation distracted by thirty years of anarchy and con tusion. This circumstance alone sneaks for the talents of the Ministry which has produced such important and unlooked-for results." SUDDEN DEATII,*(CTIELTENHA)E, SEPT. at. rious gloom is on numberless countenances tlds day, on account of the awful and sudden death which has taken place this morning. Mr. Awcx, with his wife and daughter, who have been residing some time at Sheldon's Boarding-house and Hot e l, in High-street, went this morning, about nine o'clock, into the garden or yard, at the back of the hotel, to give directions to his coachman to bring his carriage to the front of the hotel, to take himself, his wife, and daughter, to one of the Spas to drink the water, when he fell down in the yard, and instantly expi re d. This truly awful event was seen by several persons, who carried him into the Hotel, and sent for a surgeon, who came instiuujy, and tried all means to restore him, but in vain ; the vital spark had fled when he fell. The melancholy and distressing event was concealed front his wife and daughter as long as possibl e , but on it being broke to them, a scene of distraction and distress took place not to be described, Their residence is near Wolver hampton. THE REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER. [From the Morning Papent.l -- - On Wednesday a Synod of the United Seces. sion Church in Scotland met in Edinburgh, when they reek up an appeal from the Rev. ALEXANDEIi'FLET CHM nister of the Albion Chapel, London, from a decision o: the Associate Presbytery of London, refusing to put la w. distinct propositions the charges which they had subsoil, tially adopted against him ; and also a reference of tie whole cause by the Pr e sbytery, in respect to the fumy oftwiln llr. Fletcher, that he had violated a promise of marriage which he had plighted to the daughter of a highly resPec r * able member of the Secession Church; and also a co plaint to the Presbytery, against Mr. Flet che r by siveri of his elders, that he had dispensed the LORD'S SUPP er opposition to the will of the Session. A civil action, Aril; ing out of the first charge, had previously bee n detennineu by the Court of King's Bench. The short-hand writer's tePa ftl of that cause, and a mass of incidental tiocuments,consequeol, became evidence in this; and the reading of them ()qtr.' the Court the whole of the early sederunt , which lasted gem one a. m. till half-past tour p.m., as also some part of the even ing, when the Synod again met at seven o'clock, for Merl!' pose of bringing this important case to a conclusion, an d c oat!. nued in deliberation till half-past 12 o'clock. The following the decision of the Synod on the whole matter Fin d ! I proved by Mr. Fletcher's letter, and by his confessio n, p un, cularly in the Court of King's Bench, that he has been guil.l of the breach of promise of marriage, aggravat ed b y the &O en! of his conduct, and by assertions of innocence, which, in dit,c 4 opposition to his confession, he has frequently repeated, end 11 . the calumnious charges he has preferred Against the family 0! which the lady is a member, and against others who toe ,' most friendly interest in this business • and that 1 ,3 dioße nrall; the Lonp's Supper In opposition to the deed of has acted in a manner subversive of the order of the Presbyteria:l Church; and that his offence in this case is aggravated by the charges which he preferred against the Members of his th e sion ; and that for these offences he is liable CO censure." T ., h : Synod then proceeded to give judgment wi th res pect to so te! censure which should be in fl icted, and after long inn ing agreed, " that for the offences of which he hes ort , ', found guilty, he shall be suspended from the exercise.: his office, and from Church fellowship, until neit 1 7%1;1 9 of Synod, and that he shall be summoned tont atten-f this Meeting, In order that he may be rebuked at the bo2 iisc ,, Court, and that he may be further dealt with a* thef i . 3 l„ e d cause, according to the rules of the church; and we, Sy nod hereby suspends Mr. Fletcher, and appoints accordlniqlsider certification."—Friday, the ommittee appointed to ,c"" o pT f ohr s et u ;f p .oa l l i ln l o y dw i , n in g aisg: tl ge te cean co btll n ey :r iteo e n g its a w ti e o rreco n e aiinlusomitelabnritopoianti-sotr: sede,ettidlo,heelioncSesSiteavi°,l.ll°;lliran_'w);',6o'.( sermon during Mr. Fletcher's suspension, presented their flay, of Kinross, and the Rev. Wm. Xidstont of Glasgo w ]. were appointed to go to London, to intimate the senteneemr. the Synod, and to preach there 1 • October and Novelette t urn - 1g °mo w or supply during the remainder of the tun-'-- and I.llr. s of Glasgow ; r. Thomson, of Coldstream; and Mr. Lillis Saltcoats. ALBION C /IA PEI 4. 1 eel Yesterday the subscribers to the Albion Presbyterian c 1 r_ in Moorfields, having expected a visit from certain niessentf7, of the Synod with respect to the avowed determination °I Si, Fletcher to preach at the Albion Chapel, notwithstanding t ti suspension trom the sacred office, a vast crowd of the fre.'ine n ) e i r . of that place of worship assembled. On Monday 1 0 , 4 h e Fletcher received official intelligence from Scotland, of was suspended from the performance of the tube,, o Presbyterian Church, in consequence of what tong P_,..:r; the occasion of his acquaintance with Miss Dick, on ribe't;,„ o f an action was brought against him for a breach of plern'tos. marriage. The authorities in London received at the saMeiiii i t directions to take possession of the pulpit, and apPnint ~„ ept should be made by the Synod. Mr. Fletcher has dared some worthy member of the Kirk, until the final tirrang's''ai,, t 0,...,, puce the power of the Synod, and conceives it to be a 1 1104 !: of religion to pursue its Ministers to destruction, without' undeniable testimony of moral guilt, and therefore Slyreok %"" with the approbation of the supporters of the chapel, ite so notice of the formal condemnation. With this feeling ~ went, accompanied by several of the subscribers, to the eliag,o. I b t t e the re s i gned vestry m in order to resist any attempt to dispossess them. 1 : 0 1 diately before the hour for commencement of service hr_ ho l some of the Elders of Miles's-lane Meeting-house ke,,7,14 door, hem , a p o r d od d u e c i i n n a g n a d t ed th t e h sa at m tl e le tim pt e dP e t t el :"T t it h - s e ; authority of the snod. Afr. Fletcher's friends sew certainly would not acknowledge the power of that Iset l Y n 'a l e n ., their case, as they had built the chapel for their ownacelt.r lie examination, and who were responsible to tion, and were in the habit of filling the pulpit with. Dorm R , whose moral conduct and abilities would stand the b ut (hihoise on o but who appointed them. drn nee of The chapel was crowded to excess during the pulpit, Pao h a p. the service. Mr. Fletcher, upon going into the pulPi t, Pa e l i observed that many strangers had as sembled - ' tome p of the from mere curiosity, to witness the conduct of a itlioil r o - t he Gospel under such peculiar circumstances, and interest so naturally arising Out of the fact of the susP l'_! it l io , but the question was, whether he was to bow to itimasn_neLA to rity, dictating what was against his conscience, or to _li tie 7, the voice of God, which enjoined him an adherence to , the, in trines he had been ;Accustomed to preach, and a er° in promulgating them. lie had decided for the latter; area obedience to the will of Heaven, would continue to a those around him. , s b o ulit We understand, that if the Trustees of the ClinPe' o a, the form a resolution to put into effect the order of the Sfil h ., ) , Air. Subscribers will immediately build another Chapel 't t e ll' Fletcher. It is not, however, expected that any littera be made to enforce the judgment of die Synod. he ti• The whole matter is capable of being soon settled. bat Associate Synod has no authority in England or •"cot' c l e teher what it derives from the consent of individuals. If Mr. ' ,„,,f to must '- wishes to rentals connected with the Secession, he __„„ e gi to its authority; if he does not bow to its authority, lie `l , - eesge others t eugio ; belong to it. Those who support hint after this refinon?Ateece ; %4, or also to be Burghers or Anti-Burghers for implicit leitot: to Church Judicatories must be yielded by all either to the Established Presbyterian C hurch of Sr° the Presbyterian Separatists. FAUNTLEROY. r th ftoierra ti tan e tt yri officei eff ect i r repea t e dl y inth that botheb ell r ed MA ItLHOROUGII-STII ELT.—II having - 1 ;,,, 0i 0 4 ported that Saturday was the day to which 11 r. FaLi tt „ t , ;o - a coal remanded for ano th er examination, a number of r - t : 0 • an" doing business a wa t v mightthe . y co anstiwnueledi h . al, vaunter ; ~/, closed ' ibuid .h by the p residing M ,istrate a n d w„e - oy , l et por ed 100' there was to benoexaminationithveemoredon'Y'lls- rendealan nion that there would be. One old venerable -103 Lng ; el of die office his seat, at an early part of the day, la a snug cornet b 4ve s!' , where, no doubt, he flattered himself be shoirithe essa ii• and, approaching opp . ortunity of witnessing the whole proceedings the ollict'g: nation undisturbed ; but as the time for closOig 0, no , d, A proached, he was seen to be very restless in hi' se ~ i 0 c'e,e quently looked at his watch. %Vhen lialf-pn't of iliasPett'' was to take place that day. , came he could no longer bear his dreadful stateno.N.r,,la a low confidenti al tone, at what time he expected iT, h im in 3 surprised at this answer bu ' t ri h i ri e v a in PPi g roy to be brought up that day. Sir OEURCE tol d him he did .. not expect him at any ' time, for that lin e x fli st a! the bench. he sake 1 Sir GEO. t'‘,.. F it unta; • ! . . t he an i onm e l vu n t ereneas e office, wbonfe o s urot ht a i . i. e t n tnb : and jt ha questionsl spine yyeni e mplace wtleggalufottloio ascerta in het al : o h e t t : d i r a stht u g h ii t e : e i n t It I d at e c) ne r i l l o vfi: r : vit t h i w e i l : : : IL : head, said that he " UnderstOod" his Worship, a a wa , tio° took his station in the corner. The officer ing u , depor t ' closed, and Sir GEORGE FARILANT PreP arinl S a t d: when the old gentleman, now a little sure - a nd pearance of things, again addressed the 3140 mile , in d e ee ed if there really was to be no examination ? " l s °,l ex loial; said Sir GEORGE, " there is not." " Ood bless ine '. s ubjec t ' ed the applicant. " You seem very anxious on, t i ll? ve , 0 00 said Sir George. " Yes," said the appliant, '' I .' l l l . by th e here to see the prisoner, and hear the examinatirdisonee; dwehsoiriesoofooanfsriidenerad considerable e f mine in bthyehcisouconotryouuctit i.lagrr..i.e_atbtelleilyei.loo:i.,, of the bank. Sir GEouGE FAil It AN T assured lous t i l e Dili to be no examination ; but if there even , bathe heVir„ tifXl,.e, gistrates had nothing whatever to do with B "b ut stiw t itoanstigtoliidoconnott iienc;al oisgoiliill bank. rhea ' pplicant said, lie was aware of that, . _,,, N di& would be a satisfaction to his friend in the country to sij rhe. ata some friend of his was present at the examination. gentleman then quitted the o ffi ce, but continued for ,s7ijaic . walking in front of the house, and occasionallY 0 " . 1 . 14 10 in! f at the windows, as if he expected Mr. Fauntleroy to !, o ),en t?! appearance at one of them. Saturday next has been 5 . F . . sap 10 as the day for the next examination ; but we believe "" as yet positively fixed.—( Thnes. ) '''----- he No less titan 47 stage-coaches now r OO tween Paddington and the Bank alone. PRIG 1141 k Si per Ce 3 pa co 3i per 4 per IlAnk I Imp. 3 Indi a s Ditto it South Book Gov. Stock Gov. Goy. Tress City lqinj P!(1 day Aht.