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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoik of Tuesday,) S.T. CLoun, SEPT. 20.—This morning, before mass, his Majesty received the members of the faculty who had been in attendance on the late King, and those who had been engaged in em balming the body. The King and all the Royal Family heard mass in the chapel of the Chateau. Count Villele, Baron Damas i the Duke de Deudeauville, and the Keeper of the Seals, seve rally transacted business with his Majesty. • Yesterday, at half-past three, the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers attended at the Chateau ' of the Tuileries, to sprinkle the body of the late King with holy water. At half-past two yesterday, the King, the Dauphin, the Dauphiness, and the Duchess of Berry, came in a mourning coach to the Chateau ~ .b( the Tuileries. Four carriages hung with mourning followed. The King alighted at the Clock Pavilion. Ile was received at the foot of the staircase by the Duke of Orleans, the Duke of Bourbon, the Grand Dignitaries, the Marshals of France, and the Great Officers of the Household. The King having entered the Throne hall, where the, bed of honour of the late King re mains,- threw himself on his knees, us did their •!..Royal Highnesses and all their attendants. After the service of the Miserere, his Majesty threw • holy water on the coffin. This example was fol lowed by their Royal Highnesses, and by all per sons present, including the Diplomatic Body, 'who had been invited to attend the ceremony. Touits, SEPT. 18.—The telegraphic dispatch, announcing.the death of the King, was posted yesterday on the walls of this city. Every one learned, with the utmost grief, the mournful event which covers France with moUrning. STRASIMIGII, SEPT. 10.:--The telegraphic (lig. patch, announcing the death of the late King, was received on the 16th, at Strasburg!). " ORDINANCE OF THE KING. " The household troops of the King, designated the Body . Guard of Monsieur, and devoted to hbuservice by an Ordinance of'April 21, 1819, shall be henceforth called the Fat Corn pany.of theTody Guard. ":The details of this arrangement shall be regulated by a speeial ordnance. " Given at the Chateau it St. Cloud, this 16th Sept. MN in the First Year of our Reign. "CHARLES." " The Great Officers and First Officers of the Household will be admitted to the Tuileries to-morrow (Tuesday), at ten in the morning, to pay their last duties to the late Ring►. ". First. Gentleman of the King's Chamber, " The Duke D'AU3IONT. " Given at. the Tuileries, Sept. 20, 11 h 34." " The carriages will enter by the -centre gate; remain in The court.yard, and retire by the side entrance." PARIS, SEPT. 20.—The remains of the late .King will be removed, it is said, on Thursday next. ' M. Raves, President of the Chamber of Deputies, has arrived in Paris. . Some days before his death, there was presented to Louis XVIII. it decree relative to various commutation* of punish ments. LW gruinco. cncni au, ;lading. • kor illti Liffic ti givei me pain to sign such a document. The granting of pit* {We'll and favours I would reserve wholly tbr my brother ; for it is with. tl.2se that the reign of a I3ourbon, ought always to coot. raence.'! The executions of the revolutionists made prisoners at Alme ria, in Andalusia, took place on the ft4th of August, its we have already announced. It was remarked that, heave dying,,Cugnet de Montarlot, who was called Don Carlos de Alalsot, declared Olathe wax the French (general Montarlot. Benigno Morales, late Editor of the Zurriogo, the most revolutionary journal that eras printed in Spain, was of the number of those who were shot. ' The august Prince whom the right of birth has called to the throne of the lily, is the thirty-sixth King of the Capetian Dy. 'nasty, and the thirty-eighth, if we count the Monarchs Files and Robert, the grandfather and uncle of Hugh Capet, who belonged to the second race. From the accession of the founder of the third dynasty, down to that of Our new King, an interval of 1137 years has elapsed. Since the year 11;74, France has not had a King who bore the name of Charles. Dating from the accesion of Louis XIII., being a period af 214 years, our ItTotnlrchs have borne without interruption. the me.= of Louis, M. the Duke tParigoaleme, .non and only heir or Charles X., takes by right the title of De4l.- phin, which none of our Princes have borne since the august nd unfortunatelon of I,ouis XVI., who died in . prison under the name of Louis XVII. Madame the Duchess d'Angon• lemels the first daughter of a King of France who has borne the title of Dauphinese. (Ptant Gaqgnani's Messenger.) A special review by the King will take place between 10 and to-day, in the plain of Issay. A t 4 o'clock yesterday, the Peers of France and the Deputies of the Departments went to the Palace of the Tuileries, to sprinkle holy water upon the remains of the late King. A solemn service will be celebrated at ten o'clock this morn ing, at the Cathedralthurel" of Notre Dame, for his late . jesty Louis XVIII. Preparations to that effect bare been making for several days, and the ceremony will be attended with extraordinary pomp. Liven the King's arrival at the Tuileries he will find the apart. .meats hung with mourning—namely, with violet-coloured cloth • Without ornament, from the floor to the cornice. The. Countess of Balmain, daughter-in-law of Sir Hudson Lowe, died recently at St. Petersburgh. The Count of Balmain is Aide.de-Camp of tile Emperor Alexander, and was his Ala jesty's Commissioner at St. Helena. According to rumour, the Count de la Ferronays will not returh to St. Petersburgh, another legation being destined for•bitu. The person who was arruted at the gate of the Tuileries on Ttiuriday, for tiring upon the officer on duty, is in a state . of raying madness. In 1821, he had becO arrested as an insane permon. Fur)tely Fittins.—P4Rll, SEPT. 20.—Five per Cents. opened at 99. 99, ,• closed at '49. 711.-. Bank Stock, I,9oo.—Nea polit.tn firma, SM.—Spanish Itentes, 19.—Spanish Loan, 1893 . 67.—Exebange on London, one month, 25. 20. ; three. months, 25. 5.-4 Coors Authentique.) Wcimmt, StItIT. •9.—The disturbances at Co burg were by no ineitts so important as reports have made them. The lqtathlnent of the citizens to the amiable Duchess i s so great, that, on driving out lately, they overtook her, un harnessed the horses, and drew the carriage bacic to the Palace. m.fv on biadau, Privy Cauncillor to the Duke of Saxe Ootha, has been sent with all speed to Coburg, iu order to arrange any 4:bal.:teat:es that way have arissa. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday.a Court of Proprietors wai held at the East India House for - a variety of bushiest!, which was specified in the followitrg'noticet..." for the parp'ese orlayin g before the Proprietors for their approbation, a resolution of the Court of Direttors of the gth of Jitly bUlt, granting a pension of 3001. per annum to Mrs. Francklyn, formerly the widow of Major General Stevenson, of the Madras Establishment ; also a resolution of the Court of Directors, of the 14th of July, granting to Mr. James Marjoribanks, of the Bengal Civil Ser. vice, the sum of 69,026 rupees, upon the grounds stated in the said resolutions. The reports required by the by-laws, cap. 6,' sect. 19. and 20, together with the doc umen t s u p on which the said resolutions have been formed, are open at this house for - 1 the perusal of the Proprietors. The Court of Directors do also' hereby give notice, that the said General Court is made further li special for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors for their approbationon conformity with the 17th section of the 6th chapter of the By-laws, a resolution of the Court of Directors of the 21st of July last, appointing Mr. Robert Martin Leeds, Purveyor at the Military Seminary and Steward of the Com pany's Estate at Addiscombe, with a salary of (4000 four hun dred pounds per annum. Upon taking the chair, the CHAIRMAN informed The Court that the list had been prepared for them, of allowances and compensations granted to civil servants of the Company. This list, which was read by desire of Mr. Hume, contained the names of Messrs. Powell, Edw. Gibson, and Bartholomew, to whom small retiring allowances were granted, on retirement after long periodi of service in subordinate situations. Mr. LowxnEs disliked any remuneration on retirement, which did not arise out of a sinking fund, formed out of pre vious savings laid by, at a per tentage rate, by the parties them. selves. If his plan were adopted, there would he an end to general corruption. After a fow words from Mr. Ben ow and Mr. Mum, re. commending the record of these allowances to be more ex plicit in future; the motion was agreed to. Tug EAST INDIA COLLEGES. The CUAIRMAN announced, that the accounts of the state and expenditure of the College at Haileybury and Addiscombo were then placed on the table. • Mr. Hume suggested the propriety of having the numbers of students, and the general expence, stated in the total. The Cn tiiiatAW directed this information to be given by the. Clerk; and remarked at the •same time, that every thing was going on remarkably well at Beth Colleges: indeed, study was the order of the day. Prom the returns, it appeared that there were last year at the College of. Ilaileybury, 172 pupils; and the general expence was 10,01•21. 3s. Id.; out of which, 10,6001. 10s. 6d. bad been paid by private hands; leaving a net expence for the Company of 7,3131. 3s. 7d. At Addiscombe, the numbers last year were 60 appointments, and 07 students there; the whole amount had been 37.1 educated there. The expence of educating each stu dent was 119/. 15s. Rd. annually. Mr. HUMS expressed a hope that the native troops in the north-west of India would be better supplied with British of ficers than he understood they were at present; there were only sor 6 such officers to ever 1,000 men. If actual service arose, this want would be severe ly felt. The Cita:for:4w assured the lion. Gentleman that that sub jeet had been, so far back as bust November or December, before the Court of Directors, fur the purpose of being provided against. THE MINT AT 110MUAY. The Cirmnsuaw wished to explain, that in consequence of the urgency of the service, the Court of Directors h a d t a k en u p two ships without complying with the regulation of 'publicly advertising for the contract. In answer to a question from Mr. Hu ME, the Chairman ex. plained, that the vessels were wanted for 700 tons of machinery thr the. Mint at Bombay, and the ships taken up were well adapted for the purpose, and the prices extremely moderate. Mr. If irate still preferred the public mode of advertising for any contract.—The motion was then granted. MRS. PRANCKLYN'S PENSION. The CHAIRMAN then notified the recommendation of the Court of Directors, that a pension of 3001. a year be grunted to _Mrs. Franeklyn, the widow of one of the most distinguished military officers who had served them in India, the late Gene ral Stevenson. The case was shortly this :—ln the year 1804 or 1005 the General died, and a pension of 300/. a year was then unanimously granted to his widow. She, however, subse quently married Mr. Franeklyn, a gentleman of fortune, and her pension lapsed ; but unfortunately, owing , to the death of Mr. Francklyu, and the depreciation of his West Indian pro petty, the widow now represented herself as having been left permyl4.., end the Court of Directors have recommended that her pension should, under her present circumstances, be revived. Mr. LowtinES thought the lady ought to have made a more provident second marriage. He then digressed into the consi deration of the slave population of the West Indies, and into the state of slavery in which the brewers of L on d on k ept t h e public about beer.' —(A laugh.) Mr. S. DIXON approved of the pension to the widow, and remarked that as to the present quality of London porter, he.re membered a few years ago, w hen the potency of the beer was such, that after drinking is quart of it, n o street in London waswide enough for the individual. The brewers bad certainly found our the means of diminishing this intoxicating efFect In ,their prerient mode of brewing.—(A laugh.) • Mr. II yam, had the highest regard for th e serv i ces o f t h e l a t e General Stevenson, and approved - of this pension, as well as thought the widow entitled to the arrears due since the death of her last. husband ut lent. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the subject of arrears had been (sold:lend by the Court of Directors, but they had decided upon the mere granting of the pension. The vote was curried unanimously. , Nflt. alatt.witinANKs' CLAM The CHAIRMAN said that this Court was farther matle•spe cial vet:ant:lhr a vote for granting to Mr. James Marjoribanks 0,028 rupees for arrears clue to him on the Bengal Civil Ser vice Establishment. He would shortly explain the grounds of die grant. Mr. Marjoribanks had obtained leave to repair front Bengal to the Cape for the • recovery of his health. On the voyage the smell pox broke out, and the passengers were re fused permission to land at the Cape without the usual quaran tine delay. The ship being 'obliged to continue her voyage to England, the passengers were necessarily obliged to accompany her, and the object of this grant was to put Mr. Marjaribanks in the same condition, having returned to Bengal within his tittle of leave, as he would have been had he been enabled to stop at the Cape. In answer to _a question from Mr. Hume, the CHAIRMAN replied, that there was no precedent for such a motion as this, istal that Mr. Perry, another of the civil servants; who accom panied Mr. Marjoribanks, did not make application for a simi lar allowance, because he obtained leave on urgent private bust ness to remain in England, with the opportunity of resuming his situation in India within five years. Mr. !Juan: opposed this precedent ns one fraught with dan. gerous consequ ences , considering the facility which prevailed of obtaining medical certificates. In looking to the papers ex planatory of the present case, he saw no necessity for Mr. Marjoribanks' return to Europe on the contrary, he might have remained at the Cape of Good Hope, for it would be seen that when. he, in. conjunction with other passengers, applied to the Governor for permission to transship themselves, their up. plication was at once acceded to, and they were informed that therinigitt quit their own ship for any other in the bay, except the Voyageur. Instead, however, of doing so, they applied to have some mean% assured to them of obtaining necessaries, which were inconsistent with the quarantine laws, and therefore no answer was returned to them. The Captain' being unable to remain with his cargo its the bay, would wait no longer, and the parties preferred coming to Englund to transshipping them selves. He should, therefore, oppose this motion, on the ground of its Injurious tendency as a precedent. If health were the object of the parties, they could not have recruited it better than by remaining in one of the bays of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. TRANT justified the claim of Mr. Marjoribanks, and denied that he could have enjoyed his health in the stormy sea son in Table Bay at the Cape. Mr. SAMUEL Dexox thought that Mr. Marjoribanks might have transshipped himself at the Cape. if the condition were fair and rational, the parties ought to have abided by it. He could not. assent to this vote without further explanation. Mr. LowN DES said, that as the stormy season was coming on at the Cape, it was unreasonable to have required Mr. Marjoribanks to have remained there on shipboard. Mr. ttruttr opposed the grant. Mr. Bucx INGHAM also opposed the grant, and said it was a tidlacy to confer any allowance, upon the mere representa. don of individual respectability. Mr. l'amso sr thought the allowance claimed ought to be admitted, and hoped the opposition would be withdrawn. Gen. Toon wroN was sorry that he could not agree to the vote, because the parties might, in his opinion, have remained at the Cape. Ile concurred in thinking the precedent dangerous. Mr. Jolts/ ST WART hoped the Court would hesitate before, by granting this motion, they let in a precedent which was capable of being much abused. lie wished to have more in formation on dais subject before he decided. A PROPRIETOR, whose name We could not learn, supported IC motion. --- Air. WE unz No also approved of it. The CHAIRMAN defended the course pursued by Mr. Mar joribankst which he positively declared was imperative on him under existing circumstanced. The compensation wad not given as a boon, but as a. right. The recommendation was signed by 21 of die Directors, and be hoped would be adopted by the ProPrietorc Air. H U explaind, and said he must take the sense of the Court on the grant. - • Mr. (InANT and Mr. S. DIXON also explained. • Mr. Maar moved an adjournment of the question until this day fortnight. . . The CIiaIRMAN said that their decision, whatever it was this day, was still open to a future day's discussion, as each vote must have the approbation of two separate Courts. The motion of adjournment wait then put and negatived, and the original question carried without a division. Mr. nu ME gave notice, that he would on a future day take the sense of another Court against this flagitious precedent for disposing of the public money.; STVIVARD ADDISCOMBC. The 01.01131 AX next informed the Court that they were made special to consider the appointment of Mr. Robert Martin Leeds as purveyor of the seminary and steward of the Com.. pany's estate at Addlscombe, at a salary of 400/. a year. Ile explained that this recommendation was in pursuance of a new plan which had been tried and found to succeed in the college. Mr. 11U741 most heartily concurred in the propriety of tins vote, and hoped that their military officers would be obliged to learn at least the Hindostanee language before they were suf. fered to go out to India. The motion was agreed to. PAPERS RESPECTING THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. The CHAIRMAN then informed the Court, that certain papers ordered by them to have been printed on a former oc ea:unit were now in course of delivery. He had also to state, that some secret papers which were called for (respecting the Marquis of Hastings) could not be produced, as those who had controul over that branch of the correspondence would not enable the Directors to dispense with the obligation of the oath of secrecy. A PnoraixTOß wished to have further papers laid before the Court, which were explanatory of the sentiments of others in the administration of the affairs of India, as well as of the Marquis of Hastings; whose narrative had been published. Mr. HUME stated, that the Marquis of Hastings, upon find ing himself assailed, after having his conduct applauded by both Houses of Parliament and repeated Courts at the East India . House, had called for the fullest examination of his ad ministration in India ; and they were bound to afford them that in the face of the public. Ile deplored that the Government had withheld the secret information—it was most extraordinary. He wished for a copy of the letter written by the Court of Di rectors to the India Board, and of the answer received to the application. The CHAIRMAN had not the least objection.—The letter and answer were then read by the Clerk. The former merely con veyed a copy of the resolution of the Court of Propri e to rs w hi c h called for the information, and the answer contained a refusal, on the ground of the impropriety of giving too much publicity to the secret information of the Company's administration. Mr. Moire said he would not decide on the public policy of withholding the information required ; that must rest upon the responsibility of the Government. Mr. LOWNDEB said, that perhaps some of the Directors would explain, that the secret papers were not calculated to throwany additional light on the subject beyond what the pub lished papers already gave. lie praised the conduct of the Marquis of Hastings, LIBERTY OF TIIE PRESS IN INDIA. Mr. II ullE said, that at the last Court it wax mentioned that no documents had arrived respecting Mr. Arnott's removal from India; he wished tp know if they bad been since received ? The CIIAIItMAW replied, that Mr. Arnott; by the last ac counts, remained at Bencoolen, where he was landed out of the ship Finite which had been burned to the water's edge. Ile had appealed to the Government of India from Bencooleu for a revision of their order of banishment. Mr, HUME hoped that as soon the information could be obtained it would be published. He also wished to have the Resolutions for regulating the Press of India brought before the Court. The Court adjourned at five o'clock. THE ARMY. ILLUSTRATION OF TUE EVOLUTIONS RECENTLY PER FORMED BY THE BRIGADE ON CDATILAM, LINES, UN, DER TIME COMMAND OF MAJOR-GENERAL SILL lIENRY TORRENS, TEE ADJUTANTtUENEIIAL. at quart . er . distance, " The Brigade ha a v i i l n a g li m av a i r n c g he r d ea p ci a ll st.i closed to th e f ront o f b a ttalions, an d f orme d a l i ne o f cont i guous n thecool u r g m i n n a o l f a b l g t o e n n s t columns to the reverse flank, on the leading battalion, thus in verting the other order of battalions; each battalion then coun termarched by ranks • which recovered the inversion, and gave a contiguous line of columns, left in front." Great celerity is given to the movements of extensive bodies, particularly in all changes of front to the rear, by the applica tion of battalion movements on their own ground, so as to in vert the order of a Brigade or Division : This inversion can never be attended with any embarrassment or confusion what ever, provided a Battalion is in itself never inverted ; and a change of front can by this means be accomplished in an ex tensive line, or in line of contiguous columns, in the same lapse of time, as a single Battalion ( 4 t.); whereas, when it is per formed by the whole line (B.), the time of execution is aug mented in a corresponding ratio to the number of Battalions of which it is composed ! • It may therefore be laid down ass General Rule, that great bodies may be inverted, without any liability to confusion, in the order in which their component parts (Butt,alions) may have been originally laced ; bu t t h at R in attalions are never to h e in verted the order in which their Companies are arranged by the eatablished formation. WHEN A BRIGADE lIALTED IN LINE (B.) TS TO CHANGE 'ITS FRONT TO TILE ituAtt UPON THE CENTRE. Upon the Order—The Brigade will countermarch upon the Centre—The two centre Compani es u p on w hi c h the Counter march is to be made, will be named—and immediately upon the caution, they will Countermarch and change, places. The BattuliOns of which these Companies form a part, and the re maining Battalions on each flank of them, will then receive from their respective Commanders, the words—Threes Bight and Left, flight and Left countermarch, according to the flank on which they are placed, and upon the signal to Quich March, they will countermarch . by Companies to the right anti left, ob servtng that the Company on th e.r i g h t o f t h e B r i ga d e will circle round to the extent of the depth of a Division, to leave room for 'the other Companies to pass each other. The whole will thus form line to the rear as directed. WHEN A BATTALION lIA.LTED IN LINE (A) IS TO CHANGE ITS FRONT TO THE REAR, UPON Tim CENTRE. Upon the caution—Change fmnt to the rear upon the centre.— ' The Colours will countermarch ; the two covenng Serjeants of the two centre Companies change places, and will taka the pointit of formation to the new front, covering upon a centre Scrjeant. The leaders of these Companies will then face them outwards, and will , countermarch to the ri g ht, a n d c h ange ,places by files. . The Commander, in the meanwhile, will give the word to the other commies threes outward • and, upon the word quick or double mar c h, t h e companies ofi both wings will counter march to the right and left, and will pass each other by the left, those of th e r i g h t w i ng d escr ibi ng a circ l e i n t h e i r counter march, the d ept h o f a S u b.di v i,i oa , to l eave room f or the others to pa ss . Each Division will be halted in its relative.fio. sition to the new f r ont b y t h e wor d s f ront , torn , h a l t , d ress tip, from it s l ea d er ; and will form upon t h e coverers, who will run out as usua l. V id e movements in B atta li on from Line Plate 4th, , Fig. 2tl, in the Improved Sy stem. • See. SG, and page 110, of Field Exercise and Evolutions of the Army, by Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant. General w the Forces. ELECTION OF BRIDGE-AIASTER.-TIIIIID Day, Yesterday the contest was continued briskly, and at the close of the poll the numbers Were Mr. Gillman, 1,7441 Mr. I lainworth, 0701 Mr. Molines, Mr. GILLMAN returned thanks, but told his friends that his election must not yet lie considered secure, as they had great activity to contend with on the part,of his opponent. Mr. Elsixworrril returned thanks for the support his friends had given him that day, and exhorted them them to persevere, notwithstanding the great majority they saw above him. • If his fri en d s would redeem their pledges; he should yet succeed ; and to giv e them every opportunity of doing so, he dete rm i ne d to keep op en t h e poll to saw last moment. This declaration ached some disapprobation from the oppo. site party, and Mr. ),1001IE came forward to urge Mr. Gill man 'a trim's to come up early, and render such perseverance utterly useless. In the course of his speech he made some ob servations, which Air. flainworth warmly contradi c t e d. Il e declared that there was a combination against them. This was denies! by Mr. Moore. Much anger was manifested by the friends of Mr. liainworth, and some altercation took place up- Sheriffs ) in dis on the hustingsos ; lving the Hall. but it was checked by the sudden act of the FOR THE SUN. 'TURBID& Mn. Ennon—The Public seem again taken with the mania for Foreign Stocks, especially South American, and again, witimut a doubt, will have cause to repent its own credulity end blindness, and that the repeated wainings you have given have been so continually slighted. - Th e new Governments are as yet unsettled, their leading men subject to perpetual change, and ut terly void of principle.---The case of ImininE is a sufficient instance of the degree Of confidence to be placed in Mexican engagements. Ile was unquestionably the greatest benefactor of his country, yet mark the treatment he has experi enced at its hands. On establishing its inclepen. dance, the Provisional Government voted to him a million of dollars and twenty square leagues of land. From neither of these resources did lie ever receive a rial !—After wearing the Imperial Crown, he abdicated rather than blood should flow on his account. On the Bth April, 1523, the Congress decreed to him 25,000 dollars an- i and, after his death, 8,000 dollars an nually to his family. On the first plausible pre text—his proceeding from Italy to England—the Congress suspended the pension, yet when after wards the proofs were given that the persecution of Spain and her Allies (fer the very act that gave that Congress its existence) constrained him to quit Italy, thepension, although U had been sus pended by only 36 votes against 33, teas not re stored.—As creditors are always unwelcome, the Congress declared him an outlaw. The Public are recently acquainted with his re-appearance on his native coast. Ignorant of this law—with out arms or troops—in perfectly pacific guise, with his wife and children— z he landed, and was shot !—lt is needless to expatiate upon the cir cumstances of an assassination at which humanity shudders ; but if such is the fate of a creditor for about 200,000/., what may be expected by the creditors in virtue of Bonds circulating in this country for 3,200,0001. ?--Is such a Government to be trusted ?--Am I not justified in predicting, :hat in every instance it will be found most mag mificient in promises, but lamentably poor in per- J usTice. rorma two ? EARLDOM of SETON and WINTOWN A new claimant has lately appeared for the EARLDOM or SETON and WINTOWN. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, 1715, the last Earl joined that part of the rebel army which march ed into England, and was taken at Preston, and conveyed prisoner to London, tried and found guilty, but contrived to make his escape in woman's clothes, the 4th of August, 1716. His estate of 3,3931. per annum was forfeited tb the Crown . ; he went abroad, and was for many years Confidant and Secretaryof the Chevalier St. George till he died, in 1749, aged upwards of 70. He has been hitherto understood to have died unmarried ; but the recent restoration of attuinted Peers has had the effect of bringing to light documents proving the contrary. It appears from the papers of the person claiming the Earldom, that the last Earl married a Highland lady, named Margaret St. Claire, who died August 8, 1714, leaving an infant son. This child was sent to Northumber land to be nursed. After the rebellion, and exile of the Earl, a board-wage was continued to be paid for the child by an agent in Edinburgh, and the relations of the mother paid such atten tion to it as proved their concern for its welfare. The Earl himself, even after his escape, en deavoured to see the child, and landed at Ber wick-upon-Tweed incognito, for that purpose ; but, owing to some unexpected circumstance, it was not produced by the nurse, and he had to leave the country without accomplishing his object. At the same time he placed such do cuments in the command of his son, as could enable him at any time to prove his birth and legitimacy. The child grew up, and settled in trade in the village of Bellingham, in Northum berland, where he died about thirty years ago, leaving a son, who also dying a twelvemonth ago, at the same place, left a son, George, the young man who lately came to Edinburgh, without friends and without recommendations, on the chi valrous enterprize of asserting his claim to the Earldom of Wintown. This person, who is about 28 years of age, and who has hitherto lived in peace and content at Bellingham, in the exercise Of a humble calling, arrived in Edinburgh on the Ist of May, and immediately proceeded to lay his case before one of the most respectable professional Gentlemen, who has expressed a flattering opinion of his papers and documents. He is in possession of a mourning ring, in which there is a large and beautiful diamond, enclosing a small tablet, on which are represented a death's head and cross bones, with the letters M. M—, being the ini tials of the late Countess's name. He states, that there has been lost, of late years, in the family, a ring, containing miniature portraits of the Earl and Countess together, which would certainly have been a proof of the greatest value. llis other family reliques and papers are of the must authentic and useful kind. The claimant possesses a most prepossessing ex terior. 11 is features bear a striking resemblance to those of his ancestor, Robert, the seventh L or d Seton, as represented in the family portrait. It is well known how long a peculiarity of counte nance sometimes cling to a family, and how o ft en the features of a distant ancestry revive in the faces of their descendants. f loo A n u i g n us ti t io 24 /I , lope of an mentions the A s ec ond elephant of the largest size. YasocerlcutPoafpearimol . , vckf)---.,..& 44. \-,-- _ ,- ,_, ..., v .. k .--, * ip.„. p - * 0 lfv \ MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGL.tND. Monday, i R Sept. 27, Lownox. Nos. 4, 40, 71, 91, 104, 305, 321, 407, 458. Covx Tax. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 40, 5 4 6 , 578, 707. • - 28, Loximx. Nos. 86, 349. Co mi.:HY. Nos. 13, 67, 68, 145, X, 668. Wednesday, - 29. Lox- 002c • Tuesday, • • Lodge of Benevolence COUNTRY. Nos. 112, 549. Thursday, 30, 140NDOY. Nos. 7, 39, 327. Gen."' w ' Fem: Sch. at 12. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 176, 453. Oct. 1, Lorwom. No. 210. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 28, 30, 56, °6 ' 470, 53t1, 709. —2, LoNiaom. No. 173. COUNTRY. No. 075. l t Monday, Sept. 27, Co a t. lE"". No. 27. Vsiday, Saturday, HANTS. PETERSFIELD.—Op Monday last, a new Royal Arch Chapter was opened in this town under the sanction of a Cbst , ter of Constitution from the Supreme Grand . Chapter of E:ig' land, under the supesintendance of Companion la. Tnotrsow, as. First Principal, supported by Companion H. R•li 4wia ' Provincial Grand Superintendant of Sumatra, 'as fond Prig' cipal, and Companion ßOßEßT S. ATcritsoN, the benlOr Grand Warden of the Province, as• Third Principals ° listed by the Principals and Officers of. all the Chapters in tbe Pro' vince, and most of tile Provincial Grand Officers, as Feu as several distinguished Companions of Chapters in 14°13(Wri' Wtdt all the splendo ur anti solemnity required by the formularies the Order. On the following morning the Chapter w All convened, when the Principals were installed noe'g ding wt ine ancient ceremoni es o f t hi s exa l te d d egre e in Masenq' an d •he Ch.ipter proceeded with the admission of candidates to the pr:. vileges of the Royal Arch. At live o'clock a numerous pert/ of the Co m p an i ons sat d own to a most exc ellent dinner at the. Red Lion Inn, when the day was closed with that harmony a t conviviality which have ever distinguished 31asonicigi ... unzA—PcenYDZBABA --""'"""""""-------- PAPERS, SEC Ulf EOll3lll Paige' PRICE OF STOCKS Tills tt,ink Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 9131 34 per Cent — Dim'. shut 4 per Cent. { A ssd. shut New... 103 i t 0 Bank Long Ann. shut Imp. 3 per Cents. — India Stock 3ss. Ws. Ditto Bonds — South Sea Stock — Y AT ONE O'CLOCE. 01(1 Annuitio ...... . ........ New Ditto ..... ............ --; Er. Bills 1000!.2d• ...... 4?, 41 44 Ditto ............ lid. ...... 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"L" QUIS DICE.B.F; FALSUM AUDhA TIIURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, LONDON, , n v ,hot It is ab sur d t o speculate at present as mo , course will be adopted by the new Fllol' eft narch, when all the funeral ceremonies ar e °v d, and political considerations resume their ose e i n ve ancy ; but as the late KING had for so me d i h i ; been oppressed by sufferings that rend erg too , t p i e o r n s , o i n t a i l s f i e n e o li b n a g b s l e ti t ) h e at c t he e ftoOkbielictttloefPlibrigt inn . na l; tional concerns, and that they n under the direction of his 1310 1 wer e eritil* A A Iki• " 13 it t be VIL ' L LLE. lire shall therefore qui eli f it° ais le progress of events, and n ot ettninPt to um ho ' 0 our readers with conjectures w hich ' ii the rn er specious, may be found, nfO r g ' - ' 11 9 0 Our Reader is ct baseless fabric of a vision. c , 1 ,„ s oot' , find the contents of the Eitiile °` - a oc ete / , another column, w hi c h, as al i g ht by % log o f her an chiefly relate to preparations for the inter op Of ' 0 1 ' the departed Monarch, and to les° , n ins 1)/ affection and reverence shewn. to his r.'" a i 1 d the Royal Family and the ,most di ' illigu°e Members of the Government, ice. 4c. r fro m The following is an extragft of a lette r s el), u Agents to Lloyd's, at enoa, dated ember 11 „ d here 44 The Master of a Spanish c raft arric' 1 his morning from Mahon, when ce she s'illitid4ote: list., and reports that the Dutch Fle et b° ived there from Al g i ers , awl stated that " aa lt gerine Squadron was ready to g o to 500 an 600 was said to cruise against the Sp aniards' Italian flags." kali g n is s 0 - The following is from one o u f the Nl° a - 0 0 5 Papers, received yesterday at the N° Coffee-house : 0 1 5, ° " By a Letter, dated Truxille, M i l t o r . find an official account of the total de r° 1 r re large division of the Royal, At la IJPPc