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LAST INDIA HOUSE', JAN. 12. 411 ediourned General Court of Proprietors of India Sloe!: was this 'lay held at the Com- P al Y's House, in Leadenhall-street, for the pur- P :",.," of laying before it a Resolution of the Court °&' "Ireetots, f or erecting- in the General Court a of the late Right Hon. WARREN HASTINGS, to proceeding with the regular business of Int; d ly. it Th e CHAIRMAN (C. MARJORIBANKS, Elq ) ztetl that the grant of 76,000 sieca rupees, to °A t• Jdtnes kVilkin4on, had teceived the sanction trf the Boktul of Commissioners. The CHAIRMAN then stated, that the Co urt was for th e purpose of having laid before it, for Ilse 'Approbation of the Proprietors, a Resolution : 1 1 'he Court of Directors, recommending, that as testimony of the high sense the Company ~trtettain e d of the ability ,sntl zeal of the late Right frotiotirahle W4rren Histings, in preserving tin 114',iireil t h e B r i t i s h P o s sess i ons i n th e 'Las! In ;1:e', his Statue should he erected in the General nirt. in moving ' 6 That the Court do agree to ""s Resolution," the Honourable Chairm•tn took b ief vie, of the conduct of Mr. Hastings, ski • 'kit lie psnegvtized as eminently beneficial' to 't ie • urerests of the Company and of the empire at Fite Deputy Chairman (G. A. Robinson, Esq.) ateu n d td t h e inotio,„ He had hoped that no op- O''sbion woidd have b , en ofitted to the erection ': 1 a Stat ue to so mer i tor i ous servant ; but since 1 e Cattle into Court he had learned that an n " "' 45 intended to he offered to the motion ; lJe should ,therefore reset ve himself until that was proposed, when he would endea• v::! * to answer the observations by which it might " t "duced. ' S. Dixote warmly approved of the motion, n, "Pea that the word " last " would he omit ,as it m i g h t l ea d i n di v id ua l s to suppose hat C I . 'Y testi:tit - mks of approbation had previously her owed on Nlr. Ilestings ; or if it were "eht better, the Resolution might be amended : 1 Y addi ng t h e sy ll a bl e " i ng, " an d ma ki ng i t a ' lastiu e testiiiiuuy Of approbation. " Alr. R. JACKtoN moved, that a number of Re.. ltdutions of the Court of Directors, censuring the touchier of Mr. Hastings, and proposing his re tan front India, which were passed in 1782 and 1 284, should be lead, which having been done, !„,l'e Learned Gentleman proceeded t o o ppo se the 4 tesolution. He took a review of the conduct of l b% Hastings, with respect to the Rohilla tear,' "le execution of Nuncomar, and the second Mali- , tatta war, and strongly censured his pro , eedings 1 41 those three occasions. He argued at great , le ngth on the impolicy of erecting a Statue to ir• Hastings, which would imply a full appro. k ' d eed o f the transactions in which he lied Neu engaged Wide in India, which would evi• °e ntly be in complete opposition to various Re lohitiOlis 01 The House of Commons, which re l'rehated some of his proceedings, as well as to ReSojutiou, of the Coors of Directors, which . ; I .ty had j us t heard lead. He concluded by inov r/g an Amendment, which, while it de e l arr d t h e t" e xpediency of erecting the Statue of sir. Haste fully admitted his meritorious conduct due- I N; the latter part of his administration. 11. r.. Howe seconded the amendineur. Mr. Laren, in a very elegent speech, replied to 44 . Jecisson, contending that all the acc..sations `which be bad advanced against Mr Hastings, *ere unfounded ; they were, he observed, select ed from the teallimde of libellous pamphlets, *l bielt had been published to create a prejudice 4 , 0 !: i411 th At Gentleman, but the falsehood of Which Lad lung since been proved. Mr. Huma took the same line of arktitMetit Ayer whicts Mr. Jackson had previously gone. After some further debate, the atneutitnent was I ?", when the original motion was put and ear l". The Court then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. L C ° ll7 k7 op CHANCERY.—This morning the It °Kr) CIIARCBLLOR resumed his Siings in Lin oriel Inn puiluallt to t h e atiournment of _ e 24th n i t. The %viinle of the morning was oc.- "Pied in bearing the lung-litigated case of the *hip 48 an Appeal from the. Vice-Chancellor, to 7 , train certain proceedings which had been or. 'reit by is tloaor. The first seal hetore Term will be held by his Lordship on Saturday, on day sonic most important eases are expected 16 be diopused of. I, Sittings a p po i nte d to h e h e ld i n Milidlesex and t" (1 ° 11 , before the Right Lion. Sir C. ABBOTT, ut. L or d Chi e f J ust i ce o f i h e C ourt of Ki ng ' s ctich, in and atter Hilary Tenn, 18'20 : IN TERM. ktnni.Estx. Friday ..... Jan. te Wednesday Feb. Titursdity FTER t. Monday ..... E r b. 14 I t tit twelve .. oclt on the vo and at Lalf past nint LONDON. Monday . fln. 31 Monday Feb. 7 Friday TERM. Thesday ....... Feb. 15 ',llt 31st .Tan. and 7th Feb on.the other days. VANTERDURY, JAN. 11 —At the General Ses )l6ns of the Peace, which commineed yesterday V, tile Guildhall, an indictment was prefeired by 41 . A bauoND N:ciloics, Gent., late Sheriff of the ngainst James Porker, Tfin. Ellis, George Thomas Weed, and John Ellis, for riot imiduct ou the 14th of September last, during the choice of Mayor, which the Grand Jury found 4 true bill. lt".""vi i ; KF JAFI. 11.—True bills have beet] fo - ”(i by th e Grand Jury this day,at the Sets sue, ar ' , ""3l GeOrgt. (Legg, f or selling blasphemous 3eilitious libel, entitled No. 9, vol. 1, o f the I:ft:pub/lean: Thus. ‘Velle, tar using seditious lan :','ge, by curs i ng the King, &c.; Brandi., h"' of a seditioli s publi c ation, entitled Letter to h. ' Reformers; W. (Morn, for selling a libellous ' , for . k, teudiiig nt U) tiring the church into touled No. 12, Block Book; George Ragg, for tlitotlence ; C. Whitworth, Chairman of Union Society, for an inflammatory placard, a c `i'lre.,,,sett to ail the liefoi niers ; George Edmonds, n°l e(l orator, for a libel upon the .0 Md!gis ""--The above era all residen tts ,tun, REGISTER UP FASHION. AarmALs.—The Hon. R. F. Grerille and the Countess of Mansfield and family, in Curzon-street, from Richmond; Sir 'Thomas Grey, in Old Burlington-street, from Ramsgate; Mr. Charles gild Lads' Georgigua Grerifell, in Charles-street, St. James's•square; the Countess of Westmeath, in St. James's place, from the Marquess of Salisbury's scat, Hatfield; Cap tain Shumberg, R. N., at Fenton's Hotel, from a visit to the Marquessof Buckingham ; Lord Thomas Cecil, in Bury-street, from Butleig'n, Lincolnshire. DErAavilar.s.—The Earl of Lauderdale, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of York at Oatiands ; Lord Flame, to his seat, Lung Ditton, Bucks; the Earl of Thanet, from Fen ton's Hot , il, to his seat in Kent ; Viscount Granville, to his seat in Suffolk ; the Dowager Countess of Pembroke to her seat at Richmond. BOXING. A smart battle was foc i ht on 11 , Tondy, in the nei t !hbourbood of Plaistowe, Eisex, between Joshuit Hodson, a pugilist of celebrity, who last fought Martin, and Ilaher, a butcher, from Whiter:lmpel Hudson fought against superior weight , tort guinea 3 to eight, and it was an o!1- hand match. In the first rostml, after much svrritig, the butcher received ' a chattering," left-handed facer, vL , hich loosened a tooth or two, and in a short rally Hodson tell. 2, The butcher was ponilhed severely by left handed hits, mot waot of science made him too slow upon the return, but yet his during was un deniable, and some smart hitti,.g took place. — Both were down at the clo,e of the wood. 3. A gallantly contested round, but in favour of Hudson, who drew the claret freely with his left hand; hot he was returned upon in a rally, and isoth covered themselves with glory and stiovy. 4. This roood won Hodson it,_ figh', by bis tactics. The butcher had been severely punished with his H lversary'y let band, and he ha.l just enough of cunning to parry or avoid the blow.. Iludson commenced a new system of operation, by making feititv with 'he lett hand to get the right' into action, and which be did with mach force. The butcher met him, and some severe fi ; ;lttin e took place, both being too good to go down It was ditoL'ether a brave roond, nor unlike that tnetnorable 0- e between Silver thnroe and Doe betty on Contbe Wood. The butcher w.ls floored at 14st , although he fought several other rounds, he ha not a chance after- wards. Hudson won t' e h , t.lr- in 24 minutes. THE Sutras:TlNE ILvex he day brighten ing up yesterday about one o'clock, the Serpen tine River again exhibited much bustle. About three, many of the leading skso ers occupied the best Ire, , ;hiclk was on the northern hank. Indeed, every oitte• part of the vast expanse bad suffered so much by the preceding day's snow, and the subsequent tnnw, that it was almost impas.. bal)lC. Wi" !nut danger. Ak otg the whole line from Eas. to West. were hollow ridges of ice produced by menet., suoW; And although nu merous vreepers were employed, their exertions cook) not imtrove it Neither Mr. LONG LANDS, Mr. BLIGH, nor Mr. COURTENAY, were among the skaters; but we saw toast of the others. On tt e whole, thee might be five huroired persons on the ire, bur not a female pro menader its hanks. In the drive not more than half a dozen carriages It was decidedly the coldest day the season Nal yet produced ; log and tl , c North-easterly wind drove ali spectators from the Sep, OFF:I4 OF SERVICE —The Officers of the lot ret: .1 e Local IMilitia have, through tl!e medium of Ku-coy, their late Colonel, made a tender of liete services to the Lord Lieutenant of the courtly, and offered to embody the regi n.ent, and garrison Fort George, it it shall be su i ta bl e to the nt hi. M4jeaty's Govern- , ment.—(Threrness Courier.) The Heynsham and 13itton Troop of North So mullet Ye onanty Cavalry, commanded by Capt. BEIVAN, recently made Nn offer to Government to extend their sPrvic-+ to any parr the kinEdom ; but the Lord Lieutenant of the County has re turned for answer, that " the present circum , stances of the country do not require that any pert of the Corps should he employed beyond the usual sphere of their service." The Ticket, No. 8443, drawn at eleven o'clock yesterday morning a I'rize of 20,0001. Consols, war sold by WYBE, in One Quarter, Tw , . Eighths, and Eight Sixteenth Sl;dry., at his Fortunate Offices, No. 9, Coruhill, sndl 17. I,..dgate-street, where the First Drawn Prize of 20,0001 in the last Lottery was also sold in Shares.—This is keeping it up. Sir G6oRGE M'KENzul has discovered that oil rubbed upon the sterns and branches of fruit-trees destroys insects, and increases the fruit buds. Mr. JOHN LINNING has added to the discovery, by using it streces , tully upon the steins of carna tions, to gnarl them against the depredations of the ear-wig. The coarsest oil will suit, and only a small quantity is required.—(Edinburgh Cou rant.) The General Quarter Sessions at Exeter com menced on Monday, at Guildhall, before \V u. COURTENAY, Esq. M. P., Recorder, the night Worshipful the MAYOR, and a Bench of 'Magis trates, when James Tucker was found guilty no two indictrnents, for reading blasphemous publi cations. Mr. STEZWEN, a Quaker, celebrated for acts of philanthropy, lately hail an audience of the Pore, at Rome. As the principles of his sect did not permit him to take off his hat, he suggested that some one might do this for him iii the ante-chain• ber, and it was done by M. CAXRECCINI, of the Secretary of State's Office. On Tuesday last, a motion was discussed for the removal of Dun Juan !torn the library of the Literary and Philosophical Society of this town (Newcastle). The book was ordered to be ex pelled, by a considerable majority ; but as soon as the numbers were declared, a notice was given, in consequence of which the matter will again coma under discussion at the next monthly meet ioti,—(Tyne Mercury, J an . 11.) CHRISTMAS DONATIONS: Mrs. EGRRTON, the mother of Sir JOHN GREY EGERTON, Bart. has, this Christmas, been libe rally dispensing her bounty to the poor round her residence at Upton, in Cheshire, by distributing among them blankets in pairs, and sums of money to purchase coals, or other necessarie3 of which they stood in need. A meeting was held at the Town Hall, Ram's gate, on Tuesday last, R. TomsoN, Esq. Depu ty, in the Chair, to take into consideration the state of the poor at this inclement season, when a subscription was immediately entered into for the purpose of affording adequate relief. A Com mittee was formed, and the result has been, that upwards of 300 poor families are likely to he as sisted, (boring the whole winter, with bread, coals, soup, and potatoes, at very reduced prices, the sub scription already amounting to more than a nd still increasing. Joseph Hume, Esq. M. P., has given a most seasonable relief to the pfyn. of Montrose, by or dering 400 barrels of Newcastle coeds to be dis tributed amongst them ; and he has ordered the same (validly to he distributed to the poor of the towns of Arbroath and Brechin. Several Ladies in Carlisle have associated for the purpos. of superintending tile making and dis tribution of soup gratuitously among the neces sitous. The Earl of Carlisle has distributed 150 cart. loads of coals amon4st the poor iProstholders in Brampron.—The l ThoMnS Rumshav, Vicar of litatopton, has made a haodsome donatioto of oatmeal to the poor housekeepers of the- parish Untier his Otte. The inhabitants of l'enrith,commisserating the distressed state of many of the necessitous in that town, have entered into a very liberal subscrip tion, with which they purchase coals, and distri bute them weekly. The Rev. Posey Jolliffe, Rector of Skelton, has, during the present inclement season, distii hilted among the poorer class of his parishioners 36 loads of coals. He has also made presents of a number of Bibles, Prayer-books, &c. to the young of both sexes; and at Christmas distri buted upwards of 20 stone of excellent beef, be sides a weekly supply of soup. The Trustees appointed by the will of the late Mrs. SCOTT, 01 ‘Volkington, met on New Year's Day, in the Vestry-room of the Church there, and paid, according to the will, an annuity of forty shillings to each of sixteen poor women, residents in that town. The day before Christmas day, the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe made his usual yearly dona tion of 1,500 weight of beet, 300 loaves of bread, and several pounds in silver, amongst 200 or 300 persons. The Earl of Bristol has sent orders from the Smith of France, where his Lordship now is, for gifts of bread, potatoes, and coals, to the pour of Putney and Roehampton, which are now under distribution. Rlr. Dowton, of Drury-lane, gave the use of the Canterbury Thentle, gratis, for the late ama teur performance fur the Fund of the Ladies' Be trvolent Society.--The receipts of the house en abled the Ladies to relieve fifty more poor families that, they otherwise could have done, The Countess of Guildford, although absent from her villa, has also sent d considerable sum of money for the same purpose ; while the exertions of the Minister, the Rev. R. S. B. Sandilands, the Hon. W. Lyttleton, P. Mrs. Alcoa, and oi her humane individuals, by personally visit ing the abodes of the distressed, and supply ing their inure pressing wants with blankets, articles of warm clothing, and coals, greatly con tribute to alleviate the misfortunes of their. fellow psirishioners during this very severe minter ; but, pet loops, in no instance have the acts of any in dividual been more extensively useful than those of the Dowager Lady Chambers, who has appro ptiaied her own coppers, three times a week, from the commencement of the cold weather (and prin cipally from her own resources, although aided by the pecuniary contributions of her female friends and neighbours), to the making of a large supply of barley broth, which has been sold to the poor, at a proper place in the town, at one penny per quart. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. EXAMINATIONS, MEETINGS, &C. Edmund Nl:mgibbon, merchant, Glasgow, to be examined in the Sheriff Clerk's Office there, 40th January and 4th Fe bruary, at 12. John Nl•Cillibing,icattle-dealer,'Springfield, - to be examined in the Sheriff Clerk's Office, Dumfries, ?otb January and 4th February; at 14. Stark, merchant, Auchterniuchty, to be re-exa mined in the Court Room in the Jail, Cupar, 17th January, at 10. Creditors of Robert Welkin, in Shaves of Tinwald, 'sleet in the Gi.be Inn, Dumfries, 10th February, at fi. Creditors of David Machrayne and Coonerehants,Glasow, nava in the office of David Mathie, writer there, 47th Jan. at 14. Creditors of George Hamilton, merchant, Glasgow, meet in the office of A. Al‘Geolge and J. B. Gray, wi her then e, SI st January, at 2. Creditors of William Anderson, ironmonger, Glasgow, meet in the Lyceum Rooms there, 27th January, at 12. Creditors of Colin Gillies, merchant, Brechin, will receive a dividend at the( office of James Speid, writer there, taut February. States of the affairs of Haddow and Dale, merchants, -Glas gow, lie with the trustee—No dividend. States of the affairs of Haddow, Scott, and I)alr,merchants, Glasgow, lie with the trim-tee till 2,1 February—No dividend. We are concerned to state, that, on Friday last a most unfortunate affair, occasioned by a resist ance of the laws, occurred in a remote part of this county. Some constables, aided by a party of the military, and accompanied by Mr. William Burges, went to execute a Bench Warrant, near Ballyhacket. On arriving at the house, they were opposed by several persons, armed with pi , chfm ha, who attacked the party, and des perately wounded one man, a soldier of the 18th regiment. In the scuffle, the fellow who headed the assailants was shot dead, and two others of the parry wounded. We understand that this de plorable business originated in an effort to collect tithes. About two years ago, some property was seised and rescued, on which the Bench Warrant, above mentioned, was issued against the party ; on attemptiug to execute thin, the result hotelmen as already stated. The resisting party consisted of four men (brothers), of the Dame of Griffin — t wo of whom have been brought into this town ptiouner3.—(Curiow Molting I'a>l.) Tli E COLONI ES. NOVA SCOTIA. REDUCTION OF THE NAVAL YARD AT HALIFAIC. The great importance of Halifax, as a Naval Station is so well known that we have no doubt the following article, extracted from THB FRE' PRUSB, will be perused with great interest both by our general and Colonial Readers. Jr is a compacts. tire Statement of the advantages and disadvan tages which Halifax 'and Bermuda respectively possess as places convenient for Naval Yards, and affording accommodation to ships for refitting, and taking on board Stores, Water, or Provi- 'ions. It begins with tracing the History of the Naval Yard at Bermuda, and the dangers to which vessels are liable which frequent that Lland. The Bermudas are a cluster of small Islands lying in let. 32. 16. long 6-1, 33, and ere sur rounded by dangerous reefs or rocks, which forbid the approach of the mariner without the aid of skilful and active pilots. Notwitherending this circumstance however, from its central situation, it has been deemed uecesset y for several years to make it a Depot for stoles, for the purpose of supplying such of his Mejesty'e Ships es reqtdred it, at a time when the inelewency of ihe weather prevents them horn approaching, this coast in a disabled condition. This atresteemeot was teuhri sufficient for every purpose uetil the year 1509, wheu Government determined upon estahlisheig a Naval Yard at Bei - mode, and the Admiral then commauding was directed to purchase a place al a SCite for the intended establishment. We do not recollect to which of the distingniehed officers who commanded about that period (Sir John Warren or Admiral Berkeley) is to be ettrie huted the selection of the Wand of Ire land for this purpose ;—a place at the extreme end of Bermuda, and very difficult of approach ; but we %s ell remember that a difference of opinion e xisted between those officers as to the propriety of the proceeding. In consequence of his instructions however, Sir 3. Warren purchased, at a most exothitant price, Ireland Island, which forms the Western and must dangerous part of the Bermudas ; end proceeded to clear it of its trees and to erect buildings for the Accommodation of the officers, clerks, and people of the Yard, and for the, reception of its stores. Those measures have been followed up at a very great expellee ; a Hospital has also beets elected on this Island, and large sums have been lavished in building Wharfs and fonuiog Piers, without rendering it a place. of secure resort for vessels sent thither to refit. To spew as well as a description will enable us, the disadvantages under which Bermuda Yard la bours, we shall briefly state some of the most pro. minent dangers and obstructions that vessels meet with, upon making the 'stand, before they ar rive at the Navel Yard . ; and although we caattot give such description with titer critical acumen which will suit a nautical reader, we trust ,that: perseoe l o b se rvation will enable us to make it in telligible to all, and will counterbalance any tech nical inaccuracy of style. The Island of Bermuda is not only dangerous to approach, but is situated in a latitude frequented by violent gales, insomuch that sailors term the letittotes near it, the " horse latitudes." It is a place Eton, its minuteness difficult to be found; although alas, too often, the treconseions mariner who considers himself at a sufficient distance from it, flouts himself in an unsuspecting moment driven upon its frightful rocks, And pays with the forfeit of his lite for the iucautious manner in which - hes attempted to pass it. The frequent shipwrecks for which this place is remarkable, are to be enibured to the Gulf stream, which often drifts vessels to the eastward of their reckoning, tool to the currents which set around Bermuda, anti whose courses cannot be ascertained; no prudent man therefore will ven ture to pass the Island in the night, when he sup. poses himself near it. Scarcely a winter elapses without several instances of shipwreck, in some of which the crews of the vessels have had the good fortune to escape perishing, while on the other hand, the frequent discovery of articles drif'ing on shore, affords a melancholy tretimony of the lisp. less fate of less fortunate nmariuers. What adds to the denier of making Bermuda, is the circumstance that soundings cannot be ob tained out of sight of the Island, except in a north-west direction, where we have understood they are to be met with at a distance of about 40 , miles ; and although most of his Majesty's ships I have good chronometers on board, yet we ques tion whether any onc of their commanders would have the temerity to run for the Island during the night. Smaller vessels, together with transports and store-ships with valuable cargoes on board, which have not time-pieces cats of approach it with any degree of certainty. If we have been rightly informed, the Admiralty Board, aware of the critical navigation near the Bermudas, owing to the eurtents to which we have already entitled, issued a positive ender some time since, that no vessel of ever should heave to at night when near the Island ; and they are directed to rum) for it in lat. 32, S, which will carry them to the esolth side, where is the least danger. It will b e ob. served that the Dock Yard lies stnotig the reefs to the north west, against which it is the aim of the latter direction to guard. The South West Breaker lies about four miles from the land, and dangerous ceral reefs extend from t h at point round to the North East of the Island, and in some places ten or fifteen miles from the shot e, precluding the approach of ships from the northward or westward, except through two or three intricate channels, where small ves sels with a leading wind may be carried. Thil south side may ,be approached by large ships within gnu-shot, but a uniform reef of rocks ex tends in a parallel line with the land, about pistol shot distant from the South West Breaker to the South East point of Bermuda, which is called St. David's Head ; and here is the only entrance for large vessels. On the south side is Castle harbour, where such of his Naiesty's Sbipr as originally visited Bey-