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FUNERAL OF LOUIS XVIII. (From the Journal des Delgits of Saturday.) PARIS, SEPT. 25.—T* procession proceeded from the Tuileries on the morning of the 23d, at eleven o'clock, to go to St. Denis in the order we have already mentioned. At eight o'clock, the funeral car was placed at the head of the great staircase, under the Pavillon de l'Horloge. At ten o'clock the Dauphin and the Dukes of Orleans and of Bourbon arrived at the Tuileries. The Prefect of the Seine and the Mayors of Paris followed soon afterwards, and went into the Salle do Trone. At a quarter before eleven the body was raised. Eight Cordes du Corps brought down the coffin, which was preceded by the Heralds at Arms, six Garde* tie la Manche wereplaced on the sides. The coffin, under a cloth of 'gold ornamentod with alie . BOyal Insignia, as it was exposed in the Salle du Trone, was carried on a black car, the top of which, supported by four --funeral figures, was surmounted by the Crown. The Royal coaches, covered with black, fourteen 'in number, each with eieht horses, had the Royal Arms ; the carriage of Monseigneur had the arms of the Dauphin. The four Alarrihals who pre ceded Vie Dauphin were the Dukes of Treviso and of Albufera the Marquis Lauriston, and -. The different garde: du corps, foot and horse, preceded by their. bands; two numerous parties of General Officers, on foot and horseback ; the deputa tion of the Charcoal.bumers and the Flour.portcrs, in their usual costume, the Polytechnic School, the officers of the King's household, marched in close squares, and yet the procession, extended more than 1,200 Nixes, and was more than an hour in pamiing a particular apot. It was about three o'CloCk when . the body was received at the church of Saint Denis. The Church door was hung with black from a great height, and was decorated with the escutcheons of France and the cipher of the King.; two Genii, who surmounted the decorations, held the torch of life reversed ; the nave, the choir, the sanctuary, and the altar, were all hung with blaCk, on which were the arms of France. In the Middle of the choir, a magnificent place for depositing the body was erected, which was crowned by the royal canopy suspended from the roof. The, place for depositing the hotly was an ancient tomb, surmounted by a pyramid, and covered with cloth of gold, the royal cloak, and other insignia of royalty, above which was the Crown veiled with a long crape. The hotly of Louis XVIII. was presented at the Church by the (;rand Almoner, and received by the Dean of the Royal Chap ter. After the service, the mortal remains of the King were 'deposited in a side chapel. The multitude Of spectators, not only in Paris, but on the whole road, was immense. Front d ti.'-bretik great numbers arrived on foot from all the neigh- Inuring farnis, villages, and country-housei, by all the roads and foot-paths, and took their station on the high-road. -• No thing was more striking than rite melancholy gravity of this consistifig of all ages and condition. Louis 18th will be placed among those Kings, the regret of whose people accompany them to their tombs; for him it is a great glory, particularly when we reflect on the hopes excited by the new reign, and what an excellent Prince ProVidence has • reserved for his successor. Another remarkable circumstance • of the day, and which would remove every doubt which might 'have been for Med as to:the public mind, 'was the jost:confi , (lance reposed in the multitude who were left to themselves. 'Tor the first time on such occasions, there was no line of -soh . therm on the route of the procession, no gendarmes on the road it) St. Denis, no extraordinary movement among the police :teen, and every where the greatest order, we may say, often •Th.fe politene ss , p reva il e d . There wa s a natural di spos i t i on spilt! suitable to circumstances. '.At. the entrance of St. Denis many of the Innkeepers had, according to custom, erected tents, mi.-provided refreshments for the people, but very few par • - took of them, anti only as for as was necesoiry; and without haste or confusion. On a day of festivity it may yet be neces •sary, perhaps, to take preCautions against the out.breakinga of .public joy. On a city of mourning we may henceforth rely • on the good sense anti good'ilisposition of the people. There . is no longer in France what our neighbours call a mob, many of them were present on the occasion, and many have made the . remark. MI the shops of Paris were spontaneously shut up at eight o'clock. A circumstance too remarkable to be passed over in silence was, that though the rain Mt in torrents in se veral parts of Paris, even during the, time of the procession, •none fell on its route, and did not fall till after the coffin wee deposited at St. Denis. The Dauphin returned to St. Cloud at five o'clock. • In the programme for the funeral procession to St. Denis,''a tarriage was forgotten which was destined for four 'Mem. hers of the Chamber of Deputies, and followed immediately that of the Peers. ft was .occupied by 31M. Itarez, Pres!. dent • Martignac,Tice-President; and Dufougeray and Du. bruel Questors. . (From Goligm!!!i's lifessrnoyr qf Saturday. PARIS, SEPT. 2C—The funeral of hi. 1 ite Sittiesty tonic iolace on Thursday, and the .ceremonial olierved differed loth 'lath from that announced in the ./';',-,'-atieterc which we pub lished on that day. At an early hour in the morning the ,movement of the inhabitants, and the spontaneous suspension • • oflabattr, indicated the anticipation of -a grand and unusual solemnity. The road by which the procession was to Pal 4, and particularly the Faubourg St.• Danis, was thronged by an eitpectant multitude, and notwithstanding the immense 'concourse. and the absence of, troops to skirt the route, the greatest order prevailed. ,The troops wore crape on the, arm, • the drums were muffled, and the instruments of music brna- Thented with the ,syMhols of mourning. The proces sion set "oat with the sound or cannon, and the bells of all the churches .Peolotd the fueneral knell. The carriages occupied by the great offieers were covered with black cloth. At the doors r lvid on the hammer cloths were suspended the arms of France - nd,Navarre„ richly•, ot emblazoned. The housings of the horse s . were black, a:lorned with/Isn in gold, and tears in The carriage occupied .by 'the Daitlihin; the Duke of 'Orleans, and cite Duke of Bourbon, were covered with black cloth. honsings ,of the horses w e re of black cloth, with Silver 'fring e , a i ,a m i g niticent plumes. -The funeral car was remaritably • rich. The upper .part formed a canopy, •-harmounted by the down of 'France, supported by four '"Ate 4 genii, cach holding an inverted flambeau. The canopy 'was adorned with velvet enriched With lbws de lir in gold, and aupported by four angels beariag palin-hranebes. The Auffin,was covered with a rich pall, ornamented with a silver tress. At the head was the crown of France, and at the feet .'the sceptre and hand of justice. The number of troops was about eleven thousand men. • The lain, which threatened to fall - ilcring the procession, held oirtill after its arrival at St. Denis. Upon reaching that ancient burial-place of the Kings of France, 'the Royal Remains were presented 'by the Grand Almoner to the Dean of the Royal Chapter, preceded by the canons and clergy. Tice royal coffin was temporarily placed under a canopy erected in the midst of the choir, ornamented with the royal mantle of - cloth of gold, anti surmounted by the Crown, covered with cralie• in advance of the coffin were the sceptre, the hand of justice, and the sword, and it was surrounded by two flanks Mancl , five Heralds at Arms , and four of the King's Body Guards. f, The boll was followed by Prince Talleyraud, 'Grand 'Chamberlain ; the Duke d'A vray, Captain of the Guards ; the Duke d'Auciont, and the Duke de Blaeas, Chief '.4entlernen of the (.camber; and the Chief Gentleman of I_f_ r otrur near the King. Next came the Dauphin, the'Duke of mg and the Duke of llourbini, in deep mourning, and Wearing' long mantles. At the reception of the remains the usual ]Mayers were. recited. After the /If.i.e.q . „ii.:at the , body,,was con. Ti 4 4 4 tl ie the Chapel of St. Louis, which lias been converted into tor ardenti, and where• it will remain for thirtydays, be. tt is i wdeaPs"ltedintbe. vault of the Bourbons. in the pro_ cessrominced in the p remarked that the Clergy with thim'eeaux, as an rognumne, 'did not attend. I.IIIVATE LETTEat] PA nri, Br. PT . 2 .—The funeral of Louis XVIII. took place y es t e rduy morning ; to describe it in a few words, the epeotacle w b t watsiffleent tn the extreme. The funeral ear, whieji bore she imams of Louis was one yawn of gold, surinount,ea by a oroviti and the insignia of ruyulty ; the white satin pill which covered the coffin was richly studded with flettrs-des-lig, ele gantly embroidered and the four corners wert! leld up by the four Almoners of his late Majesty. The whole might easily have been taken for a triumphal_ procession. The 9: ctators appeared to gaze upon the ipectuek . with admiration, but unac coinpanied by any sentiment of regret, except at the enor:uons expence which it would occasion, and which has been estimated at more than a million of francs : it furnished them 119w ever with a jour de fete, not marked in the calendar ; and every shop in Paris was closely shut during the whole of the day. —No business was done even at the General Post-office, and as to any other office, it wasout of the question. Early in the morning the troops assembled in the Carousel in marching order, and proceeded to take their stations in the streets Bohan, Rivoli, and Castiglione. At a quiirter before ten the Dauphin, together with the Dukes of Orleans and of Bourbon, armed at the Tuileries. At ten o'clock, the departure of the pro cession was announced by the discharge of a hundred and one pieces of artillery from the Hotel des Inralide:. It set out immediately, proceeding in the following order from the Grille Royale du Chateau, along the Rue Bohan; Rivoli, Castiglione, Place Vendome, Rue de la Paix, the Boulevards, the Porte and the Faubourg St. Denis, to the Abbey. After passing the Barrier, the approach.of the procession to St. Dents was an nounced every five minutes by a discharge of artillery disposed on the road for that purpose. The arrangement of the troops was in the following order _ _ A Detachment of Gendarmerie. Sniff Officers of Paris. Ditto of the latfitary Division, with the General Officers in Paris, not on Service. The Staff Officers of the Royal Guard. Ditto of the National Guard. Demi-squadron of Gendarmerie D'Elile, on horseback. Three Battalions of Infantry of. the_Line, bands playing a Dirge, drums muffled. Corps of . Veterans. Two Squadrons of Lancers, called the Light Cavalry of the Royal Guard. Sixty horse Artillery with six Pieces of Ordnance. Sappers and Miners. Two Battalions of Swiss Royal Foot GUards, with tbeir Band. . : Royal Guards. Corps of Veterans of the late Imperial Guard. , Mounted National Guards. Six Black Standard" borne by Officers of the two Battalions of the National Guards. Students of the Military School of St. Cyr, } on foot. Students of the Polytechnic School, Students of the Military Riding School. Students of the Royal Staff Military Academy. , Officers of every rank, on unlimited leave of absence, followed on foot. Staff of the National Guard of Paris. Charcoal-burners and Flour-porters, in their respective Costume. Four hundred poor Men and IVotnen, in long grey cloaks and hoods, bearing torches. The King's Squires, in deep mourning, with their Valets, on horseback. Twelve mourning coaches, with escutcheons, bearing the Royal Princes, and other Dignitaries of France, drawn by eight horses, covered with black velvet housings, ornamented wtth golden fieurs.des.lis and silver tears. Officers of the Court, on foot. A Mourning Coach, covered with escutcheons, and drawn by eight horties,in which was the Grand Almoncrovith the Urn, in which was deposited the Heart of Louis XVIII. A Mourning Coach. Twelve Pages on horseback, in deep mourning. Six Heralds at Arms, in thll costume, horses covered with black velvet. Herald King at Arms, in full costume. Two Altnonerm. 1 ERA I. CAR. Two Almoners. Valets de Pied. {Valets tie Pied. Cheyalien4 de la Manche, in grand costume. The King's Body Guard of Cavalry. An empty Mourning Coach. Squires of the King's Household, in black. A Squadron of the Gardes du Corps. Six Black Standards. Two Battalions of the National Guards. Corps of Invalids. Ditto of the Veterans of the Royal Guard. Royal Guards, with their Band. Royal swiss Corps. Sixty Artillerymen, on foot, with six Pieces of Ordnance. Two Squadrons of Cuirassiers. Grenadiers it Cheval. Gendarmerie. Three 13attalions of Infantry of the Line, with Eand. Gendarmerie d'Elite. Ditto of the Department of the Seine. Eighteen White Coaches, containing the Mayors of Paris and the Municipality. A Detachment of the Candarmerle of Paris. • The 'procession arrived opposite the Passage de l'Opera at a few minutes before 11 o'clock ; and such was its extended line, that it' was two hours in passing. The day was cloudy and lowering ; the whole funereal corps, however, arrived safe at St. Denis, without any accident, but unluckily, about half. past three, a violent storm came on, and the rain fell in torrents for nearly half an hour. The whole of the population of Paris had been on the alert since day-break, the tops of the houses were lined—every window of every story was filled—the streets and , the boulevards were thronged with spectators of every de. scription ; chairs were supplied in abundance, but were not much in request ; all were on the move. It is calculated that there were 4U,000 troops in the procession. When the ceremony was over, the regular troops returned in order ; but the gardes na tionale, who arc all honest tradesmen, returned to Paris as they could—some in carts, othtrs in cabriolets, coucous, stages, &c. The body, of Louis XVIII. will remain-30 days before the ceremony of interment takes place . 'with will 'furnish an otheriour dc f'e'te. Charles X, makes his entry on Monday, in state. . Ths theatres and Museum are'opened to the public to. day. • • MR. OWEN. GLASGOW, S CPT. Owrr sets off to. day for Derby , . on his way to Liverpool, to embark for the. 'United Status. Ile goes for the ex p ress p ur p o se o f treating;, for the purchase of Rapp's celebrated settlement of Lfarmotty, in . chiding all the landed property and buildings upon it. The }lto perty contains more than 20,000 acres,, 3,000 of which are al ready under cultivation. About .1,000 acres more are rich mea dow land on the banks of the Wabash. HiS object is to erect communities upon it, similar to the plan to be pat in execu tion at Alother well: The colony is situated upon the southern extrenlity of the •Static of New Indiana. The site for Mr. Owen's new establishment at Motherwell is fixed. It is to be a square, each wing of which will 'be one thousand feet long, and the whole covers about twenty-three English acres. The quantity of ground bought from Mr. Hamilton of Dalziel ie five luxdred and twenty-six Scots acres, and cost from 27,0001. to "ow. A part of the land is inferior frOm want of cultivation, but it is all highly improveahle. The delay id commencing building is owing to some important improve ments having taken },lace on the original plans. As soon as the plans are fixed on, the preparatory steps of quarry ing, making sewers, digging the foundation, &c., will begin. It is calculated that the grand square or parallelo gram, with all the cooking apparatus, will cost above 100,0001. Each side of the quare will contain about 600 people, making about 2000 altogether. The principal improyement iu the new plim is, that each side of the.square, as it is completed, will be ready for the inhabitants, and no delay take place in putting the new scheme of society into full operation, while the other wings are in progress. Each side of the square is to have a public kitchen, two dining rooms, and a public room— in the Inside of the square there will be two octagonal build ings, with two hot and two cold baths on each side, for the use of • both sexes. Those tradesmen that enter the community are to have the same rate of wages as are general in the country. A managing Committee is to fix the rate of wages, and the proportion that the members shall have it in their power to draw, which includes the value of their food and cloth ing. A certain proportion of the wages- of every individual is to. be retained and placed to their credit as community stock in the books of the community, This surplus will be applied to repay the purchase money and the - cost of the buildings. The agricultural operations meantime are going briskly forward, and a considerable quantity of land has been improved. The improvements will be greatly extended in the spring by the trenching and laying out of the ground._ The brick-making commenced this year principally for the pur. pose of ascertaining the quality of the soil, and about 300,000 bricks have been sold, as they were not required for the esta blishment. A good moulder will make 4,000 bricks a-day ;or from 40000 to 600,000 during the working season. Hence, we may calculate the enormous quantity of bricks made around this city in a year.-.-(Glasgow Chronick. ) There ure now living in Folkstone Workhouse nineteen wrsons whose united ages amount to 1447 years. A gentleman looking over the tombstones, in the churchyard of that town, remarked to an old inhabitant the great number of deaths beyond 70 years; the latter replied, you will be more surprised when 1 state to you, that there are now living in the town .180 persons above that age, and one couple who have been wedded upwards of 70 years, 'and whose ages amount to 183, and their daughter. who attends on them, 02. The air in the neighbourhood of Folkestone has been l ong famed for its purity, and this circumstance is a strong proof. The population of the town is only 4,000.--(Keqt Herald.) I N 1) I A. (EXTRACTS FROM HYDERABAD PAPERS.] Extract Bengal Political C'omultations,Jan. 1, 1820. Mr. STUART records the following Minute: — MR. STUART'S MINUTE. The Board are aware, that fiont time we received the Resi dent at Ilyderabad's Report of the arrangements concluded, under his sanction, between the Nizain's Government and the house of Messrs. William Palmer and Co. I have been strongly impressed with the propriety and expediency of procuring fuller information on the subject, before we committed the Go vernment, by any approbation, either express or tacit, of the plan. In the discussion of the question, it has been suggested, that such an inquiry would be an undue interference with an inde pendent Government, which is free to conduct its internal ad ministration according to .its own discretion ; that having, in the exercise of its independent potters, and for its own conveni ence and accommodation, entered into pecuniary arrangements with Messrs Wm. Palmer and Co. the British Government have neither title nor motive to inquire into the transaction. If I could admit the facts upon which that view of the sub ject is founded, I should still feel myself obliged to oppose the conclusion. _ Admitting.the Nizam's Government was, with respect even to its internal administration, in the full exercise •;f an inde pendent authority, I should still have thought, that this Go vernment had a right to ask an account of any transaction be tween a Native allied Government and British subjects ; and I should have further thought, that this Government had a clear and powerful motive for inquiry, when it found British sub jects in possession of assignments upon the revenue of a native Prince, to the annual extent of 30 lees of rupees. But acknowledge I have fallen into great errors, if the Ni zam's Government he in the free exercise of its internal ad ministration. Should I have formed a conception, in any degree accurate, of the state of that wretched and distracted Government and country, it is this:-The- imbecility and perverseness of the reigning Prince have compelled the British Government, in ef fect, to set him aside, while the Government is carried on with despotic authority by a Minister, who is the creature of British influence, and wholly and entirely dependent on the British power. The extract which I have annexed to this Minute, from a dispatch addressed to the Resident, in June 1817, to Sir Thos. Dialop, will vouch for me, that I have not overcharged the picture. The transaction out of' which this discussion has arisen, affords ' in itself, the fullest evidence of that state of things. The following account by the Resident, extracted from the same dispatch, of a part of the troops for which the arrange ment is intended to secure funds, will , sliew that there has not been much scruple in interfering with one branch of the Nizam's Government—to wit, the organization and controul of its military forces. " The two battalions at Hyderabad compose the Russell Brigade, which is commanded by Captain Hare, of the Com pany's army. The enclosed return exhibits the strength and composition of this corps. The men are chiefly Ilindoos, na tives of the Company'a territories in Hindoostan. They are disciplined, armed, clothed, and equipped, in all respects, like our own troops : they are paid regularly, every month, out of the Resident a treasury : they do no duty in the city, nor with any other troops in the Nizam's service, nor have they any sort of communication with any branch of the Nizam's Govern ment ; in fact, they belong to the Nizam's army in name alone : they consider themselves as Company's troops, and for all prac tical purposes, they are as much so as those on our own imme diate establishment. I am persuasied that , your Excellency will find this brigade equal to the native corps of the Company's own army." It is evident, that the whole of the regular and reformed troops are, in a great degree, subject to the same con troul by the Resident. When the Resident described the Russell Brigade as belong. controul; all the privileges, meant to speak of power, authority, ing to the Nizam's Government in name alone, he must have in short, of a Government over its own forces. The Resident knew that the charge of those troops falls upon the Nizam's Government alone, and must be no inconsiderable burthen upon his exhausted and impoverished dominions. Tl 4 slightest attention to the Resident's Reports will evince, that the arratigentents concluded with the Nizam's Govern- Inent, for securing the pay of these troops, have been through out the fruit of British influence ; thrit theplan originated with Captain Sydenham, the British Agent at Atirtinghigh, was tiriq proposed to-the Minister by the Resident himself, and was evi dently pressed in a manner not to be resisted. " That arrange ment,' says the Reidtlent, in his letter of the 28th of April, 1819, " was first suggested by Capt. G. Sydenham to Messrs. Palmer and Co., proposed by them to me, and mentioned by me to the Minister. The discussions which took place upon the atxbject of it between :Messrs. Paltrier and Company, were.-carried on with : my full knowledge, and the con clusion of the arrangements had my entire concurrence, as 1 considered that the punctual payment of the regular and re- formed troops was indispensable to their efficiency, and as I knew that it could not be securely provided. for. ,by any other means." In his first letter upon the subject, under date the 31st December 1810, reporting the arrangement, the Resident, after observing uprin the difficulties which had arisen in pro viding funds: at Aurungabad, proceeded to state: " In conse quence of the repeated representations which I made to Rajah Chundoo Loll on this subject, and the importance which he saw attached to it, as the very foundation of the efficiency of the whole establishment, he entered into un arrangement with the house of Messrs. Wm Palmer and , Co. of Hyderabad, by which they have engaged, on the security of orders to be granted on the revenue of certain districts in Berar, to provide the monthly 'um of two Lacs of rupees," &c. &c. Upon the strength of these extracts, I feel iiiyaclf entitled to assume, that with respect .these troops, at least, this Government neeknot have been restrained, by any apprelien ;ions.of an indiscreet or unwarranted interference in the con- Cerria`of the Nizarn's Governinent, from instituting any inquiry which might have been deemed expedient. In my judgment, the sole question could be, whether die Government had suf ficient grounds for interposing. But that was a point on which I could not bring myself to doubt. When the Resident . had, with all the weight of the British influence, pressed an arrangement upon the native State, it appeared to me that he was bound by solemn obligations of duty, to pity the most zealous attention to its interests, to de monstrate, in a manner beyond all doubt or suspicion, that the measure had originated, and was prosecuted froth no other motives than a disinterested regard fbr the wetrare of that Go vernment. In like manner I judged, that wi ay, the arranr ment was reported to this Government, we were bound, by obligations equally cogent, to satisfy ourselves that the Rest dent had fully and carefully performed that duty. I must do the Resident the justice to observe, that he ap pears to have viewed the matter in the same light. He is t#r from holding up the arrangement as a spontaneous unbiassed act of the lament's Government, into which he, as the British Resident, had no right or motive to inquire. Ile explains the following passage of his letter, dated the 211th April, 1819, that he sanctioned the measure, because he regarded it under all the circumstances, to be. advantageous. As I considered that the punctual payment of the regular and reformed troops was indis pensable to theitot,fliciency, and as I knew that it could nut be securely provided for by any other means. None of the native bakers at Hyderabad could bare commanded funds adequate for the purpose ; and even if they could their terms would have been much higher than those of the present arrange ment." Unfortunately,. however, the information which the Resident has furnished is too imperfect to enable this Govern ment to form a satisfactory judgment on the merits of the ar rangement, and is, in fact, more calculated to excite than re lieve anxiety: The circumstance, that a capital like Hyderabad, nativ e bankers cannot b e f oun d possessing adequate funds to make an advance to the Government of two lacs of rupees monthly, secured upon the growing revenue of the coun try, and the consequent utter dependence of the Resident and the Nizam'a Government, ,for the payment of the troops, upon the only B r i t i sh house o f agency esta bli shed in the coun try, is i n i tse l f sufficiently extraord i nary and alarming. The terms which, up on common mercantile principles, a mercantil e lima° p oasess i ng such an advantage over a Government will demand, must be a natural subject of solicitude and inquiry. But the Resident has entirely failed to mention the terms ; and in the communication of the house the same omission is ap parent. All the inf ormat i on we have f rom t h e Resident on d ura b n y ce n o e n ti l v y e , ei this important point is, that it' native banke rs cou ld have com manded y those are less than thos e o f t h e British house. We have no means of know ing ttermstheanre would ld rui h n a o v u e s, but hbeent hankers. It certainly did very forcibly strike me, that the duty of this Government could not permit us to sanction a transaction of this nature, while we were left in such complete ignorance of all the particulars essential to a just appreciation of its i s and while all t h at d i d appear was calculated to awaken merits waken solici tude and doubt. With that impression, I suggested, that t h e Government should recur t o t h e assistance of the Accountant -General, whose experience in such mattes would enable him to offer the Go vernment valuable su r gest ions on the b ear i ng and tendency ndency of the proposed plan, an in particular, to indi cate any points on which further inforination might be requisite, in aiding the Go vernment to come to a right conclusion. The Accountant-General 'laving in consequence been called upon, that officer, in a report recorded on our proceedings of the 4th September last, submitted his reitions for thinking the plan highly objectionable; and stated, that he was unable to discover from the correspondence, any necessity in the case in a financial point of view. The Accountant, however, indicated - some goints . for further inquiry as proper, with the view of enabling the Government to arrive at sk more satisfactotiy decision than was practicable with the information previously submitted. Ile suggested, that the house should be required to furnish figured statements, chew ing the sums paid by them in advance to the Nizam's Govern ment from time to time ; the interest thereon charged and re ceived by them, specifying dates; the tunkhas, or assignments, received and realized by them, specifying dates ; the payments made to them in cash at Aurungabad, under the third made of their. agreement; the discount and premium of different cur rencies admitted under the fifth article of the agreement ; the premium bn bills admitted under the sixth article of the agree ment. The Government acceded to the Accountant-General's pro position, and the necessary call was made upon the Resident. But no answer has been received from the Resident ; and the Government has now seen tit to cancel its former resolution, and to inform the Resident that the statements required, ac cording to the Accountant-General's suggestion, are no longer wanted; that the Governor-General in Council does not pro pose to take cognizance of the arrangement, farther than to pre vent any interference on the part of the British house or its native agents, in the collection of the revenues, or in any other branch of the management of the districts assigned under the agreement of the parties; for which purpose the Resident' has been directed to interpose his influence and authority. After the strong feelin upon the question which I have re peatedly expressed, and which, I fear, I urged upon the Board with too much importunity, it was to be anticipated that I should require some very important novel information, or some very powerful novel arguments, to e ffect a c h ange o f my opi nion, and to bring me to acquiesce in the abandonment of that which appeared to me the wise and prudent resolution of the Government, to withhold its sanction from the arrangement, until it had been thoroughly sifted. There is.before the Government no new information or rea soning upon the subject, other than is comprehended in a letter from Sir William Ilumbold, one of the partners of the house, dated 7th October. But Sir William also attended the Cone cil in person, and entered into explanations on the subject of. the arrangements. No minute having been made of Sir William Rumbold's personal communications, they do not appear on the records Government; all I can say of them, therefore, is, that they did not, in my judgment, teml. to shake, in the slightest degree, the public grounds on- which the Government had deeded to call for more accurate information. In Sir William Rumbold's letter, thatrequisition is taken up in an entire new light. It is represented as being injurious to the reputation and interests of the house. The objection is thus stated, " As mercantile men, we could not with propriety " furnish copies of our accounts with our constituents ; such a " measure would be highly injurious to our affairs, and destroy " the confidence which the public repose in us." (To lie continnol.) • MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. ( Prom the British Press.) As the following official report o . f the proceed ings of the Court of Directors of the Hon. East , India Com pany, is much shorter than any other that we are at przsent in possession of, and shews by what a small majority the motion for granting a pension to the Marquis of HasTixas was lost in that Court, we think it may not be unacceptable to many of our readers; for which reason we give it entire : At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 3d Sep tember, 1023, Minutes of the Secret Courts of the 30th July last, and 13th and 20th ult. were read, and ordered to be re corded on the public Minutes, the same being as follows, viz.:— At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday the 30:11 July, 1823—A Member of the Court gave notice, that on Wednesday, the 13th August next, it is his intention to call the Court's attention to the services rendered by the Marquis of Hastings in the office of Governor-General of India. At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 13th August, 1823—A Member of the Court, in reference to the notice which he gave on Wednesday, • the 30th ult., postponed to some future day the fulfilmentof his intention of calling the Court's attention to the services rendered by the Marquis o( Hastings, in the office of Governor-General of India. At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 20th of Abgust, 1823—A Member of the Court, adverting to the notice he gave on the 30th ult., stated, that he should, on Wed nesday, Sept. 3, fulfil his'intention of calling the Court's atten tion' to the services' rendered by the Marquis of Hastings, in the Wilde of Governor-General ,of A MeliTher'..of the Court, adverting to the notice given by him on the 1 1 .0t1ffrit4 then proposed the following motion, viz.— "'That this Court, : taking into consideration the zeal, ability, and disinterestedness, manifested by the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings in the conduct of the East India Company's affairs, during the whole of the period for which he has . presided over the British interests in India, are of opinion, that as a mark of the high. sense entertained by the Court bf hie-Lordship's merits and services, an annuity of 5,0001.,16 issue out of the territorial revenues :of India, for the term 'of 20 years, or for the duration of the Company's charter, to c om mence from the day of his departure from India, be granted to trustees, for the benefit of the Mar quis of Hastings and his family, to be applied and .paid in such ma nner, and for such uses, as the Court may determine." Whereupon a long debate ensued; in the course of which it was moved, "'That this Court do now adjourn. And the question thereon being put .by the ballot, and the numbers appeFi u g to - b 6 , • ' - TheChUlrtriiin deelafdd` the question to be lost, under the provisions of the Act of the 113 d Geo. 111. cap. 155, sec. 77. The question on this original motion being also put by the ballot, and the numbers thereon appearing to he equal, The Chairman declared the same to be lost, under the provi sions of the Act above-mentioned. At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 17th Sep tember, 18 4 3, a Member of the Court gave notice, " That on the 'Bth' of October he shall bring before the Court a motion to take into consideration the services of the Marquis of Hastings." At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the Ist Octo ber, 1823, the notice given by a Member of the Court on the 17th ult. of a motion to take into consideration the services of the Marquis of Hastings, which stood for the Bth instant, was, with the Court's con sen t, w i t hd rawn ; and the same Mem ber stated his intention of bringing the subject forward on a future day. Lwro.—Colonel Qutsr. going over on a campaign to Flanders, showed much kindnelis...to a young raw officer who happened to take his passage in the same vessel, and the Colonel took the Johnny Newcome under his conduct to Antwerp. Some wags, noticing how simple and credu louS was this youth, told him he would be despised. by his corps if he did not soon challenge some distinguished officer to single combat. The lad said he knew no distin guished officer except Colonel Guise, and he owed to him, the greatest obligations: - The arch rogues replied, that Colonel Guise's favours were no ohatacle, since he knew no one - else, to become. the instrument of vindicating his honour by a rcncon. Ire; and ngentleinan of such known bravery was the fittest antagonist he could have. The young simpleton lost no time in applying to Colonel Guise; but feeling prevailed over all other objects, and he 'prefaced the challenge by expressing gratitude for the attention bestowed upon him. " Sir," re plied the Colonel, " I have done my duty,' and no more." " But, Colonel," faltered the youth, "I am told it is absolutely necessary for me to fight some gentleman of known courage and high honour; and that nobody." " Oh, Sir," answered Colonel Guise, " you friends do me too much h onour; b ut there is a gentleman well known to have killed half the rcgi_ ment." The youth, tractable to the advice of his benefactor and commanding officer, applied to a huge fierce-lookin g man, seated at one of the coffee-house tables, and saying, that being well informed of his bravery, he must request a meeting with such a distinguished officer. " Who, I, Sir ?" replied the gen tleman, " I am Peal, the surgeon." Colonel Guise unde ceived the youth, and the story ended, as it should, in a joke.— ( lamellas Courier.) • _ _ _ SAI) OCCURIIENCE.—It is often the practice of the Margate visiters to sail from thence to the little village of Herne flay, distant a few miles, to perambulate the extensive and pleasant hills which abound in that neighbourhood. Dur ing one of these excursions on Thursday last, wilco a l arge party was making the Bay, and the vessel cleaving the " li qu id way" at a rapid pace, suddenly an elderly gentleman, son of the celebrated Dr. liuchan, author of a . Treatise on Domestic f f i r e igh w t :s ho tn w i e n v l e et r lia p te ro ly .. Medicine, fell from the stern of the boat into the briny element. No sooner was the accident perceived, than the helmsman, with considerable skill, made an almost . instant tack, and gained the object of his anxiety just in time to save him. It appeared the venerable gentleman could swim a little; and fortunately, having a great coat of an imperviou s . texture, it taken to the Ship Inn, where, with the usual restoratives, his assisted in i w n it p h r d es iic erv eu in i g ty I I: r im eser i v ni e o l an ;lie duced by the catastrophe , had the effect of depriving him' of his reason; and after remaining two days in a state of utter aber ration, he was conveyed to his friends at Margate In . a hope less state.—(Kent Mercury.) WEST INDIA DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, theOth of September, 1824. Delivered. Stock on Hand, Articles. Eton: Con sumption 2,039 229 Exporta tlall. 801 3183 Illuis I I West India {Trs RN Sugar jlrazil - Clie.ts ilaranah Bois East India &I /34 ,,,, s i Mauritius ./ ' 6 , Molasses - - f Cas ks - - 1 . lids ( Pns - 1 llds - - INs lids - Casks IPipes lids iTrs Bls Baffs fetas i Bags 1 Ca.sks Bags ( Casks 1, Bagii Bags {Baits Bag Gourd f Cithke 1 Doze , I Boxes 1 Jars {Casks Sewn - Bails Bags Casks J Casks 1 Bags f Bags I. Sewn- No. 1 I 'asks IBoxes Tons No. No. Seroro ( casks 1 Bags Bales Galls Casks Casks Casks f Casks (Serous Brandy II ollands . A crack Coffee Pimento Ginger Pepper Cotton Arrow Root Balsam Cassia Fistula . Cloves Cochineal - Elephants' Teeth Gum . . Hemp . • idvs I locus - Indigo - Ipccacu:anha Jalap - {Whale Oil Castor Coco Nut Palm Pearl Shell Pine Apple . Rice and Paddy {S a t,: Sago - • Boxes Sarsaparilla - Bales Tallow - - Casks Tortoise Shell. - { rata " Turtle - Casks WOOD. {Logs Pieces Pllui & lids ONE Q.O I/AY AT. Ow Annu New Dity EY. Billsl Dtw ....... .. '''' ........ OWL 2( l • .... I Id. .. . • qd- 4$ ...... ..ii a '" 4$ 41 41 "". 45 46 ::. 0 41 5001. ...... lad... 11 ... ...... I id. rer....2d... A Ditto ...... .Y?itto .. . .... Ditto Sinai Ditto .. . .... Ditto t intik roc Act. India for A cct. ..... Cons. for Account ... « .... . OCP ... 1,502 1 ,135 1 0,62/ .2,12 a 31.48 i 1,70.1 J'l24 4,2; 1 03 IL2 1,169 2,606 1,:i07 Id 1621 6,1G 3 6,093 el/ 26 '26 6 1,2 S 3,33 3 11,56 3 5 ,6;,4 611 11 ,OCY . Rum W in e Cocoa Aloe. Bak Mahogany I Logs Cedar Pp & Plks African Timber -.I P I ' Pieces Santa Maria { b 'g s Pieces Ebony Tons Lig. Vitte - Tons Box Wood Tuns Log Wood Tons Fustic - Toni Nicaragua 'Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Bar Wood Brazißetto Tons 'Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - - No. PRICE' OF STOCKS 11 1 15 Bask Stock .- 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons , 951 i i 3i per Cent. — Dissd. shut' t per Cent. { Assd. • shut New —lO6l 106 Bank Long Ann. shut Imp. 3 per Cents • ....... India Stock • - ..L. Ditto Bonds 85s. South Sea Stock — -152 r 1.49 5 02,113 4131 521 915 i 2 214 7: 20 34,298 PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS, AT ONE o'cl Austrian lids 5 per ct. ...... 96/ Portuguese Bonds ..... ... Brazilian ' par i pr. 1 1 dis. Scrip .......... 9gf BuenosAires 21 dir. Prussian, 5 pact. .- ..... KO Chilian, Bds, 8 per ct. ... Ditto New ......... ..- .. . ..,yli Colombian Bcis.6 per ct.... 78/ Russian, New, 5 per 0 .30 i --- Scrip 071 8 dis. Spanish 1821, bper, c _ l ,: • .„ -- Danish, 6rr cent. -- 1825, (lit W. l O i I I Greek Scrip 17 dia. Alliance Shares ...... . ii. 'ior Al exican Bonds ..58i1 s') 581 Palladium ............ $. .... 1 pr. - - 7--Scrip Equitable I,4an . ....... 3 ... ...... Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ~.. -. Peruvian Bonds . 65 66 French Rentes ••• ........... ----Scrip - scrip ......... PDc 0 FOREIGN MAILS. Annti Elb Guernsey and Jersey Lisbon .Hamburgh . Holland - France America . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDO — Ta • tes xit er M°'" - M°rning, -28 minutes after 6.1 Evening , 59 41 $ 4 g - 7 _4l avir SOLES: QUIS. DIC131.11; EdLSU.4II LONDON' 0 1 . TUESDAY,' SF l' PP WIER , -18, Tho ...". ' "....... ..v... . v.:ow. .. ....,.., . . fi , a ,. French Papers at present are ein e 1 . 3 1 copied b -y accounts of the ma procession attending the remains of dig the ItNo. goificeut fulate We have given copious exlrl' ets for ;ol ve h n of our R ea d er s i n general. . „ DO ave objected to the expense which attends !Ito trade splendid ceremonies, but as they ale nen e6l3 dio there is no room for censure, bu t, 011 i i , contrary, s the parade and show are necessnriode point of policy. Curiosity . pro h moted. Something of superstition iS el l or is gratified and dent e accounts of these magnificent spectacle), , s I v ' it is observed, that though the weather w a s . ..0 ili. threatening, yet that the rain did not fall '‘ de r remains of the KING were safely dern6ited,ll„s o cover. The clouds, no doubt, were coos 0" • • to 'Pt St so t , il ti , lit