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LITERARY NOTICE. KVILS of - QUARENTINE LAWS, and NON-EXIST .ENCE of PESTILENTIAL CONTAGION; deduced from the Pluenomina of the Plague of the Levant, the Yellow Fever of Spain, and the Cholera *lorbus of Asia.— By CHARLES MACLEAN, M. D. ‘Ve have perused with much interest this valuable work, which has just been published by Dr. iVlAct,Ems, being one of a Series of Tracts for which the Public are indebted to Beat ,Gentleman on this important subject.-- t may be in the recollection of some of Air' readers, that, in 1818, Dr. IMActaits's ' , pinions upon the non-existence of Pestilential ,ontagion, and the inefficiency of Quarantine rlilW5 for their proposed ends, were submitted by 'he Privy Council to the Royal College of Phy icians, and in 1819 were investigated by a Com uittee of. Parliament. -In the, present work, the tithor calls in question the relevancy of the Re- Inrts delivered upon that occasion by the'College f Physicians respecting his former svorkl and ndeavours, not unsuccessfully as we think, to hew that the Report of the Select' Committee of he House of 'Commons on the contagion' of the being altogether bottomed on the opi lh!ns of the College, is wholly destitute of II solid foundation. He ridicules it as a pm' , iarty of Medical Logicians, first to consider hemselves entitled to take , the affirmative of ny propositions - for granted, - and theft to 're- Ore Of their opponents to prove a negative. , ear medical lucubration, Aveltave net fauna his .volume deficient in amusement. 4mangst . he many features which it embraces,' thiOnay oe regarded as not the least remarkable:Which 'empreitends the proceedings of the:lite:Spa-. sisdt Cortes on • the subject of the Quarantine. '..aws. 'Agreeably to the principles 'of the writer, letailed in several representations to thert4 and :ootrary to the unanimous opinion -of all .the' l'hysicians of their own 'body, as well as 'or : ' iinefy-nine in the hundred of all the Physicians, rf , Spain, the Cortes did actually, by a-Conak lerable•Majority; reject the project of a.Cride or ttriitliTy' Laws, which had been 'mitered by their ComMittee of Public Health. Nor will the pro ceedings of a. Committee of our own Parliament, during the hit Session, he found an uninstruc. .commentary on the results of Dr.'Maclean's useful investigations. By a report of the Commit iee on Foreign 'Trade, it is recommended that the system of , Ruarantine, in . the proportion of thirty.seven'parts out of thirty-eight, should be done away : whilst it is very clear,-that, if the , received doctrines were true, it would be the duty of the legislature universally to extend and greatly to increa4ce the rigor of their esta. rfrfishments. 'Fe this subject, us highly deserving t-the attention of every class of the community, we shall occasionally return, giving such extracts from the work itself as we judge will prove most acceptable to our Readers. In the meantime, we deem it our duty to our countrymen, as well as from regard to the general welfare of man kind, to recommend this Work to. the particular-' attention of all medicaltheni us it comet , froin a 'Gentleman .V/110110 experience has Hot been con. fined to this country, but whose residence in the East afforded him scope for wide and various ob servations on the disease which 14 the subject of ' the present and of many other publications of a similar description, of which the subjects are highly important, and calculated to be productive of the most beneficial consequences in the pre servation of the human race. PILIVATE TIOUSII ()I (,'(.)M ZION .STA NUM() ORDERS with reepeet to the l‘t OTYR of CON DUCT INt the PRIV ATI; BUS I of the HOUSE. Jaz. , ii I die Jim!), 1 L.—Resolved, That t he ' period for giving Notices with re tensile* to Private Bills, and for the depositing the Plans and Books of Reference with the Clerks of the Peace, which is now limited, by the Standing Orders, to the months of August and Septeinber, and the lifichaelmas Quarter Session's, be extended to th.J manila 'f October aufl Novernlier, and the Quarter Ser. *inn: 1.'.": next Plowing, `2.—Resolveti, That a Committee he appointed at the corn , Mencement .-of every Session, consisting of twenty-one Mem bers, of whom thtee *hall be a quorum, to be denominated, The Standing Order Cotnmitte9,;" to whom shall be referred every Petition presented to the Bowie, having for its obj ect to dispense with any of the Standing Orders rel-ttive to I rivate lliils ; and that such - Committee do report their opinion there upon to the House. 3.- e fteitoved, That no Private Bill be read a second time, until after the expiratieh of two enlendar months from the day the last notice shall have been given in the newspaper. •4.—lttetolved. That no petition egainst a Private 11111 be re ferred to the Committee on such Bill, ssitich shall not distinctly specify the giouni on which the petitioner or petitioners object to the Bill, or 0. any of the provisionsi thereof; and that the petitioners be only heard on such ground* so stated ; and if it shall appear to the said Committee. that such grounds are not specified with suitleient accuracy, the Committee may direct that there he given in to the Committee a more epecitie state wont. in writing, of such grounds of objection so inaccurately specified. b•..-Besolved, That a lllled.up Bill, signed by the Agent for the 11111 as propo sed te beeuboutted to the Committee, be de_ posited in the Pr ivate Bill Office atthe time of giving notice of the meeting of the Committee on the Bill ; and that all parties shall be entitled to tt copy thereof; mem Myment of the charges for making out amendinentietif such Bill. ,6.—lteanlved, That the Standing Order of the. P2th April, 1404, requirinif eight 3lentbers to be preeent , before a Com mittee on a cation, or Bill, is formed, be altered; and that five Members shall henceforth be the number to constitute the Committee, and that their names be entered accordingly by the 'nark of the Conimittee, on the Al Mutes of the Committee. 7.—Resolved, That the 31iniites of the Committee, on every radioed private Bill, be brought up end laid on the table of the house toil ether with the Boo rt of every Committee. li.—llestilved, That no postpone ment of the first meeting of any Committee o n a Private Bill shall take plaee, unless notice sled! he given e t t h e Private Bill OfEceone clear day before the time fxed for uch Meting of the Committee ; and that no ntice i fel' I s woceedin e in any Private Bill shell be lodged afater eight dtthe'eleck in gs the evening. Onkred, That the said Resolutions be made Standing Orders A remity, ar + Owen, have experienced, in.a.very calamitous manner, the effects of hydro. phobia. Some:time since the. clog went mud, and bit one of the children anti a mule.; this animal BISO become; mad, and being accustomed to draw in H tea . 1) a paroxysm of the disease, bit one of the horses. A I.loy belonging to the attempting to restrain the mule, was caught by the finger, nor could it be taken from i ts mouth Oil the asldlituitee of some person ,had been procured, and who on l y dis engage d i t f rom the ,violencethe mule by destroying the an i ma l on the spot. The horse has sinc e di e d Wilt mad, and four meMbers.of,the family, bitten richer by the dog or the mule, have been sent to the Generahilospita Birmingham.—( II Cr tf o rd 41 (114) • FRENCII PAPERS. (From the Journal de Debuts of Wednesday.] PAILIS,JULY 21.—M. Itavez, President to the Chamber of Deputies, ..paid a visit yesterday to M. Pozzo di forgo, Which lasted an 'hour. Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, Count Pomo di forgo, Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Minister of Prussia, had a conference with Count tie Villele, President of the Council of Ministers, which lasted two hours and a quarter. They write from Versailles the following : " There arrived to-day the 3d Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the Royal Guard, returned from Madrid, and the 3d Battalion of the Bth Regiment." (From the Journal du Commerce of Wednesday.) Count Villele transacted business with his Me. jesty. The King went out at two o'clock. We have letters from Madrid of the 14th. M. D'Oubril, the Russian Minister, arrived on the 10th ; it appears he brings instruct►ons which will establish harmony between all the Foreign Ambassadors, and, above all, upon the important question in regard to the situation _of Spain. Count Ofalia is exiled to Almeria. The very day this was written to us, it was expected that the Minister of War and the Minister of Finance would be displaced. M. Cardenas de Santa Cruz, Colonel in the service of his Catholic Majesty, arrived yesterday as Courier at Bordeaux ; he immediately had an interview with the Spanish Ambassador, after which he set otf immediately •for fads. It is said he is the bearer of important . . _ dispatches ; but the Memorial Burdelais states, the , following day, that Colonel Cardenas did not bring any dispatches. ( From the Courier Francais of ►Vednesday. ) Prince Metternich is going from Johannisberg to the waters of Ischel, where he is expected on the 214th July ; it is thought he will not return to Vienna unlit August. (From , Galignaer Messenger of Irednegday.l The Archduchess Maria Louisa embarked on the Ist instant at Naples ) on board the Christina frigate, 'for !Palermo. 'auras, formerly a Member of the Directorial Government, -who has lived in real-meat tat ac feral years at , Chaillot,is dangerously. indisposed. • ('From 'She Constitutionael. ) . PARIS, JULY %I.—We have recaved further In formation concerning thepersonsbanished from Martinique, and we believe we can reply urthe denials matte by the Minister of the Marine In the Chamber of Deputies. His Excellency pretended that the 250 banished men were sent away by a legal sentence,. by virtue of the ordinances di' the former Kins of France and of his present Majesty. Where arc these ord in ances? Those best acquainted with the matter have sought for them in vain; they are no where to be found. The Act of 1017, of which the Minister only mentioned ene article, is merely a M inisterialreao. lesion. He denied that the son was transported for the father ; bat is it not true that M. Germeln-St.eAnde was in the first list, and having thrown himself into the sea, his ion was the, next day sent in his place, and is now cif those who are on their . way to the burning deserts of Senegal ? Is it not true that M. Sydney Decasse, having taken flight, his brother M. Montrose Demise was arrested and banished in his stead?. Is not M. Precop transported with his three sons? Ilas ndt the place of M. A mbroise been supplied in person by Ilk eon, after he was transported ? Was not the non of M. Jacques Cadet arrested for complaining of the violence prac. died in his father's house, who was also tr a n s ported ? It would be easy to multiply such" tpiestions to which probably fiat denials would bps ßilleP•l tilts ; * ***Wit/Ye OW ling against I facts. 'rho mtAti t taw, stiot. ti nor .4qclEkirli t tVt " 1 "Y we not ask twine Into f o t ilts ass ttionr, e. . •. t a " be. cause, in all the information we have reealeed, there as no proof of a conspiracy. lie acknowledged that 'three condemned por tions might have app pealed in cassatiOn ; why" Alen have their papers been withheld these three months, and why is the Cuu; t not yeencquainted with this affair? Ilk Excellency deciered that the persons sent out of the colony ought to la; con demned; because witnesses against them had been heard, and they themselves Interrogated. Who were the witnesses exa mined ? Is ft true that only three of these persons were in terrogated, and that no minutes were tekeit . of their. examin ation ? Were not two of them examined in prison, and the others at the bar of the Court? Is It true also that a decision was adopted, before the examination took place? Tile Sinister also said, that the banished people had not touched the French soil, and that they were on board a vessel hound to Senegal.— Without examining the course of the vessel, which toutites at Hochetbrt on her way floor Martinique to Seneg al , we ask, usit first an order was not given to carry the banished men to France; that six of them have landed here ; that most of diem have had communications with the shore, and have taken steps to obtain their freedom ? We ask, finally, if it Is not by order of the liiiitistere, and not by the Council of Government, that these banished men were gent to Senegal, where a raging climate, and perhaps death, is to be their fate ? We shall see by the answers what credit is this to Ministerial denials. It seems, from what M. de Villele said yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, that he is resolved to reproduce his law next session for the reduction of the rented. But he did not ex plain his Mare projects very clearly. The uncertainty in which lie thus leaves all the work as to the means he will employ is undoubtedly one of the causes which keeps down the funds.— The rentiers not speculators, who sold out on the first alarm, like better to employ their money otherwise than expose rhent. •itelves a second time to a repayment. It' they knew precisely what wail intended, they would, perhaps, buy stock; till this is the case, they prefer keeping their money in their own cus tody. 'While this uncertainty 'lasts, another crisis may be feared, and titus the fortunes, both of individual* and of the State, be injured. (Pram the Courier Francais.) PAntS, JuLY 2.1.---The Ministry, invoking the laws against the dovelopement of the principle of- the Jesuits, seem resolved to oppose them. ,'They laugh at ua when we stated that the theological disputes, which bee so long disturbed the repose of Europe, were about to be revived in France, and already, the tribunals have to leterf ere . We were accused of want of good faith, when we said that these Fathers regalia' with their old pretensions, and their old ambision ; and before they have received an acknowledged existence, is barrier must be opposed to their pretensions. What then will be the case when they are firmly established P They have a profound di*. dolts for the liberties of the Uellican Church, though theeeitlone protected France from ' those imam with which Home troubled the rest, of the world. Henry IV. ha* been often reproached with having yielded too readily to the solicitations of the Jesuits in resolving to recall them, but the secret of this he has him. self explained. He said to his Minister, " I must do one of two things ; either admit the Jesuits to prove their many fine oaths, or reject them more positively than ever ; la. which case dim is no doubt they will be induced to make attempts on my life, and place me always under suspicion of being either poi. :toned or assassinated." 13Ettfe E, J u 1.1( IQ.—The Second Sitting of the Helvetic Diet took place on the Gth. M. Monson, the Chan cellar of' the Confederation, was continued in office for two years more. The most important subject discussed was - the lam Concordat, on the civil effects 'of the change of religion. The discussion which took place drew a declaration from the Deputy of Berne, that the laws of this Canton ware yet imper fect on this subject, and that other laws were to be adopted. The ardent and active spirit of proselytism of a certain class of Catholic Ecclesiastics of' a neighbouring Canton—their exer tions to make the children change their religion—required measures which would prevent the Government of Berne from acceding to the Concordat. The Deputies of Friburg and Soleure replied, that they did not believe any thing of this kind took place in their Cantons, which could justly be a ground of complaint. GENEVA, JULY 14.—The business of M. Ditt man, who was insulted as die procession passed the Catholic linage of Claims, still occupies the public attention. As he has not commenced tiny ;talon, there are hopes, however, that the ott:iir will have no unpleasant coneequences. This Pro testant Clergyman enjOys the esteem of his parishioners, and he is one of those who. have contributed to introduce the me thod of mutual instruction in, the rural, Conannete of, tilt, Canton, which accounts for his havnig excited the anger of cone ignorant an t i rattlitie nien. A o n ex io ei ng . „dr. expect, i h t e here there are oeveral.Qualters , ofb oth , . it wom ha,,l the, pieces he said, to make some .proselytes in this. neigh , boarhoo . d. The French actor MT" is here' n a il 't f 1 performi in Wire oitithien, for the sa lve i goo( murals. This appears no t to hayeheen.true. lid played in the Native de Figaro, but the second representation of this piece was not allowed. (From the Etoile, dated Thursday, July 22.) St. CLOUD, JULY 21.—The King heard mass in his apartments as usual; at noon he presided at a Council of Ministers, which sat till a quarter past one. His Majesty did not go out. PARIS, July 21.—We believe we may state positively that there is no longer any notion of sending a Hanoverian corps to Lisbon. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary, had a confer ence with M. de Villele, which lasted till a quar ter past ten. The twenty-six Frenchmen, whose trial has been going on for these three weeks before the Court of Assizes, at Toulouse, were declared Not Guilty by the Jury on the 16th of this month, and solemnly acquitted. The four following questions were. first laid down for all the accused :- 1. Is the accused guilty of having borne arms against France, or the allies of France acting , against the common enemy ? 2. Is he guilty of having carried on intrigues, or having had an tknderstanding with the enemies of France, or the allies of France acting against the common enemy, for the purpose of supplying the enemy with men or soldiers? 3. Is he guilty of having furnished the enemies of France with succour in men or soldiers, by making part of a corps destined to act against France, or its allies ? 4. Is he guilty of having seconded the progress of the enemies of ,France or its allies by tending to shake • the fidelity of the Xt,ng's soldiers, this attempt having been manifested by extreme acts, followed by a commencement of execution, and having failed in their effect only through circumstances independent of his will? After long and animated debates on the posi- - . tien of these quest ions, the Court, after two hours' deliberation, ordered them to be reduced to two, and put as follows : I. Is the accused guilty of having borne arms against France since the entrance of the French troops into Spain, and the corn. mencement of hostilities? 2. Is he guilty of having, since the entrance of the French troops into Spain, carried on intrigues, or had an understand. Ing with the enemies of France, or of its allies, acting against the common enemy, for the purpose of affordinji aid in men or soldiers, either by shaking the fidelity of the hang's troops, or in any other manner ? FARIS, JULY M.—Five per Cents. opened at 98 f. 40 c. ; closed at 90f. 60c.-11ank Stock, IBM'.—Neapolitan Five per Cents., 041—Rente d'Espagne, 10i—itoyal Spanish Loan, 1023, 54 —Exchange on London, one month, 25f. sc.; three ditto, 241. 99c.—( Coors Authentique, July al.) DUTCH PAP S GENEVA, Jer.y 8.-Our lunatic asylum and our hospitals are filled with unhappy persons of both sexes, whom religious fanaticism has de prived of their reason. Of late years we have had to deplore several suicides proceeding from this species of madness, which the faculty, from constant experience, consider as the most (11111-611 t. 611t. to be cured. 11,40111:::JULY lg.—The extraordinary heat of last Wednesday, the 14th, was succeeded early itt the morning of Thursday the 15th, by a storm, w rich, according to the accounts we have re c( 1 ived, extended over the whole province of itolland, over Utrecht, and some neighbouring places, accompanied for the most part with whirlwinds, lightning, torrents of rain, and in some places hail.—in the environs of this town, altd mom to,thu,Antttit, this storm did only trifling &maga ; I)titi to 1110, ttorthi-dbout Haerlem, the bail broke the teittss of otninst 'MI 'the windows looking to the west, and did infinite mischief to the green and hot-houses, and to the standing corn. A public-house at the fielder was struck by lightning., but not much damaged. A NEW COMPANY. A new Company, to he called the 4 C Canadian Company," is now being established, to possess a capital Of 1,000,0001. in 10,000 shares of 1001. each. The Committee state, that a charter will be granted, and that Government will sanction an application to Parliament for an Act of Incorpo ration. Several of the leading ►nen in the Money Market have been consulted by Ministers on the subject, and they have given a favourable repre sentation of the prospect of raising the desired amount in shares. Th e f o ll ow i ng are t h e o bj ec ts of the Company as stated in the prospectus 1. To purchase portions of the Crown and Clergy reserves. 2. Tol;ive immediate employment to emigrants on their ar. rival in Canada. a. To prepare, by clearing the, lands and by building houses, tfU. for the settlement of persons and families to whom the lands may be sold or let, as may be agreed on. 4. To make advances of capital, in small sums (under super intendence, at the legal rate of interest in the colony, which is six per cent.) to such settlers on the lands of the Company, as may require it, withholding the titles till the advances are re paid, as well as the price of the lands. b. To give in this country, to persons intending to emigrate, information regarding the lands of Company, and to facilitate the transmission of their funds, but not to interfere with the conveyance of emigrants. t). To promote the general improvement of the colony, whe. titer it be in making inland communic a tions, connected with the lands and interest of the Company, or in extending the cultivation of articles of export, such as flax, hemp, tobseco, &c CoVILSE OF F.XCIIANGE, itity 23 A nistetthim Ditto, atsiglit Itottertlani Ant werp Hamburg', Allow% . . ...... ................ 37 3 24 Us. NHS ' S Day's sight • 24 30 1) Us. Ditto .................. 25 60 1 t,- -• n„„,. 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New Dollars ........................... 0 0 0 Sitter in liars, Standard n 0 0 In the neighbourhood of Greenwich and Dept ford there has appeared within the last few weeks a set of female fanatics (who assume the name of the Thiamin's) ► holding forth in the most public thoroughfares. Their novelty, as female ranters, generally attracts a number of lookers on, chiefly from motives of curiosity alone. WAR IN INDIA. A series of Calcutta Government Gazettes to :he 6th of March have been received. The fol. awing details respecting the first operations of :he war against the flurmese are particularly entertaining : ( From the Government Gazette `qf Fehritary24.) " On the morning of the 13th inst. the Burmese advanced in great force to within 1,000 yards of the post of Buddapore, on the north of the Soorma river, and commenced the construction of five separate stockades on most advantageous ground. Capt. Johnson, the Officer commanding the post in the absence of Major Newton, having obtained the sanction of Mr. Scott, the Governor-General's Agent, for dislodging the Burmese from works which, if permitted to be finished, would so materially strengthen their position on our frontier that it would cost many lives to reduce them, determined if possible to drive them from their stockades in their unfinished state. With this view he di rected Captain Bowe, with a party of the left wing Ist b:Atalion 10th regiment N. 1., and a party of Itungpore light infantry, to cross the Soorma, whilst It 2 himself proceeded in person, ac companied by Mr. Scott's interpreter, up the river, to endea vour to induce the Burmese from throwing up these fortifica tions. Perceiving, however, that there was no probability of their acquiescence, and ►hat they were rather waiting for fur. ther reinforcements, he directed the advance of the column.— On reaching the first stockade the Burmese fired upon the lead. ing• sections, who ascended the height, and instantly drove them with the bayonet from the 'stockade, and rapidly follow ing them up, without giving them time to rally, took possession of every stockade. Captain Johnson's instructions being not to commence firing unless much resistance was made, prevent. ed the loss of the Burmese from being so great as it otherwise would have been. With the stockades they abandoned a num ber of jinjals and muskets, and the whole of their ammunition. Our loss is confined to a jermadar of the Ist battalion 10th re giment, and a number of men wounded chiefly by the spikes, &c.,-set in the ground to impede the advance of the detach. ment." • ( From the Gazette of March 1. ) The following are the particulars of the late operations on the Sylhet frontier, between the troops under Major Newton and the Burmese : " The whole of the detachment at Buthlapore embarked on hoard the boats in which the right wing of the Ist battalion of the 10th Regiment arrived under the command of Lieut.-Col. Bowen, from Dacca, and proceeded up the Soonna River towards Juttrapore, on the 16th ult. The same morning Major Newton was detached to the latter place by land, with 200 men, for the purpose of occupying the stockades at that place, should it be found that the enemy had quitted them as was sup. posed to be the case. About half way to Juttrapore, four stockades, which had been deserted by the enemy, were de stroyed, and Major Newton took possession of Juttrapore, where the whole detachment arrived on the 17th. It appears that the enemy had abandoned three very strong and exten sive Stockades on the evening of the 13th, after having been driven from those opposite Buddapore by the detachment at that place, and that a considerable number of then: had retired to the foot of the Bliorteeko pass, in the range of hills to the North-east of Juttrapore• Major Newton having been left with a detachment 'of about 200 men at Juttrapore to protect the stockade,, and to prevent the enemy from re turning in that 'direction:and occupying them ; and it being ascertained that several of the Burmese Chiefs had concentra. tea their forces and taken up a position under the Bhurteeka pass, tiro detachment continued its route in the boats.to the mouth of Jettinby river, where it disembarked at nine o'clock on the morning of the lBth, and moved in the best order to- wards the enemy's poqition, where it arrived about eleven A.:4, and found them strongly posted in two stockades on the left bank of the river, the passage of which, at the only place where it was supposed to be fordable, was completely commanded by one of them. Their position was naturally very strong, and had been made by the enemy and the late heavy falls of rain so difficult as to appear almost impracticable. Having reconoi trod the river above and below, and all endeavours to discover a More eligible passage having failed, in consequence of the depth and rapidity of the stream, and no boats being procur able, tha only expedient left was, to endeavour to get the men acros on the backs of the elephants under cover of the fire of the light company, let battalion 10th regiment, and a party of the Rungpore light infantry. Having in this manner suc ceeded, .after some little delay and much difficulty, in cross. ing nearly the whole of the Ist battalion, 10th regiment, and a detachment 2d battalion Lieutenant Colonel Bowen, directed an attack upon the stockades along the bank of the river; but having ascertained there was a rivulet in that direction that was impassable, the attack was ordered to he made through the jungle higher up the bank. In this attempt the difficulties opposed to the troops by the jungle and muddy rivulet were of an almost insuperable nature ; but the detach ment having at length arrived at the north east corner of the stockade, immediately formed, and carried it with the bayonet, the enemy dispersing and flying in all directions, pursued by our detachment, towards another strong and extensive stock ittle under the Hills, where it was imagined they were pre. pared to offer determined resistance. They however merely passed through it in their way to the Hills, and the detachment advanced and took possession and passed the night in it. " The number of the enemy in this affair is estimated to hate been not less than 5,000, of whom the greater part is sup posed to be Assamete ; their standards, Angels, and eight gilt chattabs, fell into our hands. Captains John son and. Bowen, who led the attack at the head of the Grenadiers Ist Battalion 10th Regiment, and Lieutenants McLaven and Ellis, are par ticularly noticed ; the latter young officer set a most noble ex ample, by dashing into the nullah and fording it neck high, tollowed by such of the troops as had not passed on elephants, which mainly contributed to our success. 'rho whole service was performed with little or no loan, only two men being wounded." The following, from the GovernMent Gazette of the 3d of March, gives the particulars of the repulse of the British in an engagement with'the Burmese, on the 21st of February : On the. 21st ult. the detachment under the com man d o f Lieutenant-Colonel 13owen proceeded against the stockades erected near Daoodputice, and Occupied by that portion of t h e Burmese army which had invaded Cuellar via Mannipore. SeVeral spirited attacks were made upon the enemy, under cover of a heavy tire from three six-pounders, all of which tailed, and after a most severe action, which lasted during the greater part of the day, the detachment was drawn off, and re. turned to Juttrapore, leaving a atrong party at Tylayn to watch the enemy. Our loss has been severe. Lieut. Arm. strong of the 10th regiment, killed, Capt. Johnson of the 23d regiment, and Ensign Barbarie, of the 10th regiment, severely wounded, and Lieut.-Colonel Bowen, Capt. Bowe, and En sign Groves slightly; the number of Sepoys killed and wounded amounts to about 160. 'the party of the Burmese is supposed to have consisted of about 2000 ; they defended themselves with great bravery, and their loss must have been considerable. By the last accounts the Burmese remained in their position at Ihoodputice, and were employed in strengthening their works. Lieut.-Colonel llowen speaks in high terms of the conduct of the Illunipore Chief`, Gunebeer -Sing, and his followers. Being in front when our troops were advancing, they attacked a P arty of the enemy's hor se an d f oot retreatingin disorder from their several positions on the banks of the river, and killed a number of them." ( From the Government Gazette' of March 5.) " The latest reports from our troops on the field enable us to state that the Outman lost between four and five hundred men in the attack on the stockade at Daoodputice, and that they evacuated it a few days after,. and were retreating on . • • " laeut.-Colonel Inner, whq arrived at Guttrapore on the evening of the 27th tilt. unit took command of the troops, was to proceed in pursuit of the enemy on the 211th 1" DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE OE' STOCKS 111111 Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. It'd. 92i4 3 per Cent. ( 'onK 'il per Cent 1001 Dissd. 4 per Ce t. Assd. 1004 (New 1070; !hulk Long.-I n. 23 22 15-11;tns Imp. :tier Cents. 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DIIE. 1 Lisbon 0: ItItII.ME 'I'O.IIOIOMM I Eve Li n ►;. 41 '11i7.:044 Elf:er 1• I'l 1 14, 1 aLi N SOLE (2111 Du' I: 1.3 U A UDEAT LONDON, S:ITURMAY, JULY 24, 181.4. CITY, Olot o'CLocz. Consols opened this morning. at 914 for the Account, advanced to 921, and are now ut A good deal of business has been done bath in the British and Foreign Markets. South Americ an are much the same as yesterday, the rumour or expectation that these countries were about to be immediately recognized by this country having subsided. An Express from Paris has brought e French Renter, on Thursday at 98f. 35c. We have received the French Papers of Wed' nesday, and the Eloile of Thursday, and hale given extracts from them,and from Dutch Papers, in our preceding columns. The Male states, that the idea of sending Hanoverian troops to Portugal is given up. We had already annonnc• ed this in Tux SUN ; and we only now advert to it again, for the sake of noticing that the French Ministerial Papers, after having been so egre giously misled by the Franlybrt Journal, have at length obtained correct information (probably from their own Government), upon this import ant subject. According to the news from Ma drid, in the Journal (114 Commerce, it appears that Russia is arrogating to herself not only the right of interference with the internal affairs of Spain, but the merit, by anticipation, of removing alt disagreements amongst the Foreign Ambassadors respecting the situation of that wretched coun try. Count OFALIA, the late Foreign Minister of Spain, has been exiled to Almeria. The 4 26 Frenchmen, tried at Toulouse for having taken part against France in the late Spanish war, have been acquitted by the Jury, to the astonishment, no doubt, of the accused themselves as well as of the Public. Our Correspondent at Berlin informs us that Mr. IIoLmAN, the English traveller, who is blind, and who was prevented from entering Russia, is now at Berlin, where his interesting character, and the shameful treatment he has received from Russia, have excited the sympathy of the re' silent English in his favour, and no small Wig nation at the inhospitable spirit manifested to wards him by a country whose own travellers have experienced so much liberal attention ►n England. We cannot omit this opportunity of thanking our Correspondent for what he says as to the estimation in which Tint SUN is held on the Exchange at Berlin. .# ItiniA.--W e were informed, last evening, tha t the Commander-in-Chief in India had returned from the interior of the country, and had at Calcutta a h t . ut t h e 12th of March, and that every exe r ti on was making to carry on the war with vigo ur an d effect. arrived E EAsT INDIA HousE.—The debate, yesterdays at the India House, on the State of the ludo: Press, being protracted to so late an hour, and the subject having excited so much public inte rest, it is our intention to give, on Monday nex t, a very full and detailed report of it. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Down: ing street, which was attended by the Duke of Wellington, the Earls of Liverpool,' Harrowbfr Westmorland, and 13 athurst, Mr. Secretary Peel , Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wynn, Viscount Sitlmouth, &C. ,The Cabinet sat in deliberation till six o'clock• Yesterday morning .Mr•. IioNTEn, the King's Messenger arrived at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, with dispatches from Sir WILLIAM A'CouaT our Ambassador at Madrid. Yesterday morning ViSCOllIlt MELVILLE, Sir G. COCKBURN, and Sir GEORGE CLERK, Lord Corn' missioners of the Admiralty, left town in an open carriage, attended by Mr. J. BARROW', Secretary to the Admiralty, to Portsmouth, to inspect the dock-yards, and on other official business,