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7: FRENCH PAPERS. Prom the Moniteur of Friday.) 'The 'Official Part contains two Royal Ordi nances. l.: the number of General Officers of the 'Land Forces to 150 Lieutenant -Generals and 300 Major-Generals. The 4 2d article states what General Officers are admitted to half-pay. 2. Relates to the organization of the Itoyal School, created try im-Ordibance of the 20th of Atrgust, 1824 ; the purpose el which is to bring up young men (24 in number) to a knoWledge of the management, cultivation, Scc. of forests. This school is to.be called L'Ecole Royale Purctil.re, and to be established at Nanfy.. MADRID, SEPT. 25.—There is great activity here to effect the evacuation, A considerable part of the baggage of the Generals and Officers .attached to the staff is already gone ; and on the 30th instant 'Madrid will be evacuated by all the troops, except a Swiss regiment and one of French infantry, which latter will depart on the arrival of 'a 'second Swiss regiMent, which, with the other that remains will form partof our garri son to a certain time which has been agreed upon with the Cabinet of the 'Tuileries, but which we do not yet know. The fears which it was attempted to inspire respecting the 'payment of the interest of the ItoyalLoan, due in January, are entirely dispel led, and the 'same courier that brings you this •letter is the bearer of the funds necessary to pay the half year's interest to the Ist of January. Our Government gives its whole attention to pro vide for the interest of this loan, which it consi ders as leading 'to further financial operations. ( Prom the PAnts;Dec. 3.—Some Journals still speak of the departure of the twoinfants of Spain, and of it Congress at St. Petersburgh ; and they add, that the Infant Don Francisco do Paulo *ill not come to Paris, but will pass through the south of France on his way to . Naples. We think that we are informed of news as soon as the Journals which have such constant correspondence.. All of them now announce the evacuation of Spain by our troops which they denied, and which we said would begin the Ist of December. We can assure these Jour nals that the Infant Don Fran cisco de Paulo does not come to Paris, and will not - go to Naples, and that there will 'be no Con gress at St. Petersburg. LATTAXIA, AUG. I.—The Ansaries have attacked a cara van of camels on the way from hattakia to Aleppo. BERLIN, Nov. 24.-4 letter from Konigsberg of the Mt, °gives an account of the opening of the first Session of the States of the Province, with the soleninities prescribed for the occasion. The Deputies are 175 in number. (From the Constitutionncl.) PARIS, Dtc. L.... Crimes have multiplied within the last two years in . a frightful manner, demanding, the . attention of mo ralists and statesmen. It is not, however, by the gross ignorance •in the lower classes, nor by vain appearances - of authority among the upper classes, that men are to be improved. Devotee: .indeed fill every dice. One enters the congregation to be a Director-Omer/1, another to supplant a Custom-house officer, or even Police spy. Hypocrisy descends from the upper to the lower classes, and we can say of our times, Men must now ' tor ur..6 • in. 4.4 ,*.o. atai 4 n,.1...ti0u. Thou rnSITTIqr). deeeiite nobody, and the people are not con vioced of rho truth of a religion which teaches poverty, by seeing rg) many persons practise it to become rich. Nothing is a greater woo: of want of sincerity, than the affectation of speaking of religion cm every occasion. It is telked of 'in the ,netvspapers, at the police-oflices, and even at the opera ; anti this alliance between ctered and profane shews the falsity of all these appearances of sanctity. yid. lllontlosier has observed, thei impiety is always the fr).tit of intolerance and persecution ; that irreligious books .refe never in fashiOn, but when every sort of worldly passion wilt indulged in the name of heaven. • ( From the Cwirier Francais.) M ADltin, Nov. 22.—(E.A..iiw0l of a privolg.triter.)—Alarm. irg news was yesterday received of 1113 Majesty's health. The ;Fut. had mounted up into the shoulder; his Majesty was slifi'cr;ng mitelt, and tha physicians wL‘re afraid the put would affect the stounzeh. Infatto Don Vrarieiseo,returned im. inediately to tit:;, Et:mai:Ll. To-day the , new: , , is not so alarming, gout iLavin;; fixed itself in the elbow, and his Majesty IKing more : tranquil. • l'angclt FUN D 3.—PA it Isi DFIC. 11.—Five per Cents• orlri4A at 101. 15. ; closed at iill..3s.—littalc Stock, 1985. .N , ltpolitan Ron tea, Ditto, 181. —Royal Spanish 66...._.Exchange on London, one month, 24. Jin ; three -ditto, 24, Il0.—( L'o:lrs duthent brie. ) BRUSSELS PAPERS. - (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) Semeera, OcT. B.—The Captains of the European trans. Ipeafs .are Ku tired of the campaign, that they have presented a p titian to Ibrahim Paha. begging they may be unloaded at Madmen, and discharged: on this condition they will give no their freight. There is every appearance that Ibrahim Puelia will not accede to this proposal, the consequence of Isiah would be the breaking up of his army, and that he will Icing continua to drag •in his train these imprudent Captains, whe , se cupidity merits punishment. • Letters from Alexandria of the 10th'of this month, say that 15,000 of Mahomet Ali`s troops are going to embark to rein force the army of Nelson against the Greeks. Sierv. 23.--,A person in the employ of the Creek Government who comes from Napoli di Rumania says, that two English frigates, a corvette, and two brigs, which .lately errived at Malta from London, east . =heron the 10th in the 'Gulf of Argos. Great preparations are making for the expedition to the.lsle of Crete, but the return of the Turkish fleets to Constantino le 'and Alexandria is waited for. Tieeo. SupT. D.—lt is said that the English Government, .which directs the Senate, has succeeded in getting a Decree passed, by which no French or Austrian Consul or Vice-Con. sul shall he recognized, who is not a native. This Decree will 'be exevuted at Naxos first, and the other islands will follow. P. is said, that in the Isle of Pares 4 or 500 have taken arms. and made themselves masters of two villages, where they hold . out against the rest of the inhabitants. Preparations are mak.. to go to the essiatance of the Greeks in Paros. • • Fa K yowl', Nov. 27.—Lord Strawgford, since his arrival at Vienna, has had &Nerd conferences with Prince Metter. nich, and with M. M. Tatiseheff, on the affairs of Turkey. An - express was to he dispatched on the 16th, with important dispatehes for the,Emperor Alexander. The Austrian funds have just fallen in an extraordinary man. ner. The.Metalliques *re at 94. The merchants are much • alarmed at this in time of peace. The Senate of this city is at present discussing the plan which had been presented to it, relative to the establishment ofa bank. • The capital is fixed at present at five millions of florins, to be rai,eel. by shares of live hundred florins each. The fund is to • be increased in thesequelao ten millions. - Profeseor Consist is strictly guarded at Berlin. As he is • ituliapesed, the inquiry had been suspended tin some days. • , THE FRENCII MONSTF.II.—b.wer, not having appealed to the Cowl. of Cassation, was executed . at Versailles on Tuesday at noon. The multi tilde to Witness the execution of this monster was inunpage. In his last moments he betrayed great 'liar, and it was necessary almost to carry him to .the scaffold. INDIA. FROM THE BU)iDAY TIES i I TI TIMES. HYDERABAD PAPE S. We entered upon the study of this enormous mass of documents, with an'earnest desire to ascertain the facts of the case, and with a determinatibn to.do juitice to all par= ties, whatever might be eur previous impressions, and what. ever might be the consequence. A laborious investigation has confirmed some of our opinions; .others it has very much mo dified. It has given us confidence, however ; we feel the ground on which we stand ; and we challenge the attention of our readers in the assuranceof being able to put them in pos.• session of the real merits of that very extraordinary transac tion, of which these papers contain the history. Most of them. hive heard something of it, and they will be sure to hear more. The next discussion at the India House will probably he a stormy one; and it is scarcely within.the limits of possibility that the subject should drop without an appeal to Parliament —such an appeal as it must hear and answer, . from either the friends or foes of the Marquis of Hastings. On the retirement of that Nobleman from the Government of India, the pension of 5,0001. per annum, usually bestowed on his predecessors, was withheld ; nay, the proposition for grant ing it was directly negatived by the Court of directors. This was a pretty strong censure upon his conduct as Governor-Gene ral ; as strong as could well have .been passed without em ploying language which must have been followed by the exhi bition of Articles of Impeachment. If the Marquis deserved this, he deserved impeachment. The allowed importance of his services, in many particulars, bad created a fund of merit, and a strength of claim upon his employers, which could only be neutralized and overbalanced by possinve criminality. Ac. cordingly, rumours of impeachment immediately followed the rejection of the customary grant. The consistency or the man liness of this proceeding, with the usual course of Directorial policy, was not adverted to. The Directors, and the East India Company itself, have as much at stake in the discussion of this question as the Marquis the regular grant be unmerit.of Hastings. If their refusal of ed and unjust; if they have repaid services which, on the whole were faithful as in portions they were splendid, by consigning him, in age, to scorn and comparative penury ; and by send ing his name through the world, and down to posterity with a foul taint upon it ; then do they at least deserve the immediate .forfeiture of that Charter whose powers and privileges they have so grossly abused. To take the charge out of the form of inuendo, suspicion, and official mystilicSition, and state it in words plain and &vs ; it is, that the late Governor-General of India connived at extor tion so gross as to threaten ruin to the Government and Coun try of the Nizam, in which it was practised ; bring disgrace upon the British name; and injure the interests of the lion. Company. The mode of this connivance is alleged or intimated to be the . exercise of a dispensing power of doubtful legality ; the sup pression (for a time at last) of important documents ; delay m the execution of orders, or departure from their tenour ; and generally, the support, " through right or wrong," of the parties guilty of this nefarious and destructive extortion. The motive of such woceedure, supposing it fully made out, could not but be corrupt. Whether by direct participation, or by the enriching of near connections, matters little. Where suspicion was pointed, will soon appeur by the uarrative on winch we are about to enter. We are much mistaken if that narrative do not suggest con siderations of much more importance than the pentium or the character of the Marquisof Haetin ; and much more deeply interesting to the British public. l eee t is high time that attention should be roused to the consideration of the millions of India— its living millions we mean, and the. way in which they are treated by the thousands of Europe. And if humanity be so dead in us, that we care little about plunder and oppression, because they are distant—be it rememitered, that the plunderers and oppressors may gain thereby power to bring the evil home to us, and punish •our culpable iediirerence 'hy the arbitrary principles they may import, the legiale tive influence they may purchase, anti the rinding monopoliea they may uphold. The Nizam of H g yderabad reigns over a fine, but-unimproved anti thinly peopled country, of about 350 miles in length, and and 300 in breadth. His territory would neither have been so long, nor so broad, or rather he would have had no territory at all, had not his predecessor, by a timely submission in the year 1300, saved it from becoming one of the Company's provinces. Ile enjoys, in consequence, the blessings of British alliance and protection, and the paternal regents of the Honourable Company. tie is freed from all the cares of Government; his. faintly cares were lightened also, for his two sons, being refrac tory youths, we shut them up to teach them better behaviour. Nis private treasure is said to be immense, surpassing that of any Sovereign in Europe; and he lute nothing to do but skulk about his palece, and think that if there were no longer a Coin puny, he would no longer be a cypher. Ascending in the scale of political importance, we come neat to the Prime 51inister, Munoor-001-Moolk, it man somewhat deverous at intrigue, but to win" q vary roventn, iv 11.1 . 11 red. on lb^ expre2o condition of his doing nothing ' an arrang ement which we have many a time wished might be transferred to some countries nearer home. The business of the Government is committed to the deputy Minister, Rajah Chundno Loll, avow. edly cite creature of English influence, and who seems, by corn periag tlib difforent accounts of him, to be a very clever, active, fawning, deceitful, enprincieled fellow. Over him is the Bri tish Resident, the real roaster of the country, who advises the Minister on political nutters. No doubt a country must be in a vete, felicitous condition whose Sovereign is governed by his Minister, who is governed by hie Deputy, who is governed by the British Envoy, who is governed by the Supreme Council of Berig4l, which is governed by the Board of Director's, which is cheated by the Board of Cuntroul, which is appointed by the Minister of Great Britain for the lime being. The poor ilyderabadians, at the lower end of this golden chain of responsibility, are in a state which, in this 'country, would ensure the committal of most of them to the tread-mill, by the nearest unpaid Alagistrate, under the Vagrant Leases Their poverty and misery is described as deplorable in: the extreme. In such n country, not poescsstng,even " the shadow ofjos. tice or police," commercial transactions must needs be attended with enormous risk, to which those who have money never exposed it without the chance of enormous profits. •, Accord ingly we hear of twelve per cent. per annum as the common in. tercet paid by bankers on deposits ; of twenty-four per cent. per annum, as charged on advances ; anti of 'tinny per cent. as paid by the Government. All which would be very monstrous were lending it a safe trade ; but which is not so bad as it at first appears when the lender is not much more likely to see his money again (in shape of the payment of principal) than if he deposited it on the pavement of Cheapside, and.eame to look for it next day. Now if tiny body of persons could unite the efficient security with the high rate of interest and profits, pro. ducted by the general insecurity, the would make a very good thing of it. An attempt to effect this union was made in 1814 by .Messrs. W. Palmer and Co., bankers and merchants in tthe city of Hyderabad, the seat of the Nizaru Government, who, through the British resident, Mr. Henry ilossell (son of Sir Henry lluSsell), applied for and obtained the sanction and countenance of the Governor-General in Council to their este- This.wae all fair; the protection' from injustice which that eianction - allbrded them did no harm to others; it operated as IS public good even s for commercial enterprise was promoted,: something like credit found its way into the Country, the rate of in terest fell, and the house declared (and we have no doubt truly) in about two years that they had " established a Armen of confidence and regularity in the money markets which a short time ago could scarcely have been believed prac ticable." • .Lord Haetingn arrived in India in October, 1813,• and with him Sir Wm. numbold, whieliad married his Lordship's Ward; the Lady's name dt,e, not appear, but the natives generally believed that she was wilt near relative of his LOrdahip. declares himself very much i nt e reste d i n her welfare. 'Palmer andiCo, very soon invited Sir 'Wm. Itumbold to become a part lls raid ence ner in their house, to which, after u pr o l onge d ne •ociation, he acceded, in April, 1816. He had no ce OW, and at Hyderabad, was not required. Ile did, in fact, remain at Calcutta, and held there a magisterial office. Th e e l „, l „i s at first die , neded hint from the connection, b ut e e wr waids withdrew his objection, and it short time before th e d ee d o f partnership was signed, wrote to him as follows . " The partners speculate, that you being one of the firm " interest me in the welfare of the house, to a degree which " may be materially beneficial to them. It is a fair and honeet , " cal t adation. The amount of advantage evi;cli the eottote .nance of Government may bestow,. Must be uncertain, as I " apprehend it would tiow principally from the opinwn the tea... .'‘‘ lives would entertain of the respect likely to be paid by their " own Government, to an establishment known to stand well " in the favour ot the supreme authority, here. Erhapc a cc more riirtiaacl bcacfit may attend time fi-one the muse ee quoit discouragement to compeatiaa yon, British lartnership, to which a similarly propssed sanction " wollift . 'lot tic • 1 'd It is on the groutid a the service to gum t • by any other " the lN lean, at the request of .our Resident, that I have con " tented to let the good wishes of Government, for the prospe " rity of this firm, be signified. No new establishment could " hove such a pleiL"—p. 734. There is nothing let o Cctionabie in this letter (a private letter,) except the tinparentpreMitte of a monopoly of protection which we have printed in Italics. That is partly eeplained by what follows, although we do not altogether comprehend why the Meant might not be served by the Resident's recommending, and the Governments sanetirmlng„ any other commercial este bliehment, or any number of such establishments. The com pletion of this partnership, Pieced Palmer and Co. in what they deemed a very -hopellil position, and Lord Hastings in what every man of -honour must feel to have b een a very d e li ca te and dangerous one. How they both nett, we shall shew next week. On the public utility of a system f Government which puts men into such situations, there carve but one opinion. (FROM THE IAME.2 MARQUIS OF lAST NGS. We are requested to insert the Allowing affidavit, which was prepared by the noble deponent, to sustain his applicationoto the Court of King's Bench for an information against this Paper, but which was rejected bythe lawyers, not being saffi cientttechnical, nor sworn befori an accredited authority : co Personally appeared before the, Francis Baron de Reden, Envoy Extraordinary ind Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Hanover, at Rome, on this. 19th day of March, 1824, Francis Marquis of Hastings, who, being duly sworn on the Holy . Evangelists, deposeth as follows : " He is not, aware.. an Both not believe that he has in any instances received, irterelPted,.or withheld from the Hon. the East India Company a sin g le shilling which he was not entitl4, ed to appropriate to himself by his covenant with the Court of Directors, on behalf if the said Company, and by the specifi cation of the salary vhich he was to draw under that covenant, a persuasion whin hi 'asserts ,with .the more confidence, be cause that he abstained from availing himself of certain allow ances which were uneerstood on the spot to be his right, bat which he conceived to rest on custom alone, without any pre eiscauthorization. The said Francis Marquis of Hastings fur= ther swears, that he never did impose, sanction, or knowingly overlook any unequitaile exaction upon a Native Prince. That never during his admilistration did he connive, through par deity, at the illicit gaits of any individual or set of individuals. And that his coolest rejection at the present moment enables him to aver, upon his oath, that he did truly and invariably consult the welfare of every Sovereign in alliance with the Hon. East India Company, at long as such Sovereign had not wan tonly and deliberately,bioken the existing treaty consonantly with his the said Franch Marquis of Hastings's conception of what was, incumbent in him, in maintenance of the British character. " HASTINGS." THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE GREEKS. (Prom the Austrian Observer of Nov. 22.) The Constitutionnel of. the 10th Nov. endeavours to vent its ill humour at the late negociations between the Government of the lonian Islands and the Greek Authorities upon the Austrian Observer, which, with an insolence that only its ignorance can explain, it accuses of falsehtod. lt affirms, that the Greeks did not wait for the arrival of a British squadron to revoke their hostile manifesto against neutral ships : that their resolution appeared ten days before the Proclamation of Corfu of Sept. 6, and this was a complete refutation of the fables of the Austrian Observer. The following short statement will shew how these fables are to be judged of: — On the first declaration of the British Government respecting the Greek Manifesto of the 27th May, against neutral ships having on board troops, arms, ammunition, or provisions for Turkish or Greek (doubtless an error of the press for Egyptian) account, a Decree was issued at Napoli di Romania on the lath (27th) August, as was clearly and positively stated in the Austrian Observer; which decree made some essential modifica, tions in the Manifesto, but did not revoke it. In tills Decree it was said that the Greek Government was now convinced that the neutral ships conveyed no troops for the' enemy ;—a convic. lion 'the contrary of which was announced in their Journals daily, and in the bitterest terms !—and therefore only neutral ships freighted with arms, horses. military stores, provisions, &c. should be treated according to the usual rules of the law of nations. Not much was gained by this half revocation, because the words, according to the usual rules of the law of nations ad mitted of various interpretations ; and especially, because the authors.of this Decree revoked only in appearance their pre ceding Decree, according to which neutral ships having troops on board wer e ,t o b e immediately . sunk, for th e y a l. leged aasa pretext that they had been misinformed, and co nse . ouently still tacitly re serve d the right of treating neutr a l ships that really had troops on board according to the terms of the first Decree. The Decree of the 27th August, which the Constitutionne/ triumphantly exhibits to its readers, was, however, only the fiat act of the revocation. Of the second act, the Austrian Observer of the Ilth October gave positive and authentic in formation. The French Journalist has either not understood slits ertiele. or not chosen to understand it. because it dis pleased August was she wn hi m as proofs that the the li d i e li c e r n ee A o T t n h i c ra4lrle appeared before Nap o li di B oman i a, t o t w h e i n r e g o I b r e u a t d a y n c o u m n co p 1 , i t e d d i ( 1 1 1 e u n t ja t il l ti s A of d tt i l l e i r l ar t i l ‘ e h cl ( a 4 r o eti ver :la u t en n tional revocation of the illanifmto of the 27th May could be consider ed as satisfactory ; and in a few hours alter this categorical de claration a second Decree appeared, dated the 3d ( lath) of Sep tember, which, for the bett er i n f ormat i on of the Constitationnel, and to put an end to o l' f urt h er doubts and cavils, we annex in the'original Greek, filial No. 52 of the Friend of the Law of the 12 t h (24th) September this year. Were the Decree is given in Greek.) (TRANSLATION.) "TOE PROVISIONAL. GOVERNMENT Or GRIMM " The President of the Executive (Power) promulgates :-- " The Greek . Government revokes and annuls to-d a y the notice which it published on the 27th May this year relative to the commercial ships of Neutral Powers. " The present shall be printed also in a French translation and delivered to all Vice Consuls and agents in the Archi pelago. " Signed in the absen ce o f t h e P res i dent ", P. BOTAJSI. Vice President. " P. G. 11.110DIOS, Provirional Secretary General. " Napoli, 3d (15th) Sept. 1112.1." We cannot omit on this occasion a circumstance which has led to long disputes betiveen the English and French Jour nalists. The English Courier, which has however justified the conduct of its Government by irrefragable arguments, would not admit that the Lord High. Commissioner of Gottu . had taken an Immediate part in the negotiations which led to the unconditional revocation made on the 15th September; yet the tact is beyond all doubt. We have not said, and we do not now say, that the I cirti High Commissioner negotiated im mediately and in person with the authorities in Napoli di Ro-, mania. The business was on the contrary managed by Ad miral Neale or under • his direction. But that 'Sir F. Adam embarked on the 11th of September for Corfu on board the Sibylle frigate, then went together with the Admiral's ship and an other frigate before Napoli di Romania, or at least in its vi;. cinity, and did not return to Corfu till after the formal revoca tion of the Decree of 27th May—this is a fact which nobody can dispute with us. • THE LIBERTY OIL' THE PRESS. The important cause of Anderson v. Itintoul and others, was decided in the Jury Court; Edinburgh, yester. day (Monday.) 'lt was an action of damages for alleged. libels published in the Diendee Advertiser, and the damages ware laid at 12,0001. Tlie.principel statements were contained in reports of Matter that was spoken at guildry and council meet ings in the burgh of Dundee ; the material parts of which had also been published in the Dundee Courier, of which the pur suer; suer the old Provost of D un d ee , wa s p ar t proprietor, but -in the latter Journal, it was held by the Court, that the state mente were qualified by certain expressions, calculated to mitigate the severity of the charges, and to 'ophrate as a re servatien in favo ur o f hi mse lf , t h e p u rsuer. It was held as smother ground o f act i on, t h at t i e same defonder had printed and delivered to the Ouildry to be laid on their table (which wits judicially 'finned the act of publish. inie), the Report of a Conimittee of Guildry, authoris ed by that Corporation to be printed in the usual manner,— here was also a statement in one copy of the same defendant's newspaper, in which the principal statement is repeated, with some comment by the Editor. MI these statements the Court held' to b e libellous : and, if they were also malicious, for which the Chief Co nimissioner said it was not necessary to have the evidence of expressed malice, the Jury were to consider what d 'imageii were sufficient to vindicate the chari4cter , of the pur suer in th e eye of the pu bli c. There was an issue, ;r, compen -10,,k,nal watch the Chief Commissioner hardly considered to he balanced against the issues of the pursuer, al. Wougo it contained relative statements, which had been pub. fished in the pursuer's journal, and which were proved by two or three wit nesses to apply to the defender. 'Pile case was tried by a Special Jury, who, after retiring for half an hour, brought in at verdict generally for the defendant.—We consi der this decision its tt Jost and patriotic assertion of the rights of the MM. Neve r did the institution of trial by jury make larger demands on the admiration of Scotland than upon this occasion. Never did a jury better deserve the thanks of the Public than this Jury. We freely accord them our own. —The trial lasted from 10 a.m. till half.past 11 p.m. At this late hour we will not venture to report it in our present pub lication ; but it well deserves the attention of the country, and shall be fully zePoeted in our next.—( Edinburgh Star.) THE ARMY. [Prom SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.] War-Office, Dec. 3, 1824. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieut. G. A. Reid to be Captain by purchase, vice Chichester, promoted ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Felix Vaughan Smith to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reid; John Davidson, Gent. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Hon..W. E. Fitzmaurice, to he Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Kirkwall, who retires. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. Wm. Greenwood to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice Sir Lloyd Dukinfield, who retires ; Sir Frederick liervey . Bathurst, Bart. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Green wood. sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign Wm. John Copson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatton, who retires; Henry Bingham Baring, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Copson. 46th Ditto—Ensign Charles Johnstone, from the 69th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Keily, who exchanges. 60th Ditto—Lieut. Ambrose Spopg to be Captain, by pur chase, vice De Damas, who retires; Second Lieutenant Joseph Robinson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Spon . g ; to be Second Lieutenants, by purchase, John Thomas Evans, Gent. by purchase, vice Robinson; John Sutton Wilford, Gent. vice L. B: Wilford, who retires. 62d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. and Adjutant Edward Par ker to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hartley, promoted in the Royal African Colonial Corps. 69th ditto—Ensign Richard Keily, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Johnstone, who exchanges. 93d ditto—Lieut. William Guun, from half-pay Bourbon Regiment, to be Quartermaster, vice Alexander Dallas, who retires upon half-pay. Royal Colonial Corps—Capt. William Hartley, from the 62d Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Chisholm, promoted. Ist Veteran Company—Lieutenant Jonathan Warner, from half-pay York Light Infantry Volunteers, 'to be Lieutenant, vice John Pike, who returns to his former situation on the Re tired List. HOSPITAL STAFF—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Pilkingtoo, from half-pay 73d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Macleod superseded, having absented himself Without leave; Hospital Assistant John Thornton has resigned his CoMnitssion ; Hospital-Assistant William AN:bristle has been suppersed ; Hospital-Assistant Charles Pargeter has re sippmmecl Commission i • Hospital-Assistant George Nicholas Cheek, upon haMpay, has requested to resign. Office qfprd nonce, Nov. 30, 1824. • Corps of Royal Engineers—Captain Matthew Charles Dixon, from the half-pay, to be Captain ' vice Payne, who retires. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Radnor. _ _ John Abraham WhittakeT,T;l. - to be Deputy Lieutenant, Commission in the West Somerset .Yeomunry Cavalry, sigma by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. Edward lloulditch, Gent. to be Cornet. SINGULAR CASE OF LUNACY. IN RE MILLSON, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. During the last week a commission de lunatico inastirentio was held at the Royal Mortar public.house,in Wool. A:01, the proceedings of which excited the utmost curiosity._ The subject of the inquiry was one of the oldest farmers in Kent, who is possessed of property to the value of between 30,000/. and 40,000/. Doctor PHILLIMORE, Mr. EvaxcE, and Mr. IVIIITIVIORE, presided as Commissioners, and a highly respectable Jury were sworn to decide upon the merits of the case. Mr. STOKES conducted the proceedings in behalf of the pe titionet during the first day's inquiry, but Mr. BEitatts at tended in the latter stage and performed that duty in behalf of the heir of the supposed funatic. [t appears, as well from what was stated in the course of the proceedings as from what is a matter of notoriety in the neighbourhood, that the sup posed.lunatic, Thomas sen. is a wealthy farmer and grazier, who, for the last forty years, has tarried on business with great succesx at Plumstead, in Kent, where be rents several farms, and is the owner of considerable property. He was considered to have been as shrewd and clever a man in his way of life as any in the country. He is now in his 88th year. He has one son, Thomas Million, the petitioner, son petitioner. at tr a and one daughter, the wife of Richard Clements, the respondent al in the case. This daughter is about six years older than the ct S i l o l n e s ha a s nd had thel"ibs u fo t r f t .e u w n es suitors to b r e s totally :V 10 ' 1 1:3 8 1! e t destitute approved.of per There appeared , , however, about the year 1805, a person whom she thought calculated to make her happy, although his condition in life was rather humble. Her father happened to hire, at Croydon fair, one Richard Clements, a labourer, to work upon his farm, anti brought him into the house.— This man was extremely industrious, and although noeblessed with an education above the sphere in which be inovixl, he thought proper to fall in love with his master's daughter, dis pensing with ". the throne on her back," which had completely .removed all fear of competitors. The young lady listened, and at length yielded to his prayer, that he might become her husbaod. They ,eloped, and were married. Thomas Mill man, his brother, used his good offices with the old man, to obtain forgiveness for the tender error of the girl, and succeeded. —The fond pair were admitted to Mr. Millson's house and affections, anti an allowance was liberally made. Clemente situation was now greatly improved; he neither worked so hard nor fared so roughly us he had been accustomed, but he exerted himself wonderfully to gain the good will of his father-in-law, was frugal and attentive to the interests of the farm. Ile h as now several children by his wife. The farmer's son Thomas took a form called White Hart Farm, from his father, whose roof he quitted, leaving him under the care of Clemente and his wife. Clements, after this departure, persevered in his assidui ties, his care, and industry, and rose in the opinion of the old man, whilst the son, who was at a distance, was observed to decline in his father's favour. About five years ago the old farmer had a fit of apoplexy and an attack of paralysis, which of 'his speech, and, as it was alleged, his reason. From the time of this change in the condition of the old man's health, Clement began to assume the active management of the farm, superintended the labourers, and was always by the side of hi father-in-law, advising and obeying him. About the year 1022 s the nen, wholual sustained some lasses, and f e lt the pressure o, agri the cultural distress which then prevailed, found his farm very unprofitable, and applied for assistance, but his father behaved with harshness. to him, and took away the farm, allowing him, however, 1/. a week for the maintenance of his faro y. Clements assumed openly more and more the acti ve controul of all the property. Ile or his wife regulary received the rents. and paid the men. The son, on the contrary, sunk into deeper distress, and about seven months ago he was com pelled to apply to Mr. Cleaves, one of the pariah officers, for pa.. rochial relief. Mr. Cleaves, upon hearing the case, went to see the supposed n lunatic ' but Clements absolutely r e f use d to permit an interview. Having stated thus much in explanation of the relative situation of the parties, it is only necessary fur ther to state, that by sonic means or other the son succeeded in getting a petition before the Lord Chancellor, and a Commission issued, on which the present proceedings were founded.. . Several witnesses deposed to the strange conduct of the al leged lunatic, and gave it as their opinion that he had been insane since the year 1820. the eTlgtietvioidnr w ce he g n iv ti e i n 2 uareigictdhelsuenafjectshic4lioseselfd was t case brought for forward for examination. The old man rode through the town on horseback. When lie was ushered into the presence of the jury, he looked round him with a vacant stare, but believed himself with perfect propriety. He is a remark ably stout, healthy.looking old man. His hand were evi .siently affected with paralysis. pie sat down, and the following examination took place by Doctor Phillimore:—" How are you, Sir ?" " Pretty well, pretty well." " How goes on farm ing ?!' " Pretty well, pretty well." " They are now then good times for you ?" " Oh, yes." " Then you find them good ?" " Oh, no, they are had. " how old are you ?" " Thirty six." " \\Mat is your name ?" "So and so." Doctor Mi llirm° repeated the question, and the same answer was returned. " Why I thought your name wasAlillson ? " Oh, (recollect ing himself) 80 it is—yes it is." The examination was continued; but the above is a fair specimen of the whole, and in the end not the slightest doubt was felt by any one as to the present state of the old man's mind. Mr. PEP Es addressed the Jury for the defendant, and called Witnesses to show that up to the beginning of last year M r.M illson was comps meniit, and that anything of a suspicious nature that bud taken place latterly, was to be considered as the tem porary effeet of disease, rather than as confirmed lunacy.. returned a verdict, f in ding that Thomas Millson, :ten., had not Dr. Piirwsrourtt summed up the evidence, and the Jury been of sound mind since the 25th September, 1020. The managemen usual course, now devolve upon t he son. t of the estates of the lunatic in the There is a pear tree now growing in the garden, in the occupation of Mr. WM. SALKELD, of Dissington, near Whitehaven, which has produced this season "bar distinct crops : it has blossomed each time, and at present Is bearing the fourth crop. The pears have averaged one pound each. SITIP-WRIGHTS. from whence EhenDceirt°hen,—en FOR THE SUN. W elos al ed kin le g yes ueris te t r ia d t a ed y irn had d e th n eeigtodufothrto:nhe to rescue it from the destruction to which it must otherwise have been doomed, from the muddy state of the road into which I presume it had accidentally fallen from the pocket of the writer. Though unsealed, I should not perhaps have ventured on its perusal, but on returning home I laid it on my table, who . ' my wife, good soul, spying out a letter with 111. P. on the so• perscription, could not restrain the curiosity which promPtd her to explore the contents,- but she declares she can mitlier make head nor tail of it, except that she thinks it amens stroegir of radicalism, and she - insists that I shall not keep it, lest it should bring me into trouble. As I am ignorant therefore of the Hon. Member's address, . I venture to send it to you, questing the favour of your forwarding it, or perhaps if s°' are not.better informed as to his residence, you will let him hate the chance of reading it through the medium of your columns. I remain, Sir, your obedient Servant, (Signed) ALEXANDER NORTH. . To J— H—, Esq., M.P. DEAR JOE—Though I don't know you personally, yet I'm sure you won't take offence at my calling you so, because you've always said you was the poor man's friend, and I like to be fa• miliar with my friends. Poor indeed I am, or else have met you at the dinner at the Crown and Anchor on Thurs• day, but plague on't, these cursed standings out, won't leave one a few spare shillings to enjoy such 4 .31 '" c ' 14.-. : Howsomtlevcr, they gain great points, and I dare say we al"' soon be able to do without 'eat. You can't think how glad we all were at the Club, to find by your speech, that things are going on so well at Liverpool and on the Tyne and Wear, and so and that the sawyers and their m asters at Liverpool are comfortable, and in such harmony and good understionling. Blessings on such masters they must be good fellows, an d understand the rights of man, for my mate, Tom Broad Axe, that's just come from there, says that's the place, for every plan there can do just as lie pleases, and neit her Ship.owner, nor builder, can say nay to him ! than ks to " bless him, be shall come in at the next election. But t h e object ti t my writing is to ask you if you'll just interfere with the 310' builders here to get us a little of the same harmony as they h a ve a t Li ve rpool ; for confound 'eni; though the Combu.thnt Laws are done away, they grumble about our cumbiniped,ltls as if it was illegal ; and they say, because we're APPint a secretary with 300/. a year, and united with all the ostpo.rts to support our rights, and keep a committee constantly situ g regulate matters a little, that oar proceedings are danger° And instead of living on terms of friendship with P S Y o ,b ur , say they do at Liverpool, they tell us we are earning* too the because we can afford to collect a few hundreds maintain expences of committees, and secretaries and travelling gen; and they grudge us 10s. a day ; and even if an IndiantLit comes into dock, instead of letting us have a good job , they c o us down just as if it was to come out of their own P° b e i n g the short they want to direct us, when, as (last says, wc ad ! many ought to.direct them, because they are the Pi Now think it would puzzle them to prove Gast in the wrong. inter. all this might easily be avoided ; and if you would hut l i r e ; fete to make these obstinate masters knock under, an d blv, the settlement of affairs to us, we should all go on com fbrta ,, ,o , and then, if any meddling fellows should try to renew the ('tau' bination Laws next Session. you will be able to say of a to , what G-- says respecting Liverpool, that the alels an d masters are living in friendship together, and, y 0 0 7: ,„, they don't want any laws, and if they do, they can make ens 00 for themselves. I'm sure if you can accomflish 0fthi63:101,,9 to us a great service, and I promise to propose a °Le minat° Son d for you in our committee ; and if you have a. g horC Middlesex next election, all I can say is.. the ri ship all freemen. So try what you can do, and oblige Your friend, THOMAS 800, St. Helena, Rotherhite, Dec. 8 102. f. --_____----- ---__ DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE. -:......... 11," Yesterday morning wa s ma rried, at the Stephen, Coleman-street, Mr. William Woods to 3lisS .Mte,t 11°dges. This was the first instance of presenting'ert-ejee• against the marriage ceremony of the Church since tilreficfle non of the Marquis of Lanielown's bill for Kran tin f rd to th e Protestant Dissenters entertaining scruples with ret.t,...:„., established ceremony, and the following scene took Vlscillinisiet The parties being assembled in the vestry-room, b le , ol' o f inquired of the bridegroom if he intended to Prsetoliiiril-iniiseT against the ceremony. Upon being answered in th e son he said, " Then I don't marry you. I shall not rnar,qthe o • eosin, e. ~. any protest is presented." One of the partiee a- tort yt 3 " asked the Minister if it was his intention to refuse t ° „„ 0 , party ? When he replied," I have nothing to say t°o'o'iiy tu t. if you interrupt, I shall commit yoit into the c , it. ho 03.0. 0: constable." Upon which the party a nswered. .th 1 d nelfl° hour of the party, being recognized by the rubrics Sii guilty of any interruption ; his presence, as 0 friFn a n d consis tent with the law of the land. wr itten Pro . When at the altar the bridegroom presented a cbotch test, which the Minister, who was accompanied bY,t, 1 1 1 1 4 ; dist il : Parish chlirch,l; wardens, declared he would not receive, relle a '' party t his s'' constable was in attendance to take into custody, anY.L . on , c should interrupt the ceremony. The into het',lloilit to . t i i e occasion read the whole of the servieee on' their t he h tl is i vestry-room, the gentlemen who had given awry c sir, , addressed the Min as follows :—" MaY I 00 Delsi t ' 3 lO a few words to you ?'did we not wait on you Yo u d i d '' to explain to you that the parties had co,neici Ma; - ~ ..t , ", with regard to the marriage ceremony ?" ' Yc'u ', tes t le o we not inform you that they would present iiy..tatc th o y .fin that ceremony ?'" " You did..t Did you i t l io n " t l icgo ntlea l O f would receive that protest ?" " I did." Ur teeern the alt -4 0 exclaimed, " Then, Sir, itefore what you es i „ to Oldie of theMiniseiin:true church a e dv than e e b d g e m t hkae his t mind he l t i a dasPsei.nmciejiecvilltann:l:ll:::h:s. ::11:,: :1 1 1 : 1 1 ,,, In g ti, f (,) r te n t e - 0 -: . . f the parties present having ; exclaimed,, "'Wh9t ' saloon yr,, u no sed ... , : f , i M p n h i Aa h se t i ti s te . cail li h r wa syo T i n t rea , e e a ti p s si k ntr ar ed go lY tal t al r o l re e n ho d 3 m l i thar i a n e d k is sc l : ) 7 : r e lp i ow f : i h lt ::: : Y e r p cs a s t rel ::7 s iw o l e !v a ti . l".: l , , ,, t i ;i'ss :::: ls , stable, the whole m p ' al c t (el- 7.), " H e that worketh deceit shall oa t „ s ight:, i tten meeting g telletli lies shall not tarry in tni.olioh l ett 0 ... ....., e , ti , a' • 00 n y n l yt thehmea n s I t ar t len a n m s ed ibn to L n us d London , copy bein. o g f the i,ro t protest e,tanlt eprisse delivered nte t : 1 ; sco:mbectv(ii 1. e i s o t ce rn i :' i I, '„ ~.,::: y ien re t ti io r u e s d. scr v up i l e es fo b i LV . vg -I . i c i os io i t b n ee ) ::....:,. : ,l " The undersigned in-nli sof the Churdi 0 on ly ~ ..4 .. o e off o to t hb : ta ' c r i Freethinkin g I l rg i c i n ha k ,la i es i g i :t Ch r istian s ' li:rirriao g w:.i dictates of their own conscierirces and in sco°r` gt oet,L 3 t s e, instructions of the church to ttit'effect, here b y } , e inst ' Ole lin their i nstance, of the marriage c erem o ny as c , ° t gli O S tbe Book of Conunon Prayer, to which ceremony, titbonit,a:epas be contrary to their belief , they ar t compelled mi'.4 than' w ing compelled to protest against such ceremony for e ` do folio Of the reasons : • sO. o f . ceremony " Ist. Because, whilst (Omitting the civil institteitto°°neclipco country, n. they A 1 , deny ..,'cripittee autlioritY of i t ic % s to. ° ' s E ue gland to decree rites and ceremonies; Int!c deli' hon those who diserat limo her communitY• do nOt _ , ,ge Illy. Because whilst admitting.the civil they the nort)tore the spiritual authority of the minister by wb ° P 00 01 ti: bee° been superseded by Christianit and none °tiler t° of° instituted 'hy Christ. s y,ne t o A o cul ~ 15 " 3 d l Y• Decau they do belie ve . 11 the -- 007 - tie is performed, believing the Jewish Pries of se Trinity, in the name of which the Marriage a v ino see lemnized, this doctrine appearing to then' , sr/ blia ' I elle Christian church of which - they are members, P° n s It re seated to the world, both in writing and discolol' sli3" of the many lamentable corruptions of Christiana' pugoant to reason and contrary to Scripture. .„,000, i l i nart, l;t:ieneavil:l4:: e.s sir, si re ce: —( Times. ) (Signed) , „ c uptie• ‘" a. ft