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F~ Ifhi 4V,a,/,7 , y NUMBER 9907. bEPTFORD VICTUALLING-YARD, May 2 2 , 1824 . THESE are to give Notice, That on Tuesday, thelsth of Next Month, at Ten o'Clock in the Morn ing. will be put up to PUBLIC SALE, at His Majesty's Victualling Yard, Deptford, sundry Lots of the followi;ag Old Stores, now lying in the said Yard, vie.:— Bread aread Dust Flour )'lour Sweepings Peas e i'tase Screenings oatmeal actisins talarances Ilabehouse Sweep. Staves. Puncheon Hogshead Barrel Kilderkin &c. &c. Heading Tight and Dry Wine Pipes Wine Hogsheads Irish 'fierce% Irish Barrels &c. &c. &c. per cent. in Cash or Notes of the Bank Vinegar Butter Cocoa Wine Beef Pork Suet Bags and Rags Cocoa Bags Waxed Bags States. lags i 3 reserved Meats Tea Chests Leager Butt •ft Deposit of 25 .6 f England, is to at the time of Sm be made upon the amount of each Lot !e, and the remainder of the purchase 7 *army to be paid before the Stores are removed, fos which Purpose a period of fourteen working days wilt be allowed from the day of Sale; the Buyers particularly observing that not less than one half of Me quantity is-to be 'Wen away within the first seven days, and the remainder in eceen following days, otherwise the Deposit Honey will -be * forfeited, and Me Stores remain the property qt . the Crown, 48 no extension of time will, on any account, be stranted., The Stores may be viewed during the working hatzrs qf the Yard on the three days immediately p recedin g the day o f sale. Catalogues may be had on application at the said Yard. JOHN HILL, Comptroller. LLOYD'S, MAY 18, 1824. AT a very Numerous MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS, held this day, BENJAMIN SHAW, Esq..in the Chair, The Notice for the Meeting, of which the following is an Extract, was read:— " Lloyd's, May 12, 1824. "'At the Meeting of the Committee : " The House of Commons haying ordered the Report pre sented on the 17th of April, 1810, on Marine Insurance, to be •re.printed ; and a notice given by Mr. Fowell Buxton, of his intention to move on Monday next, for a Committee of the -House, on the Act of 6 Geo. I. cap. 18, which restricts part nerships and societies from insuring ships and goods, and from lending money upon bottomry." " Resolved—That a General Meeting of the Subscribers be held on Tuesday next, the 18th instant, at 12 o'clock pre cisely, for the purpose of' considering what measures it may be necessary to take in consequence thereof. The following Resolutions were carried unanimously :- 1. That it appears to this Meeting that it will be highly de trimental to the interests of this house and the public in gene ral, and ruinous to numerous individuals who have made in surances their sole business, and by whose talent, experience, and industry, together with those of their predecessors, during a period of more than 100 years, the system of underwriting has been fostered and improved beyond that of any other coun try, if joint stock companies or partnerships be now authorised to effect marine insurance. 2. That, in the opinion of this Meeting, the formation of 'Joint Stock Companies for the purpose of effecting that which can and has been done advantageous) by individuals, would be to c reate so many monopolies in different branches of corn rneree, be an infringement of the general rights of the public, operate as an injurious restraint upon individual exertion and Competition, and destructive of that system which has produced so much benefit to the commercial world in general, 3. That a Special Committee be appointed, who shall be, and are hereby authorised to prepare and present Petitions to Parliament or his Majesty's Government, and generally to adopt all such measures as they shall deem expedient for the Purpose of supporting the interests of this establishment and that all expences attend in g the same be defra y ed out Of the funds of this house. 4. That the said Committee consist of the Committee for Managing the Affairs at Lloyd' Ilenjamin Shaw, Esq. Wm. N. Lancaster, Esq. 's viz. : 1 Robert Dewar, Esc. George Shedden, Lsq. J. D. Powles. Esq. Samuel Shaw,*E:sq. James Lindsay, Jun. Esq. William Janson, Esq. R. H. Martin, Esq. Wm. Leathley, Esq. James Inglis, Esq. William Pratt, jun. Esq. John kobinson, Esq. Joseph Levy, Esq. John Whitmore, Jun. Esq. 'James Innes, Es'ci. James Barnes, Eiq. John Sanderson, Esq. Joseph Marryatt, Esq. ; also Wm. Thompson, Esq. M.P. George Brown, Esq. 6. That the Committee be requested to make these Resolu tions public through the medium of The Times, Morning Chronicle, and other newspapers. 6. That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman, and the other members of the Committee, for their attention to the interests of the Subscribers. (Signed) BENJAMIN SHAW, Chairman. 7. That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman for the able manner in which he has brought forward and conducted the business of this day. CLASSICS AND BOOKS OF PRINTS. TO BE _SOLD BY . AUCTION. -______. By Mr SOTHEBY, at his House, WELLINGTON-STREET. WATERLOO-BRIDGE, STRAND, on THURSDAY, June 17, at Twelve o'Clock, AVery Fine and Choice SELECTION of BOOKS from a GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARY : in. • Most of the Variorum Classics, in Quarto, upon large paper, and Editiones in usum Delphini, chiefly bound by Johnson and Montague; Herodotns, Wesscllingn ; Thucidi. des Dukeri, in old rnssia; Cmsaris Opera, a Clarke; Holy Bible, Baskerville, 1763, superb copy; Racine ses CEuvres, folio, 3 tom• papier vclin, Didot, splendid copy, in green ,morocco by Hering ; Musee Fratnois, 4 tom, very fine copy, in red :nor. gilt leaves ; Piranesi le Antiche Romanc e 4 tom.; Palladio Architetture, par Scamozzi, 5 tom.; a very inte resting Collection of Manuscripts relative to Oxfordshire ; Books of Prints, &c. Also, a magnificent and matchless Collection of 'Paintings of Plants, Birds, Shells, and Fish, by celebrated Artists of India &c. To be viewed, and Catalogu es had, at the Place of Sale. NUM ISM ATOGRAPHIA. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, WELLINGTON-STREET, WATERLOO BRIDGE, STRAND, on FRIDAY, June Is, and Four following Days (Sunday excepted), THE Entire and Valuable MEDALLIC LI BRARY of a late Highly-respected and Eminent COLLECTOR. Also, an Excellent SELECTION of MIS CELLANEOUS LITERATURE, including Camden's Britannia, by Gough, fine copy, in hagskin, 3 70 .; Clutteibuck's History and Antiquities of Hertford, Proof impressions of the Plates, 2 vol large paper ; (11"un tey's Antiquities of Hertfordshire, with the Plates and In dex complete; Hortus Malabaricus, 12 vol.; Falour's (Sam. .of Amboyna) Drawings of a curious Collection of Fishes, co loured, green mot. g. 1.; Moliere ses (Euvres,-6 tons. fine Copy, yellow mor. gilt leaves; Topographia Merian, 14 vol. Superb copy, red mor. g. 1. from the Colbert Library; Zeil leri Topographia Gallia, 5 tom.; Liber Veritatis, by Ear km, proof impressions of the Plates; Old English B a llads, 0 vol. and Italian Opera Songs in 11 vol., alphabetically ar ranged; Sallustio la Conjusacion de Catilina. uncut, Pre sentation C opy, Madrid, per Ibarra ; Spence's Poiymetis, First Edition ; Heroologia Anglica, fine impressions ; His toire, de l'Academie Royale, 43 tom. very fine,set, red usor. g• I.; Archmlogia, is vol.; Chardin Voyages en Perse, arec Plancises, 4 tom.; Somers's (Lord) Collection of Tracts, 16 vol. original edit. fine copy; De Bure, Brunet, et Renouard, Libliographe, IS vol. large paper, uniformly and elegantly bound in morocco by C. Lewis ; an extraordinary Collection of Sale Catalogues, with prices and purchasers' names; &c. &c. To be viewed on Monday, and Catalogues to be bad of Mr. Young, Medallist, 46, Holborn; Mr. E. Charnley, Book seller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and at the Place of Sale. „T_ H PORTEUSIAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Patron—His Royal Highness the DUKE of SUSSEX. AT a GENERAL MEETING of this SO CIETY, held at-the Freemasons"favern, May 25, 1824, it was Unanimously Resolved, " That, in addition to the primary object of circulating the authorised Version of the Bible, with the more instruc-. tire and devotional chapters distinguished fur youthful and family reading, and with a General Index or Scripture Guide, a further object of this Society be, to mark the Bibles of other Societies or individuals, who may forwaid them for that purpose." - In compliance with the above Resolution,- the Porteusian Bible may now he obtained at reduced prices, at the Deposito ries, 40, Frith-street, Soho-square, and 73, St. Paul's Church. yard. Also, Societies, Schools, or inclividnals,'-foi Warding their own Bibles, may have a table of reference :inserted. and the Chapters marked •upon. the smile plan, at a small expence. HANOVERIAN CONSULATE, LONDON. The Undersigned CONSUL-GENERAL for the KINGDOM of HANOVER, K.G.H., do here by give Notice, that with the view of affording additional se curity to Shipping frequenting the Weser, the - Government of Hanover has caused a HARBOUR, with suitable accommo. dation for Loading and Discharging, to be constructed on the Eastern Side of the River GEESTE, near to the point of its Junction with the WESER, which affords a safe shelter from storms or drift Ice, .and the advantage of an almost uninter rupted Communication with the North Sea, as during the pre valence of Easterly Winds in the Winter Season, the Naviga tion from the Mouth of the Geeste into the Weser and North . Sea is seldom obstructed by Ice. A _Turnpike Road, to communicate between Geeste Har bour and Bremen, will be shortly completed. 12th June, 1824. JOHN HALL... AT a MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS for ERECTING a STATUE, of the late Right. Hon. WILLIAM PITT, called by Public Advertisement,,and - held at the THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN.,on . }:II4DAY, the 11th of June, 1824, • : Marquis_ CAMDEN in the Chair, Resolied, That a STATUE of Mr. PITT be'crected on the SOUTH SIDE of HANOVER:SQUARE, and that the Committee be empowered to carry this Resolution into effect. It appearing that a considerable surplus will remain after de.. fraying the expence thereof, Resolved, That a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB SCRIBERS be called on FRIDAY, the 18th June instant, at Twelve o'Clock, at the THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN, to consider of the DISPOSAL of such SURPLUSi SILKS AND SHAWLS. ROWN and CO. announce to tbo Public, that as many Families are leaving Town, they are determined to SELL OFF all their SPRING STOCK of SILKS and SHAWLS, at such prices as they have never yet been offered, consisting of Rich Ducapes, Levantirics, Satins, Sarsnets, Gauzes, Poplins, &c. &c. amongst whickis a•lot of excellent Gros de Naples, at such prices as will ensure very ex tensive purchases. French Tulle Dresses(just imported) at prices . unusually low.• Shawls of every description, at very reduced prices, for Ready Money only, at Brown's, 15, Henrietta street, Covent-garden. , INTERESTING TO THE LADIES. ELEONORA'S SAND OILS and PASTE, and FINE LAVO CREAM. The Recipe for the above most valuable and well-known Articles having lain dormant for some time,. through the Death of the Proprietor, and, Irom the many applications made by Nobility and Gentry to the Grand Daughter of the above, has induced her to revive them. Sane Oils and Paste, for eradicating and preventing the growth of Superfluous Hair, sold in packets, containing Di rections, and Depilatory, at ss.—Eleonora's Fine Lavo Cream, for beautifying the skin, at ss. each. may be had of the Pro prietors, 54, Gloucester street, Queen-square, Holborn; alto, at 57, New Bond-street ; 76 and ISO, Oxford-street; 91, Pic cadilly ; Stradling, Royal Exchange Gate ; Hix, front of Royal Exchange; and of all -the respectable Medicine Ven ders and Pet furners. ALTERATIONS IN THE PHARMACOPCEIA. This day were published, in tivo. price bs. boards, ALTERATIONS adopted in the LONDON PHARMACOPEIA of MDCCCXXIV. fully stated ; with introductory Rernarksand Schemes, illustrative of Formate influenced by Chemical Action. By RICHARD STOCKER, Apothecary to Guy's Hospital. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 32, Fleet street. STRICTURES CURED BY AN INTERNAL MEDICINE. This Day was published, By Callow and Wilson, Princes-street, Soho, and Sold by all • Booksellers, . The Third Edition, enlarged, price as, 110DRACTICAL 0 BS ERVATIONS on STRIC TURE, and other DISEASES of the URETHRA, describing an effectual Mode of Cure by an Internal Medi. tine, and proving the application of instruments unneces sary, and generally productive of injury. Illustrated by Cases ; and on the Origin, Symptoms, and Treatment of Dis ease in the Rectum. By WILLIAM RENOU, Member of •the Royal College of Surgeons, London. From the difficulty of the Chemical Process in the Compo sition of the Remedy (the effects of which are described in the cases contained in the Work), it cannot be dispensed by prescription, or in the usual course of bitsineis. For the accommodation of the Faculty and of persons residing abroad or in the country. the Medicine is sold in packets of 4'l es. each, by Mr. Gifford, Chemist, 104, Strand, FOR PRESERVING THE TEETH AND GI7NIS. TIl E VEG ETA BLE TOOTH-POWDER IL has so lung been in general use, that it is unnecessary to offer any further recommendation of it. Composed of Ire_ ge•tables, without the admixture of any Mineral or pernicious ingredientwhatever, it is free from the usual objection against the use of other Dentifrices. Its detersive power is just suf ficient to annihilate those destructive particles which adhere to the Gums and the Interstices of the Teeth ; healing inju ries in the former, and promoting a new Enamel (where it has been injured or corroded) on the latter. It likewise im parts a firmness and healthy redness to the Gums ; and, if used regularly, will preserve the Teeth in a sound.state to old age. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists , 4, Cheap. side, St. Paul's, i2O, Regent-street (near the Argyle Roums),t London; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; Sackville-street, Dub lin ; and by the principal Perfumers and Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. 0:74 - Be careful to a6li for Buller's Vegetable Tooth Powder." \ 3 / 4 k .r o • • 0 • 44 tIalr* q &‘ Fitt st A° MONDAY, JLNE 14, 1824. STATE PAPER,. ( Concluded from Saturdai ' SSUN. ) TREATY between His BRITANNIC MAJESTY and the KIND of the NETHERLANDS, respecting TERRI TORY and COMMERCE in the EAST INDlES.—Signed at London, March 17, 1824. [Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.] NOTE addressed by the BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARIES tO the PLENIPO TE TIARIES of the NETHERLANDS. In. proceeding to the signature of the Treaty which has been agreed upon, the Plenipotentiaris of his Brit tank Majesty have great satisfaction in recording their sense of the friendly and liberal spirit which has been evinced by their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of his Netherland Majesty and their conviction that their is, on both sides, an equal dis position to carry into effect, with sincerity and good faith, the Stipulations of the beAly, in the sense in which they have been negotiated. The differences which gave rise to the present discussion, are such as it is difficult to adjust by formal stipulation : con sisting, in great part, of jealousies and suspicions, and arising out of the acts of subordinate Agents, they can only be removed by a frank declaration cf intention, and a. mutual understanding as to principles between the Governments themselves. The disavowal of the proceedings whereby the execution of the Convention, of August 1814, was retarded, must have satis fied their Excellencies the Netherland Plenipotentiaries, of the scrupulous regard with which England always fulfils her en gagements. The British Plenipotentiaries record, with sincere pleasure, the solemn disavowal on the part of the Netherlend Govern ment, of any design to aim, either at political supremacy, or at commercial monopoly, in the Eastern Archipelago. They willingly acknowledge the readiness with which the Nether land Plenipotentiaries haVe entered into stipulations, calculated to promote the most perfect freedom of trade between the sub jects of the two Crowns, and their respective dependencies, in that part of the world. The Undersigned are authorized to express the full concur. .rence of his Britannic Majesty, in the enlightened views of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. Aware of the difficulty of adapting, at once, to a long esta blished system of monopoly, the principles of commercial policy which are now laid down, the Undersigned have been - authorized to consent to the exception of the Molucca Islands from. the general stipulation for freedom of trade, contained in the Treaty. They trust, however, that, as the necessity for this exception is occasioned solely by the difficulty of abrogating, at the present moment, the monopoly of Spices, its opearatiOn will be strictly limited by that necessity. The British Plenipotentiaries understand the term Moluccas as applicable to that cluster of Islands, which has Celebes to the Westward, New Guinea to the Eastward, and Timor to the Southward ; but that these three Islands are not comprehended in the exception : nor would it have included Ceram, if the situation of that Island, in reference to the two principle Spice Islands, Amhoyne and Band; had not required a prohibition of intercourse with it, so long as the monopoly of Spices shall - be Maintained. The Territorial exchanges which have been thought expo dient for avoiding a collision of interests, render it incumbent upon the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty to make, and to require, some explanation s with respect to the depend ents and allies of England, in the Island from which she is about to withdraw. A Treaty concluded in the year 1819, by British agents, with the King of Acheen, is incompatible with the 3d Article of the present treaty. The British, Pleni”otentiaries therefore under take, that the Treaty with Acheen -i shall, as soon as possible, vessels in the port of Acheen...._ and subjects b e e p n t i o ot n li o fi f ed ßr in it t i o sh a simple arrangement for t h e h osp i table re ception as some of the provisions of that Treaty, (which has been communicated to the Netherland Plenipotentiaries) will be con ducive to the general interests of Europeans established in the Eastern Seas, they trust that th e N etherlan d G overnment wi ll take measures for securing the b ene fi t o f t h ose prov i s i ons .— And they express their confidence, that no measures, hostile t h e King of Acheen, will be adopted by the new possessor of Fort Marlborough. It is no less the ditty of the British Plenipotentiaries to re commend to the friendly and Paternal protection of the Nether land Government, the interests of the natives and settlers, sub ject to the ancient factory of England at Bencoolen. This appeal is the more nece ssary, because, so lately as the year 1818 Treaties were made with the Native Chiefs, by which their situation was much improv e d. Th e system of forced cul tivation and delivery of pepper was a b ol i shed ; encouragement w Rice ; the relations between the cultivating given tivatin to gcla th ss e ei cultivation of dtiiecinefs of the Di str i cts were a dj uste d ; the property of the soil was recognized in those Chiefs; and all interference in the detailed manageinent of the interior was withdrawn, by removing i the European residents from the out stations, and substituting n their room native officers. All these measures were calculated greatly to promote the interests of the native inhabitants. In recommending these interests to the care of the Nether land Government, the undersigned request the Plenipotentiaries of his Netherland Majesty to assure their Government, that a corresponding attention will be paid, on the part of the British Authorities, to the inhabitants of Malacca, and the other Netherland Settlements, which are transferred to Great Britain. In conclusion, the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic 'Majesty congratulate their Excellencies the Netherland Plenipoten-. tiaries, upon the happy termination of their conferencies. They feel assured, that, under the arrangement which is now con cluded, the commerce of both nations will flourish, and that the two Allies will preserve inviolate in Asia,'no less than in Europe, the friendship which has, from • old times, subsisted between them. Th e disputes being now ended, which, during two centuries, have occasionally produced irritation, there will henceforward be no rivalry between the English and the Dutch nations in the East, except for the more effectual esta blishment of those principles of liberal - policy which both have this day asserted in the face of the world. Excellencies the Plenipoten tiaries . . will accept th e a ssurances o f tia T rie hi s e o u f n h d i e s rs N ig e n th e e d rl r a e rt their. distinguished consideration. (Signed) est Majesty, their E - GEORGE CANNING. CHARLES WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN. London, March 17, 1824. [TRANSLATION.] REFLY of the NETIIERLAI.TD PL ENIP OTENTIARIES to the NOTE of the Px.rwiPoTENTlaltiEs of GREAT BRITAIN. The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of hi s of the Netherlands, have tound in the Note, which is just de- Majesty the King livered to them by their Exceliencie"le British Plenipoten tiaries, a faithful recapitulation of the communications which had taken pl ace at the time, when circumstances, independent of the will of the Negotiators, caused a suspension of their con. ferences. Summoned to resume a wor k, the completion of which has ever been desired with equal sincerity by both patties, the un dersignedthis work, th a t sp i rit of e qu ity and conciliation-, which facili have not fa il e d to rec ognize in th e i r co-labourers in tates the arrangem en t o f the most complicated quest i ons , an d to which they cannot do justice at a time more fitting, than that which is about to sanction, by the signature of a formal Treaty, the resolutions, adopted after a most strict e xam i nat i on , as eminently usetill for the maintenance of a good understand ing, even among the inferior Agents of the Contracting Powers. This essential aim and principal tendency of the Treaty is evident to all who read its different Articles with attention.— removal, by common consent, cif all uncertai nty w hi c h m i g ht What is therein expressly stipulated ought to suffice for the present itself in the sequel. llowever, as the British Plenipo tentiaries have considered it necessary to enter into some further details, the undersigned, who, o❑ their part, are sensible of the importance of leaving nothing doubtful in so important a mat-. ter, have no difficulty in following them through these de tails, and in supplying; by a concise display of their view of the subject, the answer which is due from them to the afore said Note of their Excellencies. _ . . The 7th Article contains an exception to the general principle of liberty of commerce. The necessity of that exception, al ready admitted by England in the conferences of . 1320, rests upon the existence of the system which respects the exclusive trade in spice. Should the determinations of the Government of the Netherlands lead to the abandonment of that system, the rights of free trade will be immediately restored, and the whole of that Archipelago, which haS been very justly described as .comprised between Celebes, Timor, and New Guinea, will be open to all lawful speculations, on the footing to be established by local ordinances, and, so far as particularly concerns the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, in conformity with the grounds sanctioned by the Treaty for all the Asiatic possessions of the two Contracting Powers. On the other hand, so long, as the exception in question re mains in force, the ships which traverse the Moluccas must refrain from touching at any ports but those whereof the de scription has been officially communicated to the Maritime Powers some years back ; -except in cases of distress, in which it h superfluous to add, that they will find in all places, where the flag of the Netherlands may he flying, those good offices. and succours which are due to suffering humanity. If the Government of Great Britain conceives it to be a real advantage, that by disengaging itself, according to the prin ciples sanctioned by the Treaty which is about to be signed, from the connections which were formed by its agents four.or five years ago, in the kingdom of Acheen, it secures, by some. new clause, the hospitable reception of British vessels and sub jects in the ports of that kingdom ; the undersigned hesitate not to declare, that, on their part, they do not see any difficulty in it, and conceive that they may assert, at the same time, that their Government will apply itself, without delay, to regulate its relations with Acheen, in such a manner that that State, without losing any thing of its independence, may offer both to the sailor and the merchant, that constant security which can only be established by the moderate exercise of European in fluence: In support of the information contained in the last Note of the British Plenipotentiaries on the subject of Bencoolen, their Excellencies have communicated to the undersigned the two Conventions respectively signed on the 23d of May and the 4th of July 1818, by the Lieut.-Governor of that Establishment, on the one side, and by the Chiefs of some neighbouring Tribes, on . the other. They have likewise communicated a dispatch of the Governor-Gen. in Conn cil,dated Fort William the 9 tit °fill ay 1823, and according to which the British Government has abolished at Fort Malborough the monopoly of pepper; encourage the cul tivation of rice ; and placed on a firm and uniform footing the relations of the different classes of natives, as well among themselves, as with their Chiefs. But inasmuch as the under signed are not wrong in supposing that the object of these ar rangements has been, the- security of the agricultural prosperity of the Colony, and the removal of the vexatious which often result from the immediate contact of the native population with the subordinate authorities of a Foreign Government, they experience great satisfaction in saying, that, far from having cause to dread retroactive measures, the individuals in terested in the existing order of things may, on the contrary, cherish the hope that the new Government will respect their. acquired rights, and their welfare ; and, what the undersigned are above all things desirous to guarantee, that it will cause. the Articles of the above-mentioned Conventions to be observ,, ed, on the.faith of which the inhabitants of Pasummah, Ulu Manna, and the other Colonists in the interior, have recog nized the authority, or accepted the protection of the British East India Company, saving, however, the power of substitut ing, with 'the full consent of the parties interested, 'other ana logous conditions, is circumstances should render a change necessary. ' With respect to the equitable and benign intentions of the British Government, towards ,the inhabitants of Malacca, and the other Dutch Establishments ceded by the Treaty, the Ple nipotentiaries of his Majesty the King,of the Netherlands, ac cept the assurance thereof with unlimited confidence; and the same sentiment prevents them from insisting that the orders and instuctions which shall be addressed to the English Authorities in India, relative to the surrender of Fort Marlborough, and its Dependencies, should be conceived in such clear, precise, and positive terms, that no cause of uncertainty, or any pre text for. delay, may be discovered in them :—beiug persuad ed that the British Plenipotentiaries, after having accomplished their labours with so much moderation and equity, will take care that the result of their common exertions be not compro mised by any regard to subordinate interests and secondary con siderations. This result the British Plenipotentiaries them selves have described in their last Note, and it only remains for undersigned to con gra t u l ate th emse l ves on h av i ng contri butedthereto, anti to unite their wishes with those of their the Ex cellencies, that their respective agents in their Asiatic posses sions, may ever shew themselves sensible of the duties which two friendly nations, animated with truly liberal views, have to fulfil, both with reference to each other, and also towards the natives whom the course of events or Treaties have placed under their influence. The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity of re newing to their Excellencies the British Plenipotentiaries, the assurances of their most distinguished consideration. (Signed) H. FAGEL. London, March 17, 11124. A. R. FALCK. MR. OWEN'S REPLY To PROCEEDINGS of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of SCOTLAND, relative to the NEW LANARK SCHOOLS REVEREND Sins—ln the Report of the pro ceedings of your last Meeting, as published in the Glasgow Chronicle of the first of June, which I have just read, I find the following paragraph : " A correspondence was read, from which it appeared, that Mr. OwEx of New Lanark had refused the Presbytery of Lanark admittance td examine his Schools last April. The Assembly unanimously appointed a Committee to confer with his Majesty's Solicitor-General, that the proper steps may be taken to enforce a strict compliance with the acts which require Presbyteries to exa.; mine all the public and private schools within their bounds." It is true, Reverend Sirs, that I did refuse the Presbytery of Lanark admittance into our pri vate schools at New Lanark,—but I added, that as gentlemen and neighbours, I should be at all times happy to see them in their individual ca pacity, and to shew them the schools and every other part of the Establishment. I refused admittance to the Presbytery of Lanark, because .they claimed that as a right, to which I believe they have no title whatever. I refused it, because in a former exorcise of this supposed right, they appear to the to. have dis played a total want of whatever appertains to pure and genuine religion. I thank yOu most cordially, Reverend sirs, for thus bringing the subject fairly before the public, because I wish the public to judge between us. You claim an inquisitorial right over the con sciences of those who live within your bounds: I deny that right upon principles of the most . simple and obvious justice. Every man must of necessitu believe what appears to him true, and cannot bp possibility believe what appears to him false. To force any other expression of opinion from him, is to force him to become a hypocrite. By such proceedings has insincerity .been univer sally formed, and 'vice made to abotind : by such -proceedings ,arc.deception and hypocrisy at this hour successfully forced upon the minds of the rising generation.. You have the right, in common with all other men, of expressing your opinions in the way of fair argument. If that right prove insufficient for their support, any attempt to force them upon the minds of those who are unwilling to receive them, willhe considered, in the present advanced state of the human mind, as a futile desire to ex , ercise a monstrous pcivver, which, as it can only engender. and perpetuate vice, will never agalny I trust, be recognised as belonging to any indi , victual or to any body of men. You, Reverend Sirs, are a body, professing, like many other bodies of awn, who difFer ma terially from you, to have discovered and to be who are subjectsco usci y e o n u . e xclusively in possession of True Reli g i o n. o e f many millions v tio I u sl am n y oobl gd an have lamentably erred, and that your practice proves how much you have been mistaken. There are at present many contending compe. titors for the discovery of true relivioti. Wh en true religion is discovered, it will he easily known, because it will make men charitable and kind to all. Now as no such general character, up to the present period, has been formed, is it not reasonable to conclude that pure and genuine religion, freed from corruptions and errors, does no where exist ? This is the age of great "discoveries, and of much competition. I cannot avoid believing that I am in possession of that which has been so ar dently sought for, TRUTH ON THE SUBJECT Or RELIGION ; and I mean almost inunediately to bring my sentiments into competition with yours, and with those of all the . other searchers for truth on this most important subject. Titelriendly contest between us, as I hope it will be, must be decided, not by. anger and irritation, not by jea lousies, and a desire for power to do evil, but by the fruits which shall respectively be produced. These considerations bring the difference be tween us to a point. If your system of religion and.morals shall he found in practice to' "form the more virtuous .individual character, . and the better state of society, then will I come over to your views, and aid and assist you to the utmost of my. powers ; but if, on the contrary, I . I should discover to you the principles upon which 4, and consistent in all ,it s p ar t s; alone can be founded a religion pure, simple, a religion which shall form men t o b e ki n d an d charitable to all, what ever be their diff er ence of opinion, which shall withdraw from men all des ire to d omineer over their.fellows, or to dictate to their consciences, or all violent support for itself, and all in any manner to do them an injury ; a religion, which shaltreject, as worse than useless, all exclu sive of conversion; a religion wh ose privilegesine will a 71's think it unworthy their support. if i brciue only w eapon is dispassionate argument, and whose ;—then 'do abuses and followers„, it Ha weapon they cannot defend it the e adopt 'those e l rr e o x r ir (t. th y a o t u you will present relinquish system, alt, principles, m y mysterious night of darkness ic o hl shall,ereloniegs,: and di d seloecepseti: you and to the world.• The cheering light of truth fi ve t o ex perience, in you, Reverend Sirs, may tion is expiring, and the begins to appear. That peace and quietness, the benefit of this light, is th e s i ncere wish of your faithful Servant, _ ROBERT OWEN. 125, Pall-Mall, 9th June, 1824. SUN. MARINE INSURANCES. CASE of the INDIVIDUAL UNDERWRITERS of MARINE INSURANCES, with their Objections to the Bill now before the Honourable the House - of Commons, to repeal the exclusive Privileges of the two Chartered Com panies, to insure Ships and Goods in Partnership. Assuming that the intentions of the Legislature in framing these Acts of Parliament have not been realized, it is submit ted, that under the protection' of their enactments there has been matured and established a widely extended system of in dividual competition, highly advantageous to British Com merce, which their hasty and unconditional repeal would in evitably destroy. In London, Bristol, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, Lieth, Glasgow, and other Marine Ports, also in 'several of our prin cipal manufacturing Towns; open markets for Marine Insur ances have been established, and which the best interests of the Country require should be preserved. Lloyd's is merely the name in London, of a Public Mart for Marine Insurances, where every Merchant and Trader in the Kingdom, may either attend himself, or by deputy, for the purpose of Underwriting ; it possesses no privile g es, and pro fesses no exclusion whatever ; good conduct and character, with sufficient means, being the only qualifications required for admission. The establishment of Lloyd's includes among its Subscrib ers, persons connected with every branch of the Manufactures and Commerce of the United Kingdom. Upwards of 300 Agents have been appointed in different parts of the world, from whom is regularly received; a comprehensive mass of nautical and commercial information, which is gratuitously made pub lic, and daily transmitted to all parts of the kingdom. It would be easy to prove, that this system of individual in dustry and competition, has reduced the rate of p remiums much below what they have ever been known, in th e history of this, or any other Country ;—that it includes a large proportion of ie capital and respectaility of the Mercantile Vorld ; that it has obtained - the respect and confidence of foreign mer chants, while at the same time, it has success full y withstood all foreign rivalry ;—that it has arrived by long practice and ex perience at the highest degree of excellence in its arrange_ ments ; and that it has materially promoted and protected the Commerce of Great Britain. These advantages will be destroyed, should the fill now be fore the Hon. House of Commons: to throw the trade generally open to partnerships, and companies, be passed into a law. Every Joint Stock Company now established may, and some of them intend to become Marine Insurance Companies; — projects arc afloat to establish Alliance, Mutual indemnity, and other associations, for the same purpose; overwhelming mono polies in the several branche s o f t ra d e are i n contempla tion, to crush individual exertion, and the Public (by a little concer t among the Companies,) w ill soon b e c harged for the l o s se s, which these monopoli s t s ma y susta i n , i n affecting t he destruction of open and indi v id ua l com p e ti t i o n, it being impos siblethat the latter can b e susta i ne d ag ainst the int erested masses of Combination whi c h are now organising to secure to themselves this b ranc h o f commerc i a l adventure. For these and many ot h er reaso n s , which in truth may be ' urged, and can be satisfactorily proved, it is hoped that the house will not ent er t a i n th e presen t Bill. PRICE SEVENPEfcCE.