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INDIA. A file of the Madras Government Gazette to the Ist of October has arrived, from which we have made the following extracts :--- " SUPPLEMENT TO THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT GA- ZETTE, SEPT. 28. " CALCUTTA, SEPT. 11 " We have beard that an action has taken place, in which the opposition on the part of the enemy had been of a more de cided character than heretofore, and that in consequence we had experienced a proportionate increase of loss in wounded. `rhe Prince of Sarrawaddy had not arrived, but was daily expected. His force had, by report, dwindled down to B,OOU uteri. _ . StPT. 14. " We stated yestertlity that the force with the Prince of Sar. rawaddy had, by report, dwindled down to 8,000 men. This latter, however, we imagine to be a mistake, occasioned by the simple omission of 0, and that it ought to be 80,000— a surmise in which we are confirmed by a sight of letters since the above remark was made, which letters state the force expected to a►nount to 70,000, of which as good an account is hoped to be given as of the 7,000. With respect to the report, to which we lately alluded, of the projected attack having actually been made and having failed, the arrival of the Ernaad does not at all invalidate it; since the report might easily have come via Arracan, since the sailing of the Ernaad." GERMAN PAPERS. AUGSBUBG, FEB. 11.—We are assured that Prince Metter nich will not leave Vienna beforc his departure for Italy. Since the beginning of the present month, frequent meetings of the Ambassadors of the Great Powers have taken place at his Excellency's. These meetings are thought to have reference to the policy lately adopted by the Cabinet of St. James, re garding the Republics of South America. Immediately after the conclusion of one of these, couriers extraordinary were dis patched to Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh. sir H. Wellesley, the English Ambassador, was not present at any of these meetings. RAILWAYS. FOR THE SUN. trust that your valuable columns will not be unworthily occupied by a short exposé of the new project fora Rail-road from Birmingham to Liverpool. A few iron masters met last summer at 't 7 olverhampton, and arranged the outline, and on 3d Sept. published a prospectus under the sanction of a Committee, in which it is stated that " the country through which the line is intended to pass, had been examined throughout by an eminent engineer, and was found to present extraordinary facilities, not only as regards the levels, but the distance; that the estimated expence of forming the main line, including the locomotive power, - amounted to 330,0001.; that the expences of the branch lines to Dudleyland Stourridge, to the Irn ad Coal orks in Sroshire, the Staffor b dshire Potteries, o and n Chester, W had not been hp estimated, but Would he much less in amount than that of the main line; that the Company proposed to set apart for this purpose 2,800/., and to cover other contingencies,• an additional ',OOO/. rnaking a capital of 600,000/., divided into 120,000 of 501. each ; that the propelling power intended to be PlPloed, was that of locomotive and stationar steam engines, means of which the Company would he able y to transport the heaviest goods with certainty and security by day and night, S t all times of the year, in periods of frost or of drought, at the rate of at least eight miles an hour." Nor, Sir, let me prove the fallacy of the statements thus held out. In November the plans were deposited with the clerks of the peace, and from them it appeared that the branches to Shropshire, to Dudley, and to Stourbridge, were not in cluded—the engineer's assertion as to the extraordinary facili ties of levels afforded by the country through which the lines Passed, was found to be wholly delusive, inasmuch as out of the whole length of 111 miles there would be only two miles of level work (the remainder being a continued alternative of embankment and cutting.) The line was also found to pass through parks, avenues, woods, and grounds, occupied by noblemen and gentlemen, and within short distances of their residences, consequently it will not create any surprise that a determined resistance has been organized by the landowners, to the extent of 90 miles and upwards, out of the whole length of 1 mile s and that the original premium of 8/. per share has fallen to 0 7 iv „? l ,. n Friday last, the estimate of the probable extience of this was officially deposited at the House of Commons by which it appears that the sum of 887,369/. is required, without the engines and waggons to carry the trade ! will not at present venture to comment on the motives which might have operated to produce the assertions in the prospectus, or to induce the offers of shares to Members of Par liament, by letters expressly circulated. But I trust that the Legislature will narrowly investigate the case now before it. And I am, Sir, yours, &c. S. An article from Marseilles, in the Allgemeine ettung of the 14th instant, received this morn ing, says that IBRAHIM PACIIA has, since his ar rival at Suda, received considerable reinforce ments and supplies of stores from the Asiatic Coast . and from Egypt, and that his meditated at tack on the Morea is not yet abandoned. We regret to observe, by this article, that there are several French and other European Officers in his service employed in training his troops, and by whose counsels his operations are guided. A strong division of the Greek fleet, under the cele brated MtAtmis, has sailed from Hydra, to watch the proceedings of the Egyptian fleet at Such. Letters have been received from Maranham, dated the sth ult. Lord COCHRANE, who with his squadron had been stationed for some weeks preceding in that port, had restored, by one decisive act, the tranquillity of the town and Province. Finding that BRUCE, the Governor of Maranham, w ho was well known to be disaffected to the Government, con tinued t o em b ro il t h e prov i nce b y hi s am bi guous conduct, his Lordship, without waiting for instructions from Rio, of his au thority had ' him apprehended and sent a prisoner to the capital, to be disposed of at the EMPEROR'S pleasure, and had ap- P oi nted his chief secretary President pro teniporc, until fresh urgers c ou ld b e received. This bold step had completely annhi 'ated the hopes of the Republican party in 31aranham, which "w ed, i n d ee d , its chief support to t h e countenance an d p ro t ec ti on , the Governor, who was supposed to have carried on a secret correspondence with CARVAHLo, the Governor of Pernambuco, durin g the resistance made in that province to the EMPEROR'S ceauthority, and had CARVALHO'S plans been brought to a suc lssful issue, the general design was intended to have been for owed up by similar scenes in 31aranham. It seems probable, „deed, that, but for the timely interference of IJord Coc It "lcE, a contest must have arisen in the province, attended w ith much bloodshed, confusion, and total interruption to com mercial transactions. It was perfectly tranquil at the date of the present advices. It AlLWAYs.—Whether this country is to be oyerrun with that intolerable nuisance, the Loco- Motiv e It • Engine, will now soon be decided. Several ail-road Bills are, we observe, already brought Into the House of Commons, and the Legislature IS Called upon to sanction those projects, and the use of this power ; but those who are interested °PPosing them, which is the whole of the po- Pulation of the districts through which it is pro- Posed that they should pass, will, it is thought, be aroused to a sense of what they are likely to suffer, and will act accordingly. A powerful °Pposition has, we understand, already appeared a gainst some of these Bills from the Land-owners In the different Lines. On the 11th instant, at seven o'clock, died Ts Highness F REDERICK IV., D u k e o f Gotha. By his death the male line of the branch de secoding from Duk e E RNEST th e Pi ous which has reigned nearly 200 years, is extinct, and the dominions of the House fall to the collateral branches in Hildburghausen, Coburg, and Me- Idogen, who have accordingly published a pro clamation to that effect. The celebrated JOSEPII LANCASTER is at Ca roanccassengaged in teac hi ng hi s system o f e d ucat i on ; hut from his p u bli cat i ons , it wou ld appear t h at h e meets w i t h oo e r ° f success. He complains of w a nt o f r oom, want of f r i e nd s , and want of scholars, having only 50 instead of 500, which he ex p ec ted.-44inerican Paper.) J "VIZ, .4 Af. , s ; ~,i ~ - -tf...4; 4; er -, i ' a cV*7 .4, ' • i k „,, ..,, . Virt OF =.. k7iq.",,,.•"+; ,4-41 . , z ; '1,3 4 ; _ - 3 e' 67 w i 'A ~. i!"-,...; . . . 04....,f --- " €' 4 '.,;- W . -1,--Nri' k..) iZA ti FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS! Lord and Lady Grant= and family, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Newby Hall; Sir \Vatkin and Lady Harriet Williams Wynn, and family, at their house in James's-square, from their sear, Wynnstay, Denbighshire; Dowager Lady Floyd, at her house in Upper Seymour-street ; General Gascoyne, M.P., Mrs. Gascoyne and family, at their house in South Audley-street, from a tour ; Lady Harriet Sulivan and family, at their house in Harley-street, from their seat, Riching's Lodge, Bucks ; Mr. Gooch, M.P. and Mrs. and Miss Gooch, at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat in Suffolk ; Miss Thurlow, Miss Igell and Miss Hop kins, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Hastings; Colonel Pepper, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour ; Sir A. Don, Bart., M.P., at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from his seat, in Scotland ; K. C. Tynte; Esq. at his house in Portman-square, from his seat Sqipersetshire ' • W. A. Roberts, Esq., at Cooke's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his seat, Drayton House ; Alexander Stewart, Esq., at Blake's Hotel Jermyn.street, from Ireland ; Lord Suffield, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Gunton Hall, Suffolk; Sir A. Chichester, Bart. ' M.P., at ditto, from Ire land Lord Spencer Chichester, at do. from do. ; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and family at their house in Great George-street, West, from their seat, Bignor Park, Sussex ; Mr. and Lady Anne Coke, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Norfolk ; Robert Price, Esq. M.P., and Mrs. Price, at ditto, from their seat, Foxley, Herefordshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Brummell, and the Misses Brtunmell, at ditto, from Not tinghamsbire ; Captain Brown, R. N. and Mrs. Brown, at ditto, from Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. Morris and family, in Great Cumberland-place, from Brighton. CHANGES.—The Countess de Sails, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Bath • A. S. Sloane, Esq., for the Duke of Rutland's, Belvoir-castle. FASHIONABLE PARTIES.' His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex gave a grand enter tainment yesterday at Kensington Palace. Mr. Brougham gave a grand dinner yesterday io a political party, at his house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Mrs. Tighe entertained the Dowager-Duchess of Richmond, the Ladies Lennox, and a select party, at dinner, on Ttursday, at her house in St. James's-place. ' Mr. and Mils Peters have issued cards of invitation for a ball on Thursday next, at their house in Park-street, Grosve nor-square. The Countess of Arran had an elegant party on Saturday evening, at her house in Dover-street. Lord Berwick entertained a party of friends at dinner yes terday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Lord King has issued cards of. invitation for an entertainment on Wednesday next, at his house in Dover-street. On Saturday the following Noblemen and Gentlemen gave grand dinners at their respective residences, viz.— The Earl of Verulam, in Grosvenor-square; Earl of West morland, in Grosvenor.squarc; Colonel Strutt, in Upper Gros venor-street ; the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, in Hereford-street, Park-lane; and the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, in St. James's-square. FRIDAY.—By the Duke of Sussex ; Hon. Gen. Capel. in Charles-street, Berkeley-square; Hon. rSompton, in Mans - - field-street. _ _ THURSDAY.—The Earl of Harrowby, in Grosvenor square The Princess Sophia paid a visit to the King on Saturday. Divine Service was yesterday performed at the. Kings Palace, Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg. The Duke of York's confinement to the nousS. is, we under stand, occasioned by a:pain in one of his Royal Highness's ancles. The Royal Duke is attended by Sir IL Halford and Mr. M'Gregor.. Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York. On Friday, after the sermon preached at Bow Church for the benefit of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Fo reign Parts, the Lord Mayor gave a ;;rand dinner at the Man sion-house to the several - dignitaries of - the church whoattended upon the occasion. The Archbishop of Canterbury was. pre vented attending by the death of his daughter, and the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry was ill ; but the following prelates attended :—The Bishops of London, Lincoln, St. David's, Salisbury, Carlisle, Bath and Wells, Llandaff, Exetei, 01m. cester, Chichester, Down, anti the Bishop elect of Nova Scotia the Archdeacon of London, the Dean of Carlisle, the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, the Rev. Drs. Blomberg, Trollope, and Kenn), the Rev. Mr. HamiltOn, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Preston. There were also seven Aldermen and the two Sheriffs present. THE ARMY. The Militia are to be called out, for the purpose of being trained, twenty-eight days in April or May. Detachments belonging to the 2d, 13th, 21st, 24th, 27th, 30th, 31st, 41st, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 59th, 64th, 67th, and 89th Regiments of Foot, the Royal African Corps, the Royal Staff' Corps, and the East India Company's Infantry, em barked on the 31st ult., under the command of Staff Sergeant Crawley, at Dublin, for Bristol, on route to the Depots of their respective Regiments: Detachments belonging to the 2d, 13th, 21st, 30th, 31st, 41st, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 57th, 67th, and 97th Regiments of Foot, and the East India Company's Artillery and Infantry, em barked on the 3d inst., under the command of Staff Sergeant Campbell, at Dublin, for Bristol, on route to the Depots of their respective Corps. Detachments of Recruits marched on Saturday morning from Westminster, for Chatham, Canterbury, Maidstone, Ports mouth, Isle of Wight, and Exeter. The 99th Regiment at Haslar Barracks, are under orders to embark for the Mauritius. Commission in the Cardigan Militia, signed by the Lord Lieu tenant of the County f Cardigan: Daniel John Illorphy, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Powell, promoted. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxFoRD, FEB. 19.—0 n Saturday last the following Gen tlemen were admitted to Degrees:— Doctor in Medicine.—Francis Bisset Hawkins, Exeter Col lege. Bachelor hi Divinity.—Herbert Oakley, Oriel College, Grand Compounder. Masters. of Arts.—Robert Perfect, Queen's ; Rev. Thomas Hattam Wilkinson, Exeter College ; James Hardwicke Dyer, Trinity College ; Rev. William Hest Everard, Balliol College. Bachelors of Arts.—Rob6rt Sherson, St. Mary Hall ; Thos. Archer and William Polwhele, Exeter College; Egerton Ven ables Vernon, Student of Christ Church ; Francis Basset, Tri nity College : Brook George Bridges, Oriel College ; Edward Harbin, Wadham College. On Wednesday last Mr. Anthony Grant was admitted Scho lar of New College.—On Thursday last the Act of the last City Council, acknowledging the receipt of the Instrument re leasing the Mayor, Bailiffs, and other Citizens, from the obser vance of the accustomed ceremony on St. Scholastica's Day, was read in Convocation.—On the same day Mr. James De Saiimarez, Scholar of Pembroke College, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.—TIIC Lord Bishop of Gloucester has been pleased to institute the Rev. Frederick Twisleton, Fellow of New College, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the Rectory of Broadwell cum Adlestrop, vacant by the death of the Bon. and Rev. Thomas James Twisleton, D.D., Archdeacon of Colombo, on the pre sentation of Chandos Leigh, Esq., of Stoneleigh Abbey, War wickslure.—A dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling the Rev. Thomas Cox, D.D., Rector of Oxhill, to hold the Rectory of Atherston-upon-Stour, in the county of Warwick, and diocese of Worcester. We have received by the way of Barbadoes, some more details of the conspiracy at St. Tho mas's. The Chief, it is said, was a Lieutenant FIFER, of the Colonial Militia, a Creole, who had received his ed uca ti on i n S co tl an d. H e wa s in custody with 25 others, implicated in the plot; a Secret Committee «as sitting at the date of the letters we have received, and from the energy displayed by the Danish Governor, all alarm re specting immediate consequences had subsided. The conspiracy is said to have extended to all the adjacent islands. E. 11. LUSIIINGTON, Esq., Chairman of the Co lonial Audit Board, has retired on a pension. THE ROYAL NAVY PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Vesterday the Boadicea frigate, Commodore Sir James Brisbane, sailed for the East Indies, to take the command, and relieve the Liffey ; and the Thetis fri gate, Sir John Phillimore, for the Plymouth station. This afternoon sailed the Owen Glendower fri g ate, Cimirhodore Hood Hallway Christian, for the Cape of Good Hope station, to re lieve the Andromache; and the Jasper brig, Captain Charles Howe Fremantle, and Arrow cutter, for Jersey, to protect the fisheries. On Wednesday the Wellesley, 74, Captain Graham Eden Hamond, C. 8., went out of the harbour, fitted for the reception of Sir Charles Stuart and suite. It is not yet known when Sir Charles will embark. The Samarang, 28, Captain David Dunn, and the Pandora; 18, Capt. Wm. Gordon, will sail shortly for the Cape of Good Hope station, to relieve the Ariadne and Espeigle. This day, at noon, the Volage, 28, built by the Students of the School of Naval Architecture, and the Mosquito and Leveret brigs, (said to be intended for the packet service), were launched at this dock-yard in very excellent style. A great number of persons were present at the gratifying sight. Rear-Admiral Plampin is appointed to succeed Lord Col ville, in tile commancrat Cork. Captain C.D. (layering has commissioned the Redwing, 18, at Chatham, for the Coast of Africa.—Lieuts. W. Dow, R. Griffiths, and C. Blair, are appointed to the Doris, at Dept ford ; Lieut. Charles Alexander Johnston to the Ramifies; Lieut. Wm. Wilson to the Redwing.—Mr. IL S. Dyer, to be Purser of the Zephyr. Remain at Spithead—Wellesley, Phaeton, Samarang, Pan dora. In the Harbour—Victory, Ganges, Bulwark, and Albion, guard-ships ; Aurora, Orestes, Champion, Pylades, Rose, Zebra, Ferret, Calliope. The Au r o r a will be paid oft on Thursiay, and re-commissioned. DEVONFORT, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Parthian, Vigilant, and Bramble, from cruises.—Sailed (on Saturday) the Tribune, for Lisbon, to relieve the Active ; Starling, for Jerset. The new steam-packet Brunswick„24lo tons, is to be employed in establishing regular and expeditious communications between this port, Portsmouth, and Falmouth. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEn. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed yesterday with seve ral of the outward-bound the Hon. Company's ship Kent ; also to-day the Llandovery, for Jamaica ; and Britannia, Da vison, for Tobago. Remain the Henry Davison, Sibson, and Ocean. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Conflict, from the Downs for the Coast of Africa; Scalehy Castle, from ditto for Bonibay and China; General Palmer, 'l'ruscott, from ditto for Madras and Bengal. Arrived off the port the Elizabeth, Hayden, from Jamaica. COWES, FEB. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hon. Com pany's ship Farquharson, from the Downs for Bombay and China; his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, for the Cape; his Majesty's ship Brazen, for a cruize; and his Majesty's ship Jasper, for Jersey. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind E.—Sailed the Hero, Ferris, for Leghorn. • FALatouTtr, S.E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Shamrock, from a cruize. Sailed the Leslie Ogilvie, Jones, for EioJaneiro; and Glasgow, Phillips, forSt.ll.lichaers. LI VE RwiciL, FEB. 19.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Orbit, Owen, from St. John's, N.B. ; Jane, Hardy, front St. An drew's, N.B. ; Caroline, Wallace, from St. Michael's ; and Concordia, —, from Marseilles. PADSTOW, FRB. 19.—The stern of a boat has recently been picked up in this neighbourhood with " Sarah, of London, Peter Peters" on it, and part of the stern of a vessel, with the letters " Mont" apparently recently painted on it. . The Nymph, Hutchinson, from Sunderland to Aberdeen, is wrecked on the coast of Northumberland ; crew and materials paved. 'I'IIE IVbi It K ETS. The arrivalCsPofilaNll E so X rt C s o ll; :ti N ra G in E, la F s t E i n. 21. veek were tolerably large. This morning therethere" f a considerably large supply Of Ilarlelr fresh in from :Suffolk, but not much Wheat, Beans, and Pease from Essei and Kent. The quantity of Oats fresh in is not considerable. There is, however, a great many samples of all kinds of Corn remai n ing in hand from former supplies.— There is-a free trade fir prime samples of Wheat, at terms fully equal to last Monday, avid other qualities, if dry, sell well, but damp samples meet veAy few buyers. Barley remains extremely dull, and is Is. to 2s. per quarter lower, unless very fine. Beans fully support last quotations for dry samples, but other sorts are very dull. Peatse have no variation. There is a. fair trade for Oats to-day at last Monday's prices, and it is only soft samples that meet stsle slowly. Flour is still a very dell article. ARRIVALS or liAsT WEEA—English Wheat, 7.635; Bar ley, 4032 ; Malt, 4,277 ; Oar.s, 14,787 ; Rye 0 ; Beans, 2,045 ; ' Peas, 8C8; Irish Wheat, 645 ; Oats, 7.855; Foreign Barley, 940; Oar 1,720 qrs ; Englill Flour, 10,117 sacks. %neat, Rol (old) - -92 s 6iss Beans, Small (new) ....42s 45s Whit (old) ...56s 7f6s Red (406.24) 50s stls Tick (new) 33s 371 Fine. 6os tl3s (old) 4os 44s Superfine ....66s 70s Harrow (new )...39s 4lt White (1184)...525• 56s (old) ...44s 48s Fine.......... 58 4 64s Drank • 34s 4os Superfine ....706 74s Oats, Feed 9 0s 22s Rye . 'Us 40s Barley . 'los 35s Poland °2s 24s -- Fine - ,;itis 40s —Fine 25s 27s Superfine '43s 46s Potatoe 9 53 28s Malt sfis 64s —Fine 66s 70s Scotch 31s nil . . ~.„._ Pease, Grey 373 39s Flour (per sack) 60s 65s -Maple 40s 41s - Seconds 523 58s White ...........42s 416 - North Country...s2s 54s --Boilers 50s 54s Bran Bs Js GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE 01 RECEIVED IN THE W GIIAIN,FROM THE RETURNS •EEiC ENDING EEG. 12. NVheat., 655. Id. ; Barley, 351. 2d. ; Oats, 235. 2d.; Rye, 41s. 4d. ; Beans, 38s. 11d. ; Peas, 41s. Bd. QUARTERLY AVERAGE, WHICH GOVERNS IMPORTATION. Wheat, 66s 4d. ; Barley, 335. 3d. ; Oats, 235. 2d. ; Rye, 395. Ild. ; Beans, 395. 11d. ; Peas, 445. Id. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed February 16, 1825, is 335. 84d. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 21. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— . . CATTI.E AT MARKET. Beasts 2,550 1 Sheep 15,830 Calves lp7 ri g s To sink tht Off - al: pe c r . stone of fltb.' Beef 4s 4d to 5s 2d 1 Veal ss Gd to Gs 6EI Mutton 4s 10d to 5s fid 1 Pork ss 2d to 6s 2d Lamb Os .0d to Os Od. HAY AN]) STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £3 Os to .E 5 Os Clover £4 Oa to 10s straw 2 Os to 1:2 Bs. CONDEMNED SEHMON.-Yesterday the custom ary sermon was preached by the Rev. W. Colroar, Ordinary of Nevq..:;ate, in consequence of the approaching execution of Harris for a gross outrage and assault; Wood for an assault and rape ; and Durham for a burglary. Owing to new regu lations the public were excluded, and also persons connected with the public press ; hence we arc indebted to a spectator for the succinct detail we present to our readers, After the cul prits were brought into the Chapel, and the multitude of un happy inmates of the gloomy mansion had taken their seats, the Rev. Divine read the Formula of the Church in a sonorous yet pathetic tone, after which lie addressed the multitude of captives front a text extracted from the 79th Psalm,_ v. 12. " Oh lei the sorrowful s i g hi ng o f t h e pr i soner come before the according to the greatness of thy power, and have mercy on those who are appionted to die." After an ap propriate axordium, the Rev. Gentlemen exemplified the mean ing of the text, by pointing out in what sorrowful sighing con sisted ; secondly, the vicarious sacrifice through alone it would reac;l Throne of .Mercy ; and thirdly, concluded by showing the applicability of the words to the situation of the unhappy objects of his charge. At the conclusion of the service Harris arose, and begged to be allowed to address the numerous con victs and alleged offender by whom he was surrounded. He declared his innocence of the crime for which he was about to sutnr. The newly discovered and recently publi s h e d edition ' v i ival at itiAdic'iimpo PEArltEv'es Hamlet, with a ll its emendations improvements, will b e th e n e xt re Theatre, in the cos tume of the time an d wi th appropriate scenery, so far at least as they aoj' C 's o Stnvent-Garden can be ascertained. Mr. PL4NcHE, whose taste relating to the historical plays of our great Bard is so well known, is em ployed, in conjunction with 11Ir. KE31111.12, on this Tragedy. TILE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extractsfrom the Morning - Papers, Feb. 21,1825. • E TIM ES.] Mr. Brougham's motion to hear evidence and Counsel at the Bar of the House of Commons on behalf of the Catholic Association, and against the Bill, - produced an • animated discussion on Friday evening. We are not inclined to treat this subject 'warmly,- not being quite satisfied that it would have been wise to grant the motion of the Learned Gentleman ; although a more manly ground might, perhaps, have been taken than that of precedent, whereon to establish the negative against him... The Bill, inadequate and futile as we have from the first considered it, is beyond all doubt a measure of general policy. The second division of it is framed for ti-me suppression of the Orange confederacy. Could the Orangemen be refused a privilege accorded to time Catholics ?- Could the House, after suffering an harangue from Mr. O'Connell, shut ' its ears against Sir Harcourt Lees, espe cially nominated to support him ? It would, indeed, be a spectacle worth paying for, to see a mixed corps of Catholic and Orange wor thies pressing a joint petition upon Parliament—to leave them and their innocent animosities unmo lested, and to let them " in puke and quietness" fight out their own battle. As for evidence at the bar, what facts could be given to rebut those already published by authority of . the Associa tion ? IV - hat parole evidence could stand for a moment against the record itself ? The constitu tion of this formidable body, pervading the whole of Ireland, is a fact incontrovertible. The interference in the administration of justice— the quantum of power generated—the purposes to which it might be abused—the very virtue assumed by the Catholic leaders in the produc tion of that tranquillity which reigns from Derry to the extremity of Munster ;—these are all so many grounds on which to jus tify a strong presumption, that if the leaders of the Association were to take " huff" at any act of the Government here or in Dublin, they could throw the country into a flame. Now, that is a power with which no body of individuals in any community ought to be invested. The argu ment against despotism in a single hand is not that every reigning monarch must be in hisheart a tyrant, but that he may in time degenerate, or that one less worthy may succeed him. So the reasoning which overturns a single despot is good against a many-headed despot.• No subject, nor as sembly of subjects, ought to be permitted to wield a power convertible against the peace of society. We cannot perceive how the known facts or goneral reasonings like these could be neu tralized by time testimonies of Messrs. O'Connell and his associates, or by their speeches at the bar. We can understand,indeed,how the reports of what was said and done by them in a spirit, though not in a form of menace and defiance against the Parliament, even at its own threshold, might be conveyed to Ireland, and there converted into fuel for fresh excitement. We can believe that time new bill would then be described to the Ca tholic world as having been carried in contempt of evidence and argument, whereas it is now to be no worse than carried in their absence. [BRITISH PRESS.] It is curious to remark with what a sudden fit of forgetfulness all the services rendered by the Marquis Wellesley to the best interests of Ire land have passed out of the memory of Mr. O'Connell and the rest of the Catholic Leaders. The anxiety which the Noble Marquis had evinced from the first to direct his administration of Ire land by the dictates of impartial justice, restored to the Catholic mind that confidence which it had long ceased to feel, and allayed those bitter feel ings which had so long embroiled the different countries, and kept them in a state of turbulence and insurrection.) t may appear a very easy task to administer justice ; but a slight practical ac quaintance with the state of parties in Ireland would soon convince every one that, in that ill fated kingdom, the discharge of this duty is not quite so easy as it appears. The conciliatory system of the Lord Lieutenant cost him no light labour, while the measures by which he pursued it exposed him to the cross-fire of the two fac tions, Catholic and Protestant, each of which thought that too much was done for the other party, and too little for his own. Lord Welles ley, however, went fearlessly on ward in the middle path, indifferent to the hostile ranks, right and left, between which he had to pass. — The good effects of his perseverance soon became manifest ; the Catholics felt that, after a time, their wrongs had excited real interest—that the Irish Government was availing itself of the op portunity of redressing them, whenever such op-, portunity presented itself—that the Protestant monopoly of official appointments were broken in upon—that a practical attention was from time to time paid to the just claims of the Catholics, which showed the real interest taken in their welfare. The Leaders of the Association looked upward to Lord Wellesley as their Liberator ; they ascribed the tranquil and improved state of • Ireland to the signal success obtained over the ad verse spirit of the Orange faction by the unequivo cal determination manifested by the Lord Lieut. to resist its oppressive and overwhelming ascen dancy. But no sooner did the Noble Marquis oppose himself to the mischievous progress of the Catholic Association, than its leaders turned short around, and conceiving themselves strong enough to conduct their own cause, and formid able enough to enforce their own claims, they began publicly to deprecat e w h a t b e f o r e th e y had so ardently praised. They claimed an allow ance of drawback for whatever they had paid in the way of tribute to his. Lordship's merits. They discovered on a sudden that he deserved nothing even of commendation at their hands, fo: that all the benefits which Ireland had received under his Excellency's Government issued from themselves ; that its tranquillity was of their be stowing ; and that the debt of gratitude, which they had so promptly paid was, in fact, a pay ment by mistake, which they were entitled either to recover back, or to plead as a set-off against the odium they might in future heap upo►; i►is AdMinistration. [NEW TIMES.] • By private letters from South America, we are led to believe that Bolivar will soon' have settled every thing in that country quietly, and without further bloodshed ; and that the last hope of re taining South America in a state of colonial de pendence has thus vanished from Spain. From the family connection of the French and Spanish Monarchs, it may easily be conceived that the extinction of the Spanish Empire . of th e Indies is no very agreeable idea at the- Court of the Tuileries ; and perhaps we could not reasonably expect the official French Papers to applaud our policy in recognizing.. South American independence. But we own we did not expect so much spleen as has been shewn on the occasion by the Etoile. That Journal has thought fit to publish a general tirade against England. We are persecutors, forsooth, in Ire land, and tyrants in Hindostan ! Can this be, language countenanced by the French, Ministry ; Are they so ignorant of the truth, or so prone to calumny ? The New Times has often (though most unjustly) been accused of subserviency to the views of the Bourbon Government. So long ,as their interests are identified with those of our own country, so long, and no longer, shall they have our support: but we have too much English feeling not to resent unfounded attacks on the character and conduct of the British Government, from whatever quarter they may proceed. The Etoile has the folly, and we may say the insolence, to pour forth its dull wit against Mr. Canning, on account of those bold and manly sentiments which he has uttered in his speeches at London and Bristol. The Editor very facetiously - questions whether Aldermen are capable of thinking, and describes them as. listening drowsily to the, sonorous periods of the Orator; but perhaps if - this French critic had heard Mr. Alderman Thompson second an Address, his ideas of civic talent would have been a little enlarged ; and if he had had the good fortune to be present at Mr. Canning's speech on Tuesday last, he would have found that it was not so easy to listen drowsily to eloquence, which, according to the energetic expression of an Ancient, " have stings in the mind of the hearer." [MORNING POST.] We presume the overwhelming majority against Mr. Brougham's motion of Friday last, is to be taken as an earnest of the division this evening on the second reading of Mr. Goulburn's Bill. The Catholic Association may thus estimate the opinion entertained of their proceedings by the people and Parliament of Great Britain. However sedulously that Body and its supporters now labour to throw dust in the eyes of the public, the declared objects for which it assembles, and still more, the palpable end at which it has always aimed, have firmly impressed the Legislature with a conviction that the present coercive measures is indispensable to the safety of the state. The Catholics have, in truth, no defence to offer for their recent conduct; and we venture to predict, that although their leaders are now in London, and have .publicly offered to give all the information in their power to the Mem bers of the Opposition individually, which the House col lectively refused, it will be found that nothing favourable to themselves, or detracting from the necessity for Mr. burn's Bill, will be furnished. Let us judge from the ex amples of the evidence in possession of the Association which Mr. Brougham brought forward on Friday. The first " important" fact lie had to astonish the House with was, that Hanley, the soldier, was a Catholic, and not as the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had, it seems, himself originally supposed, a Protestant. Now, we canrot divine why the Association should not have as deadly a hatred to one of their own profession whom they considered a traitor to their cause as to a member of any other persuasion. In the past history of Ireland there is nothing to suggest a con trary opinion, but volumes of instances proving, first, that in all the rebellions which have agitated that unfortunate country, and in those of 1798 and 1803 particularly, the vilest instiga tors to crime and afterwards the most atrocious informers against the Rebels, were, almost without an exception, Ca tholics—and secondly, that whether reference be made to Insurrections, or Whiteboy outrages, Papist has as feroci ously persecuted Papists, when inimical to his views, as he would Protestants. What was O'Brien, the approver, whom Curran has consigned to immortal infamy ?—a Catholic. What was the Hostler whose evidence convicted Robert Emmett and his accomplices ?—a Catholic. What were the Sheas who were burnt in their house about four years ago ? all Catholics.—No one in short has ever denied the palm for perfidy and sanguinary revenge to the Papists. Szo much for the value of Mr. Brougham's crack example. Now, with respect to the " mare's nest," if we may use a familiar phrase, which ' the same Hon. and Learned Gentleman discovered on the same occasion (perhaps below the Bar) on the subject of Mr. Ha milton Rowan. Did all he stated, illustrative of the lenity, forgiving disposition, and conciliatory acts of the Govern went towards that distinguished character for twenty years past, alter or palliate the proceeding of the Association to which Mr. Peel directed the attention of Parliament? Why did the Association address Mr. Hamilton Rowan in the lan guage quoted, and single him out for the peculiar honour of a public invitation to join their body ? Was it for any thing he has done since his return from exile—since the property lie forfeited for treason was restored to him by the Govern ment he had conspired to subvert—since in friendly oblivion of the highest crimes against the State, he was again invested with magisterial functions, and admitt e d to all the privileges of the most loyal subject? No such thing. We candidly and with pleasure avow, that since Mr. Rowan's return from a pro scription which saved his life, he has (except in becoming a meniber of the Association) acted on the score of politics with uniform prudence. He has, with sound discretion and good taste • kept aloof from public affairs. For what reason, then, was he dragged out of honourable privacy by the Association, and held up for the admiration and imitation of the Catholics ? ExpreSsly and nearly in termini:, because he was a leader of the IriSh re bellion of 1798. The Resolution addressed to him, and adopted with such hearty ardour, distinctly points out his " services to his country" as the ground of respect and 'affection, and we repeat those " services to his country" could only mean, and were intended only to mean, his conduct as an United Irishman. We defy the Association to mention any thing to which the ex pression could refer in the history of Mr. Rowan's life, since his return to Ireland ; and we further assert, that to suppose lie has so entitled himself in this latter interval and under his circumstance, even to the notice of that Body, is the foulest libel on his character—is an accusation against him of base in gratitude to the Government that pardoned his guilt, restored his lost possessions, and allowed himself to resume once more the station in his native land which he had sacrificed by a vo luntary violation of its laws. We therefore wish the Associa tion every possible joy of Mr. Brougham's discovery, that Mr. Hamilton Rowan has been better treated by the British Govern ment than any other Government ever treated any other indi vidual who had been convicted of treason.—Mr. Rowan is not a Catholic ! [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Petition of the Roman Catholics of Irel and, with a hundred thousand signatures to it, is to be presentc 1 c ( to ), the House of Commons this day by Sir Francis Burdqt,takben we understand, will give notice of a motion for having " le e conra into consideration with as little delay i they are sure play. Let them proceed in this decided course, 7. 1 ;ter any grievance to triumph. It is not by sitting down tamely tulate the Catholics on the vigour and P.psrgispstiibti-iid tiow (iIS.• that it is ever likely to be removed. The Cacti b ' English people that diously told, that it is not by bullying lollies have been insi t slight mistake is corn they can hope to succeed. But herelt e English people with mitted—namely, that of confound.iangr3l.l the party hostile to the Catholic 1 " t hough c the Universities and The En:4lisn people are not hostile to the Catholics, ___Even those who differ most Eclesiastical Corporations : from the Catholics, and wh • n are generally favourable to the spread of the Catholic It g ell att ic :4e.t hey know, that while the hearts aoreiook with no satisfaction en the claims of the Catholics, be c :_ nse o f in instice and oppression suf of men aresmbittered by: se n proceed boldly and manfully, and victo fered, thevill. Let the Catholics, n eon thew. The Association have a sure way of ry is sure to smisaves that the people of England are not against turneaelde, p f car to the still small voice of reason.— satisfying the"'