The Sun. — London, England, 1825-06-15 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY ------- F-rtructs,from the Morning eapers,...rune 15, 1825. [TzIE Ttsfra.] it is difficult to describe the anxiety and alarm under which - the more intelligent portion of our countrymen in India were. labouring at the date of the last letters. The bad .success—we might say the utter disgrace—which has attended our operations against the Burman empire, would in other times have produced an immediate Parlia mentary inquiry, and a strong expression of pub lic (.•?etrsure wherever the blame of such disasters, accompanied by such manifest dangers, might he with justice visited. When we reflect that more than a year has now elapsed since the actual com mencement of the war—more nearly, perhaps, two years since the Government at Calcutta had contemplated the speedy breaking out of hosti lities—the first question. that occurs to every man is; What progress has been made towards that specific - point at which, in common prudence and consistency, it would be for the credit of the Government to re-establish peace ? The obvious answer unfortunately is,—that we have not advanced a single step towards indemnity, if there were any wrongs to he repaired ; or to ward(that security of which, it appears to us, the _war itself has been the only serious disturber. Ten or 'twelve thousand men were sent to Ran gon, and might as well have been sent to Japan for any real object of mischief or coercion to the Burmansa of that force-we are - informed that Sir Archibald Campbell could muster for his last en gagement with the enemy not more than 1,300 men ! Such was the wisdom which selected the field of operations. The Bengal army, which had confined its efforts to the infliction of a - violent death on some 400 or 500 of our own unhappy Sepoys, was only, towards the end of January, preparing to act against the Ar racan, or north-nest frofitier of the Kin°. of Ava. The-country through which this force had to move was wholly unknown to the Company's Government, 'except es one which it would be madness to. invade without the most ac curate and detailed information- respecting. even in tricacies, and most hazardous to enter, ven if so provided. It was known, indeed to be a . coun-- try almost as insalubrious as that in the neigh bourhood of Rangoon ; the period still in store . for operations was conjectured to be not half suf ficient for a march " interstiersed," as an Irish soldier once expressed it, " with' fighting"—lthat is, if there should be any idea of pushing on to the Burmese capital. The troops . would, there fore, be compelled to retrace, their footsteps to the British frontier, and begin again the whole business of the war, or to take up their ground in the heart of an enemy's country, there to rot .of.disa ease, or perish of absolute hunger. if, on the other band, no decisive and immediate impression should be made upon the force or spirits of the ene my by this attack from Bengal, we can vouch for its beinv, the 'opinion of most able and experi enced authorities in India that our whole Asiatic. empire . would run an imminent - risk of Oveititiow from insurrections within. There-is not a spot of the whole Peninsula where the old jealousies of British power can be fairly said to be extinct. '!'here is not .villagein the states which have . been. conquered within the last seven years, where the course of the Burmese war is not' eagerly. ,watched—where the consequences of failure, or even of prolonged hostilities and ex- Lausted strength, are not throughly calculated and comprehended ; and where, -if the signal were once given, 'a revolt : would "'hot instantly burst forth, self-organized,a_aud-assisied by the mass of the population.:--in the. capital - of the" Dec can,a placard was recently stuck up, inviting the natives to rise..as the King of Ava was paving , the way for their deliverance from English bondage. Nor are the discontents prevailing through. the interior of theYeninsula the-worst, by many 'de grees, among our causesof apprehension. What has happened towards the - westward'? Ranjeet Sidg, a Prince of eminent ability, of warlike. habits, and insatiable ambition, has crossed the Indus from his own Seik territory, and planted himself in great force on both sides of that im portant -river. The army of Runjeet 'Sing consist of fifty thousand infanty, armed and distributed on European principles, disciplined by a formidable number of French and Russian officers with a numerous artillery, horse ..and foot, organized also on the most approved, European system. These are supported tfv - a powerful body of native cavalry .who are inured to war, and flushed with. conquest. Further to the west, we have 'the Russian army of Georgia, the Affe,liam territory, and would not spare bribe or other incentives to Runjeet Sing, or lose a day in marching to reinforce him. These are all 'con siderations familiar to the .minds. of reflecting men who Understand the affairs-of India.; but, what may not be .so generally, apprehended is, the incompetency of our- local-establishments, rni-; Mary and civil, to cope with a crisis of more than common danger. The number of Europeans in both depa ; rtments, and in all,the presidencies, is inadequate to the wants of the service; and of civil funrtionaries there are much too.few to . contraul the . natural -increase of a spirit among the na tives adverse to the-British interests,, or at-least convertible against them. What is more vexa tious still, there exists an obvious want of the necessary. intellectual resources in those who do exercise the civil powers of the Company ; and thiA is Most conspicuous in- the very highest of: fives... There is a lamentable difference. between the , extinetion of such a powerful MoharchY as that of 'Tipp° in four short months, after he had been whole years preparing, with all the other arreatStates of India,for a simultaneous attack upon the'Brit:ish teFriiory, and the feeble and wretched atternoto!zigaiitst the Burmese r exhibiting; for a: whole twelvettionth, nothing but distraction in Counril,ancl inefficacy - in the field. There is,we say, a woful cOntrast between the Mysore and 114ah ratta wars, both defensive against a prepared and mighty etterby,. And this Burmese. war, uppro yoked, aggressive, unjust, ill-combined, and un successful. -With . regard to our arrny,, the Eu ropeatt force has d sVind led in a serious proportion, and a speedy augmentation must be made to it. The native army of the Company is notoriously deficient in European officers, who used to be the soul of its military character and spirit; and it is folly to suppose that we can retain India, if either of these be lost. Of the incom pleteness of our establishments, it may be taken as a sample, that the head-quarters of the artil lery ought to consist of 600 men, whereas we are assured •on high authority, that at the date of the last advices, -only -15 were to be found there ? Let the Company, therefore, leave off peddling, and conduct great affairs on broad and effective principles. If they want an army, let them raise one equal to the exigency, or surrender India to the nation, who will know how to govern it ho nestly, and to render it- a source of honour, as well as of benefit, to the empire. But besides an army, something more is requisite. Let the Honourable Company of Merchants pay the sol dier his prize-money, and make him feel that•he has no enemies but those who are in arms be fore him. [BRITISH PRESS.] Among the Statutes that have passed during the present Session of Parliament, respecting Ireland, none, we think, is better adapted to pro duce permanent and extensive benefit to that country • than the Irish Provincial Banking Bill, which received the Royal Assent on Fri day last. It was justly remarked by Mr. Iluskisson, in one of his speeches on the com mercial policy of this great kingdom, that, " as we had refused the majority of the Irish people the relief from civil disabilities which they so licited, we were the more bound to compen sate for this refusal by advancing as far as practicable their commercial prosperity, and by encouraging every measure calculated to draw forth the internal resources of the country and augment the nation,al wealth." The incor poration of (he Irish Provincial Banking Com pany is certainly a measure of this character. Its formation, we , understand, originated in the fol lowiug manner :—Shortly previous to the great distress which prevailed in Ireland, nine out of twelve of the country banks had failed, and ne cessarily involved the population of their respec tive neighbourhoods in extreme misery. Such was the shock given to public credit by these "failures, that confidence was altogether withdrawn from banking establishments, and the few that survived the general ruin did not realise sufficient profit to repay their drdinary expellees. To remedy so great an evil, a meeting of English and Irish Gentlemen was held in London in the early part of last year. The result was the formatioti of the Irish Provincial Banking Company, with the view of enabling Ireland to carry on the banking system with greater advantages than she then enjoyed. It was proposed to -effect this .object by assimilating the law for Ireland to that of Scot land, where there is nu limit to the number of part ners in a banking establishment. The Bill which ,has just received the Royal Assent has accomplish ed this desirable result, and we may anticipate from it consequences the most advantageous to that once distressed and agitated, but now, we are happy to say, tranquilled and fast improvims country. In Scotland there are 128 banks licensed; and yet the Bank of Scotland, in 1818, paid its proprietors a bonus of 20 per cent., besides the ordinary annual dividend of 91 per cent.; and in the month 'of" April la"st it paid a similar bonus of 20 per cent., besides,since the reduction of the , rate of discount, a yearly dividend of 8 per cent. The Royal Ban k of Scotland, in 1818, added a bonus of' 50 per cent. to its capital, and the British Linen Company, the commercial Bank, and others, are equally prosperous. A clause was judiciously introduced into the "Irish Pro vincial Banking Company Bill, permitting Eng lishmen not residing in Ireland to become stock holders. The whole measure is well calculated to promote the intercourse and cement the union between Great Britain and Ireland, is worthy of the wise and liberal policy of his Majesty's Government. Some delay occurred in the progress of the'Bill through Parliament, by the adoption of some clauses to prevent the chartered rights of the Bank of Ireland from being invaded. This point having been satisfac torily -adjusted, the important Bill became part of the law of the . land. By means of it a sound and sufficient medium - of circulation will, we have no doubt, be established in Ireland, and the many evils which the people of that country have suf fered, from the unsound state of the currency, wilt be, if-not at once removed, at least consider 'ably mitigated, and at no distant day finally and completely annihilated. ' [THE' PUBLIC LEDGER.] The present situation of Spain is a fine illus tration of the' policy of re-establishing arbitrary power in that - country by 'means of a foreign force', aided by . the scum of the native . popula tion. It is so exact a counterpart of that by which the late revolution was ushered in, that the satne . catastrriM bo -ekpected -again ; with this differetici,, however, that the Constitntion alists will knoW how to avail themselves of favourable circumstances' better a 'second time. Whatever - delay the presence .of the 'French troops may only. add to the ab horrencel in which the existing system and its abettors are }mid.; and we are so persuaded : of the truth of. this iemark, that if we had the deS; tinies of that. country in-our •hands, we should, instead of accelerating, retard the. period of ex plosion. . The prieSthood have.made,§9 insolent a use of. their triumph,. and . have, in' theirpo-: litical zeal, •so scand'al'ously abus4d .their clerical duties., ,that their, controuk over the ininds of the multituiie is all bat, extinct.: They are con fesSedly the last prop •of tyranny, and when Once their influence is'destroved, ;down falls the tyranny, with Out a . chanCe. , of its being replaced -on its Though ' • legs. • Spanish army is a creati o : lo f the present : tiie(24 t,rgy, they.select the houses of the latter in preference to :all- others, - when they set -out - in quest • of. plunder,' •to indemnify themselves' for want- of pay. Upon , these occasions, they always mix with theirviolence,riball e d e xp re ssions and coarseoestS, 'Which form a strange contrast with their title of ,Soldiers of the Faitlryinterspersed with their religious taunts, the significant cry of 4 C Downl .with the arbitrary Monarch," is uniformly heard ; and, as a hungry belly has no ears, a starving soldiery have not the least regard for their su periors. The troops are already so disaffected, that they only want a leader to raise the standard of rebellion ; and, in the interval, they will make such inroads upon the patrimony of the Church, that the poor monks, when their granaries and wine-cellars are empty, will also turn state re formers. [NEW TIMES.] In the House of Lords last night, the Colonial Trade Bill was read a second time, on the motion of Lord Bathurst. The measure, founded on wise and liberal principles, is' in unison with the comprehensive and enlightened system of free trade, which our able and upright Statesmen are so judiciously introducing, and the gradual abolition of restrictions, and prohi bitions, will enable us to advance with accelerated rapidity, in the career of prosperity and im provement. The Equitable Loan Bill was al lowed to be read a second time, the Lord Chan cellor and Lord Lauderdale reserved their ,oppo sition untill the third reading. In the House of Commons, Mr. Hume's motion, for an inquiry into the Church Establishment of Ireland gave rise to an interesting' discussion, which termi mated as usual in a defeat to the bustling and intrepid Member for Aberdeen. One of his pro positions, that Church property was public pro perty, and under the controul of the Legislature, was negatived without a division ; and, finally, his motion was rejected by an immense majority of 89, there being 37 in its favour, and 126 op posed to it. LMORNI NG II En We have, received a letter signed J. 13.'deny ing, in reference to an article in the Herald of yesterday, hat any resolution 66 relative to Lord Liverpool's incompetency to hold the heTni- of Administration" was even 66 submitted to the Catholic Aggregate Meeting in Dub lin." The writer of the article in the Herald assumed that the. Meeting had voted Lord Liverpool unfit to hold the. helm of the Ad ministration, with the clearest recollection of having read in the Dublin Papers, or extracted from them, a paragraph to that effect, and upon now referring to these Papers the passing of such a resolution at the. Meeting is set forth as follows, very unequivoCally,- in ttse report of the proceed ings, viz.— Mr. Hugh O'Connor concluded by proposing a resolution, declaratory of the conviction of the Meeting, that Lord Liver pool, from the hostile policy manifested by him- towards the best interests of a very important portion of -the empire, was unfit to be continued in the office of Prime Minister of Great Britain, which was carried unanimously." _ _ I t appears, indeed, by ysterilay's arrivals from Dublin that an obscure if not, unintelligible squabble has arisen between the Dublin papers respecting this and other resolutions reported as having passed at the Aggregate Meeting. But it is somewhat:extraordinary that the foregoing paragraph should appear in the Report if no such resolution was even " submitted." It may be remarked also that the papers in which it ap peared are very decidedly in the Catholic inte rest.---At all events, if there be any mistake, J. B. must charged it to these papers. [MORNING POST.] French Papers . to . the -) 3th instant,'with the . Etoile of Monday, reached our Office last night by express; They are unusually barren'; . .for they do•not, even .contain any Parliamentary or political intelligence. The late financial idea sure of the 'Ministers for converting the Fives into Three per Cents. is now considered as havittg completely failed, the new stock having remained below par ever since it was issued to the public. The Eloite speaks *in mysterious and' unintelligible terms of some crime which - the School, of Medicine is said to have - lately wit nessed, and which is attributed to " liberal and philosophical fanaticism, and to the efferves cence excited •in young heads by those perpe tual—declamations of revolutionary Journals, which under the name of Jesuit everyday attack religion and its principles I" The precise nature of the crime committed is not mentioned, but as its details are stated to be in the possession of the Public Tribunals, and- the trial is likely soon to take place, the. mystery cannot .now re main long concealed. "MORNING CHRONICLE.] There was very little business doing yesterday in the English Funds. Consols for "the Account were all the . morning at 9]. The Commi ss i oners f o r the !reduction of the debt paid 90 and 90 t i for Reduced Stock. In the Foreign Market there was little variation, except in Greek Stock and in Spanish Bonds; the farmer had advanced to 10 discount on ac count of the very favourable , news. The latter tell to 23i.24 on account of extensive sales. The rumour in the latter - part of the day was, that a Spanish Loin was concluded, and that the particulars were in London, but that the public feeling was so much against Ferdinand, and ; the bad faith displayed, that it cannot be brought forward, at least for the present. The South American Stocks - .Were rather higher, Colombian Stock 86. In the other Foreign Funds there was little doing, and no va riation whatever in•the prices. The Share Market • was rather dill ; there was no variation in the prices worth noticing. An. article in a late number of the Brussels Oracle is as follaWs About six weeks ago a mad dog bit a child at St. Quentin's (in 'ancient Picardy )—A man of the name of RAvit; . seized the animal and strangled it, but not it had bitten him likewise. The poor child - died shortly afterwards of hydrophobia, and ere long the 'same dreadful, malady attacked the courageous but unfortunate RAVI N ; he_ became quite raging, first seizing his wife, whom he injured severely ;. his eldest son, however, who was as strong as himself, laid hold' of hitri, and held him fast till' he received fhrther assistance. Again returning to a state of tranqUillity,lie,was about.to be removed to theliospital ; he was perfectircollect ed, and bid farewell to.all hid neighbours, who were much dis tressed at the melancholy circumstanced which surrouniled'hiro, 'A fresh access attacking the poor man, he' burst away and' tried to make his escape 9 • tire gens d'armes, however, ran after and seizing hi m , bound him with cords to precept further mis chief. They finally brought him to the Hotel Men, but there the dreadful howling he uttered were such as to,terrify:the whole neighbourhood. In spite of every effort which the medical art could devise, death - carried off the unfortuate man in about 24 liourS..—ln consequence of this sad alfair,the Authorities gave or ders for the destruction of all dogs found at large. A beadle who was charged with carrying into effect .the Magistrates' decree, and to whom, for that pu,rpose" a gun had been given, incau tiously placed.it somewhere within the reach of his son, (a lad it'would seem) who took it up, and hot. surmising that it was charged, unfortunately it went off and shot a young man, 17, years- of the only Son of the' Mayor of Grand Frasnoy. The i,nvoinntary , murderer surrendered himself into the' hands of jutice:" Another bla* lead mu to has, been recently dis coveiefl is Invernessire, on the, property of Glengary, It is sitnate•over the top of a rocky ravine; close - at the head of Loeli Idoety, STAMPS ON NEWSPAPERS. An ACCOUNT of the Amo 'NT Of STAMPS for NEWSPAPERS, in the Years 1814, 1315, 1822, 1823, and 1824; di 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819,1820, 1821, Lstinguishing the different Years. Year. Great Britain. Ireland.' I Total. ---- X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1814 - 383,658 7 7 4 ' 383,658 7 7 1815 - 383,695 16 3!, iN 383,695 16 3i 1816 - 367;505 18 0 l' 367,505 18 0 1817 - 363;284 9 4 19,080 0 2 382,364 9 6 1818 - 367,738 16 4 20,417 0 4 388,155 16 8 1819 - 384,140 16 4 21,406 18 11 405,547 15 3 1820 - 440,282 2 4 22,878 2 5 463,106 4 9 1821 - 414,369 15 4 22,546 8 101 436,916 4 21 1822 - 398,873 7 8 23,757 9 64 422,630 17 2i 1823 - 411,171 1 8 25,688 8 0 436,859 9 8 1824 - 426,231 16 2 25,884 12 2 452,116 8 6 4,340,898 7 21 181,659 0. 5 14,522,557 7 7i 181,659 0. 5 14,522,557 7 7i J. C. BERRIES. Treasury Chambers, 31st May, 1825. * In these years there -was no separate account kept of the amount of Newspaper Stamps issued in Ireland. LIST OF THE MINORITY Who voted on Mr. Hume's Motion—" That this House will, early in the next Session, appoint a Select Committee, for the purpose of considering the present State of the Irish Church, and the various Changes to which Ecclesiastical Property is'liable." Anson, Hon, G. Hutchinson, Hon. .Rumbold, C. E. Brougham, Henry C. H. Robarts, A. W. Burdett, Sir F. Honeywood, W. P. Robarts, Colonel Bentmck, Lord W. Leader, W. Rice, T. S. Denman, Thomas • Lamb, Hon. G. Stuart, Lord J. Dundas, Hon. T. Milbank, M. Smith, W. Fergusson, Sir R. Maberly, W. L. Taylor, M. A. Ebrington, Visct. Normanby, Visc. Whitbread, S. C. Fitzroy, L ord C. Osborn, Lord F. Wood, Alderman Fitzgerald,LordW. Poyntz, W. S. Wilson, Sir R. Griffiths, J. W. Phillips, G. Guise, Sir W. Phillips, a R. TELLERS. Glenotchy, Visct. Parnell, Sir H. Hume, J. Hobhouse, J. C. Palmer, General Mouck, J. 8.. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. Simile of our Readers may, perhaps, be at a loss to understand whence springs the peculiar rancour with which the Duke of Cumberland has been assailed throughout all the - late debates upon the proposed grant to his son; or won der why the Opposition, who can with so much complacency see millions and half millions voted away for objects of idle extravagance, should find their frugal patriotism sublimed to a phrensy, that kisses sight of all moderation and good manners, when a" pittance is proposed for the education of him who may, very probably, be the future King of England. To explain this mystery, it will be necessary to go back, in the first place, to the year 1807, when, as is pretty well knownohe unaided interference of the Duke of !Ctnriliterland with his Royal Father displaced the MischieVous Administration, which was at the time in full career to overthrow the Consti tution. This must have laid a sufficient ground of licitred against the Duke in the breasts of all who-lost office, or *ere cut off from the approaches to office, upon that occasion. But in about six years after a new emergency, which gaVe to the Duke another occasion of saving the country from the same pernicious faction, supplied new fuel to the flame of hatred ! which they have ever cherished against him. His Royal Highness was supposed (vide the Twopenny Post Bag). to ! have mainly contributed to continuance in power of Mr. Percival's administration after the expiration of the Regency restrictions. Accitlental circumstances, and the (certainly erroneous) feelings of the late Queen (Charlotte), gave to the Dike's enemies an opportunity. for a triumph over him in:1016 , and 1818, which they were of course unwilling to resign: lint it is not merely disinterested vindictive hatred, or even the fear of the humiliating loss of their triumph, which suggests to the party the SyStem of" foul and calumnious insinuation" (we quote honest, manly, Sir C. Forbes) with which the Duke ispetsecuted: They Wish to keep him out of the country, and independently of the motive to self-expatriation furnished by an inadequate income, they feel that nothing • would be more likely,to4lEive an honour able and high-spirited man in disgust froth oNTEibfes'tliari such slanders as have been flung upon his Royal highness by men as effectually protected one way or another from vengeance or retribution, as the great thunder,t - nonger of the last century— . " Say what revenge on Dennis:can be had." - The truth is, that the .party have (with little respect for the King's understanding) been long hoping to wriggle themselves into place through a private influence.; and- they regard with angerand dismay the assemblage about the throne of Princes like the Dukes' of York and Cumberland, possessing the un bounded confidence of their- Monarch and Sovereign; and re ' solved to use that confidence solely for the public good.—The (Dublin) Star, June 11, 1825. REcaRDER's Itreo ItT.—Ye'sterday the. R CORDt R of 'LONDON' made a Report to the Kll.TG'in . Council, of the prisoners remaining under sentence of death in the gaol of Newgate, wbo were convicted at the two last Old Bailey Sessions, naniely—Williarn l'rohert; aged 33, and William Saigeant, alias Thomas Baker, 30, •of horse-stealing; Henry Goff,: 18; James Corbet, 17; Stephen. Me„dwin, 14; Edward David Dunn, 17 ; James Goff, 21 ; Edward Crawley, 17; of burglary. Henry Williams, 27; Frederick Morgan, 17; Elizabeth . Doyle, '2l ; 'Henry Brown, 23 ; and John Bowers, 27; of stealing in a dwelling-house to-the amount of 40s; and upwards. John 'Thompson, 17, -of high Way • robbery ; and William August, 28, of cutting and maiming. Henry Morgan, 23, housebreaking. Jacob Myers,' 15, highway robbery. Wm. Brooks; 25 • William litnvon, 41 ; James Harper, 30 ; James 16; horse stealing, jaMeS Broom, 17'; Vt'ilfred.Barriett, 19 ; Joseph Saint; 13, Mary Beresford, 28- Eliz. Powell', 23 ; Thomas - Herring, 24-; John Wilcox, 16 ; 'Henry Palmer, 23 ; and. Peter Carroll, alias Geo. Day, 18 ; stealing in a dwelling house to the amount of 40s. and upwards. Daniel Morgan, 18 Jas. Brown, 15; J. Turpin ' alias Tuck, 21; Wm.Ropton, 15; Joseph Flowers, 19 ; John Smith, 28 ; and William Mills, 22, burglary—when his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite, (luring his Royal pleasure, all the aboVe-narned convicts, ex cepting William•Probert, William Sergeant, James Harper, John Smith, 'Edward' David Din, - James Goff, and Edward Crawley, upon whom"the law'is left to take its course ; and they are . ordered for execution on_the following days—namely, William Probert; William' Sergeant, James Harper, and John Smith, on Monday next ; and Edward David' Dunn, James GcH, and Edward Crawley, on Monday the 27th inst.—The Judge of the Admiralty Court 'also made hiS report to the King of the case of - Hugh Hastings and Alexander Mohang, who were convicted of piracy, at the last Admiralty Sessions, both - of whom were respited during the Royal pleasure. The Bishop of DUIUI.tM has made a present of a very - important piece of furniture to the . General Infirmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, namely, a very useful fracture-bed; invented by HENRY EARLE, Esq. -- Assistant-Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, as also a portable vapour-bath. The- Carliste Journal of Satiltday last says— "' As a proof of the extremely forward'state of the season, Mr. Little, of With; near Whitehaven, clit'a field of grass for hay on the 21fit ult. Frederick North, Esq. of Ambleside, has also commenced his hay-harvest. Notwithstanding . the - mild ness of the season hitherto '(obServes the same Journal), the tops of the mountains in Entferdale and Loweswater were on Sunday last completely covered with snow, a circumstance very Unusual - at this time of the year." - • -------- .. An'eminent engineer has been consulted by the . COmMittee of the .Cliam., Suspension• Bridge to connect the two towns of North and South Shield. Ills opinion, we un derstand; is altogether favourable to the measure; but as a fresh survey has been made•under his direetions, the written hi g hly interesting. aPpear, may be looked forward to as . • report, x w ie h l i t c 4 l: r wi f l r l c shor mi t t ly ichniond, Virginia, dated the 19th Mav, says—" It is ra th er ear l y to prognosticate about our staple-crop (wheat), b u t if t hin gs go on as well as they are now, the harvest will unquestionably be a very good one. Some of our planters are ploughing up - with great spirit for cotton., and already an unusual quantity is planted. This" will be a gieat year of experiment for this important product." GREAT - Fin F.:' AT'BortnEAux.---On the 2d .inst this great mercantile city was visited With a terrible calamity—a conflagration which destroyed various descriptions - of property to the extent of font Millions of in - :nes—about 160,0001. ster ling. Amongst other artictes 1,500 pkces of brandy were con sumach . Insurances were effected with the Phcenix;Office In LondOnn,'and the Asitiatr'e Conn— vat Borde. , Aux, for about the! htilfa#l,l)mooe". . • 'The lees will be' a serious matter t o Many individual's. From the LONDON GAZETTE of June , 14; This Gazelle contains an account of the investiture- of kis Most Christiam Majesty Charles the Tenth, King of France: and Navarre, with the habit and ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.—( Vide the Sea of Friday last.) Also an account of the investiture of Lord Grenville with the ensigns of the Order of the Bath by his Most Christian Majesty iu the-- name of his Britannic Majesty.—( Vide the Sun of Monday' last.) BANKRUPTS. T. Clay, Sise-lane, wine-merchant, to surrender June 21,.28, July 26, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Fisher and Spencer, Walbrook-buildings. S. Jerman, Penlington-place ' Lambeth, tea-dealer, June 18, 28, July 26, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghalbstreet. Soli citor, Mr. Williams, North-place, Gray's-inn-road. T. Thornley, Manchester, pawnbroker, June 27, 29, July 26, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Solicitors, Adlipgton, Ore gory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row. J. Brooks, Bath, victualler, June 21, 22, July 26, at. tha White Hart Inn, Bath. Solicitors, Messrs. Frowd and Rose, Searle-street, Lincoln's-inn. DIVIDENDS. June 25, D. and J. H. Wagstaff, Skinner-street, Snow. hill, carpet-warehouseman—July 5, T. Hill and H. Wood, , Queenhithe, oilmen —July 16, \V. Shillito, Leeds, dealer in cattle—July 5, J. Tee, Hemsworth, Yorkshire, shopkeeper:— July 5, J. Cooper, Eyam, Yorkshire, grocer—July 12, , F. S. Boswell, Strand, shopkeeper—July 6, J. Bayley,.lpswich, ship builder—July 5, M. and J. White, Great East Cheap, wholesale perfumers—July 5, 3. Marshall, Black Horse yard, Gray's-inn-lane, box-maker—July 12, R. Tnsley,-Ilamp. , ton-Wick, multster— July 2, E: Jones, Newington-causeytay, linen-draper-July 28, M. G, Neise, Parliament street, West . - minster, accoutrement-maker,-.luly 9, J. Parsons; - Long-acre, coach lace-manufacturer—July 12, J. D. Ruffy, , Paternoster. row, oilman—July 5, J. Westbrook, Redhurn, Hertfordshire, innkeeper—July 12, A. M. Belesario, Sise-lane, merchant..., July 12, I. Howell, Cheltenham, plumber—July 7. T. Abbot, Knaresborough, innkeeper—July 8, T. Salter, Manchester,' merchant—July 9, F. Cooper, East Dereham, Norfolk, grocer, CERTIFIC TES,. Jul.Y.s: T. Thompson, Gateshead, Durham, . cast-iron-founder—%' Dodd, Li , ierpool, paper-hanging-manufacturer—W. Godwin,. Strand, bookseller—D. P. Wade, Hadleigh, Suftblk, tanner— J G. Alexander, Aldermanbury, Mayson, • wick, Cumberland, mercer—W. H.. Stevens, Hedge-row, Islington, dealer in earthenware—lt. Wall, Brixton, wheel wright—S. Passey, Newington butts, bookseller—J. Ilawke::, Old Jewry, hardwareman. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Robertson, sen., and 11. M. Fraser Greenock—l. Wright and J. Ragg, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, silk-finer cers—J. Burnham and T. Day, Beetson, .Nottinghamshire, twist machine-makers—R. Williams and G. Roberts, Chester-, ironmongerS—S. D. Goulding, .T. Dalmaine, • and .1. -Maz- ' , zinghi, Soho-square, music-sellers--J: Leach and J. Kirkman, Bury, Lancashire, painters--T. Woolley and S-Fletcher, Radford, Nottinghamshire, twist net- - -machine-makers -R• Stirling and D. Martin, undee, merchants , . , ..G. George,:J. Shovel]. and C. and R. Willoughby, Frome, bankers--i: Burton, T. Pipes, and G. Gell, Radford, twist net machine- ,, builders—T. Shaw and J. Haughton, Saddleworth;•Yorkshire, ' cotton-spinners—J. Stead and D. Yates, Bolton-le-Moors, silk manufacturers—T. Fowler, J. Fardon, W. Lloyd, T. LangleY. and W. W. Young, Droitwich, Worcestershire. salt-mantitaa turers—J. Orchard and J. FL Triston, Gray's-inn-square, st- tornies—ll., B.: Cooper and P. Veel, BroOmbridge and Frau'''. -" load, Cilootestershire, irontnasters. • • „ . ANECDOTE. OF THE !ATV. Di:. PAIZit.-Thq late Dr. PAith, it is well known, was greatly attached to a pipe; and wherever he went to'dine was indulged with his faVOunte whiff. Once he was invited by a gentleman Whose wife, a finelady, `had an intense aversion to smoking; and the following story i 9. told- of the occasion :-The hti4Uafid, on bis . 'return—" Ahy dear, • whoni. do you think I met 'ln The street' - just now, and invited to slitie with us to-morinw ?" ":-.1 Cannot say, :• my love, unless you tell me." " Dr. Part." 44 Very well, love • you know I em alwayS happy to see your friends at our table." " You are very kind, my dear v.dfe, but I most mention one think ; the Doctor, Wherever he is indulg,ecl; with a pipe:" " Ilideed, my dear ! then I have this to sac.; heshall nothave that indulgence here; no gentl.- .':u shall s moile a pipe in' my drawing-room" The hushand - 9,r,:eived the case , was lost, and, like a. wise man, dropped the subject. On tha„ , morrow the doctor - came; and is select party- met Lima After A r-i sumptuous dinner, they retired to, the drawh,g-room. The. . doctor began to feel certain 'cravings for the' stimulating fumed" . of his beloved pipe ; he tried to catch the eye • , f his host, but that was constantlY . averted. The lady of the house Ni , ras'on'thl gui vi4e ; she watched both her husband and the doCtor. At length the reverend 'gentleman grew impatient; he addiessed himself in a half.whisper . to his friend ; the word pipe caugb t the ear of 'Madam, who immediately took tipon herself to answer for her busbaud. Lady: ",Dr: Parr, I hope yOu will excuse what I am gOing to say, but I cannot permit smoking in tot:. drawing-room."- - Doctor : " And why not, madam ? I - smoked a,pipe with my King, and it surely can be no offence o' . disgrace to a subject to permit - me the like indulgente !" " Notwithstanditigthat; Sir, I never will allow my drawing.tddal...' to be defiled' with the nauseous smoke of tobacco ; r have ordeio ' ''' a room below to he prepared for any gentlemen who wish to it Bulge in that disagreelble habit." ' Doctor : " fsiadam Lady, quickly.: .",Sir." Doctor : " Madam, you are -- Lady : I beg, Sir, you will not express any rudeness !" doctor, raising his voice : 44 Madam,' you are the greatest - to - srd! 'bacco stopper in England." This sally caused a loud laugh the expellee of the lady, and - though- the doctor had' not the. pleasure of his 'pipe, he enjoyed the effect of his wit on the no ir ! I thoroughly disconcerted and crestfallen virago. t Letters from Naples, under doe of the 14th : ult. state, that a formidable band of robbers had shown 00 1 " selves near to Morlo de Gaeta, and that they had plundered many travellersots well is carried off sere.ral women and yolln% girls. - COURSE OF,EXCHANGE, Jiint, 14. - ‘ mstet darn Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 3 \ ntkverp . . • - l2. 3 . 1 - lanthorgli , Altona Paris,3 I)ay's sight ' 2,`: 20 0 U''. Ditlo - • lolirdeattx, ditto Berlin 7 0 Frankfort on the Main Petersburg!! . 91 Vienna 9 54 . . Trieste 9 54 Madrid - Effect : Cadiz Wilma Barcelona Gait - Altai Legliorn Get .441 ,• , . Ital. be. 3'9533 : 656 ; ' Seville 11 Nlalta Palerion ,'~~ • Lisbon Opp i 0 ;„, 11104alieiro Ball4l . • • 52 131,1)Iiia ...• 9/ Cori: 91 pei Cent. BULLION • Ott. !)orlttal Gold,in Coin h.O 0 0 1,21 . 3'17 101 .0 0 0 ....() 4 11} 5 CI FOEVIII Gold, in Bats Irw Donnloons New I) , dlars Sher Standard in ..... BIRTH. Yesterday, at his Grace's house in Grosvenor-squr.re , t 13 6. Duchess of ..IttcumoND was safely delivered of a son. MARRIED.. Yesterday, at St. Pancras New Chnfeh; Frederick WI: •• Danvers, Esq., to Charlott e M ar i a , d aug ht er o f John Jul 3n Rawlinson,-Esq., of Doughty-street. if nil Yesterday, at St. George's, r Hanover-square, NVm• Ile no Blaauw, Esq., to Hariet, daughter of John King, .1;:01" Grosvenor-place. • DIE. Iti On the 9th inst., Thomas Porter, Esq., aged 88 who "i e a lf distinguished appointm e nt s i n th e Custom-house ,I for nearly '' a century. . On the sth inst., at Blackheath, Abigail, relict of th e late Mr. Augustin Finch. • of On the sth inst., at Wrexham, NV. R. Barber, Ef t h' Clay-hill, Bushy. —.4........ Printed. and Pubit heti`foz . the PROPIZIETO - 8.5, At the, SU., Or FICt, INO. 112, Strand, by J. B:cAiisTAiits.