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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extractsfrom the Morning P (vers , June 14, elBs. [NEW T)MES.] The principal business in the House of Com mons last night was the debate that occurred on the motion of Mr. Fowell Buxton, respecting Mr. Shrewsbury, the late Missionary at Barba does. The llon. Member entered into a length ined and precise narrative of the circumstances of the case, and described very minutely the in sults and persecutions, and brutal attacks, to •which Mr. Shrewsbury had been exposed. Mr. W. Horton replied to the statement made by Mr. Buxton, without seeking to justify the out rages which had been committed, and very judi ciously avoided all topics which might cause fur ther irritation, and therefore complained of the introduction of the case of Mr. Smith, in con nection with the question under discussion. Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Butterworth, Mr. Canning, and other Members, took part in the debate. An Amendment was proposed by Mr. Canning, de claratory of the determination of the house to support the Governor in the execution of the in structions sent out, directing him to " afford ample protection and religious toleration to all classes of his Majesty's subjects in the island, of Barbadoes," which was finally adopted. The Bill to repeal the Laws relating to time Combi nation of Workmen was read a second time, with the understanding that the evidence given in the Committee would be printed on Saturday, and that the discussion on the Bill should take place on Monday next. Some alterations were proposed in the Spring Guns Bill. [TII£ Pt'BLIC LEDGER.I The statements respecting the Greeks will be found to be most contradictory. In one account, aaid to be official, the most brilliant success is claimed for them over a part of the Egyptian fleet at Modon. The Greeks attacked with their fieeships, and the result was, the destruction of 20 vessels, which were anchored under the guns of that fortress. Of these, two were frigates, three corvettes, five brigs of war, and the rest transports. The conflagration is stated to have communicated itself to the fortress ; and the town of Modon, for five hours, appeared one volume of flames, at the end of which a terrible explosion took place. The Bulletin, published by the Greek Admiral, then says :—" This leads us to imagine, that the powder magazine took fire, and in that case, every one, and every thing there, must have perished." If this sup position be correct, an eye-sore to the Greek cause is removed ; for Modon had remained in the possession of the Turks since the commence ment of the war; and the Greeks had men ra ther accused of great apathy, in having suffered it to remain so long in the hands of the enemy. We therefore regret that Admiral Miaulis did not stay to ascertain whether his supposition was correct or not. However he left the place, with out instituting any inquiry, as he was at Cala mata three days afterwards; and, in admiring his courage, we are astonished at his want of cu riosity, particularly in a case olsuch importance. Of the Egyptian ship.; that escaped, and which were pursued by the Greek Admiral, nothing is said ; and of the crews of the burned vessels, no mention is like% ise made. We must therefore say that the bulletin is as slovenly as the action to which it refers, has been decisive. The source, too, from which this official statement has been derived, remains a secret ; and we wish that at least, for the future, these matters would be laid before the Public in a form less liable to ob jeclion.s. [BRITISH PRESS.] It becomes important, as the day approaches when the new Spanish Loan will be brought out, to consider the principle on which it is under stood to be founded. The King of Spain, on re gaining his absolute power, thought proper to de dare all the acts of his Government, under the constitutional system, null and void. Among these acts he included the obligations he owed to his foreign creditors on account of the loans raised under his authority, partly for the maintenance of his Court and Family. In cousequence of this scandalous fraud (for by no milder name should it be designated,) the bonds of the Cortes, as they are called, have, for a great length of time, been at an exceedingly low price in the market. His Catholic Majesty is now willing to allow these bonds to be admitted in subscription to a new loan, but only at a rate much below the value for which he originally issued them. In the first instance, having bound himself as solemnly as any debtor could, he openly and ostentatiously violated his engagement, on a pretence which, if allowed, would put an end to all public faith. He now proposes to take advantage of the wrong lie has done, and buy up his dishonoured bouiL as cheaply as he supposes the wants or despair of his creditors will induce them to part with their claims. fie refuses to pay, not on the ground of insolvency, but because he will not acknowledge the justice of the debt ; and he himself fixes the rate of composition at which, in his sovereign pleasure, he consents to e xtinguish demands upon his treasury. If he would declare himself insolvent, and put all his creditors upon a fair and equal footing, there could be no objection to the proceeding. In such case, each creditor must_ take what the State could afford to pay him. But Ferdinand singles out a particular class of his creditors ; and because it is his Royal will, insists upon • their accepting a composition in lieu of their just claims. The question which the Stock Exchange have to decide is, whether so monstrous a breach of faith shall, for t he first time, be permitted, and naade a precedent for other Sovereigns and States to follow ? The amount of the composition is immaterial. If it were 99 per cent. we should As strongly object to the principle. It would be well, we think, at this moment, if the bond holders were to meet and concert measures in defence of their rights. If they silently ac quiesce in the injustice with which they are threatened, they will be fit to be enrolled among the vilest vassals of this ?TN neto, to whom, with out resistance, they surrender their purse. [MORNING POST.] in the House of Peers last night the Bill for augmenting the salaries of the Judges was read a second time on the motion of the Earl of Li verpool, and after a discussion of nearly three hours, which, however, did little more than re produce the arguments pro and con, which had been used in the Commons during the progress of the Bill through that House. The Report of the Committee on the Equitable Loan Bill was afterwards received, and the Bill stands fora third reading this night. In the Commons, Mr. F. Bux ton brought forward the case of Mr. Shrewsbury, the Missionary from the African Society, whose life was threatened, and his chapel pulled down at Barbadoes in 1823. The Hon. Mem ber, after entering at large into the merits of the case, moved the following Resolution : " That this House, from the Papers laid on the table relating to the demolition of the Me thodist Chapel at Barbadoes, and the expulsion thence of Mr. Shrewsbury, a licensed teacher of religion, deem it their duty to declare their ut most amazement at so scandalous and daring a violation of law, and express their hope that his Majesty will be pleased to order some steps to be taken to secure the rebuilding of the Chapel, and to afford ample protection and religious tole ration in that Colony." Mr. Horton admitted that the facts were correctly stated, but said that the proceedings of Mr. Shrewsbury had greatly alarmed the Proprietors for the seculity of their property. He did not mean to say that the Society had done no good, but he would say that their instructions to their Missionaries had done much evil.—Mr. Secretary Canning contended that Mr. Shrewsbury was wholly free from blame, and that he had a right to transmit the letter which he had written to his employer, but that they were wrong to publish it, and send it as a fire-brand to Barba does. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved an Amendment, which was agreed to, strength ening the original Resolution by inserting the word " indignation" instead of amazement, and substituting the following passage for the part which related to the rebuilding of the Church— " Having seen with great satisfaction the instruc tions sent over by his Majesty's Secretary of State to the Governor of Barbadoes to prevent the recurrence of a similar outrage, they humbly express their ready concurrence in any measures his Majesty may deem necessary to secure the most ample protection and religious toleration to all classes of his Majesty's subjects i❑ that colony." [THE TIMES.] It will be seen by our Parliamentary report, that an interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Commons respecting the demolition of the Methodist chapel in Barba does, and the conduct of the parties who per petrated or countenanced that act of bigotted violence. Mr. Canning moved an amendment to ' Mr. Buxton's resolution, but such an amendment as agreed with the spirit of the original pro position, showing that Government is deter mined to protect all classes of its colo►►ial subjects in the Enjoyment of religious tolera tion, and to restrain with a vigorous hand all infringements of it in those quarters where they are most likely to be atternpted.—The Shipwrights in the river, and the Seamen in the North, would do well to take into their serious consideration the permission proposed to be granted by Government to the shipping i►►terest, to have their vessels repaired In foreign ports, and manned by foreign sailors, in case their un reasonable combinations continue. Though no such direct plan for breaking through combina tions in other trades has yet been suggested, yet the parties may be assured that their demands and proceedings, if equally unreasonable, will as effectually be met by countervailing measures. I MORNING HERALD.) For a considerable time the Archbishop of Dublin has been systematically assailed with misrepresentation and ribaldry almost beyond example. \Vt.at was the origin of all this ? Simply a sentence in one of his pastoral charges,' containing scarcely half a dozen syllables—and this sentence only imputing error to the Church of Rome, in a pointed or epigrammatic turn of phrase. Surely those who regard the Archbi shop's religion as a heresy without the pale of salvation, should show more forbearance—espe cially when their opinions are treated, not as damnable, but only as absurd or erroneous. In stead of this, the Archbishop was misrepresented in his expressions, calumniated in his character, and exposed in his person to the animosity and fanaticism of an inflammatory populace. Whilst this system of aspersion was confined to Dublin, the ends of truth and justice scarcely required that it should be noticed. The local disputations of the Dublin papers, important as they seem to those concerned, who fret and speak as if all Europe was looking on, make little way in this country, and the eminent Prelate of whom we speak, was too well known in his own coun try, by all but the populace, to suffer seriously in his character. But now an attempt is made to extend the same system of defamation against him on this side the water. The occasion laid hold of is that of his examination before the Committee of the Ilouse of Lords. All man ner of absurdity and contradiction is said to have been vented by him—even when examined upon his own work on the Atonement, as well as on the Articles of the Church and the Atha. nasian Creed. Now there are imputations of such a kind, that they are negatived by the character of him upon whom they are cast. Who could believe, for instance, that Mr. Brougliaill talked good-natured folly for two hours in St. Stephen's, or that Mr. Hume made an oration of the same length, in which he condescended to observe the common obligations of grammar and good taste. Just as soon could this imputed mass of contra diction have escaped the Archbishop of Dublin. Et is only sufficient to know who and what he is. His work on the Atonement is sufficient evidence of superior reason and profound knowledge in the sphere of his sacred profession. His ow u ac- quirements, and the aids he afforded to the studies of others, in the highest range of exact and speculative science, obtained him an academical reputation for many years unapproached. And to this he adds, in a remarkable degree, the force, promptitude, and correctness of expression of a disciplined and superior talent. Is it possible that a mind so endowed, so exercised, so informed, could run into absurdity—and is it not more rea sonable to ascribe the imputation to the hostility of thoughtless, or presumptuous ignorance ? But it is said part of this eminent Prelate's evidence was expunged. Supposing, but by no means conceding the fact, still it may be accounted for without fairly setting contradiction or absur dity down to the Archbishop. For instance, it may be imagined as possible at least, that a Noble Lord of no extraordinary force as a theo logian, and still less as a logician, should go be yond his depth, and put questions which prove irrelevant or indiscreet—would not these qiies tions naturally produce answers, of which the Committee, and even the examinant himself, might wish to get rid, without the slightest blame to the Archbishop of Dublin ? This is merely supposition, for the proceedings cannot be frankly canvassed, as they cannot be strictly known — and this veil of obscurity or inviolability itself facilitates unscrupulous misrepresentation. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Lords, on the second reading of the Bill for augmenting the Judges' Salaries. This is a subject on which we have always been unwilling to offer any opinion, not being possess ed of sufficient information respecting the gains of professional men to be able to say how much a year would draw a healthy man in middle life from a good practice to the Bench. There is a danger from overpayment as well as underpay ment, as we all know from the example of the Church ; and as we are more certain at any rate that a Judge would draw his salary than work hard to deserve it, the increased temptation to pleasure (the enemy of labour) from increased income, is not to be lost sight of in deliberating on a question of this nature.—A singular objec tion was taken to the Bill by Lord Ellenborough. " It might be invidious (he said) to state that these eminent persons (the Judges) were influ enced by pecuniary considerations ; but they were men, and it was therefore right to take this circumstance into consideration. At present part of their emoluments depended on the fees, and the fees were in proportion to the busi ness they performed ; it might therefore be expected, if the mode of paying the Judges by a salary were adopted, that in a short time it would be found necessary to create an additional num ber of Judges." This is going fairly and can didly to work. His Lordship, we have no doubt, is quite correct in attributing to the J udges their fair share of a love implanted in all the children of Adam, though we are taught in the Holy Writ to consider it the root of all evil.— A man's love of exertion is generally very much stimulated by the know ledge that his re ward increases with that exertion. A Physi cian's humanity is greatly improved by the amount of the fee on which he calculates ; and if he were disturbed from his slumbers, the dif ference between a fee of two guineas and two hundred would have a wonderful effect in adding to his eagerness, in this last case, to fly to the relief of suffering humanity with as little delay as possible. Without questioning the humanity of Counsel, we suspect the labour to he per formed by a Lawyer, pleading for a Pauper, would be performed to better purpose for a fee of fifty guineas. Admitting, therefore, Lord Ellenborough's principle of the love of money operating on Judges as it does on other people, in its fullest extent, we may observe'that his ar gument cuts two ways. If the Judges are paid in proportion to their labour fees, they have an interest in making more fee-paying business than necessary, and in opposing themselves to all sim plification of legal proceedings, by which, though the Judge could go through many more causes than he now does, his reward would not corre spond to the dispatch. Mr. Buxton brought the disgraceful outrage committed at Barbadoes on Mr. Shrewsbury, be fore the House of Commons last night, in an elo quent and forcible speech. Mr. Brougham after wards applied his power of sarcasm to the newly created Bishop of Barbadoes's Report on the re ligious state of the uegroes.—(lbid.) Durr..—A meeting took place yesterday 01 Hounslow-heath. The quarrel originated at a house of in trigue. The parties met at day-break, and proceeded to a third fire, when Capt. Ra—ls received the fire of B. and was seriously wounded in the shoulder. A SCENE of the most DISGRACEFUL CHARACTER was exhibited in this city, on Sunday last, just at the time the congregation was assembling to hear the evening lecture at St. Nicholas' Church —it was no other than a pugilistic battle between two men named Joseph Leybourn and Thomas Addison, who were stripped for the purpose. — The Rev. Edward Davison, a Magistrate, ra ho was passing to th e c hu r ch, interfered, but no at tention was paid to either his remonstrances or threats, and a constable who attempted to make his way through the crowd met with so deter mined a resistance, that his efforts proved to be totally unavailing. At length Mr. Wolfe, gover nor of the gaol, penetrated the mob, and seized one of the delinquents, and calling on other per sons to assist him, succeeded in conveying both away in custody ; the riot, however, did not end here, for an attempt at rescue was made in Old Elvet, but it did not succeed, and the prisoners were lodged in the house of correction, whence they have since been liberated on bail, to answer such charge as shall be brought against them the ensuing Quarter Sessions.—Robert Davidson, Thomas Jopliug, and Robert liackworth, e hav also been a pp re h en d e d and admitted to bail,. to answer the cha r ge of having endeavour ed to aid, the escape of Addison, and of having-assault-0,14e • constable while in the execution of his duty. War rants are issued against other parties who were also engaged in this abominable outrage.—(Dur ,, ham County Advertiser.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Juza 23• HAYMARKET THEATRE. DIBDIN V. MORRIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was stage manager of the Haymarket Theatre, to recover from the de fendant, the proprietor of that Theatre, compensation for work and labour during the years 1823 and 1824. Mr. COMMON SERGEANT, who held Mr. Brougham's brief, having stated the case for the plaintiff, called Mr. T erry, the comedian, Mr. Ridgway, the manager of the pantomimes, and Mr. John Morris, the property-man, at the Haymarket Theatre. From their evidence it appeared that Mr. Terry was stage-manager at the Haymarket Theatre during the season of 1821, and that for his services in that capacity be received 100/. ; that he, at the desire of the defendant, applied to the plaintiff, in the year 1823, to write a piece, entitled The Lap landers, and that the plaintiff wrote the piece, which was re hearsed, but could not be produced, in consequence of the un expected death of a rein -deer, who was to have sustained the principal character in the piece. In the years 1822 and 1823, and during a part of the year 1824, the plaintiff was stage manager of the Theatre. The sum of 1001. would be a fair re muneration for The Laplanders. Mr. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the defendant. He admitted that the plaintiff had acted as stage manager to the theatre in the years 1822 and 1823, in the latter of which years he produced a piece called The Laplanders, which was got up at considerable expence by the defendant, who, in consequence of the death of the principal performer, the rein-deer—(a laugh) —suffered a great pecuniary loss, but he should produce the plaintiff's receipt for 521. 10s., the produce of his benefit for the season 1823, and for 1001. in full of all demands on the theatre, up to the end of December, 1823. With respect to the plain tiff's services for the year 1824, he should prove that he had not attended more than seven or eight days, and for those services the defendant had paid into Court the sum of 301., which he was satisfied the Jury would consider ample remuneration for his services. The plaintiff's receipt having been put in and read, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked Mr. Brougham (who had just come into Court), if he could withstand this evidence ? Mr. BROUGHAM Otid he wished the case to go to the Jury. LORD CHIEF Jus ricE—Then we must go on—but I shall tell the Jury that the receipt is sufficient to do away with the plaintiff's claim for his services during the year 1823, and that I think 301. a sufficient remuneration for his services in 1824. Mr. Robert Collier, the prompter of the theatre, swore, that during the year 1824, the plaintiff attended only nine mornings and eleven evenings. Mr. SCARLETT said, that lest the evidence which he had produced might not be considered sufficient, he should now put in the deed under seal between the plaintiff and defendant, which would at once put an end to the present action. Mr. BROUGHAM objected to the reading of this deed, be cause the stamp, which ought to have been a 305., was only a 20s. stamp. Mr. Comvst submitted that Mr. Brougham ought to pro duce the Stamp Act, to show upon what stamp a deed ought to be engrossed. Mr. BROUGHAM—The Stamp Act is a public Act, and I submit his Lordship is bound to know the terms of all public Acts.—( A laugh.) The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Oh, Mr. Brougham ! a very learned predecessor of mine has, when the statutes were con tained in two volumes, said, that it could not be expected that he should carry in his head the whole of the statutes, and I am satisfied it cannot be expected that, in addition to those two vo lumes, I should carry in my head the terms of all the statutes passed since that time.—(Continued laughter.) The Stamp Act was then put in. Mr. BROUGHAM replied. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, told the Jury that the receipt put in was a bar to the plaintiff's claim up to the end of the year 1823, and he thought the money paid into Court was sufficient for the plaintiff's services in 1824. The Jury having retired for half an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201., in addition to the 30/. paid into Court. BARNARD V. STOCXDALE. This was an action by Mr. Barnard, a printer, against Mr John Joseph Stoekdale, the publisher of The Memoirs of Hat— tiette Wilson, to recover a bill for printing that notorious work - Mr. DEN MAN, in opening the case, said that the demand for . this work had been so great, that it had been thought necessary to stereotype it, which necessarily injured the letters. Evidence was adduced in support of the plaintiff's claims, in the course of which it appeared the 6,000 or 7,000 copies of the first number were printed in the first edition. Before, how ever, the case was made out, a reference was proposed, and all matters in difference referred to a gentleman at the bar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS. - NEWMARKET 4 to 1 agst Goshawk 9 to 2 agst Jerboa DONCASTER 5 to 2 agst Alemnon 8 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 7 to 1 agst Alderman 14 to 1 agst Cleveland 20 to 1 agst Homer 22 to 1 agst Defiance 25 to 1 agst Whisker colt 30 to 1 agst Altisidora 35 to 1 agst Trinculo 35 to 1 agst Pastime 40 to 1 agst Rothelan ETTING-ROOM, Juxz 23. 7ULY STAKES. 7 to 1 agst any other. ST. LEGEIt. 40 to 1 agst His Orate 40 to 1 agst Br. to Addy 50 to 1 agst Skipper 50 to 1 agst Menelaus 65 to 1 agst Camel 55 to 1 agst Humph. Clinker 65 to 1 agst Count Porro 100 to 1 agst Dare Devil 100 to 1 agst Fleur De Lis 100 to 1 agst Comedian. WINCHESTER RACES, TUESDAY, JUNE 21. The Foal Stakes of 50gs. each, I. ft. for three years old, the New Straight mile (13 subscribers). Mr. Lucy's b. f. Pastime, by Partisan , Bst. llb. - 1 Mr. Shard's b. c. •Hougoumont , B st 7 th. - - 2 Dlr. Walker's c. by Whalebone, B st. 41 b . - - 3 A Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 251. added by the County Members, for three and four years old ; the Straight mile (7 subscribers). Mr. F. Craven's br. c. Longwaist , 4 y rs, Bst.9lb. - 1 Mr. Lautour's ch. f. Gertrude, 3 yrs,7st. 21b. - 2 His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for four yrs old and upwards ; four-mile heats Mr. Shard's b. c. Razor, by Whisker, 4 yrs, lOst. 71 b . 1 1 Mr. Mill's ch. f. Tiara, yrs, lOst. 71b - 2dr A Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 25/. added, for 3 yrs old, 7st.; four, Bst. 41b.; five, Bst. 121 b.; six, 9st. 21b.; and aged, 9st. 51b. heats, the last mile and half ; the winner to be sold for 120 gs if demanded, &c. Mr. J. Day's Franconi, by Friday, 4 yrs old Mr. Fleming's AUgustin, 5 yrs old - rs Mr. H. Smith's Isabella , 4 y old Mr. F. Craven's b. f. by Blucher, 4 yrs old - SECOND DAY—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22. The Hampshire Stakes of 25gs each, 15 ft. and cnly 5 if de. dared, &c. Mr. Whiteside's Picton, 6 yrs old - - - Lord Palmerstone's Luzborough, 5 yrs old - Mr. Farquharson's Black and all Black, aged Mr. Gauntlet's Prima Donna, 4 yrs old - Very easy. The City Members' Plate of 501. Dlr. Whiteside's Brother to Antonio, 6 yrs Ld Palmerston's Biondetta, 6 yrs Mr. Mills's Tiara, 4 yrs 4 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 dr 3 4dr 3 - - - - 2 3 Easy. The Ladies' Plate of 50/. for maiden horses. Mr. Fleming's c h. c. b y Buffalo, 3 yrs - - 1 1 Mr. Lautour's gr. f. by Quizzer, 3:yrs - - 4 2 Ld Ailesbury's b. c. by,Soothsayer,3 yrs - - 2 3 Mr. Day's b. c. by Eber, 4 yrs - - - 3dr EDINBURGH RACES—MONDAY, JUNE 20. A Produce Sweepstakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. for three-yrs•-old colts, Bst. 31b.; fillies, Bst. One mile. Six Subscribers. Sir A. Ramsay named the b. C. M ajor - - 1 Mr. Alexander's v. c. by Viscount - - 2 6 to 4 on the Major—Won easy. A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 gs. each, h. ft. for two-yrs-old colts, last. 31b. ; fillies, Ist. Half-a-mile. Marquis of Tweeddale's ch. c. Charter - - - 1 Mr. Baird's b. c. by Prime Minister - . 2 Even bettinp—Won easy. 111 AT c W. Maxwell's gr. h. Ben Ledi, beat Sir A. Don's b.:l'. Zerbino ' , Bst. each. Both five years old. T wo hundred sov. each, h. ft. Two miles.—Even betting. A ca -1 pital nee, won by a length and a half. A Gold Cup, v44ue 100 gs. being a subscription of ten guineas each, p. p. Mr. Carleton's Theodore Sir D. MOnCiteffe's Shuffier - .Mr. Cart k) Balmain 2 to 1 on Theodore.—Won easy.„ I - 2 3 ThiKtrio presented 1001. in 9 tipport of the School belonging to the New Church ea ; Keleiington, and 1001. to the School belonging tq the Ncw Church• in the Waterloo-road. THE BURMESE. The Burmahs are in general men of low sta ture, but stout, muscular, and capable of endur ing great privation. They all wear long hair, which they tie in a knot on the forehead, and are generally clad in a silk resembling plaid, which they fasten round their middle, so as to make a large lump in front of them. They are almost all more or less tattooed ; some from the navel down to about a span below the knee, and others on one leg only. They are possessed of amazing activity and strength, and the pos tures in which a Burmah throws himself, while engaged in pugilistic and other athletic games, are scarcely to be credited. In what we call bottom, they are not inferior to Englishmen, and they resemble us likewise in their love of boxing, and similar amusements. In true bravery they take the lead of all other Asiatics, as no one who has ever had an opportunity of seeing them at Rangoon, will be disposed to deny.— Touching their peculiar mode of warfare, we have as yet been able to learn but little, though we are in hopes of acquiring more inte resting and useful knowledge on that point, ere very long ; but we know that every man ca pable of bearing arms is compelled to doso when the exigencies of the state require his assistance. This, however, is a regulation which, with cer tain modifications, has been common to almost every nation where the act of war was yet in its infancy, and regular armies unknown ; so that it cannot be mentioned as characteristic of the Bur. mese. Every European, who may be married to a native Christian is compelled to serve in per son, on like occasions, or to provide a substi tute ; and in prosecuting the present war, these rules will doubtless be rigidly enforced. We are informed, and we believe truly, that the Bur mans are famous for stratagems, and that in the execution of them they display a wonderful degree of patience, coolness, and intrepidity. Hence an ambushed Burmah will not move though the enemy's foot should be within an inch of his person; and it must be allowed that there are few who, at such a moment, would be equally still and collected. We think this a species of information by which our troops may eventually benefit, as by small detachments, in particular, too much caution cannot be used, however quiet and apparently free from enemies the part in which they operate may be. One ruse was practised with success at Doodpatlie, as appears by the detail which a correspondent enabled us lately to give of that affair ; and where a war is likely to be protracted and similar stratagems em ployed in the course of it, we are not sure that a slight check of the nature alluded to, at the com mencement may not prove in the end more ad vantageous than otherwise, by the necessity which it inculcates of mingling discretion in a due proportion with chivalrous intrepidity.-- The bow and arrow, and a short sword called a rlah, having a blade of about a foot and a half in length, are weapons with the use of which the Burmese are said to be very perfectly ac quainted, and they possess abundant courage to use them either in close or distant combat. — Their war-boats are generally from sixty to one hundred and twenty feet in length, but very nar row, and w whole length. They are quick and dextrous in the management of t he " i‘o r abreast the rather paddled, by m en who he and to any other than British enemies muS t exceedingly formidable either on land or water Indeed we believe it is owing to their for mer successes in war that they at present hav e sa i , high, and, in our eyes, so ridiculous a notion of their own bellipotence, as was evinced by th eir reply to our late proclamation ; but we conjec ture that their ideas on that subject will be e/c -ceedingly qualified before the approaching es"'",. paign sh a ll b e brought to a conclusion.—(Beng as liarkaru.) Henry S avory, and other convicts, are or dered to he convey e d, f o rthwith; from Bri4tol, on boar d the Hulks, preparatory to an early transportation to New South Wales. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesdldl were interred, in Woolwich Church-yard, in the presence of an immense number of spectators, the remains of Mr. John Free' man, a fine young man, Clerk in the Prerogative Offie?' Doctors' Commons. He left the Office on that day week , a t excellent health and spirits, and in the evening qu itted his lodgings in town in order to visit his friends at Wet wich. On his way the fineness and warmth of the eve nian tempted him to bathe in the river a little below Green; wich, where the bank appeared to slope gradually, an d the water to be very shallow. In two minutes he was struggling out of his depth, and presently disappeared. friend who who had accompanied him on his way, but had declined bathing, immediately plunged in with the hope of saving him, but was very near perishing himself in the fruit less attempt. Every endeavour to recover the body was successful until Saturday evening, when it was seen slow e floating close to Woolwich, and as if making for the theof which had always been so Sear to him. 'ln many parts of d river which appear shelving and shallow, deep holes, 0 0 ° °°4 by the digging of ballast, yawn beheath, dangerous to a g „ t --. swimmer, and certain destruction to a bad one. In to one these he was suddenly precipitated, when he perished ; 1 ! 11 „, it is hoped that his melancholy fate will operate as a warm t to others; his excellent principles, correct conduct, and ;In blemished life, make his death, which produced a great sonsa of. tion in his neighbourhood, appear a mysterious dispensati Providence. on BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., the wife of Charles Lisle Robson, E s q .' NewCastle.upon-Tyne. of a daughter. . On Thursday, the 23d inst., at York-gate, Regenes-Prit'• Mrs. G. A. Brown, of a daughter. MARRIED. of On the 21st inst., at Cheam, George nankin, Esq., • , ot te Thomas nankin, Esq., late of Newlands, Herts, to Cpar' „„ Cro,- Frances, youngest daughter of the late Charles Russell melin, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's civil sag' B On enl. ga the 18th inst., at St. George the Martyr's, John Esq., late Captain in his Majesty's 1 7th Lancers , to 1%.0"' second daughter of Robert Whatley, Esq. • D. • t., ' At Gerrard's-cross, Bucks, Dl on lls Tuesday night, the 21st ' of in her 47th year; Mary Caroline, wife of Mr. K. Cat' Queen-squar, loomsbury. Yesterday, e the 23d hist., at" her house in Heathcote-s tree t Sarah, relict of the late Mr. Thomas Bell, of Scarboroug h, ° eldest daughter of Mr. Kinder, of North-place. Ao ro, , On, the 22d, inst., at his residence, No. 7, Spring-01' 4 d, Mr. Samuel Shepherd, late of the firm of Hancock, Sh e P"" and Rixon, aged 4 lat e ' On the 19thr inst. .at Epsom, Surrey, Mr. John Levf-'' of Castle-Risitig,'N'orfolk, in his 67iii year. 0 0 11 1 ig O rs. n li %V er '6d ris n o e n s , a - i ra n Y .h t e h r e. tl3 2 t l y i e n a s r t . 1 4 p ro On.the.3o,th'ult., at Geneva, M. 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