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PRIVY COUNCIL. wtl. !MUCH, ESQ., SERJEANT-AT-LAW, COMPL,III7.:TA.NT 31.1J0R-GENERAL JOHN MURRAY, RESPONpn . t _ e • us This case, which has excited considerable intercetast of the lic mind, in consequence of the rank and respe r parties, came on to be heard on Saturday befoye the The ord Lord- Pre sident, and a Committee of the Privy Cpucil. ships having ordered Counsel to be called inn, be to open the complain- The COMMON SERJEANT p ant's case. He appeared, he - President of the Court of -sraZtlc,e before their Lordships on behalf of Mr. Sergeant Rough, Criminal and Civil Justice of theel:ureanitehtly Choilmon yagoafinDstellmlearjaorra and Essequibo, on a charge p t rvernor of that Colony ; and the General John 'Murray: grounds of his complaints t i h e ewtileroe outrage th b e y s e.srh—ae without lamed n p u tdelin o ci f u t e h n e . illegal and unwarrantable shadow of legal or moral guilt, he was cy or charge, withiosunt ffice of President ; he complained of every suspended from h aggravation by which such a proceeding could be accompanied, he complained that his Secretary had been turned out of his apac which were forcibly seized' ; that his own libra. , meats, and papers, had been violently taken from him ; that sslispension had been blazoned forth in an unneces aairi'ry proclamation, published in the Royal Gazette : that . his place had been filled up by an appointment most illegal and improper ; and that a mock procession and a vulgar riot, by which his enemies celebrated their triumph over him, the law, and public peace, had been encouraged and applauded by the Governor , whose own lawless violence had occasioned, and thus gratified their wanton malignity. After observing upon the manifest duty and necessity of a Governor affording his utmost support to the judicial authorities of a colony, the Learned Counsel proceeded to detail the facts of the case. In the year 1816 Mr. Sergeant Rough, having previously been ap pointed to the Presidency of the Court of Justice of that colony, went out to Demerara to undertake the duties of his office. Major-General Murray was then Governor. They continued for some time upon terms which evinced no displeasure on either side towards the other ; although there was subsequently reason to believe that the mind of the Governor had conceived certain feelings, not of the most friendly nature towards the President. In the year 1820, various calumnies began to make their appearance in a paper called the Guiana Chronicle, reflecting upon the cha racter and conduct of Mr. President Rough, and the Court ofJus , tire, over which he had the honour to preside; and charging its officers with the receipt of illegal and exorbitantfees. Now if there were any thing supposed to be wrong in the mode of charging fees, the proper course of proceeding would have been to have preferred a complaint in the first instance to the Court itself; and it' their decision were unsatisfactory, they might then carry , it to a higher tribunal. But most undoubtedly it was highly improper to circulate vulgar calumnies of this nature upon the administration of justice through the medium of a public jour nal which was in the hands of every individual in the colony. If such charges were made in this country, they would be comparatively of little moment • because there were tribunals here by which the interests of Al parties would be sure to be protected : but there the case was different. It was, however, in the power of the Government to prevent the publication of • those calumnies; notwithstanding which, the Guiana Chronicle went on without interruption, to impute - practices to the Presi dent and the other members of the Court of Justice, which were illegal and improper. In making this complaint of the conduct of the press, he begged their Lordships to recollect, that the case of the press there was the case of the Government. The Colony had no free press, for the Governor was invested with the power of censorship over it. Indeed it hardly pos sessed materials for collecting public opinion. There were two papers in the colony, one of which was invariably sub mitte'd to the Governor's inspection, and the other he had opportunities of constantly seeing ; and when he beheld in it these libels upon the character of the President, it was his bounden duty to have interposed with his censor ship, and . protected him from such calumnious attacks.— Did he so interfere ? On • the contrary, he permitted them to continue under his eye, and it would even be shown that he was not ignorant of the hand that wrote them. Nay, more, it would be shown that General Murray was actually at the bottom of them himself. If the charges against the Court had arty foundation, an inquiry into them ought to have proceeded in a legitimate course; but here it wanted the very first step towards such a course, for there was no accuser. General Mur ray actually thought proper to ground his most unjustifiable proceedings upon an anonyhmus letter. Now when he re ceived a letter of that description, he ought instantly either to have flung it into the fire; or if he thought it worthy of any notice, he ought to have handed it over to the President of the Court, as the proper authority to inquire into the circumstances to which it referred. Instead of which General 3lurray's con ituct upon the occasion was such as afforded strong grounds for suspecting that it wags he who had procured the letter to be written to himself ; for he actually made it the ground of public pioceedings, and issued a proclamation, stating its contents, and saying that he was ready to hear all complaints on this subject ; without having made the slightest inquiry as to who was the author, who was the base and cowardly assassin, who could thus assail the character of respectable individuals in the dark, without daring to shew his face. When the Governor thus gave encouragement to this anonymous accusation, could it be as tonishing that the newspapers continued to pursue their course of'slandeis ? Day after day these calumnies were poured forth with unceasing malignity. Nor were they confined to the press ; public rtd4fings were held, where speeches were made and resolutions proposed, of the same libellous character. A Mr. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, whose name had acquired a cer tain degree of notoriety, and who had settled in Demerara was one of the most active persons in getting up these assemblies. There was a class of people in every country who were always ready to gratify their disposition by bringing charges against per seas of high rank in life. There was no difficulty, therefore, in getting together meetings of this kind, and accordingly they were held frequently; money was raised at them ; and inflammatory petitions sent in to the Government, which, instead of suppressing or checking, actually encouraged these slanderous anti mischiev ous proceedings ; / and some of its own officers were amongst the most active proniOters of them. This went on for some time un til at length seyeral gentlemen of the Court declared that they found it impo‘sible toremain in office if these proceedings and ca lumnies were permitted to continue any longer. It was therefore desired that Mr. Stevenson, the printer of the Guiana Chro nicl,:, should be prosecuted for one of these libels, which was of eo g:oss a description that the Government could not refuse; hat while this person was in prison for one libel, be continued to issue others containing the grossest calumnies, for which fresh proceedings were desired to be instituted against him.— But this was refused by the Government, upon which three gentlemen of the Criminal Court tendered their resignation, declaring that it was a mockery of the Court to attempt to administer justice to others, when they could not obtain the ' support of the Government in procuring justice and protec tion for themselves. There being then no longer a full court, capable of proceeding, it was thought necessary to notify upon the walls of the court that the sittings were for the pre eere. suspended. This fact was much relied upon by General 11l array ; for he said that Mr. President Rough had pre vented the Commissaries from sitting. But so far from that, the suspension of the sittings was occasioned by the cir cumstance of these gentlemen having resigned front feelings which did them credit, in consequence of the proceedings which were so systematically carried on against them through the medium of the press and public meetings, and all of which were sanctioned by the Government. When, therefore, Ge neral Murray stated that Mr. Sergeant Rough prevented the commissaries from sitting, he gave a false colour to the fact; for they had no authority flir sitting, for want of a full court. But even supposing for a moment the fact to be as he stated. to whom was the blame to be attributed—to the President and his brother Judges, who had declined to continue to sit while they were charged with extorton,- or to him at whose door all these proceedings were to be laid ? It might be conceived that when meetings were held, and petitions poured in upon him couched ' in the most inflammatory language, it was possible that the Governor's mind, poisoned and misled by the individuals by whom he was surrounded, might have been carried away with a false impression ; but if it could be shewn that all the pro ceedings had been caused by himself—that he had actually in vited accusation by a public proclamation, what then was to be said of Governoe'Murray.'s conduct? Now with respect to the fers , which had been made the ground of complaint, it was only the. Court that had a right to regulate them. The subject had been brought under the consideration of the authorities in Eng land ; .and in theyear 1817 Lord Bathurst wrote to Gen. Murray, , r equiring him to eens u lt with the President respecting the regu lation of fees, and to communicate the result of their considera tion to his•Lotdship. nothing certainly could have been more wise or more easy' than to remedy a gr i evance o f t hi s na t u re. But w ould their Lordshipa - believe, that insteadof communicating that letter to the'President, he never said one syllable about it, and •• it was not until the year 1820 when these libels were in circula tion, that the President -first heard of it ?It was impossible not to see from this that there was something in the mind of General Murray which indisposed him to act towards Mr. Sergeant. , Rough as he ought to have done. that letter of Lordd .e.liathurst's had for some' time escaped his memory, the anony mous letter could not have failed to remind him . of it; and it was his duty then, since he had not done so before, to have put e th m z e t n 4 t 9 t t o h l i m h; proper that letter into his hand, instead ofgiy,i intgweanscotruzg roper.and scandalous proceeding s. was said attributing personal corrupt motives to the President, and that a disavowal of such an imputation was rather pom pously put forth. But notwithstanding that disclaimer, which was sometimes adopted as an artful mode of conveying the very insinuation which it affected to disclaim, every body look_ jug from a distance at the proceedings would be Inclined t o regard his charactcr,ivith suspicion ; for they would naturally say, " Here are grievous complaints made, and here is a Judge suspended from his office; there must be something improper here." He was therefore compelled to come before their Lord ships to vindicate his character to the world ; and not only his own character, but also, that of a young gentleman .whom he had taken out with him - as his secretary, the son of Mr. Basil Montagu, a highly honourable and distinguished mem ber of the bar. As that young gentleman had-always con ducted himsellivith undeviating propriety; Mr. Sergeant Rough did himself honour by stepping fotward to protect him against the unjust and groundless attack by which he, as well as him self, had been assailed. Upon examining the complaints which had been made, they all fell to the ground. - As to the charge of taxation of costs being . prevented, that was unfounded, for there was no cause then ripe for taxation. Where, then, was the ground for hasty proceeding ? The ground of complaint alleged by General Murray was the publication of two noti fications of Mr. Sergeant Rough's in the Royal Gazette. General Murray treated this as an encroachment on the exe cutive power, and therefore suspended Mr. Sergeant Rough from his office of President. The notifications in question were those which had been posted upon the walls of the Court, apprizing the public of the temporary suspension of the sit.. tings. The Guiana Chronicle, the author of all the slanders, published a version of their own of these notifications, and grossly misrepresented them. To meet this new libel, Mr. Ser geant Rough, without alluding to it, sent correct copies to the Royal Gazelle, and this was considered by Governor Murray as an encroachment of the executive. Now the Royal Gazelle was under his own immediate censorship ; every article in it was submitted to his inspection before it appeared ; he, neverthe less, permitted these notifications to be published, and then turned round upon 31r. Sergeant Rough, and said, " You have encroached upon my Royal Prerogative, you shall therefore be turned out of your office and go home to England." These were the plain facts that appeared upon the face of the papers themselves. What, then, was the short history of the whole transaction? A storm was raised against an individual of high judicial rank, and because General 31urray had not- thought proper to comply with the directions he bad received from Eng laad, by entering into an inquiry with him respecting the fees —because he had made an. anonymous letter the ground of a .public proceeding—because he had suffered and encouraged a series of libels to be circulated—because the President's colleagues having resigned in consequence of these libels being thus sanctioned by the Government, the sittings of the Court of Justice were thereby necessarily suspended— because such suspension was notified upon the walls of the Court—and, in fine, because that notification, being untruly stated in one paper, was truly stated in another, and that other was the Royal Gazette, which being retised by the Governor himself, this publication was in fact •his own act— he, therefore, thought proper to offer a most violent outrage to the feelings and character of their Lordship's petitioner, in sus pending him from his office under circumstances of deep aegra tion. Such were the principal circumstances connected with the injury of which Mr. Sergeant Rough complained, as ap peared from the papers in the hands of the committee ; but nu merous facts would be brought before their Lordships by wit nesses who would fill up the chasms of the conspiracy. He would just mention a few, to enable their Lordships to form a '1 More accurate notion of the conduct pursued towards their peti tioner. A person of the name of De Groot at one time filled an office under the Government. He lived with a woman named Mullert, by whom he had six children. In the year 1812, he came before the Court for the purpose of having these chil dren legitimated; and after that he allowed this woman to marry his own brother. In consequence of this revolting mis conduct, be was ignominiously dismissed from his situation by the then Governor of the colony. Notwithstanding this, in the year 1819, Governor Murray thought proper to ap. point him an officer in the Court of Justice, contrary to the remonstrances of Mr. Sergeant Rough, against whom he be came an active instigator of those disgraceful proceedings so often referred to. Another individual, of the name of Tonge, who had been Drossart of the colony, but who had also been dismised from his office, was an active party in the same proceedings, and was at the same sime received at General Murray's house, and was one of those with whom he shared his confidence. There were several other persons who had taken a prominent part in those transactions, and who would be shown to have - been at the time advisers of the Governor, and active instruments in his hands. In short, without entering particularly into all the mi nute details of evidence that would be• brought before their Lordships, he would content himself with stating that it would be fully sufficient to prove that the conduct pursued towards Mr. Sergeant Rough was tile result of a conspiracy to injure his character and deprive bins of his situation. Lord Gls roan here interposed. lie did not see how they could receive evidence which affected other persons titan the in dividual against whom the complaint had been brought. The COMMON SERGEANT contended, that the conduct of these individuals having been sanctioned by General Murray, necessarily formed part of the ground of Mr. Sergeant Rough's complaint, and was also evidence of the conspiracy formed against him. The Earl of HAttuownv said that they were not sitting as a criminal court, to hear a charge of conspiracy. The COMMON SE RGE A T said he should be able to show that these individuals took an active part, for instance, in get ting up the mock procession, and that they . were in General Murray's confidence at the same time. n ith respect to this procession, of which General Murray declared " I have only to oppose my solemn assurance that I never did in any manner encourage or applaud any such mock procession or vulgar riot," it was notorious from advertisements that it was to take place, and the Governor had been even requested to interfere to pre vent it. So much for his solemn assistance. He (the Com mon Sergeant) would be glad to know if he " opposed his so lemn assurance" that he did not know of the other circum stances which he had stated ? If he did, he (the Common Ser- geant) would show, by satisfactorily proving, the contrary, that his " solemn assurance" was not entitled to much. credit. He I r had now opened the case to their Lordships, and when be should establish these facts by proof, he hail no doubt that their decision would fully justify their petitioner's complaint which he had brought, not from vindictive feelings towards others, but out of consideration to his own character, and the happiness of those connected with him. He would now leave - the case in the hands of his Learned Friend (Sir J. Mackin tosh), who would enter more fully into the general principles it involved. , Sir J. MAcxxsTOSII then addressed the committee. Ile ap peared before their Lordships as Counsel, at the request of his friend Mr. Serjeant Rough, for which he felt under more than usual obligation towards him; he said " unusual," from the peculiar_situation in which he then stood. There did not exist a man of more distinguished talents and learning, and above all,. Of more spotless integrity and unsuspected honour, than that ' individual. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman was proceeding with his statement, when it was observed by their Lordships, that the documents before them could aot be referred to with sufficient precision in their present shape; and after some con versation upon this subject, it was ultimately directed that the papers should be more methodically arranged, with distinct re ferences to the appendix, and a specific statement of that part of the evidence with which the complainant meant to support his complaint.. Upon the suggestion of Mr. F. Po r.r.ocx, General Murray's Counsel, a copy of this statement was promised to be furnished to him, as soon as it was printed. The case was then adjourned to this day week. A Deputation of West India Merchants and Planters waited on his Majesty's Ministers on Thursday last; respecting the alterations proposed in the duties on sugar, cof fee, and rum ; a reduction of sixpence per pound on the home consumption of coffee was understood to be about to be brought forward, and the question of allowing the distillers to use sugar or grain at their option, was also favourably entertained by Ministers. A long conference then took place as to the bounty on refined sugar being withdrawn or lowered, as to the reduc tion of the import duty on Muscovadoes, - and as to Mauritius sugars being used for home consumption at the same. duty as the West India sugars, but on these points there was no de cision. A Petition was presented on Friday night to the House of Commons, for cutting a Ship Canal through Central America, for the purpose of uniting the Atlantic with the Paci fic Ocean, and for Mining and other purposes in Guatimala. A Meeting of the . BRITISH CATItoLrc Asso cuTiox took place last night in Dean-street, Soho. The Chairman, in announcing thereceipts ofthe week( which amount ed in all to about V.) said, " that the collectors visited not only the houses of the poor, but the house of Royalty itself, for the servants of the Duchess of Kent contributed one pound.—(Loud applause.)—A member (whose name we could not learn) stood on the table, and .addressed the meeting as follows :—" Gentle men, I ask what is this money tor ?—(..oud applause)—and so would any other person ask : I'll tell you, gentlemen—(Ap plauso)-it is for three purposes—tint, to pay the expences of pe titioning for a redress of our grievances ; secondly, to pay men of merit,forL defending us against the libels and calumnies of our enemies ; and thirdly, to enable the poor to get redress in a court of law ,against the rich.,—( Loud Applause•)_Gentlemen, we are all unanimous in seeking .those rights for which our ancestors bled--.(cheers)—and in co-operating with Ireland for the re storation of our freedom; " E►iu go bragh."—(Applause.)- I!e.Chairman said that they were advised by their friends to abstain from discussion at this momentous period. The contri butions were perfectly legal; no person could hinder another from putting his hand into his breeches -pocket and taking his money out.—(Cheers.)_ ,, The Catholic voluntary free g?ft will be applied to every purpose that the. rent in Ireland will be ap . to."—( faoud. applause.) • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the ORDER-BOOK of the HOUSE of COMMONS, for the PRESENT WEEK. Monday, Feb. 21. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 2. House to be called over. 3. Ways and Means—Report. 4. Ways.and Means—Committee. _ 5. Glebe Lands Bill—Committee. 6. Supply—Committee. • NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Lord Viscount Palmerston—Army Estimates. (In Com mittee of Supply.) 2. 31r. William Smith—Bill for granting relief to certain Dis - senters ' in relation to the solemnization of Marriages. 3. Sir Geo. Clerk—Navy Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) Tuesday, Feb. 22. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. 31r. Fysche Palmer—To empower Magistrates at Quarter Sessions to effect exchanges between Counties of insulated parcels of land, for the more convenient administration of justice. 2. Sir John Newport—Motion relating to the Levy of Church Rates in Ireland. 3. Sir Henry Parnell—Bill to amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland. 4. Sir Henry Parnell—Bill to regulate the Office of Justice of. Peace in Ireland. 5. Sir Robert Heron—Bill to amend the Sewer Laws. Wednesday, Feb. 23. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Orenfell—Account of Public Balances in the hands of the Bank of England, and of sums paid for management of the Public Debt. • ORDER OF THE DAY. Annual Indemnity Bill—Second reading. Thursday, Feb. 24. ORDERS 01."ruE DAY. 1. Mr. IVodehouse—Select Committee on removal of the Nor folk Summer Assizes from Thetford to Norwich. 2. Mr. Thomas Courtenay—Select Committee on the Laws re specting Friendly Societies. 3. Mr. Hume—Select Committee on the export of Machinery. 4. Mr. Hume—Return .f the number of British subjects who have been banished from British India without trial since 1813. 5.31 r. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to prevent Bear-baiting, and other cruel practices. ORDER OF THE DAY. .Huntingdon Borough Election Peti.ion—Ballot for Com mittee at three. Friday, Feb. 25. ORDERS OF THE DAY 1. Game TAWS Bill—Second reading. 2. Weights and Measures Bill—Committee. `DYKE OF MOTION'. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Statement relating to the Finances of the Country. LIST OF TIIE MINORITY On Mr. Brougham's Motion on Friday last, to hear Evidence at the Bar for the Catholic Association against the Bill. Abercromby, IIn.J. Gordon, R. Price, R. Altliorp, Visct. Bill. Lord Arthur Prittie, lion. F. Baring, Sir T. Hobhouse, J. C. Parnell, Sir H. Barrett, S. M. Ilornby, Ed. Pym, F. Becher, W. W. Howard, H. Robarts, 0. J. Benyon, Benj. Hume, Joseph Robinson, Sir Geo. Browne, Dom. Hurst, R. Rowley, Sir W. Burdett; Sir F. Hutchinson, Hon. Rumbold, C. Bury, Viscount C. H. Scarlett, J. Calcraft, J. . Johnstone, W. A. Sebright, Sir J. Calcraft, J. H. Ingilby, Sir W. Sefton, Eatl of Calvert, C. Lamb, Hon. 0. Smith, John Carew, R. S. Lambton, J. O. Smith, \V. Caulfield, Hon. 11. Leicester; It. . Stuart, Lord P. J. Cavendish, C. Lushington, S. Somerville , S ir M. Chaloner, Robert Leader. W. Talbot, R. W. Clifton, Viscount Maberly, J. Tierney, Rt.fin.G. Coke, T. W. jun. Maberly, W. L. Wane, J. A. Colborne, N. R. Macdonald, .1. Wharton, J. Cradock, S. Marjoribanks, S. Whitbread, W. H. Dundas, Hon. T. Martin, J. White, S. Ebrington, Visct. Mildniay, P. S t. J. White, Colonel Ellice, Ed. Mahon, Hon. S. Williams, J. ! Fitzgerald, Rtllon. Newport, Sir J. Wilson, Sir It. Wyvill, M. Normanby , Lord Wood, M. i Fergusson SirR.C. Nugent, bord 'Whitmore Fitzroy, Lord: J. O'Brien, Sir E. , M. W. W Folkestone, Visct. Palmer, C. Glenorchy, Vise. Palmer, C. F. Graham, Sandford Pelham, J. C. Grattan, J. • Phillips, G. sen. Grosvenor, Gen. Power, It. ,--- LIST of the MAJORITY who voted on the 17th against the Repeal of the Usury Laws, and of the MINORIT Y who voted for the Second Reading of the Bill. MAJORITY Acland, Sir T. D. Heygate, W. Astley, Sir J. Ileron, Sir R. Barrett, S. M. liotham, Lord Bright, II en ry Ilouldsworth, T. Brydges, Sir G. Innes, Sir 11. Cooper, E. B Jervoise, G. P. Corbett, Panton King, Hon. H. Crompton, S. Knatchbull, Sir E. Cripps, J. Lethbridge, Sir T. Davenport, D. Lockhart, J. J. Dawkins, H. Lowther, Vise. Douglas, .T. Mundy, F. Downie, R. Pakenham,Hon.H. Estcourt, T. G. . Palmer, C. F. Guise, Sir W. Pelham, J. C. MINORITY 4lexander, J. Grant, W. F. Alexander, .J. D. Gilbert, D. Althorp, Visct. Gurney, Hudson Attwood, M. Horton, R. W. Benyon, B. Hume, J. Cradock, S. Inglis, Sir H. Calthorpe' lion. F. Leader, W. Don, Sir A. Lester, B. L. Douglas, W. K. 111 aberly, J. - Drummond, H. Maberly, W. L. Ellis, Thomas Martin, J. Evans, W. Maxwell, W. A. Fleming, J. (Salt.) Monteith, H. Farquhar, Sir R. Morland, Sir S. B. 1 Forbes, Sir C. Alonck, J. B. TELLERS. Brougham, Henry Rice, T. S. Penruddock, J.l Pitt, J. Robertson, A. Russell, 111. Sumner, G. H. Vivian, 111. Thompson, L. Webbe, Wilson, T. W'odehouse, E. Wortley, J. S. TELLERS. Caleraft, J. Wetherell, C. Parnell, Sir H. Phillimore, Dr. G. Smith, Abel Smith, W• Sykes, D. Trant, W. H. Tulk, C. A. Wood, Alderman Wynn, Rt. Hn. C. TELLERS. Smith, J. °aglow, Serie= N EWPORT.— Friday, the election of a Member to serve in the present Parliament, as the Representative of this ancient Borough, took place, when the Hon. 11r. STUART (Second son of the Earl of Motu): ), of Cambrus Wallace, in the county of Perth. was duly elected, in the room of the late Su LEONARD T. W. llor.mEs, Bart. r A survey is now going on for the purpose of forming a narig:sble Tide Canal, with twenty-fire feet of water, for ships of the first class, from Arundel Bay to Deptford, a dis tance of nearly fifty miles. The estimated expence is four millions. - • DHEADFUL FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about half-past three, a dreadful fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Blackburn, pawnbroker, on Saffron-hill. It was first discovered issuing with (the second floor) violence from the h ac k p ar t o f the ware-room by a labourer, named K ell y , living in Hatton-co ur t, i n t h e rear of the premises, who immediately gave the alarm. The Hand-in- Iland, the Sun, and the Alliance, were among the first engines which arrived. The fire soon burst forth through the front part of the ware room, in spite of all exertions, and in a short time the hack part of the first floor was in flames. At this period four men belonging to the hand in-hand alcP, by means of a ladder, got through the first floor window, at the imminent risk of their lives, to ascertain the state of the premises, when suddenly the roof -anal . second but the men were all dreadfully .flood gave way, and the entire were precipitated into the Cellar. Miraculously no lives were lost,. particular, Levan and Harrison, were immed l ately near Stony conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 'Walton Lodge tt injured, two iii , ie seat of HUGH DAGILEISII, morning. It was first dis Covered by the guard 9f,the . Liv . erpool and the inmates had difficulty in saving coach. ' It was occasioned lw some linen taking lire in the Y Stratford, gas destroyed by fire .on Saturday . laundry. The cottage had fately undergone thorough tepys, a groom, broke hiS arm in getting saving cif Ivin4ow over the thenaselyes. BIT TITOX, laundry. FOUR PRIZES OF £2O,OOO'.—ALL IN ONE DAY. - !IA ZA RD and CO. respectfully inform the Public, that the Tickets now contracted for are the I,st that Government - will have to- dispose of; so that, of course, Lotteries must •entirely this Country in a few mouths.—HAZARD and CO. have the pleasure to pre sent a Scheme for Public approbation, nearly the same as the last offered them, which gave - such general satisfaction, and iu which L o tt er y mor e Tickets were Sold than for many years past—the best proof of the high estimation in which it was held. The Scheme now presepted possesses FOUR of £20,000, to be-Drawn in ONE DAY, And NO BLANKS ! Every Number will be entitled to X 5, Shares in proportion. £200,000 Sterling to be distributed in One Day, APRIL 19.. SCHEME. 2 0 0,050 2,000 1,060 525 310 215 130 1,300 1,0130 Sli NO 111ANKS!—Each the :tbove, and every other Number, will have , be- 100,000 - 10,000 Numbers. Two Tickets of each Number HAZARD and Co. solicit Public Patronage at their Olt Established Offices, where tor a Century they hare been suc , cesstul iii selling Capital Pi izes, and is here, in the last Year's Lotteries only, they sold Five Prizes of £30,000 and £20.000 —Royal Exchange Gate; 2U, Cot ; and 3i4, Oxford meet, end of Regent-street; and by their Agents in ail the incipal Country Towns. £'200,000 TO CORRES HYDRABAD PAPER PRICE OF STOCKS TUTS Baak Stuck 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. tons. 3i per Cent. Ditto Red 4 per Cent. 5 ( New Bank bong Ann. 231 5-11;ths Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock 2851 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN VU .Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. 971 Brazilian Ms Scrip 1825 ... 4i pm. Buenos Ayres lids Chilian, lids, ti per et. ... lids.6perct. Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Bds s7a Do. Scrip, 1825 Mexican Lids Do. Scrip - 1825 .... LIONDENTS. I, No. 4, to-morrow. DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10401.2 d. Ditto 1 (1....63 61 63 Ditto 501)1.2d. Ditto 1 Ad.... 63 61 63 Ditto Small 2d. — Ditto 1Ad....63 61 63 Ditto Commercial Bank for Act. India for Acct. • Cons. for Acct 941 4 NOS,. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 5 per CCM 914 Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prusisian, 5 per ct. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct. 9Thi Spanish 1821, per ct. 24ift'g • l/;23, ditto French ltente3 Exchange —f —c. Scrip PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. AnglotMexican Mining Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company ... 18 20 17 18 la 184 18 Arigna Iron and Coal Mining Company Bolanos Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company Chilian Mining Company Colombian Mining Company General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 43 47 49 48 54 50 53 52 Kin i t d ( e la ,Mexican aPla t a 111 .Miningin i n gCompany United Company ... 150 153 1424 1524 155 Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company Continental Gas Company Provincial Portable Gas Company United General Gas Company Birmingham and Liverpool Railway Australian Company 2b British Iron Company Bristol Ship Canal Company Gold Coast Association . i 8 1 i V) Metropolitan Fish Company Pearl rishery Company, Yellow Receipt Provincial Bank of Ireland 8 1 A 10 Patent Bricks CALCUTTA CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Saturday, June 5, 18.24. Remittable, Prem 37 12 a 38 4 Non-Remittable, Do. Saturday, June 12, 1824. Remittable, Prem 3B 0 a 38 3 Non-Remittable, Do. Saturday, June 19, 1824. Remittable, Pram 37 8 a 38 0 Non-Remittable, Do. Saturday, June 26, 1824. Remittable, Prem 37 8 a 38 0 Non-R e mittable, Do. 5 0 a 11 8 FOREIGN MAILS. ARRIVED. 0 Gottenburgli Hamburg - Holland France Flanders America - Due. HUM WATER AT LOSDON BRIDGE TOMORROW Morning, 30 minutes after 4.1 Evening, 47 minutes a ft er 4: THE SUN. OLE,M QUIS DICER]; F.4LSUM AUDLAI LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 21, 189.5 The last ictelligence from South America has put it beyond a doubt, that the former bonds men of Spain have, ere this, dashed off the fet ters of their thraldom, and wrested freedom from the grasp of their oppressors. While contem plating the regenerated and active aspect of the once degraded and passive South Americans, the German Papers, received yesterday, brought us information which obtrudes, like a cloudy speck, in the azure of our serenity. The Vienna Cabinet is represented to be in a great stir, and meetings are frequently held at the hotels of the 1 Chief Ambassadors, the portals of which it would appear are shut against the Ambassador of Eng land. An article in these papers, which we have inserted in another place, roundly affirms that these meetings had reference to the policy of the Court of St. James towards the Republics of South America. This angry display of feeling on the part of the Ifoly Alliance against Great Bri tain, in the present instance ) is certainly, to say the least of it, highly unreasonable. .:Q fit;3 ecausieloi rs r wood Southtl . t e e o A o Tericans chose no longer and drawers of water for the exclusiVe advantage of a burden- some taskmaster, are the Continental Powers, who cannot prevent the completion of this triumph of Liberty, authorised to clamour against the Government of Great Britain for taking add vantage of a circumstance Iwhich, in the true spi- rit of ni:utrality, it neither attempted to accele rate, nor took any measures to retard, but Of which, when the course of events brought o pass, it had an undoubted right to avail, itself without waiting for foreign approbation. Were we to say to the Holy Alliance "'You Shall - recogniSe South America," what would: they not say to us? And yet that shall, ad.. dressed to them, would not be more ridiculous on our 'part than their . shall not flaunted at But, on mature reflection, we think that this vapouring of the Holy Alliance can- of originate a solid dread Of storms in ern"' bryo being about to unharmonize the world's existing tranquillity. The South Americans' have conquered independence, and there is even reason to believe, that solidity is now incor porated with the structure of freedom they have elevated, and we are fain. to prophesy' that, in spite of the bustle and indignation of the Holy Alliance, no attacks, from without, will' ever succeed in beating down the bulwarks of liberty in that country,. behind- which a dense Population are entrenched r arert to assail the foe, and at the same time eager to give welcome to e frieDd. W e have received by Express the Elate dated yesterday, from which the following is tite only article worth extracting. PARIS, FEB. 19. The health of king Ferdinand gives seriotic disquietude. The gout has attacked the stomach•' PARIS, PEIr. 19:—Five per Cents. 1041. 20c. for money' and 1041. 25e. for the end of the month.. The Paris Papers of Thursday contain, fl length, the report of the Commission charge ( ' with the examination of the Project of Law o ur reducing the interest of the Rentes, the discus". sion of which is to take place after the law re indemnifying the emigrants has been disposed of . On Thursday the debates on the Law of Indent" nity commenced, and the Paris Papers of I' ridgy are chiefly filled with ti4em. The Chamber ad" journed, and as there are a number of orators to . be heard for and against the measure, the r esult cannot be known for some days. We observe with regret that the Law of Sacrilege is likely °. pass the Cha m b er o f P eers w i t h no ot h er a llevia - ; tion of the penalties than that the punishment death, with a public acknowledgment of the ° . f. , 1 fence,-will be substituted for that of death I ,ot ' mutilation. An amend men t, p ro p os i ng t o substi tute hard labour during life for the guilloti"" was rejected by a majority of nine votes, the numbers being 110 to 101. It is particular l y remarked that the Archbishop of PAars and the. Bishop of liEttmoeor.rs were both absent duri 4 the discussions of this atrocious and sanguinary law ; The Attorney-General has applied to the 1105' 3 ` Tribunal of Paris, to proceed against M. OUli: RARE, and his associates in the cause relative 01 the contracts for the army in Spain, and to' t ' t Counsellors of State have been appointed by th o f body auditors to prepare the " instruction " °, the case. M. OUVRA R D had been interrogate' at St. Pelagie, and remained in confinement. 4 , , FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, FEB. 18.--Five per Ciip' , opened at 104. 5. ; closed at 104.—Bank Stock, 1,990.--- 1 politan Rentes, 38.30.—Spanish ditto, 14—Ditto Loan, 58.—Exchange on London, one month, 25. 5. ; three dltiGr 24. 06.—( Court Authentique. Hamburgh Papers to the 16th, and Dutch and Brussels Journals to the 20th of this mont h ' which arrived to-day, are filled with further d e° tails of th e l a t e fl o ods, which have been produ c ; tive of the greatest calamities to the inhabitan t of the inundated districts. We are happy to re cord th a t a ll p ar t s o f th e Ki ng d om o f the N ei therlands display a generous emulation in co lt. tributing to the relief of their suffering coo"' trytnen. EXCHANGES. of 6• AMSTERDAM, FEB. 18.—London, 39. 8.; 2 months, 0. HAMBII UGH, FEB. 15.—London, 36. 31. ; 2 months, 3 6 . ". PETERSBURGII, FEB. I.—London, 9. 15-16. Jamaica Papers to the 7th January arri' morning. They do not contain any news fr° l/ e , South America, but the following intelligen c e respecting the returning feeling of contel l e among the Slave population of Jamaica will b perused with considerable interest : [Extract of a Letter from Manchester, of the 29th 0.1 " I am happy t o s t a t e , t h a t every t hi ng wen t on we ll Bun n ;, the Christm as h o lid ays, an d the Negroes have enjoyed selves better than they have done for these last two Ye a ,. e s Dancin g an d s i ng i ng took place every w h ere, an d a ll c lass appeared to have exerted themselves to render them happy e r am confident that the slaves are again returning to their form contented state, and many of them have declared that they C for desir e nothing more than what the Assembly h as done. ey them, an d as they can now purchase themselves free if tu have money, they think they are well off." Accounts f rom O dessa o f the 24t h Janu arl confir m our previous intelligence that the EgYP:i tian E x p e di tion has retired into the harbour Sudann candi a , an d t h at t h e troops h ave beC O landed on that island. where IBRAHIM PA Gli a intends to pass the winter. The Greek fleet W I ( resumed th e bl ockade not only of Patras, bu t 13 , the whole gulf of Lepanto. According to re ports f rom Belgrade, a rebellion is expected , e Seryia, where the heavy taxes imposed by Porte have roused a spirit of discontent and re tistance among the inhabitants, which will pr bably end in open insurrection. ~fll A Cabi ne t C ouncil assembled at the Forel° Office on Saturday. YesterdaY the Lunn CHANCELLOR had an dience of the KING. 0° The cel e b ra t e d M adame KRUDENER die.' 0 , Christma s D ay at Karasubasar in the Crim e after a ve r y pa i n f ul illness, which she bore ic i great resignation,