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finguishing the causes that had been brought before the Court of Assistant Barristers, so as to comply with the terms of the lion. Gentleman's motion.—The Returns were then ordered. MILITARY ACCOUNTS. Mr. HUME said, that he observed by returns, that had been laid on the table, that there were 11,270 military accounts due and outstanding in the year 1810, of which 590 were preceding the year 1738, he wished to see the nature of those accounts. In 1307, the evidence given before a Committee of that House by Mr. Collins, one of the clerks in the War Office, induced the House to believe, that all the accounts prior to the year 1798 - would be passed by the year 1810, but notwithstanding that, in V:e year 1825, it appeared there were still 590 of them un eetled. Not less than 83,0001. had been expended in this De partment of the War Office since its establishment. He would submit to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether claims of this kind should not in justice be dealt with in the same way as those that arose under the Legacy Tax. He had no doubt that, upon inquiry, it would turn out that the expences incurred ex ceeded in amount the balances recovered. After the lapse of so many years, some scale should be taken in favour of the un fortunate individuals concerned. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that there be laid upon the table, a Return of the 11,270 Accounts of Army Agents and Paymasters of Regi ments, 'existing previous to 1310, and remaining unsettled in the W `liar Office in February, 1825; together with the date of each account, when delivered in, the names of the parties, &c. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that however voluminous the papers moved for might be, he did not mean to oppose their production. He begged, however, that the House would not run away with the notion that this was an evil for which no remedy had been provided. From the im proved method of keeping the accounts which had been intro duced, it was impossible that such a length of arrear could ever occur again, except in consequence of the fraud of the party. — In many cases the delay was occasioned by the accountant, who protracted the settlement of the accounts to serve his own pur poses. So far as the War Office was concerned, such delays could never occur again. He,knew that there existed on the part of his Noble Friend at the head of that Office (Lord Pal merston) a disposition to be as lenient as the interests of the public could allow. As a remedy had been provided against the future occurrence of the evil, he would submit to the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) whether it was necessary to press his motion ; which, as the accounts were voluminous, must be productive of considerable expence. Mr. T. WILSON said, that great inconvenience had arisen from delay in the settlement of these accounts. He believed the Right Hon. Gentlemen (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was disposed to do any thing in his power for the advantage and con venience of the public. But, with every disposition to leniency, still there were delays and difficulties that ought to be got rid or. He knew the Right Hon. Gentleman must feel some diffi culty in consenting to a motion which might have the effect of casting some slur on those who went before him ; but it was right that the House should he afforded the opportunity of ascertaining that he or his Colleagues were not to blame. It would be better perhaps if the Right Hon. Gentleman recom mended the postponement of the motion until such time as he could come forward with some statement satisfactory to the indi viduals concerned. After a few words from Mr. LOCKUART and Mr. H trxE, the Return was ordered. On the'motion of Mr. HUME, a Return was also ordered of the amount of balances in the Arrear department of the War Office due to and owing from the public since the establishment of the Arrear department on the 27th November, 1815, together with a Return of what were and were not considered bad debts, the expence of the said department. the retired allowances, &c. CAPE WINE. Mr. II WIE said he had now to propose a motion of a different - nature to the last.,„it was an the subject of wine. When the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) sub --:ritted his statement to the House relative to the remission of tiuties, stock was then taken ; but he was not aware that there was any return to shew the actual amount that must be paid in consequence of the remission of the duties on wine. His object now was to shew the state in which the wine growers of the Cape of Good Hope must be placed in consequence of the remis sion of duties proposed. In 1811 the Colonists of the Cape were recommended to cultivate the vine as an article likely to prove . ) f great benefit and importance to them. In some time after three million of vine stocks were planted at an expence of one million rix dollars. As a further encouragement, one third of the duty on Cape wine was taken off in 1813, and hopes were held out that the then existing duty on Portugal wine would be perpetual ; the produce of the article, in consequence, was .greatly augmented. Now, however, by the plan proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) the duty on Portugal wine would be reduced from six to four shillings a gallon, while that on Cape wine was to continue at two shillings and sixpence. The House must see that the effect of this would necessarily be to ruin the producers of wine at -the Cape. The duties should at least be made proportionate, or time given to get rid of the stock on hand. It might be said that the Cape wines were mixed with others of a better quality, and, therefore, that it would be improper to admit them at the same duty. Even admitting this to be the case, it was no reason why those interested in the trade should be ruined. The /ion. Member concluded by moving fora return of the number of gallons of French and other foreign wines, and also of Cape wine in bond on the 28th of February, 1825. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to the measure, but the subject would be more properly introduced when the remission of the wine duties should be brought under consideration. He must take the li berty of saying, that when these gentlemen, interested in the subject. complained of being taken by surprise, they were not altogether accurate. In 1813 he L.d much consultation on it, and he then proposed to the parties concerned, that the duty on Cape wine should be only one third of that on other wines, but ' he distinctly informed them that they could not count on it as a ,permaeent arrangement. Fur the last two or three years it was ll:Jiver:4llly known among them that the time must soon come when it would be deemettfit to remove the great inequality of duty. They had no groundffierefore for coming forward to make out a case ofgood faith. It was true that the colony of the Cape de pended in a great measure on the manufacture of wine; but he was not to extend protection to them merely because they pro duzed a bad article.—( A laugh.)—This might be a reason for some protection he would admit, but net so far as to hold out a temptation to that species of fraud which the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) spoke so lightly of. The wine-grower of Bordeaux might mix hermitage with champaign, as they often did, and operated only as a fraud on their palates; but when sherry an i ca':),: were mixed it was a fraud, not only on their palates, but their pockets. It would not, he admitted, be right to press all at once too hardly on them, and it was therefore his inten i toipropose that, for a t;nilimited time, three or five years, the ii .y on Cape wine should be reduced to 25., and after that period to be at 2s. fkl. He would wish to give encouragement to every thing, and he trusted the makers of this wine would, in the course of a few years, produce an article fit for market. :Vtr. GRANT stated the great increase of the consumption of wires generally in India. Mr. T. WILSON Said, the Cape wine would be improved as the vintage grew older. New grapes produced a rank wine. The Returns moved for by the yon : Member were ordered. DI PRE - SS SERVICE. To a question from a Member, Mr. HUME said, he was determined to bring on, at an early period a motion for altering the system of impressing, and pre venting the flogging of seamen without a court-martial. SUPPLY. _ The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and the various Resolutions agreed to.—Several other Resolutions were then agreed to. POLICE MAGISTRATES. The Report on the increase of salaries. to the Police trues was brought up and agreed to, and a Bill pursuant thereto was ordered to be brought in. IRISH COUNTY TREASURERS. The Irish County Treasurers' Bill went through a Commit tee of the whole House, and the Report was brought up and or dered to be read to-morrow. • • • WINE DUTIES. On the mOtion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER that the Houses should go into a Committee on the Wine Duties' Bill, the Right Hon. Gentleman observed the °alp alteration he now intended proposing extended to Cape wires up to the year 1839 ; the duty on Cape to two shillings fr,r the first three (or two) years, and for the remaining period to 1439, 2s. 6d. Mr. HUME expressed a wish that the Right Hon. Gentle man would attend to the suggestion of the Hon. Member for London (Mr. T. Wilson); for he (Mr. Hume) thought it would make little difference to the revenue, while it would con siderable benefit the Cape growers. He wished the duty to he 1 s. lid. for the fiz.st two years, and 3s. for the next three years. la such a case 'h3 thought these parties would have no reason to complain. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was by no means of opinion that those parties had any cause for complaint. Ile, of course, was well aware that in all such cases the par ties looked to their own individual interests, but the Govern ment of the country had to weigh and balance all and do what was just between them. He had, therefore, met the parties in question half way, and he had no doubt that by and by they would be nerfectly• satisfied. Mr. Alderman WOOD wished to know on what quantity of wine the drawback would be allowed ?. The interests of poor dealers would'be materially affected if the drawback were not allowed on a much smaller quantity than that stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the drawback would be allowed on-halfw tun, or 126 gallons, which was considerably lower than the increase upon the rise of duties, as nothing less than a tun.was before charged with such a rise in the duty ; and it could not be denied that the difrerence now yielded was even more than strictly just. • Mr. BRENAL asked from what day the duty on wine was to take place ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—From the 2d of March. _ _ Colonel PALMER hoped the Government would take care that the public should be benefftted by the reduction of the duty upon wines. In the Port wine trade he knew they could effectually do so : but he complained that the trade in French wines had not been more favourably considered. Mr. BERNAL, while on this subject, begged to call the at tention of the Right Hon. Gentleman tc. the duty on glass bot tles coming from Prance, as it was well known that certain fo reign wines would spoil at once, if not packed in a peculiar de scription of bottles. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —Certainly a duty of lid. a bottle is put on these bottles, besides an excise duty of WA. per cwt. on the glass. It was, however, intended to consolidate these duties, and not have two. different descrip tions of officers to collect them. The duty altogether amounted on each bottle to between 90. and 10d. The subject, however, was under consideration, but it could only be looked at with a fair regard to the excise duty which continued upon glass bottles of our own manufacture. _ _ _ The Report wag then brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. CALEDONIAN CANAL. On the motion for the second reading of the Caledonian Ca nal Bill, Mr. HUME said, that he was well aware of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer's objections to Joint Stock Companies ' • however, he (Mr. Hume) thought, in this case, that if the Right Hon: Gentleman would advertise for some Joint Stock Company to take this canal' offlik hands, the pub lic would save considerably by it, and the canal be managed much better than it was now like ly to be. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I have no objection, provided the . Hon. Member will allow me to nomi nate him as the principal director—(A laugh.) Mr. Alderman WOOD—If he were I can only say, much of the public money might be saved. The Bill was then read a second time. RO3IAN CATHOLICS. Mr. BROGDEN presented a petition from Launceston against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics.—To be printed. MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. Mr. HUME gave notice for the production of certain papers relative to the expenditure in the war in India, under the (com mand of the Marquis of Hastings. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, an the House adjourned a few minutes before Txx o'CLocs. STATE PAPERS. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Lord Livenroor. and Mr. CANxtvo laid the following before both Houses of Parliament last night : OPINION OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA WITS! RESPECT TO THE FIRST ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF GHENT EN TERED INTO BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. Having been requested by Great Britain and by the United States to pronounce an Opinion as Arbitrator, upon the differ ences which have arisen between those Powers, as to the inter pretation of the first Article of the Treaty concluded between them at Ghent, December 24, 1814, the Emperor has exa mined into all the Acts, Statements, and Notes, by which the respective Plenipotentiaries have !wade known to the Imperial Department for Foreign Affairs the arguments which each party advances in support of his own view of the right interpre tation of the said Article. After having maturely weighed the observations brought for ward by each party ; considering that the British and Ameri can Plenipotentiaries have demanded that the discussion should be brought to a dose ; considering that the former, in his note of the Bth (20th) of October, 1821, and the latter, in his note of the 4th (16th) of November following, have declared that it is upon the construction of the text of the Article, as it is written, that the arbitration is to be founded; and that neither of them have referred to the general principles of the law of nations and of maritime law, but as secondary considerations. The Emperor is of opinion " that the question is only to be decid:d according to the literal and grammatical meaning of the first article of the Treaty of Ghent." • With respect to the literal and grammatical meaning of the first article of the Treaty of Ghent ;—considering that the para graph upon the meaning of which doubts have arisen, is couched in the following terms : " All territor', places, and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any of the artillery, or other public property, originally captured in the said forts or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the atifications of this treaty, or any slaves or other private property. And all archives, records, deeds and papers, either of a public nature or belonging to private persons, which in the course of the war may have fallen into the hands of the officers of either party, shall be, as far as may be practicable, forth with restored, and delivered to the proper Authorities, and per sons to whom they respectively belong."—Considering that in this paragraph the words, " originally captured, and, which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the Ratification or this Treaty," form an incidental phrase, which can only gram matically refer to the substantives or to the matters which pre cede ; that thus the first Article of the Treaty of Ghent does not prohibit the contracting parties from carrying away from those places, for the restitution of which it stipulates, any public property but such as may have been originally captured therein, and which may have been actually there at the mo ment of the exchange of the Ratifications; but prohibits the removal from the said places of any private property whatever : That on the other hand, these two prohibitions are applicable only to the places the restitution of which is stipulated for in the Article:— The Emperor is of opinion "that the United States of Ame rica are entitled to claim from Great Britain a just indemnifica tion for all private property which the British forces may have carried away, and, as the question relates to Slaves more espe cially, for all the Slaves that the British forces may have car ried away from the places and territories of which the Treaty stipulates the restitution, in quitting these same places and ter ritories. " That the United States are entitled to consider as having been so carried away, all such Slaves as may have been trans ferred from the above-mentioned territories, to British Vessels within the waters of the said territories, and who, for this rea son, may not have been restored. " But, that if there should be any American Slaves who were carried away from territories of which the first Articles of the Treaty of Ghent has not stipulated the restitution to the United States, the United States are not intitled to claim an Indemni fication for the said Slaves." The Emperor moreover declares, that he is ready to exercise the office of a mediator, which has already been tendered to him by the two Powers, in such Negeciations as they may be oblig ed to enter into, in consequence of the arbitration they have requested from his Imperial Majesty. Done at St. Petersburgh, the 22d April, 1822.. The pressure of business, from the number of Committees sitting, was yesterday so great, that the Commit tee on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, sat from one to half-past three, within the body of the House of Commons. Mr. Sergeant SrAsKIE was heard there as Counsel on the .13i11. INDIA. tZXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM . MADRAS AXD DARWAR.I MADRAS, Trit Nov. 1821.—" Our accounts from Ran goon are very melancholy ; they come down to the Ist October ; the Europeans have suffered most dreadfully ; I believe I am within bounds, when I say, 600 have been buried; but this is not the worst of it ;' the remainder are so much knocked up that _ tells me they can scarcely be deemed effectual ; they have been almost literally starved. We hear that Colonel Miles has been successful with his Expedition towards Mer gine. Our Brigade at Chittagong is remarkably healthy and comfortable, and the Benralee Sepoys very unhealthy. I beg to enclose an account of a most unpleasant business at Kittoor. All the troops on rout to Nagpoor are moving upon Kittoor, which lies between Darwar and Belgaum. It is thought that the whole country is up, but I see no grounds for it, and hope it will prove a false alarm. Exclusive of the Poonah forces which arc moving upon Belgaum, two-thirds of the Native 46th Foot are there. Three companies of the Com pany's Artillery one of Golemdauze, two regiments of cavalry and about eight battalions, enough to thrash all the Mahrattas together. I hope it will be soon settled, The Burmese War has been most strangely mismanaged. I fear it will prove a second Walcheren. I hope a new Governor General is on the way out ; we were never in greater want of a good one. We have had a dreadful season, but the monsoon having set in, I hope it will soon cease. Cholera as well as fever have been very prevalent, the layer almost universal." " DARWAR, OCT. 30, 182-I.—l will now attempt to give you a detailed and accurate account of calamitous affair on the 23d, at Kittoor, with the various circumstances which led to it. " The Rajah of Kittoor died last month without an heir, but several of the Sardars pretended that he had adopted a boy, whom they therefore wished to place upon the 'Musmid. Mr. Thackry, when investigating the matter, discovered this to be false, and that the pretended adoption was a mere trick, per formed by some of the principal men at Kittoor, after the death of the Rajah, with the expectation, that in this way they would be able to secure to themselves their present appoint ments. Upon this discovery, Mr. Thackry ordered the box to be given up to him, which was not complied with. He, therefore, thought, that by having a few troops at Kittoor, the Kittoor people would be frightened into compliance with his request. The 3d Native Troop of Horse Artillery, and eighty men of the sth Regt. Native Infantry, were accordingly ordered to Kittoor, on the evening of the 22d of this month. Mr. Thackry, and two other Civilians, Messrs. Stevenson and Elliott, were transacting business in the Palace in the Fort, where some of the Sardars exhibited a disposition to be insolent and disobedient, which induced Mr. Thackry to write to Capt. Black to come down immediately with two of his guns ; Capt. B. accordingly proceeded immediately to the-Fort, with two guns with their complement of men, which (after the horses were withdrawn) were left, according to Mr. Theckry's request, with all the infantry, as a picquet in the Fort all night. This, I understood, was done contrary to the suggestion of Captain Black. Early next morning, Captain Black sent some of his men to relieve the picquet, but admitt ance was denied them, as well as egress to those who remained in the Fort over night. ' Mr. Thackry therefore ordered Captain Black to bring down his .two remaining guns, and threatened to blow open the gates in the event of their persisting in their refusal to open them. There were only four guns with the troop, the other four being left at Belgaum, for the purpose of having their careiages repaired. Captain Block accordingly brought his two remaining guns to the fort, one of which was placed close to the gate, and the other at a short distance be hind. The people in the Fort still persisting in the refusal to open the gates, Capt. B. sent to Mr. T. for further instructions ; ■pon which Mr. T. directed him to mention through the gate that they would be allowed one Gurree (25 minutes) to consider what to do ; that then, if they were not opened, they must be blown open. Not having been opened within the time requir ed, Capt. B. blew open first the outer, and then the inner gate, and came up with one of the guns that had been left in the Fort all night. Immediately upon the first gate being blown open, a heavy fire of matchlocks was directed upon our men.— Captain B. now ordered Serjeant Avynge to direct an alternate fire of round and grape shot on the Palace, on the roof of which were numbers of the enemy, and the other gun, which was under Lieutenant Dig:A.on, played upon the walls above the gates. Dighton was killed at this time by a shot passing through his breast. Serjeant Avynge wus shortly afterwards wounded under the shoulder . , and Capt. B. was also severely wounded, all of whom were carried into a neighbouring Choul try. The Serjeant-Major was now the only European left with the two guns. Capt. B. continued, notwithstanding his weak ness, to encourage his men, and at length, when he saw that the greatest exertions were necessary, he mustered all his strength to take an active command outside. He found, how ever, the number of the enemy so disproportioned to his hand ful of men, and that by remaining he only exposed his men to inevitable destruction, he determined upon retiring with his guns. But his number of men were quite insaflicient for the purpose of dragging out the guns ; and, as the artillery were not now well supported by the infantry, neither of the guns could be brought away, although one of them was dragged out between the two gates. On the first attempt to retreat, that party was driven back by a crowd of the rebels ; but, upon a second attempt, they succeeeded in getting out of the fort, and Capt.B. who was the last to leave the fort,was cut down by swords men near Mr. T.'S tenni; the'other gun, which I have already mentioned as being a little behind outside of the fort, was under the command of Lieut. Sewell, and was occupied in keeping the walls clear with grape ; it was fired upon from two sides, according as it was turned round to fire in the opposite direction ; at length the enemy rushed down from a sort of sleds, so as to storm and take the gun ; previous to which Lieutenant Sewell was shot through the right breast, and conveyed to Mr. Thackry's tents, followed shortly after by the Serjeants and remainder of the men. I will, however, detail the circumstances reported to me by one of the party, who says, he proceeded to the fort with Capt. Black, who or dered him, as soon as he got inside the inner gate, to proceed with some of the sth Native Infantry to scour part of the walls, and to communicate with Serjeant Platt, who was with the other gun that remained in the fort over night, and was situated near the palace. This gun was loaded upon the first report of Captain Black's guns being beard, but it could not be fired, not even .when the vent had been prick ed ; nobody could discover the cause of this failure, and as the gun appeared to be properly loaded, it is evident that such an accident might have occurred under any other circumstances. Denton, however, returned to Captain Black, after having received a gun-shot wound in each arm ; and after being exposed during the whole time to a very heavy fire from matchlock s from the walls and houses, retired with Captain B. He also mentioned what he saw, at the time Capt. Black went with his guns to the fort, when my informant proceeded to ;Th e v s tents and remained there all the mornins. Whilst there, be was told the behaviour of the Kittoorlpeople was con sidered more in the light of that of restless discontented boys than as any thing to be dreaded, and that it was thought they would be soon frightened into obedience. The event has, however, proved otherwise; and when Mr. T. found that they were determined to make the most powerful resistance, he evidently became apprehensive, and sent for further aid, as he had not then a single sepoy to guard his tents. — My informant accordingly went over and brought an Havildar, one Naigue, and ten Sepoys, leaving fifteen men to guard that camp. Mr. T.'s tents were situated at no great distance from the lower fort, and immediately under the north-west side of the upper fort, which is situated on a small gently rising hill, the horse artillery lines were 800 or 1,000 yards to the south of the upper fort; when he returned to Mr. Thackry he dis-• patched a letter to Belgaum and another to Darwar for troops, and proceeded to the fort on one of our Sepoy's horses ; this was the last time my informant saw him. Ile was shortly afterwards, killed by being severely cut over the head by the Kittour Peons. At this time Sewell was brought to the tent where my informant still was, but a fire was immediately directed upon the tents from the neighbouring heights ; they therefore deemed it advisable to proceed immediately to the horse artillery lines, and accordingly he and some of the.Sepoys who had left Sewell's gun galloped i through the Pettah, having for the greater part of the way a fire directed upon them by matchlock men, who were' ranged along the height upon which the upper Fort stands, after having bean an hour in the lines. My informant found, from the various reports respecting the strengh and apßoach of the enemy, that it would he advisable for Sewell to proceed toward s 1 Darwar; be was, therefore, sent off in a palanquin, which was fortunately in readiness. Two of the Serjeants, who were then in the lines, suggested the propriety of retreating to Bclquam, in consequence of nearly 500 horsemen being almost close upon them. The.y were recommended to remain until they found a retreat unavoidable, and at the same time to have every thing in readiness to retire in good order, and to bring away the remain ing horses, ammunition, &c. Shortly after this some of our Se poys, infantry as well as horse artillery, fled towards our camp, and reported that the enemy was close upon them in pursuit; which being communicated to Lieutenant Sewell, he ordered a retreat--which was accordingly communicated to one of the Serjeants, and the retreat was therefore made. The enemy did not fbllow them beyond our lines. My informant rode for some miles alongside of . Sewell's palanquin, and afterwards gallopped into Garwar, for the purpose of getting bearers, doolies, &c. speedily as possible for the carriage of the wounded. 3lessrs. Stevenson and Elliott being unfortunately unpro . videtl with horses, could not effect their escape, and were taken prisoners; they were led into the Fort, and was several times under the greatest danger of being murdered by the infuriated rabble. They were saved, however, by the interference of some of the principal Sardars. It afterwards turned out that Quarter master Denton and Sergeant Platt were not killed, as had been formerly reported, but the latter, and the infantry and the artillery who were along with him, did not surrender until the firing had entirely ceased, and not until Messrs. Elliott and Stevenson were led prisoners into the fort; except these two gen tlemen all the prisoners have been released ; Quarter-Master Denton escaped. Eighteen horses are missing, thirteen of which were certainly killed, all the tents were lost, all the camels, and I believe all the ammunition that remained after the action, have been saved ; all the stores, as well as a large quantity of harness and saddlery, have been lost. In compliance with a requisition from Mr. Eden, all our re maining effective men, including all the European effective Serjeants, have proceeded, as an escort, with that gentleman to Belgaum. I cannot speak confidently of poor Sewell's chance of recovery, but he certainly is not yet out of danger. Messrs. Elliott and Stevenson are still in close confinement, but are in other respects well treated ; they are allowed to write to their fri-nds here, and to receive letters in return. A considerable force has left Bclgaum, and is to take up a position bet Ween this and KittOo. There can be no doubt but that all our men, infantry as well as 'artillery, behaved remarkably well, except in the single instance already mentioned, of the in fantry not having lent sufficient assistance for the purpose of bringing away the guns ; great allowances:must be made, how ever, when we consider they had no officers, and that they were then surrounded by the enemy, who kept up a constant and most destructive fire. HANOVERIAN INUNDATIONS. We learn with great satisfaction, that the Com mittee appointed, and which meet at the City of London Ta. verri, Bishopsgate-street, and of which his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK is Chairman, has received many Subscriptions in aid of the wretched Sufferers ; but when we consider the vast number of them, and the dismal extent of their affliction, we fear that unless the contributions be very general in this happy country, the whole amount will fall very short of that relief which we most fervently wish them to receive, under the most awful dispensation with wkich they have been so suddenly over whelmed. The following is a Copy of a Letter, written by his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE to his Royal Brother the Duke of Youx, on the above melancholy subject : " Hanover, March 15,1825. " is with sentiments of great gratification, that as President, and in the name of the Central Committee here, composed of all classes of the inhabitants of this place, and formed for the object of affording relief to the sufferers tinder the recent dreadful inundation, with which this country has been visited, that I am called upon to offer their most grateful and respectful acknowledgments for the gracious and powerful support affbrded by your Royal Highness, in sanctioning and presiding at the late Meeting held in London, to raise Sub scriptions for the benevolent purpose of aiding the unfortunate sufferers under the late calamity. 6' Assured, as I personally feel, at the generous sympathy which would not fail to be shewn in England, and aware of the active benevolence for which it is distinguished, my most man igmu i r n o e r t a h o u p t e r s e u h l a i t v t e s ü b e e e e n of m t h o e r e s u t h m a n o f r 3 e a , o l i o r t e v d . , a l b r e y a t d h y e r p e prompt . and 6 , The Central Committee here have requested me also to express, in the strongest terms, their sense of the generous and :lent exertions of the Committee in London • and they appreciate, with the most lively fe e li ngs o f gratitude, the very generous and benevolent support with which this work of cha rity has been received. " I feel it would be wholly unnecessary to enter into detail of the misery and calamity with which the late Inundations hay.., produced, the extent of the suffering, and the loss of pro perty being so considerable, that it would be difficult to give any adequate description of the consequences of this fatal event. 44 Under these afflicting circumstances every exertion and every aid will be required to heal and to relieve—in as far as is practicable—the deep wound which the prosperity and com fort of a hitherto very flourishing district has received, and therefore cheered by the liberal and generous commencement already made. I have the less hesitation in soliciting your Royal Highness and the Committee in London—who have so ably seconded your benevolent views—not to relax their efforts in favour of an object which still calls most forcibly on the compassionate feelings of the Charitable, the Humane, and the Affluent-4 remain, Sir, your Royal Highness's most affec tionate brother, " " Field Marshal H. R. 1-1. the Duke ADOLPIIUS of York, K.GFREDERICK.." " T. WERTIIOF, " Secretary to the General Committee in aid of the suffer. ing Districts in the Ilanoverian DJminions." From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 22. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. E. Tooth, Hastings, haberdasher, from March 19 to May 7. 'l'. Hughes, Speldhurst-street, Burton-crescent, draper, from March 19 to May 7. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Loud and T. Burgess, Sittingbourne, Kent, bankers. BANKRUPTS. T. Chilcott, Lantarnam, Monmouthshire, miller, to surrender April 6,7, May 3; at the Gr►yhound Inn, Abergavenny. Soli citors, Messrs. Bicknell and Co., New -square, Lincoln's Inn. William Ilaylett, Hammersmith, victualler, March 23, April 5. May 3, at the Bankrupt's Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Turner, Lincoln's-inn-fields. William Godwin, Strand, bookseller, March 26, April 5, 30, at the Bankrupt's Court, itasinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Greenhill, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'_co►mnons. William Woart, Woolwich, baker, March 26, April 12, May 3, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street: Solicitor, Mr. Santer, Chancery-lane. William Howes, jun., Robert's-terrace, Commercial-road, oilman, March 26, April 5, May 3, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Clutton and Carter, High s tree t, Southwark. James Challenger, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, piano forte-maker, March 26, April 2, Nay 3, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Bishop, jun., Holborn. court, Gray's-inn. DIVIDENDS. March 26, S. Brown and'l'. H. Scott, St. Mary-hill, mer chants—Mardi 29, T. Rose, Cafe Royale, Regent-street, Pall mall, wine-merchant—April 16, J. Cuff, Regent-street, St. Jatnes's, jeweller—April 23, .7. G. Lowman, Crawford -street, 31arylebone, grocer—April 16, M. Clarke, Newmarket St. Mary,Sufrolloailor—A prill2, Kain,Pore-Street,Limehouse, coal-merchant—April 21, J.Reynold, S wansea,Glani organsh ire, tanner—April 14, It., J., and J. Byram, Saddleworth, York shire, woollen-manufacturers—April 18, 'l'. Stokes, sen., Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire, flannel-manufacturer--April 13, J. Mackmillan, Liverpool, merchant—April 16, E. Keeling, Hanley, Staffordshire, flint-merchant—April 16, J. Woolett, Queen's Head Inn, Southwark, tavern-keeper—. April 16, R. Felton, Lawrence Pountney-lane, and Highbury-house, hop and seed merchant—April 16, J. H. \Vrathall, Union-street, Southwark, hat-maker—April 16, N. Rutt, Coleman-street, painter. CERTIFICATES, Arum 13. R. Witham, Halifax, banker—S. Handy, Goswel-strect, Cler kenwell, brass-founder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Priaulx and J. C. Board, Portsea, brewers--W. Johnson and T. Litchfield, Tynemouth, common-brewers—W. Wallis and D. Hidson, Britannia-place, Wandsworth, and Larkhall lane, Clapham, excavators—G. and J. Alderson, Borough-- IL, J., and E. Clayton, Bawberbridge, Lancashire, calico printers—E. Lupton and T. Gillam, St. Martin's-lan e , watch makers—J. Burton and T. Smith, Radford, Nottinghamshire, machine-builders-J. Wating and G. Fisher, Bristol, timber merchants—G. Pollard, Upper Fountain-place, City-road, brass-worker, and J. Hill, Oxford-street, machine-manufac turers—R. Bowen, W. Green, and 0. 0. Holcombe, Chapel street East, Mayfair, wine-merchant—W., T., and J. Wild. Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners--B. Kaye and J. Gor ton, Tottington Lower-End, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—n-' Colley and W. Hargreaves, Sheffield, table-knife-cutlers---J. Brown, W. Andrew and W. Brown, Barduey, Lincolnshire, coal-merchants—J. and R. M‘Donnell, Copthall-court, met' chants—. J.T. Abrams and W. Roach, Maidstone, tailors—M• Wilson, W. Otte, and J. and T. H. Cardwell, Walbrookr wholesale tea - and coffee-dealers; so far as regards W. Otte-- H. Curtis, T. Baker, and W. Learmouth, Upper Colham" Mills, Middlesex, bleachers; so f a r as regar d s Mr. Learmoath.. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. M arils, 22° (lie 1825. STANDING ORDERS COMMlTTEE—Resolutions reported t•-•-• That, in the cases of the Amesbury and North (Fleet )lar... ket) Roads, and Portsea Improvement Petitions, the Standing' Orders ought not to be dispensed with.—Postponed. That, in the case of the Petition concerning the East Lon don Railway Petition for a Bill, and the Evidence taken before the Committee thereon, the Report referred to the Committe e is informal and insufficient, inasmuch as it merely states that the Standing Orders have not been complied with, but doe,' not state any particulars wherein th e y h ave no t b ee n compile(' with.—Report referred to re-committed to former Committ o e d „ That, in the case of the Cork and Ballyh oo ly (I re l an d) 0 71, Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with th e ir 1 31 and that leave be granted that a Plan, Book of Referen ce, List of Owners and Occupiers, and, Estimate, be f or thwith d e " posited in the Private Bill Office.—Agreed to. That, in the case of the Beverley Improvement Petition, th! parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that leaire be granted that Notices may be inserted three times in OW* one newspaper of the County of York, and affixed for threl Sundays to the doors of the several Churches of the parish atia, town of Beverley, in the said County, and also affixed to th: • door of the Sessions-house at the next Easter Quarter-session! of the Peace for the East Riding of the said County of York , " Agreed to. That, in the case of the Limerick 'Waterworks Petition, t e e parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that les;;, be granted that a Plan, Book of Refer e n cs , Lists of Own e d. . and Occupiers, Estimate, and Subscription Paper, be forthol, deposited in the Private Bill Office ;—and that the Committs on the three last-mentioned Bills do r es pe c ti ve ly exa mine, . the first place, how far the said Orders s h a ll h ave been CO plied with, and do report the same to th e H ouse on th e Ree l of the Bills.—Agreed to. MESSAGE from the LORDS—That they have agreed tp./ Mutiny Bill, Marine Mutiny Bill, Winchester and Pet e pt field, and Stockton and Barnard Castle Roads Bills, 'wit h° amendment. th e COMPANIES—British Gas Light (Petitions, against, froll t o Imperial Gas Light Company—to lie on the table ; and Gas Light Company—referred to the Committee on the d i lls Counsel ordered), and Royal Exchange Assurance-1; 0 r read a second time, and committed. Manchester and '„ v • ' don Equitable Loan—Petiti on f rom M anc h es t er , agail l- od referred to the Committee on the Bill. Wels h Iren t , Mining—Petition of Proprietors of Collieries, &c. agair' c re k referred to the Committee on th e Bill, Counsel orde r. London Water and Metropolitan Waterworks—Petitiol t o East London Waterworks Comp an y, aga i ns t— re ferre . of the Committees on the Bills, Co u n se l or d ere d. C'W , Hope Bank—Bill ordered. I"Pri INcLosußES—Dearham (Cumberland), Clenchwarton folk, and Aberford (York)—Bills read a second ;hue committed. • cr° ROADS--Stockport, Grantham and Trent Bridge, Cain s t hir 1 and Stroud, and Leominster and H o p e —Bill s read 01 time, and passed. Barnsley and Grange Moor—Bill y second time, and committed. Lockwood a nd Meld) ';;eil Petitions from Crossland and Almondbury, against—re f :o 4 to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Pete r "4 o " and Alton—Petitions of Trustees and Persons holding : L - 4 e' rities for monies advanced for the Sheet Bridge and tic" mouth Road, from Steep and Froxfield, and from '' ) ,le , Hoper and Wm. Harmsworth, against—to lie on the ta s se l ' Gas Liowrs—Stockport—Bill read a third time, and 10 0 , CORN EXCIIANGE—London New—Put off for s ix moot o it 4 ' Docxs—South London—Petition of Wm. and Geo. e 1 or against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Conn' : dered. • hteltOvEmENTs—Liverpool—Petition of Inhabitant s ' A 0 # against—referred to the Cothmittee on the Bill, CourP — , tiered. t/esa RAILWAYS—BoIton and West Leigh—Bill reported, t j , e ce grossed. Whitstable and Canterbury—Bill read a time, and committed. uncir—St. Dunstan's Po on—Croydon B STATUTE banouß—Gorbals and read a e n i dcom m isttelr!a t HARBOUR—Weymouth 10" ASSESSED TAXES—Petition for the repeal thereof' f, Perth—to lie on the table. til ere° HOUSE AND WINDOW T A X—Petition",for the rep eal 00 from Aldersgate Ward—to lie on the table. ill COUNTY COURTS thr.i.—Petition front Manchester, vour—to lie on the table. POOR RELIEF (Ireland) CUTLERY TRADE LAW OF SETTLEMENT } Bills ordered► te u AO; AMERICA AND WEST INDIA TRADE ACTS—Th e n/0;e ing Resolutions reported and agreed to, and Bill or. I. That it is expedient to amend several Acts of the_ a de 4th years of his present Majesty, " for regulating the 1 1) 1Ti: tween his Majesty's Possessions in America, and otl4 A ef,r l . in America and the West Indies, and between his ' he t 1 1 ,0 1 Possessions in Americ a a nd th e West Indies, anti tq pry of the World;" a nd a l so an A c t o f t h e 4 t h y ea r of hi - Majesty, for regulating the warehousing of g oods. A l° t y 2. That the Dutie s i m p ose d by two Act s of the 3d I:lojeistoi present Majesty, for regu l a ti ng t h e t ra d e between his ' Possessions in America, and other places in .America 4me A' West Indies, and between his Majesty's Possessions I n 'or DW and the West Indies, and other parts of the World, the 00( Act of the 4th year of his present Majesty, to amen d he P mentioned Act, shall cease and determine ; and that t