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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Sunday, Nov. 20.) MADRID, Nov. 13.—0 n the dismissal of M. Zea a Certain party showed extraordinary joy.— It was already announced that the first step of - the Duke del Infantado had been to desire the recal of the French troops, and that the French Cabinet demanded the payment of the sums which are due to it by Spain. There was not a s'ord of truth in all these suppositions. People are much mistaken if they suppose that a Royalist -like the Duke del Infantado, who has given in contestable proofs of his fidelity and attachment to his Sovereign, can take precipitate resolutions contrary to the interests of his country : and they are equally mistaken if they fancy that France has no policy hi Spain but such as is attached to individuals. Facts daily prove the falsehood of such suppositions. We are sure that the Duke del Infantado has declared to the Allied Courts that the Spanish Government has for its basis principles, not persons ; and that these principles, founded on justice, and profoundly engraver in the heart of the King, emanate directly from his 'Catholic Majesty. He says that though circum- -stances, and some very serious reasons, require some personal change, there is no change of the system, and that to suppose otherwise would be at) insult to the elevated character of the King, and wound his delicacy in the tenderest part. The Spanish Cabinet has manifested at the same time that his Catholic Majesty, penetrated with the most lively gratitude, and animated by the purest friendship towards his august allies, does not desire to impair, and will not impair, the strict ties which unite them, and that his foreign policy is invariable. It has added that the King, placed by God at the head of the great family which composes the Spanish Monarchy, and in a situation to know better than any other persons its wishes, its true interests, and the re medies to the evils which have so long harassed it, thinks it useless to affirm, that the King will never depart in the exercise of its sovereignty, and the administration of his kingdom, front that path pointed out by those motives which are, and always will be, the sole guides of his conduct. This important declaration, drawn up as it is said on eminently monarchical maxims, cannot but in,pire the most complete confidence in the acts of the administration of the Duke del Infantado, and gain him the good-will of all Governments. The French Cabinet will dout►t less not be the last to lend its support to the noble Duke fur the great work of the regeneration of the Spanish Mo- narchy. PARIS, Nov. 19.—The Constitutionnel and the Aristarque tell us to-day the Cabinet secrets of the Ministers and of Kings. The first knows that a mysterious personage has been introduced .to the Minister of Finance, and that his name is the Marquis de Livren. The second informs us of the questions treated in the last Council, and one of these questions is the dissolution of .the Chamber (of Deputies). What well informed journals! 'We have only to wish they may find readers to believe them. Accounts from Arequipa, Upper Peru, inform us that the Ange G uardien, Captain Piguin Blamhe,dispatched from Bordeaux at the begin ning of January 1827, arrived at Quilca between the 6th and lOth of May following', and that Bolivar caused ship and cargo to be seized ; de clared the crew and all the passengers prisoners ; and that a sentence passed at Arequipa con demned the ship and cargo as good prizes. No farther details are given of the consequences of this irregularity.—(illcmorial Hordelais) (Front the Quotidienne.) PAIUS, Nov. 18.—A journal mentions after letters from Florence, that same misunderstand ing has arisen between the Archduchess Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, and the Austrian General CountNeipperg - , her Cavalier, d'llouneur, who commands the troops of the Duchy. FRENCIf FuNDs.—PAttls, Nov. 19.—Five per Cents. 98f. .55c., 981. 33c.—Three per Cents. 68f. 45c., 681. Bank Stock, 2,1251.-11ente de Naplzs, 831. 75c.—Itente d'Es pagne, 101.—Royal Spanish Loan, 501.—ilaytian loan, 8301. ; closed at 3251.—Exchange on London, one month, 251.; three months, 241. 80c.—(Cours Authentiguc.) -LITER ATU RE.—The following Works are just ,:published :—Times's Telescope, and Guide to the Almanac*, for the year 1826, illustrated with a . fine engraving of the Holy Family, from Cor regio's celebrated Picture, price 9s. in boards. 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CALCUTTA, APRIL 4.—Yesterday's Bankshall Report announced the arrival of the ship Sophia, Captain Jas• Barclay, from London, 13th September, St. Jago, Cape of Good Hope, and Madras, 27th March ; and of the ship Chides Forbes, Captain Thomas Bryden, from Rangoon, 11th March. There are letters from Rangoon of the 13th of March, which state that Bassein was taken possession of without resistance' but that General Cotton had made an attack on Donebew with the loss of two British Officers killed, and 131 men (Natives and Europeans) killed and wounded. We have not been able to ascertain the exact date of the at_ tack, but Sir A. Campbell, IVP hear, was at Sarrawadda on the 4th ult., anxiously looking nut for the advance of the River di vision. He entirely commanded the Irrawaddy river, and suf fered nothing to pass up or down unchallenged and unexa, mined. The Prince Sarrawaddy was one or two marches in advance of Sir A. Campbell, with a force of, it is said, 2,000 men, towards Prome, of which the British Commander had due cognizance, as also of the circumstance of General Morri son having entered the country of Arracan. Perhaps a junc tion on the Irrawaddy may not he improbable.. Since writing the above, we have received the following John Dull Extraordinary of yesterday evening, which enters more into detail :—. " Letters from Rangoon have arrived per the Charles Forbes , which left the Pilot on the 18th, giving some additional inte. resting intelligence of the progress of the Army. Sir Archibald Campbell was still at Suraway on the llth, eight days march from Prome: he had advanced this far without firing a shot, and was feeling the want of supplies, which, however, were daily ex pected from Rangoon. Brigadier-General Cotton, after the capture of Yang-you-chu, proceeded to Donebew, and on the 7th attacked that place with 200 men of the 89th, and took the first stockade. Ile then attacked the second, but was unsuc cessful, and obliged to retire, evacuating the stockade he had taken, and embark his men, in the boats. He dropped down four miles below, and forwarded a dispatch to Brigadier 111cCreagh, stating that ho must wait for the reinforcements under him. Our loss was great—Captains Ross and Can non of the 89th killed, 'and three wounded, one hundred and ten men of the 89th killed and wounded. The Bundoolah is said to have 14,000 men in the works, and 3,000 in the war boats. Brigadier Sale had taken Bassein— the Burmese having burnt the town to the ground ; but it is feared he cannot get on so rapidly as he expected for want of means. The 45th King's from Ceylon was entering the river as the Charles Forbes came out; and Brigadier 31`Crettgh was expected to move from Rangoon immediately to reinforce Bri gadier-General Cotton,—the bullocks and carriage, for which he was waiting impatiently, having arrived. He takes with him the Royals and two Native Regiments. The High Priest of the Dagon l'agoda had come into Rangoon on the 13th with all his followers, and the town is now as thickly inhabited as ever, the people still crowding in from the country with supplies. The following is from our esteemed Correspondent in Cachar " Camp in Cachar, March 23. 182.5. " The force that had passed through the forest has been obliged to fall back, in consequence of the very inclement state of the weather, which prevented supplies being sent on to them. The attempt to supply provisions by means of small boats going up the Jeeree Nullah failed, front the numerous rapids and strong current. With the exception of the 4th brigade, the whole of the troops in Cacher are now concentrated at Bank sandy. Thu loss sustained in elephants, camels and bullocks, has been very great indeed ; as well as grain, that was, from necessity, abandoned in the forest. " The weather continues in the most unsettled state ; there is no dependanee whatever on the climate—one day it looks as clear and dry as if the hot winds were approaching, and before midnight we have thunder, lightning, and rain in torrents. We expect daily to receive orders regarding our future operations; the idea of penetrating to Munnipore, with the force origin ally destined for that service, must now he abandoned ; and there is scarcely time, before the setting in of the regular rains, to makc 4 another attempt with a detachment on a less extensive scale. The pioneers have had a most arduous time of it ; they have been employed three months, working in a thick swampy forest, and lately the numerous carcasses were sufficient to create a pestilence ; it is wonderful so few of the advance party have returned sick, considering what they nave been exposed to. " It is supposed Gumbeer Sing will now try with his Legion, to get to 11unipore. One thing is very certain—that he is materially interested- in getting there ; and if he will make the attempt, with 10 or. 12 days' provisions on his men's backs, the thing is by no means impracticable." We have seen a letter. from 111ahlah of the 24th ult:, which treats thus upon a subject very interesting to some of our readers, viz. : " lstntoo.—The market will be overstocked with indigo this year, which I fear will reduce the price so as to make the favourable season a misfortune to the planters. No one in this quarter remembers to have seen such prospects of a large crop. We have almost finished our March sowings, and the young plant looks remarkably well. By the Ist of lune we shall be manufacturing our October plant, which is already a cubit high.—We have received accounts to the same effect from all parts of the country, and trust that though some like our cor respondent may see nothing; cheering In the prosp e ct, th e re sult, if anticipations should be realized, will be permanently beneficial to the interests of' those connected with the produc tion of indigo in this country. To say nothing of Egypt, the rivalry of South America was very likely to have become for midable under a continuance of the high prices and demand for produce of late years.—We have heard it remarked by those conversant in the subject, that a most mistaken idea of sacri fising quality for quantity has latterly induced so many of our planters to neglect the state in which they send the commodity to market, that the produce of Bengal is likely to lose its name for pre-eminence in the most essential respect. We may ex pect that in a season of abundance all temptation to act on so enormous a principle will be opposed by a ,well-fOunded con viction, that in a superabundant season none but the finest qua lifies can have any command of the market. The inferior sorts must tempt purchasers by excessive cheapness, or lie neglected till the chances of the seasons, by occasioning a scarcity of the article, bring round a demand for what was before reckoned unworthy of notice." Bun mEstc.—For the following intelligence we are indebted to a friend : The 313th regiment Native Infantry, commanded by Lieute nant-Colonel Delamain, was inspected by Brigadier Burnett, C. 8., at Agra, on the 18th of Alarch, 1825. The regiment was drawn up in open column of companies right in front, with the recruits of each company in rear of its right flank. The Brigadier dismounted and inspected every company minutely, expressing his strongest approbation of the recruits, upwards of 200 fine lads, all of the best casts ; the old Sepoys appeared rather to a disadvantage, owing to the clothing, which had been lately served out, being of the old instead of the new pat. tern. On the Brigadier's going to the front, the companies were equalized, and the regiment passed round in review in slow time, after which the following manoeuvres were exe cuted : I—Close column of companies on the right centre company, left in front, facing to the rear. Countermarch of the column by ranks and deployment to the right on the front division, covered by the Light Infantry. 2—Change of front on the right centre company by echellon in quick time, covered by the Light Infantry. 3—Square 4 deep on the centre by echellon of sections in double time—re-form line on the centre by echellon of sections in double time. N.B. This square was formed and the men were ready to fire in thirty :•econds from the time the caution was given to form it. 4—Ad van cc in line covered by the Light Infantry, and by double column of companies from the centre. Form double column of sub-divisions and squares 4 deep on the front divi sion. Re-form column and line to the rear on the centre, covered by the Light Infantry. s—Advance in line, halt, and countermach by the filing of companies in rear of the centre, covered by the Light Infantry. 6—Advance in line, halt, form 3 deep and squares by grand divisions, reform lines. 7—Retire by wings covered by the Light Infantry, re-form line, retire in line, and file to the rear by threes from the pro. per right of companies, wheel into line and advance to general salute. The whole of the above manoeuvres were performed with great precision and rapidity ; after which the books, hospital, magazine, and establishment attached to the corps, were in spected, and the Brigadier was pleased to express his entire approbation of the state of discipline in which lie found the regiment. (To be continued.) DUTCH POSSESSIONS in 1h EAST INDIES. HAGUE, N0v.17.--,--The project of law for pro viding for the wants of the East India possessions proposes to open a loan w the amount of 20,000,000 of florins at the ut most. For the payment of the interest and redemption of the principal, a sum of 1,41)0,000 florins shall be annually set apart for the colonial service, commencing from the Ist of January, 1326. The above sum of 1,400,000 florins shall be guaranteed as far as necessary by the State, for the period of 30 years at the utmost. In a memorial accompanying the project of law, the causes of the existing embarrassments are stated, the extent and the nature of the guarantee of the mother country explained, and lastly, the means pointed out which the colonists possess to pay the debt without burdening the mother country. The cause of the embarrassments are the too great mass of paper currency, the payment of large sums for goods taken by agreement from the British Government, the loss of ships laden with produce, &e., the missing of a ship from Japan with a rich cargo, the great expellees incurred by the erection, of military works, and of a colonial marine. We find, how ever, that those burdens would not hae produced the present difficulties, had not serious disturbances in the Moluccas, Su matra, Celebes, and elsewhere, broken out, which rendered expensive military armaments necessary. To these were added the failure of the crops, and contagious diseases which carried off several thousands of the natives, so that many tracts of land remained uncultivated. _ _ Till 1824, says the memorial., the distress was ascribed in India to temporary causes. With this idea every thing - was done on a large scale, and even considerable domains alienated in former years had been repurchased ; but in that year a con siderable fall in price of coffee taking place, reduced at once the large stock in the hands of Government to one half of its value, so that a great embarrassment ensued, which rendered it neces sary to issue paper bearing 9 per cent. interest, in order to sup port the paper currency. All these circumstances produced in October the conviction that it was necessary to make great retrenchments, and it was resolved to negociate a loan in Bengal, a project which was re gulated by the Government at home, partly on account of the high interest .(probably 8 per cent.), and partly because it was feared that the produce might go to foreign merchants, to the detriment of the Netherlands. The rejection of this loan in Bengal naturally brought with it an obligation to give ,assistance front the mother country, and that for the suns be proposed 15millions of sicca rupees (20 millions of florins),' a sum by meancof which it is hoped to re establish the finances of India, where nine millions Of paper currency are already in circulation, and specie becomes more and more scarce. Respecting the second point, the memorial states that the an nual sum of 1,400,000 florins will suffice at the present rate of interest to pay off the 20 millions in 30 years, if not earlier.— Respecting the third point, it is observed that the guarantee of the mother country is required only for the satisfaction of the Indies, but that it is to be confidently expected that the Indian Treasury will be able to provide for the annual sun' of 1,400,000 florins for the payment of interest and capital. From 1317 to 1824, the revenues amounted to about 152 millions, and the expenditure to about 151 millions. The estimate for 1824 was 27 millions for the revenue, and 26 millions for the ex penditure ; but by the falling of the prices of coffee, there was a deficiency of nearly a million and a half in the first six mouths of 1824. Till 1819, the revenue exceeded the expenditure; at that time the troubles in Palembang and the cholera morhus had a visible effect, the establishments remained on too expensive a footing, and the expenses were too great. When the causes are removed, to which end his 3lajesty has adopted energetic measures, the effect will cease. These measures are the deter mination of a quinquennial budget for India, from which no departure shall be made ; the suspension of public works for 6 years; the abolition of expensive boards for civil works, &c.; simplifications of the administration ; diminution of the num ber of persons employed in most of the offices, and withdraw ing a number of payments; limitations in the appointments of officers, of whom no more are to he sent from house till they are asked for from India. 1t is calculated that the Board of Works cost annuallyl3oo,ooo or 900,000 florins ; that the interest of the public currency, which is to be called in, was 400,000, so that the saving of these two branches will nearly amount to the 1,400,000 requir ed, and that the other measures will produce such . a salutary effect, that it is probable the guarantee of the mother-country will never required.—( Dutch Paper, Nov. 19.) DINNER TO JOSEPH HUME, ESQ. M.P. Friday, the entertainniPnt by the citizens of Edinburgh to Mr. flustE, was given in the Waterloo Hotel. Upwards of 500 gentlemen were present. LEONARD Hon :it:ft, Esq. was in the chair; Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, officiated as Croupier. At six o'clock Mr. Hume, accompanied by the Chairman, Croupier, Stewards, &c. entered the'room. When the cloth was drawn, the Chairman gave " The King," " The Duke of York, acid the rest of the Royal Family." " The Army and the Navy." " The Duke of Sussex," eicc All these toasts were drank with great applause. The CHAIIINIAN rose to propose the health of Mr. Hume, and expatiated on the public life of that gentleman in a neat speech, which he thus ctincluded-L." Proud as we feel in paying this deserved tribute to the. signal merits of our distinguished guest, the spectacle which this' room exhibits must, I ant sure, be no less a source of pride and gratification to him. Here is the capital of his native land ; he witnesses a vast assemblage of its most intelligent and independent inhabitants eagerly pressing forward to do homage to his public virtues. There is not one amongst us who can have come to this meeting front any feeling of obligation for personal favours already bestowed, or from any hope that it may be the means of obtaining them hereafter. We come with hearts full of admiration for great and disinterested patriotism, thus publicly to express our con viction of the benefit the country has derived from Mr. Hume's exertions, and to bestow upon hint the highest reward which a true patriot can desire—the unsought, willing ; and grateful ac knowledgments of his fellow-citizens." (Mr. Horner sat down amidst tumults of applause.) • Mr. liumE, in returning thanks, said he was little able to do justice to his own feelings for their kindness, or to thank their Honourable Chairman for the kind and able manner he had expressed himself towards him. The Honourable Chair man had been pleased to say that he had been employed in an useful manner—but ke had done no More than many of his in telligent fellow-citizens would hare performed, had they been similarly situated. Ile had been accustomed to hard labour from his boyish days, and therefore labour became an object of pleasure and a recreation to him, which would prove hard to others. He undertook those duties for the good of the public ; that undertaking was, at once, to please himself, and serve the best interests of his country ; these were the great and the only considerations which influenced his public conduct. It was well known to smite present, who were acquainted with him in early life, how he had been accustomed to hard labour, in the literal seace of the word ; and those habits, which were perform ed first from necessity, were easily trans ferred to other ditties (when ample independence had crowned his labour) devoted to the service of his country. Ilaving sought and found his fortune in a dangerous climate, he returned to his native country and finding that labour was to him a pastime, he resolved to de vote the remainder of hiS days to the enjoyment of the good opinion of his countrymen, with whom he was to spend the re. minder of his life. Having acquired a fortime, he had no emo lument to look for from office; no family for whom lie had to make provision beyond his means; all that lie therefore desired to seek for and acquire was the confidence and good opinion of his countrymen, and the mode of acquiring that had been detailed to them by their much-respected Chairman. He had • seen the poverty and distress .of other countries from exaction and power; he could not look upon the excess of taxation in our own without feeling that taxation . was the cause of much suffering, which those only who examined could learn. The Hon. Chairman had truly said, that the extravagant expen diture of the public money completely prevented reform in the abuses of Government. He felt that the most effectual mode to remedy that part of the evil—the corruption that existed— . was to cut those sinews off which supported the extravagance. After alluding to Parliamentary Refotm, and urging the citi zens of Edinburgh to demand, year after year, a representation suitable to the new circumstances of the city, Mr. Hume thus proceeded—When he found in the House of Commons the de tails of our great establishments confined in a page or two, and that millions were to be voted on estimates of a few lines, and when he called on Ministers to produce the accounts in detail, the task of checking and exposing was apparently as difficult as that for which he now called on them to step forward and ask. Among the few remaining privileges which had been left us by die wisdom of our ancestors, was, that we were not obliged to give our sanction in voting sums of which we knew not the items. The accounts were laid before us in a plain, simple form, and unexampled success fbllowed his exertions. The time for making the experiment was fortunately suitable, for though it met with much opposition, the pockets of the country gentle men were rather empty, and therefore they were more disposed to acquiesce in plans of retrenchment than they had been for some time before or since. (Applause.) Thus by a little patience and perseverance, which cost hint less trouble than many might 'suppose, aided by the peculiar circumstances of the times, he had been able to get over difficulties which at one time had almost been deemed insurmountable. Of his own acts he did not wish to speak; they spoke for themselves, for they had not been hid under a bushel. Year after year had persons tra duced him, and. endeavoured to stifle every effort of his. They, however, forget, that while they supposed they were trampling him to the dust, they were in fact taking the most effectual means to ensure the ultimate success of his measures, and to lower themselves.—(Applause.)—The Members of the House of Commons, whatever faults it had, still possessed the invaluable privilege of speaking freely, and thus putting the people in possession of every act of oppression or injustice. Every Member who could speak ought, and thus proclaim to the people the evils threatened, by which the public might judge, and by their. opposition check or prevent the mischief. —(Applause. }—ln his attempts to reform the Church—to prove the Navy—to lessen the expence of the Army—to in gltire into the state of the Revenue, for which a commission was appointed after four years' struggle, had produced a report the result of which was incredible, and he was afraid even to mention the sums that would be spared to the public. He had been guided in all he did by public motives alone. Mr. Hume concluded his speech, which was much applaUded, with proposing as a toast—" Prosperity to the City of Edin burgh." . _ _ The CHAIRMAN next proposed " the Immortal Memory of Charles James Fox." • • Mr. FERGUSON, the Croupier, proposed " the he3lth of Sir Henry Moncrieff, and prosperity to the Church of Scot land." Mr. JAMES lloxerturr returned thanks on behalf of his father, and proposed " (...atholic . Emancipation, and the re moval of all religious disabilities." Mr. C LJNYNGIIA ME said he rose to propose the health of a distinguished individual now at the head of the friends of freedom in the British Parliament, and whose exertions had signalized him in every quarter, and identified him with every question in which the interests of mankind were concerned. The Meeting would be at no loss to anticipate that the individual he meant was Mr. Brougham,—(Great applause)—who had dedicated his splendid talents to the cause of education. Ile proposed " The health of Mr. Brougham, and the cause of general education."—Three times three, and great applause. Mr. PETER Ilactwst proposed " The independent Burgh which returned Mr. Ilumelo Parliament." Mr. IlumE, in returning thanks, said he hoped in another Parliament he should still be Member for Montrose. He then prefatory to a toast he had to propose, eulogized the press. 4 No means," he said, " are snore important for securing The liberties of England than the freedom of the press—(Much cheering.)—Through the freedom of the press, all the mis. deeds which power would conceal, are made known—all change of sentiment or proceedings which might take place in any order of society was instantly communicated to every part of the country." Mr. Hume concluded by proposing " The Liberty of the Press." Mr. JEFFREY, in rising to propose a toast said, that al though the subject of it had been glanced at by two of the gen tlemen who had preceded him, he could not with propriety abstain from adverting to it a little more minutely, as it was deeply important in itself and intimately connected with the purpose of the present meeting. lie alluded to the repeal of the combination laws, which had been effected chiefly by the exertions of the gentleman who sat on the right hand of the chair. This subject derived its interest partly from the nature of :he laws which had been repealed, and partly from the mis chievous combinations which had resulted—incidentally, and In part, but not legitimately—from their repeal. The laws to which he referred had long stood a blot on the statute-book of the realm, and were repealed after the fullest inquiry in Par liament; without opposition, and without dissent from any quarter. This of itself was no slight proof of the barbarous character of those statutes. Their repeal was the result of la borious inquiries by a Committee of Parliament, in which a large body of master manufacturers and others, who might be supposed to be chiefly interested in perpetuating the abuse, had been examined ; and it was a .remarkable cir cumstance, that out of about a hundred persons who had been examined with the view, perhaps, of propping up the evil, only six or seven had been favourable to th..:r conti nuance, while all the rest were decisively hostile to their existence. Thoxe statutes, besides other perniciotr: quail ties, had a blighted spirit, which tended more, perhaps, by generating feelings of jealousy and distrust among the ope ratives, than by any positive and direct operation, in de pressing the nature of their labour, to produce that discord and animosity between them and their employers, which was utterly destructive of that kindness and co-operation which was essential to the prosperity of all. He did not believe that, in general, the effect of any arrangements among the masters tended materially to depress the rate of wages be low the proper level. The chief mischief connected with them was the rancorous feeling which was engendered among the la bouring classes, by denying to them the privilege of lawfully adopting measures for protecting their interests. This led them to form secret cabals and combinations, in which they ac quired habits and feelings which reduced them almost to the condition of desperate outlaws. The abolition of such siatutes was therefore one of the proudest triumphs of the many triumphs which Mr. Hume had won. But the abolition had been effected only a few short months, when, unfortunately, a fearful and diabolical set of combinations arose throughout the country. These started up, unhappily, in point of time, no doubt, as regarded the general merits of the abolition, but not materially. Every one in any degree acquainted with hu man nature must be aware that the entire removal of restric tions, which had long galled a numerous class of such persons, could scarcely fail to produce some commotion among them.— LI e was inclined, with the gentleman who had already alluded to the subject, to ascribe much of this to ignorance, misrepre- . sentation, and to the dark course of secret intrigue in which they had been trained, which had been engendered under the laws which fettered them front seeking a legal remedy for their grievances in the face of day, and the seeds and germs of which could only be exterminated by the utter abolition of the restrictive laws. Ile had no doubt that every right thinking person would ascribe these unfortunate irregu larities to these causes, and not to the measure of abolition, which only became more imperatively necessary front the na ture of the combinations, derived chiefly from the abolished restrictions. The worst and most disgusting feature, how ever, of these combinations, was the gross inconsistency of the infatuated men who embarked in them. They were not satisfied with the freedom which had been marked out for them by the distinguished individual who was now present. They aimed at the establishment of the grossest and most hideous tyranny that can be imagined, subversive of those very principles of liberty which the Legislature, in its wis dom and benignity, had awarded to them. Not contented with the freedom to carry their own industry and skill to the best market they could find, which they had thus obtained, these misguided men had dared to deny to others that liberty which they themselves had claimed as their right. They had carried their purposes into effect by intimidation, by arson, and by mur der. And could they imagine that such proceedings could meet with the support or approbation of any good, or wise, or sane man ? Could they suppose that Mr..llume, who had struggled for their emancipation, would join with them in imposing shackles upon-others —upon those whose kindness and pro tection, and union with whom, in their respective spheres, the general prosperity depended ? It would not in a company such as this be breathed, that any countenance could be given to such practices or such principles ; or that any toleration could be given. For himself and he was not altogether unknown to the country (great cheering), he would not be suspected of indiffer ence to the rights of the people ; but lie could not abstain on this, and on every occasion that presented itself, from express ing, in the most unequivocal terms, his strong disapprobation of the practices which had lately produced so much distraction in the country. lie had said this as the friend of the labouring elasses—as their advocate—and if his counsels could have any influence, he would beseech the deluded men to abstain from the ruinous and dangerous course in which they had embarked. It was incumbent on the friends of liberal principles to speak out, for the enemies of liberal principles would not fail to take advantage of these unhappy delusions and errors, as furnish ing reasons for the re-enactment of those statutes which he was convinced were the chief cause of the evils that they all de plored. He trusted, however, that a wiser and more lenient course would be followed, and that, after the brief season of trouble, which he hoped was now nearly over; after the sea soning fever, as it had been called on first touching a land of liberty, the labouring classes would return to that just and reasonable course of conduct which alone could save them from the restoration of those chains which have recently been broken. Mr. Jeffrey concluded by giving, " The Freedom of Labour; but let the labourer recollect, that, in exercising the freedom of his own rights, he cannot, be permitted to violate the rights of others." The " Memory of the late Francis Horner" was next drank in silence. Deacon PATEnsoN concluded a speech which was much cheered, by saying, " Highly as we admire Mr. Hume—much as we esteem him—greatly as we value him—dearly as we love him—(bursts of laughter and applause)—give us but a thorough Burgh Reform, and we shall have an hundred as faithful as he. Deacon Paterson concluded, amid great ap plause, by proposing " Lord A. Hamilton, and the cause of Burgh Reform." Mr. COCKBURN concluded an eloquent speech, which was loudly applauded, by proposing " The Lord Provost and Ma gistrates of Edinburgh, and a cordial union of all men and of all parties for the moral improvement of Edinburgh."—(Drank with three times three.) Mr. GuisoN CRAIG proposed " The town of Leith, and may it go on prospering in wealth and independence." Mr. CRICHTON returned thanks, and proposed the health of •. Convener Milne, and the Members of the Town Council now present." Mi. J. MURRAY called the attention of the meeting to the improved administration of justice, accomplished by the Bill introduced into Parliament by Mr. Secretary Peel. " Mr. w ho O le. Peel, and success to the efforts of every 31inister „ yours to improve the administration of p u blicjosti c , e ,:, Mr. J. CRAIG proposed " Mr. Kennedy, and, o{ ~1 ; ; meat of the administration of justice in Scotlanu. burgh, were the next toasts. The health of the Chairman, and the liiniversitY oser ir Iles Mr. A. SCOTT gave—" Mr. Robinson and 3 • • tra de. and success to their efforts to establish the freedom ot soi This and several other toasts were drank W ith the t ja tha t I nours, when the hour getting late, the CIIAIRS AS had notices of a number of other toasts to be gi" n ,, c ive d ie sequence of the lateness of the hour, he should niere'' from the chair. • • " The President of the United States." •bertYof e " The Establishment of Civil and Religious .1.4 part The e immediate lllaster and Suppressionillerchant Co o ns f p any te j o l f fr E and the speedy Abolition of the Slave Trade au ". World." ' 1 of Military Power." o ut P. May our Civil Liberties never be endangered by th e ' Mr. Grimm( Cicala paid a merited complimaat!. ns Ch posed a vote of thanks to Mr. Horner, for his conduZ man, and the meeting separated at half-past 12 icadittilbstitanr;"lglot,ll WEST INDIA DOCKS • STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending SaturdAY, of November, 1825. • Deli vexed. Articles. j [lonic I Con sumption, Sto S c i ind 1 511 (11 , ' 91 e , 11 ,6 5 ;4';l a gJ st} ;40 eg. 03t41 E x ports. tion. 17 2 30 1 3 249 7 1 2,5135 Ilhds West India iTrs Ills Sugar Brazil - Chests I . Ilavanah Boxes East India & I Bags 3lauritius Molasses - - Casks {s Ilds Brandy - P lid ns s Hollands . f t r l rl d s s Arrack . - Casks I Pipes llds Wine ' - Trs Coffee° - -131 s Bags ( Casks Cocoa 1 Bags f Pimento - - Casksßags Ginger • - Casks 1 Bags ,f Casks Pepper - 1 !lags Cotton . . I Bales Bags Aloes . Gourtls Arrow Root . f Casks I. Boxes Dalsam . J . Boxes Jars • Casks Bark - Serons . Bills Bags Cassia Fistula - Casks Cloves _ J Casks Bags Cochineal - - J Bags Serons Elephant? Teeth - . J ('asks 1 Boxes Hemp - - Tons Hides - - No. Ilorns - - No. Indigo - . Serons Ipecactmnlia - j Casks 1 Bap __ . • Jalap Bales Whale . Galls Oil Castor . Casks Coco Nut Casks Palm - Casks Pearl Shell - , n (-"asks Pine Apple . Casks Rice and Paddy A B as ags ks Bo;Ces Sarsaparilla Bales Tallow . . Casks Tortoise Shell - Boxes { Casks Turtle - - Casks Tapioca - - Casks - . WOOD. Mahogany Logs Pieces Plks & Bd, ` Togs Cedar . I'cs & Plk , African Timber f Loge rees Santa 31aria ( Logs 1 Pieces Ebony_ - Tons Lig. Vitae - Tons Box Mood Tons Log Wood Tons Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cain NVood Tons Bar Wood ( Tons Pieces Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lance wood Spars No. Staves - - No. 1: 3 - 671 ' ;asks, ,'21,; 3arre° 1 51 1 33gs '64 ° i a gs 1, 0 , 0 010. 59/ ' British Plantation Coffee East India Coffee St. romingo, B ra zil, and Ha- 1 , B ar rels 87 ,97 i Ilvannah Coffee - 113ags - '---- t er' -----------------------..".----- --- --—— " aS 1 ,t e se . ' 4 : CII 1 LD Mllll D ER .-A 11 . 1 tiquisi 60 11 - 4 0 0 .' 40 0 .- day holden in the board-room of St. A ndrcw'o , w ,' of „ i or: the body of a male infant.-31r. Philip Fernan'e-jrtlai'ilo`c Conduit -street, a medical student, was called on Sa o t g a to o 11, beentreatshould prematurely delivered. From every . a ver' f or conclude she had been delivered within to t r io ( . .s l ' diet's P 3 i' 1 . 1 ) 31r. Peregrine Fernandez, surgeon to St. An lAtt i h e tc",,t house, examined the body of a male infant at -„" n a jo i t- fro eluit-street ;it was full gown ; there was a we an g j it °. t e at f. the posterior part. The constable here 1 0 ' •,, sa le ,tt io p o r u es n t t i l m in ed tl t i l e ia k t i t tc h h ls en in , s w tr i u tt l i ne m n a t rhkasdobfebenloocl tli)° l4 , l l t o c' fl ° l destruction of the infant. Mr. Fernatlenlzileiddltabt3DtiVi':°l) the character of the wound, he should "g!, , 0 0; jore; . ,e not. It might have been caused by an obtuse wa!_ e „ e o ,or pt 4 one of such weight, as a heavy instrument must hay, ' t o ,- o pti jj partial fracture of the bone. There was yokeliest.6`),(Per, that it could have occurred by a fall.-111r. I , ti . -r:'° l ' fe rt .i' to Mr. Westley, had observed the increase in th i e,,A,` the, v , ‘'` k : Berry during the last month or 6 weeks.--J- lit uur e 'ol ol ' ho e je deposed to nearly the same effect.—Pittinant 3 0 u p ; !,,,,4 0 1 scribed the way in which the body was tal' e n 0 3 s t ee s o blunted, had been used, and a hair broo m t to t ile ,to ltj. P that the hook might have caused a slight sco t° c, oat'g 0 11° ,4 the infant.-31r. Henry Westle said, that the, ) ,,ne ti • e,( if a h t ad fiv b e ee. ne n xt in mo l r ri n s in s g er b v y ic a e monolaynYinsigx. months and i , I. t °' ' anti W` l' w' el . ' . 0 1 ' About eleven o'clock witness retired to rot , _ ~,t1 0 , : ,, A • Be got UP; i f slle, le (1 13 ` e i, the house. Berry's door was open, anti he ask eil t irig ti do ( well; she made no reply at first, but on rcP e3 re tta lle tion, she said " it was all rioht."—The Jul - diet of " Wilful Murder" against Julia Berl' sbtwhteyheelonieblAcuaoisfsi square rn r : l tr : eh will i r l T hursday da y GT: o sv El°l,l b c e florid C o r inthian 0 0" O c engaged in forming 1 ,11 ej the deslgns. „cC 50, 1 t o t i e f a c n t il u o e r r e l e r :U ve ' a li n s e: l i t u o t a u i riree i s: t i a c e r i j, t i ‘ o:: b i ' l c ta u 3. :rc t i 3111:i rts The be finished in two year' . lo rtg ' he American Papers contain e joll e ' o ,tP of: h a balloon ascent at New York, by a 131aat'I t i l l ire e The fair aeronaut rose to a height of more than made her descent in perfect safety. Rum 1,932 134 1,047 207 239 110 109 38 157 18 62 Gum Sago ~I (P