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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, SATURDAY', JUNE 25. Praytrs were read this morning by the• Bishop of Chester, after which their Lordships, viz. the Lord Chancellor, and the Earls of Carberry, Ormond, and Shaftesbury; sat for the dis . sa•:,f. of business. b the appeal of " Murthwalte v. Jenkinson," from the Court of Chancery, Messrs. Shadwell and Tindall were heard for the appellant, Messrs. Horn and Sur den for the respondent and again Shadwell in reply ; but judgment was deferred to another day. Adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock, during pleasure; and at Three &Clock the House resumed. . , The JSQRD CHANCELLOR now mentioned the case of v.'Scully," and in which a Learned Counsel stated a fact supposed to have been overlooked in the drawing up of the judgment. The - Noble. and Learned ,Lord observed, that he had fully attended to the fact adverted to,but that the matter so stated had made no alteration in his opinion. He added, while upon this .s.abiect, that be also had heard that a Noble and Learned Lord (-Redesdale) was instructed to present a petition, praying that the "cause might be " reheard" upon that particular point. He, however, had no. idea that that Noble and Learned Lord would present such a petition, nor had he any idea, -if presented, that t could even be listened to, much less acce ded to b y the . House ; as , such a proceeding would establish a most dangerous and de structive.precedent. He should therefore now move, that this ciaginent be read at the table on Monday , as a final j ud g ment j of the House.—Ordered. - PUBLIC BUSINESS. Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBUR Y, the Courts of king's Bench, Common Pleas. and Exchequer Sales of Offices Abolition Bills passed through Committees. The Report on _the University Police Bill was agreed to ; and the. Scotch Partnerships Bill passed through a Committee. of the House. The Scotch- Lowland Churches Bill was read a third time, with amendments. The _Report to be received on Monday _ cthis day). It had been expected that a Commission would have taken ?lace at about a quarter to four o'clock ; but, owing to some misconception of the House of Commons, they adjourned to 4londay at their rising on Friday night. • Adjourned at four o'clock, to - Monday (this day), when their Lersiships are summoned. , THE ARM Y. 'FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] War Office, June 24, 1825. )IE3tOIIANDITSI.—His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 17th or Leicestershire Regiment of Foot bearipg on its .coiours and appointments the figure of the" Royal Tiger," with the - word " Hindoostan" superscribed, as a lasting testimorfy of tb exensplary conduct of the Corps during the period of its ser vice in India, fromjhe year 1804 to 1023. .1 1 . Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lie.ut. Patrick Chalmers, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice William Saville .Eas terby, who exchanges, receiving the difference. '7th Ditto—Lieut. Charles Corkran, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice James Joseph Brett, wiu exchanges, receiving the difference. • '3d Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Ensign Theophilus Levett, from the 63d Foot, to be Cornet, :by purchase, vice Trevelyan, who retires. • 6th Ditto—Cornet Robert Matisel to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Warrand, promoted ; Henry Fowler Mackay, Gent. to be Cornet, bv . purchase, vice 'Manse'. Bth Ditto—Major . Alexander Charles Craufurd, from the Coe Corps of Cavalry, to be Major, vice Beiningardt, pro -,:noted; Captain Lord George Augusta . Hill, from the half pay, to be Captain, vice William Brett, who exchanges, re cei sing the difference. 9th Ditto—Arthur Charles. Williams, Gent., to be Cornet, by putchase„vice Williams, promoted_ 12th Ditto—Lieutenant Hugh Munro St. Vincent Rose to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andrews, promoted • in the Cape Corps ; Cornet William Ilydc to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vi ,- ;e Rose; Granville Dewey, Gent., to be• Cornet, by purchase, vice Hyde. „. , 15th Ditto—Captain Edward Byam -to be Major, by pur chase, vice Lane, promoted; Lieutenant Walter Scott to be Ca.ntain, by purehase, •- vice Byarn; Cornet John Hamilton Dinidas to be Lieutenant, by 'purchase vice Scott. 3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant - - Charles Douglas to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Jeffery Prendergast,-who retires. Ensign Samuel Hood, from the 61st Foot, vice Fairfield, promoted ; Brudenell James Bruce, Gent. viceDounlas; - to be -Ensigns••and Lieutenants, :tap purchase. 4th Regiment of Foot—Hospital Assistant John Hawkey to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Berry, whose appointment has not .-taken place. 6th Ditto—Ensign Honourable Adolphus Frederick Cath cart, from the 15tli Foot, to be Lieutell'ant-by purchase, vice Brisbane, promoted. .17th Ditto=Brevet Major William Croker to be Major, by • purchase, vice Nicoll, who retires; Lieutenant Philip Nicoll Anley to he Captain,•by pure:has; vice Craker ;•'Ensign John • Doyle O'Brien - to be :Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Anley ; John Darley, Gent: to be ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien. Ditto—Seeond• Lieutenant William Le Mesurier Tup per to he First. Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Grey, promoted ; Richard Stretton, Gent., to be Second-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tupper.. 25th Ditto—Sanderson liderton, Gent., •to be "Ensign,- by, purchase, viee•Cathcart,•promoted the 9th Foot. ?.ist Ditto —Lieutenant, Lohus Nunn, without purchase, vice. Cost, promoted in tbes9tlrtlrpot ; Lieutenant William Andros, from the 65th Foot, by purchase, vice Eager, promoted ; to be Captains: 49th Ditto—Lieutenant Collett Barker, to be Captain, by purchase, vice 0-(1.-who retires. 41st Ditto-Captain . Walter Frederick O'Reilly to •be Major • .by purchase; vice Hill, who retires. Ditto—Hespitai-Assistant Michael Galean, M.D., to be A esistant•Surgemt , vice Edwards who resigns. 41. t Ditto--Hospital-Assistant Michael Ryan, 141. D.- to be Assistant-Surgeon. lin Ditto—Lieut. George Gawier to be Captain, by pur . •-chasn, vice York; promoted ; Ensign "William Vivian to be Lieutenant, ,by purchase, vice Gawler; French, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vivian ; Hospital-Assistant John Paterson to be Assistant-Surgeon. 56th Ditto—Captain Henry Webster, from half,pay 38th • Foot, to he Captain, vice Isaac Gouverneur Cgden, - who ex - e.banzes ; Hospital:Assistant Abraham James Nesbitt Colonel , - M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeau. 71st Ditto—Lieut. John Gardiner, from the Rifle Brigade, ...to be Captain, without flireitse, vice Pidgeon, promoted. 14th Ditto— . Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur - chase, vice Gordon promoted. rth Ditto—Ensign Francis Price, from the 95th Foot, to be Fdnxign, vice Cameron, a ppointed to the 79th Foot. li2d DittoHospitallAssistant.William Millie Ross, M.D., • to WI Assistant-Surgeon. 88th 'Ditto--Gentleinan , Cadet Edmund R. Jeffereys, from the Royal Military College,. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Finniss, appointed to the 56th Foot. 97th Ditto—Hospital-Assistant James Cavet_to he Assistant- Surgeon. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott to be First, Lieutenant, without purchase, vice - Gardiner, promoted in _the . 71st Foot; Wilbraham • Speneer Tollernac ' he, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,by purchase, vice Morcott. Royal Staff Corps--Second Lieutenant Richard Bayne, from the Royal Artillery, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase. Cape Corps (Cavalry)—Captain henry Andrews, from the 12th. Light Dragoons, tabe Major; by purchase, vice Cranford, apoiiited to the Bth Light Dragoons; James Sargeaunt, Gent. - .to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Loraine, promoted. The underinentioned Officershay . e been allowed to dispose of their half-pay as unattached Commissions.:— Lieutenant-Colortel Thomas Aird, half-pay Royal Waggon Train; Major Robert Care.vr, half-pay 82d loot; Majorlsaac Henry Hewitt, half-par Portuguese Officers; Major James _ Jonathan Fraser, Retired List 7th Royal Veteran B attalion ; Captain James Flood, half-pay 88th Foot ; Captain John Greene, half-pay 3d Foot • Captain John Charles Tuffael l, f-p halay Independents; "Captain William Gossip, half-pav 69th Foot ; Captain Archibald Morrison, half - pay Yo rk Li g ht Volunt , .:ers ; Captain Richard Mullins, half-pay 67th Foot ; Captain Philip Codd, half-pay 132 d Foot ; Lieutenant William Webster, half-gay 20th Light Dragoons. UNA TTAC II ED.—Major John Gregory i3aumgarclt, from the Bth Light Drogoons—to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by purchase.—Captain William Cowper Coles, froM the 12th Light Dragoons ; Captain Charles Yorke, from the 52d Footl Capt ; Captain Pringle Taylor, from the Cape Corps of• C avalry—to be Majors of Infantry, by purchase.—Lieutenant Robert Warrand, from the 6th Dragoons ; Lieut. Charle Bail lie Baillie Brisbane, from the 9th Foot ; Lieutenant James Yorke Scarlett, from the 6:11 Dragoon Guards; Lieutenant George Quicke, from the Ist Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant C. Alexander Wrottesley, from the 16th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. Charles Hastings Doyle, from the 4th Light Dragoons; Lieut. Hon. Charles Grey, from the 23d Foot; Lieut. rhos. Wood, from the 65th Foot, vice Falkner Hope, of the Royal Artillery, who retires—to be Captains of Companies by purchase.—En sign Thomas Gordon, from the 74th Foot—to be Lieutenant by purchase. 11IF.stottaxpa.—Liant. Gordon's Commission, in the Royal Morse Guards, is to be dated 6, 15th April 11:2.5," and not " 7th April 1825." The Christian name of Mr. Strong, ap pointed to an Unattacked Ensigncy, on the 12th May 1825,- is " Joseph" and not " John." The Commission of Capt. Can non, of the 89th Foot, has been antedated to 13th December, 1821, but he has not been allowed any back-pay. The date of Lieut. Budden's promotion to a Troop in the 17th Light Dra goons is " 9th" and not "6th June 1825," as stated in the Ga zette of the 18th inst. The date of Ilrthign Duff's.appointment to the 9th Foot, is theilth and not the 2d June 1625, as stated in the Gazette of the 18th inst. GAR nisows.—lllajol-General Sir George Adam and Wood to be Governor of Carlisle, vice Lieut.-General Dupe, *eased. Dated 18th Jane 1825. „ . COMMISS A it t AT. Commissions to be dated ith June, 1825. Assistant-Commissary-General Thomas Forth Winter ; As sistant-Commissary-General Wm. Mackay ; Assistant-Corn. miasary.General James Woodhouse; Assistant-Commissary- General J. S. Eschauzier ; Assistant-Commissary-General William Hewetson ; Assistant -Commissary-General James Laidley ; Assistant-Commissary-General Jas. Saumarez Do= •bree ; Assistant-Commissary-General Thomas Price—to be Deputy-Commissaries-General. Deputy A axi stant-Commissary-G en eral Chas.l arton Ram say ; Deputy=Commissary-General Charles Graham ; Deputy 'Assistant-Commissary-General Win. Jennings; Deputy As sistant-Commissary-Gen. Wm. Furmidge ; Deputy Assistant- Commissary General Francis William A. C. Major; Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Richard Green ; Deputy-As sistant-Commissary-General Lovell Pennell ; Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General J. B. Knight; Deputy-Assistant-Com missary-General Henry Hendy • -Deputy-Assistant-Commis sary:General John Tench ; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary- General John K. Macbreedy ; Deputy-Assistant-Commissioner General William Henry Robinson—to -be Assistant-Commis saries-General. Commissariat-Clerk Water Smith, Commissariat-Clark Fulford Bastard Fielde, Commissariat-Clerk Langley Bracken bury, Commissariat-Clerk-John Whaley, Commissariat-Clerk Henry- Francis Oriel, Commissariat. Clerk John George Smith, Commissariat-Clerk Thomas "Crew, Commissariat-Clerk 'Fer gussan Cox v;ortliy, Commissariat-Clerk Thomas Geo. S. Swan, Commissariat-Clerk Henry Hickson Brown, Commissariat . Clerk 'l'. Duguid—to be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries- General. ' Office of Ordnance, June 23. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Col. Frederick Rennell Thackerary to be Colonel, vice Bridges, deceased ; Brevet- Major Edward Figg to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Thieltery ; Second Capt. Wm. Cuthbert Ward to be Captain, vice Figg; First Lieut. Richard Sparkman Young to be Second Captain, vice Ward; Second Lieutenant Benjamin Spicer Stehelim to be First Lieutenant, vice Young ; First Lieutenant Daniel Bolton to be Second Captain, vice Gilbert, retired on half-pay; Second Lieutenant William Lancey to be First Lieutenant, vice Bolton, promoted. Office of Ordnance, June 21. Royal Regiment of Artillery.--Second Captain Basil Ro binson Heron, from half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Hope, retired. Commission - signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of the County of York, and Town and County of the Town or Kingston-upon-Hull. Richard Sykes, Jun. Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commission signed by the. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Peebles. John Murray Nasmyth, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County and City of Gloucester, and of the County and City of BristoL Royal North Gloucester Militia—William Goldney, Esq. to be Captain, vice Joseph Matthews, resigned. NEW COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. .• Saturday having been appointed for the open ing of this institution, a numerous assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry attended to witness that ceremony, and to hear an inaugural oration delivered by thePrestilent (Sir H. HaLFORD, Bart., M.D.) The college library, which is a most splendid room, was the place appointed for the reception of the com pany on this occasion. Three„o'clock was named for the com mencement of the proceedings, but long before that time the room was nearly filledovith an assemblage of the, most distin guislted men in the country. Among the company were their Royal Highnesses the Dtikes of York, Cambridge, Sussex, Gloucester, and Prince Leopold; the Duke of Montrose ; Earls Liverpool, Grey, and Aberdeen ' Lords Holland, Stowell, - .Sidmouth, and ; St. Helens the "ford Primate ie Ireland ; the Bishops of Lincoln and Chester ; the Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the President of the Board of Controul ; the President:of the Board Of Trade ; Sir C. Long, Sir J: Mackintosh, Sir T. Lawrence, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Bankes,'Sen., Mr. D. G. Gilbert, Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, &c. &c.. There was besides these, a very numerous attendance ofthe most respectable medical prac- titioners in'the metropolis. Soon after three - o'clock (the Royal Dnkeshaving taken their seats in front of the 'Presidents chair), the President, attired in his grand robes of office, preceded by the mace bearer, and at tended by nearly all the Fellows of the College , dressed in robes of scarlet cloth, lined with crimson silk, entered the room, and' having taken his'place, and :bowed to the assembly (who all rose as he approached), prOceeded to deliver the inaugural oration. He began by adverting to the arduous nature of the task im posed on him on this occasion, surrounded as he saw himself by so many • Royal, Noble, and distinguished personages—not snore distinguished by their high rank and station, than by their talents and acquirements as Senators and Statemen. 'l'o several of those present he paid conipliments on their attendance, alluding to • them principally in their official capacities. He mentioned the Royal Dukes generally, and his Royal High ness the Duke of York in particular, in his character as Com -mander-in-Chief of the Army. He then adverted to the parti cular business for which they had assembled—to the necessity :which existed for the erection of such a College, and on a site snore eligible than that of the farmer College, and to the muni ficent patronage- of his present Majesty, under whose auspices it had been commenced and happily completed. To his Majesty, rebel after having terminated a desperate and protracted war by a series of the most brilliant victories, had ever since most se dulously cultivated the arts of Peace, and shown himself on every occasion the diligent promoter and bountiful patron of the arts and sciences amongst his people, he paid some very happy and well:turned compliments. Ile next adverted to those , private , individuals,' members of the profession, by whose great skill, persevering zeal, and continued benevolence, the interests of Me Medical science generally, and those of the London College in 'particular, had been so ably promoted. Among these it was impossible to overlook the merits of the late Dr. Bailey, .upon whose character the learned President pronounced a very warm, eloquent, and affecting eulogiuin— This, in our opinion, was the most beautiful part of the whole oration-;' the orator taking the opportudity (while describing the :-excellent qualities -of his lamented friend in his profes sional capacity and iinprivate lite) of ingeniously and' forcibly pointing out those traitsof character by'which a medical prac titioner ought to be distinguiabed, not merely as a physician, but as. a man and a Christian. At the conclusion of thelreasage which we have thits faintly described, a gentle half-suppressed murmur of approbation was heard through the loom s -whidi:ewOuld, we are certain, have instantly swelled info loud atoplAise, - but for tliefear of losing any of the passageS-which'fbllowed.• The Learned .President.next •adverted to:the advances made in science, and. to the advantage:l which the new College would possess Over the 'old' oee, in having a mere extensive and betier stored lihiary, and also.in - having a museum, in which varions anatomical and •ether preparations caleulateci - fur the advance ment of the medical science would .he pre: erred. After paying a tribute -to the ettieniorY'of several eminent medical professors of ancientond modern times, to whose valu able diaceveries in the art , the woald ssa.much indebted, lie again adverted to the favourable auspices Mider .which this new college was.established, to the liberal :Pittremage of the Royal family, and the kind interest which seemed to be excited for its prosperity in the noble and dignified persons whom he .address ed ; and concluded by expressing a hope that tinder such au spices euccess would be certain. • ' • - The oration was delivered in Latin, and it is -hut justice to the learned President to state, that its elegant .composition did great credit t o hi s c l ass i ca l acquirements. • It was thro u g hout pronounced in a tone and manner well worthy the subject and the occasion. .At its conclusion, the:company retired to the hall of the College, where a most sumptuous cold collation, consisting of every deliteiev of the season wa s prepared ; seats were provided for the President, the Royal Dukes, and some other distinguished guests at the upper table, but at all the other tables the company partook of the refreshments standing. At the conclusion of this repast, The Duke of Yoax gate " Prosperity to the new College of Physicians," and the Duke of CA 11 Bain oE gave tile health of the President " Sir Henry Halford," both of which were re ceived with applause. At half-past four o'clock the Royal Dukes departed, and the rest of the company retired in a short time after, all evidently much gratiEed with the proceedings of the day. - It may not be amiss to inform some` of our readers that the new€(4lea _ hrthat very superb building erected in Pall-mall East, close to the building has been recently Ring's Mews, and it is ft e undoubtedly the most splendid of the new improvements in that neighbourhood. FRENCH PAPERS. (i'rons the Courier Franais of Friday, June 24.) PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. - LISBON, J . DNE B.—The influence of the English policy is more and more telt in our council', and produces in the acts of • our Government results advantageous to our commerce and our manufaCturers. Our Cabinet has just taken the first 'step to • renounce the system of absolute - prohibition which kept from our ports a great part of the ships of Europe. A duty of 30. per cent. is established in the room of complete exclusion, in a vast number of articles the consumption of which has become iridispensable, and which could not be prscured except by smuggling. Such are silks, ornaments, tissues, worked with gold or sil "ver, laces, false stones, and beads of all colours, cloths and stuffs lof all countries, except those of England and Holland. Hence fotward competition will be open to all nations, and the con sumer will gain by it. These measures, brought into harmony with our new relations with Brazil, cannot-fail to raise our cern, merce from, the state of stagnation, or rather of nullity, to which it is reduced. The preamideof the edict, which introduces a more reason able system, deserves. to In.quoted, as it is calculated to show the new spirit which animates the Government : it is as fol lows : " 1, the King, make 'known to all those who shall see the present edict, that considering the inconveniences which result from retaining laws the enactments of which were salutary when they were adapted to the usages, customs, and circumstances of the times of their publication; but which have become incom patible with the new usages and wants which the course of time has introduced into society, think fit, and order the following to be observed:" This is assuredly the same doctrine that has lately been as serted in the House of Commons by Messrs. Canning, Peel, and uskisson. The several articles followe—The Ist recapitulates the pro hibitory laws and ordintnices c in the 2d are excepted some ar- • ticles comprised in those laws and ordinances, among which are sword-canes ' packet-piitols, and all 'kinds of spirituous li quors. Article 4th is thernost important. The same articles,' it says, • which were prohibited, and which are at this moment ad missible in the two ports ief -Lisboa and Oporto, shall pay the duty on import in' the ports in which the shall enter, accord ing to the regulations laid down to that effect at present (30 per cent.) or which•shall be in force in future. The duties shall be paid according to the estimates made of the price on the day when they were dispatched from the Custom-house ; or by an auction, whichanay be made for the greater security and regu larity of the payments.' Article 5 extends to the Azores, Madeira, and the Cape %rerd Islands, theregulations laid down for. Lisbon and Oporto. Another edict of the same date suppresses the duty en the exportation of salt by Portuguese vessels, and reduces it to 200 rzals (Tees) per rnoyo, instead of 500. The export duly on wine is reduced to one half. It is useless to observe, that this edict has been issued imme diately after the departure of Sir Charles Stuart for Brazil.— Most certainly, before his arrival here, our Cabinet would not have published such doctrines upon commerce, and would not have failed to extend any measure that it might have thought fit to adopt, to the ports of Brazil which no longer depend on Portugal, as well is to the other colonies which are still in its .1 possession. (From the Etnile, dated Saturday, June 23.) MILAN, JUNE 13.—The Emperor of Austria having stayed at Genoa, till the 7th, has passed the Bondelta and visited some small towns between that chain and the Po, and is arrived at Pavia, His Alajesty is expected here immediately. Prince Metternich, the. Marquis of Carman, M. de Tatischeff, Sic 11. Wellesley, and Prince Hatzfeld, have returned froM Genoa.. We do not know whether Count Latour, Sardinian Mimister for Foreign Affairs, who had many conferences at Genoa with Prince Metternich, will come here. It was said his Sardinian Majesty would visit the Emperor as soon as he returned to this city. Faaxctt I? t.l rms.—Pants, JUNE 2-I.—Pive per cents. 102. t;3.; 3 per Cents. 73. 110.; Bank Stock, 2,200 f. COAST OF AFRICA. [From the Hampshire Telegraph.] On Thttiatiay arrived the Cato transport, Lien tenant, W. R. (Jooavr, agent (Wm !Sadler, master), from Cape Coast, Ascension, and Sierra Leone, whither she took supplies of provisions from Deptford. she left Cape Coast on the 13th of Februarv„Ascension the Bth of March, and Sierra Leone the Bth of 'May. General Charles Turner, C. 8., had assumed the command of the. British settlements on the SVcst Coast of Africa (in the room or the late Sir Charles Wearthy), and thereupon issued the following proclamation : " To the People of Cape Coast, to the People of the other British Settlements ontthe Gold Coast, and to the surrounding Nations, Friends, and Allies to England— " The King of the Aahantces has, by the assistance of the Eltuina people, waged a cruel and unjust war against you and ; he has suffered for his crimes and rashnes, and Elmina is isnly'SUffercd to stand because the King of the Dutch, and the King of England, my master, are at peace. But I have re preSen'ted their C o nduct; and their fate will depe nd on the orders I receive. " You have all stood forward - in defence of your rights a and I thank' you in the name of the King, my Master. • " - England aloes not wish for any wars ; she wishes the na tions, of Africa to he free, happy, and rich. She wishes for nothing in this country but lawful trade and commerce. " if the King of Ashantee will content himself with govern ing his own nation and his own people, and does not stop the trade of the interior with the coast, or attempt to oppress his neighbours, let him say so to me, and I will make a treaty with him on these terms ; but I will not make peace with lulu on any other terms, nor until he gives up every claim to tribute or subjection from surrounding nations. " (liven at Cape Coast, this 2d day of April, 1825." The disastrOus termination of the late aggression of the King of Ashantee Will, it--is expected, induce hint to conform to the reasonable proposals contained in the above proclamation, by which alone his people will be permitted to recommence their connection svith the coast. The Ashanteeshave hitherto (through their superior warlike character) acted as intermediate agents between the nations situated in their rear, and the merchants at the forts on the coast, in exchanging their gold and other va luable articles for European manufactures ; but if they persist in an obstinate adherence to their oppressive rights, these na tions, it is fully expected, will in the end render the litherto ty rannizing and oppressive kingdom of Ashantee tributary to them. The 'Maidstone frigate, Commodore Chas. Bullen, C. 8., and the Esk, Capt. PurchiSs,returned to Sierra Leone on the 3d of May, fromarisiting the Gambia:and Cape de Verd Islands, leaving the Conflict gun_lad Lieutenaht Clarkson, for the protection of the - gum-trade at Portendick. The Victor , 18, Captain Woolcombe, was to l eave th e G o ld Coast, for England, on the 'arrival out of the Redwing from England. The ship Prince .of•WaterlOo, and the large barks Margaret, Asia, and Providence,, were 'to sail front Sierra Leone, for England, on , . the 9th ult. with full cargoes of timber (teake).and camwood. There had been no recent seiiure of slave vessels : this hor rid traffic -.011 never :be .put down. to any extent, until the fo reign powers who are concerned in its continuance shall awaken to a better feeling. on 'the subject. We are assured that there are more French slave-vessels on the coast of Atrica now, than at any period during.the last .20 years. Major Laing's description of the barbarous treatment of the poor slaves on their way down to the:coast is deeply horri'ying and distressing. The ships of war employed on the - coast were generally health ! but the mor tality among the troops at Cape Coast continued to be great. It appeared by the last seturnsathatin the course of 12 months, • 217 men and .22 officers (besides semen and children) had died, leaving 14d men andeightaofficers only, of which the garrison'', was composed ; and it was expected that not ten men out of -the remeining, number would be alive on the Ist of July, 1825. It is reniarkale, that - when once a family becomes infeeted by the fever of that climate all its members, young and old, alike fall victims .to i t . Th e 'Cato brought home an officer and,eight men invalided f ro M th e M a idstone and Esk; also D. M. Ha milton, Esq. Chief Justice at Sierra Leone;: Mr. Itendall, As sistant-Commissary.(leneral ; and Mrs. Showers, wife of the Apothecary to the Forces. Spoke the brig Douglas, from Liverpool to Pernambuco, in lat. 40. 11. N.,10ng..24. 30. W., ' 'out 24 days, a ll we ll • and the Tamerlane, rom. S ierr a Leone, bound to Cork, out 33 days. • A•TRANSPORTING SUBJECT.—The subject for the Chancellor's English' Prize Poem for 1823 was Austra lasia;New Holland).—This happened'to be the subject of con versation at a party of JOHNIANS, when some obser vin g that they thought i t a bad subject, one of the party remarked, " It was at least a transporting' one," 'MUSICAL 'fituusn of B RAztr..—The travel lers Spix and Mastius found in the Brazil a greyish-brown bird, probably a thrush, which frequents the bushes and ground in damp low woods, and sings with numerous repeti tions. through the musical scale, from 111 to A 2 (of the Ger man scale) so r eg ularly, that not a single note is wanting• t . I commonly sings each note four or five times over, and then proceeds imperceptibly to the following (limner tone. AN ILLUSTRATION.--MILTON, IliS latter days, and when he was blind (a thing some men do with their eyes open), married a Shrew. The thike of Buckingham, one clay, in Milton's hearing, called her a Rose. "lam no judge of flowers," o b serve d 111ilton, " but it may the thorn: daily." be so, for I feel 13111 FISH CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. On Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the British Catholic Association was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, and was very respectably attended. Among the - Parliamentary friends of the Catholics present, were, Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Nugent, 'Mr, J. Smith, Mr. W. Smith, :ecc.—Sir F. littrdett, onTentering LA room, was received with rapturous applause. A similar expression of feeling took place on Lord-Nugenes.entrance.—Lorcl. CL I FFORD was called to the chair. • - . Mr. BLOUNT, thecretary, stated, that he had received letters from the Duke of\Norfalk, , Lord Stourton, and several distinguished Catholics,.expressing their extreme regret at not being able to attend the meeting. Lord CLIFFORD then said, the immediate object of the Meeting was to hear the report of the last year's proceedings. The object of the Association was to convince their fellow -subjec,:. of the reasonableness of doing justice to the Catholics. The means they intended to use were discussion and the public press, by which they expected the system by 'whiCh they were oppressed would cease to continue. It had been called by Mr. Burke a system of vicious perfection, whose object was the de gradation of humane nature.—(Hear, hear !)—lf was a duty they owed to themselves, anti their able and virtuous advocates, to prove to the world that they were not deserving of the treat- I • meat they received. The system practised towards the Catho-1 lies of Ireland had been well described by. one of their friends as a system of unmixed oppression; calculated to grind the people in the dust—to maintain a garrison of Protestants' in the midst of a nation of Catholic slaves. Happily the Protestants were now uniting with their Catholic fellow-subjects a union which must lead to the attainment of their rights.—(Hear !) .Mr. BOSSITER read the report, which dwelt on the great support their. petition had received from distinguished Members of Parliament and other public, bodies, and the people in gene ral; and stated that. the Committee had distributed 89,000 copies of tracts calculated to disabuse the minds of their oppo mills on the subject of the tenets held by : Catholics ; and re commended that all the friends of civil and religious liberty should be invited to unite in a work so honourable and useful. The report concluded by recommending, union and persever ance, by which the_ cause of truth and justice 'must become triumphant. Mr. BLOUNT moved, and the Hon.. Mr. CLIFFORD . se conded, a resolution " that the report be• received and agreed. to by the meeting." The resolution was agreed to anani mously. . llr. Quret next addressed the meeting. If their cause was making a triumphant progress in the public mind, the splendid result was in a great degree owing to the ativocacy'of the Hon. ]]ember for Westminster.—(Hear, hear!)—ln this land 'of freedom, which was said to refuse the footstep of a slave, the Catholics were depressed, as if unworthy or incapable of en joying the blessings 9f liberty. They were ready to defend the constitution by the best blood of their Nobility and Gentry, and by their fearless peasantry.—(Hear !)—Their wrongs had filled the Senate with eloquence in their cause tilt had never been excelled. Never was the cause of freedom more power fully advocated than the intrepid champion of their rights who presented their petition. It was worthy of the Catholics to ex press their gratitude for such services, and their prayer that lie might long continue the assertor of civil and.religious liberty, -the glory of his country, and main stay of the people's cause. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a resolution, ex pressive of the thanks and gratitude of the Catholics to Sir Francis Burdett, which was received with long continued cheers. Mr. F. CaareeterG seconded the resolution, which was passed by acclamations loud and long.—As soon as he could be heard, Sir FnaNers Buitiaserr said, that when he had the honour of attending the -meeting, he had no expectation of such a reso lution being passed. He attended the meeting to show the re spect he felt for the Catholics, and the deep interest he took in a question which. involved the best-interests of Catholics and Protestants.—(Cheers.)—Fortunateiy, religious bigotry was fast passing away ,; it was now a pretence . for the monopoly of pewer.,-(Cheerm.)—lt was.his determination in every .way to support the broad principle of religious liberty. It was, in his mind, arrogant and impious for any set of men to dictate to the consciences of others the manner in which they should worship the Creator. •It was even to say to the Creator himself, that he should not receive their worship.— (Cheers. )-alieligious worship, in all: the forms professed by those who . maintained the great principles of good-will to men and gratitude to God, must be acceptable to the Deity. But religion was only made a pre tence for depriving those who adhered to the faith of their an cestors of the advantages of that constitution which those an cestors'bad founded and preserved.—(Cheers.)—The best .re commendation to the good feelings of their 'fellow-subjects must be the evidence they gaveof the estimation in which they held the rights of Which they were SO unjustly de_prived.-- (Clieers.)—lt was the cause of the liberty. of the whole people, and he trusted all would unite in its attainment, and in the re covery of all their popular rights, and piaci their liberti6 On the flrai basis of a government by a Parliament freely chosen by the people..--( could ever withdraw himfrom the advoca6r'Of any portion of Cheers.)—lie was not aware that any motive the people, and should always . stedfastly persevere, because the question of emancipation was _wily the - question , of• general liberty, in which a ll were concerned. (The lion. Baronet sat down amidst immense chters; which coritinueclfor a consider able length of time.) ' • - ' • Mr. BoSsLyN . proposed a .vote of thanks to Lord Fingal ], 'and the other nietnbcrs of the Catholic Association, in Ireland, for their strenuous exertions in support of the great question in which they were all concerned. The claims of the English Catholics stood upon somewhat a different ground from that of the Irish Roman C`atliolies, because they had to urge, ,in sup port of their claims, on general grounds, the'violation of a dis tinct compact—namely,- the Treaty of Limerick. Too much praise could not be given to the Irish Roman Catholics for their strenuous exertions; for without such men as Lord Fingal] and Mr. O'Connell, it was impossible the cause could ever succeed. —(Applause.) . . Mr. gysi oia seconded the resebition, and said the highest praise was due to the gallant and noble Irish nation for their unwearied perseverance for the accomplishment of their just rights, and the establishment of the 'great principles of civil and religious' liKlrty. It was a melancholy subject of contempla tion for a patriotic mind that the Catholics had 'no hope but in internal commotion, or from foreign war.—(Great cheers.) — And there never was a period when it was more incumbent upon all Catholics, English and Irish, to co-operate in the pur suit of their common object. . The resolution was carried with acclamation. Mr. EN cas Itl`Lioreaen, on behalf of the Irish Catholic AssoCiation, addressed the meeting and said, that although un willihg to trespass .upon their attention, he could net abstain from recognizing with the utmost gratitude the desire expressed by the English Catholics faithfully to vo-operate with their Irish brethren ; for that principle of union amongst themselves he considered the most essential auxiliary towards the attain ment of their' object. He was unwilling to despair of eheir :success ; he could not, he durst not despair. But let them not forget the situation -in which they were placed ; "they might beast as tire)? pleaSed -of their English justice and Englith generosity, but when he saw the English Catholics about to enter on one more year of slavery, how could he recon cile their glootriy prospects with such professioos ?—:(Chaers.) Lord Fingal,and some of the most distinguished Peers arid Com moners et Ireland,. came over to . prefer their 'rumble petition not to be condetimed without being heard; and yet their prayer was refused liy those very Peels and - Goulburns who shrank with horror from the idea that the fame of dsingle Magistrate, Mr. Kenrick, should be even breathed _upnn without, being heard in his defence by Counsel.—(Cheers.)—And yet lull they were told to' be temperate. Good God ! what nation on earth had ever exhibited such a spectacle of human forbearance, amidst such an accumulation of injustice ?. It was well for cavaliers to talk of putting them down ; but that might not be found. so easy or practicable. In the midst of their oppressions patience was preached to them. . Oh ! foe God's sake be calm ! " calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of, wind flies o'er its surface." He trusted they would observe all that temperance and forbearance which th&ir obedience tO tire constitution required. Beyond that, no friend of liberty had a right to require them to go.—(Cheers.) Th e Hon. II tIGII CLIFFORD then rose, for the purpose of proposing bi a vote of thanks to Earl Grey and Lord N lity with. which they had advocated a nd supported for .the the petition of the English Catholics in both houses of Parlia ' m eat. The character of Lord Grey had been long knoy.'n to the country ; he had ever been found the steady and unde viating friend of the people. In the perann of Lord Nugent, they found the purest representation of the Fox and Grenville politics—a course of policy quite opposed to that fatal opiniOn which the first law authority of the empire had -pronounced, namely, that a full participation in the blessings of the Con stitution was not the birth-right of all Englishmen, but only of Protestant Englishinen. Sir EDWARD BI:OUNT secon d e d th e re solution, and it was carried by acclamation. Lord NUGENT returned thanks.—He observed, that what ever the hopes of the Catholics might have been, they had received from Parliament—he thanked God not from that por tion of it to which he belonged—a severe reverse; the san guine friends of the cause, e however, still IMped that a year or two might make much difference ; but even if it were so, that ought only to be an additional reason for renewed energy and exertion. The major and the better part of the country was at least with the Roman Catholics ; and he did not . think that a s t ronger p roo f c ould be given of the increa se of education in the country, than the, words that had fal len from the mouth of a journeyman cotton-spinner on a late occasion—words well adapted to confound the sophistry of those who assumed wisdom, and bring to -shame the an- tiquated prejudices and the paltry bigotry of the hereditary great. That poor man, to his honour be it spoken, had entertained more liberal views than the Lord :High Chan , cellor of England, and was more wise in his deductions than the heir presumptive to the throne. It was childish to declaim —any one might declaim— on the wrongs that the Catholics had received ; it was rather a duty to seek redress than to com plain ;. and he was glad to find the British Catholic:Associa tion meeting not only to do their own duty, -but to press upon Parliament their duty. The Noble Lord concluded by intreat 'ing the Catholics to pursue the same ecwrse they had already adopted, and sat down amidst universal applause. On the motion of Mr. BUTLER, and seconded by Mr. Su.v ERTOP, thanks were.,voted to the English Bar for its support. Mr. SEGA It returned thanks. Mr. F. CANNING moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Dissenters of Great . Britain for their petition. Mr. Ilriwast SmiTH, M.P. returned thanks. He had always, during a long Parliamentary life, advocated Catholic emancipation, and always would Ile would likewise always be extremely happy in assisting the operatiOns of the Associa tion ; and he was firmly persuaded, that as reason and justice bad SO. long been active in bringing about the great cause that it had in view, the Protestants and Catholics of Great Britain would soon be able to embrace one another as brothers.— (A ppla use. ) On thanks to the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London being voted, Mr. Jor.rx Smyrit returned thanks, and observed, that for the last 17 or - 18 years he had never missed voting in favour of the Catholic cause in his seat in Parliament. Thanks were then voted to the clergymen of the Established Church who had supported the Catholic question, upon which Mr. LEireir returned thanks on behalf of the Bishop of Norwich. After thanks bad been, voted to the manufacturers of Bir mingham and Manchester, to the Members of the Universities who had supported the Catholic cause; and to the noble Chair man, the Meeting separated at six o'clock. From the LONDON GAZETTE, June 25. Whitehall, June 21, 1825, , . The King has been pleased to grant to the Reverend William Potchett, M.A. the place and dignity of a Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Sarum, void by the death of the Reverend Joseph Smith. IVhitehall, June 21, 1825. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Alexan der Niviaon to the Church and- Parish of Roberton, in the Presbytery and County of Selkirk, void by the death of the Rev. James Hoy; late Minister there. St. James's July 21, 1825. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Joseph Fuller to be one of his' Royal Highness's Equerries. BANKRUPTS. J. Drake, Shoreditch, oilman, to surren ler June 28, July 12, and August (1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Dixon and Sons, New• Boswell -court, 14n coin's Inn. .1. Cadogan,W;lter-street, Arundel-street, Strand, carpenter , .Tul.y 2,9, and Aug. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commis sinners. Attorney, Mr. Devey, Dorset-street, Fleet-street. - 'l'. Waring, St. John-street-road, carpenter, July 2, 23, at eleven, and Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners.. Attornies, Messrs. Butfoots, King's Belch-walk, Temple. C. Isborn, White Lion-street, Norton Falgate, victualler , July 5; 9, and Aug. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies Messrs.. Smith and Martin, Leman-street, Good. man's-fidds, S. East, Stratford, Essex, victualler, June 28, at twelve, JOY 2, and Aug. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attor ney, Mr. Thonison, George-street, illinories. J. Gunnell, Platt terrace, Battle-bridge, St. Pancras, bobbin netcap.maker, July 2. 9, and Aug. 6, at ten, at the Court' ut Commissioners. Attornies, .Mr. Sutcliffe, New Bridge-street , Blackfriars. _ _ J. Norton, PrOmpton, Middlesex, master-mariner, Jun ! , as, at eleven, July 7, and Aug at nine, at the Court 0 , Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Ravenhill and Crook , Poultry. J. sheiks, Menhir Tidvil, Glamorganshire, mercer, July 4 4, 5, and Aug; 6; at one, at the CoMmercial Rooms, Bristol. At; tornies, Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, Temple, London ; and Mr. Grindon, Bristol. I. Worthington,, Manchester, draper, •July 2,0, .rid AL" gust 6, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, Londou• Attorpies Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench Walk, - Tetriple. J. Shave, Stonham-Aspall, Suffolk, grocer, July 7 ; at sfs, 8, and August 6, at ten, at the King's Head, Stowniarke t, Suffolk. Attornies, Mr. Golding, .Salisbu r y- squar e, • Fleet , ' street, London ; and Mr. Golding, Waltham-le-Willow!' Suffolk. J. Richardson, .Liverpool, merchant, July 8,9, and Aug ust 1 6, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, lessno• AdlingtOn, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Lond on ' • and Messrs. Radcliffe and Duncan, Liverpool. . J. Welchmari, Bristol, linen-draper, July 11, 12, and Ang 6, at one, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Alessi* Williams and White, Lincoln's Inn Old-buildings, London; and Mr. Short, BriStoL 'l'. Pearson, Redman's-row, Mile-End Old Town, Midtlit' e .sex, me;chant, June 28, July 12, and August 6, at one, a t t Court of Commissioners, London. Attorney, Mr.. lierslel" Nassau:place, Commercial-road East. - Kilner, DOrrington-street, Coldbath-fields, Itliddles (l l. victualler, July 2,9, and - August 6, at ten, at the Court Commissioners. Attornics, 31es•rs• Birkett, Taylor, and CA''' Cloak-lane. S t J. Y. Lucy, Paddington-green, hay salesman, ' 2 9 eleven, 9, and Aug. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissi one T Attorney, Mr. R. K. Lane, Marshall-street, Golden-sq ust London. DIVIDENDS. July 16, P. A. Compton, Beckenham and Lee, Kent, f 4r ,l seer—July 23, W. Sanders, Wood-street, Cheapside., "P Coventry, riband-ruanufacturer—July 16, J. J. P.onaldo' Broad-street-place, merchant--July 2, J. Weedon, A lbol3. I)lace, Blackfriars-road, hosier—July 16, J. Hudson, Birchll; lane, and Walworth, merchant—July 16,`G. Brown, 13ri1g11e„,.., road, Lambeth, tallow-chandler—July 2, J. and F. Co Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, and Brenchley, Kent, tiltwver, merchants—July 23, C. and .1. Hayes, Old Jewry, ° I chants—July 23, W. Marsh, J. H. Stracey, and G. E. Oralull9t9 Bern ers-str eet, bankers—July 16, E.. Chi ttenden, Ashford, ironmonger—Aug.2, W. Hippon, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, "'"".„. len-manufacturer—July 30, P. Powell,,Brighton • silk-me rer o July 16, G. Hirst, Manchester, clothier—July 16, G. JaY,a j , T. 'Ward, Burlington-gardens; -artificial-florists—July lu; E. Kingham, Croydon, linen-draper—July 16, T. Pine tinu in y Davis, Maidstone, millers—July 18, G. Stimpson, Brightbe,,, stone, carpenter—July 22, T. Bolton, Orrnskirk, Lancasli tailor. _ _ CETIFIATS, JULY 16. T., T., and J. P y ke, Br it gewa E ter, S omersetshire, banker 7:, J. Durham, Catherine-street. Strand, cabinet-maker —T . C r ?o• ther, Lindley, Yorkshire, -clothier—W. T. Heath, COIx, court, Broad-street, merchant—C. Sheppard, Chi na -vi Lambeth, lather-dresser—T. Shaw, Southampton, wine-111w chant—J. Bailey, Bristol, merchant—M. Nathan, Ce°1:01 street, Adelphi, bill-broker—W. Qu4t4c, Liverpool, al e beer-brewer—E. a W. Tuck, Edmonton, t riarket.gardeg 01 . J. T. Durrant, Lambeth-road, victualler—W. Clay, Cu'llle.• street, flour-factor—W. Smith, Worcester, porter and brewer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Lo y T. Evitt and W. Rixon, Haydon-square, attbrneys----;„ ; oa th' 'Time, T. Streat fi eld, anti T. Laurence, Counter-street , ''llety wark, hop-factors—R. Hargreave and T. Roberts, 1 - 1 ,113 ,, c i0. York'shire, coal , merchants—E. Mackie and E. Fr 3 ' 31aidenhead, Berkshire, coach-makers—C. M inta, 3. a 11, 41 $ W. Holmes, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire, machine-nia }t ' .P. Jones and M. D. Barriff, Theobald's-road, engrayers-illitt and W. Humby, Wilton, Wiltshire , builders—F • lii nc f ief and S. Rudman, Cragg, Yorkshire, shopkeepers—J- Athe„bio and' F. P. Hewitt, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, twist or b°' Ara' net lace machine-makers—J. Morgan and D. jog , 'Heath, Glamorganshire, maltsters—l. and J. B. Manotolt' Rosornond-street, Clerkenwell, saw and elastic steel „ to o, manufactures—B. Scholfield, J. and S. Buckley, and 3. b eets' Rhodes-Mill, Lancashire, cotton-spinners, so far as Ter,s*-a J. Beets—J. and H. Dunn, Nottingham, printers—W. P.,,fac' G: Itansford, and J. B. Higgs, Monument-yard, hat-m an Vic' turers, so far as regards W. Ransford—G. Laver and J E ; kery, Essex-street, Strand, attornies-at-law—C. and J.ll Irsoef'' Alton, Ham hire auctioneers—T. T. and J. Elliott, 00' ffield, merchants—W. and J. Rothwell, Liverpool, rseq —H. Morgenstern, J. Mollenhaner, and J. Alehrtensq;oto, pool, sugar-refiners—W. and E. Taylor, High-street, A'` butchers. • Ib tl MAKING LOVE IN Till; CIIUKCII.-" t tit which - which is to be held in the greatest abomination is, tilii.t.ol/ common for men to make love to the women in the Cl'rit 5 the churches ! They present themselves before the alta rs, Saint whom they invocate is some beautiful female- .'",flll', grosses all their devotions ; to her they make their Yows:a „ tr! l ,assignations of lust are made in the house of- prayer, .*!;. 1, an ,, - affairs of Cupid are managed under the mask of re li g w ookm they fight the battles of Venus under the banner of their ~,f," —(From the Letter aplahinut, the Arabian to the ro mufti.) • •