The Sun. — London, England, 1825-03-24 00:00:00

'l'll E LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extrizetsfroin- the Morning Papers „March 24,1825 thIaRNING POST.] The chief bu - siness of interest in the House of e oTtunons last night was the introduction of the Catholic Bill by Sir Francis .Burdett, and the discovery which ensued, that Mr. O'Connell's cliicns to the paternity of the measure existed solely in the imagination of that learned Gentle man, and in his letter to the Catholic Associa tion., in which he modestly said, " that the Ca tholics would hear with great pleasure that the draft of the Bill had been committed to him." Now as the truth of an assertion of this kind could not possibly be doubted by any man who has the least regard for veracity in public or in priyate, Mr. Secretary Peel really believed that the draft of the Bill had been committed to Mr. O'Connell,and very justly made that circumstance a ground for recommending that the details of the measure should be duly examined. But to the in floite surprise of the House,up started Mr. Tierney, a gentleman entitled to fully as much credit as Mr. O'Connell, and with more charity than conviction, declaring that gentleman " incapable of uttering an untruth," proved in an undeniable manner that he had told a a gross one. "As a Member of the Committee (said Mr. Tierney), I can say that Mr. O'Connell had nothing to do with the draw ing up of the Bill. Some mistake must have oc curred. Mr. O'Connell is incapable of uttering, an untruth, and there must be some misconcep tion with respect to the matter. That Gentle man may have given some information to the Members of the Committee individually, or he may have gone so far as to have written down his opinions, but he has taken no share whatever in the drawing up the Bill." Had not Mr. Tierney uttered the truth, the other Members of the Com mittee were present, and would have set the matter right ; but not one of therm, not even Sir Francis Burdett himself, the Par liamentary father of the measure, wasted one word in vindication of Mr. O'Connell's veracity. They probably considered the case hopeless, and prudently abstained from directing public attention to the errors of a friend, by a vain and injudicious attempt to defend them. It appears, indeed, that the present Bill -contains none of those provisions which Mr. O'Connell's prophetic pen had announced to the Catholics of Ireland. It neither abolishes forty shilling Free holders, nor makes a provision for the Catholic Clergy; but merely goes to effect an alteration i in the Test Law, which will admit the Ca tholics within the pale from whence they have so long been excluded. No opposition was made to the first reading, except a few words from Sir T. Lethbridge ; but the wish of the House was expressed to Sir Francis Burdett that he would not persist in fixing the second read ing for the 14th April, as many Members would then be engaged at a distance in the discharge of their ►magisterial duties. The Honourable Baronet, however, bad.been placed in a difficult situation. The friends of the Bill, who perhaps relied for its passing through a second reading, in the absence of those very Members, had requested him not to flinch. Ills gentlemanly feelings, on the other hand, told him plainly that the part thus imposed upon him was repugnant both to common decency and to honour. The fluctua tions of his mind were at last set at rest by a powerful appeal made by Mr. Peel to the feel ings of the. Gentleman, and much to the dismay, no doubt, of the inventors of the ingenious ex pedient to avoid discussion and resistance, the lion. Baronet consented to postpone the second reading of his Bill to the 19th, instead of the 14th of next April. ,ENew Times.] Among other business at the India House yes terday, was the confirmation of a pension of a thousand a year to that most distinguished indi vidual, Major-General Sir John Malcolm. It is hononrable to the Company thus to testify their gratitude for services, which even in that vast field for talent, our Indian Empire, have seldom been paralleled. Indeed, Sir J. Malcolm is a very extraordinary character. To few men is it given to shine alike in the paths of literature, diplomacy, and war ; but in each of these, Sir John has done more than enough to bitild up a high and lasting celebrity. His works on Persia, on the Political Ilistorg of India, on the Sikhs, and on Central India, have attracted the admiration of our best ativiewers, without distinction of party. In Asiatic diplomacy, there is probably no man living who has taken so active a part. From the year 1798, when he went as Assistant Resident to Hyderabad, till 1822, when he retired from the military and political direc tion of Central India, there were few great poli tical operations in which he was not more or less consulted ; and his negociations with the King of Persia, with Scindia, Holkar, &c., are master pieces of ability in the diplomatic art. As a sol dier, Sir John has been known from very early youth. It is t wo-and -forty years since he first ar rived in India, where his peculiar aptitude in ac quiring the languages the country, joined to a tirlentstill more valuable, that of conciliating the affections, and commanding the zealous exertions of the natives, soon marked him as an officer of the highest promise, whilst his commanding figure aad personal intrepidity rendered him no less conspicuous in the day of battle. But the feature which peculiarly marks his military character is his devoted attachment to his companions in arms, the native soldiery. In all his works he has pleaded their cause with an affectionate energy ; and in the field he has sought every means-of en eouraging and rewarding their valour, of providing for their 'health and comforts, and of converting even their prejudices into means of advancing the public service. The natural consequence is, that no British Officer was ever more beloved, or re ri_ected,. by the native troops, nor ever obeyed by them with greater promptitude, than Sir John Malcolm. The tribute of our humble praise • tii:this distinguished officer is weak ; but the • kradari d laudato vino has stamped his name with a far . higher commendation. We need !only refer to the recorded opinions of the Duke of Wellington, the Marquisses of Wellesley and Hastings, Lords Lake and Minto, and though last not least to the eloquence of Mr. Canning, who, after moving the thanks of Parliament to Sir T. Ilislop for his conduct in the battle of Mahidpoor, went on to say—" and also to Sir John Malcolm, who was second in command on that occasion, but who is second to none in va lour and renown. The name of that gallant officer will be remembered in India as long as the British flag is hoisted in that country." [BRITISH PRESS.] There was, considering the state of the market, a great advance yesterday in the price of Spanish Bonds, in spite of all the efforts made to depress them, by the reiteration of the most positive as sertions that no loan can be 'negociated with Fer dinand, because he will not recognize the bonds issued by the Cortes. We have stated, and we now repeat our statement, that the only reason why a loan has not been contracted for was, that the capitalists in London refused the terms on which the King of Spain proposed to pay off the•bonds. The question was one entirely of de gree. The principle of recognition was conceded. Advices were yesterday received from Paris, an nouncing the arrival of Mr. Gregory at Madrid; but as Ferdinand has opened fresh negociations with another party in London, some time will necessarily be lost before the arrangemeitts can be satisfactorily concluded. We can assert, with out fear of contradiction, that the messenger who arrived on Friday night . brought no dis patches whatever relative to the loan. It will be observed by the quotations of the Paris Stock Exchange, that the Spanish Bonds there also are advancing. By a typographical omission yester day, we were made to state that it was calcu lated that " Mr. Gregory would have arrived at Madrid yesterday." It should of course have been " yesterday week," as we observed further on that the result of his mission would probably be known on - Friday (to-morrow.) [MORNING HERALD.] It would seem, from what passed the other day at the Mansion House, that some of the members of the Stock Exchange are in the habit of becoming bulls and bears in more senses than one. Yet this place, we believe, is frequented by the .select part of the fraternity ; there being another and a lower grade, who are not allowed the entree of this bear-garden. We are not sorry that the matter has at length acquired publicity ; and we hope, that if a public and ample apology is not made to the person who appears to have received such brutal treatment, that the offenders w ill be brought befOre a competent tribunal, and, if not put in the stocks, at least made to pay a handsome dividend for their audacity.Theinstance alluded to is by no means a solitary one. It is tl►e custom and usage of the place to treat every stranger who enters the doors with ignominy and violence. It cannot for a moment be contended that even where a person is an intruder, and has no right to be, he can be legally kicked and buf fetted by the owner. The law recognizes only a right to use reasonable force upon such occa sions. But we very much doubt the right of these gentlemen to exclude any person from this place during the hours of business. The Stock Exchange, we conceive, is as much a public office as Guildhall, the Customhouse, the Excise-office, or any other place of that de scription. It may be very convenient for those to love darkness 'some of whose deeds are evil. When a man gets or gives one price for his Stock, and sees another quoted as the market-price, there may perhaps be a reason why he should not be allowed to be present at the bargains.— Let it not be said that we are making loose and groundless insinuations against these people.— We know that there are among them men as ho nourable as a►►y in the community; but it is clear that they are not all so ; for when a man ceases to act like a gentleman, he must have ceased to be governed by the principles which form that character, and is capable of any thing. [TUE TIMES.] 1 During the interval before the agitation of the I Catholic question, it is necessary to press in every way the consideration of a subject hardly less important to the welfare of the empire. That subject is the proposed Corn Bill. We are sure that we shall be found the best friends of the farmers in urging a total change of the present system, the ruinous effects of which are not only felt at present, but will be yet more sensibly felt hereafter, by the injury inflict ed on our manufactures of every kind. Corn, and the other products of nature, are now mount ed up to that height, that the labouring ma nufacturers, the journeymen, cannot live upon their wages. The combination laws have been abolished : hence associations exist, and masters are obliged to submit to an increase of wages. The ruin to themselves—to their journeymen— (for these must not think that they gain by their associations, or we shall soon show thern)—and to the country, is past calculation. We will take one case as an instance among many, and an elucidation of all. The paper-makers have demanded an increase, of wages, and have obtained their demand of about 3s. per week : so far all seems well and prosperous with them. But from this increase in the expence of producing paper here (foreign States, and more particularly France, where linen rags are a mere drug, being able to make it much cheaper), our exportation trade fails—the great masters have no vent for their articles,—many of the journey. men, with their fine increase of wages, must be dismissed, and, along with their families, return to their parishes, and fall upon the rates: so that the mischief, after taking a wide range of devastation, returns to its authors the land holders, and settles in part upon their heads. This, we say, is an example of the perilous position of all our manufactures at the present moment , ous crisis, when it is of such importance to press them forward, and by their united cheapness and excellence gain possession of the field, from whence they would not easily.be driven hereafter. That the Britsh farmer may doubt whether his interest lies in the moderate price of grain does not surprise us but the permanent possessor of the land ought surely to be able to perceive the insecurity of a dearness which rests upon artificial means. Were every possible extension now given to our manufactures, the ports might be open or shut hereafter, there would be that demand for the productions of the earth from an increased and active population, that must leave the farmer in the undisturbed enjoyment of remunerating prices ; and if grain were dear, it would be some satisfaction to know that it was the calls of nature that made it so, and that it was not the arts of short-sighted cupidity which singled us out for the inflictions of scarcity : if it were dear here,. it would be dear elsewhere, and we should still retain our relative position in comfort and opulence. But the truth is, that if the markets of the world were open, there would be no partial , and local scarcity : the call for grain would be nearly fixed and in variable. The whole earth always produces enough for its inhabitants, though cer tain regions may be even annually visited by un favourable seasons ; and to what purpose are the improvements in navigation, if not for the best— that of alleviating the inflictions and diffusing the blessings of Providence over the whole world ? LTHE PUBLIC LEDGER.] It is admitted on all sides that the country never exhibited more unequivocal signs of pros. perity than it does at the present moment ; and it is further acknowledged that the public tranquil lity never presented a more settled character. To these cheering phenomena must be added the loy alty that pervades all ranks of the people, not to omit the working classes, so turbulent a short time since, and now as orderly in their deport ment as their condition is happy. The remarks we have just made, are familiar to every one, but the cause, 4. sv.hick has produced the state of things to which they apply, is not equally obvious.— But, as it is of the utmost importance that the principle should be clearly understood, in order that the public mind should receive no false im pressions as to the origin of the improved and improving situation of the country, we have de voted this article to the subject, though to many it will convey no new information. The first symptoms of a favourable change in the circumstances of the Empire took their rise with the spirit of liberality, by which the public ad ministration has been so distinguished of late. The more this spirit expanded itself, he more its influence became apparent; and signs of return ing health followed in rapid succession; and, now that its triumph is complete, or nearly so, its salutary influence exceeds all that the most san guine mind had ventured to anticipate. Five years since, every species of property was depress ed to an alarming extent ; and to crown the evil, one half of the labouring population was un employed, and literally starving. At the pre sent every interest is thriving; and the demand for labour in the manufacturing districts throughout Great Britain exceed, the means of supply; and our population, which some quacks had written bulky pamphlets to shew that it was superabun dant, is scarcely equal to the new exigencies. Even the mighty power of the steam engine is scarcely equal to the growing demand for labour ; and, in point of force, wonderful as it is, it is inferior to the spirit of liberty, which has of late been infused into the managment of the na- tional concerns. It is not the eloquence, it is not the talents for business, it is not the comprehensive and versatile mind of Mr. Canning, almost pre-eminent as he is in all these particulars, and to which he joins the closest application, which have given to his Administration its successful and lofty character. NVith these qualities alone he could only have propped up the falling State, and at most kept out of sight the marks of deep injury which the body politic had received _ . before his time. But he came into office with the feelings of a Patriot, with which he combined a profound knowledge of the causes which had raised this country to the first rank amongst na tions. His classical mind, too, had imbibed the spirit, as well as the lore, of ancient Greece and Itome; and his soul was warmed by the flame of their liberty, as much as his literary taste was purified by the bright models they have left behind in their writings. His Adminis tration is assimilating itself every day more and more to the prototypes which his early studies had impressed on his mind ; and the impre;sion became deeper, like the incision in a young tree, as his fine genius expanded. At first he could procead only slowly and cau tiously, on account of the stubborn prejudices he had to contend with; but, as his influence in the Cabinet increased, his ►iews assumed a bolder character. As he is now the most popu lar Minister, and consequently the most powerful, that perhaps ever governed the country, he has infused too his whole spirit into the public Ad ministration, which is thus become the most li beral of any at this tim• upon earth. This is the cause too of the present unexampled prosperity ; and which i 3 certai❑ to increase, because the im pulse is sure to continue; Mr. Canning has not only cured the nation of its ills, but lie has pre sented to it the philosopher's stone ; and, us he has convinced the Legislature, as well as the other thinking portion of the public, of its efficacy, there is no doubt but it will be • guarded with religious care. He has strewn them that his grand arcanum con4ists solely in a strict conformity between the practice and the spirit of our Government ; and, as it has already operated in so short time such won ders, any attempt to decry its virtues would be utterly useless. It may be now confidently said, that the direction he has given to the ma nagement of the national concerns is fixed ; and it may be affirmed with equal confidence, that the happiness which now beams on the country, affords only a faint idea of that which is still in reserve. [IdORNINQ clinoNicm] The English Funds remained yesterday ileac)", Consols for the Account closed at 931. The„ South American Sto c k s were very l angu id• lumbian Bonds at 89i, go ; Mexican at 7gi , 8° ; The 111 °s in g and the New Scrip at to 1 pr. prices, however, were rather better. The de pression was generally attributed to the docu ment on the finances of Mexico, which appeared in The Morning Chronicle of yesterday. The operators for a fall have attached more import ance to it, perhaps, than they ought to have done. The influence of this document upon the Mexi can Mining Shares is equally marked, and more reasonably, for if the Mexican Government should renew the high duties imposed upon the produce of the Mines, and which amounted, we believe, to more than 2Q per cent., the injury must be serious to the holders of shares. At pre sent, however, it is only a project of the Minis try, and the Mexican Congress may not think it prudent or honourable suddenly to impose duties, the absence of which formed a great inducement to the projectors of the Mining Companies.— Greek Scrip varied from 5 to 44- discount ; and Spanish Bonds closed at 23i. All the Shares are heavy. There is some speculation in the Pearl and Coral Fishery Shares, which is now attri buted to local operations, and not to any cir cumstance connected with the merits of the un dertaking. The South Wales Mining Directors have issued their Shares, leaving it to those to whom they have allotted them, to take them, or not, as they please. Other Schemes are an nounced, among them a Company for working the Diamond Mines of Borneo. INDIA. LATE MUTINY AT BARRACKPORE. GENERAL ORDER. Fort William, Bengal, Nov. 4, 1824. It is with much regret the Right Honourable the Governor.. General, in Council, feels himself called on to announce to the Bengal Army the consequences of the most disgraceful mutiny of the 47th regiment of Native Infantry, at Barrackpore, on the Ist inst., in which the corps was joined by a number of Sepoys, equal to about two companies, of the 62d, and perhaps 20 men of the 26th Native Regiment. These corps had been under orders of march for some time, and had experienced some difficulty in procuring carriage; this, however, was immediately removed, on its being brought to the notice of Government, by an ad►ance of cash to each corps, to aid the Sepoys in procuring the necessary carriage cattle for their baggage. As the event however proved, the difficulty served but to cover a subterfuge. A bad spirit possessed the troops, and 'when all difficulties were removed, and it was no longer possible to practise evasion, they refused on the parade to march, with the exception of about 180 men, and the non. commissioned and commissioned native officers. On the receipt of a report to this effect by the Commander-in- Chief, his Excellency immediately adopted the necessary mea sures to bring those misguided men to a sense of their duty. He instantly proceeded to Barrackpore, and on the following morning, having made a disposition of the troops at the station, and those which had arrived during the night, the Adjutant- General and the Quarter-Master-General of the Army, with his Excellency's Persian Interpreter, and the Officer commanding the 47th Native Regiment, were deputed to make a last effort to induce the mutineers, drawn up, loaded, and in regular parade order, to lay down their arms, but without effect. Nothing then remained but to inflict the punishment so justly merited. The Commander-in-Chief gave the pre-concerted signal for an attack by a part of the force ; the mutineers in stantly broke and betook themselves to flight, under the fire of the troops who attacked them ; and such an example was made on the spot as the necessity of the case and the infamy of the regiment merited—the most guilty of those who were made prisoners having been subsequently executed by the sentence of a Court Martial. That a transaction so unnatural in, and disgraceful to this army, could have been pi•aned and carried into execution with out the knowledge, not to say the participation of the native com missioned and non-commissioned officers of the corps, is not for a moment to be credited, composed as the native regiments are in Bengal: Connected by relationship, and living as the native officers and Sepoys d o , a l most under e same roof, it is not to be believed for a moment that the grossest neglect of the duty which the former owed to the State has not been shown by the parties in question. The Governor-General in Council conse quently considers the 47th Regiment Native Infantry, includ mg its native commissioned and non-commissioned officers, to be disgraced—directs that No. 47 be struck out of the Army List, the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers to be instantly discharged the service as totally unworthy the con fidence of Government, or the name of soldiers ; and that a new regiment, to be numbered 69, to which the European of ficers of the late 47th will be appointed, be immediately raised in its stead for general service, agreeably with the detail as laid down in General Orders of the 11th July, 1823, No. 65. To the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Bengal army, the Governor-General, in Council, now more particularly addresses himself. He is perfectly satisfied that no instance of insubordination can take place in a corps without such coming to their early knowledge. He hereby de mands from them a rigid execution of their duty, and observes, that even on the rumour of any discontent in a corps, it is their particular duty to comm un i cate i t i nstant l y to then:European officers, and to exert their utmost endeavours to put down in the first instance any appearance of combination. His Lord ship, in Council, further desires it to be distinctly understood, that, in failure of that line of conduct which is expected from the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Bengal army, they will be held personally and collectivelyre sponsible for any misbehaviour of the men, who are more im mediately under their eye and command in the lines than they can be under those of the European officers ; and that the most dupt dismissal from the service will be the inevitable conse ce of any want of exertion a nd zeal, or any abandonment ty. In short, he warns them to profit by the example of the 47th, who have drawn down on themselves a punishment they most justly merited. The Governor-General in Council, in order to make known the sentiments of Government to the Native Army as fully and correctly as possible, is pleased to direct that this Order shall be translated into the Ilindoostanee language, and printed in the Nagree characters, for the purpose of transmission to corps respectively, through the Adjutant-General of the Army, under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, who will be pleased to issue such subsidiary Orders as his Excellency may consider necessary, draughting the privates of the late 47th, whose fide lity remained unshaken, into such regiments as may appear most expedient. THE SEPOYS. The first battalion of Sepoys ever raised in Bengal was that called the Lai Pultan, or Red Battalion, which distinguished itself in the battle of Plassey and on other great occasions; but in 1764 it mutinied, on the pretext of some promises that were made to it having been broken. It was easily reduced to obe. dience ; but Sir Hector Munro, who then commanded the army, thought a severe example necessary, and twenty-eight of the most guilty w e re tried by a Drum - head Court Martial, and sentenced to death. Eight o f these were directed to be imme diately bl o wn a way from the g uns of th e force then at Cho rah P g As they were on the point of executing the sentenc e , three re. nadiers, who happened to be amon g st th em , stepped forth and claimed the privilege of bein g blown fro m the right hand " They had always fo u g ht on the ri g ht, " they said, "andgtuhnes; hoped they would be p ermitted to die a t that post of honou r. " Their request was g ranted, and the y w ere the first executed. There was not a dry eye among Europeans or Asiatics death of these line fellows ; but no disturbance whateveries at the sued. The battalion next raised was called Alatthews,s en- Bette lion. In 1759 it shewed equal gallantry with the English soldiers, in storming the strong fortress of Masulipatam, de fended by a French g arrison. Thi s battalion was one of three which mutinied in 1762, under an apprehension of for foreign service. The mutiny was suppressed, bein em barked as the battalion broken, and drafted into other • nat ive officers and one or two Sepoys were sentenced and two b y being blown away front the mouth sentenced to d ea th, tence was carried into execution i n th a cannon. The se n. w hich had mutinied, and of on e ot h er e presence of those troops w as effected without the small est regiment only ; a nd it oppositi on mur mur. The same battalion had a l so or even a so on recalled at that time to i ts d uty, m utinied in 1763, but was we shall mention is, the too celebra The last i ns t a nce that the native garrison of th a t fortress Itediad one at Vellore. After s t a t e of open m u ti n y, the I.lladras placed themselves in a regiment of English dragoons were sent cavalry and the 19th r gates of the fortress wer e blown Open ' an d the nat i ve cava l r y e sent aga i nst t h em; a nd the acted with quite as much decision their misguided countrymen, themselves. as did th e E n glish soldiers tDINBURGII. DINNER TO EDWARD EARL, ESQ. On Saturday se'nnight, a number of Gentlemen, Members of the New Club, gave an elegant entertainment, in the Club Room, St. Andrew's Square, to .11r. EARL, the Chair.. man of the Board of Customs, previous to his leaving this country. Lord GIL LIES was in the Chiar. The Vice-Presidents' chairs were filled by Sir William Arbuthnot, General Maxwell, Ad, miral Fraser, Mr. Dundas of Dundas, Mr. Hope Vere, and Mr, Hunter of Thurton. Among, the Members present, and friends of Mr. Earl who were invited by the Members, there were the Lord Justice Clerk, the Lord Chief Commissioner, Lord Alloway, Lord Meadowbank, Baron Clerk, the lion. Captain Duncan, the Hon. Colonel Hamilton, Sir D. Moncreiffe, Sir P. Durham, Sir John Mortlock, Mr. Fergus.on of Raith, and many of the most distinguished inhabitants of this city. About eighty gen tlemen sat down to dinner. After drinking to his. Majesty, with all the honours, and also to the Duke of York and the Royal Family, Lord Gillies proposed the health of Mr. Earl. He mentioned that he was well aware that he had been called to the chair froth the habits of friendship and intimacy in which he was known to live with Mr. Earl, and that it could not have arisen front any cause more honourable to. him, nor more gratifying to his feelings. This was not a place to dwell on Mr. Earl's public merits, but he might lie permitted to observe, that Mra Earl had been selected by his Majesty's Government to fill a situation, of which, from the reforms that were expected in that department, the' duties were not only of a most arduous but-of a most delicate nature. The officers under him in all the different ports of Scotland, and the commercial part of the public, were - to he affected by these reforms. Their interests were apparently different, and even opposite, but it so happened that Mr. Earl hed performed the arduous duties imposed upon him, so as not merely to give satisfaction to all the parties con. , cerned, but to receive from one and all of them the highest ap-` probation. His Majesty's Government have, on various occa- , sions, testified its entire approbation, and even the conflicting interests of the merchants and officers had been so reconciled as to call from all of them for expressions and marks not only of approbation, but of respect and gratitude. The object of this meeting, however, was not to commemorate Mr. Earl's public merits, but to show their friendship for him as a private indivi-• dual, and as one who had largely contributed to the social en joyments of the friends by whom he was now surrounded. He came to this country as to a land of strangers, but he left it surrounded by numerous friends by whom he was respected and beloved. Mr. Earl's health was drank with every denion stration of respect. Mr. EARL, under emotions of the strongest feeling, said, Your kindness and f r i en d s hi p h ave placed me in a most en viable situation, but in one so trying, that if every person had reason to regret his want of power to express the feelings of a grateful mind, it is the man you have this day so much ho noured. It is now eighteen years since I arrived in this city, a stranger to every person in Scotland—but as a stran ger I have not been treated, having, from all with whom - I had the honour of an acquaintance, received kindness and attention I shall remember to the latest moments of my life. Of my public conduct it would ill become me to say a word. Of my private life in Scotland, the act of this day,- and the approbation you have just so flatteringly expressed, stamp a description of character on it sufficient to gratify the most unbounded ambition. I am consequently anxious. most anxious, to give utterance to the sentiments which press on my breast, and to return the thanks so much due to every one present, and particularly to your most able and excellent Chairman, for the kind, the more than kind and gratifying manner he has thought proper to notice my humble merits. But, Gentlemen, the ' attempt would con vince you of my inability ; -and therefore I most earnestly intreat that you will accept of my assurance, that this day will be considered by me as the proudest of my life—that I shall leave Edinburgh with every sentiment of affection, with thd most sincere wishes for the happiness of all—and the continued prosperity of this country—a country long distinguished for the brilliant talent of its inhabitants, and of late years become emi nent for manufactures of unrivalled excellence; promising therefore to be a country, if not the greatest one, not to be sur passed in intelligence and improvement. These sentinientg, _ gentlemen, though feebly expressed, flowing from truth and! conviction, naturally increase the regret I experience at leaving a country and leaving friends with whom I have passed so many years of happiness and comfort. But upon this subject my fellings will not allow me to dwell —indeed it is time I should throw myself upon your indulgence, though 1 beg to add and repeat my unfeigned thanks for the distinguished honour you have conferred upon me, and to assure you of my everlasting gratitdde. Sir WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT then read a letter from the Lord President, expressing his great regret that he could slot accept the invitation to dine with the meeting, and the very strong sense his Lordship entertained of Mr. Earl's services anti merits. Mr. EARL propo se d th e health of Lord Gillies, to which his Lordihip returned thanks in his usual impressive manner. , The LORD JUSTICE CLERK and Lord MEADOWBANK . severally addressed the company, stating, in the strongest terms, their high sense of the merits of Mr. Earl ; and that while they held official situations under the Crown, Mr. Eirl's great object seemed to be. the promotion of the most liberal views, and of all the officers connected with his departmenf, who, from their conduct an d t a l ents, were deserving of' it. Mr. EARL then proposed a toast, to the prosperity of the kingdom of Scotland. Lord GILLIEs called for a bumper to the health of Sir John Mortlock, the new Chairman of the Board of Excise, to which Sir John returned thanks in the most elegant terms. Mr. EARL proposed the health of the gentleman who was to succeed him as Chairman of the Board of Customs. "'I tan , desirous (said Mr. Earl), of introducing to your notice a stranger.. The Lcirds Commissioners of the Treasury having thought proper, for the purpose of infusing general information, and affording all possible accommodation to the trade of the noun- ' try, to direct that the presiding Commissioners at the publitY hoards in this country and in Ireland should be annually changed ; and however I may lament the change, I consider it due to the Commissioner appointed to succeed me, to assure you that be is a gentleman of high worth and great respect ability, and well entitled to your notice. I therefore beg to name —Sir William Boothby. The company parted at a late hour, every one present having shown, in the most marked manner, his high sense of Mr. Earl's m er it s ; hi s regret at Mr. Earl's leaving this country, and anxious desire, if possible, for his speedy return. MEETING AT LLOYD'S. At twelve o'clock yesterday a meeting of the Subscribers tv Lloyd's took place for the following purposes :- 1. To receive the yearly reports of the finances. 2. For the approval of alterations in progress. 3. To vote 201. to the widows and children of boatmen drowned near Carnarvon. 4. To vote 101. to the seamen of the coast guard, fur saving the crew of a merchantman wrecked. • 5. To vote 1001. to Capt. Cook, of the Cambria, for saving the crew and passengers of the Kent Indiaman. 6. To vote 201. to Capt. Bibby. of the Caroline, far saving' 14 soldiers from the wreck of the Kent. The meeting was not numerous ; the Report was approved of, and all the sums mentioned voted. It seemed to be a general feeling that the vote to Capt. Cook was too small, and an amend ment to iucrehse it to 2001. was proposed but negatived, owing to the state of the finances of the establishment. COAL MARKET, Mancu 23. Ships at Market. Ships sold 214 Newcastle - - 12 4i Sunderland Prig. 6(1 to 39s 6d 29s Od to 41s 6d BIRTH. At Blackheath, on the 22d inst., Mrs. T. Cox, of a son, still. born. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Aldate's church, Oxford, Charles Willis, jun. Esq., of Cranbrook, Kent, to :Vary, yonngtat daughter of the late William Macbean, Esq., of Roaring River Estate, in the island of Jamaica. DIED. At Hampstead, on Saturday last, at noon, in his 78th year, Sir Ralph Noel, Bart., who having no male issue, is succeeded in his title by his nephew, now Sir John Milbanke, Bart. On the 19th inst., at his residence, Lime, Savannah, George S. Piper, Esq., D.P.M. On Tuesday night last, at the house of his son, in Red Lion square, aged 87, Mr. William Weightman, formerly an emi nent solicitor. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Orr icy, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARsTmnis,