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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY lib - actsfrom the Morning P tpers,March '25,182,5. rBRITIS/I mess.] Mr. Hume, conformably to his threat, in flitted upon a portion of the House of Commons a repetition of the discussion of the Indian question, which was debated on Wednesday in Leadenhall-street. The result, which is all we tan notice now, was, that his motion was nega- Awed by a majority or 58 against 13. We have not space to-day to make many ob servations on the Meeting in Covent-Garden yes terday, held for the purpose of petitioning Par liament to repeal the whole of the Assessed Taxes. It is certainly by a sweeping licence of speech that these assemblages in the open air are said to consist of the inhabitant house holders of the district within which they are held. But we are saved all trouble of serious dissertation on the nature of these assemblies by the absurd character of the proceedings cf that of yesterday. A string of Resolu tions was passed according to the plan of itte Committee. Hunt, who, in virtue of his blacking-shops, styles himself an inhabitant of Westminster, with just as much truth as the - Meeting generally could be described as being of that class of persons, then stepped forward, and moved an additional Resolution against any grant to the Roman Catholic Priests of Ireland " as a bribe to induce them tamely and basely to sub mit to the treasonable disfranchisement of half a million of his countrymen." The multitude were so pleased at the return of their favourite mounte bank to his post, that they not only voted their two representatives, and all the other friends of the Catholic Claims " traitors," but on his sug gestion they with the utmost scorn rejected the petition which they had been specially called to gether to approve. What Sir F. Burdett must have felt afterwards when addressing the motley and insensate crowd, we may partly guess by the asperity of his language. We hope that his self re spect will prevent him in future from the degrada tion which he was conscious he underwent yester day. Sir Francis was indignant at what he called the " base and unworthy trick" played upon the Meet ing. Now , in common justice we must defend Hunt from this attack. However uncourteous his course of proceeding might be, if he considered himself as belonging to the Committee of Manage ment, he had an undoubted right to bring for ward his additional resolution without previously consulting any body. The indignation of Sir F. Burdett should rather be pointed against those -who, if Hunt had not exposed the true character of the assemblage by drawing too largely upon its love of folly or mischief, whichever it was that happened to predominate, would have passed of its petition and resolutions as speaking the genuine sense of the inhabitants of the metropolis. This, it is now clear, Sir Francis himself must admit it, would indeed have been a " base and unworthy trick.”—(Mid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The appointment of Lord Amherst to India has been always unpopular with the country. No one could see any valid reason for naming to so important a post, an individual, whose previous conduct afforded no earnest that in critical con junctures, he would act with the necessary ability. In fact, the public were almost prepared for dis aster from the first. Mr. Hume, in moving last night for some papers connected with the govern ment of the Marquis of Hastings, took occasion to enter into the unfortunate business in India, which has excited so general an apprehen,ion, and carried grief into so many families. He ex pressed himself in a very delicate and guarded manner with respect to the whole transac.:. lions, though he did not hesitate to specify several instances of signal want of judgment. One point adverted to by Mr. Hume, it would seem almost impossible to get over satisfactorily : " He called upon any Honourable Member at all acquainted - with the affairs of India, to say, whe ther it, bad not been the uniform policy of all Governors of India to avoid as much as possible engaging the troops in active operations during the rainy season. He did not speak theoreti cally upon this point—he had been more than once encamped with the army in the rainy sea sons, and it would perhaps surprise the House to hear,, that out of a body of 10,000 men, not more than fifteen hundred were capable of act ing with effect." As to the mutiny—the cause of it, and the manner in which it has been suppressed, it may be very true that we are not yet in possession of sufficient materials for forming a correct judgment on the subject. But it forms rather a strong presumption against the Governor,. that all those who have access to the best infnrmation respecting India, share the views of Mr. Hume, and either give expression to them in the House or remain silent.—As an example of the latter, we may notice what Mr. Hume said respecting Mr. Grant—" He was sorry, he said, to hear that his lion. Friend Mr. Grant had not expressed in. that House, the opinion which he had delivered elsewhere on the total want of confi dence itiLordAmherst'sgovernment,which pervad ed, not only the Bengal community, but every de partment of India." Sir C. Forbes, too, expressed himself very strongly on the subject. This is one of the cases in which Ministers may be ex pected to express themselves warmly. In fact, Lord Amherst is less to blame than they are. It was their duty to appoint a man to the Go vernment of India, possessed of other qualities than merely an amiable - character. No wonder, then, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should say, "- compliments to his private cha racter were worth nothing." They are worth nothing in the way of vindication of Ministers for making an unsuitable selection. ['rim TIMES.] It is asserted that the recognition of the inde pendence of Brazil by the mother country is Nettled. This may be the fact ; for in putting forth a general principle, we do not say that there s►re no exceptions. The public, however, should take care to receive with doubt all articles of news, however confidently asserted, by which' foreign bonds or loans are liable to be affected. The price which the Brazilian State is said to have consented to pay for the diplomatic recog nition of that of which it already had the actual possession, is a million and a half, now in the hands of the contractors for the loan originally intended for Brazil. An alarming rumour was afloat yesterday morning, of an overland dispatch from India having brought intelligence of a revolt of several regiments of Se pays, and of their having gone over to the Burmese army. Absurd as this re port is, on account of the infusion of the latter ingredient, it was for a long time believed, and influenced the Consol market to a considerable extent. Though the least inquiry sufficed to spew that no dispatches had arrived, few took the pains to inquire, and the depression continued, till the close of the market. Besides this report relative to In dia, there was another scarcely less alarming : it was said, that unpleasant accounts had been received from Russia, importing that a serious disagreement had occurred between our Ambassador, Mr. Stratford Canning, and the Rus sian Minister, Count Nesselrode, on the subject of the affairs of Greece. It was added, that Mr. S. Canning had demanded his audience of leave. A rupture with Russia on the affairs of Greece, so soon after the English Ministry have rewarded Lord Strangford with a peerage for his adjust ment of a main branch of that important question, is, to say the least, improbable. If any misun derstanding has arisen, it is more likely to have arisen from personal causes, as regards the two negotiators, than any disposition of the Russian Government to break with the English Cabinet. —(lbid.) • [MORNING HERALD.] The exactions made from the public for inspect ing the works of art, or objects of curiosity and veneration in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's, have been denounced in Parliament without asingle voice in their justification. It may be presumed, therefore, that some reform will take place.— The truth is, that the general system of this coun try is churlish and sordid, and exposes the national ' character to taunting and obloquy from foreign ers. It countenances the imputation of a mo -1 ney-getting spirit which is so common against the English. The jealous grudging temper in which difficulties are thrown in the way of ad mission to see whatever is interesting or curious wrong the English character, as it forms a humi liating contrast to the usage in the capitals of the Continent. Even in Paris, the most promiscuous resort of all the world, not only the national ex -1 hibitions, but those of private persons are freely open, and there never, that we have heard of, has been reason to regret this liberality. The Louvre, when it contained the monumen tal glories of Greece and Rome, and the spoils of modern Italy—the gardens of the Luxembourg and Tuileries—the Museum of Fiench monu ments—all the churches---those were and are open to the whole world without injury or danger. But it will be said that in England the public could not be indiscriminately admitted with safety —in fact, that a disposition to N't anton and brutal mischief is too prevalent. But the rarity of ob jects of this kind freely exposed, and the churlish spirit in which the " profane vulgar" are excluded is the cause. The very populace, by being gra dually confided in, would acquire a sentiment of regard for what they were freely admitted to be hold—or rather a sentiment of self-respect, which would be the best security. The popular mind i would educate itself into this civilised feeling. `NEW TIMES.] No Bill which has been brought into Parlia- I meat for many years has excited so much alarm in the commercial world as the Equitable Loan Bill. Individuals of the most opposite political sentiments have cordially joined in expressing their common apprehension of its evil conse quences. Although we have very often and very freely expressed our disapprobation of Mr. Alderman Waithman's political opinions, we are ready to offer our commendation of the zeal with which he has defended the in terests of the trading part of the commu nity in the present instance; and we must not omit to notice that the opposition to the Bill was unanimous in the Court of Common Council.— It has been very erroneously supposed, that the Bill was directed solely against the Pawnbrok ers. The fact is, that it goes to create a mono poly equally destructive of trade in all its branches. We fully exculpate its projectors from all dishonourable motives. We believe the scheme to have originated in benevolence ; but it is the business of the Legislature to look not to motives, but to consequences. If the in stitution of a vast association, with a capital of several millions, be likely to overwhelm retail trade, it is contrary to the plainest maxims of political economy to give it any peculiar legis lative sanction. [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 23d inst. with the Eloile of Wednesday reached us last night by Express. Prince Metternich whose fears for the life of his wife were really, as we have already observed, the only motive which brought him to the French capital, is to leave it this day on his way to Milan. The remains of the Princess were carried on Monday to the Church of the Assumption where Mass was said in presence of the whole Diplomatic Body. They were afterwards deposited in a Berline which set out immediately for Mentz. The Chamber of Deputies, mindful of the long and tedious discussion which preceded the passing of the In demnity Law, seems determined not to waste so much time on the project for the partial reduc tion of the Rentes. Cries of question became frequent in every sitting, and the close of the discussion had even been formally though un successfully proposed. When once impatience has taken possession, of an assembly, it is difficult to revive and recover its attention : it is not likely therefore that the Debate will be much longer p r otracted, though it is doubtful whether the result will be as favourable to the wishes of the Ministers as it was last year in that Chamber. It appears that the Government are desirous of encouraging the raising and im provement of horses, by establishing regular Races and Prizes in various parts of France. A Decree has been issued by the Minister of the Interior on that subject. It consists of 29 articles, and orders that the Races shall take place in eight dis tricts, viz. —Paris, Le Pin (Orne), St. Briene, Strasburg, Limoges, Aurillac, Bordeaux, and Tarbes. Four Prizes to be given at each Race. There are also to be three Royal Prizes. The ordinary Prizes 1,200 to 2,000 francs. The three Royal Prizes 3,500, 5,000, 6,000 francs. The first of these to be run for at Aurillac; the other two at Paris. The horses must run at the rate of 550, 600, and 650 metres per minute, according to their age. A horse running alone, may gain the prize, but he must go over the ground marked, and at the rate of 650 metres per minute. The only article of foreign intelligence in these papers is a communication from Trieste, dated the 9th instant, which confirms the total defeat and submission of the rebels in the Morea, and the restoration of public tranquillity. Most of the Chiefs, and amongst them Londo and Laim had been taken and conducted to Anatolico.— Colocotroni's party was entirely dispersed, and the Greek Government had only to attend to the preparations for the fifth campaign, should the Turks attempt to realize their threats and invade the Morea. LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.] After a long silence, M. de Chateaubriand ha again entered the lists against the Ministry ; and his attack has lost nothing in consequence of having been so long suspended. There is not a proceeding of theirs since the commencement of the Session, that he has not hacked and mangled. The Law of Sacrilege, the Indemnity Bill, the Project for the Conversion of the Reutes, are all cut to pieces with the same unsparing hand ; and in their foreign policy they are more roughly handled, if possible, than in their domestic pro ceedings. This new diatribe appears in the Journal des Debuts, where it occupies a consi derable portion of the columns of that Peper.— It sets out with taking a rapid view of the state of Europe, in which he sees all the elements of impending strife ; and then charges the Ministry with acting a dependent part abroad, and a dis uniting one at home, instead of combining all the interests and feelings of the French nation, to enable them to meet the storm, which he says is rapidly approaching. His heaviest charge is that of entire subserviency to foreign influence without throwing out however the slightest hint with respect to the Power, which exer cises so unlimited a coutroul over the Coun cils of his Most Christian Majesty. He highly compliments the English Government on account of its foreign policy, par ticularly in re ference to the New States of Ame rica, which he characterizes as a specimen of political sagacity and diplomatic skill, prepared with caution, and accomplished without any risk. He pays a tri bute equally glowing to the financial measures and commercial regulations of our Cabinet ; and he makes the offering the more willingly, as it gives him an opportunity of placing in a stronger light, by means of the contrast, the lavish waste and narrow spirit, by which, he says, the wealth of France is dissipated, and her trade cramped. Of Russia M. Chateaubriand speaks with great circumspection ; but in the little which he suffers to escape, he has so artfully managed it, that her ambition loses nothing in consequence. By a single word, she is represented as secretly pre paring at this time some grand project ; and her silence is alluded to as one of the most portentous signs in the murky state of the political world. These remarks, though written with passion, are still entiled to a great deal of consideration, in con sequence of the talents and station of the writer, as well as his facilities of gaining the best infor mation. It is eminently calculated to assist the rentes in their descent, which appears to have taken a decided character, in spite of the efforts of Count Villele to holster them up. In the mean time the calm and firm aspect of our own Cabinet chews that the picture which M. de Cha teaubriand has drawn of the state of Europe, is either considerably overcharged, or that Minis ters are fully prepared, on account of the flourish ing state of this country for any event that may possibly happen. We should, however, suppose the former, from what Mr. Canning said a few days ago, when, vindicating the propriety of our diplomatic expenditure, lie expressly sated that there existed at that time no danger of the general tranquillity being interrupted ; in fact, the substance of his declaration was, that all signs of danger had vanished ; and, as he holds in his hand the magician's rod, by which the political elements are controulled, there is not much probability that his assurance will be falsified. BORDEAUX, M ARCH 14. Persuading a young lady under age to elope is here a serious criminal offence. A curious case of a village elopement has just been tried here. The gallant is a farmer's boy, the lady only 16 years old, and of respectable condition. The case against him was, that he gained access to her chamber clandestinely in the night, and induced her to take flighr with him. They were pursued by the father, and both fugitives brought back, the one in the custody of her father, the other in the safe keeping of the police. It is strange that the witness against him was no other than the fair companion of his flight. But, fortunately for him, he was enabled to contradict her story, by proving thA she was betrothed against her will to another person, and on the night preceding the intend ed marriage fled from home, and placed herself under the protection of the farmer's boy. He was accordingly dis charged. Another case proves the vigilance and severity with which the bankrupt laws are administered here. A person com menced business with 3,000 francs only, obtained consider ' t able credit, and speculated largely and unsuccessfully. being proved that he purchased goods on credit, and resold them at a lower price, some days previously to stopping payment, he was condemned to five years imprisonment in irons. the A l t a h l i v r d in c a a y s e h proved, r e a a tl n i rather of curiously, s av in g a that per o s n a e n punished for another. A person was observed scahng was and being suspected of an intention to commit sacrileget,.ve a garden wall of the Presbytery in the Commune of Civrieux ; seized by the gensd'arme. Being unable or unwilling gl satisfactory account of himself, he was on the verg e infraction ff o l f e r c o a n n d d e n n - nation, when he at last avowed himself being a srn u,- -- ' tent only on secreting himself from the Custom -house officer s. FOR THE SUN. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Ma. EDITOR----I must acknowledge, that not possessing the Common Sense of one of your most recent railers against the Roman Catholics, I cannot perceive the madness of providing for a religion, even if this religion were inimical to the State, which remains to be proved. Now, to my common sense it seems evident, that the surest method of preventing any mischief on the part of the clergy of any religion whatever, is to keep them in your pay, and thus make them look up to you alone for their support. So thought the late Government of France, and so thinks the present Government of that country. Yes, Mr. Editor, that Popish Government, nay that very Popish Government, so amazingly bi gatted as to consider sacrilege as a crime, and so barbarous as to punish it as such, this self-same Government, actually pays the Protestant clergy as well as that of its own Church establishment ! This is no doubt passing strange ; but it is hardly more so than the opinion of your Corre spondent, that if the Government of this coun try support a Catholic hierarchy, it should, in re turn, require all Roman Catholic Governments to support Protestant establishments in their re spective states. This is an idea truly original. I should like Common sense , to inform us how long it has been customary, whenever any Go, verntnent chooses to ameliorate the condition o any portion of its subjects, to require that other Governments should immediately do the same ? Strange, indeed, are the notions which prejudice puts into the heads of even the most able and the best intentioned men ? What would Comm* Sense have said, if, when Buonaparte determined upon granting salaries to the Protestant clergy of France, he had demanded of his Protestant neighbours to provide for the Ministers of the Roman Catholics in their respective countries ? he would have reprobated such a demand, as in terfering with national independence, he would have represented it as an act of the most insup portable tyranny ; and then, indeed, he would truly have reasoned with common sense. la the same paper, I see another letter upon the same subject, signed by a Protestant Lay man. here we have nothing to do with common sense, I will allow ; but we have some very se rious hints upon the inevitable downfall of both Church and State, should the rumoured conces sions be granted to the Roman Catholics. This is indeed a topic which affords matter for serious consideration. Things begin to look singularly alarming. Now do we begin to perceive the sad effects of a Catholic association, of a Cobbett's History of the Reformation, so ably . refuted in some of your papers. Reasonable hopes had been entertained, that both Houses of Parlia ment, would ever have proved the Palladium of the established Church. But no such thing ; here we see, all of a sudden, the House of Commons, and the House of Peers, including the whole bench of Bishops, actually on the point of acknowledging tke supremacy of the Pope !!! These seem to be something like the feelings which oppressed the , Proteytunt Layman wlte, he penned the epistle I am noticing. By him, any concessions to the Roman Catholics are con fidently represented as tending to shake and un dermine the very foundations of the Protestant Throne, the Protestant Church and Legislature. How all this is to be brought about, he does not think it necessary to inform us, well assured that the thing must be obvious to the meanest capa city. Every body well knows that Parliament may change any existing Constitution. Every body knows further, that acts are passed in Par liament by a majority of votes. Now from both these premises it might be concluded that as long as the Protestant Establishment preserved a ma. jority, its existence could not possibly be endan gered ; and that, consequently, no minority could, therefore, do the least harm. This most assuredly was the case formerly, but times are strangely altered !—lf the Catholic Emancipation Bill pass, it is proposed to allow the Catholic Archbishop 1,5001., and to Bishops 1,0001. Must not this tempt any Archbishop of York, or a Bishop of Durham, to embrace a religion that promises such an abundance of worldly good ? No one can reasonably doubt it.—Again. If the Catholic Emancipation Bill chance to pass, it is pos sible that a dozen of Catholics may find their way amongst five or six hundred Mem bers of the House of Commons, and it is certain, that half a dozen Roman Catholic Peers, will be admitted into the House of Lords, consisting of above three hundred Protestant Peers, and which may consist of as many more whenever it shall please his Majesty to create them. But what Loyal Protestant can doubt, for a moment, that, whenever this comes to pass, the King will create none but Roman Catholics. However this may be, it follows from the above statement of facts, that should this most mishiev ous Bill of Catholic Emancipation happen not to be thrown out, the destruction of the Protestant Throne, of the Protestant Church and Legisla ture, must be inevitably accomplished by this roost overwhelming minority. For let it be re membered here, th at g reat effects are oft e n pro duced by t h e most trifling causes. Every rational and impartial man cannot fail, if he be acquainted with the fact, to consider this Po p ish m inority as bull's-eye ; the t error o f mar i ners on t h e G de o s o t d ru i c i t o i p o e n — On it neither more nor less than that celebr a t e d an d a all t a fi t r s i t s , a black speck, but it soon ex t en d s over t h e dread edoseas,n l y y t h a e c q p u r a o i t n e t s e t t a l n w t. i 1 .4 1 a time ym a p o r e v c e i r s y e i n u a d t ex posed to its rage. T whole ab l o i o u r t i z t o h n e , Chat:el of Good ici ously predicts the effects it is certa i n pro ducing. But alas ! like Cassandra of of old, he ure lifts up his voice and w of hheocroauug:seh warns us of dangers certain, though unheeded, and no one will hearken to his predictions, In v • aindoes he clearly demonstrate the destruction of Church and State, which is now fast approaching ; both Houses of Parlia ment, and time principal Ministers of the country, nay. even the great mass of the population, are as blind as old Priam, and as incredulous as his subjects. But l e t me conclude in a more serious strain. It must be owned that the spirit in which most of the topics upon the Catholics inserted in your Paper would give any one, unjust and illiberal enough to consider these opinions of a few indi viduals, as the sentiments of the whole Esta blished Church, but an indifferent idea of Pro testant toleration. With what grace can these writers rail at the intolerance and bigotry Of millions of their fellow creatures. They who scruple not to step forth as the most strenuous advocates of intolerance—they who seem obsti nately determined to look at the Catholics, not through the mirror of truth, but through the delusive medium of vulgar prejudice I Because , the Roman Catholic stedfastly adheres to the proscribed faith of his forefathers, he must sub mit to have his creed misrepresented and vilified, and to hear his faith loaded with the most oppro brious epithets. He must submit to hear himself represented as the most illiberal, the most cruel, the most unprincipled of human beings; as one whom no oath can bind, no benefit attach, as a. disgrace to human reason, as the very Pariah of the Christian world ! Is this fair—is it generous-- is it just—is it tolerant ? What is it but a species of persecution, and one of the worst description ; one that may not, indeed, torture the body, but one that must necessarily harrow up the soul of every man possessing the least spark of honourable feeling. Let us hope, that sentiments such as these will no longer be entertained by persons professing a religion of which the very basis is charity. Let the Protestant remember that the Catholic acknowledges the same Divine Re deemer, the same Apostles, tare same fuudamenta I Creed, reverences the doctrine of the same Holy Fathers, recommends the practice of the same virtues, reprobates the same vices, and tends to the same great final encl. Both feel confident that they are in the right path ; for surely none but madmen would willfully persevere in the waf leading to perdition; each should, therefore, feel not hatred, but commiseration, for the fatal error of his brother. In fine, Mr. Editor, the time when the lives and property of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects were put in jeopardy by the cries of "No Popery," are now happily gone by. We live in an age when vulgar errors must necessa rily wither and die. The bright Surr of know ledge has arisen ; its rays have pierced through the gloomy clouds of prejudices, and a truly ge nial light is now spread over the intellectual horizon. The liberal minded of every religious cannot but hail with joy so glorious a change , the certain hv-rbinger of brighter days, of those days of sincere reconciliation, which every true Christian must hope he will live to see. A. r• THE KENT EAST INDIAMAN. LETTER TO CAPTAIN COOK, OF THE CAMBRIA. " East India House, March 17, 1825. " Sin,--4 have received the commands of the Court of rectors of the East India Company, to acquaint you that they have had under consideration the detailed reports which had reached them through Captain Cobb, as well as through Mess:s• Dobson and Baker, of the highly meritorious and humane ex ertions manifested by yourself and crew, on the melancholy oc casion of the loss of the Company's late ship Kent by fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on the Ist instant. " The Court immediately caused the expressions of their sen timents on your conduct to be made known to Messrs. Dobson and Baker, and they only deferred the communication of tile,. same direct to yourself, until they should be in possession 0 ' the requisite preliminary information, which should enable them to accompanyit by a more substantial mark of their Sp' probation. " Such information reached the Court, of Directors yester day ; and I obey the Court's' instructious in conveying to their unanimous thanks for the prompt and humane scili cet ' which you have rendered to the East India Company and you r country on the lamented occasion above adverted to—an e%' ample which was so meritoriously and successfully followed DY your officers, passengers, and crew. " Whilst the Court are persuaded that the highest reward. you can derive its from the reflection that you have been mad e the instrument of rescuing so many of your fellow creature 4 from destruction, they desire to mark the sense they entertai n of your praise-worthy conduct, as well as that evinced by your Officers and Crew; and they have accordingly unanimously re ' solved to present you with the sum of (1100/.), six hundred bo o ' dred pound; that your First Slate be presented with (1001.), °r e ; hundred pounds; and the Second Slate with (501.), fifty pouliu the nine Persons forming the Crew with ( 101 .), ten poun d, each ; and the twenty-six Miners with ( 151 .), fifteen pou no _r each. Also that, as a mark of the Court's sense of the ze , and humanity evinced by the ten Persons who were pro cee d ing with your ship in the capacity of Miners of a superior cis? e the sum of (100 1 .) one hundred pounds, be placed at the dis posal of Mr. Came, the Company's Agent at Falmouth, for th„ purpose of enabling him to provide those individuals with s uc ' articles as may contribute to their comfort or convenience du i ' ing their intended voyage, as cabin stores. " These several sums are payable to Messrs. Dobson an d Baker, on behalf of the several parties interested, together with the amount of compensation awarded to those gentlemen O" account of the Owners of the Cambria and yourself, in COg F l pensation of the loses and expences occasioned by the assistanc e rendered to the passengers and ship's company of the Kent. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) " J. DART, Secretary. " Capt. Cook, Commander of the ship Cambria." ANSWER. " Falmouth, March 20,133 5 - e " SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of t h e 17th instant, conveying to me the thanks of the Honourable n'; Directors of the East India Company, for the service I 1 19 . „ / " had the happiness to render them, in saving the Officers, Fri sengers, and Crew of their late ship Kent, at tine awful pen ° of her destruction. " The sentiments of the Honourable Directors, made kr loll 7 to me by a former communication, through the ' medium ° Messrs. Dobson and Baker, caused me the liveliest sati sfy, tion ; but the very handsome manner in which the Court 1 10 been pleased to express themselves, in your direct comm uni l; tion to myself, calls from me an expression of my feeling s, t b ' 1 am inadequate to describe with sufficient force. " 1 must beg you, Sir, to aid my humble efforts, by assor u'l° the Chairman and Directors, that the reward of their high 00; proval, awakens sentiments I shall ever cherish, and suell can only be exceeded by my gratitude to the Divine Pr o dente, who has permitted me to be the bumble instrumen t effecting the service they require. " I must also claim an additional share of your indulge rs pt I cannot fully express how much I appreciate the feelings : 0 , dictated the liberality of the Hon. the Court of Dire ctors wards me, the extent of that liberality I feel is greater t han .Ze merit, and the satisfaction as rendered complete by th e Ti nt , of the intrepid men whose earnest exertions and as ~„'4 ance so materially aided my endeavours; on their beh alf my own I beg you, Sir, to tender to the Honourable the CA ) i f of Directors of the East India Company our most sincere that for the rewads they have so handsomely bestowed. " With the greatest respect, " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your very obedient humble Servant , (Signed) " WM: COO IC " J. Dart, Esq. &c. &c." DIED. Se ed' On Tuesday, the 22c1 inst., at his house, Bath-place , ham, George Maltby, Esq., in his 62d year. On the 19th i ns t., in the Commercial-road, illargaret7.o. wife of Lieutenant B a in, and third daughter of Andrew J u stone, Esq., of Burr-street. t Yesterday morning, at Queen-square, Westminster, ,rio: the wife of Edward J. Hopkins, M.D., accoucheur, Printed and Published for the PRovitrETorts, at the " OrFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. 13. CARs.raritt. IRTHS. On the 22d inst., at Castle Bromwich, the Viscountess port, of a daughter. On Thursday, the 24th inst., in Keppchstrect, square, the lady of J. J. HenAey, Esq., of a