The Sun. — London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

when feelings and opinions take a firm impression, in securing 1 from the perils of cons!' uctive treason Horn Tooke, when he and. his friends were called upon to answer that charge at the .sazard of their lives, and it has been a subject of gratulating recollection with Sir V. Gibbs in his latter years, that he was concerned with the Atlas of British Liberty, Lord Erskine, on that memorable occasion. Yet, Sir V. Gibbs, when in the office of Attorney-General, so far forgot his veneration of the press, that he instituted a prosecution against the Morning Chronicle, for observing in an article—" 'What a crowd of blessings rush upon one's mind, that would fall to the lot of the country, if an entire change of Ministers took place; and if every Monarch had an opportunity of becoming nobly popular, it was the successor of George the Third.' Lord Ellen borough, who was not a whit more disposed to surrender prero gative, left it to the Jury in that case to say whether such an o'servation exceeded the fair limits of discussion, and, of course, they had no hesitation in deciding that it did not.— Lie made use of that example; in order to impress upon them the necessity of not yielding their understanding to the dic tum of great talents, ingenuity and prejudice, for there was not one of them but was more capable of giving a fair in terpretation of a political article than, he would say, with great respect, all the Law Officers of the Crown. It would be for them to decide, whether the liberties of their fellow .-- citizens were to abide the hypercritical acumen of an Attorney '. 4 ileneral. lie would not ask this issue to be tried by any other law or test, than the profession of the Attorney-General, and would never interfere with a political discussion of men or measures. if that principle were acceded to him on the present occasion, he should consider himself as arrived in the haven of safety, and he would now show that there was nothing in this paragraph but what strictly applied to a fair political disqui sition. They were aware of the political principles upon which the Star was conducted. It might be that those principles were carried to an important length. There might be some of the Jury who dissented from the politics of the Star, but there were none, be was sure, who dissented front this position—that the sub- ject of the Protestant Ascendency was n a legitimate topic for newspaper discussion ; nor would it be said that impeach ing others with entertaining an opposite opinion to that supported by the Star was a libel,. for some of the greatest chit - ratters in the empire have registered their dissent to those doc --• trines. He would not suppose it could he considered.an abuse of the liberty of the Press, to state the opinions of some of those great and splendid characters, such as Lords Farnham and En. niskillen, whose zeal on the other side was notorious, and who might avail themselves of their privilege of hereditary Counsel - lees of the Crown, and waiting upon Lord Wellesley, say to him, that as experienced subjects, they would strenuously counsel him that he had lost his popularity with that portion of :he public which was valuable, and refer him to the page of his tory, where he would find, that, notwithstanding the profligate character of Lord Wharton; he enjoyed a greater share of pub lic favour, because he supported those principles which were in opposition to the policy professed by his Excellency ; and in order the more effectually to entierce their opinions, they might draw an historical portrait of Lord Wharton, to make -- the contrast more complete, by enumerating those virtues which • he wanted, and which Lord Wellesley possessed. If they assured him that the true source of popularity was to be found in possess ing the principle of the glorious Revolution, instead of courting • the favour of the Catholic Association, who treat all his zeal in • their cause with sneers and scofils ; whilst one of their orators compare his dispatches to those nf the great Roman tyrant, not , withstanding his anxiety to corraliate—if Lord Wharton enjoyed populh.rity, though notoriously profligate, merely because he pro fessed those principles—this. would not be considered invidious or offensive. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to im press upon the minds of the Court and Jury, that such was the true interpretation of the eallegedidael, and concluded , a splen • did piece of eloquence, by referring to the patriotic exertions slf Swift, who so powerfully and ably drew the character-of Lord Wharton, and who, if assailed by ex-officio: for the " Dra per's Letters," would never have effected the services he had - rendered to his country, through the medium of the Press. Mr. North, in the course of his speeeh, read the following Ige•tutifill character of Swift from the celebrated "'State ofirs end, Past and Presort :" " On this gloom, one luminary rose ; and Ireland -worship ped it with almost Persian idolatry : personal resentment was, -perhaps, the first motive of the patriotism of 'Swift. • but it as - -sunete!- in its progress a higher port, and ;directed itself by nobler considerations. The jealousy of the partisan soon ex panded into the generous devotion of a patriot, and the power of his mind and the firmness of his character raised him to an • ascendancy which no other individual ever attained or deserved; chore suspicion, he was trusted ; above envy, he was beloved ; above rivalree, he was obeyed. His wisdom was at once prac tical and prophetic ; remedial for the present, warning for the future ; he first taught Ireland that she might become a nation, .e.e.rul England that shemight cease to be a despot. But he was • *churchman. Ills gown impeded his course, and entangled efforts. Guiding a senate, or heading an army, he had per - baps been equal to Cromwell, and Ireland not less than Eng . /and ; as it was, he saved her by his courage, improved her by his authority, adorned her by his talents, and exalted her by . his fame. His mission was hut of ten years, and for ten years -only did his personal power mitigate the government; but e•when no 'longer feared by the great, he was yet not forgotten Ly the wise—his influence, like his writings, has survived a century—and the fbundations of whatever prosperity we have slice erected, are laid in the disinterested and magnanimous petriotiene of-Swift." The mestranturous applause followed the conclusion of this e e!ennene and. Learn eel Gentleman's address, which occupied > the Court upwards of three hours, and of which the above is • hut an abstract of the topics adverted to by him. The ATTORNEY-GENEUAL and Mr. O'CONNELL ShO3k - Mr. NORTH most heartily by the hand, upon his sitting el fven. Mr. O'CONNELL followed for Mr. Haydn, and applied him self particularly to the law of the case, which • he argued and . dilated upon with peculiar ingenuity and ability. He con cluded, by observing, that Mr. Haydn and he differed upon political subjects, but they were both agreed upon one principle. - --the value and inestimable privilege of trial by jury. - It' they • •• found the defendant guilty, they would send him to his cheer lien: house with the certainty of being soan torn from leis 12 children. If they acquitted him, they would send him (Mr. O'Connell) to his 10 children and happy home with the most • gratifying sensations. Th e Court then adjourned to this day, when the Solicitor - Geteeral is to reply. Titird, and last, Day's Proceeding: to-morrow.) - COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yester - -day at Guildhall, which was very fully attended. The Lonn AYOR, on taking the Chair, stated that he had , --,convened the Meeting for the purpo3e of considering the ite , port of the Tithe Committee prior to the Meeting of Parliament. . Mr. II tr nc o n r., Chairman of the T Cominitteepresented • -.a Report on considering the petition of the parish of St. B . otiaph, Aklgate, in respect of a claim made. upon them for tithes at the rate , of2s.9d. in the pound, which stated that, in con - .sidering the grievances to Which other , parishes, are or might be subject to in regard of similar claims they deemed it ex pedient to call a Meeting of the Churchwardens and other inhabitants of the several parishes of the City and Liberties, . subject to claims under the Act 37, Henry 8, and the alleged decree, and held sundry conferences with them, and after the - most mature deliberation, they -- were decidedly of opinion, that In order to remove all doubt as well in regard to the - Law on the subject, as to provide future efficient and liberal but not oppressive payments fvi and in respeef Of Tithes, Vint an application should be made to the Legislature to repeal the Act of the 37th Henry VIII., and introduce such equitable provisions and enactments in its stead in relation - to Tithes, as Parliament might under the circumstances deem fitting and ex - pedient ; and they had caused a p.etNon to be prepared to be • presented to the House of Commons in the ensuing Session, which they recommended for adoption, and which • would be • supported by petitions from the respective parishes; The Report was agreed to unanimously, as also a Petition to • Parliament ; and the Committee were instructed to prosecute - the.satne as they should be advised. ASSESSED TAxEs.-4t is intendt.d at New - castle-upon-Tyne to forward a Petition to his . 11 . lajesty's stern, praying for the repeal of inhabited Housc-tax en . tirely, and of the remaining moiety of the Window Duty. It : must be admitted, that it is in every resp?ct essential to the . comforts of the. middle classes to procure relief from imposts that are so sensibly felt by them. Andlis Alidsters chew a laudable anxiety to diminish taxatior!, they cannot, we think, have recourse to any thing that will be more generally ac ceptable. We are informed, that n young man, who-at present fills the menial situation cf a coachman, at Blackheath, Las established his claim to the restored Earldom of Perth : his brother is now footman to Admiral Sir George Martin, our worthy Commander-in-Chief. The honours and estates are at present enjoyed by Lady Gwydir, as heiress to the title.— (flampshire Telegraph.) The cotton-spinners of Glasgow, after stand. ing out for about four months, he lre been subdued, and re - turned to th e i r Work,. submitting to a • temporary deduction of ten per cent. from their Aiges as a rem:aeration -to the mas terslor the loss endured in consequence of their strike. FRENCH PAPERS. from the Constituaantzel of Satyrdat~.) P JAN'. 23. The Eloile of this evening announces, as a certain fact, " that Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France are united in the resolution not to acknowledge the independence of Mexico and Colombia." As England has proclaimed this ackno , %ledgment, here will be a manifest schi ,, m. Our policy is united to that of three other Powers who have different interests from ns, and whose Go vernments are founded on different principles. We can only hope that we shall not act as the pioneers of the Holy Alliance in opening a breach, and that a Minister will not say in us, " We must attack England, or defend ourselves on the Rhine.' 311Annin, JAN. 17. Nothing mn be more pitiable than the obscure andlow in trigues of the Palace, with which the public continue to be fatigued. The diplomatic agents of certain Powers throw away their credit, exhaust their influence, and compromise their dig nity, to follow with pain phantoms which here appear and disappear on the political scene almost daily, to make room for others. In fact, every thing is uncertain, changing, and unfixed, in the action of our Government; and steadiness is only to be perceived in the mcnotoneus repetion of acs, either ridiculous or barbarous, and which run directly ceucter to the wants and interests of modern society. The grand affair of the amnestyls-again on the 'carpet; and it is necessary to exert oneself to compare and combine the slightest variations of the thermometer of passing Court favours, to know whether the field of battle will belong to M. Zea or to 31. Colomarde, or whether the ancient Camarilli will or will not yield the field to the Apostolic Junta. The number of Spaniards who have been forced to expa triate themselves, of the richest, the most distinguiThed, and the most influential classes of society, exceeds all proportion. Who would dare to engage them to re-enter Spain, under the protec tion of a pretended amnesty, without any other assurance of its being respected than the influence of the Apostolic Junta ? Can their numerous friends and relations flatter themselves with being more settled ? The recollections of 1314 to 1820, • and themultitude of facts have succeeded since the Ist of October, 1823, until now, ought to cause all such illusions in that respect to disappear. In this state of things, it is generally thought here, that should clouds rise in the north, as is to be feared, the Ministry of Great Britain will offer a new proof to the astonished world, that they have known bow to provide against all possible chances ; for they have very adroitly provided the means to place at will the lever of Archimedes in Portugal, to teach the Holy Al liance that they have not neglected to assure themselves before. 'hand of a point d'appni upon. the Continent of Europe itself-; 'that they may be able to oppose or paralize the views of those ;Cabinets who would traverse the execution of their vast pro 'ijects on South America. TErrstc, JAN. 17. - The Government of Saxe ;Weimar, paying homage to true principles,'has for a long time put= end to all sorts of -differ ences between the different worships,-arid has granted to all the same privileges. In consequence of this"vise measure, the Ca tholics, who formerly could not hold public SEmations, have been called to the exercise of several itnportanyfunctions, and the•exercise of their worship has been equally protected with the Protestant. • The number of the Catholic popul✓stion of the Grand Duchy has been augmfmted since some districts of the country of Fulda, whose inhabitants all profess The Catholic religion, have been united to "the . .Grand iDirdry of Saxe- Weimar. r n r!MIT ?yarns. PARIS, Jaw. 29.—Five per Cents. opened r.t . innf. - 40k., and closed at 103 f. 50c.—Bank Stock, 1;985f.--LNeapolitan Rentes, (Falconet's Certificates),ll9f. 30c.—Spanish Itentes, f.; ditto Loan, 1823, 581f.---L'Exeliange on London, one-month, 25E; three months, `23f. llsc—( Count Anthenlivte.) THE CREEKS. The Eloile, dated Sunday, 30th January. con. tains a review of the campaign bet , %een the Tn and the Greeks, in 1-82 q. The folios% Mg is the concluding paragraph 1— " The campaign seems to be ended both bf land and sea, and the question which it seemed must have been 'decided, at least for the Archipelago, remains untouched—thanks to the Eng Milt loan. The Greeks kill doubtless scour, during the winter, the coasts of Asia, and those of the islands occupied by the Turks. They will find in these expeditions indemnity for losses, and will acquire fresh confidence against theirenemies." Seto, Drc. 10. Two vessels have arrived to-day in our port from the Gulf of Volo, which they left ten days ago. They tiring, some account of the state of things in Roumelia and Dervisch Paoha, after vain efibrts to maintain his ground at Zeitouni, in Thessaly, has at length been obliged to fail back, with the shat tered remains of his army, to the city of Larissa, where he thinks to pass the winter undisturbed : but the Greeks, en:- boldened by the retreat of the Turks, are determined to profit by their advantages, and to pursue their enemy to his last en trenchment. One circumstance only may check the progress of the hrms of the Insurgents—the civil war which has broken out in the Morea, and the beginning of which (already so san guinary) may have the most disastrous consequences. The operations of Omer Bey in Attica have completely fail ed. This Ottoman General, after having gained some partial successes towards the end of tile summer, was obliged, at the beginning` of autumn, to -retreat precipimtilly to Negropont, where he has been ever since closely blockaded by the Greeks. It is-said that it is their intention to employ all their re. ! • sources and efforts during the winter to obtain possession of a military point ; of the importance of which they long been sensihlc, though they have not thought till this year of at tempting the Conquest of it. The rich Ipsariot Varvaki, - who has come from Russia with the treasures he has amass ed in a -long and laborious career, all which he dedicates to lie country; lend; it is said, two millions, for the more speedy success of this expedition. - Six thousand Greeks have already , enteretlubmn.Omer Bey has only 2,000 to oppose this powerful invasion. DEc. - *2-9.—The rebel Colicotroni is on the point of being overpowered in the unequal contest in which his ambition has engaged him. "The-Senate has decidedly gained the upper hand. It enjoys the public favour, and is supported by a powerful army, against an enemy whom his most zealous partisans, in appearance, have already abandoned to his had fortune, not withstanding the wealth he has lavished on them. Thus the Mainotes, en .whom he chiefly depended, have be trayed him, just at the moment when their alliance, which he had besides purchased, was the most necessary to him. Ac cordingly having advanced to the walls of Tripolizza, he has been obliged hastily to "retreat towards Argos. Meantime, notwithstanding the internal dissensions which agitate it, Greece does not lose sight of the more powerful ene mies that threatereitfrom without Forty Hydriot and Spezziot vessels have orders to be ready for the very worst that may occur. Seventeen others sailed-a fortnight ago to press thesiege of Patras on the sewside. This fortrsss, and all those held by the Turks in the Peninsula, are equally destitute of provisions . and warlike stores. The recent declaration of the Porte, refusing to accept the hills of exchange which-the Governors of those fortresses may draw on th e i m p er i a l t reasury f or t h e ex p e nces of provisions, &c. will red uce th e i r d evote d garr i sons to extremity, and, per haps, to some desperate act. INDIA THE LATE MAHRATTA WAR. As every c•ti:ii•t is making to.lessen the value of the services,of the Troops who were engaged in the late Mahn:►tta War—it becomes necessary that the results of their brilliant achieveme4ts should be made, known to the British Public ; not only that they may be most amply rewarded for their gallantry and. heroism, but that the merit uhich is so pre-eminently due to the Com mander-in-Chief and the Officers of the Deccan Army should 'be properly appreciated by the Nation. In addition to the immense booty— that is, public property—which was taken by the Troops in 1817 and 1818, apmunting to many Millions sterling, %, hich the East India Co►npany now hold,they have secured the permanent pos sescion of vast Provinces, from which they derive . an enormous net annual revenue, which is thewn by the following Extract from " the last terri torial Financial Letter"' from Bengal of the 31st of December, 1822 : -" The aggregate receipts of the three Presidencies amounted to 19,011.04,10 rupees; the charges to rupees 17,31,71,544. The surplus Indian revenue has consequently reached the sum of rti pees 1,71-43 - 2,616. .Favourable as this result is, beyond the example of any for mer period, your Honourable Court will observe, that from the receipts stated in the .accounts, a considerable sum -is ex cluthyl, which properly belongs to the r,sources of the period under review. _ But for..these cmcumstanee? the Indian-surplus would beliea considerably exceed two crores of rupees, (or two Stelling.) • , We trust your • honourable Court will derive a high grati fication from the.comehiplation of a state of thins, favourable beyond your most sanguine expectations, and calculated to aflbrd the most.solid ground for anticipating a still more im portant amelioration. Although we.. have met the demands of the commercial branch in their fullest extent, and have remitted to England, within the past year, treasure to the extent of rupees-1,66,06,17ti, the rash balances in our Indian treasuries on the 30th of April last amounted to rupees 9,99,39,196, (about ten millions Sterling) affording a large surplus to be-disposed of in such manner as may appear most conducive to the intcreats of the.lionourahle Conlpakiy." .To these important .advantages must be added the concessions of tt rritory and money the Coin patty gave up after the war to the Native Princes who were their Allier,and to the Niz:un, in particular, ‘iho received not only a large portion of the territory of the late Peishwa, but also an arrear, of tribute, wldch was due front him to the Peishwa, to the amount of two millions and a quarter sterling, but which, legally speaking, actually belonzed to the troops. By a careful perusal of the Ilydrahad and other papers, published by the Company last autumn, these and other interesting facts will appear. •Yet, notwithstanding all the-advantages which the East.lntlia Company - have derived front the military operations of 1817 and 'lBlB, no exer tion has been_nraele by lhent tO facilitate the payment of any part of the .Booty to the Troops ; but claims have been set tkp - by the Directors to the most valuable parts of the Booty, as repugnant to the principlesw controul subjects of this.nation, as they are. contrary to _those of justice, and to the Tractive .which prevailed in matters of prize in 'all former wars in India.! The period ha,;, however, prrived, wLell this subject will pro. bableundergo that, revision whicri will sltew . lhe Company, they are not pos , essed of the Sove. rei.4nty of India, but that the -same is in the Crown, ho has most graciously given all this Boohy to the Troops. THE GOVERNMENT AND MR. FAIR. It is with great regret we tind .that Mr. EL- PuiscroN.E has been permitted by the,Company's Legal' Advisers ,at Bombay to commit- himself in .this case. As for as the-facts of it have-come to our. knowleage,- we think the. Government ought not to have interfered in it, but to have left the Supreme!Court to have exercised its own,,power, a;;d to kw. puid Mr. FAIR fur the contempt of which it is alleged he is guilty. But .the Go :erument having interfered, it was not consistent with •justice that -Mr. FAttt should have - been so harshly dealt with . , as his previous good conduct, integrity s , and .character, entitled him to every reasonable ind4llg,ence, and he ought not,in a case of-this nature, to have been treated with a rigour beyond the Law.; for it appears lie was consign ed, not in the most courteoas manner, to Captain SOTTIE;;T'S hiCh was bound front Bombay to-China, and from thence to London, when, by the statute of the"s3d of - his late Majesty, c. 155, section 104, •the Government of Bombay was only authorised to send the party to the United ki ng d orw i a some ship bound direct to the United Kingdom! We shall resume the subject at an early opportunity ; in the meantime we refer our It ea d rs to the following extract on it, front The Telescope of Sunday " In another part of our Paper will be found -the particulars of the transmission of Mr. Fair, the editor of the Bombay Gazrtle, for an alleged contempt of the Suprme Court. As Mr. Fair's must necessarily be an ex-party statement, he has wisely, as well as justly, confined himself to publishing the official correspondence which passed between himself and the authorities at Bombay. So far as we can glean, the case stands thus.—Mr. .Fair publishes what the Supreme Court consider an untrue statement of their proceedings, and thus is guilty of contempt. The court complains of this contempt to Govern ment, who take up the cause by threatening to .punish Mr. Fair, if he do not make what they (the Government) consider a sufficient apology. Mr. Fair foes not make what is conceived to be a stifficient.api4ogy, and the Government fulfil their threat by ordering Mr. .Fair to depart for England, a charter party passenger in the ship London, or to find security to the amount of 20,900 rupees himself, and two sttretiesia 10,000 each, that he will depart in a week. Mr. Fair fails to do so, and is sent on board accordingly. Oa this brief outline we shall make the -following remarks : " l a the first place, we knoW nothing about Mr. Fair, and therefore we are bound. to believe that he is an honeseand .13o nouratle man. The Governor of Bombay is, as every ore knows, both the one and the other_ So that we must -judge solely on the acts of each, so far as we can gather them from the statements now before us. " The Court then appears to us to have acted both unwisely and imprope(ly in the mode which they adopted in punishing the alleged contempt, as there exists in every Court a power of judging and punishing contempt, and it was therefore below the dignity of theConet to resort to any other tribunal than their own, for redressing their grievances. What would any one in this country say, were the Court of King's Bench to apply to the King in Council to punish a man who had been guilty of contempt ? " Whether thee.Bornbay Government were justified or not in taking up the quarrel of.the Supreme Court, is another matter, on which there may be a difference of opinion ; it was, at least, taking on themselves an invidipus office without the plea of necessity; but having once entered into such measure, they were, in our opinion, perfectly justified in insisting on an ample and sufficient apology, more particularly as the editor had previous notice that iris conduct had not met with their approbation; and when they came to the resolution of sending glr. Fair to England, they did so with as little harshness as such a measure would admit of. One thing, we acknowledge, surprises us not a little. Mr. Fair informs us, that he could not avail himself of the indulgence offered him by the Govern ment, of remaining in the country three months, because he could-not find two sureties to the amount of 10,000 rupees each. What are we to infer from this ? India must be very much changed indeed, if any respectable man could not find security to the amount of as many Lacs as the thousands which arc liev demanded, that he would keep his word and embark when he had promised it; to say the least, this has rather the appear ance of courting martyrdom. " For the present, then, as we are not fully acquainted with all the particulars, and have not heard both sides of the ques tion, it would be unfair to say any thing as to its merits or de merits, but we shall watch the case attentively, and report from time to time, and from our opinion when we have sufficient facts whereon to r v:, it." BURMESE WAR. ( Front an Evening Paper.) " Although Government has not received any recent official dispatches from India, AN OFFICER has, within these few days, arrived from Madras, who has communicated some ex tremely interesting details relating to the Burmese war, and the views entertained on that topic by the most able and intel ligent officers stationed in that country. Of the result of the war there exists no doubt in any quarter ; but, for the sake of numerous petty Governments which are entirely dependent on the British. Power in India for their tranquillity, and the peaceable possession of their legitimate territory, it is deemed absolutely necessary to shew that eve can, at any moment, in crease the number of Bui•ristt Tnoors, a force every way more formidable than the Native Army. It is also important, that no violation of the dignity or rights of England, or her East Indian Allies, should be committed with impunity. " It is a common error to suppose, that, in our differences with the Native Powers of India, conquest or territory forms the object of our operations. At the present moment, when it iq deemed expedient to raise additional troops for the prosecu tion of the Burmese war, the cry is, what does England want with an increased territory in India ? She already possesses much more than can be governed for her actual benefit. But they. who thus argue, lose sight of the real cause of most of our wars in the East. -" Among the numerous smaller States in the Peninsula of India, many have sought, and obtained, the interposition of the British East Indian Government, to protect them from the wanton aggression of their, more powerful neighbours. So im plicit has been their reliance on. the justice, the friendship, and the protection of -tile British flag, that we are,regarded as the preservers of peace, and the guarantee of treaties entered into by different Powers, where, had it not been for British inter ference, war and desolation would have prevailed. Non', to preserve this authority, so salutary to our own interests, and so beneficial to the Native Powers, it is absolutely necessary, that the very name of Britain should be respected, and that Powers, distant from the seat of Government, should be practically con vinced of our ability to resent, with linversu Moors, any insult offered tothe British flag. " The Burmese Troops are stated to be,.principally, a sort of militia force, and, although not formidable in the field, there have occurred some extraordinary examples of passive courage in the stockades, where they - have .suffered themselves to be cut down without .any attempt at surrender or self'-preservation." It is much to be lamented, that the Officer alluded to in the preceding article did not conde scend to oblige the writer of it with a few more itt►portant and interesting details respecting the Burmese War ; had he done so, different conclu sions would have been drawn of .the means and the power of the 13nrmans to prolong and carry it on with effect—aided and instructed as they are by Foreign European Officers, and supported by the .Chinese and others. In a few months tile eyes of the public will -be open to the actual state of the British power and relations in India, and the slight thread by whiCh they are at pre sent maintained ! If thew invaluable possessions are to be preserved, and to bo rendered benefi cial to the Mother Country., another system must be pnrstied, and the.power of the Government in India, placed under an efficient controul, to ren • .der It not only subst•rvient to the interest of Great .Britain, hut -to improve and ameliorate' the moral condition of the different classes of the natives! _ EUROPEAN GOODS. By a Madras price current, of the 18th of Sep. tenth , .;r, it appears that European goods still continue to give fair prices to that market. Among other articles we observe liodson's ale at from 20 a 22 pags. per hid. ; bottles 13 a 17rs. per 100. Chintzes give a fair return, having lately advanced from 20 to - 30 per -cent. Copper is in nu demand. Cutlery market is overstocked. ' Iron English, square and flat, 28 a 119 rs. per candy; bolt, 30 a 35r5.-; nails, 4 a 9 inch, 20 pags. per candy. ironmongery, dull. Pig lead, 141 pags. per candy.; sheet, 24ts. a 23rs. ; spelter, 211 a 30 pags. per candy, market well stocked, -but steady. Steel, 12 a 14 pugs. per candy. Tin Plates, 7 a 8 pags. per box. IVine, Sherry, nominal, -overstocked; Madeira, ditto; Claret, 'lst growth—Port, Liar pees—Champaign, best, 15 a 20 per cent. advance, according to quality. Exchange, is. 81d, per 31adras rupee, 6 months. W EST INDIA DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, the 29th of liknuaty, 1325. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cinnamon. at Ceylon, 31st Aug. Ist sort, 4 rix doll. 2p. per lb. ; •2d ditto G rix doll. Bp. ; 3d do. 2 rix doll. 10p. Cloves, Bourdon, N a 9 pap. per maund of 23Ibs. Cotton, Jenevelly, 22 a3O pags. per candy, in unscrewed bales. Indigo, fine Madras (scarce), 4 a 4Jrs. per lb.; good, 3 a 3irs. per lb.— l'ieee i;oods, 12 a 14 pungums, 53 a 34 pags. per canny; 16 a 18 do.. 60 a 65 do. ; White Salampores, 16 a 18 do. 30 a 32i ; blue do. 7, ;;, and 9, kell, 29, 31i, and 33 do. Sumatra Pepper, CO a B.srs. per candy. (INDIA SAILS—LONDON.) .Last week came on the Company's sale of in.. digo, and that article has never been known to sell so high since the opening of the free trade, and but rarely prior to that period. One lot of blue sold as high as 16s. and many at 15s. 6d. Violet blue. from 13s. 9d. to 14s. 6(1. Fine violet, from 13s. GI to 14s. 3d. Some very line Madras, from 1 ls. to 13s. Gd. ; and line Java, from 12s. (hi. to 133. 7d. Comparing these prices with the Company's sales of October laSt, the best Bengals have gone for from Is. 6d. to 23. Gd. higher. Middling and inferior qualities, from Is. 6d. to is. 9d. Madras, from Is. 2d. to Is. 6d.; though this can hardly be quoted, as there was no very fine Madras lots at the former sale, and Oudes have improved from 9d. to Is. sd. The number of chests exposed were 4,4313. of which 2,893 were Bengal, 1,371 Oude, 163 Madras, and 11 .Java. Of these about 900 were bought in by the proprietors. The stock of good indigo in the market is very small, so that the reports we hear of the quantity are deceptions, inasmuch as the greater part of the nominal stock is unsaleable rubbish. It is calculated, therefore, that a good average crop this year will in no way injure the market. The following may be quoted as the prices at the close of the sales : Bennal Fine Blue -15 s. Od. 163. Od. Blue and Purple. - 14 6 15 0 Fine Purple - - 14 0 14 6 Purple and Violet - 14 0 14 6 Fine Red Violet - 13 6 14 0 Good and middling Violet 12 9 13 0 Fine Copper - - 12 6 13 0 Good and middling Copper 11 9 12 6 Ordinary Copper - 10 3 11 6 Oude Fine - - - 16 6 12 0 . Good and middling - 7 0 9 6 . '- • . . ( )rdiistiry - • - .s":e - 6 6 Very ordinary - - 3' 6 i 0 Madras Fine - - 11 9 13 1 Good and Middling - 10 0 11 6 Ordinary - 7 0 9 0 Java Fine - - - 12 6 'l3 7 Pondicherry - - 6 4 7 U 'l'l►e following is an extract from a letter, dated St. pet ershurgli, January s: _ 6 , A s?ries of successful experiments have just been made at Cronstadt with a nautical compass, protected by block-tin, which go to !chew the capability of that useful instrument's re maining wholly uninfluenced by the iron guns, and other iron work, on board ships of war. The Imperial Government deem the discovery to be one of the very first importance to the Ma xine; and under this impression have com man d e d t h at t h ese newly-invented compasses be universally used throughout the Navv. " - The Governor-General of the War Department, General Miloradowitsch, (whose great exertions during the late fright ful inundation of this capital were beyond praise), has had the honour to receive from the Emperor an extra gratification of 50,000 silver rubles. Colonel Tschikatschew, the head of the Police, has had presented to him a very valuable diamond ring, ornamented with the Imperial cypher. The Military Commandant of St. Petersburgh, General Bashutzki, and Ad miral Moller, Chief of the Manue Staff, have each received from the Emperor the ribbon of the Order of St. Alexander Newasky, the most distinguished Order. of Knighthood in Russia. " Accounts from Asiatic Russia state, that the armed great mercantile caravan set out from Orenburg for Buchara on the 14th Nov.mnber last. It consists of 1,000 camels, accompanied by 100 Cassacs of the Uurai Mountains, and 100 Orenburg Cassacs, 260 foot soldiers, and 40 artillerists with two field pieces. The commerce of the Russians with India seems evi dently to be on the increase." Articles. Inds 1 - West India {Trs . . Ms Sugar 1 Brazil - Chests { & Ilaranah Boxes East India l i i . Mauritius f a g s Molasses - - Casks Rum - I Pns - lllds Brandy . i t P l ps ds Hollands . { 1 1 ' 1 'I L A rrack . - Casks Wine - J Pirs Lilts Gone - - - 131 s Bags Pimento - Ginger Pepper Cotton Arrow Root Balsam Einss - Cloves Cochin oal - Elephants' Teoth Gum - ' Hemp Hides .Horns Indigo Ipecactpulha Jalap - Whale Castor Coco Nut Palm Pearl Shell Fins Apple Rice and Paddy Sago Sarsaparilla Tallow - Tortoise Shell Turtle Delivered. Exporta tion. flonie Con sumption 3,028 30k; • 23 Stock on Hand. 28,986 2;031 319 1,041 6,683 10,705 984 23,000 1,317 358 1,492 1,093 9,336 1,945 30,923 1.416 3,962 , 25 4,285 31 148 643 3,366 6 3 1,116 VA 269 15, - 157 13,260 312 43 39 23 2,57 14* 3411 Of c,0414 1,717 i 4931 37. 96 6,01 0 6,80 6 34 _0.06' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Eletxk Stock 2331 3 4 3 per Cent. Red. 94 i J per Cent. Cons. TIla 3A per Cent lOO2 1* Ditto Red ._. 101 A DAY AT Old Ann, New Ditt( Ex. Bills 10001. 2d.. Ditto Ditto 500/. Ditto 1 . Ditto Small Ditto 1 Ditto Commercial . Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Feb. 2;7. 940 ONE 0-C LUGS• cities ..... ti 4 u.", 63 „64 6 " 63 64 r g 64 IP ( Dissd. per:Cent. New ...1(15i4 li Rank Long Ann. '23 3-16 dis A Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditio Bonds 'JOS. 975. pm. South Sea 5t0ck............ PRIC.ES OF FORKIGN r( :1 ustrian Bds, 5 per ct 961 t Brazilian Bds BB Scrip 16 15/ 16 pm. 1825 4 3/ 44 pm. Buenos yres Bds Cliilian, Bds, 6 per ct BB Colombian Btim.6 perm... 91 Do. do. 1824 .... 90:j 1 1 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Bds 5711 8 Mexican lids NDS, AT ONE o'cLOCIC• Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Neapolitan Scrip Peruvianillonds B3 51 Portuguese Prussian, 5 per ct. lOO3 Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct ll 6 ll Spanish 1821 per ct. 2:1: 18252 `2 , ditto French Rentes 103.0 Scrip PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock 2561 Gov. Deb. 34 percent. Stock, 31per ct. STOCKS, J AN. 29. I Grand Canal Loan, fi p.ct. 66 3 Ditto 5 ptr cent. ... • -Dittobtock ....- Royal Canal Stock 24 i Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Do. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. 4 per cent. ..7,1 ..- New (;ov. Deb. 4 per cent.' — Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent. '4 Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per ct. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. PF.ICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company lB i - 1 ; Ditto, Marine Department . 1,1 9,.... Anglo-Mexican Minin g Companya llO 1 11 Anglo-Chilian - AliningCompany - 4 Arigna Iron and Coal Alining Company Bolanos Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company l3 i 131 25it ii igi i Chilian Mining Company 39 3/ Colombian Mining Company General Mining Association 12 10 11 P i I liberniar, Mining Company lO P P Pasco Peruvian Mining Company. Rio de la Plata Mining Company 3O 31 Tlalpuxahua Mining Company ... 250 pilli United Mexican Mining Company British Gas Company Continental Gas Company Provincial Portable Gas Company United General Gas Company B.rmingliam and Liverpool Railway 1 London and Birmingham R a il wa y C ompany London and Bristol Railway C om p an y London and Northern Itail wa y C ompany ,21 Australian Company Bristol Ship Canal Company General Steam Navigation Co m p any Pearl Fishery Company, Y e ll ow R ece i pt Hibernian Joint Stock Co m p an y 10 2 1 111:1 311/1°1 : - Provincial Bank of Ireland Metropolitan Alde rney D a i ry C ompany Gold Coast Association FOREIGN MAILS. A nnivEu. Guernsey and Jersey , Gotten burgh liamburgh - France Jamaica I) i 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORBO II 31orning, 8 minutes after 1.1 Evening, 38 minutes after 11 Cocoa Aloe Bak {Logs iallogany Pieces Plks & j bogs Pcs & Plks Aft ican Timber Logs 1 Pec Santa Maria I pT e g e l s Ebony - Tons Lig. Nritzo Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tens Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Ntrood Tons Bar Wood Tons Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - No. WOOD. Cedar 2 , i Ti n 120 6 57 60t 5,147 356 Io} 94) 3k