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which no ordinary prudence Calk' guard against—nor was this all. Among the actors in these scenes were some of the principal agents in the moneyed institutions, and they have_ been found actually combining and conspiring together for the accomplishment of their nefarious purposes. From. conspiracies composed of men of so much talent, availing theM selves of their understandings, it is not surprising that they should have swept society as with a besom of destruction. When meu of such a character, attended with such destructive consequences, abound, it behoves .the tribunals of justice to gather themselves up to meet the occasion, and to extend, as far as in them lies, the pro tecting arm of the law." Having concluded the paragraph, he observed that lie had read this extract by way of advice to the Proprietors : it was a me mento to Honourable Directors of Companies, and Joint Stock Companies. He believed that judges themselves were now-a days become Reformers; it was evident from the above extract that Directors did not do their duty in America more than in England, but a Mr. Clark has probed them, some of them very keenly. An examination into their conduct was going on now ; some of these Directors have been sent to the tread-mill and to Penitentiary Houses--(Much laughter.)—lt had been often stated that Cadet-ships and Writer-ships had been sold in open market; such statements had appeared in the newspapers, Whether well founded or not he did not pretend to say, but he contended that such traffic • involved no moral turpitude. All places . should be sold for the benefit of the Proprietors, provided the purchasers were qualified in 'every respect for their situations. The consequence would be wealth to, the Company at large ; instead of the Director enjoying a patro= bilge to the amount of from five to twenty thousand pounds per an- num. The purchase and the sale of such situations have not half the moral turpitude as the inundation of India with young men, 3v ho . know nothing of the language of. the country. • No man Was in this country allowed.to practice in physic; law, or divinity, without undergoing a rigid previous examination. What was good in these, must also be good in this company. Habits of industry,, were not generally acquired in India, the Officers, he would admit, were usually acquainted with their- duties; but they did not understand the language of the country. He did 'not mean to libel them : they were innocent of this charge, Orders had been frequently issued to direct their attention to this object. (The Learned Doctor then referred to a production of his own, entitled the " Tuitionary Pioneer ;") he had not taken Honourable Members, he said, unawares, because he had sent copies of it to them all. He then read extracts from the preface, one of which was copied out of Smollett's History of. England, stating how a British officer once saved an entire army,and gained a victory in consequence of his knowledge of the French langaage. That one fact, he ob served, was as good as a thousand, though it might not happen once in a century throughout Europe. Were the Duke of Wel lington to propose that German or French officers, unacquainted with the English language, should take the command of British soldiers, would such appointments, he asked, be Permitted by any regular Government ? This country sent annually hundreds of young men to command in a coun try o f th e language of which they knew nothing. They could not even ask for water or for claret, if they wanted it, in the language of the country. Honorary Cadets were the most lasy, the most ignorant, and the least capable of making 'progress in the systems and language of the country. The reason was, they were eons of Directors or of the Aristocracy.—(Much laughter). ---Every private there had been a gentleman, spoke the language of gentlemen, and were astonished to see young men placed over them, speaking worse language than even Billingsgate gibberish. I wish, said he, I had some of them under my hand.— (Much laughter).—Let me, said he, tell you a story, for I can sometimes amuse you. When first I went to India I met a word, the meaning of which was to Puff; I analysed it, and I found that it merely expressed its mean mg by its sound. Sometime after I dined with an old Colonel, and after dinner, as we were smoaking our pipes, "funk, you rascal, funk," said the officer ; this I could not well understand, but on a littlereflection, I found it was the word I had been analysing. Which ought to be pronounced Pooh. Before two months had expired I might be put at the head of the army as far as philolo gical learning went (laughter), but the misfortune was, when such a person as he, the Doctor, had hinted reform in these abuses, lie Was marked out and stigmatized as a Radical, and perhaps, might have the - horsewhip over his shoulders ; but he would always:be on his guard against these horsewhipping gentlemen ; the Macsycophants of the Holy Alliance, are themselves now arch Radicals; in short, he, the Doctor, would be' soon in such good company that the president qf it would have more wit than an Arch-Duke or Arch-Bishop,—(Lliughter.)Even the Grand Turk had turned out a Reformer, and. the , Directors had become R e f "meia, for since the time they bad left India, they had been libelling the whole Aristocracy of India. Even the Pope had become a reformer, he had betaken himself to the reformation of the abuses in the conduct of priests, monks, and - nuns. Why then should not this Court adopt the example, pro ceeding from a' quarter Where it was least to be expected. The Learned Doctor then proceeded to eulogize the conduct of the late Commander-in-Chief. It certainly is gratifying to find even at this late hour justice done to a man to whom the army owed so much, and to whom his country was indebted for the reform introduced into the military establish ment of this country—discipline, in fact, had slept until its re suscitation took place under the fostering hand of that gallant individual. The Learned Proprietor then proceeded to read an extract from an eulogium on his Royal Highness, attributed to the pen of Sir Walter Scott, and then selectdd an anecdote of his R oyal Highness, tending to show the high respect he enter tained for the civil institutions of this country. His Royal High_ Hess had told a young o ffi cer that he ought to obey the laws of England rather than the command of a superior officer, What could be more cheering to the subjects of a free Government t han to hear such a declaration made by a Commander-in-Chief? The sentiment should be written in letters of gold on the purest marble. Talk not of monuments to the memory of his Royal Highness, let that declaration stand in the place of a monument -Ist it be posted up in every guard-room in the kingdom. [Here there was a general manifestation of impatience on the part of the Court ; i t h a d , i n f act , b een g athering for some time, Mit now the burst became so unequivocal as not to deceive even the speaker himself.] The Doctor, however, was not to be put down. Approbation _ fr d'sapprobation is mere moonshine to me (said he) ; here I am. The Doctor, " again himself," was proceeding on a tour through all the cou n t r ies of Europe, taking an occasional gl ance a t th e other parts of the Globe, when he was interrupted by Mr. Pat ,. tison, who was then acting as Chairman. He thought that the Learned Proprietor would be more in order if he contrived to get back to the subject before the Court. Dr. GILCHRIST resumed. —Ile had, lie said, been six weeks en deavouring to get the names of nine. Proprietors to th e requisiti on under which the meeting was convened. Some complained of the expellee of calling a Court. What, he asked, did they mean by expence? Did it refer to refreshments ? For his part his only refreshment was a glass of water—(Here the Learned Doctor quaffed a glass of that cheap beverage).—This surely, said the Learned Doctor, cannot be considered a great expence. The fact, however, was, that the Proprietors were in a state of subserviency to the Directors. Their subserviency has been treater than the proverbial subserviency of his (Dr. Gil iwi's) unfortunate countrymen —(A loud laugh) —becalm they were poOr, they were accounted subservient, and a surly Englishman, William Cobbett, he believed, (or some such fellow,) called Scotland a scab upon the of nature. —(Great laughter.)—He (Dr. G.) had been called a fool--(heal hear)—and if the absence of wordly wisdom denoted folly, the de signation was correct ; but he defied any man to say that he was a knave ; no, his conduct was so far removed from fraud, that - no man could throw such an imputation on him. To return, how ever, to the old subject, lie charged the Directors with being egotists and nostremiats. , - -- - A Proprietor here interposed, and insisted the Learned Doctor was deviating from the subject. What .connection, he asked, could the abuse pf the Directors have with the subject before the Court ? • . • Dr. Ginctratsr resumed, and was about to proceed : " diffus e in declamation roaring," to treat de omnibus rebus et quibusdani aliis, when The CHAIR :sr A..x interp ose d, 'an(' said, that not a single sen feFice uttered by the . L earned Propr i e tor s i nce h e C ommence d, had the the slightest conne ction with subject. He begged for the sake of the Proprietors then `that they might not be afflicted with so severe a punishment, me . nt, as the continuance of suc h a n harangue. Without meaningtoglve offence, he put it to, e in that course he the L earn ed Doctor, whether by a perseveran ce would not drive away the Pro p rietors, and leave ve the question to be decided by.a very thin meeting indeed ? . ' Pr. GILCHRIST bow ed to the Court, but he w as just about to have come to a.very imp ortant point, namely self e l ect he now con f esse d his .determina tion to make a br each in and he th n al course of proceeding, the very first moment he had it in 1 • The main question before the C ourt was, whether a knoZrlgw. e er of the Hi n d ostan l anguage s hould be acquire d at home o r abroad ; that was, in .England or in India. Dr. Gilchrist submitted th at It was clear to demonstration, that it ought to be acquired here. He considered himself in possession of proof to this effect ; an d what he subtnitted , was,• a long printed report of proceedings that .. r eek place In India at a Language Society Meetin g , at which Lord. De/ley was stated to have either been in the chair, or taken a very activ e part.; And there, -Protestor Lee declared llia cmietion to be, that acquiring the knowledge of the language here was infinitely the best. First, from the difficulty the student had in India of understanding a native teacher; before he knew the language; from the difficulties of requiring grammatical technicalities of the Oriental language in India; and next, froin the superior means, consisting of books, &c., to be found here of learning. It had been said in this house that he had fabricated, and got garbled statements of letters, which he now begged leave to deny the truth of. Be held now in his hand ori ginal letters from young gentlemen in India, proving the truth of the great advantages derived from having had even a super ficial knowledge of the Oriental language` before they left this country. Those letters he read and if any of the Court were curious enough to see them, they might, after he had torn off the signatures, or so ; he did not like toshow the signatures, lest the writers should thereby be injured. Another proposition submitted to the Court was that it was ne cessary for the security of the Copipany, that young men sent out should at least get the elements of the language here. It had been said, that there were great difficulties in the way of acquiring a knowledge of the Oriental language, and to a certain extent the Doctor admitted this, but still the means here were very abundant. Mr. Arnot, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Mortlock, were gentlemen, who had returned from India, and who had open ed Academies in London for the express purpose of teaching the oriental languages. The Doctor meant to devote a portion of his own time every week to the examination of the progress of the boys at these Institutions, without the slightest reward. .A Member rose to order, on the ground that this was, in fact, merely advertising these teachers. The •Ckantivart thought the Honourable Member strictly in order, inasmuch as one exception latterly had been, the want of facilities 'of acquiring the knowledge here. Dr. GILCHRIST continued. He understood that the city of London 'University metult also to teach the oriental languages, which af forded him the greatest satisfaction ; not from the idea that he was to receive any benefit from it, because if lie were to be per mitted to serve that institution at all, he meant those services.to be given gratuitously. When we left the meeting at three o'clock, the Learned Doctor was' on his legs. • PRINCE MAVROCORDATO. Since we have been at Poros, I have frequently been on shore; I went twice to pay a visit to Prince Mavrocordato, who is residing here with his sister. He is living in lodgings. This celebrated individual, whose name has been so widely spread, walks about Poros without recei ving the slightest civility. He never goes out unaccom panied by his Greek servant, who is always well armed, and acts more the part of a guard than a lacquey. If his master only goes across the street you are sure to see this Greek gensdarme after him: Mavrocordato speaks French fluently, and he also dresses ala mode Francoise. From what I had.previously heard, I fully expected to find him a dandy; what was my surprise then, when, instead of finding him a fine well-dressed man, I beheld a shabbily dressed being, with the face of an owl, almost entirely concealed by immense dark bushy whiskers, and glorious mustachios. His countenance bespeaks anything but in tellect; but when he is animated his eyes seem to pene trate your inmost thoughts. He is about five feet four inches in height, rather stout, dresses very shabbily, a la Francoise; I speak from what I saw myself ; his clothes hang on him like a sack. He is extremely affable to stran gers, and whenever you meet him he is sure to salute you with a laugh. In short, he is continually laughing, which makes him appear to a stranger very silly. He avoids, as much as possible, conversing about his country; When I asked him what he thought of the present state of Greece, Lie-looked at me for some moments, with his penetrating eyes, before he thought proper to answer my question ; he then said very coolly—as long as the Greek Chiefs con tinue to disagree among themselves,. so long as this anar chy reigns,, there is little to hope for. or expect; while the members o the Government are so unqualified for the situations they hold, it is impossible that our cause Should prosper. We have ‘more to fear from ourselves than our enemies—l should not care were they double their num ber, did we but agree among ourselves, and had we men capable •of filling the offices of state • nevertheless, I feel assured we shall be free—(striking his bfeast with great emotion)—We must be free! During this conversation he became very animated ; lie did not then appear to be the same man. It was then you observed the bright pene trating glance of his eye. I asked him if he had heard any thing of Lord Cochrane of late, and to my great Bur; prise, he answered me in the affirmative. Lord C. was only waiting at Marseilles to complete the purchase of a, ship, which had been built for the Pacha of Egypt.— He also said, that he expected the steam-boats would leave England very soon, and he intended to jnin them at Messina or Malta. ROLLS' COURT , TUESDAY, FEB. G. JACKSON V. BOURNE. In this case, which has occupied the - attention of the Court during the three last nights of its sittirig, the plaintiff presented a petition, praying for a dissolution of partnership between himself and the defendant, under the following circumstances :—Many years ago the plaintiff, who is a, Clergyman, formed a partnership with the defendant, for the purpose of working a mine in Notting hamshire, called the Nuttall Mine. There were no regular deeds of partnership, and now the plaintiff prayed for a dissolution of the connection, in consequence of the defendant's having pur chased another mine, called the Babbington Mine, adjoining to the Nuttall Mine, and having made use of the rail-way, and other property of the joint concern, for the benefit of that which was his exclusively. The petition further prayed that the property might be disposed of, and that it might be referred to the Master to say what compensation ought to be allowed to the plaintiff for the rail-way and other property made use of by the defendant for the Babbington Mine. His HONOUR said he would examine all the documents before he delivered his opinion on a case of such considerable importance as regarded partnership. We have heard that the expected token of respect on the day of the funeral of the Duke of York, was withheld in a western cathedral, on the extraordinary remonstrance of a Pre bendary, himself an almost AineCurist of 6,0001. per annum in the Church! have already stated that the en gagement of this very attractive actor is for a limited number of nights. - His remaining performances will be on Thursday, Bth February ; Monday, 12th; Thursday, 15th ; Monday, 19th; Thursday, 22d ; Monday, 26th ; and Thursday, Ist March, last Letters. received in town yoBterday announce the death of Martin John Jenish, the rich senator and banker of Ham burgh. Mr. Jenish was a 'man of very avaricious habitsl and it cannot be truly said of him that he died sincerely regretted by thOse who knew him. He has left behind him a fortune amount ing to upwards of a million sterling. He died without a will. His landed property he gave by donation to his two eldest sons. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY. —On Wednesday last was led to the altar of Hymen, at Kihnanahan, in the county of Waterford, Biddy Connell, aged fourteen years, to Robert Cushion, aged fifty !—Majority in favour of the Gentleman 36! LONGEVITY.--Joshua Whitehead, of Addlecroft, in the township of Lepton, near Huddersfield, by trade a weaver, is now in good health, and in possession of all his faculties, at the age of 104 years and seven months. lie says he never was out of employ until the last year. Arr HONOURABLE THIEF.—On Thursday night last, during the great rush at the pit doors Of Drury-lane Theatre, a crowd of pickpockets, as usual, levied contributions upon those who carelessly carried watches, or 'ether property with them.— Among the number of those robbed was Mr. Charles Davis, of Lower Brook-street, who, upon taking his scat in the pit, disco vered that his pocket-book, containing a few pounds, some bills of acceptance, and other memoranda, was gone. Mr. Davis gave up all idea•of ever again seeing the pocket-book, or its contents, when he was greatly surprised on Saturday last, by the receipt of the following curious epistle, enclosing the bills and memoranda-- " Sir—ln the crowd collected to witness Mr. Kean's abilities, you lost your bills. I now, Sir, return them again, and not• like some of my profession, destroy them by fire. No, Sir, though I am a thief, I still have some honpur left, and can feel when a tradesman or mechanic is injured. " I hope, Sir, that you will be More cautious 'in future, and leave your bills, receipts, &c. &c. at Lome, when you go to places of public amusement. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your well wisher. " Mr. J. Davis," &e. - This letter was written in a very fine hand. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. FRAMCLAND V. B.ANK OF ENOLAND. The LORD CHANCILLOR stated, that he was prepared to give judgment in this cage to-day. _ _ Mr. SUGDEN said he understood that a case was to be made of it,, for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench. If this were so, the parties would feel greatly obliged by his Lordship's settling the case. Mr. HORNE also assented to this. His LORDSHIP had no objection, but he thought he ought to hear the outline of the case. Mr. SUGDEN said, as the record stated the facts precisely, he thought that statement ought to be put into the case, and that then the Court below ought, to be asked, whether upon those facts, the plaintiff was entitled to recover his demand as against the Bank of England, for having refused to make a transfer upon his application. Mr. HORNE said, Mr. Sergeant Bosanquet had already drawn out a sketch of what he thought the case ought to be, provided one was to be sent to lawat all. After some further observations at the Bar, it was agreed that both sides should draw out what they considered to be the proper minutes of the order to be made by Friday morning, then to let the Court have them, and between them his Lerdship would state the case: • IN THE MATTER OF SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER, A LUNATIC. ,Mr. Rumuntonit presented a petition on behalf of the Com mittees of this unfortunate gentleman, which prayed, that the Court would order the Master' to enquire and state, whether it would be fit and proper, that any, and what timber should be cut, or . any and what part of the lunatic's estates to be applied - to the purposes stated-in the petition. Those purposes principally were, the repairs of different parts of the estates. The lunatic had had the peculiar feeling of never allowing the tenants to cut any timber, which had occasioned many parts of his estates to have got into a very dilapidated state. The petition likewise prayed, that the Committees might be at liberty to cut and apply the timber, as the Master might report. The LORD CHANCELLOR referred' it' to the Master, directing the Report to be submitted to the Court before further steps were taken. EX-PARTE COT.LIER AND ANOTHER, IN THE /LATTER OF SIR GRE• GORY P. TURNER, ♦ LUNATIC. Mr. WHITMARSII said, he was instructed to present this peti tibu on behalf of the Solicitors who had opposed the traverse ; it was not opposed, and prayed that the bill of costs of those Gentle men might be referred to the Master to be taxed, and then paid by 'the Committees. His LORDSHIP saw no reason why this petition should be brought on, on any day but ou thelnular lunatic petition day, and therefore he directed i to4taed over till then. FRENCH AND ENGLISH GOVERNMENT CONVENTION. HILL V. HIEAILDON. His LORDSHIP stated that this came before him by way of ap peal. The Vice-Chancellor's judgment was, that the Court had no jurisdiction ; that the property in question, passed by the Convention made between the Governments of the two countries, and the Act of Parliament,and that therefore the claimant was bound to claim under that conventio n , and A c t o f Parliament. It had been very strongly argued, upon the appeal, by the Attorney-General, that notwith standing the Convention and Act of Parliament, the Court had jurisdiction ; and his Lordship now confessed his own opinion to be, that with respect to the Convention and Act of Parliament they meant no more than that the decision of the Commissioners should be conclusive between the two Countries ; and that the demand of the individual who had a judgment of the Com missioners in his favor, in compliance with that demand, if the individual was an English subject would be a discharge of the Government of France, but with what equities the person receiving the money under the adjudication of the commissioners could be effected, had not been touched upon at all, either by the Act of Parliament, or the convention. This being so, the next important question was, whether under the cir cumstances of this case, where a claim had been made adversely, and the Commissionera had decided in favour of the claimant, the Court could take the fund, or any part of it, out of the individual's s hands ? As the Court was opinion neither the convention nor the Act of Parliament prevented the Court exercising a jurisdiction, it was open to hear the plaintiff's title argued, and it would do so at any time the Gentlemen at the Bar chose to name. They are to inform his Lordship on the last day of Term. when that time will be.'- ARCHES COURT. (Before Sir J. NicHoLL.) THE EARL OF PORTSMOUTH, BY HIS COMMITTEE V. THE COUH• TESS OF PORTSMOUTH. Dr. JENNER stated, that this was a suit brought by direction of the Lord Chancellor, to annul a marriage made between the Earl of Portsmouth. and Mary Ann Hanson, falsely calling herself the Countess of Portsmouth. A libel was entered on the part of Lord Portsmouth, to which Lady Ports mouth put in an answer, and upon having her bill of costa taxed, she applied to the Court in the usual manner for a monition to oblige Lord Portsmouth to pay the bill. This monition was not complied with, and it was stated that Mr. Fellowes had no power over the property of Lord Portsmouth, nor held any funds out of which the costs of Lady P. could be paid. The usual course under such circumstances was - to pronounce Mr. Fellowes in con tempt, or at least to stop the proceedings until Lady Portsmouth's costs were paid, but the Judge of the Consistory Court having de clined to take this step, an appeal was now made to the Arches Court, and the Learned Counsel submitted that there were no grounds for departing from the general practice in this case, but that Mr. Fellowes should be declared in contempt, or the proceed ings stopped until Lady Portsmouth's costs were secured. Dr. Dodson followed at the same side. Dr. LUSHINCTON contra contended that Mr. Fellowes had no power to pay Lady Portsmouth's costs, as he was appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and was bound to apply the funds arising out of Lord Portsmouth's property to other purposes. He there fore submitted, that the best course of proceeding would be to suffer the suit to proceed on the part of Lord Portsmouth, with the expectation, that during the process, the property might yield sufficient to pay the costs of both parties. Sir J. NICIIOLL pronounced for the appeal, and ordered that the proceedings should be suspended until Lady Portsmouth's bill of costs was paid. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE ICING V. SIR R. BENINGFIELD. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to 'show cause against a rule which had been.obtained by 1114 Gollingwood, for the purpose of reducing the land-tax upon the estate of Sir R, Beningfield from Bs. to 4s. in the pound. The latter gentle Man was a Roman Ca tholic; and by an old Act of Parliament, being the 3Sth Geo. 111. ch. 5, sec. 116, a double assessment was to be made' on non-jurors' estates, to be assessed on the rack-rent then produced. That was the last land-tax Act, beforeit was' made • perpetual by the 88 Geo. 111. ch. 60, passed in the /3am ' e• year. To remedy some defects, another Act was passed :in 1798, which enacted, that alI - compositions must have been, made,by the 29th Sept. in that year, - and which enabled the Barons of Exchequer to give a certificate to that effect, if application was made before that period to the Commissioners. The Attorney •General then stated, hat be should make three objections ; the first would be, as to the jurisdiction of the Barons, the certificate not having been obtained before the given time. Secondly, that the circumstances atten ding the assessment under which the parish of Oxbourg, Sir B. Benningfield's property had been assessed, were not such as would entitle him to the relief of redemption allowed by the last Act ; and thirdly, that the complainant had not obtained, within the time specified, the certificate upon which this rule had been granted. The Learned Counsel then argued at considerable length on the above points . , and contended that. the relief prayed for, could not be now allowed. Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL followed on the same side, and observed, that by the showing of the plaintiff; he had paid the tax of Bs. in the pound from the reign of William and Mary, upon the ♦alue of the laud then, and according to the increased value of the property be conceived that he was paying less instead of more than the correct assessment. It was strange that the defendant had slept so long under the assessment, which he never appealed against. Nothing but the conviction of its correctness could ac count for such supineness. Some observations being made by the COURT upon the certifi cate which defendant had obtained,: it was . discovered, that the sum assessed had not been inserted merely, but the fact of the defendant being doubly assessed was named; and after some further discussion, this informality was deemed fatal by the Court, and consequently the rule refused. CoLubrawoon, for the defendant, then stated, that he should bring the question into Court again, next Term, with an emended certificate. THE VINO V. MORGAN. • The CHIEF Be Row gave judgment .in this case. The defend ant had been convicted of . " importing or causing to be imported" a certain quantity of silks, prohibited by the statute. A bill had been filed in this Court for arrest of judgment, on the ground that the description of the offense was' too Vague, and Some - other points; and the Court now gavo judgment granting the ari*. ARIGNA MINING COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) A General Meeting of the above Company was convened yes terday, for the purpose of receiving the Report of a COmmittee of Investigation, appointed by a former General Meeting. Mr. MORGAN having been called to the chair, the Secretary 'proceeded to read the Report, which stated that 63,783/. Iss. 6d. was received on behalf of the Company, and the entire of that sum, with the exception of 39/., in the hands of the Bankers, was alleged to have been disbursed. The Report went on to state, that the documents supplied by the Di rectors, did not contain any vouchers for a sum exceeding 21,000/. The report did not mean to convey that the above sum was available to the Company, but noticed the circumstance to prove the extraordinary degree of carelessness evinced in the ma. nagement of the concern, which they stated extended itself even to the manner in which the most important books of the Company were kept. The - Committee also alluded in a very pointed man ner to a great deficiency of coals and iron, which appeared from the statement of the Directors, as well as to the false valuation made by the Directors of the, property of the mines. Another instance of irregularity was stated to be, that the Treasurer's book and the Bankers' were found -to agree in only a few particu lars, and to furnish the most decided discrepancies. , The state ment originally put forward, with-respect to the appropriation of sbares,was also stated to be extremely delusive. Messrs.Brogden and Bent were the only persons who held the whole number of sharee ori ginally appropriated to them. The Committee were of opinion, that a profit of 40,3001. had come into the pockets of the Directors in various proportions, and on different pretences. One of the plans proposed for. raising money, was by the sale of shares, un der the name of orders, or in expectation of some future appro priation of shares to the Directors. A variety of other contri vances were also resorted .03, which the Committee considered ille gal as well as highly improper. The Committee conceived that the Directors had neglected their duty in the grossest man ner, and that their whole object appeared to be mono poly. Upon pretence of purchase-rioney, the Direc tors divided 15,000/. amongst themselves, and suffered 18,000/. to be expended upon the works, the only return for which was 18 tons of iron. The Report next adverted to the present state of the works at Arigna, and the future expectations of the Company. It concluded with stating it to be the decided opinion of the Committee, that with prudent management and upright servants, the mines might be worked with great advan tage to. the sister country, and with a reasonable prospect of -suc cess to the Proprietors. The Committee also recommended that the Shareholders should support to the utmost the suit already in stituted against the late Directors, and that for this, and the pur pose of carrying on the works, they recommended a further pay ment of 4/. a share. . Mr. Dlormax enquired whether it was not usual to issue shares to one person, whilst others signed for them. He insisted that this was a general proceeding, and not confined to any indi vidual. Mr. Loxox thought the point adverted to was immaterial.— What the Committtee pointed at was, the circumstance of selling shares under the name of orders in the market. Several Gentlemen offered their opinions in explanation of the Report, with so much eagerness and personality, that the Chair man was forced to interfere, and begged the Meeting to confine themselves to the subject immediately before them. Mr. DENMAN said, that as the Committee had approved of Mr. Inglish's conduct, he begged to ask, whether it was true that he had stated that the Messrs. Clarke had endeav6ured to bribe Col: Tennison's steward. Mr. lIITCHINS said, that as Chairman of the Committee, he thought it his duty to state, that the approval of Mr. Inglish by the ,Committee only referred to him as the accountant of the Committee, in which situation he had evinced great zeal and talent. After a protracted discussion, in which Mr. Hill; Mr. Win. Clark, and several other Gentlemen took part, the report of the Committee was adopted, and it was resolved to continue the works for the profit of the Company. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. . . DEAL, FEB. N.E.—The Honourable. Company's ship Buckinghamshire, Glasspool, for India, passed About 2. P.M. The Brighton, Sebor, for New York, and several others also passed. COWES, FEB. 6.—The transport ship Indian Trader, • which put . in here yesterday to land troops, and which was reported to have arrived from CanadA, is from the Island of Grenada. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Arrived, the Economy, Lemmur, from Oporto is 14 days ; and the Indian Trader transport, from Cowes. The Good Hope, Klein, from Messina, is released•from quarantine. . _ GRAVESEND, FEB. 6.—Arrived, the Ann, Richardson, from Pillau ; and the Ann, Waghorn, from Dunkirk. PLYMOUTH, FEB. s. —Arrived, .the Henri, —, from St. Thomas's. GOTTENBURGH, Fiß. 1.-The Fortuna, Nykioburgh to Leith, struck on the Fenn Rocks on the 7th ult., and has put into a harbour near Marstrand, leaky, where she discharged to repair. The Westerwick, Close, for Cadiz, was on shore near Mayo the night of the 14th ult., but, got off next day without damage. • The Venus, Lindburgh, for London, and the Triumph, Rose, for the Mediterranean, are prevented from sailing from drift ice, but it is expected the first East wind will clear the harbour of ice. , The Cordilea, from St. Petersburgh to Limerick, is on shore on the Island of Sands, and not expected to be got off. The Mary Ann, Gage, from Lisbon, has arrived off Penzance. The Mary Ann, from Liverpool, was stranded on the 27th alt. in the Isle of Skye ; cargo and materials expected to be saved. THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY). . CORN-EXCHANGE. There are short supplies of all kinds of Grain reported this week, and our buyers appear able to accommodate their wants to the diminished quantities now offered for sale ; there is, there fore, little doing to-day, and prices of every article may be re ported the same as Monday. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I 2,400 qrs. 3,550 qrs. Oats. I Flour. tW qrs. 2,B7oseks. English Irish ' Foreign ---- 2,98 U THE KING'S COURT. On Monday afternoon, at half, past five o'clock, his Majesty Leld a Court at his Palace at Brighton, which was attended by the Lord President of the Council; the Master General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State for the Home Departmen't,the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Master of the Horse, the itidge Advocate Geperal, Lord St Helens, &c. The King entered the Council Room about the time appoint ed, and proceeded' to hold a Privy Council, at which his Majesty, according to annual custom, pricked for the list of Sheriffs .for the present year, one gentleman for each county in England, &c., out of the three nominated by the Twelve Judges of Eng land, on the morrow of St. Martin, at the Court of Exchequer, in November last. His Majesty gave audiences' to the Earl of Harrowhy and Mr. Secretary Peel. . After the proceedings of the Council, the King 'entertained those composing the Council with a sumptuous - dinner in the Great Dining Room of the Palace, which was brilliantly illu minated. The Duke of Wellington arrived at the Palace about half past three o'clock on Monday afternoon to attend the King in Council. Mr. Secretary Peel and Viscount Melville arrived from London about a quarter past four o'clock. The Earl of Harrowby and the Judge Advocate arrived at four o'clock. • NEW WAY OF RAISING THE WIND.---A few dayS since, a young ' girl near Gloucester, in the prospect of marriage, being unable to find money to purchase her wedding clothes, actually submitted to the painful operation of having seven of her front teeth drawn, for which she received 5 guineas, and afterwards provided the necessary articles ! 'Warwick Advertiser. A Spaniard, named . Dominico Marell, was lately condemned. to death at Barcelona for stealing a pix in one of the churches. The wretched man was dragged to the scaffold on a hurdle, and, after being hanged, he was quartered, and his limbs were exposed upon the principle gates of the church. On Wednesday last, as one of the turnkeys belong ing to Preston gaol, was removing a convict, named George Waddington, to the Hulks, he contrived to elude the vigilance of his keeper, and escaped. Waddington, it appears, was placed on the roof of one of the Woolwich stages, where he was secured as such subjects commonly are under such circumstances. By some means or other, though in the middle of the day, lie con trived, when thecoach arrived at the Canal Bridge, Deptford, to slip hiS hand through the handcuff which fastened him to the roof, whence he jumped down, and ran off, although double ironed, and his legs much swollen in consequence pf the fetters be wore. FASHIONABLE AND NISCIRI.I.4NEOUS. BRIGHTON, FEB. 6.---Yesterday a Cou'ricil was tieja at the Pavilion. There were present the Earl .of Har rowby, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Melville, Mr. Se cretary Peel; and Mr. Buller (as Clerk of the Council), all of whom arrived in the course of the afternoon. Mr. Secretary Canning was not present at the Council, owing-to his continued indisposition. The Council remained for some time in deliberation, and:then broke up. The whole of the Ministers who were .present had afterwards the honour of dining with his MAJESTY in the grand banquetting room, which. was splendidly lighted up on the occasion. The • dinner party consisted of 24 persons in the whole. The invited company present, the first of the season, included the Prince and Princess Lieven, the Marquis. Palmella, Lord and Lady Lovaine, Lord Dudley and Ward, and Sir John and Lady Ann Beckett. In the evening His MAJESTY'S private band was in attendance in the music-loom. It_ perforMed a variety of favourite airs before the KING and his dis tinguished guests. The whole of the Ministers who came down to the • Council yesterday, have returned this morning to Lon don. A crowd of persons assembled in Castle-square, when the Duke of Wellington's carriage drew up at the door of the Pavilion. The KINb is in excellent health; and it is fully ex pected will remain here .till April, perhaps longer. Mrs. Coutts is among the arrivals at Brighton. The Duke of Cambridge, it is understood, will be appointed Colonel-in-Chief of -the 60th Rifle Corps, vice the lat,t Duke of York. On Monday the Eail of Liverpool arrived in town from Bath, we are happy to say ranch improved in health. Lord Bloomfield, the English Ambassador to the Court of Sweden, was expected to set out for London, on leave of absence. The King of Sweden was to set out on the 24th ult. to open the Norwegian Storthing in person. M. de Villele, up to the Ist January, had received. during the year, no less than 14,000 visiting cards. Decaiges,, even in his greatest prosperity, never received more than 6,000 in the same time. A correspondent observes, that the account which appeared in moat of the newspapers, stating that Sir Francis Bur dett was laid up at his country seat, with a severe attack of the gout, must have been incorrect, for yesterday afternoon he was ' seen walking in the Bird-cage Walk, St. James's Park, SCOW . .. pauied by a friend, and then appeared in good 'health, and looked remarkably well. The Ministers of the Secession Church, who con stitute the Presbytery of Donegal, have petitioned the Lords and. Commons of the Imperial Parliament against further concession% to the Roman Catholic Body. A numerous meeting of the Clergy of the Metro polis assembled at London House, in St. James's-square, yester day morning, when an Address of Condolence to his Majesty, on the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, was drawn up and agreed to. It will be presented to his Majesty by the Bishop of the Diocese. Lady Carrington lies so dangerously ill at Lord Carrington's town residence, Whitehall, as to afford 'very little hopes of her recovery. Her Ladyship, however, is of very advanced age, as she is now constantly attended' by the fourth of her tee " daughters, Countess Stanhope,' who is upwards of 52 years of age. . The Hecla, Capt. Parry, intended for a voyage of discovery to Spitsbergen, is completely fitted. Several. velooi pedes are taken on board. When th e P eruv i ans first, saw a Spaniard on horseback, their consternation was excessive; .and - this, no doubt will be the effect when th e Esquimaux behold an - 7 • Englishman on a 'Vao'cipede.—/If a id s t one Journal. Two steam vessels, the Alban and Carron, of 300 tons each, have just been launched at Deptford ; makin g s six re cently completed there for Government serv ice._._. Journal. A few days since a gentleman of Exeter killed,- in the Exminster marshes, 15 snipes at one shot and upon the wing. The 16th bird fell, but rose again. LODGING'S TO LET.—Sollle wag,, in consequence of the gaol of Westgate being without prisoners, last week wrote on the door " Lodgings to Let."—Maidstone Journal. The quantity of wild fowl seen at Elmley Ferry, in the Isle of Sheppy, on Thursday last, was greater than 'has been known for a number of years. A person with a short gun, shot 15 ducks and 11 teal..--21faicIstone Journal.' . The King's Theatre hos just had the good fortune to engage Vestris, the dancer, who, it will be recollected, figured at Vauxhall last season ; his debut will take place immediately. The Guildford Theatre is, we understand, to •be opened next week, on which occasion Miss Foote is announced to play several of her most popular characters. It is said in the dramatic circles, that Mr:' Thomas Moore's new comedy wilt not be produced at Covent•garder Theatre until after Easter, and that Mr. Charles Kemble and Misr Chester have each prominent characters in it. Dr. Franklin, speaking of a friend of his, who had been a Manchester dealer, said, " that he never sold a piece of tape narrower than his own wind." An honest Hibernian, whose bank pocket (to use his own phrase) had stopped payment, was forced to the sad ne cessity of perambulating the streets of Edinburgh two nights to gether, for want of a few pence to pay his lodgings; when, acci dentally hearing a persort talk of the lying:.in hospital, he exclaim ed, " That's the place for 'me!' where is it, honey ? for I have been lying out these two nights past." One day, as his Majesty's ship Minden was running down the coast of 3laham, in the East Indies, the gunner, who was famous for lung words or jaw -breakers, as Jack would call them, pointing at the termination of a range of mountains,. called the Ghauts, asked the Master, if " That 'ere was the exteemiaa- Ilion of the Grids?" Shortly afterwards one of the Mids was repeating to his meesmates, in the gun-room, this specimen of old Wadds's orthography, who overhearing the story, and the laugh that followed it, began to suspect that he had been guilty . of some blunder ; so he thrust his head out:of his cabin door with the follow ing explanation ; " I tell ye what is is, young Gentlemen ; this here's all a zaygeration of Mr. —'s to work upon your risablk facillities. I never said no such thing; said, Mr. M —.—.... r ,. says. I, do the Greets exterminate here ?" Upon another eeeasion.,„ when some of the Mids were talking of the magnifying powers of different telescopes, the gunner remarked, that be had once seen the Ay-lights of Jupiter through a telescope of a hundred horse power. The speed with which criminal trials are expedited in Turkey is universally allowed. The accusation, the defence, the summing up, as the infliction of the penalty, are most alarmingly laconic. In one of the late .conintotion* at Constan tinople, three Chiefs of the Janissaries were arrested and carried before the Vi z i er , w hen the following dialogue took pl ace Yes; be h as aainddycoltOthfeedd you, ns. ' " What moti ve th en indueed you . clothed you . ?"—! p i; aa \ id, V 7 l i i rt a en t dn e fo a et t d is p, e of complaint have you against my Sov ere i gn to revolt ?"—" Dec:x*o he wishes to destroy the corps of the Janissaries." " You must be strangled." And strangled they were instantly. On New Year's Day a man named Stratton, re siding in a village near Bath, applied to the pariill.:oflii.rr for re lief for his wife, who had been suddenly seiiol with typhus fever, and which terminated her existence in a fete days. During the following week, Stratton. repaired to Bath, and after three days' c l ose application, contrived to gain the 'affections of another fair one. On his return he waited on the clerk of the parish, de frayed the expellees of his late wife's funeral, and paid the fees fur the necessary preliminaries to bringing home his future wife. i o n nd m a m ys pa a n s y r with. Chapm an, M:. Last Sunday the banns were published. andk landL'sa-lSatneM, ag driving in his horse and gig between Turnhain-green Houn slow,Chapman, the h i o o r se ord t took fright, of avoidr t, the e d draanng jumpedt!t a fu 0 outll roafte. the I%gligr: Whitehead, er, both his legs; he was taken up, and immet unhurt, and such was the violence of the fall, that h i s te u nfortunately els iyc ec broke to st . builder, o f Ch o , l e 3 . , 1 a w c George's Hospital, Mr. Whitehead escaped