The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-20 00:00:00

_ - ~... . . s ; 4 v p, /414 ry ard PUBLICATIOiiS This Day was published, in Bro. price lbs. SARDANA PA L US, a Tragedy. - The TWO FOSCARI, a Trozedy. CAIN. a Mystery. • By the Bight Hon. LOItI) BYRON. Printed for JOHN Mu BRAY, Albemarle-street. This Day wag published, in Bvo. price 3s. A New Edition, revised by the Author. SKETCH of the STATE of IRELAND, Past and Present. Dedicated to the Marquis WELLESLEY. Printed for Jotim au,sy, Albemarle , 'st Feet. • QUAIITIM,IN- ItEVIEW, No. LI. I. will be published on SATURDAY NEXT. CON'E E NTS I. NAVY of ENGLAND and FRANCE--DUPIN, Voyazes 03113 la Grande Bretagne.—ll, Russian Church Architec ture; Tableaux Pittoresques des Mcenrs des Russes, Ste.- I,sTATE of the SLAVE TRADE—FERNANDO PO Geogtaphical and Commercial View of Northern Central Erica, by J. M.Queen ; 2. Papers relating to the Suppres sion of the Slave Trade.—lV. 1. Inquiry into the Doctrines of Necessity and Predestination, by h:dw. Copleston, 2. Archbishop King's Discourse on Predestination, wit b Notes by t,e Rev. It. Whately Taldel'alk.—Vl. NO VELS, by . t he Author of WAVERLEY...—VII. GODWIN and MALTHUS on Population.—Vlll. Prometheus Unbound, a Lyrical Dranra, by P. B. SHELLEY.—IX. AsTitoLociv and ALCI-IYMY--1. Vox Stellaruni; 2. History of Chemistry, by W. T. Brande, Esq.—X. CYRENAICA : Viaggio da Tri poli alle Frontie re dell' Egitto fact,, del 1817, dal Dutton. Della-Cella.—Xl. ATHENIAN DENIOURACY—Lectures on the Ancient Greeks, by Andrew Daizell, Professor in the University of Edinburgh. Primed for JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street, London. NEW NOVEL. (Dedicated, by Permission, to Mrs. Corbold, Norwich.) Published this Day, By C. Chapple, Royal Library, Pall Mall, Bookseller to the King; his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and Royal Family, 44 THE. SYBIL'S WARNING"! ! ! a New Romance or Novel; 2 VuIS. vnio, 12s. boards. By EDWARD BALL, Author of " Edda,". &c. &c. " Come, that flaunt in silk and feather, — Come, that scandal wae, togethei, Aunts and tabbies—ogling •Misses 7— Spark wore loving self than kisses. Peruse these rustic pages through, • If rustic such as tell of Toy." • Also, 1. The Italian Don Joan: or Memoirs of the Devil Sacri panti, the Brigand of the Appenuines. §s. Gd. boards. 2. Mary de eirurtenay, a Novel, by the Countess de S —, fid. boards. 3, Earl Osric, or the Legend of Rosamond, a Roinauce,,by Mrs. Isaacs, 4 rutin - nes, 11.45. boatels. 4. Tales of To day, by the sane, 3 volt,. H. 4s. boards. 5. Exile of Poland,.by Mrs. Richardson, from the French of Madame St. Ange, 3 vols. 16s. lid. boards. 6. Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell and his Children, supposed to be written by Himself, 3 vols. 12,u0. tas. boards. G" • These Memoirs are compiled from some curious papers in the p l ,ssession of Mr. Fairfax, brought from America (where they could not be published) by Mr. B—,. with co: },loos explanatory Notes, and dedicated to his Majesty's Mi nisters. ~ . • Just published, By C. Chapple, Pall Mall,. in, I Bmo t price 45., - - . grin E ESSENTIALS of MODERN and AN - A, CIENT GEOGRAPHY, adapted to the following Maps, viz.:— Europe, England, West Indies, Asia, Scotland, ' Ancient Greece, Africa, . Ireland, Boman Empire, Anter:.ca, East Indies, Canaan. In which is given what cannot he found 'in any other Book of Geography, whether folio, quarto, or octavo, and particu larly in so concise a manner as in this; namely, an account of.l he rise, course and fall,. of all the principal rivers in the world, whether under modern or ancient names; and to what places - the rivers in Great Britain and Irland are navigable : also an account of the commencement and termination of all the principal Canals in Great Britain and Ireland; with a pronouncing Index to all the Greek, Latin, and Scripture Propar Names, in the Ancient Geography. • Fort THE USE. or scutioi.s. By the Author of " The Essentials of English Grammar," . price ls. rd. bd.—" Lindley Murray Examined,'' price 2s. stitched. ARITHMETIC TABLES ; on a Large Card : containing such a plain and simple Addition Taw, and also such a Mdl tiplicatiori Table, as are not to be found on any other Card. Price lid. AMUSING, INITIATORY, and MORAL BOOKS for JU VENILE MINDS. For perusal during the Christmas Vacation, published by C. Ckapple. Royal Library, Pall Mall. ‘ l , UNDA.Y STORIES (intended for Children troths Seven to Nine. Yearsold), Part the First; the Book of Genesis, with several Pictorial Embellishments, ss. boards. 2. The YOUNG COUNTESS, a Tate for Youth, by the Au thor of " The Blind Child," ss. Gd. boards. 3. The GOOD AUNT, bv Harriet Ventura, 35.6(1. boards. 4. The SPANISH GUITAR, by Miss Spence, 3s. boards. 5. The JUVENILE JOURNAL, or tales of Truth, by Mts. Cockle. Bs. Gd. boards. G. The FATHER'S BEQUEST to his SON; containing Rules fur his Conduct through Life, 4s. 6d. boards. • • . 7. The BEAUTIES of MISS .SEWARD, carefully selected and arranged under appropriate Heads, by Mr. °triton, ss. boards,. with a Portrait of Miss Seward, by Romney. 8. The SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS; a Drama, adapted to Seminaries, by Dennis Lawler, '2s. Gd. boards. 9. MORAL ALLEGORIES; illustrative of the Manners and Custoies of Oriental Nations, ss. boards. 10. The RECLUSE, or the Hermit of - Windermere, with a Frontispiece, by N. F. Sullivan, A.M. price 45. lid.. boards. Preparing fur the Press. 11. JESSY, or the Deserted Child; an interesting. Tale for Female Perusal ; by N. F. Sullivan, A. M. Teacher of Elocution and Belles Lettres. 12. SUBJECTS of IMPROVEMENT and DELIGHT, cal culated for Young People, Icy Harriet Ventral), Author of Traits of Character in Youth, &c. &c. 13. JEWISH BENEVOLENCE, and I WISH I WAS Bid — l; Tales of Instruction for Juvenile Readers, by H. Ventura, Author of several Juvenile rublicat ions. PALL MALL ROYAL SUBSCRIPTION CIRCULATING LIBRARY, facing Marlborough- House, established by C. CllAPPLE.—Catalogues, with Teems prefixed, price es are now on sale.—Readers in general are assured they will experience much facility in exchanging their Books, and will seldom ntret disappointment, as in this undertaking the Proprietor has emlearoured to establish a plan tor the well supplying of his Subscribers with New Works, immediately out their publication. He embraces the present. opportunity of returning his most grateful acknow ledgments to his. Subscribers and the Public, for the kind patronage with which they have hitherto honored hint, and trusts that the strictest punctuality and attention on his part, will ensure him a continuation of the favors of his friends and customers. Country Subscribers may rely on an imme diate return of their boxes. Cards of Terms, and every requisite information, may he obtained at the Library, where attendance is given trout Niers its the Morning till Eight at Night. A general Selection of Bound Books on vsll subjects; to gether with an excellent assortment of superior Stationery; School Boots of every description; Bostic-binding in the gleatest variety; Visiting and Dinner Card Plates engraved and printed.—Adtpisious tui tile Opera and Iheattei. / 1 / 1 „/ NUMBER 9148.1 'IONSTITUTION of KING, LORDS, and COM -' MONS.—At a private Meeting of a few respectable and inde endent Gentlemen, who are as warmly attached to the real cause of 'Oglish liberty, as they are determined enemies tb every species of • Tular innovation, it was resolved to appeal to a generous and dis riminating Public in favour of Messrs. SH A CKEL L, ARROW t MITI-I, and WEAVER. It will not be denied by the sound list of the British community, that the " JOHN BULL,!' Eng sh Journal, has, almost single handed, opposed with uniform zeal nd ability, the most powerful array of talent ever employed to de ice the venerable fabric of a Constitution, which for ages has been, nd still continues to be, the admiration and envy of every civilized tation on earth. This is high but just praise—it embraces all that is ' a reprehended in honest public spirit, struggling to defend the ights of the Throne. the Altar. and the Senate. The drawback on 'hest; Powerful claims to national support, is the publication of a libel privatecharacter. This Meeting, so far from attempting to jus 104' such a publication, deem it the most cowardly and c r uel o u trage that cunning can devise, or malignity execute. But, considering the extmine difficulty attending a minute inspection of every para• graph that slips into a Newspaper, in the haste and hurry of publica tion, some little allowance may be mode for error, where perfection Ls scarcely possible. This Meeting also, reflecting on the truth of the well-known maxim—" that next to being right, is a conies ion we are wrong," and bearing in mind that this manly candour was never more speedily or unequieeeeliy evinced than in the case in question, cannot think, that any single offence, however dark and ueeP its character, whiCh-can be fairly traced to negligence alone, ought to be allowed in the public mind, to weigh a feather against the valuable labours of a useful public life. It will he recollected that the first edition of ...jowl Bull," which contained the poison, Was followed on the same day by a second, 'Which supplied the anti (.ll3. te• This circumstance alone presents a plea , that even stern Jus tice need not blush to urge in mitigation of the offence; besides Which Mr. Shackell waited on the Hon. Mr. 'Bennett, to express his. regret, and to offer, in the follireeng number, tb contradict the state- T e nts or insert any paragraph Mr. B. might desire to write. — 'erhaps,s, in the whole history of convicted libel, so speedy and e,4 11 1 plete a reparation for injured character is not to be fou nd.— This Meeting, however. is far from complaining of the sentence passed upon these Gentlemen ; they know, that' in this country, %there even-handed Justice holds the balance, the ermine of the Judge is never sullied ; but it is surely not distrusting the rectitude of the Bench, to appeal to the liberality of a gene. r s us Public, for assistance to pay the fine, which the Law exacts '-' l eVen -Hundred Pounds is an immense sum. which would require. ample means to discharge; independently of the Law Costs, and the ' t ery serious losS by damages of btisiness, consequent on incarceration, "Mt may be fairly estimated at between 5 and 40001.: and surely, those who wish that a succession of zealous and able 4 efenders of the 'ft/dish Constitutinn may be kept up, will not suffer the leaders of the day to becoine the victim •of a Law, %villa. however just, we s incerely believe the, parties never intentionally offended. Indeed, we are w e ll persuaded, no man can more deeply regret the publica ttim of th e libel in question, than themselves. On the subject of this a iVeal, none of the parties chiefly interested have 14en consulted, it bogT intended, that its success. or miscarriage, should depend Wholly on a British feeling, and British patriotism. Fairly and liberallyconsidering the whole circumstances, theAhock- I ng state of political taint among the multitude, through the promul- IT_ ion orpeenicions pamphlets by unprincipled partieans, the daring ' u nrts of bankrupt demagogues, the disorganization of all the social bonds of civilized society, by ,nese desperate An:warts of the social '' )r( lers of the community--the Public must be most strongly impress 'e",,witiethe conviction, that the paper e John gull" has contributed . m ost laely, to check the wide-spread machinations of designing knaves towards bursiinir asunder the long hallowed bonds of good or 'ler, and the violation of a Constitution unparalleled- on this earth ; mid that, therefereeWith the exception ofa single error, and none are without errors, 'Messrs. Shackell, Arrowstnitit, and Weaver deserve, ''at only the approbation, but the support of every honest m an in the -Kingdom. Resolved, therefore, that a Subscription be opened in their favour; and that Mr. W. Wright, Bookseller and Publisher, 46, Fleet-street, 'be requested to receive them. ' Subscriptions already Received. X. s. l X. S. An 'English Landlord 103 0I S. (Limerick) 20 0 - A. 'Z. 25 0 Sir H. Lees. 10 10 _ 50 0, M. Cnrsellis. 5 0 4 Frie n d in Bristol. 10 'lO Anti-Radical. 1 0 Prom Widverhampton , 1 0 Amacus (Eastbourne) 1 0 • TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. Bp Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, N 0.3, WELLINGTON-STREET, WitThitf,oo-BRIDGE. STRAND, on SATURDAY, December • , aml following MONDAY, at Twelve o'Clock, • AMISCELLANEOUS COLL ECTIO N of PRINTS and DRAWINGS, both Ancient and Modern, am'ng• which are sere' al Fine Specimens by Raimbachi Burnet, Earto m , Morghen, Rte.' Briti.4h and Foreign Portraits, Mrs. Niddon s In the Character of Queen Catherine, proof e•ehings after the celebrat e d Picture of Hat low by Clint. Series of Plates to Don (4 -"ixote, Pater the Designs of Smirke, Proof impressions on India Paper. Etchings by Dutch Masters • Topographical Drawings of t he„ Lakes in Cnotht;tland, Westmoreland, Ste. books of Pilots, and Von To be viewed till the Sale, and Catalogues hadlat the place of Sale. ,CAPITAL BREWING, MALTING and SPIRIT CONCERN.—To be SOLD, by PRIVATE CON TRACT, a very compact BREWERY, now in work, situated 82 miles west of London; consisting of a large Plant, spacious Cellars and Stores, with Utensils as fixed therein, capable of mashing fifteen quarters of Malt, and - having a sufficient extent of building for Uten sils of much greater magnitude (if necessary) with the Utensils; stock of Beer, Malt, Hops, and other Stock in Trade therein con tained; tw, very capital Malt-houses adjoining and attached to the abate, w ith Mill Work, &c. complete. To the above are attached Twenty-►uue Public Ilousesunder different tenures, and a consider able Spirit Trade. The whole the Property of a Gentleman de ceased, who carried on the said trades for nearly forty years.—For Particulars apply personally, or by letter (post-paid) to Mr. Emly, Solicitor, 4, Essex-court. `Kemple. rill() be LET, Ready Furnished, tile Capital MANSION -1- HOUSE of I RTON H ALL, with the coach houses, stables, etitbuildings, gardens, hothouses, and firty.four acres of Land, situate in the western part of the minty of Cumberland, together with the right of killing glme in the extensive Manors of Irton and Santon, and of fishing in the river la. Tie gardens are tastefully laid out, and well stocked with choice fruit trees, and a great variety °levities, shrubberies, woods, and large thriving plantations adjoin the Pre mises, and in picturesque beauty, the situation of Irton Hall is al- Most unequalled in the kingdom. It is distant nine miles from the market town of Egremont; fourteen from Whitehaven, and at a abort distance from the admired Lake of Wast Water, many other Lakes a nd the most romantic Scenery of Cumberland and West moreland. An eligible Tenant may have the use of a well selected Library. The neighbourhood is genteel, and so desirable a Residence is seldom to be met wkh.—Particulars may be known by letter, ad dressed to Samuel Irton, Esq., Irton I-lull; or Mr. Hodgson, Su ltcitor, Whitehaven; and in Mr. Irton's absence, John Chalmers, the gardener, at Irton Hall, will s! eN the Premises. LANCASHIRE.—LEIGHTON H ALL.—To be LET Furnished, for a Term of Years, and may be entered upon at the usual times in the ensuing Spring, with 100 acres, More or less, of excellent arable, meadow and pasture land, tithe flee, all .that modern, spacious, and convenient Mansion House called LEIGHTON HALL, at present in the orcupation of S. Powell,. Esq. containing a breakfast room and library. drawing room, dining-room of large dimensions, on the first floor; six good lodging-rooms on the second floor ; the House also contains com modious servants' lodging-rooms, servants'-hall, kitchens, pantries, brewhouse, dairy, and excellent cellars.—Attached to the House, is a handsome billiard-room, coach-house, two stables, and many ether desirable offices.--Also, an extensive and productive garden and orchard, brick-walled, well stocked with, fruit trees of high bearing, and a hot-house with choice vines.—Also, a large and convenient farm house, with barns, stable, shippon, and other commodious farming-buildings, contiguous to the dwelling-house.—The lawn and pleasure grounds are disposed in an elegant and modern stile ; the plantations are thriving, and several parts of the estate command picturesque scenery; scarcely equalled in the North of England. The house stands about one mile from the sea, nine from Lancaster, twelve from Kendal, five from Milnthorpe, two from Burton, all good market towns; plenty of coal may be had near, and the Estate, with the farms thereto adjoining and belonging, are situated in a Sporting country.—The House is fitted up with fashionable and valuable furniture, and is a most comfortable and desirable residence for a numerous and genteel family. The Preomes may be viewed by applying to Messrs. Worswick, and Co., Lancaster, of whom, or of Messrs: Wilson, and Higgin, Solicitors, Lancaster; or of Messrs. Ravenhill, and Crook, Solicitors, 29, Princes.street, Bank of England, further particulars may be know • ~ ! 1 i. . . • • "t t , '.'=--'''''" -- ••AitS'' •fk..k. •.• 4 4 'k';!!•" --- -,-_ - ,- - _.,:•P' •:-- , ' - - -. 11 7 C ) V ' 7 4 V -.. ' •-- - -' . :''l 4 . 4 ` . :k1.,. : • .? , ',' , -- Wir Vt. 1 _.,,.,, ..„. ~....„ ~., ffs ...,..„ . . t 43: , Ar-, of 41 ~,..... ..,..._ ~, i ~ ~,, - .1,..t,....-10 , -, i/- ‘'-te=t--z-) -4 0 ,r,„„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1821. PUBLICATIONS. ENCYCLQP:EDIA METROPOLiTANA. On the Ist of January next will be published, Price 11. Is. the Fifth Part. and the four preceding Parts, price 11. is. eaehof AIIE ENCYCLOPEDIA METROPOLI TANA. This Work has fallen under the management ol_new Proprietors, who have made arrangements fcir its per manent continuance upon the original Plan, and for its fu ture regular Publication. (a A new Prospectus will be ready for delivery in a few days Wed for . Mawman ;F. C. and J. Ili - rim:ton, Baldwin, wk, and Joy ; Sherwood, Neely, and Jones ; G. and W. B. Whittaker ; Ogle, Duncan, and Co. London; J. Parker, Oxford ;and Deighton and Sonq. Camhridre. This Day was puuitshyd, tui. THE BOOK of GE:STESIS, and MO SAICAL HISTORY of the CRKATION. VINDL CATED from'UNITARIAN MISREPRESENTATION; a Letter to the Lord Bishop of St. David's, and in reply to a recent Discourse of Mr. Thomas Bvistiam, " delivered at War, ington, August 19, 182 , , and published at the Request of the Ministers and C,nngregation.Z" • ~ - • - By JOHN GAItBETT, A.M. Curate of St Bartholomew's, Birmingham. „ . • Birmingham : Printed by .labet and Moore; sold by Ri ringtons and Cn, London ; and by ILlabet, and Beilby and Co.. Birmingliani. On the Ist of Januaq,.! 82i, - will be published, (To he continued .Moritbly) 9111 E -TECHNICAL REPOSITORY; con taining PRACTICAL INFORMATION ou Subjects connected with DISCOVERIES and IMPROVEMENTS in the USEFUL ARTS. By THOMAS GILL, A Chairman of the Committee of Mechanics, in the Society for the EncourageMent of Arts, Manufactures, and Com• mercy, Adelphi. PROSPECTUS OF THE WORK. The Proprietors of this Work, in presenting it to the notice of the Public, conceive it their ditty to apologize for adding another Periodical Work to those already published. They have long had it in contemplation to provide ti vehicle, which should convey to the Public sound Practical Information ou the Useful Arts, free from those visionary projects which only tend to bring real science into discredit; such, for instance, as the notable one of the Chevalier Cadit de Gassicourt, lately announced in several of our Periodical Journals, of propelling vessels through the water by the agency of Bra. males Hydraulic Press; a machine certainly of incalculable benefit in many of its applications, but totally unfit for the object which the Chevalier had it in view to accomplish. In order to avoid such mistakes, an Editor of competent talent because of the first consideration, one on whom the onus of responsibility might lie, and who, independent of his own numerous resources, would be able to decide on and select the fittest articles for the public eye, out of the materials with which his Correspondents should from time to.time fur nish hint. The Proprietors have continually witnessed the ardent zeal with which Mr. Gill, fora long series of years, has fulfilled the onerous dutks attached to the office of Chairman of the Committee of Mechanics, in that patriotic Institution, " The 'Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce,"—incited solely by his desire to benefit society, through the powerful instrumentality of the resources and influence possessed by that respectable body : and had often thOught, that, could lie be induced to devote his attention to • the conducting of a Practical,Work of this description, no one would be more fitted to.undertake the 'important task. Therefore, on his laving before them the plan of this publi cation, they were prepared and happy to close with his pro position, and to undertake to forward his intentions to the utmost of their power. It mai . be proper to add, tbat Mr. Gill has always enjoyed the most favourable opportunities of acquiring practical knoviledgeil and is already provided with an abundance of original and valuable materials in many volumes of his Com mon-place Books. He is likewise favoured with an extensive Correspondence with Foreigners of -eminence in the several walks of Science ; which it will be his constant study to en large, by affording every facility to the publication of their new and useful discoveries. Each Number of the Work will contain five sheets, octavo, with such Plates as may be necessary for the illustration of the different subjects; price Two Shillings and Sixpence cads. Six Numbers to form a half-yearly volume, with a complete Index, price 15s. half-bound. . Communftatias for the Work to 17e addressed to the Edi.- tor, at his Patent - Ageney Office, 1 25, Strand; or to the Pub lisher, Mr. Catlett, in the Strand. EAST INDIA. HOUSE. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court. of Pro prietors was held at the East India House ) for the purpose of declaring a Dividend from Mi chaelmas to Christmas, and for the dispatch of other public business.—The minutes of the pro . - Ceedings at the last Court having been . read, The CHAIRMAN (Mr. PATTISON) moved, that the Dividend on the Capital Stock of the Com pany, for the half year, commencing July 5, and ending January 5, 182'2, be 5 per cent. Mr. RlGuy said, he was -aware that the. pre sent motion was usually considered as a mere motion of course, and that.since the Act of Par liament, declaring that a Dividend of.lol. should be divided among- the Proprietors of East India Stock, it was deemed to be scarcely a matter for the consideration of that Coitrt, whe ther there should be any or what amount of Dividend. He contended, however, that a deep responsibility lay upon the Proprietors, and that it seas their bounden duty, before coming to a vote of this nature, to investigate the commer cial concerns of the Company, and see whether their profits would warrant the dividend assigned to them by the Act of Parliament. He should Move that an account of the .net profits of the commercial establishment of the Company be immediately laid before the Court. The CHAinm IN, after a short pause, observed, that the motion of the Honourable Proprietor did not-appear to be seconded ; and that it was irregular to call for the production .of accounts without notice. Mr. S. Dixon doubted whether it was com petent to any Member to bring forward a ques tion of such importance without notice. Mr. IlumE took it for granted, that all the commercial accounts of the Company had been laid before the Court of Directors, before the dividend had been declared. He admitted', however, that it would be extremely inconve nient to enter into any examination of theni at the present moment. After a few•words from Mr. RIGBY and Mr. R. JACKSON, the motion was agreed to. DR. GILCHRIST. The CHAIRMAN then moved, that this Court approve a Resolution of the Court of Directors, granting to Dr. John Borthwick Gilchrist, as Lecturer in the Ilindoostanee language, the sum of 2001. per annum for a farther term of three years, together with an allowance of 3001. per annum, to enable him to piovide a suitable Lecture Room. Mr. R. JACKSON expressed his participation in the feelings of gratitude entertained by the Company for the long and suc cessful labours of the distinguished individual to whom thepre sent grant was appropri,Vtl, Ile could have wished, however, that in the deScription of that learned person, words of a more complimentary character had been introduced ; and he should propose, as an Amendment, the addition of the words, " late Oriental Professor in the College of Fort William, and now Professor and Lecturer in the Hindookanee Language in Lon don." There was another point to which he wished to call the attention of the Court ; he meant the limitation of the grant to a period of three years. He could not but think it a little un gracious, that a Gentleman, to whose labours the Company was so much indebted, and who had contributed so much towards facilitating a knowledge of the Oriental languages, should be put, as it were, upon his good behaviour for a term of three years. One of the necessary effects of this limitation would be to preclude Dr. Gilchrist from any benefit he might hereafter derive from the Superannuation Act; and he was sure that nothing could be further from the intention of the Company than that the grant should have such an operation. He should Move, therefore, that the words ":or the term of three years," be omitted. The CHAIRMAN thought the latter part of the Honourable Proprietor's AmendnienLobjectionable, since it would operate as an extension of the'ColTipany's grant. It would only be in troduced as a substantive motion to be determined upon by two Courts. The Honourable Proprietor was mistaken in suppos ing that the terms of the grant would have the effect ofdepriv ing Dr. Gilchrist of the benefit of the Superannuation Act; for the three years would become a part of the period which would entitle him to the benefit of that Act. Mr. R. JACKSON. contended that the Amendment would rat:•er diminish them enlarge the operation of the grant. As the terms of the grant at present stood, Dr. Gilchrist was to serve for three years, coute qui cottte: whereas, if he were to serve only quamdiu se bene gesserit,fie stood upon his good behaviour, and might be discarded and sent out to starve at the expiration of six months. The effect of his Amendment, therefore, would be to diminish the grant, since it lowered that which was posi tive to that which was only conditional. Mr. T WIN ING asked whether the other alteration proposed by the Honourable Proprietor, as to the designation of Dr. Gil christ, could be made without being previously %reed to by two Courts ? • The,CRAIRMAN said, that this was merely a verbal alte ration, and did not affect the money grant. Mr. HUME said, that the alteration was desired by Dr. Gil christ rather as a point of honour, than from any other motive. The CHAIRMAN observed, that the appointment of Orien tal Professor had been made by the Marquess Wellesley, and subsequently disapproved of by that Court. It would be for the Court, therefore, to consider whether it would not be some what inconvenient to give a title to Dr. Gilchrist, which had not been recognized by the Company. Mr. HUME remarked that the title was vox et prmterea nihil. Ile could not help thinking that Dr. Gilchrist had been hardly treated. It was usual for the Company not to consider the re tired allowance of their servants as a part of their allowance for present services, but that practice had been departed front in the case of Dr. Gilchrist. Other Professors, Professor Stuart, for example, received a salary of 5001. per annum, independent of his salary. Dr. Gilchrist received 1821. retired pay as a surgeon, a pension of 2001 for his literary labours in India,, 2001. salary for his professorship, and 1501. a year for a lecture room, mak ing in the whole b 521. Now if he were placed on the same footing as the other Professors, he would receive 5001. salary, and 1821. retired pay, so that if every mark of degradation were removed, the difference - to the Company would only amount to a sum of 301. a year. He trusted the Court would not refuse this trifling gratification to a meritorious servant. The CHAIRMAN said, that as there was something like a recognition on the records of Dr. Gilchrist's title of Oriental Professor in Fort William; lie should not oppose the motion. As . the Hon. Proprietoi who had just sat down, however, had hinted at an increase of salary, he begged to observe, that though he was willing to grant the words, he had no inclina tion to concede the substance. Mr. R. JACKSON begged to advert to what he conceived to , be not the least meritorious part of Dr. Gilchrist's character. He was entitled to a fee of three guineas from every young sur geon whom he taught, which fee, however, he had uniformly refused ; fur he observed, that he knew what it was to be a young Scotch sorkon himself, and he couH not bear to take money- from a young man in that.situation—(a laugh.) The CHAIIIMAN suggested the omission of the words Professor' of Hindoostanee in London, since profeSsorships belonged only to collegiate establishments, and that Court had no power to dub a professor. AIi:HUME said he should oppose the whole Amendment, if this term were objected to. The Court could not in justice and gratitude do less than give the same tide to Dr. Gilchrist which he had possessed in India. The CHAIRMAN said, that if the Honourable Proprietor persisted in what he could not but consider as a most extrava gant proposition, he should be .under the necessity of opposing the Resolution. - Mr. TRANT bore testimony to the useful labours of Dr. • Gilchrist, anti thought the Court would only be doing justice to that Gentleman if they stretched a point for the sake of con ferring upon him an honorary distinction. • Mr. HUME asked whether the Professor at Addiscomb had not been so nominated by that Court ? • The CIMIRMAN said that this_ was under the authority of an Act of Parliament. Mr.- ELY NSTONE said that any gentleman in that Court was of course at liberty to call Dr. Gilchrist a Professor, if. he thought.fit, but it was -utterly out of the power of the Court to make bun one. lie confessed, for I , ;s part, that he should have had more respect for Dr. Gilchrist, if he had not seen his name -so frequently upon late occasions in the newspapers. Ile knew not whether the conspicuous part which the Doctor had taken on. the occasions to which he alluded, was to be ascribed to vanity or a worse motive. Mr. S. DI NON recommended to the Honourable Proprietor (Mr. .Hume), to withdraw his Amendment, since, if it were, negatived, it would have the effect of casting a cens ur e u p on Dr. Gilchrist. Mr. OLDHAM said, the Court had certainly no power to confer a distinction, which was applicable only to Collegiate Establishments. It was true that there was no lack of soi-disaut professors. There were professors of dancing, professors of veterinary medicine, and .professors of music, but surely it would be rather a reproach than an honour to confer upon Dr. Gilchrist a mock title of this description. - • After some farther discussiola 1I r. Iltrnie, in order to save the time of the Court, consented to withdraw hi!; Amendment, and the Resolution was agreed to unanimously. The Cirai nara N infOrtned the Court, that in consequence of . what had passed at the last Quarterly Court, relative to the al leged difference in the mode of instruction in the Oriental lan-• guages pursued in the Colleges of the Hon. Company, and in the Colleges in India, the Court had called upon Dr. Wilkins, Visitor to the Oriental Colleges, and the several professors and sub-professors, to investigate -that subject, and ascertain whether the alleeations were correct. . Seseral letters from Dr. Wilkins, and the Professors and Sub-Professors in the . Oriental Colleges, were read, in which it was stated, that there was no material difil!rence in the systems pursued-in India, and in the Colleges at Hailebury and Addia comb. • Me...11U31E objected to the partial manner in which the in, veStigationhad been conducted : he moved, that the papers now laid before the - Conit be printed. • Mr. R. JACKSON- moved ; that there be laid before the Cimet . all the:Reports of the College at Calcutta, as well as all _Reports from Bombay and Madras, as to the proficiency of pu pils in the Oriental languages, distinguishing those who had been isreviously educated at Hailebury anti Addiscomb, and how loig they had been subsequently instructed in India. After, a few - words from Mr. HUME and Mr. S. DIXON, the motion was agreed to. - GRANT To MIL J. 11. PELLEY; The CHAIRMAN next moved that a Resolution of the Court of, Directors be confirmed, granling a suns of 2,0001. to John Ilinde - Pelley, - of the Bombay Civil EstablishMent,va the grounds therein stated. a- i‘ Mr:. HUME opposed the motion, on the groun t r. Pelley had failed' to fulfil the terms of a contract which he had made to furnish die Company With ropes for the washing Of cot ton bales. It was true that he had ultimately furnished the whole amount - of lashings contracted for, and be bJieved' also that.be might have lost considerably by. the contract; last as he had failed' to furnish them within the_ tune specified in• the con -tract, he was not entitled to compensation. Mr. S. DIXON opposed ,he grant. Mr. CHALMERS and Mr. AlONEY'supported. it. . After a few words from Mr. - Aladdin, Mr. Hallett, Mr. Money, and Mr. Trant, Mr. HUME, on behalf of himself and - eight refer Proprie tors, demanded a ballot, which- was fixed:for that day three weeks. After some other business, relative to the by-laws of the Court, had been disposed of, the Court adjourned: PRICE SEVENPENCE. MEHEMET ALI PACHA, VICEROY OF EGYPT. It is not generally knoWn that thelriccnoY of EGYPT, who performs such an important part in the transactions of the present day, was born a Frenchman. The following facts appear au thentic ; and though the Christian name of this Mussulman Prince is still concealed, we'can only ascribe it to reasons of expediency and.policy, which will be easily felt : Mehemet Ali, and his sister Mine, since Sul taness Val . :di!, were born at Martinique about the years 1763 and 1764, in one of the handsomest houses in that Colony. Their father 'Was an Of ficer of high rank in the militia, .and Was distin guished for . his bra Very. The Marquess de Bonnie, who bad been a witness of his honourable services, submitted' his conduct to thi..c6nsidera tion. of 'the Government, . who 'bestowed on -him the Cross of St. Louis, appointed hii' daughter to a place at Saint-Cyr, and gave his son a Sub- Lieutenant's commission in the regiment of Bouil- lon, then in garrison at Marseilles. The brother and sister embarked on board a. merchant ship belonging to that port; but they were taken in the Mediterranean by a privateer, and Nold with the crew at Algiers. Mehemet, rather than be a slave, requested leave to serve under the orders of the Algerine. captain ; he was then only fifteen years old, and Aline not yet fourteen. The latter was taken to Smyrna by an Armenian, and there declined the'offer of M. L'Amouroux, the French Consul, to pay her ransom ; an old negress having predicted'Ao her that she would one day be raised to the rank of a Princess. The Armenian sold her to Isaac Aga, son of Ibrahim, the Grand Custom House Officer at Constantinople, and the latter made a present of her to Abdul Humeri, who in 1773 ascended the imperial throne of the Ottomans. Aline entered the Seraglio as an Odalisque, but her uncommon beauty soon elevated her to the rank of favourite Sultaness. The first wish of the Sultaness was to find her brother, and she succeeded in discovering bins among the Guards of the Dey of Algiers, whose notice he had attracted by his courage and ad dress. The Dey thought himself very happy in ceding him to the Grand Signior. Mehemet, on his arrival at Constantinople, was placed in the Seraglio at the College of the icoglans, Aline was brought to bed, in 3784, of Mahmoud, the present Sultan ; but her influence and favour ceased at the death of Abdul Harped. During the reigns of Selim and Mustapha., Aline in the retirement of the Seraglio occupied her self solely with the education of her sett. As for Mehemet, he made his liNt.campaigns, in quality of Aga, against the French iu Egypt. — He there owed his life to M. Lyon; a Captain of Cavalry in the Regiment of Colonel Lasalle.— Mehemet was made prisoner, but obtained his liberty through the good offices of Capt.. Lyon, and returned to Constantinople. lle was there at the time of the famous revolution of Mustapha liaraictar, and the death of Seltat: Selim. lie seconded powerfully Ramir-Effendi, when the latter blew up Baraictar in the tower where he had entrenched himself with his women and trea sures. It was Mahomet who, in concert with Ramir-Effendi, and at the head of '2,000 Alba nians, caused Mahmoud to be proclaimed Sultan by a fetfa of the Grand Mufti. Aline then quitted the old seraglio, and became Sultaness Valid 6. When all these troubles were appeased by the death of the Sultan Mustapha IV., Alahmoud confided the pacification of Egypt to his uncle Mehemet, who set out for his Government in 1808, reduced the chiefs of the Mamelukes, and was shortly afterwards declared Pacha-Viceroy by a tirman of the Grand Signior. Aline died in 1817. The following anecdote proves that the virtue of gratitude is not a stranger to the heart of Me hemet. Captain Lyon, on his return from Egypt, quitted the French service and engaged in the commercial concerns of his father at Marseilles. In one of his maritime speculations he went, with a cargo of corn, into -the port of Cavalla. Mehe met who commanded in the country, as Beglier bey, recognized his former benefactor, and ren dered him many important services. He. would have made his fortune, if Capt. Lyon had not died prematurely. M. Lascaris, Egyptian Consul at Marseilles, received, soon after that unfortunate event took place, an order to pay 10,000 francs (5001.) to the sister of M. Lyon. Mehemet governs Egypt with wisdom and humanity. Ilis son, Ibrahim Pacha, has reduced the Wechabites, retaken the tomb of the pro phet, and discovered Oasis, where the ancient temple of Jupiter Ammon is situated. The Vice roy has caused-the canal of Alexandria, about twenty-two leagues long, to be cut; he has en couraged the cultivation of the sugar-cane, the first plants of which he imported from Martini que ; he has. created a•Government and a Mer cbant Navy, and has put an end 19 the oppres sions under which European commerce at Cairo groaned. iVlehemet is said to be eXgremely attached to the F.kench, and purchases all4he principal mo dern French publications, particularly those which treat on the. sciences and useful arts. The details we have just givgn.Nare extracted from a 'nonuscript communicated by a French emigrant, who was a long time employed by the English' Legation at Constantinople; he means to publish soon a-complete History of Mehemet and Aline, •frcm.aulibentic documents in his posses sion : a work which is likely to be very interest ing, and is calculated to excite the curiosity of the Public.