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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, DEC. 16. A Royal ordinance, published in the Moniteur .of yesterday, augments the artillery of the line : The total force of a French squadron of artillery In future is to consist of 26 officers and 935 non 'commissioned officers and privates, with 149 saddle and 1,280 draught-horses. There are to be eight of these squadrons ; so that the artillery • of the line will be composed, in all, of 7,688 men and 11,432 cannoniers. The Itioniteur of yesterday states as follows :- 44 . We are assured that proceedings are ordered --against the Etoile, on account of an article pub lished in that journal of -the 11th of this month - from the Spanish paper the Indicador. It is said that the Journal du Commerce is also prosecuted on account of the insertion of the same article." - We have no intimation of this intelligence,and we believe it to be unfounded.---(L'Etode.) .On Saturday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, M. the Marshal Duke d'Albufera had the honour to be received by the Duke d'Angouleme, and Temained with his Royal Highness nearly three quarters of an hour. The Congress of Verona may be considered as terminated. 'The Emperor Alexander was to set -Out on the 13th instant for Venice, whence he will proceed directly to Warsaw. His Imperial and Royal Majesty has appointed an interview -With the King of Wurtemberg, at Inspruck, and another with the Grand Duchess of Weimar, at a more distant town.—(Journal des Debuts) It is- affirmed, that the Royal Ordinance, for the convocation of the Chambers on the 28th of -January will be published forthwith. Yesterday his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs gave a grand dinner. Their Excellencies the Ministers, the Foreign Ambas sadors, and the Duke of Wellington, were present. VERONA, DEC. s.—(Extract of a Private Let ter.)—" Yesterday 'and to-day new conferences have been held on the subject of the affairs of Italy. It appears that a final decision has been adopted respecting Naples and Piedmont. Va rious versions are in circulation here respecting -''the mode in which the gradual evacuation of the 'Sardinian territory has been regulated. How ever, up to the departure of this letter, nothing official on this subject has been published and :no extraordinary courier has been dispatched to .Turin. With regard to the kingdom of the Two • Sicilies, we are assured that it will continue to be •occupied by the Austrian army, with the excep tion of some arrangements which will be made by the Neapolitan Government, to render the -presence of 40,000 troops in his territory less bur densome. It is thought that the staffs of the di visions and brigades, which are very numerously composed, and which consequently cost the Nea politan treasury much, will undergo some reduc tions which will so far alleviate the burden of a foreign occupation. Prince de Metternich re ceived another courier from Vienna yesterday. — The dispatches, of which he was the bearer, relate to Turkey. The advices from that quarter must have been of great importance, for the Aus • trian Chancellor of Foreign Affairs instantly com municated them to Count de Nesselrode. This latter Russian State Minister, last evening, dis patched a courier to St. Petersburgh. It is re ported that new conferences will take place on the affairs of the East, and that the extraordinary circumstances under which the Empire of the Crescent is placed, will necessitate great modifi cations in the mission that Lord Strangford is charged by the Congress to fulfil at Constanti nople."—(Journal de Paris.) SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 6.—Yesterday a gala took place at Court, on the occasion of the anniver sary of the Queen's birth-day. Although some pamphlets were designedly circulated the pre ceding evening, in which " the servile homage paid to privileged families" was ridiculed, the circle was pretty numerous ; and the Queen, although in a state of suffering, addressed herself in the most affable manner to the faithful ser • wants who were admitted to offer her the honour of their respectful attachment. The ancient Political Chief, M. San Martin, to whom the Descainisados have given the nick -name .of Tin-Tin,,..has been the object of most furiOus declamations at the Landaburian Club. —Fears were entertained . for the life of this Magistrate, from the vociferations of the citi zen Homer° Alpuente ;, but M. San . Martin, .who joins ,to great personal courage a good -reputation, disconcerted the brawlers by pre , seating himself at the Sitting, and demand-. ; ling a repetition of what had been imputed •to him. - The Descamisaclos,. as . cowardly When they are resisted,. as they are fero 'Ciotis when they excite fear, remained mute, and 'the people were inclined to applaud the Po litical Chief.—To redeem this check, the heroic Members of the Club broke-bp, and went away singing the Tragola. Some groupes went to wards the Palace, and were dispersed by the • Patroles. The situation ef the Royal Family and the peaceable people of Madrid is very critical. The condition ef the Infants has not been changed in any respect. The King, to whom the air is salu tary, goes out sometimes. It is now long since we heard the cry Viva el -.Re in this capital. The song Trugala regains .:-favour, and.the 'most odious verses are sung by the most audacious whenever the King leaves his Palace.--(Quotidiorme.) FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. According to a privateletter from Figueiras, a .portion of the Army of the Faith has again _rallied and marched against and taken posses ••-tion of Tuycerda, in spite of the efforts made by `the enemy to defend that fortress. Belanes has :also been taken .by the troops of the Faith. The ..-battle, says this letter, was a very bloody one. .A great number of monks, who fought in the ranks of the Army of the Faith, fell by the - hands of Mina's soldiers. It was remarked that the fury of the Cpristitotionalists was principally directed against tile ecclesiastics. , The following detailitispecting the vatbSits positionti, &c: of the Royalists in4:4l:;.are calculated to show that they have no cause to despair of theiloble causti which they defend : Baron d'Eroles has re-entered Spain, and his movement is combined with those of chiefs-of the divisions Campredon and Solsona. 4 Merino, an extraordinary man, nominated Major-G eneral during the war against the French, rangei the mountains of Old Castile, Burgos, and all the left bank of the Douro, as far as Osma, near Valladolid. He has 2,000 men under his orders. Zabala, a pensioned Lieut.-Colonel, with 800 men, keeps the Constitutionalists in awe in that part of Old Castile bordering Arragon and the province of Alva. _ _ Cuebilla, a partisan Chief in the independent war, ranges Biscay and a portion of the Asturias, and of Old Castile, as far as Pancorbo. Charles O'llonnel, Lieut.-General, occupies all Navarre, u far u Alfaro and Tudela, with 6,000 men. Pereira, one of the Members of the Apostolic Junta, (which was formed on the breaking out of the revolution), is in Galicia, menacing Corunna, and ranging as far as the frontieys of Portugal. El Rojo de Valderos, alt ancient and valorous partisan, ranges Rostoro, Sal4manca, Avila, and the whole kingdom of Leon. In Estramadura, three partisans have upwards of 2,000 men under their orders.. „ Zaldivar ranges the whole province of Cadiz ; has been seen to enter Xeres, San Lucar, Arcos, Cordova,. Rutexera, and Ronda. Two parttsan chiefs are in La Mancha. One from the moun tains of Toledo came cfose to Madrid; the other in the province of Cuenca, and supports the partisan Monvideo, in the province of Ouadalaxara. In Arragon there are six partisan chiefs. Five thousand men are in the vicinity of Huesca, Mequineza, and Saragossa. It is known that 20,000 men have appeared in Catalonia, under the orders of Baron d'Eroles, Misas, Fleyne, Mallavilla, Mo. sen-Anton, Sanera, Valero, Romagossa, the Trappist, Miralcs, and Valongo.—(Etoite.) CITY. WEDNESDAY EVENING. Letters have been received from New York, dated on the 16th ult. communicating information from Callao, dated in August, and from Guiaquil, to the Bth of September, re ceived by the way of Panama. The advices from Callao state, that four thousand men who had been dispatched. by General BotavAti. from Guiaquil, at the request of General SAN MAR TIN, had arrived at Callao as a reinforcement to the expedition about to sail from that place against the Royalist Spaniards in Upper Peru. It is probable, therefore, that the next accounts will announce the entire liberation of that fine and valuable empire, and that in a short period of peace and exertion, it will be able to transmit such returns for its consumption of British products, as must render an intimate intercourse with it ex tremely valuable to the best interests of the British nation. Advices have been received from Odessa, dated on the 20th of November. The Russian fleet was fully equipped at Nico leaf, on the war establishment, under Admiral Greg, and a contract had been made for victualling it. On the Corn Exchange, the arrivals of grain since last Mon day are not numerous, the additional supply consisting of 3,500 quarters of Wheat, 3 , 200 luarters of Barley, 2,200 quarters of Oats, and 2,400 sacks of flour. The best samples of new Wheat are purchased at Monday's prices, with the view pro bably of supporting the value of Flour ; but otherwise the trade is extremely heavy.- For Barley there is very little demand, — the Maltsters giving nearly Monday's prices for the best samples ; but the Distillers expecting lower prices, purchase very sparingly, and consequently inferior descriptions are cheaper, anti nearly unsaleable. Oats are not much in de mand, for the arrivals of this article have latterly been large. An Express arrived this day from Paris, dated on Monday evening. The Rentes that day were a shade lower ; on Satur day they closed at 90; on Monday they were down one time at 89. 50. ; and the last price was 89. 75. The rumours in the French capital were pacific. • The busines done this day in the British Funds was not con siderable. Consols for the .January account opened at 814, and closed at 80i 4. The public do little in them, being like Baron GRAHAM better employed in the anticipation of Christmas fes tivities. The uncertainty also which hangs over European poli tics renders great caution extremely necessary. In the Foreign Market the principal business has, as usual, been done in Spanish Bonds, bht their prices continued to droop during the day. Those of 1821 opened at 59, and were done at 57g. In Mr. ItoTriscHiLD's Neapolitan Loan, a good many trensactions took place, and the value of the Scrip is rather im proved.—( Morning Chronicle.) KENT WINTER CIRCUIT. MAIDSTONE, DEC. 17. Before the lion. Mr. Baron GRAnAM. CUTTING AND MAIMING. Robert Hartley was indicted under the 43d Geo. 111. c. 58, s. 1. commonly called Lord Ellenborough's Act, for assaulting Samuel Owen, at the vine of Sheerness, on the 29th August, with a certain sharp instrument, and feloniously and malicious ly stabbing, with intent to kill and murder him. Second count alleging the intent to disable ; and third, to do the prosecutor some grievous bodily harm. The case has been already de tailed two or three times. According to the testimony of the ship's surgeon, the wound was in a most vital part, and during the first stages of the cure the captain's life was in great jeopardy. The prisoner asked no questions of the witnesses for the pro secution ; and being called upon for his defmce, said that he committed the dreadful act imputed to him in a fit. of insanity, without any malice towards the prosecutor. Goaded by the consciousness of former crimes, and wound up to a state of frenzy from the apprehension of being transported'for lite, he became delirious, and in a moment of furious passion he did an act which, under other circumstances, he would have shuddered at with hOrror. He had been dismissed the naval service in consequen6 of insanity; but, deserted and aban doned hy.all who knew him, he was unable to prove the fact. He trusted, howevCr,• 'dint the Jury would take his case into consideration. - " , Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the case; and . - The Jury immediately found the prisoner.—Guilty—Dcath. When called upon to say why sentence of death should not pass against him, the prisoner said he wished for no mercy. Harrassed as he was in mind, by a series of crimes, he had no prospect of peace in this world. To save his life would to him be no mercy. Supposing his sentence should be commuted to transportation for hfe, he should look upon it Its a prolongation of his misery. Life had no charms for him. Rather than be transported for life, he would prefer instant removal to the place of death. Deprecating the preservation of his miserable life, he earnestly prayed that the Learned Judge would leave him for execution. The wretched prisoner spoke in a strain of language far above what might be expected in a man of his humble condition. Mr. Baron GRAHAM proceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law, and conjured the prisoner to make the best use,of the short time allotted him on this side of the grave, to prepare for an eternal scene; and told him he must expect to undergo the merited punishment which awaited his crimes. Before Mr—ltistice BAYLEY, Stephen Lawrence was indicted under the 52d George 111. chap. 143, for assembling with other persons, to the number of three and more, at the parish of St. John, in the Isle of Thanet, on the Ist of September, 1821, armed for the purpose of aiding and assisting in the illegal running and:landing of certain uncustorned goods. The indictment Contained several other counts, charging the prisoner with feloniously shooting at one Washington Carr and others, being officers of the customs; with aiding- others in , the last-mentioned felony, &c. This indietrnent was found by the Grand Jury at the last Lent AssiieS for this County, whenno less than twenty-one persons implicathd in this- transaction were tried, 19 of whom were convicted, apd four executed. The prisoner had not been apprehended at' 'that time, but had been since, and was now brought to trial. f c fhe trial commenced at nine o'clock,•and did not end until half-past 7 this evening. At the time of the for mer trial the particulars of the case were fully detailed, and it is now unnecessary to enter into them minutely.—The prisoner was acquitted. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court of Pro. prietors was held at the East India House, for the consideration of special business. After the usual routine business of reading the proceedings of the last Court was disposed of, the CHAIR.. MAN laid upon the table a number of Papers, in pursuance of a former order of the Court EAST INDIA SUGARS. The CHAIRMAN also presented the report of the Committee of buying and warehousing, which had been appointed to in vestigate the circumstances attending the culture of sugar in the East Indies. He observed, that the report itself was ex tremely short ; but the industry of the Committee could be con jectured from the voluminous documents on . the table which accompanied that report, and contained a great mass of infor mation upon the subject of their sugar trade. When these docu ments were printed, the Proprietors would be in possession of all the particulars of the question in which they were so much interested. The report was then read. It.set out with a reference to the steps taken by. the Board of Trade at Calcutta, and a former Committee appointed to investigate the subject in the year 1792; and then adverted to the great increase of the cultivation of East India sugar within the 30 years which had since interven ed. In the year 1821, 14,000 tons had been imported into Eng land ; in 1822, 13,500 tons had arrived. To show the extent of the revenue upon East India sugar, it was stated.in the year 1820, 191,0001. duty had been paid upon its importation • and in 1821, 134,000/. The report added, that the less gratifying part of the duty of the Committee was to state, that since the year 1799, East India sugar had been charged a larger compa rative proportion of duty than other sugars, and a still further burden was imposed by the Acts of the Ist and 2d of the present 'reign: from these causes the Committee inferred that there was a manifest danger of East India sugars being excluded from home consumption. After some observations from Messrs. FORBES, R. JACK SON, and Mr. TRANI', the Report and Appendix were then ordered to be printed. COLLEGE AT HERTFORD. Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD rose to put a question in courtesy o the Chairman, respecting a late unpleasant occurrence which 'was understood to have taken.place at the East India College at Hertford. He had reason to believe that this matter had ex cited very general'interest. He was anxious on the present occasion to avoid all allusion to the origin and nature Of this College; and the policy of its formation, upon which so many serious and conflicting opinions were entertained. He had his own impression upon the,subject, as well as on the prospect of rendering the College an useful means of beneficial education. Whatever errors might attach to the system, he was perfectly aware that the establishment of such a place must, under any system of management, be exposed to great difficulties ; and that would be too hasty to pronounce from these mischances a final conclusion, either with respect to the system of education, or the discipline or its attendant circumstances. Upon the ini portauce of the subject, however, and the necessity of a calm consideration of it, he need only appeal to every father of a family who heard him. The CHAIRAIA.w was sorry to interrupt the Honourable Pro prietor ; but he could not refrain from pointing out to him the irregularity of the appeal, and argumentative manner in which he was proceeding. It would be time when both sides were heard, to argue the matter. At present it was quite inexpe dient to dilate upon the circumstances of the affair alluded to, as the information respecting it was not in a state of prepara tion ripe enough for conclusive decision. He was sure that the Honourable Proprietor would see the impropriety of forming opinions upon cx parte statements. All he (the Chairman) could now with propriety say was, that the Court of Directors were fully impressed with the importance of the subject, that it was now under their consideration, they felt it to be a matter of very grave nature, and upon it they had not yet arrived at a definitive view. Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD said, that if the Chairman had permitted him to finish his sentence, he would have found that all he was desirous of was . to apologize for putting his question, and to appeal, as his justification of the importance of early attention to it, to the parental affections of those who heard him, and to inculcate what they must feel of the prodigious im portance of the education of youth between the ages of 10 and 20, the period on the proper direction of which depended whe ther the child should be in future life a curse or a blessing to his family. It was this consideration which must operate upon the minds of those who originated establishments of this de scription, and impress them with the deep responsibility, at tending their steps. He disclaimed all personal feelings upon the, present occasion ; but the subject being one so fraught with important consequences to the individuals concerned, and to the character of the Company itself--one in which the public were likely to take so decided an interest—lie thought no time ought to be lost in looking at it calmly and leniently, so as to give general satisfaction. If lie were to estimate the interest of the subject from general conversation and the growing operation of public opinion, he should be disposed to infer that there must be great errors in the original structure of the establishments, which were,beyond the controlling force of palliatives to con trol ; and that it would be a too severe and harsh course to pur sue in such a situation, for in authority to make indivi duals ruinously responsible under such circumstances. Mr. HUME had no intention of trespassing at any length on the time of the Court ; but he was very anxious that the Court, generally, should understand (for he confessed that he did not) what it was precisely which the Chairman had stated the Direc tors intended to do.—(Hear!) —Though he himself pas neither publicly nor privately connected with any individuals educated in this College, his opinion decidedly was, that the Company were educating a set of young men on an exclusive system—as a distinct class or sect—they were sending young men out to India without giving them the opportiMity of previously asso ciating with Englishmen so as to form themselves on observa tion of English society. These young men, therefore, were sent off without being enabled to contract those ideas which he . (Mr. Hume) sincerely hoped would ever be considered as pecu liar to the minds and conduct of Englishmen. He therefore asked, whether it was the intention of the Directors to favour the Court with any clear and definite statement of the facts in this business, divested of all colouring and qualification ? ( II ear, hear ! ) The CHAIRMAN thought the Hon. Proprietor himself would acknowledge that it would be extremely premature in the Court of Directors at present to make any disclosure of facts to the ex tent desired by that Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear ! )—He felt au thorised at the same time to declare, that the best and most un divided attention of the Court of Directors would be imme diately given to this important subject. What course was to be pursued, or what disclosures it might appear expedient to be made, must of course be determined by the result of the Court's deliberations.—(Hear !)-.The whole of, the matter had only just come before it; (hear !) and consequently it would at this moment be very rash in him (the Chairman) to say a word upon it, excepting that its importance would be most deeply and adequately felt by the Directors. Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD had full confidence in the as surances which had just fallen from the Chair, that the Gentle ' men behind the bar were deeply sensible of the importance of the subject; and sure he was, that if, in making known the re suit of their investigations, some censure should appear to be implied on the wisdom or proceedings of the Directors themselves in any former measures'that they might have adopted, yet they might feel entirely confident in the warm and generous support of all the Proprietors on such future occasions (Hear !), arising l from the feeling that they were embarked in the endeavour (he hoped) to effect that which should- always be attempted— namely, to protect youth from itself. That support'would cer tainly be given then, even in the event of any admission that some errors, and their consequent mischiefs, were attributable mainly to defects in the nature of the Institution itself, and not I solely to the follies of the young men. Although the present might not be the most convenient opportunity for mentioning the fact, he did happen to know, that of those who had been educating at the College, no less than 12 young men ,*ere at this moment, in consequence of some recent proceedings, completely ruined.—(Hear !)—The Hon. Gentleman concluded by expressing his hope, that if it should turn out that they had been guilty of follies of a mere childish or boyish nature only, the Directors would throw around them the powerful shield of their protection. The CHAIRMAN supposed that the Hon. Proprietor was aware that any appeal from a sentence of 'the College Council iwhere that went to the extent of expulsion) must go to the Bishop.—(Hear !)—He himself had heard, that such an appeal, in the case that had been just alluded to, was intended to be made; but certainly the tribunal he spoke of was the only one before which such an appeal could legally or properly conic. The Court of Directors, such a sentence having--passed, had no power or authority to overthrow it ; and to them, therefore, no appeal for mercy or favour could with any effect be made.— (Hear, hear !)—He hoped the Court of Proprietors -would do the Directors the justice to believe, that on, their parts there was no want of mercy or considerate feeling ; but that was not a subject which could come before them. All that they had to do, or could do, was to look prOspectively, and: to , apply, Ire hoped, an effectual remedy for the future, againet those evils which had taken place in the establishments. Mr. RANDLE JACKSON understood the answer of the Chair man to his Hon. Friend's request of a succinct statement of facts to be this—that the Court of Directors would, not pledge themselves in any way at present, but would publish the facts, as far as witlipfopriety they could. Ife would now request the Court to recal to mind (for he should not press the reading at present) the resolution of the General Court passed in 1809, calling on the Court of Directors to make from time to time re. • ports of all important circumstances that might occur, con nected with this establishment., When on a future occasion he might move the reading of that resolution, it would be seen Whether the Court would' feel itselfjustified in giving it so nar- • row a construction—a construction, indeed, never intended, either by the original mover, or the honourable seconder of that resolution—as they would do, if they, should feel .satisfied that they had sufficiently performed their duty by ascertaining what progress the pupils had made in Greek or Latin, in the.orien tal languages, or in mathematics. It would be seen whether they might, at their mere will .and pleasure ' suppresi and con ceal those more prominent and important features of conduct which must ever be considered as most strongly indicative in young men of future character. The question of the propriety of abrogating the law by which this Institution was governed, would hereafter come before the Court. At present the law was, that the appeal lay to the Bishop, who was the visitor; but unless the statutes of the Institution, or the Act of Parliament. in relation to them, was misunderstood, the fact was, that the visiting Bishop had no more power to remit a penalty than any of the Directors had. The situation of the Bishop in these matters was a judicial one. It was his to determine whether, according to the laws of the College, young men had acted im properly or otherwise. The Hon. Proprietor then deprecated two of those laws, by one of which it was enacted, that if a young man would not criminate himself by confession, he might be expelled ; and by another, that if he would not, in the same way, betray his bosom friend, he might also be ex pelled. The CHAIRMAN was afraid that the fervour of the Hon. Gentleman's eloquence was carrying him further than he him self• intended to go.—(A laugh.)—Really, the subject before the Court had been lost sight of. Mr. RANDLE JACKSON proceeded to complain of the College statutes, in the particulars he had adverted to. The Bishop, having determined whether or no the Council had acted rightly in passing a sentence of expulsion, could not hear the pupil's appeal, until after the young men had quitted tile College and gone home, and the act of rustication or expulsion had been completed. A PROPItIETOR, whose name could not be learned, then rose, and stated that he had intended to have opened this dis cussion ; but seeing how ably that-had been done by Honour able Gentlemen who had preceded him, he had desisted. He did mean, however, even now to submit a motion for inquiry; but not being accustomed to the forms of the Court, he would take the opinion of the Chairman, as to whether it was in form cor rect or not. It was in substance this :—" That there be laid before this Court, a copy of all the correspondence and proceedings since the beginning of September. last, of the Council of the Com pany's College, in respect of the following Gentlemen : to wit." (Here followed the names of 10 or 12 individuals.) His object was to know whether that prudence and justice had been exer cised by the College Council, on a subject of recent occurrence, which were naturally to be looked for from persons placed in situations of such high and grave responsibility. At present all that was known about the matter, was through the medium of the newspapers, and they, like a squib, had merely afforded an explosion, and nothing more. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be extremely inconvenient that the motion should now be put. A statute declared that a period of two months should be allowed for the appeal of any excluded Member of the College to the visiting Bishop. It would be highly improper for this Court at present to interfere, seeing that the Bishop had a right to call on the Council for all their proceedings, within a stated time, and that that period (as the Chairman was understood) had not elapsed since the call had been made. _ _ Mr. ImPES.' thought it a matter of the highest concernment to ever Proprietor to inquire how far the management of this Col lege might be improved, or altered, or even abolished ; but he did think that a question like the one proposed, relating to par ticular facts, connected with the crimes, or follies as they had been called, of the young men there-educated, this Court was excluded by law from entertaining. It would be the most unfit thing in the world for the Court to go into any discussion as to whether the Council of the College had acted rightly or other wise in what they had done- The Proprietor we before adverted to, and whose name we had not the pleasure of learning, then withdrew his motion, ob serving that he had no wish to press it; and only begged now to exculpate himself from anyimputation of disrespect to the Court. MR. J. 11. PELLY. Mr. HUME, before the question of adjournment was put, felt anxious to do an act of public justice to a servant of the Com pany resident in Bombay. In the course of this year, as the Court well knew, a grant of money had been made to Mr. Hinde Pelly ; and he (Mr. Hume) had on former occasions stated his opinion on the subject of his claim to the Court, from documents then before it. That opinion remained unaltered. In the course of a speech he had on one of those occasions deliver ed, he had made use of some expressions which a Mr. Morgan (solicitor, he believed, to the lion. Company, in Bombay) had conceived to apply unjustly to himself, and in reference to which he had published a letter, dated Bombay, the 3d of July. That letter he (Mr. Hume) felt himself, not as matter of right, but of honour, bound to notice. It would he recollected that on the question of the grant, Mr. Hinde Pelly had asserted, as his strongest ground for compensation, that no penalty had been inserted in his contract; and it was said that the penalty had been omitted by mistake. The Committee appointed by the Court thought so too. He (Mr. Hume) then submitted that a bond did appear to have been executed ; and the Com pany's advocate, Mr. Macklin, had expressed an opinion on the question being referred to him, " that the contract alluded to was binding, though no penalty was specified in it." Upon the strength of this opinion, it would he remembered that he (Mr. Hume) had contended, that the Company's Solicitor was the person who ought to be made responsible for the loss that had occurred, for having made such an omission. Now at that time it was not known within the bar, that a bond had been entered into by Mr. Hinde Pelly, a notarial copy of which was now in his (Mr. Hume's) hands, by Mr. George Pelly and an other person, for the fulfilment of such contract, in 50,000 rupees.—(Hear !)-.-This bond, signed by Mr. Hinde Pelly, was dated the 24th Jan. 1818. Mr. Morgan,, it seemed, was very properly anxious that it should be known that he was not the person to whom any neglect in this matter was im putable. If he (Mr. Hume) was rightly informed, the fact was, as stated by Mr. Morgan, that in contracts entered into in India, it was never the practice to insert the penalty. The penalty was always specified in a separate bond, executed with the contract. From these facts, it appeared that Mr. Morgan had faithfully discharged his public duty as the Company's ser vant; and that the Company, howeVer, had made a grant to Mr. Ilinde Pelly, in consideration, and on the credit of a cir cumstance which did not exist, namely, the omission of the pe nalty. Mr. Morgan said in his letter—" I think if this practice had been known to Mr. Hume, he would have made a very different statement with regard to me .... and a much more severe charge, on the other hand, I think, he would have brought against Mr. Hinde Pelly, had he known that he was accusing me most unjustly ; and that the silent assent of those who were interested in' keeping silent, could be no proof against me of guilt or negligence." Mr. Hume then repeated the expression of his conviction that Mr. Morgan had most faithfully discharged his duty. IMPRESSMENT BY NAVAL OFFICERS. Mr. CHALMERS, after some observations, gave notice of a motion for the next Court in•the following terms :—" That the Court of Proprietors observe with regret the measures lately resorted to by some of the commanders of his Majesty's ships in India, by which the Honourable Company's ships are de prived of the most' valuable 'part of their crews ; occasioning a great excess'of labour to the remaining parts of such crews, and subjecting the Honourable Company's property to, ex_ treme and continued danger : that in a time of profbund peace,flike the present, when the Navy is so much reduced, and the facility of manning his Majesty's ships is, consequently, so much increased, owing to numbers of seamen who would be ready to engage in the service, this Court think that the ships of the Hon. Company should be protected against every species of impressment. The Proprietors, therefore, recommend to the Court of Directors to adopt such measures with the Ad miralty as may tend to prevent the recurrence for the future of a practice so injurious to the interests of commerce in gene ral, and to those of the lion. Company in particular."—(Hear.) The Hon. Proprietor concluded by observing, that his object in reading the resolution was, that the public might know that the Proprietors were serious in the view they took of this pain. ful subject. It was fitting that they should be generally known to the world (hear !), as he had no doubt it would be, through the exertions of the able and mvitoriou. individuals who sat behind him.—The Court was then adjourned. IMPORTANT TO TAVERN KEEPERS.-Mr. MIN. SHULL, the Magistrate of Bow-street, has decided that the publicans within his jurisdiction shall not be compelled to close their houses on Sundays, except between the hours of eleven and one in themorning, and three and four in the afternoon. CASE OF IMPORTANCE TO SERVANTSOR Thursday the 28th ult., the following dicision was given by the Justies of the Peace at Dalkeith. A clergyman in that neighbourhood engaged a kitchen-maid for the winter half-year, on what he considered most respectable recommendation of character, to come home at the time, and the girl arrived accordingly, on die evening of the day appointed ; hilt was off again next morning .by five o'clock,, without any cause assigned.— The clergyman had her summoned before the Court, and the Justices, after a full and patient hearing of both the complaint and defence, decerned the girl to pay to the complainer three pounds sterling, being the amounts of her half year's wages. awl!" i r ~., V. • VS * * * I 1444. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. . Monday, December 23, LONDON, Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 31 321, 407. COUNTRY. Nos. 238, 320, 425, 4 490, 541, 546, 553, 680. Tuesday, - 24, LONDON. • • •, CoUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 145, 427, 4 0 , 1 0 497, 501, 528, 537, Wednesday, - 25, Christmas Day. Thursday, - 26, LONDON. Nos. 7, 82, 86, 142, 1 66 ,, 216, 222, 327, 481. uji Com. Fem. Sell, at Lodge of Benevolenc e COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 57, 70, 110, 1 176, 178, 214, 269, ' g 334, 453, 461, 483, 51 0 545, 556, 560, 587, 6 79, 717. - 27, LONDON. No. 421. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 283, 531 550, 655. 709. - 23, LONDON. * • 4 COU NT RY. Nos. 492, 675. IRELAND. Friday, Dec. 27, Costa. No. 27. Friday, Saturday, `„* For Continuation of CAN oNictrs, on the Bishop of PETO BOROUGII's Examination Questions, see our FoUrthPage' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY - AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ` ' ,l6:; 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 3i per Cent 912; 4 per Cent. { Old 96.A New shut 5 ?er-Cents. 1797 — Bank 14g. Ann goi Imp. 3 per Cents. — India Stock India Bonds , South Sea Stock Old Annuities Er. Bills . 4. 6, • Ditto Sinai! Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct....... Cons. for Account 81a PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, DEC AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 89A. {Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 84k. 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. ( Scrip, 77A. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 8.1. {Five per Cent. Bonds, 65. New Ditto, 55A. Scrip, 81 disc. (- Five per Cent. Bonds, 86. 1 Ditto New, 864,. Five per Cent. fonds, 90i. 74i. 01iiBonds, 00. Six per Cent. Bonds, 72. Ditto Scrip, 00. New Loan, 78. {Bank Shares £2l 103. Six per Cent. 92-98. Five per Cent. 96A. Three per Cent. 761. ---.....-- French Russian Neapolitan Austrian Spanish Prussian Danish Chili Colombian Peruvian American HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-3IORR- Morning, 18 minutes after 6. 1 Evening, 42 minutes after) THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS UICERE FALSUM AUDEAT Q LONDON, THURSILIY, DECEMBER 19, 11322 The advocates of war between France 01 Spain are nearly silenced, both in this cottot ri and in Paris. As a forlorn hope, they now V ' take themselves to exaggerating the force of remaining Royalists, who still keep the against the arms of the Constitution. A few since it was admitted that the Royalist Ca was undone ; and therefore it was contended t i the immediate advance of the French army I become indispensable. Next, the Spanish Goire l went, in the intoxication of triumph, and delirious excitation of revolutionary fury, If to invade France, proclaim NAPOLEON 11., 0 1 throw the Charter and the BOURBONS, and pel all France upon the Monarchical State r the Continent ! Now, however, the Spanish 6 vernment can with difficulty maintain itself aga l the insurgent Royalists,whose valiant and patri' bands, according to the Etoile," range " the I vinces in undisputed superiority,—approach e to the walls of Madrid,—and, by their imp° force and invincible heroism, seem to have hilated their enemies without striking a blot These pompous statements are most exqui s l t i ludicrous ! It is not surprising that we ar e casionally left, for some considerable time, out authentic accounts of the operations of Turks and Greeks. But the situation of Se i and the facilities of communication, re it impossible that any important facts' coo° ed with her affairs should remain longunlo - 1 Where are the Bulletins of the Armies of Faith Where are the details of their move' through so many provinces, which they raid eb traverse with so much freedom Where the .ticulars of the towns and fortresses of i v they have taken possession,—the dated their occupation, and the names of the c'il talus and corps who have rendered important services to their party ? WS" member the " Grand Official Bulletin O f f i marches, counter-marches, and combats, 0 ) redoubted General QUESADA," whose killed one drummer, and made prisonevii two broken muskets ; and who, after , 13° 1 performed these great achievements, Wit" 0 1 summate prudence " counter-marched," o r skilfully retreated, into France ! Th e litary dispositions of the Etoile, w e r ° ol partake very much of the nature of 1 SADA'S Bulletin ; and as nothing cert o " / been heard of the Army of the Fait) it was driven pell-mell within the ( Natter b that. the r e stmg Pursuing; afford thf The su olent s of O ttoman ballle all g r essers, In omtent, b assies t. We aim of peace the Sum °lately ignorant the pope proceedi the Gil bribed reit to Nance recent s Will not Ivish th their d all It.eakne lo ng as ' Sultan tmpire outrage the assE give pll barbari structic For th Fig Ne Sp was wt cation rumou receive larly t Frene reply, bable, insole' Frencl Seßthll coedit: true ti to Nlx to ind which of Sp that anion: tnence irnpru th e F well-I revolt garde cc s . , --Th Vas v ing ar t he pi 8 8 f. price 87 f. diate] °pent this i The Cove swei is ill V tWo after are Party Marl .Chase cc vane( seq uc fall 0 opens the bur g ' u] . count Nov.; SUN