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EAST LONDON CATHOLIC INSTITUTION

TO D. O'CONNELL. Esq. •
Stx,—The Committee and Stewards of the East London Cacho-
lie Institution, feeling truly gratefUl to you for the very handsome
manner in which you have consented to take the Chair at their
Anr.ual Dinner, request me to return you, in their name, their
most heartfelt thanks, and, from your communication, have ar-
ranged to have their dinner on the 3I of 31arelt.
Allow me, my dear Sir, as an individual, to return ►ou my most
sincere thanks for the very polite attention I have experienced in
all my communications with you, the,remembranee of which, I
can assure you, will only cease with my existence.
I have the honour to remain, Dear Sir,
Your very obliged. obedient, humble Serrano,
11103IAS ROLI'H.
Chairman to the Dinner Committee.
Committee-room, 11, Red Lion.atreet, Wapping ;
Tuesday Evening.
Dinner will take place at the freemason's Tavern, Great Qnecn-
street.

APPEAL IN THE ROUSE OF LORDS.

WEDIIESDAY, FEL 23.

SIABErLY r. HANK Ol SCOTLAND.
This was an appeal front the decision of the Court of Session in
Scotland. The amount claimed by the appellant is 2501. being the
amount of notes of the Batik of Scotland, of which the halm had
been stolen on their transmission by coach c het, as under these
circumottnees, Messrs. Moberly were aware that the Bank of
Stmtland might hereafter be called upon by the holders of the
mutilated notes fur the repayment of their amount, they abstained
from a direct claim, and pursued the respondents, therefore, only
for a conditional payment, they (the appellants) giving sulliciimt
guarantee fur the indemnification of the respoordents in the sup.
posed event of the institution of a similar claim by a third party.
These were shortly the facts upon which the Lords of Session had
decided in favour of the respondents, upon the ground that the
notes in question having been voluntarily mutilated by Alessi'.
Allalierly, they were therefore disc:aided to sue the respondents foe
relief from the consequences of their own act; and that as the Bank
of Scotland had, besides the head branch, various other branches
where their notes were payable, no indemnity could be glee,
against payment of the other half of the mates, which could not be
identified. •
The SOLICITOR-UENERAL and Mr. lIROCGRAII WM heard
for the appellants; Mr. Cam Pao ot. and Mr. WALLra fur the
respondents.
The Lord Deputy Speaker (GIFFOnD) proceeded to address
their Lordships in judgment. After reviewing the case as proved
at law, his Lordship observed, that it came betbre them as an ap-
peal for equitable reli..l from the decision of the Court of Session.
He did nut think the alleged mutilation of tho notes by the ap-
pillow should be "onside:ed, as it had been cotisitler,xl by the
Court of Session, as depnying Messrs. Alaberly of an equitable
claim for relief. He was sure such claim was anal; inable, and he
therefore had no difficulty in saying, that the decision of the Lords
of Session should be reversed, and the only difficulty coralatest in
the form of such reversal. At all events, the case must be re-
turned to the Court of Session. and he therefore moved their Lord-
ships for judgment to that erect. the Claws of Messrs. flab•
being sustaitable.

ISUPPLIIMENr -7V 77LE LONDON OiI2ETIIE

OT ?VLSI'S', FES. 22.

India niwrd, 22, 1825.
Despatches have been received at the Lest India Boma, from
the Governor-General in Council, at Fort 11.11liani, Ft Bengal,
with hielosures. of which the following are extracts and e,‘: iis :
Extract from a Letter from theGovemorfieneral in Council to the
Secret Committee of the Court I,l'. Directors ct the East India
Company, dated Fort William, artily 14, 1:1-21. •
Subsequefit to the fall of Rangoon the force 'rider the command
of Btigeslier-Ileneral Sir Archibald CaMpbell lint hem engaged in
repeated affairs with the enemy, who, Iv:oared by the nature of
the country, and their own particular mode of warfare, hoeet
around our outposts, and maintains desultory, barbarous, and in,
decisive struggle, without af:artling any opportunhy of corning ter
a general action. Invariable succuo, however. h attended gut
numerous attacks of their stockades and fortified as,
'fashions, and
several brilliant and tanking leasons have been exf limed of British
science. valour, and intrepidity, during the course of these harass-
ing operations, as your lion. Committee will observe on reference
to the deepatches• front Sir Archibald Caatph..4l. The enemy
have already lost several of their best troops, whilst the casualties,
on our par: have been compatatively trifling, though we hare to
regret the loss of two brave young officers (Lieutenant Kerr, of his
Majesty's:lBth, and Lieutenant A. Howard, of the I,th), and the
severe wounds sustained by the officers mentioned in the margin-1'
From the last accounts we learn that the enemy, after 'melee
been repeatedly dislodge(' from their stockades, and compelled to
retire, had again collected in great force at a stockade post near the
village of Retnandyne, three miles north of Rangoon. Sir Archi-
bald Campbell proceeded to attack this position with a force of
three thousand men, henry battering guts and mortnii, on the 10th
and 11th ultimo. The result of these operations seem at last to
have produced some decisive effect, and to have struck a terror in
the enemy, who had retired to a distance from the front of the Bri-
tish position.
Four Honourable Committee will bear in mind, that when Sir
Archibald Campbell sailed front Port Cornwallis, the place of gene-
ral rer.dezvotts, he detached two etpeditions from the main body of
Ilia force, the ohe against the Island of Chedela on the Arracan
coast. cornmewled by Brigadier 31'Crea and Captain Mitchell, of
his Majesty's ship Slaney ; the other against Negrais Isle, at the
mouth of the least tidily. and eventually Bassein, or Persaim, under
Major Wallah. of the Madras native infantry, and the Hun. Com-
pany's cruiser Mercury.:
The attack upon Cheduba § was skilfully managed by Brigadier
/ll•Creagh, and succeeded in all its parts, with milling loss
on our part. The Rajah, or Governor, was made prisoner. and
the island, which is described as very fertile and productive,
is now garrisoned by seven companies of the 10th Native
Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hampton, supported by •
vessel of war ; reinforcements are likewise on their way to Cheduba
from Chittagong.
The operations against Negraisc were likewise contlocted in a
creditable and satisfactory style, and affoneed to a detachment of
the 17th 3lsdras Light Infantry, under Lieutenant Stedman-, an
opportunity of distinguishing itself, by the gallant and successful
assault of a strong stockade. garrisoned by a large force of the
enemy, but the island Itself proved to be not worth holding ; and
n'failure of provisions. combined with other considerations, induced
Major B'ahab to relinquish the design of proceeding up the rivet
to attack Bassein.
1

We shall now return to the state of alTairs, and the progress of
events on our lia•tern frontier.

The only proceedings of any conseettence taken by the Burman
Generals since the action of Ramno, have been the capture of the
stockade of Tek Nuf, garrisoned by about one hundred and fifty
provincials!' under a subedit?, with a gun, and an attempt to cut
off. the Hononrable Company's cruiser Festal, with her gun
boats in the Nast. The former object they accomplished with-
out any loss, and owing to the tremendous and mutinous
conduct of the provincials. who refused to fight, and went
over to the enemy in a body, delivering up the whole
of the ammunition in the hope of making greed terms for
themselves. In the other they were completely toiled, and received
a severe and memorable chastisement from the Vestal and her gun-
' boats, whose fire destroyed several of their war boats in the lasaf,
and committed terrible havoc among the crews and the troops who
lined either shore, expecting to find the vessels an easy prey. The
cruiser and gun boats immediately after made sail for Chittagong,
where they arrived in safety on the 7th ultimo.
In Assam the progress of our troops has secured the important
objects of depriving the enemy of-nearly two-thires of that territory,
of destroying a considerable portion of their force there, ard, as we
hope, of placing serious obstacles in the way of any rutempt which
the Burmese might be disposed to make to invade Bengal, by the
route of the Burfiampooter.
After two or three successful affair; with the enemy, in which a
detachment of the 46+, under Captain Horsbtrgli, and the two
Brunie))s of irregular horse, particularly distinguished themselves,
operations had necessarily come to a stand, by the last accounts,
owing to the state of the weather.
Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Shapland, C B. com-
manding at Chittagong, to the Adjutant-General or the Army,
dated 7th June, 1824.
I have the honour to forward to von. for the information of his
Excellency the Commander in Chief, the report of Lieutenant Guy,
cotomandir.g the Vestal cruieer, relative to his proceedings in the
Nattf, and the cause of his quitting the station.
Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Guy, commanding the East
India Company's cruiser Vestal, to Lieutenant-Colonel Shap-
land, C. 8., dated Chittagong River, June 6. 18'24.
St Mi —1 hare the honour to report the arrival of the Hon. Com-
pany's cruiser Vestal in Chittagong river, having on board the
under-mentioned passengers. viz. the aubadar of the Chittagong
provincial detachment, the darogn, the wag jemardar, and thirty.
one of his sepoys, with a number of alussultnen, who placed
themselves under my protection.
On Thursday, the 3d June, at seven e.m., the subedit in charge
of the stockade at l'ek Nut', came on board, accompanied by one
sepoy, and informed me, that the troops under his command
had mutinied the preceding evening, by refusing to fire on the
Burmese, who had surrounded the stockade with a force, amount-
ing to about one hundred and fifty horse, with a numerous body
of foot ; that he had spiked the great gun, and thrown its :.:mu-
nition into the well, and would also have destroyed the magazine,
containing t wenty-one boxes of musket cartridges, had not the sepoys
threatened to kill him should he attempt it ; he then fled the fort,
and escaped to the ship. On hearing this, I weighed anchor, and
stood down the river ; I shortly after saw about one hundred war
boats drawn out in a line off Mundoo creek ; on our nearer ap-
proach, a canoe was deepatched, with five hands in her, ordering
me to surrender the vessel or they should take her by force, and
kill every man on board ; this message I answered with a Croad-
side from my great guns ; they kept up a smart fire fur about ten
minutes. then retreated into 311indoo creek ' • the two gun-boats,
under Messrs. Laughton and Boyce, chased them noon this, and
poured in several well-directed showers of grape and cannister,
which did great execution ; they then returned, after having taken
four prisoners from the above-mentioned canoe.
I then tacked, end stood towards Shahpooree island, under
which seven! boats lay ; they endeavoured to escape, but finding
themselves cut off by the gun. boats, they ran their boats on shore
and fled into die jungle, bat not before numbers were destroyed by
the volleys of grape poured into them front the gun-boats ; the rest
of the boats having escaped, I stood for the new stockade, fired a
broadside into it whilst passing, then ran down and anchored off
the south-eastern point of Shahpooree island for the night. I should
imagine about twelve or fourteen boats were destroyed, as I ob-
served them floating out of Mundoo creek tiler the attack, coin.
pletely shattered by the great guns. I also beg leave to report the I
great zeal and activity evinced by the officers on board the vessel, '
as also the high-spirited conduct of Messrs. Laughton and Boyce,
each commanding a gun-boat. Finding the means of obtaining
water and provisions thus cut off, and deeming my stay in the
Nut to be of no further utility, I weighed anchor the next morn-
ing at day-light for this place, where I now have the honour to
report myself, and am, Sir, yours, &c.
J. W. GUIr., Lieutenant,
Commanding Hon. Company's cruiser Vestal.

Copy of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Itlaemorine, command.
ing the Ca!item Frontier, to Lieutenant-Colonel Nicol, Adju.
tant.Oeneral of the Army, dated Camp, tiowahatty, 22d May,
1824. _ _

ou have been already apprised, that I.ieutenant-Col.
Richards had been detached to the eastward with the flotilla and
2d battalion 23d native infantry (not having at the time tonnage
for the conveyance of more troops), to take up a position at Kul-
luabar, for the purpose of giving protection to the country, cont.
dence to the inhabitants, anti prevent (if possible) the Burmese
returning to that quarter. when he found, on his arrival, that a
party or the enemy had very unexpectedly made their appearance
in the vicinity of that place. I have now the honour to acquaint
you, for the information of his Excellency the Comniander.in.
Chief, that, by intelligence received this morning from Lieutenant-
' Colonel Richards, dated Kulluabar, the 18th instant, it appears
the enemy had evacuated the stockade at Haulbar, and had retired
to a plate called Rtingby Ohm, about eight hours' march from the
further post. Lieutenant-Colonel Richards accordingly counter-
manded the order that had been issued for the moveaten: to Haul-
bar, and proceeded himself to Captain Horsburgh's camp, to make
another arrangement for the advance to Rungb) Ghur.
On Lieutenant• Colonel Richards advancing with a bavildais
guard and a few tt livers, to examine and give coders for deitiolish•
mg the stockade which the enemy had evacuated, he was informed,
on his arrival there, by a villager, that about sixty of them had re-
turned to it ; on this he immediately directed a party from Captain
Horsburgh'a detachment of one ressalla of cavalry and a company
of infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, of the 2d bat-
talion 22d native infantry, up to the place, and endeavour to sun-
rise them and as the Lieutenant-Colonel had previously made
hia observations of the ground, he was enabled to direct Lieteenant
Richardson, on his approach to the stock.tde, to lead the cavalry in
a gallop, round the edge of a jungle to the that open spot in tbt
rear and across the road, and to sand the infantry direct no the
enemy's position (an unfinished stockade) with the flew of fracirg
them upon the cavalry. This measure, I min happy to soy. had

• See Loulira Gazette of 27th November, 1624, p. 1,939. et
sequ.
t Lieutenant Mitchell anti O'Halloran, of his 51.kicsty's 313th
regiment.
* Fur particulars see London Gaulle of 25th November. 1824,
p. 1064.
See Lando* Gaunt of 25th November, 1824. p. 194.:g
• See Lesion Gir ult., of 25th Noeetobe,, 1624, p. 1062.
II An irregular tops. net olbeeeel by ad, WWI.

the desired effect ; the enemy Arra a rei shot 'on the advancing
Party without doing any injury, and then retired in grew contusion.
in the direction .here the cavalry were posted. who instantly
charged and killed twenty of them and a Pheltenn lull real &Ur.
me,e) without out sustaining any loss ; but time horses art re.
ported to hire been wounded.
Lientenart•Colonel Rithartlt gpenks in high terns tf Lieutecant
Itiehartlgon In t(di affair, and try !batiks are juutiy diae w both or
them, e.,4 well as to the °liken and privates euF,aged ea On
occasion.

I:iehlinant.Colonel Richards repoes, that he reicroitcd
Capt. florldmrgh's detachment, and in•tructed that Officer so ad-
vance slowly upon Ilungby nitur (where there is a stor,bask.,
whilst he himself, with the Iloti!la and the remainder of ad forc,,
intended to make a correspon,'ing Moremelt by watt? and get tki
the rear of it, and endeavour tc ppine t!ia enemy between two Sm%
and prevent tpeir centre. I have. &e.
0. 31AC310111NE, Lieutenant-Coigne).
Extract. from a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Rithisilb, cnir. .
mant'ing the advanced Force hi Assam to Captain tweldisti.
Major of Brigade at falowahatty, dated on the lit:Rung tither.
near Ilungby 01iiir, 26th 31ay„ 1824.
I have the plemure to report. tar the informstion of Pr:oldie/
Mieutorine, that tin enemy got a (wood drubbing from Capt. Hoe,.
burgh's detachment en the evening of the 23d instabt. The EV-
gadier is awareehat I posted Captain Homborgh, with !bur Cbtr.
patties and the Itissalahe, in the atorhaule at flaulbar, frith whici.
the enemy were driven by Lieuterent Riebrodson on the I7th ta' •
This position the enemy had tlietemerlty to advance upon, Ws
the view, it is supposed, of 'atticking it. tbr :My were within thre.:
htimired yards before they wereellicovered by vim* of the ampfullowen who were driven in. The inehsted is Ciptald Hon-
burgh's report to me; by his account it afpears the eitt tty
ferod a good deal, and about two hundred men were deprifell
their arms. This defeat induced them to evecuata their 'amen!,
seßungby (Mut yesterday nturning. which Coiptaiat fiteraLorc.`
has destroyed.

C3py of a Letter from CeP:altt Iforshorgh, extuninaing dst•
tachment of the Native Infantry, to Lieutenanter.aione4
' Richards, commanding the advance in Assam, dated lelfttaba,
24th May, 1824. •
Sta.—The enemy ;tare had the hartlihno? to come cut of 'Leif
sfickasie and attaclo'our party, for which I can happy to say that
some of them have paid dearly.
About three o'clock this afternoon there teat an alarm pi venthrt
the enemy were rotting up our pass cutters. , The picket marched
' out, In 4 I got the rest of the men quickly ut!er ear s, cavalry ai
well as infantry. When tame out to the pipkit I found them
carrying on a brisk tire '(Lieutenant Jones at as bbd) with the
enemy, who were Pn theyuesee to the right of the road% where flitv
had planted a number of jingals. I v:at Lieutenant ,Tanes to*th:
right with theirery, with dr:melons to tule.r.hr, if txiss bye, to
get into their , end intercept their retreat to their .cockade at
Rongby Ohur.
I °Weird the picket to proceed song the bankg.of the lire, and
went myself with two companies into the jttngie Cn the right of the
road, advancing down in as good :t line as the thick jubele walk
adini7. The enemy only find their jingals once, end fletf through
the ;uncle, leaving their jingals behind. In die mew:tithe
tenant Jones, by dashing across with the horibmen to the ricer
sJecetsled in cutting off the tetra! of about ttro hundred ; some
escaped by swarming, about forty were killed by the Sewer si
number were drownte, and several sabred cr shot in the *Pet.
The picket which had marched alo the banks er the river. get
up in time to kill seiertil in the was'r ; several of the 'enemy" o 4
horstbAck attempted to escape by skimming their horses, but wets
thump from their saddles in the midle of the ricer : their horses
or tEttorts swimnnlnk back, fell into en! hands ; a e captured hlspae
seven tattoos, about eighteen jlngils, two very good brass drubte,,
and g number df old muskets. &c, and sever-1 cf the jingals Wert
loaded. and contained seven balls. _

in hkppy.to say ter hate suffete3 nb 'oss among the sepdys.
either killed nr wounded. .

I am. however, sorry to %Mt that a duff.dar of Gilbert's Nero
was shot through the body, ands since dead : throe horses only re ere
wminded.

Lieutenant Jm•.ee on this deession acted with a treat ?.eal
credit to himself, and, but for hie exertions the enemy would bare
got back to their stockade with a trifling loss ineeed. I fear, hos..
ever, about three hundred of the enemy regained their stockade.
I have, b.c.
A. lIORSI3UIIOII.
rapt. Coming. Detach. 211 N. I.
•

ON THE ABOLITION Or THE COHN LAW:.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH Nags.

Sta.—ln a former letter which I addressed to rot, tin kl.it
subject, I called the attention of the public to the abolition of itie
Corn Laws, on such general grounds as then occurred to me; I
would now take leave to clamor very briefly the object tit these
laws, and to demonstrate their objectionable nature. and the ne-
cessity for substituting a system, founded, I will not say oh better
principles, but on a more practicable and steady plan.
The existiog Corn Laws have for their object the protectluh
of the interests of one of two parties, or perhaps of both—tr,r
grower and consumer. In protecting the interests of the &rower,
the proprietors of the soil are concerned, and the interests of tt•r
latter are more immeelta:ely upheld by the manufacturers and intim*
not interested in agriculture.
This. I believe. is the state of feeling of the two parties
where an important and vital object is rendered a question of pars,
the fair merit and just right of both parties too frequently fall bit
sacrifice. _

A question of the paramount consequence which legislatite
interference in the pace of food must be admitted to Le, surely
requires the greatest candour end best feelings that can he
called into action. It ought not to he made a tile stion of interee:
in opposition to right, but considered as one in which the weltare
of every human being within these renlcis is deeply cancerned.
It is to be hoped that when this question is brooght before Pist-
liament (as brought it will be). that it wall be discussed, anti
ultimately decided, with the candour and liberality which it.
reeuires.
I propose now to aseettain whether the present Corn Laws eel
be considered as necessary and beneficial. First to the gemwe•—
Their necessity is admitted in reference to the very great oideree.eir
which exists between the price of grain in the Foreign and Home
3larkets. If the trade were to be tree, it is supposed that foreign
grain could be procured at a price that would totally preclude the
sale of our own produce. Now this, Sir. I greatly doubt 1 and I
cannot conceive it to be probable, or even possible, that foteigii
corn could, in qrantity ant., quality, be obtained, to materially, ti.
at all, lessen the present required growth of corn in this country.
To suppose the contrary to be the case, is to suppose that the
farmers of continental Lurope have for the lut twenty years Du.,
growing corn in considerable, I might ray, in reference to this
question, in immense quantities, beyond the demand of their own
country. I would ask, Sir, Is it likely, is it probable, that such
has been the case? Can an answer in the alSrmative be pre.
sum d? If it cannot (and I deny that it can), then I need rho:
follow this point any farther than by concludine, in the words of a
most eminent writer on political economy—" Lem the free in.
portstion of foreigh corn could very little affect the interest tr
the farmers of Great Britain." Since lila time II allude to, U:.
Adam Smith), a very large natior.al debt has tee-i eontructed, bit
the poptilation of the country and its wealth hove increased in an
equal if not a greater ratio; but I apprehend it would no: be eery
feasible to bring the landed interest into the (pinion of th a grek:
man—and perhaps it would not be prudent to desire it.
But are the preset' Corn Laws caktileted us secure the landed
interest from great difficulties in the sale rf agricultural pro.
duce I think they are not. For if the appreheasion la to be
entertained of the evil that would result from a free iniportacion
of corn, arising teem the affirmed fact. dirt the utintriel of
Northern Europe produce a great excess becen I theif conetrosp-
non, which year t y year is warehoused, and kept in East.;
then, incase of a paintl scarcity. or the withholding of suppllei
by speculators, the home musket might Milted be &Ingest wit:
foreign corn, and the agticalturiste of this coontry would be
very great stiftuen. I am not disposed to artildpath su 711 a cast,
but I am entitled to use it against those who assert it to otaitio
their own purposes.
The effect of the ports opening for Oars 1101 in some rriiatturb
etre., this phantom. The agricultural interest requissa se be
placed on the footing of other trades, exempted teeth trice,
chicanery. or, I might aid. intimidation; for what system can Oft
worse than that wherein the fan trader, when he otrets his earn-
modity for sale, is told, that it is not saleable, because it is not
known whether the ports will open . • and it he is conpethad to sell,
must consent to take what the merchant.ant thinks well to oiler?
The farmer, through the blessing of Providence, is pertained. td
reap what be sows, but in selling his surplus produce, he is let
entirely at the mercy of ltlark.lane, and its retnhicationo through.
out the country. It is on these grounds principally that--as
protecting price will be deemed neecautr be the landed
serest—l would propose it should be etru-ctrd by a fixed tai
of duty, to be paid on every bushel of foreign eaten that enallle
impanel into this country for ceresueiption. The rate of ouTy
would depend on what shall be corsidered a reneinvratleg Wig
for our home produce, in reference to the price at which earn of
good quality can be purchased in the toriign market. `gut I
would here suggest, that the freight and expenses of pufiidg en
board should not be considered, as these expensesaftend our own
produce in a greater or lesser degree.
The speculatiow to which the present system yes rise natinallet
leads me to the St?Crla party a hoin HUY, described as interested Ilk
this question--the consumer. And it is eettainly niuch to be
1'41,161s of speculatieg to so itrioJs an extent.
mented that a settee% should be ccntinued. Irhl.ch Wives the op.
pot:unity to inch-
as I have understood his been the case, in articles requited for
sustaining the populaeon of this couutiy. To tarnish this great
eommoricy with cheap anal wholuOuittprovi.ion must be a mat-
ter of the first importance—to lutc*it-those violent fluctuations tit
the price of such provisions Vt equally Depassi, ; foe, se
attain a firm and healthy state qt isitionlifitperity, we must be
content to eat the bread of itAsst.j..fur at a cheap but Lite
'intone:sting ire.Sastst ea. lice. if thu CottLaws require revision, ?rbkl? an) to supposeey LW,
ler the reawaes which hip; in this apd my lain Jetta seated,
the regent moment 'of -arriversal prcopeiny *tame to be the ben
utue tor etiecticg it.
I sat, Sir, your faithful huable Sanaa t.
A LINCOLNSHIRE FARMER.
Spalding, Fob. 1."2 182 S.

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