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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1496.

The French morning papers of Friday, and the Etoile
of Saturday, arrived last night. If we may credit the'
authority of the Constitutionnel, the afliiirs of Russia are
in a most unsatisfactory state, and the tranquillity of
ICEICLAs's reign appears very problematical. The Etude,
however, treats these statements of its contemporary, and
wit should incline to think correctly, as mere fabrications.
We have at least no doubt that the assertions of this oppo-
sition Parisian Journal are very much beyend the real
foots, if not utterly destitute of truth. It appears by these
Journals that the debate in the Chamber of Deputies
upon the Address in answer to the King's Speech was
conducted with considerable animation, if not with acri-
mony, and that the eloquence of Messrs. BooßlloN-
NwE, BENJAMIN CONSTANT, and General SEBASTIANI,
so far prevailed as to pievent M. de Vii.LLLE, with all his
address, from carrying the question in the first sitting
upon it. Although the Minister twice ascended the tri-
bune, he could not prevent the adjournment of the debate,
which was to be resumed on Saturday.

The discourse addressed to his MAIESTY by M. DAM.
EKAY, Chancellor of France, begin• by alluding to the
dtcease of the Emperor AtLx•xnen, and testifies the share
which the Peers of France take in the profound affliction
with whirl his MAJESTY was overwhelmed by the prema-
ture death of so magnanimaus an ally, and adverts next
to the consoling assurances given by all the reigning Mo-
narchs of the continuance of their friendly dispositions,
and that nothing would disturb the harmony at present
established.

[From the Monivur of Friday, Feb. 10.1

PARIS, FEB. V.

The official put contains the Address of tie Chaniter o-iPrers,
delivcred to the King by the Chancellor of France, in answer to
the Speech from the Throne. The following U the King's An.
ewer, which is not given in the minor papers t
OESTLEMEIf,—I receive with real plessure the expression
of the sentiments of the Chamber. I am satisfied with the zeal
which animates it so second my intentions, and to• weigh the laws
which I shall cause to be presented to it during thit seslion. I de-
pend on you, Gentlemen, as you must depend on nit. relieve that
I .ball neglect nothing totoneolidate the happiness of France, the
glory of our monarchy, and the frank and entire liberty according
to the laws, of which I am happy in believing the French is be
• worthy, and which I shall endeavour to make them enjoy, in may
thing that shall depend on me."
LFrom the Constitutional.]
FRANKFORT, FEL 5...
(Timm A PRIVATE LETTER.)
• According to the St. Pztemburgh Journals, as well as from the
tenor of private letters from the North, we had reason to think that
• the revolt of a part of the guards having been repressed iu
the capital, the troops stationed in the provinces of the em.
;Are would not make any diffkulty to acknowledge the new Em.
peror. Yet what has just passed in the first army, commanded by

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Oeu.4lsekeo. whose bead.quarters are at Mobilow on a. Dnieper,
had dispelled this Maim We hare since keret dressing's: mu.
tinkly have broken out in the army of Bessarabia, commanded by
Generals Wittgenstein and Sabeniefi: Lettere frown Warsaw go so
far as to earns that •reginsent of dragoon and several battalions of
infantry, composing a part of that army, have passed the Pruth
and marched towards Jassy, and that the detachment of Turks
who were in garrison in that town left it on their approach, end
retreated towards the. Danube. The Grand Duke Constantine, It
It added, has left Warsaw, and gone to Kiew, the capital of the
Government, where the third division of infantry of the first army,
which is plated under his orders, is cantoned. In the cantonment
of the Lithuanian army Valioll4 movements have also been or.
dared, the object of which seems to be to bring it nearer to Vol.
hynla.

PARIS, FFB. 9.
(After capitulating nearly in the same terms the preceding letter
from Frankfort, the Editor proceeds)ln this state of things it is pretended that the Austrian armies
are going to occupy Servia, where they will remain as • corps
of observation. This news is very pr)bable- The Austrian Ca-
binet is too skilful, and too attentive to its interests to let Russia
numouvre alone on the tanks of European Turkey. Great poli-
tical interests will arise from the respective situation of Russia and
the Ottoman empire, and those interests will not be indifferent to
any Eusouean power. . _

, .
Lord Wellington is going to St. Petersburgh : the choice of this
Ambassador proves that the British Ministry is not blind to the
situation of the Continent, and that England is resolved to inter-
vene ass power of the first order in the action and the denouement
of the great drama which is preparing. It is already presumed
that it casts a look of concupiscence on the important island of
Canlia. This naval and military point would give it the empire,
of the Archipelago.
[Front the Efoik dated Saturday, Feb. 11.1
PARIS, Fen. 10.
_

According to the Caustifirliomvel, a detachment of the Russian
army has passed the Pruth and entered Jassy, the capital of Vol.
darts. Orr:ors are given by the Emperor Nicholas to invade the
principalities. The 15th 31areh is fixed for the eruption.
The Conatitutiornel will probably give us one of these days the
manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas, as it has already given us that
of the Emperor'Alesandcr.
The A ustrian armies are going to enter Servia ; and England Is
going to appropriate to itself the empire of the Archipelago, by
occupying the island of Candia. Such is the ridiculous romance
which the Coratitutionnel has thought it necessary to present to us
before letting us hear the threats which M. Sehastiani utters, oj•
that bloody series of convulsions and catastrophes, of which the
victims are almost as numerous as the witnesses.

A letter from Toulon of Feb. 2, says that the river Orbe has
over9,wed its banks, and had formed a kind of canal about three
mitre* in depth, at the bottom of which a ship was found. The
wood, except some pieces of oak, was rotten: some copper nails
were extractel, but the iron nails were completely oxydated.
Tha histoire ALregee drs Cones, by M. Daloure, has been
seized by the police in the shops of several booksellers.
[From the Courrier Francais.]

Letters from Munich su, that the King of Bavaria has sent an
agent to the King of %Virtemburg, to concert measures for re-
suming the negociatinn for abolishing all tolls and duties of customs
in the interior of South Germany.
A Stuttgard Paper says that the new Emperor of Russia ha
already manifested an intention to mitigate the rigour of the laws
which prevent the importation of numerous foreign literary pro-
ductions into the Russian empire.
Fax )(cif ECNlJ9.—Paris, Feb. 10.—Five per Cents. WE ;
Three per Cents. 631. 30c.—Bank Stock, 203.5 f.; Rente de Naples,
731. 00c.; Bartle/1 Loan, 77:4 Exchange on London.—One
Three Months, 2.5 f. 30c.— Coves Autheutifue,
10.

According to the statements in the Dutch and Flanders
papers that reached us last night, it appears that the in-
surrection in Java will be speedily suppressed. The Hague
Stale Cuurant of the 7th instant gives various details of
the operations of the Government forces in Batavia, down
to the Ist October. The following are extracts:—

iIAGUE, FEB. 7.
The State Courant gives today the followinkartiele:--
• . .

"We have received this moo-rent accounts from Batavia to the
lit October, brought by tbg Adriana, Capt. Born. We shall in.
sett them at length io our next, and at present merely state that
the ►ubstance of theta Words the prospect that the insurrection in
Java will be speedily put down. On the 14th September, General
Van Geen had dispersed the insurgents who had again penetrated
into the district of Dsmak. Later movements made by our troops
have cleared all parts of the territory of the Government, and on
the 24. h of September, Lieutenant-General de Koek had already
approached Klatton, on his march to the chief rendezvous of the
insurgents. Ilia force consisted of 6000 men, of whom 2000 were
were regnlar troops, the first division being commanded by Ma,jor-
General Van Geen. The account of the result of the opernuona
was expected every moment.

BATAVIA, SEPT. 21.
By dnpatches from Semarang we have received the happy news
of the arrival in that port of the ship Dania. with LW men, under
31ajor Sollewyn, front Pontranak ; it Rai almost immediately fol-
lowed by the Apollo and the Emile, and the colonial schooner the
Iris, also from the cast coast of Borneo, with 200 men, some ar-
finery, &c. . . _ _ _

The plan of General Van Geen to go and attack the rebels In
Gruhogan was anticipated by them. On the 12th we marched
towards Doeyaran, with so superior a force that the post stationed
near the bridge was obliged to fall back towards Damak, which
place was immediately inundated by the rebels, whose numbers are
ritimated at from sixteen to twenty thousand men ; so that Lieut.-
Colonel. l'hilzinger, who had been sent to that port, thought it pru-
dent to abandon it with his men, supported by two cannon, that
his communication with the General and Semarang might not be
cut off.

This retreat was executed by the Lieut.-Colonel in the most
perfect order, though he was surrounded by a numerous armys
which followed him step by step, and though almost all the bridge.
on his road were destroyed he lost only two men on his retreat,
while his cannon seriously injured the enemy. This column was
joined on the 13th by those of Major Sollewyn and Mout ; on the
14th thole forces went forwards ; the difficulties of the road im.
pcded their march.
According to the report of General Van Geen on his operations of
the 14th and 13th, the fortes had been formed into three divisions
under Majors Sollewyn and Elout and Capt. Bac. The General
hoped enitrely to disperse the insurgents, but Major Elout having
taken a wrong direction, this column could not co-operate on the Ge.
nei al's plan ; however, he entered Damak, and proceeded beyond
it, without seeing ei,y signs of the insurgents who had retreated.—
The General published a proclamation in that town, where he left
some troops, with orders to pursue the rebels after they had taken
some repose.
.... . . .

The 'accounts from Djorjocarta of the 12th erste, that the re-
bels, who had made a general attack, had been repulsed at all
points with little lons on our side.
The accounts from all the other residences continue to be sattis
factrwy, only we receive news that the rebels now keep Damak
blockaded.

Accounts from Bitsvia of 28th September have been received at
Antwerp, of which the following is an extract :
On the 18th of this month a considerable body. of rebels ap.
neared near Kadoe, under four Pangeranga of Djocjocarta. They
seemed to expect our troops.
Major But, at the head of 120 infantry, some Mauduriate
troops, and one cannon, attacked the enemy and completely
routed them.

In consequence of this action Kodoe and the environs have been
given up to the authorities of the Oovernment.
The Chief Tommongong, of Djacjocarta has applied to the
Resident to make his submission. on condition of his life being
spared, and has sent his son as hostage to Major Bast.
A private letter received at Autwerp announces the reduction of
the rebels in Macassar, the existence of some troubles in Borneo,
and the probability of the speedy termination of the insurrection.
(Derck .Papers, tcb. 8.)
ST. PET EftsBURGII, JAN. 23.
According to accoonts 'from Jsjansay, of the 31st December
(January 12), her Majesty the Empress Elizabeth had been deeply
afflicted on the day when the funeral procession of the late Em-
peror leR that place, but her extreme grief had not had any bail
consequences to her health, which wee a little better since that
mournful day.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has just arrived in
this city. His Royal Ilighnevi the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Blecklenburg Schwern arrived here three days ago.—Joarsel of
St.- Peter:bar:l4Jan. 24.)
[The St. Petersburgh Journal, from Jan. 19 to 24, commies no
Inoue but what has been already published.l
STOCZHOLM. JAW. 24.
Major.fieneral Suchtelen yesterday had an audience of his Ma-
jesty. to present the notification of the Emperor Alexander's death,
and the accession of the Emperor Nicholas. He at the same time
presented his new credentials.
A courier from an Ambassador in St. Peteruburgh is said to have
brought an autograph letter from the Emperor to our King,
couched in the most friendly terms.
EICHANOTS o r LONDC9L—AsISTIRDANI, PCB. 7.--41Pli
two months 46-3. 11 SKI UllOl, FEB. 3.-46 3; two months 36.
RIGA, JAN. 19.-14. Latytc, jow. 3114.--Three months 6
it 17j. BL Luc, JAN. 31.—Thres owed* 281.—(liemiturgh
Papers, Feb, 3.) _ _

Bnusgrt.s—Ftss 8.
We expect every moment his Grace the Duke of Wellington

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from London, as his way to St. Petersburgh, upon an extraor-
dinary mission from his Britannic hisjesty.
The fee in the Lek began to brink op on the 4th or this 'north :
but in the Waal at Nhneguern on the 3d, the seater had risen 32
Ipoltes slam the Ist of title math. .
' At Arnheim the Rhine bad risen 25 inches on the 3d. The ice
has alto broken up at Cologne and Dordrecht. In general the ac-
counts of the stile of the rivers are satiefsetory.
k'ss. 111.—The Prince Mean, Archbishop of lalines. Primate
of Belgium, has published a pateral Letter relative to Mt °beer-
' ranee of Lent.
The Court of Assizes of Ghent yesterday sentenced to capital
punishment J. B. Boddsert of Semmersocke, for having excited
his eon Francis, a boy fourteen years of age, to set fire to the
houses of two of his neighbours, in the same parish. The son
was condemned to 12 years mai:mm=l for having committed this
crime.
FES. 10.—Two British cabinet messengers from St. Petersburgh
passed through this city yesterday, on their way to London, with
despatches.
Sir J. Wylie, physician to the late Emperor Alexander, has ar-
rived at St. Peteraburgh, from Taganrog.
HAGUE, FEB. 7.
SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATBS.OKNERA L.
Among the seretal petitions presented to the Chamber was one
from some merchants of Rotterdam. against the tariff of import
and export duties. Reports were presented upon other petitions
against the tariff, against the regulation of the Code of Commere
relative to brokers, and of others in favour of the tariff:
Some lace.manutacturers at Courtray request the interference or
the Chamber to protect their manufactures, and to adopt measures
of reprisal against the French tariff'.
Mr. Canning, British Consul Oeneral at If smburgh. has given
notice that the treaties with Brazil have not been ratified by his
Maje.ty, and will not be till they have undergone considerable
modiliestion.—B,iurth l'apers,lllls

By the packet that arrived on Saturday we have re-
ceived Jamaica Papers to the 3tl January. Their contents
are destitute of public interest. The rains in the island
hare been incessant ; so much so as to have caused the
roads to have been washed away for five. or six feet. The
Papers notice a fracas that took place between two mem-
bers of the House of Assembly, which was so derogatory to
the dignity of the Colonial Legislature, that the aggressor
was ordered into the custody of the Sergeant at Arms, and
by him committed to gaol. The opponents were Mr.
BEAUMONT and Mr. GHIGNON, who it appears had a
cause of quarrel, subsisting in consequence of Mr. Gans no tv,
' in no very measured terms, aspersing the character of Mr.
Beaumont. for veracity, upon which the latter slapped
Mr. G.'s face. Mr. BEAUMONT subsequently petitioned
the House to be released from prison, expressed his regret
for the outrage he bad committed, and by which he had
violated its • privileges, and implored its leniency. Mr.
B.'s petition was ordered to lie on the table, but it does not
appear whether any order issued for bis liberation. The
Jamaica Courier of the 2d January says, "the House of
Assembly of Antigua has voted the sum of 300 guineas to
be paid to Mr. /IPQuEEN, and a like sum to the editor of
the Jolts Bair

The momentous subject of the Currency, which events
have at length forced upon the immediate consideration of
Parliament, has for many years engaged the anxious
thoughts of those persons who have devoted their attention
to the commercial interests of the nation, and who have
examined, in the spirit of philosophic investigation, those
principles which lie at the foundation of political science.
The subject could never have been brought before the
Legislature at a period more favourable to its discussion,
for Parliament never yet contained within its walls men,
both in and out of Administration, so amply qualified to
consider it in all its relations, or that are so well studied in
those sound principles of mercantile policy which bear
upon the various questions which it involves. Our present
Ministers are men whose minds have imbibed their full
share of that intelligetne which, within the last twenty or
thirty years, has matured the intellectual condition of
Europe, and which is gradually changing the face of
nations.

That the recent distress in the commercial world, and
the existing difficulties which still continue to press hea-
vily upon it, may be traced, in a great degree, to that fa-
cility of obtaining credit which arose from the excessive
issue of country bank paper, is everywhere admitted; and
that the gradual extinction of one and two pound notes
was a measure fundamentally essential to the restoration of
any thing like a secure and solid currency. No axiom in
Euclid is more demonstrably true than the assertion of Mr.
HllbKissoN that these small notes will inevitably displace
an equal amount of sovereigns; and that it was utterly im-
possible that a supply of gold, for the legitimate purposes
of commerce, could be insured under the present system of
provincial banking. That the remedial measures applied
by Government may occasion some collateral embarrassment
is a result to be expected. No distempered state of the
body-politic, any more than of the natural body, can be
cured without undergoing the suffering essential to the
operation. But no evils arising from the reduction of the
circulating paper can at all equal the mischief and misery
that would arise from its continuance. When country
bank notes can ne longer be procured at will, and new pa-
per cannot be discounted to take up the old, the loss to the
speculators, and to the whole race of fictitious capitalists,
must and will, be great, but the gain to the nation will be
infinitely greater. This class of persons may suffer, but in
the mean time the commonwealth is saved.
The difficulty is, perhaps, in a great mercantile kingdom
like our own, to determine what quantity of paper cur-
sassy the actual wants of commerce require, and what
amount of the circulating medium it can usefully support.
A certain extent of paper credit is essential to the carrying
on of our trade, both domestic and foreign; and it would
be a fatal error of judgment that should carry the reduc-
tion beyond what the general security and safety fairly
justified. The amount of commercial paper which—in
bills of exchange— enters into all the transactions of our
commerce, both at home and abroad, seems not to be suf-
ficiently attended to, either in Parliament or out of it, in
the discussions which have for their object the regulation
of the paper currency. The whole attention of those who
speak and write on this important suldect seems absorbed
in the issue of Bank paper, and the influence of its excess
on the price of commodities—the solidity of public dredit—
and the preservation of metallic currency. The amount of
this commercial paper, which has no basis its real capital,
far exceeds the amount of the whole paper currency of every
other description taken together; and it is here that the
ultimate insolvency of the parties tends most to the convul-
sion of mercantile credit. Drawers, Acceptors, Indorsers,
Discounters, every one from the first holder to the last
Indorsee, are not only themselves involved, but involve all
those whose solvency was thus made more or less to depend
on them. It is in this channel of speculation that fraud
has most room to work, and where, therefore, the confi-
dence of the unwary is most imposed upon. Against this
evil no legislative enactments can wholly provide; it is
only to be remedied by the wisdom obtained by experience;'
but much will be dune indirectly towards removing it,
by the measures which Ministers are about to adopt,
which, by restraining the haul of country bank notes, will
cut of a great soaves of the 'apply by which this fraudu-
dent paper capital was fed, and which, in the way of dis-
count, assisted so materially b the success of all its disas-
trous sPoratiolis- • Nothing encourages speculation so ex-
tensively se ties hellfire/ borrowing, and nothing contri-
butes to this facility io much as the *dent system of
country banking, iu which the transactions on-both sides

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are unreal, and where credit has nh Itounds but the avarice
of the speculator. •

The system of paper credit is undoubtedly better esta-
blished and carried to a greater extent in England than in
any other country, and this is one of the strongest indica-
tions both .of the wealth and the integrity of her tradesmen
and merchants, and bears the most honourable testimony to
their known character in these respects, fur in what we have
said above with regard to commercial paper, we mutt, of
course, be understood as confining ourselves to accommoda-
tion bills, anti to that species of paper credit which is made
more immediately subservient to purposes of specalation.
q exchange, whatever portion they may contribute to
the augmentation of the paper currency, are indispensable
to the transactions of commerce; it is true they are a sub-
stitute for the precious metals, but they are a valuable sub-
stitute, and one which, however greatly it rosy be affteted
by the convulsions of public credit, is no way concerned
with the valid objections which apply to country bank paper.
If bank notes of every kind were annihilated to-mor-
row, and replaced by a metallic currency, this species of
paper currency would still exist, and exist with all its ad-
vantages. _ _

We shall postpone our further observations till after the
debate of this evening, whie;i will put us more fully in
possession of the views of Government as to the arrange-
ment of those conflicting interests of paper and specie which
at present remain to be adjusted.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

We have rarely witnessed such a scene of agitation as
took place on the Stock Exchanges on Saturday. The
anxiety had been very great during the week, but it was
materially increased on Saturday, and a depression of more
than 1 per cent. took place on the closing prices of Friday.
As early as nine o'clock, a great number of speculators bad
assembled, in order toaseertain the impression made by the
speech delivered by Mr. Robinson ; but Consols both for
Money and Account opened at the same quotations at which
they left off on the preceding day, but they were scarcely
maintained fora moment, Consols for Account declining ra-
pidly ;rein 7714 to 77, while Consols for Money fell front
771 to 7fil, and at this reduction the dealers showed little
inclination to realize. Before 12 o'clock Consols were to
be obtained at 761 t, for Money at 76k. The gloom was
much increased by minor sales made by those who had,
since the conneencement of the Aecount, exerted them-
selves to the utmost to check the operations of the great
body of dealers; according to report, Stock was thrown on
the market, between II and 12 o'clock, to the extent of
more than one million sterling. On Consols for Account
receding to 74 it seemed to have been deemed necessary
to make another effort to produce a rally, and this effort
was more successful than heretofore, so that by two o'clock
Consols for Account recovered to 774, but afterwards fell,
though not rapidly, and by four o'clock time nearest quota-
tion was 76i. The dealers continued their speculations
in private bargains until five o'clock, when Consols for
Account left off at 794.
The new Account for April was partially opened on
Wednesday last, and the continuation front one Account
to the other amounted to about per cent., owing to the
very extensive fluctuations in the Funds yesterday, though
dealers con lined their operations exclusively to the February
Account, and it is not likely, unless the market becomes
more tranquil, that any transactions will be entered into
beyond the next settling day.
In the Three and a Ilalf per Cents., the Four per Cents.,
and Bank Long Annuities, a great deal of speculation has
also been entered into, and they have been much depressed.
The Four per Cents., which left off yesterday at 94, were
sold currently at 93, while the Three and a Ifalf per Cents.
Reduced were done at SS. There having been within, the
last day or two so heavy a depression in Bank Stock, it has
not been sold lower titan yesterday, when it was depressed
to 1974 ; a few bargains have, indeed, been made a shade
higher.

The great demand for Money in the City has led to some
large sales of Exchequer Bills, which have been dont. at
.Ss. discount, while the discount on India Bonds has been
increased to Lis.

There has been a most rapid decline in the Foreign
Market; that in the Transatlantic Securities has amounted
generally to about 7 per cent.; Mexican Bonds have fallen
from 60i to 55; the New Mexican from 66j to 594; Old
Colombian from 691 to 56,12 ; and the New Colombian
from 59 to 514. In Chilian Bonds there has been much
less doing, but still they were front 8 to 9 per cent. below
what was given for them last week. Peruvian Bonds con-
tinue to be more out of repute than any of the other Re-
publican Securities, and although yielding a nominal in-
terest of 6 per cent. per annum might have been obtainetl,
during the panic yesterday, at 31.. No further intelligence
has been received which is likely to affect the prices of
either Brazil or Buenos Ayres Bonds, hut they hay; fallen
from 68 to SO, while Buenos Ayres are nominally about 6
per cent. lower than in the early part of the week.
While every other description of Foreign Stock has conti-
nued to fall, there has been a re-action of more than 3 per
cent. in Greek Bonds, which have risen front 144 to
This has been entirely the effect of the statement which has
been put forth in a positive manner, of the Duke of %VeL-
L►NGTON having proceeded to Russia to enter upon impor-
tant negotiations for the recognition of the independence of
Greece.

The French Funds have been partakers of the panic with
which our own have been affected, the Rentes closing this
afternoon at 97 2.5, and 3 per Cents. at 63, and are from
two to three per cent, under the current quotations on
Thursday afternoon, at Pads, as communicated by the
expresses last received from thence.
When the other Markets are in so feverish a state, it is
scarcely necessary to add that Shares arc without pur-
chasers.

Saturday evening arrived the Hope, private trader,
Capt. Flint, from Madras, which presidency she left on the
9th of October. The latest information from our forces at
Rangoon and Arracan comes down to the end of September,
at which time operations had not recommenced. The sick-
ness at Arracan still prevailed, but our troops at Rangoon
were much more healthy. It does not appear that we have
made any sensible imprevion on the Burt/Jails—we only pos-
sess the ground our armies cover, and all around goes on
the same as ever. Wherever we• move we arc paramount,
but armed parties immediately close upon our rear. A
strong reconnoitring party was lately sent front Prome, to
ascertain if a force was oollecting in advanx of them;
and it was found that many thousands were assembled
together, and had stockade(' themselves. They fired upon
our advance, who immediately retreated, having obtained
the information they wanted. The 45th King's Reg'.
ment, and the Ist and nel Madras Native •Infantri; were
embarked at Madras for Rangoon; the 69th King s Regi-
ment was embarked in the Malcomb, for England; Gen.
Sewell was also coming home in the same ship. Lord
Combermere bad not arrived out. The passengers by the
Hope are, Lady Gray and four children, Colonel and -Mrs.
Webster. Capt. and Mrs. Crewe, Mr. and. Mrs. Coates,
Colonel Cleveland, Captain Knox, 45th, Lientenauts Scott,
Manton, Justice, Company's Service Lieut. Ellis, 13thl
King's Dragoons, Misses Wallis, Belli, and Godfrey, Mr.
Jackson, R.N. The )lope left the Cape of Good Hope on
the 4th, and St. Helena on the 16th of December. The
Rockingham from Calcutta, was to leave the Cape on the
6th December, for England.—Hompshire 7'elegreph.
We have reason to believe that some, change will soon
take place in the road which the mail-coach takes from
London to Glasgow. We have heard that it is intended
again to send the London mail by the road of Burrough-
bridge. On this road, continued at the present speed, we
should have It here nearly two hours earlier, as the road is
IS or 19 miles shorter than the road by Manchester.
Should the plan he adopted, we shall probably have a mail
A
from London in the morning, and adi et one at someother
hour of the (lay, to and from Ma tester or Liverpool,
with a branch mall from Preston to ose towns.—Glargate
Courier. .

The Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh
have conferred the degree of A.M. on the follo►ving gen-
tlemen, viz.-Nicol Stenhouse, Alexamler Wallace, ut►d
William I.2ach.—Caledonian Mercury.