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INDIA.

Madras Papers hare MIX to hand to Able beginning
of September, from which we extract the following :
MALACCis Ilan lg..
We hare had a royal tiger. hunt here. Capteia if dto
27th, and another officer came out four nmaches from Sanger in this
direction with two elephants in search of tigers. They *let wtth
one, and Captain R. ordered his mahaot to take his elephant uplo
the spot where be was lying on the banks at a mall rime, loaner
some bushes, thst Its might get a fair shot at him. •fht hi&
getting within few yards of the tiger, the latter- mahedeatra
charged, and just as he woe about springing, thecatimin.dged
wounded him, which drove bun back toldi den. TheVicZ
tried to retreat across the river. when the Captain tired in
iato him, which madehinsfall back among the bushes., The Eli.
hoot now thought the tiger was dead. at he saw him !Tinseled*
stretch, and he told his master of it ; but all the latter
could not persuade the medutot that the tiger. far from becrtr:Stl,
was only " shumuing Abraham." The inahato persisted is pp*.
nig the elephant cloee up to the tiger. and the consequence was
latter among up, and, before the Captain could live, smartly
the elephant's head, got his fore paws en the bandialt.
_pont deit
on one side, and wounded the maMtot hie thigh, pulinsgthe
talhdoirn at the same time, when out dew all the. guns Mon the
, except the one that Captain K. had in hie hand. Th.
poor mehaot 11111 so much alanthed4and not without reastmLtt
he get off the neck et the elephant, and ran away into the
In this state Captain K. mewed to get the mete* et his
against the tiger and blew him off the elephant. She 'mantle
up, when the tiger laid hold of tine of her Mott hp. and
it considerably. lie then quitted her, and was sling away to
jungle, when h met the unfortunate cooly belonging to the
pliant coming up, whom he immediately:ran mend wounded set a&
verely that he died a few 41OR after. llemerer, the Ca' mane his.
ing Rtepe timlusot to come back no the tdelobaln• "to PiNZ
the again, and at length killed him. Ho curtuuenced Mo
the wit the tiger at two p.m.. and had not killed him befog* •
The elephant's head and proboscis were ma turn, ar.J tho 4g
bad thirteen balk in biro.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, J•xc•ar IS, 1824.

Political tyranny and persecution are almost as busy in
France, under the sway of the mild " Lewis the Well-
beloved," as they were at any period of the despotism of
Louis MV., or his profligate grandson, whose reign was
a compound of the most outrageous tyranny and disgusting
debauchery. The Charter is now, in fact, a mere sound-
ing scroll; each successive Ministry has made new en-
croachments on it. More than nine years have passed
since the wandering Bourbons were unexpectedly recalled,
to the splendid throne of their ancestors, and the tolerant
Louis granted to France a political Constitution ; and not
a year has passed in which some new attempt has not been
made on the Charter, until it is at length a mere thing of
shreds and patches. Richelieu, Villele, Chateaubriand, all
in succession have aimed their weapons at it:—
" 'Twas here the well-beloved Brutus stabbed ;
See what a rent the envious Cana made !"
As the elections approach in France, the most unjusti-
fiable attempts are made on the personal liberty of the
Opposition Deputies. M. Ktrchlin, the patriotic deputy
for the Upper Rhine, has already been in a dungeon,
confounded with felons, for four months, and he is now
threatened with the same fate again. Eight months
have passed away since this Deputy, with his col-
leagues, M. d'Argenson Bignon and the younger La
Fayette, addressed a letter to their constituents on the
memorable expulsion of the undaunted Manuel ; and
for this letter, at such an interval, they are now
summoned before a criminal tribunal. If, as the Cwt-
stitationnel well remarks, this letter can be construed to
be reprehensible now, it surely must have been so when
first written. Eight months have passed since this letter
was circulated through France ; during a great part of the
time these Deputies have sate in the Chamber ; and
at the close of such an interval it is now tortured into'
a criminal offence, notoriously to impede the patriotic
deputies in their election. Whilo the Chamber sate,'
not a sentence was uttered imputing any criminal iu-
tention of this sort, and the question is only now raised
when the Deputies of the Upper Rhine are again about to
appeal to their constituents, with the strongest chances of
re-election. The object evidently must be to embarrass
them by a prosecution. They cannot be rendered incom-
petent by any criminal proceeding that may be taken, but
there may be a possibility of defeating their election by
flinging a vexatious prosecution of this sort in their path.:
The object for dissolving the Chambers seems to be to get
rid both of the most violent Ultras and the leading mem-
bersof the left side, if possible, and thus procure a Cham-
ber which will be in a great degree passive in the bands of
the present Ministry, and give no opposition to the policy
by which France is now governed.

One of the first notices given in the approaching Ses-
sion of Parliament will be, we trust, for the repeal of the
Vagrant Act, and an inquiry into the conduct of the Ma-
gistracy. Mr. Flint's case, detailed in our paper some
days since, will, we know, be brought by a distin-
guished Member before the House, and it cannot be made
public without creating great and general indignation,
. wherever it is beard of. On this most oppressive case,
Mr. Cbetwynd, the author of the arbitrary Statute in
question, displayed little of that impartiality and temper
suited to a Magistrate and Legislator ; the detail of his
conduct can conciliate few supporters, when the motion
comes before the Cummons House. The Vagrant Act,
forms one of the most arbitrary encroachments made on
the liberty of the subject for many years ; it throws into'
the hands of Magistrates the most extravagant and un-
constitutional powers—powers that appear to have been
subsequently exercised, by Mr. Chetwynd himself, in
the mast oppressive manner. In fact, the conduct of
Magistrates in general has created, of late, loud and
continual complaint ; were it not fur the control
exercised by the public press, their tyranny would
be unbearable. While the Judges of the land ex-
erase their high offices with moderation and for-
bearance, accusation alone is sufficient to call down
the iron hand of the Magistrate, and entail on the indivi-
dual charged every sort of suffering. The Magistracy of
Ireland bas hitherto been publicly denounced as degraded
and corrupt ; but, from our own knowledge and expe-
rience, we can assert that their acts have not been
011 C half so arbitrary as those of the same class in
this country. Such a case as that of Mr. Flint is un-
exampled in Ireland : Mere no Magistrate, or bench of
Netgistrates, would think of any thing so monstrous as
sending a respectable gentleman, for a mock riot, to a prison
aid hard labour ; cut off from every comfort, and degraded
by association with felons and a jail-dress. It' acts of this
description can be perpetrated with impunity in England,
no man whatever is safe ; private and public liberty
equally become a nitre name—an empty sound, and no-
thing else. We do sincerely trust that this important
question will meet the fullest and most serious attention
in the coming Session of Parliament ; and that the Legis-
lature will, by salutary revision and enactmeuts, shield
the people in general from the Magisterial tyranny, which
we have seen exercised much too often of late, to the de-
gradation of the laws, and the serious injury and oppres-
sion of the subject.

Letters received from Lisbon by the last packet, from
highly respectable merchants there, state, in the NM po-
sitive terms, that a treaty, offensive and defensive, halt
been signed between France and Portugal, in which the
former Power agrees to assist Portugal in an attempt to re-
cover the Brar.tils, making it a condition that Portugal
should apply to England for aid in the first instance, which
it was well known would be refused. It is said that an
expedition was fitting out, and that every ship of war in
the Tagus was or& red to be in readiness immediately. It
is also added, that the Conde de Palmella was coming to
this country forthwith, to solicit the aid of the English
Government in subjugating the Brazils, and if he does not
succeed he will proceed immediately to the Continent, to
try what he eau lo there.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCII-PA PERS.

The Paris Journals of Monday, with the Etoile of Tne3-
day's date, reached us yesterday by express :
I From the Etuile of Tuesday.l
MADEID, JAI:. 2.
THE *MISTER OP WAR TO TOL CAPTAIN-GENERAL OP

GIIF.NADA.
I have rendered an account to our Lord the King of your despatch
of the 19th of October, and three documents which accompany it ;
the result of which is, that the Lieutenant of the King at tirenads
has broken several of the officers attached to the ['Etat Major, tor
having taken a part in the volunteer utilities.

The English journals still speak with affectation of the Message
of the President Ithe United States. We shall only answer them
in a few words to all the radical nonsense about Europe. Suppos-
ing they make common cause with the United States, they have
only to support them, nine sail of the line, thirteen frigates, and
twenty-five thousand troops of the line.
They write front Rome on the :19th December. that Cardinal
Opinucey.Archbishop of Benevento, and labrizeio Rollo, are dan-
gerously ill.
They state from St. Petersburgh, on the '..'Td December, that
the marriage of the Grand Duke Michael with the Princess of
Wirtemberg, took place on the 17th, and was solonnized accord-
ing to the Greek ritual.
PAals, JANVAIT 11.
The Ordinance respecting the pastoral letter of the Cardinal of
Clennont-'fonnere, has appeared in the Alonittur ; a production
which abounds with propositions contrary to the public right, to the
laws of the kingdom, and to the prerogative and independence of
the Crown, is merely suppressed. One of the principal reasons
for the suppression depends on the form attune which the author
has Oren the work, and thus the Cardinal is exposed merely to a
nominal censure. It is impossible to conceive a more gentle sen-
tence applied to so important a case ; and one will be still more
struck with it when he compares it with that which has been
infiiotedl by the tribunals on the transgressions of the press,
and with the punishments =WA to offences of a much lighter na-
ture; however, so tar front submitting with gratitude to an act
which is less a punishment than a benevolent and paternal admoni-
Men, the fanatic journals are enraged that the Secular Power should
the right of passing judgment upon the writings of a
Prince of the Church.
An evening journal potash= the follawing details, relative to
what passed at the Council of State upon the subject of the pastoral
latter of the Cardinal 'l'he Council was assembled without any
of the Members knowing the cause ; the Keeper of the Seals pre-
sided.
M. Portalis commenced. He made comments upon the pastoral
letter, and demonstrated that it abounded with principles contrary
to those of the public right, and the liberties of the Galilean
church.

M. Dudon defended the letter upon all points.
The Keeper of the Seals supported the opinion of M. Portalis.
111. Allan expressed a wish that the Canlinal should be stun_
oned and heard. .

The Keeper of the Seals opposed this proposition, which, when
put to the vote, was lost by a large ntajonty.
The proposition of M. Poetalis, for the suppression of the letter,
was then put to the vote and adopted almost unanimously. There
were but four dissenting voices, namely—those of :Views. Dudon,
Delaveau, and Italainvilliers. 'rite fourth dissentient is not known.

NORTII-WEST COAST OF AMERICA.
LFrom the JourNal der Debuts of 31onday.)
PANTS, JAN. 11.
If it be true that • discussion is likely to arise between Russia,
England. and the United States, relatively to the North-west coast
of America, the following letter, in which some observations and
illustrations are addressed to us, in reference to a note which we
published upon one passage in the Message of the President to
' Congress, may be of sonic interest. We shall follow it by some ob-
servations of our own :
" Sin —ln adverting to some expressions in the Message of the'
President of the United States, relating to the North-west coast of '
America, the English Cqurier has stated, somewhat doubtingly,
indeed, that this coast was first explored by Captain Cook.
You have rectified this error upon tolerably good grounds. It is
certainly a fact, that before the voyage of Cook to the North-west
coast, which did not take place until the year 1778, many Russian
and English navigators had already visited it more than two cen-
turies before. 1 beliese it was Cabrillo, a Spanish navigator, who
first visited it in 1543.

" But you add, that England, as you believe, ceded, in 1709 all
the claims resulting front prior discovery, if not in point of right,
at least in point of fact, bl renouncing the project of forming an
establishment at Nootka sound. This is not correct.
" In 1799, England manifested tits Intention of forming *per-
manent establishment at Nootka Sound, where her subjects already
carried on a considerable trade in tam &c. &c. Spain not only
formally opposed herself to this project, but she seized all the Eng-
lish factories employed in the trade along that coast, and she erected
a fortress at Nootka. The English Government, directed at that
time by the celebrated Pitt, expressed strong resentment, fitted out
huge armaments, and threatened to declare war vainst Spain, if she
did not give satisfaction to England.
"After many negotiations, which it wt.uld be too tedious to
recapitulate here, the Cabinet of Madrid, baying abandoned all
hope of being supported by France, who was then too much occu-
pied with her own troubles, and being in no condition to struggle
single-handed with her powerful adversary, she was obliged en
yield to the imperious law of necessity. On the kith of October,
1790, a Convention was concluded with England, by which all the
points at issue were decided in favour of the latter Power. The
first article of this Convention states, that' the buildings and dis-
tricts situated on the north-west coast of North America, or on the
adjacent islands, of which the subjects of his Britannic Majesty
had been depbsed towards the month of April, 1789, shall be re-
stored to his Britannic Majesty's said subjects, &c. &c.
" The execution of this Convention experienced difficulties
which were not finally arranged until the pfd of March, 1795.
The Spanish fort was razed to the ground, the English flag was
planted at Nootka as a sign of possession, and ever since, Great
Britain has retained this important place, which secures her the
fur trade of North America, and the fisheries of the South Sea.
" I have the honour to be, &c. " D. L."

The explanation given by M. I). L. exhibits without contradic-
tion, the exact truth with respect to the establishment on the isle
of Noutka Sound, considered in itself; only it must be remarked
that England has not kept the slightest garrison on that point. It
was not till after 1816 that posts of fur hunters belonging to the
United Companies of the North-West and Hudson Ray, after hav-
ing passed the Rock Mountains, established themselves upon a part
of the continental coast, to which they have given the name of New
Caledonia. The existence of these establishments was only known
at London from the account of a vo7m I Anted in the United
States.
New Caledonia extends to the north of New Georgia, so named
by Captain Vancouver, who made a map of it, and took possession
of it in the name of England, in 1795.
The United States, on their side, pretend, by the alquisition of
Louisiana, that they have obtained- rights to the f.mous ‘Veat
river, explored by the French, and named by the Americans Co-
lombia. They have explored the course of it with much success,
and they keep up military posts at the mouth and on some utile?
pointa. • . . . .

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The course•of the river has this particularity in it, that it is
formed of -two great rivers, one from the no, :h, which unites
almost all the waters of New Caledonia, and the other, flowing
from the south. receives many riven, coining from New California;l
so that the basin of the Colombia, very narrow on the maritime
cant, takes on immense developement in the interior. This dis-
trict of ()regain, which the I 'nited States consider as their property,
menaces at the same time both the Spanish and English frontiers.
third nation has advanced into these uncultivated countries.
The Russians have formed, in one of the isles ii3Ojacent to New Ca-
ledonia, the establishment of Stika, or New Archangel ; they have
treated as subjects theoinsular Indians to the Slat degree of lati-
tude, and passing before Nootka Sound and the mouth of the Co-
lombia, they have established a permanent post at Ikalega, at 30
degrees, in California. There has therefore been confusion between
all these at eopations.
But, dismissing fora moment the Russians, the English, and
the United States, we ask when and hens the King of Spain has re-
nounced his ancient rights to the whole of the recasts, front the :Stith
degree north, as far as California. coasts discovered and tepeatedly
visited by Spanish navigators in 1543 in 1588, in 15i42, and in
1771? The ling of Spain ceded, In 1789 and 17U5, the singk
point of occupation of Nootka; but the cession of one spot does
not nay with it the ceishm of all the resat, and respecting which
the treaties cited by IS. L. are silent.
Spain appears to us, therefore, to have a right to he included in
the nlvociations opened between England, the United Statti, and
Russia, on the subject of these disputed countries.
SPAIN.
(Front the Jusormul des Debuts.]
Palos, 'TAX. 12.
After mass the King gave a private audience to the Princes
Carignan, Talleyrand, Marshals, Peers, &c. and also to the nun-
cio ambassadors of Spain and Naples.
The city of 3lontreuil sur 3ler has given public feasts to cele-
brate the glorious campaign of 1323, and the return of the Prince.
The national guards and troops funning the garrison, defiled
amidst cries of Vise k Ilui, rieemt les huarlwas, le Dac d'An-
gostleasc !
(From the S'onstilatianurl.l
The Dnputies of the 31ajority, and those of the Opposition,
have this day the reward a their labours : the former are prefects,
'receivers-general, peers of France ; their sons are sub-pickets,
aueitor., &e. ; the latter are in a state of destitution, in prison,
'or drugged before the tribunals ; their children, their parents are
repelled from all employments and public schools. All that con-
cerns the one party is sacred—all that belongs to the other is sus-
pected. For four months .11. Rocklin was immured in that prison
to which he was condemned, and he is now threatened with a new
one. This !expectable citizen is brought before the 31agistrate,
with his ancient colleagues, for the letter addressed to their consti-
tuents eight months since.
If this letter be blamable now* was so then: why was it not then
prosecuted ? A document containing pernicious matter cannot be
too soon suppressed and punished, both for the purpose of pre-
venting its circulation, and serving as a warning to others who
may be disposed to express similar sentiments. Por eight months
authority was silent, for eight months the letter circulated tlirou4h
France; and this silence made many citizers think that the letter
contained only sentiments conformable to the Charter, and to the
essence of a representative Government.
Hower v, the (*handier separated, and the !deputies who signed
the letter were not pursued, they were still I)rputies,!and this rank
nu doubt terrified the possessors of power. It was not till there

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