The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PFTERSHCROII, SEPT. 9.
On the Inth August the Emperor addressed the following rescript
to the Metropolitan of this capital :
" It has been communicated to nie, that, In your journey of in-
spection, you have visited the military colonies established in the
Governwent of Novogorod—that you have celebrated divine Ivor-
eiip there, and invoked the blessing of heaven on that infant
establishment, praying the Most High to bestow on it a emtinu-
ation of its prosperity. I feel pleasure in thanking you for this
pontifical act: for I am folly convinced that we can neither cont.
menee nor continue, with advantage, any undertaking, without the
blessing of Clod.
" Confiding in your prayers,
" I a:0, your affeetlonate
"ALEXANDER."

SEPTVIIDER 7.
The following is the Manifesto-of the Emperor for raising
recruit• :

"%Ve, Alexander the Tint, by the grace of God, Emperor and
Autocrat of all the Itulsias, &c.

flaring judged it necessary, In the present yen, to oiler r
auk' to be raised to complete our armies and fleets, where a want
of men is Mt by the onlinary diminutions of their number, and
the discharges we hare granted to old soldiers, who have com-
pleted their terms of service, the number of which was considerable,
as was that of the sick and ir.linn, ►endered unfit fur the service,
we ordain,

There shall be a levy throughout the whole extent of the em-
pire of too recruits out of every live hundred men, agreeably to
the regulatiivis of our Ukase, issued by the directing; Senate, Sep-
tember 7, 11118.

" Thanks to the Almighty, during three successive years, there
has been no occasion for recruiting; and our faithful and u•ell-
beloved subjects have been able, without neglecting their domestic
aftiiirs for this public duty, to enjoy, in the bumps of their families,
the fruits of a peace which happily has not heen interrupted. The
organisation of military colonies has larTely contributed to make
recruiting but rarely necessary. It w." not be so again, but in
time of war, when, with the aid of Divine Proviactive, these
Colonies will have gained all the imporunec which we desire to
give them.

•. Given at Zgarsknejselo, August 17, the sew of Grare 11121.
anti ot out Reign the 24th. " ALLXANI)Lit."

The Vice-Athniral Croon. who set sail at the end of June fur the
Frozen Sea, in order to visit the shores of Iceland, returned here
last week.

The new ship of war, named after the Grand Duchess Helena,
has been ready for some days to sail from Cronstiult on a voyage
round the world. Lieutenanam Tsehialskow, who commando
has altvady made one voyage of tt, kind.

IN INI114:

. .
Mr. BibIiMANS . joie proprietei Of the Coley/fa
Jeered, boo li that has Well
pm* between the Eastlndia (*many am*
the &ard of Control. the let August Air. Booking.
ham addressed to the •of r a bog Mstetattat
of
Ms claims on the • piny, in reply to
which he received
yilezl later:—
Zest eiteti. •
I ass esommerted, by the Ostia fast lWlN.ads
is
Carestoo
after m
ble setatowialge doe beedA=l, of
die let Met.
ef
,
which, ime db Wombs
the (lien see of the dweerga=ni trial of iompowastise be did
lejgrhieh you mete 101 l beds esarrol, ViL z•-•
Thu you be granted lea te retlitn *nth your badly
to &NO, I. same we of the Compeey's shirt. and at the Corn-
pany's sapowee, and that the Onewareent of that Presidency be
directed, se lame • licence foe the remand pt !!-Tiral of the Vika&
Jedirool, sad to pay to you the sum of 311,me rat the amount
J Ito have been embarked isthe first establ• tof the
Secondly—lf your rest's' of the eakella Amend in India be
deemed *holly inatiniheible, that the Coen grant you panders lost
to return to Bengal, furnished with a claim on the treasury of that
Presidency, On behalf of yourself aid your fellnw.propeietoes there,
for a restitution of your property, as far as the actual value of it
at the period of your removal from its superintendence Pin be
proved; and with authority to remain in India, for each period as
the Court may deem sufficient, fat the purpose of enabling yea to
wind up your affairs : or,
Thirdly—That in the event of the Court declining to t yon '
to revisit India at all, thet will direct payment in E to all
the proprietors of the /ass Cukmita !morsel, milted et bullet.
4pi
dually. as may be deemed IOW!, of such commimation as a summit-
tee of Proprietors of East load Stocky may, ea midges@ peeduesd,
conceive it equitable to award.
The Court instruct me to se/*lain( yet, with rifted* to
request for pentsisalen to return to India. Om mfmiiailia
to depart from theiedecision. which *es ea.rYaaafiyet ft oft
the 17ili of dopterainr, 1833, wiwit yes poollmeedon atw
iea
for that purpose.
Widi resod te &weber points alluded Mhs the peepedybop be-
fore mendested. IMa to ewe, that the =oak NW -
M IltedMenteace yew repromt• to law
'solely to the line of conduct pursued by yrio, *MO e•
Bengal Government to withdraw the powniedtin nadir whisky*
resided in India.
The Court of Directors have already espre-led their decided ap-
probation of die course adopted by their Government on that oeca:
'ion, Arti the Court of Proprietors have fully concurred therein :
and I am to add, that under a review of all the circumstances of
the case, the Court do not consider that either yeu or the other
parties on whose behalf you hive appealed, hare any just claim
whatever on the Last India Company.
I ant, Sic, your most obedient Servant,
J. DART, Secretary.
To J. S. Buckingham, Et.q.
Mr. Buckingham having made another effort in wain to
induce the Court to alter its decision, addressed the fole
lowing letter to the Board of Control :
To the Right llottourable the President, and the Bonoorable the
Members of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of
India.
London. September 3, 1824.
Seas; —Since I hall last the honour of addressing you, in Sep-
tember. 18M, ill many end such important changes have taken
place, with respect to the measures pursued against my property in
India. that I have felt myself compelled to appeal once more to
the justice of the Court of Directors of the East India t'ompany for
redress. I 'egret to state, however, that my application has bent
without emcee's. Under these circumstances. I venture again
to avail myself of the privilege allowed by the Legislature, to lay
before your Honourable Board the enclosed copies of my cones-
pondence with the Directors of the East India Company. I feel
persuaded that there never hat arisen a case in which the powers '
vested by law In the Board of Contml for the Affairs of India could
be exercised with greater justice then in the present instance: and
I therefore venture to hope that, after a perusal of the contrpond-
ence in question, your Honourable Board will order a restitution of
our prmerty to be mode to myself and my co-partners in the C.l:. •
eons Jowl-oa!, by the Directors of the East India Company • and
that you will also furnish me with a licence to return to India,
to resume and continue my lawful pursuits, in such manner as thy
state of my affairs on sty reaching that country may admit, sub;e:t to
whatever laws may be then or hereafter in force, on all other per-
sons residing in the Presidency of Bengal, to which, it pen:tilted,
it is my wish to return.
I beg to add, that I shall be most happy to 'crept of either of
the three modes of remuneration pointed out in my letter to the
India Directors; and shall feel grateful for whichever mode you
may recommend or direct them to adopt towards mc. I cannot
p re utile myself, however, that all will be rejected.
Soliciting the favour of an early reply, through the usual char.
nets, I have the honour to remain. Sirs,
Your most obedient humble servant,
J. S. BUCKINGHAM.
The answer of Mr. Ceurtenay, the Secretary, is to this
effect :
India Board, Sept. 14, 1824.
Sll,-111Ving laid before the Commissioners for the Affairs of
India your letter of the 3.1 inst. enclasirg copies of your cones.
pondence with the Directors of the East India Company, on se-
veral points connected with your removal from India. and your
property there, I am directed by the Board to acquaint you Ct.':
they do not see any ground for interfering with the Court upon a•
..,,
of the points stated in pun letters.
I am, Sir, your humid,. servant,
THUS. PER. COURTEN.I V.
To J. S. Buckingham, Esq.

A grand annual and national regatta has been decided on
to commence next summer, upon a scale of rnaguiliceinie
worthy the present wealth, power, and nobility of tit:
British Isles. That there shoukl he a regatta worthy of the,
nation was carried unanimously, but its details are not .h..-
finitively arranged. If these peaceful contests bring for-
ward the models of a S:ppings: or an Ingram—if the) pr:- •
fer seamanship, or diffuse a nautical taste among the
nobility and wealthy commoners—then his Majesty mud
the Royal Yacht Club will have had the morit of founiling
these truly national games. The course will he the circuit
of the British islands, making Leith, Dublin, Plymouth,
Portsmouth, and a few other stations, so many points fur
different heats. Fifteen or twenty thousand pounds stake;
are spoken of. A new Order of Merit is to be created—
" The Lords of the Isles '." and his Majesty has graciously
condeneendal, as Grand Master of the Order, to become
" The Sovereign Lord of the Isles."—Peering Paper.
A letter to the Editors of the Niralnal fatellierencer
informs them of the decease of one of their subse:ibcrs
Natchitoches, in Louisiana, in these brief but comprehen-
sive torus:—" Spottswood Mills is dead, lie was as.::.a..i-
uated in our town a few nights ago."
Igor INTSI.LIGENCE—RODERTSDRIDGE, SECT. 2.s—At
this fair there was a large supply of tamples of Stiss,..c
hops, which met a ready rale at 100 s. to 10.55., and a few
lots 112 s. The quality goal for any year. From the pick -
ing. it is generally believed that the quantity will not avi r-
age two-thirds of the growth of 1522, and the Kent ',,rofvtli
not so much. Bet. are oWered against 130,00J1. duty.
More than a third remains to be picked, and, they are
mostly gone off with r.ll mould, of the colour of mahogany,
and arc losing condition daily. Many are detennitiLd I.J:
to pick them.
TRArELLING.—The New Cialcbcster
coach, which leaves the Blue &far Inn, Aldgate, one hour
later than the Times coach, actually arrived in Colchester
on Thursday last, ten minutes before the Times; thus
performing the journey (31 miles) in four hours and fifty
minutes. This is driving with a vi:ngeance!—Colehezter
Gazette.

SAD OCC vrtnexec—lt is often the practice of the Mar-
gate visitors to sail from thence to the link• village of
Ilerne Bay, distant a few miles, to perambulate the ex-
tensive and pleasant hills which abound in that neighbour-
hood. During one of these excursions. on Thursday
when a large party was making the It and the veizz.l
cleaving the " liquid way" at a rapid pace, suddenly AA
elderly gentleman, son of the celebrated Dr. Buchan, au-
thor of a Trratise on nnmestic Medicine, fell from the
stern of the boat into the briny element. No sooner was
the accident perceived than the helmsman, with consider-
able skill, made an almost instant tack, and gained the
object of his anxiety just in time to save him. It appeared
the venerable Gentleman could swim a link; and fortu-
nately having a great-coat of an imperviotot textere, it
assisted in preserving him buoyant. He was iinmediately
taken to the Ship Inn, where, with the usual restorative;,
his life was with difficulty preserved. Th.. fri how-
ever, produced by the catastrophe had the efiect of de-
priving him of his reason ; and, after remaining two days
in a state of utter aberration, he was conveyed to his
friends at Margate in a hopeless state.
Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, two
desperate villains broke into the coaelilioase of R.
Chambers, Esq. one of the Magistrates of Union nall,
Keppel-street Mews, Russell-square, and broke into is,
apartment occupied by the coachman's wiro, whom th-y
threatened to murder if she made the least tedse.
then robbed her of some silver spo'ns, weafuig appir, •7.
and every thing they could carry off. The cosehman wan
in the country with the carriage, with Mr. Chsethers's
family, was prabably klown to tL

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