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yesterday the despatches for Bengal and China, by the
ship 11"aterloo, ('aptaits Alsager, were closed at the East
India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship.

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DUHLIX, THURSDAY, JAW. 20.
TM Catholic Rent and Subseetptions reserved hem the 15th to
Ike 20th January, amounted is 6231. Is. SO.
Atter Mr. Camay had read several letters, received since the
test rueetingl Mr. 0 Connell read a letter hem Doctor Doyle, l'.P.
or Bray. The following is an extract :
EARL OF MEATH.
" And now, since I am in a querulous mood, will you permit
ma to indulge my humour a little against the great O's and Macs.
i him noticed in the report of last Thursday's meeting imputations
cast on the person and family of the Earl of Meath, as if they
era hostile to the measure of the Catholic Rent, and, by implies-
gon, to Catholic interests. I hare very little acquaintance with the
-fail of Meath. and none at all with his Lordship's descendants,
but I am absolutely certain that no hostility nor even indifference
a our interests could have been manifested in the quarter alluded
Ap, without their ceatiqg to my knowledge. I allow that a very
geoeral and decidal opposition to the rumours of the Rent has been
✓ads in this neighbourh,iod ; which has been carried so far as to
*ream with dis.nissat tr,itu tenements and employment, those
who should contribute to it. Ard,.although I bold such persons
b, be greatly mistaken, I on far from insinuating that they have
feted from other than comcmstions motives. But, conversant as I
am with the sentiments end transactions of the neighbourhood, I
am at i to affirm that ncithee the Earl of Meath, rear any of his
lordship's family, were amongst die number. And surely, dear
Sir. it is s hard thing that une of the steadiest aml warmest friends
,or Ireland, and Of the Catholics, shculd be put upon his defence
,or perhapsm earsay rumours, eircuLattit very probably by interested,
and, per. by hostile persona. At all events, it mut be de-
lightful tO out cronies to sat us seem so confident in our own
greatness as to attempt to loosen fast friends, and strike off loese
eau"
Mr. O'CONNELL was happy that the imputation against the
'earl of Meath had been so publicly and openly made, as it bmught
forth such an effectual contradiction, u could never have otherwise
lieen given to the whispering ea:tunny.
S EARL OF ('LANRICARDS.
The following letter area read t—
, " Fahy, January 14. 11125.
" Ste—lt is with great satisfaction, in earn oliani.c ith the wish
armed In a letter MickUllessr recehrei frees the sa
lbed.of Clan.
Ilearde, I *ashes yes lea paten& as the contribution of that No.
Mae to the Catholic Rent. His Lordship also bags of me to
*rem his regret that hia unavoidable abeence from this country at
Ernprecludes tai other means than those of direct subcnp.
'testing his senthety to promote the great objects of that
fend. • Other means.' says his Lordship, • feeling (in
with every honest and sensible man) that the repressing
. ' watching over the fair admioistration of the lints, cud in.
the discharge of all the great duties of internal protection,
which devolve on the resident Nobleman, ere so many instances of
aperameta with the Catholic Rent, in advancing the interests of
doe eggogy.' Thee. sir, are the feelings which we want—this the
la which we want them ; had principles Of this enlarged
animated the bottoms of our country's nobles for the last hen.
'UM AO seek' not now be receiving alms from the hard
/M
niFiAmmed peasantry, to extract justice from the harder
were curse of nations—perjured Magistrates
and bigot Stetesses.
" I take the liberty also of enclosing five pounds for myseltas
my subscription to the Catholic Rant, and begging the honour of
haying my name enrolled as a member of the Catholic Association.
Though not a Catholic in creed, in polities I am a Sarni one, be.
cause I believe the cause of Catholicity to be the cause of my coon.
try. Let those who love their faction better than this sacred cause
oppose it; but let no man who knows that the Catholics of Ire-
land constitute Eve or six sevenths of its population, insult us with
paradoxical jargon, which would distinguish between their cause
slid that of their country—but let him not play the idiot, and sat
he Hashes It.
•• With the strongest feelings of respect and admiration,
I am, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
•• T. GISBORNE BURKE.'
Mr. Conway read the following letter :
LORI) GORMANSTOWN TO MR. O'CONNELL.
"MY Dees Stn,-1 have not the pleasure of being petannallV
known to you : I hope at some future period to have this &dean.
tags ; so w distend ng. I cannot refine myself the satisfaction of
conic oulating you on the total failure of those judicial proceedings
recently instituted against you. I was anxious about it, because I
felt that you were wronged in the imputation sought to be cast
on you. No one appreciates more fully than I do, the honesty
(pardon the expression) and purity of sentiment, which actuate
your exertions in the cause of us Roman Catholics, and if I have
not been Ode is testify it by my presence at our meetings latterly.
it has not been from a feeling of dissent from the proceedings and
principles of our Association : far from it ; I consider its formation
(now aided by the ('atholic Rentyas ore of the greatest benefits re.
suiting from your efforts in the cause of emancipation, and if (which
I am confident it will) it be conducted for the future, as well as at
the present moment, with the same prudence, moderation, and fine.
mess which now mark its proceedings, it cannot fail of producing'
this long wished-for event by the Roman Catholics : and, in the
mean time. keep up that spirit of union among them all, so much
. to be desired. Your efforts have mainly contributed to effect this
Wished-for object, and fading it so, I am confident :rem will not
deem it a freedom I take without a personal introduction to you, in
C. Emmerich,' letter these my sentiments in your regard. Circum-
064"loaes=itaredertl myself alone, as cimnected with
maleter is, family, some among them left me
.
vary yoeng) has been-the sole cause of my not appearing to take a
part in your various proceedings, as my time is, an that account,
wholly taken up at home : yet, far all that, I have not been inilif.
relent to what has been doing. I telt anxious for a successful ter-
mination in your regard, in the trial with which you were threat.
coed. I am happy the result (as far as it went) accorded with my
wishes, and I now trust you will accept these myaentiments, with
the same good feeling with which they are offered.
" My son unites with me fully in these sentiments, end begs
me to say so.
" I temaisi, my dear Sir. wish much regard,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,
- - " CORMANSTOWN.
" Gorman's Castle, Balbriggan, January 13, 1823."
M. °Tow N Fit said, he might naturally be amused of vanity,
in having that letter read in the Association, and he confessed he
was vain of such a testimony, which would console him under any
affliction ; but it was particularly delightful, when Catholic pros.
peso are sharing—alien the nobility and peasantry, clergy and
laity, are united in the tame constitutional effort for the regene.
ration of their country.

DEVON WHIG CLUB.
The communication (inclosing IW.) from the Devon Whig Club,
baring been read—
Mr. O'CowstEtt. said, the letter conveyed a considerable sub.
acription from a Society, the President of which was formerly Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, and he hoped the present Lord Lieutenant
would be trilueed to follow so noble an example. (baughser.)
Ho certainly could not do a more popular act, nor one mom con.
aistert with his former political career. The subscription from
that tlistinimished body was an addi,iunal testimony that all that
was valcable and enlightened in station, character, and intellect in
the Empire. properly appreciated the objects and purposes of the
Association.
I NVESTIII ENT.
Mr. St:Garx banded in a certificate of the investment of the
eighth thousand pounds in Government Securities.
31r. O'CowNll.t gave notice of a motion for the investment or
a ninth thousand pounds in like securities.
Lolooel, FrrzornAt.to, of Geraldine, Kildare, was admitted a
member.
COUNSEL AT THE BAR OF TILE HOUSE.

Mr. TV'S moN regretted to have occasion to rise on the part of
his fric7d, Mr. LaW'elk,, who was prevented from attending in con-
sequerce of domestic affliction, so severe that it made the ►lave for-
get !he galling of his chains. Ale. Fitaisimon then moved, upon
Air. Lawlees's motion, '• that it be referred to a Committee to
ascertain whether the Catholics can demand to be heard by Coon.
sal at the Bar of the (louse." In conclusion Mr. Fitzsitnon said,
that if it were ascertained they had the right, their cause could not
be en:rusted to mote efficient or zealous persons than Messrs.
O'Connell and •Shell
Mr. Alamos( seconded the motion.
Mr. trEoff N ELL thought there was no doubt of the right, but
whether it would be conceded or not, was another question. If it
should seem advisable to the friends of Catholic Emancipation
that such a course should be proceeded in, he would gladly accept
the office, clouded only by the apprehension of his inability to
perform its ditties, but cheered by the recollection, that he would
he assisted by the splendid genius of his dear friend, Mr. !Mei!.
Ile t.hou:d also rejoice in the opportunity it would afford him of
sacr:haag something to the Catholic cause.

APPOINTIIEXTS.—Licutenant Richard Stuart,
to coinmaral the Starling cutter, vice Turner ; Lieutenant
Faikenor of the Windsor Castle, to the Romney ; Licut.
Sum, of the Genoa, to the Egtria ; Mr. James Henderson,
:toaster of the E;soria, to the Phaeton ; Mr. Thomas Hol-
loway, from the Protector, 'urn ying vessel, to be master
of the Ferret sloop, fitting for the West India station.
Cowes, JAN. W.—The Master of the John Bull, which
arrived here on Tuesday, from Havanna'', reports that his
Majesty's schooner Lion bail recaptured front the pirates,
off the Isle of Pine, south side of Cuba, a French ship, from
St. Dotningo, bound for Havre de Grace, laden with coffee,
anti taken her into Key West. A number of American ships
sailed from Harannah on the sth ult. bound to the south of
Europe, in company with the John Bull. Left at Ilavan-
nah, the Dispatch, of and bound for London, Trcadworth,
master, loading, expected to sail in a few days; and the
Socrates, of Scarborough, Bolder, master, discharging, for
the purpose of being hove down, sailing uncertain ; also the
Regular packet, of London, Watson, master, front Alva-
rado: the greater part of her crew died at that place, which
is very sickli. The John Bull passed, in lit. 40. 28. N.
Ling. 31. IL a vcsael bound out, of the appearance of a '
steam boat.

DII IN GUILD OF 31PRCHAN7'S,..YAN. 20.
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(From the iriA T;n:rs.l
Sir A. R. KT7IO. the Senior Master, in the chair.
T ite answer of 31r. Saurin to the Guild having been read,
eft AtilAirAM Kiwn then addressed the Guihl, and put forward
•his pretetnions in a bold, manly, and eloquent manner,, which we
are sorry our space will nut permit us to detail ; at the conclusion
of which 31r. Ness called on the worthy Baronet for an explana•
don of some of I:is political conduct, which he said he (Sir AO
had passed over quite unnoticed ; he alluded to his conciliation
conduct, at the time of his Majesty's visit, and his having put on
and taken off his turtunt. Sit A. B. King smiled, and said he
thought it would be better, if any other gentleman objected to his
political conduct, for him to answer them all together; and he
would therefore wait to reply to Mr. Ness's charge.
.111 r. SUTTVII thought it right to mention an exprnsion used by
the Right Hon.' Gentleman they had lately addressed, viz.: that
" We were not within twelve nay 18 months, of a dissolution of
Parliament;" and as he (Mr. Sutter) thought they were not then
prepared to know who were the Candidates, and there being but
a poor choice sino-gst thine who offered, one of whom he could
not approve of at all, he cautioned the Guild not to make premature
promises.
Sir A. Ktwn said, it was not fair to state part of what came
from his 'misled Right Hon. Friend, without stating the entire.
He was procoetling to observe that Mr. Saurin said he hoped no
circumstance would arise which would divide the Protestant in.
tenet, when
Mr. NVI LLIA7IB suggested the impropriety of introducing into a
public meeting a private conversation that occurred after the busi-
ness of their public address had been concluded.
Sir A.•K two said, he would hare been the last person to do such
a thing if it had net been commenced : and it' it had not been given
piecemeal he never would have mentioned any part of the con-
versation.
Mr. GREGORY was proceeding to comment with acme severity
on any intlivfdual of a deputation going into a gentleman's private
study, the herald of his own private piques, when Mr. Sot TER
called him to order.
Sir A. Ktio—lVlten a Gentleman had stated, for his own
purposes, part of a conversation, I felt it hut justice to myself
to state the remainder. I shall,.however, abstain from mentioning
what the Right Run. Gen tlemat itaid on this occasion ; but I think
I am at liberty to tell what the Ondle.nan present said.
Mr. OntoottY resumed—My ()Intentions, had I been allowed
to make them, would have been short ; I had the honour to be one
of the deputation ; I thought its object was bounded ; and that
when we had received our answer, it was our duty to make our bow
and our exit ; but this Gentleman, in a premeditated manner, for
he says he had wtitten down what was said by him,—
Mr. SI-TT ElV—This is not the fact.
Mr. ORTOORY.—This is not the first time that Mr. Sutter has
been polite enough to give me the lie : if it was not considered by
hintindelicate to report 31r. Saurin's reply, are we not entitled to
the remarks which occasioned the observations of this enlightentd
gentleman ?
Sir A. RING, on consideration, thought it would be improper
to bring into public the private communiestiors of a gentleman in
in his study ; he would therefore decline doing so.
The matter then dropped.
Mr. HOLTON observed, that next quarter-day was not till
April, and Parliament was to meet in February ; when Cathoic
Emancipition and an attack on Corporate rights might be intro.
duced previously into Parliament, he thought they should ad-
journ to 7th February.
Mr. CAATTAN slid, it never was his intention to question any
chartered rights : in his opposition to the Coal Bill, he was defend-
ing the chartered rights, by preventing an imposition of tolls on
she freemen of Dublin.
Sir A. KING begged to ask, as the Honourable Gentleman sail
he was innocent of any attempt on the chartered rights of this city,
did he, who was the champion of f'atholic Emancipation, think
that granting it would be no attack on chartered rights ?
Sir A. KING continued—Your charters would be worth nothing
if that measure were carried. He then, in a speech of much warmth
and energy, defended his conduct on his Majesty's visit and depar-
dire ; he considered it was the duty cola true and loyal Protestant
to make every sacrifice, even of his own prejudices, to procure, fur
the first 31onarch who came in peace to Ireland, an unanimous
welcome from his subjects ; and Sir A. was most felicitous in his
observations on the use the Roman Catholics had made of the
term conciliation, which, in the words of a Learned Friend of his,
he would call a linnitug roncilinteon.
Captain Tarxed. the Commissioner of Customs, made an able
speech in support of Sir Abraham King's principles and preten-
sions as a Candidate,. after which 3lr. Melton's motion was carried
Mr a Committee of Seven to he appointed to prepare a Petition
&pint the Catholic Claims, in case they should be put forward
again to Parliament.
On Mr. Teo's]: being tamed on the Committee, he nomi-
nated Mr. GRATTAN, who, in a neat speecb, declined being
bn it.
The Committee having been appointed, the Meeting adjourned.

DCBLIN TRINITARIAN ORPHAN SOCIETY

DLVNER.

On Thunday the members and friends of this Society, which stands
so high in the rack of charitable inetitutions, had their annual
tfinner at the superb tavern established in the Freemasons Hall,
Ihaweon-street. The dinner and the general arrangements gave
great satisfaction to a very numerous company.
1). O'Costust.e., Emi. who presided, anneeneed the "King" as
the first tout. He prefaced it by the warmest euloginms of the
circumstance of his Majesty being the first English Monarch who
thought Ireland worthy of a pore complimentary visit, in the spirit
of peace and affection ; and he doubted not that if his Majesty were
completely uncontrolled, he would grant equal rights and immu-
nities to all his subjects. It is impossible to describe the acclama-
tions that followed this toast. A long time ensued before silence
could he obtained.
" I rise now, Gentlemen," said Mr. O'Connell, " to propose the
health of another King." to general sensation of surprise pre-
vailed.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded to observe, that it was certainly
calculated to create alarm, it not suspicion—but the King that he
meant to propose, although a Continental Sovereign, was equally
well beloved as the King of Great Britain ! He had lately shown
the natural goodness and benignity of his disposition, by a public
declaration that no distinctions of Religious Creeds should stand in
the way of the civil rights of his subjects. That Monarch was
George the Fourth, King of Hanover. The most rapturous bursts
1 of applause rent the air on the solution of this, apparently danger.
ous, political enig • a. •
The Cumam•g then called the attention of the company to
what he wu not sure that he could call a justification. It wu
customary, after the King's health. to propose the Lord Lieuten-
ant's; he now meant to omit it. More than once, he eulogised the
Marquess IYellealey, nut on account of what lie had done, but be-
' cause he believed that he really had the welfare of this country at
I henet. lie (Mr. O'Connell) had praised the splendid talents of the
Marquess, which were so conspicuously exhibited in the Last
Indies, where he triumphed in a contest that appeared to threaten
the loss of that immense country to Great Britain; and in Spain,
where he excited the Spaniards to rally round their national standard,
and succeeded in calling forth all the energies of the British Go.
vernment to support them. And thus it was that the victorious
career of Napoleon was first interrupted. lie lard done full justice
to the merits of Lord Al'elleiley ; but when he saw him going to a
beef-steak club, and following in the train of those who gave no
proofs of their being friends to the peace and happiness of his
country, Ile could not now drink his health with sincerity. He
(Mr. O'Connell) was no hypocrite. It would be hypocrisy in him
to toast the Marquess Wellesley, and he should, therefore, give
"Ohl Ireland as she ought to he." Although not the slightest
murmur followed, a kind of Indecision and hesitation appeared
to be diffused through the company, and the applause seemed evi.
dently directed to the substituted toast.—Dsiblia Paper.

Extract of a letter from Enniskillen, Jan. 16 :—" The
Quarter Sessions of this County (Fermanagh), which
commenced here on Tuesday, the II th instant, have not
yet finished the proceedings in the Crown Court. The
trials of the o:angetnen, for the several outrages committed
since the last Sessions, arc very interesting. The patriotic,
able, and impartial conduct of the Assistant Barrister,
Mr. Scott, in administering justice, is deserving of the
highest praise ; and I truat the Lord Lieutenant will call
on Mr. Scott for his report of the trials hail at the present
Sessions ; they will show the necessity of putting the In-
surrection Act in force here, for the protection of the peace-
able part of the inhabitants. On Monday the trial at the
prcsecution of the Rev. James Kelly, P.P. against William
Reynolds and William Moffat, for an assault, occupied the
entire of the day, and the Jury, after two nights and one
entire day taken to deliberate on the evidence, have not yet
returned their verdict ! The Jurors, with the exception
of one or two, are of the usual selection. There were a
great many objections taken to the Jurors called on the
part of the Crown, and, at the instance of Mr. Kernan, the
Sheriff was ordered to enlarge the panel. Yesterday, at
the r. osecution of the Rev. James Kelly, John Whinnery,
Edward and Alexander W'hinnery, were indicted for a
riot : the Traversers were acquitted ; and, on the same
day, at the prosecution of John Whinnery, the Rev. Mr.
Kelly was indicted tot an assault, and acquitted. This
day, John Beatty, Francis Irwin, Henry Magill, and
James Edwards, police constables, are to be tried for a
riot and assault, and for a forcible entry into the apart-
ments of the Rev. James Kelly, on the night of the SW
November last."

BRISTOL, HALF-PAST ELEVEN, FRIDAY EVENING.—
At this moment a fire, which broke out either in the Bil-
liard-room or in Fuller's printing-office, has nearly con-
sumed the whole of the South Arcade in the High-street
Market-place. The houses in the street are in the greatest
danger.—Bristol Journal.
An alarming fire broke out in Andover on Sunday even-
ing, on the Newberry road, which, at the date of our
communication, had destroyed a public-house and six other
homes. The tire continutd to rage.

ITI,

There are few bitter teats of the prosperity of the coun-
try than the prodigiona and increasing demand for all kinds
of malleable and pig iron. Within less than twelve months
iron of the first description has advanced from 7/. to 131.
per ton, and promises, in the course of a very few weeks, to
command double its termer price, while pig iron has already
orers:hat the above mark, and advanced from 4!. 10s. to
I 1/. per ton, in pretty nearly the same space of time. In-
deed, this last article canrmt be manufactured in sufficient
quantities to meet the increasing wants of the country;
such is the demand for rail-ways, gas and water pipes,
chain cables, suspension bridges, &c. &c. In the manufac-
turing districts, public works are everywhere multiplying,
and altogether there probably never was a period, either be-
fore or since the war, when the wings of our commerce
were so widely-spread. Though there are three large iron
works in Wales, which manufacture at the rate of 100
tons per day, they have all more orders than they can exe-
cute ; and as coal and ore are found on the spot, the reader
will be able to form some idea of the immense fortunes
which some men are realizing by this important branch of
commerce. But it is all fair. Fur long the iron trade was
a very bad one; furnaces that had blazed,and bellows that had
roared, were for years dark and silent as the grave, while
the thousands of industrious artisans who were reduced to
a state of absolute pauperism, added not a little to the weight
of those poor rates which at one time amounted to the
frightful sum of eight millions annually. There is no mo-
nopoly connected with the iron trade, and the manufacturers
*re well entitled to profits which are at once the result of
their own ingenuity, and the greatly ameliorated state of
the country. We say ingenuity, for it is a fact not generally
known, that great improvements have been introduced of
use in the mode of rolling iron bars. At one time Sweden
...applied the whole world with iron ; but now, thanks to
English skill and capital, wa.engavas so large a share of
Abe trade, that the reader would state were we to state the
quantities which we annually export to America alone. In
Sweden there is little variety in the size of the bars, but in
England they assume a thousand different shapes, from the
tiny rod fit for making nails to the ponderous bar that would
almost load an ordinary waggon. Hence the great demand
for our iron abroad, which, for many purposes, is quite as
good as that brought from the Baltic, and which, generally
speaking, enables a blacksmith to make an instrument in
much the same time which was formerly spent in reducing
the material to a convenient shape. Swedish iron, which
is saddled with a heavy duty, is at present selling for 221.
per ton in Leith, and 231. 10s. in Liverpool ; and as our
own may be had for 13/. we can scarcely doubt that it will
always be preferred for every purpose for which it i*
adapted. lu Sweden, iron is prepared with charcoal, in
England with common coal, and hence the difference in
point of durability. The sulphur inseparable from coal,
insinuates brittle particles into the metal ; but were our
woods as extensive as those of the North, English iron
would be preferred even for making horse-shoes, shares of
ploughs, and every other implement of husbandry.—
Dumfries Courier.
The following statement shows the successive advances
on the price of manufactured iron since Lady-day last :
The price of manufactured iron at the a.
works, at Lady-clay 1,124, was - - 7 la per ton.
At whirl, time it was advanced . . U 10
At 3lidsunimer it warn further advanced 1 0
At Michaelmas - 2 0
October Vs - 1 0
December 28 . . 1 0

Making the present price . .13 0 per ton
from the miumtacturer, and giving him the enormous addition of
SI, 10s. per ton in nine months.—llereford Paper.

LIEUT.-COLONEL HE. HALDANE.

On the I t th of January, 1823, died at Dunkirk, Lieute-
nant-Colonel Henry Haldane, of the Royal Engineers, aged
68 years. He was the son of Colonel George Haldane, of
the King's Foot Guards, who died Governor of Jamaica in
1759, leaving the subject of this memoir then only an in-
fant of three years old. The events of his life belong now
to history more than to the memory of contemporaries, fcr
of his early companions in arms, there are not many who
survive him. Ile was appointed an ensign in the Corr of
Engineers in the year 1771. In 1776 he emharkes. for
America, was appointed Aid-tic-Camp to Lord Cornwallis,
and was very actiwely employed whether the army was
in motion or at rest ;lie remained there till when he
returned with his Lordship to England. Ne was after-
wards employed as engineer in the island of Jersey, and at
the New Works constructing at Gosport till 1786, when
Lord Cornwallis being appointed Governor-General of
India, made Colonel Haldane his Private Secretary and
Aiedde-Camp. The influence obtained by these situations
needs not to be explained ; many of the acts of that justly-
famed Indian administration bear the impression of the
mild urbanity, tolerance, exactitude, and economy, for
which this amiable man was so justly distinguished ; lie
might have made enemies, but they would have been the
enemies of Cato had they lived in his day. He bad the
sole and uncontrolled management of the Governor-Gene-
ral's privy-purse. He was afterwards appointed Quarter- I
Master-General of the King's troops in India, and was
with his Lordship in all the actions, sieges, and military
operations which took place during the war against Tippool
Sultaun. Ile followed his Lordship to England in the
year 179 t, and, on his arrival, found that he had been re-
commended
to Mr. Pandas, then Secretary of State, for
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and, had he then obtained
that rank, he would, at his death, have been many years in
the list of Generals.
When the Marquis Cornwallis was appointed Master
-
General of the Ordnance, he offered to his faithful friend
and secretary the situation then vacant, of Commanding
Engineer, at Gibraltar, but which, for reasons known to
himself, he begged leave to decline. He was appointed on
the Committee of Engineers, sitting at the Tower; and
at the end of the year 1796, finding his health much im-
paired, he retired on the invalid establishinent of the Royal
Engineers, with his Captain's rank in that corps, ated the
brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colouel, after a period of twenty-
five years of active service.
Contrary to the till then invariable practice of that
corps, he was not, in the year 180'2, contirnied in the future
brevet promotions of the army ; and he petitioned and
memorialized the Earl of Chatham, then Master-General
of the Ordnance, and those who succeeded him in that
office, on that new, and, to him, harsh, regulation. In
the end he appears to have given Offence to the heads of that
department, by printing his official letters on the subject,
and where his arguments seem answered by the sic tutu. Tic
jubeo, of authority. His high spirit thus publicly courted
investigation, in order that it might be shown it was no
personal demerit in himself.
His integrity, courage, and honour, were without spot or
blemish. Ile was a man (Rarest literary lcoarements, an
accomplished Persian scholar, and educated his sons him-
self. Ile amused himself latterly in making an exact cal-
culation of the comparative we ights and measures of France
and Englund, which he designed for publication, and he
wrote a letter to the Noble Earl at the head of his Ma-
jesty's Govermnent, towards whom he always expressed the'
greatest gratitude, respecting the proposed change in the
weights and measures of England, which ;den he highly
disapproved.
To show the respect in which he was held in the town of
France in which he had resided with his family fur the
last five years the officers of the corps of Engineers pro-
posed to bury hint with full military honours, bat, on con-
sulting the governor of the town, it was found to be con-
trary to existing regulations ; hut these Officers, together
with the Field ()dicers and Staff of the garrison, and many
others, followed him to his grave.
He leaves behind him a widow and 1 1, children, seven
eons and seven daughters. Of the sons, one is at the
English Bar, four have found protection under the father's
virtues, having been successively promoted by elifl'erent
members of the East India Direction, and two are of tender
age. The daughters are unmarried.

THE A ast Y.—The first division of the 99th regiment of
infantry have arrived, OH board the Zephyr transport, at
Portsmouth, from Leith, and proceeded to occupy the bar-
racks at Gosport. The second division of the same corps is
expected to arrive in a few days, on board the Diadem
transport, at Portsmouth, from Scotland, and is ordered to
occupy the Gosport barracks.