The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-22 00:00:00

INDIA.

CALCUTTA, APRIL 4.—Yesterday's Bankshall
Report announced the arrival of the ship Sophia, Captain Jas•
Barclay, from London, 13th September, St. Jago, Cape of
Good Hope, and Madras, 27th March ; and of the ship Chides
Forbes, Captain Thomas Bryden, from Rangoon, 11th March.
There are letters from Rangoon of the 13th of March, which
state that Bassein was taken possession of without resistance'
but that General Cotton had made an attack on Donebew with
the loss of two British Officers killed, and 131 men (Natives
and Europeans) killed and wounded.
We have not been able to ascertain the exact date of the at_
tack, but Sir A. Campbell, IVP hear, was at Sarrawadda on the
4th ult., anxiously looking nut for the advance of the River di-
vision. He entirely commanded the Irrawaddy river, and suf-
fered nothing to pass up or down unchallenged and unexa,
mined. The Prince Sarrawaddy was one or two marches in
advance of Sir A. Campbell, with a force of, it is said, 2,000
men, towards Prome, of which the British Commander had
due cognizance, as also of the circumstance of General Morri-
son having entered the country of Arracan. Perhaps a junc-
tion on the Irrawaddy may not he improbable..
Since writing the above, we have received the following John
Dull Extraordinary of yesterday evening, which enters more
into detail :—.

" Letters from Rangoon have arrived per the Charles Forbes,
which left the Pilot on the 18th, giving some additional inte.
resting intelligence of the progress of the Army. Sir Archibald
Campbell was still at Suraway on the llth, eight days march from
Prome: he had advanced this far without firing a shot, and was
feeling the want of supplies, which, however, were daily ex-
pected from Rangoon. Brigadier-General Cotton, after the
capture of Yang-you-chu, proceeded to Donebew, and on the
7th attacked that place with 200 men of the 89th, and took the
first stockade. Ile then attacked the second, but was unsuc-
cessful, and obliged to retire, evacuating the stockade he had
taken, and embark his men, in the boats. He dropped down
four miles below, and forwarded a dispatch to Brigadier
111cCreagh, stating that ho must wait for the reinforcements
under him. Our loss was great—Captains Ross and Can-
non of the 89th killed, 'and three wounded, one hundred
and ten men of the 89th killed and wounded. The
Bundoolah is said to have 14,000 men in the works, and
3,000 in the war boats. Brigadier Sale had taken Bassein—
the Burmese having burnt the town to the ground ; but it is
feared he cannot get on so rapidly as he expected for want of
means. The 45th King's from Ceylon was entering the river as
the Charles Forbes came out; and Brigadier 31`Crettgh was
expected to move from Rangoon immediately to reinforce Bri-
gadier-General Cotton,—the bullocks and carriage, for which
he was waiting impatiently, having arrived. He takes with
him the Royals and two Native Regiments. The High Priest
of the Dagon l'agoda had come into Rangoon on the 13th with
all his followers, and the town is now as thickly inhabited as
ever, the people still crowding in from the country with
supplies.
The following is from our esteemed Correspondent in
Cachar

" Camp in Cachar, March 23. 182.5.

" The force that had passed through the forest has been
obliged to fall back, in consequence of the very inclement state
of the weather, which prevented supplies being sent on to them.
The attempt to supply provisions by means of small boats
going up the Jeeree Nullah failed, front the numerous rapids
and strong current. With the exception of the 4th brigade, the
whole of the troops in Cacher are now concentrated at Bank-
sandy. Thu loss sustained in elephants, camels and bullocks,
has been very great indeed ; as well as grain, that was, from
necessity, abandoned in the forest.
" The weather continues in the most unsettled state ; there
is no dependanee whatever on the climate—one day it looks as
clear and dry as if the hot winds were approaching, and before
midnight we have thunder, lightning, and rain in torrents. We
expect daily to receive orders regarding our future operations;
the idea of penetrating to Munnipore, with the force origin-
ally destined for that service, must now he abandoned ; and
there is scarcely time, before the setting in of the regular rains,
to makc4another attempt with a detachment on a less extensive
scale. The pioneers have had a most arduous time of it ; they
have been employed three months, working in a thick swampy
forest, and lately the numerous carcasses were sufficient to
create a pestilence ; it is wonderful so few of the advance party
have returned sick, considering what they nave been exposed to.
" It is supposed Gumbeer Sing will now try with his Legion,
to get to 11unipore. One thing is very certain—that he is
materially interested- in getting there ; and if he will make the
attempt, with 10 or. 12 days' provisions on his men's backs, the
thing is by no means impracticable."
We have seen a letter. from 111ahlah of the 24th ult:, which
treats thus upon a subject very interesting to some of our
readers, viz. :
" lstntoo.—The market will be overstocked with indigo
this year, which I fear will reduce the price so as to make the
favourable season a misfortune to the planters. No one in this
quarter remembers to have seen such prospects of a large crop.
We have almost finished our March sowings, and the young
plant looks remarkably well. By the Ist of lune we shall be
manufacturing our October plant, which is already a cubit
high.—We have received accounts to the same effect from all
parts of the country, and trust that though some like our cor-
respondent may see nothing; cheering In the prospect, the re-
sult, if anticipations should be realized, will be permanently
beneficial to the interests of' those connected with the produc-
tion of indigo in this country. To say nothing of Egypt, the
rivalry of South America was very likely to have become for-
midable under a continuance of the high prices and demand
for produce of late years.—We have heard it remarked by those
conversant in the subject, that a most mistaken idea of sacri-
fising quality for quantity has latterly induced so many of our
planters to neglect the state in which they send the commodity
to market, that the produce of Bengal is likely to lose its name
for pre-eminence in the most essential respect. We may ex-
pect that in a season of abundance all temptation to act on so
enormous a principle will be opposed by a
,well-fOunded con-
viction, that in a superabundant season none but the finest qua-
lifies can have any command of the market. The inferior sorts
must tempt purchasers by excessive cheapness, or lie neglected
till the chances of the seasons, by occasioning a scarcity of the
article, bring round a demand for what was before reckoned
unworthy of notice."
Bun mEstc.—For the following intelligence we are indebted
to a friend :

The 313th regiment Native Infantry, commanded by Lieute-
nant-Colonel Delamain, was inspected by Brigadier Burnett,
C. 8., at Agra, on the 18th of Alarch, 1825. The regiment
was drawn up in open column of companies right in front, with
the recruits of each company in rear of its right flank. The
Brigadier dismounted and inspected every company minutely,
expressing his strongest approbation of the recruits, upwards
of 200 fine lads, all of the best casts ; the old Sepoys appeared
rather to a disadvantage, owing to the clothing, which had
been lately served out, being of the old instead of the new pat.
tern. On the Brigadier's going to the front, the companies
were equalized, and the regiment passed round in review in
slow time, after which the following manoeuvres were exe-
cuted :

I—Close column of companies on the right centre company,
left in front, facing to the rear. Countermarch of the column
by ranks and deployment to the right on the front division,
covered by the Light Infantry.
2—Change of front on the right centre company by echellon
in quick time, covered by the Light Infantry.
3—Square 4 deep on the centre by echellon of sections in
double time—re-form line on the centre by echellon of sections
in double time.

N.B. This square was formed and the men were ready to
fire in thirty :•econds from the time the caution was given to
form it.

4—Ad van cc in line covered by the Light Infantry, and by
double column of companies from the centre. Form double
column of sub-divisions and squares 4 deep on the front divi-
sion. Re-form column and line to the rear on the centre,
covered by the Light Infantry.
s—Advance in line, halt, and countermach by the filing of
companies in rear of the centre, covered by the Light Infantry.
6—Advance in line, halt, form 3 deep and squares by grand
divisions, reform lines.

7—Retire by wings covered by the Light Infantry, re-form
line, retire in line, and file to the rear by threes from the pro.
per right of companies, wheel into line and advance to general
salute.

The whole of the above manoeuvres were performed with
great precision and rapidity ; after which the books, hospital,
magazine, and establishment attached to the corps, were in-
spected, and the Brigadier was pleased to express his entire
approbation of the state of discipline in which lie found the
regiment.

(To be continued.)

DUTCH POSSESSIONS in 1h EAST INDIES.

HAGUE, N0v.17.--,--The project of law for pro-
viding for the wants of the East India possessions proposes to
open a loan w the amount of 20,000,000 of florins at the ut-
most. For the payment of the interest and redemption of the
principal, a sum of 1,41)0,000 florins shall be annually set
apart for the colonial service, commencing from the Ist of
January, 1326. The above sum of 1,400,000 florins shall
be guaranteed as far as necessary by the State, for the period
of 30 years at the utmost.

In a memorial accompanying the project of law, the causes
of the existing embarrassments are stated, the extent and the
nature of the guarantee of the mother country explained, and
lastly, the means pointed out which the colonists possess to pay
the debt without burdening the mother country.
The cause of the embarrassments are the too great mass of
paper currency, the payment of large sums for goods taken by
agreement from the British Government, the loss of ships
laden with produce, &e., the missing of a ship from Japan
with a rich cargo, the great expellees incurred by the erection,
of military works, and of a colonial marine. We find, how-
ever, that those burdens would not hae produced the present
difficulties, had not serious disturbances in the Moluccas, Su-
matra, Celebes, and elsewhere, broken out, which rendered
expensive military armaments necessary. To these were added
the failure of the crops, and contagious diseases which carried
off several thousands of the natives, so that many tracts of land
remained uncultivated. _ _

Till 1824, says the memorial., the distress was ascribed in
India to temporary causes. With this idea every thing- was
done on a large scale, and even considerable domains alienated
in former years had been repurchased ; but in that year a con-
siderable fall in price of coffee taking place, reduced at once the
large stock in the hands of Government to one half of its value,
so that a great embarrassment ensued, which rendered it neces-
sary to issue paper bearing 9 per cent. interest, in order to sup-
port the paper currency.
All these circumstances produced in October the conviction
that it was necessary to make great retrenchments, and it was
resolved to negociate a loan in Bengal, a project which was re-
gulated by the Government at home, partly on account of the
high interest .(probably 8 per cent.), and partly because it was
feared that the produce might go to foreign merchants, to the
detriment of the Netherlands.
The rejection of this loan in Bengal naturally brought with
it an obligation to give
,assistance front the mother country,
and that for the suns be proposed 15millions of sicca rupees (20
millions of florins),' a sum by meancof which it is hoped to re-
establish the finances of India, where nine millions Of paper
currency are already in circulation, and specie becomes more
and more scarce.

Respecting the second point, the memorial states that the an-
nual sum of 1,400,000 florins will suffice at the present rate of
interest to pay off the 20 millions in 30 years, if not earlier.—
Respecting the third point, it is observed that the guarantee
of the mother country is required only for the satisfaction of
the Indies, but that it is to be confidently expected that the
Indian Treasury will be able to provide for the annual sun' of
1,400,000 florins for the payment of interest and capital. From
1317 to 1824, the revenues amounted to about 152 millions, and
the expenditure to about 151 millions. The estimate for 1824
was 27 millions for the revenue, and 26 millions for the ex-
penditure ; but by the falling of the prices of coffee, there was
a deficiency of nearly a million and a half in the first six mouths
of 1824.

Till 1819, the revenue exceeded the expenditure; at that
time the troubles in Palembang and the cholera morhus had a
visible effect, the establishments remained on too expensive a
footing, and the expenses were too great. When the causes
are removed, to which end his 3lajesty has adopted energetic
measures, the effect will cease. These measures are the deter-
mination of a quinquennial budget for India, from which no
departure shall be made ; the suspension of public works for 6
years; the abolition of expensive boards for civil works, &c.;
simplifications of the administration ; diminution of the num-
ber of persons employed in most of the offices, and withdraw-
ing a number of payments; limitations in the appointments of
officers, of whom no more are to he sent from house till they are
asked for from India.

1t is calculated that the Board of Works cost annuallyl3oo,ooo
or 900,000 florins ; that the interest of the public currency,
which is to be called in, was 400,000, so that the saving of
these two branches will nearly amount to the 1,400,000 requir-
ed, and that the other measures will produce such .a salutary
effect, that it is probable the guarantee of the mother-country
will never required.—( Dutch Paper, Nov. 19.)

DINNER TO JOSEPH HUME, ESQ. M.P.

Friday, the entertainniPnt by the citizens of
Edinburgh to Mr. flustE, was given in the Waterloo Hotel.
Upwards of 500 gentlemen were present. LEONARD Hon-
:it:ft, Esq. was in the chair; Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith,
officiated as Croupier. At six o'clock Mr. Hume, accompanied
by the Chairman, Croupier, Stewards, &c. entered the'room.
When the cloth was drawn, the Chairman gave " The King,"
" The Duke of York, acid the rest of the Royal Family."
" The Army and the Navy." " The Duke of Sussex," eicc
All these toasts were drank with great applause.
The CHAIIINIAN rose to propose the health of Mr. Hume,
and expatiated on the public life of that gentleman in a neat
speech, which he thus ctincluded-L." Proud as we feel in paying
this deserved tribute to the. signal merits of our distinguished
guest, the spectacle which this' room exhibits must, I ant sure,
be no less a source of pride and gratification to him. Here is
the capital of his native land ; he witnesses a vast assemblage
of its most intelligent and independent inhabitants eagerly
pressing forward to do homage to his public virtues. There is
not one amongst us who can have come to this meeting front
any feeling of obligation for personal favours already bestowed,
or from any hope that it may be the means of obtaining them
hereafter. We come with hearts full of admiration for great
and disinterested patriotism, thus publicly to express our con-
viction of the benefit the country has derived from Mr. Hume's
exertions, and to bestow upon hint the highest reward which a
true patriot can desire—the unsought, willing; and grateful ac-
knowledgments of his fellow-citizens." (Mr. Horner sat down
amidst tumults of applause.) •
Mr. liumE, in returning thanks, said he was little able to
do justice to his own feelings for their kindness, or to thank
their Honourable Chairman for the kind and able manner he
had expressed himself towards him. The Honourable Chair-
man had been pleased to say that he had been employed in an
useful manner—but ke had done no More than many of his in-
telligent fellow-citizens would hare performed, had they been
similarly situated. Ile had been accustomed to hard labour
from his boyish days, and therefore labour became an object
of pleasure and a recreation to him, which would prove hard to
others. He undertook those duties for the good of the public ;
that undertaking was, at once, to please himself, and serve the
best interests of his country ; these were the great and the only
considerations which influenced his public conduct. It was
well known to smite present, who were acquainted with him in
early life, how he had been accustomed to hard labour, in the
literal seace of the word ; and those habits, which were perform-
ed first from necessity, were easily transferred to other ditties
(when ample independence had crowned his labour) devoted
to the service of his country. Ilaving sought and found his
fortune in a dangerous climate, he returned to his native country
and finding that labour was to him a pastime, he resolved to de-
vote the remainder of hiS days to the enjoyment of the good
opinion of his countrymen, with whom he was to spend the re.
minder of his life. Having acquired a fortime, he had no emo-
lument to look for from office; no family for whom lie had to
make provision beyond his means; all that lie therefore desired
to seek for and acquire was the confidence and good opinion of
his countrymen, and the mode of acquiring that had been
detailed to them by their much-respected Chairman. He had
• seen the poverty and distress
.of other countries from exaction
and power; he could not look upon the excess of taxation in
our own without feeling that taxation. was the cause of much
suffering, which those only who examined could learn. The
Hon. Chairman had truly said, that the extravagant expen-
diture of the public money completely prevented reform in the
abuses of Government. He felt that the most effectual mode
to remedy that part of the evil—the corruption that existed—
. was to cut those sinews off which supported the extravagance.
After alluding to Parliamentary Refotm, and urging the citi-
zens of Edinburgh to demand, year after year, a representation
suitable to the new circumstances of the city, Mr. Hume thus
proceeded—When he found in the House of Commons the de-
tails of our great establishments confined in a page or two, and
that millions were to be voted on estimates of a few lines, and
when he called on Ministers to produce the accounts in detail,
the task of checking and exposing was apparently as difficult as
that for which he now called on them to step forward and ask.
Among the few remaining privileges which had been left us by
die wisdom of our ancestors, was, that we were not obliged to
give our sanction in voting sums of which we knew not the
items. The accounts were laid before us in a plain, simple
form, and unexampled success fbllowed his exertions. The time
for making the experiment was fortunately suitable, for though
it met with much opposition, the pockets of the country gentle-
men were rather empty, and therefore they were more disposed
to acquiesce in plans of retrenchment than they had been for
some time before or since. (Applause.) Thus by a little patience
and perseverance, which cost hint less trouble than many might
'suppose, aided by the peculiar circumstances of the times, he
had been able to get over difficulties which at one time had
almost been deemed insurmountable. Of his own acts he did
not wish to speak; they spoke for themselves, for they had not
been hid under a bushel. Year after year had persons tra-
duced him, and. endeavoured to stifle every effort of his. They,

however, forget, that while they supposed they were trampling
him to the dust, they were in fact taking the most effectual
means to ensure the ultimate success of his measures, and
to lower themselves.—(Applause.)—The Members of the
House of Commons, whatever faults it had, still possessed
the invaluable privilege of speaking freely, and thus putting
the people in possession of every act of oppression or injustice.
Every Member who could speak ought, and thus proclaim to
the people the evils threatened, by which the public might
judge, and by their. opposition check or prevent the mischief.
—(Applause. }—ln his attempts to reform the Church—to
prove the Navy—to lessen the expence of the Army—to in-
gltire into the state of the Revenue, for which a commission
was appointed after four years' struggle, had produced a
report the result of which was incredible, and he was afraid
even to mention the sums that would be spared to the public.
He had been guided in all he did by public motives alone.
Mr. Hume concluded his speech, which was much applaUded,
with proposing as a toast—" Prosperity to the City of Edin-
burgh." . _ _

The CHAIRMAN next proposed " the Immortal Memory of
Charles James Fox." • •

Mr. FERGUSON, the Croupier, proposed " the he3lth of
Sir Henry Moncrieff, and prosperity to the Church of Scot-
land."

Mr. JAMES lloxerturr returned thanks on behalf of his
father, and proposed " (...atholic. Emancipation, and the re-
moval of all religious disabilities."
Mr. C LJNYNGIIA ME said he rose to propose the health of a
distinguished individual now at the head of the friends of
freedom in the British Parliament, and whose exertions
had signalized him in every quarter, and identified him
with every question in which the interests of mankind were
concerned. The Meeting would be at no loss to anticipate
that the individual he meant was Mr. Brougham,—(Great
applause)—who had dedicated his splendid talents to the cause
of education. Ile proposed " The health of Mr. Brougham,
and the cause of general education."—Three times three, and
great applause.
Mr. PETER Ilactwst proposed " The independent Burgh
which returned Mr. Ilumelo Parliament."

Mr. IlumE, in returning thanks, said he hoped in another
Parliament he should still be Member for Montrose. He then
prefatory to a toast he had to propose, eulogized the press.
4 No means," he said, " are snore important for securing The
liberties of England than the freedom of the press—(Much
cheering.)—Through the freedom of the press, all the mis.
deeds which power would conceal, are made known—all change
of sentiment or proceedings which might take place in any
order of society was instantly communicated to every part of the
country." Mr. Hume concluded by proposing " The Liberty
of the Press."

Mr. JEFFREY, in rising to propose a toast said, that al-
though the subject of it had been glanced at by two of the gen-
tlemen who had preceded him, he could not with propriety
abstain from adverting to it a little more minutely, as it was-
deeply important in itself and intimately connected with the
purpose of the present meeting. lie alluded to the repeal of
the combination laws, which had been effected chiefly by the
exertions of the gentleman who sat on the right hand of the
chair. This subject derived its interest partly from the nature
of :he laws which had been repealed, and partly from the mis-
chievous combinations which had resulted—incidentally, and
In part, but not legitimately—from their repeal. The laws to
which he referred had long stood a blot on the statute-book of
the realm, and were repealed after the fullest inquiry in Par-
liament; without opposition, and without dissent from any
quarter. This of itself was no slight proof of the barbarous
character of those statutes. Their repeal was the result of la-
borious inquiries by a Committee of Parliament, in which a
large body of master manufacturers and others, who might
be supposed to be chiefly interested in perpetuating the
abuse, had been examined ; and it was a .remarkable cir-
cumstance, that out of about a hundred persons who had
been examined with the view, perhaps, of propping up the
evil, only six or seven had been favourable to th..:r conti-
nuance, while all the rest were decisively hostile to their
existence. Thoxe statutes, besides other perniciotr: quail-
ties, had a blighted spirit, which tended more, perhaps, by
generating feelings of jealousy and distrust among the ope-
ratives, than by any positive and direct operation, in de-
pressing the nature of their labour, to produce that discord
and animosity between them and their employers, which
was utterly destructive of that kindness and co-operation
which was essential to the prosperity of all. He did not
believe that, in general, the effect of any arrangements among
the masters tended materially to depress the rate of wages be-
low the proper level. The chief mischief connected with them
was the rancorous feeling which was engendered among the la-
bouring classes, by denying to them the privilege of lawfully
adopting measures for protecting their interests. This led them
to form secret cabals and combinations, in which they ac-
quired habits and feelings which reduced them almost to
the condition of desperate outlaws. The abolition of such
siatutes was therefore one of the proudest triumphs of the many
triumphs which Mr. Hume had won. But the abolition had
been effected only a few short months, when, unfortunately, a
fearful and diabolical set of combinations arose throughout the
country. These started up, unhappily, in point of time, no
doubt, as regarded the general merits of the abolition, but
not materially. Every one in any degree acquainted with hu-
man nature must be aware that the entire removal of restric-
tions, which had long galled a numerous class of such persons,
could scarcely fail to produce some commotion among them.—
LI e was inclined, with the gentleman who had already alluded
to the subject, to ascribe much of this to ignorance, misrepre-.
sentation, and to the dark course of secret intrigue in which
they had been trained, which had been engendered under the
laws which fettered them front seeking a legal remedy for
their grievances in the face of day, and the seeds and germs of
which could only be exterminated by the utter abolition of the
restrictive laws. Ile had no doubt that every right-
thinking person would ascribe these unfortunate irregu-
larities to these causes, and not to the measure of abolition,
which only became more imperatively necessary front the na-
ture of the combinations, derived chiefly from the abolished
restrictions. The worst and most disgusting feature, how-
ever, of these combinations, was the gross inconsistency
of the infatuated men who embarked in them. They were
not satisfied with the freedom which had been marked out
for them by the distinguished individual who was now
present. They aimed at the establishment of the grossest and
most hideous tyranny that can be imagined, subversive of those
very principles of liberty which the Legislature, in its wis-
dom and benignity, had awarded to them. Not contented with
the freedom to carry their own industry and skill to the best
market they could find, which they had thus obtained, these
misguided men had dared to deny to others that liberty which
they themselves had claimed as their right. They had carried
their purposes into effect by intimidation, by arson, and by mur-
der. And could they imagine that such proceedings could meet
with the support or approbation of any good, or wise, or sane
man ? Could they suppose that Mr..llume, who had struggled
for their emancipation, would join with them in imposing
shackles upon-others—upon those whose kindness and pro-
tection, and union with whom, in their respective spheres, the
general prosperity depended ? It would not in a company such as
this be breathed, that any countenance could be given to such
practices or such principles ; or that any toleration could be
given. For himself and he was not altogether unknown to the
country (great cheering), he would not be suspected of indiffer-
ence to the rights of the people ; but lie could not abstain on
this, and on every occasion that presented itself, from express-
ing, in the most unequivocal terms, his strong disapprobation
of the practices which had lately produced so much distraction
in the country. lie had said this as the friend of the labouring
elasses—as their advocate—and if his counsels could have any
influence, he would beseech the deluded men to abstain from
the ruinous and dangerous course in which they had embarked.
It was incumbent on the friends of liberal principles to speak
out, for the enemies of liberal principles would not fail to take
advantage of these unhappy delusions and errors, as furnish-
ing reasons for the re-enactment of those statutes which he was
convinced were the chief cause of the evils that they all de-
plored. He trusted, however, that a wiser and more lenient
course would be followed, and that, after the brief season of
trouble, which he hoped was now nearly over; after the sea-
soning fever, as it had been called on first touching a land of
liberty, the labouring classes would return to that just and
reasonable course of conduct which alone could save them from
the restoration of those chains which have recently been broken.
Mr. Jeffrey concluded by giving, " The Freedom of Labour;
but let the labourer recollect, that, in exercising the freedom
of his own rights, he cannot, be permitted to violate the rights
of others."

The " Memory of the late Francis Horner" was next drank
in silence.

Deacon PATEnsoN concluded a speech which was much
cheered, by saying, " Highly as we admire Mr. Hume—much
as we esteem him—greatly as we value him—dearly as we
love him—(bursts of laughter and applause)—give us but a
thorough Burgh Reform, and we shall have an hundred as
faithful as he. Deacon Paterson concluded, amid great ap-
plause, by proposing " Lord A. Hamilton, and the cause of
Burgh Reform."
Mr. COCKBURN concluded an eloquent speech, which was
loudly applauded, by proposing " The Lord Provost and Ma-
gistrates of Edinburgh, and a cordial union of all men and of
all parties for the moral improvement of Edinburgh."—(Drank
with three times three.)
Mr. GuisoN CRAIG proposed " The town of Leith, and
may it go on prospering in wealth and independence."
Mr. CRICHTON returned thanks, and proposed the health
of •. Convener Milne, and the Members of the Town Council
now present."

Mi. J. MURRAY called the attention of the meeting to the
improved administration of justice, accomplished by the Bill
introduced into Parliament by Mr. Secretary Peel. " Mr.