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London, England, 1814-12-07 00:00:00

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ate,(4. that
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t s'pnage die with him."—Char:-
`e.ilf;er nd equally willing, it appears, to
-
%qitv ' • Hs 7neris to ,epose in the same dark
ANL! 7 the true spirit of Grey's Elegy,
merits to disclose,
ties from their dread abode?'
slyritrttflde of the British Navy is of an-
a I.
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e 14 0
the.' wbo were so•much indebted
o
, rf, when he live:l will not be per-
~lh Per in the sentiments of those who
t,.ktiertl t
" their benefactor, and, failing in
tgtPt, tire now followhi., up the work of
7 h
rttelteitrg his memory.
thisn.l'th our while to expose the fallacies
i,;4lilrrpt Is endeavoured to be acccomplisheii .
Itwlf °les3es that be would not have objected
k
pee:
11:tir 11 cavil life" bad thought proper to
is
nts by some such homage of re-
-4N,, averse to this noble testimony from
;so "se eondition Lord ELvirLE SO
rtttE Hili)tuved, mid M t.whose welfare Lord
.
Ith,,
tack incessantly consulted. This is a
e4s
rgx___
one can scarcely think it flows
,i;itk,tol3.l.4..te(l„,“,,,,,aliacnitic r
'et thel\7liter disclaims in a
'441 the " Personal hostility." Bat
4N,, • "'iter in the Times feel personal
11111. ',ns.t the. deceased Lord INlELynnt
v' years "n" a sense of having injured him
ar,
species of offence, we are
ttit
.(11lit • l'ever forgiven ? -Surely he cannot
.
`-andw I:erson who, at the time Lord
ito
sttLtt
Iv't accused., laboured, in that very
I.)tlie'."nre
rI P that he ought to be denied the
tit •
f being
y
tau z•,4- of ever Briton—that o
fi~y°wit defeuce in the place where that
4)11
‘ ,
tof ft I.'ll - Made. Yet there is a strong sinti-
g
Cltit ,a remarkable s•rmpathy Of mind,
It "says
It would be painful to trace
° the.-
sulirce, and toil through the un-
6.Nii* Igs of the soul in which either was
le
" is assigned for the disapproval
"y i'Led Aliniatent It is boldly, yet
N(1,
tlit What Seaman would dare to ye-
ll tkerif
•ce Of a week's pay if the Captain
411 ee.rs rece,
it Wilt Officer
kli• auto:oiler..—
Itt(1 'lea hissubscription, if'the Captain
;‘,
Arid it is so obvious, that it
tel %IN Fes'
no
sPLination, how 'a Captain would
i
pile . who would fail
1. obtaining
qii is I't'°n of his ship's cbruP•mY•
avwor
then e mere matter of
kNiti,,l • would the con-
sz 4 114: " Were true, woat
? that every Captain, Officer,
I'l the Navy would have subscribed
ptrt that. this is not thr fact.
who would lead us to the false
flig s*.ates, for he tells us only a
a Ise 'Awn, that nzruzy had complied
nritar
.Icl;,,lowledged
trae " they .
coatpanics from the vulgar hope
to ruu „ ' .
then, accord-
-414:i his Or. It is not
"'n confessiou, " mere matter of
4,1,1 ' for '1
Ithign 'ere is a will exercised, and not
tit hq".Ydechfe in favour of the plan for per-
"beir
• AS
e h„ti i•lititirde by a visible sit,
hitt.l3,l•ol,"luitillt,' charge brought against thehe
tar they arc alleged to have said in
therues (and finv and private, we trust,
VtlledPlac„, where a Naval Officer would
tqt.t.4lug been actuated by so unwor-
efi Ti lt nti~e~‘te shall not condescend to re-
"trect, vre should only thereby
eliere
h the has 9 •-1f false (willch ice •
, It to be) combating a sha-
Vrttstr'ltin neither case 'advancing our
li
td-`S on better grounds--which is
tit to qtet-ile, known obligations of the British '
1%644(1 4te Lord Mr.nvinnr: ;, upon the un-
Ptecl '11(1
111
that tl,e BritiSh Navy, tin-
11h sell _ tits
, will be zealous in nll6'- t,
khl 4%4
"' he of these Obligations, and upon the
!•.1.41,1t op
Ire that a Monument so truly bo-
,"ltof the t-`3 all
tllt
.111 St Parties will rise to perfection in
of the envious or the machinations
ari
°Ceti
Np„
t (41 " OUS , since a 'free and Imre-
doe 1
135 been permitted to India, we
at (41,t Sri d' attention of our Readers to this
lirat •-
•i‘k, anti have endeavoured (as far
Mari Plotrrr' niform'ition woad allow us to form-
t , •
(If a. 14,0 '''Vress upon dur countrymen the
litl`-:eeiPitate and thoughtless competi-
44tiNt'itltt
1151tis':dte.wit'h aCompany so long esta-
-11 't
41t11, 411 0 .with
immense capital, and with
.a
‘er India, absolutely iinparalleled
()t. the
We gave
rr
Commercial •i% orld.
feQH to ", not .• f' r.sted,' but de-
nil() elm e 16t.
41'"% of int • inferior to nom.
t tate , 11,,
e 'genet.
Lh.oPe the trust, therefore, that if
°4 o'4l.
tuore at large into this nao-
41t4''tY; We shall not only discharge
he entitled to the thanks of our
tttiltii:ll:l"`ls, for pointing out tothem;the
4 rivalship with So powerful

Company. It'ean be no-secret, that such is the
abundance of- every European article of manu-
facture and produce in every GodoWn in • India,
that any attempt to increase the consumption there
(as has been 6 repeatedly and forcibly stated by
one of the Directors, Mr. GoiasT) Ivould be the
keight,of folly and absurdity amid, this opinion.
is note so generally credited, that although eight
or ten ships have been advertized in the POrt of
London for the different Presidencies of India,,we
are assured that two-thirds of them have already
abandoned the idea, for avant of freight. The
advocates for the new system, indeed, contend,
that the hometvard-bound cargoes are all that can
be depended upon to secure a profit to the adven-
turers ; but we fear that this is a fatal delusion.
Should it be so, it is our duty to apprize the
unwary, that, the imports from India consist
chiefly of saltpetre, sugar, indigo, silk, piece
goods: and•cotton ; and the trust we shall be for-
given if we endeavour to,prove, that in none of
those articles has the private adventurer a chance
of•success. We shall take them in the order in
which we have enumerated them. While Europe
was convulsed with war, the article of, saltpetre,
from the immense consumption, Might (when
pert-flitted by the Company). have afforded a profit ;
but it requires no argument to shew;that now it
would not pay freight, if even it could be had
for nothing. The article of sugar is at present
certainly high, and irsuch prices could be ensured
for eighteen months, it night make a saving re-
turn : hat when it is considered that the Islands
of Martinique, Guadaloupe, Santa Cruz, &c. and
the 'Settlements of Berbice, Surinam, &c. (hide-
pendently of the Brazils) will supply the parent
States with this necessary of life, the most san-
guine speculators cannot hope,that such prices as •
the present can continue many ionths longer.
We recollect well, that when the Continent of
Europe was not tinder the thraldom of Boosa-
raturE, that sugar, though purchased in India at
half of its present price, left the importers consider--
able sufferers. Indigo, it is also true, has sustain-
ed a good price, but it requires no penetration to
discover, that• as wars on, the Continent have
ceased, so must _th' demand for this important
article of Indian produce. Silks have also borne
a high price; but the value of this article has only
been enhanced by the difficulty of obtaining it
from the Italian States, whence the insurance
alone frequently amounte(! to above 30 pq: cent.
operating almost as a prohibition. Thanks to the
ingenuity of our Manufacturers of Manchester and
Paisley, 'piece-goods 'cannot be imported on any
thkig like an equality, and the raw material, in the
milt of a peace with America, even if .obtained.
gratis, could never pay the lowest rate of freight.
The other articles of drugs, pepper, &c. are of
minor consideration; and scarcely ought: to be
taken into calculation. We know that it has been
argued that this trade• has been successfully car-
ried on by Ameriayand it has been asked, very
triumphantly, why our ,Merchants, tvith a more
powerful capital, should not be able to do the
same ? The answer is obvious : This State can
navigate their vessels not only at half the expellee
of a British trader, but for all the Indian articles
they obtained before Mr. Jay's Treaty, they were
under the necessity of obtaining them through
the circuitous channel of England. It seems to
be forgotten the enormous expellee at which the
most ceconomical British trader can fit out a ship
for India ; the distance is too great, and will, tee
fear, always operate as a . barrier to the private
trader. In offering these remarks to our Readers,
we feel that- we have discharged our duty con.-
scientously ; and itS our sources of information
this most important branch of our commerce are
of the very first sort, we shall only gratify our
feelings by communicating, •from time to time,
every information of which we expect to be Put
in possession.

A Cabinet Council was htld yesterday at the
Foreign,Oilice, which sat till 5 o'clock.

The PRINCE REGENT iS expected to visit Lord
CHOLMONDELEY, at Honghton-hall, Norfolk.
Prince CHRISTIAN of Hesse-Cassel, brother to
the Queen of DENmAttx, and nephew of the Elec-
tor of Hesse, died op the 14th of November, at
Odense, aged 38.
The Duke of Yoak came to town on Monday,
from Oatlands. Yesterday kis Royal Highness
held a Levee at his Unice in the Horse•Gimrds,
which was attended by Lord DALHOUSIE and se-
veral Military Officers.

The following arc extracts of letters from Pe.
tersburgli
" Nov. n.—The ice, which had collected in a strong' body;
near Cronstadt, and on the bar, has been broken up, and dis-
persed by the wind, and the passage from hence to Cronstadt
is now quite open."
" Nov. 9.-1 considerable quantity of ice appeared yester-
day morning., and the bridge was c4rried away, and the river
is now nearly covered with floating ice."

Commodore Owstr, %rho distinguished himself
off Boulogne and the Dutch coast, has been sent
for express to. the Admiralty, It.is mentioned,
that he is about to proceed to the Lake's ‘rith 4
large force ; and it is added, that Sir JAM ES YFO,
from illness, has requested to he reliexed in the
commapd.

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMtlirrli, DEC. 5.--,Sailed the Orpheus sloop
of kv.ir on a cruise_

PORTSMOUTH IDEC. 6.—:-Sailed his Majesty ship
Tav for PlyinGath. iVind W. N. W.

TORILIX , Drc. s.—Pis Majesty's ships Swift-,
sure, Araxis, Drake, Redwing, and Buffalo, have
sailed with the West India convoy. Wind N. W.

The Union, PAtg, of and from Havre to
London, was lost 'Nor Rye; on Sunday.

, The George, BUCHER, from Dantzic to London,
was lost near Memel, I.7th- ult.

The Alarytis of NVellesley arrived yesterday off
Dover, from the Isle of France.

Rear-Admiral GEORGE I'AnKF,It, it is said, to
relieve Admiral DURHAM (who is indisposed) io
the command at the Leeward ISlands.

'Phe black and white beacons, on the floe, are
immediately fo be taken down, bv-order of the
Trinity-House, lest their remaining longer might
miseaid vessels .entering the Sound, since the
Breakwater at Plymouth has left only one chan-
nel open.

THE' LATE CATtibliiCK BOARD.

Our Re'aders will recollect, that a short time

ago,. Mr. PHILPOT CeittßAN- was abused by 'the
Irish Agitators of having deserted their Cause.
We were then unacquainted with his offence, but
perhaps the Jollowieg description from his pen,
of those who formerly degraded him:with their
praise ; a description as true as it is eloquent, and
especially worthy of notice at this period, when
the persons he paints arc attempting to reunite,
will explain that which was heretofore a riddle
" The Catholics, who arc the loudest complan-
ants, have, in muy mind, the least of which to com-
plain; they do all they can to embitter the pos-
session of others, whilst they do nothing to se-
cure a participation to themselves. When I say
the Catholics"; you, who know my opinions, are
aware,, that I mean their misdeputed' delegates—
the Catholic
.Board. I ricked, a medley of more lu-
dicrous, or, at the same time, of more mischicve
ous composition, could not have been \veil ima-
gined ; it was a drama,.of which,,physicians With-
out fees, lawyermewithoutihriefs, shimpkeepers with-
out business, captains without commui:isiouQ, and
bankrupts without certificates, were the com-
ponent characters—every wretch who tva.S too
vain for a counter, and too vulgar for a draw-
ing-room, aspired to eloymence—t hose whn could
not rave, could vote— and those who could
mot vote— could legislate. " Quicquid figura
lionzines," was their motto, -and, like A eacharsis
(loots, they were all OratorSsof the human Feet=
,out of comnpassion, perhaps, to the individual
country which might otherwise have been doomed
to their enviable appropriation.—With Freedom -
on their tongues, they founded a Desporismn—in
the name ofehristiality, they erected an Inquisition
—they bearded the Courts ; they abused the GOvern-
ment—they taxed' the People ; at Newry and Tip-
perary they directly attacked the freednin of 'elec-
tion—they put all the Printers in gaol, and toasted
the "Liberty of the Press." They rent asunder the
sacred Curtain of the Royal Nuptials--=one, who
spoke bad Irish, and worse English, announced
himself as Ambassador to the Spinish Core es—ano-
ther enacted a Penal Code out of his own imagina-
t ion, and•verified one grievance by caging his pub-
; that nothing mniAht be wanting to corn-
plete the system of• public and private noisauces,
Lhey chose a kind of learned .pig for their Secre-
tary, who, with his port-folio on his back, ran
you dowu at any • -distance, and almost grunted
you to death with the burden of his correspon-
dence. In short, there was nothing too grave for
their ridicule, dr too ridiculous for their solemni-
ties ; every ?can played Punch to his own music,
and rung-the'bell to his own praises ; when there
.vas no danger they all roared—and when there was,
they all ran, -thrusting, like, so many ostriches,,
the safest and the silliest part about them into
the first -receptacle, solid enough to confine it ;
they phi on the armour of Achilles, but, nolike
Achilles, they expose nothing but their heels, the
only members they had which gave signs of ani-
mation. They bad one merit, however, and that
was, a strict impartiality ; for, if they denounced
their Foes, thew- imprisoned their Friends—those
who differed from them they slandered—those
who agreed with them theyenslaved. In short,
the universal fate was, either to be their dupe,- or
their t ictim. Not content with time Enemies that
Bigotry had al rayed against' them, the Helots
proclaimed hostilities against eaele.other ; • and
.a heartless, headless, statiouless Aristocracy,
hulled their very manacles at ' time mob, to
which they were inferior. It is scarcely pos-
sible to believe, that, (hiring this' very con-
ciliatory system, they were bellowing for To-
leration; and bawling
for
Liberty. Nor was
the metropolis alone infested with their Exhibi-
tions ; they dealt out roving Commissions, and
sent strolling Companies through all the Pro-
vinces—every Company had its Dramatic Orator—
' .‘ whatever is, is wrong," was prefixed to their
curtain, and the motto was realized by the Ma-
eagerS behind it:
" If-the Drama closed with their individual ri-
dicule, or their individual exposure, perhaps.there
might -be the less cause for commissevation—but
it did not—the miserable people were the real
sufferers—the dupes of a mad ambition, or a base
k avarice the!(were . eternally sacrificed and
I swindled ; and when they had thrown all they
had into the bonfire of rebellion, they were
flung in themselves .to extinguish -it with.
their blood. . such is the state to which
our own fatuity has reduced us—for my part, I
see nothing but madoe” in the past, and misery
in the futnre. In the course cif nature, however;
I must soon retire-from time contest, but I do con-
fess, I weep to see my country•my ancestor, and
that I should be obliged to strew upon ber grave
the garland which a laborious-We had gathered
for her