Star.
London, England, 1824-12-23 00:00:00

returns nine.
WARD.
Mr. Ahearn=
Mr. Prince

turn four.
are new Candidates.

EAST IADIA

A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East
India Stock was held yesterday, at the Company's House,
in Leadenhall-street.
Oa the motion of the Chairman (W. Amu., Esq.),
the Court agreed to a Dividend of st per Ce.it. on the
Company's Stock, for the half year commencing on the
sth of July last, and ending on the sth of Jan. next.
The CHAIRMAN states, that in consequence of a let-
ter received from the Marquis of Hastings, reque,ting
that some additional papers should be printed; the
papers so called fot, had been placed in the hands of
the_ fainter.
Mr. D. Known, complained of the great delay
which had taken place in laying the papers connected
with the case of the Marquis of Hastings before Pro-
prietors, and wished to know when the whole of them
would be ready ?
The CHAIRMAN said he was unable to state at what
period they would be forthcoming.
A desultory conversation followed, in the course of
which Mr. D. KINNAIRD signified his intention of
bringing before the Court, at an early period, the
transactions with the house of Messrs. Palmer and Co.
at Hydrabad, the papers relative to which were no*

complete.
Mr. BUTTERWORTH observed, that it appeared from
a paper laid before Parliament, that, in the course of
five years, 3,000 widows had been sacrificed in India,
and he wished to know whether the Court of Directors
had sent out any orders to discourage so barbarous a
practice ?
The CHAIRMAN answered, that on the 17th of June,

1823, a dispatch had been transmitted to the Bengal
Government on this subject. It was called for by Par.
Bement, and, like all papers so called for, had suli,e-
quently been laid on ilte table of the Court. No an-
swer bad yet been received to that dispatch.
Mr. D. Kitrearan, after inveighing in strong terms
against the utter ruin which must attend any yolyng
man who might chance to be expelled from Haileybury
College, moved for an account of the number of ex-
pulsions which had taken place since the last report was
laid before the Court.

Mr. Hum seconded the motion.
Mr. BUTTIMWORTH enquired whether the Hon. Pro-
prietor wished the names of the young men to be read?
Such a proceeding might have a very bad effect on
their future prospects in life.
Mr. D. KUMAIIID said he did not want the names. .

The HAMM** said, it would, he thought, answer
the Hon. Proprietor's view, if he read a statement of
those who had been punished without mentioning their
names. One pupil, who had been engaged in a series
of disreputable transactions had been expelled--a e-
cond, who was cognizant of those transactions, had been
rusticated for a twelvemonth ; and a third, who had
made assertions which afterwards turned out to be wil-
fully false, for a term.
Mr. D. ifsintaum expressed himself satisfied, and withdrew his
motion.
Mr. How, after detailing at great length the pro-
ceedings of Mr. Adant, late Governor-General of India,
in sending Mr. Buckingham, proprietor of the ralcbita
Joarnal, to England; and the proceedings of the pre-
sent Governor-General, Lord Amherst, in sending home
Mr. Arnott, the Sub-Editor of that Paper, moved for all
Minutes of Correspondence connected with the subject.
Mr. R. JACCIIOII expressed himselfsfriendly to the motion, w inch
was opposed by the Chairman.
Mr. D. KUMAIIID condemned the policy of the Unlit of Direc-
tors in refusing information.
The Court then divided, when there appeared—
For the Motion 13
Against it 49

Majority
The Court then adjourned.

The London Northern Rail Road Company have
determined upon one line, which will go direct from bittili%liani
to Hull, passing by Derby, mad Nottingham, and thus tuilui.z
these places together.
The Rev. FREDERICK HOLMES, B.A. of St. John's
College, Cambridge, is appointed a Professor in the Bishop's
lege at Calcutta.
It is calculated that upwards of 20,000 houses have
heal added to the metropolis upon an average of the last three years.
A new series of the London Magazine is about to he
published, on an enlarged and much improved scale. 'llse Edit )r-
-skip has been entrusted to entirely new hands. by which talents a id
aequiremenu of the highest order will be added to the work, aid
Its importance and utility very materially increased. The fi
Number will appear on the first of Jawuaav, 1825.
COIL/MALL Blunts.—Tin ores sold at Redruth oa Thursday -3
tons. Amount of sale Xl6B 7s. ed. Copper ores for sale it xt
week at Redruth—Pembroke, 744; Wheal Gotland, 398; Wil ' 4
Damsel. 255; United Mines, 226; Tingtang, 214; Wheal Pi
86 ; 'Wheal Squire, 77; Wheal Spinster, 54; Creegbraws, '2 i;
Wheal llope,20; Barton 3iine, Id. Total, .2.111: curs.

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of periodicals are, the Established Church is without an
which its principles can be upheld, or the
organ in
works emanating from its members can be fairly and
critically examined. To supply this deficiency, appears
es be the object of the Quarterly 'I heological Review,
the first Number of which has just appeared. Its ob-
ject is to give an analysis or !Niel notice of every p -
11zation, theological or ecclesiastical, from which an
estimate of the real state of public opinion on ecclesiasti-
cal matters may be formed, theological erudition
gained, or a confirmation of the Protestant fakh, may
be derived. It further contains a retrospective review
of good works.
Another prominent feature in this Review is an Ec-
clesiastical Record, which embraces Debates in Parlia-
ment, and proceedings in Courts of Law relating to the
Church. the state of the several Dioceses, proceedings
of the Universities, state of the Episcopal Church in
Scotland, account of Foreign Churches, report of Pub-
lic Institutions, Clerical Obituary, &c.
Such are the objects of the Theological Review; and,
so far as we are enabled to judge, from a hasty perusal
of the first Number, they have been carried into effect
with great ability. The reviews (forty-seven in num-
ber) appear to be well and impartially written, and the
compilation department executed with much judgment.
A Voice from India, in Answer to the Reformers of
England. Lty Joinv B. SEELY. Bvo. pp.
Captain Seely, in a former and very interesting work,
the Wonders of Elora, made a few incidental remarks
on the danger of a flee press in India : he has now en.
tered more at large on this subject, which is certainly
one of great importance, and is likely to occupy the
attention of both branches of the Legislature ip the en-
suing Session of Parliament.
Captain Seely has resided many years in India, and
is well acquainted with the character of its popula-
tion. He has, therefore, had good opportunities of
judging how far it is in a fit state to receive that bless-
mg of civilization—a free press. This point he examines
in a calm, impartial, and dispassionate manner; and
his inference is—that in the present state of society, a
free press in India is incompatible with the institutions
of the country, is uncalled for by its population, and
would endanger our authority in that country. We-
recommend his work as a very able view of the sub-
ject, and conclude by subjoining a few observations by
the author, on the Indo•Britons
Most of these persons receive a good education,
are intelligent, and inherit from their fathers some
portion of the energy and enterprise of the English
character. lam by no means unwilling to admit but
that there are many who have a keen sense of the dis-
regard with which they are treated, and are impatient
and dissatisfied with their station in society ; and, with
that portion of an amiable class of people, nothing can
le more certain than that unlicensed liberty of writing
and pnblishing would produce much ferment, and
eventually, disastrous results. They are high-minded
from their- accomplishments; proud, because their
progenitors, probably, have filled high situations; con-
Went of their powers, from the English blood that
lows in their veins. With these qualities they possess,
in the admixture of blood, the address, industry, and
acuteness of the native; the latter qualities are sharp-
ened and improved by their English education and
habits ; altogether, it May be supposed that they are
vastly superior to the natives, and many of them but
little inferior to their European ancestors ; in short,
there is much to admire ia their character, and much
to be lamented in their political situation."
Ravenna ; or, Italian Love. A Tragedy, Bvo.

Although this tragedy did not maintain its ground
on the stage, yet it is calculated to be a favourite in the
closet. It is a free alteration from the " Cabal and
Love" of Schiller, with many judicious alterations.
The spirit of the German dramatist is, however, re-
tained, and there are many passages of peculiar beauty
u the play. Some of the scenes are well conceived,
the scary is gradually developed, and the catastrophe is
striking.

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The Annual Register; or, A View of the History,
Politics, and Literature of thelicarlB23. 8 vo. pp. 1025..,
London, 1824.
The Annual Register is an indispensable appendix
to every good library ; as it is a faithful record of
those events which are scattered over a whole year ; to-
gether with a retrospective and necessarily more philo-
sophic view of the history of the period than can be
given in a work that follows close on the events.
The volume for the year 1823, contains a well written
political history of Europe for the period, and a view
of the principal foreign and domestic events. The
Chronicle of occurrences is ample, as well as the
Obituary and other registers. It also comprises all the
principal State Papers ; an account of the progress of
Literature and Science, with a list of new discoveries
and new publications. It is also worthy of notice, that,
for a bulky volume, the Annual Register is very cheap.
The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Est.
in Ireland. Part I.—County Wicklow. 12mo. Dub-

lin. 1824.
The angling excursions of Gregory Greendrake first
appeared in a series of articles in the 44 Warder," a well-
conducted Dublin Journal. They combine, and that
very happily, the charms of imagination and legendary
lore with rich and faithful descriptions of local scenery
and manners. The Ficture the author gives of the Irish
chatacter and peculiarities is well drawn. We have
only room for one extract, it is a description of the
i'my of Dublin :
We arrived in the bay of Dublin, about seven
o'clock of a fine morning. I had often heard of its
beauties, but I must confess, that the most favourable
and elaborate descriptions of this combination of land
and water, fall far short of their actual beauties, when
viewed by the eye of taste, and by the lover of nature.
(),lone side, the varied line of shore presents a view of
bray Head, a bold and lofty promontory, about eleven
o.iles from Dublin ; the ti iple-coned hills of Killiney ;
the lower and rocky shores of Dalkey, Dunleary,
Black-rock, &c. all richly studded with villas and
; and behind these, the receding lines of the
county of Wicklow and Dublin mountains bound the
tb-hghting view, and mingle their assimilating tints
++ith the horizon, while directly in front, and behind the
ciststeted masts of the shipping in the river, rise the

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