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GAS LIGUT AND COKE COMPANIES.

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Aii,tralian - - 4100 - *XI - X 25 27
British Iron Company - 100 - 5-6; 4 pre.
Canada Company - 100 - 10 - 30 28
Egon:stile Loin Bank. - —.- 1 - 2
Gen. Steam Navigation 100 - 5 -•109i 10
Gold Coast Association - 6 - • 5 - 51
Great Westminster 1.) tir y - 8 - 1i
Pearl Fishery £2ssia. A'at pd. iss. £lO pm. i 18
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Provincial llank.Ait lreland

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Mr. Secreory CA N;..thu, yesterday entertained at his
residence, Gloucester -Lodge, the whole of the Corps
Diplornatique at dipper. 'Mete were present, Princes
POLICE AC and ESTERHAZY,.COORt LIEVEN, the Nether-
lands Ambassador, M. FALCK, Mr. liustr, the Ameri-
can Minister, the Envoys and Ministers of RM.
TUG AL, PRUSSIA, DENMARK, SWEDEN, and NAPLES;
as also M. de Los Ittoc, who is lately arrived in
this country as Mini-ter Pienipo:entiary horn the King
01 SPAIN, and the Count TRASTAMA BA, who accom-
panies him. Among the English guests present were,
Lord STRANGFORD, S.r C. STUART, Sir C. BAGOT,
Lord MOUNT CHARLES, Mr. FOSTER, &c.

From the accomti la!ely teceived from India, it ap-
pears that some difference in opinion haJ existed be-
tween the Governor-General, anti the Commander-in-
Chief in India, respecting the time arvi season at which
it was prudent and ad%i,,ble to commence military

operations against the mans. The Governor• Gene-
• sal, thinking that no time • .ts to be lost, is said to have
urged the expediency of going to war immediately;
with the means at hand, and of making ayropcx irre:

pression upon the enemy before the rainy season should'
set in, and the troops be exposed to the hazardwneces.-
wily attendant upon operations in the field at that.
time of the year. This, prima facie, has reason in it.
The Commander-in-Chief, on the other hand, is said to
have decidedly recommended the abstaining from
opening the campaign until the rainy season had been
over; being impressed with the belief that the imme-
diate military resources were either inadequate, or that,
'from the hardy and indefatigable character of the enemy
we had to contend with, and the great natural diffi-
culties of the scene of warfare, the Monsoons rains
would overtake the army in the middle of the cam-
paign, and cripple our future operations. These are
points on which men might very naturally differ, and it
would be difficult to decide who is right. Certain it is,
however, no blame whatever attached to either the
Governor-General or the Commander-in-Chief.
The zeal of Lord AMHERST, and his determination to
support the honour and interests of his country, are
well known ; and of the talents of Sir EDWA RD PAGET '1
military men speak most favourably. He has seen a great
deal of service on the European Continent, and is es-
teemed a brave and able Officer. It is known that the
gallantSirJon N MOORE spoke of him in the highest terms;
and in his last moments, after receiving his death-
wound at Corunna, included him amongst his last
valedictory remembrances. Brigadier - General Sir
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, the immediate Commander of
the expedition against the Burmese, is also an expe•
rienced and brave Officer, and has the additional ad-
vantage of having lung served in India, in the opera-
tions which eventually led to the fall of Seringapatarn,
and the overthrow of the dynasty of TIPPOO SAHIB.
Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL was likewise employed
in the European Peninsular war, under the Duke of
WELLINGTON, and had an important command in the
Portuguese service, and in the organization of their
army, under Marshal Lord BERESFORD.
As, therefore, the fullest reliance may be placed on
the talerits and skill of our Commanders in India, as
well as the bravery of our troops, there is little doubt
of the Burmese war terminating favourably ; though
prudence will suggest an augmentation of our force in
order to keep down so dal nig and formidable an enemy.

Lisbon Papers to the 25th tau eached us this forenoon.
They contain official details of the expected but impor-
tant change in the Portuguese Ministry, which extend.,
to almost every department of the Administration. The
Conde SUBSERRA is succeeded in the Office of Secretary
of State for the Marine and Colonies by Admiral 'founts,
and the Marquis de PALMELLA, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, gives place to Senhor SILVESTRE PIN-
HEI RO Ek:RE El BA. The Cardinal Archbishop of EVORA,
retie es from the office of Minister Secretary of State for
Ecclesiastical Affairs, and the changes, as we have
stated, extend to almost every office of importance.
Nearly all the Ex-Ministers retire with a laudatory
compliment for their services, and some of them with
new honours and pensions. The Conde de SuIsERRA is
appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, and the Mar-
quis de PALMELLA proceeds to France, in the same capa-
city. The following are extracts:—

LISBON. JAN. 21—(OrricuL Awricz.z).

DECREE.
" Considering the zeal, fidelity, and honour, con-
stantly displayed in my service by Joaquim Jose Mon-
teiro Torres, Admiral of my Royal Navy, I think fit to
appoint him Minister and Secretary of State of the
Marine and Colonies."
" Royal Palace of Alfeite, 14th January, 1825."
• ( Signed by his Majesty.)
41 MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIR—I
remit to your Excellency, for your information, the in-
closed copy of a Decree of the 15th of this month, by
whichhis Majesty,having taken into consideration the re-
piated applications of your Excellency, thinks fit to ac-
cept raur resignation of the posts of Secretary cf State
of the Departments of War, Marine, and the Colo-
nies, appointing me to fill the litter, and the Conde de
Barbacena Francisco to fill the former.
" Gon preserve your Excellency.
" Royal Palace of Alfeite, 20th January, 1825.
" JOAQUIM JOSE MONTURO TORRES.
" To the Must Illustrious and Excellent Conde de Subserra.'

NOTICE.
There is a similar notice to the Marquis de Palmella,
informing him of his dismissal from the office of Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and that Senhor Sil-
vestre Pinheiro Ferreira is appointed to succeed him.
COPY OF A DECREE

" Having considered the repeated solicitations made to
me by the Conde de Subiierra, of my Council of State,
Prime Minister, Secretary of State for the War De-
partment, and charged with that of the Marine and
Colonies, that I would release him from those offices,
alleging powerful reasons, which concur to increase
the regard and confidence which he has deserved of
me ; I am pleased to accept his said excuses, and dis-
pense the said Count from the above offices, which he
has filled with. distinguished ability, zeal, and attach-
ment to my Royal Person, reserving it to myself to em-
ploy him in other offices of great importance to my
service:lnd the State; preserving to him all the honours
and prerogatives attached to the place of Prime Minis-
ter, besides those due to him from the places he
has filled, and assigning him a pension of 1600 milrees."
COPY OF A DECREE
Expressed in nearly the same words, dispensing the
Marquis de Palmella;
.from the office of Minister for
Foreign Affairs, assigning him likewise a pension of
1600 milrees.
TO THE CARDINAT, ARCHBISHOP OF F.YORA.
41, Mosr EXCELLENT AND MOST IAzY. SENHOR--I

remit to your IL,ninence the inclo ed copies f the De-
crees of the 15th instant, by which his Majesty is
pleased to relieve your Eminence from the office of Mi•

Inister Secretary or State for Ecclesiastical Affairs and
9f Justice, and to appoint lou Regidor of :the Casa da
SaNdicapao.
" Von preserve your Eminence. (Signed)
" JOAQUIM JOSE MONTEI,RO TORRES."
•
COPY OF A DECREE.
The Archbishop of Evora, Member of my Council of
State, Minister and Secretary of State for the Depart-
ments of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, having been
raised to the eminent dignity of Cardinal of the Holy
Romish Church ; and the exercise of the Ministry by
the said Archbishop being incompatible with the splen-
dour and high prerogatives of so elevated a dignity, I
think fit to relieve him from it, reserving to myself to
employ, on more important occasions, the wisdom,
virtue, zeal, and attathrnent to my royal person, which
so eminently distinguish him."
The Gazelle contains vat ions other Decrees and No-
tices, drawn up in a similar form, viz.
Decree, dismissing, at his requeA, the Conde da
P.voa, Minister of Finance.
Decree, discharging, on account of illness, M. An-
tonio de Oliveira Leito de Darras, Minister of the In-
terior, allowing him a pension of 1600 milrees.
Decree, appointing to the office of Minister of the
Interior, Jose Joaquim de Almeida de Araujo Correa
de Lacerda.

Decree, appointing Fernando Luiz Perreira dz Sousa
Barrados to be Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical
Affairs.

Decree, appointhtg the Count de Barbacena Minister

of War.

Decree, appointing Senhor Silvestre Pinheiro Ferreira
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Decree, appointing Don Miguel Antonio de Mello Mi-
nister of Finance and President of the Royal Exchequer.
Decree, nominating the Marquis de Palmella to the
post of Ambassador to the King of France.
Decree, conferring on the Marquis de Palmella, for
his services in the Ministry which he has just quitted,
the Grand Cross of the Order of CHRIST, and a pension
of 1600 milrees.
Two decrees, appointing the Conde de Subsierra Am-
bassador to the Court of Great Britain, and conferring
on him the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, with
pension o f 1600 mil rees.
Decree, preserving to the Conde de Povoa the ho.
flours he enjoyed as Minister of Finance, and granting
'he favour of a life more on the title of Conde de Povoa
LISBON, JANUARY 19.
The 12th of this month was fixed by his Majesty to.
receive the Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of
Jerusalem, sent to him by the Vicar- and Council at
Catania. It was sent with•the Diploma and a respectful
letter by the Receiver and Procurator-General in the
Priorate of Portugal. All the Baillies, Commanders,
&c. of the Order, residing in this capital, having assem-
bled in the Palace of Bemposta, the Baillie of leca pre.
sented the insignia to his Majesty, to whom he made a
speech recapitulating the many favours and the distin-
guished protection at all times contested on the Order
by the Sovereign of Portugal. His Majesty replied in
the most gracious manner, expressing the pleasure with
which be received the insignia sent to him by the Vicar
and Council, and promising the continuance of his pro-
tection to the Knights belonging to the Priorate of
Portugal. •