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Borough. Witness proved three letters to be in Captain Harrower's hand-writing. They were written to Mr. Cook on the prisoner's leaving India, in 1813, and related to the disposal of Mrs. Harrower. Miss E. Giblett was present at the marriage of her sister to the prisoner. Atkins the Bow-street officer, proved, that he was employed by Giblett to apprehend the prisoner, as far back as 1812, which he did as soon as he could find him, which was not till lately. Capt. Harrower, when called on for his defence, said, that he was the victim of a foul conspiracy, set on foot by his wife's father, who had robbed his daughter of 10,000. which he had settled upon her; that he had lent Giblett 17,0007. which he never got security for; and he concluded by denying that he had ever fled from justice. Baron Richards summed up the evidence at great length, and the Jury having retired for about an hour, returned with a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. The learned Judge assured them that their recommendation should be attended to.

The Court was excessively crowded, and the greatest anxiety prevailed for the fate of Captain Harrower. Mrs. Harrower (the daughter of Giblett) remained in Court during the trial, but was conveyed out previous to the delivery of the verdict. The prosecutor Giblett, and the witness Lionel Thompson, upon leaving the Court, were followed bp the populace, who indulged in indignant shouts, and severely handled the latter person.— Sentence on Capt. Harrower, six months imprisonment in Newgate.

Court of Exchequer. - The King v. Creswell. This was an information against Mr. Francis Creswell, First Mate of the Thames East Indiaman, for being concerned in the unshipment of a considerable quantity of China silks from on board the said ship into boats belonging to smugglers, off the coast of this country, contrary to the revenue laws; and the penalties sought to be recovered amounted to three times the value of the said goods,

Edward Roche deposed, that when at China, several small boxes were taken on board by the directions of Mr. Ladd. There were from 17 to 20, weighing about 50lbs. each; they looked like teaboxes.

This was between two and three in the morning. One half was carried into Mr. Creswell's cabin, and the other into the gun-room. Mr. Creswell was on board at this time, but he did not appear during the transaction. The ship arrived in England in August last; when off Scilly, a pilot boat came towards the ship, a small boat was launched from her, which came alongside the Thames,

and some men came on board from it. Witness, by the desire of the boatswain, went to call the gunner; he passed Mr. Creswell's cabin, and saw some silks lying on the table, which were taken from a box standing on the floor. The box looked like one of those which witness took in at China. The silks consisted of shawls and handkerchiefs. Mr. Creswell, Mr. Daniel, one of the mates, and Mr. Ladd, were in the cabin, as were the men who had come on board: he saw these men in conversation with Mr. Creswell, and pay some bank notes.

George Lancaster, and William Eckloffstein, seamen on board the Thames, corroborated this testimony.

Mr. Lock, surveyor of the Customhouse, proved that the value of a box containing such things as had been described might be 407.

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Captain Ritchie the commander of the Thames, recollected the ship being off Scilly in August; did not see any boat come alongside; had such an event taken place, he must have seen the boats. Knew the first witness, Roche, and recollected his being punished three times, and once for insolence to Mr. Creswell. Did not hear the insolence; it was reported to him.

Charles Paris was servant to Mr. Creswell. He had no boxes when the ship arrived off the Land's-end; nor did witness see any silks in his cabin at that time, or any boats come alongside. Mr. Creswell might have smuggled without his knowledge,

Mr. John Drake, Second Master of the Thames was in the habit of going into Mr. Creswell's cabin daily, but never saw any box there, except a small packet of tea for his own use. Saw no boat come alongside at the Land's-end.-The Lord Chief Baron having summed up the case, the Jury found a verdict for the

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Madras papers to the 7th October inclusive, have arrived. They announce the death of Rear-Admiral Burlton, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, on the 22d Sept. Capt. O'Brien has in consequence hoisted his flag as Commodore of His Majesty's squadron.

On Saturday, Feb. 17, the dispatches were finally closed at the East Indiahouse, and delivered to the pursers of the following ships, viz.

Elphinstone, Capt. T. Havisade; Wexford, Captain C, Barnard-for Madras and China.

Passengers per Elphinstone.-For Bengal, Mr. E. Law, writer.-For Madras, Major-General and Mrs. Donkin; Capt. and Mrs. Walker; Lieut. and Mrs. Miller; Mr. J. S. Rogers, free-merchant.

Passengers per Wexford.-For Bengal, Messrs. F. M'Naughton and H. Taylor,

writers; Captain H. Sparkes.-For Madras, Mr. J. Chilow, writer; Major and Mrs. Keates; Miss A. Hope.

Letters from Madras mention, that the Wellesley, 64, Capt. O'Brien, was to sail about the middle of October, for Colomho, to convoy to that presidency the late King of Candy and family.

The 72d regiment, under the command of Colonel Moncton, arrived at Calcutta about the middle of last month, from the Cape.

The 58d, under Colonel Mawbey, and the Mauritius brigade, under Colonel Keating, were under orders for embarkation; the former for Madras, and the latter for the Isle of France.

Information having recently been laid against the servants of Lord Erskine, who hawk brooms about the town in carts: and the magistrate at Bow-street after several hearings having confirmed the conviction, with a remark from his Lord ship that it was done under a sweeping clause, the noble Lord has taken out six teen licenses. It appears that his Lordship has an estate of four thousand acres, which produce nothing but brooms, to

nister, and, it is suspected, with the approbation of the Peishwah. Mr. Elphinstone, our resident, not knowing where this might end, instantly commanded the British force, stationed in the direction of Aurungabad, to advance, and thus afford him the means of backing his own representations to have this atrocity iuvestigated, and its authors and abettors punished. The British army has positively marched to Poonah, and India was never in a state of less repose..

At Hyderabad, the chief town of our steady friend the Nizam, one of the Nizam's sons arrested a servant, belonging, it is supposed, to the English Residency. Our minister, Mr. Russel, resol ving to rescue him by force, collected a corps called the "Russel Brigade," with some other troops and two guns, the whole under a command of a British officer of his escort. This detachment marched to the young Prince's residence in the city of Hyderabad. They attacked it, but were repulsed, with the loss of one of their guns, and of many lives, among which was that of the British commanding officer himself. This mode of obtaining redress is asserted to have been with the

the value of two thousand pounds per implied permission of the Nizam; but the

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19. Letters received in town this morning, by the way of America from China, to the beginning of November, mention that the Royal George, as also the direct China ships had arrived at Canton, and were to proceed for Europe about the 20th of the same month, in company, in consequence of the intelligence of Buonaparte's return to France, having reached that quarter. Chinese produce is stated to have advanced 25 per cent., occasioned by the late disturbances in the interior of that empire.

Feb. 22.-Prince Leopold of SaxeCoburg landed at Dover on Monday night, and arrived in London yesterday morning. He is at the Clarendon Hotel. He is tall and well made, with a very agreeable countenance. The populace at Dover saluted him with three hearty cheers on his departure from the Ship inn. He dined yesterday with Lord Castlereagh. His Lordship had an interview with the prince in the morning, and dispatched a messenger with the result to the Prince Regent at Brighton.

The following are given as particulars of the late transactions at Poonah and Hyderabad :-The sovereign of of the Guzerat, commonly called the Guicowar, having some subjects of dispute with the Peishwah, was invited to dispatch an ambassador to Poonah, to settle his differences under British meditation, aecording to existing treaties. The ambassador, when he arrived, was barbarously murdered by order of the Maharatta mi

unfortunate result of it has produced a bad impression on the natives, the attempt having rendered us odious, and its failure despicable. The young prince, after his victory, mounting a charger, galloped with a croud of attendants about

the streets and environs of his father's capital, and exclaimed to the populace, in triumphant tones, "that it was thus they ought to serve the English tyrants.”

The following is an extract of a letter from an officer in the Madras Native Infantry, dated

Camp at Akowlah, Sept. 11, 1815. "Col. Doveton, with the horse-artillery, the brigade of galloper guns, right and left brigades of cavalry, along with the light infantry brigade, and the flank companies of all the corps in camp (viz. his Majesty's Royal Scotts, 13th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 24th regiments of native infantry, these companies being completed to 100 men each, and formed into a flank battalion, of which Colonel Hill of the Royals has the command) marched on the 3d instant. it is believed towards Poonah. It seems there has been great dissatisfaction in that quarter for some time past, and likewise at Hyderabad; as a part of the force under Colonel Walker, of the 5th light cavalry, marched for the latter place a few days previous to Colonel Doveton's departure."

"Sir Henry Halford is gone down again to the Pavilion to wait on the Prince Regent, by the desire of ministers."-Morning Chronicle,

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A letter from St. Helena says-" Buonaparte is most narrowly watched, and on parole not to go beyond the limits of the little garden, &c. surrounding the cottage he inhabits. He has always about his person an officer, and at least two or three serjeants Notwithstanding all this, he is never heard to complain, but seems perfectly calm and resigned to his fate. He still keeps up his dignity with those about him, and they never approach him covered, nor do they wear their hats in his presence. I remarked, the day I dined with the admiral, during our outward-bound passage, that he had a plate of each dish on the table put before him by his servant, and some he partook of, others were removed without his eating any. The same ceremony was observed in handing round the wine; a glass of each sort on a salver was occasionally presented, and, if inclined, he drank one; if not, the salver was removed without his speaking. He always preserved a degree of stateliness. He never asked how he was to be disposed of, and was perfectly passive in every transaction."

The following article is from St. Petersburg, under date Jan. 6 :—A storm has just burst forth here against the Jesuits. They had been long threatened with it, having incurred the displeasure of Prince Galitzin, the minister of pablic worship. He was extremely irritated on learning, in December, 1814, that his nephew, the young Prince Alexander Galitzin, educated at the academy of the Jesuits, had become a Catholic. He immediately took the Prince from their house, and placed him among the Emperor's pages. The Pope's bull, restoring the Jesuits, had also excited displeasure in Russia. Their General, who was recalled by the Sovereign Pontiff, was not suffered to return to Italy-appareutly from a fear lest the Jesuits in Russia should find themselves dependent on a General residing n a foreign country. Their correspondence was inspected, their actions watched, and the labours of their missionaries in Siberia and the colonies of the Volga thwarted. The Protestants and those of the Greek church united to ruin them. Some conversions of Russian ladies completed the irritation of those who looked upon them with an evil eye; and when the Emperor returned, after a long absence, complaints were made to him of the Jesuits, who were described as disturbers. Hence the Ukaşe of the first of January. (See p. 195.).

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state of the Jesuits, and what had taken place respecting them in Russia.

The following are the articles of a convention between Great Britain and France, signed at London on the 17th of March last, regarding the trade in salt and opium. The preamble sets forth, that the trade in salt and opium throughout the British Sovereignty in India having been subjected to certain regulations and restrictions which, unless due provision be made, might occasion differences between the subjects and agents, &c. their said Majesties have thought proper to conclude a special convention for the purpose of preventing such differences and removing every cause of dispute, &c.-Art. 1. His Most Christian Majesty engages to farm to the British Government in India, the exclusive right to purchase, at a fair and equitable price, to be regulated by that which the said Government shall have paid for salt in the districts in the vicinity of the French possessions on the coast of Coromandel and Orissa respectively, the salt that may be manufactured in the said possessions, subject however to a reservation of the quantity that the agents of His Most Christian Majesty shall deem requisite for the domestic use and consumption of the inhabitants thereof; and upon the condition, that the British Government shall deliver in Bengal, to the agents of His Most Christian Majesty, the quantity of salt that may be judged necessary for the consumption of the inhabitants of Chandernagore; reference being had to the population of the said settlement; such delivery to be made at the price which the British Govern ment shall have paid for the said article. -Art. 2. In order to ascertain the prices as aforesaid, the official accounts of the charges incurred by the British Government, for the salt manufactured in the districts in the vicinity of the French settlements on the coasts of Coromandel and Orrissa respectively, shall be open to the inspection of a commissioner to be appointed for that purpose by the agents of His Most Christian Majesty in India; and the price to be paid by the British Government shall be settled according to an average to be taken every three years, of the charges as aforesaid, ascertained by the said official accounts, commencing with the three years preceding the date of the present convention.-The price of salt at Chandernagore to be determined, in the same manner, by the charges incurred by the British Government for the salt manufactured in the districts nearest to the said settlement.-Art. 3. It is understood that the salt-works in the possessions belonging to His Most Christian Majesty shall be and remain under the direction and administration of the agents 2 R

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of his said Majesty.-Art. 4. With a view to the effectual attainment of the objects in the contemplation of the high contracting parties, his Most Christian Majesty engages to establish in his possessions on the coasts of Coromandel and Orissa, and at Chandernagore in Bengal, nearly the same price for salt, as that at which it shall be sold by the British Government in the vicinity of each of the said possessions. Art. 5. In consideration of the stipulations expressed in the preceding articles, his Britannic Majesty engages that the sum of four lacs of sicca rupees shall be paid annually to the agents of his Most Christian Majesty duly authorised, by equal quarteriy instalments; such instalments to be paid at Calcutta or at Madras, ten days after the bills that may be drawn for the same by the said agents, shall have been presented to the Government of either of those presidencies; it being agreed that the rent above stipulated shall commence from the 1st of October, 1814.-Art. 6. With regard to the trade in opium, it is agreed between the high contracting parties, that at each of the periodical sales of that article, there shall be reserved for the French Government, and delivered, upon requisition duly made by the agents of his Most Christian Majesty, or by the persons duly appointed by them, the number of chests so applied for, provided that such supply shall not exceed three hundred chests in each year; and the price to be paid for the same shall be determined by the average rate at which opium shall have been sold at every such periodical sale. It being understood, that if the quantity of opium applied for at any one time, shall not be taken on account of the French Government by the agents of his Most Christian Majesty, within the usual period of delivery, the quantity so applied for shall nevertheless be considered as so much in reduction of the three hundred chests herein before mentioned. -The requisitions of opium as aforesaid are to be addressed to the governor-general at Calcutta, within thirty days after notice of the intended sale shall have been published in the Calcutta Gazette.-, Art. 7. In the event of any restriction being imposed upon the exportation of saltpetre, the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty shall nevertheless be allowed to export that article to the extent of 18,000 maunds.-Art. 8. His Most Christian Majesty, with the view of preserving the harmony subsisting between the two nations, having engaged, by the twelfth article of the treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th of May, 1814, not to erect any fortifications in the establishments to be restored to him by the said treaty, and to maintain no greater number of troops than may be necessary for the purposes of

police; his Britannic Majesty on his part, in order to give every security to the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty residing in India, engages, if at any time there should arise between the high contracting parties any misunderstanding or rupture, (which God forbid), not to consider or treat as prisoners of war, those persons who belong to the civil establishments of his Most Christian Majesty in India, nor the officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers, who, according to the terms of the said treaty, shall be necessary for the maintenance of the police in the said establishments, and to remain three months to settle their personal affairs, and also to grant them the necessary facilities and means of conveyance to France with their families and private property.-His Britannic Majesty further engages to permit the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty in India, to continue their residence and commerce so long as they shall conduct themselves peaceably, and shall do nothing contrary to the laws and regulations of the Government. But in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the British Government should judge it necessary to order them to quit India, they shall be allowed the period of six months to retire with their effects and property to France, or to any other country they may choose. -At the same time it is to be understood, that this favour is not to be extended to those who may act contrary to the laws and regulations of the British Government. —Art. 9. All Europeans and others whosoever, against whom judicial proceedings shall be instituted within the limits of the settlements or factories belonging to his Most Christian Majesty, for offences committed, or for debts contracted, within the said limits, and who shall take refuge out of the same, shall be delivered up to the chiefs of the said settlements and factories; and all Europeans and others whosoever, against whom judicial proceedings as aforesaid shall be institu-' ted without the said limits, and who shall take refuge within the same, shall be delivered up by the chiefs of the said settlements and factories, upon demand being made of them by the British Government. Art. 10. For the purpose of rendering this agreement permanent, the high contracting parties hereby engage, that no alteration shall be made in the conditions and stipulations in the foregoing articles, without the mutual consent of his Majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of his Most Christian Majesty.-Art. 11. The present convention shall be rati fied, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in the space of one month from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.

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"I am calm as one is when one's conscience does not reproach us. I feel deep sorrow at abandoning my poor children-good and tender sister, you know I lived but for them and you by your affection you have sacrificed every thing to be with us. In what a situation do I leave you! I learnt, by the pleadings in my case, that my daughter was separated from you. Alas! poor child, I dare not write to her-she would not receive my letter. I know not whether this even will reach you. Receive for them both my blessing.

"I hope one day, when they will be older, they will be able to rejoin you and enjoy all your tender care. Let them both reflect upon what I have never ceased to instil into them, that the principles and exact execution of their duties are the first bases of life, and that affection and mutual confidence will constitute the happiness of it. Let my daughter feel that at the age she is, she ought always to assist her brother with the counsels which the greater experience she will have and her affection may suggest to her; let my son, in his turn, administer to his sister all the solicitude and services, which affection can inspire: finally, let them feel that in whatever position they may be, they cannot be truly happy but by their union. Let them take example by us-How often in our miseries has our affection afforded us consolation-In happiness we have a double enjoyment when we can share it with a friend. And where can any be found more dear and tender than in one's own family?

"Let my son never forget the last words of his father, which I repeat expressly-Let him never seek to revenge our death!

"I have to speak to you of something very painful to my heart. I know how much pain this child has given you. Forgive him, my dear sister; think of his age, how easy it is to make a child say what one pleases, and even what he does

not understand. A day will come, I hope, when he will feel more deeply the value of your goodness and tenderness for both. "It remains for me to confide to you my last thoughts. I would have written them at the commencement of the process; but, besides that they would not suffer me to write, the march of events has been so rapid, that I have not had in reality the time.

"I die in the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion-in that of my fathers in which I was brought up, and which I have always professed, having no spiritual consolation to expect-not knowing. if there still exists any priests of our religion; and even the place where I am, would expose them too much if they once entered it.

"I sincerely ask pardon of God for all the faults I may have committed since I was born. I hope that in his goodness he will receive my last wishes, as well as those I have long put up, that he will receive my soul in his mercy and goodness -I ask pardon of all I know, and of you, sister, in particular, for all the pain I may, without meaning it, have caused you.

"I forgive all my enemies the ill they have done me; I bid adieu here to my aunts, and all my brothers and sisters.

"I had friends; the idea of being separated from them and their troubles, are one of the greatest griefs I have in dying. Let them know, at least, that, to my last moments I thought of them.

"Good and tender sister, farewell! May this letter reach you! Always think of me! I embrace you with all my heart, as well as my poor, dear children. Oh my God! what agony it is to quit them for ever. Adieu! Adieu !

"And now I will resign myself wholly to my spiritual duties. As I am not free in my actions, they will bring me perhaps a priest; but I protest here that I will not say a word to him, and that I will treat him as a perfect stranger."

The Court Martial at Hanover ordered to enquire into the conduct of Col. Hake, formerly commanding the Cumberland Hussars, as well as of the regiment accused of having failed in its duty, in leaving the field of battle at Waterloo, on the 18th of June, has condemned Colonel Hake to be cashiered and degraded; but acquitted the regiment of having disordered the ranks of the army. Major Mellzing, the second in command, is severely reprimanded for not having opposed the retreat of his corps.

Prince Leopold, of Saxe-Coburg, born on the 16th Dec. 1790, is the third son of the late, and brother to the present reigning duke. His brother was lately married to the beautiful Princess Krassal-Kowick, and one of his sisters is married to the Archduke Constantine of Russia.

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