the effects can be clearly perceived or understood. A particular kind of loom, called the power-loom, excited their anger, and experienced their vengeance. About one thousand of these are said to have been destroyed in the neighbourhood of Blackburn, and probably a much larger number would have experienced the same fate, and more extensive injury would have been committed, had not the activity of the magistrates and leading men in the disturbed districts concurred with the very judicious measures of government to counteract the evil. Such exertions have been so far successful, that peace has been restored to the country: but that it can continue whilst the cause of disturbance exists so powerfully, powerfully, cannot be expected. The natural remedy — a return of employment-can hardly be hoped for in time to prevent all future ebullitions. A subscription, the most general, and, as Britons, we rejoice to say, the most successful measure in every case of human distress, has been resorted to, and with the fairest promise of granting sufficient relief. The example nobly set by his Majesty has been followed by numbers, and we hope will be copied by all. If the sum raised shall be found sufficient, under a judicious and frugal management, and such we are sure it will obtain, to supply the urgent wants of the distressed poor in the manufacturing districts, till employment can be found for them, we anticipate the happiest results from it: but if it falls short of this, we must expect a starving population, rendered desperate by their necessities, to break out into acts of violence. But this we will not anticipate; we will rather be thankful to that Providence which has conducted us with so much peace through so long a period of calamity. The season which is now entered upon is one in which, from natural causes, wants are diminished, or rendered more easy to be endured. We will trust that the distribution of the contributions of their happier brethren will have the effect of alleviating the miseries felt by the distressed; and that, before these are exhausted, such a revival of commerce may occur as will afford a supply to the industrious portion of our population, sufficient to save them from the continuance of their present hardships. Even when this takes place, they will feel the effects of their insubordination. The machinery destroyed cannot be immediately replaced; neither will the owners. attempt it, until the prospect of employment for it is more inviting than at present. Should an increased demand for goods take place, many hands must remain out of work, until that which has been demolished is restored. During that interval, the deluded men will be convinced how deeply they have injured themselves by their misconduct, and that they are the victims of their own folly. Two bills before parliamentone to allow of the sale of the foreign corn now in bond, and another to allow government to admit the importation of a certain quantity of the same article during the interval between the rising and meeting of parliament-have attracted considerable attention. The landed interest have been opposed to them;-the distressed have hailed them with equal joy, and felt in them an attention, on the part of government, to their Iwants and their relief. Perhaps too much has been anticipated by each party. It is probable that these measures will never produce Patanagoh, Jan. 1. I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the honourable the Governor in Council, that the pursuit of the scattered columns of the enemy was continued from Meaday to Patanagoh, by forced marches, by the Madras division, accompanied by the Body Guard, and a troop of horse artillery, and the commander of the forces; on reaching Neaungla, five miles below this place, we ascertained that the enemy had crossed their whole force to the right bank of the river, and that they occupied the position of Malloon, consisting of a series of strong fortified heights, and a formidable stockade, with from ten to twelve thousand men. It was also ascertained, the King's brother-in-law, and most of the men of rank, who had assisted at Zeahengaish, were at Malloon; they despatched a woondowle on the 28th, with a flag of truce, and a letter, stating it to be the wish of their chiefs to put a period to hostilities, and that a minister had arrived from Ava, with full powers to treat and ratify, and requesting a meeting for that purpose. Lieutenant-Col. Tidy, and Lieutenant Smith, of the navy, were accordingly despatched to arrange a conference to be held in a boat on the centre of the river, moored between Malloon and Patanagoh. Accordingly, the Commander of the Forces, and the Second Commissioner, Mr. Robertson, attended by myself and most of the Brigadiers, met the two Burmese Commissioners, Kelien Menjee and the Kee Woonjee, on the 30th ult., and I am most happy to state that the result of the conferences of that day and yesterday has been a satisfactory adjustment, as far as regards territory and money, between the British and Burmese nations. The ratification, by the commissioners, of the treaty, takes place this day at two o'clock, and the terms of peace are as follow: : "The four provinces of Arracan to be ceded in perpetuity to the Honourable Company. "The provinces of Mergui, Tavoy, and Zea, to be ceded to the Honourable Company in perpetuity. "The Burmese Government engage to pay the Honourable Company one crore of rupees, by instalments, the periods for the payment of which to be settled this day. "The provinces or kingdoms of Assam, Cachar, Zeatung, and Munnipore, to be placed under princes to be named by the British Government. "Residents, with an escort of 50 men, to be at each court; British ships to be admitted into Burmese ports, to land their cargoes free of duty, not to unship their rudders or land their guns; Burmese ships to have the same privilege in British ports; no person to be molested for their opinions or conduct during the war hereafter. "The Siamese nation to be included in the peace." Thus, I hope, has terminated a war which has been most expensive in its prosecution, not only in money, but also, by the effects of climate, very destructive to both European and native troops; but I hope the honourable the Governor in Council will here permit me to express the unanimous grateful feeling of the Madras army for the considerate comforts the Madras Government have, upon every occasion, forwarded to their army here ;-comforts which have been the means of saving many valuable lives, and which will be ever most gratefully acknowledged by every officer and man. It will, of course, take a long period to arrange the move of the troops from hence to Rangoon, with the materials and stores. The ratification of the treaty by the King of Ava, and the English prisoners now at Amarapoorah, are to arrive at Patanagoh in 15 days, (15th January) on the receipt of which we shall immediately retrograde to Proome. The roads across the Arracan mountains present difficulties which will oblige the Bengal army to retire by Rangoon. P. S.-Jan. 13th. Owing to prolonged discussions, the treaty was not signed until this day, January 13th, at four P. M. Africa, and the Slave-Trade. The anxiety felt by our government, for many years past, to rescue this large and beautiful portion of the world from the horrors of slavery, has received additional excitement, from a late motion of Mr. Fowell Buxton, for an inquiry "whether the slavetrade be prevalent in the Mauritius; and to what extent; and the causes thereof; and to report thereon to the house." The hon. member, in the course of his speech, detailed facts so circumstantially, and described the evidence by which he intended to support them as so very respectable, that we cannot but fear that such illegal traffic has been carried to a great extent. We believe a year has never passed over without legal proof of attempts to introduce slaves into this island; the situation of it is so favourable for a clandestine intercourse with countries the seat of that infamous commerce: and the high value of slaves, from the extension of culture in the island, and the unrestricted market opened to its produce, offer such temptations to the cupidity of unprincipled men, as to render the allegations highly probable, and an examination desirable.-Mr. Canning acquiesced in the motion, and the house agreed to it. The last dispatches of the late Major-General Turner, arrived since his death, report a series of gallant actions to suppress a combination against the measures of the British government, formed by the slave-traders, and others interested in the same pursuits, on the river Sherbro and its vicinity. These have been attended with complete success; and that nefarious traffic will now be removed from an extent of country whence thirty thousand negroes have been annually exported. Greece. The cause of the Greeks has sustained a severe injury by the fall of Missolonghi, after a brave resistance of nearly a year's duration to forces very superior in number, and led on by European officers. friend of humanity must deplore the event, followed up, as it has been, by all those miseries which the disciples of the Koran usually inflict on the wretched victims of their success. Every The Duke of Wellington has returned from his mission to St. Petersburg; what were the objects of it have not yet transpired. The interests of the unfortunate have Greeks are reported to formed part of them. If this is correct, we trust the beneficial effects of it will soon be experienced by that interesting people, to whose ancestors and their literature the civilized world is so deeply indebted. South America. - The fall of Calloa into the hands of the Peruvians, and that of Chiloe into those of the Chilese government, have entirely banished the dominion of Old Spain from the continent of America. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. Degrees conferred April 29. MASTERS OF ARTS. Boultbee, Hercules Moore, Merton Coll. Brownlow, Rev. W. Pembroke College. Ewart, Rev. Peter, Christ Church, Grand Compounder. Michel, Edward Field, Fellow of Queen's College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Burgess, William, Pembroke College. Faber, Charles Waring, Scholar of Univer sity College. Girdlestone, Edward, Scholar of Balliol College. Maister, Arthur, Balliol College. On the same day, in full convocation, the degree of Master of Arts, by diploma, was conferred on the Rev. Joseph Blanco White, "in consideration of his eminent talents and learning, and of his exemplary conduct during his residence in Oxford; but more especially on account of those able and well-timed publications by which he has powerfully exposed the errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome." May 6. BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Lewis, Rev. Francis, University College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Anson, Rev. John Acton, Brasenose Coll. Cotes, Rev. Charles Grey, Christ Church, BACHELORS OF ARTS. Burgess, John, St. John's College. Hadley, Wm. Samler, Queen's College. BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Short, Rev. T. Fellow of Trinity College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Armitstead, Rev. John, Trinity College. Biddulph, Theophilus, Scholar of Corpus Christi College. Bird, Rev. William, Magdalen Hall. Lambert, Rev. Richard William, Pembroke College. Titley, Rev. Peter, Scholar of Jesus Coll. Tyler, Rev. R. Trevor, University College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Dowell, George, Scholar of Trinity College. Forster, Francis, Scholar of Wadham Coll. Innes, George, Scholar of Trinity College. Sneyn, Henry, Brasenose College. May 17. MASTERS OF ARTS. Berners, Ralph, Demy of Magdalen Coll. Hatherell, Rev. James Williams, Brasenose Oxman, William, Scholar of Wadham Coll. Thompson, Rev. J. Fellow of Lincoln Coll. Wells, Rev. Edward Cornish, St. Edmund Hall. Williams, Rev. Charles Kevern, Scholar of Pembroke College. Wyld, Rev. Thomas John, Christ Church. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Angell, William John Brown, Queen's Coll. Atkins, John, Worcester College. Brown, Thomas, Magdalen Hall. Bury, Charles, Worcester College. Campbell, John Courtenay, University Coll. Drummond, George Maurice, Balliol Coll. Griffith, Christ. Darby, Christ Church, Grand Compounder. Hammick, Stephen Love, Christ Church. Hatton, John James, St. Edmund Hall. Johnston, W. Downes, St. John's College. Kitson, Walter Cartwright, Worcester Coll. Knapp, Edmund, St. John's College. Lampen, John, Exeter College, Grand Compounder. Maingy, James, Pembroke College. Morrell, Robert Price, Balliol College. The following gentlemen have been nominated Examiners:-The Rev. Edward Burton, M. A. late Student of Christ Church, in Literis Humanioribus; and Richard Greswell, M. A. Fellow of Worcester College, in Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis. And the following gentlemen have been nominated Masters of the Schools:-Rev. John Mitchell Chapman, M. A. Fellow of Balliol; Rev. Walter Augustus Shirley, M. A. Fellow of New College; and Rev. Edward George Simcox, M. A. Scholar of Wadham. CAMBRIDGE. Degrees conferred April 28. MASTERS OF ARTS. Howarth, Rev. Henry, Fellow of St. John's College. Norman, Rev. Henry, Catharine Hall. Trafford, Richard Leigh, St. John's Coll. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Long, Rev. Walter, St. John's College, Compounder. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Campbell, James Thomas, Queen's College. Stevens, Thomas, St. John's College. May 17. BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Creed, Rev. H. Knowles, Trinity College. Graham, Rev. John, St. John's College, Compounder. MASTER OF ARTS. Strutt, Edward, Trinity Coll. Compounder. BACHELORS IN CIVIL LAW. Johnston, Thos. Edward, St. Peter's Coll. Roberts, Rev. John, Jesus College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Benson, Thomas, Trinity College. The following gentlemen have been elected Hebrew Scholars on the Tyrwhitt foundation for the present year:-Nich. William Gibson, B. A. Trinity, First Class; Thos. Riddell, B. A. Trinity, Second Class. Messrs. Dunlop, Carron, and Heath, have been elected from Westminster to Trinity College, Cambridge. PREFERMENTS. Barnes, George, D. D. of Exeter College, and late Archdeacon of Bombay, to the Rectory of Sowton, Devon. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. Biggs, Rev. T. H. to the Rectory of Whitborne, Hereford, void by the decease of the Rev. J. Wingfield, D. D. Blomberg, Frederick William, D. D. is appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Sumner, promoted. Bull, John, D. D. Archdeacon of Cornwall, Cursham, Thomas Leeson, D. C. L. to the Gray, Edmund, M. A. to the Vicarage of Henslow, E. P. to be Domestic Chaplain |