... EAST INDIA HOUSE, A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors was held yesterday at the East India House, Mr John Cotton in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read, ?? CHiAIRMAN informed the Court, that the di- vidend warrants for the half year would be ready for delivery on the 6th January. He also stated. that in compliance with a resolution passed at the last Court, the ...

... (INaval and Miitary Gazette.) ha tu The subject which still engrosses the greatest kr attention of naval men, is one which we com- re mented on in our retrospect for 1842. namely, re the advance which France is making in the Se creation of a powerful steam navy; and it is in- th (feed a question which merits the most serious cr regard. By a recent statement which appeared in the en French ...

... CHARITY WORIRI]OLTs, A special meeting of the General roo 't WVorkbouse was held on Friday, to ta I t lb, derition-Ist, The minoute of C'nonai ?? rra; to confer with the Town Caoullrij u 0aPPIootd . posed poor's bill for liquidati,,n or tinpon i o 51 thil e fl o 1 1 Institution ; anld 2d, The clsion Of t Ih In Water Company for water to theo Q PlinlOirOOII which had been referred to Mlr flack ...

... POST OFFICE ESPION-AGE. COXXoN^S' RPORT. The committees of secrecy appointed to inquire into the state of the law in respec of the detai letters at the eneal otOfice, and into the mode under which the authority given for such detaining and opening has been exer- cised, and to report their opinion and observations thereupon to the house, and to whom several petitions were referred, have exam ...

... BstvwtcS.-This morning (Friday) a few boats have pretty good shots, the highest 12 cans, but most of them only about half a cran. The highest take at Spittal two crans. The fishermen are looking anxiously forward to the rise of the tides next week, when we trust they will be more successful than they have been. Prices are about 15s. to 1 8s. per cran for the small quantities, and, as there are ...

... I (From our Special Corresp7ondet.) LO2xDI, TCEsDAY MORINIG. Theaetivitynowdisplayed in our dockyards and arsenals inl fitting out ships for Tangiers. is proof Positive, if any vwere wvanting, of the importance attached by our Government to the war between France and Morocco. In my last communi- cation I mentioned the Dnames of the vessels put into imme- diate requisition for that service, ...

... F12ESBTEBhY OF EDINBUtRGH At the ordinary teosibly meeting of Penohytney, yeolerdny, Mr Davidson of North Leidi, moderator, in the clinic, the case of Mr 'Woo. Whyte of the hoegh school, Idaddisgtoo, soon taken isea enaaidrration A petition from that gentleman am eeail, penysag to he again admitted a peebationee seirhin the hoonds of Cite Preshyrory. The pnritinaer stated that Ira had jaihed ...

... (Ftrnis our Speciel Correspondents) Loonooii, SATURDAY Ennotoxa. Thle seined teeding of the Scotch poor law amendment hill is new fisted for Monday, wiithont the prospect of its, being: taoseei ip nil that eight, for Sic Limces Onhalia intends to lance, tbttlse oln djuonedI debate an1 cis Irishl Colleges shootS livii, peefoeente, It iosist act be infererd. feas ohms, sleet Mi- sinless aie net ...

... THE STAMiP OFFICE AND THE NEWSPAPER 111~~ slEk' 'iSS. (WraOn the Glaso-w Citllcc.) A ny~tem of mean, petty, and rexttainos extortiofl han just beert commenced by tim Sliump 0ofice aothorities against tha liewspappr ptess ill scotland. We lein heerd remeors of this Ipriatoly from romc of oer cmiteaiporminsr , but weo were certainly not aw arc of the cxtiet to whielt it ans aboot to ha carried. ...

... I OSS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT STEAMIER IPAPIN. The French Government has just received intelligence o the loss of the Papin steamer. The following are the details I of that melancholy event as published by the M oniteur:- The Papin left Cadiz at two o'clock P.am. on December 5, and was bound for Senegal. The weather was fine during the whole afternoon of the 5th and the morning of the ...

... (l'ieCs.) I Perhaps fife most disgusting feature of the opposition of the protectionists to corn lawY r epqtti is their recent af- fectation of a regard for the interests of the labourer. Finding that they can commanild no symapathy by their selfishness, in standing forward to defend their rents, they have rushed into sentiment and the workinlg man has become tire theme of their maudlin ...

... HOUSE OP LORDS-aeb. 23. ?? Co]iMCION- )ILL. V The Ear] of St GERMANS moved the second reading of n the Irish Coercion bill, and,. ufler observing on the lamentable Si frequency of the crime of murder in Ireland, proceeded to ad- tI lirco various doe'iimentnry proofs of the unsettled state of the a country. The Govern meut had ex.hausted every resource in tl their power to give efflciency to ...