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;iif liritiott VrtOg. ;fists rats' catnaencal putslishing yesterday morning at five o'clock. , NDON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1825. Nis Papers are again filled almost exclusively , the debates on the indemnity. 'lle proceedings in ,eeselber of Deputies on Tuesday, however, were not ;retreating ; a great portion of the day was cccupied notions for the rectification of the l'roces-verbal, by ortion of passages from the speeches as reported in Journals. This absurd course was first proposed by loyalist Deputy, M. DUDON, who hoped thereby to what he considered an admission made by General that indemnity was due to that part of the erni 'Po were forced to leave the country from regard to personal safety. M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT then rop , g ,i to record a passage from the speech of M. de wyelnat, in which the national domains were Mated to , b ee n " robbed." Both these propositions were wisely and the discussion of the project was resumed, , nothing of particular importance was said by the ii‘s e e rs. M. BLN.ramtre °aortas r was to open the Oat on Wednesday. It is probable that the next ar ols of French Papers will bring the information thartbe iog eon has been closed, as the Chamber began to grow the emigrants are not confining their pretensions re ply to the restitution of their estates. The provincial busy with claims of feudal and seignorilk Courts have decided in their favour. and 1799, for the abolition of the* disregarded, as illegitimate and spoliatory. . appears that the health of FSEDIBAMM restored. Oa the representation of the '.vrannali and Cadiz, the import duty on Colonies is reduced .one-half, and on abolished. Puerto Rico and the Phi itinue to enjoy the exemption they Royal favour. intelligence from Madrid consists of account of Iloetvait's overthrow in this false news, in order that our the tales that are in circulation on regard to South America. That the least foundation we know by the red on Wednesday, by way of Buenos was a piece of fiction more ground- It is not an exaggerated rumour, but ‘vention. It should he preserved as a ape ' historical fraud. Of its author, we words of Cosoleve—" Ferdinand but a type of thee, thou liar of the On the 17th of September, the day of of noLtVatt, CANTAR•C was pur flight, shooting his fatigued soldiers him, and breaking down the bridges the remainder of his harassed and from instant and total destruction. even more ridiculously false. By con of indisputable correctness, we know fought a whole day without any side, and that each Admiral having re veled, the Spanish Commander seized to make his escape and sail away ! while to observe how the Madrid Gazette willextricate itself from the disgrace of a publication so unrsgemsely offensive to all truth and decency. Even the Alter of the Elate shakes his head at it, and contents himself with observing, that " there is still some uncer minty respecting the events in Peru ;" and so there will he half a century to come, if the .lladrid Gazette be be l.eved, and Spain governed as at present. The news from Servia is highly favourable to the Greeks. It is quite evident that if the Turkish Government coo t:one the struggle much longer, all its remote provinces will be in a state of insurrection. Instead of drawing his ptir.cipal revenue as formerly, without trouble, from the ',reeks, the SULTAN has to supply that deficiency by greatly increasing the exactions from his remaining sub ;ens, and further, to levy a large additional sum to defray the expenses of the war. Under these circumstances it hteornes very doubtful whether it will be possible for the Divan to make another effort against the Mores. Before the next ear:Taiga it is probable the Suet are will have to contend with Mahometan ineurgaits, who will touch him more neatly. [From the Etoik, dated Thursdsy. l MADRID, FEB. 17. The King's health daily improves. His Majesty took an airing yesterday in tug carriage in the environs of Madrid, and he is this mom icw in the most satisfactory state of health. The Roral Ordioance of 24th June last exempted from drawing lots, for recruiting for the army, the novices of the regular observ. sties of the province of St. AI ichael. of Extremadura, when they were patented to have a real vocation, attested he a certificate of the Prelate and Fathers of the Convent. The King, cur Sove reign, constantly attentive to restore to the throne and the altar the splendour and dignity of which they have been deprived in the late Imes of war sad revolution, had deigned to extend the regulations of that Ordinance to all the religious coovential orders, in the lame manna as it practise:l with respect to tie abovementioned novices of the province of Sc. Michael, of Extremadura. Oa the representation of the Colsulates of the Ilavannah and of Cadiz the King has decided, that the sugars coming from his pos unions in A merira shall pay henceforth an import duty, four real, per ambit, instead of eight, which they were to pay. Coffee shall Fe exempt from all duty, except that on consumption. Puerte Rico sad :Fe Peilippines shall continue to enjoy the particular and total sternati.ia, which has been granted them by special favour. The Government has just received, by way of New York, ac. counts from Panama, of October 19, where an insurgent battalion arrived the same day, which had come from Guanchaca, which it left the 1011, of tie same month. The accounts which it gave are extrotr.elo satisfactory for the arms of the King. They obtained a cenelete and decisive triumph on the 7th September, between Ocemanga and Casco. The skilful and valiant CsTitS•at had fallen back as fat as Cuzco, s sting a retreat, with a view to draw the rebel Bolivar to that part, sad then to attack him with advantage. In fact, the Viceroy, Cum: de los Anders, marched to join Camerae at the same time tlat fi aml Raman pushed forward the cavalry, which he had drawn trim Lima, to fall oe the flanks of the insurgent army, which bad itiptudently advanced as far as Guamanga. During this same the AVII ship of she line beat and dispersed the naval fern of the relies. on the 11th, lith, and 16th September. 'lie operations being thus confined, by the two illustrious and futtrfult.rnerals, whose exploits and perseverance retrace the heroic steeds or the immortal Fernandez Corte', the 17th of September 'twee! neon them. The bottle commenced immediately, and was tat a inpmen t undecided. The soldiers, electrified by the cries of 'Aug I.ve the King," and e.perially the cavalry, performed piodwes of val our . I n short, the rebels were ttrri fi ed ; whole Di 4 lsige's laid down their sans. The victors pursued the fugitives above 320 miles from tie field of battle. The ret'eht must have lost about 5,000 men ; a small number oily succeeded in escaping to the mountains. Miller, Condoba, .Nleochea. and Sucre, all insurgent Generals, were killed on the 'tie. ntlirar, alone and desperate, gained the mountainous custry. after paring disabled three horses in his flight. The van guard of the Royal Cavalry has entered the territory of Piura, in the pturitice of (Juaywoil. The Royal standard is hoisted at Trutilll. It us probable that Guaysuptil and Chili will speedily retur n unde- the the legitimate veneer of hisllajesty. Thus Peru is delivered from the presence of the Columbian army. It was the last cflurt of the insurgents." The Anniversary sof the Coronation of the King of Portugal, was celebrated on the 6th at Lisbon, by a salute of the artillery of all Ste forts, and the ships of war in the Tagus. SERUM, FEB. Whether th e movements which are taking place in Servia are soaaened or not with the general insurrection of Ureter, it is no' • • The English Journals, as we stated the day before yesterday, rr.present_ on the con trar y, Ilulivar PS the conqueror. The Mad He: Geintt places his denim on the 17th September, and the Journals Philadelphia pretend that bis headApineters were on the Unther, in the vicinity of Cusco. There is still some uncertainty /lapwing the events in Peru.—Note of the Editor of the Elva( t • 112 Dc LOS to I the 0 11 T;: 1 inte 16 1 m ° ;51.1 M /r krali i rje obi 1111 riia rooe d Git ylD tsn Wel *dad, V t$ 4oti prjiell• Talanais are busy with T ot, and many Cott To laws of 1792 and s ync*, are disregardet ly the Et&ile, it appe, vil. is nearly restored Collates of Havanna si r from the Coloni As it is wholly abol - Lows mill continue formerly obtained by It( The rug of the inte 'laber fabricated acs Pea. We subjoin tl waders may see the tb4 continent with rega whoa, is without the I, oecial details received Ayres. There never w ;sit in all its parts. It to absolute invention. risen cf the art of hi tray exclaim in the w Mendes Pinto was but fist magnitude !" On the pretemietl defeat o tang his disorderly flip Vac, could not follow iii is order to save the eatitute atmy from Tat naval victory is ev, OTElat infortnation, of teat the two squadrons tivantage on either side used his damaged yew the first opportunity tc It will be worth while I • the ]tits certain that they are ellculntcd to excite scriittus alarm in the Turkish Government. The Paella of Belgrade dots not di,. tremble his fears, and is taking measures of precaution. Prince 310osch. detested by all the Seryians, endeavours to stifle the in. surrection, but is not leas suspected by the Turks themselves. The %soiree:ion extends front Scinandria to Jividins. 101,n. the I tonther or Miksch. and Governor of Paviaramisc, has' heen ar. resfiti, sedilkia house Om laiplo pillage. It is affirmed that the Govtirnointsiblemandrut has shared the same rate. einine perste accrunts say that the Chief (who has not vet appeared) of this vast insurrection is a Greek, named Moinia Popowlich, who hats loci; I resided at Vicnn oribtools G2zflte. 1' Ewell Ett sins —PARIS. Fyn. 23.—Five per Cents. opened at 104 f. 55c.; closed at 1045.110 c.; hank Stock, 2000 f. ; de Naples, Certif. Falconnet, 901 55c. ; ltente d'Espagne, 181 j; Wired Spanish Loan. 1023, 57i; Exchange on Loolni_one month, at: 6c. ; three ditto, 24f. lik.—CourrAulltenfigite, Feb. 23. The Bill For Suppressing Unlawful Associations of Ireland was last night read a third time and passed, after a debate of some warmth and interest. We can at this moment only refer our readers briefly to the debate itself, for the in formation they may derive respecting it. On the third reading a division was called for by the opponents of the Bill, When the numbers were declared by the Tellers to be—Ayes, 226 ; Noes, 96 ; leaving a surplus majority of 130 votes in favour of the measure. In this way has one House of Parliament made known its judgment on the expediency of continuing to tolerate those political knots and clubs, acting on exclusive principles, which, in all disturbed 0/11•0411; in all agitated countries, have been found to be the most active end powerful instruments of mischief. That the judgment of the House of Commons it that of the people of England, we boldly affirm ; and mine, we beliPte, know this feet better than those who have roost loudly rased their voices against the 13 . 11. We have at least this negative presumption against them—that with all this fondness for public meetings, they have not dared to rail together any portion of the inhabitants of the metropolic to petition against the Bill. When before was there ever so touch breath wasted in St. Stephen's, without even a meeting at the Crown and Anchor, or a ringle oration from Mr. GALL JON ES or the Blacking-maker on the fall of our constitu tional freedom? As a (fernier resort, Mr. O'Cos N ELL and Mr. Sit et T. will make an appeal this morning to the " gene rous and magnanimous people of England," which failing. as it requires no gift of prophecy to foretel it will, the de putation will, in due course return home, and abuse cold, selfish, base, and immoral John Bull, as heartily as they did three months ago. Beyond that point we rlefy them to go, and as they must be praising or vilifying somebody, they cannot be mere harmlessly employed than in attacking our national character. Yesterday was settling day in the English market, but, like the last, it passed off as quietly as a:iv other. Consols in the early part of the morning were rattier heavy; but to war{], the close of the market they recovered and left off at 94 for money, and 94} for the account. The Foreign market was for the most part steady ; New Brazilian kept its price at 48 ; Mexican was 31 4; Greek Scrip was done at 1, and Spanish Bonds were steady at 44 ; Pasco Peruvian Mining Sham were up again ; at one time they reached 45j; they closed at 434; the Mines were all steady; the parties interested in these securities, appear to have lost all apprehension about the Chancellor's long-looked-for Bill. Speculations do not now exclusively attach to the Stock Exchange. The Colonial Mart in Mincing-lane, is equally a scene of adventure. Money and account prices are quoted, and we may shortly look for as regular settling days there, as in 'Change-alley. Sugar yesterday advancedSs. per cwt., by reason, it was said, of large orders being received from llamburgh, and from the expectation that the crop in Brazil would fail. Speculators were in consequence busy, but the principal purchases were made by regular merchants, with a view to prevent, s► moth es possible, the produce from getting into the hands of the jobbers. The Duke of York takes the Chair on Monday next, at a meeting at the City of London Taven, far the relief of the stderers by the inundations in Hanover. Yesterday the Earl of Harrowby and the Earl of West morland transacted business at the Foreign Office. Mr. Secretary Canning was attended yesterday by Dr. Holland and Dr. Shuter. The Right Honourable Gen tleman was a graat deal better, although he remains confined. ...... Prince Polignac. the French Ambassador, transacted business with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. We are desired to say, that there has been no unicn of opposition between the Duke of Northumberland and the Bendier' of the Temple, on the subject of the proposed Thames quay. Artertersuor hivaß•r.—This exemplary and accom plished Prelate has got notice that he will be required to give evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Lords. We understand that his Grace will proceed to Lo - don, early in the next week.—Dublin Paper. CATHOLIC RE NT.—Upwards of one hundred of those subscribers in Waterford, who have heretofore paid but 10d. a month to the Rent, have voluntarily come forward and subscribed one guinea each, in consequence of Mr. Gonlburn having introduced a Bill for suppressing the Catholic Association.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. Sir R. C. Hoare, Ban., has recently given to the British Museum his splendid collection of books, relating to the history and topography of Italy, collected between the years 1785 and 1791, during two successive excursions into that country. It consists of 1,733 articles, arranged ac cording to the ancient divisions of Italy. It was S:r F. Ommaney, and not Mr. Fremantle, who took part in the conversation on Monday evening, in the House of Commons, respecting the postage of newspapers sent to the Colonies. A Course of Lectures on the Philosop hy of Mind, is in tended to he delivered at Freemasons Tavern, by Pre bendary Dennis, 8.C.L., author of several ingenious works, particularly his " Key to the Regalia," &c. Liston is engaged at the Southampton Theatre for five nights, commencing next Monday. Miss M—, a young heiress of considerable personal attractions, chanced to be seated the other evening at a dinner party, next to a gentleman remarkable in the fashion able circles for the brilliancy of his wit, who had long made one in the train of her admirers. The conversation turning on the uncertainty of life, " I mean to innee mine," said the yowig lady archly, "in the Hupe." " In the hope of what?" said her admirer; "a single life is hardly worth insuring; I propose that we should insure our lives together, and if you have no objection, I should prefer the Alliance." . PATRONL—Patrons are but too apt to reward their au thors with compliments, when they want bread. Sor biere being treated in this manner by his friend, Pope' Clement IX. is said to have complained in the following humorous terms:—" Must Holy lather, you giro ruffles to a man who is without a shirt." Report bas sent a highly respected Magistrate, and the only son of a Doctor in Divinity (both residents in this neighbourhood), to Havre, to terminate, by duel, a quarrel which it is said subsisted between the Rev. Doctor himself and the above Magistrate. The origin of the quarrel is thus stated :—The Rev. Doctor raspected that a labourer in the employ of the worthy Magistrate had made too free with his (the Doctor's) game, and without mentioning a word of his suspicion to the said Magistrate, he applied to another Magistrate, residing at a distance, and obtained a search -warrant, which he put in execution. This excited the angry feelings of the first-named Magistrate, and cal culating on the result, the Reverend Doctor contrived to get him bound over, in a heavy penalty, to keep the peace. Shortly afterwards the Maristrate came in contact with the son of the Reverend Doctor, who he conceived had Leen acting in concert with bis father, and to whom he spoke in plain terms, what he thought of the conduct of both his father and himself. A challenge was the conse onence ; and on Tuesday last, it is said, the parties, with their respective seconds, proceeded by way of Southampton for Havre.—Devizes Gazette. Yesterday the despatches for Madras and China, by the shim' Atlas and Herefordshire, were elos.d at the East India Hous.?, and delivered to the Ptuscrs of three s hips. THE BRITISH PRESS. • TRADE OF (TREAT 'BRITAIN. Two documeats have been yrublialted, by order of the Mous^ of Commove, which exhibit, in a most striking de gree, the rapid increase of our commerce and manufac tures. The first is an account of the value, as caleulat.ol at the official. rates, of all Britiih anti Irish produce awl manufactures exported from 'Great Britain is the years 1629, 1823, antllB2i, ending the 10th of October in each yi at. Frill) these returns, it appears that the Exports in the year 1822, were 45,787,38 e/. ; in IK3, 46,281,5111. and in the year 1824, 50,758,908/. being an increase of nearly five millions in the short period of two years. Of the Exports in the last year, the Cottou Manufactures alone, amount to 26,860,937/. exclusive of Cotton Twist and Yarn of the value of 3,138,3471. The following arc the amounts of the other articles of Export:—Brass and Copper manufacture 632,5771. Giese and Earthenware 284,368/. Hardware and Cutkry, G 00,9864 • Iron and Steel, wrought and unwrought, 1,490,3144 Linen manu factures 3,174,834/. Silk manufactures 189,813/. British Refined Sugar 1,121,940/. Woollen Goods 6,880,2001. and all other articles 6,334,492/. The second document is an account of the value, as cal culated at the official rates, of all Foreign and Colonial 'Merchandise, exported from Great Britain, in each of the three years ended 10th of October, 1824, The total amount of these Exports was in 1822, 10,962,349 L ; in 1823, 9.791.830/. ; and in 1624, 10,978,814/. The greatest portion is, of course, Colonial Merchandise, and it appears by the return. fur the last year, that the ExpOrts of Coffee and Cocoa amounted to 2.413,3844 . Piece Aeoels of India, 1,033,733/.; and Raw Sugar, 1,01.2,8864 Thus it will be 'been that the total of our exports for the last year amounted to tile immense sum of 61,7.37,11i91.-,esearly thr3v4sott , of which wit( df British produce or manufactures. Well might his Majesty, in the Speech at the opening of Parlia ment, state that " there :lever was a period in the history of this country, when all the great interests of the nation were in so thriving a condition, or when a feeling of con tent and satisfactiem was more widely diffused throughout all classes of the British people." FRENCII CILAAfBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTINCI or FED. 22. Previous to entering on the discussion concerning the indemnity, there was a dispute about an amendment of the proofs verbal of the day before by M. Dutton. The amendment was to rectify the speeches of General Foy and 1 .1. Dupont de I'Eure ). After a great deal of squabbling about the insertion of a particular phrase in the Illonileur, they passed to the order of the day, and the dis cusaion concerning the indemnity was revived. After a few words in favour of the project from 111. HANDEL MARTINET, and agitimit it from M. MARTIN DE VILLERS, M. FEIDIXANn DI BIRTNIER spoke. He argued at great length against confiscation of property, whose object, he said, trip completely exposed in the Convention, where it was avowed to be fur the sole purpose of taking away from those that had any thing, to give to those that had nettling. Ile calculated the loss that would accrue to the emigrants by this indemnity. He knew of an estate which brought in 5,000 francs per annum, which would not, under the depreciated value of the assignats. produce a capital of 2,200 francs—that is to say; leas that hair a single year's income. Such a self-evident piece of injustice ought never to be sanctioned by law. He concluded by voting for the law, with the amend. resents of M. de beranlierea. 41. DE Corneae spoke a few words, bat was inaudible, on at pant of the cries for the close of the sitting. •M. B. CONSTANT opposed the closing of the sitting, on the round that it might not seem that the question had bean but par heard. The question was then put for the close, but negatived by a large I majority. • M. A Lexie DE NOAILLEII spoke in favour of the project. and said it would assure the present proprietors peaceable possession, end to the ancient proprietors indemnity: it would hereafter pro. duce that best of benefits, and most precious of all riches—peace 'of mind to all panics. Let each emigrant, on recessing his shame the indemnity, sign, in the registers of the public Treasury a two mad explicit declaration, that he considers himself as indemnified and that he never will require more; then give each of them a fug 'end entire quittance, and which agreeing with the Charter, whist* riles all Frenchmen. acknowledges the right of the present pew. victors to be as well-founded as if they had freely bought thelel [ property of the old posactwors. It would be thus that the was. (Ninny of France would be assured, and thttreign of the pejsidees put an end to. The discussion was then adjourned till the morrow. M. Ducbenay will open ihe debate, serer whom lilt. joule, B. Constant, de Serbia, &c., wilt spoil. The Assembly broke up at halOpast live. THE Cd THO/./4' QL'L'ST/O.Y. The following is a copy ot , the letter atldresseti by Lord Arundell to the Editor of the Salisbury Journal, on the subject of a petition about to be presented by the Clergy of the Arcbtleaconry of Sarum against the Catholics : . SIA-1 haVe but just seen in your Paper a document purpr.ting to be a Petition to the House of Lords, of the Clergy of the Arch. deaconry of Sarum. I have always considered the right of petition to Parliament to be one of the most valuable securities against env violent attack on popular rights, not so much on account of any effect which petitions can be expected to produce directly on that body, as on account of their being a power ul means of appeal to what is the "ream power in this country, and what in capable ofgiring and taking away all other means of poser—rib/it opinion. With this feeling, take as the form of the petition front the Archdeaconry of Sarum is in its facts, illiberal and unjust as it is in its reasoning, and sanguinary in its only assignable object, I should probably not have observed open it in public, had it been addressed to th e House of Commons. But when I see a document of this character addressed to a body to which by birthright I belong, and from which I am excluded, not by any crime of my own, or of try ancestors, but by the injustice of bad laws, the right and the duty return to me not only to protest against the being excluded from the privilege of judging on that petition in my place in the House to which it is addressed, but to express my opinion of it in the only public manner which now re mains to me. I say the Petition is sanguinary in itt only assignable object. Singularly enough, and very absurdly, unless for the wicked pur pose of entrapping persons into the signing an imperfect ina!rnment, the prayer itself (to which all that I find in your Journal is but prefatory) is not given. But the prefatory remarks conclude with these words. " and your Petitioners, lc. Is." • Now what is the prayer of the. Petition thus omitted intended to be ? Certainly 'I rot one against Catholic Emancipation merely, because all the grievances it complains of, it describes as having arisen under the system of Catholic exclusion. Then what does it pray for ?—of course some new " Act to present the growth of Popery"—came New code of penal laws, by which, as or old, property may . be con. fixated, children taken away from their parents, and the min isters of religion capitally punished fur communicating Its rites. This may, in the opinion of the Reverend Gentleman of the Archdesconry of Sarum, be consistent with their duty as members of a free State, and with the spirit in which they affect to reprobate all political meddling in Priests of another religion; it may, in their opinion, be consistent with the Christian doctrine they profess, and the holy calling to which they have devoted themselves ; but I doubt Its be. ing consistent with the growing genius of the times, or with those feelings in behalf of undistinguishing justice and of universal liberty, which the spirit of inquiry inspires, and the prevalence of education has diffused. The sentence in the petition relating to religious houses. &e. untrue. The tact is, that not one new religious boon or esaiiisary has been established in England since their grit settlement in 1793, and when the English communities were driven from their foreign dwellings at the French Revolution ; and only one of these establishments is or has at any time been under the control of the EsJesuits, formerly of Liege. I assert that the young men of the Catholic colleges are eduat►d in the spi rit of the British Constitution. That spirit teaches them that they have a birthright to regain—a birthright which is attempted to be withheld by injustice. as it was wrested from them•by laws, which, whether originally justifiable or not, relate to a state of things long past by, and which never can return. They are taught es Christians to do justice to their fellow-creatures, as Englishmen to love their country ; nor is that great commandment forgotten among the duties which are enjoined theui—a command ment which, equally with the Rev. petitioners. they holl as pert of their religion, but to which I trust they will Owen better conform in their conduct—the commandment which forbids to beat false witness against our neighbour. 1 ant, Sir, your obedient servant. A.RCNDELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISII 27, Arbour-aquae, Commercial-road, Feb. 25. 1523. SIR—It having been announced in the public papas that Daniel O'Connell, Esq. is shortly to preside at the Anniversary Dinner of the East London Catholic Institution, and my name published as treasurer, by which I apprehend it may be concluded I approve of the measure, I request you will have the goodness to state, in the Brifit 3 / 4 Preu, that I do decidedly object to it, not only on account of the impropriety of its taking p ace during the penitential time of bent, but more particularly of its being morally impossible, in the present state of Catholic matters, that it can pass without ex citing political emotions, that the well-wishers and managers to a charitable establishment shouhl be moat careful to prevent. I remain, Sir, Your most obedient and humble arrow, ST I.: I'll PIIIL IPS. Detachments belonging to tbe - Z (the Qtiren's Own), the sth and 13th Regiments of Lght Dragoons, marched yesterday morn ing front Westminater for the Cavalry Depot at 31aidatoue. Detachments belonging to the 6tlth (the Duke of York's Own Rifle corps), and the Last India Company's Service, matched yesterday morning from Weatininater fur Chatham. Detacoments belonging to vevrtal Regiments of Infantry are ordered to tnarch this day hum Wean/kale for die Isle al iVight. E,isr INI)1.4 HOUSE. • THE MARQUIS OF HAST/NGSI. A Special Court of Proprietors of East India Stock wee held yesterday, by adjournment from last week, at the East India House, in beadenhall-curet, fur the purpose of tekieg into consideration the Hyderabad Papers, which hill been laid before the Honourable Proprietors, so far es they respeceal the condt,ct of the Most Noble the blarquisdf Haetings, late Governor.Genetal of India. The Ciist aI.4AN (%V. Aetell, Esq.) sheely informed the Court, that they were then met, pursuant to an adjournmzat, from Friday last. of a Special Cone, called at the request of nine lion. Proprie tors, to tonsideti the Hyderabed Papers, so for as they regarded the Met Noble the Alarthret of Hastinge. The SeCitteeitY ihen read the requisitinn, ile al-o read the original:motion nettle i v the lion. lloaglas kinnaird, viz.—. •• That this Ifonouestale Court having taken into consideration the Papers which had beim ordered to be printed and laid before it at a Court of Prefrietors, held on the 3d of March het, reecho; to certain pecuniary teens:at:dm with the house of Messrs. William Palmer and Co. at raderahad, is of opinion that there is nothing Oontained therein which tends to affect, in the slightest degree, the •personal chatacter, integrity., and honour, of the late Governor-Ge. Dere of India, the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings." The Amendment, moved byethe Chairman, and seconded by Sir George Robinson, was then e,aJ viz.— .' That this Honourable ,Court haying taken into consideration •• the Papers laid before it, relative to certain pecuniary transactions with the house of Messrs. Fulmer and Co., at Hyderabad, is of opinion that there is no ground for imputing corrupt motives to the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings.. late Governor.fleneral of 'lndia, nor to any other member of the Bengal Government; bu• .at the same time it feels itself called upon to wetness its approval of the emend despatches to India, made by the Honourable Court of Ditectors on the 21th of May, 1820: 28th November, 1821 0:11 April. 1822; and the 21st Januiry, 182.1." • The Clime mai then called on Sir John Doyle, as being in pos t session of the Court nt the time of the last anjournmem. Sir J orrts DoY GE wished tcaknow Of the Honourable Chairing% whether the Amendment was to be cunsidered that of the Booed' . Court of Directors, or of Meisel! and Sir George Robinson par- tonally. The Cnera stew said, that as he considered the conduct of the Court of Directors by whom those der. patches were sent out to India to be entitled to the approbation of the Proprietors, and as it ap peared to him that the original motion, if carried, would throw an imputation on those Honourable Gentlemen who at that time coin pesed that Court, he certainly had felt it his duty, as an individual Member of the present Court, to move the amendment. He had time no time to lay it before the present Directors, 9r he had no doubt he should have obtained their assent to it; the amend ' ment was. therefore, to be censidgeed as that of his own and the Hnnourable Baronet who seconded tt. Sir JOHM DOTCE said, he was quite wattled with reenrel to the observations which had been most candidly communicated by their Honourable Chairman ; his having erknowledged the amendment to be the act of himself and the Hob. Director who seconded it, assisted him (Sit J. Doyle), considerably, end took away much of the weight that would have otherwieebtionged to the speeches of his special pleading fa;ends, who had spoken en the former days of discussion (Mr. Poynder and Mr. Freshfield a. It had been Raid by them that the motion of his Honourable Friend (Mr. D. Kin rehri), was in direct opposition to, and a reflection upon, the Co.urt of Directors but now it appeared from what their lion. Chairman had satd, Director, it was in . opposition only to his and the lion. Bart. (Sir G. Robinson's) motion. With regard to the original motion, he thouent it in every respect unobjectinnable, lie did not believe that in any Court, a plainer, more moderate, and unoenamented proposition was ever produced. It only referred to the Noble Indivi dual whose chatacter was involved; he did not know of a more simple and intelligible tuotion ever having been made in that Court. But his special pleading friend (Mr. "'rectified) bad endeavoured to contest it ; he had assured us that if this motion were carried, the business could not rest here. Those Honourable Gentlemen, how. ever, came to this Court with their speeches already prepared from their briefs, and went on with the greatest fluency, provided &bey were not interrupted by any impertinent questions. {Volt regard to the Gentleman who spoke last (Mr. Freshfield), he laid considerable stress on the attack that had been made upon the eta- rimer of Mr. Adam ; and had advotated that individual's reputa tion with considerable warmth. Now if it be true, as reports say, Ithat that Honourable Proprietor is the attorney for Mr. Adam, he j (Sir J. Doyle), thought nothing more injurious to his client's cha teeter could be done, than his coming down here and attempting to I entrap this Court into an approbation of his (Mr. Adam's) conduct, without any inquiry having taken place at all with regard to that Gentleman. But they (Mr. Poynder and Mr. Freshaeld). .were the great guns, he knew, on the enemy's side ; but else restricts of the gun was known to consist in the greatness of ftriore. He would now address himself to the objections that had been urged against the Noble Marquis. The first point was that which related to the suppression of the-Aurungsbed Accounts; the sewed concerned the 60 Lac Loan to the Nizam ; and the third the preference, or, as the fashionable phrase is, the favouritism Ithich the Marquis of Hastings had shown to the House of Palmer and Co. He thought, that with regard to the two first points he bad sulEcizotly answered them at the last meeting. 'l'he charge at' favouritism, then, Consisted in the licence greeted by the Go vernor-General, at a time when the very critical situation of the Nizam'e Government required an act of decision. State necessity must at all times overact these cavils abo it trifles. The questiou was, woulttyon lose India or oversee an Act of Parliament, Lentil Hastings was a Statesman, and did not hesitate which to de. Ile said an Act of Parliament might go back to Parliament, and he renewed, but a State once lost, it might Le very difficult to regein it. With regard to the Aurungabad Accounts, he (Sir J. Doyle) had omitted at the last meetine to say one thing. The Con -t had j heard but one aide of the question ; the, had not heard the Caen I. of the Noble Marquis. Mr. Stuart en his mantra-a sated, that upon application being made to the house of Palmer and Co. for a particular statement of the Aurungabad Accounts, Sir William Rumbold, who had arrived at the seat of Government, it:fused to give them, saying, that as mercantile men they cauld not with pr prim furnish copies of their accounts with their constituars; su:h a measure would be highly injurious to their affairs, and des r the confidence which the public reposed in them. New, what .M r. Stuart here said, was completely true and right at the time he wrote his minutes; because Sir William gumbo' , " had made these objections. But it so happened, that while Sir {Valliant was thus objecting, his partners, who understood the Militates better than he did, had furnished copies of the whole of the ace :unte, before a letter could have reached them from Calcutta ; and the reason they assigned for doing so was this, that though they were not bound to do It, yet they knew their soundness, and that the more their accounts were inspected, the mote would the facts re dound to their character. But when these accounts were delivered Mr. Stuart forgot to do one thing—he forgot to take his minutes and throw them into the fire. 'fins unfortunately was not dam— the minute was sealed and sent off to the Court of Directors, con taining the statement of Sir William Rumbold's refusal, without one word of the accounts having been subsequently . furnithed, and which must have been known to Mr. Stuart before his minutes were sent off: Now, the 60 lac loan was the next point objeeed against the Noble Marquis, or with which he was endeavoured to be connected. lie (Sir J. Doyle) should only say with regard to it, that Whether the system upon which the loan was managed was right or wrong, it was in his judgment very immaterial. All parties agreed that a loan was necessary. The resident had recommended one plan, Mr. Adam another, and Messrs. Palmer and Co. proposed a third ; _thus three modes were afraid by which this loan. which was agreed by all tube necessary, was to be effected. But two of these modes were deemed illegal. whether by competent authority o: not he would not say, but it was not an authority appointed by the Marquis of Hastings. but by the , Court of Directors themselves. Well they are agreed that such a thing was necessioy, and as two of three plans proposed were illegal. there only remained one, which was that offered by Palmer and Co. Now it was satisfactory to see what was the opinion of Mr. Adam at that time with regard to this plan : he (Sir J. Doyle) would read an extract from that gentleman's own testimony. 31. r. Adam, in assigning the considerations which weighed with him in giving his assent to the arrangement between the Nizam's Government and the House at Aurungabad, said, " The terms offered by alessn. William Palmer end Company were represented, and I believe correctly, to be mere favourable than any other that could be obtained by the NisaM's Minister on his own credit or that of the State."—And again : " On the whole, it appeared to be as fa- vourable an arrangement for theN inn* as circumstances would admit , of, and at such was a fit object for the sanction of the British Go- vernment."—'Why, this was one of the crying sins of the Marquie of Hastings ! and yet it was said by Mr. Admit to be deserving the approbation of the British Government. Mr. Adam then went on to say,—." For I willingly. admit that we are not entitled to oppose' I this plan if we do not propose a better." Now, did they propose a bettea and what was that better plan ? Both that but been men. time(' were illegal; so that he (Sir J. Doyle) would say, whether the plan ultimately adopted was right or wrong was quite introa terial to his argument. In consequence of some passages in a note j of Mr. ,',dam, which was considered to reflect on the con- 1 Iduct of the house of Palmer and Co. in reference to this bar, that' gentleman live years afterwards gays, in one of his letters,— I if any observations of his should seem to convey such an impres sion, he desired particularly and unequivocally to disclaim any such intention. It was upon the letters and statements of Mr. Metcalfe that the whole of this unfortunate discussion was founded, and by which the mind of the public was so much biassed, but in which statements he (Sir J. Doyle) would prove, before he sat down, there • *isnot a single word to be relied upon. If thin were his word alone, then he should think that no one would believe him again, after making what, in that case, would be so rash a statement ; but lie would meet those statements by Mr. Aletcalfe's own words, and show that that gentleman had, at different nines. contradicted him self almost on every fact—and it would not do for a gentleman to stand up and say that Me. Metcalfe was an honourable moo: he (Sir J. Doyle) did not say he was not an honourable man, but there were Religions in the human Menge which were capable of perverting the hest principles, and influencing the mind to the worst of actions. ills point of attack ht.d been the house of Palmer and Company, but all his (Mr. Meredith's) hope was, that by a rebound, it would reach and wound the Goyerner-General lumadf. Mr. fflereilith, in page 191, said, that by the 60 lac loan t he Government of the Nizarn Feet been much relieved; but, gays be, I have been disappointed in finding that relief was not sal great as I expected, nor that the money was applied to such a perma nently useful purpose as i bed h•peal. Sic ef..o sic meas. Ile', the Knight and 11/119 d his Weis tale. Faro of all it was said that there was me assricas• ilsaudad made by the House; next, that there ass not a farthing paid as all on the part of the loan, and then bete it is summed that then one a *um paid, and which rentasted the ?Beam some benefit. NOT he (Sir ,r. Doylet did not arraign after this the Val"; of thgegteni NI any positive fault the/ coesducl cowilds the Noble Noble Marquis. nor foe being made tee dupe; of thareponeas titles of this gendeumn. How could be (Sir J. Doyle) sane. Aem of being dupes, when even Lord Hastings himself, wholes! on the spat, was taken in by the repreeenta!ione of that person, and teem in so much as to be prevailed upon to write to the house 4 Pat net and Co. in terms of severe Cetellare ? Theo tame the minted of Mr. Meredith, in 1811, is which be stated, that from Oat oursong vine which be had been able te take of the accounts at I -*robed. i: appeared to him that not a single rypee had been paid in GA en cement oldie war. Why, ii so. west became of test euhnirstile speech of the HanourablioProprietoetitr, Rusetel) wit, tirade kap. pear in figures that no len than 30 lace erste pea ia a spree of a few mot's,.ln contradiction to all the facts teuitiee to by that Host. Proprietor, who was an eye-witness of what he spoke to : we have the bare end bold amnions .of Mr. Meredith. Wen Hon. Members surp r i se d t h en t h at t h e public were taken its by dada rash and unmeasured statement& ? Re (Sir ,( . Doyle) thought La H had now dispo se d o f t h e fi rst two points. e amok now address himself to the third point. It had been extremely Weaned by the Ldraed Gentlemen (Mr. Freslitield and Mr. Popular). sty dal toning some of the statements cootained in the Meg. widen's( papers before us, and omitting others, to impose on the hinds their -auditoes VI though they had fixed the crime of favouritism on the Marquis of Heston*, • ,Pjow, favouri:',n Was a very vagae donation. It either was, or W3O not blamable— ' In order to make it blamable it . must be in to An public, and favourable to one's own personal interests. -Ter 1 proof that had been adduced in support of this charge was two ne three private letters of the Marquis of lianiude to her Win. Home bold. First, it was necessary to know the connexion bream tkosil two parties. Sir Wm. had toasted a ward. and a eau rahoolt of the Marquis ; but etill no Specifi c c h arge l ie d b een mo d e, as was foundxf on suspicion, arising from these letters. Nothing had, been taken from that boot (the papers) Stich ( had bean robed s its Present extent for the p ur p ose o f neystitlerieest : it was like em. brotderf of the fancy to pass off the consent-se of the original nut. teriel. It was larger thin a family Bible, and.hke that B sok dawn were some ports of it quit! Apocryphal.- 9i e of these lettere *es 'written by the Marquis oa. the 4th leeway, 18/6. so )din Wm. • Humbohl ; but he (Sir J. I?ayle) could not help remethibi,Allot ned ..,—, it was very curiou s th at t h e on l y t hi ng w hi ch t h ose Lear ilernen had to go upon w as th e private letter of the Marge % td" Hastings to the husband of his ward, as to whether his 414e it t fortune should be e n tere d u p on t h e spec el at i on of the or partnership of Sir William with Palmer and Company. ef not ? At the time that this letter was written it was quite unesethi I whether Sir William would ever jein that. House or not... He (Sir J . Doyle) would read that letter, not with the metapheen • eal subtilty of a special pleader, but in a plain unadorned manner . , as it should be addr esse d to t h e h onest m i n d s of hingliannen, wh il needed not the quips and quirks of a cunning and croft, imagiao • tion to interpret to them the intelligible meaning of an undisguiersd expression of an opinion from a Nobleman to bis friend on a wee tate affair. It haying. been proposal to Sir Willialn to become II pertner in the firm of - Palmer and Cc., his leOrdship loformed hi by this letter, that he b a d 80 written to the Resident ateeirtiaah (31r. Henry Ru sse ll) as to ensure Sir WilliB.lBl his attention an good offices. His Lordship then said, the partners speculate that hou, being one of the fi rm , w ill i nterest me i n t h e welfare o f t h e aunt, to a degree which m a y b e manna* beneficial . v them 4 le Is a fair nod honest calculation. The amount of advantage .whicle the countenance of Government may bestow, must be uncertain.. he I apprehend it will now principally fnim the opinion the nails would entertain of the teepees likJy to,be puid by their owe Gag establishment to an known to stand well in the fevoqr of the supreme authority here; pabaps a mote distinct benefit miso are tend the firm, front theconameent discounigement of oompetedoe with you, by any otherßritiah percent-A.6pm which a similarly Pte. Iliad sanctum would not be granted. No fitter house wouhthent such a claim." These last words had been much dwelkopeee "No other house would have such a claim." But hear Pea vltle is—W. Palmer *as a restive of Ittdia, he had serval twanyethres years in the army ,of the Nium) I had by hie valour and indite enee quelled a mutiny, for which ha was appointed higt rank near the Nigarn's person ; . these were his terviete, fined the Nixam—but qnood the State], it appeared that in 1814 13, 14, 15, and 111, he had tendered much essential service 1I 0 dram. Now he (Si J . • Doyle) *Quid ask how any other eatitedielfh ment could have had such a claim as NO Suppose eritish meal chants Had gone out and ventured their capital in commerce, to opt. position to the house of Palmer and Co., could they rave hildlol4 a claim ? Had they rendered services to the einem, or ever qaelh , . ed a rebellion ? But recollect this was net an intercepted Inter, but volnnutrily given up by Sir Milian Rumhold to his entonse upon which alone the special pleading of their %twosome, seem dwell. He would not s pe a k o f t h e prudence of teat act, oat "NI , he praise the candour pf those who bad mad* it the ground of attempt to tirnlich the character and either the fame or the Ma . e quit of Hastings; every tyng the Court of Directors had was upon the infornietiim cf Sir William Meredith,. . : was their Resident. and therefore to be believed; when (se wed a Gentleman (Mr. Russell), Who had been a Re s id ent t or ten t ett - a most respectable man, a nd wh o was not k nown ton par b e seen, the Marquis of flutings and upon whoie a d vi c e it was ; the 3larquis had acted, and yet the statements of that hononet ; and eloquent tnan were not to be listened to—he oho had beelb .. appointed, not by the Marquis of Bastllttge, hot by his able peed** a cessor, Lord idiom. The Gallap t Gen, then adverted to the sew official persons now abroad; and in speaking of Mr. Adam, admitted that he elitertafnet the highest opinion of his innate and. 1100011/. lie .1144 ..spalcon • 1/0 °heaved. of Mr. 41044404 , - but he was wrong, beeettse he found that th ih at4erson hod te title. Now he (Sir J. Doyle) certainly t that Mee Meredith would hays bad a title, but sot en nelleh nor .-, European one. lie thought lie should have had to intenduo, , him to the Court as his Highness the new Niratn Meredith, for he was become the new Governor and Chief of India, end , was enjoying the full plenitude of Oriental power. But, ofide all, this noise about the house of Palmer and Co. was but . tub thrown out to the wh a l e : t h ere were ot h er t hi ngs in vies' beyond the ruin of that House. Sir J. DOYLE then deiired the vote of thrinks of the Court of Proprietors in 1822, to the slarouis of Hastings, to be read.. The Secretary haring read it, Sir Joan resumed—The Court had just beard read the opinion of the Court of Directors and Proprietors, on the ern. duct of the Noble Lord's Administration. Now that document, so laudatory and warm in the expression of gratitude, was pissed by them two yearn after the 60 lac loan, and six years after the Auruogahad arrangement had taken place, and with the whole knowledge of those transactions before their eyes. He would not go over the whole of the Niarquis of Hastings's Administration; sufnee it to sae, that he had received the ap eroeetioa of the Houses of Parliament 4 and that when the Noble frond came home from India, sonic officers who heel served under hint there, in the comae of three days, not withstanding the Session of Parliament was then closed, pre , , posed to him a dinner, and trey fillnl the largest 8.8010 in Loc. don with the first personages is the kingdom, to do his ho nour. We had the Company of many lion. Directors. but were deprived of the hordir of the company of theft Hon. Chairman, from indisposition—but whether that indisposition was mental or bodily, history, unfortunately, did no' mention. The Gallant General then iequestel the vote of thinks -of the Go vernment old people of Jodi* to be read. This having been done, he obsened—That it was not an unusual thing for persons in high rank to receive addresses Item persons over whom they had power—but here was one to the Noble Lord, after his re. tirement; and who were the addressers? They were the com mercial body of Calcutta, the Judges, and the three last name* on the address were of persons who were Secretaries in that country at this moment, and had an opportunity of knowing well what was the nature of that Noble Lord's Administration. Be it remembered, too, that this was two years and a half alter the 69 lac loan, and sit years said a half after the Aurungabad arrange. ment. This address was followed'by Bengal, Madras, Sings. pore, Prince', Island, and, though last. not least. from the Native tohabitants or India. Now here we had the whole of Europe and of Asia on the one side—and who had we on the other? Why. there was their lion. Chairman, and about eight or nine Fiore Directors. Which of these would kick the beam he could cot dead:. The Gallant Gerieral then complained of the statement made by an Hon. Proprietor (31r. Poynder), that the Marquis of Manisa had solicited the introduction o f Sir Win. Rune. bold into the firm of Painter and Co. He would declare it te be a rank, decided, and gross falsehood. He, out of count:tee to that lion. Proprietor, would say, that he must have been misled by his brief. Where did that lion. Proprietor find the: the Marquis of Ilastino had 'yelled to the house of Palmer and Co. to almit Sir hi'. Rumbold as a partner? He (die ,/• Doyle) could listen to arguments, but rank and positive Wad hoods never should be teemed by him in silence: and yet that Gentleman has repeatedly uttered that rank, abominable, ant" infamous falsehood. (Order, order I Chair, chair!) What 1 deleo you thing the cries of the Janissari es w ed pat me down ? . (Much cheering). I wish to respect the Chair, to (keen, , order, ;tad even to say things civilly—but am I to admit that to pass as truth which I know to be a direct fabehoo; ? I pia it in the most courteous way I could to the Hon. Pro prietor ; I said, "he must be misled by his 'brief." Now. L. hope 1 hare satisfied that Gentleman (A laugh.) it had beep asked (continued Sir John) whether the personal character cf the Marquis of Hastings could be distinguished from his public character? fie would say—No. lie would admit that that able statesman, who bad eared the states of the East India Company—who had filled their exhausted coffers, and had rem. tiered the most eminent advices to his country, was the idse• nail person whom those lion. and Learned Gentlemen bPft"- ei , e had so ably and critically descanted npnn. (Hear. bell-) He bad now gone through the three points - which bad been urged against the Noble Marquis. Me would nog read the original motion, to chow bow entirely free it was front letiettAle On any individual whatever. [The Gallant General then read the Motion.) Now, he thought that if the rieotioo had bhp agreed to. eviler Proprietor would have risen, and applauded thk. , rue:As of the Marquis of Hastings. All shit It! and his friends enema him desired was, to have the peteonal integrity of r. si t andd c ou l d: e Nobl e discussion; hrlacl 'thi n k o'l. procrastinated i a n n st y ,Wdt e stabl i s hed ; d a I what e verhi s t hey e debate, ;i Lordship'sstdiv ea 1 e d th o n e o tl n d e hr. e i e ai thatii i : followed6"Lordship's h l!i e Nn be e n e n this 24 ni proved °. select At. laidl i glk sha y might it l e t i m gg f free Fromm blame—they had thilt consolatory red .eftess state • ever might ensue. It wall said that he and his freesia Weal in • hostility to the Court of Directors: this was MR so. ft Sad des Chairman, and the ddoni Director who seconded the annoddeen t o who were opposing the Directed. - If the Cad* pee• the- Ori ginal motion, they then leave the Direnote as they teals beton, mare would be no relleestars nor any appprofastiad is timer cos. duet: `. , nt if the amendment be Passed, did this Cosies Mane. A those:, tinklee that: approval of those lead and deeps:: es of I I .1 ii I --,441 1 j . t ., 1 !'k ,t,:i.