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of the many self-contradictory articles it has before issued. It is really quite ridiculous for the Times, with ail the re collections which ft must be conscious the Stock tschinge have of its ignorance and misrepresentations as to this sub- ject, now to set up for an oracle, and endeavour, by an unhappy guess, to peranade the public that it is deep in the seeset at last, though it has been wrong in every state ment to. which it has pledged itOf in the face of the world. Mr. Bowe last night gave a notable specimen of the assn with which he discharges his senatorial duties. He oared a petition for presentation, containing a series of injurious statements relative to a banking-house at Bristol. After a conversation of some length on the facts of the case, Sir JOHN IVaorr Estay thought fit to ask Mr. Was whether he had made any inquiries as to the truth of the allegations of the petitioner, or whether he knew anything about him ? The answer was, that i.e had not bad time to make any inquiry whatever ! Mr. HUME emasidered it as his duty to send forth the allegations, through the public press, to every corner of the kingdom, Qa the authority of a person of whom he confessed he kneiv nothing. It was suggested that, under these circum stances, the petition ought to be withdrawn ; and Mr. H es a, yielding to a feeling be could not resist, acceded to the suggestion. Perhaps if these questions were oftener asked, tbi Wine of Parliament might be husbanded, and the cir culation of many calumnies prevented. We cannot under stated how any honourable man can reconcile it to his sense of Justice to scatter abroad libellous statements, whieh be itemises on no better than anonrnous authority. • lir. BliOliGilA /CB motion respecting Lord COARref Sosaaarr was postponed till next Session. The Noble Lord will then have leave of absence from his Govern smut, to enable him to meet the charges against him. This is the fair course. EVIWIN, CITY, WEDNESDAY There was a large portion of business transacted in the British SW* Market this morning, and the prices were steady, Consols for the opening being 911 I /, and the Reduced Annuities 901 t. In the Foreign Market there was considerable bustle, owing to das owned announcement of the new Spanish Loan. The ar rival of Mr. Gregory, the agent of the contractors, and 51. M auro, the Commissioner from the Spanish Government, which we exclusively stated in the British Press this morning, has completely leasoved the real or pretended doubts that have hitherto prevailed •an dale subject. The unbelieving jobbers are compelled, however reluctantly, to forego all further opposition. Another cause also tended to setae a greet degree of excitement in the foreign Market, viz.—the exgosure for sale of the new French Bonds, in which, how. ever,'we hued of ne business being done, although, as far as talking nest, they appeared to be productive of a good deal of interest. The isolation for them . Ronde was 75; but it was merely nominal. We subjoin a copy ofthe Certificate of the French Rennes which is transferable, and is to be-cireoliated in England. Messrs. Roths stSlds place the titles of a certain quantity of the Rennes with the Cashier of the French Treasury, and the Ditector of the inscribed debt, who is authaised to that effect by the Mini-ter of Finance, joins with Messrs. Rothschild* in a declaration on the face of the new Instruments, that the portion of Reines which each of these re ✓esist shall be transferred on demand to the holder of the certifi. eau. They are, of course, recognized most fully by the French eavemment, end have ten coupons of intemt payable as they be. dude due lo Pain or London. BETTE DE FRANCE. Crrtidsat ale Participation dies use 'ascription de Remit Trois pose test. • . stair CO (fro. I.) 2110 Frames de Beate so capital de 10,000 francs. • • JONillOtife do Juio, 1325. "%Min to t• at the bearer hereof is Proprietor of the Side flaw sismioW, tit of Mill francs, representing a capital of ilqies,inseribed in our navies. and that he has full right ▪ 13111111 production of the present eettificate, with the cou pes inetarest not yet due, to require the transfer of the same, .s ...ssliliontosty concurring act Of burs, into whatsoever name he may 14 4 1 / 2 1e 10 Juin, 1325. DE ROTHSCHILD. " The Director of the Inscribed deb , in virtue of resolutions of Ministers, bearing date the 14th of October, 1816, and 28th of hay 18141, and in conformity with the special authorisation of his Ex. cellency the Minister Secretary of State of the Finances of the 24th of Slay, 1825, certifies and declares that the extract of the inscrip.' slots on the great book of the public debt in three per cents.. Sene 1I nee, No. 2, in the name of Messrs. De Rothschild (Brothers) is depoa in the Clothier's department at the Treasury, to serve as a guarantee for the title of the holder of the present certificate to die rents therein mentioned, of three hundred francs, representing A capital of ten thousand francs, the transfer of which shall be made on his own application simply, into whatsoever noire he may specify, such rents to bear interest fur the half year in the course of which he may demand his transfer. Pans, IS June, 1825. For the Di-ector of the inscribed Debt, (Signed) DIDIER. On the back of the dccument is the following announcement : A l'/N. The annexed certificate is delivered by Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers, bankers, of Paris, in virtue of the authorisation of hi s Excellency the Minima of Finances. therein mentioned, with the intent of giving facilities to individuals who may become posses sors of the French 3 per Cents. in the receipt of their divulged", and of enabling them to dispose of their capital with greatarains patch and economy. The Coupons of interest may be detached as they fall due, and will be paid in Paris at 3lessts. do Rothschild, Brothers, or in London, at 31r. N. 31. Rothschild. Every proprietor who may wirli to have his inscription nn the great book of Lb.: public debt in his own possession may have it transferred directly on applying at the Treasury, and producing his certificate with the coupons of interest not yet due, without any interference on the part of the said 31essra. de Rothschild. Brothers. On the margin ate ten coupons in French and English as fol. loss : " Coupon for one hundred and fifty franc,, due 22d December, 132.1, annexed to the certificate, Series A. o. 4, of three hundred . francs per ann payable at the Messrs. BeD Rothschild, Brothers, of Paris ; or at 31r. N. M. Rothschild, or London, in Sterling. " Pour contrdle certilleat, No. 4. (Signed) " REI'MOND. (Signed) " BAAS." Spanish Securities were not much affected by the fact of the •Comniissioner's arrival. Indeed, if any thing, they rather declined • towards the close of the market. The greater part of the day the Bonds of 1321 were at 241. and those of 1823 at 193 ; but just at the conclusion of the day sales could not be effected at 19 for the New, nor 24 for the Old. An intimate connexion of one of the leading parties in the forthcoming Loan took advantage of the decline to make large purchases, and this perhaps was the object of those who operated for the fall. Greek Scrip still continues buoyant at 9i 9 discount, and there were almost buyers of it at 9. The Bonds were 49 50. Colombian Bonds were 871, and Mexican Scrip 211 discount; Brazilian maintained yesterday's quotation 1 1 discount, and the Danish 31 1 discount. In the Share Market Anglo Mexican Sheen were at OS ; the United Mexican Company's Shares 24, and those of the Paso Pe %avian Association 11 13. 'rbit Sugar .Market was extremely brisk and the prices better. There was a slight depression in Coffee, which may be attributed to an see :ientat circumstance of purchasers not coming freely into the /larks( ,`nit morning. Extract of letter from Genoa dated June 9 :—" In this city, but lately the capital of a Republic, Prince Met ternich has seen a -!petition of the fetes which took place in 'Lombardy durit::r the Emperor's journey ; but it may be supposed that ti.is 6tatesman will not judge of the spirit of the countries through which he has passed by these noisy spectacles ; on the contrary, we hope he will extistate them at their true value, and think it his duty to convince the Emperor that the joy of the Italians at this monient is entirely in hope, and relative to the future. The Courier gives the following as the true version of the eircuinstances under which a part of the Archbishop of Dublin's evidence before the Lords' Committee on the State of Ireland was expunged:—" A question was pro posed to his Grace, tending to draw out and revive the old burial dispute. Lord Liverpool wished that it should not be revived, and therefore suggested that the question should t.e withdrawn. This was accordingly done; and then, all connected with that quotion followed of course." .. REPUBLIC OF Cdf r 011111:4. The first Constitutional Congopf the Republic has passed the following law, which ill received the unction. of the Executive Power : The Senate and Anna a Sepeelpplativer of the Republic of 1 2 Colombia in Coops missoshisd. Morsoosidaratiso-- Ist. That • population. womesows lo portion to the tessitery of a `hate, is the foundation of its and true greaten*. ?-I. That the population of ie of Colombia hes et se corresponded to the vast extent of its territory, kif epee of the barba-ous system adopted by ita tyrannical 0 exterminating the race of aboriginal inhabitants, and allshmeris . preventing the entrance of every other nation ; but it haa, heeldireti been exhausted by a war of death and desolation of thirteen yaws • 3d. That the fertility of the soil, the salubrity of the climate, the extent Or unoccupied lend, and the liberal institution of the O. tublic, permit and require a numerous emigration of uselnlend Industrious foreigners, who, in making their own fortune, may asii. ment that of the nation. They have d.: reed as follows: . i . Article I. The Executive Government, in virtue of the powers' conferred upon it by the Constitution and the Laws, and by the means provided in this Decree, will effectually promote the mi.' gration of Europeans and North Americans. ' ' 2. For this purpose, they are authorised to dispose of from two' to three millions of fanegadats of land, belonging to the State, em. ploying them on those conditions and in that manner whic h my be judged most convenient ; but without being able to grant each Orally more titan two hundred renegades of land. •h. •In the distribution of the said lands, the Executive Power Is Ma to be sbbject to the provisions of the law of the 11111 October of =tenth year or the Republic, which provides for the mice and ides to be observed in the transfer of the said unoccupied Lads. A. The Executive Power will dictate the pecesssry arrangements =eleiing the local situation, the social establishment, and other r t l ive measures, with s hick tire emigration of orangery shall lake place, as also concerning the exemptions Which the emigrants are to enjoy. 6. Every Individual of the said families, from the time they take' op their residence in Colombia, shall be considered as naturalised lithe Republic. and will enj'ry all the rights of citizens, except these which the Constitution has reserved to its citizens by birth, et who hjve re id ed a certain number of years in its territory. Is The Executive Power must take heed that this: migration shall r_iely or mostly be composed of labourers and artisans, and, dlue2 glee an sceount of its operations relaters to the execution of this Decree to the first Legislature. divers at Bogota, 7th June, llin, in the thirteenth year of the Republic. (Signed) The N'ica-President of die Senate, JERONIMO TORRES. The President of the House of Representatives, DO3l INGO CA ICEDO. Secretary to the Senate, ANTONIO JOSE CARO. The Deputy Secretary of the House, PEDRO DE HERRERA. [Then follow the signatures of the Executive Government). And in order to promote the execution of this law, the Govern ment has decreed us follows: Francisco de Paulo Santander , a General of Division t o the Armies of Colombia, Vise-President of the Republic, charts ed with the Executive Power, &c. &c. The Executive Power being authorised by the law of the 7th of the present month to promote the emigration of foreigners,•and divide among them two or three mittens of fanega?as of lard, tan. tier the reglitlationa prescribed in the law, has thought praper to decree as toilet's : Art. I. %%'ha:ever foreigner shall desire to have a grant of land in Colombia. by virtue of the provisions of the said law, shall m ien himself to the Governor or Intendant of the province in which be desires the grant, showing what nation lie belongs to, the wirsialocr of his fetidly, his profession or business, and what one he WPM to pursue for the future. 2. The Governor or Intendant shall point out to him the plates where there may happen .to be unoccupied land, that he may be ' able to choose his min situation, which having done, the land shall ' be measured by a Surveyor appointed by the Governor or Intendant. This method will be pursued till provincial Surveying Offices shall have been establiethed, and as good a topographical map constructed as possible. 3. These measures having been taken, and the foreigner hay ing, according to the quality of the had, stated the number of' tanegades which he shall require, when he, intends to begin theft' cultivation, the Governor or Intendant shall then remit to .dve Executive Power of the Republic all the documents, giving, din opinion on the circumstances of the application, according,to which the Supreme Government will deny or gram tin: lands, under the conditions which they have thought . proper to impose; and in the event of their acceding to the grant, it will direct and order the Go. vernor or Intendant to put the emigrant into possession; and give up the title in the land to him. 164. The expences which %hall be incurred to the surveyor and other persons employed in the measurenient of the laud, and the sums necessary to defray the expences of writing the documents, shall be taken from the value of the land in case of sale; but, when they shall be given by the Government, the emi grant must pay those expences himself; but in no case will it cost any thing for the labours of the Governors, Judges, and others engaged in' the business; and tinnily, the whole proceedings must officialiy be . despe tcheill to the Government. .. 6. The Government, in emisequenee of the utility which will result to the Republic from the establishment of fcireigners accord ing to the business, profession, or art which they' *lay have elm-v.- 6.c1, will grant them evert exemption that may be found con. venie:rt, and be conformable to the constitution and the laws of Columbia. IL The Governors or Intendants shall continue to people, with We foreigners who may come to Colombia, the most useful lands in the neighbourhood of ports and navigable rivers, planting the population in healthy and elevated districts; they sIWI also foto plans according to which shall be established the Colonies dory' ay appoint. 7. They are most particularly charged to protect the new Cele. 'ibis, administering them prompt .justice in those affairs in lelb they may have occasion to want it; giving them every poti4lide help within the scope of their authorich till they shall have per fected their establishment. 8. The Secretary of State for the Interior is charged with the execution of this Decree. Given in the Palace of the Government of Colombia, in Bogota, 18th June, 1823, in the thirteenth year of the Republic. (Signed) FRANCISCO DE P. SANTANDER, For Lis Exmllency the Vice-President of the Republic. JOSE 31ANIDEL RES'I'REPO, Secretary of State for the Interior. Letters from Lisbon speak of the early publication of the Constitution of that kingdom. The Austrian Observer to the 11th instant was received, yesterday. It contains accounts from Corfu, dated April the 30th and May the 25th, which describe the advance of the Turks and Albanians in gieat force, and state them, to have forced their way through the defiles of Kefaloo , visa e which the Greeks vainly attempted to defend, and is have been enabled in consequence to commence the 1 siege of Anatolie° and rtlissolonghi. Corinth is also to be besieged, and Navaritio is said to have capitulated. We need hardly add, that we utterly disbelieve these 'Movies. The Austrian Observer has never scrupled to Ins . * Iliftit its hatred of the Greeks, by publishing false news se their disasters. There was a meeting of the Spanish Refugee Committee Yesterday, when a reduction ih the allowances to the vari ous unfortunate individuals who are supported by the So-' gamy was decided upon, in consequence of the defalcation it the funds at the tlisposal of the Committee. We understand that Mr. Canning has taken up the sub ject of General D'Evereaux's recent arrest in Lombardy with his usual energy. There is, perhaps, no part of Europe where British subjects are treated with less re spect, or more wanton harshness, than in the Austrian States. English travellers, and even Govetntnent cou riers, are continually subjected to the most vexatious delays and interruptions, from the complex and oppressive system of passports adopted by the Austrian Police. Mr. Canning will, therefore, be rendering a highly important service to the public and his country by his interference on this occasion. - - --- —.—.-... Vausnat.r..—The Anniversary of the Battle of Water loo was ce:ebrated at these Gardens last bight, with in creased splendour; because, in addition to all the prepara tions that the seal of the Proprietors had made for Monday, the line weather last evening induced a very crowded and fashionable assemblage to grace them with their presence. Thia, of course, gave a great zest to the various amuse ments that occupy every moment of the time of the visitors at this very popular place of amusement, The perform ances were precisely similar to those brought out on Mon day, but we noticed a great many additional lamps, even heyond the extraordinary number that appeared on Mon day. Amongst the company we observed his Royal High ness Prince Leopold, the Marquis of Worcester, the Earl of Ilchester, and Lord Pollington. We are authorised to state, that it is Mr. Courtenay's positive determination to came forward as a Candidate at the next Election, and that the impropriety of exciting any electioneering ferment in the city, when a dissolution of Parliament i 4 probably so far distant, is the sole cause of his silence. Mr. Tyner) liaa, we hear, met with such surprising success in his canvass as, it is said, makes it possible that one of our present Members, at the next elec tion, will be put out of the representation of our city. There is an expectation amongst some parties that Sir William Pole will again come forward, having, it was ' understood, pledged himself to do au at the last contest -- Exeter Paper. 4.0. s - The Minutes of the Proceedings of the last Court were read t--. when A eurnmary of the Company's Accounts for Superannuittingi, Pensions, and Allowances to °Steers, was read by the Seerelfikl. tEAST INDIA STOCK DIVIDEND. The Cirsditerair moved that the Dividend upon Eat lilla Stock. for the period of six months, from the atb of January Wilk sth of July, 1894, be declared to be at the rats of live coda lee ., ter per cent. 4#101.181,01111A. Mr. S. Draow wished to take that opportunity of the Hon. Chairman whether it bad net beset dm f in the event of a war selling in India, the stance to the Court pf Proprietors in sag ealdargabs. net front the Court Of Directors? II *Si ether lea: Proprieters, was aware of a war haeln * fh lentil, het dem bad derieed their information not from etlet!tfelittt of Dividers. WI , had been silent upon the subject but -.WMIg , ts the medium of the Newspapers. V. he wished to know was. why they hod net been informed of the fact. and of the causes of the war, through what he imagined to be the ordhory channel far such eommuni. cations ? The CualastaY said it vas nit In hint reeelleedon that it had been the practice of the Court of Directors to communicate the commencement of a war in India to the Proprietors, and he be. Hewed 'he was correct in his statement of the custom hitherto adopted. Ur. S. Drew( asked for nothing which was net usual and cue. unitary; and as the Hon. Gentleman had stated the practice to be the contrary of what he (111'. Dixon) had imagined, it only re. [stained for him to concurin what had Ellen from the Honourable Chairman. The motion was then agreed IX COMMIrrEE CIF nr-LAWS. The Report of the Committee of By-Laws was then read. It stated, that on inquiry the Committed found that the by-laws of the Company had been duly observed and executed during the last The Barnes or the Committee of Sneers, iso the by-laws, as &Man last year, were then riles(, . The CHATitSAW unitied the re. a tile . Cdoldelo• The - names were tgse aeverally , auildserilgibble It appointed. • • SA LA RIES TO JUDGES IN INDIA, 411 a, The Criaittman said, he had to ateashit the Cont, eines the draft of the Bill for regulating theardattes of Judges in India, sad of the Bishop of Calcutta, had bees submitted to the Comet, pertain amendments had been agreed to in Parliament, the amen ef which o ould be fully explained to the Proprietors by the COML. pondence between the President of the Board of Control sod their Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The correspondence was then read ; and caselettM efa IVAN 'mint Mr. Wynn, dated the 17th May, stating, tbat mei notamilmeats Mad bees suggested in the House of Conuesee. the_, ___llester which ma to increase the salaries of Chief leafless trim 811111010 NAN yaps., and of Puisne Judges from 0,111111 se 6111,111111eupsea. The mud amendment was to extend the allowassee of see year's salary plopened to be made to the widows, am. at Judges dying within sae year after their arrival in India, to the families ef such Judges as should die in the course of their voyage thither. Ile third sug gestion was to give one-half the retiretposelon grey* be came entitled after ten years' service, to ondl bleltgemildoM as should be compelled by ill health to retire at the eephaeleet Olive years, and two-thirds of the same allowance to these moths heat the same cause after a period of seven years. By a law of Do. puty Chairman, dated the 19th May, in answer tie th e faiegaisg it appeased that the Directors casein:red in the Ike' and semi amendments, under some modifications, but declined sanctioning the arrangement relative to the retinod allowance'. 51r. Wynn's reply of the 24th ult. was then read ; 'end the Chairman's letter of the 211th May in answer thereto. Mr. 6•HACIAN said, he had at the last Court of Proprietors :Iro *unit himself called upon to object to the draft of the Bill now re turned to them in its amended state : he saw no reason to withdraw his opposition on the present wanel. It was singular enough that the Honourable Chairman himself seemed ashamed to recite the objectionable part of the Bill, that relative to the transporta tion et Mons. Ile had denominated it a Bill to provide foe the payment of Judges and Bishops in India, leaving out what was edisguating portion of the Bill, particularly as coupled with a vision for Judges and Bishops ; he meant that part of it which referred to the transportation of felons. There existed a very blameable degree of apathy with regard to India, and Indian al% fairs, in and out of Parliament. If any proof of the carelessness and neglect with which those important subjects were treated was necessary, it would be found in the present Act, which went at OW to make provision for the support of Christian Bishops, and the transportation of felons. (Hear.) He could nee but charac terise such a proceeding as this as a shameful and discreditable jumble .4 and were the Bill, in its present disgraceful State, to pass ' into a law, he trusted the time was not very far distant, when it would meet the revision it required. Mr. LOWNDE3 agreed with the Ilan. Proprietor who had just Itat down, that there war a very great degree of indelicacy in cou pling toge ther: pious Prelates and persons convicted of larceny in ale same Act of Parliament. (A laugh.) This was, in more ways than one, a free-thinking age ; and perhaps such a proceeding might have the effect of undermining the Bishops. (A laugh.)— With regard to the Warier; and retired allowances doteaded to be 7allotted .to the Jude*, It smile* bittrit would be ma+ better If every servant of the Company—(and the Judges were equally their servants as artisan, and mechanics)—were compelled to provide a provision for himself, by deducting a proper sum out of the amount erf his salary annually. Ile should prefer such a mode of making provision for the period of retirement, to any specific retired an nuity or allowance, more particularly at a period when the Com pany had been increasing the amount of its debt to such a great and unexpected degree. lie had been in the country, and not at all apprehensive outs so sudden increase, or he should have taken a post-chsise instantly, and come up to oppose it. (Loud laugh ter.) There was a specific by-law of the Company to prevent any of its servants front supplying the enemy with arms, but that law had been virtually broken, by permitting British subjects to place money, which was another name for arms, in the hands of the native princes. It was highly improper that the by-law should be permitted to be broken for the purpose of allowing certain indi viduals to lend money, at such a rate of interest as should gratify their avarice, and could not but be extremely dangerous in its con sequences. lie had never said in private whet he was not prepared to avow in public. (A laugh.) With regard to the Judges, he repeated they ought to adopt such a plan as he had suggested, and which would compel them to save from their salaries a sufficient provision ; but if they were not able to save enough out of their preterit salaries, he would feel no objection to increase its amount, because the Company should be always liberal to a body of men, who constituted what he would call the police officers of India. (Hear, and immense laughter.) Yea, the Judges kept afaira in order, and enabled the Company to manage with a peace army, in stead of keeping up a war army. ((Load laughter). Mr. liusie agreed with the Hod. Proprietor (Mr. (:ahagan), who had complained of the degree of apathy manifested upon Indian affairs in the House of Commons. It was an apathy almost universally prevalent among Members of Parliament, with one or two exceptions, and could not fail, if persevered in, to produce the most disastrous effects. ale sincerely wished British privileges to be, as far as was practicable, extended to India, and that the ad. vantage* of the jury aystem which had been experienced in Ceylon, were felt in our Indian possessions, An Hon. Proprietor had on a former occasion informed them that there existed no public in India; but he (Mr. Hume) was not disposed to agree with him in that opinion. He must always deprecate the measures that had been adopted in that country for the suppression of a free pram, and would conclude by entreating the Court to direct a little more of its ' attention to the state of their Indian possessions. Mr. THANT concurred in what had been stated with respect to the inconvenience arising from mixing up matters so little coos nected as were the several provisions of the Bill submitted to the . consideration of the Court. It was a most strange and aneeteleas, proceeding—a sort of putaitim izathereot Act of Parliament. (A laugh.) With respect to the alteration of the practise at rand prevalent, as it related to Juries in India, he thought it highly de. sirable it should be adopted. Juries, as at present eonstunred is that qaurter of the world, were extremely inefficient, and the Juries fretinently selected from the very lowest class of Europeans. The CM•IIIIIAN here, in answer to a question, stated that the Bill, as amended, was only submitted to the Court of Proprietors for their infotmation, and not fur the purpose of receiving their dp. probation. Mr. HuME thought it necessary, previous to the third reading of the Bill, which took place to-night in the House of Conint that it should receive the approbation of the Quarterly (kneed Court of Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said that was not necessary in the present stags, pursuant to the by-low. Mr. LOWNDES was desirous of offering a few observations to the consideration of the Court; and he would begin by observing, that knowledge, not wealth, constituted the true distinction and differ ence between men (a laugh.) Mr. S. DIXON was sorry to interrupt the Ron. Proprietor. He would feel happy to hear his observations, if they bore upon the question, but recommended him to confine himself more closely to the subject before the Court. (llear, hear, end a laugh.) Mr. LownvES thought it hard to be interrupted in this manner. 1 He had been accused of inconsistency, but he was prepared to slay again what be had said before—that it was necessary to keep the i Press in India within proper bounds. It was impossible to put it on the same footing as the Press in England. They might as well carry the freedom of the Press to the West Indies as to India: the consequence would be, we should be deprived of our Indian possessions; and with regard to the West Indies, if the freedom of the Press were extended to it, the consequence would be, we should not have a slave at work in any of our Colonies in six months. Mr. Hose—The freedom of the Press is extended to our West Indian Colonies. Mr. towN DES—Not to:all the Colonies, or in the same degree as in England. HumE—Yes. 31r. Dauer thought the Directors had paid every possible at. tention to the Company's affairs, and that there existed no de ficiency in any department. Si, C. boasts thought it hard and unjust that a Bishop should receive a lower salary than the lowest of the I'uisne Judges, and did not me why he should be worse situated than any otthr of the Company's functionaries. Ile deprecated the apathy that at present Vitiated in and out of Parliament on Indian affairs, and would take I the opportunity of the question of adjournment to direct the at. „ tri= h me olsre: Wet. moat imoottant sub. The liameßable Moab* ems alisirmeme en the iolsjoeta at eirteopons `sat Ota lkissa a ;wha . ' . f theHoosoihisie Harensot had betlairroierwo __- Strooposs, Priori of Webs' Ids!. obi Serri, .... . : Member. Such Nihilists. Soralint*lihdin of offenders, might, perhaps, owe nottilitillildne be pier% He wished to ask the flonoorshis Chalistolekthothir • Judge Ow entitled to half his Income after • sowing of Os "fee mist Ow new Act, if he chose to retire of the ead of that peeled P. The Cna t altatt—Ves; on a medical certiticate of bad baba being obtained. . •-• ' Mr. S. Dixon. was glad to he of that provision, 'Oahe thought a necessary one. He believed a Judge udder ***strewn Bill was entitled, after seven years' Denim, to two-thirds if MS Wary. • , Mr. DAHAOAN—Two-thinis of his retired pension. • The CHAIRMAN—Yes. . . • SIR C. METCALF. allbeelli THORNTON wished to draw the attention of the ORM to a subject which had not received the attention it deserved*, he went the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf. If the grievances bolispialned of, rod the Improper treatment said to have been ezporlosead , spies elf the Native Princes, were permitted to continue the worst consequences were to be apprehended to British Whom I. India. The subject complained of, and on which he Intended le greand his motion, was the withholding of certain despatches, NM to Sir C. Maitland by a Native Prince, complaining of the 111116doet of the Company's Resident, and intended to be forwarded) tp the seat of the Supreme Government. It was to have been desited that the Court had taken maraures to prevent the existence attach grievances. In the present instance, but for the exertions or the Mercantile house of Palmer and Co., which was in the service if the Nizam, and communicated the circumstance to the Supreme dieweremmt, it was possible it might never have been known. M of its interference on that occasion the house had bilb = w ard in a most extraordinary manner. He undemsolot IS sip about to be brought into the House of lordstokhoollo; joat hp * Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Hastings), and be Oat. aofit t for although he was not aware of the nature of the' Lord's Bill, he trusted it might prevent the occurrence of 11111MMIIIIICell in futire. It was true tnany oppressive dr- Mleedosseas had been either entirely done away with, or materially I but in this case Sir C. Aletealf had acted in direct de er his instructions, and in a manner the most unwarrantable. 1 . .o f tits lam acts of the government of the Marquis of Hastioga ' 'lndia. was to appoint , Colonel Bryan First Assistant to Sir C. Metcalf, thereby endeavouring its place a check upon his conduct;, ilie *a check was soon got rid of. lie should have been el. Iliad if the Court of Directors had taken the steps that Mamma Il have bean adapassl, to show the world that no interruption wised be pamakautambrarlbas with the progress of the complaint. if the Native Prinoit, whether well or ill founded. to the seat of Ottoonment in India. He would conclude by moving, that as it apposeed from the Hyderabad Papers, that the Rajah had trans. witted to Litetenant-Colonel Barnett, the Assistant of Sir C. Metcalf, the Company's Resident, certain documents, containing maplarials tapiest Sir C. Metcalf, and intended to be forwarded to On ....11.• es ernment—and farther, that the Supreme Govern- Meat had notrseelved these papers, but had been kept in ignorance of their existence till they were afterwards transmitted through Mother channel, it was desirable to make a regulation to prevent in future the suppression or interruption of complaints trout the Na live Princes to the Supreme Government, in order that if just the rmight be redressed, or if unjust, they might be inquired e2Txplained. • Lowones—What were the grievances ? The Comilla x sail it would be better to permit the motion to be seconded before discussing it farther. On the motion being put and seconded, 111 r. LOWNDES, when be considered the connexion between this bed titehlyderabad question,' he wished the nature of the charges le ha amortained and explained. For his part he did not know what they were. What might appear to other Honourable Pro prietor' exceedingly important, might seem to him too trivial for grave discussion. He considered the Hyderabad question as the moat important one that had come before the Court in the twenty. seven years that he had been connected with it as a Proprietor 1 and if due attention were not paid to It, they would not be meeting there ten years hence to discuss the affairs of India, for they woul d have no territories in India. He meant to move at a future opportunity a Resolution on the subject, and in regard to the agreement between the East India Company and the Nizam— an agreement which, however it might bind the prevent Potentate, could have no such effect upon his successor. When the present Nizam died, his successor might nay, ” You have made an agreement with my predecessor. not with me--and therefore I will not agree to the bargain about the 70,0001. a year." Could ma the Native Prince then bring into the field an army against the Company, and, what was more, he could rouse the other Native Princes, and excite • war of opinion against then. He disap proved of a free press—it was not applicable to the situation of India ; but he was desirous the inhabitants should be treated with ' all humanity, and, like the celebrated Sir William Jones, he would in all cases rather lean to the Natives than otherwise. Though it seemed lie had got into a scrape with the West Indies and a Free Press (a laugh), he asked Honourable Proprietors to observe the efecta of a Free Press upon those Colonies during the last two or three years. In a word, although he was always • liberty man, and a great pttriot (loud laughter), be held the freedom of the Press to be highly dangerous to India. (A laugh.) Sir J. Dovt. s: called the lion. Proprietor to order. He request ed, if be felt disposed to address the Coon, that he would confine hlrrilielf to the subject before them. The Hon. Proprietor appear ed to be alternately in the clouds and on terra „firma ; but, if he would permit him, he (Sir J. Doyle) would feel happy by and by to give the Honourable Proprietor the intemustion he appeared to desire. 31r. LowxnEs did not wish to branch out—(a taught—unrea sonably from the subject before the Court ; sod if he appeared dit • to do so on the subject of the liberty of the press, he only fol lowed the example set him by other lion. Proprietors, which he should do, notwithstanding :the objections of the lion. Proprietor, whom lie respected, as he was In the army, and from Ireland.— (Loud laughter.) lie wished to have something of a more posi tive and substantial nature than them charges afforded. Sir J. DOYLE said. if the Hon. Proprietor bad attended precious Courts more attentively, he might have heard the subject of the charges discussed in seven or eight consecutive Meetings of Proprietors. It was not the fault of the Court that the lion. Pro prietor was uninformed on the subject. Indeed the subject was one of peculiar importance, and he thought the steps which Sir C. Metcalf bad taken, and omitted to take, tended to disgrace the Go vernment, and shake our power in India to its foundations. What ever he had said, whatever he should say, respecting the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf, should be supported and borne out by his own words; and it was not his intention to say any thing of that gentle man's character, but only of his conduct. Pursuing this line of I conduct, he would first refer to page 177 of the documents, and there it appeared Chandoo Loll wrote to the Assistant of the Com pany's Resident (Sir C. Metcalf) complaining of the conduct of Mr. !Estop (one of those beardless Pro-Consuls we seat out to go- Tern India,) in regard to setting aside the leases of the Nizam his master. This letter of Chandoo Loll, the Nizam'. 111inister,was in tended to find its way to the Supreme Government, but it never did. In page 132 was to be found • letter of Sir C. Metcalf himself, is which he censures the conduct of the European Residue of the distnct, In acting contrary to his instructions., and taking do go; vernment out of the hands of the Native Prince. A Mao. ately after this expression of his sentiments, he dues the some thing himself, and the letter complaining of his conduct Is OHNE pennon:el to reach its destinatien. Chandoo Loll, smarting atria the imputation on his character, went, not as had been stated, le the house of Painter, but to a member of the house, Mr. William Palmer. He told him that he had tried the regular mode of truest. mitting his complaint i he had applied to the Deputy Resilient, but the latter had not conveyed his statement to the Supremo Or vernment. Consequently Mr. William Palmer undertook Mem. vey a letter to the aivernor•General, who manifested every dispo sition to inquire into the subject, but said, " transmit your com plaint in any way you can, if the Resident refuse ; but let it he • public and open complaint." It was by no means his wish teems a comparison between individuals, cap dally as we were at present lin a state of total darkness as it regarded the state of India. If any confidence were to be placed in the letters that had of late been re mised from that country, our stairs were in an extremely donee. teats situation. But he should not impute blame to any one, till intotrival of the expected despatches enabled him to ascertain the Eweof affairs. It was, however, doubtful, whether the II or 7 accumulated under a former government was not now din. and our treasures dailydecreasing.Supposing a Resident to poison the power of keeping back any informanon from the Guvernor General in any one instance, he possessed it in all; and they might even imagine a case of high treason known to the Resident or de puty, and en the disclosure of which the safety of our Indian em pire might depend. If in such a case information were to be held back, what might not be the consequence of the concealment. It was the Governor-General, and not the Company's Resident or As sistant, that was the responsible person ; but how could they blame him if information were not communicated? And he would say. looking to the peculiar situation of India, no man could ademaately manage the Government there, or direct the army in its operations, if he did not not only procure all available information, but seize on every information lie could possibly get hold of. With what prectiml view or purpose the Gallant General had proposed his motion he did not know, but felt much inclined to support it. And he wished the Directors would issue such orders as would restrain and prevent the possibility of concealing any information froan the Governor-General. Mr. WEEDING thought the inferences against the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf such as were not sustained or borne out by the premises. Sir C. Metcalf did not think it oeeessary to lay the com munication of the Nizam before the Governor mend, because the proposition for mortgage, to which it referred principally, had been previously rejected. He did not mean to say the Directors sanctioned withholding just complaints. But it could not be, expected, if • General in command of a division were to be .v nest. ed by a subaltern to forward to his superior officer an accusation in which hie fame and character were virulently attacked, that he would comply, or could be expected to comply. On the *hole. he looked upon the proposition of tire Gallant General as • childish and inefficient o te. Sir J. Dor is was surprised how Hon. Gentlemen felt disposeall to continue the debate, more particularly as it had been admitted the Directors did not countenance withholding information from the Supreme Government. lie would tell the lion, Proprietor whin had referred to the supposed conduct of a military' officer, If set cused by nn inferior, that the officer was bound, on pain if boa of rank and commission, to transmit the complaint or accusationto the chief in command, H•(Sir J. Doyle) must be supposed to . know something of these affairs from his military _ he pledged hilnoolf to the mousey of iss statement. ,rf hat iti,oodCuettdooor the British p ueis roved iaidenti llts Ise am mo , iteinitsis.b J. Fat iw illalla tio rrstinws .. *lt ' that evidence to imp 14,taseilleadhi s 4 boom Its would on sate to rumour, but tie woes inks Won thosodvos native Alr.leo to w do o os weiria o INS t and 'Si Wow A r t Mors Xatt d" eft Clembut woo ailed to tog c he i mist . h coosidoest Sir iL on AV ttilllit bold. The nokbots sot be • or i pepee of wit Malaise tossighoo of goomment. Ho oto Is* Mrffentral's motion mid ha &fused. • Mr. Waltman explained. TIN Customer wished to submit to the ifob. g Sameel the. propriety of withdrawing his motion. m homenmeamullad by it was aheady in use, oft watt roror l idon la loan woe always required to formed all to the stemma grottrootoot. Under such eircummeall3l. feel sorry to be obliged to resist the Gallant Oomors which he mule do if it were persisted in t but be stittoittl4 to Hon. Proprietor whether it would not, all things onsoisantd, better to withdraw the motion. Itlr. Toast attempted to make an eheervation, but woe tolled tot order by Sit-J. - Doyle and Mr. Dixon. . General Tommrot( said he felt disposed, is aceordaneellibi what had fallen front the Chairman, to withdraw hie motion. After an obeervatioo from Mr. LOW XDES, Mr. S. DIEO4SOI,I Mr. Tlle/IT. • Sir C. Roalasost said he was desirous to communicate the mint complete and thorough' information ou the state of the Company', affeirs abroa! that was positible; and he should be always ready to convey every knowledge of the subject possessed by hiniaelf to alter Hon. Proprietors. Iliii,ohjesflons to the motion were that the ma. gagement of the whole affair was vested in the Board of Control. Uudee these circumstapfes, if would be inconvenient to deviatefrona the ordinary practice. He would lot permit the Court to Depots, •Ithout assuring them that no person could be more anxiout then himself that they "tumid be fully informed on the subject dike condition of their affairs in India. The motion was then withdrawn. ' LORD *A Al EITST. The Cuatkuax moved that thh Court do now adjourn. Mr. Hu Mt said it had been Otis intention to move the Court dist they resolve on the real of laird Amherst from the Chief Gourmet. ship of India. He would now ask whether documents had biers mevived by the Court of Directors explanatory of the clears of th e Burmese was mid also if any further delaih of the inquiry into the massacre arßlirrackpore bad reached this country ? On the answer be might receive to tfiose questions would depend the cooraelao should feel disposed t 3 adopt. The Coma MA .1 said the papers on the one subject had bolsi al ready' before Parliament,. With respect to the inquiry into the cir cumstances at Barraekpore no aelvtiot had yet been received, ills Hunt had Seen informed Lord Amherst had *lima pri vate Were on the subject, in which he explained the objects of the war. He thought no small shire of culpability rested on the, Go vernment of Bengal. The Coureshouß/ pass a vote of censurson the Government, if not the Governor himself, for their eeeduct in relation to the war. • Thesear was not tidy enneoisaairy if its Dam e, origin, and object, kit the Company's forces had been placed in a most unusual altuetion, and under circumstances Tory disidiantageous. The bland of Charporee, which was tiff cause of the war, had been allowed:pot to be worth a single farthing. Ho would concludetby Moving a vote of censure on Lewd Amherst, for neglecting to send to this coantey the requisite information on the subjcct of the origin and progress of the Burmese war. The Cliel mAN said e i ll.despatches, in the usual cower, came before Parliamem, aid etety neceisaty portion of them was pub lished. In the beginning of our lnd.an wars they were generally unsucceesful in the first instance, but the forttme of their conclusion had commonly changed. He was sure the Hon. Proprietor was not disposed to adopt any cot's:lethal would shake the confidence of the army ; and he would recommend him to withdraw hie motion. Mr. Hosts would not orris, the.mstter farther stPreeent. . Sir C. FORBES felt conaiderablz surprise at his Bon. Friend'. consenting to withdraw his motion: It Was evident Lord Amherst was totally unfit for the situation he filled. Indeed, his promotion bad been attributed to Me eißtt of private influence. He spoke of hint now as a public mutt he knew nothing about/ifs privateeha meter i t might be very amiable; but he looked at hitt as a Gover nor-General, and meld, no; approve of him in that capacity. Ater 10 months war, where were we. Where we set out? No! be wished to God we were; but we were much worse. If reliance was to be placed on the information of private letters, our forte of 12,000 men had dwindled to 1,300, and two regiments were diminished to less than 100 each. 'File troops had been sent on an expedition which was in fact sending them to their gr:.ves, when the situation of the country and the season of the ear were considered. Th e y had been dispatched to the marshes of Rangoon than which there was no more unhealthy, spot is be found. Wha t had been done at Rangoon or Chittagong? literally nothing. The troops, after hay. ing passed over the mountains, found themselvesopposed by tbes.ea and a bridge of pontoons had to be sent fur to enable the amp to pas from one island to another. Where was Sir A. Campbell's lomat this moment ? He understood, within six weeks from the date of the last advises, the rains were expected to set in, in the month of March, 0134 then nothing but a disastrous termination to the war was to be expected. lie thought Lord Amherst tbould certainly be recalled as unfit for his situation. Mr, Twirmro appealed to the good sense of the Hon. Baronet, whether it was right to introduce a subject so important as dust**. seut to the consideration of the Court in its present empty stilt= S.r C. Foants—lt eras not his fink if the Court was thin; he had mentioned hi la three hod?, ago. He underime% it was now. the intention of the Governor to recruit the army ; the new regimente would arrive just in time to share the advantages of the climate. He had heard several instances of Lord Amhent's defective financial arrangements. It was extraordinary no Informa tion bad been reerived on the subject of the affair at liarrackpore from the month of November to June. He understobd the Report of the Committee of Inquiry was highly favourable to those unfor tumors men whose lives were sacrificed at Ilarrackpore. On amount of that transaction alone. Lord Amherst deserved a vote of cen. sore. He wished his lion. Friend had persevered in his intended motion for the fecal of Lord Amherst, which was calculated to meet the approbation of time country. It would afford great sans. faction if the Marquis of Hastings were reinstated tn the Govern ment of India. Such an act would inspire confidence, and be the most likely means to remedy the blow oar power had received in Mr. I•OWNDEll said the war would be as unsuccessful and inter. minable as the American war. , , Sir C. Hosissos confessed his surmise and astonishment that the Hon. Proprietor had not concluded with some proposition in accordance with the nature of his speech. Them was now no question before the Court. The Hon. Proprietor had in=i; a long suing of invectives, which he thought no t very He was desirous of knowing if the Hots Proprietor intended to conclude with any specific motion on the subj ect. Sir C. Foanno—lt was not necessary for him to cot:Kludge wldt a specific motion. It was compettnt to a member to dischis gemmed topics at a Quarterly Court on the question of aeljourninent. Bat he was pert ectly ready to hear what the 800. Baronet had to spy in detente of the Governer-Gereral. Sir C. lictaixsox would not defend Lord Amherst esoeptupon pibliCgrounds, and as a public officer. A str i ng o f lemmata. net becoming that place had been pronounced, and it all rested on " I am told"—it was mere hearsay private correspondence from India. He put it to the candour and fairness of the Court, whether 'Stint were likely to be well conducted in India while such attacks were permitted and made in this country, which, must necessarily go out to India through the medium of the press. It would have: been better if the Honourable Baronet had concluded with an open manly motion of censure, however 11l tithed, than withan attack such as he had indulged in. lie would Admit with the lion. Proprietor, that the appearance of military proceed ings in India were unfavourable ; the war was as unpromising at present as it could well be; but he was not prepared with thirst/le Gentleman to prophecy a disastrous termination to it. At the fuse commencement of that most glorious war (the Nepaul), all was failure, and the disasters that occurred raised a cry not only that Court, but throughout the country. All wars were liable to these disasters at some period, but he trusted they would not continue in the present instance. He also trusted the Ilea. Ba ronet would prove a mistaken prophet as to the event of the present wise, and he felt metered no man would rejoice more in the failure of his predictions than the Hon. Baronet himself . . Ma had thoeght it his duty to prevent the Governor-General from being &tucked as he had been that day. He trusted they viscid souse to no rash conclusion, but treat him with that consideration, liberality, and fairness, which a man in his difficult situation was eniilded tva The Court Men adjourned. t FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Countess of Derby gave a grand concert on Tuesday wren nig, at her house In Grosvenor-square. The three *wises draw-. ins-rooms and ball rooms were thrown open, which were most brilliantly illuminated. The concert commenced at half paw tea o'clock in the ball room. There were pre«•nt neatly lOC of the hew ion ; among whom were his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal II igheases the IJoke and Duchess of Moe. center, &c. The Countess of Bristol has issued cards of invitation/at a grad • ball on Monday, the 4th July, at her house in St. Jawses'e-equare. The blarquui of hanstiown gave a grand dinner yesterday at Lanidown House. Berkeley square, to the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Leopold. Among the distinguished party invited to meet their Royal highnesses, were, the Duke of Grillo% the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and t'ouutess of Cherie mont, Earl of LAaderdale, Earl Finwillian , the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Robert sod Lady M'Farleile, Sir R. Gardiner, Mr. eaglets, Mr. Celcraft. I --- --- Lord and Lady Sidmouth entertained a distinguished piny at dinrrev_yesterday, at their seat, Richmond-park. Sir Hubert thinning, Bart. arrived yesterday at 31iller's lintel. Jerrnyn-street, from a tour. hlr. and Mrs. Dental% and family left the St. vlsorgr's Hotel, Albans?le-street, yesterday, for Mar seat in Cornwall. Arrivals at the Royal lintel. St. James's-street :—Mr. at .1 Mrs. .Bruce. front Send:Ad- J. A. Stewart, Esq. from dn.; runsonhy, Esq. from a taut. Departures :—Lord and Lady rialoady and family, for their seat in Scotland ; the Rev J. C. tar York ; Montgomery/. Esq. for Ireland ; .1. J. Emig. Err* sir hisokrat in. Wales ;W. Marten, Esq. on a tour : Aiwa, aid J. Damett, Esq. te Liverpool. Departures from the British lintel ; Captain aid Mrs. Wry for Cheltenham; WM. Cargill , Esq. for Pans; J. Mak f er % Oaferd. experiefice, tier • 11! lOW with " . . THE BRITISH PRESS EAST IN7)I4,OIOUSE, • tZtian Of the Court N seesseted with , 1 ay Vesterd a Quarterly Special Oeimelesset of the Propeletots Mesabi as to sake eine of Bart India stock was dad at ,tbs .Clestltsay'a flume, beaden3 aPB teekkOsnedis *aril hail-meet. • , Mr. 8. Mawr mid 1 At twelve o'clock CAMPIIILI 3128.011111AX15, krsq., took the his sksereshoss sac 111 .. Chair. . Crflos. f3r the liseseel - A. • - `. ':. =y::a - I • r -~.. ~:.~~ ~~;i,~yl ' t. 1 ~ Sig