The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-12 00:00:00

SPAIN. [The following- appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:- - Accounts from Madrid of the sth instant state that the QUEEN was to leave at midnight on the 6th for La.Granja. General NA.RVAEZ was to follow on the 9th or 10th, and the Minister of the Interior on the 15th, after which period all the members of the Council will be united at La Granja. General Count MIRASOL took possession on the sth of the Captaincy- General of Madrid. The deficit in the Bank of San Fernando was calculated at about 20,000,000 reals. The bank, however, was in a condition to meet all its engagements. The Fornento, Barcelona journal, of the sth inst., announces that CABRERA had positively entered Ca talonia, at the head of twenty horsemen, and that he had been seen a few days before at Borreda. The Journal des Debuts publishes the following letter, dated Catalonia, 4th inst.:— '° It appears, from an official report, that the three columns, commanded by Brigadier Manzano, Colonel Zauch, and Lieut.- cigonel Bufill fell in, on the 28th ult., at three o'clock with 500 Montemolinists, com manded by Cabrera, Boquica, Casten, and others. The engagement took place near Samales, a village situate be tweea Barcelona and Matano, within 30 kilometres of the former and 20 of the latter. Cabrera and his followers occupied two steep hills, easily defended, from which the Queen's troops dislodged them at the point of the bayonet, after various movements, which lasted upwards of six hours. The Montemolinists lost twelve killed, whose bodies were found on the field of battle, thirty wounded, and twenty prisoners ; they had besides five horses killed. The Queen's troops, consisting of detachments of the regiments of the King and Union and of the battalion of chasseurs of Alba de Tormas had but one soldier killed and 11 wounded—two of them were officers. Cabrera and his partisans assem bled again on the 30th on the heights of Monseny, within five myriametres of Barcelona. It is assured that a high personage. supposed to be the younger brother of Count do Montemolin, accompanies incog. the celebrated chief. It is added that Cabrera, who wears a splendid uniform of a Spanish Gene ral and a - .white beret, never speaks to that person age without uncovering himself, and that everybody, the chaplains included, treats him with the greatest respect. Fears are entertained that before a month the insurrec tion will have assumed a formidable aspect. Several new bands have appeared on different points." RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. 4. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (Hum ber Ferries Improvement at Hull and New Holland).—Case and opposition further • considered. GROUP No. S.—CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD (Power to Purchase Steam-boats).—The opposition of the City of Dublin and other steam-boat companies fur ther considered. It was proposed that the power con tained in the Bill should be conferred upon the company, so far as they related to the carrying of passengere; but that they should be restricted from enjoying the light goods traffic between this country and Ireland. Of course this proposal was rejected by the promoters, and the case was further considered on its merits. GROUP No. b.—G LASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, .AND AYR (Revision of Maximum Tolls).—The object of this Bill is to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Company to revise their existing tariff of charges. Case opened. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority- was resumed yesterday, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off four additional votes. COLONIAL BANKING COMPANY. The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern; A. Colville, Esq., chairman of the company, in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. CALTERT. the secretary. deprecated generally the course of legislation for the West India Islands which the Government has ,adopted, and ascribed the inability of the directors to declare a dividend to the commercial adversity endured by the colonies in consequence. The debit side of the account showed a circulation of 207,726/. 6s. Bd.; the deposit and liabilities are 773,9681. 95.; the amount of paid-up capital being 500,0001. On the other hand the assets are in specie, 198,07 51. 10s.; bills discounted and purchased, 622,1331. 2s. 5d.; due to the bank in the colonies on cash credits and current ac counts, 174,9301. 18s. 9d.; due to the bank in London on bills remitted, cash at the bankers, &c., 483,542/. 98.9 d.; balance of bad and doubtful debts, 6,175/. ss. 4d.; the bank premises, and other property at home and in the colonies, being valued at something more than 18,0001. The CHAIRMAN having spoken particularly of the state of commercial depression in the colonies, and having gone through the other items of the report, stated that the profit on the bank's operations was 20,458/. 7s. 2d., which, though a sum amply sufficient to make a hand some dividend, the directors considered advisable, in the present state of the %Vest India interest, to carry to the general fund. They, therefore, declined proposing any dividend whatever. This course being approved of, thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting was dis solved. SPORTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—The victory of Surplice on the Epsom Downs has not altogether decided the fate of the St. Leger. Springy Jack is quite as elastic as ever, and, if anything, in better condition now than he was on the Derby day; this added to the shape, size (about sixteen hands), strength, and splendid condition of the new arrival from the " gem of the sea," which, by the way, if his late owner is to be believed, will do that" Justice to Ireland" and to the Duke of Bedford at Doncaster which so delighted the Irish division in '44 and '45. 'I he above three, in addition to Loadstone, Flatcatcher, and one or two obscures, are all that are likely to con tend for the northern championship. The Flying Dutchman's running during the past week proves him to be a flyer indeed, and at all times "over the flat," will be found a most dangerous opponent; but on a close inspection I was inclined to think his staying qualities over a hilly course to be rather inferior than otherwise, and should consequently give the pas to his stable companion Elthiron for the Derby spin. Of the dark division engaged in the Derby of '49, I should select Uriel, Rebecca colt, Saucy Dick, Nunny kiek, and John Bull, as the best to winter on. The Liverpool meeting this year is not by any means up to the mark, which may be attributed to various causes, among others the death of Mr. Etty, the late clerk of the course, whose indefatigable exertions of late years have so well seconded the plans of Lord G. Bentinck in rendering the Liverpool a first-rate meeting. The 200 Sovs. Produce Stakes, has out of twenty nomi nations from Derby cracks, Honeycomb, The Flying Dutchman, the Rebecca colt, and Chantrey. Were they all to run, I should expect to see them pass the post in the order placed, but I believe Honeycomb, the colt, and Chantrey will be absentees, thus leaving the Flyer alone in his glory. The Sefton Stakes to Miss Orbell. PERUVIAN BONDHOLDERS, A rneetirpg of the holders of Peruvian Bonds was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to hear the state ment of a proposition which has been made to the com mittee of the South American Bondholders' Association by the Government of Peru. Mr. Robinson, chairman of the association, took the chair. The substance of the proposition was, that the pay fa:ll.st of all principal and interest should be postponed till the year 1850—that the arrears of interest should be c. - Lpitalised— that the whole should bear interest at the rate of three per cent. per annum, commencing from Nov. 30, 1849, such rate to be increased half per cent. per annum yearly, till it reached six per cent.—that the old bonds should be cancelled, and DOW bonds issued, which, i,l4n lieu of the present lien upon the Customs' duties, afloat(' be secured on one-third of the money received by the Peruvian Governments for the payment for guano. This proposition the chairman said had been maturely cons,dercid by the committee, and they had unanimously resolved to advise a rejection of it in tote, as it was neither ' more nor less than an attempt to evade all pres:mt responsibility with just as much uncertainty of payment in future to the bondholders as they now eodurod. Nevertheless, the committee were net there to dictate, but to state the case as it stood, and to co-operate with the bondholders. Mr. SNEEPER hoped that a counter proposition would be made to the Peruvian Government, agreeing to the capitalisation of the arrears of interest and the rate of dividend to the shareholders, but requiring the security proposed now in addition to that already held; but Mr. Alderson explained from the original do cument which contained the proposition, that such was altogether incompatible with its terms, and Mr. Poules denounced the proposition as being in the highest d egree unjust, inasmuch as the arrears were to be alto gether cancelled, for 1001. on each 1001. stock, when, in taat they amounted to 1501., and in the time to come the bondholders, after the sacrifice, would be just as unsafe as ' a t present. DI reply to a proprietor, the CHAIR3f4N stated that this proposition had been made before the arrival in Lima. of Mr. Addams, who has been sent out as the a g en t of the British Government in Peru, that he had been told only last evening by Lord Palmerston that he had given that gentleman instructions to press for the liquidation of the bondholders claims as forcibly as possible on the Peruvian Government, and the com eived that it would be Unwise to m take any step which might interfere with Mr. Addams' proceedings. After some further conversation it was decided t o t a kd this course, and t hanks havingbeen voted to the chairman and committee, the meeting separated. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The Mersey_ Stakes to Strongbow or Elthiron with a start, in their absence to Mr. Green. The Derby Handicap to Christopher, Sagacity, or Betty Swipes. The Foal Stakes to the Crazy Lad. The Match between Uriel and Fitzpatrick to the former, in a canter. _ _ . lITIMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases •.• 33 4 8 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• ... Turbercular Diseases._ ••• •.. '216 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves , and Senses... ... 94 Diseases of the Heart and Blood -vessels ••• ... 2 Diseases of the Lungs, and ot her Organs of 76 Respiration ..• ••• ..• ..• ..• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs -o of Digestion... ••• Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. ••• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. .• • Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• .•. I talformations... ••• Premature Birth ••• ••• •• • Atrophy •• ••• ••• ••• ••• 01 , .1 Ago ••• ••• ..• ••• ••• Sudden Vi oi lance, Privation, Cold, or I n t em p era nce Cattsets not specified ... 13 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Ponulatien Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841. Five Springs. Week. giVegt Die ',..13... 300,711 .. 143 ... 160 lc:A-ill D—triets.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 191 it 3itrg.l Distr.ots 373,653 ... 171 ... 161 8 - t 1`...r 'jets ... 392, 444 ... 1 99 ... 220 ,s o mt,_ .Districts.. 501,190 ... 248 ... 238 ..... 1,948,369 ••• ••• yemales ..• ••• ... 9;0 ... 492 ... 478 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... ... 675 ... 607 ...1,282 The Liverpool St. Leger to Flatcatcher. The Aintree Stakes t; - :, Hard Shot, Strongbow, or Rowland, the last two for first and second places. The Liverpool Cup, with twenty-one acceptances, will have about fourteen starters, viz.:— st lb st lb Chanticleer, 5 yrs 9 2 Pillage, 4 yrs Cawroush, 5 yrs Grimston, 5 yrs Montpensier, 4 yrs Jovial, 4 yrs . . 7 2'Utterburn, 3 yrs Executor, 4 yrs 6 9 Sylvan, 3 yrs Ulysses, 4 yrs ... 6 7 Prince Charley, 3 yrs 4 7 The four first at the finish, ought to be Glen Saddel, All's Well, Cawrouch, and Ulysses; Glen Saddel or All's Well fur victor ; the other two being close up. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Tuesday morning. dia, and aullers aro disposed to tualto s, further cloms64- sion in the value; buyers on the other hand make sales with caution. Red Trinidad can be obtained at 3Ss to 425, and grey 35s to 38s. None at present has been offered at public sale. For Foreign there are few buyers, and holders are sellers at 32s to 34s per cwt. ofnee h tkieiaed a:, alesa they placed the possession of the land in Ireland upon a better footing than at present, anarchy would be the result, and the property they possessed would be destroyed. He quoted the cases of Spain, Norway, and France to show that great advantage would accrue from the subdivision of the laud into small farms, and the creation in consequence of a small class of farmers, no matter of what religion. The v due of land in Ireland would be thus increased— ' (Hear)—and the crop also. Irish landlords owed a great debt of gratitude to the Solicitor-General for bringing in this Bill, which would receive his n'arm support.--(Hear.) Mr. HERBERT should support the Bill, as he be lieved the fair and reasonable rights of the landlords of Ireland would be protected by it. If they did not take advantage of this Bill, he believed the time would come when they would have no rights to protect. Mr. F. O'CONNOR tendered his thanks to the Solici tor-General for the alterations he had introduced into the Bill since it had been brought down from the House of Lords. It would be a happy thing for Ireland if there were not a solicitor in any part of that country. — (A. laugh.) He condemned the Irish landowners for coming to that House for stringent measures, when those measures might have been rendered quite unnecessary by the proper discharge of their duties.—( Hear, hear.', lie was glad, however, that during the present session one measure, at least, had been introduced which was calculated to ameliorate the condition of that country. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the motion for going into Committee. He approved of the principles of the but he objected to seine of the details. Sir GEORGE GREY said if the discussion came to a conclusion at the present sitting, he should propose that the House should go into Committee on the Bill on Thursday next at twelve o'clock. Mr. CALLAGHAN opposed the Bill, which he said had created a great deal of surprise and dissatisfaction in Ireland. Colonel DUNNE opposed the Bill. It was per fectly void in principle, and had not the approval of the highest legal authorities either in this country or in Ireland. It was a curious and singular circum stance that the Attorney-General had been absent during the whole of the discussion upon this Bill. That discussion had been of the utmost importance, for in the first place it had shown the imperfect state of the exist ing law, and in the next it had shown that the Bill, in stead of amending the law, was calculated to increase the difficulties which at present attended its operation. There was no country in Europe to which the Bill was less ap plicable than Ireland. It it were passed it would have to be administered and carried out by lawyers, and would therefore neither facilitate the transfer of property nor cheapen the process by which that transfer could be effected. The amendment proposed by Sir Lucius O'Brien was then withdrawn, and the House went into Committee pro forma upon the Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. The preamble was postponed, the Chairman reported progress, and then obtained leave to sit again on Thursday. CORN MARKETS (IRELAND) BILL. TEA.—To day a good amount of business was trans acted privately, chiefly in Congou, and at dull rates. It is difficult to obtain sound clean under Sd per lb. RICE.— To-day more inclination was shown to do business in East India Rice, and privately several par cels were sold. At public sale 750 bags 1,000 pockets Bengal were sold. 2,000 bags Madras went -at 8s to 8s 6d for middling pinky white, and 5s 6d to Ss for damaged. These rates are all 6d per cwt higher. SALTPETRE—To-day there was little desire evinced to do business in rough, and on the part of holders a de sire was shown to sell; the market was also well sup• plied. Of 1,785 bags Calcutta offered at public sale, a small part only sold at a reduction on former rates of is per cwt. Of Madras 547 bags were all bought in. For British Refined the market is dull. Nitrate of Soda is little wanted. SPIRITS,—There are sellers of all kinds of Rum upon lower terms, as export orders are trifling, whilst home dealers operate_ with caution, and there is an extensive stock. We quote proof Leewards at is 7d to is Bd, East India proof is 4d to is 6d, Demerara 28 to 38 per cent over proof 2s 6d to 3s, Jamaica good and fine quality 33 to 37 per cent over proof 3s 9d to 4s sd, middling and good middling 3s 5d to 3s Bd. INDioo.—The market for East India is in an unfavour able position, especially as regards the better qualities. There is a great want of export orders, and the home trade are very cautious in their proceedings. The quarterly sale commenced this day, and the quantity declared amounted to 9,208 chests, of which 1,120 chests have passed the sale this day. The attendance of ex port and home buyers was very small, and the biddings were far from being animated. Importers have, gene rally, given strong support to their Marks by buying in a large proportion. COCHINEAL.— This afternoon there was not much desire evinced to do business, and 200 bags of Mexican at public sale were only in part sold at 3s 5d to 3s 9d for silvers, which are about former rates, but blacks sold at 3s 6d to 4s Id, which is Id lower. TALLow.—There are sellers of Russian on the spot upon reduced terms, yet on the part of the trade little desire has been manifested to do business, and 44s to 44s 6d is the value of fine P. Y. Candle ; a further reduction is expected to take place. For delivery in the last three months of the year, sellers are willing to accept 43a, but few buyers are to be met with. Of home made there is a good supply with only a limited demand, prices have fallen to 43s 6d to 44s 6d nett cash. There is no decrease in the supply of other kinds of Tallow, and lower rates are accepted, but the parcels offered at auction were nearly sold. Rough Fat is freely offered at 2s 6d per stone. OILS.—The imports of Fish Oils are upon an enlarged scale, whilst former rates are Rot supported, ex porters and home consumers not having shown much desire to do business since this day week. Southern is less required, and must be called rather cheaper, whilst few sales have been made in the private market. At auction 103 tuns were sold. Cod has been dealt iu with caution. For Sperm the market has a dull aspect, and as there is a plentiful supply, prices continue to recede. The best British (hl cannot be quoted above 781. per tun. In the value of Linseed Oil we have little variation to make known, but the home demand has become limited, and few export orders have been completed. Rapeseed Oil has been dealt in with caution, and prices keep upon the decline. For Palm prices do not improve on ac count of heavy arrivals. - - - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, July 11. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. PAYMENT OF DEBTS BILL. The Payment of Debts out of Real Estate Bill passed through Committee. SEDUCTION BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD moved the third reading of the Seduction of Females Bill. Lord BROUGHAM objected to the Bill as going much further than was intended—much further than the Bill which had been sent up from the House of Commons two sessions since. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL supported the mea sure. Lord DENMAN thought that the measure was not calculated to carry out the object intended, but would become merely a means of enabling persons to extort money. The law at present was sufficient to punish persons guilty of those crimes which this Bill sought to punish. Lord CAMPBELL despaired of their Lordships be ing able to frame any Bill which would remedy the evil. To legislate against simple fornication, without any ag gravating circumstances, would not be attended with a good effect. There were cases which it was most de sirable to punish, which their Lordships could not in clude in any Bill. His Noble and Learned Friend had referred to Berlin as a place where they would not suffer bawdy-houses to exist; but of all capitals for licentious ness, it was the worst. It was worse than Paris, worse than Vienna. He feared the law could not do more than it had done. The Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill then - went through Committee. The House then adjourned till Half•past Five o'clock. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at Half-past Five. Lord D. STUAIIr presented a petition in favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr., DUNCAN presented a petition from Aberdeen to the same effect, and also praying for a reduction in the national expenditure. Mr. O'BitIEN presented a petition from Middlesex in favour of vote by ballot. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Ell Omaimi4sloo, duty' it should be to inquire, not only into the conduct of the particular individual named in the motion, but into the acts generally of all parties concerned in the deposal of the late Raja of Sattara, and into the chime of his sur viving relations up-n the property, territory, and Go vernment, which had lapsed by the death of the ]ate Appa Sahib. From the beginning it had hi-en his (Mr. Thompson's) constant desire, that instead of that question having to be determined by the vote of a tieneral Court of Proprietors in one place, or a large assembly, by a debate in the House of Commons in an other, it should be submitted to the calm, patient, and im partial examination of persons wholly disinterested, free from improper influence, and capable of judging between conflicting evidence, and of duly estimating the opinions of parties more or less biassed in their feelings and judgments. Still cherishing that desire, he would say no more on that occasion than should appear to him to be necessary to establish the necessity for such a tribu nal, and to prove that there was a tuna fide case for such an investigation. Finally, ere he went into the details of the evidence, he would state, that punishment was not the end he had in view. Free from all vindictive feeling, he sought the redress of the wrongs of those whom he believed to have been injured, the restitution or rights, as he conceived unjustly forfeited, and the correction of errors and abuses in the administration of the Government in India which not only inflicted grie vous injury upon the natives of that country, but im paired the influence, by lowering the character of Bri tish authority amongst the countless millions there sub jected to its sway. Colonel Ovans as an officer in the Indian army, after holding various posts, was appointed, in June, 1837, to the situation of political resident at the Court of his late Highness the Raja of Sattara. For the sake of brevity, he (Mr. Thompson) should pass over the circumstances attending the removal of Colonel Lodwick, the predecessor of Colonel Ovans, and merely state, in passing, that it was obvious, upon the face of the printed papers, that the former officer was removed from his residency in consequence of his known disin clination to take an active part in those secret and dis honourable proceedings which had been already com menced with a view of criminating the Raja of Sattara. The duties of a political resident at the Court of Sat tara were those of a friendly adviser of the ruling Princes, and he (Mr. Thompson) was bound to say, that kw better selections could have been made than those which had placed near the person of the late Raja such gentlemen as Captain Grant Duff, Major-General Bri g gs, the late lamented General Robertson, and his immediate successor General Lodwick. During the whole period of their administration of political affairs at Sattara—an administration commencing in ISIS, and extending to the middle of 1836—50 straightforward and confiding had been the conduct of the Raja, that not a single se cret communication had ever been recorded amongst the proceedings of the residency; a fact which he (Mr. l'nompson) believed was without a parallel in the his tory of British rule in India, It was of importance that he should state to the House, that General Lodwick was removed from his post at Sattara, on the plea that he had lost, to some extent, the confidence of the Prince, and that 't was necessary that some gentleman should succeed him, Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON then rose to bring forward the motion of which he bad given notice with respect to the case of the late Raja of Sat tarn, and to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ovens (uf the Bombay Army), while British Political Resident at the Court of Sahara; and into the pro ceedings of the Bombay Government, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, in re lation to certain charges preferred against that officer. The Honourable Member observed, that ho was anxious to merit the indulgence which he ventured earnestly and respectfully to solicit at the hands of the House, by proceeding at once, as briefly as possible, to state the reasons which induced him to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice. He (Mr. Thompson) wished, at the outset, to disclaim any personal ill-feeling towards the Gallant Officer whose conduct was the subject of the proposed inquiry. His private character was, as far as lie (Mr. 'Thompson) knew, unreproached and free from suspicion. He had received no injury at his bands, nor did tie (Mr. Thompson) behove that that gentleman had ever meditated any towards him. He had no one cause for incliiidual resentment against that officer, nor was he conscious of cherishing any sentiment ap proaching. to personal animosity. It was as a public man, and is servant of the State, that he had then to do with Colonel Ovens. It was on public grounds, and on public grounds solely, that he referred to him in the Parliament of Great Britain, and deemed it his duty to impeach certain of the acts done by that officer in his official and responsible cha racter. But it was not ,simply the conduct of Colonel Ovens that he (Mr. Thompson) was there to arraign; still less was it upon Colonel Ovens exclusively, or even as the principal offender, that he thought the censure of that House and of the country ought to fall, and would tall if the inquiry sought was granted. Through Colonel Ovans a higher and more important duty was then endeavoured to be discharged, namely, that of arraigning the conduct of those to whom that officer was, and still is, immediately amenable—whose commission he had long held, by whose orders be was placed at Sattara, and by whom his conduct had been repeatedly sanctioned, approved, and rewarded. Nor was it merely to obtain an inquiry into the acts of those under whom Colonel Ovens had served, that the present motion was brought forward, although the conduct of the East India Company, and her Majesty's Government, in the administrulion of the affairs of a vast empire like that of. India, was, of necessity, a subject of the highest importance ; but it was because that conduct was inse parably linked in the present ease with the melancholy tate of a distinguished Indian sovereign, with the observ ance or breach of a solemn treaty, and with the disposal at the present time of a throne without an occupant, a principality without a ruler, and a numerous people with out a prince; and, further, because that conduct was con nected with whatever Is valuable to the British name and character in India, with th e pr i nc i p l es o f nat i ona l honour and good faith, and with the mainte nance of that opinion in the minds of the people and princes of the state, which could alone constitute a lasting foundation for British dominion in that distant part of the world. It was due, however, to his (Mr. Tnompson's).own feelings that he should state that he had long cherished the hope of being relieved from the necessity of undertaking so painful a duty as that which he was then endeavouring to dis charge. That necessity he fondly trusted would have been removed, by a reconsideration, on the part of the Indian Government in this country, of the decision now fully admitted, to have been premat ure ly arr i ve d a t, in the case of the late deposed Raja of Sattara. In common with many gentlemen, whose judgments were far more entitled to respect than his own, he had always felt convinced that a reconsideration of the case of the Raja of Sattara—due weight being given to all the facts which had been disclosed subsequently to that Prince's deposal—would not fail to issue in the reversal of the heavy sentence carried into execution against the accused. The hand of death having recently re moved both the Prince deposed in 1839 and the one subsequently exalted in his place, the hope to which he (Mr. Thompson) had referred, obtained fresh vigour, .from the belief that as the Raja had left an adopted son who, besides the circumstance of his adop tion, stood next in succession to the vacant throne, as the nearest in lineal descent, and as no politi cal or other impediment existed to render it diffi cult or inexpedient to declare that person the Raja of Sattara, that therefore justice would be done, as far as the present state of the case admitted, by the acknowledgment of the rightful heir, the re storation of the deposed Rsja's family to their native country, and the preservation of the territory of Sattara to the family of Sevajee, in accordance with the express terms of the treaty of 1819. That hope had, however, been considerably weakened by the in ability of the friends of the Raja's cause to obtain, either from the Court of Directors, during two meetings at the India House, or from her Majesty's Minister at the head of the Board of Control, any assurance of an intention to recognise the claim of the 'individual who, according to ilindoo law, stood towards the deposed Baja in a relationship as near and as sacred as that of a child born of his own body ; and they had even failed to obtain so much as an intimation of the intention of those authorities to consider favourably the claims to which reference had been made. The treatment, too, which that Prince had received from the agent of the Governor-General at Benares, had, so far from furnishing any grounds of en couragement, been of a nature to induce his friends to believe that the supreme authority in India was not favourable to the recognition of the rights of the adopted son, And 'there it would be necessary that he (Mr. Thompson) should distinctly connect the inquiry which was sought by the present motion with the future fate of the surviving members of the de ceased's. Raja's family, and the disposal of the titles and territory which that Prince for so many years pos sessed. Within the last few days it bad been asserted, that the Raja being still held to be guilty of the acts charged against him, was, there tore, incompetent to bequeath any political right to his heir, and that consequently the adoption he had made was null and void, so far as constituting any ground fur recognizing his heir. It became, therefore, necessary to revive the question of the guilt or inno cence. of Pertaub Shean, so that by placing that Prince in the position, as respects his character, which he occupied prior to the charges brought against him they might give validity to the act by which ho nominated as his successor on the throne the youth whom they were anxious to see taken into alliance with the. British Government. The inquiry which he (Mr. Thompson) asked for would, he believed, fully answer that end, and by resulting in the entire vin dication of the late Raja's character, remove every doubt respecting the right and title of his living son to succeed to the state and dominion of which his father was, as he (Mr. Thompson) firmly believed, unjustly deprived. Even at that, the eleventh hour, he (Mr. Thomp son) was willing to forego the right which he possessed of making certain statements to the House, and of reading various extracts from the blue books then upon the table, if her Majesty's Government, whose own conduct and motives were necessarily in volved in the case, would consent that the whole matter should be referred, either to a Committee of that House, or if such a tribunal should be unable to pursue its inves tigation at sufficient length during the residue of the Lord NELSON thought the Bill was at least worth a trial. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was with very sincere regret that he was compelled to express his assent to the opinion of his Noble and Learned Friends. He thought that the object of the Bill was impracticable. If there were any means of meeting the real grievance without touching that which it was impracticable to prevent, he would cordially support the measure. The Earl of HARROWBY thought that juries, being fathers and husbands, might safely be trusted with the trial of these cases. If the Bill failed it could only be for the want of a definition of the word seduction, which could easily be remedied. Lord CAMPBELL and other Noble Lords speaking two and three times over in explanation, Earl GREY complained of the irregularity of the de bate, as their Lordships were not in Committee. The Bishop of OXFORD said he was anxious to have a decision of this House upon it, and he would press for that division. A Bill passed for Birmingham, in 1845, had proved eminently successful, as well as in many places on the Continent, particularly in Coblentz, where it tended to lessen the number of illegitimate children — of patients in the hospitals—and, in point of fact, im proved the general condition of morality. He thought, therefore, that the objections thrown out against the measure—that it was utterly impossible to carry it into effect, and would promote the evil it was intended to suppress—were utterly without foundation. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading • 2l Against it Majority Their Lordships then adjourned. who had the power to win back that confidence, and cause the communications between the resident and the t uler to be as free and unreserved as they had always been before the misunderstanding which had occurred on a question relating to the Raja's power over certain feudal chiefs. This fact it was of importance should be borne in mind by the House, while he (Mr. Thompson) proceeded to notice the manner in which Colonel Ovans commenced his official duties at Sattara, which he did on the 16th of June, 1837. The first act which he (Mr. Thompson) had to allege against that officer—an act contrary alike to the letter and the spirit of the existing treaty—was committed on the day be fore specified. The charge which he (Mr. Thomp son) had preferred against Colonel Ovens was, that bAng bound by treaty to give his advice to the Raja for the good of Sattara his state, and for the maintenance of the general tranquillity, did, on the very day of his arrival at Sattara, on the 16th of June, 1837, and of his assuming office as resident and commanding officer of the British troops, authorise his staff officer, Captain F. Darack, to pay to one Bhow Leley, a man Col. Ovens had never seen, and of the " worst character," the sum of two hundred rupees for the production of certain do cuments purporting to criminate the Raja, and also to give to the said Bhow Leley a written assurance that he should be further rewarded, in proportiob to the services he might render; and that when Bhow Leley failed to produce such documents at the time appointed, Colonel )vans authorised Captain Durack to give him another trial; which acts of Colonel Ovans were a subornation of evidence against the Raja, a gross violation of his duty as resident, and such as proved him to have come to Sattara as the unscrupulous enemy of the Raja; fur ther, that these acts were concealed by Colonel Ovans from the knowledge of his Government. Sir J. HOBHOUSE—Whose statement is that? Total ... .110TAL ORTHOPAIDIC HOSPITAL.—We are happy to announce that the benefits to be derived from this ex cel %lent institution have been recently extended to the put \tic by the addition of three beds, making now a total o f i , irty-six beds. The Rev. George Kemp has also beeu stately appointed chaplain to the charity. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 11. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Editio❑ of yesterday.) Sir JOHN WALSH opposed the Bill, believing that the House or a Committee of it was not the proper tribunal for settling the question. He admitted it was desirable to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates — (Hear, hear) —but as this Bill would constitute a very serious invasion of the rights of individuals, and open a door for the admission of fraud, he felt it his duty to oppose it. After the stringent measures they had passed of late, with respect to land in Ireland, it was most unjust now to bring forward a measure which would have the effect of wresting property from the hands of many of the land lords of Ireland. It would have the effect of destroying the stability of investments in Ireland, and prevent the increase of that trade which they were so desirous to awaken. Mr. G. THOMPSON—It is my charge against Col. Ovans. In the first place, he would prove the commission of 'the act itself; and here he would refer to a letter from that officer, addressed to his Government, on the 24th of June, detailing most minutely his proceedings since his arrival at Sattara, but containing no allusion whatever to the important event which had taken place on the 16th of the same month. Charged by his instructions to give the Government the fullest information relating to the alleged intrigues of the Raja, he nevertheless omitted to inform his Government of the important fact that he had authorised the employment of an individual, who had stated his ability to obtain certain treasonable docu ments, which would establish the guilt of his Highness. lie (Mr. Thompson) would request the attention of the House to a most important document, addressed by the Raja of Sattara to the Government of Bombay, on the 17th of July following. Cognisant as he (Mr. Thomp son) believed the Raja was at that time of the existence i,f secret machinations to effect his ruin, he, nevertheless, offered, in a document which then lay before him (Mr. Thompson), to resign his power and kingdom into the hands of the Government, in order that the friendship sub sisting between himself and that Government might not be interrupted, and expressing, moreover, his willingness to retire into obscurity, if he might be thereby spared the disgrace which secret accusations were calculated to bring upon him. That conduct was in perfect keep ing with a similar request, preferred in 1836, when first accused, and again in 1839, when offered the restoration of the friendship of the Government, on condition of admitting his guilt. That most important letter was sent to Bombay; and there was a minute, recorded by Sir Robert Grant, the Governor, dated July 21st, in the same year, in which he stated that " he did not think any notice should for the present be taken of that com munication, which he thought betrayed the Raja's un easiness, arising from a consciousness of guilt. The acting resident should be requested to follow up the in quiry he had so ably commenced. The Raja never received so much as an acknowledgment of the receipt of that letter, still less any expression of the opinions of Government respecting it. But to return to the means taken by Colonel Ovens to obtain evidence against the Raja. In a voluminous defence, which Colonel Ovans had deemed it necessary to furnish to the Right Honourable the Presi dent of the Board of Control, in anticipation of the motion then under consideration, there was found an admission of the fact that that officer did employ the person referred to, and in the manner described, but Colonel Ovens denied altogether the accuracy of his (Mr. Thompson's) charge of having concealed such act from the knowledge of his Government. It had been proved that his letter of the 24th of June contained no reference to that act. He (Mr. Thompson) would show the House that the first information furnished by Colonel Ovens to his Government of having taken so extraordi nary a step as that of employing a servant and subject of the Raja to obtain evidence to criminate his own Sove reign, was extorted by the fortuitous discovery of his having done so, through the confession of the guilty man himself of the compact into which he had entered with the resident. He (Mr. Thompson) had before him a letter, addressed by a highly respecta ble European, Dr. Milne, late Medical Superintendent of Bombay, to the Governor-General of India, calling his attention to cer tain transactions connected with the secret p roceedings against the Raja, and, amo ngst them, to the affair of Bhow Leley and Colonel :Ovens. That letter was dated the 18th of September, being more than three months subsequent to the 16th of June. Having to pass through the hands of tee Bombay Government, on its way to Calcutta, it was copied in the Secret Department, together with its enclosure, and forwarded to Colonel Ovens for his remarks thereupon. Down to that date, the Bombay Government bad re ceived no single syllable of intelligence respecting the affair. From that letter, and its enclosures, it appeared that the man Bhow Leley made certain confessions to his Highness the Raja of Sattara, of the manner in which be had been tampered with by Colonel Ovens and his staff officers; and that his depositions, with other documents, were forwarded to Dr. Milne, to be used by him as he might think fit in his communication to the Supreme Government. In his letter of the 18th of September, Dr. Milne called the especial attention of the Governor- General to the circumstances referred to: On the receipt by Colonel Ovens of a letter from his own Govern ment, dated the 21st of September, he thought it necessary to furnish the information he had previously withheld, and accordingly they found a letter from him, dated the 27th of De cember, confirming the truth of Bhow Leley's state ments, and enclosing a letter from his own staff-officer, Captain Durack, giving a detailed account of his nego tiations with Bhow Leley, and of his finally having paid him, by the order of Colonel Ovans, 150 rupees, as an instalment, and given him a certain promise of future reward, according to the services he might render, con nected with the secret prosecution of the Raja. He (Mr. Thompson) would leave the House to determine the character of the act thus proved to have been done by Colonel Ovens; to say whether the charge of con cealment was not made out, by the fact that it was not till after the lapse of more than three months, and then only in consequence of the accidental discovery of the secret steps he had taken, that he acknowledged his connexion with a man whom he had never seen, for the purpose of obtaining evidence wherewith to accuse the Raja of treason to the British Government. He (Mr. Thompson) left the House, too, to say whether or not such conduct did not prove that Colonel Ovens was the enemy of the Prince towards whom he was bound by treaty to act the part of a friendly adviser, and whether the means which, in that instance, he adopted did not deserve to be designated by the term with which he (Mr. Thompson) had designated them, " unscrupulous." It was for the House, too, to say whether, in their judg ment, British officers were legitimately employed, when they were thus entering into secret combination and fel lowship with persons like the traitor Bhow Leley, and whether the publication of such facts as those which had been detailed throughout India, was likely to beget in the minds of the princes of that country the confidence and respect with which they would be inspired towards these who represent the British power at their respective courts. The second charge was, " That Colonel Ovans Mr. B.' OSBORNE said, the speech of the Ho nourable 'Gentleman was an able and excellent one if the interests of the mortgaged proprietors of Ireland were merely to be considered ; but if the vast interests of the commonwealth were to be weighed, his speech was one-sided in the highest degree. The Government had, he thought, acted most fairly and with the best motives in bringing in this measure. To show the necessity of such a measure, he might state that the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Sadlier) was the real owner of several estates in his (Mr. Osborne's) neighbourhood, though he had not the credit of being so. He complained that so much of the time of the House was occupied in the discussion of Irish measures, which ended, after all in nothing.— (Hear, hear.) For instance, this very Bill had been mentioned in three Queen's speeches, and yet it had been put ofF from time to time, and its principles had been materially altered from those in which it was in troduced: it was like a new Bill tacked upon the end of the old one, and he feared if it were passed in this House it would not receive the sanction of the House of Lords; yet he was glad to accept it as far as it went. He ob jected to the references named by the Bill to the Court of Chancery in Ireland. All who knew the chicanery and delay of that office, the vast amount of business that it had to discharge, must be dissatisfied with this principle.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, however much they might object to the appointment of Commis sioners, he considered that the institution of such a body would tend much to facilitate the sale of en cumbered estates.—(Cries of " Hear.") Their great object should be to make land cheap. Now ho had ob tained the opinion of two eminent lawyers on the Bill, and they agreed in stating that this Bill would not tend in that direction.—(Hear.) Unless they lessened the stamp duties necessary on the transfer of es tates, great reluctance would continue to exist on the part of many to try property. Great good would accrue if landlords were allowed to sell their estates in small portions. The landlords of Ireland were not worse than those of England, but their position prevented them from doing all they wished. The number of persons interested in property in that country were so numerous that no valuable improvements could w b ai np e aops a ree c aim c nrt o eoo m isirdt p etol l h i a s wa, h i t ett with h. o e—rt unhealthy,ihmr n ( e 0 1 I pel art e veon a i}vld r , ,e paid lahhl h eie ;a nint o r. s ua ) tri wasyo conditionTh anything only htri state d Jeg:o sCfelse. . olt shu4 dere. o t lf per lefn l vrd r chela Chan cery it hadn n t , whilst e s t a e n residue r s w , a w s o e v d e e t v ed ot e t d o n t o h e a t support toof the m i n lando r s, a w s ne h lae i g c ee h t e dtahne not y e sdateourt muchieve did s i fromt.f r omAt their their rk h ne ability the y g e r t e o c o e fd i r y ae howiras t f w o r r m nl e the pockets of the tenants. He cited the case of" O'Sul livan v. O'Sullivan," to show that 600 tenants had died on an estate and been buried in a hill, in consequence of not being afforded the necessary rel e if out o f t h e Court of Chancery. The estate in consequence fell into an unlucrative state. The proximate cause of the murder of Major Mahon and others arose out of estates then lying in the hands of the Court of Chancery. There should be a registration .4........"'CMK,,,•1GkE,N...9t+e-wm,sr..-.-,Krt.Z.71,,C ~,,,, .1,- ....a, ' ...--..-• - , : YS , TIIIV • 11 if N___, L 1,4 0,14 l3 0 N ii° IA nbe .V. - • - P., V I, N 1, 111 (4 , - - __.,., ..,,L .. , . .1 TT 1.4 IV it, Intiri. y it , i ilif , 60, the ilfj,,, ot lA, , AAntihjitt, 011106 k 5 testaitiOnt. 11 , 4iia6 to oani , idt• 'what wee the etodetetee teed pee.tien I ' 'teelavel as le ittagiuwe • Latleta (tidy ptaeed tee 0re..., it et....e , te e ti) t. t of the land in Ireland upon a better footing should be to inquire, not onl the ( down to the period of the Raja's dethronement in the of Colonel Ovens. The Hon. Member for the Tower t. nt, anarchy would be the result, and the particular individual named i , the month of September, 1839, systematically intercept, and !leallets had himself admitted that that gallant officer's . . e - )owns pi eossessed would be destroyed. He quoted acts generally of all parties cc of cause to be intercepted, the whole of the correspondence character stood very high ; and, in the papers laid upon 'ger. the sin, Norway, and France to show that the late la tja of Sattara, and . r- of the Raja, his servants and his friends ; and that Cel. the table, there were documents from every department ng , i gret, g, ould• accrue from the subdivision of the living relations up , n the prop .- Ovens did convert such systematic intercepting , opening , of the Government of Bombay with which Colonel Ovens TEA.—To day a good amount of business was trans - I laud -is, and the creation in consequence verement, which had lapsed let • and perusing of the said correspondence, into a means of had been connected, bearing the strongest testimony to acted privately, chiefly in Congou, and at dull rates. lofa se mere, no !natter of what religion. Prince zappa Sahib. From the counteracting aid defeating every endeavour which the his high and honourable character. But the Hon. Mem - It is difficult to obtain sound clean under Sd per lb. \ The va 'e land would be thus increased— his (alr. Thompson's) constant Real made to o btain a h ear i ng , an d to make known his her for the Tower Hamlets was not content with attack- RICE. To-day more inclination was shown to do 1 (Hear)- 1. Irish landlords owed a great that question having to be determi case to the British Government ; and into a means of se- ing Col. Ovens. He had also charged Sir R. Grant, the iness in East India Rice, and privately several par- debt of g 'icitor-General for bringing in General Court of Proprietors in o eretly calumniating the friends of the Raja to the Bri- late Governor of Bombay, a man of tried honour and were sold. At public sale 750 bags 1,000 pockets this Bill, ve his "arm support.--(Hear.) assembly, by a debate in the House tish authorities." The admission of Colonel Ovens , in i n tegrity , and the Council and Government of that Pre - I were sold. 2,000 bags Madras went at 8s to Mr. HE, port the Bill, as he be- other, it, should be submitted to the et his own defence, which had been referred to , s i dency , with being suborners of perjury and forgery. e 'or middling pinky white, and 5s 6d to Ss for lieved the i eights of the landlords partial examination of persons wholl) of the practice alluded to in the second charge Now he (Mr. Elliot) would ask the House if they could These rates are all 6d per cwt higher. of Ireland e ' it. If they did not from improper influence, and capable e against that officer, rendered it unnecessary to for a moment believe that persons of such high character 'RE—To-day there was little desire evinced take advantak, ved the time would conflicting evidence, and of duly estim adduce any evidence in its support. He (Mr. Thompson) and position in India could be guilty of these crimes ? es in rough, and on the part of holders a de- come when the •to protect. of parties more or less biassed in ti was anxious, however, that a Committee of that House, This was a most monstrous accusation, and the person nto sell; the market was also well sup. Mr. F. O'CO, -kits to the Solici- . judgments. Still cherishing that desire or some equally competent tribunal, should pronounce who made it was bound to show that, in preferring such '5 bags Calcutta offered at public sale, a tor-General for adroduced into no more on that occasion than should at its judgment upon the morality, as well as governmental a charge, he was not actuated by motives of pecuniary old at a reduction on former rates of is the Bill since it h , 'a the House be necessary to establish the necessity to, policy, of such acts as those resorted to by the Bombay interest or of personal animosity. Now he (Mr. Elliot) 'ras 547 bags were all bought in. For of Lords. It woe Ireland if nal, and to prove that there was a bona fici, Government and their servants, in the prosecution of an had been anxious to ascertain what had been the avoca market is dull. Nitrate of Soda is there were not aso euntry.— an investigation. Finally, ere he went ie inquiry into the conduct of a person standing in the re- tions of the Hon. Member for the Tower hamlets in (A laugh.) He co. era for of the evidence, he would state, that pun lation of the Raja of Sattara ; and to say whether such ludia. The Hon. Member had been, he believed, the ' sellers of all kinds of Rum upon coming to that House those riot the end he had in view. Free from ai proceedings were fair and just towards those who were paid agent of the Raja of Sattara, and he thought that rders are trifling, whilst home measures might have •ary feeling, he sought the redress of the wren, thoroughly ignorant of the means adopted by a Govern- circumstance was sufficient to excite some suspicien with 'en, and there is an extensive by the proper discharge '. s, whom he believed to have been injured, the went, whose governmental machinery was co-extensive regard to the charges he had made. lie (Mr. Elliot) 'wards at is 7d to is Bd, East lie was glad, however, of rights, as he conceived unjustly forfeitec with India itself, and who, by resorting to such means, . held in his hand a statement which he had received from )emerara 28 to 38 per cent one measure, at least, le correction of errors and abuses in the araninis, offered a premium to disaffected and malicious indivi- a gentleman who had met the Hon. Member for the ', good and fine quality 33 calculated to ameliorate th he Government in India which not only inflic duals to bring about the ruin of innocent, unsophisti- Tower Hamlets in India, and who seemed to have been Ito 4s sd, middling and Mr. S. CRAWFORD el injury upon the natives of that country, cited, and confiding persons. Colonel Ovens did not well acquainted with his movements. That statement going into Committee. He 11 the influence, by lowering the character deny that, in the course of his own secret correspond- referred to another agency in which the Hon. Member die is in an unfavour . of the Bill,' but he objected to thority amongst the countless millions thei once, he had expressed freely his opinions upon the had been engaged; and he (Mr. Elliot) thought, if he 'he better qualities. Sir G EORGE GREY said -, its sway. Colonel Ovens as an officer character and conduct of these who, from the could show that the Hon. Gentleman, in conducting that trs, and the home a conclusion at the present as ety, after holding various posts, was appoi purest motives, attempted, although unsuccessfully, agency, had not been quite so accurate in his statements oceedings. The that the House should go into C '7, to the situation of political resident a to render service to the Raja during the long as he ought to have been, he might infer that the Hon. i the quantity Thursday next at twelve o'clock. de Highness the Raja of Sattara. period of his relentless persecution by the Bombay Gentleman might have been somewhat inaccurate in the a 1,120 chests Mr. CALLAGHAN opposed ti, svity, he (Mr. Thompson) should p Government. He (Mr. Thompson) was happy to say, statement he had made on this occasion. His informant 'ante of ex- had created a great deal of surpri 'dices attending the removal of Color that not one line could be quoted from amongst the ac - stated , that on the return of t h e l ate Baboo Dwarka e biddings in Ireland. •censor of Colonel Ovens, and meret cumulated papers which had been laid upon the table of nauth Tagore to India from his first visit to England ee, gene- Colonel DUNNE opposed the . 't it was obvious, upon the face o that House, showing that any British officer, or other he was accompanied by Mr. G. Thompson, as a sort of ying in fectly void in principle, and had t the former officer was removed European, was ever connected with the case of the Raja itinerant philanthropist; that Mr. Thompson happening of the highest legal authorities either nsequence of his known disin. of Sattara, except in the most virtuous, loyal, and ho- to see an advertisement circulated by the King of Delhi, such or in Ireland. It was a curious and . .. part in those secret and dis- pourable manner, or that they ever tendered to him any calling for tenders of services from parties desirous to an stance that the Attorney-General ha oth had been already corn- counsel, but such as was in strict accordance with the ob- proceed to England to advocate his claims before the 'ding the Raja of Sattara. servance of the treaty he had entered into with the Bri - Home authorities , offered his services; that Mr. Thomp -1 during the whole of the discussion upon te discussion had been of the utmost importai .ut, at the Court of Sat- fish Government; or, in fact, did anything on his behalf son undertook to procee d to Englan d as his Majesty's edviser of the ruling that was inconsistent with their duty to their own Soya - vakeel , his Majesty u n dertaki n g to advance 5,000 first place it had shown the imperfect state e .g law, and in the next it had shown that 's bound to say, that reign, or the safety and honour of the British Govern - rupees , or 5001 . , for the expenses o f his journey to Delhi. , ad of amending the law, was calculated to ii, made than those went. He would also as confidently affirm, that during Mr. THOMPSON begged to ask who was the author tildes which at present attended its operatic •e late Raja such the years that the practice of intercepting letters pre - of the document ? - o country in Europe to which the Bill was general Bri g gs, veiled, no line ever came into the possession of the Bri - Mr. ELLIOT would give the Honoarable Gentleman than Ireland. If it were passed it would is immediate tish Government, furnishing the least evidence of the the name of the writer afterwards. His informant • istered and carried out by lawyers, and hole period Raja himself, or any of his friends, entertaining feelings of proceeded to s tate t h at the King of Delhi agreed to . neither facilitate the transfer of propert tt a ra—an hostility to British rule in India. On the contrary, give Mr. Thompson a salary of 12 , 000 rupees a year, e process by which that transfer coot ding to every such intercepted document demonstrated the and that a written agreement to that effect was tiding earnest anxiety of the Raja himself, and of' his agents and drawn up ; but on Mr. Thompson's arrival at nent proposed by Sir Lucius O'Brien se se- friends, for a strict, but open and fair, inquiry into the Allahabad he intimated his wish that a h ous e and the House went into Committe he whole conduct of his Highness, during the period of his might be prepared, for his arrival at Delhi. Th e p a l ace Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. connexion with the British Goveanment, and of the de - of the late Begum Sumroo was with som e diffi cu lty pro s postponed, the Chairman reported sire, above all things, of the accused Prince himself, to vided for Mr. Thompson, who also required the King to obtained leave to sit again on maintain undisturbed and untarnished the friendship he provide both table and servants , besides making a sub , had for eighteen years avowed and exhibited towards his sequent demand of 200 rupees a month for table ex 'TS (IRELAND) BILL. re European allies and protectors. Should the inquiry penses during his journey from Calcutta. Mr. Thomp land) Bill then went through lea asked for be granted, it would be made abundantly ap - son subsequently demande d and obtained a further ed it NV parent that the system of intercepting letters alluded to vance of 1,000 rupees a month for the period of his till Half-past Five o'clock. who did lead, in a multitude of instances, to the prevention, sojourn at Delhi, which was most reluctantly paid by cause on the part of the Raja and his friends, of the success the King. On Mr. Thompson's arrival in England he 'hair at Half-past Five. i uler of his efforts, which would, had not such illicit i n t er - submitted his Majesty's claims before a duly assembled ' a petition in favour been be ception not taken place, have issued in the revelation of meeting of the proprietors, at which it appeared, from on a qu a conspiracy existing to bring about the ruin of the the outlines of the debate received by the mails, that •tion from Aberdeen feudal ch. Raja. The House would be at no loss to judge of the Mr. Thompson made use of such intemperate-'and in • a reduction in the borne in a helplessness of the unfortunate Raja of Sattara, who by discreet language as to call down upon him the severest proceeded t such a practice was unable to effect any of the just rebuke of the chairman; but by the same mail Mr. ea Middlesex in commen ced ends which himself and his friends had in view in Thompson forwarded te King of Delhi a n ews p a p e r the 16th of e their correspondence with each other. At every step it called the Indian Advocate, supposed to be edited by Thompson) h would be found that secret artifices had been resorted himself, containing a full report of a totally different to bring contrary alike to for the purpose of frustrating such ends, and of mis - version of the debate. The statement added, that he 'a notice ex i st i ng treaty representing the objects and designs of such communi - accompanied it with a letter from himself, claiming great of Sat fore specified. cations. The next matter to which he was desirous of credit for complete success, and reminding the King of - quire soil) had preferr , calling the attention of a Committee of that House was the promised remuneration; that the King sent to Delhi ' glee being b oun d by tre the manner in which Colonel Ovens obtained certain directing a royal salute to be fired in comm emora ti on o f . "al the good of Sattara evidence against the Raja, to which evidence great im- Mr. Thompson's victory, but that the commandant of of the general trans portance had been attached. He (Mr. Thompson) re- the :palace guards pointed out that a ll th e reports o f arrival at Sattara, on tarred to a confession, so called, said to have been made the debate that he had seen gave quite a different view assuming office as re's by a person of the name of Govind Row, occupying the of the case from this very peculiar report; that fur 'e) British troops, auth t — ha ttot other the er hundred rupees for e said Bhow Leley s ituation of Dewan, or Minister, to the Raja of Sattara. ther explanation followed, and the sa l u t e was rack, to pay to one 1 This individual was implicated in the first charge never fired, nor did Mr. Thompson pock e t ano th er never seen, and of th brought against the Raja, of attempting to seduce two stiver of his Majesty's money—(A lau l t a eh u ) g — h ha native officers in the British service from their allegiance. King's reply was, that he waited th e o ffi c i a l con fi rmat i on purporting to trip When accused of that charge by the Resident, the Dewan of Mr. Thompson's success—(A was instantly delivered up by the Raja. When the in - copies of the report of Mr. Thompson's version of tho a "archer rewarded, in quiry into the charge ceased that per son wa s continued a debate were s ent to several natives of rank, probably der; and that who prisoner, in a state of mild restraint , at Po o na h, with an e ye to their becoming profitable customers. ' documents at the a British station. Whilst there , Colon e l O vens That the Kin g h aving conferred the title of ambassador ed Captain Derac commenced his duties at Sattara, and prosecuted his in - upon M r. Thompson, and thereby enlisted him, as he of Colonel Oval. quiries into the authenticity of a certain docu ment to ima g ined, in his sole e mploy , was much annoyed on find t the Raja, a g which reference would presently be made. He ( Mr . in g that he also became the paid agent of the late Raja cl such as prove Thompson) would show that the information Colo n e l of Sattara, as well as b y M r . Thompson forwarding from rupulous enema Ovens sent to his Government relative to that docume n t En g land re p eated demands for l arge sums of money, said ere concealed was wholly false. He appeared to have thought , how - to be re q uired for co py ists, tho ugh the 1001 . per mensem ' is Governmen, ever, that a confirmation from Govind Row of the truth was, under Mr. Thompson 'e own handw r iti ng , to cover Vhose stateme of the charge which that document contained, was im - all demands exce p t the reward for ultimate success. is my char, portant; and he took the following means of getting it. The gentleman w ho ha d put this statement into his (Mr. would prove t He made such a representation to Government as led to Elliot's) hand was Ma j or An g el o , w ho was commandant Auld refer to permission being granted by Government to send the of the palace gu ard a t the ti me ; and he would be ready ernment, or. prisoner from Poonah to Ahmednugger, seventy - four to confirm the statement if the Hon oura bl e M em b er proceedin g miles distant, there to be kept in solitary confine- should get the Committee. — (Hear, hear.) The • to allusioe went. He next obtained permission to dispatch a secret Honourable Member on a former occasion gave the ' n place oi. emissary—a man who had already given a false account House to understand that the Raja of Sattara was struction of the origin of the document, the truth of which placed on the throne as his right, and that the Govern . relatint Govind Row was to confirm. That agent remained a went in India was not authorised to remove him for loss omitconsiderable time with the prisoner, until at last he made a breach of treaty. The fact, however, was that the fact th him willing to sign a previously prepared paper erimi- country had been conquered by the British, and it w as vidual, lotting his prince; and the judge at Poonah, Mr. Hutt, entirely at their option to place over it anyb o dy or n o 'able de was then called in to attest and forward it to Govern- one, and, if anybody, whom. They chose Pertaub 'light'. went. I will prove that this paper was extorted by in- Sheen, who, on having the t err i tory ceded to him, en of t, timidation. I will demonstrate that it was wholly false , gaged, "to hold it in subordinate co-operation with the ',y th I will show that Govind Row was detained in pri s on f or British Government, and to be guided in all matters by the two years after he gave it, notwithstanding the opinion the advice of the British agent at his court;" also "to tp- of the Supreme Government that he was entitled to his forbear from all intercourse with foreign Powers, and se liberty. The depositions, declarations, and petitions of with all persons not rendered by these articles subject to this prisoner, made since his liberation, shall be pro- his authority; to have with them no connexion or corre duced and my charge fully sustained. There were many spondence; any affairs that might arise with them other charges into which he might enter, if not fearful relating to his Highness to be exclusively con ey multiplying his accusations beyond the ability of the ducted by the British Government;" and it was friends of Colonel Ovens to reply. There was one other added, that " this article was a fundamental condi charge, however, to which he must allude—the fabrication of the agreement, and any departure from it, on Lion of the document ascribed to the mother of Govind the Raja's part, was to subject him to the loss of all Row, and the concealment for eleven months of the the advantages he might gain by the agreement." Now, evidence showing the true history of that paper. In a he was charged with having opened communication with few sentences he (Mr. Thompson) could put the House the Portuguese settlement of Goa and with the ex-Raja in possession of all the material points of the case. A forged of Nagpore, with having endeavoured to corrupt native petition was received by the Government of Bombay, in officers in one of the Bombay regiments, and with reins- March, 1837, and confided to Col. Ovans in the following ing to be guided by the advice of the British agent. The One of tehiehmg h e was o ta IlsoopAn. iir, .ion that the Raja Member sa ks pa r June, with strict orders to discover the writer. Colonel lion. Member, unable to d eny that there was ample evi ()Vans, from time to time, sent letters and documents to dence to p rove these char g e s , had resorted to the old his Government, professing to give a minute history of Indian ex p edient of char ging perjury against every wit h e had e , appealed formerly was of the papers appeared, nished from his own lips an account of ever y a member of the Ben gal Government, and a judge of the wit the origin of the petition, and all the circumstance s con- ness, and forgery against every document—(Hear)—and n netted with it, save the discovery of the person of the char g in g honourable men in high office with being su actual writer, whose name, however, he suppli ed. When burners of p er j ur y . It was monstrous that any one should lie had succeeded in bringing his Gover nment to believe stand up in that House and make such charges against i e t t ( OI i as ra.) h T i m n or t e he t ha n a genuinenessfort fortnight h t t rhe, e d before petition, the real fao y w hoo therent o elapsed n.l rie afut not or r- nut t o such men.—(Hear,) two persons guy. fact connected with it, but laid before Colonel Oven s highest court of appeal; but the Hon. Member ought to documents which proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, have stated that Mr. Shakespeare died three years before that everything previously said of it to the Bombay the inquiry was completed.— (Hear.) The other was Government was entirely false. General Lod wick, the resident at Sattara, and who was Mr. REPTON here rose and moved that the House a member of the commission to inquire into the charges. be counted. But General Lodwick, being examined before that Strangers were ordered to withdraw. Upon countin g commission, proved that the Raja had appointed an the Members, it was ascertained that there were suffi. agent to proceed to England to represent his claims to cient to form a House; and, upon our return, we fo un d the home authorities, and that his Highness would not Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON proceeding to state consult him (the resident) according to the treaty; that that, to avoid a motion similar to that which had just the Raja considered himself an injured man—(Bear)--- been made, he would draw his remarks to a conclusion. and was misled by a few interested and bad advisers. He (Mr. Thompson) had made some of his charges so He was evidently a man of weak mind, Lot likely to bear long ago as 1843, anxious that Colonel Ovans, if he up against intrigue; a witness, in whose veracity could purge himself from them, might afford him (Mr. General Lodwick said he had as full confidence ever Thompson) the opportunity of admitting his er ror , an d as i n an y nat i ve o f I n di a he knew, gave if not, that the late Raja might have the benefit of the an account of the Raja being - promised an intro discoveries which had been made into the means taken to duction to the ghost of his deceased ' elation—(A. effect his ruin. The inquiry now sought for was d e - laugh)—and b e i ng l e d to b e li eve t h at he didr see and von mended, in justice to Colonel Ovens, who could only be verse with the ghost. The charge of intrigue with other effectually cleared by an investigation bef o r e a p at i ent powera.was thoroughly sifted by competent men such and impartial tribunal— in justice to himself (M r . as Mr. Robertso n , a mem b er of the ' Supreme Govern- Thompson), who desired the opportunity of proving all anent, Mr. Bird, and General Morison, who was now a he bad said—in justice to the profession to which the Member of that House, and who a ssure d hi m (Mr. Elliot) accused belonged —by the Government under whose that he carefully went through the whole case,and never orders the acts alleged had been done, and for the sake was more convinced of the guilt of any one. As to the of the reputation of the British name in India an d Raja having no trial, it would have been a gross 111 • dig throughout the world. Should the inquiry be refused nity to place him at the bar of a cr i m i na l court. His by her Majesty's Government, the House would, he offence was a political offence, and the inquiry was made (Mr. Thompson) trusted, acquiesce in the mo- as it always was in such cases ;it was the description don. Eulogiums on Colonel Ovens would be no of inquiry to which the Company' s servants were answer to allegations such as those which had been laid subject.—(Mr. Thompson dissented.) Th ere w a s & upon the table, with a tender of ample proof in support positive regulation to that effect. A commission was of every one of them. Justice required that these appointed to institute an inquiry on the spot, the only allegations should be sifted, and the evidence to sustain difference made in this case being that the Raja was them be fully heard. That evidence would be exclusively allowed to remain there while the investigation went official and Parliamentary, and open to the most rigorous on.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member spoke of the scrutiny. He (Mr. Thompson) sincerely thanked the destitution of the Raja's family; why the Ran ee was i n House for their protracted attention to his address while possession this moment of 1 ,0001. a year, and her discharging a painful duty, and he ventured to antici- daughter of 5001. a year, and it we said that he left pate a vote in favour of a full and fair inquiry. 43,0001. in cash and jewels.— (Hear.) He chose to have Mr. HUME seconded the motion. European agents at Bombay, and that agency establish. The question having been put, went caused his ruin. —(gear,) Th e f act was, h as 0 had before stated Mr. ELLIOT said that having spent the greater part l. 1 , that the R a j a b ecame involved in of his life in the East Indies, he might be allowed t o offer diioeultaes in conseq uence o f placing himself under the a few observations on the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. guidance of designi ng men—European agents. The He begged to direct the attention of th e House to the evils resulting from the practice of Dative princes having course which the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets recourse to European agents was forcibly depicted in (Mr. Thompson) had pursued wit h reference to this dispatches written by Sir John Malcolm, Mr. Elphine question. That Hon. Gentleman had brought forward stone, Sir J. Carnac, and Colonel Ovens. The test a motion g relatin • to this subject on the 6th of April ; the named gentleman stated that up to 1839 the Raja of Sat debate was adjourned ; and the Hon. Gentleman, after tars had paid 36,000/. to his European agents at having deferred the resumption of the debate from one Bombay alone. It was unnecessary for him night to another, had now dropped his original motion, to occupy the attention of the House for a and had proposed a new resolution, in order that he might Longer period. Hi s o bj ect h a d b een to show the House have an opportunity of makin g another speech, befo re that it they w i s h e d to i n fli ct the greatest curse possible the accusations contai ned in his former speech had been on the people of India, it was only necessary to give en! replied to. The Hon. Gentleman asked the House to couragement to complaints of this description. Any die enter upon an investigation which, according to hi s contented person in India might find an agent to act for own showing, was utterly impossible; for the Hon. him in this country. If the Hon. Member for the Tower Gentleman had proved by his own statement that it w as Hamlets had a pecuniary object in view he might well impossible to obtain evidence of the circumstance s t o apply for this Committee. The Hon. Member had which he had Thereferred. lion. Gentleman accused shown in a letter which he wrote what he expected if he Colonel Ovens, an officer of the highest possible charac- succeeded in the case of the King of Delhi. ter. who had received the marked approbation of two Mr. G. THOMPSON denied that he had written a Governors of Bombay, of two Governors-General of letter of the description alluded to. India, of the Court of,laast India Directors, and of three Mr. ELLIOT said that the fact had been communi - Presidents of the Board of Control, with having been cated to him on authority in which he placed confis guilty of subornation of perjury and forgery. He (Mr. dence. The Hon. Member might not remember the Elliot) considered that an Hon. Gentleman who pre- circumstance, he had no doubt, that he wrote a letter 1 0 (erred charges of this nature was bound to show that he the King of Delhi, asking for the remuneration which was free from any personal feeling in the matter, that the Hon. Member deemed himself entitled to for bin he had no pecuniary interest in bringing it forward— services. (Hear, hear)—and that he was not actuated by any per- Mr. G. THOMPSON—I deny it. sonal animosity. The Honourable Gentleman had Mr. ELLIOT.—The Hon. Member had perhaps for told them he could prove the charges he had gotten the circumstances; it was some time since it made against Colonel Ovens, but he had not referred occurred. If the Hon. Member should succeed in ob . ' to the defence of that Gallant Officer which was taining the Committee he might go back to India ter contained in the papers laid upon the table. It morrow, and return in a year with 100,0001. in his was impossible for him (Mr. Elliot), in consequenceof the pocket.—(A laugh.) Only let it be known that the length of that defence, to attempt to go into it ; but he lion. Member had succeeded in appointing a Con' would endeavour to test the accuracy of the statements inittee to inquire into and set aside the decisions of all made by the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets, and the constituted authorities in India, and the Honourabl e upon which he had charged the most base and disgrace- Member might not only enrich himself it' he chose, bat ful crimes against a gentleman of high position and do more towards ruining the British power in India repute. lie (Mr, Elliot) would, in the first place, ask the than could be effected by any other means. Only fa' FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, JULY 8, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto John William Dupre, Esq., the office and place of Procurator- General in the island of Jersey, in the room of Sir Thomas Le Breton, appointed Bailiff of the said island. The Queen has also been pleased to grant to John Hammond, Esq., the office and place of Advocate- General of the island of Jersey, in the room of John William Duprd, Esq., appointed Procurator-General ot that island. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 11. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Great Yarmouth Joseph Sanders, jun., of Taplew House, in the county of Bucking ham, Esq. ; Charles Edmund Rumbold, of Preston Candover, in the county of Southampton, Esq.; the last election for the said borough having been declared void. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The Hon. Frederick Gough to be Deputy-Lieutenant, July 1, 1848. WMI FEHALL, JUNE 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Austen Treffry Mills, of Redruth, in the county of Cornwall, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Hancock, hosier, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. BANKRUPTS. Robert Adkin, builder, Queen's-road, Notting-hill, Middlesex, to surrender July 18 and Aug. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Yenning and Co., Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. Isaac Freeman, grocer, Cambridge, July 21, and August 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Meredith and Co., New square, Liucoln's-inn; Barley and Co., Ely, Cambridge shire. Edward Orme, innkeeper, Knutsford, Cheshire, July 24 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Thomas Hanson, farmer, Lenney Barn, Lancashire, July 27, and August 11, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Lon don; Whitehead and Son, Rochdale. William Wylam and Joshua Greene, jun., merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 20, and August 25, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, • licial assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; T. and NV . r, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, London. Charies Savage, sen., builder, Portsea, July 19, at one, and Aug. 23, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Low, Chancery-lane; Price, Portsea. John Rhodes and James Rhodes, cotton spinners, Rochdale, July 26 and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester; Sharpe and Co , Bedford-row, London; Holgato and Roberts, Rochdale. William Sargeat Denny, linen draper, Long Buckley, Northamptonshire, Jaly 18, at twelve, and Aug. 23, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn fields, London. William Clotheir, mason, Quickset-row, New-road, Fitzroy-square, July 21 and Aug. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; King and Co., Temple. Thomas Kent, timber merchant, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, July 21, at twelve, and Aug. 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Freeman, James-street, Bedford-row; Hicks, North ampton. Haynes Barrow Higginson, merchant, Liverpool, July 27 and Aug. 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove 4 official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London; Lowndes and Co., Li verpool. Thomas Robson, agent, Manchester, July 24 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory and Co., Bedford row, Loudon; Cooper, Manchester. Jacob Forth, hatter, Nottingham, July 21 and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittles tun, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Richard Hawkins, cheese dealer, Newnham, Glouces tershire, July 25 and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Smith, Newnham, and Bridges, Bristol. James Wynn, gas manufacturer, Falmouth, July 25 and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Meter District Court. Hirtzell, official assignee, lixeter; Moorman, Falmouth; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter; Tippetts and Son, Pancras lane, Bucklersbury, London. John Bridgeford, printer, Sheffield, July 22 and Aug. 12, at ten, at Council-hall, Sheffield. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Tattersall, Great James-street, Lon don; Bramley and Gainsford, Sheffield. William Drinkwater, draper, Liverpool, July 19 and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Messrs. Norris and Co., Bedford-row, London; Tyrer, Liverpool. James Robson Duncan, woollen draper, Liverpool, July 19 and Aug. 11, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur ner, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Tem ple, London; Minshull, Liverpool. William Hignett, tobacconist, Liverpool, July 27 and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Walker, Furnival's Inn, London; Bradley, Liverpool. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 11.) SUGAR. — Although the Sugar Duties Bill has passed the House of Commons, and the usual propositions ad hered to, that is to say, colonial to be subject to a duty of 13s, clayed Foreign 20s, and brown ditto 18s Gd per cwt, still there was no improvement in the home demand to-day for any kind of raw Sugar, whilst the export orders completed were trifling. Prices are depressed for all sorts, and with colonial the market sale of 5 ilhds ado was well supplied. Of We s t I n di a M uscova d o th e quan &c., includingtitysoldw a publicassmall, and amounted l2 to B o a n t l b y23 e o hhds,s a t the 13s duty, which went off quietly, middling yellow at 38s 6d to 393 6d, good 40s to 41s 6d, and fine 42s to 435. Prices of West India Sugar of all kinds are 6d per cwt lower than on Friday. REFINED.—To -day the dealings in Refined goods by the home trade were of a limited nature, still brown grocery lumps could not be obtained under 54s 6d, and to pass the standard 56s 6d per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar a fair business was concluded, and prices are firm at 25s 6d to 27s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was little disposi tion shown to do business in Mauritius Sugar, and • t public sale. The 11,157 bags 323 trcs were of red biddings were languid, and prices declined 6 d to Is tor yellow, land 6d for brown and grey sorts, still the chief portion of the Sugar was sold. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar met with less demand, and 3,052 bags at public sale were only in part sold at 6d to Is per cwt decline. Of Bengal 1,006 bags were sold, but upon rather lower terms. FOREIGN.—This afternoon little desire was shown to do business in Foreign Sugar by private treaty. At auction 80 bags of Pernambuco went at 35s for low dark brown. CoFrEs.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with attention, and 36 casks Bg2 bags at auction were all sold at firm rates. For Native there was less demand, and 1,151 bags were only partly sold, but full rates were ob tained. Of Madras, 146 bags were taken in at 26s to 27s for fine ordinary, and 250 bags St. Domingo at 28s. 57 casks 294 bags West India went at full terms. CocoA.—There are again heavy arrivals Of West In- the Hot showing possible the Hot Raja, b the foil from th to trim look at eight y Hume) that it from tt rectors extraor to be a Major answer " Whei I cons paid. bar, Are atter by 1 _:__ aim to abi eni evil the the jus led; and