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O l , ltbs B 40 ot i t i e vas teo tb e On Ist' • 3 0 * Ag• ne Vie' la`• vic , A 1) 1 ,1 sis 'clol l it; • OP" ri g K,2 7 , 1 71t; iev, Lai° 0 0 0 , bee dab 91 5 P i , 3 •• .5 7 s • 6 6 . 1 • bei • 1 9 9 $ 13 . • S 4 • •SO • r ; 0 6 , • OR 1 I▪ -I 0 6 5 1) .341 • .3 4 5 • 3 4 • 3 4 5 ,Si 9 1) 5 • 1 1 • 54 • 251 1 9 ; 91; 9 1 1.5 , 661 , 661 , • ;se' xto ) on term oo I ;b P r g 5 e nib ,0 ery refS' at c ; 1.( DO". !9; 1 -.4 ; • , ,813410' ; , ;„, 4 ; ° 3 of 0° tosserdmsbydesntoarldi.s4 to 21, thus giving a majority of 33 to JUNE 24, 1831.—During the debate on the Address in reply to t h e speec h f rom the throne, the the 13 ill Was the chief, bone of contention. One of resolutions was equivalent to a sanction of the l ouse to it, i n a il i ts det ail s ; an d expresse d a warm c otivicti o n t h at,uuder its provisions, peace and prosperity would be r es t ore d . Th i s was l ust il y oppose d, an d M r . li aldwin, the ex-Solicitor-General, offered a re solution to the e ffect that, although they were in favour of and willing to try the Union Bill, they had no hope. of any; such result from its present provisions. This was rejected. A Mr. Merritt, a cute Yankee, who looks after number one with peculiar shrewdness, then moved an amendment that left the House at liberty to modify the Bill at, against 31inierasntys, further day when the discussion of it . Caine befo re it. Thi s was carr i e d b y a l arge ma j or ity and the Radicals rejoiced in a triumph. was short-lived, however. During the night the wsveret..s were tampered with. It was evident they did not se`J that the motion carried was tantamount to a con bltir.ation of the Bill ; and presented, at the very jrrJshold, a stum b l i ng b lock i n t h e pat h o f hi s Excel " 79% Next day they voted directly in the teeth' of their motion, and left the modification of the details of the Bill to experience hereafter. It is thus the Ministry Propos e t o proceed and carry all b efore t h em b y super i or 'tinning and tact. It Was moved and carried that the address be pre sented by the whole House to his Excellency, and to daY about fifty Members, headed by the Speaker, pro ceeded to Alwintan House, tu carry the motion into effect. The Speaker read the address, and his Lord ship read and then handed him a very short reply, and thus ended the lab ours of t we l v e days' legislation of the nited Parliament of United Canada. As I wrote you before, the promised loan of a million and a half has a wonderful effect. Madame R umour — a d ame w h ose au th or ity is some ti I nes doubtful, although, in this instance, I believe p :s e tares positively' that Charles Poulett, Lord Ydenharn, in regard to the softer sex, is very sus a very susceptible indeed ! To be sure he is bachelor, but that is no contradiction=as he is an .IQPairer of variety, and delights therein. Some t°}lder spirits go further, and say, that he has been tr e slave of the ladies through life ; and considering the neansitory nature of his tastes—his wanness, his bilious -1„. ss ' his goutiaess, and his emaciation are not to be 4_olldered at. 'lf he don't look out, and betake himself a perraanerit establishment, in the shape of a perms Wentwill wife hits blushing honours, just budding into life, sa, die befc, re they reach maturity. It is scandalous to well I know, yet the :Arne authority quoted above nth h ave *it, that many of the •Members who attended t'm address went from a curiosity to see a certain L e ' , lnd her co - ma t e . Statesmen are very moral men— an But such things are minor matters, of course! 1 s eeing that Lord Sydenham is liberal, why it would e very- illiberal to curtail his pleasures—very ! I, for c a ti ? -, must respond to such sentiments ; and although pther a Methodist, a Churchman, nor a Kirkman, A ieh sects disturb the peace here, I must say, in re surd to his Lordship, it is best . to throw a veil over all e/1 t rifles —their exposure cannot do any good, any how. • hThe f ort i fications at Poi n t Henry, near Ki ngs t on , are b e carried on immediately on a large scale. And we din it on good authority that the projected defences of ext 7sto are about to be immediately commenced on an nSive his scale—thus already realizing some of the pro ates conined in the speech of the Governor- General ae pepse 1 of the present session of Parliament. 1 , „ .I . II tRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS AT QUEBEC.—The ,;Nht ship Orbit, 670 tons, Capt. Robinson, from Cork, itth the following detachment, arrived at Quebec last " A uaY morning :- ' a d Light Infantry-6 officers, 2 buglers, and 60 rank ati ci file. ral Th an L a i fi g i h ,e t . Infantry-2 officers, 4 sergeants, and 124 1170th Regiment—Capt. Taylor, Lieut. Carew, Ensigns fije°l)egood and Macdougal, 4 sergeants, and 120 rank and 2 9th Regiment —Captains Daly and Aylmer, 3 subal- T $ 2 sergeants, and 100 rank and file. PARTIES IN THE NEW CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.—One rna,.,our Corre.spondents says During the week a ru s-i-uur has .one the rounds of the political circles now E L" e # 4l _,° l o. here, of a union between the parties repre sented by Sir Allan M‘Nab, Mr. Neilson, and Mr Ayl t),,,n, and numberless have been the prognostications of ` l „. l ,:esult s of an alliance so preposterous and improbable. Montreal montreal from NEILSON AT MONTREAL.—It is said in the real Courier., that Wolfred Neilson had come to auout th e e • Patsburg, and had been seen walking Very xcelle Ili s E NEW BRUNSWICK. gratifyi ng r icY Sir William Colebrooke has re ceived iir from several arts of New un swi 6 , since dd he resses assumed the Government of that Province. Ma jor -General Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.8., who arrived at Halifax in the Columbia, to assume the com mand of her Majesty's Forces i n Nova Scotia and New Br unswick, landed on the 15th instant, under a salute ..r(341 Fort George, and was received by a guard of ho - ,ou r.—New York .Herald. LORD SYDENIIIIII'S LETTER TO GOVERNOR DAVIS.— ' he following is the answer of the Governor-General of I ,7,aoada to Governor Davis, relating to runaway rascals. he views are sound : Government House, Kingston, June 4, 1841. en S , lll ,—Your E xc ellency's letter of the 24th ultimo, closing certain indictments, found by the Jurors for vamiNtiviroalth orMAssuehusetts against one Seele, 4c/ e s Tho m p son, now i n custo d y at M on t rea l, was de -1 red to me last night by the person entrusted with it 4 3 : c u. Agreeing with your Excellency that it is for 4 , 0 Ip.terests of both countries that fugitives from justice 4 e uld not be protected from the action of the laws which 3,,Z have offended, I have not hesitated to accede to ipnpgliicyation for the surrender of the individual to the authorities of the State of Massachusetts. I have rrda directed the Sheriff of Montreal to convey ; lin to the frontier of Canada, and there to deliver him .zite the custody of the officers directed to receive him on „ p of the State.—l have the honour to be, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, SYDENHAM. Excellency Governor Davis. IRELAND. 11„ L°11 D CAMPBELL—CHANCERY REFORM. e.n to ., -I ' l4 x, JULY 13.—At the close of the sittings in the of Chancery, yesterday, the LORD CHANCELLOR ad i7d the ' bar as follows : ,1 1 : 43 4 there are no other causes, petitions, or motions to be. to P° Th se d.uf, the sittings will now close ; and I think it proper seir e ntlen to the bar, that I purpose forthwith to devote my te the consideration how far the procedure of the Court 4 e farth er s i mp lifi e d and improved. practiceave the satisfaction to find that where the Chancery er „ : is different in Ireland and in England, that established iii e f e ' s, .in various instances, to be preferred—as discarding of e fo.rms, and speeding the suit to a hearing. The mode effect(elg decrees in mortgage suits is, likewise, much more u a l . b e lt n in the abolition of the Six Clerks' O ffi ce an example has i e l s et Which E ng l an d w ill d o well to imitate. This change, ih e k va every reason to believe, has here proved a great relief to Lesssuitors, and has materially facilitated the conduct of busi ,, amon g the solicitors. la ud, B at there can be no doubt that, both in England and Ire still t he administration of justice in courts of equity may be e s greatly improved by increased expedition and diminished , Se. lawaWhile for grievances redressed by the courts of common he and co m p ara tively cheap remedy is afforded, it th `le admitted that where demands are of a fiduciary nature , la at they can only be enforced in a court of equity, the de - are often most harassing, and the costs often are so great ~ .4 q li r °Pertion to the sum to be recovered, that the snore pru it iffu co urse is to submit to wrong and to give a triumph to vel i Pri, e great cause of this evil is the prolixity of the written his b.`, l , l gs in a suit, which is generally begun by the plaintiff in 1 040 4$ . very tediously telling his tale three times over. I Co tt I t. is the opinion of that consummate equity Judge, Lord Ifliti u t natal , that a simple statement of the facts on which the asks for e uitable relief would be quite su ffi cient, and t4 t q other parts of the bill are superfluous. ts,,r I believe that in various cases, when property is to be -mullnistered by the aid of the Court, bills and answers may dispensed with, and that upon a short petition there 'ap e a " °nee be a reference to the Master. The time and de,:se.thus saved in creditors' suits, and others of the same e xa, ,ption, it would be difficult to calculate, without seeming ,° Vration. ';, these reforms I know that I shall have the warm and 4 !5t% ° ,, " support of the bar. In the alterations I have been "tl e n i-tental in introducing into the law of real property and ste tii ; d a ,°f debtor and creditor in England, I was zealously test tide d by all branches of the profession there, and here I t est e d e : e l :fi s dently look for equal intelligence and equal disinte 'o:‘oATY great reliance, however, must be on the advic e and ler,,Pt%tAtion of that accomplished lawyer, Sir Michael 0 Lo scy kuld ne Master of the Rolls, equally distinguished for the tteapi ayQd n e'is of his decisions ou the bench, and the aptitude he has " k ir the improvement of our judicial institutions. kit u not forget that, before I have completed this import- This udertaking, I may be reduced to a private station, but t hter e „ an be no sufficient reason why I should not zealously h igh -I)" it. I shall be prepared, at any time, to leave the seiw.lee•which I have now the honour to hold, with the con "sess that, while I held it, I intended well. Laudo masientem. Si celerea quatit Petinas, resigno gore dedit ---- probatn v e l'aup er i em s i ne dote quzro.' 4 0 " ere are sixt een i nsane H os pit a l s i n the United sB, ac commodating about 1,700 patients. , e t) ERIC LIKELY.—The Philadelphia Saturday urier ve rt , says it was a beautiful girl that converted G - lik ler Carlin, of Illinois, to the Mormon religion. Very o n e , , --, ):: indeed ' ! It was a , beautiful girl that converted the ( thor Adam, and induced that gentleman to nibble Pi pp i n. New York Paper. ;, SUICIDE AT 'BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—Last I:7::rip:along inquiry took place by Mr. Pane, at the Steel or ja‘•°ffee-hous,, Upper Thames-street, on view of the body M`Lachlan, aged 22, who was found drowned near e„i, wan -stairs, on Sunday Afternoon. It appeared from the No 'e.t.),ee that the deceased was the wife of a tailor, residing at s 1. Hosier -lane, and that she and her husband went to elteri'ri"(l,nsined Fisher, living near Shoe. lane, on Monday k on l 'g, When the husband asked the wife to let him have some i ng c I Y to fetch something to drink, which she objected to, say ipushee, her as alvvays wanting money. The husband, bring vexed, tdo wn „, uhen she fell a-crying—after which she threw him 'but the purse, and took a bottle to fetch the drink herself, obstinate returned. The deceased was a good wife, but very u x. ,as well as her husband, which led to f..equent quarrel- Found She had attempted self .destruction before. Verdict— drowned" p LAu k .„.... "'la OF THE MEDWAY PACKET STEAM 1p...... ::' tr''Wde On Tuesday afternoon, a vast multitude of persons • car ~d the dock -yard of Mr. Pitchard, situate at Northfleet, . • M I , :YravPsend, to witness the launch of a first class steam-ship, tater qd a wa Y' I ~, , ,200 tons burthen, which took place at high ‘te na ' --"" In perfect safety. She belongs to the East India • 1 4 .!' e 'Packet P., ) ,,, ete T .eveuingtv pany, and is intended to carry out the mails. she w as get( t °th e taken in tow by a steamer, and pro es. 41..dia, Dods, where she now lies. L ITE RA TU RE. EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CXL VIIL Longman, London, 1841. Never was man better qualified, by habit and the peculiar structure of his mind, for the task of a Reviewer, than Mr. Macaulay. Quick —lively - ardent—argumentative, when argument is re quired—eloquent when an impression is to be made by mere force and splendour of style— subtle and ingenious, if not profound or original, as a thinker—and abounding in that sort of infor mation which is most likely to take with the gene rality of readers ;—the Right Hon. Gentleman possesses every requisite, except wit, necessary to constitute an accomplished periodical essayist. His memory, too, which in some degree supplies the place of fancy, is strong to retain every im pression that has once been made on it, so that he is never at a loss, even when busied with the most unpromising themes, for lively, apt allusion end illustration. The variety of the sources from which he gathers his materials is indeed ex traordinary. The.poets, sophists, and historians of Greece and Rome; the writers of France and Italy; the dramatists, essayists, metaphysicians, divines, an: - 1 wits of our Elizabethan and Angus ' tan ages; the A rablan and Persian story-tellers ; the Spanish romancers ; the Byzantine chroni clers ; and those long-winded prosers, the early Fathers of the CatholicChurch;—all are ransacked to supply Mr. Macaulay with striking points and ingenious illustrations. Hence his pages glitter at times like a constellation, arid as his chief ambition seems to be to dazzle and astonish, rather than to convince, he rarely misses his mark. Gene rally speaking, his Reviews consist of a suc cession of brilliant and effective passages, now of a descriptive,, now of a dramatic, and now of a metaphysical character, thrown together without much method or arrangement.; exhibit ing no traces of a severe or continuous process of thought; no patient working out of favourite ideas and principles ; but keeping, nevertheless, the reader's mind in a constant state of excite ment. Of such a sort is the article entitled " The Port-Royalists," which stands first in the present Number, and which we have no hesita- ' Lion in ascribing to the Right Hon. Gentleman's pen. It is an account, in sketch, of the founders of the well-known Abbey of Port Royal ; and though rambling and desultory to a degree, and exhibiting a bold contempt for all chronological arrangement, possesses the enchaining interest of a Scotch novel—so picturesque are its de scriptions; so' vivid its outlines of character, which remind us of some of Retsch's etchings from Faust; and so agreeably does its style al ternate between epigram and amplification. The celebrated Cornelius Jansen of course occupies a niche in this temple which the Reviewer has erected to the honour and glory of the Port- Royalists ; but instead of entering into a detailed statement of this religious Reformer's creed, he might have contented himself with telling us in one word, that it was neither more nor less than Methodism. Jansen was the Wesley.—or rather Whitfield—of his day. He held that the ma jority of the human race were born for no other purpose than to be damned, and that the select Few only were destined to salva tion. This unsocial creed did not suit the more pliant and orthodox divines of France, so a paper war was commenced against Jansenism, which lasted for seventy years, and gave abundant em ployment to all the wits, satirists, and historians of the time. In Voltaire's tales there are, if we remember rightly, several sarcastic hits at the followers of the great Cornelius. Of' the well known Madame de Maintenon, Mr. Macaulay furnishes us en passant with a very graphic sketch, which, though on the whole condemna tory, might have been more severely so with propriety. To say that she was a narrow-minded prude, is not saying enough. She was a canting, heartless hypocrite; ever most intriguing when apparently most frank and candid ; concealing an insatiable thirst for power Midi* aLunge4ted show of moderation ; and professing extrervie interestedness when she was at heart .the'nsOSt selfish of upstarts. Of all the mistresses of the Grande Monarque—and their name is Legion— this woman is the most unamiable. Compared with her, poorLaValliere is a paragon of purity ; and even the haughty De Montespan shows white as snow beside her. It was our lot to wade through her Correspondence, some two years since, and never was seen such a specimen of dull, petty, canting common-place ! That Louis was duped by such a woman, proves not her quick s wittedness, but his mental imbecility. As a specimen of Mr. Macaulay's graphic and picturesque style; we quote his account of a projected attack on the Abbey of Port Royal, about the cordmencement of the wars of the Fronde—the character of which wars, by the by he defines with the hap piest accuracy : Guided by such pastors, the Port-Royalists were fol lowing out a prof Tess -more tranquil than that of John Bunyan's Pilgr i m, when the wars of the Fronde rudely scattered tie shepherd and the flock. Most of the nuns fled fr.'r refuge to Paris, but the recluses (they were Frenchmen still) appeared three hundred strong, in de fence of their sequestered valley. Above their hair shirts glittered coats-of-mail. As the last notes of the anthem died away, the trumpet summoned the worship pers to military exercises. Spears and helmets flashed through the woods—plumes waved over many a fur rowed brow—intrenchments, which may still be traced, were thrown up ; and the evening gun, the watchword, and the heavy tread of cavalry, broke a silence till then undisturbed, except by the monastic choir, or the half uttered prayer of some lonely penitent. De Sericourt felt once again his pulse beat high as he drew out the martial column, and raised the long-forgotten words of peremptory command. But ere long a voice more sub dued, though not less peremptory, was heard to silence his. De Saci's heart mourned over this reliance on an arm of flesh. Watching the first pause in the new en thusiasm of his associates, he implored them to lay aside their weapons ; and in long-suffering to submit them selves and their cause to the Supreme Disposer of events. At an instant the whole aspect of Port-Royal was changed. Students returned to their books, penitents to their cells, and handicraftsmen to their ordinary labours. It was a change as sudden and as complete as when, at the bidding of the Genius, the crowded bridge and the rushing river disappeared from the eyes of Mirza, leaving before him nothing but the long hollow Valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing 'on the sides of it. " Cecil and De Clifford" is a commendatory notice of two novels that have lately attracted considerable attention. The Reviewer attributes the former to the sprightly pen of Mrs. Gore, but we can scarely credit that she could have written it, for the keen insight into the inner heart of man that " Cecil " exhibits in its more serious scenes, could not have been attained by a woman. That she may have assisted in the composition, is likely enough, but we cannot bring ourselves to believe that she was the sole authoress. Judging from one or two marked peculiarities of manner, we feel strongly disposed to assign the notice of the "Colman Family" to Mr. Leigh Hunt. It is lightly and spiritedly written, but we have rather too much of the Bonnell Thorntons, Lloyds, Churchills, and other contemporaries of the elder Colman, not one of whom is now remembered, with the ex ception, perhaps, of Churchill. And even his is no enviable notoriety. He has come down to us, not as a poet, but as a coarse, vigorous, ill natured satirist, who is more remarkable for force of style than strength of thought. His best work is his " Rosciad, ' and even this would be sorry enough, if it were not for the apt and pointed sketch of Mossop. We cordially agree with the Reviewer in his estimate of George Colman " the Younger "—as he styled himself at the very juvenile age of seventy. He was a genuine humourist, but his sentiment was mere maudlin drivel, without an atom of heart in it; and his attempts at a high tragic flight were stiil more deplorable. All that is sterling in his " Iron Chest " is directly borrowed from " Caleb Williams ;" but his " Mountaineers " being mere noisy rant throughout, is, we presume, his own. His best play is his " John Bull." This was a hit between wind and water—a successful aim at the bull's eye—and dexterously chimed in with the feelings and prejudices of the national character at the period when it was written. In the notice of " Swinburne on the Courts of Europe," the Reviewer, we are glad to see, does justice to the memory of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, whose reputation has passed through the furnace of calumny, seven times heated, and come out unharmed. Indiscreet she was, fond of pleasure, and too prone fo meddle with affairs of State; but she had no worse failings; and when we call to mind her rare magnanimity, her heroic determination of pur pose, and the calm, undaunted front she op posed to her enemies in the hour of her bitterer adversity, we can pardon these, or ahundredsuch trivial blemishes. In a passing allusion to Riche lieu,the Reviewerspeaks of him as " resting the Crown upon the Church, the Jesuits, the Princes, and the Noblesse." Now, this is not correct. The despotic Cardinal took special care that the Crown of France should rest but on one person —and that one was himself. The King reigned by him, and through him, only. He it was, and no other, who pulled the strings that moved the Royal puppet. The one was no:ninally, the other was virtually, a Sovereign. As for the Nobles and Princes, Richelieu reduced their power to a mere cypher, and gave a shock to the feudal system, from which it never after wards thoroughly recovered. Indeed, the Re- 4 viewer himself acknowledges that he " destroyed the iadividuality of the Noblesse ;" but lie did more,—he absolutely extinguished them as an influential body in the State. Had •his successor, Magaxin, possessed but half his energy, never should we have heard of De Retz, or the senseless wars of the Fronde. " Grounds and Objects of the Budget" is sound in its argument, but somewhat too tame and whininr , in its spirit. At a crisis like the pre sent, the Reviewer should have spoken out more boldly. When a cause is urgent, and its issue doubtful, a lukewarm advocate does it more harm than good. " The late Lord Holland" is a kindly and respectful tribute to the memory of a gene rous, tolerant, public-spirited Nobleman, who rarely made an acquaintance that he did not im mediately convert into a fast friend. Our readers will, no doubt, be pleased with this, eloquent de scription of Holland House, and its late illus trious owner : The time is coming when, perhaps, a few old men, the last survivors of our generation, will in vain seek, amidst new streets, and squares, and railway stations, for the site of that dwelling which was in their youth the fa vourite resort of wits and beauties—of painters and poets —of scholars, philosophers, and statesmen. They will then remember, with strange tenderness, many objects once familiar to them—the avenue and the terrace, the busts and the paintings ; the carving, the grotesque gild ing, and the enigmatical mottoes. With peculiar find ness, they will recal that venerable chamber, in which all the antique gravity of a college library was so singularly blended with all that female grace and wit could devise to embellish a drawing-room. They will recollect, not unmoved, those shelves loaded with the varied learning of many lands and many ages ; those portraits in which were preserved the features of the best and wisest English men of two generations. They will recollect how many men who have guided the politics of Europe—who have moved great assemblies by reason and eloquence—who have put life into bronze and canvass, or who have left to posterity things so written as it shall not willingly let them die— were there mixed with all that was loveliest and gayest in the society of the most splendid of capitals. They will remember the singular character which belonged to that circle, in which every talent and accomplishment, every art and science had its place. They will remember how the last debate was discussed in one corner, and the last comedy of Scribe in another ; while Wilkie gazed with modest admiration on Reynolds' Baretti ; while Mackintosh turned over Thomas Aquinas to verify a quotation ; while Talleyrand related his conversations with Barras at the Luxemburg, or his ride with Lannes over the field of Austerlitz. They will remember, above all, the grace—and the kindness, far more admirable than grace—with which the princely hospitality of that an cient mansion was dispensed. They will remember the 'venerable and benignant countenance, and the cerdial voice of him who bade them welcome. They will remember that temper which years of pain, of sickness, of lameness, or confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter ; and that frank politeness which at once relieved all the embarrassment of the youngest and most timid writer or artist, who found himself for the first time among Am bassadors and Earls. DUTull AND GERMAN MAIL. BATAVIA, MARCH 18.—Accounts from Padang, of the 26th of February, say that on the 24th a rising had taken place, which appeared to be of a serious nature. The Regent of Balips was at the head of it. Fort Goeque Maetentang, which had a full garrison, Fort Koch, and the camp of Padan*-Riloe, were attacked at the same time. Colonel Michael, Governor of the west coast of Sumatra, was preparing to set out with the troops in Padang for the upper country. The ship Eagle has brought the intelligence that Colonel Michiel had succeeded in quelling the insurrection in a few days. A later account from Colonel Michiel brings the im portant news that Kalic Roaja, formerly Governor of Balips, has been taken prisoner and brought to Padang, and the state of things in the ulper part of Padang was so favourable that there was every reason to hope that order will shortly be restored. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 9.—Saib Mulib Effendi is to re turn in a few days on board the Nile steamer, to Con stantinople, and to take five millions of piastres, as part of the tribute. It is affirmed that the Pacha has offered an annual tribute of two millions of dollars, if he is left at liberty with respect to his internal administration, otherwise he will pay only one million. The day before yesterday .About four hundred Egyp tians returned from Constapiinopl4who either deserted or were taken prisottors Sp - 44 They were imme diately restored, and , .lthough, the., Sultan's order was that they should return to; their homes, it is probable 'that they will sooner or later incorporated in the army. .Many more are to follow.--*lllgenieine Zeitung, June 9. " DUTCH FUNDS.—AsisTEamtm, N Ju o tt e - , 1 . 2 Bills. % Actual Debt, 2)6 per Cent •Jitto. ditto 5 per cent. Amert Svndic,4% per cent 90% 90% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 74 74% ComMercial Company, 4% per cent...„ 162% 113% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. .....« lOl% 10.: Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 97% Exchange on London, One month— Two months ..... „ l2 02% Hamburgh, One month ) '75 Two months 35 50 Dutch Papers, July 13. • SELGIAN OUNDS—Baussime, JULY 13. Actual Debt, 2)fiser Cent. Rothschild's Loa& 5 per Cent IOO% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 92 Spec Cent. 70% .(1'40) ICO% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 92 Society of Commerce lgiu , 4 S i per Cent 93% Bank of Bem, 5 per Cent.... ......... 74 }i National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, July 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Arty 3 fiveper Costs. Metalliques • 105% FOUT per ...... . ........ 97 kis Three per Cents. Bank Shares . . ....... * ....... Zeitung. July 10 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JULY 10. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ................... ".. 106% Bank Shares 1656 Anglo.ltussian Loan JO-% 108% Russian 5 per Cent. tat series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series.. .........«....„....„« lO2 101% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Thirty meven. series ..........................• •••••••••••••••••••.••••• 97A ••••• Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent . ( 1840) BSA SO Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent tO% 5;% Ditto 5 per Cent — -- Polish Bonds ... 145 New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ........ ......-.... 75 1 4 75 Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cirnt li i'.% 102 k Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB THE ELECTIONS. ENGLISH AND WELCH COUNTIES. ANTI-MONOPOLISTS. MONOPOLISTS. NORFOLK (EAST).—CLOSE OF THE POLL. . Folkes, Esq. 11. Burroughes, Esq. 3,440 LEICESTER (SOUTH).—CLOSE OF THE POLL. - Cheney, Esq.* - Gisborne, Esq 1,200 C. W. Packe, Esq... 2,624 IRELAND. DUBLIN COUNTY.-SECOND DAY. Lord Brabazon ... 650 .1. Hamilton, Esq.... 750 G. H. Evans, E5q..... 647 Capt. Taylor 742 SCOTLAND, STIRLING COUNTY.—CLosE or THE POLL. Sir M. Bruce* ELECTIONS TO COME. LIST OF CANDIDATES, NOMINATIONS, AND DAYS OF POLLING. SUFFOLK (WEST). —Polling, July 15 and 16. Candi dates—Lieut.-Col. R. Rushbroolce, H. S. Waddington. WEXFORD (County).—Polling day, 16th July. Candi dates—H. K. G. Morgan, Esq., Captain V. F. Hatton, Esq. J. Devercux, and E. Devereux. WEXFORD.—Sir T. Esmonde, James Bourne, Esq. Election day July 16. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic Returns for the Week ending July 12, 1841 : Passengers Merchandise 909 6 10 Darlington, July 14. £1,422 17 6 THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE NEW ROAD. —On Tuesday forenoon the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Walker, a chair maker, aged 39, who was burnt in the fire at Mr. Rielly's re cumbent chair and sofa manufactory, 18, Quickset-row, New road, on the 2d inst., was resumed before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Goat and Compasses, New-road. The object of the adjournment was to find out, if possible, the origin of the fire. Mary Ann Davey said that she lodged in the first front room of the house previous to its being burnt, with her husband and five children. About eleven o'clock she was standing on the stairs, talking to Miss Rielly, and was about leaving her, when she observed a great quantity of smoke coming towards them from the bottom of the house, and a strong smell of fire. She int med ately ran into the room, and informed her husband, who was in bed, of the circumstance. He got up, and she accom panied him to the bottom of the house, when, on opening the door of the "hold" (a place used as a receptacle for pieces of wood, shavings, &c. ) they found it in flames. They ran up stairs as fast as possible, made an alarm, and then made their escape, together with their children, over the lead flat. She supposed the deceased was in bed, for she heard him go up stairs, and also heard him wish the people in the room adjoining him " Good night." Before they ef. fected their escape she sent her eldest son up to wake him, but he could not do so as the door was fast on the inside. Mr. Rielly said he had not been able to ascertain how the de ceased got in doors on the night the fire broke out. The jury, on the suggestion of the Coroner, returned a verdict —" That the deceased was found dead, having Leen burnt in the tire at 18, Quickset-row, New-road, but how that fire originated there was no evidence to show." BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR JULY.—The principal feature in this excellent periodical for July, an earlier notice of which the press of election news prevented, is the commencement of a new Romance of Real Life from the per. of Charles Whitehead, author of several extremely popular tales and sketches. It is entitled " Richard Savage," and, as we glean from a brief introduction, will contain an autobiography of the celebrated, but unfortunate poet, whose life, by Dr. Johnson, must be familiar with the majority of our readers. The opening chapters are full of excellent promise. The in terest is at once awakened for the youthful hero, and the author's style, which is plain, fresh, and vigorous, reminds us of that of the elder novelists, whose works still are consdered models in that elasss of composition. We hail the commencement of this tale with unaffected pleasure, conscious that it will ex tend the reputation of the Miscellany. '1 be illustrations by Leach are in the best style of this eminent artist. Ingoldsby is even unusually rich this month. llis tale of " The Ingoldsby Penance," is full of quaint humour, and deals many a quiet hit at the penances traded in by Mother Church. In this style of composition Ingoldsby, though surrounded by imitators, is with out a competitor. " The Body Coachman," by Albany Poyntz, is an amusing sketch, exhibiting much play of fancy and knowledge of life. There are no less than fourteen en graved illustrations embellishing this month's Miscellany, which argues a determination on the part of the spirited proprietor, to ." spare no expense in making his Magazine attractive. —Dublin Evening Packet. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The depres sion in the Great Western Railway shares is owing to a report at the Stock Exchange that the directors are about calling on the proprietors for a loan of 1,000,0004, more money to com plete the line. THE RAJA. OF SATTARA. INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a Special General COurt of the Proprietors of India Stock was held at their House in Leadenhall street, for the purpose of considering the case of the ex- Raja of Sattara. George Lyall, Esq., M.P., the Chairman, accompa nied by most of the Directors, entered the Court at twelve o'clock, when the minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN having intimated the special nature of the business, called upon Mr. Lewis, but Mr. POYNDER begged to put a question to the Chair man before the business was proceeded with.—(Cries of " No, no.") He wished to know whether the Directors had received any answer to the despatch of the 3d March. The CHAIRMAN said that was a Special Court, and it was irregular to discuss any other matter. Mr. POYNDER said a simple answer to his simple question would not have occupied so much time. He was content, however, as he understood that it would be competent for him to renew the question after the busi ness of the day had been gone through. Mr. LEWIS then rose to move " That, it appears from the papers laid before the Court of Proprietors in the case of the Raja of Sattara, that his Highness was ac cused of treasonable - designs against the British Govern ment, upon ex pare, anonymous, and contradictory statements, without his having an opportunity of de fending himself : That, he was called upon to sign a do cument admitting his guilt, as the condition of being continued on his Throne : That, on his refusing to ac cede to this extraordinary and degrading proposal— while asserting his innocence, and requesting to be in formed of the charges aga i ns t him, and the names of his accusers—he was suddenly, at midnight, removed from his Palace by a military force--deprived of his property —and sent a prisoner to Benarcs : That, such a course of proceeding must have the effect of destroying the confidence of the Native Princes of India, in the justice and honour of the British Government ; and, therefore, this Court recommends to the Court of Directors, that a full and fair i nves ti gat i on o f th e accusations against the Raja be forthwith inst i tute d, by an impartial Committee to be appointed f or th a t pur p o se ; and, in the event of the accusations not being substantiated, that the Raja be restored to that Throne which, according to the re• corded opinion of the Court of Directors, he had for so many years adorned, by a course of conduct calculated to promote the prosperity of Ms dominions, and the happi ness of his people.' " Before proceeding to argue the case he had to lay before the Court, he begged to ask the Chairman whether the Court of Directors had received anrcommunication on the subject from the Board of Con trol, and, if so, would it be read to the Court. The CHAIRMAN—No, we have received no communi cation. Mr. LEWIS, in bringing the question relating to the treatment of the Raja of Sattara before the Court, said he was anxious to assure them that he did not wish to impute motives to any one, nor in any manner to assail private character ; he considered the question as one of public policy upon a measure which vitally concerned the character of the Indian Government. Many indivi duals had been connected with the transaction, and if their conduct in it was unjust, harsh, or at variance with Christian policy, it was then not only the privilege of the Proprietors, but it was their bounden duty, to characte rise such conduct in such a manner as it seemed to them to deserve; it was their duty to scrutinize the conduct of such individuals; to make it the subject of remark, and, if necessary, to make it the subject of animadver sion. On a former day, he had stated his inten tion of arraigning the Government of India be fore public opinion, for their harsh and oppressive treatment of the ex-Raja of Satara. They had brought three distinct charges against the Raja—first, that the Raja had been guilty of an attempt to seduce some Sepoys from their allegiance to the English •, second, that he had carried on a treasonable correspondence with the ex- Raja of Nagpore ; and thirdly, that he had carried on a treasonable correspondence with the Portuguese Go vernor of Goa. Now, with reference to the first charge, it appeared to him the evidence of the Sepoys was not at all conclusive; it was not supported, it did not ap pear that there was anything in it which connected the Raja with it even if it had ever been done. The Brah min, who appeared to have been the chief mover in the affair, admitted in his cross-examination that the whole affair was a conspiracy which had been entirely concocted by himself for the purpose of revenging himself upon the Raja. It was admitted, indeed it was proved in the plainest manner, that there existed in the minds of the Sepoys much ill-feeling towards the Raja, because some time previously he had given orders for the removal and consequent destruction of their huts. In the evidence of Captain Stock, he expressly said that the Sepoys expressed great satisfaction at the death of some of the Raja's horses and cattle on that -round, and from the same evidence it appeared that the Brahmin held out some threats towards the Raja, and said he would soon see the result of his conduct. The whole order of the Brahmins entertained towards the Raja the most intense hatred—that was shown by the evidence of a Proprietor, whom he was happy to see on the other side of the Bar.—(Hear, hear.) General Robertson on a former oc casion said :—" It may help the Court to come to a de cision on the question now before it, to state that I can assert, of my own knowledge, that the Raja had many reckless and influential enemies ; and particularly that he had incurred the enmity of the Brahmins ; and, as it was on religious grounds that their enmity was founded, their hostility partook of all that deadly hatred which is so often mixed up in polemical disputes. I may add alto, that there are no persons so unscrupulous as Brah mins when they have a Brahminical object to carry. - Every thing which is likely—to-Aoromete their views, however unprincipled, is then resorted to. for they think that, in such a cause, the end hallows the means. So strong were the impressions which I entertained in re gard to the enmity of the Brahmins towards his High ness; that in my last Report to the Government, on leaving Sattara, I thought it proper pointedly to advert to the subject, and the following is what I then said : On my taking leave of his Highness at Maholee, he expressed his gratitude and attachment to the British power in terms of sincerity that cannot be questioned ; and after I had bidden him adieu, he recalled me to re peat them and to impress them more strongly on my memory, as well to request that I would not only assure the Right Honourable the Governor in Council of his feelings, but also state them to the Honourable Mr. Elphinstone in England • and his last wor ds were— ' I have no friend but the ' English Government, and my sole reliance is on it. I have many enemies--this you know—but no friends but the English.' I believe, among his many !enemies, his Highness considers the Brahmin tribe as the most numerous and most virulent and influential. Setting aside the recollection of the dis cussions that have taken place on points of religion, I may state that, upon political grounds, there exists much jealousy and ill-will on the part of that race to his High ness, merely because his restoration to the possession of that small share of power and importance which he now enjoys, results from the political overthrow of the Brah mM.power. Many of that tribe still retain considerable territories and revenues in his Highness's vicinity, and though most of them had, from time to time, feuds with the late Paishwa, still, as they owed all their original importance to the Paishwas subsequent to the usurpations of the Raja's ancestors, it is certain that they have viewed with regret what has been done for him ; not only be cause they think his Highness must look upon them with disfavour, as deriving their wealth from the misfortunes of his ancestors, but also as belonging to that class through whose instrumentality these misfortunes were experienced ; and that his Highness entertains these feelings, and also that they influence him in rendering him as neutral as possible in the differences between the Purvoes and the Brahmins, seems very probable. How ever this may be, his Highness has too much good sense to make any display of his feelings, in the little inter course which he has with his Brahmin neighbours,' and in this he has an advantage over them, for they do not equally observe tho courtesy that is due to him on such occasions ; and, as members of the Brahmbi caste, they, and more especially Chintiman Row, have been most active in exciting a spirit of opposition in their tribe to his Highness, and in aiding and supporting those who carry it on. Manifestoes describing him as an enemy to the Hindoo faith have emanated from them, and been dispersed all over the Deccan and Hindoostan, to which his Highness has never condescended to offer any reply.'" In fact, the Raja had many enemies and no friend, ex cept the English, and the Court would at once see the motives and springs of the conspiracy against him. They saw the ill feeling which existed in the breasts of the Sepoys on the one hand, while, on the other, they had the confession of the Brahmin, the chief, nay, the sole author of the conspiracy. A Commission of In quiry was instituted. They prosecuted their inquiries, and they made their Report, in which they stated it as their opinion that the Raja was guilty of the charges pre ferred against him ; but how they arrived at that opinion was to him most marvellous. He could not conceive how they came to such a conclusion. However, it was some consolation, 'under these circumstances, to find that one of the Commissioners had the manliness to say, " That no act of my life I regret so much as having signed the Commission without a pp endin g m y p ro test" It was some consolation to find Mr. Shakespeare, a Com missioner, saying---: " I cannot agree with the Bombay Government, that it is expedient to adopt a middle course in this case. " If the Raja is guilty, he is guilty of an offence with which there should be no compromise.' The Bombay Government convict the Raja of attempting to corrupt the fidelity of our troops, and of plotting the subver sion of our rule (to say nothing of an item in the plot, according to the Brahmin's account, that the European troops were to be got rid of by bribing the bakers to poison their bread), and yet propose to leave him in the possession of power to renew these attempts, whenever his plans may be better organized than they were on the late occasion. " For my part, I am not satisfied with the evidence against the Raja, and would therefore acquit him alto gether, instead of adopting the 'half-measure which, in my humble judgment, even supposing him to be guilty, is neither reconcilable with public justice nor with sound policy : It is, no doubt, difficult to divest the affair of all susp ; icion but when we reflect on the utter want of basis (as far as we yet know) on which the plot could have been founded, the improbable manner in which the Brahmin (Untajee) commenced his seduction of the Soobadars, the total unworthiness of his evidence, the discrepancies between the stories first told by the Sooba clays and their subsequent depositions before the Com missioners, and the absurd terms in which the Raja is said to have announced to the Soobadars the signs of coming events, I confess I look in vain for any thing proof, for my mind to There was some consolation also in the fact that the rest t gi u b p le no o . f , solid, in the shape of grounds and reasons stated by the Commissioners as those upon which they had made up their minds as to the guilt of the Raja were stated in their report- Hon. Proprietors would read. them, and then they would won der at the conclusion to which they had come. Tha t Report, and the proceedings of the Conunissiou, were transmitted to the Governor-General, and his opinion upon them elicited—it was one of unqualified disapproba tion. Let us look at what his Lordships aid. In his let ter of the. 2d October, 1837, he says— "l. Sir,—l am desired by the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your several letters, dated the 30th August, and Ist and 4th ultimo, together will their respective enclosures, relative to intrigues at Sattara. "2. Copies of the letters to your address, datedkle 7th, 21st, and 31st of July, referred to in the ActiagXesi dent's letter of the 12th ultimo, have not been fuypished to the Governor-General in Council ; but, judgiTig from the evidence which accompanied your comminfl in cation now acknowledged, his Lordship Council has ;no hesi tation in stating that his worst apprehensions,. as ex pressed in the concluding paragraph of my letter to your address, dated the 7th August, as to the ' danger of be coming involved in an indefinite and inconclusive in quiry,' have every appearance of being fully realized. "3. The Governor-General is Council had mainly re lied on the result of the investigation which might be instituted, consequent on the alleged petition of the D,ewan's mother, for a solution of any doubts which might be entertained as to the aceurary of the conclu sions formed by the Commission on the occasion of the previous inquiry, and for something more of intelligible precision in its results. By the Report of the Commis sion, the Raja of Sattara was left subject to the imputa tion of every shade of guilt, from that of lending him self to the machinations of the evil-disposed, under the influence of discontent and partial insanity, and irritated by supposed ill-usage, up to that of an extensive treason, in a great degree matured, and having for its object the entire overthrow of the British power in India. Much of the evidence by which even this imperfect result was obtained was uncertain and unsatisfactory ; and whilst his Lordship in Council was willing, to place confidence in the judgment of the Commission, he felt that the case was incomplete, and that to justify the Government in any strong and final measure further information was absolutely necessary. But from all the papers which have since come before him, he has seen in creased reason to doubt whether any certain grounds of action can possibly be obtained amidst the intrigues, the personal animosities, and the exaggerated rumours of all descriptions, by which the investigation into the petty and obscure details of the supposed treasonable proceedings of the Raja has been surrounded and em barrassed. " 4. The evidence relative to the alleged intercourse of the Raja of Sattara with the ex-Raja of Nagpore, as detailed in the documents which accompanied your letter of the Ist ult., is, in the opinion of his Lordship in Council, in the highest degree suspicious. The alleged communication between Yellojee Bappoo and the ex- Raja of Nagpore is admitted to have originated in some domestic concern. The evidence of that individual and his servant are full of discrepancies ; and it was only after repeated cross-examinations that iey were induced to implicate the Raja of Sattara as having any know ledge of the communications. It is remarkable that Yellojee is represented as having been the person through whose means the intercourse between the Raja of Sattara and the ex-Raja of Nagpore was first set on foot ; and yet the two witnesses, Abba Mareek and his servant Wittoo, deposed that the latter was sent to Joudpore to ask whether Yellojee Bappoo sent people there. " 5. The Governor-General in Council sees little or nothing in the evidence recorded in the documents which accompanied your letter of the 4th ult. to incul pate the Raja. There is no direct evidence against his Highness of any kind, as regards the supposed intrigue with the Hubshee, save that the Hubshee's Vakeel, who was a relative of Bulwunt Row Chitnavees, was intro duced to his Highness ; that the Raja read a letter and afterwards threw it into the fire, and that he received a present of cocoa-nuts from Bulwunt Row Chetnavees. Against the last-named individual no criminality is esta blished. There is nothing of a treasonable nature in the paper found concealed in the doll, and if there was, evidence has been given to prove that he (the Chitna vees) was not the author of its contents. His Lordship in Council, of course, attaches no weight to the unsup ported rumours of intrigues in all directions, alluded to by the witnesses whose depositions accompanied your letter of the 4th ult. His Lordship in Council observes, that the expressions contained in the sixth paragraph of your letter to the Acting Resident, that the witness Wittul Row Parisnees saw himself poshak (clothes), and a sword sent to the Raja from the Hubshee,' would appear to imply more than was actually stated by the witness, as his Lordship in Council cannot discover that Wittul Row asserted he saw the things in question ac tually sent to the Raja. " 6. As for the alleged combination's with the Portu guese, and with Arabia, alluded to in the documents which accompanied your letter of the 31st ultimo, the Governor-General in Council could riot but regard such plots (even had the accounts which had been furnished of them seemed less improbable than they do), to be too extravagant to be entertained for a moment by any person in his senses ; while it appears from the report of the Commission tat the Raja of Sattara is by no means deficient in understanding. " 7. The Acting Residnt, in the ninth paragraph of his letter to your address dated the 12th ultimo, observes, the time necessary to bring these proceedings to a close will necessarily be prolonged. And with reference to this declaration, to the length of time which has already elapsed since this investigation commenced, and to the excitement and alarm which inquiries so extended and protracted must necessarily occasion, I am desired to repeat the suggestion contained in the concluding para graph of my letter, dated the 7th August, and yet more strongly to urge the inconvenience and uncertainty of these proceedings, and the absolute necessity of bring ing.them to an eatly termination. In the hopeleS'sness that all further evidence will be otherwise than incon clusive, and looking to the utmost degree of criminality, which in any view of the testimony before the Commis sion may be regarded as clearly and absolutely esta blished, looking, too, to the interval which has since elapsed in inquiries leading to no further definite and important disclosures, his Lordship in Council would gladly find that the Bight Hon. the Governor in Coun cil is disposed to concur with him in opinion, and would close the proceedings ; apprising the Baja that, although several suspicious circumstances regardinr , his Highness have been elicited during the progress of this inquiry, yet the British Government is unwilling, without the clearest proof of guilt, to condemn any of its allies, especi ally one who has been so pre-eminently the object of its favour and generosity ; that further investigation is deemed inexpedient with reference to the general incon venience it creates ; and that the Right Hon. the Go vernor in Council is therefore pleased to close the in quiry, with the expression of his hope that the Raja will so conduct himself for the future as to avoid the predica ment (no less painful to the British Government than to his Highness) in which he has recently been placed. " 8. As regards the Dewan, who is now understood to be in confinement at Ahmednuggur, his Lordship in Council observes, that if the suggestion contained in this letter should be adopted, the liberation of the individual in question will probably follow the cessation of further inquiry into the conduct of the Raja. " I have the honour, &c.. (Signed) " W. H. MACNAUGHTEN, "Secretary to the Government of India. "Fort William, October 2, 1837." Mr. Shakespear, one of the Commisson, disagreed with the Commissioners, and protested against their de cision. In addition to that the Court of Directors were in favour of the Raja. He had a right to say so, for a despatch was sent out by them stigmatizing the whole of the proceedings. Therefore, in the Raja's favour, there was the Governor-General, one of the Commissioners, who inquired into the whole affair, and the Court of Directors, all of them characterizing the proceedings against him as being seriously detrimental to the cha racter of the Indian Government. Perhaps some of the Indian Proprietors who entertained different views to what he did might follow him, and say that the Brah min had made a confession implicating the Raja. He (Mr. L.) admitted that he did make what was called a confession - but when the Court was put in possession of the facts relating to that confession—of the manner in which that confession had been made, they would scout it. It appeared that, in March 1837, a petition from Sattara was presented to the Bombay Government. Now that petition did not appear on the face of the pro ceedings at all. It was kept back, why he did not know—he had not been able to see it. That petition was sent to Sattara by the Bombay Government, with instructions directing that a full inquiry might take place. Now, what was the course pursued by the Com missioners? The petition was supposed to be from the mother of the Dewan, Govind Row. Accordingly he was taken and placed in still closer confinement, in order to induce her to communicate some intelligence to the Pre sident. The mother of the Dewan had, for a long time, been suffering great distress upon his account. His closer confinement soon reached his mother's ears, and she communicated with the Commissioners, so li c iting an in terview. It was granted, and it took place at midnight; and a pretended confession was obtained. But could they put faith in any evidence obtained under such circum stances? Could they rely upon evidence obtained by working on the agonized feelings of a parent, in the hope of obtaining the release of her son? He would fear lessly put it to the Court, whether they could place any credit on such evidence, even if it did inculpate the Raja, which he said it did not. As well might they give credence to evi devce obtained from a poor wretch suffering upon the wheel.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, then, they would hear nothing that day Of such a confession. He now came to the second charge made against the Raja,—that he had been guilty of carrying on a treasonable correspon dence with the ex-Raja of Nagpoor. Now, who was this with whom he was charged with corresponding ! Was he in power, and likely to be able to assist in driving the English from India ? No,—he was, deposed by the English,—he was a fugitive, residing at the Court of and subsisting on his benevolence. This was the man with whom it was alleged the Raja was corres ponding treasonably with. Now, what were the facts ? It appeared that, between 1832 and 1836, there had been a correspondence between two persons in the respective countries, but it was entirely of a private nature, and altogether unconnected with politics. The charge made against him was, that he wrote to the ex- Raja, stating that he had still two 'rear:: and a half to collect troops to drive out the English from India ; the Russians were coming by Constantinople, and if he had any interest with the Turks he was to use it, and, at the same time, he was to be at liberty to mention his (the Raja's) name. It was too ridiculous for any one to put credence in, and if true, could only be ac• counted for by supposing the Raja to be insane. The Commissioners, however, proved that such was not the case, for they . gave him great credit for his ability and promptitude in business. Even the Governor-General appeared to acquit the Raja upon the second charge. The third charge made against him was, that he had been guilty of carrying on a treasonable correspondence with the Portuguese Governor of Goii. Now, it was to be borne in mind that Portugal was in close alliance w ith England during the whole of the time the cone • spondence was alleged to' have been carried on. What were the facts of the case ? It was said that this trea sonable correspondence had been continued for twelve years. A Brahmin was introduced to the Raja ; he had been strongly recommended to him, but there was not the slightest evidence to show that he had ever employed him. It was obvious that the whole case turned upon those papers. But was the agency of Nago Deoraoyroved? Was he proved to be the servant of the Raja of Sattara? Why it was shown in evidence that the only interviews he had had with the Raja during twelve years were three ; and it was also distinctly shown that Nago Deorao was acting as the agent of another party. But suppose he was the agent of the Raja of Sattara, it must be shown that the Raja was acquainted with the purport of these letters, and that been done. It was stated that these were the original letters i had passed between the Raja of Sattara and Don anoel, the Governor of Goa., and they were found in the pos session of Nago Deorao. But was it possible that the Raja would permit the individual to write whatever let ters he liked to the Governor of Goa ? Again, let them consider the nature of these letters. They were to the effect that the Governor of Goa should induce the Queen of Portugal to send 30,000 men to drive the English out, and take possession of Hindostan, and then 1 that the empire should be divided between the Raja of Sattara and the Portuguese Government. --(Hear, hear, hear.) The very circumstance of the Portuguese Government being in alliance with the British Government,. would lead any man of common sense to treat that proposition as absurd.—(Hear, hear.) These were the charges which it was supposed the Raja was guilty of, and these were the wild, visionary, and absurd circumstances which they now brought forward and supported. It was his intention to conclude with a motion that the Court of Directors would consent to a full and fair investigation of all the circumstances, and allow the Raja an opportunity of defending himself from the charges that had been brought against him. So far as he had already gone, he thought he had stated enough to show that the evidence did not support the charges. But the fact was, it was unnecessary for him to go so far, for he was not required to go into any case until be was called upon for his defence. He contended that the Raja had not been heard—(Hear, hear)—he contended that he had been condemned without a hearing—(Hear, hear)—and would any Proprietor or Director deny that fact ? (Cheers.) With regard to the treasonable correspon dence which the Raja was alleged to have carried on with the ex-Raja of Nagpore and the Governor of Goa, nobody would deny that the Raja scarcely knew of them, much less could be called upon to defend himself from them. He knew nothing either of his accusers or of the evi dence that had ben given. —(Hear, hear.) It might be said that, with regard to the first charge, he had an op portunity of defending himself ; but the Court would not deny that he had no fair opportunity of doing so ; and he would call the attention of the Proprietors to that part of the Report of the Commissioners. General Lod wick, with the feeling of justice by which he had distin guished himself during the whole of those proceedings, proposed at the commencement that, as the inquiry was one of vital importance to his Highness the Raja of Sat tarah, affecting his station as a Prince of the Empire, and his character as an ally of the British Government, that he should have the charges fully explained to him, and that he should be allowed an English advocate to conduct his defence. That proposal was rejected, and finally abandoned, although it was the course which justice ob viously and necessarily pointed ont. The Commissioners examined witnesses for thirteen or fourteen days, and it was then considered necessary that the Raja should have some information of what was going on ; and General Lodwick proposed that they should wait upon the Raja at his palace to communicate the charges, and give him an opportunity of answering them. But this would not suit the Commissioners. He must be dragged as a criminal before them, and in his usual spirit of submis sion to their orders, he went at once.—(Hear, hear.) It is a fact, that throughout the whole affair the Raja had evinced the utmost readiness to comply with their wishes; and whatever witnesses were required were at once pro duced. The Raja appeared at once before the Commis sioners, and Mr. Willoughby read the evidence of the Soobadars. Mr.Willougby said if the Raja had been led into error, his best course would be to acknowledge it, and throw himself upon the mercy of the British Gov ernment. It was clear from this that •the minds of the Commissioners were made up as to the guilt of the Raja.—(Hear, bear.) The Raja denied the charges in tote, and asserted his perfect innocence. He was asked if he would like to have a copy of the evidence ' • but whether it was given to him or not did not appear. Now he would ask, was that a fair trial ? It was one of the fundamental, and one of the noblest maxims of their law, that no man should be condemned unheard, and he wished to know why, in the case of the Raja, it had been infringed on ? In England the protection was ex tended to the meanest individual. He might be guilty of innumerable offences, but he could not be permitted to stand forward on his trial without an opportunity of defending himself. In proportion to the magnitude of the crime and the greatness of the punishment, in the same proportion did the law throw round him every pro tection and security that was consistent with justice. Thus, in the case of treason, was an individual hurried to his defence like the Raja ? No, he was allowed so many days before the trial, a copy of the depositions, a list of the witnesses, and a copy of the indictment, in order that he might know the charge. It would be in the recollection of the Court that a remarkable instance occurred in the case of the Chartist insurrection, in which Frost and others were concerned. There was a case in which the persons were found actually guilty, and because all the requisites required by the law were not complied with they had nearly escaped punishment Al together. In fact it was a principle recorded in the pages of the Constitution that every man should have a fair opportunity given him for his defence. In fact, throughout the whole course of the proceed;ngs it never entered into the minds of any party that the Raja was to be deposed without having an opportunity of meeting those charges.— (Hear, hear.) The Governor-General, it appeared, had changed his opinion on the subject, but he had assigned no grounds whatever for that change of opinion —(Hear, hear)—and he should, therefore, prefer his original opi nion, when all the facts of the ease were before him. in his despatch of Dec. 23, 1838, he said— " We are called upon, I feel, by very strong conside rations of propriety and expediency, to bring the guilt of the Baja to the test of a final proof, by the best and most just process which can be devised ; and then, if he should have been nimble to exculpate himself, to re move him from a throne of which he will have shown himself to be eminently undeserving." He would ask, did the Governor ever dream of deposing him without a trial ? Never ; for, on the contrary, in another part of the despatch, he observes— " As the first step, I would, as suggested by Sir Ro bert Grant, request that the Raja should be furnished with a written statement, embodying a full and clear detail of the facts connected with the several charges, and of the names (with any reservations which may be absolutely required for the safety of the party) of the witnesses by whom they are proved, with a notice of the circumstances under which the e‘ldence was ob tained, and call for from him, within a certain reason able time to be fixed, a similar written statement of whatever he may desire to urge in his own behalf. The Acting Resident will, of course, take care, by every means in his power, to see that his guarantees to wit nesses are, in letter and spirit, fully maintained." That was opposed by the Resident at Sattara, because it was inconvenient to do so, and that seemed to have in fluenced the Governor-General in his change of opinion, although he still seemed to think that it was necessary and proper. for in his minute of the 29th of December, 1833, he says:— " The reasons urged by the Resident, and concurred in by the Governor in Council, are sufficient to satisfy me, that it would not be right to persevere in the course which I had previously recommended, and to present to the Raja a written statement of the charges and the proofs against him, calling upon him for an answer. It is anticipated by the Resident, that this course would lay the Government open to such proceedings on the part of the Raja and his advisers,_ as could only lead to fresh embarrassments, and would, at the same time, ex pose every witness whose evidence has been given to cruel persecution. " The course which has been next recommended as open to the Government is, the suspension of the Raja from his functions of sovereignty, and the appointment of a Commission to sit in judgment upon him The sus pension of a person so placed as is the Raja of Sattara, against whom a strong prima facie case has been esta blished, and whose conduct appears from every report to be unscrupulously vindictive, seems, in the event of a new trial to be decided upon, to be essential to the pro tection of witnesses, and to the fairness of proceeding on ho as m ve i a however, predeterminationatr these ese tooba objections, eti oy npro ceeding the part of the accusation. Yet the m easure would wearat o h c a o r n s h v car. N p e a r a o t n w c t „ h a s a d n arguedbdei ng apre w li e , it appears to be essential, a s bearing the character of a final trial. " The tribunal for trial might, perhaps, be best consti tuted, by the appointment of three of the most impartial and experienced members of the services, whom it would probably be expedient to tak e from Madras and BengaL But I confess that, looking to the manifold inconveni ences of such a mode of trial, to the measures of import ance, and to the subjects of interest and excitement by which the Government is already occupied, and especi ally, to the possibility that no part of this course would be approved by the Hon. C our t, I cannot bring m yself to recommend its im me di ate a d opt i on ." And he co nc l u d es b y l eav i ng the ques ti on entirely to the decision of th e C ourt o f Di rectors a t home. Now, th Governor-General of Bombwhen he received orders to put an en d t o a ll f urt h er inquiries, observed, that it was due to th emse l ves t h at t h e i nqu i r y s hould be continued. m, He did not cons id er t h a t it wa s due to the Government s that or the public, b u t h e thought it due to th e • seve of the the inquiry should be continued. In his minute in a 31st May, 1838, Sir Robert Grant put the : question very strong light, and he begged to call the at t en tion of the Court to it is to be • of defending himself. con demned without the opportunity the " It will be asked, however, whether he evidence taken by The Raja has not been told of u have never Y meant other heard in his own vindication.nk. that he will vindicate him- Lieut.-Colonel Ovens, and undoubtedly t bte e dl has a right to be wise, although I do not think ion that before b the self successfully. 1837, ' I am farther stroll dy of olmn In my minute . of the 15th August fresh evidence which has been disposedeli cited of, the Raja should be made and should be allowed the opportunity against him, c a a c s q e ua is in ee te n d e thewith h vely there should be merely the form opi nion ; not meaning that of offering defe nce or explanation.' I repeat that or farce of a Se far as this Government should impartially we i g hed. but that t t r h ial e 'def to be closed by a ready - made judg ment,ence should be fairly heard and be called to deci de o n that defence, it would be my honest endeavour to discharge my mind of all my pre vious opinions on the sub j ect, and to.ijudge the case as if I heard it for the first t ime. But it be thought that t he Bombay Governm ent is too strongly prepossessed w ith the guilt of the Raja to b e p laced in the chair of judgment over his Highness, let tke Government of India constitute, in any manner which they think - fittest, an impartial and competent judicature for the occasion." It was on these grounds that he asked that the Raja might have a trial, and that he• might have an opportunity of meeting these charge s. He asked the Court of Directors to grant it for the cake of their own consistency, for they had all along denounced those proceedings as seriously detrimental to the Gas .ern raent. He asked them, then, for the sake of cot sis tency—he asked them for the honour and character of the British Government—he ssked them in the name of that justice which had been violated and outraged in the present case—he asked them in the name of the common. Christianity which told them not only to do justice, but to mingle mercy with justice—he asked them to give him a full, a fair, and an impartial hearing. Mr. Lewis con cluded by moving his resolution, and sat down amidst. loud cheering. Mr. DAVID SALOMON'S seconded the motion of his. Hon. and Learned Friend, and said it was not his inten tion to go into any lengthened details, as had occupied the Court, he feared, at too great length on a former occasion. He wished, however, to explain the reasons why, on the last occasion, he had moved for further papers rather than concur in the motion which had been submitted to the Court. There were many points in the case which had not been clearly brought under the consideration of the Proprietors, and he was anxious that that should be done before the case was again sub mitted to their consideration. He would. not go into the details of the evidence for the purpose of showing that the Raja was not guilty of the charges brought against him, because it was sufficiently apparent, on the face of the official documents, that the authorities themselves were of opinion that he should have had an opportunity of replying to these charges. But he would show that the East India Company were themselves the first sinners, by breaking the treaty and compact they had entered into with the Raja.--(Cheers.) Even if a doubt had existed, he did not think it was the duty of the Government to have insisted upon the original terms; and if they had complied - with the treaty, these unfortu nate transactions never would have taken place.—(Hear, hear.) It was perfectly true that the Egst India Com pany had set up the territory of Sattara, and the Raja. was selected to preside over it, being, by ail the letters and papers transmitted to that country, a very superior person; and he (Mr. Salomon) did not think that the inhabitants of India were possessed of so much informa tion and talent as was ascribed to the Raja. The terms on which the territory was ceded to him, were set forth as follows : " Terms fixed by Captain James Grant, Sahib Bahadoor, on the part of the Honourable Company, Bahadoor, with Rao Sahib Mooshfuk Mirhban Chimnajee, Pun- dit Suchew. " The possessions of the Punt Suchew came under the British Government, along with the rest of the country; but the antiquity and respectability of the family having been duly considered, the British. Government have freely bestowed and made over to him the whole of his posses sions as formerly held up to the war, with - the exception of his possessions within the territory of the Nizam. The districts of the Punt being within the limits of the territory made over by treaty to his Highness the Raja. of Sattara, the Punt therefore is placed under the go vernment of his Highness; the British Government is the guarantee, and the terms are fixed as follows." And then the conditions were set out, which it was rio`. necessary for him to state. In page 20 of the Additional Papers, he found a document headed " Agreement on the part of his Highness the.Raja of Sattara, respecting the Rajee Sree Chimnajee Pundit Suchew, to whom these commands are issued: " The country formerly possessed by you has been freely restored and bestowed through the liberality of the British Government, and an agreement, consisting of 10 oracles, has been made out and delivered to you by Captain James Grant, Bahadoor, on the part of the Bri tish Government. Your country has come within the limits of the territory made over to his Highness by the treaty with the British Government, which having been approved of, the Huzzoor, for the purpose of confirming you in possession, has determined as follows." So that, in fact, the Raja of Sattara made a grant under the sanction of the East India Company of that very territory which was now a matter of dispute ; and if any doubt existed upon the subject, it would be removed by the letter of Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson, the Resident at Sattara, to the Secretary of the Government, dated 13th of August, 1827, in which he says— " I have the honour to state, for the information of the Honourable the Governor in Council, th n foatthr some ePun time past who has no offspring, having past in a declining state of health, applied, about the time of my arrival here, to his Highness for permission to adopt a successor to his estates. This was duly intimated to me by the Vakeels of the Suchew, and also by his Highness, who, at the same time, apprized me that he was engaged in preparing various papers which he con sidered necessary to enable the British Government and his own to come to - a decision on this subject." He contended, therefore, that when the Company' s agent set up a claim for the territory they were not ju s t i fied in so doing, and that was borne out by the testimony of General Lodwick. That point was, in his opinion, therefore, finally disposed of. The next thing was the question of character, and in such a case the opinion o f an eye-witness was very important. He would state to them the opinion of Colonel Robertson, who was the Resident at Sattara in 1831: " 24. The Raja entered on the duties, when wholly confided to him, with zeal and a sincere desire to meet the expectation of Government ; but his efforts will re quire every support, and . . every reliance may be placed on his prudence. No good was effected, but much ill, by dividing authority and influence ; and this, I respect fully beg to recommend, should be carefully avoided for the future ; and that those jealousies of his Highness which the followers of the young boy chief will doubtless infuse into his mind, and which will not fail to take deep root, and prove in the sequel the source of much evil may be guarded against ; I have no hesitation in saying that the more he can enjoy the advantages of his Highness's society and personal example, and the more intimately he knows the motives of his conduct, the better. No measure is calcula ted to produce worse consequences than that which, in a manner, draws a wide line of separa tion (except for a few days annually of a ceremonious intercourse) between his Highness and the boy. It ap pears to stamp with the concurrence of the British Go vernment all the libels and misrepresentations against his Highness which the interested instil into his mind. It gives them a plea for saying, that the Honourable Board are of their opinion ; and thus the breach is widened by the very means adopted to prevent its being so. It is not to the point that such conclusions drawn from such premises are not just. This is not known to a child ; and as he grows in years he will grow strong in antipathy and hatred to his Prince ; and what may be the result of such impressions it may not be difficult to foretell, considering how reckless of consequences na tives often are, when actuated by powerful passions ; I would, therefore, suggest that, for the boy's sake, and for the sake of the peace of the country, all restrictions be taken off his residing at Sattara, if the Raja deem it advisable. Governmenthave every security for tho boy's safety in the high responsibility of his Highness, and every guarantee for his being properly trained for his station in society, in the pride which his Highness takes in the creditable discharge of every incumbent duty, as well as in the desire which I know he feels to erzdicate those prejudices already imbibed against him by the minor, and to substitute in their place, sentiments of confidence, attachment, and gratitude." He had reason, therefore, to assume that he was a man of that character, because it had been vouched for also by other residents, and he had reason also to believe that much that had been imputed to the Raja had been brought against him by his enemies, and that he was in capable of eommitting the crimes imputed to him. It seemed incredible that, during the time that Court was complimenting the Raja, he should have been concocting the vilest intrigues and plots, and he believed that such proceedings were altogether inconsistent with his cha racter. Sir Robert Grant was anxious that inquiry should take place, under the convktion that there was room for suspicion ; and even, at the eleventh hour, he thought it would be becoming in that Court to consider raeter that question; it being one which affectedothewcortd. of the East India Company throughout In hands which be believed to have been the course of the morning a document had c e om e into hi s m a a greatn accidentally)7 of dealt h e with held, Proprietors.an d t therefore r , e r f i o l raet documentha i t been would e Directors with withholding out of order in charging th of the mystery connected with thesseceleternaarnbsu)aitions. Mr. MARRIor thought the ll . on. Proprietor_ was rather_ any document. denied that he had made any such Mr. SALOMONS charge .—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, however, he would n course. He would now read be allowed to take lus to the Court the three propositions of Sir James Unlike and his propositions thereupon : , 4 The differences between the Raja of Sattara and the British Government have been fully investigated, and the facts connected with them so fully brought to notice by my predecessor in office and my present col leagues, that it is quite unnecessary now to enter into an y minute review of them. I think it has been clearly established, that the Raja has for years carried on an ir regular and unwarranted intercourse with the Portu guese authorities at Goa ; that he has intrigued with Appa Sahib. the ex-Raja of Nagpore; and that he has countenanced and supported attempts to seduce from their allegiance certain native soldiers in the service of the British Government. " The first and second only of these are clear breaches of the treaty by which the Raja of Sattara is bound, for he is restrained from any intercourse with foreign powers, and with all persons whatever, who are not by the treaty subjected to his Highness's authority. The third is an equally clear violation of the duty which states professing relations of amity owe to each other. " No doubt existing as to the facts, or to the disposition which they indicate, the question arises, how are we to deal with the case ? There are apparently but three modes of meeting it : " Ist. By subjecting the Raja to a formal trial, and after inquiry 'made and sentence passed, lisiting him with ap propriate punishment. " 2dly. By proceeding in the mode by which national wron°s are ordinarily redressed, by at once commencing hostile operations, taking possession of the Raja's terri tories, and acting as circumstances may justify under the right of conquest. "3dly. By addressing to the Raja such remonstrance as may appear expedient, and passing over his past of fences, in the hope that the exercise of clemency may give rise to better feelings. " The difficulties in the way of the course first referred to appear to me very great. There is no ordinary tri bunal to which the Raja could be made amenable, and a special one must be organised, for the purpose of in vestigating the charges against him, if they are to be in vest.gated. "A Commission has been proposed, and the expediency has been suggested, of selecting its Members from the other Presidencies, excluding altogether persons serving j_ ~. EVENING SUN. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1841. EVENING SUN.