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HE COURT of DIREC'FOR'; ( 4 the EA ST " INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, _That a General Court of the said Compan3 will be hel d at their youse, in Leadenhall.street, on TUESDAY, the Ist _May next, iron' ..' . leven o'clock in the Forenoon until Six o'clock in th e Evening, ior the Purpose of taking a Ballot, in pursuance of the following requisi tion, viz.:— " We, the undersigned, deeming it highly inexpedient to interfere with the responsible Executive in their administration of the affairs of Sattara, and therefore strongly d eprec ating the passing of a resolu tion, such as th a t now propose d, demand that the question thereou be put by the Ballot. A. Galloway W. H. C. Plowden J. L. Lushington Ross 1). Mangles: Charles Mills H. Shank Edward Goldsmid F. Warden William Dent E. Macnaghten J. Rower Henry Alexander H. T. Prinsep Charles Shea John Ledger John White Thomas Poynder D. C. Majoribanks Richard Twining G. W. Currie J. W. Hogg John Dean H. G. A. Taylor Russell Ellice J. A. Arbuthnot Thomas Needing." Richard Thornton The question alludel to in the regng requisition, and upon 'Which the Ballot is to be taken, is as follows, viz. : " That this Court is of opinion that the treaty concluded by the Bombay Government in 1819 with Pertaub Singh, Raja of Sattara, and subsequently renewed with his brother and successor, the late Appa Sahib, conferred upon and guaranteed to those Princes the hereditary sovereignty in the principality of Sattara, and this Court being fur ther of opinion that the heirs and successors to those Princes, whe ther by adoption or in right of blood, are entitled to the inheritance Under the terms and conditions of the said treaty, this Court consi ders it to be right and necessary to record its opinion that no case has been made out to justify the annexation of the said principality of Sattara to the British territory." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladles and Gentlemen, .A Special Court of Proprietors, convened at the instance of nine Proprietors of your body, was held at the India House, on Wednesday, the 25th instant, and, on the motion of the Chairman of the Directors, unnecessarily adjourned to Friday, the 27th. On both those days the annexed resolution was supported at great length, and in a full Court, by the following Proprietors : Mr. John Sullivan, the mover. 1 Sir Henry Willock. General Briggs, the seconder. T Sir Robert Campbell. Sergeant Bain. 1 Lieutenant Colonel Sykes. Major Moore. I Mr. John Shepherd. Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie. I Major Oliphant. Mr. John Morris. It was opposed by— Sir A. Gallaway. Mr. Thoby Prinsep. Sir James Lushington. Mr. Charles Mills. Mr. Weeding. When the Court were about to divide upon the question on Friday the division was arrested, and a ballot called for by Mr. Charles Mills, which is fixed to take place at the unusual early notice of three days, on Tuesday next, the Ist of May, when 'it will beiniPos bible for Proprietors 'absent from London to give their votes. We.content ourselves with placing this proceeding before you, in the belief that you only require to be apprised of it in order to at tend in person if possible at the ballot, and take the part which your sense of honour, justice, and duty shall point out. We are, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your very obedient servants, JOAN SULLIVAN. ARTHUR J. LEWIS. JOHN BRIGGS. CHARLES FORBES. JOSEPH; HUME. CHARLES GRANT. J. W. GRAHAM. JAMES STEWART FORBES. JOHN WILLIAMS. London, April 2S, 1819. Copy of the Resolution to be balloted for on the Ist of May. " That this- Court is of opinion that the treaty concluded by the Bombay Government, in 1819, with l'urtaub Singh, Rajah of Sat tars, and subsequently renewed with his brother and successor, the late Appa Sahib, conferred upon and guaranteed to those Princes, the hereditary Sovereignty in the principality of Uttar's', and this Court, being further of opinion that the heirs and successors to those Princes, whether by adoption or in right of blood, are entitled to the inheritance under the terms and conditions of the said treaty, this Court considers it to be right and necessary to record its opinion that no case has been made out to justify the annexation of the said principality of Sattara to the British territory." MIDDLESEX AND SURREY. TO be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, PURSUANT to a DECREE on further directions of the HIGH COURT of CH k NCERY, made in the cause " CHASE versus MORRIS and Others," with the approbation of the Hon. Sir GEORGE Rosa, one of the Masters of the said Court, at Garraway's Coffee-house, Change alley, Cornhill, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of May, 1849, at Twelve for One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, by Mr. THOMAS ELLIOTT PRICE, the person appointed by the said Master for that purpose, in Nine Lots, A LEASEIIOLD MESSUAGE, No. 25, Great Russell-street, in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden ; also Five Leasehold Mes suages or Tenements and Premises, situate in the Vassal-road, Ken— nington, in the county of Surrey, four of such houses, numbered 17, 18, 19, and 20, and the fifth adjoining thereto ; also, Four Leasehold Messuages or Tenements and Gardens, at Brixton•hill, known as Mount Pleasant, facing the high road from Brixton to -treatham, with a Cottage, called Vine Cottage, and Two Small Tenements facing Bleak Hall-lane ; also Two Leasehold Messuages with Gar dens, fronting tile high road on Brixton-hill, and Iwo Cottages with Gardens, fronting Bleak Hall. lane, known as the Percy Cottages. All the above premises are held for the remainder of various long terms of y. ars. Also, Three-fourth parts or shares in Three several Messuages or Tenements, situate in High-street, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlese'•, numbered 9, 10, and 11, held for the term of 99 years from the 25th of March, 1763, subject to ground rents. Particulars and conditions may be bad (gratis) in London, at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, on personal application only; also of Messrs Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Solicitors, No. 7, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; of Messrs. Roche, Plowman, and Roche, Solicitors. 2, Upper Wellington-street, Covent-garden ; and of Mr. Berry, Solicitor, No. 5, Verulam buildings, Gray's Inn ; and of Mr. T. E. Price, Auctioneer, No. 48, Chancery-lane ; and of Messrs. Chase and Chase, Solicitors, Reading, Berks. JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL, Temple. ,pURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause SCOTT against WILSON, the Creditors of WILLIAM SCOTT, late of Methley, in the county of York, gamekeeper (who died in the month of January, 1838), are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Menotti) Town KlNDEastxv, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. SUDLOWS, TORIt, and JANEWAY, 38, Bedford-row, London, Plaintiff's Agents. SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, The Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal lery, 5, Pall-mall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, lc —Catalogae, 6d. nFORGE FILIPP. Secretary. BRITISH AND FOREIGN 3CrIOUL SOCIETY- _ . THE FORTY-FOURTH GENERAL MEETING of this Society, held in pursuance of Rule VII.. to receive the Report of tho Committee and the Treasurer's Financial Statement, and to elect the Officers and Committee for the year ensuing, will take place at the SOCIETY'S HOUSE, Borough-road. on FRIDAY, May 4th, 1849, at One o'clock precisely. " Every person subscrib ing annually one Guinea and upwards shall be deemed a member of this Institution during the continuance of such subscription."— (Rule V.) Members and Life Governors may obtain tickets (not transferable) on application to the Secretary, at the Institution. PUBLIC MEETING IN EXETER-HALL. The PUBLIC MEETING of the Subscribers and Friends will be held, as usual, in EXETER HALL, Strand, on MONDAY, May 7th, 1849. The chair will be taken by the Right Hon. the Earl of CARLISLE, V.P., at Twelve o'clock precisely. Platform tickets (not transferable) will be issued to the Secretaries and Treasurers of local schools, to ministers, and to the leading friends of the Society, on application at the Society's house, during the preceding week. Central seat tickets will be furnished on ap plication to all subscribers, either to the Parent Society or to any of Its Auxiliaries. Tickets for the body of the Hall may be had, as heretofore, of Messrs. Yorke, Clarke, and Co., 55, Gracechurch street ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Messrs. Bagsters, lb, Paternoster-row ; Sunday School Union Depository, 60, Pater noster-row ; Messrs. Miller and Field, 6, Bridge-road, Lambeth ; and at the Society's house, Berough-road. HENRY DUNN, Secretary. TO the MONTH of MAY. Shining, smiling, flowery May, Listen to my humble lay, Fondly doth my eye discern Tokens of thy glad return ; Now are nature's prospects seen, Decked with newly spreading green : All is charming, all is gay, Shining, smiling. flowery May. Happy month thy welcome reign, With its ever pleasing train, Scatters pleasures here and there, Pleasures which the many share; Even in the crowded town, Thousands hail thy blooming crown, And to thee their honours pay, Shining, Smiling, flowery May. While thy trees and flowers assume New attire on leaf and bloom, We prepare a change of dress, Suited to thy loveliness. Daily now is MOSES' Mart Filled with things in every part, Won by MOSES' choice display, Shini ., g, smiling, flowery May. I myself have lately been To this busy trading scene ; And with pleasure did I scan Dress designed on such a plan. Trowsers, Coats, and Waistcoats, too, Really beautiful to view, Here were bought for little pay, Shining, smiling, flowery May. Hats and Caps and Boots and Shoes, Such as none could well refuse, Showed what MOSES' Mart can do, When thy month appears in view. May the preparations made, Add to Messrs. MOSES' trade, And with this I close my lay, Shining, smiling, flowery May. LIST OF PRICES. MEADE MADE. Men's Spring. and Summer Wrappers.. from .I 0 $ 6 The Buiwer, Pacha, Palctot, aid every uescrip tion of light Over-coat s ........ 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a li g ht texture, and hand- 1 1 0 somely trimmed 1)0. do. lined with silk... ..... I I I s 8 0 Do. do. superio r q uality .......... Jean and Holland Blouses... ........ 0 4 I Fanc y Victoria do. .......... Tweed do. • • . • • 11 06 Dress Coat •• • • ...▪ ... 1 0 0 Frock Coat • • ....; Trousers 0 4 0 Spring and Summ e ▪ . 0 76d D o eskin and Buckskin *. e in sts e . v . e . r . y . v . . ar . 1 . e . t . y . : 0 0 14 6 Spring and Summer Vesta ins Black and Figured Sa tin 0 9 6 ▪0 4 6 Black do., superior quality ▪.. .. White Marcella Tests ..... . Men's Black Cloth Vests .. •• • • ▪ 0- 3 0 10 6 Summer 'rests ••• • • • ..• • . 0 Boy's Spring and Summ 0 15 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits 0 4 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great va▪ riety •• MAD' TO MICABrgi , . - Paletots male from a variety of m ateri al .... fitted I 1 0 for Summer wear.... ............ • , 1 S 0 Do. very elegantly trimmed .. ••• • • • ~ 1 13 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture. •.•• • • • 2 0 Ditto ditto lined with 5i1k....• •••• • •• ' 1 12 0 Ditto Dress Coat.. • • ••••••••• • • • • • '• • • 215 0 Best de. Superfine Frock do. • ................ ••• • • • 1 11 00 Bost 3 0 Fancy Doeskba Trousers. ......... ..... •• • 016 6 0 is Black Cloth Vesta ••.••••• •• • • • • .......... •• 0 S 6 Splendid Oatin `rest .. •• •• ................ 0 14 6 Best d 0.......... ...... .................., 0 la 6 Hussar and Tunis suits ••• • • • •........... 1 6 0 Superfine do. ........... .. ........... 1 11 0 Men's White Marcella Vests •• • • .......• .... 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety •••••• • .. • . from 0 16 oto 5 0 0 blooming to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. Tice new book, entitled the ,‘ Great Fact," with full directions for Self-measurement, can be had en application, or forwarded, post gree, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— fhe Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with *very novelty of the season. Observe—kaY article purchased, either ready made, or made to Measure, if not approved of will be exc h anged, or the money returned. B. 340sIRS and SON, Tailors, Woolierearai , era, Clothiers, Hatters, Resters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and au. 14, a 5 and 86 Aldge CR London ; all communicating with each other,, and formingat one vast Zatablishmeut. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public Against imposition ; but having hoard that the nntradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same. concern," bas been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, ikey beg to state that they have RO connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 3G, Far o, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; and those who require cheep and genuine clothing, &c., should call fflit, or send to the afinories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of Ate. Branch Establishments, as above. Take notice.--This Estabiisnment is closed from sunset Friday aullalt Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. PUBLICATIONS. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. CONTEN CS FOR MAY. No. LXXXVIII. I. Crichton. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.—ll. Cambrian Tales.—lll. Ethnos. By Henry J. Slack, Esq.—lV. Little Jamee's Journey from Poverty to Prosperity. By E. P. Rowsell, Esq.—Y. The Homesteads of Lower Brittany. By W. Hughes, Esq.—Vl. The Countess de Rudolstadt. By Miss Ilays.—Vll. The Fortunes of Jacob Brooks ; or, the Three Phases of Life. By Nicholas Mitchell, Esq..—VIII. The Cavern of Panama ; or the Pirate's Treasure. By W. H. G. Kingston, Esq.—lX. The Prospects of the Gold Finders.— X. Jacob Van der Nees. By Madame Paalzow. Illustrated by HABLOT K. BROWNE. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Pries 2s. Gd., by post 3s. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE far MAY, 1849. Contents:-1. Irish Popular Superstitions.-2. Eastern Rambles. Sinal.-3. The Island of Sardinia.-4. The Legoff Family. A Tale of Itrittany.-5. A Bouquet of Ballads. By Bon Gaultier.— G. Ceylon and the Cingalese. With an Illustration.-7. Onr Portrait Gallery. No. LIII. Sir Robert Kane, M.D. With an Etching.—s. Inheritor and Economist. A Poem.-9. Gaspard Bandollo ;an Anecdote of the South of Italy. By J. C. Mangan.-10. Poor-law versus the Poor. Our Rate-in-Aid. Dublin: James INl`Glashan, 21, D'Olier-street. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 147, Strand, London. Sold by all Booksellers. . The Rattle of Change," a new Poem by Charles Mackey, LL.D.— Continuation of the " Autobiography of a Thief," " The History of Smithfield," and other original papers by eminent authors, with highly-finished Engravings, v ill be found in the combined PEOPLE'S arid lIOWITT'S JOURNAL for MAY, price Seven- • pence. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, with which is combined HOWITT'S JOURNAL, is published in weekly Numbers at Three Halfpence, and monthly Parts, embellished with Portraits of eminent men, and EllgraTingS from Paintings adorning our finest Galleries of Art. The part for MAY now ready, price Sevenpence. " A periodical embracing high literary talent and abflity, and suited to the taste of the age."—Ten Towns Messenger. London: Willoughby a,nd CA. ; Dub4n, J. 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RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Weak eudiug April 21 22 21 22 21 15 21 NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen .. •• •• .. Amiens and Boulogne . • • • . Belfast and Ballymena •• • • • • • • • • •• • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Chester and Ilolyhead. .• • .... •• .. Cockerniouth and Workington.... • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.. •. • • .••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Ang1ian........ .• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •••• • • • • Edinburgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • ........ • • • • • • • • Eastern Uni0n...................... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • . Glasgow and Greenock• • •• • • •• • • • • . Great Northern and E. L.•..... • . Great Southern and Western • • Great Western, &c Kendal and Windermere• • .... •• • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.... . ; Lancaster and Carlisle. ..... ........ Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen........ London and North Western, &c. ..... London and Blackwell.... • ..• • ... London and Brighton London and South Western ..•...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great 'Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North British .. ••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • •• • Rouen and Havre.. • • • • • • •• • Last week. 500 !,370 481 791 401 5,024 1,360 Scottish Central .••• •• Shrewsbury and Chester .. South Eastern and Branches .• • • • • •• South Devon ........ . •• • ... • ....... Taff Vale • • • • • • • • .. Waterford and Limerick............ Whitehaven Junction ... • . •• . • •• •• • York and Newcastle . • . •.......... York and North Midland ........... 136 40,303 605 9,331 8,995 3,616 20,897 1,369 4 f : ' 0 1 AI cc; Poi, , Eiil'°?.. .8. r...).,,E1 3,533 803 803 855 465 3,072 1,138 15,203 1,007 1,021 1,026 917 2,302 18,701 133 9,370 1,675 160 37,410 2,875 5,652 2,458 1,064 1,433 7.610 1,509 1,880 747 283 11,603 7,241 859 8,646 8,267 2,228 18,907 1,018 1,883 3,038 1,315 610 7,94 744 1,782 909 10,607 8,000 THE COURT.—In addition to the state ball to-night at the Palace, the Lord Chamberlain, by her Majesty's command, has caused invitations to be issued for a grand concert on Wednesday week, the 9th proximo, and ano other full-dress ball on the 16th. THE D UKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—We are gratified in being enabled to state that that his Royal Highness has recovered from his recent severe and protracted attack of gout, and was able to take carriage drives twice during the past week from his residence at Kew. ATTORNIES' COSTS.—At a meeting of the Judges held at Sergeant's-inn, it was unanimously resolved that in all cases mileage shall be allowed to an attorney at tending an assize town, whatever the number of cases may be in which he is engaged, and that the charge in respect thereof shall be equally apportioned to each case. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after the Ist of May next the following Receiving Offices, under Ports mouth, will be opened for tho issue and payment of money orders :—Landport, Portsea, Southsea. THE NAVY CLUB.--The gallant members of this professional club dined together on Thursday at the Thatched House Tavern. Captain Lord George Paulett was president, and Captain Rodney Mundy filled the vice chair. Among the gallant members present were, Vice-Admiral J. Sykes, Rear-Admiral Sir W. 0. Pell, ICnt., Rear-Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill, Rear-Admiral Sir 11. Dillon, Rear Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Rear- Admiral Sir J. It. Rowley, Bart., Lord W. Paulett, Captain Lord Edward Russell, Captain Lord F. Gordon llallyburton, Captain Percy Grace, Captain Henderson, Captain Porter, Captain Alexander Milne, Captain Du Cane, 84 c- NEW RULES IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS.— On Saturday, the following notice, signed by the whole of the Judges was posted in the several courts of common l a w, at Westminster, viz. Regula Genarales, Easter Term, 12th Victoria, 1849 :—lt is ordered, that when a rule for judgment as in case of a nonsuit shall have been discharged on a peremptory undertaking, to try at the next or ally future assizes or sittings, if th e pl a i nt iff sha ll ma ke default indprfoecbededaettngsbtaolltrbiael,aptuftsbuearntt to undertakinZ, the if t a h n e y plaintifft e b eror e has w rio v t d n g r t e t f w o u r j u u p d the eet rule, a n t o d draw e it u p u o y p t : at to m ove for judgment w i t h ou t serving a copy of the rule on the plaintiff." • EAST INDIA HOUSE. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. A Specittl General Court of the Propriet ors of the East India Company was held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, at the desire of nine Proprietors of East India stock, as expressed in the following letter "Louden, April 9, 1&49 " To tha Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs, " We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quali fied by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Papers now before the Court, relative to the disposal of the Sata' State. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) " J. Sullivan. " Arthur J. Lewis. " Joseph Hume. " J. Williams. 44 Al ex . Raphael. • " Chas. Forbes. " John Briggs. 44 Chas. Grant. . . 44 J . w. Graham." Precisely at twelve o'clock the directors entered the room, and Sir ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY took the chair. He said he had then to announce to the meeting that this Court had been specially summoned at the desire of several Proprietors as expressed in their requisition, which he would call u p on th e s ecretary to read. The SECRETARY ha ving read - acquisition, and the minutes ofthe preceding meeting having been also read and confirmed, Mr. SULLIVAN rose to move a resolution. He said, the question which they were about to discuss was really one of the most important that had ever been propounded in this Court. It was a question which not only vitally affected the dearest interests of every native of this country, but it affected, as he should be able to show, the very principles on which the com pany held their own territory, so far as their title depended on the observance of the most solemn moral considerations. What that question was would be seen from two extracts which he would read from the papers then in his hand ; the first was an extract from a minute of the Governor-General, and the next was written by Mr. Willoughby. Lord Dalhousie said— " I take this fitting occasion of recording my strong and deliberate opinion that, in the exercise of a wise and sound policy, the British Government is bound not to put aside or neglect such rightful opportunities of ac quiring territory or revenue as may from time to time present themselves, whether they arise from the lapse of subordinate states, by the failure of all heirs of every description whatsoever, or from the failure of heirs natu ral, where the succession can be sustained only by the sanction of the Government being given to the ceremony of adoption according to Hindoo law. Such is the gene ral principle that, in my humble opinion, ought to guide the conduct of the British Government in its disposal of independent states, where there has been total failure of ali heirs whatsoever; or where permission is asked to continue by adoption a succession which fails in the natural line." Again, Mr. Willoughby says— " A more important question than that of the conti nuance b o e r c e e x m t e i n a c t n e m of b etrn of e S t a h t i t e a r G a e s t v a e t r e n has t n . o t arisen since I became a member of this Government. It does question of what is the right policy to be pursued towards anyother native circum stances.utnhdeergeseiemtiielnarwhether: onln other failure of heirs natural , it is exp edient to absorb them s w ta e t r e ds ott it . India a es in the general sovereignty of the An g lo-Indian empire, or to continue them by the Hindoo custom of adoption" Now, it was obvious that the y were not about to discuss merely the justic e or ex p edienc y of annexing the Sattara state to t he British Government; but they were to discuss a questi on of a far more impor tant . nature—namely, whether the East India Company had a right to seiz e up on and to a pp ro p riate the territory of any native S overei g n Prince of India whom the East India Company might determine t o have died without heirs. Now, in order to a right apprehension of that question it was absolutely ne cessary to keep in mind that the interests of three I distinct classes of people were involved in it—first, there was that class of Sovereign Princes whose independence the Company had recognised, with whom they had treated on a - footing of equality, and to whom they were bound by special treaties ; secondly, there was another class of Princes, who were not Sovereign Princes, with whom they had not treated on a footing of equality, but to whom they were bound by written agreements; and, thirdly, there were the chiefs and feudatories i n I n di a , with whom they were not bound by any specific engagements, with whom, therefore, they were at liberty to deal ac cording to the established law of the country. Most necessary it was to keep that distinction of classes clearly in mind, because in the papers then before the Proprietors they had been studiously confounded. The question then, he said, was this—whether the East India Company had a right to seize upon and appropriate the territory of any native Sovereign Prince of India whom the Company determined to have died without heirs. Now, on what foundation was that monstrous proposition made to rest? It was this, that the East India Company are the lords para mount of India, that they stood in the place of the Mo gul Emperors, and that the rights which were inherent in those Mogul Emperors had devolved upon the East India Company, and that they had a right to treat all the Sovereign Princes of India as vassals. Now, no one could doubt, that in extent of territory, in point of military strength, and in every attribute which constituted power, not only did they stand in the place of the Mogul Emperors, but immensely above them. Non constat that the Company had a right to exercise all the rights which appertained to those Emperors. Did those who propounded that proposi tion forget that the Mogul Emperors were despots in the strongest sense of the term, that they disposed of the lives of their subjects at pleasure, and that their will was their law? Did those persons forget that the East India Company were not only not a despotic Government but a regulated Government, that they had voluntarily denuded themselves of every particle of arbitrary power, which might have belonged to them as a sovereign state of India, and had defined and limited their authority, as between themselves and their subjects, by that code of regulations which had been passed for their benefit, and which was their charter against us ; and the Coin pang had limited and defined their aut horit y b y spe cific treaties by which they bound t h ems elves as the dominant power to do certain things, native Princes in the same way. It was the n and to leave certain things undone, and bound h the Company was to beguided, and not by any vestige of arbitrary power derived from the Moghats. From those they could not swerve either to the right hand or to the left without incurring the imputation of bad faith that would be scandalous even in a Hindoo Government, but infinitely more scandalous in a Government like theirs, which professed to be guided by Christian morals and Christian principles. Now the Raja of Sattara was one of those sovereigns to whom they were bound by a specific treaty. What were the Company's obliga tions under that treaty ? How was the matter treated in that pithy dispatch which emanated from the Court of Directors on the 24th of January, and which formed part of those printed papers which he held in his hand ? Did they find them employed in an anxious examination of the obligations which they had con tracted under the treaty, and, in order to assist them in that examination, calling for the opinion of eminent jurists in order to determine the meaning of the English terms used in the treaty, or any eminent oriental scholar, in order to determine the meaning of the native terms used in the treaty ; above all, that gentleman by whom the treaty was made, or that other gentleman by whom that treaty was interpreted to the other contracting party to the treaty. In the dispatch, dated the 24th of January, to which he had referred, these words oc curred : in opinion, directcannot nn " We have read these various papers with th e grea t es t attention, and have weighed all the consid erat i ons se t forth in them, with a deep sense of respon s ibility. Th e result of o ur d e lib era tion i s th a t , concurr i ng wit h you we n t aoprrae constructive,s f s u t l o l fully satisfied an adopttadopted t d h g a iny t eei by rsyu withoutct h h e consent,ge n t e h r e a l c al con ssent that t the , ofnw. en and custom of India a d e p en d en t pr i nc i pa l ity l ik e t h at o f Sattara paramount interests o committed Power; tt ed that o w n e n arer charge h u a n r d i e e r no piege ge th n e eral best consulted by withholding it. " The pretensions set up in favour of the adopted son of the ex-Raja being wholly untenable, and all claims of collaterals being excluded by the fact that none of them are descended from the person in whose favour the principality was created, the ex-Raja Pertaub Shean, it follows th a t th e t e rrit o ry of Sattara h as l apsed, by failure of heirs, to the power which bestowed it ; and we desire that it be annexed to the British dominions." Now, in that extract they heard of the general law and custom of India ; they heard that Sattara being a dependent principality, could not pass to an adopted heir without the consent of the paramount Power ; and they heard of the right of the Court of Directors to take possession of his territory ; but of the obliga tions contracted by the Company under the treaty, they heard no more than if the India Company had as little concern with it as the Emperor of Russia. How was that question dealt with in that minute which was written • by Mr. Mangle 2„ and to which so many Directors had pinned their faith ? By an elaborate attempt to prove that it was the intention of Lord Hastings and Mr. Elphinstone by the treaty to place the Raja of Sattara on a footing totally different from that of all the other states in alliance with the Company, and to make him a sovereign in some special sense ; and this they say was proved conclusively from the dispatches of Lord„ Hastings and Mr. Elphinstone. Now was it not mar vellous that gentlemen who had been search ing in those dispatches in order to discover the animus of the writers, saying as they did that they had conclusive proof from those dispatches that it was the intention of Lord Hastings and Mr. Elphin stone to make him a dependent Prince and a Sovereign in their own particular sense, that they should have overlooked those passages which he had then to bring under their notice ? In the proclamation that was made by Mr. Elphinstone to the Mahratta nation on the 11th of February, 1818, were those words : "The Raja of Sattara, who is now a prisoner in Bajee Row's hands, will be released, and placed at the head of an independent sovereignty of such an extent as may maintain the Raja and his family in comfort and dignity." And in this letter from Mr. Elphinstone to the Raja, dated the 13th Sept, 1818, this passage occurred "The Governor-General will settle the affairs of your Highness's territories to your satisfaction." On Sept. 26, 1818, the Governor-General wrote thus to Mr. Elphinstone : " The Governor-General has already signified to you his entire assent to the force of those considerations which induced you to extend the original objects of the establishment of the; Raja of Sattara in an independent sovereignty, and the consequent sxtension of the terri tory to be conferred on that Prince." And on June the 18th of that year Mr. Elphinstone wrote to Lord Hastings in these terms : " The Government (of Sattara) ought, however, to be placed'on the same footing of independence as our other allies." And, twenty years afterward, in September, 1839, Sir James Carnac thus expressed himself : " We should be accused," he says, (when speaking of the proposal to subject the Raja to a trial, by a com mission of company's servants) " of degrading a sove reign from his acknowledged rank, and offering violence to his feelings and dignity, and of assuming a right of superiority to which we have no claim. In tact, I know of no mode by which one state can arraign for trial the sovereign of another state." Now, in the first of the extracts they bad a solemn pledge given by Mr. Elphinstone to the Mahratta nation that the Raja of Sattara should be placed at the head of an independent sovereignty. They had, then, the acknowledgment of Mr. Elphinstone that the territories out of which that sovereignty was to be carved were the territories of the Baja of Sattara. They had, thirdly, the avowal of Mr. Elphinstone and the Governor--General that the Raja of Sattara should be placed on the same independent footing as that of every other indepen dent sovereign ; and twenty years afterwards they had the acknowledgment on the part of Sir James Carnac that the Raja of Sattara was not only a Sovereign Prince quoad his subjects, as asserted in the minute, but that he was a Sove reign Prince quoad the British Government, so far in point of character upon an equality, that the British Government had no right to assume any superiority over him. Now, he asked, had language any meaning ? Could it be permitted, in the face of that language used by Lord Hastings and Mr. Elphinstone, in which they avowed their intention of placing the Raja of Sattara in the position of an independent Prince, and to male him a real Sovereign ? Could it be permitted by any species of special pleading to be made out that Lord Hastings had no such intention, that he had a directly contrary intention, and that was to make the Raja of Sattara a Sovereign sui generis, a sort of puppet-machine, which he could move at his pleasure? Don't let it be said, that he (Mr. Sullivan) was arguing that the Raja of Sattara was an independent Prince, in the strict sense of the term. His object was merely to prove that he was an independent Prince only in the sense that all the other native Princes in alliance with us were independent. But, says the minute, " the limitations placed upon his authority prove that he was placed upon a different footing." Now, he might remark, they might place what restrictions they pleased on a Sovereign Prince without degrad ing a Sovereign Prince into the character of a feudatory. But what were these limitations and re strictions which were said to be so unusual, and which placed the Raja of Sattara upon a different footing from those other allied Princes ? The first was, that he was to hold his territories in subordinate co-operation with the British Government—that was the case with the Princes of Oude and N agpore; the second was, that he was to conduct his Govern ment in conformity with the wishes of the British Resident. It was not contended that that was a singular provision, for it obtained in the case of the Princes of Oude, Nagpore and Mysore. The third was, that he was not at liberty at any time either to increase or diminish his military forces without the leave of the British Government. That was a restriction common to all the allied Princes, for example Oude, Sindiah, Holkar, and Nagpore. The fourth was to forbear from all intercourse with fo reign powers, but he was restricted from all correspondence on domestic matters. This was a peculiarly severe restriction, and the breach of it was followed by an extremely heavy penalty. But the key to that restriction was to be found in a note appended to that very minute, which runs thus : " It will be proper to impress on them (the inhabit ants), as well as on the Raja, that it is not intended to revive, even in name, the empire of Sevajee, but to create for the Raja a new state, and it is of the utmost consequence stood that the design should be clear l y under- This was a clear index to that restriction. Both Lord Hastings and Mr. Elphinstone were apprehen sive that the restoration of the Raja of Sat tara would lead to the re-integration of the they n e g n hadh dependenti m states. intendeda pr There h nt eoecrrede—edlvi Prince—if was different rhei no intention Mahratta confederacy, and hence it was that care was taken to prevent the Raja's having any intention to degrade the Raja himself below the status corre spondence with neighb st o hg n aei r o t h h f a e d c t a o e t s t ad havera Iffa oß i t n ia' t je e ar n diolrfdi Princes. from that of other allied powers, they should have done so in distinct terms. They should have dealt with him, for example, as they had recently dealt with Ghoolab Singh. Well, then, what was the nature of the treaty with Ghoolab Singh ? "In consideration of the services rendered by Raja Ghoolab Singh, of Jummoo, to the Lahore State, towards the restoration of relations of amity between the Lahore and British Governments, the Maharaja herchy agrees to recognise the independent sovereignty of R u ja Ghoolab Singh in such territories and districts in the hills as may be made over to the said Raja Ghoolab Singh by sepa rate agreement between himself and the British Govern ment, with the dependencies thereof, which may have been in the Raja's possession since the time of the late Maharaja Riurrunk Singh; and the British Government in consideratiion of the good conduct of Raja Ghoolab Singh also agrees to recognise his independence in such territories, and admit him to the privileges of 13 separate treaty with the British Government." " The British Government transfers and makes over, for ever, in independent possession to Maharaja Ghoolab Singh, and the heirs male of his body, all the hilly or mountainous country with its dependencies, situated to to the eastward of the river Indus, and westward of the river Ravee, including Chumba and excluding Lahool, being part of the territory ceded to the British Govern ment by the Lahore State, according to the provisions of the state 3. article 4 of the treaty of Lahore—stated March 9, 1846." —lcsrt Ghoolab will a n b be i ngi seenarn Singh' s t hata H isto r yr madeo': l a' t tn / i i e o independent to ki /s h Sovereign, of Lahore, but in relation to the British Government he was made a dependent Prince. He formally acknow ledged the supremacy of the British Government. See the different terms employed in the two treaties. To the Raja of Sattara the territory was " ceded in perpetual sovereignty, and ,to his heirs and successors generally. To Ghoolab Singh the territory was ceded not in sovereignty, but in independent possession, not to his heirs and successors, but to the heirs male of his body." See the instructions given by Lord Hastings for the formation of the treaty :—" In any treaty the dignity of the Raja must be scrupulously preserved." Would that instruction have bee obeyed if the Raja had been reduced to a 19-Jer status than that of Holkar, Sindiah, the Rsja vof-z`4!g:ass s T pore, and the Gnecowa, who had been his I Now, he asked if this instruct ion would nay b a een written if it was intended to roduce tl4 Baj a to the oor status of Sindia, Holkar, G walior, agl). •o!i He of the had been at some pains t o dissect mfrsporti minute, b ecau se the writers el great it had said, with 13 confidence, that it 01 conclusively proved that it was the intention of Lord Hastings a nd Mr. Elphinstone t r p lace the Raja of Sattara lower than other princes. They had done this in the same way as a counsel proved the case of his cli en t, a dmitting all the " pr os, : and omitting all unpleasant ,4 cons." Now, he believed he had clearly proved that it was their intention to place him in the position of all other princes and allies; but not only did the writers say that they had conclusively proved this to have been the intention of Lord Hastings and Mr. Elphinstone, but they went on to say that the whole question hinged upon this, and that if it was proved that the Raja was an independent prince, that the ceding of his territory to the company was perfectly justifiable. Now if that was the case all they had to do was, either to reason him out of his independence, after the fashion of this minute, or to rob him of it. He had shown how easy it was to reason a native prince out of his pos sessions, and he would proceed to tell them how easy it was to rob him of his independence ; and in doing so he should take the liberty of reading an extract from a letter which he should call anony- mous, and if the Gallant Chairman rebuked him, as his predecessor had done, for reading anonymous papers, he perhaps might be induced to give the name of the writer. The writer was describing the way in which we had dealt with our ancient ally, the Raja of Travancore. " If it is asked by what misconduct or by what hos tility, either open or concealed, towards the British Government, the Raja has forfeited his rights as an in dependent Prince, it would be difficult to answer the question. I remember very well the alarm that was felt in 1788, at Tippoo's growing power, and that the alli ance with Travancore was regarded as a fortunate event, as the possession of that country by Tippoo would have endangered our southern provinces. This alliance was frequently renewed, but always on a footing of equality while Tippoo lived ; but-on the fall of this enemy of both states, the terror of whose arms had been the first cause of their alliance, and when the Raja might reasonably have expected to be relieved from the whole, or at least a part, of the expense, of being protected against invasion, he finds himself compelled to make a virtual surrender of the dominion of his country to his ally." So long as the Raja of Travancore was a trump in our hands, we cherished him, and upheld his independence, treating with him on a footing of equality, but no sooner had we vanquished the com mon enemy than we threw him out of our hand as an useless card ; robbed him of his independence, and virtually deprived him of his territory. Who accused them of want of good faith with an ancient ally ? Does the letter come from a Radical, as he believed the left of the Court was called ? (Loud laughter.) No ! it was written by Sir Thomas Munro, with his usual magnanimity of character. He held at the time an official situation, and wrote in this strain to the Governor-General. He had shown how easy it was to rob a prince of his independence. To save his breath and the time of the court, he would admit that it was the intention of the treaty to place the Raja on a lower level than other Indian princes. But was his mouth closed—had he uoth:_ng more to say—was he put out of court ? Did his admission that he was an independent prince void the treaty ? Did that become a dead letter be cause it was admitted that he was depen dent ? No. The territory of Sattara was ceded by the treaty to the late Pertaub Singh and his heirs and successors, without any reference to his status. So far, therefore, from the question hinging on his status, on his dependence or independence, how easy it was either to reason or to rob a _Prince of his independence, because the authors of the minute asserted that the whole question hinged upon the status. If he was independent, they bad no right to interfere with him, but if dependent they might interfere to set aside his adoption. This status had really nothing to do with it. The territory was ceded to him— dependent or independent, prince or peasant, bond or free. The question, therefore, hinged entirely on the meaning of the treaty. But although you do make the treaty hinge upon the status of the Raja, you condescend to bring in the treaty as a makeweight to your argument. The meaning of the treaty, you say, is transparent, inasmuch as the letter admitted that no adoption would be valid unless approved of by the British Government; and Sir James Carnac declared that the principality would lapse unless the British Government should allow it to be perpetuated by adoption. Now, before he entered on any reasoning upon the meaning of the treaty, he would read a canon for the interpretation of treaties, which was laid down by one who had made more treaties with native Princes than any indi vidual that ever was in India, viz., Sir John Malcolm. He said we were bound by our obligations and good faith to interpret our treaties with native princes in the sense in which we interpreted the treaties to them, and in accordance with equitable language, or the language of Sir George Clerk. In what lan guage did we interpret this treaty to the Raja of Sattara? The words of Sir John Malcolm were— " It belongs to good faith to interpret our treaties with consideration to the sense in which they are under stood by those with whom they are contracted, and with every indulgence to their lax habits in such points. We can, I think, have no right, except under the most posi tive and clear breach of treaty on their part, to go in any shape beyond the spirit of our engagements, except on occasions when the public peace of the country under our general protection is threatened in a degree that calls for a change of rule as a matter of positive neces sity, in order to preserve the tranquillity of our own territories and those of others." He should interpret the treaties in the equitable language of Sir George Clerk. Let them remember what Sir George Clerk had said—and no one had had the boldness to deny, it—that the words used in the treaty were remarkably explicit and distinct, viz., that they bound the British Government to perpetuate the territory of Sattara in the house of Sevajee. No one, as he had said, had bad the boldness to im pugn the construction put upon the treaty by Sir George Clerk. He believed that an excel lent code of morality might be drawn up out of the dispatches sent to the Governor of India from the East India House. As it was with individuals, so it was with corporations, there was a great difference between preaching and practice. There was a wide difference between the two—the preaching was excellent, but the practice of the doctrine was most deficient. This was the case in the instance be had mentioned. Let us take care that the sword which we see about to rise does not cut two ways, that it does not cut in twain the very title upon which we hold our own territorial possessions. Upon what tenure do we hold these possessions, but by solemn treaties with the native powers ? Upon what tenure, for instance, do we hold our Bengal ceded provinces, but by a treaty concluded in 1801 with the Nabob Vizier, by which he ceded those provinces in perpetual sove reignty to the East India Company ? Upon what tenure do we hold the Bengal Doab ?—a treaty concluded with Madajar Sindiah in 1803, by which he cedes that province in perpetual sovereignty to the East India Company. By what tenure do we hold the provinces of Cuttock, Furrukabad, Bawaub, &c., &c., but by treaties by which those provinces are ceded in perpetual sovereignty to the Company ? What is the title of the King of Oude to those pro vinces which we conquered from the Nepaulese and transferred to him for a million sterling?—a treaty with us by :which we ceded them to him, his heirs, and successors in perpetual sovereignty. What is his title to all his possessions but a treaty with us, by which we guaranteed them to his heirs and successors ? Now let us see what Lord Dalhousie says on the meaning of heirs and successors :—" The terms heirs and successors' must be taken in their ordinary sense, and have the same meaning as in other treaties." Put, therefore, the same construction upon those treaties with the King of Oude as you are now put ing upon the treaty of Sattara, andlyou come:in as heir to the Oude dominions, whenever the King may die, without lineal heirs, and the King of Oude may upon the same ground reclaim the possessions which he ceded to the Cosnpany in perpetual sovereignty whe- - ever the East India Company may cease to c•-is h , for there is, no mention in that tre"Y e of s ot " heirs and sv,ccessors" toThe:Company. a native Prince who would not spurn . sy''.: per etual subter fuge—that Iwhen they cede territoL2 ever. ft will sovereignty—they have done with er be seen that the .question w 4. b le . descnt interests of n 'd we were then dis cussing affected not only every native Prince in Inds ' ' . thir own possessions, so but the every title upon which the Cnmpany het' far as that de.pended upon trustees. But it is *amp to justify this spoliation by u: examine them. The first is, that precedents. Le , the Raja or ~attars dictated the terms upon which Punt Snake was allowed to adopt. He did so because the Ilan " was lord p a ramount of Sattara, and Pun t .juab ar washis feudatory. The next was th ,,, the G' aecowar refused to permit Kustra Rao to H ere again the Gnecowar was ilord para mount of the Bandas state, and Kustra Rao his feudatory. These precedents are, therefore, quite be side the qt testion. We next see that the widows of Sindiah and Holkar had made adoptions with the concurrence of the British Go vernment. But these Princes both died without h. ring exercised the right that was vested in them of adopting—th e y died without heirs ; but the Raja of S attara had exercised that right, and died, km, ing an heir in his adopted son. Those pre cedents, herefore, are inapplicable. General Caulfield has chat enged you, and he repeated the challenge from an instim ice in which the paramount power has claimed a right I Ai negative an adoption made by a Sovereign Prince . He perfectly agreed with the Gallant Genes a [that Holkar's case was not a fit prece dent for us, because we made it a precedent a gross breach of our treaty with that Prince. We took advantage of a lapse in the succes sion to rob the Sovereign of his right to adopt. But then it was said that collateral heirs could not heirs say could so. lot succeed to the t err it or i es , b u t th e •treaty succeed,Agai bu t nitNVa t s he ur t g r e e d at t y ha d t id no n n o e t but ssy _m so. The territory of Sattara was ceded to the Raja, his heirs and successors. Whoever was Rijah of Sattara was heir under the treaty. Moreover , t his denial of the right of collateral h • Kra was in the face of the dictum of Sir James Carnac, who acknow ledged that if he was to maintain the treaty of 1819 in its integrity, he had no choice but to place the next collateral heir upon the throne, namely, the brother of the late ex-Raja. sTow if that privilege had lapsed to the Government the treaty was void. The treaty of 1819 might have been adhered to in one sense, but if the treaty of 1819 were taken in all its integrity, they: were obliged to take the heirs of the former Raja's brother and place him on the throne, because he was the next collateral heir and admitted to be such. But the East India Company said more bait the lineal heirs were to succeed, and if they carried out that policy did they think the Princes would ever) want natural heirs ? No; so far from their avanting then; spurious heirs would spring up like mushrooms. For so long as they allowed the practice of adoption and collateral heirs to succeed, the collateral heirs took good care to 'check the practice of adoption ; but the moment they denied the practiee of adoption, the collateral heirs would join with others to cheat them, and he sincerely hoped they would cheat them every time they had an opportunity of doing , so.—(Hear, and laughter.) He had now, to the best of his re collection, examined all the arguments contained in these dispatches. It would seem to him that the reasons advanced in favour of the present course of the East India Company simply begged the whole question. The question as to whether,the Raja had any right to adopt, or whether the collateral heirs had any right to succeed, was begged altogether, and certainly it was a very easy way of getting over all the difficulties ; but the law ought to tell them that they had no right to deal with the matter in that way. It must be decided by the international law, and he for one must insist in the first instance that upon no principle """ of law or justice ought they to undertake to deprive this man of his territory. They had undertaken the task of amassing judgment in this one case, but be would take leave to ask whether in a regular civilized coun try that was a fair or honest mode of settling their treaties ? In settling our treaties with the United States of America did we not refer them to an um pire did we not appoint commissioners, before which both parties were heard, and all the claims were set forth and fully inquired into ? But, in the present instance, they were departing from all jus tice and precedent, all law and equity, because in this case they were the lions and the Raja was the lamb. Now, he felt satisfied they would blacken the character and reputation of the East India Company in the eyes of the native Princes and people of India if they refused to constitute any other tribunals but themselves, before whom the claims of all parties could be practically inquired into, and if just, established. Unless they followed the advice of Sir G. Clerk and others in that respect, their charac ter for political faith would be irretreivably blasted, and all their treaties with the native Princes of India would be treated as mere mockeries.—(Cheers.) Pass ing from the morale of this question, he would just take a glance at the policy of it.—(Hear, hear.) But this was far too important a subject to be pro perly discussed at the fag end of a long speech. Nevertheless there were some :prominent points which he would just [notice. Let the Court consult their records, and they would find it to be the opinion of every one whose opinion was worth having, that in the present state of our territorial dominions in India the wanton extinction of a native state is the greatest political blunder that we can commit. Hear the emphatic words of Sir John Malcolm., He says:— "Considering, as I do, from all my experience, that it is our policy to maintain as long as we possibly can, all native states now existing, and through them and by other means to support and maintain native chiefs and an aristocracy throughout the empire of India, I do think that every means should be used to avert what I should consider as one of the greatest calamities, in a political point of view, that could arise to our empire; the whole of India becoming subject to our direct rule. I am decidedly of opinion that the tranquillity, not to say the security, of our vast Oriental possessions is in volved in the preservation of the native principalities which are dependent upon us for protection. Besides the other and great benefits which we derive from those alliances, their co-existence with our rule is of itself a source of political strength, the value of which will never be known until it is lost. I am convinced that though our revenue may increase, the permanence of our power will be hazarded in proportion as the territories of native princes and chiefs fall under our direct rule." Now he begged their attention to the opinion of an other equally eminent man. What did Mr. Elphin stone say on this part of the subject : " It appears to me (said Mr. Elphinatone) to be our interest as well as our duty to use every means to pre serve the allied Governments, it is also our interest to keep up the number of independent powers; their terri tories afford a refuge to all those whose habits of war, intrigue, or depredation, make them incapable of re maining quiet in ours (and the contrast of our Govern ment has a favourable effect on our own subjects, who, while they fel the evils they are actually exposed to, are apt to forget the greater ones from which they have been delivered). If the existence of independent powers give occasional employment to our armies, it is far from being a disadvantage. " And in the life of Sir T. Munro, speaking of the effect of this policy upon Indian warfare, he says— " The effect of this state of things is observable in all the British provinces, whose inhabitants are certainly the most abject race in India. (No elevation of charac ter can be expected among men who in the military line cannot attain to any rank above that of Subhadar, where they are as much below an ensign, as an ensign is below the commander-in-chief, and who in the civil line can hope for nothing beyond some petty judicial or revenue office, in which they may by corrupt means make up for their slender salary.) The consequence, therefore, of the conquest of India by the British arms would be in place of raising, to debase the whole people. (There is, perhaps, no example of any conquest in which the na tives have been so completely excluded from all share in the government of their country as British India. Among all the disorders of the native states the field is open for every man to raise himself, and hence there is among them a spirit of emulation, of restless enterprise and of independence far preferable to the ser vility of our Indian subjects. The existence of inde pendent native States is also useful in drawing off the urbulent and disaffected among our native troops." But what did the Duke of Wellington say in writing fifty years ago to this Court. Why, he said— "ln my opinion, the extension of our territory and influence has been greater than our means. Besides, we have 'Aided to the number and description of our ene mies by depriving of employment those who heretofore found it in the service of Tippoo and of the Nisam. "Wherever we spread ourselves, particularly if we aggrandize ourselves at the expense of the Alahrattas, we increase this evil, and throw out of employment and means of subsistence all who have hitherto managed the revenue, commanded or served in the armies, or have plundered the country. These people become additional enemies at the same time that, by the extension of our territory, our means of supporting our Government and of defending ourselves are proportionally decreased." There with his usual penetration the Gallant Duke pointed out the evils that were likely to result from the extinctions of these native states, namely, the beggary of the natives, and their consequent hostility—extinctions that were brought about simply for the sake of procuring employment for Europeans at the expense of the natives. It was such a policy that had brought about the revolution they had recently witnessed in many parts of India, for in many o f our Indian provinces labour, which was formerly distributed amongst 20 and 40 natives, at salaries varying from 100 to 300 rupees, was now monopolised by two Europeans at an expense of between 2,000 and 3,000 rupees. And of what nature w di the distress which this system by en gendered it India ? Why, ex tract from one of an the dispatches of Mr. Frere, a sad fea tu re was given of the distress resulting from their conquests impoverish lag 4.1 e natives for the sake of. a ffording e mployment to Europeans. Mr. Frere said— "lt is right I should inform the Government that a se as to the very great anxiety exists fouonbut l g that I hear it has f u t ur e, and no act is so trifling been interpreted in various ways, favourable or unfa vourable to the continuance of the State, according to the hopes or fea rs of the party. Government will not be surprised at this when it is consi dered that the bread of almost every one in or about the city depends, more or less, on the decision,. Besides, the holders of Jagheers, Enoms, &c., who ma y feel more or less secure, according to the tenure on which they hold their possessions, there are at least 10,000 individuals directly supported by salaries from the Court, and most of them have probably many persons dependent upon them for subsistence. On the expendi ture of such Government servants mainly depends the trade of the city; and there are few of the cultivating classes, even throughout the territory, to whom the ex tinction of the dynasty of 1 4 ,erojee would be matter of indifference." And how was this national distress treated in the minutes of a member of a Supreme Court of India?— " We are not to regard the advantages which a few courtiers and shopkeepers would lose by the dispropor tionate local expenditure?' And how was it treated by Mr. Mallet, another member of the Supreme urt; And now, Sir, after all, what would the Cour t chfirst Proprietors say to the cold-blooded , l that it was wbi of all created the evil and then complai ne d unavoidable ? Did not the security o f the Indian empire depend upon these treaties ? Certainly it did; and with a former Governor-General he warned the East India Company not t o extinguish native states in this way for the sake of p lunder.—(Hear, hear.) They had heard the vo ices of the p olitical gie.nts warnin g. them of the danger of the policy they were would now direct their attention to the pursuing, and he comparison which was presented to those -accounts in the statements of those whom he would, ; t ail pigmies.