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" Z,Z . " , \ $ IT N. /72 „ et- t ,eaice' a NUMBER 9966. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1824. PRICE SEVENPEIceig. &c. practised in the maritime and distant provinces of British India. I challenge a single or solikary instance to be produced, where degradation and punishment have not followed the delinquent, and every possible reparation afford ed to the country, community, or persons who may have suffered. What I require to beabown, is an unpunished'act of any of the local officers or a wanton act of injustice or illiberality ed by the Government itself on any of its sub- 1 jects, be they black or white. I deny that one instance can be produced. I do not wish any tong-winded wire-drawn stories, or political dis quisitions finer than a " spider's web." I want the plain matter of fact, with tune, place, and person, so that it may be wrapped up in a nut shell. It always puts me in a fever when 1 see a terribly tong letter or argument, when a dozen • words would answer every possible purpose. It must be dull, it is often unintelligible, and gene rally defeats itself. It is not like hearing Mr. CANNING' speak, who instructs and delights one at the same time, nor WALTER SCOTT who edifies while he amuses. offices were re-instated but let me ask ittkitil l iktile native Princes, our native armies, and with 4:440.. tented and tarbuientHEttropeins; what - Would have been the issue had an iiiilicenioA'Press.tkpon in existence ? The answer to this qtiestiattr.is quite clear—the intelligenceorith every exaggeration, would have mused with t4e rapi dity of lightning, the native Princes would :stonily he set itt motion, and every A:woes: o,f the coutitry, and every brinch of our tiptive puevik• thip,Wouldassuredly haSe been inflicted by, the tierstiferous breath of calumny and treason. but tqpottetical, whether the dlsturbance.s' might not have extended to other p ortions of the native GREENWICH. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aug. 16, 1824. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that they will SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the TOWER, on TUESDAY, the 310 day of August, at likeen o'Clock in the Forenoon precieely, SUNDRY LOTS of OLD STORES, conwting of Scabbards, Pouches, Slings and Belts, Old Blass Furni lore from Arms broken up, Rammers, whole and broken, saddlery Articles, Iron Hames, Gun Tackle, 'trails, and Tackle Hooks, Blocks, &v.— Carriages, Old Military Cloth. Blankets, &c.—Smiths' Bellows, Fire-wood, Iron Spikes, Ind 'titer articles. FOR THE SUN. This town has been for several days in a state of confusion on account of the expected investigation of the ac counts of the Overseers and Parish Officers. A Committee had been elected to investigate the circumstances connected with a contract entered into during last year with Messrs. Croslin and Co., gas manufacturers, for the supply of the town with gas, and yesterday was appointed for receiving the Report of the Committee in a Public Vestry. FREE PRESS. (No. V.) SHORT FACTS, AND HONEST OPINIONS. " Every great example of punishment has in it some tinc ture of injustice, but the sufferings of individuals are compen sated by the promotion of the public good."—(TActr us.) Ma. Cnrron,—l wish, in speaking of those I. love dearly, lest I atn charged with an undue bias, to repeat what others have said of the In dian Arm y. One of the Churchwardens took the Chair, and when the bu siness was opened, loud complaints were made that the meeting had been convened in the middle of the day instead of the evening, when the Parishioners, who were so anxious about their interests, would have crowded the Church. The report, which was read by the Vestry Clerk, stated that the contract which had been entered into by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the pour with Messrs. Croslin was highly im provident, and expressed that there were many circumstances of strong suspicion attending it. Messrs. Croslin and Co. had contracted to light the town for the extraordinary term of 14 years at the rate of 61, Os. rid. per lamp, and they charged . up. wards of 81. for the erection of each of the lamps. This eon• tract was accepted and entered into by the parish officers, whilst a tender which was made by Messrs. Headley and Co. to supply the town at 30 per cent. lower was rejected. Messrs. Headley offered to supply at 31. lOs. per lamp, those for which Messrs. Croslin charged 61. Os. Gd. The former also agreed to furnish the lamps free of cost, and to obtain the Act of Parliament for the establishment of the gas lights. The saving the parish would have derived from accepting Messrs. Headley's contract was no less a sum than 6,oool.—(Loud cries of Hear! and Shame I)—The report stated that it was a very remarkable cir cumstance, that the tender pf Messrs. Croslin and Co. was care. fully preserved in the minutes of the Vestry's proceedings, whilst the tenderof Messrs. Headley was not to be seen there, and had mysteriously disappeared. Mr. Hammond, a Magi strate and parish officer, with several others, had expressed their determination to resist the performance of the contract with Messrs. Croslin, and had in a late vestry succeeded in preventing a rate from being made to pay the contractors. In consequence of this step those parish officers who had executed the contract applied for and obtained a rule Nisi for a Mande. mus to compel the parish officers to form and levy a rate. 'rite Vestry had now to determine whether they would or would not form a rate. Lord 11.►s.rtvas is a Nobleman probably as well acquainted with the world as any man ; himself high-minded, possessing great and varied talents, a statesman, a soldier, and a man of the first polish. During the late lW,_.hratta War, while up the country, lie bad great.ln►l frequent inter course witl► the armies, and declared, in a public document, cc that lie was astonished, among so large a body, at finding so much intel lectual endowthent, cultivated understanding, amiable manners, and irreprotaable conduct, as he whole of which may be viewed upon application at the )2eincipat Storekeeper's Office, in the Tower, wail the day of lair► where printed Lists of the Lots and Condition* of the tale be delivered to those Persons who may apply for the now. Indian Army, who, if they hid not the cornplainis of their brethren at Madras, might still seixiAbe opportunity to exact boons from the Govern ment ; in that there is no knowing to Whit an • extent the evil might have reached, .had , false and highly coloured statements pee abroad at this momentous and dreadful period, po not imagine, reader, that I am indulging in vague speculation ; nothing of tire kind ; 1 was at that very period doing duty with the Madras Army, and had poaltively a letter of Mute, containing four sheets of paper, and directed to England, opened and returned to me from the poit-office. At a period like that I ' , tee° been describing, the good people at home would be a little alarrned ; they would then (When too late) see the felly"of their philanthrophy, and 1-egret that the T had not pursued the same course Of policy which (Or the last half-century has made the'llidia Admi nistration an example to the whole Continent of Europe. We should begin 'to think of the good things of India, the gold mohurs, the pagodas, and the rupees,—of their silks, cottons, sugars, - indigo, drugs, &c. ; teak timber, of our exports to that rich and fertile country, and of the for tunes (about four millions) brought horns and spent in England ; perhaps we might think of our sons and brothers and nephews, who were magnanimuusly having their throats cut, for the patriotic purpose of improving the moral con dition of the people, and enlightening their minds. What an uproar, Mr. Editor, we should have ut borne---King's ships and King's soldiers would be hastened away,—vre should have speeches innumerable in number, and unmeasurable in length; but as.is the case in the West Indies, we could not unspeechify the evils we had pro duced, by our kind-hearted, sensitive, amiable philanthropy, or as some poet-tuster tells us in doggrel verse— " Hamm dumpty sat upon a wall— Hatripty dumpty had a great fall, Not all the King's horses nor all the King's men, Could set Ilumpty dumpty upon the wall again." 1 have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, JOHN B. SEELY, ' By Order of the Board, GRIFFIN, Secretory. Forassgers only. C hartered by the Hon . Ea st India C ompany, positively to Sail on the 2d September, FOR BOMBAY DIRECT, THE Fast-sailing First Class Ships trw FLORENTIA, JOHN NIMBLE., Commander, and ENGLAND, JOHN REAY, Commander. . each Bonbon SOO Tons, lying in the Regent's Limehuns e . B o th Ships have spacious • and elegant accutnnto d at i ons . Th e E ng l an d is and Trader. to Bombay, and th e Florentia has a ro L 5114 welts a Surgeon. h I ns Con wanders m a y b e seen at the Jerusalem Coß'ee ot torat J. LACH LA N' S, i n , G reat Ali c . street , -ittn-s-fields. We will now resume the topic about disap pointed persons, publishing anonymous attacks on the Chief Civil and Military ()dicers of the provinces ; the effects of these calumnies, and overcharged statements, had a most mischievous tendency on the minds of the natives, who read them with avidity l and implicitly believed them; it was with them that the baneful influence wee ful ly felt.'! he revenue, judicial,and military officers felt themselves hampered and annoyed by the vice y persons to whom they looked for assistance and respect, and living under certain laws end restrictions, the native, in being thus deceited, and his mind excited into a belief of the mis-ma nagement and ill state of the province, if these improper writings and reports did not at once produce anarchy and confusion, they certainly laid the foundation, and nourished discontent and ill blood. sitcoNchmAiin PIANO-FORTES AND HARPS, Good as New. A CABINET PIANO-FORTE, unequalled in Tou c h and Tone, 98 Guineas, worth GO Guineas. A Rosewood Cabinet, beautifully inlaid with brass, SO Qui- Zntal, for tiOGninetie. New double-actioned Harp, 80 (hi. e nt NM 18 01 , Al so Si ngle-aotions, at W. 20. 30, and 4 3 " 11 '.ne 4 1, ne.i. , late the pioperty of Ladies. Square Pi ano , 26 Gunn 1.,y ~N 4VV 1 seen a t J., ATLENT'S, (13, Leicesfet.plac e ), or d 4 7.11 b t ___ g • Before that question was gone into, it was moved and carried unanimously, that the Report should be printed, and that the same Committee should continue to act. An account of the parish disbursements and income was rendered to the Vestry from Mr. Ord, one of the contracting overseers, preparatory to the formation of a rate. This account was scrutinised item by item by Mr. Hammond, and a chare for a parish dinner was overthrown with great triumph. It was ascertained that a large balance in the Treasurer's hands was not mentioned, and that another considerable sum had been omitted. Mr. Ord, when interrogated, said that the ac count, now scrupled by the Vestry, was a copy of the one he had made out, and that these items had been omitted. Mr. HAMMOND said, there was. gross negligence in furnish ing the accounts in this manner; and he therefore moved a resolution to the effect, that the accounts rendered were proved to he erroneous, and that the parishioners had therefore no data upon which to forma rate. Mr. ORD moved as an amendment, a resolution to the effect that it was the duty of the Vestry to obey the NW for a Man damus, and proceed to the formation of a rate. This amendment, upon a sbow of hands, was negatived by an overwhelming majority. A scrutiny was however demand ed by the unsuccessful party, when there appeared 88 votes in favour of the original motion, and 13 for obeying the Manda mar. The original resolution was then confirmed. Thanks ware voted to the Qommittee, and a vote of censure passed upon the contracting overseer*. The vow was ordered to be advertised in the usual papers ; and, after thanks were voted to tho Chialtman, the meeting separated with every demonstration This must be so evident to persons who will take the trouble to think, and have the goodness to recollect that the population is restless, very numerous, and very ambitious, and that they are only kept in check by the native Sephauce. men of the same colour, born in Me same village, and professing the same religion and customs; and further, let it not be forgotten, that in the pro vince where probably the population is 20,000, there are not twenty European officers to regulate public feeling, and to awe popular commotion or quell revolt. Is it not clear that in such a state of things freedom of discussion cannot possibly exist, and that every attack on the Public Authorities must be productive , of evil ; and us the spreads and en creases produce revolution and ruin, I declare solemnly I speak in the sincerity of my heart, and am almost convinced that the sensible and impartial part of the BBritish► people and British press will allow the justness of my observations, and accord in my view of this great and import ant question. Important it is, for on it hinges not merely the tranquillity of India, but whether It is to remain in our possession or not ; so con vinced am I of the truth of my, assertions and ideas on the subject, that I would cheerfully, on my bended knees at the altar, take the Sacra ment, and the most solemn oath that could be devised, " that I believed a 46 Free Press in India" would be the cause of civil war, revolu tion, and our final expulsion from the Continent of Asia. X 200.000 STERLING MONEY ! POUR OP 0 MONEY! al OTHER e, C 4 API O,OO TALS, ALL MONEY! ALL TO BP. DECIDED IN ONE DAY ! TTa' OP OCTOBER NEXT! BISII, of tike Ohl State Lottery Offices, . 4, etirnbill, 'end 9, Charing-Cross, respectfully re minds hi* best Friends, the Public, that in the Present Lottery there will be NO SUSPENSE, as every Number wilt be decided on the Sth October, on which day FOUR £io,ooo Prises roust be drawn, and the Sum of £V/O,OOOAB anti. bated ; and notwithstanding the number and amount of the Capital Prizes, there are absolutely NO BLANKS, as every Tiek r t will receive FS, and Shares in proportion. BISH bat now a selection of Numbers on Sale, at his old And Itithliiatit OiliceS. 4 Corolla', and 9, Ch ar i ng Cross, Vie Three .C 40,000, Prizes w e r e s h are d and sold in the L ot Vottery, via. : ei499 .......... in 10 Shares Csoitoo 14,61 e .......... in 1 I Shares 4i0,80Q it 1A19,111i ...... a Whole Ticket £lO,OlO 'L. " otters of £1 000 000, att. . am. Shares of which were dist ributed throu g h ou t various pans ed iltaKifVd.la b i mot.. . ..s 1 Agents. i , - sts • It should be recollected, that the Act under the h sa l n e c s; - ° .n, of Which the present Lottery is to be drawn, la the that'— w ill be introduced to Parliament, and that when the t Lotteries are drawn, the system will be entirely dis continued.co Ceptaii;,liOmbay Native Irifantvi. Wyk►, Daktet, Aug. le, 1624. EXTRACTS FROM CORBETT'S REGISTER. ETIRAT U ht.—ln the preceding Letters, for " Sephsnie," read •' Sephauce." FAMOUS STOCK-JOBBING. Some weeks ago appeared a pretended gg Lotter from Philatklphia," giving an account of some surprising victories of Bolivar, in Peru. The object was to raise the price of the Colombian Bonds, and other things of that sort. To me it is as clear as daylight, that all the bonds of all the Spanish colonies will finally not be wOrth a straw. I shall be very glad of this, because it will pinch sonic of the greedy miscreants who deal in these bonds. As to Bolivar I think that he is not long for this world, unless he escape from South America. In short, I have always expected, and. I expect still, that the pretended " Republic of Colombia" will be a very quiet Spanish colony in a short time. lam for freedom : but not for such freedom as loans give. If any body of men will make a revo lution without loans, well and good ; but, if they talk of loans, if they come to our Jews to give freedom to their country, 1 would hang the miscreants. If the people be for the change, what need have they to go abroad to borrow money ? I rejoice that the loan-makers were put down in Spain. ANY THING, no matter what, is better than a government built on a hellish funding system ! Misery to millions must be the consequence. Remember, the people of Ireland were " detected in taking, for FOOD, the sea-weed that had been laid out on the land as MANURE." Poh ! Let the Spaniards and South Americans be as they are, until we have cured the Irish of eating manure ! It is better to be in slavery, and eat bread and meat. HEREFORD ASSIZES, AUG. 19. 1 11 the 2d of August was published, Part 1., price Bs., (to be continued quarterly), Pinf.omATHic JOURNAL and the LITERARY REVIEW, conducted by the Member . l Philomathic Institution, containing the following ongi i,4 The :—The Philomathic Institution—Ode to Science— Ritheir2neglish Language —Phrenological View—The Poetical 13 ' Pope — The Principles of Life—Manners- The Per --i7ency of he as exhibited in a Newspaper— Ztrea,- a Poe m —Imagination and Judgment—The relative Zatteasot Moral s and Intellect—Works of Fiction—Pleasures L ut t a tY, a pow --The Usury Laws, &c. arc. —Criticism— tou,l2ll4l--Von Spit and 3lartius"rravels in Brazil— P° aula—Pride shall have a Fall—Redgauntlet— a‘c.4l: a s India —Prose by a Poet--Literary Intelligence, 411 ad by Longan, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and ~diabJohn aternoster-row ; Wheatley and Atllard, 108, Strand ; ern er stre e t , Oxford-street ; Bell and Btadfute, H od , Wardlaw and Cunninghatue, Glasgow ; and ges an te d Alec Atthur, Dublin. 3141".14-- CURED BY AN INTERNAL NIEDICINE. By Callo w 444 wi lhis Day was published, on, Princes street, so Booksellers, and Sold by all PCTtAThe Thi , 'd Edition, cnkrged, price is. RA That l : LOBSERVATIONSonSTRIC aticribi.I —.L, and other DISEASES of th e URETHRA, ,ine. and ~ en e ffectual Mode o f C ure b y an I nterna l Well " 1 11 and pr o ving the a ppli cat i on of instruments unneces generally productive of injury. Illustrated by C oes I And 00 the Origin, Sympt oms , and Treatment of Dis ea" 111 !be Rectum. By ' , l WILLIAM RENOU, ',leather of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. r rem the difficulty of the Chemical Proc e s s i n th e Compo 'llion of th e Remedy Oho eff e ct s o f w hi ch are described in t int cases contained in the Work), it cannot he dispensed by P r escription, or in the usual course of !iftiness. For the accommodation of the Faculty and of persons residing abroad or its the country, the Medicine is sold in Psultrts of k 1 is. each, by Mr. Gifford, Chemist, 104, St rand. ,„..„,„.................................._ CURIOUS DISCOVERY. hSTIAACT OS A LATTER FROM BIGGLESwAO E., AUGUST 15. " Last week, as some workmen in the employ °I JOHN Day, Esq. were digging the foundation of a farm :_l9use n ear Biggletw a d e , t h ey suddenly struck upon somethin g "od, which, upon investigation, proved to b e a h e l met of n i'llt exqui site workmanship. Mr. Day fortunately bein Afte r g °relen, great care w as ta k en not to injure it by removal. :-:the earth hd b b artiall cleared away, they "covered some human a bones p . This induced them to teak " e further search, and shortly after they turned 4 pond erous metallic substance of an oval form, 1,,, n e 4 s hield ; a f ew i nches lower they found more human di s ql" n l luttl before night, when the whole was cleared away, they appear:l tornade out the skeleton of a man and horse ; the man Whi ch ur have been clothed in a complete suite of armour, feared 45 , n early perfect, though somewhat disjointed. .lie ap ;_ to Have been of gigantic stature ; the sword, which was rieory ponderous, lay at e feet of th e horse. On the following tli se rit o „ l ng_, Whilst pursuing their occupation, the workmen is' ' e reu, some other skeletons of men and horses, all stand fie. ~.i n An the position, clothed in armour, and nearly as t f: r ef,t. as qte first which was discovered. Mr.. Day, with great of th s e nt, is , Proceeding in a farther search, as from the position grot an d m P,,eton* already found, and the marshy nature of the 44 that- , “.tt.it doubt ix entertained but many more will he found, iti. , it must hav he whole bOdy of horse which'unfor edtely fell'intO stun% snare - e ft of an enemy, and were thus swal ti 4 P. Pell* are flo c ki ng from all the neighbourhood to _e l , the reii". GOLD AT HANKERS. A gentleman who has carried checks to bankers, tells me, that they give him Bank of England notes and refuse to give him gold, in exchange for the check ; and he asks me whether it be legal for them' to refuse to give gold. In exchange for checks they may refuse ; but they cannot refuse in exchange for Bank of England notes. At any rate, you may get the notes from them, and then go to the flank and get the gold. ECCENTRIC CHARACTER. At the close of the Assizes for York, there was often seen wandering about the streets an elderly gentleman, who attracted the gaze of - half the inhabitants of that ancient city by the extreme singularity of his dress and appearance : he was about 5 feet 10 inches in height s and appeared to be above 60 years of age. He had a long white beard, which evidently had not feared the edge of a razor for many years ; he wore a drab-coloured hat, made of a very uncommon kind of beaver, and in a very unusual form—that part of it which fits on the head was nearly globular in shape, and was surrounded by a brim of such enormous magnitiade, that even John Fox could not have seen It without feeling tin emotion of envy. The colour of his coat, which came down to his anclee, was. light brown ; the buttons of it were very large, anti, like angels` vi sits, were " few anti far between ; ' the pockets of it appeared of capacity sufficient to carry off ten such dinners as are usu ally eaten in these degenerate days. Hie waistcoat, which had a flap as large and as long as any waistcoat that ever was exhibited at Court in the best days of lace and em broidery, seemed to be made of seeps of plumage belong ing to various birds, and also of scraps of skins belon g i ne to various animals, And was a vest of far more colours than any philosopher has yet discovered in the tints of the rainboW. His stockings were of a blackish brown worsted ; they had red clocks ; and, what added still more to their singularity, were studdedpretty thickly with large diamond spots of the same colour. The breeches of this eccentric being—fer it may be necessary to observe that he really did wear breeches —did not appear to derive any assistance from bu t tons or suspenders; they were tied together down the legs by an un interrupted succession of rosettes, which, if' they were not very ornamental, appeared at least to be very useful. MS shoee, of which the soles were of great consistency, were formed of un tanned yellow leather ; so that from the head to the foot this gentleman formed one ot'. the strangest spectacles we ever be held. The name ot' this individual, who can find a patella in none but himself, we understood to be 'Hirst. He resides at Rocliffe, near Snaitti; in the West Riding of York, and is s ay. sensed of considerable property. He' ainu - ses himieff, and frightens his neighbours, by riding on a and we are in filmed,' 'that he absolutely made his appearance , m ount e d a n d dressed as we hive described, I ti seponeastei races. He also drives about in a wicker carriage Own MaritifaCture, iu which he boasts that there is not a single nail. " Tam dulce est digito monstrari, et diceri Hie est." he met with during his intercourse, and- that no body of men in the world, equally respectable and as numerous, were to be met with. An other authority, from a popular and impartial Review (" the Universal") triay be adduced in support of what I have advanied " Nor do we mean any disrespect to one part of a highly honoured profession, when we express an opinion, that the qua lities just mentioned are more frequent rod more prominent in the British Officers of the Company's native regiments, than in those of any other military body 13 the world. This is doubtless owing .to local circumstances, to which a brief allu• sion will not be misplaced. The difference is obvious, between the young ensign, who ordinarilypasses 3 is nos iciate in a depot at home, and the cadet, who, at the age of 17 or 18, is with. drawn from the countenance and support of his friends, and who is liable to be called upon, immediately after his landing in a foreign country, to exercise, In a lit-cation of considerable trust, the prudential qualities of command, more difficult to practice at that age than courage, generosity, and enterprise. Need we make the remark, that such a situation is calculated to extend the circle of the young officer's faculties, and to make him display mental r es ources, which, under other dr. cumstances, might for ever have remained dormant ? But that which appears to be the principal cause of the distinctive cha racter of the Company's officers, is the practice of spreading a native regiment in small detachments over a Considerable dis trict." It will be readily admitted, that however re spectable and estimable a large body of men collectively may be, individuals. will always he found dissatisfied and splenetic, but even with persons of an amiable and mild temperament, slighted services or neglected talents will influ. once the best of wen. Thus it was in some cases in India, and had the persons alluded to in their complaints or remonstrances confined themselves to their own solitary cases, the evil of anonymous assaults, through the medium of an unlicensed press, would have been attended with hut little public inconvenience ; but unhappily this was not the case, and I .can prove it, far latent attacks .were made pe . --th , Government, by calling pub ific attentii)4 . to buses;to mitl.practices, nod to intotilitios meaaures.nuritted in the provinces, by the revenue, and judicial officers of the State.— This was often utterly false, and at all times ex aggerated, but the hidden assailant gratified his own evil passions, by calumniating those oflizers, th z a t s t k e h ( e d i i f . e t h r e lo c t I , m a r n g n e l s ‘ c v t:. l. l e ld p r r i o o l t i ' a b a le ssa o i r l tr u u l e ) , the anonymous writer well knew, if he made an acknowledged and direct appeal to the Govern ment, they would gladly and thankfully listen to iris statements, and Heaven send those a good de liverance, whether civil or military, who are thus brought to the notice of the Government, parti cularly if the delinquencies or misconduct has in any wise compromised or injured the n a ti ve , his fate is any thing but enviable. The civil servant is instantly removed from his employment and salary of 4,000 or 5,000 rupees per month, and reduced to his stipulated pension of 350, and sent to rusticate. Nor is this the only punishment—that very unpalatable thing, a " printed general order," conveys to the service his sentence, and troth very gratifying account of his misdeeds. With the soldier it goes equally hard ; he is removed from his appointment, brought to a court-martial, and has to run the gauntlet of the whole service, with an ugly looking " printed general order" appended to his tail ? After a few years purgation, he may obtain an inconsiderable employment, and spend his days in an inglorious and heart-breaking retreat. In India there is no Borough influence to plead the cause of the cul. prit, no n o bl e or powerful family interest to ad- vocate his fallen fortunes ; non; at all ; and all those auxiliaries known in England to assist a gentleman in a dilemma are unknown in India. Ile must rise by his merit and fall by his impru deuce. Were it not for being too lengthy, as Brothel JONATHAN calls it, I could give many cases in point ; having filled the situation of Se cretary to the Vice-President, I must know something of these matters, and having served in various capacities in Malabar, the Deccan, and Guzerat--in the Carnatic and Mysore.—ln I3en. gal, Babar, and Berta, abundance of opportunities have fallen to my lot, by which I huVe acquired: some little knowledge of the Natives and their Rulers. In short, the little I know is nut sea coast information. It cannot be supposed that the civil or mili tary officer, filling a high nod responsible post, and surrounded by a dozen natives of rank, men. of talent, address, and observation, and possessed. of intri gu i ng an d c a ptious minds, would ex p ose himself t o , t h e i r i nq uiry and censure, or that he would eornmit himself in the eyes of watchful and ambitious people, who would fro m interested or vexatious motives be sure . to Wing his conduct to the notice of the Government. At this part of my subject I wish. to be parti 'cularly understood, for malty charges.have t:oen brought against the Indian and Rothe Ad ministration, under various heads, as tyranny, oppressions, misrule, malversation, extortion, In the country again reverting to the hands of the Mussulman, the former blood-thirsty and barbarous rule would be revived with a two-fold force; it is well known they would never tolerate in their Ilindoo subjects the freedom of discussion or writing, so that the Ilindoo, in losing his old masters, would have good reason to curse the day that he became enlightened by the blessings of a free press—and was taught the doctrines of sedi tion and revolt. It is with poignant regret that I am compelled, by my love of truth, to say that the same observation strictly applies to the esta blishment of the Christian faith in India. The Mahomedan would never permit his Ilindoo sub jects to profess a religion which he holds in pro found contempt,and always(when in power) treats with ineffable abhorrence, calling Europeans Dogs" and " Disbelievers." The Mussulraan of India is a fac-simile of the Turk—anti their character and government are pretty well known to my countrymen. Break down the great barrier of caste among the people of India, and give the people political knowledge, and the freedom of using it, and I would not give a shilling in the pound for all the India Stock, home and foreign. Will any man of an unprejudiced, mind ac quainted or unacquainted with India security, tell me that under the circumstances thuve de tailed, that 85 millions of people would he go verned by 40 thousand Europeans, which is the full extent of our numerical strength, including : troops, officers, and settlers. We have one more military case, and it is so much to our porpose, that I cannot too earnestly impress it on the serious attention of my country men. It must be fresh in the recollection of the well 'informed part of the British public ; the un happy dissensions which existed in ]BOB between, the Madras Army and, the Goveininent ; the dismissal of several officers (some of rank), the re moval of the Governor, and the .visit bord' ! MINT°, who, 4Y, hie ftrlll, bit. conciliatory COO. :duit, restored 'in some degree • ttte public . tist9.n and probably preventfd t ecOMiu)sietn,..thet: It entered to ahi,lie India to its very foundation —( Vide Wonders of Elora,page 68.)—The com plaintsof the Army were redressedomd all hut three JONES v. OWYNNE. ESQ. AND GOODYEAR- Mr. CAMPBELL stated, that this was an action for an assault. The plaintiff was a respectable attorney at Carmarthen, the defendant, Mr. Owynne, a gentleman ot large fortune, keeping his carriage and four. The other defendant. Nr. Goodyear, was a midshipman in the Royal Navy. Mr. Jones was employed to commence an action against Mr. Owynne, who was enved with a copy of a writ. Mr. Gwynne took no notice at the time, but he heard that Mr. Jones was to go to the Carmarthen Theatre, and he should prove that before the curtaindrew up Mr. (iwynne, accompanied by Mr. Goodyear, inquired if Mr. ,Jona. was in the Theatre. 'they found that he was not, and pleased them. ' selves in the lobby. Mr. Jones soon came in, and Mt. °Wynne said he would speak to him about the action ; but M. Jones re - ' fused to talk ot bosiness there. Mr. Gywnne then gave Mr. Jones several severe kicks, and knocked his hat off. Mr. Jones then went into a box, where Mr. (iwynne placed himself be fore him, and used most insulting language, saying that the: plaintiff was the eon of an innkeeper, and a post boy. The plaintiff left the Theatre, and thus escaped further injury.— They would consider th at the assault was violent, unprovoked, and public. Witnesses were called to prove the assault. The defence was, that the plaintiff being instructed only to serve common process on the defendant Owynne, boasted, in the market at Carmarthen, that there was a writ out against him, and that twp baili ff s were then in pursuit of him, which wasfalse ; that Mr. Gwynne was in the market buying meat. and on a peraon raying he is giving.too much—he is raising tbe market upon us, the plaintiff said he ought to have something better to do with his money, for there was a writ out against him, and a " couple" (meaning a bailiff anti his. follower) were in pursuit of him, This having been repeated to. Mr. Gwynne, who was a most respectable person, son of Colonel Sackville Gwynne, of St. Mary's, he was much provoked, and undet that provocation committed the assault. Mr. Justice PARK, in summing up to the ,Ji.ry, obsereed, that though he was allays anxious dicoUrage actions roc frivolous assaults, yet there was a vast differrriee between parties in the lower classes of lite ci-tiniag themselves by brin g tag an action for every trifling dispute, and persons , of thr higher classes of society : with them the ea se was different, Mt_ if redress was Rat given for injuvieet ' .ofthis kind; thir promote o f duelling would mach, increase, and that:wee, ea Ale "o„his demanding Werit,"a practice equally .in OraWanvoP.ol- the lam of fledmull:oath They ithouttl l eive Moderate and sni. tilde damages, which, however, shotild,shew the defendants, rates like this'oultd not to be c ommit who were 200 The Jury Found a verdict for young, enough to learn seluary, ipso% that, .out. -- , At the Consistorial Omit of tlOter, On Friila'y last, it was deem"! that the Alittioiii betivitOf William Itollin e , of Si, columb ?divot.; owl toutounon Trebittoth, Wa.. inftStu ow; and unlawful, and thfrerato ailtsulvA tut hivring.haeti nun •- n a, ivioroillit..dnitfrolni:ltelgt:fiseu.pbestp:gewhir i3O rt irluoh n sto g atm . b.wimst T iei h adhw 'e ro j et iv ar rk:iity, : . t ,n h imith e , i tt,l i reh tti . 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