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4 g , NtIATBER 9971. DROPOS ED SHIP CANAL for the JUNG. TION of the ENGLISH and BRISTOL CHAN NE LS.—The Committee of Management have received from Mr. Telford a preliminary Report of the most favourable cha racter, and highly encouraging to the prosecution of this im portant undertaking. The necessary Surveys are proceeding with under Mr. Telford's direction, and when completed, the Committee will have the satisfaction of convening a Meeting of the Subscribers, to determine upon such further measures as may be deemed expedient. In the mean time Books are open for Subscription upon paying a deposit of 11. per Share, at Messrs. Bosanquet and Co.'s, Lombard-street; Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., Gracechurch-street ; Messrs. Pry and Co., St. Mildred's-court ; Messrs. Courts and Co. Strand ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross; and Messrs. hammersley and Co.. ; and any further information may be obtained by application to Messrs. King and Lukin, No. 5, Gray's Inn square, and Messrs. Edmonds and Wolfe, Change-alley, Cornhih. MET ROPO LI TA N COMPANY. CA MARINE BA'T'H 'UAL 500,0001. DIREC Wm. Holmes. Esq. 31. P. Lord Viscount Lowther Admiral Lord colville Sir Writ. Con t kreve, Bart. 31. P. Jacob H. Built, !:;q. .Win. Busk, Esq. R. C. Barlow, Esq. NVm. Somerville, M.D. Captain Kater Alexander Blair, Esq. Benjamin Oakley, Esq. Earl of Olengall AUDITORS. G. A. Sharp, Elq. ; Wm.Buslk,Esq. ; Robert Ord, Esq. . _ DANKEttS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Mansionhouse-place ; and Alessrt. fiammergley, Greenwood, Drew, and Co. Pall-mall. LNOINEERS. Messrs. George and John Rennie. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sweet, Stokes, and Carr, 6, Basinghall-street. SECRETARY. George Wright, Esq. The object of this Company is to bring home the Benefits of Sea 'Water Bathing to the whole population of the Capital. For this purpose it is intended in the first place to procure an Act of Parliament for the incorporation of the Company ; and afterwards, by means of steam engines and of metal pipes, to bring a constant considerable stream of salt water from the sea to London ; and to form five or more establishments of public Baths of great elegance, and upon an extensive scale in diffe rent parts of the town, all of which are, by the above means, to be kept constantly supplied with renewed real sea water. Each Establishment will comprise Warm Baths, Vapour, Medicated, and Shower Baths : private and distinct Cold Baths for Ladies and Families; the like single ones for Gentle men; a very large public pleasure or swimming Bath (wholly of Sea Water) covered in : a second very considerable swim ming Bath of the like water, for the use of the less opulent. The whole to be open to the Public at varied but very mode rate charges. At each Establishment it is further intended to provide Swimming Masters. With a view to extend the utility of the measure as widely as possible, it is also intended that hospital* and other charitable institutions of all descriptions and belonging to all persuasions, shall be supplied with such quantities of sea water as they may require for the use of their patients, to be carried home to their respective establishments either gratis or at the lowest possible rate of actual cost. It is further intended, upon one day in each week, to open the secondary swimming baths, for the use of journeymen tradesmen, and other classes of ie populace, at a rate of charge not to exceed 3d. or at most 4d. for each person. The capital of the Company will be divided into 10,000 shares of 50!. each. An immediate payment of one pound per share will be required. Further calls will be made, the first not to exceed 41. per share, or any subsequent one 61. per share, at tee'. tunable intervals, at the discretion of the Directors. The affairs of the Company will be conducted by twelve Di ' rectors with liberty to add to their numbers, and the assistance of five Auditors. Directors must hold not less than 29 shares each. Auditors not. less than • I& shares each: Bosh Shareholder having 8 " ewes wIU be enthied to 1 vv•te, 15 shares to 2 votes, 31) shares to 9 votes, 30 shares,to 4 vot e s. 100 shares to 5 votes and 200 shares to 6 votes in the concerns of the Company. Females will be allowed to vote by proxy. The Prospectus, comprising a fuller development of the views, and further particulars of the regulations of the company, may be had of Messrs. Sweet, Stokes, and Carr, R, Basingball street; Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Cundy, stock-brokers, Royal Exchange; Messrs. Wolfe and Edmond*, 9, 'Change alley ; Messrs. D ezuete and Rochas, 80, Old Broad-street ; or of Messrs. Gale and Caterer, 09, Pall-mall. 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Also, of Devonshire, 41. ; Kent, 45. ; Lan cashire, and Yorkshire, 4s. each Other Counties, 2s. Each County illustrated by a Map and Views. London : Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternos ter•row, ARMY PAY-OFFICE, WHITEHALL, LONDON, August 25, 1324. NOTICE is hereby given, That the WI DOWS• PENSIONS, dne on the 24th August, 1824, in COURSE of PAYMENT at this Office, on MON DAY, the nth of September next. By order of the Rie,ht Hon. the. Paymaster-General, WM. JONES, CAshier of Pensions, &c. CONTR.:ICY' FOR TRAIN AND WILAILE OIL. Navy-Office, August 25, I R2l. THE PRINCIPAL. OFFICERS and Coll- ISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S NAPT do inreby give Notice, That on Wednesday, Me Bth September test, at One o'clock, they will br ready to treat with such I ) erstins as may be willing to Contract fur supplying His .lilaleity's several Dock Yards with TRAIN and WHALE OIL. bistribotion of the Oil, and a Form of the Tender may be *len at this Office. No 'Tender will be received aft,4' o , e or the Jay of Trstity r .nor croyAttftieed, tia.. Pent", or an Agent for Mm, attends. Tender must Le accompanied by a Letter ad.• itivefed to the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Peolions, engaging to become bound with the Person ten -1'144. in the suns. of 500!, for the due performance of the Contract. !IV/11,UL; NG-OFFICE, July 17, IBie4. THE COMMISSIONERS fur VICTUAL. LING His ..VdJE37'rs 2V.,-11rY, c. do herejY five Notify, that on Friday, the 24th September next, they Will 64 ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed rip), and treat for the supply, on separate Contracts, of what IRISH DEEP and P ORK la ay be demanded fur the use of Hi.. Ma lb,s Troop: at Gibraltar Grenada Antigu n Tobago Darbadnes Trinidad Derhice St. Lucia Demerara St. Kitts, and Dominica St. Vincent:, fut Twelve Months certain, from the lth June next. rig Conditions of the Contracts mav be seen at this °ffice' " 6 'e 17 1>Plylog to Mr. J. W. Dunsterville, Agent fin the P iet:railing at Cork. Each Tender must specify the Price in Words at length, and he delivered before One o'Clcork on the day appointed ; and must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Persons engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the penal sum of one-third of the amount of the Contract, for the clue performance of thc same. The Person who makes the Trailer, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to antwer when called for. If",ILLER CLIFTON. VICTU.II.II:VG•OFFICI?, July 1;. 1 .. i• T"E COMMISSIONERS f or VICTUAL _ LING AIAJESTI"S NY, ere. du hereby rice Nonce, n a l on Fred y, the i•lih Septevaer nest, they vitl be ready to receive reniters in writing (waled up), and treat fur a Pantity of PRIME IRISH BEEF and PORK, amoued tvg, in the aggregate, to About Twelve Thousand Navy Threes of the former, and 4 64 Nine Thousand Navy Tivries of the latter ; 4111 ° be cured in the ensuing Season, and to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Purtsmouth, !nd Plymouth, in such numbers of Tierces and Barrels, and p s uch-proporti ons as s h a ll b e h erea ft e r required ; one-half n erdrof on or bif,re the 22114 February, and the other half ° l i or Wor e the 91st May, I 8'.15 ; and to be paid for by Dills, Payable, without interest, sixty days after date. But as a con siderable pr o p or ti on o f t h e B ee f an d P or h i s i n t en d e d t o t•'Wiled to the use o f H is M a j es t y ' s L an d F orces em pl oye d the "rest India Colonies, ant at Gibraltar and as the said ~. oninitstionert have giuen Palley Notice o/' their intention to e le e , t•c ive Propo s al s on the said 24th day/ of September fr om suc h 1 . 4401 1 s as may b e di spose d t o t rea t for the Coloni a l Sap '',„'tP it is to be understood, that whatever quan.ities of the a a id .B ". l and Pork may be contracted to be delivered a t th e for will be abated from the aggregate quantities redirect for delivery at Deptford and tht other Ports. or bhe Cuntlitions of the Cunt,acts may he seen at this Office, w• aP ll Plying Dunsterville, Agent fur the tom, at nS' at Cork to the Collectors of His Majesty's Cue the 34 Limerick, Belfiisf, Newry, and !Patel:ford ; and to sty e , eat nrY of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, respec- N V. o Tender liiindredr i -Ac a less quantity than shall be equal to Five will be sect of Beef and Five Hundred Tierces of Pork, (TO/ the rrice in words cl a a t n ia tt e r i l ,: a nd cll Tender must sP day a p i , and bi delivered before One u Clue on the kr lieu rested' and must be accompanied by a letter, signed t ,p a PerdUll engaging to become bound with Part tend„' 't ' h. o f the o mvkid , PT, in the Penal Sans of one-thirst The p,eri:e Contract, for the slue performance af the same. hie 6ehal lin who makes the Tender, or some Person On .1, must attend to answer when called for. 111, fr.elL LER CLIFTON. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, :tag: 16, t 824. TILE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS o f His ilf A JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, AO they will szLr.,, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the TO;pE R, on TUESDAY, the 31,1 day of August, at LOTS o'Clock in th e F orenoon precisely, SUNDRY of ULD STORES, consisting of a°Scabhads Punches, Slings and Belts, Old Biass hFortii ,,,ft'un Arms broken up. hammers whole and ' Articles, Iron Flames, Gun T ac kl e, T rolls; and ."‘ack,t. Hanks, Block.. &c.—&c.— Carriages, Old Mili tary Cloth _ a nd oth er 4 4. Blankets, &N.—Smiths' Bellows, Fi re . woud, Iron Spikes, rh of es o who& of which may be v i ewe d upon application at the Aseuvitral Storekeeper's Ujice, in the 7'uwer, until the dad of Ibitere printed Lists of the Lots and Conditions rthe sale will be delivered tu , those Persons who may appl y for the same, lip Order gat Board, IP. GRIFFIN, Secretary. Folt CORNS, BUNIONS, &c. oltlt i S'S ROYAL BRUNSWICK 4, CORN PLASTER, prepared from a Recipe belong cliltsi her hitt. Majesty. It is an excellent Remedy for emit,. $(114 4 ,1 Cors, and g►v►ng relief to those who have hard fleshy or i ucor ► OI St the bottom of their feet , without the least pain r!4.. .eunvettience, and will prove is very useful Family Plaster ,lesli Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Prepared Y.". MORRIS, Chemist to the Royal Family, Kensington. 110. 0 d o A All, "ozes at Is. If. and Qs. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists, the .1, ~..us.apside, St. Puul's, and 1 / 4 t/U, Regent.street (near Vlh 4 1Yle Rat m ) 1 don. Watcrloi► - place. Edinburgh ; tlltdrilie-i,t, LUhrin li , and by the principal Medicine o f `' i r b s , t ornetgliout the United Kingdom. tit I ) -.1 " 1 4125.) diny be had, PERRY'S ESSENCE, which b o a .. e en declare highly respectable Medical Journals, to 4.L . 1 . 0 .." best thing ever discovered for the Tooth and Ear 147. In .13utI les, Is. rid. and Is. 9d. PL Aav ".• — • Be *artful to ask for " Monists's URUMWICK CORN — "ft" Rod “ PtRRY'v ' t:IICNCE POR use 'room Acße,' _ . _ / i :1_ ,..... , •I: '''' -'‘..*r_ - ~... _ ..,..,_ A . „ , ...... IS U THE a 1111° T. ) 04 ' ;'i \'''' Z., 17 1 . e l I 1 ''' ' * A. • ' 1 414. / d i '7 71 ,e-)04,-- FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1824. FOR Tit E SUN. FREE PRESS. (No. VI.) SHORT FACTS, AND HONEST OPINIONS. " For him, who lost to every hope of, life Has long with fortune h e ld une q ua l strife, • Known to no paren4 love, no human core, . The friendless, honikiess object of despair.'! There is a class of society in India to whom 1 have not at all reverted, because ; during the pre sent century, neither their numerical strength or importance gives them a preponderating weight in the community. I need hardly say, I allude to Indo-Britons, or hay' cask s , the offsprings of European fathers and native mothers. In the discussion we are now pursuing,attention must be called to this respectable and loyal body of people. The question %Pt fail under review. more for the 9urpose oNrari k4N4 eatention to moral condition, than to their political. some progressive It is much to be desired that and gradual measures were introduced for their amelioration, but it would be worse than mad ness to grant them the immunities; or place them in the situations at present, filled by Europeans only. Some attention has of late been bestowed upon them, and no one more than myself ap plauds the widom and liberality of a late Act of Government, by which they may possess laud in any part of our territories. Most of these per. sons receive good educations, are intelligent, and inherit from their fathers some portion of the energy and enterprize of the English character. I am by no means unwilling to admit but that there at'e many who have a keen sense of the dis regard with which they are treated, and are im patient and dissatisfied with their station in so ciety, aud, with that portion of an amiable class of people, nothing can be more certain than that unlicensed liberty of writing and publishing would produce much ferment, and eventually disastrous results. They are high-minded from their accomplishments, proud, because their progenitors, probably, have filled high situations, confident of their powers, from the English blood that flows in their veins. With these qualities, they possess in the admixture of blood the ad dress, industry, and acuteness of the native ; the latter qualities are sharpened and improved by their English education and habits; altogether it may be supposed that they are vastly superior to the natives, and many of them but little inferior to their Eeropenn ancestors ; in short, there is much to admire in their character, and much to be lamented in their political situation. But from this class I never apprehended any danger ; true, increasing, but they are docile d wi th 1 0 closely by ties of consanguinity id en tified the that while a vigi a4l:llllPdlyt it)asYrneatiir'au"ll c onciliating policy is suarsued with re. Bard to them, no fears need be entertained. I t would be a singular act of inconsistency, and monstrous injustice, that, because they are natives of th e soil, that they should be exempted from the salutary and wise restrictions placed on Europeans with regard to the 44 Free Press."— They themselves never thought of such a thing till lately, when more enterprizing and ambitious men instilled into their minds " strange doc trines," and gave an impetus to their feelings by an example of a systematic opposition and cen sure of the Government. They were, as with the pure native, made a cat's paw of, and it would Le a sorry reflection to suppose that the British Authorities would be deceived by such a flimsy pr e t e xt, or that they would not have the wisdom and firmness to suppress pure and unqualified ra. dicalism, from whatsoEver quarter it might ema nate. The Judge, in the late proceedings in the Supreme Court at Calcutta,very properly says,--. "H e had heard his character from men who knew hint well, and men who were qualified to judge of his merits; and every thing he had heard of hint was in his favour; but it was his opinion that the name of that gentleman had been used in such a manner as a Government like this could not possibly en dure. If he had been a British subject, and committed, an offence against the British Government to-day, he might be or dereel to depart from the Country to-morrow. Yet what is the insolent boast ? That he is free from all tontroul of the Govern ment, and amenable to this Court alone. That is, that he may print and publish any thing, however seditious and destructive of this Government's authority ; that he may continue such publications at pleasure; and that they cannot even be ques tioned until the next Sessions, which will be in June. And although a bill of indictment may be found against him, he may perhaps traverse over until October, giving him all the inter mediate time to bring the Government into hatred and con tempt, and to hold it in open defiance." Ist the cause of humanity I do not mind wan dering a little from the direct subject now before us, and ire so doing I hope to be guided by the candour of a soldier, and the benevolence of a Christian. It is not much of a digression, for it re lates entirely to the Indo-Briton. There are m o nsters that I have known, who, after begetting native children, and accumulating large fortunes, have quitted India fur ever, leaving their off spring totally unprovided for, have arrived in England, have married an English woman, bought a large estate, and dashed away splen didly, quite forgetting that their children in In dia, to whom they had given a wretched exist encv, were in want of bread, or paupers on s o . ciety, whilst the parent revelled in luxury and dissiptttlnn_ " Would look gay, and smile against his conscience." When a youth, and returning from my first voyage to India, I was earnestly implored by a young gentleman of irreproachable character, to wait on his father, an old Indian of large fol.- tune, ut *** Pnrit , in E-- County, and re present his distressed situation, with three legi timate children, and a salary, as a crainy (clerk) of only GO rupees a month. He had attained, by his own industry, a good education ; this, Probably, in his distressed situation, increased, rather than assuaged, the anguish of his mind. °, my arrival in England, I went down to the Park ; it was half a day's journey, but the itfectionJte father, the tender parent, teas not to be seen. That rebuff would not suit the ardour of my temperament, and I insisted - upon seeing hitn, and-at last succeeded ; after a short private conversation (for he did not wish his dear wife and dear children to know of his misdeeds in India), he made an engagement to meet mein Baker-street ; .to this he honourably pledged himself,- and as honourably broke his engagement. I did not fail, • young as I then was, to favour him with my sentiments, On my return to India; finding the•iii success of my mission with the other, his son retired from the room where we had been sitting, and blew brains out with a will give another in stance of baseness and • cruelty, and I am nut without hopes that these facts may lead to a beneficial anti practicable result. A person. of large forttint“it would. 1w .an inscit to huruassity • to say a gentleman) was retiring from India, and' his son and daughter having received their edu cation at home, had imbibed with their know ledge some portion of our spirit, and they insisted that before their fond and doating parent, (which he always was in India), for the sake of public ap i: :otilani e ch t t vi e em s s , y, ii‘env ere o his a l d :d,e l a e rrs,l a it r:tieegf4uoolra, hands,Ort ie o itdr r h u omen p eu e i e tt fu) s ot , ae f ri o r ta r ,is) t y: l:; ota i . f r ; fit monthly. and upwards, but the young man having obtained a trilling situation, and the father in England finding that his dear English wife spent his dear slew rupees rather fast, he drew out of the agitnt's.hands the 40,000 rupees, and wrote to his dear son, ' that now he had got employment he could maintain himself and sister genteely.' Great God ! will monsters like these have the impudence to call themselves Christians and Gentlemen, who have " Disclaimed all his paternal care Propinquity, and property of blood." lot such things are, I do assure you, Reader, and both these events I can prove beyond all doubt. I have promised to write my adventures and opinions, under the head of '' Travelling Memoranda for 2.0 years in India ;" a few events and anecdotes of an.extraordinary and interest ing kind will appear in their true undisguised dress. The two little anecdotes in your Paper nre sure to be seen by Indians, and they are not im properly introduced, nor I hope uselessly brought before the Indian authorities, or the good folks from or connected with India. It will be seen, as we go on, that they are not unconnected kith Ole main subject of India, and the Flee Press. As before observed, I would not grant the Indo Britons a Free Press ; but, in the name of justice and common humanity, I would grant them a substantial and available benefit, and which I now humbly propose to the Rulers of India. t is for no one to deny but that it is our im perative duty, exclusive of those feelings of corn passion and humanity ever found in the acts of the British Government, to endeavour, by every safe and practicable means, to ameliorate the state of these persons. One measure appears to me to promise them some comfort and provision ; there may be objections to the suggestion, but none compared to the permanent interests of a large and deserving body of people, nor can we, Ali. Editor, go fully in these Essays or into the merits or objections which may exist to the adop tion of my proposal. it simply is this, That no European, be he a Governor, or Judge, or a Ge. neral, a Licensed Settler, or any other person, shall be allowed to take his final leave of India until he has to the satisfaction of the Govern ment made a due provision, according to his means, for his offspring by native women. It is incalcu table what misery and wretchedness would be prevented by such a judicious and salutary mea sure, and how many young and worthy people would be rescued from want and destruction. The gaieties of England, the blandish ments of a young and probably an artful wife, and the endearments of a brood of legitimates at home, will influence the father to forget those whom he has caused to be brought into the un feeling world, where they are thrown in a state of destitution and helplessness worse then any thing of the kind can be in England. They can have no maternal relatives, and the paternal ones disclaim them ; they know their parent to be af fluent and elevated in society ; their despondency is aggravated by the very circumstances which in others is productive of happiness, nor does their superior education, or English ideas, at all tend to remedy the evil. Those worthy per sons in England, overseers of parishes, take especial care that no children shall become charge able to the parish, or to a community ; and, the same thing, upon a more extended and liberal scale, ought and must be don© in. India. It is not an act of kindness, it is an act of justice. Our regulations preclude these persons from serv ing as covenanted servants, in either civil or mili tary capacities ; then surely it is our duty to pro tect them in their just rights against the unfeel ing or rapacious parent. I do not say that the treatment of which I complain is frequent—God forbid that 1 should utter such a libel on human nature, but it has occurred, and will again ; and it is to prevent its recurrence that this suggestion it thrown out. Another just complaint the Ind° Briton has against his prospects, the numerous importation of young men from England, who g o asvierk6) factors, &c., to the evident m jury of the class we are speaking of. These young persons go out well recommended to some house of business, or person in power, who makes it a point to provide for him, and thus de oporigvhets tthoe bea native-bornlimitseytouttob theo fh n is om bread . 0f f ree i /lere merchants and free mariners. Political reasons, as, well f 4 qpe unquestionable claims of the Ithor Class imperatively demand that a limit should:be placed to the importation of either free or sinug , .led Europeans.. It is not only necessary that the nurnher of licenced persons should be limit ed, but a 'check, .and a strong one, ought to be placed upon th e " C o u n t r y C onsols ," who clan destinely go out as seamen, W and as such are borne on th e bO o k s , while they are nothing of the kind, and themselves as gentlemen, mess at the - Captain's table ; this dangeions and illegal mode' Of getting people to 1 India does nut apply alone to the Free Traders, but to the East !Odle Company's • leguliti . lutlia men, es I . well knew, from hiving 'been two voyages to India before I went out ara Cadet of In short, this evil has get to that exietit, that many a valuable military * i ieintritentin the tory; of the eatir ?ow'or., - xt#trartfostbtett--eseti just property of the Company's Military Officers, is obtained by these adventurers, whose interest, and the influence of their powerful friends, stir. mount every obstacle, to the manifest - injury of the well-tried veteran, and of the Indo Briton. Another source of injury,not only to the latter, but even to my brethren, exists in the King's service. It frequently happens, that in corps ordered home r officers will sell out, or, after ranking others do their duty in their own regi ment for a -number of years, have accumulated such property in the situations I have referred to, as enables them to purchase a majority or a cm- , pony, when they turn round and laugh .at their own officers who have done their . duty. and at Us, who have been thus deprived of that which, by long and zealous service, knowledge of the country and languages, and devoted for life to the native army, give us unquestionable claims upon. I forbear, from motive of attachment to two or three individuals, to go further into detail on this particular point, but it is not for want of knowledge of facts and persons that prevents me. At this part of our subject,all of which relatively bears on the free-press, and its concomitant, the colonization of India, I wish to draw the atten tion of the Home Administration to the defective way in which the licenses for settlers are drawn up. It is only said " they shall not ' become chargeable to the Fast India Company!" This politically speaks nothing. Their duty to the Rulers, their obedience to all orders, with sundry other judicious and salutary iegulatlons, should be clearly and explicitly defined, and 'let their bondsmen or securities perfectly understand the nature of the contract, civil and political : " Make assurance doubly sure, " And take a bond of fate"— We shall then hear no more of complaints in the parties, outrageous conduct towards the Go vernment., or of excitement given to public feel ing, either in India or England. The road wilt then be clear, and it will be the settler's own fault if he commits himself. There can be no objection to this, it is strictly legal ; and it is no more than just to inform a person proceeding to a domicile 7,000 miles distant, of the acts of the Legislature and of the Municipal Laws of the Country. He cannot err then ;if he does it. is his own fault, and he must abide by the conse quences. One of the ancient Sage's observes— " To make an Empire durable, the Magistrates must obey the Laws and the people the Magis trates." If the settler does that, 1 would pledge my head (were it worth any thing) that the Government in no wise will molest or atintrbim. lie must not, however, think of harassing or an noying them. Do not let him have the temerity or vanity of running his head into the lion's mouth; if he does, be assuredly will get it nipped off. Weak and contemptible indeed must that Go vernment be, who would receive the dictation or the insults of its subjects, without preventing the recurrence of the former and punishing the latter. A Government too like that of India, which rests on a mine of gunpowder that the lea“ spark would explode, leaving behind a night of eternal darkness and horror. I am called upon to offer a passage from my late publication, that I may not b e c h arge d w i t h inconsistency, or that have engrafted my ideas on what been said in the House of Com. mons, and at the India House, The passage alluded to will exculpate me from having late(v imbibed my notions ; and as the paragraph e luded to was originally written iu 1810, and re vised in January 1824, the latter period being about three months before the subject wasyub. tidy discussed, or bad appeared in Pant, #w. lll . ti n , evident to'thoso r who. quartet with gate , , se ill t ments oar tha ifirt'Ce Piesi in that I have not very • verertity atrepted " I am free to confess, notwithstanding the innate and it,_ behaviour, or " vineible abhorrence with ' Which vice any arbitrary proteett•. " ing in u Government towards its snWeets, that the appilo 4 . hop in the " tion of an educated, wealthy, and restless body . otpeople, tU " the right Of di s cussin g the Oondoet and tnetits of the Goien, " rnent, ought to be reeetvidwith'deittion anti distrust, as then• " is no knowing, when the . Spirit is OriCe awakened, where it may . end ; and V roe ruNt our seuu o f pro priety feelings Of attachment or gra tit u d e " the heterogeneous mass' which cotnpases the population . cf / m it a , vre shall, when too late, find . ourselves most In' b' " deceived." This remark, with others, will be round at page 3g7 of my late volume. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, JOHN B. SEF.LY: Captain, Bomb a y Native intantrp Wyke, Dorset, Aug. 25, 18`..N. 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