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INDIA. HYDERABAD PAPERS. • , „ s „ EVIATICAL TATTER FROM BENGAL I JULY 26 t 1752 U. 1. In our Address of the Ist instant, we sub mitted copies of two dispatches from the. Resident at Hydera bad, under date the 12th and 14th ult.; in the latter of which Sir Charles Meteelfe reported that the Sixty-mix Lac Loan had peeved, on an examination of accounts, to be a purely fictitious iransactien. 2. We have now the honour to submit a copy of our instruc tions (I)in reply to thoee dispatches, andi . at the same time, to forward, as numbers in the packet, copies of such further Re pines (2) on tlyderabed affairs, as have reached us since the date of our last address, together with copies of our in structions in reply. We are Induced to take these frequent eppertubitiee of transmitting the series of our correspondence on this troublesome question, as well from a consideration that it will be satisfactorytte your Honourable Court to receive the earliest and fullest information on a subject, on which we conceive the national character has been seriously compromised by the parties concerned in the usurious dealings that have now been brought to light, as from a strong feeling. that the in. tesests and weltare of the State of Hyderabad, and the people of chat suffering and oppressed country, are deeply involved in the determination Which your Honourable Court may, with a 1 perfect knowledge of all the circumstances of the cute, see right to adopt with regard to the extent of our interference in the internal administration of the dominions of his Highness the. Nizam. J. Although we have not yet obtained the proof afforded by ocular inspection of the accounts, of the fact asserted by the Resident, In his dispatch above alluded . to of the 14th June, thst the sixty-lac loan was a fictitious transaction, intended to obtain the unction and guarantee of the British. Government to the previously existing debt due to Messrs. ‘Villiam Palmer and Co., we can ,have no hesitation in expressing our convie non, founded on the matter before us, and our just confidence in the accuracy of the Resident, that such Is the case. There cue be no doubt, that the grossest deeepthin in all that regards the arairs and tra n sact i ons , o f t h e h ouse of William Palmer and Co. • has been invariably and systematically practised on ebie Government, and that the Minister, Chundoo Loll, whe ther in all respects a willing actor in these scenes of fraud, or moreptobahly submitting through an artfully invited drew.' of their power and influence to be a passive tool in their hande, has not only connived at, but actively assisted in die • .deception. That your Government itself should have been deceived with respect to this loan, supported as were the first contrivers of it, whoever they may be, by all concern ed irk carrying it through, can scarc e ly b e ma tt er o f surpr i ze , when it fa recollected that so well wes the scheme timing cd, and so completely had the Minister succeeded in blinding the lute Resident himself on the spot, that within a month after the negotiation of thin pretended loan, Mr. Russell re ported that the money raised had been judiciously a ppli e d, and that a reduction of useless establishments had been area, ed, to the extent of twenty-two or twenty-three hies per ane num (3). Nay, to such a pitch was the, deception carried, with regard to the public purposes for which the loan was pro. feesedly raised, that in 1821, when callod by theeirenent Resi dent to render an account of the appropriation of' the moe tey, Chundoo boll gave in account of the details of the ex penditure, exceeding by seven Lacs the whole amount of the loan (4). It is known to your Honourable Court that in .1022 Chendoe Loll admitted that the loan amounted to sixty hest only, and from th'o were to be deducted eight lace, as it bonus to the house taa. From the accounts then rendered by the MiniAter, it further appeared that about twenty-nine ]des the old debts of the haute had been consolidated in the new lean. • 4. In the statement delivered by the Minister , to Mr. Russ sell in May 1020 (6), of the purposes of which the form er w a s de:Atreus, with the sanction of the British Government, to mite a loan of sixty lace, it was mentioned that one object of the, loan was to pay off old•debta to the Sotteara and others, many of which, it was observed, stood at a high rate of inte rest; but no special mention was made of the debt to William Palmer and'Co. In the Minister's, letter to the house on shut • occaaion; he cursorily alludes to it in the following words :- 1 ** To clear off my debts to Saucers and that to you, which I was obliged to Incur on account of th e ex p enees of be war." This was followed up by a statement from Messrs. William' Palmer and Co., in which they stated their willingness to ad. vance the money for the purposes enumerated in the Minister's letter, including the payment of their own debt • to which, however, they make no Veda' allusion, althoudt, in a pre ceding part of the same correspondence, they hail stated their rate of interest to be much lower than that of any other per_ son (7). Lied such been the case, it i3.130t obvious why the Minister should go through the form of btirrowing money front one and • the same party at one rate of interest, for the purpose of p„ mfg off it debt at a higher r a te, since another and touch simpler process would naturally have suggested Itself, had there not been a concealed motive for the mode actually Adopted. But some idea may he farmed of the higher and un known rate a," Interest, when the interest on the new loan, with which those old debts wore to be paid off, amounted to eighteen per cent., with a bonus equal to the rate of fifteen and one-third per cent. more, or in all thirty-three and one-third per cent. (8) If, in addition to this usurious interest, it is considered that the hOlllO, by the fraudulent trannaction of 'the loan, secured the sanction of the British Government to g a debt, which, from its amount, anti the daily- increasing deterioration of the revenues, would in all probability have been irrecoverable through any other means, it must be Allowed, that to men unrestr aine d . b y principles that ordinarily regulate• the proceedings of Math .11.1erchaets, this temptation to fraud was too stronp to be re mated : to go the length of recov er i ng t h e .payment of twentyslaca by the' artifice above adverted to, it would be giving Messrs. *William Painter and Co.. credit for a degree of moderation and disinterestedness, totally unwarranted by the general character of their transactions with his High mess's Government, to suppose that they would be satisfied with a half of the loan, if by any more dexterous management theyscould hope to secure the whole. Until, however, the ac counts shall have been laid fictive us, strong as is the presump tion we have now stated to your Honourable Court, we have vstruined from pronouncing a conclusive opinion adverse to the house end the Minister, and we trust that. in the present stage of the proceedings, the tenor and scope of the instructions to the Resident, dated the 22d inst. will be approved by your Iles Pourable Court. 4. When your Honourable Court shall review the origin and progrets of [Messrs. William Palmer and Co.'s establishment - at Hyderabad, with the lights which the various able and per.- apicuous reports from the lie.sident now before you affbrd, the character and motives of their proceedings will not fail to be abundantly manifest. 0: It will be observed, that although Messrs. 'Wm. Palmer surd Co. do not appear as a regularly established house of agenc, or under the special designation of a commercial boot, Until 1814, the fact is undeniable, that the principal partners 'ere concerned in money-dealings at Hyderabad for several Years anterior to that period.; and according to this Resident's statement (9), actually carried on their transactions within the ' 'readapt of the British Residency. Whether the lute Resident ithd other members of his fancily were or were not concerned in 'the transactions of those days, including pecuniary dealings With the Government of the Nizam itself, the identification of tha house with the liesidency,• from the above-mentioned cit.- . &tenstance, was unavoidable, and the ostensible partners no 'doubt *Veiled' themselves of the iiu 'to the utmost. The • influence thus accruing to Mr. William Palmer and his ori 'ginsl associates, would render it an easy matter to them, with ottwithout capital, to engage largely in pecuniary speculations, ' 'Sorrowing money from die native Soucars at a very inferior -tate of interest to that which they themselves charged to the Government. By these means, and by the large personal al. I:mimes to the partners and all their dependants granted by the Minister, the arrears of which appear to have been aceu• Mulating with interest at the rate of 25 per cent., besides va rious other emoluments and advantages repOrted in . the' Rod tient'e'dispotehee, f%lr. William Palmer and hie associates ap spear to have acquired a complete command of the money _market .of Hyderabad, and thence obtained large, end' doubt- Tess profitable tosignrilents 0 11 the, territories of the 'Nino). 7. Whether the late Resident was or was not secretly con- V'e„tad with William Paltrier and others at . that time, it is evment, from the circumstances above alluded to or their bu ' aiheas being transacted in a building within the Residency' pounds, that they enjoyed his countenance and protection ; and with the political influence thus acquired over a Minister of . ..thecheracter of (Thunders Loll, they could choke feel no desire • to seek the sanction of the - British Goverimient as a guarantee to their pecuniary dealings. On the • contrary, they must have • been anxious to conceal front Ooverninent the real character )4W extent of their transactions, which Oily can heitti doubt ~ amiPully connoted of advances to the Minister and others of. to *-t 3 f tne Niaant's Government; • barite time aft er t h e esta bli s h men t o f this house of busi z.,swuttappteararice of the iptismu t qprinexion supposed to ex. et n and the Residency, was some , tneasure concealed ,; its'refunVel front within' tbo - Besidency premises. Prudential ,motives may, air ham dictated the' expediency oh sinking , in ob acitrity tire original:gm xpediency o. sin I, vs , Fith William ~,i , Attear.transactione of the parties concerned. 4r.r ,,Z . nyri y dr . u or ri a ttg the first yearf of his career as mjE"..„%,-,, l4 el„tLsa . , :e n d,- and for this purpor it be. of :ff 61 proposejix n ul ctia t n rn o t i tl.es e tablioliment et house •41tich wets oceordingly 'done: . 11 0 6 """nmen t * as ilonourable Court is apprized, took place i n lug s e r ur ion for that purpose was transmitted to • Goverim e ie n n i t ui th a r P o P tig i t Resident. On that occasion, no mention Was made of this house hating previou sly carried on business at Hyderabad, though the ostensible partneri were one and the same before and after; but the' plan Wu announced by - Mr. Russell as the re suit of a desire on the part of-Messrs. Wm. Palmer and Co., to form a mercantile establishment at that capital, and was spoken of in terms of commendation; as an experiment that he had no doubt would prove of general convenience and benefit. Biessrs. William Palmer and Co., on their part, merely alluded to their having opened a correspondence with several mercantile houses in different parts of India, and ascer tained by experiment eie practicability of carrying on commer cial concerns with advantage: and dexterously insinuated, that the establishment of their house would be a public benefit to the country, and advantageous to the interests of the Honour able Company: a gratuitous assumption in the firit instance, which they afterwards take care to treat as a principle admitted -by both Governments. • 9. The house being thus nominally established with the sane. tion of the British Government in 1014, for purposes professed, ly of a mercantile nature, as especially set forth in their memo rial, Messrs. William Palmer and Co. were enabled to enlarge the sphere of their speculations. Nothing was ever afterwards heard of the success of the great timber trade, which was to be productive of such general benefit to the country, anti there can be no doubt that they became more and more deeply and ex, elusively engaged in pecuniary transactions with the Minister of the Nizam. The character of those dealings, indeed, must have become too notorious to be longer' concealed ; and nccord ingly, in 1010, having in the mean time admitted another part. tier, Sir Wm. Rumbold,' into the house, they solicited from Go vernment a special license (10), grounding their application on their acknoweldged' dealings with his highness's Government. These- they afflicted to consider as not in their conception com big within the meaning of the legislative enactment, relative to British Subjects making loans to Native Princes ; but stated, that their object was to guard against injury to their affairs, from the doubts expressed by others, whether the general sanc tion hitherto accorded to them was sufficient to protect them in such dealings. Your Honourable Court is apprised of the considerations under which this license was granted: e conces shm which subsequent occurrences have taught us deeply to regret. 10. This licence once obtainial, they were no longer under any restraint, but gave free sco;ie to their usurious transac. tines. They were subject, it is true, to the co n troul of the Re sident, which, however, appears to have been seldom or never eXereised ; but on this head they had little to apprehend, as, , with the aid of the Minister, now entirely at their command, they must have felt secure, that they could at any time succeed in satisfying the Resident of the propriety of whatever pecu. niary engagements they chose to enter into with Chundoo Loll. The proof of this is apparent, in the two transactions of the Aurungabad contract and the sixty lac loan, which they per suaded Mr. Plisse' would prove highly beneficial to the Ni zum's thivernment, as well as the British intereits, but which, if prop.srly investigated on the spot by an officer zealous in the discharge of his public duty, and the result of his in quiries reported to t/overnment, would probably have up. peered to the latter in a much more questionable point of view than it could possibly regard them, recommended as they actually were by the person best qualified to pronounce upon their merits. 11. From 1810 until 1020, the eflidni of Messrs. William Palmer and Co.. appeared to have prospered according' to their wish. They had Completely monopolized the money-market, they lied acquired an ascend,tney over the Minister that ren.. tiered him the creature of their will, lavishieg the resources of the State in salaries, pensions, and gratuities on themselves ' and ratlines, and providing for every one whom, from 'what ever 'cause, they chose to patronize. Of tit: degree in which thiS'power was abused, the dispatches of Sir Charles Metcalfe., which accompany 'this address, will exhibit the most glaring and disgraceful instances. Amongst'others, it is mentioned in his letter of the 13th tilt. - (11), that a former Moonshe of Mr. William Palmer' had an allowance front the Nizarnie Govern merit of seven hundred rupees per mensem, and his brother seven bundredind 'fifty-five ; and that when those individuals went 0 - 'Macca, - they received a stun of ninety-one thousand, as advance of salary to bear their expences by the way. 12. In the commencement of their career, it was obviously their object to acquire as much influence as po4sible, by engag„ ing•the principal or subordinate members of the British Real deticy in their interest,' whether by actually sharing the profits of the concern as partners, or by allowing them what in their • affidavit they denominate "benefits, such as they were induced to give from private friendship, or a Sense of private .and pecuniar7 obligation. In 1815; they Vol acquired a ~, f ieat accession of poli tical influence in their nominal partner, Sir William numbold —an acquisition which they well knew how to turn to the best account. Bringing no capital to the house, taking no share in the conduct of the details of their business fin four years after lie was invited to join the firm, it was enough for their purpose that. Sir William was known to be under the.special protection and patronage of the late Governor... General, and be ieved by the Natives in general Lobe nearly connected with his Lordship by marriage (12). The impression thi s wou ld produce on the mind of the Minister, anti generally at a Native Court like that of Hyderabad, was well known to them ; and it would ap pear by Sir Charles sletettlfe's dispatch already referred to, that their calculations had not been disappointed. 13,' From what other motive can it be imagined than to answer a 'purpose of the chareCter above described, did Messrs. William Palmer and Co. invite Sir William Itumbold to be. conic a partner in their concern ? It is known he was involved in debt. when he joined the house; and by his own Statement, lie remained at Hyderabiul Lilt a few months in IBM and did not return to that capital for four years afterwards, during all which titne he was holding the situation of .a MagiArate of' Calcutta.- _ . 14. The Iniuse had also, about. the - same Unite, taken into partnership a' member ofthe late Residency, Mt. Sotheby, who It is known by his . own statement' could not have, brought them :mg accession of capital, as his pecuniary embarrassments were titre:lose aSsigned by himself' for his entering the house (13); and as to any benefit to be derived from his assisting in the conduct of its concerns, it is distinctly avowed, - both by him self and the other partners of the firm. Neithi.4 of those new partners, therefore, brought either an accession of - commercial strength and credit to the house, or contributed to its success by any peculiar qualifications in conducting the details of its business. To what, then, but to the impression that would be produced, that in Sir Wm. Rumbold and Mr. Sotheby, the house possessed the means of .exercising a powerful political' influence, - whether With the Sttpreme Government of Calcutta, or at the Residency, can be ascribed the selection made by Messrs. Win. Palmer and CO., of those two gentlemen to be partners in their concern ? Id. But flourishing as the concerns of Messrs, W. Palmer and Co. were at this period, they were aware that since the Autangaz bad contract in 1810.19, reporta had reached the Supreme Go. vernment or a supposed secret connection and participation of profits on the part of the Residency with the house, and had at. traded considerable notice, so as to become (natter of discussion, and a dili'erence of opinion at the Council table. At the period last alluded to, it may be inferred that the house found_ itself involved in pecuniary transactions with the Government and Officera of his Highness the Niz un, to an inconvenient, if not ' dangerous - extent. Many of the 'debts due them were of a character which they knew could not be approved by the Bri. tish Government, should the necessity arise for their soliciting its aid to recover them. It is true; that while Mr. Russell, dur ing whoSo Residency all those debts had been incurred without question on his part, should remain at Hyderabad, the firm, jud from the experience of the past, could have little to ap. prebend, as to any discontinuance of that general confidence . and support, which had uniformly enabled them to exercise a sway over the Alinister, that precluded all necessity or any di. feet interference on the part orate British Government to enforce the realization of their demands. 'Hence that bold and seemingly explicit diSclaimer, in 1819 of ' all understanding on their part, that the British Government was in any, way pledged to exact the fulfilment by the 'Vivian of his engagement in the Aurun gabad concern, and that apparently satisfactory' declaration as reported by Mr. Russell in his letter or. the 3d of Julv,l 819, that ‘ 4 their only security was , the good faith .of the alinister, an d the degree of Influence which the Resident might consider himself called on to exert on their behalf, but so as never to make their affairs a matter of discussion between the two Governments." At that time, as it has since.a p peared, they wore exercising an influence over the Minister, if not the late Resident himself, that rendered them entirely. independent of any ostensible interposition on the part of the British Govern ment. But it was necessary for them to look to the future. ToWards the close of 1819, or the commencement of 1820, they must have seen the prabability of Mr. Russell's return to England, which actually took place in the course of the last. mentioned year. With their accustomed resource in expedi. cots, where their own interests were concerned, It was not long before they devised a scheme, by which they Might ob. min the direct sanction of the British Government to their large and unsanctioned balances. That - scheme, it has been Seen, succeeded to their =nest wish. Besides securing the sanction 'of Government to their old delus,•and the lulvantage of the bonus, they were thus enabled to raise a large stun from individuals, under pretence of subscriptton to the New Loan, and to embark with ti great minian !of ready cash in new adventures. _ . . • _ . • - Pi. The first step to insure success to this bold stroke, was to disengage themselveS from all 'connection with the Mem bers of the Residency, whose concern in their house, it was evident, would no longer be an object of .mitch, importance, provided they succeeded in, their meditated design. At all events, the success of,elan was not to be Eklied by r - tuinintrany such partners, Since the rutitours afloat might, lead to a scrutiny of their aillairs, a thing by no means to be desired. Whatever other reasons have been assigned by Mr. Sotheby fur quitting the house at This critfcal period, there can be little doubt that the motive un their part was the one above *imposed: Iri• purstiatice of that object, tin offer was accordingly . made to Mi. Sotheby, either to relinquish the Com. piny's service, and become an avowed partner of the houie, or to retire from the partnersl.ip, a douccur being tendered. to make op for the loss. 'The latter alternative was accepted, and Messrs. William Palmer and Co. were now prepared, if, ne cessary, to take an affidavit, that no public functionary was connected with their house. This final separation of partner ship between the Residency and the houte took place in Feb. 1020. After the lapse of a few months, the Minister was brought forward,. and his propositions officially submitted through the Resident, backed with his recommendation (14). The remarks contained in the Resident's letter of the 14th ultimo (15), on the correspondence between the Minister and the house on that occasion, abundantly prove that the whole affair was got tip for the purpose. It would be uncharitable to suppose, that the late Resident wilfully shut his eyes •to what was passing before him ; but we are compelled to state, that it is difficult to account in any other way for his being made the channel of bringing forward such a proposition, without making those previous inquiries of the Minister, which must infallibly have led him to a discoiery of the truth. Had he asked, as it was natural he should, have done, what were the terms of the loan, the nature and 'amount of the debts to the . Soucars and to the house, and at what rate of interest, and had he been truly informed as to all those points, could be, con sistently with his public duty, have ventured to recommend such a loan to his Government ? • 17. In August, 1820, as is known to your Honourable Court, the sixty lac loan was sanctioned by. a majority of the Admini stration of that period, on the professed grounds of its expe diency, and on the recommendation of the Resident, as being the best arrangement, as to terms, that in his opinion the Mi nister could by possibility effect. 18. In the month of necember 1820, Mr. Russell departed from Hyderabad, and was succeeded by Sir Charles Metcalfe. 19. It would lead us to trespass too much on the time of your Honourable Court, if we attempted to oiler a sketch of the various acts of deceit, misrepresentation, and concealment of the truth, which have since been brought to light, and to ' ' which the House have been driven, in consequence of our call for the production of their accounts, and the names of the pub lie functionaries, supposed to have been concerned with them in the pecuniary dealings with the Nizam's Government.— They are, however, so fully and ably reported and comment ed on by the Resident, in his various dispatches beforeour Honourable Coal% that nothing that we could state could_ y add force to his exposition of their conduct. It will be sufficient to notice their own declaration, as conclusive with regard to the general character of their dealings, namely, that the production of their detailed accounts would be a measure of most injurious consequence to them (16) ; that the re. striction of their intercourse with the Minister (but through the Resident) would be regarded as a complete crushing of their concern ; and that it would be ignominious to give up the names of certain individuals who had been connected with the House. On this latter point, the Resident has very justly observed (17) what sort is that commercial establishment in which it would be ignominious to name the partners ; and what title has that firm to patronage, whose conduct, during its whole existence, from its first application for support, has been a tissue of imposition, concealment, deceit, falsehood, and treachery towards the British Government? In all this, says Sir Charles Metcalfe,. it sees no ignominy. 20. With the facts, too, that had come to light by the pro tluction of the accounts of the Sixty-lac Loan, as delivered by the Minister in 1821 and 11122, it is impossible not to be struck with the effrontery of the house, when, in complaining of the call for the production of their accounts, they represent their situation as unprecedented, and proceed to describe their usurious transactions with the Minister as undertaken to their own disadvantage. Duting a great pressure in the mo ney market, they observe (18), . 4 We entered into engagements with the Minister with the Resident's concurrence. When the war was over we again came forward, contrary to our inte rest, to aid in the object of reform, by the advance of ,a large loan, the magnitude of which rendered necessary the sanction of the British Government to remove hazard." It Is now manifest that the hazard, for the removal of which the sanction of the British (iOvernnient was necessary, was that of losing their old and unsanctioned debts in' the impending bankruptcy of the State, or under a nett Resident, less easily satisfied with their modes or proceeding, and not their new and nominal ad vances, so disinterestedly contributed in aid, as they gave out, of the great measure of reform. In a still later letter from one of the partners to the Resident, dated 11th June (19), this complaint of the severity of the measures of the Go. vernment is renewed in terms still more explicit, and with still more unblushing effrontery, in the face of all the expo. sures that bad taken place. Sir William Itumbold, on the eve of his departure for England, could not abandon his part ners to their fate without one more attempt to move the Go- .eernment in their favour. The measures which the British Go vernment had thought proper to adopt towards them, had already exposed them, lie observes, to serious dangers, and any further evidence of its displeasure wo u ld b e u t ter ru in. He adds the expressi on o f his hope, that the damdangers and distress to which they h a d a l ready been exposed, would be considered a sufficient atonement for any thing which the Governor-General might have disapproved of in their proceedings, and would en noe. themen e r i n n l i what 11 ( e : t ot en title them t o his future protection, entre at i ng that the Gover ninlancilnweriltlbseay lmy them ye for tfiLonfil future ,c curry o w n i li di recttheir trttllSSetlollS Hyderabed, so as to secure the 'support of the Government through the the requisition t o name t h e p u bli c functionaries who may have British Resid ent. I n the same letter, public delinqu en t s to j u a t i te, is treacttreldnuostabeir been conne c t e d w i t h their house, obligin g agents to b etray what they niay w a s o r u d r s e , on t fi t l i sd g ee nv i s e • en e e. yo t know " in co the private affairs of iadividuals, and rendering it impossible that men (meaning the members of the firm) should,enjoy the vie2wl.toMbrerichgaviemnnoleti(citedatetllyiebachfooreve your ts ti a o t v s o o u th rs e b d ie eta confidence of the public, who' are known to be liable to such compulsion. extraordinary privilegesiannadry(%ft.tueroenosfiderthetoCilLwrtith:hae of a commercial firm, subsi rs. be of Government, by' the very nature of theirandi ialise theirs s h n tolh:e." by constitution Williamth e t tr.. ferance carr license,y g st transactions be uch u rv i lii dt Go vernment is• entitled to know. Their ideas would appear to be,' that the credit of their house (on however precarious a footing subsisting), is not to be exposed to hazard, by any inquiry into the acts of the partners, avowed a secret, even thought such gets should be an offence against the statutes; and that any attempt of the Government to discover whether one or more public functionaries, to the disgrace of the ser. vice to which they belong, may have been concerned with them In what an Act 'of Parliament declares to be, usury and extortion, is a just subject of grievance on their part, as inju rious to the credit of the iirm, and entitling them, as amends for such injury inflicted upon them, to the future favour and suppert of the Government, in the continuance of those very transactions, the character of which it would be needless its this place to repeat. 22. With regard to whatever measures we have already sanctioned, for dissolving all connection between the house of William Paltrier and Co., or may hereafter see fit to adopt for the more effectual attainment of •that indispensable object, we trust your flimourable Court will concur with us in opinion, that the finn in question cannot be regarded in the light of one of thole bodies of British Merchants, to which they are so desirous to assimilate themselves : men whose word has never been called in question, whose accounts, if required to vindicate their fair fame, are ready . to be produced at a moment's warning, and who would scorn to be connected in parser. ship with any individual whom they felt it to be an igno miny to name. We conceive that, Adverting to all that has already been discovered of their dealings at Hyderabad, they can be viewed only as art association of unprincipled Adven turers, linked with a corrupt and profligate Minister, and preying on the necessities of the Government, which that Mi. nister's criminal pmfulion and lavish expenditure of the reve nues, in support of his own despotic power, have reduced to the brink of ruin. To save the country of our ally from that impending danger r to recruit the impoverished resources of the State; to r escue t h e people from . the 'grasp of the extor tioner and oppres sor , an d to restore t o ' t h e m the blessings of security and good government, must ever be the primary objects of our attention ; objects, we are satisfied, utterly incompatible with the continued existence of a house of agency, exercising the unbounded political influence hitherto poseessed by Messrs. i William Palmer and Co, sinclSby them directed to the sole and unjus • their tifiable purpose of filling the coffers of own concern. 23. Your Honourable Court will not fail to have remarked, that from the first moment when Sir Charles Metcalfe was brought in collision with the bouse, in his endeavours to effect the reform prescribed by his instructions, every means were employed to counteract his meritorious exertions. When Messrs, William Palmer and Co.' found thathe was neither to be blinded nor seduced, they resolved on the desperate attempt of engaging the Minister in 'a plot to bring charges against in ihe confident expectation, it is presumed, of effecting his fetitoyal front office, and thus reineining musters of the field. Such a victory 'was worthahe hazard of the t r i a l ;* b ut fortunately the bl ow aimed at this highly distinguished pu bli c °filar recoiled on t h e h ea d o f t h ose Who directed it, And the Resident persevering in his inquiries into the real nature oldie dealings between the 'Minister and the 'house, a scene of ini. l qtiity was - disphiyed, w hi c h h as covered with di sgrace all who were, concerned in it. lae2•Ott.trlbrusie need not f a o s l s l o u w r e 117 u these r honourable inquiries until no t hi ng has Cou rt ,. t h at it wil l been left utteXamined. Wetrust, indeed, that little more re mains to be done, th an t o w ind up the concer n , b y ti final close of all Connection 'be tween the Government of hi s Hi ghness and this unprincipled assoc i at i on o f money-lenders, who, und er the name and profeCtion of the British Government, have so long plundered theleountry.of our unfOrtunate ally. 25. In soliciting the attention of your Honourable Court to our instructions to the Resident, under date the 22d inst., we beg leavoo Observe, that we have principally been induced to issue them at this .moment, from a consideration that much time might still elapse, before Sir Charles Metcalfe should be able to submit the accounts; with all the explanations he would endeavour to obtain on the subject of them ; and that, even in the present stage of the inquiry, it was expedient to intimate to Rajah Chundoo Loll, the unfavourable impres sion produced on our mind with regard to the general cha racter of his administration, such as had already been suffi ciently established by what had' come under our review. We are persuaded, that a representation in the terms of that which Sir Charles Metcalfe is now directed to convey to Chundoo Loll, will produce a powerful and salutary-effect upon the Minister; and we trust that our views, as regard the policy to be maintained in future with respect to Chundoo Loll, as well as on the subject of our continued interposition in the affairs of the Government, until the evils resulting from past mal-administration be removed, will be found to be in ac cordance with the sentiments of your Honourable Court. We in a particular manner beg to attract the attention of your Honourable Court to the details of the Resident's in teresting Report of his late tour, contained in his dispatch of the 12th ultimo, with advertence to the benefit of the pre sent system of supervision by British officers ' • a measure Which, we feel assured, will b e acknowledged by Chundoo Loll himself, when released from th e t h ra ldom of those to whom that supervision was a death-blow, to be productive of the most solid advantages to the State, and materially con ducive to the happiness anti well-being of the country. 26. We will now briefly advert to the subjects of the several other dispatches submitted with this Address, in continuation of the Nexus of correspondence already transmitted to your Ho nourable Court. 27. The dispatches of the 15th and 20th June (20) relate to allowances hitherto paid by the house of William Palmer and Co. to themselves, and their dependents and others, all of which, we have expressed our opinion, should be discontinued, with exception to such as may have been granted to soldiers, or others, disabled in the service, or otherwise entitled to a pensionary provision fiir real public services. It is unneces sary to trespass on the thue of your Honourable Court with any remarks on the highly improper nature ' of many of those allowances, as they will be fully apparent on a reference to the documents themselves. . . 23. In our reply to the former of the dispatches last referred to (21), your Honourable Court will observe that we have ad verted to the subject of the Sikh troops employed by Rajah Chundoo Loll,:as reported by the Resident in his letter of the 14th ult., and have instructed the .Resident to urge upon the Minister the necessity for their immediate disbandment. 29. In a second dispatch, dated the 20th June (22), the Re sident reports that he has made another advance of ten lace to the house in liquidation of their debts, which, on the grounds therein stated, we have approved (23). 30. The two dispatches of the 21st June (24) relate to the Resident's correspondenCe with Sir William liv.mbold on the subjects of the affidavit, and the supposed connection of the metnhers of the late Residency with the house. To these let ters we have already adverted in a preceding pan of this ad dress. 31. With regard to thelatter of the two points in Sir William Rumboldt's letters, we have expressed our concurrence in the remarks of the Resident on Sir William Rumboldt's state. meet, observing that the evasion practised by him, in talking of the house as having commenced ,in 1014, when he was well aware of the principal partners of the existing firm hay. ing been previously engaged in business, had not escaped our notice (25). Olt the subject of Sir William Rutriboldt'a other letter, we have remarked that the reference to his private cor. respondence with the late Governor-General, was occasioned by his own allusion to it in his letter to the Resident of the 9th March. Whatever might be the contents of that cor respondence between Lord Hastings and Sir William Rum bold, they could not, we remarked, alter in any respect the deceptive character of the affitin,vit,or our opinion of the conduct of the parties, to the proceeding of which it formed a promi nent part. 32. In his dispatch of the 26th June (26), Sir Charles Met calfe has stated the circumstances connected with a report pro pagated by 'Messrs. William Palmer and Co., that he had been consulted on the subject of the affidavit (27). We have ex. pressed our entire satisfaction with the explanation given by the Resident, and approbation of the motives which induced him to make it. 33. The four dispatches of the 27th, and one of the 28th of June (20, relate to points referred to in our instructions of the 6th June, and do not call fbr any particular observations. We trust your Ilonourable Court will approve of the arrangements we have sanctioned, with respect to the appointments held by Lieut. Holroyd, and Sir. Jefferys, as stated in our reply to the above letters (29). In one of those letters . your Honourable Court will observe, that Mr. LaMb has resigned the situation which he held under the Nizain's Government, of Medical Storekeeper, by which a salary, to the extent of 1,500 rupees, per mensem, has been saved to the Government of his High ness. The duties of that office have devolved on Mr. Jefferys„ who is to perform them without any additional salary, in consi deration of his being already in the receipt of a liberal allow. once from his Highness, as surgeon to the Durbar. On Mr. Jeffery's' retirement from office, we contemplate a reduction of the allowance hitherto assigned to his Highness's medical attendant : and, in like manner, we propose that the salary now drawn by Lieut. Holroyd, as the officer in charge of the Police of the Itesidency Bazar, shall be reduced In amount, on that officer's retiring from the situation. _ 34. Mr. Sotliebyhaviniinade an application to us, under date the 7th inst., to be furnished with copies of those parts of the Resident's dispatches in which his conduct as First Aisist ant is mentioned with approbation, and which be considered to be essential to the formation of a Memorial to your Honourable Court, .we have complied with his request. The extracts from the Resident's dispatches, relating to Mr. Sotheby's conduct, consist of paragraph 29 of Residents letter of 21st November, 1821, and paragraphs 12 and 13 of that of 20th June, 1822. We have, &c. (Signed) .1. ADAM. JOHN RON DA LI.. Fort-William, July 26, 1823. J. H. HARRINGTON. (To be continued.) -.NOW (I ) Inclosure, No. 1. (2) Inclosures, No. 14, 20. (3) Secret Consultations, 30th September, 1020.-See page 64. (4) From Resident at Hyderabad, 17th March, 1821.-Poli tical Consultations, 13th September, 1E122. (5) From Resident at Hyderabad, Ist August, 1822.-Poli tical Consultation, 13th September, 1822. (6) Front Resident at Hyderabad, 19th May, 1820.-Politi cal Consultation, 15th July, WM (7) From Resident at Hyderabad, 19th May, 1820.-Politi cal Consultations, 15th July, 1820. (8) From Resident at Hyderabad, Ist August, 1822.-Poli tical Consultations, 13th September, 1822. (9) From Resident at Hyderabad, Bth March, 1823. (10) From Resident at Hyderabad, 27th June, 1816. (11) Enclosure No. 2. (12 From Resident at Hyderabad, 30th September, 1822. (13 From Mr. Sotheby, dated 18th April, 1823. (14 From Resident at Hyderabad, 19th May, 1820.-Poll. tical onsultations,.lsth July., 1820. (15) Enclosure No. 1, in Letter to the Court of July 1, 1823. a 6) Front Resident at Hyderabad, 23d February - J1123. (17) From Resident at Hyderabad, 15th Slay, 1823. (18) From Resident at,Hyderabad, 23d February. 1823- (19) From Resident at Hyderabad, 21st June. 1023. • Endo !,ure, No. 9. (20) Enclosures Nos. 2 and 4.. (25) Enclosure No. 10, (21) Enclosures Nos. 3 and 5. (26) Enclosure No. 11. 22 Enclosure No. 6. (27) Enclosures Nos. 13 to 17. Enclosure No. 12. 23 Enclosure No. 7. (28) 24 Enclosures Nos. 8 and 9. (29) Enclosure No. 18. 1 REMEDY FOR WARTS..---This excrescence, which so commonly makes its appearance on the hands, face; and other parts of the body, is by the ignorant and superstitious generally submitted to the action of a charm, held to be infallible by gipseys and mountebanks, who on being palmed - with silver or gold, generally contrive to satisfy the credulous minds of their applicants by cabalistic exhortation. Let those who arc so affected, instead of attending to such characters, take one ounce of white arsenic, and two ounces of soda, mix in four ounces of water, and put it into an oil flask, which Is to be corked, taking care that a small hole is drilled through the centre of the cork, then place it in a saucepan Containing about two quarts of water, over the fire, which should be kept boiling gently, for about four hours, when the ingredients contained in the flask will be formed into the consistence of paste; appl y a small portion of it on the wart with a hair pencil night and morning, and in a few days it will •be effectually removed.__ (Medical Adviser.) • SINdULAIL CASE OF Dnovermto.—lresterday morning, as a man empioyed in Deptford Dock-yard, was walking by the Creek at Deptford , he observed a lady's mantle, a pair of patters, and a Leghorn bonnet, lying on the earth near the water. On examining the bonnet a note was found, stating that they were the apparel of a female who had preci. Owed herself into the Vatter, and that the body wou ld b e found if Drags were instantly procured, and, after searching for some time, the body of a resp ecta bl y dressed . feniale was taken out•of the water, quite dead. It was conveyed to a neighbouring public-house for the Coroner's Inquest, OLD BAILEY. •I bt EX ZL EM EN T FROM CR EDITORS. Yesterday, G. 1 Vani, - aged 36, was indicted for anf bezzling and concealing four gold watches and other articles, that h i as t late time. . his pa rt ner,dpefr te .4 F irstnee e , , , r e . n t Lord, to Ric ardo. value 100/., with intent to defraud his creditor, he being a bankrupt. . Mr. ALLEY informed the Jay, that ,the prisoner was 51 b' reigner, and had set up in business as a jeweller, at Hastinite, in Sussex. He became a' bankrupt in March last, and at the last examination he put in his balance sheet, and said that he had given up all his property ; but through an anonymous let. ter the creditors were induced to believe otherwise. Upon search being made at a house, as stated in the letter, at Pimlico, a watch was found, and in consequence of this discuVety, the other property was found to have been embezzled. C. Reeves produced the commission of bankrupt againstthe prisoner, dated Isth March, 1824. R. Courteen, solicitor to the commission, was present on the 18th March, when the commission was opened ; saw the Com missioners administer the requisite oath, and was present when the prisoner was examined. The proceedings were then pat in and read. J. Si l nith; apprentice to Mr. W. Smith, the petitioning cre• ditor, knew that he'and the prisoner transacted business tog!• ther; the bills of exchange are of witness's drawing, for his uncle, 1411- Smith, for goods had by the prisoner ; saw the latter accept them ; one was for 781., and the other for 401: (loads were furnished- to the prisoner to the'atriount of the bills. . Cross.examined.—The money was due to witness's uncleana and NM 11 : bca re Y o to ll place after Christmas, 1823, and the bills were drain befel . Mr. R. generally attended daily for two or three hours. 1 ', l ; ness had seen the deed of partnership, but never read it. Cot not say precisely when the partnership was dissolved, or shear that the bills in question were left with his uncle as his ° -liveAwittihisslosisluutinoenleoonf Palirltariretsehhfri,Pll37; witnesses were called, who tally brought home th e • IsacpasroPy Prison er—hislli Other s e r, t J y ust i c e IL a 7.- r LEDALE asked him if hello' aril thing to whom I can call. lam a foreigner, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Your Counsel is not n.. 05% th e address the Jury for you ; but if you have any thing to oy s Court will bear it. Prisoner—l, know, my L or d, .they all wan t to, T uner i n i l n e , i er, 31r. Justice LITTLEDALL inquired if the Pris°h A wa s stood the whole of what he, had been charged wi th .ritne,;',,,he answered in the a ffi rmative. His Lordship then inel_."i to ` a number of Noblemen, among whom were the illarquisn (4 , 1 prisoner had any witnesses to call. He said he was e ford and Lord W. (lordon, but he had not thought befo re calli ,, g them. ' - ' to the The Learned JUDGE now summed up the evidence. return Jury, who retired for a (patter of an hour, and on their found the prisoner— Guilty --Dcatli. CHARGE OF GROSS PERJURY• . tet t li. Mr. William Monk, formerly a very highly req e h e e ing censed victualler, was put to the bar on an indictment, c in f o , him with gross, wilful., corrupt, and malicious per.i,nrY' p ut , in ing sworn that Mr. R. C. Mullet, formerly of the antes, and High-street, in the Borough, was in needy cireuhisi n--- at ion, that he was not a responsible person to justify bail in an , „0 , in which a person named StAckhouse was the plaintiff; and ' peraons named Foster and Field, the defendants. C urt was This case. excited very deep interest, and 1 tie a_ wit• for crowded to excess. Mr. A.DOLPHUS conducted the e Ic.,,i it . the proscution, and Mr. ANDREWS, the defence, Seven° " the nesses were called to prove the charge, and, for the defenc e ' two sisters of the defendant swore diametrically oPPO i t te :, n d the Mr. ARABI w summed up the case to the Jury, Who " 4-- prisoner Guilty.. The trial lasted till near 12 o'clock. u""lreeroti A CONVICT PARDONED. • C rent surprise has been excited st the C!!'c li01, • 0 0 stance of a prisoner of the name of James Thomas Rcsige9. l w was convicted and received sentence of death at the Old PP.3, in the June sessions, having since been liberated jesty's free pardon--his offence being of a most atrocious nal ,r,!: and without a angle feature in the case at all favourable ter; prisoner. _His friends are respectable, and to the great t e l• used by them ,in his behalf, his escape was supposed to fl oe tributable. It now, however, appears that the pardon , 1 . 4. ;titit necessary result of the singular verdict of the jury will'. ~ to:h it:ll i : m ile et hfit , enhesy w ieille e. o h li ipt i tto d iervnet i nagi , iitnseiisdonrnds: found,l i e :onie , og anl a ,e rn.c: t the time Morris, the lineadrit south-end of Fleet-market, si, t P o ari keep l, in hi t n r l y t i i n lo g_ re th , e doors before he left duty, through into Mr. Morris's shop, proofs of which s er e Sg r ide'S 'real vioteneler-ceyw.inbrogngitnhge p elt.anroci i s t Fa i i i kdlsitosf a ilothlynedi n nhce o teil b litorniewn e imin, r iigae m hrni ni an we:andttegj w ioli,hei h ain,n o nitsootua m etiarmih i elkorp d u elest e ß :hi l tu n l i ipi i ni s tt h olo o l l , l , : s : :S it ' i ll ebeethot i n - r .. . t an iron crow, and struck him witi t i me( tatty- l ' .1:41viel(r11:1":": over the head. The watchman called out for he would not kill him. Boyce then bid him sit,,,t Ar o to block at the farther end of the shed, threatening it " fa i r goat stir from it he would do for him. Having thus got 3 d ean ox oFfi,tlhibenwrnh,ole although length of the th se e v s e lLec i l y , w he eu o r p u e i n ed ed the door 37 , 1 1 0 10' factsti on b a c , i ) e n sequently to be taken to St. Bartholeniew'asalWiosbpeiterab,ll.4ll%witeis! all bleeding as he was, gave an alarm, and Boyce * in shoe• v g e c s a t rr at i ed ed o: ,er a e t gi th i e ,en ex tn p mutely stopped and secured by some other watchateLroughl lane. He was accordingly indicted under Lord Olelvsecii* Act for the violence committed on the watchman, "%h. The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty, with intent to elo escape." - • . . w a t ili The words of Lord Ellenborongh's Act are—“unfo l ial, stab, or cut, &c., with intent to murder, or to rob, or to m? , Fishbutt ,; ect his disfigure, or disable, or to do some other grievolla,:i - thli e e n ' vi e d evidence ce S t . 1 i harm ' The prisoner's solicitor suggested at the time u.r ot t he verdict amounted to an acquittal under, the indictment - 7, r eusg stabbing or cutting,. to create the offence under the Ac 1 ,, 31 t he be fbund to be with the intent stated in the statute-7,4,,"n0t1y intent found by the Jury was not so stated, and canoe , that cutting or stabbing, with an intent to effect 10 4 1 t h i s ie. yßride's Pa ) ..na or was not an offence under that Act, nor laid as such ' ~e j the dictment against the prisoner. The COMMON SERGEANT, who tried the case, re' . Au r lk." A ll " point, and the prisoner, in consequence, was not 11 1i: to te (,)! the Recorder's last report of the convicts under S'' t l ic , 0)0,1 death. The question had been subsequently tlode r no r's P' . deration of the Judges, and the objection of the pri 6 o re ow citor decided to be good. The decision, howeverl. a lready late to arrest j_udgment, sentence of death haying 1; 0 %4 0 , passed upon Boyce, and a pardon under the sign bss the T h There is reason to hope that this 'unlooke d f o rt i, 0.0 1 , produced it proper effect upon the mind of BoYe e • ; at es, au" learn, separated himself from his former bad a soc• now in reputable employment. --. Ni r e extract the fol lo ' i Dli treg""P eciu from the Ccm :tit utimmel of the 15th ,t ri 6 , it is. — that an eI.P I , Careasson 0 .. ne. under date of the fith inst, e d two r l°Pcci oi ordinary and most melanchol event had eung run letoto able families in the deepest y grief. M. , t 6 tCrl'r,l landed property; worth a million of francs (40,'netaloll'`, was travelling in his own carrier from Quillon, I L C 0 wort' . by his brother-in-law, M. S. At 'about the distant of oe-ou's of a league from Carcassonne, two distant reports ° 1 betss."" or ther e :a ilt ttl' were heard, at an interval of ten minutes/ Persons nearest ran immediately to the spot, an 4 P u io el e dividuals, whose initials I 'yen ring iota we rave ii? shatterbl A be blood. The head of M. D. was terribly re d t shot, and from the appearance of M. S: he alio l wha t or , mortally wounded. it is impos iible to conjecture ; have been the cause of this truly tragical 3Ce121::...........00e_,..., _-.---."- Itigt.:-.11 Letter BIRTHS. caS ap' On the 13th inst., at Bea well-cottage_,*near ~ e o : 6 n is Tyne, the wife of William c ii ihberi, Esq. of 4 7 - 10 . 01 41 ' - ,' p Cil ', On the 21st inst., at Grosvenor-place, mo s ' ' • daughter; , On Wednesday, the 22 1 d A o l f l Se iti p E te p triber , at ElL'gbaill°l F . , ~ : cestershirc, by e Rev. Henry Pole, Charles it/trill r, Esq. eldest son of Chnries Pole, Esq. of NVYc lt • Ilioli tc ' Gloucestershire, and Harley-street, to Anne Sian 1101 ,0 ovintyreestlattiegrlsiiticirreo,faEnddw?vnilnltlpoudieg,es,trEeseqt: of Abbey I glu : ° l ; iii ; hop , On the 13th inst., at Whitburn, in the Coun t ° Flrst •' Thomas Barnes, Esq (nephew of Mr. Aide le t Iti t ' Newcastle-uponl'fyne - i to Olivia, only chaa of we Chambers, of Wlmburn • --;-'" wi ( f ) e n ttlbfe Mr. JD i j n o s se t., th at h ceo r ie n da i n l' o g :. t l) . h bo ice n s i , an a,t s- D po u n l, lch s ' ott' l l i;i‘rtlig'c' ag O ea n 7 t 2 h . e 16th inst.: Richard Baker, Esq., of B ar-s ti h Printed and P o o' for the pßornirrooo, OFFICE, No. 112, Strout!, by the J• B. CAssTAt.. I