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A Special Court of Proprwtors of East India Stock was held this day, by adjo , aninent from Friday last, at the East India ,House, Leadenholl.street for the purpose of taking into consideration the flalerabad Papers, which had been laid before the Honourable Proprietors., relative to certain pecuniary transactions with the house of 'Palmer and Co., so far as they respected the c:mduct of the Mi:tt Noble the Marquis of Hastings, late Governor-General of India. The Secretary having read the Retplution of th'e 3d of March, 1824, the original motion, and tae amendment moved thereon— The CHAIRMAN (William Asta, Esq) informed the Court, that they were met to resume the Debar on the Hyderabad_ Papers, so far as they affected the character of the Marquis of Hastings. Mr. FRESHFIELD said he rose to explain. Ilis . public duty in another ptace had prevented his attending at the last Meet ing ; but he understood that the Gallant General • (Sir John Doyle) had referred to him (Mr. Freslifield) as being the solici tor of - Mr. Adam. Now although lie shvld feel disposed to contend; that if that Gentleman stood in need of a friend in this Court, he should not be the less inclined to /gide: him his (Mr. Freshfield's) assistance liero, because he happened to be his (Mr. Adam's) solicitor, yet he should take it for granted that 'the Gallant General would hardly impute it to him that he came to this Court as Mr. Adam's solicitor. It was however fit that he (Mr. Freslitield) should state, both in justice.to himself and to - .Hr. Adam, that he had never seen that gentleman once in his life, nor did he know anything of him either directly or indi rectly, but as being a son of much esteemed friend of his (Mr. Freshfield's), whose character he had for many . years in unison with a great number ofoth2r gentlemen, much admired. Hay ing received the Papers now before the Court,and perused them carefully, he could not . see any thing that at all reflected on the character of Mr. Adam ; and as that Gentleman had been made the object of attackhe (Mr: Freshfield) thought that the Papers would - justify hini in defending that Gentleman. t', therefor, , he had found it necessary to defend him, it was not his (Mr. Freshfield's) fault, but the fault of those lion. Proprietors who had made the attack. • Sir JOHN DOYLE begged to state, that what he complained of wag, that the friends of Mr. Adam should have thought it necessary to come forward to vindicate that Gentleman's cha racter when it was not under consideration. It certainly did appear to him (Sir J. Doyle) strange that Mr. Adam should be so warmly defended,•when no one had brought, or even thought of bringing a charge against him. Mr. i MPEY rose merely for the purposeof calling to the Gal lant General's recollection one fact, in order to show him that he was in error when he said that Mr. Adam had not been made an object of attack. It would be remembered that an Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Hume) had said, on the first day of this debate,' that if the amendment were carried, or whether it were carried or not, he (Mr. Hume) did not know but that the con duct of Mr. Adam would he n.ade the subject of an impeach ment.—( Hear !) Captain MaxwEie observed, that as he was conscious that lie was the worst speaker in this Court, but most certainly should not be thelongest, he had risen first. He was not pre pared-with a set speech, but he should endeavour to make an intelligible one . ; and if he should hobble over the ground from want of training, he hoped the Court would pot attribute it to a want of sincerity. If he should mistake assertion for proof, intbrmation from hearsay for confirmed evidence, and decla mation for argutiient--if he, like a magnanimous man, should enter upon a vindication of the character of those whose' cha racters had - not been attacked, then he should plead in his de fence the practice of this Court, and confidently hope for its in dulgence. The Marquis of Hastings had administered the al fairs of the Company for a period'o't nine years ; his merits had been recorded and acknowledged by a gift of 60,0001. sterling. During his administration, however, the Noble Marquis had sanctioned the proceedings of the house of Palmer and... Co mpany. Those , proceedings, - and.that sanction, he (Captain Maxwell) was ready to admit, deserved the disapprobation of the Court of Directors. Rurnotir accused the Marquis of Ifas tings of dishonourable condo& and partiality in that mat ter. He (Captain Maxwell) had bestowed moth .tune in per-. using the gres! '.:eOsen by the tioess them ; and the policy was not going to defend ; but that book containedt - ifairard - rof suo documents, not more than one.-fiftieth part Of which were before the Marquis of Hastings when he granted that licence; and therefore the Proprietors of this Court ought only to judge of that Nobleman's conduct from the same documents as the Marquis'liad before him. If the Mar q uis h a d had th e advan tage which this Court had, he (Curtain Maxwell) did not think that Noble Lord would have acted'as he did. But it was not kis (Captain Maxwell's) wish to say that these voluminous do cuments were laid before them for the purpose of bewildering. Ile had the minutes of Mr. Stuart and Mr. Adam, as well as those of the Marquis of Hastings; and although they were subsequent to the first ten documents, which were all that were in existence when the Marquis granted the licence, yet he was ready to admit that both Mr. Stuart and Mr. Adam, in their opposition in Council to the Noble Marquis had acted ho. neatly and conscientiously ; and he would say that they deserv ed the thanks of this Court, as well as his Lordship himself.— ( Hear, hear !)--But he had no doubt that that opposition pre cipitated the measure of Lord Hastings. With regard to the Hyderabad accounts, he could not but declare that the expla nation of Mr. Russell, the late Resident there, on a former day of this debate, appeared to him both clear and convincing, But when he (Captain M.) read the papers he must at the same time acknowledge that he did not go into th e accounts , f or h e did think that this Court was not the best place for such an inves tigation. It appeared to him that the most proper place for going into those accounts would be either Hyderabad or Cal. cutta, at all events it was not London. An Honourable Pro prietor (Mr. Weeding) had indeed said,' that the whole of that was a fallacy; lie (Captain M.) would acknowledge that he could not ascertain whether the accounts were false or true, but he was disposed to think they were perfectly true. But at all events he thought the accounts ought to be examined into with out any reference to this Court. With respect to the charge of high interest havinp*een exacted from the Nizam, he begged to say that 24 per cent in India was not so extraordinary as many Hon. Proprietors seemed to conceive. He had himself lent money at 12 per cent., and by exchanging the bills, had obtained a discount which made it in the whole more than 24 per cent. —(Hear, hear !)—He was at Calcutta at the time the loan in question was made, and having some unemployed cash he was recommended by a Gallant General to put it in the loan ; he was first desirous of ascertaining what sort of a security it was that he was to receive from the Nizam ; but he confessed that with all the security of his Highness, and the guarantee of which the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Stuart) had spoken, he declined advancing on e f art hi ng on t h e l oan .— (Hear:hear, !)—But why was interest higher in India than in this country ? The reason was obvious, though it was not gene rally perceived. In England, in a time of war, when the far mer wanted money, he obtained it perhaps at the highest rate, being only 8 per cent. ; the English farmer could raise but one crop from his land in a year, but in India the people could rea lise three or four crops in the same space of time.--(Hear, hear !)—This being the fact, he (Captain Maxwell) could see no reason why interest should not be trebled in that country, when our mother' earth was so much more productive there than here. When the loan was first granted, it was stated at 50 lacs of rupees, but subsequently it had reached 100 lacs. He thought this measure resulted from the House lending money at so easy a rate.—(Hear, hear !)—ln adverting to the amendment, which went to approve of the dispatches of the Court of Directors in reference to the transactions at Hydera bad, Captain Maxwell observed, that the acts of the Court of Directors were the acts of the Proprietors at large ; the Direc tors were the constituted Attornies of this Court, and the Go vernment had moreover appointed a Board to ratify the acts of the Directors, and he (Captain Maxwell) therefore thought that the Proprietors had no right to express an opinion with regard to those dispatches; if this practice were to be adopted, lie did not know when the business of the Court would end.—(Hear !) He would now declare that he did not conceive the charges against the Marciis of Hastings to be established. There were he regretted to see such Writer, but he (Capt. ltewtoterlestteirns o t f ha t t h l a io t o N ic o ; b b le ut Lo tl r i ( e l ; h an ad d been use d as f urn i s hi ng Noble no eri e ve they afforded ttthte Marquis of Hast ime when the Court of grounds di‘iliegnasxe.ewoetilfl t;effadbelievedcomplaint most nlctoh against noensrce tenhneetv eotrpthl part wlryt a ll obs f o e Proprietors had been called upon to gi ve an opinion so import most extensive property, they were ant to their future interests. As merchants, they - were called vigilance over their servants. upon to introduce order, instead of that accursed system of pe culation which had worked so dangerously to the interests of India ; and as trustees of 3 bound to exert a watchful charter would soon expire, and their labours could not be de voted to a better service ; and whatever might be the fate of that charter, they had a field of exertion before them, where by their wisdom they might raise to themselves a claim to the gratitude of millions, and excite the admiration of the world. But to wards Lord Hastings let them not act the reverse of this—let them not deprive him of that " which naught enriches them, but would leave him poor indeed." He (Captain Maxwell) was of opinion, that if the Hon. Chairman would withdraw his mo tion, one might be made that would do, but if that should not he approved, then there was another, course; a Committee might be appointed to inquire into the accounts, which lie thought would have every good purpose.. Mr. N. WASEROUGII said, that he for the first time ad dressed the Court, and he thought it necessary to state why he had taken this opportunity to do so. He thought that the whole weight of influence on the part of the Governor-General had been exercised in a manner not to the interests of India. He thought that the question was not. one of pounds, shillings, and pence, but one of as high importance to.this Court as any that had occurred since the impeachment of Warren Hastings. He did not mean to set himself in opposition to the Hon. Pro prietors who were the friends of the Noble Marquis, nor did he ask the Court to come into his opinion. He came *et there to speak so much with a view to its being a question of party, as one involving the .principle of our policy t iroughout the whole of India. But before he went into an expianauon of his viewe, of the transactions at Hyderabad, he begged to be permitted to apply himself to some course observations that had been made by Honourable Proprietors in the course of the present debate. He knew not whether he might be allowed to mention the name of the Gentleman who spoke it, but something had been said about nothing having been thrown out against the character of Mr. Adam. Now, if he (Mr. NV.) had heard it said that, if the original motion failed, Mr. Adam must be im peached, he considered that this was an unfair proceeding, when that Gentleman was not present to defend himself. The Hon. Proprietor then referred to the letter addressed by the Marquis of Hastings to Messrs. Adam, Pendell, and Bayley, in conse quence of certain remarks of the Court of Directors on the con duct of that Nobleman, in which he requested them to answer the following questions : Whether they had ever discovered in him any- management or apparent inclination to evade an order from-the Hon. Court, which could without distinct injury to the Hon. Company's service be fulfilled ? Whether, in case of instructions from the lion. Court, the most irreconcileahle to existing circumstances, consequently the most embarrassing, they have ever heard from him remark upon the inapplicability of the orders with any irreverent levity ? Nirhether, on the con trary, they have not observed in him an invariable solicitude to. warp the exigencies of the juncture, as far as possible, to the Hon. Court's wishes, so as that the latter might be satisfied to the utmost extent safely practicable? These were the questions that Nobleman required those Gentlemen to reply to; and what he was now about to read was their answer. After ac knowledging the receipt of his Lordship's letter, they said— " To the two first of these questions we can have no hesitation in replying distinctly and unequivocally in the negative ; while we can with no less truth and sincerity declare, that in every instance which has come under our observation, your Lord ship's conduct has been invariably governed by the principle stated in the last question. The tenor of your Lordship's ques tions has necessarily prescribed the limit to our answer, and has restrained us from bearing testimony more at large to the marked deference and attention to the wishes of the Hon. Court which your proceedings have uniformly manifested, and to the constant anxiety evinced by the general spirit of your adminis tration to uphold their dignity and authority." Now, he would ask any impartial person, whether in the manner of this answer there was even it sladow of. hostility from these Gentlemen to wards the Marquis of Hastings ? The Hon. Proprietor then refereed to the minute, addressed by Mr. Adam to the Hon. Court, dated Dec. 90, 1822, in which he lamented the necessity of opposing the views of the Governor-General,. but he was consoled by the consciousness of having performed an impera tive though painful duty. The p ion. Proprietor next made quo tatitins from documents of Sir Charles Metcalfe, in answer to the charge of inconsistency brought against that Gentleman.— He afterwards read extracts from Mr. Stuart's minutes, in order to rebut the accusation made against him of having contra. dieted himself' respecting the character of Chundoo Loll, the Mi nister of the Nizain Government, and also with regard to his opi. nions asto the propriety of the 60 lac loan. The-Hon. Proprietor Crlanes L utiles; respect, :catp.r.e.n,La.at the last meetinsf bv.S ir by the Government of India during the Governor-Generalship of Lord 'Wellesley, and asked how that Hon. Baronet had made out his statement of 34 per cent. having been paid ? Why, said Mr. NVasbrough, lie made 8 per cent. payable on the exchange of the securities; but he (Mr. W.) did not con. ceive that to be interest. But the difference between that trans action and the one by Palmer and Co., at Hyderabad, was this :—ln the for-I'm-case, Lord Wellesley made a purchase of money; they said—" NVe want so much money, and we will pay you by bills, at twelve months to bear interest. and trans ferrable into the Bengal Government Security." The interest and the disco - ant on the transfer amounted certainly to 34 per cent. ; but if this had been payable yearly, then the Honour ' able Baronet would have been right ; but being payable only ' for one year, there was no similarity between the two cases, and therefore not a fair ground for argument. H e thought that the question before the Court, if carried either way, would not throw any imputation on the Marquis of Hastings, and he would state why he thought it would not. The thanks to the Marquis of Hastings by the Court of Directors, was passed on the 22d May, 1820, and by the Court of Proprietors on the 29th. The CHAIRMAN said the vote of thanks was in 1822. Mr. WasnuoUOU observed, - that that made still better for Ins argument. He was going to observe, that the first letter to the Marquis, by the Court of Directors, was written only two days after the vote, but now it appeared that the vote was passed two years after the letter. Then what was the inference? Why, that the question now under discussion was an incident that was taken out of that course of administration which had met with such unanimous approbation from all parties. But it was said that the Marquis of Hastings was thanked with a full knowledge of these transactions. This was so in part, but several circumstances had since been communicated that were then unknown to them ; and if it should be denied to the Court of Directors to alter their opinions on arriving at this know ledge, then there would be taken away from this lion. Court the power of appreciating what actions were entitled to reward, and what to censure ; which would in effect do away with the vote altogether; for the thanks of the Court was not worth re ceiving, unless that Court possessed the power of discriminat ing what was meritorious and what was not. The lion. Pro prietor then entered into a very full statement of the various transactions to which the documents referred, and made his comments on them as he proceeded. lie particularly adverted . to the policy that had been observed by the Legislature towards India in respect to prohibiting pecuniary transactions between Europeans and the native Princes of that country ; and he ad verted to the fact of Mr. Palmer having sought to render him self not amenable to the English jurisdiction, by the. plea of his being a native subject of the Nizam. He therefore ventured to affirm, that from this and other acts he was justified in saying there had been much chicanery on the part of the house of Palmer and Co. He (Mr. Wasbrough) thought the terms of the license granted by the Governor-General to the house of Palmer and Co. very vague and loose, and that No ble Marquis was chargeable of remissness in not ascertaining the particulars of the loan which his license was to sanction, previously to its being granted. But he admitted that what- Bever might be said of the unfairness in granting this license, 1 , it was most evident, that when the Marquis granted it, lie cer tainly did it from the best of motives ; for he admitted it was done for the purpose of aiding the Nizam. He thought there had, been a great deal of shuffling in the accounts with respect to the 60 lac loan, and that although this house had laid claim to much good, having been of by them, yet these accounts took away considerably from that merit. He certain ly did considery that the Marquis of Hastings had been •im posed upon by the represesentaiions of this house. But the question was, whether the Noble Marquis aught not to have informed himself better upon the facts before lie adopt ed the measures he did. Upon the whole, -it appeared to him (Mr.Wasbrough) that in carrying the amendment, they would not be reflecting on the Marquis. He took it for grant ed that it would not expunge from the records of that Court those high eulogiums that bad been passed upon the general conduct of that Nobleman. This transaction was distinct from his general acts ; when those thanks were passed, the greater part of the facts connected with this transaction was known, ' hut some were not. If Hon. Proprietors doubted those facts, there was another step to be taken—they should bring the per sons who communicated those facts here before thorn, and who would be able to answer for themselves. But with regard to the amendment, he wished to remark, that all that the Chair man said was—We do not accuse the Martinis of Hasiing* of any improper motive, we admit his character to be unini• PRICE SEVENPENCE. peachable, but we will not suffer our conduct to be impugned:: This was the gist of the amendinent, It said—we (10 not cat- ,! sure the Marquis of IliStings, we do not strike out of our re- ' ; . cords the vote 'of thanks to thatNoblernan,' but we will not let a motion 1w pasSed that 'shall be a direct impugn cent of our own conduct This being his impression, he should certainly vote for the amt.:k-dent. General Trronx TON said, that the conduct of the Marquis of 11a:stings was certainly open to a charge of favouritism, but not the House of Palmer and Co but to Sir Charles Metcalfe. The Gallant General' then referred to various documents in support of this opinion. lie had always thought highly of the Marquis of Hastings, and since thiS discussion had taken pla'ee, he thought more highly of him-than ever. He contended that the provisions of the Act Of 37 Geo. 111. had been strictly com plied with. That recourse had been had to the lehal authori ties in India, - and their opinions acted upo.. The parties wire - not directed by the Act to apply to authorities in England ,at • all. The 13th Geo. 111. restricted persons in the Britich settle ments from making more than 'l2 per cent. But if 12 per cent. was allowed within-our settlements, it was not enough out of them, where nrguarantee could be had ' • but if 12 per cent. • were consider( to he enoug h out o f the India territories, then -•,-• it would be obviously ton much within those limits. Ile be lieved the Learned Gentlemen at home, whose opinions had been taken oh theta:int, had been surprised at the - rate of in terest hut * *pit:ions were to the Act of Parliament. For fifteen, yearst after that Act had passed there was but one construction upon it. Butwhat takes place after that period ? Why, the opinions of Learned Gentlemen in England had "been' taken, • who declared that the law applied equally out of the - settlements 'Of India as well as in them. An opportunity had been taken of tifese opi nions of oppressing and mining the house of Palmer and- Go. And all this cruelty was founded upon the ropresentation of Sir Charles Metcalfe, none of which he (General Thornton) would assert were to be depended upon.—(Hear, hear!)—The con duct observed towards that house' appeared to him to be most extraordinary. They were ptohihited from having any com munication with the Nizam, although he was their creditor, and the Governor-General, Lord Amherst, directed Sir Charles IlletcLife to inform that house that no interest, either respec tively or prospectively, should be.made through the resident from the Nizam to their house. The Gallant General then ad verted to the attack made on the character of the Marquis of Hastings, by the reports of Sir Charles Metcalfe, and observed, that it was the fortune of great men to have calumniators. It - • was the case with Mr. Hastings, and was now that of the Noble Marquis. He concluded by declaring his conviction of the purity of character of that Nobleman, and of his intention to support the original motion. Mr. PATTISON rose and said, that he thought it might be allowed to offer an opinion upon the subject, which he con- - ceived to be of the very first importance, both to the interests • of that Court and to the Noble Marquis, whose name was con 'sleeted with it. It was not hi s i n t ent i on t o d e t a i n th em long, pertuaded as he was, that most of the Proprietors had devoted • some part of their time in. reading over the documents which had been laid before them. - Ile particularly wished to be heard because he desired to put the "case, as it appeared to him, on a , ' right foiaing,—(Hear, hear !)—Before, however, he proceeded to novice the faCts immediately connected with the motion before , the Court, he wished to say a feW words in defence of himself. . He had been accused of inconsistency of condu c t i n mo re pl aces . than one. •He was not at liberty, perhaps, to make a stronger allusion to what transpired at another place. But the gentleman • who opened the debate (Mr. Poynder) had charged him with being inconsistent in having signed the letter from the Court of Directors in 1821,• and then having brought forward a motion to • give the Marquis of Hastings an annuity of •LUOui. The Hon. • Proprietor concluded a long speech by appealing to the Chair man to . withdraw the amendment, which, if passed, would in volve them all in very serious consequences, as the proceedings must all inevitably go to a higher tribunal, where - perhaps aft inquiry for years might take place. Be reminded the Court 'of the ten years persecution against Warren IlasingS and the re- ' stilt, and conjured them not to•ineur the SUM' consequences. Mr. STEPHEN spoke in favour of the original motion, The motion for adjournment was then put, and the Court ad journed till to-morrow (Tuesday last) at twelve o'clock. • TUESDAY, MARCH 1. A Special General Court of Proprietors of East - India . StOck . E3.•it •nhall-street lating to certain pecuniary transactions Hi and Co., so far as they respected the conduct of the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings, late Governor-General of India. • The Chairman ( W. AsTELL, Esq.) informed the Court that they were met pursuant to adjournment from yestcrdav (Mon day) of, a Special Court, called at the request of nine honour able Proprietors, to take into consideration the Hyderabad. Papers, so far as they concerned the Marquis of Hastings. The Secretary then read the requisition, andalso the original motion and amendment. Mr. WEEDING said he took the opportunity of rising to , order. He hoped every lion. Proprietor who might address the Court would meet with that courtesy which it was desirable• should always be shown by one gentleman to another. lie, it was true, had not met with any interruption during the few ob.- servations he had felt it his duty to address to the Court ; but. . he was sorry to say, that such had been the case with sonic of . the Hon. Proprietors who had subsequently risen to deliver their , sentiments ; and even the Hon. Chairman himself had expe- , • rienced the same treatment yesterday, and was obliged to re-•, • sume his seat. , .. Mr. M. WASBROUGII regretted lie did not see an Hon. Direc;e :. tor (Mr. Pattison) in his place, to hear the remark which he (Mr.: 1 W.) felt it due to himself to make upon an allusion that had . been made by that Hon. Director to his (Mr. W.'s) occupation out of that Court—namely, his connection with the public press... The Hon. Director had said yesterday, that lie supposed he 1 ( 1 1 t e l b r e . g l g l ie r b a dr s b at r no o y u s g sau h yc ) ,hti h) would uart p I, report l,es ei; id en t the proceedings dqcioal, nifieetd ohimself theiln ofscel question fe t sa l itsei oanPro prietorCourti in his newspaper, and of course his own speech at length. Now pressed only with the importance of it ; and after having read , the whole of ,the papers with the utmost care, he certainly did feel that the amendment proposed by the Hon. Chairman, in • his individual character as a Proprietor, was one which ought.; to be adopted by the Court. . . Mr. Pave isoli having now entered the Court, and being informed of what had been said, he observed, that his allusion .' to the newspaper was made in a spirit of the utmost good, humour, and that he had no intention of offending the Hon. Proprietor. Mr. EDMONSTONE then rose to .speak to the question be fore the Court. lie had made himself thoroughly acquainted with the subject on which he was about to address die Court, so far as the evidence contained in the papers then before them enabled him to do; and his firm conviction was, that the Noble • Marquis had not conducted himself, in the transactions rela tive to the house of Palmer and Co. with the Nizam's Govern-. meet, with that judgment and discretion which ought to hare been expected from so able a Statesman. lie could not help observing, that the conduct of those friends of the Noble Mar quis who had induced the present discussion, appeared to. him to be highly injurious. With respect to the original motion, he conceived it to contain much more than on a first perusal met the eye ; and that was one reason why he should vote for the amendment: another reason was, that the amendment did not, in the slightest degree, impugn the personal character of the Marquis of Hastings. There were parts of the dispatchei of the Honourable Court of Proprietors contained in the volume of printed papers which certainly could not be approved of ; but give him leave to ask, could the Honourable Proprietors on the other side of this house say that they approved of the whole of the Marquis of Hastings'. letters addressed to those II 011011r disposi- able Directors? He for one float certainly could not. fir E s Court traced in them a vast deal of vituperation and disrespect ioon‘ovattr.huaes the Court of Directors ; he traced in them a disposition part of the Noble Marquis to consider those dispatch eosnnstone) being the act of that Court; nay more, he (Mr. Edna, discovered.in the letters of the Marquis of 1 - lasti% tion-to insinuate and to represent that that Now' ill grace from 11° w " he really did had suffered itself to be imposed upon. b fs s el erving that a disP°,:,britt,i..aelacif. ddressing. !'cry;donthat the rnt order to prote p ct their think that such things as these came witli n the Noble Marquis. .He was firmly o f otn Court ought to support those dispatches, tn r o v e a n n maket( s m f from oa one ne s g u c gth h bes i e n gr si n n antt o lie u 7 ito a particular en of the law), be could not p i n r i e t h to a r t s C , Court public servants Hear, hear !) to make remarks upon that profession, in reference Honourable d id b h ee a n pr: evincedthpartoi in a chlealsps observing were most respectable men Now ad been s;,veill:negfo.nreghe sat down he to their peculiar callinugi d receive the same impartial unobserved ~ that Court, they shown towards other Propr . ietors, and which he felt himself and his pro '. re that there wa s any panic lu ar objection to lie was not aware he Posional friends entitled t0..._( attention as sho