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LIBERATION OF PERU. We are now enabled to announce a full confir mation of our intelligence of last week, of the an nihilation of the Royalist Army in Peru, the con- - sequent termination of the war, and the perfect establishment of the independence of that, as well as of all the other interesting States of South America. The correctness of the following im- portant details may be confidently relied upon, founded as they are en official documents : The battle took place at Guamanguilla, which is within thre leagues of Guamanga. Genera —Era SUCRE commanded the Patriot troops, BOLIVAR having gone id - Lima to meet the re inforcements from Panama, and having conceived that the campaign for the time was finished, the Royalist , • troops Having been driven across the Apurimac. General LA ' S . tfit Nils however, intending to make a rapid movement upon Lima, left Cusco, and re-crossed the Apurimac with a force of from six to seven thousand men. Upon this movement, General SUCRE detachment General LAMAR to occupy Cusco with a body of troops.- General SUCRE being thus left with the Colombian forces,- amounting only to six thousand men, the VICEROY conceived it a favourable opportunity to make an attack on him, which . he put in execution at Gumanguilla. lie was wounded eariy in the action, and taken prisoner.--: The greater part of his wing of the army was either killed or wounded.. Very soon afterwards General VALDEZ was taken prisoner with the troops under his immediate command. After these reverses, General CANTERAC rallied his division of the army, and gained a height about half a league from the scene of action. On the dawn Of the day after which the battle was fought, General CANYERAC, seeing the total defeat which the army had experienced, and that all the Chiefs and Officers of distinction had fallen or had been taken prisoners, capitu. fated with 2,500 men ; and stipulated the immediate delivery. of the castles of Callao, and the total evacuation of Peru by all the' Spanish subjects. Accounts from Pisco, of the 19th December, state that at the date of the last accounts, all the Royalist Chiefs were prisoners L-1 the Customhouse of Guamanga. Guamanga, or Huamanga, near which the fate of Peru was decided, is the capital of the province of the same name, and is about 200 miles in a straight line west of Cusco, and about as far east and north-east of ('anete and Pisco, the nearest sea-ports, respectively. It seems not improbable, from the details, that the sailing of the Asia, and other Spanish ships, from Callao for some of the ports south of Lima, was connected with this movement of LA SERNA, which terminated so fatally to the Spanish army. BLOOMSBURY AN D ST IATION . PANCRAS BIBLE ASSO. C. The Tenth Annual Meeting of this Institution was held yes terday at the Freemasons' Tavern. Zile Hight Hon. CHARLES GRANT, M.P. took the Chair, being-supported on his right by the Hon. Charles Shore, and on his 'eft by the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry. The CHAIR max briefly recapitulated the objects for which the Meeting had been assembled. The Rev. Dr. WEBSTER then read the Report. The Hon. C. SHORE moved the first Resolution, which was seconded by the Rev. J. Parsons. The Rev. W. A. EVANSON rose to propose the second Reso lution—"'That this Meeting conceive the dissemination of the Holy Scriptures to be eminently calculated to better the condi tion of mankind ;" and having gone thuS far in reading the Re.. solution put into his hand, he could not help asking, was there any one who would venture to controvert that truth? and yet it had been denied. In Syria and in Palestine, the word of truth which was extending its genial influence, was attempted to be enriched ; the bull of the Pope and the firman of the Sultan, in unholy alliance, were hurled against God's word, and should we tamely stand by to witness its subversion ? God forbid. We can discern, said the Rev. Gentleman, between the professors of a creed and the principles of that creed ; we can respect them - as men, though we differ with them in opinion on points of be lief; and extending to them the right hand of fellowship, we would dispute those points fairly and manfully; but those who oppose Bibles and . Bible Societies will not do this. In that part of the United Kingdom which has long been, and I trust ever will be, the right arm of Great Britain, the opposition has been most inveterate, and yet it is there that the want of religious instruction is the most to be deplored. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to read some extracts from the " Pastoral charge of the Catholic Archbishop and Bishops to their • Clergy," when— The CRAtumais rose, and observed, that lw felt great pain in being compelled to interrupt the Reverend Gentleman, who, he feared, might in the warmth of argurtent be led a4ay into remarks that were unseasonable, or at all events inapplicable to the objects of the Meeting. The Rev. Mr. Evartsox resumed.—There is no man, Sir, less inclined to fling the apple of discord amongst my fellow creatures than I am, and still less would I be inclined to intro d sue a discordant feeling here. Agreeing entirely in the senti ments of a great man, who said—" This, my friends, is no time tor private animosities, when the enemy is at the gate."—l shall waive every feeling ofthe kind, and merely conclude with moving the Resolution. Mr. LAW LESS of: Itanefelt (a Roman Catholic Gentleman .who was on the platform) rose and said, he wished to vindicate -the character of the Catholic Clergy from some aspersions thrown ,out against them by the Reverend Gentleman who had just sat down. The CHAIRMAN, however, intimated, that it was unusual for any Gentleman, not a subscriber, to address the Meeting on such an occasion. Mr. LAWLESS.—I was not aware of my disability ; but in dependent of any wish to take an active part in the proceedings of this Meeting, I should feel most happy to subscribe to the funds of the Institution, for there is no man that can set a higher value on its objects. But, Sir, if I may be allowed one or two observations--(Cries of " Chair, chair , " from all parts of the room.) The CHAIRMAN then rose, and appealed to Mr. Lawless's candid, opinion, whether he (the Chairman) had not taken even a more prompt notice of the Rev. Mr. Evanson's allusion to the Catholic Clergy, than he, Mr. Lawless could properly have done ? Mr. L. bowed assent. The Chairman then trusted that after the expression of regard which had just fallen from his (Mr. L.'s) lips, that ono further interruption would be given ..to the business of the Meeting on that point. The Rev. Dr. Winter seconded the former resolution. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LITCHFIELD moved the third Resolution, and in adverting to the opposition which hrd been shewn to the Bible Society, he conceived that it had :only redoubled the affection for its object in the bosoms of those who were conscientiously devoted to it. The Rev. A. BROUDEN, Secretary to the Parent Society, se conded the Resolution. The Rev. Mr. CONYNCHAm moved the fourth Resolution, and combated several of the charges which have at different times been advanced against Bible Societies. The Rev. Gentle man continued. " the effect of time on passion," says an elegant writer, 4‘ is the same as that of wind on flowers ; it extinguishes the weak and excites the strong." The falling off that had ap peared in the supporters of the Association might therefore be attributed to the influence of time on the irresolute or lukewarm, but he trusted it would prove an equally stimulating effect in the stinger adherents. He had that day sat by a Protestant Bishop, and he trusted that ere long he should sit by a Roman Catholic Bishop on the like occasion. Thanks were then voted to the Officers of the Association, for which the Right Hon. Chairman returned thanks in a splendid -speech, and the Meeting separated. • The Deputation of West India Merchants and Planters waited on the ClLANcci.t.ott of the Ex- CitEQU ER yesterday, with a memorial praying tWot the duty on ruin may he reduced propor tionally with the reduction of duty on British spirits. The Right lion. Gentivnian did not pro mise that he would altogetheL4ccede to the re quest, but the Deputation left Downing-street confidently anticipating tfide the duties on rum ill be fixed on a scale trilich more favourable to the West India. iuterests thou was originally pro posed. INDIA. HYDRABAD LOAN. (Continued from our Paper of Monday.) 4 Thet that Messrs. Palmer and Go. had re _ tained a bonus of eight lacs, which was not mentioned in the correspondence 'submitted to Government, or known to Mr. Russell, came to-the knowledge of Mr. C. Metcalfe in April, 1821 (p. 196), and was observed on in strong terms of disap probation by Mr. Adam (p. 202) and Mr. Fendal (p. 204) in their minutes of May, — lg2l ; but which minutes were riot acted on, having been withheld by Lord Hastings till Sept. 1822, from being recorded (p. 190), with a view to more deli berate consideration. , - In September, 1822, Lord'Hastings Council censured the retention of the bonus, and the concealmrnt, of it from Go vernment, in the strongest terms ; and stated that the conceal ment of the real conditions of the loan, while they were seeking the sanction of Government, and professing to 'Or them in possession of the details, admitted of no palliation eftex cuse, and justified the inference of culpable collusion betweelit Chundoo Loll and Messrs. Palmer? house (p. 187, § 3,6, 7) ; lirtd lie called on Messrs. Palmer and the Minister to explain. '=The Minister Chundoo stated (p. 270), that Messrs. Palmer informed hititi gn . ,his• application for the loan, that they had not the tringey, and could not get it for three or four months,. but if there Was a pressing neceitity, and Government would sub mit to the' loss of eight lacs, tlidy 'wpuld borrow the money and lend it - to:Government. And that as he'thought the troops might mutiny (jl: 1 . 9 3 70)„ or he should be obliged' to retain them in pay till that time,'Pfell consented from neceisit3i. ). Messrs. Palmer stated in 'the explanation (p. 275), that they could not raise the money on better terms : that if it had been raised by bills the loss of the exchanges would be as much. That they could not borrow at the presidencies at fourteen • per cent. That they were forced upon the Hydrabad market, and- the monied men raised their charges from 9 and 12 per cent. to 16 and 24. That there was no wilful concealment, as the fact was stated in their books. There seems no foundation for this explanation by Messrs. Palmer or the Minister. AcCording to the Minister's (p. 270) statement, he paid but 11 lacs of arrears -'how, then could it be necessary to borrow 60 at such a price P i No such emergency existed. The house state that the expence of raising 60 lacs, by bills, would have amounted to as much ; but it will he seen that they did not raise 60 lace. For, at all events, whether the loan was a fictitious or real transaction, they transferred to the Hydrabad account, from that of Berar (p• 274,554,625) And for the bonus 20,57,219 3 28,57,219 so that at the utmost about 31 and a half lacs was all they had to raise. Indeed, Mr. Harrington, who was no party to any of the for mer discussions, not being then in Council, in his minute, Jan. 1823, states, that not more than 23 lacs at the utmost was ad vanced, and that it was doubtful if it exceeded 11 (p. 368, §2B). Mr. Harrington (ibid) states, that he thinks, with the same security that Palmers had, the amount advanced might have been raised at. 12 per cent. ; a fact which is the more probable, as Palmers themselves state that they had money from .atives at from 9 and 12 per cent. to 16 and 24 (p. 275): and Sir Charles Metcalfe states - (0:822) that it was notorious, that in consequence of the British Government having sanctioned the loan, British subjects lent them money at 12 per cent., which is confirmed by Messrs. Palmers' own statement, that the bulk of the money employed by them was invested by European capital, at 12 per cent. (p. 839.) There seems, therefore, no foundation for the ,bonus. But if there was, still to have concealed it from the GOVernment, which was evidently acting on the faith that sixteen per cent. was the whole amount of profit, was a palpable fraud and deception, and justly forfeited all claim to the further protec tion and countenance of the Government, which was originally granted on the allegation that the proceedings of the house were open and public (p. 4.) In truth, however, there was no advance in cash at all up on this pretended loan of sixty lacs. The whole amount was composed of a transfer of balances due from the Nizam to the house, at the time the loan received the santion of the British Government in July, 1820 (p. 554, 625, 701, 704, 821.) The state of the balances, as detailed in Sir C. Metcalfe's dispatches, 4th June, 1823, (p. 554), and adapted by the Ben gal Government in 1821, (p. 701), were as follovq : On Hydrabad, Account - 26 82 402 On Aurungabad, Account - - 13 18 669 On Berar, Account - - 20 57 219 See also p. 821. 60 58 291 The first of these sums was the balance due on the general account between the Nizam and the house at the time the loan was sanctioned, as appears by the account (p. 625). The other two which were due on old accounts, were brought into the general accounts at the same time that the Nizam had credit for the sixty lacs advanced by way of loan (p. 625). There is no sum in these accounts at the time of, or subse quent to the loan, that is at all equal in amount to sixty lacs, without including the balances, that it was stated by Chun (too Loll, that the pressing necessity for the advance made him consent to allow bonus. It is contended, indeed, by Messrs. Palmer, (p. 744,) that this is not a correct account of the transaction ; for that all the advances that follow the balance of 4,63,979, (p. 620,) were payments in cash or otherwise : and that they were made in anticipation of the loan, and were debited against the Minister in his account to the end of the year, when the new loan ac count was distinguished. How any payments made before the sanction of the Ben gal Government was obtained, can be put to the accountof the loan it is not easy to understand ; still less is it intelligible, that sums advanced before any application was made to the Go vernment, and after the resident's rolusal to apply for its sanction can be so charged; notwithstanding the facts stated by Mr. Russell, that a private application had been made to Lord Hastings without his previous knowledge. Surely, after the rejection of the proposal for the loan by the accredited resident at the Nizam's Court, it is impossible to be lieve that advances were made on the reliance that a private application to the Governor-General would be effectual ; for should that be believed, this inference must follow, that the members of the house must have felt so confident of their in fluence with the Governor-General, that they risked their pro- perty to the amount of many Lacs of rupees, not% ithstanding the expressed opinion of the Governor-General's public repre sentative against the proposition. But it will be seen by the accounts, that there is no differ ence in the manner in which the advances said to be in antici pation of the loan are stated, and those in the account before the loan was thoughkof, and after it was concluded. The Palmers were making advances during the whole pe riod just in the same way ' • and it seems absolutely impossible that these items could be advanced as part payment of theloan, as they are included in an account bearing interest at 25 per cent.; whereas the loan was to be, at all events, at an interest of ony 18 per cent., and was effected for the very purpose of reducing the amount of interest previously paid by the Nizam. It is alleged by Messrs. Palmer, (p. 741, and Sir William Rumbold's letter, p. 26), that all the payments in the accounts from February to August, 1820, inclusive, were advanced on account of the loan. Amongst these will be found, Aug. 11, a payment to Noor 00l Omrali of 4,23,579, (see p. 624), and which they contended is to be put to the credit of the loan ; but upon referring to the account rendered by the Minister in July 1822, (p. 180, 183), anti which distinguishes between the loan account and the other accounts of the house with the Nizarn, this very sum is stated as forming an item of the old debt of the house incurred before the loan had an e xistence. On a subsequent occasion, the Minister engaged to send in a statement of the sums actually received from Palmers on ac count of the loan ; but Sir C. Metcalfe, states, that though since applied to, he had not redeemed his pledg e ; but defend , ed himself by stating, that payment of old demands of the house was one of the principal objects of that transaction, (13th September, 1823, p. 808.) The refusal to furnish suc h an ac count, which must have been in his power, affords the strongest inftrence that no such advances had been made. It would seem, from sonic parts of M essrs.P aim ers'statements, that they were disposed to treat the Berar account as a branch of the Aurungabad, and that it was to be dealt with on the san e footing ; but Sir William Rumbold's statement, that the house had three separate accounts with the Nizabri, (Sir William's letter, p. 24,) puts that out of the question. Indeed it is inconsistent with Messrs. Painters' own state ment. .In 180. they state Chundoo Loll, in the month of July, 1 822, P . y P. 275, in reference to the acc ounts rendered b that there was a balance due to them for Aurungabad payments of 13,18,669 rupees, which, they say, is brought forward by the Rajah In those accunts, as the foundation of a s eparate account a mounting to 14,70,191 ; an d they account for thFdifferem e between the thirteen a nd f our teen lacs by som e additional pay ments. It will be observed, that this balance is said to have hen made the foundation of a separate account. Messrs. Palmers go on to say, that the minister, M his accounts,, gives the a mount of anothe r d e b t d ue t o them, which wa s transferred into the loan; this old debt is the Berar Suwar account. Referring to the minister's accounts so rendered, it will be seen, that the item of 14,70,191, is she foundation of 'the account called the old debt. IVhile the Berar Suwar account, which Messrs. Palmers state was transferred into the loan, forms the second item of the loan, or new 'debt, under the description of " rev ceived at Aurun ' ii." -e , Sir William , bold has, ,in his letter to the Direc tors a (p. 24) stated, Palmer's' house had no unsanctioned ba, lances to transfer, and refers teethe accounts to prove it. He states that the house bed, at the time the loan was con tracted for, three accounts with the- Nizam 1. The Aurungabad. 2. The Berar. • • 3. - The Hydrabad. • . The Hydrabad account, he states, Was no further sanctioned by the British Government, - than that the payments in it were under the general license (p. 24.). For this, therefore, there is his own admission, that the British Government was not a guarantee, and, consequently, that it was unsanctioned. The Aurungabad account is stated, by Sir William- Rum bold, to have been sanctioned by the British Government, and he refers for his authority to the political letter of the Bengal Government, 21st Oct. 1820, (p. 8.) but a reference to that do -catment will skew, that so far from any guarantee having been afforded which could entitle the house to call upon the British Govereiment for repayment, T s ment, it was eressly stated by the house to the retlidebti-(p. 14.) " hat w xp e never understood that a guarantee of - any , suet was afforded to us by the British Govern ment, or any pecuniary liability whatever on the part of the Hon. Company, was involveil,either in the encouragement you gave to the arrangement, or in thelsapport which we expected from you, for our security in the conductor dt ; but we must observe, that in a country where there are no etitife) - courts of judicature, we never could have established an extensive mer cifitile'tefseerrre without the conviction that we should receive , from the Resident : VlM trititpktrr.yehich is essential to the trans actions of any British merchantVrthis'iotiiiiree.'„' 'And in, the very dispatch to which Sir Win. Rumbold ha s referraf,,' turd' Hastings declares that the house bad distinctly stated their un derstanding to be, that the Resident, or the British Govern meat, were in no degree pledged to support them, further than -by the general countenance afforded to their establishment. which was, in.fact, indispenSable for the very existence of an extensive mercantin concern; ha a country where there are no regular courts of judicature. It is obvious, therefore, that although the British Govern ment had permitted or sanctioned this transaction, to the e xtent of the exempting them from the penalties of the Act of Parlia ment: there was nothing like a sanction to the extent of giving the house a claim upon the British Government for repayment; and consequently they had the most distinct interest in trans ferring this unsanctioned end unsecured balance to an account for which the British Government was pledged. ' The remaining balance is the Berar Suwar account, as to which Wm. Paltrier and C 0.,. on the 24th October, 1822, (page 274), states, in a letter to the Resident,. that the payments had been made without their having received any security that the Minister was under engagements to give them orders, and that they knew that lie felt himself bound to lend all his influence to effect it ; that arrangements were in progress for paying this arrear when the loan transaction commenced ; and upon that ground they justified themselves in considering the transfer of that balance to the loan account as equivalent to a cash payment. To put beyond all doubt that the Berar account • had not re ceived the sanction of the British Government, so as to make that Government liable to the house for its repayment, in any respect, it will be sufficient to refer to Lord Hastings' letter, Oct. 20, 1822, (p. 111,) in which it is stated, that there are four transactions of the house which had come under the notice of Government-first, the establishment of the house-second, the application for the licence in 1816-third, the Aurungabad ar rangement of 1818-and lastly, the 60 lac loan. Now, as the Berar account commenced, according to Sir W. Rumbold's state ment, in N0v.1816, (p. 24, his letter), it is plain that it is neither of these refered to by Lord Hastings; so that his Lordship, in giving an account of the transactions of his government with the house, does not even allude to a demand which Sir William Rumbold now says had received its section, to the extent of a guarantee for the repayment of it. The first intimation of any arrear due to the house on this account, which the Bengal Government received, was conveyed in a letter of Sir C. Meicalfe's, 20 th June, 1822, (p. 168,) in which it was stated that there was a further debt to the house, hearing interest at 24 per cent.; and so little were the Govern ment apprized of its nature, that they. seemed uncertain whe ther it was not a personal aeeoilnt of the Minister's with the house as his bankers (p. 164,) and , desired information which was furnished by the resident 29th July, 11122, (p. 180,) who stated that it was a public concern distinct from the - 16(014*nm" the Aurungabad arrangements, and that he would send the in formation a , soon as he received some explanation. The ac counts he afterwards sent, spew,that the Berar balance formed ' part of this account (p. 183.) It is unnecessary to say more to prove that the Berar account could form no demand against the British Government, until it was incorporated with the loan. lint it must never be forgotten, that at the time when the Berar and the Aurungabad a rrangements were entered into, Mr. Sotheby, one of the Company's servants, high in office at the residency at Hydrabad, was a member of the firm of Wm. Palmer and Co., without the knowledge of the Beng Govern ment. ' Messrs. Palmers must have known that that circum stance would, in the eyes of the British Goverment, have ab solved it from all resposibility ; and that if it had given its sanction to these arrangements, it would have.been entitled to consider them as void ; the fact of one of its own servants hav ing been engaged in advancing money to a native Prince; to whose court he Was aCC,;:dited, having been . concealed from his knowledge. It was, therefore, most important for their inte rest to procure the insertion of these balances into an account to which the Government should giVe its sanction after the time that Mr. Sotheby-bad quitted the firm. The adVances to the cultivator of the soil, as stated by Chun "tloo Loll (p. 271), were 2,35,000. Whether they were-really. made or not, depends upon his statements; and the:amount is too small to make it worth observing on. - ' That the interest taken•upon the loan was more than sixteen per cent. is universally admitted ; and Messrs. Palmers justify the amount of it, on the ground that they could not afford to led for less, and that no other person would lend for so little. That they could not afford to lend for less, is by no Means proved. They state that they had money from native capitalists at nine and twelve per cent. before the loan, Though at the plea sure of their creditor, who subsequently raised it to sixteen and twenty-four (p. 275.) This statement rests on no proof, and they allow that the bulk of the money they employed was European capital borrowed at twelve "per cent. (p. 839.) . - But although the house of Palmer, which was by no means possessed of much capital, could not afford to advance at a lower rate, it .is very far from clear that other capitalists could not and would not, had they had the security of the British Govern ment. Mr. Russell asserts that no others would do it so low, and Lord Hastings adopts his opinion. But in effect he refused to try the experiment, for when he offered to allow it to be tried, he insisted that it should be explained in his own presence to any proposed lenders, that in no possible case would the govern ment employ even their good offices for the creditors, (p. 2060 although it is quite plain that the sanction afforded to Messrs. Palmer was a real guarantee, (p. 75,81, 194, 198,) as has been proved by the arrangementanatle by Lord Hastings's govern ment to repay the the money they had advanced, (p. 198,) and although Lord Hastings had told Sir William Rumbold, that Palmers' House should not be exposed to British competition (p. 734.) Mr. Stuart, (p. 47,) Mr. Adam, (p. 48,) Mr. Fendall, (p. 49.) the Court of Directers, (p. 80, § 61,) Mr. Harrington, (p. 368 , and § 28,) and Mr. illeteidfe, ail concur in . thinking that with the same countenance, the loan might have been procured on , - easier terms. The Guicowar ep. 48) did raise money at nine and a half per cent. with British guarantee.* Thus it would appear, that not one of the great objects pro. posed by' the loan had been obtained ; not one of the. terms on which the British sanction had been given had been complied with ; but their confidence had been betrayed, and the Nizam's affairs had become still more embarrassed (p. 168, 228.) The fact that the Messrs. Palmers had retained a bonus of - eight lacs, was communicated to thee government in April, 18'21; but Lord Hastings thought it expedient not to re-_ cord the minutes which referred to it, (p. 1900 and no further notice appears' to have been taken of it till in June, 1822, when the resident having reported a proposal from the Minister, that the British Government should advance money to pay off Messrs. Palmers' debt, and mentioned, as a part of that debt, a separate account (p. 168, sec. 21), bearing interest at 25 per cent., distinct from the Aurungabad contract and the loan, the Government, 17th July, 1822, desired to be informed respecting such debt.--(P. 164, sec. 4.) In answer to this command, the Resident procured from the Minister certain acco u nt s , f r om which it appeared that eighteen per per cent, was c l h B a l 7ed lB4 u .) pon.t . he loan, as well as (p. 180), a bonus of eight lacs for compensation (p. 180, 182.) 25 ' That there was an old debt of 26 lacs, bearing interest at It also appeared that large annual sums, amounting to 5,400 rupees per month (p. 182), were paid by the Nizam to 111 . Palmer, his brother, and children ; and that Doctor Currie, the This use information. drew down the Al Surgeon at the Residency, had been a partner in Palmer's ho ost severe reprobation * It was objected that the loan to the Guicowar led to inter ference with his internal governme nt ; but that would not have followed with th e Ni zam - w h o was to giv e up districts equal to- the advance in security. from Lord Hastings and his Government, with respect to the bonus, and the concealment practised as to it (p. 187.) Lord Hastings, in Council, observed, that Palmers had stated, 15th Januarr, 1821, that they had no transactions with the Nizam, except t ie Aurungabad arrangement and the loan , and some others then mentioned, for which they considered him as a guarantee. The allowances to Palmers' family were censured, and it was stated, that if they had been known, his Lordship would have hesitated in sanctioning the Joan (p. 188.) And the Resident was called on to state the grounds on which he alleged Dr. Currie to have been a partner in the house, as Mr. William Palmer and Sir W. Rumbold had made an affidavit to remove suspicions understood to be afloat, of a con nexion between the house and the members of the former Re sidency, the tenor of which did not accord with the fact of Dr. Currie being a partner. His Lordship in Council would not, notwithstanding his great displeasure at the conduct of the Minister and the house, withdraw from the arrangement proposed, to enable the Go vernment to pay off the debts incurred under British sanction, provided security was given that the money should be faithfully applied, and that all transactions of any kind, direct and indi rect, should cease between the rouse and the Minister (p. 189.) That, though he had no claim on the British Government to pay the old debt, yet they would to complete the arrangement of. the Nizam's affairs, pay such part as bona fide, appeared to be of a public nature. IBut for the remainder,.the hous e must be . left to its own Means, and to the justice of the minister, there being no ob ligation, express or implied, on the government to interfere, (p. 189:) • ' From this it is Cluite . plain, that Lord Hastings concurred with the rest of the government in the opinion, that fraudulent tniretalment,bad been practised on the government by the house: that nothingsbleuldhe_paid that was not bone fide a public debt, and that all transactions ots , ev.4res.kind _between the house and ;the minister 'nest cease._ •• About this time, Chundoo Loll sent . a yrivate representittion; through the means of Messrs. Palmers"house, complaining of Sir Charles Metcalfe's want of support, and excessive interfer -1 ence in the details of government (p. 173. ) On the other hand, Air Charles Metcalfe alleged, that there had long-existed a plot-between the house and the minister, to undermine his authority, through the influence which Sir Wil liam Rumbold and the house had with Lord Hastings (p. 221.) Sir C. Metcalfe had about this time written (p. 213,) to Lord Hastings, explaining the nature of his management in the Nizam's dominions. This led to a dispatch from Lord Hastings, 25th of October, censuring the course pursued, and disapproving the feeling ex pressed towards the minister (p. 224, 227.) From this dispatch the rest of the council dissented, and it led to much discussion in minutes, both as to the extent of the interference to be sanctioned with the Nizam's government, Sir Charles Metcalfe's own conduct, and the existence of any com bination between the house and the minister against his influ ence as resident (p. 292, 317 . 4 Lord Hastings was of opinion, that there was no ground for Sir C. Metcalfe's opinion, that the house exercised any undue influence over the minister, or that there was any combination between them (p. 313, 315.) He thought the minister's indisposition to Sir C. Metcalfe arose from his interference in his concerns (p. 312.) Mr. Adam, (p. 292,) illr. Fendal, (p. 303,) and Mr. Bai ley, (p. 306), expressed their opinions, that the combination was established ; but they did not propose to take any step upon that occasion. All they did was to decline to con cur in Lord Hastings' dispatch, censuring Sir Charles Met calfe, and, as their reasons, they stated these opinions. The grounds. upon which Sir C. Metcalfe and the Council formed their opinion, that the house exercised an unbounded influence over the Minister, are detailed in various dispatches. That there was the means of exciting this impression on the mind of Chundoo is plain. He knew that Lord Hastings felt the strongest desire to promote the interest of the house against all competition ; and that he was willing to exert his influence to do so, his letter to Sir W. Rumbold proves, (p. 734); for this letter had doubtless been communicated to Chundoo Loll. Chundoo Loll also knew, that though Mr. Russell refused to recommend the loan, yet, on private application to Lord Hast ings, the nroposal had been approved of. It was the belief of the natives that Sir W. Rumbold was related by marriage to Lord Hastings. It was believed that Sir W. Rumbold was Lord Hastings' vakeel, or agent, (p. 245, 494, § 81.) Sir William had stated, that the house would come to an issue with the Resident, (p. 246, § 89.) By the common - people the house and the British Govern inent - Were identified-, (p. 245, § 84.) _- Sir C. Metcalfe says, 'it is . impos.sibla , to timvey by represen tation the various ways in which the existence of such an in-' fluence by the house was shewn ; but to prove that it did exist, he states, by way of instance, (p. 243), that Sir W. Rumbold established a bazaar, at which the duties collected by the Nizam were lower than those charged at the bazaar of the residency, (p. 262.) Sir W. Rumbold and Mr. Palmer always travelled with an escort of the Nizam's troops, (p. 501.) Mr. Palmer and his friends and servants had the use of the Nizam's state-elephants, which were constantly in waiting near Mr. Palmer's gateway (p. 501.) • Messrs. Palmer's assignments were paid, when other credis tors, and even the Nizam's privy purse, were not (p. 179.) They Sent their own chuprasees through the country with as much effect as the Government, and levied debts assigned to them' which the real creditors could not raise (p. 244.) They fieiked the 'estate or a Noble for a debt to them, and retained it (p. 244.) They put one of their cliupraseei about a Noble, to protect him from paying any debts but their own (p. 244.) Chundoo Loll stated to Sir Chai Metcalfe the pro ' priety of not communicating the Ander to .put. an end to. the. Aurungabad contract to Messrs. Palmer' lest they shoUld prevent its being executed, and referred to a former in stance, in which they had succeeded in a similar object; (p. 243) ; and he also stated, that neither the loan nor the Aurun gabad contract had had his cordial consent (p. 243.) The eir. cumstance of the. complaint against the resident being forwarded through Wm. Palmer, or Sir Wm. Itumbold, tends to spew their concert, if not their power. And although Lord Hastings (p. 260) thought it premature to form an opinion on the matter till the house should have been heard, yet in the Government Dispatch to Sir Charles Metcalfe, be states that the facts and circumstances, combined with the Minister's expressions, excite much presumption that he was worked upon by secret agents to dispatch his complaint throueh Mr. Win. Palmer ; and that circumstances strongly support the conclusion that the Minister was instigated to make his com plaint by Palmer's house (p. 260.) Since this dispatch, no one fact has occurred, except the po sitive denial (p. 341) of the parties charged, to alte r the state ment on which this conclusion was formed (p. 338). To all which should be added, that there is no appearance of any com plaint on the part of the Minister, until the resident had inter fered with the transactions of the house with the Nizam. Lord Hastings, in the same dispatch, 13th Nov. 1822, inti mated that direct communication between the Minister and the house must cease, and the resident become the channel of com munication (p. 261.) ( To be continued.) • The question of interference is not essential to be dis cussed. But it is fit to state, that the Council only justified it under the peculiar s it u ation of the Nizam's government, and did not argue it as applying to any other government whatever. Ma. 0 w EN .—We have just learned from good authority, that this gentleman has finally resolved to remove to the New World. His friends at New Lanark have received intelligence that he purchased the settlement of Harmony, in Indiana, on the Ist of Jan. He has left his son William, and Captain M‘Donald, to take charge of the American establish. meta in the mean time, and by the latest accounts had reached Philadelphia, on his way back to New Lanark, where he is expected in June. The whole of the Flower family, at pre sent settled in Mr. Birkbeck's neighbourhood, mean to join him at Harmony. The letters teemed state, that Mr. Owen's statements have excited an extraordinary zeal for the mutual co-operative system in the United States. yin Pittsburgh, he assembled the great mass of the people the Presbyte rian Meeting-house, and having developed his plans to them, a number of persons immediately declared their inten tion of founding a community on his system, and such was the sensation his arrival there produced, that the Court of Justice suspended its sittings while the meeting was held. Mr. Owen, on his way westward, visited the spinning mills of Mr. Skink on the Hudson, which are celebrated for the high perfection of the machinery, and the remarkable neatness of the e stablishment. The settlement of Harmony is on the banks of the Wabash, about 30 miles below Mr. Birkbeck's property, and the occupants are a colony chiefly of Germans, who are united by some singular religious tenets, and hold their property in , common.—( The Scotsman.) WILFUL MUDRER.—Monday evening an In quest was held at the sign of the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Berkeley-square, before T. lime's, Esq. Coroner, on the body of a female infant, unknown, who was found in the Ser p entine River, Hyde Park, having been thrown in after being inhu manly murdered and shockingly man; led. The Jury returned a verdict of—" Wilful Murder against some person or per. sons unknown." PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Maras, V die Martii, 1525. The House met, and no Member being present at four o'clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Secretary Peel—Bill to consolidate the Laws relating to Juries, and for regulation of Special Juries. 2. Mr. Home Drummond—Bill for the more easy recovery of Small Debts in the Sheriff' Courts in Scotland. 3. Sir Geo. Hill—Bill for the regulation of Co-partnerships of certain Bankers in Ireland. . , 4. The Lord Advocate of - Scotland, — Bill for continuing the Act for rendering the payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland. S. The Lord Advocate of Scotland,—Bill for regulating Fees in the Sheriff Courts, and Courts of Burghs in Scotland. 6. Mr. Dickinson—Select Committee on County Rates. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Ways and Means-Committee. 2. Supply—Committee. PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings . for this Day. New Cross Roads 4 Vauxhall Bridge ; Norwich Paving ; Metropolitan Fish and Water Companies. Dropped Notices of Motions.9kVaterday. 1. Colonel Davies,—Cornmiitee3.on reduction of the Duties on various articles of . Foiel„on produce. 1. Mr. Mitlierly—Repeal of the Duties on Beer. 3•; Mr. Hume—To move the following Resolution—" That no Member shall vote for or against any. Question in which he has a direct pecuniary interest." 4. Mr. Synge Cooper—Motion regarding the impounding of Cattle in Ireland. 5. Sir Henry Parnell—Copy of Memorial presented to the Treasury, relating to the Butter Trade of Ireland. 6., Mr. T wiss —Bill for regulating the appointment of Assessors • at Elections. Dropped Orders of the Day of Yesterday. 1. Ways and Means—Report. 2. Assessed Taxes Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. Fishery Act—Committee thereupon. 4. Judicial Enquiry (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 5. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 6. Articles of Clerkship Bill—Second reading. 7. Annual Certificates Bill--Seeirifd reading. Dropped Second Readings of Private Bills. Weston Inclosure ; Brighton, &c. Wooler, &c. 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