The Sun. — London, England, 1825-03-05 00:00:00

I — f c. - 171 , \'-:. ( , 1 .?‘ I -,•` . . . . . - , t - -4-41. cr• -, - ,..0 ,- 1 _-/' , 1 4 Ix; • ~-,...!. .K , i ..,, . -.. 77 . :',, -,.. r. 3 t. 1114. -x!,, ;-",• " ./.' 4 —4' ,„/" 440 ,k S .2. l di // ' (:// i / • , . // 3 ~./".., , - , _ , ' id--- 1' --/ . 7 //,e i a i-. 6-• iiii'7''' , .'''''n . 1 Ct - tild A, • e• ti a r,. ej~ NitINIBEI3. 10,134. SATURDAY EVENING,•MARCH 5, 1825. PRICE 811VENPF;NC:h VICTUA LLI NG- 0 PERI Le, Allarch 4, 1825. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING lIis.II4JESTY'S VY, cc. do hereby give NOtice, net o n Friday, the nth Instant, they will be 'ready to receive Tenders in writing 6,ealed up), and -treat ' for the under-mentioned .irtieles, to be delivered into Ills alajesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, rtic:es. Quantities. Periods of Deliry. (200 Sacks brine I 41 st March,nori 'FLOUR (Kiln-dried) - 600 Sacks the remainder by the IstApril rOne-half of each tjscurr MEAL - - 4,400 Sacki I byl he let April, ".. { FAV OATMEAL - 50 Tons . and the other MOTTLED SOAP - 20 Tons I half by the Ist L May. / 9. I . I TTEIt .. - - 5 Tons Within I Month kl Atlt:o - - - 5,000 Yards . front the date of I'LANNEL - - - 5,000 - • the Contracts. 'samples of the Oatmeal will he regnired to be produced Neqt/e the Tenders; brit Sails !%2. , Of the Snap, Calico, and Fitt/L -ae wilt he exhPrited at this Office. The Conditions of the Contracts may he seen at this ()like Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, and he delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; end the Person wile makes the Tender, or some Person on his lead', nut.ll attend to WIMP?' when called for. M. 11 7 4 I, LEI? CI, I FTON. 11 , 1UAIC IN WEBER'S PRRCIOSA, price Qs: Gil T . • lIE HOLE of the . MUSIC in WEBER'S _ W celebrated Melodrama, PRECIOSA, (announced t'or vet formance at 'CovenfGarden Thtiatre), .consisting of .the Overture, Marches, Dances, Song, and Chorusses, all ar ranged f or t h e Pi ano F or t e , w i t h E ng li s h Words newly trans lated and adapted ; together with,the Novel of Cervantes. on Which the Drainaisloundcd, is given in the Twenty-seventh 11111»ber of the HARMONICON, published on the Ist of March. price 9.5, 6d. WEBER'S FItEISCHUTZ —No. XXI. of the HARMO 'IICON, containing the Overture, March, Hunting Chorus, • ' * n4.Popular Vocal. Pieces in the Freischutz has een again Pr rat t ed, and way he had of all Book an d Musi b c Sellers, • Mee 2s. 6d. Orders should particularly specify the Hartno nicon Edition of the Music of the Freischulz, as the price is l ess titan one-sixth of the other Editions. ....London: Pri n t e d f o r Samuel Leigh, -I R, Strand; sold by .Blackwood, Edinburgh% R. Milliken, Unblin, and all 45 ° 0 kiellers and EXCELLENT COPYHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, BETHNAL-GREEN. • TO BE SOLD BY - AUCTION. 8Y Mr. DENT, at the AUCTION MART Opposite the Bank of England, on Friday, the 11th day of March, at 12 o'clock, by order of the Trustees of the late Mr. Dockwray. THE Premises consist of nit e'xcellt;ot Roomy Dwelling_House, situate No, 20,1 . on the. East side and v ery best part of Betlinal;Green, containing two rooms on each of their stories, with Kitchen, Nash-house, and other Offices behi n d , opening into a large Garden, at the bottom of which is 1 . 1 Stable, having a back entrance from Gretton.,place ; the whole good repair, having had a large sum expended by the pre. g ent Tenant, who has a Lease thereof, 8i .years.of which are r er e t xPired at the very low Rent of 281. per Annum. The pro. 6 t Copyhold. of inheritance held under the Manor of un e i n ei, subject to a quit Rent of One Shilling per Annum, frt a wie of Ten Shillings on death or alienation. 4 Y be viewed by leave of the Tenant, of whom printed rarticulars may be had. Also at the Blind Beggar, near the remises •; at the Place of Sale ; of Mr. Wright, Solicitor, Stock " ; of Alease k i.Xcricins and Frampton, Solicitor, Grays Inn ; of Mr. Dent,Land Surveyor, Camden:Town.. TO BE SOLD BY.PRIVATE CONTRACT HE ESTATES of WOODSTON, and „ -WEST MATHERS, SALMON FISHERY i n t h e „'WEAN' and the RIVER NORTH ESK , LIME tIIJARRY, &c., lying in the Parish of St. Cyrus, and County (11 K incareline. The Estate consists of 900 Scots Acres, or thereby. The r ent of the Lands, exclusive of the Fishery and 'Wood is 1,5 71/. 2s. 3d.. putting a re a s on a bl e re nt on the Farm of West blathers and Mill of Woodston, now in the Proprietor's pos ,,,,ession. The Lands being capable of great i m p rovemen t, a `",aaiderable rise may confidently be expected. A n a ddi t i on ° ,,` 3 00/. a year will be got on the expiration of th e L ease o f 4d ains of Woodston, ► at - I,lartinmas, 1830.. The Lands are of a strong active early soil, with a fine Climate • and Southe,rn exposure, and are capable of carrying any crop. There is Limestone on the property of a very superior quality, a nd inexhaustible. There is a convenient small Harbour ad- Jacent to the Lime Rock, where cargoes of coal may be unloaded, and lime shipped ; and, according to a - survey recently made, t he harbour may be greatly improved at a small expence. In t he middle of the Estate there is a very fine Freestone Quarry t for any purpose of building.. On the North of the Estate there is a very thriving Plan tation of. upwards of 100 Acres. The trees are already fit for roo fing and joisting, and oth e r country p u rpo ses . A more compact Property is seldom to he met with. The . l e tesa is easy. The Turnpike Road fm Mtrose to Stone ,Laven runs through the Estate. The o farm steadings, inelo ;'4tes, &.c. are in the highest order. The houses are mostly' ec th w, and a Purchaser need not incur any expence in regard to a. • the The Est a t es afford nearly three Freehold Qualifications in C , ounty. The teinds are valued. . The Salmon Fishing was let in 1822 for five years, to a most l x Perienced Fisher, at a Rent of 5651.. rising in October, • ~22 5 , to 5801. and in October, 1826, to 6001., and having been "a(-Ie since a ' Sea Stake-net Fishing, the value of it is greatly 1/icreased, and there is .little doubt ,of its lettinggreatly higher after October, 1827.. An Ice-house has been built,‘ and roads oile to communicate with the shore, both for the convenience ringi ng up the Sahrion and for the Seaware. ....The P roperty will be - sold in whole, so as, alter deducting a ronable v a l ue f or th e W oo d an d Freehold, to afford very s i t e riY Three and a Half per Cent. on the price at present, be t, ea the prospect of a further income from the rise of Rent of •' l e,„,Farm s and Fishings. he abov • Lands will either be sold in whole, or, , if more ii t ivenient. for intending purchasers, they will be disposed of in folloWing. Lots : Of , The Mains of Woodston, consisting of about 478 Acres, andwh about 112 Acres are in planting, the rest good Arable Pasture. Land. Acrile.The Lands of West blathers, consisting of about 232 • T he Lands of Nether W o od s ton, extending to about Acres.tad Th e Sa l mon Fishing w i ll either be sold with the Vs of Nether Woodston or separately. .N 7 ll)] . y . to Alexander Crombie, Esq., Advocate, Aberdeen r,./ohn Mather at Nest Mathers ; Messrs. Gibson, Craigs, p Wareilaw, Edinburgh ; or. James Campbell, Esq., No. 2 c es-court, Westminster ; who are all in possession of i r l l6 and Rls.of the Esate. 1-....._::_l2l2_t_heern will spew the t Lands. 11:„....A;HELISLAINS RHEUMATISM. SPRAINS, &c. 112. 11 E CAJEPUT OPODELDOC.—Cajeput i t Oil, which is the basis of this Opodeldoc, has been he,R, s tented on .the Continent, as a remedy for Chronic ileueumattsm, Spasmodic Affections, Chilblains, Palsy, Stiff anti Enlargement of the Joints, Sprains, uises, 14:rlie)ea.friess; and the experience of late years, in . England,. $ that it. merits the high character given of it by the te",r eminent in the profession, in those obstinate complaints. 14_441 combined in' the• form of Opodelduc, it• is rendered 4.,v.re penetratig, and consequently much more. efficacious 'lb external application.. Rubbed upon the skin by means tie or the warm hand, it allays morbid irritation of e t o r : t Q i %!brigorates the absorbents, and accelerates the cir. • Ntlti In Bottles, at Is. lid., an d• 2 s . 9d., by B u tl er , Ch em i s t, st `beapside, St. Paul's; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond -220, Regent -St ree t ; and -b y the principal •Medicine. .Vrttdee rs th roughout the United Kingdom. Of whom also 10 7 Y, b had t h e CHILBLAIN CEItATE, an excellent Re v"Y for Chilblains when broken. 4; 1 71 F - ,4 ' ; careful - to ask fur " Butl er ' s C a j e p u t-Opodeld uc , U nlblain Cerate. BAKER'S PATENT NIANGLES, RBAKER, and SON,,PEN PATENT MAN . CLE, ENGINE, and PRESS MARER& to HIS , M AJESTY - and the ROY I, FAMILY, respectfully acquaint the Politic , they have manufactured a large Assortment of Patent Mangles, Washing, Wringing, Crimping, and Gorier ing Machittes, with every-Article used- in-the Laundry. -. ". 'Chaff-cutting Engines, Ploughs, Drills, Ilaymakintr Ma uhines, Malt and Bean Mills, Turnip Cutters, Winnowing Machines, Corn Screens, Shovels, Sieves and Measures, M.llliinro's Cattle Tithes, Hay Truss Knives, Drag Collect ing Rates, and Agricultural Implements of every description. Bunter Churns and Cheese Presses, Milk Pails, and Bowls, with other Dairy Utensils. Garden and Green-house Watering Engines. Rollers and Rai row,, Daisy Rakes, Insect Destroyers, and Horticultural Tools. Cane • Top Ciitters and Casada Presses ; Coffee Fanners, Mills, and Roasters; India Curn Mills, with Elst and %Vest India Tools. Portable Corn Mills, Faniily Scales and Weighing Ma chitieg, (Bennet's) Patent Ft!term, Shower Baths, Bonnet Mockinz Machines, Portable Water Closets, Cinder Sifters, and Table Cloth Presses, with a variety of other Domestic andCoannercial Machines. To be seen at the Pitti t;t Mangle Manufactory, 64, 65, and 66,. Fore- street, Ctipplegate; and 309, Oxford-st:eet, oppo site Flaitoog:s Hotel. This day were published, By Longman and Co. Paternoster Row. dIiBSERNATIONS on the USE of the COL CHICUM AUTUNINALE in the Treatment of GOUT, and on the Proper means of Preventing the recurrence of that Disorder,llvo. price ss. By CHARLES SCUDAMORE, 111.1). F.R.S. Physician in Ordinary to H. R. H. the Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, &c. &c. Also; lately published, by the Same Author, the fourth Edi- , tion, revised and improved, of a Treatise on the Nature and. Cure of Gout and Gravel, with General Observations on Mor bid States of the Digestive Organs, and on Regimen ; large Bvo. price 20s. A Chemical and Medical Treatise on the most Celebrated Mineral Waters of this Country, with Instructions for their Use, Bvo. price th 4. An Es.ay on the Blood, giving an Explanation of the nature of the Buff) , Coat, and of the Efficacy- of a Saturated Solution of Alum as an internal and external styptic Remedy in Hemor. rhage. Preparing for the Press, a Treatise on Rheumatism, and on Neuralgia, or Painful Affection of Nerves. . This Day was published, Part V. of THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, &scribed and arranged in conformity with its Organisation, By the BARON CUVIER, &c. &c. &c. With additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named, of many not before noticed, and other original Matter, by Edward Griffith, P.L.S., a nd o th ers ; embellished withnu 'merouS Splendid Engravings, chiefly from living Subjects in the Museum of • Natural History in . Paris, and other Collections. Demy 4to. with early Impressions of the Plates, on India Paper, price 245. each Part ; in royal ilvo. with the Plates carefully co loured, 245, or plain, IBs. ; in demy Bvo. plain 12s. And, on the Ist of May next will be published, in demy 4to. Part I. (the whole to b e i nc l u d e d in Ten Parts), cf a Trans lation of Les OSSEMENS FOSSILES of the BARON CUVIER. In announcing the Continuation of the "Animal Kingdom," and the Commencement of the " Fossil Osteology," the Editor has the satisfaction of stating, that these Works will in future be honoured with occasional aid from the Baron Cuvier himself who has most liberally offered to communicate to the Editor such new facts and discoveries, both in existing and in fossil or ganisation, as may arise pending the publication of the Works. The translation of the justly celebrated " Theory of Coe Earth," which forms the Introductory Discourse to the " Ossemens Fossiles," will be froth the Baron's Manuscript, with important additions and corrections, prepared fit a new edition of that work, which he is about to publish. Major C. Hamilton Smith, &c. &c. &c. with the Most distinguished liberality, has also gratuitously offered the use of his immense collection of original drawings, now exceed ing 11,000 species, together with his _Notes on many genera of the Marnmiferous Tribes. The Monograph on the Antelopes, with a'great number of new species, will be from his pen, and the figures entirely from his pencil. No additions to the FOssil_a s ii6l 3 , will -be inserted, except those of its illustrioUs Author ; the translation will be as literal xs the corresponding idiom s of the two languages will allow. Th e plates be engraved, if possible, in a superior style to those of the original ; and tile Work will be published at - a considerably less price. • Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, A ve M ar i a- l ane, London. EAST INDIA HOUSE. THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. The adjourned debate on the Hyderabad Papers was resum ed on Thursday, at a Special General Court of Proprietors, at the India House, Leadenhall-street. The CHAIRMAN having announced the purpose for which the Court was held, Mr. Dtiox rose, and said that it would give him sincere pleasure, if it were possible that this business could be set at rest by some agreement being come to bet Ween the Honourable Mover of the original motion and the Chairman, who had pro posed the amendment. He Was assured, that whether the amendment or the original motion should );.. ultimately carried, many unpleasant feelings would remain on the minds of many gentlemen, in consequence of this very powerful discussion. He was afriad that, no matter whether. they should agree to the original motion or to the amendment, these proceedings would hereafter lead to much evil, and would probably occasion the subject to be taken up by Parliament, , p.nd a Committee of the .House.4olCummons-would, he hak no &ILIA, be very happy to overawe the Company. General TIIORNTos - was proceeding to address the Court, when The CHAIRMAN Ise, and declared• thit he' could not suffer these irregular disciNsions to continue. The length to which this discussion had already gone had been produetive of great inconvenience. The general business of the Court of Directors was now carried on in the adjacent room, which was much too small tOr the purpose. He would say for one that he would not this day consent to a further adjournment of the question. 111 r. H. JoxEs admitted the high honour, integrity and abi lities of the 'Marquis of Hastings but he conceived it was wrong, when the Company's Treasury was in so flourishing a state, to sutler the house of Palmer and Company to ad vance money to his Highness the Nizani, who was in a state of tutelage under us, and therefore he should vine for the amendment. Sir A. JOHNSON': said, that 'ibis was n most important question, as it. regarded the due and efficient admmistra non of tins Company's affairs in India, and also as it af fected the interests of commerce. -It was hecessay that the Governor-General, who had boldly and 'op en ly grant ed protection to an establishment in 'lndia, should have the opinion of this Court regarding that measure. It was from these considerations that he had felt it to be an imperative duty as a Proprietor, and much more as a man of honour, to come forward, and after having read the • papers which •'were before them, he felt himself called upon hretery feeling of honour and justice to support the Resolution which had been moved by his Hon. Friend Mr. D.liinnaird,. The argilments adduced in its support were conclusive. The only question for the Court to determine was, did the Conduct of Lord Hastings, as it appeared froin the Papers, authorise us,iii'any one instance, to alter our opinion of his being a Mali ofbonour ? If Lord Hastings adopted the best means of acquiring information on the 'propriety of those miasures which lie purOed towards the lthaseof Palmer and Co., then, instead of being conderimed by this Court, he ought to receive its comthendation.. Now it, clearly appeared Chat Lord Hastings did seek the best informa-T tion. With regard to granting the license, he took and acted upon the opinion of the Advocate-General, who.not Only thought the granting the license to be legal, blit, actually drew up the terms of it himself. The measure - waS thuti not only approved ' by the proper authorities, but the mode to :carry that measure into effect was also the best that could possibly he adopted; Mr. DAttni• observed, that he had never knoWnadebate car ried on in so irregular a manner, either in that House or in any other place. The attack on th e Chairman-was Most indecent. There was not a man in the Court whO had more profound respect for the Marquis of HaStings than he (Mr. Darby) had ; , ante, when reflecting on the conduct of the Honourable Pro prrtors on the other side, it reminded him 6f what he had many years ago heard, tlw indiscreet friends were worse than pro fessed enemies. He certainly thought, that the course the friends of she Noble _Marquis was now, rnirtnbc.„ in coming fbrivara to defend him against charges which Val not been made, prov ed the truth of that remark Nobody hid accused the Marquis --nothing had been brought forward to criminate him—if that had been so, he (Mr. Dsrby) for one would have gone away and not have beard a syllable of the debate. He begged, as an old man, to express a hope t h at t h ose Gentlemen who might be disposed to address the Court would determine not to make such long speeches as had been done ,by many w,io had spoken on the present discussion. Many speeches bath been made, not, as it appeared to him, with a view to the goodness, but to their length. " Nunquam bene esse quam diu." As he thought that the amendttent did not a t a ll refl ec t upon the Marquis of Hastings, but, on the contrary, de clared the sense of the Court to be that his character was free from all imputation of a corrupt Motive, he should vote for it. Mr. IMPEY said, if it were possible that both the amend ment and the original motion could be withdrawn, and the dis cussion adjourned sine die, it w ou ld b e t h e best plan that could be pursued; but he was afraid that after the debate bad gone so far, it would be useless to address any arguments to the lion. Gentlemen to that effect. He concurred in believing that no thing in the papers before the Court attached disgrace or reflect ed in any way on the character of the Marquis of Hastings, and he in his conscience declared that he had no personal motive to induce him to oppose that Nobleman. !The question :before the Court had been. by the two or three last speakers., alto gether mistaken. They had said that it was only a question as to the honour and integrity of the Marquis of Hastings. .if that had been so, he (Mr. I.) should have voted for the original motion ; but that was not the teal question It was this—was there any thing in the papers which in the lightest degree af fected the personal character of the Marquis of Hastings ? Now he thought that personal character meant as well his public as his private character. Now, who could say that the Marquis of Hastings's public character was not affected by these papers ? It was impossible to state this : and that being so, he (Mr. I.) could not vote for the original motion,' going as it did to say • there was nothing which affected that . Nobleman's personal character. Ile thought the Marquis of Hastings was placed in the most cruel situation ; but was it his enemies who had done this? Where were his enemies? That the Court of Direct ors were not desirous to brim , on this discussion, was evi dent from their having passed a vote of approbation of the -general conduct of the Noble Marquis during his' admini stration, and expressive of their regret at his leaving India.— But his friends had brought forward a motion with a full know ledge of all these transactions at Hyderabad, on which they must have expected much opposition, and they claimed for the Noble Marquis a further remuneration from the Com pany. This was refused, .and those friends no doubt felt con siderably annoyed. Then there was an anonymous slander on the Marquis, circulated in the newspapers, and what did these ardent friends do? They came to this Court and asked us to contradict this anonymous slander; and it was then that they moved for these papers. Had it not been for them these papers would never have been published to the world. The duty of this Company was to protect the native Princes of India from pecuniary oppression on the part of European speculations —and it was the Marquis of Hastings' duty, as a servant of this Company, and knowing the protection which this Company owed to those persons, to have pursued this course. But what has been his conduct ? Quite the reverse of this. He' had al lowed a large debt to be incurred by the Nizarn with the house of Palmer and. Co., the consequence of which-must be that the 's treasury. —(Hear !) ......liq u ui u d t a n ti o o t n o m nl u y st th C i o s m t e h o e n N t theoifzam hadC onipbeaenr stripped of an a nn ua l ): income of 70,000/. for ever. And all this was done because Sir g to to make f ortunes. Heaven future Governor-Gene ra'ls ,t to take out o Wm. Rumbold belonged to the hous e . I le hoped that what }d now, rnii knew the fatal consequences that were to o lik ely to ensue from this course. The Hon. Director then took a d eta il e d review of a rpassedtt would with be them a persons w a the transactions connected with the Aurungabad arrangement, the granting of the licence, and the conduct of the house of Palmer and in respect to the 60 lac loan. In adverting to the part w hich lir. Russell, the late Resident at Hyderabad wishhad taken, he said that it was his to speak of that:Gentle man with they reatest respe t, fco,r hen as a n - ac k nowledged use ful and able vant of the CompY ; but lie (Mr. Impey) could not entirely approve of the__ whole of th a t 'Gentle man's conduct. The Honourable Director then took a suc cinct view of the four dispatches which Were alluded to in the amendment, and contended that every fact that had come before the Court of Directors, justified ,them in writing regard to the 601 ac those dispatches. With _ oa», the Honour oflD said that the Court of Dinctorm had as good means examining accounts as any house in the world, and they " had come to the concl u sion, that . the sixty lac loan wa s fallacious. One reason why he did not believe the representa tion made by Sir William Rumbold in respect to this loan was, that as soon as he came to this country, it was stated, in the papers that Sir W. had taken 24 per cent. interest, at Hyderabad. Sir W. instructed the Attorney-General to file a criminal information against the man as a libeller. The Learned Judge asked the Council whether the fact had been denied. Sir William had not then done so, but subsequently lie (Mr. Impey) believed there was an affidavit upon the files of the Court of King's Bench, denying that he (Sir W. Rumbold) ever took 24 per cent. interest ; and, yet, in his book, he had at the head of every account made a charge at that rate. Having stated, as he (Mr. Impey) conceived, some pretty strong reasons why the Court should not agree to the original motion, he would now state why they should agree with the amendment. The Honourable Director then went through the whole of Mr. Hume's speech, and com mented on it as he proceeded. He then concluded a very long speech, by observing, that the Marquis of Hastings placed upon the high pinnacle of honour, adorned with splen dour, and armed with power, had in one instance committed himself. The Court of Directors in the just discharge of their duties to the Company had censured this deviation, on the part of -his Lordship, from the strict line of duty so essential I to lie Pursued by the Governor-General of India. The Court was now. called upon to approve that censure. In his opinion, they ought to do so, and he thought he had said enough to convince every impartial person that that was the only-pro per course to be adopted by them. . Mr. EDMON STONE (the Director) rose, solely for the pur pose of explaining some things that had been said by the Ho nourable Director who had just addressed them. That Gen tleman had stated, that when the house of Palmer and Co. obtained the sanction of the Government, that it knew of the transactions of the house with the Nizam. This was not so. The house had been established as a house of agency. The Council : knew that the Government had made a commercial treaty with the Nizam, and it was thought that that Image would he beneficial to his Government. The license was grant ed with the sanction of the Advocate-General, and therefore, the Government was borne out as tar as that went. Having the conour of being in the Government at that time, he must take his share of the responsibility. fled he then possessed the knowledge which he now had, he should not have agreed to it, and he believed that the Marquis of Hastings himself would not. That was what h e had to say on. that subject. The Hon. Director had said that there was an intended delay on the part of the Government in communicating to the Court of Directors at home. He thought he could account for that delay. It very often happened that it had been found extreme ly difficult to find time to prepare these dispatches. It was the duty of the Secretary to prepare them wh o h a d o th er d ut i es to perform, and h e h a d not time to prepare a dispatch of all the details. He hoped this explanation would satisfy the Court that this delay was not intentional. There was only one other point he had to allude to--he alluded to the appointment, of Mr. Sotheby. He thou g ht th e H onoura bl e Di rector said diet the Marquis of Hastings had concealed the knowledge of Mr. Hans Sotheby -being a partner in the house of Palmer and Co. Now, he believed the fatt was known to the whole Council. Mr. TRANT congratulated the Court on the able speech that had been made by the Honourable Director (Mr. Impey) who had gone over those topics which it had been his (Mr. Trant's) intention to have done. Ile therefore should not occupy the attention of the Court by entering into details. His anxious wish was to hear hie much-respected Friend, Sir C. Metcalfe, _vindicated from the attacks which had been made upon him. -That having been done, it only remained for him to declare his intention of voting for the amendment,.as he could not approve of the conduct of the Marquis of Hastings in the ease before the Court, yet, he certainly thought very highly of his merits and of his character as a man of honour and integrity. . . Mr. CAMPBELL said, it appeared to him that no set of words could have been put. together better suited to avoid discussion, and at the same time to do justice to the Marquis of Hastings, than the original motion. He regretted th a t a mot i on so wor d e d should have been met.by an amendment that could scarce fail of creating a debate in this Court. It appeared to him that lien :amen had been led away from the question before the Court, and- be-balievesl.it-to- lie owing to the indiscretion of the lion. Member for Aberdeen, by speaking of his intention to impeach Mr. Adam. But he could not think that Mr. Hume intended to refer to Mr. Adam's conduct in relation'to the Hyderabad con cerns. It was clearly perceivable that at the bottom of that an nouncement, an allusion was made to the State of the Press of India. Had the amendment been submitted to the Court of Directors, he thought the good sense of that body would not hive approved of it. He contended that an approval of the dispatches would reflect discredit on the character of the Noble Marquis. Hence he deduced tile inconsistency of the latter part of the amendment with its commencement. Mr. JAMES DANIEL also spoke in favour of the orginal mo tion, and said he considered the amendment to be wholly unne cessary and irrevalent, After giving this subject every con sideration in his pow er , h e cou ld not but honestly support the motion of the Honourable Gentleman, feeling that the character of the Marquis of Hastings had been much called in question, and ought to be upheld. Mr. Rehire' spoke in favour of the amendment. • • Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD rose to reply. When he pre sented this question before the Court, he asked credit for the . sincerity of the declaration . with which he accompanied it.— He did most sincerely believe that that could: not excite dis cussion. He had not been disappointed—no discussion had been raised on the question • nay, the words of his motion had been taken from hi m , and adopted by their Honourable Chair man in his own manner. As far as the Marquis of Hastings was concerned, he had no opponents to put down. Ile came to this Court to challenge any attack on the character of one who stood elevated before all Europe. He had met no attack. As far as his duty to that Noble Lord c a e v r e n ceble,e been condemned hie hoped li e b h y a had 1 i i rn t o . t d H o one e f 0 u a n n d y f t r l o il m n g o n w e h e i n c d h reason for their not concurring in the original motion had been all '‘v%'oa us in ldw th ni a l t Court an unanimous concurrence of opininti ; not one advanced by the Hon. Proprietors who supported the amend ment which at all affected the character of Lord Hastings.— He came not there to quibble upon words. Ile should not con descend to notice what had been said about personal character —he would take the words of the amendment as their Hon. Chairman had meant them, and believe that he did not mean any kind of sophistry of quibbling evasion by the variation he had made in the wording of that amendment, as far as regard ed the character of the Marquis of Hastings. With regard to the dispatches of the Court of Directors, was he so dishonest or dishonourable as to suppose that they were not justified when those dispatches were written ? He could not approve of them, since the knowledge of the whole facts was before the world ; but at the time they were sent to India, not one tenth of the in formation was before the Court of Directors which was now contained in the papers that had been printed: Was it then sur prising that they should be sometimes misled by information to do that which afterwards, when further and more cor rect statements appeared, they would not have adopted ? Was lie to blame the Bengal Government for believing the reports of Mr. Metcalfe ? They were bound to be lieve him. His charge against that Government was this— that they had acted precipitately, and from an entire miscon ception of the accounts placed before them. But did he charge Mr. Adam with doing this wilfully ? No. lie could not be se foolish as to conceive such a thing as Mr. Adam could not have done so, inasmuch as any clerk in any house in that-City would be able to detect his error in five minutes. Then covtld •he blame the Court of Directors for writing those dispatches upon this misconception ? Certainly not. But the amendment called upon him to express his approbation of those very dis patches now, when a full knowledge of that misconception was before them. - This he could not do. The Hon. Gentleman then entered into a very full defence of the conduct of the Mar quis of Hastings, Mr. Russell, and Messrs. Palmer and Co. and commented with strong severity on the inconsistent conduct of Sir Charles Metcalfe. He concluded by declarhig his opi nion that the Court of Directors could not derive any support or additional respect by the amendment being adopted. He expressed his intention of putting the question to .a ballot, and he had no doubt that means would easily be found to let the public know who voted on the occasion in support of the ori ginal motion. . The CHAIRMAN said, that as he had moved the amendment, he had a right to reply; but he should best consult the feelings of' the Court by waiving that right, and going to the question at once. The amendment went not to ask the thanks of the Pro.i prietors to the Court of Directors, but to decide whether the de claration of that day should avail to give w e i g h t to m i sru l e i n the GovernMent of India in future. --- Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; and after some discus Mon, it was agreed that the ballot s h ou ld take place i on the question on the 18th instant.—The Court rose at Half' pait Nine. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 3, 1345. TIIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will he htld at their House in Leadenhall-street, on FRIDAY, the 16th Instant, front Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon until Six in the Evening, - at the desire of the under-mentioned Proprietors, viz.:— " JOHN DOYLE " DOUGLAS KINNAIRD THONISON HANKEY " NOWELL " JOHN MIJ.LER " JAMES PATTERSON RANDLE JACKSON "JOHN FULLARTON " ALEX. JOIINSTON" To Ballot on the following Question, viz..— • ".That this Court having tazen into consideration the Papers e rinted ilirsuance of its Ortler of the; . L . March 4 1 last, relati n g to the pecuniary transaction;fthe House " of Messrs. William Palmer and Co. at Hydrabad, with the " Govrinment of his Highness the Nizam, is of opinion that " there is no ground for imputing corrupt motives to the late " Governor-General of India, the Most Noble the Marquis of " Hastings, K.G. or to any other Member of the Bengal Go " vernment; at the same time, this Court feels called upon " to record its approval of the Political Dispatches to the " Bengal Government, under date the 24th May 1820, 28th " Noventhe'r 1821, 9th April 1828, and 21st January 1824. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. G LORIOUS TWELFTH APREL.-- New Lottery.-Last Contract. All in One Day. Four Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Thirty other Capitals. • No Blanks. Tickets and Shares for the above Grand Lottery 'are on Sale at E Y T 0 N'S Lucky Ottice, e, Cori;bill British and Foreign Securities; Fire,.Bridge, Gas, Canal, and Mine Shares, bought and sold by Connoission CLOSE OF LOTTERIES. I and J. SIVEWRIGHT, the Contractors, . • hey to repeat, that the present Scheme is one of the last they shall ever have the honour to submit to public no tice, Government having determined to pass no more Lottery Acts. The Scheme contains • FOUR PRIZES of £30.000 ! With Thirty other Capitals, Sm. &e.amountine- to A:200,000 1 . Ail Stet-Hoc Nlonry.—No Blanks ! ALL IN ONE DAY, teth of APRIL" Tickets and Shares for the above £300.000 are now on Sale at the Contractor's Others, 37, Conlin!!; 11,Ittorn ; and 38, Flaytuarket. 63 - .1. and J, SIVEIVIUGHT Sold in Shares in the very Last Lottery, 12,478, a Prize of A:30,00o! PARLIAALENT. • tIOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 4. COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was g i ven b y C omm i ss i on to the Twenty MirlionwExchequer Bills 'Bill, The - Annual Indemnity - Bill, and‘the"Transfer in Aids Bill. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, •the - Marqui s .. o f- ,Wi nc h eater; mid Lord Melville. CORN LAWS. Earl DARNLEY presented a petition 'from the inhabitants of the town of Colne, in the county of Lancaster, against the Corn Laws.—Laid on the table. , Lord MELVILLE gave notice, that on Monday next he should move for the appointment of a ComMittee to consider the Laws respecting the Elecaon,of Scotch ", 7 _ -'eers. CA THO LIC - ASAOCIA TION,. ; • -t• The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from tile Roman Ckitholics of Macro*, in. the County of Cork, against the Bill relative to . Irish Illegal:Associations. - SMALL DEB:I S. . • Lord KENYON presented'a petition from the - illerchirms- of Lowth, in the County o f Li nco l n , p r ay i ng for some alteration in the Laws for the Recovery of Small Debts. - e• Lord HOLLAND presented a petition' of a similar nature from the 'Merchants and Bankers of the Borough: of New Walton. • • • ' 1 FOREIGN IRON. Lord CALTHORPE • presented a petition frcm the Directors of the Chamber of Manufacturers and Commerce in the• city of Birmingham, praying fora Reduction in th e Mich.'s on •Iron. The Noble L or d sa id, that he concurred in the prayer of the petition, which stated that the most beneficial effects would re sult from the reduction they hoped for. Ile was glad to find that his Majesty's. Ministers had confirmed the hopes of the country by reducing the duties on Foreign Iron. Ile hoped` they would, also, at no very distant period, find it convenient to remove the restrictions on - other articles, which were primary articles of manufacture.—Laid on the table. SCOTCH JUDICATURE BHA, • On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, thelfousa went into a Committee on the Scotch Judicature Bill. The Earl of ROSEBERRY said, that he intended to make some observations on the Bill, but be would. defer them until the second reading, as lie understood it was . hi tended to make several alterations, some of which he mightluiye himself proposed. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that what he pyopos ed to do was to let the Bill go through the Committee, pro forma, and on Wednesday next he would appoint a stay, when it was most convenient to their Lordships, to have rt again committed. - ' - The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved the insertion of A. clause, that Copies of all Acts ofSederunt of the Court of Ses sion should be transmitted to both Houses of Parliament. - Lord _MELVILLE. did not see any objection to the motion of the Noble Earl.--The Report was then received. " IRISH UNLAWFUL ASSOCIATIONS On the motion of the Earl of LIATERPOOL, the Nbu•se went into a Committee on the ,Irish Unlawful • Associations Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, he felt very strongly on the subject of the Bill, and should certainly conceive•it' leis duty to oppose it on the third reading, whenever that might : be. The Earl of LIVERPOOL—On Ilonday next. The Report was then received, and the Earl of 1.11 7 .14R- P00L unwed the third reading of the Bill Un Monday next. SPRING GUNS. Lorti SUFFIELD rose to move the second reading °flits Bill for declaring. Spring guns illegal. The Noble Lon': said,'he meant briefly to, refer to certain cases on thi s subject, AVliich had been decided in . Courts of Law; but in doing so he was happy it would not be necessary for him to occupy lunch of their Lord ships' time. He thought, however, that it would not h treat ing their - Lordships with proper respect if he did not submit 10 them his view of the state of the law as it now ex i sts .. Awlie had already observed, there was no distinct law respecting ihe employment of spring guns. In most-of the cases which had come before. the Courts, theF.Tudges hail heel] guided in their'ae cisions by analogy and inference. ; From an examination of the law books and eases which have been reported, it would appear that the setting of spring guns was considered illegal ; and se condly, that in those cases in whi c h th e se t t i ng o f these w&a pons had been supposed to be legal, their use had been regard ed as contrary to humanity, and those principles of moral .jus tice on which all law ought to be founded. The Noble Lord then cited the case of Beer v. Lord Cawdor's game-keeper, and several other cases, in which Lord Ellenborough had ~hekk that persons were not justifiable in inflicting by the.inealis of such weapons, the penalty of death, tudess the indivi dual who might expose himself' to the hazard of destrug tion was in the act of committing•a capital felony. Ile also mentioned the case of a boy, who, thOugh guilty of a trespass in cutting a stick from a hedge,.. got 1601. damages for being wounded by a spring gun. A man was tried-some years ago at the Old Bailey for shooting another who petz,:on.- ated a ghost. The Jury wished to bring in . a Verdict of inapt_ slaughter, but the Judge refused it, and told them it• must' either be "murder" or" as the personating a ghost was not a felony. In a case in which damages were recovered for the loss of a dog, which, in pursuing a hare, had run Upon spears so placed that a hare could pass under•thern,the Judge held that damages must be given.on the same principle . ..asa: the defendant had speared the uog with his own hand ;! because the law did not permit a man to do that indirectly which he might not do directly. In a late case the Chief 'Justice.. arid other Judges of the Court of King's Bench had held, thaba defendant was not liable to damages because it was proved that the plaintiff who had been injured was ,aware or - spriag guns being set in the grounds into which he.voluntarily ; - but the Jud ges came to t hi s decision with - reluctance. ... The only ground on which lie had heard the practice of settittg spring-guns defended, was the advantage of collecting-a gfeat quantity of game ; but a great quantity of game was collected solely for the purpose of committing an extensive and unna tural Slaughter. The only inducement,. then, width a landed proprietor had to place murderous engines in woods was, thlit he or his friends might have two or three days' shooting. Fair this object innocent persons as well as poachers were expoSed to death. It appeared . from a review of the 'law. reports, th4t the only case in favour of spring-guns was one in which it had been proved that the person injured had received notice of !their being set. In this case, however, the l a w was a t v a r i t i nc e w i t b itself; for this decision of the Judges was contrary to othePs in which they had held that a man could not do indirectly that which the law did not allow him to do di rec tly: Theide.. fendant in this case certainly could not have legally the gun to his shoulder, and fired it at the plaintiff; though it must be confessed that in this way the latter would have had a greater number of chances for his life, as the former, while his finger was at ,the trigger, might still relent; but a spripg7- gun was sure to execute the purpose for which it was set on any one who might come in its way. Two very melancholy a cc i_ dents occasioned by the use of spring guns had come to his knowledge. These, however, lie forbore to state; one in tie , cordance with his own feelings, and the other because a Mein her of the other HouSe, who represented a county, had request ed that he would not mention it. These gims, it :was 44d, were meant to be employed only against poachers. He, Itow, ever, thought it extremely cruel that they should b e use d in that way ; but if it were humane and. just to use thenrin that way, it would be impossible to. confine their . action to poachers only: A notice, it was said, mightbe seen.. In the day-time it could, hut not 'at night ; and might not a man tra r yelling along a road go over a hedge without any criminal -de-. sign ? A gentleman told him, that while riding on the rAirrri. road, in a snow. storm, his bat was neatly blown off; he put his hand to save it, and at the same time observed a uOti"7 ) :' spring guns and man-traps. If his hat 'hid blown off,: . 1, 02 f: either have left it in the wood,•or run the risk of bein g g uns h t d the.pokelseirS by seeking it in the wood. It was always ack ed this it was better that culprits shouldeticape, than tliat'P,teiti'lljit‘ieuiinininoctivganst should suffer; but with respect to spring . reversed, for the innocent were .the ; victtms4.'; a- r ;persons whti this of the live of men ; but he believed: there e. escaped. He had- appealed to humanity. A reference to anit - u;&. rist this sacrifice, liked to - hear of 'humanity, except g ,uns on a princie t Others even pretended that they set PT' of humanity, and that by doing soegirtGrdships and he-public •llewas, however, willing that rh o barbarous a wretch as to wish of " Wolf" where w should be informed that he t ri n n iike n hief was prevOttcl ;here were none- hut t where • of spring guns were for persons were left its douht.jl% Li th e only increased the evil,P e s spractice. In some cases notice. ;•xistence of the guns, ea to put an end.! to this 1 1 n , i n n i l s ' a v n c a ry .by some:persona. to give• a .v at i• t houghs necessaiY . uns were set ;and he had lately , nce th a t spring-ty-- seen notice a persons , into'danger; ~ •ji A i s,tkir a ‘4 . 27. wolf, only tended to.l