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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extractsfrom the Morning Papers, Feb. 19, 1525. [Barrisn pnrss.l The public are greatly. indented to Lord Low iher for the earnest and able manner in which he has taken up the subject of the Turnpike Tolls, and for the strong stat ement, of facts which he brought forward to the House, and obtained the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the receipts, management, and expenditure of the diff eren t 'Turnpike Trusts within ten miles of the me t ro po u s• This important subject has long called for investigation, and we rejoice at the Pros pect of its being, examined and probed to the bottom'. The wasteful and corrupt expenditure of the immense sums annually levied on the public, under the present system of management, will be fully developed, and the disclosure will not fail to be productive of the most beneficial results. His Lordship stated, among other facts, which he forcibly impressed on the House, As enforcing upon them the duty of investigation, that- 66 On one road, at a distance of about 44 three miles and a half north of London, of " which that called the City-road formed a part, 44 there were no less than three Acts of Parlia -46 meat, three sets of trustees, and three esta -46 blishments, each containing a full complement 44 of treasurers, secretaries, clerks, surveyors, " sob-surveyors, inspectors, and all the variety of. 46 other names under which these trusts contrive " to secure to themselves the monies which Acts 44 of Parliament, as they at present stand, " throw into their hands. Indeed, he thought " he would - not go beyond the truth, if he as " serted that one half of all the sums collected 64 in this manner passed into the pockets of those " officers, in the shape of salaries and perqui sites."—We have no doubt, from the praise -worthy zeal expressed by Lord Lowther, to put an effectual check to the extensive impositions practised under the present mode of proceeding, that this most desirable end will be obtained, and that such regulations will be recommended to Parliament as will put a stop for the future to this long-existing cause of complaint. The entire want of all effective superiutendance and controul over this department of taxation, and a most serious one it is, has for many years past been felt . and acknowledged. The interference of Parliament cannot be better exercised than on a subject in which the temptations to fraud are so numerous, and the practice of it so easily screened from public detection. [MORNING POST.] Mr. Brougham presented to the House of Commons last night the Petition from the lead ing Members of the Irish Catholic Association, praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar against the Bill now in progress through Parliament. The Learned Gentleman urged his motion in a long and eloquent speech, and pledged himself that both sides would come out of the proposed inquiry with a much better feeling towards each other. The motion was very justly opposed by Mr. Secretary Peel, on the ground that imtead of compliance with the prayer of the Petition being required in conformance with the usage of Parliament, it would be in direct opposition to that wage. It was contrary to every existing precedent. The general rule of the House was, that when a measure was introduced affecting the interests of private parties, the House would regard itself as in the situation of a Court of-Judicature, and would not pass the Bill without hearing evidence at the Bar upon which to decide. But here no individual interests were involved, and if the inquiry were granted what Bill for the general tranquillity of the country could pass for the future without a similar course being observed ? If Counsel were once admitted to the Bar upon Bills of general enactments, it would become impossible to draw the line of re fusal, and the House, instead of exercising its own deliberative functions, would be occupied in listening to legal arguments. 'i'i►e popular Con stitution of Parliament would he to cut up by the roots if such a practice were to prevail.—The Solicitor-General and Mr. Wynn algo ably ex posed the inutility and inconvenience of adopting the course pointed out by the Learned Mover, and the • House, convinced by their arguments, rejected the motiou i by a majority of 133, the numbers being . --for it 89, against it 229.. The speech of Mr. Secretary Peel affords a most able exposition of the evil tender.cy of the Associa tion ; it is altogether of a most masterly descrip tion, and will be read with high interest. LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.] The report, which has appeared iri the French Papers, that M. Pinheiro Ferreira, the present Portuguese 'Minister for Foreign Affairs, - would accompany the mission . of Sir C. Stuart, is not confirmed by the last letters that have reached this country froM Lisbon.---They also contain no allusion to another rumour, which has prevailed here, and according to which, the Minister of his Most Faithful` Majesty in this country was to be recalled, for the purpose of confiding to him, on Itis return, the direction of the Foreign De partment. It is - true that the duty of arranging in an amicable manner the differences exist ing between Portugal and' Brazil, could not be confided to a more competent person than M. Ferreira, who had been left at the head. o f the Brazilian GOvernment, on the de parture of the King for Europe,'and in which situation he had.rendered-himseffeXtremely ,po- But he has establishe - d an equal claim to confidence at home, on account of his moderation, talents, and attachment to constitutional principles of Government ; and. it would not be perhaps wise to send, a t a junc ture like the present, such a. man out of the'king dorn, let the object be ever so imp ortant. 'B ut the mission of Sir G. Stuart, ostentatiously as it was announced some time; since, has not made much progress towards-its' completion ; and t hi s distinguished Diplomatist, n ottVithstrlnding t h e breathless haste " with 'which he was to set Out, still loiters in this country, for some cause, that, we think, wants explanation ; for ; the idea of a ship of the line is not quite satisfactory.— The latter may be the reason of the delay ; but, whilst it would excuse Mr. Canning, it would not be very complimentary to the vigilance of the Admiralty, , which had not a vessel of this description ready to meet a sudden emergency. This, however, would not be the first imputa tion, we are sorry to say, against the alertness of the Board ; though we had thought that the investigation which took place into the delay, which marked the departure of Sir Edward Thornton, would have pretend a recurrence of so unpleasant a charge. In the mean time it strikes us, that no blame attaches to the Admi ralty on the present occasion ; but that the mis sion is retarded, in consequence of some political reasons, which may never be fully explained to the Public. If our conjecture be wrong, the I error, no doubt, will be pointed out; and, in the mean time, we shall adhere to the opinion, that something has intervened, if not of such para mount importance as to form a sufficient motive for altering, at least grave enough to retard, the departure of the mission. [NEW TIMES.] We received last night the French Papers of Wednesday, with the Eteile of Thursday. This Paper contains a Report of the Sitti►►g of the 16th of the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister of Finances presented the Budget for 1826, with a projet of Law of Finance for next year, of which the first Article fixes the expences of the Consolidated Debt and the Sinking Fund at 241,585,785 franks, being something more than nine millions and a half sterling. Article 3d, enumerates the taxes which shall continue to be levied in 1826, agreeable to the existing laws; and their amount is estimated at 924,095,704 f., that is, nearly 37 millions sterling. A projet of Law was also presented for the final regulation of the Budget of 1823, annulling the credits opened for the different Departments, and regulating the appropriation. In another column we have given two articles from the adverse Journals, the Quotidie lute and the Constitutionnel, which are quite characteristic of the different manner in which the violence of party spirit, which still prevails in France, has caused our recognition of the South American States to be viewed, and the absurd censure and high sounding praise which the rival Journalists in consequence bestow. It is amusing to see the Quotidienne drawing in , ferences from the circumstance of the Lord Chancellor being seated on a wool sack. [MORNING HERALD. 1 Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shiel, Mr. Bric, and other Gentlemen, parties to the Petition the object of Mr. Brougham's motion, last night were under the gallery of the House of Commons during the discussion. The motion did not come on till late in the evening, owing to the vast quantity of private business before the House; in the mean time Mr. O'Connell, Stc. were in the lobby lead ing to the House, several Members coming out to speak to them. Mr. O'Connell was taken into the House by Mr. C. Hutchinson. The seats under the gallery are granted, by courtesy, to Peers, to the eldest sons of Peers, to the sons of Members, &c. and the same indulgence is ex tended to all petitioners whose petitions may be under the consideration of the House, as petition ers against election returns, petitioners praying to he heard against any Bill in progress, &c. In obedience to this species of privilege, the peti tion►ers in question were permitted to take their seats under the gallery during the motion that the prayer of their petition be complied with.— It may be added, that Mr. Brougham's notice by no means excited that interest which might have been expected from the crowds who flocked to , the gallery on Mr. Goulburn's motion ; yester day the gallery was not opened till the usual hour, and it was not then above two-thirds filled. In the course of the evening it became full, but not remarkably crowded. In the House there was not an extraordinary attendance of Members. [MORNING CHRONICLE•] We observe that in a conversation on the Game Laws, on Thursday night, Mr.S. Wortley, s ho is accounted the very mirror of country Gentlemen, " justified the use of Spring Guns, contending, that by setting them himself he had avoided scenes of a most painful kind, and had prevented much crime." We should like clearly to understand Mr. S. Wortley ; we should like much to know what he means by avoiding scenes of a most painful kind by virtue of Spring Guns. In one sense we are ready to.grant that painful scenes may be avoided by means of these engines. It is a painful scene to see a man mutilated by a charge of slugs, and writhing in the agonies of death, and such scenes are avoided by the use of Spring ,Guns, for the eye of - the contriver of the mischief does not witness the catastrophe, and a gentleman of the finest sensibility may bring about the death of a trespasser with out being shocked by the painful spectacle of mortal agony—thus Spring Guns are a sort of shooting made easy to the tenderest souls. One may kill by them and avoid the painful scenes of .death. But Mr. S. Wortley finds, from .ex perience, that they also 'prevent much crime.— Wire a Country Gentleman, with his own be nevolent hand, to pull ,a 'trigger, and shoot a poor fellow through the head, who had strayed from the path, the censorious world would call it murder, which is ordinarily reputed a crime, but this straight forward work is rendered unne• cessary by his deputy man _ s iayer—.the Spring Gun, which shoots on its own account as it were, and when • a wan is killed by it, it is not .called murder but ming-Gun—thus the thing is done and the crime is not. committed. — taking this view, we therefore must agree that scenes of a most painful kind, ; and inuchcrime are prevented by the use of this machinery. Still there are inconveniences belonging to this practice which a writer in The Edinburgh Re view has. forcibly pointed out. The . Spring Gun knows no distinctions of persons, and May . chance, now and then, to kill or maim the wrong man, the, favourite game -keeper instead of the poacher, or some iffilucky, labourer, taking a sho r t cu t t o hi s wor k, th r ough the forbidden way. These are accidents of almost daily occurrence ; and to prevent such tragedies, the Reviewer sug- 1 gested, that a Bey of an estate, to distinguish between persons, might be placed behind a tree, with a horse pistol in his hand to shoot poachers. Such an agent would exercise some discre tion, in butchery, and might be instructed to spare the persons of those trespassers, who vote for the Tory County Member. As the Legis lator on the Game laws is himself a setter and lover of Spring-Guns, we cannot, indeed, hope to see the nuisance of shooting trespassers abated in his Bill ; but yet some plan may be devised, by which the accidental mischief may be obviated ; for instance, suppose the Game keeper's qualification to kill game were ex tended to the slaughter of trespassers. But, then, Mr. S. Wortley may object to the painful scenes, and the crime, and the consequent difficulty of procuring honest servants to do the work, now so efficiently performed by his favourite engines, and we must confess that, without a libel on hu manity, we cannot answer the objection ; it is hard to imagine that men could be prevailed on to do that for wages which 'Squires do, for the sake of partridges and pheasants, by machinery. [THE TIMES.] We have heard it more than whispered in some circles, that one of the Members for Ox ford is not quite secure of that life-interest in his seat which has hitherto, almost without excep tion been enjoyed by his predecessors in office. Mr. H., it is rumoured, has, from one cause or another, failed to satisfy the expectations of certain powerful Colleges. Whether the views of those who most actively favoured the election of the Hon. Gentleman were turned to his indi vidual eloquence and learning, or to a contingent interest in those repositories of other men's ge nius, of which he is known to have accumulated a treasure unlimited and matchless, it is no busi ness of ours to inquire ; but that the question of his possible removal from the easy chair of Ox ford has been stirred with more or less alacrity, and has beeu provoked by disappointment of some kind, we are assured on credible authority. In that case, there arises a glimmering, half defined prospect of changes in the University politics, to which Mr. Caiming's recent disclo sure of his early hopes and sacrificed ambition might be regarded as particularly pat. GOOD OLD PARLIAIIIENTIRVRULES, ON QUESTIONS WHERE MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED ! From Mr. lIATSELL'S Precedents. 1. On the 12th of June, 1604, Mr. SEYMOUR, a party in a Bill, then under consideration, goes forth during the debate, " agreeable with former order and precedent in like c ases. " 2. On the 4th a February, 1664, a Member appearing to be " somewhat" concerned in interest, his voice is disallowed, after a division (1). 3. On the 20th of May, 1626, Sir Jorm ELIOT withdrew, before the question is stated upon his conduct. 4. On the 21st of October, 1667, a witness at the bar having reflected on a Member, and he in his place having made his de fence, withdrew whilst the matter was in debate. 5. On the 22d of November, 1669, a Member accused of de taining a writ, is commanded to withdraw (2), before the mat ter is debated. 6. On the 16th of February, 1697, a debate , arising upon a question relating to Mr. MONTAGU , then C hance llor of the Exchequer, and a question put, " that he do withdraw," it passed in the negative. 7. On the 17th of January, 1711. after the examination into Mr. WALPOLE'S conduct, and -before any question proposed, he was heard (3); and a doubt arising, " whether he ought to withdraw, before a question stated, or any debate had of the matter relating to him," the Journals of the 16th of February, 1710, were read, and thereupon Mr. WALPOLE withdrew , " before any debate had, or question proposed." So did sir RICHARD STEELE, 00 the 18th of March, 1713 (4). 8. On the sth of April, 1715, Sir WILLIAM WYNDHAM being called upon to justify some words he had used, and re fusing, a question is moved against him, and then he is heard; and being called upon to withdraw, refuses, and a question is ' put for his withdrawing. 9. On the 28th of February, 1720, after the examination re lating to Mr. STANHOPE was concluded, and before any ques tion concerning him was ' proposed,' 1u withdrew.—So in the case Of Sir GEORGE CASIVALL, the 3d and 10th of March ; and of Mr. A ISLABIE, on the Bth of March, 1720 ; and of Mr. VERNON, on the 3th of May, 1721. O BSERVATIONS. The rule laid down in the two first instances, is not, in many cases, sufficiently observed ; it was always attended to in ques tions relative to the Seat of the Member, on the hearing of con troverted elections ; and has been observed very strictly in cases of great moment ; but, in matters of lesser importance, yet where the private interest of the Member has been essentially concerned, it has been entirely neglected, contrary not only to the laws of decency, but of justice; and it would be for the honour of tbe House of Commons, if this rule, which 170 years ago, was " agreeable to FORMER order and precedent in like cases," was revived and established ! As to the doubt conceived in the case of Mr. WALPOLE, " at what time the Member should withdraw," as it was then very properly decided, so that decision has been uniformly sup ported by the practice in all the similar instances that-have hap pened since that time. (5) Where there is any proceeding in the House, which diets the character of a Member, as soon as the matter has been examined into, the Member is to be heard, and then to withdraw, even before any question is moved upon his conduct. In the case of Sir Was. ‘VYNDHAM, the question that was moved and proposed, arose out of the expressions used by him at the time ; he therefore ought to have laid before the House what he had to say in exculpation of the charge, as soon as the motion was made, and then to have immediately with drawn. After the examination -of the evidence, in relation to Lord CLIVE'S conduct in the East Indies, Lord CLIVE was heard in his place, before he knew what question was to be moved against him, and withdrew on May 21, 1773. (1) No Member of the House may be present in the House, when a Bill, or. " any business" concerning " himself," is " debating ." but while the -Bill is but reading or opening , he may,—( Parliamentary Debates, 1620-1, V o l. I. p. 141.) 1 (2) See the debate upon this subject in th e Ist vol. of Grey's Debates, p. 179 ; where Mr. FI NCH beginning to argue upon it, is taken down to Order, " for speaki n to the merits of the cause, without the Member being withdrawn." (3) In the proceeding against Mr. WALPOLE, the Com missioners' Report was read, and Thursday appointed to con sider the Report. Mr. WALPOLE desired to be present at the debate, until a question was formed upon the SPEAKER'S pa per ; ' but denied,' and ' he' accordingly ' withdrew.' The rule here seems to be, " th at if t h e c h arge aga i ns t a Member be contained in a Report, &c. then he is to withdraw, before the question is moved or stated; but if nothing previous to the question contain a charge, the question is the charge, and that must be stated' before' he' withdraws.' "_(Mr. 0.) Ho(u4s)eTehneteJreod uponurnalofatnhye debate. (5) July 171 , ~ of the proceeding relating to Mr. P RYNN , was read ; ' ;vho withdrew' before the I (5) The rule laid down by Mr—ONSLOW, in the preceding note, seems to be perfectly just and proper. The Me mber is not to withdraw ' till' h e knows w h at w ill be the substance of the charge ag a i ns t him, and till he has had an oppor tunity of explaini ng to t h e House t h e mo ti ve s -of- hisfecinduct in the matter all ege d against him. Wh ere this charge arises a a nd may therefore be out of a Report from Committee, or from 'an exam ination of witnesses in th e H ouse, the Mem b er accuse d knows to what points he is to dir ec t hi s heard to those points, exculp ation, before any question 'is moved or stated against him, a nd i n t hi s case he is ' to b e h ear d, and to withdr aw, before any questio n is moved—as in the instance s of Mr. W -11 1. 11; POLE, Sir RICIIAItD/a-1 STEELE, and Mr. STA" E ' , where the question itself is the charge, for any breach of the ordm of the House, or for any ma tt e r that has arisen in mast debate, ther e th e c h arge must be stated, i. e. the question be moved. The Member must be then heard, in -his explana tion or exculpati on, and then, an d not till the n, he is to with draw—as in the case of Sir WI T,LIASI WYNDHAn. In the case of Mr. Maw 'spoken b and then withdraw, before ' CAESAR, the 19th of December, 1705, the ,words h takY , them are taken down by order Of the House, and, by_ suc heard, and g down, becomes LY, the 9th of November, matter of charge ; they are therefore 1696 • and of Mr. any que. stance of Mr. SUIPPEN on-the - 4th of December, 1 him, from spoken by him were" against from a Committee ; he therefore was heard, and withdrew, be stion is moved. .In the in. fore any question was stated. HYDERABAD PAPERS. (No. III.) FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR—Among those Native Princes who have been the dupes of necessitous and designing Euro peans, none stand more prominent than the late Nawaubs of Arcot (Carnatic) and the Nawaub of Oudh. The Parliamen tary records will afford a sorrowful and plentiful proof of the iniquitous conduct of Europeans towards the former unfortu nate Prince : indeed, I need not go further than to point out the long standing Commissioners appointed under an Act of Parliament, and now sitting for many years, to satisfy my readers how dangerous and impolitic it is to allow Europeans to have access to those misguided and improvident Princes. These very men, to obtain money would pawn their country, nay, sell their patrimony, for the illegitimate purpose of supporting their licentious habits, or for the still more dan gerous purpose of engaging in warlike movements. The bane and curse of all Asiatic Governments is the total want of all moral obligation, or sense of fidelity and gratitude, to their superiors, and a grinding and cruel system of exaction towards the mass of the people who have the misfortune to be under their controul ; this is carried to such an excess, to such a refinement in espionage and plunder, that I am certain if I related what I know my statement would be disbelieved. I will take upon myself to say (and own it under my name and rank if required), that there is not a Minister to any Prince in India who is not in the highest degree corrupt, venal, and unfaithful; and there is not a Prince possessing rectitude of principle, patriotism towards his country, and a desire to im prove the State over which he rules, and the condition of his miserable subjects—no, there is not one. The little security the people do enjoy, the occasional acts of justice in the Prince, and the punishment of delinquents, have their origin in either the influence or the interposition of the British Resident. This is the fact, and I defy malignity or party to contradict with a semblance of truth what I now advance. I have no hostility towards the late house of Messrs. WIL LIAM. and HASTINGS PALMER, established at the Court of His Highness SECUNDER. Jon, Nizam of the Kingdom of Hyderabad—it is the principle I most solemnly protest against of allowing Europeans, except accredited, and in the ser vice of the King or Company, of having any connection, or possessing any direct or indirect influence with the Go vernment of. a Native Prince; not because these persons may not be very honourable and mean well, both towards the Nizam and the British Government, hut the principle in itself is so radically bad, and there is no knowing where it would end, or how many other adventurers would follow with their assistance and their interference, and the result must be, politically situated as India is, a total subversion of British in fluence ; and internal broils and cabals would follow, produced by the machinations of foreigners. It is well known that among the Native Governments there is not a Rajah, a Valkeel, a Zemindar, a Aumil, a Aassaldar, or with the Governor of Provinces or Administrators of Justice, or other public officers, who has not his price ; what must be the effect in such a so ciety, and in such a state of political and moral degradation, for the enterprising, the needy and designing European, to enter into? It is quite clear that nothing but a cautious, re strictive, and - honourable line of conduct, on the part of the British, can protect these countries. To maintain ourselves, and at the same time guard the country from the inevitable misfortunes which would assuredly ensue by the introduction of the persons to whom I have alluded, a most vigilant eye must be kept on all whose sole object is to benefit and aggran dize themselves at the expence of the miserable Prince who has fallen into their grasp, or of the ill-fated country destined to become their prey. It appears to me as something like folly going into argu ment on the subject; have we not at home our Poyais bubble, our robberies and plunders, in the shape of one-half of the Public Companies lately established ? Have not many of these been instituted for the sole purpose of fleecing the unwary and the uninitiated ? But India is an untried country ; the natives are sanguine, rich, and ignorant of our manoeuvres, our specu lations, and practical experience ; a fine soil to plough up, and a credulous people to act upon. I implore most solemnly the British Government to watch them, to protect them ; they' de serve every care and friendship at our hands : nay, it is their right—they are loyal subjects—we have benefitted their condi tion ; and shall we at once abandon them to the merciless sway of their rulers, or, if possible, the more desolating and injurious influence of unknown European adventurers? I call upon the Government, Home and Foreign,, to protect them as they have hitherto done; but if from , partiality, fear or weakness; they abandon the Natives of India, a heavy curse , ought, and I pray God it will' fall on those who aid the Tyrant, or abet his minions and supporters, be they Europeans or Natives. It is not, I before observed, the late house of Messrs. PA4mEit that my objections are directed at ; it is the principle of allowing strangers, aliens, and needy adventurers, to interfere or tamper with the Native Governments, to raise loans, consequently to create friends and dependents, who seek employment and emolu ment at their hands ; these they must attend to, either by cor rupt or indirect practices, such as creating situations, quarter ing!h es e them tne a u s p u o r n e s t h ( a e n d d i s by r y i c w t s h o i r e h o n alone the C E o u u r o r t p ; e a t n h s e e t o e u n l d d e n r c e y t a i o n f their footing . at a Native Court), must be productive of hostile feelings, drain the treasury, and still farther exhaust the almost worn out and oppressed people ; and for what end is thiS to he done ?—is it to benefit the commerce or agriculture of the country? Nothing of the kind : the whole entire business, from beginning to end, is, that some half dozen Gentlemen may put money in their pockets, regardless of the interests of Great Britain and the cries of an afflicted country. • These observations, neither directly nor indirectly, apply to the late house at Hyderabad. Of that firm I know nothing, save that some of my-most intimate friends are involved in their misfortunes. - • It is the establishment of any House of Agency at a Native Court that I object to ; and that is not on account of the want of principle or integrity on. the part of the British merchants, than whom a more honourable class of men does not exist among his Majesty's subjects. • It is the political state of these countries, the weak and intriguing character of the Princes, the necessitous and venal habits of a Military Nobility, and the tu r b u l ent state of the District s, that must, on the introduction of are strictly honourable men that their Eu iosfchtiheef B t o r i t i t s i h i e E c o e p u r n e t s r e y n , t a a t n i v d e . injur eltis the t a h u e -- eni .a r tisrEn. cause :a t n y al , en c sds a r u ps s o. e wp, successors are to be the same, or that another house of business, established under similar circumstances, are to be equally re spectable. In time of civil commotion one house may assist the father, another may be disposed to assist the son, on the occurrence of these events, and they are by no means in the dis tracted and restless state of ' Native Courts, what becomes of the salutary and protecting influence of the British ? and what becomes of the unfortunate country and . people? Allow the precedent at Hyderabad, and it follows as a mat ter of course, in the common order of things, that houses would be established at Lucknow, Nagpore, Augein, Indoe, Mysore, I3urida, &c. • What use would Sundiah make of the assistance of such a house ? In the late war, could he have raised a loan, he certainly would have bought the troops and guns of the celebrated Partizan Chief Ameer Is he had not the needful, and what was bet ter for ,us, he did not know where to get it. We had, and by that means received the neutrality, and procured the troops of one of the most difficult and daring mercenary Chiefs in India . • For a moment putting hostile movements out of view, will it not be'adinitted that a Banking-firin, with whom the State is deeply involved,' and to whom the Prince personally is under heavy pecuniary obligations, must possess an undue and pre ponderating influence in the Cabinet of the Prince ? and when we take into consideration that nine out of ten of the members of the family, the Nobles, and the Public Officers would Me , vitably, from their dissolute habits and extravagance, be in debted to the House; that the establishment of any firm is in compatible with the secdrity and prosperity of the country. Among the AI tissulitan Princes of India, we must not pass by the Nalieb of - Mershalohad ; it - is - necessary to allude to him , in illustration - of our argument against all Loan Cbntractors or Jobbers, whether at Hyderabad, Lucknow, Arcot, or Bhopel. COURSE OF 14:XCIIANGE, February le. Amster dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburglt Altona 12 3 C. F• . 12 0 12 4 12 4 37 1 gi Vi' 3' 2 2075' ;57 Paris, 3 Day's s ight Ditto Bourdeaux, ditt o 25 45 0 Berlin 5 • • •i, 1511 Ex. Ikro e Frankfort oti the Main 9 Petetsburgi s 0 - Vienna 10 4 . 10 4 ...a Trieste RG Effee' Madrid ;v s, 351 Effe ct, v s Cadiz 35 Effect' Bilboa Bareebma .............. ... • . ie5evi11e................ . Gibraltar ...... ........... Leghorn ....................... . , Geili,a .......... 1 4/---Venite, 'ltal. Li v 27 Palermo, Malta ........ —Naples • 4O Lisbon . Oporto .................. .................. Rio Janeir o ................... ................. : Bahia .................. . Ditbliti ..• •9} ........ Cork (fri pet Cent. 35f 51 BULLION. ..• OP' Portugal Gold, i n Coin 1 0 0 0 PP! .. Foreign G o ld , i n Bars 3 17 9 .., NeW Doubloons ......... . 3 IS 0... 0 4 101 New D o ll ars Silver St an d ard in Bars, 05 04 ' On the la t h i nstant, the IadyBI RTH. of Nathaniel Gould, Esq., or Tavistock-square, of a daughter. DIED: On the 16th instant, Hephzibali Eden, wife of Mr. pte Elwell, of W o l ver h ainpton, and third daughter of the - Richard Smith, Esq., o f H ammersm i t h. a.hillf On Wednesday even i ng, the 16th instant, at Hi g h wco William Anderson, Esq., late of Russell-square.. I f` Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the 51 114 ' I OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. The Nawaub of Morshedobad, a descendant of the once celi. brated Cosser Alli, has a pension from the British Government of one Lokh (about 12,0001.) per month. I have paid him one or two visits of ceremony, a duty, and, by inquiries and per sonal observation, know a little of his character; it is the same as that of all Mussulmens, extravagant, dissipated, and im provident ; he is always in debt, always borrowing money, but happily for the lower provinces of Bengal, and the subjects of his predecessors, he has nothing to offer to excite the cupidity of the usurer; and no wretched peasantry and fertile provinces to make over to satisfy European friends in the shape of adventurers. No, Sir, those districts, formerly given up to pillage, to exactions, and unrelenting Revenue Officers, are now by treaty the property of the British ; they are flourishing and prosperous, defended from invasions, or in ternal warfare ; the people who inhabit them, happy at their fortunate exchange of masters; they have got rid of the oppressive and cruel yoke of former Mahomedan des, pots, for the mild and just rule of the British. In speaking of Hyderabad it is necessary to look at the character and con duct of the Princes of the " [lace of Timour," in doing so we shall find no distinction in their general habits. Seconder Joh, at Hyderabad, the King of Oudh, and Mahomed Ali, at Arcot, are one and the same persons, the same profligacy of character, the same improvidence and faithlessness, will be found to distin guish each pre-eminently in all their actions towards their unfor tunate subjects ; with us they are a little cautious, for the simple reason that they dread our power; and the loss of our protec tion, without it they would not be a day on the Musnind. Thus situated, a semblance of respect and attachment is maintained on their parts, not to blind us for that they know they cannot do, but with the expectation in their political convulsions, or in foreign aggression, of meeting with assistance from the British. It is this delicately and wisely managed rule that has at all the native Courts given us a just influence,—and long may i.t be the case : the Native Prince, whether Hindoo or 3lahotn medan, knows full well he can neither trust his own family of his Ministers ; and in this dilemma, in nine cases out of tem , he consults and acts on the advice of the British Resident---sa much for our moral character and political weight with those' Princes whom the world think are ready to cut our throats r, these are undeniable facts, in confirmation of it, I fearlessly appeal to Major S. R. Carnac, late Resident at the Court of the Guicrar in Sejerat; to Major R. Close, Resident at Sin diah's Court, (both of whom are now in England, and to whom I am known); to Col. J. Bailie, M.P., late Resident at the Court of the King of Oudh,—whether what I have advanced i 5 not true. Then, admitting this to be fact, is it to be tolerated by liberal and virtuous Government like ours, that a set of gentle men adventurers are t o go up w i t h their borrowed capital, and lend money to a Native Prince, in the face of the Act of Par* liament, in defiance of the established and approved orders of the local Government, at the moderate rate of 18 per cent.- (besides charges of collection) for purposes that can neither aid the prosperity of the country, nor benefit the condition of the people ? But even allowing the act was legitimate or benes-, cial to the State, is it no t necessary to have the approbation of the constituted authorities for its disbursement ? and, admit ting that its object is pure, how are the loans to be applied' are they to be entrusted to the Omrahs (nobles) at Hyderabad , who are known and acknowledged to owe upwards of 20 lalihs (240,1001.) to the late firm of Palmer and Co. ? Are these needy and corrupt supplicants the fit hands through which such sums of British capital should pass ? Can it have any other than to r e nd er more vicious andrenal the most pro fligate and dissipated men on earth ? The loan thus obtained may be applied to the gratification 0f personal vices, or to the extravagancies of the Court; but IC may be applied also to the more dangerous purposes of raisiat armies and making war. T o w h atever ob j ect applied, it L, our duty to protect the p eop l e f rom t h e exactions and imposts to which the repayment of these loans must give rise ; and 1 ' peremptorily behove s th e G overnment itself to keep alciof froo l all loans to Native Princes • but if it once h as t h e weakries'4, from favouritism or partiality, to allow Europeans to do i t, they at once set a curse upon the devoted country. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant. • SUB: DAR. Feb. 16. A PUZZLING CASE BRILLIANT - SETTLED. In rest of snow-whiteness, and Boots of jet hue, A Hair-dresser ran, we might rather say, flew, • So vapid his pace, powder•bag in his hand, And turn'd into Exeter -street in the Strand: — Where rounding the corner, in ccntact he came With Sam, long accustoni"d Soot-Ito :to proclaim. So fierce the concussion that both stagger'd All white the Soot-bearer, the Bather all biack.• 'Excepting his Boots, for they lost their jet glow • • And seened as if cover'd with flakes of pure snow ; For Soot versus Puss der both bags were at work s The Combatants fighting like Grecian and Turk. Of Justice the parties now sought, each, redress, And each his great damage n ow prone to express ; . " You r Worshp perceives," said the indignant barber, This plight in, that no one my person will harbour; Nly vest, lately white, with vile soot badly suits, And worse the hair-powder that covers my boots." -7 " And who in his service," ask'd Soot-ho, ‘, will keep, A dandefied, powder'd, full-dress'd Chimney-sweep?" The Justice was puzzled, and friendship advis'd, " Reflection," he said, "should be cherish'd and priz " Reflection l" the Frizeur exclaimed, " Sir, 'tis gone . " Which w a y?" as k'd t h e Just i ce,. " why, Sir, it i s lactilue , For never the worth of reflection was known .• The lustre when absent of WAIIIIEN'S jet Blacking!" The Pun was received with eclat, andStm Sweep ✓ Reflection in priStine accuteness to keep, Applied to the Boots a restorative hand, Renewing., the visions distinctive and bland ; The parties agreed, and each fairy-like sh a de Still prone is the Hair-dresser's Boots to prevade. This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING; prepare d bt ROBERT WARREN, 30, STR ;ND, London ; and Sold in every Town in the Kit: dom.—LIQUID, in bottles, (id., Iod.. 124., and f ad. each. Also PASTE B LACKING, in Pots, Gd., lid, and isd. eac h • '!** Ask for WARREN'S Blacking. COAL MARKET, FEB. 18. Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 0 44i Newcastle - - 10 - 28 s 6d to 36S „ ii 7 Sunderl a nd - - 3 - 2 6 s Od t o 35s u 1 Cinders -s Od to -- 5 °I)