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ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY IS NOW OPEN. Admission (from Ely!), o'clock till Seven), One S it ir g. Catalogue, One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of PRICE against PRICE, the Cre di tors o f ROBERT BELL PRICE late of Bitterley, in the County of Salop, Esq., Who died in the month of May, 1833, are forthwith to "a in and prove their debts before Sir Giffin Wilson, otle of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in .uthampto n B u ildings, Chancery•lane, London ; or in der thereof trey will be excluded the benefit of the a ajd Deere•. bred the sth day of May, NU. GINGER WINE. THIS Cordial Stomachic is now in too ge neril estimation to require any explanation of it ., Peculiar merits; but it may be proper to remind the public r i n "dlly that thin highly improved and fine wine of E. T. 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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, On Ai oNa By Mr. FARGUS, at th e .Al, th e 12 t h d ay o f M ay next , a t Five o'clock, 4 Te C IO NTAGUE TAVERN, KINGSDOWN , in w hol e ; t% (un'e.s an acceptable offer be made for the 4p 1 41 , the m in time), — , II ELD e HOUSE and PLEASURE ,I)P.ND,"ROUNDS, with complete Offices, GAR Itit""l'S COTTAGE, Walled Gardens, and rich PAS. the i t : GROUND and MEADOW LAND, adjoining ~tqurnpike Road front Bristol to Bath, near Upper . tepee 411 1 in the Parish of St. George, formerly the Rest of th e said Mr. Holder. ( , ) ,2Retlier with a SUNDAY SCHOOL, and a neat t i IT kGE and GARDEN, in the tenure of Wm. The Site commands a most beautiful prospect of various ic turesque Scenery, scarcely tqualled, including Cliftlui . 44 its neighbourhood, with the principal part of Bristol ; i i : 4l on the completion of the Grand Wester,' Railway, it ~ , , P re‘ unted this property will prove a very Profit a bl e in. I'vtinent of C a pit a l. 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It is oat ,11,0(111 ti .. tod ., peet i ,4farr,rilf) kiect tilt; Asiatict r h e ecefitp, simple pf thelenpelly:rada iw , ) , ,trfiogtriaenrgg le, 4 importedtoidet, into :. t ele- I and tint, 34 'Physician Nizatnee, a relation 0 . 1. the . , aI Z-teti offi e • e ; r oltas e d by the Proprietor from a dtstin dii t % in the of high t ank, but just returned from tra . 1) ). Ile I ,,, ,ii4li tast, wh ose romant c a d ven tu r e s will spee ll,Psre ; 'd ". t to 4 er his immediate dirction, by Alb - el ami Y , to counterfeit whose seal and signature on ('‘', 11 lay his is felony. in Qr 'Lst ' 4 agents Hannay and Co., 63, r. et , Messrs. Wes_ and by allMedieineVenders and Perfumers, P r ice 41. 6d.eacb. ( , -/,/ 1 (No. 12,996.) CONSTANTINOPLE. (From the Times Correspondent.) PERA, MARCH 29. Perfectly agreeable with those who consider the treaty concluded on the 29th of January at St. Petersburgh be tween Russia and Turkey an important, indeed most im portant, fact, we deeply regret our inability of in any way sharing the great pleasure which some pretend it has afforded them. To us, here, it appears in no other light than a further act on the part of Russia to secure Tur key's thraldom,—an additional chain, to render impossible her devoted victim's escape from the altar where her am bition has so artfully bound it. Not only we cannot per ceive that this treaty is " advantageous to the Turkish empire," but are even perfectly at a loss to conceive by what perversion of logic it were possible to give to a simi lar proposition even the sh4dow of probability. The evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia, which is pointed out as one of the advantages Turkey is to derive from this treaty, and a proof of Russia's moderation, is a circum stance which, without benefitting the former country in any way, is too immaterial to the real interests of the lat ter to deserve being called a sacrifice on her part. Too well is Russia aware of the nature of. the basis on which the supremacy of her influence in the principalities rests, to be apprehensive of any diminution of its omnipo tence after their evacuation. Indebted for their nomination solely to the Emperor's will—aware that the duration of his good pleasure only can insure the continuation of their reign—bowid, on the other hand, by no ties to Turkey—influenced by no apprehension from that quarter—the hospodars necessarily must readily com ply with theix_constituent's views, and as punctually obey his orders as the Russian governors who prece ded them. Like faithful stewards, their duty will be to husband the resources of the country intrusted to their care, so as to convert it into an inexhaustible de pot capable of supplying the wants of their protector's army whenever circumstances shall occasion its passing through it. To facilitate the execution of this duty, no doubt, and at the same time conciliate the affection of the inhabitants, already sufficiently well dispOsed in favour of their co-religionaries, Russia has totally exempted them from the annual tribute they were bound to pay to the Porte, consisting of timber, cattle, salt, corn, &c. So long as Silistria and the territory three leagues around it remain in the hands of Rus sians—as Gicurgovo, Ibraila, and the four fortresses on the banks of the, Danube, occupied by the Turks before the last war, continue levelled to the ground— as the mouth of this important river is under the con trol of Russia, does not the command of so extensive a line, of so formidable a tete de pont, insure to her not only the possession of the level country between the Pruth and the above-mentioned stream, but also the fa cility of penetrating at once into the heart of European Turkey ? This military position is by far too pre cious ever to be given up ; and the immense sums of money expended on Silistria's fortifications, the erec- tion of stone barracks, store-houses, and the conver sion of its mosques into churches, clearly point out that its present possessors do little consider their stay there as provisional. As nothing could grieve Russia more deeply than relinquishing a fortress to her of so vital importance, her " good sense" prompted her to introduce into the new treaty with the Porte a clause, in virtue of which its occupation is assured to her for an indefinite, instead of a limited period. To obtain this end, without awakening the slumbering vigilance of jealous nations, Russia, concealing her intentions behind the oft and so successfully assumed mask of moderation, generosity, and disinterestedness, going even to the length of attributing her motives to a feel ing of commiseration towards the impoverished Sultan, unblushingly Fives out, that in order to relieve her unfortunate friend " from the pressure of engagements imposed upon him by the treaty of Adrianople," she is willing to allow him the option of paying the remain ing portion of the war indemnity whenever the state of his finances shall make this payment convenient. Mark the consequence of this act of Russian modera tion ! According to stipulations, as the evacuation of Silistria is to take place only when the extinction of Turkey's debt to Russia- is effected, it naturally follows that the latter power's cabinet has acquired now the right of keeping it till the Turks are capa ble of satisfying their claims ; an event, against the possibility of whose occurrence, effectual mea sures can be readily found. This apparent demon stration of moderation, Russia has well calcu lated, will not only be favourable to their designs, but turn out of the highest imp or ta nc e, by the moral effect her truly able diplomatic agents will cause it to ope rate in her favour on public opinion in Europe. This fact, coupled with the evacuation of the principalities, will in their hands be converted into a talisman, wnose magic touch shall convert the apprehensions of the suspicious into sources of self-congratulation, and lull into fatal lethargy the jealousy of rivals. Its opera- tion seems already to be in full action, and in the state of infatuation to which France and England have been reduced by its influence, the extensive tract of country in Asia granted in this treaty by Turkey to Russia, important as it is both as a military and commercial position, is considered by them, not as a breach of the integrity of Turkey, but as an additional advantage conferred upon her by her generous ally—not as a proof of Russia's ambition, but as an additional cor roboration of her moderation. " The sum exacted by the former treaty is now re duced to one third," triumphantly cry out the admirers of Russian liberality. To be correct, this statement should be thus worded, out of the original debt, amount ing to ten millions of ducats, about four millions having been already paid by Turkey, the remainder of the sum exacted by the former treaty is now reduced to one third. One would, from this expression, be led to conclude that this reduction has been operated in consequence of a donation of two millions on the part of Russia. The truth is, that this sum has been granted to Turkey in compensation for the extensive tract of country she consented, in the treaty of St. Petersburgh, to give up to Russia, to enable her to round her Asiatic frontiers, or, in plain language, Turkey has been prevailed upon by Russia to sell her, for the sum of two millions of ducats, so many thousand square miles of the Pachalic of Ackhattsick. We see in this circumstance motives to admire.rather the "good sense" than the generosity of Russia. Every one here, was aware that when Count Orloff arrived at Constan tinople bearer of the treaty which he prevailed upon the trembling Sultan to sign at Unkiar Skelessi, the pro mise had repeatedly been made by him that he would use his influence on his imperial master's mind to obtain a reduction of two millions in favour of his friend and ally Sultan Mahmoud—every one, we repeat, was fully persuaded that the bargain in virtue of which the Dardanelles were placed at the disposal of Russia, and her protectorate over this empire esta blished, not being of the worst, the request of the able negotiator who struck it should unconditionally be granted. Nicholas is evidently more exigant than the Count. The extension of the Asiatic frontiers of his empire, to his moderation's taste, was mentioned by him to the thunderstruck Achmet Pacha as the sine guii non to his granti ng hi s f avour it e ' s reques t. How _ far a s i m il ar treaty can b e t h oug h t a f a i r su bj ec t of congratulation we cannot understand. To say that it is du e to the influence which the union . of England and Fra nce , and the firm and concerted language of these two powers, have acquired in the councils of is St. Petersburgh, indeed too bad. The bitterest irony could not supply expressions l more galling to the feelings of those powers, spite to their dig nity, when the facts are, that, in in eoftheir protests against the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi,pionlya a single e y ea oneof iota's alteration has not taken place notn its articles, but an additional treaty has been con cluded between Turkey and Russia, to legitimate the latter's aggrandisement at the expense of the for mer's territorial integrity, and consolidate the political preponderance this natural enemy has been so fatally exerting over the destinies of Turkey,—a preponder ance that has already been productive of more evil than the best directed efforts of her armies and fleets were able to accomplish. The diplomatic and mate rial demonstrations made lately by England and France have had no other result than to convince the Turks of our willingness to relieve them from the Russian yoke, and of our inability to do it. What other infer ence can they draw from our satisfaction with the conduct of Russia • than that our councils and those of France either are disunited, as Admiral de Rigny's emissary, M. Bois le Comte, has laboured hard to persuade them, or that we feel the impossibility of coping with the formidable autocrat ? The practical application of this conviction must inevitably be, where they can place no reliance on the good intentions of - (L ( ... 4 .40.0 • ( -0 -- _,..._ tr - , • --' _... , ~ ..,,,-.4-ti --- . A : ..... A r I ~ ~,,,„„ 8. , ~ --___ q,,,_. , i ~,, 7' \ i t....e . kA ' • ._;1111,111.'41(,4,- ; I '\,:\\\\ s\- , .e - , ;/.1 _- - -a ° 4"' L , lii ..:,.... _,„. b .. \...„%.,.. (, .. r .,.. 0 . ~„..5.,„,,,,,, p, , , -,...., 4 .Pll ... .6 - 1/-11Sirilf ~ :p . .: * , lii; _? . ~ ~, : it eflir ijOil , - "Ic.IN . 10 I T.. 14111 1 1 11 1 ;4111510 ~...il :' :Zs LONDON, TUESGAY EVENIMiI, MAY 6. l 8 ;n. France and England, or calculate any longer on the results of the interest of those governments, by every means to avoid collision with a power before which even those powers, though committed, compromised, and insulted, have been obliged to recoil. 0. A numerous Vestry of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, was held yesterday, to consider the bill for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor, when it was resolved unani mously—" That this Vestry are of opinion, that in the present state of the question it is expedient to suspend the declaration of any opinion, on a subject of such vital import ance to the country, as the bill for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales, until it shall have been more fully discussed, in its progress through the legislature.." NATURAL INSOLVENCY. — AiI unfortunate insolvent at Bristol, last week, stated that he was the father of thirty children, and that a large proportion of his creditors were of the medical profession I Last week an immense pike was found at the edge of one of the ponds at Mynde Park, Here ford, which from its appearance must have very re cently died. This fresh water shark weighed thirty six pounds and a half !—Cambrian. Last week, at Sithney, near Helston, wife of Richard Dunn, alias" uncle Dick," of a soil: The father is in his 73d year, and the present is his fourth wife ; by the three former he had nineteen chil dren, and he was desirous of having the twentieth. This wish is now gratified.—Devonport Telegraph. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH !—Last week, as a youthful and happy couple were about to be joined together " for ever and for aye," in the parish church of Aveton Gifford, in this county, the father of the lady made his appear ance, and took her away, to the great chagrin of the disconsolate swain, who was left thus unexpectedly to pine in single blessedness.—North Devon Advertiser. BulLTH.—Active preparations are making for opening a bank in this place, of which due notice will very shortly appear. We are given to understand that the highly respectable gentlemen who intend carrying this project into effect, will conduct their business upon the most liberal terms ; and the great advantage to the town and neighbourhood will be duly appreciated by the community at large.— Cambrian. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUlClDE.—Wed nesday Mr. Robert Brett, of Green-street, and his son, a child three years of age, were discovered hanging together in an outhouse, both quite dead. It is sup posed the father, who has for some time past laboured under an unusual degree of melancholy, first hung the child, and then himself by its side.— Canterbury Paper. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.—On Friday last a respectable farmer of Kirton Lindsey, for a wager of a few pounds, undertook to ride a pony up two pairs of stairs into a chamber of the George Inn, and down again, which he actually performed before a numerous company, whose astonishment was height ened by the rider being upwards of eleven stone weight, and his horse less than thirty. The 21st of the month was singularly omi nous to the fate of Louis X VI. On the 21st of April, 1770, he was married ; on the 21st June, 1770, the fete took place on account of his marriage, when about 15,000 persons lost their lives, being trampled to death ; on the 21st of January, 1782, the grand fete on account of the birth of the Dauphin, took place ; on the 21st of June, 1791, his flight to Varennes ; on the 21st September, 179'2, the abolition of royalty was decreed : and on the 21st of January, 1793, his exe cution.—Mrs. Jameson's History of k'rance. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.—On Satur day, the Bth instant, Mr. William Rowe, of Christle ton, obtained a conviction before the county magis trates, against the gate-keeper at the Tattersall-lane end gate, for charging him toll on a load of draining tiles. The demand, in direct violation of the act of parliament, has been universally exacted. We wish to give as much publicity to this circumstance as we pos sibly can ; and to inform the parties interested, that no article whatever employed in the improvement of the soil is liable to toll. Mr. Rowe, on this occasion, did not press the fine of M., but merely the payment of the summons and the return of the toll.—Mark Lane Express. file robbers of Andalusia differ from the otners by their manners and gallantry, especially to the women, which are general, although exceptions may be found. A lady whom I know was saved from robbery by her presence of mind, and touching the point of honour of this singular race. She was tra velling, and had halted to breakfast in a defile where a band was stationed, who soon made their appearance. With admirable coolness she invited them to join her, in the frank manner usual in the country, which they accepted, and then left her unmolested. This could only have happened in Andalusia. Instances occurred whilst I was in Spain of their returning the chattels of ladies when they took every thing besides ; but this romantic generosity is not always displayed.—Cooke's Sketches in Spain. DEAF AND DUMB.—The late Mrs. Jane of Scottish memory, was equally remarkable, for kindness of heart and absence of mind. One day she was accosted by a beggar, whose stout and healthy appearance startled even her into a momentary doubt of the needfulness of charity in his instance. " Why," exclaimed the good old lady, " You look well able to work." " Yes," replied the supplicant, " but I have been deaf and dumb these seven years." " Poor man, what a heavy affliction 1" exclaimed Mrs. W—, at the same time giving him relief with a liberal hand. On her return home she mentioned the fact, remark- ing, " What a dreadful thing it is to be so deprived of such precious faculties !" " But how," asked her sis ter, " did you know that the poor man had been deaf and dumb for seven years?" " Why," was the quiet and unconscious answer, " he told me so."—Literary Gazette. SIR C. M'CARTIIY-TIIE ASIJANTEES —Amongst Mr. Holman's recollections of the Ashan tee war, we find the following remarkable statement 66 HEAD OF A WARRIOR Soon after the battle some of the Annamaboe people brought several heads of Ashantees whom they had slain to Capt. Hutchin son, as a proof of their personal courage and indivi dual prowess. Some of these heads were recognised by Captain Hutchinson as belonging to natives who had been known to him. Amongst the spoils one head was found by the Aquapim chief, which excited curiosity, by the care with which it was enclosed in wrappers, and Captain Hutchinson desired that the covering should be removed. On taking off the first wrapper, they found the second to be a fine parch ment, inscribed with Arabic characters ; beneath this was a final envelope of a tiger's skin, the well known emblem of royalty among the Ashantees. The evident pains which had been taken in the pre servation of this head satisfied all the by-standers that it was the head of Sir Charles M'Carthy, to which it was generally understood regal honours had been paid by the natives. The gratification which this discovery gave to our countrymen may be easily conceived, and they lost no time in sending the head to England, together with the first account of the battle of Dodowah. The head, however, had scarcely been forwarded to its destination, when some prisoners who had been taken in the action made the disagreeable disclosure that the head belonged not to Sir Charles M'Carthy, but to the late King, Osay Tootoo Quamina, and that it had been taken into the battle in conformity with the prevailing usage of the people. The effects of this information, though pain ful, were ludicrous enough. The head of the Ashantee King had found its way to England as an incredited relique of the lamented Sir Charles M'Carthy, and was the first remains of an Ashantee that had ever, per haps, received the solemn rite of Christian burial ; while, on the other hand, the head of Sir Charles M`Carthy had been deposited with all the rude pomp of their heathen ceremonies in a Pagan cemetery. However disappointed the friends and countrymen of Sir Charles M'Carthy must feel at the discovery of this strange interchange of reliques, the Ashantees are still more mortified at a circumstance which has robbed their royal catacombs of one of its members, and broken the line of death's heads by which the chronology of the throne is perpetuated." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 5. Lord KENYON presented a petition from a place in the county of Stafford, complaining of the working of the New Beer Act. He would take that opportunity of sta ting, that the committee then sitting upon that act, ab stained from making any report until they knew the result of the bill, upon the same subject, now before the other house of Parliament. The Earl of DURHAM presented a petition from a pa rish in Durham, complaining of the fines paid to the dean and chapter, on the renewal of leases, and praying that a clause might be introduced into any church reform bill, limiting such fines to one year's rent; also one from the occupiers of land in East Kent, complaining . of the burdens they were now bound to bear, and stating that while wheat was selling at 100 s., they did not much feel them, but now, when it brought little more ,than 505., they were unbearable, and, therefore, it was that they prayed for a commutation of tithes. Also one from Cockermouth, praying for church reform; one from Durham, praying for a repeal of the export duty on coals ; and one from Hull, complaining of the sixpence a month which seamen were obliged to pay to wards the maintenance of Greenwich Hospital. Petitions from various congregations of - dissenters were presented by Lords Mour.EY and BA LTIMORE. Petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath were presented by the Bishops of Lorinow and GLOIXESTE E. , The Earl of ROSEBERRY presented numerously signed petition s from the county of Fife, praying_ for the abolition of the present system of church patronage. Lord STRADBROKE presented a petition from the occupiers of land near Stradbroke, complaining of agri cultural distress, and praying for a repeal of the malt tax. Earl FIT ZWILLIAM presented a petition from the hand-loom weavers of Lancashire, praying for the est a blishment of a Board of Trade ; one for a disunion of the church and state, and a number from dissenters, praying for a redress of the grievances under which they laboured. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from Raphoe, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath Day, and that that house would address his Majesty to put an end to all cabinet dinners and cabinet councils on that day, and praying that he might order the Park-gates to be kept shut on the Sunday. In the latter prayer of the petition he could not agree, :for he considered that such a measure would be most prejudicial to the inhabitants of London. Though he saw no great fault in the holding of cabinet councils, he thought that, for the sake of example, it would b e we ll to see how far they could be dispensed with. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not allow the pe tition to be presented without making a few observations. Never within his recollection had there been less breaches of the Sabbath than at the present time. He recollected 2.5 years ago, when he had occasion to attend his cham bers on Sunday, and there were very few men connected with the law who had not been placed in a like situation, witnessing that desecration of the Sabbath at which even he was per fectly shocked. But, at the present time, he knew of no country (and he had been in a great many) in which the Sabbath was so well kept as this, with the exception of Scotland. With respect to the holding of Cabinet dinners, of which the petitioners complained, no men were ever under greater mistakes than were the petitioners when they asserted that cabinet dinners were held on Sun days. He had never heard of such a thing, nor did he be lieve it ever took place. (Hear, hear.) That cabinets were sometimes held on a Sunday he would not attempt to deny ; and he could not see how it was possible to avoid the adoption of such a course. Despatches came in on a Saturday night or on a Sunday morning, and it was not. to be supposed that any one minister would take upon himself the responsibility of returning answers to those despatches without consulting his colleagues. It was a work of necessity, and as long as public business was public business it would be necessary. (Hear, hear.) He (the Lord Chancellor) recollected an instance where the father of the present Vice-Chancellor having to attend a consultation on a Sunday, was accused of so doing, and he instantly stated that an ass of his acquaint ance had fallen into a pit (A laugh), and according to the Scripture he was going for the purpose of endeavouring to get him out. (A laugh.) He (the Lord Chancellor) ' thought that any measure of the sort contemplated by the petitioners ought to be watched with the greatest vigilance, and otieht not - to , be ii.,roduced unless it was most judiciously and temperately framed. (Hear.) Unless it was looked to with a most scrutinizing eye it would do more harm than good to the object it had in view, and would render the Sabbath, instead of being a day of rest and happiness to the poor man, one of the greatest misery and wretchedness. The Bishop of LONDON was not prepared to dispute the position laid down by the noble and learned lord on the woolsack that the Sabbath was much better observed than it was some years ago, but still it must be apparent to every thinking mind that there was a large class exposed peculiarly to temptation. In the parish of Lambeth alone the prostitution of the Sabbath was most frightful and disgraceful. With respect to Cabinet Councils being held on Sundays, he would not enter upon that subject, 1 't as to consultations held on a Sunday by the hon. members of the law, he could not but say that it had given him great concern to hear that subject treated as it had been by the noble lord. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Rush ton, in Northamptonshire, praying for a labour rate, the prayer of which he entirely dissented from ; and fromWin chilsea, in the west riding of York, against the Beer Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. H. LAMBTON and others brought up the Durham Railway Bill. Several other private bills were brought up. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the dis senters of Warwick, praying for relief. The Bishop of EXETER moved that there be laid be fore the house copies of certain portions of the statutes and rules regulating the university of Cambridge. KING OF OUDE. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said their lordships were aware, from the correspondence now lying on their table, that on the 31st of January last the Attorney-General moved in the Court of King's Bench, for a Mandamus to compel the Directors of the East India Company to trans mit to India a letter prepared by the Board of Control, di recting that the Government of India should use itsutmost efforts to induce the King of Oude to pay a sum of money originally secured by means of a bond of 40,0001. to cer tain natives of the country. A few days ago the rule for that Mandamus had been discharged on the application of the Attorney-General. Under these circumstances he should have abstained from drawing their lordships' atten tion to the subject if he had understood that the object of that letter had been altogether abandoned, as well as the letter itself withdrawn. He should think it not proper to press fora censure when there was an admission of error, and further, knowing how important it was for effectuating the objects of the Government by which the affairs of India were directed, that the differences between the Board of Control and the Directors should not be unduly made the subject of public discussion, he should have abstained from drawing their lordships' attention to them ; but understanding, as he did, the explanations that felt from the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, taken in conjunction with the papers upon the table, he saw that other measures were now under consideration by which the object of this letter would be equally attained, and thinking, as he did, that these mea sures, if correctly understood, were full of danger to the Government of India, and injurious to its character, he could not but feel bound to attract the attention of their lordships to the subject. There was upon the table of their house, in an appendix to the report of the committee of,the House of Commons upon the affairs of India, a mi nute dated January 30, 1831, in which the Governor- General stated in strong terms his opinion of the conduct of the King of Oude, and the system of misgovernment for a long time pursued by him. Attached to that minute was a report of Mr. Maddock, that the country of the Ki n g of Oude never was in a state of greater disorder— and not more than two-thirds of the revenue could be col lected, and that these were inadequate to the expenses. When the President of the Board of Control commenced his correspondence with the directors, he must have seen that minute and that report. He must, therefore have known that it was inexpedient to press any private claims, so as to introduce anything that could interfere with nego tiations already so arduous. Upon a former and similar occasion Lord Wellesley had written a letter upon the sub ject of the King of Oude's affairs, and Mr. Grant might have drawn from the statesman-like reasons of that letter the grounds for not pressing this matter upon the King of Oude. He was satisfied that government had no intention of assuming to itself the right to control the affairs of the Rajah. But let the British Government take care how they interfere. If they are to interfere, let them take care that they be not guilty . of cupidity and extortion. (Hear, 'hear.) If the name of a European stands first to take money from that impoverished country, it would be dis graceful to the character of England. You do that which no former government ever ventured to do. There never was a question of greater importance than that involved in assuming the government of that part of India. If you do interfere, he (Lord Ellenborough) must repeat, that it is essential that it does appear that this interference does o riginate in purely disinterested motives, and that not even the shadow of suspicion attaches to those motives. (Hear. ) They had been told that a new era had, since the passing of the Itt form Bill, dawned on India : but if the course contemplated in this case should be persevered in, he must entertain a very different opinion. He (Lord Ellenborough) -/ /72 had told their lordships of the great injustice—nay, he could add, great crime now under contemplation. But he yet trusted it would not be pursued ; but that the course which government adopted would be such as wouldtend to preserve the integrity , of the British empire in the East. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, with respect to the papers, for the production of which the noble baroh moved, he would at once say, that he would have no objection to produce them, except it should be found in any instance that the production of one or more of those papers•would be inconvenient to the public service. The correspondence on the subject which the noble baron had brought under the consideration of their lordships was very voluminous, and as his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control had not yet had time to examine it with sufficient care to enable him to decide as to whether or not there might not be some of the papers which it might be incon venient to the public service to produce, he could not un dertake that every paper should be laid before their lord ships; but all others should be at once produced. The noble baron appeared to be pursuing a very extraordinary course in the line of conduct he had adopted on this occa sion. He blamed his (Lord Brougham's) right hon. friend, the President of the Board of Trade, for not doing that which he admited it would have been criminal to do - . The sketch which the noble, baron had been at such great pains to draw was far more unlike the original than any man, animal, or tree, painted on a sign board he (Lord B. ) ever saw was to the originals they, were intended to repre sent. , (Laughter.) But even supposing the picture to be like ; even supposirg his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control had deserved all the censure which the noble baron had cast upon him, still the course which he had adopted was an extraordinary one. No hu man being ought to be treated in this way ; much less a minister, and still less a minister intrusted with the ma nagement of Indian affairs. He believed that his (the Lord Chancellor's) standard of morals was as high as that of the noble baron, and he thought the noble baron might agree with him in this, that though it was wrong to enter tain an improper or unjust design, no man ought to be cen sured for abandoning it. The noble and learned lord then went on, at some length, to reply to the remarks of the noble baron. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that there never was an instance before this of the state interfering, under any circumstances, to enforce the claims of individuals, excepting one. The exception was at the peace with France in 1814, and that was in consequence of the treaty of Amiens, and he defied them to point out another instance. Whatever might be said by the noble and learned baron, Mr. Grant had used strong words. He said that it was incumbent on them to use their utmost efforts from the circumstances in Which they were placed; and how was this taken by the court of directors? They said in their despatch to the governor, " That the claim was to be made good either by intimidation or force." (Hear, hear.) This was the meaning which they attached to the words of the right hon. gentleman. He begged to refer to the papers on their lordships' table, and they would bear him out in his remarks. He saw in them nothing approaching to presumptive evidence of the facts stated. The opinions of Lords Wellesley, Teignmouth, and Cornwallis had been quoted. As to Lord Wellesley, no one could entertain a higher opinion of that nobleman's judgment and talents than he did (Hear, hear, hear) ; but still ho would dismiss all such feelings from his mind, and treat the subject, as he had before stated, upon its own merits—its own merits alone. Lord Wellesley had only followed the footsteps of Lord Teignmouth. By the treaty which had been made, the territories of the Nabob were to be ceded, provided the company consented to pay all his debts. The Nabob, in reply to the proposition made him, wished to have an article inserted in the treaty, which would have relieved him from all his debts. Lord Wellesley justly replied, that under the guardianship of the . English name, he (the Nabob) wished to cancel all his engagements. Matters, however, pro ceeded. The treaty was concluded, without a single men tion of their debts, (Hear) and the Governor-General, in his despatch, which he (the Duke of Wellington) would then read, had inferred, nay, confidently anticipated, there would be no further debating of the question. (Hear.) He was, however, glad it had been brought forward that night, for one reason, because no just hopes could be held out, after that discussion, that the claims could be enforced. Lord PLUNKET was aware of his incompetence ae any noble lord who heard him, and would not have taken a part in the discussion but for its having before been brought before the house. In 1822 he had the honour of a seat in the other house : the present case was then brought forward, and he felt it his duty to look into the claims made by the Calcutta bankers. Every circumstance that had since come to his knowledge confirmed him in the opinion he had then formed—that the bankers in question had justice on their side, and that the burden lay with the British Government to pay the Nabob of Oude's debts. The present, motion was for the production of papers, and then it was not right to infer what were the contents of those papers. He should wish to be understood as intending to say nothing on the subject, only as it bore upon the case of his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control. The noble duke had said that his charge against that right hon. gentleman was, not that he had proceeded to exact those claims, but that he had been desirous to do so by violence. There was nothing in the despatch to warrant such an assumption. The mo tion had then only for its object the fixing an odium on the President of the Board of Control, in consequence of ex pressions which, taken from the context, might bear amean mg different from the original intention. The noble and learned lord next proceeded to enter into a history of the case. The European creditors had been paid the full amount of their demands, but the Indian creditors were denied ,their just equivalent. The Calcutta bankers, re lying on their station as British subjects, justly scorned a compromise, and rested upon their original rights. The Nabob had had a curious manner of settling his accounts. He declared that only so much had been advanced, and preceeded to pay only to such amount. He (Lord Plun ket) did not wish to be understood to speak disrespect fully of the directors, but he could not help observing that in the case then before their lordships they had not acted with due respect and regard to the solemn duties im posed upon them. Under all the circumstances of the case, he thought a fair and strong claim had been made out against the British government in India, and that the subject ought to be renewed. Sir Samuel Romilly, Sir James Macintosh, Lord Lyndhurst--indeed some of the best and the wisest men, had declared the claims to be just, and that they ought to be admitted, and to their opinion he must beg respectfully to add his own. Lord ELLENBOROUGH replied. The motion for the production of the papers, " so far as may be consistent with the interests of the public service," was then agreed to, and the house adjourned till half-past three (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 5. The SPEAKER took the chair at a little after five o'clock A petition was presented by Mr. YOUNG ' from Cavan, for a better observance of the Sabbath ; and one from the county Dublin, by Mr. BucKticomA3t, against any legis lation for the better observing of the Lord's Day. The latter hon. member also presented a petition against the extension of summary power to magistrates in the admi nistration of justice. Mr. E. TENNANT presented, a petition in favour of the Belbridge Road Bill. On the motion of Mr. RIPPON, the Alyddleton (county Durham) Enclosure Bill was read a third time. Petitions were presented by Lord GRENVILLE SOMER SET, relative to the Great Western Railway ; by Air. HuME, from Dissenters, on the subject of their civil disa bilities ; and one to the same effect by Colonel CAVEN DISH, from Brookside, Derby. 0 1 ,. ! , ( 1 ) ). t e v i es h -e i h )f a o ve fol t lo h l is ~ h a i d: o •a r n ig ta i ngael, inclina tion, ci a in a t:en, in consuming as little of the time of the house es ;night be essential to the well-understanding of the question ; anA, notwithstanding it had been their fortune, recently (whether good or ill fortune), to hear that illustration of oratory, by which it had been laid down that a good speech coold not be comprised within less than six hours, he should encounter the charge of being deficient its that respect, by confining himself to one-twelfth of,that time. Upon a motion which was likely to give rise to Nmsiderable diversity of opinion, it was pleasing to commence his observations by an acknowledgment of courtesy, because, although the motion of which he had given notice was not the most palatable, yet no attempt had been made on the part of the Government to interrupt it,' but every facility had been given to its consideration, and that too at a time when the state of the public business, and the mode of dealing Stith it, would have supplied many methods for deferring or opposing the motion. It was a curious and a gratifying coincidence that that motion came under consideration upon the same evening when, upon the orders of the day, stood far consideration the question of the poor laws of l,r. i - , land; because he could not help thinking that with the principle and objects of that bill was mixed up very mtich of the design of his (Mr. Harvey's) motions It would be very palatable to the poor of England to find that if they were to be the subject of regulations, and' that if no man was to receive an allowanze unless b gave ail eqtivalent for it, the same principle would be extended to the higher classes of our society (Hear, hear), and that we should have no paupers upon our o pensi pension list, substantial merit, who had Wert earned b actually rendered. (Loud cheers.) It migh t be fittin g for servicesthe i r w h ichallowancesthey hadhsome the due understanding of this subject, that he should read to the holse the motion he meant to trouble it with ; and that was the more desirable; because he liafl hears that he *as to encounter an amendment to his Mo- - tion. If that were so, he could not help obs6rvinh that it would have been the shortest and most e conon!%al . way of going to work, and of arriving at a conclu sion, him and for the house to have been favonred with the - nature of that amendment. It would. be singular if' he was to be expected to encounter a debate which he had not heard, or a resolution which he had not seen. At this mo ment he was to recrardit. as a matter of doubt whether he was addressing a deliberative assembly; because, if he could put confidence in what he had seen in the papers, and in what he had heard from other quarters,' this matter had already been settled in the parliament in D o wning-street (ileac, hear, and laughter) ; it had there been settled that whatever might be the course of the lead to rems7ks made in that house—in whatever way the motion might. „l'e supported, all were to avail nothing, because the fate of thisi. -I°tim was determined upon, notwithstanding that fate might-. a catastrophe which it was impossible to contempL' lu without sensations of the deepest alarm. (Hear, hear. ) These fen ings were excited by an individual itho had shown his motion to no human being, who was ignorant oif who would be his seconder—if he should be fettunite enough to find one (Hear, hear,. hear),—and stun had no concert with any individual in or out of the }ionic: This, to say the least of it, was a novel mode of subveh: ing an administration. In former times, when the Govern': ment was as jailed, it was by some unceasing motion, binding to no public purpose, and the party had the tact to place the motion in the hands of Seine distinguished individual who might be supposed Id haVd a sort of reversionary interest in its success—in former liMeS they saddled their White Surrey for the field. (A lane. ) t If he (Mr. H.) succeeded, it was not by the power of trick alone—it was by the force of the resolution in which the whole country symrathised; . and if the ministers lost their seats by this, it was because they did not de serve to hold them. He meant then to propose an address to his Majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to direct an inquiry into the consideration of such pensions as were in the list ordered by the House of Commons in August, 1833, with a view that such persons only should remain in the receipt of the public money as had just claims on the Royal beneficence. They were indebted to the present ministers for the exposition of those services which entitled a person to appear upon the pension list. It was desirable to look at that list with a view to inform the house of the number of individuals upon it. He would take the statement as it appeared on the return. He was aware of the death of some, and of the resignation of a few ; without allowing for them, it appeared that there were 1,303 pensioners on receipt of the public money. Of this number there were 281 gentlemen, and 1,022 ladies. Of the number of gentlemen, 84 were titled, and of ladies, 124, making a total of 108 titled pensioners. (Hear, hear. ) In the commencement of the present reign, the amount of money received in pensions was 159,1701. ; but when the present Government superseded the last, and when the pension list was brought under the consi deration of the house it was proposed that a specific sum of 144,0001. per annum be appropriated to pensions. He mentioned these details in order to bring the house to the view he took of this matter, and lie referred to recent periods in order to remind the house of the sentiments of his Majesty's government when they. occupied that side of tlie,.ho'.ise fro was speoks..lkie‘aces- -4 f 'Wellington Government, it would be remembered, was overthrown on a motion of the hon. member for Dundee, then member for Queen's County, and supported by many hon. members now on the treasury bench. The noble Chancellor of the Exchequer then made his proposition for reducing the Pension List from 144,000/. to 75,000/. removing the deficiency to the civil list; and this was contended to be a kind of economy that ought to sa tisfy the most scrupulous. Now nothing was farther from his intention than to impair one fraction of that vote of 75,000/. to be granted to his Majesty for the purposes of the pension list. Two great mistakes were committed by those who opposed this address. The oppo sition was grounded on this, that there had been a treaty between the representatives of the people and his Majesty that this 75,0001. should be in the possession Of his Majesty 'beyond the scrutiny and control of that house. (Hear. ) This was a great fallacy, unless it could be proved that this government and parliament were differently situated from those which had preceded them. In the year 1828, when the hon. member for Middlesex made a similar motion on the civil list, it was contended that, during the life of the monarch, that list could not be impaired, yet it was always subject to the control and inspection of that house. The noble noble lord had asserted the right of parliament to watch over the interests of the people. No circumstances had ' since occurred to diminish that right of parliament ; the house were in just the same position in reference to the pension list as ever. It would be perhaps an invidious thing to bring the former opinions of any gentlemen as to mere matters of detail, or in questions of subordinate im portance, up in judgment against them ; but he considered such a course perfectly justifiable where a great principle was involved, as in the present instance; and he thought himself fully entitled to call to the recollection of the pre sent administration the opinions they had expressed on this subject when they formed part of the " Opposition." The question was not to be trifled with, however inconvenient the bringing it forward might be to the parties alluded to. On the occasion referred to, when the hon. member for Middlesex moved for a return of the pension list, similar to the one now moved for, he was met by the then admi nistration with an assumption that any such interference as that proposed would be an infringement upon the pre rogatives of the crown. Whatever objection or odium might be attached, they said, to any of the pensions or pensioners, the deed had been done, and as long as the reigning Monarch continued to live, any interference with the pension list would amount to a violation of a sacred compact. No one then or now proposed to diminish the amount ; all that was contended for then and now was, that no person should, under whatever pretence, receive a pension without the sanction of those to whom the public purse was intrusted. That this principle was one which ought to be observed, no one, certainly no member of a reformed parliament, could venture to deny. The noble lord, at that time not Chancellor of the Exchequer, saidthat although it was not the wish of those who supported the hon. member's (Middlesex) motion, to assail the amount of the pensions, yet that he would contend that the house was entitled to be put in full possession of the application of the pensions, and the names of its recipients ; and he added, that any refusal to communicate such information would only have the effect of inducing a greater degree of suspicion into the minds of the members and the people at large. (Hear, hear.) In 1830, too, when a motion to the same effect was made by the hon. member for Dundee, the noble lord had supported it on the same grounds which he had advanced on the former occasion. The success of this motion led to the resignation of the then ministry, and the entrance into power of the present administration. In what way had these latter made good their former declara tions? In the first budget opened by the noble Chancellor of the Exchequer, his lordship proposed that the total amount of the civil list should be 500,000/., which sum Le distributed into five lists, of which 75,000/. was to be set apart for the permanent pension list fund. The civil list was then referred to a committee, more as a matter of form than any thing else; for no effective inquiry took place, as the noble lord, in giving his opinion that the in quiry as to the receipts would be impolitic, protested e e de stated, n a m n t whenbteye the stated t h e d e p y etrh d iescwohv tentageoe whole e e d a In t l op e uo y nn could o to u hf 1 ed the nf former me a l ee against any scrutiny into that portion of the list. Minis ters found that the house insisted upon the inquiry, which e Pen sion i o: 4oe g i : n e t : ntoooLohefiesnrt:dh.tsew be e m p rio t h ,OO oe Committee,,applicable they to made England, ga n u s d they themselves, when out of power, had so strenuously re commended Scotland,every e u , e b s t y i on making o a ri n h d eu l Ireland; a the noble n s o v b h l i e ch l r s d u m ob , j e li c o te w d -e v t e e r, means in their power to render it inefficacious. The re slrac.tionTehdisinwteasrferaencqinterfere, yet reduced he eo had f paramount r am reduction u nti o m f po 69 r , ta oo n ( c v e . . , as the various pensions should fall, into the Consolidated Fund. It was, however, not so much the amount that was complained of ; what was wanted was, that the house should have the power of revising the list. No one would hesitate at rewarding the deserving, but he protested against indiscriminate extravagance. The present Mini sters, when out of office, had declared their opinion, that no such lists should be agreed to by the house till the opi nion of their constituents had been heard on the subject. The Reports of the Parliament abounded with declarations made by different members that no settlenunt of the list 1 --4/ (i ) it 10E 7 1). ) POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL Mr. WILK S stated that he had received two applica tions, one from a town containing 16,000, and another from one of 13,000 inhabitants, requesting him to seek for the transmission of copies of the Poor Laws' Amendin ent:Bill. The hon. gentleman thought that such copies should be more generally distributed than they were, and moved that one be sent to every town consisting of 1,000 inha bitants. _ _ The SPEAKER informed the hon. member that 2,800 copies of that bill had been sent, and were distri buted, four at every quarter sessions, and one to each se parate district. 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