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~ r . M'd 'l4l''?'-hg-' -71-1......6... ; ~.- ve .,,---_,—..,.._. ...t.w ~,,,:,,1.:2,0,-,_, ;..,!.] .. \1104,_ ~,4...5vz., ,-; -,,f..-.14: . -...i---y-i5u1ii...,,,----,4,,) ‘ v L _ \\,,\, ‘ V - N_. , ' p.F.-X0 '' S' i t e --='-- °i/ woiti, a-• • 11' us , A. 4 ' --,---- k,, . •P,, " 6Nx, -44filuttc 4 4 , -, , , , .. dx `~:..i • NUMBER 10,228. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, Mari is, 1x345. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, fir the Trial °./. Offences contnotted on the High Seas, within the Jurisdic tion of the Admiralty of England, will lie held at Jnstice 401, in the Old Ballet!, London, on Mundao, the 27th day June next, at Eight o' Clock in the Morning. And all Sherifv, Gaolers, and Ai'epers ut Pi•lsons, in 10 / 1 0.1C C? tdolly a 217/ Prisoners, charged with Off,nres cons thitted on the High Seas, or within the said Jurisdiction, Nay be, are hereby required to transmit a cop,/ of the Com- I'Vtinent of every such Prisoner to :11r. Bicknell, the Solicitor 4 1 the .I(imiraity, on Spring Grief/en Terraz P , London, in order that the ne , essary measures- may ke taken, for reninvinK such Prisoners to His Majesty's Gaol ut Sewi,rate, /or Y rial at the said intended ..ession. ,Ind all Hayyrs,J a sti 'oroners, and other Officers, be/ , re whom any E xam i„ a ii ons , or Rerognizanies. MU Is , Ave , e ,en taken touching any such Offences, ar, required to trans -4 the same forthwith to Jr. Thomas •C'helton, the Clerk of j 7 T ai ffici of Ike High Court of 4-/norittor of i !a geu, s ei, a t hi s ffiee, a t t h e Sessions House in the Old B riley, London. J. IF. CROK ER. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL NLALL. HE GALLERY with a SELECTION of PICTURES by LIVING ARTLSTS of the ENGLISH SCHOOL,, is OPEN DAILY, from Tel. iti the Morning until 4 IX in the Evening. Acnis,ion Is.—Catalogue is. ,The Subscribers to the Print from Mr. We't's 'Nome of `- Our Saviour Healing the Sick in the Tefitple," who have ‘:"t already leceirvti their linpuessio , s, may receive them it" payment of the Remainder of their Nubsct iptiotni) at British Institution daily. pitIVAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE, JUNE 22, 18 2 5. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the pi„ s . ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby Aotice that the HA LF-Y RLY DIVIDEND to M id ch!tner next will be payable at their Office on the Royal Ex ti,ge on the 11th of July next, and every Monday, Wed- CmaY, Friday, and Saturday, between the hours of 10 in the renoon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I The C ourt o f di rectors d o a l s o give Notice, that a G E NE. V' COURT of the Corporation will be holden at their t ss f ßee on TUESD Y, the 23th instant, from 12 o'clock in the C - et , oon to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the deteration c ourt ballot of the following proposal, agreed to in them neral 154 rt of this day, - viz.— the slim of 70,028/. 17s. 10d., bJ.ng at the rate of tvul• per cent. upon the capital of the Corporation be taken ~°Ut of the accumulation of the profits and advantages at tending the capital stock of the Corporation, and divided Ittliong the present Proprietors of the said Capital Stock, in N4l7 o portion to th e s um now standing in" their names respec- N, vely in the books of the said Corporation, and that war- L,nts for the same be issued on the 27th day of July next." th iVite C ourt of D irectors d o f urt h er g i ve N ot i ce , t h at i n case kr , t , foregoing proposal for a division of 705,0281. 17s. 10d. 0.7 Prot Proprietors be determined in the affirmative, that 41prietors who do not attend in person to receive the said 111 0 " an of 1001. per cent. may be furnished with the forms of ti, w ets of Attorney, to be executed in favour of the Agents tnay think proper to authorize to receive the same. SAMUEL FENNING, JUN. Sec. Aitunsa STEAM and PATENT NAVI sh GAT lON COMPANY.—Capital 500,0001. i n 5,009 - 1 1 es of 1001. each. tiagis Company has been formed under the immediate sanc i Ci k ittlit patronage of some of the most distinguished Nava Vi e Zteters of Great Britain, viz.— V its - Admiral Sir P. C. DURHAM, K.C.B. Va",,,'‘'l l 44al Sir RICHARD KING, Bart., K.C.B. u lt e e ct a rr . :,, A t b ar2, th_ . e Right Hon. Lord Visct. TORRINGTON. R' W. OTIVAY. Itear.A4:".,l JOHN 'MAITLAND. Rear.iit;!4", JOSEPH BULLEN. --al Sir HENRY HEATHCOTE. tth r . DIRECTORs. Cap Bates, EN T. Barrett, Len nard, Esq. ftt—ri N athaniel . Belchier, Sir John Scott Lille. t , .N. Capt. C. 0. Mayne, H.E.I.C. Cl Ptaill Robert Bruce, R.N. John Stevens, Esq. Captain John Crispo, R.N. Thomas Tredgold, Esq. 4 Main T. Dance, R.N. B. Thornton, E *tirrt, Esq. Captain R. W. Wales, R.N. Edward Walpole, Esq. 4141,2 Messrs. Drummonds, Charing-cross; and Messrs. Veres, 77, Lombard-street. Shipbuilders—Messrs. Brindley, of Rochester. Ti t' hp,'advantages resulting from the use of steam-vessels are t t ,,,".„ 11 :01y established to require comment ; it is, however, uni t/1,4'4Y admitted that the vessels and machinery hitherto r'cled are not adapted to distant voyages or tempestuous Nth, T. ' 041- obviate the admitted defects in steam navigation, the ktq,ghts.and models of several patents of great merit in naval iii,itetture and machinery have been investigated by gentle tati::4 science and nautical experience, to whom it has been 14 Z ct orily demonstrated, that by th e com bi ne d a id o f the IN t3 , selected and the employm e nt o f p ro p e lli ng eng i nes on %IN; t Principles, it is confidently anticipated that vessels coin % penefits so superior will make the passage from London I tind %tta by the Cane of Good Hope, (in despite of contrary „, 4 4tli el ‘od currents) in 60 days, and to the ports of the West colt and America in a proportionate tint.; ; and that the t ri4 l l will, with such important advantages, divide a very s ~dannual profit, the comparative riskl being small, tot,d7e's guarded against by the property being ensured in 4 PPIi to3t cations for Shares to be made to the Bankers b . y letters, h eat e f, 4l „,d, addressed to the Directors of the Bsh Steam . and l'emk "avigation Company. Prospectuses may be had ot.the 4204,442 ! IN STERLING MONEY. q, 64 PIPES of WINE, GRATIS ! L ARAOLL thankfully acknowleilge,, the Patronage he has experienced and cannot : bu! regret Thl/4•Zsolution of Patliament to terminate Lotteries for ever l'tiz'Pletne now, submitted not only contains Four Grand 114, 44 Of Twenty Thousand Guineas each, with the usual 41. 4 e 1 .;9 1. other Prizes, and No Blanks, but there are Four ~iz. si t'zo, independent of the amount paid by , Goverrynen , ,` - '4e Tt t Y - four Pipes of Wine, attached to the . 1 , our Prizes of ; 4 ,4 P„,9"and Guineas, being Sixteen Pipes in addition to 6'.e , Md. for Sh ' ares in proportion. The Wine to . be ' 4 ll C 'PM the Stock oi any Wine Merchant in the King- fortunate Holders themselves. i 4101E ---ALL MONEY.—NO BLANKS. 1 .'•"f • • • • £2l,otio Money R •• ..... . .... 21,026 Money 42,050 4 • • ........ 2,050 Money 4 ''• ........ 1,050 Money ... 4,200 h "• • .......... 514 Mon e y i t ••• • .......... 213 Money 100 Money 4 1 '• •• . ' ....... 51 Money • 1,020 No' •• •• .. ...... ii Money " ""th RLANK'i. as each of th e a b ove , an d ' er ' 1, ,,.. Ue Y, being Number ' will have X 5 flu- 105,000 ;:,*, ~i . - - - I v , • 4t4her5.......-r,„ "rickets of each Number. £.20.1,442 ". tri ev ery All in One Day 15th JULY • '‘ bi e w i lielt!t wil l be decided, and every ' Numbe . r a Priz o e f. . A \v,. "! Prizes are in addition to the grand aura I I "(del% k 4204,442 Money. A (1 4(1 cet . 1000 Guineas . and -16 Pipes of Wine Ati t Prter ' - 600 Guineas - and - 8 Pipes of Wine A sr'ghth • 250 Guineas - and - 4 Pipes of W ine . Ti, k t tetnth - 1 25 Guineas - and - 2 Pipes of Wine 'lce ` 4 es 62J , Gain and - 1 Pipe of Wine :kil3' ISJ ( 4(1 Shares 'ire nor on Sale at CARROLL'S Of_ Ao ' "'c'rrthill • la 4 ; lel • '. 7, Charing Cross; and 26, Oxford-street, 44 G-tt' e ,. (J t and ' " ll l 3 }, p sold in Four Month . s, Four Pr iz ess of Celau ) ,,draw n o tately, Four Prizes of 130,000 ; and i t o th_e I N f ' 1 ) a .zuesdaY, Dap 31, CARROLL sold No. d 446, ''ve Qth tt 'i e ' " 41 0 000 • N 6516 a Prize of £llO5, Capitals. ' '' o. ' EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a Quarter Special General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held at the Company's House, Leaden hall-street—At twelve &Clock CAMPBELL. MARJORIBANES, Esq., took the Chair. The Minutes of the proceedings of the last Court were read—when a suinmary of the Company's Ac counts for Superannuations, Pensions, and Allowances to Of ficers was read by the Secretary. EAST INDIA STOCK DIVIDEND. The CHAIRMAN moved that the Dividend upon East India Stock, for the period of six months, from the sth of January to the sth of July, 1825, be declared to be at the rate of five and a quarter per cent. Mr. S. Dtxoii wished to to take that opportunity of Inquir ing of the Chairman whether it had not hitherto been the custom, in the event of a war arising in india, to communicate that cir. cumstance to the Court of Proprietors in an authentic and of. ficial manner from the Court of Directors ? He, in common with other Hon. Proprietors, was aware of a war having arisen in India, but they had derived their information not from the Court, of Directors, who had been silent upon the subject, but through the.mediuna of the Newspapers. What he wished to know was, why they had not been informed of the fact and of the causes of the war, through what he imagined to be the or dinary channel for such communications? The CHAIRMAN said, it was not in his recollection that it had been the practice of the Court of Directors to communicate the commencement of a war in India to the Proprietors, and he believed he was correct in his statement of the custom hitherto adopted. Mr. S DIXON asked for nothing which was not usual and customary ; and as the Hon. Gentleman had stated the prac tice to be the contrary of what he (Mr. Dixon) had imagined. it only remained for him to concur in what had fallen from the Hon. Chairman. The motion was then agreed to. COMMITTEE OF BYE-LAWS. - - The Report of the Committee of Bye-Laws was then read. It stated, that on inquiry the Committee found that the Bye laws of the Company had been duly observed and executed dur ing the last year. The names of the Committee of 15 on the bye-laws, as chosen last year, were then read. The CHAIRMAN moved the re-appointment of the Com mittee. _ _ The names were then severally read over, and the Committee re-appointed. SALARIES TO JUDGES IN INDIA, &c. The CHAIRMAN said, he had to acquaint the Court, since the draft of the Bill for regulating the salaries of Judges in India, and of the Bishop of Calcutta, had been sub mitted to the Court certain amendments had been agreed to in Parliament, the name of which would be fully explained to the Proprietors by the correspondence between the President of the Board of Controul and their Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The correspondence Was then read ; and consisted of a letter from Mr. Wynn, dated the 17th May, stating, that certain amendments had been suggested in the House of Commons, the first of which was to increase the salaries of Chief Justices from 58,000 to 60,000 rupees, and of Puisne Judges from 48,080 to 60,000 rupees. The second amendment was to ex tend the allowance of one year's salary proposed to be made to the widows, &c. &c. of Judges dying within one year after their arrival in India, to the families of such Judges as should die in the course of their voyage thither. The third suggestion was to give one-half the retired pension to which Judge became entitled after ten years' service, to such legal functionaries as should be compelled by ill health to retire at the expiration of five years, and two-thirds of the .same allowance to those re tiring from the same cause after a period of seven years. By a letter of the Deputy Chairman, dated the 19th May, in answer to the foregoing, it appeared that the Directors concurred in the first and second amendments, under some modifications, but declined sanctioning the arrangement relative to the retired al lowanses. Mr. Wymes reply of the 24th ult. was then read ; and the Chairman's letter of the 26th May in answer thereto. Mr. °ABADAN said, he had at the last Court of Proprietors found himself called upon to object to the draft of the Bill now returned to them in its amended state : he saw no reason to withdraw his opposition on the present occasion. It was singular enough that the Honourable Chairman himself seemed ashamed to recite the objectionable part of the Bill, that relative to the transportation of felons. He had denominated it a Bill to pro vide for the payment of Judges and Bishops in India, leaving out what was the disgusting portion of the Bill, particularly as coupled with a provision for Judges and Bishops : he meant that part of it which referred to the transportation of felons. There existed a very blameable degree of apathy with regard to India and Indian affairs, in and out of Parliament. If any proof of the carelessness and neglect with which those ienportant subjects were treated was necessary, it would be found in the present Act, which went at once to make provision for the sup port of Christian Bishops, and the transportation of felons.— (Hear !)—He could not but characterise such a proceeding as this as a shameful and discreditable jumble ; and were the Bill, in its present disgraceful state, to pass into a law, he trusted the time was not very far distant when it would meet the revi sion it required. Mr. LOWNDES agreed with the Hon. Proprietor who bad just sat down, that there was a very great degree of indelicacy in coupling together pious Prelates and persons con victed of larceny in the same Act of Parliament.—(A laugh.)—This was, in more ways than one, a free-thinking age ; and perhaps such a proceeding might have the effect of undermining the Bishops.—(A laugh.)—With regard to the salaries and retired allowances intended to be allotted to the Judges, it struck him it would be much better if every servant of the Company—(and the Judges were equally their servants as artisans and mechanics) were compelled to provide a provision for himself, by deducting a proper sum out of the amount of his salary annually. He should prefer such a mode of making provision for the period of retirement, to any specific retired annuity or allowance, more particularly at a period when the Company had been increasing the amount of its debt to such a great and unexpected degree. He had been in the country, and not at all apprehensive of its so sudden increase, or he should have taken a post-chaise instantly, and come up to oppose in—(Lourl laughter.)--There was a specific bye-law of the Company to prevent any of its servants from supplying the enemy with arms, but that law had been virtually broken, by permitting British subjects to place money, which was ano ther name for arms, in the hands of the native Princes. It was highly improper that the bye-law should be permitted to be brokers for the purpose of allowing certain individuals to lend money, at such a rate of interest as should gratify their avarice, and could not but be extremely dangerous in its consequences. He had never said in private what he was not prepared to avow in public.—(A laugh.)—With regard to the Judges, he re peated they ought to adopt such a plan as he had suggested, and which would compel them to save from their salaries a suf ficient provision'; but if they were not able to save enough out of their present salaries, he should feel no objection to increase its amount, because the Company should be always liberal to a body of men, who constituted what be would call the Police Officers of India.—(Hear ! and immense laughter.)— Yes, the Judges kept affairs in order. and enabled the Company to manage with a peace army, instead of keeping up a war army. —(Loud laughter.) Mr. H LIME agreed with the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Gahagan), who had complained of the degree of apathy manifested upon Indian affairs in the House of Commons. It was an apathy almost universally prevalent among Members of Parliament, with one or two exceptions, and could not fail, if persevered in, to produce the most disastrous effects. He sincerely wished British privileges to be, as tar as was practicable, extended to India, and that the advantages of the Airy system which had been experienced in Ceylon, were felt in our Indian possessions. An Hon. Propietor had on a former occasion informed them that there existed no public in India; but he (Mr. Hume) was not disposed to agree with him in that opinion. He must al ways deprecate the measures that had been adopted in that country for the suppression of a free press, and would conclude by entreating the Court to direct a little more of its attention to the state of their Indian possessions. Mr. TitmeT concurred in what had been stated with respect to the inconvenience arising from mixing up matters so little connected as were the several provisions of the Bill submitted to the consideration of the Court. It was a most strange and anomalous proceeding—a sort of ornnjunt gatherent Act of Par liament.—(A laugh.)—With respect to the alteration of the prac tice at present prevalent, as it related to juries in India, he thought it highly desirable it should be adopted. Juries, as at present constituted in that quarter of the world, were extremely inefficient, and the jurors frequently selected from the very lowest class of Europeans. The CHAIRMAN here, in answer to a question, stated that the Bill, as amended, was only submitted to the Court of Pro prietors for their information, and not for the purpose of re ceiving their approbation. Mr. Home thought it necessary, previous to the third read. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1825. ing of the Bill, which took place to-night in the House of Com mons, that it should receive the approbation of the Quarterly General Court of Proprietors. The CitAl rtmAis - said that was not necessary in the present stage, pursuant to the by-law. Mr. LOW NOES was desirous of offering a few observations to the consideration of the Court ,- and lie would begin by ob serving, that knowl e d ge , not wealth, constituted the true dis tinction and difference between men.--;A laugh.) Mr. S. DIXON was sorry to interrupt the Hon. Proprietor. He would feel happy to hear his observations, if they bore upon tit,: question, but recommended him to confine himself more closely to the subject before the Court.—(Hear, hear ! and a Lush. Mr. LOWNDES thought it hard to be interrupted in this minuet. He had been accused of inconsistency, but he was prepared to say again what he had said before—that it was necessary to keep the press in India within proper bounds. It was u;; possible to put it on the *tune footing as the press in Englaud. Thee might as well carry the freedom of the press to the West Indies as to India : the consequence would be, we should be deprived of our Indian possessioto4_and withsegard -so the West Indies, if the freetioni of the 'press were extended to it, the consequence would be, we should not have a slave at work in any of our Colonies in six months. Mr. HUME—The freedom of the Press is extended to our West Indian Colonies. Mr. LowNDEs—Not to all the Colonies, or in the same de gree as in England. Mr. HumE—Yes. Mr. DARBY thought the Directors had paid every possible attention to the Company's affairs, and that there existed no deficiency in any department. Sir C. FORBES thought it hard and unjust that a Bishop should receive a lower salary than the lowest of the paiswe judges, and did not see why he should be worse situated than any other of the Company's functionaries. He deprecated the apathy that at present existed in and out of Parliament on In dian affairs, and would take the opportunity of the question of adjournment to direct the attention of the Court to what he conceived a most important subject, as connected with Indian affairs. The Hon. Member proceeded to make some observa tions on the subjects of Sincapore, and transportation from St. Helena, when Mr. S. DixoN said the Honourable Baronet had better re serve his observations on Sincapore, Prince of Wales' Island, and Ceylon, for the House of Parliament, of which he was so Honourable a Member. Such subjects, together with the transportation of offenders, might, perhaps, meet more atten tion in that place. He wished to ask the Honourable Chair man whether a Judge was entitled to half his income after a service of five years under the new Act, if he chose to retire at the end of that period ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes ; on a medical certificate of bad health being obtained. Mr. S. DixoN was glad to hear of that provision, which he thought a necessary one. He believed a Judge under the same Bill was entitled, after seven years service, to two-thirds of his salary. Mr. GAHAGAN—Two-thirds of his retired pension. The CHAIRMAN—Yes. SIR C. METCALF. General THORNTON wished to draw the attention of the • Court to a subject which had not received the attention it de- ' served ; he meant the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf. If the griev ance complained of, and the improper treatment said to have been experienced by some of the native Princes, were permitted to continue unredressed, the worst consequences, were to be ap prehended to the British influence in India. Thesubject com plained of, and on which he intended to ground his motion, was the withholding of certain dispatches sent to Sir C. Maitland by a Native Prince, complaining orthe conduct of the Company's Resident, anti intended to be forwarded to the seat of the Su preme Government. It *as to have been desired that the Court had taken measures to prevent the existence of such grievances. In the present instance, but for the exertions of the mer cantile house of Palmer and Co., which was in the service of the Nizam, and communicated the circumstance to the Supreme Government, it was possible it would never have been known. In consequence of its interference on that occasion the House had been ruined, and in a most extraordinary manner. He understood a Bill was about to be brought into the House of Lords on the subject on the subject by a Noble Marquis (the marquis of Hastings), and he was - glad of it ; for although he was not aware of the nature of the Noble Lord's Bill, be trusted it might prevent the occurrence of similar circumstances in future. It was true many oppressive circumstances had been either entirely done away with, or materially checked; hut in this case Sir C. Metcalf' had acted in direct defiance of his in structions, and in a manner the most unwarrantable. One 'of the last acts of the Government of the Marquis of Hastings in India, was to appoint Colonel Bryan First Assistant to Sir C. Metcalf, thereby endeavouring to place a check upon hie con duct but that check was soon got rid of. He should have been extremely glad if the Court of Dir._ ctors had taken the steps that should have been adopted, to chew the world that no inter ruption would be permitted to interfere With the progress of the complaints of the Native Princes, whether well or ill founded, to the seat of Government in India. He would con-, elude by moving, that as it appeared from the Hyderhad Papers that the Rajah had transmitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett, the Assistant of Sir C. Metcalf, the Company's Resident, cer tain documents, containing complaints against Sir C. Metcalf, and intended to be forwarded to the Supreme Government, and farther, that the Supreme Government had not received these papers, but had been kept in ignorance of their existence till they were afterwards transmitted through another channel, it was desirable to make a regulation to prevent in future the suppression or interruption of complaints front the Native Princes to the Supreme Government, in order that if just the grievances might be redressed, or if unjust they might be in quired-into and explained. Mr. LowarDE9—What were the grievances ? The Cuarnara sr said, it would be better to permit the mu-- tion to be seconded before discussing it further. . On the motion being put and seconded, Mr. LOWN DES, when he considered the connexion between this and the Hyderabad question, he wished the nature of the charges to be ascertained and explained. For his part he did not know what they were. What might appear to other Hon. Proprietors exceedingly important, might seem to him too trivial for grave discussion. He considered the Hyderabad question as the most important one .that had come before the Court in the twenty-seven years that he had been connected with it as a Proprietor; and if due attention were not paid to it, they would not be meeting there ten years hence to discuss the affairs of India, for they would have no territories in India. He meant to move as a future opportunity a Resolution on the subject, and in regard to the agreement between the East India Company and the Nizam —an agreement which, how ever, it might bind the present Potentate, could h eae no such effect upon his successor. When the present Nizam died, his successor might say, " You have matte at, agreement with my predecessor, not with ine—and ther?en e will not agree to the b a r ga in about the 70,000/. a year. 7 'Could not the Native Prince then bring into the held an army against the Company, and, what was more, he could rouse the other Native Princes, and excite a war of opinion against then,, H e ( n ea p. proved of a free press—it was not applicable to the situation of India ; but he was desirous the inhabitants should be treated with all humanity, and like the celebrated Sir William Jones, he would in a ll cases rat h er l ea n to the Natives than otherwi se . Though it seem e d h e h a d got into a scrape with the West In dies and a Free Press-0 laugh,)—he asked Hon. Proprietors to observe the effects of a Free Press upon those - Colonie s during the last two or three years. In a word, although he was always a liberal man, and a great patriot (loud laughter),—h e h e ld the freedom of the Press to be highly dangerous to India.—(A laugh.) Sir J. Do Yr..}: called the Hon. Proprietor to order. lie re_ quested, if he felt di s p ose d to a dd res s the Court, that he would confine himself to th e su bj ec t b e for e them. The lion. Pro prietor appeared t o b e a l ternate l y i n the clouds and o n t erra firma ; hut, if he wo u ld . perm i t hi m , he (Sir J:Doyle) wou ld feel happy by and bye to give the H on ourable Prop r i etor t h e information he app ea r e d to‘desire. Mr. Low . );nrs did not sykli to branch out — (a laugh)—on reasonably from the subject before the Court; and if Ir e appear ed disposed to do so on the subject of the liberty of the press, he only followed the example set him by other Hon. Proprie tors, which he should do, notwithstanding the objections of the Hon. Proprietor, whom he respected, as he . Wft,4 in the army, wl a nd from Ireland.—(Loud l aug h ter . ) —lie shed to have some thing of a inure p os i t i ve and substantial nature than these charges afforded. Sir' J. DoYLE said, if' the Hon. Proprietor. had Attended• previous Courts more attentively, he might have heard the subject of the charges discussed in seven or eight consecutive Meetings of Proprietors. It was not the fault of the Court . that the Honourable Proprietor was uninformed on the sub. anti ject. Indeed the subject was one of peculiar irripur.ance, he thought the steps which Sir C. M etcail had taken, and committed to take, tended to disgrace the Government, and shake our power in India to its foundations. %Whatever he had said, whatever he should says respecting the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf, should be supported and bore out by his own words ; and it was not his intention to say any filing of that gentle man's character, but only of his conduct. Pursuing this line of conduct, he would first refer to page 117 of the documents, and there it appeared Chandoo Loll wrote to the Assistant of the Company's Resident (Sir C. Metcalf) complaining of the con duct of Mr. Hislep (one of those beardless Pio-Consuls we sera: out to govern India), in regard to setting aside the leases of the Nizam his master. This letter of Chandoo 14011, die Nizatn's Ministei, was intended to find its way to the Sepreine Govern ment, but it never did. In pa 152 was to be found a letter of Sir C. Metcalf himself, in which he censures the conduct of the European Resident of the district, in acting contrary to his instructions, and taking the governmttnt out of the hands of the native Prince. And immediately afterethis expression of his sentiments., he does the very,same thing himself, arid the letter complaining of his conduct 'is never perrnittati to reach its des tination. Chandoo Loll, smarting under tne imputation on his Character, went, not as had been stated, to the house of Palmer, but to a member of the house, Mr. William Palmer. He told. him that he had tried the regular mode of transmitting his com plaint; he had applied to the Deputy Resident, but the latter had riot conveyed his statement to the Supreme Go vernment. Consequently Mr. W. Palmer undertook to convey a letter to the Governor-General, who manifested every, dispo sition to inquire into the subject, bat said, " transmit your complaint in any way you can, if the Residentrefuse; but let it be a public and open complaint." It was by no means his wish to draw a comparison between individuals, especially as we were at present in a state of total darkness as regarded the state of India. If any confidence were to be placed irs the let ters that had of late been received from that country, our affairs were in an extremely dangerous situation. But he should not impute blame to any one till the arrival of the expected dis. patches enabled him to ascertain the true posture of affairs. It was, however, doubtful whether the six or seven millions accu mulated under a former Government was not now dissipating, and our treasures daily decreasing. Supposing .a • Resident to possess the power of keeping back any information from the Go vernor-General in any one instance, he,possessed it in all ; and they might even imagine a case of high treason known to the Resident or Deputy, and on the disclosure of which the safety of our Indian Empire might depend. If in such a case-informa tion were to be held back, what might net be the conse quence of the concealment? It was the Governor-General, and not the Company's Resident or Assistant, that was the responsible person; but how could they blame him if informa tion were not communicated ? And lie would say, looking to the peculiar situation of India, no man could adequately • manage the Government there, or direct the army in ifs opera tions, if he did not only procure nil available information, but seize on every information he could possibly get hold of. With what practical view or purpose the Gallant General had pro-. posed his motion he did not know, but felt much inclined t 6 support it. And he wished the Directors would issue such or. ders as would restrain and prevent the possibility of concealing any information from the Governor-General. Mr. WEEnte:o thought the inferences against the conduct of Sir C. Metcalf such as were not sustained or borne out by the premises. Sir C. Metcalf did not think it necessary to lay the communication of the Nizam before the Governor-General, because the proposition for mortgage, to which it referred prin. cipally, had been previously rejected. He did not mean to say the Directors sanctioned withholding just complaints. But it could not be expected, if a General in command - of- a division were to be requested by a subaltern to forward to his superior officer an accusation in which his fame and character were vi rulently attacked that he would comply, or could be expected to comply. On the whole, he looked upon - .the proposition of the Gallant General as a childish and inefficient one. Sir J. DOYLE was surprised how Hon. Gentlemen felt dis posed to continue the debate, more particularly as it had been admitted the Directors did not countenance withholding infor mation from the Supreme Government. tie would tell the Hon. Proprietor who had referred to the supposed conduct of a military officer, if accused by an inferior, that the officer was bound, on pain of loss of rank and commission, to transmit the complaint or accusation to the chief in command. He (Sir J. Doyle) must be supposed to know something of these afraid from his military experience, and he pledged himself to t'he tic , curacy of his statement. The letter of Chandoo Loll prov ed he was any thing but satisfied with the conduct of the British Resident, and he (Sir J. Doyle) preferred that evidence to any after declaration, because he would not trust to rumour, but the words of the parties themselves. Mr. Low/nous rose, and said he chould move for the papers relative to the agreement between the Nizam and the East India Company, but was called to order by the Chairman. Mr. Ii Uy E considered Sir C. Metcalf as wholly unworthy the situation he held. The residents should not be permitted to exercise the power of withholding complaints from the know ledge of the Supreme Government. fie did not see hew the principle of the Gallant General's motion could be refused. Mr. WEEDING explained. The CHAIRMAN Wished to submit to the Hon. and Gallant General the propriety of withdrawing his motion. The practice sought to be recommended by it was already in use, and the minor authorities in India were always required to forward all complaints to the Supreme Government. Under such circum stances he would feel sorry to be obliged to resist the Gallant General's motion, which he must do if it were persisted in ; but he submitted to the Hon. Proprietor whether it would not, all things considered, be better to withdraw the motion. Mr. THANT attempted to make an observation, but was called to order by Sir J. Doyle and Mr. Dixon. General THORNTON said he felt disposed, in accordance with what had fallen from the Chairman, to withdraw his motion After an observation from Mr. Low:tins, Mr. S. Dixon, and Mr. TRANT, Sir C. ROBINSON said he was desirous to communicate the most complete and thorough information on the state of the Company's affairs abroad that was possible; and he should be always ready to convey every knowledge of the subject posses sed by himself to other Hon. Proprietors. His objections to the motion were, that the management of the whole affair was vested in the Board of Controul. Under these circumstances, it would be inconvenient to deviate from the ordinary practice. —He would not permit the Court to separate without assuring them that no person could be more anxious than hiniself that they should be fully informed on the subject of the condition of their affairs in India. The motion was then withdrawn. LORD AMHERST. The CHAIRMAN moved that the Court do how adjourn. Mr. HUME said it had been his intention to move the Court that they resolve on the recal of Lord Amhurst from the Chief G overnorship of India. He would now ask - whether documents had been vxcivecl by the Court of Directors explanatory of the causes of the Burmese war, and also if any further details of the inquiry into the massacre at Barrackpore had reached this country ? On the answer he might receive to those questions would depend the course he should feel disposed to adopt. The CriArnmAN said the papers on the one subject had been already before Parliament. With respect to the inquiry into the circumstances at Barrackpore no account had yet been re ceived. Ir. Hu All, been informed Lord Amherst had written private letters on the subject, in which he explained the objects of the war. Ile thought no small share cf culpability rested tai the G o vernment of Bengal. The Court should pass a vote of censure on the Government, if not on the Governor himself, for their conduct in relation to the war. The war was not only unnecessary in its nature, origin, and objects, but the Com pany's forces had been placed in a most unusual situation, and under circumstances very disadvantageous. The island of Charporee, which was the cause of the war, had been allowed not to be worth a single farthing. He would conclude by moving a vote of censure on Lord Amherst, for neglecting to send to this country the requisite information on the subject of the origin and progress of the Burmese war. The thiAiumAN said all dispatches, in the usual course, came before Parliament, and every necessary portion of them was published. In the beginning of our Indian wars they were generally unsuccessful in the first instance, but the fortune of their conclusion had commonly changed. Ile was sure the Hon. Proprietor was not disposed to adopt any course that would silage the confidence of the army ; and he would recom mend him to withdraw his motion. ' ' would not press the matter farther at present. Sir C. FORBES felt con siderable surpris e a t his Hon. F r i en d' s consenting to withdraw Ins ion consenting was evident Lord Am herst was totally unlit tor the situation he fi lled. Indeed, his promotion had been attributed to the effect of private influ ence. Ile spoke of him now as a public man ; he knew no thin g abuut his private character ; it might be very amiable ; but PRICE SIIVP,NPItI/4:Ct he looked at him as a -Governor-General, and could not appeove of him in that capacity. Atter 18 anonuis war, .vuere were we ? Where we set out? No I he wished to:God we were ; but we were much worse. If relilulce was to be ulaced on the information of private letters, our three of 1 4 4,014 men had dwindled to 1,390, and two regiments were diminis!l , ed to less than 100 each. The troops had been sent on an ex pedition, which was in fact sending them to their graveti„ when the situation of the country and the season of the year were ecin. sidered. They had been uispatched to the marshes of Rangoon, than which there no more unhealthy spot to be found. What had been done at Rangoon or Chittagong ? literally nothi.rig. The troops, after having passed over the mountains, rowed themselves opposed by the sea, and a bridge of pontoons had to be sent for to enable the army to pass from one island to an other. Where was Sir A. Campbell's force at this froment ? He understood, *thin six weeks of the date of the last advice», the rains were expected to set in in the month of March, al.] then nothing but a disastrous termination to the War wa* to expected. He thought Lord Amherst should certainly be re= ailed as unfit for his situation. Mr. TwiNfsrct appealed to the good sense of the Honourable Baronet, whether it was right to introduce a subject so ira p atant as the present to the consideration of the Court in its present empty state. Sit C. FoanEs—lt was not his fatilt if the Court was thin; he had mentioned his intention three hours ago. He under stood it was now the intention of the Goi*:ertior to recruit the army ; the- new tegitnents would arrive just in time to share the advantages of the climate. He had heard several instances of Lord Amherst's defective financial arrangements. tz was extraordinary no information had been received on the subject of the affair at lsarrackpdre !him the month of November td June. He understood the Report of the Committee of Liquiry . was highly favourable to those unfortunate men whose hived were sacrificed at Barrackpore. On account of that transaction alone, Lord Amherst deserved a vote of censure. lfe wished his Hon. Friend had persevered in his intended motion for recalid Lord Amherst, which was calculated to meet the ap probation of the country. It would attbrd great satisfaction Jr the Marquis of Hastings were reinstated in the Goverronent of India. Such an act would inspire confidence, and be the most likely means to remedy the blow our power had received in India. Mr. LOWNOES said the war would be as unsuccestfo sr:d interminable as the American war. Sir C. RoatrtsoN confessed his surprise and astonislitnevt that the Hon. Proprietor had not concluded wick sonic proposi tion in accordance with the nature of his speech. There was now no question before the Court. The Hon. Propr ietor 1:12.1 indulged in a lung string of invectives, which he thought not very becoming. He was desirous of knowing . if the Pro prietor intended to conclude with any specific !notion on subject. bir C. FORBES—it was not necessary for him to conclude with a specific motion. It was competent to a Member ;o dis cuss general topics at a Quarterly Cditrt on the question of ad journment. But he was perfectly ready to hear what the. dioo. Bart. had to say in defence of the Governor-General. - • Sir C. ROB tNS01•1 would not defend Lord Amherst except upon public grounds, and as a public officer. A string of invectives not becoming that place had been pronoducet!, and it all rested dh `• lam told"—it was mere .hearsay private correspondence from India. He put it to the can dour and fairness of the Court, whether affairs WerelikLiy tei be well conducted in India while such attacks were per:lnit ted and made in this country, which must necessarily go. out • to India through the medium of the Press. It would have been better if the nonottrable Baronet 4ad tonclutied With ati open manly motion of cens ure , howeVer ill timed, than with an attack such as. he had indulged in. He would admit with the Hon. Proprietor, that the appearance of Military proceedings in India were unfavourable ; the war was as unyromising at pre sent as it could well be ; but he was not prepared with the same Gentleman to prOpbecy a disastrous termination to it. At the first commencement of that most glorious war (the Nepaut, all was failure, and the disasters that oecured raised a cry not orily“ -- in that Court, but throughout the country. stisrs werehable to these disasters at some period, but.he trusted they would not continue in time present instance,. Ile also trusted the Hon. Bart. would .prove a mistaken prophet as to the event of present war, and he telt assured no man would rejoice Imre in. the failure of his predictions than the lion. Bart. hitnselt: had thought it his duty to prevent the Governor-General from being attacked as he. had been that day. He trusted they ivbuld conic to no rash conclusion, but treat him with that considera, tion, liberality. and fairness, which a man in his diffictilt'situa; , tion was entitled to. • The Court then adjourned. .. THE CONFLAGRATION NEAR OXFORD:STREET, FURTHER PARTlcititAß . s.---The conflagratign continued its ravages until six o'clock yesterday moniker,- when the entire angle of buildings: through 'WhiCh it hied • spread was reduced to a pile of ruins. The fire-engines were ' • still continued in full play, and by nine o'clock the firemen ' were enabled to advance and make the necessary observa tions, from which it appeared that in one direction an en tire square of buildings and houses .enclosed by Mortimer;• Margaret, Wells, and Titchtield-streets, were burned to di- 3 ' ground ; and in another direction the devastation spread in a triangular form over several houses which occupied .an extensive space; and the dreadful element having obtained an ascendancy over them, destroyed the backs of between twenty and thirty houses in the above-named streets, in 7c,dt dition to completely gutting-five or six. Poring the.night, the greatest apprehensions were . .entertdiried for . Mortimer-street: -•- and the left side of Titchfielthstreet, as the flames pressed reedy over them in such a manner that the destruction of that.-- part of the neighbourhood was considered inevitable: how ever, the wind, which was slightly veering from, the north -'': west, changed, and the current of flames was thrown bade upon the immense burning body, and ascended upwards. ,rte d ;-.• was observed upWards of 100 feet (it was .calculated) • houses. From the incessant falling of heavy showers of tram , • ing fragments, it appeared more like the AWful eruption'sof a volcano, extending dismay and horror on every side, than the result of a common casualty. . The yards of Mr. Stout and. Xii. Stodart, from the continual burning of the immense pie.ces mahogany and timber. looked like a huge furnace. At length' ' the walls of seven or eight houses fell in upon the burning tim-- ber, and smothered the flames for a considerable extent but the walls of the house of Mr. Stout stood -in a very. dangerous manner for some hours longer, but early yesterday morning tumbled down, without causing any accident. The fire, it is said, was caused by a compound which was heat ing in one of the workshops of Mr. Crouzett, carver ar.ttgil.. der, boiling over, and catching some shavings, instantly spread through the shops, and quickly to the other part of thi; • building. The following are among the number of person* who have sustained very heavy losses, by the destruction of their houses and property ; Mr, Cronzeit,carver• and gilder; Mr. Hunt, card-rneker; Mr. Reid, sofa and an.ix- • maker ; Mr. Hensett, cabinet-maker ; Mr. Arnold, grocer Messrs. Bolton and Sparrow, cabinet and upholstery manufac-;. turers ; Mr. Langley, oil-man ; Mr. Woodcy, the livery-mar., : • and a number of persons who occupied his warehouses; Ai: Hunson, chinaman ; Mr. Pears, Mr. Storer, Mr. Innis, Mr., Wales, Messrs. King, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Pinnell,,Mr. Rede, Mr. • • Messer, Mrs. Venner, Miss Storrer, Mr. Martin, Mr.-Weir, , and a great number of others. Through the. very •ftetilie'exer tions of Capt. Powys, and the military under. his command, a ' great quantity of property was saved. It should , be also ob served, that the Captain received the almost univerKal thanks of ,` the inhabitants for his energetic and gentlemanly conduct. The Magistrates and Police remained in the neighbourhood for NC7 • veral hours, and rendered very important services.' Crowds -of ' persons were assembled round the neighbourhood Yesterday. The calamity has produced consequence* the most lamentable, several hundred workmen, in addition to the loss of their tools, Wing thrown out of employment. BALLoON.--Alessrl. G REIN asonatd from Stockton on Thursday, amidst the plaudits of an immense multitude, including most of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. Aftet being up forty-five minutes, they de scended in perfect safety at Acklom 4411, several miles west-; ward of the town. "a, SHOCKING CASE OF INFANTIEIDE.-oii Friday last an inquest was hell before the 11ayor of Limerick upon the body of a female infant, found in the riverAlulcahir with a bag of sand attached by a cord to its neck. Several per sons were examined, and the result of the inquiry is revolt ing to human nature, as it leaves no doubt existing of the guilt of the unnatural mother, who is in custody.—(Limerick Chronicle.)