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M.P.). said that he had to inform the Court that they were now stet by adiountinent of a Special Court, called at the request of nine Honourable Propri etors, to consider the papers laid before them, in pursuance of the order made for that purpose at the Court of Proprietors,held on the 3d day of March last. The SECRETARY then read the requisition. He also read the original motion made by the Honourable Douglas Kinnaird, viz.—" That this Honourable Court, having taken into consi deration, ordered to be printed, and laid, before it, at a Court held on the 3d of March last; relating to certain pecuniary transactions with the house of M essrs. l'illiams;Paltner, and Co. at Hydrabad,is of opinion that there is nothing contained therein Whicb tends to affect in the slightest degree the personal charac ter, integrity, and' honour of the late Governor-General of In dia, the Moat Noble the Marquis of Hastings.". The amendment, moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Sir George Robinson, was then read, viz.—" That this Hon. Court, having taken into Consideration' the papers laid be fore it relative to certain pecuniary transactions with the house of Messrs. Palmer anti Co. at Hydrabad, • is of opinion that there is no ground for imputing corrupt motives to the Most Noble the i%larquis of Hastings, late Governor-General of In dia, nor to-any other Member of the Bengal Government; but at the same time it feels itself called upon to express its appro val of-the several dispatches to India, made by the Honour able Court'of Directors, on the 24th of May, 1820; 28th of November. -1821 ; 9th of April, 1822; and the 21st of 2. Ja nuary; 184." - Sir. Paa-risosz said, that as he understood there was a copy of a letter-in the possession of the Chairman, which had been addressed to the Marquis of Hastings by the Court of Directors, he wished that letter to be read. Mr. Fittsurt LD said, that if the Hon. Director had that letter read, it must be considered as part of his speech, and that he would not be at liberty, at a subsequent stage of the proceed ings of the Court, to address it again, as it would be exceedingly informal for the Hon. Proprietors to call for papers to be read which did not form part of those now before the Court, and then afterwards to be allowed to comment upon them. Mr. Samuel Dixon, Mr. Rigby, and the Lion. Douglas Kin naird, severally expressed their opinions as to the propriety of the letter being read. The latter Hon. Gentleman observed, that their lion. Chairman had set the example, by engaging two persons to read for him, at the last meeting, a pile•of docu ments, as part of his speech, and if that were a had precedent,it was not the Hon. Director (Mr. Pattison.) Mr. PAT T ISON said he was. anxious to give information to the Court ; and if it should be supposed that by having the let ter in question read, he should be precluded from speaking af terwards, he certainly should consider, that by having the letter read, he should be rendering more assistance to the Court than if he were to speak for two hours. It was finally agreed that the letter should be read. It was dated the 15th of July; 1624, and written by the Secretary of the Court of Directors to the Marquis of Hastings, in reply to certain letters from his Lordship;- in which letter the Directors said, that whilst they could• not approve of the observations made by his Lordship, in his letter to them, still less could they concur in the doctrine expressed by his Lordship, that where they entertained opinions of disapprobation or suspicion against any of the Company's servants, that it was incumbent on them to institute proceedings against them. Mr. CARRUTHERS rose anti said that the question to be dis cussed was one of so painful and delicate a nature, that he re gretted it should have been persevered in. lie-had hoped that e the discussion which had already taken place would have led to a reconciliation of feeling—(Hear, heart)—by some friend of the party coming forward, anti so arranging it as that the sub ject might have been most satisfactorily put an end to. He felt that as this had not been done, it was found to be an imprac ticable step. It being therefore unavoidable that the Court should proceed, he trusted that it would proceed with the most , temperate and cool deterniination to do justice to all parties. Sorry should he he to treat this subject in any other way ; rather would he imitate the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the original motion, anti who, by his temperate forbearance, had obtained the approbation of their lion. Chairman. He now presented himself before the Court, determined to give his ver dict from the evidence before them,. free from all prejudice, passion, or party feeling. It was stated by an Hon. Member at the last meeting, whom he did not now see in Court (Mr. John Smith), that he considered the question to have been nar rowed into a very small compass; that it resolved itself, in fact, into these two questions : did he, or did he not, believe the Marquis of Hastings to he an bonourablo man ? Now he (Mr. Carruthers) would say with that lion. Proprietor, that the Mar- i quis of Hastings. was an honourable man. lilt he must go further; he must also ask himself, did he or did he not, after a careful perusal of the papers now before the Court, and a cat - n• did judgment formed upon the statements contained therein— did he or did he not (he would repeat) feel that the Marquis of Hastings, out of a partiality entertained by him towards Sir William Rumbitld, who was a partner of. the house of Palmer and Co. fall into the error of favouritism, and use the power and autlimNty which he possessed as Governor-General, in fur therance of that error? He (Mr. Carruthers) could not even stop here; he felt obliged to carry the question still further, and ask, whether he did or did not believe the Honourable Court of Directors were honourable men ? Did he or did he not believe that they were fully and completely justified, by the facts that had been communicated to them, and the do cuments that were before them, in preparing and sending out to India those four dispatches which were referred to in the amendment ? Ile would declare to these questions, that he did ; that he not only believed the Court of Directors to be honourable men, but that they were quite justified in preparing and sending out those dispatches. He should state to the Court the evidence which led him to this con clusion, but lie would endeavour not to occupy much of the time of the Court, because the same evidence had already been gone into by his friend (Mr. P.) in a manner alike credit able to his feelings and enviable to his talents. He found in p. 5, of the printed papers, a letter signed by the Marquis of Hast ings, in which that Noble Lord stated his reasons for granting the licence dated 23d July, 1816, to Messrs. Palmer and Co., empowering them to make a loan with his Highness the Nizam. Now, he (Mr. Carruthers) found that that licence contravened the 13th of Geo. 111., which was passed to prevent British sub jects from entering into money transactions with the native subjects of India i • and this licence, it appeared, was granted for the benefit of his Highness of Nizam. But it seemed that the illegality of this measure had so strongly impressed itself on the minds of the Members of the Council of the Bengal Govern ment, that constant opposition was given to it. He next found, in page 45, a letter front the Noble Marquis, dated 17th June, 1820, in which he said, that they who impugned his conduct respecting the licence, must be in this alternative—that the evils of the Nizam of Hydrabad were of less importance to the Government than the amount of the interest to be paid, or that the money could be obtained at a less rate, which was known to be impossible. In consequence of this letter, Mr. Adam and Sir. Stuart proposed two other modes for raising the re quired loan : the one was, that the money necessary for the Nizam should be furnished by the Bengal Government, and that security should be taken from the Nizam. Now, when he (Mr. Carruthers) read thi s p ro p os iti on , it a pp eare d t o him to be a good and a sound one ; but it fell to the ground in conse quence of an opinion which had been obtained by the Marquis of Hastings from Mr. Spankie, as to whether it could be carried into execution. He (Mr. C.) would not stop to observe upon the manner in which this opinion had been obtained, but would proceed to page 53 of the printed papers, where he found that Mr. Adam stated his concern to learn that the plan was viewed with such repugnance by the Governor-General. In conse quence of this plan having be en re j ec t e d, t h e Council stated what course should be observed. Now, what was that course ? Why, that the money should be obtained by subscription from the British merchants in India, and the great glut of money in the India market gave ever) fair ground of believing that the loan would soon have been raised in that way, and this money was to be raised fbr the benefit of the Nizam. Mr. KIN NAIRD—In what year was that ? Mr. CARRUTHERS-It was immaterial what year; it was enough for him to state the page.—(Laughter, and cries of " the date, the date.") It was in the year 1820. - He would now proceed with his argument. lie found. that that proposi tion was made by Mr. Stuart, and sup Ported by Mr. Adam. In looking at it, he (Sir. Carruthers) must declare, this also seemed to him to be a very reasonable proposition; and lie was :quite at a loss to know why the Marquis of Hastings opposed it ; but, on looking at page 226 of-the printed papers, it would be seen that the Noble Marquis was still eager to grant this licence, and still opposed to any other mode - being adopted to raise the loan. There then only remained one other mode which appeared to Mr. Stuart at all feasible—which was •to raise this money without a guarantee. The Marquis of Ilastings said that he should not object to this, provided it was understood that the subscribers were not to look to the Government for sup port in case the Nizarn should fail to discharge the loan. Now he (Mr. Carruthers) would ask why should these British mer chants be precluded from seeking from Government that pro tection which was granted to others ? Every man must be at a loss to understand why the Marquis _of Hastings should still persevere injefusing the same protection and Vie same privileges to the British merchaats in India ache has granted to the House of Palmer and Co. His Lordship went on to say that " there must be no speculation that Government would grant this protection:" .Now ( Mr. Carruthers), as a Bri tish merchant—(" Hear, hear from Mr. D. - Kinnaird and Hume)—yes, he would sas'feeling as a British merchant, and he was proud of thename, he could not understand why he was to be deprived of the same, protection from the Gover nor-General of India.which was extended to the house of Palmer and Co., or any other commercial house in that eountry. At last he had arrived at page 733, 'and he there fOund a letter from the Marquis of Hastings to Sir William Rumbold, dated the 4th January, 1815 ; now he could not help remarking upon this letter, although he had been told that it was a private letter —(" No, no !" from the 'opposite beches.)—This letter, it would be remembered, was dated' in 1815, and the-licence granted to the house of Palmer and Co. bore date in 1816. His Lordship said to Sir William in this letter, that the partners speculated that he (Sir William) being one of the firm, could, do much to promote their interests ; and his Lordship went on to say, " that this was a fair and honest speculation." It was certainly remarkable that the Noble Marquis should, on every occasion when speaking of the house of Palmer and Co. evince such an anxious concern for their welfere. Air. Carruthers) could not bet observe that this fact was very remarkable. But he now came to that part of the letter which bad had very great influence on his mind. His Lordship proceeded to say. " Per haps a more distinct benefit would attend the- firm - by the' dis couragement of all competition with it by any other British merchants." Now, after reading this, would any man say that his Lordship did not contemplate, when he was writing this letter, that it was possible that other men would come for ward, and seek the same favour and guarantee which was then about to be given to the house of Palmer and Co. ? His Lord ship then added, " The same sanction would not be granted to any other person."—Why not be granted ? Mr. D. KINTN AIBD—The 'next line will tell you. 31r. CARItUTHERS claimed the right of reading the letter, and making his comments on it in the manner which appeared most conversant to him. • lie legged' the lion. Gentleman would not interrnpt him. True.- the letter did go on to add, that " it was on the groUnd of the : services of the Nizam, and at the request of the British Resident, that he (the Marquis) had -granted the licence which .traS granted in 14116.• But he would noW look to the fact. In page 2, the letter of the Resi dent appeared, which said, that the. cstablishment of a house of business, conducted by' EngliOt merchants, at Hydrabad, Would do benefit; but did the Resident -Say, - give Messrs. Palmer and Co. that privilege? did he say, that if other per sons were to come front England and commence business, that they were not to meet with encouragement? No such thing was said or intended. He now came. - to the most fatal para graph of all—it was the last. His Lordship observed, that " No new establishment would have such a plea as that of Palmer and Co." But why would not any other . person who came and said, " I come to ofli:r a fair and open competition with the house of Palmer and Co." be entitled to the same pro tection and privileges which that house received ? Ile had now gone through the papers; as far as related to the licence ; and he thought heir/trisect) ennneh in`tia docuMents •to - justify him in saying, that his Lordship was most unfortunate in his preference to the honse of Palmer. and Co. If he (Mr. C.) thought that he had fallen. short to justify the verdict which he should give, he could allude to other evidence. The Hon. Proprietor then commented upon his Lordship's conduct re specting the voluntary affidavit which had been made by Sir Wm. Rumbold and Mr. Palmer, and said that he felt ashamed at seeing such high rank and character concerned in such trans actions. • With regard to the letter which had been read at the request of an Hon. Director, he coasidered that it did not Vouch upon the question now before the Gaul. The Hon. Proprie tor, after alluding to the arguments of Mr. flume, and espe cially to his remarks upon the conduct of Mr. Adam, which he (Mr. Carruthers) very strongly condemned, concluded by in treating the Court to do justice to the Court of Directors, and not,. by an unqualified vote, cast by implication, an un merited censure, upon those who had so ably and so faitfully served them. Sir Jolts DOLE and Mr. RussEnn (the Company's late 1 Resident at Hydrabad) rose at the same time, but Sir John in stantly gave way, observing, that as he understood the Gentle man appeared to vindicate his character, he would not for a mo ment be the cause of his not being immediately heard. Mr. RUSSELL then said, that at the time the last meeting tcok place, he was not a member of the Court, and that if it had not been for certain_ observations made at that meeting, which reflected discredit on his character, he should not now have troubled them. His complaint lay in certain mattersintro duced in the opinion of the Attorney-General, which opinion was read as part of the speech of the Hon. Chairman. • The facts in that opinion were•either assumed to have existed, or they were stated hypothetically, to show what would be the law if they did exist. It they were asserted to exist, the assertions were made without any proof ; there was not a particle of evi dence to support them. Haley were hypothetically put, they were then entitled to no more credit than any other hypothe.: tical subject, which was none at all. He took the opinion of Counsel to be taken upon certain statements laid before him, which statements may either be founded in fact or otherwise, and upon which he gives his opinion, but not a judgment ; an opinion to direct future proceedings if thought advisable. But when Counsel has said that you cannot go into Court, that there are no legal measures capable of being instituted against the party tewhom those statements refer, were such opinions, then,' to be made the vehicle of libel ?_(Hear !)—Were they to be m a de the instruments of the basest and foulest calumnies ? Ile was satisfied that if the gr oun d h e stoo d upon was E ng l ish ground, he need do no more than state this conduct, to en title it to tin yersal abhorrence. The opinion of Counsel was not to stand in the place of acc usat i on , proo f , conv i ct i on, an d punishment. If it were, once permitted him to act upon that principle, and to be allowed to state his case to Counsel, and to apply the opinion which should be given upon it as he liked, he would undertake to say that he would usurp the estate of any Nobleman in England, and prostrate the character of any man, however high he might stand, in th e di rt: Th e papers w hi c h had been referred to in that opinion, had been ordered to be published, anti had it been permitted to him as an act of jus tice, and even from a consideration of an old servant—( Hear, hear !)—he should have submitted to the Court of Directors what would have tendered much that he had now done unne cessary, and he should have been sp are d t h e d eta il w hi ch h e now felt compelled to enter into. He had read the papers bet ere the Court with great care and diligence, and he hoped he should not be accused of vanity when he stated that he was prepared to vindicate all the transactions which had been represented in those papers. lie was not disposed to arraign the opinions of the Counsel because the C ounse l reasoned from' a partial view of the subject. If he were not sati s fied with th e fairness of those transactions, his voice sho u ld b e t h e fi rst an d the loudest in their execration. lie should now proceed to give the Court an explanation of the facts mentioned in the papers of - Highness the Nizam.— before the Proprietors. The first was as to the loan of 60 lacs and made up out of un from die Niann.— He would not only asser t, but prove, that when that loan was i c rsu t i r o oe n ae e ns d l a 's la 'a n sP e s a e u s i!lin d i ee i d i r e ta t o o mb P i eC a n c i t e ti r o.t3 . a (h-i n til t ss f proposed, there did not stand on the book s of Palmer and Co. one single rupee of unsanc . ti . oned . balance. H e s h ou ld occa sionally refer to the letter of Sir umbold to the Co u rt of Directors ; hut in doing so he did not mean to take one single fact upon the credit of the writer, but he st a t e d t h em upon his own declaration. It had been objected, that, Palauer and Co. had three open account s . against the Nizatn. But this w a s agreeable to the custom of the country, and indeed necessary._ The first was the Berar Suwar account ; the second, the Aurun gabad account; and the third, the Hyd ra b ad account. The advances m a d e f or d ie s . tauting th e re fO rme d p h 'evil under all the B o a e y r r s m a e r e i :m u t o w e f a r r a l native troops, that they wan ted p a y to their p oc k e t s , an d re. .. 00 A c I c ot o u t w r ao t sf _ tf c io o eo n go i p rie li l . :oi s tr e s t ae l ; : ( l i i c e corn),g food to fill their bellies. These men having been regularly paid by the assistance of 11 . lessts. Painter and Co, were made most excellent soldiers, and would stand and-tall ae gallantly, though their faces were black, as the officers , who led them, wh ose faeee were white.—(hear, hear !) He did not kriow whether there was any Gentleman then in the Court, who had served i n India with these cavalry, but if there was, he would appeal to him whether he ever served with braver or more faithful men. Colonel FrrzeLARENC 11 said, he had served with them, and would testify to their being most faithful and useful allies. • Mr. RUSSELL resumed. With respect to the Aurungahad Account, it comprised the advances made for the payment of the Nizam's regular and reformed troops at Aurungabad. Ife had already stated in his letter to the Court of Directors, that unless the armywere paid well, they would not fight well. Mr. Painter offered to advance this money, not, he said for his own benefit, but by doing it he should be rendering service to the English Government, by which he hoped he should be entitl e d to their future favour.—(Hear, hear!)—There then rem a i ne d the Hydrabad Account, in which were entered all advan ces an d payments of every description made by Palmer and Co., on ac count of the Minister at Hydrabad ; and which was, in f ac t, a miscellaneous account. He hoped he had now explained w h a t the nature of these three accounts were. At the period of the loan, the balances due were — At Hydrabad - 03179 2 Aurungabad -•- - 13,13.689 - 8 Berar Suwar - 20,57,219 7 38,39,863 1 Deduct Assignments given in 1819, and realised in 1820 - 10,56,711 f; Rupees - - 28,83,156 11 0 Palmer and Co. knowing what discussions were gidng on at Calcutta respecting these balances, wished to submit to Govern ment the whole of their books. He was so satisfied with the propriety of their conduct, and that it had benefited the Govern ment, that he was anxious to have the fullest investigation. The Hon. Proprietor then entered into a very minute detail of accounts explanatory of the manner by which the loan was paid to the Nizam, in controversion of the charge aria it was a fictitious loan. He represented the statements of Sir Charles Metcalfe to be quite erroneous, and argued that if such errors were committed as he had shown, the Court ought to be very cautious in giving credit to such a person's objections. In ex planation of the item of jewels stated in Palmer and Co.'s ac count, he begged to state that jewels in that country were bought for public purposes; and that the number of presents made by the Nizam, to those who presented to him, marked the consequence of the individuals. In Eagland it was said that such an one was presented to his Majesty, and was most gra ciously received in India; it was observed that such an one had been introduced, and had so many presents made to him. The lion. Proprietor then entered into a full explanation respecting the charges made for interest, and contended, that at the time the rate of 24'per cent. was taken by Palmer & Co. money could not be procured by' th e Ni zam at a l ess rate o f i nterest, t h at even . Palmer and Co. were themselves obliged to pay at that rate for part of the money borrowed by them of the Soucars, or native bankers, in order to help to pay this very loan ; and that as to whether it was legal or illegal to take more than 12 per cent. was • then, and still was, a moot point in India; for although some very eminent Counsel in this country had said that it was illegal, yet the highest authorities in India were of a contrary opinion. —And even Mr. Canning, at the time he was about to be ap pointed to the Governor-Generalship of India, considered this point so unsettled, that in his place in the House of Commons he expressed a .wish that the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Controul would bring in a full declaratory of the law upon that very subject. Under these circumstances, then, it was too much to say that Messrs. Palmer and Co. were acting illegally in taking openly, and under the sanction of the Coon., fail, the usual rate of 24 per cent. The Honourable Proprietor then adverted to the charge rustle against Palmer and Co. for taking a bonus of 8 Ines upon 52 Lacs ; and vindicated it upon the ground that it was a part of the interest. But, in fact, not a farthing of this bonus had yet been received. The Hon. • Proprietor - observed, that as to theqUestion before the COurt; he had not the honour to be known to the Marquis of Hastings, nor had ever seen him. Al! his communications with that Nobleman were in his (Mr. :(ussell's) public, character as Re sident ; and whether the Court should deem it proper or not to remunerate that Noble Lord in a pecuniary way for the brilliant services he had rendered them, he could not decide, but, as far as regarded the honour and integrity of that great man's character, his (Mr. RUssell's) voice should never 'be silent while it was necessary to raise it in support anti vindi cation of both against any attack or insinuation that might be Made upon them, let them proceed from what quarter soever they might. The Hon. Proprietor sat down amidst loud cheers from all parts of the Court: Sir. Fittatir Han said, that impossible as it was net to have heard with extraordinary interest the Honourable Pro prietor's vindication of himself, still the Court might have been spared much of the last part of his speech. By the papers be fore the Court it appeared that 32 lass of rupees have been ad vanced by Messrs. Palmer and Co. to the Nizam, between Fe bruary and July 1820. Early in this year the subject of the 60 lac - loan was contemplated ; and the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Russell) was requested to apply to the,Calcutta Government for their sanction. But so well was he satisfied that thin sanction would not be granted, that he declined making the application. Vet early in May of the same year, we find the Nizair's _Mini ster stipulating with the Resident for arranging the loan' with the house in ques ti on . N ow i t appeared to him very evident, that at that moment ':Messrs. Palmer and' Co. were making large advances to the Hydrabad Government, without any au thority or sanction. The Honourable, Proprietor had said, in talking of the precarious state of the country at that time, that if be had . held up his finger, the Nizam would have turned against us.—(Hear !)—lf this was the case, were we not strengthening a power that might turn the troops which we paid by this very loan against ourselves ? If, again; an officer I of the - Resident's rank had such extraordinary power, did it not give a fearful picture of- the precarious - tenure by which we occupied India ? If so much depends on the rectitude • of a Resident, what must not depend on a Governor-Ge neral ?—( Hear, heat !)—Hon. Gentlemen when on the sub ject of interest, said that it was relative. .The Honourable Member for Aberdeen had informed them that the high rate of interest arose from the difficulty of recovering from a native Power a loan when due. He likewise accused an Honourable Member who had spoken on a former occasion (Mr. Poynder), in no very measured terms, of entire igno rance of India. Should not 'the Honourable Gentleman who so freely found fault with the ignorance of others, have en lightened the Court by his own knowledge of the subject ? As to the security, and means of repayment, he could not agree that they were such as to require so large a rate of interest. It was true there was no appeal in such a case to a court of law ; but there was an appeal to the Minister, and what could be better security, he would ask, than an appeal to such a man as the present Minister was represented to be ?—a Minister en tirely irithe interest of the British, and who held his office en tirely through British influence. Palmer and Co. themselves appear to have been satisfied with the nature of this security, as appears by a letter of theirs to the Marquis of Hastings, in which they say that they would not have entered into this loan, did they not consider that, as British subjects, they would have means of recovering payment. He therefore could see no reason for charging a higher rate than the legal interest. (Hear, hear!)—The attack of an Hon. Proprietor (Mr Hume) on Mr. Adam he considered unfair, unjust, not to say unmanly, he not being present to answer for himself. (Hear !) He had even talked of impeaching that valuable servant of the Company, but this even that Hon. Gentleman could not mean. As it was possible that he might be heard by persons who were not aware of the meaning attached to certain terms by the ilon. Member for Aberdeen, he begged to say that he appeared to him to indulge frequently in such expressions without any meaning ( hear, hear !)—lle (Mr. Freshfield) could not agree with that part of the motion which cleared the public and private charac ter of the Marquis of Hastings front any imputation. How was it possible, with the papers before them, to say that, Or any thing like that ? Can honourable men acquit the Marquis of Hastings of blame—a man of his high and elevated rank—for having given extraordinary advantages, to serve a favourite, to the house of Palmer and Co. which had not been given to any other house ? flow can they say that no taint can attach to such conduct as this? In the papers'before the Court there'was the clearest evidence that an unfortunate partiality for Sir• William Rumbold caused the Governor-General to hold communication with private individuals, derogatory to the authority of the Re sident. • In a letter to Sir William Rumbold, the Noble Mar quis expresses his surprise that the Resident had not for Warded the application of the house relat i ve to the loan, and blames him i f i 'c o n . w ne a g n l y u ectin o g ve t r o n t o lo °-- T -Gna private house of business , e x c ept thrOugh his Council. The Marquis of Hastings, on • th e c on trary, however, becomes himself' the medium of commu ni cation between the house and his Council—(near, hear !) — as may be inferred from his delivering the affidavit p. 109 of t h ese papers, and his letters, seeralilear'hear !)-11e cou ld no t conce i ve could hold com mun i ca ti on with PRICE SEVENPENCE. to Sir W. Rumbold. The Hon. Proprietor then exatnined the nature of the of idavir(Or as it proved to be s the declaration), though Sir W. Rumbold was said 'to be an honourable man, he could not avoid saying that be had just kept within'the verge of the truth. In one part he says, that there were no persons connected with the - House at the heath Of the depart ment that could influence the Ministers. In so far as head of the'department, he was right, for the Assistant Resi4ent was the individual concerned with them s and he thereforo, , could safely shape the affidavit as had been done.—(Hear, hear He thought that the Marquis of Hastings - -could not oe exotic rat'ed trout ail blame, and that all that could be done; w: s, to 'acquit him of corrupt motives. We hare on this Occasion ex pressions from Lord Hastings, which never should have fallen from him—highly insulting to the Court of Directors and dis creditable to himself.—(Hear, hear!)-Lord Hastings attri butes to Members of his Council, conduct which should never have been alluded to without the most conclusive evidence.— In acquitting Lord Hastings of corrupt conduct (which w 3 the utmost that they could acquit him of), that lion. Court was bound to acquit, also, all the other Members of the India Government.—(Bear, heat I)—When Hon. Proprietors 'oppo site were acquitting their friend—let others stand on as fair ground as he did—let no man's character he cleared by unjust imputations on the characters of other men. If the Court re fused the amendment, then he would say that there would be no encouragement to future Governors and ftiture Members of Council, or even to future Directors.—(Hear, hear!)—On the one hand they were bound to do justice-to Lord Hastings, and on the other, to the Directors and the Indian Govern ment. Mr. Russ Ent - . explained, that he used figuratively "if he held up his finger," &c. He meant to convey, that the slightest opposition or misconduct on his part, would have been attended with the consequences he stated.—(hear, hear 1) Sir JOHN Doi LE felt it quite impossible to continue silent on the present occasion. With every respect and every deference to the Cdurt of Directors, he felt. himself called upon to differ from diem. When one little word from a former Chairman would have removed the slender cast upon his Noble Friend, and have prevented the necessity of the present debate—that little word was pertinaciously—he would say obstinately with held.—(hear, hear!)—How different the open conduct of the present Chairman.—( II ear !) —lf the termination of his present speech were the termination of his life, he would declare on his honour, from an intimacy of forty years, that he knew not the being who was more purely honourable than the Marquis of Hastings. —(Hear 0-11 e did not mean to say that his Noble Friend was infallible—nor did he mean to defend every huia petty act during a nine years arduous administration. Human nature was liable to error. He would not pretend to follow the Jesuitical arguments of the last speaker, but would merely make a few remarks. He would make you believe that if you declare Lord Hastings' character pure and unstained—you abuse the Court.—( Laughter.)—He could not help coin eliment ing the generosity of the Honourable memb. - 2r, who had spread his broad shield over the Court of Directors, the India govern. ment and the Board of tontro u l, who h a d tletended such men as fur. Wynn, and Mr. Canning—aye poor Mr. Cammig, who had not a word to say for himself—(Laughter)—and de , fended them too, betbre they were attacked—(Laughter)—it evinced great heroism and knight errantry.—(Aluch laughter.) All seemed to exonerate the Marquis of Hastings from impro per motives, but many doubted his policy. He wished to - s -e his Lordship's integrity stamped, and then if Honourable Gentlemen would d—n his politics he could not help it.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.)—lt had been said that thongh the Marquis was pure, he yet had sufilred Sir W. Rumbohl, and Palmer and Co.'s house to be very 'impure. But -he would not accept this compromise—he would never agree to have his Noble Fiinid cleared at the expense of others—. (Hear, hear!) He would not have troubled them so much had it not been for the speech of his special pleading friend.— (Laughter.) Mr. Russell had already told them that, but for the a3sistance of Palmer and Co. the war could not have been carried on. • His gallant friend Sir T. Hislop, had sanctioned these identical people. The Hon. proprietor (Mr. Russell) who had spoken in his own defence, had made the very best defence for them. The proceedings against these gentlemen reminded him of a case where a man was tried fin- murder, and found guilty—and just as the judge was about to pass sentence of death—happy circumstance—the murdered man walked in at the door.—(Much Laughter.)—A letter was then reed from. Sir T. Hislop bestowing great praise on the Nizam'S troops, for the example which they had shown to the •Company's - Regulars. This was the consequence of larov paid by means of Messrs. Palmer and Cu..—(,gear !)—aidtd , "uy Mr. Russell's advice. • The Nizain and his minister were not heard to com plain ! In the last battle fought during that war, one half the army consisted of the Nizam's troops. They could never have been there but for Palmer and Co.—and their being there, decided' the fate• of the day—the battle was gained, .and the war concluded, and all through Paltrier and CO. aided by Mr. Russell.—(flear, hear!)-It was exactly like the house that Jaclobuilt ; these were the men that paid the troops, that won the battle, that fi n i s h e d t h e war, &c. &e.—( Load and continued laughter and cheers.)—lle was not astonished that Mon. Proprietors should offer opposition—as the real state of the case had never been laid before them. As it happened, the Marquis of Hastings was hot in Calcutta when the circumstances objected to took place, he was up the country attending to his duty. Ile was putting down the Purdarees, and if he foul not put them down, " they would 'soon - have put you down." (Hear !) The first act he did when he returned to Calchtta, was to write a letter to Mr. Adam, requesting to know if the loan could have been obtained on easier terms. The answer was that it could not. There seemed no better mode of procuring money to pay the troops, the usual sources having either fail ed, or being in a state of embariaasment. Palmer . and Co. were therefore had recourse to as 'a last resource.—(Heat !) Another letter was then read from Mr. Adam, clearing Sir Won Rumbold from all blame. (Hear I) Mr. Stewart had al ways opposed the Marquis of Hastings. He could not blame him for this, he of course had a right to . maintain his own opi nion. He (Sir J. Doyle) had for many years been in the opposi tion, but did not think himself a worse man for that, though probably he was the poorer. (Hear !) His own opinion was that the Marquis of Mastings, instead of conniving at any impro priety on the part of the house of Wm. Palmer and Co. was more severe upon them than any other person; and it was his severity in the first instance, which led to their failure. And all this in 'consequence of the representations of the personal and rancorous enmity (as he would prove him to be) of Sir William Rumbold—Sir C. Metcalfe. If this gentleman's in formation had born true, they all deserved to be hanged, and he would hang them all.—( Hear, hear!)—Sir Charles Metcalfe hail the credit of being a clever man ; he might be so, for he did not know him personally ; but judging from his dispatches, he would unhesitatingly say that he was more fit for a resident in Bedlam than at the Court where he was placed.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Sir Charles aletcalfe afterwards persecuted the house with the utmost rancour, and yet the difference arose ori ginally from the outrageous conduct of Sir C. Metcalfe himself A letter was read from Mr. Adam, dated 13 Feb. iii2l, in which he exonerates in express terms the house 'of Palmer and Co. from all blameattached to them relative to the fiOdac loan; and he disclaims his ever having entertained a suspicion of the integrity anti honour of that house—nor did he, he says, ever wish to deny the befits conferred on the Nizam and on the Company by this loan. (The Hon. Baronet appearing to be much exhausted, many Proprietors called for an adjournment, others " Question.") The CHAIR MAN said, that if the gallant Baronet felt ex hauted, or wished an adjournment, he was convinced thatp , member in that Court would oppose wishes.—( Cheers.) , Sir JOHN DOYLE returned his best thanks for the indul gence offered to him. He said that he certainly felt exhairsted, and having much to say, he should be glad if -they wer e I " adjourn. Adjourned to Friday next, at twelve o'clock, Sir Jo" 1 " )° ' being in possession of the Court. CAUTlON.—Counterfeit half-crownst of excel -- workmanship, are now circulating in of a pale complexi o n, is supposed to. Bath.—A woman about 30 years of age, slightly marked with the srnall-poli, - and (Bath Herald.) be one of the utterer.— , , wheu'ik as t w oc a :i g n on i t ) l i v li c e en qt a e a l n ea d d 6 i o ng of fr th o e m sto C k h About noon on Wednesday, an extraordinary and somewhat formidable sisectable presented itself at the turn nve eu t ns o : T nei e r w ee d k d e ra s a b wi v ai Tewkesbury, load of coal, each man having a large printed label in his hat Believe the Oppressed." on which appearedas In front of 'the' and a man carried box to receive contrihntion& S tocking, • waggon w as a pole, on whicienhitgewrw.