The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-02 00:00:00

adopted heirs succeeded to the mussed as quietly and
ordered as their lineal or collateral rissereduts.
It is now for the first time since we acquired an
empire in India disregarded end set aside. In spite of
Lord Conewaims' law, wlueh binds us to the con-
sequences of Hindooriduad of the Hindoo faith, Lord
Dot oosur has advocated the disiaberitues of both
the adopted soma and the Beard of Cotrol sad a
majority of duo (hart of Dineen have confirmed
slates= of exclusion. In spits of Mr. ELTHINSTONE'II
=
rpeearsetseing the Sattarab state to the heirs and
PERTAIIII SINGH, it has been annexed to
oar deednioes. A principle of Hindoo law, most sa-
wed, and of saiversal application has thus best vio-
lated by the British, and spied this violation it is
that Mr. Hum Kimono, Mr. SULLIVAN, andtbeir
friends have appealed, dumb for the present in vein.
It was in vain Sir ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY or-
geed is his written oration that there wasjustilleadea
he the violation in the treaty itself, that he de.
mended to assert that the British government me Mt
bound by lb* Mahratta version of that belie ;
that be quibbled like an Old Ba:ley lawyer as Gie
words "from generation to generation," as if that
Olen of expraision required head succession. Not
all the special pleading in Westminster-hall can rail
away the wads " heirs and successors" in the treaty ;
can get rid of the right of Hindoo adoption in the
absence of lineal heirs ; can conceal the intentions of
the Indian government to absorb and annex native
state after native state as excuse affords an valeta-
laity. All the weight of Indian practice and all the
pressure of Indian authority were opposed to his idle
remaisg. The old servants of the Indian game-
meet embed to town from their rend retirements BA
against this violation of native rights; and
Dlr. HoLT MACKENZIE, in a speech of irresistible
power, demolished all the flimsy pre:egos' on which
It has sm abused.
The British author of the treaty, Mr. Etsworroex,
and its British ratifier, Captain Dore GRANT, are
still alive, to be appealed to as to its meaning. Yet,
though the court of directors has been entreated to
procure their opinion as to its meaning, they have
not dared to ask it. For tee years have all these
distrust:redone relative to the Setter= state
been pee • ; counsel and advice have the court of
directors an the Board of Control sought from all
quarters except from those most competent to advise
and direct them. Reference has been made to every
ass but Mr. ELPIIINSTONE and Captain Gorr GRANT;
and in this omission we have some clue to the spirit
and intentions that have moved the Indian govern-
ment.
It is from this last step that we may learn the mo
five of the first. The extinction of Sattarah as a
state is but the complement of the deposition of Pet-
rel:re SINGIT. It is, however, a measure which may
rouse the remaining native princes to a ems of the
dangerous tenure by which they preserve the rem-
nants of their power, and which may teach the people
of India the =scrupulous faithlessness of the British
goverment, when their existence impedes its designs.
Lord GALHOUBIR has recorded in a forma "minute the
anxiety of the Indian government to absorb their
sovereignties and to annex their territories as time
sai=tenity may serve. And the extinction of
as a state will show them the means by whisk
this end is to be gained. The majority for the di-
rectors on the ballot, pined by a muster of sub-
servient voters, and unscrupulous finesse, cannot finally
settle so important a question. The directors have
set yet heard the last of it.

gbe Court.

PRIVY COUNCIL

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
Oink yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the
Nowt, a deputation from the Society of Friends had an
&slimes of the Quem, to present an address as the subject
of the Africa. slave trade mad slavery. The deputation m-
ined of Baustal Gurney, Williams Forster, Gmerp Stacey,
ad Peter Bedford. Her Majesty was meompenied by hie
loyal Highest. the Prince Albert. The deputation was is-
Imedmed by the Bight Hon. Bit George Grey, Bark, her
Melody's priasipal the Semairy of Beate for Home Hoped-
ale% sag presided tie Mowing address la the royal
To
sh.
To Viola, Qom of the Halted Kingdom of Great DS- 1
oda sad Inked, sad **doilies. thersente belonging.
Hay it please the Qom
We the ussiersigasid, thy dutiful and loyal Babied. now 1
=.the religiose gaiety of Frieda In Greet Bitola sad 1
does respectfully to awash the throne, and la
leo to sue, sad as we moony believe la our ditty to
God, to lay Mare thee a matter deeply abaft the well.
Wag of a large podia of the great boos May. Here
than • rotary has elapsed dace our Miens seekey fast
believed it to be a Christian duty es adoeses the right
cif the amide of AO% and of Om Mid ie slavoy
the woos world. With mood thankegivieg to Al.
aoar
tellakingie "lel
W ofw etaesudve ails
slave-trade, and seam tly
lbe sloes le ear selseies from a cats of creel bond-
er. oedemas' 'Me trade is slaves, as postated
to either law or treaty by the Inhabitants of ether
with all the wickedness inoperable from this an-
afflinfo mat, Wisp us Into sorrow sad diatom It se-
amless wee le its direst ism, breaks as barbel soil his,
seinete time who meg endive the hoses of their Masi by
OM said sea le hopeless dewy, and withal permit the
tweed MO. alleles of see Hey liwitemear. We lad he
tie onllmage Otis neelbeilas mod helpimmilims of Moe
sheoledisae_eed In MI be as weep and Waft etas
aniliteiss sea Oleg la slavery and outpaced es it wail
lasialge sled osempoesated toil, and we deeply Aspire
the Opedation sad the guilt which attach to the man-
Make, the sladholdse, and the dealer k his affeamea.
Le eseideration of the alt is iniquity,
we semialesidened M ask Om, or roam in thy ill-
• ineenses walk the oleos stases odor Oda ere ved in
aloe Wags, aum tie Whose el oohed slake
leredealim, by sassy peel& rues, Othy ft Miskike ova far
411
Mes dare of Aldo, and be eashoing Immediate end
someffilissel freed= en ad JIM held is dewy. And we
ask penaden humbly sad plainly to declare ear machelea
that IS Is *My in do sel of need decay that we WM
lave say smelly it the utter tenaioadea of the Abbas
aka Made May the Lard of Heaven and Earth blot ties,
OW beloved idereign, and thy Revel Contort, sad may his
bleeds( rest urea ell thy
he We pray that Ise Oohs
of Jaws Christ, war Lord, he may give thee wisdom and
Oleg* to epos thy moth for the dash, to plead the cause
el the par an of Oa that hob no helper, that he may)=
pie the la thy work of eightemsness, and that, if it
am. thee swot live to am the day in which aegro slavery
and the slave trade shall be abolished through sat the esra.
—Leeks, ford month, 12th, 1849.
Her WOO having received the silos, was pleased to
Mara the fellevring most gracious answer:—
" I have needs& year milieu with owl satisfaction. I
the benevolent efforts of the Society of
behalf the suffering and eppremed. I as. deeply
smile al Übe weep sad evils Waited by the slave trade
sod my bed endeavour. will continue to be Meted toward;
Me staise."
TIMI &spathe them retired from the royalt=. The
Petty Conseil was attended by his Royal Prince
Albert, the Lod Praia% the Lord Privy the First
Lard at the Tosser', the Secretaries titillate ir the
Foreign, asal Oelesial Departments, the Clumesffor omit;
Iniesper, the Politest of the Baud of Cesare% the Pre-
shimael Olean& of Trek, the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chembeelthi, end the Moor of the Horse. The Has. W.
Deaurst wes the Clerk ef thoCcomeff is waiting. The Queen
pee amblesslo the Marquise Lamodowas and Lord J. Rae-
Nell. The evert was attended by the Rail of Morley, Lord-in.
Welting, Visseent Comberneon, Gold Stick in Waldog,
Os Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller M the
Esesebehl, and Captain the He. J. Deamaa, Groomas-
WOO&

The Duke Amoebas of Saxe Coburg Gotha Tufted
the Queen and ?rine Abut ea Monday, at Bieltaker=
Want
The Qum, memmemied by their Royal Higbeemes
the Parma leveldszoillle Primes Alia, sad attended by
Onediss teelt ea airing yesterday is an epos
lienanebe and Ism ajar-General WOW. attorint ea
bereebeedt.
Her ilejsety and Prince Albert hatsered the per-
heemme the Royal Italian Opera with tisk
resift emodoe. The royal mite esealei of =641:
dimes of Deere, Lady Coronas Pebt,lll2d of Morley,
Meleeeel Weems, and Ltent.-Colonel Ibe MS. A. Gordon.
The Earl of Morley has eneeeeded Ised Byron as
the Lori is Wainer to the Qom, sod Captain thelloa. J.
Desna Me mosseeed Gisela Or Hes. A. N. Hold ea the
Ileum In Woldet le bar Nojethy.
Wong Wo having emnpleted his month in
wafting es Mine Albin% Ins bun Mined et ide duties es
0111111 M fib by Coped* Puma bison ; aad Lima:
Wend erys has buss relined is bis dada' es Equerry
in Wades to the Plinth, by Lint.-Colonel the Hes. A.
Colonel Berkley has beat relieved in his ditties ea
Sway is Wahine to the Gaeta by General Wesaym.l
Omaha Erbeoh sad the Primmest Amalie

awl Mho et InaZi.b. Medliagsterst teak leave at bee
Herd Klemm the Daises et lest ca Milady. Yester-
day at lear Wisely their Berme Myftweesse look
Jews ef bar the Qom Delmer. awgi=wlol w
Ile Leaden- twwites, weeding by Oa &stem
Maws, le Dew, IS their Men to Me erallswit
A apses*. as the Sheep ssi Cade Bi7l, ma-
elsiN2.l2l. Metwhe, GA Dims, Mr.
Mr. Km" lad as Gieridew wither Gawp
rif,,,,rigas,q. Mr. Aalislea Wok and Xs. Sams
bed she isterviews with Me right Itee Wesel ea Mashy.
A sisastin of Kr. y Oar*
iiVjas 11.1' CAL Pweeval, dad
Law had ea interview with heed Jahn * .
• digeamim, eeswisiiss a Lea Bamoll. Mr. . ITerstip