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From the" Loudon .Nereautile Prier Curreut;* of Tuesday,
February 2, 1819.

WEST INDIA AND SPANISH MAIN PRODUCE.
CorrEE.—One public sale has taken place since our
last, consisting of Dutch and St. Domingo, part of the
former was sold at a further reduction of 4s. per cwt. god
the latter was takeu in at 140 s. and at which price it is now
held.
At the sale or East lotIM on Wednesday, price. declined
about 10s. per cwt.
The stock of W. I. Coffee is now 4,400 tuns, being
2,550 less than et this 'true last sear, present prices 40s. per
cwt. higher.
to B. P SUGAR, there has been little business done, gond
qualitins hive obtained nearly the former prices, but ordi-
nary brown sold Is. to ts. per cwt. lower, hue Jamaica 89..
middling du. &Os. a 820, brown do. 75e. ; Trinidad 760. to
625.; good brown St. Lucie 755., dry brown du. 725. a 735. ;
white Rag Isadore 925., middling 49a per cwt.
Fort igu SUGARS —The &at India sale of Sugar on Wed-
nesday last went of without spill', and the low qualities de-
clined about 2s. per cwt.
The Stork of B. P. Sugar is now 6,300 casks less than
last year's at HMI time; the present prices rate 10.6 J. per
cwi.higher, per f7azelte gr.
Rusts.—An advance of Id per gallon Is asked, but not
realised.
The present stock of Rum is 15,445 puncheons, and price
of proofs 3s. per gallon.
Stock last year sate date 19,255 puncheons, and price of
proofs 2s ILI. per gallon.
Dvaurnoos are without inquiry.
PistetsTo has been sold since our last at 9d. a sp.
per lb. of fair quality.
NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCE.

Awn are very heavy ut sale.
Carolina Elms: is held for 455. ditty flee, and 365. to Mts.
in bond ; and there are buyers of the former at 445. and of
the latter at 355. per cwt.
Tooicco —The public sale on Wednesday last consisted
chiefly of middling qualities, and sold at a reduction of
about ltd. per lb. from the late nominal quotations.
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SOUTH AMERICAN PRODUCE.
The COTTON market toilsome% dull of demand, except
for East lirdia, which remaiii firm; about 500 Sa•ats of
fur-
suer sales, have hien taken on speculation at SP. a 90. per
lb. in bond for middling to fair quality, and the Bengali are
mostly bought for a similar account, with a few for export.
Prices are generally lit per th. lower, except East India.
The sales of the week are (duly paid) 20 Upland good 17d.;
200 Pernanibucco fair to good 22.1. a 224 d.; 40 Mist* sad-
dling 17p.; 15 Surinam middling 20d. ; iu bond, 600 Su-
rat ordinary to middling 81d. a 0.1. fair 10 good 0 11. ; 1,200
Beisital ordinary to middling bp. a 67;i1 fair 740.1 total
2,075 bags. The imports are 2A United States, 1,114 Per.
siambiteeii, 1.17 Demerara and Berbice, 216 West India,
6,466 Beugal,4Bo Swat via France : total 6,447 bags.
BALTIC PRODUCE.
The following were the quotation* at St. Petershurgh,
Bth January. 1618 :—Y C. Tallow on ironies/1 money 178
rids. Soap 16-2 ditto, White Caustic 170, Wheat 31, Clean
Hemp on contract 86. Exchange 12 1.16 a 1-32.
BRITISH STAPLE ARTICLES.
RUIN VD SUGAR.—The demand for large lumps has not
been so lively as noted in our last, and purchases have been
made Is. per cwt. lower. The stock on hand is rather large.
Loaves of all descriptions remain stationary.
Mot-oasts heavy of sale at 355. per cwt.
Itusu Phovistous —Nevi India and Navy Reef and New
India Polk have obtained a small advance in prices, in con-
sequence of their scarcity. The following were the prices
Gee on board in Ireland : ludia Beef 8/ , ludia-Purk 81. Si.,
Mesa Beef Si. 12s. 6,1., Mess Polk 51.

FOREIGN FRUIT.—Two curies of Denias in baskets
welt sold last week, at the prices quoted, the quality of one
WWI exceedingly good, and the other much inferior; and also
three parcels of fine Nlatk Smyrna itaisma have been sold at
from 565. to 58.. .per cwt.
Ott.s.—Although there has been weiy little demand fur
Greenland Oil, the price has advanced it. 10.2/. per ton. A
cargo of shout 100 tuna of Cape Whale Oil is Otlverileed for
pulihc sale on Thursday 441 lon Ines phltl •for Linseed
Oil. Rape 011 is dull of demand, cud lower.

.I.IVEIt POOL REPORT, JANUARY 30, 1410.
The COTTON market euntiaues eglretnely asfl the
SRICS, whirl) lIMOIII/1 to 4,500 hap, have been at a gradual
decline of Id. per Ih. billet' this day setenight toi Bowed and
and id. on other Tutu; good fair SIM" Bowed harp
Fold at litld.; • few prime, of the yid crop, have brougbt
1911. The eit;es cuussia of 1,300 Bowed, 1541. a 174.; a few
18d.; 250 Orleans, 1711. a 190.; 260 Sea Island, 2., 104,
a 3..4;11.; 570 Nernst'', 21i1. a 224.; 150 Bahia, 1911. ; 400
sUoaubrnt, 19.1 2011.; 30 rata, 181 d. a 194.; 50 Dente-
ma, 19111. a 1114.; 11 Nest India, 16.1,; 21 Trinidad,
111.14.; 8111 Surat, 8101. a 141.1. j a tew 13/4. a 144 ; 910
Nomi, 740. a 90. A public ~ale of 510 Surat was brought
I km al kt attrdayl At *loch W 4 belts Mete SOW at a decline

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Perncripf, Tnradop, Frforcrp 2, IRI9, Four o'ClorA.
Tlke Produce Market KviitrAlly has brim dull to-
(lay. Of U. P. SUGA...tx wily a few hoards found pm chasers,
hut without alteration in prices. Cllr/r.6 ix difficult ufaale.
The Nee( and SgiaiT Markel has been to iliiy without ac-
tivity, Out the prices last quilted are 0111 sAteil, excepting
fur Genev3, which may be bought Id. a td. per gallon
!wirer, say 3s. lid. a 3". Id. per gallon.

Treasury Order to admit German Stone for the
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purput.e uts Lithourttpity at 2.119. per cwt. duty.
" Treasury Chambers, January 12, 1819.
GYSITLEMEN-,-Titet,r Lordabips have directed me to me-
*plaint you, that it is their intention to submit to Parliament
in the approaching Session, to impose a Duly of 20s. per
met, on Derwin Stone, fur the purpose of Lithography, slid
my Lords therefore desire that any such Stone which either
has been, or may be imported previously to the pleasure of
Parliament &nog takeu, may be delivered ou payment 44 the
said duty.
(Signed) " S. R. ILUSHINGTON.
" COMlllll4olirrlt of Customs."
Orders in conformity have been transmitted to Collectors
and Comptrollers by the Commissioners.

Treasury Order relating to Ostrich Feather§ im-
ported.
'.Treasutl Obantherat, Janunry
" GIATIVIEFI—TIN Lords Commissi ttttt 1. of lbs Ma.
jesty's Trea.ury having under ruii.ideration a Petition, pray.
toe that a ea., of °atria Feather., ilie.prucluce of taxypt,
intone ird Irmo leiehurn, ntay be admitted an entry fur home
oumumption ; I rut commanded by their Lordships to direct
you until farther Orders to admit the 011ifit h leathers in
question, and any Misers similarly circumstanced, to entry
far home consumption nit mama of the limper duties.
(Signed) " S. IL
4' Commissioners of Cz.lossis."

EAST 11VDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 3.

A Special General Court of Proprietors of Eat
India Stock was this day held at the Couipaily'm
House in Leadenfill-*trees, for the purpose of
lay iog before the Proprietors °Metal documents
reseeciing the late military operations iii
and Reeolutions of Thanks. adopted iet couse-
quence by the Court of Directors.
The Chairman (Joon Pei-resew. Esq.) opened
the business of the day by stating. that he ro,,e, in
consequence oldie Resolutions of the Court of Di-
rectors, for couferring thanks on the Most Noble
the Marquis of Hastings, on General Hislop, and
on the officers, nog-commissioned officers, and pri-
vates, both in the service of kis Majesty and the
Company, to draw the attention of the Court to the
circuminencrs in which those Resolutions origin-
ated. He felt much concerti. that the duty had
not devolved on a more able speaker than himself,
but lie hoped that the Court would extend its 4)-
1 dulgence to him, as he certeinly would take up as
little of their time ea possible. Tb, papers laid be-
; fore the Court would, lie conceived, give manifest
proof of.the ability. forr,ight. and wisdom, which
had minified the conduct of the Marquis of Post-
ings, during the military operations in India, awl
would tht.rtrure, he hoped. receive the unisiosnous
approbation of the Proprietors. This nuitiou
would be followed by u vote of thanks to Ge-
neral Hielnp, for bit; gallant conduct—which
would be succeeded by one, reptessive of tile
high sense the Company entertained
.of the
abi-
lity of the General Officer., commanding their
forces,--of the gallantry of the Wheels serving in
less elevated svitetiont—,and of the exemplary cull
duct of the whore body of the troops. The Court
had purp,,,Ely avoided ti.teriog ii.to any detail of
Use Micumstatices wtuch led to the was, •but bud
merely selected the military acluestwelite of the
army as the ground of their restilutiosiv. Nut being
in possession of all the eircutustaner* connected with
the c .mpaigio, the Directors had thought it proper
and prudent, towards all parties, to abstain from
any detail, and to wove the 41;1h:rent votes of
thanks on the achievements which bud been per-
formed for the general service of the Company. At
the same tinge, lie oa+ candid enough to nec:are,
that the Court rig Directors %%ere aware of the
grounds on which oh.ervoliciil welt i.krly to he
• made Olio day, with reference to use of the ttesolo-
•tions. This they gathered from what had dropped
from tin •Hiiii. Proprietor (Mr. Hume) iii another
place. The view lie hail taken of that question •

.0 Tills 'der, t. the Calif& vf Sir T. Nish'''.

was one that did credit to his feelings, tied honour
to his heart. At the 'STOP time th. Hon. Chuirrnim
hoped, that, in a rase so important to the fame of'a
ga ono Officer—so essential to hie moral clutracter.--
notliiug would he said, in the aloe-owe of evidence,
that might tend to ',Hodge his condom—Merle.)
The lirsft motion which he .31)00111 eropese to the
Conn was divided Mtn two parts—the first related
to the defeat of the Pindarieis, and the second
rfer
i,euit;:lll ,n to
as the
tlideiscp..,fititet theoltri4otiiei ,11.altts
lilitleiresies.l4ewSn
ea
a di-oosition to attack our territories, and at length
they determined to cross the river Niawallah, and
thus In come iii direct contact with the British ter-
ritories. Measures were taken to drive them file.
yond the river and to confine them to the places
allotted to them by several of the Mithratta Chiefs.
Ineursions took place into the British provinces—
hot, rob they appeared to Ire direrteil solely with a
VirW to plunder, defensive mearurea were et first
rouritlered sufficient to repress them. The rittacfiti,
however, became more frequent—and discussions
i were, in conrequenae, set on font, its to the bent
mode of repressing the evil. which tilled the so-
! terra! between 1.814 nod 1816, a lien the attentici
of tioverintent was roused by comfort so atroeionv,
; as re 'pie' ed any delay, beyond Iha r 'wood, riet
lonly darigerross, hut wholly Irlmuit-it.le. At !hie
period it would he Toto,d that 14 d;..rtet, Isn't oesra
1 sttacked aml plundered—awl the ' Owls to inter-
-1 veld the freebooters, in their rellfro, W!•cle illtr.
4PtitUil. Tilr CO4ldlW-ttll Otte., lit'el/OttlYt. was tie-.
1 tlgltilied In the 1111.1.1161Ptt, li4 ••' It;ltit,..fP, Ito° likirotir,
nod cruel." The inlithitanti were ,o opore.ved,
that they were dispoom-.1 lc do arty thine to insure
pipte.e.itio. They Were ready to 'mot the prwee-
iltlll of other goveroments; for, frosts 'he sufferings
they hail eialired„ they Iwgiso to doubt, Whether
the British Govesionseeit could save them from op-
uresston. This was u state of things that could not
longer lie borne, even lay a Government whose
roost tetstarkuble fuilture was 0 devnli,itieso. to
she moat extensive interests ..t 1,,,,,r.itv.—( Hear.
Lear.)—Here the Hottourahle Chairman entered
noon talon description of Ihe horrible devastattnno
that had been committed by the Vitalistic,. A
stiornient of these proceedings nes sent to the
lill th.lt:li."4 ,et home ; and, on the sth of Sent.
;BIG, the Secret Committee of the Colort of Di-
rectors wrote to the Goveestor-Genreal in terms of
high approbation of his conduct—directing hint
not only to repel iovii,olir, but to pimple mud pa.
inch the aggressors. Previous to the arrival or this
dispatch in hull*, other barbarities bad been core-
mitted by the Pludtries. The Gem Jim district
was laid waste—the coy was sicked slid burned.
From this Were alone they awned otf four hire
Of rupees. Another representation followed, dated
the 2 tat of December, 1917-wand, in answer trtifs
the Secret Committee stated, that,' under all the
circtionstatices of liggresspot which lied been deve;•
loped in the preteiling vrmr, Ilre Court of Directors
entirely approved of (lie c'eidoct which the Gu-
ar.' nor-Gelteral had adopted—and left it to lion
to pursue such measurer as he might deem expe-
dient for the pimisliment of the aggressors. The
Hon. Chairman tic-is proceeded to entice the de-
cisive steps which the Goveroor-General adopted,
in order to put ilamot dr se border of ro:d,ers,
whose iiicursiosis bad 'heels productive of the most
deplorable cousequences to the peaceable inha-
bitants of the country. l'lle Ho's. Clinirwro then
visaed a high eisloeium ou the i haracter, psis'!,,.
.and private, of the Marquis of I tasting-, and cost-
chided by movilio—
" That the Ticiiik• of this Coors he presewell to the
Most Noble the Margo is .if Hastings, lktiiht of the Garter,
horshe wivtlom, Jodi, sad eiosies, oh,plityroi ':/oy his Lord-
Alp, in censlueting she late military • torrohting orsiost it:c
Vitichilea—slieretry &leafing this t Itsitts 4 a (uedalory
Pun sr, which :uleinpleil to colablliiii hull in the heirt of
thin Euinirs•—at cure ininneal to the
.pewee „r 'hi. t'r'usts
60,countot—and to the general traoitii.:',:y of liidi3"
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN aeissi:vied the 'motion.
Mr. R. Jscxsost. after a few prefetoty observa-
tions, il tree' tot that r erttiti extracts of paper!
sl 1.1 he read—namely, Captaiii Lloyd', descrip-
tion of the Pindaric's, in the close of the year 1909
—part of a dispatch, from Mr. I)4lziel, Secretary
at Madras, dated the Pith of March, 1817, on tho
subject of the depredations of the Piod,sies—
soother extract front a dispatch front NI r. !)'hits',
of the )811s of March, 1817, on the same 'hl ject--
11ml the extracts from several other letter+ sir no-
tices, from ilifferesit placer, which the Viott;firies
had visited. These linvoig been read, the Learned
Getitleman next moved, that ,I variety of rattails,
froru the lisp itchier or the Secrst Committee should
also be read by the Clerk. 'flue propo.i%tvilicii%
agreed to--srverwl extracts were read from the &se
Pa
• teller: of the Court of Direetors, appreiri,ez of the
curvdtrct pursued by the Governor-General. These
documents having firer' Igoe through, 5.1 r. J-wk-
son rove mod coistplained, that the proceeding of the
prows'', day had been adopt el. In his °lmmo., 1),...
solutions of the kicid now brought before the Cowl,
should have originated with the Court of Piopriee
'tom as tiny had always Mine, except in two in.
shower. He felt great objection to the first part of
the Berolution, where the Court of Directots:
.t“1.7,1c.:.1.1060f iiis:. 7e srlieletput
tr.e.grietil'e' because,.,i lei errte iLlas at i..
thank the Marquis at Hastings for his l' foresight
VA ability"—tiut. while such words as those we'll
which the second part of the Itesolutiim c=m-
menced were suffered to remain, it *sea impossible
for any man out of doors, or within doors, riot to
see, that a side-wind reproof was levelled at
the Noble Marquis Ur his acquisition of terri-
tory. But. taking • proper view of Urq triiii,ac-
toning in India, it would appear, that ;ill when had
'been done-by the Marquis of Harting, woe in per-
fect unison with the feelings of those alio had roe
crived commnuications front him, and oho:had, to
fact, thieved lion; and he I'Mr. Jackson) could out
well understood slits lamentation on the sof:itct of
an accerrion of territory, when it was noult.to CM..
vequeoce of the directions which were re•Oisrt
from the Government at home. Wily, he lion 41
inquire (and the qntstion would Lit, -b acct! li

agitated before the country), was the situation of
our possessions, with respect to the Pindaries,
left unnoticed, from 1809, when Capt. Bydenham
represented what sort of a race they were, up to
the year 1816? From the year IyO9 up to 1816,
he could we no material endeavour to twain their
aggressions. lint at length measures were taken by
the Marquis of Hastings, not only to repel hostile
attacks from our territories, hut to putanah those
who had II tell them. He had acted an became
him —not only in conformity with what he thought
was right—hut with irierriive to what the Directors
themselves pointed out. Ne had restored peace to
the country—he had, acting nn instructious, ren-
dered the territories of the Company more exten-
sive. They did not throw aside the accrasion ex-
cept in one of those ethical effusions, which are not
always the test of true ferling.-1 I fear, hear.)—lle
would not divide the Court oil this part of the Reso-
lution, at the same time that he thought it was in
great degree objectionable. But, to the second part
of it, he felt a decided objection. It was their said,
that the Marquis of Hastings ought to receive the
thanks of the Court for having " dispersed the
elements of a confederacy amongst the Midirattas,
which had for its object the overthrow of the B►itish
Government." He denied that this was the fact.—
'l Ime of Hast:ogs had not dispersed the
elements ot a ronfederacv—lie had, in fact, when a
great confederacy wa► formed, when large armies
were ac 'rely eam.loyed m the field, by his skill
and 46011 defeated slime machinuinnis. He should
therefore move that the words .. dispersed the
elements of a hostile confederacy siniongst the
Alahrattas, against the interests of Great Britain."
he omitted, mill the following aub.titotrd :—" That
he encountered and defertrd the objects of the
illalaratta States—defeated their armies—reduced
them to submission—and destroyed their means of
future aggression."

FLETCWER seconded the motion—and, in
abort speech, condemned the coldness which marked
the Resolution. IVhen the Court of Directors had
enjoined the Marquis of Hastings to proceed in the
course which he originally found it mccssary, for
their benefit, to pursue, how came it that 11111 lOW
pl4ced upon their Resolut ion of Thanks, those words,
expressive of deep regret for accessions gained, which
took away from the grace of the boon they were
about to ttrant ?

Mr. S. Dixox expressed himself strongly adverse
to the acquisition of additional territory iii
lUdiU—
s,nul declared, as an honest man, that he could not
vote for the motion, unless the origin and object of
the war were proved to be cousistent with honour
and integrity.
Bost NQUET expressed himself unfriendly to
the amendment, because it stated the Mahrettas to
he completely subdued, whereas, there was one of
those Powers at war with us. Ile conceived mat
it was not correct. when questions of it nice and dif-
ficult nature, requiring a variety of information,
came helore a lrdy, constituted as this was, that an
alteration should hr made, on the spur of the mo-
ment. which, perhaps, in the end, would be found
not to lie supported by the facts of the case.
31r. 1-Juste. in a speech of considerable length,
and great ability, pointed out the benefits that
would have arisen from the uninterrupted colitis
taco. of the system of policy which Manio*
Al'ellesley had introduced in India—touched on the
deviatiums from that policy, which were observable
in Ilse administration of Marquis Cornwallis—
awl declared that the PRESENT DAT, when a vote
of thanks was about to be given to the Marquis of
Hastings, for pursuing precisely the system laid
down by Nl:sr-psis Wellesley, would, to the
latter Nobleman, he the proudest period of his life !
Why ? Because lie found that all his plans, so often
unjustly reprobated at former periods, were now
considered the best means of cunsolidatiog, and
consetineialy of preserving the Indian empire.
Mr. GRANT (the Director), in the course /if •
very able speech, declared that lie was quite
to the accession of new territories. The Legis-
lature, his Majesty's Ministers, and the Court of
1)a-et:tors, had long expressed the same sentiment,
and he saw no reason for altering the opinion be had
long held. On the contrary, he felt that many
strung reasons were opposed against the arguments
of those isitliviiluals who adopted a different system.
Ile hail kino.” mail persons, deeply versed in the
knowledge of Inilims affairs, and amongst others
Marquis Cornwallis, whose opinion co-ICH:hied with his
saws,—that court:sot extension of territuly was likely
to create jealousy and hatred awougst the native
rowels—m.(l the Don. Proptietors would forgive
him, if, supported by such authorities, he doubted
a little the correctness of their opinion. Though
lie certainly did not approve of' the amendineiet,
lie would root oppose it, because he wished the vote
to be unit tttttttt us.

Mr. D. KISTNAIRD supported the amendment.
Mr. tinware!' expressed his surprise, that arty
observatinn 'should have been directed against that
part of the Hewlotion which noticed, " with deep
regret" the accession of fresh territory in the East
Indies. A. a burly, they could out otherwise have
expressed theineelves ; mice the Act of Pailiament,
which was dietatory at once to the Board of Com
trot and to the Court of Directors, desigurited the
Hereunto' of territory as a matter greatly to be de.
'iterated.
Mr. A. liciatasoN agreed to the two first points
iri the amendment. He admitted that the Pio-
.hries had been put (Sohn and the Malirattas de-
ft:tied, but Ire thought suit hie teamed Friend
had Ihris procerdt al In n 'limit *lnch was rather
prophetic than a matter of fart. He conceived it
was riot correct to uay, that these victories had ef-
fectually preserved the British dominions from fu-
ture aggression—for such was evidently his mean-
ing. He could not 'trot:red to this extent of pro-
plwcy. But, if lie would alter the revolutions and
airy, " that their (the Malirattris) means of aggrra-
moo were !resealed by throe victories," he would
agree to it.
Mr. J ACIL SUN acquiesced in this alteration.
The motion of thanks to the Marquis of flastings
was then carried, as amended.
On the thanks to Sir T. II !stmt. being read,
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Mr. Hung rose, and requests(' that the proposi-
tion might be postponed, as there was a trcuitt-
stance connected with Sir T. Hislop's case, wind,,
if nut explained, would induce 111111 to oppose the
vote of thanks. The circumstance was of public
notoriety. It was stated that Sir T. iiiviop had
hanged the Governor of s fort, which had rurren.

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