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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

converted a ; and anotb r perso!., a Catholic priest, was ac-
companied with several persons whom he called Christians' but ap-
peared to be totally ignorant of the habits of the people with whom
he was mixing. The question as to the propriety of a Church Esta-
blishment was one of great difficulty and delicacy ; much would de-
pend on the tempts!. and demeanour
.of the person raised to the sa-
ercd office. But he could not help saving, that he wished sonic
other time had been chosen for this experiment, as a surmise had
gone abroad, that there was an intention of forcing our religion on
the katives; an opinion which might tend to the greatest mischief,
esptciatly if propagated amongst the native infantry, who were the
great defence of the Empire.

a question, vk heftier there would be any serious danger horn
the Company's settlements in India from the residence of a t 1.4 more
European merchants there? Mr. Hastings said, he bad alre4tly
Answered that question.
Being asked, whether the sovereignty of the Company was belie-
fici to the country ? He said, the question seemed to be put for
the purpose of ascertaining whether the political power might or
might not be used against the commercial power. That, however,
could only be the case were there was a , competition ;• and as the
Court had no competithr, it could not apply to them. In answer to
•a question, respecting sane former opinions of his own with regard
o India, he answered that to many of the points retCrred to, the
time which had elapsed was so long since, that it was impossible he
could recollect them with any degree of certainty. He did not
come there to answer for his own inconsistencies of sentiment. He
might at one time have entertained and promulgated opinions from
which he now ditliTed. However, he was willing to assign his rel,on
for such change of opinion, it' the matters were read over to him to
refresh his memory. Being asked, what he thought of Missionaries
being sent over to convert the natives of India from their religion,
by telling them Mahomet was an impostor, &c. and what would be
the effeete He said, he thought any attempt to change the ru;iiion
of the country by declaring Malumiet to be an impostor,
cause a religious war. There had been instances of Mahonu.tan
enthusiasts being very ferocious; and in such a case there was no
knowing what might be the consequence. In answer to a question
respecting the danger of admitting a great number of Europeans to
resort to India, we understood him to say he thought there would
be d irmer ; and being further questioned, whether that opinion took
in Americans he auswered that it made a distinction between
Americans nod Europeans. _

[The %violable Warren Ristin7s, was condneted from the
Speaker's chamber to the floo,e by Sir Thomas Plomer and Mr. R.
Th6rnton, the Director. Mr. H. is little altered in hi• appearance
from ‘s li;tt he was nearly 20 ) cars back, off the memorable ocen-
aim) of his trial in Westminster Hall He is rather thinner in his
person and swops a little, hot though in his nith year. his eye re-
tains its wonted fi"c and animation, and his countenance its intelli-
gence and expression.] _ _

d TEIGN MOUTH W,IS the next witness examined.

The fiats continue:) to be engaged in hearinz evidence, till past
mithfight. It was arced on Ilie slIgV slim) of Lord CASTLEREAC H,
30 commence taking evidence to-morrow at halt' pa.•t four. so a% to
futi%li at an Cady hour, and proceed to the other business aftcrwards.
Adjourned.

WFDVF,D Y, 31 RC!!
PRINCESS OF WALES.

Nr. WHITER EAD Said, it Wa% with great pain and reluctance
he ro,r to call the attention of the Muse to a snbject which
he hail h ped was at re.st for ever. The public mind was quip t
under the convietion of toe innocence of her Royal Highness
the Prineess of Wales, and all secret eXaminations, with respect to
her eon Met had, as he was informed, ceased. This circumstance
was streno;leued by the visit whi,ll the Prineess Charlotte of Wales
was allowed to make to her Mother, and tlu• I:eneral sensation upon
that permksion was such as to predict a future pleasing consequence
from the termination of thfv-e distressing transactions. He was,
lowever, elle( ked in his expectations that the subject was at rest
' for ever, upon seeing a letter in a newspaper, signed 64 Moira," ad-
dressed by his Lordship to a brother Mason, in which, alluding to
Lis examination of the servants of Lord Eardley, iu I r.PS, the Noble
Lord remarks.

" When the Prince did me the honour of relating to me this re-
presentation of Lord Eardley's, expressing great imeasiness that the
asserted notoriety of the interviews at Belvedere, .and the comments
of the neighbours should force him to take any public steps, I sug-
gested the possibility that there might be misapprehension of the
circumstances; and I entreated that, before any other proePtlin e
'sp)tould b.determined upon, I ;night send for the steward (Kenny)

APRIL 4.

and the porter (Jonathan Partridge) to examine them. This was
permitted I sent for the servants, and questioned them. My re-
port to the Prince was, that the matter _had occasioned very little
observation in the house, none at all in the neighbourhood, and
that it was entirely unnecessary for his Royal Highness to notice it
in any shape The servants had been desired by me never• to talk
on the subject; Lord Eardley was informed, that his conceptidn of
what had been stated by the servants was found to be inaccurate ;
no mention was ever made to any one, not even 4o the Lords nilo
conducted the enqniry, three Scars afterwards, of the particulars
related by the servants; and the eircumstsyme never would have
been known at all, had not the legal advisers of the Princess, for
the sake of putting a false Mean on that investigation, indiscreetly
brought it forward. The death of Kenny, in ti►e interval, tempted
them to tisk this procedure. Jonathan Partridge having been
known at the time when he was questioned to be devoted to the
Princess, from Ili• own declaration to the Steward, no one can doubt
that her Royal Highness would the next day be informed by
him of his haying been examined. The measure was most eiliuisive,
if not juititied by some uncommon peculiarity of eirentestanee.
Yet a•.relnte siknee is preserved upon it for so long a period by her
Royal Highness's advisers ; a forbearance only to be solved by their
being too cautions to tooch upon the point while Kenny was Wire."
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that this passage evider•tly implied, that
Kenny's evidence was unfavourable to the character of tier Royal
HighneFs, and as it was highly neee,sary Lord Moira should explain
the liminess before lie departed for India, he moved, 46 That a Mes-
sage be sent to the Lords, to desire their Lordships to grant leave
that the Earl of Moira .stamid he called before this House, to give
an explanation at the bar, tonehing certain matters wit bin his knew-
Wee, relating to her Royal Highness the Princess ef Wales."
The SPEAKER suggested, that the motion was irregular, there
being no inquiry before the House ; and Mr. PONSONBY opposed
it upon the same ground, as being unprecedented.---The motion was
there "i re negatived.
Mr. Law wished to know if any communication had been made
to his Majesty's Government, relative to the employment of Russian
troops in Spain?
Lord CASTIrnPAGII answered, that the Hoch. Gentleman must
be aware that this was a point on which it was not proper to make
any communication o the House.
Mr. LAW then gave notice, that to-morrow se'nnight he should
make a motion on this point.
Mr. VAN!IITTAni moved the grant of two millions to the East
India Company, in order to meet a balance of :2,291,0001. which ap-
peared on the accounts to be due front the Public to the Company.
The Resolution was agreed to.