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CNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OEFOIID, FEB. 26.—0 n Wednesday last the Rev. Edward
Philip Cooper, Fellow of St. John's College, was admitted to
the Degree of Bachelor in Divinity ; and on the same day
Edward Dighton, Esq. of Exeter, to that of Master of Arts,
Grand Compounder.

•
The new Statute relating to the Examinations, which pro-
vides that there shall, in future, be nine instead of six Exa-
miners, and that the Classical and Mathematical Examinations
shall be distinct, passed the House of Convocation on Tuesday
last. The number of Classes are to he four, of which the three
first are to be printed.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.-The Rev. William
Buckland, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, and Reader in
Mineralogy and Geology, in this University, has been
presented to the Rectory of Stoke Charity, near Win-
chester, vacant by the death of the- late R. Gatehouse pa-
trons, the President and Scholars of C. C. C. Mr. Buciland
has also been re-elected President of the Geological Society
of London.—the Ref. A. Sedgwick, M. A. Woodwardiaa
Professor, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, pre-
sented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Vi-
•carage of Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the resig-
nation of the Rev. George Alacfarlan. The Rev. W. Corbett
Wilson, jun. M. A. to the Vicarage of Bozeat cum Strixton,
Northamptonshire ; patron, Earl Spencer.—The Rev. W. C.
Madden, B. A. of Queen's College, Cambridge, has been li-
censed by the Archbishop of York, to the perpetual Curacy of
Christ's Church, at Woodhouse, in the parish of Huddersfield,
in the parish of Huddersfield, on the presentation of Jon Whit-
acre , Esq. the founder.

Finis.—Last night,aboqt a quarter past eight,
a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Rivest, musi-
cal instrument vender, No. 218, lli^h Holborn.
Engines were in immediate attendance ; but
though there was an ample supply of water, and
the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost,.
stilt the devouring element raged uncontrouled,
and in a short time extended itself to the ad-
joining house, the Suu and Punch Bowl. Both
houses were completely destroyed. The flames
extended in the rear to the premises of Mr.
Vizer, a timber-merchant, w here a great quan-
tity of the property was destroyed; but owing to
the exertions of the engines, the fire way stayed
in its progress. About half-past ten the flames
were subdued. So rapid was the conflagration,
that scarcely any property was rescued, We
understand that the premises consumed were
partly insured.—A destructive fire broke out at
lidin Laugh, on Tuesday night, in the printing-
office of Mr. Ritchie, which destroyed the lands.
on which it commenced, by which fifty families,
mostly poor, have been dispossesed of their homes.

MISS FOOTE.-=-RLISSELL, the Manazer of the
Brighton Theatre, evinced his gallantry and his
gratitude at the same time to Miss FooTL, for
the three overflowing houses she produced him by
her performances the week before last. On her
quitting the Theatre, lie presented the fair Lady,
with a brilliant bandeau, stuthled with precious
stone, which cost the liberal Manager nearly 4U
guineas.

THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.
A Special Court of Proprietors of East India
Stock was held on Friday, by adjournment from last week, at
the East India House, in Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the Hyderabad Papers, which had
been laid before the Honourable Proprietors, so far as they re-
spected the conduct of the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings,
late Governor-General of India.
The CHAIRMAN (IW. Astell, Esq.) shortly informed the
Court, that they were then met, pursuant to an adjourn-
ment, from Friday last, of a Special Court, called at the
request of nine Hon. Proprietors, to consider the Hyderabad
Papers, so far as they regarded the Most Noble the Marquis of
Hastings. •
The SECRETARY then read the requisition. He also read
the original motion made by the Honourable Douglas Kin-
naird, viz.—
" That this Honourable Court having taken into considera-
tion the Papers which had been ordered to be printed and laid
before it at a Court of.Propaictins, held on the 3d of March
last, Teletitig to ceataia tketfiVaity transactions with die house of
Messrs. William Palmer and Co. at Hyderabad, is of opinion
that there is nothing contained therein which tends to affect, in
the slightest degree, the personal character, integrity, and ho-
nour, of the late Governor-General of India, the Most Noble
the Marquis of Hastings."
The Amendment, moved by the Chairman, and seconded by
Sir George Robinson, was then read, viz.—
" That this Honourable Court having taken into considera-
tion the Papers laid before it, relative to certain pecuniary tran-
sactions with the house of Messrs. Palmer and Co., at Hyder-
abad, is of opinion that there is no ground for imputing corrupt
motives to the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings, late Go-
vernor. General of India, nor to any other member of the Ben-
gal Government; but at the same time it feels itself called up-
on to express its approval of the several dispatches to India, made
by the Honourable Court of Directors on the 2 lth of May,
1820 ; 28th November, 1821; 9th April, 1822 ; and the 21st
January, 1824."
The Coma araN then called on Sir John Doyle, as being
in possession of the Court at the time of the last adjourn-
ment.
Sir Jones DOYLE wished to know of the Honourable Chair-
man, whether the Amendment was to be considered that of
die Hon. Court of Directors, or of himself and Sir George Ro-
binson personally.
The Cita' nataei said, that as he considered the conduct of
the Court of Directors by whom those dispatches were sent out
to India to be entitled to the approbation of the Proprietors,
and as it appeared to him that the original motion, if carried,
would throw an imputation on those Honourable Gentlemen
who at that time composed that Court, he certainly had felt it
his duty, as an individual Member of the present Court, to
move the amendment. He had no time to lay it before
the present Directors, or lie had no doubt he should have ob-
tained their assent to it; the amendment was, therefore, to be
considered as that of his own and the Honourable Baronet who
seconded it.
Sir JOHN DOYLE said, he was quite satisfied with regard to
the observations which had been most candidly commieniceted
by their Hun. Chairman ; his having acknowledged the amend-
ment to be the act of himself and the lion. Director who se-
conded it, assisted him (Sir J. Doyle) considerably, and took
away much of the weight that would have otherwise belonged
to the speeches of his special pleading friends, who had spoken
on die former days of discussion (Mr. Poynder and Mr. Fresh-
field). It had been said by them that the motion of his Hon.
Friend (Mr. D. Kidnaird), was in direct opposition to, and a
reflection upon, the Court of Directors, but now it appeared
from what their Hon. Chairman had said, that it was in oppo-
sition only to his and the Hon. Bart. (Sir G. Robinson's) mo-
tion. With regard to the original 'motion, he thought it in
every respect unobjectionable. He did not believe that in any
Court, a plaicere more moderate,. and unornamented proposi-
tion was ever produced. It only referred to the Noble indivi-
dual whose character was involved ! he did not know of a more
simple and intelligible motion ever having been made in that
Court. But his special pleading friend (Mr. Freshfield) had
endeavoured to confuse it; he had assured us that if this mo-
tion were carried, the business could not rest here. Those
Hon. Gentlemen, however, came to this Court with their
speeches already prepared from Alieir briefs, and went on with
the greatest fluency, provided they were not interrupted by any
impertinent questions. With regard to the Gentleman who
spoke last (Mr. Freshfield), he laid considerable stress on the
attack that had been made upon the character of Mr. Adam ;
and lead advocated that individual's reputation with consi-
derable warmth. Now, if it be true, as reports say, that that
lion. Proprietor is the attorney of Mr. Adam, he (Sir J. Doyle)
thought nothing more injurious to his client's character could
be done, than his coming down here and attempting to entrap
this Court into an approbation of his (Mr Adam's) conduct,
without any inquiry having taken place at all with regard to
that Gentleman. But they (Mr. Poynder and Mr. Freshfield)
were the great guns, lie knew, on the enemy's side; but the
greatness of the gun was known to consist in the greatness of
the le-re. lie would now address himself to the objections that
had been urged against the Noble Marquis. The first point
was that which related to the suppression of the Aurungabad
Accounts ; the second concerned the 60 Lac Loan to the Nizam,
and the third the preference, or, as the fashionable phrase is,
the favouritism which the Marquis of Hastings had shown to
the house of Palmer and Co. He thought, that with regard to
the two first points he had sufficiently answered them at the last
meeting. The charge of favouritism then consisted in the licence
granted by the Governor-General, at a time when the very cri-
tical situation of the Nizam's Government required an act of
decision. State necessity must at all times overset these cavils
about trifles. The question was, would you lose India or
overset an Act of Parliament ? Lord Hastings was a States-
man, and did not hesitate which to do. fie said an Act of
Parliament might go back to Parliament, and be renewed, but
a State once lost, it might be very difficult to regain it. With
regard to the Aurungabad Accounts, he (Sir J. Doyle) had
omitted at the last meeting to say one thing. The Court had
heard hut one side of the question ; they had heard the friends
of the Noble Marquis. Mr. Stuart in his minutes stated, that
upon application being made to the house of Palmer and Co. for
a particular statement of the Aurungabad Accounts, Sir Win.
Rum bold, who had arrived at the scat of Government, refused
to give diem, saying, that as mercantile men they could not
with propriety furnish copies of their accounts with their con-
stituents ; such a measure would be highly injurious to their
affairs, and destroy the confidence which the public reposed in
them. Now, what Mr. Stuart here said, was completely true
and right at the time he wrote his minutes; because Sir Wm.
Rumbold had made theseobjections. But it so happened, that
while Sir William was thus objecting, his partners ,who under-
stood the business better than he did, had furnished copies of
the whole of the accounts, before a letter could have reached
them from Calcutta; and the reason they assigned for doing
so was ;his, that though they were not bound to do it, yet they
knew their soundness, and that the more their accounts were
insoected, the more would the facts redound to their character.
But when these accounts were delivered Mr. Stuart forgot to
do one thing—he forgot to take his minutes and throw them
into the fire. This unfortunately was not done—the minutes
was sealed and sent off to the Court of Directors, containing the
statement of Sir William Rumbolcrs refusal. without one
word of the accounts having been subsequently furnished,
and which must have been known to 31r. Stuart before his
minutes were sent off: Now, the 60 lac loan was the next
pwoitisn tenodbej
endeavoured
eadgat ion sconnected. t
J. Doyle) should
only say with regard to it, that whether the system upon which
the loan was managed was right or wrong, it was in his
judgment Very imtnateird. All parties agreed that a loan
was necessary. The resident had recortunended one plan, Mx.
be the
Noble
or with which he
Adam another. and Messrs. Palmer and Co. proposed a third ;
thus three modes were offered by which this loan, which was
agreed by all to be necessary, was to be effected. But two of
these modes were deemed illegal whether by competent autho-
rity or not he would not say, but it was not an authority ap-
pointed by the Marquis of Hastings. but by the Court of Diree-
tors themselves. Well they are agreed that such a thing was
necessary, and as two of three plans proposed were illegal,there
only remained one, which was that offered by Palmer and Co.
Now it was satisfactory to see what was
the opinion of Mr.Adarn
at that time with regard to this plan; he (Sir J.Doyle) would read
an extract from that gentleman', own testimony, Mr. Adana,
in assigning the considerations which weighed with him its giv-
ing his assent to the arrangement between the Nizam's Go-
vernment and the House at Aurungabad. said, ..The terms
offeredby: Messrs. William Pi.lmer and Company were repre-
sented. and I believe correctly. to be more favourable than any
o.her that could be obtained by the Nizam's Minister on his
own credit or that of the S,a!a•, again "On time

whole, it appeared to be as favourable an arrangement for the
Nizam as circumstances would admit of, and as such was a fit
object for the sanction of the British Government."—Why,
this was one of the crying sins of the Marquis of Hastings! and
yet it was said by Mr. ,-\dam to be deserving the approbation of
the British Government. Mr. Adam then went on to say.—
" For I willingly admit that we are not entitled to oppose this
plan if we do not propose a better." Now, did they propose a
better, and what was that better plan ? Both that had been
mentioned were illegal; so that he (Sir J. Doyle) would say,
whether the plan ultimately adopted was right or wrong was
quite immaterial to his argument. In consequence of some
passages in a note of Mr. Adam, which was considered to re-
flect on the conduct of the house of Palmer and Co. in reference
to this loan, that gentlemen five years afterwards says, in one •
of his letters,—if any observations of his should seem to convey
such an impression, he desired particularly and unequivocally
to disclaim any such intention. It was upon the letters and
statements of Mr. Metcalfe that the whole of this unfortunate
discussion was founded, and by which the mind of the
public was so much biassed, but in which statements he
(Sir J. Doyle) would prove, before he sat down, there was
not a single word to be relied upon. .If this were his word
alone, then lie should think that no one would believe him again
after making what, in that case, would be so rash a statement ;
but he would meet those statements by Mr. Metcalfe's own
words, and show that that gentleman had, at different times,
contradicted himself' almost on every fact—and it would not do
for a gentleman to stand up and say that Mr. Metcalfe was an
honourable man ; he (Sir J. Doyle) did not say he was not an
honourable man, but there were passions in the human breast
which were capable of perverting the hest principles, and in-
fluencing the mind to the worst of actions. His point of at-
tack had been the house of Palmer and Company, but all his
(Mr. Meredith's) hope was, that by a rebound, it would reach
and wound the Governor-General himself. Mr. Meredith, in
page 191, said, that by the 60 lac loan the Government of the
Nizam had been much relieved ; but, says he, I have been dis-
appointed in finding that relief was not so great as I expected,
nor that the money was applied to such a permanently useful
purpose as I had hoped. Sic ego sic meas. He's the Knight
and hero of his little tale. First of all it was said that there
was an usurious demand made by die House ; next, that there
was not a farthing paid at all on the part of the loan, and then
here it is admitted that there was a sum paid, and which ren-
dered the Nizam some benefit. Now he (Sir J. Doyle) did not
arraign after this the Court of Directors for any pc7Sitive fault
in their conduct towards the Noble Marquis, nor for being made
the dupes of the representations of this gentleman. How could
he (Sir J. Doyle) accuse them of being dupes. when even Lord
Hastings himself, who was on the spot, was taken in by the re-
presentations of that person, and taken in so much as to be pre-
vailed upon to write to the house of Palmer and Co. in terms of
severe censure ? Then came the minutes of Mr. Meredith, in
183, in which he stated, that from the cursory view which he
had been able to take of the accounts at Hyderabad, it appear-
ed to him that not a single rupee had been paid in cash on ac-
count of the war. Why, if so, what became of that admirable
speech of the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Russell) who made it ap-
pear in figures that no less than 30 lacy were paid in a space of
a few months. In contradiction to all the facts testified to by
that Hon. Proprietor, who was an eye-witness of what he spoke
to: we have the bare and bold assertions of Mr. Meredith._
ll'ere lion. Members surprised then that the public were taken
in by theSe rash and unmeasured statements ? He (Sir J.
Doyle) thought he had now disposed of the tirst two points._
lie would now address himself to the third point. It had been
extremely laboured by the Learned Gentlemen (Mr. Freshfield
and 111-. Poynder), by distorting some of the statements con-
tained in -the large volume of papers before us, and omit-
ting others, to impose-on the minds of their auditors as
though they had fixed the crime of favouritism on the Mar-
quis of Hastings. Now, favouritism was a very vague ex-
pression. In either was, or was not blamable. In order
to make it blamable it must be injurious to the public,
and favourable to one's own personal interests. The
proof that had been adduced in support of this charge was two
or three private letters of' the Marquis of Hastings to Sir Wm.
Rumbold. First, it was necessary to know the connexion be.
tween these two parties. Sir Wm. bad married a ward, and -a
near relation of the Marquis; but still no specific charge had
been made, all was founded on suspicion, arising from these
letters. Nothing had been taken from that book (the papers)
which had been raised to its present extent for the purpose of
mystification : it was like embroidery of the fancy to pass off
the coarseness of the original material. It was larger than a
family Bible, and like that book there were sums parts of it quite
Apocryphial. One of these letters was written by the Marquis
on the 4th January, 11315, to Sir Wm. Rumbold : but he (Sir
J. Doyle) could not help remarking, that it was very curious
that the only thing which those Learned Gentleman had to go
upon was she private letter of the Marquis of Hastings to the
husband of his ward, as to whether his wife's fortune should be
entered upon the speculation of the proposed partnership of
Sir William with Palmer and Company, or not ? At the
time that this letter was written it was quite uncertain whether
Sir William would ever join that House or not. He (Sir
J. Doyle) would read that latter, not with the metaphysical
subtilty of a special pleader, but in a plain unadorned manner,
as it should be addressed to the honest minds of Englishmen,
who needed not the quips and quirks of a cunning and crafty
imagination to interpret to them the intelligible meaning of an
undisguised expression of an opinion from a Nobleman to
his friend on a private affair. It having been proposed to
Sir William Rumbold to become a partner in the firm of
Palmer and Campany, his Lordship informed him, by this
letter, that he had so written to the Resident at Hyderabad (Mr.
Henry Russell) as to ensure Sir William his attention and good
offices. His Lordship then said, the partners speculate that you,
being one of the firm, will interest me in the welfare of the
house to a degree which may be materially beneficial to them ;
it is a fair and honest calculation. The amount of advantage
which the countenance of Government may bestow, must be
uncertain, as I apprehend it will flow principally from the
opinion the natives would entertain of the respect likely to be
paid by their own Government to an establishment known to
stand well in the favour of the supreme authority here; per-
haps a more distinct benefit may attend the firm, from the con-
sequent discouragement of competition with you, by any other
British partnership, to which a similarly professed sanction
would not be granted. No other house would have such a
claim." These last words had been much dwelt upon—" No
other house would have such a claim." But hear how this is ;
W. Palmer was a native of India, he had served 23 years in
the army of the Nizam, he had by his valour and influence
quelled a mutiny, for which he was appointed to a high
rank-near the Nizam's person; these were his services, woad
the Nizam—but poad the States, it appeared that in 1812, 13,
14, 15, and 16; lie had rendered much essential !service to them.
Now he (Sir J. Doyle) would ask how any other establishment
could have had such a claim as this ? Suppose British suer-
chants had gone out and ventured their capital in commerce, in
opposition to the house of Palmer and Co., would they have
had such a claim? Had they rendered services to the Nizam,
or ever quelled a rebellion ? But recollect this was not an in.
tercepted letter, but voluntarily given up by Sir W. Rumbold
to his enemies, upon which alone the special pleading of their
advocates seemed to dwell. He would not speak of the pru-
dence of that act, nor would he praise the candour of those who
ad made it the ground of an attempt to tarnish the character
and wither the fame of the Marquis of Hastings; every thing
the Court of Directors had done was upon the information of
Sir Wm. Meredith, because he was their Resident, and there-
fore to be believed ; when here was a gentleman (Mr. Russell)
who had been a Resident for 10 years, a most respectable man,
and who was not known to, nor had even seen, the Marquis of
Hastings, and upon whose advice it was that the Marquis had
acted, and yet the statements of that honourable and eloquent
man were not to be listened to—he who bad been appoiated, not
by the Matquis of Hastings, but by hie able predecessor, Lord
Minto. The gallant General then adverted to the several of-
ficial persons now abroad; and in speaking of Mr. Adam, he
admitted that he entertained the highest opinion of his integrity
and honour. He had spoken, he observed, of Mr. Meredith,
but he was wrong, because he found that that person had a
title. Now he (Sir J. Doyle) certainly thought that Mr. Me-
redith would have had a title, but not an English nor a Euro-
pean one. He thought he should have had to introduce him to
the Court as his Highness the new Nizam Meredith, for he was
become the new Governor and Chief of India, and was enjoy-
ing the full plenitude Of oriental power. But, after all, this
noise about the house of Palmer and Co. was but a tub thrown
out to the whale: there were other things 11l view beyond the
ruin of that House.

Sir .1. Do,;LE they, desirell the vote of thanks of the Court of
Proprietors in 1822, to the 3larquis of Hastings, to be read.
The Secretary having read it,
Sir onx resumed—The Court has just heard read the °pi_
nion of the Court of Directors and Proprietors_ on the conduct
of the Noble Lord's administration. Nov that document, so

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laudatory and warm in the expression of gratitude, was Passed
by them two years after the 60 lac loan, and six years,afterthe
Aurungabad arrangement had taken place, and with the whole
knowledge of those transactions before their eyes. Ile,would
)saaryl Litnheant th;e
not go over the whole of the Marquis of Hastings' atiminisera-
ahlaldd r(eiciaetive:vebetlnit
(Itileppzibbtietiotetaeird
the
en cHosuuffisecse
oitftoi
came home from India, some officers who had served under
him there. In the course of three days, notwithstanding the
Session of Parliament was then closed,, proposed to him a din-
ner, and they tilled the largest room in London-with the. first
personages in the kipgdom, to do him honour. We had te.e
company of many Honourable Directors, but were deprived of
the honour of the company of their Honourable Chairman,
from indisposition—but whether that indisposition was inen-
tal or bodily, history, unfortunately, did not mention.
,The
Gallant General then requested the vote of thanks of the Go-
vernment and people of India to be read. This having been
done, he observed, that it was not an unusual thing for er sons
in high rank to receive addresses from persons over whom they
had power—but here was one to the Noble Lord after his re-
tirement. And who were the addressers? They were the come
mercial body of Calcutta, the Judges, an,: the three lest names
on the' address were of persons who were Secretaries 'in this
country at this moment, and had an opportunity of knowing well
what was the nature of that Noble Lord's Administration. Be
it remembered, too, that this was two years and a half after the
601 ac loan, and six years and a half after the Aurungab"d ar-
rangement. Thisaddress was followed byßengal, Madras,Singa-
pore, Prince's Island, and though last, not least, from the Native
inhabitants of India. Now here we had the whole ofEurope and
of Asia on the one side, and who had we on the other ? Why,
there was their Hon. Chairman and about eight or nine Hon.
Directors. Which of these would kick the beam he could not
decide. The Gallant General then complained of the statement
made by an Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Poyntler), that the Marquis
of Hastings had solicited the introduction of Sir William Rum-
bold into the firm of Palmer and Co. Ile would declare it to
be a rank, decided, and gross faisehood. He, out of courtesy
to that Hon. Proprietor, would say, that he must have been
misled by his brief. Where did that lion. Proprietor find that
the Marquis of Hastings had applied to the house of Palmer
and Co. to admit Sir W. Rumbold as a partner ? lie (Sir .1,
Doyle) could listen to arguments, but rank and positive false-
hoods never should be passed by him in silence; and yet that
Gentleman has repeatedly uttered that rank, abominable, and
infamous falsehood.—(Order, order ! Chair, chair !)—Whare
do you think the cries of the Janissaries will put me down ?
(Much cheering)—.l wish to respect the Chair, to observe order,
and even to say things civilly—but am Ito admit that to nese
as truth which I know to be a direct falsehood ? I put it ire
the most courteous way I could to the Honourable Proprietor;
I said, "he must be misled by his brief." Now, I hope I
have satisfied that Gentleman.--(A laugh.)—lt had been
-asked
(continued Sir John) whether the personal character of the
Marquis of Hastings could be distinguished from his public
character? lie would say—No. He would admit that that
able statesman, who had saved the states of, the East India
Company--who had filled their exhausted coffers, and had ren-
dered the most eminent services, to his country, was the iden-
tical person whom those lion. and Learned Gentlemen oppo.
site had so ably and critically descanted upon.—(Hear, hear le
He had now gone through the three points which had been
urged against the Noble Marquis. lie would now read the
original motion, to show how entirely free it was from reflect.
ing on any individual whatever.—[The Gallant General then
read the motion.] Now, he thought that if the motion had
been agreed to, every Proprietor would have risen, and applaud
ed the merits of the Marquis of Hastings. All that he and his
friends around him desired was, to have the personal integrity
of the Noble Lord established ; and when that had been done,
they might think what they pleased of his Lordship's politics.
He could safely say, his Lordship's friends had not provoked
the discussion : and whatever consequences followed this un.
fortunate and procrastinated debate, the friends of the Noble
Lord were free from blame—they had that consolatory reflec.
tion, whatever might ensue. It was said that he had his friends
were in hostility to the Court of Directors : this was not so. It
was the Chairman, and the Hon. Director who seconded the
amendment, who were opposing the Directors.- If the Court
pass the original motion, they then leave the Directors as they
were before, there would be no reflection nor any spprobatieu.
on their conduct : but it' the amendment be passed, then this
Court immediately declares their approval of those letters and
dispatches of the Directors which directly condemn the Mar-
quis of Hastings probity !
Mr. POYNDER made every allowance for what the Hon.
Baronet had stated in the warmth of argument, but he felt
himself called upon to deny, in the most unequivocal manner,
that he had ever stated that the Marquis of Hastings had di-
rectly applied to the house of Palmer and Co. to admit Sir W.
Rumbold into their firm. He had heard the speech of the able
and Gallant Baronet with unfeigned pleasure, and give him
full credit for his unbiassed opinions : why should the Hen.
Baronet then suppose that lie (Sir J. Doyle) was the only per-
son who had spoken without any other than public motives ?
Ile begged to say, that his services were not only unbought,
but that his opinions were given as independently as those of
the Gallant General. Ile must however remark, that the in-
ference to be drawn from a letter of Sir W. Rumbold to the
Marquis, and the reply of the Noble Lord, was, in his opinien,
that the house would be particularly favouied W. Burn-
bold was admitted as a partner.—( Hear !)
Mr. STEWART said, that at the last debate the Hon. Baro-
net had pointed him out, as being distinguished for a determined
and factious opposition to all the measures of the Marquis of
Hastings. With the highest sense of the ability displayed in
the Hon.' Baronet's speech, lie must observe that justice ought
not to have been done to his friends at the expense ef others.
The Noble Lord should not have been exalted into an idol by
vilifying characters who might be equally deserving. He was
convinced that the Gallant Baronet would, on reviewing his
speech, regret the reflections which he had unjustly cast on him
(Mr. S.) especially on reference to his conduct during the ad-
ministration of Lord Hastings.
Sir Jolter DOYLE denied that he had made use of the terms
" factious opposition ;" on the contrary, he had given the Hon.
Gentleman full credit for the manly opposi.ion which he had
given to those measurer of the late Governor-General whin he
considered to be impolitic.
Mr. STF.WART resumed. He would refer to the Honoura-
ble Court whetlier any thing else .could be deduced from the
language of the Honourable Baronet, than obstinate determin-
ed—opposition to all the measures of the Marquis.—(No ! no !
no !)-_He positively denied that he had any other feeling in op-
posing any of his measures, than a consciousness of the duty
which he otsed to himself as a member of the Suprenie Council.
It was said that he agreed to the Aurungabad arrangement.
This he denied : the first intimation he received on the 'abject
was by a letter, informing him of the sanction which hadbeta
given to the measure. When the subject of the lean came offi-
cially before the Council, he strongly recommended ar. inquiry ;
an inquiry was accordingly undertaken, by•the Resident at
Hyderabad ; but, as it did not prove satisfactory, a reference
was made to the Accountant-General. Sir Charles etletcalfe'3
letter to that official personage (21st July 181 b), in allusion
the transactions between Palmer and Co. and the Mean, states
that the proposals for the loan were that broached by Palmer
and Co. to the then Resident. (Mr. Russell), arid by him to the
Nizarifs Government ; and that the arrangements were entered
into with Mr. Ruseell's entire concurrence. .'But Sit Charles
submitted whether Mr. Russell was competent by Act of Par-
liament to give such a sanction to any house to lend money
without first obtaining the consent of the Court of Directors ur
the Governor-General in Council; neither of which appears to
have been given. Mr. Russell appears to have been of opinion
that this was the only means of relieving the Nizam's,difficul-,
ties, and paying the troops; hut, from a view of every thing.
connected with the subject, he could not
.possibly••see how this
measure was likely to lead to such a . result. Palmer andleu.
declared that they could lay out their money to more advantage,
and that their only object for entering into the loan was to be-
nefit the British Government. He was of opinion that the :loan
was Ma necessary,, as there was no want of funds. . At any rate
more desirable means of raising money might have been re-
sorted to. In consequence of this communication from Sir C.
Metcalfe, a letter was addressed to him on 4th • September fol-
lowing ; but before an answer could be received, Sir Wm.
Rumbold returned from Hyderabad, and wrote to the Governor
n Council in explanation. Sir Wm. Rumbold, objected. to
have the accounts of the house laid before the Supreme
eil, because they would necessarily be transmitted to.,Eagian,;
where they would be liable to misconstruction
_rang the
parties to whom- they would be submitted being 7ig
tantion the
the customs of the country. From this eerh_eee
Governor in Council passed a reeolutionneehaeAt "ere.utee_
()-
emery to submit them to the Coe it_
prietor then entered into a vindication ?, e4vheleeueracter.)
He contended that the statements already proved justified au
inier and t."). fie conceived that
enquiry into the conduct of Pa

'.hat Government was not justified in impeding so heavy a charge 1
on the Nizam's Government, ss that of supporting so large a
military establishment as was raised through the advice and
direction of the Resident: was it said to have been paid by
Palmer and Co. ? Ile declared most distinctly that every ehil-
ling which had been advanced for the public service of the
Nis= had been completely liquidated. The sanction of the
British Government was eaual to any guarantee of payment.—
. Ile could not, therefore, see any reason for Palmer awl Co.
charging such an extravagant rate of interest. Ile repeated
that he had throughout acted in principle as a public se.rvant ;
and 'boldly claimed the approbation of the Court for his long
and faithful exertions in then service --(Cheers)
Mr. WE CUING conceived that the transactions otf
_W
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l
lie_ m I
Palmer :trod Co. with the Niz.am's Governmen yd a
chailingn of connection with the conduct 9f the Marqui as.
which iaerfactly ineepaiable. And with regard to
tthe, substance of the speech of the late Resident at Hyder-
atm* (Mr. Russell), he declared the whole to be a palpable
fallacy, and perfectly untenable.—( Hear, hear, hear !)—The
Cart would keep in view that even he (Mr. Russell) was
kept in ignorance of what was going on ; and was it not,
therefore, reasonable to suppose that he would use conjecture
where he .had no information by which to fill up his account ?
Hear, hear 1) He would-defy any man to prove that there
was a single rupee due of the sixty lac loan. All, and more
than all, that was advanced, had been repaid. He would
ask the late Resident himself if he could say that, previous
to 1815, the house of Win. Palmer and Co. had not advanced
money illegally to the Nisam ? No; and therefore he con.
e:dered that the conduct of the Marquis of Hastings was re-
prehensible in not having inquired into their transactions.—
He had not read the opinions of Counsel which had been ob-
tained on this subject, because he had quite enough on which
to form an opinion in the papers before the Court, and the late
Resident might as well attempt to lift a mountain as to clear
all or any of those concerned in the Hyderabad transactions.—
He mould ask if it was proper—if it was to be countenanced,
that a political resident was to sanction the transactions of such
a house as Palmet and Company with the Nizams Govern-
ment, when he was receiving at the time 12 per cent. for
his money from that house, a higher rate of interest than
he-could hive obtained elsewhere ? When Palmer and Com-
pany applied for a license, the Governor-General, without any
inqairy, grants it, with this provision, that they should at
all times when required disclose to Government the. nature
of their transactions with the Government of the Nizam._
.blameil ,the Resident for applying. for a loan of two
lacs to pay the trop
I ps, without any stipulation as to inte-
rest or otherwise. t appears that when these matters came
to the knowledge of the Governor-General, lie wrote to know if
the arrangement was favourable to the Nizam's government,
and if none more favourable could have been made. Mr. fins-
s_ll, before he answered this leiter, intimated to Palmer and Co.
what he meant to say in reply ; that he meant to inform the
government that he had granted his sanction to all their mea-
eures, and consequently that government were bound to sup-
port the 4rrangement entered iato. Pretty political agent,
truly said the lion. Proprietor--(llear, hear t)—When the
Accountant-General, in consequence of the reference to hint,
made certain inquiries, Sir Wm. Rumbold, on ascertaining the
n attire of those inquiries, protested against the House giving
copies of their accounts to their constituents—among whom he
ranked the Nisam—at the same time that he had in his pocket
the license which stipulated, that they were at all times to make
_ their transactions with native powers known to the Govern•
ritent ?—( Hear, hear !)—lly the Governor-General's minute
of the 10th of November, 1819, it appears that when Sir
William Rumbold was called before the Council, he object-
ed to submitting the accounts of the House to that Supreme
Council, because they must necessarily be transmitted to the
Court of Directors, where they would be liable to miscon-
struction,' from the ignorance of those to whom they would
be submitted, of the localities of India —(Hear, hear!)—
And yet the Marquis of Hastings admitted the objection, and
the Accounts were not called for in consequence. He was
sorry the Member for Aberdeen was not present. What
would he say to accounts being refused to be produced,
because the party who was to produce them, did not think
that Court competent judges of their nature ?—(Hear, hear!)—
Suppose the Court of Directors were in like manner, to order
any of their servants to send home accounts from India, what
would he said of his replying, " a fig for your order, I won't
send home any accounts, for the best of all possible reasons—
that you could not understand them if I did ?"—At the time of
the fit/ lac loan, all the houses of agency were advancing money.
at 9. and with few exceptions, at 8 per cent. Was it therefore
justifiable in the Governor-General to sanction their (W. Pal-
mer and Co.) receiving 24 per cent. in the first instance, and
184 per cent. afterwards ? He would -say, if the Noble Mar-
q‘tiss's friends would permit him, that he was kept in the dark ;
bat no—and he therefore must declare that he considered that
that-the Marquis of Hastings had most unjustifiably kept the
Court in ignorance of these transactions. Why, he would ask,
unould money be raised at such a sacrifice, to pay the new
levies, when two Regiments of the Nizam's troops were regu-
larly paid by the British Government ? Would it not have
been better to have had these levies paid likewise by the Bengal
.Crovernment ?
.11r. HussF.LL here interrupted the Hon. Proprietor, and
said that he must labour ender a mistake. The two Regiments
alluded to had, it was true, been paid out of the Company's
treaeury—but the money was first obtained from the Nizam's
r:.vetnie. And latterly, to save trouble, was paid directly to
the troops, instead of being as formerly handed from the tree-
aery to the Nizam's minister, and from the minister- to the

trooi;s.
\lr. WEEDING resumed. He conceived that the Gover-
nor (Jeneral's statement was at variance with truth, when he
that he could not advance the sum required by the
Nizani out of the treasury. And as to the sixty lac loan, it
appeared to him a palpable attempt of Wm. Palmer and Co.
to obtain 13:3 per cent. for money at a time when all other
houses were advancing it in Calcutta at 8 and 9 per cent.—that
they, were_ sanctioned in this, he conceived a strong proof of
the undue partiality shewn to them. The Marquis of
Hastings had stated that he could not meddle with the Ni.l:47l's pecuniary matters. Why not? Could he not, he
would ask, nave procured money for him on easier terms ?
tin such terms as would enable him to repay the debt at a
tirae when. he was borrowing for the Bengal Government at
•64 per cent.' It was unbecoming of him to leave his ally at
-the mercy of a house who were charging him ISij and 24 per
cent: for money when he could-have borrowed for him at half
• that interest.—( Hear, hear !)—He could not help coming to
ele.conclusion that the Governor-General was so far guilty as
to render it quite impossible for the Court to adopt the original
motion.—(Hear, hear !)—And more—after reading the papers
before them, it was impossible to grant one Cowrie more to the
:Marquis of Hastings.-,(Hear, boar, and order, order !)—Under
all the circumstances, he was only astonished how he had been
granted what he already received.—(Order, order, order I)
The CRAntmats- maintained that the Honourable Proprietor
was in order, as the papers before the. Court touched upon re- •
'lion. D. KINNAIIIn wished to speak to order.—(Great cla-
sziamr, and the lion. Member sat down:). • •
The CHAIRMAN' declared that the lion. Proprietor was not
out of order.
Mr. WEr.iirso repeated his . astonishment, that the Mar-
quis had received what he had done.-.(Hear, hear !)—Could
Honourable Proprietors, after; all that was read and hear, assert
t:fat They approved of the character and conduct of the Mar-
tinis of Hastings? He considered that they were called upon in
the language of the Chairman's amendment, to acquit him of
personal corruption, but not of-undue partiality. He could. not
rig down without expressing his approbation of a gentleman,
whose character had been most,tinjustly villified. lie meant
that worthy, faithful, and tried savant of. the Company, Sir
charles .Metcalfe.—(Hear, hear !)-..lre habeen accused of in-
gratitude, but he (Mr. W.)tienied that most strenuously. Sup-
."p-oss he bad received private favours. from the Marquis of Haat-.
inga, (which he was not.disposed to adniit,).waS this, he would
air, to infere with his public conduct? -It was moat unjust to
expect it. He concluded by again conjuring the members of
that Court to abopt the Chairman's amendment.
Sir CIIARLES FoasEs--With that guarantee svas there a
man in this Court who would envy them what they could have
got ? He confessed he had not read the.voluminous hook be
fore the Court ; but he had read enough of it to speak to the
moderation of those transactions on, the part of Messrs. Palmer
and Co. as compared with those of -other-houses. •Jn the year
1793, such was thdifriculty of rasing money experienced by
Lord Wellesley; at the time of the Mysore war, that the Go-
vernment issued proposals for the loan of 100,080 rupees-upon
t .rens which amounted to from 20 to 25 per cent.; and .18,000
rupees were paid into the treasury upon that occasion by his own
house, on terms making-thog,ether, 34 per-cent.• for one year
(hear !) ; and high as that was, that sum was all they could spare
upon those terms. Now which was preferable-34 from the
Company, or 24 from the Nizam ? But it -was said that this
litSuse had
what was equivalent to a guarantee'frorrr the 'Com-
.pany that being the case, they would have a right to look ter.,
this Court for conor nsatzon. He' (Sir C. Forbes) had no con-
nexion with any .these parties ; but in a conversation which
he had-with Sir W. ILumbold on this subject, to every question
tie put to him he received a clear, explicit, and satisfactory ex-
planation. It was almost impossible for men who had not been
in that country to understand the difficulty of raising money
- there. He had a letter in his pocket from Calcutta, apprizing
him of a loan which had been made at the rate of 12 per cent.
for three months, with a bonus of 10 per cent. ; making
gether 52 per cent. per annum. lie thought that this was a
touch-injured and calumniated establishment, and that the
members of it were intitled to restitution at the hands of the
Court. He did not sec how Lord Hastings could accomplish
._ the object he had in view for the interests of the Company en
ore beneicial terms. After complimenting Mr. Russell upon

Ile brilliant and convincing statement, be said he was may
to give the directors credit for fair and just intentions, although
they had been misled; but he would not be bound to approve
of the dispatches referred to in the amendment, for the reasons
mentioned in the able dissent of the Hon. Director. Ile would
give his consent to nothing that would conclude the claim of
these unfortunate gentlemen.; tuit he would be glad if any ad:
justment between the resolution and the amendment would be
proposed, which he would cordially support ; otherwise, he
should vote in favour of the original resolution.
Mr. STEWART wished to explain one part of the lion. 13a-
ronet's speech. He did not say that government had guaran-
teed the loan. Ile only said that the sanction given by the
Supreme government to its ally appeared to him equivalent to
a guarantee—(Hear, hear !)
Mr. DIXON came quite free into that Court, though he con-
fessed with a prejudice, from all he heard, against the MarqUis'
integrity. The gentlemen who had spoken on the first and se
cond, and even third day, had convinced tine of one thing, and
that was, that several of them had searched diligently and
anxiously for matter of recrimination against the Noble Mar-
quis.—( Hear !)—They at the same time cleared him from all
personal imputation, but accused him of undue partiality to
Palmer and Co., for which reason they would votefor the amend-
ment. The original motion went tolcompliment Lord Hastings,
but the amendment, with the sting at its tail, was no cauipli-
ment. Those gentlemen who were for the amendment, wished
to bring in, s. in Scotland—not proven ; but did not seem de-
.sirous of bringing the Marquis in not guilty. One thing was
very plain, gentlemen opposite had come there with speeches
got up for the occasion ; but he must be _allowed to say that
they smelt too much of the.lamp.(A laugh.)—He had never
before heard so much from those gentlemen that was so unsatis-
factory or inconclusive. Mr. Russell again spoke to perfect '
conviction, from his personal knowledge of all the transactions
during his long and faithful services at Hyderabad. What
came from him was preferable to any thing that could ha gleaned '
from books, and letters, and papers.—(Hear, hear !) —Before
Hon. Proprietors would decide. he entreated them to consider
the importance of character. The memory of an humble indi-
vidual like himself would not be likely to suffer much by any
imputation cast upon him, as it would probably go down with
himself to the grave ; but to an illustrious public character like
the Marquis of Hastings, it would be subject matter of history,
and would go down with his name to posterity. —(Hear, bear !)
—lf the house of Mr. Palmer and Co. were proved to be ever
so guilty, it was necessary to prove that the Marquis of Hast-
ings was guilty of encouraging and approving of their impro-
per conduct, before any slur should bs cast on his character.—
(Vehement cries of adjourn and question.)
Mr. PATTISON hoped that they would permit him on a
future day to be heard before 5 o'clock.—(A laugh.)
The question of adjournment having been put (on the motion
of General Thornton) by the Chairman, on a spew of hands,
he adjourned the Court at a quarter past five, to Monday next,
(this day) at 12 o'clock.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 26.

Foreign Office, Feb. 9.6.
The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward
Cromwell Dimbrowe, Esq., late Secretary to his Majesty's Le-
gation, and Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland, to-be Secretary to
his Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh.
The Kiv has also been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Wm. Henry Fox-Strangaw•ays to be Secretary to.his Ma-
jesty's Legation at Florence.

Lord Chamberlain': Office, Feb. :M.
The King has been graciously pleased ,to nominate Alm
Nussey, Esq., of St. James's-street, Apothecary in Ordinary
to his Majesty's Person, in the room of Richard Walker, Esq.,
deceased, and the Lord Chamberlain has appointed him ac-
cordingly.