The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-26 00:00:00

on the 16th of February, 1020, when he accepted, metes
over, a gratuity (to what amount is unknown) fano:4(4Kr
It is not an overstrained supposition to ascribe that prette4-
log, on the part of the•honse to a desire to separatekeelf in 'aP-
pearance from any member of the Residency, at a period
.suspicion was alleged to be (gloat as to the fact e, f tire itetitttat
himselfbeing connected with them ; anti to enable theta, in cow-
templation of the projected loan, which was formally proposed.
a few months after Mr. Sotheby's retirernertt, to, make astir:. 3f
necessary, to the effect which has since been witnessed. *• •
In what manner can Mr.
.Sotheby reconcile to himself the actef'
permitting Net equivocal a document, to say the least of k Cat.
Palmer and • Rumbold's • effidavit),• to be sworn bafGre.•lo:l-,..
when- he could not but be aware that theeffect it was ealtulat,4
to produce on the mind of the Governor-General in GAO 4..
would have been destroyed,l)ad the Government bece aPptistd
of the facts which Mr. Sotheby has himself acknoeiedgekt with
regard to his own connexion with the house ? * is bnpe,:-
sible for the Governor-General in Council, with advertent:, to
all the facts of the case, to acquit Mr. Sotheby of a erlutirtil
collusion with the subscribing parties to the affidavit. for the
purpose of deceiVing the Government. * * * With advertence .
to the inquiries still in progress at Hyderabad regard ing the sn,9-
posed connexion of the late Resident
.and his brother with the
firm of Wm. Palmer and Co., the Governor-General deems it
premature to pronounce any judgment as to the degree in
which Mr. Henry Russell and Captain Charles-Rui4o- May
have been implicated in the illegal transaction here allu4e:4 te.
But it has been .established by the declaration of Mr. Sotlie;tky,
that three members of the late Resident's family—naniely, Mr.
Sotheby himself, Mr. Russell, formerly of the Madras Engi- .
veers, and Dr. Currie—were all engaged, openly or secretly, in
partnership with the house of Palmer and Co.* * The baneful
effect of such a combination, or secret understanding, between
the late Residency and the house of William Palmer and Co.,
has already been felt in its full force at Hyderabad, where there
is too much reason to fear that a systematic league of that kind
had subsisted for a period and to a degree which the Governer-
General in Council hopes and believes are quite without
example. * * * The Governor-General resolves, that Ale.
Sotheby be removed from his office of agent at Moorshedabad,
as unworthy of longer holding a confidential situation under the
Government."

\Ve have now therefore laid, but imperfectly, this dark affair
befcre the public. The charges made, or suspicions thrown
out, against the Resident himself, in official papers, by tre
Directors, and even by Lord Hastings, make it clear that he is
but a suspicious defender of others. It was a singular and
even a fearful expression of Mr. H. Russell's, in his spelech on
Friday last in the India House, that " he had only to hold up
" his finger, if he had wished the Nizam"—to do what ?
"-To declare war against the English," against Mr. Rus-
sell's
.country—against the Company of which he was a ser-
vant. And whence sprang this awful influence ? The Nizarn
was in the fetters of the House. How piteous to see a Sovereign
Prince, not overwhelmed by princely force, but strangled
in the meshes of pettifnggers and money-scriveners ! We
hope this reproach will be wiped off. With respect to. Lent
Hastings, whose pension has been the.subject of debate, **
boldly say he has acted with an indiscretion that renders bun-
unworthy of it. The whole of this disgraceful mischief has
origihatecl in his suspension of a fundamental law of Indian
Government from an evident principle of favouritism, the
power of suspension only resting with him in the case of any
sudden public emergency. As to the unlucky praise whicia
was lavished on his Lordship by a worthy Director, as the pa-
cificator of India, we shall just present an extract from the
panegyric, and point to its absurdity:—" The beneficial effects
" of that highly-gifted Noblemanle achikeinents and states-
" man-like
.policy are becoming every day more obvious
(this was written but in thiliJanuary of last year !) " India is
" in profound peace, and likely to continue so, from the removal
"of incentives to war !"—(Mr. Pattison's Dissent.)—'rta
Burmese war, Mr. Pattison ! what say you now to the eternal
peace of India ? The Court of Proprietors may decide as
they please upon this important affair, but it will now be un-
derstood by Europe, and the British public.—( Times.)