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which further inforination might be requisite, in aiding the Go-
vernment to come to a right conclusion.
The Accountant-General 'laving in consequence been called
upon, that officer, in a report recorded on our proceedings of
the 4th September last, submitted his reitions for thinking the
plan highly objectionable; and stated, that he was unable to
discover from the correspondence, any necessity in the case in
a financial point of view.
The Accountant, however, indicated-some goints.for further
inquiry as proper, with the view of enabling the Government to
arrive at sk more satisfactotiy decision than was practicable with
the information previously submitted. Ile suggested, that the
house should be required to furnish figured statements, chew-
ing the sums paid by them in advance to the Nizam's Govern-
ment from time to time ; the interest thereon charged and re-
ceived by them, specifying dates; the tunkhas, or assignments,
received and realized by them, specifying dates ; the payments
made to them in cash at Aurungabad, under the third made of
their. agreement; the discount and premium of different cur-
rencies admitted under the fifth article of the agreement ; the
premium bn bills admitted under the sixth article of the agree-
ment.

The Government acceded to the Accountant-General's pro-
position, and the necessary call was made upon the Resident.
But no answer has been received from the Resident ; and the
Government has now seen tit to cancel its former resolution,
and to inform the Resident that the statements required, ac-
cording to the Accountant-General's suggestion, are no longer
wanted; that the Governor-General in Council does not pro-
pose to take cognizance of the arrangement, farther than to pre-
vent any interference on the part of the British house or its
native agents, in the collection of the revenues, or in any other
branch of the management of the districts assigned under the
agreement of the parties; for which purpose the Resident' has
been directed to interpose his influence and authority.
After the strong feelin upon the question which I have re-
peatedly expressed, and which, I fear, I urged upon the Board
with too much importunity, it was to be anticipated that I
should require some very important novel information, or some
very powerful novel arguments, to effect a change of my opi-
nion, and to bring me to acquiesce in the abandonment of that
which appeared to me the wise and prudent resolution of the
Government, to withhold its sanction from the arrangement,
until it had been thoroughly sifted.
There is.before the Government no new information or rea-
soning upon the subject, other than is comprehended in a letter
from Sir William Ilumbold, one of the partners of the house,
dated 7th October. But Sir William also attended the Cone-
cil in person, and entered into explanations on the subject of.
the arrangements.
No minute having been made of Sir William Rumbold's
personal communications, they do not appear on the records
Government; all I can say of them, therefore, is, that they did
not, in my judgment, teml. to shake, in the slightest degree,
the public grounds on- which the Government had deeded to
call for more accurate information.
In Sir William Rumbold's letter, thatrequisition is taken up
in an entire new light. It is represented as being injurious to
the reputation and interests of the house. The objection is thus
stated, " As mercantile men, we could not with propriety
" furnish copies of our accounts with our constituents ; such a
" measure would be highly injurious to our affairs, and destroy
" the confidence which the public repose in us."
(To lie continnol.) •

MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.

( Prom the British Press.)

As the following official report o.f the proceed-
ings of the Court of Directors of the Hon. East, India Com-
pany, is much shorter than any other that we are at przsent in
possession of, and shews by what a small majority the motion
for granting a pension to the Marquis of HasTixas was lost
in that Court, we think it may not be unacceptable to many of
our readers; for which reason we give it entire :
At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 3d Sep-
tember, 1023, Minutes of the Secret Courts of the 30th July
last, and 13th and 20th ult. were read, and ordered to be re-
corded on the public Minutes, the same being as follows, viz.:—
At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday the 30:11
July, 1823—A Member of the Court gave notice, that on
Wednesday, the 13th August next, it is his intention to call
the Court's attention to the services rendered by the Marquis of
Hastings in the office of Governor-General of India.
At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 13th
August, 1823—A Member of the Court, in reference to the
notice which he gave on Wednesday, • the 30th ult., postponed
to some future day the fulfilmentof his intention of calling the
Court's attention to the services rendered by the Marquis o(
Hastings, in the office of Governor-General of India.
At a Secret Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 20th
of Abgust, 1823—A Member of the Court, adverting to the
notice he gave on the 30th ult., stated, that he should, on Wed-
nesday, Sept. 3, fulfil his'intention of calling the Court's atten-
tion' to the services' rendered by the Marquis of Hastings, in the
Wilde of Governor-General ,of
A MeliTher'..of the Court, adverting to the notice given by
him on the 11.0t1ffrit4 then proposed the following motion, viz.—
"'That this Court,
:taking into consideration the zeal,
ability, and disinterestedness, manifested by the Most
Noble the Marquis of Hastings in the conduct of the East
India Company's affairs, during the whole of the period
for which he has
.presided over the British interests in
India, are of opinion, that as a mark of the high. sense
entertained by the Court bf hie-Lordship's merits and services,
an annuity of 5,0001.,16 issue out of the territorial revenues :of
India, for the term 'of 20 years, or for the duration of the
Company's charter, to commence from the day of his departure
from India, be granted to trustees, for the benefit of the Mar-
quis of Hastings and his family, to be applied and
.paid in such
manner, and for such uses, as the Court may determine."
Whereupon a long debate ensued; in the course of which it
was moved, "'That this Court do now adjourn.

And the question thereon being put
.by the ballot, and the
numbers appeFiug to-b 6 , • ' -
TheChUlrtriiin deelafdd` the question to be lost, under the
provisions of the Act of the 113 d Geo. 111. cap. 155, sec. 77.
The question on this original motion being also put by the
ballot, and the numbers thereon appearing to he equal,
The Chairman declared the same to be lost, under the provi-
sions of the Act above-mentioned.

At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the 17th Sep-
tember, 1843, a Member of the Court gave notice, " That on
the 'Bth' of October he shall bring before the Court a motion
to take into consideration the services of the Marquis of
Hastings."
At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the Ist Octo-
ber, 1823, the notice given by a Member of the Court on the
17th ult. of a motion to take into consideration the services of
the Marquis of Hastings, which stood for the Bth instant,
was, with the Court's consent, withdrawn ; and the same Mem-
ber stated his intention of bringing the subject forward on a
future day.

Lwro.—Colonel Qutsr. going over on a
campaign to Flanders, showed much kindnelis...to a young raw
officer who happened to take his passage in the same vessel,
and the Colonel took the Johnny Newcome under his conduct
to Antwerp. Some wags, noticing how simple and credu-
louS was this youth, told him he would be despised. by his
corps if he did not soon challenge some distinguished
officer to single combat. The lad said he knew no distin-
guished officer except Colonel Guise, and he owed to him, the
greatest obligations:- The arch rogues replied, that Colonel
Guise's favours were no ohatacle, since he knew no one-else,
to become. the instrument of vindicating his honour by a rcncon.
Ire; and ngentleinan of such known bravery was the fittest
antagonist he could have. The young simpleton lost no time
in applying to Colonel Guise; but feeling prevailed over all
other objects, and he 'prefaced the challenge by expressing
gratitude for the attention bestowed upon him. " Sir," re-
plied the Colonel, " I have done my duty,' and no more."
" But, Colonel," faltered the youth, "I am told it is absolutely
necessary for me to fight some gentleman of known courage and
high honour; and that nobody." " Oh, Sir," answered
Colonel Guise, " you friends do me too much honour; but
there is a gentleman well known to have killed half the rcgi_
ment." The youth, tractable to the advice of his benefactor
and commanding officer, applied to a huge fierce-looking man,
seated at one of the coffee-house tables, and saying, that being
well informed of his bravery, he must request a meeting with
such a distinguished officer. " Who, I, Sir ?" replied the gen-
tleman, " I am Peal, the surgeon." Colonel Guise unde-
ceived the youth, and the story ended, as it should, in a joke.—
( lamellas Courier.) • _ _ _

SAI) OCCURIIENCE.—It is often the practice of
the Margate visiters to sail from thence to the little village of
Herne flay, distant a few miles, to perambulate the extensive
and pleasant hills which abound in that neighbourhood. Dur-
ing one of these excursions on Thursday last, wilco a large
party was making the Bay, and the vessel cleaving the " liquid
way" at a rapid pace, suddenly an elderly gentleman, son of
the celebrated Dr. liuchan, author of a. Treatise on Domestic
ffireighwt:shotnwienvleetrliapteroly..
Medicine, fell from the stern of the boat into the briny element.
No sooner was the accident perceived, than the helmsman,
with considerable skill, made an almost. instant tack, and
gained the object of his anxiety just in time to save him. It
appeared the venerable gentleman could swim a little; and
fortunately, having a great coat of an impervious. texture, it
taken to the Ship Inn, where, with the usual restoratives, his
assisted in iwnitphrdesiicerveuinigty
II:
rimeserivnieolan;lie
duced by the catastrophe, had the effect of depriving him' of his
reason; and after remaining two days in a state of utter aber-
ration, he was conveyed to his friends at Margate In .a hope-
less state.—(Kent Mercury.)