The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

114: SUN _LONDON, TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1841

HAIVIB URGH MAIL

MUNICH, JEL.Y. 7.—We have just learnt that the Pro-
vicial Council of Upper Bavaria has, according to a re-
solution adopted in its last meeting, proposed to the
King to introduce again the order of the Jesuits. The
public is in anxious eypectation of the King's decision,
which however cannot be doubtful. The next Govern-
ment Gazette will probv.bly give the particulars, unless
it should be thought better not to publish the decision.
In the night of the 3d of this month, the Rev. Francis
Xaver Lusken, President of the Episcopal College, and
the Senior of the Diocesay. Clergy of Hildesheirn, died in
hat city. He was born at Paderbourn, on the 3d of
February, 1750, and went in 1767 to Treves, to enter on
his noviciate in the College of the Jesuits. Ho was
Member of the Order of the Jes nits which was sup-
pressed in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV.
The summary list of ships, of all nations, which passed
the Sound in the month of May. this year, makes them
amount to 1,125 from the North Sea, and 999 from the
Baltic ; in all, 2,124. Of these there were from the
I 1 English
..Nor .
2t4h6
Sea. Baltic.
Hanoverian. 58
38
Danish 5l 56
i: Swedish
1
ii . Norwegian . 139
L.' Prussian ..2 5
i Russian 3B;
Mecklenburg. 91
Dutch
French 22
American... 15
—Hamburgh Papers, July 16.
BELGIAN I. UNDS—ERnsfatts. JULY 17.
Actual Debt, 25(, per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOO% ,
Loan of Thirty _Millions, 4 per Cent 92 1
----- 3 per Cent. 1

Thirty.seven.

70%
040) lOO%
Loan of City, 1932, 4 pertent. B2
Society of Commerce, 4 6 per Cent... ......
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent..... .......
NationalSeciety. .
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, July 17.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vizim, JULY 10
rive per Cents. Metelliques • IOSU
Fottr per Cent 5........... ....... ............ 93 IA
Three prr Cents.
...._

Bank Shares
--Allgernesne Zeitung. "July 14
PRUSSIAN FURL S.—BERLIN' Jul.,: 13.
Bills Money
St. Schuld. Sch., 41,9 per cent, 104% 103%
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 pe: cent 1013;, 101%
Exchange on Landon, three mont;is 6 19%
—Prussian State Gazette. July 14;

last two Sessions, twitted Lord John Russell with the
humiliating circumstance, the Noble Lord was compelled to
make a virtual admission of the justice of the charge by not
adventuring a word in the way of denial or disclaimer. With
a Ministry which could thus tamelysubmit to the indignity of
being openly, and on repeated occasions, taunted with choosing
to occupy this inglorious position, rather than to relinquish the
patronage and the pay of office, it were impossible the coun-
try could have the slightest sympathy. And if and
doubt had previously existed on the point, the result of the
elections now concluded must have utterly and for ever dis-
pelled that doubt. Had Ministers only adhered to the princi-
ples which they professed when they first took possession of
Downing-street, the popular support then so spontaneously and
cordially accorded to them, would have preserved to them till
the present hour the overwhelming majorities which crowned
with success the various measures they brought forward in the
earlier stages of their official career, and enabled them trium-
phantly to carry, without any dissolution of Parliament, those
very anti-monopoly measures, the bare announcement of which
has proved fatal to their Administration.
HERALD.—We do hope that since good
St Swithin was
so capriciousas to present himself in the garb of Jupiter
Plum calendar on his day, he will be at least so obliging as
to rain out this crying nuisance of travelling corn agitators,
as if O'Connell were not already a sufficient bore in all con-
science to all mankind, in his particular line of state tinkering.
Not that we intend any libel se great upon the Member for all
Meath and half of Cork as to put him in the same
category with these transcendent dunces,—these illus-
trious obscure. It is bY • the way an amusing effort which
they make to Ay above the atmosphere of their conscious ob-
scurity by the marvelously fine preenomina which they all
seem to affect. ThCy tack to the grill surnames,
butterfly
wings of surpassing radiance. After the fashion of
—Lis-
ton's " Henry, Augustus Mug," we have John Julius
Cwsar—Smith ; Horatio 'Nelson—Timms ; and Modestus,
Ernest—Blackman ; or some such
appellatives. We
believe that a single confederacy,—the spawn of our times,—is
chargeable with all these sad consequences. It ought to be
thoroughly ashamed of them. The Anti-Corn-law Association
must have been sadly put to it for " helps," if some of those
who wear its livery and give themselves out as recipients of its
wages have really received their delegations from it. We know
nothing that is at once so impudent and roabsurd, so ludicrous
and so dishonest as the agitation-machinery which the Anti,-
Corn-law people had got up in the shape of their "league" atd
their " lectures." It would seem from the gross and besott( d
ignorance of some among the staff employed,—their factious
deportment and ferocious vulgarity,--that only two conditions
are essential in the eyes of their employers to qualify destitute
men for this service ; first, that they should have nothing else
to do; secondly, that they should be able to do nothing else.
POST.—In England, Ireland, and Scotland the progress of
Conservative principles has been marked by the positive trus-
ter of seats from Whig-Radicals to Conservatives, and marked
still more strongly by the numbers polled for the two parties
respectively at the different contested elections. In England
the Conservatives have dispossessed their opponents of sixty.
four seats, and been dispossessed by them of only thirty-two,
leaving • a clear gain of thirty-two seats. In Ireland the Con-
servatives have dispossessed their opponents of ten seats, and
have been dispossessed by them of only one, leaving a clear
gain in Ireland far surpassing the most sanguine ex-
pectation, and the value of which it is impossible to overrate, of
no less than seats. In Scotland the Conservatives have
dispossessed their opponents of seven seats, and have been dis-
possessed by them of four, leaving a clear gain in this part of
the United Kingdom of three seats. The gain in the three
kingdoms is thus seen to be forty-four seats, equivalent to
eighty-eight votes on a division; and in this summary we have
given the Whig-Radical party credit for the permanent occu-
pation of the two seats for Thetford and the Cardigan boroughs,
in respect to each of which there is a double return. Both the
seats were occupied in the late Parliament by Whig-Radicals,
so that the final result may prove a gain, and cannot prove a
loss to the Conservative party.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
POST.--The news of the failure of the banking and loan-
contracting house of Geymuller and Co., of Vienna, as com-
municated through an extra edition of the Morning Post,
came like a clap of thunder upon the City. This eminent firm
had been considered wholly beyond the reach of any such vicis-
situde. The exchange houses here may suffer to some extent
by the stoppage, but, otherwise, it is not thought likely to affect
British interests very seriously. The liabilities of the party
are understood to reach 600,0001. sterling. Before the event
took place, a statement of their affairs was submitted by them
to Messrs. Arnstein and Eskeles, Messrs. Rothschild, and
other bankers at Vienna, but they were not induced to support
the house. Subsequently to the suspension, however, when
the panic became alarming, they came forward with six mil-
lions of florins (500,0001. sterling), which they offered to lend
on easy terms on the deposit of the six per cent. State securi-
ties. This was done most likely as a matter of necessity, and
to prevent the evil consequences that might arise to the lenders
themselves in connection with the new loan. Confidence was
partially, and only partially, restored at the date of the last
advices.
HERALD.---A considerable reaction has to be noticed in
some of the Railway Shares, particularly in Great Westerns,
which are 21 to 23, and the Half Shares Sit to 10i premium,
being in one day a rise of about 51. per share. It may be
doubted whether any material portion of this large advance
be owing to an increase of demand for real investment on
the part of the public. More probably it is the conse-
quence of a revival of that speculation which terminated
so adversely for some of the parties on making up at the
last settlement. If such be the fact it may perhaps
find its level in something of the same sort of catas-
trophe hereafter, unless based upon a very substantial and so
far unpublished increase in the traffic and money returns of the
railway. It is probable however that it has been discovered
there is no real foundation for the report in circulation, or at
least to the extent, that in order fully to complete the works
the Directors were still short of no less than 1,000,0001., after
all the millions already expended, and which constitute it about
the most costly railway in Great Britain. It was this report
which assisted, with the state of the speculative account, in so
seriously depressing the price of the shares. London and Bir-
mingham were 69 to 71, Gosport 2to 3 prerhium. Birming-
ham and Gloucester 42 to 40, North Midland 35 to 3, the Half-
shares 8% to 7%, Blackwall 93/4 to 14, Brighton 71 to 6
discount. South Western 544 to 5i per share.
TIMES.—No little amusement will be caused among the
jobbers, when it is known that the " shut-out" of the Stock
Exchange have concentrated themselves into a distinct body,
and have opened a regular market of their own, where they
carry on their usual small transactions, which, although in-
fluenced in some degree by the general state of affairs in the
Stock Exchange, seldom exceed operations for a few pounds
or even shillings, and chiefly consist of speculations in
those shares and stocks which are either at a very
low ebb in the recognised markets, or have ceased
to be objects of attention altogether, except among this
particular class. The previous resorts of these persons were
the leading entrances to the Stock Eashange, the rotunda of
the Bank, and the area cf the Auction Mart, and it has been
conjectured that their concentration is not really to be ascribed
so much to an increase of prosperity, as to absolute necessity
arising from the improvements carrying on in the City, which
have completely excluded them from the chief of their old re-
sorts, which was Capel-court. It may be observed, that this
newly united fraternity assume all the importance of their
more opulent neighbours, for there is the same ceremony on
entering the market, and a beadle in livery stands to take mes-
sages and names, evidently imbued with a sense of the dignity
of office.
SUN.—The Funds we”e exceedingly quiet to-day, and prices
underwent no alteration worth specifying, being, however, still
fires. Consols realized 893 to and for the Account 90 to a.
The premium on Exchequer Bills did not vary, being marked
still 14s. to 165.; and upon India Bonds it remained at 4s. to
6s. Bank Stock improved again slightly, viz., to 171; and
East India Stock was firm at 249. The Reducd Three-and-
a-Half per Cents. were at 1991 to ; and the Three,per Cents.
1 at 90 to if.
The Foreign Bonds were generally rather higher to-
day. The accounts received to-day from Lisbon have excited
some surprise in the minds of those who take an interest in the
affairs of Portugal. The idea of the Government taxes being
four millions sterling in arrear, shows the weakness of the
Executive, and the lamentable 'position to which it is reduced,
in having such ample funds withheld from it, though justlydue,
and being therefore compelled to endure the stigma of having
neglected to keep faith with its foreign creditors. The New
Portuguese Five per Cents were at an advance to 30i and 31;
the Active Spanish Bonds supported the rally of 20i to
Mexican Stock was at 25i to 26*; and Colombian at In to
20, a slight improvement for each. Austrian Bonds were
101 steady at 104, Russian at 114, and Dutch Five per Cents. at
14.
Shares were all better to-da. Backwall begin to look up
again, having to-day realized 9i discount, Brighton were 6i to
7, Northern and Eastern 10 to Ili, Birmingham and Derby
43, and Ditto and Gloucester 41 discount. Great Western
were 20 to 23, the New 9to 10, the Fifths 5i to 611, the Lon-
don and Birmingham 71, the Thirds 22 to 22% the York and
North Midland 24, and the South Western 16i premium.
British North American Bank Shares were 4i, and National
of Ireland ex• dividend 2i discount.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
took their accustomed walk this morning on the Terrace
and Grounds of the Home Park.

At five o'clock this afternoon her Majesty and the
Queen of the Belgians (in a pony phaeton), and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert (on horseback), rode out
through Park-street and New-road, attended by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Earl of Fingal], and General Goblet, in a carriage and
four ; Colonel Buckley in a pony phaeton, and Coun-
tess Vilain XIV. in another pony phaeton ; Colonel
Bouverie and Mr. George E. Anson being on horseback.
Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor took leave this
morning. _ - - -

Viscount Palmerston is expected this evening on a visit
at the Castle.

Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonard's, and Colonel
Richardson of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, will
have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner party at the
Castle this evening.
The Princess Royal was taken her usual airing at
half-past four o'clock this afternoon.
The Duke de Brabant is somewhat better.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cam-
bridge took an airing in the Parks, yesterday afternoon,
in an open carriage.
Despatches for Lord Sydenham, Governor of the Ca-
nadas, and also for the Governors of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia, were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office.

The Right lion. R. Lalor Sheil has arrived in town.
Despatches from Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the
Mauritius, were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

about to
ti,etionogk a place all
the way by the diligence of the Messagerics Boyales.
leavAe Lgoe
nndtloenmfaonr
Paris,namedinGornatnovbielrl Granville,
On arriving at Boulogne, and applying at the diligence-
office there to be carried on, he was informed there was
no room. As his business was urgent, he hired a car-
riage, and travelled post to Paris. On his arrival he
presented his account of the expenses of his journey,
246 fr. in all, to the coach-proprietors, and demanded
payment, which was refused. Upon this he laid an
action against them, which was heard before the Tri-
bunal of First Instance the day before yesterday. The
main question in dispute was the hire of the carriage,
which the proprietors declined to pay, on the ground
that its amount, 100 fr., was greatly above what the con-
veyance would have cost had the traveller made use of
the chaises every postmaster is bound by law to
have in readiness for whoever may rtquire them. The
reply to this was, that the repeated changes of carriage
would have extended the journey to an inconvenient
length of time, and defeated Mr. Granville's object in
coming to Paris. The plea, however, was over-ruled
by the Tribunal, which allowed the plaintiff only the
charge fixed by the law for the postmaster's earl iages.
The rest of the claim of Mr. Granville was awarded to
him.—Paris paper.

THE RAJA OF SATTARA.

INDIA lIOUSE.-MONDAY.

The Adjourned Meeting of the Proprietors again
assembled at 12 o'clock, George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Chair-
man. The debate was resumed by
Captain SHEPHERD, a Director.—He said the debate
had now occupied so much time that he could scarcely
expect it possible to find out any new topic, but
he was anxious to lay before the Proprietors the grounds
upon which he had in anether Court done all in his
power to avert the calamity which they deplored. Much
had already beeh said of the weakness of the evidence
upon which the Raja had been deposed, but he could
not help calling the attention of the Court to the fact
that the most important witness, the one upon whose
testimony most reliance had been placed, afterwards
deposed that all he had said against the Raja was false—
that he had borne false witness against him out of re-
venge. So also had the Brahmin who was the other
principal witness ; he stated subsequently that he was
:he sole author of the plot, and that all his former evi-
dence was false ; even the Commissioners themselves
said he was one of the very worst ot characters. Yet
these were in that Court merely termed discre-
pancies ; surely that was an abuse of the
word. Another most material thing to be borne in
mind was that the whole of the evidence, such as it was,
was wholly ex parte, not one of the witnesses were al-
lowed to be cross-examined—(Hear, hear)—a thing that
was wholly unknown and unheard of in this country. It
was all ex parte, and many most important facts might
be kept back because of there being no cross-examina-
don. Under such cixtumstances it was impossible for
them to declare that they were convinced of the guilt of
the Raja.—(Cheers.) The treatment he met with had
been most unjust—he was denied the privilege which the
meanest culprit in this country might demand as a right,
In his opinion nothing could justify such harsh and un-
just conduct. The Raja was not allowed to see the evi-
dence given against him, nor was he allowed to call one
single witness in his favour, or to rebut that given against
him.—(Hear.) It was said that the Bombay Govern-
ment did not bring him to trial because it would lower
and degrade the Raja in the eyes of his subjects ; but
those who used that argument seemed to forget that the
degradation had taken place—that there had been a sort
of trial by the Commission. It was impossible for them
to give credit to such a reason. Now, what was the al-
ternative held out to him ? They would not give him
a fair trial because it would degrade him in the eyes
of his subjects ; but they called upom him to acknowledge
himself a traitor—if he failed or hesitated to do that
he was to be deposed and banished. Nothing had caused
him so much regret as that when Lord Auckland, Sir R.
Grant, and the whole Council in India, recorded their
opinion, that the Raja ought to be heard ; that wise re-
solve was departed from, merely because the Resident at
Sattara said it would be inconvenient—that at the eleventh
hour so evidently just.a course should have been departed
from.—(Cheers.) He was unwilling to detain them by
reading long extracts, but he was most anxious that it
should be seen that he was not over-stating the case. He
would therefore refer them to the minute of Sir H. Grant
of the 31st May, 1838—
" It will be asked, however, whether he is to be con-
demned without the opportunity of defending himself.
The Raja has not been told of the evidence taken by
Lieut.-Colonel Ovans, and undoubtedly has a right to
be heard in his own vindication. I have never meant
otherwise, although I do not think that he will vindicate
himself successfully. In my minute of the 15th August,
1837, ' I am farther strongly of opinion, that before the
case is conclusively disposed of, the Raja should be made
acquainted with the fresh evidence which has been
elicited against him, and should be allowed the oppor-
tunity of offering defence or explanation.' I repeat that
opinion ; not meaning that there should be merely the
form or farce of a trial, to be closed by a ready-made
judgment, but that the defence should be fairly heard
and impartially weighed. So far as this Government
should be called to decide on that defence, it would be
my honest endeavour to discharge my mind of all my
previous opinions on the subject, and to judge the case
as if I heard it for the:first time. But if it be thought that
the Bombay Government is too strongly prepossessed
with the guilt of the Raja to be placed in the chair of
judgment over his Highness, let the Government of
India constitute, in any manner which they think fittest,
an impartial and competent judicature for the occasion."
Could anything be stronger than that ? That was the
opinion of Sir R. Grant. He would then refer them to that
of Lord Auckland, in the last minute recorded by him upon
that question. In a minute dated 29th December, 1838,
his Lordship said—
" The reasons urged by the Resident, and concurred in
by the Governor in Council, are sufficient to satisfy me,
that it would not be right to persevere in the course
which I had previously recommended, and to present to
the Raja a written statement of the charges and the
proofs against him, calling upon him for an answer. It
is anticipated by ie Resident, that this course would lay
the Government open to such proceedings on the part
of the Raja and his advisers, as could only lead to fresh
embarrassments, and would, at the same time, expose
every witness whose evidence has been given to cruel
persecution.
" The course which has been next recommended as
open to the Government is, the suspension of the Raja
from his functions of sovereignty, and the appointment
of a commission to sit in judgment upon him. The sus:
pension of a person so placed as is the Raja of Sattara,:,
against whom a strong prima facie case has been
established, and whose conduct appears from every re-
port to be unscrupulously vindictive;seems, in the event
of a new trial to be decided upon, to be essential to the
protection of witnesses, and to the fairness of proceeding.
on the part of the accusation. Yet the measure would
wear a harsh appearance, and be argued as a predeter-
mination to convict. Notwithstanding, however, these
objections, it appears to be essential, as a preliminary
to anyproceeding bearing the character of a final trial.'
" I would, therefore, submit these observations, by
the steam-packet now under preparation, for the imme-
diate orders of the Honourable Court,—requesting their
attention to the opinions which I have indicated, and
soliciting such instructions as may be deemed expedient
to communicate, for the guidance of the Local Govern-
ment, on the points to which they relate, as well as on
all others connected with the mode of trial—if a final

trial should be judged proper—and with the policy to be
observed, in the event of the Raja being found guilty.
The Court may, if they deem it fit, forward their in-
structions direct, so as to save time, to the Governor-in-
Council at Bombay, in whose anxiety, for a complete
and early settlement of the question, they will, no doubt,
fully participate."
That affirmed positive proof that his Lordship thought
there ought to be a trial of some kind or another, and
that the ex parte inquiry was not sufficient. He had
already alluded to the evidence given against the Raja,
he would therefore only say that it was of such a nature
that it must fail to convince any one whose mind was
not prejudiced against the Raja. The sham treaty
was so absurd that no one looking coolly
at it, would for one moment believe it. It was quite
clear, however, that Sir Robert Grant believed it, but
that might be accounted for from the fact of their being
at that time very considerable excitement in the west of
India—probably he might be alarmed that the Russians
were just about to land upon him. At the same time, in
consequence of what had fallen from a Gallant Friend of
his, he felt bound to say, that never did any man go to
India with more pure intentions than Sir Robert Grant.
—(Cheers.)

General LODWICK begged to withdraw anything he
had said to the contrary.
Captain SHEPPARD was glad he had given his Gallant
Friend an opportunity of explaining, for the remarks
which had fallen from him had given him much
pain. He bore testimony to the uprightness of his cha-
racter • but at the same time he felt bound to deprecate
his conduct on that subject. He had treated the evidence
as a lawyer in the Temple would have done ; but that
was not the way in which Indian evidence. was to be
looked at. His worthy friend, Mr. Tucker, to whose
evidence and honour all would bow—(Hear hear)—had
given them instances which had come under his own
knowledge, where documents had been forged, and even
seals affixed to them. There was no proof of guilt, but
there was strong presumptive proof of the innocence of
the Raja. It was made the strongest nnint against him,
that he had Dr. Milne and numerous Vakeels in various
parts. Now he thought that was conclusive proof of his
innocence. Every one had agreed in saying that the
Raja had great cleverness and ability. Now he would
ask would it be the act of a clever or an able man to
make so many depositaries of such dangerous secrets ?
Would it not rather be the act of a madman? What
was his letter to Dr. Milne more than saying that he
considered he had to complain of a great grievance, and
he wished the Doctor to proceed to London and appeal
on his behalf to the head authority for redress? Was
that a proof of guilt? Nay, but was it not a convincing
proof of innocence? Another strong proof of the fal-
lacy of the accusations, was the circumstance of the
sham treaty with Goa—a treaty that would deeply im-
plicate the Portuguese Government there. Why, then,
did not Don Manoel retain it ? Was it not extraordi-
nary that it should be entrusted to a native of India to
carry about with him? Such a thing was improbable,
for if the Raja were insane, Don Manuel was not. The
whole matter was absurd. Why, two of the witnesses
were persons who were actually flying from justice at
the time—men who not only got money for their hatched
stories, but procured their own safety. He would ask
whether any Hon. Proprietor would call that a discre-
pancy? What would be thought of such evidence in
this country? Again, was there ever such a thing seen
as a publie document like the treaty being put up to
auction? It waa a disgraceful proceeding, and was
eventually knocked down at 400 rupees. Was not
that ridiculous? Why the Raja would have given
40,000 for the document, had it been genuine.
He felt ashamed and sorry that our Government should
have entered into such a transaction, that they should
have lowered themselves so far as to send emissaries all
over the country.—(Hear, hear.) Such conduct would
not, in his opinion, be justified, even if Russia was on
the border d India. ; what then could be found to justify
it now ? It was argued that the Raja must be guilty, be-
cause the Bombay Government were in his favour. True
it was so at first, but when their conduct was found fault
with by the Indian Government, they said their conduct,
their character was at stake ; and from that moment they
laid aside their former fair and honourable conduct, and
all they did was for the purpose of clearing themselves.
He would then come to the amnesty, and he must say
that it was so drawn up that no man who was honest, no
man who was innocent, could possibly agree to it.
Some persons had said that it did not involve a confes-
sion of guilt, but he begged to refer Hon. Proprietors to
the account of the first interview the Governor, Sir J.
R. Calmat!, had with the Raja. They would find it there
stated— •
" The Raja came to the interview accompanied by a
small retinue. The interview was strictly private.. No
one was present on tilt. pri .7 for, by Li,
own request, the only person. who came with him was
ordered toleti,ye. Mr.-Anderson; 'Lieut.-Colonel Ovans,