The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-16 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

The Court of Proprietors was specially summoned yester-
day to confirm the annuities to Viscount Hardinge and Lord
GOugh, as unanimously agreed to on the 13th instant. The
Chairman (Mr. Hogg, M.P.), presided, and the proceedings
of the last Court were cor,firmed.

The CHaihmax said, that after the feeling expressed at
the last meeting he need not make any observations, except
calling upon the clerk to read the resolutions now brought
forward for the proprietor's consideration.
" At a general Court of the East India Company, held on
Friday, the 15th of May, 1846,
"Resolved unimously,—That this Court confirm the re-
solution of the 13th instant, approving the unanimous reso-
lution of the Court of Directors of the 29th ult., granting to
Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Viscount Hardinge,
Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order
of the Bath, an annuity of five thousand pounds (5,0001.),
upon the grounds, and in the manner therein stated, subject
to the approbation of the Right Hon. the Board of Com•
missioners for the affairs of India.

" Resolved unanimously—That this Court confirm their
resolution of the 13th inst., approving unanimously the re-
solution of the Court of Directors of the 29th ult., granting
to General Lord Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Commander-in-
Chief of the Forces in the East Indies, an annuity of two
thousand pounds (2,000/.), upon the grounds and in the
manner therein stated, subject to the approbation of the
Right Honourable the Board of Commissioners for the affairs
of India."

The CHAIRMAN considered it would not be necessary to
read the contents of the Bill to be passed.
In noticing the Bill, It will be sufficient to describe it ag—
" The draft of a Bill to enable Lord Hardinge to receive the
full benefit of the annuity now granted, without any diminu-
tion of his salary as Governor-General of India."
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN seconded the motion.—(Cheers.)
Sir P. LAURIE agreed with the resolution proposed, and
he hoped to see statues placed in that room to the gallant
men who had so nobly supported the interests of their

country.
A PROPRIETOR hoped that the great services of Sir H.
Smith would not be passed over.
After a few remarks from Mr. Fielder, Major Randall, Mr.
Weeding, and others, the resolutions were unanimously con-
firmed.

THE FORTUNES OF TURLOGH O'BRIEN.

Part H.

What we specified as the failing of this writer, when
noticing the first number of his fiction, we are impelled
by justice to repeat on a perusal of its continuation.
The deseriptions are marred by over-embellishment ;
every patch of light cast by the sunset is noted down
with a distressing scrupulosity ; the characters of the
tale always think of, and speak to, one another in a su-
perlative manner. The heroines are not " beautiful,"
they are " celestial" or " angelic ;" the villains are not
" unprincipled," they are hell-born " miscreants," and so
on in a like fashion. If the author of " Turlogh
O'Brien" had a lily, he would paint it; if he had gold, he
would daub it with gilding. It is an unfortunate pro-
pensity. It is destroying by repletion. As absurd
would it be for a sculptor to delineate on a statue every
separate thread woven into the linen. Unless the writer
modifies his style, he will destroy a very agreeable novel.
Jeremiah Tindal promises well as a questionable kind
of actor ; but of his ragged visitor we can make nothing
whatever. The attack upon Glindarragh Castle wilt
bring the story to an interesting crisis ; but we trust the
author will previously forsake his ornate diction.