The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-21 00:00:00

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and
also for the Governors of the other North American
Colonies.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch left town
yesterday morning for Scotland.

SIR CHARLES NAPLER AND- SIR

pilpeoaGreGd.
in
The following J&MES-letter a
last night's
StandSir,--I-
Sir,l thank 'you for the flatteringarticle pub-tithed in your gaper of the 11th instant, by which I
perceive that an -expression,-used by me at the Chel-
tenham dinner- has been mistaken: 'The fault was
mine. . India was the sabject, and nearly-all the com-
pany were Indians : I spoke disparagingly of the
" press and government." I should have been more
precise and said, that portion of the Indian press
which abused me, and instead -of saying "govern-
ment" I should have said "the Court of Directors"—
the Honourable Court of Directors. I beg its pardon
for omitting a title so essential, yet so easily, forgotten
that they practically forget it themselves ! You were
right, therefore, not to "appropriate to yourself, the
flattering epithet" which was applied to the above-
named bodies; for I made no complaint against either
the English Government or the English press, and I
pray that you will allow me to take this opportunity
of saying why I spoke with contempt of the Court of
Directors. It was because I found both falsehood
and injustice towards me in that body, and I will
here give a sample of the mode in which I have been
attacked.
There is a man named Hogg—one Sir James Weir
Hogg. I have no personal acquaintance with this
man ; nor did I ever see him. I never even heard of
him till I was made aware of his existence by his un-
provoked hostility to me in the following manner
:
When in India 1 read that " Mr. Baillie, an East
India Director," had said, while speaking in a debate
which passed in the House of Commons about Scinde,
" Sir Charles Nepier had been sufficiently rewarded
for his services, for he has received seventy thousand
pounds prize money" or words to that effect. 11$ rote
to Mr. Baillie to rsk him how he could make such a
statement, for uhich there were not the slightest
grounds, as I never had received a single farthing of
prize money, and that he, as a director, and therefore
a trustee, must know this better than any one. Mr.
Baillie answered me, that he was not a director, but
had made the statement on the authority of a director.
On arriving in Europe I herrd that Sir James Weir
Hogg was the man, and I asked Mr. Baillie, who
answered, that it was Sir James Hogg; that he, Mr.
Baillie, was speaking on the debate, and Sir James
Hogg, who sat next to him, said " Tell them he has
received 70,000 pounds prize money !"
Now, Sir, this Sir dames Hogg was not only a
director, but I believe he was even Chairman of the
Court of Directors, and the directors were trustees
for the Scinde prize money ! Therefore the case
stands thus :

• First—This Hogg knows perfectly well, ex officio,
both as a director and as .a trustee, that I had not
received one farthing of prize money; yet he
deliberately told Mr. Baillie to assert in the House
of Commons Out I had received 70,0001. Second—
He (Hogg) knew that not only had I not received a
farthing of prize money, but that he and his col-
leagues were, at that moment, trying to prevent my
receiving that share of prize money which their own
regulations awarded to the Commander of the Forces;
and from which act of injustice on the part of these
trustees I was protected by the Duke of Wellington,
by Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge, and by the
Lords of the Treasury.
Ilete, then, was a- mis-statement unintentionally
made against me in Parliament, by. a gentleman who,
ignorant of the fact, was betrayed into• the error
which- he committed, and I have traced his informer
to be this Sir James Hogg on whom it now rests
to clear himself to the public from having committed
an action so dishonourable. Mr. Baillie did with
honourable promptness clear himself to me; so,
in like manner, let Sir James Hogg clear himself
to the public, by unkennelling the inventor of a
malignant falsehood which Las thus been brought to
his own door by,
S;r, your obedient and obliged servant,
C. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General.

MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. -- Mr. Martineau•, late
mayor of this borough, is humanely interesting himself
in procuring signatures to a petition, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy:—

" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" The humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of
the Borough of Birmingham and neighbourhood, in.
the County of Warwick,
" Showeth,—That your petitioners, whilst duly alive
to the enormity of the crime of which William Smith
O'Brien has been found guilty, and entirely concur ring
in the justice of the verdict of the jury, yet earnestly
hope that his life may be spared; and humbly entreat
this gracious exercise of your Majesty's royal preroga-
tive of mercy.
" And your petitioners will ever pray," 86e.
During the day the signatures of nearly all the gen-
tlemen, the subscriber to the Town News-room, the prin.
cipal bankers, and the clergy of the town, have been
appended to the list; and there can be little doubt the
petition will represent the leading men of all parties.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Grzette.)
ursuant to the Act 7tit and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
taSUIE DEP.LATIKENT.
An
Athece°luVnetekPending on Saturday, the 1/ th day of October, 1848.
X.
votes i55ued........ 26,759,165

Government deb: •• 11,015,100
Other securities •• . • 2,954,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,229,256
Silver bullion ••• • • • 509,509

£ 26,739,165

M.
~AII X 26,739,165
Dated the 19th day of October, 1808. SHILL, Chief Cashier.
BANZING DEPAITYIN T.
X.

Proprietors' capital . • 14,553,000
Rest 3,382,646
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend r mounts) • • 4,297,385
Other deposits • • • • . • 10,674,933
Seven day and other
bills .. .• . • 1,064,707

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) . • 13,845,012
Other sec.uit'cs • • 11,202,250
Notes .„,„ „ „ „... 8,405,405
Gold and silver coin.. 520,054

£33,972,721

33,972,721
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1848.

Dated the 19th day of October.

THE PACKET STATION...ibe deputation appointed
to wait on the Lord-Lieutenant, with respect to having
the American Pocket Station established at Cork, are,
We believe, noW in- Dublin. They. will avail themselves
of the presence of the other deputation who have -.gone
up on the mission of merej:so that both objects may be
effected—the two deputations joining their forces.—Corh
Examiner.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE WEST RIDING OF
YomEsHIRE.—A letter was received in town last evening
;rom Yorkshire, from which we learn that the Hon.
Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, third son of the Earl
Fitzwilliam, a young man just turned his twenty-second
year, has, on the requisition of the Liberal electors, con-
sented to become a candidate for the representation of
the West Riding of Yorkshire, vacant by Viscount Mor-
peth's succession to the peerage. It is reported that no
gentleman has been named by the protectionist party as
a candidate at present, and a general opinion Pre-
vails that no opposition will be offer-1 to the 1; big
candidate.
111nrrzNG OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.— -h
adjourned meetin,r of the Middlesex magistrates was
held yesterday at Arestminster, Mr. Pownall in the chair.
The meeting was held for the purpose of electing a sur-
veyor for the district of St. Margaret and St. John the
Evangelist, Westminster, under the Metropolitan
Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84. Originally there
were three candidates for the appointment, viz., Mr.
James Howell, of Vincent-square, Westminster ; Mr.
W. F. East, of Corporation-row, Cleikenwell, and Mr.
F. H. Groves, of Barnard's Inn ; but the two latter re-
signed in favour of Mr. Howell, who has for some time
discharged the duties of the office. On the motion of
Mr. France, seconded by Captain Bague, Mr. Howell
was unanimously elected, and he returned thanks to the
Court. The appointment will have to receive the sanc-
tion of the Secretary of State for the Home Department
In the Amsterdam advices it is stated that the re-
ports concerning the appearance of cholera were much
exaggerated. At present the, number of persons at-
tacked had not been more than seven; four of these cases,
however, had proved fatal. Not much business had been
transacted in the funds, which continued depressed.
According to accounts from Hamburgh, bills on
London were still scarce, and in demand. Little busi-
ness was doing in paper on Prague or Vienna. Money
remained abundant. Stocks and railway shares were
firm, although the operations had not been 'mportuut.

COURT CIRCULAR. )
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took walking t xer-
eise on the Eastern-terrace and Slopes.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
Lord Edward Howard left the Castle to-day.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar is expected to arrive at the Castle this even-
ing, on a visit to her Majesty.
Her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle
yesterday evening.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her' Mejesty the Queen Dowager, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Strene
Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg,
her Serene Highness the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe
Langenburg, her Serene Highness the Princess
Amelia of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, her Serene
Highness the Princess Eliza of Bohenlohe Schillings-
furst, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, the Lady in Waiting of the Queen Dowager
(the Marchioness of Ormonde), Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord John Russell, Earl
Howe, Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and the Rev.
F. Anson.
The band of the 2d Life Guards will attend during
dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards attend
in the Castle.