The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

SPEECH BY A PARSEE PRINCE.

We learn from the Bombay Gazette that his
Highness Meer Jaffer Ali Khan Bahadur enter-
tained the Parsee community of that place at dinner
in honour of the late marriage of his daughter.
He made a speech to them in which he said that
he reckoned the Parsees as his brothers—" as,
indeed, the whole human race is one common bro-
therhood." Of the imorzssions which England
had produced upon him, his highness thus spoke :
—" I was anxious that an occasion should arise
when I could give an. account of my sojourn in
England to my fellow countrymen ; and by the
grace of God an opportunity has presented itself to
us this evening. I wish I could describe to you
the remarkable intelligence of the Englishmen as
displayed by them in their various dealings—social,
political, commercial. So vast and varied is their
knowledge in everything that they bave rightly
earned the title of being ranked amongst the first.
and foremost of nations on the face of the globe.
On the first occasion when I visited England in
1844, I stayed there for about five months. The
gentry and nobility of that delightful country
treated me with all the kindness and consideration
for which they are so remarkable. In 1853 I paid
a second visit to England, and had occasion
to prolong my stay there for five years. During
that long period I had every opportunity
of making myself acquainted with their manners
and customs, their social and political laws,
their judicial system, &c., &c. I moved amongst
the leading men of the realm ; and my as-
sociation with Englishmen has impressed me with
a very high opinion of their transcendent intelli-
gence in every branch of human knowledge. To
appreciate their several virtues, to admire their
mechanical ingenuity, and to become acquainted
with all that exalts our mind and enlarges our
heart, we must be there on the spot. No descrip-
tion, however full and glowing, could adequately
convey the idea I have received from personal visit
of the magnificence and grandeur of England and
her people. One of the most remarkable things
that struck me was the system of their legislation
and government. Their form of government is the
best I have yet seen. To the people of the East, it
strikes us as very strange that the people should have
so much control over the acts of the Queen ; in point
of fact, the people govern the country ; and to my
mind it should be so. If we go deeper into the
subject, we will see that the people of a country
should be the ruling body. I was also struck with
self—you are all aware, gen-
tlemen, mode in which justice is administered. I would
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disposed of the matter. Let
us all pray for the permanent establishment of the
British power in India, and for the welfare and
prosperity of their nation wherever they go, and
wherever they are."
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The youngest brother of the present Parsee baro-
net has, we learn from the Bombay Gazette, com-
memorated the anniversary of the death of his
father, Sir Jamsetjee, by paying the debts of all
the small cause court prisoners, who were 36 in
number, and whose debts amcunted to 5,000 rupees.

It appears that, notwithstanding the accounts
continuously received of the glut of English goods, our ex-
ports to t/te Australian colonies luring the first quarter of
the present year exceeded those o 7 the corresponding period
of 1859 by £267,865, or more than 13 per cent. They were
also 6 per cent. in excess of thoseof 1858. Hence it is plain
that through improper advances by joint-stock banks or
other facilities some transactions of the reckless character
of those which were exp sed in 1867 are still carried on. In
the ease of Mr. John Blaikie, the Aberdeen lawyer who ab-
sconded last month, leaving deficiencies to the amount of
£200,000, it has transpired that he was an active speculator,
not only in shares, but in consignments of cotton and other
goods to China and elsewhere.
THE PULLINGER. FRAUDS.—The Committee of the
Stock Exchange met yesterday with a view to the publica-
tion of a report on the Pullinvz frauds, but some facts
having transpired to show that other members, in addition
to the four now suspended, may be found to have been
engaged in transactions for him, they adjourned the matter
fur further consideration. The brokers in question are a
highly respectable firm, and it is said the operations in-
cluded time bargains in Turkish Stock.