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charge of one of the most serious duliesVilsielkoW'o:
ever devolved do a public body ? The fittist mniat,s

ever they are, slumber in the bureaux of Leaden-
hall-street ; and we, who are called upon in the
ordinary 'course of our functions, t 3 record the
charge, possess no data by which we can determine
how-far it is well or ill founded. And all this time

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on splendidly. By some competent judges it is
thought that several gardens will grow as many, if
not more, than last year. In some grounds below
we hear that the mould is making its appearance.
SUSSEX,—The accounts generally concur in re-
porting a continued improvement ; many grounds
which appeared " gone' will now grow a sprinkle.
WORCESTER.—The Worcester _Herald states that
the plantations continue to progress very favour-
ably, and many of the planters intend to commence
picking in about a week. Dutyestimated at 28,0001.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS,
Aug. 24.—Our plantations are progressing favour-
ably. Picking- has partially commenced, but will
not be very general until the 31st inst.—Kentish
Observer.

the Ministerial journals
.contioue to specUlate upon
the alleged obstructiveness of the Company,
and
to supply daily intelligence of the indefatigable
efforts making by Government to strengthen the
hands of the local authorities in India. Is it very
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surpris ng under such Circumstances that strong
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ability that the Company adopt this mistaken po-
licy. They have in their service a large staff allied
distinguished alike by their talents and their fami-
liar acquaintance with India. Perhaps there never
was a body composed of more practical materials ;
but, failing to recognise the true nature of their
relations to public opinion, and the necessity of cul-
tivating those external aids which are necessary to
the preservation of their moral influence; they are
rapidly losing the weight which their labours
and the benefits they have conferred upon the
empire over which they preside ought to
Command. The Government has a Press
which expounds its views and defends its mea-
sures. The question which especially at this
moment, suggests itself to all persons who Wax
an interest in India, is, Why has not the East India
Company a Press i It is requited, if not to defend
the company, at least to correct involuntary errors
and wilful mis-statements ; and the necessity for
establishing a channel through which authentic in- •
formation could be disseminated, was never so
urgent as it will become during the Parliamentary
recess. So long as Parliament was sitting, the mis-
take, or malicious rumour of the morning was cor-
rected
by an interpellation iu the evening ; butnow
no such resouroe is open, and unless some systema-
tic means of rectification be adopted,' the fabrica-
tion and the blundtr must pass current for fact...—.
Grindlay's Home .News for India.

BULL EIGHT IN BAYONNE.

BIARRITZ, MONDAY, Aug. 24.

The Empress proceeded on Sunday to Be-vonne
at 3 o'c'ock to attend a bull-fight in the Faubourg
of St. Esprit, on the same spot where these sports
have been held for the last few years.
The King of Wurtemburg, who was curious to
wi'ness, for the first time, this humanising amuse-
ment so dear to Spaniards, took his seat in the bull-
ring at a quarter to 4, attended by his suite ; and
her Mijesty the Empress, accompanied by her
sister and the ladies who are in ordinary
waiting upon her, was punctual to the moment, and
made her appearance in her box precisely at 4. The
b ullfighters only awaited the presence of her Majesty
to begin operations. The Mayor of St. Esprit, after
the usuid preliminaries, gave the signal to the troop
(cuadrilla). The stall where the animals are kept
iu waling was thrown open, and the first bull
bounded into the arena. He gave sport the
usual time, and, after undergoing the usual
spro-
ems of torture, secunclunt art cm, to the apparent
satisfaction of the amateurs high and low, he en-
countered the sword of the redoubtable Salantan-
quino, who gave him the quietus from which there
is no esc ape. The second animal afforded for the
same sea; e of time a similar pleasure to the upper
and lower hundreds, and met the same inevitable
fate as his predecessor.
The applause from the boxes, which testified to
the ability of the bullfighters, and of the matador
in particular, w,re scarcely hushed, when the sky
became overcast. The very moment when the
third bell was about to issue from bis stall a
flash of lightning shot from a pile of black cloud
which hung in the sultry atmosphere, the distant
roar of thunder was heard, the heavy drops, an-
nouncing the presence of the storm, fell in the
arena, and in a few minutes the rain rushed down
with violence. The sport was at once interrupted ;
but if that was the only casualty of the day there
would not be much to lament. To escape the
" pelting of the pitiless storm,"—for thunder,
lightning, and rain threatening t. come in full
career—numb ars of the spectators rushed to the
gallery or platform where the musicians were
staioned, and which, except the reserved boxes,
was the onlyspct covered by au awning. The gallery
consisted merely of boards laid horizontally, with
their extreme ends resting for their only stay on
wooden posts, but with no support in the ceutre.
It might have borne all day without accident
the 40 or 50 musicians who were stationed there
to cheer the spirits of the spectators, but it c iuld not
resist the weight of the hundreds whe rushed. at
once of it for shelter. It was the weakest part of
the whole structure ; and it was, moreover, imme-
diate'y over the spot where the mules and the
muleteers usually employed in removing from the
arena the horses that have been torn and disem-
bo welled by the bulls, as well as the slaughtered
bulls themselves, are kept in attendance. Amid the
storm and confusion, the fragile structure suddenly
gave way, and the crowd that clung to it were pre-
cipitated to the ground. A cry arose from the mul-
timd,.. It was feared that several persons were
killed. The fear was exaggerated ; it is said that
one man only was crushed, if not to instant death, in
such a manlier as to leave but .little hope of sur-
viving; and eight or ten, according to on account,
five or six 'according to another, have either
hid limbs fractured or are severely bruised. One
of the animals underneath was killed, but he pro-
bably saved one or two human beings from the
same fate. The confusion was at its height. The
rain still rushed down, but it did not seem to
dimiminish the ardour of the spectators for the bull
fight. The manager, naturally enough, th )ught that
the weather, not to speak of the disaster which
just occurred and the sight of the victims, would
dispense him from presenting the rest of the
bulls. He was never more mistaken. The con-
tin trance of the • sport" was called for as if nothing
had happens I, and enraged by the delay of the ma-
nager, the most enthusiastic of the spectators
shoutol at the highest pitch of their voices, gesticu-
lated angrily aed swore, andstill no bull making his
appearance' they fell to tearing up benches, break-
ing down barriers, and lyeaking everything they
could lay kends on into pie :es. The disaster,
and the coufusion which followed, was not a
spectacle of the most agreeable ivnd. t) men
or woman. The Empress, doubtlesibthought the
same. Accompanied by her ladies, ifie quitted her
bex and re uriie to Biarritz, not however, without
having made inquiries as t o the state of the wounded,
and having received assurances that they should
be taken care of. All chance of continuing the
" amusement," now that her Majesty honoured the
ring no longer with her presence, was, of course,
over, but the rioters still continued their uproar.
The troops ieterfered, and, after some delay and
difficulty, the place was cleared, and, by the joint
exertions of the civil authoriti:s and the soldiers,
tranquillity was rest Rel. The second bull fight,
which was to have taken place this day, has been
postponed until the broken posts, benches, and
galleries have been restored.
Whether the Empress intends to appear again on
some future Sunday at these bull fights is not
tated.

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND

THE PRESS.

To do the Government justice, nothing has been
wanting on their part towards a vigorous defence
of our eastern empire. The supply of troops has
been prompt and efficient. Not an hour has been
lost in despatching reintorcemeuts to the scene of
action ; and the names of Campbell, Windham,
Rose, and Mansfield are guarantees of the deter-
mination to select the best men for the most re-
sponsible posts. That the East India Company
have also a zeal befitting their responsibility, we
entirely believe, notwithstanding the statements to
the contrary of an organ of the Government, which
we quoted in a recent number. Tue company, how-
ever, are placed in an anomalous position, and un-
fortunately, they do not seem to think it necessary
to relieve them-elves from the odium it is daily
bringing upon them. The last vestige of the old
official superstition which never condescended to
render explana•ions to the outside world, which
treated all accusations with silent contempt, and
shut itself up in a dignified indifference to public
opinion, undoubtedly lingers in Leadenhall-street.
In addition to the ordinary difficulty of obtainine,
any information as to the intentions, or even as to
the measures of the Company, until they are
actually c irried into effect, there is this further
and still more embarrassing obstruction to the for-
matlon of a just estimate of their conduct, that no
means exist by which it is possible to ascertain
whether the charges constantly brought against
them are true or false. They permit an inscru-
table mystery to hover not only over their
proceedings, but over their character. With the
most earnest desire to think favourably of them,
fJr the sake of the vast interest entrusted to their
hands, their b, st friends are left without a shred of
their
argument, or a fragment of a fact, to urge .
defence. In the meanwhile the prestige of the East
India Company is slowly perishing, . peris ply
of a little open communication -ths. for want
the üblic to
set themselves right in its yesw. 1 They suffer the
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gravest imputations to be p
eased upon their capa-
a
city, their judgment, and their energy, and by
never vouchsafing at) answer, they justify the dis-
trust and hostility which such a state of things ine-
vitably generates. The country at once accepts the
silence of the East India Company as an evidence of
their inal i'ity to rebut the statements that are made
(e.lw more frequently than ever) to their disadvan
tape; and,although these sweeping conclusions must
often b 3 wrong, it cannot be denied that in suffer-
jug injurious assertions to go forth unanswered, the
Company betray an extraordinary want of sagacity
in the mauag,ment of their affairs. We need not
refer for illustrations to the numerous instances
which will readily occur to our readers ; the last,
and in reference to the present conjuncture, by far
toe most important, is quite sufficient to show the
damage which may be inflicted by official reticence.
It is now upwards of a month since one of the re-
"'nisei organs of the Government circumstantially
charged the Company with delaying the transmis-
sion of troops ordered to India, and claimed exclu-
sively for Government the whole merit of the promp-
titude and vigour with which the emergency was
met. This charge has been since repeated in cations
fortes caught up by other journals, and spread, into