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vies), he (Colonel Davies) stated distinctly that it was false.
For his own part, he (Colonel Davies) could state that be had
never trafficked in shares, and that he was ready to meet any ac-
cusations to which his connection with that Company had ren-
dered him liable.

Mr. H. GURNEY said the discussion had at least
bad this good effect, that it had aftbrded the Hon. Member (Mr.
Brogden) an opportunity of vindicating himself.

Mr. G. ROBINSON thought the Worthy Alder-
man who had brought forward the present motion, must now see
that the great extent of it would defeat the object which he had
in view. He 'could not think that the Worthy Alderman, living
as he had lived in this great city, and taking an active part in pub-
lic affairs, could mean to include under one sentence of reproba-
tion, all the Joint Stock Companies which had been formed in this
countr.
Siry C,FORBES thought the Worthy Alderman
entitled to approbation, for having had the spirit and the forti-
tude to say in that House what was universally said out of the
House. It might be supposed, from the manner in which the
Hon. Member had, spoken of the Australian Company, that it had
been founded upon principles more liberal than those of any other
Company. He had received information on this subject from a
quarter in which he could place the utmost reliance, and be was
enabled to state that a monopoly had been granted to the Austra-
lian Company by the Government for a period-of 20 years. One
million acres of land in the most fertile part of the colony had
been granted to the Company, half of which they were to have
the power of disposing of, on condition of expending 150,000/.
upon it. The land was worth sr. an acre, so that here was a
gratuitous grant of about 250,000/. to the Company. The Com-
mittee of Management in New South Wales was composed almOst
exclusively of member' of one family, and the whole concern was,
in fact, a job.
Mr..l. SMITH said, it was impossible to remain
silent, after the observations which had just fallen from the Hon,
Baronet. He did not understand how an enterprise could be
characterised as a job, which had but one object—namely, that of
promoting the breed of sheep, which had a finer wool than could
be found any where else, and to effect that object it was neces-
sary to give property to the individuals who embarked in this
enterprise. As to the concerns of the Company being managed
by a particular family in the colony, the Hon. Bart. was entirely
mistaken.

Sir C. FORBES, in explanation, said, that the
person from whom he had derived his information was wholly
unconnected with any party. _ .

Mr. W. HOR-Tbg denied in iota the imputations
which the Honourable Baronet had cast upon the Australian Com-
pany.
Mr. HART DAVIS denied the imputations cast
upon the individuals connected with this Company by the Hon.
Baronet.

After 'a few observations from Mr. TAYLOR,
which were not audible in the gallery,
The SPEAKER put the Question, and

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them now with anything in the shape of a reply; but he could
not altogether abandon his motion without stating why he had no
objection to the Amendment. He had at first submitted that mo-
tion to the consideration of a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite,
and ascertained that he was not hostile to its object ; but he had
avoided any confinement of its effects, such as that effected by the
Amendment, becanse hewwished to shun the appearance• of attack-
ing any particular individual.—(Near, hear.)—Agreeing, as
he did, however, with the respect to the propriety of the
Amendment which had been proposed, and observing that all
parties in the House seemed to be of the same opinion, he would
not have thought it necessary to trouble them with any. further
remarks, had he not observed that some Gentleman in the
course of the debate seemed to labour under au impression
of his being disposed to condemn Joint Stock Companies
generally, and not those particular speculations to which
he had taken the liberty of directing their attention. He never
could have done so, even by inference; and be now begged to say,
once for all, that he agreed to the fullest extent, with every thing
which had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman over the
way (Mr. Huskisson), upon the subject of those Institutions, fos-
tered and promoted through the means of Joint Stock Asso-
ciations.—(llear, hear, hear.)—With respect to the observa-
tions of the Honourable Member for Midhurst (Mr. J. Smith),
upon the Equitable Loan Company, of which so much had
been said, he begged to premise, that all the documents upon
which he furnished his statements bad beau ordered by and
produced to the House of Lords. Auother Honourable Mem-
ber (Mr. Attwood), whose opinions upon Joint Stock Companies
' deserve the most particular attention, from his experience upon
such matters, had asserted, that the Company to which he alluded
was no delusion. The Hon. Gentleman, however, the Auditor of
that Company—a matter which he, had altogether overlooked in
the course of the observations with which he had favoured the
House—seemed to intimate, that the information then produced
was wholly new, both with regard to that Company and others ;
so far from that being the case, however, he repeated, that what
he had detailed was a chain of well-known and incontrovertible
facts. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Attwood), lie repeated, was
the Auditor of that Company; and of the forty-five Directors,
seven are Members of Parliament. And yet that Company, with
these Directors, instead of answering the charges of an humble in-
dividual fairly in public, chose to libel him through the means of
an anonymous scribbler. The individual to whom he alluded de.
mantled the name of the author, and he was answered by a refer-
ence to a man of straw. The bill of the expence of the libel was
ultimately discovered to have been ill. 45., and to have been paid
by a cheque of the Compaay upon their bankers, which cheque was
signed at a Board of Directors, there being present three gentle-
men, Members of that House, and the Hon. Member of whom be
had been speaking, remaining the Auditor.—(Hear, hear.)—Bad
as this was, there happened, however, something still worse, re-
lating to a proceeding in the ease of a young pawnbroker, which
would have remained altogether concealed, had it not been elicited
through sonic information afforded to a Noble Lord in another place.
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point was to be opposed, it was struck out of the Bill before it cattle
to be presented for the approbation of the Legislature. He did
not wish to take up their time unnecessarily, but as there was
nothing• he had said which he did not pledge himself to prove, he
would just mention, that if that Company had received the sanc-
tion of Parliament, no man would have been safe in any ordinary
occupation. No tradesman could have carried on his business
with any feeling of security. The Company professed only to be
pawn-brokers, but they had surreptitiously introduced a clause in
the Bill, by which they were enabled, as a Noble Lord observed, to
become factors, agents, or general merchants, to any extent ; so
that no man could calculate upon their continuing to act as pawn-
brokers, for even one short week after they had secured the coon-
- tenance of Parliament. • The Worthy Alderman then concluded
by again tliankiug the House for its kind and patient attention.
The Amendment was.then agreed to, and the following Select
Committee named and appointed.
Mr: alderman Weidman, Mr. N. Calvert,
Lord Althorpe, Mr. Robt. Grant,
Mr. W. Ward, Mr. Geo. Banks,
Mr. Horace Twiss, • Mr. Fatakerley,
Mr. Geo. Lamb, Lord Euston,
Mr.' Warburton, Mr. Woolrych Whitmote,
Sir Thomas Arland, Colonel French,
Mr. Chas. Ross, Sir Richard Vyvian,
Mr. Hohhouse, Mr. blither's',
Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Stuart Wortley,
Mr..Pallreer. Mr. Dickenson.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN here observed, that
the number appeared to be 22 instead of 21.
Some conversation then took place, as to the eligibility of Mr.
Horace Twiss, when
Mr. WAITHMAN did-not'object to the name of
Mr. Horace Twiss remaining on the list, but he tvould, in that
case, beg to propose Sir Janice Graham, to make the number 2s.
Sir James Graham was appointed accordingly, and five named
As a quorum.
lst'D- TRADE
- ' NEWFOUNPI4t,
Mr. GEORGE ROBINSON, On the motion .
a Return was ordered of: all vessels engaged in the Trade ivith
the years 1624, 25, and 26, Newfoundland during together with
the Imports and Exports during the same period.
ELECTION PETITIONS.
A petition war presented from a Mr. Harrison, complaining of
the return for the Borough of Beverley,
A similar petition was presented from a Alr. Ogleby, relating
to the return for Sudbury.

LIVERPOOL AND. lIIANCII.ESTER RAIL-WAY.
A Bill [Ur enlarging and emending the Powell granted under
the former Act, for making this Rail-way, wee brought in, and
rout a first time.
The other Orders of the Day Were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Ten o'ciock.

BATTLE WITH THE ASHANTEES

(OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.)
(From the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary, Oct. 9.)
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, OCT. 9, 1828.

A Dispatch, of which the following is an extract, was yester-
day received, addressed to his Excellency Sir Neil Campbell, lint.
C.B. Governor-in-Chief, from Commodore Charles Billlen, C.D,
Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's squadron on this station,
dated on board Ills Majesty's ship Maidstone, West Bay, Princes
Island, the 15th September, 1826, communicating the total de-
feat of the Ashantee Army, on the 7th of August last, by our
troops and the native Allies, under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Portion :
"The communication between Cape Coast and Sierra Leas
being so very much retarded and uncertain, for want of tepid
conveyance, I hasten to inform your Excellency, by hiellajesty's
*loop, Esk (fearing you may not have yet received Colonel Per-
don's despatches), that a most decisive victory was gained by the
British Forces, in conjunction with her numerous Allies, untie'
command of Colonel Pardon, over the Ashantee Army, heeded
by the King in person, ou the 7th ult. The action took place ea
the plains of Accra, at Doodewah, about twenty miles from Accri
at the foot of the Aquapim mountains. The following is the
mean of the many different accounts I have heard from several of
the Officers of the African Corps, and those merchants com-
manding their respective tribes, which I think may be relied
on as tolerably correct :
Colonel Purdou, on the 6th, took up his position with the
Allied forces under hil command, the whole of whom were under
arms, all day, hourly expecting the Ashantees, (who were
then
but a short distance from them), would commence the attacii
however, Walling occurred until the morning of the 7th, at half,
past nine, when the action commenced by the Ashantees upon tl't
centre of the British line, with considerable effect. This was
strongly resisted by Messrs. Richter, Hansen, Hutchinson,
Jackson, at the head of their respective militias, tent
centre. The African Corps with Col. Pardon were in the mew in
the ceutre, consisting of about 100 officers and men. For 11,1
considerable time the fate of the day was doubtful, indeed, all"'
against us, the Ashantees finally succeeding in driving them doss
to the British guns; at which time colonel Purdon, by a reef
judicious arrangeinent, opened a heavy fire from the small arta:
lery he haAl, viz. four 9-pounders and eight rocket-tubes, stta
sent a few congreve rockets among the enemy, which latter, Inn
a moment, staggered them, as also wounded their King.
took a circuit
In the mean time Acoto, King of Aquandwe,
with his force, and commenced an attack in the rear of the.
Ashantees and
' who, eventually, solely decided the fate of the
who composed th.e
day. They immediately began to retire, and the rockets and ar-
tillery keeping up their fire, and the Ashantees falling into A
_d
vision among themselves, the victory was declared, after A
hours, in favour of the British allied arms. Many of their
cipal men have fallen, among others their oldest warrior, AP"
o
The King, who was wounded in three
escaped being taken prisoner. Quashie Amanque, one o
Chiefs, being mortally wounded, while in the act of dragging !"
from his basket. His equipage, camp, and several of his ri!et.4o
with a very rich booty, estimated at 500,000/. sterling, fell into
our hands ; and it is with sincere plettiture,l inform you, that in is,
camp the head of our late lamented victim, Sir Charles APC'sr
thy, was found, carefully preserved in a double folding of
in which Arabic characters were written, covered with s hl""of
handkerchief, and sewed up in a tiger's skin. An ohl,ttie!'
rum had been wade to it by the King early on the morning ot the
battle, invoking it to call to him the heads of alt the English ehier
and to give bins victory. He fled from the Agit with few The
lowers, and has since been reported dead of his wounds' places, very
our
escaped
Ashantees fought very brdely, as did the Akims anti Assess
:'
our aide; but the Fantees fled at the first fire, which was then'.

mature occasion of our line being broken.
ktlilleledontlyn Etiuterohjeielda,n
awnodu2l;(l,ooedo,
heL,,°-emht:::::.entbeired:t;t:
" The loss on our part is trivial when c red to thr„i,t,i'l'
thousand wounded. Of the. A ft' hatitte3, five orv":
andve rM
thousandaboutßcoiprisonersrerhebtwereectlrw, ios
authority, was,
. T
ohne ethsiteimittiatyedoffobracettloe,nbeuttwiree*ui,le6;o
and 12,000 ; and of the Ashantees 15,000 to 18,000. A they
" Being the first time the Congreves have been
spread terror and dismay among this superstitious race of
more particularly by their King being wounded by one of th
brat'
Many prisoners of distinction have been taken, but lon 00:
at present to furnish your Excellency with the exact nau!:4
account; however, I am of opinion, therein very !WU chan le
their, fur some time hence, troubling thew Po" "gatao y,xcel-
"lt is with pleasure I have thus to congratuley
henry on the success of the British thi=t;,te!!!

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the NOTICES TICE
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ORDERS or THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
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J. Ways and Means—Comtnittee.
;!.2.
Hume
—iteturn qua donotsitinhtehAe
4. Exchequer Bills no,oco,ono) Bill—Conunittee.
5. Transfer of Aids Bill—Committee.
NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY•
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MOTIONS
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Mr. Henries—To Ithsoe umexteenid)etPOrttmhee'-'Ut.nited Kingdom bt
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Conveyance of Letters now existing in Great MOM.
Colonel Terrens--Molion fAorfitthret'hpaecill4laidtialn%f Ireland. gs,
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to their being printed; be referred to a Select

( •• no.

LOIqDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, a1826'

We received last night the
the Et •
and otle dated Monday motilink.
from
The •
Illontleur of Sunday has intelligence , e
Constantinople to the 27th Oct. On the V5t,...i.11e,
corps of bombardiers and marines had at brit 11 lti
view at Kathana. Amongst the crowd of spectaf
,(,)ii
.twhas the Chevalier ROMANO,., Charge d'Affitires .'i it•
Tle I Paris .I"apereoi v...
`Court of NapleS, 'seated in a Turkish cartbov
of'teh lust which was IlHoWil, rolled (114" t `ellioto
wounded was
the e ha P" which the mark was placed, and la A
lady Chevalier'swho carriage ; Madame ROMANO, geld
in the carriage with her, Were berl°
by this extraordinary accideilt. i,, the
Other accounts '
expectation from Constantinople
that the PORTE MIS about to give
fortl
Theie suspension of hostilities against Greece. the
Etoile contains letters from Lisbon who
18th
anticipated t! but our direct ,communications from thence 140
_rt their contents. The ;Mode states tilot,,
leo 10,;(iet,
Ais argue, after giving-a proclamation of the, „„.
qu is de CHAVES, adds, that on the Ist Dec. 6.4 -..
TI esll.-!
ntversary of the Accession of the fu use
of Prep, hot
the army will enter Portugal. It further state, fLI
the Marquis de CHAVES commands in chief. n',„,
dier-General Count de CAvEI.AS. acts as Atl.l'lta;ol
General; and the functions ofQuartironieter t:;eAn-4e.
are performed by M. TEXEIRA, funnel-1Y '''*".
Camp to his Majesty MICHAEL. 1..
The following arc the names of the fourthsl3lrige,,i,t4ol
Generals who direct the four columns of P-__,,.
Army.—First division, Viscount de Moraiko:o.i.:::.
Second division, MAOECE. Third division, IYI
DUREIRA. Fourth division, ,PINTO PA ~Tl:v4titra•
The first point of union in Portugal vitt tie ~.,_t,
gauze; there, conformably to the proclaniation of itn.,
2d Oct. the Regency will be formed. ',This of
ment will be supported
troops who have remained in ortugal, and who tin
by the greater part of
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