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wire of retiring to et,nsuit the superior authorities.—(Hear,
hear !)
After a -short time had elapsed, the eitarnstaw.returned,
and said' that he had to trespass upon the patiente of the meet-
ing a little longer, as neither Chairman nor Deputy Chairman
of
,the Court of Directors had yet arrived, though they were
every minute ..expected. He would lose no time in commu-
nicating their decisiOn- after he had access them. Ile again
withdrew.

After an interval of nearly ar. hour he returned, and said,
that he had accurately and impartially communicated to the
Chairman of the Court of Directors, as well as those of the
Committees, all that bad passed before him in the morning ;
and their decision, after full deliberation, was, that the sale
must proceed. He had therefore only the one course now
to pursue, which. was to direct the sale, to proceed.-4 Cries
of Shame.)
The gentleman Who had withdrawn the'. first lot now stepped
forward, and said he had been induced to do so in the exp',xta.
tion, that as the Company professeTto be acting for other inte-
rests, they would, when they found the predominating weight
of' those interests opposed to a sale, have yielded, and withheld
their own : as, however, upon deliberation, they had declined
doing so, he &aved permission to replace his lot on the list-for
tale, and fare as others did.

The CHAIRMAN said, that in his Conversation with the chairs
this subject had nit clumped. him, and the decision he was de-
sired to announce was, that the Court could not permit those
who had withdrawn their numbers to replace them on the
list.

This decision led to great murmuring through the crowd,
and several gentlemen complained, that in addition to the ge-
general features of this transaction, there was particular unfair-
ness in the refusal to allow those who had .withdrawn, in cour-
tesy to the general opinion, and in the expectation that the
Ewa India Company would follow the example, to roplace
their numbers on the list.

'Mr. Joitatsorr was particularly severe on the Chairman,
and said that his conduct, to say the least of it, was unfair and
equivocal. He insisted that such a body as the East India
Company ought to • have, in the general spirit of their past
dealings with traders, at once,' and unhesitatingly stated the
course they meant to adapt, and. then individuals would have
known how to act. lie could, however, assure them they
would gain nothing by the withdrawing of rivals in the indigo
sale, for the trade were determined to withdraw, and the sale
would only be a mock form—(Hear !)
The CHAIRMAN disclaimed any unfairness. He said the
Company meant to act with uprightness in the guardianship of
all the interests which were committed to their care : they had,
long since pledged themselves to the public for a quarterly sale,
and they were only redeeming their
.promise. At the same
time he insisted it was obvious no interests whatever would
sutler by this course. Those who had not time (as they said)
to examine the articles, were not called upon to bey ; and.
those who said they had, and were present, ought to be allow.
ed the opportunity of making their purchases.
The Clerkseveral times attempted to read the sale lists, but
was interrupted by the contusion in the Court, and the partial
discussion among private circles of individuals, many of
whom were occasionally pressing interrogatories upon the Chair.
man, in the spirit of those already put, which he either an-
swered'in the like manner, or passed unnoticed.
The parties who had withdrawn their lots were then required
to put in written 'statements to that effect—a form which occu-
pied some time, and the sale which followed was necessarily -
of a circumscribed nature (as our informant was told, for he
heard himself no bidding) all the principal dealers having
withdrawn when the lots were put up : a few foreigners and
country dealers remained during the day. When the sale re-
commenced, Mr. Lindsay withdrew from the chair, after he
announced the intention of the Chairman and Deputy, and he
was succeeded by Mr. Wm. Wigram.

THE ARMY.

INDIA.

Head-quarters, Calcutta, July 27.
GENERAL ORDER.
His MAJCSTY has been pleased to appoint Major.Gencral
.I.AOPER N1C11014.8, C.D. to the Stafrot the Army serving in
the East Indies, vie& Major-General Sewell, who has resigned.
By order of his Excellency the CAmmander-in-Chief.
THOMAS Mi.MAIION, Col. A.G.