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them; but he did say that the country should bear the
expenses.—(Hear.) Instead of quarrelling with the
Affghans, he thought the Russians were more worthy of
our ire, yet we were on the most friendly terms with
them.' Indeed, he thought that the Russians should bear
the expenses of the war, for they certainly derived more
benefit from it than any other people.—(Hear, hear.)
Upon the showing of Sir John llobhuuse, he (Mr.
Thompson) declared this war to be an unconstitutional
and an inhuman war, and one of a must impolitic kind.
In answer to the question, however, " Who is to pay for
it?" he answered, most unhesitatingly, " Great Britain. '
—(Hear.) It was not the interests of India, but the in-
terests of Great Britain, that stimulated this war. The
interest of India was not to spend Gd. in it. Parliament
had been accountable for the war, and Parliament had a
right to pay for itee-(Cheers:) Whether he looked at the
interests to have been promoted by its. success,. or the
characters to have been impaired by its failure, cr the
honour of the flag—the flag of Great Britain—which had
been planted in the country, he felt that this was a na-
tional question, and not one for the East India Com..
pany. • He did hope that they would prosecute their
suit, though he had little hopes that they would do so
successfully.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfaction that ths
question had been brought before the Court of Prod
prietors. He agreed with:the mover of the resolutions
that this was a question of an European character.--•
(Hear.) There was one point on which it appeared to
him they had not sufficiently touched. It was this—Sir 3.
MaNeil who was extremely anxious that the siege of
Herat should be raised. Ile had nearly completed every
thing to tie satisfaction of both parties, when •Count
Simonovich arrived, after which his exertions were
rendered of no avail, and Shah Soojah underwent a great
change. This lie (the Chairman) thought was a strong
proof of Russian interference. It was there that Count
Nesselrode, in reply to a demand for an explanation, stated
tha Count Simonovich had acted against orders; but
did they not see that it was possible for there to be two
kinds of orders—one in the case of things going smoothly
and all being successful, and one in case they should not
succeed ?—(Hear, hear.) He (the Chairman) confassed
he was surprised to hear Lord Palmerston say that this
was not a foreign question ; if it was not, how had hey
as Foreign Minister, so much to do with it ?—(Heer,
hear.) This matter had claimed the attentive of the
Board of Directors for a long time, and so long ago
as the month of April last, a remonstrance was-trans-
mitted ou the subject to her Majesty's Government. He
thought this Court ought to pursue a middle course, and
Auteasekkatsalakaties
„ea. European cptesilou altegether,-
blialiit it it partook in a great degree of the character of
an Indian question. He did hope, that the proceedings
of her Majesty's Ministers would be such as not only ha
restore their finances, but peace also, in India.—(Cheers)
He shot ild propose the addition of a word or two to the
motion of the Honourahle Proprietor, - which he (the
Chairman) might say he hoped would be Carried(
almost without a dissentient voice. The people of this
r country were already very .heavily taxed, and he was
sure that the Minister of the country could hardly ton_
sent to burden the people anew in order to pay th e ex-
penses of this war. The Hon. Member's
bmuttati.;r:ttlit::::::
was to the effect dint it was not right that the -aapelaaa
of the war should be borne by India,
quer of the United Kingdom ; he (the Chaiumao bey_
ged to recommend that it should be altered
.se as to eor',_
vey the meaning that, it was nut just that thawhola of
the expenses should be borne by India, but that a por-
tion of them should be paid out of the Excaequar (st this
country.—(Llear' hear.) He thought it was desita'ale that.
they should be unanimous in the deteresanatt"
they came to.-a(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WEEDING recommended that the expenses ehoulid
be ,borne equally between Great Britain and India.
Mr. SALONONS consented to insert the amendments
recommended by the Chairman in his resolution..
Mr. Banerivaaa supported the view of the Directors.
An HON. PROPRIETOR thought it of the greatest inr,-
portance that seine means should be adopted to prevonst
these great and terrible wars in India. It appeared t
him, that at present the President of the Board of Con •
trol and use Governor-General caused these warsi
whenever they pleased, and they had no means a
prevent- it;
After a short conversation, -
Mr. Sxi.oxoss rose to reply. lie stated that his c.la
jest in bringing forward this motion had been e'
pletely answered.—(Hear, hear.) It had often staisek.
him as remarkable that when. devastating wars were/un-
dertaken, no Member of Parliament came forwr.ril to
inquire into the foundation and the policy of such, -wars.
--(Hear, hear.) He thought that a war carried ( maunder
the name of the East India Company, should_ not be car-
ried on without an inquiry into it ; and he considared it
the most constitutional way to bring it. batare• Parlia-
ment. The policy of this war was condamnea in the
strongest manner by every one at all convereaint with
Indian affairs. All on a sadden they found themselves
staggered by a war of a most unheard-of chat:tickle
Was it not right, then, that they should inquire whe-
ther that war originated with that Court or the Govern-
ment ?—(hear, hear.) He thought it was, end
it was further their bounden duty to inquire,
into the manner in which their finances had been dissi-
pated. lie said thattWme o
tlste.ir
lboieuNnvdasenstdiltrt ,is,.
opinion
iohne
was glad that they had
-that this country ought to bear the whole of the ex-
pense. •lie would, however, consent to the amendment of,
the Hon. Chairman. ..
Mr. Lawrs wished to knew whether the seconder tr
the motion had any power to prevent an alteratiaetela
the knot ion which he seconded ?.
aVatesTsioaapatomaastaislohlttakaysittaividttehmegabee tat -
a right to ,ppose the withdrawal or alteration „e
motion, and he should do so.

'lle CHAIRMAN thought this should le4yei,
~en
tioned before. The lion. Member had roaust • to
ea
agree to the amendments, and several me'
the Court under the impression that• inheN had left
they ‘vould Inv
unanimous. Unless that could be, dune „ow, he (the
Chairman) must move an ameinle,„[-.
Mr. S. Gli
. TITcER Said <Lat. unanimity was a great
point ; lie thought they elhould all agree.
• The CHAIHMAN §a; :a he was extremely sorry that, he
i
had been treated n this way. Ile was of opinion that
by their conduct they were-marring their object. He
was now .compelled to move • the amendment which he
had requested the lion. Proprietor to accede to.
The DEPUTY-01TAIRMAN seconded the amendment.
Major-General 11011ERTS014 said he shwa vote foK
the original motion.
After a short conversation which ensued, the quest'm
was put, and the Chairman's amendment was deellired
to be carried. A division was demandA, and the ~alet
divided, when there appeared--
For the original motion ~
For the Chairman's a` t 0
oendment
Majority in favg-dr -of the amendment _3 -
GEXEnAt wriwlCK'S CASE.
General LonwitM Tose to move that his ease be
printed. jlt will he recollected that in July, 134 when,
the case °I the itajah of Sattarah was lender the eonsi-
aeratl°ll Of the Court. the Gallant (.k w neral thre eta
ce • rtat charges against his colleagues in MI
vir
illoughby and Colonel Ovens, who, in conjunction
with himself, constituted the Commission before whom.
the Rajah was examined, and to whom a great deal or
unfairness was imputed. These charges had gone (rat
to India, and a reply to the whole of them had ikon
transmitted to England. The Gallant General haoa, now
prepared a reply to that reply, and it was this w'thee be
proposed should be printed.]
The Clerk read the statement. It was % very long
one, and confirmed the assertions made by The Gallant
General in July, 1841.
General LODWICK moved that the; 'paper, as read,
should be printed.
Mr. Lr.wis seconded the motion..
Mr. WEEDING opposed the resolution, on the groan&
that if they printed this part, Colonel Ovens and Mr.
Willoughby would request:to have their reply printed
too ; and every one who spoke on the case of the If
of Sattarah would want to have their opinions punted
als,e The Galls a General had an opportunity of printing it himself; Taal he must oppose the printing of it under
the of the Court.
Tile CHAIRMAN hoped that the lion. Proprietor would
have been satisfied with having his statement read now',
and giving- notice that he should move the printing next
meeting. He (the Chairman) must say be did not t;eink
it would be politic to print those papers, and, under any
ciy cumstance, he should vote against it
Major OmenANT was of opinion that the Gallant Ge-
neral ought: to have an opportunity of vindicating his
character.
The question Was then put, and the motion was de-
clared to be carried.
The Court then adjourted at seven o'clock.

'EAR FROM. s; CouL Aut.----Shortly after elextn
o'clock on the wording of Tuesday, a most deploraltle ocßur-
rence, resultias is the loss of human life, took place on the
premises of 11ir. Davis, corn-factor, Old-street, 'St. Luke's,
under the following circumstances:—lt appears that a young
man, t•tventy-one years of age; named John Ward, in the em-
ploy of 31r. Davis, had occasion to descend a very deep well oa
the premises, for the purpose of cleaning it out. as it was
found to be in a very dirty condition. lie was letdown in a
bucket for this purpose, and had been there about five minutes
'then he was asked by those at the top, if all was right, to
which he replied in the affirmative. He was called to a second
time, and gave the same answer. Shortly after, on calling to.
bins again, they received no reply, and about a quarter of sae
hour had elapsed from the time Ward first went down, where
a boy was sent down in a bucket, and on reaching the barmy,.
called out that he was, he thought, lying there dead. The bey
was instantly raised, and en reaching the surface, complained
of feeling a sense of stupefaction come over him as he ap.
proached the bottom of the well. The body of the unfortunate
young man was recovered as speedily as possible, but life was
quite extinct.

SUICIDES IN LUNATIC 110SPI.TA. LS.—liespe.ctiw
the rarity of suicides in. public asylums, it is metitterFng
i 22, to the Ist June, 1842, five in.
that out of 4,016 lunatics received into Beittlehem Hospit.at,
sfrtaormicetshoef3tliisetkpinetelehmabreerOccurred, or one suicide in 843 insane
whilst half the patients admitted were discharged
u
215 deaths are reported, or within a fraction of
S. per cent. 'These facts speak volumes in favour of Bethlehem
perresodn, s
and only
Hospital ; and if similar results are met with at othrr lunatic
establishments, there cannot be any question as to the benefits
conferred upon the insane, by public institutions appropriated
solely for their reception and curative treatment.—Medical
Gazette.

StilinEN DEATn.—Thursday afternoon •an inqueF t
was held before Mr. Wakley, at the Plower Pot, in the vi 1-
lage of Sunbury Middlesex, on the body of Mr. Robert Brows,
81 ,ears, which took place under the following circumstances;
—From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that *es
deceased was a highly respected inhabitant of Feltham, near
Hounslow, and of
great skill as a practical florist. On Mon-
day, while driven by Mr. Griffiths, his nephew, to Sunbury
Common, with his wife in a chaise cart, he died on his seat in a
moment. He had started apparently in perfect health, saying
he was never better in his life; and when about two hundred:
yards from home, he said to his nephew, " John, what beans is-
them ?" pointing to some " polts ' (beans and peas together)
for horses and at that instant his head drooped, and he died
immediate'''. Verdict, ." Natural death ou the highway."
The Ceneral Steam Navigation Company's nail.
packet, Ocean, arrived off the Custom-house at t, A. M., yea*-
terday, with the Dutch mails.