The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

EAST INDIA HOUSE. •

teaterday. a Quarte►ly 0 I Court of Proprle-
tore was held at their ►orse In Leadenhall•etreet.

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The Chair being taken at twelve o'clock, the
eretary read the minutes of the proceediags of the last
General Court, and several other papers, required by
Aets of Parliament and By-lees, to be laid before the
Court.
Mr. It. Jacsuox rose, and inqnired whether say of
the Directors had any information as to the pr bable
period of the departure of the Marquess of Hastings
from Calcutta ?
The CHAIRMAN said there Wig DO Official informa-'
tion on the subject.
Mr. R. JACKSON Said it had been understood that)
the Marquess of Hastings would stay till the arrival,
of his successor. If that were so, and it were within
the range of possibility that he tonitl be Invited to
continue the government, he (Mr. Jackson) was quite
sure be spoke the sense of every Proprietor when ha
said that snch an event would be the most desirable
thing that could happen for the honour and interest
of the Company. .Should i be too late for such an
opportunity, then the proud honour 'mild revert to
the Court of Directors to appoint another Governor-
General of India. Ile hall no reason from the last
appointment to anticipate any thing hot egtproba-
tion. If the Right lion. Gentleman bask. gone. no
doubt he would bare acquitted Maisel( to 'the ma-
detraction of every one. He hoped that RiAlst Hon.
Gentleman would be still usersl to his essantry in
another situation. Ile would not repeat the sentimen a
which he cap d oa a former occasion, that the
Cour!, in the appointment of a Governor General,
would listen to no suggestions but those arising from
the iefinence of talent and character. and if possible
the otject of their choice should also powss a com-
petent hoots ledge of the affairs of India. lie trusted
that when they should again Inert, it would he found
that tin ir Directors acted up to that resolution.--
The thoice of a person to preside over the
went of their vast terrirori.a in the Rest Indies,
should not depend on any regulations that might
become necessary is the affairs at home. De hoped
he should he excused by the Directors, as one of their
constimots, for having said so much on subjects so
very important.
Mr. LownDee congratulated the Court on the
Right lion. Gentleman who was appointed G
General not betting sailed, as he was assured there
was no man more competeat to fill the situalen of a
late unfortunate Noblrm.n than that Right lion.
Gentleman. it was a fortunate circumstance that'
that Right lion. Gentleman had aot sailed, for the
event, which anformna'ely took place would render it
nary to have him recalled. Ile was sorry any
people could he found so wicked, as to rejoice at
the fate of the Right lion. Grotlemaa's predecessor in.
office, end yet be understood it was a subject of souse
rejoicings in some parts of Europe.
Mr. Coaxstette again brought under the notice of
the Court the hard situation in which officers of their
ships were placed, who in maintaining due discipline
sad subordination were exposed to actions it la*
when they arrived in this estuntry„'and tihw 'My ob-
tained verdicts I. their favour were enable to get re
paid their costs. He thought in such cases the Com-
pany should reimburse them, and instanced the cast.
of Captain Youngliusband, as one of peculiar bald
ship. He did not then mean to discuss the subject,
bat be would surest the propriety of recording a no-
tice of it in order that it might he brought before
them, and fully discussed on the next g• neral Court
day. Ile would be glad to hear the opinion of the
learned Gentleman (Mr. R. Jackson) on the subject.
Mr. R. JACKSON said he would wish to assist
his brother Proprietor, but he doubted the pos-ibility
of laying down any g 1 rule on the subject. lie
could not agree that tan in the service of the
Company, when out of pocket by law proceedings,
should be at lithely to apply to the Company's trea-
sury.

1.4 e CHAIRMAN suggested the propriety of an ap-
plication to the Court of Directors, on the part of the
individual alluded to. It would he inconvenient to
agitate such a question at that Meeting. If the case
were laid before the Directors, it should be attended
to. Ile wished, however, not to be considered as
pledging himself for a forourabie result. It should
be remembered the Company were proprietors only of
the care" whilst others were frequently proprietors
of the ship. All he could undertake to say was, that
the case would be considered dispassionately if laid
before the Directors. With respect to the subject
mentioned by the Learned Gentleman (Mr. Jackson),
the Court were fully aware of the importance of the
duty imposed open thew.
In reply to a question of Mr. Trent,
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The!AIRMAN said that from
mation, it would appear that Lord Hastings was anx-
ious to return to this country Do account of the situa-
tion of his own family. They had now to look oat
for a competent successor, and he hoped no more would
be said of Lord Hastings, who, every one agreed, was
a great man, whose departure from India would be a
great toss to that country.
The Court adjourned at one o'clock.

from his beloved subjects in the city as pri►ately as
possible.
In the opinions of Alderman Waltham's. Alderman
Wouo seemed to coincide. He wished to me the pre.
eedent for such a vote, and also to learn from the
Lord Mayer whether any this; in the Age of thanks
bad been given to hi. Lordship from the department
of Oovernment, with whom hi. Lordship had commu-
nicated, on the subject of attending his Majesty to
the bounds of his jurisdiction, as Coneervror of the
River.

To this pestle, a negative was give, by the Lotto
MATOR, who observed that he had performed whet
he ceseei►ed to be his duty without for a moment en-
tertaining a thought with respect to the conseqseukoes. ,
The Lord Mayor added, that it would In hie opinion
have bad • very odd appearance, if the Kieg bad
proceeded down the river without being attended by
the authorities which were in a m 00000 called for by i
the public meat that his Majesty intended to
embark at Greenwich. and then mentioned the nature
and meaner of the communications made to him by
the Under Sec►etary of State. relative to the Royal de-
parture, in explanation of every step he had taken. It
was necessary, also, for his Lordship to seeming for
she variety of misinformation with which it was said
the cititens had been favoured with regard to the
hoer of the Royal departure.
Alderman 00000 as also called for preOedesta-
and did not see the necessity of passing a vote of a
particular nature.
As there did sot appear to be that feeling of unani-
mity w►ich Sir James expected, he said he should not
hesitate to withdraw his motion; but is doing so be
distinctly stated the conduct pursued by the city on
the occasion of his Majesty's departure was such as
it should hive been; and that, however forgetful others
might have been of their duty, the city had soiling to
reproach itself with.
The g I rota of thanks was, after the conver-
sation is the Court, carried.

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sister to reinforce the Constitotiosal army on the
frontier, aril to pot the insurgents speedily dons, had
glten genres! satisfaction. Advice, from Bayne,
to the Nib instratoitate, that the wholeof Navarre. w;th
the exception attic fort of I rail, was abandoned by the
Royalirs.vtlio bad concentrated their (.rev. in evale.
Dia. I t is also MI mi tted that the Royalitt J ante of N .one
had narrowly escaged Wag taken at Ochagarie, and
had only beets able to insure its safety by quitting
Spain, and seeking a refuge on the' French territory.
(I I Repines' was MOW of all the rallies which
Quesada had previously occupied. Ifs had even pail,
ed Ms posts as fir as tie fortress of frail, which h 1
was preparing to besiege as soon as a train of artillery
should have arrived bout Pamplona. It is (widget(
from all these accounts, which are therm of the Itu‘.
alists themselves, that they are losing ground on all
sides, and that is a short time all symptoms tf
ins ccccc don will have ceased to disturb the pew
and the happiness of Spain.—By th• ‘te p Tem
we learn, that Ceases's, the printer at Poitiers, ww
cited to appear on the 14th before the Court of Assize
of that town, charged with infidelity and had fail' in
the report of the debates on the process against the
G I Berton and his accomplices. The Colin
declared Cationic' guilty, and sentenced him hr d
fault to one moath's imprisonment and lAA francs
fine. Pomier, it is said, was the only one of the tom
sentenced to death who desired to make co.ifestiee,
the President of the Court of Anise. rte Duke of
Wellington left Par's, eta Monday morn:ce, Lr
eana. The state of his health obligee Lim to told.'
short jour
.• . and to sleep all night. 'We obsrrse,
by the Quotidienne, that a person called the Naval
English Capt. Maurer, still prosecutes 1:;s doctrines
of a new irligioo, which he has styled the 11;d4 ion of
I Nature. It appears that be seeks to joi:i
with religions principles, and with a sedons perseve-
rance, continues to labour for a civil as w.ll as tell.
gious equality. lie has confined, as yet, the disse-
mination of his doctrines to the banks of the !thine. A
letter from Lyons states—" Os the 13th instant, two
Police Commissaries visited Memphis Masonic Lodge,
situated at Pilate, and seised all he papers. register.,
lists, &e., belonging to that brotherhood."

FdENCH FUNDS, SEPT. 23.—Fice per Cer.ts.
50e.; Bank Stork, 1,637 f. 50e. Eschangs •n Los•
dot, use month, 25f. 45c.; three. mouths, 25' 35e.

IVIIEREAS

The Old Times has published rertain Resofrtiose
about a certain letter to one of o•ra-lses, why did it
not likewise publish that certain letter ? Our Read•
era era not boned to believe that the said It•sala•ions
are altogether of its own rot ing np ; bet, in order to
clear es op upon this point, why not publish the said
letter, likewise, whi. h is the subject of i's resn'utiatts?
Surely it might to set forth the grievout matter of its
Own resoletions ! Recite it, as the lawyers say, tell
begin with a WiIIZREAS, and then for the re:hely;
bat, we must have no flaws i.e the Preamble. We km
always (as it is by all) held the Intr.-as and the
Preamble one of our greatest friends in Pariiamentary
(or Omnipoten') legielation. Let as heep it sr, then,
with our law-girioz Contemporary. This it a dilemma,
however, 1.4 the Old Times to be in, until he gets out
of which he must be content to father his resole tiers:
bet, we confess, we shnald like to site him get oat of It
by publialtiag Me letter.

The Paris papers of the 20th instint tontaia plow
pout accounts of a I.oli/iota ceremony which took
place the preceding day. as Arras? Calvary, a high MB
Ault sic miles from Paris. " The Missionaries of
France" (says one of these Journals) " had tiesenneed
that the Pru session of the !teller of Ice Cross slimed
be followed by the re establishment of the Brotlter,
hood of the Cross, erected August SO, 1645. The
Brotherhood was dispersed at toot ferret epoch wheo
the hermits of Calvary were torn from their asylna.,
when the sacred rest. Is were broken, and .h • pilgrims
ma (I, and the sacred place of the Cr.si ors cc;•
veiled intd a Aiusitte for anses:tne.,t. Oa Thursday
this spot, restored ly She piety of the Monarri
to its oenerolde and pridsitire destination, displayed
a religious spectacle of great intercst."—We re•
ter our readers to the history of this cermet!.
which will be found in another par, of our paper.
Our object is moicing such mummery is, to slier, the
designs of she French Ultras, stud the I),.liluess of
their step towards their object. " The KING, at ge
reveal of the Missionaries" (said the %hbe de For.-
ton Janson, in a discourse, which he delivered, en
the Cross) " has granted %seem all the ruins, end they
have not retreated from the grand work of spin
restoring them to splendour—Dunsinus prueidelit.
Faithrul worshippers of the cross, you are cone
here to accomplish the views of PROVIDISCia
—One of the Paris Journals, after quoting the
above passage, adds—" Seven thimin! Christians
itninedia ply precipitated tli,oo.e'ves at the foot
of the Cross, and were irises 'bed its d • Brother•
hood amidst cries cf " nue la Croix!" "Pietist I s
BoarGons!" 'rears were abundantly shed."—The
whole profession was attended by a numerous (hard
of Honour, composed of the King's llonseho'd
Troops. In fact, the whole 3uaw vas Cie
trirance of the French Ministry and the Cued. It
shostlti seem, then, that the Ultras deem thseeselvre
-mime es °sigh, ostentatiously to display their echoic
design—mom VILt D 4 SION To lIISTOII2 Till aactct
Drsoovisat. And, fur this purpose, they are playirg
off the old trick of conelioing RELIGION with LOIALTt.
Rol, it will sot da. Superstition has lust Its hold on
France. Even Religion, spa, tried from Bigotry, has
&nu lost i•s hold on Fier:cis:mil. The last observa-
tion is not simmer of boast for theist; nor do ere
own. ion it, wilioet regret. Ito', if true, the
Ul.ras have 'kissed their way, in harrying on to-
..yards their adored De•nortsm. We really thought
Gouts XVIII. too cunning at least, to advance so
heedlessly to the edge of the precipice on Is bids be
sow treads. lint we are nut concerned about the (a e
of the French Nlonarch, nor the fate of the unworthy
'end ignorant men rho have hurried bin into this.
danger. We wish the friends of freedom to look be-
yond the seeming of things; and to Gellert still, In
the safety of !Aar cease. It was easy for the Conf•
tiers to. ere rp such a farce as ttse procession we are
vraking and the Parisian populace will go to see
soy 'hew that has splendour in it. One day, they
-ill wiire.s such a scene with a seeming pbrensy of
ox
and
,iytiai of th
thenermAt„cTruneuaws
and u
with eagerness,
s of she
,E7behold the
,ew.
mer day's spectacle. No:withstanding the danger.