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major of brigade's department at Deesa until fürther orders.

Lieut. W. J. Eastwick, 12th, to act as interp. to 24th N.I., until further orders.

Col. J. Salter to command northern division of army, during absence of Brig. Gen. Kennett; and Lieut. Col. G. A. Litchfield to command Deesa field brigade.

Assist. Surg. F.W. Watkins placed at disposal of acting superinterident of Indian navy, for duty in that branch of service.

Jan. 8.-Artillery. Maj. A. Manson, C.B., to be lieut. col., v. Hardy retired; date 26th Dec. 1833. -Capt.T. L. Groundwater to be major, 1st-Lieut. J. T. Leslie to be capt., and 2d-Lieut. J. N. Rooke to be 1st-lieut., in suc. to Manson prom. ; date 26th Dec. 1833.-Supernum. 2d-Lieut. D. Cannan to be admitted on effective strength, from above date, v. Rooke prom.

Capt. W. H. Fox to be agent for manufacture of gun carriages, in suc. to Lieut. Col. Manson, C.B., who vacates in consequence of his promotion.

Jan. 9.-Assists. Surgs. J. Stewart and W. Calvert directed to proceed to Hydrabad, and to place themselves at disposal of resident at that city.

Artillery. 1st-Lieut. J. W. Fraser to be capt., and 2d-Lieut. W. A. St. Clair to be 1st-lieut., in suc. to Law dec.; date 24th Dec. 1833.-Supernum. 2d-Lieut. J. B. Woosnam to be admitted on effective strength from above date, v. St. Clair prom.

The following temporary arrangements confirmed:-Ens. H. W. Preedy, 25th N.I., to act as interp, to left wing 3d L.C., from 13th Dec.-Lieut. J. S. Ramsay, 4th N.I., to act as qu. mast. and paymast. to that regt. from 15th Nov., during absence of Lieut. Lucas on leave.

Assist. Surg. J. Anderson to be surgeon, V. Shaw dec.; date 29th Dec. 1833.

Jan. 11.-Assist. Surg. D. Grierson placed at disposal of acting superintendent of Indian navy. Jan. 13.-Ens. M. Wyllie to be acting adj. to left wing 8th N.I., during its march to presidency. 20th N.I. Ens. R. Reilly to be qu. mast. and interp., v. Westley proceeding to Europe.

Jan. 14.-Lieut. W. S. Jacob, of engineers, to be an assistant to Lieut. Shortreed, superintendent of Bombay trigonometrical survey, on a staff salary of Rs. 250 per mensem, independent of his military pay and allowances.

Jan. 17.-Capt. J. T. Leslie, of artillery, to command invalids of H.C. service proceeding to Europe on ship Lady Raffles.

Supernum. Lieut. W. W. Baker, 1st N.I., admitted on effective strength of regt., from 16th Feb. 1833, v. Harvey dec.

Jan. 20.-Assist. Surg. H. M. Felix to act as civil surgeon and assist. garrison surgeon at Broach, during absence of Assist. Surg. J. McMorris.

Jan. 21.-Ens. W. C. Stather to be acting qu. mast. and interp. to 1st N.I.

Jan. 24.-Assist. Surg. W. R. Deacon to be surgeon of residency at Bhooj, from 31st Jan.

Jan. 25.-Cadet of Engineers Chas. Walker admitted on estab., and prom. to 2d-lieut.

Ens. T. Postans, 15th N.I., to be line adj. at Bhooj, v. Denton resigned situation.

Capt. J. R. Woodhouse, 6th N.I., to be deputy judge adv. gen. to Poona division of army, v. Hamilton prom. to a majority.

Capt. D. Cunningham, 2d L.C., to act as deputy assist. qu. mast. gen. of nothern division of army, from date of departure of Lieut. Holland to presidency.

Ens. John L. Hendley to rank from 24th Dec. 1833, and posted to 21st N.I., v. Twynam prom.

Artillery. Lieut. Col. E. Hardy (retired) to be col., v. Hessman dec.; Lieut. Col. A. Manson, C.B., to rank v. Hardy prom.; and Maj. T. Groundwater, Capt. J. W. Fraser, and 1st-Lieut. W. A. St. Clair, to rank in suc. to Manson prom.; date 28th May 1833.-2d-Lieut, J. B. Woosnam admitted on effective strength from 28th May 1833, v. St. Clair prom.-Capt. J. T. Leslie and Ist-Lieut. J. N. Rooke to rank in suc. to Law dec.; date 24th Dec. 1833.-2d-Lieut. D. J. Cannan admitted on effective strength, from above date, v. Rooke prom.-Lieut. Col. L. C. Russell to be col., v.

Hardy retired; Maj. T. Stevenson to be lieut. col., v. Russell prom.; Capt. W. Miller to be major, 1st-Lieut. A. Rowland to be capt., and 2d-Lieut. R. C. Wormald to be 1st-lieut, in suc. to Stevenson prom.; date 26th Dec. 1833.

Returned to duty, from Europe. - Nov. 26. Lieuts. Wm. Brett and H. W. Brett, artillery.Dec. 6. Capt. G. Smith, 26th N.I.-Jan. 17. Ens. A. W. Beavan, European regt.-25. Assist. Surg. J. A. Lawrence.-Assist. Surg. S. Fraser.

FURLOUGHS.

To Europe.-Dec. 12. Lieut. C. Clarke, 21st N.I., for health.-Capt. Thos. Bell, 9th N.I., for health, -18. Capt. J. Laing, 26th N.I., for health.-Lieut. H. Aston, 10th N.I., for health.-20 Capt. W. H. Jackson, 12th N.I.-26. Lieut.C. J.Westley, 20th N.I.-Jan. 23. Maj. W. K. Lester, artillery, for health.-24. Assist. Surg. J. Burnes, M.D.

To Neilgherry Hills.-Dec. 26. Major E. Jervis, 3d L.C., for one year, for health.

To Madras.-Dec. 21. Capt. A. N. Maclean, 8th N.I., for six months, on private affairs.

To Cape of Good Hope.-Dec. 12. Cornet W. F. Hay, 3d L.C., for eighteen months, for health. 27. Assist. Surg. J. Murray, for twelve months, for health.

To Sea.-Dec. 7. Capt. R. Mansfield, for nine months, for health.-18. Capt. M. C. Decluzeau, artil., for six months, for health.-Jan. 23. Lieut. A. Humfreys, Bengal horse artillery, for eighteen months, for health.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Jan. 22.-Mr. Roberts confirmed as first assistant to master-attendant; Mr. Atkinson as second ditto; and Mr. Lachlan as third ditto, in consequence of decease of Mr. Goodridge at sea.

FURLOUGH.

To Europe.-Dec. 18. Lieut. R. Harrison, Indian navy, for health.

SHIPPING. - Arrivals.

JAN. 2. Clarence, Trail, from Newcastle and Cape.-3. Nymph, Briole, from Bordeaux; Amity, Scott, from Bordeaux&nd Madeira; and Sultan, McGregor, from Calcutta.

Departures.

DEC. 29. Aguia, Falcao, for Goa and Brazil. JAN. 1. Chairmont, Boulton, for Bussorah.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Dec. 12. Mrs. T. Howell, of a daughter. 14. At Ahmedabad, the lady of Charles Scott, Esq., medical establishment, of a son.

17. At Surat, the lady of W. M. Webb., Esq., deputy com. of ordnance, of a son.

19. At Bombay, the lady of G. W. Anderson, Esq., of a son.

31. At Khandallah, the lady of Lieut. Col. Bellasis, engineers, of a daughter (since dead).

Jan. 15. At Sattara, the lady of Major G. J.Wil son, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

Dec. 8. At Sholapore, Lieut. Fitzherbert Williams, 2d Gr. regt., to Harriet, third daughter of the late Capt. Matthews, Madras army.

17. Mr. Briscoe to Mrs. Ann Graham. Jan. 1. At Bombay, Harry W. Brett, Esq., of the Bombay horse artillery, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Thos. Eaton, Esq., R.N.

2. At Bombay, B. N. Ogle, Esq., captain H.M. 4th Light Drags., to Maria Jane, eldest daughter of George Simpson, Esq., of Ogle, in the county of Augus, and formerly of Thornton, in Aberdeenshire, now naval storekeeper in Bombay.

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Nov. 10. At Bombay, Fred. Alex. Corsar, Esq., of the civil service, aged 29.

On board the Lady Feversham, on his way to the Cape of Good Hope, Wm. A. Morgan, Esq., of the Bombay bar.

Dec. 3. In the Fort, Byramjee Cowasjee, aged 55. Jan. 19. At Bombay, Henry Loftus Guillemand, Esq., aged 33.

22. At Ahmednuggur, carried off by a bilious fever, William Dent, Esq., of the civil service, eldest son of the Rev. William Dent, of Crosby Cote, near Northallerton.

Ceylon.

SHIPPING.

Arrival at Colombo.-Dec. 21. Columbia, Ware, from London.

BIRTH.

Nov. 7. At Colombo, the lady of W. Norris, Esq., second puisne justice, of a son.

MARRIAGES,

Nov. 22. Algernon Stewart, Esq., of H. M. civil service, to Charlotte Ann, daughter of Lieut. Col. Clement, Royal Artillery.

Dec. 19. P. E. Wodehouse, Esq., to Katherine Mary, eldest daughter of F. J. Templer, Esq., of the civil service.

Penang, &c.

APPOINTMENTS.

S. G. Bonham, Esq., was sworn in acting governor of the Straits Settlements on the 3d Jan. 1834; and R. F. Wingrove, Esq., was sworn in resident councillor at Singapore on the same date.

Charles Scott, Esq., has been sworn in sheriff of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca, for the ensuing twelve months.

Singapore.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.-Dec. 13. Tickler, from Liverpool and Batavia.-15. Singapore, from Port Glasgow,-16. Orwell, from Manilla.-17. Madeline, from London and Batavia.

Freight to London (Jan. 10).-Tin, £1. 10s. per 20 cwt.; Coffee, £5. 10s. per 18 cwt.; Sticlac and Pepper, £6. per 16 cwt.; Measurement goods, £4. 10s. to £7.

BIRTH.

Dec. 11. Mrs. Symers, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

Dec. 25. Mr. Wilson, chief officer of the ship Madeline, of the Jaya fever,-Also, on Jan. 2, Mr. Covington, second officer of the ship Madeline, of the same distemper.

Jan. 2. Alexander Page, Esq., late of Calcutta.

China.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.-Jan. 16. Pioneer, from Gibraltar.20. Duchess of Clarence, from Liverpool; at An

Asiat.Jour.N.S. VOL. 14, No.54.

jier.-25. William Money, Moira, and Elizabeth, all from London; in the China Seas.

BIRTHS.

Jan. 10. At Macao, the lady of John C. Whiteman, Esq., of a daughter.

Lately. At Macao, the lady of J. B. Thornhill, Esq., of a son.

DEATH.

Oct.-At sea, Capt. David L. Shaw, commander of the Danish bark Maria.

Batavia.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.-Dec. 6. Feejee, and Earl of Liverpool, both from Liverpool.-Jan. 2. Norval, from Liverpool.-23. Lucy, from Liverpool.

Australasia.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals at Sydney. - Oct. 10. Platina, from London.-Nov. 11. Auriga, from London and Hobart Town.-13. Pocklington, from South Seas.15. Ann Jameson, from London (since destroyed by fire).-18. Java, from Cork; Lonach, from London and Hobart Town; and Edward Coulson, from Liverpool and ditto.-21. Neva, from Plymouth.-24. Eliza, from Dublin and Hobart Town.-Dec. 7. Reynard, from London and South Seas.-14. Scotia, from Leith and Hobart Town.15. Sir Joseph Banks, from London.-17. Layton, from London.-18. Lloyds, from London. - 19. Henry, from London.-20. Brothers, from London; Argo and Eagle, both from Mauritius; and Sir Charles Forbes, from Liverpool.-31. Alexander, from London; and Dart, from Mauritius.Jan. 1. Persian, from London, Swan River, &c. -4. John, and Neptune, both from London.-16. Enchantress, from Mauritius.-19. Royal Sovereign, from Dublin.

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HOME INTELLIGENCE.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 29.

The Lucknow Bankers.-Lord Ellenborough said, he had a motion for the 5th of May, respecting the case of the Lucknow bankers, and the mandamus obtained by the Board of Control, which, he understood, was not now to be persisted in. He wished to know if this were the fact, and on what grounds the Board had determined not to proceed.

Earl Grey could not state the grounds. The Lord Chancellor said, he was anxious to save the noble baron the trouble of making a useless motion. Circumstances had occurred which altered the whole grounds of the case, and rendered it impossible that the original intention of the Board of Control could be persisted in.

Lord Ellenborough said, he should still wish that the documents should be laid before the House, and to know the reason why the Board had abandoned their intention. May 5.

Lord Ellenborough moved for

Copies of all minutes of council in Bengal, aud of all proceedings there, and of all communications from the Governor-general in Council to the Court of Directors, relative to the affairs of Oude, from the 30th July 1831 to the present time, with a specification of the dates when the documents were received by the Court; also copies of all communications relative to the affairs of Oude from the Court of Directors to the Governor-general in Council from the receipt of the minute of the Governor-general, dated 30th July 1831, to the present time; and also copy of a despatch from the secretary to the Supreme Goverment to the Resident at Lucknow, dated 11th July 1811, also of a letter from the Governor-general to the Resident at Lucknow, dated 25th March 1814, referred to in the minute of the Governor-general, dated 30th July 1831.

The noble lord adverted to the writ of. mandamus, which had been applied for by the attorney general, at the instance of the Board of Control, for the purpose of compelling the Court of Directors to forward a despatch, framed by the Board, directing the Indian government to use its σε utmost efforts" with the king of Oude to procure payment of an alleged debt contracted by his predecessor to certain bankers of Lucknow, forty years ago. He understood that the rule for the mandamus had been discharged a few days since, on the motion of the attorney general himself; and he should, therefore, have abstained from drawing their lordship's attention to this subject, if the object sought to be effected had been altogether abandoned, when the rule for a mandamus was discharged. When such an admission of an error had been made, he should not have troubled their lordships on the question, knowing how important it was, with reference to the complex system by

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which the affairs of India were managed, not to blazon forth any difference that might chance to occur between the Board of Control and the Court of Directors, bad he not understood, from what had fallen from the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, taken in conjunction with what appeared in the papers laid on the table, that another measure was under consideration for the purpose of effecting the same object, a measure full of danger, to the British interests in India: Their lordships had on their table the report of the select committee of the house of commons on East-India affairs of 1832, and they would there find that Lord W. Bentinck, in his despatch of the 30th July 1831, pointed out, in the strongest terms, the distressed situation of the king of Oude's territories; and he also observed, that, unless by the interposition of friendly counsels and mild measures, it would be utterly hopeless to keep up the friendly connexion at present existing between the king of Oude and the British Government. Under such circumstances, it was extraordinary that the home-authority should be called on to give their sanction to the government of India to enable them to take measures to force the government of Oude to pay this alleged debt. report of Mr. Maddocks, the resident in, Oude, stated, that the country was never in a state of greater disorder; that not more than two-thirds of the revenue were collected, and that this was not sufficient for the necessary expenses of the government. The directors, in their letter to Mr. Grant of the 1st of March 1893, observed, that the expression used in the despatch they were called on to send out, namely, that the "utmost efforts" should be made by the British Government in India to procure the payment of this demand, could only refer to "compulsion”. either by "intimidation or force." Such interpretation had not been denied to this day. It was evident, therefore, that force was contemplated. It mattered not, in his opinion, whether the claim of Mr. Prendergast was a good claim or a bad one, He contended that they were not at liberty, under existing arrangements and treaties, to press authoritatively any private claim on the king of Oude. It had long ago been determined that no British subject, that no servant of the Company, should have any thing to do with loans granted to native princes. For half a century the Court of Directors had acted upon that principle, which, however, seemed to have been departed from in this peculiar case. In 1797, a most just and proper regulation was adopted by

parliament for the purpose of checking the prevalent practice which privately existed, of British subjects making loans, and mixing themselves up with moneytransactions connected with the native princes. The noble lord here recapitulated the regulations respecting loans, the nature of the treaties with the state of Oude, and other details of the case, with which our readers must be sufficiently familiar already. From the manner in which Lord Wellesley had dealt with the claim, he (Lord E.) inferred that his lordship did not consider it a just one. He was perfectly satisfied, if the facts had been made known to the Court of King's Bench, that the judges would never have granted a mandamus. He was sure that the noble lord opposite, to whom these circumstances were not known, would not, if he had been aware of them, have sanctioned such a proceeding. He would have agreed with him (Lord Ellenborough) that it was most unjust and unfair to call on the Court of Directors to send out such a despatch. It was contrary to treaty, it was contrary to equity. It sanctioned that which was prohibited by act of parliament, and which was declared to be opposed to the wish of the legislature and to the honour of the country. He therefore felt convinced, after what had fallen from the noble and learned lord on a previous occasion-nay, it was impossible for any individual to feel otherwise than satisfied, that there were now under the consideration of the Board of Control measures for assuming the direct government of the kingdom of Oude; and in connexion with those measures, provisions for the payment of the debts of that state, and amongst others, the debt of Mr. Prendergast, so illegally contracted, was recognized. But let this country beware how it interfered with an old and faithful state; lest by any interference the stain of cupidity and of extortion should be cast upon it. (Hear, hear!) However justifiable might be any interference, this country should have recourse to it with the greatest reluctance and the deepest pain. (Hear!) By going back to the year 1794, in order to include the debt of Mr. Prendergast, it would open grounds for other claims, which might be presented to an extent that would make reform in that state impossible, and would reduce it to a condition of irretrievable bankruptcy; if, by such a course, the means of the people of that country were so disposed of, the character and honour of the nation would be disgraced; that would be done which had not been the policy of this country for the last fifty years; the bad times, of which so much had been heard, would be restored, and a system would be renewed, which in his earlier days the noble earl opposite (Earl

Grey), Mr. Fox, and other great men ot that period, had ably and indefatigably laboured to prevent. Never had there been a question of greater importance to the character, honour, and justice of this country than that, in respect to the assumption of the government of Oude. The character of England for moderation depended upon her strict maintenance of good faith towards her dependent provinces; and in cases of interference, it ought ever to be manifested to the dependencies, that it was purely from motives of public interest, or of protecting the people of oppression. The minute of Lord William Bentinck distinctly showed there was no justification for such a course as had been proposed by his Majesty's Government in this instance. He therefore concluded that they acted upon fresh and more recent information; it was for that information that he now proposed to move. Lord William Bentinck in his despatch had stated that the present minister of Oude was not inferior in talents and ability to any European; that he enjoyed the confidence of his sovereign, and that he bore no hostility to the British Government, as had been most incorrectly attributed to him. Again; would the proposed interference produce the benefits anticipated and desired? Let the condition of the north-western provinces be regarded, to which, after a lapse of thirty years, this country had been unable to give a satisfactory government. then, the improvement of the state of Oude by violent interposition was doubt→ ful, why should recourse be had to such a course, and especially where it was pregnant with dangers in respect to other provinces in India? He had felt it his duty to endeavour to excite their lordship's attention to the great injusticenot to say the great crime,-which, if he had understood the noble and learned lord rightly, was now under the consideration of the Government, with a view to its infliction upon Oude, in the hope that their lordships would prevent the adoption of such a course, and by so doing preserve the Indian empire as it had been preserved by those who had preceded in its government. (Hear, hear!)

If,

The Lord Chancellor said, that with respect to the papers in question, there could be no objection to their being produced, except this, that they went over a very considerable space of time, touching a variety of matters, and were, as he had been informed, somewhat voluminous; all he could say was, that there existed no disposition to withhold any document bearing upon the subject, which could be produced without any manifest detriment. to the public service. He, however, felt that there was something out of the ordinary course of parliamentary proceeding

in the course of the noble baron, who brought forward the present motion for the purpose of blaming the conduct of the President of the Board of Control, who had actually abandoned the course of which the noble baron so much complained, and who no longer persisted in the intention to forward the despatch in question. This was an objection to his course, assuming the statement of the noble baron to be correct, whereas he would shew that it was a picture totally u like the original. The noble baron had assumed, in speaking of the origin of the claim of Mr. Prendergast, that that gentleman had purchased the claim, and thereby contravened the statute. Great as this charge was against an individual, it was still greater against the Government; but happily the venom of the accusation had been accompanied by its antidote. The noble baron had the candour to state that the act of parliament in question, constituting the misdemeanour attributed to Mr. Prendergast, did not come into force till December 1797. Consequently, admitting that Mr. Prendergast purchased in the course of that year, he was guilty of no misdemeanour. But no such purchase was made. The noble baron had said that nobody had been heard to deny the purchase. None had been known to admit it who had the shadow of a shade of right to speak upon the subject, in opposition to the authority of relations, friends, and witnesses to the transaction now in England, and who in the year 1795 were in Oude, Benares, Lucknow, and Calcutta. They had never heard the charge made, either verbally, in writing, or in print, by any volunteer advocate of the East-India Company, or any hired advocate to support the alleged slender character of Lord Wellesley, or the still smaller reputation of Mr. Prendergast,-never, in short, from the year 1795 to the present hour, had the charge been made in their presence without calling down a sweeping, peremptory, and indignant denial. Mr. Prendergast was the mere commission-agent of the Dosses, acting for them under a power of attorney, and was richly entitled to all he earned in that capacity. He (the Lord Chancellor) had never seen an individual who so completely identified himself with the interests of his employers, indeed to a degree which might well justify the conjecture in the public mind, that he was a principal. His anxious labours, in the opinion of his friends, eventually cost him his life. With respect to the origin of the claim, he must state that of all the great bankers of India the Dosses at Calcutta, Benares, Oude, and Lucknow, were unquestionably the most extensive. The claim in question bore not the least resemblance to a private debt, had no connexion with any private transaction, and

had not in any degree an analogy to what might strictly be called a private debt. The Nabob Vizier, Asoph-ud-Dowlah, had at the time a great pressure upon him, by reason of a rebellion in one district; for want of money application for assistance was made by the Nabob Vizier to the Dosses; they at first objected, on the ground that the Nabob Vizier's security, not the best at any period, was insufficient still more in consequence of the war in which he was engaged. The English resident at Lucknow, Mr. Cherry, was then applied to by the Nabob Vizier, who gave to the Dosses his personal guarantee, and communicated it to Sir John Shore, governor-general, and obtained his entire approval of the course he had taken. On this supplies were granted; and more being subsequently required, Mr. Cherry was again appealed to, and he again applied for and obtained the approval of Sir John Shore for guaranteeing a further advance. Now he (the Lord Chancellor) begged to ask if this transaction could be put on the footing of a private debt, or whether the honour of this country, of which so much had been justly said, might not be consi dered in some degree to be somewhat involved in it, when, twice over, a personal guarantee had been given by a resident agent, and approved of by a resident governor-general; and when, on that guarantee, so made and so approved of, the money was actually paid and advanced. By its means the war was prosecuted, the rebellion put down, the most perfect suc cess prevailed, and owing to this transaction, thus guaranteed, the Nabob Vizier was saved. He, it was true, was the debtor, but by the representations made by English governors and English agents he was enabled to obtain the loan, and under such circumstances it was the duty of the Government to see that the lenders were not losers. Asoph-ud-Dowlah borrowed the money to maintain his sovereignty, and preserve his territory. its means he succeeded in doing so, and eventually the British Government reaped the benefit of that success. We became, by the force of events, as regarded the benefit derived from that loan, converted from sureties into principals, Would any man say that in honour the British Government was not bound to see such a elaim justly settled? It was in 1811 that he (the Lord Chancellor) first brought forward a petition on this subject in the House of Commons from Mr. Prendergast. But the same opinion with regard to this claim, that opinion which his right hon. friend was blamed by the noble haron for adopting, had been adopted and acted upon by former governors of India, as well as by former presidents of the Board of Control. Everybody who had heard the clear statement of the noble

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