acrimony which would soon subside, and much importance was not attached to them. On finding, however, that they were continued, I judged it right to apprise the Peishwa that I was acquainted with the transactions. This was done in the gentlest manner; and the intimation was coupled with a profession that I ascribed those practices to the indulgence of an inconsiderate spleen, which he would chasten in himself the moment he reflected on its real nature. It was added, that in the confidence of his being solicitous to retrace his steps, I was ready, on the profession of such a disposition on his part, to obliterate the remembrance of all that had passed, and to invite his fullest reliance on my personal efforts to main. tain his welfare and dignity. His answer was a protestation of never-ending grati tude for the gentle tone in which I had roused him to a sense of the track into which he had unintentionally slidden, and which could have led only to his ruin. He charged his agents with having exceeded his instructions, which, nevertheless, he admitted to have been indefensible, but which he would expiate by a strict fidelity to the engagements existing between us, now confirmed anew by his most solemn asseverations. Very shortly after we detected him in the endeavour to collect an army, under the pretence of quelling a rebellion headed by Trimbuckjee, to whom a constant remittance of treasure made from the Peishwa's coffers, as we knew by the most accurate information of every issue. We were then constrained to anticipate this incorrigible plotter. We surrounded him in his capital, and obliged him to submit to terms which preserved the ancient appearances of connexion, but deprived him of much strength should he hazard future machinations. At the same time, what we imposed was only a fulfilment of an article in the Treaty of Bassein, by which he was obliged to keep up for us an auxiliary force of 5000 horse. Not one of them had ever been retained for us; and the money which should have furnished them went into his Highness's private treasury. But we now required that districts yielding revenue to the requisite amount, should be put into our hands for the levy and maintenance of the cavalry in question, according to the usual custom in the Mahratta States of assigning lands to Sirdars for the subsistence of a specified number of troops."

was

[The Peishwa, however, ventured at another rupture, and trusted to extensive co-operation, to which perfidy the Marquis thus adverts.]

The sanguinary desire of massacring Mr. Elphinstone made him over hasty in breaking forth, though he had no doubt

but that Scindia and Ameer Khan were

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already in the field against us. pledges of reciprocal support settled in 1815 are what I have stated against Scindia in the earlier part of the recapitulation. The Peishwa, when he resorted to arms, was not informed that Scindia and Ameer Khan had already been reduced to nullity. They had been put out of the question. But Holkar and the Rajah of Nagpore had yet the power of moving. When, after their defeat, they were asked what could lead them to the extravagant act of attacking us, with whom they were in bonds of plighted amity, each pleaded the order of the Peishwa as not to be contested. Holkar's emissaries acknowledged their spontaneous petition to be taken under the wing of the British Government; but urged, the Peishwa is our master, and what he commands we must obey.' The Rajah of Nagpore being, after his last seizure, charged to his face by one of his former ministers with ingratitude in making those attempts, against which he (the Minister) had used absolute supplications, answered, that the conduct of the British Government towards him had been an unvaried stream of benefits conferred, that there never had been a transient dissatisfaction, but that it was his duty to fulfil every direction from his superior the Peishwa.

"When the Peishwa, seduced by the invitation of the Rajah of Nagpore, then at liberty, and filling the musnud, advanced with his army to the Warda, but on his arrival there, instead of finding the Nagpore army ready to join him, learned, that the plot had been discovered, and that Appa Saheb was a prisoner, the impossibility of getting back to his own dominions was apparent. The disposal

The

of them was then to be considered. I have shewn that there could not be a Peishwa admitted. To raise any of Bajee Row's family to the throne with another appellation would have been a delusion. indefeasible character of Peishwa and Chief of the Mahratta armies, would have been ascribed to the individual in despite of any barriers of form which we could establish. On that principle we could assign to the Rajali of Satarah only a limited territory, and by no means invest him with the sovereignty of the Poonah dominions. On the other hand, should we set up any one of a family without pretension, whether Hindoo or Mussulman, we bound ourselves to uphold, against all the distaste and prejudices of the inhabitants, the idol which we had elevated. What was worse, we should have to support, against the just indignation of the country, that misrule, perhaps that brutal tyranny, which we must expect would take place under any native so called to the throne. It was thence matter

of

of positive moral necessity that we should (for the present at least) keep the territories of Bajee Row, the late Peishwa, in our own hands. A corresponding embarrassment hangs upon us with regard to Holkar and the state of Nagpore. The exertions made by Holkar shewed to us the dangerous impolicy of leaving that state in a condition to be ever again troublesome. It has on that account been dismembered of two-thirds of its territory, The greater proportion of those lands have been transferred to the Rajahs of Kotah, Boondee, and other Rajpoot Chiefs, whom we wished to strengthen. Part has been kept in our hands to pay the expense of the troops which the unforeseen change of circumstances requires our keeping advanced in that quarter. With respect to Nagpore, we have taken territory instead of the subsidy payable in money by the original treaty. There are two motives for this one, that we thereby narrow the power of the State; the other, that the tract connects itself with other possessions of ours, and completes the frontier.

"The dreadful pestilence which made such havoc in the division under my immediate command, forced me to quit the banks of the Sinde, and to seek a more fa vourable country for the recovery of my numerous sick. I did not find this until I was 50 miles from the river which I quitted. Fortunately the change of air was rapidly beneficial; for a very short time had passed when I received intelligence of an invitation said to have been given by Scindia to the Pindarries. He was reported to have promised them, that if they would come so near to Gwalior, as to make his getting to them easy, he would break his Treaty, and join them with the force which he had at his capital. The Pindarries were in full march for Gwalior, without meeting even a show of impediment from the troops of Scindia stationed in their route; though the co-operation of his army for the extinction of the Pindarries was an article of the Treaty. We hurried back to the Sinde; but this time we chose a position nearer to Gwalior than what we had before occupied. We were within 30 miles of the city, and our advanced guard was sent to occupy the passes through the hills which run at some distance south of Gwalior, from the Sinde to the Chumbul. These passes were the only route by which communication could take place between the Pindarries and Scindia, and I was nearer to support my advanced guard than the Maharajah was to attack it, could he bring his mind to so desperate a stake. With all the suspicious circumstances attending the state of things, our forbearance was not wearied. No unpleasant hints were thrown out. Scindia was told that as I had learned the approach of the

Pindarries, I had thought it an attention due to my ally to place myself between him and a set of lawless plunderers, who would put him into great embarrassment could they get into his presence, and throw themselves on his protection, Civility was answered by civility. The Pindarries finding their hopes baffled and the passage stopped, attempted to retire; but they had been followed close by our divisions, were surprized, dispersed, and slaughtered in a number of small actions. In short, they disappeared; and thus our objects were completed."

[The Noble Marquis then animadverted at considerable length on the continual declamations in England against the extent of the Hon. East India Company's territorial acquisitions, and proceeded to justify the measures pursued with respect to hostilities, as being purely defensive, and resulting from imperious necessity alone.]

"Undoubtedly your sway has been pro❤ digiously extended by the late operations, The Indus is now in effect your frontier; and, on the conditions of the arrangement, I thank Heaven that it is so. What is there between Calcutta and that boundary? Nothing but States bound by the sense of common interest with you, or a comparatively small proportion of ill-disposed population, rendered incapable of rearing a standard against you. The Mahratta power is wholly and irretrievably broken. Scindia, by having been kept in port while the barks of its neighbours provoked the tempest and perished in it, presents nc exhibition of shattered fortunes; but he stands insulated, and precluded from any extraneous assistance."

"There then remain only States which have spontaneously and earnestly prayed to be received as feudatories under the British banner. It is not conquest that has extended our role, we have beaten down nothing but the lawless violence which had for so many years made those regions a scene of unparalleled wretchedness. With their internal government we profess to have no right of interference. Mutual support in the field is of course plighted, but the price of our superior contribution to that contingency is an engagement that the Feudal States shall not disturb the general tranquillity by attacking each other. Their differences or claims are to be submitted to the arbitration of the British Government; and this provision, which extinguishes the necessity for their resorting to the sword on petty points of honour, heretofore enforced by the prejudices of the country, is hailed by them with a just conception of its utility."

"This is our benefit in the arrangement. What is that of the Rajpoo States? Deliverance from an oppression more systematic, more unremitting, more brutal,

than

than perhaps ever before trampled on humanity. Security and comfort established where nothing but terror and misery before existed; nor is this within a narrow sphere. It is a proud phrase to use, but it is a true one, that we have bestowed blessings upon millions. Nothing can be more delightful than the reports I receive of the keen sensibility manifested by the inhabitants to this change in their circumstances. The smallest detachments of our troops cannot pass through that country without meeting every where eager and exulting gratulations, the tone of which proves them to coine from glowing hearts. Multitudes of people have, even in this short interval, come from the holds and fastnesses, in which they had sought refuge for years, and have re-occupied their ancient deserted villages. The plough

share is again in every quarter, turning up a soil which had for very many seasons never been stirred, except by the hoofs of predatory cavalry.

"The main obstacles to our infusing im provements are removed; and we may certainly disseminate useful instruction, without, in the slightest degree, risking

DOMESTIC

dissatisfaction, by meddling with the religious opinions of the natives. Information on practical points is what is wanting to the people; for, from the long course of anarchy in those parts, all relations of the community are confused. This Government will not lose sight of the object. We may surely succeed in inculcating principles of mild and equitable rules, distinct notions of social observances, and a just sense of moral duties, leading, perhaps, in God's good time to a purer conception of the more sublime claims on the human mind. At least, let us do what is in our power. Let us put the seed into the ground, and Providence will determine on its growth. Should it be the will of the Almighty that the tree should rise and flourish, and that the inhabitants of those extensive regions should enjoy security and comfort under its shade, we shall have done much for many of our fellow creatures ; but we shall have done well also for that in which our liveliest interest is fixed. The cherished memory of our forecasting beneficence will remain to future times in India the noblest monument of the British nation."

INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Dec. 30. Johnston, convicted with two accomplices, of the robbery of Mr. Charles at Edinburgh, suffered near to the site of the Old Gaol. The execution

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very remarkable.-Johnston was brought to the scaffold at 15 minutes from three o'clock. He appeared confident; and, after some minutes spent in devotion, dropped the signal. The executioner was awkward. The rope was too long, and the toes of the criminal reached the platform. Cries of murder rose from the crowd; and a scene of indescribable confusion ensued. A well-dressed young man jumped on the scaffold, and cut down Johnston. Showers of stones compelled the Magistrates, Guard, &c. to quit the spot; and Johnston, still living, was borne in triumph down the Luckenbooths. Fortunately the mob passed the Police Office, and afforded opportunity for a sortie by a large Police force, which put the authorities again in possession of Johnston. He was kept in the Police Office till a military force from the Castle enabled the Magistrates to carry the sentence into execution; but again the executioner performed his office in such a bungling manner, that the body had to be raised up while the rope was shortened by turning it several times round the hook. Another shout of "murder," and "shame, shame," broke from the crowd; but the place was now

well guarded with soldiers, and no further outrage was attempted.

Jan. 5. The last month has proved particularly disastrous to the shipping of Plymouth. Four have been lost: the Emily, Thomas, from Bristol, and the Flora, Palmer, from Liverpool, both bound to Plymouth with general cargoes; the Providence, Power, from Plymouth to St. Michael's, in ballast; and the Effort, Baker, from the Ionian Islands to Grimsby, with fruit. To this list may be added the loss of the ship Eliza, of Plymouth, Luch master, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and the Neptune, also of Plymouth, Wilson, on Island of Newfoundland, in November.

Jan. 7. The extensive corn-mill of Messrs. Homer and Drake, near Wakefield in Yorkshire, was last week consumed by fire the loss is estimated at from 9,000l. to 10,000. The accident is supposed to have been caused by the friction of the machinery.

Jan. 9. While the Duke of Montrose was in Scotland, he is said to have presided several times at a meeting in Dumbarton, having for its object the deepening the bed of the Clyde five or six feet in the neighbourhood of that place, with a view to reduce the level of Loch Lomond in the same proportion, and thereby increase the extent of land on its islands and shores.

Jan. 16. A Newcastle Paper says "As three boys were amusing themselves

with making bonfires between Wortley and the Wellington road, some ignited wood fell into a draw-well in which hydrogen gas had been generated, which exploded with great violence, blowing the stones which partly covered the well a considerable height: the boys were all hurt, but none of them dangerously."

Jan. 18. Two fishermen of Portsmouth, being at St. Helen's, herring-catching, with a drift net, caught a very large female porpoise (of the species Delphinus Phocana and its young one. It got entangled in the net by its tail, which impeding its rising to the surface to respire (as all mamillary animals do) it drowned itself in about 20 minutes. It measured 10 feet 11 inches, 6 feet round, and weighed between 10 and 11 cwt.; it has 84 teeth. (The young one is two feet long, and weighs three quarters of a cwt.) This is a very large fish, as their extreme length seldom exceeds eight feet. It was in the midst of a shoal of herrings, and a large quantity of these fish were caught by the men at the same time.

The estates of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol Cathedral are stated to have increased so much within the last three years, that the incomes and salaries of the Minor Canons and the other Officers have been nearly doubled.

The Ladies of Tavistock have purchased by subscription, a machine called The Chimney Cleaner, for the general use of the town, to abolish employing climbing boys.

The following anecdote is considered as authentic. Gretna Green has been distinguished within the last two or three weeks by the visit of a very eminent Legal Nobleman, nearly 70 years of age, in company with a female who has brought him several children out of the pale of wedlock; which female he then married. The object of this step was to legitimize the children of this connexion, whó, according to Scottish law, cease to be bastards on the marriage of the parents at any time. [but this we doubt.] His Lordship formally signed certain certificates on the spot, to give his children the advantage of the conduct pursued. This singular proceeding of course can by no means interfere with the English rights of his Lordship's children by a former marriage, whatever it may do with their Scottish.

OCCURRENCES IN LONDON AND
ITS VICINITY.

Windsor Castle, Jan. 2. His Majesty's disorder remains unaltered. His Majesty continues cheerful, and in good general health.

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sall's. Six of the most valuable carriage horses were purchased for the Earl of Harcourt, Master of the Horse to the late Queen; and one for the Duke of WellingMr. Ramsbottom of Windsor was also a considerable purchaser. The horses sold considerably above their value. Horses upwards of 17 years of age sold for 70 and 80 guineas each; and several, that in other hands would not have fetched 10l. sold for 50, 60, and 70 guineas each. The following are a few of the most valuable: Guiueas. Chance, aged 7 130 | Spider (aged) 135 Lofty 150 Wimbush 7 140 Mason 7 160 Tintail 5 Spanker (aged) 130 | Lion Spenser (ditto) 130 Stringhalt 6 The total produce of the whole 55 horses was 4,5447. The carriages sold but indifferently, and mostly among the coachmakers. A sociable barouch landau, with three detached heads, brought only 105 guineas. This carriage, within the last 18 months, cost 300 guineas repairing. The state chariot of the Master of the Horse brought only 37 guineas; and the whole 18 carriages produced only 1,0777. The most valuable of the late Queen's carriages, a landau, recently built, was left by her Majesty's Will to Madam Beckendorff.

Wednesday, Jan. 6.

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The King's jewels, which had been missing for some months past, were discovered. Messrs. Rundle and Bridge had been engaged in estimating her late Majesty's jewels, previously to their "being sold, and their produce divided among her four daughters," agreeably to the tenor of her will. Having finished their valuation, the circumstance was notified to the Prince Regent, who attended at Buckinghamhouse to see them divided among his royal sisters. The Princess Augusta was present. On the jewels being apportioned into four heaps of equal value, a question arose about the manner in which they were to be deposited. One of the female attendants having suggested that in an adjoining lumber room, a number of empty boxes were stowed, which had been used as cases in which the royal jewels had been carried to and from the Bank (where they are usually deposited), the boxes were ordered to be produced; and in examining one of them, which on first sight appeared to be filled with the lawn, or silver paper, in which jewellery is in general enveloped, the King's sword -hilt, star, loop, garter, and other jewels were unexpectedly discovered.

Wednesday, Jan. 13.

A lamentable instance of infatuation was exhibited at Guildhall. S. Sibley and his wife, S. Jones and his son (ten years old), T. Jones,

T. Jones, J. Angel, J. Dodd, T. Smith, and E. Slater (a boy 12 years of age) were brought up from the Compter by two officers, who had rescued the prisoners from the fury of a mob in Budge-row, Cannonstreet. It appeared they were disciples of the late Joanna Southcott, and conceived themselves commanded by God to proclaim the coming of Shiloh. For this purpose they assembled at the West end of the town, in order to enter the city by the only remaining gate, Temple Bar, through which they marched in procession about nine o'clock on Wednesday. They were each decorated with a white cockade, and wore a small star of yellow ribband on their left breasts. Sibley led the procession, bearing a brazen trumpet adorned with light blue ribbons, and the two boys carried each a small flag of light blue silk. In this manner they proceeded through Fleetstreet, up Ludgate-hill, and along St. Paul's Church-yard, to Budge-row, a great crowd following them, which was continually increasing as they proceeded. Having arrived in the middle of the great city, they balted, and began their ceremonies. Sibley sounded the trumpet, and proclaimed the second coming of the Shiloh, the Prince of Peace, on earth; and his wife cried out aloud, "Woe! woe to the inhabitauts of the earth, because of the coming of the Shiloh!" This was repeated several times, and joined in by others of the company. By this time the crowd was terrific, and every avenue was stopped up. The mob began shouting and laughing at these poor deluded people, and pelting them with mud and every missile they could procure: they, on their part, stoutly resisted; the fight became general and tremendous; the flags were torn down, the mob was triumphant, and Sibley and his associates were with difficulty conveyed to the Compter. By the examination of these ignorant creatures, it appeared that their proceedings were influenced by the dreams of the boy Slater, who, as one of the prisoners affirmed, had had in four or five months, between five and six hundred visions from above. As the presiding Alderman could not make them engage to depart peaceably to their homes, he was under the necessity of committing them to Bridewell; from which however they were discharged the following day, on promise of remaining quiet in future.

Thursday, Jan. 14.

This being the first day of meeting of the new Parliament, the Members for the City of London, according to ancient custom, took their seats at the top of the Treasury Bench in the House of Commons, in scarlet robes, in rotation as the numbers stood at the close of the poll, and continued in those seats during the election of the Speaker. Mr. Wilson, not being an

Alderman, provided himself (as Sir B. Watson did upwards of 30 years ago) with a scarlet robe without fur.

Friday, Jan. 15.

The Convocation of the Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury, assembled at the Chapter-house of the Cathedral of St. Paul, where they were met by the Dean of the Arches, the Vicar General of the Archbishop and Chancellor of London, the Advocates and Proctors, in their proper habits. The procession moved from Doctors' Commons about eleven. His Grace and the Bishops took their seats in the choir, clothed in their canonicals, and after the usual ceremonies were gone through, an adjournment took place.

Official Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, for the quarters ending the 5th Jan. 1818 and 1819 respectively, exclusive of Arrears of War Duties:1818

Customs......£.3,017,621
Excise............5,499,672
Stamps...........1,566,532
Post Office....... 319,000
Assessed Taxes 2,260,017
Land Taxes...... 353,604
Miscellaneous... 255,318

1819. 2,165,664 6,238,040

1,530,532

319,000 2,303,778

408,366 133,381

13,271,764 13,398,761

It appears, upon the comparative view of the Customs' revenue for the two corresponding quarters, that there has been a less receipt in the quarter just expired than in the corresponding quarter last year; but that quarter was swelled by an anticipated payment upon Sugar Duties to the amount of about 700,000l. which would otherwise not have been paid till the next or the following quarter. Under the head of Miscellaneous there is a difference of above 120,0007. in favour of the corresponding quarter last year; but this is to be attributed to a large repayment of imprest money. The absolute excess, on a comparison of the two quarters, is 126,997%. The receipts, however, of the quarter just expired, compared with the charges on the Consolidated Fund, exhibit a deficiency of 1,279,000l. being much less than was anticipated, this being the large half-year's payment of dividends.

The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer has applied himself to the duties of his office with so much assiduity, that on Thursday, Jan. 21, not a single cause remaiued on the paper for hearing, though for many years past there has been a very great arrear.

THEATRICAL REGISTER. New Pieces. DRURY LANE THEATRE. Dec. 31. Flodden Field; a Dramatic Romance, in three Acts, by Mr. Stephen Kemble.

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