An extraordinary negotiation has been going on between the East
India Company and the Directors of the West India Dock Company, for the delivery over to the former of the jewels and curiosities sent by the King of Oude to her Majesty the Queen, in return for the presents sent to his late father by his Majesty George the Fourth. These jewels, &c. by some chicanery and contrivance, have never yet been
offered for her Majesty's acceptance. The high character of the West India Dock Company is a sufficient guarantee that they, as warehousekeepers, will not lend themselves to any petty political in- trigue, or stiffer any misappropriation of the King of Oude's property. The circumstance, however, of most consequence is, that a few weeks since, upon the examination of the jewel-box in the West India Docks, (in the presence of the King's and East India Company's officers, several independent gentlemen, and the gentlemen to whom it ought long since to have been delivered, and who ought to have presented it to her Majesty,) the two principal diamond necklaces, supposed to be worth a very considerable sum of money, were found to be de- ficient. The East India Company tried some time since, it is believed, through a Treasury order, to get possession also of the saddles and bridles belonging to the horses and elephants now in the Zoological Gardens, sent also to his Majesty by the King of Oude.—Morainy Post.
The present King of Oude, Nussnr-od-deen-Hyder, is a very high- spirited, fine young man, about thirty-two or thirty-three years of age, devotedly attached to the British interests, -nnd possessing. for an Asiatic, a highly-cultivated, intelligent mind. He is of a most benevo- lent disposition and a very zealous sportsman, and has one of the finest packs of fox-hounds in India; an elegant and bold rider, and supposed
to be one of the best ride-shots in the East. Nussur-od-deen-Hyder is extremely anxious to improve his country in every way, and to en- courage the arts and sciences amongst his subjects, by building observa- tories, cutting canals, establishing printing-presses, &c. and offering
rewards for those natives who most distinguish themselves. Ile has retained the son of Sir William Beechey in his service for the express purpose of improving the taste of his subjects in the art of painting; but he is much cramped in his praiseworthy endeavours to ameliorate the condition of his subjects, by circumstances over which he has no control.—Correspondent tf the Post.
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