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7 31- c, ,- V . S - ~: ' 47:AST INDIA H 9 USA, MARCH ' •Tn.purattance of public notice, a Quarterly Gene, :al Court of the East India C o mp an y, was t hi s day 4 held, which was made special, for the purpose of lay ; ing before the Proprietors, 6 t‘ the communications arbkh have taken place between his Majesty's Ge- I vernment and the Court of Directors, respecting the ' renewal of the Company's Charter." The Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 26th of February, 1812, acquitting Captain Mere dyth, the Officers and crew of the ship Ceylon, from any blameable imputation respecting the capture of the said ship was affirmed ; after a few words from Mr. SMITH, who wished to know whether it was in tended to remunerate the Captain, Officers, and crew, for their gallant defence of the vessel A question, which Mr. 13osarrourr, the Chairman, considered as pot proper to be then entertained, .the Court being summoned for a special purpose. This business ' having been dispcsed of, Mr. BOSANQUET said, they were then come to that point, which, he apprehended, had been already suf.:l sciently announced in the public papers, where it was stated that the Court was assembled for the purpose - of laying before the Proprietors the communications which had taken place between Government and the Court of Directors, respecting the renewal of the Charter. To save the time of the Court, as this cor respondence was extremely long, the Deputy Chair man and himself had looked over it with care and attention, and selected those parts which did not com prise any material points, for the purpose of being omitted in the reading. He conceived the full sub stance of all the proceedings which had taken place, was contained in the correspondence, which would be read to the Court—but, that they might be in complete possession of the whole negociation, the Court of 'Directors had given orders for printing all the documents, which, he hoped, would be ready by to-morrow morning. He therefore proposed, that the papers should be read in the order he alluded to. The papers were then read, in the following series: No. 1. A Letter ftone the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors to the Right Honourable Robert Dun du' Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, dated in Sep tember, 1808, for the purpose of ascertaining Whether Govern ment were then willing to agitate the question of the renewal of the Company 'e Chceter. No. 2. A Letter f••om the same to the same, dated October 12, 1808, stanng, that it was the general sense f the Company that the Charter should be renewed , as early as possible, With respect to any modifications of the existing system, they should be glad to learn what was intended to be proposed by Govern ment. At the same time expressing a hope that none w,oa!d be introduced, tending to alter the principle of .Government at present acted upon in British India, and which was so essen tial to its interest. To minor poin:s they would willingly at tend, and sive them the full weight which they Quail appear to demand. No. S. A Letter, bearing date the 16th Decensher, 1808, from the same to the same.—k stated, that, in consequence of what bad occurred et a conference which was held with Mr. Dondas, cn the 13th of September, IRON, and of the letter which had been transmitted to him on the 12th of October tole lowing, they felt it their duty to arprise the Directors of what had occurred—[the prior busiress had been managed by a Secret Committee of .Correspendt ncel i —and they were then ready to enter into any discussien on • the subj,ce '1 hey conceived the follew!ng principles, in any agreement, should be acceded to : Ist. As the Government of Li i:ish India had been looked upon as eminently beneficial to that country. Under it the welfare of the people had been secured, and the population greatly increased. It provided, with singular felicity, for the formation of a body of upright European servants. While the Constitution of the In dian army had been the means of producing officers of WO mili tary talents. Under these circumstances, no material chae4e in the system of Government ought to be proposed. `idly, The right of the Company to the Indian territory, which they had procured at such an immense expense, should not be questioned: it was a right which had always been allowed, and which they felt it their duty to maintain. 3411 y, As the situation of the Company was very different from that Ic %side's they stood at the 'period of the air - an:meet in 1599, corresponding provisions ehould be made to meet their present•exigcne.:3. From that time to the present Europe had been, with very little intermission, in a state of warfare, which bad reached Indla—and thus the expenses of the Company, both abroad and at home, were very much increased. Without in - spiting into the policy of - the wars in India, they would orly ob serve,-that they were net occasioned by the Executive Body of the Company, but proceeded from Muses which they could not controol. It was, : therefore, to he hoped, that no measure would be adopt , el, which could reduce the value of their cauital stock, and that they would be i.ermitted fully to participate in the benefit resulting from any amelioration of their affairs under the new arrangement. They only received the legal interest of that money, which, as it had been laid out for the political security of the Indian empire, was, in fact, greatly beneficial to the eo.nntry in general. • 4thly, It - was of great importance that provision should be made for the liquidation of the India debt; and, probably, i: would be cecessary to ask the aid ef the pu , ,lic for that pur pile. Sufficient security for suck aid was to be found In the In dianterritory. _ _ sthly, It was estromety important that the military expenses for which the Company ar.d the Government would in future be resptctively liable , sl.otill be now duly apportioned. The )rfluenest of European War had more and more exteaded itself to Int fretrii ar:d Englisharmy, cc.utending in t hat soli, eoidd be ronsickred in no other point of view than as er• 'red in a national struggle, and, therefore, it thould be sup. oationsi funds in a pew Charter proper attention !awed to it. nrl 4 l; 'llie.speedy renew,' of the Charter was a matter of jprintatrimpartance, as it would strengthen the hands of the Conn a •y ; but" ' from existing circumstances, it would be re ctsiry to.eztend the term to a treater length than was formerly taltowrd.. _ _ _ No. 4.—A letter, eater! the 'silt Pcokrebi r, 1808, from the Rip ht Honourable R DunJas, to lie Chah man sod Deputy Choirman;in answer to the last. It set forth with stating, that it contained the ideas only of the writer, and wet , nor to be coast idered as developiit the plans contxmriated by Hi, sivi a ), it y' s Confidential servants. . He concurred IA the substance of the pro piatheon contained in the first Article of the letter of the 16th tettnbei. He had heattl r i o argumeet against the system fur eued by the East lutila dovernic - : tit sufficient to outweigh the sreakpriactiell.food slsicltyrassittieed from it. It any alteration thertiore were made, it would probably be oily in its details.— ;t suieritt, however, be thotightadvisah!e to ex , end the powers of tree Board of Commissioners to proceedings is Eneland, if the fourth Article were adnpttcL As to 01V 3(,C011(1 :Will!, there wes am necessity to discuss the right of the CoMpai:y to the Indian territory. It was not possible to concur in all the reasoning and details of the third Article. Nt. hing should be inserted in the Charter that wotikr tend to reduce the value of the Company's paock.s-and care should be taken that they should participate fully in any amelioration which the general interests of India should receive.—Ait to the tourth Arrele, relative to tie hquida lion of the India debt, it wts a measure of indispensable neeeet ty to the Company and to the public, It the question of their right to &see territories were discussed, tt Would be impossible not to take ieto the acieunt the great (tett they had incurred in the ac quisition and ruppoit of those territories. A:4 he would i,bs r eire, that the essistaace of the public would be fruitless and dejusive, ouleso'by the exertions of that Governors abroad, the expenses at the Company were reduced within their anneal incom e , had no best:anon in acceding, with some limitations, to the principit of the fifth Article, It was ahserd to imagine that the Coopany could maintain a war against France, supported by Xuroptai sari Asian powers; and, if the territory of India were valuable to this coaxal, it was certainly right that she should contribute to its defence. As to the Sixth Article, he ;vas not ilblNare of any good reason fur extending the Charter beyond such limit ; pap wkit the time at Fen* WitX?lted, Ivy* male tits! Viscount Melville forbears to go into say argument on dill sub ject of extoodsog the Ind.a trade, b. cause he could give no %apes that Goyerstnetit would agree to pi charter founded on the syse Utn..of exclusion. At to ti‘e cession of the Company's Army, many prom of consideration had palmed out ihn propriety el l ' it, and circumstances had occurred, since the former communion . tion, which bore very par ocularly on that question. If the Com pany thought fit to accede to the propositions, means would be immediately concerted for the liquidatiou of their India debt NA the renewal oldie Charter. No. 9—Was the Minute of a Secret Court of Directors, hfld' on the 2d of March, 1312, which appointed the Chairman, De puty Chairman, the Hon. William Elphinstone, Mr. Mills, and Mr. Parry to wait on his Majesty's Government: At Cris meet• ing the proposition for the cession of the army was abandoned by Government. No. 10—A letter to Viscount Melville, dated March 4, 1812, in which the Directors reluctantly agree to lay before the Coen of Proprietors the proposition for opening the trade; at the ante time expressing their firm opinion that no benefit would follow from the alteration, but rather mischief, as It would jitterfe..e with the navigation laws if India-built ships, manned with Indian sailors, were permitted to navigate to and from this country. it also contained a long defence of the conduct of the East-India Company against various charges made in the House of Commons, and pointed out the great benefits derived by this country from the trade, u at present carried on. • _ _ `period equal to that allowed in 1/91. He wOoldbougwr, 10' tend to any iuggestion that might be offered on tilbeuisjailt. ' He then proceeded to make some general observations.. In tp; first place, he stated *that lii4 Mejesty's 'Ministers would net make t any .proposition to Parliament as to the Charter, to long as the Conspinyinsisted on the exclusion of individuals, navigating prie vats sh ips, frons the trade to India, as was at present the ease.— herfavosild, * however, still permit them to prevent Europeans from aettliog in their Indian territory. unless furnished with a t't licence from the Company, or allowed so to do by the respec- . tin Governments. They expected the Company's army to be , placed under his Majesty's controul. The principle they meant to act on was the same as that on which the arrangements of 1784 and 1793 were founded—by which the trade of India should be preserved--a Government established, suited to the customs and manners of the inhabitants, and the security of the Empire—without importing any great degree of power to the Executive Government at home, or increasing, to any dangerous extent, the influence of the Crown. p No. 5.—A letter from the Cl.air man and Deputy Chairman to the Right Honourable Robert Dundas, dated January 13,1809, in answer to the foregoing. The letter commenced with the ob servation, that the writers would abstain from any discussion of minor points, as their attention was forcibly called to the two great propositions with which Mr. Dundas's communication concluded. The first suggesting an enlargement of the trade to British India—and the second the transfer of the Indian army to _. tne Indian army e Hs Majesty. If those propositions were laid down as what Go- No. 11—A litter to Lord Melville, dated March 18,1814, re- I vernment positively intended to carry into execution, the Corn- questing that the new charter might be extended to a hewer pc pany would feel the greatest alarm. But, as it was stated, that rind than that of 1795, which was called for by the increase of lit was their earnest wish to form the new arrangement on the 1 their Indian debt. bask of those of 1784 and 1793, t he C o mpany were satisfied diet No. 12—Was a long series of hints suggested to Lord Melville they understood the proper made of Government for India—and 1 duties the consideration of the subject, and his observations on that they conceived those propositions were either on a level them. Amongst the hints, the must prominent, with the an with the principle on which the former arrangements proceeded, swens, were— or were reducible to it. But they were convinced, that if those That ail the private India Trade should be brought to the port two propositions were acted on by Government in the sense in of London, and the goods so'd at the Company's sales.—Refused. which they seemed to have been conceived, it would not only • That no private ship should sail for India, except from London. occasion the destruction of the East India Company's rights, but —Refused. would utterly over urn the %system of 1784 and 1793. With That silk of a certain quallty should only be exported by the respect et their opposition to the extension of the private Company.—Refused. trade, the Company were rot actuated by any selfish motives That no private ship should be allowed to trade under 400 tons of commercial jealousy.—Of late years the Indian trade, from burthen.—Refused. the influx of European manufaCtures, the constant wars, and va: Lascar and Chinese sailors to betaken care of wimp brought to rious other causes, had decreased very much in value. To the this country.—Some regulation necessary on that head. Company, therefore, the object was not so great as had been ge- s That the unrestricted intercourseof individuah with India should nerally stated. 'Their opposition arose from a firm conviction, be prevented.—The existing restrictions shall be retained, with that the evils which the extension of the trade would cr e ate both necessary modifications. to our Etiropean and Indian Empire, were infinitely greater than The number of the King's troops to be maintained by the the benefits, which even the most sanguine person could expect Company to be now fized.—lt may be done, but a considerable to derive from it—benefits, however, which, they were sure, addition must be made. Would never he realized. Before such an alteration was made, The Proprie:ors shall be secured the ten and a half per cent. on national advantages should be proved as likely to proceed from it, the faith of which the Charter of 1793 was founded.—They shall and they ought to be contrasted with national dangers. The ex- be secured. tension, as was evident, could not be of much service to the The surplus revenue to be appropriated to the payment of manufacturing interest, since the records of the Company, for theirs till they are -reduced to ten miltions.—Agreed to, till the two centuries, were filled with accounts of their attempts to in- foreign debt is £10,000,000, and the domestic debt 03,000,000. troduce English manufactures, and their failure. The Dutch The sum becoming due in 1812 end IS to be funded by the hit and French had tried the sante experiment, with similar success. nhter, the Company paying the interest.—A proposition to that The Americans carried out scarcely any manufactures—they effect will be submitted to Parliament. traded almost wholly with, silver. This appeared to have been No. 13 is a letter from Lord Melville to the Chairman , dated the case since the time of the Romans---for the articles of prime 17th December, 1811. He adverts to the proposition for renew necessity to the natives of India were to be procured so much fug the Charter with the exclusive trade and territorial posses. cheaper in their own country than they could be imported from signs, and the views of Government as expressed on the subject any other, that no encouragement was given In manufacturing in 1808 ; but does not feel it requisite to enter minutely into the speculations. Their wants were extremely few—living princi. arguments and on behalf of the Company. He touches con two pally on rice, and contented with a cloth round their bodies, points of importance; the first is the transfer of the Company's they had no use for our manufactures. There were a number of army to the Crown, which, though strongly recounnensed by persona residing on various parts of the Indian coast, termed many, lie considers as a matter for future arrangement: the se coasthig merchants, who were in the habit of dealing at different cond is the plan for transterring the India debt to this country, to Imarts —at these marts it was also attempted, but in vain, to isle enable them to meet their expected demands. He hopes the troduce European manufactures. It should be recollected, in ad. time is come, since uncertainty as to the amount of the demands dition to this, that by the arrangement of 1793, provision was is removed, for providing out of the Company's own resources, made for appropriating a certain quantity of tonnage borate expor- without public aid, the means of satisfying their Indian creditors. tatun of British manufactures to India—but it was remarkable, If the Company are willing that the discussions on the charter that the freight thus provided was very rarely made use of for thou shall proceed as relating to the trade on the principle be pro export of woollens or metals, but was chiefly appropriated to poses, he is willing to receive farther suggestions as to the mode wines, which were shipped out for the use of the British retie to he-pursued. dents, and certainly could not be considered .s the manufacture Nos. 14, 15, and 16, are merely Minutes of the Secret Court. of this country. 1 his was a pretty clear proof thet life opening No. 17 is a letter to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman to would not produce the beneficial elects which were expected.— Lord Melville, dated the 4th of March, 1814. It states that as But it might be imagined that adventurers would find out new to the trade of India, they conceive themselves precluded tram !markets in India, which had hitherto been neglected. When, any farther observations by the answers already received to all I however, it was recollected, that for teree centuries, the Portu- the arguments which they could urge upon that subject. If this guese had been exploring that country—when it was considered alteration should be with his Majesty's Ministers an indispend that the Dutch, Danes, French, and Thighs!), had travelled over ble condition to proposing in Parliament the renewal of 'be Cum. that immense empire, and some of theta had penetrated even to pany's privileges, the Court would, though reluctantly. offer this "Upper India—suds a speculation must be considered visionary. measure to the consideration of the Proprietors. They felt them- For many countries, supposed nut much known, because not vi- selves, however, obliged to state their conviction, that although sited by European ships, were supplied by private or inland trade this change might be attended with serious inconveniences to the The letter then stated the different articles which the Company whole frame of their Government. ft would not give to the mice imported from India, spices, sign &c. and it was inferred that the those commercial advantages which many penults are in the habit quantity imported by them was fully sufficient even for the con- of contemplating. sumptien of Europe—and that no increased consumption could be The Court, without meaning to contend that monopoly was expected in proportion to the number of ships employed In the always advantageous in cases of distant commerce, were oom private trade. The only question was with respect to cotton, in vinced that an exclusive trade to India was the only one ap. its raw state ; but that of the East Indies could not be placed in plicable to its peculiar circumstances, and to the preservation of competition with that of the Braztls or of Geortna, and the our possessions there, and for the truth of this opinion they is country would certainly be supplied with the latter, if we re- (erred to the general accounts of the trade of that country. mained at peace, with America. Vessels, however, could not . The Court, however, hoped that it would be understood that cake in a lading of cotton only, la it be ever so profitable, some- such military powers as are now vested in the Company would thing more ponderous must be put on board, as a dead weight ; remain unimpaired, which could alone induce them to expect to and, if East India sugar were employed for that purpose, it would be able, satisfactorily either for the Company or the public, to occasion a great loss. Where would a vent be found for it when perform the part which had hitherto been assigned to the Coin our warehouses were already full? If the trade were opened in pany in the government of a distant empire; and also that such the manner proposed, it would lead to the entire subversion of regulations would be adopted as to prevent the dangerous inter the Company, both in its political and cdmmercial capacity; and course of Europeans with the East; and that such arrangements such speculations would take place in consequence, as must lead would be made, wile respect to pecuniary matters, as would ems. to the ruin of numbers. This was the case when the trade was ble the Company to meet with confidence the present state of opened by Oliver Cromwell, and also when the competition of their affain. . the Old and the New Company existed in the beginning of the The Company had 'been accused of having made repeated calls last century. But these were not the worst consequences—under upon the public for money for the prosecution of ruinous cone the present system, a vessel wiling from any of the Presidencies cerns, as if they had dissipated large sums in useless undertakings. was amenable to the laws of that Presidency. This,, however, They were ready, however, to shew, that their commercial affairs would no longer be the case, if pris a e individuals were allowed (to which alone their management had been restricted) was in to proceed from port to port—they might commit frauds and de- variably successful. Ihe disbursements of the Company for predations on the natives, almost in security, being at too great commerce, for stores, and fur nuns expended in the acquirement a distance from Europe to be brought to justice, and derid.ng the of territory, with forts, &c. amounted to f 51,182,147, whereas power of the Company. by this means the eonfidence at pro- the capital of the Company, including bonds at home and other rent entertained in the British character would be destroyed, and contingent credits at borne and abroad, amounted only to the subversion of their Indian enipire might be the coosequence. .e2n,567,993, leaving a balance of more than tvrentreight mile It must also have a powerful effect on the shipping interest lions and an half, which now constituted a permanent debt in of the country—tor many from those fine vessels which the Come India and in Europe. patty at present employed, and which were so useful in ear. It was really a matter of astonishment, that from such a capital rying • oat troops and ammunition, would lie unemployed.— they should be able to make such an expenditure. In every war Besices, as many of those private merchants Would find it conve- which had taken place since the Company became possessed of nient to sell at periods different to those fixed on by the Cum- territorial acquis!tions large sums had been expended In capturing pany, sales of the latter would be very much impaired, and thus the settlements of the French, Dutch, and Danes, and in keep their resources for paying bills drawn on them Irons India would ing the same until the political views of the public required them be greatly lessened. For all these reasons they could not to be restored for other objects in which the Company had no agree ton ptlpositiou . which deprived them of all their Wei- interest. They had incurred pan of the expence of capturing leges, but they would willingly enter into a serious inquiry of Ceylon for the Crown, and even of the Egyptian espedition, which what coneeuipus could be made, without treuching on the prin. the Company always thought ought to have been borne by the ciple of the arrangement in i 793. The letter next adverted to State. In the second place, ft had often been urged that tee the proposition for placing the Indian army under his Majesty. Company had been favoured with an exclusive trade. It might, This the Company resisted, on the ground that it would produce however, be fairly asked, if it were not for t his e x c lusive trade, dissatisfaction among the Sepoy Officers (to form whom a long would India have now belonged to Great Britain ? Whether the residence in Ineia was necessary) when they saw young men who'trade would have been of greater magnitude in the hands of fis hed I.u:cleated their commissions promoted over their heads— dividuals, yet remained to be proved. This trade had last year which would tnevhably be the case if the Commander in Chief produced to the public a rev'enue.of £4.213,425, which was col t under the Crown were vested with the power sought to be ob- le cted with a facility unknown to other concerns. It must also tained. To penitent such a sycem, the military plan of Marquis be particularly observed, that for the protection of this great Cornwallis was produced In 1 79 4 When they coneeMplated the I trade, the public were not called upon for any direct centribo immense influence which the addition of I ee,ooo men, manned don, while the posseeions of the Crown in every quarter of the by %d 0 European Officers, each of them likely to be biassed by I globe hay. drawn from them large sums for the maintenance of the nettle of his an, ointment, must give to the Crown. they could , troops. What had thus been saved to the State, the Company not advise their constituents to agree to such a proposal, which, : conceived was gamed by the public. Having oored those cur however, they hot ed would not 'se insisted on. ; sory observations, he should refer to the amounts subjoined to No, 6--Wide the Minute of whet passed at an interview he. . this letter. 116. R. Punches and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, on the . Nes. 18 and 19, are merely minutes of the Secret Court 4 I Februery,46o9, in which the fare ser expressed his wish Directors. Hints approved by the Committ ee L of C that the ;impost:ion to Par lament should be put off till the fo l . and sub. hair g Session, as the Company did not want financial assistance mined to the consideration of the Bight Hon. Lord Attlville. . UV January, 1210, which won 0 rive the Committee of the House . That the renewal of the Chace; shall proceed upon the bailie I o(Cornmetis, the n iovestigaties the Conipeny'e affairs , an opour- of ;he Act of 1793, and that no greater e xt e puon of th e t rade I tunity of' laying their Report before the 1: 01:5 e. Ihe Cbairrnan shall be granted than what was allowed by that Act : but the I and Deputy Chairmen expr.wed their earnest wish for the Sub- Deputation are ready to recommend to the Court of Directors, Jett, it possible, to bc inunedlately entertained , and if not, early an d uenna,,,ll, to the Court of eroprietora, to admit such nledi la the near Sesame. fications as may be deemed necessery to give greats, facilities to 'No. 7—A letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman to the private trader. Mr. Duneas, dated Llee. 5, 1 tio9, expressing the desire of the lac. No Briiala or Indian ship to sail, directly n r terenitesualy, Company that the subject of the renewal of the Charter should front ' a British port in Europa to Chi he brought on early io the Sesaion,;s the state of the Indian debt Yd. - • . - Chin. tendered public aaistance necessary. No mouth subject to be perntheed to reside In ;boa, without the Cosupeay's 'imam No. B—A letter irons Viscount Melville to the Channels and sd. Po goods, the. growth or of Chins, to be import, Deputy Chairmau, dated Dec. Ig, I git, which edited the earn- A into any of the pats of the puling poideo p eior by the inuoication of the Company o the 13th Jan. ;IM m i 15111 4 22. Eaatelndia COUlanp . . • .. . 4th The power of levying duties is Wit ups jests, and the subjects of forsign nations, to be emeinsed Os dot Company, upon the footle, o n uLich ft at present wilsb, oil the same power, with respect to Briti s h subjects, to be omeog o g to the districts within the jurisdiction of the Courts of Urinal. Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales Wuxi. ' sth. altpetre to be considered as a political article, log t o b e confined exclusively to the Company. 6th. The whole of the India. trade to be bras* to the pug of and.the geodsolii at the Commerre melee, be, as ai preseut, under th e company's management web, 7th. The three per cent. new paid to the Company Irm o pi. VW! traders, for the warehousing and management of the pity's& trade, to be increaser to Ave per cent. Bth. No private ship to be permitted to mil for India, m art from the port of London. 9th. No ship to be permitted to nail, except tinder a Item from the East-India Company. Ships obtaining this Ileum, to deliver one copy of their journals at the Last India House; end the bcence to contain such clauses, as may be lik e ly to prevek an unlimited or improper intercourse of individuals vilth h i gh. tuth. Firearms, military and naval stores, to be pr e hhi jo g articles. I I th. Existing restrictions, with respect to the snide of ghe a gads, to le coottiousd. lltb. It b, de,irable, as well for the public as for the Coo l , pany, that the quality of the sill: grpwn in India shAlld sat be deteriorated, it is submitted that this artick be eosifu2ed to the Company. I:iih. "I he Air of private persons to be subject to the amen. gulations, in respect to convoys, &c. as those belorging Compar.y. 14th. No private ship to be permitted to sail, either f rom o int Britain to India, or from India to Great Britain, of a lei than four hundred tons. 15th. The Company to be subject to no obligation with nem to export. to India, except In common with the private traders. 16th. The Lascars and Chinese sailors brought home in pd. rate ships, to be placed under prop , : regulations. loo;, Upon any account, to be suffered to wander about the sects of Lecd o . Good treatment to be assured to them ; and the cipinpany ra hi enabled, by some summary process, to recover the expeeces to which they shall be subjected, In the event of Legit= on th, p a; of the owners of such hips in these respects. . 17th. '1 be Company to be indenmiE,d for their susespired en. gagements for extra shipping, prov.ted for the accommoistimet the private tralers. Inih. An unrestrained intercourse with India to be preemie', and the existing restrictions with respect to residesce w India is bi continued. 19th. '1 he number of his Majesty's forces in le& to be it future maintained by the Ea: t• India' Compaq to be now hied, and any troop; sent beyond that number (except at the upon requisition of the East-India Company) to be at the charge w cis rubl et:kb. The Company to be released from any future secant with the Pay Office, end to be benref,rward charged either la much per regimeut of a given force, or so much per man. 21st. The present heavy current and postponed demands if the Pay Office against the Company to be arranged upon sums footing of general equity, and some advertence in settling as account made to the share which the Company have been oh& ged to bear in foreign captures not retained by dim, and total/ having been constrained to maintain an European and Native force, larger than what was required for the &lace of the e r . instill, and other heavy espence.c. 22d. Ihe Preprieturt to be secured, u at present, in the rs• ceipt of their dividend of ten and a half per cent. upon the faith of which dividend the capital in 1799 was raised. 23. The wholi• or thr surplu, of the East-India Company toll appropriated to a diminution or their &bt., until the debts be re. diced to the sum of ten milbons sterling. ststb. 'file sums required by the East ludia Company to liqsl. date the debt transferred trout India to kurope, and becoming payable fu 1 8 tit and is, to be tended by the Minister, the inte rest of which shall be regularly paid iota ht, Msjery's Etchopar by the Company, together with any such p, r croup • the gra dual liquidation of the capital or redemption of the feud, as shall be deemed proper by his Majesty's Minntei s. The Stith Article dd not toms any part or the propositions soh. mined to Lord Melville, but is Dow muoduced by the Commit. tee of Correspondence, and is &sloths's, viz. 25th. I hat, in order to give the utmost riabir MOW to the commerce of private merchants, and at the mill ise lme el ser cure the Company's exclusive trade to and from ships be not peindtted to go farther eastward .bas Paint nia;at the entrance of the China seas, and to the eardemeddeg beyond the equinoctial line. N. IL Should it be the intention .of Government Arty** . traders shall be excluded from the Spice Islands. Weikel, ells* then to be for them not to go to the eastward of de d Bally, nor to the northward of the him NO - a. 21 to 27 chiefly consist of the various anamiatill* between the Government and the Company, which alb* arrangement &Laded in the sucettdirg. No. XXylli. Obcservations co the Hats suggested by the Dyes"la lift Court of Dtrecton, March 3, 1112. let, lid, and id. It is deemed advisable, with a *welkin corny of the revenue and to other objec; ceonected with thstnth to China, to kave it on its present ru•, asd ming. by per regulations, against any macadamia ea that loath UM Company's exclative privilege. 4th. This proposition ought to be acceded top with the MO vadoo, however, that the I.:overt:ruins ir: India eight to be ni strictcd from imposing new duties, without the prtelellssiatholl of the authorities In England. 6th. Ibe Company are understood to have, he MS Wilk power of regulating the internal trade of saltpetre salsas lie f r pears, therefore, to be soareely neceesary to taps' !say abet me unctions on the espostetion of saltpetre trues to is, tau sib as may be deemed expedient ter political objeets,errolif !IP of war. nth. The adoption of . Lb, regulation iregeested bAlamo* will probably tend to the security and 4 , ..vantsge the FEW t venue in collecting the &tate on ail snicks taipechillsesde E air Indies sod China, u well umber mune' 00 the MOW we the Cape of Good hope. 7th. The Company might at hut tots chariots incurred by this management. ells, There dots not appear to ells ony Wra n _ 6l preventing ships from clearin g out tor the last oohs bellow ports or the United Kingdom besides the per et lissika• lath. It will be accrual- r, either by the rigulationsugglPs this proposition, or by others of a sinukr descranilthe »poi against We evil therein deNcribed. bah. It probably be oscessary to replete of military stores to the East Indies, and also of Othqi AMP" 1 time of war. 11. It la understood that the object of this pea/'Ws 18 hie tore to the maninactarers of puck geode shs of regular and constant employment, under Lit il eras local management, fur their benefit, which provalsat ississo If that obj e ct is li kely to be attained, widow epoiatel IM atrictiors mentioned in this population, it cern* Wu* Ww. • Wahl* that they should tease, slicer he 8 111 Or S i It Imair se cessary to regulate the ituptiesatioo of Indian pets path, iim• view to the pmts. won of British toastutat.turrik IV. As no such rest ricttuns tidal at present up the of silk by ;but' another is, and as the Reams w h... by thertu been aunuced, on the part of the Coon it Denary establiahing such a .egulation, though entitled to7/1110 then, do not appear to be codesunve, it wP manor/ k expedient to agree to this proposaL 13th. ilia suggestion appers to be perfeethy 1• 10 . 1 " ass 14th. It Is understood, tint this propol4 l o4 PriPelPle of guarding against the dangers to which tends •••, burihen than suo tons *maid be expired on a wisest* the Indies, and also of providing for the stealth or the which Milt be affected by perttlittitig importations is " 11 "; vessels. I time reasons, though entale , l to eye conssiciel k . not appear to ke sofficsegitly*.roog to justify pie prolitogl i don 6r the nrakisig a distioctitio, in that respects ho lg " . " --• trading to tpe bast Inch,' and to other countries. tech. Tbis seems to be reasonable. 16th. It &vat be necessary to provide, by m WOeet ssiolatilw the care and maintenance of thaw perm* Aar . sod ler --- to je East Indica 17th. I hi. prrpo.al would be wholig i,aduelsiS , im pare limited to such unexpired engagesneslll P 4 110 Oil .17 - • yond MAtris Is, iota. when the Coogeny's Feuer n o • chi-bre ; rivileges w It es. ire; but the t1114 1, . 00 1' 101 2 1 00 111 the Company to bear titie harden. 0 4111 Pillww"'_ m k s,'" extent for the comuiwitace to th e earessye PPP pro. k will be indispose* nicwwl l / 9 "'• , Pardiall *OM the fa:gamin= WOl 0111104 • . Posed legr.4 LOTIaI be sal cow ' rhe 4 cknd degre satin Lion. 2793 of the regal guy b the Es as NW o f dot Ibr er lit seri log Pg ., 'boom r;P:re uho fend wrall ervett ed talar4 Sees 3; Ili dI►W - 11* P ig /' 10 10 C 1 NMI. Wee Mita *es! Id road 39th a It I rem dia MO VlOl Cha