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7: C rs • 7 ' ' ' ,: _ . ' t(i ie .'r -. ..,. 1 . . • 49 . 4. q) Sit " . 62" (4eilDaMh . ' I - WM. .~ .-.-.---_ NUMBER i O.M. EAST-INDIA HOUSE, &Member 12, 1621. fiIHE COURT ofDIRECI'ORS ?f the UNITED cv mpAivr I MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, boding teas EAT-INDIES, do hereby give Notice, Th e e t he QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said company we aned to be held at their House in Leadenhall -meet, en Wnecinziar, the 26th instant, is further made special, for t h e p u rpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their appro- Won, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth instant, se seelog to Mr. JOlll4 Home PELL'', of the Bombay Civil Esta bbeament, tie sum of X 2,000, upon the grounds therein stated. Th e Ueport required by the By Law, cap. 6. sec. 20. together with the documents upon which the said Resolution has been f or med, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. - r and J. SIVEWRIG HT again return their thanks • for thereat Patronage shewn by the Public to their Con mcU just concluded, in which they bad the good fortune to Share 42 and 1 Sell 4, Prise of £25,000 9,192 - £2,400 s pa - 21,000 12,730 - 2,400 1,446 - 4,000 19,023 - 2,100 Many of £4OO, &c.—And, in the former Lottery, ALL the Prizes of £2O 000 1 , • They made the Capitals in last Contract, Prizes of Consols, whereby they were able to increase them one-third in number, and also to pay the fortunate Holders a profit of 4 and 5 per Cent. on them more than had been allowed to Government, a rise having taken place to that extent which appearances hap pily enabled them to anticipate. J. and J. SIVRWRIGIIT recommend the meritsof the pre sent &herne, containing THREE PRIZES of .C:10,C00, Three Prizes of £5,000, and 6,711 other Prizes, ALL MONEY. NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE. 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At twelve o'clock the Governor (CHARLES POLE, Esq.), with a large body of Proprietors, entered the Court ; and- the former announced that the present Meeting was called in pursuance of their by-laws, to consider of a dividend for the current half year. After the routine business of reading the minutes of the last Court had been gone through by the Secretary, The GOVERNOR said, that he held in his hand a recommendation from the Court of Directors, that if the'Proprietors thought fit, a dividend of 5 per Cent. for the half year ending the 10th of Octo be r next should be ordered. Upon this motion being pot from the Chair, Mr. N. GUNDRY (of Richmond) rose and begged leave to address the Court from a written paper which he had prepared for the occasion. He pro ceeded as follows: Sta—Before I move, as I propose to do, an amendment to the motion just read, I beg leave to make a few observations, and to be indulged, as I am totally unused to speak in public, with reading them from the paper I hold in my hand. Though I am in the 75th year of my age, and reside twelve miles from this spot, I am come here to-day, and whilst it shall please GOD to grant me life and health, I will come here on every Isimilar occasion : not that I am vain enough to suppose I have Italents to produce any effect in this Court, but as what passes here is usually, by means of the public papers, communicated to every part of the kingdom, It may not be without its use that the Proprietors of Bank Stock, resident in the distant counties, may know what I have attempted to do for their benefit and interest, and thereby, perhaps, be induced to do something for themselves. I was a copartner, Sir, In this great trading Company twenty years before my attention was excited to its concerns, or the in jury I had sustained from not having a regular and fair share of its profits, to which I was entitled, not only from the spirit of our Charter—not only from two specific Acts of Parliament— not only from one by-law of your own making—but from the natural principles of justice inherent in every good and virtuous mind. In the spring of 1816 I came purposely to town, from Ramsgate, to co-operate with certain Proprietors of Bank Stock, who had given me to understand that they were resolved to lay aside their former apathy and indifference, and take proper mea sures to enforce their rights. The first thing that was done was, at the Court held in March, to propose an increase of the divi dend from five to six per cent. The motion for this purpose be ing seconded, a ballot was demanded and took place. No success attended it, and indeed none could reasonably be expected, as the Proprietors resident in Cornwall ur Yorkshire, or the inter- mediate counties, were not likely to post away to London: and unless they did so, what chance was there of successfully op posing the will of the Directors, surrounded as they were by their mercantile friends, resident in London and its environs, and consequently at hand to attend the ballot without much, if any, personal inconvenience to themselves? Bet a circumstance, Sir, soon followed the decision of this ballot, which app eare d perfectly at variance with the preceding conduct of the Direc tors, who, in justice to their character, must be supposed to have resisted the motion for the increase of the dividend, from an opinion that even the very extraordinary profits of the trade during the preceding nine years would not justify such an in crease; and yet in a month, a little mont h, as Banda sap, these same conscientious and faithful stewa rds granted, all at once, and without any explanation that I ever heard nf, a bonus of no less than 25 per cent. on his capital to each individual Pre , prietor. This was.a measure, Sir, which at the time, and though I was benefited by it to the amount of more than £3,000 • I thought perfectly unjust, because you gave me what I had no right to, and must have taken it from those who had a fair claim to it. I think so still, and therefore hope that this precarious, uncertain, and unjustifiable mode of dividing the profits of the trade, will not in future be adopted. In this opinion I know that I differ from almost all the Proprietors of Bank Stock with whom I have occasionally conversed, because I find them se delighted with the magnitude of the last bonus, that their thoughts and wishes seem wholly confined to the expectation of another. That of 1816, or something else, occasioned my not being able to find a single Proprietor who would unite with me in an appli cation to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus, and there fore I was obliged to act individually, and was fortunate enough to obtain a Rule from that Court to the Bank to chew cause. When the matter came before the Court, not a word was said indicative of its not having any jurisdiction on the subject, but fault was simply found with my conduct in not having taken the proper previous steps at the Bank Court. When in the succeed ing year I corrected this error, I renewed my application for a tentuleases, but not the least notice was taken by the Court of King's Bench of my having remedied the defects of the preced ing year; but I was told at once, that I had applied for redress to the wrong Court, as it was only to be obtained in the Court of Chancery. I therefore determined to pursue the means so expressly pointed out to me by the four Judges of the Court of King's Bench; but how great was my disappointment to find, that on consulting three eminent Chancery Lawyers, preparatory to filing a bill in that Court, to claim a fair participation of the profits of the trade, its which, as a copartner, I felt myself enti tled, not the least encouragement was given int to make the in- This day was published, price Bs. Volume IV. Part 111. of ENCYCLOP/EDIA EDINENSIS; or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature. 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Furniture delivered to any part of the Country, without risk of injury or expense of packing. AROMATIC SPIRIT OF VINEGAR. TagreeaSle perfumed liquor (the original in ./. veation of Mr. Henry) which is of well-known efficacy in relieving Faintness and Head-ache, and in counteracting the effects of over-heated, close, er infected air, continues to be pre pared, in the greatest perfection, by Messrs. THOS. and WM. HENRY, Manufacturing Chemists, Manchester. It is sold in London, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. Mawr and Btew, Perfumers, Cockspur.street ; and Retail, price 25. 9d. by one agent or more in every principal Town ; but it cannot be genuine, unless the names of the above preparers are engraved on the Government stamp, which is fixed over the cork of each box. Proper Sponge Buses are sold by Bayley and Blew, as usual.— As above may also be had, authenticated by a similar stamp, HOMY 'S CALCOMD MAGNSSIA, in bottles at Ls. 9d. or with glass stoppers, at 4s. 6d. THE PATENT SEIDLITZ POWDERS. AS several Druggists and Medicine Venders, in London, Bath, Cheltenham, &c. are imposing on the Public by selling spurious and inefficacious preparations under the name of SRI D LITZ POWDERS, with pirated labels and directions, the Inventors and Patentees think it necessary to inform the Public, that the Medicine cannot be genuine unless the names of " Savory, Moore, and Davidson, Chemists to the Royal Family, 136, New Bond-street," are printed on the wrap. per, and each Bas and Bottle is surrounded with a stamp, on which " T. Paytherus and Co." is engraved. Stomach Complaints—Wind—Gout—Spasm—Cholic—Vomit. ings--Loss of Appetite—lntligestion--and General Debility of the Stomach and Intestines. CORNWELL'S ORIENTAL CORDIAL. GOOD HEALTH is so dependent on a good di gestion, and a proper proportion of the gastric juice, that where there is a derangement of the one, or a deficiency of the other, there must he indisposition and disease. An improper di gestion of the aliment, subjects the body to a train of distressing effects—spasm, windy cholic, cramp, vomitings, heartburn, sour eructations, a loss of appe tite, and the stomach surcharged with wind, are the attendant symptoms. To remove these painful feelings, and restore a proper proportion of the juices of the sto mach, without which digestion cannot go on with any advan tage to the system, the Oriental Vegetable Cordial is particularly It was first discovered and sued by an eminent Physician in the East Indies, wheat debilities of the stomach and intestines are severe and alarming; and the brother of the late Lord Al sanley, Lord Rodney, and a great number of distinguished per sonages in this country have patronized and recommended It. It restores tone to the stomach, removes Spasm, discharges Waal, cures Cholic, and for generally strengthening the Stomach and Bowels it cannot be surpassed, while its agreeable Savour renders it as pleasant as Madeira Wine. Sold by Shiw and Edwards, 66, St. Paul's Church-yard, London, price 4s. 6d. per bottle ; or nearly sits in one large bot tle, ,C.l 2s. Also by Sanger and Chandler, Oxford-street ; Ward, Holborn • Stradling, Lachange and Willi:lca, Borough, Lon don-B[e. ~~~i / PRICE SE \ tended application to the Lord Chancellor. It may be said, that as I had the sanction of the Court of King's Bench in favour of this application, I might have felt suniciently bold to prefer the opinion of four Judges to three Counsellors; and so I sfunild, had the legal process in question been simple, and its determina tion to be looked to within any reasonable period of time • but when the perplexity and proc rast i nat i on o f a hostile suit in Chan cery, with's° powerful and as wealthy an opponent as the Bank of England, together with the circumstance of my being in the 75th year of my age, is duly considered, I think it will be allowed, that it would have been as much an act of madness, as of folly, to have filed a bill in Chancery under the discouraging circum stances I have stated. An end, therefore, is put to any further attempt on my part to obtain redress by an appeal to a Court of Law or Equity ; but should what I have done excite the at tention of some of the Proprietors of Bank Stock who are dis tinguished in point of rank, talent, or wealth, and who have no interest in regarding the good or ill will of the Directors, and should they be induced occasionally to at:end th e hall-yearly Courts held at the Bank, an alteration may take place in the proceedings there, and by the exertions of independent Proprie tors, means may be found, I should hope, to obtain half-yearly the production of a balance sheet at least, and some consequent examination of the state and profits of the trade. If this can by no means be effected, If the Directors are permitted to act the farce of calling the Proprietors together to consider of a dividend, without supplying them with any the least document for their consideration, in what a deplorable state is this great trading Corporation, and especially the more humble members of it, who have little else for their support but the interest of their Bank stock. The Directors may do just what they please, and if left to themselves, without any controul, may again bring the state of our affairs into the condition to which they were brought in February, 1797. If lam told that confidence is due to them, I answer, that claim is forfeited by what we know from the exa minations that took place before the Committees of the Lords and Commons in 1797. appeared from those examination;:, that after more than thirty totally ineffectual representations to the then Minis:er, Mr. Pitt, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797, on the injurious consequences resulting to the 13::nk from the advances of money made by them to Government and not repaid in proper time, the distress hecame so gre , r, that a Depu tation which was to wait on Mr. Pitt U7l Satutsiay, the :25E4 of February, 1797, was instructed to tell him, that if be pit - sever:l in the measure he then had in contemplation, it threatened ruin to the House, and would lay them under the necessity of shut ting up their doors. Had the mind of Mr. Pitt been less firm and decisive, and had it not suggested to hint the bold, but ha zardous measure of Issuing the Order of Council for restricting cash payments, it is easy to see, from the probable drain of cash, what, at the end of the week, must have been the situation of the Bank, and consequently of the whole kingdom. Such; then, being the proof of the conduct of the Directors of the Bank during the three years alluded to, may it not justly be said, that unless the Gentlemen then composing the Direction are to be stigmatized as deficient in ability and integrity, what reason can be given for placing implicit confidence in any who have suc ceeded, or may succeed them? While the venerable Gentleman was reading a letter, complaining of want of attention in the Direct ton, he was called to order by a Proprietor, who in ' sisted that the latitude which was allowed Mr. Gun dry, contrary to the practice in all deliberative as semblies, of reading from a written speech, ought not to be made so general and irregular as to com prehend his reading the written statements of others as well as his own.—The objection was overruled, and Mr. GUNDRY, in conclusion, proposed, as an Amendment to the motion from the Chair, that the proposed half yearly Dividend be six, instead of five, per Cent. The Amendment having been seconded, was, after a few observations from Mr. PAYNE and others, put and negatived by a large majority Mr. GUNDRY was again proceeding to address the Court, when a Proprietor rose and moved that the Court do now adjourn—(Hear, hear). RATE OF INTEREST. A PROPRIETOR requested permission to address a few words to the Governor before the question of adjournment was put. A report had gone forth, that it was shortly intended by the Directors to recom mend a reduction in the rate of interest in their dis counts, from sto 4 per cent. It was most important that before any such intention were realised, the Pub lic should have full aad timely notice of so import.. ant a change—one which must materially affect the value of every species of property. This public inti mation ought, he thought, to be given without fa vour; for it was obvious that if the :eduction were contemplated, those who were timely in the secret must derive what might be considered an unfair advantage. No answer was given at the moment to this appli cation; but upon its being renewed before the Court broke up, The GOVERNOR said in reply, that the Court of Directors were fully impressed with the propriety of taking' care that no individuals should derive an un due advantage from a premature disclosure of any matters connected with their arrangements. He could give the Hon. Proprietor no other answer to his question, than an assurance that whenever the Direc tors considered matters, the decision in which af fected the public interests, they would take care, and bear in mind his recommendation of the importance of proceeding so as to act equitably to all parties in terested in the result. The PROPRIETOR.—There is a great deal of specu lation afloat ; and I assure you, Sir, it would mate rially settle the matter, if this information were speedily given. The GOVERNOR expressed his fears, that were he to give premature information in the manner re quired at times, it would rather aggravate than di minish the evil of speculation alluded to by the Hon. Proprietor. He trusted that the proper secrecy im posed upon the Directors would be always found a sufficient security against the propagation of infor mation calculated to give one party an advantage over any other in the community. The Directors would disgrace their office were they to divulge such matters as were under their consideration, and he was only performing Ids duty in preserving tacitur nity upon questions like the present. He would, how ever, conjure the Hon. Proprietor and the Public to pay no attenticn to the idle rumours which were oc casionally. afloat upon matters of this kind. The sooner these rumours were suffered to pass away, the better : if they were more generally disregarded, it would be the better. The PROPRIETOR said, that he had no wish for un necessary disclosure; but he still thought the inform:. tion might be given, and that its promulgation would at this time be very useful. The GOVERNOR remarked, that the great difficulty FOR YOUNG PERSONS. This day was published, in 18mo. price 2s. 6d. half-bound, RALPH RICHARDS, THE MISER; with a Frontispiece.—By JEFFERYS TAYLOR, of Ongar. London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternos ter-row.—By whom also are published of the same Author, 1. Hasop in Rhyme, with some Originals; 12mo. price 45. half-bound, with an Engraving to each Fable. 2. Harry's Holiday ; or, The doings of one who had nothing to do; Second Edition, 18mo. 23. 6d. half-boind. Also, just published, Lessons of Tine • or, Family Tnstruction. Written by a Mother for her Chil dren ; 2s. 6d. half-bound. Lives of Learned and Eminent Men, taken from authentic Sources; 2s. 6d. half-bound.