The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-04 00:00:00

Tun NATMNAL REGISTER. SGT some Gentlemen belonging to it, whose c ,„ r h i rt in the be,oow,ll of their patronage had not been so carJol a. I: , ;:io:?l ! ! !tact, been ;'and (bat this was also the opinion or the proin'totti;•-•• appeared from the result of a late Election. It' such ne;.li;:t . nee existed, then it was not to he vi ordered at, if the rt• w vie s.(init ready to tttke ever v advantage of it ; a:;t! if the interest' 4:f ttt Company demanded p. terrible sacrifice, let those uuly who are goilty suffer, (Ilene ! Hear:) and let not innocent and unofFend• ink; young men become the victims. lie then submitted a Re solution to this effect :—" That the Proprietors view with great satisfaction the disposi ion ,I!.tewn by the Court of Direc tors to prevent the abuse of I::as! t hidinti witrortage, from which they are led to anticipate the best effects in future; hut their submit, at the same time', that it is clinsisient with jus:i!'e and I humanity, that those only should suffer a feral, who had been privy to corrupt transactions; and they recommend it to the Court of Directors to reconsider their determination." Mr. Peter Moore begged that the Directors, instead of exer. rising this extreme severity, would look at what the House of Commons had done in the ce.so ufime of his Mujevty's 1i inisiers, who was implicated in this very Report of the East India Coup:. mittee. They had given the question the go bv, on the ground that it %you'd he hard to punish an intlivithrti for What had been so often done, Orli it was uverlottLed. Ile hope,l the DirertNrS %voids] be satiAiM it h doablinz down a Ivilf on the past,anil giunity: niny, so as to provent the recurrence 4,1* the s:one evi;s, Beside:, he billeted that this very d iv the iii l pronihitiog the sale of aP.ices would receive the }total Assent ; so Oat te , wor4 row the law wo - alti lie so!lieient I n ptiniliing such otit:, es, v ithout any necessity for rt:;.i;or a few innocent and ttivistrinlio . . ; : young men, whose parents or guardians alone ~e re col [here snow di!cd,,i4lll tuck place upon the rower, p-par.oely vested in the Court of Directors, and in tite Proprietor-.J Sir VR.4)1;11011,4 Metcalfe and Mr. Grant &aired, two, at Memliers of the Court of Directors, they had felt the grettlll reluctance in coming to this externiination of recal ; bat they felt themselves called upon to ho!opt it by an imperative sense of dsity:' After a few words in ee l .,. ruo:O Mr. Saie.on, the motion wilt put and carried in the zdlirinative by great show a haads. ,Thq Court immediately adjourned fASIIIO\S FOIL JVNE. A W t LKING DRESS. A round high gown, of 1!.:;• French cambric, made a walking length, and finished at the feet with lace and needle-work ; union front, and plaited collar, ornamented with the same. Elastit.„ girdle, with buckle or clasp of gold or cut steel. A Turkis h coat, of clear worked muslin kno, or patent net, trimmed en• tirely round with sealloped- lace, Vi ith appliqued scams of the same; and lined with apricot, pale salmon, or primrose sarsnet; flowing open in front of the figure, in form of the Tut kish robe, with a deep lapelled cape. A Wardle hat of tine straw, whit conical, or hee-hive crown, ornamented w itlr some delicately contrasted flower. Chinese parasol of Mile !qtr•awt, with deep eastern awning. Shoes mid gl )ves of pea-green kid. We take occasion to remark, that the trimming up of tne hat should he more convex, and a little rletTer :.nd that it should be worn more to one side, ami forward in from!. . The parasol strikes usas being snore correct when ebosen of the saute colour us the lining of the coat or the sito,.s. EAST INDIA 110USt. REMOVAL OF WRITERS AND CADETS. Friday a very nomerous and respectable Court of Pena prietors was held at the India House, to take into cotek:detatim't Resolution of the Court of Directors, to twat tho , e loung men who had obtained civil and military appointments in Itlia, through corrupt and improper ageney. After the requisition for calling the Meeting had been read, Mr. Sanson rose and said, that no man could he more desirous than he was to put an end to the corrupt practices which had been discovered to prevail in several instances, as to the procur ing of these appoiutments; and the Directors, as a body were entitled to great credit for the disposition N hich they had sheen to do so. But he must disapprrtve of the measure of reveal, 'one of great harshne-s and severity to those young men, whose future prospects would be ruined by it, though they were limo coot, while the corrupt practice had been carried oa entirely by t:teir parents or guardians. lie wished, however, the resolution rif the Court of Direct.); s to be first read, before he submitted Batt}' motion to the Court, The Resolutions a ere then rend, and were to this effect :—That Court of Directors deem it neta!ssary to ucal those persons is ho hake procured such appoinfments by corrupt means, under a conviction that. severe examples are necessary to be made for preveo.ion of the practice in future : that in future it would Lie expedient, that any parent qr guardian, sending out his son in as official capacity, should give a bond in the sum of :OUCH. at trait, to be forfeited in case it should appear that the ap pointment ans obtained by corrupt mean , . The Resolution t 4(1 specified the names of those young men .a 11;) were to he re ; among which we noticed those of Edo ard James Scoith and Vry Magniac, Writers; besides several Cadets. a hose t:am,:•:. appeared ia the ;teport of the Committee of the floosie of t..ooonotts. (;rant (the Chairman) then said, that it fell to his lot skortl y assign the reasons ou w hill' the Court of Directors acted in adopting this Resolution. lie thong-lit it quite evident, that if the corrupt practice of purchahlg t hese:i ppoint mews was not itrorigly checked, and if a ready Ls i dinission into the service of the Company was to he obtained by such sordid the ho nourable spirit w !licit now actirred the Company's servants in the East must rapidly expire, and a spirit of di-graceful rapacit y would succeed, in order to iodemnicv thelAsulves for the intine which the purchase cost. Such a measure was also due to the dignity and credit of the Court of Directors, who, if they had not adopted the strongest means for suppressing the practice, would have been wanting to their own cnaracter. In the sear p 99, there was strong reason to suspect the existence of such pract ices, and accordingly the Directors passed a vote, declaring', that all convicted of it should forfeit their appointments, and he wcaled. This Resolution appeared in the Gazelle, and in the newspapers of the different capitals of the three kingdoms. It Was again ref:ewe:l in 1806 ; but as it was supposed that this Octenninat; on had 110 t been sufficiently promulgated between Coot period and 1791, the Directors had come to a resolution twat it should operate to the recal of those only who had ob t fined appointment: through a corrupt medium since 1806 l ii the late Inquiry heroic a Committee oF the House Of Com mons, it appeared that ast India Patronage had been mast grossly abused, and therefore, aryr full deliberation, the Court frail ea an unanimous resolution that strong measures should be v„lopted for its future prevention, though at the same time they most sincerely regretted the necessity which forced them to it, as it would bear so hard upon several' oung men, not through any fault oft heirs, but thrirugh the gro , ts misconduct or their parent,: or gnar &cls. Every thing !Lid h.q.') dime to stake th is exert ion of a ! ;to: rity as lenient ag pnssible ; and it was agreed, 'hut iu a cr' inst.o‘cc sdhere it did not appear Itiat the y ouag men were p. 1%, to the transaction theinsclve-, they might agaii, be restuied tie their fpriner eituation by the pat ronag't of individual pir,ctnr..;:vic A ls not by a grant of the Clow. it y.•a3 Said, Ih4 this trial was a great hardship ; hut to w hom waA this hardrhip to be i..opoted Not certainly to the Directors, w:,:r only put in force pt thetr own law, but to those parents or guardians .v ho mast have been aware of it, yet acted in defiance of it, exposed these young men to this severe punishment. Mr. Manson said, that notwithi,tanding chat had fallen from the lion. Chairman, he could help looking upon this order of recal as a measure of great harshness and severity, which could not benefit the character of the Directors, or of the East India Company, but the contrary. With every respect for the court of Director; as a it 0;4, he •act tiers had hewn EVENING, OR PULL 1310.311. A white under-dress of gossamer satin, embroidered at the feet and round the bottom of the steev,--;, a its a re border of pale-hlue or pea-green foil. A ian robe, w its demi train of pale-blae or pea.;;;reen crape, vellum gaw.e ur le o . ; the ed,e,es finished iv t;rooti double foidiii,4-• and cord. A fall Circassian sleeve, looped up ‘f it!t con;-shan broaches and cord; I ooge treowilar bosom } OniattieWled at the moral point with correliondent tasel. A short -ponocd drapery flowing from the right shoulder towards the knee, rounded on the left, ;Ind fes tooued near the bottoot a iili hows or r.r..ettes, tae co;our of the robe. A small French tippet, or half-handkerchief of lace, thrown negligently across she 6. ck , r and falling over the left shoulder. The Austrian helmet aiit of w nite with laurel border and spray, in pale-Moe or pea-green foil ; a round w hite feather, frosted w ith silver , drooiiing towards the right side. A gold ela-die neck dhoti, its Mat;ese cross of cornelian and pearl. 'loop car-riN-, :triplets, and bracelets to correspond. Slippers of pole blue or pea-:::reen iced, rucked below the el. bow, White Opera ratn u 1 ctape, wrought in antique device, cif C.! wet% • ~~ I ITTIVT!_a