The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-21 00:00:00

EAST INDIA ROUSE.

Yesterday a quartsely pang court of prophetess
of East ladia Stock was kald at dm company's noose is
loadeahali-mayst, listerasseral Sir ALIBIANDIR GAL-
LOWAY In tie chair. Tlia 'Mantas el the last wart wars
mad and comermed.

The CIIAIIIMAX acquainted the wart that certain accounts
sad pipers, the titles of which would recently be read, had
been hid on the proprietor' table. Tie titles were read
accordiegly.
The Chaturesse ant acquainted the court that certain
papers relative to the Puejaub, which bad been pneented to
pail ,ment dace the leet general court, ware also placed be-
fore the proprietors • ahe an account of the superannuathice
granted elan the last MIMI wart.
The CHAISM•it then acquainted the court that the
warrants for the half-yearly dividend would be ready Sro de-
livery on the 811 of July next.

SSE LAWS.
Mr. TWINING, the chairman of the oommittee of bye
laws, brought up their report, which stated that the bye laws
had been duly °Maud during the put half year. The com-
mittee was re-elected.
Hr. GORDON suggested that in future the election of a
committee of bye laws should be by ballot. He thought it
advisable that the old custom in thia respect should be ad-
hered to, mare particularly u the directors had lately at-
tubed so snub important* to the system of voting by
ballot. He complained of the spume of treating the cam-
suttee adopted by the directors, and said they had forfeited
their charter by their corruption.
The CHAIRMAN requested the boa. proprietor would
we btocnning language when addressing the court.

THE LATE BALLOT.
Mr. SULLIVAN roes for the purpose of calling the atten-
tion of the pr 'princes to the saner in which a ballot had
bum &needed by the chairman at the last court with refer-
ence to the resolution relative to the case of the late Rajah
of Satan.
Th. CHAIRMAN said the notions of which notice had
Use given would take precedence of all other business.
Mr. LEWIN then rose to bring forward the following re-
solutions, of which he had given notice :
" That Use Court of Directors be requested to take such
murares as may be arcessary to instruct the local govern-
ment of India to insert in the articles of war for the native
tinny a clause :ones, ing the same privilege to the native
army of dentandierr copies of the recori as is now enjoyed by
the Lulus 'soldiery, under the Ankles of War framed
by the British legislature 4th Ott., 1818."
ff That the Court of Directors do lay before the Court of
Proprietors the proceedises of the general court-martial, held
on Sheik Ali, a pante in the H Company of the 30111
Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, held at Vellore, on
the Bth of November, 1842, together with a copy of the
judgment of the Moguls of Tesee.:dale, releasing the pri
sower, on the ground that he hid been permitted to return
to his duty after the offence."
" That the order of Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief
of the army of India, rinsed under date March 13, 1841,
with the ease connected with it, be placed before the Cunt
of Proprietors."
" That the Curt of Directors of the East India Company
de lay before the Court of Proprietor at the next Court day,
a copy of the psp:rs placed before the authorities of this
country, which led them, as 'rated by the late chairman,
to tundras the prcceedings of tie military authentic' of
Medea. in the due of the 6th Regiment of the Madras
Lieht devilry."
The CHAIRMAN, interrupting him, raid that at a late
court, the hon. proprietor had brought forward some
reedutione, which, in substance, were precisely the moo
se those which he was now abut to read, and whk& the
court on that occeion unaninteusly refused to listen to, es
the ground that the whole matter was one which ought tobs
left in the hands of the executive body. He would there-
fore pat it to the hen. proprietor whetter he would persist
in again bringing them forward, particularly as the di-
rectors had not yet before them all the paws on the
subject.
Mr. LEWIN add he had no faith in the statements that
wore forwarded to the Court of Directors from the govern-
ment of Madras. On those false statements the directors
had presumed en equally false judgment. Everybody
knew that a clever lawyer could so get up • cue as to obtain
any opinion on it that he might require. He would with-
draw Lis resolutions for the fireman, but would bring then
en again on the next court day.
The resolution were then withdrawn.
THE LATE KAJAE OF SATTARA.
Mr. SULLIVAN said he wished to call the attention qi
tie Lupo ieture to a despatch which the court of proprietors
had tamarind to the government of fades, dated the 29a
of January, 1b49, in which there was this passage—" The
protrusions set up in favour of the adopted son of the
ex-Rajah being untamable, and all claims of collateral@
being excluded by the fact that none of them are descended
from the per.= in whose favour the principality was created
—the es 1601, Pertaub Shean—it follows that the terri
envoi Sedan has lapsed, by failure of heirs, to the power
which bestowed it; and we desire that it be annexed to
'he British dominoes." He wished to know whether, since
the death of Pertauh Shun, the directors had received in-
&emotion of the existence of a niece of the late Its; eh, Appab
Sahib. a collneral Bete from the loins of the late Rajah;
and, if so, what steps the y_intended to take in consequence ?
The CHAIRMAN sten they had no information on the
subject referred tn. lie hail no disposition to revive the dim-
ension relines to the affairs of the late Rajah of Batters.
(Load cries of " Hier, hear.")
_EALLF,T.AOATIL

Mr. SULLIVAN then called the attention of the court to
thu manoer its which the chairm en heel demanded a ballot
on the last court day, without having previously taken the
opinion of the promistoes on the question, by show of hands,
and birocomplaiesed that nine dos bad not elapsed between
the Is dellng ot the court and the day appointed for the ballot,
and gave unties of a motion that in future no ballot be taken
until after a show of bands.
The CHAIRMAN said that on some of the most import.
I ant questions that bad ever been discussid in that court
a ballot had been demanded and taken within three or four
days alt. rewards —the question relative to the renewal of the
Company's charter in 1831, and under which cherter the
reimpany was then constitute el, wee decided by a ballot
which was taken within three days afterwards. In the pre-
sent este th.• day for taking the ballot was heed by the emit
at the time, and the proprietor should then have stated his
Injection.
Mr. WEEDING denied that the court had been taken by
surprise on the occasion, and said the whole proceedings had
been conducted in the fairest manner possible.
Sir .1. W. HOGG (a director) said the ballot might be de-
manded on the requisition of new proprietors, and could be
taken within four-and-twenty hours afterwards.
Mr. LEWIN said U the votes had been taken at the times
the result would bare been in favour of Mr. Sullivan's raw
and gave nodes of the two resolutions for the nest
evert day given above.
Sir J. W. HOGG comp'ained of the manner in which
ose of them was worded, and said he hoped the chairman
would not give his consent to the publication of any smelt
relegations.
Tee CHAIRMAN said he would not be a party In the
publeatian of anything that wea calculated to excite en in-
tiammatory feeling among the army in India.
After some discussion,
Mr. LEWIN agreed to strike oat the passages COW
planned of.
Mr. GORDON then gave notice of two resolutions which
he intended to bring forwnd on the next court day. Tits
first was for a cop of any lass or regulations by which the
circulation of the Holy scriptures among the natives in
India was prohibited; and the other related to the state of
the prisons in India, and the refusal to allow prisoners to
read the Bible. They were as follows:
" That there be laid before this Court a return of any
peels laws, custom., regulations, etc. whisk oreste against
the prison, importation, or eireolidon of out holy scrip-
ting, within the territories of this company."
" That be will call the attention of the executive body to
the state of our jails is India."
" That the collect.on of pipers already lying on the_pro-
=table, concerning the expulsion of Captain Peter
fr Madura, in !1826, may now be printed and
placed is the hands of the proprietds."
Yr. SULLIVAN gave notice of the following modem for
the same occasion :
" That copies of letters from the government ot India to
Sir D. Oebterleay, dated 30th January, 1809 ; letter from
Sir D. Oehterictay, dated 3rd May, 1810 • of all eorreeposid-
ewe relative to the claims of the Lahore; state upon the city
and territory of Ferozepore; of all correspondence of the
agent of the Governor.Oeneral on the northwest frostier
with the Leiters durber, relative to the Cl, Bader posses-
sions Lahore ;as well as copies of all cerrespoodenes be-
tween the Resident of Lahore and the government of India,'
and of the R. Milne with the Lahore (barber, which led to
the articles of agreement which were concluded between the
British government and that durbar on the 11th March,
1848, be laid before this court."
The CHAIRMAN said these notices, like thereof Mr.
Lewis, contained statements, end u.umed facts, on which a
difference of opinion existed, and which ought not, there-
fore, to be inserted in a resolution, the propriety of adopting
which was to be discussed on a future day.
Major OLIPHANT (a i irector), said the chairman had
the right to reject the notice altogether if he thought proper.
The CHAIRMAN said he should be very averse to the
adoption of that course, hut he certainly would not be a
party ,ra the pub ication of the proposed 'resolutions in their
present old per
Mr. FIELDING hoped that the assertions contained in
those resolutions would not go forth to the public three
months before the subject-matter of them could be brought I
under discussion.
The CHAIRMAN said it was competent for any hoe.
proprietor, at the quarterly general meeting, to give notice
of a motion for another meeting; but it was not competent
for tim to discuss at length toe subj,ct of such raot at
this meetieg. If the hon. gent'eman would content him-
self with moving for any specific papers or statement., and
would matins himself to that only, the directors would, if
possible. comply with his request. (Hear.)
Mr. SULLIVAN was ring at some length into the date-
meets made by Capt. Sutherland, but was called to
order by
Sir J.W.HOOO, a direetor,who said that the hon. proprie-
tor was going into statements and assumptions of facts es
regarded the conduct of the Indian gaverement from the
mere relations of this or that penoe,whicit was gaits unusual
on eiving_nonee of tenni- n. (Hear.)
Mr. SIJLLIVAN replied, that his statements were so far
official taut they were those of a political resident in the hon.
company's eerytee. (Bear.)
Tee CHAIRMAN begged to deny that these statements
had anything official about them. Besides, the writer had
published papers on that question which he ought not to
have published. (•• Hear, hear," and laughter.)
Mr. SULLIVAN: That wee not my fault. (Renewed
laugh te r.)