The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-23 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Yesterday a Court of Proprietors was held at the East
!midis Horse, for the purpose of cousideriag a Reselation,
for grautiog to Sir George H. Barlow, K.C.H. a portion of
I,Sdnf. a year, to COIRIMUCe from the !Isl May, ISIS, for
his emiaeat services in Podia, sod also in consideration of
his limited property, to ruable hiss to sostain is a suitable
nianaer the &gallica conferral upon him by his Nsjesiy.
The CIIIIIIIIIAIII read the Resolution, which emissmied
from the Court of Directors, by whom it was reeommended
fur the adoption of the Court of Proprietors.

Mr. Hoist upposed the Resolution is its present shape.
He said be had so doubt Hist the Gentlessee Directors who
had Picea sod recommended this Resehstioui had satisfied
ibromiers of she 'widest* epos which it wesfionsided. Bat
his present &Nevis* to it was, that it was suaccoorpsaled
by the docimostery evidence, demostrationg its necessity,
as positively required by their By.laws. Cornisg is such a
shape, it inn sot legal, arid meld not therefore be sustained.

The CRAIRMILAX sold, it was perfectly mempetest for the
Proprietors to all for the intermeshes which cognised the
Court of Directors of the propriety of ibis Resetatime. If
the Proprietors so desired, that imformatium should ba forth-
coming.

Mr. RANDALL Jettison 'llia, that this was Nola goalies
of fealiag or sympathy, brit of law. if the Resolution' were
pressed in an illegal form it would be null sod mid, sod
the Court of Directors would have to pay the enemy out of
their owe pockets. If Air G. H. Barlow was m he re.
warded, it milli be dorm according to tlso kgal forme pre-
scribed by the Bylaw, which enjoined, that all grants of
pensioas exceeding 2001. a-year, meat, before their react.
meat, receive the sanction of two several Courts of PIM&
prieton imeasosed for the porpsee, sod telltale an sesiose.
ratios of the grounds upon which they are proposed, sad
the drieensesits proving such ground.. The great now pro-
po•ed was easecempaaled by each liet1111111111.11; this was, it
pkia English, W say to the Corset of Proprietors. “ Groat
the mosey, med. for God's sok% ask so iesseetions!" A
paper, he admitted, was aimezed to the Reisolatios, but it
was without either date or signature, and Menteso of ma
valve. Motives of delicacy =Agin amns prevent them
from prying into the details of Sir Geerge Barlow's peituoincy
competeory to sustain his homiont; bust they ought at bust
to have same general estimate to satisfy them of the pen.
prirty of the passion. The cosine he shook! sagging was
this, that the motion be got rill of mow by as anseuthaest,
specifying the reason of its sot bring sow entered into,
owing to the aois.coaformity with the provision of the By.
law, sad ;caviar the abject maid over until they mold
have the °pianos of their Law Whirrs. The Imansed Gam
ileums maeloded by moviagao anseadosem to that effect.

Mr. Lemnos, maid. that there was amity eases in which
it was bromide, to repose the fallen egmildnice is tits deli-
cacy of the Caen of Directors. These Nentima ought alto,
he thought, to come ander the topknot.* at the board of
Coatrol.
The worthy Prapriesor was interlard they always did.
Mr. Romanis (the Dewy Chateratio), said, that the
Les/seal Gentleman (Mr. IL teenage) bad anteed the lees.
ties like a lawyer—he world Ulnae it ra a woo —(Msor./
—He then explained that the donsamnit not which the Cana
of Directors foosided the propriety sad orersally of grain-
ing this pew*. to Sir George Boehm. could wt 'systems
regularly predated with this Reselelitga, for it was sal spas
their records. It in act was • private knee urines by Sir
George to • Gentlemen the. primes*. Tweary-twoor twenty.
three Directors had Aran! 14 Romolation, sad Notwith-
standing the threats held oull to these *pea at ilisgsgog of
their proceeding, is for moo was ready to bike his seam sir
the nat. He suggested that time might ha • meimg of
mass is whirh the mideste is sopped of • 611181 WPM gal
sod sot documentary, and is that rase fie weal OttMOM
the gram he illegal, segmartliNg to she Ity.kweb►
rimos..l \min.\
Mr. Ehemisrerere mid, be knew feeds
George bares., that his mesas one eel
port shit rilemity he woe minded to hada. inelmigern2p
the ilresseas es which the seetiess was Noma* wars
funk in die Resoled**, ter is reviled she lag. et'

Mr. Hume again ruse, seed said, that the time had Now
arrived wises he could state his objeelio• to this osmium on
die merits of Sir George Barlow. He then quoted Protests,
aigard by nine er ten Directors, le August, 1811, evilest
the smear of gowereaseot poniard by Sir George in Mein.
These Protests expressed the etniest disestiefectioa at
his modem He was ready so admit that Mr George
deserved well for his acts in Bengal, but his minded at
Madam was of quite a different character. He had,
It wee trier, strewn great energy in extinguishing the re-
believe which broke out at Madras; but it was apealty true
that the acts of his 'overawet had canted the dissatis-
faction whittle at that period se uofortessattly existed. He
had Wrestled the residents, the civilians, and the military;
sad his unjoistl6able interfereuee in the adminietration of
the Courts of Justice could nut for a 111301111141 l be tamale-
neaced. In the cases of Ruilsork, Smith, and Maitland,
hie conduct was wholly alijoatiSable. Os the score of pri.
vale feeling, he bad so ohjectioo to make to the auedect of
SirGeoege Barlow; but his public duty compelled him to
aresure the acts of that officer's goerriiment.
Mr. PATTnew said, that though a party to the Protests
agates. We branch of Sir George Barloo's goveeanseal, be
diarist wish that doneness to be now used agaiost the M-
itigatesl at the close of a public life, I. which, though there
were errors to coodemn, there were also merits to praise.
Mr. Hume resumed, and complained of Sir Genege's coo.
duet is the affair of the forgeries on the Nabob of Areot's
property. He thought on the whole that 1,5001. a year was
too large a pension to give such a public serves!, sad more
particularly whim they bad so little proof of his westing it.
Not more Imo IS mouths ago' be (Mr. H.) was at [liquor,
Mat which he midentood Sir George Barlow had just ghee
parchased an estate, which would certainly require 3,0001.
a year to keep up is a suitable manner. He did not like
the facility with which these grants were made—wiehin the
lest yaw they bestowed a greet epos an individual (we be.
Metre Mr. Warren Hastings), on the greyed of the reduced
stale of hie circumstances, and yet Sialee his deeds, it was
reestiored that he had left a property amounting to 100,0001.
He protested against the deetriae, that because It pleased
the King to emir'r titles we perms. in the service of the
Compsey, the tatter were to be calla! on to give the mesas
of sepportieg Beech &remakes. of dignity.
A Paurtleroa declared the high esteem in which Lord
Nieto held Sir George Boehm es account of his public err-
vices in India.

Ale. G is as clammed meet* enlarged upon the
merits of Sr George flarlow,med quoted the MO matberitire
of Lord Wettest/7 and Lard Coessallia is his praise.. They
ought, he said, to recollect that is the course of as active rib-
Fe life the best sad must effieteat of their servants had been
opposed to obloquy. Mr. W. Hastings, the meat maisent ma
of his time io ludis, bad bees edified by the mot likuitrima
Groton England ever prodeceil, and exposed toss ordeal
sdrich sae sow remembered only with shame by the country.
They had an tastaace also la the case of such a Stamens as
Lord Wellesley, whom isspinsrlisteat was nevertheless moved
by a 's chatterer" in the House of Commons, the tate as-
fortneate Jame Peal. It was, therefore, impossible, for
the best public Officer to escape membodes cemtre is the
mom of an Mine life. The general acts of Mr George Bar-
low deserved the cessamendatieso of bier csoutry.
Mr. R. Jscasot imisraled, that at the nest Court be
' aboald morrow a queasiest to the Chairman, for the
purpose
of elseidating isfornwitleine net of the details, trotoe
gmeral aggregate amount of Sir George flarlose's property.
The answer be received sushi regulate his condlict at tit.
neat Covet as this treestion.
The Custamart ..pressed the eradiates be ideild always
fee I to gm soy is/oration I. his power, ASS iikiired m
lode by the voice of shot Conn.
The MMus, lieserletio• was then pal sad dad* ON.
Wag hal ma band held op ageism it.
..:1
STATUE TO WARREN HASTINGS.
Mc R. Jscason rune far the porpme of pairtingebug
1,4 m by which they were ally animal to 'spend NU os
limb% nuke. Rader {articular provislerw,
:6. ••=trastiasiiiiiiut".."eetled cfMt• be paid a :f.
lIMMIMp, it mull be right in Ma dm lemurs let
fribmiaiiiihnisalies is the mode of oadrosilting she propmie
t , tart
o ei.rnee colonnades. ant it heirtilis
Outman nuldisd ap Mg
"Pi nfitiani sdimi6llli OM =UM
vow ell 1, - - , , atom. -•., i ie.: •.) •-. ti!l ilf.

MARRIAGE ACT.
Doctor Paittuttong rose for leave to briar in a Bill to
nomad the Marriage Act. lie said, that a Bill on the sub.
jeer had passed that House u• a foster ocessioN, shad bad
becomes. up to the Howse of Lords, but had there bee. de-
layed fiw she purpose of affording time for coasPeration oa
the subject to • Noble and Learned Lent ; that since that
period cases as atrocious sad as dimresniag bad occurred as
those which bad formerly elicited the intligeatioo of the
House. The rases of atrocity were, where nupriscipled Mali-
vialuals, wearried for ter or more years, look advantage of
their owe perjury, and repudiated their wives and bastard.
tied their children. The eases of distress were, where the
innocent suffered under the operatic.* of the law, for no
moo in the Neese or in the cmintry could guard himself
seals* a la* etbith alight strip hint sod his children of his
torturer and his honours merely because it MOB lbedamma
that the marriage of Iris father or his gramlfalllreasit gabga
place • mouth before the proper time. n 111110 Ali
Learned Geollemas coacloded by movie; for Irma le
it a Bill to amend the Marriage Acts mad leave was
lagly given.

VAGRANTS.
Oo the motion of CoMewl Woolly eelbidn'eldw Mara
of the Nantes of Vosronts in the diarrowl Meow lw Ibe
City of Loathes and Comity of Middlesex; the darn of their
committal% sod diocharge, from 3d Joiseary 1819 to Om
present time.
General HART moved for Copies of all Hoods mitered Sato
by Robert Newman, and other Collectors of Reweave, orio-
les from Floes imposed ea Tutorial's!, for Illicit Distillation
in the Counties or Tyrone, Doors-al, sod Armagh, which
were ordered accordingly.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
Sir Htlay PARWILL gave oulite, lint after lb. term it
wee his intention to submit to the Rouse Resolutions res-
creen's tho piddle expeoolitorte, senator to those which he
had brought forwanl at the end of the last Seaman ; sod that
on to-morrow be Inieftled so move fur an account of dm
captor:Mere of the civil and military establislimeuts.

AFFAIR AT MANCHESTER.
Sir RoSaLT WILSON presented a Petition from
a person or the name of Chistatn. who stated that
he attended the sheeting of the 16 Is of August;
that an attack was made by the y y casialry
on the crowd ; that in the attack the Petitioner re•
ceived two severe wounds, one Ins his herd end °neon
his elbow ; that both his shoulder* were dislocated,
and his collar-bone broken. The Petitioner con—
cluded by praying that the House wools bring the
authors sod perpetrators attic violeoce to jambe,.
The Petition was laid ow Pei Battle,• sod ordered
to he pr i ttt
Mr. Wit. PARNELL peltunligedlis Petition from a
person of the :same of Jameis Handford, Mat
he had received great personsl injory.
ably attending the alatschester
Mg for inquiry and telief.
The Petition was laid on the table, sad treliimil
to be printed. • ►

Mr. P. Moots prsented a Petrie. from a pews
of the mime of Jo.eph Caulk. al 696110P1001
limit he had attended the aloodeocoo amesing.
kelogboioo suffered great pipasual inittry is cease.
gelleee of the attack made ma the meeting by the
aid,
rated
,Isier =szecalvalry.: sled prtaitagitflir My?. The
ors the
statement that much or the injury which the Peti.
teems received was is his maigeimuum to escape. He
4011011 that the verities statements, whether true oc
, would be brooght to the oily .satisfactory
lest, amaely, by as inquiry carried too in that
ahem.
,' • TIN Nails ono.ipitos the table, salt ordered
So ho pfialliho b41,-;* .0. • • • •
~ AM. RicoassiimisoiNd • PAW** Ina •
Grelltlis mon .1 Mimeo loistle. low

Alla name of Themes Routh, swift toot As el, • i
Nemild the moieties at illtarebeetet•to * feeeveettle
.etherser—that he um ttemplea-egatier the itersemof • -
tee popmewei—eied thee ;hie erep me babe%
sea tbetileseesivett Wilt • is .einette steer
Vai 70ttemate preeeeteekt retitiese4ee4 pewee '• . • '
amered Jobe Taylor. .eletieg the. eketreveiee of the
aleaehesete setting by: Abe yeeteempeeselsy, tied
- ' a
the codas he received se eeemeseuseet t - •
Mr I. WisAsaltamebak eseisieett gal, not
the Petiole* - poseestello. Ay. me* e#, Wilk were
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